Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 102

Author: Hurd, Charles Edwin, 1833-1910
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Boston, New England historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 850

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On May 6, 1862, Mr. Gordon married Mary Catherine Richardson, a daughter of Henry C. Richardson. Mr. Richardson, who was b. in Exeter, N. H., m. Catherine Simonds, who was b. in Lowell, Mass., and became the father of nine children, of whom eight are living - William Henry, Mary Catherine (Mrs. Gordon), Sarah, Adelia, Albert Payne, Georgette, Ella, and James Oscar. William Henry Richardson, now living in Melrose, was b. in Fall River, Mass., in 1840. He m.

Kate Vining, who has borne him three chil- dren - Charles, Addie, and Harry. Sarah Richardson, b. in Newmarket, N. H., in 1845, is the wife of James Lester, of Stoneham. Adelia Richardson, b. in Melrose in 1847, is m., lives in East Boston, and has five children - Minnie A., Ella, Mabel, Wendell, and a child that d. in infancy. Albert Payne Rich- ardson, b. in Melrose in 1849, m. Emma Buck- man, and has one son, Burt. Georgette Rich- ardson, b. in 1851, in Melrose, who m. Charles Trowbridge, of Melrose, has one daughter,

Lena. Ella, b. in Melrose in 1853, is the wife of John Adams, by whom she has five children - Fred, Florence, John, Herbert, and Clarence. James Oscar Richardson, of Mel- rose, m. Miss Georgie Walton.

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon have two children - Mary Emma and Sarah Gertrude. Mary Emma Gordon was born September 1, 1865, in Portland, Me., and was educated in Melrose and Stoneham. She married Charles Clifton, of Stoneham, and has two children - Lillian and Helen. Sarah Gertrude Gordon, born in Melrose, Mass., July 12, 1869, is the wife of Walter S. Sears, of Stoneham, and has one child - Harold Gordon Sears.

ULIAN AUGUSTUS MEAD, M.D., a well-known physician of Watertown, formerly chairman of the Board of Health, later a member of the State Board of Health, and surgeon of the United States Arsenal, was born in Acton, Mass., April 15, 1856, son of Oliver Warren and Mary (Hartwell) Mead. He comes of early Colonial stock, being a direct descendant in the eighth generation from Gabriel Mead, one of the first settlers of Dorchester, the line being : Gabriel,' Israel,2 Thomas, 3 Samuel, + Oliver, 5 Nathaniel,6 Oliver Warren7.

Gabriel' Mead, the immigrant ancestor, in 1638 was made a freeman in Dorchester, where he resided until his death in 1666, at the age of seventy-nine years. He had charge of the meeting-house in Dorchester, and his widow Johanna was evidently his successor in that trust, as the Parish Records contain this item under date February 5, 1667: "To Widow Mead for ringing the bell, £3." His son Israel,2 b. 1639, at one time a resident of Cambridge, m. February 26, 1669, Mary Hall. He d. September 6, 1714. His wife Mary d.

October, 1692.

Thomas3 Mead (b. about 1670, baptized June 30, 1674) and his wife Hasaniah (possibly Gates) were the parents of Samuel+ (baptized May 3, 1706), who was a cordwainer by trade. Samuel4 Mead bought land in Harvard, Mass., in 1727, and was m. October 12, 1748, to

Julian A. Mead

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Hannah Willard. Their second son, Oliver5 Mead (b. at Harvard, September 2, 1751, d. March 20, 1836), served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. For many years he was a Deacon of the church. On June 22, 1777, he m. Ann Whitney, daughter of Abraham Whit- ney and a grand-daughter of Eleazer Whitney.

Nathaniel6 Mead, son of Deacon Oliver and grandfather of Dr. Mead, was b. in Boxboro, Mass., October 30, 1798, being the youngest of a family of ten children. During most of his active period he followed farming in Box- boro, where he d. at an advanced age. He m. May 24, 1821, Lucy Taylor, of Boxboro, a de- scendant in the fifth generation of John1 Tay- lor, who was b. in 1697. This is the ancestral record : Solomon2 Taylor, b. 1724, m. 1745 Mary MacLaughlin. Captain Oliver3 Taylor, b. March 30, 1754, m. Betty Wetherbee (b. February II, 1753), daughter of Phineas and Betty Wetherbee. Captain Oliver4 Taylor, b. January 7, 1775, m. August 12, 1800, Betsey Fairbank Stone. Lucy5 Taylor m. Nathaniel6 Mead, as above noted, and was mother of Oliver Warren,7 Dr. Mead's father.

Oliver Warren7 Mead was b. in Boxboro, Mass., October 19, 1823. Early in life he en- gaged in the produce business in Boston, in which he has since continued, having been very successful. The firm A. & O. W. Mead, of which he is a member, is one of the largest produce concerns in New England, and Mr. Mead stands high in the estimation of his busi- ness associates. He resides in West Acton. In politics he supports the Republican party. He has been three times m. - first on May 22, 1851, to Mary Elizabeth Hartwell, by whom he had four children, as follows: Warren Hart- well, b. December 18, 1853, d. January 29, 1879; Julian Augustus; Emma Augusta, b. March 6, 1859; and Nelson A., who d. in in- fancy. Mrs. Mead was a native of Harvard, and a daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Fair- banks) Hartwell. She d. in early woman- hood; and he m., second, August 22, 1867, Susan Amelia Morrill. She was a native of Canterbury, N. H., and of distinguished ances- try. He m. for his third wife January 19, 1869, Lucy Maria Emery, of Jaffrey, N. H., b. July 3, 1838. By her he has two children :

Hobart Emery, b. July 4, 1870; and Louis Guy, b. October 3, 1873.

Julian A.8 Mead resided in West Acton until reaching the age of thirteen years. He attended school in Concord, Mass., for one year, after which he prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy, and was graduated from Harvard with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in the class of 1878. After pursuing the regular course at the Harvard University Medi- cal School, he spent two years in Vienna, Leipsic, and Paris, perfecting his professional studies; and in 1883 he located himself in Watertown, where he has since found ample opportunity for practice. He has met with gratifying success both as a physician and sur- geon, and he ranks among the leading practi- tioners in this locality. Politically, he is a Republican. He was for ten years chairman of the School Board. He was chairman of the Board of Health of Watertown for several years, and has been medical examiner of the district since 1884; was surgeon at the United States Arsenal; also a member of the State Board of Health; and has been a trustee of the Watertown Public Library for several years.

On December 12, 1889, Dr. Mead married Mary Dearborn Emerson, a native of Boston and resident of Newton, Mass., and daughter of Darius Richard and Henrietta Louisa (Dear- born) Emerson, of Newton, Mass. (For ances- try, see article under head of Darius Richard Emerson in this volume.) Dr. Mead attends the Unitarian church, and is a member of the Unitarian Club of Boston. Mrs. Mead is an Episcopalian. They are held in high regard in the social circles of Watertown.

LDEN WARREN TEEL, a member of the firm of E. Teel & Co., Med- ford, Mass., was born in that place September 5, 1869. He is a son of the late Elbridge Teel, and a descendant in the seventh generation of William' Teel, the immigrant ancestor of this branch of the family, the line being continued through Ben- jamin,2 Samuel, 3 Jonathan, 45 Elbridge, 6 above named.

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coming to this country, there taking up his trade of a carpenter. By his first wife, Mary, he had two children: Mary, b. January 1, 1685-6; and Benjamin, through whom the line of descent was continued. His second wife was Hannah Kenrick, of Newton. Benjamin2 Teel was b. November 2, 1689. He m., first, in 1712 Anna Jenkins; m., second, in 1750 Mrs. Margery Elder, widow of John Elder and daughter of Joseph2 Winship (Edward') and his wife, Sarah Harrington. Samuel3 Teel, b. about 1721, m., first, in March, 1748-9, Eliza- beth Tufts; m., second, in 1755 Jane Dixon. He resided during his earlier years in Charles- town, but subsequently removed to Medford. Jonathan4 Teel, b. about 1755, m. in 1776 Lydia Cutter, who was b. in 1757, a daughter of Ammi and Esther (Pierce) Cutter. Her maternal grandparents were James and Hannah Pierce, of Woburn. She was a descendant in the fifth generation of the immigrant ancestor, Richard Cutter, who came to this country when about twenty years old, in 1640, with his widowed mother, Elizabeth Cutter, and settled in Cambridge, where he worked as a cooper. His first wife, Elizabeth, d. in March, 1661-2. Their son, William2 Cutter, b. at Cambridge in 1649-50, m. Rebecca Rolfe. Deacon John3 Cutter, b. about 1690, son of William, 2 lived in West Cambridge, now Arlington. He m. Lydia Harrington, and their son Ammi4 was b. in 1733. Ammi4 Cutter was three times m., and was the father of twenty-one children. His first wife, Esther Pierce, was the mother of Lydia.

Jonathan5 Teel was b. January 26, 1784. On March 24, 1805, he m. Lydia Hill, who was b. March 14, 1782. They reared eight children; namely, Lydia, Anna H., Sarah H., Jonathan W., Elbridge, Rebecca R., Samuel, and Edwin.

Elbridge6 Teel was b. in that part of Charlestown now included within the limits of Somerville, September 15, 1813, and was baptized April 17, 1814. A carriage-builder by trade, he, in company with Thomas O. Hill, began business in Medford under the firm name of E. Teel & Co., establishing a carriage factory which is still in operation, al- though both of the original partners of the firm

have passed away. He m., first, Lavinia Rich- ardson, who d. in 18-, leaving two children - Josiah and George E. He m., second, Mrs. Maria Elizabeth (Richardson) Foster, daughter of John Richardson. Her father was a descend- ant in the sixth generation of the immigrant, Thomas' Richardson, who was one of the seven commissioners for the founding of the town and church of Woburn, his brothers Ezekiel and Samuel also being of the seven. Thomas' d. August 28, 1651, leaving seven children. The line was continued through his son Thomas, 2 Jonathan, 3-4 Oliver, 5 to John6. Thomas, 2 b. in Woburn, October 4, 1645, m., first, in Cambridge, January 5, 1669-70, Mary Stevenson, daughter of Andrew and Jane Stevenson. She d. in 1690, leaving nine chil- dren. He m., second, in Billerica, December 29, 1690, Sarah, widow first of Hugh Ditson and after of Thomas Patten. Jonathan, 3 b. in Billerica, February 14, 1682-3, m. in 1713 Hannah, daughter of John French. In 1706 he went as a soldier to Dunstable and Groton. He d. in Billerica, August 13, 1720. Jona- than, 4 b. February 7, 1715-16, m. in February, 1739-40, Abigail, daughter of Oliver and Abi- gail (Johnson) Farmer. Olivers Richardson, b. February 15, 1749-50, d. April 23, 1836. During the Revolution he served forty-one days in the company of Billerica men com- manded by Captain Edward Farmer, marching to the front on September 22, 1777, and being present at the surrender of Burgoyne the fol- lowing month. On April 8, 1778, he m. Elizabeth Shedd. John6 Richardson, b. No- vember 21, 1789, d. June 15, 1861. He m. in 1812 Nancy Allen, daughter of Jeremiah and Abigail (Rogers) Allen, of Billerica. They had six children - Nancy, John Oliver, Abigail A., Alden Bradford, Albert Rogers, and Maria Elizabeth. Maria Elizabeth7 Rich- ardson, b. April 12, 1828, m., first, May 24, 1849, Levi Thomas Foster. He d., leaving two children : Laura Maria, b. in 1850; and John Richardson, b. in 1853. She m., sec- ond, September 19, 1855, Elbridge6 Teel, by whom she had five children, namely : Abbie Elizabeth; Janette Lucy, who d. in infancy ; Nellie Lucy, wife of George T. Sampson ; Florence Martha, wife of Joseph Wood Saw-

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yer; and Alden Warren, with whose name this article begins.

Alden Warren7 Teel married February 19, - 1894, Katherine B. Hammond, of Medford, daughter of Oliver and Belinda (Bertschy) Hammond. She was born in Chicago. Their son, Elbridge8 Teel, was born December 13, 1897.

OHN PRENTISS HOPKINSON was born at Lowell, Mass., October 18, 1840, son of the Hon. Thomas and Corinna Aldrich (Prentiss) Hopkinson. His grandfather, Theophilus Hopkinson, a na- tive of New Hampshire, b. near Exeter, m. Susanna Allen, of Portland, Me., and d. in New Sharon, Me., about 1850. He was a de- scendant of Michael Hopkinson (servant to our brother Jacob Elyott), who was admitted to the First Church, Boston, in 1638; dismissed to "ye gathering of a church at Rowley" in 1639; and made a freeman at Rowley in 1640. Michael's wife Ann accompanied him to Row- ley, where he d. in 1649. He was survived by three sons : Jonathan, 2 b. 1643; John, 2 b. 1646; and Caleb,2 1648. Jonathan2 m. in 1666 Hester Clarke; m., second, in 1680, Elizabeth, daugh- ter of John Dresser. In his will, 1718, he named his only son, Mighill, 3 his daughters Esther Burpee, Mary Todd, Ann Smith, and son-in-law James Todd. John,2 b. 1646, m. 1670 Elizabeth, daughter of John Pearson. His will mentions wife Elizabeth, eldest son Jeremiah, youngest John, and three daughters. Caleb,2 b. 1648, m. 1679 Sarah Wallingford. She d. in 1682, and he m. Sarah, widow of John Spofford. He left a son Caleb, baptized April, 1682, who m. Martha Spofford, settled in Bradford, and d. there November 9, 1730. It has not been ascertained with certainty to which of the several branches above mentioned Mr. John Prentiss Hopkinson belongs.

The History of Exeter, N. H., contains a record of the baptism of Jonathan Hopkinson, son of John, October 23, 1748. This Jonathan was the father of Theophilus, above named. Jonathan Hopkinson, of Exeter, is on record as having enlisted in 1777 for three years, Continental army, from Fourth Regiment,

New Hampshire militia, under Captain Norris. Lieutenant Jonathan Hopkinson, of Exeter, was on the Committee of Safety in 1781.

The Hon. Thomas Hopkinson, father of John Prentiss Hopkinson, was b. at New Sharon, Me., August 25, 1804. Graduated at Harvard College in 1830 and admitted to the Middlesex bar in 1833, he settled in Lowell, where he became prominent in his profession and in political life. In 1845 he served as Repre- sentative from Lowell, Mass., and in 1846 as Senator; in 1848 he was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas; and from 1850 to his death, November 15, 1856, he was presi- dent and counsel of the Boston & Worcester Railroad Company. He m. November I, 1836, Corinna Aldrich Prentiss, b. at Lowell, Mass., March 25, 1805. She was a daughter of the Hon. John and Diantha (Aldrich) Pren- tiss, and was a descendant of Henry Prentice, "planter," of Cambridge, Mass., through Solo- mon, 2 Henry, 3 Caleb,4 Caleb, 5 and John6.

Henry' Prentice, probably a native of Eng- land, was in Cambridge before 1640. He was a member in full communion of the First Church, and his children - Mary, Solomon, Abiah, Sarah, Samuel, and Henry, Jr. - were all baptized there. His first wife, Elizabeth, their mother, d. in 1653. His second wife, Joan, who survived him, m. John Gibson. Solomon2 Prentice, b. at Cambridge, Septem- ber 23, 1646, d. in 1758. His first wife, Elizabeth, d. prior to 1678; and his second, Hepzibah Dunn, or Dunton, d. January 15, 1741, aged eighty-nine. Her gravestone in the old burial ground near the First Church, at Cambridge, records the fact that she had "one hundred and forty descendants, seventy-two then alive." Solomon Prentice and his wife, members of the Cambridge church, are men- tioned in the Watertown Church Records as having partaken in the first administration of the Lord's Supper in that church. Henry3 Prentice was a Deacon of the church, and by trade a brickmaker. He m., first, Elizabeth, daughter of William Rand, of Milk Row, Charlestown, Mass .; and, second, Elizabeth Hayley, of Boston. Caleb, 4 son of Henry and Elizabeth (Rand) Prentice, was b. February 21, 1721-2. He m., first, September 14, 1744,

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Lydia, daughter of Deacon Samuel Whitte- more, of Cambridge. By her he had nine chil- dren. In 1768 he m. Mrs. Rebecca Rockwell, a widow, of Milk Row, Somerville, Mass. His son, the Rev. Caleb5 Prentiss, b. November 14, 1746, graduated at Harvard in 1765, and for several years after acted as librarian of Harvard College library. He was ordained October 25, 1769, pastor of the First Church in Reading (now Wakefield), Mass., and con- tinued in charge till his death, from consump- tion, in 1803, in the thirty-fourth year of his ministry. On the Lexington alarm he turned out with his musket, and also marched with the militia to Salem. He m. Pamela, daugh- ter of the Rev. John Mellen, of Lancaster, Mass., and grand-daughter of the Rev. John Prentiss, of Lancaster, and thus united the Newton branch (founded by Captain Thomas' Prentice) with the Cambridge branch of the Prentiss family. He had thirteen children. Mrs. Prentiss m. in 1809 Colonel John Wal- dron, of Dover.

The Hon. John,6 son of the Rev. Caleb5 and Pamela (Mellen) Prentiss, was b. March 21, 1778. At the age of fourteen he was ap- prenticed to a printer, and in 1795 he went to Leominster, where he assisted his brother Charles, who had just begun the publication of the Rural Repository. In March, 1799, being then twenty -one years old, he removed to Keene, N. H., and established the New Hampshire Sen- tinel, which he edited for forty-eight years. He published Houghton's Almanac for 1800, and twelve later years. He printed and pub- lished many well-known books. He was Town Clerk and Treasurer of Keene for many years, Representative to the New Hampshire Legis- lature in 1820, and Senator in 1838. In 1852 the degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon him by Dartmouth College. He was a prominent Mason, becoming a Knight Templar in 1867. He m. February 2, 1803, Diantha Aldrich, by whom he had eight children, Co- rinna Aldrich being the second. Mrs. Pren- tiss's father, General Aldrich, of Westmore- land, N. H., fought in the battle of Bunker Hill. The Hon. Thomas and Corinna Aldrich (Prentiss) Hopkinson had four children, namely : Francis Custis, b. 1838, who d. in

North Carolina in 1863, a member of the Mas- sachusetts Forty-fourth Regiment of Volun- teers; John Prentiss, whose name begins this sketch; Ellen Christina, b. in 1843, who m. Hersey B. Goodwin, merchant, of Boston, and has four children - Amelia M., Eliot H., Grace, and Frances; and Grace Mellen, b. 1846, who m. October 30, 1877, Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard University.

John Prentiss Hopkinson was educated in the Quincy schools and the Boston Latin School and Harvard College, where he was graduated in 1861. He began teaching imme- diately after, and in 1869 established the Hop- kinson school on Charles Street, Boston, which he later removed to Boylston Place; and in 1887 he established his private school on Chest- nut Street, which has gained a high reputa- tion. He attends the Unitarian church in Cambridge. In 1865 he married Mary E. Wat- son, daughter of Charles Watson, of New York City. He has four children -- Leslie W., Charles S., Frances S., and Christina - all of whom reside in Cambridge. Frances S. is the wife of the Rev. Samuel A. Eliot, D. D., son of President Eliot, of Harvard, and has five children - Samuel, Rosamond, Elizabeth, Charles William, and Frances. Christina married George P. Baker, professor at Harvard University, and has three children - John H., Edwin O., and Myles Pierce.

OHN EDWARD ABBOTT, Town At- torney for Watertown, Mass., is a law- yer of much ability and prominence. He was born in Norridgewock, Me., November 30, 1845, a son of John Stevens and Elizabeth Titcomb (Allen) Abbott. He is of English ancestry, a descendant of George' Ab- bott, one of the original proprietors of the town of Andover, Mass., the descent being as fol- lows: John,2 John,3 Captain John, 4 Deacon Abial,5 Benjamin,6 John Stevens,7 and John Edward".

The immigrant ancestor, George' Abbott, tradition says, came from Yorkshire, England, to America in 1640, and settled in Andover in 1643, his house being used as the garrison

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house. He d. December 24, 1681, aged sixty- six years. In 1647 he m. Hannah Chandler, daughter of William and Annis C. Chandler, of Andover. John2 Abbott, b. March 2, 1648, d. March 19, 1721. He served as Selectman of the town at different times, and in 171I was chosen Deacon of the First Church. In 1673 he m. Sarah Barker, daughter of Richard Bar- ker, one of the first settlers of Andover. Dea-

con John3 Abbott, b. November 2, 1674, was a respected and useful citizen, who rendered his town efficient service as Selectman, and for thirty-four years was a Deacon in the church. In 1701 he m. Elizabeth Harnden, of Wil- mington, Mass. Captain John4 Abbott must have been b. in 1712, as at his death, in De- cember, 1802, his age is given as ninety years. A man of prominence in local affairs, he was frequently chosen to fill the office of Select- man, and was said by his contemporaries to be a man of strict integrity, having few faults and many virtues. In 1732 Phobe Fisk became his wife. Deacon Abials Abbott, of Wilton, N. H., was b. May 1, 1741. A stanch Whig in politics, he was a man of influence in the town. During the Revolutionary War he was an officer in the militia. He served for a number of terms as Representative to the Gen- eral Court. Three of his sons and nine of his grandsons received a collegiate education. On November 28, 1764, he m. Dorcas Abbott, daughter of Benjamin Abbott. Benjamin Abbott was b. March 17, 1770, in Wilton, N. H., where he lived until 1803. Moving then to Temple, Me., he took up a tract of forest-covered land, from which, by sturdy in- dustry and judicious management, he developed a good farm, in the mean time bringing up a large family of children, giving to each child exceptionally good educational advantages. Two of his nephews, Jacob Abbott and John S. C. Abbott, attained prominence in the lit- erary world. His hospitality, courtesy, and life of usefulness well entitled him to be called the "Father of the Town." In 1793 he m. Phœbe Abbott, daughter of the Hon. Jacob Abbott. John Stevens7 Abbott, b. in Temple, Me., January 6, 1807, d. in Watertown, Mass., June 12, 1881. After his graduation from Bowdoin College in 1827, he began the prac-

tice of law in Union, Me. " Afterward he removed from there to Thomaston, where he obtained a wide reputation as a lawyer. Thence he went to Norridgewock, Me., and he served as Attorney-General for the State. Coming with his family to Boston in 1860, he established a large practice which he managed until his death. He m. in 1835 Elizabeth Titcomb Allen, daughter of William and Hannah (Titcomb) Allen.

John Edward& Abbott attended the public schools of Norridgewock, Me. ; Allen's Classi- cal School, at West Newton, Mass. ; the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, at Kent's Hill, Me. ; and the Wesleyan University of Middletown, Conn., where he graduated with the class of 1869. Subsequently, pursuing the study of law in his father's office in Boston, he was ad- mitted to the Suffolk bar in 1872. After practising law in Boston four years, he went to New York City in 1876, and there continued his professional labors in partnership with his brothers William A. and Albert A. for three years. Returning to Boston in 1879, he has since made his home in Watertown, continuing the practice of his profession in various courts. In 1874 he was admitted to the United States Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts ; in 1877 was admitted to the United States Cir- cuit and District Courts for the Southern Dis- trict of New York and to the New York Su- preme Court ; and in 1885 was admitted to the United States Supreme Court. In 1893 and 1894 Mr. Abbott represented his district, which includes the towns of Watertown and Belmont, in the State Legislature, and there served on the Committee in Constitutional Amendments, and as chairman of the Com- mittee on Bills in the third reading. Since January, 1896, he has served as clerk of the Senate Committee on Rules, also having charge of bills in the third reading.

Mr. Abbott married, June 12, 1878, Alice Greeley Cochrane, daughter of Matthew and Cynthia Maria (Whitney) Cochrane, of Comp- ton, P.Q., Canada, who, for many years has been a Senator in the Dominion Parliament. Mr. and Mrs. Abbott have four children, namely : Charles Matthew, born April 4, 1879, who is in the employ of Mr. Samuel Cabot, of

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Boston; Mabel Louise, born August 13, 1881, who is a graduate of Radcliffe College, class of 1901; Harriette Frances, born September 7, 1885 ; and Eleanor Alice, born July 29, 1891. Harriette Frances and Eleanor Alice are at- tending school in Watertown.

JDWARD SCOTT RANDALL, a pros- perous business man of Medford, was born in Charlestown, Mass., Decem- ber 15, 1850, son of Benjamin and Ann Caro- line (Gove) Randall. His great-grandfather Randall, it is said, was a native of England, who came to this country prior to 1770 and settled first in New Hampshire, whence he re- moved to Maine. It is also related that he served several years in the Revolutionary War, receiving no pay, and that after returning from the war he settled near Augusta, Me., and en- gaged in farming. This patriot ancestor may have been the Benjamin Randall, of Falmouth (now Portland, Me.), recorded on the Revolu- tionary Rolls at the State House, Boston, as a member of Colonel Phinney's (Maine) regi- ment, for eight months' service - no date given. The same Benjamin, no doubt, des- ignated as a private in Captain Bartholomew York's company, Colonel Edmund Phinney's regiment, muster roll dated Boston, July 15, 1777, enlisted June 1, 1776; also as a soldier, same regiment, in garrison at Fort George, December 8, 1776, reported "lame in bar- racks." It would not be surprising if further research should show him to have been a lineal descendant of Benjamin3 Randall, of Scituate, Mass., b. in 1668, son of Joseph2 and Hannah (Macomber) Randall, and grandson of William1 Randall, of Scituate, said to have come from Bristol, England. Two sons of Benjamin, 3 of Scituate - namely, Paul and Daniel - removed to Harpswell, Me. ; and two others - William and Ezra - went to Topsham, Me. (See His- tory of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell. )

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 102

Author: Hurd, Charles Edwin, 1833-1910 Publication date: 1902 Publisher: Boston, New England historical publishing company Number of Pages: 850

Author: Hurd, Charles Edwin, 1833-1910
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Boston, New England historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 850