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was daughter of Joseph Hills, who was b. in England in 1602, and d. in Newbury, Mass., in 1688.
Ebenezer4 Stone m. at Concord, Mass., in 1721, Prudence, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Provender) Pratt, who were m. at Sherborn in March, 1695-6. Her father d. at Framing- ham in 1747. Her mother, who was daughter of John Provender, d. there in 1745. Thomas Pratt, father of Joseph, d. at Sherborn in 1692.
Silas5 Stone was a soldier in the Continental army in the early part of the Revolutionary War. He m. at Sherborn in January, 1749- 50, Elizabeth, daughter of Deacon Jonathan4 and Mary (Coolidge) Russell, who were m. at Sherborn in 1727. Jonathan4 Russell, her father, b. at Woburn in 1700, was lineally de- scended from John Russell, a native of Eng- land, who d. at Woburn, Mass., in 1676. John,2 the next ancestor, b., probably in Eng- land, in 1640, son of John' and his first wife, Elizabeth, whose family name is not known, d. at Boston in 1680. His wife, Sarah, daughter of John' Champney, of Cambridge, d. in 1696. His son John, 3 father of Jona- than, 4 was b. at Woburn in 1662, and d. there in 1717. He m. Elizabeth Palmer, who d. in 1723. She was a daughter of John and Eliza- beth (Alger) Palmer. Her father d. in Boston in 1707. Her mother, a daughter of Lieuten- ant Andrew Alger, of Scarboro, Me., who was killed by Indians, d. at Boston in 1732. Mary Coolidge, wife of Deacon Jonathan+ Russell, was b. at Sherborn in 1701, and d. in 1771. Her father, John3 Cooledge, who was b. Feb- ruary, 1661-2, and d. in January, 1713-4, was the son of Ensign John2 and Hannah2 (Livermore) Cooledge, of Watertown, m. in 1655. His immigrant progenitor on the pater- nal side was John' Cooledge, b. at Cottenham, County Cambridge, England, September 16, 1604, who d. at Watertown, May 7, 1691, and whose wife, Mary, d. August 22 following : on the maternal side, John' Livermore, b. at Little Thurlow, County Suffolk, England, Sep- tember 30, 1604, d. at Watertown, April 14, 1684.
Silas6 Stone d. at Sherborn, July 12, 1820. He was m. January 9, 1781, by the Rev. Elijah
Brown to Jeanette Twitchell, who was b. in 1760, and d. June 13, 1816. She was a daugh- ter of Deacon Jonathans and Deborah (Bullard) Twitchell, of Sherborn. Her father was b. in 1721, and d. in 1780. His descent from Jo- seph1 Twitchell, the immigrant progenitor, who d. at Dorchester in 1657, was through Benjamin2 and his wife, Mary, daughter of Ed- ward' Riggs, of England and Roxbury, Mass. ; Joseph3 and wife, Lydia; and Joseph, 4 b. at Sherborn in 1688, who m. in 1718 Elizabeth Holbrook, Jonathan5 being their second child.
Elizabeth Holbrook, b. in 1696, was a daughter of John3 and Silence (Wood) Hol- brook and grand-daughter of Thomas2 and Margaret (Bowker) Holbrook, who were m. at Medfield in January, 1668-9. Thomas2 was b. about 1629. Silence Wood, b. at Sher- born in February, 1675-6, was a daughter of Jonathan2 and Mary (Daniel) Wood. Her father was killed by Indians at Medfield, Feb- ruary 21, 1675-6. Her mother, who was b. at Dorchester in 1653, and d. at Medfield, February, 1676-7, was a daughter of William Daniel, of Milton, and his wife, Catherine Greenaway, daughter of John Greenaway. Jonathan2 Wood was the son of Nicholas, and Mary (Williams) Wood, natives of England, who after marriage lived at Sherborn, Mass.
Deborah, wife of Deacon Jonathan Twitch- ell, was the daughter of Lieutenant Benjamin4 and Miriam (Morse) Bullard. Her parents were m. at Sherborn by the Rev. Daniel Baker, December 20, 1721. Lieutenant Ben- jamin4 was son of Captain Samuel3 Bullard, b. at Sherborn in 1667, who m. at Sherborn in 1691 Deborah, daughter of James Atherton. Samuel was the son of Benjamin2 and Martha (Pidge) Bullard, whose marriage took place at Dedham, according to the printed records, 5 : 2; 1659. Thomas Pidge, father of Martha, d. at Roxbury in 1643, the year of her bap- tism. Benjamin2 Bullard was admitted a townsman at Dedham in 1655, was one of the founders of the town of Sherborn in 1674, was Tithing-man in 1680, and Selectman in 1688. "October 3, 1673," says Morse, the genealo- gist, "he sold for forty pounds his patrimonial estate in Watertown to Justinian Holden." His father was Robert Bullard, of Watertown.
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Miriam Morse, wife of Lieutenant Benjamin Bullard, was the daughter of Samuel3 and Deb- orah (Herring) Morse. Samuel3 was b. at Sherborn (then Medfield) in 1661, son of Dan- iel2 and Lydia2 (Fisher) Morse, natives of England, who d. at Sherborn, the former in 1688, the latter in January, 1690-I. An- thony' Fisher, father of Lydia, was b. in Eng- land in 1591, and d. in Dorchester, Mass., in 1671. Samuel Morse, father of Daniel, was b. in England in 1585, and d. at Medfield, Mass., in 1654.
Elizabeth Holbrook Hawes, who was m. at Walpole, November 23, 1831, to Dr. Ebenezer Stone, was b. at Roxbury, May 10, 1809, and d. at Walpole, August 18, 1860. She was the daughter of John Holbrook and Achsah (Barber) Hawes. Her father, b. at Sharon, Mass., in 1772, d. at Walpole in 1846. Her mother, b. at Medway in 1784, d. at Roxbury in 1822. The date of their marriage at Med- way was January 1, 1807.
John Holbrook Hawes was a descendant in the sixth generation of Richard' Hawes, b. in England in 1606, who d. in Dorchester, Mas- sachusetts Bay Colony, in January, 1656-7, his wife, Ann, surviving him till 1662. The line of descent was through Obadiah,2 b. in England in 1635, who m. Mary, daughter of Elder James' Humphrey, and d. in Dorchester in 1690; Richard, 3 b. in Dorchester in 1672, who m. Elizabeth daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (French) Peake and grand-daughter of Captain William French, of Billerica; Ste- phen, 4 b. 1707, who m. at Dorchester in De- cember, 1736, Sarah Bird; and Benjamin, 5 b. at Sharon, then Stoughton, Mass., in 1745, who m. in 1770, at Roxbury, Elizabeth Hol- brook, b. at Roxbury in November, 1745, daughter of Captain John4 and Mary (Palmer) Holbrook. John Holbrook Hawes was named for his maternal grandfather, Captain John4 Holbrook. Mary Palmer, wife of Captain Holbrook, was b. at Middleboro, Mass., in 1713, daughter of the Rev. Thomas and Eliza- beth Palmer, of that town, She d. at Wood- stock, Conn., in 1768, and her husband d. in 1774.
John3 Holbrook, father of Captain John, 4 was b. at Dorchester in 1664, and d. at Rox-
bury in 1735. His wife, Mary Cheney, was daughter of Thomas2 and Jane (Atkinson) Cheney, of Cambridge, and grand-daughter of William Cheney, who was b. in England in 1604, and d. at Roxbury in 1667, his wife, Margaret, living until July, 1686. John3 was the son of John2 and Elizabeth (Hemenway) Holbrook, of Roxbury, the latter daughter of Ralph1 and Elizabeth (Hewes) Hemenway, early residents of Roxbury. Achsah Barber, wife of John Holbrook Hawes, was the daugh- ter of George5 and Bethiah (Jones) Barber, na- tive residents of Medway. Her father, b. in 1743, d. in 1832. Her mother, b. in 1751, d. in 1815. Georges Barber was a descendant of Captain George' Barber, an immigrant of 1635, who d. at Medfield in April, 1685, and his wife, Elizabeth Clark, who d. in 1683. The line was continued through their son Zecha- riah,2 b. in 1656 at Medfield, who m. in 1683 Abiel Ellis, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Wight) Ellis; Deacon John, 3 b. 1693, who m. Mrs. Mary Ellis Partridge, daughter of John and Mary (Herring) Ellis and widow of Zechariah Partridge; George, 4 b. at Medway, 1724, who m. in 1743 Elizabeth Clark, and was the father of George, 5 above mentioned.
Mary Herring, wife of John2 Ellis, was b. at Dedham in 1652, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Pierce) Herring, of Dedham. John2 Ellis was son of John1 Ellis, who was a free- man of Dedham in 1641, and m. that year Susanna Lumber. John' Ellis was Selectman of Medfield seven years.
Bethiah5 Jones, wife of Georges Barber, was b. at Medway, December 1, 1751, daughter of Thomas4 Jones, b. in 1729, who m. at Wren- tham in 1750 Bethia Whitney, b. at Medway in February, 1726-7. Thomas4 was a son of Thomas3 Jones, of Holliston, b. at Sherborn in 1706, who m. in May, 1728, Esther Rich- ardson, daughter of John and Esther (Breck) Richardson, and d. in July, 1729.
John Richardson, father of Esther, wife of Thomas3 Jones, was son of John, Sr., and Re- becca (Clark) Richardson. Esther Breck, wife of the second John Richardson, was b. in 1679, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Hill) Breck. Her father d. at Sherborn in 1703, and her mother in 1726.
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Elizabeth+ Clark, who m. Deacon George Barber, was daughter of Captain Edward3 Clark, b. at Medfield, 1679, d. at Medway, 1746, m. at Medfield, June 9, 1703, Hannah Adams, b. at Medfield, October 14, 1685, d. at Medway, October 28, 1775. Hannah was the daughter of Ensign Henry Adams, b. at Medfield in 1657, who d. at Medfield, Septem- ber 29, 1733, m. December 16, 1679, Prudence Frary, b. at Medfield, August 20, 1662, d. at Medfield, December 29, 1750. Prudence was a daughter of John Frary, Jr., b. in England, 1620, who d. at Medfield, March 28, 1670. His wife, Elizabeth Adams Harding, widow of Abraham Harding, d. in Weymouth, 1678.
Lieutenant Henry2 Adams, father of Ensign Henry, 3. was b. in England, 1604, killed by the Indians at Medfield, February 21, 1675-6. His wife, Elizabeth Paine, of Braintree, a native of England, d. in Medfield, February 22, 1675-6.
Benjamin2 Clark, father of Captain Edward Clark, was b. at Dedham, February, 1643-4, d. at Medfield, December, 1724. He m. at Medfield, 1665, Dorcas2 Morse, b. at Dedham, 1645, d. at Medfield, July 14, 1725. She was a daughter of Joseph' Morse, b. in Eng- land, 1615, d. at Dedham in 1654, whose wife, Hannah Phillips, of Watertown, d. in Boston, October 3, 1676. Benjamin2 was the son of Joseph' Clark, of Dedham and Medfield, b. in England, d. in Medfield, January, 1683-4.
Bethia4 Whitney, who m. Thomas Jones, was daughter of Joshua3 Whitney, b. at Sher- born in 1687, m. at Medfield in 1709 Hannah Rockwood, b. at Medfield, August 24, 1691. Hannah was the daughter of Josiah2 Rockwood, b. 1644, d. at Medway, August 27, 1727, m. May 9, 1677, at Medfield, Mary Twitchell, b. at Dorchester, March 8, 1658-9, d. at Med- field, September 15, 1699. Mary Twitchell was the daughter of Benjamin' Twitchell and his wife, Mary Riggs.
Josiah2 Rockwood was son of Nicholas' Rockwood, who d. at Medfield, January 26, 1680-1, and his first wife, Jane, who d. at Medfield, December 15, 1654. Benjamin2 Whitney, father of Joshua, 3 was b. at Water- town, June 6, 1643, d, at Sherborn, March 26,
1723. His wife, Jane, d. at Sherborn, No- vember 14, 1690.
Benjamin was a son of John' Whitney, b. in England, 1589, came to America in 1633, d. at Watertown, June, 1673, and his wife, Eli- nor, b. in England, 1599, who d. at Water- town, May 11, 1659.
William Eben Stone married at Cambridge, Mass., June 22, 1871, Katherine Maria Fay, daughter of Rev. Charles Fay, D. D., and grand-daughter of Judge Samuel P. P. Fay of Cambridge, Mass. She was born at New Or- leans, La., July 6, 1846. Her mother, the wife of Rev. Charles Fay, was Charlotte Emily Hopkins, daughter of Rt. Rev. John Henry Hopkins, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of Vermont. The children of William E. and Katherine Maria (Fay) Stone are : Pauline Fay Stone born at Cambridge, August 22, 1874; Reginald Fay Stone, born at Cambridge, July 16, 1877, who died at Cambridge, January 24, 1892; Margaret Garrad Stone, born at Cambridge, July 19, 1886; and Amy Fay Stone, born at Cambridge, July 13, 1888.
REEMAN CLARKE COFFIN, civil and hydraulic engineer, having an office in the Exchange Building, Boston, and residing at West Medford, was born in Boston, Mass., September 14, 1856, son of Alonzo King and Mary (Moreau) Coffin. He is a descendant in the tenth generation of Tristram Coffin, b. in the parish of Brixton, town of Plymouth, Devonshire, England, who in 1642 came to New England accompanied by his wife, Dionis Stevens, his mother, two sisters, and five children, and settled in Salisbury, Mass. Tristram removed shortly to Haverhill, a few years later to Newbury, whence he returned to Salisbury, and in 1660 went to Nantucket, where he d. October 2, 1681. The line of descent is: Tristram,' James, 2 John, 3 Elias, 4 Prence, 5 Zebulon,6 David New- ell Brown,? Alonzo King, 8 Freeman Clarke9.
James2 Coffin, b. in England, August 12, 1640, m. Mary, daughter of John and Abigail Severance, of Salisbury, d. in Nantucket, July 28, 1720. John, 3 b. 1669, m. Hope Gardner. He d. July, 1747, and his wife in 1750.
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Elias, + b. June 18, 1702, d. in 1773. He m. in 1728, Love Coffin, b. January 17, 1705, daughter of Ebenezer and Eleanor Coffin. She d. May 20, 1781. Prences Coffin, son of Elias and Love Coffin, was b. in 1729. He m. Mary Arthur, daughter of Thomas and Mary Arthur, and removed from Nantucket to Dres- den, Me. Zebulon6 Coffin, b. in 1768, was a seaman, and d. at sea of yellow fever when but twenty-seven years old. His wife in maidenhood was Betsy Brown. Their son, David Newell Brown7 Coffin, who was b. on Swan Island at the mouth of the Kennebec River, May 15, 1795, m. June 13, 1816, Han- nah Hayward, daughter of Edmund and Susan (Matthews) Hayward. She was a descendant of Thomas Hayward, who settled in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, before 1638, was made a freeman in 1646, and later was one of the orig- inal proprietors of Bridgewater, where he d. in 1681. The line of descent was through Deacon Joseph2 Hayward, son of Thomas' by his third wife, Hannah Mitchell ; Thomas, 3 b. 1687, who m. Bethiah Waldo; Edmund, 4 b. 1720, who m. Anna Snell, daughter of Josiah3 and Abigail (Fobes) Snell, and grand-daugh- ter of Josiah, Sr.,2 and Anna (Alden) Snell, and removed to Dresden, Me. ; and Edmund, 5 b. 1762, who went to Sidney, Me., and m., 1792, Susan Matthews, they being the parents of Hannah Hayward above mentioned.
Hannah, wife of Joseph2 Hayward, was a daughter of Experience Mitchell, who came over in the "Ann," the third forefather ship, in 1823, and m. Jane Cooke, daughter of Francis Cooke, one of the "Mayflower " pil- grims. Anna Alden, wife of Josiah2 Snell, Sr., was a daughter of Zechariah Alden, of Duxbury, and grand-daughter of John' Alden and his wife Priscilla. It may be mentioned here that the poet, William Cullen Bryant, was a descendant of Josiah and Anna (Alden) Snell.
Alonzo King8 Coffin was b. in Sidney, Me., May 5, 1821. He m. first, December 31, 1846, Katherine Dunham, of St. Davids, N. B. After her death, which occurred June 27, 1847, he m. for his second wife, May 12, 1855, Mary Elizabeth Moreau, who was b, July 4, 1830, in Porto Rico, They were the
parents of Freeman Clarke Coffin, whose name begins this sketch, and who married in Boston, October 10, 1885, Janet Agnes Lighthall, a native of Durham, P.Q. Mr. and Mrs. Free- man C. Coffin have four children : Whitman King, born in Cohasset, July 19, 1886; Schuyler, born in West Medford, June 18, 1890; John Ruskin, born in West Medford, February 14, 1895; and David Douw, born in West Medford, May 18, 1901.
EORGE WASHINGTON ARM-
STRONG, founder of the Arm- strong Transfer Express Company, of Boston, and proprietor of an extensive sys- tem of railway dining and news rooms, at the close of the nineteenth century one of the best-known business men of New England and one of the most enterprising and useful, died at Centre Harbor, N. H., June 30, 1901. Born in Boston, August 11, 1836, son of David and Mahala (Lovering) Armstrong, on the paternal side he was of "far-off Scotch descent," his earliest ancestors bearing this name in America, immigrants from the north of Ireland, belonging to a family that was an offshoot from the once powerful Armstrong clan of the border land of Scotland and Eng- land, while through his mother he inherited English blood and traits, coming partly of Plymouth Colony stock, his maternal grand- mother having been a Winslow, descendant of a brother of Governor Edward Winslow.
Robert' Armstrong, whose name appears on the charter of Londonderry, N. H., June 21, 1722, as one of the original proprietors of the town, is spoken of by Mr. Leonard A. Morri- son, genealogist and historian, as the father of Deacon John2 Armstrong, b. in the north of Ireland in 1713, who came to New Hampshire in his boyhood, and in 1738 occupied the farm in Windham (then a part of Londonderry), on which in 1762 he built the house that was his home till his death, May 6, 1782, the house being still standing more than a hundred years later. Deacon John Armstrong's wife, Janet, d. in 1776. They had seven children, one a son, David,3 of Windham, b. in 1747, who signed the Association Test in 1776, He m.
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in 1775 Elizabeth Hemphill, by whom he had eleven children. Robert,4 the eldest son, b. in 1779, m. Alice, daughter of Alexander and Sarah (Maxwell) Park, and lived on the Park farm.
Davids Armstrong, eldest son of Robert and Alice and father of the subject of this sketch, was b. November 8, 1806, in Windham, N. H. He removed to Boston in 1826, and worked at his trade as ship-carpenter, residing till his death, September 14, 1851, with his family in South Boston. He m. on Fort Hill, Boston, June 30, 1831, Mahala Lovering, who was b. February 4, 1809, in Loudon, N. H., daughter of John and Elizabeth (Winslow) Lovering. Four children were b. of this union, namely : Ann Elizabeth, who d. September 4, 1849; Sarah J., who m. William H. Hill, and is now a widow and living in New York ; George W., late of Brookline; and Ellen Adelaide, b. De- cember 13, 1839, who m. William A. Field, of Boston, now residing in Stoneham. Mr. and Mrs. Field have had three children : Frank M., b. February 21, 1859, who d. in 1882; Sarah L., b. July 23, 1866; and Nellie A., b. September 27, 1867. Mr. Hill was Orderly Sergeant of Company K, Seventh Massachu- setts Volunteer Infantry, and was killed at the battle of the Wilderness. Mrs. Mahala L. Armstrong was one of the first pupils of the New England Female Medical College, Bos- ton, where she was graduated in 1852, and practised her profession twenty-five years in Boston. She died at Cliftondale, Mass., Au- gust 30, 1901. At the age of ninety-two years she was a remarkably well-preserved woman, and had never worn spectacles. Of a cheerful, sunny disposition, she was beloved by a large circle of friends, and her loss was deeply re- gretted. She united with the Church of the Disciples (Unitarian) in Boston in 1899.
George W. Armstrong was educated in the public schools of Boston, being obliged, how- ever, on account of his father's illness, to leave the Hawes Grammar School when scarcely fourteen years of age to take up the active duties of life. He was so fortunate as to secure a position in the post-office depart- ment as letter carrier. Very likely he had never heard of golf, perhaps not even of
hockey, but he was enough of an athlete to be a good pedestrian, and this was more to the purpose, as he had for his route the whole peninsula of South Boston. This was half a century ago or more, be it remembered. In 1851 he was a newsboy, courteous and manly, vending his wares on State Street, also having charge of filing the papers in a reading-room in Congress Square. From that period dated his acquaintance and friendship with Roland Worthington of the Traveller, afterward Col- lector of the Port of Boston, Curtis Guild, and other well-known newspaper men. On March 26, 1852, began his business connection with railroads, which continued to marvellously in- crease to the close of his life. His initiatory experience of nine years was as a newsboy on the trains of the Boston & Worcester road, under George Bailey, working hours being from five in the morning till nine in the even- ing. After that he had successively brief terms of service on the Boston & Albany as brakeman, baggage-master, sleeping car con- ductor, and train conductor - about eighteen months in all.
He then assumed the management of the news business on that road, and in 1863 he bought a half-interest in the dining-room and news room at the Boston & Albany station in Boston, becoming sole owner in 1871. In 1869 he bought the news business on the Fitchburg Railroad, and in 1877 extended it over the entire Hoosac Tunnel line. In 1865, buying out King's Express, which did busi- ness over the Boston & Worcester Railroad, he changed its name to Armstrong Transfer, and, enlarging its scope, conveyed passengers and baggage, using transfer checks for the latter, between the Boston & Albany station and the North stations in this city.
"In 1875," to quote from a sketch in the Granite Monthly of December, 1897, Mr. Arm- strong "extended his restaurant and newspaper business over the Eastern road, being proprie- tor of the dining-rooms and news rooms in Boston, Portsmouth, Wolfborough Junction, Portland, and at Springfield, Pittsfield, Palmer, and South Framingham on the Boston & Al- bany. Later he acquired control of these departments over the entire line and whole sys-
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tem, with few exceptions, of the Boston & Maine. The news department of the Fitch- burg road, the restaurants and news business of the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn road, and restaurant business of a part of the Old Colony were afterward united to his rapidly broadening territory, which now includes hun- dreds of miles of railway lines." In 1882 was organized the Armstrong Transfer Express Company, Mr. Armstrong being president. He was also a director and owner in various railroads and other corporations.
Mr. Armstrong's business methods were of his own devising. He won the confidence both of the large corporations with which he had dealings and of the travelling public, which he served so well. "A man of strong character, strictly upright, public-spirited, urbane in his manners, kind and sympathetic in his nature," as he has been well described, he had a wide circle of acquaintances and many personal friends. He was fond of good literature, and had a well-selected library. He was a member of the Bostonian Society, the Boston Art Club, the Hawes School Associa- tion, the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the Algonquin and other clubs, and was treasurer of the Beacon Society. While he was a member of many clubs and associa- tions, he was in no sense a "club man," but was thoroughly attached to his home. He removed from Boston to Brookline in 1875. At Centre Harbor, N. H., on the shore of Lake Winnipesaukee, he had a country-seat, "Gilnockie," named for the stronghold in Scotland which gave designation to the famous Johnnie Armstrong of the old-time ballads.
In memory of his paternal ancestors, resi- dents of Windham, N. H., Mr. Armstrong in 1898, presented to that town a building for its public library. This building, the "Arm- strong Memorial," a tasteful, convenient, and durable structure built of lichen-covered stones from the pastures, was dedicated with appro- priate exercises January 4, 1899. No more acceptable gift, and none better for its purpose, could have been devised.
He was first married December 10, 1868, to Miss Louise Marston, of Bridgewater. She died February 17, 1880, leaving one daughter,
Mabelle, who was born February 21, 1870, and died June 1, 1900. Another daughter, Lou- ise, born October 22, 1871, died December 22, 1876. On December 12, 1882, Mr. Arm- strong married Flora Estella, daughter of the late Dr. Reuben Greene, of Boston, and his first wife, Lydia Waste. Dr. Greene was a son of Alfred Greene, of Whitingham, Vt., where his grandfather, Nathan Greene, was one of the first settlers. Nathan was son of Robert and Sarah (Rogers) Greene, of the town of Wales, Mass., and Tolland, Conn. Mr. Armstrong is survived by his second wife, Mrs. Flora Estella Armstrong, and two children, namely : Ethel, born June 7, 1884; and George Robert, born December 10, 1888. They re- side in Brookline, Mass.
EORGE SHATTUCK CUSHING, who lived the greater part of his life in Boston, actively engaged there for many years in foreign commerce, was a representative of an old New England fam- ily, being a descendant in the seventh genera- tion of Matthew Cushing, who was the first of the name to come to Massachusetts from Eng- land. Earlier ancestors lived in Hardingham and Hingham, Norfolk County, England, dur- ing the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
Matthew1 Cushing, with his wife and chil- dren, embarked in the ship "Diligent " of Ips- wich, three hundred and fifty tons, which sailed from Gravesend, England, April 26, 1638, with one hundred and thirty-three pas- sengers, and arrived at Boston, Mass., on Au- gust 10. During the same year he and his fellow-passengers commenced the settlement of Hingham, Mass., which they named after their former home in England. He became a Deacon of the Rev. Peter Hobart's church, and d. September 30, 1660, aged seventy-two years. He was probably the ancestor of all the Cushings of New England.
John2 Cushing, the fifth and youngest child of Matthew' and Nazareth (Pitcher) Cushing, was b. in England, 1627. He m. January 20, 1658, Sarah, daughter of Matthew Hawke, the Town Clerk of Hingham. In 1662 he | moved to the southern part of Scituate, where
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