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liberty, and joined the Republican party at its inception. He was an active worker in its town and county councils, nearly all his life, and often served as a town officer ; he never sought any higher position. He was town treasurer in 1844 and was four times subse- quently elected to that position; in 1845 he was elected supervisor, and at different times filled that office for eight terms. In his house the first town meeting was held. He never signed a temperance pledge, but lived a most temperate life, advocating that course because it was right, and not because others did or urged it. This was his rule in everything, to do right from principle, and not through fear of punish- ment or hope of reward. He died at his home in LaGrange, January 22, 1881, and the follow- ing testimonial of his character is taken from an obituary published in the Whitewater Regis- ter, from the pen of a prominent citizen of LaGrange: "The writer of these lines has known the deceased for nearly thirty-five years, and for the greater portion of that time was privileged to enjoy his friendship. With loving reverence for his memory, he testifies to his manly virtues. He was a man of stain- less character and strict integrity and solid worth. In his social relations he was genial and pleasant, being possessed of that personal magnetism which wins friends, and of those fine qualities of heart which retain them. He was a kind neighbor, and a good citizen, a faithful husband and indulgent parent. He was a man who always took the keenest inter- est in all questions affecting the public good, and his opinions of men and measures were broad and liberal. In religious matters he had clear and well defined views ; he believed in the infinite love and compassion of God, in the universal brotherhood of mankind, and in the ultimate salvation of all men. There was no doubt in his mind touching these things, hence in the hour of death he was
'Sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, and approached the grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.'"
(VI) James Alfred, elder son of Charles P. and Sarah ( Harris) Ellis, was born April 15, 1852, in LaGrange, where he grew to maturity. He attended the district school near his home, and began teaching in the schools of the county at the age of nineteen years. After teaching several years in Wisconsin, he entered the office of the Green Bay Advocate, where he learned to set type, and was soon
placed in charge of its job printing depart- ment. He had been a contributor to various newspapers and naturally drifted into help- ing in the editorial department of the paper. He was subsequently the editor of papers in Wisconsin and Illinois, and was at one time a reporter on the staff of the Chicago Times, from which position he went to the prepara- tion of works similar to this, January 1, 1883. Since that time he has given little time to any- thing else, and has been privileged to assist in preparing this work. He adheres to the relig- ious tenets of his parents, is an enthusiastic Re- publican, and an earnest working Odd Fellow, having held many honors in the order. He married, February 8, 1873, at Hebron, Wis- consin, Eva Lucretia Williams, born October 24, 1855, in Cold Spring, Wisconsin, eldest daughter of Horace and Olive ( Delano) Will- iams, the latter a lineal descendant of Philip de la Noye (Delano), who came on the "For- tune" to Plymouth in 1621. Children: Cicero Guy, born October 31, 1873, a postal clerk on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail- road ; Julia Maud, August 6, 1875, wife of Edward E. Lee, of Chicago; Priscilla May, January 8, 1878, wife of Joshua Danforth Mallette, of Chicago ; Minnie Madge, July 26, 1879, unmarried ; Charles Williams, July I, 1881, a resident of Illinois; James Horace, November 19, 1882, residing in Chicago; Will- iam David, September 2, 1885, also of Chi- cago; Philip de la Noye, June 18, 1895, a student in school.
ELLIS John Ellis, or Ellice, the immi- grant ancestor of this family line, resided in Medfield, where he was among the thirteen original proprietors. He may have been a brother of Thomas Ellis, of Medfield, and perhaps also of Richard, Joseph and Ann Ellis, of Dedham, immigrants. John Ellis was the thirtieth signer of the Dedham Covenant, and attended town meeting. He was admitted a freeman June 2, 1641. He married (first) at Dedham, November IO, 1641, Susanna Lumber, who died at Medfield. April 5, 1653; (second) June 16, 1655, Joan. widow of John Clap, of Dorchester. After her marriage she was dismissed from the Dor- chester to the Medfield church. She died at Medfield, March 2, 1703-4. He died April 2, 1697, leaving a will dated September 24, 1690, proved June 24, 1697. Children of first wife : I. John, born April 26, 1646; mentioned below. 2. Susanna, married Matthias Evans. 3. Hannah, born at Medfield, April 9, 1651 ;
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married Samuel Rockwood. Children of second wife: 4. Samuel, born May 24, 1660; died March 24, 1684, unmarried. 4. Joseph, born October 24, 1662. 6. Eleazer, April 24, 1664.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Ellis, was born April 26, 1646, and died in 1716. He settled on the west side of the Charles river, in Medfield. He married (first) in 1677, Mary Herring; (second) in 1698, Mary Hill, of Sherborn, who was living a widow as late as I729. Children: I. John, born 1678. 2. Joseph, mentioned below. 3. Mary, born 1686; married, 1701, Zachary Partridge; (second) John Barber. 4. Sarah, born 1687, died 1705 ; married, 1704, Nathaniel Wight. 5. Hannah, born 1688; married John Taylor. 6. Samuel, born 1699, died 1769, inherited father's estate in Medway.
(III) Joseph, son of John (2) Ellis, was born in 1681, and died at Medway, September 29, 1754, aged seventy-four years. He lived at Wrentham, near Medway, and his death is recorded at Medway. He married, at Wrent- ham, Catherine -, who died at Medway, January 20, 1760. Children: I. Joseph, born July 14, 1712, at Dedham. 2. Gideon, born June 29, 1714. 3. John, baptized May 7, 1727. 4. Asa, mentioned below. Probably others not found on records.
(IV) Asa, son of Joseph Ellis, was born in Medway or Wrentham, in May, 1730, and baptized in the Medway church, May 3, 1730. He married, at Medway, May 30, 1753, Mar- garet Bucknam. He was a soldier in the revo- lution, clerk of Captain Joseph Lovell's com- pany, Fourth Regiment; marched to War- wick, Rhode Island on the alarm of December, 1775 ; also served in Rhode Island campaign of 1778; his name appears on list returned by committee of the town of Medway, April 15, 1778, as having served at various times since April 19, 1775. Children, born at Medway : I. Hannah, August 24, 1754. 2. Elizabeth, November 7, 1759. 3. Charlotte, September 8, 1762, died May 18, 1768. 4. Nathan Buck- nam, October 16, 1764. 5. Joseph, October 31, 1766, died November 6, 1666. 6. Gregory, August 19, 1769. 7. Mina, born October 31, 1771, died September 8, 1775. 8. Nancy, No- vember 1, 1774. 9. Shepard, mentioned below.
(V) Shepard, son of Asa Ellis, was born in Medway, November 16, 1776. He lived at Medway and Ware, Massachusetts, and Rock- ville, Stafford, and Coventry, Connecticut, working in the mills in those towns, following the trade of wool dyeing. Ile married Electa
Johnson, of Dana, Massachusetts. Children : I. Dwight Warren, born in Dana, mentioned below; Justus J., Stillman, Matilda, Clemen- tine, Mary, Isabel, Susan.
(VI) Dwight Warren, son of Shepard Ellis, was born at Dana, Massachusetts, De- cember 22, 1824. During his boyhood he lived in Ware, Massachusetts, and in Rockville, Stafford, and Coventry, Connecticut, working in the mills and attending the public schools in winter terms. He attended Monson Academy one term. He learned the dyer's trade of his father, continuing through all the depart- ments of the woolen manufacture. In 1849 he accepted a position as superintendent in the Shaw mills at Wales, Massachusetts. After four years he gave up this position and engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes. In two years he lost all his property and returned to his trade, filling positions in various woolen mills as superintendent. In 1863 he rented a small woolen mill in North Wilbraham, Massachusetts, and made a good start, but lost the mill by fire after a year and a half. Afterwards he considered this disaster a blessing in disguise, for he bought the water privilege, built a larger and more modern mill. and soon had a prosperous business. In 1868 he became owner of the Orcuttville mill in Stafford, Connecticut, in partnership with Julius Converse, in addition to his mill at Wil- braham. In 1870 he purchased the water privi- lege and tenement houses in South Monson, and built a new mill in the place of one recently destroyed by fire. Here also he estab- lished a profitable industry, greatly to the ben- efit of the town in which it was located, as well as to himself. He made his home in South Monson and built a handsome residence there. His health failed as his years advanced, and he sold his interests in the mill at Staf- ford. He turned over the management of the Wilbraham mill to a brother with whom he entered partnership, and the Monson mill to his son Arthur, whom he admitted to partner- ship. Mr. Ellis ranks among the foremost and most successful woolen manufacturers of Hampden county, in his generation. His determination and pertinacity won success after a series of losses and failures. He knew the business thoroughly and, once in the pos- session of sufficient capital, was uniformly successful in business. He was highly lion- ored and respected in the community in which he lived and in those in which he did business. In politics Mr. Ellis was a Republican, but never sought office. In religion he was a Uni-
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versalist, and took an active part in church work. He donated one-half of the total cost of the building of the First Universalist Church of Monson. He died February 6, 1889.
He married, March 27, 1849, Mary Puffer, born April 9, 1826, daughter of George Puffer, born at Medway in 1791 (see Puffer). Chil- dren : 1. Arthur Dwight, born at Wales, Massachusetts, October 18, 1850; mentioned below. 2. Frank P., born August 19, 1852, died November 30, 1875. 3. Frederick W., born at Wales, April 10, 1857 ; graduate of Harvard Medical School, class of 1881. 4. Milton G., born March 28, 1860, died June 9, 1863.
(VII) Arthur Dwight, son of Dwight Warren Ellis, was born at Wales, Massachusetts, Octo- ber 18, 1850. He was educated in the public schools. He began his business career in asso- ciation with his father. After a few years he was taken into partnership, and took charge of the mill in Monson. Since the death of his father he has had charge of the business, which has been constantly extended. In 1900 he bought the New Reynolds mill, operated by the firm of Ellis & Ricketts, of which he is senior partner. In 1905 he bought the old Reynolds mill, and after operating it two years demolished the old structure, and in 1908 is building a modern mill on the old site. Mr. Ellis and his uncle, Justus J. Ellis, owned mills in Stafford, Connecticut. Since the death of his uncle Mr. Ellis has become the sole pro- prietor. Mr. Ellis is generous with his wealth, and has evinced much public spirit. He co-operated with the town in building the mag- nificent new stone bridge on Main street in 1907, giving a large part of the money required. He is a trustee of the Monson Sav- ings Bank, and since 1906 has been vice-presi- dent. In politics he is a Republican. He is a prominent member of the Universalist Church, of which he is a trustee and chairman of the parish committee.
He married, October 1, 1879, Martha Rob- inson, born in Birmingham, England, died March, 1888, daughter of Nathaniel Robinson. He married (second) Mrs. Clara (Holbrook) Ellis. Children of the first wife: I. Louise, born May 30, 1883; married Fritz W. Bald- win. 2. Dwight Warren, born November 18, 1885; graduate of Monson Academy and Lowell Textile School; is associated with his father in the woolen business.
(The Puffer Line).
The surname Puffer, Poffer or Pougher, . seems to be of German origin. The American
immigrant, George Puffer, unquestionably from England, settled in Boston as early as 1639, among Englishmen. The only English family found after a careful search of avail- able English records is traced back to one William Pougher, or Puffer, born about 1690, died at Hart's Hill, near Atherstone, county Warwick, England. From the fact that he had a grandson George and that no other family of the name is to be found, it is reason- able to believe that George the immigrant was related. The family of Puffer was located in Hesse, Germany, before 1569, when one of the family was ennobled for civic services. General Joseph Puffer of Austria, a Baron, was doubtless of this German family. He was born May II, 1801; knight of the Order of the Iron Crown, second class.
(I) George Puffer, of Boston, Massachu- setts, had land granted him for five heads at Mount Wollaston, later Braintree. According to one account he died September 27, 1639, and no record of him as living after that date has been found. He and his descendants lived in old Braintree nearly a century. The orig- inal homestead was located about two miles east of the Old Colony railroad station (now New York, New Haven & Hartford), in Quincy, Massachusetts. His widow died Feb- ruary 12, 1677, at Braintree. Children : I. James, mentioned below. 2. Matthias, mar- ried March 12, 1662, Rachel Farnsworth. 3. Mary, died July 22, 1700.
(II) James, son of George Puffer, was born about 1624, in England. He came to Brain- tree with his father in 1639, and when his father died carried on the farm for his mother, and succeeded to its ownership. He was also a boatman, living at Ship Cove, now Quincy Neck. He also owned land in what is now Randolph, Massachusetts. He died at Brain- tree, July 25, 1692, aged about sixty-eight. He married, February 14, 1656, at Braintree, Mary Ludden, born at Weymouth, December 17, 1636, daughter of James Ludden, who was a corporal and town officer at Weymouth. Children, born at Braintree: I. Richard, March 14, 1657, mentioned below. 2. Martha, December 28, 1658; died unmarried, March 29, 1701. 3. Mary, February II, 1659-60; mar- ried at Boston, November 26, 1700, Philip Blackler. 4. James, May 5, 1663. 5. Ruth, January 25, 1667, died January 29, 1667. 6. Rachel, January 25, 1667 (twin) ; married, January 7, 1695, Eleazer Isgate, of Braintree. 7. Jabez, February 4, 1672; married, Decem- ber 3, 1702, Mary Glazier.
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(III) Richard, son of James Puffer, was born at Braintree, March 14, 1657. He lived at Wrentham. He deeded twenty acres of land at Mendon to John Whiting in exchange for twenty acres at Papanuttuck, March 1, 1702. He married, at Dorchester, March 23, 1681, Ruth, daughter of Richard Everett, of Ded- ham. He died August 3, 1723, and his son William was appointed administrator of his estate February 21, 1724. Children: I. Ruth, born at Dedham, March 17, 1682; married, December 12, 1706, John Day, of Wrentham ; married (second) John Hill ; died Mareh 17, 1768. 2. Mary, born at Dedham, January 21, 1684; married. December 26, 1705, Ralph Day; died December 30, 1769. 3. William, born July 17, 1686; mentioned below. 4. Richard, born at Wrentham, July 17, 1689; died February 12, 1758; married, July II, 1719, Anna Hawes. 5. Rachel, married June 14, 1722, Edward Gay ; died May 17, 1754. 6. Sarah, born about 1696; married. May 12, 1741, Samuel Morse; died February 8, 1772. 7. Benoni, born at Wrentham, January 4, 1697-8; died January 16, 1697-8.
(IV) William, son of Riehard Puffer, was born at Wrentham, July 17, 1686, and was living there as late as 1745. He married, May 25. 1710, Elizabeth, daughter of John Guild, of Wrentham. He was a proprietor of Keene, New Hampshire, and partner in the Land Bank in 1740. His widow died at Canterbury, Connecticut, November 14, 1762. Children : I. William, born March 9, 1712; mentioned below. 2. Timothy, born January 17, 1713-14; probably of Keene, New Hampshire, and later of Swanzey, New Hampshire. 3. Elizabeth, born January 2, 1716; married, April 27, 1737, John Hancock. 4. Richard, born April 3, 1718. 5. Sarah, born. June 6, 1719; married, May 6, 1746, Joshua Prebel. 6. Seth, born July 1, 1721. 7. Esther, born 1727, died March 15, 1742-3.
(V) William (2). son of William (1) Puffer, was born March 9, 1712, and died October 7, 1792. He was partner in the Land Bank in 1740. He resided in Wrentham and Norton. He married August 30, 1733, Rebecca Ware. He died at Medway in 1754. Chil- dren, the first five born at Wrentham, the rest at Norton: 1. William, April 24, 1734; men- tioned below. 2. Elijah, August 18, 1737. 3. John, September 24, 1739, died October 8, 1743. 4. Rebecca, November 18, 1741 ; mar- ried, 1761, Moses Ware, Jr .. 5. Esther, January 14, 1744, married, December 3. 1772, Jesse Read. 6. John, May 27, 1746. 7. Timo-
thy, April 19, 1748; in the revolution. 8. Mehitable, April 1, 1750. 9. Mary, February 21, 1752; married, October 24, 1771, David Cobb, of Hallowell. 10. Benjamin, July 25, 1754.
(VI) William (3), son of William (2) Puffer, was born at Wrentham, April 24, 1734, and died at Monson, January 15, 1809. He was in the revolution, in Captain Samuel Fisher's company, in 1780. He was a select- man of Monson. He married (first) Feb- ruary 27, 1753, Mary Wetherell, at Norton, Massachusetts ; (second) intentions dated Oc- tober 15, 1781, Mrs. Anna Metcalf; (third) Susannah Ellis, of Foxboro, born October 6, 1742, died at Monson, July 29, 1823. Chil- dren, born at Norton: I. Molly, August 14, 1754; married, January II, 1787, Daniel Wight. 2. William, February 2, 1757 ; mar- ried, April 18, 1799, Mrs. Susan Ellis, at Med- field. 3. Timothy, March 25, 1759. 4. George, August 3, 1761 (twin). 5. Chloe, August 3, 1761 (twin). 6. Phebe, December 18, 1763; married, 1781, Joseph Grout, of Westford. 7. Job, 1767 ; mentioned below. 8. Tisdale, born about 1771.
(VII) Lieutenant Job, son of William (3) Puffer, was born at Foxboro, September 7, 1767, and died at Monson, June 4, 1836. He married, December 26, 1787, Nancy Knowl- ton, born at Medway, February 17, 1767, died June 4, 1856. Children, born at Medway: I. Elizabeth, January 21, 1788. 2. George, April 27, 1791 ; mentioned below. 3. Job, May 14, 1797, died at Charleston, South Carolina, 1831. 4. Timothy Metcalf, September 5, 1798; married, August 22, 1826, Bethsheba Beals. 5. William H., December 6, 1800. 6. Lowell, resided at Dansville, New York. 7. John, merchant ; resided at Redfield, Dallas county, Texas, whence in 1840 he removed to Waltham, Vermont, and thence to Essex, Ver- mont.
(VIII) George (2), son of Lieutenant Job Puffer, was born at Medway, April 27, 1791. He lived at Monson and Brimfield, Massaehu- setts. He was a mechanic, and ran a carding mill in the west part of the town of Brim- field. He married (first) in 1811, Sally Ferry, who died in 1814; (second) in 1817, Sarah Gardner, born at Monson, 1794, died Septem- ber 6, 1830; (third) Mrs. Lucinda Edson, who died at Monson, September, 1877. Child of first wife: 1. Sarah F., born 1814; married. August 20, 1832, Asa Foskett; died 1842. Children of second wife: 2. George Metealf, born November 18, 1818, at Brimfield. 3.
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Milton Gardner, June 14, 1819. 4. Betsey Ann, 1822; married B. F. Hoag ; died 1859. 5. Mary B., 1826; married, March 27, 1849, D. W. Ellis (see Ellis). 6. Abigail, 1830; married, March 25, 1851, Henry Bodurtha.
QUINCY The Quincy family of Amer- ica and England has had many distinguished men in both ancient and modern times. The surname is said to be derived from the name of a town in Normandy. In the Roll of Battle Abbey the name appears several times, spelled Quancey, Quinci and Quincy. It is not found in Domesday Book, and the earliest record of land titles of the family is in the Manor of Buckby, of Northamptonshire, being given by Henry II to the famous Baron Saher de Quinci, who signed the Magna Charta. His son Roger became the third Earl of Win- chester. At one time an American family possessed a parchment pedigree of the lineage back to the time of the Norman Conquest, but unfortunately it has been lost. The arms used by the family after coming to America : Gules seven mascles conjoined or three, three and one. Motto: Sine macula macla. These arms are found on the seal of an unexecuted will of Edmund Quincy, son of the American immigrant, affixed about 1695. After coming to America the family adopted a coat-of-arms known as the seven diamonds.
(I) Edmund Quincy, father of the Amer- ican immigrant, resided at Wigsthorpe, a hamlet in the parish of Lilford, county North- ampton. He was buried at Lilford, March 9, 1627-8. His will was proved in the district court at Petersborough, March 14, 1627-8, by his widow Anne. His widow's will is dated January 29, 1630-I. She was then living at Wigsthorpe. The will was proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, April 6, 1631, by John Quincy, son and executor. Ed- mund Quincy was a yeoman of the middle class, not educated, but thrifty and prosper- ous and of good social standing. He owned the leaseholds of several farms, and the be- quests in his will were on the scale that only a man of some wealth could afford. His will mentions "a habitation or dwelling house to be erected by his son Edmund upon his free- hold at Thorpe" (Wigsthorpe). That he stood high in the estimation of his neighbors is shown by his two elections to the office of church warden, and by the excellent marriages of his daughters.
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1559. He may have been the son of John, Thomas or Richard Quincy, all of whom were living in that parish at the time of his birth. He married, October 15, 1593, Anne Palmer, at Lilford. Children: I. Anne, baptized Sep- tember 22, 1594; married, at Lilford, Janu- ary 22, 1617-8, John Hills. 2. Elizabeth, bap- tized January 25, 1696; married James Hol- ditch, who was a supervisor of the wills of the parents of his wife. 3. Hellen, or Ellen, baptized April 5, 1598; married, at Lilford, February 9, 1620-I, Boniface Bing. 4. Alice, baptized September 24, 1600; married, at Lil- ford, July 14, 1623, Edward Rooding; (sec- ond) September 30, 1633, Rev. Thomas Lewis, Vicar of Lilford. 5. Edmund, baptized May 30, 1602; mentioned below. 6. Denis, baptized February 17, 1604-5; buried June 26 follow- ing. 7. Francis, baptized November 16, 1606; married, June 25, 1627, Elizabeth Andrew. 8. Christian, married Gabriel Munnes ; resided at Harold Park, Bedfordshire, gentleman. 9. John, baptized May 16, 1611; had by wife Anne twelve children, all baptized at Lilford. IO. William, baptized January 31, 1612-13, of Wigsthorpe; soldier and cornet in Major Henry Pritte's command, General Cromwell's regiment. II. Thomas, baptized August 27, 1615.
(II) Edmund (2), son of Edmund (I) Quincy, was the immigrant ancestor. He was baptized at Lilford, May 30, 1602, and married there Judith Pares (Paris). The children they had in England were doubtless baptized at Achurch (or Thorpe-Achurch), county North- ampton, England. About the time of his father's death in 1628 he emigrated to New England, afterward returning to England to bring his family. He came again with his family in company with Rev. John Cotton, from Lincolnshire, England, landing at Bos- ton, September 4, 1633. He was a member of a committee to assess rates November 10, 1634. The town of Boston voted that his lands and those of William Coddington, at Mount Wollaston (Braintree), should be "bounded out," December 14, 1635. He was a member of the committee to lay out lands there January 4, 1635-6. "That he was a man of substance may be inferred from the bring- ing six servants with him; and that he was a man of weight among the founders of the new commonwealth appears from his election as a representative of the town of Boston in the first general court ever held in Massachusetts Bay, in 1634. He was also the first named on the committee appointed (1634) by the town
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to assess and raise the sum necessary to ex- tinguish the title of Mr. Blackstone to the peninsula on which the city stands. In com- pany with William Coddington, afterwards governor of Rhode Island, he bought of Chick- atabut, Sachem of Mos-Wachuset, a tract of land at North Wollaston, a part of the present town of Quincy, confirmed to them by the town of Boston in March, 1636. "He died about 1636," immediately after he had built a part of a house yet standing on the estate in Quincy, now owned by the Colonial Dames. His widow married Moses Paine, who died in 1643, and she married (third) Robert Hull, father of her son-in-law, John Hull, mentioned below. She was dismissed from Boston to the Braintree church March 30, 1645. She died November 29, 1654. Children of Ed- mund and Judith Quincy: I. Judith, born September 3, 1626; married, May 1I, 1647, John Hull; died June 22, 1695; was one of the sisters among the seceders from the First Church who united with their husbands to form the Third Church, or Old South ; for her third husband, John Hull, named Point Judith, in the Narragansett country, where he owned lands. 2. Edmund, mentioned below.
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