Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 11

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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Holbrook, of Bellingham, Massachusetts. 5. Samuel, June 1, 1790, mentioned below. 6. William, 1792, died May 28, 1837; married, March 25, 18II, Margaret ( Bradford) Weatherbee ; he was an undertaker. 7. John T., July 5, 1798, mentioned below.

(XXIII) Michael, son of Michael Whitte- more, was born in Roxbury in the section now known as Mount Hope, December 23, 1781, died September 25, 1871 ; married, June 10, 1804, Betsey Titterton, who died in 1866. He was a prosperous farmer and an extensive land owner in Roxbury. He was a prominent member of the Unitarian church of Roxbury and for many years was leader of the choir, as his father had been before him, and he was for many years deacon of that church. He was active in town affairs and held the office of selectman and other positions of trust I. and honor. Children, born at Roxbury : Frances P. (Fanny), November 17, 1805, died October 3, 1850; married, August 1, 1824, Clement Bartlett. 2. Elizabeth, August 18, 1806, married Edward W. Estey. 3. Harriet, August 22, 1807, married Williams Keith, of Roxbury. 4. Andrew, October 9, 1809, resided at Wakefield, New Hampshire ; married, Au- gust 3, 1841, Susan Nute. 5. Henry S., May 25, 18II, died at Worcester, September 20, 1895; married, December 8, 1848, Harriet M. Henry, of Worcester. 6. Augusta Ann, March 3, 1812, married John L. Cheney. 7. James, October 3, 1815.

(XXIII) Samuel, son of Michael Whitte- more, was born at West Roxbury, June I, 1790. He died there November 18, 1826. He married, June 30, 1810, Judith Cane. Chil- dren : I. Samuel, born August 19, 1811, died July 14, 1883 ; farmer and well-known citizen ; held the office of overseer of the poor ; mar- ried in West Roxbury Olive Mardin, born about 1812 in New Hampshire, died in 1864, leaving four children. 2. Eben W., Novem- ber 10, 1812, mentioned below. 3. Judith, December 24, 1813, died July 6, 1897 ; married William Lewis, of Walpole, Massachusetts, and had nine children. 4. James, October 3, 1815, died September 20, 1893 ; married (first) Caroline Norcross, of Newton ; (second) Han- nah M. Draper, of West Roxbury, who is now living in Canterbury, West Roxbury. 5 Michael, October 8, 1817, died June 6, 1892; cabinet maker in Dorchester; married there Roxana Furniss ; married (second) Mary E. White, who survives him, living on Morton street, Dorchester. 6. Charity T., April 7. 1819, died November 12; 1891; married

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Chauncey T. Coombs ; settled in Vermont. 7. Mary W., October 3, 1820, died June 20, 1905, unmarried. 8. Agnes, June 1, 1822, died June 19, 1822. 9. David, April 5, 1825, mentioned below. 10. William, November 22, 1826, died June 4, 1884; was a carpenter and builder, a good citizen and skillful craftsman; married Alma Richards, of Ellsworth, Maine, a school teacher for some years before her marriage, in West Roxbury: has lived in Maine since the death of her husband ; her son, Herbert, is a traveling salesman for a men's furnishing goods concern and lives in Portland, Maine.

(XXIII) Captain John T .. son of Michael Whittemore, was born July 5, 1798, at Rox- bury, died there November 7. 1865. He had a common school education and from his youth was a farmer in his native town. His affairs prospered and at one time he owned five hun- dred acres of land in Roxbury, and was the largest individual owner of real estate in the town. He was active in the militia and rose to the rank of captain in the Roxbury Guards. He and his family were active in the Unitarian church and he was for a time the leader of the choir. He inherited from his father an excel- lent voice and his love of music. With Messrs. Billings and McIntosh he sustained the church in times of financial need. He was an earnest, substantial, capable man, of absolute integrity and much force of character. In politics he was a Republican. He married (first) May 5, 1822, Hannah Lyon, born at West Roxbury, May 1, 1799, died December 4, 1843, daughter of Davis Lyon, descendant of the old Lyon family of Roxbury. She was a member of the Unitarian church. Captain Whittemore married (second) September 15, 1844, Sarah Henshaw, who died April 6, 1873. Sally Hen- shaw as she was generally and affectionately known by her friends lost her parents when young and was brought up by her uncle, Ben- jamin Corey, of Roxbury, a wealthy wheel- wright, whose property she inherited. She was a student from carly youth, with remark- able intellectual gifts. Rev. Theodore Parker was an intimate friend of Mrs. Whittcmore and a constant visitor. They discussed the great Unitarian movement, in which both were keenly interested, and they were associated in religious and charitable work in the commun- ity. Theodore Parker, the foremost minister of the liberal religious movement in his day, often called Mrs. Whittcmore the most talented and capable woman in Massachusetts. The church of the First Unitarian parish now stands on the site of Captain Whittemore's

house and in front of it is a beautiful bronze statue of the former pastor. The library which Mrs. Whittemore accumulated was one of the best and largest private collections of books in or near Boston, yet she generously converted it into a circulating library, when such institutions were all but unknown, and herself acted as librarian. Her generous con- tribution to the education and entertainment of the public continues to-day, being merged with the Boston Public Library. As a testi- monial of her devoted service to the church, and community her friends and neighbors gave her a beautiful solid silver tea service, now in the possession of her step-son, Albert F. Whittemore. Her marriage was very happy and she was a devoted foster mother. She had no children of her own. Children of Cap- tain John T. and Hannah (Lyon) Whitte- more : I. John Adams, born August 19, 1828, mentioned below. 2. George Warren, Septem- ber 17, 1830, died May 6, 1857; clerk at the age of eighteen in the store of John Griggs & Sons, Boston; went to California, thence to Australia and spent some years in mining ; returned to West Roxbury a comparative stranger to his kinsfolk; never married. 3. Charles Willard, July 1, 1833, died June II, 1891 ; owned the Michael Whittemore farm in Roslindale and conducted it successfully sev- eral years, also conducting a hay and grain store on Washington street, Jamaica Plain ; married, February, 4, 1869, Lucy J. Williams. 4. Georgianna, October 10, 1837, died Novem- ber 9, 1907; married (first) January, 1859, Lemuel Kingsbury, of Needham; (second) Stephen Jones. 5. Albert Franklin, May 28, 1839, mentioned below. 6. Theodore Parker, March 26, 1843, dicd February 14, 1861.

(XXIV) Eben W., son of Samuel Whitte- more, was born in West Roxbury, November 10, 1812, died there August 20, 1884. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and followed farming through his active life. Hc was a man of sterling character and a useful citizen. He married, in 1837, Sarah A. Harvey, born in Brookline, June 15, 1815, died May 23, 1894, daughter of William Harvey. They were married by the famous Rev. Theodore Parker, then pastor of the First Church at West Roxbury, and because this was the first marriage he had celebrated he declined to accept the proffered fec. Mr. Whittemore and his family attended the Ger- man Lutheran church. Children: I. Gcorge M., born December 18, 1838, died September, 1894, in West Roxbury. 2. Harry Austin,

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March 2, 1842, a successful farmer ; owns his father's homestead ; is unmarried. 3. Nettie F., October 10, 1846, died March 15, 1892, unmarried. 4. Walter E., April 24, 1850, a shoe pattern-maker, Boston; resides on Flor- ence street, Roslindale ; married Alice Lendall.

(XXIV) James, son of Samuel Whitte- more, was born at Canterbury Village, now Mount Hope, in the West Roxbury district of Boston, October 3, 1815, died September 20, 1893. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and followed farming for his calling through all his active life in the vicinity of his birthplace. He was upright, kindly, rather retiring in disposition, but a useful citizen of no little influence. In poli- tics he was a Republican, but he never sought public office. In religion he was a Unitarian. He married (first ) Caroline Norcross, of New- ton. He married (second) June 23, 1867, at Roslindale, Massachusetts, Hannah M. Draper, born at West Roxbury, April 20, 1842, daugh- ter of Benjamin J. G. and Hannah (Burrill) Draper. (See Draper). Since the death of her husband she has managed his estate with ability and success and, notwithstanding her age, is active and enjoying good health. Chil- dren, born at Roxbury: 1. James H., July 9, 1868, mentioned below. 2. Carrie S., August 24. 1870, educated in the public schools of her native town; married. November 29, 1893, George J. Spear, born in Belfast, Ireland, Jan- uary 7, 1869, coming to Boston at the age of nineteen, a trained gardener, now engaged in that business ; children : i. George D. Spear, born March 9, 1895, died July 1, 1895; ii. Mabel E. Spear, March 7, 1896; iii. George Lewis Spear, December 10, 1897; iv. Samuel J. Spear (twin). December 1, 1899, died in infancy ; v. Nellie M. Spear (twin), December I, 1899, died in infancy ; vi. Robert A. Spear, October 13, 1900; vii. Herbert Spear, Decem- ber 5, 1901 ; viii. Annie M. Spear, February 18, 1906, died July 23, 1906. 3. Mary E., September 2, 1873, died April 29, 1894; mar- ried John Sawler, born in Nova Scotia, Feb- ruary 14, 1867; children: i. John F. Sawler, born March 14, 1890; ii. Carrie M. Sawler, July 19, 1891 ; iii. Henry C. Sawler, January 12, 1894; iv. Ernest F. Sawler, September 12, 1896; v. James G. E. Sawler, January 13, 1899, died April 24, 1900. 4. Martha E., September 27, 1875, died May 29, 1877.

(XXIV) David, son of Samuel Whitte- more, was born in West Roxbury, April 5, 1825. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. During his boyhood he

worked for different farmers and learned the mason's trade. During a long and busy life he was in business as a mason and contractor, retiring a few years ago. He is now living with his son in West Roxbury. He is a Republican in politics; an active member of the Swedenborgian or New Jerusalem Church, West Roxbury. He married, June 15, 1857, Susan Lindall, born on Poplar street, West Roxbury, February 24, 1838, daughter of Sylvanus and Abigail (Chamberlain) Lindall, both natives of Pepperell, Massachusetts. Her father was a farmer in West Roxbury, where he died at the age of fifty-one years. The children of her parents were: i. George Lin- dall, born August 14, 1819, died March 31, 1861 ; married Susan Harvey ; ii. Charles Lin- dall, May 31, 1822, a farmer of Cape Eliza- beth, Maine, died aged sixty-two, married Rhoda Newcomb, died aged seventy-eight ; iii. William Lindall, April 18, 1823, died Decem- ber 27, 1825; iv. Horace Lindall, June 21, 1836, a blacksmith at Roslindale, married Mary Coburn; v. Susan Lindall, married David Whittemore, mentioned above. Children of David and Susan (Lindall) Whittemore: I. Horace P., born June 13, 1858, a grocer on Annawan avenue, West Roxbury; married, 1887, Caroline P. Harding, of Providence, Rhode Island; son, Edward H., born March 3, 1889, educated in the School of Mechanic Arts, now with a Boston heating and ventilat- ing company. 2. Alice, July 23, 1864, died October 8, 1868. 3. Arthur L., October 23, 1866, mentioned below.

(XXIV) John Adams, son of Captain John T. Whittemore, was born in West Roxbury, August 19, 1828, died there January 4, 1890. He was educated in the public schools and during his youth worked on his father's farm. After he came of age he established and suc- cessfully conducted a milk route. He founded the coal business of John A. Whittemore & Sons in 1882. The name at present is John A. Whittemore's Sons. For a period of forty years he was leader of the choir of the First Unitarian Church, of which he was a promi- nent member. In politics he was a Republican. He married, November 16, 1855, Maria M. Chamberlain, born in Boston, March 11, 1839, daughter of Dexter Chamberlain. (See Cham- berlain). She was educated in the public schools and has taken a leading part in the social life of the neighborhood, having much interest in the welfare of the community. Children : I. Dexter Chamberlain, born at West Rox- bury, a farmer and prominent citizen of Carl-

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isle, Massachusetts ; married Jennie Perkins, a native of Nova Scotia. 2. Sarah H., born West Roxbury, mentioned below. 3. John A., October 2, 1865, mentioned below. 4. Martha W., born in West Roxbury, died an infant. 5. Charles W., September 1, 1867, mentioned below. 6. Martha M., born West Roxbury, married M. Frank Keezer, a prominent attor- ney of Denver, Colorado; children: Madeline M. and Dexter M. Keezer. 7. Edmund P., born West Roxbury, resides at 75 Corey street, West Roxbury, and is in business in that sec- tion of Boston ; married Evelyn Newcomb, of South Boston ; children : Helen M. and Regi- nald C. 8. Harry L., September 2, 1874, a milk dealer, residing at 1972 Center street, West Roxbury ; married, September 16, 1896, Alice C. Keazer, (not related to Frank Keezer mentioned above) of Colebrook, New Hamp- shire ; children: i. Beatrice K., born August 8, 1897: ii. Doris D., August 5, 1899; iii. Joseph K., September 21, 1900. 9. Albert Corey, born West Roxbury, resides on a farm in Ashland, Massachusetts ; married, October 25, 1899, Nellie Keazer ; child, Richard C., born July 16, 1908.

(XXIV) Albert F., son of Captain John T. Whittemore, was born in West Roxbury, May 28, 1839. He was educated there in the public schools and has always lived on the homestead. He has large property interests in West Rox- bury and is one of the substantial and influ- ential citizens of that section of Boston. He enlisted August 29, 1862, in Company K, Forty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment, Cap- tain Richard H. Weld, Colonel Francis L. Lee, commanding, and went with his regiment to Newbern, North Carolina, serving under Gen- eral Foster. During the period of nine months for which he enlisted he took part in six engagements, among which were the battles at Goldsborough, Kingston, and little Washing- ton where his regiment was hemmed in by the enemy and had a narrow escape from death or capture, and in the battle at Tarboro. In 1864 lie went to California but after prospecting for a time decided to make his home in the east. Since then he has resided without interruption in the homestead. He is a Republican in poli- tics and a Unitarian in religion. He has never married.

(XXV) James H., son of James Whitte- more, was born in Roxbury, July 9, 1868. He was educated in the public schools and has been engaged in the insurance business. At present he is general agent of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, with main offices

at Springfield, Massachusetts. He makes his home in the adjacent city of West- field. He is well known in business circles and a prominent citizen. In politics he is a Republican ; in religion a Baptist. He mar- ried, December 29, 1889, Emma M. Earl, born at St. John, New Brunswick, coming to Bos- ton when a young woman. Children: 1.Ethel M., born January 20, 1891. 2. Bertha L., August 25. 1892. 3. Howard M., September, 1894. 4. Harold I., July 2, 1896. 5. Ruth M., 1898.

(XXV) Arthur L., son of David Whitte- inore, was born in West Roxbury, October 23, 1866. He was educated there in the public schools, and became a farmer and milk dealer. He resides on Beach street, Roxbury, and con- ducts an extensive and successful business. His parents live in the same house with him. He married, May 15, 1889, Grace Reed, born in Edgecomb, Maine, October 31, 1869, daugh- ter of Luther Reed. Children: I. Mabel S., born March 29, 1890, a student in the high school, Boston. 2. Warner D., December 6, 1891, assists his father in the milk business. 3. Blanche R., October 1I, 1902.

(XXV) Sarah H., daughter of John Adams Whittemore, was born on the homestead in West Roxbury. She was educated in the public schools of her native town and at the age of fourteen began her musical career as a soloist in the choir of the First Unitarian Church at West Roxbury. Later she sang in the church at Jamaica Plain ; was chorister of the Old South Church, Boston, and for a number of years of the St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church of Baltimore, Maryland. In the meantime she became a teacher of vocal music, and sang in concerts in all parts of New England. She has a highly cultivated voice of great sweetness and power and has won many musical triumphs in the cities of the east and south. She is a member of the famous Cecilia Society of Boston. She married Clifton Davis. They had no children and she is now making her home with her widowed mother in West Roxbury, where she owns some valuable prop- ertv.

(XXV) John A., son of John A. Whitte- more, was born in the old homestead on Spring street, West Roxbury, October 2, 1865, and was educated in the public schools of his native town. He became associated with his father and brother in the coal business when he was but seventeen and became a partner in the firm of John A. Whittemore & Sons. After the death of his father, the firm became John

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A. Whittemore's Sons. Since the death of Charles W. Whittemore, his brother and part- ner, he has continued the business as sole owner and is one of the leading coal merchants of West Roxbury and Roslindale. His eldest son is associated with him. In politics he is a Republican. in religion Unitarian. He mar- ried, June 3. 1890, Henrietta Peters, born in New York, 1863. of German parentage. Chil- dren: John A. 3d., Theodore P. and Donald Lyon.

(XXV) Charles W., son of John A. Whitte- more, was born in West Roxbury, September I, 1867. died there May 5, 1901. He was educated in the public schools and before he was of age was admitted to partnership by his father in the firm of John A. Whittemore, coal dealers, West Roxbury. After the father's death, he and his brother were owners of the business, which was conducted under the firm name of John A. Whittemore's Sons. He has also built for sale and investment many resi- dences in West Roxbury and accumulated a large property. He was in politics a Republi- can, and a member of Unitarian church. He married, September 29, 1888, Inez Drake, born at 82 Beacon street. Boston, January 3, 1862, daughter Alden Drake, of Boston. She was educated in the Boston schools. Her home is on Hastings street, West Roxbury, where she is active in social and religious affairs. Children, born at West Roxbury: I. Dorothy Holland, June 29, 1890. 2. Gladys, October 14. 1891. 3. Nathaniel Winsor, August 19, 1893.

Thomas Draper, progenitor of DRAPER this family, lived and died in the parish of Heptonstall, Vicarage of Halifax, Yorkshire, England. He belonged to an ancient and numerous family, named originally doubtless for the occupation. Thomas Draper, indeed, was a clothier by occupation. Children: Thomas, John, Will- iam. James, Mary, Martha. All were born in Heptonstall, and James alone came to New England. The coat-of-arms of the family at Heptonstall : Argent on a fesse engraved between three annulets gules, as many covered cups or. Crest : a stag's head gules attired gold, charged on the neck with a fesse between three annulets or. Motto: Vicit perpecit.

(II) James, son of Thomas Draper, was born in Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England, in 1618. He was the immigrant ancestor, and came to New England about the time he came of age, and from 1640 to 1650 was a pioneer

and proprietor of the town of Roxbury, Mass- achusetts. He became a proprietor of Lan- caster in 1654, but lived and died in Roxbury. He was admitted a freeman in 1690. From his exceedingly strict piety he was known in his day as James the Puritan, and as such he is still known to genealogists and historians. He was the owner of several looms and fol- lowed his trade as clothier in this country. He married, April 21, 1646, Miriam Stansfield, at Heptonstall, England. She was born there November 27, 1625, daughter of Gideon and Grace (Eastwood) Stansfield, and died at Roxbury, in January, 1697. Her gravestone at Roxbury states: "Here lyes ye body of Mrs. Miriam Draper, wife of Mr. James Draper, aged about 77 years Dec .- Jan. 1697." The stone appears to be one of the oldest in the cemetery. He died in July, 1694, aged about seventy-three years. Children: 1. Miriam, born in England, February 7, 1646-47, died there. 2. Susannah, Roxbury, 1650, married John Bacon, of Charlestown. 3. Sarah, 1652. 4. James, 1654. 5. John, April 24, 1656, at Dedham, died April 5, 1749. 6. Moses, Sep- tember 26, 1663, at Dedham, died August 14, 1693, at Boston. 7. Daniel, Dedham, May 30, 1665, died there. 8. Patience, Roxbury, Au- gust 17, 1668. 9. Jonathan, mentioned below.

(III) Jonathan, son of James Draper, was born at Roxbury. March 10, 1670, died there February 28, 1746-47. He inherited the home- stead at Roxbury. The house was built in part, at least, by James the immigrant, and remained in the family for many generations. It was destroyed by fire in 1870. He was a captain in the train band, and lived a part of the time in what was then the southern part of Newton, now part of West Roxbury. He married Sarah Jackson, of Newton, born No- vember 8. 1680. Children, born in Roxbury : I. Jonathan, October 29, 1703. 2. David, Sep- tember 27, 1706. 3. Thomas, March 14, 1709, died 1769. 4. Samuel, June 14, 1713, died June 12, 1744. 5. Sarah, May 14, 1717, mar- ried, December 8. 1737, Josiah Sumner. 6. Moses, mentioned below.

(IV) Moses, son of Jonathan Draper. was born in Roxbury, August II, 1721, died Janu- ary 21, 1775. He married Mary ( Aldis) Allen, widow. Children, born at Roxbury : I. Moses, August 26, 1744, mentioned below. 2. Captain Samuel, October 5, 1746, married (first) Sarah Hyde; (second) September II, 1806, Nancy Miles. 3. Sarah, June 5, 1748, married Prentiss. 4. Jonathan, De- cember 18, 1750, died in his ninety-eighth year.

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5. Nathaniel, 175 -. 6. David, June, 1762, died March 25, 1842, at Dedham.

(V) Colonel Moses (2), son of Moses (I) Draper, was born in Roxbury, August 26, 1744, died February II, 1798. He kept a tavern in Dedham in 1786. He was lieutenant in Captain Moses Whiting's company (First Roxbury) of minute-men at the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775, and was with his com- pany when the troops assembled at Roxbury Neck. He commanded the Roxbury company at the battle of Bunker Hill, attached to Col- onel Gardner's Middlesex regiment. He also commanded a company of infantry in the sup- pression of Shay's rebellion in the fall of 1786, and was subsequently elected in 1788 colonel of the First Suffolk Regiment. He married, April 21, 1770, Grace Hyde, of Dedham. Chil- dren: I. Grace, born January, 1771. 2. Moses, July 24, 1774, mentioned below. 3 Aaron, July 21, 1776, died January 5, 1802, married, October 16, 1800, Polly Wild. 4. Jonathan. 5. Nathaniel. 6. Nathan. 7. David.

(VI) Moses (3), son of Colonel Moses (2) Draper, was born July 24, 1774, died in 1832 in West Roxbury. He married, May II. 1796,

Sarah Gurney. Children : I. Moses, born May 7, 1797, died July 26, 1797. 2. Sarah, November 25, 1798, died February 15, 1814. 3. Benjamin Jackson Gurney, mentioned below. 4. David Allen, Junc 13, 1813, died January 3, 1816.

(VII) Benjamin Jackson Gurney, son of Moses (3) Draper, was born Junc 18, 1800, died November 25, 1861. He was a farmer and butcher, and also raised and sold farm produce. In religion he was a Methodist, and in politics a Republican. He was a reliable and substantial citizen of West Roxbury. He was married in the First Church, Roxbury, by Rev. Ebenezer Burgess, May I, 1825, to Hannah Burrill, of Dedham, born November 3, 1809, died May 2, 1890. She was a member of the Congregational church. Children : I. Rebecca, born March 2, 1826, accidentally burned to death at the age of twelve. 2. Sophia, February 7, 1827, died October 8, 1900; mar- ried Winslow Radcliff. 3. Sarah Elizabeth, September 15, 1831, married Amos Barnes and resides in Oxford. 4. Mary (twin), July 31, 1834, married, Junc 27, 1864, Edward Hutchins, of Jefferson, Maine, and died Janu- ary 10, 1865. 5. Martha (twin), July 31, 1834, married William Jones; marricd (second) William Phelps ; died December 28, 1904. 6. Hannah M., April 20, 1842, married James Whittemore ( see Whittemore).

CHAMBERLAIN

William Chamberlain,

immigrant ancestor, · was born in England,

of an ancient and distinguished family. Will- iam, Edmund and Thomas Chamberlain, brothers, all settled early in Massachusetts. Thomas Chamberlain was one of the three original purchasers of the Dudley farm at Billerica, but he settled at Chelmsford. Ed- mund was first at Woburn, but he too settled at Chemlsford before 1656, removing later to Woodstock. William was born about 1620; was admitted an inhabitant of Woburn, Janu- ary 6, 1648, and removed to Billerica in 1654, just about the time his brothers removed to Chelmsford, and he lived there until his death, May 31, 1706, aged eighty-six years. His house in Billerica (then Shawshin) was on a farm near the Woburn road in the southeast part of the town. His name first appears on the records in October, 1654, on a petition to enlarge the boundaries of the town and to change the name to Billerica ("Billerkay" in the petition). He married Rebecca who died September 26, 1692, in the prison at Cambridge, where she was held on the pre- posterous charge of witchcraft. Children: I. Timothy, born at Concord, August 13, 1649. 2. Isaac, Concord, October 1, 1650, died July 20, 1681. 3. John, died March 3, 1652. 4. Sarah, Billerica, May 20, 1655-56, married John Shedd. 5. Jacob, January 18, 1657-58, mentioned below. The following born a Billerica : 6. Thomas, February 20, 1659. 7. Edmund, July 15, 1661, married Mary Abbott. 8. Rebecca, February 25, 1662, married Thomas Stearns. 9. Abraham, January 6, 1664. 10. Ann, March 3, 1665-66. 11. Clement, May 30, 1669. 12. Daniel, September 27, 1671. 13. Isaac, January 20, 1681.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 11

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

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