Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 50

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

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served as trustee and vice-president, holding those offices at the present time. Elected a member of the Board of Selectmen in March, 1867, he has since served continuously, with the exception of the years 1877, 1883 and 1884, and has for many years been chairman of the board. His long service in this capac- ity is evidence of the confidence reposed in his judgment by his fellow-townsmen. He is a member of Beth-Horon Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and was the first to be made a Mason in that lodge. He is also a member of the Massachu- setts Charitable Mechanic Association which he joined in 1857. Politically, he affiliates with the Republican party.

Mr. James was married April 3, 1853, to Miss Elizabeth Baxter, who was born in New York, daughter of Thomas and Mary C. (Emmes) Baxter. Previous to settling in New York, Mrs. James's parents were residents of Bos- ton. Mrs. James died January 9, 1898, in Brookline. She was the mother of six chil- dren, namely : Mary Louise, born February 17, 1854; Florence Augusta, born May 28, 1855 ; Lizzie Baxter, born March 19, 1857; Ida Fran- ces, born May 4, 1859; Lillian, born March 3, 1861; and William Herbert, born May 3, 1862. Ida Frances died at the age of twenty-two years, and Lillie at six months. Lizzie B. was married January 16, 1883, to Jonas M. Miles, of Brookline, and is the mother of one child - Herbert James, born October 22, 1883. William Herbert, who is engaged in the leather business in Haverhill, married September 30, 1890, Lottie F. Hardy, of Chatham, and has two children: Horace Hardy, born February 3, 1894; and Otis Briggs, born December 16, 1898.

DWARD BOYLSTON EATON, of New- ton, treasurer of the Hollingsworth & Whitney Company, India Street, Boston, was born in this city October 15, 1834, son of William Green and Elizabeth Worthington (Boylston) Eaton. He is a descendant in the eighth generation of Jonas Eaton, who came to New England toward the close of the first half of the seventeenth cen- tury, became an inhabitant of Reading, and d.

there in 1674. The line of descent is : Jonas, I Jonathan,2 John, 3-4-5 David Spaulding, 6. Will- iam Green,7 Edward Boylston8.

The earliest known fact in the history of Jonas Eaton is that he was living in Water- town in 1643. Shortly after he removed to Reading, settling as a farmer in that part of the town which is now Wakefield, his home- stead being on Cowdrey's Hill. He was made a freeman in 1653, and subsequently served as Selectman.

Jonathan2 Eaton, b. in 1655, son of Jonas and his wife Grace, d. in Reading in 1743, at the age of eighty-eight years. His first wife, Elizabeth Burnap, whom he m. in 1683, d. in 1688. He was active in local affairs, serving as Selectman of the town. Lieutenant John3 Eaton, b. in 1697, son of Jonathan2 and his second wife, Mary, m. December 28, 1721, Abigail Roberts, and d. in 1758. John, 4 eldest child, b. May 12, 1723, m. January 3, 1744, Elizabeth Boutwell, and d. November 25, 1754. His children were: Elizabeth ; Abigail; Rebecca; John, 5 b. March 22, 1751; Tabitha; and Abraham.

John5 Eaton, fourth child of John4 and his wife Elizabeth, 'm. October 26, 1774, Sibyl Spaulding, daughter of David and Phebe (War- ren) Spaulding, of Chelmsford. In Litchfield, N. H., where they first settled, were b. their three elder children - Sibyl, David Spaulding, and John, the latter May 3, 1779. In Am- herst, whither they removed, settling on the Hollis road, south of Souhegan River, were b. Philip (July 25, 1781), Abigail, Rebecca, Sally, Lucretia, and Jonas. John5 Eaton was a farmer, blacksmith, and innkeeper. [For this account of the Amherst Eatons, supple- menting the Eaton genealogy in the History of Reading, we are indebted to the courtesy of William L. Eaton, Esq., of Concord, Mass. ]

David Spaulding6 Eaton was engaged in mercantile business in Boston during his active life, making his home in Charlestown, where he d. in 1818. He was twice m. His first wife, Sarah F. Wilkins, d. November 1, 1801, and on December 23, 1802, he m. Mary Bar- nard. William Green Eaton, son of David Spaulding Eaton, was b. in Charlestown, and d. in Roxbury, March 23, 1854, aged forty-six

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years. He m. in June, 1832, Elizabeth Worthington Boylston. They had six children, namely : Edward Boylston, whose name begins this sketch; Mary Elizabeth, b. March 16, 1836; Katherine, b. in 1839, d. at Newton in 1899; Frederick Richard and William Henry (twins), b. June, 1847; and William Greene, b. 1854.

William Henry, one of the twins, d. in in- fancy. Frederick Richard, now living in Waltham, is m., and has one child - Warren Moseley Eaton.

Elizabeth Worthington Boylston, wife of *William Green Eaton, was b. May 16, 1811. She was the daughter of Richard and Mary (Moseley) Boylston, and a descendant in the sixth generation of Thomas' Boylston, the founder of the American family of Boylstons. Thomas Boylston was a son of Thomas Boyls- ton, Sr. (a cloth manufacturer of London, who d. in 1648), and a grandson of Henry Boyls- ton, of Litchfield, England, who owned a val- uable estate at Wesson, Staffordshire. Com- ing to America when about twenty years of age, Thomas' settled in Watertown in 1635, and d. there in 1653. Thomas,2 b. January 26, 1644-5, the third child of Thomas' and Sarah Boylston, was the chirurgeon of Muddy River (Brookline). He m. Mary, daughter of Thomas Gardner, and had twelve children, the seventh being Zabdiel, the eminent physician of Brookline. Their tenth child, Dudley, 3 who was b. in 1688, d. April 18, 1748. He m. Elizabeth Gardner, and was the father of Edward, 4 b. January 2, 1737-8. Edward4 Boylston served in the Revolutionary War as Captain of wheelwrights in Major Joseph Eayrs's company, Colonel Flowers's regiment of artillery artificers. He enlisted for three years, or "during the war," and was stationed at Springfield, Mass. He was taken prisoner, and confined for a time on the prison ship "Jersey " in New York Harbor. His death occurred in Springfield, Mass., December 25, 1813. He m., for his second wife, Lydia Worthington. Their son Richard, 5 who was b. in Springfield, Mass., August 12, 1782, removed to Amherst, N. H., in 1809. On August 2, 1810, he m. Mary Moseley, of

Boston. She was a daughter of David and

Elizabeth (Revere) Moseley. Her mother was a daughter of Paul Revere, Sr., and his wife Deborah, and sister to Paul Revere of Revolu- tionary fame. The records of the New Brick Church, Boston, printed in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. XIX., show that Elizabeth Revere was bap- tized January 20, 1744-5. Edward Boylston Eaton married April 26, 1869, Abby Frances Young, who was born in New York City, a daughter of Darius F. Young.

OHN DEXTER YOUNG, of the firm of J. D. Young & Sons, dealers in shoe findings, shoe manufacturers' goods, tools, etc., Boston, was born in Rox- bury, Mass., February 27, 1833, son of John Dexter and Elizabeth (Pettee) Young. He is a descendant of John Young, who came to New England when a young man, was m. at Ply- mouth, December 13, 1648, and was an early settler of Eastham on the Cape. The line is : John, Henry,2 Thomas, 3 Bangs, 4 Lot, 5 John Dexter,6 John Dexter7.

Thomas3 Young, b. October 27, 1708, son of Henry,2 m. Rebecca Bangs, February II, 1730. Their son Bangs, 4 b. July 8, 1756, m. Hannah Burk.

Lot5 Young was b. in the town of Barns- table, Mass., April 10, 1782. He learned the trade of tanner and currier, and, removing to Roxbury when a young man, conducted a busi- ness of his own for many years, remaining a resident of that town till his death at the age of seventy-four. His wife, Keziah Pierce, who was b. in Swansea, Mass., daughter of Martin Pierce, lived to the advanced age of ninety- seven. They reared ten children, namely : Caroline, John Dexter, George, Louisa, Calvin, Rebecca, Nancy, Hannah, William, and Henri- etta, of whom two- Louisa (Calvin died in 1901) and Henrietta - are now (1901) living. Caroline, who m. a Mr. Rice, had no children. Louisa m. John Barry, Rebecca m. John Parker, and Nancy became the wife of William Rumrill. Each of these three sisters reared four children. Hannah m. a Mr. Worthen, and reared two children. George and William d. childless.

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John Dexter6 Young, father of the present bearer of that name, was b. in Boston, Mass., March 22, 1809, and died May 2, 1891. For some years after his school days were over he was employed in the dry-goods trade. Later he became a book-keeper in the Atlas Bank, where he remained till about 1835, when, his health failing, he retired from active business life. He was a member of the Massa- chusetts Militia, holding the rank of Adjutant in the First Regiment, First Brigade, First Division, from 1834 to March 20, 1837, when he was honorably discharged. On June 6, 1832, he was m. at Roxbury by the Rev. Will- iam Leverett to Elizabeth Pettee, daughter of Simon and Mary (Newell) Pettee, of Need- ham, Mass. They were the parents of seven children - John Dexter, Elizabeth Willard, Maria Louisa, Henry Augustus, Edward, Ade- laide (deceased), and Charles Hathaway. Mrs. Young d. January 4, 1899.

John Dexter7 Young, whose name begins this sketch, was educated in the schools of Roxbury. He began to earn his own living as clerk in a dry-goods store in Roxbury. Sub- sequently he held a similar position in a shoe store, and then was employed for some time in a currier's shop. In 1869 he engaged in the shoe findings business under the firm name of Brooks & Young, and so continued till 1886, when the firm was dissolved and the present prosperous firm of John D. Young & Sons established.

Mr. Young was married August 28, 1856, to Miss Mary Elizabeth Harris, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Northey) Harris, of Rox- bury. Mr. and Mrs. Young have two children living : Frank Dexter, born April 21, 1859; and Arthur Harris, born May 16, 1867. Their eldest child, Adelaide Elizabeth, born June 9, 1857, died December 20, 1861; Alice Maria, born October 30, 1861, died September 12, 1872; and John Albert, born September 10, 1872, died September 10, 1875. Frank Dex- ter Young married June 3, 1884, Frances Abby Bond, daughter of Timothy and Frances Abby (Judkins) Bond. They have two living child- ren : Dexter, born June 13, 1886; and Elizabeth Bond, born August 26, 1889; and one other, Frances Abbie, born January 13, 1886, died

September 10, 1886. Arthur Harris Young married April 6, 1892, Annie Edith Turner, daughter of Walter A. and Augusta L. Turner. They have one child - Robert Turner, born March 23, 1896.

Mr. John D. Young is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church.

RANK ERNEST WOODWARD, of Malden, was born at Damariscotta, Me., January 2, 1853, son of Samuel and Jerusha Baker (Erskine) Woodward. He is- of early Colonial stock, claiming direct descent in more than one line from several "May- flower " passengers, among them Elder Will- iam Brewster and his wife Mary, Love Brews- ter, William Mullins and his wife Alice, John Alden, Priscilla Mullins, Henry Samson, Ste- phen and Elizabeth Hopkins, and Francis Cooke.

Robert' Woodward, the founder of that branch of the Woodward family under present consideration, is said to have been a nephew of Walter Woodward, and was born about 1650. He was admitted a member of the Second Parish in Scituate, Mass., June 7, 1730, and d. there in 1744, aged about ninety- four years. Robert and his wife Bethiah (daughter of Lieutenant James Torrey) had eleven children, the eldest of whom was b. in 1685.

James2 Woodward, their youngest child, b. in Scituate, August 9, 1709, d. in 1758. He m., first, Sarah, daughter of Thomas Soper, of Scituate. Of this union there were nine chil- dren. His second wife, whom he m. February 15, 1749, was Mrs. Mary Stetson Vinal. He had by her five children, Samuel3 being the first b. She m. for her third husband, Novem- ber 28, 1770, James Lambert. Her first hus- band was John Vinal, Jr.

Mary Stetson was b. December 19, 1717, daughter of Anthony and Ann (Smith) Stet- son. She was a direct descendant in the fifth generation of Cornet Robert' Stetson, immi- grant, who settled in Scituate, Mass., in 1634, and d. there February 1, 1702.

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his wife Mary, d. about 1724. Joseph? and wife Prudence were the parents of Robert, 3 b. December 9, 1670, who m. Mary, daughter of Captain Anthony and Sarah (Chittenden) Collamore, and grand-daughter of Isaac and Martha (Vinal) Chittenden, of Scituate. An- thony4 Stetson (son of Robert3 and Mary), b. September 12, 1692-3, d. in 1747 in Scituate. He m. Ann Smith, also of Scituate, on March 28, 1717, and Mary6 Stetson was the eldest of their five children.

Samuel3 Woodward, b. in Scituate, October 9, 1750, d. in Bristol, Me., November 8, 1815. He was a ship-builder by trade, serving his apprenticeship with Thomas4 Barstow, whose daughter he afterward m. In the great struggle for American independence he took an active part, serving as a private in the com- pany of Henry Hunter, Colonel Jones's regi- ment, which was formed in Bristol September 10, 1777, and was called to defend a ship load- ing with masts at Sheepscot River. He was also a member from July 6, 1779, to Septem- ber 24, 1779, of Captain Benjamin Plummer's company that was in the disastrous Penobscot expedition under Colonel Samuel McCobb. Settling permanently in Bristol, Me., in the spring of 1781, he built many vessels on the Damariscotta River. He was also a large landholder. He was a member of the School Committee in 1796. In the direct tax of 1798 he was assessed on four hundred and eighty acres of land and on a dwelling-house valued at four hundred and fifty dollars.

On December 30, 1779, he m. Sarah Bar- stow, who was b. November 27, 1754, and d. February 6, 1811. She was a daughter of Thomas4 Barstow, as before mentioned, and a descendant of William Barstow, b. in York- shire, England, in 1612, who came to America with his wife Anne in 1635, and, after resid- ing for a time in Dedham, settled in Scituate. William2 Barstow, Jr. (d. 1711), and wife Sarah were parents of Benjamin3 Barstow, b. July 22, 1690. He m. Sarah Barden, of Middleboro, who d. in 1738. Their son Thomas4 Barstow, a lifelong resident of Scit- uate, father of Sarah, was b. February 27, 1732, and d. March 27, 1797. He m. January 24, 1754, Sarah, daughter of John Studley, of

Hanover, Mass. She was b. July 2, 1738, and d. February 22, 1805.

James+ Woodward, b. in Bristol, Me., Janu- ary 20, 1783, son of Samuel and his wife, Sarah Barstow, d. December 1I, 1843, in Damariscotta, formerly a part of Bristol. In company with James Jones, he built several ships on the Damariscotta River. In 1816 he was commissioned by Governor John Brooks, Captain of a company in the Second Infantry, Massachusetts Militia. On October 4, 1807, he m. Lavina Wadsworth, of Kingston, Mass., who was b. January 4, 1783, and d. February 26, 1868. She was a daughter of Cephas and Molly (Cooke) Wadsworth, and a "Mayflower" descendant, as will be seen by the following ancestral records : Francis' Cooke, one of the signers of the "Mayflower" compact in No- vember, 1620, d. at Plymouth, April 7 (N. S. 17), 1663. Jacob2 Cooke, b. in Holland about 1618, m. Damaris Hopkins, daughter of Ste- phen Hopkins and his second wife Elizabeth. Jacob3 Cooke, b. at Plymouth in 1653, m. De- cember 29, 1681, Lydia Miller, who was b. May 18, 1661, a daughter of John Miller, Jr., and a grand-daughter of the Rev. John Miller. John Miller, Jr., m. December 24, 1659, Mar- garet Winslow, b. July 16, 1646, daughter of Josiah Winslow, of Marshfield, Mass. John4 Cooke, b. May 23, 1703, m. Phebe Crossman, and their daughter, Molly5 Cooke, m. Cephas Wadsworth. The history of the Wadsworth family in America begins with Christopher' Wadsworth, who with his wife Grace emi- grated from Yorkshire, England, at an early date, and settled at Duxbury. John2 Wads- worth, of Duxbury, b. in 1638, m. July 25, 1667, Abigail Andrews. John3 Wadsworth, b. March 12, 1671, d. May 3, 1750; m. June 25, 1704, Mary Wiswall, who d. November 12, 1716. Her father, the Rev. Ichabod Wis- wall, was son of Elder Thomas1 Wiswall, who with his wife Elizabeth came from England to America in 1635. The Rev. Ichabod Wiswall m. Priscilla Pabodie, b. at Plymouth, January 15, 1653, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, and a grand-daughter of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden. Peleg4 Wads- worth, b. August 29, 1715, was a resident of Duxbury. His wife, Susanna Sampson, b.

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August 30, 1720, was a daughter of John Sampson, of Duxbury. Henry™ Samson (as the name was then spelled) came to Massachu- setts in 1620 in the "Mayflower," and settled in Duxbury, where his death occurred January 3, 1685. He m. at Plymouth, February 16, 1636, Ann Plummer, and was the father of Stephen2 Sampson. John3 Sampson, b. August 17, 1688, son of Stephen and his wife Eliza- beth, resided in Duxbury. He m. December 31, 1718, Priscilla Bartlett, b. in 1697, daugh- ter of Benjamin3 Bartlett, and a descendant in the fourth generation of Robert' Bartlett, b. in 1608, who came in the "Ann" or "Little James " in 1623, and d. at Plymouth in 1676. Robert' Bartlett m. Mary Warren, daughter of Richard Warren, who came on the "May- flower." Benjamin2 Bartlett m. in 1656 Sarah Brewster, daughter of Love and Sarah (Collier) Brewster (m. in 1634), and a grand- daughter of Elder William Brewster. Benja- min3 Bartlett, of Duxbury, m. Ruth Pabodie, who was b. June 27, 1658, a daughter of Will- iam and Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, and a sister of Priscilla Pabodie, mentioned above. Her mother, Elizabeth, was a daughter of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden, and her father, William, son of John Pabodie and his wife Isabel.

Samuels Woodward, b. in Bristol, Me., August 7, 1819, d. May 18, 1875, in Chelsea, Mass. He was a shipwright by trade, and in his early life taught school several terms in Bristol, Me., where, in 1846, he served as one of the School Committee, subsequently filling the same office in Damariscotta, 1851-54. In

the fall of 1866 he removed to Chelsea, Mass., where he spent his last years. On January 20, 1848, in Wiscasset, Me., he m. Jerusha Baker Erskine, who was b. November 21, 1828, daughter of William and Betsey (Baker) Erskine, a descendant in the fifth generation from Alexander' and Elizabeth (Butler) Er- skine. William2 Erskine, b. June 27, 1752, son of Alexander,1 m. Ruth Cox, and resided in Bristol, Me., where his death occurred June 27, 1800. Alexander3 Erskine, b. February 1, 1777, d. September 19, 1837, in Bristol, Me. On December 18, 1800, he m. Sarah Saunders, who was b. July 5, 1782, and d.

August 12, 1838, she having been a daughter of Samuel Saunders. William+ Erskine, b. January 17, 1804, d. in Bristol, Me., October 2, 1830. On November 29, 1827, he m. Bet- sey Baker, who was b. June 4, 1806, and d. October 12, 1834. She was a daughter of Andrew Baker, and a grand-daughter of John Baker, b. in 1740, who m. February 3, 1765, Elizabeth Pottle, and d. November. 23, 1810. Andrew Baker, b. April 17, 1776, d. at Bris- tol, Me., November 5, 1859. His wife, Je- rusha Boyington, b. March 22, 1777, d. No- vember 12, 1859. Samuel+ Woodward, and his wife Jerusha B. Erskine, had six children, as follows : Samuel Walter, b. December 1.3, 1848; Frederick Eugene, b. July 22, 1850; Julia Hussey, b. September 16, 1851, d. Feb- ruary 4, 1852; Frank Ernest, the subject of this sketch; Maria Isabel, b. November 30, 1854; and Nellie Clifton, b. December 30, 1857, d. April 30, 1864.

Frank Ernest Woodward was educated at the Lincoln Academy in Newcastle, Me., and the public schools - grammar and high - of Chel- sea. : Since 1869 he has been connected with the Magee Furnace Company of Boston, becom- ing a member of the corporation, and on the death of Samuel Freeman, in 1894, assuming the charge of the heating and ventilating depart- ment. At the time of his marriage he removed from Chelsea to Malden, where he has since resided. An active Republican in politics, he served on the City Committee in 1882, 1885, 1892, 1895, and 1899, and as treasurer of the committee in 1900 and 1901. In January, 1884, he was chosen secretary of the Malden School Committee, an office that he filled ten consecutive years. In 1893 he was elected treasurer of the Building Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association. He has been Auditor of the Malden Co-operative Bank since its incorporation. Since February, 1895, he has been a director and the secretary of the Malden Historical Society, and at the celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Malden he was chairman of the committee having charge of the historical and loan ex- hibit. He is a member of Malden Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, of which he

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was president in 1900 and 1901 ; of the Mass- achusetts Society of "Mayflower " Descend- ants; the American Historical Association ; and the New England Historic Genealogical Society. He is the author of two pamphlets : "Descendants of Samuel Woodward, of Bris- tol, Me.," reprint from the "Maine Historical and Genealogical Register," 1887; and of "De- scendants of John Woodward, of Lisbon, Me.," 1898.

Mr. Woodward married June- 23, 1881, in Chelsea, Alice Elizabeth Colesworthy, who was born June 19, 1849, daughter of Daniel C. and Mary Jane (Bowers) Colesworthy. The children born of this union are: Ernest Colesworthy, born August 29, 1882; Lawrence Erskine, born November 28, 1884, died of acute bronchitis December 4, 1885; Mary, born May 15, 1886; Adelaide, born October 8, 1887; Clarence Richardson, born April 22, 1889; Stanley Wingate and Sidney Chaffin (twins), born December 11, 1890; Alice, born March 14, 1893; and Isabel, born March 17, 1895.

Daniel C. Colesworthy, Mrs. Woodward's father, for many years a bookseller on Cornhill, Boston, a genial personality and a man with many friends, d. at his home in Chelsea, April I, 1893. He was a descendant in the sixth generation of Gilbert' Colesworthy, who was b. in 1644, and d. in September, 1710, his wife, Frances, having d. September 15, 1702. Thomas2 Colesworthy (b. June 14, 1680, d. November 23, 1739) m. Sarah Covell. Sam- uel3 Colesworthy, b. October 25, 1704, m. Hannah Emmes, and d. July 28, 1767. Sam- uel+ Colesworthy, Jr. (b. April, 1733, d. Feb- ruary 10, 1806), m. Mary Gibson. Daniel P. 5 Colesworthy, b. November 24, 1777, d. July 9, 1852. His wife, Anna Collins (b. October, 1774, d. March 25, 1851), was a daughter of Clement, Jr., and Hannah (Jenkins) Collins. Her father was b. in Boston, March 5, 1732, and d. in Portland, Me. Her mother, b. in March, 1731, d. in 1815, in Portland. Clem- ent Collins, Sr., father of Clement, Jr., was b. May 13, 1704. He m. Sarah Courser, who d. March 29, 1771, aged sixty-two years. Daniel Collins, father of Clement, Sr., was b. March 13, 1671. He m. Rebecca Clement, and d. October 30, 1718.

Daniel .C.6 Colesworthy was b. July 14, 1818, son of Daniel P. and Anna (Collins) Colesworthy. He m. October 21, 1834, in Portland, Me., Jane Bowers, who was b. Sep- tember 25, 1812, in Cambridge, Mass., and d. in Chelsea, Mass., May 27, 1874. She was the only child of John Bowers, Jr., and a grand-daughter of John Bowers, Sr., and his wife Lydia. John Bowers, Jr., of Pepperell, was b. September 25, 1780, and d. April 15, 1820. He m. June 7, 1807, in Charlestown, Mass., Prudence Richardson, who was b. in Woburn, April 16, 1785, and d. July 22, 1824. Her father, Asa Richardson, a life- long resident of Woburn, was b. July 19, 1757, and d. August 30, 1822. He m. February II, 1779, at West Cambridge, Jane Wyman, b. October 10, 1759. She was a daughter of Paul Wyman, grand-daughter of David Wy. man, and great-grand-daughter of Jacob Wy- man, who was a son of Lieutenant Jacob Wyman.

ATHANIEL ANDREW RICHARD- SON, one of the best-known residents of Winchester, and "one of the best informed on early local history and topography," was born in South Woburn, Au- gust 29, 1820, son of Jesse and Lora (Stevens)

Richardson. The Richardson family, of which he is a representative in the seventh generation (Samuel, 1-2-3 Zachariah, 4 Jesse, 5-6 Nathaniel Andrew7), was identified with the parent town of Woburn from the time of its settlement, two hundred and sixty years ago, to the setting-off of Winchester in 1850.

Samuel' Richardson (b. in England about the year 1610, d. in Woburn, March 23, 1658) emigrated in company with his brother Thomas, about 1636, and joined in Charlestown, Mass., Bay Colony, an elder brother, Ezekiel, who had preceded them. Samuel's name appears for the first time in the list of inhabitants of Charlestown in 1637, in which year he was granted a "house plot .. " He united with the church February 18, 1637-38, was chosen Sur- veyor of Highways 1636-37, and made a free- man May 2, 1638. On April 20, 1638, land

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 50

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