Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 5

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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SMITH Lieutenant Samuel Smith and his wife Elizabeth, with children Samuel, Elizabeth, Mary and Philip, passengers of the ship "Elizabeth". of Ipswich. Mr. William Andrews, master, left England on April 30, 1634, and landed in Boston. He was probably a member of the transient settlers of Dorchester or its vicinity that joined the exodus to the Connecticut valley in 1635 and lived in Wethersfield up to 1661, when he went up the river to Hadley, where he was an original settler of that town, established out of the new plantation near Northampton, May 22, 1659. Here he held important offices in the church which he help- ed to organize, and of the town which was co-existant with the church. He probably gained his title of lieutenant by holding that rank in the militia organized for the defence of the settlers against the Indians. As the inventory of his estate was published January 17. 1681, he probably died in 1680, and was supposed to be seventy-eight years of age at his death, which would make him thirty-two vears of age when he left England, and make his birth year about 1602. His widow, Eliz-

abeth Smith, died March 16, 1686, at the age of eighty-four years. Children of Lieutenant Samuel and Elizabeth Smith: 1. Samuel, born in England, about 1625; he was eight years of age when he was brought to New England, and he is supposed to have re- moved from Wethersfield to New London, and thence to Virginia, prior to 1664, he was accompanied by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Henry Smith, of Wethersfield, Con- necticut. 2. Elizabeth, born in England, about 1627; married, about 1646, Nathaniel Foote, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, she being his second wife; after his death she married William Gull. 3. Mary, born in England, approximately in 1630; married in Wethersfield, John Graves. 4. Philip; see forward. 5. Chileab, born in New England, probably Wethersfield, Connecticut, in 1635. 6. John, born in Wethersfield, probably in 1637, was slain by the Indians on the mead- ows of Hatfield, Massachusetts, May 30, 1676, while defending his home and people.

(II) Philip, second son and fourth child of Lieutenant Samuel and Elizabeth Smith, was born in England, about 1633. He was the youngest of their four children who with the father and mother made up the family when they came to New England, and was in his mother's arms at their coming. He was brought up in Wethersfield, Connecticut, where he married Rebecca, daughter of Na- thaniel Foote, and stepdaughter of his sister, Elizabeth (Smith) Foote. He removed with his father to Hadley about 1661, and with him helped to found the town and church. He was a deacon of the church, lieutenant in the town militia, and a representative in the general court of the Massachusetts Bay Col- ony. He was, according to the account left by Cotton Mather, "murdered with an hid- eous witchcraft," January 10, 1685, and his widow married Major Aaron Cook, on Oc- tober 2, 1688. She died in Hadley, April 6, 1701. Children of Lieutenant Philip and Re- becca (Foote) Smith: I. Samuel, born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, in January, 1659. 2. Child, died before being named, January 2, 1661. 3. John, (q. v.) born December 18, 1661 : see forward. 4. Jonathan, born in Hadley, about 1663. 5. Philip, about 1665. 6. Rebecca, about 1667: married, 1686, George Stillman, of Wethersfield and Had- ley : she died in Hadley, October 7, 1750. 7. Nathaniel, born about 1660. 8. Joseph, about 1671-72. 9. Ichabod, April 11, 1675. (III) John. third child of Lieutenant Phil-

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ip and Rebecca (Foote) Smith, was born in Hadley, Massachusetts Bay Colony, December 18, 1661. He was brought up in that frontier town. and was inured to all the hardships that visited the pioneer settlers of his time. He married, November 29, 1683, Joanna, daugh- ter of Lieutenant Joseph Kellogg, who immi- grated to Boston in 1659, was among the first settlers of Hadley in 1661, and commanded the troops from Hadley to the Great Falls fight in the King Philip war, 1675. Children of John and Joanna ( Kellogg) Smith, born in Hadley, Massachusetts: 1. John, December 3, 1684; see forward. 2. Joanna, September I, 1686; married, January 10, 1705, Ephraim Nash. 3. Rebecca, August 5, 1688; married Samuel Crow, January II, 1710. 4. Joseph, July 19, 1690. 5. Martin, April 15, 1692: married Sarah Wier, in 1715, and lived in Wethersfield, Connecticut. 6. Eleazer, Sep- tember 25, 1694, died October 3, 1721. 7. Sar- ah. November 18, 1696, died December 28, 1697. 8. Sarah, November 9, 1698; married, May 22, 1724, Samuel Kellogg, and (second) in January, 1749, William Montague. 9. Pru- dence, March 15, 1701; married, March I, 1722. Timothy Nash, of Longmeadow, Massa- chusetts, and (second) Deacon Ichabod Hinck- ley ; she died April 18, 1774. 10. Experience, April 19, 1703 ; married, August II, 1727, James Kellogg ; she died August 23, 1762. II. Elizabeth. October, 1705: married, May 22, 1728, Stephen Nash, of Wethersfield, and died in 1790. 12. Mindwell, May 25, 1708; mar- ried Benoni Sacket, May 3, 1732. John Smith, the father of these children, died in Hadley, Massachusetts, April 16, 1726, and his wife, Joanna (Kellogg) Smith, survived him.

(IV) John (2), eldest child of John (I) and Joanna (Kellogg) Smith, was born in Hadley, Massachusetts, December 3, 1684. He was brought up in that town, and married, probably in 1711, Esther, daughter of Ephraim Colton. of Longmeadow. and they had eight children. He died in Hadley, December 25, 1761, and his widow survived him and died at the age of eighty-four years. Children, born in Hadley: I. Philip, October, 1712; married Alice Jones, in 1743, and died without issue, about 1800. 2. Ephraim, November 17, 1714. 3. John, January 20, 1717. 4. Phine- has, April 12, 1719. 5. Silas, February 2 or 3, 1722; see forward. 6. Eleazer, January 27, 1725. 7. Esther, November 27, 1726. 8. Jo- siah, removed to Brookfield, and died at the age of sixty-six years.

(V) Silas, fifth son of John (2) and Esther

(Colton) Smith, was born in Hadley, Massa- chusetts, February 2 or 3,. 1722. He was brought up in his native place as a husband- man, which had been the occupation of his an- cestors. He was prominent in the First Church of Hadley. He married Sarah, daugh- ter of John Preston, and (second) Rebecca Allen, born February 19, 1731, died July 24, 1804. He was prominent in the revolutionary movement among the colonists that led to the establishment of the United States of Ameri- ca, being a member of the committee,that boy- cotted the use of East India tea, and resulted in the destruction of a ship's cargo of that heavily taxed commodity in Boston harbor. He was also a member of the committee of safety and correspondence, 1774-78. His name also appears on the muster rolls of South Hadley men who were on advance guard in the revolutionary movement. Chil- dren by his two marriages: I. Philip, married Achsah Chapin, and who died in Springfield. 2. Perez, born 1753. 3. Silas, November 30, 1754, see forward. 4. Sarah, married Hugh McMaster, of Palmer, Massachusetts.

(VI) Silas (2), third child of Silas (I) Smith, by his wife Sarah ( Preston) Smith, was born in Hadley, Massachusetts, Novem- ber 30, 1754. He was a deacon in the church at South Hadley. His intention of marrying Asenath, born May 30, 1750, died November 30, 1835, daughter of Phinehas and Bethiah Chapin, of Springfield, was published March 18, 1780. She was born in Springfield, May 13, 1750. Children of Deacon Silas and Asenath (Chapin) Smith, born in South Had- ley, Massachusetts: I. Horace, February 16, 1781. 2. Rufus, March 2, 1782. 3. Allen, December 8, 1783. 4. Child, died August 29, 1785. 5. Asenath, March 3, 1787; married, January 2, 1833, Colonel Samuel Seymour. 6. Laura, March 10, 1789; married, November 23, 1812, Zebina Judd, of South Hadley. 7. Warren, September 25, 1790, died April 2, 1820. 8. Hiram, September 23, 1793, see for- ward. Deacon Silas Smith, father of these children, died in South Hadley, Massachu- setts, March 23, 1813, and his widow died No- vember 30 or December 1, 1835.

(VII) Hiram, fifth son and eighth child of Deacon Silas (2) and Asenath (Chapin) Smith, was born in South Hadley, Massachu- setts, September 23, 1793. He early in life engaged in the transportation business on the Connecticut river, which at that time formed the only highway for commerce with the ocean, and with its tributaries was a ready

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route of travel. The importance of this busi- ness and the readiness and skill exhibited by the inland navigator obtained for him the title of "King Hiram". He also interested him- self in town and state affairs, and later in life in the care of his farm, and was an officer of the town and a representative from the town of South Hadley in the general court at Bos- ton. He married, June 2, 1817, Mary, daugh- ter of Colonel Eliphaz Moody, of South Had- ley, born August 13, 1796. Children of Hiram and Mary (Moody) Smith, born in South Hadley: I. Rebecca Allen, April 7. 1819; married, October 6, 1842, Moses Gaylord; had five children ; she died December 10, 1883. 2. Edwin, born June 26, 1822; died July 3. 1896; was a farmer in South Had- ley ; married, February 26, 1851, Sarah Jane, daughter of Dr. Lucius Wright, of West- field ; married (second) Laura E. Smith ; had two children by second marriage. 3. Hiram, July 24, 1824, see forward. 4. Mary Jane, December 26, 1826; married William Stacy, February 23. 1848; she died July 29, 1892, and her husband died February II, 1882. 5. Julia Aris, February 7, 1831; married Sep- tember 5, 1850, John Lyman; he died March I, 1859; she died February 4, 1908. 6. Eliza Augusta, December 8, 1832 ; married, Decem- ber 15, 1853, Jotham Graves; he died Sep- tember 7, 1869; she died October 22, 1868. 7. Emily Wright, June 8, 1834. 8. Josiah Moody, March 21, 1837, died September 8. 1839. Hiram Smith, the Connecticut boat- man, died in South Hadley, Massachusetts, March 6, 1873. His wife, Mary (Moody) Smith, died January 27, 1871.

(VIII) Hiram (2), second son of Hiram ( 1) and Mary (Moody) Smith, was born in South Hadley, Massachusetts, July 24, 1824. He married, January 19, 1848, Harriette Sophia, daughter of Ellis and Ruby ( Alvord) Coney, and niece of Captain Broughton Al- vord, and they lived at South . Hadley Falls, where he was a member of the Congrega- tional church and active in town affairs, be- sides being postmaster and the leading mer- chant. He served as selectman during the years of the civil war and several terms after- ward, and was town treasurer at time of his death. Children of Hiram and Harriette Sophia (Coney) Smith, born in South Had- ley Falls : I. Elias Dwight, July 10, 1849, died April 22, 1851. 2. Hattie Victoria Ann, July 11, 1850, died October 10, 1852. 3. Jen- nie Belle, November 22, 1858; married, No- vember 22, 1882, Elwyn D. Newcomb. 4.

Fred Merwin, September 19, 1862; see for- ward. Hiram Smith, father of these chil- dren, died in South Hadley Falls, Massachu- setts, November 28, 1890, and his widow died October 14, 1902.

(IX) Fred Merwin, only surviving son and fourth child of Hiram (2) and Harriette Sophia (Coney) Smith, was born in South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts, September 19, 1862. He was graduated at the Williston Seminary, 1880, and at Amherst College, A. B., 1884, where he was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity. He began active business life as a newspaper man, serving on the staff of the Springfield Union for three years. He next served as assistant treasurer of the Val- ley Paper Company of Holyoke for about five years, and for the same period of time served as treasurer of the Griffith, Axtell & Cady Company, of Holyoke, after which he retired from active business. He served as a member of the school board from 1886 to 1892 ; town treasurer from 1890 to 1902; rep- resentative in general court 1901-02. He affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Mount Holyoke Lodge, of which he became past master; Holyoke Chapter and Council of Holyoke ; Springfield Commandery, Knights Templar; Consistory of Boston ; Melha Temple, Mystic Shrine, at Springfield ; Iona Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, organized in 1908. He mar- ried, April 28, 1892, Evelyn H., daughter of Orsamus O. and Helen L. (Packer) Bard- well, of Shelburne, Massachusetts, grandaugh- ter of Joel and Lydia (Newhall) Bardwell, and of Rev. Daniel and Jemima (Jewett) Packer, of Mount Holly, Vermont, and great- granddaughter of Gideon Bardwell. Evelyn H. Bardwell was born July 19, 1861. Chil- dren of Fred Merwin and Evelyn H. (Bard- well) Smith : I. Winthrop Hiram, June 30, 1893. 2. Rachel Evelyn, September 17, 1894, died January 16, 1895. 3. Lincoln Bardwell, November 15, 1895. 4. Frederick Merwin, March 6, 1899.

(The Alvord Line).

The generations of the Alvord line from whom Harriette Sophia (Coney) Smith, daughter of Ellis and Ruby (Alvord) Coney, and granddaughter of Calvin and Mary ( Brewster) Alvord, is descended, is as fol- lows :

(I) Alexander Alvord, born in Somerset- shire, England, probably about 1620, came to Windsor, in the Connecticut Valley, with the

Fre. Smith

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earliest settlers of that ancient town, and about 1661 removed to Northampton, Mas- sachusetts Bay Colony, where he died Octo- ber 3, 1680. He married, October 29, 1646, Mary Voar, of Windsor, Connecticut.

(II) Thomas, son of Alexander Alvord and Mary (Voar) Alvord, was born in Windsor, Connecticut. He married at Northampton, Massachusetts, March 22, 1681, Joanna Tay- lor.

(III) John, son of Thomas and Joanna (Taylor) Alvord, was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, October 19, 1685. He mar- ried, March 12, 1733, Dorcas Lyman. He settled on a farm at South Hadley, Massa- chusetts, and died there August 10, 1783.

(IV) Gad, son of John and Dorcas (Ly- man) Alvord, was born on the homestead farm of his father in South Hadley, Massa- chusetts, in 1729. He married, November 17. 1750, Lydia Smith, of South Hadley. They lived on the homestead and later moved to Wil- mington, Vermont, where he died.

(V) Samuel, son of Gad and Lydia (Smith) Alvord, was born on the old home- stead of John Alvord, at South Hadley, Mas- sachusetts, November 27, 1751. He married Miriam White. They lived on the old home- stead and he died there July 19, 1814.

(VI) Calvin, son of Samuel and Miriam (White) Alvord, was born on the old home- stead in South Hadley, Massachusetts, Au- gust 3, 1779. He married about 1800, Mary, born December 18, 1780, daughter of Jesse Brewster. They lived on the old homestead in South Hadley. Children: I. Broughton, born January 14, 1802, died July 16, 1886. 2. Ruby, January 22, 1805, see forward. 3. Cal- vin, March 14, 1810, died February II, 1835. 4. Mary Ann, January 4, 1814, died unmar- ried October 2, 1890. 5. Jesse Brewster, Au- gust 15, 1816, died November 22, 1863. Cal- vin Alvord. father of these children, died in South Hadley, Massachusetts, November 18, 1857, and his wife died there June 30, 1837.

(VII) Ruby, first daughter and second child of Calvin and Mary ( Brewster) Alvord, was born in South Hadley, Massachusetts, January 22, 1805, died November 10, 1836. She married (first) Ellis Coney, of Ware, born in that town November 4, 1799, died September 18, 1829, and they had one child, Harriette Sophia, who married Hiram Smith (see Smith, VIII). She married (second) Estus Cummings and they had one child, Mary Eliza Cummings.

(VIII) Harriette Sophia, only child of El-

lis and Ruby (Alvord) Coney, was born Oc- tober 2, 1827. She married, January 19, 1848, Hiram Smith, of South Hadley Falls, and had four children of whom Fred Merwin Smith was the youngest.

The surname Giffing and Giffings GIFFIN is found at an early date in Eng- land. In Ireland a Protestant family named Giffen has been located in An- trim since the seventeenth century. There is good reason to believe that all the families spelling the name Giffen or Giffin belong to this Antrim family. The coat-of-arms of the ancient Giffings family is: Azure fretty argent on a chief or two mullets gules.

Among the Scotch-Irish that came to Wor- cester county, Massachusetts, in the great exo- dus to America from the north of Ireland were Robert and David Giffin and their sister Isabel, who located in the Spencer district, now the town of Spencer, Massachusetts. David Giffin was born in the parish of Bello- willing, county Antrim, Ireland, in 1686, died December 14, 1769; Robert was born there in 1697, died in Spencer, July 16, 1770; Isabel was born there in 1695, died in Spencer, July 29, 1770. They were frugal and industrious in their early years in this country and ac- quired property, but none of them married. David deeded his property to Robert and Isa- bel. Robert bequeathed to his "cousin" David Gilmore, then living with him, a comfortable support for life from the income of his real estate, which he gave, half to Thomas Kenady (or Cannady), son of Thomas Kenady, of Murrayfield, Hampshire county, Massachu- setts, and half to Robert Giffin, son of his brother John Giffin, late of county Antrim, Ireland. To get his share Robert must come to this country, however, and we find that he came : lived in Spencer and died there in 1795, having wasted his inheritance. The personal estate of Robert Giffin was divided between Thomas and Hannah Kenady, children of the said Thomas Kenady Sr., of Murrayfield. Isa- bel Giffin's will was dated May 1, 1770, and John Cunningham was executor. She be- queathed_ to Thomas Cannedy Jr. (Kenady) then living with her, and to Robert Giffin, son of her brother John, late of county Antrim, deceased, providing for the support of David Gilmore, and giving her personal estate to Thomas Cannedy and his sister Hannah, also living with her. The estate was partitioned July 20, 1772, when Robert signed his assent to the division by which he received a half.

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There is a family of this name now in Antrim. In 1890 eight children of this name were born in that county, and but two of the name else- where in Ireland.

(I) Simon Giffin, immigrant ancestor, was doubtless related to the quaint settlers in Spencer, but whether brother or nephew we have not discovered. No others of this name settled early in New England and Simon came a few years after the three mentioned, settling first in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, then as early as 1759 in Hardwick, Worcester county, in the vicinity of the home of the other three. By deeds dated within a month of each other in 1759, however, his residence is given as Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he lived before coming to Hardwick, and where he went after leaving Hardwick. He died in Halifax before 1795. Simon Giffin bought land in Hardwick of Joseph Green and Isaac Walker, March 3, 1759, and was called of Halifax, but the deed from Aaron and Stephen Forbush of land in Hardwick, April 9, 1759, calls him of Bridgewater. Two of his sons, Simon and John, settled in Hard- wick, but we do not know that Simon (I) ever lived there. Possibly the Simon Giffin, of Bridgewater, was the son. John Pratt, of Sunderland, Massachusetts, sold land in Hardwick, part of the Colonel Dudley farm, April 3, 1759, to Samuel Giffin. Elisha Hig- gins, of Hardwick, sold to Simon Giffin, of Halifax, land he had taken on execution fol- lowing a judgment in the inferior court at Worcester in 1769.

It is reasonable to place Robert Giffin, of Abington, formerly part of Bridgewater, in this family ; he was a soldier in the revolu- tion, residing also in Dorchester, Milton and Boston, adjacent towns. He probably settled in Londonderry, New Hampshire, and mar- ried Agnes Taggat ; from them are descend- ed various New Hampshire and Vermont families. Children of Simon Giffin: 1. Simon, born 1740, probably in Antrim, Ireland ; set- tled in Hardwick about 1759 and married there, March 24, 1761, Abigail, daughter of Elisha Higgins, formerly of Palmer ; he died at Wethersfield, Connecticut, November, 1820, aged eighty ; his wife died there Decem- ber 20, 1813, aged seventy-three; children, born at Hardwick: i. Edward, born Decem- ber 3, 1761 : ii. James, February 22, 1764; iii. David Dodge, September 8, 1766, died at Ogdesburg, New York, March or April, 1840. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. Daughter, married John Morrison.

(II) John, son of Simon Giffin, was born in Nova Scotia, or in county Antrim, Ireland, in 1748. He settled on his father's land in Hardwick, Massachusetts, with his brother Simon Jr. He was a soldier in the revolu- tion, a musician according to the records. The history of Hardwick states that he was a drummer, serving from the beginning to the end of the war. He was in Captain Samuel Billings's company, Colonel Learned's regi- ment, October, 1775, and later; in Captain Timothy Paige's company, Colonel James Converse's regiment in 1777 at Bennington. In the continental army rolls of 1780 his age is given as thirty-two, height five feet four inches, and complexion light. He was in the campaign in New York in 1780. After the death of his father he bought the shares of his brother Simon, then of Wethersfield, Hartford county, Connecticut, a quarter in- terest in one hundred and ninety-four acres of land of their father Simon, late of Halifax, deceased, bounded by land of Jesse Snow and the west side of the town line, by deed dated March 4, 1795. On the same day a half right of this same property was deeded by John Morrison, of Enfield, Connecticut, to John Giffin, who doubtless himself owned the fourth share. Part of this land John deeded to his son, Calvin Giffin, in 1803, with a gore adjoining ; Calvin deeded it to his brother, Abner Giffin, September 14, 1803. All of the Giffins were yeomen or farmers. John Giffin married, September 7, 1769, Mary Weeks, at Hardwick ; (second) July 22, 1783, Keziah Smith, of Hardwick. Children, born at Hardwick: 1. Calvin, March II, 1770 ; set- tled in Hampshire county about 1802. 2. Janet, September 4, 1773. 3. Abner, Sep- tember, 1777, mentioned below. 4. Anson, 1787 ; a painter and famous as a drummer ; married Anna, daughter of Paul Paige, May 30, 1809; removed to Hardwick, Vermont, and later to North Brookfield, Massachu- setts, where he died August 9, 1870. 5. Fan- ny, married, March 25, 1810, Willard Clark.

(III) Abner, son of John Giffin, was born in Hardwick, September, 1777. He married (intention dated May 3, 1801) Polly Strat- ton, who died September 4, 1811, aged twen- ty-nine. He married (second) (intention dated December 20, 1813) Mary or Mercy Walker (Wicker), who died at Ware, January 29, 1865, aged eighty years. He died at Hard- wick intestate November 4, 1836. Ebenezer Burr Jr. administered the estate on petition of the widow Mercy, appointed November

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24, 1836. The probate records show that John WV. was the only child then of age in the county. Children, born at Hardwick: I.

Alma, 1802, died November 26, 1809. 2.

John Watson, 1804, mentioned below. 3. Child, 1810, died November 12, 1815. 4. Lauriston. 5. Samantha, married, November 8. 1832, William Woodward, of Ware. 6. James F., about 1823 ; married, December 12, 1848, Elvira A. Newton; one son, Elbridge; daughter Elvira Augusta, born August 3, 1856. married, December 8, 1875, William A. Newton, of Dana, Massachusetts.

(IV) John Watson, son of Abner Giffin, was born in Hardwick in 1804, died in Barre, Massachusetts, May 20, 1874. He married, at Hardwick, December 25, 1834, Achsah Berry, born at Prescott, Massachusetts, 1810, died in Barre in 1884. He was a farmer in Barre all his active life. Children, born in Barre: I. Lucius Oren, September 24, 1836; resides at New Salem; married (first) Rosepha A. Paige, of Winchester, New Hampshire; (second) Mrs. Jane (Smith) Webster, of New Salem, Massachusetts; has son and daughter, Charles and Marian ; Lucius Oren is a fine violinist, and both wives were excellent pianists. 2. Julia M., 1837, died October, 1839, at Barre. 3. Lauriston, Oc- tober 27, 1841, died at Springfield, Massachu- setts, June 9, 1889 ; married Louise Conkey, of Hardwick, Massachusetts ; had two sons, Fred and Harry. 4. Mary Ellen (twin), February 22, 1845, died August 22, 1879; married John D. Fisher, of Dana, Massachusetts. 5. Mar- tha Helen (twin), February 22, 1845, died May 9, 1904; married Albert H. Flagg, of Dana, Massachusetts, had a daughter Della. 6. William Herbert, mentioned below.

(V) William Herbert, son of John Watson Giffin, was born at Barre, January 19, 1852. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and served an apprenticeship at the car- penter's trade. About the time he came of age he began business on his own account as a carpenter and builder. He was employed by large contractors as superintendent and sub- contractor for nearly forty years. The fol- lowing buildings were constructed under his supervision : Memorial Hall and church at Rockville, Connecticut, and the Wakefield church. He had the contract for the Leo- minster town hall, a church at Hartford and many other private residences and public build- ings in the vicinity of his home. He has been connected with the building firms of Flint Building & Construction Company, Palmer &

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 5

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

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