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JONATHAN EMERSON lived in a small cottage, that still stands, nearly opposite the place above described.
He was son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Bruce) Emerson, b. 1768 ;
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m. '1796, Martha Williams, of Saugus, died 1841, aged 73. Chil. : John, for many years the bell-ringer, and now d. Martha, who m. Samuel Parker, and now lives in Wakefield. This place is now the property of heirs of Hon. Thomas Emerson.
WID. OLIVE NEWELL lived in a house that stood near the spot where now stands the mansion owned and occupied by E. Eugene Emerson.
This house and the farm connected with it became the property of Rev. Jonas Evans, who occupied it several years, and subsequently the house was removed to the easterly part of Lawrence Street, a highway laid out through said farm. It was occupied by James Gould in 1795 and was probably built by Joseph Gould, who lived there in 1765.
Mrs. Newell removed hither from Boston, with her two daughters, Olive and Charlotte. She was the widow of Andrew Newell, of Bos- ton, and dau. of Samuel and Sarah Edes, of Charlestown. She was then a pleasant and social old lady, of genteel manners, intelligent and highly respectable. She presented to the Congregational and Baptist societies of South Reading, each, a large, handsomely bound copy of the Bible, for pulpit use. Her daughter, Olive, became the second wife of Capt. John Holman, of 'Salem, whose first wife was a dau. of Rev. Mr. Nelson ; they removed to the State of New York, and are both dead.
Charlotte, the other dau., married Dr. Samuel, son of Dr. John Hart, who now lives in Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. Newell had other chil- dren, who were older, and who settled in Boston ; among whom were Joseph, a merchant ; and a dau., wife of Hon. Henry Farnum, also a merchant and sometime an alderman.
JOHN WHITE, SEN., lived in a small house standing near the above, and belonging to the Newell place, called the farm-house, for the use of the family that carried on the farm. Mr. White was a native of Lexing- ton. He subsequently purchased the old house, lately removed from its site, near L. Beebe's ; m. in 1791, Judith, dau. of Thos. and Lydia ' Green, and had chil .: Judith, b. 1791, and who is now the wife of Joseph Pierce, of Wakefield ; John, b. 1795, married Nancy Eaton ; was an extensive and successful shoe manufacturer ; lived some years in the "Abbott House " (opposite late Hon. Thos. Emerson's) ; sub- sequently purchased the Thos. Evans farm ; removed thereto, and built the mansion thereon, now occupied by his widow, and died in 1860, aged 65, leaving two daughters, one of whom is the wife of John G. Aborn. Nathan, b. 1798, m. Fanny Eaton, and removed to Ohio ; Nancy, b. 1800, married Henry Gray, and died 1869 ; Adaline, b. 1807, m. Wm. Emerson, and settled in Ct .; Lydia, b. 1812, m. 1832, B. F.
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Abbott, was mother of George Abbott, and is now dead; William, b. 1813, who m. 1836, Sarah Cowdrey, and lives in Wakefield. The father died Oct. 14, 1842, aged 732 years.
JESSE CARTER lived in the " Abbott house " aforesaid, now belong- ing to the heirs of late John White, Jr. He came from Woburn ; was a bootmaker; m. 1811, Susanna, dau. of Benj. and Elizabeth Emer- son ; was captain ; removed to Hanover, N. H .; had one son, Lyman, who was drowned at sea ; buried his wife and removed to Plainfield, Vt., where, in 1868, he was still living. This house was erected about 1808, by John Hay, a son of Dr. John Hay, who soon after removed from the town.
LILLEY EATON lived at the corner of Main and Salem Streets ; was the son of Lilley and Sarah (Emerson) Eaton (see Early Settlers) ; was b. 1768 ; m. 1797, Eunice, dau. of Thos. and Rebecca Evans. He d. 1822, aged 54. His widow d. 1866, aged 85.
EATON MANSION, corner of Main and Salem Streets.
He occupied the house that still stands upon this corner, and which was erected by him in 1804. At the time of its erection it was by far the most imposing dwelling in the village, and occupied a position
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that was then accounted the centre of population and business for the South Parish.
Mr. Eaton was in early life a shoe manufacturer ; after the erection of this house, he opened therein a country store, which he continued (except from 1809 to 1812, when it was occupied for the same purpose by T. & A. Evans) up to the time of his death. For many years it was the most considerable store in the town, or indeed in the vicinity, and was long patronized by the people of this and all the adjacent towns. In 1813 he had the honor of establishing the first temperance grocery ever kept in the town. He was one of the founders and long a pillar of the Baptist church and society in this place. He furnished . for many years, free of charge, a room in his house for his society to use for their religious, social, and conference meetings. In the third story of his house was an unfinished hall that was furnished and used for this purpose, especially on Sabbath evenings ; and long known in the family as the " Meeting Chamber." And some are still living who can remember the fervent prayers, the pious exhortations, and the earnest zeal, that used to fill that "upper chamber."
This house was also long known as the "Pilgrims' Hotel," as it was the general resort of travelling clergymen, and other brethren and sisters of the faith, where they always found a cheerful welcome.
Mr. Eaton had the reputation of being a liberal, upright, and honor- able man, and his widow, who survived him many years, and during her last decade was totally blind, ever sustained the character of an earnest, hospitable, and Christian woman. Their children were: Eu- nice, b. 1798, and m. 1833, Charles H. Hill, Esq. ; Sally, b. 1800, and d. 1801 ; Lilley,1 b. 1802, and m. 1824, Eliza, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Nichols, and died in Wakefield, Jan. 16, 1872 (was the writer of these sketches). Mary Bentley, b. 1805 ; m., Ist, 1823, Abraham Emerson, and m., 2d, 1853, Capt. Ira Wiley, of Wakefield ; Stillman, b. 1807, and d. 1828 ; Emily, b. 1811, and m. 1838, Rev. Peter Folsom, formerly of Maine., lately of Wakefield ; he died 1872 ; John Sullivan, b. 1822 ; m., Ist, 1846, Harriet W. Oliver, of Malden ; she d. 1852 ; m., 2d, 1854, Ann E. Knowles, of Corinna, Me., and lives in Wakefield.
When the house aforesaid was built, an old mansion was taken down, which was then standing upon this spot, and which had been removed hither from Greenwood by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, who occupied it a while, and was living in it in 1765 ; afterwards it was occupied by Dea. Jacob
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Emerson, John Gould (who was here in 1795), and by Samuel Batts, each of whom kept a small grocery therein.
LATE RESIDENCE OF HON. LILLEY EATON.
JOHN GOULD lived in a house recently taken "down, that stood on a narrow lane or court leading out of Main Street, and now a part of Pearl Street. It was a [very ancient-looking mansion, with gambrel- shaped roof, whitewashed and homely ; it was originally built (in 1730, it is said), and used for a malt and brew-house, probably by the Fitch family, who formerly owned it. Mr. Gould's father, William Gould (or "Gold," as it is written in the old records), was a native of Ipswich, and a son of Major and Elizabeth Gould, and was baptized in 1726. He was a descendant, no doubt, of Zacheus Gould, an original settler of that part of Ipswich which is now Topsfield. He came to Reading when a young man, and m. and settled on this place. (See Early Settlers.)
Mr. John Gould was born in 1758 ; m. 1785, Mary, dau. of Phineas Sweetser, who lived on the Pierce farm, now so called, in Stoneham,
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and was brother of Michael Sweetser, who lived where Asa N. Sweetser now lives.
He (John Gould) was a boot and shoe maker ; was the first town clerk of South Reading, which office he held twelve successive years ; was of the first and succeeding boards of selectmen, and representative in 1816.
In person he was tall, straight, and florid ; wore a long cue ; was of stern and dignified demeanor ; possessed good native talents, was of great firmness, and opposed to all new-fangled notions in business, politics, or religion ; disliked any innovation upon the ways and man- ners of the fathers ; he sincerely " asked for the old paths," and liter- ally walked therein. He was well read, for whatever he judged worth reading at all, he read thoroughly. Dr. Young was one of his favorite authors, from whom he was ever ready to quote. He was a social companion, and under an outside crust of dignity were veins of humor and fun. . He was a strong republican patriot, and an honest man. He died in 1835, aged 77. His chil. were : John, b. 1786 ; settled in Bal- timore ; was there during the last war with England ; was engaged in the battle of North Point, where he
" Fought, bled, died," he used to say, And from those cursed Britons ran away, And lived to fight and run another day.
Not being successful in business in Baltimore, he returned to South Reading, became a shoe manufacturer, and was again unsuccessful ; in consequence of these repeated discouragements, he made the matter worse by an occasional resort to the intoxicating cup ; but the Wash- ingtonian reform of 1840 caught him and restored him, and to his honor be it recorded he never relapsed. He was intelligent, fond of reading, wrote verses on various subjects, particularly on temperance, and acquired the soubriquet of "Temperance Poet Laureate."
He m. Jan. 29, 1855, Lucy Washburn. He d. 1864, aged 78.
Charles, another son of John, b. 1790, was a soldier in the service of the United States, during the last war with England, in the Black Hawk Indian war, and afterwards. He died in 1869, at South Reading. Mary, b. 1792, is still living, unm. ; Elizabeth, b. 1794 ; was a success- ful school-teacher in her younger days; m. John Aborn, son of Dea. Samuel Aborn, of Lynnfield ; has a worthy family of children, and still lives in Wakefield ; Nancy, b. 1799 ; died June 8, 1865, unmarried ; Sophia, b. 1801 ; was a sprightly, social woman ; was for many years a popular school-teacher ; she died 1842, aged 41.
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JEREMIAH BRYANT lived in the house now occupied by Andrew Young ; was b. 1768 ; son of Jeremiah and Rebecca (Boutwell) Bryant, and a descendant of Abraham Bryant (see Early Settlers). He m. 1790, Mary, dau. of Jabez and Lydia Carter. He d. 1852, aged 84. Was a blacksmith, "as all his fathers were," and long occupied an old, low shop, at the head of the Common, on the spot where he afterwards built a larger shop, now torn down. His dwelling-house was then very much smaller than at present. Mr. Bryant was a very industrious, kind-hearted, and honest man ; of com- mon intelligence, modest, unassuming and retiring ; having been once elected a selectman, he declined the office ; he was contented by hard work, economy, and close calculation, to quietly lay up a competence. He was hay-weigher, and foreman of the fire-engine for many years. He began life quite poor, but by the steady accumulations of a long life of industry and economy, he counted at last his tens of thousands. His wife, who used to be called "Lady Bryant," was genteel in her manners, and more fond of show and appearance than her husband, but always prudent and close, rather severely so to her domestics sometimes, as they thought. They had two chil. : Jeremiah, b. 1790; who m. 1820, Abigail Winn, sister of Maj. Suel Winn ; was for many years constable and auctioneer, and for a season deputy sheriff, and a very efficient police officer ; was naturally intelligent, was well-educated in the common school, and generally well-informed ; was an ingenious mechanic. He was early subject to disease that gradually broke down his constitution, impaired his mind, and weakened his powers of self- denial. He d. Jan. 18, 1856 ; Mary, b. 1800 (was called Maria, when young), was a fine, intelligent girl, sprightly, vivacious, graceful, and amiable ; m. 1820, Harfield Hart, and was a virtuous and valuable woman ; was mother of the late Mary B., Ellen, late wife of Andrew Young, Henry C., Everett, and other children. She d. Jan. 14, 1833.
THOMAS EMERSON, JR .* (late Hon. Thomas), lived in the Prentiss house, on Common Street, so called from Rev. Caleb Prentiss, who for- merly owned it, and who d. in it in 1803. (See Prentiss Geneal.) The place was the parsonage of the First Parish, and was sold to Mr. Pren- tiss in 1770.
Thomas Emerson, Jr., was the son of Thomas and Ruth Emerson (see Early Settlers) ; b. 1785 ; m. 1813, Betsey, dau. of Dea. James and Sarah (Hopkinson) Hartshorn ; she died in 1873; was school
* See sketch of his life and character in Chapter XV.
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committeeman, selectman, representative, senator, justice of the peace, captain of cavalry, etc.
For many years he was the most extensive and successful shoe manu- facturer in the place, giving lucrative employment to large numbers of the inhabitants, and thus essentially promoting the prosperity of the town. He retired from active business previous to his death, and was president of the National Bank of South Reading and Wakefield, from its organization until his decease in 1871. His children are : Thomas, b. 1816 ; senior member of the firm of "Thomas Emerson's Sons," shoe manufacturers ; m. 1840, Emily, dau. of late Tho. Swain; James F., b. 1830, junior partner of said firm ; m. 1856, Harriet O., dau. of Hubbard Emerson, Esq .; she d. 1861 ; has been captain, and is now town treasurer ; Augusta Buchan, b. 1821 ; m. 1848, Francis Odiorne, of Malden ; Sarah Hartshorn, b. 1824; m. 1850, B. F. Barnard, who was a lieutenant in the War of the Rebellion ; Maria J., b. 1828 ; m. 1850, Maj. Geo. O. Carpenter, of Boston.
MRS. RUTH EMERSON (Mother of Hon. Thomas).
WILLIAM WILLIAMS occupied a part of the Prentiss house aforesaid. His father died in the Revolutionary war, when William was an infant. His mother, Sarah, m. 1785, Timothy Stearns, of Lynnfield. William was an apprentice to Col. Amos Boardman. He m. 1798, Bathsheba Smith, of Malden ; she d. 1816, aged 42. He m., 2d, 1817, Sarah Trull, and he d. 1853, aged 77. His children by his first wife were : Henry, b. 1800, and William, b. 1803 ; these were pleasant, sensible,
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and promising young men, but early faded and passed away, each dying of consumption at the age of 20. By second wife he had : Sarah, who m. Andrew Mason ; he was killed in the War of the Rebellion; Ann Maria, the wife of Solon Walton.
STEPHEN HALE lived in the old tavern house, recently demolished, that stood near Emerson's shoe factory. He was a shoe manufacturer, and at the time referred to kept a public house. This old mansion and farm were formerly the homestead of Samuel Poole, b. 1700, son of Jonathan (Esq.) (see Early Settlers), who d. 1752, and of whom the Rev. Mr. Hobby, who then lived in the Prentiss house, in recording his death, says: "He was my kind and good neighbor." The late Thomas Poole, of Woburn, father of Mrs. Col. Hartshorn, and the late Samuel Poole, of Boston, father of Mrs. Capt. D. S. Oliver, and of Mrs. William Burditt, were his grandsons.
Mr. Hale was not a native of Reading ; came, it is understood, from the vicinity of Newbury ; was a man of good character and respectable abilities. He m., Ist, 1799, Sarah, dau. of Edmund and Sarah (Brown) Eaton, a sister of Dr. Joseph Eaton, who was for many years a surgeon in the United States service, and now dead. She died in 1809, and he m., 2d, 1811, Sally, dau. of Dea. James Hartshorn ; she d. 1813, childless. He m., 3d, 1816, Amelia Wheeler, of Gloucester. By his first wife he had two children : Stephen, b. 1801, was a trader in New York, and d. unm. ; Sarah, who m, and settled in Gloucester. By his third wife he had several children, and removed to Gloucester, and there died. He was succeeded on the place by Leonard Wiley, whose wife was a niece of Mr. Hale's first wife. Mr. Wiley kept tavern here many years.
This old inn was a famous resort in former days. It contained the most spacious hall in the village, and was the place for dancing and singing schools, for masonic lodge meetings, for public dinners, cau- cuses. puppet-shows, etc. On training days it was head-quarters, and on holidays it was the centre of attraction for bowling, prop-shaking, drinking, etc. The old house was taken down in 1865.
CALEB EATON lived in the house (since enlarged) now occupied by Wid. Lucinda Spaulding. He was son of Lilley and Sarah (Emerson) Eaton, b. 1773 ; m. 1800, Hannah Blair, of Boston, and d. 1846, aged 72. Had chil. : Caleb, who settled in Connecticut ; Victor, d. a young man ; Lucy, who m. Ralph Pratt, and is now dead ; Noah, who m., Ist, Hannah Witherspoon, and m., 2d, Wid. Lund ; Hannah, who m. E. S. Upham, of Wakefield. This place was the early homestead of the Weston family. (See Early Settlers.) Ephraim Weston, a grand-
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son of John, the first settler, was living on the place in 1760, and kept a grocery store. After Mr. Weston's death the house was said to be " haunted." (See Centen. Poem, Chap. X.)
LILLEY EATON, Sen., and his son, JACOB EATON, lived in the ancient mansion that recently stood at the corner of Eaton and Crescent Streets.
Lilley Eaton; Sen., was son of Noah and Phebe Eaton (see Early Settlers), b. 1738 ; m. 1762, Sarah, dau. of Dea. Brown Emerson, and d. 1812, aged 73. His wid. d. 1821, aged 80. They had chil. : Sarah, b. 1763, and m. Joseph Boutwell, of Amherst, N. H .; Lucy, b. 1765, and d. of consumption in 1807 ; Susanna, b. 1766, and d. 1828, of dropsy ; Lilley, b. 1768 ; Jacob, b. 1771 ; Caleb, b. 1773 ; Phebe, b. 1777, and m. Cornelius Sweetser ; Hannah, b. 1779, and m. 1801, Lemuel Sweetser, Esq., Catharine, b. 1781, and m. Benj. Badger, Esq. Jacob Eaton, afore- said, who occupied at this time a part of the same mansion with his father, m. 1796, Rebecca Holmes, of Bridgewater, who d. 1838 ; and m. 2d, 1838, the wid. of his brother Lilley ; he d. 1858, aged 87.
He was one of the founders, and, for more than half a century, a dea- con of the Baptist church. A memoir of his life has been published, which truly says of him, " that he was of noble person and noble intel- lect, and long stood in the front rank of our citizens, esteemed for his integrity, venerated for his wisdom, and beloved for his goodness." He had children : Zenas, b. 1797 ; m. 1825, Lois Smith ; was a Baptist deacon, and is now dead ; Rebecca Ames, b. 1799, and m. 1827, Jona. P. Lund, and now lives in New Bedford ; Sarah, b. 1802, and m. 1823, Abel F. Knight, and is now dead ; Olive, b. 1805, and m. 1839, Wm. G. Skinner, of Wakefield ; Jacob, b. 1808, and m. 1833, Louisa At- well, and settled in Cambridge ; is a deacon, etc .; David, b. April 29, 18II ; m. Dec. 25, 1833, Lucinda Barnard, and d. Oct. 4, 1837 ; Abbie Davis, b. 1818, and m. 1840, B. F. Bancroft, of Wakefield.
This old mansion was formerly the homestead of a branch of the Poole family ; was sold by Zachariah Poole to Benjamin Gibson, of Boston, who sold to Noah Eaton.
BURRAGE YALE lived in the mansion occupied by him at the time of his decease, and which is now owned by Chas. H. Stearns, on the corner of Main Street and Yale Avenue.
This house was built by Daniel Sweetser, a brother of the late John Sweetser, Esq., about the year 1800. Mr. Daniel Sweetser was the father of Samuel Sweetser, of Cambridge, and other children now deceased.
Mr. Yale was a native of Meriden, Ct. ; born March 27, 1781. He
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was son of Amerton and Sarah (Meriman) Yale, and was descended through said Amerton Yale, b. 1756 ; Nash Yale, b. 1715 ; John Yale, b. 1687 ; and Capt. Thomas Yale, b. about 1647, an early settler of New Haven, Ct.
Mr. Yale came to this town about 1810 ; he commenced business as a tin pedler, and used after to boast that his first entry into South Reading was on barefoot, by the side of his tin cart. He commenced the manufacture of tin-ware in this town in a small shop that, until very lately, stood near what is now the corner of Common and Lafayette Streets. He gradually enlarged his business until he became one of the heaviest tin-ware dealers in the State, employing a hundred pedlers. In 1812 or '13, he opened an extensive country store in his dwelling- house, which he continued for some years ; his brother, Eli A. Yale, lately of Charlestown, and his brother-in-law, Asa L. Boardman, were his clerks. He was also a wholesale dealer in tin-plate and other arti- cles. During the last war with England he invested largely in a com- modity, which he still held at the declaration of peace, by which purchase he got pretty well gummed; he declared, however, that he would keep the article until the price should come up to cost ; if he did thus hold on, it is presumed he left gum arabic among his effects at his decease.
Mr. Yale was a shrewd and accomplished business man, rigidly prompt and exact in all his payments, and equally so in the collection of his debts ; was a careful and skilful accountant ; nice in his calcula- tions, systematic in the arrangement of his business, wise and sagacious in the selection of agents, scrutinizing, attentive, and watchful of all de- partments of his work, and liberal in providing for, and compensating, his employees ; he therefore amassed a great estate.
Mr. Yale had some peculiarities and some faults ; and who has not? He was accused of being proud, haughty, and ambitious ; despotic among his clerks, journeymen, and apprentices; dictatorial in his family, ungentle to his wives and children, and unmerciful to his debtors.
He may have been so to some extent, for such were the tenacity and thoroughness with which he put through his plans and calculations, that whatever project he started, like the car of Juggernaut, must roll on to completion in spite of all opposition. These traits of character would be likely to make enemies. It is remembered that he once ren- dered himself so odious to a portion of the people, partly by his lofty demeanor, but mainly by his unrelenting endeavors to collect his dues, that on a certain night he was hung in effigy upon one of the old oaks on the common, and then consumed in a great funeral pyre, amid the shouts of the crowd ; and on the succeeding morning might be read, in
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bold relief upon a board nailed high upon the oak, these words in epitaph :-
" This great and mighty lord, he is no more !"
But in contrast with these traits of character, there was a pleasing side. He was dignified, polite, and hospitable ; oftimes a social, agree- able, and instructive companion. We have listened with much pleasure and profit to the narrative of his struggles with poverty in his early life ; his pursuit of knowledge under difficulties ; his perseverance under many discouragements in establishing himself in business ; and his constant and unswerving efforts, at almost any sacrifice, to acquire and maintain a credit for perfect punctuality and exact honesty in all his dealings. Such a credit he did gain and ever held. He was, moreover, a man of neatness, system, and order ; possessed a good stock of native intelligence, and was well read in political economy and general knowledge.
He was a friend and patron of education, spirited and liberal towards public improvements. Although he was ambitious, he was not very for- tunate in obtaining public office ; he was occasionally a candidate for the State Legislature, for which he was highly qualified in some respects, but his severe exactness in little trivial matters, even with friends and relatives, ever kept him unpopular and unsuccessful. He was town treasurer for a year or two, and a justice of the peace for several years.
He m., Ist, in 1808, Sarah Smith, dau. of Col. Amos Boardman ; she d. in 1844, aged 60. We shall ever bear this lady in affec- tionate remembrance as our earliest and kindest instructress at the Centre school. She was a faithful teacher, and our memory of her in that capacity is most pleasant. In after-life she was ever a most worthy and valuable woman. His second wife was Wid. Wyman Richardson, of Woburn, a most estimable lady, who chose soon to sepa- rate from him, and went to live with her relations in Connecticut. His ยท children, all by his first wife, were: Sarah A., who m. Rev. William Heath, of South Reading ; Lucillia T., who m. Rev. Nathan Munroe, of Bradford ; Octavia A., who m. Rev. Geo. P. Smith, of Woburn. These daughters were amiable, intelligent, and accomplished women, and vir- tuous members of society. They are now all dead. Burrage Buchanan, the only son, married a dau. of Maj. Daniel Flint, of North Reading, who died soon. He is now a merchant in the city of New York, and again married. Mr. Yale, senior, died 1860, aged 79.
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