Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume II, Part 74

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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Jonathan Bartlett, of Westhampton, Massa- chusetts ; children : Charles H., George, Cath- erine.

(VIII) Jabin B., son of Dr. Leonard Will- iams, was born at Worthington, January 5, 1800. He removed to Chester with the family in 1804, and was educated there in the public schools. At the age of twenty-one years he removed to Becket, Berkshire county, Massa- chusetts, and was in business as a general merchant for twenty years. He returned to Huntington and died there May 31, 1859. He was a Democrat in politics. He was a mag- istrate for many years, and a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1853. March 4 and September 4, for many years the United States pensioners of the revolution used to congregate at his store to have their pension vouchers executed, and it is said that often as many as forty of them were congregated there, making the occasion a sort of semi- annual reunion. As a magistrate he was well versed in the law, of kindly and friendly spirit in administering justice. His manliness, integrity and fidelity to duty commanded the respect and esteem of all his townsmen. He married, December 12, 1824, Lydia Wilson, born August 10, 1796. Children: I. Leonard Wilson, born May 28, 1823; died 1840, at Lenox, Massachusetts. 2. Lucien B., born February 3, 1825 ; mentioned below. 3. Cyn- thia, born September 27, 1827, at Becket ; mar- ried Israel Dickinson Clark, December 14, 1846; children : i. Arthur Wilson Clark, born March 28, 1848, at Huntington ; ii. Frank E. Clark, July 7, 1854. 4. Ermina, born March 12, 1832; died September 3, 1834. 5. Henry F., born July 11, 1834 ; married Sarah Frances Tyler ; children : i. Theresa, deceased ; ii. Fred- eric, deceased; iii. Robert G., resides in Buf- falo, New York; iv. Fanny. 6. Charles E., born October 28, 1836; resides at Northamp- ton, Massachusetts.

(IX) Lucien B., son of Jabin B. Williams, was born February 3, 1825, at Becket. He attended the public schools and the academy at North Wilbraham. He then became associ- ated in business with his father at Becket, con- ducting a general store. He entered partner- ship with Roland S. Bartlett, under the firm name of Bartlett & Williams in 1850 to manu- facture baskets. In 1862 he established the business of manufacturing baskets at North- ampton, and the business grew to large pro- portions. It was incorporated in 1867 as the Williams Manufacturing Company, of which Mr. Williams was president. He continued

at the head of the company until his death. He was for many years a director of the Northampton National Bank. He became in- terested in the sewing machine in its early stage of development, and was manager for a time of the Florence Sewing Machine Com- pany. In partnership with John L. Otis he founded the Northampton Emery Wheel Com- pany, and he was also a director of the North- ampton Cutlery Company. He was a Repub- lican in politics, and was a member of the common council one year. He was a useful, conscientious, upright citizen. He died July 23, 1895. He was a member of DeSoto Lodge of Westfield, F. and A. M. He married Har- riet, born in Hartford, Connecticut, daughter of Melvin B. Copeland, of Huntington. Children : 1. Helen E., born 1849, died Janu- ary 15, 1866. 2. Mary, died in infancy. 3. Frederick B., died in childhood. 4. Henry L., mentioned below.

(X) Henry L. Williams, son of Lucien B. Williams, was born January 2, 1859. He was brought up in Northampton, where he attended the public schools and then fitted for college by private instruction of D. D. Gorham. He graduated in the class of 1882 at Yale College, and in the fall of that year became associated with his father in the Williams Manufactur- ing Company of which he became vice-presi- dent in 1890 and president after the death of his father. He is at the head of this flourish- ing business and the principal owner at the present time. He is a director of the North- ampton National Bank, and president of the Nonotuck Savings Bank. He was captain of Company I, Second Massachusetts Regiment of Infantry, United States Volunteers, in the Spanish American war. He is a member of the Second Congregational Church of North- ampton and chairman of its executive com- mittee. He is also director of the Northamp- ton Emery Wheel Company and the North- ampton Cutlery Company. He married, May 28, 1884, Isabella Hall Dewey, daughter of Edward and Almira (Hall) Dewey (see Dewey). They have had no children.

(The Dewey Line).

(II) Cornet Thomas (2) Dewey, son of Thomas (1) Dewey (q. v.), was born Feb- ruary 16, 1640, at Windsor, Connecticut, and died April 27, 1690, at Westfield, Massachu- setts, where he was a miller and farmer in the Little River district. He was living at Wind- sor as late as January 18, 1660, as he had then paid six shillings and was "seated in the long

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seats" in the meeting house. He removed to Northampton, where he was granted a home lot and other land. In August, 1666, he was connected with a mill. He was third on a list of twenty grantees of land at Waranoak, then a part of Springfield, and removed there among the first settlers. His land was on the south side of the Westfield river, and he was one of the first settlers on Main street, West- field. He was a prominent citizen of the new town, and served on committees to lay out land, as fence viewer, and filled other positions of trust and responsibility. He and his brothers had a saw and corn mill in 1672 on Two Mile brook, and the town allowed them a toll of one- twelfth of the corn they ground. They were forced into considerable litigation in regard to their mill, with Joseph Whiting and others, with whom they had made an agreement which they had disregarded. He was fence viewer in 1677; deputy to the general court 1677-79; selectman in 1677-86, licensed to keep a tavern in 1676. He was admitted a freeman Sep- tember 28, 1680, and joined the church May 9 same year. He was appointed cornet of the Hampshire Troop, July 8, 1685. He was highway surveyor in 1686. He died intestate, and the inventory was filed February 19, 1690-91. He married, at Dorchester, June I, 1663. Constat Hawes, born July 17, 1642, died April 26, 1703 (tombstone says 1702) daugh- ter of Richard and Ann Hawes, the immi- grants. She joined the Westfield church March 24, 1680. Children, born at North- ampton: I. Thomas, March 26, 1664. 2. Adijah, March 5, 1666. 3. Mary, January 28, 1668. Born at Westfield : 4. Samuel, June 25, 1670. 5. Hannah, February 21, 1672. 6. Elizabeth, January 10, 1676. 7. James, July 3, 1678; died February 27, 1682. 8. Abigail, born February 14, 1681. 9. James, Novem- ber 12, 1683; died May 5, 1686. 10. Israel, mentioned below.

(III) Israel, son of Cornet Thomas (2) Dewey, was born at Westfield, July 9, 1686, and died there "in the morning," January 26, 1728. He was a farmer, and occupied the homestead. He was selectman in 1720, and was on the committee to seat the meeting house in 1722. He married Sarah Root, born July 27, 1683, daughter of Thomas Root. Chil- dren, born at Westfield: I. Sarah, May 27, 1714; married Moses Dewey. 2. Constant, March 20, 1716. 3. Infant, February 2, died II, 1717. 4. Israel, January 27, 1719; mentioned below. 5. Aaron, April 28, 1721. (IV) Deacon Israel (2), son of Israel (I)

Dewey, was born January 27, 1719, and died there of palsy, June 24, 1806. He occupied the homestead, and joined the Westfield church June 29, 1735. Later he became a Baptist and served as deacon in that church. He is said to have served in the revolution, in Captain Daniel Sackett's company, August 18, 1777, to reinforce the Continental army. He mar- ried, March 4, 1742, Joanna Noble, born De- cember 3, 1722, died November 18, 1809, daughter of Ensign Matthew and Johanna (Stebbins) Noble. Children: I. Joanna, born August 2, 1743. 2. Enoch, October 15, 1745. 3. Rhoda, October 21, 1747; married Abner Fowler. 4. Stephen, October 25, 1749. 5. Noble, June 15, 1752. 6. Ezekiel, July I, 1754; mentioned below. 7. Israel, January 6, 1757. 8. Eleanor April 5, 1759; married Adam Hamilton. 9. Herman, October 18, 1761. 10. Esther, November 15, 1763; mar- ried Solomon Dewey.

(V) Ezekiel, son of Deacon Israel (2) Dewey, was born at Westfield, July 1, 1754, and died there August 17, 1797. He lived at Pittsfield until March, 1795, when he bought of his brother Israel a house and barn on Shaker Road, Westfield. He married, in 1783, at Pittsfield, Hannah Baker (or Barker ) widow. She died probably January 17, 1811, aged forty-five. Children, born at Pittsfield : I: Otis, about 1784. 2. David Little, 1788; mentioned below. 3. Theodosia, November 28, 1791. 4. Enoch, March 3, 1793. 5. George Rodney, December II, 1795, at West- field. 6. Ezekiel, May 9, 1797.

(VI) David Little, son of Ezekiel Dewey, was born in Pittsfield, in 1788, and died of typhoid fever, at Northborough, while on a journey by stage to Boston, November 15, 1820. He had a tannery at Roberts' Mead- ows, Northampton. He married, February 5, 1817, at Northampton, Lucy Edwards, born August 17, 1788, died September 29, 1879, aged ninety-one, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Clapp) Edwards. Children, born at Northampton : I. Franklin Edwards, July 9, 1818; died February 1, 1819. 2. Edward, April 15, 1820; mentioned below. 3. Lucy Edwards, May 13, 1821 ; married Josiah Clark ; died February 6, 1887.

(VII) Edward, son of David Little Dewey, was born at Northampton, April 15, 1820, and died April 9. 1890, at Boston. He was in business at Greenfield, Massachusetts, until 1855, when he removed to Boston, and carried on a general business, and later manufactur- ing. He married, June 5, 1850, at Greenfield,

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Almira Hale Hall, born March 17, 1825, died January 6, 1889, daughter of Richardson and Sybilla (Hale) Hall. Children: 1. Alice Ed- wards, born March 10, 1851 ; died February 19, 1858. 2. Myra Hall, born July 18, 1852; married, May 15, 1878, Nathaniel Bloom. 3. Son, born August 23, died 27, 1855. 4. Ed- ward Clark, born January 1, 1857; drowned at Westfield July 22, 1869. 5. Lucy Edwards, born February 17, 1859. 6. Isabella Hall, born July 10, 1860; married May 28, 1884, Henry Lucien Williams (see Williams). 7. William Richardson, born October 5, 1864; graduated at Harvard, 1886, the first of the name Dewey on the college roll to receive the degree of A. B .; married, February 23, 1892, Margaret Percival Braman.

(For early generations see preceding sketch). (VIII) James Holland Will- WILLIAMS iams, son of Leonard Will- iams, was born June 12, 1805, in Huntington. He inherited from his father much real estate, and he owned the land now occupied by the railroad station and tracks in the center of the city. He was one of the largest owners of land in that section. An interesting fact in connection with the de- velopment of the town following the construc- tion of the railroad was that he helped hand up the water to supply the first locomotive that ever ran through the town. He dealt also in cattle, raising much fine stock. He was active and prominent in town affairs, a public spirited and enterprising citizen. He died in 1886. He married Mary Prentice, born, 1805, died 1898. Children: 1. Whitman P., mentioned below. 2. Jennette, married Charles Munson Bradford. 3. James L., died in infancy.

(IX) Whitman Prentice, son of James Hol- land Williams, was born June 28, 1831, at Huntington. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and worked during his childhood and youth on his father's farm there. He was employed in the work of con- struction of the Greenleaf & Taylor factory, and afterward in the factory as a machinist for some three years. On account of ill health caused by his work he changed to the position of teamster for the same concern, and continued four years. Then he embarked in business as a general merchant, and after three years began to manufacture knives and axes, but after three years gave up that business to take charge of the grist mill, which he con- ducted until 1890, when he retired. He sold

his business to G. H. Beals, who had been his confidential clerk for about twenty-three years. Mr. Williams lived on the farm that his grandfather bought of the Day estate. The house was built about 1780, and all the family have been born there since his grandfather bought it. Mr. Williams lived in Huntington all his life, and was one of the best known citizens of the town. He always took an active interest in town affairs, and was a selectman. He was a member of the Congre- gationalist church, and a generous contributor to its benevolences. It is an interesting fact that the Boston Cultivator has been taken reg- ularly by the family living in this house since 1835 and the Springfield Republican since 1860. He married Lucy Drake, born 1835, daughter of Gideon and Lucy (Hatch) Drake. Her father was born in Connecticut, and died at Whitney Point, New York ; her mother was born in Westfield, and died at Whitney Point, New York. Lucy (Drake) Williams had a sister Elizabeth, and a brother Franklin Drake. Mr. Williams died September 15, 1909.

The name is of French GAYLORD origin and was carried from Normandy to Glastenbury, England. and later from Devonshire, England, to America. In the original French it is spelled Gaillard, and has undergone various modifications in its movement from France to America.

(I) Deacon William Gaylord, born about 1585, was probably the first settler of his name in America, and arrived at Dorchester, Massa- chusetts. in 1630, accompanied by his brother, John, who is supposed to have returned to England. He was one of the first deacons of the Dorchester church, and with Deacon Samuel Rockwell signed the first Dorchester land grants. He had land in that town before 1633, was selectman and deputy in 1635, and removed to Windsor, same colony, in 1638. From the Windsor plantation he received a grant on Christmas Day, 1654, of a home lot, with additions to it, and his dwelling house upon it, containing about twenty-one acres. By a second allotment, and partly by purchase, he secured land on the east side of the Con- necticut river, extending fifty-eight rods along that stream, and three miles to the eastward. He was elected a member of the general court from Windsor at forty-one semi-annual ses- sions, and was a man of much influence in the community. He died July 20, 1673, at the age of eighty-eight years, and his wife died

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June 20, 1657. No record appears to show her name. His children all born in England were: Elizabeth, William, Walter, Samuel and John.

(II) William (2), son of William ( I) Gay- lord, was probably an adult when he came with his father from England. In 1654 he was in- terested in a purchase of land on the east side of the river in Windsor. He had an original grant of a home lot eighteen rods wide, whose south line was the original north line of Chief Justice Ellsworth's place. He died December 14, 1656, and the inventory of his estate was approved on the 30th of the same month, in- cluding a house lot of nine acres with house and orchard, valued at seventy-five pounds, ten shillings ; five acres of meadow adjoining, with seed in the ground of one acre, of which value, twenty-one pounds. A strip on the east side of the river twenty rods in breadth and three miles in length, twenty-eight pounds. Another sixteen rods wide, value fifteen pounds : total estate three hundred and sixty- four pounds, eleven shillings. He married (first ) February 24, 1641, Ann Porter, who died in 1653, and he married (second) Feb- ruary 9, 1654, Elizabeth, daughter of John Drake. She survived him and married ( sec- ond) John Elderkin, of Norwich, Connecticut, in 1660. His children were: Ann, Hannah, John, William, Hezekiah, Josiah and Na- thaniel.

(III) William (3), second son of William (2) and Ann (Porter) Gaylord, was born February 25, 1651, in Windsor, and removed in 1669 to Hadley, Massachusetts, where he died in 1680. In 1672 he was one of the thirty-eight to sign a petition to the general court asking an addition to their plantation equal to eight miles square and which was granted May 7, 1673. In that year he was granted two acres of land for home lots, and before the close of the year he purchased a triangular lot of three acres, which had been granted to Adam Nicholls. For several gen- erations this land remained the property of the Gaylords. He married, December 21, 1671, Ruth, daughter of John and Elizabeth Crow, of Hartford, Connecticut, who came from England in 1635, and were among the first set- tlers of Hadley. His children were: Ruth, Samuel and William. After his death, his widow married (second) John Haley.

(IV) Samuel, elder son of William (3) and Ruth (Crow) Gaylord, was born October 19, 1676, in Hadley and made his home in that town, where he died in 1734. In the account

of lots laid out in April, 1703, it appears that he drew a lot whose breadth was twenty-five rods and five feet. The length was such that each rod in breadth comprised one and a half acres of land on which wood and timber could be cut as long as they remained unfenced. On January 25, 1720, the town of Hadley voted to lay out land on the south side of Mount Holyoke, according to the list of the states and holders, and Samuel Gaylord was one of the ninety-five residents who owned sufficient property to entitle them to the land thus di- vided. In 1731, when the "inner commons" were divided, he received another grant of land, but owing to opposition this division was not completed until 1741, seven years after his death. He was married in 1702 to Mary Dixon, who survived him and was still liv- ing in 1751. Their children were: I. Ruth, died young. 2. William, born October 4, 1704. 3. Mary, married, September 18, 1746, Charles Chauncey, son of Rev. Isaac Chaun- cey. 4. Sarah, February 1, 1709; married, January 13, 1732, Jonathan Coles, of Amherst, and died February 2, 1790. 5. Samuel, May 5, 17II. 6. John, mentioned below. 7. Nehe- miah, November 30, 1715. 8. Nathaniel, September 8, 1718. 9. Ruth, February 16, 1721 ; married, September 10, 1751, John Strickland.

(V) John, son of Samuel and Mary (Dixon) Gaylord, was born September 27, 1713, in Hadley, and died about 1799 in South Hadley, where he resided as early as 1740. In 1774 he served on the "Committee of in- spection regarding the consumption of British goods, correspondence and safety." In 1771 he was among those raising the largest amount of grain, also mowing the most hay, indica- tions which show him to have been among the most prosperous farmers of the commun- ity. He married (first) in 1746, Abigail Mil- ler, of Springfield, who died in 1775, aged fifty-three years. He married (second) about 1776, Dolly Taylor. He had four children, namely : Abigail, John, Moses and Josiah.

(VI) Moses, second son of John and Abi- gail (Miller) Gaylord, was born in what is called "Falls Woods" in South Hadley, and was killed by a falling rock during the con- struction of a canal around the falls of South Hadley, in which he was engaged. This claimed to be the first canal constructed in America for transportation. Moses Gaylord was a member of the Congregational church. But little remains on record to show his career. He married but the name of his wife does not appear.

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(VII) Moses (2), second son of Moses (I) Gaylord, was born November 21, 1780, died December 22, 1824. He married, November 29, 1807, Jerusha Smith, and they had chil- dren: Lorenzo, born November 12, 1808; John, October 21, 1810; Philotus, April 7, 1813; Moses, mentioned below; Roxana, April 18, 1817; Simeon Goodman, May 23, 1819: William Henry, April 9, 1821.

(VIII) Moses (3), son of Moses (2) and Jerusha (Smith) Gaylord, was born Febru- ary 26, 1815, on the homestead at Falls Woods, and died December 14, 1866. He was early accustomed to the labors of the home farm, but became dissatisfied with agricultural pur- suits and soon after attaining his majority en- gaged in the manufacture of sash, doors and blinds at Hadley, Massachusetts, with Deacon Hastings, this being the second factory of its kind in the state. He formed the organization known as the Howard & Gaylord Company, and operated a mill at South Hadley Center, which is still in operation there. In early life he was a Whig, but joined the Republican party upon its formation, and became an active but unaspiring worker in its behalf. He was a life-long and active member of the Congre- gational Society. He married, October 6, 1842, Rebecca, daughter of Hiram Smith, of Hadley. Mr. Smith conducted a general store and was extensively interested in the boating business on the river, and on account of the latter interests was known as "King Hiram." The children of Moses (2) Gay- lord were: James Willis, born July 17, 1844; Henry Edwin, June 5, 1846; Lewis Moses, July 27, 1849; Josiah S., died young; Fred Arthur, June 25, 1859.

(IX) Henry Edwin, second son of Moses (3) and Rebecca (Smith) Gaylord, was born June 5, 1846, in South Hadley, and received his primary education in the public schools of that place. He was subsequently a student at the Hudson River Institute, and on retiring from school became a clerk in the store of his uncle. Hiram Smith. After some years in this employment, he went to East Hampton, Massachusetts, and engaged in the grocery business on his own account for one year. Disposing of this he removed to South Hadley Falls and became interested in the livery busi- ness, to which he added the sale of coal and wood. The fuel business soon absorbed his entire attention and he built up a large and profitable business from which he retired June I, 1907. Mr. Gaylord has been a public- spirited and useful citizen and served several

years on the board of assessors, two years as a selectman and for more than twenty years as a member of the board of water commis- sioners. An adherent to the Republican party, he was elected as representative in the Massachusetts legislature in 1895 and again in 1898, where he served with distinction. In 1901-02 he was a member of the state senate and his extended legislative services were of value to his constituency and the state. Mr. Gaylord is a faithful member of the Congre- gational church, and is an honored member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree He mar- ried, September 30, 1868, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Charles T. and Harriett (Rugg) Fitch, of South Hadley Falls. She was born December 21, 1847, in Lancaster, Massachu- setts. They were the parents of three chil- dren, two of whom died in infancy.

(X) Arthur S., only surviving child of Henry E., and Mary Elizabeth (Fitch) Gay- lord, was born July 11, 1879, in South Hadley. He attended the public schools of his native town in his youth. He subsequently entered Brown University, from which he was gradu- ated in the class of 1902 and immediately entered the Harvard Law School, from which he was graduated in 1905. In the same year he was admitted to the bar and began the prac- tice of law in association with Mayor N. P. Avery, Holyoke, Massachusetts. He is sec- retary of the Republican town committee of South Hadley. He has served for three years as a member of the school board of his town. He is a member of the Greek letter society, Delta Tau Delta, of Brown University; of Iona Lodge, No. 1I, Odd Fellows, of South Hadley, and has attained some distinction in the Masonic order, having filled. several chairs in the various bodies, with which he affiliated. He is a member of Mount Holyoke Lodge A. F. and A. M., of South Hadley ; of Mount Holyoke Chapter, R. A. M., and Holyoke Council, R. and S. M.

(IX) Lewis Moses, third son GAYLORD of Moses (3) and Rebecca (Smith) Gaylord, was born July 27, 1849, at South Hadley, Massachusetts. He received his education at South Hadley high school and Williston Seminary. In early life he entered the employ of his father, who soon after purchased his partner's interest in . the business, and upon his death left same to his son, who has very successfully carried on the business. He takes great interest in town

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and church affairs, and has been an energetic worker in the interests of both; he served on the school board for many years, and served nineteen years as treasurer of the Congrega- tional church and twelve years as deacon of same. He is a Republican in political views, and is an earnest worker for the improve- ment of his native town. He married (first) November 20, 1872, Evelyn, daughter of Warren Moody; they had one daughter, Cassie E., born July 27, 1874, married Charles S. Webb, and has two children, Evelyn Gay- lord and Rebecca C. Mr. Gaylord married (second) November 28, 1878, Elizabeth S., daughter of Francis and Maria (Smith) For- ward, by whom he has had six children, as follows: I. Gertrude F., April 3, 1880, a teacher. 2. Oscar L., April 1, 1884, died in infancy. 3. Rebecca M., February 27, 1887. 4. James F., November 27, 1890. 5. William Henry, September 16, 1894. 6. Francis Moses, July 29, 1898.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume II, Part 74

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