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(V) Elijah, eldest son of Jezaniah and Damaris (Eager) Howe, was born in South- bridge, Massachusetts, December 7, 1731, died in Spencer, same state, February 2, 1808. He lived in Paxton, Leicester and Spencer. He served in Captain Newhall's company which marched to Cambridge on the alarm of April 19, 1775. Also he served in Captain Josiah White's company, Lieutenant-Colonel Benja- min Flagg's division, and Colonel Samuel Denny's regiment which marched August 21, 1777, and was discharged August 23, 1777. This company marched to Hadley on the alarm. He married Deborah, daughter of James and Dorcas (Richardson) Smith, of Leicester. Children: Jael, Kerley, Frederick, Elijah, mentioned below, Sally, Elizabeth, Catherine, James and Lucretia.
(VI) Elijah (2), third son of Elijah (I) and Deborah (Smith) Howe, was born in Paxton, November 25, 1768, died in Spencer, January 9, 1816. He married Fanny, daughter of Joshua and Sarah (White) Bemis, whose ancestry is traced herein. After Mr. Howe's death she married Aaron Banister, and she
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died May 30, 1845. Children : Elijah, Elias, mentioned below, Liberty, Tyler, who invented the spring bed; William, who invented the truss bridge ; Alphonso, Hiram, Elbridge and Sarah Ann.
(VII) Elias, second son of Elijah (2) and Fanny (Bemis) Howe, was born at the old Howe homestead at Howes' mills in Spencer, died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 28, 1867. He married, October 22, 1816, Polly, daughter of Sylvester Bemis, of Chester, who removed from Spencer there and made a home on the mountains. Polly ( Bemis) Howe died September 12, 1871, at Cambridgeport. Chil- dren : Amasa Bemis, mentioned below, Elias, mentioned below, Mary, Horace S., Juliet, Corinth and Fanny.
(VII) Amasa Bemis, eldest son of Elias and Polly ( Bemis ) Howe, was born in Spencer, November 3, 1817, died in Cambridge, January 15, 1868, while there attending the funeral of his father. In about 1842 he went to Louis- iana. Later he came to Massachusetts and assisted his brother in perfecting the sewing machine. He afterward established a sewing machine business of his own in New York. He married, October 27, 1842, Sarah Fry, daughter of Daniel and Almira (Goodrich) Cadwell. The marriage took place at Bayou de Siard, Louisiana. She died in Springfield, March 24, 1872. Children: Cornelia Morgan and Benjamin Porter.
(IX) Cornelia Morgan, only daughter of Amasa Bemis and Sarah Fry (Cadwell ) Howe, was born in Monroe, parish of Carroll, Louis- iana, August 29, 1844. She was brought to Massachusetts when very young by her par- ents and educated in Springfield. She is the only Colonial dame in Springfield and derives her admission thereto through her ancestor, Colonel Joseph Buckminster. She is also a member of Mercy Warren Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Colonel Joseph Buckminster was in the expedition at Port Royal, September 10, 1710, and was captain of the grenadiers in Sir Charles Hobby's regi- ment and served on the brigatine "Henrietta." He was a tall muscular man of indomitable character, a brave officer beloved of his men and respected by his superiors. Cornelia M. Howe married Richard Fenner Hawkins, whose ancestry is traced herein.
(VIII) Elias (2), second son of Elias (1) and Polly ( Bemis ) Howe, was born in Spencer, July 9, 1816), died at Brooklyn, New York, October 3, 1867. At forty-eight years of age he worked with his brother in sticking wire
teeth into strips of leather for cards, used in the manufacture of cotton. At eleven he went out to live with a farmer of the neighborhood and after an experience there of one year he returned to his father's mill. In 1835 he went to Lowell, Massachusetts, and obtained a learn- er's place in a manufactory of cotton machinery, earning about fifty cents a day. In 1837, the panic year, he was adrift again for work and showed up at Cambridge where he secured a position in a machine shop. His shopmate there was Nathaniel P. Banks, his illustrious kinsman, who afterwards was governor of Massachusetts and speaker of the National house of representatives. In a few months he is in Boston in another machine shop. Two men came into the shop one day and brought a knitting machine which they were striving to perfect and sought the proprietor's aid whose name was Davis. "Why don't you make a sewing machine asked Davis? It can't be done said the caller." "O yes it can," insisted Davis. Elias Howe stood by and heard the above conversation and it was the germ of the idea from which he developed a sewing machine, abolished "The song of the shirt," and made the name of Howe famous the world over. He began to study the idea at once. Never was necessity more truly the mother of invention than in his case. He had wife and children three to feed and cloth on the pitiable salary of nine dollars per week. It was to provide for this little family he worked in after hours and in moments snatched from sleep and need- ed rest. One day in 1844 the thought came upon him with the suddenness of a pistol shot ; it was necessary that the machine should imi- tate naturally the action of the hand in sewing. This was the acme of the crisis. The idea of using two threads and forming a stitch by the aid of a shuttle and a curved needle, with an eye near the point soon occurred to him. The tailors in Boston were opposed to the de- vice as likely to hurt their business and he was nearly mobbed at times. He secured letters patents. The income from the invention was practically nothing and he engaged himself as a railroad engineer to support his family. In 1847 he sailed in the steerage for London upon an engagement with a machinist over there to construct a machine to sew corsets. This ven- ture proved abortive and he was wretchedly poor. He was obliged to pawn his first sewing machine to secure passage home. Arrived in New York he had a half crown as his sole possession. By this time the machine was becoming utilized in the United States
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and his long fight with the infringers began. Litigation ensued, followed by temporary de- feats and vexatious delays; but Elias won in the end. The court held: "there is no evi- dence in this case that leaves a shadow of doubt, that all the benefit conferred upon the public by the introduction of a sewing machine, the public are indebted to Mr. Howe." From the day of that decision Mr. Howe's prospects began to brighten and his income was two hundred thousand dollars per annum. He formed a company for the making of his machines at Bridgeport, Connecticut, and erected an immense plant there. At the out- break of the civil war he enlisted as a soldier and fought in the ranks for he came of fight- ing stock. On one occasion he advanced the pay for the whole regiment when the pay master was short of funds. He was always making contributions to the army.
(The Cadwell Line).
The history of Massachusetts ancestry con- tains no name more deserving of perpetuation on account of its deeds of glory and renown achieved on the battlefield, and in the civil affairs of the community than this one hereto annexed.
(I) Thomas Cadwell was in Hartford, Con- necticut, in 1632. That year, March 9, for a consideration of forty-five pounds he bought land of the Scott heirs, situated on what is now Front street. He was a chimney viewer, a constable and also was a ferryman. After his decease, October 9, 1694, his widow had charge of the ferry. He married, in 1668, Elizabeth, widow of Robert Wilson, of Farm- ington, and daughter of Edward Stebbins. Children : Mary, Edward, Thomas, William, Matthew (mentioned below), Abigail, Eliza- beth, Samuel, Hannah and Mehitable.
(II) Matthew, fourth son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Stebbins) Cadwell, was born in Hartford, October 5, 1668, died there April 22, 1719. He owned land there near the Farm- ington line but exchanged it with his brother for the old homestead. He married Abigail, daughter of John Beckly, of Wethersfield, Connecticut. Children : Matthew, Abigail (died young), Ann, John, Abel, Daniel (died early), Daniel (mentioned below), Abigail and Elias.
(III) Daniel, fifth son of Matthew and Abi- gail (Beckly) Cadwell, was born in Hartford, May 18, 1710, died prior to 1791. In early life he settled in Springfield, Massachusetts, and as was the custom of the time followed
up the river in seeking a new home. Later he went to Palmer, Massachusetts, then Wilbra- ham, Massachusetts, where he was selectman. He was committee of the precinct in 1750, and at the outbreak of trouble with England was appointed on a committee to graft resolution representing sentiments of the town in regard to the mother country. He belonged to the First Church of Springfield, and was concerned actively in the Breck controversy. His will was probated in 1791. He married Mary, daughter of Ebenezer Warriner. Children : Daniel (mentioned below), Mary, Ann, Ebe- nezer, Matthew, Eunice, Simeon, Levi, Ste- phen, Joanna, Aaron and Moses.
(IV) Captain Daniel (2), eldest son of Daniel (I) and Mary (Warriner) Cadwell, was born January 15, 1733, in Wilbraham, then a part of Springfield, and died of small pox in the service of his country at Skees- borough, New York, March 27, 1777. He was commissioned as sergeant in Captain Luke Hitchcock's company in the French and Indian war, and saw hard service at the battle of Lake George with Baron Dieskou. In October, 1774, he was appointed on the committee of corre- spondence and inspection. Also he served as lieutenant in Captain Paul Langdon's com- pany of minute-men from Wilbraham, who marched on the alarm, April 19, 1775. He was promoted to a captaincy in Colonel Charles Pynchon's regiment in 1776. He was with Colonel Danielson's regiment at Ticonderoga from December 5, 1776, until his death. Cap- tain Cadwell was a brave soldier and faith- ful officer, and his death at this juncture of affairs was greatly to be deplored. He mar- ried Eunice, daughter of Moses Burt. She died August 9, 1816. Children: Hannah, Louisa, Eunice, Daniel (mentioned below), Pliny and Chauncy.
(V) Daniel (3), fourth child of Daniel (2) and Eunice (Burt) Cadwell, was born in Wil- braham, January 21, 1768, died there April 19, 1839. He married Olive Arnold, who died in 1797. He married (second) Grace Beebe, of Monson, Massachusetts. Children by first marriage : Daniel (mentioned below) and Roderick. Grace (Beebe) Cadwell was the mother of George, Francis, Olive and Marcus.
(VI) Daniel (4). eldest son of Daniel (3) and Olive ( Arnold) Cadwell, was born in Wil- braham, April 27, 1793, died in Springfield, August 28, 1826. He married Almira, daugh- ter of Elijah Goodrich, of West Springfield, whose ancestry is traced herein. His widow married Marcus Cadwell and she died April
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25, 1872. Children: Sarah Frye, born No- vember 16, 1820, married Amasa Bemis Howe, whose ancestry is traced herein and who be- came the parents of Cornelia Morgan Howe.
(The Goodrich Line).
This family were of fighting stock and main- tained in the various wars that have devastated our country its prestige for martial affairs. The name came from Goderick, meaning rich in God or goodness. Goodman and Goodrich were interchangeable names.
(I) William Goodrich was born in Suffolk, England, and emigrated to these shores, be- coming an inhabitant of Wethersfield, Connec- ticut, where he died in 1676. He was made a freeman, May 15, 1656, was a deputy from the above town to the general court and one of the grand jury. He saw actual fighting in the King Philip war and bore the title of ensign. He married Sarah, daughter of Mat- thew Marvin, and upon his death she married (second) William Curtis, of Stratford. She died in 1702. William Goodrich was the father of William (died early), Sarah, Mary, John, Elizabeth, William (mentioned below), Abi- gail, Ephraim and David.
(II) William (2), third son of William ( I) and Sarah ( Marvin) Goodrich, was born in Wethersfield, February 8, 1661, and died there December 27, 1737. He was lieutenant in the train band. He married, November 22, 1680, Grace, daughter of John Riley. She died Octo- ber 23. 1712. He married (second) the relict of Dr. Nicholas Ayrnoult. Children by first wife: William (died in infancy), William (mentioned below ), Benjamin, Joseph, Isaac, Ann, Ephraim and Ethan.
(III) William (3), second son of William (2) and Grace (Riley) Goodrich, was born in Wethersfield, July 2, 1686, died in Sharon, Massachusetts, March 3. 1743. He lived at Sheffield, Massachusetts, and Litchfield, Con- necticut. Children : Deborah, Samuel, Mar- garet (who soon died ), William, Ethan, Jared, Margaret, Elnathan ( mentioned below ), David, Elisha and Solomon.
(IV) Elnathan, eighth child of William (3) and Margaret (Orvis) Goodrich, was born probably in Sheffield, December 6, 1718, died in Sharon. He married, January 1, 1740, Eliz- abeth Showers. Children: Jared, Michael (mentioned below), Sabra, Isaac, Joel.
(V) Michael, second son of Elnathan and Elizabeth ( Showers) Goodrich, was born in Wethersfield, March 23, 1747, died in Walton, New York, August 17, 1825. He settled in
Sharon and from there moved to Delhi, New York. He enlisted in 1775 in Captain Samuel Elmore's company, Colonel Hinsman regiment, and served ten months. In February, 1776, he re-enlisted in Captain Oliver Parmale's com- pany, Colonel Charles Burrill's regiment, and was discharged at Fort George, November 27, 1776. Also he saw active service in the militia and was at the sacking of Danbury, Connecti- cut, by the British, and joined in the pursuit of the retreating enemy. Also he was present at the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga. The forename of his first wife was Ann. The christian name of the second wife was Martha. Children : Michael, Elijah (mentioned below), Sabra, Anne, Elnathan, Harriet, Elizabeth, Miranda and Stephen.
(VI) Elijah, second son of Michael and Ann Goodrich, was born in Sharon in 1776, died in West Springfield, December 5, 1835. He lived in Delhi but removed to Springfield somewhere near 1796. He married Rachel, daughter of John Lloyd, September 17, 1783. Children : John, Francis, Silas, and Almira, who was born in Delhi and married Daniel Cadwell, whose ancestry is traced herein, and they were the grandparents of Cornelia Mor- gan Howe, whose ancestry is traced herein.
(The Lloyd Line).
This is not a common name in the United States, but it makes up in importance what it lacks numerically. It is derived from luhyd meaning brown.
(I) John Lloyd appeared at Stamford, Con- necticut, as early as December 17, 1747. He petitioned the constituted authorities to cart a 'parcel of small stone out of his orchard on to the sloughry place in the road between the town and the common landing place by Peter Demills especially in the flat line all along the front of my orchard." The name of his wife is not known. Children: Henry, John (men- tioned below), Rebecca, Abigail and Sara.
(II) Major John (2), second son of John (1) Lloyd, was born in Stamford, February 22. 1744. died in West Springfield, August II, 1827. He removed to Amenia, Dutchess county, New York. He was appointed sheriff there in 1774, and was first lieutenant in Captain In- crease Child's company of minute-men. No- vember 25. 1786, he was promoted to the Cap- taincy of the said company. The name of his wife was Eunice. Children : James, Annie, Rachel (mentioned below), John, Henry and Anthony.
(III) Rachel, daughter of Major Jolin
Col. James Robinson, 4757-4832
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Lloyd, married Elijah Goodrich, whose an- cestry is traced herein, and they were the great-grandparents of Cornelia Morgan Howe, whose ancestry is traced herein.
ROBINSON The early generations of the Robinson family in America are difficult to trace on account of the large number of early settlers of this name and the incompleteness of the records. John Robinson was in Salem before 1637 when he was admitted a member of the church there; died in 1653 leaving a will be- queathing to wife Eleanor during her life, then "to the first one of his kindred that shall come to seek it."
William Robinson, presumably brother of John, settled also in Salem; was admitted a freeman May 18, 1642; was proprietor as early as 1637 ; had land granted to himself and son in 1647. He sold land in 1660. His will dated February 9, 1676-77, proved November 29. 1678, bequeathed to son Joseph of the Barbadoes, sons Samuel and John, executors ; daughter Sarah Newbury, and grandchild Tim- othy Robinson. Children: I. Ann, baptized December 3, 1637. 2. Samuel, baptized De- cember 26, 1639. 3. Mary, baptized March 12, 1542-43. 4. Timothy, baptized June 28, 1644. 5. Mark, born and died 1645. 6. Esther, born May 28, 1646. 7. Martha, born February 2, 1647, lived four days. 8. John, died in 1678. 9. Joseph. William Robinson, of Lynn, be- lieved to be grandson of William Robinson, of Salem, son or nephew of John, had children : I. William, born October 7, 1683. 2. Aquila, September 26, 1686. 3. John, June 10, 1688.
(I) Colonel James Robinson, born at Lynn, Massachusetts, February 27, 1757, was a de- scendant of William Robinson, of Lynn, with- out doubt. The surname was spelled Robi- son. Roberson and Robertson in the early rec- ords, but the later generations have spelled the name Robinson. According to family tra- dition the ancestry is Scotch. The family set- tled in Salem, Lynn and other towns of the vicinity. James Robison was a soldier in the revolution, first in the company of Captain Rufus Mansfield on the Lexington alarm, then in May following a fifer in Captain Enoch Putnam's company, Colonel Mansfield's regi- ment. He was taken prisoner at Fort Warren and held for a year. After the war he was active in the militia and was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the Forth Massachusetts Regiment, Volunteer Infantry, May 11, 1801, by Governor Caleb Strong; resigned March
7, 1803. He was a prominent citizen of Lynn and was appointed first postmaster in 1793, and for a period of ten years afterward, his commission being preserved by his grandson, John Campbell Robinson. He was a repre- sentative to the general court from Lynn from 1796 to 1802. He died at Saugus, Massachu- setts, formerly part of Lynn, January 21, 1832, aged seventy-five years. He married (first ) May 6. 1779, Lydia Newhall, died April 13, 1800, aged forty, daughter of James and Lois ( Bur- rill) Newhall, of an old and distinguished Lynn family. He married (second) August 15, 1801, Alice Jane Gay, widow of Timothy Gay, of Boston, at one time one of the most promi- nent and wealthy citizens of Boston. Chil- dren of first wife, born at Lynn: I. James, born March 10, 1780. 2. Lydia, December 25, 1781. 3. Nabby, January 8, 1784. 4. John, May 7, 1786, mentioned below. 5. Harriet, February. 7, 1789. 6. Lois, August 8, 1791. 7. Janet, July 12, 1793, died May 28, 1795. 8. George, June 29, 1795. 9. Moses Gill, Decem- ber 7, 1796, died October 23, 1819. 10. Will- iam Charles, April 14, 1798. Children of sec- ond wife: II. Hamilton. 12. Alford. 13.
Helen.
(II) John, son of Colonel James Robinson, was born at Lynn, May 7, 1786. He attended the public schools and early in life began to follow the sea. He rose rapidly and became a master mariner in early life. He had com- mand of a vessel largely engaged in importing hemp from Riga, a commercial port of Russia, capital of Livonia on the Düna. He once had a narrow escape from a mutinous crew that sought his life. A faithful bull-dog frustrated the plan by an attack on the leader, seizing him by throat and felling him to the deck. Luckily for the sailor, the dog's teeth were fastened into the knot of the tie at his neck, but an iron bar was necessary to pry apart the jaws and release the man. The captain restored order promptly, but the dog paid for his faith- fulness with his life. When the cargo was dis- charged the captain found the remains of his dog pressed between bales of hemp, a victim of the mutineers. Captain Robinson was commis- sioned by the government as a privateer in the war of 1812 and cruised with some success in the West Indies. Just before the close of the war he was appointed sailing master in the United States navy, not only in recognition of his loyalty and efficiency as a privateer. but because of his wide knowledge and experience as a navigator. He served at many marine posts until a few years before his death. After
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his retirement he made his home at Jamaica Plain, Boston, where he lived during his last years, highly respected and esteemed by his neighbors. He died there March 17, 1868. Captain Robinson was upright, conscientious and straightforward, of great strength and force of character, a skillful seaman, a good disciplinarian and a natural leader of men. Though religious by nature and of high ideals and sterling moral character, he was liberal in his faith and belonged to no denomination. In early life he was a Federalist, then a Whig. As a matter of conscience he never voted after becoming an officer of the United States, be- lieving they should take no part in politics.
He married, March 9, 1820, Sarah Campbell, born in New York City, December 5, ,1795, died November 10, 1879, daughter of John Campbell, born at Glasgow, Scotland, May 4, 1769, of distinguished Scotch ancestry. Her father came to America in 1788, married, Jan- uary 5, 1793, Sarah Guest, of New York, and died October 6, 1801. After her father's death, her widowed mother came to Massachusetts with her three daughters and married ( second) Benjamin Russell, founder and publisher of the Columbian Sentinel of Boston, a notable newspaper in its day. Mr. Russell was for many years a prominent journalist, and a fig- ure in the literary world. He was born in Boston, September 12, 1762, died there Janu- ary 4, 1845, son of John and Johanna ( Rich) Russell, of Worcester, Massachusetts. His mother was the daughter of Lemuel and Abi- gail Rich. Children of Captain John and Sarah Robinson : 1. John Campbell, died in infancy. 2. Sarah Campbell, born January 25, 1831, died April 4, 1886, unmarried. 3. John Camp- bell, January 12, 1835, mentioned below.
(III) John Campbell, son of Captain John Robinson, was born January 12, 1835. He was educated in the various naval ports where his father was stationed during his youth. When seventeen he entered the employ of James K. Mills & Company, commission mer- chants of Boston, to learn the business. Later he clerked for Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, and subsequently was clerk and purchasing agent for the Merrimack Manufacturing Company of Lowell, remain- ing thirty-seven years, after which he retired from active business, devoting his time to the care of his real estate and other investments. In politics he is a Republican, though for several years he was a Cleveland Democrat. Mr. Rob- inson is a Unitarian in religion, and Mrs. Rob- inson is a member of the Friends Church at
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. He married (first) in Boston, October 14, 1869, Elizabeth Bangs Simpkins, born 1842, died July 11, 1900, at Jamaica Plain, daughter of John and Abi- gail (Harris) Simpkins. Married (second) September 12, 1904, Beatrice Magill, born in Providence, Rhode Island, March 18, 1859, daughter of Dr. Edward Hicks and Sarah W. ( Beans) Magill. Mrs. Robinson was edu- cated under the direction of her father and studied art in the schools of Philadelphia and Paris, and for ten years was at the head of the department of fine arts in Swarthmore College of which her father was president. She continued to teach until the time of her marriage. She has taken a keen interest in the affairs of the community near her home in Jamaica Plain, especially in charitable work, and is a director of the Friendly Society of that section and of the Neighborhood House Association. Both she and her husband have been generous in the support of organized charity and in giving to the poor and unfor- tunate. Mr. Robinson had no children by either mariage. His kindly manner, high char- acter, fine intellectual qualities, the magnetism of his face and personality, his sympathy and earnestness, have won the hearts of his neigh- bors of his neighbors and made a host of friends for him.
Dr. Magill was the second president of Swarthmore College at Swarthmore, Pennsyl- vania, near Philadelphia, was connected with it from its beginning, and its president for many years. In his younger days Dr. Magill was a teacher in Boston. He was born in 1825, son of Jonathan Paxon and Mary ( Watson) Magill, both natives of Bucks county, Pennsylvania. The Magill family is of Scotch-Irish ancestry, the immigrant ancestor coming with the great tide of pioneers from the north of Ireland in the middle of the eighteenth century to Pennsyl- vania. The original grant of land made by William Pen to the pioneer is still owned by descendants. The family joined the Society of Friends at an early date and most of their descendants have held to that faith to the present time. Dr. Magill was one of the most distinguished and successful educators of his day, and had a world-wide reputation. He died December 10, 1907. A full and inter- esting account of his long and useful career is to be found in his autobiography entitled "Sixty-five Years in the Life of a Teacher." One of the other daughters of Dr. Magill, Helen, married Hon. Andrew D. White, first president of Cornell University, late ambassa-
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