Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 14

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 924

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(IX) Henry Franklin, son of Silas Gore Whitney, was born at Puerto Cabelo, Venezuela, November 1, 1838. He came to Boston when six years old with his parents and attended the Quincy school in that city. After this school was de- stroyed by fire he attended the Brimmer school. At the age of fifteen he became a clerk in the employ of Russell & Tilton, fish dealers on Long Wharf, Boston. After two years in this position he became clerk in the office of I. F. Dobson, insurance broker at 40 State street, Boston, remaining there until he enlisted in October, 1862, at Cambridge, in Company G. Forty-fourth Regiment, Massa- chusetts Volunteer Militia, Colonel Francis L. Lee, of Newton, commanding. His regiment left Camp Meigs, Readville, Massachusetts,

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October 15, and after being reviewed by Gov- ernor Andrew, sailed on the transport "Mer- rimac" to Morehead City, North Carolina, whence it proceeded on platform cars during a terrific thunder storm to Newbern, North Carolina, and encamped north of the city, with part of the brigade under Colonel Thomas G. Stevenson in the Eighteenth Army Corps. Under General Foster they sailed October 30 down the Neuse river into Pamlico sound, up the Tar river to Washington, North Carolina, debarking, and on November 2 marched north- ward twenty miles and engaged the Confed- erate forces at Rawle's Mills, near Williams- ton. On the following morning they marched by way of Hamilton towards Tarboro, return- ing to Plymouth and thence by transports to Newbern. They took part in an engagement at Kingston, December 14, at Whitehall, De- cember 16, and in the battle of Goldsboro, De- cember 18, 1862, returning to Newbern, De- cember 20. The regiment encamped for the winter there and on February 1, 1863, marched to Plymouth foraging in the vicinity until March IO. They reinforced the garrison at Washington, North Carolina, March 15. The fort was besieged March 30 and numerous engagements followed until April 14, when the Rebels were forced to retire. The command was sent to Newbern April 23, as provost guard, until June 6, when the regiment em- barked in the steamers "Guide" and "George Peabody" at Morehead City and after a rough passage reached Boston, June 10, being mus- tered out June 19 at Readville. Mr. Whitney resumed his position in the insurance office. A year later his employer failed and he became clerk in the insurance office of Burge & Lane and continued there for ten years. He then became special agent for the People's Fire Insurance Company of New Hampshire for eight years with offices at 55 Kilby street. He was in the insurance business for a year at New Orleans, Mississippi, and at Galveston, Texas, but the business was not satisfactory and he returned to Boston, becoming a special agent of the Farmers' Insurance Company, with offices at 44 Kilby street. Since 1901 he has been employed as an independent fire in- surance adjuster for all the companies having agencies in Boston on losses in all parts of New England. He is the oldest insurance man on Kilby street, the center of the fire insur- ance business of New England, and has been in the business longer than any other man there. He has resided since 1888, in the house which he owns et 16 Meacham road, Cambridge. In

religion he is an Episcopalian ; in politics a Democrat. He is a member of Charity Lodge of Free Masons, of Cambridge ; of Cambridge Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Mount Sinai Lodge, No. 169, Odd Fellows, of North Cam- bridge, of which he has been noble grand. He was formerly a member of Charles River Encampment of Odd Fellows, and of the Newtowne Club of Cambridge. He is a mem- ber of Francis Gould Post, No. 36, Grand Army of the Republic. When a young man he was in the Fourth Battalion, Massachusetts Volun- teer Militia, before the war. He is a member of the Boston Insurance Exchange. He mar- ried, April 1, 1858, Sarah Henrietta Holland, born September 6, 1842, daughter of Thomas H. Holland. Children: I. Cora Virginia, born August 20, 1859, married Augustus L. Smith : child, Carleton Whitney Smith. 2. Emma Henrietta, August II, 1861, married, August 10, 1880, Harry Elwood Mason, of Cambridge. 3. Harrie Holland, March 15, 1868, married, October 1, 1895, Mabel Louise Wheeler, of Boston, born March 15, 1873, daughter of Charles Louis and Maria Frances ( Smith) Wheeler, of Boston ; children: Ruth Marietta, born August 14, 1897; Harrie Hol- land, May 3, 1900. 4. Kittie Ivaloe, April 29, 1869, married, January 9, 1889, Nat. Frank Dadmun, of Boston; children: Henrietta Whitney Dadmun, born July 27, 1892 ; Harrie Holland Dadmun, June 25, 1894. 5. Chester Winfield, December 14, 1880.

(For ancestry see preceding sketches). (VIII) Charles Whitney,

WHITNEY son of Silas Whitney, was born at Boston, September 15, 1805, died at Melrose, Massachusetts, De- cember 27, 1884. . He was educated in the public schools of that city and was associated in business with his father in the old Middle- sex Hotel to the time of his marriage. After- ward he was a hotel keeper on his own ac- count. In 1843-44 he kept the Boston Hotel and later the Whitney Hotel on Lincoln street, near Beach, Boston, from 1845 to 1858. He was employed for a time in a store at the cor- ner of Devonshire and Summer streets, and in 1860-61 was bookkeeper for a concern at the corner of Portland street and Sudbury street. In 1856 and for a number of years afterward he resided in Auburndale, Massachusetts, and afterward at Melrose. He was one of the most popular hotel proprietors of his day in Boston. His courtesy and sunny disposition attracted many friends. He married, at Con-

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cord, New Hampshire, June 6, 1826, Lydia Maria Emery, born at Concord, February 24, 1808, died at Medford, Massachusetts, De- cember 12, 1884. They lived to celebrate the fifty-eighth anniversary of their marriage. A newspaper account of the wedding published at the time of Mr. Whitney's death follows: "Mr. Whitney started from Charlestown, Massachusetts, June 5, 1826, at sunrise and arrived at Chichester, New Hampshire, at sundown in a chaise-a distance of about seventy miles. The following morning he was united in marriage to Lydia Maria Emery, having seen her but twice, their courtship being done mostly by proxy. That they lived together as long and happily proved that long courtships are not always necessary. Mr. Charles Whitney, a gentleman highly es- teemed by all who knew him, died at his home in Melrose Highlands aged seventy-nine years. It was only sixteen days after the death of his wife, with whom he had been wedded nearly fifty-nine years. It seemed a beautiful mercy of the Almighty that death should not long divide them and although their departure left the mourners bereft, yet they were sheaves fully ripe and God has garnered them." Chil- dren: 1. Louisa M., born September 16, 1827, married Benjamin F. Peakes. 2. Augusta G., August 20, 1829, died April 22, 1860. 3. Mary Eliza, November 5, 1830, died - April 23, 1874; married Edgar B. Fox ; chil- dren: i. Edgar Augustus Fox, born June 7, 1852, married Bertha Sweet ; ii. Harold Sum- ner Fox, June 6, 1856, married Addie Easton ; iii. George Julian Fox, May 4, 1858, married Emma Seelye ; iv. Fannie Louise Fox, Febru- ary 14, 1864, married Frank C. Roberts; v. Annie Alice Lydia Fox, September 7, 1868, married A. Adelbert Doty ; vi. Edgar Bernard Fox, December 9, 1872. 4. Helen S., April 2, 1834, died 1843. 5. Fannie E., May 14, 1837, married Henry G. Washburn. 6. Charles Joseph, January 15, 1839, died Febru- ary, 1839. 7. Charles Joseph, January II, 1840, died 1842. 8. Charles Joseph, May 15, 1843, mentioned below. . 9. Helen S., July 18, 1849, resides in Dorchester.

( IX) Charles Joseph, son of Charles Whitney, was born at Boston, May 15, 1843, died there June 22, 1893. He was educated in the public schools of that city, and began life as a clerk in various Boston stores. 111 1859- 60 he lived in Auburndale, but worked at 104 Court street, Boston. He enlisted for one hundred days, July 4, 1864, and was mustered

into the Union service, July 14, 1864, in Cap- tain Philip J. Cooley's company (F) in the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Colonel George H. Peirson. From the camp in Readville, Massachusetts, the regi- ment proceeded to Baltimore, halting for a short time at Soldiers' Rest, Philadelphia, and marching by night to Baltimore, where they went into camp, four miles north of the city at Mankin's Woods. Thence they went to Fort McHenry and Company F, with other companies under Lieutenant Colonel Worces- ter proceeded to Federal Hill. After two weeks of garrison duty and escorting recruits to the front, Company F was detailed to guard the polls at election. Though the company was never in battle it performed difficult and hazardous duty faithfully and maintained the reputation of the regiment. They were mus- tered out at Readville, November 16, 1864. Mr. Whitney entered the employ of the Metro- politan Horse Railroad Company in Boston as a conductor and driver and was thus em- ployed from 1864 until 1871. From 1871 to 1873 he worked at the trade of baker at 1146 Shawmut avenue and then returned to work for the horse railroad. From 1886 to 1888 he was clerk in the postoffice, Boston. He re- turned to the bakery business and was for a time foreman for the Aerated Bread Company. He was in business as baker on his own ac- count for a time. Later he became foreman for the Fleischman Yeast Company at 40 Beach street, Boston, and continued with this concern the remainder of his life. In his later years he lived at Hotel Waterford, Boston. He was of a pleasing and attractive disposition, making friends readily, loving the society of cheer ful friends, of which he had many, and very popular in business as well as social life. He was active, enterprising and energetic, highly respected for his uprightness and ability. He attended the Harvard Baptist Church, Harrison avenue, Boston. In politics he was a Republican. He was a member of Post 26, Grand Army of the Republic, Rox- bury. He married (first) 1865, Mary Eliza- beth Dunbar, born April 10, 1843, at Roxbury, Massachusetts, died October 17, 1874, daugh- ter of Calvin Copeland Dunbar, born at North Easton, Massachusetts, May 10, 1811, died in Roxbury, June 10, 1890; he was engaged in the milk business; he married Adeline Alice Lunt at Roxbury ; she was born in Newbury- port, Massachusetts, 1813, died at Roxbury in December, 1863. He married (second) Sep-

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tember 12, 1885, Helen E. Fuller, born Octo- ber 7, 1858. Children of first wife: I. Charles Henry, born December 1, 1866, mentioned below. 2. Edith Lillian, March 3, 1871, mar- ried (first) October 12, 1898, John Dale, born January 14, 1845, died May 3, 1904; (second) June 6, 1906, John Christopher Dorey, of Old Town, Maine, son of William and Mary Eliza- beth (Ellis) Dorey. 3. Alice C., January 5, 1874, died April 4, 1874.

(X) Charles Henry, son of Charles Joseph Whitney, was born in Boston, December I, 1866. At the age of six he removed to Rox- bury with his parents and attended the public schools there, graduating from the Lewis grammar school in 1882. He entered the em- ploy of the wholesale dry goods commission firm of Brown, Wood & Kingman, 31 Bedford street, as clerk and was promoted from time to time to positions of responsibility. The firm retired from business January 1, 1888, and he became confidential clerk and private secretary of Lyman Nichols, capitalist and real estate owner, and remained in this position until 1900, when he accepted a position as clerk and bookkeeper in the office of the Con- tinental Mills at 31 Bedford street, Boston, manufacturer of cotton goods, with mills at Lewiston, Maine. In 1905 Mr. Whitney be- came selling agent for this corporation, hav- ing entire charge of selling the output of the mills, dividing his time between Boston and New York. The company operates one hun- dred thousand spindles and takes rank among the larger mills of New England. Twelve hundred hands are employed. Mr. Whitney resides at 32 Prospect avenue, Winthrop, Massachusetts. He and his wife attend the Union Congregational Church at Winthrop. In politics he is a Republican and he was .a member of the Republican town committee of Winthrop in 1904. He is a member of the Winthrop Lodge of Free Masons; of Win- throp Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Win- throp Camp, Sons of Veterans; of the Win- throp Yacht Club; the Framingham Country Club, the Woodland Golf Club of Auburndale ; the Arkwright Club of New York City and of the Winthrop Improvement Association. He married, at Boston, June 3, 1895, Harriet Ann Booth, born at Holbeck (Leeds), Yorkshire, England, daughter of Joseph and Harriet ( Stansfield) Booth. Mrs. Whitney is a mem- ber of Colonial Chapter, No. 96, Order of the Eastern Star of Winthrop. Their only child was Retta Dunbar, born January, 1897, died January, 1897.

(For ancestry see preceding sketches).

(VIII) William Meelus, son

WHITNEY of Captain Hananiah Whit- ney, was born at Winchen- don, May 15, 1826, died at Needham, Massa- chusetts, August 7, 1904. He was four years old when his parents went to Lowell and he was educated in the public schools of that town. He was apprenticed to the trade of machinist in the Lowell Machine Company shops and for several years followed his trade. Soon after 1840 he entered the employ of the Cheshire railroad, then recently built, and in a few years became a locomotive engineer on that road. He removed to Keene, New Hamp- shire, in 1848, and in 1854 to Bellows Falls, Vermont, to Manchester, New Hampshire, two years later, and to Fitchburg, Massa- chusetts, in 1857, where he was employed as machinist in the railroad shops, having re- signed his position as engineer. In 1863 he became master mechanic for the New Eng- land railroad and made his home at Needham, Massachusetts, having charge of the small re- pair shops at Needham and the large shops in Boston. Afterward he was for eleven years a passenger conductor on the New England railroad. In 1878 he accepted a position as passenger conductor on the Atchinson, Topeka & Sante Fe railroad having a three hundred mile run between Trinidad and Santa Fe. He made his home at Sante Fe. After five years he resigned to engage in the fruit and produce business on his own account. His store was at Santa Fe and his stock came largely from Cali- fornia. In 1888 he returned to Needham, Massachusetts, having retired from active busi- ness. For several years he was custodian of the high school building at Needham. He was seri- ously injured before 1850 in an accident. While working in the railroad machine shops he was caught between a locomotive and a post and crushed badly. He was incapacitated for service in the civil war though eager to do his part. He was a Unitarian in religion, a Republican in politics. He was a life member of Aurora Lodge of Free Masons of Fitchburg, and was an honorary member of Norfolk Lodge of Needham. Mr. Whitney was an earnest, honor- able and upright citizen of sound judgment and sterling common sense. He was quiet and domestic in his habits, but fond of social life and enjoying the friendship of many. He mar- ried, September 12, 1850, Emeline Cole, of Westmoreland, New Hampshire, born there September 1, 1830, died at Needham, February 10, 1903, daughter of Heber and Prudence

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(Walker) Cole, of Westmoreland. Her father was a leading and representative citizen, was successful as a farmer, and at the time of his death left an ample competence to his family. Children: I. Willie Henry, born September 30, 1854, died January 27, 1878. 2. Frank Cole, September 25, 1856, mentioned below.

(IX) Frank Cole, son of William Meelus Whitney, was born in Manchester, New Hamp- shire, September 25, 1856. His parents removed to Fitchburg when he was a year old and he was educated there in the public schools. In 1865 he and his mother removed to Need- ham where his father was living. He attended the Needham grammar school and the English high school in Boston. In 1875 he became clerk in the store of E. Allen & Company, wholesale dealers in woolens, 50 Franklin street, Boston. A year later he became timekeeper and pay- master of the South Boston Iron Company, which made heavy ordnance for the United States government. In 1880 he went west and engaged in mining for a short time. For five years he was manager of the Santa Fe National Bank at Sante Fe, New Mexico. In 1885 he returned east to become teller of the Lincoln National Bank of Boston. This bank and the Central National Bank were consoli- dated in 1896 and he remained with the con- cern until its failure in 1903. He has since been bookkeeper of the Faneuil Hall National Bank of Boston. He resides in Needham. He is a member of the First Unitarian Church of Needham, of which he was treasurer for ten years, serving from time to time on church committees. He is a Republican and has been town auditor. He is a member of the Boston Bank Officers' Association. He married, at Needham, June 9, 1896, Susie Gay Mackin- tosh, born at Needham, February 14, 1875, daughter of Curtis and Mary (Mason) Mack- intosh. Her father was a farmer at Needham; was town assessor. Children, born at Need- ham: I. Helen, December 18, 1897. 2. Mar- jorie, April 15, 1905, died April 22, 1905. 3. Mason, February 25, 1907, died March 2, 1907. 3. Ruth, May 3, 1908.

The Cary family in England is one CARY of the oldest as it is one of the most illustrious and honored in the kingdom of Great Britain. The name existed in England before the Conquest and must have been as old as the time of the Saxons.

(I) Adam de Kari (Cary) was lord of the Castle Kari in 1198 according to Sir William Pole. He was born about 1170 and married

Ann, daughter of Sir William Trevett, Knight. The castle no longer exists, but the town is called Castle Cary still. It is in Somersetshire. During the reign of King Stephen the Lord of Cary was opposed to him; the king assaulted and took the castle. In 1153 it was again besieged and nearly ruined. The site of the old castle is very interesting to antiquarians.

(II) John de Kary, son of Adam, was born about 1200; married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Stapleton, Knight.

(III) William de Kary or Karry, son of Sir John, was born about 1230; married Alice, daughter of Sir William Beaumont, Knight.

(IV) John de Karry, of Castle Karry, son of William, was born about 1270; married Phillippa, daughter of Sir Warren Archdeacon, Knight. Sometimes the "de" was used, some- times not.

(V) Sir John Cary, son of John, was born about 1300; married Margaret Boxon, of Bozume of Clovelly in Devon.

(VI) Sir John Cary, Knight, son of Sir John, was born about 1325; married Agnes, daughter of Lord Stafford, and ( second) Jane, daughter of Sir Guy de Bryen, Knight. Since the reign of Edward II the spelling has been Cary.

(VII) Sir John Cary, Knight, son of Sir John, was born in 1350 at Holway, in north- west Devon ; married Margaret Holway ; was very noted, chief baron of the exchequer, judge. After King Richard II was put to death by Henry IV, Sir John was banished and all his goods and lands confiscated to the crown. He died at Waterford, Ireland, four years later, 1404.

(VIII) Sir Robert Cary, son of Sir John, was born about 1375. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Courtenay, Knight. He married (second) Jane, daughter of Sir Will- iam Hanchford, Knight. He defeated in single combat a Knight of Arragon, for which Henry V restored to him a good part of his father's land, and at the same time Robert took the coat-of-arms of his opponent, which he and his successors have since borne : Argent on bend sable three roses argent. Before that the arms were : Gules, chevron entre three swans argent. The motto is: "Virtute excerptae."

(1X) Sir Philip Cary, son of Sir Robert, was born about 1400. He married Christian Orchard and died 1437.

(X) Sir William Cary, Knight, son of Sir Philip, was born 1437. He married Elizabeth Paulett. He was known as the knight of Cockington. He took part in the war of the

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Roses on the Lancaster side. His side suffered defeat at the battle of Tewksbury, May 4, 1471, and Cary with others took refuge in the Abbey Church, a sanctuary where according to the custom of the times they could not be molested. They were enticed out on promise of pardon and two days later were beheaded. His property was confiscated, but Henry VII restored it to his son later. William left two sons : I. Robert, born 1460, mentioned below. 2. Thomas, born 1466.

(XI) Robert Cary, son of Sir William, was born about 1460. He inherited Clovelly from his father. He married (first) Jane Carew, daughter of Nicholas Carew, and they had two sons-John de Cary, born about 1485, and Thomas de Cary, born about 1495. He mar- ried (second) Agnes, daughter of Sir William Hody, and they had one son, William, born about 1500, mentioned below. He married (third) Margaret Fulkeram, and had a son Robert, born about 1510. He died in 1540, and has a monument in Clovelly church.

(XII) William Cary, son of Robert, was born about 1500. He was sheriff of Somerset- shire in 1532, residing at Bristol. He was mayor of that city in 1546. He died March 28, I572.

(XIII) Robert Cary, eldest son of William Cary, was born in Bristol, in 1525, and died in 1670.

(XIV) William Cary, eldest son of Robert Cary, was born October 3, 1560. He was sheriff of Bristol in 1599 and mayor in 161I. He had eight sons, three of whom came to America in 1634-35-40 respectively.

(XV) James Cary, son of William Cary, born in Bristol, Somersetshire, England, came to America with two brothers, of whom Miles settled in Virginia and John in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. James settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts, where he was admitted to the church, May 3, 1647. He was a draper and merchant, clerk of the writs in 1650. His wife Eleanor was admitted to the Charlestown church, November 30, 1642, and died Novem- ber 9, 1697, aged eighty years. James Cary died November 2, 1681, aged eighty-one. His will was proved April 4, 1682, bequeathing to wife and five children. Children : 1. Mehitable, married William Welstead. 2. John, born July 29, 1642. 3. James, born and died in 1644. 4. Nathaniel, born March 7, 1645. 5. Jonathan, born January 15, 1646. 6. Elizabeth, born September 23, 1648. 7. Joanna, married a Mr. Wyman.

From these three brothers John, James and

Miles have descended a large family which are located all over the United States and their genealogical records will be found in the Cary Memorials by General Samuel F. Cary, Cin- cinnati, 1874; American Family Antiquity by Albert Wells, New York, 1880; and in "The Cary Family in America" by Rev. Seth Cooley Cary, Dorchester, Boston, 1907, but the narra- tive from this point will treat of Jonathan Cary Ye Third, and his descendants.

Jonathan Cary, shipwright, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, was born in England about A. D. 1700. He is called "Tertius" in the records.

(I) Jonathan Cary and James, his brother, were undoubtedly nearly related to John Cary, of Plymouth, and James Cary, of Charlestown, who came to Massachusetts eighty odd years before; but as the exact connection cannot be traced authentically in this country, and as no relationship has ever been claimed, their descendants prefer that they should be con- sidered as the head of a separate and distinct family in America. The connecting link can be found only in the mother country, and will be an interesting study for some of their descendants. We know they all came from Bristol, England, or its immediate vicinity. It has always been the tradition in that branch of the Cary family of which Jonathan Cary "ye third" was the progenitor, that he, with his brother James, came from the West of Eng- land (where the best of broadcloth was made) aged about twenty-five years. The two brothers landed at Charlestown, Massachusetts, prob- ably about the years 1722-23. The first records we find of them are in the minutes of the Old First Church, Rev. Simeon Bradstreet, pastor, where we find that Jonathan and his brother James were baptized adults, February 7, 1724-25. Jonathan was entered as "Jonathan Tertius" (third), probably to distinguish him from the Carys of the same given name then living in Charlestown. The Carys have firmly stood by the country of their adoption, having assisted in its welfare in various ways to the extent of their means and abilities. In those dark days of the war of the revolution, we find John Cary, son of Jonathan Cary, "ye third" after having been burned out at Charlestown, and having removed his family to a place of safety, building boats for Washington's army at Cambridge, Massachusetts. The war of 1812 finds Jonathan Cary (grandson of Jona- than "ye 3rd") enrolled in Boston to defend that city against English invasion. The great rebellion of 1861-65 finds descendants of all

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 14

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848- Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 924

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 924