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(II) Philemon, son of Jasper Blake, was born May 23, 1671. He married, January 20, 1698, Sarah Dearborn, daughter of Henry Dearborn. Children: I. Elizabeth, baptized April 13, 1701, married Samuel Lane. 2. Joshua, born July, 1701, married Jemima 3. Deborah, October 13, 1703, mar- ried. December 30, 1725, Benjamin Veazey. 4. Philemon, March 12, 1706, mentioned below. 5. Sarah, February 24, 1708, married, Novem- ber 13, 1729, Jeremiah Bean, of Kittery, Maine, 6. Henry, baptized December 10, 1710.
(III) Philemon (2), son of Philemon ( I) Blake, was born in Hampton, March 12, 1706. He married, December 21, 1727, Lydia Boul- ter, daughter of John, and settled in Kensing- ton. Children: 1. Sarah, born 1732, married John Gove. 2. Martha, May 15, 1733, married Samuel Tuck. 3. Abigail, 1735. 4. Philemon Jr. 5. Payne. Probably others.
(II) Timothy, son of Jasper Blake, was born in Hampton, October 16, 1649, died Janu- ary 6, 1718. He married, December 20, 1677, Naomi Sleeper, daughter of Thomas Sleeper. Children, born at Hampton: I. Deborah, born June 27, 1679, married, July 10, 1710, John Morgan. 2. Moses, 1681, mentioned below. 3. Israel, January 1, 1683, married Leah 4. Timothy, February 1, 1685, mar- ried Joan -. 5. Aaron, June 27, 1688,mar-
ried Martha 6. Naomi, September 4, 1690. 7. Ruth, November 3, 1693, married, June 6, 1717, Oliver Smith. 8 Samuel, No-
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vember 3, 1696, married, January 8, 1719, Ann Cilley.
(III) Moses, son of Timothy Blake, was born in 1681 in Hampton. He married, De- cember 25, 1701, Abigail Smith, daughter of Jonathan. Children, born at Hampton : I. Hezekiah, February 4, 1703, mentioned below. 2. Hannah, December 18, 1704, married Ed- ward Locke. 3. Moses, born April 22, 1707, married Mehitable 4. Abigail, 1709, married Tristram Sanborn. 5. Mary, Septem- ber 7, 1712, married Francis Batchelder. 6. Jonathan, April 10, 1715. 7. Maria, 1718, mar- ried Theophilus Batchelder. 8. Timothy, No- vember 18, 1720.
(IV) Hezekiah, son of Moses Blake, was born in Hampton, February 4, 1703. Married, January, 1725, Joanna Fellows, daughter of Samuel Fellows. He also settled at Kensing- ton, New Hampshire. Children : I. Josiah, born January, 1726, married Elizabeth Brown. 2. Rachel, February, 1728. In 1785 there were living in Kensington: Jonathan Blake, Paul Blake, Moses Blake, Elisha Blake and Elisha Blake Jr., perhaps others; according to the census of 1790 the following were living in Kensington : Jonathan, Josiah, Meschech, Philemon, John, Jeremiah (2), Hezekiah (2), Elisha, Elisha Jr., Christopher. These were children and grandchildren of Hezekiah (4) and Philemon (3). Part of this family lived at Epping, and in the census of 1790 we find Paine, Dearborn, Ebenezer, Theophilus and Joseph the heads of families in that town.
(V) Payne, son of Philemon Blake (3) or Hezekiah Blake (4), was born in Kensington, New Hampshire, about 1740. In 1790 he was living in Epping and had two sons under six- teen and four females in his family. He mar- ried, at Kensington, November 23, 1763, Dor- othy Sanborn, born February 25, 1744, daugh- ter of Moses Sanborn. (See Sanborn sketch herewith).
(VI) Greenleaf, son of Payne Blake, was born at Epping, New Hampshire, about 1784. He settled at Hill, New Hampshire, and died there September 17, 1769. He married, at Hill, Charlotte Kelley. (By Carr Huse). He was a farmer at Hill during his active life.
(VII) Horatio Kelley, son of Greenleaf Blake, was born September 3, 1808, at Hill, died March 20, 1864. He was educated in the common schools. He followed farming until 1840 when he moved to South Royalton, Ver- mont, to become station agent for the newly built railroad. He was a member of the Masonic order. He married (first) July 14,
1833, Jane Tucker Sceva, born August 20, 1810, died May 16, 1837. He married (sec- ond) September 16, 1838, Rebecca W. Berk- ley, born February 5, 1816, died May 30, 1896, daughter of Cyrus Berkley, of Franklin, New Hampshire. Children of first wife: 1. Will- iam Francis, born September 28, 1834, died March 27, 1876. 2. Horatio Cate, May 6, 1837, died February 23, 1895. 3. Henry Sceva, May 6, 1837, died May 21, 1883. Chil- dren of second wife: 4. Cyrus O., born June 24, 1839. 5. Charles G., September 21, 1841, died April 12, 1876. 6. Lancelot Kelley, Sep- tember 10, 1843. 7. Eugene B., December 5, 1845, mentioned below. 8. Don W., March 28, 1848. 9. Edric Tarbell, June 16, 1851, died February 28, 1852. 10. Edric A., February 15, 1853. II. Alice Belle, June 20, 1855. 12. Martha G., July 14, 1857. 13. Jedediah Gil- man, February 6, 1860.
(VIII) Eugene B., son of Horatio Kelley Blake, was born in Hill, December 5, 1845. He was educated there in the public schools. He joined Company E, First Vermont Cavalry, in 1861, as a servant of Captain Samuel P. Rundlett, being but sixteen years old. After a year in the service he returned home and learned the trade of telegraph operator at South Royalton, Vermont. He was appointed baggage master and telegraph operator at Greenfield, Massachusetts; was promoted to ticket agent in 1870; to station in 1880. Except for two years and a half, when he was station agent at North Adams, Massachusetts, he held this position as station agent of the Connecticut River railroad at Greenfield. Then he resigned to engage in the retail coal busi- ness, in which he has been very successful. His place of business is in Greenfield. He is a prominent member of the Unitarian Society of Greenfield. In politics he is a Republican, and for many years has been active and influ- ential in that party. He has served as select- man of Greenfield since 1894; since 1901 he has been county commissioner of Franklin county, of which Greenfield is the shire town. He is a member of Republican Lodge of Free Masons; of Franklin Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Titus Strong Council, Royal and Select Masters; of Connecticut Valley Com- mandery, Knights Templar; of the Massachu- setts Consistory, thirty-second degree Mason, Boston, and of Arcana Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. He married (first) December 2, 1869, Clara Maria Haywood, born August 7, 1849, died February 28, 1879, daughter of George P. Haywood, of Greenfield. He mar-
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ried (second) September 8, 1885, Edmina Ballou Mason, born February 7, 1856, daugh- ter of Silas Mason, of Hartwellville, Vermont. Children of first wife: 1. Edith May, Febru- ary 25, 1871, died 1873. 2. Mabel H., Febru- ary 10, 1873, died June 26, 1907. 3. Eugene Lancelot, September 3, 1875, died February 28, 1877. Child of second wife: 4. Ralph Mason, July 19, 1889, student at Williams Col- lege.
SANBORN All the American Sanborns are descended from three brothers who settled in
Hampton in 1639. The surname is derived from the Angle-Saxon words Sand and Burn (a stream), evidently a place name before it became a surname, and it seems probable that the English progenitors, who first used San- bourne, the original form of Sanborn, as their surname, were in Sambourne in Wiltshire. The earliest mention of the name in England in 1194 gives it spelled de Sanburne, but as early as 1330 it is commonly spelled Samborne and Sambourne, and since the fourteenth cen- tury these two forms have been the accepted spelling in England, the only two surviving branches in the country using them. The American progenitor spelled the name Sam- born and Samborne, but gradually the name has been changed to Sanborn, the form accepted generally by almost all of the Ameri- can descendants. In Illinois it is spelled San- born and in Michigan, Sandburn. The Sanborn or Sambourne coat-of-arms: Argent a chev- ron sable between three mullets gules pierced or. Crest: a mullet as in the arms. The Sambourne ancestry has been traced by V. C. Sanborn, compiler of the genealogy, to Nich- olas Sambourne, of Wiltshire, A. D., 1320. Nicholas Sambourne was born about 1320; probably held the fourth part of a knight's fee in Biddestone, St. Nicholas, Wiltshire ; represented Bath City at the parliament held at Westminster, November 3, 1391. His son, Nicholas Sambourne Jr. was born about 1350, held the fourth part of a knight's fee men- tioned above; was in parliament in 1393-94; married Katharine, youngest daughter and co-heir of Sir John Lusbill or De Lusteshull, who was connected with the House of Lancas- ter, but probably lived at Southsot House, near Reading, Berkshire; married Margaret Drew, daughter of Thomas Drew, of Seagry, Wilt- shire ; she died in 1494 and her will is extant. Nicholas Sambourne, son of Walter and Mar- garet Sambourne, was born about 1450, and
made his home in Mapledurham, Oxfordshire ; married Elizabeth, daughter of John Brooks, of Beaurepaire, Hampshire; descendant of an ancient and honorable family, from which she inherited considerable property, including Timsbury, which the Sambornes occupied. Timsbury House, now the most ancient Sam- borne residence in England, is celebrated for the interesting and artistic Tudor architecture. The house today is practically unchanged since 1542, except for minor alterations and repairs, and the loss of one wing by fire. The probable line of descent from this Nicholas to the Amer- ican immigrants is given by the family histor- ian as : Nicholas Samborne, born 1500; Edward, born about 1550; and William, who married Anne Bachiler and was of Brimpton, Berkshire, in 1616; their sons Lieutenant John, mentioned below, William and Stephen, being the three American immigrants.
(I) Lieutenant John Sanborn, son of Wil- liam and Anne (Bachiler) Sanborn, of Eng- land, was born in England in 1620. He appears in Hampton in 1640, when he was granted a house lot and tract of land there. He was a man of prominence in Hampton; . was selectman many years; was often on com- mittees to examine grants and establish boun- daries; was many times on the jury and was foreman of the grand jury in 1676. He was ensign of the Hampton company in 1677 and commissioned lieutenant, October 15, 1679. He was deputy to the general court in 1685. He was one of the sufferers in the Cranfield and Mason persecutions, and was imprisoned for resisting the claims of Mason. He died October 20, 1692, and his estate was inven- toried November 2, 1692, at two hundred and ninety-four pounds, fourteen shillings. He married (first) Mary Tuck, daughter of Rob- ert Tuck, of Gorlston, Suffolk and Hampton, New Hampshire. She died December 30, 1668, and he married (second) Margaret (Page) Moulton, widow of William Moulton and daughter of Robert Page, of Ormsby, Norfolk, and Hampton, New Hampshire. Children of first wife: I. John, born about 1649, mentioned below. 2. Mary, 1651, died 1654. 3. Abigail, February 23, 1653, married Ephraim Marston; died January 3, 1743. 4. Richard, January 4, 1655. 5. Mary, 1657, died 1660. 6. Joseph, March 13, 1659. 7. Stephen, 1661, died 1662. 8. Ann, November 20, 1662, married Samuel Palmer ; died Octo- ber 4, 1745. 9. Dinah, married James Mar- ston. 10. Nathaniel, January 27, 1665. II. Benjamin, December 20, 1668. Child of sec-
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ond wife: 12. Captain Jonathan, May 25, 1672.
(II) John (2), son of Lieutenant John (I) Sanborn, was born about 1649 at Hampton, New Hampshire, and died September 23, 1727. He was admitted a freeman, April 25, 1678. He married, November 19, 1674, Judith Coffin, born December 4, 1653, died May 17, 1724, daughter of Tristram Coffin, of Newbury. Children: I. Judith, born August 8, 1675, married, December 2, 1692, Ebenezer Cove. 2. Mary, July 2, 1677, married Ebenezer Stevens and resided in Kingston. 3. Sarah, May 8, 1679. 4. Deborah, 1681, married (first) November 15, 1698, Samuel Fellows ; (second) October 2, 17II, Benjamin Shaw. 5. John, 1683. 6. Tristram, 1684-85. 7. Enoch, 1685, mentioned below. 8. Lydia, Feb- ruary 24, 1687. 9. Peter, 1689. 10. Abner, April 27, 1694, died January 18, 1780; mar- ried, October 31, 1715, Rachel Shaw.
(III) Enoch, son of John (2) Sanborn, was born in Hampton in 1685. He lived in Hampton Falls and owned a mill there in 1750. In 1707 he went with Captain Chesley's expedition to Port Royal. He mar- ried (first) in 1709, Elizabeth Dennett, daugh- ter of Alexander Dennett, of Portsmouth. He married (second) April 1, 1736, Mehitable (Blake) Godfrey, daughter of John Blake, of Hampton, and widow of Jonathan Godfrey. On March 7, 1760, he deeded land to his son John. Children: I. Elizabeth, baptized 1712, died young. 2. Ebenezer, born July 25, 1712. 3. Judith, December 8, 1715, married, Decem- ber 26, 1734, John Philbrick. 4. Moses, bap- tized March 31, 1717, mentioned below. 5. John, baptized July 19, 1719. 6. Elizabeth, baptized June 18, 1721, married (first) March 27, 1740, Alexander Salter; (second) Decem- ber 12, 1754, John Damrell. 7. Enoch, bap- tized June 28, 1724. 8. Sarah, baptized May 7, 1727. 9. Isaac, baptized November 18, 1737, died 1756.
(IV) Moses, son of Enoch Sanborn, was born in Hampton Falls, and baptized there March 31, 1717. He resided there and in Ken- sington, New Hampshire. He died June 8, 1802. He married, January 7, 1742, Elizabeth Mitchell. Children: I. Dorothy, born Febru- ary 25, 1744, married, November 23, 1763, Payne Blake, of Kensington. (See Blake fam- ily herewith). 2. Henry, March 1, 1746. 3. James, December 6, 1748. 4. Moses, October 25, 1758, died unmarried 1777. 5. Jesse, De- cember 10, 1764.
The surname Pelton belongs to PELTON the largest class of English family names-those derived from names of localities. Pelton was a com- mon place name before the Norman Conquest. William the Conqueror granted Peldon (or
Pelton) Manor to William the Deacon, we find from the Domesday Book (1086), and later the family took its name from the Manor. Important branches of the Pelton family, some of them having the same origin probably, have lived in Northamtonshire, Wiltshire, Somer- setshire and Buckshire. The coat-of-arms of the Essex family is: An escutcheon charged with a bend within an orle of escallops.
(I) John Pelton, immigrant ancestor of this family, born in England about 1616 and descended it is believed from the Essex family, came to Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, about 1630. He owned property in Boston as early as 1634, as shown by the first Book of Possessions. The land was situated on what is now the south side of Essex street, from Washington street easterly. Soon after, prob- ably in 1635, he removed to Dorchester, and became a joint owner of the Dorchester Patent. He was engaged in the fishing business and died in Dorchester, January 23, 1681. His will was dated January 3, 1681, and proved March 16 following. He married Susanna who died May 7, 1706, called in the records "Old Mother Pelton." Children, born in Dor- chester : I. John, baptized March 2, 1645. 2. Samuel, mentioned below. 3. Robert, lost at sea, July, 1683. 4. Mary, baptized February 18, 1654.
(II) Samuel, son of John Pelton, was born at Dorchester about 1647. He married, July 16, 1673, Mary Smith, born July 20, 1630, daughter of John and Mary Smith. He lived at Dorchester until about 1687 when he removed to Bristol, Rhode Island, and resided on the Mount Hope Farm. He removed fin- ally to Seekonk, and died there about 1713-14. His wife owned the covenant at Dorchester, October 22. 1682. Children, the first five born in Dorchester, the rest in Bristol: I. Samuel,
January 26, 1675, married Sarah 2. Mary, May 29, 1678, married, December 12- 24, 1712, Nathaniel Colburn. 3. Deliverance, July 31, 1680. 4. John, January 9, 1682, mar- ried Jemima -; died July 15, 1735- 5. Itliamar, 1686. 6. Henry, December 10, 1690, mentioned below. 7. Sarah, March 23, 1693. 8. Benjamin, September 3, 1698, married Keziah -; died 1775.
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(III) Henry, son of Samuel Pelton, was born December 10, 1690, on the Mount Hope Farm at Bristol, Rhode Island. He removed to Groton, Connecticut, and married there, April 20, 1712, Mary Rose. He was a farmer and said to have been a merchant also. He owned considerable real estate, most of which he gave away before his death, a part of it to the church. Children, born in Groton : I. Samuel, December 16, 1714, married, June 17, 1736, Sybil Yeomans ; died April, 1783. 2. Thomas, July 22, 1717, mentioned below. 3. Paul, May 14, 1720, married, August 20, 1743, Mary Avery. 4. Preserved (daughter), Janu- ary 24, 1722. 5. Lemuel, February 22, 1724, married, April 8, 1747, Mary Cornwell. 6. Reuben, January 24, 1726. 7. Robert, June 9, 1728, married, August 19, 1751, Hannah -; died June 21, 1789. 8. Moses, 1728-30, married Molly Whipple; died April 16, 1778. 9. Ephraim, June 12, 1732, married Mary Spelman ; died August 31, 181I.
(IV) Thomas, son of Henry Pelton, was born July 22, 1717, at Groton, Connecticut. He was a farmer and mill owner and lived about three miles east or northeast of Gales Ferry, in that part of Groton now Ledyard, Connecticut. He was a deacon and elder in Elder Avery's Baptist church. On a small stream near his house he had a grist and saw mill, and a flax mill for dressing flax by machinery of his own invention. On April 2, 1789, he made over his farm to his son-in- law, William Holdrich, he agreeing to certain conditions whereby he was to care for Thomas Pelton and his wife the remainder of their lives. After a time the old people went to live with their son Peleg, in Orange county, New York, where Thomas died, aged ninety, in 1807. He married, at Groton, July 9, 1740, Hannah Avery, probably daughter of Elder Christopher Avery. She died in Orange county, New York, in 1809. After their death the heirs brought suit against William Hold- rich to recover the homestead, but were unsuc- cessful. Children, born in Groton, now Led- yard, Connecticut : I. Henry, July 7, 1742, mentioned below. 2. Roswell, April 4, 1744, died 1763. 3. Hannah, May 7, 1746, married Benjamin Kinsman. 4. Gideon, January or February 23, 1747-48, married Margaret Crawford ; died March, 1824. 5. Elkanah, De- cember 14, 1749, died 1752. 6. John, August 26, 1751, died 1752. 7. Simeon, September 18, 1753, died 1771. 8. Amos, July 15, 1755, died 1756. 9. Rufus, April 22, 1757, married Ann 10. Peleg, August 9, 1759, mar-
ried Anna Stoddard; died January 27, 1829. II. Wealthy, May 5, 1761, married William Holdrich Jr.
(V) Henry (2), son of Thomas Pelton, was born in Groton, Connecticut, July 7, 1742. He removed before 1771 to Horton, Nova Scotia, and died there before 1808. He mar- ried, in Groton, in 1762, - Children : I. Roswell, born 1763, married, 1792, Phebe Beckwith, died 1834. 2. Ichabod, March 17, 1771, married Mary Caldwell; died 1827. 3. Eunice. 4. Hannah, married (first) David Buckley ; (second) William Scott. 5. Henry, August 29, 1784, mentioned below.
(VI) Henry (3), son of Henry (2) Pelton, was born August 29, 1784, at Horton, Nova Scotia, and died at Lakeville, Nova Scotia, August 1, 1872. He was a tanner and shoe- maker, and lived at Billtown, Nova Scotia. He married, at Town Plot, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, Rebecca Jackson, born March 19, 1785, daughter of Joseph Jackson of that place. Children, born at Billtown: I. Mary, Novem- ber 12, 1808, married, March 21, 1832, Eph- raim Patterson, of Aylesford, Nova Scotia ; lived at Long Point, Nova Scotia, and had Henry, Jackson, George, Rebecca, Phebe, James, Eunice, Content, William, Ruth and Ann Patterson. 2. Phebe, September 20, 1810, married, February 15, 1843, John Wellington Condon, and died in Norwood, Massachusetts, 1906, aged ninety-five years ; they had William H., Charles O. and John W. Condon; resided at Hyde Park, Massachusetts. 3. Joseph, Octo- ber 2, 1812, died unmarried September 6, 1878. 4. Henry, February 10, 1815, married, April 4, 1847, Sarah A. Corbitt ; died April 7, 1878. 5. Eunice, March 10, 1817, married, 1848, James Duncanson, of Cambridge, Nova Scotia ; died February 16, 1856; had Rebecca, Ruth and Jane Duncanson. 6. Thomas, April 24, 1819, mentioned below. 7. Charles B., June 5, 1821, married, September 20, 1861, Susan Miller. 8. William, July 22, 1824, died unmarried at Billtown, March 17, 1844. 9. Ruth, February 28, 1827, married, January 20, 1846, William Fox; lived at Pereaux, Nova Scotia; children: Ruby, John, Elijah, Rebecca, Anna and Content Fox; died March 21, 1876. 10. Content, September 12, 1830, married, January 23, 1856, Daniel Lamont ; resided at Lakeville, Nova Scotia, and had Henry M., Theodora Belle, Charles M., Mary J., Thomas W., Ruth O. and Alice Ann Lamont.
(VII) Thomas (2), son of Henry (3) Pel- ton, was born at Cornwallis, Nova Scotia,
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April 24, 1819, died February 20, 1886, buried in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He married, at Boston, Massachusetts, December 16, 1852, Adelaide McGeorge, daughter of John Mc- George, of Stanley, New Brunswick, who died in Dorchester, Massachusetts, July 20, 1898. He was a carpenter and builder and lived in Boston, where he built many of the well known buildings. He was a member of the Christian church. Children, born in Boston: I. Eva Rebecca, October 4, 1853, died June 24, 1854. 2. Frank A., August 13, 1855, mentioned below. 3. Flora Adelaide, July 13, 1858, died September 4, 1859. 4. Lewis Arthur, May 14, 1860, died April 12, 1862.
(VIII) Frank Albert, son of Thomas (2) Pelton, was born in Boston, August 13, 1855. He attended school at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, whither the family went when he was five years old. In 1866 he returned to Boston, and graduated from the Quincy School, Tyler street, in that city. He pursued the course of study at Bill's Commercial College. He began work as bookkeeper for the firm of James Boyd & Sons, manufacturers of harness and leather hose, and continued with that house until 1875. For a short time he was in the office of the Congregational Publishing House, Cornhill. He then went west and spent a year in California and Oregon as salesman for a piano house. He was for the next nine years a salesman for H. W. Berry, dealer in pianos, whose warerooms were in Boston. Since Sep- tember 1, 1888, he has been a piano dealer in Boston on his own account. He started in business at 171 Tremont street, removing later to larger quarters at 424 Boylston street, where he occupies two floors each twenty-five by one hundred and twenty-five feet, carrying the Mehlin, Kroeger, Haines, Needham, Pel- ton and other well-known pianos. The busi- ness was incorporated in 1902 with A. R. Pel- ton, president, F. A. Pelton, treasurer, and Charles E. Allen, secretary. Mr. Pelton is well known in the piano trade and stands high in the business world, and he has been suc- cessful in building up a large and flourishing business. He formerly resided at 39 Rock- well street, later at 29 Welles avenue, Dor- chester. He bought a residence at Winchester, Massachusetts, September 7, 1907. He is a member of Norfolk Lodge, No. 48, Odd Fel- lows, of Dorchester. In politics he is a Repub- lican. He is a member of the Baptist church; of Dorchester. He married, December 28, 1898, Annie R. Pelton, born March 28, 1873, daughter of George and Isabella ( Ullock) Pel-
ton, of Stanley, New Brunswick. Children : I. Thomas Albert, born June 15, 1900. 2. Elsie Louise, September 28, 1901. 3. Arthur Waldo, April 15, 1903. 4. Edith Winnifred, January 6, 1905. 5. Theodore Welles, May 22, 1906. 6. Isabella May, May 4, 1908.
James Cahill was born in Kil- CAHILL kenny, Ireland, about 1820 and died at Jamaica Plain in 1871.
He was descended from an ancient Irish family, many of whom have achieved prom- inence in the old country. He settled in Boston, when a young man, finding employment first as gardener on a large estate. Afterward he was connected with the Highland Foundry, manufacturers of ranges and stoves, as a con- tractor. He employed a number of hands and continued in this work with uniform success throughout his active life. He was a Catholic in religion. He died at the age of fifty. He married, about 1853, Anastatia Broderick, born in county Kilkenny, Ireland, of a well known family. She came to America about the same time that her husband came and was soon after- ward married here. She died shortly before her husband. Children: I. Walter, died when four years of age. 2. Anna, born in 1855 in the Forest Hill district, now Boston; married William Van Tassel, a grocer of Washington street, Forest Hills, Jamaica Plain; children : Richard W. Van Tassel, Flossie A. Van Tassel, Frank Van Tassel, died in childhood. 3. Bridget, married Thomas Shea, general contractor, of Jamaica Plain; children : Thomas C. Shea, Pauline F. Shea. 4. Richard J., mentioned below.
(II) Richard J., son of James Cahill, was born in Forest Hills, March 15, 1859. He was educated in the public schools and, having lost both parents, began at the age of fifteen to make his own way in the world. He worked for many years in a livery stable at Forest Hills and his employer appreciated his earnest, constant attention to duty, his thorough knowl- edge of the business, his tact and good judg- ment. When he left this employer he invested his savings in a wine and liquor store, and by the same activity, industry and applica- tion won success in business. In 1906, after twenty-six years in this line of business, having accumulated a substantial competence, he retired, and has since lived at his Forest Hills residence, enjoying quietly the fruit of his years of toil. His time is occupied to some extent in the care of valuable real estate in which he has invested in the vicinity of his
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