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(III) Obadiah (2), son of Obadiah (I) Sawtell, was born March 18, 1701. He was a worthy descendant of his pioneer ancestor, for in 1740 he went to the new township, Charlestown, on the Connecticut river, just the kind of situation most exposed to sudden ap- pearances of Canadian Indians, and the part of the town which was associated with the Sawtells and which still bear their name was an island in the river. He was captured by the Indians in 1746, was later released, prob- ably through a ransom, but after his release returned to the same place and was shot by the savage while at work in the field in 1749. He married, November 16, 1721, Rachel Parker, daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Lakin) Parker. Children: I. Simon, born November 14, 1722, mentioned below. 2. Lois, July 4. 1724, married Micah Fuller, and settled in Charlestown. 3. Esther, March 9, 1725-26, married John Johnson. 4. Nathaniel, February 12, 1729, probably married Hannah Gunn. 5. Rachel, June 9, 1731, married Adonijah Taylor. 6. Solomon, October 10, 1737.
(IV) Simon, son of Obadiah (2) Sawtell, was born in Groton, Massachusetts, November 14, 1722. He removed to Charlestown, New Hampshire, in 1746, where he was constable for 1762-63, selectman 1767-68, a prominent citizen, a good neighbor and influential man.
He married Hannah Children, born
in Charlestown: I. Obadiah, November 8, 1746, married Elizabeth -, who bore him seven children. 2. Simon Jr., June 25, 1749, was lieutenant of the First New Hampshire Regiment, commanded by Colonel Joseph Cil- ley, of Nottingham, and later was promoted to the rank of captain, serving in that capacity at West Point, New York, in 1780 ; was select- man of Charlestown in 1786-87; died there May 30, 1791; married Dolly ; chil- dren : Asa, December 13, 1781; Cynthia, Oc- tober 27, 1784; Fanny, December II, 1786; Clarissa, February 3, 1788; Lucy, March 30, 1790. 3. Electa, January 2, 1752. 4. John, May 2, 1754, mentioned below. 5. Hannah, August 26, 1756, died young. 6. Hannah, August 2, 1757, died young. 7. Hannah, De- cember 21, 1760. 8. Rhoda, May 2, 1764. 9. Esther, September 29, 1767.
(V) John Sartwell, son of Simon Sawtell, was born in Charlestown, New Hampshire, May 2, 1754. He resided in Charlestown and Langdon, New Hampshire. He served in the revolutionary war, being a private in the regi- ment commanded by Colonel Benjamin Bel- lows Jr., of Claremont, and was present in the engagement at Ticonderoga. He married Elizabeth Gleason ; children, born in Charles- town: I. Polly, January 20, 1777. 2. Betsey, March 16, 1779. 3. Esther, April 12, 1781. 4. John, April 29, 1783, mentioned below. Born in Langdon: 5. Eliab, April 18, 1785. 6. Warren, April 19, 1787. 7. Royal, July 14, 1789. 8. Simon, March 14, 1791. 9. Almony, May 10, 1793. 10. Hannah, July 9, 1795. II. Harriet, November 1, 1797. 12. Electa, March 29, 1800.
(VI) John (2), son of John (1) Sartwell, was born in Charlestown, New Hampshire, April 29, 1783. In later life he moved to Glover and Barton, Vermont, where in a short time his name was changed from Sartwell to Sortwell. He married (first) March 27, 1808, Emma Crosby, who died May 31, 1818. Children : I. Maria, born November 10, 1810, died May 30, 1814. 2. John Jr., November 9, 1814, died March 25, 1824. He married (second) October 10, 1819, Percy (Robinson) Merriam, born March 31, 1790, died June 22, 1879, daughter of Jonathan Robinson, who was a private soldier in the company com- manded by Captain White in the Fifth Massa- chusetts Regiment, Colonel Rufus Putnam, army of General Gates, in the campaign which culminated in the surrender of General Bur- goyne and his whole army at Saratoga, Octo-
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ber 17, 1777, and under Colonel Vose of the First Massachusetts Regiment, November 3, 1783, when the continental army disbanded. Children of second marriage: I. Daniel Rob- inson, born July 10, 1820, mentioned below. 2. Fanny Maria, April 1, 1822, died October 9, 1894. 3. Paschal, November 8, 1824, died March 7, 1908. 4. Emma, January 1, 1827, died January 10, 1836. 5. John Owen, Feb- ruary 27, 1829, died March 20, 1901. 6. Lubin, March 20, 1832, died February 15, 1834. 7. Charles, August 16, 1834, died Au- gust 20, 1889.
(VII) Daniel Robinson, son of John (2) Sortwell, was born in Barton, Vermont, July IO, 1820, died in Montpelier, Vermont, Octo- ber 4, 1894. When he was eighteen years of age he removed from his native town to Bos- ton, where he found his first employment in that city in Faneuil Hall market, and subse- quently became the senior partner of the firm of Sortwell & Company, distillers. He be- came a prominent business man and was made president of the Montpelier & Wells River railroad ; was a member for five years of the board of aldermen of the city of Cambridge ; president of the Cambridge National Bank ; vice-president of the East Cambridge Savings Bank ; a member of the Universalist church ; a Democrat in national politics. He married, May 19, 1850, in Boston, Sophia Augusta Foye, born July 14, 1820, in Wiscasset, Maine, died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 26, 1890. daughter of Moses and Sophia Au- gusta (Jones) Foye. Moses Foye was born July 31, 1768. died May 30, 1850. He was a son of Robert Foye Jr., who was a son of Robert Foye, born in Kittery, Maine, August 26, 1691, who in turn was a son of James Foye, who came from Charlestown, Massachu- setts Bay Colony, to Kittery and Scarboro, District of Maine, before 1690. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Sortwell: I. Frances Augusta, born in Boston, 1851, died 1857. 2. Alvin Foye, mentioned below.
(VIII) Alvin Foye, only son of Daniel Robinson Sortwell, was born in Boston, Mas- sachusetts, July 21, 1854. He was prepared for business life at the Chauncey Hall school, Boston, graduating there in 1869, and at Phillips Academy, Andover, where he was graduated with the class of 1871. Two years later he became a member of the firm of Sort- well & Company, of which his father was senior partner, and he held the position at the time of its dissolution in 1890. He is a Re- publican and served as a member of the Cam-
bridge common council, 1879-85-89, being the president of the body in 1889. He was a member of the board of aldermen of the city, 1889-90, and was president of the board in 1890. He was mayor of Cambridge, 1897-98 and gave to the city an excellent adminis- tration of its laws. He succeeded his father as president of the Montpelier & Wells River Railroad Company, as president of the Cam- bridge National Bank, and as trustee of the East Cambridge Savings Bank in 1894, and became president of the Colonial Mining Com- pany in 1892. His fraternal affiliation is with the Ancient Order of Free and Accepted Masons, blue lodge, chapter and commandery. His club affiliations include the Algonquin, Boston, the Country of Brookline, the Oakley Country of Watertown, Eastern Yacht, Mar- blehead Yacht, Camden Maine Yacht, Apollo, of Montpelier, Vermont, and the Colonial, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. His religious af- filiation is with the Unitarian denomination. He married, December 31, 1879, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gertrude Winship, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 8, 1856, daughter of William and Mary Eliza- beth (Winship) Dailey. Her father was a member of the Cambridge common council and a member of the National Lancers, of Bos- ton. Children of William and Mary E. (Win- ship) Dailey are: Charles W., Clara Anna, Gertrude Winship and Frank F. Children of Alvin Foye and Gertrude W. (Dailey) Sort- well, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts ; I. Clara. November 28, 1882, married, Decem- ber 31. 1906, Parker Endicott Marean. 2. Frances Augusta, February 29, 1884, educated at McDuffie school, of Springfield, Massachu- setts, 3. Daniel Richard, September 17. 1885, prepared for college at St. Paul's school, Con- cord, New Hampshire, and graduated at Har- vard, class of 1907. 4. Marion, June 21, 1887, educated at Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. 5. Edward Carter, March 25, 1889, prepared for college at St. Paul's school, Concord, and matriculated at Harvard, class of 1911. 6. Alvin Foye Jr., May 6, 1891, preparing for college at St. Paul's school, Concord.
Members of this family have al- HAILE most uniformly retained the spelling Haile, although in the Rhode Island Colonial Records it is often found spelled Hale. The ancestor doubtless emigrated from England, although no record has been found of his embarkation, and the
Ali I Fortwel
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first mention found of his name is in the Rhode Island Records. They have from the first taken an honorable place among their as- sociates, many of them attaining positions of high public trust, and bearing themselves with great credit to themselves and the name they bore.
(I) The first record found of Richard Haile is the record of birth of his children; he first lived at Providence, Rhode Island, but later removed to Swansea, same state, which later became included in Massachusetts. He married Mary Bullock; children: Richard; Elizabeth, born July 22, 1685 ; Hannah, May 8, 1690; Rose, May 30, 1692; Patience, July 3, 1694. Richard, the father, was supposed to have been born about 1640.
(II) Richard (2), eldest son of Richard (I) and Mary (Bullock ) Haile, was born De- cember 22, 1681, at Swansea, Massachusetts, and died February 8, 1718-19. He married, January 2, 1705-06, Ann, daughter of Joseph and Lydia ( Bowen ) Mason, born in Swansea, August 28, 1688; she married (second) Janu- ary 25, 1727-28, Benjamin Munroe. Children of Richard and Ann ( Mason) Haile: Wal- ter; Mary, born April 19, 1708; Amos, about 1710; Lydia, March II, 1711-12; Amey, Jan- uary 22, 1713-14; Nathan, April 9, 1716; and Bernice, May 23, 1719.
(III ) Walter, oldest son of Richard (2) and Ann (Mason) Haile, was born November 16, 1706, and died June 3, 1786. He lived at Warren, Rhode Island, and married, Febru- ary I, 1727-28, Mary, daughter of Nathaniel and Ruth (Cole) Luther, born January 2, 1705-06, at Swansea, died August 19, 1785.
(IV) James, son of Walter and Mary (Luther ) Haile, was born October 30, 1745, at Warren, Rhode Island, and died May 8, 1808. He married, November 2, 1768, Han- nah, daughter of Hezekiah and Desire (Car- penter ) Hix, of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, born May 17, 1740; they resided at one time at Putney, Vermont.
(V) John, son of James and Hannah ( Hix) Haile, was born February II, 1781, at Putney, Vermont, and died about 1856, at Swanzey, New Hampshire; he married Eunice, daughter of William and Mary (Conn) Henry, and after living some time in Chesterfield, New Hampshire, they removed to Swanzey, same state, where they spent their declining years on a farm. They became the parents of William Haile, who was so great- ly honored by his native state.
(VI) William, son of John and Eunice
( Henry ) Haile, was born in Putney, Ver- mont, May 23, 1807. He was elected gov- ernor of the State of New Hampshire, taking his office in 1857, and for two years served with credit and honor to himself ; he was the first Republican governor to be elected. He married Sabrana Walker.
(VII) William Henry, son of Governor William and Sabrana ( Walker) Haile, was born September 23, 1833, at Chesterfield, New Hampshire, and when a child removed with his parents to Hinsdale, New Hampshire, where he received his primary education, sup- plemented by attendance at Kimball Union Academy and Amherst College, and in 1856 he graduated from Dartmouth College, having studied law. He removed to Springfield, Massachusetts, where he was admitted to the bar, but returned to Hinsdale, and under the firm name of Haile, Frost & Company, later Haile & Frost Manufacturing Company, en- tered into partnership with his father and Ru- fus S. Frost, of Chelsea. He served in the New Hampshire state legislature three terms, and in 1871 again took up his residence in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he settled permanently. He became mayor of Spring- field in 1881, and spent the next two years in the state legislature, where he served on sev- eral important committees. In 1889 Mr. Haile was elected lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, and twice re-elected, and in 1892 was considered a strong candidate by his party for the office of governor, but was de- feated. Mr. Haile won the reputation of an able lawyer, and as a business man won a very fair share of success; he had many friends among his business and political associates, and was considered an honor to the commun- ity. He spent many years in the service of his native and adopted states, and his memory is revered and respected by all who knew him. He died February 13, 1901. Mr. Haile mar- ried, in January, 1861, Amelia L., daughter of Ethan S. and Louisa (Burns) Chapin, of Springfield. (See Chapin VIII).
(The Chapin Line-See Samuel Chapin 1).
(III) Ebenezer, fourth son of Japhet and Abilene (Cooley) Chapin, was born June 26, 1677, and died December 13, 1772. He mar- ried, in December, 1702, Ruth Janes, of Northampton, Massachusetts, who died Janu- ary 18, 1736, aged fifty-four; children : Rachel, born August 27, 1703 ; Ebenezer, Sep- tember 23, 1705; Noah, October 25, 1707; Seth ; Catherine, January 4, 1711 ; Moses, Au-
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gust 24, 1712; Aaron, September 28, 1714; Elias, October 22, 1716; Reuben, September 13, 1718; Charles, December 26, 1720; David, August 13, or 18, 1722; Elisha, April 18, 1725, died young ; and Phineas, June 26, 1726, died unmarried, at the age of twenty-one.
(IV) Seth, third son of Ebenezer and Ruth (Janes) Chapin, was born February 28, 1709, and died February 22, 1807 ; he resided at Somers, Connecticut. He married (first) November 22, 1739, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Bliss, of Longmeadow, Massachu- setts, who died April 10, 1751, and ( second) Margaret Pease, who died October 7, 1802, at the age of eighty-four. Children by first wife: Samuel; Elizabeth, born about 1747, died February 17, 1819; Abigail, born March 20, 1744; Catherine, born about 1749, died December 14, 1774, unmarried.
(V) Samuel (2), oldest son of Seth and Elizabeth (Bliss) Chapin, was born about 1742, and died April 18, 1833. He married (first) Elizabeth Spencer, died February 4, 1812; (second) Widow Eunice King, daugh- ter of Lieutenanant Noah Chapin, who died March 25, 1816. Children by first wife: Mar- garet, born April 24, 1773; Seth, March 24, 1775; Samuel; Reuben, September 5, 1778; Bliss, September 23, 1780; Elizabeth, Sep- tember 21, 1782; and Lucy, August 2, 1785. (VI) Samuel (3), second son of Samuel (2) and Elizabeth (Spencer) Chapin, was born October 29, 1776, and died December 26, 1855, at Springfield, Massachusetts. H married, May 31, 1804, Mary, daughter of Stephen Pease, born September 7, 1777, died March 19, 1857, at Springfield, Massachu- setts ; children: Marcia, born April 10, 1805, died May 28, 1820; Marvin, July 5, 1806; Roxanna, June 14, 1808; Amelia, August 18, 1810: Elizabeth S., March 29, 1812; Ethan Samuel ; Albert Pease, November 12, 1816; and Horace J., June 5, 1819.
(VII) Ethan Samuel, second son of Sam- 11el (3) and Mary ( Pease) Chapin, was born July 14, 1814, died March 1, 1889, at his resi- dence in Springfield, Massachusetts, after a life of earnest endeavor and usefulness. He had little opportunity for education, as at an early age he became employed as bobbin boy in a factory, working fourteen hours a day, but he early became intensely interested in the natural laws of physics, and spent his leisure time studying such scientific books and trea- tises as he could find. His natural bent in the direction of mechanics and his application to details was such that at the early age of
nineteen he held a position as overseer in the Ames factory at Cabotville, Massachusetts. From early boyhood he had a keen insight into the working and parts of machinery, and was often consulted by inventors as to devices they wished to patent, for the reason that he was able to see any defect very readily. He became a proprietor of a hotel known as the "Massassoit House," and had to give much of his time and attention to its successful management, but found time to continue his studies along scientific lines, and later became the author of several books which created at- tention throughout the world's scientific cir- cles, among them, "Gravity and Heat," pub- lished in 1864, "Gravity in Nature," in 1867, and "Gravitation, the Determining Force," in 1887. On commencement day, 1864, Wil- liams College conferred the degree of Master of Arts upon him. As a student he labored with great zeal and patience, not only to gain knowledge in the realms of science, but also along other lines which would overcome the defects and omissions in his earliest educa- tion.
Mr. Chapin was of a religious nature, and an active worker in the interests of the First Church of Springfield, also one of the organ- izers of the Memorial Church. He became in- terested in the establishment of the French Protestant Church, and donated help to many worthy objects, among them the founding of the Chapin Home, in India, for the benefit of Hindu women. He took interest in educational and literary affairs, and was one of the incor- porators of the City Library at Springfield. He was public spirited and philanthropic, and was ready to give material assistance to any worthy cause, and also ready to give words of cheer or advice to those in need of them ; his death was felt among a large circle of friends and acquaintances. He removed, in his later years, from his apartments at the hotel con- ducted by him, to his residence, 81 Chestnut street, where his last days were spent.
Mr. Chapin married, September 22, 1839. Louisa Burns, daughter of John Cogswell Burns of Windsor, Connecticut, and they had five children, of whom but one survives ; they are : Amelia L .; Henry W., born in 1843, de- ceased : Emma Francis, wife of Henry S. Ward, of New York, deceased ; Annie P., born in 1850, died in 1851 ; and Alice, born in 1852, deceased.
(VIII) Amelia L., daughter of Ethan Sam- tel and Louisa Burns Chapin, was born in 1840. and married, in 1861, William Henry Haile, whom she survives. (See Haile VII.)
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(For preceding generations see James Bowker 1).
(III) Joseph Bowker, son of
BOWKER James and Hannah (Lam- bert) Bowker, was born in Scituate, Massachusetts, and so far as meagre records indicate appears to have been the only one of his father's sons who did not remain in that town. Deane in his "History of Scitu- ate" in speaking of the children of James Bowker says "Joseph moved to Maine". The date of his birth. is not known, but it is probable that he was born about 1730 ; and it also is probable that he was the progeni- tor of the Bowker families of Maine, although others not of his immediate family may have gone there in later years. He is presumed also to have been the Joseph Bowker mention- ed in "Mayflower Descendants" as having married "may ye 26, 1760", Elizabeth Cowen, both of Scituate, the marriage ceremony hav- ing been performed by Joseph Cushing Jr., justice of the peace. No record is found which gives any account of their children.
(IV) Major Levi Bowker was born in Scit- uate, Massachusetts, July 6, 1763, died in Machias, Maine, August 28, 1850. There is no question that he was a descendant of the fourth generation of James Bowker, immi- grant, of Scituate, and it is perhaps more than possible that he was a son of the Joseph Bow- ker who "moved to Maine", although the most patient research among vital records and genealogical references fails to reveal the names of his parents. The presumption that Joseph and Elizabeth (Cowen) Bowker were his father and mother is a fair one in the ab- sence of any fact to indicate to the contrary, but still there appears no present means by which to determine the fact beyond question of doubt. But however this may have been the truth remains that Major Bowker was born in Scituate about three years after the marriage of Joseph Bowker and Elizabeth Cowen, and that both Joseph and Major Levi took up their residence in Maine, the latter in 1789. The records show too that he was a soldier of the revolution, in service from March, 1781, until December 18. 1783, in Captain King's com- pany of Colonel Tupper's regiment. He en- listed as a private, but being expert in wood- working was employed as an artificer and had charge of keeping artillery carriages in repair. After removing to Machias he engaged some- what extensively in building operations and erected many of the noted public and private buildings in that vicinity. And he always re- tained his old interest in military affairs and
for many years was major of the state militia. He applied for a pension in May, 1818, and his claim was allowed, the pension surviving to his widow after his death.
Major Bowker married in Machias, Octo- ber 25, 1789, Betsey Watts (see Watts), born 1764, died February 3, 1854, great-grand- daughter of Hannah Dustan, who was cap- tured by Indians in Haverhill, Massachusetts, in the winter of 1697. Children: I. Watts, see forward. 2. Lydia, married Otis P. Hans- com. 3. Levi, married Martha G. Crocker, and had Simeon, Wellington, Warren, Ferdi- nand, George, Martha Ann and Hannah Bow- ker. 4. Betsey, married Levi Getchell, and had Levi B., Willard, Warren. Sarah, Ran- dolph, Andrew, Agnes and Lucinda Bowker. 5. Hannah, married Stephen Boynton. 6. Sarah, married Ellis Hanscom. 7. Deborah, married (first) James McKellar, (second) William Bugbee, and had Mary, Eben and William. 8. Frederic, married Anna Dutton, and had Mary G., Emily B., Levi W. and George B. Bowker.
(V) Watts, eldest child of Major Levi and Betsey (Watts) Bowker, was born in Machias, Maine, and spent the greater part of his life there, being for many years extensively en- gaged in business as a manufacturer of and dealer in lumber. . The later years of his life were spent in Nova Scotia, and he died there at the age of seventy-five years. He married Lydia Stickney, born and reared in St. Johns, New Brunswick. She survived him and lived to attain the age of ninety-four years, always retaining in a remarkable degree her mental and physical vigor. Of their six children, all of whom lived to be more than sixty years old, only one survives. Children: I. Sarah A., married James Getchell. 2. Margaret, mar- ried Jacob Foster. 3. Elizabeth, married James Ferris. 4. Winslow, married Hannah Boynton. 5. William C., married Ruth H. Watts. Watts Henry, see forward.
(VI) Watts Henry, youngest son and child of Watts and Lydia ( Stickney) Bowker, was born in Machias, Maine, December 29, 1836. After leaving school he worked at the carpen- ter's trade with his brother from the time he was fourteen until twenty-one years old and then for about a year worked as a journey- man. From 1858 to 1861 he carried on busi- ness on his own account in Machias, but in the latter year abandoned his tools and bench and enlisted as private in Company C of the Sixth Maine Volunteer Infantry. Soon afterward,
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however, he was detached from his company and became a member of the regimental band, with which he was connected about two years, being honorably discharged at the expiration of his term of enlistment. He then returned to Machias and resumed work at his trade, continuing until 1869, when he came to Mas- sachusetts, spent a few months in Boston and then settled permanently in Brookline, then a village of about six thousand inhabitants. During the forty years of his business life in Brookline Mr. Bowker has been an extensive contracting builder and has erected a large number of fine residences in that city, also in Newton, Jamaica Plain and the city of Bos- ton, and many large public buildings, including schoolhouses, a part of the Brookline public library building, Harvard Veterinary College building. Boston, Kieth's palatial residence, the Charles Williams building in Brookline and the large structure occupied by the Brook- line Gas Company. In politics Mr. Bowker is a Republican and always has taken an earnest interest in public affairs in the city and county. He was elected member of the board of select- men in 1889, was re-elected three years in suc- cession afterward, then became one of the county commissioners and served three years in that body. While he was commissioner the beautiful county court house in Dedham, one of the finest structures of its kind in New England, was erected under his personal supervision, at a cost of four hundred thou- sand dollars. He is a member of Brookline Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, the Mas- sachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association, and of Post No. 143. Grand Army Republic. In 1856 Mr. Bowker married Julia M., daugh- ter of James and Susan (Longfellow ) Lyon, of Machias, Maine (see Lyon). Of the six children born of this marriage two died in in- fancy, and the youngest son, Philip, died when twenty-one years old. The three surviving children are : 1. Edwin P., in business with his father ; married Caroline Howe and had one child, who died in infancy. 2. Arthur, a drug- gist of Brookline; married Edna Crane, of Machias, Maine, and has two children, Eliz- abeth and Julia. 3. Everett M., physician and surgeon of Brookline; graduated from Har- vard Medical School and has practiced for seventeen years ; married Lucy Anna, daugh- ter of William Griggs, of Brookline, Massa- chusetts, and has four children : Phillip Griggs, Winthrop Harold, Everett M. Jr., and Eleanor Lucy Bowker.
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