Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 107

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 986


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(VIII) Elias Smith, son of Lewis and Sarah S. (Harding) Beals, was born at Wey- mouth October 20, 1814, and died February II, 1897, aged eighty-two years. He attended


the public schools of his native town, and for about three years worked with his father at the mason's trade. When he was about eigh- teen years old he learned the trade of shoe- maker, and for a few years worked at cutting and making shoes for neighboring manufac- turers. In 1838 he took a large lot of boots and shoes for the Weymouth manufacturers and sailed for Savannah, Georgia, where he disposed of part of his consignment, selling most of the remainder in Charleston, South Carolina. This was his first business venture, and was most successful. On his trip from Savannah to Charleston he sailed on board the first steamship that crossed the Atlantic. In a furious gale the boat parted with all but one of her cables and was in imminent danger of being lost with all on board. During the storm, however, a passing vessel took off the passen- gers, the transfer being made at the risk of their lives, and the port of Charleston was made in safety. After a week or two Mr. Beals took passage in the ship "Leland," and after a very rough voyage arrived home safe- ly. He then began in a small way to manu- facture boots and shoes and also kept a small country store. Later he built a factory at Torrey's Corner, and continued as a manufac- turer and merchant until 1849, when he went to New Orleans, Louisiana, and in company with others carried on a jobbing trade in boots and shoes for about two years. Returning to Weymouth, he built a large factory and began to make shoes for the southern market, and studying the tastes and requirements of his customers soon established a profitable busi- ness. He was always enterprising and seek- ing new and improved methods for use in his business. He purchased and ran the first sew- ing machine for shoes, ever used in Wey- mouth, and soon afterward bought another. In the first year of their use these two ma- chines saved him a thousand dollars in the cost of production. The outbreak of the civil war, however, broke up his trade, as nearly all his customers were from the south, so he was obliged to discontinue his factory.


On account of his age he was not able to en- list for the war, but he sent a substitute, thus doing all he could in aid of the government. He took an active part in local politics, and in 1855-56 served as selectman of Weymouth, and in 1859 as representative to the state leg- islature, where he served on the committee on schools and others. It was almost wholly through his efforts that the toll privileges of the Hingham and Quincy bridges were abol-


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ished by the legislature. Through his earnest endeavors in this matter he was brought in contact with almost the entire senatorial body, and as a result of this acquaintance in 1862 a petition was circulated in the senate directed to the authorities in Washington, requesting his appointment as internal revenue assessor for the Second District of Massachusetts. He was appointed to the position and retained it until the administration of Andrew Johnson. Three months later he acted as special agent for the Treasury Department to instruct the revenue service, and received his honorable discharge in 1868. He was a Republican in politics, and prior to 1883 was town auditor for many years, and justice of the peace at the time of his death. He added to his busi- ness that of insurance agent, placed risks in more than a hundred companies, and in all his business lost less than one thousand dollars. He was a director in two national banks, pres- ident of the Village Improvement Society many years, and held the office of park com- missioner. He was senior member of the firm of Beals, Torey & Company, now the Beals & Torrey Shoe Company, engaged in shoe man- ufacturing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His in- terest in the improvement of his native town was shown in a substantial manner by his gift of the park at North Weymouth, which bears his name and is a lasting monument to his memory. As a tribute to his services as a public citizen the hook and ladder company in his ward assumed his name, and his portrait hangs in their hall. He was a member of Or- phans' Hope Lodge of Free Masons, and a charter member of the Century Club. In re- ligion he was an active worker in the Third Universalist Church, of which he was treas- urer many years. Mr. Beals was a man of high ideals, and was frank and outspoken in his opinions. He was a faithful publie offieer and honorable in all his dealings. His efforts through life were crowned with that success which comes of intelligently directed and per- sistent energy.


Mr. Beals married Betsey T. Burrell, born in North Weymouth, January 20, 1819, died May 26, 1894, daughter of Ancil and Eliza L. Burrell ; Ancil Burrell was son of Robert Bur- rell. She was educated in the public schools and in the private school of Joseph Corlew, a teacher of note in his day. Her home was her delight, and she spent her whole life to make it cheerful and happy. At her funeral the officiating clergymen were Rev. B. F. Eaton and Rev. I. D. Morrison, and the interment


was in Old North Cemetery. Children: I. Augustus, born August 16, 1837, died April 17, 1893; married (first) Abbie F. Lovell ; children : i. Clara Emily, married John Tay- lor ; ii. Gertrude Frances, married Roy F. Vining; iii. Alice Smith, married George Ames, and has son Percy A. Ames; these three daughters reside in North Weymouth. Augustus Beals married (second) Clara L. Walker, who married (second) Joseph L. Newton, and resides in Winthrop; child: iv. Florence Walker, born December 2, 1889, now a student at Wellesley College; resides with her mother. Augustus Beals was en- gaged in the hammock manufacturing busi- ness until his death. 2. Elisabeth, born De- cember 3, 1839; married, April 30, 1861, Josiah Humphrey Pratt (see Pratt). 3. Elias Franklin, born September 27, 1841, mentioned below. 4. James Lewis, born September 10, 1848, mentioned below. 5. Mary Smith, born October 9, 1850, died July 25, 1870.


(IX) Elias Franklin, son of Elias Smith and Betsey T. (Burrell) Beals, was born in Weymouth, September 27, 1841, died August 30, 1906. He received his education at the public and high school of Weymouth, and in 1861, at the age of nineteen, at the first eall for volunteers, enlisted in Company H, Twelfth Massachusetts Infantry, for three years, and was made a corporal. He was dis- abled by a gunshot wound in the leg at the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, and as a result, in the spring of 1863, he was honorably discharged. When he had recover- ed from the effects of his wound he deter- mined to go west. In 1867 he went to Mil- waukee, Wisconsin, and opened a shoe job- bing business on Huron street, as junior mem- ber of the firm of Mann & Beals. The busi- ness prospered, and soon the quarters became too small and another location on West Water street was secured. After a few years Mr. Beals bought out the interests of his partner and the name of the firm was changed to Beals, Torrey & Company. This firm later was incorporated under the title of Beals and Torrey Shoe Company, removing to Buffalo street. Mr. Beals was made president of the corporation, which office he held until his death. He was a prominent Mason, joining Independent Lodge, March 17, 1873; Kilburn Royal Arch Chapter, No. 1. March 28, 1873: Ivanhoe Commandery, No. 24, March 24, 1897: he was also a member of Wisconsin Consistory, up to and including the thirty- second degree, Imperial Council, and Tripoli


Elias, F. Beals.


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Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He was also a member of Wolcott Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and the Blue Mount Country Club. He married (first) November 5, 1864, Emily Catherine Torrey, who died May 23, 1886. He married (second) May 10, 1888, Abbie E. Burrell, daughter of Quincy Burrell (see Burrell family). They had no children.


(IX) James Lewis, son of Elias Smith and Betsey T. (Burrell) Beals, was born at North Weymouth, September 10, 1848, died July 13, 1901. He was educated in the public schools of Weymouth, and at the age of nineteen went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and entered the shoe firm of Mann & Beals. He was in this firm at the time it was changed to Beals, Tor- rey & Company, and later when it was incor- porated as Beals & Torrey Shoe Company was elected secretary and treasurer, which offices he held until his death. He was a mem- ber of Lafayette Lodge of Masons; Ivanhoe Commandery, Knights Templar; Wisconsin Consistory, up to and including the thirty- second degree ; and Tripoli Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Milwaukee In- dustrial Exposition. He married Etta E. Fowle, and had one son, Frederick E., born 1885.


(The Burrell Line).


The surname Burrill, Burrell or Burwell, is of English origin. John Burrill, a shoe- inaker, came to Roxbury, Massachusetts, as early as 1634, and died in 1654-6 leaving a widow Sarah and daughter Sarah, the latter born in July, 1634. Many of the Burrill fam- ilies of New England trace their lineages to George Burrill, Sr., who was in Lynn, Massa- chusetts, before 1637, who doubtless came from Boston, England.


(I) John Burrell, immigrant ancestor, set- tled in Weymouth, Massachusetts, before 1659. He settled in Weymouth, where most of his descendants have lived. He married Rebecca Children : 1. John, married Mary , and had Elizabeth, Thomas, John and Mary. 2. Thomas, born February 2, 1659. 3. Ephraim, mentioned below.


(II) Ephraim, son of John Burrell, was born in Weymouth, July 10, 1664. Children, born at Weymouth : I. Lydia, April 23, 1689. 2. Mary, May 23, 1690. 3. Samuel, October 7, 1691 ; married, October 29, 1715, Content Whitcomb; (second) Sarah in 1735. 4. Ephraim, February 14, 1695 ; married, Feb- iv-12


ruary 15, 1717, Frances Orcutt; lived in Wey- mouth. 5. John, January 12, 1697-8, men- tioned below. 6. Sarah, May 28, 1704. 7. Lydia, February 28, 1704. 8. Mary, August 4, 1708. Ephraim (probably Sr.) married (intention March 7, 1713) Mary Pratt, and had : 9. Hannah, born May 7, 1715. 9. Dan- iel, March 22, 1720; married, January 22, 1741, Tabitha Porter.


(III) John (2), son of Ephraim Burrell, was born in Weymouth, January 12, 1697-98. He married, June 22, 1721, Susanna Richards. Children, born at Weymouth: I. Susanna, May 30, 1722. 2. James, May 5, 1726. 3. Ruth, June 6, 1732. 4. Jonathan, September 5, 1739. 5. Anna, March 22, 1741. 6. Jona- than, April 12, 1745. These are all that are of record, but it is believed that David was born between 1732 and 1739, and he may have been a twin of Jonathan.


(IV) David, son (or nephew, if not son) of John (2) Burrell, was born about 1737-39, in Weymouth. He appears to have been a soldier from Braintree in the revolution. He married, June 25, 1761, Mary Dyer. They had so far as known only one child, Robert, mentioned below.


(V) Robert, son of David Burrell, was born in Weymouth, September 12, 1761, died in 1859, living to the advanced age of ninety- eight years. He followed his trade of shoe- maker in Weymouth. He married, September 9, 1792, Salome Reed. Children : 1. Ancil, mentioned below. 2. Robert Jr., married, July 3, 1819, Amanda Thayer. 3. Charlotte, died January 3, 1819, aged nineteen. 4. Louisa, died March 30, 1819, aged ten years.


(VI) Ancil, son of Robert Burrill, was born about 1795. He was a farmer and butcher in Weymouth throughout the active years of his life. He married, April 19, 1818, Eliza Loud, born October 31, 1793, daughter of Benjamin and Betsey Loud, of Weymouth. Children, born in Weymouth: I. Betsey T., January 20, 1819. 2. Caroline, September 26, 1821, died January 17, 1822. 3. Caroline, born 1822. 4. Maria, October 8, 1824. 5. Quincy, January 30, 1827, mentioned below. 5. George, April 9, 1829. 6. Ancil, April 9, 1832. 7. Mary Dyer, August 13, 1837.


(VII) Quincy, son of Ancil Burrell, was born at Weymouth, January 30, 1827. He was reared and educated in Weymouth, and learned the trade of shoe cutter, which he fol- lowed until he retired in 1904. He married. January 29, 1854, Lucy Matilda (Torrey) Holmes, daughter of Lemuel Torrey. She


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married (first) at the age of seventeen, Lafay- ette Holmes, of Wareham, by whom she had two children, both now deceased. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Burrill: I. Abbie E., born Oc- tober 12, 1854; married Elias F. Beals (see Beals). 2. Nettie, June 28, 1861, died at age of fourteen years.


(For first generation see Matthew Pratt 1). (II) Joseph Pratt, son of Mat-


PRATT thew Pratt, was born June 10, 1637, and died December 24, 1720. He resided in Weymouth, and was fence- viewer in 1666 and 1673, and in 1682 on the committee to rebuild the meeting house. In 1685 he was way-warden, in 1688 surveyor, and in 1706 surveyor of highways. He was prominent in town and church affairs. His will is dated March 5, 1719. He married, May 7, 1662, Sarah Judkins, born 1638, died January 14, 1726. Children: I. Joseph, born Febru- ary 2, 1665. 2. John, born May 17, 1668. 3. William. 4. Ephraim, mentioned below. 5. Sarah, born May 31, 1664. 6. Experience, married Battle. 7. Hannah, married Hines. 8. Samuel.


(III) Ephraim, son of Joseph Pratt, was a resident of Weymouth, where he was a large land owner. He was surveyor of highways in 1724; tithing man in 1725; fence-viewer from 1729 to 1732, and held other offices. His will is dated February 9, 1740. He married Phebe , who died December 2, 1726. Chil- dren : I. Ephraim, born June 15, 1698; men- tioned below. 2. Phebe, March 20, 1700. 3. Joseph, September, 1703. 4. John, March I, 1705. 5. Mary, June 28, 171I.


(IV) Ephraim (2), son of Ephraim (1) Pratt, was born June 15, 1698, and lived in Weymouth. He served as surveyor of high- ways in 1736. He married, in 1728, Lydia Burrell. Children : 1. Joseph, born December 8, 1760; died July 26, 1809. 2. Peter, born July. 16, 1763. 3. Asa, born December 12, 1766, mentioned below. 4. Ephraim, born July 13, 1769. 5. Lydia, May 9, 1772. 6. Lucy, December 12, 1778. 7. Elizabeth, Oc- tober 27, 1785.


(V) Asa, son of Ephraim (2) Pratt, was born in Weymouth, December 12, 1766, died November 28, 1824. He married, November 8, 1789, Sarah Lovell, born August 16, 1766, died March 9, 1829, daughter of Yardly and Sarah (Nash) Lovell. Children: 1. Sarah, born March 28, 1790, died May 30, 1870. 2. Charlotte, born December 28, 1791, died Sep- tember 30, 1870. 3. Asa, born June 20, 1794,


died November 29, 1854. 4. Peter, born Sep- tember 29, 1796, died August 22, 1818. 5. Cornelius, born March 2, 1799, mentioned be- low. 6. Lucy, born April 12, 1802. 7. Cot- ton, born April 1, 1805, died January 3, 1876.


(VI) Captain Cornelius Pratt, son of Asa Pratt, was born March 2, 1799, died June 13, 1879. He was a sea captain, starting in 1829, and ran vessels for nearly forty years, making his home in Weymouth most of the time. He joined Columbian Lodge of Free Masons, Boston, May 25, 1822; the Royal Arch Chap- ter, April II, 1823; and passed through the Scottish Rite bodies up to and including the thirty-second degree. He was also a member of the Boston Marine Society. He married, April 13, 1823, Rebecca Badger Leach, of Weymouth, born September 28, 1801, died February 5, 1874. Children: I. Benjamin Franklin, born June 28, 1824; served in the civil war as captain of Company H, Thirty- fifth Regiment, and was promoted to colonel and brevetted brigadier-general at close of the war. 2. William Perkins, born January 24, 1830; removed to Virginia City, Nevada. 3. Eliza Leach, born January 30, 1833; married George H. Pratt. 4. Josiah Humphrey, men- tioned below.


(VII) Josiah Humphrey, son of Captain Cornelius Pratt, was born July 5, 1835, died September 17, 1905. He was educated in the public schools of Weymouth, and then went to sea at the age of eighteen, going to China and the Philippines. He made numerous voy- ages and saw much of the world when a young man. He learned the trade of leather cutter in a shoe factory, and finally left the sea and followed this trade at North Weymouth until the civil war. He enlisted in April, 1861, on the first call for troops issued by President Lincoln, and went to the front as private in Company H, Twelfth Massachusetts Regi- ment. He took part in the battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9-10, 1862, and Thorough- fare Gap, August 23 following. He was in the engagement at Groveton on August 30, in both battles of Bull Run, battle of South Mountain and Antietam, and the bloody battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862. He was discharged on account of disability in April, 1863. He was unable to work for a long time after he came home, and then he en- tered the employ of his father-in-law, who was collector of internal revenue and had an insurance agency. He continued in this busi- ness up to the time he was appointed justice of the peace by Governor Roger Wolcott, Jan-


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uary 26, 1898. He was reappointed at the end of his term of seven years by Governor Wil- liam L. Douglas, January 25, 1905, and held the office up to the time of his death. He was a prime mover in organizing Lincoln Encamp- ment Post, No. 40, Grand Army of the Re- public, and was commander of this post in 1872. Afterward it was merged with Post No. 58. He was a Free Mason for forty-eight years, joining Orphans Hope Lodge, April I, 1857, and continued an active member of that body until his death. In politics he was a Democrat, and he was a member of the school committee. He was interested in everything pertaining to the welfare and advancement of the town, and was counted among the most public spirited citizens. He belonged to the Village Improvement Society and to the His- torical Society of Weymouth. In religion he was a Universalist.


He married, April 30, 1861, Elisabeth Beals, born December 3, 1839, daughter of Elias Smith and Betsey T. Beals (see Beals). They had one son, James Humphrey, born October 9, 1875. He attended the public and high schools of his native town, and in 1894 went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he entered the office of the Beals & Torrey Shoe Com- pany, manufacturers of shoes, advanced to the position of treasurer in December, 1904, and is now (1909) vice-president, which office he has held since 1906. He married, October 26, 1905, Inez Ruth Levy, born December 16, 1876, daughter of S. M. Levy, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who is of German birth. Mr. and Mrs. James Humphrey Pratt have one child, Robert Humphrey, born February 12, 1908.


MORGAN This is a Welsh name of great antiquity, it having been in common use at the time of William the Conqueror, and appearing on rec- ords for some centuries prior to that period. The founder of the Pelagian theory was a Welshman, whose name of Morgan was thus translated, its exact meaning being: Of the sea, sea born or by the sea. The coats-of-arms of the various branches of the family differ but little, except in the crest ; they are all alike in the color of the shield and the main device, which is an escutcheon in green bearing a lion rampant in gold.


(I) Richard Morgan, immigrant ancestor of the family in this country, was one of several bearing the surname who were identified with the early settlement of New England. He ar- rived in Portsmouth prior to 1658, and was


probably induced to come to America by the freedom of religious thought enjoyed by those in the new world. He soon settled at Dover, as we find him taxed there, November 22, 1659. He was prominent among those who settled Exeter, the records showing that he had land there, March 29, 1668; his grants in . that settlement were: Twenty acres, October IO, 1664; sixty acres, March 30, 1681; one hundred acres, February 21, 1698. He was one of the sixteen sued by Mason to recover land. He took the oath of allegiance, Novem- ber 30, 1677, and was one of the garrison of Exeter in 1696. Children : Richard, Jr., born about 1670, married, March 17, 1699, Abigail Harris; John, see forward; Abraham, born about 1680.


(II) John, son of Richard Morgan, was probably born in Exeter, New Hampshire, about 1675, and died at Stratham, New Hamp- shire, September 29, 1745, in the home of his brother Abraham. He lived in Hampton, New Hampshire, on the "Falls" side, where all his children were born, and he paid a tax there in 1709 on a large tract of land which he owned. He served in Captain Samuel Chesley's company during the French and In- dian war, and took part in the Port Royal ex- pedition. He married, July 10, 1700, Deborah, born June 27, 1679, daughter of Timothy and Naomi (Sleeper) Blake, of Hampton. Chil- dren : Luther, see forward; Joanna, born Au- gust 4, 1703; born September 24, 1707; married, December 31, 1724, Mary Dearborn; Timothy, October 24, 1710; mar- ried, June 16, 1735, Betsey Massey ; Deborah, April 27, 1813; Anna, September 8, 1721.


(III) Luther, eldest child of John and De- borah (Blake) Morgan, was born in Hamp- ton, May 1, 1701, and died in Pembroke, New Hampshire, December 10, 1768. He was a yeoman at Pembroke and, December 3, 1760, the proprietors of the town deeded to him six acres in the Gore, and to his son Nathaniel three-quarters of an acre. Since that time members of the family have lived on the farm, which was later in the possession of the great- great-grandson of Luther, George P. Morgan. This farm was deeded in 1738 to Benjamin Holt, and in 1749 purchased from him by Luther Morgan. It was. located in the ex- treme southern part of the township, near Suncook village. Son Nathaniel built what is now the front part of the house, and it was later repaired and improved. Luther Morgan married, August I, 1723, Abigail, born in Pembroke, February 22, 1703, died March 30,


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1785, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah ( Nason) Sanborn. Children: Abigail, born in 1725, married, about 1756, Samuel Smith, of Suncook; Rachel, born in 1729, married, about 1756, John Fellows, of Kensington; Na- thaniel, born May 16, 1731; Deborah, 1735; Edward, 1737; Jeremiah, see forward.


(IV) Jeremiah, youngest child of Luther and Abigail (Sanborn) Morgan, was born in Pembroke, New Hampshire, August 18, 1741, and died in the same town, July 21, 1819. He was a farmer and blacksmith, of large stature and great strength, and a prosperous citizen. April 21, 1817, James Wallace, Jeremiah Mor- gan and Jeremiah Morgan, Jr., with their home farms and all in the district living south of them, were constituted school district No. 8. He was a soldier during the war of the revolution. July 24, 1777, Nathaniel Stead Jr., gave to Jeremiah Morgan four pounds ten shillings "for doing a part of a turn for 2 months servis in the Armey." Later he was in the alarm list and training band of the First Pembroke company, Colonel Daniel Moore, known as the English company, and Decem- ber 30, 1777, they petitioned the New Hamp- shire general assembly to be annexed to Col- onel Stickney's regiment. April 12, 1776, he signed the oath of allegiance. He married, January 12, 1764, Elizabeth, born in Pem- broke, January. 21, 1742, died there, April II, 1815, daughter of Deacon David and Eliza- beth (Chandler) Lovejoy. Children : I. Eliz- abeth, born May 31, 1765 ; married, December 13, 1787, Joseph Mann, of Pembroke. 2. David, born December 18, 1766, died Decem- ber 13, 1854; married, July 27, 1788, Lois Ladd; children : Truelove Ladd, born July II, 1789; David, March 9, 1792; Jeremiah, Sep- tember 8, 1796; Lois, April 6, 1798; Jesse, September 11, 1800; Seth, June 18, 1803; Ira, December 3, 1805; Lucinda, August 14, 1809. 3. William, see forward. 4. Priscilla, born July 13, 1773, died April 12, 1862; married, December 26, 1797, John Johnson. 5. Jere- miah, born August 12, 1776, died April 12, 1839 ; married, October 8, 1797, Abigail John- son ; children : Mary, born June 24, 1801, died June 5, 1873; Melinda, born March 10, 1803, died May 12, 1856; Cynthia, born December (), 1804, died December 22, 1892; Nathaniel, born October 21, 1806; Eleanor Johnson, born December 30, 1808, died May 4, 1858. 6. Sally, born May 31, 1781 ; married, April 26, 1805, Enoch Holt.


(V) William, second son and third child of Jeremiah and Elizabethi (Lovejoy) Morgan,


was born in Pembroke, April 21, 1769, and died in Bow, New Hampshire, November 24, 1825. He resided on the paternal farm until his marriage, when he moved to one of his own in the southern part of the town. Subse- quently he disposed of this, and April 27, 1800, removed with his family to Bow, New Hampshire. He was successful in his under- takings and became a man of wealth and influ- ence. He was active in the interests of the Congregational church at Bow, of which he was a devoted member. He married, Novem- ber 1, 1787, Betsey, born October 20, 1767, died August 20, 1842, daughter of James Russ. Children : James, see forward; Amos, married Betsey Dunklee ; Asa, married Clarissa Colby ; Jeremiah, married Abiah Colby ; Martha, mar- ried John Ypton ; Betsey, married Willoughby Colby.




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