Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 109

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

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Anna, daughter of William and Lydia (Bruce) Hyde. They had nine children; and their daughter, Ann Jeffers Craft, m. Hezekiah Pike, as previously mentioned.

The Hyde family, of which William Hyde was a member, was founded in America by two brothers, from each of whom, as will be seen by the record, Herbert A. Pike is lineally de- scended - Deacon Samuel Hyde (b. 1610, d. September 12, 1689) and Jonathan Hyde, Sr. (b. in 1626, d. October 6, 1711), who were natives of London. In 1647 Jonathan, Sr., settled in Newton, Mass., then known as Cam- bridge Village, where in 1652 he purchased jointly with his brother two hundred and forty acres of land of one Thomas Norton. He sub- sequently became the owner of three hundred and fifty acres, which, prior to his death, he divided among his children; and his house stood about seventy rods north of the present Congregational church at Newton Centre. In 1691 he was a member of the Board of Select- men. His first wife was Mary, daughter of William French, of Billerica. His second, also named Mary, was a daughter of John Re- diat, of Marlboro. By the former he had four- teen children, and by the latter seven. Will- iam2 Hyde (b. September 12, 1662, d. Decem- ber, 1725) resided in Newton. He m. his second cousin, Elizabeth, daughter of Job and Elizabeth (Fuller) Hyde, and their family numbered five children. Lieutenant William3 Hyde (b. October 30, 1690, d. February 9, 1764) served as a Selectman in 1740, and kept a record of deaths in Newton for the greater part of his life. He was one of the quota of sixteen men from that town that accompanied the Colonial army upon its expedition to Port Royal. On March 26, 1713, he m. his third cousin, Deliverance, daughter of Ensign Sam- uel and Deliverance (Hyde) Hyde, and a de- scendant of Deacon Samuel Hyde through the latter's son Job. Lieutenant William3 Hyde was the father of five children. Lieutenant Noah+ Hyde (b. September 26, 1717, d. No- vember 9, 1786) was a Selectman in Newton for two years, and continued the record of deaths begun by his father in 1773. In 1739 he m. Ruth, daughter of Henry Seger, Jr. They had seven children. William5 Hyde (b.

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February 24, 1743, d. 1802) m. Lydia Bruce, of Framingham, Mass., in December, 1767. They had nine children, among whom was Anna (b. in Newton, May 31, 1774, d. December 19, 1848), who m. Nathan Craft, as recorded in the Craft genealogy given above.

Deacon Samuel Hyde, previously mentioned as the brother of Jonathan, Sr., by wife Tem- perance, had a family of five children. Job2 Hyde (b. in 1643, d. in 1685) m. in 1663 Elizabeth Fuller (d. April 13, 1700), daugh- ter of John Fuller, Sr., of Newton. He had nine children, and his daughter Elizabeth (b. August 29, 1664, d. April 7, 1743) m. her second cousin, William Hyde, son of Jonathan Hyde. John Fuller (b. in 1611, d. February 7, 1688-9) emigrated from England, and in 1644 settled in Cambridge Village (Newton). -In December, 1658, he purchased of Joseph Cook seven hundred and fifty acres of land on the banks of the Charles River, and he afterward increased his holdings to one thou- sand acres. Cheesecake Brook flows through his former property. His wife's given name was Elizabeth.

Esther Woodward, who m. Lieutenant Moses .Craft, was b. in Newton, November 30, 1704, and d. February 2, 1787. She was a descend- ant in the fifth generation of Richard' Wood- ward (b. in 1589), who sailed from Ipswich, England, in the ship "Elizabeth," April 10, 1634, and who became one of the earliest pro- prietors of Watertown, Mass. His wife's name was Rose. George2, b. in England in 1621, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Eliza- beth (Cason) Hammond. John3 Woodward (b. . in Watertown, March 28, 1649, d. November 3, 1732) m., first, Rebecca Robbins, daughter ' of Richard Robbins, of Cambridge. Daniel4 Woodward (b. September 24, 1671, d. in 1749) m., first, Elizabeth Greeley, January 27, 1704, and was the father of Esther (Woodward) Craft. Thomas Hammond (d. September 30, 1675) m. Elizabeth Cason, of Lavenham, England.

Herbert Allen Pike was born in Boston, De- cember 25, 1859. In 1864 he removed. to Newton, where he attended the public schools. Subsequently he entered the shoe business, in which he has been continuously engaged up to the present time, being now treasurer and

manager of the Farmington Shoe Company. He is a Republican in national politics.

Mr. Pike's first wife, Julia Maria Stone, whom he married September 28, 1886, died November 22, 1888. On October 6, 1891, he married for his second wife Mary Elizabeth Kimball, who was born in Boston, October 2, 1871, daughter of Oliver Dennett and Mary Elizabeth (Jones) Kimball. She is a descend- ant of Caleb Kimball, who m. in Wells, Me., June 15, 1704, Susanna Cloyes. Caleb's son Richard (baptized March 25, 1707, d. in 1781) seems in his younger days to have incurred the hatred of the Indians, as we read that in 1724 he was hunted by them. In 1730 he was en- gaged in mercantile business in Kennebunk, Me. He was also interested in shipping, be- ing part owner of the first vessel hailing from Wells (1755), and in 1767 he built a sloop. In 1778, being then an old man, he contributed articles of clothing to the Continental army. The intention of his marriage with Catherine Couzens was filed September 1, 1733. On August 6, 1740, he m. for his second wife Hannah Lord, of Berwick, Me. His will was proved June 13, 1781. Israel Kimball, third in descent from Caleb, was b. in Wells, and baptized April 29, 1750. He resided in Ken- nebunk, where his death occurred in 1822. The intention of his marriage with Eleanor Dennett (who d. in 1823) was published Oc- tober 12, 1771. Richard Kimball, son of Is- rael (b. in Wells, May 24, 1793, d. March 27, 1848), resided in Tamworth, N.H. He m. Olive Lary. His son, Oliver Dennett Kim- ball (b. in Tamworth, May 20, 1820, d. in Boston, November 7, 1867), m. Emeline Saf- ford Whipple, who was b. March 27, 1814, and d. February 22, 1868. Oliver Dennett Kim- ball, second, was b. June 6, 1847. On Oc- tober 5, 1870, he m. Mary Elizabeth Jones.

ENRY WARREN HEATH, practi- cal engineer, was born at Salisbury, N. H., March 2, 1849. He is a son of James Harvey and Martha Wen- dall (Read) Heath, formerly of Salisbury, now residents of Lynn, Mass. His grandfather, Job Heath, Jr., a lifelong resident of Salis-

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bury, N. H., was a son of Job Heath, Sr., who removed to Salisbury from Plaistow, N. H., his native place. The town of Plaistow was orig- inally the North Precinct of Haverhill, Mass. It was incorporated in 1749.

Bartholomew' Heath, the first American an- cestor of the Heaths of Plaistow and Salis- bury, m. Hannah Moyce, and removed from Newbury, Mass., to Haverhill about 1645. He had eight children, the eldest, John,2 b. Newbury, 1643, m. Sarah Partridge, had ten children, and d. in Hampton, N. H., in 1706. The other sons who lived to adult age were : Joseph,2 who m. Martha Dow, and had one son, Joseph3; and Josiah, 2 b. 1651, m., first, Mary Davis, resided in Haverhill, and had nine children. Joseph3 m. 1697 Hannah Bradley, and had nine children, b. in Haver- hill.

The sons of John2 Heath and his wife Sarah were : Bartholomew, 3 b. 1667, killed by Indians August 4, 1704. He m. 1691 Mary Bradley, and had five children. John, 3 b. 1675, m. January, 1697, Frances Hutchins, and had ten children, births recorded at Haverhill, 1698- 1720. Nehemiah, 3 a sea captain, residence Hampton Falls, d. 1718, m. twice, and had two daughters.

The sons of Josiah2 and his wife Mary were : Josiah, 3 b. 1674, m. Hannah Starling, and had six children (Haverhill Records, 1695-1706). John, 3 m. Hannah Haines, 1697, had thirteen children (Haverhill Records, 1699-1717). James, 3 b. 1683, m., first, Mary (b. Bradley), widow of Bartholomew, 3 had five children ; and m., second, a widow, Dinah Muel, and had one child. (Hoyt's "Early Families of Salisbury and Amesbury.")

Ephraim Heath, of Salisbury, was one of ten men hired to serve three years in the Con- tinental army, March 31, 1777. On muster roll, April 25, of Captain James Gray's com- pany, Colonel Alexander Scammel's regiment (vol. i., Massachusetts Archives). In vol. ii. he appears as Corporal, 1777-79. Enlisted April 13, 1777; d. March 26, 1778 (vol. iii.). At Salisbury, Job and Ephraim Heath signed the Articles of Association.

Job Heath, son of Ephraim, b. at Plaistow, N. H., and was a farrier and farmer, removed

to Bakerstown (now Salisbury), N. H., pre- vious to the Revolutionary War. He was a patriotic adherent to the American cause, and signed the Articles of Association in 1776, as above recorded. His name is on the list of training soldiers for that year of the town, of Salisbury. He was m. November 23, 1772, to Susanna Stevens. Their son Job was b. in Salisbury, N. H., February 15, 1784. He m., first, Elizabeth Fiske, of Boscawen; and, sec- ond, Jane Watson, of Meredith, N. H. James Harvey, youngest of the four children of Job and his wife Elizabeth, was b. in Salisbury, N. H., July 29, 1821. He is a mason by trade, and now (1902) resides in Lynn. He m. February 21, 1848, Martha Wendall Read, of Salem, Mass.

Henry W., eldest son of James Harvey Heath, and the subject of this sketch, was edu- cated in the public schools of Salisbury and Lynn, his parents removing to the latter city in 1858. In 1862, his father being in the army under General Butler at New Orleans, he left school and went to work in the shoe factory of Wooldredge and Bartlett, in order that he might assist in the support of the family. In the following year he resumed his education, and in 1865 began to learn the trade of steam and gas fitter, under Kennedy & Ewart (later C. R. Blackmore). At the end of four years he entered the shoe factory of Breed & Doak at Lynn, where he remained until the time of the strike (1873), when he resumed his legitimate trade in the store of Daniel Staten, of Salem. His next move was to Boston, where, in the employment of the Walker-Pratt Company, he had charge of the construction work of several of the large buildings erected after the great fire of 1873. In 1874 Mr. Heath again varied his occupation by entering the grocery store of George O. Hall as clerk. Here he remained until 1876, when he resumed work as a steam- fitter in the employ of F. J. Cushing & Kelly. In June, 1880, he left Cushing & Kelly to enter into partnership with O. A. Flint, under the firm name of Heath & Flint. Eleven months later the partnership was dissolved by the retirement of Mr. Flint, and Mr. Heath has since carried on the business in his own name.

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Since 1876 Mr. Heath has resided in Lynn. In 1887-88 he represented Ward Three in the Lynn City Council, serving on the Committees of Drainage and Almshouses and Poor. He adheres to the Republican party. In 1882 he joined the Glenmere Lodge, No. 139, I. O. O. F .; and on the institution of the East Lynn Lodge, No. 207, he became a charter member, and was its first chaplain. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity, affil- iated with the Golden Fleece Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Lynn. He is a member of the Washington Street Baptist Church. Mr Heath was married February 12, 1873, to Emily Jane, daughter of Captain Samuel and Ann Jane (Seavey) Fernald, of Kittery, Me. They have no children.

ALTER BRADLEE SNOW, of Watertown, Mass., was born in this town, August 13, 1860, a son of George Knowles Snow, and a direct descendant of Nicholas Snow, the immigrant ancestor, the line of descent being as follows: Nicholas, 1 Mark,2 Prence, 3 Jonathan, 4 David, 5 Heman, 6 Heman,7 George Knowles, & Walter Bradlee9.

Nicholas1 Snow m. Constance Hopkins, who came over on the "Mayflower," accompanying her father and step-mother, Stephen and Eliza- beth Hopkins. After their marriage they set- tled at Eastham, Mass., where his death oc- curred, November 15, 1676, and hers in Octo- ber, 1677. Mark,2 b. at Plymouth, May 9, 1628, m., first, January 18, 1654-5, Anne Cook, and, second, January 9, 1660-I, Jane Prence, daughter of Governor Prence. Prence3 Snow, b. at Eastham, May 22, 1674, m. Hannah Storrs. Jonathan4 Snow, b. December 22, 1709, m. February 24, 1736-7, Sarah Bangs, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Hinckley) Bangs. She was b. October 23, 1716. Davids Snow, b. March 22, 1739-40, m., first, December 5, 1765, Mary Cole; m., second, about 1798, Susannah Gills, who survived him. Heman6 Snow, b. in Orleans, Mass., September 29, 1766, d. August 23, 1827. On April 20, 1786, he m. Dorcas Higgins, a daughter of Edmund and Esther (Higgins) Higgins. She was b. Sep- tember 20, 1765, and d. May 21, 1812.

Heman7 Snow, mariner, b. August 4, 1793, at Orleans, Mass., d. in Boston, Mass., June 10, 1839. He m. January 10, 1814, Nabby (or Abigail) Knowles, daughter of Robert and Lydia (Knowles) Knowles. She was b. June I, 1795, and d. June 3, 1849.

Nabby (or Abigail) Knowles, who was b. June 11, 1795, d. June 3, 1849. She was a daughter of Robert Knowles, a direct descend- ant of one of the early settlers of Massachu- setts. The genealogical line from the immi- grant of the name is thus given : Richard™ Knowles, who d. in Lancaster, Mass., m. Ruth Bowers. John2 Knowles m. December 28, 1670, Apphia Bangs, d. 1675 in King Philip's War. Colonel John3 Knowles, b. July 10, 1673, d. November 3, 1757, m. Mary Sears. Colonel Willard4 Knowles, b. in 1712, m. May 10, 1733, Bethiah Atwood, and d. March II, 1786. John5 Knowles, b. June 9, 1744, m. June 19, 1769, Susanna Walker, and d. No- vember 6, 1807. Robert6 Knowles, b. May 19, 1770, m. September 30, 1794, Lydia Knowles, and d. December 13, 1800. Abi- gail7 Knowles m. Heman7 Snow.

George Knowles8 Snow, b. at Orleans, Mass., August 19, 1826, d. at Gloucester, Mass., August 3, 1885. He was well known as the originator and first publisher of "The Path- finder Railway Guide," issuing the first num- ber in 1855. On June 18, 1850, he m. Mary Jane Bradlee, who was b. December 17, 1828, and d. May 30, 1895. She was of Colonial ancestry, being a descendant in the seventh generation from Nathan Bradley, the first of this branch of the Bradlee family of whom we have definite information. Nathan' Bradley, b. in 1631, d. July 26, 1701. He m. May 17, 1666, Mary Evans, who was b. November 9, 1640, and d. August 24, 1711. The line was continued through Nathan2 Bradley and his second wife Lydia, to whom he was m. in 1702. He was b. March 12, 1674, and d. December 13, 1750. Samuel3 Bradlee, b. Oc- tober 5, 1707, m. in 1730 Mary Andrus, and d. July 7, 1768. She d. May 20, 1796. David4 Bradlee, b. November 24, 1742, d. March 10, 181I. He m. March 22, 1764, Sarah Watts, who d. February 16, 1806. Sam- uels Bradlee, b. January 8, 1768, d. August 2,

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1809. . On March 24, 1796, he m. Catherine Crafts, who was b. February 24, 1775, and d. September 10, 1805. David Fletcher6 Bradlee was b. October 5, 1799, and d. December 31, 1871. He m. Mary Kimball Emery, and of the children b. of their union, Mary Jane7 Bradlee became the wife of George Knowles8 Snow.

Walter Bradlee9 Snow received his prelimin - ary education in the public schools of Water- town, subsequently being graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with the class of 1882. For a few months thereafter he was connected with that institution as assist- ant instructor in the engineering department. He is an expert mechanical engineer by pro- fession, and is frequently engaged as a lecturer on the science in which he is so much inter- ested. Since 1883 he has been associated with the B. F. Sturtevant Company. A progress- ive, public-spirited man, he has rendered ex- cellent service to his native town, being chair- man of the Park Commission, ex-president of the Young Men's Assembly, or Board of Trade of Watertown, and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library. He is a mem- ber of the Sons of the American Revolution, being eligible through David Bradlee, Thomas Crafts, and Amos Knowles, members of the Boston Tea Party, and also through Captain Solomon Pepper.

Mr. Snow married October 22, 1884, Bertha Horne, daughter of Convers Francis and Mary Esther (Parker) Horne, and a descendant of John Horne, or Orne, as the name was some- times spelled. John' Horne settled in Salem, Mass., in 1630, coming with Winthrop and Saltonstall, and was there admitted freeman May 18, 1631. He was a carpenter by trade, and for fifty-one years served as Deacon of the church, with which he united prior to 1636. His will was dated October 8, 1679, and on November 25, 1684, a codicil was added. He d. in 1685, aged eighty-two years. His wife Ann was a member of the church in 1636. They reared six sons; namely, John, Symond, Joseph, Benjamin, Jehoadan, and Harvey - the line being continued through their eldest son, John2 Horne. Robert3 Horne, b. about 1697, d. in Southboro, Mass., in 1760. In 1723 he m. Elizabeth Maynard. Robert4 Horne, b.

August 6, 1726, m. in Southboro, November I, 1749, Thankful Moore. Samuels Horne, b. at Southboro in 1753, m. June 18, 1778, Eliza- beth Harrington. William6 Horne, b. in Southboro in 1783, d. September 30, 1855, in Watertown, Mass. On June 29, 1806, he m. Martha Sanger. Convers Francis7 Horne was b. November 12, 1819, and d. October 21, 1878. On November 24, 1842, he m. Mary Esther Parker, who was b. at Concord, a daugh- ter of Joseph Parker, b. at Pembroke, N. H., November 3, 1781. Her paternal grandfather, also named Joseph Parker, was one of the de- scendants of another Joseph Parker, who was one of the founders of the Andover church and who died in that town in 1768. The Par- ker family from which he was descended mi- grated from Newbury, Mass., to Andover, Mass., at an early date.

Bertha8 Horne married Walter Bradlee9 Snow, as previously mentioned, in 1884. ; Mr. and Mrs. Snow have one child - Rachel Par- ker Snow, born May II, 1888.

ILLIAM AUGUSTUS FAY, of Lynn, a native of that city, was born October 10, 1861, the youngest son of John and Catherine (Hill) Fay.

John Fay was b. in Roscommon County, Ire- land. His wife Catherine, whom he m. in 1828, was a native of the same county. . Immi- grating to Massachusetts after marriage, they resided for a few months in New Bedford, and then removed to Boston, subsequently going from there to Lynn. John Fay d. in Lynn in I862. He had seven children. Of these the following is a record : Bridget, b. in Ireland in 1830, d. in 1865. Thomas, b. in Boston in 1833, d. in 1867. John, b. in Boston in 1831, d. in Lynn in 1871. Patrick, b. in Lynn in 1839, d. in 1875. James, a native resident of Lynn, b. in 1857, now engaged in shoemaking, m. Elizabeth Drislane, by whom he has four children - James, William, Jennie, and Mary. Ellen, b. in Lynn in 1859, now matron of St. Mark's School at Southboro, Mass., m. Harry Williams.

William Augustus Fay, the special subject of this sketch, received a practical education in

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the public schools of Lynn, and has since been engaged in the lumber business, carrying it on in his own name and meeting with well-merited success. Mr. Fay married October 16, 1884, Minnie A. Pike, of New Haven, Conn., daugh- ter of George and Dorothy (Langley) Pike. Her father, George Pike, was b. in Cambridge, Mass. He is now a resident of Chicago, Ill. He m. Dorothy Langley, a daughter of Asaph Langley. Mr. and Mrs. Fay have two chil- dren, namely : Marion Pike, born July 15, 1885; and Paul W., born March 2, 1896.

ARRON H. PRIOR, who formerly carried on a wholesale fish business at T Wharf, Boston, was born at Provincetown, November 21, 1834, being a son of Hiram and Rebecca (Hill) Prior. He was a descendant in the sixth gen- eration of Benjamin Prior, of Duxbury, who m. Bethiah Pratt on December 9, 1697. The succeeding ancestors in direct line were : Ben- jamin, second, Benjamin, third, Jabez, and Hiram, above named.

Thomas' Prior, who came from England, was living at Scituate, Mass., in 1634, d. there in 1639. Benjamin Prior, of Duxbury, above named, probably a grandson of Thomas,' of Scituate, m. Bethiah Pratt on December 9, 1697. His son Benjamin, who followed the trade of tanner, m. Deborah Weston on No- vember 7, 1723, and d. December 3, 1766. This Benjamin had a son also named Benjamin, who was the great-grandfather of Parron H. B. on October 23, 1740, the third Benjamin m. Sarah Soule, daughter of Joseph and Mercy (Fullerton) Soule, in January, 1765. Through Sarah, the Priors are descended from George1 Soule, a passenger in the "Mayflower."

Thus John2 Soule, son of George,I was the father of Joshua,3 b. 1681, who m. Joanna Studley; and their son Joseph,4 b. in 1722, m. Mercy Fullerton, and was the father of Sarah. Mercy Fullerton, wife of Joseph4 Soule, was a daughter of John and Ruth (Sampson) Fullerton, of Marshfield. Ruth was a daughter of George2 Sampson, of Plymp- ton, and grand-daughter of Abraham1 Samp- son, who came over about 1629 or 1630,

settled at Duxbury, and m. a daughter of Lieu- tenant Samuel Nash. Jabez Prior, son of Ben- jamin and Sarah (Soule) Prior, was b. April 26, 1772. His first wife, Abigail, d. Novem- ber 2, 1799. Hiram Prior, b. in Duxbury, Mass., son of Jabez, was a sea captain for a number of years. Afterward he was a mer- chant in Quincy, Mass. He d. in Quincy, January 28, 1885, aged eighty-two years, eleven months, eighteen days. The record in the State Archives states that he was son of Jabez and Sally Prior, both of Duxbury. Another record of Jabez mentions his wife, Sarah Holmes. Hiram Prior m. Rebecca Hill.

After leaving school, Parron H. Prior en- gaged in business as a retail fish dealer. He had spent twenty years in that occupation when he took up the wholesale fish trade. With the experience he had acquired he was soon able to establish a large business: At his death, which occurred in Charlestown on April 19, 1900, when he was sixty-five years old, the business passed into the hands of his sons, Elmer E. and Parron H., Jr., who, under the title of the Parron H. Prior Company, carry it on successfully at T Wharf, Boston.

Mr. Prior and his wife Sarah were the par- ents of three children - Bethia, Elmer E., and Parron H. Bethia is the wife of George H. Towle, of Somerville. Their children are - Edna and Gladys, both of whom are attending the public schools. Elmer E., who was born May 12, 1863, married Ida F. Mitchell, who died in :898, leaving no children. Parron H. married Hattie Tibbetts, a native of Laconia, N. H., and is a resident of Charlestown, Mass.

EORGE FREDERICK ROBINSON, formerly vice-president of the Wal- ker & Pratt Manufacturing Company, of Boston and Watertown, was born. in Water- town, Mass., November 26, 1860, son of Will- iam and Abigail (Robbins) Robinson. His grandfather was Luke Robinson, formerly of Paxton, Mass., afterward a resident of Rut- land, same State, and later an innholder in Watertown. Luke, as shown below, was a son of Samuel Robinson, who was a descendant in the fourth generation of William' Robinson,

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the founder of this branch of the Robinson family in New England. "William," says Paige's History of Cambridge, "is styled sometimes of Cambridge, sometimes of Water- town.

William' Robinson m. Elizabeth Cutter probably in 1668, as they had a daughter Eliza- beth b. in Concord, Mass., in May, 1669. Elizabeth Cutter was a daughter of Richard' Cutter, of Cambridge and Watertown. Proof of this is found in receipts and other documents in the Registry of Deeds, Cambridge, made or given by children of William Robinson, men- tioning their grandfather, Richard Cutter, and wife.

William,2 son of William' and Elizabeth Robinson, was b. in 1673, resided at Newton, Mass., and d. 1754. Hem. Elizabeth Upham, and gave to his eldest child that name. Be- sides his property in Newton, he owned land in different parts of Mendon, Mass. In his will he bequeathed six hundred and sixty pounds to his son Ichabod, 3 and real estate to other sons.

In Ballou's History of Milford (formerly the easterly precinct of Mendon), Mass., we find the following interesting account of Ichabod3 Robinson, b. in Newton, September 2, 1713 : "In early manhood, between 1734 and 1739, he came into these parts and soon located him- self in our Centre, prob. on land sold, given or rented to him by his father." Half an acre of land he gave to the precinct in 1742 as a site for their first meeting-house. In 1746 he was licensed as a regular innholder, and con- tinued in that capacity till his death in 1756. "He m. Ist June 20, 1739, Ruth Merriam, dr. (I presume) of Ebenezer Merriam, then an inn- holder in Mendon town-seat." Children : Ebenezer,4 baptized December 26, 1742, the parents that day being received to church; Ichabod, baptized December 26, 1742, b. Octo- ber 20 preceding; Ruth, baptized September 30, 1744; Elizabeth, June 8, 1746. Mrs. Ruth d., date not ascertained. The husband m., second, Newton, February, 1747, Sarah Mirick, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Strat- ton) Mirick. Their children: "Samuel, b. June 26, 1748, supposed to have set. lived and d. Watertown." John m. Mary Jones.

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 109

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