Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 85

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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king. Indeed, when Richard's sickness laid him low, Sir Thomas was the ruler de facto. Sir Walter Scott claims that in "The Talis- man" some parts are fanciful, but that so far as King Richard and Sir Thomas Moulton are concerned he has followed English history. From such men as these are the American Moultons of this day; and among them are many who are the peers of their ancestors or of their fellow citizens in those qualities of head and heart which make men leaders and trusted companions of other men. "All branches of the Moulton family had arms with devices somewhat different from each other in minor details, yet alike in the main, viz: A plain field, either of silver or blue; crossed by three horizontal bars, generally red, some time sable. This continued several hundred years, down to the arms which were granted in 1571 by the record, described as follows: Argent ; three bars (gules) between eight es- calloped shells, sable, three, two, two and one. Crest : On a pellet a falcon rising argent. Granted in 1571." The name appears in vari- ous forms, as Multon, Muleton, Moulton, Moleton, Moulson and Moulton. Three Moul- tons-Thomas, John and William, supposed to be brothers-settled at Winnacunnett, now Hampton, New Hampshire, and from these all or nearly all the Moultons of New England are descendants.

(I) Thomas Moulton, probably the immi- grant ancestor of this branch of the Moulton family, was born in Ormsby, Norfolk, Eng- land, about 1614. He was one of the first grantees and settlers of Winnacunnett, now Hampton, New Hampshire, where he lived about fifteen years or more. He was in New- bury, Massachusetts, 1637; Hampton, New Hampshire. 1639; and York. Maine, 1654. His wife's baptismal name was Martha, and they were the parents of children: Thomas, bap- tized November 24. 1639; Daniel, baptized February 12, 1641 ; Hannah, born June 19. 1645, married Samuel Tilton, of Hampton : Mary, born January 25, 1651, married Samuel Braglon Sr., of York, Maine; Jeremiah; Jo- seph, must have been born prior to 1660 and probably died about 1720.

( II) Jeremiah, third son of Thomas and Martha Moulton, was born about 1657, prob- ably in York, Maine. He took the oath of allegiance in 1681, and was representative in 1692. Savage states that he was a councilor. but this is probably an error, as his name does not appear in the Massachusetts civil list for the colonial and provincial periods, 1630 to

1674. He died December 26, 1731, as shown by the town records. He appears to have possessed a somewhat peppery temper in early manhood, as the records show that he was fined ten pounds October 3. 1693, and put under bonds to the amount of fifty pounds to keep the peace, for threatening with a gun in his hands to shoot a constable and justice of the peace. Despite his shortcomings, which included that of selling liquor without a license, he was a useful and trusted citizen. He often served on the grand jury, was selectman, and held other town offices, besides serving as rep- resentative to the town court. The town rec- ords generally refer to him with the respect- ful title of Mister, which was not in common use in those days. After his nephew, Jere- miah Moulton, came to maturity, he was some- times distinguished as senior. His will shows that at the time of its execution he had but a son and a daughter. His first wife, Mary (Young) Moulton, daughter of Rowland and Joanna (Knight) Young, of York, died June 24, 1722. He married (second) Alice (Chad- bourne ) Donnell, widow of Hon. Samuel Don- nell, who was councillor and judge of the York county court. He died October 22, 1727. His children were: Joseph, Mary, Daniel, Ebe- nezer, Jeremiah and Samuel B.

(III) Lieutenant Joseph, eldest child of Jeremiah and Mary (Young) Moulton, was born January 14, 1680, in York, where he was living as late as April 22, 1724. In one record he is given the title of lieutenant, probably from service in the town militia, but there is nothing to show the time of his death. He married, December 30, 1697, Mary, daughter of Jasper Pulman of York, and they had chil- dren : Abel, Abigail. Jeremiah, Mary, Mirianı and Elizabeth.

( IV) Captain Abel, eldest child of Joseph and Mary ( Pulman) Moulton, was born May 10, 1701, in York (twin of Abigail), and died there March 3. 1784 "in the night." The sec- ond parish church records say March 4. so it is probable that he died after midnight. He was a captain in the First York County regi- ment, commanded by Colonel Eben Sayers, as appears of record June 25, 1776, and was pro- moted to major September 30, 1779. Pre- sumably only his great age prevented his par- ticipation in the revolutionary war. He mar- ried (first) Eleanor, daughter of Lewis Bane, of York. She died in January, 1748, and he married (second) Mrs. Judith Gowan (inten- tions published December 30, 1749). The first wife bore him two children, John (died young)

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and Sarah; and those of the second were: Mercy, Dorcas, John, Daniel and Mary.

(V) John, second son of Captain Abel Moulton, and third child of his second wife, was born July 22, 1752, in York, where he lived, but no record shows the time of his death. He married, in September, 1774, Lydia, daughter of David Grant, and they were the parents of: Martha, David, Lydia, John, Elizabeth, Abel and Nathan.

(VI) Abel (2), third son of John and Lydia (Grant) Moulton, was born November 10, 1785, in York, where he lived. He learned the trade of ship carpenter, and was employed many years in that capacity, as a journeyman. He married, in September, 1813, Dorcas Moul- ton, said to be a daughter of David Moulton, but no record of her parentage appears. Children : 1. Daniel, a ship-builder ; was em- ployed many years in charge of a force at the navy yard in Kittery, residing in Portsmouth, and died in Dover, New Hampshire. 2. Lydia, married Stephen Grant, and lived in York. 3. Sylvester, mentioned at length below. 4. William, died in boyhood. 5. Henry, married Susan Moulton, and is still living in York. 6-7-8. Louisa, Julia and Abby, died unmarried, in York.

(VII) Sylvester, third child and second son of Abel (2) and Dorcas (Moulton) Moulton, was born in York, March 13, 1819, and died February 14, 1899. He was a precocious child, and could walk when he was but nine months old. He acquired a fair education, his mother's instructions being more than he obtained at school. He began doing a man's work at the age of sixteen, and among other tasks took wood to market with an ox-team, made sale of it, and bought supplies for the family. When twenty-one he worked for one summer for Moses Hammond, at Eliot, and the next year (December 10, 1842) married Mr. Ham- mond's daughter, Mercy McIntyre Hammond. For two years afterward, the couple lived at the Moulton homestead, which was enlarged and remodeled in order to accommodate them. At the death of his father-in-law, Sylvester Moulton's wife came into possession of a part of her father's farm, upon which Mr. Moulton built a new home. From time to time he bought the shares of his wife's family, also other property, until he had a large and valu- able farm, which he conducted with much profit. He was an untiring worker ; as a busi- ness man he was far above the average, and he was an excellent financier. He was a promi- nent member and officer of the Eliot Metho-

dist Church; took vital interest in its social meetings, many of which were held at his house; and served as class leader. He at- tended every year the district camp meetings at Kennebunk, and afterward at Old Orchard. His piety was deep and genuine; for more than forty years, every day after the morning meal he read a portion of scripture and offered prayer. In politics he was a Democrat of the Grover Cleveland type. His children by his wife, Mercy McIntyre Hammond, were: I. Charles W. H .; see forward. 2. Emily A., born January 27, 1847, died March 24, 1850. 3. Abbie M., born July 7, 1849, died April, 1887 ; was a cripple from childhood, a great but patient sufferer, and a beautiful character. 4. Wesley True, born May 15, 1851 ; owns and lives on a large ranche near Los Angeles, Cali- fornia; married Margaret Maxwell, of that city ; one child, Grace Evelyn. 5. Emma L., born October 3, 1853, died September 17, 1856. 6. Everett O., born December 17, 1858; owns and lives on the old homestead; has one son and seven daughters. 7. Julia L., born April 24, 1861, died August 15, 1891. 8. Ida O., born May 3, 1863, died March 29, 1907. The mother of these children died April 22, 1887. About two years later Mr. Moulton married Mrs. Lydia (Junkins) Dresser, of Scarboro, a native of York, and who died about ten years later. Mr. Moulton married (third) Mrs. Clementine Mugridge, of Kittery, who lived only a year.

(I) William Hammond (see Moulton, VII) was born in 1597, in Slymbridge, Yorkshire. England, and became an early settler at Wells. Maine, where he was a large landholder and prominent official, and attained the unusually advanced age of one hundred and four years, dying in 1702. The maiden surname of his wife was Gouch, and they were the parents of two sons, Jonathan and Joseph. (2) Major Joseph, second son of William Ham- mond, was born in 1647, in York, and died in Eliot, in 1710. He was an officer of the militia, served many years as judge of probate, as judge of the court of common pleas, and held various other important offices in Eliot. In 1695 he was captured by the Indians and was taken to Canada, but was ransomed the same year. He married Mrs. Catherine Leighton, widow of William Leighton, and daughter of Nicholas Frost of Eliot, an immi- grant from England. Children: George, Mercy, Dorcas and Joseph. (3) Colonel Jo- seph (2), youngest child of Major Joseph (I) and Catherine (Frost) Hammond, was born in

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1777 and died in 1853, in Eliot. Like his father, he was an officer of militia and was judge of common pleas and probate, and was recorder of deeds, and held other offices. He married Hannah, daughter of Joseph Storer. (4) Jonathan, son of Joseph (2) and Hannah (Storer) Hammond, was born 1716, in Eliot, and died there in 1811. He was an exemplary and useful citizen, deacon of the Congrega- tional church; married Ann Rice, born 1716, died 1786, and had children: Love, Samuel, Jonathan, Abigail, Elisha, Lucy, Keziah, Sus- anna and Eunice. (5) Deacon Samuel, eldest son of Jonathan and Ann ( Rice) Hammond, was a lifelong resident of Eliot, born 1748, died 1835, and was a prosperous farmer and deacon of the church. He married Abigail Hanscom, born 1746, died 1825, daughter of Moses and Mary (Field) Hanscom, and had two sons, Moses and Jonathan. (6) Moses, elder son of Samuel and Abigail (Hanscom) Hammond, was born September 2, 1785, in Eliot, and died there July 10, 1844. He mar- ried Mercy McIntire, of York, who died April 2, 1844. Children: Abigail Hanscom, Elisha (died young), Olive S., Elisha, Nancy Y., Samuel J., Mercy M., Moses H. (died young), Moses O. and Julia E. (7) Mercy McIntire, fourth daughter of Moses and Mercy (McIn- tire) Hammond, was born March 29, 1822, in Eliot, and was married to Sylvester Moulton, as above noted.

(VIII) Charles William Hammond, eldest child of Sylvester and Mercy M. (Hammond) Moulton, was born September 12, 1843, in York, and continued on the paternal homestead until he attained his majority. Though his early advantages were limited and he found himself under adverse conditions when he left the paternal roof, he had the tenacity of pur- pose and native ability which conquers suc- cess. On leaving home he went to South Boston and found employment in a bakery, and later was occupied in a shoe factory at Haverhill, Massachusetts. In 1866 he en- gaged with his uncle, Henry Moulton, of York, and spent three years in learning the details of the ladder manufacturing business. At the expiration of this period he was offered a partnership with the uncle, and he bought a half interest in the business and continued one year. The younger man sought a broader field of operations, and negotiated the pur- chase of a ladder factory in Cambridge, Mass- achusetts, in which the elder took an interest. With increased facilities the firm became ex- tensively engaged, making headquarters at

Cambridge, because of superior shipping facil- ities. After about six years the junior part- ner became sole owner of the Cambridge business and plant, while the senior resumed sole proprietorship of the York plant. Under Mr. Moulton's able management the business in Cambridge expanded into large proportions, and in due time his son, Frederick H. Moulton, was admitted to partnership under the style of C. W. H. Moulton & Company. In ad- dition to manufacturing ladders of every de- scription they produce lawn and piazza chairs, settees, swings and kindred goods. Their lad- ders are used by fire departments, carpenters and fruit growers from Maine to Florida, and are noted for strength, durability and other essential qualities. Their products are made from selected spruce, basswood and oak lumber obtained from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Canada; an average force of seventy skilled operatives is employed, and of ladders alone two thousand are turned out per week. The old factory at the corner of Sixth and Gore streets becoming inadequate, in 1902 they erected a new plant at South and Harding streets, Somerville, just over the Cambridge line, but only a short distance from the old factory, and are thus well prepared for future expansion of trade. Mr. Moulton is a mem- ber of the Cambridge Trade Association, the New England League, and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, affiliating with New England Lodge No. 4, and New England En- campment, No. 34, both of Cambridge. In politics he is independent, and he attends the Pilgrim Congregational Church of Cambridge. For twenty years he resided on Thorndyke street, East Cambridge, but in 1894 he removed to 95 Magazine street, Cambridge, where he has since resided. He married, January I, 1874. Emma Victoria McIntire, born March 5. 1845, in Kittery, daughter of George and Clarissa McIntire of that town, the former of whom was a carpenter and builder there. Chil- dren : I. Marlon True, born December 18, 1874. died July 18, 1875. 2. Frederic Hammond, born February 23, 1878; was reared and edu- cated in Cambridge; is associated with his father in business, and has attained a foremost place among the younger generation of busi- ness men. He married May, daughter of William E. and Augusta Hayward, of Win- throp, Maine, and they have a daughter, Doro- thy Hayward Moulton, born July 26, 1904. 3. Amy Louise, July 31, 1879, is the wife of Percy Israel Balch, of Cambridge, residing in Washington, D. C., where Mr. Balch is an

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architect in the service of the Federal govern- ment ; they have a daughter, Bernice, born July 13, 1908, in Cambridge. Mr. and Mrs. Moulton have an adopted daughter, Ella Viola, born September 19, 1874, at Rockland, Maine, a graduate of the Latin high school and now employed in the Harvard University library.

GONGEON Antoine Gongeon, a native of France, of an ancient French family, came to America about the time of the revolutionary war and settled in Court St. Luke, a section of the city of Montreal, Canada. Here he followed farm- ing and became a well-to-do and influential citi- zen. His parents came to Montreal with him and he and four brothers helped to clear the homestead upon which the family lived and to which Antoine succeeded after the death of his parents. He died there in 1870 at the re- markable age of ninety-nine years. He was an active, industrious farmer, living a quiet do- mestic life. Many years before his death he retired from active labor, his farm being con- ducted by his sons. He married an American girl of French parentage. She died of cholera during the epidemic of 1857, aged forty-five years. Children, born at Court St. Luke: I. George, farmer, resided in his native place, where he died at the age of ninety-six ; mar- ried Crudan, of French ancestry, who also lived to a great age. 2. Josephine, mar- ried Euzub Lozon, a tanner by trade, lived near Montreal. 3. Mary, married Exavize De- Corea, a farmer ; she lived to be nearly eighty and died at her home near Montreal. 4. An- toine, farmer and hunter, lived to old age. 5. Margaret, married Gabriel DeCorea, a prom- inent and wealthy farmer near Montreal, of a prominent Montreal family ; he died at the age of ninety-six ; she at the age of seventy- five. 6. Aurette, married Otwold Lumeire, a prosperous farmer near Montreal. 7. Felix, born 1812; mentioned below. 8. John, learned the trade of wheelwright and when a young man settled in Louisiana ; served with distinc- tion in the civil war in the Confederate army ; he visited Montreal after the war, then re- turned to his southern home and doubtless died there.

(II) Felix, son of Antoine Gongeon, was born in Court St. Luke, Province of Quebec, Canada, in 1812, and died there in 1890. He had a common school education, and followed farming on the old Gongeon homestead. He married Josette Menrush, born on the famous

isle in the St. Lawrence, known as Catuawaga, which her ancestors settled and owned. Her ancestors were early setters and the family is still prominent in that section of the province, both in trade and in public life. Her brother Uzeous was killed by the Indians, many of whom lived on the island to a comparatively recent date. He was awakened at night to find his barns in flames and rushed into the building to save his stock, whereupon the Indians who were lying concealed, fastened the door and he was burnt to death with his horses and cows. Mrs. Gongeon was also a victim of the cholera epidemic of 1857, dying the same day that her husband's mother died, aged about thirty-five years. Felix married ( second) Children of first wife: I. Antoine, born 1838, farmer and blacksmith, now retired, living in Montreal ; married Odiel LeMore, born near Montreal of French parent- age. 2. Felix, Jr., born in 1840; died February 18, 1905; married Ellen Mclaughlin, a native of Ireland ; died without issue. 3. Napoleon, born in 1842, in business as a blacksmith at Franklin, Massachusetts, also a farmer; mar- ried Eliveen DeTresake; has no children. 4. Thomas, born in 1840, a farmer of Lowell, Massachusetts ; married Olive 5. Moses, born in 1853; died unmarried, aged twenty. 6. Gabriel, born May 10, 1855 ; men- tioned below. 7. Philemon, a successful real estate broker of Montreal; married Marie La- Francois, who died July 29, 1907, aged forty- two years.

(III) Gabriel, son of Felix Gongeon, was born in Court St. Luke, near Montreal, Canada, May 10, 1855. He was educated in the Mon- treal schools, and in 1872 came to Boston, Massachusetts, and apprenticed himself to the firm of Loude Brothers, Friend street, bakers. After five years he embarked in business as a baker on his own ac- count with small capital but much skill in his trade. He conducted a bakery at the North End for. five years, selling to good ad- vantage at the end of that time and starting again in business at the South End of the city. In 1890 he again sold out and established his bakery at Forest Hills, achieving remarkable success. Having acquired a competence, he retired from business and built a beautiful home at 66 Tower street. He has invested in valuable real estate in the vicinity. He is the owner of a large plot at the corner of Hyde Park and Walk Hill street, where he built a large hotel and apartment house. He married,

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November 28, 1884, in Boston, Margaret E. Burns, born at West End, Boston, February 15, 1859, daughter of John and Ellen Burns. Her father was born in Scotland, her mother in Ireland, and both came to the United States with their parents when very young, and lived in Boston. Mr. Burns was for forty-seven years connected with the Boston board of health. He died at the age of seventy-five, Mrs. Burns at the age of fifty-six. Their chil- dren: i. Margaret E. (Mrs: Gongeon) ; ii. Sarah Burns, born January 20, 1866, widow of Dennis Cunningham, now of Forest Hills ; three other children died in youth. All the family are communicants of the Catholic church. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Gongeon : I. Marie E., born December 6, 1883; educated in city schools; devoted to her home and family. 2. Louise, April 13, 1885; died 1894. 3. Josephine V., October 12, 1887; educated in the Boston public schools and the New Eng- land Conservatory of Music. 4. Gabriel, Jr., February 2, 1895; died April 17, 1904. 5. Child, died in infancy. The family are com- municants of the Catholic church.

ORCHARD The surname Orchard is de- rived from the old English word orchard, originally wyrt-

yard, an enclosure to grow herbs or wyrts, rather than fruit trees. The original progenitor of the family was doubtless a gardner. The family seat is in Devonshire and the coat-of- arms: Azure a chevron argent between three pears or. Crest : a crow or. Other branches of the family in England and Scotland bear the same or similar armorials. The family has lived in western England for many centuries, many of the men following mechanical trades.

(I) William Orchard was born in Bristol, England, in 1825. His parents and grand- parents lived in Lancashire. He learned the trade of tailor when a young man as apprentice of his father-in-law and followed the trade of merchant tailor in his native city the remainder of his life. He was in business in Bristol, where he died in 1875. He married Annie Mansfield, who was born in Bristol of an old Bristol family, in 1831. After the death of her husband, she came to this country in 1881 and made her home with her son, Edward Orchard, until her death in 1895. She was a devout Christian, a member of the Church of England. Children, born in Bristol: 1. Will- iam, married in England; came to this country and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts, where

he died at the age of thirty-six years, leaving no issue. 2. Emma, born in Bristol; married George Saddler and came to this country, set- tling in West Roxbury, where she died without issue. 3. William, born in Bristol; came to the United States in 1872 and found employ- ment with the National Rubber Company of Bristol, Rhode Island, of which he is now superintendent ; married Elizabeth ---- and has two children. 4. Robert, came to America in 1880 and settled in Roxbury; foreman of one of the manufacturing departments of A. Stowell & Company, manufacturers and deal- ers in jewelry, Boston; married Florence Ro- dier, a native of England; they have no chil- dren. 5. Edward, mentioned below.

(II) Edward, son of William Orchard, was born in Bristol, England, July 3, 1858. He attended the schools of that city. He was ap- prenticed to learn the trade of jeweler in the factory of Richard T. Green, of Birmingham, England, and acquired a thorough knowledge of the business and much skill as a craftsman. He came to this country in 1889 and found employment as a journeyman jeweler in the establishment of R. T. Hewiston & Company, Boston, manufacturers of jewelry and en- gravers. He advanced rapidly and in a few years was admitted to partnership in the firm. In 1900 he became sole proprietor, retaining the firm name. He has developed a flourish- ing business. He owns a substantial residence on Fletcher street, Roslindale, and is a well known citizen of that section of the city of Boston. In politics he is a Republican, and in 1905-06-07 was a member of the common council. In religion he is a Unitarian. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He married at Jamaica Plain, June 13, 1881, Elizabeth Sayce, born in Lan- cashire, England, February, 1861, of an an- cient and respectable family of that county. She came to this country to marry her affi- anced husband. Her two brothers came afterward; Alfred Sayce, now a successful shoe mender manufacturer at Roslindale; married Clara Finch and has three children; Edward Sayce, a manufacturer; married Levisa Wightman. Children of Edward

Orchard: I. Edward F., born October 12, 1884; educated in the public schools and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; pro- prietor of a music studio at St. Louis, Mis- souri. 2. William J., November 15, 1888; student in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 3. Evelyn, October 3, 1892, student in the public schools.

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This family is of great an-

WILLIAMS tiquity in England and Wales, and the name is de- rived from the ancient personal name William. Like many other possessive names it arose from the Welsh custom of adding to a man's name the name of his father in the possessive form, as William John's, from which quickly came Jones, David Dichard's, Thomas David's (Davie's Davis), and kindred forms. Sir Robert Williams, ninth baronet of the house of Williams of Penrhyn, was a lineal descend- ant of Marchudes of Cyan, Lord of Aberglen in Denbighshire, of one of the fifteen tribes of North Wales that lived in the time of Rhoder- ick the Great, King of the Britons, about A. D. 849. The seat of the family was in Flint, Wales, and in Lincolnshire, England. Oliver Cromwell, the Protector, was a Williams by right of descent, and was related to Richard Williams who settled in Taunton, Massachu- setts. Alden de Cromwell lived in the time of William the Conqueror, and from him de- scended in succession ten Ralph de Cromwells, the last dying without issue. The seventh Ralph de Cromwell married Amicia, daughter of Robert Berer, member of parliament. Rob- ert Cromwell was a Lancastrian killed in the wars of 1461. His son William (2) left a daughter Margaret, who was ancestor of both Cromwell and Williams. John Cromwell (3) married Joan Smith, and had son Walter (4),

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 85

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