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(I) James Olmsted, born in England, came to Boston in the ship "Lion", embarking June 22, 1632, and landing September 16, 1632. He settled at Cambridge, where he was admitted a freman, November 6, 1632; was one of the proprietors of the town in 1633, and constable in 1634. His residence was near the site of the famous old Wads- worth house, on Harvard street. In 1636 he went with the colony from Massachusetts Bay and was one of the original settlers and pro- prietors of Hartford, Connecticut, where he died ; he bequeathed fifty pounds to the Hart- ford Church. Children: I. Nicholas, men- tioned below. 2. Nehemiah, was of Hart- ford in 1649. Perhaps other children who did not come to this country.
(II) Captain Nicholas, son of James Olm- stead, was born in England, about 1615. He doubtless came with his father or soon after- ward, for he was a proprietor of a house lot and other land in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
as early as 1635. He sold his property, Feb- ruary 20, 1636, and removed with his father to Hartford. He was an officer in the Pequot war. He was a representative from Hart- ford in the general assembly. In 1640 he married (first) Sarah Loomis; (second) Mary Lord, a widow. Children, born at Hartford: I. Sarah, about 1641; married, 1662, Captain George Gates. 2. Mary, No- vember 20, 1646. 3. Rebecca, March 12, 1647-48; died 1712. 4. John, baptized Feb- ruary 3, 1649-50; died young. 5. Samuel, born 1653; died January 13, 1726, as East Haddam. 6. Deacon Joseph, born in 1654; mentioned below. 7. Thomas, married, June 25, 1691, Hannah Mix. 8. Mabel, married Daniel Butler and Michael Taintor.
(III) Deacon Joseph, son of Nicholas Olmsted, was born in Hartford, in 1654, and died there October 5, 1726. He resided in East Hartford and was prominent in town and church. He married Elizabeth Butler. Children, born at East Hartford: I. Deacon Joseph, 1674; mentioned below. 2. James, 1677 ; died April 14, 1744. 3. Nicholas, 1679; died November 29, 1717. 4. Richard, 1681 ; died January 9, 1760. 5. Elizabeth, married, January 28, 1707-07, Joseph Skinner. 6. Ne- hemiah, baptized August 26, 1688; died No- vember 13, 1690. 7. Hannah, baptized No- vember 2, 1690. 8. Rebecca, baptized August 20, 1693; died January 14, 1778.
(IV) Deacon Joseph (2), son of Deacon Joseph (I) Olmstead, was born in 1674, and died at East Hartford, February 25, 1762. He was deacon of the church, as his father had been before him, and was also prominent and influential in public affairs. He married Hannah Marsh, who died August 22, 1760. Children, born at East Hartford: I. Joseph, May 25, 1705 ; mentioned below. 2. Jonathan, November 14, 1706; died December 9, 1770. 3. William, September 4, 1708. 4. Hannah, August 6, 1710; died August 29, 1770. 5. Mabel, July 29, 1712; died June 17, 1774. 6. Asahel, November 19, 1714: died September 15, 1750. 7. Sarah, November 10, 1716; died September 3, 1810. 8. Anna, November 30, 1718; died in 1808. 9. Naomi, March 1, 1721; died November 7, 1775. IO. Elihu, May 7, 1723 ; died June 3, 1723. II. Ashbel, Febru- ary II, 1725-6; died May 17, 1791.
(V) Captain Joseph (3), son of Deacon Joseph (2) Olmstead, was born in East Hart- ford, May 25, 1705. He settled in Enfield, Connecticut, and was prominent in military and public affairs. His epitaph at Enfield
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reads: "Who having served his generation according to the will of God in several im- portant offices civil and military, died in ye faith of ye Gospel, September 30, 1775, at Enfield."
"Forbear to weep my loving friends Death is the voice Jehovah sends To call us to our home
Thro these dark shades from pain redrest Is the right path to endless rest."
He married, at Enfield, November 1, 1732, Martha White, his "amiable relict", according to town records. She died September 8, 1791, aged eighty-five years. Children, born at En- field : I. Joseph, August 22, 1733; died No- vember 16, 1815. 2. Hannah, baptized May 25, 1735; married Benjamin Terry Jr .; she died February 18, 1766, aged thirty-one. 3. Martha, March 1, 1737; married Ephraim Terry. 4. John, baptized March II, 1739; died May 15, 1761 (gravestone). 5. David, born 1741, baptized March 8, 1741. 6. Elijah, May 1, 1743; married Sarah Terry. 7. Asa, December 27, 1745. 8. Simeon, mentioned below.
(VI) Simeon, son of Captain Joseph (3) Olmstead, was born in Enfield, September 21, 1748, and died. December 22, 1803, aged fifty- five years, at Enfield (gravestone). He mar- ried Roxalena (or Roxy) Abbey, who died February 20, 1847, aged ninety-five years. Her epitaph on her tombstone at Enfield : "Blessed are the dead which died in the Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the spirit that they may rest from their labours and their works do follow them."
"The aged know that they must die Nor do they know how soon 'twill come When they shall wing their way on high And leave this for their heavenly home."
Children, born at Enfield: I. Roxa, Febru- ary 14, 1772, died June 22, 1809. 2. Simeon, born April 10, 1774. 3. Joseph, May 14, 1776; married Dorothy Terry. 4. Sarah, March I, 1781 ; died November 10, 1783. 5. Silvanus, born July 16, 1783. 6. George, December 27, 1785 ; mentioned below. 7. Ebenezer, June 28, 1788 ; died September 20, 1802. 8. Sally, born April 5, 1791. 9. Timothy, July 2, 1793.
(VII) George, son of Simeon Olmstead, was born in Enfield, December 27, 1785. He married, March 2, 1800, at Enfield, Sylvia Russell. Children: I. George, born October 5, 1811. 2. Albert, March 13, 1814. 3. John, mentioned below. 4. Dolly, married Daniel Welch, of Somers, Connecticut.
(VIII) John, son of George Olmstead, was born in Enfield, June 1, 1820, and died at
Springfield, April 8, 1905. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He removed to Springfield, Massachusetts, and became one of the most successful business men and most prominent citizens of that place. He married Rodelia Langdon, daughter of Calvin and Sybil (Pease) Langdon, of Som- ers, Connecticut. Children: I. Kate Eliza- beth, born at Hazardsville, Connecticut; mar- ried (first) Edward Weston Glover, of New York, and had one daughter, Ann P. Glover, who married W. J. Price of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kate E. married (second) May, 1880, Henry J. Beebe of Springfield ( see Beebe). 2. Amelia Elizabeth, died aged six years. 3. Mary R., married F. H. Goldthwait, of Springfield, Massachusetts ; children : John O., Stuart E. and Katherine.
(For ancestry see John Porter 1). (VI) Major Jonathan (2),
PORTER son of Jonathan (1) Porter, was born January 2, 1789, died April 19, 1864. He resided at Hatfield, Mas- sachusetts. He married, December 17, 1817, Electa Allis, daughter of William and Sophia (Smith) Allis, of Heath, Massachusetts, granddaughter of Elisha Allis, great-grand- daughter of Ichabod and Mary (Belden) Al- lis. Ichabod was the son of John and grand- son of William Allis. Children, born at Hat- field: I. Moses Chapin, December 30, 1819, mentioned below. 2. Henry S., December 24, 1821, married Matilda Granger. 3. Sophia A., April 18, 1824, married Quartus Sykes. 4. Jonathan D., July 3, 1826, married Phila D. Morton. 5. James.
(VII) Moses Chapin, son of Jonathan (2) Porter, was born at Hatfield, December 30, 1819. He married, December 17, 1846, Emily Porter, daughter of Moses and Amy ( Colt) Porter, granddaughter of Eleazer and Susan- nah (Edwards) Porter. Susannah Edwards was daughter of Jonathan and Sarah ( Pier- pont ) Edwards, granddaughter of Rev. Timo- thy and Esther (Stoddard) Edwards, great- granddaughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Tuttle) Edwards. Richard was the son of William and Agnes ( Spencer) Edwards, and grandson of Rev. Richard Edwards. Por- ter's wife was also descended from William Pitkin (I) and his wife Elizabeth (Stanley) ; Thomas Olcott (1), Nathaniel Foote (I), John Pierpont (1), Rev. John Davenport (I), John Haynes (1), Roger Harlakenden (I), John Colt (1), Walter Harris (1), Richard Ely (1) Aaron Cook, a very distinguished an-
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cestry. His first wife died January 19, 1856, and he married (second ) April 14, 1857, Louise Bridgman. He lived at Hatfield. He had a common school education and followed farming for a calling. He was a prominent member of the Hatfield Congregational Church and largely through his efforts a ves- try was built and a pipe organ installed. He was a Republican in politics. Children, born at Hatfield, by the first wife: I. Augusta A., born December 13, 1847, married Myron C. Graves. 2. Jonathan E., November, 22, 1849, mentioned below. 3. Moses, September 8, 1854, died aged ten years.
(VIII) Jonathan E., son of Moses Chapin Porter, was born at Hatfield, November 22, 1849. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and at Bernardston Acad- emy. At the age of twenty-two years he en- gaged in the manufacture of firearms and his firm was successful in the venture. Subse- quently the firm reorganized and Mayor Charles S. Shattuck became his partner. Af- ter their factory had been destroyed by fire he sold his interest in the business to his partner and bought a new factory site on the opposite side of the river, and with six jour- neymen he began to manufacture machine tools and engine lathes under the firm name of the Porter Machine Company. From time to time his business facilities were increased and in 1888 he enlarged his factory, in which fifty men are now regularly employed. In 1898 his son-in-law, Hugh McLeod, became a member of the firm. Mr. Porter continues at the head of his extensive business and is one of the most energetic, enterprising and industrious manufacturers of the town of Hatfield. He is interested in public affairs and especially in the welfare and improvement of his native town. In politics he is a Republican. He at- tends the Congregational church. He mar- ried, December 13, 1871, Mary D. Smith, born in Deerfield, daughter of Silas and Eliza ( Wil- liams) Smith, of Deerfield. Children, born at Hatfield: I. Mary E., died young. 2. Helen Louise, June 27, 1877, married, December 28, 1899, Hugh McLeod, son of Kenneth and Jane (Mccullough) McLeod, and a descendant of a long lineage of shipbuilders in Scotland; his parents settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and he was born at Wine Harbor, May I, 1867; came to Worcester, Massachusetts, at the age of fifteen and entered the Mechanical Institute, now the Worcester Polytechnic In- stitute; in 1890 entered the employ of Mr. Porter and became a partner in 1898; chil-
dren : Doris P., Helen M. and Mildred Mc- Leod.
RICE The Rice name and family are of Welsh origin, and in Wales was written Ap Rice. It has produced many college graduates and men in profes- sional pursuits. Hon W. W. Rice, member of congress, and Governor Alexander H. Rice, may be mentioned as holding positions of prominence.
(I) The ancestor of all the name in New England was Edmund, who came from Bark- hampstead, county of Hertfordshire, England, and settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts, in 1638. His residence was on the east side of Sudbury river, in what is now Wayland. He was selectman in 1644, deacon of the church in 1648, and in 1657 was one of thirteen pe- titioners who besought the general court for a new plantation. He was trusted with vari- ous important duties by the general court, which he discharged with conspicuous fidelity, and which occasioned repeated calls for his services. He died May 3, 1663, at Marlboro, Massachusetts, a sexagenarian, and was bur- ied at Sudbury. His estate inventoried 743 lbs. eight s. four p. His first wife, Tamazine died at Sudbury, June 13, 1654. His second wife was Mercy, widow of Thomas Brigham, of Cambridge, whom he married March 1, 1665. She afterward married Wil- liam Hunt, of Marlboro, and she died Decem- ber 27, 1661. Children of Edmund and Tama- zine: Henry, Edward, Thomas, Matthew, Samuel, Joseph, Lydia, Edmund, Benjamin, Ruth and Ann.
(II) Deacon Edmund, second son of Ed- mund ( I) and Tamazine Rice, was born prob- ably in England, about 1619, and died an nonagenarian in Marlboro. He resided in Sudbury, removed to Marlboro in 1664, and was deacon of the church there. His house in Marlboro stood on the old county road lead- ing from Marlboro to Northboro, and in the bend as it passes around the northerly side of the pond, a short distance north of the ancient Williams Tavern. In 1686 he deeded to his son Edmund, a piece of land in Sudbury. He married Agnes Bent; children: John, Lydia (died on her natal day), Daniel, Caleb, Jacob, Annie, Dorcas, Benjamin and Abigail.
(III) Daniel, fourth child of Deacon Ed- mund and Agnes (Bent) Rice, was born in Sudbury, December 9, 1653, and died at Marl- boro, where he resided, an octogenarian. His will was probated December 19, 1737. He
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married Berthia, daughter of William Ward. She died in 1658, and he married (second) Elizabeth, widow of John Wheeler, of Marl- boro, May 9, 1825, whose maiden name was Wells. Children : Berthia, Daniel, Judith, Luke, Priscilla, Elesia, Deborah, and Hope- still.
(IV) Luke, second son of Daniel and Berthia (Ward) Rice, was born November 30, 1689, in Marlboro, and died there Inde- pendence Day, 1754. In 1740 he removed to Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, and occupied the farm improved by his brother Daniel. He was assessor six years, selectman six years, and five years town treasurer. His will was pro- bated in July, 1754. He married Rachel Stowe, of Marlboro, December 14, 1715. Chil- dren: Azubah, Hezekiah, Dinah, Rachel, Abi- gail, Lydia, Priscilla and Sarah.
(V) Hezekiah, eldest son of Luke and Rachel (Stowe) Rice, was born in Shrews- bury, February 18, 1718, and died there in his forty-second year. His estate inventoried 1306 lbs. 18 s. four p. He married Mary, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Hapgood) Tay- lor of Shrewsbury, January, 1739. She sur- vived her husband thirty-seven years. Chil- dren : Lemuel, Asa, Luke, Jonah, Lydia and Mary.
(VI) Luke, third son of Hezekiah and Mary (Taylor) Rice, was born October 23, 1744, at Shrewsbury, and died at Worcester, Massachusetts, having attained his sixty-sec- ond year. He and his brother Lemuel had a joint funeral and occupied one grave. They died within fifteen minutes of each other. He lived first at Worcester, then at Petersham, Massachusetts, returning to Worcester again later to live. He married Prudence Gates, of Worcester, by whom he had twelve children, all dying in infancy but William, Prudence and Luke.
(VII) William, first son of Luke and Pru- dence (Gates) Rice, was born in Petersham, in 1773, and died in Hartford, Connecticut, a septugenarian. He resided at Worcester, Lancaster, Massachusetts, and Hartford, Con- necticut. He was a sign-painter, and a sign he painted until recently hung from the old tav- ern at West Springfield, also the one at the Elm Tree Inn, Farmington, Connecticut. He married Martha, daughter of Abel and Josiah (Johnson) Goulding, of Shrewsbury. Chil- dren : Charles Goulding, William R., George, Henry, Mary, Martha, Hezekiah, Frederick, Maria and James.
(VIII) Charles Goulding, eldest son of Wil-
liam and Martha (Goulding) Rice, was prob- aly born in Worcester. He resided and died in Springfield. He married Maria, daughter of William Blake.
(IX) Charles Blake, son of Charles Gould- ing and Maria (Blake) Rice, was born in Springfield, and married Mary J., daughter of Walter Coombs.
(X) Cora Lee, daughter of Charles Blake and Mary (Coombs) Rice, was born June 12, 1859, and married Edward Carroll Washburn, December 25, 1877. Their children: I. Wal- ter Rice, born in Springfield, March 12, 1879; educated in Springfield high school, and grad- uated in A. B. at Amherst College, 1903. 2. Howard Cheney, March 20, 1881 ; educated at Gunnery School in Washington, Connecticut, and is now travelling.
(The Coombs Line).
Richard Coombs, first of the family known to have been in this country, was living in En- field, Connecticut, before 1735. The Coombs family of Marblehead was, according to tradition, French Huguenots, and it is thought there may have been some connection between the Marblehead and Enfield families. He married Hepsizah His land, or part of it, lay near the Somers line in Enfield. His appears from time to time on the town records. He appears also to have lived in the adjoining town of Springfield, Massachusetts. Children : 1. Samuel, mentioned below. 2. John, soldier in the French and Indian war, 1758; settled in Enfield. 3. Ebenezer, born May 13, 1736, at Enfield.
(II) Samuel, son of Richard Coombs, was born at Springfield, January 26, 1730; died April 25, 1796. The surname was often spell- ed Coomes. The family settled in what is now Longmeadow, where they have been numer- ous down to the present day. He married May 18, 1761, Miriam Hale, who died April 25, 1796, daughter of Noah and Miriam Hale. Children : 1. Samuel, born August 30, 1761. 2. Silence, January 22, 1765, died in infancy. 3. Walter, mentioned below. 4. Silence, born April 27, 1768. 5. Noah, August 3, 1770. 6. Achsah, March 10, 1773. 7. Moses Newell, July 16, 1775. 8. Miriam, November 6, 1782.
(III) Walter, son of Samuel Coombs, was born at Longmeadow, April 23, 1766; died December 25, 1842. He married, January 6, 1790, Flavia Colton, daughter of Festus and Eunice. Children: 1. Sally, born October 6, 1790 ; died young. 2. Miriam, born February I, 1793. 3. Sally, born February 18, 1796. 4.
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Walter, mentioned below. The mother of these children died August 16, 1799, and he married (second) Abigail Skinner, of East Windsor, Connecticut, December 4, 1799. Children : 5. Chauncey Bliss, born January I, 1801. 6. Flavia Colton, April 25, 1803. 7. Samuel Skinner, January 12, 1805. 8. Achsa, August 16, 1807. 9. Lucinda, May 12, 1809. IO. Aurelia B., December 2, 1815.
(IV) Walter (2), son of Walter (I) Coombs, or Coomes, was born at Longmead- ow, January 2, 1798; died June 5, 1843 ; mar- ried Emily Ashley. He lived and died in Longmeadow. Children: I. Emily Naomi, born September 24, 1827 : still living. 2. Mary J., married Charles Blake Rice (see Rice). 3. Ellen, married William D. Chandler ; she died in Portland, Oregon. 4. Gilbert H., died July, 1907, at Hartford, Connecticut. 5. Edward Payson, died in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
(For preceding generations see John Lowthroppe 1). (VI) John (3) Lathrop, son LATHROP of Samuel and Elizabeth (Scudder ) Lathrop, was born in Boston and baptized there December 7, 1645, died Wallingford, Connecticut, August 25, 1685; married probably in Norwich, De- cember 15, 1669, Ruth, daughter of Robert Royce, of New London. They have seven children.
(VII) John (4), son and fourth child of John (3) and Ruth (Royce) Lathrop, was born in Wallingford, May 19, 1680, died af- ter August 4, 1753. He married twice; (sec- ond) February 14, 1721, in Norwich, Lydia Palmeter, and by her had four children.
(VIII) John (5), youngest son and child of John (4) and Lydia (Palmeter) Lathrop, was born in Norwich, Connecticut, February 17, 1728-29; married, July 15, 1752, Sarah, daughter of Simon Peck, of Uxbridge, Mas- sachusetts. She was born October 24, 1735, and bore her husband ten children.
(IX) Daniel, son and sixth child of John (5) and Sarah (Peck) Lathrop, was born in Bethel, Vermont, March 3, 1768, died in Do- ver, Maine, March 3, 1841. He married, in Bethel, Lucy Smith, born February 2, 1773, probably in Windsor, Vermont, died in Wa- tertown, Connecticut, November 14, 1859, having borne her husband nine children: I. Erastus, born September 2, 1793. 2. James Smith, Granby, Massachusetts, May 20, 1796. 3. Lucy, August 24, 1798. 4. Pamelia, Au- gust 25, 1800. 5. Daniel Jr., Bethel, Vermont, August 16, 1802. 6. Sabra, May 24, 1806. 7.
Albert, twin, Windsor, Vermont, March 18, 1810. 8. Alfred, twin, March 18, 1810. 9. John, Granby, July 24, 1814.
(X) Erastus, eldest son and child of Daniel and Lucy (Smith) Lathrop, was born in Gran- by, Massachusetts, September 2, 1793, died in Woodbury, Connecticut, November 26, 1884. He was a substantial farmer and lived many years in Granby on his own farm, on which eight of his ten children were born. He was a member of the Masonic order, and also a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married in Suffield, Massachu- setts, June 18, 1817, Rebeckah Ward, born Wilbraham, Massachusetts, March 22, 1793, died Woodbury, November 1, 1884. Her fath- er, Nehemiah Ward, was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, June 20, 1761, died Granby, November 24, 1831 ; married Hannah Pack- ard. His father, Lemuel Ward, was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, September 7, 1729; married, August 29, 1754, Mary Bates.
His father, presumably Nehemiah Ward, was born in Hingham, November 26, 1708; mar- ried (published) June 2, 1728, Deborah Bry- ant. His father, Edward Ward, was baptized in Hingham, July 24, 1672 ; married, 1702-03, Deborah Lane, born November 21, 1679, daughter of Josiah and Deborah (Gill) Lane. His father, Henry Ward, was born probably in England about 1635, died in Hingham, Massachusetts, April 4. 1715; married, Feb- ruary 3, 1659-60, Remember Farrow, bap- tized August, 1642, died September II, 1715, daughter of John and Francis Farrow. His father, Samuel Ward, married in England, was made freeman in Hingham, Massachu- setts, March 9. 1636-37. His wife died No- vember 28, 1638. Both came from England. Erastus and Rebecka (Ward) Lathrop had ten children: I. Charles, born Granby, Sep- tember 18, 1818; married, August 29, 1844, Susan Hutchinson, born Ware, Massachusetts, September 16, 1822, daughter of Samuel and Lovey (Snow) Hutchinson. Charles Lathrop died in Dresden, Iowa, September 22, 1888. 2. Nancy, Granby, March II, 1820; married, April 3, 1859, John Ashley Atwood, born April 14, 1810, died April 2, 1898. 3. Eras- tus Jr., Granby, January 3, 1822, died West Springfield, Massachusetts, October 16, 1899; married, November 20, 1845, Samantha Clark, born December 14, 1823, died February 3, 1899. 4. Oliver Ward, 1823. 5. Clarissa Adeline, Granby, September 29, 1825, died Ni- antic, Connecticut, August 17, 1899; married, October 8, 1846, John Davis Eager, born
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Northboro, Massachusetts, May 1, 1826. 6. William, Granby, May 4, 1827 ; married ( first) May 15, 1849, Lucy Jane Ward, born Dover, Maine, May 12, 1833, died Palmer, Massachu- setts, June 26, 1853, daughter of Sumner and Sabra (Lothrop) Ward; married (second) January 2, 1854, Rozella Ward, born Dover, Maine, March 9, 1835, daughter of Sumner and Sabra (Lothrop) Ward. 7. Sarah, Gran- by, October 27, 1829; married, September II, 1849, George Hosmer, born February 8, 1826. 8. Lucinda Ann, Granby, September 5, 1831, died Belchertown, Massachusetts, July 15, 1833. 9. Francis, Belchertown, October 26, 1833; married, July 16, 1865, Mary Rosabelle Lathrop, born December 8, 1841, daughter of Rev. Alfred and Deborah Ann (Robinson) Lathrop. 10. Daniel, Granby, January 26, 1836, died November 17, 1877 ; married, May 10, 1856, Martha Sophia Morrison, born Feb- ruary 17, 1829.
(XI) Oliver Ward, son of Erastus and Re- beckah (Ward) Lathrop, was born in Gran- by, Massachusetts, October 17, 1823, died in Springfield, Massachusetts, March 3, 1879. He was a machinist by trade, and in connec- tion with his business life lived at various times in Springfield, Chicopee, and Holyoke, to each of which cities he was called by the demands of his machine manufacturing inter- ests. He was a man of good business quali- ties, straightforward in his dealings and en- joyed the confidence and respect of all men with whom he was brought into association. He was a member of Hampden Lodge, F. and A. M., a Republican in politics, and in relig- ious preference a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Lathrop married in West Springfield, January 1, 1846, Esther Huldah, born Suffield, Connecticut, February 5, 1828, daughter of Jabez and Eliza (Rem- ington) Hendrick, by whom he had two chil- dren : I. Wells, born February 2, 1847. 2. Eliza Deett, born Chicopee Falls, August 4, 1849.
(XII) Wells, son and elder of the two chil- dren of Oliver Ward and Esther Huldah (Hendrick) Lathrop, was born in West Springfield, Massachusetts, February 2, 1847. He acquired his education in the public schools of the city of Springfield, and at the age of eighteen years began his business ca- reer in the United States arsenal at Spring- field. In the course of a few years he be- came a practical man in the manufacture of firearms and afterward was classed as an ex- pert ; and it was in the latter capacity that he
went to Providence, Rhode Island, as an in- spector for the Turkish government, for whom the Providence Tool Company was un- der contract to make a large order of fire- arms. Later on he became inspector for the Smith & Wesson Company of Springfield, makers of the finest grades of small arms in this country. After leaving the employ of the Smith & Wesson Company Mr. Lathrop was employed by ex-Mayor Dickinson and re- mained with him until 1892, when he became proprietor of an undertaking establishment in Holyoke. April 15, 1909, he retired from business and purchased a residence on Sum- ner Terrace, Springfield, where he is now liv- ing. He holds membership in the several subordinate Masonic bodies, the lodge, chap- ter, council and commandery, also the An- cient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is an Odd Fellow, a Pythian Knight, a Republican in politics, and in relig- ious preference a Congregationalist. Mr. La - throp married (first) February 22, 1875, Nel- lie Nancy, born January 2, 1851, died child- less May 7, 1876, daughter of George and Jane (Munroe) Field. He married (second) November 18, 1880, Mary Josephine, born Springfield, August 10, 1856, daughter of Al- bert Palmer and Parnel (Cleveland) Casey. Of this marriage two children have been born: I. Nellie De'Ette, born Springfield, June 19, 1882; married, September 14, 1904, Winfield E. Holmes, of Springfield. 2. Mil- lie Christine, Springfield, December 12, 1883, died July 1, 1891.
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