Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 17

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

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Railway Company, under the law of "eminent domain," of thirty estates, the same being more than these corporations have taken from any other real estate owner. In consequence of deeming himself insufficiently compensated for this property, he has entered several suits at law against the corporations mentioned, in- volving interests amounting to from three to five hundred thousand dollars. Among his present possessions may be mentioned his per- manent residence in Brookline, Mass., his summer residence at Bass Rock, Gloucester, Mass., said to have the finest situation of any along the North Shore, and the office and apartment buildings 830 and 832 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., where, besides his own offices and those of other tenants, are the offices of the Saturday Evening Gazette. In addition to the management of his own prop- erty, he has the management of several other estates in the capacity of trustee.

Although so constantly occupied with his real estate interests, Mr. Way has been at work for twenty-five years on a history of the Way family. In 1887 he published the pam- phlet, "George Way and his Descendants," being a historical and genealogical account of a brother of Henry, the Puritan, and of the said brother's posterity. Awaiting a little leisure to make it ready for the press, he has also on hand a history of the American colony of artists at Pont-Aven, France, of which he and Robert Wiley were pioneers.

On November 29, 1866, in Paris, Mr. Way was married to Charlotte Elizabeth Fobes, who was born at Roxbury, Mass., August 15, 1845, daughter of Edwin and Charlotte Sophia (Far- rington) Fobes. Her father, a native of Oak- ham, Mass., b. September 9, 1814, d. in Bos- ton, May 23, 1879; and her mother, b. at Salem, Mass., May 24, 1818, d. in Brookline. Mr. and Mrs. Way have three children - Marie Eloise, Charles Arthur, and Helen Granville. Marie Eloise married Charles Por- ter Smith, in Brookline, on June 14, 1900, and now has one child, Marie Way, born February 3, 1901. Charles Arthur Way is now at the Harvard Law School.

In religion a Unitarian, in politics Mr. Way is independent. In 1900 he was appointed one

of the honorary vice-presidents for the South Carolina Interstate and West India Exposition to be held in 1902. The organizations of which he is a member include the New Eng- land Historic-Genealogical Society, the Bos- tonian Society, the South Carolina Historical Society, the Boston Art Club, and the Long- wood Club of Brookline. He is the donor to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts of the valu- able Egyptian antiquities known as the "Way Collection." Mr. Way is also a member of the Masonic fraternity, affiliating with Eleusis Lodge, F. &. A. M., and a member of the Mas- sachusetts Consistory, thirty-second degree.

OHN SHEARER PAINE, of Cam- bridge, though a "self-made man," so far as that term may be taken to denote one who has achieved success in life through his own efforts, is by no means of obscure or doubtful antecedents, his ancestors for six generations having been residents of New England, and the more or less complete record of their births, marriages, and deaths, with the chief events of their lives, having been preserved in the annals of the different localities in which they lived.

The first progenitor of the Paine family in America was Stephen Paine, Sr., who in 1638, accompanied by his wife and three children and four servants, came to New England on the ship "Diligent," which vessel also carried a large company of emigrants from the neigh- borhood of Hingham, England. He, however, was from Great Ellingham, Norfolk County, where he had followed the occupation of miller. He settled first in Hingham, Mass., but about 1643 removed to Rehoboth, of which town he was one of the founders and first proprietors. He possessed large estates in that and adjoin- ing towns, and was prominent in the affairs of the church and colony. He was Representa- tive to the General Court for many successive years until his death, which took place in August, 1679. His wife, "Nellie," died at Rehoboth, January 20, 1660; and he subse- quently married Alice, widow of William Parker, of Taunton. She died December 5,

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I682. His will and the inventory of his estate are on file in the State House at Boston.

The line of descent from Stephen Paine, Sr., to the subject of this sketch is as follows : -

Stephen Paine, Jr., eldest son of the Stephen above mentioned, was born in England about 1629, and accompanied his parents to this country. He was admitted as freeman in 1657. He served against the Indians in King Philip's War, to the cost of which he also contributed liberally of his private means. He owned much land in Rehoboth, Swanzey, Attleboro, and other towns. His death oc- curred in Rehoboth in 1679, a few months before that of his father. He married Ann Chickering, daughter of Francis Chickering, of Dedham, and they had five sons and four daughters.

Samuel Paine, born at Rehoboth, May 12, 1662, removed about 1703 to Woodstock, Conn., of which town he was one of the origi- nal settlers. He served with credit in various offices, and died May II, 1735. He was twice married - first, on December 16, 1685, to Ann Peck, of Rehoboth. His second wife was Abigail Frissell, of Woodstock, Conn. Of the first union there were eight children, and of the second two, of whom the younger was Ebenezer, next in line of descent.

Ebenezer Paine was born in Woodstock, Conn., October 15, 1711. His banns of mar- riage with Mary Grosvenor, of Pomfret, Conn., were published August 23, 1735. She died at West Woodstock, May 23, 1758, at the age of forty-three years. She was the daughter of Leicester Grosvenor and Mary Hubbard, who was baptized in Roxbury, Mass., by John Eliot, February 11, 1686. Leicester Grosvenor was the son of John Grosvenor, who came from England to Roxbury, Mass., previous to 1686, and who was in direct line from the Grosvenors, Earls of Chester, England. Ebenezer Paine died in the same town over thirty years later, March 29, 1789, aged seventy-seven years, five months, and fourteen days. They were the parents of six children.

Lester Paine was born at West Woodstock, Conn., May 11, 1742, and baptized on July 25 of the same year. About 1780 he removed to Uxbridge, Mass., where he married Mary

Elizabeth Draper, daughter of David Draper, and built a large house in 1780 that is now well known as the Paine homestead. On De- cember 8, 1787, the house of David Draper was destroyed by fire, on which sad occasion Mr. Draper, then aged eighty years, and his wife, aged eighty-two, with two grand-chil- dren, were burned to death, David Draper, Jr., and his wife escaping. Lester Paine died July 7, 1821, at the age of seventy-nine years ; and his wife on November 6, 1830, aged eighty. They had three children, one son and two daughters.

David Draper Paine, eldest child of Lester and Mary E. Paine, and father of John Shearer Paine, was born at Uxbridge, Mass., July 26, 1788. He was at first, when a young man, a successful school-teacher, but subsequently followed the trade of farmer. For thirty or forty years he was one of the prominent citi- zens of Uxbridge, holding at different times many town offices. He was chairman of the Board of Selectmen and Assessor for many years, and took an active part in town meet- ings, especially in the debates. He was Deacon of the Baptist church for many years, and was respected as a man of influence in the town. He died November 18, 1854, aged sixty-six years. He married Jemima French, of Uxbridge, who was born in the year 1800, and died April 23, 1859. They had eight chil- dren, of whom three are now living: John Shearer, Nathaniel, and George F. D. Na- thaniel married Amanda Hewitt, of Sutton, Mass., and has five children. George married Mary Inman, of Uxbridge, but has no children.

John Shearer Paine, born in Uxbridge, Mass., November 19, 1823, acquired his education partly in the public schools of his native town and partly at Uxbridge Academy, where he graduated. After leaving school he worked in a country store for about three years. Then, at the age of twenty-two, he came to Boston and entered the employ of L. B. Shearer, a furniture manufacturer and dealer, under whom he acquired a thorough knowledge of the cabinet-maker's trade. At the end of about two and a half years his employer, struck by the intelligence and ability that he displayed and the conscientious manner in

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which he performed his duties, offered him a position as travelling salesman, which he ac- cepted and held for three years, in which time he visited and made customers in nearly all the cities and large towns in the Western and Southern States. His success as salesman led to his becoming a partner in the firm, the style of which was changed to Shearer & Paine, their office and warerooms being on Blackstone and Canal Streets. The business was thus continued for twenty years (or until the death of Mr. Shearer), during which period they established branch houses in New York, Chi- cago, and New Orleans. On the death of his partner Mr. Paine closed out the business in the three cities last named, retaining, however, the store in Boston, which he continued to carry on with marked success, selling goods in every State of the Union. In 1870, being pressed for larger accommodations, he resigned, and built the present fine block of stores on Canal Street; and here he continued to carry on his ever-increasing business until 1894, in which year he retired. The business was then incorporated, with his brother, George F. D. Paine, as president, his nephew, W. L. Shearer, vice-president, and his son, James L. Paine, treasurer.

Mr. Paine's activities and successes have been by no means confined to the circumscribed arena of business life. He has taken a promi- nent and useful part in church and Sunday- school work, being formerly for fourteen years superintendent of the Broadway Baptist Sun- day-school of Cambridge, numbering five to six hundred, and for twelve years of the First Baptist Sunday-school, numbering nine hun- dred to a thousand, and for the past sixteen years superintendent of the Cambridge Boys' and Girls' Christian Band, numbering between fifteen hundred and twenty-five hundred, occu- pying the largest hall for their Saturday morn- ing Bible meetings and their Monday evening illustrated lectures.

In the winter of 1860, by a visit to Cuba, opening what has proved to be an extensive trade and acquaintance with that island, he began an extended series of vacation travels in foreign lands-namely, Canada, Cuba, Jamaica, Porto Rico, Barbadoes, Trinidad, San Domingo,

St. Thomas, Martinique, Mexico, Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Switzerland, Ger- many, Austria, Finland, Poland, Sweden, Nor- way, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Russia, Turkey, Greece, Asia Minor, Palestine, Egypt, Nubia, Arabia, Spain, Gibraltar, Italy, India, Ceylon, China, Japan - accompanied by Mrs. Paine and one or more of the children, his main object being to get information, not only for his own family but for others, by taking photographs and notes of the manners and cus- toms of the people, which he has used exten- sively at home and abroad in his illustrated lectures.

These journeys formed the subjects of his many interesting and highly-instructive lect- ures delivered by him without pecuniary rec- ompense, an almost unique example of thought- fulness for the welfare of others in turning a series of vacation tours to account in the moral and intellectual benefit of those with more limited opportunities for recreation and self-improvement. In the evening of life Mr. Paine can look back upon his past career with few regrets and much satisfaction, not in a spirit of false pride or self-glorification, but in the consciousness that he has, so far as lay in his power, improved the talents intrusted to his care by his Divine Master, and made them bring good increase. Obeying from a youth the scriptural injunction to "be diligent in business," he has avoided the common mistake of disregarding its important correlative, "serv- ing the Lord," and, as he has risen in the world, so has he sought to lift up others, less by material assistance (though that has not been wanting when required) than by wise counsel and moral assistance in the upbuilding of character, the key that unlocks the door of success. As a Christian worker he has found his best inspiration in being helpful to others.

In politics Mr. Paine is a Republican. His secret society affiliations are with the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, which he joined many years ago. For many years he was a director and a leading spirit in the manage- ment of the Blackstone National Bank of Bos- ton, Mercantile Library Association, Massa- chusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, Merchants' Exchange, Boston Young Men's

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Christian Association, Musical Educational Society, Baptist Social Union, and was a mem- ber of the Algonquin and Boston Art Clubs.

On April 11, 1854, Mr. Paine was united in marriage with Eliza Ann Shearer, a daugh- ter of John and Chloe (Baker) Shearer, of Palmer, Mass. Mrs. Paine's mother was a daughter of Benjamin Baker, an early settler of Palmer, and a Revolutionary soldier who served in the Ninth Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Colonel Brewer, Captain Jona- than Danforth's company, 1775. Mr. Paine's mother was a daughter of Benjamin French, a soldier of the War of 1812.

Mr. and Mrs. Paine are the parents of three children - James L., Katherine E., and Anna L. James L. Paine, who was born in Boston, graduated at Harvard in the class of 1881, and is now a prominent business man, treasurer of the Paine Furniture Company, as above men- tioned. He married Mary Woolson, of Cam- bridge, Mass., and has two children - John A. and Margaret W. Katherine E., born in Cam- bridge, Mass., is the wife of Edgar R. Cham- plin, the present mayor of Cambridge. Anna L., born in Cambridge, is unmarried, and re- sides with her parents.

For the first twenty years of his business life he was devoted to it early and late. For the following thirty years he gave nearly one- third of his time and income to religious, phil- anthropical, and charitable purposes ; one-third of his time and income to his family and travel ; and one-third to an active and successful busi- ness, never contending at law on his own ac- count, submitting to a wrong rather than seeking to do one, and now, in his seventy- seventh year, is seeking out and devising new plans of usefulness.

HARLES FRANCIS CHOATE, of Boston, a prominent member of the Suffolk bar and long president of the Old Colony Railroad, was born in Salem, Mass., May 16, 1828, son of George and Margaret Manning (Hodges) Choate. He comes of English Colonial stock, being a de- scendant in the seventh generation of John1 Choate, the immigrant ancestor of the family,

who came to New England in 1643, the line being : John, Thomas,2 Francis, 3 William, 4 George,5 Dr. George,6 Charles F .? John, 1 above referred to, is supposed to have been the John Choate (son of Robert and Sarah Choate) who was baptized June 6, 1624, in Groton, Boxford, Colchester, England (see "Choates in America," by E. O. Jameson, published 1896). He settled in 1645 at Chebacco Parish, Ipswich, Essex County, Mass., where he d. in 1695. He was a thrifty farmer, and appar- ently had at heart the welfare of his children, for he gave one of his sons, Benjamin, a col- lege education. His wife, Anne, survived him many years, dying in 1727. They had a family of eight children.

Thomas2 Choate, son of John,I was b. 1671. He was three times m., first in 1690 to Mary Varney, second in 1734 to Mrs. Mary Calef, and third in 1745 to Mrs. Hannah Burnham.

Francis3 Choate, b. 1701, son of Thomas2 by his first wife, m. in 1727 Hannah Perkins, a native of Boston and daughter of Isaac and Mary (Pike) Perkins. They resided in Che- bacco, Ipswich (now Essex). Esquire Fran- cis, as he was called, was Ruling Elder in the church. He was a blacksmith by trade. His wife was a descendant of John Perkins, who came over in 1631 on the same vessel with Roger Williams.

William4 Choate, b. in 1730, was a mariner, and at the age of twenty-five years captain of a ship in which he sailed to Southern ports dur- ing the winters, spending his time in the sum- mer engaged in farming. He also taught school on Hog Island, where he resided. He instructed his four sons in the art of naviga- tion. His family Bible, with records of his marriage and the births of his nine children, has been preserved by his descendants, being now in the possession of the Hon. Joseph H. Choate. His wife, to whom he was m. in 1756, was Mary, daughter of Job and Marga- ret (Low) Giddings.

George5 Choate, b. 1762, the third son of William that grew to maturity, m. Susanna, daughter of Stephen and Mary (Low) Choate. Four of their children lived to adult age.

George,6 b. 1796, d. June 4, 1880. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1818, studied

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medicine, and in 1822 received his medical degree and began practice in Salem. He took high rank in his profession, was president of the Essex South District Medical Society, and of the Salem Athenaeum for many years. He also took an active part in public affairs. A Free Mason, he belonged to Essex Lodge, of which he was Master in 1828 and 1829. In religion he was a Unitarian, and was closely attached to his church. His health becoming impaired, he removed to Cambridge, where he d. June 4, 1880, at the age of eighty-three years. He m. in 1825 Margaret Manning, a native of Salem, b. January 25, 1805, daughter of Gamaliel5 and Sarah (Williams) Hodges. Their children were as follows: George Cheyne Shattuck, b. March 31, 1827, who m. Susan O. Kittredge; Charles Francis, b. May 16, 1828, whose name begins this sketch; Sarah Elizabeth, who d. May 1, 1860; William Gardner, b. 1830, who m. Mary Lyman At- water; Joseph Hodges, b. January 24, 1832, who m. October 16, 1861, Caroline D. Sterling, and is now United States Ambassador to Eng- land; Caroline, b. 1834, who m. in 1860 Bruno de Gersdorff, and d. November 4, 1889. The mother of these children d. October 5, 1887. She was a descendant of George2 Hodges, whose name first appears on the records of Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1662. He is thought to have been of the second gen- eration of his branch of the family in America, but whose son he was or whence he came is not known. He m. first in 1665 Mary Hudson. She d. in 1665, and he m. in 1669 Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Dorcas (Wood) Phip- pen, of Salem. Her father, Joseph, was eldest son of David Phippen, who came to Hingham in 1635, and removed to Boston in 1641. David was second son of Robert Phip- pen, or Fitz Pen, of Dorsetshire, England. Gamaliel3 Hodges, b. in 1685, son of George2 and Sarah, d. August 27, 1765. He m. Jan- uary 7, 1710-1, Sarah, daughter of John3 and Sarah (Manning) Williams, grand-daughter of John2 and Elizabeth (Skerry) Williams, and great-grand-daughter of George' Williams, of Salem, made freeman 1634, an officer of the custom-house. Her mother, Sarah Manning, was daughter of Richard' and Austiss (Calley)

Manning. Richard' did not come here, but his widow and five children came in 1679.

Captain John4 Hodges, a mariner, b. Febru- ary, 1723-4, at Salem, d. in 1799. He m. Mary, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Lambert) Manning.

Gamaliel5 Hodges, b. at Salem in 1766, a sea captain and machinist, m, in 1788 Sarah, daughter of William and Abigail (Brown) Williams. Her mother was a great-grand- daughter of Philip English, or Philippe L'An- glais, whose father, Jean L'Anglais (baptized 1651 in the Isle of Jersey), came to Salem in 1670, and m. Mary, daughter of William and Elinor (Story) Hollingsworth.

Charles Francis Choate acquired his ele- mentary education in the public schools of Salem, and fitted for college at the Salem Latin School. He was graduated from Har- vard College with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in the class of 1849, and then entered the Harvard Law School, where he studied from 1851 to the summer of 1854, at the same time being a tutor in mathematics in the college. During this period he also pursued the study of law in the office of Francis B. Hayes, of Bos- ton. Admitted to the bar of Suffolk County in 1854, he at once began practice in Boston. From that time until 1877 he was actively engaged in professional work, largely as coun- sel for railroad corporations, among them the Boston & Maine and the Old Colony. He became regular counsel for the Old Colony in 1864, was elected a director of the company in 1872 and president in 1877, in which latter position he has since continued through annual elections. He was also president of the Old Colony Steamboat Company from 1877 to 1894. During his presidency of the Old Col- ony Railroad Company the policy of consoli- dating under one control the railroads of south-eastern Massachusetts was successfully carried out, and the consolidated property was leased May 1, 1893, to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. Of this corporation Mr. Choate has since become a director. During his presidency of the Old Colony Steamboat Company, which in connec- tion with the Old Colony Railroad Company forms the Fall River Line between Boston and

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New York, the company built the fleet of steamboats which are unequalled for beauty and convenience, and which have given to the Fall River Line a world-wide fame. Mr. Choate is also a director and vice-president of the New England Trust Company. He was elected actuary of the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company on June 15, 1893, and resigned that office February 11, 1901, to take the presidency, which he still holds. He has served in the General Court, a member from Cambridge in 1863, and was a member of the Cambridge city government in 1864-65.

Mr. Choate married November 7, 1855, Elizabeth Waterman Carlile, a native of Providence, R. I., born August 8, 1834, daugh- ter of Edward and Hannah (Thompson) Car- lile. They have had five children: Edward Carlile, born March 9, 1857; Sarah Carlile, born May 5, 1858, who married September 18, 1877, Joshua Montgomery Sears; Margaret Manning, born November 18, 1861, who mar- ried June 12, 1890, Nathaniel I. Bowditch; Helen T., born May 8, 1863, who died January 18, 1884; and Charles Francis, Jr., born Oc- tober 23, 1866, who married June 15, 1892, Louise Burnett, daughter of the Hon. Joseph and Josephine (Cutler) Burnett, of Southboro. Charles F. Choate, Jr., was graduated at Har- vard College in 1888. He studied at the Har- vard Law School, was admitted to the Suffolk bar, and is now one of the successful young lawyers in Boston.

EROME JONES, president of the Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Company, china and glass merchants, Boston, is one of the oldest as well as most extensive dealers in this line of trade in the United States, having served in youth and early man- hood an apprenticeship beginning in the fifties of last century, and having been engaged in it as a working factor and as principal for forty- eight years, his age at present writing lacking some months of being sixty-four.

Mr. Jones was born at Athol, Worcester County, Mass., October 13, 1837, being the seventh and youngest son of Theodore and

Marcia (Estabrook) Jones. While on the Jones side his complete line of descent has not been absolutely determined, it is thought to be as follows: Lewis' Jones, of Watertown, d. 1684; Captain and Deacon Josiah2 Jones, of Weston, d. 1714, m. Lydia Treading ; James3 Jones, b. 1679, m. Sarah Moore, of East Sud- bury; James4 (brother of Captain Aaron), m. 1728 Abigail Garfield; Jonathan, 5 b. 1739, m. Lydia Jones, daughter of Captain Aaron4 Jones; Theodore,6 b. 1780, m. Marcia Esta- brook. Mr. Jones's mother was a descendant in the sixth generation of the Rev. Joseph1 Estabrook, of Concord, Mass., the line contin- uing through Joseph, 1-2-3 Benjamin, 4 Joseph, 5 to Marcia,6 his own place being in the seventh generation. Joseph' Estabrook came to these shores from England in 1660, before complet- ing his education. He was graduated at Har- vard College in 1664, and three years later was settled as colleague with the Rev. Edward Bulkeley at Concord, Mass., where he d. in III. He m. in 1668 Mary, daughter of Captain Hugh Mason, of Watertown. His son Joseph, 2 who was b. in 1669 and d. in 1733, was one of the leading citizens of Lexington in that early day. He was a Deacon of the church, Captain of the military company, sur- veyor and schoolmaster; and he held various town offices. He m. first in December, 1689, Melicent Woods.

Joseph3 Estabrook (1690-1740) succeeded his father as Captain and as Deacon, and in his turn was an office holder and man of influ- ence in the community. He m. in 1719 his second wife, Hannah Bowman. Benjamin4 Estabrook, who was b. in 1729, and d. in 1803, resided in Lexington, and for many years held the offices of Coroner and Justice of the Peace. In 1775-76 he served as private in the campaign of Ticonderoga. He m. May 9, 1757, Hannah Hubbard, of Concord. Joseph, 5 b. March 4, 1758, son of Benjamin4 and Hannah Estabrook, fought at the battle of Lexington a few weeks after his seventeenth birthday and not long before he entered Har- vard College. He received the degree of Bach- elor of Arts in 1782, subsequently pursued his theological studies with the Rev. Jonas Clark, and was ordained as pastor of the church at

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 17

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