Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 18

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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(IV) Captain Eliesur (2), only son and youngest child of Eliesur and Martha Fair- banks, was born in Sherborn, December 29, 1690. He resided in that town till his death September 19. 1741. He married Martha. daughter of Captain Samuel Bullard, Decem- ber 25, 1712. She married (second) John Phips, December 22, 1743. and removed to Brookfield. The children of Captain Eliesur and Martha were: Eliesur, Joseph, Deborah, Moses, Sarah, Martha, Abel, Abigail (died young), David, Abigail, Ebenezer and Mary.


(V) Deacon Ebenezer, sixth son of Captain Eliesur (2) and Martha ( Bullard ) Fairbanks, was born in Sherborn, June 1, 1734, died June 6, 1812. He was a lieutenant in Captain Henry Leland's company of minute-men which re- sponded to the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. Ile served eleven days at that time and afterward served a short time as a private in the revolutionary war. He removed to Brim- field in 1783, and settled on a farm in the northeast part of the town. He was a man of repute and influence in the town, and a dea- con of the church. He married, July 2, 1761, Elizabeth Dearth, born September 24, 1743, died in Monson, June 15, 1818. Their chil- dren were: Asa, Joseph, Betsey, Ebenezer, Henry, Thaddeus, Elizabeth and Levi.


(VI) Joseph, second son of Deacon Ebe- nezer and Elizabeth (Dearth) Fairbanks, was


born in Sherborn, November 1, 1763, died suddenly September 27, 1846. When he was about twenty-one years old his father removed to Brimfield, Massachusetts, and after assist- ing him a time Joseph bought a farm there and settled down. Like the other members of his family he was naturally a mechanic and found profitable employment in building. In 1815 he decided to remove to Vermont where his brother-in-law, Judge Paddock, and his son Erastus were already settled. With $1800 received from the sale of his farm and the avails of his furniture and stock he had enough to buy a small water-power and timber with which he and his son built a dam, a saw mill, a grist mill, and a wagon shop. 1816 was the "year without a summer," and the family endured the hardships of pioneer life, together with the special discomfort of snow storms and frosts every month of that year. He was a manly man of the best New England type, much respected, and of great influence and ability, and with the aid of his sons he pros- pered remarkably. He married, October 21, 1790, Phebe Paddock, born September 6, 1760, died May 5, 1853, daughter of James and Ann Paddock, of Holland, Massachusetts. The Paddock family gave many honored citizens to Vermont, and the sons of Joseph Fairbanks owned their strength of character as much to their mother as to their father. These sons were : Erastus, Thaddeus and Joseph Pad- dock.


(VII) Governor Erastus, eldest child of Joseph and Phebe ( Paddock) Fairbanks, was born in Brimfield, Massachusetts, October 28, 1792, in the little red house near the Stur- bridge line, and died in St. Johnsbury, Ver- mont, November 20, 1864. Lorenzo S. Fair- banks in his "Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family," thus speaks of him: "He came to St. Johnsbury alone in 1812, and for ten years thereafter in that and neighboring towns had severe training in the school of difficulties and reverses. He acquired early maturity of char- acter and purpose : habits of frugality, indus- try, persistance, knowledge of men and various business. Following the invention of the plat- form scale by his brother Thaddeus, he became head of the firm of E. and T. Fairbanks & Company, a position which he held for thirty years, during which time under his energetic and skillful management the business grew to large proportions and well established fame. In 1836 he was sent to the state Legislature, where from the first he was a leader, especially active in the interests of education and tem-


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perance. He was a presidential elector of the Whig party in 1844, and again in 1848. About this time he was actively pushing the construc- tion of the Passumpsic railroad, of which he was president, from White River to St. Johns- bury, at which terminus he greeted the first engine in November, 1850. Two years later he was elected governor of Vermont, and among other important legislative acts he had the satisfaction of affixing his signature to the prohibitory liquor law, which with some modi- fications has ever since remained in force. In 1860 he was a second time called to the chief magistracy, this time to be known as the 'War Governor' of Vermont. This situation was at first exceedingly embarrassing, but the people had such confidence in his wisdom and integrity that 'the extra session of the legis- lature which met eight days after the firing on Fort Sumter, had the good sense to place at his entire disposal a million of dollars, putting no check upon the use of it only as his judg- ment might deem prudent and best. To those acquainted with his good judgment, strict integ- rity, his high sense of impartial right, his systematic business habits so early and con- tinuously trained to grasp business matters on a large scale, the result was no surprise.' In acknowledgment of his delicate, laborious and successful official acts, joint resolutions most complimentary were praised by the Senate and House. On his retirement from office it was found that 'the salary to which he was entitled was never touched, and that it remains in the treasury of the state, another evidence of his generous love for Vermont, whose interests were dearer to him than his own, and an honor to both people and the exe- cutive.' From earliest manhood Governor Fairbanks was a devoted, active, public-spirit- ed, christian man. He was for fifty years a pillar in the home church, Congregational, and in later life a member and officer of many benevolent boards, which he supported by liberal contributions of money, time and per- sonal service. 'In christian efficiency he stood in the front rank of our most devoted lay- membership.' 'He could not brook low aims and poor performances. He was a positive quality and power. Just where God placed him he stood. Calmly he listened to the voice of duty. Resolutely he handled the simple and obvious elements of his destiny. He was both strenuous and patient, frank and reserved sincere and wary.' 'His candor, zeal, judg- ment, his promptness and recollection in the midst of most absorbing civil occupations,


were too conspicuous for commendation, and blended gently with the precious friendships and fine liberality of spirit.' His death removed from the community a man of great original force, and long and varied usefulness." He married, May 30, 1815, Lois Crossman, born November 13, 1792, died May 15, 1866, daugh- ter of Samuel and Lois (Chamberlain) Cross- man. The children of this marriage were: Jane, George, Horace, Charles, Julia, Frank- lin, Sarah, Emily and Ellen.


(VIII) Colonel Franklin, fourth son of Hon. Erastus and Lois ( Crossman ) Fairbanks, was born in St. Johnsbury, June 18, 1828, died April 24, 1895. The Fairbanks Genealogy says of him: "He received a good academic education, and at the age of seventeen began his connection with the scale business, which was continued just fifty years. He had a natural turn for mechanics, and not only kept himself familiar with the details of construc- tion, but patented various improvements, among them the revolving beam for letter bal- ances adopted by the government for use in the post office. He was for many years super- intendent of the corporation of E. & T. Fair- banks & Company, and after the death of his brother Horace in 1888 he succeeded to the presidency of this, and of other business organizations at home and elsewhere. He was a member of the staff of Governor Hall in 1858, also of Governor Erastus Fairbanks in 1860: was active in military affairs, and super- intended the manufacture of artillery and har- ness irons for the government during the civil war. He represented the town in the state Legislature in 1871-72-73, the last two years being speaker of the house. For twenty years or more he was an active member of the state Republican committee. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity; in 1877 he received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from Dartsmouth College. He was an intelligent lover of nature; from boyhood he was a keen observer and enthusiastic collector of objects of interest of every sort. His collections, which represented more than half a century's accumulation of increasingly rare value and variety, were shrined in a conspicuous and architecturally elegant building which was in- corporated and presented to the town of St. Johnsbury in 1891, under the designation of the Museum of Natural Science. This was designed to be one of the educational features of the town, affiliated with the Athenaeum, Academy, and Union Schools. Colonel Fair- banks was not only always active in business.


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but in social life ; full of geniality and kindly humor ; much interested in the welfare of chil- dren and young people. He maintained most friendly acquaintance with the factory men, and did much in this way to secure good feel- ing and prosperity to the business. For more than thirty years he was superintendent of the North Church Sunday school, also for a long time a member of the International Sunday School Lesson Committee. In these and other services to the interests of religion and of missions he worked with zeal, and added to the permanent influence of a useful Christian life." He married, December 8, 1852, Frances A., daughter of Rev. Sumner G. and Pamelia (Strong) Clapp, of St. Johnsbury. She was born in Enfield, Massachusetts, November 2, 1831, died in Springfield, Massachusetts, Feb- ruary 4, 1895. They had four children : I. Alfred, born December 8, 1857, died December 9, 1857. 2. Mary Florence, July 26, 1859, married, September 8, 1886, Dr. Joseph T. Herrick, of Springfield, Massachusetts ( see Herrick XII). 3. Margaret, June 29, 1862, died August 26, 1863. 4. Ellen Henrietta, Au- gust 18, 1872, married, January 29, 1896, Frank H. Brooks, of St. Johnsbury.


The surname Burrell is doubt- BURRELL less derived from the name of a locality. There is an ancient town in Yorkshire called Burrel. Borel was in use as a personal name in 1086 and earlier, before surnames were used in England. The coat-of-arms of the ancient Burrell family, seated in the county of Northumberland, Eng- land, was: Sable a chevron between three mullets argent. Another armorial of the family seated at Malfield and Brome Park, Northumberland: On a saltire gules between four leves vert on a chief azure a lion's head erased between two battle axes proper. Crest : An armed arm proper holding a bunch of bur- dock vert. Motto: Adhaero. A branch of the Northumberland family settled at Dowsby, Lincolnshire. Other important branches of the Burrell family were at Beckenham, county Kent, a younger branch of the Burrells of Holmsted, county Sussex, at Valentine House, county Essex, and at Woodland, Devonshire.


(1) John Burrell, immigrant ancestor, set- tled in Weymouth, Massachusetts, before 1659. He married Rebecca In the list of possessions, December 14, 1664, it appears that he had five acres of land, with thirty-three lots. In the second division on


the Braintree line, he had fifteen acres, forty- one lots. His homestead is described in the records of the proprietors as three acres in the range first granted to Nicholas Norton, on the highway bounded by land of Thomas Bug- bee on the west, of Hugh Roe on the north and of Goodman Hughes on the south. He owned an acre in King Oke Hill adjoining land of Thomas Dyer; two acres in the range first granted to Robert Jeffery. Children, born at Weymouth: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Thomas, February 2, 1659. 3. Ephraim, July 19, 1664, married Lydia ; and had chil- dren: Lydia Mary, Samuel, Ephraim, John and Sarah, all at Weymouth.


(II) John (2), son of John (I) Burrell, was born about 1650-60 in Weymouth. He was a soldier in King Philip's war under the lamented Captain Isaac Johnson, December, 1675. Children, born at Weymouth: I. Eliz- abeth, September 25, 1689. 2. Thomas, May 26, 1692. 3. John, mentioned below.


(III) John (3), son of John (2) Burrell, was born in Weymouth, February 19, 1695. He settled at Weymouth. He married (intention dated December 8, 1716) Mary Humphrey. Among his children was Joseph, mentioned below, and Humphrey, of Abington, married Mary Gardner, of Hingham.


(IV) Joseph, son of John (3) Burrell, was born at Weymouth, September 24, 1719, died July 26. 1798. He inherited by will the home- stead of his grandfather, John Humphrey, at Hingham, and resided there on High street, near French street. He married (probably) Mary Bates. Children: I. Joseph, married Tabitha Pratt. 2. Benjamin, mentioned below. 3. Stephen, born in Hingham, married Clarissa Dyer, of Weymouth ; died July 29, 1868. Prob- ably others.


(V) Benjamin, son of Joseph Burrell, at the age of twenty-five, then of Abington, en- listed as a soldier in the revolution in Captain Cobb's company, Colonel Mitchell's regiment, in 1776; also in Captain Joseph Trufant's company, Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment, served at Hull in 1776-77; he was described as of light complexion, five feet ten inches in height. Married, in Hingham, June 19, 1788, Lois Tower, born in Hingham, January 20, 1769, daughter of Malachi and Ruth (Hay- ward) Tower. Children, born in Hingham and Weymouth: 1. Benjamin, January 29, 1789, mentioned below. 2. Martin, November 4, 1790. 3. Jolin, November 14, 1792, mar- ried, September 19, 1819, Mary Ann McBean. 4. Susanna, March 3, 1795, married, December


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3, 1815, Martin Hobart. 5. Malachi, Febru- ary 9, 1797. 6. Ruth, April 17, 1799, married, May 21, 1820, David Bates, of Weymouth. 7. Asa, April II, 1801, married, April 3, 1822, Anna Bates ; died at Weymouth, April 9, 1871. 8. Mary, May 25, 1803, married (first) Sullivan; (second ) Samuel Tirrell. 9. Warren, June 5, 1805, married, January, 1835, Mary H. Gardner. 10. Louisa, July 4, 1807, mar- ried, September 14, 1828, Caleb Marsh. II. Joseph, December 22, 1809, married, Novem- ber II. 1833, Mary E. Ford; died at Wey- mouth, April 26, 1869. 12. Sophia P., mar- ried. September 13, 1848, Severns Richards.


(VI) Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin (I) Burrell, was born January 29, 1789. He lived at Weymouth. Married Mary Humphrey. Children, born at Weymouth: Jacob, Benja- min, David, killed in the civil war ; James, Elizabeth, Mary, Charles, John Pratt, men- tioned below ; all deceased.


(VII) John Pratt, son of Benjamin (2) Burrell, was born at East Weymouth, March 15, 1825, died there January 4, 1894. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and served an apprenticeship of seven years at the carpenter trade. He followed his trade before the civil war broke out. He enlisted in Company H of East Weymouth and was in the service one year, being mus- tered out with the rank of lieutenant. He en- gaged in the manufacture of shoes after the war and was for many years a prominent and successful manufacturer. He retired a num- ber of years before his death. He was honor- ed with many positions of trust and responsi- bility. For twelve years he was assessor of Weymouth and held that office at the time of his death. He served the town also as a selectman. In politics he was a Republican. In religion a Methodist, he took a prominent position in the church and was chorister there for more than a quarter of a century. He was a member of Orphans Hope Lodge of Free Masons ; of Crescent Lodge of Odd Fel- lows ; of Reynolds Post, No. 58, Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Burrill possessed the sound judgment and upright character that made him a wise and sympathetic counselor and a valued friend. He was gifted with unusual sagacity in business, a remarkable memory and he was earnest, industrious and enterprising. He had the confidence of men in all walks of life, the esteem of all his towns- men, the affection and love of many friends. He married (first) March I, 1848, Ansella Pratt, born June 9, 1830, died May 20, 1856,


daughter of David and Mercy Pratt. Chil- dren : I. Fanny Maria, born January 29, 1849, died April 24, 1870; married, November 26, 1868, Noah Frank Vining. 2. John Franklin, born April 29, 1856, died March 8, 1877. He married (second) May 31, 1857, Susan Ann Bates, born January 2, 1833, died March 26, 1909, daughter of Abraham and Susan Leavitt (Stoddar) Bates, of East Weymouth ( see Bates family ). Children, born at Weymouth : 3. Virginia, born October II, 1860, married Wallace Whiton, born 1856 at Hingham ; chil- dren : Fannie Burrell Whiton, born May 22, 1883, at East Weymouth, and Wallace Ash- ton, born March 22, 1886, died May 20, 1886. 4. William Morrison, born July 20, 1868, edu- cated in public schools of Weymouth and Wes- leyan Academy at Wilbraham, Massachusetts, then at Comers Commercial College at Boston ; learned telegraphy and for some years held the position of telegraph operator on different railroads, finally entering the employ of the Rutland railroad, where he has served in dif- ferent capacities and at present is the New England freight agent for this road and also for the Rutland Transit Company. He mar- ried, July 27, 1907, Antoinette Berry, born in Boston, daughter of Charles J. and Rosabelle (Farnsworth ) Berry, of Boston.


(The Bates Line).


The family of Bates, Bate or Batt, as it was variously spelled, is ancient in England, and many members of the family in England as well as America, have been distinguished. The Bates coat-of-arms is: A lion's head erased, gules. The name is a form of Bertelot ( Bart- lett), derived from the old name Bartholo- mew, when surnames came into vogue. Five generations of the family are traced in Eng- land in direct line of ancestry of Clement Bates, of Hingham, the immigrant.


(I) Thomas Bates lived in Lydd, parish of All Hallows, county Kent, England, and died there in 1485.


(II) John, son of Thomas Bates, died in I522.


(III) Andrew, son of John Bates, had four sons and died at Lydd in 1533.


(IV) John (2), son of Andrew Bates, died at Lydd in 1580, leaving three sons.


(V) James, son of John (2) Bates, died at Lydd in 1614. Among his children authorities give the three American pioneers of this name : Clement of Hingham, Edward of Weymouth, mentioned below, and James of Dorchester.


(I) Elder Edward Bates, immigrant ances-


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tor of this branch of the family, was born in England in 1605 and came from Boston or vicinity, Lincolnshire, to America. He joined the first church in Boston in November, 1633, and is called "man servant to our brother Thomas Leverett." He was among the fifty- seven inhabitants of Boston who in 1638 were disarmed for heresy, on account of their being followers of Ann Hutchinson. He was ad- mitted a freeman, March 13, 1638-39, and was a proprietor of Weymouth in 1643. He was deputy to the general court in 1639-40-41, and again in 1660. He was a commissioner to end small causes in Weymouth in 1639-43. He was selectman in 1643 and was often em- ployed by the town in legal matters. For more than thirty years he held the office of elder of the church, and held many offices of trust in the town. He owned a saw mill and corn mill. His will was dated October 22, 1683, and proved July 22, 1686. He died March 25, 1686. He married Susanna - -. Children : I. Prudence, buried June II, 1639. 2. Sus- anna, married (first) Nathaniel Blanchard ; ( second) Deacon Thomas Bass, 1680. 3. Increase, born December 28, 1641, married Mary -: died February 20, 1717. 4. John, baptized January 23, 1642, married, 1665, Mary Farwell. 5. Mary, married, January 8, 1662, John Rogers. 6. Anna, married James Stewart. 7. Edward, born December 10, 1655, mentioned below. Jehoslibeath, died unmar- ried.


(II) Edward (2), son of Elder Edward ( I) Bates, was born December 10, 1655, died Au- gust 21, 1725. He married Elizabeth Shaw, born February 26, 1656, died July 6, 1748, at Hingham, daughter of Deacon John Shaw. Children : 1. Susanna, born February 6, 1679, married William Thomas. 2. Edward, Febru- ary 3, 1682, married, 1712, Silence Richards. 3. John, January 16, 1685, mentioned below. 4. Ebenezer. 5. Joseph, married Joanna Tink- ham. 6. Samuel, married ( first ) Hannah Shaw ; (second ) Ruth Ward. 7. Eleazer, mar- ried, 1734, Rachel Eager. 8. Mary, born De- cember 11, 1607, married, March 20, 1725, Caleb Campbell. 9. Benjamin, born February 7, 1700, died April 4, 1700. to. Benjamin, married, 1726, Rebecca Eager. 11. Elizabeth, married, November 22, 1750, Deacon Samuel Whitman.


(I11) Sergeant John (3), son of Edward (2) Bates, was born January 16, 1685, died in February, 1770. He married Alice Shaw, born April 13, 1687, daughter of Nicholas and Deb- orah ( Fuller ) Shaw. Children : Joshua, born


November 19, 1708, died young. 2. John, July 13, 1710, married, March, 1732, Thankful Randall. 3. Joshua, April 20, 1712, married, December 31, 1733, Martha Orcutt. 4. Jacob, September 16, 1714, died October 16, 1742. 5. Elisha, July 8, 1717, married, May 28, 1740, Silence Bates. 6. Alice, March 22, 1720, died August 6, 1742. 7. Hannah, February 9, 1721, died October 10, 1742. 8. Abraham, February 29, 1724, mentioned below. 9. Elizabeth, Sep- tember I, 1725, died September 24, 1742. IO. Susanna, November 26, 1728, died October 24, 1742.


(IV) Abraham, son of Sergeant John (3) Bates, was born February 29, 1724. He mar- ried, January 1, 1749-50, Sarah Tower, born April 20, 1732, daughter of Peter and Patience (Gardner ) Tower, of Hingham. Children: I. Abraham, born April 28, 1751, married, May 20, 1773, Hannah Pratt. 2. Susannah, De- cember 9, 1752, married, March 26, 1772, Caleb Loud. 3. Joshua, January 27, 1755, married, October 7, 1784, Tirza Pratt. 4. Thaddeus, October 8, 1757, married, April I, 1784, Hannah Humphrey. 5. Alpheus, March 12, 1759, mentioned below. 6. Lebbeus, Janu- ary 16, 1760, married, March 20, 1788, Mary Packard. 7. Elisha, September 27, 1763, men- tioned below. 8. John, baptized October I, 1769. 9. Nabby, baptized June 13, 1773.


(V) Alpheus, son of Abraham Bates, was born March 12, 1759. He was in the Revolu- tion from Weymouth, in Captain Joseph Tru- fant's company, Coloney Josiah Whitney's regiment, July 15 to December II, 1776; also in Captain Pool's independent company at Hull, and in Captain Silas Hall's company, Colonel John Robinson's regiment, July I, 1777, to January 1, 1778. He married, Janu- ary 9, 1783, Elizabeth Pratt. who died Sep- tember 14. 1854, aged eighty-seven years, eight months, twenty-five days. Children: I. Charles, born June 3, 1784, married, January 8. 1804, Patia Bicknell. 2. Benjamin, Septem- ber 9, 1786, married, November 29, 1807, Eliz- abeth Rice. 3. Jacob, April 18, 1789, married, May 15, 1814, Nabby L. Waterman. 4. Saralı Pratt. November 27, 1791, married, 1813, David Richards. 5. Betsey, November 27, 1794, married, October 6, 1816, Ebed French. 6. Nabby, February 24, 1797, married, April 18. 1813, Norton Tirrell. 7. Nathan, Sep- tember 23, 1799, married, January 13, 1825, Eliza Dyer. 8. David, January 31, 1802, died February 8, 1806. 9. Abraham, June 30, 1804, mentioned below. 10. David, January 4, 1807, (lied August 21, 1827. 11. Joseph, January 31,


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1809, married, October 6, 1825, Rebecca Cushi- ing. 12. Lucinda, September 2, 1811, married, February 3, 1830, Ebenezer Tirrell.


(V) Elisha, son of Abraham Bates, was born September 27, 1763. died May 16, 1834. He married, October 9. 1787, Hannah Ayres, who died February 12, 1824, aged fifty-eight. Children: I. Charlotte, born February 27, 1789. married. April 14. 1808, William Hunt. 2. Elisha, April 25, 1791, married, June 25, 1809, Betsey Dyer. 3. Betsey, September 21, 1792, married, 1815. Fred Cushing. 4. Will- iam, September 2, 1794, married, May 29, 1814, Deborah Nash. 5. John, April 9, 1797, married Mary French. 6. Nancy, May 16, 1799, married, September 8, 1815, John Cush- ing Jr. 7. Evelina, April 24, 1801, married, September 28, 1823, Ebenezer Kingman. 8. Mary. August 23, 1807, died March 13, 1824.


(VI) Abraham (2), son of Alpheus Bates, was born June 30, 1804, died July 2, 1853. He married, December 1, 1828, Susan Leavitt Stoddar. born January 26, 1811, died May, 1900, daughter of Daniel and Lydia ( Wilder) Stoddar. He was a carpenter by trade; but in later years had charge of the landing and unloading of coal barges at Weymouth. He was a faithful member of the Methodist church, highly respected. Children: I. Abra- ham L., born December 21, 1829. died May 7, 1833. 2. Susan Ann, January 2, 1833, married, May 31, 1857, John P. Burrill. ( See Burrill family). 3. Cordelia, July 13, 1835, married, June 15, 1856, Eli L. Hasking. 4. Caroline Binney, March 5, 1839, married, March 8, 1857, George W. Dyer. 5. Maria L., 1841, married. December 24, 1865, William Vance. 6. Leavitt, August II, 1843, married, Decem- ber II, 1867, Ann Tirrell.




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