Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 31

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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This is one of the numerous prominent names of Welsh origin which are found largely represented throughout the states of America, and one which has been identified with pro- gress along the lines of human endeavor from a very early period in the settlement of the New England colonies. It is one of the names which originated in the Welsh system of mak- ing possessive form of the father's name a surname, and is equivalent to Richard's son. The name as a christian name is very ancient and is found in the early annals of the present English nation, and so developed into a sur- name along with others in very common usage. Books of heraldry give not less than seventeen distinct coats-of-arms connected with the name Richards, enough of which point back to Wales to justify the general belief that here was the original hive from which issued the founders of illustrious families of that name in different countries of England. At Caernwick, Mar- ioneth county, Wales, is a manor inherited by Sir Richard Richards, president of the house of lords and lord chief baron of the exchequer, and in the annals his ancestors, about 1550, are spoken of as the ancient possessors. They claim the privilege of bearing the identical arms of Richard of East Bagborough, in the county of Somerset. This was depicted on the tablet of Hon. James Richards, of Hart- ford, who died in 1680, and may be seen in an ancient manuscript in the New England Historic-Genealogical Societies' Library halved with the arms of Governor Winthrop, whose daughter married a Richards in 1692. There are at present many clergymen of the name in England and Wales, and it has long been illus- trious in Europe.

(1) William Richards, immigrant, is first mentioned March 25, 1633, when by the court of Plymouth, comprising Governor Bradford, Captain Myles Standish, John Alden and eight others, he was rated nine shillings in corn at six shillings per bushel, for public use, to be brought in by the last day of November, or the amount to be doubled if not then paid. In January, 1636-37, he removed to Scituate and forfeited his lot at Plymouth, whereupon the court ordered that "six acres where William

Richards dwelt be granted to Nathaniel Low- ther, to belong to his house at Plymouth." This indicates that he perhaps had removed to Scituate as early as 1635 or 1636. In 1635 a fresh recruit of planters with Rev. Mr. New- man arrived at Weymouth. These, like the company previously settled there, were also no doubt from Weymouth, eight miles from Dorchester in Dorsetshire. In this company William Richards, of Scituate, and Thomas Richards, of Dorchester, are supposed to have had friends who attracted them, for both joined them, Thomas within a few months and William within a few years, and there both spent the remainder of their days.

William Richards appears to have inherited the traditional traits of his ancestors, was tenacious of his rights, enterprising, given to change and trade. In 1640 he had a dispute with John Turner, of Scituate, and it became necessary for the general court to appoint a commission to settle it. Yet there is nothing which appears to invalidate evidence of piety and the most strict uprightness, and he is pre- sumed to have been a member of the church and a freeman, although no record of such has been found. In 1645 he removed to Wey- mouth, where a vote of the townsmen exempted him from a certain town order. In 1650 he sold a farm in Scituate to Gowen White for seventy-five pounds. In 1659 he was con- stable of Weymouth, and as one of the pro- prictors of that town received nineteen and one-half acres of land, "bounded east by the sea, and two acres of salt marsh in the neck; and soon after four acres of upland on the neck." He married Grace - --- , and in his will, dated January 18, 1680, proved July 25, 1682, he gave her during her life, or widow- hood, the income and improvement of "all his houseing and out houseing, Orchard, lands, chattels and moveables in Weymouth or else- where, with power in case of need to sell any part thereof for her comfortable subsistence." William and Grace Richards had five children : I. John, born probably at Plymouth or Scit- uate, died 1695. 2. Joseph (sec post). 3. James, born probably at Weymouth, died March 8, 1711. 4. William, born 2 4mo. 1658, at Weymouth, died 1683. 5. Benjamin, born May 19, 1660, died 1683.

(11) Joseph, son of William and Grace Richards, was born probably in Plymouth or Scituate, and died in 1695. In 1674 he be- came one of the proprietors of Worcester, but settled in Weymouth; took the freeman's oatlı in 1681, was fence viewer in 1692-93, and made

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his will February 24, 1695-96. His estate was inventoried March 9, 1695-96, at one hundred and fifty-six pounds, thirty shillings. He mar- ried (first ) Susan - -- , and (second) Sarah who was executrix of his will and in 1712-13, on eight shares, drew one hundred and thirty-five acres of the common lands in Weymouth. His children: I. Joseph, born May 7, 1675, lived in Bridgewater, Massachu- setts. 2. Susanna, married, in 1720, John Bur- rell. 3. Sarah, married, in 1730, William Davenport, of Bridgewater. 4. James, born September 28, 1680. 5. Deborah, October 19, 1684. 6. Benjamin, April 7, 1686 (see post). 7. William, April 12, 1688, removed to Con- necticut. 8. Mary, March 6, 1689-90.

(III) Benjamin, son of Joseph and Sarah Richards, was born in Weymouth, Massachu- setts, April 7, 1686, died April 12, 1741. He settled in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and spent his life there. He married (first) in 17II, Mehitable, daughter of Isaac Alden, and a descendant of John Alden, the Pilgrim. She died in 1720 and he married (second) November 20, 1722, Lydia Faxon, who died in 1788, aged ninety-two years. He had eleven children: I. Mehitable, born 1712, married David Packard Jr. 2. Joseph, 1714, died April, 1793 ; married Mary Hamlin. 3. Daniel, 1716, died 1789 ; married Mary Packard. 4. James, 1718, died young. 5. Sarah, 1720, married, 1740, William Packard. 6. John, 1723 (see post). 7. Deacon Josiah, 1724, died 1815; married Anne Robinson. 8. Seth, 1726, died young. 9. Ezra, 1728, died 1786. 10. Lydia, 1732, died 1823; married, 1757, Deacon Nathan Alden. II. Hannah, 1736, married Philip Bryant, a physician.

(IV) John, son of Benjamin and Lydia (Faxon) Richards, was born in West Bridge- water, Massachusetts, in 1723, and spent his life in that town and in the town of Bridge- water. He was a farmer. He married, in 1751, Keziah, daughter of Captain Israel Bailey, of Scituate, and by her had sixteen children: I. John, a revolutionary soldier, who died in the service. 2. Sarah, born 1752, married (first) 1795, Joseph Thayer Jr., of Stonington, Connecticut, (second) Deacon Zachariah Thayer, of Randolph. 3. Keziah, 1755, married, 1778, James Ingalls. 4. Benja- min, 1758, died 1812; married, 1783, Polly Bartlett. 5. Seth, 1763, died 1837; married, 1791, Mehitable Snow. 6. James, 1766 (see post). 7. Ezra, 1768, married Martha Nash. 8. Tamazin, 1770, married, 1795, Joseph Snow. 9. Lydia, 1773. 10. Jennet, 1774. II. Daniel. i-8

12. John. 13. Luther. 14. Rhoda. Besides these there were two other children who died in infancy.

(V) James, son of John and Keziah ( Bailey ) Richards, was born in Bridgewater, Massachu- setts, in 1766. In 1796 he married Sarah, daughter of Deacon Ebenezer Rich, a pros- perous mill owner of Enfield, Massachusetts, and soon afterward removed to that town and was a carpenter and builder there and also in Greenwich. He built the Congregational church in Greenwich and that ancient edifice still stands as a monument of the substantial character of the man and the work performed by him. By wife Sarah he had eleven chil- dren: 1. Sidney, born 1797, lived on the home- stead in Enfield. 2. Joab R., 1799, was a physician and a man of high repute ; married (first) Sarah Peak, of Virginia, (second) Eliza Kempton, (third) Mrs. Ellen Simons. Dr. Richards was a cotton planter near Yazoo, Mississippi. 3. James, 1801 (see post). 4. William, October 18, 1803, died 1833; A. M., Amherst ; married Lydia, daughter of John Gray, Esq., of Yarmouth, Mississippi. 5. Luther, August 4, 1805, married Mary Pinny and lived at Tariffville, Connecticut. 6. Ben- jamin, July 14, 1807, died February 4, 1857, at Council Bluffs, Iowa. 7. Melinda, Decem- ber 31, 1808, died 1849; married Ichabod Pope. 8. Josiah, October 10, 1810, married Sarah Jane Moore. 9. Seth, June 9, 1812, married (first) Mary Turner Jones ; ( second) Cornelia Smith. 10. George Anson, July 14, 1814. II. Sarah Ann, July 19, 1816, married Charles Lane.

(VI) James (2), son of James (I) and Sarah (Rich) Richards, was born March 20, 1801, in Enfield, Massachusetts, died February 16, 1886. His young life was spent at home on his father's farm in Enfield and he attended the district school of that town. On attaining his majority he purchased a farm and started out to make his own way in business life, and in this respect he was successful, for he was a thrifty and industrious man and exercised con- siderable influence among his fellow towns- men. In politics he was a Whig and in relig- ious preference Universalist. On August 27, 1822, Mr. Richards married Priscilla C., daugh- ter of Elisha and Rachel (Collins) Newcomb. Nine children were born of this marriage: I. Maria F., born March I, 1823. 2. Charles, No- vember 18, 1824. 3. William, October 27, 1826. 4. George, January 27, 1829. 5. Jane, May 25, 1831. 6. John, October 1, 1833. 7. Mary, March 7, 1836. 8. Louise F., April 21,

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1838, married. October 25, 1859, Austin L. among the well known families of Hamiltons, Shumway (see Shumway). 9. Marshall N., November 26, 1840.

GUSTIN Edmund Gustin, the progenitor of this family, lived at St. Ouens, Isle of Jersey. He mar- ried there, April 25, 1638, Esther le Rossignol. The homestead at St. Ouens was sold by their son in 1677 to John Brock, of Reading, Mass- achusetts. The family name is something of a puzzle, however. The son, who will be known in this sketch as John Gustin, was originally designated Augustine Jean in the records. Savage implies that the name should have been Jean or John Augustine, and it certainly took that form after its owner came to America. In a few years it was shortened to Gustine, and eventually most of the family clipt off the terminal also, making it Gustin. Esther, the mother of Jean, had a brother, M. Augustine Rossignol, of St. Ouens, and it is presumed that both Jean and Augustine were given names.

(II) John, son of Edmund and Esther (le Rossignol) Gustin, was born in St. Ouens, Isle of Jersey, January 9, 1647. He came to New England in 1675 with Pierre Baudoin, Bot- nineau, Bayer and le Breton, all of these names showing the French origin. He was a sergeant in Captain Turner's company during King Philip's war, 1676. He made his home in Reading, Massachusetts, and was living there in 1677 when he sold his English patri- mony. In 1680 he received a grant of land at Falmouth from President Danforth, the fourth lot on what was Broad street, now India street, Portland, Maine, with the privilege of con- ducting a brick yard. He purchased a small lot in Falmouth from Widow Housing, on the west side of the Presumpscot river, and with other settlers was driven from his home by the Indians, but returned in 1719. He was a mariner a part of the time and was at one time captain of a vessel. He bought land above the falls on the Presumpscot in 1686 of Thomas Cloice and made his home there until May 26, 1600, when the Indians destroyed Falmouth, and all that Mr. Gustin saved of his household effects was one chair. He married, at Water- town, Massachusetts, January 10, 1678, Eliz- abeth, daughter of John and Esther ( Make- peace ) Brown, and was mentioned in the will of his father-in-law. Some of his children did not return to Maine, but went to Pennsylvania, Connecticut and elsewhere. His descendants have been traced in Virginia and Pennsylvania

Snowdons and Thompsons of Philadelphia ; Clews, Hunters and Greens of Virginia. He left a widow and seven children: Samuel, John Jr., Thomas, mentioned below, Ebenezer, David, Sarah and Abigail.

(III) Thomas, son of John and Elizabeth (Brown) Gustin, was born about 1690. He set- tled at Colchester, Connecticut, where June 7, 1722, he married Sarah, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Gates) Holmes, of Colchester. The birth of the eldest son is recorded there. Their children were: Thomas Jr., see forward; Samuel settled at Marlow, New Hampshire, about 1765; John, resided in Lyme, Connecti- cut, and had a son, John Jr., born there Sep- tember 27, 1768; Josiah, born 1749, also settled at Marlow.

(IV) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) and Sarah (Holmes) Gustin, was born in Col- chester, Connecticut, July 19, 1725. About 1765 he and his brother Samuel settled among the first seven in the grant of land at Marlow, New Hampshire, made October 7, 1761, to men of Lyme and Colchester. Samuel re- mained there and was chairman of the com- mittee for the towns of Marlow, Alstead and Surrey, New Hampshire, representing the signers of a petition relative to a representative to the legislature, December II, 1776. Thomas Gustin was an early settler at Claremont, New Hampshire, where he was a farmer and raised large numbers of cattle, sheep and swine. He was a member of a committee to audit the accounts of the selectmen in 1768-70; was chosen town treasurer, March 13, 1770; mod- erator in 1772; selectman, 1771-72-74-75, and on the committee of safety in 1775. He took the first steps to form the church in 1771 and the first minister, Rev. George Wheaton, was settled in February, 1772. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Wetherbee's com- pany of militia from Claremont, Colonel Isaac Wyman's regiment, roll dated at Mount Inde- pendence, November 5, 1776. He was also in Colonel Benjamin Bellow's regiment, New Hampshire, state militia, that went to reinforce the northern continental army at Ticonderoga, under General Gates, May 7, 1777, and was discharged, June 14, 1777, the pay being five pounds and fourteen shillings per mouth in- cluding one hundred and three miles to travel. His relatives, Joel, Amos and Walter Gustin, were in Connecticut regiments during the revo- lution, Josiah and others in New Hampshire regiments. The wife of Thomas Gustin died in Rockingham, Vermont, where his son,

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Elisha, settled. Their children were: Edward, see forward; Polly, married Seth Deming, of Cornish, New Hampshire; Elisha, removed to Rockingham, Vermont, and was a soldier in the revolutionary war; Thomas Jr., also served in Captain Wetherbee's company, Colonel Isaac Wyman's regiment.

(V) Edward, son Thomas (2) Gustin, was born probably in Colchester, Connecticut, in 1758, and died at an advanced age in Hinsdale, New Hampshire. He made an application for a pension, August 10, 1832, when he was sev- enty-four years of age, showing a service of fourteen months as a private and eight months as a sergeant in the New Hampshire troops. He served a part of this time under Captain Jones, Colonel Troop. He was a petitioner from Claremont for a lottery to defray the expenses of needed roads connecting with Winchester and other towns, after the revolu- tion. Later he settled in Hinsdale. His chil- dren were: Edward Jr., born November 12, 1786-87, married, in 1811, Fanny Field, and resided in Winchester; Thomas, mentioned below : John.

(VI) Thomas (3), son of Edward Gustin, was born about 1790, probably in Claremont, New Hampshire. He settled in Cornish, be- came a prosperous farmer, and was exten- sively engaged in raising sheep and cattle. He married Alice, daughter of John Vinton, and had children : Miranda, Elizabeth, Alice, James Harvey and John.

(VII) James Harvey, son of Thomas (3) and Alice (Vinton) Gustin, was born in Cor- nish, New Hampshire, May 19, 1815, and died at Winchester, Massachusetts, September 3, 1897. He was educated in the common schools of his native town, working between school terms on the farm of his father until he was eleven years of age, when his father died and he was "put out" to work until he was twenty years old. He then came to Brook- line, Massachusetts, where he entered the em- ploy of his brother John, who was a market gardener. Later he worked for a farmer named Derby whose produce he used to sell in Boston. It is said that he was the first pro- duce man to back up his wagon to the old Quincy market. After a few years he went Into business as the proprietor of a restaurant in Boston but the venture proving unsuccess- ful he abandoned it and went west. When about twenty-eight years old he located in Fall River, Massachusetts, and learned the trade of mason, and worked on the construction of many of the big cotton mills there. In 1853

he leased the Baldwin place, at Hyde Park, Massachusetts, but subsequently became fore- man on the Cheever Newhall farm at Milton, where he remained for three years. He then leased the Clark farm at Waltham, Massachu- setts, and raised produce for the Boston market. He had the Bright farm at Belmont four years ; the Darling farm at Woburn five years, selling the ten years' lease to go into the meat and provision business in Joy street, Boston. He worked afterward in Winchester at the mason's trade, and at length bought the Eaton farm in that town and lived there until his death, September 3, 1897. He was a Bap- tist in religion, and a Republcan in politics. He married, April 3, 1846, Susan Crane, born November 3, 1826, died at Winchester, Decem- ber 16, 1888, daughter of Ephraim and Olive (Eaton) French, of Berkley, Massachusetts, where the former was a prominent citizen and a representative to the general court. The children of James Harvey and Susan Crane (French) Gustin were: I. William Henry, born August 15, 1847, died October 30, 1848. 2. Mary Adley, June 7, 1849, married, June I, 1879, Alvah B. Heald, of Woburn. They had children: Alvah Frances, born October I, 1880, died February 24, 1886; Florence War- ren, born June 17, 1883, died April 24, 1893; Bertha May, born August 31, 1884. 3. Her- bert Ervin, see forward. 4. Francis Edward, see forward. 5. Clarence Harvey, born Au- gust 12, 1857, married Annie F. Sinclair, of Florida; has had children: Myrtie, Harvey, James, Eleanor, Jessie, Marion, Mary. 6. Susan Amelia, born February 3, 1860, mar- ried, November 27, 1889, George H. New- comb, of Woburn. 7. Charles Henry, Bel- mont, December 30, 1861, died December 28, 1862. 8. James Ernest, Woburn, December 2, 1865, married, November 4, 1893, Lena Ellis Thayer, of Taunton, Massachusetts, and has had children : Mildred, Ernest, Raymond, Marjorie. 9. George Oliver, March 3, 1868, married, February 6, 1890, Augusta Branch, of Charlestown; has one child, Chester Orville, born March 23, 1891.

(V.III) Herbert Ervin, second son of James Harvey and Susan Crane (French) Gustin, was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, July 25, 1852. While still an infant he removed with his parents to Milton, from thence to Waltham, and still later to Belmont, where he attended the public schools for about five lyears, after which the family removed to Woburn, where he was a student at the west side schools, and attended one course at the

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Warren Academy. He worked on his father's farm and as a stone mason with his father until about eighteen years old and then at the latter trade for two years in Peabody for Samuel Trask, a stone mason, contractor and brick layer. He then came to Winchester and entered the employ of Samuel Twombley as a driver of the market team and seller in the Boston market. In 1879 he accepted a posi- tion in the produce store of A. L. Andrews, at No. 104 Clinton street, and conducted the place for a period of seven years for Mr. Andrews under his name H. E. Gustin. He was then admitted to partnership in the busi- ness, the firm name remaining unchanged, and at the expiration of three years purchased the interest of Mr. Andrews, took Stedman W. Fottler as partner, and changed the firm name to H. E. Gustin & Company. At the end of four years he sold out to Mr. Fottler and re- moved to No. 112 Clinton street, where he was in business four years, also buying the produce business at No. 110 Clinton street and admitting to partnership his brother, George Oliver, under the firm name of H. E. Gustin & Company. After two years he sold the busi- ness at No. 110 to his brother George Oliver, and has since conducted the one at No. 112 under his own name. He does a large and profit- able wholesale produce and commission trade selling largely to the retail provision merchants in Boston and within fifty miles of the city. Mr. Gustin is the proprietor of a sixty-two acre farm known as the E. S. Gray Scotland Hill farm, and the greater amount of the products of this place are sold from the Clinton street store. He has about sixteen head of cattle, mostly Jersey and Holstein breeds, and dur- ing the summer resides on the farm. He has owned a city residence at No. 27 Columbus avenue, Somerville, since November 3, 1891. He was educated in the Baptist denomination but for many years has been a member of the Prospect Hill Congregational Church. His political affiliations are with the Republican party. He is associated with the following fraternal and other organizations: William Parkman Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Winchester, since May 8, 1877; Somerville Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, April 16, 1896; Orient Council, Royal and Select Masters, of Somerville, June 10, 1896; De Molay Com- mandery, Knights Templar, of Boston, July 1, 1876; Aleppo Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; Lafayette Lodge of Perfection, No. 140, Scottish Rite ; Charles F. Yates Council, Princes of Jerusalem, sixteenth degree ; Mount

Olivet Chapter of Rose Croix, eighteenth de- gree ; Massachusetts Consistory, thirty-second degree; the Boston Fruit and Produce Ex- change. Mr. Gustin married, at Charlestown, Massachusetts, October 25, 1881, Julia Liv- ingston, born at Bangor, Maine, August 10, 1857, daughter of John and Nancy Ann (Noyes) Carlisle, of Charlestown, the former a cabinetmaker. Their children were: Her- bert Irving, see forward; Ernest Sumner, born February 2, 1888, died June 15, 1889; Lester Carlisle, March 29, 1890, now a student in the Somerville English high school; Ralph Liv- ingston, November 27, 1891.

(IX) Herbert Irving, eldest child of Her- bert Ervin and Julia Livingston (Carlisle ) Gustin, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, August 15, 1882. He was an infant when his parents removed to Somerville, and received his education in the public schools of that town, was eight months in the Somerville high school, and this was supplemented by a course in Burdett's Commerical College. In 1899 he entered the employ of his father in the pro- duce business, with which he has since been associated, having traveled extensively in the interests of the business. He is a Republican in politics and has served his party at conven- tions from his district. He is associated with the following organizations: King Solomon Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Som- erville; Somerville Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; Orient Council, Royal and Select Mas- ters, of Somerville; De Molay Commandery, Knights Templar, of Boston, March 28, 1906; Lafayette Lodge of Perfection, Scottish Rite ; Giles F. Yates Council, Princes of Jerusalem, sixteenth degree ; Mount Olivet Chapter, Rose Croix, eighteenth degree ; Massachusetts Con- sistory,-thirty-second degree ; Aleppo Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Boston; Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange ; Cape Cod Com- mercial Travelers. Mr. Gustin married, at Salis- bury, Massachusetts, October 12, 1904, Mildred Louise, born in Salisbury, October 26, 1884, daughter of John Quincy Adams and Mary Evans (Merrill) Pettengill, the first mentioned a former school master and an ex-representa- tive. They have one child, Bertram Petten- gill, born November 15, 1906.

(VIII) Francis Edward, third son and fourth child of James Harvey and Susan Crane (French) Gustin, was born in Milton, Massachusetts, August 28, 1855. His parents removed to Waltham when he was an infant and he began his education there in the public schools. When he was seven years old his

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parents removed to Woburn, and he attended the Woburn schools and the Warren Academy and helped his father on the farm until he was fourteen years old. He then learned the mason's trade and worked at this until he was seventeen years of age. His next employment was for eighteen months on the farm of V. P. Locke, of Winchester, then twenty months in charge of the milk business of Henry Brick, at Newton, and later he was engaged in market gardening for eighteen months for Samuel Twombley, at Winchester. He leased the Jacob Pierce place at Winchester for a period of eight years and later the Hanson place for market gardening and greenhouses. In 1890 he purchased a farm at Leominster, Massa- chusetts, conducting it in addition to his other business enterprises for four years, and also owned and cultivated a farm in Maine for eight years. In 1900 he bought his present farm in Woburn, then known as the old Ellard place, consisting of twenty acres, to which he has added about sixteen acres by further purchase. He has prospered in business and found an excellent market for his produce in Boston. He is a Baptist in religious faith, a Republican in politics, but has held only one public office, that of special police. He is affiliated with the following fraternal organi- zations: Mount Horeb Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, since May 17, 1882; Wo- burn Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Novem- ber II, 1892; Hugh de Payen's Commandery, Knights Templar, June 24, 1894: Bethel Lodge, No. 12, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Arlington, November 9, 1881. He is also a member of the Market Gardeners' Association of Boston. Mr. Gustin married, April 8, 1883, Ellen Maria, born July 25, 1851, daughter of James and Ellen (Dudley) Wal- ley, of Dedham, Massachusetts, the former a blacksmith by trade. Children: Francis Ed- ward Jr., born February 4, 1884; Susan Anna, December 24, 1886; Charles Alfred, July 3, 1888.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 31

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