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"Francis Jr. said he was lying awake early in the morning, no one yet moving, and listen- ing to the clatter of a horse's feet drawing nearer and nearer. Suddenly he leaped from his bed, ran to his father's room, and cried out : 'Father, there's a horse coming on the full run ; and he's bringing news!' His father, Colonel Francis, already had on his pantaloons and his gun in his hand. The fleet horseman wheeled across the bridge and up to the house, and shouted, 'Rouse your minute-men, Mr. Faulkner : the British are marching on Lexing- ton and Concord' ! And away he went to speed on the news. Mr. Faulkner, without stopping to dress, fired three times, as fast as he could load and fire, that being the preconcerted sig- nal to call out the minute-men. As chairman of the committee of safety and colonel of the Middlesex regiment of militia, the men were to assemble at his house. Almost immediately a neighbor repeated the signal, and the boy Francis listened with breathless interest to hear the signal-guns grow fainter and fainter off in the distant farmhouses. Signal-fires were also lighted, and every house awoke from its slumbers to the terrors of war. By this time the family were all up in the greatest commo- tion, the younger children crying because the British would come and kill them all. Very soon the minute-men began to come in, every one with his gun, powder-horn, pouch of bul- lets, and a piece of bread and cheese-the only breakfast he proposed to make before meeting the enemy of his country. Some came hurry- ing in with their wives and children in the greatest excitement to get more certain news and to know what was to be done. Captain Davis came down with some of his men and said he would march as soon as thirty should come in. In the meantime they were busy in driving down stakes on the lawn and hanging kettles for cooking the soldiers' dinner. They brought from the houses beef and pork, pota- toes and cabbages. The women would cook the dinner, and some of the elder boys-of whom Francis Jr. was one,-were designated to bring it along, packed in saddle-bags. By the time these preliminaries for dinner were made, Captain Davis formed his men, and they marched amid the prayers and tears of their families. Colonel Faulkner accompanied them, to take command of the Middlesex regi- ment, as the other companies would come in at Concord. Francis, the boy, waited with great impatience for the dinner to be cooked and packed. Every woman wanted to prepare the dinner, complete and separate, for her hus-
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band or sons. But after much discussion it was agreed to pack all the beef, pork, bread and vegetables in quantity, each kind by itself, and let the men themselves divide it. At length, after some hours of talking and boil- ing and packing, the horses were loaded and the boys started off. I asked uncle Francis why in the world they did not take a wagon, and one horse would be enough for the whole. Didn't they know enough to do that? 'Oh, yes, my son ; they knew too much to do that. The British soldiers might have the road. If we saw a red coat, we were told to give him a wide berth, or he might get us and our din- ners. We could quickly topple over a stone wall. or take out a few rails, and escape through the fields and find our men wherever they might be.' Thus mounted, the boys pushed up to Concord, They met with no one to give them news. Every house was deserted or waiting in the greatest anxiety. Firing had been heard, and that was all they knew. Every- body had gone ; nobody had returned. Arrived at Concord, they learned that the British had retreated : that Captain Davis and Mr. Hosmer were killed, and Mr. Heywood mortally wounded-all of them Acton neighbors. But the British were on the run for Boston, and the minute-men were pressing them on both sides of the road and would kill or capture them all. The boys pressed on toward Lex- ington with their dinners. Francis was feel- ing very badly that three of their own towns- men were already killed, and perhaps his own father had fallen. As they rode along he saw a man, wounded or dead, lying beside a wall in the field. 'Oh, boys' that is my father !' he cried, and, jumping off his horse, ran to him. It was a dreadful sight to the boy. He had never seen death in such a bloody and ghastly form before. But it was not his father, and he returned with the somewhat cheerful declaration : 'That's not my father, boys, and I don't know who it is.' Pursuing their way towards Lexington, they found the road deserted. and could learn but little. The women and children had run away, and the men had gone after the British. Confusion, destruction, and signs of rapid flight everywhere! Again and again did they see a dead body, with fear and trembling. As they approached Lexing- ton, they heard the report of cannon and learned that reinforcements had come out from Boston, and stopped the flight. Here, after wandering to right and left and making many inquiries, they found the Acton men, who were glad of their dinner. They were watching the
British, out of range of their muskets and the cannon they had ceased to fear. The balls did no execution except upon the earth. For the minute-men avoided exposing themselves, or, if exposed, they changed their position too quickly to allow the enemy to get the range. To the great surprise of the boy, he found the Acton men in the highest spirits. They had shot them down. They had seen them fall. They had avenged upon the murderers the death of the Acton men tenfold and would destroy them all before they could get to Bos- ton. The minute-men were coming in on all sides. They ridiculed the cannon that hurt nobody and the marksmanship of the soldiers, who, they said, fired by guess. They only wished they had the powder and ball the red- coats wasted. The boy wondered greatly to find his father and all the Acton men full of confidence and fight. The colonel was organ- izing his regiment to work upon the flank of the enemy so soon as he should move again for Boston. The boys, having delivered the dinners, were all sent back to tell the anxious families the news, every one of them wishing he could get a shot at the murderous British. Indignation filled every heart."
Francis was afterwards a fifer in the Acton company in 1776, at the evacuation of Boston by the British. Soon after he became of age he established himself at Watertown in the business of clothier, and bought his first land there in 1783, adding to it from time to time. In 1785 he visited the Kennebec river in Maine for the purchase of lumber. He hoped to exchange salt-pork, flour, meal, chocolate and other supplies with the lumberman, and find in Boston a good market for the lumber. He found the settlement there new and rough, and, according to his diary, the houses in some cases, were "not only filthy, but nasty." It was "the most damnable country" he ever saw. He had besides a grist mill, saw mill, fulling mill, a chocolate factory, which proved very profitable until a government measure estab- lishing duty on the raw products, proved very disastrous. In partnership with Samuel Hoar, and his brother-in-law, Mr. Jones, he established an oil mill, extracting the oil from flaxseed, in all owning five mills. In Water- town he was chosen selectman at a very early age, and was also justice of the peace all his life. After the failure of the chocolate busi- ness he established himself on a water privi- lege in Shirley, but on April 10, 1811, removed to Billerica, where he obtained good water power from the Middlesex Canal Company,
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and confined himself entirely to the develop- ment of his work in woolens. He obtained English looms and weavers, and began to man- ufacture cloth called satinet, and flannels of much greater width than the hand looms pro- duced. Notwithstanding the lack of capital, his perseverance and industry were success- ful, and the enterprise prospered.
He married Elizabeth Jones, of Concord, who died in 1789; and (second), Ann Rob- bins, of Watertown. Children: I. Charles, born September 8, 1785 ; died August 15, 1809. 2. Francis, born February 28, 1788; died No- vember 29, 1842. 3. Ann, born September 23, 1799; married Calvin Rogers. 4. James Rob- bins, born April 14, 1801. 5. Dwight F., born January 21, 1803. 6. William E., born April 7, 1805 ; died September 1, 1861. 7. Lois, born July 22, 1807. 8. Lydia H., born May 10, 1809; died June 20, 1867. 9. Charles, born October 10, 1811. 10. Luther Winthrop, born April 2, 1815. II. Winthrop, born June 5, 1817. 12. George, mentioned below.
(VI) Dr. George, son of Francis (3) Faulkner, was born at Billerica, July 14, 1819. He is the youngest of twelve children, six of whom were born in Watertown, two in Shir- ley, and four in Billerica, all of whom lived to maturity and nearly all to old age, nine of whom married, and all are now dead except Dr. Faulkner, who is active and well preserved for a man of ninety years. He attended the public schools of his native town, and at the age of fifteen was allowed to follow his ambi- tion to enter upon a mercantile life. He became a clerk in a store in Boston, but after serving for four years gave up commercial life and chose a profession. He entered Phillips Academy, at Exeter, New Hampshire, prepared for college, and entered Harvard College, from which he was graduated in the class of 1844. He studied his profession in Harvard Medi- cal School, receiving his degree of M. D. in 1847. He began to practice immediately after graduation, in Jamaica Plain, now part of Boston, then of West Roxbury, and sparsely settled. He soon found himself in possession of an excellent practice. He was skilful, tact- ful and popular, and was often called in con- sultation. He saw the city grow up about him, and he took no small part in the development of the modern city. He continued in active practice until 1875. For many years Dr. Faulk- ner was one of the leading physicians and one of the prominent citizens of West Roxbury. He has always shown the utmost public spirit
as a citizen. He was a prime mover in estab- lishing a dispensary at Jamaica Plain.
Dr. Faulkner and his wife, Abby L. A. Faulkner, established the Faulkner Hospital as a memorial of their daughter Mary, and for the benefit of the people of the old town of West Roxbury. It is situated within the limits of the city of Boston, on the corner of Centre and Allandale streets. This site, chosen by the founders after careful personal investiga- tion, affords important sanitary and hygienic advantages, for the hospital stands on a high, southerly slope of seven acres, opposite the spacious grounds of the Arnold Arboretum, and thus obtains abundant sunshine and unus- ually pure air, besides a broad and attractive outlook towards the hills of Milton. The building was begun in the summer of 1901 and was open to public inspection February 25 and 26, 1903, when completed. Shortly after- ward the first patient was admitted. The build- ing is of brick, of fireproof construction and well equipped throughout. The plans call for a wing on each side of the central administra- tive building and one wing only has been built. During the first twenty months there were 514 patients in the hospital. Mr. Charles H. Souther was the first president of the corpor- ation which has charge of the institution. A training school for nurses is maintained in the hospital. Surely this hospital is a worthy memorial of Dr. Faulkner's benevolence and that of his wife, as well as a monument of his daughter.
Dr. Faulkner is a member of the District Medical Society and of the Massachusetts Medical Society. In politics he is a Democrat, and in religion is liberal. He married, at Jamaica Plain, Abby L. Adams, adopted daughter of Abel Adams, a wealthy and prom- inent merchant of Boston. She inherited a fortune, which she has dispensed most wisely and generously in benevolence of various sorts, and in the endowment of the Faulkner Hos- pital.
NOYES Rev. William Noyes, born in 1558, resided in England and died in Cholderton, county Wilts, before April 30, 1622. He had brothers Rich- ard and Robert. He matriculated at Univer- sity College, Oxford, November 15, 1588, and took the degree of A. B., May 31, 1592. He was instituted rector of Cholderton in 1602. He married, about 1595, Anne Parker, born 1575, buried March 7, 1657. The inventory
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of his estate was made April 30, 1622, and his widow appointed administratrix. Children, born in England: 1. Ephraim, 1596, buried at Cholderton, October 28, 1659. 2. Nathan, 1597, graduated at Oxford, 1616; died Sep- tember 6, 1651. 3. James, 1608, married, 1633, Sarah Brown; went to New England, 1633; died October 22, 1656. 4. Nicholas, 1615-16, mentioned below. 5. Daughter, married Thomas Kent. 6. John, lived at Newton, county Wilts.
(II) Nicholas, son of Rev. William Noyes, was born in England in 1615-16, and was the immigrant ancestor. He came to this country in 1633. He settled in Newbury and walked forty miles to Cambridge to qualify as a voter when he was admitted a freeman, May 17, 1637. He was a deputy to the general court in 1660-79-80-81. He was chosen deacon of the First Church, March 20, 1633-34. He died November 23, 1701. His will was dated July 4, 1700, and proved December 29, 1701. His homestead was occupied in 1903 by the heirs of Nathaniel Little. He married, about 1640, Mary Cutting, daughter of Captain John and Mary Cutting. Her father was a shipmaster of London. She was at one time brought before the court for wearing a silk hood and scarf, but was discharged on proof that her husband was worth two hundred pounds. Children, born in Newbury: I. Mary, Octo- ber 15, 1641, married John French. 2. Han- nah, October 13, 1643, married (first) 1663, Peter Cheney ; (second) 1700, John Atkinson. 3. John, January 20, 1645, mentioned below. 4. Rev. Nicholas, December 22, 1647, died De- cember 13, 1717. 5. Cutting, September 23, 1649, married, 1675, Elizabeth Knight. 6. Sarah, August 22, 1653, married, 1674, Mat- thew Pettingill. 7. Timothy, June 23, .1655, died August 21, 1718, married, 1680, Mary Knight. 8. James, May 16, 1657, married, 1684, Hannah Knight. 9. Abigail, April II, 1659, married, 1707, Simeon French. IO. Rachel, March 20, 1661, married, 1682, James Hackman. II. Thomas, June 20, 1663, married, 1685, Sarah Knight. Three other children, died young.
(III) John, son of Nicholas Noyes, was born in Newbury, January 20, 1645. He was admitted a freeman January 9, 1674. He was a carpenter by trade, and lived in what was afterwards known as the "farms district" in a house built in 1677 by him. The place origin- ally belonged to John Hull, and was purchased by John Noyes, who built the house soon after. "The house a substantial edifice, was built in a
style unusual for a farm house in those early days. The front hall is wainscotted, and a handsome staircase, with the elaborately carved balusters, then fashionable for the first- class mansions, leads to the second story. The kitchen fireplace has been reconstructed, but when it was built it was huge even for the period ; an ox could have been roasted whole in its capacious recess. This house has been the birthplace of several clergymen, physicians and other distinguished persons." On this farm is situated the mines which were discov- ered a few years ago. The homestead de- scended to Silas M. Noyes, the present occu- pant (1904). John Noyes married, Novem- ber 23, 1668, in Newbury, Mary Poore, of Andover, born 1651, died after 1716, as she is mentioned in her father's will of that year. John Noyes died intestate in 1691 and his widow Mary and son Nicholas were appointed administrators, making their account Sep- tember 28, 1694. Children, born in Newbury : I. Nicholas, May 18, 1671, married, 1695, Sarah Lunt; died 1719. 2. Daniel, October 23, 1673, married, 1702, Judith Knight; died 1716. 3. Mary, December 10, 1675, married, 1700, John Noyes. 4. John, February 19, 1677, married, 1703, Mary Thurlow ; died 1719. 5. Martha, December 15, 1680, married, Joseph Lunt; died 1706. 6. Nathaniel, October 28, 1681, married, 1704, Priscilla Merril; died 1770. 7. Elizabeth, November 15, 1684, mar- ried, 1707; John Adams ; died 1720. 8. Moses, May 22, 1688, died August 6, 1714. 9. Sam- uel, February 5, 1691, mentioned below. IO. Child, died young.
(IV) Samuel, son of John Noyes, was born in Newbury, February 5, 1691, died November 6, 1729. About 1712 he removed to Abington with his brother Nicholas. He was elected selectman in 1719 and was town clerk in 1726. He married, in 1714, Hannah Poor. Children, born in Abington: 1. Samuel, September 19, 1715, married (first) 1736, Rebecca Harden ; (second) 1756, Bethia Beel; died 1775. 2. Daniel, October 7, 1716, married (first) 1743, Hannah Thayer ; (second) 1750, Mercy Bur- rill ; (third) 1770, Mary Reed. 3. Mary, mar- ried Peter Nash. 4. John, April 7, 1720, men- tioned below. 5. Benjamin, December 20, 1721, married, 1744, Sarah Pickard; died 1748. 6. Abigail, February 13, 1723. 7. Jacob, September 3, 1726, married, 1754, Anna Saltmarsh; died 1814. 8. Ebenezer, Novem- ber 24, 1729, married (first) 1757, Sarah White ; (second) 1795, Betty Ramsdell.
(V) John (2), son of Samuel Noyes, was
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born in Abington, April 7, 1720, died May 30, 1770. After the death of his father, his uncle, Samuel Poor, of Rowley, was appointed his guardian. He settled in Pembroke, at what was then called "Ox Bow." After his death his son Benjamin was appointed administra- tor of the estate, which consisted of the home at Bow, New Hampshire, and Island in the Merrimac river, a house and farm at Pem- broke, and personal property. He married Abigail Poor, in 1741. The Poor genealogy erroneously states that Joseph Noyes married Abigail, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Poor. The records of Rowley say that John Noyes, of Haverhill, married Abigail Poor, of Rowley, June 1I, 1741. The history of Pem- broke says that John, son of Samuel and Han- nah ( Poor) Noyes, of Abington, married Abi- gail Poor. Children, born in Bow or Pem- broke, New Hampshire: I. Benjamin, April 29, 1742, married Hannah Thompson. 2. John, March 13, 1744, married Mary Fowler. 3. Samuel, July 2, 1746, married Hannah Bradley. 4. Daniel, November 24, 1748, mar- ried, 1775, Abigail Ames. 5. Enoch, March 28. 1750, mentioned below. 6. Aaron, No- vember 28, 1752, married Bette Ladd. 7. Moses, October 23, 1758, died August 4, 1805. 8. Nathan, February 24, 1761, married Sarah Thompson ; died 1826. 9. Child, died young.
(VI) Enoch, son of John (2) Noyes, was born March 28, 1750, in Pembroke, New Hampshire, and died May 20, 1842. He was a soldier in the revolution. He married (first) Eunice Kinsman. He married (second) in 1791, Susanna Parker. Children, born in Pem- broke: I. Betsey, December 13, 1771, mar- ried Jesse Frye ; died 1848. 2. Eunice, April 21, 1774, married Amos Bartlett. 3. Isaac, January 3, 1776, mentioned below. 4. Enoch, December 18, 1777, married, 1799, Abigail Noyes : died 1800. 5. Lydia, November 26, 1779, married Aaron Manning; died 1818. 6. Susan, December 3, 1781, married Moses Sar- gent. 7. Stephen, July 5, 1783, married, 1805, Sarah Abbott. 8. Dorcas, March 22, 1785, married, 1807, Benjamin Abbott ; died 1827. 9. Fanny, September II, 1788, married Stephen Sargent ; died 1881. 10. Child, died young.
( VII) Isaac, son of Enoch Noyes, was born in Pembroke, New Hampshire, January 3, 1776, died December 3. 1862. He resided in Piermont, New Hampshire, where his children were born. He married Mary Noyes. Chil- dren: I, Bradley, born February 20, 1801, mentioned below. 2. Anna S., May 25, 1806,
married David Rollins. 3. Mary, October 23, 1808. 4. Isaac, January 6, 1811, married, 1832, Eliza Stephens ; died 1886. 5. Enoch, May 12, 1814, died July 9, 1852. 6. Samuel N., July 19, 1818, married Mary A. Curtis. 7. Ursula, August 30, 1821, married Livermore ; died 1869. 8. Child, died young. 9. Child, died young.
(VIII) Dr. Bradley, son of Isaac Noyes, was born in Piermont, New Hampshire, Feb- ruary 20, 1801, died May 14, 1858. He grad- uated at Dartmouth College in 1824 and at the Berkshire Medical College in 1828. He resided in Irving and New Salem. He married Martha S. Bardwell, died 1868. Children : I. Isabella, born September 30, 1830, died July 22, 1901. 2. Sophia, September 20, 1832. 3. Thomas Jefferson, December 2, 1834, married, 1865, Sarah M. Browning. He died February 3. 1907. 4. Edward Livingston, September 21, 1836, married Towne, widow. 5. Mar- tha Ann, August 30, 1838. 6. Luella S., May 15, 1841, died 1876. 7. Baxter B., August 22, 1843, mentioned below. 8. Joseph B., April 9, 1854. Two children died young.
(IX) Baxter B., son of Bradley Noyes, was born at New Salem, Massachusetts, August 22, 1843. When he was but six years old, he was "bound out" under the old Massachusetts apprentice custom. He had lived with his master four years, attending the district school and doing the usual chores of the New Eng- land farm, when his master died, bequeathing him the sum of seventy-five dollars. He worked on a farm during the next four years, attending the winter terms of school in the dis- trict. At the age of sixteen he went to Cole- rain, Massachusetts, and served an apprentice- ship in the blacksmith trade. At the age of eighteen he started in business on his own account as blacksmith and wheelwright. In 1866 he established his present business in Greenfield, Massachusetts, beginning in a modest way and on a small scale the manufac- ture of hardware and tools. His business in- creased steadily and from time to time he enlarged his plant and the variety of his pro- ducts. In 1898 he built a large foundry which supplies the castings used in his business. Mr. Noyes is a skillful mechanic himself, with an inventive turn of mind, and has patented many of the articles which he manufactures for the trade. He is one of the foremost and most successful manufacturers of Greenfield and is well known throughout western Massachu- setts. He enjoys to an unusual degree the esteem and confidence of his townsmen. Mr.
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Noyes is fond of music and was for many years the leader of the Greenfield Cornet Band. He has been a trustee of the Franklin Savings Institution since 1893 and a trustee of the public library since 1902. He was select- man of the town in 1889, and since 1893 has been a member of the board of health. He is now serving his third term as justice of the peace by appointment of the governor. In
politics he is independent. He married, June 8, 1871, Margaret S. Totman, of Conway, Massachusetts, born January 25, 1851, daugh- ter of Joshua B. and Hannah (Hawks) Tot-
man. Children: I. Baxter Buffum, born October 18, 1873, died February 4, 1908; he married Elizabeth Morgan and had two chil- dren : Eliza Margaret and Catherine. 2. The- odore L., May 18, 1875, died aged fourteen months. 3. Gertrude Sophia, December 5, 1876, married, 1900, Robert Stuart Cumming, and they are the parents of two children : Stu- art and Margaret. 4. Martha B., December 6, 1878. 5. Winthrop T., June 2, 1883. 6. Mabel Ella, February 7, 1885, died 1904.
MAY John May, immigrant ancestor, was born in England, in 1590. He came probably from Mayfield, county Sussex, and according to tradition was master of a vessel name'd "The James," which as early as 1635 sailed from London to New England. He finally settled in Roxbury about 1640, in that part which became Jamaica Plain. He was a member of Eliot's church in Rox- bury, and was admitted a freeman in 1641. His nuncupative will was dated April 24, 1670, and he died four days later, April 28. He mar- ried (first) in England, who died "a very gracious and savory Christian," June 18, 1651. He married (second) Sarah who died May 4, 1670. He was a carpenter by trade. Children: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Samuel. born in England ; died July 17, 1677.
(II) John (2), son of John (I) May, was born in England, in 1631, and came to Amer- ica with his father. He was a carpenter by trade, and resided on the homestead. He died September II, 1671. He married, November 19. 1656. Sarah ( Brewer ) Bruce, daughter of Daniel and Joanna Brewer. Children : I. Mary, born November 7. 1657; married, 1676, J. Ruggles, of Roxbury. 2. Sarah, born Sep- tember 8, 1659: died December 20, 1712 ; mar- ried Samuel Williams. 3. Eleazer, born Feb- ruary 12. 1662; died young. 4. John, born May 19, 1663 ; mentioned below. 5. Mehitable,
born May 6, 1665. 6. Naomi, born May 20, 1667. 7. Elisha, born March 20, 1668-9. 8. Ephraim, born December 23, 1670.
(III) John (3), son of John (2) May, was born May 19, 1663, and died February 24, 1730. He married, June 2, 1684, Prudence Bridge, born January 11, 1664, died Septem- ber 26, 1723, daughter of John and Prudence (Robinson) Bridge of Roxbury. He resided in Roxbury, and was selectman and deacon. His gravestone is still standing in the old burying ground. Children : I. John, born November 23, 1686; married Elizabeth Child. 2. Samuel, born January 8, 1689. 3. Prudence, born December 29, 1690; died young. 4. Ebe- nezer, born October 19, 1692; died May 2, 1752; married Abigail Gore. 5. Prudence, born November 29, 1694 ; died 1729. 6. Heze- kiah, born December 14, 1696; died September 5, 1783. 7. Sarah, born October 29, 1698. 8. Nehemiah, born June 28, 1701. 9. Mehitable, born February 27, 1703. 10. Eleazer, born July 9, 1705 ; died February 19, 1783. II. Benjamin, mentioned below.
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