Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 63

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

USA > Massachusetts > Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts > Part 63

Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).

HARLES FRENCH AVERY, a Bos- ton wool merchant, residing in New- ton, was born in New York City, N. Y., March 25, 1847, a son of Elisha Lothrop and Sarah (Coit) Avery. He is of excellent Colonial stock, the blood of many of the early New England families of prominence flowing in his viens.

In Normandy and in England the Avery family was of high station, and members of it were prominent in early records prior to the fifteenth century. The Averys of this country belong to what is known as the Dedham branch of the family, and trace their descent from the Averys of the county of Somerset, England. The arms of the family are : "Gules à chevron

452

NEW ENGLAND LIBRARY OF

between three besants, or, crest, two lions' jambs, or, supporting a besant." Their es- tates were situated in the parish of Pill, now Pylle, Somersetshire.

"Robert Avery, the English ancestor of that branch of the family which is now under con- sideration, resided near Shepton Mallet, in the Hundred of Whitestone. He had a son Will- iam and a grandson Robert, and his great- grandson, the son of Robert, was William Avery, of Dedham, Mass., who was one of the first of his name to come to the New England colonies. William Avery migrated thither in 1650, with his wife and three children, from Barkham, Berkshire, in England. After his settlement in this country four more children were b. to him. He was a resident of Ded- ham for some fifteen years after the settlement of that place, was a large landowner, an officer of the militia, and a deputy to the General Court. When the Massachusetts Colony gave to the town of Dedham a large tract of land at Deerfield on the Connecticut River, William Avery was one of the original proprietors of the grant, which comprised eight thousand acres. In early life he was a blacksmith, but became an educated man, was one of the ear- liest physicians in the colony, a bookseller in Boston after 1680, and a patron of learning." ("Prominent Families of New York," 1897.)

From William' Avery the line of descent to Charles French Avery is: William,' Robert, 2 John, 3 Ephraim,4 Ephraim, 5 John William, 6 Elisha Lothrop,7 Charles French8. Robert2 Avery, b. in England in 1649, m. Elizabeth Lane, of Malden, Mass., and d. in 1722. The Rev. John Avery, b. in Dedham, was baptized in First Church, Dorchester, twenty-seventh day, fourth month, 1686 (Harvard College, 1706), was settled in Truro, Mass., as pastor of the First Church, where he remained until his death in 1754. On November 23, 1710, he m. Ruth Little, of Marshfield, a daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Sturtevant) Little, grand-daughter of Thomas and Ann (Warren) Little, and a great-grand-daughter of Richard Warren, "Mayflower " passenger, and his wife Elizabeth. The Rev. Ephraim4 Avery, b. in Truro, Mass., April 22, 1713 (Harvard Col- lege, 1731), was ordained and settled in 1735

in Brooklyn, Conn., where his death occurred October 20, 1754. He m. in 1738 Deborah Lothrop, who survived him, being afterward twice m. The Rev. Ephraim5 Avery, b. April 13, 1741 (Yale College, 1761), was an Episco- pal clergyman, ordained in England by the Bishop of London, 1765. He m. in 1762 Hannah Platt. He received the degree of Master of Arts from Kings College, N. Y., in 1767; d. in 1776. The Rev. John William6 Avery, b. in Rye, N. Y., -May 24, 1767, d. in I 799. He m. Sarah Fairchild, daughter of John Curtis Fairchild, of Stratford, Conn., in 1794.

Elisha Lothrop Avery, b. at Stratford, Conn., in 1799, d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Au- gust 3, 1879. He served an apprenticeship at the shoemaker's trade, but while yet a young man went with his brother, Samuel P. Avery, to New York City, where in 1832 he became connected with the city schools as a teacher, and in 1851 was appointed principal of the Allen Street Grammar School. Resigning that position in 1862, he opened a private academy for fitting young men for college, and for the United States Naval Academy. He was a remarkable linguist, an accomplished scholar, highly appreciated in educational circles, the American Institute awarding him a prize for invention. In 1822 he m. Jane Gunning, who d. in 1837, having borne him three children - John William, Elisha Loth- rop, and Jane. On April 12, 1839, he m., second, Sarah Coit, daughter of David Coit, of New London, Conn., of which union there were four children - Sarah Coit, Ogden, Charles French, 8 and Harriet; Charles French Avery, with whom this sketch is chiefly con- cerned, being the third child. Sarah Coit Avery m. December 25, 1865, Dr. John Lester Keep, whose ancestral history may be found in the succeeding article.

Deborah Lothrop, who m. the Rev. Ephraim+ Avery, was a descendant in the fourth genera- tion from the Rev. John1 Lothrop, b. in Eng- land, December 20, 1584, educated at Queen's College, came to America in the ship "Grif- fin," arriving in Boston September 18, 1634, d. in Barnstable, Mass., November 8, 1653. Samuelª Lothrop, b. in March, 1650, son of

453

GENEALOGY AND PERSONAL HISTORY

the Rev. John, d. in Norwich, Conn., Decem- ber 9, 1732, m. November, 1675, Hannah Ad- gate; who d. September 18, 1695; m., second, December 30, 1697, Mary Edgerton, of Nor- wich, who d. January 31, 1727-8. Samuel3 Lothrop, b. January 6, 1685, d. November 7, 1754 (in the Probate Records given the title of "Esquire "). On July 24, 1715, he m. Deborah Crow. Deborah+ Lothrop, b. January 9, 1716-7, m., first, September 22, 1738, the Rev. Ephraim4 Avery, as above stated. Her second husband was John Gardiner, fifth pro- prietor of Gardiner's Island. On June 3, 1767, she m. for her third husband, Colonel, after- ward General, Israel Putnam, Revolutionary hero, and d. at his headquarters, Highlands, N. Y., in 1777. The line is continued through a son by her first husband, the Rev. Ephraim and Hannah (Platt) Avery; the Rev. John William and Sarah (Fairchild) Avery; Elisha Lothrop and Sarah (Coit) Avery.

Sarah Fairchild, who m. the Rev. John William6 Avery, was a daughter of John Cur- tis Fairchild, and a descendant in the sixth generation of Thomas' Fairchild, who m. a daughter of Robert Seabrooke, and became one of the first sixteen householders of Stratford, Conn., in 1639. He was a Representative to the General Assembly in 1659 and 1660, and d. December 14, 1670. The line was contin- ued through Samuel2 Fairchild, b. August I, 1640, who m. Mary Wheeler. Samuel3 Fair- child, b. in 1684, m. Ruth Beach. Samuel4 Fairchild, b. in 1710, m. Mary Curtis. John Curtis5 Fairchild m. November 6, 1768, Ruth Lamson, daughter of William Lamson, who was b. in Malden, Mass., in 1694, and m. in 1717 Elizabeth Burch. John Curtis and Ruth (Lamson) Fairchild reared eight children, namely : William, b. 1769; John, b. in 1770; Joseph, b. in 1772; Sarah, b. in 1773, m. the Rev. John William6 Avery; Curtis, b. in 1775 ; Tabitha, b. in 1777; Ruth, b. in 1779; Ben- jamin, b. in 1781 ; and Reuben, b. in 1784.

Sarah Coit, who m. Elisha Lothrop Avery, was b. in New York City, April 12, 1806, and d. in Newtonville, Mass., February 12, 1892. She was a direct descendant in the seventh generation of John Coit, who emigrated, proba- bly from Wales, to New England between

1630 and 1638, had a grant of land in Salem in 1638, removed to Gloucester, Mass., in 1644, was Selectman in 1648, and received a grant of land in New London, Conn., in 1650. He d. August 29, 1659. His wife, Mary Ganners, or Jenners, d. in 1676, aged eighty. Joseph2 Coit, Deputy to the General Court of Connecticut in 1669, d. March 27, 1704. His wife, Martha Harris, of Wethersfield, d. July 14, 1710. John3 Coit, b. in 1670, d. in 1744, m. Mehitable Chandler, who was b. in 1673, and d. March 31, 1758. She was a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Douglas) Chandler. Her father was b. in 1635, and d. April 15, 1703; and her mother, b. in 1614, d. in 1705. Elizabeth Douglas was a daughter of William Douglas, b. in 1610, d. in 1682, who was Commissary of Connecticut during King Philip's War, was Deputy in 1672 and 1675 to the General Court at Hartford. His wife was Anna Mattle. John4 Coit, b. in 1696, m., first, Grace Christopher, who was b. in 1698, and d. in 1745. Her father, Richard Christopher, who was an assistant in the colony and a judge, m., after the death of his first wife, in 1691, Grace Turner, of Scituate, and d. in 1726. Samuels Coit was the next in line of descent. David6 Coit m. Sarah Og- den, and of their children Sarah7 Coit m. Elisha Lothrop Avery.

Through his mother, Mrs. Sarah Coit Avery, Charles French Avery is a descendant in the eighth generation from John1 Ogden, who was b. about 1610, d. in May, 1682. He was one of the founders of Elizabeth, N. J. In Octo- ber, 1665, was appointed a Justice of the Peace, in November was one of the Governor's Council, and in 1668 was one of the Burgesses. David2 Ogden, who was b. in 1643, and d. in 1692, m. Elizabeth (Swaine) Ward, widow of Josiah Ward. She was b. in 1649, a daughter of Captain Samuel Swaine, who was b. in 1610, and d. in 1682. Captain Swaine was a man of influence in the colonies, prominent in military affairs, a Lieutenant in the Connecti- cut forces in 1663, and of the Newark, N. J., soldiers under Captain Robert Treat from 1667 to 1673. He was Captain of the East Jersey Provincial forces of the fortified town of New- ark, N. J., was Deputy to the General Court in

454

NEW ENGLAND LIBRARY OF

1673, and Deputy and "third man" in the Provincial Assembly of East Jersey from 1673 until 1676. His father, William Swaine (b. 1585, d. 1664), was Deputy to the General Court of Massachusetts Bay in 1636, was one of the committee appointed in that year to es- tablish and govern new colonies in Connecti- cut, an assistant to the first General Court of Connecticut in 1637, and a Deputy to the Gen- eral Court of New Haven Colony from 1653 to 1657. Thomas3 Ogden was b. in 1684, d. November 25, 1760, m. Diana Clauson, who was b. in 1686, d. April 20, 1731. David4 Ogden, b. in 1712, d. April 16, 1777, m. Ann Burwell, who was b. in 1718, and d. March 22, 1795. David5 Ogden, b. in 1742, d. in 1790. He m. Mary Wilkinson, who was b. March 7, 1742, and d. May 11, 1811. Sarah6 Ogden, who was b. April 23, 1768, d. in May, 184I. She m. David Coit, and was the mother of Sarah7 Coit, who m. Elisha Lothrop Avery, as before stated.

Charles French Avery spent his early life in New York City, where he became identified with the wool business in connection with the firm of Mauger & Avery, wool dealers. Com- ing to Boston in 1880 to assume the manage- ment of the Boston office, he has since been a resident of this State, at the present time liv- ing in Newton, where for six years he was a member of the School Board. On November 12, 1877, Mr. Avery married Florence Ade- laide Topping. They have five children, namely : Elisha Lothrop, born January 19, 1879, who is in business with his father; Charles Henry, born March 5, 1880, now in Massachusetts School of Technology; Helen Ogden, born May 2, 1881; Lester Hobart, born March 10, 1884; and Florence Gladys, born January 25, 1885. These children were educated in the schools of Newton, Mass.

HE KEEP FAMILY, showing ances- tral line of John Lester Keep, M. D. John' Keep. The earliest record found concerning him is the following extract from the records of Springfield, Mass., Febru- ary 18, 1660, o.s. : "John Keepe desiring en- tertaynmt in this Towne as an inhabitant, his

desires were granted by the Select men ye day above said." . The "entertaynmt " desired was the privilege of boarding with some family in the town. From his being assigned a seat in the gallery of the church with Henry Chapin and John Bliss, it is supposed that John Keep was about twenty years of age at that time. No record as yet has been found of the date or place of his birth.

The records of Springfield show grants of land to John Keep, March 13, 1660; January 6, 1662; February 6, 1664; January 5, 1665 ; and January 1, 1672. February 6, 1665, Feb- ruary 1, 1669, and February 6, 1671, he was upon each occasion "chosen Haward for ye Long Meddow." February 2, 1668, he was one of the surveyors for the "countrey high- ways of this town the yeere ensueing." He was Selectman in 1673, 1674, and 1676. John' Keep m. December 31, 1663, Sarah Leonard, daughter of John and Sarah Leonard, of Springfield, Mass. His wife Sarah, and his infant son, Jabez, were killed by the Indians, March 26, 1676, while riding to Springfield to attend public worship, and were buried in the old cemetery at that place. Their chil- dren were: Sarah, b. December 5, 1666; Eliz- abeth, b. November 15, 1668; Samuel, b. August 22, 1670; Hannah, b. June 28, 1673; and Jabez, b. December 11, 1675.

Some of the descendants of John Keep claim, through John Leonard, two lines of descent from William the Conqueror; but this ances- try, as claimed, is not given here for the reason that the date, place of birth, and parentage of John Leonard are not known. John Leonard settled in Springfield in 1639, and m. Sarah Heald, November 12, 1640. He was a farmer, and for a time held the office of Constable. He was killed by the Indians in 1676. His widow m. Benjamin Parsons in 1677, and after the latter's death she m. for her third husband the Hon. Peter Tilton. She d. in February, IZII. (See "John Keep, of Longmeadow, Mass., 1660-1676, and his Descendants." Compiled by Frank E. Bert, Box 271, Chicago, Ill., 1899 .. On file in the Long Island His- torical Society, Brooklyn, N. Y.)

Samuelª Keep, b. at Longmeadow, August 22, 1670, d. August 23, 1755. He m. Feb-

455

GENEALOGY AND PERSONAL HISTORY

ruary 27, 1695, Sarah Colton, who d. June 20, 1754. Samuel2 Keep was active at all times in the affairs of the "precinct." He was Se- lectman (or committee of the precinct) in 1715, 1716, 1722, and 1724. The town rec- ords show that he had much to do with the building and sustaining of the church. On March 9, 1719, he was appointed a committee to procure an allowance from the town of Springfield for a schoolhouse. In September, 1700, with twenty others, he petitioned to the General Court for a new town to be laid out east of Springfield - Brimfield. His son John settled in that town; and in 1730 Samuel2 Keep was allotted one hundred and twenty acres of land in consideration of twelve pounds, ten shillings, which he paid for the benefit of the town of Brimfield.

Samuel2 Keep and his wife, Sarah Colton, lived together almost sixty years, and their graves are in the cemetery at Longmeadow, Mass. Their children were as follows: an infant, b. February 17, 1697; John, b. June 22, 1698; Samuel, b. November 12, 1700; Sarah, b. August 23, 1703; Jabez, b. March 10, 1706; Elizabeth, b. May 22, 1709; Je- mima, b. July 17, 1711; Josiah, b. November 30, 1713; Abiah, b. December II, 1715; Ste- phen, b. October 26, 1717; Eunice, b. March 3, 1720; and Matthew, b. October 3, 1722.

Jabez3 Keep, b. March 10, 1706, d. August 19, 1774. He m., first, Sarah Leonard, who d. March 9, 1739; m., second, Experience Lawrence, August 3, 1740. His name appears on the first tax list of Westford, Mass., which town was organized in 1730. In 1739 he was one of a committee "to inform of all breeches of act of law that is relating to killing of deer." He served as Selectman in 1742, 1744, 1745, 1746, 1747, 1750, 1751, 1752, 1754, 1755, 1756, and 1757. He was clerk of the Board of Selectmen in 1747 and 1751. In 1756 he was Representative to the General Court. In the records he is designated as Cap- tain. In 1752 he was one of the grantees of the towns of Walpole, Westmoreland, and Chesterfield, N.H. In 1768 he removed to the town of Harvard, where he established an- other forge, and resided until his death, Au- gust 19, 1774. Jabez3 was twice m. : first to

Sarah Leonard, of Springfield, whose grand- father, Joseph Leonard, was a brother of Sarah Leonard, wife of John Keep, the original an- cestor. She d. March 9, 1739; and in Little- ton, Mass., August 3, 1740, he m. Experience Lawrence. His children by his first wife were: Sarah, b. April 10, 1731; Samuel, b. November 3, 1732; Lucy, b. November 7, 1734; and Jebez, b. December 13, 1736. Those by his second wife were: Eunice, b. May 18, 1741; Leonard, b. October 7, 1742; Mary, b. March 23, 1744; Jonathan, b. Au- gust 7, 1745; Ruth, b. March 25, 1747; Ex- perience, b. September 13, 1748 (d. Septem- ber 12, 1750) ; Elizabeth, b. April 20, 1750; Experience, b. June 23, 1752; John, b. Sep- tember 29, 1753; Jemima, b. August 10, 1755; and Rebecca, b. April 16, 1758.

John4 Keep was b. at Westford, Mass., Sep- tember 29, 1753, and d. October 20, 1838. He worked in the forge at Harvard, and served for a time in the Revolutionary army. His application for a pension, made August 18, 1832, shows that he served eight months as a private under Captain Coffin and General Montgomery, and that he entered the service from Harvard. His name was placed on the pension roll December 29, 1832, the pension dating from April 4, 1831. At the close of the war he went to Salisbury, Conn., where he remained until 1788, in which year he removed to South Lee, Mass., where he d. October 20, 1838. In 1781 he m. Elizabeth Smith, who d. February 20, 1796. In 1796 he m. Abigail Lester, who d. July 29, 1854, only lacking five months of being one hundred years old. His children by first wife were: Jabez, b. August 31, 1782 (d. December 2, 1784) ; John, b. November 27, 1784; Samuel, b. March I, 1786; Betsy, b. July 30, 1787; Olive, b. July 30, 1789; Alvin, b. June 18, 1791; James, b. September 20, 1792; and Jabez, b. February 14, 1794; by second wife: Lester, b. Septem- ber 6, 1797, d. August 20, 1882.

Dr. Lesters .Keep was b. in Lee, Mass., Sep- tember 6, 1797. His early education was ob- tained in the common schools, and in 1821 he entered the Freshman class at Williams Col- lege, which he left in his junior year. He then entered Berkshire Medical College at

456

NEW ENGLAND LIBRARY OF

Pittsfield, Mass., where he remained for three years. In 1828 he graduated from the medical college at Fairfield, N. Y. . He practised medi- cine one year in Springfield, Mass., and thirty- one years in Fair Haven, Conn. In 1860 he removed to Brooklyn, N. Y., to form a partner- ship with his son, Dr. John Lester Keep. He retired from active practice in 1873, but re- mained in touch with his profession most of the time until his death, which took place August 20, 1882. In 1875 he received from Williams College the honorary degree of Master of Arts. He was buried in East Haven, Conn. Dr. Lester Keep was first m. August 15, 1830, to Harriet Hotchkiss, who d. November 27, 1834. He m., second, Mrs. Lavinia Clark Ballard, May 25, 1836. She d. March 6, 1875; and he m. for his third wife Caroline J. Yeomans, M. D., March, 1877. By his first wife he had one child - Harriet Elizabeth, b. November 27, 1834. Of his second marriage there were two children : John Lester, M.D., b. March 18, 1838; and Samuel Hopkins, M. D., b. May 12, 1846, who d. October 26, 1887.

John Lester6 Keep, M. D., received his early education at Thetford Academy, Vt., and at Dr. Russell's Collegiate and Commercial In- stitute, New Haven, Conn., a military school. He took a partial course at Yale Medical Col- lege, and was graduated from the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia in 1860, and from the New York Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital in 1866. He began the practice of medicine in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1860. In 1867 he established the Gates Avenue Homœopathic Dispensary, of which he is a trustee and medical director. He is also consulting physician at the Brooklyn Homeopathic Dispensary, and a member of the medical staff of the Brooklyn Homeopathic Hospital. In 1868 he was commissioned a surgeon in the Thirteenth Regiment, N. G., N. Y. In 1869 he was promoted to the posi- tion of surgeon of the Fifth Brigade, and in 1880 to that of surgeon of the Second Divi- sion, N. G., N. Y. In 1883 he was brevetted Colonel "for long and meritorious service." Dr. Keep is a member of many societies and organizations, medical and otherwise. He has

resided for a number of years at 460 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. His summer resi- dence is known as "Saravista," at Shelter Island Heights, N. Y. He married December 25, 1865, Sarah Coit Avery, by whom he has had four children : John S. Bassett, born Oc- tober 20, 1866, who died April 9, 1901; Jay Lester, born August 19, 1874, who died Au- gust 23, 1875; Ogden Avery, born November 18, 1878, who is a shipping merchant in New York; and Marian Lavinia, born August 30, 1881.

(For Mrs. Keep's ancestral line, see the preceding article headed with the name of her brother, Charles French Avery.)

ENRY ENDICOTT, a well-known and highly respected resident of Cambridge, and a Free Mason of high rank, was born at Canton, Mass., November 14, 1824, son of Elijah and Cynthia (Childs) Endicott. His line of de- scent on the Endicott side is: John,' Gilbert, 2 James, 3-4 Elijah, 5 Henry6.

John' Endicott was b. in England, and lived at Slimbridge, Gloucester, where he owned a house, garden, and orchard. After coming to America he settled at Newbury, whence he removed to York, Me. He was one of those who signed a petition to Cromwell asking that the Massachusetts government be extended to Maine. He was made a freeman in 1652, and subsequently held many honorable positions. Though a Puritan in principle, he was not in full accord with the extreme and narrow views generally held by the member of the Massa- chusetts Bay Colony.

Gilbert2 Endicott, b. at Marldon, England, October 22, 1648, d. October 18, 1716. Hem. at Wells, Me., Hannah Gouch, and had two children. James,3 the younger child, b. at Reading, Mass., March 10, 1696, d. October 21, 1768. He m. December 26, 1720, Esther Clapp, by whom he had six children.

James+ Endicott, the fifth child of James, Sr., and Esther, was b. at Stoughton, Mass., August 17, 1738. He was Captain of the first company that marched from Stoughton at the

457

GENEALOGY AND PERSONAL HISTORY

Lexington alarm, and he subsequently served at Dorchester Heights, Ticonderoga, and else- where, in the company commanded by John Hancock. One of the most prominent and honored citizens of his town, he was Justice of the Peace for Suffolk County, and was com- missioned Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Norfolk County. He also represented his district in the General Court in 1784, 1785, 1786, and 1790. His wife, in maidenhood Abigail Puffer (b. at Stoughton, April 26, 1739), bore him five children, of whom the fourth was Elijah, 5 b. at Canton, Mass., June 20, 1768, who d. there November 4, 1844. Elijah5 m., first, Mary Spurr, who bore him two children. They were: James, b. Novem- ber 23, 1801, d. February 3, 1884 ; and Mary Spurr (b. April 13, 1807, d. August 20, 1897), who m. Albert Bisbee, and had four children - James, Rufus, Ann Maria, and George. He m., second, October 2, 1812, Cynthia Childs, of Dover, Mass., and they had seven children, as follows: Emily, b. Febru- ary 4, 1814, d. December 16, 1893; Evelina, b. July 29, 1815, d. January 23, 1901 ; Elizabeth, b. February 14, 1817, now the widow of William Billings; Augustus, b. September 10, 1818; Elijah, b. May 6, 1821, d. February 5, 1899; Charles, b. October 28, 1822, d. August 19, 1899; and Henry, whose name begins this sketch. Evelina m. April 9, 1839, Abner T. Upham. Elizabeth m. April 24, 1838, William Billings, and had one child - William. Augustus B. m. July 22, 1845, Sarah Fairbanks, and had three chil- dren - Mary A., Elizabeth B., and Henry Bradford. Elijah m. Clara S. Browning, and had three children - Eugene Francis, Lois Hastings, and Frank Browning. Charles m. Augusta G. Dinsmore, and they have two chil- dren - Edward D. and Cynthia.

Henry Endicott was educated in the public schools of Canton, Mass. Entering business life in 1845 as a member of the firm of Allen & Endicott, Boston, manufacturers of steam- engines and boilers, he continued therein up to 1872, when he retired after a successful career of over fifty-seven years. He is still connected by official service with several prom- inent business corporations, being president of

the Allen & Endicott Building Company, di- rector of the Cambridge Gas Light Company, director of the First National Bank of Cam- bridge, trustee of the Cambridge Savings Bank, and president of the Hittinger Fruit Company of Belmont, Mass.

Mr. Endicott has been a Free Mason for over forty years, and has held many honorable positions in that order. He was raised to the degree of Master Mason in Amicable Lodge, F. & A. M., of Cambridge, in 1860, was Worshipful Master in the same lodge in 1864, 1865, and 1866; Worshipful Master of Mizpah Lodge (U. D.) in 1868, and was elected Wor- shipful Master in 1869 under charter; was also District Deputy Grand Master, District No. 4, in 1867-68. He was exalted in 1861 in St. Paul's Royal Arch Chapter, Boston; was Scribe, 1862-63; King, 1864; High Priest, 1865-66; was High Priest of Cambridge Royal Arch Chapter (U. D.) in 1865; and Grand King of the Grand Chapter of Massachusetts in 1867. In 1861 he became a member of the Boston Council, and was made Royal and Select Master. . The same year he also became a member of Boston Commandery, K. T. He held in turn nearly all the minor offices, and in 1868 was elected Captain General, in 1869 and 1870 was Generalissimo, and in 1891-92 Eminent Commander. He was trustee of the permanent fund of this order, 1874-88. On May 9, 1862, Mr. Endicott received the degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite from the fourth to the thirtieth, both inclusive ; and on May 16, 1862, the thirty-first and thirty-second degrees in the Grand Consistory of Massachusetts, of which he was created a Sovereign Grand Inspector General, thirty- third degree, in 1874. He was Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in 1873, and Most Worshipful Grand Master in 1888, 1889, and 1890; was elected a mem- ber of its board of directors in 1869, and has held that office continuously up to the present time. He is also honorary member of Mount Olivet, Amicable, and Mizpah Lodges, of Cambridge; Converse Lodge, of Malden; St. Paul's and Cambridge Royal Arch Chapters; Boston Commandery; and St. John's Com- mandery, No. 4, Philadelphia. He is a mem-

Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.

Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 63

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