Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume II, Part 40

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 1008

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(V) Enos, son of Daniel Sears, was born in Yarmouth, June II, 1752, died July 17, 1822. He married there, February II, 1777, Rebecca Kelley, daughter of Sylvanus Kelley. Children : I. Daniel, born at Ashfield, October 6, 1779; married, May 14, 1804, Electa Raw- son ; died July 31, 1858 ; children : i. Rebecca, born April 7, 1805, married, December 2, 1823, Milton Bussey ; ii. Lewis, December 24, 1806; iii. William, December 17, 1808; iv. Luther Rawson, December 9, 1810; v. Esek Bussey, January 11, 1815, married Esther F. Olin ; vi. Sarah Ann, December 23, 1819, died April 25, 1837 ; vii. Daniel, March 28, 1824. 2. William, Ashfield, about 1785, died 1829 ; married Tam- sen Eldredge ; children : i. Lavinia, born about 1810; ii. Nathan ; iii. William, June 20, 1818; iv. Samuel, July 28, 1820; v. Stephen, Septem- ber 11, 1822. 3. Hannah, married Barnabas

Eldredge (see Eldredge family). 4. Tamsen, married Joseph Hall and had Hannah, Enos, Alvan, Hepsibah, Freeman, Dinah, Tamsen and Charles Hall. 5. Dinah, married Baldwin. 6. Mercy, died December 16, 1821, aged twenty-two years.

Very little is known of the early BARTON history of the immigrant an- cestor of the Barton family. The surname is a place name of English origin. Marmaduke Barton was in Salem in 1638, and Samuel, mentioned below, may have been a native of Salem.

(I) Samuel Barton, progenitor of this branch of the family, was born about 1650. He settled first in Salem, where he was a wit- ness in one of the famous witchcraft cases. He was in Watertown for a short time, re- ceived the usual "warning" that newcomers got when moving into a Puritan colony, under date of June 16, 1693. He was in Framing- ham in 1699 and perhaps earlier. His chil- dren are all recorded in Framingham, though the two eldest were born elsewhere. He bought what was known as the Elliott grist mill at Oxford; also a fourth part of the corn mill, one home lot of forty acres and ten acres ad- joining, also fifty acres in second division on Long Hill, and various other lots in Oxford, together with right of common, October 19, 1716, for eighty-five pounds, of Jonathan Pro- vender. He was then of Framingham, but his daughter was called of Oxford when she mar- ried, December 17, 1716, so he must have moved in the fall of 1716. He was formally dismissed from the Framingham to the Ox- ford church, January 15, 1721, and was one of the original members of the Oxford church. Before he died he gave one-half his homestead to his son Joshua. He died September 12, 1732. His will, dated June 13, 1732, proved September 23, 1732, bequeathed to all his chil- dren, leaving lands not previously disposed of to his son Caleb. He married Hannah Bridges, of Salem, probably daughter of Edmund Bridges, of Salem, and Edmund Bridges, Jr., also settled in Framingham. Children : I. Samuel, born October 8, 1691 ; married, May 23, 1715, Elizabeth Bellows, of Marlborough; was one of thirty original settlers of Sutton ; blacksmith : selectman and town treasurer ; removed 1748 to Dudley ; his son Bezaleel was killed in battle of Bunker Hill ; he was ances- tor of the Bartons of Corydon, New Hamp- shire. 2. Mercy, born May 22, 1694; married, 1716, David Town. 3. Joshua, born Deceni-

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ber 24, 1697; settled in Leicester. 4. Elisha, born April 22, 1701; mentioned below. 5. Caleb, born February 9, 1705; lived at Fram- ingham and Charlton. 6. Jedediah, born September 18, 1707; settled in North Oxford. 7. Mehitable, born August 22, 1710; married, . November 12, 1730, Samuel Duncan, of Wor- cester, where she died 1742. 8. Edmund, born August 5, 1714; married, April 9, 1739, Ann Flynt.

(II) Elisha, son of Samuel Barton, was born April 22, 1701, and died October 15, 1776. He settled in Sutton, and removed to South Hadley and later to Granby, where he died, and is buried with his wife in the Granby cemetery. Their gravestones are still standing. He married February 13, 1731, Betty Waite, of Sutton, born August 31, 1714, died Febru- ary 1, 1806, aged ninety-three, daughter of William and Abial Waite, granddaughter of Joseph and Ruhamah (Hager ) Wait, and great-granddaughter of Richard and Mary Wait, of Watertown. Children, born in Sut- ton: I. Ezekiel, August 19, 1732, mentioned below. 2. Elisha, June 5, 1734. 3. Mehitable, October 8, 1736. 4. David, February 6, 1740. 5. Gershom, December 6, 1742. 6. Betty, March 31, 1745. 7. Sarah, March 21, 1747. 8. Re- becca, December 1, 1748.

(III) Ezekiel, son of Elisha Barton, was born inSutton, August 19, 1732. Soon after 1750 he and his brother, David Barton, settled at Gran- by, Massachusetts. They were farmers and prominent citizens in that town. In 1790, according to the census, he had two males over sixteen, two under that age, and three females in his family at Granby.

(IV) Ezekiel (2), son of Ezekiel ( I) Bar- ton, was born in Granby, Massachusetts, 1763, (lied 1809, aged forty-six years. He married Lucinda Parsons, born 1764, died 1852. Chil- dren: I. Martha, born 1787, died 1817, aged thirty years; married Zebina Squares; chil- dren: Pamelia and Maria. 2. Ezekiel, born 1788, died 1847; married Clarissa Wright; child, Ezekiel S. 3. Almira, born 1791, died 1819; married David Kellogg ; children : Mary, Walter B., Almira. 4. Electa, born 1795, died 1821 ; married Gad C. Preston ; child, Joseph S. 5. Lucinda, born 1797, died 1887 ; married Colonel John Miller, of Ludlow, Massachu- setts ; he was a colonel in the old state militia, and was prominent in political affairs; chil- dren: Julia, William B., M. D., Rosanna, Electa, Minerva, Wesley, Jane, Almira, Walter S., Ellen, Wilbur F. 6. Phineas Dwight, born 1800; mentioned below. 7. Hannah, born

1802, died 1823. 8. William, born 1804, died 1818. 9. Pamelia, born 1806, died aged eight months. IO. Walter, born 1808, died 1810. II. Walter (2d), born 1809, died in infancy.

(V) Phineas Dwight, son of Ezekiel (2) Barton, was born February 29, 1800, died June, 1890. He married Eunice C. Preston, daughter of Captain John Preston, who was a captain in the war of 1812, was an inn keeper in Granby, Massachusetts, and kept a house on Bachelor street. Children: I. William Dwight, born September 26, 1824, died 1886; married Mary E. Fuller : children : Ella, Carrie and William. 2. James Harvey, mentioned below. 3. Asaph B., born August 15, 1828, married Augusta Fuller ; children : Frank D., born 1859, drowned July 26, 1887 ; Etta, born February 14, 1862; married, Sep- tember, 1881, George W. Rich. 4. Alvin, born July 31, 1831 ; married Sue Boyd, of Knoxville, Tennessee, January 1, 1867; chil- dren : Walter, born January II, 1868, mar- ried, November 22, 1900; children: Eliza- beth, born July 30, 1905; Alvin, born Novem- ber 10, 1876, an officer in the Spanish-Ameri- can War, died December 6, 1900, in San Francisco, California. 5. Rev. Walter, born May 5, 1833, married, August 6, 1864, Mar- tha Smith ; children: Mary, born. November 25, 1863, and Minnie, born May 13, 1867. Minnie married Thomas Fotte, January 14. 1893. 6. Clarissa, born March 29, 1835; married September 4, 1861, Rev. Stephen Harris, now deceased ; children: Alice, born July 23, 1862, married, January, 1884, Rev. George B. Smythe, in Foochow, China. Mr. and Mrs. Smythe were missionaries of the M. E. Board seventeen years in China. They now reside in Berkeley, California. Eunice and Stephen died in infancy. 7. Homer Rol- lin, born July 1, 1837, died July, 1863, two weeks after graduation from Amherst Col- lege. 8. Olive M., born July 21, 1839 ; mar- ried Eugene M. Warner, April 16, 1860: children : Lulu B., born September 17, 1863; Nettie M., born June 8, 1865.

(VI) James Harvey, son of Phineas Dwight Barton, was born in Granby, Massa- chusetts, on the homestead, September 23, 1826. He attended the district and high schools there until he was eighteen, and worked on his father's farm. He remained with his father until twenty-one years of age, when he purcased a farm and conducted it until 1892, when he retired from active busi- ness. While on the farm he erected two build- ings ( residences ), the first having been burned.

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He then built his present residence in Spring- field, where he has since lived. Mr. Bar- ton was an active citizen of Granby, a mem- ber of the school committee, and for several years a member of the board of selectmen. In politics he is a Republican. He was a prominent member of the Church of Christ at Granby, and for many years deacon. Since 1893, he has been deacon of the Park Con- gregational Church of Springfield. He mar- ried. November 27, 1856, Susan Ellis Warner, born 1835, daughter of Alonzo and Ann (Cutler ) Warner (see Cutler and Warner families). Children, born at Granby: I. Ed- win Warner, born March 30, 1859; resides at West Springfield, Massachusetts; travel- ing salesman for E. M. Lyman, seedman, for twenty-seven years; married Georgia Long, of Blue Hill, Maine; she died March 4, 1909; one child, George L., born August 25,

1904. 2. Homer Rollin, born May II, 1864; connected with Stevens-Duryea Company ; re- sides at Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts ; mar- ried F. Miriam Russell, October 21, 1890; children : Homer E., born August 24, 1891, and James R., born October 14, 1893. 3. Mellie Warner, born September 9, 1869; re- sides in Springfield, Massachusetts; married, May 31, 1894, Erastus D. Burnham, of Holy- oke, Massachusetts, who is engaged in the lumber and timber business. Children: Ed- win G., born December 19, 1898; Marian B., born November 25, 1901, and James E., born April 3, 1904. In 1906 Mr. and Mrs. James Harvey Barton celebrated their golden wed- ding, which was attended by a large com- pany of friends from all sections of the countrv.

(The Cutler Line-See James Cutler 1).

(II) John, son of James Cutler, was born in Lexington, March 19, 1663, died Septem- ber 31, 1714. He owned the covenant No- vember I, 1702, when four of his children were baptized. In 1700 a seat was assigned him in "ye front gallereye" of the meeting house. He resided on what is now Weston street, Lexington, over the brook on the southerly side of the old Concord turnpike. He married, January 1, 1694, Mary Stearns, born October 8, 1663, died February 24, 1733. daughter of Isaac and Sarah ( Beers) Stearns, and granddaughter of Captain Richard Beers, who was killed by Indians at Northfield, September 4, 1675. Children, born in Lex- ington : 1. Samuel, December 20, 1694, died May 12, 1742. 2. John, June 3, 1696, men-

tioned below. 3. Ebenezer, July 24, 1700, died at Lincoln. 4. Mary, April 1, 1702; married, February 7, 1728, Captain Samuel Bond. 5. Sarah, November 20, 1704.

(III) Deacon John (2), son of John (I) Cutler, was born at Lexington, June 3, 1696, baptized November 1, 1702, at Lexington, died at Brookfield, Massachusetts, where his estate was appraised, March 13, 1759, amounting to £812 IOS. 4d., exclusive of debts due to it. He was selectman and as- sessor in Lexington, 1733. He joined the church February 10, 1734, and his wife Sep- tember 12, 1742. They moved to Brookfield. uniting with the church there May 10, 1752, where he was chosen, December 26, 1753, first deacon of the church. He honored his profession and was a prominent and re- spected citizen. He married, at Watertown, Massachusetts, January 9, 1724, Abigail, daughter of John and Mary Stone, who was baptized November 13, 1698. Children, born at Lexington : I. John, July 7, 1724, baptized October 4, 1724; is probably the John who died at Lexington, September 20, 1747. 2. Isaac, March 31, 1726; baptized October 10, 1726; died at Cape Breton, Oc- tober 24, 1745 (probably went as a soldier ). 3. Robert, April 30, 1728, died at Brookfield, April II, 1761. 4. Abijah, March 25, 1730, mentioned below. 5. Josiah. August 9, 1732, died prior to 1759. 6. Thaddeus, March 15, 1735, died January 2, 1768, at Brookfield. 7. Joseph, July 26, 1737, died November 23, 1738, at Lexington. 8. Joseph, August 9, 1739, died August 20, 1825, at Brookfield. 9. Samuel, March 7, 1744, died at Bellows Falls, Vermont (then Rockingham), Novem- ber, 1821.

(IV) Lieutenant Abijah Cutler, son of John Cutler, was born at Lexington, March 25, 1730, died at Brookfield, November 5, 1795. He resided in Brookfield and was ad- mitted to the church, August 6, 1758. He was elected second lieutenant in the Fourth Company of the Fourth Worcester Regiment in 1776. His estate was inventoried April 26, 1796, at $3244.95, his son Asa being ex- ecutor. He married ( first), 1756, Elizabeth Abbott, who died April 12, 1778, aged forty- three years. Married ( second) Sarah Children, born in Brookfield: I. Mary, born June 29, 17-, died September 29, 17 -. 2. Mary, born June 7, died June 23, 17 -. 3. Elizabeth, born March, 1760, married Dea- con Asa Ellis, Jr .; united with church De- cember, 1794; died in West Brookfield, July

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16, 1847. 4. Sarah, born October 12, 17-, died September 19, 17 -. 5. Abijah, born November 12, 17-, died in Greenwich, Mas- sachusetts, July 7, 1836. 6. Asa, born Oc- tober 9, 1767. mentioned below. 7. Thad- deus, born February 25, 17-, died March 5, Children "by second wife: 8 Thad- deus, born July 7, 17-, died February 15, 9. Ruth, born January 13, 17-, mar- ried 1795, Samuel Phipps; died September 19. 1817. 10. Sarah, born February 17, 17-, died March 6, II. Colonel Enos, born November, 1781, graduated at Brown University, class of 1800; was a tutor in1800- OI, going west soon after; he subsequently joined the United States army, was in the war of 1812, and received his title of colonel for meritorious service in the war with Mex- ico, under General Taylor : he resided in New Haven, Connecticut, previous to his settle- ment in Salem; he married Harriet E., daughter of Henry Elkins, of Salem, Massa- chusetts, where he died in 1860, aged sev- enty-nine years. 12. Harvey, born March 13, 178-, died March 16,

(V) Asa, son of Lieutenant Abijah Cutler, was born at Brookfield, October 9, 1767, died March 1, 1844, aged seventy-six years. He was a prosperous farmer of Brookfield, where he and his wife joined the church Au- gust 17, 1796. He married, January, 1795, Mary Coombs, who died August 14, 1860, aged eighty-nine years. Children, born in Brookfield: I. Abijah, born October 14, 1795, died June 10, 1873. 2. Anna, born August 8. 1797, died at Granby, Massachusetts, April 6, 1879: she married, June 1, 1827, Alonzo Warner, of Granby, Massachusetts; he died December 19, 1884; children: i. Alonzo Cutler, born May 5, 1828, married Margaret S. Towne, of Belchertown, Massa- chusetts, December 27, 1870; children, born in Granby : Arthur Towne Warner, April 21, 1872; Walter Stephen Warner, November 3, 1874; Anna Cutler Warner, September 28, 1882. ii. Mary Ann, born October 22, 1829, died November 9, 1832. iii. Stephen Mon- tague, born September 23, 1831, died April 14, 1896; married, October 9, 1860, Emily C. Aldrich, of Granby, where she died August 19, 1882; children: Harry McFarland War- ner, born in Centralia, Illinois, October 24, 1865: Jesse Louise Warner, born in Centra- lia, June 7. 1867, died November 9, 1870; Emily Aldrich Warner, born in Granby, Sep- tember 29, 1875. iv. Mary Ann, born July 15, 1833. v. Susan Ellis, born June 23,

1835, married, November 27, 1857, J. Harvey Barton, of Granby; children : Edwin Warner Barton, born April 30, 1859; Homer Rollins Barton, born May 11, 1864; Mellie Warner Barton, born September 8, 1869. vi. Pamela Bachelder, born November II, 1837, died in Centralia, Illinois, January 26, 1864. vii. El- mina Smith, born June 1, 1840, died January 17, 1847. 3. Augustus, born May 29, 1799, died May 18, 1871. 4. Enos, born March 2, 1802, died in Granby, Massachusetts, June, 1831.

(The Warner Line-See William Warner 1).

(III) Eleazer, son of John Warner, was born November 13, 1662, and died May 8, 1729. He married, May 27, 1689, Hester Taylor, who died December 28, 1748. aged eighty-two, daughter of John Taylor. Chil- dren: I. Hester, born August 3, 1692 ; mar- ried, May 23, 1716, Samuel Smith, of Sun- derland. 2. Eleazer, born July 29, 1694. 3. Stephen, born November 3, 1698; mentioned below. 4. Marah, born October 30, 1699. 5. Joanna, born September 22, 1706; married Ebenezer Moody. 6. Ruth, born about 1712; died unmarried August 16, 1755, aged forty- three.

(IV) Stephen, son of Eleazer Warner, was born November 3, 1698, and died September 12, 1782, aged eighty-five. He resided at Granby, Massachusetts, and married, in 1723, Rebecca Ferry, of Springfield. Children: I. Stephen, born December 16, 1726; mentioned below. 2. Eleazer, January 15, 1731. 3. Esther, September 26, 1732.

(V) Stephen (2), son of Stephen (I) Warner, was born at Granby, December 16, 1726, and died there September 16, 1796, aged sixty-nine. He was in the revolution, in Captain Phineas Smith's company, Colonel Porter's regiment, and answered the Lexing- ton alarm, April 19, 1775. He was probably the Stephen Warner who served in the same company, Colonel Ruggles Woodbridge's regi- ment, in 1777, and in Captain Moses Kellogg's company, Colonel Elisha Porter's Hampton regiment, the same year. He married (first) Mary -- -; (second) Rachel, daughter of Peter Montague. Children: 1. Mary, born March 4, 1750. 2. Rachel, September 12, 1754. 3. Ruth, June 16, 1756. 4. Sewall, June 22, 1758. 5. Rebecca, November 15, 1760. 6. Miriam, May 15, 1764. 7. Eli, De- cember 7, 1766; mentioned below. 8. Adoni- jah, May 24, 1769. 9. Jehiel, born March 27. 1771. 10. Nathan, September 3, 1774.

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(VI) Eli, son of Stephen Warner, was born at Granby, December 7, 1766. He was a farmer in Granby. He married Van Horn. Children: I. Delia, married David Smith. 2. Ruth, married Mosley Dickinson. 3. Alonzo, mentioned below. 4. Orpha, mar- ried Joseph M. Hatfield. 5. Eli, married (first) Speedy Ferry; (second) Samantha Abbe. 6. Mary, married Lucius Ferry.

(VII) Alonzo, son of Eli Warner, was born in Granby, July 3, 1796. He married, June 1, 1827, Anna Cutler, born August 8, 1797, died April 6, 1879, daughter of Asa and Mary (Coombs) Cutler (see Cutler). They lived to celebrate their golden wedding. He was a farmer in Granby, a highly re- spected and useful citizen. Children : I. Alonzo, born May 5, 1828; married Marga- ret S, Towne, of Belchertown, December 27, 1870; children, born at Granby: i. Arthur Towne, April 21, 1872; ii. Walter Stephen, November 3, 1874; iii. Anna Cutler, Septem- ber 28, 1882. 2. Mary Ann, born October 22, 1829, died November 9, 1832. 3. Ste- phen Montague, born September 23, 1831; married Emily C. Aldrich, of Granby, Octo- ber 9, 1860; she died there August 19, 1882; children : i. Harry Mc Farland, born at Cen- tralia, Illinois, October 24, 1864; ii. Jessie Louise, born in Centralia, June 7, 1867, died November 9, 1870; iii. Emily Aldrich, born in Granby, September 29, 1875. 4. Mary Ann, born July 15, 1833, married Chester Kel- logg, of Granby. 5. Susan Ellis, born June 23, 1835, married James Harvey Barton ( see Barton). 6. Pamela B., born June 1, 1840, died January 17, 1847. 7. Elmina Smith, died in childhood.

(For ancestry see Abraham Shaw 1).

(VII) Abraham (2), son of Abra- SHAW ham (1) Shaw, was born at Weymouth, January 14, 1766. He married, at Weymouth, December 29, 1791, Deborah Richards, of Weymouth. He was then of Abington. He lived at Abington and Weymouth, and his children were born at Ab- ington.

(VIII) Warren, son of Benjamin (2) Shaw, was born in Abington, about 1790. Hc married (first) at Weymouth (intention dated October 31, 1817) Belinda Burrill, died Octo- ber 3, 1818, aged twenty-two. At the time of his marriage he was of Abington, but he settled in Weymouth. He married ( second) December 6, 1821, Nancy Thomas, born 1805, died 1899. He was ensign in the militia,

and a prominent citizen. Children, born in Weymouth, by second wife : I. Catherine, July 17, 1822. 2. Franklin, February 15, 1824. 3. Henry, July 12, 1826. 4. Catherine, October II, 1828; died September 10, 1824. 5. Be- linda Burrill, August 11, 1830. 6. Jose- phus, September 29, 1832; mentioned below. 7. Belinda Burrill, December 28, 1834. 8. Nancy Thomas, February 5, 1837. 9. Deb- orah Richards, December 3, 1841. 10. Pris- cilla, March II, 1844.

(IX) Josephus, son of Warren Shaw, was born September 29, 1832, in South Weymouth, and died at Quincy, Massachusetts, January 10, 1888. He was educated in the Weymouth public schools, and learned the trade of shoe- maker. He engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes at Braintree. and built up a large business. Later he had a factory in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and an office in Bos- ton. He was a representative to the general court, and was always active and influential in town affairs. He was an earnest worker in the temperance movement, a man of strong character, upright, honorable and capable. He was a prominent member of the First Con- gregational Church, and for many years su- perintendent of the Sunday school. He mar- ried Harriet Ann Judson Nichols, born Octo- ber 1, 1833, at Braintree, Vermont, died June 19, 1902, at Quincy. Children : 1. William Her- bert, born June 1, 1856; mentioned below. 2. Arthur Josephus, born September 1, 1859; married Sarah Elinor Parks; children: i. Elinor May, born April 10, 1883; ii. Harriet Gladys; iii. Arthur J. Jr., 3. Anna Nichols, born December 8, 1861. 4. Elliott, born April 19, 1866; died November 3, 1891. 5. Sarah, born 1870; married Dr. Gould.

(X) Willie Herbert, son of Josephus Shaw, was born June 1, 1856, in South Weymouth. He received his education in the public schools of his native town and at Amherst College. He spent a number of years as a missionary in China. While he was there his first wife and child died. He began his business career with the firm of Arnold & Mayeux, Boston, and remained for some time. He then en- tered into partnership with A. J. Shaw in the wholesale dry goods business in Boston. After withdrawing from this business he became a traveling salesman for the firm of Dreyfus & Sons, wholesale dry goods dealers, Boston, a position he holds at the present time. He is a Republican in politics, but has never sought nor held public office. He is a member of

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the Knights of Pythias, and of the Free Ma- sons. In religion he is a Congregationalist. He married (first) Lizzie Sarah Burnham; (second) at New York, 1886, Mary Van Dyke Ferdon, born June, 1859, at Piermont, Rockland county, New York, daughter of John William Ferdon, born at Piermont, 1831, died there in 1886. He was a man of promi- nence and wealth, vice-president of the Irving Bank of New York; representative to con- gress in Garfield's administration. Children of John William and Harriet (Strong) Fer- don : i. Lucy Dix Ferdon, married Hoffman Rogers, and had Jack, Helena and Benjamin W. Rogers; ii. William Ferdon, born 1854, married Agnes Beach, and lives in Nebraska ; iii. Elizabeth Perry Ferdon, married George M. Gillies, of New York; iv. Mary Van Dyke, married William Herbert Shaw, mentioned above; v. Theodore Ferdon, born 1834, died aged thirty-five years, married Ethel Stafford; vi. James Ferdon, died in infancy .. William Ferdon, grandfather of Mrs. Shaw, lived and died in Piermont ; married Elizabeth Perry ; was a large land-owner; descendant of a prominent and wealthy New York family : children : Katherine, and John William Fer- don, mentioned above.

Children of Willie Herbert and Mary Van Dyke (Ferdon) Shaw: I. Ferdon, born March II, 1888, at Braintree. 2. Josephus, died in 1907. 3. Harriet Strong, born July 7, 1892, at Braintree. 4. Mary Van Dyke, born May 23, 1894. 5. Lucian Dix, born 1897. died aged fourteen months. 6. William S., born March 31, 1897. 7. Woodbridge, died aged eight months. 8. Warren T., died aged six- teen months. 9. Emile Van Dyke, born Au- gust 7, 1903. died August 4, 1909. 10. John William, born October, 1905. II. Agnes, born September 23. 1906, died 1907.

GILLETT

Darwin L. Gillett, son of Charles Gillett, was born at Berlin, Ohio, January IO,

1823. While he was a boy his father re- moved to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and a lit- tle later to Belchertown, where he spent his boyhood. He attended the district school, and assisted his father in the carriage business. When he was about nineteen years old he went to Westfield on a visit, and Deacon A. G. Chadwick, a leading merchant of the town. invited him to go into his store and learn the business. Mr. Gillett served four years as clerk, and was then taken into part- nership with Mr. Chadwick. The partner-

ship continued for five years, when Mr. Gil- lett was ill for a long time from typhoid fever, and Mr. Chadwick bought his interest in the business. For a time after his recovery Mr. Gillett conducted a meal store on Main street. In 1858 the dry goods partnership was formed of Gillett, Snow & Thayer, and part of the present Snow & Hays' building was occupied. This business was carried on for four years, when Mr. Gillett again went into business with Deacon Chadwick, on Main street, the firm being Chadwick & Gillett. In 1864 Mr. Gillett bought a controlling interest in the business, and his name was for the first time used alone in connection with the store. For thirty-two years afterward the name of D. L. Gillett was familiar to every resident of the surrounding country. In 1869, Mr. Gil- lett, with Mount Moriah Lodge of Free Ma- sons, erected the Masonic block on the cor- ner of Elm and Arnold streets, and in 1870 he occupied the store. The corner was known for twenty-six years as "Gillett's cor- ner," until the disastrous fire of 1896 de- stroyed the Masonic building. Mr. Gillett showed the public spirit for which he was noted and the burned structure was replaced by a handsome three-story buff brick block.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume II, Part 40

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848- Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 1008

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 1008