Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts, Part 26

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 768

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Robert Rantoul Endicott married, January 1, 1866, Anna Woodberry Sheldon, born in North Beverly, July 15, 1845, daughter of Levi Dodge and Nancy (Woodberry) Sheldon, and granddaughter of Jesse and Mary (Dodge) Sheldon. Nancy Woodbury, born August 3, 1817, was a daughter of Isaac Woodberry and wife Nancy Baker, and a direct descendant of William Woodberry (or Woodbury), who came to New England in 1626. Children of Robert Rantoul and Anna Woodberry (Shel- don) Endicott : 1. John, born in Beverly, July 12, 1867: educated at Exeter Academy and graduated from Harvard College, A. B., 1889 ;

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now member of firm of Newcomb. Endicott & Company, Detroit, Michigan, and also owner of one of the largest stock farms in that state. lle married first, Elizabeth M. Watson, of Detroit, who died childless in 1900; second, Mary Elizabeth Booth, of Detroit: has two children: Robert Rantoul (2d), born Detroit, February 14, 1905, and Elizabeth Thorndike, born Detroit. July 21, 1907. 2. Robert Ran- toul, born in Beverly. December 9, 1868, died September 7. 1892. He was educated in the Beverly public and high schools, Exeter Aca- demy, and graduated from Harvard, A. B., 1890. At the time of his death he was teller in the Beverly Savings Bank. 3. Agnes Wood- berry, born in Beverly, March 25, 1871, lives in Beverly. 4. Arthur Lovett, born in Beverly, January 13, 1873 ; married September 16, 1903, Bessie Baldwin, of New York city. Mr. Endi- cott lives in Brookline, Massachusetts, and is connected with the retail department of the mercantile house of C. F. Ilovey & Company, Boston. 5. Helen, born in Beverly, June 9. 1875, died July 26, 1883. 6. Margaret, born in Beverly, October 3. 1878; lives in Beverly. 7. Joanna Rantoul, born in Beverly, August 19, 1881: died April 18, 1904.

(VIII) Henry Endicott, youngest child of William and Joanna Lovett ( Rantoul) Endi- cott, was born in Beverly, Massachusetts. February 15, 1840. At the age of about seven- teen years he entered upon an active business career which continued about twenty-five years and until failing health compelled him to abandon mercantile pursuits. His early edu- cation was acquired in the Beverly public schools and the high school in Salem, and after leaving school he entered the employ of C. F. Hovey & Company. Boston merchants, sub- sequently admitted partner and continued un- til 1892, when poor health necessitated his retirement from the firm, and he afterward directed his energies in other business channels. Since that time he has been trustee of various estates and other properties, has made con- siderable investments on his own account and for others, and otherwise has been identified with various institutions of Boston and Bev- erly. For five years he was treasurer of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind, and for many years was treas- urer for the Society for Ministerial Relief. He is an attendant at the services of the First Church, Boston, and in politics is an independ- ent and conservative Republican.

Henry Endicott married, in Cambridge, June 10, 1872, Mary Hubbard Howe, born in

Beverly, March 31, 1844, daughter of Octa- vius Howe, born in Beverly, January 22, 1815. died October 30, 1895, and Sarah Hubbard Lamson, his wife, born in Beverly, September 29, 1813, died July 9, 1898. The grandfather of Mrs. Mary Hubbard (Howe ) Endicott was Dr. Abner Ilowe, a former practitioner of medicine in Beverly, whose wife was Sarah Thorndike. Children of Henry and Mary Hubbard ( Howe ) Endicott : 1. Augusta Ran- toul, born in Beverly, June 25, 1873. 2. Henry. Jr., born in Beverly, April 6, 1875: Harvard A. B., 1897: LL. B., 1900; married October 15, 1897, Catherine Sears, of Boston. 3. Thorndike Howe, born in Beverly, March 20, 1877: Harvard A. B., 1899. 4. Lawrence, born in Boston, June 23, 1879. 5. Marion Dudley, born in Beverly, July 13, 1881.

DAY In the ship's list of passengers in the "Paule," Leonard Betts, master, sailing from London, England, July. 1635, bound for his majesty's colony of Vir- ginia, bearing the certificate of the minister of Gravesend, "of their conformitie to the Church of England," there appears the name of Anthony Day, who is described as being then twenty-two years old.

(I) This appears to be the first mention of the name of Anthony Day in American colonial history, but while there is no tradition in the Day family in New England-descendants of Anthony-that their ancestor ever set foot on the soil of the English plantation in Virginia. there is every reason to believe that he arrived in this country several years previous to 1640 and that he was related to immigrants of the same surname who are mentioned by several writers as having come to America between the years 1630 and 1636 and settled in Salem and Ipswich and other of the plantations in the vicinity of Boston. In his "History of Gloucester" Mr. Babson says that Anthony Day was born in 1616; the ship's list previously referred to says that the Anthony Day therein mentioned was twenty-two years old in July, 1635, a difference so immaterial in fact that Anthony Day who came over in the "Paule" might easily be taken for him of the same name who first appears in New England his- tory at the time of his visit to Cape Ann in 1645. However, it is not assumed that Anthony Day, the passenger in the "Paule" 1635, is identical with Anthony Day, of Glou- cester, 1645, although such may have been the fact, and in the absence of any mention what- ever of his name in Ipswich and Salem, where

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he is supposed to have been before going to Gloucester, the theory that he may have been the passenger in the ship bound for Virginia is entitled to consideration; and this theory is further strengthened by the fact that no other Anthony Day is mentioned in the immigration lists between the years 1630 and 1700.

One of the most recent contributors to Day family genealogy says: "Anthony Day came from England to this country sometime during the year 1645 with his wife, Susanna, and settled in Gloucester, Massachusetts ;" but Mr. Babson, whose narrative may be regarded as far more accurate, says that he "came to Glou- cester about 1645, probably from Ipswich, where several of the name are found at an earlier date :" and further, "it does not appear when and where he married Susan Machet, servant of William Vinson, who, I suppose, was the wife Susanna mentioned in the records as the mother of his children." It may be said that Susanna Machet was born 1623, and died December 10, 1717, aged ninety-four years. Anthony Day died in Gloucester, April 23. 1707, aged ninety-one years. He did not settle permanently in Gloucester until 1657, when he bought a house and lands in the town, formerly in the possession of Charles Glover, "having the rocks called the Poles on one side." By his wife Susanna, Anthony Day had chil- dren : Thomas, born 1651; Timothy, born 1653; John, born April 28, 1657 : Ezekiel, born March 12, 1660, died July 12, 1660; Ezekiel, born May 19, 1662; Nathaniel, born Septem- ber 9, 1665 ; Elizabeth, born February 2, 1667 ; Samuel, born February 25, 1669 ; Joseph, born April 4, 1672.

(II) Timothy Day, second son of Anthony and Susanna ( Machet ) Day, married July 24, 1679, Phebe Wilder, died April 8, 1683. The date of his death is not known, but it appears that he was still living in 1721. His house was on the west side of Annisquam river, where some of his descendants continued to live for many years after his time. Timothy Day and Phebe Wilder had ten children : Timothy, Jr., born 1678 or 1679; John, born 1680; Anthony, born 1681; John, born 1683; Jonathan, born 1685; Susanna, born 1688; Pricellar, (Priscilla), born 1689; Elizabeth, born 1690; Benjamin, born 1695; Ebenezer, born 1697.

(III) Timothy Day, Jr., eldest son and child of Timothy and Phebe (Wilder) Day, was born about 1678 or '79, and, as shown by his will, died about 1757, aged about seventy- eight years. The church records show that

he was baptized in the First Church in Glou- cester, before 1703. By his wife Jean he had seven children : Feebe ( Phebe), born October II, 1706; Zebulum (Zebulon) born April 14, 1709; Eliphalet, born December 17, 17II; Judith, born April 2, 1714; Abner, born Aug- ust 12, 1716; Tabitha, born January 29, 1719; Bethula, born April 2, 1722.

(IV) Abner Day, fifth child and third son of Timothy Day and Jean his wife, was born in Gloucester, August 12, 1716. His intention of marriage with Susanna Marshall, of Ips- wich, was published October 27, 1739, accord- ing to the town records of Gloucester. Chil- dren: Bethula, born April 3, 1741; a son, born July 30, 1743; child, born August 10, 174 -; Abner, born March 14, 1748; Susanna, born July 4, 1751 ; Eliphalet, born February 11, 1754 ; Timothy, baptized October 17, 1756; Ezra, born April 12, 1761. The church rec- ords show that Tabitha, daughter of Abner Day, was baptized December 11, 1763.

(V) Ezra Day, youngest son of Abner and Susanna ( Marshall) Day, was born in Glou- cester, April 12, 1761. He was a blacksmith by trade, and spent his entire life in that town. The records show the marriage of Ezra Day and Mrs. Susanna Warner in the second parish church, November 12, 1783. Their children

were : Susan, married Mr. Griffin; Mary (Polly) married George Stevens; Betsey, married a Pulcifer ; and Elias Warner Day.

(VI) Elias Warner Day, youngest son and child of Ezra and Susanna (Warner ) Day, born in Gloucester, July 11, 1802, died there December 19, 1881. Much of his younger life was spent on the sea, and he sailed as captain in the foreign trade until about thirty years old. He then gave up trans-Atlantic trading voyages and followed the fisheries until about 1850, when he bought Millet's island, about forty acres in area, in Annisquam river, which he used for farming purposes. He always was a man of exemplary habits and character in the town where his life was spent. He was one of the founders of the Riverdale Metho- dist Episcopal church, one of its trustees as long as he lived, and for many years its steward. July 14, 1828, he married Judith L. Curtis, of Gloucester, born July 31, 1806, died January 4, 1872, second daughter of Samuel Curtis and Dorcas Low, his wife. Elias Warner and Judith L. (Curtis) Day had seven children, all born in Gloucester : I. Elias Warner, born April 24, 1829. He went to California in 1849, and has since lived in that state ; he never married. 2. Samuel Curtis,

a & C Day.

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deceased, born May 3. 1831 ; married Georgi- ana Brown; and lives in Gloucester ; ten chil- dren. 3. Charles Henry, born March 5, 1835, lost at sea about 1873: married Abbie L. Grover ; six children. 4. William Curtis, born June 8, 1837 ; lost at sea with his elder brother ; married Betsey Morse : five children. 5. John Warner, born November II, 1844; (see post). 6. Ezra, born November 1I, 1846, died No- vember 26, 1846. 7. George Franklin, born April 3. 1848, died in childhood.

(VII) John Warner Day, youngest sur- viving son of Elias Warner and Judith L. (Curtis) Day, was born in Gloucester, No- vember 11, 1844, and for the last forty years and more has been identified with the business life and history of Gloucester and Cape Ann. His young life was spent at home on his father's island farm in 'Squam' river, where he was brought up to work and was sent to the public school at Riverdale. When he was thir- teen years old his father sold the island prop- erty and took up his home on the mainland, not far from the elegant residence of his son. When old enough he went fishing one summer, on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. but followed that calling only a single year, and then learned the trade of carpenter and joiner. From a journeyman carpenter at the bench Mr. Day soon became a contracting builder, and for full two score years he has been constantly engaged in building construc- tion work, and it may be said, without exag- geration, in any respect, that there is not to-day on Cape Ann a single contractor who has done more or better work than he, whether in fine residences or mercantile buildings, and he has built nearly all of the large summer hotels on the north shore, including the famous Colonial Arms, the largest of them all, and the Haw- thorne Inn and its cottages, both on Eastern Point ; the Moorland and its cottages at Bass Rocks, the Oceanside and Hesperus House at Magnolia, and the Blyman Hotel at Man- chester. His building operations to-day all conducted under the firm name of John W. Day & Sons, indicate the association of his sons in the business established by their father.

For many years Mr. Day has been known as a progressive and public spirited citizen, as well as a substantial and conscientious busi- ness man. He is a Republican in politics, and in 1879 was a member of the city council of Gloucester ; but he is not in any sense a poli- tician or seeker after public office. For more than forty years he has been a member of the Riverdale Methodist Episcopal church, one of

its trustees for thirty years, and steward for thirty-seven years. He married, October 20, 1863. Alice Chamberlain Pinckney, born No- vember 8, 1846, only child of John Pinckney and wife Philena Oakes, of Boston, and granddaughter on the paternal side of John Pinckney, of Exeter, granddaughter on the maternal side of John Oakes of Exeter and wife Catherine Mckinney. Children of John Warner and Alice Chamberlain (Pinckney) Day: I. William Curtis, born January 16, 1864, died January 16, 1894; married Savilla Horton, now dead. 2. Edward Everett, born March 1, 1865, died July 30, 1865. 3. Howard Franklin, born August 4, 1866, died October, 1866. 4. Mary Ann Mellow, born November 30, 1867 : married. November, 1901. Isaac Horace Tucker, of Gloucester; two children-Roy Pinckney and Dorothy Tucker. 5. Alice Philena, born April 19, 1869, died October 9. 1869. 6. Edward Albert, born January 27. 1871, died .April 15. 1871. 7. Louis, born October 31. 1872. died December 31. 1872. 8. Alice, born May 31. 1874: married September 17, 1902. Alexander Heath, of Malden, Massachusetts ; one child, Florence May Heath, born Decem- ber 28, 1903. 9. Hattie Austin, born Novem- ber 31, 1875; married December, 1904, Daniel Anstess, of Gloucester ; two children-Helen Day Anstess. and Robert Heath Anstess. 10. Lena, born December 2, 1877: married, No- vember, 1901, Fred R. Boynton, two children : Alice I. Boynton and Ruth Evelyn Boynton. 11. Warner, born May 18, 1879: married. Octo- ber. 1900, Anna Munroe Griffin ; two children : Carlton Monroe and Esther Florence Day. 12. Walter Percy, born May 4. 1882: married. November, 1904, Elizabeth Burnham; one child. John Warner Day.

POOR An early writer of Poore and Poor family history in New England, speaking of the arrival of the American ancestor of the branch of the family here treated, mentions Daniel Poore, of An- dover, Massachusetts, and says he is that youth, aged fourteen years, whose name is on the list of passengers in the ship "Bevis." from Southhampton, England, in 1638, and his name is there written Dayell Poore, that he came with his sister Alce, or Alice, aged twenty years, and his brothers, Samuel, aged eighteen years, and John, all under the desig- nation of servants of Richard Dummer.

(I) Daniel Poore, whose descendants gen- erally after his own children have spelled their surname Poor instead of Poore, born in Wilt-

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shire, England, 1624, came to this country with his older sister and brother in 1638 and settled in Newbury, Massachusetts. In 1644 he became one of the original settlers of An- dover and spent the greater part of his life in that town, where he acquired a large estate in lands and other property, which at his death in 1713 was appraised at eight hundred pounds. Hle also became prominent in town affairs, held several important offices and served as selectman eight years. His farm and home in Andover were on the east side of Shawshin river, near where now stands the station at the junction of the Boston & Maine and Essex railroads. Daniel Poore married Mary Far- num, who bore him eleven children.

(II) Daniel Poore, son of Daniel and Mary ( Farnum) Poor, born in Andover, Massachu- setts. 1656, lived on the old homestead in that town. He married Mehitable Osgood, and by her had nineteen children.

(III) Thomas Poor, son of Daniel and Mehitable (Osgood) Poore, was born in An- dover, 1703, on the homestead founded by his grandfather nearly three-score years before Thomas was born. He married Mary Adams of Newbury, Massachusetts, and by her had twelve children.

(IV) Joseph Poor, son of Thomas Poor and Mary ( Adams) Poor, was born in 1748, and when grown settled (about 1770) in what then was the south part of Danvers, now with- in the limits of Peabody, Massachusetts. In the new locality he came to be one of the leading men of the town, and was deacon in the church from 1796 until his death, March 26, 1815. His wife was Mary Abbott, of An- dover, a descendant of one of the most promi- nent old families of that town. She died August 17, 1820. Children of Joseph Poor and Mary (Abbott) Poor: 1. Joseph, born March 28, 1771. 2. Hannah, born April 26, 1773; mar- ried Richard Osborn : seven children. 3. Mary, born April 30, 1775 ; married Sylvester Proc- tor. 4. Enoch, born January 20, 1777; mar- ried Sarah Shillaber: settled in Salem; two children. 5. Sarah, born July 21, 1779 ; mar- ried Benjamin Jacobs ; ten children. 6. George Abbott, born October 26, 1781 : was a seaman. 7. Nancy, born May 4, 1784 ; died unmarried. 8. Nathan, born September 15, 1786; see for- ward. 9. Daniel, born June 27, 1789 ; married Susan Bullfinch ; settled on island of Ceylon ; five children. 10. Betsy, born December 21, 1791 : married Rufus Wyman : one child. II. Martha, born June 20, 1795; married David Daniels ; five children.

(V) Joseph Poor, son of Joseph Poor and Mary ( Abbott) Poor, born in Danvers ( Pea- body ), March 28, 1771, died in Peabody, 1850. He was a tanner and currier by trade, and from a very small beginning succeeded in establishing a large tannery business which yielded him a competency and served as a foundation for still greater operations on the part of his sons and other descendants in later years. He was a man of enterprise as well as business capacity, and by his works and influ- ence did much toward the building up of his town and advancing the interests of its insti- tutions and people in every direction. He mar- ried first, December 9, 1795, Tamison Sprague, born April 13. 1773, died October 2, 1803, having borne him three children. He married second, Sarah Reed. Of his fourteen children seven grew to maturity, married, and had families : I. Eben, born 1796; married Clar- issa Abbott. 2. Henry, born 1799; married Mary Osborn. 3. George, born 1801 ; married Eliza Reed. 4. Joseph, born July 7, 1805; see forward. 5. Tamison, born 1807 ; married Obadiah Kimball. 6. Nancy, born 1813 ; mar- ried Isaac Hardy. 7. Enoch, born 1825 ; mar- ried Fanny E. Lowd; lived on the homestead. (V) Nathan Poor, son of Joseph Poor and Mary ( Abbott) Poor, born in Danvers, Sep- tember 15, 1786, died in Peabody, May 25, 1842. He married first, February 4, 1810, Margaret Silver, born in Salem, October 14, 1787, died November 18, 1824: second, Feb- ruary 27, 1829. Hannah C. Merrill; (nee Cook). Children by first wife, all born in Peabody: 1. Susan Silver, born August 13, 1810, died October 7, 1824. 2. Margaret Sil- ver, born February 20, 1812; married Octo- ber 16, 1833. Henry Brown Ward. 3. Nathan H., died in infancy. 4. Nathan H., (second child so named) died in infancy. 5. Nathan Holt, born November 14, 1817. died January 27, 1898. 6. Harriet C., born July 26, 1820. 7. George Abbott, born September 5. 1822.

(VI) Joseph Poor, son of Joseph and Sarah (Reed) Poor, born July 7, 1805, in Danvers, died there August 24, 1884. He attended school in his native place, and from the time he was old enough to. be of any use worked in and around his father's tannery, learning the business almost as a matter of course. At the age of eighteen he was given his time by his father and thereafter made his own way unaided. After his father died he carried on the tanning business alone, and his business career was one of continuous success. His ability was thoroughly appreciated by his fel-

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low townsmen, who frequently called him into the public service. He was for many years chairman of the board of selectmen of South Danvers and Peabody, a director of the War- ren Five Cents Savings Bank, and one of the original trustees of the Peabody Institute. As · he advanced in years he became a strong advo- cate of moral reform in all its branches, an earnest abolitionist, a warm-hearted, sincere temperance man, always carrying out his opin- ions at the ballot box, even if he stood alone. As a business man he did not exhibit that headlong activity and bustle which are so often mistaken for business capacity, but moved slowly on, seeing his way clearly as he went and keeping himself safe in all business trans- actions. He was a thoroughly religious man, always contributing liberally to purposes of benevolence and charity, and when the feeble- ness of advancing age compelled him to re- linquish business he felt even a deeper interest than before in those higher pursuits which chasten and ennoble life. He married Eliza Munroe of Danvers. Children: 1. Sally, born 1830. 2. Warren Augustus, born 1832; mar- ried Harriet Waterman. 3. Mary E., born 1834. 4. Ellen, born 1835; married James W. Kelley. 5. Leverett, born 1838; married Jennie Emerson. 6. Lizzie, born 1840. 7. Lu- cinda, born 1842. 8. George H., born 1844; married Susan R. Bond. 9. Albert F., born 1846; married Sarah F. Weed. Io. Joseph H., born 1848; married Maggie Linehan. II. Martha H., born 1850.

(VI) Nathan Holt Poor, son and fifth child of Nathan and Margaret (Silver) Poor, born in Peabody, November 14, 1817, died there January 27. 1898, having lived a life of in- dustry and usefulness and having completed more than fourscore years. He was a tanner and currier by trade, a good practical man at his chosen occupation, which he followed for many years and then laid aside for other duties. In the early part of his life he had be- come interested in public affairs, held many town offices of responsibility and performed other important duties of a public character ; and everything which he undertook was done well and to the satisfaction of those whose votes had placed him in office. It is safe to say that Mr. Poor gave longer service in pub- lic affairs in Peabody than almost any other man either before or since his time, and that no man in public office in any town in this state ever gave more faithful and efficient ser- vice or commanded the universal respect of his townsmen in a greater degree than did Mr.

Poor. The statutes of the commonwealth of course required that he, in common with all other public servants, make an annual report and submit his books and accounts to the examination of the town board and auditors, but when Mr. Poor's accounts were submitted the members of the board always knew that in his case their duties were merely perfunctory ; for he was as scrupulously honest as he was faithful in every duty entrusted to him. In this connec- tion let us look briefly at Mr. Poor's record and length of service in official capacity-town clerk, 1853-95, forty three years; town trea- surer. 1871-96, twenty-six years; assessor 1871-96, twenty-six years ; selectman 1854-62, and 1871-96, a total of thirty-three years. Be- sides this he was collector of internal revenue at Peabody from 1862 to 1871, in all nine years. The latter was a federal rather than local office. For several years also he was clerk of the board of water commissioners of Peabody. Mr. Poor married first, May 17 1843, Abigail Morrill, born in Westfield, Mass- achusetts, August 14, 1821, died in Peabody, September, 1862. He married second, De- cember 24, 1863. Hannah Ellen Gove, born in Deering, New Hampshire, December 8. 1839. Children of Nathan Holt Poor by first wife : 1. Eliza Frothingham, born August, 1844, died same month. 2. Frank Walker, born December 18, 1845; married, first, Georgia M. Friend, of Danvers; one child, Florence Cook Poor, born Decem- ber 9, 1872; married second, Frances Mihan, had one child, Abigail Morrill Poor, born May 16, 1873. 3. Mary Florence, died aged three months. 4. Harriet Ann, born July 16. 1852, died December 19, 1901; married Moses E. Johnson. 5. Eliza Harris, born October 27, 1854; married first. Robert H. Wilkinson, had Edward Poor Wilkinson, born August 5. 1884, died October 10, 1884; mar- ried second, Moses B. Paige, has one son, James Edward Paige (see Paige family). 6. Charles Morrill, born March 16, 1857: mar- ried Alice P. Osborn ; no children. 7. Edward Floyd, born August 6, 1858, died aged twenty years. 8. Mary Abbie, born June 15, 1862, died April 29, 1878. Children of Nathan Holt Poor by second wife: I. Margaret Silver, born October 6, 1864; married Abbott B. Gal- loupe. 2. Elmer Merton, born January 1I, 1866; married Margaret Scarle Lord; has Francis Lord, born May 16, 1893. 3. Nathan, born March 1, 1869; married Helen B. Berg- mann; children: Caroline Gove Poor, born

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts, Part 26

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918 Publication date: 1908 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 768

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 768