Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 21

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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(I) With Winthrop's fleet early in 1630 came to the New World Jehue Burr and he was the first of his race in this country. He settled first at Roxbury, Massachusetts, and was admitted a freeman in 1632. In 1635 he and his wife were made members of the church in Roxbury and in the same year he was appointed overseer of roads and bridges be- tween Boston and Roxbury. The same year he was appointed one of a committee to make a cart-bridge over Muddy river and over Stony river. The settlers had often heard from their friends, the Indians, of the rich valley lands of the Connecticut, several days journey, and early in the spring of 1636 William Pynchon, Jehue Burr and others with their families and effects set out on a journey through the wilder- ness to this land of promise. The women and children performed the journey on horseback and the men on foot. They followed a blazed path through the forests until at last they issued forth upon the banks of the welcome Connecticut. Here they built their village which they called Agawam and which in our day has expanded into the flourishing city of Springfield, and of this city Jehue Burr was a founder. On June 15, 1636, the Indian deed of the land signed by the chiefs was given to Pynchon, Burr and Smith, and to this instru- ment Burr's name is affixed and the same may be seen at the city records. Burr was a lead- ing spirit in the community and was probably the first tax gatherer in the Connecticut valley. In 1644 he removed to Fairfield, Connecticut, and the next year was elected to represent that town in the general court and again in 1646. In 1643 he was appointed a commis- sioner to collect funds in Fairfield for poor scholars at Cambridge College. In 1660 he was grand juror. No record of his marriage or death has been found. He left four sons: Jehue, John, Daniel and Nathaniel.

(II) Jehue (2), eldest son of Jehue (I) Burr, was born in England about 1625, died in Fairfield in 1692. His first important ven- ture was the purchase of Weantenock, an ex- tensive tract of land lying on both sides of the Housatonic river and comprising the present township of New Milford. In 1670 he was returned as deputy from Fairfield to the gen- eral court and again in 1673. Early in the summer of this year occurred the seizure of New York and adjacent territory by the Dutch and their threatened demonstration on Con- necticut. The Connecticuters stoutly prepared to defend themselves from this invasion and Jehue Burr was commissioned lieutenant in

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the Fairfield train band raised for this purpose. In 1691 he was deputy from Fairfield. He was appointed commissioner for Fairfield in 1678-79-80-81-82-83-84-85-86-87-89. At the general court in 1691 he introduced a bill which shows him to have been a patron of learning and keenly alive to the importance of schooling. He was really the originator of the present school system in Connecticut. He married (first) Mary, daughter of Andrew Ward, of Fairfield, and they have two chil- dren: Daniel (mentioned hereafter) and Esther. He married (second) Esther, widow of Joseph Boosey, of West Chester, Connec- ticut. Their children were: Peter, Samuel, Elizabeth, Sarah, Joanna, Abigail and Mary. (III) Daniel, son of Jehue (2) and Mary (Ward) Burr, was born in Fairfield, Connecti- cut ; died there in 1722. The name of his wife

is - unknown. Children : Jehue, Stephen (mentioned hereafter ), Peter, Elizabeth, Han- nah, Jane, Mary, David, Moses, Aaron, who was the founder of Princeton University and the father of Vice-President Aaron Burr.

(IV) Stephen, second son of Daniel Burr, was born in Fairfield, and baptized October 3, 1698. He early settled in Redding, Con- necticut. At a society meeting held there October 11, 1730, he was elected one of the committee for that year and chosen deacon in 1733. In 1749 he was made lieutenant of the military company, and in 1751 appointed by the general court on a committee to repair to New Milford on the memorial of Isaac Bar- num and others asking for parish privileges. He married Elizabeth Hull, June 8, 1721. Chil- dren: 1. Grace, born December 12, 1724. 2. Elizabeth, January 17, 1728. 3. Hezekiah, September 1, 1730. 4. Sarah, November 9, 1732. 5. Martha, March 24, 1735. 6. Reuben, November 2, 1739. 7. Esther, February 5, 1743. 8. Rebecca. Esther, the seventh child, married Anthony Angevine. Their daughter, Charity Angevine, married Deacon Bani Par- melee, and their daughter, Eliza Parmelee, married Philip Wilcox and became the mother of Henrietta Bailey Wilcox, now Mrs. Jen- ness K. Dexter.

FRINK John Frink, immigrant ancestor, was born in England and was an carly settler in Ipswich, Massa- chusetts. He was doubtless a mariner and we know but little of him. He died early, leaving a will in which he made bequests to his two sons, George and John, and wife Mary. Children,

probably born in England: 1. John, mentioned below. 2. George.

(II) John (2), son of John (1) Frink, was born about 1635, probably in England, and as early as 1666 settled at Stonington, Connecti- cut, and bought a tract of land at Taubwonk in Stonington and erected a dwelling house for himself and family. He was a soldier in King Philip's war. He married, in Taunton, 1657, Grace Stevens, and presumably lived there for a time. He had three daughters when he came to Stonington. Children: I. Grace, born 1658, married, June, 1677, James Willet. 2. Hannah, 1661, married, December 30, 1684, William Park. 3. Deborah, 1665, married, 1686, Gershom Lambert. Born at Stonington : 4. Samuel, February 14, 1668-69, married Hannah Miner. 5. John, May 18, 1671, men- tioned below. 6. Thomas, May 25, 1674, mar- ried Sarah Noyes. 7. Judith, baptized April 15, 1680.

(III) John (3), son of John (2) Frink, was born in Stonington, May 18, 1671, died there March 2, 1718. He married, February 15, 1694. Hannah Prentice. Children, born at Stonington : 1. John, October 7, 1694. 2. Nicholas, December 17, 1696, married Deborah Pendleton. 3. Thomas, January 15, 1700. 4.

Hannah, November 27, 1701. 5. Zachariah, November, 1702, married Elizabeth Gallup. 6. Mary, 1705, baptized April 19, 1705. 7. Joseph, baptized June 6, 1708, married, June 12, 1732, Judith Palmer. 8. Benjamin, born January 25, 1710, mentioned below. 9. William, bap- tized March 10, 1714. 10. Thankful, baptized February 8, 1716. II. Esther, baptized Janu- ary 23, 1717.

(IV) Benjamin, son of John (3) Frink, was born in Stonington, January 25, 1710. He married, January 12, 1732, Tacy Burdick, of Westerly, Rhode Island. Children, born at Stonington: 1. John, October 26, 1732, men- tioned below. 2. Samuel, October 24, 1734, married, July 27, 1756, Prudence Wilcox. 3. Amos, January 1, 1737, married Mary Fitch. 4. Joseph, June 20, 1739. 5. Prentice, July 31, 1741, married Desire Frink. 6. Prudence, March 18, 1744. 7. Tacy or Tracy (twin). September 22, 1748. 8. Ann (twin), Sep- tember 22, 1748. 9. Oliver, September 4, 1751.

(V) John (4), son of Benjamin Frink, was born at Stonington, October 26, 1732. He mar- ried, November 22, 1750, Anna Pendleton. Chil- dren, born at Stonington: 1. John, Septem- ber 12, 1751, mentioned below. 2. Giles, May

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12, 1753, was of Springfield according to the census of 1790 and had four sons under six- teen and three females in his family. 3. Sarah, December 9. 1755. 4. Thomas, lived in Spring- field in 1790. Perhaps other children. John Frink, presumably John (5), was of West Springfield in 1790 and had two males over sixteen and two females in his family.

(VI) John (5), son of John (4) Frink, was born at Stonington, September 12, 1751. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Robert Oliver's company, Colonel Greaton's (First Hampshire County) regiment in 1777- 80. He was in the Major's company in 1780. In 1790 the census gives him one son under sixteen and five females in his family.

(VII) Luther, son or nephew of John (5) Frink, was born about 1772. He was living at West Springfield when he married (inten- tion dated February 21, 1794) Phebe Morgan, April 9. 1794. He was a prominent citizen of West Springfield, now Holyoke, and for several terms served in the general court. He represented his district in state legislature. He was a farmer and his dwelling house on the old homestead was on the present site of the Parsons Paper Mill, now Holyoke, Massachu- setts. Children: I. Orra, born October 5, 1795. 2. Cyrus, mentioned below. 3. Sarah. 4. Mary. 5. James. 6. Henry.

(VIII) Cyrus, son of Luther Frink, was born in West Springfield, August 14, 1802. He succeeded to the farm of his father in his native town. He organized the first stock company to erect and operate paper mills at Holyoke, and was also very prominent in public affairs. He married Louisa Ely, born in West Springfield, now Holyoke. Children : Orra L. and Cyrus L. Orra L. married Carlos Bardwell, lived in South Hadley Falls, and had three children : Hattie Louisa, Alonzo F., Mabel E.

(IX) Cyrus Luther, son of Cyrus Frink, was born in West Springfield, on the home- stead, October 26, 1838, and died in Holyoke, September 2, 1900. He received his early edu- cation in the public schools of his native town and at Suffield, Connecticut. After leaving school. he learned the business of manufac- turing paper in the mills of the Parsons Paper Company at Holyoke. He began the manufac- ture of envelopes on his own account and established an excellent business. He received an attractive offer and sold this business, then began the manufacture of tissue paper in the old Mount Tom mill, but after a time he dis- covered the opportunities for profit rather

limited and sold his business. He was made selling agent for a number of chemicals and other materials connected with the paper mills and he found this employment both agreeable and profitable, continuing in it until his final retirement from active business. He was a Republican in politics, and a member of the Baptist church, in which he exhibited the same energy and interest that he displayed in busi- ness, serving in the capacity of trustee, treas- urer and clerk at various times, and for many years superintendent of the Sunday school and leader of the choir. He took active interest in all matters of public welfare, and was an influ- ential citizen in every sense of the word, and no man was more highly respected than he. He was generous and charitable, contributing of his substance to those in need and distress, and his memory will be held in grateful remem- brance by many whom he assisted in a sub- stantial manner. He married, June 4, 1862, Emily Parks, born December 18, 1839, daugh- ter of Nathan and Helen J. (Hadley) Parks. She survives her husband.

(The Morgan Line).

The genealogy of the Morgan family has been traced recently by George T. Clark, antiquary, from remote Welsh ancestors. He gives six- teen generations of Morgan ancestors of Miles Morgan, of Springfield, the immigrant. It is so seldom that English and American genea- logies can be so successfully united, that Amer- ican Morgans may well take pride in their Welsh ancestry.

(I) Cadivor-Fawr married Elen, daughter and heir to Llwch Llawen.

(II) Bleddri, third son, witnessed a Berk- erolles grant of Bassalleg to Glastonbury and was probably a land owner in those parts. He bore arms : Argent three bull's heads cabossed sable. The ordinary coat-of-arms of the Mor- gans has long been: Or, a griffin sergeant sable, but some branches have used Cadivor and others Bleddri. Morgans of Pencoyd bore: Argent a lion rampant gardant sable between two cantons ; the dexter, or, a griffin sergeant sable; the sinister, Bleddri. The Llantarnam Morgans bore the griffin on a field argent. The descendants of Ivor Howel used Bleddri but inserted a chevron between the bull's heads. The Lewises of St. Pierre used the Dadivor lion, and the griffin for a crest. Bleddri is said to have married Clydwen, daughter of Griffith ap Cydrich ap Gwaeth- foed-fawr.

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Caradoc ap Modoc ap Idnerth ap Cadwganap Elystan Gloddrydd.

(IV) Llewelyn, married Lleici, daughter of Griffith ap Beli.

(V) Ivor, married Tanglwsy, daughter of Homel Sais ap Arglwydd.

(VI) Llewelyn Lleia, married Susan, daugh- ter of Howel Sais, a first cousin.

(VII) Ivor.

(VIII) Llewelyn ap Ivor, of Tredegar, Lord of St. Clear, married Angharad, daugh- ter of Sir Morgan ap Meredith, from the Welsh lords of Carleon ap Griffith ap Mere- dith ap Rhys, who bore arms: Argent, a lion rampant sable. Sir Morgan died 1332, when Angharad was aged thirty-two years. Chil- dren : I. Morgan. 2. Ivor Hael, whence Mor- gan of Gwern-y-Cleppa. 3. Philip, whence Lewis of St. Pierre.

(IX) Morgan, of Tredegar and St. Clear, married Maud, daughter of Rhun ap Grono ap Llwarch, Lord of Cibwr. He died before 1384. Children: I. Llewelyn. 2. Philip, whence Morgan of Langstone. 3. John, father of Gwenllian, who married David Goch ap David. 4. Christian, married Jevan ap Jenkins Kemeys. 5. Ann, married David Gwilim David, of Rhiw- perra. 6. Margaret, married Traherne ap Meyric, of Merthyr. 7. Daughter, married Thomas ap Gwillim, of Carnllwyd. 8. Elenor, married Grono ap Howel Bennet.

(X) Llewelyn ap Morgan, of Tredegar and St. Clear, living 1387, married Jenet, daughter and heir of David-vychan ap David of Rhy- dodyn, 1384-87. Children: I. Jevan. 2. Christy, married Madic ap Jevan, of Gelligaer. 3. Daughter, married Roger ap Adam, of St. Mellon's. 4. Daughter, married Madoc, of Bassalleg. 5. Daughter, married Thomas Llewelyn. 6. Ann, married John ap Jenkin. 7. married -, of Raglan. 8.

married Bulith.

(X1) Jevan Morgan, 1415-48, married Denise or Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas ap Llewelyn-vychan, of Llan gattog-on-Usk. Chil- dren: 1. John. 2. David, 1442-48. 3. Jenkin, I454.

(XII) Sir John Morgan, Knight of the Sepulchre, 1448, stewart of Gwentlloog, mar- ried Jenet, daughter and co-heir of John ap David Mathew, of Llandaff. Children : I. Morgan. 2. Thomas, whence Morgan of Machen and Tredegar. 3. John, whence a branch. 4. Lewis, 1491. 5. William Morgan, coroner, 1501, father of John of New- port, died 1541, father of William, 1541-1559. 6. Philip, 1491. 7. Elizabeth, married John

Fiennes, Lord Clinton and Say. 8. Jane, mar- ried Thomas Llewelyn-vychan, of Rhiwperra. IO. Isabella, married James Kemeys' of Began, died 1591.

(XIII) Thomas Morgan, second son, was of Machen ; esquire of the body to Henry VII ; living 1538; married Elizabeth, daughter of Roger Vaughan, of Borthaml. Children : I. Rowland Reymold, whence Morgan of Llan- vedw. 2. John, whence Morgan of Bassalleg. 3. Edmond, whence Morgan of Penllwyn- Sarth. 4. Margaret, married John Kemeys and William Edmunds. 5. Barbara, married Sir Henry Seymour. 6. Maud, married John ap Rosser. 7. Jane, married William Gunter, Richard ap Jenkins, and William Vaughan, of Magor. 8. Constance, married William Jones, of Treoen. 9. Mary, married Edward Will- iams and Richard Herbert. IO. Elizabeth, married Edward James.

(XIV) Rowland Morgan, of Machen, 1517- 77, married Blanch, daughter of John Thomas, of Llanarth. Settlement, November 11, 1517; sheriff, 1557. Children : 1. Thomas. 2. Henry, whence Morgan of St. Mellons. 3. Catherine, married Thomas Mathew and Miles Morgan and , Henry Jones. 4. Ann, married Philip Morgan, of Gwern-y-Cleppa. 5. Mary, mar- ried Thomas Lewis, of Rhiwperra. 6. Eliza- beth, married Edward Kemeys, of Cefn Mably.

(XV) Thomas Morgan, of Machen and Tredegar and of the Middle Temple, 1567-77 ; sheriff, 1581 ; M. P. for county in 1589; will, 1663; married Elizabeth Bodenham, daughter of Roger. Children: 1. Sir William. 2. Ed- ward, 1586, married Elizabeth Thomas. 3. Sir John, died before 1610; married Florence Morgan, daughter and eventual heir of Will- iam Morgan, of the Friars. 4. David Morgan, whence a branch. 5. Blanch, married Edward Lewis, of Van. 6. Catherine, married William Herbert, of Coldbrook. 7. Elizabeth, married William Jones, of Abergavenny. 8. Jane, mar- ried Rowland Morgan, of Bassalleg. 9. Eliz- abeth, married William Blethyn, of Dynham. 10. Margaret, married Henry Williams, of Mathern.

(XVI) Sir William Morgan, of Tredegar, knighted 1633: M. P. for the county 1623-25 ; will made 1650, proved 1653; sheriff 1612; aged ninety-three at death. He received Charles I at Tredegar, July 16 and 17, 1645 ; married (first) Elizabeth Winter, daughter of Sir William Winter, of Lidney; (second) Bridget Morgan, daughter of Anthony Mor- gan, of Heyford, county Northampton, widow of Anthony Morgan, of Llanvihangel Crucor-

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ney. Children of first wife: I. Thomas. 2. Edward, of Kilfengan, will proved February, 1661 ; married Elizabeth James. 3. William, whence Morgan of Rhymy. 4. Rowland of Risca, will proved February, 1661; married Honora - and had Colonel William Mor- gan ; buried at Bassalleg, October 27, 1679. 5. John of the Temple, 1652. 6. Mary, married George Lewis, of St. Pierre. 7. Blanch, mar- ried John Carne, of Ewenny. 8. Frances, mar- ried Charles Williams, of Llangibby. 9. Mary, single ; will 1687. 10. Elizabeth, married Will- iam Morgan, and died 1638. By the second wife: II. Sir Anthony, of Kilfengan, died s. p. 12. Mary, married - Farmer, of London.

(XVII) Elizabeth Morgan, daughter of Sir William Morgan, of Tredegar, married Will- iam Morgan, merchant of Diveru; went to Bristol, England, in 1616. She died 1638 and her husband in 1648. Both are buried in Bristol. Child: Miles, born 1616; mentioned below.

(XVIII) Miles Morgan, the immigrant an- cestor, was born probably in Llandorff, Gla- morgan county, Wales, in 1616. He was named perhaps after Miles Morgan, captain of Brit- ish army who perished with Sir Humphrey Gilbert, half brother of Sir Walter Raleigh. He removed to Bristol, England, a few years before he came to America. He came to Bos- ton, Massachusetts, in April, 1636, with his two brothers. The eldest, James, settled in New London, Connecticut ; John went to Vir- ginia and Miles joined the colonists and became one of the founders of Springfield, Massachu- setts. Next to Colonel Pynchon, he was the most important and useful man in the Spring- field colony. He was made second in com- mand though he was the youngest of the com- pany. He was the only pioneer, in fact, who was less than twenty-one years of age when admitted. He drew land for his home lot on the south side of the Ferry lane. At present the site of the original Morgan dwelling house is occupied by the repair shop of the Connecti- cut River railroad. He was a brave and intrepid Indian fighter in the frequent conflicts on the frontiers. In 1675, in King Philip's war, the Morgan house was attacked by the Indians, but so bravely was it defended by Miles Morgan and his sons, that the Indians retired after an unsuccessful siege. Peletiah Morgan, one of these sons, was killed the following year at what is now Chicopee. In civil life Colonel Pynchon was the grocer and Miles Morgan the butcher. He was a wise

counsellor and a sturdy tiller of the soil. A handsome monument was erected at Spring- field in 1879 in testimony of the services of Miles Morgan in settling the town, govern- ing the colony, fighting the Indians in 1675 when Springfield was sacked and burned and many of the little colony killed. He died May 28, 1699, aged eighty-four. He married, about 1643, Prudence Gilbert, who died November 14, 1660. He married (second) February 15, 1669, Elizabeth Bliss. Children: I. Mary, born December 14, 1644. 2. Jonathan, Sep- tember 16, 1646. 3. David, July 23, 1648. 4. Peletiah, May 17, 1650, killed 1675; unmar- ried. 5. Isaac, March 12, 1652. 6. Lydia, February 8, 1654. 7. Hannah, February II, 1656. 8. Mercy, May 18, 1658. Child of second wife: 9. Nathaniel, June 14, 1671, mentioned below.

(XIX) Nathaniel Morgan, son of Miles Morgan, was born June 14, 1671, in Spring- field. At the age of nineteen he married, Jan- uary 19, 1691, Hannah Bond, who died June 7, 1751. He lived on the west side of the river, in West Springfield, on what is now Chicopee street. The lot is at present owned by N. Loomis, on the east side of the street. He died August 30, 1752, aged eighty-one years. Children: I. Nathaniel, born Febru- ary 16, 1692. 2. Samuel, 1694, died December, 1699. 3. Ebenezer, 1696. 4. Hannah, 1698. 5. Miles, 1700. 6. Joseph, December 3, 1702, mentioned below. 7. James, 1705. 8. Isaac, 1708, died November 7, 1796. 9. Elizabeth, 1710.

(XX) Joseph Morgan, son of Nathaniel Morgan, was born at Springfield, December 3, 1702, died November 7, 1773. In 1751 he removed to West Springfield, when there were but seven or eight families there, and cleared land for a farm. He married, in May, 1735, Mary Stebbins, born July 6, 1712, died De- cember 7, 1798, daughter of Benjamin Steb- bins. Children : 1. Joseph, born February 19. 1736, married Experience Smith, ancestor of James Pierpont Morgan through Captain Joseph, Joseph, Junius Spencer, J. Pierpont. 2. Titus, died young. 3. Titus, July 19, 1740, married Sarah Morgan. 4. Lucas, February 26, 1743, mentioned below. 5. Elizabeth, De- cember 23, 1745, married Thomas White. 6. Judah (twin), March 22, 1749, married Eliz- abeth Sliway. 7. Jesse (twin), March 22, 1749, married Mercy Stebbins. 8. Hannah, November 29, 1751, married John Legg.

(XXI) Lucas Morgan, son of Joseph Mor- gan, was born February 26, 1743, and married

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(first) Tryphena Smith; (second) Betsey Children of first wife: I. Electa, born January 30, 1770, married, January, 1793, Titus Wells Tuttle ; (second) November, 1800, Lemuel Fairfield. 2. Roswell, November 15, 1771. 3. Phebe, July 27, 1774, married, April 9, 1794, Luther Frink (see Frink family). 4. Theodore, November 19, 1778, married Abi- gail Manning, of Salem. 5. Alexander, Au- gust 21, 1780. 6. Sophia, June 1, 1784, died February 25, 1787. 7. Luther, July 23, 1786, died January 29, 1808. 8. Mary Theodosia, September 15, 1790, died September 6, 1804. Children of second wife: 9. Betsey, Septem- ber 24, 1795. IO. Lucas, August 3, 1798.

HOBBS John L. Hobbs was born at Sulli- van's Island, South Carolina, of English parentage, soon after his father and mother came to this country. He lived in South Carolina in his youth, but removed to East Cambridge, Massachusetts, when a young man. He was by occupation a glass manufacturer and in 1845 established a glass factory at Wheeling, West Virginia. He married Mary Paige, of Cambridge. Chil- dren : 1. John Henry, born at East Cambridge, October 17, 1827, mentioned below. 2. Mary, 1829, married Dr. Robert Hazlett ; children : Howard, Robert, Samuel, Edward, Katherine Hazlett. 3. Catherine, East Cambridge, 1831, married on the same day as her sister Mary a cousin of Dr. Hazlett, Dr. James Cummings ; she died soon after the birth of her only child, who also died. 4. Eliza, East Cambridge, 1833, married John Rinehart; children: Walter, Frank, Etta, married Jasper Baum; Louisa, married Hinckley. 5. John, killed by accidental discharge of a gun while at target practice.

(II) John Henry, son of John L. Hobbs, was born at East Cambridge, October 17, 1827. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. At the age of seventeen he went to Wheeling, West Virginia, with his father to engage in the manufacture of glass. The business was successful and has continued to the present time under the firm name of Hobbs, Brockunier & Company. The concern manu- factured fancy glass of all kinds and took out some twenty valuable patents, mainly on designs. Mr. Hobbs himself patented various chandelier designs etc. The plant consists of four large buildings containing the various de- partments of the business. The glass house was a hundred by a hundred and fifty feet in dimensions. Another building was the

machinery department where the iron moulds were made, forty by fifty feet. The cutting shop where the glass was worked into shape was fifty by one hundred, two stories high. The office building is three stories in height. The plant is alongside the Baltimore & Ohio rail- road, and has a practically inexhaustible supply of bituminous coal on the premises. Indeed, the location was originally chosen because of the coal deposits within thirty feet of the factory. The goods manufactured in this factory were shipped to all parts of the world and for many years the house had the largest business in its line in the country, and was known to the trade throughout the world. This concern won diplomas and medals at the exposition at Sydney, Australia, and later at Melbourne, in competition with the whole world. The firm also won premiums at the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia. The firm always enjoyed the highest reputation for the quality of their goods and for fair deal- ing and integrity. Mr. Hobbs retired from the business in 1895, after fifty years of active and industrious application to business. Since 1895 he has resided in Dorchester, Massachu- setts. In politics he is a Democrat ; in religion a Universalist. He married, July 14, 1851, Mary A. Leech, born at Baltimore, Maryland, February 17, 1831, daughter of John and Jennie (Thompson) Leech. Children, born at Wheeling: 1. Helen F., April 14, 1852, mar- ried Theodore Phinney, son of Major Syl- vanus B. Phinney (see Phinney family here- with). 2. John Henry Jr., March 24, 1863, married Annie Moore ; educated at the Lindsey Institute ; now in the hardware business at Louisville, Kentucky, where he resides. 3. Charles L., November, 1864, graduate of the Lindsey Institute, Wheeling; engaged in the glass business at Wheeling ; married Bessie Hamilton ; child, John Hamilton, born July 10, 1889.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 21

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