Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 56

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

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Malestack; Eustis, son of William; this William, son of John, of same place.

John' Curtiss started from London in June, 1632, and landed at Scituate. In 1636 he was a resident house owner at Roxbury. In 1638 he moved with his family to Wethersfield, Conn., to be with other colonists who came from the same locality in England. On April 19, 1610, he m. in England Elizabeth Hutch- ings. Their children, all b. in Nazing, Eng- land, were: John,2 b. February 21, 1614; William,2 June 21, 1618; Thomas,2 March 12, 1619-20. In 1639 John1 Curtiss, with family and friends, went to Stratford, Conn. He d. soon after arriving. His wife, who survived him, d. there in 1658.

John2 Curtiss, eldest son of John,1 was an original proprietor in Stratford. He was made a freeman in 1668; took a prominent part in affairs, including the settlement of the town; was elected Town Treasurer December 29, 1675 ; and was a member of a committee appointed to build a new meeting-house in 1678. A soldier in King Philip's War, he was promoted to the rank of Ensign. His wife, Elizabeth, d. in March, 1681-2, and he d. December 6, 1707, both in Stratford. Their children were: John, b. October 14, 1642; Israel, April 3, 1644; Elizabeth, May 2, 1647; Thomas, January 14, 1648; Joseph, November 12, 1650; Benjamin, September 30, 1652; Hannah, February 2, 1654-5.

Thomas3 Curtiss, the fourth child, m. Mary, daughter of Captain Nathaniel Merriman, of Wallingford, Conn., June 9, 1674; was an original proprietor of Wallingford; freeman in October, 1670; Captain of the train-band of Wallingford; was Surveyor; Deputy to the Legislature in 1689; elected Constable, De- cember 17, 1681; prominent in town affairs until 1720. His will, dated August 9, 1733, was filed May 5, 1736. His children, all b. in Wallingford, were: Mary, b. October 13, 1675; Nathaniel; Samuel; Elizabeth; Han- nah; Thomas; Sarah; Abigail; Joseph; Je- mima; Rebecca; and John, the youngest, b. September 18, 1699. Joseph4 Curtiss, the ninth child, b. October 1, 1691, d. in 1756. He m. March 14, 1712, Martha Collins. Their children were all b. in Wallingford, the

first two being twins: Peter and Joseph, b. January 5, 1713, followed, at intervals of about two years each, by Jonathan, James, Abner, Ethan, Joseph, Martha, Caleb, and Joshua, b. in March, 173I. The father was probably a farmer.

Jonathan5 Curtiss, b. April 13, 1715, the third child of Joseph and Martha, m. February 4, 1736, Deborah Mix, b. 1714, daughter of Thomas3 and Deborah Royce Mix, of Walling- ford. Thomas3 Mix was son of Daniel2 and Ruth Mix and grandson of Thomas' Mix, Sr., of New Haven. His wife, Deborah, was a daughter of Samuel and. Hannah Royce. The children of Jonathan5 and Deborah Curtiss were: Lois, b. June 23, 1737; Deborah; Thankful; Amasa; Esther; Jonathan; Abijah ; and Elisha. The father was a farmer. Jona- than6 Curtiss, b. October 28, 1747, sixth child of Jonathan5 and Deborah, m. in 1768 Mary, daughter of Richard and Thankful (Kellogg) Jacobs, of Sheffield, Mass. She d. August 17, 1813. He d. April 7, 1829. In his boyhood he went with his parents to Wethersfield, Conn., and about 1765 he removed to Sheffield, Mass. His children were all b. in Sheffield, Joseph, the eldest, on June 25, 1768, and Laura L., the youngest, on June 13, 1797. The others in order of birth were : Josiah, Mary, Abijah, Josiah (second), Amanda, Ira, Thank- ful, Aurora, Sabra, and Pamelia.

Abijah,7 the fourth of these children, b. June 7, 1773, m. in September, 1793, Eliza- beth, daughter of Lieutenant Thomas and Han- nah (Taylor) Stevenson, of Middletown, Conn. Lieutenant Stevenson, who fought in the Rev- olution, was taken prisoner at the battle of Fort Washington, and sent to the Jersey pri- son-ship, where he probably died by ill treat- ment, if not direct murder, as he was never heard of after. Abijah7 Curtiss d. February 17, 1834. His wife, Elizabeth, d. November 16, 1858. By occupation a farmer, he served as a Colonel in the militia and as a Repre- sentative in the Legislature. - He lived and died on the farm inherited from his father in Shef- field. His children, all b. in Sheffield, were : Ira, b. March 15, 1794; Almira, November 28, 1795; Orren, May 17, 1797; Julius, March 18, 1799; Eliza, February 11, 1801 ;

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Julia, February 18, 1803; Abijah, May 20, 1807; Elizabeth, June 12, 1809; Mary Ann, July 23, 1812; Emily, October 4, 1814; Han- nah, August 14, 1816. Orren8 Curtiss lived on the Sheffield homestead, was a farmer, and served in the Legislature. He m. March 24, 1825, Caroline, daughter of Colonel Ira and Sophia (Standish) Owen. Her mother, So- phia, was the daughter of John5 and Rebecca (Ellis) Standish. John5 was a lineal descend- ant of Captain Myles Standish, of the Plym- outh Colony, through his son Alexander, 2 who m. Sarah, daughter of John' and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden; their son Ebenezer, 3 who m. Hannah Sturtevant; and Moses, 4 who m. Ra- chel Cobb, the last named couple being the parents of John5 Standish. Caroline Owen, first wife of Orren8 Curtiss, d. May 14, 1870. He m., secondly Maria Hagerman. He d. December 20, 1883. His children were: So- phia, b. November 24, 1825; Emeline, April 20, 1828; Abijah; Orren, August 25, 1833; Franklin, December 25, 1838.

Abijah9 Curtiss, the third child of Orren8 and his wife, Caroline, was graduated at Troy (N. Y.) Polytechnic School in 1853. He was a large owner of oil wells in Oil City, Pa. ; was the president of the Belt Line Street Rail- way in New York City; president of the Sixth Avenue Railway in 1884; a director in several companies; and also held various other posi- tions of trust. He d. at his residence, "The Oaks," at Yonkers, N. Y., August 2, 1888. He m. at Skaneateles, N. Y., June 5, 1855, Mary, daughter of the Rev. Selden and Cath- erine (Butler) Haines. Her father, Selden6 Haines, was a son of Asa5 and Mary (Fuller) Haines and a lineal descendant of Benjamin1 Haines, who d. at Southington, L. I., in 1687. From Benjamin' the line continued through Benjamin,2 who m. Johanna Jennings; James, 3 who m. Martha Halsey; Daniel,4 who m. Eu- nice Howells, and was the father of Asa5 Haines. Mary Fuller, wife of Asa Haines and grandmother of Mary Haines Curtiss, was a daughter of Thomas Fuller, of East Haddam, Conn. Her father was a descendant in the sixth generation of Edward Fuller, who came in the "Mayflower" in 1620. The line was : Edward, Matthew,2 Samuel, 3 Timothy, 4 Tim-

othy, 5 Thomas6. Matthew2 Fuller, with his wife, Frances, came to New England a number of years after his father, probably about 1640. He was the first resident physician at Barn- stable, Mass., was a Captain in 1673, and sur- geon-general of the Plymouth Colony forces in King Philip's War. Lieutenant Samuel, 3 his eldest son, was killed at Rehoboth in King Philip's War, March, 1676. He had seven children by his wife, Mary, one being Timothy, who removed to East Haddam, Conn. Abijah and Mary (Haines) Curtiss had five children : Frank Moody, b. in New York, May 6, 1856; Kate Butler, b. June 21, 1858, in New York ; Caroline, b. in Yonkers,.September 13, 1862; Frederic Haines, the subject of this sketch; and Frank Moody, a student of Yale, class of 1876, who m. (first) Florence Irene Tucke, of Exeter, N. H., on October 12, 1881, and m. (second) Josephine Thompson, of Farmington, Conn. Kate Butler m. (first) October 25, 1881, William B. Moore, of Yonkers; and second, July 8, 1888, Dr. Isaac R. Sanford, of Sheffield, Mass. Caroline m. January 25, 1884, John Quincy Adams Johnson, of New- buryport, Mass.

The early days of Frederic H. Curtiss were spent in Yonkers. He acquired his education in the Yonkers schools, Adams Academy, Quincy, Mass., Harvard College, class of 1891, and in Paris, France. Illness compelled him to go to Europe in 1890. After his return he settled in Boston, and engaged in banking. In 1892, having been previously a general clerk in the Broadway National Bank, Boston, he was appointed assistant cashier, and in 1899 the cashier. The bank closed in De- cember, 1899, and in January, 1900, he was appointed cashier of the Massachusetts National Bank at 53 State Street, Boston, of which he is also a director. He is also the treasurer of three car lines, a director of the Detroit, Hillsdale and Southwestern Rail- way, and of several other companies. Mr. Curtiss is vice-president of the Boston Bank Cashiers' Association, a member of the East- ern Yacht Club, Puritan Club of Boston, St. Botolph Club, Oakley County Club, Ex- change Club, Reform Club of New York, Har- vard Club of New York, Colonial Club of

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Boston, Longwood Cricket Club, Bostonian Society, New England Historic-Genealogical Society, Colonial Society, Society of Colonial Wars, Society of "Mayflower " Descendants, Bunker Hill Monument Association, and the Copley Art Association of Boston.

Mr. Curtiss married October 14, 1891, Helen Lawrence Squire, daughter of Francis Orvis and Helen (Lawrence) Squire, of Ar- lington, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Curtiss reside in Boston. They have had two children, namely: Robert Lawrence, born in Boston, January 2, 1897, died January 1I, 1897; and Eleanor, born in Boston, August 2, 1898, died March 20, 1901.

YSANDER KEMP, a citizen of Cam- bridge, now retired from active busi- ness life, was born at Pomfret, Vt., November 1, 1821, son of Nehe- miah and Betty (Snow) Kemp. His father, who was a farmer there, d. in Lyme, N. H., at the age of eighty-eight years and six months.

Betty Snow Kemp, who was b. July 27, 1781, m. June 29, 1797, and d. at Pomfret, October 10, 1824, came of an old New Eng- land family. Her parents, Samuels and Betty (Perkins) Snow (the former b. May 21, 1752, and the latter February 3, 1756) were m. June 15, 1775, at Middleboro, Mass., whence they removed to Pomfret, Vt., and had a family of nine children, of whom Betty was the third in the order of birth. Samuels Snow d. Septem- ber 28, 1822, and his wife April 3, 1820, their daughter Betty surviving them but a few years. He was a son of Samuel4 Snow, b. 1729, first child of Jonathan3 and Sarah Snow. Jonathan3 Snow was the sixth child of Joseph2 Snow, who was twice m., the maiden name of his first wife being Ruth Soule, and the given name of his second, Sarah. Joseph,2 who was the third son of William' and Hopestill Snow, d. in 1753. William' Snow, b. in England in 1624, was brought to America as an apprentice by Richard Derby, and assigned by him in 1638 to Edward Doten to serve the latter for seven years at Plymouth. He was one of the first settlers in West Bridgewater. He d. in 1708, at the age of eighty-four years.

Lysander Kemp acquired his education in the schools of his native town. In 1840, at the age of nineteen, he came to Cambridge and entered the employ of Curtis Davis and Alex- ander Dickinson, soap manufacturers, each of whom subsequently married one of his sisters. After remaining with them for three or four years, he established, in 1845, in company with Asa A. Sargent, the firm of Kemp & Sargent, manufacturers of laundry soap. After a few years the partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Kemp for a time conducted the business alone. Subsequently he formed a new partnership with Aaron Dickinson under the style of Kemp & Dickinson, this Mr. Dickinson being a brother of his former employer. Afterward the firm became Hale & Kemp, and still later L. Kemp & Sons, the latter style, assumed in 1872, hav- ing been continued up to the present time. Mr. Kemp retired, however, from active par- ticipation in the business on January 1, 1892. In politics he is a Democrat. In 1841 he joined the Franklin Hook and Ladder Com- pany, was made second foreman, and subse- quently remained connected with it for twenty- five years, serving on its standing committee.

Mr. Kemp was married August 13, 1847, to Miss Laura Green, of Lower Waterford, Vt., a daughter of Eli and Lucinda (Graves) Green. He has four children - Lucy Ann, Horace G., James H., and Edwin E. Lucy Ann, born in Cambridge, Mass., March 26, 1848, is the wife of Charles Nowell of that city, and the mother of ten children - Melvin Leah, Inez (who died in Cambridge), Clarence, Charles, Florence, Bowman, Laura, Ebenezer, Leah, and Lena. Horace G. Kemp, born in Cam- bridge, August 19, 1849, has taken an active part in politics, having served two years in the City Council, two years as Representative in the Legislature, and one year as Senator. He married Alma Thompson, a native of Nova Sco- tia. James H., born in Cambridge, September 28, 1850, in unmarried. Edwin E., born in

Cambridge, June 20, 1853, married Lena Shaffer, of Cambridge, and has two children - Lysander Shaffer and Erford Conrad. Mr. Kemp, after a long and reasonably prosperous business career, is ending his declining years in comfort at his home in Cambridge, while

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the large and increasing business is carried on by his two sons, Horace G. and James H. Kemp, in an able and efficient manner.

B ENJAMIN ALONZO SHUTE, of Malden, Mass., was born November 23, 1823, on Washington Street, Boston. His father, Daniel Shute, was son of Benjamin Shute, and grandson of Michael Shute, shipbuilder, who resided in Newmarket, N. H. Michael Shute was b.

in Malden, Mass., April 21, 1707. His father, Richard Shute, was an early settler of Malden, and was one of the seventy-four pro- prietors and freeholders who received an allot- ment of land March, 1694-5. He was m. in 1692 to Lydia Greenland, daughter of Dea- con John2 and Lydia (Sprague) Greenland. John and Lydia m. in 1670. John d. in 1690-1. Michael Shute removed to Newmar- ket, N. H. His second wife, great-grand- mother of the subject of this sketch, was a Mrs. Pearson, née Boardman, formerly of Newburyport. Benjamin Shute, the next in line of descent, was b. in Newmarket, N. H., April 16, 1759. He settled in Derry, N. H., where he was engaged in farming until his death. His first wife was Rebecca Boardman, who was b. in Newburyport, Mass., Septem- ber 7, 1768.

The Boardman family (or "Boreman" as the name was formerly spelled) was one of the earliest to settle in Ipswich, Mass. The im- migrant progenitor was Thomas Boardman, the line being continued through Thomas, 2 Offin, 3 Captain Offin,4 Jonathan,5 to Rebecca6. Thomas' Boardman was b. in Claydon, Eng- land, in 1601, and d. in Ipswich, Mass., in May, 1673. His parents, Thomas and Eliza- beth (Carter) Boardman, were m. in Claydon in February, 1595. The will of his great- grandfather, Thomas Boreman, was proved at Banbury, England, in May, 1580, and the will of his grandfather, William Boreman, whose wife's name was Annis, was proved in April, 1613. Thomas2 Boardman, of Ipswich, son of Thomas' and his wife Margaret, m. in 1668 Elizabeth Perkins, daughter of Sergeant Jacob

Perkins, and reared six children. Offin3 Boardman, b. in 1676, m. in 1698 Sarah Heard. Captain Offin4 Boardman, who was b. in December, 1698, was master of a vessel, and was drowned at sea in September, 1735, while going from Casco Bay to Boston, twelve others perishing with him. He m. Sarah Woodman in 1722, and had six children, namely : Offin, 3 Elizabeth, Thomas, John, Jacob, and Jonathan. Jonathan6 Boardman, b. March 15, 1735, m. at Newbury in 1761, Rebecca Moody. Their daughter Rebecca7, the first wife of Benjamin Shute, was the mother of several children. She d. February 16, 1842. Benjamin Shute subsequently m. for his second wife, Mrs. Lucy Orr, a daughter of John Cross.

Daniel Shute was b. in Derry, N. H., July 17, 1798, and d. in 1860. A soldier in the War of 1812, he was stationed for awhile at one of the forts in Boston Harbor. He subse- quently located in Boston, where he was for a number of years employed at a lumber wharf. He m. Mrs. Alice Stanwood Humphrey, widow of Joseph Humphrey. She was b. in Gloucester, Mass., a daughter of Henry and Mary (Merritt) Stanwood. Her first husband at his death left her one child, Mary Hum- phrey. Of her union with Daniel Shute five children were b., namely : Benjamin Alonzo, Henry Merritt, Oswald, Daniel, and Stephen.

Benjamin Alonzo Shute acquired his educa- tion in the public schools of Boston, and began his business career as clerk in a cutlery establishment. By capable and faithful ser- vice he gradually worked his way upward until he became the head of the establishment, which he managed successfully until his re- tirement from active pursuits in 1870. In 1887 he purchased a residence in Malden, the home of some of his early ancestors, and has since resided here, a respected citizen. On September 12, 1852, Mr. Shute married So- phia Drisko, of Addison, Me., a daughter of Haskell and Hannah (Cole) Drisko. Mr. and Mrs. Shute have three children - Mary Helen, Sophia, and Martha Anna. Sophia is the wife of Alfred J. Thompson, and has three children - Marion, Leonard, and Gordon. Martha Anna married Frederick Drisko, and they have one son, Stanwood Drisko.

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MOS BREED CHASE, of Lynn, was born at Stratham, N. H., October 28, 1852, a son of Levi and Priscilla Ann (Breed) Chase. He comes of good old New England stock, claiming among his immigrant ancestors Aquila Chase, Deacon John Leavitt, and Governor Thomas Dudley.

Thomas' Dudley, the second Governor of Massachusetts, was the father of the Rev. Samuel2 Dudley, of Exeter, N. H., who by his third wife, Elizabeth, had a daughter Dorothy. This daughter, Dorothy3 Dudley, m. October 26, 1681, Moses Leavitt, son of Deacon John1 Leavitt, of Hingham, the founder of this branch of the Leavitt family in America. Moses Leavitt, Jr., son of Moses and Dorothy (Dudley) Leavitt, was the father of the Rev. Dudley Leavitt (Harvard College, 1739), who settled in Salem, Mass., and of Love Leavitt, who m. Jonathan Chase. Dudley Leavitt Chase, son of Jonathan Chase and his wife Love, was the great-grandfather of Amos Breed Chase, of Lynn. He m., first, a Miss Ayers, daughter of Perkins Ayers, and after her death m. her widowed sister, Mrs. Mary Ayers Davis, who became the mother of An- drew Chase, the next in line of descent.

Andrew Chase, b. at Stratham, N. H., March 10, 1787, m. Sally Clark, a native of that town, and settled in Roxbury, Mass., where he followed the trade of a carpenter for a number of years. Returning to Stratham in 1837, he purchased the Jonathan Leavitt estate, and engaged in farming.

Levi Chase, son of Andrew and Sally (Clark) Chase, and the father of Amos B., was b. in Roxbury, Mass., in 1820, being one of a family of twelve children, nine of whom grew to maturity. After obtaining his educa- tion in the public schools of Roxbury, he went with his parents to Stratham, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until the breaking out of the Civil War. He then en- listed from Roxbury, Mass., in the Sixteenth Massachusetts Battery, and, going to Washing- ton, served two and one-half years. After his return he settled in Lynn, Mass., where he was in the employ of the Boston & Maine Railway Company until his death in December, 1890. He m. Priscilla Ann Breed, by whom he had

six children. Two of these d. in childhood. The four living are: Dudley Wilbur, Amos Breed, Frank Newhall, and Alice Maria. Dudley Wilbur Breed, b. in 1850, for many years engaged in the express business in Lynn, m. Emma Clement, of Waldo, Me., and had one child, Ralph, who d. young. Frank N., b. in Stratham, N. H., July 7, 1854, was a shoemaker, but for the past ten years he has been in the employ of the Boston & Maine Railroad Company. He m. Laura Jane Me- servey, of Waldo, Me. They have two chil- dren, namely : Frank Lyscoe, b. July 19, 1880, who is in the employ of his uncle, Amos B. Chase, as'a clerk; and Frederic Lester, b. August 31, 1891. Alice Maria, b. December 3, 1866, is the wife of William F. Newhall, of Lynn. Mr. and Mrs. Newhall have three children - Roland Marston, Kenneth, and Sadie Chase.

Amos Breed Chase came to Lynn when a boy of ten years. Four years later, having completed his school life, he entered the employ of S. O. Breed, a lumber dealer, with whom he remained nine years. He was sub- sequently a clerk for Perley B. Mansfield, hat- ter and furrier, from 1878 until 1885, when he was admitted to partnership under the firm name of P. B. Mansfield & Co. Purchasing the interest of the senior member of the firm in 1899, Mr. Chase has since carried on the business successfully in his own name. He belongs to the Richard W. Drown Lodge, No. 106, I. O. O. F., to the Royal Arcanum, and to the Oxford Club, of Lynn.

On September 8, 1872, Mr. Chase married Sarah Augusta Chase, daughter of Nathan and Mary Ann (Thayer) Chase, of Paris, Me. She was born July 19, 1850, in Paris, Me., and was there educated. She is descended from the immigrant Aquila Chase through Moses,2 Moses, 3 Seth, 4 Bradford, 5 Luke, 6 Na- than7. Aquila' Chase, living at Hampton, N. H., in 1640, m. Anne, daughter of John Wheeler, of Hampton, removed to Newbury, Mass., in 1646, and d. there in 1670. Moses2 Chase, the eleventh child of Aquila, was m. at Newbury in 1684 to Ann Follansbee, who bore him nine children. Moses3 Chase, b. in 1688, m. in 1709 Elizabeth3 Wells (the Rev.

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Thomas,2 Thomas'), by whom he had eleven children. Seth4 Chase, the third child, b. in 1715, m. in 1738 Elizabeth Bartlett. Brad- fords Chase m. in 1763 Abigail Sibley, and settled in Sutton, Mass. She was a descendant in the fifth generation from John' Sibley, who, with his brother Richard, emigrated to Salem in 1629, and d. there in 1661. Joseph2 Sibley, b. in 1655, son of John,' settled in Sutton. Samuel3 Sibley, b. in 1697, son of Joseph2 and his wife Susanna, m. Martha Dike. Their son Samuel, b. 1724, m. Abigail Park, and was the father of Abigails Sibley, b. in 1745, who m. Bradfords Chase. Luke6 Chase, b. in 1782, removed to Paris, Me., where he carried on general farming. His wife, Dorcas Stearns, daughter of Phineas, bore him five children - Bradford, Austin, Nathan, Elias, and Luke. Nathan7 Chase, b. at Paxton, Mass., 1815, m. February 14, 1844, Mary Ann Thayer, daughter of Colonel Ebenezer and Polly (Faunce) Thayer. Three children were b. of their union, namely : Charles Free- man, b. June II, 1845, now a machinist in South Paris, Me., m. Clarissa S. Godwin; Sarah Augusta, b. July 19, 1850 (wife of Amos B. Chase) ; and Henry Edward, b. March 10, 1853, now living in Lynn, m. to Lucetta E. Penley.

Mr. and Mrs. Amos Breed Chase have one child - George Henry9 Chase, who was born in Lynn, Mass., June 13, 1874. He was grad- uated at Harvard College in the class of 1896 (Master of Arts, 1897), and, having spent two years abroad, studying in Germany, Rome, and Athens, received from his alma mater the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1900, and is now (December, 1901) an instructor at Har- vard in the department of Classical Philology.

EORGE FRANKLIN HOSMER, son of Franklin and Eliza Ann (Stiles) Hosmer, was born in the town of Sweden, Oxford County, Me., March 19, 1849. He is a descendant of James Hosmer, an early settler and one of the original proprietors of Concord, Mass., whose allotment of land in that town contained one hundred and sixty-four

acres. The line of descent is: James,1 Thomas,2 James, 3 Samuel, 4 Asahel,5 Frank- lin,6 George Franklin7.

Thomas,2 son of James' and Sara (White) Hosmer, was b. in Concord, July 6, 1672. He m. February 18, 1695-6, Hannah Hart- well. Their son James3 was b. in Concord, February 26, 1708-9. He m. in 1732 Eliza- beth, daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (Fletcher) Davis. Samuel4 Hosmer was b. in Concord, May 12, 1734. On June 5, 1755, he m. Ann Parlin, of Carlisle. He was a mem- ber of the Committee of Safety during the Revolutionary War, and a Lieutenant in Cap- tain Joseph Hosmer's company.

Asahel5 Hosmer was b. in Concord, and fol- lowed farming there until his death in middle life. His wife was Eunice Wright, daughter of Lieutenant Oliver and Lois (Johnson) Wright. Lieutenant Oliver Wright was b. in Concord, Mass., January 16, 1741. His wife, Lois Johnson, of New Haven, Conn., was b. May 26, 1745. Mrs. Eunice Wright Hosmer lived to a good old age, spending her last years with a son in Acton. She reared three children - Franklin, Samuel, William. Samuel was Deacon of the Congregational Church of Acton. William d. at middle age, owing to a casualty.

Franklin6 Hosmer (son of Asahels and father of George Franklin7) was b. in Concord, Mass., January 13, 1801. He learned the trade of cooper, but in a few years he moved to Sweden, Me., where he bought a farm, and was for a time engaged in general farming and in the culture of hops. He served in various town offices, was Town Clerk for some years, and also represented the town in the State Legisla- ture. In politics he was a Democrat. He d. in 1884, at the age of eighty-three. He was m. first to Hannah Whitcomb, who bore him five children - Henry H., Eunice W., Horace H., Lucretia W., and Eliza A. His second wife, Eliza Ann Stiles, already mentioned as the mother of the subject of this sketch, was b. in Stoneham, Me., April 21, 1821, daugh- ter of Jacob and Olive W. (Bryant) Stiles. Her children were: Georgiana L., Cyrus W., George F., and Asahel E. His third wife was Elizabeth H. Stiles, a sister of the second

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 56

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