Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 29

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

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Mr. Jordan married December 24, 1874, at Malden, Georgia Marsh, who was born in Dub- lin, Ireland, a daughter of Philip and Jane (Hurst) Marsh, of Manchester, England. Mr. and Mrs. Jordan have two children - Evelyn Georgia9 and Frederick Lyman,9 both born in Malden. These children have been edu- cated in the Malden High School, and Fred- erick Lyman also attended Comer's Commercial College.

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EORGE BROOKS, of Brookline, head of the firm of Brooks & Co., 135 Essex Street, Boston, and treasurer of the Boston Fire Brick Company, was born November 28, 1819, in Roxbury, now Boston. His parents were Kendall and Mary (Pettee) Brooks. His descent from Henry Brooks, who d. at Woburn, April 12, 1683, and whose first wife, Susanna, d. there in 1681, is through John,2 who m. at Woburn in 1649 Eunice Mousall, who d. January 1, 1684, daughter of Deacon John Mousall, one of the founders of Woburn (John Brooks d. in 1691) ; Jabez, 3 b. at Woburn, July 17, 1673, who m. Hephzibeth Cutter, daughter of Richard' Cut- ter, of Cambridge; Benjamin,4 b. April 14, 1717, who m. Susannah Kendall in 1740; Jo- seph, 5 b. December 28, 1759, who m. Rebecca Wyman; Kendall6 (the father above named), b. in Woburn, January 10, 1792.

Kendall Brooks removed to Roxbury in his youth, and, having learned the trade of harness- making and chaise-making, engaged in that business as long as he lived. For many years he was a Deacon of the Dudley Street Baptist Church. He d. January 1, 1872. By his first wife, Eunice Blackman, he had two children : John, who d. at the age of seventy-six years ; and Eunice, who m. Lewis Philbrick, and is now living (March, 1901), at the age of eighty- three years. His second wife, Mary Pettee, whom he m. November 22, 1818, at Dedham, d. November 23, 1870. She was a daughter of Simon6 and Mary (Newell) Pettee. Her par- ents were m. May 12, 1796. Her father was a descendant of William Pettee, who, with his wife Mary, was at Weymouth, Mass., in 1638, and was a town officer in 1643. The line was : William'; Samuel,2 b. 1657; Simon, 3 sur- veyor at Stoughton in 1730, and constable in 1731; Ebenezer,4 b. in 1722; Ebenezer, 5 Jr., May 25, 1741; Simon,' a native of Needham, Mass., who d. in 1806.

Ebenezer4 Pettee m. Mary Dean in 1740. He d. at the age of sixty years. His son, Ebenezer, Jr., 5 m. Rebecca Hartshorn in 1765, and d. in 1783, at the age of forty-two. The younger Ebenezer Pettee was a soldier of the Revolution. The following is his war record, copied from the State archives: Ebeneser

Pettie appears with the rank of private on muster-roll of Captain George Gould's com- pany, Colonel Pane Sargent's regiment, dated August I, 1775. Enlisted May 18, 1775. Time of service, two months, nineteen days. Residence, Dedham. (Vol. 15, p. 10.)

Ebeneser Pette appears with rank of private on company return of Captain Gould's com- pany, Colonel Sargent's regiment. Residence, Dedham. No date given, probably October, 1775. (Vol. 56, p. 187.)

Ebeneser Pettee appears with rank of private on a pay-roll abstract of Captain Aaron Guild's company, Colonel Josiah Whit- ney's regiment, for service in the Colony army. Sworn to June 20, 1776. (Vol. 18, p. 32.)

Ebeneser Pettee appears with the rank of private on muster and pay roll of Captain Aaron Guild's company, Colonel Josiah Whit- ney's regiment. Enlisted May 26, 1776. Discharged August 1, 1776. Time of ser- vice, two months, five days. Roll dated at camp at Hull. (Vol. 19, p. 142.)

Ebeneser Pettee appears with the rank of private on muster and pay roll of Captain Aaron Guild's company, Colonel Josiah Whit- ney's regiment. Enlisted August 1, 1776. Discharged November 1, 1776. Time of ser- vice, three months. Roll dated at Hull. (Vol. 19, p. 140. )

Ebeneser Pettee appears among a list of men's names signed to a petition for increase and payment of wages, dated camp at Hull, September 17, 1776. (Vol. 55, p. 59, file N.)

Ebeneser Pette appears with the rank of private on muster and pay roll of Captain Luke Howell's company, Colonel Nathan Tyler's regiment, for service at Rhode Island. En- listed August 29, 1779. Term of service was two days. (Vol. 2, p. 114, N.)

Ebeneser Petty appears with the rank of private on muster and pay roll of Captain Luke Howell's company, Colonel Nathan Tyler's regiment, for service at Rhode Island. Enlisted December 1, 1779. Discharged De- cember 31, 1779. Time of service, one month, three days. (Vol. 2, p. 114.)

The above is dated Boston, September 26, 1 896. Signed by William M. Olin, Secre-

HENRY E. COBB.

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tary, and stamped with the seal of the Com- monwealth.

Kendall Brooks and his wife, Mary, had nine children beside one that d. in infancy, namely : George, whose personal history is outlined below; the Rev. Kendall Brooks, D. D., late President of Kalamazoo College, Michigan, who d. in 1897; Elizabeth (deceased), who m. John Baker; William, in the mercantile busi- ness, now living in Roxbury; Mary, who m. Dr. George Jewett (both deceased) ; the Rev. Samuel, D.D., a professor at Kalamazoo Col- lege; Frances, of Roxbury, who has been a teacher for over forty years; Julia, wife of E. T. Cressey, of Sioux Falls, S.D. ; and Benjamin Henry, architect, of Kansas City, Mo.

After completing his course of study at the Roxbury Latin School in 1834, George Brooks in September of that year began business life as a clerk in the grocery store of Caleb Parker at Roxbury. In 1839 he entered the employ of Stephen Williams, currier, and on the day he was twenty-one, November 28, 1840, he became a partner in the firm of Stephen Will- iams & Co. In 1845 Mr. Brooks went to France, where he spent a year in learning special methods of leather manufacture, and in 1846 he engaged in manufacturing the leather known as French calf. In 1851 he, with Joseph A. Safford and J. D. Sumner, founded the firm of Safford, Brooks & Co., dealers in shoe manufacturing goods at I Blackstone Street, Boston. This prosperous business house, since known under the succes- sive styles of Brooks, Lane & Co., Brooks & Mecuen, Brooks & Young, is now Brooks & Co., including Mr. Brooks and his two sons, George K. and Gardner C. Brooks. Mr. Brooks is a Deacon of the Baptist church in Brookline, and for seventeen years he was superintendent of the Sunday-school. For twenty-one years he was a member of the Brookline School Committee. Politically, he is a Republican.

Mr. Brooks was married January I, 1851, to Miss Eliza Corey, daughter of Timothy and Mary (Gardner) Corey, of Brookline. One child born of this union died in infancy, and three - Agnes B., George Kendall, and Gard-

ner Corey - are now living. Agnes B. is the wife of E. P. « Vining, of San Francisco. George Kendall, who is in business with his father, m. Elizabeth Clark, and has three chil- dren - Agnes Elizabeth, George Clark, and Mary Gardner. Gardner Corey is associated with his father and brother in business. He married Emily Janet Seaverns. Mrs. Eliza Corey Brooks died March 11, 1899. Her father, Deacon Timothy Corey, was a son of Captain Timothy Corey, Sr., of the Revolu- tionary army, a native of Weston, Mass., who settled in Brookline when a young man, buy- ing an estate there in 1771. The father of Captain Timothy was Isaac Corey. Deacon Timothy Corey, son of Captain Timothy, Sr., and Elizabeth (Griggs) Corey, d. in August, 1844, aged sixty-two years. His wife, Mary Gardner, was the daughter of Caleb and Mary (Jackson) Gardner and grand-daughter of Captain Benjamin Gardner. The Gardner family, founded by Thomas,' who d. in 1639, were large landholders in Brookline at an early date. From Thomas' the line continued through Thomas,2 a native of England, who m. in 1641 Lucy Smith, and settled at Brook- line; Deacon Thomas, 3 who m. Mary Bowles, and was the father of Captain Benjamin Gard- ner above named.

ON. HENRY EDDY COBB, M. A., of Newton, Mass., was born June 21, 1839, in Hartford, Conn. He comes, however, of Massachusetts Colonial stock, his immigrant ancestors, pater- nal. and maternal, having been early settlers of Plymouth and Barnstable Counties.

Henry Cobb, b. at Reculver, England, in 1602, came to Plymouth in 1629, was at Scit- uate in 1633, and in 1634 settled at Barnstable, on the Cape. He was an Elder in the Barn- stable church, and he served a number of terms as Representative of that town to the General Court. His first wife, Patience, d. in 1648; and he m., second, Sarah, daugh- ter of Governor Thomas Hinckley, of the Plym- outh Colony. According to Deane (History of Scituate), his children by his first wife were : John, James, Gershom, Eleazer, Mary,

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and Patience; and by his second - Samuel, Jonathan Henry, Mehitabel, Sarah.

From Elder Henry1 the Cobb line descended (perhaps) through John,2 who m. in 1658 Martha, daughter of William Nelson; Eben- ezer, 3 who m. in 1693 Mary Holmes; Nathan, 4 b. in 1707, who m. Joanna Bennett ; Timothy, 5 b. 1742, who m. Deborah Churchill; Thomas, 6 b. in 1782 at Carver, Plymouth County, who m. Hannah, daughter of Andrew and Sarah (Perkins) Barrows; and Andrew Barrows, b. at Carver, February 5, 1812, who m. in 1836 Lydia Morton Eddy; to their son, Henry Eddy& Cobb, of Newton.

Mr. Cobb's mother, whose maiden name, as mentioned above, was Lydia Morton Eddy, was b. August 1, 1813. She was a daughter of Joshua6 Eddy, of Middleboro, and his wife, Lydia Morton. Her father, who was b. in 1779, was a descendant in the sixth generation of Samuel1 Eddy, the progenitor of the Middle- boro branch of the Eddy family. The lineage was: Samuel,1 b. 1608; Obadiah,2 b. 1645; Samuel, 3 b. 1675; Zachariah,4 b. 1701 or 1712; Joshua, 5 b. 1748; Joshua,6 b. 1779, as above stated.

Samuel' Eddy and his brother John, sons of the Rev. William Eddy, A. M., vicar of the church of St. Dunstan, Cranbrook, Kent, Eng- land, came to America in the ship "Hand- maid," arriving at Plymouth, October 29, 1630, O.S. John Eddy settled at Watertown. Samuel in 1631 bought a house at Plymouth. Later he removed to Middleboro, being one of the original proprietors of the town and a large land-owner. Five children were b. to him and his wife, Elizabeth. Obadiah2 m. a Ben- nett, and had seven children, the third being Samuel, 3 who m. Melatiah Pratt, and was the father of five children. Zachariah, 4 who d. in 1777 at sixty-six years of age, was a stanch Whig and friend of American independence. His sons, Zachariah, Jr., and Joshua, were in the army, Joshua being at the siege of Boston and the battles of Saratoga and Monmouth. The State records now printed show that Joshua Eddy was First Lieutenant in Captain Thomas Turner's company early in the Revolutionary War, and afterward was Captain in Colonel Gamaliel Bradford's regiment. His name is

on Continental army pay accounts for service from January 1, 1777, to October 15, 1778. Partly on account of the death of his father, he then left the service, being "deranged," as the term was (that is, left out of the new arrangement) at his own request. Captain Joshua5 Eddy m. Lydia Paddock, of Middle- boro, and had ten children. Joshua, 6 the el- dest of these, d. November 12, 1863. His wife, Lydia Morton, was b. September II, 1779, and d. July 21, 1855.

Andrew Barrows Cobb was for many years treasurer of the American Tool and Machine Company. After his removal to Newton in 1844 he served several years as an Assessor of the town. He d. at Newton, March 3, 1878. His wife, Lydia Morton Eddy, who was b. August 1, 1813, at Middleboro, d. February 15, 1895, at Newton. They had three chil- dren : Henry Eddy, 8 the eldest, b. in Hartford, as stated above; Kate Morton, 8 b. May 25, 1842, in Bridgewater, Mass. ; and Andrew Barrows, 8 b. November 2, 1852, at Newton. Kate Morton8 Cobb was m. May 30, 1865, to Theodore Nickerson, of Newton. Andrew Barrows8 Cobb was m. August 15, 1878, to Ellen M. Converse, a native of Boston.

Henry Eddy Cobb was five years old when his parents came to Newton, taking up their abode in that part of the town then called Angiers Corner, which was a flag station on the Boston & Albany Railroad, with only two houses on the south side thereof. He was edu- cated in the public schools, completing his course of study in the high school at the age of fourteen. He then became clerk in the Newton Bank. In 1855 he entered the employ of Potter, Nute, White & Bayley, wholesale boot and shoe dealers of Boston, with whom he remained twelve years. In 1867 he entered into partnership with R. L. Day, under the firm style of R. L. Day & Cobb, bankers, brokers, and stock auctioneers, and held weekly sales in the old Merchants' Exchange on State Street. In 1874 he became one of the firm of Brewster, Bassett & Co., successors to the old banking house of Brewster, Sweet & Co. Later he was head of the firm of Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook, and represented this house on the floor of the Stock Exchange, of which

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for some time he was vice-president, presiding over that body afternoons.

Mr. Cobb has served as a member of the School Committee of Newton and for two years as Alderman. He was elected Mayor in 1895, and unanimously re-elected in 1896 and 1897. In politics he is a stanch Republican. He is a member of the Eliot Congregational Church of Newton, an officer of the American Board of Foreign Missions, and a member of the Congregational Club. He is one of the Trustees of Wellesley College and of the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston. He is prominent in Masonic circles, belonging to Winslow Lewis Lodge, F. & A. M., of New- ton, the Royal Arch Chapter, and Gethsemane Commandery, K. T. He is a member of the Sons of the Revolution and of the Newton Club, of which he served as president four years, and is now president of the Claflin Guard Veteran Association. He has made three trips abroad, 1891, 1892, and 1899, visiting the principal places of interest to travellers in Europe, also voyaging up the Nile. He received from Dartmouth College in 1896 the degree of Master of Arts. Mr. Cobb was married May 11, 1864, to Hattie M. Cooley. She was born February 24, 1842, at Norwich, Conn., being a daughter of Charles Ingraham and Lucy Beckwith (Ely) Cooley. Her parents were married at Hartford, Conn., August 1, 1827.

Mrs. Cobb's mother was a daughter of Eli and Bathsheba (Blake) Ely. Her grandfather Ely was a descendant in the fifth generation of Nathaniel Ely, the immigrant, one of the first settlers of Hartford, Conn. The line was : Nathaniel1; Samuel,2 who m. at Springfield in 1659 Mary1 Day; John, 3 who m. in 1703 Mercy Bliss; Caleb,4 b. in 1714 at West Sprinfield, who m. in 1740 Mary Edwards, a cousin of the Rev. Jonathan Edwards; Will- iam, 5 b. 1743, who m. Drusillon, daughter of William5 Brewster, of Windham, Conn. (lin- eal descendant of Elder William' Brewster through Love,2 William, 3 Benjamin4) ; Eli, b. 1772, father of Lucy B.

Mr. and Mrs. Cobb have three children - Morton Eddy, Lucy Ely, and Helen Minerva - all of whom have been pupils in the Newton

public schools. Lucy Ely and Helen M. completed their studies in Boston. Morton Eddy, after leaving the Newton High School, took a course of study at the Institute of Tech- nology, Boston, and is now special Massachu- setts agent for the Mutual Life Insurance Com- pany of New York. He married Mary S. Byers, of Newtonville, and resides in Newton.

ILLIAM STEELE HINMAN, who is engaged in the banking business in Boston, and is a resident of New- ton, was born November 8, 1852, in Derby,

Vt. Son of the late Harry Hinman, he is a descendant in the eighth generation of Ser- geant Edward Hinman, of Stratford, the founder of the family in New England.

Edward' Hinman, whose name first appears in the records of Stratford, Conn., between 1650 and 1652, was the first owner of the old tide mill situated between Stratford and what is now Bridgeport. In 1681 he sold his homestead in Stratford and removed to Wood- bury, Conn. His death occurred November 26, 1681, in Stratford, it is thought, as his will was proved at Fairfield. He m. Hannah Stiles. Their first child, Benjamin2 Hinman, b. in Stratford in 1653, after spending his youth in his native town settled in Woodbury, where he was afterward engaged in farming until his death, which occurred in 1713. He was a man of influence, twice representing his town in the General Court. On July 12, 1684, he m. Elizabeth Lum. Their son, Ben- jamin, 3 was baptized at Woodbury, Conn., in April, 1692, and d. in 1727. His wife, Sarah Sherman, was a descendant of the Hon. Sam- uel Sherman, of Stratford, Conn.

Colonel Benjamin4 Hinman, son of Benja- min3 and Sarah, was baptized in April, 1720. He d. March 22, 1810, at the ripe old age of ninety years. Throughout the French and Indian War he was a prominent figure, as early as 1751 serving as Quartermaster of a troop in the Thirteenth Regiment of Connecticut Cav- alry. In 1758, when Connecticut raised five thousand men for the invasion of Canada, he was made Captain of the Second Company, with Israel Putnam as his Major. Afterward

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he was the Captain of the Third Company, and later was made Lieutenant Colonel. Commis- sioned by Governor Trumbull, in May, 1775, as Colonel of the Fourth Connecticut Regi- ment, he served in various locations until fail- ing health compelled him to return to his home. Those who knew him described him as a man of fine physique, fully six feet in height and very straight. Colonel Hinman represented the town of Woodbury at the General Assem- bly of Connecticut for seventeen sessions and the town of Southbury for nine sessions. In 1788 he was a member of the Convention to ratify the National Constitution. He was twice m. His first wife, Mary Stiles, a daughter of Francis Stiles, was the mother of all his children. She d. May 7, 1783 ; and he m., secondly, November 23, 1791, Mrs. Sarah Hicock, daughter of Deacon Benjamin Hicock.

Aaron5 Hinman, b. in 1746, son of Colonel Benjamin, d. May 30, 1820, in Southbury, Conn., where he was a large landholder and a man of considerable wealth. He was influen- tial in public affairs, for five sessions being a member of the General Assembly. On Octo- ber 22, 1772, he m. Ruth Hinman. Their son, Benjamin6 Hinman, b. in Southbury, Conn., August 12, 1773, before 1800 removed to Derby, Vt., where he was an extensive farmer for many years. In March, 1806, he m. Lydia Dean, of Grafton, N. H.

Harry7 Hinman, son of Benjamin and Lydia, was b. May 28, 1818, in Derby, Vt., where he spent the years of his early manhood, and was active in local affairs. He subsequently en- gaged in business in Boston as a flour mer- chant, having an extensive trade, and residing in this city until his death on September 1 I, 1897. He was a man of deep religious con- victions, and for a number of years served as Deacon of the Warren Avenue Baptist Church. In October, 1842, he m. Urania Hinman, by whom he had two children : Selina J., b. July 31, 1847, who d. in Boston, January 29, 1900; and William Steele, the date of whose birth is mentioned at the beginning of this sketch.

William Steele8 Hinman was educated in Derby Academy and at the Dwight School in Boston. On leaving school he commenced as a boy to learn the shoe business, and continued

in it until about 1882, at which time he engaged in the banking and brokerage business in Boston. On April 22, 1882, he married Marion Stanton, who was born in Conway, N. H., a daughter of Elijah and Sarah (Chand- ler) Stanton.

DWARD BLAKE POWERS, of Chel- sea, has been a United States Internal Revenue Gauger in Boston since 1885. A son of Edward and Harriet (Hedt- ler) Powers, he was born December 1, 1848, in Halifax, N.S., where he spent his child- hood. After coming to Boston, he completed the course of study in the public schools, and then learned the upholsterer's trade. Subse- quently embarking in mercantile pursuits in Boston, he was engaged in business until 1885, when he accepted his present position. Mr. Powers married November 23, 1870, Augusta Lavina Berry, who was born in Gloucester, N.J., a daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (Ricker) Berry. Stephen Berry was b. in Barrington, N. H., in 1818, and d. in Haver- hill, Mass., January 19, 1898. He was a successful business man, principally engaged during the active part of his life in the manu- facture of cotton cloth. Through her mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Ricker, Mrs. Powers is a direct descendant in the sixth generation of George' Ricker, the line of de- scent being : George,' John Evans,2 Paul, 3 Paul, 4 Elizabeth, 5 Augusta Lavina6.

George' Ricker was living in Dover, N. H., in 1670, and in 1672 was one of the tax-payers of that town. He settled in what is now Rol- linsford, on the easterly side of Garrison Hill, Dover. According to Pike's Journal, he was killed by the Indians, June 4, 1706, while running up the lane (now Oak Street) near Hurd's garrison-house, which stood in what is now the garden of "Friend " Bangs. He m. Eleanor Evans. John Evans2 Ricker, the second child of George, was baptized April I, 1682. He m. Hannah Garland, daughter of Jabez and Dorcas Garland. Paul3 Ricker served in the Revolutionary War, his name appearing on the Revolutionary Rolls of New Hampshire as one of sixty men who were

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enlisted by Henry Dearborn in 1780 for the Continental army. He was afterward paid a bounty of three pounds, fifteen shillings. He met an accidental death by drowning. The maiden name of his wife was Abigail Hodg- don. Paul4 Ricker was b. about 1780. After his marriage with Elizabeth Hayes he settled in that part of Rochester, N. H., that is now known as Gonic, living in a house at present used for tenement purposes by the Gonic Com- pany. Elizabeth5 Ricker m. Stephen Berry, and they were the parents of Augusta Lavina6 (Mrs. Powers).

Mr. and Mrs. Powers have seven children ; namely, Irene E., Eloise, Albert B., Harriet E., Elizabeth Berry, Marion Edith, and Henry E. Irene E. is the wife of Joseph D. Martin, by whom she has four children - Gladys, Bren- ton, Dorothy, and Lawrence. Eloise married Robert H. Clark, and they have one child, Elsie Irene Clark. Albert B. married Kath- erine Gertrude Bacon. Henry E., the young- est child, died in infancy.

ILLIAM EBEN STONE, treasurer of the Champion Iron Company, State Street, Boston, was born at Walpole, Norfolk County, Mass., November 27, 1845, son of Dr. Ebenezer and Elizabeth Holbrook (Hawes) Stone. He belongs to the old Middlesex family founded by the broth- ers Simon and Gregory Stone, the former of whom came over from England in 1635 and settled at Watertown near the Cambridge line, while the latter, whose name is on the list of townsmen at Watertown, February 28, 1636-7, later took up his permanent abode at Cam- bridge. Simon Stone d. September 22, 1665. Gregory, who was Deacon of the church at Cambridge, d. November 30, 1672, his age, wrongly given as eighty-two years, being about eighty, like that of his brother.

Simon Stone was a former resident of Box- ted, Essex County, England, and Gregory, of Nayland, Suffolk County, three miles distant from Boxted. The parish registers of Nay- land show that Gregory Stone and Margaret Garrard were m. July 20, 1617; that Margaret d. in 1626, the date of her burial being August

4; and that she was the mother of three sons, John, Daniel, and David, and a daughter Elizabeth, who d. in infancy; also that Greg- ory Stone had three other children, Elizabeth, Samuel, and Sarah, by a second wife, for- merly widow Lydia Cooper. In the parish registers of Much Bromley (now Great Brom- ley), Essex County, England, are records of marriages and baptisms in the Stone family dating as far back as January, 1560, among them being baptism February 9, 1585-6, of Simond, son of David Stone and Ursly, his wife; and April 19, 1592, of Gregorie Stone, son of David Stone. These dates coincide with the respective dates of death and the ages of Simon Stone, of Watertown, and Gregory, of Cambridge. Ancient wills of the Stones of Much Bromley, the first that of a Symond Stone, probated in February, 1510, apparently carry the line back four generations beyond Si- mon and Gregory. (See pamphlet, "The Eng- lish Ancestry of Simon and Gregory Stone," by William E. Stone, of Cambridge, printed in 1897.)

William Eben Stone, whose name heads the present historical sketch of the family, is a de- scendant in the eighth generation of Deacon Gregory Stone, of Nayland, England, and Cam- bridge, Mass., the ancestral line being : Greg- ory1; John,2 baptized July 31, 1618; Nathan- iel, 3 b. at Sudbury, Mass., in 1660; Ebenezer, 4 b. at Sudbury in 1688; Silas, 5 b. at Framing- ham (formerly Sudbury) in 1728; Silas,6 Jr., b. at Natick in 1755; Ebenezer,7 b. at Sher- born, October 10, 1797; William Eben, 8 b. November 27, 1845.

John2 Stone settled in Sudbury, building his house in that part of the town which is now Framingham. He was Elder of the Sudbury church. About 1664 he removed to Cam- bridge, and he d. there in 1683. His wife was Ann, daughter of Elder Edward How, of Watertown, who came from Boxted, Essex County, England, and who d. at Watertown in 1644. Nathaniel3 Stone d. in 1732. He m. in 1684 Sarah, daughter of Captain John and Mary (Hills) Waite, English-born residents of Malden, Mass. Captain Waite was a son of Samuel and Mary (Ward) Waite, of Weathersfield, England. His wife, Mary,

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 29

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