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(VII) Henry, son of John Flanders, was born in Newburyport, February 14, 1820, and died January 27, 1894, at his home in Jamaica Plain, Boston. He attended the public schools of his native town and manifested consider- able literary ability in his youth. He was attracted to the newspaper business and when twenty-five years old purchased the American Traveler and Boston Bec, two well-established papers, consolidated them under the name of the Boston Daily Evening Traveler, from then till now one of the prominent daily newspapers of New England. It has undergone various changes in policy and ownership and survived all vicissitudes. The original firm was Henry Flanders & Company. Later he had associated with him Rev. Mr. Punehard, an Orthodox Congregational clerygman. Under the editor- ial management of Flanders and Punchard the Traveler prospered amazingly. Mr. Flanders afterward admitted to partnership Roland Worthington, then bookkeeper in the Traveler office. The paper suffered on account of liti-
gation between the partners. Mr. Flanders won his suit against his partners finally. He sold his interest in the Traveler and retired on aeeount of ill health. He spent the last years of his life in the enjoyment of a well-earned competenee. During the forty-five years that he spent in newspaper work in Boston, many of the great figures in New England journal- ism were trained and developed. Many of the noted journalists owe mueh to the schooling they received under Mr. Flanders in the old Traveler office. Mr. Flanders possessed great courage and persistence, self-confidence and independence, and had unusual executive abil- ity and discretion. He was characterized by strong likes and dislikes. In politics he was an earnest and very prominent Republican. The editorial columns of the Traveler were a bulwark of strength to the Republican party in the days of its youth and greatest strife. The last time Mr. Flanders left his home it was, when the effort cost him mueh on aecount of weakness and illness, to vote the Republican ticket at an important election. He was a fluent and effective political writer. His per- sonal character was irreproachable. He avoid- ed profanity entirely, he never used tobaeeo and was a total abstainer. He devoted himself to his home where he was particularly attrac- tive. He was upright in business, and honor- able in all the relations of life. From boy- hood he was a member and an active worker in Mount Vernon Congregational Church, Bos- ton. He was an earnest and practical Chris- tian. He married, June 13, 1856, in Mount Vernon Congregational Church, Delia Pierce Kingsley, born in Boston, daughter of Nathan P. and Julia ( Pierce) Kingsley. Her mother, born 1800, died 1873, was daughter of Peleg Pieree, a prominent landlord of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, of the old Pierce family of that town. Her father was born at Swansea, Massachusetts, but removed to Nantueket,
where he became an architect, removed to Bos- ton to be in a larger field of opportunity ; he went to California with the Forty-niners, re- turning in 1852, having had some suecess in the mines, but died a few months later, in 1852. at the age of fifty-two ; he married in 1818 and had seven children: Joseph B. Kingsley, de- ecased ; Jane Kingsley, deceased ; Gardner P. Kingsley, deeeased; Julia A. Kingsley, de- ceased ; Nathan Harrison Kingsley: Delia Pierce Kingsley, mentioned above; Hezekiah Kingsley, deceased. Mrs. Flanders attended the public school and Wilbraham Academy. She spent much time abroad and studied the
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fine arts with some of the best masters in Europe. She has been active in church and social life. They had no children. She re- sides at Jamaica Plain in the old Flanders homestead.
This family is supposed to
HITCHCOCK have come originally from the county of Wiltshire, England, and it has always been numerous there, from the time of William the Conqueror. Anciently there were two families bearing coats-of-arms, one as follows: Argent on a cross azure five fleurs de lis or in the dexter chief quarter a. Lion rampant gules. Crest : a castle gules on the tower a Lion's head erased, in the mouth a round buckle. Motto: Esse quod opto. There were several immigrants of the name to America: Thomas Hitchcock, who settled in Virginia, and William who also settled there; Matthias, Luke and Edward, who settled in New England.
(I) Luke Hitchcock came probably from Fenny Compton, county Warwick, England, and settled in Connecticut. He married Eliza- beth Gibbons, a sister of William Gibbons, of Hartford, Connecticut, who come from Fenny Compton, and who left a bequest in his will to his "brother Hitchcock." Luke Hitchcock took the freeman's oath at New Haven in com- pany with Edward Hitchcock, July 1, 1644. He was living in Wethersfield in 1646 and served on the jury at the court held at Hartford. He was by trade a shoemaker and lived in the centre of the village. The house now stand- ing on the place was built by Silas Dean some- time before the revolution. He was selectman of Wethersfield in 1653 and 1656. He owned considerable land there. It is said that he was very friendly with the Indians, who gave him in return for his kindness a deed of the land which comprised the town of Farmington. This deed was a clear and valid title to the land, but was so little thought of that his wife used it to cover a pie in the oven, and it was thus de- stroyed. In 1659 Luke signed an engagement to remove to Hadley, but died November I, 1659. His will was dated October 17, 1659, and proved November 28, 1659. His widow married (second) October 2, 1661, William Warriner, of Springfield, where she removed, taking with her John and Luke Hitchcock, sons. She married (third) September 17, 1678, in Milford, Massachusetts, Joseph Bald- win, of Hadley. Again becoming a widow she returned to Springfield where she died April 25, 1696. Children : 1. John, mentioned below.
2. Hannah, born 1645, married, October 2, 1661, Chileab Smith, of Hadley ; died Aug- 11st 31, 1733. 3. Luke, June 5, 1655, married, February 14, 1676, Sarah Dorchester.
(II) Deacon John, son of Luke Hitchcock, married, September 27, 1666, Hannah Chapin, born December 2, 1644. He was a deacon of the church in Sprinfield, Massachusetts. He was admitted a freeman in 1682. He was constable in 1672. In the meeting house he was seated "In ye Backe Seate above the Pillars on the North Side." On May 19, 1676, he was wounded in the fight at Turner's Falls, one arm shot through and the other broken. Major Pynchon asked the governor to give Ensign John Hitchcock a lieutenant's commis- sion for gallant conduct. On November 9, 1686, he was on a committee for the settlement of the town of Quaboag, now Brookfield, and also to make fortifications there. He died February 9, 1712. His will was dated Febru- ary 5, 1711-12, and proved March 25, 1712. Children: 1. Daughter, born and died Sep- tember 4, 1667. 2. Hannah, born September 10, 1668, married Samuel Parsons. 3. John, April 13, 1670, mentioned below. 4. Samuel, August 21, 1672, married Sarah Weller. 5. Luke, March 23, 1674, married Elizabeth Walker. 6. Nathaniel, August 28, 1677, mar- ried Abigail Lombard. 7. David, February 7, 1678-79, married (first) Elizabeth Batt, widow ; (second) 8. Jonathan, No- vember 26, 1682, died February 26, 1683-84. 9. Sarah, January 11, 1686-87, died April 17, 1690.
(III) Ensign John (2), son of John (I) Hitchcock, was born in Springfield, April 13, 1670, died July 4, 1751. In 1736 the general court granted to the survivors of the Turner's Falls fight a township called Fall Town, now Bernardston. John Hitchcock received two shares in the new township in the right of his father, and father-in-law, Samuel Ball, of Springfield. He married, September 24, 1691, Mary Ball, of Springfield, daughter of Samuel and Mary Ball. He bequeathed to his son John his great Bible; to son Nathaniel his musket, sword and cutlass; to son Samuel, a French gun. His widow Mary died October 14, 1760. Children: I. John, born December 14, 1692, married Abigail Stebbins. 2. Mary, March 20, 1694-95, died young. 3. Sarah, De- cember 20, 1697, married, May 8, 1722, Samuel Gunn. 4. Mary. March 20, 1699, married Arms. 5. Abigail, May 4. 1703. mar- ried, February 29, 1727, Samuel King. 6. Na- thaniel, September 23, 1705, married Hannah
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Taylor. 7. Thankful, October I, 1707, mar- ried, June 9, 1731, Jonathan Scott. 8. Jerusha, February 23, 1709, married. June 9, 1731, Daniel Warner. 9. Margaret, October 25, 1712, married Cooley. 10. Samuel, June 9, 1717, mentioned below. II. Mercy, married Increase Sikes ; died December 30, 1797.
(IV) Samuel, son of Ensign John (2) Hitchcock, was born June 9, 1717, died April 22, 1777. He was buried in Springfield. He married, June II, 1738 (intentions dated May 26), Ruth Stebbins, born October 16, 1722, died February 20, 1775. Children: I. Ruth Stebbins, born October 5, 1739, married, No- vember 26, 1767, Moses Burt. 2. Margaret, May 25, 1741, married Richard Falley. 3. Lois, March I, 1742-43, married, November 17, 1763, Oliver Chapin ; died March 2, 1814. 4. Samuel, December 16, 1744, married Thank- ful Hawks. 5. Eunice, December 8, 1746, married, October 15, 1772, Nathaniel Alex- ander : died August 30, 1822. 6. Naomi, Octo- ber 29, 1749, married, March 15, 1768, Joseph Parsons : died August 30, 1812. 7. Arthur. September 15, 1751, married Cooley. 8. Editha, born September 27, 1754, married, June 25, 1778, Gershom Flagg; died May 27, 1816. 9. Elias, April 19, 1757, married Zeriah Ferry. 10. Oliver, February 18, 1760, married Elizabeth Hitchcock. II. Heman, February 17, 1762, mentioned below. 12. Gaius, April 30, 1765, married Sarah Wells.
(V) Heman, son of Samuel Hitchcock, was born in Springfield, February 17, 1762, died March 24, 1837, in Conway, Massachusetts. He married, intentions dated November 17, 1784, Eleanor Tolman, born in Deerfield, September II. 1762, died April 25, 1835. Children, born in Conway: I. Levi, born February 2, 1786, married Phebe Thayer. 2. Ruth Stebbins, Jan- uary 23, 1787, married P. Bradford; died April 10, 1871. 3. Editha, July 27, 1788, mar- ried Pressbury Hilman. 4. Obed, June 15, 1790, married Aley Cross. 5. Zur, January 13, 1793, died August 4, 1795. 6. Sabra, Sep- tember 26, 1793, married S. K. Clapp; died March 1, 1877. 7. Naomi, July 4, 1795, mar- ried - - Heminway ; died October 31, 1868. 8. Daughter (twin), born and died June 26, 1797. 9. Zur, June 26, 1797 (twin) mentioned below. 10. Heman, September 25, 1799, mar- ried Elizabeth Thayer. 11. Submit, January 2. 1801, married Barnabas Clark ; died May 6, 1878.
( VI) Zur, son of Heman Hitchcock, was born in Conway, June 26, 1797, died October 24, 1887. He married, in Charlemont, Sep-
tember I. 1823, Nancy Rudd, died December 28, 1872. He was a general merchant and in later life was employed in a factory. He was a member of the Congregational church in Buckland and Greenfield. Children, born in Buckland, Massachusetts: I. Caroline, Octo- ber 28, 1825, married, December 1, 1847, S. J. Ward and had Clarence S., Charles E., Inez and Fred O. Ward. 2. Oscar, June 31, 1828, married, March 17, 1851, Mary A. Ward; died June 23, 1852. 3. Edward, July 29, 1830, died July 23, 1831. 4. Charles, December 9, 1831, died July 27, 1839. 5. Semira, June 5, 1834, married, February 5, 1857, T. P. Palmer ; died April 25, 1878. 6. Edward Payson, May 27, 1837, mentioned below. 7. Helen Leora, Jan- uary 29, 1841, died September 29, 1863.
(VII) Edward Payson, son of Zur Hitch- cock, was born May 27, 1837, at Buckland. He attended the Buckland public school and was graduated from the Greenfield high school. He became clerk in a general store at Conway, Massachusetts, and after two years and a half in that position for three years clerk for the firm of E. and H. Woods, general merchants, Barre, and for four years was bookkeeper for the firm of J. Russell & Company in their New York store. In June, 1862, he came to Green- field, Massachusetts, as paymaster for J. Rus- sell & Company. In 1868 a new corporation was organized under the name of John Russell Manufacturing Company with factory at Turner's Falls, and in 1872 re-organized under the name of John Russell Cutlery Company. Mr. Hitchcock remained with the concern and in 1875 was made assistant treasurer. He has filled this office with credit to the present time, and at the annual meeting, July 8, 1908, he › was also elected clerk of the corporation. Mr. Hitchcock is a member of the Second Congre- gational Church, was at one time superintend- ent of the Green River Sunday school, and later superintendent of the Sunday school of the Second Congregational Church for a num- ber of years, elerk of the church from 1869 to 1876, and he has held the office of deacon since January 14, 1879. In politics he is a Republican. He married, October 22, 1867, Ordelia Taylor Long, born January 26, 1839, daughter of John and Luzina (Taylor ) Long, of Shelburne, Massachusetts. They have had no children.
Robert Bardwell, immigrant BARDWELL ancestor, came from Lon- don, England, in 1670, and was then said to be twenty-three years of age.
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He was a hatter by trade, and at the time of the great plague in 1665 was in London learn- ing his trade. He was there also at the time of the great fire. He was sergeant of the mili- tia in the Indian wars, and was actively en- gaged in King Philip's war. He was sent to the Connecticut valley with dispatches for the troops, about 1675, and decided to remain in Hatfield. He made the trip alone on foot through the forests. He was in the fight at Turner's Falls, May 18, 1676, and came through many engagements without a serious wound. He married, November 29, 1676, Mary (Gull) Foote, who died November 12, 1726, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Smith) Gull and widow of Nathaniel Foote. He received his share in the division of lands at Hatfield. He died January 9, 1726, aged seventy-nine years. Children: I. Ebenezer, born October 19, 1679. 2. Mary, October 15, 1681. 3. John, September 16, 1683, died 1685. 4. Samuel, September 26, 1685. 5. John, Aug- ust 18, 1687, mentioned below. 6. Elizabeth, July 30, 1689. 7. Thomas, December 8, 1691. 8. Esther, August 8, 1693, married, October 23, 1717, Joseph Belden. 9. Sarah, Hatfield, mar- ried, May 19, 1713, Jonathan Barrett. IO. Thankful, Hatfield, married, May 23, 1717, Abram Graves. II. Abigail, 1699, married, June 6, 1720, David Graves.
(II) John, son of Robert Barwell, was born at Hatfield, August 18, 1687, died there May 25, 1728. His will was proved June 24, 1728. He married Mehitable Graves, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Graves, of Hatfield. Chil- dren: I. Moses, born 1712, married Azubah Graves. 2. Joseph, 1713, mentioned below. 3. Sarah, March 23, 1719, died unmarried March 18, 1736. 4. Martha, October 27, 1720, mar- ried David Waite. 5. John, October 26, 1723. 6. Jonathan, 1724, captain in the revolution; married Violet Amsden.
(III) Joseph, son of John Bardwell, was born in 1713 at Hatfield and was a prominent man in Belchertown. He served in the revo- lution twelve months, according to Craft's History of Whately. He died in Belchertown, January I, 1791. He married, May 1, 1735, Lydia Morton, daughter of Ebenezer Morton, of Hatfield. Among their children was Oba- diah, mentioned below.
(IV) Obadiah, son of Joseph Bardwell, was born in Belchertown, September 18, 1757, died March 10, 1853. He removed to Heath, and thence to Williamstown in 1800. He married, October 2, 1782, Mehitable Smith, born June I, 1763, died September 12, 1852. Children : iii-8
I. Mary Smith, born July 18, 1783, married, 1805, Edmund Badger. 2. Martha, March I, 1785, married, 1811, Daniel Allen ; died 1865. 3. Chester, February 22, 1787, mentioned below. 4. Giles Smith, October 29, 1788, mar- ried, December 1, 1814, Sally McGee. 5. Josephus, October 9, 1790, married Abigail Stratton. 6. Lydia, May 14, 1795, married, 1817, Noah Cook. 7. Clarissa, October 4, 1798, married, August 14, 1828, Leonard Loomis, of Whately. 8. Sophia Allis, July 28, 1802, married Arad Horsford. 9. Abner Smith, March 25, 1804, died April 2, 1804. 10. Lucy, March 22, 1805, married Timothy M. Baker.
(V) Dr. Chester, son of Obadiah Bardwell, was born at Heath, February 22, 1787, died May 14, 1864. He entered Williams College but left before completing his full course. He studied for his profession with Dr. John Hastings at Hatfield and practiced with him for a time. He removed to Whately about 1816 and built the house lately owned by Dennis Dickinson. He stood well in the medi- cal profession, and was active in politics. He served his party as representative to the gen- eral court three terms and as state senator two terms from Franklin county. He married, August 28, 1817, Mary Hastings, born 1794, daughter of Dr. John and Sybil (Dickinson) Hastings, of Hatfield. Children: I. John Hastings, born September 21, 1818, died un- married 1848. 2. Sybil, September 4, 1820, married, January 1, 1844, Hubbard S. Allis. 3. Clarissa S., September 20, 1823, married, September 4, 1850, Elam B. Allis. 4. Charles C. P., July 21, 1825, mentioned below. 5. Mary, June 8, 1827, died unmarried October 27, 1862. 6. Sophia H., March 7, 1829, mar- ried, October 15, 1852, Ransom P. Bardwell. 7. Martha A., April 15, 1833, died unmarried 1865.
(VI) Charles C. P., son of Dr. Chester Bardwell, was born in Whately, July 21, 1825, died April 27, 1903. He was a carpenter by trade and resided at Turner's Falls, Massachu- setts. He married, January 2, 1850, Sarah Ann Dickinson, born January 13, 1837, daugh- ter of Eurotus and Sally ( Allis) Dickinson, of Whately. Children: I. John Hastings, born at Whately, January 3, 1851, died Octo- ber 18, 1861. 2. Ellen Hastings, Whately, September 16, 1852, died August 21, 1853. 3. Henry Dickinson, Hatfield, October 24, 1856, mentioned below. 4. Clara Allis, Hatfield, June 24, 1858, married Myron B. Allen, of Turner's Falls.
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(VII) Henry Dickinson, son of Charles C. P. Bardwell, was born in Hatfield, Massachu- setts, October 24, 1856. He moved with his parents to Florence, Northampton, Massachu- setts, in 1863, and attended school there and at Turner's Falls whither the family removed November 2, 1869. Since 1880 he has been in the employ of United States & Canada, then American, later the National Express Com- pany and is at present the agent at Turner's Falls, Massachusetts. He is also a partner in the firm of Bardwell & Haigis, general mer- chants at Turner's Falls. In politics he is an independent Democrat, has been town clerk since 1895 and was selectman in 1898. In 1892 he was elected representative to the gen- eral court from the third representative dis- trict of Franklin county and served on import- ant committees of the house. He has been on the water board of the town for the past twenty-one years. He is a trustee of the Crocker Institute for Savings of Turner's Falls, a member of Valley Lodge, No. 109, Odd Fellows. He married, September 19, 1887, Mary Sauter, born in Deerfield, Massa- chusetts, August 17, 1861, daughter of Martin and Barbara Sauter, of Greenfield. They have one child, Gertrude Rebecca, born November 28, 1903.
MATHER In the parish church of St. Mary's at Leigh, about two miles from Lowton parish, Lancashire, England, is found a record of the Mather baptisms, marriages and deaths from 1558 to 1625, numbering in all between two hundred and fifty and three hundred, and among them ten Johns, four Thomases and cight Richards baptized. It was from the neighboring parish of Winwick that has come an authentic account of the immediate ances- tors of the Mather immigrant whose descend- ants are purposed to be traced in these annals ; but somewhat in variance of genealogical usages our present narrative will not deal ex- tensively with the English forebears of the New England Mathers, for they need no ex- travagant representations here to set forth the eminent qualities of its members as introduc- tory to the subsequent life on this side of the Atlantic ocean. The Mather arms, with its motto "virtus vera nobilitas est," is deemed an ample presentation of the qualities of a family which in England and New England for centuries has held a place of conspicuous prominence in the civil and ecclesiastical his- tory of both countries.
(I) John Mather was of Lowton, Winwick parish, Lancashire, England, and had a son.
(II) Thomas, son of John Mather, was of Lowton, Winwick parish, Lancashire, Eng- land, and had a son.
(III) Rev. Richard, son of Thomas Mather, was born in Lowton, Winwick parish, Lanca- shire, England, in 1596, and died in Dorchester, Massachusetts, April 22, 1669. His parents were poor, but they were respectable, and they sent their son to the public school in Winwick, boarding him there in the winter, but during the summer seasons he walked daily four miles to the schoolhouse and returned to his home for the night. While at school there he suffer- ed much because of the unreasonable severity and strictness of the master ; so much indeed that he frequently entreated his father to take him away and permit him to relinquish his studies altogether ; but to this his parent would not consent, and encouraged his son to per- severe, and for the paternal firmness in this respect a debt of gratitude is due his memory from every person in America who bears the Mather surname. At the age of fifteen years the youth was recommended for teacher of a public school at Toxteth Park, near Liverpool, and during his several years there as precep- tor he was brought within the good influence of Aspinwall, listened with earnest attention to the preaching of Harrison, and read Per- kins' writings about "how far a reprobate may go in religion;" and all of these things . seem to have impelled him with a desire to enter the gospel ministry, which he did, mak- ing theological studies at Oxford, and in 1618, being then twenty-two years old, he was ordained minister at Toxteth; on which occa- sion the bishop officiating took the young can- didate aside and said to him "I have an earnest request unto you, Mr. Mather, and you must not deny me. It is that you would pray for me. I know the prayers of such as fear God will avail much, and I take you to be of this number." In Toxteth he served the ministry most faithfully for many years and then was suspended for nonconformity to the ordinances and discipline of the dominant church. For this offense he also was subjected to certain persecutions besides being stripped of his ecclesiastical robes, and rather than smart under the yoke of oppression he determined to leave England and find refuge in New Eng- land ; and to this end he embarked in disguise and sailed from Bristol in the "James," arriv- ing at Boston in August, 1635, after a tempt- uous voyage. On October 25, 1635, with his
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wife Catherine he joined the church in Boston. Mr. Mather was a man of excellent discre- tion, less learned perhaps than his more ambi- tious son Increase and perhaps less brilliant than his eccentric grandson Cotton, but far happier was he in his life in the ministry than either of them, and the instrument of far more good in the chosen fields in which they all worked. He was settled at Dorchester, Aug- ust 23, 1636, and continued there until his death in 1669. Only a few years before his end he was subjected to the great indignity of being denied admission to an ecclesiastical council in Boston, and while he had learned to bear up well under adversity and troubles, it is believed that this refusal affected him to the day of his death. Mr. Mather married (first) Septem- ber 29, 1624, Catherine, daughter of Edmund Holt, of Bury. She died in 1655, and he mar- ried (second) August 26, 1656, Sarah Story, widow of Rev. John Cotton, and daughter of Richard Hankridge, of Boston, England. She died May 27, 1676. Rev. Richard Mather had six children, all born of his first marriage: I. Rev. Samuel, May 13, 1626. 2. Timothy, 1628. 3. Rev. Nathaniel, March 20, 1630. 4. Joseph, 1634, died young. 5. Rev. Eleazer, May 13, 1637. 6. Rev. Dr. Increase, June 21, 1639.
(IV) Timothy, son of Rev. Richard and Catherine (Holt) Mather, was born in Liver- pool, England, in 1628, and died in Dor- chester, Massachusetts, January 14, 1684. He was the only one of his father's sons that grew to maturity and did not enter the ministry, but he always lived near to his father's home, and was a farmer. He died at the age of fifty- six years, the result of a fall while at work in his barn. His first wife was Mary, daughter of Maj. Gen. Humphrey Atherton; (sec- ond) March 20, 1678-79, Elizabeth, daughter of Amiel Weeks. He had six children, all born in Dorchester, and of his first marriage: I. Rev. Samuel, July 5, 1650. 2. Richard, De- cember 22, 1653, died August 7, 1688. 3. Catherine, January 6, 1655-56, died 1694. 4. Nathaniel, September 2, 1658. 5. Joseph May 25, 1661, died January 8, 1690-91; married, June 20, 1689, Sarah Clapp. 6. Atherton, October 4, 1663, died November 9, 1734; mar- ried (first) Rebecca Stoughton, (second) Mary Lamb.
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