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The family of Curless is found CURLESS in various parts of England but is not numerous. The sur- name is identical with Corliss, Corless, Coll- ess, Curliss, etc.
(I) Charles Curless was born in Canada. Hle was a carpenter and builder and spent his entire active life at St. John, New Brunswick, where he died at an advanced age. His wife was a native of New Brunswick, and died in the prime of life, some years before lier hus- band. Children: 1. Oliver, resided in Grand Falls, Canada, where lic died a. few years ago. 2. Jane, born at St. John: married (first) Henry Harper and had Charles, Mary and Martha Harper, who are all married and
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residing in St. John ; married ( second) Henry Gigley and had George Gigley, who is a car- penter, living in Dorchester, Massachusetts, where he married and had a daughter who is now married and lives in St. John. 3. Ann, died in Canada where she was married and left children. 4. Mary, died leaving a family. 5. Martha, died in young womanhood. 6. Eliza, married and living in New Hampshire; one son. 7. Charles, mentioned below.
(II) Charles (2), son of Charles (1) Cur- less, was born in St. John, New Brunswick, April 5. 1832. He learned the trade of car- penter with his father, and at the early age of fourteen began to work at his trade. When a young man he settled in Boston, Massachu- setts, and established himself in business as a carpenter and builder. From the first he was successful and he soon established a reputa- tion for good workmanship and reliability. By his industry and thrift he accumulated a comfortable competence, and invested largely in real estate. He erected substantial tene- ment houses and at the time of his death was the owner of the houses at Nos. 314012, 314472 and 3144A, Washington street, Rox- bury, Massachusetts. In politics he was a Re- publican, but never sought office. He was a good and useful citizen, and had many friends who valued his friendship greatly. He died March 30, 1906. He married, December 9, 1856, in Frederickton, New Brunswick, Mar- garet Harper, born April 27, 1831, daughter of Thomas and Lois ( Kimball) Harper. Her father was born in 1800 in county Ferman- agh, Ireland, of Scotch ancestry, and came to America when eighteen years of age, settling in Canada, on a farm near Frederickton, New Brunswick. He was a prominent citizen in the town, of upright and honorable character He married Lois Kimball, born 1800, died 1856, and had children : i. Henry Harper, died of cholera during an epidemic, leaving a wife, Jane (Curless) and children Charles, Mary and Martha Harper ; ii. Mary A. Harper, mar- ried William Howe, a farmer of Frederick- ton; left a widow with three children; iii. Prudence Harper, married - Cooper, of St. John, and had two children ; iv. John Har- per, lives in Boston; married twice and had children ; v. Elizabeth Harper, died young ; vi. Margaret Harper, mentioned above ; vii. Eliza Harper, married Henry Howe, who was acci- ‹lentally drowned ; resides in New Brunswick with her two daughters; viii. Thomas Harper, resides on a farm in Frederickton with his fam-
ily ; ix. William Harper, died in Prince Will- iam, New Brunswick, leaving a family; x. Adam Harper, resides on a farm near Fred- erickton with his family; xi. Martha A. Har- per, died young. Mrs. Curless was brought up carefully by her parents, and given the training which fitted her to be a good house- wife and mother. Children of Charles and Margaret Curless: I. William Allison, born 1857 ; married Eunice Wood; now resides in Everett, Massachusetts; died February 11, 1890, in Jamaica Plain; had one son, Frank William F., a well-known steel engraver of Boston ; married Esther Dowling and has one child, Mildred Louise. 2. Annie Bell, died aged two and one-half years. 3. George Byron, died at the age of six years. 4. Frederick, died young.
DILLON Michael, son of John and Alice Dillon, of Dublin, Ireland, was born in Dublin, in 1815. His father was a calico printer at the time the work of printing cotton cloth in colors was done by hand, and he learned the trade and became a skillful operator. He was given a good education in the best schools of Dublin. In 1837 he joined the large body of cotton manufacturing operatives that left the mills of Great Britain to find more profitable work in those of New England, then first introduc- ing the business of converting cotton cloth into calico. He located in Cranston, Rhode Island, and was employed by the sons of Amasa Sprague, the first calico printer in Rhode Island, who established the first print works at Cranston, in 1824, and these sons Amasa and William, on the death of their father in 1836, formed the celebrated firm of A. & W. Sprague, noted for their "Indigo Blue," a calico that obtained immediate and extensive sale. Mr. Dillon continued with this firm and another almost as well established until the printing machine entirely superceded the hand blocks, and then retired from the business. For ten years after this he engaged in farming, and subsequently in the grocery business in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where he died in 1883, leaving a handsome fortune ac -. cumulated by industry and thrift. He mar- ried, in 1846, Sarah Thatcher, born in Leeds, England, 1820, died in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1904. Children: 1. John, who was drowned. 2. Rachael, married Richard Dug- dale. 3. Elizabeth, married William H. Rowe. 4. Charles, married and lived in Attle-
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boro, Massachusetts. 5. Sarah, married Frank Fuller. 6. Louis Willard.
(II) Louis Willard, sixth and youngest child of Michael and Sarah ( Thatcher ) Dillon, was born in Swansey, Massachusetts, October 14, 1856. He was given a good public school education, and learned the trade of painter and decorator. He was next engaged in the grocery business, and opened a store in Paw- tucket, Rhode Island, in 1873, where he con- tinued in business for five years. He sold out his business in 1878, and engaged in steam fitting and heating, and in 1883 gave up the business of steam engineer and took up that of electrical engineer and became connected with the Attleboro Steam and Electric Com- pany, and continued with that company about nine years. He built the street railway in At- tleboro, and was the first engineer and super- intendent, which position he was forced to re- sign by reason of impaired health. He dur- ing this time invented an electric light con- troller, which, not being secured by a patent, was used by others without his consent. In 1892 he removed to Belchertown, Massachu- setts, where he engaged in the hotel business, 1891-1907, and in 1907 he retired. He was made chairman of the new water board of the town of Belchertown in 1907. His fra- ternal affiliations included the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Masonic order (Knight Templar), the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks, and Knights of Honor. He is a member of the Baptist church and strictly adheres to the rules that govern that historic branch of the christian church.
He married, September, 1878, Emma Ade- laide, born 1854, daughter of James and Abbie (Wood) Horton, of Attleboro, Massa- chusetts, granddaughter of Benjamin and Betsey Horton, of Rehoboth, Massachusetts. James Horton was born in Attleboro, Bristol county, Massachusetts, in 1815, and died in 1882. Abbie (Wood) Horton was born in 1816, and died in 1902. The children of James and Abbie (Wood) Horton were : Au- gustus ; Henry ; Abbie ; Harriet ; Betsey ; Ella ; Emma ; Adelaide ; May ; Jennie ; Caroline, and Susan B. Horton. Mr. Horton was a farmer, and was born and died on the same place.
The children of Louis Willard and Emma Adelaide (Horton) Dillon were : 1. Sarah F., born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, September 20, 1880. 2. James Henry, August 20, 1882 ; with Walworth Manufacturing Company. 3. Robert E., December 24, 1885. 4. Emma, Au- gust IT. 1887.
This is an ancient European GERSTEIN name, of Hebraic origin, and has long been identified with Russian business affairs, as well as widely known in literary and religious matters in that country. It has been for several generations known in Boston, in business and professional life.
(I) Maurice Gerstein, the first of whom (lefinite knowledge can now be obtained, was a native of Russia, of Russian ancestry, whose family had been long identified with business. He was brought up to mercantile life, and was successful as a merchant. Like most of his family he was finely educated, and exercised considerable influence in his set. He died at the age of seventy-eight years, having had two sons whose names are known, namely: Eph- raim and Israel. The latter came to the United States in late life, and was for twelve years active in business in Boston, where he now resides (1909) at the age of eighty-nine years.
. (II) Ephraim, son of Maurice Gerstein, was born in Russia and settled at Meretz, in the state of Wilno, where he died at the age of sixty-three years. He was a very godly man, especially educated in church matters, and was revered and believed by the orthodox Hebrew society of Meretz. Always an earn- est student, he possessed a fine and highly cul- tivated mind. He married a Miss Shirley, of Zirlief, who was descended from Russian an- cestry of high class and possessed a remark- ably well trained mind and was an able help- meet of her talented husband. She led an active life, and died at the age of eighty- seven years.
(III) Israel, son of Ephraim Gerstein, was born in 1836 in the city of Meretz, and there attained manhood and was liberally educated. Soon after arriving at his majority, he settled at Serey, Suvalky, Poland, where he became a grain merchant and was successful in busi- ness and well known. Having retired from active business, he came to this country in 1000 and located in New York City, where he died in January, 1905. He was interested in the business conducted there by his eldest son, though he took no part in its conduct. He married, in 1854. Rebecca Kaplan, a native of Grodno, Russia, who was early left an orphan and was reared by an uncle in Serey. She was born in 1835, and is now living in New York. Their children were all born in Russia : 1. Myer, a manufacturer of Boston ; a widower with several children. 2. Miriam.
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became the wife of Simche Richmond; re- sides in Meretz, Russia. 3. Isaac, the first of the family to emigrate to the United States : he came to Boston in 1884; he soon removed to New York and established himself in busi- ness, which he still conducts successfully. 4. David, a manufacturer in New York; also a widower with children. 5. Simon, also en- gaged in manufacturing in New York ; has a family. 6. Maurice, mentioned below. 7. Louis, engaged in manufacturing in New York; has a family.
(IV) Maurice (2) fifth son of Israel and Rebecca (Kaplan) Gerstein, was born March 1, 1870, in Serey, and remained in his native place until eighteen years old. In the mean- time, following the precepts of his ancestors, he was very busily engaged in securing an education. He pursued the study of Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Russian, French and German, and had some slight instruction in English dur- ing the last year there. In 1888 he set out for America, where he might be free from the oppression practiced Under Russian govern- ment. His first effort was to make himself familiar with the language of the country, and he became a student of the public schools of Boston. After going through the high school, which did not require a long time with the aid of his previous instructions, he entered the Boston University, and later pursued a legal course in the Boston University Law School. Having decided to enter the medical profes- sion, he went to New York and was graduated from the medical department of the New York University in 1896. In the meantime he was assistant in the Beth Israel Hospital of New York, and settled in Boston immediately after graduation. In 1900 he pursued a post-gradu- ate course in the Harvard Medical School, and for one and one-half years was employed in the out-patient department of the Boston City Hospital, and also in the same department of the Children's Hospital of Boston. He or- ganized and established the Mount Sinai Hos- pital of Boston, to which he gave two years of his most active life, making a specialty of nose and throat diseases. Since 1896 he has been a teacher in the Boston College of Physi- cians and Surgeons, in materia medica and therapeutics, and is now filling the chair of theory and practice of medicine. He has a pleasant home in Roxbury, and conducts a gen- eral practice among the citizens of that section of the city. Dr. Gerstein's success has been earned by faithful study and effort, and he enjoys the respect and esteem of his con- iv-62
temporaries. Among his diversions is the editing of the "Medical Directory of Greater Boston," the first work of the kind issued for that district. Since his arrival in the city in 1896, he has been a member of the Massachu- setts Medical Society. He organized the Bos- ton Medical Society and was its first secre- tary, and organized the New England Society of New York Colleges. Besides his activity in local medical matters, he takes an intelligent interest in the conduct of affairs generally and the progress of mankind and of his com- munity. He married, February 20, 1900, Miriam Brodie, born January 3, 1871, in Yesna, state of Wilna, Russia, daughter of Theodore and Rachel Brodie, who now reside in Boston. She went to London, England, at the age of four years and remained there until 1883, securing an excellent knowledge of Eng- lish, and then came to Boston. Here she at- tended the high school, Dean Academy, from which she was graduated in 1892, and the Bos- ton University. She devoted much time to the interests of Mount Sinai Hospital, of whose Ladies' Auxiliary she was for two years secretary, and is now chiefly occupied with the care and education of her three bright children. They are: Evelyn Shirley, Vivian Adell and Bernice Zelda.
George Hubbard, immigrant HUBBARD ancestor, was born in Eng- land, probably in the south- eastern part, and came to New England in 1633. He was at Watertown until 1635. He left there October 15, 1635, with a company of sixty men, women and children, who went to Wethersfield, Connecticut, to settle. He was a surveyor, and was employed to survey the lines of Windsor, Connecticut (then called Dorchester), and Wethersfield (then called Watertown ). For a year or so the Connecticut colony was under the jurisdiction of the Mass- achusetts Bay government, which appointed commissioners for the purpose. George Hub- bard was a delegate to the first general court in Wethersfield, and was representative in 1638-39. The records show that he was a prominent sur- veyor in the Connecticut colonies for many years. He lived in the eastern part of Wethers- field, which later became Glastonbury, and some of his original farm was at last accounts owned by descendants. After living in Wethers- field three years he went to Long Island Sound, where he settled in the town of Milford. Later he sold Milford Island to Richard Bryan. He married Mary Bishop, who died at Guilford,
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Connecticut, September 14, 1675, daughter of John and Anne Bishop, early settlers of Guil- ford, Connecticut. George Hubbard died in February, 1661. Children: 1. Mary, born in England, about 1625, married John Fowler. 2. John, 1630, mentioned below. 3. George,
lived in Greenwich, Connecticut. 4. Daniel,
Milford, 1634, lived in Milford. 5. Sarah, Wethersfield, 1635, married David Harrison. 6. Hannah, 1637. 7. Elizabeth, 1638, married Deacon John Norton. 8. Abigail, 1640, in Wethersfield ; baptized 1644, at Milford ; mar- ried, October 14, 1657, Humphrey Spinning, and died November, 1689. 10. William, 1642, married Abigail Dudley. II. Daniel, baptized 1644, at Milford, died 1720 ; married, Novem- ber 17, 1664, Elizabeth Jordan.
(II) John, son of George Hubbard, was born in England, in 1630, and came over in 1633 with his parents. He married Mary Sheaf, and probably lived a few years at Con- cord, Massachusetts. He was a relative of the Merriams, and it has been assumed errone- ously in the genealogy and elsewhere that the surname of his wife was Merriam. His first four children were born at Wethersfield, the remainder at Hadley. He was one of a com- pany. April 18, 1659, that organized the town of Norwottuck, or Hadley. He was admitted a freeman, March 26, 1661. After 1672 he went to Hatfield, and died there at the home of his son Isaac, in 1702. Seven children are named in the will. Children: I. Mary, born January 27, 1650. 2. Lieutenant John, April 12, 1655. 3. Hannah, December 5, 1656. 4. Jonathan, January 3, 1658-59, mentioned below. 5. Daniel, March 9, 1661; died at Hatfield, February 12, 1744 ; married, November 1, 1683. Esther Rice. 6. Mercy, Hadley, February 23, 1664: married, October 22, 1685, Lieutenant Jonathan Boardman. 7. Isaac, January 16, 1667 : died August 7, 1750, married Anne War- ner. 8. Mary, April 10, 1669; married, Decem- ber 12, 1688, Daniel Warner. 9. Sarah, No- vember 12, 1672, married Samuel Cowles.
(III) Jonathan, son of John Hubbard, was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, January 3. 1658-59 ; died at Concord, Massachusetts, July 17, 1728. Hle removed as early as 1680 to Con- cord, and married there, January 15, 1681. llannah, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth ( King ) Rice, of Sudbury, granddaughter of Edmund and Tamazin Rice, of Sudbury. Chil- dren: 1. Mary, born at Concord, Massachu- setts, April 3. 1682; died February 2, 1769, married Daniel Davis. 2. Jonathan, June 18. 1683: died April 7. 1761 ; married. Septem-
ber 28, 1704, Rebecca Brown. 3. Hannah, April 20, 1685; died May 23, 1725, married John Temple. 4. Samuel, April 27, 1687, see forward. 5. Joseph, February 8, 1688-89 ; died April 10, 1768, married Rebecca Bulkley. 6. Elizabeth, born June 16, 1691 ; died December 25. 1757 ; married, March 24, 1709, Deacon Samuel Heywood. 7. John, March 12, 1692- 93 : married ( first) Hannah Blood; (second) Azubah Moore; died in Worcester, 1727. 8. Daniel, November 20, 1694; married, Decem- ber 5, 1717, Dorothy Dakin, of Holden, where he settled. 9. Thomas, August 27, 1696 ; mar- ried Mary Fletcher. 10. Abigail, January 23, 1698, married Samuel Fletcher. II. Ebenezer, December 28, 1700; died May 21, 1755.
(IV) Samuel, son of Jonathan Hubbard, was born in Concord, Massachusetts, April 27, 1687 ; died there December 12, 1753. He mar- ried, January 15, 1701, Sarah Clark, of Con- cord, born July 13, 1681, died July 25, 1720; (second) Prudence Temple. Children : I.Eph- raim, born November 8, 1710; married, June 6, 1744, Sarah Billings. 2. Mary, May 4, 1712. 3. Lieutenant Samuel, 1713, see forward. 4. Sarah, September 24, 1716. 5. Lois, June 6, 1718. 6. Joseph, Holden, 1719. 7. Lydia, April 6, 1722. 8. Silence, November 17, 1725. 9. Isaac, September 17, 1729; died August 14. 1804, married Sarah Darby.
(V) Lieutenant Samuel (2), son of Sam- uel Hubbard, was born in 1713 ; died in Holden, December 3, 1783. He married (first) Eunice Woodward, (second) Abigail Clark, (third) Abigail --. He was a soldier in the revolu- tion, lieutenant of his company. Children of second wife: 1. Sarah, born April 25, 1740. 2. Samuel, August 6, 1741. 3. Elisha, Decem- ber 20, 1744, mentioned below. 4. Eunice, Au- gust 21, 1746. Children of third wife: 5. Abel, August 3, 1750. 6. Benjamin, Novem- ber 29, 1751. 7. Benjamin, July 15, 1753. 8. Eli, February 5, 1757. 9. Mary, August 22. 1758. 10. Abel, July 24, 1760. II. Silas, March 28, 1763. 12. Levi, February 24, 1764: settled at Walpole, New Hampshire.
(\'1) Elisha, son of Lieutenant Samuel (2) Hubbard, was born in Holden, December 20, 1744. He died in Vermont, July 17, 1814. He married, December 3, 1767, Mercy, daughter of John and Azubah Hubbard. Children, born in Holden: 1. John, August 24. 1768; died in Windsor, Vermont, November 22, 1849. 2. Sarah, April 16, 1771, married Ethan Davis. 3. Mary, May 27, 1773; married Peter, son of l'eter and Phoebe ( Brigham) Hubbard. 4. Azubah, August 13, 1776. 5. Eli, January 21,
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1779. 6. Benjamin, March 18, 1781. 7. Sam- uel Woodward, 1783. 6. Elizabeth, 1786. 9. Silas Moore, April 9, 1788. According to the history of Rochester, Vermont, there were fourteen children, and Elisha came to Roches- ter in 1798 from Putney, Vermont. This au- thority gives three more children (probably born in Vermont) : 10. George. 11. Abel, had twelve children. 12. Ora, born about 1788. The family gives : 13. Peter, mentioned below.
(VII) Peter, son of Elisha Hubbard, was born about 1790. He married Anna Trask. and settled in Rochester, Vermont. Children : Ira M., Varsil M., Isaac, Harriet A., Emeline, Peter, Hiram ; two died in infancy.
(VIII) Varsil M., son of Peter Hubbard. was born in Rochester, January 31, 1815, and was educated there in the public schools. He settled in that town and followed farming all his active life, and in connection with his farm practiced as a veterinary surgeon and traded extensively in live stock. He was selectman of the town of Rochester for a number of years. He died at Rochester, November 5, 1904. In religion he was a Congregationalist, in politics a Republican. He married, June 21, 1841, Susan J. Taylor, of Rochester, born De- cember 18, 1824, daughter of Leonard and Mary Steele Taylor. Children, born at Roches- ter : 1. Charles L., June 30. 1842. 2. Mary J., September 11, 1844. 3. Isaac T., February 4 1847. 4. Winfield Scott. March 24, 1849. 5. Harriet E., February 21, 1851. 6. Frank L., July 27. 1853. 7. Abbie E .. September 28, 1855. 8. George E., March 11. 1858, died in infancy. 9. Fred V., June 6, 1860. 10. Carrie E., September 23, 1863. 11. Arthur W., July 20, 1866, mentioned below. 12. Katherine G., December 31, 1869.
(IX) Arthur W., son of Varsil M. Hub- bard, was born in Rochester, Vermont, July 20. 1866, and was educated in the public schools of that town. He began his business career in Northfield, Vermont, as clerk in a general store. Three years later he left this position to come to Orange, Massachusetts, as clerk in a store of A. L. Shattuck, and continued in this business from 1888 to 1896. In the latter year he became bookkeeper of the Orange Electric Light Company, and since 1897 has been treasurer and general manager of the company. He is a member of Orange Lodge of Free Masons; of Crescent Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Orange Commandery, Knights Templar, and of the Massachusetts Consistory. of Boston, thirty-second degree. In religion he is a Congregationalist, and in
politics a Republican. He married, October II, 1899, Leila A. Lowe, born July 2, 1875, daughter of George and Harriet (Stearns) Lowe. One child, Rowena E., born at Orange. April 21, 1904.
(For ancestry see Abraham Newell 1). (IV) Isaac (3), son of Isaac
NEWELL (2) Newell, was born in Rox- bury, February 1, 1888. He also settled at Roxbury. He married Abigail Children, born at Roxbury : 1. Sarah, January 4, 1716. 2. Isaac, January 11, 1718. 3. John, March 22, 1721, mentioned below. 4. Elizabeth, March 25, 1733.
(V) John, son of Isaac (3) Newell, was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, March 22, 1721. He owned land in Colerain, Massachu- setts, but may not have moved thither. He lived in Newton, a town adjoining Roxbury, and died there February, 1785. His wife died July, 1780. Children: 1. Joshua, mentioned below. 2. Josiah (perhaps the same as Joshua ), deeded land at Colerain, one hundred acres, adjoining land lately of John Newell, to Solo- mon Newell, of Colerain, August 11, 1786. Josiah was then of Newton; Josiah bought land at Colerain of David Morris, December 17, 1782. (Oliver Newell witnessed this deed and he was a selectman of Colerain in 1781 ): 3. Ebenezer, was of Colerain in 1768. 4. Sam- uel, was of Colerain before 1768. (A Samuel died at Newton, July, 1780). 5. John, Jr., of Newton, married, in 1767, and lived near Brook farm, Newton. 6. Solomon, of Newton, was a soldier in the revolution from Newton. ( In 1790 John Newell, Jr., was living at Colerain and had two sons under sixteen and seven females in his family ; Josiah, of Colerain, had one son under sixteen and two females ; Solo- mon had three females in his family). Many of the families settled in the neighboring town of Conway, Massachusetts.
(VI) Joshua, son of John Newell, lived at Roxbury, Stoughton and Newton, adjoining towns. His wife Sarah died at Newton, Oc- tober, 1783. Joshua died before 1790. Chil- dren: I. Joshua, said to have been born at Stoughton. 2. John, born at Newton, Decem- ber 30, 1778. 3. Child, died at Newton, July 7. 1781. 4. Child, died at Newton, October. 1786.
(VII) Joshua (2), son of Joshua (1) Newell, was born in Stoughton, about 1775. He was adopted by his uncle, Solomon Newell. of Colerain, where various members of the family lived. When he came of age he bought
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