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In relation to the Kenrick line, it is be- lieved that the earliest bearers of that surname came from the north, or mountainous part, of Wales, to which the descendants of the Saxon Kenric are supposed to have fled for refuge from the part of England immediately south of the Bristol Channel, about . eleven or twelve
hundred years ago. A David Kenrick, with his share of the spoils obtained in the war with France, to which he went in 1356, with Edward the Black Prince, rebuilt the church of Ashley, near Wales, where he lies buried. In the English lists of surnames, Kenricks appear as members of Parliament, chaplains of the House of Commons, knights, sheriffs, and Doctors of Divinity. An Edward Kenrick was Lord
Mayor of London in 1656, and a William Ken- rick was a Doctor of Laws and a lexicographer.
John' Kenrick, the immigrant progenitor of the line, b. in England at York, according to one account, in the year 1604, was a member of the First Church in Boston in 1639, according to the records. He subsequently removed to Brookline, where his first wife Anna d. in No- vember, 1656. Thence he went to the south- ern part of Newton and bought land bounding on the Charles River in a locality since called "Kenrick's Bridge," where his descendants afterward lived for six generations. The first name of his second wife was Judith. He d. August 29, 1686, aged eighty-two years. His children were: Hannah, b. in 1639, who m. Jonathan Metcalf, of Dedham, Mass .; Joseph, b. in February, 1640; John, b. in October, 1641; and Elijah, b. in 1643, who d. in 1680. Elijah m. Hannah Jackson, and became the father of Ebenezer Kenrick, who, b. in 1679, went to Coventry, Conn., and later to Han- over, N. H., and was the ancestor of the Ken- ricks of that place, of Colonel Edward Ken- rick, of Albany, N. Y., and of other branches of the family found in Ohio, Michigan, and elsewhere.
John2 Kenrick, b. October 3, 1641, the third child of John,' and who d. in September, 1721, succeeded to the homestead, and by his wife Esther became the father of a large family of children, most of whom were daughters.
Captain Caleb3 Kenrick, the third son of John and Esther Kenrick, was b. March 8, 1694, and d. in 1771. In 1721 he m. Abigail Bowers (Brown or Bowen), of Roxbury, whose death occurred September, 1775. Their chil- dren were: John, b. August 8, 1722, who m. Anna Dana, of Cambridge, and d. in 1805; Benjamin, b. January 30, 1724, who went to Amherst, N. H., and d. in November, 1812; Esther, b. April 26, 1726, who m. Major Mayo; Abigail, b. in March, 1729, who m. B. Adams, of Boston; Sarah, b. May 20, 1732, who m. John Fillebrown, and d. in May, 1825; Daniel, b. October 4, 1735, who settled in New Hampshire and subsequently d. there; Caleb, b. January 29, 1740, who m. Elizabeth Parker; and Ann, b. April 3, 1743, who m. the Rev. Samuel Dana, afterward Judge Dana.
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Benjamin Kenrick's daughter Anna, who m. General Benjamin Pierce in 1789, was the mother of Franklin Pierce, the President of the United States in 1853-57. Ann (Ken- rick) Dana was the mother of Judge Daniel Dana, and the grandmother of General Dana, of Charlestown, Mass. Her daughter m. Gov- ernor Bell, of New Hampshire, and became the mother of Dr. Luther Bell and of the Hon. Samuel Bell, M. C.
Ensign John4 Kenrick, the first child of Caleb and Abigail Kenrick by his wife Anna Dana, became the father of three children, as follows: of Abigail on January 18, 1750, who successively m. Enoch Brown and Jonathan Freeman, and d. in 1791 ; of Elizabeth on No- vember 3, 1753; and of John on November 6, 1755. Elizabeth5 Kenrick, who d. in 1831, m. Nevinson Greenwood, and became the mother of Mary6 Greenwood, who m. Edward6 Brown.
Thomas' Greenwood, of the Greenwood line to Mary,5 settled in Newton, Mass., in 1667; was a Selectman there in the years 1686, 1687, 1690, and 1693; and was the first Town Clerk of Newton. His death occurred on September I, 1693, at the age of fifty years. On July 8, 1670, he m. Hannah Ward. Their son, John2 Greenwood, Esq., b. about the year 1674, m. Hannah Trowbridge, who was b. in 1672, daughter of Deacon James Trowbridge. John d. August 29, 1737. He held the commission of Justice of the Peace, and was for eighteen years, beginning in 1711, a Selectman of New- ton and the town's representative in the Great and General Court. Lieutenant Josiah3 Green- wood, son of John and Hannah Greenwood, b. June 21, 1709, d. in May, 1792, having at- tained the age of eighty-three years. He was also a Selectman of Newton. The maiden name of his wife, whom he m. April 1, 1731, was Phebe Stearns. Their son, Nevinson4 Greenwood, who was b. October 22, 1751, d. in 1805. His occupation was that of carpen- ter and builder. He settled in Brighton. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of John and Anna (Dana) Kenrick, and became the father of Mary5 Greenwood, who was the wife of Edward Brown.
The Greenwood line through Sarah Ann
(Greenwood) Brown, the mother of the subject of this sketch, is identical with the preceding line ending with Nevinson4 Greenwood. Ne- vinson's son, John5 Greenwood, b. December 14, 1780, like his father, was also a carpenter and builder. John's death occurred on April 22, 1861. On November 16, 1806, he m. Elizabeth Payson. His daughter Sarah Ann, 6 b. December 22, 1810, who d. August II, 1859, became the wife of Stephen Dana Brown, as already stated.“
Both of the Greenwood lines go back to William' Ward, of Yorkshire, England, who was in Sudbury, Mass., in 1639. William's son, John2 Ward, b. about the year 1626, be- came a freeman in 1643, and was one of the proprietors of Sudbury in 1651. About the year 1650 he m. Hannah Jackson, who was b. in England in 1631. Her father, Edward Jackson, who was then a resident of the part of Cambridge now the site of Newton, was a Se- lectman and a Deputy to the General Court for nine years. John Ward d. in Newton on July 8, 1708, aged eighty-two years, and his wife on April 24, 1704, aged seventy-three years. Their daughter, Hannah3 Ward, as al- ready stated, became the wife of Thomas Greenwood, with whom each of the Greenwood lines begins.
Born in Cambridge, November 24, 1846, son of Stephen Dana and Sarah Ann (Greenwood) Brown, John G. Brown has been a resident of his native city throughout his lifetime. He had attended the public schools for the usual period when the Civil War broke out. Fired with patriotic enthusiasm, although but fifteen years of age, he then went to the war with the Forty-third Regiment, Massachusetts Volun- teers, as an assistant to the regimental surgeon, Dr. A. Carter Webber, and shared its fortunes for nine months. In 1863 he entered the em- ployment of Fuller & Dana, of Boston, a lead- ing firm in the iron business. His salary for each of the first three years spent here was fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, and one hundred and fifty dollars, respectively. He remained with Fuller & Dana until 1868, after which he was employed by Gay, Manson & Co., of Bos- ton, in the same business for two years. Then was organized the firm of Bacon &
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Brown, dealers in iron and steel. The firm had been in existence about eight years, when in 1878 Mr. Brown purchased his partner's in- terest. Six years later he took Manley W. McClure into partnership, changing the firm name to Brown, McClure & Co., and they in 1890 admitted William Q. Wales, when the firm name became Brown, McClure & Wales. Upon the death of Mr. McClure in 1892, the surviving partners adopted the present title, Brown & Wales. The business, which has been carried on at Nos. 69-83 Purchase Street, Boston, since 1875, is among the largest of its kind in the country.
On June 1, 1871, Mr. Brown was united in marriage with Laura Wheaton Anthony, who has borne him two children : Anthony La For- est, on January 25, 1873; and Elizabeth Greenwood, on July 10, 1874. Born in Taun- ton, Mass., April 3, 1850, Mrs. Brown is a descendant of John Anthony, who, with his wife, came to this country from England about the year 1646. Her father, Frederick Augus- tus Anthony, was b. in Fall River, Mass.
The marriage of her parents took place on September 16, 1845. Her mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Moulton Fisher, also a native of Taunton, b. December 24, 1822, daughter of Nathan and Marion (Carpen- ter) Fisher, d. December 12, 1901. Nathan Fisher, her mother's father, b. March 6, 1785, m. his wife Marion on May 2, 1819, and d. Oc- tober 15, 1852; and Marion, her mother's mother, a daughter of Captain Carpenter, of Rehoboth, Mass., d. October 26, 1869. Mrs. Brown's paternal grandfather, David Anthony, son of David and Submit Anthony, was a type of the vigorous indomitable men who laid the foundations of New England's varied industries. His father was the youngest of the eleven chil- dren of Benjamin Anthony, all of whom were sons; and his mother was one of the thirteen children of Jeremiah Wheeler, of Rehoboth, none of whom d. under the age of fifty years, and some of whom lived more than ninety years.
David Anthony was b. in Somerset, Mass., January 9, 1786. One of ten children com- prising his parents' family, he passed his boy- hood upon the home farm, attending a country school for three or four months of each year
until these attendances amounted to about thirty months. At the age of fourteen, he went to live with John Bowers, of Somerset Shore, who kept a large country store, where he was occupied in cleaning brasses, washing dishes, and taking care of children for about two years. Then he was promoted to the post of measurer of grain and salt, and some time later he was intrusted with the collection of rents and the performance of sundry business errands. In the course of time the latter duties naturally led to his employment successively in the counting-room and in the retail country store of Mr. Bowers. The failure of Mr. Bowers in 1804 obliged him to seek other work. In 1805-06 he taught a small school. After this he was in the employment of John P. Hellen, a crockery ware dealer in Providence, R.I. Beginning in 1808, he spent four years in Paw- tucket, R.I., during which he worked in the cotton factories of Samuel Slater and Wilkin- son Brothers. Then in Rehoboth he became interested with Dexter Wheeler and others in a small cotton mill. After remaining there until March, 1813, he removed to Fall River (then having about three hundred residents, thirty houses, and a few shops), where he spent the remainder of his life. At this time, in association with three other men, he became the agent of the "Fall River Manufactory," which had a capital of forty thousand dollars. At first this firm gave its attention almost en- tirely to spinning cotton. Its difficulties, which can be hardly realized now, were those of all such pioneers in the manufacture of cot- ton goods. For its cotton-picking, which was then done by hand, the firm had to rely upon the dwellers in the farmhouses round about ; and it got its weaving done in the farmers' attics by hand looms. In common with other such establishments, the Fall River Manufact- ory took a bound into prosperity when it adopted Blair's picking machine, the power looms, and the speeders. In 1822 the com- pany built a small cotton mill of brick, and in 1827 it erected another mill of stone. Mr. Anthony continued in the active management of the business for twenty-five years, thereby identifying himself with the history of the cot- ton industry in Fall River for all time. Also,
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an influential promoter of the Union Mill Com- pany of Fall River, the corner-stone of whose first mill was laid August 16, 1859, Mr. An- thony was the company treasurer from its or- ganization until near the close of his life. The first president of the Fall River Bank, which was established in 1825, he filled that office for forty years. Having joined the First Congregational Church in Fall River soon after its organization, he was ordained Deacon therein on October 20, 1834, and subsequently discharged the duties thereof for thirty-three years. From his early youth he showed a strong Christian character, which supported him under many severe trials. When he was seventy years of age, he wrote a brief account of his own career, adding some counsel for young men, in which he declared that "Happi- ness and success in a business life are promoted by correct habits, systematic living in all mat- ters, and great promptness in fulfilling engage- ments." He successively m. Lauretta B. Wheaton, Nancy J. B. Brayton, and Mary Bor- den, and was the father of three children by his first wife, of the same number by his second, and of seven by his third. After surviving his last wife by four years, a period of much sad- ness and suffering, he d. on July 6, 1867.
In politics Mr. Brown is a Republican. He has never accepted a public office, although he has been very active in city affairs. The no- license movement in Cambridge has had his earnest sympathy and support since its incep- tion. One of the first persons to take an in- terest in organizing the Young Men's Chris. tian Association of Cambridge, he has served on its Board of Directors for sixteen yars; was its vice-president for four years; and, since the death of the Hon. Oliver H. Durrell, his pre- decessor therein, he has ably filled the office of president of the Association. On March 5, 1897, he was unanimously elected Deacon of the old Cambridge Baptist Church. In 1877 he was made a Master Mason of Mizpah Lodge of Cambridge, and of the Cambridge Royal Arch Chapter. He is also a member of the New England Iron and Hardware Club of Bos- ton and the Cambridge Club. Few men are better known in Cambridge, and none are more highly esteemed by the citizens.
B ENJAMIN BARSTOW TORREY, of Boston, treasurer of the Old Colony Railroad Company, is a native of Pembroke, Plymouth
County, Mass. Born November 22, 1837, son of Captain Haviland and Salome (Barstow) Torrey, he is a lineal descendant in the seventh generation of Captain William Torrey, of Wey- mouth (1640), and he numbers among his im- migrant ancestors several other early settlers of the South Shore, Massachusetts Bay. The Torrey line is : William, 1-2 Haviland, 3 Will- iam, 4-5 Haviland,6 Benjamin Barstow7.
Captain William' Torrey was one of four brothers who came to New England about twenty years after the landing of the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock, James Torrey settling at Scituate, Philip at Roxbury, and Joseph at Re- hoboth and later at Newport, R. I. They were sons of Philip and Alice Torrey, of Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset, England. Their father d. early in 1621 - will proved in June - and their mother in 1634. Their paternal grand- father is supposed to have been the William Torry named in the will of Philip Torry, of Wadbrook, parish of Hawkechurch, Dorset, as his (Philip's) "son," and named in the will of Philip Torrey, of Cowes St. Nicholas, as "my father William Torrey. " Captain William1 Torrey, founder of the branch of the family now being considered, m. in March, 1629, Agnes Combe, of Combe St. Nicholas. She d. about a year later, and he m. a second wife, Jane Haviland, daughter of Robert4 Haviland, of Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire (Matthew, 3 Mayor of Bristol; Christopher, 2 of Dorsetshire; Christopher' De Haviland, successively of Guernsey and of Pool, Dorsetshire, and whose grandfather, James De Haviland, was sworn a jurat of the Royal Court, A. D. 1521). Jane was a sister of the Rev. Matthew Haviland, some time rector of Trinity Church, London, who, according to Waters's "Genealogical Gleanings in England," was ejected from his living on account of non-conformity. By his wife Jane, who d. in April, 1639, William1 Torry had two sons - Samuel2 and William2. These sons, together with his third wife, whom he m. in England, he brought with him to this country. Afterward, at Weymouth, Mass., six
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children were b. to him. He was made Lieu -. tenant of the train band in 1645, and the Cap- tain of the band in 1657; and he was Deputy to the General Court in 1642, and clerk of the Court for many years. He d. in June, 1690.
Captain Torrey's son William, 2 b. in 1638, m. Deborah Greene. She was b. in 1649, eldest child of John2 and Ann (Almy) Greene, of Westerly, R.I. Her father was Deputy Governor of Rhode Island from 1690 to 1700, having been previously Assistant Attorney- General of that colony. He was a son of John' Greene, Sr., and his first wife, Joan (Tattershall) Greene, the former being the founder of the famous Warwick family of Greene, to which belonged General Nathaniel Greene, of Revolutionary fame, and Governor William Greene, from whom Mrs. Julia Ward Howe is descended. Haviland3 Torrey, b. in 1683, m. (says Davis) Elizabeth ' Morton, daughter of George3 Morton, grandson of George,' who came over in the "Ann" in 1623. William, 4 b. in 1725, m. Mary Turner. She was b. in 1719, daughter of Ezekiel4 and Bathsheba (Stockbridge) Turner, of Hanover, Mass. Ezekiel+ was son of Amos3 and grand- son of John2 and Mary (Brewster) Turner, of Scituate. John2 Turner was a son of Hum- phrey' Turner, of Scituate, and his wife Mary2 was a daughter of Jonathan2 and Lucretia (Old- ham) Brewster and a grand-daughter of Elder William' Brewster, who has been called "Chief of the Pilgrims."
William5 Torrey, b. in 1751, m. Mary Sproat, a descendant of Robert, who was at Scituate in 1660, and whose children by his marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Sampson, of Duxbury, were: Mercy, b. 1661 ; Elizabeth, 1664; Mary, 1666; Robert, 1669; Ann, 1671; James, 1673, Ebenezer, 1676; and Hannah, 1680. William5 Torrey, grand- father of Benjamin Barstow, was one of the officers of the American army in the war for independencce, holding the rank of Adjutant in the Second Massachusetts Regiment. The order books which he kept while serving in this capacity - an interesting relic of the Re. volution - are carefully preserved by his grandson, Benjamin B. Torrey, who also has in his possession an invitation to dinner to the
Adjutant written in full by Washington. He was afterward an original member of the So- ciety of the Cincinnati.
Haviland6 Torrey, b. at Pembroke, October 29, 1791, d. August 26, 1865. His wife Salome, b. at Hanover, July 24, 1801, d. May 3, 1878. She was a daughter of John Burden and Betsy (Eells) Barstow, of Hanover. Her father, John Burden Barstow, b. in 1764, was a descendant in the fifth generation of William' Barstow, who came to New England in 1635, was at Dedham in 1636, a freeman at Scituate in 1649, and the first recorded settler in the lo- cality that is now Hanover, Mass. The line of descent was continued through his son, Will- iam, Jr., b. at Scituate in 1652; Benjamin, 3 b. in 1690 (his second wife, Sarah Burden) ; Thomas, 4 who m. Sarah, daughter of John Stud- ley, to John Burden, 5 above named, who was a shipbuilder, and who held the rank of Colonel in the State militia. His homestead at Hanover was known as the "Broad Oak Farm." Colonel John B. Barstow d. in Hanover at the advanced age of ninety years, having survived his wife, Betsy (Eells) Barstow, who d. in 1851, in her ninety-first year. She was a daughter of Captain Robert Lenthal Eells, a shipbuilder of Hanover and an extensive landholder, known as a large- hearted and public-spirited citizen, eminently patriotic, and who was an able officer in the Revolutionary War. Born at Hanover in 1732, son of Samuel4 and Hannah (Witherell) Eells, he was a grandson of the Rev. Nathaniel and Hannah (North) Eells, of Scituate. The Rev. Nathaniel3 (Harvard College 1699) was a son of Captain Samuel2 Eells (John'), who d. at Hingham in 1709, and whose first wife, mother of Nathaniel, was Anna Lenthal, daughter of the Rev. Robert Lenthal, of Weymouth. Rob- ert Lenthal Eells, who bore the name of his remote clerical ancestor, m. in 1757 Ruth Copeland, daughter of Joseph3 and Elizabeth (Tolman) Copeland, of Scituate. Joseph3 Copeland was a son of William2 Copeland and his wife Mary, who was a daughter of John and Ruth (Alden) Bass, Ruth being a daughter of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden. The first husband of Mary Bass was Christopher Webb. After his death she m. William Copeland.
Captain Haviland Torrey and his wife Sa-
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lome had five children, two of whom, Ben- jamin B. and Herbert, reached maturity. Herbert d. suddenly in the South Terminal Station, Boston, on July 24, 1901.
Benjamin Barstow Torrey was educated at the Hanover Academy, under preceptors Holmes, McLauthlin, and Conant, and at the University Grammar School of Providence, R. I. On August 25, 1858, he entered the ser- vice of the Boston & Providence Railroad. In 1867 he became treasurer of the corporation, and in September, 1893, he was made treasurer of the Old Colony Railroad Company.
, Mr. Torrey is a life member of the New England Historical Genealogical Society, which he joined in 1864, and is now (1901) serving his thirtieth year as treasurer of the society. He is also a member of the Society of Colonial Wars. In 1865 he was married to Abby Vose Bent, of Milton, who died in Sep- tember, 1897, leaving no children. Mr Torrey now resides in Boston. His office is at the railroad station known as the South Ter- minal.
HE ROOT FAMILY .- Thomas' Root, b. at Badley, England, in 1605, came to America about 1637, and settled at Hartford, Conn. His name occurs in the list of proprietors of undivided lands at Hart- ford, Conn., in 1639, and may be found on the monument in the old graveyard erected by the Ancient Burial Ground Association in memory of the first settlers of the city. It appears also, with eight others, in a petition to the General Court of Massachusetts, dated May 18, 1653, asking a permit to plant, possess, and inhabit the place on the Conetiquot River, above Springfield, called Nonotuck, as their own inheritance. The following year he re- moved thither with his family. This was the commencement of the settlement of Northamp- ton, Mass. He was one of the founders of the church, and served the town as Selectman. His death took place in 1694.
The line of descent under present considera- tion is continued by Jacob, 2 who m. February 2, 1680, Mary, daughter of Sampson and Mary (Daniel) Frary, of Deerfield; Nathaniel, 3 b.
November 16, 1702, who resided in Hebron, Conn., and who m. Mary Tarbox, December 28, 1725; Jonah, 4 b. March 3, 1744, who m. Faith Hills, of Marlboro, Conn., where he re- sided; Joel,5 b. in Marlboro, Conn., who m. Charlotte Acorn; and William A.,6 who was b. in Hebron, Conn.
William A.6 Root, after reaching manhood, removed to Ware, Mass., where he followed the trade of mason and builder for many years, and where he resided until his death, which took place December 28, 1892. He was a man of sterling character, and well known as a builder throughout a wide region. Among the best specimens of his craft are the buildings of the Otis Company and the G. H. Gilbert Manufacturing Company of Ware and Gilberts- ville. His honored name is being worthily perpetuated by his three sons, mention of whom will be found in this sketch. His wife, who was b. in Hartford, Conn., and in maidenhood bore the name of Cornelia Hills, d. March 10, 1902. They reared five children; namely, Ellen Frances, William Austin, Henry Aug- ustus, George Alanson, and Mary Susan.
William Austin7 Root was born in the town of Ware, Mass., February 6, 1848. He was edu- cated in the public schools of his native town. At an early age he began to learn the mason's trade under his father, and soon became a pro- ficient workman. In 1872 he and his brother Henry Augustus7 came to Boston, and formed a partnership with Joseph W. Coburn, a vet- eran builder, who in 1825 assisted in laying the corner-stone of Bunker Hill Monument. This partnership continued until Mr. Coburn's death in 1884, since which time the business has been continued by the firm of W. A. & H. A. Root. Among the more important buildings erected by W. A. & H. A. Root may be mentioned the Court House in Worces- ter, the Roxbury Court House, the town halls of Stoughton, Canton, and Walpole, the Brew- ster Memorial Hall and the Academy Building at Wolfboro, N. H., the Children's Hospital, the Elysium Club Building, Kossuth Hall, the Aged Couple's Home, and the Frost Public Library of Winthrop. Beside these, they have built the academies and dormatories at Milton and made extensive repairs in the Hecht
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Building, opposite the South Terminal Sta- tion.
Mr. William Austin Root married December 24, 1872, Ellen Louisa Sturtevant, who was born in Hardwick, Mass., April 5, 1854. She was a daughter of Seneca P. and Sarah (Gifford) Sturtevant, and a grand-daughter of Asa and Ruth (Baker) Sturtevant. Her father's pater- nal grandfather was James Sturtevant, of Dux- bury. Ruth Baker was b. at Newfane, Vt., being the daughter of Colonel Samuel Baker and his wife Ruth. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Root were the parents of eight children, namely : Henry Edward, born September 19, 1873, who died May 2, 1877; William G., born April 21, 1875, who died April 25, 1877; Edna Cornelia, born November 27, 1876; Mary Caroline, born May 25, 1878; William Henry,8 born August 30, 1879; Ellen Char- lotte, born October 13, 1880; Sarah Grace, born March 14, 1883; and Ruth Emmalina, born December 24, 1888. Mrs. Root died January 23, 1899. She was a consistent member of Immanuel Church, and prominent in charitable works. Taken away in the prime of life, she has been greatly missed by a large circle of friends.
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