Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 86

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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who married a Glossop. Katherine (5)

daughter of Walter Cromwell, married Mor- gan Williams, fifth from Howell Williams, mentioned below. Sir Richard (6), son of Morgan and Katherine, born about 1495, mar- ried Frances Murfyn. After reaching mature years he took the name of Cromwell, under the patronage of his mother's brother, Thomas Cromwell, and lived in Glamorgan- shire, Wales. Sir Henry (7), son of Sir Richard Cromwell, alias Williams, was called the "Golden Knight" of Hinchenbrook, Hunt- ington, and married Joan Warren. Robert (8) Cromwell, alias Williams, was of Hunt- ington, a brewer, and married Elizabeth Stew- art. Their first child was Oliver the Great Protector, who used the alias in his youth, his name appearing on deeds as Oliver Williams, alias Cromwell. (1) Howell Williams, Lord of Ribour, was progenitor of the Williams family of Wales. (2) Morgan, son of Howell Williams, married Joan Batten. (3) Thomas, son of Morgan and Joan Will- iams, was of Lancashire and died in London. (4) John, son of. Thomas Will-

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iams, married Margaret Smith and died at Mortlake, 1502. (5) John, son of John and Margaret Williams, born 1485, married Joan, daughter of Henry Wykis of Bolley's Park, Certney, and sister of Elizabeth Wykis, who married Thomas Cromwell (brother of Katherine, mentioned above), secretary to Henry VIII, Lord Cromwell of Oakham, Earl of Essex. (6) Richard, son of John and Joan Williams, born 1487, at Rochampton, settled at Monmouth and Dexter, and died 1559. (7) John, son of Richard Williams, was of Hunt- ingdonshire, near Wotton-under-Edge, Glou- cester, died 1577. (8) Williams, son of John, was also of Huntingdon and married (first) November 15, 1585, Jane Shepherd ; (second) December 4, 1603, Jane Woodward. His first child by the second marriage was Richard Williams, who settled at Taunton. The Will- iams families of America descend from more than a score of different ancestors. That sev- eral of them were related to Richard of Taun- ton seems certain, but the degree has not been traced in various instances.

(I) Stephen and Mary (Cook) Williams resided in England, whence their son came to America, and among the descendants was the founder of Williams College.

(II) Robert, son of Stephen and Mary (Cook) Williams, was born 1598, and baptized at Great Yarmouth, England. He came from Norwich to Roxbury, Massachusetts, where he was made a freeman in 1638. He sailed from Great Yarmouth in 1635, in the ship "Rose," and died at Roxbury, September I, 1693. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston in 1644. He married (first) December 11, 1628, in England, Elizabeth Stahlman, who died July 28, 1674; (second) Martha Strong, who died December 22, 1704. Children: Elizabeth, Deborah, John, Samuel, Isaac, Stephen and Thomas.

(III) Isaac, third son of Robert and Eliza- beth (Stahlman) Williams, was born Sep- tember 1, 1638, in Roxbury, and settled in Newton, Massachusetts, about 1660. He had a farm of five hundred acres, and was a prom- inent and useful citizen, serving as representa- tive several years, was deacon of the church, and commanded a troop of horse. He mar- ried (first) in 1660, Martha Pack, born March 2, 1642, died October 24, 1674, in Newton; (second) November 13, 1677, Judith, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Smith) Hunt, of Rehoboth, and widow of Nathaniel Cooper. .Children of first wife: Isaac (died young),

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Isaac, Martha, William, John, Eleazer, Han- nah, Elizabeth and Thomas; of second wife: Peter, Sarah, Mary and Ephraim.

(IV) John, fourth son of Isaac and Martha ( Pack) Williams, was born October 31, 1669, in Newton, and lived for a time in Roxbury, whence he came to Stonington, Connecticut, being one of the original proprietors of that town, where he died November 15, 1702. He married, January 24, 1688, Martha, daughter of Isaac and Martha ( Parke) Wheeler, of Stonington, born February 6, 1670; died De- cember 17, 1745. Children : Isaac, John, Martha, Deborah, William, Nathan, Benaiah and Eunice.

(V) Colonel John (2), second son of John ( I) and Martha (Wheeler) Williams, was born October 31, 1692, in Stonington, where he died December 30, 1761. He married (first), February 19, 1711, Desire, daughter of George and Mercy (Gorham) Denison, baptized 1693, died August 13, 1737; (second) Mary, widow of Christopher Helme, of Kingston, Rhode Island, died December 20, 1740; (third), No- vember 21, 1761, Prudence Potter, of Ports- mouth, Rhode Island, who died September 17, 1792. There were two children of the second wife-Edward and Mary. Those of the first were : Desire, John, William, Thankful, Mercy, Thomas, Robert, Prudence and George.

(VI) John (3), eldest son of John (2) and Desire (Denison ) Williams, was born May 14, 1714, in Stonington, and resided there. He married. December 25, 1736, Lydia, daughter of Elisha and Hannah ( Miner ) Chesebrough. of Stonington, born March 10, 1710. Chil- dren : Desire, Lydia, Prudence, Hannah, John, Elisha, Israel and Zerviah.

(VII) John (4), eldest son of John (3) and Lydia (Chesebrough) Williams, was born July 1. 1746, in Stonington, where he married, January 18, 1770, Content, eldest daughter of Joseph and Content (Hughitt) Denison, of that town. Children : John, Elihu, Lydia, Nathaniel, Jeremiah, Joseph, John Philips, William and Susan. The youngest son owned one-half of Cleveland in its early days.

(VIII) Joseph, son of John and Content (Denison ) Williams, was born March 27, 1776, in Stonington, and settled in Brooklyn, Con- necticut. His first wife was Betsie White. and he married ( second), in middle life, Rizpah Phillips. He was a trial justice for a time, and an honest, industrious farmer.

(IX) Frank G., only child of Joseph and Rizpah ( Phillips) Williams, was born July 9, 1833. in Brooklyn, Connecticut, where he grew

up on a farm. He attended district schools at Woodstock, Connecticut, then the Woodstock (Connecticut) Academy one and a half years, then Danielsonville Academy one year. . He then went back to the farm where he remained until 1861, and then came to Somerville. In 1861 he enlisted, at Somerville, in Company B, Fifth Massachusetts Volunteers. He was subsequently a member of the state militia, becoming quartermaster, and serving in all fif- teen years of military life. For some years he was engaged in the house-furnishing busi- ness on Hanover street, Boston, and is now in the milk business in Somerville, and also a dealer in real estate. Mr. Williams has taken an active interest in public affairs, and has been chosen by his townsmen to serve them in vari- ous capacities. He was assistant assessor and later chairman of the board of assessors, was seven years superintendent of streets, and ten years deputy collector. This long public service testifies to his integrity and ability and the confidence felt in him by his contemporaries. He married (first), November, 1867, Kath- erine Hobbs, who died February, - -, leaving a daughter, Florence G., now wife of Harley Brookhouse, and has three children: John W., Doris and Katherine Viola. Mr. Williams married (second) Margaret T. Ronayne. There are two children of the second marriage, born in Somerville : Margaret Rizpah and Josephine Frances.

PACKARD The surname Packard is of English origin and is often spelled Packer. In fact, nearly all the families of that name in the state of Connecticut use the latter spelling. Samuel Packard, immigrant ancestor, came to New England with his wife and one child in the ship "Diligent" of Ipswich, in 1638. He came from Windham, a small hamlet near Hingham, county Norfolk, England, and set- tled first in Hingham, Massachusetts. About 1660 he removed to Bridgewater. He held office there in 1664, and in 1670 was licensed to keep an ordinary. His sons, and probably he himself, were soldiers under Captain Ben- jamin Church in King Philip's war, in 1675- 76. His will was dated in 1684. Children: I. Elizabeth, born probably in England ; married, in 1665, Thomas Alger, of West Bridgewater. 2. Samuel, born in Hingham; married Eliza- beth Lathrop. 3. Zaccheus, married Sarah Howard, and lived in Bridgewater. 4. Thomas, born in Hingham; was living in Bridgewater in 1673. 5. John, born in Hingham. 6. Na-

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thaniel, married a daughter of John Kingman. 7. Mary, married Richard Phillips. 8. Han- nah, married Thomas Randall. 9. Israel. 10. Jael, married John Smith. 11. Deborah, mar- ried Samuel Washburn. 12. Deliverance, mar- ried Thomas Washburn, brother of Samuel Washburn.

(I) Oakes Packard, doubtless a descendant of Samuel Packard, mentioned above, as nearly all the Connecticut families of that name are descended from the Bridgewater' family, re- sided near Tolland, Connecticut, where there was a bell foundry and furnace. He married Mary Huntley. Children: 1. Eliab. 2. Sal- mon Sidney, mentioned below. 3. Nancy, mar- ried William Frost. 4. Amelia, became the second wife of William Frost. 5. Harlow.

(II) Salmon Sidney, son of Oakes and Mary (Huntley) Packard, was born in Con- necticut, died March 23, 1862. He married Sophia Dimick, who died December, 1873, daughter of Silas and Laura (Foster) Dimick. Children : 1. Alfred Silas, born February 6, 1847; mentioned below. 2. Francis Arthur, born April 28, 1849; educated in public and private schools and at age of nineteen worked for a year in the office of the Indian Orchard Mills ; was then with the Palmer Boston Duck Company for twenty-one years, being superin- tendent of the mills for the greater part of the time ; returned in 1890 to Indian Orchard as paymaster ; was overseer of poor at Palmer two years, and also served as selectman ; mem- ber of Thomas Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, at Palmer, and Hampden Council, Royal and Select Masters; member of Wes- leyan Methodist Episcopal Church. He mar- ried, December 24. 1873, Clara Emma Smith, daughter of Oren B. Smith ; children: i. Viola Gertrude, born March 17, 1874; ii. Vina Grace. November 23, 1879. 3. Edward Salmon. 4. Homer Dimick. 5. Wilber Herbert, member of Reswell Lee Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Springfield, Massachusetts.

(III) Alfred Silas, son of Salmon Sidney and Sophia (Dimick) Packard, was born in Springfield, February 6, 1847. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Springfield, and at the age of fourteen worked on his father's farm. For one year he was employed on the Boston & Albany railroad, and in 1864 went into the office of the Indian Orchard Mill as clerk. In 1866 he was promoted to the posi- tion of paymaster of the mill and held that office until 1889. At that time he went to the Holyoke Valley Paper Company as a pay- master, remaining until 1893, then accepting

a similar position with the Linden Paper Com- pany, where he is still employed. He is a member of the Park Congregational Church, of Springfield, and active in church work, being treasurer of the Sunday school and a member of the parish committee. He is a member of Roswell Lee Lodge, Free and Ac- cepted Masons, and Morning Star Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He is a trustee of the Ludlow Savings Bank, of which he was presi- dent for three years, until his resignation. He married, 1881, Eliza H. Stimson, born 1850, daughter of Sumner and Joan Stimson, of Palmer, Massachusetts. Children: 1. Edith Louise, born August, 1883 ; married Frederick E. Clark, of Newark, New Jersey. 2. Roland Alfred, May 29, 1884; employed in electrical works in Mt. Vernon, New York. 3. Harold Arthur, October, 1891.

The annual reunion of the Packard family was held in Grand Army Hall, East Elm street, Brockton, Massachusetts, September 15, 1909. The president of the association spoke on the early days of the Packard family, and the vice-president on where they are found to-day and what some of them are doing. Others also spoke on various subjects. The associa- tion was formed in order to hold together all members of the family, of whatever name. The president of the association is Abbott W. Packard and the secretary is Sarah L. Mecuen.

Joseph Henry O'Neil, president O'NEIL of the Federal Trust Company, of Boston, was born in Fall River, Bristol county, Massachusetts, March 23, 1853, son of Patrick Henry and Mary ( Harrington) O'Neil. His education was ac- quired in the Boston public schools, graduating in 1866. He then worked at the printing busi- ness for a short time, and afterwards learned the trade of carpenter with Jonas Fitch & Company, who conducted an extensive busi- ness. In 1870 he assisted in the formation of St. James Young Men's Catholic Total Ab- stinence Society, of Boston, of which he was president many years. He also was one of the originators of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Massachusetts, of which he is vice- president. He has been an active factor in the politics of the city and state in which he re- sides, serving with credit and distinction in the various offices to which he was elected by the voice of the people. In 1874 he was elected member of the school board from Ward 7. Boston, and a member of Democratic city com- mittee same year. He was a member of the

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house of representatives from Ward 16, Bos- ton, in 1878-79-80-81-82; he refused to be a candidate for 1883, but was elected in 1883 for the following year, and each time by in- creased majority, demonstrating the fact of his popularity. He served on the committee on liquor law in 1878; committee on public buildings in 1879; committee on street rail- ways in 1880-81-82; in 1881 on special com- mittee appointed to revise public statutes; in 1882 was a member of the special committee on redistricting the state congressional dis- tricts; in 1884 was a member of committee on railroads. He was president of the Demo- cratic organization of the house of representa- tives in 1880; was for five years (1882-86) a member of the board of directors of depart- ment of public institutions of Boston, and during the last eighteen months was chairman of the board. He was elected city clerk of Boston while he was chairman of the board of public institutions, and held the office until his successor was elected in 1889. In 1888 he was unanimously nominated by the Demo- cratic convention of the fourth congressional district for the house of representatives of the United States, and received the largest major- ity ever cast for a Democratic candidate in the state. He was a member of congress from 1895 to 1899, has been a member of the sink- ing funds commission of the city of Boston since 1899, and was assistant treasurer of the United States Subtreasury at Boston from 1895 to 1899. In addition to serving as presi- dent of the Federal Trust Company, of Boston, to which he was elected in 1899, he is a trustee of Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company. He is a member of the Exchange Club, Clover Club and the Boston Athletic Assocation.

Mr. O'Neil married Mary A. Ingoldsby, at Boston, July 1, 1884, daughter of John and Maria (Plunket) Ingoldsby. One child, Jo- seph Henry, born June 5, 1885, a graduate of Georgetown (D. C.) University, and now a student at Harvard Law School. Mr. O'Neil resides at No. 122 Seaver street, Boston.

This name is among the oldest in WEEKS New England, and has been represented by numerous immi- grant ancestors all of whom left large progeny. It is found in the early records under a great variety of spellings, those chiefly in use now being Weekes, Weeks and Wicks. In early generations in England it was often spelled Wyke, and many variations upon this spelling

are found, such as Wyck, Wycke, Wicke, Weik, Weick, and many others. There are many traditions relating to the origin of the name, and English authorities state that the Devonshire family was descended from Rob- ert Le Wrey, who was living in 1135, the first year of the reign of King Stephen, and was undoubtedly of Norman blood. Presumably his father came into England with William the Conqueror. Late in the fourteenth century the Devonshire family had a seat at North Wyke, in Tawton Hundred, some twenty miles westerly from the city of Exeter.

(I) George Weekes came from Devonshire, England, in 1635, in the same ship with Rev. Richard Mather, and settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Tradition says he was accom- panied by three brothers, one of whom was drowned soon after arrival. Another went to the eastward, and the third to the south-westward. As the parentage of Leonard Weekes, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has been estab- lished, and there appears no George among his father's children, it is presumable that the above tradition has little foundation. George Weekes is described as a member of a religious family and possessing much culture for the time. He was admitted freeman at Dorchester, Massachusetts, May 13, 1640, and was one of the seven (select) men in 1645, 1647-8, and probably at other times. Besides being a farmer he was a surveyor, and frequently served on committees to lay out roads, and farm and town boundaries. He was one of the three trustees of the estate of Edward Bullock, who returned to England and made provision for his wife and children before his departure. George Weekes was an earnest friend of free education, and his name ap- pears among those who conveyed to the town Thompson's Island for the benefit of the schools. As nearly as can be learned now, his home appears to have been on the north side of Harvard street, near its junction with School street. The records show that he possessed several tracts of land. He died December 28, 1650. His wife Jane was a sister of Roger Clap, and after his death married Jonas Humphrey as his second wife, and died Au- gust 2, 1668. Children : William, Jane, Ammiel, Joseplı; the last born in Dorchester. (II) Ammiel, second son of George and Jane (Clap) Weekes, was born in 1632-3, in England, and died April 20, 1679, in Dor- chester, at the age of forty-six years. He wrote his name like his father, Weekes, but his sons omitted the last "e," and the form

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used by them has been generally followed by this line of his descendants. He was made freeman at Dorchester, May 6, 1657, and ap- pears of record that year as a landholder. He was constable in 1673, and was on the com- mittee to establish town lines in that year and the next, also in 1678. He seems to have in- herited his father's profession of land sur- veyor. With his wife Elizabeth he was ad- mitted to the Dorchester church, May 18, 1656. She was probably a daughter of William and Elizabeth Aspinwall, born September 30, 1633. Children: William, Elizabeth (died young), Elizabeth, Thankful, Ammiel, Ebenezer, Jo- seph, Supply, Thomas and Hannah. Ammiel Weekes and wife were buried in the old grave- yard on Stoughton street, Dorchester, near Uphams Corner.

(III) Ebenezer, third son of Ammiel and Elizabeth Weekes, was born May 15, 1665, in Dorchester, and was a tailor, residing in Bos- ton, where he was taxed in 1691, and died before 1712. He was admitted to the church at Dorchester, Massachusetts, March 21, 1686, and married at Milton, May 8, 1689, Deliver- ance, daughter of William (2) Sumner, of Boston, born March 18, 1669; died March 21, 1712. She was a sister of his brother Joseph's wife. Children : William, Jane, Ebenezer (died young), Elizabeth, Hannah and Eben- ezer.

(IV) William, eldest child of Ebenezer and Deliverance (Sumner) Weeks, was born Feb- ruary 20, 1690, in Boston, and died in 1749-50, in what is now Portland, Maine. He resided for a time on Chebeague Island, in Casco Bay, whence he removed in 1744 to the "Neck" in Falmouth, the district set off in 1786 as Port- land. The town made several grants of land to him ; on March 20, 1728, thirty acres ; April I, same years, three acres, and a house lot of one acre ; July 21, of following year, ten acres. He was probably engaged in agriculture. He married, December 3, 1724, Sarah Tukey, of Dorchester. Children : William, Lemuel, Abi- gail, Esther and Anne.

(V) William (2), eldest child of William (I) and Sarah (Tukey) Weeks, was born about 1725, in Falmouth, and resided in that part known as North Yarmouth, in the district now the town of Cumberland. His farm was known as the "Weeks Place" in 1822, and his house was then standing. He married, June 22, 1749, Rebecca Tuttle. Children: William, Lucy, Mary, Esther and Nathaniel.

(VI) Nathaniel, youngest child of William (2) and Rebecca (Tuttle) Weeks, was born

about 1760, in Falmouth, and married, about 1780, Rachel ( Prince) Sweetzer, born July 22, 1747; died September 20, 1843. The records state her age at ninety-six years, but there is probably some error, and she was likely born later than the date here given. Children: I. Isaac, died in the West Indies, aged twenty- three years. 2. Reuben, was so unfortunate as to incur the ill will of Spanish authorities, and was unjustly imprisoned in Honduras, where he died at the age of twenty-three years. 3. Lemuel, died in the West Indies when eighteen years old. 4. Ezra, mentioned below. 5. William, died young. 6. Anne G., born 1800; married William Hamilton, resided in North Yarmouth.

(VII) Ezra, fourth son of Nathaniel and Rachel ( Prince) Weeks, was born June 3, 1790, in North Yarmouth, and died March 16, 1868, in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He resided in his native town; was in Portland in 1821, and again in 1833 ; was in Cumberland in 1823, and Westbrook, Maine in 1825. He was an inn-keeper by profession. He married Han- nah Merrill, who survived him nearly four years, and died November 2, 1871. Children : 1. Phoebe Winslow, married Enoch Emerson, and resided in Boston. 2. Fannie Winslow, married Charles Edward Sawyer, of Portland. 3. Reuben, a soldier of the civil war; resides in Roslindale, Roxbury, Massachusetts. 4.

Andrew Gray, receives mention below. 5. William, resided in Portland, and died in Malden, Massachusetts. 6. Caroline Livings- ton, wife of John F. Foss, lived in Boston. 7. Ezra, was a druggist, employed for many years by a firm in New York City. 8. Angelina Merrill, deceased, was wife of George M. Cloyes, of Troy, New York.

(VIII) Andrew Gray, second son of Ezra and Hannah ( Merrill) Weeks, was born June II, 1823, in Cumberland Centre, Maine, and was educated in the public schools of Port- land. In 1839 he went to Boston to seek em- ployment, which he found in the apothecary store of Frederick Brown. He remained here two years and then engaged with Smith & Fowle, continuing ten years in their employ- ment in the same line of business. On leaving that employment he formed a co-partnership with W. B. Potter under the firm name of Weeks & Potter, and engaged in the wholesale drug business in Boston. The business was ultimately incorporated under the style of the Weeks & Potter Company. Mr. Weeks died at his summer residence in Guilford, Vermont, June 26, 1903. He was a member of Massa-

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chusetts Lodge, A. F. and A. M., and was also affiliated with a Royal Arch Chapter of the same fraternity. He was a sound and success- ful business man, and was frequently offered positions of honor and trust, but his time and energies were wisely devoted to his business and he was seldom found absent from the management of his affairs. Though well quali- fied for the management of public concerns, he preferred the quiet of private life. He was a director in the Equitable Fire and Marine Insurance Company, of Providence, Rhode Island, and also of the Theological Library, of Boston. He was a warden of Emmanuel Epis- copal Church, and a member of several social clubs in the city of Boston, where he made his home. He was a firm believer in the growth and prosperity of the city, and invested his large fortune in real estate; which proved sound in almost every instance. Some of the parcels which his foresight selected years ago have trebled in value. He married, September 16, 1847, in New York City, Harriet Pitts. daughter of Charles and Harriet (Pitts) Pierce, born December 14, 1824. Children: I. Harriet Emma, died in infancy. 2. Warren Bailey Potter, born May 3, 1858; married, De- cember 8. 1885, Gertrude Carruth Washburn, daughter of Miles Washburn, of Boston. 3. Andrew Gray, born October 2, 1861 ; married, October 10, 1883, Alice Standish Taber, of New Bedford; was connected with the Weeks & Potter Company. 4. Hattie Pitts, born Febru- ary 24, 1865 ; is wife of S. Reed Anthony, of Boston.

The Overlock family is of OVERLOCK German extraction, and it is thought that the name was originally Locke. About the middle of the eighteenth century a number of German fami- lies settled in Knox county, Maine, and the immigrant ancestor of the Overlocks of that locality was among these colonists.

(I) John Henry Overlock and his wife Adelia were among the first settlers in Wash- ington, Knox county, Maine, and the original homestead of the family is still standing. They worshipped in the old German church in Waldo- boro, which Jolin Henry Overlook constructed, and they were frugal, intelligent and God-fear- ing people.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 86

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