Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 53

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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(VI) Captain John (3), fourth son and fifth child of Noah (2) and Hope (Rich)

Mayo, was born in 1776. Information at hand, furnished by his grandson, states that his birth- place was Truro, but Riches History of that town says that he was probably born in Pro- vincetown. At an early age he began to follow the sea, and becoming a master mariner was a successful blockade runner during the war of 1812-15. He subsequently engaged in farming in Truro and died there at the age of about eighty years. In 1798 he married Hannah Rich, and she lived to the advanced age of ninety-six years. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Their children were : I. John. 2. Alfred. 3. Timothy. 4. Amaziah. 5. Susan, married Atwood, of Truro. 6. Hannah. 7. Noah.

(VII) Amaziah, fourth child of Captain John (3) and Hannah ( Rich) Mayo, was born in Truro, June 4, 1812. From the public schools of his native town he entered Wilbraham Academy, and after concluding his attendance at that well-known school he learned the car- penter's trade, serving an apprenticeship of four years. Having acquired considerable practical experience as a master carpenter, he established himself as a contractor and builder in Springfield in 1842, and possessing the requisite amount of business ability he soon acquired a high reputation for competency and reliability which served as an excellent founda- tion for the substantial success he ultimately attained in his useful calling. In addition to numerous private residences he constructed the William Rice Library building, the State Street Methodist Episcopal Church edifice, several public school buildings, including the Springfield high school, the Women's Re- formatory at Sherborn etc. Many of the streets in ward one were laid out according to his plans, and he erected numerous houses in that section. Having acquired possession of considerable real estate on North Chestnut street he gave his particular attention to its development and this venture proved a profit- able investment. In politics he acted with the Republican party, and although his ambition did not lay in the direction of public office he, nevertheless, evinced a profound interest in the general welfare of the city of his adoption, and his death, which occurred on January 8, 1892, or 1893, was sincerely deplored by the entire community. His church affiliations were with the Methodists. On April 16, 1843, Mr. Mayo married Mrs. Hester A. R. Mayo (nee Nye), widow of his brother Alfred, who was a shipmaster and was lost at sea. She was born in Chatham, Massachusetts, August 14,

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1820, daughter of Isaiah, of Sandwich, Mass- achusetts, and Keziah (Rider) Nye, of Chat- ham. Isaiah Nye was in his earlier years en- gaged in mercantile business in Chatham, and figured quite prominently in local public affairs. He afterward served as United States deputy collector of customs and also register of deeds. His death occurred in May, 1835, and his wife died in September of the same year. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They were the parents of one son and six daughters, of whom Hester A. R. (Mrs. Mayo) is the only one living. Beside a widow Mr. Mayo is survived by three sons : I. Alfred Nye, who is again referred to. 2. Amaziah Jr., born in 1846, now engaged in the brick business in Springfield; married Sarah White, of Peterboro, New Hampshire. 3. Charles Sumner, born in 1858, agent of the Merrimac Paper Mill at Lawrence, Massachu- setts, and resides in that city.

(VIII) Alfred Nye, eldest son of Amaziah and Hester A. R. (Nye) (Mayo) Mayo, was born in Springfield, March 19, 1844. Leaving school in 1862, the second year of the civil war, he enlisted for service in that eventful struggle and remained in the army about one year. Upon his return to Springfield he accepted a position with Messrs. Smith and Dickinson, dealers in paper stocks, and pur- chasing Mr. Smith's interest some three years later he became a partner in the succeeding firm, which continued in business about fifteen years. For more than a quarter of a century he has carried on the paper stock business successfully as senior member of the firm of A. N. Mayo and Campany. Mr. Mayo is actively interested in several important indus- trial enterprises, being president of the Dexter P. Lilley Company of Indian Orchard, of the Springfield Brick Company and the Standard Brick Company of that city and Boston ; treas- urer of the Merrimac Paper Company of Lawrence ; the Fiske Rubber Company of Chicopee Falls, and the Knox Automobile Company of Springfield. He is also stock- holder in the Union Trust Company, Spring- field, and one of its board of directors. He is quite active in religious and benevolent work, being a member of the First Congregational Church and of its parish committee, and presi- clent of the board of trustees of the Wesson Memorial Hospital. His club affiliations are with the Nayasset Club, of which he was for- merly president, and the Springfield Country Club. He is a member of E. K. Wilcox Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Springfield,

Massachusetts. On December 21, 1870, Mr. Mayo married Julia Billings, of Springfield, daughter of Horace E. Billings, granddaughter of Solomon Billings, and great-granddaughter of John and Eunice (Cooley ) Billings. Mr. and Mrs. Mayo have three children: I. Alice Billings, born March, 1872, wife of Harry G. Fiske. 2. Ada Frances, May 13, 1874, wife of E. O. Sutton, of Springfield, and has three children: Emily Mayo, Alfred Mayo and Owen Mayo Sutton. 3. Emily Stebbins, Octo- ber, 1881, wife of Rev. William P. Schell, of Seneca Falls, New York.

IRELAND The surname Ireland dates back to the early days of pat- ronymics in England. The family in some unknown way took its name from the neighboring island, just as Wales, England, and other place names of this class. In its early form we find the names Adam de Irlonde and Henry de Irlonde. The ancient coat-of-arms: Gules three fleur de lis argent a chief indented ermine. Crest : A dove bear- ing an olive branch vert. The motto of a Hertfordshire branch of the Ireland family is : Amor et Pax. Thomas Ireland, who settled in Hempstead, Long Island, in 1644, and Sam- uel Ireland, who settled in Wethersfield about the same time, were probably brothers.

(I) William Ireland, immigrant ancestor, came from England and settled first before 1648 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Thence he removed to Rumney Marsh, Boston. He was a yeoman; admitted freeman, May 22, 1650. He was dismissed from the church in Dorchester to that in Boston, February 3, 1660-61. He had a contract to build highways in 1654; was witness with his son William in 1681. He was overseer of the will of Elias Maverick in 1684. He bought the Vane allot- ment at what is now Chelsea in 1652. One account states that his wife Abigail died in 1715, aged seventy-four years, daughter of John Greenland, at Malden. The History of Charlestown assumes that Abigail was wife of Abraham Ireland, because of the statement in the records: "Abraham Ireland's mother-in- law, a widow, notified at Skinner's, 1721." This date is probably wrong. Mother-in-law was the term used for step-mother and as John Greenland mentions no wife in his will we conclude that Abigail, second wife, of Abra- liam Ireland's father is the person meant in this record. William was a constable of Dor- chester in 1656. Children: 1. Rebecca, bap- tized March 10, 1649-50. 2. Rebecca, baptized

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October 20, 1650. 3. Ann, baptized February 13, 1652. 4. William, baptized December 16, 1655 ; married Elizabeth , who when a widow received a gift of a house in Boston from William (I); children: i. John, born September 17, 1682; ii. Elizabeth, February 24, 1687-88; iii. Jonathan, January 5, 1694-95. 5. John, sea captain, married, July 15, 1680, Grace Healy, who died October 2, 1730, aged seventy-seven years, five months, one day (gravestone at Copps Hill) ; children : i. Mar- garet, born August 15, 1681, died May 25, 1685, at Boston; ii. John, October 5, 1683; iii. Abiel, February 17, 1684, married Fortune Raddock: iv. Grace, April 26, 1688, married William Sterling ; v. Mary, baptized March 8, 1696, died November 24, 1721 ; vi. Nathaniel, baptized July 17, 1698; all baptized at the Sec- ond Church, Boston. 6. Abraham, mentioned below.

(II) Abraham, son of William Ireland, if the widow of William, was, as appears from the records of Chelsea, Charlestown, and Mal- den, his step-mother. He died January 24, 1753, in his eighty-first year. According to the record of his gravestone, as given in Wy- man's Charlestown, "God brought him from a distant land," &c. He was doubtless a sea- faring man. What the epitaph means is not clear. His children or grandchildren who erected the stone may have thought he was born in the old country, but the names in the families of William and John, the apparent relationship and all the evidence is against the idea that he was an immigrant. He married Abigail - He was taxed in 1733-36-37- 42 at Charlestown. He bought land there first in 1708 of Joseph Whittemore and from time to time afterward. He lived also at Cambridge. Children, born at Charlestown: I. Margaret, November 25, 1700, died January 17, 1721 ; gravestone at Cambridge. 2. Abigail, Febru- ary 14, 1702-03, married Eben Shed. 3. John, May 25, 1705. 4. Mary, February 8, 1707-08, married Thomas Hutchinson. 5. Elizabeth, July 18, 1710, married Ephraim Osborn. 6. Abraham, April 8, 1713, married, April 8, 1736, at Dorchester, Ann Bird; son Abraham settled at Lunenburg, Massachusetts. 7. Thomas, August 31, 1715, married, June 4, 1741, Mary Randolph. 8. Tamsen, married Nathan Ward. 9. Jonathan, September 24, 1719, mentioned below. 10. Margaret, mar- ried, 1743, Thomas Raymond.

(III) Jonathan, son of Abraham Ireland, was born at Charlestown, September 24, 1719. He was living in Roxbury as early as 1747,

later at Chelsea, where his grandfather settled. He married Martha - -. He was taxed in Charlestown, 1727-32-44-61-66. He died in 1804 and administration was granted his widow, August 7, 1804. His estate was divided in 1806 among his widow and children, Jona- than, Nathaniel, William, Martha, John, Mary, Sarah and Eleanor. At a later date, 1832, his heirs were children of son Jonathan, deceased ; Martha, wife of B. Hadley, Charles Wait's children by wife Eleanor, deceased; Nathan Field's wife Mary ; Sally S. Ireland ; Mary E., wife of Jonathan Ireland, deceased. Children, born in Charlestown: I. Jonathan, mentioned below. 2. Nathaniel, lived at Boston and Cam- bridge, blacksmith; married, November 18, 1802, at Cambridge, Sally Prentice. 3. John, married Abigail Withington, of Stow, Janu- ary 12 (intention) 1833. 4. Martha, married B. Hadley. 5. William. 6. Sarah. 7. James, married, March 2, 1802, Joanna Bemis. 8. Eleanor, married Samuel Welch. All were mentioned in the census of 1789 with Sarah Coolidge, of Cambridge, as of Jonathan's family.

(IV) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (I) Ireland, was born in Charlestown. He lived during his youth probably on the ancestral estate in what was then Charlestown, now Somerville, at the corner of Ireland's range- way (School street) and Milk row (Somer- ville avenue). He settled in Boston on War- renton street, corner of Tremont street, and followed his trade as chaise-maker there. The house stood until recently when it was taken down, the land being condemned for subway purposes. He married, February 14, 1813, in Boston, perhaps his second wife, Mercy ( Pol- lard) Carleton, widow. His will was dated in 1830 and proved in 1843. He devised to wife ; to children William H., George W., Martha H., Sarah and to Martha A., wife of Orr K. Towne, daughter of his wife by her first hus- band. Children: 1. William H., born 1812, mentioned below. 2. George Washington, Jan- uary 13, 1816, mentioned below. 3. Martha H. 4. Sarah.

(V) William H., son of Jonathan (2) Ire- land, was born in Charlestown, November, 1812, died at his home, 45 Rutland square, Boston, August 18, 1899. He was educated in the public schools, and had a long and suc- cessful business career. He was in partner- ship with his brother, George Washington Ire- land, as a manufacturer and general merchant in Stoddard, New Hampshire, and later as a manufacturer of soda in Boston. At the time

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of his death the Universalist Leader said of him "Another landmark among the Universal- ist laymen of Boston and vicinity has been obliterated in the death of William H. Ireland of the Every-day Church. His record in the church was in some regards very remarkable, for he was associated with it during its entire history as the Warren Street Church. He was present when the union took place between the Warren Street Church and other South End Churches in 1866. He has been a member during all these years, and a deacon for a great many years. He was buried from the Every- day Church Tuesday, August 21. An invoca- tion was offered by the Rev. Dr. J. K. Mason of Chicago, a former pastor. An address was given by the present pastor. In the course of his remarks Dr. Perin declared that while many of us may become saints by and by in heaven, Mr. Ircland was a saint on earth. This language is scarcely exaggerated, for he was indeed one of the best of men. A man of the strictest integrity as guileless as a little child, he displayed. under great sorrow and misfor- tune, a fortitude like that of St. Paul and a sweetness and cheerfulness like that of the Master himself. If Mr. Ireland had lived till November he would have been eighty-seven years old. He was preccded to his home above by nearly all his immediate relatives. His wife passed away in 1885. His only child, Mr. Carlton Ireland, died several years ago, since which time he had made his home with Mrs. Carlton Ireland, who had devoted her- self to him with all the love and fidelity that could have characterized the ministry of an own daughter. Needless to say Mr. Ireland will be greatly missed at the Every-day church."

(V) George Washington, son of Jonathan (2) Ireland, was born on Warrenton street, Boston, January 13, 1816. He received his education at Madam Rider's private school, the Franklin school and the English high school of Boston. He was always truc to the friend- ships of his youth and made great efforts in his old age to attend the reunions of the Bos- ton Old Schoolboys' Association. He entered the employ of Whittemore & Chamberlin in 1833, attaining to the position of chief clerk in a few years, and having the management of the business. In 1837 he entered partnership with his brother, William H. Ircland, at Stod- dard, New Hampshire, conducting a general store and manufacturing potash and potato starch. In 1845 this firm bought the soda manu-

facturing business of Darling & Pollard of Boston and continued it with marked success. George W. Ireland sold out his interests in 1853, built a residence in Somerville and en- gaged in the real estate business and in fruit- raising. He was one of the founders of the First Universalist Church of Somerville and was at the time of his death the senior deacon. He was assessor for four years and the last collector of taxes under the town charter of Somerville. He died after a long and pain- ful illness at the home of his daughter, whom he had been visiting, July 2, 1895. In politics he was a Republican. He married, November 28, 1841, Jane Preston, of Windsor, New Hampshire, daughter of Reuben and Nancy (Dresser) Preston, of Windsor. Children : I. Emma Jane, died in infancy. 2. George Henry, born April 29, 1844, mentioned below. 3. Martha Jane, married Dr. E. P. Gerry, of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.

(VI) George Henry, son of George Wash- ington Ireland, was born at Stoddard, New Hampshire, April 29, 1844, died at West Harpswell, Maine, July 31, 1900. His parents removed to Somerville, when he was a young child, and he received his education there in the public schools. He began his business career as clerk in the store of Horace Part- ridge & Company of Boston and continued with that house for a number of years. In 1872 he established himself in business in Springfield, Massachusetts, having a "Ninety- nine Cent" store at the corner of Main and Pynchon streets. In 1875 he entered the em- ploy of the Milton Bradley Company of Spring- field as traveling salesman for the game de- partment, of which he afterward became the manager. In 1889 he became clerk of the cor- poration and in 1892 assistant treasurer of the Milton Bradley Company, a position he filled to the time of his death with conspicuous ability. Hc had many interests in social as well as busi- 11css lifc. He was for many years an active member of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church. He was treasurer of the Roswell Lee Lodge of Free Masons ; member of Morn- ing Star Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Springfield Council, Royal and Select Masters ; of Springfield Commandery, Knights Templar, and of Melha Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine ; also of Oasis Lodge of Odd Fellows, Somerville. He had been a member of the Camera Club and of the Springfield Improve- ment Association. In politics he was a Republi- can. His death was caused by heart disease.

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He was spending a month at the summer home of his friend and partner in business, Milton Bradley, when taken ill. The funeral was held at the home of his sister, Mrs. E. Pea- body Gerry, in Jamaica Plain, Rev. Charles A. Skinner officiating, and the interment was in the family lot at Mount Auburn cemetery. Mr. Ireland was methodical and systematic, pains- taking and earnest in business. He was pre- eminently a man of his word. He never failed a friend or defaulted in an obligation. He performed all the duties of life carefully, wisely and conscientiously. His wide experi- ence in business brought him into close and intimate relations with many men and he made many friends. He was a student all his life, both of men and books and had a vast fund of general information at his command. He was interesting in conversation and an attrac- tive companion. He loved children and made friends with the young as readily as with men of his own age. He demonstrated his practical knowledge and his literary ability a few years before his death by winning a $250 prize for an essay on "Sanitary Improvements in Manu- facturing Establishments."

Rev. Flint M. Bissell, pastor of the church which Mr. Ireland attended, paid a high tribute to his character in his sermon following the death. He said: "Mr. Ireland was a thorough- going Christian, a generous giver, a loyal friend, a faithful attendant ; but he was chiefly distinguished by his eagerness to serve. He never waited to be urged, but constantly sought avenues of usefulness, and without ostentation or display delighted to give not only money, but time and interest and personal work for the cause of the church he loved. We may not fill his place, but our most fitting tribute to his memory will be a new endeavor to fill our places as throughly as he filled his." At the session of the Sunday school on the same day, a fine portrait of Mr. Ireland was presented to the school by the boys of his class and was hung on the wall over the place where the class for so many years had met.

He married, May 21, 1873, Ella F. Leland, of Somerville, daughter of John Murray and Sophronia Page (Savage) Leland. They had but one child, George Preston, born at Som- erville, March 28, 1873, graduate of the Spring- field high school and of the class of 1894, Tufts College, taking the degree of Ph. B .; civil engineer for a few years with the Boston & Albany railroad, now practicing his profession in Seattle, Washington.

TRASK William and Osmond Trask were probably brothers. William was a very early settler of Salem, perhaps coming in 1628 before Governor Endi- cott. He was admitted a freeman October 19, 1630, and was commissioner to the general court in 1632. He was muster master and cap- tain of Militia, and deputy to the general court in 1635-36-37-39. After the Pequot war he was granted two large tracts of land compris- ing six hundred acres. He owned a corn mill and fulling mill. He died May 15, 1666. (I) Osmond Trask, supposed brother of William, mentioned above, was the immigrant ancestor of one branch of the family. He was born in England in 1625-27. He stated his age as thirty-five years in 1660 and as thirty- eight years in 1665. He was a planter in Salem before 1649, and a very prominent citizen. It appears from certain records that the Trasks came from the southwest of England, where people of that name still reside. He removed to Beverly and was constable there. He died in 1676, intestate. The inventory is dated March 5, 1676-77, filed by his widow Elizabeth in the court at Ipswich, March 27 following. The court made the widow administratrix and placed the rest in her hands; she to give the eldest son forty acres of land with the house upon it; the other eight children-Sarah, Mary, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph, Elizabeth, William and Jonathan-to have fifty pounds apiece ; the same for the expected child. The widow deeded land to her five sons-Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph, William and Edward Trask -March 27, 1679, to be delivered after she had paid legacies to daughters-Sarah, Mary and Elizabeth. In the settlement of the estate the children of the first wife are not mentioned, some other provision having been made for them, doubtless. The records show conclu- sively that the son John was living at that time. He married (first) January 1, 1650, Mary , who died January 2, 1663. He mar- ried (second) May 22, 1663, Elizabeth Gally, daughter of John Gally. She married ( sec- ond) John Gyells. Children of first wife: I. Sarah, born September, 1650, died young. 2. . Edward, June 6, 1652. 3. Mary, May, 1657. 4. John, August 15, 1658, mentioned below. 5. William, July 5, 1660, died next month. Children of second wife: 6. Mary, died young. 7. Samuel. 8. Benjamin. 9. Joseph. 10. Eliz- abeth. II. William (the last five baptized at the same time, March 14, 1675-76, probably after the father's death). 12. Jonathan, bap-

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tized June 6, 1675. 13. Edward (posthumous), baptized November 10, 1677.

(II) John, son of Osmond Trask, was born in Salem, August 15, 1658, died in Beverly, May 13, 1720. He settled in Beverly. He married (first ) April 9, 1679, Christian Wood- bury, who while temporarily deranged killed herself with a pair of scissors, June 3, 1689. He married (second) October 30, 1690, Mary Dodge. Married (third) 1692-93, Elizabeth -, who died at Beverly, November 26, 1715. Children, recorded at Beverly, though some may have been born in Salem: I. Chris- tian, born January 20, 1680, died December 2, 1687. 2. Edward, November 14, 1685. 3. Elizabeth, August 25, 1687. 4. Hannah, bap- tized July 10, 1687. 5. William, born January I, 1689. Child of second wife: 6. Josiah, December 10, 1691. Children of third wife: 7. Jonathan, June 5, 1694. 8. Mary, July 3, 1697 (parents called of Salem). 9. Christian, May 25, 1701. 10. Israel, a minor over four- teen in 1720. II. Ebenezer, mentioned below.

(III) Ebenezer, son of John Trask, was born in Salem or Beverly. His father died May 13. 1720, and on October 3 following Jonathan Trask was chosen guardian of Israel and Ebenezer Trask, minor sons of the "late John Trask of Salem." Family tradition says he was in the revolution. An Ebenezer Trask of Beverly was in Caleb Dodge's company of the second parish at the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. His estate was settled December 6, 1779; in probate papers he is called a house carpenter. He married, March 5, 1729-30, at Beverly, Mary Rix. Children: I. Elizabeth, born April 18, 1731, died April 8, 1753. 2. Ebenezer, September 23, 1732, died young. 3. Mary, September 23, 1732 (twin), died young. 4. Mary, December 12, 1733. 5. Esther, De- cember 21, 1735. 6. Miriam, January 23, 1737. 7. Martha, September 18, 1739. 8. Ebenezer, June 12, 1741, mentioned below. 9. Sarah, May 20, 1743. 10. Hannah, April 3, 1745. II. Israel, July 31, 1747, died January 13, 1754. The father of these children died in 1779, intestate.

(IV) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (I) Trask, was born in Beverly, June 12, 1741, died there March 9, 1814. His will was dated June 23, 1814, proved April 5, 1814. He be- qucathed to sons John and Israel the home- stead on the north side of the county road at Beverly ; to Ann Phippen, widow of Joshua Phippen; to daughter Mary, wife of Epes Coggswell; to son Ebenezer ; to son Israel the residue ; mentions also grandchildren. He was

a soldier in the revolution in Lieutenant Peter Shaw's company, April 19, 1775. He married, January 31, 1765, Betty Dodge, of Wenham. Children, born at Beverly: 1. John, May 2, 1766. 2. Israel, December 7, 1767. 3. Ebe- mezer, July 24, 1769. 4. Mary, January 29, 1771. 5. Samuel, November 8, 1772. 6. Anna, August 17, 1774. 7. Joseph, April 21, 1776, men- tioned below. 8. Mary, April 1, 1778. 9. Betsey, June 19, 1780, died young. 10. Betsey, Sep- tember 9, 1784. II. Israel, February 1, 1792.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 53

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