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He married. August 17, 1907, Clara Grover ; one child, Maud Louise, born January 15. 1909.
(The Abbe Line).
(I) John Abbe (q. v. elsewhere) was born in England. in 1615, and died in Wenham, Mass- achusetts, 1690. He married Mary
(II) Thomas, son of John Abbe, or Abbey, was born in Wenham, Massachusetts, in 1660, and died at Enfield, Connecticut, May 17, 1728. He was the founder of the Enfield branch of the family, one of the original proprietors of the town. He married Sarah Fairfield, of Wen- ham. Children, born at Enfield: Sarah, March 31, 1684: Thomas, October 30, 1686; Mary, February 3, 1688; John, of whom see further.
(III) John (2), son of Thomas Abbe, was born in Enfield, September 27, 1692; died in that town. He was a farmer. He married Hannah Boardman. Children, born at Enfield : I. John, mentioned below. 2. Sarah, January 23, 1723-4. 3. Daniel, May 8, 1726. 4. Mar- tha, March 1, 1728. 5. Mary, May 14, 1730. 6. Tabitha, March 9, 1732.
(IV) John (3), son of John (2) Abbe, was born in Enfield, April 18, 1717, and died there August 1, 1794. He married, February 1, 1738-9, Sarah Root. Children, born in Enfield : I. John. November 27, 1739. 2. Sarah, Febru- ary II, 1741-2. 3. Timothy, November 4, 1743. 4-5. Richard and Obadiah, twins, March 28, 1745. 6. Hannah, August 31, 1746. 7. Timothy Dyer. December 6, 1747. 8. Daniel, November 7, 1749 ; mentioned below. 9. Abi- gail. May 13, 1750. 10. Roxalena, July 12, 1751. II. Obadiah, March 31, 1753. 12. Pene- lope (twin), March 24, 1756. 13. Mary (twin). March 24, 1756.
(V) Daniel, son of John (3) Abbe, was born in Enfield, November 7, 1749, and died there September 26, 1815. He married, No- vember 3, 1774, Sally Pease, of an old Enfield family. Children, born at Enfield: 1. Daniel, August 22, 1775. 2. Timothy, June 21, 1777. 3. Levi Pease, April 14, 1781. 4. Sally Pease, March 28, 1783. 5. George, June 1, 1786 ; died young. 6. George, August 12, 1789. 7. Harris, born November 4, 1790. 8. Erastus, January 12, 1793 ; mentioned below. 9. Stoddard, May 8. 1795.
a (VI) Erastus, son of Daniel Abbe, was born at Enfield, January 12, 1793, died there April 25, 1816. He married Sally Beebe, of Feed- ing Hills, Massachusetts, December 15, 1814. Child : Erastus Beebe Abbe, mentioned below.
(VII) Erastus Beebe, son of Erastus Abbe, was born in Enfield. October 15. 1815, and died
at Westfield, Massachusetts, August 27, 1879. He married Anne Burbank, September 23, 1841. Children: 1. Frances Ione, born at En- field, July 2, 1842. 2. Mary Pomeroy (twin), born at West Springfield, Massachusetts, De- cember 31, 1851 ; married Dr. Walter Anson Smith (IX) ( see Smith). 3. Martha Burbank, December 31, 1851 (twin ).
(The Bronson Line).
The surname Bronson is identical with Brun- son and Brownson, and various branches of the family cling to the different spellings.
(I) John Bronson, immigrant ancestor, born in England, dicd November 28, 1680. He was one of Hooker's company which settled Hart- ford, Connecticut, in 1636. He served in the Pequot war in 1637. His house was on the Neck road, in the northern part of Hartford. He removed to Teunxis, now Farmington, Con- necticut, in 1641, and was one of the seven founders of the church there in 1652: was deputy to the general court in 1651 and later, and constable. Children : Jacob, born January, 1641, mentioned below; John, January, 1644: Isaac, November, 1645; Mary; Abraham, set- tled in Lyme ; Dorcas ; Sarah.
(II) Jacob, son of John Bronson, was born in Farmington, in January, 1641. He married Mary ---. He lived in the section of Farm- ington, now Kensington. Children: Samuel, born 1685 ; Jacob, of Kensington ; Roger, men- tioned below ; Isaac, of Lyme : Elizabeth ; Re- becca.
(III) Roger, son of Jacob Bronson, was born in Farmington, in 1692, and settled in New Milford, in 1713, with his brother, Sam- uel, and was one of the first twelve settlers. He was town clerk fourteen years, also town treasurer and justice of the peace. He lived on the Woodbury road, and he and his brother were leading citizens. Children : 1. Roger, born December 10, 1702 ; mentioned below. 2. Mary, February 20, 1704. 3. Abraham, December 22. 1707. 4. Ruth, December 25, 1710. 5. Gershom. October 4, 1713 ; died young. 6. Josiah, borr. February 14, 1715. 7. Peter, October 22, 1717 8. Dorcas, September 9, 1720. 9. Noah, Octo- ber 2, 1722.
(IV) Roger (2), son of Roger (1) Bron- son, was born at New Milford, December 10, 1702 ; died December 11, 1789. He lived at New Milford, but his children, or some of them, returned to Farmington. He married, January II, 1732-3, Ruth, daughter of Henry Castle, Jr., of Woodbury. She died March 4. 1788. aged eighty-two. Children, born at New
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Milford : Mary, December 12, 1733; Benjamin, November 1, 1735; Nathaniel, October 3, 1738; Mathew, June 29, 1741 ; Hannah, October 21, 1743.
(V) Roger (3), son or nephew of Roger (2) Bronson, was a soldier in the revolution, from Farmington, Connecticut. He and Sam- uel Bronson were privates in Captain Heart's company, Colonel Erastus Wolcott's regiment, in 1776. This record appears in both Massa- chusetts and Connecticut revolutionary rolls. Roger was also in Colonel Elisha Sheldon's Light Dragoons' First Troop, in 1777. He is described as a cooper, dark complexion, gray eyes and brown hair. In 1790 Roger Bronson was reported in the federal census, as of Berlin, Connecticut, with two males over sixteen, one under that age, and one female in his family. Ten other families of this name were reported from the town of Berlin. His widow, Phebe Bronson, appears to have joined the church at New Britain, September 22, 1799, and mar- ried again in 1814. She was born January 6, 1748, daughter of Joseph and Ann ( Booth) Mathews.
(VI) Roger (4), son of Roger (3) Bron- son, settled in Ashfield, Massachusetts. He married, June 17, 1794, Betsey Phillips. He was a farmer and itinerant merchant. Among his children were : Mehitable, Sophronia, Almon (mentioned below), Samuel.
(VII) Almon, son of Roger (4) Bronson, was born July 16, 1801, and died March 19, 1859. He married Laura Ames, of Conway, Massachusetts. He was a farmer at Ashfield all his active life. Children, born in Ashfield : I. Lydia, December 6, 1822 ; died December 4, 1871. 2. Achsah, July 25, 1824 ; died 1908. 3. Chandler, September 2, 1824; died 1908. 3. Eunice, born October 23, 1828. 5. Almon E., October 5, 1830; died September 30, 1879. 6. Laura L., born December 26, 1832; died Sep- tember 14, 1891. 7. Melinda, born March 25, 1835 ; married Arnold Smith (see Smith). 8. Abigail, July 16, 1838; died September 12, 1838. 9. Martin A., November 16, 1840; died May 20, 1885. 10. Sophronia, April 7, 1843; died March 19, 1878. 11. Diadama, January 8, 1845; died January 27, 1845. 12. Chester, May 30, 1846.
Elder Thomas Wiswall, immi- WISWALL grant ancestor, was born in England. In the early Amer- ican records the surname is spelled Wisewall and Wiswell, as well as Wiswall; it is an un- common name in England. According to Jack-
son, Thomas Wiswall came with his brother, John, in 1635, leaving his brothers, Adam, Abiel and Jonathan, in England. He settled in Dor- chester, Massachusetts, and was a subscriber to the school fund of that town in 1641, and was selectman there from 1644 to 1652. The gravestones of his sons, Ichabod, Enoch and Ebenezer, are standing in Dorchester. He re- moved to Cambridge Village, now the city of Newton, about 1654, and was one of the signers of a petition in 1656 for release from support- ing the church at Cambridge. In 1657 he deeded to his son, Enoch, on condition of his marriage, all his lands in Dorchester, includ- ing the house formerly of Mr. Maverick, that formerly of Abraham Dyke and that bought of Richard Williams. His farm at Newton com- prised some four hundred acres, including Wis- wall Pond, being the north part of the grant of one thousand acres to Governor Haynes in 1634. The house was on the south bank of the pond on Centre street. He was installed ruling elder of the Cambridge Village Church, July 20, 1664, and acted as assistant pastor. He was appointed by the Cambridge authorities in 1668 to catechize children. He married (first) Elizabeth -; (second) Isabelle Barbage, of Great Packington, Warwickshire, England, " a woman of masculine courage and spirit." She had a controversy with old Cap- tain Prentice, but he with more regard to jus- tice than gallantry obliged her to retract some of her asseverations and to promise that in future she would "set a watch before her mouth and keep the door of her lips." She was the mother of Edward Farmer, of Billerica; she died May 21, 1686. He died December 6, 1683. His brother, John, married a daughter of Thomas Smith, of London, settled in Dor- chester, was an iron-monger, admitted free- man March 14, 1638-9, deacon of the church. deputy to the general court, chosen ruling elder in Dorchester and declined the honor, but later accepted the office in the Boston church; died August 17, 1687, aged eighty-six years (grave- stone record). All of the Wiswall name of the present generation are descendants of Elder Thomas, however.
Children of Thomas and Elizabeth : I. Enoch, born 1633 ; died November 28, 1706; married Elizabeth Oliver. 2. Esther, born 1635; mar- ried, May 16, 1655, William Johnson, of Wo- burn, son of Captain Edward. 3. Ichabod,
born 1637; married Remember -, and Priscilla Peabody. 4. Noah, born 1638; men- tioned below. 5. Mary, married Samuel Pay- son. 6. Sarah, baptized March 19, 1653 ; mar-
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ried Nathaniel Holmes. 7. Ebenezer, born 1646; married, March 26, 1685, Sarah Foster, widow of Elisha, daughter of Giles Payson. 8. Eliza, born April 15, 1649.
(II) Noah, son of Elder Thomas Wiswall, was born in Dorchester, in 1638, and baptized December 30, that year. He is called a captain in the records. He lived in Newton, where he died a young nian, July 6, 1690. His widow married Deacon Samuel Newman, Rehoboth, as his third wife. Children, born at Newton : I. Thomas, April 29, 1666; mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth, September 30, 1668; married Rev. Thomas Greenwood, of Rehoboth. 3. Caleb. 4. Margaret, March 1, 1672; died July 30, 1736; married Nathaniel Parker. 5. Hannah, April 1, 1674; married Caleb Stedman, of Rox- bury. 6. Mary, married Nathaniel Longley. 7. Esther, April 1, 1678. 8. Sarah, January 5, 1681 ; married Joseph Cheney.
(III) Lieutenant Thomas (2), son of Cap- tain Noah Wiswall, was born in Newton, April 29, 1666. He had his father's homestead at Newton. He died in 1709. He married, De- cember 17, 1696, Hannah Cheney, of New- bury; she married (second) Deacon David Newman, of Rehoboth, June, 1719. His in- ventory amounted to 772 pounds ; Caleb Sted- man, of Roxbury, was administrator. Na- thaniel Parker bought out the heirs and the widow's dower and took part of the land of Captain Noah Wiswall. Children, born at Newton: I. Hannah, October 15, 1697. 2. Noah, September, 1699; mentioned below. 3. Sarah, March 4, 1701 ; married John Newman. 4. Mary, October I, 1702. 5. Elizabeth, Au- gust 25, 1704; married Nathaniel Longley, Jr. 6. Thomas, 1707; married Sarah Daniel, of Needham, December 20, 1733 ; settled in Med- way. 7. Ichabod, about 1709.
(IV) Captain Noah (2), son of Lieutenant Thomas (2) Wiswall, was born September, 1699, at Newton; died June 13, 1786, aged eighty-six years, three months, four days. He had the ancient homestead and house of Elder Thomas Wiswall, and built the front part of the house in 1744, and this house was lately owned and occupied by Luther Paul. He was selectman three years. He was a Baptist in religion, and was baptized in that faith in 1754. The first meetings of the Baptists were held at his house: he was one of the founders of the church at Newton and gave the land for the first meetinghouse. S. F. Smith, in his "History of Newton," says he was in the battle of Lexington. His three sons and several sons - in-law were in the East Newton company, under
his son, Captain Jeremiah Wiswall. "After the company had marched for Lexington, he started on foot and alone to follow. 'I want to see what the boys are doing,' he said. He was standing with some Americans not far from the field when three British soldiers came in sight. He immediately pointed them out to his companions, saying: 'If you aim at the middle one, you will hit one of the three.' They did so, and were successful. The other two British fled. As he held out his hand pointing towards the British, a musket ball went through it. Coolly he bound up his hand with his hand- kerchief, and then picked up the gun of the fallen regular and brought it home as a trophy." He was then seventy-six years old. His name appears on the roll of the company. Several other aged men went from Newton. His son, Captain Jeremiah, was administrator. He mar- ried, in 1720, Thankful Fuller, daughter of Jeremiah. She died in 1745, aged forty-one, at Brookline. He married (second ), in 1752. Deliverance Kenrick, daughter of Ebenezer. Children of first wife: I. Thomas. 2. Eliza- beth, married, December 17, 1741, William Baldwin. 3. Captain Jeremiah, born October 27, 1725 ; mentioned below. 4. Thankful, born September 1, 1727; died 1728. 5. John. 6. Thankful, born August 11, 1731; married, 1750, Ebenezer Gee. 7. Mary, born April I, 1731 ; married, 1752, Samuel Norcross. 8. Sarah, born December 23, 1734 ; married, 1761, Dr. John King. 9. Esther, born December 2, 1737; married, 1768, Benjamin White. 10. Noah, born July 7, 1740. II. Samuel. 12. Ebenezer, born 1742. 13. Margaret, born Feb- ruary 25, 1744; married, 1766, Thomas Palmer. 14. Hannah, born March 31, 1745; married, 1761, Ebenezer Richards, Jr.
(V) Captain Jeremiah, son of Captain Noah (2) Wiswall, was born in Newton, October 27, 1725, and died there January 26, 1809, aged eighty-four years. He was captain of the East Newton company of infantry at the beginning of the revolution, and was at the Concord fight and at Dorchester Heights. His company was in Colonel Hatch's regiment at Dorchester Heights at the time of the evacua- tion of Boston. He was captain of Company No. 6, Newton. He lent the town forty-five pounds to pay its soldiers in 1777. He had the Murdock homestead in Newton-Oak Hill-in 1750. He married (first), December, 1750, Elizabeth Murdock, born May 27, 1731, died August 19, 1769, daughter of Lieutenant Rob- ert and Abigail ( Hyde) Murdock. He married (second), November, 1770, Hannah Marean,
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who died in November, 1811, aged sixty-six years, daughter of William Marean. Children of first wife, born at Newton: I. Samuel, No- vember 15, 1751 ; died unmarried, February, 1815. 2. Elizabeth, March 20, 1753; married Captain Edmund Trowbridge. 3. Thankful, June 3, 1756; married Aaron Richards, of Needham. 4. Jeremiah, August 23. 1760; men- tioned below. 5. William, born August 23, 1765 ; see sketch. 6. Abigail, married, 1782, John Hyde. Children of second wife: 7. Esther, August 15, 1771 ; married, 1789, Solomon Cur- tis. 8. Thomas, January 5, 1775. 9. Enoch, February 9, 1777. 10. Noah (twin), born De- cember 18, 1779. II. Hannah, twin with Noah. (VI) Deacon Jeremiah (2), son of Captain Jeremiah ( I) Wiswall, was born in Newton, August 23, 1760, and died June 22, 1836, aged seventy-six. He married (first), June 10, 1784, Sarah Craft, born June 14, 1764, died Janu- ary 26, 1809. daughter of Lieutenant Joseph and Elizabeth (Davis) Craft, of Newton. Her father was in the revolution. He married (second), in 1809, Mary, widow of Samuel Harrington, and daughter of Amos Fiske. She died September 26, 1856. He was one of the selectmen of Newton, and a prominent citizen. He served on the committee to build the meet- inghouse, and purchased pew 96 of the new edifice. He was a freeholder in 1798, owning two houses valued at $3,155. He was appoint- ed June 21, 1802, one of a committee of three to purchase land for a burying-ground, now called the South Burial Ground. He had two lots and his father one, in the new cemetery. Children of first wife, born in Newton: I. Joseph, December 2, 1786 ; married, August 13. 1807, Sarah Clark ; died February 24, 1856. 2. Artemas, September 15, 1788; died March 22. 1837: married, March 16, 1828, Del Louisa Fairbanks. 3. Elisha, May 19, 1791 ; died No- vember 16, 1861 ; married, November 30, 1817. Julia Richards. 4. Jesse, December 2, 1793: died September 16, 1866; married, March 22. 1822. Sarah Miller. 5. William, March II. 1796; mentioned below. 6. Ebenezer Craft. April 28, 1799; died young. 7. Amasa Craft, May 8. 1801 ; died October 7, 1872; married. January 7, 1830, Clarissa Atwood. 8. Eliza- beth Davis, February 23. 1804; died December 10. 1870 ; unmarried. Children of second wife . o. Sarah Craft, born March 6, 1810; married. November 29. 1839, William Hyde Palmer. 10. Jeremiah, July 26, 1812; died April, 1865 : married, 1836, Mary Bligh. 11. Samuel, March 30. 1814 ; died October 19, 1878 ; married. April 15. 1836, Mary Ann Newton. 12. Ebenezer,
January 11, 1816; married, April 25, 1872, Hulda Stewart Havens.
(VII) William, son of Deacon Jeremiah (2) Wiswall, was born in Newton, on the homestead, corner of Dedham and Brookline streets, March 11, 1796, and died May 7, 1867. He was educated in the public schools, and be- fore his marriage was engaged in gardening, working on the different estates of the neigh- borhood. At the time of his marriage he built the house where his grandson, William E. Wis- wall, now resides, on Wiswall avenue. James Clement, brother of Mrs. Wiswall, was the contractor. Here he followed farming, selling his produce in Roxbury and Boston markets. He was a deacon in the West Roxbury church, joining by letter from the Newton church. In politics he was a Whig, and he was a member of the militia company. He married, April I, 1822, Abigail Clement, born at Berwick, Maine, August 17, 1792, died at Newton, January 8, 1870, daughter of Samuel and Judith (Knox) Clement. Children : 1. William Clement, born March 12, 1823 ; mentioned below. 2. Artemas, born February II, 1825; died December I. 1901 : married. November 27. 1856, Lucy F., daughter of George and Fanny ( Hyde) Bout -- well, of Andover ; children: i. Fannie Hyde, born November 12, 1857: ii. George Boutwell, September 13, 1859; married, September 24, 1885. Sophronia Hardy, and had Ralph Arte- mas, born June 18, 1886; Lucy Frances, No- vember 4, 1887 : Charles Hardy, July 13, 1890, and Irving Willard, February 23, 1900; iii. Artemas, born October 28, 1860 ; died Novem- ber 1, 1860; iv. Samuel Clement, born Febru- ary 5, 1862; married, May 12, 1887, Annie May Dorr, and had Harold Dorr, born August 30. 1889: v. Granville Artemas, born October 6. 1866: married. December 5. 1894, Harriet M. Riley, and had Milner Hyde, born October 24, 1896, and Roycroft Boutwell, October 9, 1898; vi. Mary Louise, born October 16, 1868: married, October 23, 1900, Herbert B. Wood. 3. Henry Martin, born March 8. 1827 ; men- tioned below. 4. Abby Maria, born September 19. 1830: died January 21, 1853. 5. George, born October 8, 1832 ; died November 17, 1856.
(\'HI) William Clement Wiswall, son of Deacon William Wiswall, was born at Oak Hill, Newton, March 12, 1823, and died there January 23, 1896. He attended the Oak Hill school and later the private school of Marshall Rice, at Newton Centre. He assisted his father on the farm until he was married, when he conducted the farm which he had received as his share of his father's estate. The markets
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of Boston and Roxbury were near his farm, and he found a ready sale for the produce, be- coming a successful man. He was industrious and progressive, and kept in touch with the affairs of the day. He led an honorable and useful life, and was a constant attendant at the West Roxbury Congregational Church. In politics he was a Republican. He married. June 7, 1855, Catherine Jepson, born at North Wrentham, 1824, died at Newton, February 19, 1895, daughter of John and Catherine ( Wil- son) Jepson, of North Wrentham. Children : I. Abbie Maria, born August 2, 1856; married. February 20, 1879, Arthur Davis Hall, of New- ton, son of David and Elizabeth ( Burt ) Hall; children : i. Ethel Louise Hall, born June 20, 1880; ii. Arthur Wiswall Hall, October 8, 1881 ; . iii. Wallace Ralph Hall, September 24, 1883; married, April 11, 1908, Edith Avis Sweet, of Newton ; iv. Fannie Elizabeth Hall, August II, 1886. 2. William Edward (twin), born April 28, 1860; mentioned below. 3. Etta, twin with William Edward, born April 28, 1860 ; married. June 25, 1878, Charles Francis Hall, brother of Arthur Hall; children: i. Edith Frances Hall, born September 7, 1878: ii. Chester Davis Hall, September 1, 1879; iii. Albert Edward Hall ; iv. Clarence A. Hall, December 20, 1889.
(IX) William Edward, son of William Clement Wiswall, was born at Oak Hill, New- ton, April 28, 1860. He attended the Oak Hill district school until he was sixteen years old, assisting his father on the farm. At the age of twenty-four he started farming on his own account, conducting a milk business also with success. He is a successful market gar- dener, carrying his produce to Faneuil Hall Market. He resides on the homestead, which comprises twenty-eight acres in the south part of Newton. He has from ten to twenty head of fine stock, selling milk at wholesale. He believes thoroughly in modern methods of farming, and his success is a proof of his sound judgment. He and his family attend the Evangelical church at Oak Hill, and he is a Republican in politics. He married, March 18, 1890, Lydia Goodwin Barnard, born at Marblehead, January 5, 1868, daughter of George Bacon and Abbie Sewell (Morse) Barnard. Her father was a civil war veteran, serving in Company C, Eighth Massachusetts Infantry, nine months. Children: I. George William, born October 30, 1892. 2. Florence Gladys, July 19, 1899.
(VIII) Henry Martin, son of Deacon Will- iam Wiswall, was born March 8, 1827, in New- ton, and died June 4, 1902. He attended the
Oak Hill school, working on the farm during the summer. He was employed when young by George Hyde in his nursery, still attending school at the North district, on Washington street. When a young man he went to work in the dry goods store of George Bacon as clerk for several years. In 1851 he removed to Princeton, and with William Folger, as the firm of Wiswall & Folger, conducted a general store. Selling out to Mr. Folger, he went to Watertown, where he was employed by Hath- away & Company, of Boston, as salesman for their shirt manufactory, later going to work for March Brothers as salesman. He subse- quently engaged in the manufacture of rotary pumps, conducting a successful business up to the time of the great Boston fire in 1872, when his store was burned with books and patterns. The business was reorganized and carried on for some time. During the last ten years of his life he was associated with the Youth's Companion in the financial department. He made his home at Watertown, residing the last two years of his life with his daughter, Mrs. Capen, on Park street, Newton, where he died June 1, 1902. He was reared in the Orthodox Congregational faith, but later joined the First Baptist Church, of Watertown, of which he was clerk for some years. In early life he voted with the Whig party. He became a Re- publican in the early days of that party and throughout the war was an active and earnest supporter of the government and of President Lincoln. He never sought nor accepted public office, however. He maintained a keen interest in public affairs and read extensively. His fondness for flowers was the source of great pleasure to him. He was an active member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. He was devoted to his home and fireside-there was his shrine, and there his finest qualities appeared. His quiet, kindly, amiable disposi- tion attracted and held friends ; his honesty, straightforwardness and integrity won for him the respect and confidence of all. He was primarily and always a man of his word, walk- ing straight in the path he believed to be right. He married, May 28, 1851, Harriet Williams Learned, born at Watertown, May 19, 1826, daughter of Joshua and Hannah (Crosby) Learned. Her father was a cabinet maker. Children : 1. George Henry, born August 22, 1856 ; mentioned below. 2. Hattie Ellen, born June 18, 1858; married, at Watertown, June 5, 1884, William Henry Capen, son of Edward William and Lucretia A. (Marston) Capen (see Capen, VIII). Children: i. William
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Henry Capen, born August 13, 1890; ii. Mar- jorie Helen Capen, January 9, 1899.
(IX) George Henry, son of Henry Martin Wiswall, was born at Watertown, August 22, 1856. He was educated in the public schools. graduating from the high school in 1874, subse- quently taking a position as clerk for Howard & Company. He afterwards became teller for the Mechanics Bank, of Boston, remaining two years, then taking a place as bookkeeper for Jacobs & Company, of School street. A year later he was in the employ of the Old Readers and Writers Economy Company on Franklin street as salesman for two years. In 1883 he took a position with Thomas Groom & Com- pany, on State street, manufacturers of blank books and stationery, and was in their service for twenty-six years. He is now vice-president and general manager of the American Paint Manufacturing Company, whose office and works are located at 41-53 Hollingsworth street, Mattapan, Boston. His home is in Watertown, at II Marion road. He is a member of the First Baptist Church in Watertown, and takes an active interest in church affairs, serv- ing frequently on committees. He was clerk of the parish ten years, superintendent of the Sunday school eight years, and was elected deacon in 1908. He is a member of the Sun- day School Superintendents' Association, of Boston. In politics he is a Republican. He married, February 1, 1888, Fannie Edla, daugh- ter of Daniel and Clara (Boynton) Carr, of Allston. Her father was a wholesale merchant in teas and coffees in Boston. Children: I. Edla Hattie, born September 30, 1889; died December 8, 1897. 2. George Henry, Jr., born June 10, 1896.
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