Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 87

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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(II) Andrew, son of John Henry Overlock, was a native of Washington, was married there and reared a family in that town. The maiden name of his wife was Martha Nelson, and in common with all of that name in Maine, New

Hampshire and northern Massachusetts she was a descendant of Thomas, an immigrant from England who settled at Salem, Massa- chusetts, in 1638. Children: Adna, Simon, Randall Charles, Nancy E. and Jane A. (Not given here in the order of their birth).

(III) Randall Charles, son of Andrew Over- lock, was born in Washington, about the year 1829. As a young man he was a shipbuilder in Bath Maine, but later became a farmer in Appleton, that state, and is still residing there. He was formerly quite active in local public affairs, holding various town offices, including those of selectman and clerk, and in politics he is a Democrat. In his religious belief he is a Congregationalist. He married, in Appleton, in May, 1855, Lydia Clara Cunningham, whose family trace their descent from a Scotch noble- man. Of this union their were two.sons : Mel- vin George, M. D., mentioned below ; and Obed S., of Hartford, Connecticut, who has for ten years been lay superintendent of the Retreat for the Insane.

(IV) Melvin. George Overlock, M. D., son of Randall Charles Overlock, was born in Appleton, August 24, 1864. Having graduated with high honors from the Appleton high school, he taught mathematics for some time, and with the money thus earned he defrayed the expenses of a course of study at the normal school in Castine, Maine, which he entered in 1887. His professional studies were begun under the direction of Dr. Rich, of Worcester, Massachusetts, continued in the medical de- partment of Dartmouth College, and concluded at the Baltimore ( Maryland) Medical College, from which he was graduated Doctor of Medi- cine in 1896. Locating in Worcester the same year, he inaugurated his professional career with an energy and enthusiasm which immedi- ately produced unusually promising results, and having in due time fully demonstrated his ability, he attained a position of prominence among the leading physicians of that city. Dr. Overlock is medical examiner for the Pru- dential Insurance Company of America, also the Commercial Travellers' and the Pilgrim Fathers' Insurance companies, and is actively connected with the Independent Pharmaceu- tical Company of Worcester, of which he was one of the promoters. Although the numerous duties devolving upon him through his connec- tion with these organizations, together with his large and constantly increasing practice, occupy the major portion of his time, he has neverthe- less interested himself actively in various move- ments of vital importance to the general public,

M. G. Overlock.

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and consequently has acquired prominence and influence in other fields of usefulness outside of his legitimate sphere of action. He was appointed by Governor Guild in 1908 as state inspector of health, and was prime mover in a determined effort to prohibit the traffic in infected meat, which recently agitated the peo- ple of the commonwealth, and took the initial steps toward protecting the consumer through the medium of special legislation. He was also mainly instrumental in inducing employers to provide relief to their employees suffering from tuberculosis, and by introducing a system of factory talks at noon to operatives he has inaugurated a movement which must prove beneficial to their future welfare. He has just written a book entitled, "The Working People, their health and how to protect it," which is now being published. He is the author of a bill to establish a sanatoriam in all cities and towns in Massachusetts, for the care of all advanced consumptives, which is now before the legislature. In politics he is a Republican, and as an influential member of the school board from Ward 7, he has introduced a num- ber of valuable improvements in the public school system of the city. In 1905 and 1906 he was his party's candidate for mayor. Dr. Over- lock is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Medicine, the Massachusetts Medi- cal Society; the National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, and its committee of one hundred on national health; of the Phi Chi fraternity of Baltimore Medical College ; of Ridgely Lodge. Independent Order of Odd Fellows: Quinsigamond Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men: Worcester Lodge, No. 112, Knights of Pythias ; Quinsigamond Court, Foresters of America, also Worcester Con- clave, Foresters, and Worcester Grange, Pat- rons of Husbandry. He attends the Congre- gational church. His office is conveniently connected with his residence, which is centrally located at No. 91 Chandler street.

This family is of Scotch M'GINLEY origin, and the name is spelled variously Mckinlay, McKin- ley, McGinley, McGinlay, etc. In Scotland the family of MacKinlay, or MacIanla, was located in Aberdeenshire, and was a branch of the clan Farquharson, one of the septs of the clan Chat- tan. Of the families of the name which went to Ireland, the McGinleys settled in county Donegal and the Mckinleys in Antrim and Donegal. The Scotch ancestry given below is that of the late President Mckinley, as well as of this family.

(I) Duncan MacDuff, Maormor of Fife, was born about 1000 A. D. He killed Macbeth, December 5, 1056. (II) Dufagan MacDuff was styled second Earl of Fife. (III) Con- stantine MacDuff, styled third Earl of Fife, died 1129 ; called "a discreet and eloquent man' in justiciary of Scotland. (IV) Gillimichael MacDuff, fourth Earl of Fife, died 1139. (V) Duncan MacDuff, fifth Earl of Fife, was Regent of Scotland in 1153, and died 1154. (VI) Seach MacDuff was commander of the army of King Malcolm IV, which quelled the insurrection of Moral, 1161, and died 1179. He was called Mac-an-Toi-sic (son of the chief), which became the surname of the family. He was founder and first chief of Clan MacIntosh; married Giles, daughter of Hugh de Montgomery. (VII) Shaw Oig MacIntosh, died 1209-10, was second chief of Clan MacIntosh, and governor of the castle of Inverness thirty years. He was in the battle of Torvain ; married Mary, daughter of Sir Henry de Sandylands ; three sons. (VIII) William MacIntosh, married Beatrix Learmouth. (IX) Shaw MacIntosh, fourth chief of MacIntosh, married 1230, Helena, daughter of William, Thane of Calder, and died 1265. (X) Far- quhar MacIntosh, fifth chief of Clan MacIn- tosh, was killed in a duel, 1274 ; married Mora. of Isla, daughter of Angus Mor, and sister of Angus Oig, the protector of Bruce. (XI) Angus MacIntosh, or Angus Mac Farquhard, was born 1268, and died 1345 ; married, 1291-2. Eva, daughter and heiress of Gillipatrick, son of Dugall Dall, who was son of Gillichattan- Mor, founder of Clan Chattan. Angus was a supporter of Robert Bruce, and took part in the battle of Bannockburn in 1314. (XII) Ian MacIntosh. (XIII) Gilchrist MacIntosh. (XIV) Shaw Mor MacIntosh was leader of

September 20, 1889, Dr. Overlock was united in marriage at Hartford, Connecticut, with Miss Nettie Louise Leib, who was born at Warehouse Point, that state, November II, 1864. She is a daughter of Augustus and Antoinette (Heilman) Leib, and is descended from an old and highly reputable family of Heidelberg, Germany. Dr. and Mrs. Overlock have one daughter, Blanche May, born Sep- . the victorious thirty at the battle of the North tember 14, 1891, who for three years has been a student at the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston.

Inch of Perth, in 1396, which is described by Sir Walter Scott in his "Fair Maid of Perth." (XV) Seumas MacIntosh was chief of the

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Clan, and was killed at the battle of Harlaw, 14II, the final contest between Celt and Teu- ton for Scottish independence. (XVI) Allis- ter Ciar Mackintosh, married a daughter of Stuart, of Kinkardine. (XVII) Fearchard, or Farquhar Mackintosh, was forester to the Earl of Mar, appointed hereditary chamber- lain of the Braes of Mar ; married a daughter of Parrick Robertson, and his sons were called Farquharson. (XVIII) Donald Farquhar son, the Piobrachd, married a daughter of Robertson, of the Calvene family. (XIX) Farquhar Beg married into the family of Chis- holm. (XX) Donald Farquharson married Isabel, daughter of Duncan Stewart. (XXI) Findlay, commonly called Findla Mor, or Great Findla, was killed at the battle of Pinkie 1547, while bearing the royal standard of Scot- land. He married (first) a daughter of Baron Reid, of Kincardine Stewart, by whom he had four sons who took the name of MacInla, the Gaelic form of "son of Findlay," being pro- nounced in that way. The Clan MacKinlay badge is the fox-glove, and the old motto "We force nae friend, we fear nae foe." (XXII) William MacKinlay died in the reign of James VI, and had four sons who settled at "The

Annie," near Callender, in Perthshire. (XXIII) Thomas (?) MacKinlay, son of William, lived at "The Annie" in 1587. (XXIV) Donald MacKinlay, born at "The Annie," was a grandson of William XXII. (XXV) John MacKinlay was born at "The Annie" about 1645, and had three sons : "James the Trooper," and John, born 1679. (XXVI) James McKinley, called "James the Trooper," went to Ireland as guide to the vic- torious army of William III at the battle of the Boyne, 1690. He settled in Ireland, and was ancestor of most of the Mckinleys there. He had five children, among whom was David, born about 1705, called "The Weaver," who came to Chanceford township, York county, Pennsylvania, probably before 1745, when he had a grant of land ; died in 1761 ; was ances- tor of President Mckinley.

(I) James McGinley, of this family and thought to be nephew or cousin of James Mc- Ginley, last above named, was born, according to family tradition, at the head of the Elk, Delaware, in 1701, but judging from the his- tory of the Scotch-Irish settlers in Pennsyl- vania and vicinity and was more likely born in Ulster, Ireland, and came to Delaware when a young man. With him begins the American line. He settled in Pennsylvania, and was one of four men who bought all the land in

what is now called Carroll's Tract, then known as Carroll's Delight, being a grant of five thousand acres from Lord Baltimore to Dan- iel Carroll, of Duddington Manor, Prince George's county, Maryland. At his death in 1735 it descended to his son Charles Carroll, afterwards a signer of the Declaration of In- dependence of the United States. The four men who bought this tract were Archibald Beard, John Witheron, John Lochray and James Mc- Ginley. It was situated within between Penn- sylvania and Maryland, claimed by both prov- inces, and finally allowed to Pennsylvania, in York county, afterwards in the part incor- porated as Adams county. In the part ap- portioned to McGinley he built first a log house, about 1745, and afterwards a substan- tial stone dwelling house, both of which were standing until recently. Here lived five gen- erations of the family as seen below. He mar- ried - Garretson, of Maryland.

(II) John, son of James McGinley, was born in Adams county, Pennsylvania, about 1745. He married Jane Alexander, also of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Children : Mary ; Mar- garet ; James; Joseph, mentioned below ; John; Sarah; Abigail; Ebenezer ; Rev. Amos Alexander, pastor of Presbyterian church in Path Vallet, Pennsylvania, for a period of fifty years.

(III) Joseph, son of John McGinley, was born about 1775, in Pennsylvania, and lived on the homestead. He married a daughter of Captain John Paxton, who served in the Con- tinental army in the revolution and was se- verely wounded in the battle of Germantown. Children: Jane, died young; William, died young : John, mentioned below.

(IV) John (2), son of Joseph McGinley, was born on the homestead, in 1799. He lived on the homestead, Fairfield, Adams county, Pennsylvania. He married Eliza, daughter of Robert McCormick, of Path Valley. He was a farmer, and served one term as associate judge of the court of common pleas of Adams county. Children: Rev. William Anderson, mentioned below ; Robert McCormick; Mar- garetta, Elizabeth ; Mary Belle; Emma.

(V) Rev. William Anderson McGinley, son of Hon. John McGinley, was born in Fairfield, Pennslyvania, February 15, 1831. He re- ceived his education at Gettysburg College and at Washington College (now Washington and · Jefferson College), Washington, Pennsylva- nia. Hc read law, and was admitted to the bar at Gettysburg about 1854, and located at lowa City, lowa, for the practice of his pro-

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fession. Becoming interested in religious work, he abandoned the law practice and for a short time taught Latin and Greek at the University of Iowa. He went to Oberlin, Ohio, for one year, to prepare for the min- istry, and afterwards graduated from Andover Theological Seminary at Andover, Massachu- setts, in 1858. His first pastorates were at Shrewsbury and Newburyport, Massachusetts ; afterwards he was pastor of the Ross Street Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, New York, which he freed from a heavy debt by his la- bors, and later was for many years at Ports- mouth, New Hampshire. In 1895 he was set- tled as pastor at Chula Vista, San Diego county, California, where he died, May 25, 1896. The period of his ministry extended over thirty-nine years. During the civil war he was a member of the Christian Commission, and as such was engaged on the field of An- tietam during the battle. He was also at Gettysburg just after the battle for six weeks. He was delegate to the National Council of Churches at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1880. He married, July 11, 1860, Eliza Burdon Fay (see Fay family). He had a son, Arthur Kings- ley, mentioned below, and Robert, died in in- fancy.

(VI) Arthur Kingsley, son of Rev. Will- iam Anderson McGinley, was born in Shrews- bury, Massachusetts, but spent less than three years of his childhood in his native town. The family went from Shrewsbury to Newbury- port, Massachusetts, and thence after a couple of years to Gloversville, New York, where he began his schooling in the public schools. The family removed to Brooklyn, New York, where he entered the Brooklyn Polytechnic In- stitute in which he was a student for three years; and then for several years he had a private tutor. He prepared for Cornell Uni- versity under Professor Lucien A. Wait, at Ithaca, New York, and entered Cornell Uni- versity in the class of 1885, where he took a two years' course, afterward attending Colum- bia University Law School for one year. He was a student for two years and a half in the law offices of William B. Winterton, of New York City. He began to practice law at Em- poria, Kansas, soon after he was admitted to the bar in 1891. Thence he went to Kansas City, in the legal department of a large finan- cial concern. After a time he removed to San Diego, California, was admitted to the bar of that state February 3, 1896, and spent two years in general practice. He was appointed in the legal department of the Massachusetts

Mutual Life Insurance Company, in Kansas City, Missouri, January 1, 1898, and since 1901 has lived in Springfield, Massachusetts, first as assistant counsel of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and later as general counsel since January, 1909. He mar- ried Idena de Steiguer Rippey, of Brookline, Massachusetts, June 1, 1908. Mr. McGinley has taken high rank in the legal profession, is well known in insurance circles, and is per- sonally popular. He is a member of the Kappa Alpha society of Cornell University, and of the Nayasset Club of Springfield. He attends the Church of the Unity, of Spring- field. In politics he is a Republican.

(The Fay Line).

(I) John Fay, immigrant ancestor, was born in 1648, in England, and died December 25, 1690, in Marlborough, Massachusetts, where he resided. He married (first) Mary Brigham, born in Watertown, 1638-9, died there 1676, daughter of Thomas and Mercy (Hurd) Brigham. He married (second) July 15, 1678, Mrs. Susanna (Shattuck) Morse, born in Watertown, 1643, daughter of William Shattuck, of that place, and widow of Joseph Morse. She married (third) July 30, 1695, Thomas Brigham Jr., brother of John Fay's first wife. Children, born in Marlbor- ough, of first wife: I. John, November 30, 1669. 2. David, October 15, 1671; died young. 3. Samuel, October 11, 1673. 4. Mary, February 10, 1675. 5. David, April 23, 1679 ; mentioned below. 6. Gershom, Oc- tober 19, 1681. 7. Ruth, July 15, 1684. 8. Deliverance, October 7, 1686; died 171I.

(II) David, son of John Fay, was born April 23, 1679, and died April 10, 1738. He inherited the homestead in Marlborough, on the north side of Clean Hill, and settled in that part of the town set off as Southborough, east of Wolfpen Hill. About 1731, with Robert Horn, he built a grist mill on Stony Brook, in the southeast part of the town. He united with the church April 2, 1710. Before the in- corporation of the town of Southborough he was on a committee to seat the meeting in the Marlborough church, and the next year was a constable of Southborough. He was selectman of Southborough in 1730-33-35. He was a weaver by trade. His family was one of those assigned to the garrison of Isaac Howe for protection from the Indians. He married, May 1, 1699, Sarah, daughter of John and Joanna (Hale) Larkin. Children: I. John, born January 30, 1700; died December

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23, 1704. 2. Joanna, born December 7, 1701 ; died November 23, 1720. 3. Sarah, born March 1, 1704. 4. David, born March 25, 1707; died October 4, 1720. 5. Lois, born March II, 1709. 6. John, born December 16, 1710. 7. Moses, born October 7, 1712. 8. Robert, born July 20, 1715. 9. Edward, born May 16, 1717. 10. Aaron, born April 18, 1719; mentioned below. II. Joanna, born July 3, 1721, died November 22, 1721. 12. David, born April 6, 1723.

(III) Captain Aaron, son of David Fay, was born in Southborough, April 18, 1719. He served in the French and Indian war. He settled on the Stow farm in the southeast part of Southborough. He built a mill nearly on Stony Brook, which was afterwards rebuilt by his grandson, Colonel Fay. Afterwards he removed to the homestead on the north of Clear Hill. He was tythingman in 1766-67- 68; overseer of the poor, 1767-68; selectman in 1769-74-75-76-77, and was captain in the militia. He died very suddenly in his carriage near the Stony Brook station in Southbor- ough, in January, 1798. He married (first) Thankful Newton, born July 27, 1719, daugh- ter of Jonathan and Bethia (Rice) Newton. She died about 1756, and he married ( second) Eunice Bradish, who died in December, 1786 Children of first wife: I. Eunice, born May 9, 1742; died March 31, 1752. 2. Aaron, born January 16, 1743. 3. Francis, born August 27, 1745. 4. Nathan, born February 6, 1747. 5. Daughter, died young. 6. Solomon, born August 7, 1750. 7. Elijah, born May 5, 1751 ; died same day. 8. Heman, born September 21, 1752. 9. Bethia, born June 9, 1754. 10. Joseph, born August 19, 1756. Children of second wife: II. Thankful, born August 9, 1758; died young. 12. Francis, born October 13, 1760. 13. Rhoda, born April 12, 1762. 14. Eunice, born July 14, 1764. 15. Jeremiah, born January 31, 1768; mentioned below. 16. Micah, born October 14, 1769. 17. Joshua. 18. Eli. 19. Edward. 20. Son, died young.

(IV) Jeremiah, son of Aaron Fay, was born in Southborough, January 31, 1768, and was a farmer. He lived first in Southbor- ough, and removed to Westborough, and back again to Southborough. In 1812 he went to Hopkinton, in 1818 to Natick, in 1819 to Fra- mingham, and in 1821 to Grafton. He mar- ried Lydia Bemis. Her grandmother's brother, Ashael Reid, was killed at the battle of Lexington. Children : 1. Lyman, born Oc- tober 19, 1797; mentioned below. 2. Jere- miah, May 26, 1798; died young. 3. Rhoda,

June 5, 1799. 4. Aaron, January 26, 1801. 5. Susan, October 25, 1803. 6. Mary Bemis, June 26, 1804. 7. Newell, April 22, 1806; died December 7, 1880. 8. Lowell Brigham, born January 19, 1808. 9. Samuel Foster, Novem- ber 27, 1809. 10. Simeon Daniel, March 26, 1812. II. Gilman W., July 2, 1814; died April 20, 1860. 12. Nancy Lewis, born July 29, 1816. 13. Sarah Jane, April 28, 1820; died March, 1849.

(V) Lyman, son of Jeremiah Fay was born in Southborough, October 19, 1797, and died in December, 1867. He was a farmer. He married Judith Batcheller, granddaughter of Major David Batcheller, who served in the war of the revolution. Children: 1. Lydia, born May. 1821. 2. Joel, June, 1823. 3. Charlotte Augusta, 1832. 4. Eliza Burdon, married, July 11, 1860, Rev. William Ander- son McGinley (see McGinley family).

The surname Bennett is de- BENNETT rived from the Latin word Benedictus, meaning. "bless- ed." Several immigrants of this name from the mother country were among the founders of New England. In the colonial records four different forms of spelling are to be found, viz. : Bennett, Bennet, Bennitt and Bennit. All these forms of spelling appear in the revolu- tionary rolls of Massachusetts, recording the military service of no less than two hundred and fifty-nine of this name. In reference to his remote antecedents, the late James Gordon Bennett, founder of the New York Herald, states that: "The Bennetts were a little band of freebooters, A. D. 896, in Saxony. I have no doubt they robbed and plundered a great deal. They migrated to France and settled on the Loire, where they lived several hundred years. The family was Roman Catholic, and later of the Church of England." The evi- dence that the name was originally Benedictus is fairly conclusive, and one of the principal reasons for this conclusion is the fact that the Bennetts of Pithouse, in Wiltshire, considered the most ancient family of that name in Eng- land, have a coat-of-arms with the motto: "Benedictus qui toluit crucem." "Blessed be he who has borne the cross."

Although the Bennetts of New England are numerous, it is very difficult to trace them backward from the present generation to the immigrant. It is probable, however, that the family about to be considered is descended from Sergeant Samuel Bennett, who settled in Providence, Rhode Island, prior to 1645. It

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is also quite probable that he was an immi- grant, but this fact has not as yet been defi- nitely determined. He was granted twenty- five acres of land at Providence in 1646, and in 1652 was one of twelve who subscribed to the following : "I do declare and promise that I will be true and faithful to the Common- wealth of England as it is now established, without a king or house of lords." He was a cooper. In 1652 he was chosen general ser- geant, and the same year he purchased of Stukeley Wescott a house lot, orchard, meadow, etc. He was made a freeman in 1655. May 7, 1656, he appeared in court as plaintiff in a suit brought against Henry Fowler, administrator of the estate of Henry Forte, to recover for the loss of a calf which had been killed by the latter's dogs, and he was awarded the sum of twenty-four shillings. In 1655 he was again chosen town sergeant, and the following year it was voted to pay him twenty pounds for his services in that office. He was chosen commissioner in 1657. In 1660 he sold certain lands to William Car- penter. In 1661 he served upon the grand jury, and in 1666 he took the oath of alle- giance to King Charles II. For the years 1668-74-77-78 he served as representative to the general assembly, and the latter year be- came a resident of East Greenwich, Rhode Island. He had been granted one hundred acres of land in that town by the assembly, to be allotted him from the first division of five thousand acres, "if any will relinquish a right, if not, then in the next township of five thousand acres to be laid out." November 20. 1682, he and wife Anna confirmed to Richard Everdeen land sold in Everdeen's lifetime, viz. : Thirty-four acres upland and a share of meadow, etc., in Providence, near Solitary Hill. The year of his death is determined by his will. which was made August 25, 1684, and proved October 23, that year. In it he appoints his wife executrix and Thomas Olney and John Whipple Jr., overseers. Having provided for his children he bequeathed to his widow, in addition to all remaining debts, goods, chattels, etc., the homestead, land and build- ings at East Greenwich, for her use during widowhood, and the next day after her mar- riage or at her decease to go to son William. This last provision probably became effective. as his widow Anna, whose maiden surname is unknown, married (second) Moses Forman, and she died in 1705. Children of Sergeant Samuel and Anna Bennett: Edward, Eliza- beth, Samuel, William, Benjamin and Pris-

cilla, not given in the order of their birth, ex- cepting the first three. Of Edward it is said that he was one of the men "who stayed and went not away" in King Philip's war, and so was entitled to share in the disposition of cer- tain Indian captives whose services were sold for terms of years. Elizabeth, died 1721, married Edward Inman, and had children : Edward, Samuel, Francis, Benjamin, Joseph and Isaiah.

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 87

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