Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts, Part 49

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


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Professor Horsford made generous use of the wealth that came to him as the reward of his inventive genius. Wellesley College was the object of his largest benefactions. He was president of the board of visitors; he estab- lished by a large endowment the system of


Sabbatical years, whereby one year in seven is given each professor, without loss of salary, for travel and study ; and he also endowed the library and gave a fund for the purchase of scientific apparatus. He was personally cheer- ful, cordial and genial, with a high sense of honor and a most generous spirit and unques- tioned honesty of purpose. IIe was an in- genious and persistent investigator, an enthusi- astic teacher, and a devout Christian. He sought always to make life brighter for his fellow men.


Professor Horsford's eldest daughter, Lilian, married Dr. William G. Farlow, pro- fessor of cryptogamic botany in Harvard U'ni- versity. Katherine, the second daughter, is un- married. His third daughter, Gertrude, mar- ried Andrew Fiske, son of Augustus Henry Fiske, a prominent lawyer in Boston in his day. The fourth daughter, Mary Gardiner, married Judge Benjamin R. Curtis, son of Judge Benjamin R. Curtis, of the United States supreme bench. Cornelia, fifth daugli- ter of Professor Horsford, early acquired a taste for archaelogical studies, assisting her father in his investigations, and after his death continued them with unabated enthusiasm. In 1895 she sent out an expedition to Iceland to examine ancient ruins, a report of which was published in 1898 under the title, "Ruins of the Saga-Time." In 1895, 1896 and 1897 she sent out expeditions to the British Isles to examine the ruins of open air forts and amphitheatres, and to Norway in 1898 and 1899: and from 1894 to 1897 directed research among the works of the natives of North America, in con- nection with investigation of the Norse dis- covery of America. She is author of "Graves of the Northmen," 1893: "An Inscribed Stone." 1895: "Dwellings of the Saga-Time in Iceland. Greenland and Vinland," 1898; "Vinland and its Ruins." 1899; and various contributions to periodicals. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science; a member of the National Geographic Society and the Prince Historical Society ; honorary vice-president of the Vik- ing Club of London; and a member of the American Folk Lore Society, the Icelandic Antiquarian Society ; the Irish Text Society ; and president of the Shelter Island Public Library.


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About the time of the conquest MUNROE of England, Malcolm II, king of Scots, apportioned (fewed out, or fee-ed) his vast domains in Scotland among those who had served him most faitlı-


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fully in his battles with the Danes; and ac- cording to the ancient tradition it was at that time that the country between Dingwall and the waters of Alness in the shire of Ross was granted to Donald Munroe. A part of these lands was afterward erected by the king into the barony of Fowles, and some of the Mun- roes were lords of this barony from the time of its creation (Buchanan). Out of these lords and barons of Fowles through a long succession of generations of their descendants there sprung the Munroes, whose house and clan were overthrown by the hosts of Crom- well, and many of them were sold into cap- tivity and transported to New England, there to serve out their apprenticeships and by their services earn their redemption. It seems to be agreed upon that the Munroes who settled in New England were made prisoners of war by Cromwell and sold, according to the customs of the time, to shippers who sent them here into service of from three to ten years, to pay the first purchase, the cost of passage and such profit as the dealer might be able to make. It is probable that the Munroes were among those taken at the battle of Worcester, where Cromwell was victorious. In 1651 a cargo of prisoners was consigned to Thomas Kemble, of Boston, and the ship's list contains the names of four Munrows (as the name is there spelled)-Robert, John, Hugh, and one other whose first name is obliterated, but which un- doubtedly is that of William Munroe, the ancestor of the Lexington family of that name and of most of those of the surname through- out New England. Some of its members spell the name Monroe, and in the early history of the family in this country (and doubtless the practice is observed elsewhere) the first sylla- ble "Mun" was omitted, and the name was variously spelled "Roe," "Row" and "Rowe." (I) William Munroe, born in Scotland, 1625, belonged to the famous clan of that name. He came to America in 1652, as a prisoner, was sold into service through Kemble, and obliged to work for a certain time for the master who had bought his services from the British gov- ernment. He worked out his time and ac- quired property in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as early as 1657. He settled in Cambridge Farms (now Lexington) near the Woburn line, in 1660, his farm being on Woburn street, on or near lands now or lately owned by Hugh Graham. His sons lived with him after they had attained manhood, and it is related by his descendants that he made so many additions to his house to accommodate


the families of his sons that it resembled a ropewalk, it was so long. He was admitted freeman in 1690, and contributed to the build- ing fund for the first meeting house. He mar- ried three times, and although forty years old at the time of his first marriage he raised a family of thirteen children. He died January 20, 1717, and his will, dated November 14, 1716, mentions sons John, George, Daniel, Joseph and Benjamin, and daughters Eleanor Burgess, Martha Comee, Hannah Pierce, Elizabeth Rugg and Mary Fassett. William Munroe married first, 1665, Martha -; four children. He married second, 1672, Mary -, born 1651, died August, 1692; nine children. He married third, Elizabeth Wyer, widow of Edward Wyer, of Charlestown, Massachusetts. She died December 14, 1715, aged almost eighty years. His children : I. John, born May 10, 1666, died September 14,


1753; married Hannalı ; ten children. 2. Martha, born November 2, 1667; married January 21, 1688, John Comee, of Concord ; lived in Lexington : died April 13, 1729. 3. William, born October 10, 1669; married Mary Cutler. 4. George (see post). 5. Dan- iel, born August 12, 1673; married Dorothy 6. Hannah, married December 21, 1692, Joseph Pierce; eight children. 7. Eliz- abeth, married Thomas Rugg ; eleven children. 8. Mary, born June 24, 1678; married about 1700, Joseph Fassett. 9. David, born October


6, 1680; not mentioned in father's will. IO. Eleanor, born February 24, 1683 ; married Au- gust 21, 1707, William Burgess. of Charles- town. II. Sarah, born March 18, 1685 ; mar- ried, about 1707, George Blanchard. 12. Joseph, born August 16, 1687 ; married Eliz- abeth I3. Benjamin, born August 16, 1690 : married twice.


(II) George Munroe, third son and fourth child of William Munroe and Martha his first wife, born in Lexington, Massachu- setts, (date not known), and died there Jan- uary 17, 1749. He was generally called Ser- geant George Munroe, and is sometimes so mentioned in the records. He was tythingman 1719, and selectman 1728. He married Sarah ", died December 4, 1752, aged seventy- five years. Children: I. William, born Jan- tary 6, 1700: married May 6, 1735, Rebecca Locke, of Woburn. 2. Sarah, born October 17, 1701; no further record. 3. Dorothy, born November 9, 1703, died April 1704. 4. Lydia, born December 13, 1705 ; no further rec- ord. 5. George, born October 17, 1707 ; married Sarah Phipps. 6. Robert, born May 14, 1712;


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married July 28, 1737, Anne Stone. 7. Sam- uel, born October 23, 1714; record says "he was the first baptized in the new meeting- house." 8. Andrew, (see post). 9. Lucy, born August 20, 1720; married Wat- son, of Cambridge.


(III) Andrew Munroe, youngest son of George and Sarah ( -) Munroe, was born in Lexington, Massachusetts, and baptized there June 4, 1718. He served as a soldier in the French and Indian war, 1758-59-60, and died, in Lexington, September 15, 1766, and his widow settled his estate. He married May 26, 1763, Lucy, widow of Daniel Simonds, and whose family name was Mixer. Children: I. Andrew ( see post ). 2. Ishmael, born October 9, 1766, after the death of his father. He was the second posthumous child his mother had. one by her first husband. He married Feb- ruary 27, 1794, Elizabeth Skilton, of Woburn.


(IV) Andrew Munroe, elder son of Andrew and Lucy ( Mixer) Simonds Munroe, born in Lexington, Massachusetts, March 30, 1764, died in Danvers, Massachusetts, August 7, 1836. He married, in Burlington, Massachu- setts, (by Rev. John Merritt) March 22, 1785, Ruth Simonds, born in Woburn, April 13, 1763, died in Danvers, January 29, 1840. Both she and her husband are buried in the old King burying ground in Peabody, formerly a part of South Danvers. Ruth Simonds Mun- roe was related to one of the famous charac- ters in New England history, Count Rum- ford; while on her father's side she was de- scended from one of the early planters of Woburn.


(I) William Simonds, Sr., is mentioned in Woburn records as early as 1644, but from whence he came, his birth and ancestry, are not known. He bought land about a mile and a half from the centre of the town, built his house there, and during the Indian wars his home was barricaded and used as a garrison house. He was one of the proprietors of the town, was called a planter, and was an owner of considerable lands. In 1644 he married Judith Phippen Hayward, widow of James Hayward. Judith Phippen and James Hay- ward were fellow passengers on board the "Planter" from London, England, in 1635. William Simonds died June 7, 1672, and his wirlow died January 3. 1689-90. They had twelve children.


(II) James Simonds, sixth son of William and Judith, born November 1, 1658, married December 29, 1685, Susanna, daughter of Samuel and Ruth Blodgett. Susanna died


February 9, 1714-15, and James died Septem- ber 15, 1717. They had six children.


(III) James Simonds, eldest son of James Simonds and Susanna Blodgett, born Novem- ber 1, 1686, married June 17, 1714, Mary, daughter of James and Mary Fowle. James Simonds died July 30, 1775, having survived his wife Mary thirteen years. She died March 9, 1762.


( [\) Caleb Simonds, third son of James Simonds and Mary Fowle, born August 27, 1720, married first, March 26, 1746, Susanna, daughter of Captain Robert and Mary Con- vers. Seven children were born of this mar- riage. After the death of his first wife, Caleb Simonds married, December 6, 1774, second, Lucy Munroe, widow of Andrew Munroe, of Lexington. There were no children of this marriage. Her maiden name was Mixer, and she married first, Daniel Simonds, a distant relative of Caleb Simonds. By him she had several children, the youngest of whom was born about six months after the death of her husband. She then married Andrew Munroe, and by him had two children, Andrew and Ish- mael, as is mentioned in a preceding para- graph. Caleb Simonds was Lucy's third hus- band. Eleven years later Ruth Simonds, daughter of Caleb, married Andrew Munroe, son of the first Andrew Munroe and his wife Lucy, the latter of whom subsequently became the wife of Ruth's father. From this it will be seen that there was no blood relationship between Ruth Simonds and Andrew Munroe.


A tradition in the family concerning the death of Lucy Munroe is to the effect that she had gone to the well for a bucket of water and was hit by a kicking horse and fell, her head striking the door stone, and she was instantly killed. This tradition agrees with the records of deaths in the town of Woburn, which state that on September 3, 1783, while standing at her own door, she was run over by a horse and instantly killed, being then fifty-eight years old.


Ruth Simonds Munroe, wife of Andrew Munroe the younger, was a cousin of the cel- ebrated Count Rumford, man of science and great learning and who was so closely asso- ciated with the life of some of the best institu- tions of New England. ( See Count Rumford ). Children of Andrew and Ruth ( Simonds) Munroe: I. Isaac, (see post). 2. Mary, born in Woburn, November 24, 1786: married Eliphalet Taylor. of Danvers. 3. Andrew (twin), born in New Grafton, New Hamp- shire, April 1, 1789; married (first) Mary


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Bears, of Reading, Massachusetts; (second), widow 4. Ishmael (twin), (see post). 5. Lucy, born in Danvers, May 24, 1791 ; married Hunt, and soon after- ward went to New York state. 6. Edmund, (see post). 7. Uriah, (see post). 8. Ruth, born Danvers, May 27, 1798; married John Jacobs, of Danvers. 9. Sarah, born Danvers, September 7, 1800; married Eben Twiss. 10. Phebe Upton, born Danvers, February 15, 1803 ; married William Cross. 11. Luther Sy- monds, (see post). The last six children were born in Danvers.


(V) Isaac Munroe, eldest child of Andrew and Ruth (Simonds) Munroe, born in Wo- burn, July 19, 1785, died in Lynn, February 18. 1822. His death was accidental, he being killed by falling from his wagon. He mar- ried, September 8, 1807, in Danvers, ceremony performed by Rev. Samuel Walker, Mary Curtis, born in Danvers, March 14, 1783, died December 7, 1842. Children, all born in Dan- vers : I. Mary, born November 30, 1808; married Jonathan C. Clough. 2. Eliza, born March II, 18II; married Joseph Poor; (see Poor). 3. Hannah, born March 16, 1813; married John Parsons. 4. Clarissa, born Feb- ruary II, 1815; married Robert Herrick. 5. Lucinda, born July 4, 1817; married John Goldthwaite. 6. Melissa, born October 16, 1819; married William Stowe. 7. Isaac, born November 29, 1821 ; married Hannah n.


(V) Ishmael Munroe, fourth child of An- drew and Ruth (Simonds) Munroe, born in New Grafton, New Hampshire, April 1, 1789; married February 20, 1817, by Rev. Samuel Walker, Rhoda Symonds, of Burlington, Massachusetts. Children : I. Betsey Saunton, born December 25, 1819. 2. Caleb Convers, January 31, 1825. 3. Jonas Symonds, Febru- ary 17, 1828; married Phebe Thomas.


(V) Edmund Munroe, sixth child of An- drew and Ruth (Simonds) Munroe, born in Danvers, October 27, 1793. died in Beverly. He married, first, September 15, 1819, (by Rev. Samuel Walker) Betsey Jacobs, born in Danvers, April 12, 1798, died October 20, 1829; four children. He married second, April 1, 1830, (by Rev. George Cowles) Eliza Stanley ; four children. His children : I. Caleb Symonds, born May 21, 1822, died young, in North Danvers. 2. Lucy, born Jan- uary 27, 1824 (or 1825) ; married Moses Spiller, born in South Boston. 3. James (twin), born August 7, 1828; married Eliza Bliss, of Salem. 4. Edmund (or Edward, twin), born August 7, 1828; married Hannah


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Brewer, of Westham. 5. Eliza A., born in Beverly January 27, 1831. 6. Isaac A., born in Beverly February 17, 1834. 7. William H., born in Beverly March 23, 1841. 8. Ellen F., born in Beverly April 23, 1844.


(V) Uriah Munroe, seventh child of An- drew and Ruth (Simonds) Munroe, born in Danvers, March 4, 1796; married (by Rev. Samuel Walker) October 20, 1819, Esther Eleanor Twiss, born in Danvers, July 16, 1803. Children : I. Jonathan Twiss, born February 28, 1821 ; married Harriet


of Saugus, Massachusetts. 2. Luther Sy- monds, born May 2, 1823; married Emily Wiley, of Lynnfield. 3. Sarah Wingate, born November 3, 1834 (?) ; never married.


(V) Luther Simonds Munroe, youngest child of Andrew and Ruth (Simonds) Mun- roe, born in Danvers, May 10, 1805, died there December 23, 1851. He married Olive Flint, the marriage ceremony being performed Sep- tember 3. 1826, at Reading, Massachusetts, by Rev. Cyrus Pierce. She was born in Read- ing, July 27, 1805, daughter of John and Phebe Flint (see Flint family). Children: I. Wil- liam Calvin, born Danvers, March 20, 1827, died September 9, 1830. 2. Luther Simonds, born Reading, December 31, 1828; married first, Louise -; second, Ellen Whitmore. 3. Phebe Cross, born Danvers, October 28, 1830. died Salem, January 31, 1895; married (by Rev. Dr. Brown Emerson) Robert W. Wilkinson; children: i. Robert Henry Wil- kinson, born South Danvers, January 14, 1855, died September 22, 1884; married, April 18, 1883, (by Rev. Willard G. Sperry, of South Church, Peabody) Eliza H. Poor, daughter of Nathan H. Poor and Elizabeth Morrill, of Peabody (see Poor family). Their only child, Edward Poor Wilkinson, born August 5, 1884, died October 10, 1884, eighteen days after the death of his father. ii. Albert Munroe Wil- kinson, born South Danvers. November 7, 1860, died May, 1908; married, October 18, 1894, at Salem, Isabella L. Bill, daughter of Caleb Rand Bill and Annie Margaret Bole- man ; children : i. Donald Munroe Wilkin- son, born October 23, 1895; ii. Janet Wilkin- son, June 14, 1898. 4. William Calvin, born Salem, December 21, 1833 (see post). 5. Olive Adeline, born Salem, January 18, 1836, died Charlestown, Massachusetts, November 29, 1905 ; married John H. Grout. 6. George Warren, born Salem, August 2, 1840, died February, 2, 1867.


(VI) William Calvin Munroe, third son and fourth child of Luther Simonds and Olive


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( Flint) Munroe, born in Salem, December 21, 1833, died there, at his summer residence, August 10, 1891, and was buried in the Monu- mental Cemetery in Peabody, Massachusetts. He came from Salem to Peabody in early life with his parents, and there grew to manhood and was engaged in the milk business for a short period of time. Being a lover of horses, he drifted into the express business, on a small scale, and at the time of the civil war he, with his brother-in-law, John H. Grout, established an express business in Peabody, or South Dan- vers, as it was then called, and they were the first to carry express matter over the railroad from Peabody, making a contract with the Old Eastern railroad, now a part of the Bos- ton & Maine railroad, and shipped the express goods to East Boston, where their teams would take and carry them to Boston. They con- tinued in business together for some time, when Mr. Grout purchased his partner's inter- est, and later Mr. Munroe purchased it back again. He then admitted as partner Frank T. Arnold, under the name of Munroe & Arnold Express, and later they admitted Moses Shackley as a partner, retaining the old firm name. In 1872 Mr. Shackley sold out his interest to his partners, and they continued until the death of Mr. Munroe, August 10. 1891, when William Frederick Munroe, the latter's son, succeeded his father, and he and Mr. Arnold continued the business until the latter's death in 1900, when William F. Mun- roe continued to carry on the business with the Arnold Estate. In 1904 the firm purchased the business of David Merritt, of Salem (an old express line), and in 1905 purchased the J. H. Moulton Express Company of Salem and merged them with the Munroe & Arnold Ex- press Company. On September 1, 1905, the business was incorporated under the Massa- chtisetts laws as the Munroe-Arnold-Merritt Express Company, with William F. Munroe, president, and George R. Felt, treasurer, which still continues.


William Calvin Munroe married first, No- vember 26, 1859, in South Danvers, Adeline Bradley Jones, born in Hampstead, New Hampshire, February 28, 1835, died April 23, 1864, in Peabody, daughter of Justus and Sophronia (Wood) Jones, who were mar- ried in August, 1816. Justus Jones, son of Justus Jones, was born in Dracut, October 5, 1790, died in Peabody, July 9, 1855 ; his wife was born in Tewksbury, July 4, 1784, died in Peabody, September 8. 1855. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Munroe: William


Frederick (Ist), died young, and William Frederick (2nd), (see post). Mr. Munroe married second, in Salem, July 23, 1865, Jane Wood Jelly, born in Salem, February 12, 1837. daughter of Charles and Mary (Hammond ) Jelly. Charles Jelly, born in Salem, died Janu- ary 19, 1882, aged seventy-six years three months seven days : his wife, who was daugh- ter of Joditha Hammond, born in Salem, died July 29, 1893, aged eighty-four years five months thirteen days. Mr. and Mrs. Munroe had one child, Jennie : (see post).


(VII) William Frederick Munroe, son of William Calvin and Adeline B. ( Jones) Mun- roe, was born in Peabody, Massachusetts, March 31, 1864. He is the president of the Munroe-Arnold-Merritt Express Company, as mentioned above in the sketch of his father, and is one of the leading citizens of Peabody, taking an active part in its civic and social affairs. He was a member of the Republican town committee for ten years; in 1896 was made one of the trustees of the Peabody Insti- tute ; elected to the school committee in 1906; and at the present time ( 1908) is chairman of the board. He is a member of Jordan Lodge, F. and A. M .: Washington Royal Arch Chap- ter, Salem ; Winslow Lewis Commandery, No. 18, Knights Templar, of Salem, and in 1891 was noble grand of Holton Lodge, Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Munroe is a trustee of the Warren Five Cent Savings Bank, of Peabody, and a member of its invest- ment committee.


William F. Munroe married, June 2, 1892, Clara Bailey Mansfield, born in Wakefield, Massachusetts, September 14, 1868, daughter of Edward Galen and Rebecca Stacey ( Breed) Mansfield. Edward G. Mansfield was born in Brighton, Massachusetts, July 20, 1842, died July 26, 1875, and his wife, who was daughter of Hubbard Breed, an old time deep sea cap- tain of Salen1, was born January 15, 1841, died June 8, 1880. Edward Mansfield, father of Edward G. Mansfield, was born in Lynn- field, Massachusetts, married Clara Bailey, born April 13, 1813, died November -, 1898. Children of William Frederick and Clara Bailey ( Mansfield ) Munroe : 1. Eleanor Vinton, born March 26, 1893, died October 18, 1897. 2. Ruth, born June 15, 1894. 3. Alice Hubbard, November 11. 1895. 4. Marjorie, November 27, 1898. 5. Allan Breed, March 1, 1900. 6. William Calvin, May 20, 1902. The fore- going were born in Peabody ; and the following in Salem. 7. Edward Mansfield, March 9. 1904. 8. John Vinton, August 6, 1905.


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(VII) Jennie Munroe, daughter of Wil- liam Calvin and Jane W. (Jelly) Munroe, born in Peabody, June 16, 1866, married, Feb- ruary 28, 1901, in Peabody, Dr. Harry Delano Kennard, born Beverly, Massachusetts, Feb- ruary 24, 1869, son of Charles William and Lucy Jane (Lord) Kennard, grandson of Wil- liam and Mary (Frost) Kennard, and great- grandson of William and Mary (Leighton) Kennard. The Kennards first settled at or near Kittery (now Elliot), Maine. William Kennard was born in Elliot. Charles William Kennard was born in Elliot, July 20, 1842, lives now in Somerville, Massachusetts, and enjoys the pleasant distinction of being one of the oldest employees in point of years of service of the Boston & Maine Railroad Com- pany. When a young man he entered the em- ploy of the old Eastern Railroad Company in a minor capacity, was made conductor in 1865. and has continued in that position to the pres- ent time, running for the Eastern until that company was absorbed by and became a part of the Boston and Maine system and subse- quently with the latter corporation, in all a period of more than forty-three years. Few railroad men can show a record equal to this, and few indeed are those in any railroad ser- vice in this or any other country who can boast a wider acquaintance among railway em- ployees and with the travelling public, or whose long period of faithful service has been attended with less unfortunate events than that of Mr. Kennard. He is an honored veteran railroad man, still active and strong, and now perhaps more popular than ever with commercial travellers and still regarded by the company as one of its most efficient and faithful conductors. Mr. Kennard is a Mas- ter Mason, charter member of Solar Lodge, of Somerville ; a Republican in political prefer- ence, but not an active figure in public affairs. He married November 8, 1866, Lucy Jane Lord, born in Beverly, Massachusetts, May 12, 1843, daughter of Cyrus and Eliza (Shel- don) Lord. Children: I. Harry Delano, born February 24, 1869. 2. William Wentworth, born September 3. 1874 ; graduated from Har- vard Law School; now a member of Boston bar : married Lena Doe, of Cambridge; one child, Wentworth Kennard. 3. Agnes Frost, born March 2, 1881; lives with her parents in Somerville.


Dr. Harry Delano Kennard acquired his higher literary education at Tufts College, and his professional education at Harvard Medi- cal School, where he graduated M. D. in 1895.


Having come to the degree he began his pro- fessional career in Lynn, remained in that city until August, 1898, and then located perma- nently in Peabody, where he has since engaged in general practice. and with gratifying suc- cess. He married February 28, 1901, Jennie Munroe ; children: I. William Calvin, born in Peabody, December 6, 1901. 2. Delano Munroe, born in Peabody, October 14, 1907.




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