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He married Susan Lovett Gardner, of Bev- erly, Massachusetts, born November 1, 1812, died March 26, 1889, at Andover, daughter of John Gardner, who was born in Ireland in 1774 and died at Beverly, Massachusetts, a master mariner for many years. Children of Nathan and Susan L. Ellis: I. Elizabeth P., born February 4, 1840, at Blue Hill, died tin- married in 1892. 2. Maria H., born August 29, 1841, at Blne Hill, married, 1863. Rev. Charles A. Stork, born 1838 at Jefferson, Maryland, died 1883, in Philadelphia ; was ordained in 1865 in Baltimore, remaining there about twenty years; later was professor at Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary : children : i. Mary Ellis, born May, 1866, died aged six weeks; ii. Gardner, born 1867, died 1871 : iii. William B., born 1871, was in the United States navy; now (1908) on the "Louisiana" with Admiral Evans's fleet on its way to the Pacific; married Helen Martin ; iv. Francis O., born 1872, died December 25. 1873; v. Amy Lynch, born 1879, unmarried. 3. Ellen Gardner, born December 9, 1843, ed- ucated in Abbot Academy, remained at home wth her parents, caring for them in their last illness : she is an active and faithful member of the Congregational church, and has for many years been teacher in its Sunday school, and is at present treasurer of the Women's Union and South Church Sunday school.
CHURCHILL
The history of the Eng- lish Churchill family
clates back to the time of the Norman Conquest. The name is derived from the town Courcil in Lorraine, France. The surname has been spelled Coucelle, Cour- cil, Curichell. Chercile, Churchil, Churchall. Churchell, and Churchill, the last form being the one generally accepted for many genera- tions in England and America. The Churchill coat-of-arms is: Sable, a lion rampant ar- gent debruised with a bondlet gules. Eight generations of the Churchill family have been Dukes of Marlborough. The first Duke was John Churchill, born May 24, 1650, at Ashe. Devonshire, son of Sir Winston Churchill, of Wiltshire, whose mother was a Winston. The present Duke, the eighth. Richard John Churchill, married Consuelo Vanderbilt, of New York. Winston Churchill, an author and member of parliament, is grandson of the seventh Duke, and son of Sir Randolph Churchill. It is likely that the American pion- eers of the seventeenth century were of the same stock. Colonel William Churchill came to Virginia about 1673 from Wilton, Middle- sex county ; was a member of the Virginia Council in 1705: died 1710; and from his son Armistead is descended the Virginia Church- ills. It is of interest to note that the daughter of Colonel William married Thomas Ran- dolph in 1710. All the New England families are descended from John Churchill, mention- ed below.
(I) John Churchill, the immigrant ances- tor. was born in England about 1620. Very little is known of him. He appears first in American records on the list of men able to bear arms at Plymouth in 1643. He died at Plymouth in 1662-63. He bought a farm of Richard Higgins, in Plymouth, August 18, 1645. He was admitted a freeman June 5, 1651. He bought of Nathaniel Masterson, then of Manchester, Massachusetts, ten acres of upland at Wellingsley, in Plymouth, Octo- ber 20, 1652. His house was at Hobb's Hole and his homestead was on the east side from the south line of the estate of Branch Black- mer. He became a large land owner. He made a nuncupative will May 3. 1662, proved October 20, following. He had a new and an old house disposed of in his will. He mar- ried. December 18, 1644, Hannah Pontus, born in Holland or England, in 1623. daugh- ter of William Pontus, who was at Plymouth as early as 1633. Pontus was one of the Pil-
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grims left behind with Rev. John Robinson ; a fustian worker by trade from Dover, Eng- land; married Wybra Hanson, December 4, 1610. He had another daughter who married. October 31. 1645, James Glass. Mrs. Hannah (Pontus) Churchill married second, June 25, 1669, Giles Rickard as his third wife ; she died at Hobb's Hole, December 22, 1690, in her sixty-seventh year. Her estate was distrib- uted March 17, 1691. Children: I. Joseph, born 1647; mentioned below. 2. Hannah, born November 12, 1649; married, 1672, John Drew, son of William Drew, and grandson of Sir Edward Drew. 3. Eliezer, born April 20, 1652; married first, Mary : married second, February 8, 1685, Mary Doty. 4. Mary, born August 1, 1654; married, Febru- ary 8, 1688, Thomas Doty ; resided at Truro. 5. William, born 1656; married, January 17, 1683, Lydia Bryant. 6. John, born 1657 ; mar- ried, December 28, 1686, Rebecca Delano.
(II) Joseph Churchill,
son of John Churchill ( I), was born at Plymouth, in 1647. He settled there on the farm of his father, and some time before 1700 he built himself a house, which is still standing, on the easter- ly side of the curve in the road opposite Sandy Cutter Road. This home descended from Joseph to his son Barnabas, his grandson Lem- tel : to Thomas Faunce, who in 1767 sold to Jonathan Churchill, who in turn the same year sold it to John Faunce. A part was owned by Charles Churchill and wife in 1773, and was finally owned by John Faunce also. In 1822 Freeman Norton bought the place and at that time the shape and character of the old house were ancient. Its roof was raised. chimney reconstructed, and modern expression given to the exterior ; but the interior gives evidence of its great age. In 1883 the owner was Alvin G. Morton. Joseph Churchill married, June 3. 1672, Sarah Hicks, daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Doane) Hicks, and granddaughter of Robert Hicks, a felsmonger from Southwark, county Surrey, England, who came in 1621 to Plymouth in the ship "Fortune." Children of Joseph and Sarah Churchill: I. John, born July 3. 1676; married, November 19, 1700, Desire Holmes. 2. Margaret, born October 16, 1684; married Samuel Bates. 3. Barn- abas, born July 3, 1686; mentioned below. 4. Mercy, born 1689; died young. 5. Joseph, born January, 1693; married, 1716, Abiah Blackwell, of Sandwich.
(III) Barnabas Churchill, son of Joseph Churchill (2), was born at Plymouth, July 3, 1686, and settled there. He married, Febru-
ary 5, 1714, Lydia Harlow, born 1688, daugh- ter of William Harlow and Lydia (Cushman), daughter of Rev. Thomas Cushman. Chil- dren: I. Barnabas, born October 19, 1714; married Lydia Holmes, daughter of Eleazer, November 13, 1744. 2. William, born De- cember 25, 1716: married, November 13, 1746, Susannah Clark. 3. Ichabod, born January 12, 1718-19; died unmarried, October 14, 1745. 4. Joseph, born May 10, 1721; mar- ried, September 23, 1745, Maria Ryder. 5. Lemuel, born July 12, 1723; married first, October 13, 1747, Lydia Sylvester; second, November 4, 1752, Abigail Ryder. 6. Isaac, born May 3, 1726; married, October 2, 1756, Sarah Cobb. 7. Thomas, born April 30, 1730; mentioned below. 8. Ebenezer, born Novem- ber 9, 1732 : married, May 19, 1755, Jean Fish- er. 9. Lydia, born March 9, 1734-35 ; married first, June 1, 1754, Nathaniel Holmes ; second, September 16, 1762, Seth Ewee. 10. John, born May 9. 1739; married, April 4, 1771, Molly Bradford, of Plympton.
(IV) Thomas Churchill, son of Barnabas Churchill (3), was born in Plymouth, Mass- achusetts, April 30, 1730, and resided there until 1759. when he removed to Newmarket. New Hampshire, settled on a farm and raised a large family of worthy and respectable sons and daughters. He or his son of the same name was in the revolutionary war in a com- pany recruited from the vicinity of Hampton commanded by Captain Jacob Webster in the regiment of Colonel Reynolds in 1781. He married, August 5, 1758, Mary Ewee, daugh- ter of Nathaniel and Mary (Stewart) Ewee. She was born August 7. 1737, at Barnstable, Massachusetts. Their first child was born at Plymouth, the others at Newmarket. Chil- dren: I. Gamaliel, born at Plymouth, August 30, 1759; died unmarried. 2. Polly, born August 23. 1760: married Wiggin Doe, resid- ed at Newmarket: had ten children. 3. Thomas, born 1762; married Alice Creighton, daughter of James. 4. Ichabod, born June 24, 1764; married first, Elizabeth Doe, and sec- ond, Leah Allen. 5. Lydia, born January 10, 1766; married Reuben French. 6. Joseph, born May 7, 1768, mentioned below. 7. Sus- annah, born August 18, 1770 : married Samuel Badger ; resided at Deerfield, New Hamp- shire. 8. Nathaniel, born March 31, 1772; married Patience Tash and Polly Jackson. 9. John, born 1774, died young. 10. John, born May II, 1776; married Sally True. II. De- sire, born March 27, 1778; married John Stevens.
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(V) Joseph Churchill, son of Thomas Churchill (4), was born at Newmarket, New Hampshire, May 7, 1768, and died at Brook- field, New Hampshire, March 4, 1824. He was a farmer at Newmarket and Brookfield. He married at Newmarket, 1794, Sally Tash, of Lee, New Hampshire, and their first nine children were born there, the others in Brook- field. Children: 1. John Tash, born August 6. 1796; mentioned below. 2. Joseph Tash. born April 18, 1798; married, September I. 1824, Martha M. Wiggin. 3. Thomas Tash, born August 26, 1800; married first, Ann Wentworth, and second, Eunice King. 4. Ebenezer Chapman, born November 11, 1802; married Ann E. Gove, of Portsmouth. 5. Sarah Tash, born March 5. 1805; married, December 27, 1842, at Newmarket, Rev. Sam- uel Nutt, who was born in Francestown, New Hampshire, December 16. 1784; was a black- smith, then a minister of the Christian denom- ination and a famous evangelist : he died Sep- tember 18, 1872: she died in 1898, at Exeter, New Hampshire. 6. Nathaniel, born April 2, 1807 ; married Sophia K. King. 7. Mary A., born March 26, 1809, died unmarried. 8. Daniel, born December 3. 1811; married Eleanor Langley, of Lee. 9. Charles, born April 3, 1814: married Irene Purington. 10. Betsey Tash, born May 14, 1816, married Cy- rus C. Pickering, of Newmarket : resided at Manchester, New Hampshire. II. James Monroe, born January 3, 1819 ; married Eliza- beth Perkins, of Exeter, New Hampshire. 12. William, born August 8, 1821 ; married Eliz- abeth Kittridge, of Lowell, Massachusetts.
(VI) Colonel John Tash Churchill, son of Joseph Churchill (5), was born in Newmarket, New Hampshire. August 6, 1796, and resided there and at Brookfield during his active life. He was a farmer, drover, merchant and hotel keeper. He was a prominent and useful citi- zen, especially in the state militia and rose to the command of his regiment. He died at Brookfield, December 6. 1873. He married. ยท March 5. 1817, Mehitable Gilman Willey, of Brookfield, born December 15, 1795, died July 15, 1869. Children, born at Brookfield : I. John, born May 19, 1818: mentioned below.
2. George Harris, born November 7, 1819; married, May 10, 1849. Mary Emily Daniels, of Durham. 3. Thomas Lindsay, born April 16, 1822; married first, March 2, 1847, Sarah Stackpole ; second, Nancy Seward. 4. Alfred, born November 24, 1823 : married Louisa W. Giles. 5. Joseph, born September 10, 1825 ; married Mercy Anne Bailey. 6. Nathaniel
Willey, born October 12, 1827: married, March 10, 1852, Martha J. Wiggin. 7. Henry, born November 21, 1829; died Janu- ary 21. 1831. 8. Harriet Emmeline, born March 25, 1831 : married W. K. Lindsay. 9. Henry, born June 26, 1834: married Anne E. Noyes : served in Thirteenth New Hampshire Regiment in civil war. IO. Charles Edwin, born June 30, 1836 ; died April 1, 1837.
(\H) John Churchill, son of John Tash Churchill (6), was born in Brookfield, New Hampshire, May 19, 1818. He was educated there in the common schools and became a farmer and lumber merchant like his father. also dealing extensively in livestock. He re- moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1852 and has since then resided there. He estab- lished a slaughter house in Lawrence when that town was in its infancy, and built up a large and prosperous business in meats. He bought cattle and other livestock in the sur- rounding country to supply his business, and became one of the leading merchants in his line of business in that section for many years. His place of business was destroyed by fire in 1891 and since then he has not been in active business as before, though notwithstanding his ninety years of age, he is as keen and vigorous as a young man, and still deals in cattle to some extent. He is a Republican in politics. He married, February 23. 1840. Eliza Lang, born December, 1817, died March 25. 1899. Children, born in Brookfield: 1. Edwin, born April 30, 1843 ; married, January 20, 1865, Vesta M. Crowell, at Lawrence : children : i. Helen C., born No- vember 13, 1867, died young ; ii. Helen E .. born August 14, 1869; iii. Edwin Jr., born April 10, 1881. 2. Helen Eliza, born January 16, 1846; mentioned below. 3. John Jr., born June 14, 1858 ; died young.
VIH) Helen Eliza Churchill, daughter of John Churchill (7), was born in Brookfield. New Hampshire, January 16, 1846, and was educated in the schools of her native town and at Lawrence, Massachusetts. She married first, Albert D. Swan, at Lawrence, May 10. 1866. He was accidentally shot and killed in June. 1885. She married second, January 10, 1887. Edwin Woodbury Barton, son of Leon- ard and Ann (Harrington) Barton. His father was a veteran of the civil war. Edwin W. Barton was born November 9, 1852, at Washington, Vermont, and died at Lawrence, November 5, 1899. He was a partner in the firm of Barton & Churchill, owners of the Emerson machine shop, and later in Law-
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rence. The business is now conducted under the same name but different owner. Mrs. Bar- ton had no children by either marriage. She resides in South Lawrence. She is well known and highly esteemed.
William Lewis, the immigrant LEWIS ancestor, born in England, em- barked for New England, June 22, 1632, and made his home at Roxbury, Massachusetts. He was an early member of Rev. John Eliot's church, and was admitted a freeman May 18, 1642. His name appears in the Roxbury land records as the owner of a house, barn and five acres of land abutting on land of William Heath on the south, heirs of John Graves, on the west, on a highway to the north and eastward. He was also owner of thirty-five acres bounded by the lands of Peleg Heath, north; the heirs of William Heath, east; Arthur Gary, south, and Hugh Prichard, west. In May, 1653, he sold his house lot to Stephen Hopkins and removed to Lancaster, Massachusetts, with his family. He and his son John signed the town covenant there March 13, 1653-54. In the entries of the first inhabitants of Lancaster, William Lewis is rated for two hundred and eighty-five pounds, the eighth estate in point of value. His son John's estate was placed at eighteen pounds ten shillings. His lands are described in H. S. Nourse's "Early Records of Lancaster," page 254 ; also the lands of his son John. Wil- liam died December 3, 1671, leaving a widow Amy. His will, dated November 21, 1671, be- queathed to wife Amy ; sons Isaac and John ; daughters Lydia, Mary and Hannah. He was a weaver by trade, and in 1671 secured land in Boston, and was preparing to build when he died. He was a friend and associate of Gov- ernor Bellingham. He married Amy Wells. Children: 1. John, born November 1, 1635; mentioned below. 2. Christopher, born 1636; received by deed from his father, April 19. 1662, the eastern half of the homestead in Lancaster. 3. Lydia, born December 25, 1640 ; married, January 13, 1670-71, Mordecai McLeod, of Lancaster ; was killed with hus- band and two children by Indians in Monco's raid, August 22, 1705. 4. Josiah, born July 28, 1641. 5. Isaac, baptized April 14, 1644. 6. Mary, baptized August 2, 1646; married Josiah White, of Lancaster ; parents of Cap- tain John White, the Indian fighter. 7. Han- nah, baptized March 18, 1648-49.
(II) John Lewis, son of William Lewis (I), was born November 1, 1635, in England.
He removed to Lancaster from Roxbury with his father, and was admitted a freeman in 1665. He lived in Lancaster until the outbreak of King Philip's war, when he removed to Dorchester, Lancaster being abandoned. He bought a lot of land May 14, 1678-79, on the north side of Neponset, near Dedham. He died in 1685, leaving widow, Hannah, the mother of his children. Administration on the estate of John Lewis, late of Dorchester, was granted January 26, 1685-86, to his widow and eldest son, Barachiah Lewis. The inventory, taken at Dorchester, January 19, 1685-86, and at Lancaster. December 17, 1685, amounted to one hundred thirty pounds two shillings six- pence. The widow died July 12, 1714. Lewis was a weaver by trade. Children: I. Barach- iah, born July 31, 1663. 2. Rebecca, born in Lancaster, August 8, 1665, baptized August 27, in Dorchester. 3. Bethia, born July 13, 1666, at Lancaster; married James Macker- withy ; died May 24, 1715. 4. Patience, born January 2, 1668, at Lancaster ; married Tim- othy Gay, of Dedham, son of Samuel and Mary (Bridge) Gay. 5. John, born June 30, 1671; mentioned below. 6. William, born January 2, 1673-74; died September 6, 1682. 7. Hannah, born June 1, 1678, in Dorchester ; died October 14, 1695. 8. Thankful, born September 9. 1680, at Dorchester ; died Sep- tember 5. 1682. 9. Thomas, born April 16. III.
(III) John Lewis, son of John Lewis (2), born June 30, 1671, in Lancaster, died Sep- tember 1, 1718: married, April 4, 1700, Ann Eaton, born January 25, 1672-73, daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah (Dwight) Whiting, and widow of John Eaton. He dealt exten- sively in real estate, and was a farmer. His estate was divided April 13, 1724. Children : I. Mary, born April 1, 1701 ; married, Decem- ber 7, 1726, Joseph Fisher. 2. John, born January 18, 1702-03; married first, Margaret Hunting : second, Abigail Hastings. 3. Ebe- nezer, born May 29, 1705; married Hannah Colburn. 4. Jonathan, born December 6, 1708: mentioned below. 5. Barachiah, born October 28, 1710 ; married Hannah Adams.
(IV) Jonathan Lewis, son of John Lewis (3), born December 6, 1708, at Dorchester ; married first, April 19, 1733, Hannah Hunt- ing, daughter of John and Hannah (Fisher) Hunting, of Dedham ; second, Abigail (Clapp) Everett, of Walpole, Massachusetts. Children of first wife: I. Jonathan, born March 16, 1733-34; died October 12, 1799. 2. Kathron, born April 28, 1737 ; died September 24, 174I.
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3. Ann, born February 28, 1738-39 ; died June 8. 1739. 4. Hannah, born November 27, 1741 ; died October 24, 1829 ; married, Decem- ber 17, 1762, Eliphalet Thorp, who died Aug- 11st 9, 1812. 5. Moses, born September 27. 1743. 6. Cattern (sic), baptized February 16, 1745-46. Children of second wife: 7. Aaron, born July 31, 1750 ; mentioned below. 8. Jer- usha, born October 25, 1752. 9. Thomas, born March 1, 1755. 10. Timothy, born March 21, 1757. II. Eve, born March 15, 1759; married, June 24. 1779, Abner Bacon, of Dedham; removed to Royalston, 1786. 12. Ann, born May 30, 1762.
(V) Deacon Aaron Lewis, son of Jonathan Lewis (4), born July 31, 1750, died May 20, 1833. In1 1771 he and his brother Moses went to New Boston, New Hampshire, and bought a farm of John Dickey, situated alongside the farm reserved by the grantors for Colonel Blanchard, adjoining Haunted Pond. The farm is or was lately occupied by George Shattuck, and is a part of the town of Green- field. Aaron Lewis made a clearing and built a log house. He married, September 24, 1772, Sarah White, born February 8, 1750, died May 16, 1804, sister of Mehitable ( Mrs. Hezekiah ) Dunclee, of Moses White, of Lyndeboro, and Benjamin White, of Francestown, and daugh- ter of Benjamin and Mary White, of Dedham, Massachusetts. On May 6, 1780. Aaron bought land in the northwest part of Lynde- boro and removed there, and one lot is still known as the Lewis place. He was select- man 1793-94, town clerk 1809-10. He was a man of great piety, and was deacon in the church until 1830, when he removed to New Boston again and made his home with his son Amasa. He was a prominent citizen, honored for his integrity and uprightness of character. He was a soldier in the revolution and was one of thirty-three who went with Captain William Barton, under Colonel Isaac Wyman, to Ticonderoga, in July, 1776; was with Lieu- tenant Samuel Houston as a private July, 1777, and a sergeant. December 8. 1777 ; also in Captain Lee's company, Colonel Moses Kel- ly's regiment, on Rhode Island alarm, August 17. 1778. His will was dated May 12, 1830. Children: I. Aaron, born March 19. 1775: died June 21, 1855 ; married, 1798, Hannah, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Boardman : removed to Francestown. 2. Sarah, born April 24, 1777 ; married Ichabod Holmes ; re- moved to Francestown. 3. Amasa, born May 14, 1780: mentioned below. 4. Nancy, born April 28, 1783 : died August 1, 1853 ; married,
May 22. 1806, John Elliott. 5. Abigail, born January 4, 1787; married, April 6, 1807, Israel H., son of Rev. Sewall and Phebe ( Put- nam) Goodrich; died June 30, 1821. 6. P'amelia, born July 7. 1789 ; died December 24, 1851 ; married, May 5, 1819, Samuel Cressey, of Lyndeboro. 7. Asa. born December 7. 1792; died 1831, at Baltimore, Maryland ; married, January 18, 1820, Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Samuel and Phebe ( Putnam) Good- rich.
(VI) Amasa Lewis, son of Deacon Aaron Lewis (5), born May 14, 1780, died in Med- ford, Massachusetts, April 11, 1849 ; married, AApril 16, 1807, Polly Dane, of New Boston, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Goodhue) Dane. Her father's brother, Nathan Dane, was founder of the Harvard Law School. Amasa Lewis and his wife are buried in Woodlawn cemetery, at Everett, Massachu- setts. Amasa Lewis owned large tracts of timber land, and late in life removed to Med- ford, where he found a market for his timber. He and his sons cut and hauled the timber with ox teams to Medford. His ten children, with one exception, lived to a good old age. Children: 1. Samuel, died unmarried ; was a farmer. 2. George A., married Caroline Cut- ter : resided in Malden, where he died; was a coal-dealer, and dealt in real estate. 3. Sarah, married - -Pratt, a farmer of Revere. 4. Rodney, mentioned below. 5. Horace, was a farmer. 6. Mary, married Thomas Saunders ; resided in Medford; was a blacksmith; re- moved to West Andover, where they died. 7. Abbie. married Charles Drew, a ship carpen- ter ; lived and died in Medford. 8. Elizabeth, married Elial Putnam, a dealer in wood in Medford. 9. Almira, married Joshua Buzzell, a contractor and builder of Chelsea, Massa- chusetts. 10. Julia, died unmarried, in Med- ford.
(\'HI) Rodney Lewis, son of Amasa Lewis (6), born in New Boston, New Hampshire, November 2, 1811, died April 26, 1882. He was brought up on his father's farm in New Hampshire, and received his education there in the public schools. When he was about twenty-one years of age he removed to Med- ford. Massachusetts, and engaged in the retail- ing of firewood, etc., in that town, in partner- ship with Elial Putnam. He was a successful merchant for many years in Medford, and Andover, Massachusetts. He was also a prominent farmer in Lawrence, formerly Andover. In religion he was a Baptist. In politics a Republican. He married, in Med-
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ford, Lydia A. Symonds, born in that part of Andover, now South Lawrence, June 2, 1817, died August 18, 1903, on the homestead in Lawrence, daughter of Solomon Symonds. Her father was a school teacher, a native of Oxford, New Hampshire, and descendant of the Symonds family of Salem, Massachusetts ; married Lydia A., daughter of Theodore Poor, of Andover, one of the largest land proprietors of this section. (See Poor fam- ily). Children: I. Rodney Harrison, born in Medford ; married Louisa Randall, of Lexing- ton, Michigan; he and his wife were school teachers before marriage ; he returned east and engaged in business ; is now living on a farm in Lawrence, not in active business. 2. Sarah A., born in Medford; married William F. Cutler ; now living in South Lawrence, Mass- achusetts, widow ; her husband was general superintendent of Boston & Maine railroad repair shops at South Lawrence. 3. Elizabeth Poor, born in Lawrence: married James B. Smith, son of Peter Smith, of Andover ; chil- dren of James B. and his first wife, Mary A. Lindsey, whom he married September 1, 1851 : i. Jennette L. Smith, born December 14, 1852; ii. Caroline Bartlett Smith, born March 29, 1853; iii. Peter Smith, born August 14, 1856, died November 14, 1857; iv. John M. Smith, born November 20, 1858; v. Laura R. Smith, born July 17, 1860; vi. Fred W. Smith, born September 21, 1861 ; died July 19, 1862; vii. Everett L. Smith, born May 10, 1865, died September 9, 1865. 4. Stephen Symonds, born March II, 1849 ; mentioned below.
(VIII) Stephen Symonds Lewis, son of Rodney Lewis (7), was born in South Law- rence, Massachusetts, March II, 1849. He began life like most farmer's sons in his youth, working on the homestead when not attend- ing school. He supplemented the public school training with a course in the Bryant & Stratton Business College, Boston. After finishing his schooling he and his brother Rodney Harri- son Lewis were in the rendering and chand- lery business at Syracuse, New York, for about seven years. He then carried on a farm for his brother-in-law, James B. Smith, who was famous for his high-grade and fancy stock raised on his farms. He had an excel- lent dairy, and established a flourishing milk route in Lawrence. From 1880 to the present time he has lived on this farm, though for the past few years he has been retired. The farm contains one hundred and nineteen acres, and under his ownership has been brought to a high state of cultivation, the barns improved
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