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Andrew, June 2, 1745, married - - Turner. IO. Peter, June 2, 1745.
Christopher Wadsworth, WADSWORTH immigrant ancestor, was born in England and is believed to have come to New England in the
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ship with William Wadsworth, who may have been his brother, in the ship "Lion" in 1632. He is believed to have been the son of Thomas Wadsworth, from the records in a Bible he brought with him, and which is now owned by the Cowles family in Hartford, Connecticut. He settled in Duxbury where he was a promi- nent citizen. He was the first constable of the town ; deputy to the general court, select- man and highway surveyor at various times. He is mentioned first in the records in 1633 and in 1638 drew land in Holly Swamp. The site of his house is west of Captain's Hill, near the new road to Kingston ; his lands ran clear to the bay, on what was formerly known as Morton's Hole. The homestead remained in the family until 1855. His will was dated July 31, 1677, and filed September, 1678. He mar- ried Grace Cole, whose will is dated January 13, 1687. Children : I. Mary, married Andrews. 2. Joseph, born 1636, mentioned below. 3. John, 1638, died 1700; married, 1677, Abigail Andrews. 4. Samuel.
(II) Joseph, son of Christopher Wads- worth, was born in 1636 and lived in Duxbury. He married Abigail Waite and (second) Mary His will is dated March 22, 1689. Children : I. Elisha, mentioned below. 2. Samuel. 3. Joseph. 4. Mehitable. 5. Ruth. 6. Bethia.
(III) Elisha, son of Joseph Wadsworth, was born in Duxbury and inherited most of the lands of his father, and a boat "in build- ing." He married Elizabeth Wiswall, who died January 25, 174I. Children: I. Eliza- beth, born March 6, 1695. 2. Alice, April 15, 1697, married, May 10, 1722, Thomas Burton. 3. Anne, April 14, 1700. 4. Abiah, June 4, 1703. 5. Patience, August 20, 1706, married, December 7. 1727, Samuel Gray. 6. Fear, August 19, 1709. 7. Wait, October 23, 1714, mentioned below.
(IV) Captain Wait, son of Elisha Wads- worth, was born October 23, 1714. He was a lieutenant and chosen captain in 1766. He married Abigail Bradford. Children: I. Abi- gail. born June 3. 1749, died young. 2. Joseph, July 7, 1750, mentioned below. 3. Ahira, No- vember 1, 1751. 4. Seneca, April 9, 1753. 5. Wait, October 7, 1754. 6. Cynthia, March 25, 1756, married, 1777, Ezekiel Soule. 7. Robert, September 26, 1757, died April 25, 1760. 8. Eden, May 12, 1759. 9. Beulah, June 8, 1762, married Arthur Howland. 10. Celannah, De- cember 9, 1763, married William Keen. II. Zenith, October 5, 1766. 12. Abigail, October 25, 1768. 13. Wiswall, baptized 1768.
(V) Joseph (2), son of Captain Wait Wads- worth, was born July 7, 1750, and married, February, 1773, Anne Drew. He lived in Duxbury. Children: 1. Huldah, born August 4, 1783, married Seth Hunt ( see Hunt family ). 2. Abigail B., January 24, 1796.
George Soule, immigrant ances-
SOULE tor, came to New England in the "Mayflower" as a servant to Edward Winslow. In 1623 he had a grant of one acre and next "a lot at the watering place" which he sold to R. Hicks in 1629. In 1638 he lived north of Eel river bridge. He relin- quished his land there to Constant and Thomas Southworth, and removed to Duxbury. He was a volunteer in the Pequot war in 1637. He settled at Powder Point, Duxbury. He was a commissioner in 1640 and deputy to the gencral court in 1642. He was a proprietor of Bridgewater in 1645, but sold his right to Nicholas Byram. His will was datcd August II, 1677, when "aged and weak," and proved March 5, 1679-80. He married Mary Becket or Bucket. Children : I. John, born 1632, mentioned below. 2. George, inherited half of his father's lands at Dartmouth. 3. Ben- jamin, killed at Pawtucket, March 26, 1676. 1. Zachariah, married Margaret ---; died 1663. 5. Nathaniel, inherited land at Dart- mouth. 6. Elizabeth, married Francis Walker. 7. Susanna. 8. Mary, married John Peterson. (II) John, son of George Soule, was born in 1632 and died in 1707. He resided in Dux- bury, and was the chief heir of his father, because "he and his family hath in my extreme old age and weakness bin tender and careful of mee and very healpfull to mee." He married Esther , who died September 12, 1733, aged ninety-five. Children : I. John. 2. Joseph, born July 31, 1679. 3. Joshua, Octo- ber 12, 1681. 4. Josiah, 1682, mentioned below. 5. Benjamin, married Sarah Standish. 6. Daughter, married Edmund Weston. 7. Daughter, married Adam Wright.
(III) Josiah, son of John Soule, was born in Duxbury in 1682, died June 25, 1764. He married, May 25, 1704, Lydia Delano, who died November 24. 1763, aged eighty-three. Children : I. Jonathan, born June 23, 1705, died April 4, 1776. 2. Mary, December 5, 1706, married, January 2, 1733, Joshua Cush- man, of Lebanon, Connecticut. 3. Abisha, November 25, 1708. 4. Micah, April 12, 171I. 5. Nathaniel, November 4, 1714, mentioned below. 6. Lydia, October 2, 1719.
(IV) Nathaniel, son of Josiah Soule, was
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born in Duxbury, November 4, 1714. He mar- ried when sixty years old, April 27, 1775, Abigail Tolman, of Scituate, who died July 9, 1834. Children : 1. Nathaniel, born July 28, 1777, married Polly Partridge. 2. Lydia, mar- ried Andrew Sampson (see Sampson family). 3. Mary. 4. Althea.
The Swan family of England is
SWAN widely distributed in various counties, and includes many noble familics. Most of the coats-of-arms have the swan as an emblem. The Swan family of Kent has: Az. a swan ppr. The family at Southfleet and Denton Court, Kent, has: Az. a chev. ermine between three swans ar. Crest : a demi-talbot saliant gu. collared or. The name is varied in spelling, as Swann, Swanns, Swans, Swain, Swayne, Swaine, but Swan seems to be the original surname, suggested by the fowl, as many kindred names-Crane, Bird, Swallow, Sparrow, etc.
(I) John Swan, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England in 1620, died June 5, 1708. He came to Watertown, Massachusetts, and was brought up in the family of Thomas Bittlestone, who provided by his will, dated November 3, 1640, that his widow Elizabeth should be served five years by the boy John Swan, and she should then pay him five pounds. He was a proprictor of Watertown in 1642, but removed to Cambridge, in the section called Menotomy, where his posterity have lived ever since, now Arlington, Massachusetts. He was a farmer. He belonged to the church, but for some unknown reason was excommunicated in 1684. It would seem that he was not easily moved from his purpose, good or bad, for in that day, when excommunication was regarded as an effectual bar against salvation, he with- stood the power of the church more than twenty years, but finally, in extreme old age, he made his peace with his brethren in the church, and was restored to communion De- cember 22, 1706. He died June 5, 1708, aged eighty-seven, as written on his gravestone. His wife Mary died February 11, 1702, aged sixty- nine. He married, June 1, 1650-51, Rebecca Palfrey, who died July 12, 1654 ; married sec- ond, March 2, 1655-56, Mary Pratt. He had two sons in King Philip's war. He was taxed in Charlestown in 1688. Children: I. Ruth, born March 10, 1652. 2. Gershom, June 30, 1654, mentioned below. 3. Samuel, May I, 1657, died March 1, 1658. 4. Mary, May 2, 1659. 5. Elizabeth, July 14, 1661, married Ezekiel Richardson, of Woburn, July 27, 1687.
6. Lydia, July 28, 1663. 7. John, May I, 1665, resided in Woburn, 1712. 8. Hannah, Febru- ary 27, 1667. 9. Ebenczer, November 14, 1672. IO. (Had ten children in 1676). We find in the "New England Historic Genealogical Register," at the rooms on Summer street, Boston, in vol. 2, p. 158, is the entry that one Hannah Swan married Samuel Peabody. In vol. 4, p. 261, we find the names of persons who were examined of their conformity by the minister of Gravesend, England; and took oath of allegiance and supremacy and were transported to Virginia in the ship "Globe," of London, Jeremy Blackman, master, August 6, 1635 ; among these appears the name of John Swan.
(II) Gershom, son of John Swan, was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 30, 1654. He married, December 20, 1677, Sarah Holden. He settled in Menotomy, where he died July 2, 1708, his wife Sarah surviving him. He was taxed in Charlestown in 1688. Children, born in Menotomy: 1. Sarah, about 1679, died un- married, April 25, 1699. 2. Rebecca, August 24, 1681, died young. 3. John, October 3, 1683, mentioned below. 4. Ruth, December 25, 1685, married Theophilus Richardson, of Woburn, July 1, 1714. 5. Abigail, February 12, 1686-87, married John Richardson, of Woburn. 6.
Lydia, November 10, 1689; married William Mansur, of Medford, February 2, 1714-15. 7. Rebecca, 1698, married, February 2, 1714-15, George Abbott. Perhaps other children.
(III) John (2), son of Gershom Swan, was born at Menotomy, Massachusetts, October 3, 1683. Hc inherited the homestead at Meno- tomy, being the only son. He died March 31, 1752. He married Elizabeth -, who died December 21, 1723, aged twenty-eight. He married (second) May 25, 1725, Elizabeth Cowdrey, of Reading, Massachusetts, who died October 28, 1780, aged eighty-five. Chil- dren, born at Menotomy: I. John, baptized April 12, died June 11, 1719. 2. Timothy, born August 3, 1720. 3. Elizabeth, October 12, 1722. Children of second wife: 4. Esther, March 15, 1726, married, April 19, 1759, Zeba- diah Richardson. 5. John, baptized August 4, 1728. 6. Gershom, baptized August 10, 1729, died young. 7. Susanna, born October 4, 1730. married Joseph Parks Jr., of Concord ( 1753) or Samuel Watts, of Woburn, April 4, 1757. 8. William, born September 4, 1737, published to Lucy Robbins, of Boston, March 15, 1759.
(IV) John (3), son of John (2) Swan, was born in West Cambridge, March 23, 1728, was baptized August 4, same year, and died
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there October 26, 1804. He married (pub- lished January 15, 1774) Mary Richardson, born August 2, 1744, daughter of Reuben and Esther (Wyman) Richardson, of Stoneham, Massachusetts. He was a farmer all his life. His place was located where the present Win- chester golf links are. He raised farm pro- duce, for which he found a market in Boston and was quite prosperous. He was a man of strong personal traits, exact and methodical. He believed in having the best of everything, so far as he could, and was the first to own a carriage in the town. His farm was neat and attractive, and his personal appearance was above criticism. He belonged to the military company for several years. He had good horses, and was always well mounted, making a fine figure with his handsome saddle, his shining spurs and his military bearing. Squaw Sachem, who formerly owned the land, of which his farm was a part was called the Queen of the Mystic. The brook through the place is still called Squaw Sachembrook. Swan bought the farm May 9, 1765, of Henry and Hannah Putnam. They had it of Joseph Hart- well by deed dated April, 1753, and he pur- chased of the original owner. Swan was taxed from 1765 to 1773 in Charlestown. In 1757 he was admitted to the Precinct church; in 1761 he was on the prudential school com- mittee. His will is dated 1800, proved Decem- ber 22, 1804, devising to his first three sons. Children : 1. John, born January 10, 1776, died September 6, 1864 ; married Sarah Hall Mason, daughter of Benjamin Mason. 2. Reuben, March 27, 1778, mentioned below. 3. William, March 21, 1781, died October 31, 1832; mar- ried, June 21, 1807, Nancy Dadmun, of Fram- ingham. 4. Mary, November 10, 1783, died unmarried, September 14, 1805. 5. Stephen, October 20, 1785, died October 16, 1871 ; mar- ried, June 12, 1823, Betsey Tucker, of Milton, Massachusetts ; soldier in war of 1812.
(V) Reuben, son of John (3) Swan, was born at West Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 27. 1778, and died at Dorchester, June 18, 1856. He was brought up on his father's farm, and received the education common to a farmer's son of that period, remaining on the homestead until after his marriage in 1804. He and his brother Stephen became joint owners of the farm at the death of their father. Soon afterward Reuben sold out to his brother and removed to Dorchester Lower Mills, where he engaged in the grain business. He used to buy his grain in Boston from the ship, teamed it to Dorchester, and had his corn ground at
the mill there on the site of the present Baker chocolate mills. He sold his grain, meal, etc., in Dorchester and neighboring towns on estab- lished routes. One of his best customers was President John Quincy Adams, of Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts. He continued in this business until early in the thirties, and then returned to West Cambridge to resume farming, but after five years or more, returned to Dorchester and continued in the grain busi- ness another six years. He then retired and lived quietly the remainder of his days at his homestead near the site of the Baker mills. During his previous residence in Dorchester his home was at the foot of Dorchester Hill. He was a man of unusual physical strength, and is said to have been able to lift a barrel of cider into his wagon unassisted. He was a gentleman of the old school, and while strict in matters of conduct and religion in his family he gave his children the advantage of a liberal education, and several of his sons became school teachers. He was a member of the Dor- chester Congregational church. He acquired a competence. He married, December 2, 1804, Ruth Teel, born July 30, 1786, at Charlestown, Massachusetts, died at Dorchester, August 17, 1847, daughter of Jonathan Teel, born Janu- ary 30, 1754, died June 7, 1828; and his wife, Lydia (Cutter) Teel, who was born October 26, 1757, died September, 1831. Her father was a farmer. Mrs. Swan was a descendant of many of the early settlers of Massachusetts including Richard Cutter, John Rolfe, Robert Harrington, William Reade, Ezekiel Richard- son. Thomas Pierce, Abraham Parker, Percival Green, Peter Tufts and others. Children: I. Reuben, born October 12, 1805, died Novem- ber 29, 1889 ; married (first) October 17, 1833, Mary Ann Wilson, of Charlestown, who died September 13, 1859; children: i. Stephen Augustus, born November 29, 1839, died Janu- ary 27, 1860; ii. Arthur Merrill, born Febru- ary 5, 1842, died August 25, 1844; iii. Fred- erick Marcellus, born March 8, 1844, married (first) December 20, 1871, Emma F. Mayo, who died October 9, 1882; (second) Decem- ber 9, 1885, Mary Louisa Jenkins ; children of first wife: Frederick Wilson, born April 7, 1873, married, August 8, 1901, Lydia Mabel Munson ; Annie Louise Darling, August 21, 1874; Charles Mayo, September 26, 1875, died July 31, 1876; Reuben A., September 16, 1879, died September 29, 1881 ; Rollin N., March 12, 1881, died August 1, 1881 ; Ralph H., August 17, 1882, died April 6, 1883; iv. Albert Dorr, born December 4, 1845, married (first) Sep-
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tember 1, 1871, Ellen Maria Broad, who died July 31, 1878; (second) October 15, 1879, Elizabeth Chase Merrill; child, Albert Will-
iam, born June 5, 1881 ; v. Henry Langley, born March 6, 1848, died August 5, 1851 ; vi. Mary Catherine, born April 26, 1851, died August 4, 1855; vii. Willie Gardner, born May II, 1854, married, October 14, 1886, Mabel A. Durrell ; children : Mary Winchester, born January 31, 1888, died October 22, 1889: Reu- ben, November 24, 1891; Durrell, August 8, 1894; Florence Tucker, June 20, 1899. Reu- ben married ( second) August 8, 1861, Hannah Louisa Darling. 2. John, born August 17, 1807, died March 30, 1886: married, June 4, 1832, Julia Nason, of Walpole, Massachusetts ; children: i. John Edwin, born July 1, 1834, married, November 3, 1857, Annie Eliza Tower, children: William Upham, born May 26, 1864, married, June 30, 1896, Alice Adams, of Quincy, and Seavey Pierce, born November 7. 1874, married, October 20, 1906, Laura Stevens, of Roxbury ; ii. Emily Louisa, born June 6, 1839, married, January 2, 1866, Andrew H. Potter, children: John Swan. born April 11, 1874, and Emily Louisa, born Janu- ary 26, 1876, married, September 6, 1900, \V. Scott Miles. 3. James, born April 21, 1809, married. October 21, 1835. Ellen Maria Austin Locke; died March 26, 1873: children : i. Margarette Hydc. born April 16, 1837, died March 9, 1839 ; ii. James Edward, born August 15, 1839, married, October 21, 1869, Susan Jenks Luther, children: James, born Novem- ber, 1870, married, February 11, 1901, Frances Wallace Barnes, and Edward Luther, born
February 17, 1877, died August 1, 1877; iii.
Margarette Ellen, born August 14, 1842; iv. Clarence Austin, born July 8, 1845, married, October 18, 1871, Helen M. Gleason, children : Helen Louise, born August 15, 1872, and Win- throp Austin, born July 9, 1874, died Novem- ber 21, 1876; v. Herbert Loring Locke, born
April 25. 1847, died March 25, 1849; vi. Maria Louisa, born February 25, 1849, died June 19, 1871 ; vii. Ruthe Alice, born May 9, 1857, married, October 21, 1878, Frederick H. Ruggles, children : Alice, born October 21, 1880, and Everett Austin, born January 30, 1882, died September 2, 1882. 4. Albert Dorr, born July 20, 1811, married ( first) October 12, 1834, Ursula A. Howe: married ( second) October 2, 1870, Emeline L. Jack; died August 12, 1891 ; no issue. 5. Joseph Tecl, born August 27.
1813, died April 21, 1895 : married, November 14, 1838, Abigail Atherton, of Dorchester ; children: i. Abby Louisa, born August 5,
1839, married, September 27, 1866, Leonard B. Wilder, children : Abby Frances, born June 26, 1870, and Mary Louise, born December II, 1873; ii. Mary Belcher, born July 7, 1842, died November 10, 1899; married, October 12, 1869, S. Worcester Hayden, children : Herbert Swan, born March 6, 1872, and Sarah Linnella, born May 27, 1876; iii. Anna Maria, born De- cember 23. 1843, married, September 27, 1866, Luther Belcher Jr., children : Alice Gertrude, born October 3, . 1868; iv. William Francis, born November 25, 1847, died April 13, 1908; married, September 16, 1873, Mary Adella Batchelder, children: Charles Alfred, born March 16, 1875, Mabel Louise, born April 8, 1877. Florence May, born July 1, 1887; v. Ella Atherton, born September 13, 1850, mar- ried, November 18, 188, Francis Bowen, chil- dren : Maude Amelia, born December 14, 1885, and Ella Irene, born July 9, 1888; vi. Sarah Elizabeth, born February 23, 1854, mar- ried, September 17, 1874, Sidney H. Buttrick, children : Charles Hastings, born January 29, 1876, Joseph Swan, born May 4, 1881, Sidney Homer, born August 29, 1889, John Willard, born December 19, 1893, Sarah Elizabeth, born September 25, 1895; vii. Charles Henry, born June 9. 1856, died September 28, 1858. 6. William Henry, born March 17, 1816, men- tioned below. 7. Stephen Augustus, born Au- gust 17. 1818, died December 25, 1839. 8. Mary Richardson, born August 17, 1818, died December 15, 1819. 9. George, born Septem- ber 26, 1820, died October 11, 1882; married, November 18, 1846, Clara C. Cook, children : i. Alfred S., born March 23, 1848; ii. Louisa T., born January 9, 1852, died April 1895; mar- ried, October 15, 1874. William E. Field, of Arlington, children : William Evarts, born January 30, 1876, Arthur Dwight, born June 8, 1877, dicd March 5, 1902, Beulah Louisa, born July 20, 1879: iii. George Arthur, born October 5. 1854, married (first) October 10, 1881, Bertha B. Russell; (second) December 4. 1894. Adelaide Augusta Wells: iv. Charles Henry, born March 10, 1860, married ( first) November 30, 1887, Carrie L. Rugg ; (second) June 6, 1894, Gertrude A. Butler, children : Marguerite Thayer, born March 23. 1889, and Howard Atherton, born May 17, 1891, died October 9, 1801. 10. Sarah Louisa, born Sep- tember 10, 1822, died July 14, 1887 ; married, November 3, 1841, James Pope, children : i. Almira Gardner, born December 13, 1842, died April 19, 1869: married, February 25, 1869, Edward P. Hurd ; ii. James Francis, born May 28, 1845, married, December 23, 1860, Harriet
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A. Gates, of Milton, child, Sarah Gates, born June 30, 1880; iii. Sarah Louisa, born August 13. 1848, married, October 16, 1872, Edward P. Hurd, children: Edward Laurence, born July 21, 1873, married, June 14, 1899, Char- lotte M. Hall, Almira Louise, born July 13, 1875, married, May 3, 1906, Lawrence Taylor Sawyer, William Robinson, died October 23. 1878, married, October 26, 1904, Ethel M. Hawkes, Malcolm, born July 29, 1884; iv. Herbert Webster, born October 2, 1852, died February 27, 1886; married, July 22, 1878, Julia F. Ellis, children : Herbert Ellis, born July, 1879, died August 14, 1880, and Ruth Cushing, born May 12, 1884; v. Stephen Au- gustus, born December 6, 1855, married Jessie McIsaacs, children : three daughters and one son : vi. Abbott Swan, born May 8, 1858, mar- ried and has one daughter; vii. Katherine Tucker, born November 10, 1863, died June 14, 1865. II. Charles Francis, born November 14. 1824. married, December 19. 1849, Mary L. French, children: i. Frank Winthrop, born August 24, 1851, married, December 12, 1883, Ella F. Mack ; ii. Ellen French, born April 21, 1855 .; iii. Charles Irving, born September 18, 1859, married, April 28, 1881, Lydia G. Smith, children : Ethel French and Ralph Irving ; iv. Almira French, born February 24, 1866. 12. Emily Jane, born August 1, 1827, died April I, 1902; married, November 5. 1856, George Pope, children: i. George Edgar, born De- cember 18, 1857; ii. Jeannie Swan, born Au- gust 22, 1861 ; iii. William Howard, born Feb- ruary 6, 1865.
(VI) William Henry, son of Reuben Swan, was born at Dorchester, Massachusetts, March 17, 1816, died at Tampa, Flordia, at the home of his daughter, January 9, 1896. He received his education in the district school on Adams street, supplemented by a course at the Milton Academy up to eighteen years of age, work- ing at home. After completing schooling, he taught school at Milton for a time and later became master of a school at Dorchester where he remained as teacher a number of years. He later became sub-master of the Wells School for Girls on Blossom street, remaining there upwards of twenty years to 1864, when . erine, born October 20, 1896, died October 9,
he resigned and accepted a position as collec- tion clerk of the New England National Bank of Boston, and after a time became bookkeeper, remaining in that position until 1893 when he resigned and retired from active work, residing in Dorchester. He was for a number of years a selectman of Dorchester and a member of the board when ( 1869) Dorchester was annexed
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to Boston. He was a director of the Dor- chester Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Mr. Swan was of a modest, retiring nature, pos- sessed of strong faculties, always upholding the truth and despising an untruth. He was strong in principles and held the respect of all. He was a member of the Unitarian church of Dorchester, and in politics a Whig and in later years a staunch Republican. He married, April 16, 1838, Mary Elizabeth Bronsdon, born December 28, 1815, died September 23, 1897, daughter of Samuel and Mary ( Brewer) Bronsdon, of Milton, Massachusetts, the for- mer of whom was a farmer. Children: I. William Henry, born March 22, 1839, died in Shanghai, China, May 1, 1859. 2. Mary Rich- ardson, November 27, 1840, died July 28, 1841. 3. Mary Richardson, June 22, 1842, married, July 6, 1865, Frederick A. O'Conner; chil- dren : i. Fannie Louise, born March 10. 1866; ii. William Frederick, February 12, 1869, mar- ried. July 25, 1895, Susan Longfellow, of Nova Scotia ; iii. Bertha Elizabeth, June 7, 1871 ; iv. Mary Brewer, November 26, 1874, married, August 24, 1896, Arthur Eugene Martell, of Newton, Massachusetts ; v. Jeannie Swan, Sep- tember 13, 1878. 4. Walter Eugene, born September 7, 1844, married, April 29, 1869, Harriet Williams Pike, of Boston; children : i. Robert Hinckley, born July 16, 1870, mar- ried, June 7. 1899, Jessie Gertrude Jaques, of Dorchester ; child, Frederick Jaques, born No- vember 16, 1900; ii. Harry Gordon, born Au- gust 15, 1873, married, June 5. 1900, Gert- rude Emily Lawrence, of Dorchester, Massa- chusetts ; children : Lawrence Gordon, born June 13, 1901, died June 14, 1901 ; Walter Gor- don, December 18, 1904. 5. Reuben Samuel, see forward. 6. Allen Webster, June 20, 1852, unmarried ; organist ; resides in New Bedford. 7. Joseph Warren, October 12, 1855, married, June 1, 1886, Annie Maria Dupee, of Allston, Massachusetts ; child, Kenneth Dupee, born September 17, 1887. 8. Edith, April 8, 1864, died April 14, 1908 ; married February 8, 1893, Joseph T. Burtch, of Tampa, Florida, who died March 8, 1908: children : i. Chester Swan, born December 4, 1893 ; ii. Bertha Kath-
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(VII) Reuben Samuel, son of William Henry Swan, was born at Dorchester, Massa- chusetts, January 7, 1850. His elementary training was received in the public schools, graduating from the Dorchester high school in 1867, working for his father at home. He then entered the woolen goods jobbing house
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of Smith Brothers & Gay, Boston, and was shipper for a year, after which he entered the employ of the French leather importing house of Sternfield Brothers on Pearl street, where he remained six months. He then for a short time was bookkeeper for William F. Norcross, a furniture manufacturer at Dor- chester Lower Mills, remaining up to 1869, when he was in the employ of the city of Bos- ton in the engineering department as rodman until 1870. He then entered the First National Bank of Boston and served as messenger three years; the following four years served as assistant receiving teller, and later served as collection clerk. In September, 1886, he was appointed cashier of the Brookline National Bank at Brookline Village, remaining in that position until November, 1898, when he was elected vice-president of that corporation, which position he now holds. Charles H. Draper is president and Clarence E. Burleigh cashier. Mr. Swan is a member of the Har- vard Congregational (Orthodox) Church at Brookline, and while a resident in Dorchester attended the Unitarian church, singing bass in the choir. He is a Republican in politics, served his party as delegate to their conven- tions and in the common council from ward 24 in Dorchester. He is a member of Beth Horan Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, at Brook- line, and served as worshipful master in 1896- 97; St. Paul's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Boston; Roxbury Council, Royal and Select Masters; De Molay Commandery, Knights Templar, Boston; Ancient Order United Workman; Riverdale Casino Club; "Allston Golf Club ; Boston Bank Officers' Association ; National Bank Cashiers' Association; Society of Colonial Wars. Mr. Swan married, Octo- ber 8, 1873, Emma Augusta Melville, born Dorchester, June 27, 1851, daughter of Will- iam and Mary Jane (Wight) Melville, of Dor- chester, Massachusetts, the former of whom was a cabinet-maker. Children: I. Clifford Melville, born August 6, 1877, a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and now an instructor there ; Harvard College con- ferred on him the Master of Arts degree in 1908. 2. Helen, born November 1, 1880, died same day.
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