Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 42

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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(III) Joseph, son of Thomas (2) Sawyer, was born about 1675. He died before 1739 when his eldst son Joseph deeded to his brothers, Thomas Sawyer, of Bolton, and Abner Sawyer, of Lancaster, a quarter of his double share of the estate of his father, Joseph, but "not my right in the thirds," by deed dated March 31, 1739. Children, baptized together June 22, 1718, in the First Church of Lan- caster: 1. Joseph, married Tabitha Prescott ; son Joseph was born 1738, according to guar- dianship papers. 2. Sarah. 3. Thomas, men- tioned below. 4. Abner, born 171I, married, April 8, 1736, Mary Miller and had six daugh- ters mentioned in his will, all born at Lan- caster : his wife was admitted to the church, June 19, 1737, and he died at Sterling, Decem-

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ber 6, 1758; estate divided among five daugh- ters and widow; daughter Keziah married Ezra Sawyer, a cousin ; Joseph Sawyer is said to have built the first mills at the village called Sawyer Mills in Lancaster, now in Boylston, and Abner owned the mills later. 5. Aaron, died aged forty-three ; owned part of father's grist mill and his son bought the saw mill of his uncle Abner. ( Aaron's name was not given in the list of those baptized). 6. Asen- ath. 7. Mary.

(IV) Thomas (3) Sawyer, son of Joseph Sawyer, was born in Lancaster, 1705-10, and settled when a young man in the adjoining town of Bolton. He built a mill on Jackson pond in Winchedon in 1765; another mill on Otter river for his son Thomas in 1762-63, and other mills at Baldwinsville in 1767-68. He deeded land to his son Abner, lots 5, 6, 36, 50, etc., in Templeton, September 3, 1763 ; to his son Hooker, July 7, 1766. Children : I. Thomas, lived in Bolton ; was there in 1790; married Prudence Carter, 1762. 2. Hooker. 3. Abner, mentioned below.

(V) Lieutenant Abner, son of Thomas (3) Sawyer, was born in Bolton in 1742, died in Templeton, September 4, 1779 (gravestone). He was a soldier in the revolution; second lieutenant in Captain Ephraim Stockwell's company (Twelfth), Colonel Nathan Spar- hawk's regiment (Seventh) of Worcester county, chosen at Rutland district ( Barre), July 5, 1776, and commissioned December 10, 1776; lieutenant in Captain Josiah Wilder's company. Colonel Nathan Sparhawk's regi- ment in 1777, and first lieutenant also in the same company in 1778. He settled in Tem- pleton. He married, at Bolton, May 26, 1763, Hannah Piper, as recorded at Templeton. Children. born at Templeton: 1. Silas, March 6, 1764, died November 21, 1841, at Phillips- ton ; married, 1785. Mary Ross; (second) Elizabeth, who died March 9, 1840, aged seventy-seven ; ( third) Mrs. Grace Howe (in- tention April 19, 1841), of Petersham, died November 26, 1841. 2. Abner, August 26, 1766, mentioned below. 3. Thomas, March 20, 1768, removed to Northfield, Massachus- etts, in 1706, to Brooks, Maine, in 1801. 4. Hannah, April 21, 1770, married, April I, 1790, Jonas Lamb, of Gerry. 5. Hooker, June 5, 1775. 6. Dorothy, died May 8, 1778. 7. Phebe, March 15, 1777, married, January 9. 1797. Isaac Lamb. 8. Phinehas Houghton, October 1, 1779 (posthumous).

(VI) Abner (2), son of Abner ( I) Sawyer, was born in Templeton, August 26, 1766. Jon-

athan Jones was appointed his guardian, Octo- ber 2, 1780, after the death of his father, and Paul Kendall was appointed guardian of his brother Thomas. He removed to Athol from Templeton. Abner Sawyer deeded land in Templeton, May 4, 1790, to his brother Silas. He removed from Athol to Northfield about 1796, with his brother Thomas. A deed of the heirs of his father to Hooker Lamb, dated January 8, 1834, gives the residences of his brothers and sisters, viz: Silas and wife Elizabeth Sawyer and Hannah Lamb, of Phil- lipston, Massachusetts; Phebe Lamb, widow, of Templeton ; Abner Sawyer, of Northfield : Thomas Sawyer and wife Olive Sawyer, of Brooks, Maine. The homestead conveyed by this deed was on the south side of the county road. He married Eunice - -. The elder children were probably born at Athol. Chil- dren: I. Josiah, married, December 1, 1822, Adeline Griswold. 2. Benjamin, mentioned below. Born at Northfield: 3. Joel, born June 5, 1796, died October 15, 1796. 4. Asa- hel, December 29, 1797, prominent citizen of Northfield. 5. Eunice, February 3, 1800, mar- ried Erastus Wells, of New York. 6. Lucy, May II, 1802, died May 14, 1824. 7. Keziah, November 1, 1803, died December 13, 1826.

(VII) Benjamin, son of Abner (2) Sawyer, was born in Northfield or Athol. He settled in Northfield and had a saw mill on the Natanis or Bennet's brook. About 1827 the dam gave way, one house was destroyed and considerable damage done to the lands below. He married Charlotte Griswold. Children, born at Northfield : I. Rebecca, 1819. 2. Benjamin, 1820. 3. Charlotte G., 1822. 4. Lucy B., 1824, died 1825. 5. Lucy B., 1826. 6. John Flavel, 1827, mentioned below. 7. Elizabeth T., 1829.

(VIII) John Flavel, son of Benjamin Sawyer, was born in Northfield, November 12, 1827, died November 21, 1858. He was edu- cated in the public schools, and like many of his ancestors was a miller, owning a grist mill in Shelburne Falls. He married, February 25, 1857, Susan Hunt, born April 27, 1827, died November 7, 1907, daughter of Captain Salmon and Statira (Smead) Hunt, of Hali- fax, Vermont. After the death of her hus- band she was for several years a clerk in the postoffice at Shelburne Falls and then opened a book and stationery store and news room in the hotel block in 1863. She was in business there for the next seventeen years, and then located in Wood's block, where the business has since been conducted. Six years before

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her death she withdrew from active manage- ment of the store, which has since been con- ducted by her only son, Herman J. Sawyer, but she continued to visit the store almost every day until March, 1907. She was one of the oldest merchants of Shelburne Falls and had a large circle of friends there and in the surrounding towns. Her pluck at the begin- ning of her career in business, her good judg- ment, her upright and honorable methods, her courtesy and consideration for everybody dur- ing the forty years of her business life won the respect. admiration and confidence which she enjoyed in the community. She left one son, Herman John, born February 19, 1858, men- tioned below.

(IX) Herman John, son of John Flavel Sawyer, was born at Shelburne Falls, Febru- ary 19, 1858, and was educated in the public schools of that village. He became associated in business with his mother as clerk in Decem- ber. 1863. For fifteen years he was manager of the store and since the death of his mother has been the owner of the business. He is a member of Mountain Lodge of Free Masons. In politics he is a Republican ; in religion an attendant of the Universalist church. He mar- ried, January 26, 1886, Lillie Roana Miller, born February 19, 1862, daughter of David and Sarah ( Kendrick) Miller, of Williams- burg, Massachusetts.

CAPEN There is no mention of this sur- name in any of the books on English surnames, and the origin

of the name is unknown. A family of the name lived in England, however, in the six- teenth century.

(I) Bernard Capen, immigrant ancestor of the old American families of this name, was born in England in 1562 and came to New England from county Dorset about 1630 in the ship "Mary and John." He was a propri- etor and one of the original grantees of Dor- chester Massachusetts, August 5, 1633. He was admitted a freeman, May 25, 1636. He married "on Monday in Whitsun week, 1596," Joan Purchase, daughter of Oliver Purchase. The "Widdow Purchase" whose name is first mentioned August 5, 1633, in the Dorchester town records in connection with a land grant to Barnard or Bernard Capen and three times afterwards, was quite likely the widow of Oliver Purchase, and mother to Joan and also to Oliver Purchase who with Sarah his wife joined the Dorchester church in 1639. Oliver Purchase was admitted a freeman, December

7, 1636, and removed, according to Savage, early to Taunton, thence to Lynn, where his wife Sarah died October 21, 1671. He mar - ried, September 17, 1672, Mary, daughter of Rev. William Perkins; was representative to the general court in 1660 and often after ; re- moved to Concord about 1691 and died there November 20, 1701. His age as given at death varies from eighty-four to eighty-eight years. On the town records at Concord he is styled "Mr. Oliver Purchas yt worthy Gen- tleman". William Perkins, father to Rev. William, mentioned above, whose daughter Mary was the second wife to Oliver Purchase, of Dorchester, is mentioned in the will of Samuel Purchase, author of the "Pilgrims" as his brother-in-law. Bernard Capen was a shoemaker by trade. His homestead was on what is now Washington street, near Wheat- land avenue. The last land granted him was at South Boston, March 18, 1637, "with the Cowes pasture and other land". The family has been prominent in Dorchester from the first settlement to the present time. Among the most influential and useful citizens of the town have been the lineal male descendants of Bernard Capen. He lived but a few years after coming to the new world, and died No- vember 8, 1638, aged seventy-six years. The stone which marked his grave was the first tombstone in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. and is now preserved by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston. His will was dated October 9, 1638, and provcd November 19, 1652, bequeathing to his wife and son John. He probably had a sister who married George Dyer, whom he called his "brother Dyer," and makes him an overseer of his estate in the will. The widow Joan was born 1578 and died March 26, 1653. The Widow Dorothy Upsall, widow of Nicholas I'Dsall, of Dorchester, names John Capen as "her brother" and Elizabeth Swift and Honour Hannam as her "sisters." Children, born in England: I. Bernard, mentioned in his brother James' will. 2. Ruth, born August 7. 1600. 3. Susanna, April II, 1602, died November 30, 1666; (believed by Stiles and others to have married (first) William Rock- well and (second) Matthew Grant). 4. John, January 26, 1612, mentioned below. 5. James, died in England. His nuncupative will is as follows: "The third day of September A. D. 1628 Tames Capen of Holborne in the county of Middlesex, scrivener, being sick in body but good of memory did by word of mouth declare his will and purpose how his estate

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should be disposed of after his death, as fol- ioweth: first, he did appoint that his mother Joane Capen the wife of Bernard Capen of Dorchester, in the county of Dorset, shoemaker should, out of the estate of the said James, pay unto his four sisters unmarried four pounds apiece. And all the residue of his moneys, apparell and goods whatsoever he gave to his said mother to do with it accord- ing to her mind Whereunto were witnesses Barnard Capen the younger and Jerom Wol- verton." (P 1068 Gen. Gleanings in England, Waters). (See genealogy in Thayer Mem- orial ; Pope's Pioneers of Mass. for other references ).

(II) Captain John, son of Bernard Capen, was born in England, January 26, 1612. He came from Dorchester, England, with his parents in February, 1630, and settled at Dor- chester, Massachusetts. He was admitted a freeman in 1634. He was ordained deacon of the Dorchester church, February 13, 1658, and served thirty-three years and two months in that office. He was selectman of Dorchester sixteen years, representative to the general court six years ; town clerk thirteen years ; a military officer for fifty years; the last rank he held being that of captain of the entire militia of the town. He married ( first) Red- egon Clapp, daughter of Nicholas Clapp, of Venn Ottery, England, and Dorchester, Mas- sachusetts, October 20, 1637. He married (second) September 20, 1647, Mary Bass, daughter of Samuel Bass, of Braintree. Three letters of courtship written by him to his sec- ond wife before marriage have been preserved. He died April 4, 1692. His widow Mary died June 29, 1704. aged seventy-three. Children of first wife: 1. Joanna, born October 3, 1638, died November 19, 1638. 2. John, Oc- tober 21, 1639. Children of second wife: 3-

Samuel, mentioned below. 4. Mary. 5. Bernard, March 24, 1650, died May 3, 1691 ; married, June 2, 1675. Sarah Trott. 6. James, November 17, 1654. died January 3, 1717-18, at Charlestown ; married, September 21, 1682, Hannah Lawrence, daughter of John Law- rence. 7. Preserved, March 4, 1656-57, died October 20, 1708; married, May 16, 1682, Mary Payson. 8. Joseph, December 29, 1658, (lied June 30, 1725: married Priscilla Apple- ton. 9. Hannah, October 1, 1662. 10. Eliza- beth, December 29, 1666, died 1679.

(III) Samuel, son of Captain John Capen, was born in Braintree, July 29, 1648, died May 19, 1733. He was admitted a freeman, Janu- ary 9, 1674. His will was dated June 29, 1732,

and proved June 5. 1733. He married, April 9, 1673, Susannah Payson. Children, born at Dorchester : I. Samuel, February 1, 1674, died June 5, 1674. 2. Samuel, November 4, 1675, died January 6, 1676. 3. Hopestill, Oc- tober 13, 1677. 4. Mary, September 23, 1679. 5. Ebenezer, April 30, 1682, died November I, 1682. 6. Edward, September 24, 1683, mar- ried Patience Tolman. 7. Samuel, March I, 1686. 8. Susannah, November 10, 1688. 9. Jabisah, born and died March 3, 1690. 10. Jonathan, March 17, 1691, mentioned blow. II. Susannah, September 5, 1693. 12. John, June 19, 1696, married Abigail Bugbee, of Rowley. 13. Elizabeth, September 28, 1698.

(IV) Jonathan, son of Samuel Capen, was born in Dorchester, March 17, 1691, and prob- ably resided at Stoughton. He died December 17, 1740. He married, February 22, 1722, Jane Houghton, daughter of Deacon Ebenezer Houghton. Children, born probably at Stough- ton : I. Elizabeth. 2. Jonathan, mentioned below. 3. Samuel, married Sarah Beiley, of Dorchester. 4. Edward, married Susannah Clapp, daughter of Benjamin Clapp. 5. Jo- seph. 6. Jane.

(V) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (I) Capen, settled in Stoughton and married, No- vember 20, 1746, Jerusha Talbot. He had charge of an Indian tribe. He died August, 1813. Children: I. Rebecca, born July 3, 1748, married Elijah Wentworth. 2. Jerusha, May 16, 1750, married Jacob Leonard. 3. Jonathan, September 20, 1752, married Han- nah Glover and had Jonathan, died young, and Thomas, resided in Stoughton. 4. John, February 13, 1755, mentioned below. 5. Meletiah, September 10, 1757, married Joseph Porter Jr. 6. Theophilus, June 5, 1760, mar- ried Rachel Lambert and removed to Vermont. 7. Eleanor, June 18, 1763, married David Wadsworth. 8. Azubah, March 20, 1766, mar- ried David Clapp.

(VI) John, son of Jonathan (2) Capen, was born February 13, 1755. There were four of the name in the revolution from this section. John Capen and John Capen Jr. served in Dorchester companies. One Jolin Capen, of Stoughton, was in Captain Peter Talbot's company, Colonel Lemuel Robinson's regiment on the Lexington alarm. At the same time another John Capen, of Stoughton, was in Captain William Briggs' company of minute-men. One of these was also in Captain Robert Swan's company, Colonel Benjamin Gill's regiment, and "marched from Stough- ton to the Moon" (Squantum) in June, 1776,

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when Boston was evacuated ; also in Nathan Randall's company, Colonel Thomas Mar- shall's regiment, in 1776. The records show that Jolin (6) was in the revolution, though we cannot point out which service belongs to him. The other John Capen was son of Samuel Capen Jr. He married, October 21, 1779, Patience Drake, both of Stoughton. Children : John, Nathan, Adam, mentioned below, Peter, George.

(VII) Adam, son of John Capen, was born in Stoughton in 1791. He was a farmer, own- ing land in Stoughton. He married (first) Huldah Packard, of Bridgewater; (second) (intention dated February 5, 1832) Betsey (Tilson) Belcher, of Duxbury and Canton, Massachusetts. Children of first wife: I. Jonathan, married Abigail Belcher. 2. Adam Jr. 3. Robert, married Cynthia Brett. Chil- dren of second wife : 4. Hulda, married Elisha Gill ; children: Emory, Clarence, Clara, Laura, Adam C., Bessie F., Irene, Abner Gill. 5. Bessie T., mentioned below. 6. Stephen, died in childhood.

(VIII) Bessie T., daughter of Adam Capen, was born in Stoughton. She was edu- cated in the public schools of her native town and in the Bridgewater Normal school. She is now the principal of the Capen Preparatory School, 26 Prospect street, Northampton, Massachusetts. Most of the young ladies at- tending this school are fitted there for Smith College. The school was established in 1877 as the Classical School for Girls by Mary A. Burnham, with whom Miss Capen was asso- ciated from 1880 until 1885 when Miss Burn- ham died and Miss Capen took charge of the school. Under her management it has grown from an attendance of sixty pupils to one hundred and fifty. The number of buildings has also been increased, forming the attractive group of buildings known as Miss Capen's School for Girls.

TAYLOR Many of the name were de- scended from Taillefer, the Norman baron who took part in the battle of Hastings, under William the Conqueror, in 1066, and this name gradually changed to Taylefer, Taylour, Tayleur, Tailer, Tailor, Taylor, etc. Savage gives two John Taylors who swore oath of allegiance in 1678, and in 1679 two of this name swore allegiance on the same day ; many other John Taylors are found in early records.

(I) John Taylor, of Hadley, Massachusetts, was born in England about 1639, and died Oc-

tober 17, 1713, at Hadley, where he swore allegiance February 8, 1679. He married, De- cember 12, 1666, Mary, daughter of the first Thomas Selden, who died January 7, 1713, and their children were: Esther, born Decem- ber 9. 1667; John; Thomas, June 5, 1672; Stephen, 1674; Mary, October 12, 1676, died young ; Thankful, 1680 ; Jacob, 1685 ; Samuel, December 3, 1688; and Ebenezer, March I, 1697.

(II) John (2), oldest son of John ( 1) and Mary (Selden) Taylor, was born January 6, 1670, at Hadley, and removed to South Had- ley, where he was an early member of the church, and where he was still living in 1744. He married, February 9, 1694, Hannah, daugh- ter of Samuel Gillet, who died after 1743. Their children were: John, born May 3, 1695; Joseph, March 20, 1697, died August 6, 1698; Joseph, December 6, 1698; Hannah, January 24, 1701; Samuel, November 17, 1703; Twins, born and died in 1704; Joshua, April 14, 1706; Mary, 1708; Moses; Aaron, October, 1712.

(III) Moses, son of John (2) and Hannah (Gillet) Taylor, was born in May, 1709, in Hadley, Massachusetts, from which place he removed between 1727 and 1731 to South Hadley, where he was living in 1770. He was a member of the church, and his name is found on the list of fifteen members chosen as a committee to eject a minister who refused to accept his dismissal and continued his preach- ing until forcibly removed from the pulpit, which was done while he was making his opening prayer. He took part in the Indian war in 1756. His children were: Oliver, Reuben and John.

(IV) Oliver, oldest son of Moses Taylor, was born at South Hadley, Massachusetts, and died March 5, 1846, at Chicopee Falls. He took part in the Indian war of 1758, and his record in the revolution is found in the Massa- chusetts Rolls. He was private in Captain Noah Goodman's company, of South Hadley, which marched on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775, time of service three days; also private in Lieutenant Wate's company, Colonel Ruggles Woodbridge's regiment service four days, on expedition to the Northern Depart- ment, company reported to have marched to New Providence on an alarm at Bennington, August 17, 1777. He was also second lieu- tenant in Colonel Chapin's second Hampshire county regiment, Massachusetts militia, com- missioned September 24, 1779: also second lieutenant in Captain Joseph Clap's fifteenth.

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company, second Hampshire county regiment, Massachusetts militia, where his name is found on the list of officers, though the year is not given. He married Lucy, daughter of Thomas White, born in 1767, died January 18, 1845, and their children were: Sylvester ; Porter, born December 16, 1794; Elvira, February 5, 1797 : Eveline, May 1, 1799; Andrew, May 22, 1801; Erastus, January 16, 1804; Sarah, or Sally, April 26, 1806; Calvin, June 13, died September 10, 1808.

(V) Sylvester, oldest son of Oliver and Lucy (White) Taylor, was born February 5, 1793, at South Hadley, and died March 28, 1881, at Chicopee Falls. He married, Septem- ber 12, 1815, Sally Eaton, born July 25, 1793, died September 10, 1870, and in 1828 they removed to Chicopee Falls. Their children were: Ann Sophia, born July 22, 1816, mar- ried Bailey West. 2. Harriet Maria, January II, 1818, died May 2, 1819. 3. Anson Chapin, January 28, 1820, married Louisa Buckland. 4. George Sylvester. 5. Varnum Nash, April 6, 1824, married Elizabeth Curtis. 6. Charles Andrews, September 4, 1826, married Jane Davenport. 7. James Eaton, January 18, 1829, married Electa Buckland. 8. William Oliver, April 6, 1831, married Mary Morse Barker, and died March 6, 1860. 9. Sarah Jane, July 18, 1833, married Gorge H. Nettle- ton. 10. David Eaton, October 30, 1835, mar- ried Delia Withey.

(VI) George Sylvester, second son of Syl- vester and Sally (Eaton) Taylor, was born March 2, 1822, and in 1828 removed with his parents to Chicopee Falls, where he attended the public schools, and later took a course in the school kept by Rev. Lawton, at Spring- field. He then spent three years as clerk in a store and then in 1842 entered the employ of S. A. Sackford & Company, of which firm he became a member when he reached his majority : the name was changed to Sackford & Taylor, which firm did business for twenty years. He was honored by the offices of selectman and assessor of Chicopee Falls, and in 1860-61 was elected by a large majority to the legislature, and in 1869 to the senate. In 1891, when his native town attained the dig- nity of a city, he was elected without opposi- tion to the office of mayor. He upholds the principles of the Republican party. Mr. Taylor has been justice of the peace since 1845, and for many years special justice of the Chicopee Falls court. In 1863 he entered the firm of Belcher & Taylor, dealing in agri- cultural tools, and after two years the name

was changed to Belcher & Taylor Agricultural Tool Company, Incorporated. Mr. Taylor has the respect and confidence of the community, and holds a number of positions of trust ; he is president of the Chicope Falls Savings Bank, also member of the Board of Trade, is director of the Chicopee National Bank, of Springfield, and was director of J. Stevens Arm & Tool Company. He is a member of the Congre- gational church, of which he has been deacon for many years, from 1857 to present, 1909, and for nearly twenty-five years superintend- ent of the Sunday school, also taking great interest in the Young Men's Christian Associ- ation. He is a member of the Belcher Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Unity Chapter of Chicopee, and of the Knights Templar of Springfield. Mr. Taylor married, November 25. 1845, Asenath B., daughter of Elias and Rebecca ( Gill) Cobb, born at Prince- ton, Massachusetts, January 21, 1826, died April 15, 1898, three years after having cele- brated their golden wedding. Her grandfather, Moses Gill, was lieutenant governor of Mas- sachusetts and for some time was acting gov- ernor : his wife was daughter of Rev. Thomas Prince, who was son of Samuel Prince, of Hull, by his second wife, Mary, daughter of Governor Hinckley. George Sylvester and Asenath B. (Cobb) Taylor had seven children, as follows: I. Ella Sophia, born April 12, 1847. married, January 11, 1871, Henry Nor- man Lyon, and their three children were George Norman, deceased, Grace Taylor and Howard Chapin ; Mr. Lyon died October 9, 1894. 2. Sarah Rebecca, 1849, died in 1852. 3. George Emerson, January 9, 1853, died July 19, 1860. 4. William Bradford, May 7, 1855, died May 25, 1859. 5. Edward Sylvester, June 11, 1857, married, October 11, 1883, Grace E. King, of Lee, Massachusetts, and died in June, 1906. 6. William Cobb, June 16, 1859, married, in Chi- cago, Illinois, January 1, 1887, Bessy Moody, and they settled in Rolfe, Iowa, where he died December 8, 1896. Their children are : George Oliver, born December 10, 1887, died July 5. 1888; Mary Ethel, May 3, 1889; Bessy Asen- ath, September 16, 1891 ; William Sylvester, December 3. 1893 ; and Ella Cobb, August II, 1897. 7. Albert Eaton, October 9, 1865, was educated in the public schools of Chicopee and became associated with the Taylor-Bramley Company, manufacturers of knit goods at Chicopee Falls, as one of the organizers of the concern, and is treasurer of the company. Member of Belcher Lodge, F. and A. M., Unity Chapter, Springfield Commandery, and now

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(1909) serving as eminent commander, also member of the Shrine; member of Second Congregational Church. He married, June 27, 1895, Florence May Parsons, of Westfield, Massachusetts, and they reside in Chicopee Falls. He has been three times honored by the office of mayor of Chicopee. His children are: Marjorie Brooks, born July 15, 1898, and George Sylvester, who died in infancy.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 42

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