Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 9

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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two years and then removed to Massachu- setts and found employment in Attleborough, working eleven hours a day for eighty-eight cents. His willingness to work and his desire to give faithful, honest service, brought him a position in Providence, Rhode Island, at small wages at first. But by using his best efforts, and using his brains as well as his hands, he soon proved his ability to his employer. Within four weeks he was offered the position as foreman of a large polishing room in Providence, having under him a large force of men. By close application to busi- ness and great thrift, he was soon enabled to start in business for himself. He established a salesroom and agency for beer in Provi- dence, which in 1886 he sold at a good profit. He removed to Boston, Massachusetts, and established himself in the same line of busi- ness on Washington street, and locating on Tremont street, Roxbury, in 1873. By per- sistent efforts he advanced steadily and in 1879 purchased a large estate which he increased and improved. He now owns the property at Nos. 1407-09-11-15-17-19-19A- 19B and 19C, besides a beautiful home at 8 Spring Park avenue, Jamaica Plain. In 1908 he retired from active business to enjoy the fruits of his diligence. He has won many friends in both business and private life. He is an active member of many German societies but never was very active owing to his close attention to business. In politics he is a Republican. He married, in Boston, October 19, 1864, Mrs. Margaretta Wonderly, widow of Gustaf Wonderly, and daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Creble) Heinlein. Her par- ents were of pure German blood, born in Saxony. Her father was a shoemaker by trade, and came in 1857 with his family to the United States and settled in South Natick, Massachusetts, where he followed his trade until his death, September 28, 1866. Her mother died April 19, 1866. Her parents were Lutherans, and parents of ten children, seven sons, all dead, and three daughters, of whom Mrs. Lefevre is the eldest; her sister Maria is a widow, first of Gustaf Seibert, by whom she had three children, one of whom, Gustaf Seibert, lives in Roxbury and has one child, Gustaf Seibert 3d; and widow second of Henry Brown, who died 1876. The other sister, Elizabeth Heinlein, married Emil Schultz, who died in 1887, leaving children : Emil Schultz, died young; Amelia Schultz, married George Shafter and has six children ; Carrie Schultz, widow of Frank Hemline, of

Brighton, with a daughter Liliam Hemline; Frances Schultz, married Charles Myerburg, of Roxbury, and has Carrie Myerburg. Mrs. Lefevre came alone to America in 1854, settled in Boston, and married (first) Gustaf WVonderly, a young German who became a prominent hotel proprietor of Boston, and who died in middle life, leaving a son, Gustaf Wonderly Jr., who had been twice married. Child of Henry and Margaretta Lefevre : Oscar C., born November 14, 1867, a success- ful real estate dealer and land speculator ; lives at 494 Centre street, Jamaica Plain ; married, 1891, Nellie Greenhard, born in New York City ; children: Oscar, born July 8, 1894; Herbert, April 16, 1897.

(For preceding generation see Edmund Weston 1). (II) John Weston, son of

WESTON Edmund Weston, was born in Duxbury in 1662, died in 1736. He resided at Powder Point in Duxbury, and in 1690 he with others hired the Common Meadows. He was a freeholder in 1707. He married Deborah Delano. Children: I. Isaac. 2. Jonathan. 3. Abner. 4. Eliphas, born 1702, mentioned below. 5. David, died September 4, 1805. 6. Desire. 7. Deborah, married Ben- jamin Prior.

(III) Eliphas, son of John Weston, was born in Duxbury in 1702, died March 15, 1762. He was a mariner and lived in Duxbury. He met his death by drowning in Duxbury Bay, in a severe snow storm, his son Joshua sharing the same fate. He married Priscilla Peterson, who died in 1778. Children: I. Warren, born 1740, died 1799. 2. Ezra, July 13, 1743, died October II, 1834. 3. Daniel, 1744, died

November 17, 1766. 4. Eliphas, 1745, men-

tioned below. 5. Arunah, February 4, 1746, died January 17, 1831. 6. Joshua, 1748, drowned March 15, 1762. 7. Timothy, 1749. (I)

(IV) Eliphas (2), son of Eliphas Weston, was born in Duxbury in 1745, died in 1785. He lived in Weymouth, where he held many important public positions. He sailed in his own ship from Boston to Baltimore in 1785, and the vessel was never afterward heard from. He served in the revolution in Captain Samuel Ward's company, Colonel Solomon Lovell's regiment, in 1776, and in Captain Edward Sparrow's company, Colonel Nathan Tyler's regiment, in 1779. He mar- ried, October 27, 1774, Deborah Nash. Chil- dren : I. Priscilla, born 1776, died June 21, 1852. 2. Pheba, 1776, died 1777. 3. Pheba Nash, 1779, died February 10, 1861. 4.

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Warren, December 13, 1780, mentioned below. 5. Hervey, 1782, died 1794 of yellow fever in the West Indies. 6. Mary, 1786, died Novem- ber 2, 1860.

(V) Captain Warren, son of Eliphas (2) Weston, was born in Weymouth, December 13, 1780. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and from early youth he followed the sea. He rose to the rank of master mariner when a young man. He died at North Weymouth where he is buried in the family lot in the old burial ground. He mar- ried, November 17, 1805, Naney Bates, who married (second ) Clark. Children, born at Weymouth: 1. Maria, married Henry G. Chapman. . 2. Lucia. 3. Deborah. 4. Anna. 5. Emma. The latter four died in Paris and are buried in Chantilly, France. 6. Richard Warren, mentioned below. 7. Hervey E., died in Weymouth. 8. Caroline, died at Weymouth.

(VI) Richard Warren, son of Captain Warren Weston, was born in 1823 at Weymouth, in the house now oceupied by his son Warren, and died there in 1873. He was educated in the district schools. He engaged in mercantile affairs. As a young man he went to China as supercargo ; after his return he entered the firm of Goodhue & Company, importers of china, whose place of business was on Central Wharf, Boston. He later also beeame connected with the Goodhue East India Tea Company of New York, this being a branch of the former firm. He continued in this position until the retirement of Mr. Good- hue when the firm beeame Weston & Grey, Mr. Weston thus becoming the head of this large business which he conducted successfully until the time of his death. He was a Repub- lican in polities, a member of the Unitarian church and of the Union League Club of New York. He married Sarah Maria Grout, born at Roxbury, 1819, died 1903, at Staten Island, New York. Children: 1. Rosamond, married M. P. Meigs. 2. Helen, born at Staten Island, where she now resides. 3. Warren, mentioned below.

(VII) Warren, son of Richard Warren Weston, was born August 26, 1856, on Staten Island, New York, is now living on the Weston homestead at Weymouth. He received his education in a private school in Newport, Rhode Island. He began his business career as clerk in a broker's office in New York City in 1876 and continued in this business until 1887, when he retired to devote his attention exclusively to the eare and improvement of his real estate. In religion he is an Episco-

palian, but attends the Universalist church ; in polities he is independent. He married (first) Kate Tirrell Meigs, born in Brookline, died on Staten Island, and is buried on Long Island, New York. Married ( second) Anne B. Clark, born in Boston, daughter of Lester M. and Maria I. (Williams) Clark. Child of first wife: Richard Warren, born February 25, 1881. Children of second wife: Walter Law- rence, born October 3, 1883, resides in Texas, where he is engaged in business. May, born June 26, 1885.

Lester M. Clark, father of Mrs. Weston, was in the leather business in Boston, later a stoek broker in New York, then retired and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Weston, in 1908, aged eighty-seven. He was a member of the old Shawmut Church of Boston, later of St. Thomas' Church of New York. His wife, Maria I. (Williams) Clark, was born in Bos- ton, daughter of Isaae Williams, a wholesale boot and shoe dealer in Boston. He died aged fifty-seven. Mrs. Weston is one of seven children, four now living : Mrs. Albert E. Hardy, of Boston, Judge Lester W. Clark, of Staten Island, Mrs. Sidney P. Palmer, of Staten Island, and Mrs. Weston.

ADAMS Robert Adams, immigrant ances- tor, of this branch of the family in America, was born in England in 1602. He came first to Ipswich in 1635, with his wife and two children. He was a tailor by trade, and resided in Salem in 1638- 39. He removed to Newbury in 1640, where he acquired a large farm and valuable property. He is believed by some to have come from Devonshire, England, and by others, from Holderness, county York, England. There is a tradition also that he was of Scoteh origin. The large hand-made shears which he brought from England and which he used in his trade are now owned by Stephen P. Hale, of New- bury, a descendant. His will was dated Mareh 7. 1680-81, and proved November 27, 1682. He died October 12, 1682, aged eiglity-one years. He married (first) Eleanor Wilmot, who died June 12, 1677. He married (sec- ond) February 6, 1678, Sarah (Glover ) Short, widow of Henry Short. She died in Newbury, October 24, 1697. Children: I. John, born in England. 2. Joanna, England, about 1633- 34, married, January 4, 1654, Launeelot Granger. 3. Sergeant Abraham, 1639, men- tioned below. 4. Elizabeth, Newbury, about 1641-42, married Edward Phelps. 5. Mary, about 1643-45; married, November 15, 1660,

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Jeremiah Goodrich. 6. Isaac, 1647-48, died unmarried. 7. Jacob, April 23, 1649, died August 12, 1649. 8. Hannah, June 25, 1650, married, February 10, 1682, William Ware- ham. 9. Jacob, September 13, 1651, married, April 7, 1677, Anna Allen ; died 1717.

(II) Sergeant Abraham, son of Robert Adams, was born in Salem in 1639, died in August, 1714. He was a corporal in the militia from 1685 to 1693 and became sergeant in 1703. He married, November 10, 1670, Mary Pettingill, born July 6, 1652, died September 19, 1705, daughter of Richard and Joanna (Ingersoll) Pettingill. Children: I. Mary, born January 16, 1672, married George Thur- low. 2. Robert, May 12, 1674, married, 1695, Rebecca Knight; died February 3, 1769. 3. Captain Abraham, May 2, 1676, married, December, 1703, Anne Longfellow ; died April 8, 1763. 4. Isaac, February 26, 1678-79, mar- ried, 1707, Hannah Spofford. 5. Sarah, April 15, 1681, married, January 28, 1714-15, John Hutchinson. 6. John, March 7, 1684, mar- ried ( first) January 22, 1707, Elizabeth Noyes ; (second) November 17, 1713, Sarah Pearson. 7. Dr. Matthew, May 25, 1686, married, April 4, 1707, Sarah Knight; died 1755. 8. Israel, December 25, 1688, married, October 15, 1714, Rebecca Atkinson; died December 12, 1714. 9. Dorothy, October 25, 1691. 10. Richard, November 22, 1693, mentioned below.

(III) Richard, son of Sergeant Abraham Adams, was born in Newbury, November 22, 1693, died November 2, 1777-78. He was a farmer in Newbury and died in Newburyport. His will was dated August 2, 1770, proved November 2, 1778. He married, December 12, 1717, Susanna Pike, born April 3, 1697, died October 17, 1754, probably daughter of John and Lydia (Little) Pike. Children, born in Newbury : I. Mary, October 8, 1718, married, March 14, 1738, Abraham Adams; died I789. 2. John, September 9, 1720, died March 20, 1723. 3. Hannah, November 16, 1722, married, April 20, 1742-43. Captain Daniel Chute ; died April 28, 1792. 4. Enoch, September 24, 1724, married, July 28, 1747, Sarah Jackman. 5. Richard, November 2, 1726, mentioned below. 6. Susanna, August 5, 1729, died June 19, 1745. 7. John, July 30, 1732, married, December 22, 1761, Elizabeth Thorlow ; died September 2, 1811. 8. Daniel, September 13, 1734, married October 26, 1758 Edna Noyes. 9. Moses, June 17, 1737, mar- ried, February 6, 1770, Ruth Palmer. IO. Deacon Edmund, October 24, 1740, married

(first) Hannah Thurston; (second) Mrs. Bet- sey Kimball ; died January 18, 1825.

(IV) Richard (2), son of Richard (I) Adams, was born in Newbury, November 2, 1726, died November 6, 1788. He was a farmer and resided in Newburyport. He mar- ried, January 21, 1755, Sarah Noyes, who died January 31, 1821. Children, born in Newbury : I. Enoch, November 29, 1755, mentioned below. 2. Paul, April 12, 1758, married (first) April 30, 1785, Hannah Ilsley ; ( second) Feb- ruary 28, 1803, Hannah G. Keniston. 3.

Daniel, November 15, 1760, married (first) November 26, 1788, Edna Noyes; (second) 1800, Sarah Pierce. 4. Sarah, May 2, 1763, married, December 26, 1799, Samuel Blake. 5. Simeon, August 27, 1765, married, April 13, 1790, Sarah Little ; died August 27, 1834. 6. Hannah, September 7, 1768, married (first) February 19, 1796, Paul Thurlow ; (second) December 18, 1838, George Adams. 7. Eliza- beth, April 17, 1770, married, October 27, 1792, George Adams ; died March 28, 1838. 8. Asa, October 14, 1772, married, July 1, 1795, Doro- thy Morse ; died May 16, 1801. 9. Ebenezer, July 19, 1776, married, September 18, 1795, Edna Adams.

(V) Enoch, son of Richard (2) Adams, was born in Newbury, November 29, 1755, died February 27, 1842. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Gerrish's company from Newbury, in April, 1775. He settled in Salisbury, New Hampshire, and drew a pension. He married, May II, 1781, Elizabeth Russell, of Newbury, born June 27, 1759, died August, 1802. Children, the first born in New- bury, Massachusetts, the others in Salisbury, New Hampshire : I. Russell, January 20, 1782, died October 21, 1788. 2. Richard, August 21, 1783, died November, 1788. 3. Eli, September 29, 1784, married, 1824, Abi- gail True ; died July 17, 1832. 4. Judith, Jan- uary 2, 1787, married, 1808, Enoch Eastman ; died September 9, 1874. 5. Russell, May 12, 1788, mentioned below. 6. Richard, July 29, 1790, married, December 28, 1813, Sarah Dun- bar; died March 26, 1859. 7. Elizabeth, May 3, 1792, married, October 1, 1810, James Young ; died July 24, 1865. 8. Phebe, July 2, 1795, married Jesse Livingston ; died Decem- ber 18, 1877. 9. Dorcas, July 19, 1797, mar- ried David S. Woodward; died March IO, 1877.

(VI) Russell, son of Enoch Adams, was born at Salisbury, New Hampshire, May 12, 1788, died November 19, 1859. He married

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Susan Fifield, who died September 27, 1856, daughter of Obadiah P. Fifield. He resided in Hill, New Hampshire. Children, born in Hill, New Hampshire: I. Emeline, November 23, 1813, died November 18, 1818. 2. Gilson, June 15, 1815, married (first) April 15, 1845, Harriet N. Jones : (second) 1855, Abbie H. Quincy ; (third) 1865, Martha Gammage. 3. Harrison, June 6, 1817, married, November 7, 1843, Margaret Morse; died February 17, 1882; he had two sons, George H. and Charles F., the latter is living. 4. Daniel, February 3-5, 1819, died unmarried April 15, 1868. 5. James R., January 26, 1821, married Emily Young; had three children, two now living, Susan and Martha, with the mother ; died May 8. 1889. 6. Enoch, February 24, 1823, mar- ried, September 25, 1856, Sylvia A. Babcock. 7. Obadiah F., November 29, 1824, mentioned below. 8. Emeline S., January 26, 1830, died January 19, 1843.

(VII) Obadiah F., son of Russell Adams, was born in Hill, New Hampshire, November 29, 1824, died March 14, 1894. He was edu- cated in the public schools. When a young man he came to Allston, now Boston, Massa- chusetts, to learn the trade of mason, serving an apprenticeship of seven years. He then began business as a mason and builder at West Roxbury, and from a small beginning built up a large and very successful business, becoming one of the leading masons of Boston. Him- self a skillful and competent mechanic, he required the best work and produced the most workmanlike and satisfactory masonry to be obtained. He had the contract and built the beautiful stone edifice of the Unitarian church at the corner of Elliot and Center streets, a model of architecture and fine workmanship. He built the Methodist church on Elm street in the same section of the city and many other public buildings and private residences and houses. He had many large contracts after the great fire in Boston in 1872 when the busi- ness section of the city was largely rebuilt. ITe built the Boylston Bank building among others. No builder had a better reputation for good work and square dealing. In all the relations of life he was upright and honorable. His character was unassailable, his personality attractive and he had the esteem and confi- dence of employees as well as friends. In politics he was a Republican and in religion a Baptist. He married, in Jamaica Plain, November 5. 1855, Louise M. Burk. born in Madison, New Hampshire, January 6, 1838, died November 30, 1906, daughter of James

and Charlotte (Jackson) Burk. They have one son, Charles F., mentioned below.

James Burk was a farmer at Madison. Chil- dren of James and Charlotte Burk: i. Joseph Burk, was a plumber in Lowell, Massachusetts, where he died, leaving one son, Charles Burk, now of Charlestown, Massachusetts, and one daughter, Mary Burk, married Charles Draper, and lived at Jamaica Plain, had no children ; ii. Nancy J. Burk, married James Rines, who died at Jefferson Mills, New Hampshire, his wife died at Jamaica Plain ; iii. Phebe, resides at Jamaica Plain, married Edward G. Nor- cross, who died in Jamaica Plain, May 29, 1907; iv. Louise M. Burk, married Obadiah F. Adams, mentioned above; v. Adeline M. Burk, married Henry Philbrick, a farmer at Milton Hills, New Hampshire, where his wife died at middle age.

(VIII) Charles F., son of Obadiah F. Adams, was born at Jamaica Plain, September 1, 1856. He was educated in the public schools and at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachu- setts. He learned the profession of surveyor and civil engineer in the office of Garbot & Wood, of Boston, and he was connected with this firm in various capacities for a period of fifteen years. He left this firm to devote his atten- tion to the management and improvement of the property left by his father who owned valuable real estate in Jamaica Plain and vicinity. Mr. Adams is a Republican in poli- tics, and in 1897-98 was the candidate of his party for common council. In religion he is a Baptist. He is a member of the Elliot Club of Jamaica Plain. His home is 21 Myrtle street, Jamaica Plain, Boston. He married, August 2, 1892, at Hartford, Vermont, Laura E. Matthews, born in Hartford, November 4, 1868. She was a teacher before her marriage. Children: 1. Charles William, born August 25, 1893. died February II, 1901. 2. Emma Matthews, June 10, 1899, student in a private school.

John C. Matthews, father of Mrs. Adams, was born in Norwich, Vermont, married, in 1861, at Peacham, Vermont, Lucia Jennison, a native of Peacham, and lived in Norwich until 1881 when he came to Hartford, Ver- mont, where he and his wife are now living quietly in their old age, both enjoying good health and sound mental faculties. Their chil- dren were: i. Alfred Matthews, born March 24, 1863. died May 17, 1897, married Lothania C. Armstrong, who now resides in Norwich : ii. Frank E. Matthews, unmarried, a prosper- ons farmer of Hartford: iii. Annie E.

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Matthews, married Myron E. Armstrong, a farmer of Norwich; has three children, George Armstrong, Elsie C. Armstrong and Jennie Armstrong; iv. Laura E. Matthews, married Charles F. Adams, mentioned above. John Matthews, father of John C. Matthews, and grandfather of Mrs. Adams, lived to the great age of ninety-six years, two months ; had eleven children, of whom four survive in 1908: i. John C. Matthews, mentioned above ; ii. Will- iam H. Matthews, a retired police officer of Boston, married Sarah Bolton; iii. Philander C. Matthews, married Matilda Huntoon, who died in Everett, Massachusetts, where he now resides ; iv. George R.

EMERSON This is among the earliest American families, and has been traced to various locali- ties in England, and has been associated with some of the most stirring events of American history, both past and present. The records show that a coat-of-arms was granted in 1535 to Radus (Ralf, Raffe or Rauff) Emerson, of Foxton, county of Durham, England. No pedigree was registered with it. Thomas Emerson, who was born sometime about 1540, was a resident of Great Dumnow, in the county of Essex, England, where his three children are registered, namely : Robert, Joan and John. In 1509 the general muster of the county of Durham included forty-one Emersons, and it has been assumed that he was a son of Ralph, of Foxton, and he is presumed to be identical with Thomas, of Rumford, county Essex. Seven miles from Great Dumnow is Bishop's- Stortford, in the county of Herts. There is found a record of the marriage of Robert Emerson, on November 24, 1578, to Susan Crabbe. He owned a field on the north quarter of the parish called Muggles Dale, and in earlier times Muffles Dane. Robert Emerson was buried at Bishop's-Stortford, January 6, 1620, and his widow, November 20, 1626, at the age of seventy years. Their children were: Alice, Margaret, Thomas, Ann, Robert and John.

(I) Thomas Emerson, of Ipswich, Massa- chusetts, is recorded in the church wardens book of St. Michael's church, in 1630, as collector for the poor. His wife, Elizabeth (Brewster) Emerson, is supposed to have been a daughter of William Brewster, of Scrooby, and the famous elder of the Pilgrims, 1620. It has been proven that Major-General Denison, a close friend of Thomas, and men- tioned in the latter's will, emigrated from

Bishop's-Stortford. Thomas Emerson was probably born in Sedsfield parish, county of Durham, England, and died in Ipswich, Massa- chusetts, May 1, 1666. He was baptized at Bishop's-Stortford, England, July 26, 1584, and was married July 1, 1611, in that parish to Elizabeth Brewster. Their children as recorded in St. Michael's Church at Bishop's- Stortford were: Robert, Benjamin, Ralph, James, Joseph, Elizabeth, John, Thomas, Nathaniel and Susan. Tradition says that they came from England in the ship "Eliza- beth Ann," in 1635. He was at Ipswich, Mass- achusetts, as early as 1638, when eighty acres of land was granted to him. In the same year he received a deed of one hundred and twenty acres from Samuel Greenfield, a weaver of Ipswich, and this was the Turkey Shore farm, which remained in the family for generations. He is mentioned as a commoner in 1641, and in 1646 was one of the "seven men," equiva- lent to the present selectmen. He was the possessor of considerable property and the records show that he received damages from the town for the loss of a yoke of oxen that backed off a bridge. The inventory of his estate amounted to two hundred and twenty- five pounds three shillings. The records of England show that the family was noncon- formist, and they probably found difficulty in getting out of England. The reference to Thomas Emerson as a baker in the Massachu- setts records probably arises from the fact that he assumed the character of an artisan in order to make his removal from England less diffi- cult.

(II) Robert Emerson, of Rowley, Massa- chusetts, is believed by good authorities to have been the eldest child of Thomas and Elizabeth ( Brewster ) Emerson, who was bap- tized May 24, 1612, at Bishop's-Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. He was probably a resident of Bishop's-Stortford in 1642. He was in Rowley, Massachusetts, as early as 1655, and took the oath of fidelity there in 1671, and removed to Haverhill, Massachu- 'setts, where he was made freeman April 9, 1678. He subscribed to the oath of fidelity in 1671, and in 1672 received from the town com- pensation for the care of an orphan child. Before 1675 he had a house there. He died June 25, 1694. He married, October 22, 1635, Elizabeth Grave, of Bishop's-Stortford, Eng- land, and she was buried there June 22, 1636. His second wife was named Frances, and he married (third) November 4, 1658, Ann Grant, of Rowley, who was drowned July 28,

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1718. His children were: Elizabeth, born in England, 1637, Thomas, Joseph, Ephraim, Stephen, Benjamin and Lydia. The elder son was killed by the Indians, with his wife and children, Mareh 15, 1697.

(III) Stephen, fourth son of Robert Emer- son, was among the original petitioners for, and proprietors of the town of "Penniecook," now Coneord, New Hampshire, in 1721. At a meeting of the proprietors, February 8, 1726, at Andover, Massachusetts, he drew lot 9, range 3, consisting of five and one-half aeres in the great plain, and house lot No. 9, in the first range, consisting of one and one-half aeres. A search of the records of Concord fail to diselose any further mention of him in that town, and it is probable that he did not reside there. No further account of him has been found. On a petition for the parish of Hampstead to be erected out of Haverhill, Massachusetts, January 1, 1744, appears the name of Stephen Emerson, but this was prob- ably his son Stephen, who became a resident of that town. He married, Deeember 7, 1698, Elizabeth Dustin.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume III, Part 9

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