Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 50

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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(I) Stephen Streeter, the immigrant ances- tor of the branch of the family here proposed to be treated, is supposed to have been born in Gourdhurst, Kent, England, about the year 1600, and was living there until the time of his departure for America, about 1639 or 1640. He appears first in the old town of Gloucester on Cape Ann, Massachusetts Bay Colony,


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where he took the freeman's oath, May 20, 1644. He and his wife Ursula united with the church there on March 21, 1652, and it is quite probable that he died soon after the date last mentioned. As shown by his will he was a cordwainer (shoemaker) by trade. Stephen and Ursula Streeter had seven children: I. Stephen ( see post ). 2. Sarah. 3. Samuel. 4. John, a soldier of King Philip's war. 5. Han- nah. 6. Rebecca. 7. Mary, who was born after her father's death, about 1652.


(II) Stephen (2), eldest son and child of Stephen ( I) and Ursula Streeter, died in 1689. He lived in Charlestown, Watertown, Muddy River ( Brookline) and Cambridge. He inher- ited from his father one half of his homestead in Charlestown, which he and his wife Deb- orah, then living at Muddy River, sold in 1679. In 1681 they also sold lands in Charlestown, formerly the property of his father, to Rich- mond Russell. Further than this nothing is known of Stephen Streeter, and he appears not to have made a will, nor is there any record of administration of his estate. He died in Cambridge in 1689, and his widow was ad- mitted to church communion there in 1701. They had eight children: 1. Stephen, born Watertown, June 20, 1667. 2. Sarah, Water- town, October 2, 1669. 3. Samuel, born prob- ably at Muddy River. 4. John ( see post ). 5. Rebecca, September 3. 1683, at Cambridge. 6. Deborah, Cambridge, September 25, 1685, died April 7, 1689. 7. Joseph, September 18, 1687, died October 22, 1736. 8. Benjamin, November 25, 1689, died 1690.


(III) John, son of Stephen (2) and Deborah Streeter, was born probably at Muddy River ( Brookline ), and afterward lived at Cambridge, from whence he removed about 1706 to Attle- boro and settled in that part of the town known as Cumberland, where he died April 5, 1729. The record shows that he bought lands there in 1705 and at various times afterward. He owned the covenant in Cambridge in 1700, and evidently was a man of piety and industry. He married (first ) April 9, 1700, at Cambridge, Mary Whitcomb, who died at Attleboro, Feb- ruary 5, 1715-16, and married ( second) Au- gust 1, 1716, in Rehoboth, Judith Shores (or Shares), of Wrentham, who survived him and afterward married Edward Day, of Attleboro. John Streeter had in all fifteen children, nine by his first and six by his second wife. The first three were born in Cambridge and the others in Attleboro: 1. Hannah, December 26, 1700. 2. Mary, March 29, 1702. 3. John, April 6, 1704, died 1757. 4. Elizabeth, March


27, 1706, died June 7, 1706. 5. James, March 26, 1707 (see post). 6. Jonathan, March 2, 1708-09, died before 1728. 7. Elizabeth, Octo- ber 13, 17II, died April 7, 1712. 8. Josiah, March 3, 1712-13. 9. Jeremiah, February 3, 1715-16. 10. Abigail, September 17, 1717. II. Rachel, February 24, 1719. 12. Sarah, February 9, 1721. 13. Isaiah, July 29, 1724. 14. Amy, July 15, 1726. 15. Hannah, April 30, 1729.


(IV) James, son of John and Mary (Whit- comb) Streeter, was born in Attleboro, March 26, 1707, and was baptized at Rehoboth, May 4 following. He died in Cumberland, prob- ably before 1760, for his son Jonathan, who made his will on May 23 of that year, men- tions his mother, brothers and sisters, but not his father. He married, at Rehoboth, August 8, 1734, Jemima Staples, who survived him and afterward married, December 11, 1764, Samuel Tingley, of Attleboro. James and Jemima (Staples ) Streeter had nine children : I. Esther, born Attleboro, September 2, 1735, married Enoch Streeter. 2. Jonathan, Wrentham, Jan- uary 19, 1736-37, died December 1, 1760; was a soldier of the French and Indian war. 3. Jemima, April 25, 1739, died Chesterfield, New Hampshire, 1776; married Ebenezer Streeter. 4. James, January 16, 1741 (see post ). 5. Amos, September 24, 1744. 6. David. 7. Mary, married, 1779, John Brayler, of Cumberland. 8. Rachel, November 5, 1749. 9. John, August 16, 1751.


(V) James (2), son of James (I) and Jemima (Staples) Streeter, was born in Cum- berland, January 16, 1741. He was a grantee of lands in Cumberland in 1771, but later re- moved to Vernon, Vermont, where, February 14, 1804, he and his wife Hannah decded to their son James lands in Hillsdale, New Hamp- shire, and he takes in return to himself a lease to improve the same during the lifetime of himself and his wife Hannah. Mrs. Hannah Sweetland, youngest child of James and Han- nah Streeter, said that she was nine years old when her parents moved to Vermont, which was in 1791, and she was born in 1782. James Streeter married, October 21, 1764, Hannah Tower, born August 5, 1744, daughter of John and Hannah ( Hancock) Tower, and by whom he had nine children : 1. Jonathan, born about 1766-67, died 1791. 2. John, died unmarried. 3. James, May 4, 1771. 4. Lydia. 5. Asa. 6. Paul, November 9, 1778 ( see post ). 7. Lucretia, married - Jolinson. 8. Hannah, March 5, 1782, died February 21, 1884, aged one hun- dred and one years, eleven months, eighteen days ; married, 1798, Thomas Sweetland.


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(VI) Paul, son of James (2) and Hannah (Tower) Streeter, was born in Cumberland, November 9, 1778, died in Vernon, Vermont, November 6, 1857. He was a farmer (called yeoman) and spent the greater part of his life in Vermont. He married, January 1, 1800, Anna Dresser, born Goshen, Connecticut, De- cember 13, 1784, died March 7, 1859, having borne her husband twelve children : 1. Lucretia, December 31, 1801, married Stephen Johnson. 2. Luther, March 27, 1803, died in Chicopee, Massachusetts; married, December 23, 1824, Celinda Stearns, born November 8, 1805. 3. Noyes, March 10, 1806, died in Vernon, Ver- mont ; married (first) Mary Gould, (second) January 10, 1860, Widow Laura Evans. 4. Philander H., May 9, 1808, died February 28, 1861 ; married, July 21, 1830, Polly Butter- field, born July 21, 1810, died May 17, 1866. 5. Benjamin Arnold, July 14, 1810 (see post ). 6. Lucinda, April 17, 1813, died November 14, 1847 ; married Charles Stoddard. 7. Julia Ann, September 23, 1814, died December 25, 1862; married Jonathan B. Greene. 8. Mary Louisa, September 3, 1816, died January 4, 1854 ; mar- ried Willard Johnson. 9. Jerusha, December 30, 1818; married Edward B. Brown. 10. James P., February 8, 1821 ; married, Novem- ber 26, 1840, Minerva L. Langdon. II. Nancy B., May 30, 1823, died April 9, 1844 ; married Solomon Thayer. 12. Hannah E., May 20, 1825. died January 18, 1839.


(VII) Benjamin Arnold, son of Paul and Anna (Dresser) Streeter, was born July 14, 1810. died July 10, 1864. He married, May 12. 1831, Mary Green, by whom he had nine children: 1. Mary Lavinia, April 4, 1832; married William S. Chase ; died April 23, 1909. 2. Benjamin Arnold, January 12, 1834; mar- ried (first) December 1, 1857, Martha J. Per- son, (second) January 12, 1871, Hattie L. Snow. 3. Phebe Ann, February 6, 1836; mar- ried Samuel Snell (see Snell). 4. Lovisa, Au- gust 26, 1838; married Hubbard Goodenough. 5. Philander Alonzo, September 15, 1840; lives in Holyoke. 6. Daniel Gale, August 18, 1842, died June 19, 1870. 7. Hannah E., February II, 1845 ; married David Goodrich. 8. Clarissa, E., June 16, 1848. 9. Uriah N., February 24, 1850.


William Beering was born in BEERING Hanover, Germany, of an an- cient and influential German family. From the same stock were descended the founders of the famous banking house of Baring Brothers, London, England. He was iii-34


a man of means and for many years was a banker and broker in his native city. He died in Hanover at the age of seventy-eight years. He married Mary - Children : 1. Will- iam Jr., served for three years in the German army, now a prominent business man of Hin- over. 2. Frederick William, born December 21, 1842; mentioned below. 3. Henry, settled in Brazil.


(II) Frederick William, son of William Beering, was born in Hanover, December 21, 1842, and received a thorough education at the Hanover Gymnasium. He went to Brazil, South America, where his brother Henry owned what has since proved to be one of the richest and most profitable mines on the Con- tinent, but while Henry Beering was in Ger- many on a visit he fell sick and died before the title could be properly protected and secured, the property reverted to the govern- ment and the heirs lost great wealth. Fred- erick W. returned to Germany, after the death of his brother, and not long afterward em- barked for the United States, landing in New York and soon afterward coming to Boston, where he followed the art of wood-engraving, carving and designing. He attained much- skill in this difficult craft and made wood- carving his occupation through his active life. In recent years he has been virtually retired from active labor, residing with his son, Dr. Beering, at Jamaica Plain. He married, in Boston, June 20, 1771, Elizabeth Radway, born at Astibrach, some twenty miles from Hanover, Germany, in 1846. She came to this country when six years old with her parents and settled in New York City. Her father, Brigadier General Henry Radway, was for many years a prominent officer of the German army, who became a wealthy dealer in rag and paper stock. His place of business was at the corner of Fifth avenue and Twelfth street, New York City. In later years he suffered large financial losses. He died at the age of seventy- six years; his wife died several years after- - ward. Mrs. Beering has one sister, Anne, wife of Florentine Schentzer, a watch-case maker, Bromfield street, Boston. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Beering, born in Boston: I. Frederick William Jr., October 1, 1875, men- tioned below. 2. Cecilia, September 21, 1877 ; educated in the public schools of Boston ; lives at home with her parents. 3. Josephine, April 5, 1879 ; educated in the Boston public schools ; resides with parents.


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Boston, October 1, 1875. He attended the public and high schools of Boston and the Harvard Medical School. He left Harvard before graduating to complete his medical studies in Vienna. Having graduated and having had valuable hospital experience, he returned to Boston and began to practice in Jamaica Plain, December 10, 1899. He and his father bought the home on South street where he has his offices. He has enjoyed a large practice, especially in surgery, which he has made a specialty, and he has performed many notable capital operations. Dr. Beering stands well in the medical fraternity and is often called in consultation with other practi- tioners. He has given his undivided attention to study and practice from the outset. In poli- tics he is a Republican, and in religion a Roman Catholic. He is a member of various medical societies.


FOTCH The Fotch family is of ancient Saxon stock, intermingled with Hungarian, and many of the men of this surname have been prominent and influ- ential in Germany.


. (I) Joseph Fotch was born in Saxony, Ger- many, in 1818, and died in Tokay, Hungary, in 1884. He was educated in the German schools and learned the trade of upholsterer. He went to Tokay where he followed his trade in connection with other business all his active life. In 1847-48 he served in the army and fought in many engagements during the war, but escaped with slight wounds. He married, in Tokay, Theresa Bély, who was born in or near Tokay in 1828, of an ancient Hungarian family. She was liberally educated in the modern and ancient languages, several of which she spoke fluently. She died in 1870 from the shock of the great fire that destroyed most of the city, including all the houses, stock and household goods of Mr. Fotch and the large holdings in real estate and vineyards of the Bély family. Stephen Bély, her father, was a prominent grape grower and wine merchant. He also served in the army in the rebellion of 1847-48. The Bély family was prominent in Tokay and Zemplin county for many genera- tions. Stephen's brother, Alexander Bély, was for thirty years county judge ; his brother Julius was a priest of the Roman Catholic church to which the family adhered. Another brother was city treasurer of Tokay. Of the twelve children of Joseph Fotch, all sons, six grew to maturity, viz : I. Alexander E., learned the trade of furrier ; served in the army ; canie


to New York; removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where he established himself as a furrier and is one of the leading merchants in his line in that city ; married Mary Stulman, a native of Hungary, niece of a Hungarian bishop and sister of a prominent priest of Tokay; their only child Elizabeth is a nun. 2. Rudolph, lived on the homestead in Tokay and culti- vated his vineyard; served in the Hungarian army; had two sons. 3. Stephen, lives in Nagyvarad, a successful shoe dealer ; married, but childless. 4. Albert B., born August 2, 1854; mentioned below. 5. Ludwig, sergeant in the Sixth Regiment in the Hungarian- Austro-war ; manager of a large estate; mar- ried Szabo Erzsi. 6. Szabo, resides in Szeudrö- lád, Hungary. 7. Bély, learned the trade of furrier in Hungary and settled in San Fran- cisco, California, and established a successful- business as furrier in that city.


(II) Albert B., son of Joseph Fotch, was born in Tokay, August 2, 1854. He received an excellent elementary education, attending school to the age of fourteen. He began an apprenticeship at the furrier's trade when fif- teen years old at Kassa. His term of appren- ticeship was four years, but he was so apt at the business that he received his certificate at the end of three years and a half. He entered the Hungarian army and a month later was appointed a corporal, promoted to the rank of sergeant a year later, serving for four years in all. He then returned to Kassa and followed his trade there for four years. In 1882 he determined to seek a better opportunity in the United States and came to Boston. Here he found employment at his trade and was able in 1888 to establish himself in business. He opened a fur store on Winter street, Boston, and from the outset enjoyed a prosperous trade. His industry, enterprise and skill in his trade brought him success in business. After ten years in his first location he removed to better quarters in 1898 at 128a Tremont street, where his success has continued. He has many of the best families of the city among liis cus- tomers. Mr. Fotch is one of those well-bred, educated German gentlemen, whose artistic taste and high ideals command the respect and wins the friendship of all with whom he comes in contact. He is an active member of the Boston School Verein and prominent in the various German orders at Jamaica Plain, where he makes his home. He married (first) in Hungary, May, 1877, Therese Hayda, born July, 1852, of an old German family. She spent her youth near Kassa, Hungary, and died in


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Boston, March 2, 1905. He married (second) in Jamaica Plain, Boston, April 5, 1906, Mrs. Gisela (Thomas) Abel, born in the city of Vienna, Austria, in 1862. Her father is a famous violin maker and dealer and for a number of years has been in business at the corner of Tremont and Winter streets, Boston. Her first husband, Paul Abel, a prominent business man of Boston, died in 1904 without issue. Children : I. Arthur J., born 1878; graduate of the Boston Latin School and of Harvard (A. B., 1903) ; now a teacher in the Boston commercial high school ; married Annie Martin ; child, Arthur J. Jr. 2. Emma M., born 1880; educated in Boston girls' high school and Bridgewater Normal school ; teacher in Everett. 3. Julius A., born 1882, educated in the public and high schools of Boston; learned the business of furrier ; died April 7, 1909. 4. William A., born 1886; educated in the public schools of Boston ; now a student in Harvard Law School; a musician of note, prominent in local musical societies.


TURNER Joseph Turner, a descendant of an old and well-known English family, was born in Hipper- holm, Yorkshire, England, in 1809. He died in England in 1889. He learned the trade of stonecutter and quarryman and followed it during his active life. He was prudent and industrious, upright and honest, commanding the respect of all who knew him. He married Sarah Gordon, who was of Scotch ancestry, born also in Yorkshire in 1810, died there in 1875. Among their children were : I. Thomas, who died of a contagious fever at the age of twenty. 2. James, a quarryman, died unmar- ried in middle life, in England. 3. Elizabeth, died in middle life, in England ; married there John Moore, a weaver, who died soon after his wife, leaving two children. 4. Ruth, married, in England, John Wilkinson, of Yorkshire; came to this country after the death of her husband; returned to her native place, where she died at an advanced age. 5. Caroline, re- sides in Yorkshire ; married John Woodard, a weaver. 6. Joyce, resides in Yorkshire, widow of William Sladin. 7. Susanna, resides in Yorkshire, widow of David Akroyd. 8. Joseph H., mentioned below.


(II) Joseph H., son of Joseph Turner, was born at Hipperholm, Yorkshire, England, October 13, 1842. He was educated in his native place, and learned the trade of shoe- maker. He followed his trade in his native


land until 1869 when he came to the United States on the steamship "Malta," landing at Boston August 15 of that year. He worked at his trade in this country and kept pace with the progress in methods when hand-work was being displaced by machinery. He soon en- gaged in business on his own account in Bos- ton and in 1875 was manufacturing hand-made boots and shoes, having also a retail store at I 142 Tremont street, Boston. His business grew year by year and in 1890 he moved to larger quarters in the Institute Building on Tremont street. In 1902 he sold his business and re- tired with a competence. He has made his home since 1872 in West Roxbury, where he owns valuable real estate on Center street. Though quiet and unobtrusive in manner, he is one of the best known citizens of that sec- tion and universally respected. He and his wife are communicants of the Protestant Epis- copal church. In politics Mr. Turner is a Re- publican. He married (first) in England, in 1863, Ellen Gledden, born in Yorkshire, 1844, died in Halifax, in 1871. He married (sec- ond ) in Roxbury, April 27, 1873, Laura Soniea, born in Nova Scotia near the city of Yar- mouth, March 19, 1841, daughter of Timothy Soniea. Her father was born in a French settlement in Nova Scotia and lived to the extraordinary age of one hundred and three years. He was a farmer, hale, hearty and well-to-do. His parents were of French stock. He married Elizabeth Jedrey, a native of Nova Scotia, also of French ancestry. Mrs. Turner came to Boston when a young woman. Child of first wife: I. Sarah Ann, born in York- shire in 1865, came to Boston after her mother died ; married there John K. Billings, a native of Maine, for many years a salesman in the shoe department of Houghton, Dutton & Com- pany's department store, Boston; residing at Roxbury ; children : Edgar Billings, Eva Bill- ings, Rosa Billings. Children of second wife: 2. Josephine, born November 24, 1873, died May 15, 1908; married George W. E. Byers, born in Cambridge, chief clerk of Charles H. Capitain, retail dealer in wines and cigars, Congress street, Boston ; children : Lillian Byers, born February 5, 1904; Grace Byers, February 1, 1907. 3. Harry, August 2, 1875, died March 10, 1894, unmarried. 4. Henry Walter, August 22, 1877, a successful real estate dealer at 1055 Tremont street, Boston ; married, November 14, 1907, Grace Yark, born in Nova Scotia, Canada, who came to Boston when a young woman; child, Arthur, born July 28, 1908.


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WASON In the tide of immigration that set into the colony of New Hamp- shire from Ireland about two centuries ago came the ancestors of the Wasons. Like the great majority of settlers from that island, the immigrant Wason came to the wilderness of a new country to bear the hardships and privations and enjoy the free- dom and advantages of a land in a state of almost primitive nature. He proved his good qualities as a pioneer, was an enterprising and respected citizen, and became the ancestor of men who today are among the leading citizens of the state.


(I) James Wason, a native of the parish of Ballymena, county Antrim, Ireland, was born in 17II. When a young man he removed to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and subsequently to Nottingham, now Hudson, where he lived until his death, August 22, 1799, aged eighty- eight. He married at Portsmouth, New Hamp- shire, November 30, 1736, Hannah Caldwell, also a native of Ballymena. She died April 6, 1786, at the age of eighty years.


(II) Lieutenant Thomas, son of James and Hannah (Caldwell) Wason, born in Hudson, December 26, 1748, died November 18, 1832. He married, at Londonderry, December I, 1772, Mary Boyd, born May 27, 1749, died October 20, 1832, daughter of Robert Boyd, of Londonderry. She was a granddaughter of Robert Boyd Sr., who with his wife whose maiden name was Morrison, emigrated from Ireland to New England about the year 1720, and settled in Londonderry.


(III) Robert, son of Lieutenant Thomas and Mary (Boyd) Wason, was born in Not- tingham West, now Hudson, June 14, 1781. He went to New Boston, April, 1803, to live with Robert Boyd, his uncle, who settled on lot No. 30, near Joe English hill, "being ad- vanced in years." Robert Wason inherited his uncle's farm and resided upon it for the re- mainder of his life. He took an active part in public affairs and served in various offices. He united with the Presbyterian church in 1815, and a few years afterwards was elected elder, which office he held until his death. Deacon Wason was a man of great energy, and entered with zeal upon every enterprise adopted to benefit the church or the community, so that he was a "doer of the word" as well as a hearer, and his death, August 7, 1844, aged sixty-three, was greatly lamented and the loss of his influence seriously felt. He was mar- ried, December 2, 1808, by Rev. Mr. Bruce, to Nancy, daughter of John Batchelder, of Mount


Vernon. She was born October 13, 1789, died July 28, 1863, having survived her husband nineteen years. She was a faithful mother and a woman of many christian virtues. Chil- dren of Robert and Nancy Wason were : Elbridge, see forward. 2. Louisa. 3. Hiram W., born December 18, 1814; graduated at Amherst, 1838, and later from Andover Theo- logical Seminary, and then settled at Vevay, Indiana. 4. Nancy. 5. Mary. 6. Robert Boyd, see forward. 7. Adeline. 8. Caroline. 9. George Austin, see forward.


(IV) Elbridge, eldest son of Deacon Robert and Nancy (Batchelder ) Wason, was born in New Boston, September 26, 1809, reared in that village and educated in New Boston and at Pinkerton Academy, Derry, New Hamp- shire. He came to Boston, Massachusetts, March 5, 1832, and entered the employ of Pierce & Gardner, where he remained in the position of clerk until September 1, 1837, when he formed a partnership with Henry Pierce, which continued uninterruptedly until his death, August 19, 1887, a period of fifty years. He was one of the oldest and best known business men of Boston, upright and honorable in all his dealings, respected by all who knew him. He was a member of the Masons, in which organization he held office at different times. He married (first) April 24, 1851, Mary Stickney, born June 30, 1809, died August 15, 1863. Married (second) May 17, 1865, Mary Isabella Chase, born March 30, 1835, daughter of the Hon. Leonard Chase, of Milford, New Hampshire. Two children were born of this marriage : 1. Mary Isabella, born January II, 1867, married, June 4, 1890, Jesse S. Wiley, of Brookline, Massachusetts. 2. Leonard Chase, August 5, 1868; married, October 8, 1896, Harriet C. Willis, of Boston.


(IV) Robert Boyd, sixth child and third son of Deacon Robert and Nancy ( Batchelder ) Wason, was born in New Boston, New Hamp- shire, July 13, 1820. He was educated in the common schools and fitted for college in the New Ipswich and Pembroke academies, and taught school two winter terms, 1840-41, in Amherst and Merrimack, New Hampshire. In June, 1841, he went to Boston and entered the employ of Wason, Pierce & Company, whole- sale grocers and West India importers, a firm which his brother, Elbridge Wason, one of the partners, had organized in September, 1837. After a term of service of about seven years as an employee, Robert B. Wason was admitted as a member of the firm, which on the death of Mr. Pierce became Wason & Com-


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pany. The business has been prosperous, and now Mr. Wason, at the age of eighty-eight, after sixty-seven years of mercantile life, sixty of which he has been an active member of the firm, finds himself senior member of the con- cern, and in the enjoyment of good health, vigorous and vivacious for one of his age, and still able to look after business affairs with an alertness not possessed by many of his juniors by a quarter of a century. He is a Republican, and a member of the General Theological Library for many years.




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