Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 127

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 886


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(V) Jacob, third son of Thomas (2) Gray, resided in Andover, and married Elizabeth Kittredge. Children : Esther, William, Hiram, and perhaps others.


(VI) William, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Kittredge) Gray, was born in Andover, and resided in that town and Ipswich, where he married Rebecca, daughter of Samuel and Hannah ( Mansur) Shattuck, born May 28, 1831. Children : Esther Almira, William and Isabel.


(VII) Esther Almira, daughter of William and Rebecca (Shattuck) Gray, married (first) Albert Butler, and had a son and daughter, Frank M. and Albertina. She subsequently became the wife of Orice M. Gracey, of Ips- wich (see Gracey, IV).


SMITH Reuben Smith, a descendant of the Smith family of Cape Cod, settled in Westhead, Nova Scotia. John Smith, the progenitor, settled in Barnstable as early as 1640. Reuben Smith married Debo- rah Covell. Children : William, Alfred, Reuben G. (mentioned below), Mary Jane, Dorcas, Ruth, Sarah, Elizabeth, Matilda and Niama.


(II) Reuben G., son of Reuben Smith, was born at Clark's Harbor, Nova Scotia, Octo- ber 22. 1837. He had a common school edu- cation, and began to follow the sea in his boy- hood. He rose to the rank of master mariner, and was captain of the schooner "Merry- Coval," then for several years first mate of the "Sunny Region." Next he was captain of the brig "Annie Mitchell" and afterward was mate and captain of various New York ves- sels. He was drowned in 1870 on his return trip from Savannah to Boston while making sail on the brig "Hattie." He was an expert navigator, and an honorable, upright capable man in all the affairs of life. In politics he was a Republican and in religion an Adventist. He married Susan M., born March 25, 1840, at Clark's Harbor, Nova Scotia, daughter of Levi and Marinda Nickerson. (See Nickerson, VII. ) Children : 1. Drusilla, married Albert R. Cass and has a son, Gilbert Cass. 2. Will- iam Alfred Kimball, mentioned below. 3. George Byron, born September, 1865; married Jennie Brower : resides at Pleasant street. Charlestown : child, Jennie Vera. 4. Thomas Hall, born November 25, 1875; married Alice Rice : child, Evelyn A.


(III) William Alfred Kimball, son of Reu- ben G. Smith, was born at West Head, June 8, 1861. He attended the public schools of his native town until he was twelve years old. Then he went to sea on the schooner "Annie May" of Portland, Maine, and then sailed as cook for a year on the "John B. Morris" and then on the "William R. Drury," a three- masted schooner, as steward. During the next two years he went in fishing vessels to the Newfoundland Banks, and was for a time cook on the ship "Irene." When he came of age he gave up the sea and took a position as con- ductor on the Lynn & Boston Street Railway. After three years he accepted a similar po- sition with the West End Street Railway of Boston, where he continued four years, and then for a time was a foreman in the employ of the Independent Ice Company. For the past ten years he has been a clerk in the employ of his brother-in-law, Jesse S. Newcomb, of Somerville. He is a member of the Market- men's Relief Association; of the Columbia Association; of Webster Lodge, Knights of Pythias ; of Concord Lodge, Free Masons; of Covenant Lodge, Odd Fellows ; and the Benev- olent and Protective Order of Elks. He mar- ried (first) Sarah E. Goodwin; (second) Laura Amelia, daughter of Jeremiah S. New- comb. (See Newcomb). Children of first wife: I. Albert R., born December 4, 1882; married Lena Barker. 2. R. Wesley, June 8, 1884 ; married Emily Bean ; child, Winston A., born February 6, 1907. Child of second wife, 3. Clifford Newcomb, born September 23, 1903.


(The Nickerson Line. For preceding generations see William Nickerson 1).


(III) William (3), son of William (2) Nickerson, was born at Chatham about 1668. He was an ensign in the militia. He also lived at Chatham. He made his will October 19, proved November 15, 1742. He married (first ) Deliverance -, about 1700 ; (sec- ond ) Anna who married ( second),


August 25. 1747, Benjamin Brease. Chil- dren: I. William, born May 15, 1701. 2. Caleb, mentioned below. 3. James. 4. Joshua. 5. Elizabeth. 6. Mercy. 7. Nathan- iel. 8. Anna. 9. Deliverance. 10. Deborah. II. Eldad.


(IV) Caleb, son of William (3) Nickerson, was born at Chatham and died there December 18, 1748-49. He resided at Chatham and North Chatham, and was executor of his father's will. In 1743 he sold his share in the estate of his brother William and removed to


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North Chatham, then called Old Harbor. He was selectman three years. He owned part of Half Moon meadow on Red River Neck. He married, in 1733, Mary, daughter of Moses and Deborah (Cook) Godfrey. She was born September 4, 17II, and was a "May- flower" descendant through her grandmother, Deborah Hopkins, daughter of Giles, who mar- ried Josiah Cook. She married (second) Seth Smith, of Chatham, November 18, 1756, died April 24, 1782. Children, born at Chatham : I. Joshua, May 27, 1733; mentioned below. 2. Deborah, October 27, 1734. 3. Caleb, April 2, 1736. 4. Moses, February 25, 1739. 5. Richard, February 3, 1741. 6. Mary, June 29. 1744. 7. Elizabeth, March 10, 1745. 8. Deborah, March 24, 1747.


(V) Joshua, son of Caleb Nickerson, was born at Chatham, May 27, 1733, died at Bar- rington, Nova Scotia, April 16, 1821. He re- moved to Barrington from Chatham after 1762 to the village now called Shag Harbor. He married. December 15, 1754, at Chatham, Esther Ryder. She died at Barrington, Feb- ruary 9. 1819. He was one of the pioneers of the town. Children, born at Chatham and Barrington : 1. Caleb, Chatham, May 22, 1757. 2. Levi, Chatham, December 10, 1759. 3. Zenas, Shag Harbor, January 15, 1767. 4. Reuben. 5. Simeon. 6. Joshua, mentioned below.


(VI) Joshua (2). son of Joshua ( 1) Nick- erson, was born at Shag Harbor, Nova Scotia. He resided at Oak Park, Barrington, Nova Scotia, and died there. He married Tabitha (or Dorcas) Kendrick, of Barrington, June 26, 1785. She was a sister of Martha Kendrick who married Simeon Nickerson of this fam- ily. She married (second) James Smith, and had children: George, Thomas, Susan and Elizabeth Smith. Children of Joshua : Joshua, Esther, Edward, Azubah, Levi, mentioned below.


(VII) Levi, son of Joslma (2) Nickerson, was born about 1800, at Barrington, Nova Scotia. He married Marinda Nickerson, probably also a descendant of the immigrant, William Nickerson. All the Nickersons trace their ancestry to him. He lived in Clark's Harbor, Barrington. Children : John Edward, September 11, 1820. 2. Azubah Ann, August 22, 1822. 3. Thomas Smith, March 26, 1824. 4. Smith, May 12, 1826. 5. Seth Hall, April 17, 1829. 6. Elizabeth, April 8, 1831 ; married (first ) Edward Pierce; (second) Jacob Nick- erson. 7. Tabitha ( Dorcas in some records), February 4, 1833. 8. Peter Kenney, July 13,


1835. 9. IO. Susan M., March 25, 1840; married Reuben G. Smith. (See Smith, II.) II. Marinda.


The surname Bishop is of an- BISHOP cient English origin. Just how the title of a sacred office of the Catholic church came to be used for a surname is lost in the obscurity of ancient history. It is suggested that it must have been a personal name or a nickname of some progenitor, as Major and Deacon are sometimes given. Other surnames such as Pope are of the same class, however. Bishop was a common name in England many centuries ago. No less than eleven immigrants of this surname came to Massachusetts before 1650 with their families. Various branches of the family in England have coats-of-arms, titles and dignities of vari- ous kinds.


John Bishop, progenitor of the Connecticut and doubtless of the Vermont family of this sketch, was born in England about 1600. He was one of the twenty-five immigrants who came with Rev. Henry Whitfield's company from England and founded Guilford, Con- necticut. His name was signed second to the Plantation Covenant made on shipboard, June I, 1839, Mr. Robert Kitchell signing first. The order of names indicates the respective social standing and ages of the company, judging from analogy in similar cases. He was fifth on the list of trustees of the Indian purchases and one of the four magistrates appointed to administer justice and preserve peace in the community. He brought his family of several children with him and is said to be brother of James Bishop, who settled in New Haven. His estate was the largest in the colony with the exception of Mr. Whitfield's. Children, probably all born in England: 1. John. 2 Stephen, married Tabitha Wilkinson. 3. Bethia, married James Steele. 4. Daughter, married - - Hubbard.


(1) - Bishop, was the first of the name at Wallingford, Vermont ; George, Jere- mialı and Bethuel came from Wrentham, Massachusetts, to Fitzwilliam, New Hamp- shire, and thence to Shrewsbury, Rutland county, Vermont. Bethuel was in the revolu- tion from New Marlborough, Massachusetts. Children, born at Rutland or Wallingford: 1. Asa. 2. Bowen. 3. Silas, mentioned below. 4. Betsey, married Rueul Todd; children : Horace, Charles, Joel, married Adelaide Knight ;' Lucinda, married Green Arnold and had Rneul Arnold. 5. Sylvia, married Emery


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Johnson and had: Gilbert, Wallace and Mary Johnson.


(II) Silas Bishop was born in Wallingford, Vermont, in 1806. The family is believed to have come after 1790 to Wallingford from Connecticut. He married Sylvia Jackson, born 1811, at Wallingford. Children: John H., born October, 1832; mentioned below. 2. Mary Augusta, October, 1838. 3. Charlotte, October, 1841 ; married, November, 1873, Al- fred Arthur Carruth; child, Eva L., married Adney (Adna?) Clark in July, 1900; their children : Alvah Lawrence, Alfred George, Evelyn May and Clarence Howard Clark.


(III) John H., son of Silas Bishop, was born at Wallingford, Vermont, October I, 1832. He was educated in the public schools. He learned the trade of cabinetmaker and worked in the chair factory of Heywood Brothers at Gardner, Massachusetts, and in a cabinet shop at Ayer, Massachusetts, but he followed farming for a large part of his life. He was upright, earnest and industrious, an active and devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics he was a Repub- lican, but declined public office. He enlisted in Company D, Fourth Regiment, Vermont Militia, at Brownington, Vermont, and was commissioned second lieutenant. He served in the Army of the Potomac. Owing to an injury to his wrist that proved a disability in the service he was discharged after a year in the army. He was instantly killed by a train while driving across the tracks of the Town- send branch of the Boston & Maine railroad at Ayer, Massachusetts, July 4, 1906. He mar- ried Mrs. Louise Marie (Robbins) Lund, daughter of Ichabod Robbins. Children: I. Sylvia E., married William Clark. 2. Nellie Augusta, married Abraham Lincoln Burnham ; sons : Philip and William Burnham. 3. Flora Elizabeth, married Bion B. Blaisdell and has one child, Barbara Sylvia Blaisdell. Mrs. Bishop by her former marriage to Norman F. Lund had one daughter, Athella Eda, who be- came the wife of F. S. Sprague and has five children : Ruthella Louise June, Flora Esther, John Horace, Beulah Elizabeth, Rachel Eu- nice.


OXFORD The surname Oxford is of an- cient English origin. The name was not found in New Eng- land, however, until late in the eighteenth cen- tury.


(I) John Oxford settled in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, before 1790. According to


the first federal census he had two males over sixteen in his family and three females. A family of this name was at Sterling, Massa- chusetts, about 1800, and descendants lived at Westminster, Worcester county. A Luke Oxford was in the revolution from Shelburne, Hampshire county, Massachusetts, in 1781, but there is no evidence that he was of the Ports- mouth or Sterling families.


(III) William, grandson of John Oxford, was in Portsmouth about 1795. He lived at Portsmouth and Boston. He married Eliza- beth Moses, of an old New Hampshire family. Children: 1. Mary Elizabeth, born February 27, 1817, died August 13, 1847; married Harris ; had two children. 2. Martha Ann, April 23, 1819, died March 2, 1904; mar- ried William Haslam; children: i. Elizabeth Haslam, married Lincoln; ii. Susan E. Haslam, married Lincoln; iii. William Haslam ; all residing in California. 3. Charles W., May 30, 1821, died June 19, 1896; married Sarah Nash, of Boston. 4. Sophia C., January 23, 1824, died December 18, 1890; unmarried. 5. Susan E., March 17, 1826, died September 27, 1852. 6. Joseph M., mentioned below. John R. Oxford, a cousin, married, May 18, 1838, Lydia S. Folsom, born April 28, 1814. daughter of Josiah Gilman Folsom (5), Jo- seph (4), Jonathan (3), John (2), John (I); their son William was wounded in the civil war and died August 5, 1861.


(IV) Joseph M., son of William Oxford, was born in the old north end, Boston, March 13, 1832. He was educated in the public schools of Boston. For more than forty years he was engaged in the retail furniture business at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in partnership with his brother, Charles W. Oxford. They occupied a large store on Main street, near Lafayette square. He retired from active life in 1895. He was a well known and highly respected merchant. He was a prominent member of Cambridge Lodge of Odd Fellows and of St. Omer Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and of Har- vard Street Methodist Episcopal Church. He died suddenly, October 1, 1905, of heart dis- ease, at the home of his cousin, Mrs. Samuel Adlington, Eliot, Maine. He married Mary F., daughter of Isaac and Mary (Adams) Kimball. Her father came from Maine and her mother from North Weare, New Hamp- shire. Before her marriage Mrs. Oxford was a teacher in the old Hancock school, Boston, and was a schoolmate and friend of Mary A. Livermore. She died in 1901. Children: I. William, died young. 2. Orriette H., resides


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in Cambridge. 3. Charles F., resides in Hol- den, Massachusetts ; married Carrie A., daugn- ter of Newell Chamberlain, of Cambridge : children : Gertrude K., Robert N. and Marion W. Oxford. 4. George H. K., died unmarried.


MORLOCK


Christopher Morlock was born in Baden, Germany. The career of his ancestors was


marked by industry and progressiveness. He was a hotel keeper of note in his town, and conducted a bakery also. He married Mag- dalena Karcher, and he and his wife were of the Lutheran faith. They spent their entire lives in Germany, and were hard-working, in- dustrious people, living to an advanced age. They reared nine children, all of whom lived to maturity, married, and had families. Three sons and one daughter are still living. Three of the children came to the United States, as follows: I. Magdalena, married Cush- meyer, and resides on Orange street, Roslin- dale, Massachusetts 2. Jacob, born in Ger- many, February 23. 1839 ; came to the United States in 1854, after receiving a Latin school education. He became a successful baker in this country, and accumulated a large fortune, and died February 13, 1907; he was well known in trade circles as a reputable merchant and citizen; he married, October 12, 1865, Caroline Ringle, born June 18, 1845, who sur- vives him, and lives in Jamaica Plain. 3. Fred- erick, mentioned below.


( II) Frederick, son of Christopher Mor- lock, was born in Hohenwetterbach, Baden, June 30, 1850, and died at his home in Jamaica Plain, February 6, 1906. When a boy he received the usual schooling of the children of his native province up to the age of fourteen, when he entered a trade school and learned the trade of baker. He was obliged to serve the customary three years in the German army, and, after finishing his military service he ful- filled a long-cherished desire to come to the United States. In 1877 he sailed for America, landing in Boston. Here lie at once set to work at his trade of baker, being employed in a bakery in Roxbury. By hard work and fru- gality he accumulated enough capital to estab- lish himself in business. From a small be- ginning he built up a large and lucrative busi- ness. In 1896 he built a beautiful brick block at the corner of Paul Gore and Centre streets. used for business and apartments, accomoda- ting several families. The ground floor is given up to stores, the corner store being occu- pied by the owner as a salesroom for the


bakery, where he catered to the highest class of the Jamaica Plain trade. The business continued to thrive, and after his death his wife succeeded him, and now carries on the business with the same skill and success, and with much ability. She had assisted her hus- band in building up the business, and her thorough knowledge of every department of the work enabled her to take up the manage- ment and to carry on the work as few women are able to do. She owns a substantial house at Wyman street, where she resides. Mr. Morlock was a well-informed man, of sound judgment and remarkable business ability. He was a member of some of the German so- cieties, but as a rule, preferred the quiet of his own home, surrounded by his good wife and family, whose comfort was his chief aim. He was a member of the Lutheran church and in politics was a Republican. He married in Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1891, Gretchen Maylandt, born in Baden about forty years ago of good German stock. She is also a Lutheran in religious faith. Children : I. Otto John, born July 28, 1898. 2. Margarethe Catherine, September 9, 1904. 3. Frederick J., September 5, 1907.


Amidst the beautiful and RAMSEYER picturesque scenery common to the Canton of Berne. Switwerland, many hardy and self-reliant men have been born. The Ramseyer family pro- duced men of this class-strong, hardy, self- sustaining and progressive citizens, whose long association with that section identifies them as members of one of the old and rep- resentative families of that country.


(I) Frederick Ramseyer was born March 18, 1821, at Solothurn, Canton of Soleure, Switzerland, not far from the borders of France. At one time Solothurn was an old walled town. His people flourished here for many generations, and were active in the his- tory of the country as citizens who were ready to do and dare under all conditions which af- fected the maintenance of their country and the independence of its people. Frederick Ramseyer was a tailor by trade, becoming a journeyman. He was familiar with the coun- try to such an extent that he was more promi- nent and widely known as a skillful guide. He married (first) in Switzerland, a Swiss maid of good family, who bore him four chil- dren, and died in the prime of life. After this sad event, with his four children he came to the United States, about 1844. The voyage


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was made in a sailing vessel, and after a long voyage he landed in New York. A stranger in a strange land. without large means, he underwent many hardships at first, caring for his little flock and supporting them and him- self. He secured work as a tailor, but later decided to come to Boston, where he soon found himself well-established in the great tailoring house of Stadtmiller & Taft. He proved so efficient that he remained with them as one of their most valued workmen for the remainder of his life. He married (second) November 12, 1844, Elizabeth Hab- erstroh. born in Rockville, Loraine, (then France, now Germany), December 26, 1829. She lost her mother in childhood. when only nine years old, and came to America to join her father, Adam Haberstroh, who had come here a few years before and settled in Boston. Her father was a machinist and engineer, ex- ceptionally well educated. He was an exten- sive reader, with a fund of information on almost all subjects of political, religious and general history. He was brought up a Catho- lic, but after coming to America his persist- ent study of the Bible in the light of the early history of that variously modified book, converted him to the Protestant faith. He died at the age of fifty-six, beloved by his family and acquaintances. He left two chil- dren, one of whom, Matthew, died in middle life, after his marriage with Melvina Abele, leaving a son Charles, yet living. Mr. Ram- seyer was of the Dutch Reformed faith, he and his wife being members of that church in Boston, and active workers in the church. He was a prominent member of the Swiss Benevolent Society of Boston, and took an


active interest in local affairs. He died Oc- tober 20, 1893. Children of second wife: I. Otto, died young. 2. Mary, married George L. Buff, a well-known mechanic and manufac- turer of surveyor's instruments, who died in 1894, leaving children : Louis, Elsie, Carl (de- ceased), Henry and Alice. 3. Frederick, for many years a prominent and successful busi- ness man, now retired; resides in New York city. 4. Caroline, wife of Charles C. Merri- field. 5. Joseph Otto, died aged nine months. 6. Minnie, mentioned below. 7. Charles The- odore, a successful merchant tailor in Boston ; lives in a beautiful home near his sister, at 55 Lockstead avenue, Jamaica Plain; married Henrietta Schirmer, and has one child, Eliz- abeth B. 8. Bertha, lives at home with her mother and sister; was for many years con- nected with her sister Minnie in a dressmak-


ing establishment, and was very successful in her profession. 9. Edward C., unmarried and lives at home; a successful wool merchant ; owns a pleasant place at Halifax, Cape Cod, where he is interested in the raising of fancy poultry.


(II) Minnie, daughter of Frederick Ram- seyer, was born nearly forty-five years ago, and was educated in the public schools. She learned the trade of dressmaking, and fol- lowed it for many years, having a natural ap- titude for tailoring and unusual skill in her line of work. Her business thrived ; she as- sociated her sister with her, and their business and reputation grew year by year. They in- vested their surplus wisely, and some years ago retired from business with a handsome competence. Miss Ramseyer and her sister bought land and built a beautiful residence at 61 Lockstead avenue, Jamaica Plain, where she has made her home since, having retired from active business several years ago. She is fond of travel and of the Fatherland, and for a number of years has paid an annual visit to Switzerland. She is devoted to the sport of mountain-climbing, having the neces- sary powers of endurance and the self-reli- ance. There are few points of interest, espe- cially in the cantons of Soleure and Berne, with which she is not familiar.


The family of Ryan comes from RYAN a long line of land owners in county Tipperary, Ireland, and traces its ancestry from Brian Boru, born 927, King of Ireland. He ascended the throne of both Munsters, answering to Tipperary and Clare, in 978. Some time afterward he be- came supreme ruler of Ireland, supporting a rude but princely state af Kincora, with seats also at Tara and Cashel. The vigor of his reign brought prosperity to his country. He defeated the Danes in upwards of twenty pitched battles and in the battle of Clontarf (1014), in which he was killed, gained a sig- nal victory over a united army of revolted natives and Danes, the power of the latter receiving a shock from which they never re- covered.


(I) James Ryan was born about 1765, in Ireland, in county Tipperary or Waterford. He married Johanna Hayes and had a son James, mentioned below.


(II) James (2), son of James (I) Ryan, was born in 1790 in county Waterford, Dun- garvan parish, Ireland. He was a farmer. He married there Ellen Powers, born in Dun-


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garvan parish, county Waterford, in 1792, daughter of John and Katherine ( Dwyer ) Pow- ers. He came to the United States in 1852, and settled in the Connecticut valley, Massa- chusetts. Most of his numerous descendants live in New England and Ohio. He had about seventy-five grandchildren. He had twelve children, the first eight born in Dun- garvan parish, Ireland, the other four in Port- law, county Waterford, Ireland. Children : 1. Johanna, deceased : married Nicholas Phe- lan. 2. Catherine, died at Northampton in 1909, aged ninety ; married Marcus Kiley. 3. Mary, died at Hatfield in 1907, aged eighty- six : married Edmund Powers. 4. John, died young. 5. Thomas, died in Ohio, aged eighty- three. 6. James, mentioned below. 7. Bridget. living in Ohio; married Daniel Connally. 8. Margaret, died in California. 9. Son, died young. 10. Ellen, born 1837, living in Had- ley ; married Patrick Morrissey 11. Patrick, born July 15, 1839, living in North Hadley, where he is a farmer ; has been prominent in town affairs and in the Roman Catholic church; married, May 9. 1869, Catherine Reilley, daughter of Patrick and Bridget Reil- ley : children : i. Ellen, born 1870, graduate of Hopkins Academy, 1889, married John Dwyer 1894, and has Marcus and William Dwyer ; ii. Mary, born 1873, graduate of Hopkins Acad- emy, 1889, and studied at Mount Holyoke College ; married William G. Dwight and had Helen, Laura and William Dwight ; iii. Bridget, born 1875, graduate of Hopkins Academy, 1891; iv. James, born 1877, Hopkins Acad- emy, 1891, Holy Cross College, 1898, died at Alliance, Nebraska, 1905; v. William, born 1879, Hopkins Academy; vi. Henry, born 1882, Hopkins Academy; vii. Arthur, born 1884, Hopkins Academy and Williston Sem- inary, 1904, Princeton, 1908. 12. John, born 1841, living in Northampton.




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