Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 48

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

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was in business at Cambridge with Eben Den- ton, manufacturing blank books. In 1873 was incorporated the Cambridgeport Diary Company, Mr. Dresser being the president thereof. This position he still retains. The place of business is on Blackstone Street, Cam- bridgeport. For the last fourteen years Mr. Dresser has been president of the National City Bank, Cambridge. He is a vice-presi- dent of the Cambridge Savings Bank, and is on the board of investing committee. His success in business has been the result of his diligent application and sagacious manage- ment. He is a member of the Boston Lancers, the Colonial Club, and the Union Club, of Cambridge.

Mr. Dresser was married in 1849 to Augusta Denton, daughter of Eben Denton, of Cam- bridge, and sister of his partner, Eben Denton. (For ancestry see sketch of Eben Denton. ) Mrs. Augusta D. Dresser died in 1858, and Mr. Dresser married in 1860 Rebecca Will- iamson. Mr. Dresser is the father of six children, namely : Galen, who died in 1857; Thomas Sumner d. in 1860; Edwin Denton d. in 1893; Celina Louise; Rebecca; and Sum- ner, the two latter by his second wife. Re- becca Dresser is the wife of Henry A. Wheeler, of Newtonville, Mass., and has two children : Margaret, born February 10, 1891 ; and Roger, born August 1, 1895. Sumner Dresser married Minnie Davis, of Boston, and has three children : Eleanor, born March 18, 1891; Edwin, born August 27, 1894; and Malcomb, born October 2, 1898.

ALLACE LINCOLN PIERCE, pres- ident of the S. S. Pierce Company, of Boston, is the elder of the two surviving sons of the late Samuel Stillman Pierce, founder of the well-known mercantile house that bears his name, which for many years has dealt in high-class groceries and has the distinction of being the leading con- cern of its kind in New England. Samuel Stillman Pierce d. at his home in Marsh Street, Dorchester, October 12, 1880, at the age of seventy-three years and six months. Born in Dorchester, March 7, 1807, son of

Daniel and Lydia (Davenport) Pierce, he was a descendant in the seventh generation of Rob- ert Pierce, who was admitted as a commoner (or one having a joint right in the common ground) at Dorchester in January, 1639. The line of descent was : Robert, 1 Thomas, 2 John, 3-4 Jonathan, 5 Daniel,6 Samuel Stillman7.

Robert Pierce (or Pearse, as the name was sometimes spelled) d. in 1664. His wife Ann, daughter of John Greenaway, long outliving him, d. in December, 1695, aged, it is said, about one hundred and four years. Their son Thomas,2 b. in 1635, m. Mary Fry, and had nine children. John, 3 the eldest of these, b. in 1668, m. Abigail Thompson. John Pierce, Jr.,4 b. in 1707, m. in 1741 Elizabeth Fessen- den, she being his second wife. Jonathan, 5 b. in 1749, m. Mary Glover. She was b. in 1753, daughter of Alexander and Sarah (White) Glover. Her father was for some years a soldier at Castle William on the island in Boston Harbor now fortified by Fort Inde- pendence. He was a son of Nathaniel4 and Rachel (Marsh) Glover, and grandson of Na- thaniel3 and Hannah (Hinckley) Glover. Na- thaniel3 was a son of Nathaniel2 and Mary (Smith) Glover, and grandson of John' Glover, the immigrant progenitor of the family. Han- nah Hinckley, who m. Nathaniel3 Glover, was a daughter of Governor Thomas Hinckley of the Plymouth Colony by his first wife, Mary Richards, daughter of Thomas' and Welthean (Loring) Richards, of Weymouth. Sarah White, wife of Alexander Glover, and mother of Mary Glover, was a daughter of Edward and Patience (Bird) White.

Through his mother, Samuel Stillman7 Pierce traced his ancestry back to Thomas Davenport, who became a member of the church at Dor- chester in 1640. From Thomas' and his wife Mary the line was continued through their son Ebenezer,2 b. in 1661, and his first wife, Dor- cas Andrews, of Falmouth; Ebenezer, Jr., 3 b. in 1706, who m. Submit How, daughter of Isaac, Jr., 3 and Submit (Bird) How, and grand- daughter of Isaac2 How (Abraham'), and of Thomas and Thankful (Atherton) Bird; Isaac4 and wife Mary; Samuels and wife Elizabeth, to Lydia, b. in 1785, who m. Daniel Pierce in 1803. Daniel® Pierce, b. in 1779, d. Novem-

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ber 1, 1848. He was by trade a cabinet- maker. Seven children, three sons and four daughters, were b. to him and his wife Lydia. Two of these, Daniel and Samuel S., m. and had children.

At twenty-four years of age, in October, 1831, Samuel Stillman7 Pierce began business in Boston as a retail dealer in groceries at the corner of Tremont and Court Streets. For eight or ten years he was associated with Eldad Worcester, the firm being Worcester & Pierce. The partnership being dissolved about the year 1840, Mr. Pierce continued in business alone for many years, building up an extensive trade, numbering among his customers not only resi- dents of Boston, but dwellers of other New England cities and towns, and even sojourners in foreign climes, who would send him quar- terly orders for table supplies. His business sagacity was of a high order, his integrity un- questioned, his success the result of close ap- plication and careful supervision. His health suffered under the protracted strain, and for the last few years of his life he was but a silent partner, having relinquished the manage- ment of the business to Charles L. Eaton, Wallace L. Pierce, Charles H. C. Brown, Charles W. Eaton, and Holden W. Pierce.

Samuel Stillman7 Pierce m. February 17, 1836, Ellen Maria Theresa Wallis, who was b. February 22, 1812, daughter of Mordecai Lin- coln and Ellen Bates Wallis, of Boston. Her father d. in Boston, April 26, 1857, in the seventy-ninth year of his age. He was b. in Cohasset in 1779, son of Ezekiel and Susanna Wallis.

Dying in 1880, as mentioned above, Mr. Pierce was survived by his wife and six chil- dren - Mary Ellen, Henrietta Maria, Harriet Elizabeth, Wallace Lincoln, Matthew Vassar, and Holden White. His third child, Samuel Stillman, Jr., d. November 18, 1871, aged thirty-one years. Mary Ellen Pierce, his eldest daughter, m. Robert B. Williams. Matthew Vassar Pierce, b. in 1855, was gradu- ated Bachelor of Arts at Harvard University in 1877, and Doctor of Medicine in 1880. Hol- den W. d. February 20, 1888. Mrs. Pierce d. in Boston, August 22, 1895. She is grate- fully remembered for her unobtrusive charities

among the poor. Her passing called forth de- served tribute of praise : "Very rarely are we called upon to note the death of an aged person so universally loved and mourned by old and young as Mrs. Ellen Maria Teresa Pierce. James Russell Lowell makes mention of an epitaph he once saw in a country churchyard :

'She was so pleasant.'

How well it applied to our own friend, all who knew her can testify. No cry of sorrow ever came to her unheeded; and the warm, ready sympathy which accompanied a kindly act lighted up her features with a smile which lingered after death."

Wallace Lincoln Pierce, born March 15, 1853, on Green Street, Boston, where his par- ents made their home for some years after their marriage, was educated in the public schools of Boston. He began business life on Septem- ber 16, 1871, became president of the S. S. Pierce Company in 1894, and of the Walworth Manufacturing Company in the same year. He is connected with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Winslow Lewis Lodge, F. & A. M., of Boston. He was one of the fifty founders of the Algonquin Club, and is a member of the Union, St. Botolph, Exchange, and Merchants Clubs, Boston. He is a di- rector of the Second National Bank, of Boston ; the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company ; the New England Mutual Life Insurance Com- pany ; the Home Savings Bank; and is on the local board of the American Surety Company. Politically, he is independent.

Mr. Pierce was married June 7, 1876, to Stella Louise, daughter of Caleb Clark and Mary A. (Easterman) Walworth. She was born May 21, 1856, in Boston, her parents having removed to this city in 1845. Her father, Caleb Clark Walworth, was a descend- ant in the fifth generation of William' Wal- worth, of Fisher's Island and Groton, Conn., who came over from England in 1689, and m. in 1690 Mary Seaton, an orphan, who made the voyage in the same ship with him. Will- iam2 Walworth, of Noank, son of William' and Mary, m. in 1742 Elizabeth Hinckley. Their son, Charles,3 m. Lucy, daughter of George Harris, of Bozrah, Conn., and settled at Ca-

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naan, N. H. George4 Walworth, b. at Canaan in 1779, son of Charles and Lucy, m. Philura Jones, of Canaan, and was the father of Caleb Clark Walworth, and grandfather of Mrs. Stella L. Walworth Pierce. Charles Wal- worth, great-grandfather of Mrs. Pierce, served in the Revolutionary War. He d. in 1782, at the age of thirty-seven. Caleb C. Walworth was president of the Walworth Manufacturing Company. He d. November 22, 1894. His wife, Mary Anne, d. March 14, 1886.

The children of Wallace L. and Stella L. (Walworth) Pierce are: Walworth, born Au- gust 7, 1877; Theresa, born October 2, 1880, died April 5, 1889; Vassar, born June 2, 1885 ; Barbara, born April 23, 1891 ; Parkman Dexter, born April 2, 1893; and Elinor Vir- ginia, October 8, 1894.

ALLACE D. LOVELL, of Newton, was born in Weymouth, Mass., Feb- ruary 3, 1854, son of Daniel and Emily (Tirrell) Lovell. On his father's side he is a direct descendant of Robert Lovell, an early settler of Weymouth.

Robert1 Lovell, forty years of age, with his wife Elizabeth, aged thirty-five, was at Wey- mouth, England, March 20, 1635, as a member of the company of the Rev. Joseph Hull; and he came to Massachusetts the following sum- mer, settling at Weymouth. His will was probated June 25, 1672. James2 Lovell, b. in 1634, was twice m. By his first wife, Jane, he had eight children, and by his second wife, Anna, he had one daughter. James3 Lovell, b. 1667, son of James2 and Jane, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Poole. Enoch+ Lovell, b. 1702, m. Mary Beals, and, dying in 1759, left three sons - Elisha, Obadiah, and Micah, the latter being next in this line.

Micah5 Lovell m. in 1763 Lydia, daughter of Micah and Bethiah (Allen) Turner, and had two sons - David and Lemuel. Micah Turner was a son of Jacob3 and Jane (Vining) Turner, Jacob3 being a grandson of Humphrey' Turner, of Scituate. Lemuel6 Lovell m. Betsey Whit- marsh. Their son, Micah7 Lovell, a life-long resident of Weymouth (b. April 1, 1798, d. June 3, 1859), was the father of Daniels

Lovell, who m. Emily Tirrell, and grandfather of Wallace D. Lovell, the subject of this sketch.

On his mother's side Mr. Lovell is descended from William' Tirrell, who was m. in Boston, January 29, 1655, to Rebecca, the daughter of Captain Nicholas Sampson. Their third child, Gideon2 Tirrell, the succeeding ancestor, was b. in Boston, but soon after went with his parents to Weymouth, where he was reared, and m. Hannah Kingman. John3 Tirrell m. for his second wife Jane Vinson; and their son, Stephen,4 m. Susan Loud, who became the mother of Emily Tirrell, and grandmother of Wallace D. Lovell.

Through this grandmother Mr. Lovell is a descendant of Elder William Brewster, who, with his wife Mary and two of their sons, came to Plymouth in 1620 on the "Mayflower." Jonathan Brewster, b. in Nottinghamshire, England, August 12, 1593, m. April 10, 1624, Lucretia Oldham. Mary Brewster, b. at Plymouth, April 16, 1627, m. November 10, 1645, John Turner, Sr., of Scituate. Mary Turner m. Isaac Prince in 1679; and their daughter Onnor, b. 1701, m. Francis Loud, Jr., of Weymouth. Jacob Loud, b. May 24, 1723, m. Mary Smith. Eliphalet Loud m. Anna Blanchard, and their daughter Susan m. Stephen Tirrell, as above mentioned.

Mr. Lovell has been twice married. His first wife, Josephine Hastings, born in Os- wego, N. Y., a daughter of Oscar and Cassan- dra (Crane) Hastings, died February 27, 1886, at twenty-eight years of age. She left three children, namely : Florence, a graduate of the Newton High School; and Madge and Walter, both at the present time (1901) students in the Newton High School. Mr. Lovell mar- ried, secondly, Caroline Whitten, daughter of Charles V. and Elizabeth S. (Newhall) Whit- ten. Of this union have been born three chil- dren - Endicott, Philip, and Faith.

Charles V. Whitten was b. in Vassalboro, Me., May 10, 1829, and d. in Boston, Mass., March 18, 1897. He was a son of Robert and Dorcas (Varney) Whitten, the former of whom was b. in Sanford, Me., and the latter in Vas- salboro. Mr. Whitten m. Elizabeth S. New- hall, a daughter of Benjamin Symonds New-

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hall, and a descendant in the eighth generation of Thomas' Newhall, his immigrant ancestor. Thomas' Newhall, who d. May 25, 1674, was one of the grantees of land at Lynn, Mass., in 1638. Thomas2 Newhall, b. in Lynn about 1631, m. December 29, 1652, Elizabeth Potter. He was buried April 1, 1687. Lieu- tenant Thomas3 Newhall b. in Lynn, Novem- ber 18, 1653, d. July 3, 1728) was a farmer and weaver. In November, 1674, he m. Re- becca, daughter of Thomas Green, of Malden. Lieutenant Samuel+ Newhall, b. in Malden, April 26, 1689, d. April 7, 1733. He m. December 3, 1713, Sarah Sergent. Ezra5 Newhall (b. in Malden, May 1, 1733, d. in Salem, April 5, 1798) during the French and Indian War was commissioned "Ensign," and was subsequently prominent in military affairs. He commanded a company of minute-men that marched from Lynn to Lexington in response to the alarm call of April 19, 1775. He was afterward promoted to the rank of Major; on May 17, 1777, was commissioned Lieutenant- Colonel of the regiment of which Rufus Putnam was Colonel; and continued in the service till the end of the war, being in the campaign against Burgoyne, at Valley Forge, and at the battles of Trenton and Princeton. On April 10, 1755, he m. Sarah (daughter of Joseph Fuller), who bore him several children. By his second wife, the widow Alice Gray, whom he m. in 1781, he had one child - Joanna. Gilbert6 Newhall, b. in Salem, October 10, 1775, m. Elizabeth Symonds, October 7, 1800. Benjamin Symonds7 Newhall, father of Eliza- beth, who m. Charles V. Whitten, was b. in Salem, August 22, 1806. He married Caro- line Gray, whose mother was Elizabeth Endi- cott, a descendant in direct line from Governor John Endicott.

PAYETTE SHAW, of Newton, Mass., president of the Fayette Shaw Com- pany, dealers in hemlock sole leather, Beach Street, Boston, has been a potent factor in making the leather industry one of the fore- most of New England's branches of product- ive activity. Son of Brackley and Sillinda (Mason) Shaw, born October 3, 1824, in

Cummington, Mass., he is a direct descendant in the eighth generation of Abraham Shaw, the founder of this branch of the Shaw family in New England.

In regard to the origin of the Scottish sur- name, Shaw, we transcribe the following from Genealogical Collections made by Walter Mac- farlane, 1750-51, published at Edinburgh in 1900 : Shaw, second son of Duncan Macduff, third Earl of Fife (but eighth Thane), took as his wife Egidie Montgomery. ... This Shaw came to the north country of Scotland with King Malcolm IV. to suppress an insurrection in 1163, and for his valor and fortitude was made governor of the Castle of Inverness and received possession of the lands of Petty Brach- ley with the forest of Stratherne. Shaw was called by his neighbors "Mackintoshich," or "son of the chief," and this is the origin of the surname Mackintosh. ... "About this time began the surname Shaw from a certain man called Malcolm Macshaw Macduff, who was grandson of the Thane of Fife, and on that account cousin of this Shaw Mackintosh, and from this Malcolm the Shaws of Sanchie and Greenock are sprung.'

Abraham' Shaw was b. and reared in Eng- land, living there several years after his mar- riage. Coming to Massachusetts at an early period, he settled first in Watertown. The town records tell us that he was granted eighty acres of land at Watertown on which to build a water power and corn mill, that on this land he killed a black bear that was eight feet in length, and that he received a bounty for kill- ing rattlesnakes. He took the freeman's oath March 9, 1636-7. In October, 1636, his house was burned, and he subsequently re- moved with his family to Dedham. Before leaving his native land, Abraham Shaw m. in 1616 Bridget Best, who was baptized April 9, 1592, she being a daughter of Henry Best, of Ovenden, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England. The precise date of the death of Abraham Shaw is not known, but it was probably in 1638, as the inventory of his estate was taken that year. His will (undated) mentions his sons Joseph and John,2 daughters Mary and Martha, and his lot at Dedham. John2 Shaw, b. in Eng- land, May 23, 1630, d. in Weymouth, Mass.,

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in 1704. He m. Alice Phillips, by whom he had eleven children, the eldest, John, 3 Jr., who was a Deacon of the church at Weymouth. Joseph4 was a son of Deacon John3 Shaw by his wife Hannah. Joseph4 Shaw m. for his second wife Mary Blanchard, through whose son Eben- ezer the line we are now tracing was continued. An Ebenezer Shaw of Abington was Second Lieutenant in Captain Edward Cobb's com- pany, which at the time of the Lexington alarm marched from Abington to Marshfield, and was in service three days; entered with rank of Captain, April 20, 1775. Ebenezer Shaw, of Abington, served as private in Captain Jacob Gould's company, Colonel Greoton's regiment ; enlisted June 1, 1775, service, six weeks, three days; also May I, 1775, service, six days in Captain Eleazer Hamblen's company. An Ebenezer Shaw was fifer in Captain Isaac Thayer's company; served June 17, 1776, to August I, one month, fourteen days; also same company, July 31, 1776, to January 1, 1777, five months - from the town of Abington (State Archives). An Ebenezer Shaw, Jr., of Abington, also appears on the Revolutionary rolls; described in March, 1776, as sixteen years of age. Whether either of these was the son of Joseph Shaw is not known to the pres- ent writer. Ebenezers Shaw, b. April 23, 1718, son of Joseph4 and his wife, Mary, m.

Annie Colson and lived at Abington, Mass. The next in direct line of descent was his son Sylvanus,6 who was one of the early settlers at Plainfield, Hampshire County, Mass. The Revolutionary records at the State House, Bos- ton, show that Sylvanus Shaw, doubtless Syl- vanus of Abington, was in Captain Luke Bick- nell's company, Plymouth County regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Enoch Putnam, raised for three months, in 1781, to join General Wash- ington's army; enlisted September 3, dis- charged December 8; service, three months, eighteen days. Also that he was in Captain Thomas Cushing's company in 1782 for the de- fence of Castle and Governor's Islands, Boston Harbor. The name of Sylvanus Shaw, of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, was placed on the United States pension roll February 15, 1833; commencement of pension, March 4, 1831; his age, sixty-nine years. Sylvanus

Shaw m. Persis Stoddard. She was b. at Hingham in 1773, daughter of Labans and Persis (Wilder) Stoddard. Her father, b. in 1744, was a son of Hezekiah4 Stoddard and his wife, Abigail Whiton, and was descended from John' Stoddard (or Stodder), planter, who re- ceived a grant of land at Hingham in 1639. John, 2 Jr., son of John,1 m. in 1665 Hannah, daughter of John Bryant, of Scituate, and was father of Hezekiah,3 who m. Lois Sylvester, and was the father of Hezekiah, 4 above named, grandfather of Persis Stoddard. Sylvanus6 and Persis (Stoddard) Shaw had thirteen children, namely : Sylvanus, Jr., b. March 21, 1794; Ebenezer, October 19, 1795; Brackley, June I, 1797; Bela, November 21, 1798; Lora, February 28, 1801; Clarissa, September 28, 1802; Caleb Thaxter, September 27, 1804; Persis W., June 19, 1806; Spencer, January 31, 1808; Louisa, June 27, 1809; Charles C., March 1, 1811; Mary Ann, July 30, 1814 (d. August 16, 1817) ; and Alonzo Cossing, May 8, 1816 (d. June 15, 1817).

Brackley7 Shaw, third son of Sylvanus, was b. in Plainfield, Mass., and d. in Cummington, Mass., April 7, 1848. He was a tanner by trade, and achieved success in his occupation. He m. January 1, 1822, Sillinda Mason, daughter of Joseph Mason, of Cummington. She was b. November 6, 1795. They had nine children : Lorenzo, b. October 11, 1822; Fayette, October 3, 1824; Elbridge, May 7, 1827; Brackley, April 10, 1829; William, January 30, 1831; Sillinda, April 29, 1833; Selina, July 5, 1835; Thaxter, September 3, 1837; Sarah, March 3, 1840.

Fayette8 Shaw was educated in the public schools of Cummington, and at a very early age began working in his father's tannery, of which when he was only sixteen years old he was given the entire charge. In 1848 he established himself in business in Boston, soon becoming one of the most successful leather dealers of this city, and very prominent in the New England trade. Taking up his residence in Newton in 1865, he has become one of its best-known and most respected citizens.

On September 13, 1844, Mr. Shaw married at Cummington, Lavantia Ford, daughter of John and Nabby (Hamlen) Ford. She was

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born at Cummington, August 13, 1825, and died at her home in Newton, Mass., July 31, 1900. Mrs. Shaw was the mother of four chil- dren, namely : Julius Cicero, born at Bleeker, N. Y., December 26, 1846, who died at Cum- mington, October 8, 1848; Florence Ella, born at Cummington, August 13, 1849; Sill- inda Mason, born at Detroit, Me., December 4, 1857; and Fayette Deloss, born at Detroit, Me., January 25, 1862. Florence Ella Shaw was married at Abington, October 2, 1870, to Joshua Francis Curtis, of Abington. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis resided for some years in New York City, which was the birthplace of their three children, namely: Nellie Maria, born June 25, 1872, who died at Abington, Febru- ary 25, 1873; Linda Mabel, born December 25, 1874; and Fanny Lavantia, born August 2, 1879. Linda Mabel Curtis was married at San Francisco, Cal., January 15, 1899, to James W. Bergstrom, of Honolulu, Hawaii. They have a son - Allan. Shaw Bergstrom, who was born June 24, 1901. Sillinda Mason Shaw was married at Newtonville, December 2-3, 1880, to William Fred Kimball. They have had three children, all born at Newton- ville, namely : Morton Shaw Kimball, born September 26, 1884; George Fayette Kimball, born March 16, 1893, who died the next day ; and Katharine Kimball, born September 16, 1898.

Fayette9 D. Shaw has been living for twelve years in Medford, Wis., where he had charge of extensive tanneries, his interest in which he has recently sold, and returned to Newton, Mass. He married at Medford, Wis., June 7, 1893, Ida Augusta Krauth, by whom he has one child - Lola Lavantia, born July 24, 1899.

B RACKLEY& SHAW, of Boston, was born in Cummington, Mass., April 10, 1829, being the fourth son of Brackley, Sr., and Sillinda (Mason) Shaw, and a lineal descendant in the eighth generation of Abraham Shaw, his immigrant progenitor. For record of ancestry see the preceding sketch of Mr. Shaw's brother, Fay- ette Shaw.

Brackley& Shaw was educated in the public

schools of Cummington, Mass. On leaving school he commenced work in his father's tan- nery, where he was employed until the firm of Fayette Shaw & Brothers was formed. He then worked for some time as superintendent of his uncle's tannery at West Cummington. Subsequently he worked for about a year in the tannery of the Hon. Zadoc Pratt at Wind- ham, N. Y. Afterwards, in 1851, he went to Dexter, Me., where he bought and carried on a tannery, as a member of the firm of Fayette Shaw & Brothers, after which the firm's busi- ness was widely extended in. that State. In 1859 he established a business of the same kind in Montreal, Canada, which he personally con- ducted for over thirty years. It is now carried on by his sons, who are associated with C. O. Shaw, the business being in a very prosperous condition. . Mr. Shaw resides in Brookline, Mass. He married, first, April 11, 1852, Mar- cia M. Bartlett, who died February 26, 1883. She was a daughter of Azel Bartlett, who was b. in Plymouth, Mass., in 1788, and later re- moved to Cummington, Mass., where he worked at the blacksmith's trade until his death, De- cember 9, 1854. She was a "Mayflower " de- scendant, numbering among her ancestors Elder William Brewster and his son, Love Brewster, and Richard Warren, and other well-remem- bered passengers on the historic vessel. The following shows the Bartlett line: Robert Bartlett, who came in the "Ann" in 1623, m. Mercy Warren, daughter of Richard Warren. Their son, Benjamin,2 m. Sarah Brewster, daughter of Love and Sarah (Collier) Brews- ter, and grand-daughter of Elder William Brewster. Samuel3 Bartlett, son of Benjamin2 and Sarah, m. in 1683 Hannah, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, and grand-daughter of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden. Samuel, 4 son of Samuel3 and Hannah (Pabodie) Bartlett, m. in 1725 Hannah, daughter of John2 and Rebecca (Delano) Churchill. . Judah5 Bartlett, b. of this union, m. in 1763 Love Sprague, and their son, Nathaniel,6 was the father of Azel Bartlett, of Plymouth and Plainfield. Marcia M., 8 daughter of Azel Bartlett, and wife of Mr. Brackley Shaw, was the mother of eight children: Eva Albertina, Marcia Lavinia,

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 48

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