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On its original foundation the standard of requirement at Dummer Academy was placed on a high educational plane. From that stand- ard there has been no retrograde movement ; the aim of its curriculum has been to bring the students up to the requirements of Harvard scholarship leading to a degree in the arts or the sciences. But during the almost century and a half of its existence many changes have been witnessed in the physical life of the school, and during the same period too the trustees have been made the recipients of sub- stantial benefactions. In 1797 the general court made a grant of a half township of land in Maine for its benefit, and at various times other donations and endowments have enabled the corporation to erect additional buildings,
some of which are named in allusion to bene- factors. But the one great element which per- haps more than all others which has kept alive the memories and associations of this old historic institution, given it substantial aid in times of need and through its wide influ- ence has been instrumental in promoting its usefulness in every direction, is the organ- ized body of alumni known as the Society of the Sons of Dummer Academy, the existence of which dates from the year 1822. The in- terest created and kept alive through the workings of the society has been the direct or indirect agency by which the trustees have been enabled to enlarge the master's residence ( 1883), construct a new dormitory building (1885). build a modern gymnasium ( 1887) ; and the same loyal body has continued its beneficent work through all subsequent years in the creation of funds for advantages to the school that grounded its members for the higher education and their ultimate success in the activities of professional and business life.
STETSON This surname is of English origin, though diversely spell- ed Studson. Steedson, Stit- son. etc .. in the early records. A coat-of-arms preserved in the family in New England bears bend sinister azure between two lions rampant. etc., with motto : Virtus nobilitat anima. The coat-of-arms is not given by Burke under any of the American spellings, however. Two of the family were early pioneers in New Eng- land and we know that one of them. William Stetson, of Boston, came from Bristol, Eng- land. He was in Boston before 1637. a pro- prietor, and in Charlestown before 1640: dea- con : married first, Elizabeth Harris, widow : widow : second, Mary Hill, widow of Zecha- riah Ilill: his will was dated April 12, 1668.
(I) Robert Stetson, immigrant, the other pioneer of the family, was also born in Eng- land, in 1613. and died February 1, 1702-3. According to tradition he came from county Kent. Ile was a carpenter by trade. As early as 1634 he had a grant of land on North river. Scituate, Massachusetts, and was on the list of men able to bear arms in the Plymouth colony 1643. He was admitted a freeman and elected deputy to the general court June 7, 1653 : was constable March 7. 1642-3 at Duxbury. He was cornet of the troop of horse 1658-9, and ever afterward was known as "Cornet Stet- son" in the records, and doubtless orally as well. He built a house on the sloping plain near the river by a spring, and he had a saw
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mill on Third Herring Brook in Scituate, burned in King Philip's war, 1676. He repre- sented Scituate in the general court seventeen years between 1654 and 1678; in 1660 was chosen commissioner in matters relating to trade on the Kennebec river ; served in council of war 1661 to 1681, and was active in King Philip's war. In 1667 he was appointed on a delicate mission to the Sachems, and in 1668 was delegated to buy the Indian titles of the land comprising the towns of Hanover and Abington for his townsmen. His will, made September 4, 1702, "being aged," proved March 5, 1702-3, bequeathed to wife Mary ; sons Joseph, Benjamin, Samuel, Robert ; daughter Eunice Rogers ; and to Abigail Stet- son, widow of his son John. Children, bap- tized at Second Church of Scituate: I. Joseph, born June, 1639; mentioned below. 2. Benjamin, born August, 1641, baptized Octo- ber 6, 1645. 3. Thomas, born December 11, 1643. 4. Samuel, born June 1646, baptized July 12, 1646. 5. John, born April, 1648, bap- tized May 7, 1648. 6. Eunice, born April 28, 1650; married Rogers. 7. Lois, born February, 1652. 8. Robert, born January 29, 1653. 9. Timothy, baptized October II.
1657.
(II) Joseph Stetson, son of Robert Stet- son (I), was born June, 1639, at Scituate, and baptized at Second Church of Scituate Octo- ber 6, 1645. He died 1724, the inventory of his estate being dated March 8, 1724. He re- sided at Scituate. He married Prudence Children: I. Joseph, baptized in June, 1667. 2. Robert, born December 9. 1670; mentioned below. 3. Lois, born 1672; married - Ford. 4. William, born De- cember. 1673: died August 14, 1699. 5. De- sire, born September, 1676; married August 16, 1703. Richard Sylvester. 6. Prudence, born September, 1678; married December, 1707. Ebenezer Leach. 7. Samuel, born De- cember, 1679. 8. Hannah, born June, 1682 ; married April 25. 1708, Solomon Lincoln.
(III) Robert Stetson, son of Joseph Stet- son (2), was born December 9, 1670, at Scitu- ate. He resided there, and was constable in 1722. He married Mary Collamore, of Scitu- ate. Children, born at Scituate: 1. Anthony, born September 12, 1693. 2. Jemima, born March 13, 1694 ; married July 22, 1721, Daniel Damon. 3. Isaac, born March 15, 1696; drowned in Scituate river, 1719. 4. William, born June 26, 1700. 5. Amos, born June 18, 1703, mentioned below. 6. Martha, born Sep- tember 3. 1706; married December 21, 1731,
Nehemiah Hatch. 7. Gideon, born July 19, 1709. 8. Robert, born September 3, 1710.
(IV) Amos Stetson, son of Robert Stetson (3), was born in Scituate, June 18, 1703, and baptized November 5, 1704. He was a cord- wainer by trade. He removed to Braintree, and married May 9, 1727, Margaret, daughter of Benjamin T. Thayer. Children: I. Mar- garet, born December 13, 1728; married first, Adam Howard; second, John Gibbens. 2. Amos, born May 19, 1730; mentioned below. 3. John, born October 27, 1731. 4. Mary, born March 14, 1733; married Hezekiah Thayer. 5. Rufus, born December 8, 1735? 6. Saralı, married Samuel Mellish, of Dorchester. 7. Rachel, married Benjamin Lyon. 8. Benja- min, born July 3, 1741. 9. Gideon. 10. Thank- ful, born February 8, 1746 ?: married Major William Seaver, of Taunton. II. Hannah, born October 24, 1744: married John Niles.
(V) Amos Stetson, son of Amos Stetson (4), born May 19. 1730, died in 1779, in the revolution, after the surrender of Burgoyne. He was a cordwainer by trade, and resided in Stoughton. He married first, Experience Holbrook ; second, Loring; third,
Crosby. John Vinton was appointed guardian of the children Robert and Betsey July 17, 1779. Children: 1. Betsey, married
White. 2. Robert, died unmarried. 3. Jacob. 4. Isaac. 5. Joshua, born September 15, 1770. 6. Rhoda, married Thayer, of Sterling. 7. Phebe, married January 8, 1796, Lemuel Veazie. 8. Taman ?. 9. Amos, mentioned below.
(VI) Amos Stetson, son of Amos Stetson (5), was born February 25, 1777. He was a merchant in Braintree, and acquired a large competence. He was a member of the Con- gregational church. He married January 8, 1800, Hannah Hunt. Children: I. Caleb, born January 6, 1801. 2. Amos Warren, born April 27, 1802: mentioned below. 3. Mary, born March 27, 1804; married Joseph Porter, of Wrentham. 4. James A., born December 28, 1806. 5. Rhoda, born December 12, 1808; died October 15, 1811. 6. Rhoda W., born October 21, 1812, died about 1905.
(VII) A. Warren Stetson, son of Amos Stetson (6), was born April 27, 1802, at Braintree, where he resided and was a shoe manufacturer. He married, in 1828, Susannah Curtis. Children : 1. Annie Warren, born June, 1829 ; married Luther Wilson Anderson ( see Anderson family). 2. N. Curtis, born 1832. 3. A. Henry, born 1834. 4. Charles E., born 1838. 5. Warren, born 1840. 6.
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Oliver H., born 1841. 7. Susanna C., born December, 18.44.
(1) James Anderson, immi-
ANDERSON grant, was of Scotch an- cestry, born in the province of Ulster, Ireland, about 1690. He was one of the first sixteen settlers at Nutfield ( later Londonderry), New Hampshire, in 1719, which was settled by a party from the vicinity of Londonderry, Ireland, of the parish of Rev. Mr. McGregor, who came with them. They established a Presbyterian church, and to the town of Londonderry and vicinity came many hundred of Scotch-Irish in the next fifty years. Allen Anderson, a brother of James, settled in Londonderry, but left no children. John Anderson, perhaps a relative also, came a few years later and has many descendants in the vicinity of Derry. James Anderson settled in what is now Derry, New Hampshire, then Londonderry, east of the turnpike in the Double Range. Children: 1. Samuel, born about 1730; married Martha Craig. 2. Robert, married Agnes Craig : had nine children. 3- James, married first, Nancy Woodburn ; sec- ond, Elizabeth Burnett. 4. Thomas, married Mary Craig. 5. David, mentioned below. 6. Jane, married Eller James Taggart. 7. Nancy. ( II) David Anderson, son of James Ander- son (1), married Wilson. Children : I. Robert, mentioned below. 2. James. 3.
Andrew.
( III) Robert Anderson, son of David An- derson (2), was born about 1720. Ile mar- ried Naomi Aiken, and had a son Robert, men- tioned below.
(IV) Robert Anderson, son of Robert An- derson (3), was born in Londonderry, New Hampshire, where he resided and owned a saw mill. He married Jane Wilson. A Rob- ert Anderson was in the revolution, in Captain Daniel Reynold's company, Colonel Peabody's regiment, 1778-9. He died in 1835. Children : 1. George, settled in Beloit, Wisconsin. 2. James, settled in Milford, New Hampshire. 3. Jane. 4. Luther Wilson, mentioned below.
(V) Luther Wilson Anderson, son of Rob- ert Anderson (4), was born in Londonderry in 1821, and died in 1887. At the age of four- teen he was obliged to assist in the care of the family, his father having died, but he worked hard and fitted himself for Dartmouth Col- lege, where he graduated in 1846. During the time he was in college he spent his spare time in teaching, and in the study of medicine. Eventually he gave up the idea of becoming a
doctor, and became a well known teacher. Ilis first school was in East Braintree, where he taught two years, and then was the principal of the Charlestown high school. In 1852 he became master of the English high school in Boston, a position which he held until his death in 1887. He was a capable and progressive teacher, and inspired confidence in his pupils, who loved and respected him. He did con- siderable literary work for Harper Brothers, and was associated with Benjamin F. Tweed. for some years supervisor of the Boston schools, in the publication of a series of illu- strated primers. In 188t he was chosen trea- surer of the Reece Button-hole Machine Com- pany, an office which he held as long as he lived. He was also manager of the Adams Academy in Quincy from its establishment in 1871 until his death, and for many years was trustee of the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy. He was a member of Orphan's Hope Lodge, F. and A. M., in East Wey- mouth. He marred Annie Warren Stetson, born in Braintree in 1829, died 1902. daugh- ter of A. W. and Susannah ( Curtis) Stetson. ( See Stetson family). Children: I. Luther Stetson, born April 9, 1858, in Braintree ; men- tioned below. 2. Jennie Wilson, born Febru- ary 7, 1862; married Edwin S. Bennett, and had Chester A. and Luther A. Bennett. 3. A. Warren Stetson, born May 18, 1868, in Braintree, married Josie F. Deering.
(\'1) Luther Stetson Anderson, son of Luther Wilson Anderson (5), was born in Braintree, April 9, 1858. He received his early education in private schools. In 1869 he en- tered the Boston Latin school, but in the year following changed to the English high school, from which he graduated in the class of 1873. In 1875 he entered AAdams Academy at Quincy. and graduated in 1878, entering Harvard Col- lege and graduating in the class of 1882. He then entered the employ of the Old Colony Railroad Company, now part of the system of the New York, New Haven & Hartford rail- road, and held various positions in the freight department. He resigned to become assistant to the president of the Union Pacific Railway Company, September 30, 1885, and was made assistant treasurer of that company in April, 1888, and assistant secretary in June, 1889. For a short time he was also the purchasing agent of the company. From February. 1891. until the following autumn he was business manager of the New England Conservatory. In 1893 he supervised the construction of the Quincy Quarry railway, of which he was sub-
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sequently made superintendent, which position he still holds, and he has also been manager of the Granite Railway Company since April. 1899, and since January, 1907, has also been its treasurer.
Mr. Anderson is a prominent member of the First Congregational Church ( Unitarian ) of Quincy, its treasurer, and a member of the parish committee. In politics he is a Republi- can ; he was a member of the common council of Quincy in 1893-94-96-97, and was chair- man of the finance committee.
WILEY The surnames Wiley and Willey were originally used interchange- ably in England, though the American families of Wiley mentioned below seem not related to the Willey families at all. Willy or Willey is derived like a host of other surnames from the personal name William. We might cite others-Williams, Williamson, Fitz-Williams, Wilkins, Wilcox, Wilmot, Bill- son, Tilson (William was once nicknamed Till as well as Bill) and Guillian. Gillett, etc., from the French Guillaume ( William ).
But the surname Wiley was derived from the name of a parish in Wiltshire. The Wiley coat-of-arms is: Argent three griffins passant sable. The Willey family in various parts of the country uses a modified form of this armo- rial and this seems to prove that originally the Wiley and Willey families were of the same stock. Wiley or Willey: Argent three griffins segreant in fess sable. Also argent three griffins segreant in fess sable between five tre- foils slipped vert. The only crest found is: A rose bush vert bearing roses argent. The Scotch Wylie or Wiley family is especially numerous in the north of Ireland, Antrim county.
A number of the Willey family immigrated to New England before 1650. Allen Willey was admitted to the church in Boston, No- vember 9. 1634; Isaac Willey and wife Joanna were in Boston before 1640; she mar- ried. second, June 8, 1660, in Boston, Edward Burcham, of Lynn. Thomas Willey settled in Dover, New Hampshire, and a large family descended from a settler of this surname at New London, Connecticut.
(I) John Wiley, immigrant ancestor, was born in England about 1615. He settled in Reading, Massachusetts, where his descend- ants have been prominent to the present time. He gave bonds in the general court, July 30. 1640. He was a proprietor in 1648. His wife Elizabeth was a member of the Reading
Church in 1648, and she died August 3, 1662. He lived in "Little World" now called Wood- ville, Reading, and was one of the earliest settlers in that town. He died probably in 1672. Children : 1. John Jr. 2. Benjamin, married, 1707, Mary Nichols. 3. Elizabeth, born March 4, 1649. 4. Timothy, born April 24, 1653; mentioned below. 5. Susanna, born July 16, 1655 ; married. 1678, John Damon. 6. Sarah, born February 4. 1658.
( II) Timothy Wiley, son of John Wiley (I), was born in Reading, Massachusetts, April 24, 1653. He succeeded his father on the homestead and became a leading citizen, holding the offices of selectman and of deputy to the general court. He died in 1728. He married, first, in 1678, Elizabeth Davis, who died in 1695, daughter of George Davis. He married, second, 1607. Susanna Chil- dren of first wife: 1. John, born 1679. 2. Elizabeth, 1681 ; died young. 3. Timothy, mentioned below. 4. Elizabeth, born 1690. Child of second wife: 5. Thomas, born 1697.
( H11) Timothy Wiley, son of Timothy Wiley (2), was born 1688-92, at Reading ; married, in 1714, Mary Poole, of Lynnfield. They lived at Woodville, Reading. Children, born at Reading: 1. Sarah, 1715. 2. Susanna, 1717, married. 1741, Isaac Smith. 3. Mary, 1721, married, 1745, Moses Bancroft. Lydia, 1724, married, 1747, Adam Hawkes, of Lynnfield, ancestor of George L. Hawkes, Esq., of Lynnfield. 5. Timothy, 1725, mar- ried. 1748. Elizabeth Wiley. 6. John, 1727. 7. Nathaniel, mentioned below. 8. Phineas, 1731.
(IV) Nathaniel Wiley, son of Timothy Wiley (3), was born at Reading in 1729, died at Reading in 1822. aged ninety-three. He resided in Reading: married Mary Eaton, of Andover. Children, born at South Reading : I. Timothy, 1749, married, 1781, Susanna Hay, of Stoneham. 2. Mary, 1756. 3. Na- thaniel. 1759: mentioned below. 4. Phineas, 1761, married. 1782, Susanna Green. 5. Ben- jamin, 1763, married Sherman, of Lynnfield. 6. Edmund, 1766, married, 1791, Nancy Edes. 7. Ephraim, 1768, was father of Rev. Ephraim, a Methodist minister. 8. Sam- uel, 1772, married, 1794, Eliza Vinton. 9. Eli. 1774. married first, Love Mansfield, and, second, Lucy (Tapley ) Wiley.
(V) Nathaniel Wiley, son of Nathaniel (4), was born in Reading, 1759. Some of the revolutionary service of Nathaniel Wiley, of Reading, was his probably and the remainder his father's. His father turned out on the
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Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775, in Colonel David Green's regiment. He married, 1782. Sally Poole, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah ( Eaton ) Poole. Ile died in 1811, aged sixty- two years. He succeeded his father-in-law. Jonathan Poole, on the farm on Water street. South Reading, lately occupied by heirs of Leonard Wiley. Before Jonathan, his uncle, Benjamin Poole, owned this estate. Children born at Reading: 1. Sally, 1783, died in mid- dle age unmarried. 2. Betsey, 1787, married John Upton, Esq., of Lynnfield. 3. Leonard, 1791, married, 1813, Sally, daughter of Ed- mund and Judith ( Bancroft) Eaton ; had the homestead. 4. Lot, 1794, died 1813 of typhoid fever. 5. Nathaniel, 1797, mentioned below. 6. Laura, 1799, died 1813. 7. Poole. 1802. 8. Aaron, 1805, went to sea and was lost prob- ably, never returning or heard from.
(VI) Nathaniel Wiley, son of Nathaniel Wiley (5), was born in Reading in 1797, died at Stoneham or Woburn, Massachusetts. He lived at South Reading, now the town of Wakefield, Massachusetts. He married, 1820, Lydia Trull, born at Burlington, died.
at Woburn. Children : I. Henry P., born 1821, married Elvira Green. 2. John Adams, born February 1, 1825, mentioned below. 3. Lydia M., born 1828, died unmarried. 4. Au- gusta Ann, born 1830, died unmarried.
(VII) John Adams Wiley, son of Nathaniel Wiley (6), was born in Wakefield, Massachu- setts, February 1, 1825. He was educated in the district schools and the academy at Wo- burn. He learned the trade of wheelwright and followed it for several years in Wake- field. Andover and North Andover. He en- tered the employ of the Davis & Furber Ma- chine Company at North Andover and worked his way to a position of responsibility. He had charge of setting up the machinery sold by this concern, and in 1858 was admitted to partnership and continued this connection for a period of nearly fifty years. He took a prominent position in the manufacturing world and acquired wealth and distinction. He was a typical self-made man. His thorough knowledge of the business, his foresight and business sagacity, his strong and pleasing per- sonality, his industry and progressiveness were the factors of his great success in life. No man in North Andover has won in his generation a greater degree of respect and confidence from his townsmen. He was liberal in his support of charity and has given evidence of breadth as well as strength of character. He died September 1. 1905, after a long, useful and
successful career in business and public life. In politics he was an Independent. He was at one time representative to the general court and later state senator from his district, filling these important offices with credit to himself and the community. He attended the Congre- gational church. In 1865 when the church was built at the factory village he contributed five thousand dollars to the building fund. He was a director of the Pacific Bank.
He married, February 24, 1848, at Andover, Eliza R. Downing, born February 10, 1828, daughter of Samuel Downing. (See sketch of the Downing family ). They had no children.
The surname Morse is an old
MORSE English family name, occurring as early as 1368, in the reign of Edward III, when Hugho de Mors under- took a journey to France during a truce with that country and the captivity of her king. The name is found still earlier in Germany.
(1) Anthony Morse, the immigrant, with his brother William, were carly settlers in Newbury, Massachusetts. They came from Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, 1636. An- thony was a Puritan who tried to continue in the Established Church until his emigration to New England. Rev. Abner Morse says of him: "That he was a man of moral courage, energy and perseverance and capable in busi- ness, and laid the foundation of the compe- tence and wealth of his family: that he was called to public trusts of civil and sacred char- acter : that he reared pious and distinguished children : led a long life of strict integrity and humble piety, fearing God and loving his peo- ple, no one can doubt who attends to the rec- ords of the community in which he lived and (lied." He settled about half a mile south of the most ancient cemetery in Newbury, on a slight eminence in a field owned lately by Michael Little, and still called Morse Field, where the trace of his house. a few rods from the road was visible in 1850 and later. His will, dated April 28, 1680, is on file, but was never proved. He bequeathed to sons Joshua, Robert L .. Benjamin ; daughters Stickney, Newman and others. He died March 9. 1679- 80. He married first, Mary -: second. AAnne Children: I. Robert, settled at Elizabethtown, New Jersey, about 1667. 2. Peter, settled at Elizabethtown. 3. Joseph, died January 15, 1678-9. 4. Anthony, men- tioned below. 5. Benjamin, born March 28. 1640: married August 26, 1669, Ruth Sawyer. 6. Sarah, born at Newbury, May 1. 1641 ; died
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December 9, 1711. 7. Hannah, born about 1642: died November 26, 1703 ; married Fran- cis Thorle, February 6, 1655. 8. Lydia, born May, 1645 ; died young. 9. Lydia, born Octo- ber 7, 1647. 10. Mary, born April 7, 1649; died June 14, 1662, aged thirteen. II. Esther, born May 3, 1651 ; married Robert Holmes. 12. Joshua, born July 24, 1653: died March 28, 1691-2.
(II) Anthony Morse, son of Anthony Morse ( I), was born probably in England. possibly at Marlborough; married, May 8, 1680, Elizabeth Knight, died July 29, 1657; married second, November 10, 1669, Mary Barnard, who survived him. He was lieu- tenant of his military company. His will is dated February 23, 1677-8, and he died be- fore his father. He signed his will "Anthony Mors. Jun." He mentions wife and children in will. Children, born at Newbury: 1. Ruth, born May 20, 1661 ; died July 24, 1666. 2. Anthony, born January 1. 1662-3 ; mentioned below. 3. Joseph, born July 29, 1665, died January 15, 1689-90 : married Lydia Plummer. 4. Elizabeth, born July 29, 1667 ; died Febru- ary 25, 1677-8. 5. John, born September 13. 1670; died October 30, 1721, of small pox, at Woodstock, Connecticut, where he settled ; married Hannah Williams. 6. Mary, born August 31, 1672; married, 1692, Jabez Corbin. 7. Peter, born November 14, 1674; died No- vember 2, 1721. of small pox ; married Pris- cilla Carpenter. 8. Sarah, born November 1671 : died July 7, 1677.
(III) Anthony Morse, son of Anthony Morse (2), was born at Newbury, January I, 1662-3, and lived there all his life. He was ensign of the military company. Ile mar- ried, February 4, 1685-6, Sarah Pike. Chil- dren : I. Sarah, born 1686; died young. 2. Saralı, born 1687-8: died young. 3. Anthony, born 1690; married, 1717, Elizabeth Little ; second Sarah Illsley. 4. Sarah, born April 4, 1692: married Daniel Parker, of Bradford, November 26, 1713. 5. Joseph, born April 3, 1694: married, 1721, Rebecca Adams ; sec- ond, Mary Jackson. 6. Stephen, born 1695; mentioned below. 7. Elizabeth, born Novem- ber 3. 1697. 8. Timothy, born September 14, 1698; married, 1721, Dorothy Pike. 9. Thomas, born 1702. 10. Mary, born 1704; married 1730.
( IV) Deacon Stephen Morse, son of An- thony Morse (3), born at Newbury, 1695: married Elizabeth Worth. He was a promi- nent citizen, and deacon for many years of the
second church at Newbury, now known as the First Church of West Newbury. Children : I. Thomas, born June 30, 1726; mentioned be- low. 2. Stephen, born 1727-8; died Jimne I, 1753, married May 26, 1749, Judith Carr. 3. Elizabeth, born 1730. 4. Judith, born 1732. 5. Sarah, born 1734. 6. Anthony, born 1736.
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