Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 47

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) Jonathan, son of John Bates, was born November 2, 1718, and died September 20, 1761. He was a weaver. He married, November 29, 1744, Deborah Bates, born 1721, died November 25, 1795, daughter of Samuel and Grace Bates. Children: I. Deborah, born June 14, 1745 ; married, 1768, Josiah Ward. 2. Mercy, born March 8, 1747. 3. Eunice, born February 14, 1749, died October 7, 1820. 4. Jonathan, born November 27, 1751; mar- ried, February 1, 1781, Deliverance Trufant. 5. Daniel, born January 15, 1754; married (first ) Mildred (second) Elizabeth


6. Samuel, born March 26, 1757; married, 1778, Celia White. 7. Increase, men- tioned below. 8. Noah, born June 2, 1761 ; married Rebecca Hunt.


(V) Increase (2), son of Jonathan Bates, was baptized April 15, 1759, and died May 28, 1815. He served in the revolution, in Captain Silas Wild's company, Colonel Brooks' regi- ment, on duty four months and twenty-two days, guarding the troops of the convention at Cambridge. He married, (intentions dated December 10, 1785), Matilda Cowing, who died February 4, 1854, aged eighty-five, daughter of Howland and Rachel (Hollis) Cowing. Children: 1. Matilda, born July 29, 1786; married, November 4, 1818, Thomas White. 2. Sarah, born November 4, 1788. 3. Jona- than, born September 9, 1790. 4. Ira, born October 14, 1792; mentioned below. 5. Pamelia, born April 22, 1795 ; died September 29. 1796.


(VI) Ira, son of Increase (2) Bates, was born October 14, 1792, and died March 28, 1877, and is buried in Weymouth. He settled first in Salem, where his children were born, and removed about 1843 to Braintree. He was a shipwright ; he spent his later years in Weymouth, where he followed boot-making. He married Mary Peabody, of Topsfield, who


died in 1840, at Salem. Children: I. Mary E., born July 30, 1829. 2. John, March 26, 1831. 3. Sarah Matilda, October 14, 1832. 4. Andrew Jackson, mentioned below. 5. George, died young.


(VII) Andrew Jackson, son of Ira Bates, was born at Salem, March 12, 1837, and died July 10, 1904, at Braintree. His parents came to Braintree when he was six years old, and he attended the public schools there. He worked for a short time in a grist mill, and then engaged in business as a grocer on his own account at Braintree. He was shrewd and successful in business, and took rank among the foremost merchants of the town. He was active and prominent in town affairs, and held various offices of trust and honor. He was selectman and town treasurer many years, and to an unusual degree com- manded the confidence and esteem of his townsmen. In politics he was a Republican. He invested largely in real estate, building a number of valuable houses, and was considered an authority on real estate values. He was a director of the Weymouth Savings Bank over twenty years, and served on the loan and investment committees. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias, and attended the Universalist church. He was keenly inter- ested in genealogy and local history, and did much research in the town records while hold- ing town office. Few men of his generation were more popular or beloved in the com- munity. He married, January 7, 1869, Mary Lincoln Whiton, born November 12, 1837, at Quincy, Massachusetts. They had no chil- dren. Mrs. Bates resides in Braintree.


(The Whiton Line).


The surname Whiton is of English origin, and has many different spellings, among the most common of which are Whiton, Whiting, Witon, Wyton, Whitin. Nearly all of the descendants of the Hingham, Massachusetts, family, spell the name Whiton. The family mentioned below were undoubtedly among the settlers who came from Hingham, England, to Hingham, Massachusetts.


(1) James Whiton, immigrant ancestor, was an inhabitant of Hingham, Massachusetts, as early as 1647, as October 6 that year he gave a letter of attorney to Richard Betscomb, of Hingham, England, to collect a legacy due him from Thomas Wyton, ycoman, deceased, of Hooke Norton, Oxfordshire, England. This Thomas was probably his father. James Whiton was admitted a freeman May 30, 1660.


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and was a farmer. He resided at Liberty Plain, South Hingham, where he had a grant of land in 1657. He had other grants of land, and also bought, and became one of the largest taxpayers of the town. On April 20, 1676, his house was burned by the Indians. His will was dated September 29, 1708. He pro- vided liberally for his children and grandchil- dren. He died April 26, 1710. He married, December 30, 1647, Mary Beal, born in Hing- ham, England, 1622, died in Hingham, Massa- chusetts, December 12, 1696, daughter of John and Nazareth Beal. Children, born in Hing- ham: I. James, April 10, 1649; died Novem- ber II, 1650. 2. James, July 15, 1651. 3. Matthew, October 30, 1653 : mentioned below. 4. John, December 2, 1655; died young. 5. David, February 22, 1657-8; died March 18 following. 6. Jonathan, February 22, 1657-8; died March 12 following. 7. Enoch, March 8. 1759-60. 8. Thomas, May 18, 1662. 9. Mary, April 29, 1664: married (first) Jan- uary 3, 1668-9, Isaac Wilder; (second) Baruch Jordan : (third), May 21, 1713, Thomas Sayer.


(II) Matthew, son of James Whiton, was born in Hingham, October 30, 1653, and died intestate July 22, 1725. He was a cooper by trade, and resided first on South street, West Hingham, and later on Main street, near Tower's bridge. He was constable in 1701. He married, December 27, 1677, Mrs. Deborah (Pitts) Howard, baptized in Hingham, No- vember 6, 1651, died September 19, 1729, widow of Daniel Howard, and daughter of Edmund and Ann Pitts. Children, born in Hingham: I. Mary, September 25, 1678; married, December 26, 1704, James Whiton Jr. 2. John, January 10, 1679-80. 3. David, June 5, 1681. 4. Matthew, November 28, 1682. 5. Elizabeth, March 31, 1684; married, January 13, 1703-4, Hezekiah Tower. 6. Sus- anna, November 14, 1686; died unmarried, August 9 or 22, 1750. 7. Infant, born and died August 19, 1688. 8. Lydia, born April 2, 1693 ; married, November 26, 1719, Samuel Tower. 9. Isaac ; mentioned below.


(III) Isaac, son of Matthew Whiton, was born in Hingham, March 25, 1695, and lived on Main street, Hingham. He was a weaver. He married, March 17, 1720, Lydia Garnet, or Gardner, born January 22, 1694-5, daughter of Stephen and Sarah (Warren) Gardner. Children, born in Hingham: I. Isaac, Janu- ary 7, 1720-I. 2. Stephen, October 13, 1722; mentioned below. 3. Lydia, November 27, 1724; died March 30, 1728. 4. Deborah, Jan-


uary I, 1726-7; died January 24, 1756. 5. Lydia, born February 23, 1728-9; died May 6 following. 6. Abraham, March 18, 1729-30. 7. Jacob, February 7, 1731-2. 8. Israel, August 19, 1734. 9. Lydia, May 14, 1738; died January 26, 1756.


(IV) Stephen, son of Isaac Whiton, was born in Hingham, October 13, 1722, and died January 14, 1812, aged eighty-nine years. He was a cooper, and lived on the homestead. He married (first) Mercy, daughter of Caleb Campbell; (second), December 20, 1775, Sarah Stoddard, born in Hingham, June 25, 1739, died September 30, 1823, daughter of Jeremiah and Sarah ( Macvarlo) Stodder. Children, born in Hingham, by first wife: I. Deborah, February 5, 1756. 2. Israel, Sep- tember 20, 1758; mentioned below. 3. Sarah, November 8, 1759. Children of second wife: 4. Isaac, born October 21, 1778; died February I, 1856. 5. Daniel, born July, 1781 ; died June 8, 1857.


(V) Israel, son of Stephen Whiton, was born in Hingham, September 20, 1758, and died August 2, 1840, aged eighty-two years. He served in the revolution, enlisting for three years in the Continental army, in Captain Brown's company, Colonel Jackson's regiment, in 1778; also served in 1782 in Captain Daniel Fisher's company, Major Job Cushing's regi- ment, at Hull. He married, January 14, 1781, Hannah Stowell, born January 9, 1761, died August 12, 1827, daughter of Adam and Deborah (Cowen) Stowell. Children, born in Hingham: I. Israel, November 21, 1781 : married, April II, 1812, Rebecca Cleverly. 2. Campbell, February 19, 1784; married Desire Jordan ; died December 5, 1851. 3. Hannah, May 15, 1787; died September 9, 1788. 4. Isaiah, October 8, 1789 ; mentioned below. 5. Royal, February 22, 1792. 6. Job Stowell, January 23, 1797. 7. Hannah Stowell, Janu- ary 30, 1799; married, November 20, 1823, Lyman Barnes ; died January 6, 1881.


(VI) Isaiah, son of Israel Whiton, was born in Hingham, October 8, 1789, and died April 2, 1871. He lived in Hingham, and was a "packet-man." He married, at Barnstable, November 5, 1810, Martha Davis Estabrook, who died November 21, 1857, aged sixty- seven, daughter of Gorham and Susanna (Gorham) Esterbrook. Children: I. Martha Davis, born September 18, 1811; married, September 25, 1838, Josiah Gorham. 2. Isaiah Gorham, born May 5, 1813: mentioned below. 3. Charles Easterbrook, born February 22, 1816; married, December 1, 1839, Susanna


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Hobart. 4. Susan Allen, born May 24, 1817; married, May 9, 1837, Thomas D. Blossom. 5. Deborah Kimball, born May 19, 1820; mar- ried, June 1, 1843, Samuel Bronsdon. 6. Albert, born December 9, 1823; died Septem- ber 6, 1824. 7. Anna Allen Easterbrook, born June 13, 1825; married, January 17, 1846, Isaac B. Damon. 8. Emily, born October II, 1827; married, November 30, 1848, Moses Cross. 9. Albert, born October 10, 1829. 10. Olive Marble, born May 4, 1832; married, February 12, 1852, Edwin Wilder. 11. Will- iam Stowell, born October 28, 1834; married, October 28, 1857, Mary Leavitt.


(VII) Isaiah Gorham, son of Isaiah Whiton, was born May 5, 1813, and died October 17, 1886. He married (first) Novem- ber 13, 1836, Mary Waterman Lincoln, born November 5, 1816, died September 17, 1863, daughter of Marshall and Lucy (Stoddard) Lincoln ; (second) December 25, 1866, Mrs. Susan M. (Lincoln) Nash. He resided in Quincy, and was a sailmaker, doing some man- u facturing. Later he kept a general store, as also sold coal. He was employed in the custom house for a time. He was a member of the Free Masons and a Republican in poli- tics. Children: 1. Mary Lincoln, born 1837; married, 1869, Andrew Jackson Bates (See Bates family). 2. Martha G., July 24, 1840; married (first) Benjamin Clark White; (second) George W. Hersey, he died in 1894. 3. Joseph L., born October, 1847; married Mary Ann Litchfield; wholesale dry goods merchant in Boston; now retired and lives at Quincy Point, Massachusetts; has two sons. 4. Lucy Stoddard, born November 30, 1849; married Elias McGown; he died in 1900. 5. Marshall Lincoln, born March 30, 1856; educated in Quincy, and at commercial school in Boston; followed the ship chandlery busi- ness for a time, then in the beef commission business, in the firm of Upton, McGown & Co., and continued five years, when the firm dissolved and he took a position as hotel clerk, which he followed for twelve years, when he resigned, and since has made his home with his sister, Mrs. Bates.


MILLER The surname of this family was originally Möller, with the umlaut over the first vowel, and was of ancient German origin. It has been anglicized to Miller since coming to the United States. It is known that the family was of some prominence in Germany and Scandinavia in the carlier generations, and


there have been many distinguished men of this surname.


(I) Gustaf Adolf Miller ( Möller ) was born in Sweden in 1803 and died there in 1869. He was well educated and came of a well- to-do family. His grandson, Professor Her- bert Adolphus Miller, of Olivet College, Mich- igan, has in his possession a silver-mounted pipe, an heirloom that has descended from the father of Gustaf A., if not from an earlier ancestor. Gustaf A. was appointed in 1823 Kronolansmanned or landsman, an office held for life, the appointment being vested in the governor of the province of state of Skone. The duties of this office combine those of sheriff and judge of probate and some other functions. He owned several large farms, but the land which is now very valuable was then worth but little. He was, however, a man of sub- stance and influence in the community. He moved several times, but always lived not many miles from the village of Astorp, where he died. He married, in 1825, Anna Beata Ahlstrom, born 1805, died 1880. Her father was a farmer. Children, born at or near Astorp, Sweden : I. Magnus, changed to William, born June 3, 1826, mentioned below. 2. Mary, June 30, 1827, died in 1869. 3. Frichoff, August 24, 1828, still living ( 1909) at Horby, Sweden, where he has made his home for more than half a century ; he was a merchant there until 1899 when he retired to devote himself to the care of his invalid wife who died shortly afterward ; in 1908 the whole village joined in celebrating his eightieth birthday; he enjoys excellent health, having never been sick a day in his life; his only son died at the age of ten years. 4. Matilda, April 22, 1832, married Johan Nilson, a Lutheran minister; daughter Anna Nilson resides at Grebbestad, a fishing village near Norway. 5. Stephanie, February 1, 1836, resides at Astorp. 6. John, February 8, 1838, died in 1877, in the army. 7. Axel, September 11, 1840, came to America and died herc. 8. Nelson, Febru- ary 23, 1843, came to America and died here. 9. Child unnamed, born and died in 1843. 10. Gustave, February 10, 1848, resides with sister Stephanie in Astorp; unmarried.


(11) William, whose baptismal name was Magnus Möller, legally changed after he came to America, was the son of Gustaf Adolf Möller, and was born in Gotenbourg, near Astorp, Sweden, June 3, 1826, died at his home on Commercial street, East Braintree, Massachusetts, July 10, 1883. He was well educated in his native land. His was a varied


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and eventful life. He left home when a young man and fought in the English army in the Crimean war, but after the battle of Constanti- nople he left his regiment and made his way to Gibraltar, where he shipped as a sailor. He followed the sea four years and was thrice shipwrecked, once near Barcelona, Spain, once off the coast of England and again off Key West, saving nothing but the clothing he was wearing. In 1857 he visited his old home and spent some time with his relatives in Sweden. He went to London and shipped on an English steamship bound for the United States. Dur- ing the passage he fell sick and upon arriving in port was placed in the hospital at Chelsea, Massachusetts, and he did not recover in season to join his vessel before sailing. He was employed as a nurse in the hospital after he recovered and made himself exceedingly useful, being able to speak four languages. Many sailors of various nationalities were treated at this institution and his knowledge of their language was greatly appreciated by the authorities. He was skillful and within two years was head nurse of the hospital. He decided to make his home in this country and two brothers, Axel and Nelson, settled in this country. He removed to Lowell, Massachu- setts, where he followed his trade as an iron founder until he enlisted in the civil war. He served four years in a Lowell company in the Second Regiment, Massachusetts Heavy Artil- lery. At the battle of Gettysburg he was wounded in the foot by a musket ball. He took part in many battles and engagements. At the close of the war he followed his trade of iron founder and molder and various other occupations. In 1880 he came to Braintree, where he resided the remainder of his life. He was buried in Mount Hope cemetery, Bos- ton, but in 1909 his body was moved by his son, Charles Oscar, to Weymouth cemetery. During his life in Braintree he occupied the old homestead of the late Rev. Jonas Perkins at the corner of Commercial and Liberty streets, where the Jonas Perkins school now stands. He was fond of travel and during his seafaring life visited the principal cities and places of interest in Asia and Africa, as well as Europe and America. He was a strong swimmer and saved three persons on different occasions from death by drowning. He was a prominent member of General Sylvanus Thayer Post, No. 87, Grand Army of the Republic, of Braintree. He was converted in London when a young man and was an earnest and devout Christian £ throughout the


remainder of his life. He was one of the organizers of the Methodist Episcopal church at East Braintree, and continued active in the work of that society until he died. He was a conscientious, upright and kindly man, well beloved by his family and friends. In poli- tics he was a Republican. He married Mary Elizabeth Webb, born at Noel, Nova Scotia, in 1828, died at Boston in 1872. He married (second) Nellie R. Thompson, born at Tuf- tonboro, New Hampshire, daughter of William R. Thompson. Children of first wife: I. Nettie M., born March 7, 1862, married William K. Hewes, of Wareham, Massachu- setts ; children : William A. Hewes, Florence E. Hewes, Kenneth Hewes. 2. Charles Oscar, August 3, 1863, mentioned below. Chil- dren of second wife: 3. Herbert Adolphus, a graduate of Wolfboro Academy and Dart- mouth and Harvard Colleges, taking a three year course in psychology at Harvard College ; now professor of philosophy and social science at Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan. 4. Eunice Ann, educated in Wolfboro Academy and Oberlin College, Ohio; now teaching in the public schools of Revere, Massachusetts. (III) Charles Oscar, son of William Mil- ler (Magnus Möller), was born at Lowell, Massachusetts, August 3, 1863. He attended the public schools of South Boston until he was twelve years old. Then his mother died and he went to live on a farm in New Hamp- shire, and there he resided four years and continued his schooling winters for two years. He then returned to his father's home, and worked in the Jenkins shoestring factory in Braintree, where he continued until eighteen years of age, when he left the shoestring shop and began to learn the trade of carpenter, entering the employ of William Wood, of Boston. After three years his employer made him foreman, and during the following two years he had charge of a number of large and very important contracts on the large build- ings in Boston, having at times sixty men. At the age of twenty-four he embarked in business as a builder on his own account. His first place of business was on Beverly street, Boston. In 1888 he removed to better quarters on Union Park street and had a well- appointed office and shop there. He built the old Fore River Ship and Engine Company's plant at Quincy ; this was later torn down and he erected in its place the great Fore River ship building plant, covering fifty-two acres, and one of the largest and best-equipped plants in the United States, having a capacity for the


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construction of all sized vessels. Here have been built a number of the largest United States battleships, including the "Vermont," "Dakota" and others, also a large number of submarine vessels. Mr. Miller drove the first stake and completed all the buildings of the entire plant, having a force of over three hundred men. He also assisted in the con- struction of the Fore River railroad. He built the artificial ice plant for the Birming- ham & Atlanta railroad. He remodeled the hotel "Oglethorpe," operated by the Atlantic


McKenny is an old Irish surname. The McKenny family of Dublin and Ullard and Ballyshonbay, county Kilkenny, baronet, bears: Or a fleur de lis between three cres- railroad, and also managed this hotel while it . cents azure on a chief vert a stag pursued by was undergoing repairs. Mr. Miller has his a greyhound argent. Crest : A hand in armour, couped at the wrist holding a roll of parchment. Motto: Vincet Veritas. The tradition of the family is that the ancestry is Scotch. The immigrant may have been one of the Scotch soldiers taken by Cromwell and sent by Cromwell to New England with thous- ands of others after the battles of Dunbar and Worcester. It is known that one John Mc- Kenna came and it is believed that he is the same man that was living later at Scarborough, mentioned below. residence and office at 38 Liberty street, Brain- tree, Massachusetts, in which town he has built many residences and other buildings. He has built and sold some fifty houses on land he bought for development on Liberty street and locality, and few men have done more to benefit the town and promote its welfare. Besides his building and real estate interests he has conducted an extensive insurance busi- ness. He has been a justice of the peace since 1891. He is a director of the local board of fire underwriters and of the New England (I) John McKenney, immigrant ancestor, came to Scarborough, Maine, as early as 1668, at which time he leased land of Joshua Scot- tow. In 1673 he purchased land of Robert Jordan on the Nonesuch river, where he set- tled. He and his family evidently moved away during the Indian war, and but little is known of them. He had a son Robert, mentioned below. Cement and Products Company. He is man- ager of the Commonwealth Real Estate Trust. He is a member of Delphi Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and is department past chancellor ; he is a member of Norfolk Club of Boston and of Cochato Club of Braintree. He is a Republican in politics. He is a member of the finance committee, Republican town com- mittee, and one of the committee on the aboli- tion of grade crossings. He married, Decem- ber 21, 1886, Carrie Lizzie Loring, born at East Bridgewater, December 3, 1866, daugh- ter of Benjamin Joseph and Caroline French (Ludden) Loring. Their only child is Bessie Loring, born April 26, 1891, at East Braintree, graduate of the Braintree high school, 1908.


McKENNEY According to the best authority on English sur- names, McKenna, as the name of the immigrant ancestor of this family was spelled at first, is a corruption of Mac- Kinnon in Ulster province, Ireland. The spellings Mckinney, McKenny and many others are found. The Mckinnons or Mac- Kinnons are closely connected with the Mac- Donalds of the Isles and have no independent history of their own. Burke derives them from Fingon, youngest son of Alpin, King of Scotland, stating that the spelling of the name


was first Macfingon, then Macfinden and fin- ally Mackinnon. Burke gives as coat-of-arms of the Mackenay family: Sable three pairs of keys each pair having their handles down- wards lozenged, interlaced and endorsed or two and one. Crest: An arm in armour embowed holding a spear top broken and pendent proper.


(II) Robert, son of John McKenney, returned and settled at Scarborough on his father's estate. He died there September 23, 1725. He married, at Portsmouth, in 1692, Rebecca Sparks, widow. Children : I. John, married, 1728, Margaret Wright, and lived in Scarborough. 2. Robert, married, April 1, 1727, Margaret Jimmerson and lived in Scar- borough. 3. Isaac, mentioned below. 4. Henry, married, March 15, 1729, Sarah Hanscom ; settled on Cape Elizabeth and was progenitor of the Limington branch of the family.


(III) Isaac, son of Robert McKenney, was born in Scarborough and resided there. He married (intentions published April 1, 1731) Elizabeth Drisco. Children, born at Scar- borough: 1. Jacob, married Temperance - - and probably settled in Greene, Maine.


2. Moses, married (first) Eunice Larrabee ; (second) Lucy Plummer. 3. Hannah, mar- ried Stephen Larrabee. 4. Dorothy, married,


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August 21, 1760, Luke Libby. 5. Isaac, mar- ried Hannah Jordan and settled in Danville, Maine. 6. Priscille G. 7. William, men- tioned below. 8. Lydia. 9. Joseph.


(IV) William, son of Isaac McKenney, was born in Scarborough. He served in the revolution as sergeant in Captain William Crocker's company at Falmouth from March I to May 31, 1776; as ensign in Colonel Ben- jamin Tupper's regiment from April 3, 1777, to December 31, 1779, under Captain Samuel Thomas, and lost, clothing at the battle of Ticonderoga. In April, 1779, he was trans- ferred to Major Lithgow's company in the same regiment. From January to April, 1777, he was a sergeant in Captain Clark's company. He was commissioned lieutenant in Colonel Benjamin Tupper's company, July 4. 1780, and from October to December I, 1780, was in Captain Stephen Abbott's com- pany of light infantry, under Colonel Tupper. Lieutenant William McKenney married Miriam Jordan, sister of Mary Jordan, and settled in Danville, Maine. Children: I. William, mentioned below. 2. Andrew. Probably other children.


(V) William (2), son of Lieutenant William (I) McKenney, was born 1780-90 at Danville, Maine. He was educated in his native town. He removed to Boston when a young man and established himself in the furniture business with a store at the corner of Essex and Washington streets, Boston. He was a successful and prominent merchant. He married Elmira Richards, born at Roxbury, daughter of Nathaniel Richards, she died in Boston, buried at Forest Hills, now Boston, Massachusetts. Children : I. William. 2. Charles, died young. 3. Charles Henry, born 1825, mentioned below.


(VI) Charles Henry, son of William (2) McKenney, was born in Boston in 1825, died March 3, 1887, in Boston, buried at Forest Hills, Boston. He was educated in the public schools of Boston. He was bound out to a farmer in Dedham; and later came to Bos- ton and was in the chandelier business, formerly in the fluid and lamp business for himself; firm name was C. H. McKenney & Company. In politics he was a Republican. He was a member of the Church of the Unity, later of the Universalist church, on Columbus avenue, Boston. He was a member of Free and Accepted Masons, Knights of Honor, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights and Ladies of Honor. He married Susan A. Dodge, born 1829, at Newcastle, Maine. Chil-




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