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(I) Ebenezer Sherwin, who settled in Boxford about the year 1690, though not a son of the above-mentioned John of Ipswich, was a relative. The Christian name of his wife was Susanna, and her death occurred Oc- tober 29, 1762, at the age of eighty-three years. Children: Hannah, Jonathan and Ebenezer.
(11) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (1) Sherwin, was born in Boxford, January 5,
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1705-6. He resided in his native town, and married there, September 21, 1726, Hep- sibah Cole. She bore him eight children, among whom were Jonathan, John and Ebe- nezer.
(III) Jonathan, son of Ebenezer (2)
Sherwin, was born in Boxford, September 6, 1729. In 1767 he removed to Rindge, New Hampshire, settling upon a farm in the northerly part of the town, and became one of the most prominent and influential resi- dents, serving in various important town offices, including that of selectman for years 1769-70-73-74. He died February 23, 1804. He married (first) February 15, 1756, Mary Crombie, born in Methuen, Massachusetts, March 28, 1735, believed to have been a sis- ter of Lieutenant James Crombie, of Rindge. She died May 25, 1784, and June 26, 1787, he married (second) Content, daughter of Barnabas Barker, and widow of Captain Ben- jamin Lapham. She died April 25, 1821, aged seventy-four years. The children of Jonathan Sherwin, all of his first union, were : I. Deborah, born December 5, 1756; married Jonathan Ingalls August 8, 1782. 2. Thomas, born February 28, 1759; died September 12, 1780, from injuries received by fall from his horse. 3. David, who will be again referred to. 4. Elizabeth, born September 25, 1765; died November 15, 1785. 6. William, born January 14, 1768. 7. Sarah, born April II, 1770 ; died April 6, 1787. 8. Jonathan, born August 5, 1772 ; died February 1I, 1773. 9. Molly, born December 28, 1773; died aged sixteen years. 10. Anna, born December 31, 1778 ; married Samuel Locke Wilder.
(IV) David, son of Jonathan Sherwin, was born in Boxford, March 13, 1761. At the age of sixteen years he enlisted for service in the revolutionary war, joined General Stark's brigade, and participated in the battle of Ben- nington. About the year 1790 he relin- quished his farm in Rindge, and turning his attention to the manufacture of lumber, he subsequently owned and operated saw-mills in Jaffrey, Westmoreland, New Ipswich and Temple. He died in Temple, October, 1806. He served as selectman and town clerk in Rindge in 1787, and the town records, tran- scribed by him in clear, concise and compre- hensive language, give ample evidence of his ability. He married, in New Ipswich, Novem- ber 28. 1786, Hannah Prichard, born March 28. 1764. daughter of Paul and Hannah ( Per- ley) Prichard, who went to that town from Boxford. Children: I. Sally, born in Rindge,
November 20, 1787 ; married, August 8, 1822, Abram Mead, and died in Littleton, Massachu- setts, March 20, 1860. 2. Rebecca, born in Rindge, November 16, 1789; died in infancy. 3. Mary, born in Jaffrey, August 25, 1791; married Christopher P. Farley, and died in Hollis, New Hampshire, November 23, 1813. 4. Hannah, born in Jaffrey, May 21, 1795; died in New Ipswich, September 21, 1819. 5. Thomas, see forward. 6. Betsey, born in Westmoreland, April 16, 1801 ; died unmar- ried. 7. Anna, born in New Ipswich, Novem- ber 5, 1803; died March 8, 1876.
(V) Thomas Sherwin, only son of David Sherwin, was born in Westmoreland, March 26, 1799. The death of his father was follow- ed almost immediately by that of his mother, thus leaving him an orphan at the tender age of seven years, and he went to reside with his relative, Dr. James Crombie, a prominent medical practitioner of Temple. He remained there a number of years, assisting his bene- factor in various ways and developing a capac- ity for profiting by observation which from that time forward became a prominent feature in his character. He frequently accompanied the doctor upon his daily visits to patients, and so careful were his observations relative to surgery that on one occasion, when a patient with a dislocated arm was brought to the house during the doctor's absence, he demonstrated his knowledge thus obtained by successfully reducing the dislocation, much to the surprise as well as the relief of the sufferer. During his residence with Dr. Crombie he attended the village school, which was at that time pre- sided over by his sister, and from the latter he entered the New Ipswich Academy. Cir- cumstances, however; compelled him to dis- continue his studies in 1813, in order to labor for his support, and he was apprenticed to Samuel Sewall Lockwood, a cloth-dresser at Groton, Massachusetts. While thus employ- ed his spare time was devoted to his books, and when opportunity permitted he severed his connection with Mr. Lockwood in order to teach a district school in Harvard, Massa- chusetts. Following up his cherished desire of providing himself with the advantages of a classical education, he returned to Groton for the purpose of studying at the academy in that town. He subsequently returned to the New Ipswich Academy, and having completed his preparatory course he entered Harvard College, from which he graduated in 1825, ranking among the ten members of his class who were awarded special honors for general
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proficiency. His college expenses were de- frayed with funds obtained by applying him- self to educational and other pursuits during the college year as well as in the vacation seasons. The activities of life were than be- gun in earnest and Mr. Sherwin's career for the succeeding twenty-five years is best told by himself in the following brief account com- municated to the class secretary at the latter's request in 1850 :
"The year subsequent to leaving college, I taught the Academy at Lexington, and the next year officiated as a tutor at our Alma Mater. My design at that time was to become a lawyer, and for that end I read Blackstone and a part of Coke, with Elias Phinney, of Charlestown ; but the prospect appearing rather barren for me, I then chose civil engineering, which I commenced in 1827 with Colonel Loammi Baldwin, under whom I was em- ployed on the dry dock and other works at Charlestown and Portsmouth. In September, 1827, I commenced, with Mr. James Hayward, a survey for the Boston & Providence railroad, but, having advanced as far as Sharon, I was attacked by a fever which left me with a pulmonary affection and obliged me to re- linquish the business. In December, 1828, I opened a private school for boys in Boston, which with tolerable success I continued for one year, at the expiration of which I was elected sub-master of the English High School."
For the remainder of his life Mr. Sherwin was connected with the Boston English High School, a period of forty-one years, and upon one occasion, when speaking of his work, he forcibly and eloquently emphasized his devo- tion to its interest in the following expression : "The English High School is, after my own family, my great, almost my only, object of interest in this life." In 1839 he was chosen head master, succeeding in that position his worthy and efficient co-laborer, Mr. Solomon P. Miles, from whom in his boyhood he had received much helpful instruction while strug- gling for an education. Like his predecessor, he had taught in district schools and acad- emies, had served as tutor in mathematics and natural philosophy in a university, and was therefore superabundantly qualified to preside over a large and important metropolitan school. During his mastership no less than three thous- and, nine hundred and thirty-seven boys re- ceived the benefits of his instruction, and his personal influence over his pupils extended far beyond the limits of his schoolroom. As a
teacher he was original in his methods, broad in his ideas, and possessing an individuality which inspired respect and confidence, he acquired perfect control over his pupils, and by interesting them in useful purifying and elevating subjects he won their love and devo- tion as well. It has been truthfully said that graduates of the English High School during his mastership not only possessed a thorough mastery of the curriculum, but their mental powers were particularly well developed and they were fully impressed with the value of a strong, manly character.
Early in his career as an instructor he per- ceived the necessity of mutual co-operation among teachers for the purpose of advancing the art of teaching and bringing it up to the highest standard of excellence. With this end in view he gladly joined with others in organ- izing the American Institute of Instruction, of which he officiated as president in 1853-54; was one of the organizers of the Massachu- setts State Teachers' Association, of which he was the first vice-president and the third presi- dent. He was also one of the original editors of the Massachusetts Teacher, and for many years actively connected with its management. He was not only one of the promoters of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but took an active part in its establishment, and for the remainder of his life was prominently identified with its government. After his death the former pupils of the English High School established a fund of $5,000 for the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology for the benefit of the graduates of the English High School. As a scholar he not only excelled in mathematics, but was exceedingly proficient in modern lan- guages, and possessing a thorough knowledge of Latin, he spent much of his spare time in reading the works of Livy, Cicero, Horace, and other classic writers. In national issues, and especially in the Abolition movement, he took an active interest, and actuated by the most pure and unselfish patriotism he not only contributed liberally of his means toward the suppression of the Rebellion, but was instrumental in raising a large sum for the equipment of the first colored regiment from the state. As a teacher he stood pre-eminent among his many noted contemporaries, and his efforts in behalf of modern education cannot be too highly estimated. For thirty years Mr. Sherwin was a resident of Dedham, and he died in that town, July 23, 1869, at the age of seventy years. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ; was
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author of "Elements of Algebra," and "Com- mon School of Algebra," and he collaborated with Solomon P. Miles in the production of a valuable volume of mathematical tables.
Mr. Sherwin married, June 10, 1836, Mary King Gibbens, daughter of Colonel Daniel Lewis and Mary (King) Gibbens, of Boston. Children: Henry, Thomas and Edward, sepa- rately written of below.
(VI) Henry Sherwin, eldest child of Thomas and Mary King (Gibbens) Sherwin, was born April 25, 1837. He was educated in the public school at Dedham, under the supervision of Charles J. Capen, at the English High School, of Boston, from which he was graduated, and at the Lawrence Scientific School. He served as captain's clerk in the navy during the civil war, and subsequently became a wholesale dealer in coal in New York City. He was in New York until 1874, when he came to Bos- ton, and on account of ill health was out of business until 1875, when General A. B. Under- wood, surveyor of customs at Boston, tender- ed him a position of a clerkship in his office, which he accepted, being later promoted to chief clerk and assistant to the surveyor, which position he held until October 24, 1884. He was a member of the United States Board of Civil Service Examiners, which at that time was composed of four other members, includ- ing John M. Fiske. He was then asked to accept the position of chief examiner of the Massachusetts Civil Service Commission. which position he has since held, now nearly a quarter of a century. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Papyrus and Boston City clubs, and one of the first members of the Harvard Club, of New York, and its secretary a number of years. He mar- ried, November 1, 1883, Mrs. Sarah Ellen Whitney, daughter of Charles J. Bishop, a leather merchant, of Boston. Mrs. Sherwin died in 1903, leaving a daughter, Ellen Gibbens, who resides at home.
(VI) Thomas Sherwin, second child of Thomas and Mary King (Gibbens) Sherwin, was born July 1I, 1839. He was fitted for college at the Dedham high school and Boston Latin School, and graduated at Harvard Col- lege in 1860. During his college course he taught a winter school at Medfield, and for the year after graduation was master of the Houghton school in the town of Bolton. Upon the breaking out of the civil war he enlisted with other young men of Bolton and adjoin- ing towns, and a company was formed for service, of which Thomas Sherwin was elected
captain. He was later commissioned adjutant of the Twenty-second Massachusetts Regi- ment, and with that regiment took part in most of the battles of the Army of the Poto- mac until the expiration of its term of service in 1864, receiving promotion to the rank of major, June 28, 1862, and lieutenant-colonel, October 17, 1862. He received commission as colonel of volunteers by brevet, September 30, 1864, for gallant service at Preble's Farm, Vir- ginia, and as brigadier-general of volunteers, March 13, 1865, for gallant service at Gettys- burg and for meritorious service during the war; he was mustered out October 17, 1864. General Sherwin resumed for a time the pro- fession of teaching, and was for a year an instructor in the Boston English High School. In 1866 he was appointed deputy surveyor of customs at Boston, and held that position until 1875, when he was elected to the newly estab- lished office of city collector of Boston. In 1883 he became auditor of the American Bell Telephone Company. He has been president of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company since 1885. He is a member of the Union, St. Botolph and other clubs. He was elected commander of the Massachusetts Com- mandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion for the year 1892-93.
General Sherwin married, in 1870, Isabel Fiske Edwards, daughter of Hon. Thomas M. Edwards, of Keene, New Hampshire. Chil- dren: 1. Eleanor, married William Hobbs Goodwin, who died February 18, 1905; their children: William H. Goodwin, born 1898; Isabel, 1899; Eleanor, 1901. 2. Thomas Ed- wards. 3. Mary King, married Philip H. Lee Warner, of London, England; child: Isabel Ellen Lee Warner, born 1908. 4. Robert Waterston. 5. Anne Isabel. 6. Edward Vas- sall.
(VI) Edward Sherwin, youngest child of Thomas and Mary King (Gibbens) Sherwin, was born November 6, 1842, and died Septem- ber 15, 1907. When a young man he entered the importing house of B. C. Clark. Shortly after the breaking out of the civil war he entered the naval service as acting assistant paymaster, and served in that capacity on a number of vessels in South Atlantic waters. At the close of the war he was promoted to past assistant paymaster. Later he resigned and entered the coal business as a member of Weld, Nagle & Company, in New York. This continued some years, when the partner- ship was dissolved, and Mr. Sherwin became the New England representative of the Phila-
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delphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company, which position he held until his death. He was a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion ; Charles W. Carroll Post, No. 144. Grand Army of the Republic, of Dedham ; the Union, Exchange and Country clubs, and the Boston Coal Club. He married (first ) Elizabeth Bradlee Van Brunt, daughter of Commodore Van Brunt, U. S. N. She died, and he married ( second ) May, 1904. Helen G. May, who survives him, and resides in Ded- ham, Massachusetts.
(For first generation see George Morton 1).
(II) George (2), son of George MORTON ( I ) Morton, lived in Dorchester. Among his children was Rich- ard, mentioned below.
(III) Richard, son of George (2) Morton, was a blacksmith by trade. He settled in Hat- field. Massachusetts, between 1661 and 1670. He married Ruth , who died December 31, 1714. He died April 3, 1710. Children : I. Abraham, born May, 1676; married, May 8, 1701, Sarah Kellogg. 2. Ebenezer, August 1I, 1682; mentioned below. 3. Jonathan, No- vember 2, 1684; died April 23, 1767 ; married Sarah Smith. 4. Thomas. 5. Richard. 6. Joseph. 7. John. 8. Elizabeth. 9. Child.
(IV) Ebenezer, son of Richard Morton, was born in Hatfield, August II, 1682, died about 1760. He resided in Hatfield and mar- ried Sarah Belden. Children : I. Son, born 17II; died young. 2. Dorothy, born Decem- ber 6, 1712; married (first) John Belden ; (second ) Elnathan Graves. 3. Lydia, March 24, 1715 ; married Joseph Bardwell. 4. Elisha, April 1, 1717. 5. Eunice, May 14, 1721 ; mar- ried Elijah Morton. 6. Simeon, about 1722; married, January 1, 1749, Miriam Dickinson. 7. Oliver, about 1724; died September 16, 1789 ; married (first) November 10, 1757, Hannah Gillet : (second) Widow Eleanor (Lyman) Pomeroy. 8. Ebenezer, December 8, 1725; mentioned below. 9. Seth, September 6, 1729.
(V) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (I) Morton, was born in Hatfield, December 8, 1725, died in Hatfield, about 1797. He mar- ried Azubah (Graves), widow of Moses Bard- well. He had a son Ebenezer, mentioned below.
(VI) Ebenezer (3), son of Ebenezer (2) Morton, was born in 1763. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Joshua Wood- bridge's company, Colonel Chapin's regiment. in July, 1780; also served in Captain Froth- ingham's company of artillery. He is de- scribed as six feet tall, of light complexion.
He lived in Hatfield. He married Children: 1. John Bardwell, born July II, 1789 ; mentioned below. 2. Ebenezer, married, June 22, 1824, Rhue Cooley. Probably others.
(VII) John Bardwell, son of Ebenezer (3) Morton, was born at Hatfield, July 11, 1789, died June 14, 1870, aged eighty-one years. He lived in Hatfield on the place afterwards occu- pied by George B. McClellan. Four of his chil- dren were born in Whately. He married, Sep- tember 23, 1819, Elizabeth M. White, born January 23, 1799, died October 24, 1858, daughter of Deacon John and Elizabeth (Brown) White, of Whately. He was prob- ably the first tobacco grower in Hatfield. He was a member of the Congregational church, an l a staunch Whig in politics. Children: I. Mary E., born at Hatfield, February 16, 1821 ; married, August 23, 1843, Rev. John A. Mc- Kinstry. 2. Harriet A., January 8, 1823; died unmarried, January 4, 1844. 3. John White, January 21, 1826. 4. Eurotas, July 6, 1828; mentioned below. 5. Elvira White, June 7, 1835; married, October 31, 1860, Gilbert J. Shaw. 6. Judith White, December 3, 1839; married, May 22, 1872, Augustus Dow.
(VIII) Eurotas, son of John Bardwell Morton, was born at Whately, July 6, 1828, died August 27, 1905. He was a farmer of Hatfield and a prominent citizen of the town. He held many town offices. He was a director of the Conway Bank, and of the Hampshire County Savings Bank, of Northampton. He sold the homestead to Elias B. McClellan and bought a home on the River Road in North Hatfield. He married (first) July 3, 1862, Margaret A. Stockbridge, who died September 14, 1862, daughter of Charles D. and Mary H. ( Ferguson) Stockbridge. He married (sec- on'1) May 19, 1864, Fidelia R. Atkins (see Atkins family ) ; she died July 26, 1905. Chil- dren : I. Gilbert E., born June 24, 1868; men- tioned below. 2. William A., June 9, 1874: killed by the cars September 18, 1891.
(IX) Gilbert E., son of Eurotas Morton, was born at Whately, June 24, 1868. He was educated in the public schools of Hatfield and in Williston Seminary, at Easthampton. He preferred farming and returned to his native town to engage in raising tobacco. He has been very successful in growing the plant, is one of the largest growers in the Connecticut Valley, and has some thirty hands employed in growing and packing tobacco. He handles the crops of other planters in the vicinity. Mr. Morton owns the Scott farm ; he is owner of three farms of about three hundred acres. In
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politics he is a Republican, and in religion a Congregationalist. He is a member of the Northampton Lodge of Free Masons. He mar- ried, October 26, 1896, Nellie S. Jones, daugh- ter of Charles and Mary (Smith) Jones, grand- daughter of Jeriah S. Smith and of Austin Jones. (See Smith family). Children : I. Maude Jones, born November 26, 1898. 2. Charles Eurotas, February 1I, 1902.
(The Atkins Line).
Josiah Atkins, immigrant ancestor, came from England quite early and removed to Middletown, Connecticut, after 1650. In March of that year a committee was appointed to explore the lands and in the course of the year the settlement was established. He died there September 12, 1690. He had a son Solo- mon, mentioned below.
(II) Deacon Solomon, son of Josiah Atkins, was born at Middletown, in 1678; died there in 1748. He married, May 16, 1709, Phebe Edwards, and had a large family. Among his children was Solomon, mentioned below.
(III) Solomon (2), son of Deacon Solo- mon (1) Atkins, was born at Middletown, Au- gust II, 1720, died February 26, 1804, at Whately, aged eighty-three years. He removed about 1778 to Whately and resided in the "Straits." He died while on a visit to his son. He married, February 25, 1748, Thank- ful Lee, born 1727, died April 7, 1806. Chil- dren: I. Thankful, born January 14, 1749; married, April 29, 1786, John Crafts. 2. Sybil, February 19, 1750. 3. Chloe, March 16, 1752. 4. Abia, March 20, 1756; married William Cone. 5. Solomon, May 4, 1762; mentioned below. 6. Giles, April 4, 1765. 7. Elijah, Jan- uary 26, 1769.
(IV) Solomon (3), son of Solomon (2) Atkins, was born May 4, 1762, at Middletown. He went to Whately in 1778 and bought an acre of land where H. S. Allis now or lately lived, and built a house. Later he built the house which was used subsequently as a par- sonage, and a tannery on Gutter brook, also a shop near the house for the shoe business. He sold his property in 1825 to Stalham Allis and removed to the state of New York, where he died. He married, March 9, 1787, Electa Graves, born December 27, 1764, daughter of Deacon Oliver Graves. Children: I. Enoch, born August 24, 1788. 2. Henry, June 16, 1789. 3. Electa, November 20, 1793; died young. 4. Electa, December 2, 1795; died September 3, 1796. 5. Chloe, April 18, 1798; married John Elwell. 6. Joel, September 7,
1800. 7. Hannah, July 14, 1803; married Talmage. 8. Solomon, mentioned below.
(V) Solomon (4), son of Solomon (3) Atkins, was born at Whately, October 8, 1805, and was a shoemaker by trade. He married, June 6, 1833, Wealthy Arms, born January 23, 1804, died March 17, 1870, daughter of Thomas and Hannah ( Boyden) Arms, of South Deerfield. Children: 1. Mary Jane, born September 8, 1835 ; married, October 16, 1860, Andrew Dutton. 2. Fidelia R., August 25, 1839; married, May 19, 1864. Eurotas Morton (see Morton family). 3. Fred C., January 23, 1844; married, August 18, 1870, Sarah B. Howard.
(The Smith Line-See Lieutenant Samuel Smith 1).
(III) Captain Luke Smith, son of Ensign Chileab Smith, was born April 16, 1666. He married, in 1690, Mary Crow, who died June 19, 1761, aged eighty-nine. His will was made in 1736 and proved in January, 1748. Chil- dren : I. Luke, born February 12, 1691 ; died June 15, 1693. 2. Son, April 5, 1692; died aged four days. 3. Mary, married, December 2, 1714, John Preston. 4. Hannah, born March 1, 1694; married Nathaniel Dickinson. 5. Luke, May 21, 1697. 6. Samuel, May 23, 1699. 7. Jonathan, March 4, 1702. 8. Ruth, April 8, 1703; married, February 13, 1724, Israel Dickinson. 9. David, July 7, 1707. 10. Joseph, March 22, 1710; mentioned below. II. Sarah, May 5, 1713; married, August 9, 1734, James Smith.,
(IV) Joseph, son of Captain Luke Smith, was born March 22, 1710, died in June or July, 1797, aged eighty-eight. He married, May 24, 1739, Miriam Church, daughter of Benjamin Church. Children: 1. Gideon, born April 12, 1740. 2. Miriam, January 12, 1742: died unmarried, September, 1794. 3. John, January 17, 1744; mentioned below. 4. Joseph, April 19, 1751.
(V) John, son of Joseph Smith, was born January 17, 1744, died in February, 1818. He married, December 5, 1764, Marah Cook, who died December 22, 1822, aged seventy- nine, daughter of Westwood Cook. Children : I. Martha, born May 25, 1766; married, 1791, Timothy Stockwell; died August 20, 1793. 2. William, baptized April 5, 1767. 3. Eli, born November 25, 1769 ; mentioned below. 4. Ste- phen, June 19, 1774; died May, 1838. 5 Mary, March 6, 1784; married David Smith ; died August 23, 1823.
(VI) Eli, son of John Smith, was born No- vember 25, 1769, died October 4, 1839. He
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married (first) November 17, 1791, Martha, daughter of Enos Nash. She died July 28, 1817, aged forty-four, and he married (sec- ond) September 10, 1818, Hannah, daughter of Timothy Stockwell. Children: 1. Lorinda, born October 13, 1792; died unmarried, De- cember 20, 1821. 2. Joanna, April 28, 1797 ; married Horace Judd. 3. Almira, September 17, 1799 ; died unmarried, September 23, 1848. 4. Edwin, June 23, 1802. 5. Sophronia, Sep- tember 13, 1804; died unmarried. 6. John, March 29, 1809 ; married, July 7, 1836, Harriet Ellis. 7. William, January 5, 1811 ; married Laura Fuller. 8. Mary, May 13, 1820. 9. Jeriah Stockwell, June 11, 1822; mentioned below. 10. George, January 11, 1825.
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