Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 91

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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He married, April 15. 1884, Eliza Hunt St. John, born in New York City, October 31, 1852, daughter of Charles W. St. John and Sarah Eliza Smith Underhill. Children : I. Edith St. John, born at Greenpoint, Long Island, February 22, 1885. 2. Richard Morse, born at Springfield, August 15, 1886, died March 31, 1887. 3. Mary Margaret, born Au- gust 19, 1888. 4. Bessie Haven, April 25, 1892.

TIRRELL The surname Tirrell is an an- cient English name dating back many centuries. The spelling is curiously varied in the early records. Such

spellings as Turrell, Terrill, Turrill, Turand, Turin, Tarant, Thurrell, Thorall, Turings, Turel, Turen, Tirrell and Tyrell. The latter spelling was not common. The family originally seems to have preferred the spelling Turrell, but this preference had small influence over the clerks and clergymen, magistrates and conveyancers of colonial days. The spelling Tirrell, probably the ancient and correct form, is now in general use. Captain Richard Tirrell was one of the Protestant English who received grants of land in Ulster province in the north of Ireland in 1610. He received from the English govern- ment a grant of two thousand acres in the precinct of Tullsghgarvy, county Cavan, and in 1619 it was reported by the government agent, Nicholas Pynnar, that a strong stone "bawn" had been built since the grant. Whether Captain Tirrell himself went to Ireland we do not know.

The first immigrant of this name coming to America was Daniel Tirrell, who before 1643 was a proprietor of the town of Boston. He was an anchorsmith, blacksmith and sea cap- tain : his wife Lydia was admitted to the church August 29, 1647, and died in Boston, June 23, 1659. He married (second) Mary Barrell. widow, daughter of Elder William Colborne, and she died January 23, 1697. Daniel died in 1688, bequeathing to wife Mary, sons Daniel, Colborne and Samuel ; Humphrey and Sarah, children of his son Joseph; Sarah and Lydia Foster, children of deceased daughter Lydia, and to kinswoman Elizabeth Gording. In the Suffolk deeds, July 19, 1711, mention is made of John Turell, eldest son and heir of Samuel Turell, late of the parish of Instow, Devon- shire, England, mariner, deceased, the only son of John Tirrell, some time of Boston, mariner, deceased. and William, one other son of said Samuel Turell.

(I) William Tirrell, immigrant ancestor of this family, settled in Boston. In all prob- ability he was a younger brother or nephew of Daniel Tirrell mentioned above, and he is the progenitor of all the Weymouth families of this name. William Tirrell probably died in the prime of life, for we have no record of the

settlement of an estate and no mention of his death. He married, January 29. 1654-55, in Boston, Rebecca Simpkins, daughter of Nicho- las Simpkins, a tailor and draper of high stand- ing, who removed from Boston to Dorchester and thence to Cambridge, where he bought land November 20, 1637. Simpkins was the first commander of the fort on Castle Island, Boston Harbor. He deposed before the general

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court in 1645 as to a gun he took to the castle in 1635. Simpkins was of Yarmouth, 1638-40, removed to Barnstable, where he sold land in 1645, and to Scituate, where he sold land March I, 1648; he died 1656, his widow Isabel being administratrix. Children of William and Re- becca Tirrell: I. Rebecca, born December 26, 1655, at Boston. 2. William, Boston, March 16, 1658, settled in Weymouth with his brother Gideon and is ancestor of many of the families of this name in the vicinity ; married Abigail Pratt, daughter of Thomas Pratt ; died at Ab- ington, October 27, 1727; among their six children was one name Gideon. 3. Mary, April 6. 1661. 4. Gideon, July 16, 1664, mentioned below.

(II) Gideon, son of William Tirrell, was born in Boston, July 16, 1664. He and his brothers settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts. It is known that John Tirrell, grandson of Gideon, possessed a manuscript written by Gideon Tirrell in which the town and county in England, whence the family came, was named, but this paper has been lost since about 1850, and the best recollection of those who had seen the document fixes the place as Thorne in Yorkshire. Perhaps no value should be placed on this statement, for until recently it had been supposed that Gideon was born in England. Gideon made his home in Weymouth about 1683. He married Hannah, probably daughter of Thomas Kingman. She was born June I, 1666. He belonged to the church at Weymouth when Rev. Mr. Paine was the pastor, and when the church was formed in the south pre- cinct. he became a member ; under Rev. James Bayley in 1723 his name appears at the head of the list of members. He was the first mod- erator of the south parish or precinct and one of the assessors elected July 15, 1723; was moderator also in 1724-25-26. At that time he held the rank of sergeant in the militia and was doubtless in active service in the Indian wars. He bought land of Captain John Holbrook, March 8, 1698, seven acres in the first division of Weymouth. town commons. He bought of Benjamin Luddle, August 6, 1702, six acres and also a tract of forty acres of Samuel White, extending from the Braintree line to the lower end of the Great Pond, as far as the south part of Great Pond, and bounded on the west by the Braintree line. His house was near the spot where Kingman Tirrell's house stood in 1857 and later. Children: I. Gideon, born June 18, 1689, died young. 2. Mary, Octo- ber 4, 1690, married, 1713, Ebenezer Boulton. 3. Rebecca, March 20, 1691-92. 4. Gideon,

April 10, 1693, mentioned below. 5. Miriam, September 29, 1696, died July 19, 1715. 6. John, August 22, 1700. 7. Hannah, married, 1727, John Kingman ; died 1761. 8. Deborah, married, January 28, 1730, Joseph Nash.

(III) Gideon (2.), son of Gideon (I) Tir- rell, was born at Weymouth, April 10, 1693, died there in 1765. He married, July 9, 1715, Mary Nash, who died June 12, 1754. He was a prominent citizen, of great piety. He joined the Weymouth church in full communion, 1740. He was a representative to the general court in 1728-29-30, and held many other offices of trust and honor. He inherited his father's homestead at Weymouth. Children, born at Weymouth : 1. Jacob, February 16, 1716, mar- ried, February . 16, 1737, Elisheba Vinson. 2. Gideon, November 3, 1717, married, October 18, 1747, Hannah Vinson. 3. Joseph, Novem- ber 2, 1719, died August 2, 1738. 4. Hannah, August 1, 1722, married, February 4, 1848, Eliphalet Ripley. 5. Isaac, November 22, 1724, married, February 4, 1748, Alice Shaw. 6. Ebenezer, February 5, 1729, mentioned below. 7. Benjamin, October 15, 1731, married, De- cember 29, 1759, Hannah Packard.

(IV) Ebenezer, son of Gideon (2) Tirrell, was born at Weymouth, February 5, 1729. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Thomas Nash's company, Colonel Solomon Lovell's regiment at the taking of Dorchester Heights in 1776, and in the same company of minute-men later in that year (page 778 Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution). He married, March 2, 1750, Lydia Weld, of Brain- tree. Children, born at Weymouth: I. Lydia, July 21, 1754, married John Tirrell, who was drowned in 1807. 2. Ebenezer, August 24, 1759, soldier in the revolution in Captain Jacob Wales's company. Colonel Thomas Marshall's regiment ; was taken prisoner and starved to death in the service (vol. XV, Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution). 3. Sarah, October 24, 1760. 4. Hannah, January 26, 1763, mar- ried, September 14, 1782, Lemuel Smith, of Roxbury. 5. Gideon, September 5, 1765, mar- ried Sarah Brown. 6. James, March 1, 1768, mentioned below. 7. Betsey, May 7, 1771, married Benjamin Loud.

(V) James, son of Ebenezer Tirrell, was born in Weymouth, March I, 1768, died at South Weymouth, 1815. He married Hannah Kingman who died at the age of eighty-seven years. He was a farmer at South Weymouth. His widow married (second) - Reed, of South Weymouth. Children of James and Hannah (Kingman) Tirrell : I. Kingman,

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married Charlotte Richards, daughter of James and Sarah (Tirrell) Richards. 2. James, born 1797, mentioned below. 3. Betsey, married Randall Richards and had eight children. 4. Minot, manufacturer of boots and shoes ; leather merchant ; member of the Second Uni- versalist Church of Weymouth ; married Caro- line Bartlett, of Duxbury, and had three chil- dren. 5. Wilson, married Eliza Canterbury ; (second) Almira Blanchard; had four children by his first wife and one child by his second. 6. Mary, married Jairus Vining and had two children. 7. Albert, married Charlotte Blanch- ard, daughter of Cyrus ; was a shoe manufac- turer and leather merchant.

(VI) James (2), son of James ( 1) Tirrell, was born in South Weymouth, 1797, died there in 1865. He was educated in the public schools, and learned the trade of shoemaker. He began to manufacture boots and shoes on his own account, when a young man. In 1845 he en- gaged in business in Boston as a dealer in hides and leather and continued with much success the remainder of his life. He was a prominent citizen of his native town, and held the offices of overseer of the poor and selectman. He was one of the incorporators and a trustee of the Weymouth National Bank. He was an active and prominent member of the Wey- mouth Congregational Church. He married Betsey Whitmarsh, born 1798, at East Wey- mouth, died 1888 at South Weymouth. Chil- dren, born at South Weymouth: I. Hannah, 1818, died unmarried in 1888, at South Wey- mouth. 2. Tirzah, 1820, married Moses T. Durrell ; she died December 30, 1908. 3. Alfred, May, 1823, died 1890; married Frances Hastings. 4. Mary Jane, 1825, married Charles Hersey, of Hingham. 5. James, died aged eight years. 6. James, December 6, 1829, men- tioned below. 7. Betsey, died 1832.

(VII) James (3), son of James (2) Tirrell, was born at South Weymouth, December 6, 1820. He was educated in the public schools of South Weymouth and of Derry, New Hamp- shire. At the age of sixteen he entered the employ of his father as clerk in his store in Boston, and when he came of age was admitted to partnership. After the death of his father he continued the business in partnership with his uncle, who had been a member of the firm from the first till 1871 when his uncle retired and he conducted it alone till 1877, when he sold out. He then returned to Weymouth to live, since which time he has been interested in real estate in Boston and South Weymouth. He was for four years a director of the Wey-

mouth National Bank. In religion he was a Congregationalist ; in politics a Democrat. He married, June 2, 1859, Helen Sprague, born September 29, 1837, at South Weymouth, daughter of Jesse H. and Nancy W. (Bates) Sprague ( see Sprague). Children: I. James, born June 25, 1865, at South Weymouth, now in ice business in that town ; married Mary S. Russell ; children: James, Russell Nevin and Helen Sprague. 2. Helen Florence, June 21, 1870, died April 25, 1906; married Fleeming Brook : children : Crammore Wallace and Tir- rell. 3. Alfred, April 1, 1873, died 1881.

(The Sprague Line-See Edward Sprague 1).

(III) William (2), son of William (I) Sprague, was born May 7, 1630, baptized at Hingham, July 2, 1650. He was a prominent citizen of Hingham, was selectman in 1690, and deputy to general court in 1708. He re- moved to Providence in 1709, and died there. He married (first) December 13. 1674, Deb- orah, daughter of Andrew and Triphena Lane. She was baptized at Hingham, June 20, 1652, and died there February 4, 1706-07, in her fifty-fifth year. He married (second) (inten- tion dated November 5, 1709) Mary, daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth ( Rowland) Tower. She was born in Hingham, November 3, 1672. Children of first wife, all born at Hingham: I. William, December 24, 1675, mentioned below. 2. Deborah, March 24, 1677-78. 3. Joanna, February 15, 1679-80. 4. David, December 23, 1683. 5. Jonathan, July 24, 1686; married, May 23, 1712, Lydia Leavitt. 6. Abiah, Janu- ary 27. 1688-89. 7. John, September 13, 1692. 8. Benjamin, January 3, 1694-95.

(IV) William (3), son of William (2) Sprague, was born at Hingham, December 24, 1675. He removed to Abington, where he built a house that was standing until recently. Mrs. John Underhay, daughter of Eliphaz Sprague, his great-grandson, lived in the house when a child, and remembers two old-fash- ioned barrels made of solid tree-trunks, placed in the cellar of the house by William (3), according to tradition. He married, April 23, 1707, at Hingham, Silence, born in Hingham, August 27, 1684, died May 1, 1736, daughter of Samuel and Silence ( Damon) Tower. Chil- dren : 1. Silence, born September 7, 1708. 2. William, born January, 1709-10; mentioned below. 3. Jedediah, born March 18, 1712-13. Probably others at Abington.

(V) William (4), son of William (3) Sprague, was born at Hingham, January 29, 1709-10. and died November 6, 1796. He went

James Jirrell

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with his father to Abington, and owned a large tract of land in the west part of the town. According to report he was chosen to carry a petition to the general court to have a line stretched from Accord pond to Angle tree. He was honest, upright, and highly respected. He married, at Hingham, September 16, 1735, Abigail Keen. They had eight children, six of whom were victims of an epidemic called the putrid sore-throat, doubtless diphtheria, which prevailed in Abington in 1751-2. The surviv- ing children: I. Samuel, lost his life in the French and Indian war. 2. William, born 1754; mentioned below. 3. Abigail, born De- cember 2, 1758.

(VI) William (5), son of William (4) Sprague, was born in Abington, in 1754. He was a soldier in the revolution, in Captain Will- iam Reed's company, General John Thomas's regiment. from April to August, 1775, at Cam- bridge and Roxbury. On the Lexington alarm he served a few days in Captain Edward Cobb's company, Colonel Edward Mitchell's regiment. He married, October 3, 1776, Jane Orcutt, of Abington, who died February 23, 1831, aged eighty-eight. He died July 14, 1830. Children : I. Susannah, born in Abing- ton, November 28, 1776 ; died unmarried, about 1851. 2. Lydia, born May I, 1778. 3. Zebedee, born in Abington, May 1I, 1780; died August 15, 1856; married, February 1, 1806, Susannah Penniman. 4. Oliver, born September 25, 1782; married, August 21, 1815, Lydia Keith, who died February 26, 1823. 5. James, born Feb- ruary 21, 1785. 6. Anna, born March 9, 1787 ; married, January 29, 1812, Thomas Joy, of Weymouth. 7. Eliphaz, born April 24, 1789; mentioned below. 8. Polly, born June 5, 1793 ; died April 27, 1796.

(VII) Eliphaz, son of William (5) Sprague, was born in Abington, April 24, 1789, and died at Holbrook, Massachusetts, in 1869, aged eighty years. He married (first) March II, 18II, Mary Lydia Harlow, of Plymouth, who died June 19, 1821, at the age of twenty-nine years. He married (second) June 5, 1823, Lydia Thayer, of East Randolph (now Hol- brook). Children of first marriage : I. Chand- ler, married (first) December 6, 1840, Martha, daughter of Manly Hayward ; child: i. Abby, married Gustavus H. Farrar. He married (second) Rhoda Shaw Packard ; children: ii. Alma Jane, born September 15, 1844: iii. Ara- bella, born March 30, 1846; iv. Julia Ann, July 29, 1848. Chandler Sprague was a last and boot tree manufacturer at Sprague village ; director of the North Bridgewater Bank, the

Abington Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and the Mutual Fire Insurance Company ; justice of the peace and leading citizen. 2. Elbridge, married Sarah French. 3. Jesse H., mentioned below. 4. Alpheus, died at sea. 5. Harriet, born 1817; married John Underhay, and resides at Holbrook, Massachusetts, ninety- one years and eight months old ; these records have been largely compiled from her researches during the past few months. 6. James, married Elena Bates. Children of Eliphaz Sprague by second marriage: 7. Eliza Ann, married a Bigelow. 8. Lydia, married a Crocker. 9. Emily, married Augustus Chandler. 10. Nathaniel, married Elizabeth Howard. II. Homer, mar- ried Mary Jordan. 12. Quincy, never married.

(VIII) Jesse Harlow, son of Eliphaz Sprague, was born at Abington, in 1813, and died at South Weymouth in 1871. He married, Octo- ber 30, 1836, Nancy W. Bates, daughter of John Bates, granddaughter of Jonathan Bates. John Bates, father of Jonathan, was son of Increase and grandson of Edward Bates (I) the immigrant. His wife died in South Wey- mouth in 1881. He followed the trade of shoe- maker in his native town, removing later to South Weymouth. Children: I. Helen, born September 29, 1837; married, in 1859, James Tirrell (see Tirrell VII). 2. Nancy, Febru- ary 13, 1840; married Augustus Vining. 3. Eunice, September 19, 1842; married (first) Parker Fogg; married ( second) Crammore N. Wallace, Boston. 4. Alice, February 13, 1844, married Davis Randall. 5. Ida, March, 1853, married John Augustine Fogg. 6. Charles F., January 24, 1855. 7. Fannie, October 16, 1857, married Charles Foster. 8. William, 1859, died when seven months old.

(For first generation see Thomas Hastings 1).

(II) Dr. Thomas (2) Hast-

HASTINGS ings, son of Deacon Thomas (I) Hastings, was born in Watertown, July 1, 1652, and died at Hatfield, Massachusetts, July 23, 1712. He was admitted a freeman February 8, 1678. He studied medi- cine and settled in Hatfield, practicing also in Northampton, Hadley and Deerfield, and was for many years the only physician in those towns. He was also the first school teacher in Hatfield. It was not uncommon at that time for the village doctor to teach school also. A remarkable thing about Dr. Hastings's school was that girls were admitted on the same foot- ing as boys. Elsewhere in New England, until after the revolution. girls were not taught in the public schools. It was 1789 before the

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Boston schools were open to both sexes and not until 1802 in Northampton. Dr. Hastings married (first ) October 10, 1672, Anna, daugh- ter of John Hawks, of Hadley. She died October 25, 1705, and he married (second) February 14, 1706, Mary, daughter of David Burt, of Northampton. She died April 13, 1734. Children of first wife: I. Hannah, born January 19, 1677; married Samuel Gil- lett. 2. Thomas, born September 24, 1679; mentioned below. 3. Hepzibah, born April 6, 1682; married, April 5, 1705, Jonathan Curtis, of Wethersfield, Connecticut. 4. Mehitable, born June 23, 1684; married, November 25, 1714, John Burke. 5. John, born at Hatfield, September 18, 1689; married Lydia (second) 1720, Hannah White, daughter of Deacon John ; was at Fort Dummer, Vermont, 1735 ; settled at Charlestown, New Hampshire. (III) Dr. Thomas (3) Hastings, son of Dr. Thomas (2) Hastings, was born at Hatfield, September 24, 1679, and died April 14, 1728. He was also school teacher and physician in the field that his father occupied before him. He died a comparatively young man. He was thought to have been the victim of slow poison. He was taken ill in Boston while on a visit, returned to his home, and told his wife he should die April 14, 1728, and his prediction came true. A quaint unpoetical but flattering eulogy and an acrostic to his memory were written at the time of his death by Josephus Nash. A record of a surgical case of note is preserved in Rev. John Williams's "History of Captivity and Deliverance" (app. 3). Dr. Hastings married, March 6, 1701, Mary, daugh- ter of John and Mary Field, born February 20, 1680, died November 9, 1764, aged eighty- four. Children: I. Mary, born December 29, 1701 ; died January 10, 1702. 2. Thomas, born November 6, 1702; died November 4, 1703. 3. Mary, born July 26, 1704; married Benja- min Billings. 4. Anna, born October 13, 1706; married White. 5. Dorothy, born July 27, 1709; died July 29, 1711. 6. Thomas, born May 5, 1713, died young. 7. Waitstill, born June 3. 1714 ; died April 22, 1748. 8. Tabitha, born October 6, 1715; married, January 4, 1739, John Strickland. 9. Hopestill, born April 13, 1718; mentioned below. 10. Dorothy, born March 20, 1720, died April 6 following. 12. Lucy, born February 1, 1723 ; married Jona- than Taylor ; resided in Heath, Massachusetts.

(IV) Hopestill, son of Dr. Thomas (3) Hastings, was born at Hatfield, April 13, 1718, and died December 24, 1766, in his forty-eighth year. He was a farmer at Hatfield. He mar-

ried, in 1741, Lydia Frary. Children, born at Hatfield: I. Abner, born July 7, 1742; died July 10, 1742. 2. Lydia, born July 5, 1743; died October 4, 1746. 3. Dr. Seth, born De- cember 6, 1745; died April 29, 1830, aged eighty-four years. 4. Lydia, born November 21, 1747; died October 4, 1751. 5. Tabitha, born October 1, 1749; died at Amherst, 1795. 6. Elihu, born August 7, 1751 ; soldier in the revolution, and pensioner afterward; lived many years with his brother Dr. Seth and nephew Seth Hastings; died at Clinton, New York, February 25, 1837, very old. 7. Elijah, born June 6, 1753 ; mentioned below. 8. Perez, born December 23, 1754; died March 11, 1822, aged sixty-eight years. 9. Hopestill, born October 30, 1756; died October 31, 1756. 10. Oliver, born August 25, 1757; died 1838, at Hammondsport, New York.

(V) Elijah, son of Hopestill Hastings, was born at Hatfield, June 6, 1753, and died at Amherst, Massachusetts, October 4, 1803, aged fifty years. He settled in Amherst, where he was a blacksmith and farmer. He was a soldier in the revolution, on the Lexington alarm, in the company of First Lieutenant Eli Parker (minute-men) April 19, 1775. He was also in Captain Moses Cook's company in Sep- tember, 1786, and was called to the defence of the governor in Shay's Rebellion. He held various town offices ; was tithingman in 1777- 80-82, and perhaps other years; on committee to locate school house in 1790; committee to build bridge over the river on Pelham road; on school committee, 1799, when he was called Lieutenant. He was one of the founders of the Common Library and was on the committee to buy books June 4, 1793. He removed to Schenectady, New York. He married Jerusha, daughter of Deacon John Billings, of Amherst, where she died July 3, 1798, aged thirty-four years. Elijah must have joined the church after the death of his wife, for three of his children were baptized at Amherst at the same time, October 14, 1798. Children : 1. Lucina, married April 2, 1809, Calvin Hamilton. 2. Lydia F., baptized October 14, 1798; married, May 14, 1810, Chauncey Hamilton, who was called the best lawyer in New York state; she married (second) August 31, 1723, her cousin, Orlando (Parmalee) Hastings, son of Dr. Seth Hastings; removed to Rochester, Now York. 3. Nancy, baptized October 14, 1798; married, December 24, 1807, Dr. Isaac Guern- sey Cutler, of Amherst, and died June 28, 1849. 4. Elijah, mentioned below.

(VI) Elijah (2), son of Elijah (1) Hast-

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ings, was born at Amherst, about 1790, and was baptized there with two sisters, October 14, 1798. His wife was Rebecca Smith, daugh- ter of Ebenezer, a minute-man at Lexington, born at Dedham, Massachusetts, 1792, died at South Weymouth, Massachusetts, 1870. Elijah was educated in the public schools of Amherst. He went to Schenectady with his father and followed the trade of tanner and currier, at which he worked for a time in Vermont. He died in 1832, in Schenectady, New York, of Asiatic cholera, being ill only four hours ; this was the last of this epidemic reported in New York state. Children: I. Ellen, born 1817, died young. 2. Elijah, born 1819, died young. 3. Ann Eliza, married Norman Bennett, of Oswego, New York. 4. Henry J. 5. Oscar Hamilton, deceased. 6. Edward Mortimer, deceased. 7. Margaret Frances, born May 27, 1828; married Alfred Tirrell; see below. 8. Charles W., born 1831. in South Weymouth; served in the civil war, and was taken prisoner at battle of the Wilderness, and held as such nine months: for the past thirty years he has been commissioner of state aid for Massachusetts. 9. Albert E., died in Buffalo, New York.

Alfred Tirrell ( see above) was descended from William Tirrell, emigrant ancestor (q. v.), and was a son of Captain James Tirrell, who served in the war of 1812. Alfred Tirrell was born at South Weymouth, June 18, 1824, and died May 7, 1890, in his native town. He was educated in the public schools of Wey- mouth and at Phillips Academy, Andover, New Hampshire. . He became associated with his father in the manufacture of leather. boots and shoes, at Weymouth, and it is to be noted that his grandfather manufactured brogans for soldiers in the Mexican war. The father conducted a wholesale business in New Orleans, Louisiana, but he relinquished this when that city was blockaded during the civil war. Soon after Alfred Tirrell came of age he succeeded to the business, his father retiring. During the civil war Alfred Tirrell was active in sup- port of the national government, and, unable to enter the army himself, sent a substitute to the front. He was a director of the Weymouth National Bank for many years. He was active in the Union Congregational Church, which his father and a few other leading citizens had organized. He was a prominent leader in the Whig party, and an active and useful citizen of the town. He married, November II, 1847, at South Weymouth, Margaret Frances, daugh- ter of Elijah Hastings (see above) ; this was

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 91

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