Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 66

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

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John5 Barker, b. August 30, 1732, "son of James and Mary " (Middletown, R. I., records), but, according to Newport Historical Magasine, son of the second wife, m. Lucretia Newhall, and had twelve children. In 1773 John Barker and his brother James removed to Lanesboro, Berkshire County, Mass.

Gardner Thurston6 Barker, b. January 12, 1797 (as given in Huntoon Genealogy), d. Jan- uary 7, 1883. On October 9, 1822, he m. Martha W. Huntoon, who was b. December

29, 1802, and d. June 19, 1877. She was the fourth child and third daughter of Joshua Huntoon, and a descendant of Philip Huntoon, the immigrant.

Philip' Huntoon, b. about 1664, d. May 10, 1752, "very ancient." He m., first, about 1687, Betsey Hall, of Exeter, N. H. His second wife, Hannah, d. December 22, 1741. One tradition in regard to him is that on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes a family bearing the name of "Hunton" fled from France to the island of Jersey, whence Philip came to America. Another tradition, per- haps less authentic, is that he was the younger son of an English gentleman, and that, feeling indignant at the manner in which his father's property was distributed, he resolved to seek his fortune in New England. Upon his arrival in this country Philip Huntoon secured work in Exeter, N. H., with a man named Hall, whose daughter he m. He was granted land in Exeter in 1697 and in 1699. Leaving Exe- ter about 1703, he went to Kingston, N. H., and with others, in 1707, he left the town on account of danger from the Indians, but subse- quently returned. On the morning of July 22, 1710, while Philip and his eldest son Samuel were ploughing in his field, they were fired upon by a band of savages, who killed Samuel and took Philip and one of his neigh- bors prisoners. They suffered indignities and cruelties from their captors, not only being forced to run the gauntlet, but being otherwise tortured. 1. On their arrival in Canada, they were sold as prisoners of war to the French. Being promised their freedom if they would build a saw mill for the government and teach the French to operate it after the English method, they joyfully erected the saw mill, which was said to be the first mill built in Canada for the manufacture of lumber. The tradition is that after two years' sojourn in Canada, Philip returned to his home in King- ston, N. H.

John2 Huntoon, b. in Kingston about 1696, was a Corporal in Captain Ladd's company in 1724. His name appears on public records between 1730 and 1750, and in 1740 he was Selectman of Kingston. He was buried De- cember 8, 1778. His wife, Mary Rundlett,

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bore him twelve children, John3 being the fifth child and fourth son. John3 Huntoon, Jr., b. July 11, 1729, d. November 14, 1821. On July 19, 1746, he marched with others from Kingston to Rumford, having been sent to guard the inhabitants against the invasion of Indians. On December 17, 1754, he m. Eliz- abeth Beedee. She was b. in February, 1739, and d. November 18, 1821. They had lived together nearly sixty-seven years, and in death were not parted, both passing away in the same week in Canterbury, N. H., which had then been their home for fifteen years. Joshua4 Huntoon, b. June 15, 1753, d. March 29, 1815, at Gilmanton, N.H. In December, 1770, he m. Molly Winslow, of Kingston, who was b. February II, 1754, and d. August 28, 1849. Martha W.5 Huntoon, their fourth child and third daughter, m. Gardner Thurs- ton6 Barker. (From Philip Hunton and his Descendants by D. T. V. Huntoon. )

Colonel Thomas E.7 Barker, b. at Canter- bury, N. H., March 13, 1839, d. December 17, 1896, at Barnstead, N. H. He served in the Civil War, enlisting May 13, 1861, in the Second New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and being mustered in as Corporal. He was captured July 21, 1861, at Bull Run, Va. ; paroled June 22, 1862; discharged July 2, 1862, as a paroled prisoner. He enlisted the second time, August 15, 1862, as a private, was mustered into service as Captain, August 30, 1862; was wounded at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863; appointed Lieutenant-colo- nel September 30, 1864; and received his ap- pointment as Colonel, May 26, 1865, but was not mustered in; and on June 21, 1865, was mustered out of service as Lieutenant-colonel. Colonel Barker m. June 18, 1863, Elzina Flor- ence Whittredge, who was b. March 29, 1840, and d. September 1I, 1897, in Malden, Mass. She was a daughter of William A. and Mary Jane (Skinner) Whittredge, of Lynnfield. Her father was b. in North Reading, October 16, 1805, son of William and Hannah Whit- tredge. He d. January 21, 1879. Mrs. Mary Jane Whittredge, who was b. in Lynnfield, July 6, 1815, daughter of Captain Samuel and Hannah Skinner, d. November 20, 1885. Her paternal grandfather, Joseph Skinner, removed

to Lynnfield from Acton, Mass. Colonel Barker was a member of the Loyal Legion; and his wife, Mrs. Elzina Florence Barker, was a prominent member of the . Woman's Relief Corps, serving as the first president of the National Woman's Relief Corps, being elected in 1883 and re-elected in 1884.

William E. Barker, son of Colonel Barker, married March 21, 1889, Mary Louisa Carruth, who was born at Chelsea, Mass., July 19, 1866, daughter of Nathan F. and Waitie (Davis) Carruth. Mr. and Mrs. Barker have two children : Ruth, born July 3, 1891; and Doris, born July 31, 1893.

JDWIN OTIS CHILDS, of Newton, Registrar of Deeds for Middlesex County, Massachusetts, was born at Milledgeville, Ga., September 29, 1847, son of Otis and Abigail (Holman) Childs. He is of the eighth generation of the family founded by Richard Child, of Barnstable, Mass., the line being : Richard,' Deacon Richard,2 Sam- uel, 3 Asa,4 Reuben, 5 Joshua,6 Otis,7 and Edwin O8.

Richard Child m. in 1649 Mary, daughter of Robert Linnell, of Barnstable. Their eldest son, Deacon Richard,2 b. in 1650, m. Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary (Bod- fish) Crocker and grand-daughter of Robert Bodfish, who was at Lynn in 1635, and in 1637 settled at Sandwich, on the Cape. Sam- uel3 Child, b. 1679, m. in 1701 Hannah Barn- ard, daughter of Joseph2 and Sarah (Strong) Barnard and grand-daughter of Francis' Barn- ard, who was at Hartford, Conn., in 1644, and later was one of the first settlers of Hadley, Mass. On the maternal side she was grand- daughter of Elder John Strong, of Windsor, Conn., and Northampton, Mass., whose second wife was Abigail Ford.

Asa+ Child, b. 1715, m. in 1737 Rhoda, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Stebbins) Wright. Her father was son of Captain Ben- jamin3 and Thankful (Taylor) Wright and grandson of Samuel2 and Elizabeth (Burt) Wright. Samuel Wright, father of Samuel, 2 came from England. Elizabeth Burt was the

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daughter of Henry' Burt, who came to New England in 1639, and was an early settler at Springfield and at Northfield. Reuben5 Childs, son of Asa and his wife, Rhoda, m. about 1780 Thankful Bliss. Their son, Joshua6 Childs, m. in 1810 Susan King, daughter of Lieutenant Asaph and Mary (Rob- bins) King, of Enfield, Conn., and Wilbraham, Mass. The parents of Asaph King were Par- menas and Hannah (Terry) King, the mother a daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Pease) Terry. Benjamin Terry, b. in 1693, was son of Samuel and Martha (Crane) Terry and grandson of Samuel, Sr., and Ann (Lobdell) Terry, who were m. in 1660. James3 Pease, father of Hannah, was son of John2 and Ann (Cummings) Pease and grandson of John1 Pease, b. in England in 1607, who was in Salem, Mass., in 1637.

Otis7 Childs, son of Joshua6 and father of Edwin O., was b. March 19, 1811, at Wilbra- ham. He was a jeweller, and carried on busi- ness for a number of years in Springfield, Mass., later at Utica, N. Y., and Milledge- ville, Ga., moving from the latter place to Springfield, Mass., in 1857. In 1872 he re- moved to Newton, Mass., where he remained a resident till the close of his earthly life, Janu- ary 16, 1899. His wife, Abigail Holman, b. in 1814, at Windsor, Vt., d. September 22, 1879. She was a daughter of Samuel and Mary (Warriner) Holman and grand-daughter of Ebenezer and Rachel (Wright) Holman. Her mother, Mary Warriner, b. in 1780, was daughter of Solomon and Mary (Moore) War- riner and grand-daughter of Captain James Warriner, b. in 1723, who m. Miriam Parsons. Captain Warriner was a Revolutionary soldier from Wilbraham. He was a son of James, Jr., and Ann (Sheldon) Warriner and grand- son of James Warriner, Sr. The Moore line of ancestry goes back to John1 Moore, of Lan- caster, the line being: John1; Jonathan,2 b. in 1669, m. Mary Fulham; Judah, 3 b. 1730, m. Mary, daughter of Zephaniah and Lydia (Chipman) Swift; Mary,4 who m. Solomon Warriner, as indicated above.

Through Lydia Chipman, wife of Zephaniah Swift, Mr. Childs traces his ancestry back to Elder John' Chipman, an early settler of Barn-

stable, founder of the family of this name, and also to John Howland and John Tilly, of the "Mayflower " and Plymouth Colony. The line is thus shown : John1 Chipman m. Hoep Howland, daughter of John Howland and his wife, Elizabeth, who came over with her father, John Tilly; John2 Chipman, b. 1670, m. Mary Skiff; and their daughter Lydia, b. 1708 (twin sister of Stephen), m. Zephaniah Swift. Miriam Parsons, wife of Captain James Warri- ner and great-grandmother of Mrs. Otis Childs, was a daughter of Daniel and Abigail (Cooley) Parsons. Her father was a son of Daniel, Sr., and grandson of the Hon. Joseph2 Parsons, of Springfield and Northampton, b. in 1647, Judge in the Hampden County Court, who m. in 1669 Elizabeth Strong, daughter of Elder John Strong and sister of Sarah, wife of Joseph Barnard, mentioned above. Joseph2 was son of Cornet Joseph' Parsons, b. in Eng- land in 1610, who was an early settler at Springfield, Mass., and later at Northampton. Otis7 and Abigail (Holman) Childs were the parents of eight children. Of these the three now living are: Nellie S., wife of Thomas Weston, of Newton; Edwin Otis, of Newton ; and Clara H.

Edwin Otis Childs acquired his elementary education in the public schools of Springfield, Mass. He prepared for college at Phillips (Andover) Academy, and was graduated at Williams College in the class of 1871. In January, 1874, he was appointed Assistant City Clerk of Newton, and, subsequently becoming Clerk, held that position ten years. He was court officer seven years, receiving his appointment in 1890; and on January 2, 1897, he was called by the county commissioners to fill the vacancy made by the death of Charles B. Stevens, Registrar of Deeds, who had ad- ministered that office for thirty-two years.

A member of the Republican party, Mr. Childs has taken an active part in municipal affairs. He was two years on the Board of Aldermen, Assistant Assessor and Trustee for the Poor two years, and was the first ward clerk in Ward One in Newton after it had become a city. As a society man also he is well known and popular. He is member of Isaac Parker Lodge, F. & A. M .; Waltham Royal Arch

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Chapter; Adoniram Council, R. & S. M .; and Boston Commandery, K. T. He was also for many years a member of Waban Lodge, No. 156, I. O. O. F., and is a charter member of Newton Lodge, No. 92, I. O. O. F.

He married June 25, 1874, Caroline A. Chaffin, a native of St. Louis, Mo., and daugh- ter of Edwin and Caroline A. (Gore) Chaffin. Mr. and Mrs. Childs have three children - Mary C., Edwin O., Jr., and Carolyn H., all of whom were born at Newton. Edwin Otis Childs, Jr., is a lawyer in Boston. Mary C. Childs is a graduate of Smith College, North- ampton, Mass., class of 1899, and her sister, Carolyn H., is a member of the class of 1902.

Edwin Chaffin, father of Mrs. Childs, was b. at Princeton, Mass., September 13, 1813. He was the son of Leonard and Betsy (Rice) Chaffin, of Princeton, and grandson of David Chaffin, b. at Acton, Mass., in 1757, who was a soldier of the Revolution.

The military record of David Chaffin, Acton, is: "Private, Capt. David Wheeler's co., Col. Nixon's regt. ; pay abstract for travel allow- ance on march to and from camp, dated Winter Hill, January 15, 1776; also, Capt. Simon Hunt's (Acton) co., Col. Eleazer Brook's regt. ; company called out March 4, 1776, to fortify Dorchester Heights; . service six days; also descriptive list of men enlisted from Middlesex County for the term of nine months from the time of their arrival at Fishkill, June 19, 1778; Capt. Hunt's co., Col. Brooks's regt. ; age twenty-one years; stature five feet eleven inches; residence Acton; engaged from town of Acton." ("Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution.")

Mrs. Childs's mother, whose maiden name was Caroline Augusta Gore, was b. in Rox- bury, Mass., January 25, 1826. She was the seventh child of Stephen and Mary (Hyde) Gore, and was of the seventh generation of the family founded by John1 Gore, who, with his wife, Rhoda, came to New England about 1636, and was made freeman April 18, 1637. The line of descent was: John,1 b. about 1590, d. 1657; John,2 1634-1705; Samuel, 3 1699- 1757; Jeremiah,4 1734-1813; Jeremiah, 5 1763-1851; Stephen,6 1790-1845; Caroline Augusta7. John Gore, Sr., was for a number

of years Town Clerk of Roxbury, and was suc- ceeded in the office by his son John, Jr. He was a member of the First Church, the Rev. John Eliot pastor. John Gore, Jr., b. in England, May 23, 1634, was a surveyor, and surveyed a great deal of land in Roxbury and vicinity. He d. June 26, 1705. He m. in 1683 Sarah Gardner. Samuel Gore, his ninth and youngest child, by occupation a house- wright, m. February 23, 1726, Mary Williams.

Jeremiah Gore, Sr., b. in 1734, the fourth in a family of eleven children, d. in 1813. He was three times m. His second child by his first wife, Mary Watson, was Jeremiah,

Jr., b. in Boston, January 12, 1763, who d. in Portland, Me., March 26, 1851. Jeremiah Gore, Jr., was a dealer in West India goods on Washington Street, Boston. He m. in 1789 Thankful Harris, by whom he had fifteen chil- dren. Stephen, grandfather of Mrs. Childs, m. January 1, 1815, Mary Hyde, of Newton. Edwin Chaffin and Caroline Augusta Gore were m. at St. Louis, Mo., June 4, 1844. Their children were: Mary Adelia, b. at St. Louis, November 11, 1845; Caroline Augusta (Mrs. Childs), b. there June 4, 1847; Charles Ed- win, b. March 7, 1849; Fannie Maria, b. at Newton, Mass., March 14, 1851; George Al- bert, b. at Newton, September 13, 1852.

ILLIAM MARSHALL CUD-

WORTH was born in Scituate, Mass., January 15, 1814, and died at his home in. Medford, Mass., February 3,

1877. Son of Benjamin and Nancy (Hatch) Cudworth, he was without doubt a lineal de- scendant of General James Cudworth, who, with his friend, Mr. Hatherly, came from London to Boston in the ship "Charles" in 1632, was made a freeman of the Colony of New Plymouth in 1634, and in September of that year was a householder of Scituate. In 1636 James Cudworth was a member of the committee to revise the Colonial laws. In 1640 he removed to Barnstable, where he served as Deputy to the Colony Court. Re- turning to Scituate he was Captain of a mili- tary company, and in 1675 general or com- mander-in-chief of the military forces of the

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colony. For eight years, 1649-56, he was a Representative to the Colony Court, and in 1656, 1657, and 1658, also 1674-80, was Governor's assistant. In June, 1681, he was chosen a commissioner of the United Colonies and Deputy Governor. In September, 1681, he went to England as agent of the colony, and d. there of smallpox. His wife d. before he did. His will, dated in 1681, mentions three sons - James2 and Jonathan,2 of Scitu- ate, Israel, 3 of Freeport, and a daughter Mary. Deane's History of Scituate mentions an Israel3 (b. 1683), son of Jonathan2 Cudworth, and an Israel, 4 b. 1706, son of Nathaniel3 and grandson of Jonathan2.

Captain Israel Cudworth (perhaps Israel3) and Martha Baily were m. at Scituate, No- vember 12, 1734; and Israel Cudworth, Jr., and Mary Merritt were m. June 24, 1736. ("Mayflower Descendants," vol. i.)

Israel Cudworth, the paternal grandfather of William Marshall, and probably a descendant of one or more of the above named, was m. in Scituate by the Rev. David Barns on Novem- ber 25, 1784, to Mary Cudworth. Their son Benjamin was the next in line of descent.

Benjamin Cudworth was b. in Scituate, September 18, 1785. He was a seafaring man, having command of a vessel a number of years prior to his death, which occurred at the comparatively early age of forty-four years. He m. Nancy Hatch, of Marshfield, by whom he had seven children, namely : Isabel, who d. in infancy; Benjamin, who d. of yellow fever contracted at sea; Isabel (second) ; Mary, who m. Jeremiah Allen; Nancy (deceased), wife of the late William Little, of Marshfield; Ann Rosina, who d. in Scituate, August 30, 1886; and William Marshall, the special subject of this sketch. Ann Rosina m. in Marshfield, November 25, 1825, Thomas H. Clapp, of Scituate.

William Marshall Cudworth attended the district schools of his native town until he was fourteen years old, when he began his career as a sailor, going to sea with his father, who was master of a vessel, and continuing with him five years. He then entered the employ of Mr. Briggs in South Boston, with whom he served an apprenticeship of five years at the

shipbuilding trade, afterward working there for three years. The following two years, in company with a Mr. Cushing of Medford, he was engaged in shipping pine lumber from Virginia to Boston. 'Returning north he began shipbuilding in Medford, forming with Elisha Hayden, under the firm name of Hay- den & Cudworth, a partnership which contin- ued until 1865. During that time the firm built forty vessels, including some of the finest ever launched upon the Mystic River, one of them being the "Hemisphere," a ship of un- usual dimensions for those days. This firm had a reputation for excellent work, and was classed among the best ship-building firms of New England. After retiring from ship building in 1865, Mr. Cudworth did not en- gage in active business pursuits, but took great interest in local affairs, serving the town as Selectman and in other capacities, being a useful and highly esteemed citizen. He was a Republican in politics, and in 1860 he rep- resented Medford in the State Legislature. He attended the Orthodox church.

Mr. Cudworth married March 27, 1851, at Providence, R.I., Mary Catherine Benton, of Denmark, Me., a daughter of Alfred and Sally Knapp (Simonds) Benton. The founder of the New England family of Bentons was An- drew Benton, who was recorded as a free planter of New Haven, Conn., in November, 1639. In 1666 he was one of the original settlers of Milford, Conn., but subsequently removed to Hartford, where he d. in 1683. His son Joseph, who became one of the first settlers of Tolland, Conn., m. Sarah Waters, by whom he had seven children. He was the first Town Clerk of Tolland, serving in 1719.

Dr. Joseph Benton, Mrs. Cudworth's grand- father, removed from Westmoreland, Conn., to Fryeburg, Me., where he engaged in the prac- tice of medicine several years, going thence, before 1806, to Denmark, Me., and remaining there as an active and skilful physician for a quarter of a century. He then settled in Bald- win, Me., where his death occurred in 1838, at the age of seventy-six years. He m. Cath- erine Britton. Their son, Alfred Benton, was b. at Westmoreland, Conn., in 1788, but was brought up in Maine. He began the study of

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medicine with his father, but when the War of 1812 was declared he offered his services, and was sent to Portland, and then to Boston, as recruiting officer, remaining in that capacity three years. Returning to Maine, he engaged in agricultural pursuits in the town of Den- mark, continuing thus successfully employed until his death, at the age of eighty-three years. He was a citizen of prominence at Denmark, serving as Selectman and Overseer of the Poor. He was a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Orthodox church. Of his union with Sally K. Simonds there were nine children, as follows: Almeda, b. in 1810; El- vira O., who d. when two years old; Albion P., who m. Sarah Wadsworth, of Hiram, Me. (both deceased) ; Alfred, Jr. (deceased), whose wife, Sarah C. Tyler, of Lyme, N. H., is still living in East Fryeburg, at the advanced age of eighty-four years; Jesse Simonds, who m. Mahala Smith; Thomas Hart (deceased), who m. the late Nancy Hill; Eliza Knapp, who m. William C. Sprague; Mary Catherine, b. Au- gust 27, 1829, who m. William Marshall Cud- worth; and Nathan C., b. in 1832, who m. Sophronia M. Moore, of Gardiner, Me.

Two children were born of the union of William M. and Mary C. (Benton) Cudworth, namely : Geraldine A. and William Marshall Cudworth, Jr. The latter was born in Med- ford, May 9, 1860, and died in infancy. Ger- aldine A. Cudworth was born January 6, 1852, in Medford, and was educated there. On De- cember 16, 1874, she married Francis Eugene Perley, of Topsfield. She now resides in Med- ford with her widowed mother. Her only child, William Marshall Perley, was born June I, 1876. After completing his preparatory studies in the Medford schools, he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in which he took a five years' course of chemistry in four years, being graduated with the class of 1899. He is now in Chicago as assistant chemist and inspector for the Chicago and North-Western Railway Company. He mar- ried April 26, 1899, Margaret B. B. Whit- worth, daughter of Thomas S. and Emily Whitworth, of Medford. They have one daughter - Margaret Cudworth Perley, who was born May 23, 1901.

NOCH STAFFORD JOHNSON, senior member of the firm of E. S. Johnson & Co., of Lynn, cutters and dealers in leathers, is a native of Savannah, Ga., but be- longs to one of the old families of Lynn, Mass., and traces his ancestry back to some of the earliest of the Massachusetts Bay Colonists. On the paternal side he is a descendant, in the eighth generation, of Richard Johnson, who came from England in 1630, the line being : Richard,' Lieutenant Samuel,2 Deacon Rich- ard,3 Captain Samuel, + Richard, 5 Enoch, 6 Otis,7 and Enoch8 Stafford.

Richard' Johnson lived for a time at Water- town, being in the employ of Sir Richard Sal- tonstall, who returned to England in 1631. In 1637 Richard Johnson was admitted a freeman, and settled at Lynn as a farmer. He had four children - Samuel, Daniel, Elizabeth, and Abigail.

Lieutenant Samuel2 Johnson served in King Philip's War. In 1664 he m. Mary Collins. Richard, 3 b. in 1674, was a Deacon of the church at Lynn. He served also as Town Clerk, and as Representative to the General Court. He m. in 1705 Elizabeth Newhall, daughter of John3 and Esther (Bartram) New- hall. Her father was a son of Thomas2 and Elizabeth (Potter) Newhall, and grandson of Thomas' Newhall, immigrant (brother of An- thony1), and grandson also of Nicholas Potter.

Captain Samuel+ Johnson, b. in 1708, m. Ruth Holton, of Lynn. Richard, 5 b. in 1731, m. in 1756 Lydia Batcheller. He had four sons - Samuel, Enoch, Rufus, and Timothy. Enoch, 6 b. in 1761, m. in 1790 Elizabeth New- hall. Otis,7 b. January 26, 1802, d. February 17, 1870. (See History of Essex County, pub- lished by J. W. Lewis & Co., 1888, which is authority for most of the foregoing.)

Otis7 Johnson, father of Enoch6 Stafford, went to Savannah, Ga., about 1822, and was there engaged in business as a dealer, whole- sale and retail, in boots and shoes till 1861, with the exception of about six years - 1843- 49-which he spent in Lynn. Returning to his native city at the beginning of the Civil War, he continued a resident there during his remaining years. His wife, Virginia Taylor, whom he m. March 18, 1824, at Savannah,

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was a daughter of Reuben Taylor, and a native of Virginia. She d. February 5, 1881. They had nine children, and were survived by three, namely : Enoch Stafford, Maria Lillibridge, and Elliott Clarke. Dr. William Otis John- son d. August 17, 1873.

Enoch Stafford Johnson was born April 12, 1828. He was educated in the Lynn Acad- emy, and for ten years in his early manhood he was associated with his father in Savannah, in the shoe trade. Coming north in 1859, he en- gaged in the leather business in Boston, being an agent for the sale of the leather of a New York house. In 1885 he established at Lynn the business in which he is now engaged, that of cutting and dealing in soles and leather. The company, as noted above, is Enoch S. Johnson & Co., his son, Otis Johnson, of Colo- rado Springs, and William Johnson, of Lynn, being in the partnership. Mr. Enoch S. John- son has been a director of the City Bank of Lynn. In politics he is a conservative Repub- lican, and in religion an Episcopalian.

He was married August 19, 1857, to Anna Louisa Breed, daughter of the Hon. Andrews and Susan (Davis) Breed, of Lynn. She was born November 6, 1837. Her father, who was the fifth mayor of Lynn in 1855, was b. in 1794, son of Thomas Andrews6 and Hannah (Newhall) Breed, and was a descendant in the seventh generation of Allen' Breed, the immi- grant, who received a grant of two hundred acres of land at Lynn in 1638. The line was continued through Allen, Jr.,2 b. probably in England in 1626; his son Joseph, 3 b. in 1658, who m. in Lynn, Sarah Farrington ; Allen, + b. in 1706, who m. in 1728 Hulda Newhall; Allen, 5 b. in 1744, m. Abigail Lindsey, lived at Lynn, and had eleven children: Thomas Adams6 (above named), b. 1768, m. in 1793 Hannah Newhall. Hulda, wife of Allen4 Breed, was a daughter of Samuel3 and Abigail (Lindsey) Newhall. Samuel3 was a son of Thomas2 and Elizabeth (Potter) Newhall, all of Lynn. Sarah, wife of Joseph3 Breed, was probably b. in 1663, daughter of Matthew Far- rington, and grand-daughter of Edmund Far- rington, a native of Buckinghamshire, who came to Lynn in 1635.

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 66

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