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October 26, 1707; married, November 13, 1729, Batholomew Allen, of Manchester. II. Noah, born August 24, baptized September 3, 17IO.
(III) John Cressy, son of John Cressy, was born in Salem, August 5, 1694, and baptized the same day. He died October 19, 1718. He married, November 20, 1717, Mary Lovett, of Beverly, who married (second), June 28, 1722, John Conant, of Beverly. Child: I. John, baptized February 1; 1718-19, mentioned below.
(IV) John Cressy, son of John Cressy, was baptized February 1, 1718-19, in Salem. He was a weaver by trade. He married. Decem- ber 24, 1740, Elizabeth Woodbury, of Salem, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Dodge) Woodbury. She died before her husband. Administration on his estate was granted March 10, 1796, to Joseph Wood, of Beverly. Children: I. Elizabeth, born December 30, 1741, died November 29, 1805, unmarried. 2. John, born March 9, 1746, mentioned below. 3. Anna, born August 30, 1755, married (first) April 4, 1776, John Herrick; (second), July 29, 1787, Morris Nash.
(V) John Cressy, son of John Cressy, was born in Salem, March 9, 1746. He married (first ). January 3, 1773, Mary Herrick, widow. He married (second), May 18, 1790, Rebecca Cressy, born August 13, baptized August 16. 1747, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Ober) Cressy. Rebecca was widow successively of Daniel Twiss, Thomas Davis and John Lander. John Cressy was in the revolution in Captain Caleb Dodge's company of minutemen of the second parish, and answered the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775 : also in Captain Moses Brown's company. Col- onel John Glover's ( fourteenth) regiment in 1776. Children, born at Royal Side, Beverly : I. William, born August 3, 1773. 2. John, born October 22. 1774. mentioned below. 3. Maxwell, born March 19, 1776. 4. Henry, born April 26, 1778. 5. Molly, born October 9, 1780. 6. Elizabeth, born October 21, 1782. 7. Joseph, born October 24, 1784.
(VI) Captain John Cressy, son of John Cressy, born Salem, October 22, 1774. died aged ninety-six years. He lived on the farm at Royal Side, and married, September 12, 1797, Mary Bachelder, born at Beverly, April 26. 1778, daughter of , Nathaniel and Mary Bachelder. In his younger days he followed the sea and became a master mariner. He sailed fishing vessels to the Grand Banks. After he gave up the sea he was a farmer
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at "Royal Side" in Beverly. He lived to the great age of ninety-six years, retaining all his faculties to the end except his eyesight. He was nearly blind during his last few years. In politics he was a staunch Whig. He attended the Dane Street Congregational Church. Chil- dren, born in Beverly: 1. William, born Sep- tember 28, 1798, a sea-faring man, was drown- ed in the Mediterranean sea. 2. Mary, born September 12, 1799, died January 9, 1879: married Josiah Pickett; children: Josiah, John W., Charles, Mary H., Sarah F., Mary E .. Martha, George, Hepzibah Pickett. 3. John, born July 20, 1801, married Joanna Woodbury ; children: John B., William A., Freeborn, Benjamin. 4. Josiah, born August 22, 1804, married Hannah Dawkins. 5. Eliz- abeth, born August 25, 1806, married Wood- ward Tucker. ( After 1804 the father dropped the use of "3d." after his name). 6. Sophia, born November 1I, 1808, married Aaron Cressy. 7. Sarah, born December 29, 18II, married Israel Cressy. 8. Joseph, born Janu- ary 30, 1814, inentioned below. 9. Hepzibah Bachelder, born May 22, 1816, married Na- thaniel Porter. 10. Benjamin, born August 15, 1818-19, died at sea.
(VII) Joseph Cressy, son of John Cressy, born Beverly, January 30, 1814, died in 1888. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and early in life began to follow the sea and continued until he was forty years old, when he gave up the sea and followed farming. He had a dairy and milk route and was one of the most prosperous farmers of the town. He was one of the substantial and influential men of the town, imbued with pub- lic spirit, concerned in the welfare of the town and of his neighbors. He commanded the esteem and confidence of all his townsmen. He was a Republican in national politics, but independent in municipal affairs. He attended the Dane Street Congregational Church. He was a member of Bass River Lodge, No. 141, of Odd Fellows, and of the Encampment. He married Louisa J. Young, who died May, 1892, daughter of Abram K. and Mary (Mas- coll) Young. Children, born in Beverly: I. Mary Louise, born October, 1861, lived in Danvers: married A. D. Walker; children : Douglass, Frederick, Louise. 2. Frederick Osgood, born March 31, 1864, mentioned be- low.
(VIII) Frederick Osgood Cressy, son of Joseph Cressy, was born in Beverly, March 31. 1864. He attended the Washington school in his native town. At the age of twelve he
began to assist his father in the milk business and on the farm. He continued on the farm and at the age of twenty-eight was successful enough to be the owner of a large herd of cattle. He succeeded to his father's farm and . business after his death and has conducted it since with much success. He has devoted all his attention to his farm and business and various real estate holdings in Beverly. He is a member of no lodges nor secret societies. He attends the Washington Street Congrega- tional Church. In politics he is a Republican.
He married, December 22, 1892, Ella W. Thissel, born Beverly, February 5. 1864, daughter of George and Mary (Foster ) Thissel. Other children of Mr. and Mrs. Thissel: George, Frank, Richard, all living in Beverly: Charles, deceased ; Alice, lives in Chicago, widow of Eben Nourse: Mary E .. unmarried. Child of Frederick O. Cressy and wife, is Joseph Thorndike, born March 5. 1894; (Beverly high school, class of 1913).
The Edmesters have lived in EDMESTER New England for at least a century and a half, and their names are found in various church and town records in the eastern part of Massachu- setts. Jonathan Edmester is said to have been born in Plymouth, although the published rec- ords of that town give no account of him or of his ancestors, hence very little is known of him or his family except that he married Jemi- ma Clapp, daughter of Samuel Clapp and his second wife. Hannah Price. Samuel Clapp was a son of Samuel Clapp, son of Nathaniel Clapp, son of Ebenezer Clapp, son of Na- thaniel Clapp, whose father, Nicholas Clapp (or Clap) was the immigrant ancestor of the family in America and of whom mention is made elsewhere in these annals.
(I) Jonathan Edmester removed from Ply- mouth to South Malden, where for a time he taught school and afterward became owner and proprietor of the brickyard which former- ly had been the property of his wife's father. By his wife Jemima, Mr. Edmester had nine children : Aaron, Elijah, born August II, 1807: Moses, James Clapp. Timothy, Sarah, Susan, Caroline, and Emily, born March 27, 1810.
(II) James Clapp Edmester, son of Jona- than Edmester (I), was born in Dorchester. Massachusetts. He was a brickmaker. The family name of his first wife was Furness, and by her he had one son Warren Edmester, and one daughter, Annie. He married, second,
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Anne Woodbury, born in Beverly, Massachu- setts ; six children: 1. Elmira, married Alvin Currier. 2. George Washington. 3. Charles Wesley. 4. Harriet Augusta. 5. Elijah Briggs. 6. Hannah Otis.
(III) Elijah Briggs, fifth child of James Clapp and Anne ( Woodbury ) Edmester, was born in South Malden, December 14. 1837. At the age of twelve years began learning the trade of brickmaking. the occupation followed by his father and grandfather, and also by the father of his grandfather's wife. At the age of twenty-two he was made foreman of his father's brickyard, and in 1876 he himself be- came proprietor of the business which had been founded by his grandfather in 1807, and of which he is still the head. Mr. Edmester is a Republican, but not active in politics, and he and his family attend the Universalist church. In his younger days he was a mem- ber of the old volunteer General Taylor fire engine company and also at one time a mem- ber of the hand hose company. He is and for many years has been a member of Pales- tine Lodge, F. and A. M. ; Everett Lodge, No. 36. I O. O. F., and of Assawomsett Tribe, I. O. R. M. Mr. Edmester married, September 30, 1865, Susan Stimpson, born in Charles- town, Massachusetts, daughter of George and Sarah (Hires) Stimpson.
George Stimpson was a die-sinker by occu- pation, and an old line Whig in politics, and a Universalist in his religious belief. Nine children were born of the marriage of George Stimpson and Sarah Hires: 1. George Stimp- son, married Caroline Belyea. 2. Washington Stimpson. 3. Lucy Stimpson, married George T. Barney, a manufacturer of perfumes in South Malden. 4. Sarah Stimpson, married James Connor. 5. Jefferson Stimpson, mar- ried Henrietta Moore. 6. Edwin Stimpson. 7. Albert Stimpson, died when twenty-one years old. 8. Susan Stimpson, wife of Elijah Briggs Edmester. 9. Martha Washington Stimpson, wife of Gustavus A. Norton. An- drew Stimpson, father of George Stimpson, who married Sarah Hires, was born in Charlestown, on Main street, near the old bridge, and by business occupation was a dealer in horses. He married four times, and the first three of his wives were Indian girls. The name of his last wife is unknown. His father. Andrew Stimpson, was born in Charles- town, but on account of imperfect family rec- ords little is known of him, except that he was probably a descendant of Andrew Stimpson, who came from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Eng-
land, and was an early settler in Cambridge. Andrew Stimpson, the immigrant, had by wife Jane, several children, among them Andrew, Sarah and Rebecca, besides others whose names are not known.
Elijah Briggs Edmester and Susan Stimp- son had five children: 1. Franklin Herbert, born July 25, 1866; married Janette Freeman Doty ; children : Hilda Hires Edmester, born January 23, 1898; lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he is engaged in the wholesale rubber business. 2. Henry Morton, born Oc- tober 3. 1868, died June 27, 1869. 3. Alvin Currier, born May 29, 1871. 4. Alice, born March 17. 1875, died July 18, 1875. 5. Mabel E., born April 17. 1876.
Robert Burnham (I), born BURNHAM at Norwich, Norfolk, Eng- land, 1581, married, in 1608, Mary Andrews and by her had seven chil- dren. Three of their sons, John, Robert and Thomas, came to America in 1635, probably under the charge of their maternal uncle. Cap- tain Andrews, master of the "Angel Gabriel," which was wrecked off the coast of Maine. It is supposed that they were minors at that time and possibly may have been a part of the ship's crew and had no intention to remain in the new country but the wrecking of the vessel changed their plans. They settled in Ipswich, and a large part of those of the Burn- ham surname in New England are descendants of either one or the other of them.
(II) Deacon John Burnham, of Ipswich, son of Robert and Mary (Andrews) Burn- ham, was born in Norwich, England, in 1618, and was seventeen years old when he came to this country. Two years later he was a soldier of the Pequot war, and in 1639 he had lands granted him for that service. He became well possessed in lands, was one of the founders of the church at Chebacco, and one of its first deacons, 1683. He died November 5, 1694. His wife's name was Mary, and she bore him four children, John, Josiah, Anna and Elizabeth.
(III) Josiah Burnham, son of Deacon John and Mary Burnham, born May 9, 1662, died October 25, 1692. He married July 12, 1687, Abigail, daughter of Thomas Varney. She died October 31, 1692, six days after the death of her husband. They had three children, Josiah, Jacob and Ebenezer.
(IV) Josiah Burnham, son of Josiah and Abigail (Varney) Burnham. born in Ipswich, April 16, 1688, died January 27, 1777. He
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married (first), December 31, 1713. Eliza- beth Butler, and married ( second), June 25, 1741, Abigail Day, of Gloucester. He had twelve children, nine by his first and three by his second marriage: Mary, 1714: Abigail, 1716: Josiah, January II. 1718, married Ann Burnham ; Job, June 18. 1720 ; Elizabeth, 1723; Abigail, 1726; Sarah, 1729: Job, 1733: Wil- liam, April 22, 1738. see forward: Abraham, May 14, 1742: Thankful, September 14. 1746; Ruth. November 14, 1748.
(V) William Burnham, son of Josiah and Elizabeth ( Butler ) Burnham, was born April 22. 1738. The military records show that William Burnham ( Ipswich) was a private in Captain Abraham Dodge's company of Col- onel Moses Little's ( seventeenth ) regiment ; enlisted May 3. 1775, and served twelve weeks and six days : mentioned in company returns October 9, 1775: order for bounty coat, De- cember 21, 1775; private in Captain David Low's (third) company of Colonel Cogswell's regiment ; April 30, 1778, returned as member of the trainband : private in Captain Dodge's company of Colonel Putnam's regiment : war- rant for pay February 22. 1785. He married, December 25, 1770, Tabitha Goldsmith. They had thirteen children : I. Seth, born March 10. 1772, see forward. 2. Josiah, October 20, 1773, died December 27, 1843, married Abi- gail Burnham. 3. Elizabeth. December 29, 1774. died single January 3, 1862. 4. Abigail, May 30, 1776, died single. 5. Mary, April 30, 1778. died single. 6. William, March I. 1780. died August 11, 1851, married Sally Burnham. 7. Lois, June 15. 1781, married Ebenezer Haskell. 8. Abraham, April 15, 1783. shipped as surgeon on board a brig at Salem during the war of 1812-15; was cap- tured on the third day out by an English brig and taken to Liverpool, England. He went into a hospital there for the purpose of im- proving his knowledge of surgery and was stricken and died with small pox. 9. Andrew, born August 5, 1785, died 1886, aged one hun- dred and one years ; married Susan B. Mot- ley. 10. Fanny. April 13, 1787, married Ebe- nezer Mayhew. II. Abel. November 19. 1789. married Esther Butler. 12. Sarah, September 13. 1791, married Samuel Burnham. 13. Tabitha, March 15, 1795, married Abner Andrews.
(VI) Seth Burnham, son of William and Tabitha (Goldsmith) Burnham, born Ipswich, March 10, 1772, died Essex, Massachusetts, May 13, 1858. He was the founder of one of the Essex families of Burnhams and in all respects an enterprising and honorable man,
being well remembered by many of the older residents of that town. He married ( first ). December 3, 1803. Rachel, daughter of Cap- tain Mark and Hannah ( Goodhue ) Burnham. She died October 10, 1812, and he married ( second ) Rebecca Andrews, who died in Feb- ruary, 1827. He had five children by each marriage, all born in Essex: I. Enos, died single. 2. Seth, October 20, 1805. died March, 1852, married Abigail Burnham. 3. William, twin, December 20, 1811, married Hannah B. Low. 4. Hannah, twin, December 20, 18II, married Nathaniel MeIntyre. 5. Rachel, mar- ried Caleb Low. 6. Daniel, August 22, 1815, married Hepzibah Butman. 7. Obed, March 10, 1817, married Margaret Lee. 8. Mary. married William B. Peart, of Danvers. 9. Andrew. September 11, 1823, see forward. 10. Rebecca, January 12, 1826, married Wil- liam H. Herrick, of Danvers. Captain Mark Burnham's ancestry may be mentioned as fol- lows: (I) Robert Burnham, of Norwich, Norfolk, England, by his wife Mary had three sons who came to New England and settled in Ipswich. (II) Lieutenant Thomas Burn- ham, son of Robert and Mary Burnham, was born in England in 1623, came with his broth- ers John and Robert in the "Angel Gabriel" in 1635 and was wrecked off the Maine coast, later settled in Ipswich: fought during the Pequot war in 1636-37: was selectman, ser- geant of militia, ensign and lieutenant ; deputy to the general court, 1683-85, and a man of means and influence in the town : married, 1645. Mary Tuttle and had twelve children. ( III) John Burnham, son of Lieutenant Thomas and Mary Burnham, born 1648, died 1704; mar- ried, June 6, 1668, Elizabeth Wells, and had nine children. (IV) Thomas Burnham, son of John and Elizabeth Burnham, born Sep- tember 30, 1673. died 1748: married Susannah -, and had six children. (V) Jeremiah Burnham, son of Thomas and Susannah Burn- ham, born 1702. died February 12, 1783 ; mar- ried, March 5, 1730, Jane Pride, of Ipswich, born 1703. died August 28, 1792 : had six chil- dren. (VI) Captain Mark Burnham, son of Jeremiah and Jane Burnham, born March II, 1739, died June 9. 1791 ; married, November 26. 1767. Hannah Goodhue, born 1745. died July 31, 1804: had seven children, among them a daughter Rachel, born September, 1776, died October 10, 1812; married Seth Burnham (VI above).
(VII) Andrew Burnham, son of Seth and Rebecca ( Andrews) Burnham, born Essex, September 11. 1823, died in Revere, Massachu-
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setts, September 9, 1902. He was a ship car- penter by trade and proved so practical and energetic in his work that he became fore- man in the extensive shipyards of Donald Mc- Kay, East Boston, and superintended the con- struction of many of the finest crafts on the high seas in the palmiest days of the American merchant marine. He was without doubt one of the most thorough and practical shipbuild- ers in New England in his time and his judg- ment of quality of materials and construction was not surpassed by that of any man. On May 9, 1854, during the administration of President Pierce, he was appointed inspector of hulls, a federal office, and performed the duties of that position for the next forty years. In 1852-53 he was a member of the common council of Boston, and after his removal from the city to the suburban town of North Chel- sea (Revere) he took even greater interest in affairs of municipal government. For five years he was chairman of the board of select- men, several years a member and chairman of the school committee, one of the founders of the Revere Public Library and for several years a member of its board of trustees. He attended the Congregational church. Mr. Burnham married (first), September 10, 1844, Abby C. Phillips, of Lynn, who died August 6, 1845, having borne him one child. He mar- ried (second), October 21, 1847, Anna B. Duncan, who died December 22, 1891, having borne him three children. His children were: I. Edward W., born June 17, 1845, died Sep- tember 6, 1845. 2. Edward W., born Decem- ber 2, 1848, died April 15. 1849. 3. Albert S., born September 25, 1850. 4. Florence A., born September 28, 1857.
(VII) Albert Stanwood Burnham, son of Andrew and Anna B. (Duncan) Burnham, was born in East Boston, September 25, 1850, and for the last more than thirty years has been an important factor in the civil and busi- ness life of the town of Revere, where he has lived since childhood. He received his educa- tion in the public schools, and at the age of seventeen began an apprenticeship to the trade of carpenter and joiner, and having served out his time he worked as a journeyman until 1874, and then became proprietor of a drug store in Revere. He was prominently identi- fied with the establishment of the Revere Water Company, one of its incorporators in April, 1882, director and clerk of company. and superintendent of works in Revere and Winthrop till 1905, when town purchased the works, and since then has been superintendent
of Revere system. In many other ways he also has long been connected with the affairs of town government, and has at various times filled the offices of moderator of town meet- ings, member of the board of selectmen, trus- tee of the public library, school committee, board of health, and board of auditors. In 1884-85 he represented Revere in the lower house of the general court, and in 1893-94 was elected to a seat in the senate from the first Suffolk district, being the first senator of that town after its incorporation.
Mr. Burnham attends service at the Uni- tarian church, in political preference is a Re- publican, and is a member of the New Eng- land Water Works Association, the order of the Golden Cross, and of Neptune Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Revere.
He married, April 29, 1874, Eudora M. Phelps, born October 12, 1849, daughter of Timothy, Jr. and Harriet S. (Rankin) Phelps. Mr. and Mrs. Burnham have five children, all born in Revere: I. Clara Estelle, September 14, 1875, married James E. Treen, now of Ellensburg, Washington. 2. Florence Ed- wina, June 24, 1882. 3. Helen Louise, August 24, 1885. 4. Marion Augusta, June 20, 1888. 5. Dora, August 3, 1894.
Samuel Woods, immigrant an- WOODS cestor, born in England, was one of the earliest settlers of Groton, Massachusetts. The birth of his son Thomas in 1663 was the third recorded in the town. His great-grandson, Henry Woods, was a gen- eral in the revoluntion. Two of his grandchil- dren, Thomas and Daniel Woods, were killed in Lovewell's fight at Pequawaket, May 8, 1725. His home was near Barralock Hill. He was one of the original proprietors, owning an eleven-acre right. He is the progenitor of most of the Wood and Woods families of this vicinity. He married Alice - -. Children, all but the eldest born at Groton: I. Samuel, kept the tavern at Groton, 17IO-II ; was town treasurer some years ; married, December 30, 1685, Hannah Farwell, at Groton. 2. Thomas, born September 9. 1663. 3. Elizabeth, Sep- tember II, 1665. 4. Nathaniel, mentioned be- low. 5. Mary, born August 2, 1670. 6. Abi- gail, August 19. 1672. 7. Hannah, born July 18, 1674 : died September 29, 1703.
(II) Nathaniel Woods, son of Samuel Woods, was born March 27, 1667-8. He lived in his native town and kept the tavern from 1713 to 1719. He married Alice -. Chil- dren, born in Groton : I. Nathaniel, Jr., Oc-
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tober 19, 1694. 2. Daniel, August 10, 1696. 3. John, March 4, 1698. 4. Isaac, mentioned below. 5. Bathsheba, born April 5, 1702 ; mar- ried Collins Morse. 6. Hannah, born March 16, 1704; married John Farmer. 7. Phebe, born February 13, 1705-6. 8. Aaron, May 26, 1707. 9. Moses, July 6, 1709. 10. Reuben, April 11, 1711. IT. Phebe, March 13, 1713. 12. Jonathan, June 4, 1716.
( III ) Isaac Woods, son of Nathaniel Woods, was born in Groton, February 20, 1699-1700. He settled in his native town, and married there, September 21, 1725, Abigail Children, born at Groton: I. Isaac, Jr., October 29, 1725. 2. Ephraim. April 25, 1727. 3. Thomas, December 29, 1728. 4. Nehemiah, December 6, 1731, died January IO, 1815. 5. Henry, born September 4, 1733. 6. Jonas, May 21, 1735 : died August 22, 1757, at Fort William Henry (or Fort Edward). 7. Caleb, born January 22, 1737. 8. Prudence, October 8, 1738; died October 27. 1738. 9. Samson, born May 6, 1740; died August 22, 1757, at Albany. 10. Sarah, born August 17, 1742; married Robert Ames. II. Solomon, born August 29, 1747.
(IV) Nehemiah Woods, son of Isaac Woods, born at Groton, December 6, 1731, lied January 10, 1815. He married, April 20, 1756, Sarah Lakin, of Groton, at Hollis, New Hampshire. They lived at Groton until about 1760, when they settled in Hollis. He was a soldier in the revolution, in 1778, private in Captain Daniel Emerson's company, Col- onel Nichol's regiment, Northern army. Chil- dren : I. Sarah. 2. Jonas, born September 4, 1759, at Groton ; died in Hollis, November 25, 1847; married Lydia Hobart, April 26, 1781 ; seven children. 3. Nehemiah. 4. Bet- sey. 5. Ephraim, mentioned below.
(V) Ephraim Woods, son of Nehemiah Woods, was born in Hollis, New Hampshire, September 11, 1771. He married first, Dorcas -, who died January 20. 1798; second Eunice Wright, born March 19, 1783, daugh- ter of Uriah Wright. He was a farmer at Hollis. Children, born at Hollis: 1. Ephraim, December 20, 1800 ; mentioned below. 2. Eun- ice Woods, July 15, 1802. 3. Noah, July 16, 1804. 4. Uriah, April 10, 1806. 5. William P., August 7, 1807. 6. Dorcas, July 17, 1809. 7. Aaron, May 4, 1811. 8. Nehemiah, April 9, 1813. 9. Mary, March 17, 1815. 10. Fanny, March 4, 1817. II. Leonard, March 15. 1819. 12. George, July 30, 1821. 13. Nancy, Septem- ber 29, 1823. 14. Jane, February 19, 1826. (See Wright and Jewett).
(VI) Ephraim Woods, son of Ephraim Woods, was born at Hollis, December 20, 1800. He learned the trade of cooper, follow- ed in his day by many of the farmers of south- ern New Hampshire and northern Massachu- setts. He removed to Salem, Massachusetts, and followed his trade there. He engaged in business on his own account and his business grew rapidly. He had a large shop in that part of Salem known as North Fields at that time. The barrels, casks, kegs and staves from the shop were known in every port reached by the great flcet of Salem merchantmen of his day. As the farmers made hoops, staves and barrels in the winter, so Mr. Woods com- bined with his coopering business an extensive nursery, and became the best known nursery- man of his section. He was especially success- ful in growing fruit trees, and among the ex- cellent varieties of fruit that he put on the market were the Nodhead apple and the Lady Washington pear. He exported fruit trees to Texas and various foreign ports, and sent many shiploads of young trees and scions. Many of the older orchards of New England have trees raised in his nursery at North Salem. He also grew trees of various kinds for shade and ornamental purposes, and the great sugar maples of North street, Salem, from Orne street to Liberty Hill avenue. were planted by him, as well as many other shade trees in Salem and vicinity. Nursery street and Woodside street, Salem, were cut through his old nursery, as their names suggest. Mr. Woods was a prominent citizen, the head of the local Democratic organization, and of wide and wholesome influence in political af- fairs. He was one of the leading members of the First Universalist church of Salem. He died in Salem, 1869, and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery in that city. He married, May 3, 1827, Mary A. Cole, of Beverly, Mass- achusetts, born November 2, 1806, daughter of Oliver and Polly (Dedham) Cole; one child, George Henry, mentioned below.
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