Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 67

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


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Thomas Andrews Breed was the keeper of a


public house in Salem in the first decade of the nineteenth century. In 1811 he returned to Lynn, and two years later became landlord of Lynn Hotel, which under his able management became famous, and did a prosperous busi- ness. Andrews Breed, after leaving school, assisted his father at the hotel until 1816. During the next twenty years he was engaged in mercantile business, at first for seven years as a clerk and book-keeper in the employ of a firm in Charlestown, Mass., dealers in West India goods; six years as a partner in the firm, and later, from April, 1829, to January, 1836, in the same business at Lynn, in company with his brothers, Henry A. and Daniel N. In the latter period he also conducted the Lynn Hotel, which he owned for many years. For thirty-four years he was secretary and treasurer of the Lynn Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and ten years president of the Lynn Institution for Savings. He was president of the Union Insurance Company, and first secre- tary of the Sagamore Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He was a general agent and one of the largest owners of the Lynn Whaling Com- pany (1832-48), for seven years chief engineer of the Lynn Fire Department, and a member of the city's first Board of Assessors. He held the office of superintendent of the Saugus Branch Railroad till that road was merged into the Eastern. He was a citizen of public spirit, a Whig in politics, and orthodox in religious belief, serving many years as treas- urer of the First Church and librarian of the Sunday-school. He was m. August 29, 1822, at Charlestown, to Miss Susan Davis, of West- ford. They had six children, of whom two are now living.


Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have two children : Susan Louisa, born November 30, 1858; and Otis Stafford, born January 10, 1861. Otis Stafford Johnson was educated in the Lynn schools. He read law in Colorada Springs, and is now a member of the law firm of Haynes & Johnson of that place. He is also, as above mentioned, one of the firm of E. S. Johnson & Co., of Lynn, Mass. He was married in 1887 to Annie Fisher, of Hartford, Conn., and has two children : Stafford Fisher, born in 1888; and Richard Newhall, born in 1900.


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B RICE SHEPHERD EVANS was born in Allenstown, Merrimack County, N. H., September II, 1821. He died at his home in Boston, De- cember 6, 1895. His parents were Robert and Sarah R. (Goss) Evans. His father, also a native of Allenstown, was a son of Captain George Evans and grandson of Daniel Evans, who with John Wolcott, Andrew Smith, and Robert Buntin, was a pioneer settler in the wooded territory four miles square in Rocking- ham County, now Merrimack County, New Hampshire, which was granted to the children of Governor Samuel Allen in 1722.


The settlement of Allenstown was not begun until a number of years after the grant of land, probably about 1748. The name "Allens- town " was early given, but the town was not incorporated until 1831.


Daniel Evans, of Allenstown, was of Welsh origin, and may have traced his descent from Robert, of Dover 1665, but on this point the writer is yet uncertain. He m., first, June II, 1754, Eleanor Bamford, and second, Eliza- beth Weymouth. By wife Eleanor he had the following children : George, above mentioned, b. May 31, 1755; John; Daniel; Robert ; Mary; and Jennie. There were no children by the second marriage.


Daniel Evans, it is said, fought in the French and Indian War. He was a member of the Provincial Congress held at Exeter, April 25, 1775. Enlisted in Colonel Frye's regi- ment, Captain Richardson's company, and was at the battle of Bunker Hill. Was wounded (reported killed), d., and was buried at An- dover, Mass., shortly after the battle.


George Evans was a soldier of the Revolu- tion, and fought at Bunker Hill, enlisting April 1, 1775, as a private in Captain Daniel Moore's company of Pembroke men, Colonel Stark's regiment. In the New Hampshire Revolutionary Rolls he is on record as a pri- vate in Captain Daniel Moore's company, Colonel Stark's regiment, August, 1775, and later in Captain Samuel McConnell's com- pany in July, 1777, which marched to join the Northern army at Bennington and at Stillwater. George Evans was then a young man. In after years he was a Captain of militia. He was


one of the Selectmen of Allenstown in 1781, 1783, 1786, and probably in other years, and was the first Magistrate or Justice of the Peace, his appointment in 1790 being in response to a petition of the citizens to the government. He was a member of the Legislature at the time of his death. He m. Lois Williams, who was b. in 1757, and reared a family of fourteen children, namely : John, Daniel, An- drew O., Nancy, Eleanor, Betsy, George, Alfred, Samuel W., Robert, Asenath, Sophia, Alfred, and Lucy P. Captain George Evans d. November 23, 1804, in his fiftieth year.


Robert Evans, tenth child of Captain George, was b. at Allenstown in 1793, and was a lifelong resident of that town. He saw service in the War of 1812. He m. Sarah R. Goss, and had a numerous family of children, among whom was the subject of this sketch - Brice Shepherd Evans. His brother, Alonzo Hathaway Evans, president of the Five Cents Savings Bank, Boston, is a resident of the city of Everett, and was its first Mayor. Robert Evans d. July 3, 1874.


Brought up on the home farm at Allenstown, educated in the district school (not a bad place for mental development) as it was in the early half of the nineteenth century, Brice Shepherd Evans at fifteen years of age, alert- minded, ambitious and self-reliant, and bent upon seeking his fortune in the marts of trade, came to Boston and found employment in a dry-goods store on Cambridge Street, where he made himself generally useful from early morn- ing till closing time at night. Applying his energies to good purpose during his minority, serving well in a subordinate capacity, he added to his resources and was soon enabled to embark on the independent career to which he had looked forward from the start. The city directory shows that B. S. Evans in 1844 was in business as a dry-goods dealer on Court Street, and that in 1845 he had a house on West Cedar Street. He became a real estate broker in 1850, and from 1851 to the close of his active life devoted himself to the real estate business with conspicuous ability and success, much valuable residential and other property passing through his hands. He was one of the earliest members of the Real Estate Ex-


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change of Boston. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, a member of the Boston Baptist Social Union, one of the founders of the Boston Industrial Temporary Home, and was actively interested in other philanthropies; also a warm advocate of temperance and other reforms. He was not a politician, but was at one time a member of the Committee of One Hundred on the school question. He owned the old homestead at Allenstown, and enjoyed passing the summer months there with his fam- ily. He was the prime mover in the Allens- town August Grove Meetings, and was largely instrumental in their success, securing from year to year the services of distinguished speakers.


Fond of reading from his youth up, he was a liberal buyer of books, and became the owner of a substantial library. He was married Jan- uary 1, 1845, to Miss Sarah M. Cummings, daughter of Charles W. Cummings, a promi- nent iron contractor. She died August 17,


1886. Nine children - five sons and four daughters - were born of this union. Of the sons, the eldest, Edgar Brice, died March 14, 1900. Charles R., the second son, ably con- ducts the business established by his father, assisted by his brothers, Arthur W. and Perci- val A., while Herbert S. devotes much of his time to the study of Art. Of the daughters, Estelle is the wife of William G. Preston, architect; Isadore is the widow of Lieutenant Frank W. Nichols, United States Navy ; Minerva is unmarried; and Gertrude W. died in infancy.


HARLES BUCK, of Stoneham, Mass., whose birth occurred November 26, 1829, is a worthy representative of the native-born citizens of this town. Son of Joseph and Sally (Tweed) Buck, he is a direct descendant of William Buck, the founder of the family in New England, the line of descent being: William,' Roger, 2 Ephraim, 3 Reuben, 4 'Zebediah, 5 Reuben, 6 Joseph,7 Charles8.


William' Buck came to Massachusetts on the "Increase " in 1635, being then fifty years of age, and settled in Cambridge, where he d.


in January, 1657-8. Roger2 Buck had three sons - Samuel, John, and Ephraim -- and sev- eral daughters. His wife, Susan or Susannah, d. in 1685, and he subsequently removed to Woburn, where. he d. November 10, 1693. Ephraim3 Buck was a resident of Woburn. His will, proved March, 1720-1, mentions his wife Sarah (daughter of John Brooks) and seven children - Ephraim, Samuel, John, Eb- enezer, Sarah Grover, Mary (wife of Nathaniel Pike), and Eunice. Samuel4 Buck was b. at Woburn, November 13, 1682. Zebediah5 Buck, b. August 29, 1719, son of Samuel and his wife Hannah, m. at Woburn, July 9, 1747, Mary Butters, and settled in the adjoining town of Wilmington. Reuben6 Buck, b. June 27, 1759, d. November 30, 1805, in Wilming- ton. On May 2, 1782, he m. Esther Harnden, who was b. April 10, 1763, daughter of Joseph and Esther (Pierce) Harnden, of Wilmington. Her parents were m. December 26, 1759. Esther Pierce was b. in 1741, daughter of Captain Thomas5 Pierce and his wife Hannah Thompson. Her father was a lineal 'descend- ant of Thomas' Pierce and his wife Elizabeth, who settled in Charlestown in 1633-4, the line continuing through Thomas2 Pierce, who m. Elizabeth Cole, and settled in Woburn ; John3 Pierce, b. in 1643, who m. Deborah Converse; to Daniel+ Pierce, b. in 1676, who m. Dinah Holt, of Andover, in 1705, and was the father of Captain Thomas, 5 above named. Joseph7 Buck, b. January 3, 1798, was a native of Wilmington. He removed thence to Read- ing, and in 1825 to Stoneham. He m. Febru- ary 22, 1818, Sally Tweed, b. January 13, 1799, daughter of James and Sally (Gibson) Tweed, of Wilmington.


Charles8 Buck, the special subject of this sketch, was graduated from the Stoneham High School. After that, until he was twenty-one, he assisted his father in the work of the farm and in butchering. In 1851 he began shoe cutting with the firm of Allen Rowe & Sons, remaining with them ten years. The ensuing four years he followed the same line of work with Daniel Hill and D. P. Gerry. In 1865 he established himself in the meat and provi- sion business with Brown Sweetser, under the firm name of Sweetser & Buck, locating at


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Central Square in the store later occupied by Holden Brothers. Purchasing the interest of Mr. Sweetser in 1869, he carried on the busi- ness alone for a short time, and then admitted to partnership Andrew M. Latham, the firm name becoming Buck & Latham. Disposing of his interest in the firm in 1872, Mr. Buck engaged in the wholesale hide business at 20 Clinton Street, Boston, the firm name being Charles Buck until he admitted his son to a copartnership, when it was changed to its present name of C. Buck & Co. Mr. Buck is held in high esteem by his fellow-townsmen, whom he has served one term as Selectman, firmly declining a renomination to the same office.


On January 13, 1858, Mr. Buck married Cynthia Foster Herrick, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Foster) Herrick, of South Danvers, now Peabody, Mass. Born in May, 1833, she died January 22, 1878, having borne him three children, namely : Charles Frederick; Gilbert E., born September 2, 1866, died December 2, 1866; and Albert F.


John Herrick, father of Cynthia F., was a direct descendant in the seventh generation from the immigrant Henry™ Herrick, who became a member of the first church in Salem in 1629, his wife, Editha Laskin, joining at about the same time. Joseph2 Herrick, bap- tized August, 1645, lived at Cherry Hill, Salem, now Beverly. He m., first, Sarah Leach, daughter of Richard Leach. Their son, John3 Herrick, b. in January, 1670-1, m. Ann Woodbury, and settled as a farmer in Wenham. Josiah4 Herrick, son of John, 3 d. at Wenham in 1772. His wife, Joanna Dodge, of Beverly, bore him ten children. John5 Herrick, one of the ten, d. at Boxford, Mass., in 1806, aged seventy-five years. Edmund6 Herrick, son of John5 and 'his wife Anna Brown, of Beverly, settled in Chester, N. H. He m. Mehitable Curtis in 1786, and m., sec- ond, Rachel White. John7 Herrick, son of Edmund6, m. in 1828 Elizabeth Flint Foster, who was b. in 1800, daughter of Captain Aaron and Hannah (Brown) Foster.


The immigrant ancestor of this branch of the Foster family, John' Foster, m. in Salem, probably 1649, Martha Tompkins. The line


was continued through Samuel,2 Samuel, 3 Ben- jamin, + James, 5 Captain Aaron, 6 who was b. in 1775. The children of John7 and Elizabeth F. (Foster) Herrick were: Frances Elizabeth ; Ellen Jane; John Everett; Cynthia Foster ; George Edmund, b. in 1835; and Clara, who is deceased. Mr. Buck married, secondly, Feb- ruary 20, 1879, Julia P. Crawford, daughter of Ethan Allen and Lucy (Howe) Crawford, and grand-daughter of Abel Crawford, of the White Mountains, N. H.


Charles F. Buck, eldest son of Charles and Cynthia Foster (Herrick) Buck, was born Au- gust 26, 1859, in Stoneham, where he has always resided. Educated in the Stoneham public schools and at Phillips Andover Acad- emy, he began his business career with his father, and is now at the head of the firm of Charles Buck & Son, of Boston. On October I, 1879, he married Clara I., daughter of John J. and Kate (Gould) Brown, of Stone- ham.


Albert F. Buck was born in Stoneham, April 23, 1868. After being graduated from Amherst College he took a special course at Harvard College, and to further fit himself for the profession of a teacher went to Germany, where he studied for fourteen months at the University of Berlin. On returning to this country he filled the position of instructor in psychology at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., one year, afterward teaching the same branch of study at Schenectady, N. Y., and in the Chicago University. He is now located as a teacher in Brooklyn, N. Y. ; he is unmarried.


ILLIAM THOMAS FAUNCE, of the firm of W. T. Faunce & Sons, manufacturers of the celebrated Faunce's footwear, 37 Court Street, Boston, was born in the historic town of Plymouth, Mass., August 27, 1837, a son of the Rev. William and Matilda (Bradford) Faunce. His grandparents on his father's side were Solomon and Elenor (Bradford) Faunce. Ancestors of Mr. Faunce were passengers in the different forefathers' ships. Among them may be named : John Faunce, George Morton, and Alice Carpenter Southworth, who all came in


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either the "Ann" or "Little James" in Au- gust, 1623; Governor Bradford in the "May- flower " in 1620; and widow Martha Ford in the "Fortune" in 1621. To these, possibly, should be added Henry Sampson, Miles Stan- dish, John Alden, and his wife Priscilla, and her father, William Mullins, of the "May- flower " company of pilgrims.


John Faunce m. in 1634 Patience Morton, daughter of George Morton. Their son, Elder Thomas Faunce, m. in 1672 Jane Nelson, daughter of William and Martha (Ford) Nel- son, and grand-daughter of the widow Ford, above mentioned. Thomas, son of Thomas the Elder, m., 1711, Sarah Ford; and Thomas, their son, m. in 1743 Sarah, daughter of John Bartlett. Thaddeus Faunce, next in this line, m. in 1772 Elizabeth Sylvester, and was the father of Solomon, grandfather of the subject of this sketch.


Elenor Bradford, wife of Solomon Faunce, was the daughter of Lemuel and Mary (Samp. son) Bradford, and grand-daughter of Nathan- iel Bradford, a great-grandson of Governor William Bradford. The line of descent is thus shown : William Bradford, Deputy Gover- nor, son of Governor Bradford by his second wife (Mrs. Alice Carpenter Southworth), m. for his third wife Mrs. Mary Atwood Holmes. Their son David, of Kingston, m. Elizabeth Finney, daughter of John Finney ; and Nathan - iel, b. of this union in 1715, m. Sarah Spar- row, and was the father of Lemuel. Mary Sampson, wife of Lemuel Bradford, was the daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah (Harlow) Sampson, and grand-daughter of David Samp- son, of Duxbury, David being probably son of Caleb and Mercy (Standish) Sampson. Caleb was son of Henry Sampson, of Duxbury, and Mercy, his wife, was the daughter of Alexan- der and Sarah (Alden) Standish, and grand- daughter of Captain Miles Standish and of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden.


William Faunce, when an infant, was de- prived of his father by death, and was reared by his mother and educated in his native town of Plymouth, Mass. He studied for the min- istry, and subsequently became a preacher in the Christian church, with which he remained connected for the rest of his life. With the


exception of seven years spent in Dartmouth, Mass., the field of his ministerial labors was confined to Plymouth County. He was highly esteemed as a zealous and effective worker, and as a man of true piety and moral strength. His was a life entire of the most wonderful sacrifice for his fellow creatures; his words were words of wisdom and of searching power. He passed away April 17, 1898, aged eighty- four years and six months. He m. in 1832 Matilda Bradford, a native of Plymouth, Mass., and of "Mayflower " pilgrim stock. She was a lady of rare qualities, an untiring assistant. By her constancy, faithfulness, and devotion great possibilities for usefulness were opened to her husband. This faithful wife passed away February 13, 1900, aged eighty-five years.


They were the parents of six children, namely : Matilda Bradford, wife of Weston C. Vaughan, of Mattapoisett, native of Plymouth ; William Thomas, whose name leads this sketch; Ellen Bradford, widow of Edwin C. Winslow, of Mattapoisett, formerly of Dart- mouth, Mass. ; Mary Sampson, wife of Joseph Ransom, of Mattapoisett; Betsey Tisdale, widow of Samuel W. Kenney, of Mattapoisett ; and David Millard, who m. Alice Maccomber, of Mattapoisett.


William Thomas Faunce was educated in his native town of Plymouth, Mass. From necessity, at the age of twelve, he was taken from school and placed in the nail factory to work at cutting nails, turning plate, as it was then called. By tact and ambition he in a few weeks acquired a familiarity with the pon- derous machine upon which he wrought, so that, at his request, speed second to none was ap- plied, giving him an opportunity to rival both men and boys, quietly accomplishing what few could do, bringing to him results equal to any of his fellows, a characteristic ever inspiring him in subsequent life. At the age of four- teen he turned his attention to acquiring the knowledge of making boots and shoes in the town of Plymouth, and, with equal readiness and aptitude, in a few months was equipped for business, and was for a season employed to teach others how to do it; and, while fre- quently stepping out and into boot and shoe


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making, little thought that it would eventually become to him an achievement so grand in its proportions, and of such lucrative import, as has been revealed here in Boston. In the interval from fifteen to thirty years of age, every opportunity was sought by him to acquire a thorough knowledge of the manufacture of the finer grades of footwear. For a season prior to the great fire of November, 1872, he was em- ployed as book-keeper in Boston, but by the fire he lost his situation. In 1873 he began business at 25 Court Street. His subsequent career, extending over the period of time since (to use his own words) " was ordered by Divine Providence, and is of monumental signifi- cance. '


Mr. Faunce has a very pleasant summer home, situated upon the shores of Buzzards Bay, in the historic town of Mattapoisett, of Indian fame and name. The significance of the name given by the Indian to the place is a "camp of rest," suggesting the cooling breezes and abounding fish and game of the beautiful and bountiful bay. Mr. Faunce is greatly inter- ested in cranberry culture, and spends much of his time in the exhilarating atmosphere of his summer home, where he has a large acre- age of bogs and fertile lands. He is fond of fishing, and can show them how to do it with black bass, bluefish, tautog, etc. His only misgiving is the poor fish.


He is the architect of his own fortune, emi- nently successful, is known as a careful finan- cier, and believes that the money must at all times be in sight to meet emergencies. His governing motto has been, "Take care of the customers, and they will take care of you"; and upon this basis he has for many years maintained a proud business upon Court Street, Boston, having served a full genera- tion. He spends his winters at his beautiful residence in Boston, and is in many ways identified with the moral and religious inter- ests of the city.


He was married February 28, 1859, to Han- nah Elizabeth Howland Peirce, of Dartmouth, Mass., a graduate of the New Bedford High School, who had become identified with the educational interests of the city then known as the whaling city of the world. Mrs. Faunce


is a lady of rare qualities and ambition, dig- nified, social, and engaging, efficient in home life as wife and mother, with enough of domes- ticity to govern and influence with exceptional economy and skill. She was born January 16, 1837, a daughter of Clothier and Bertha (Cleveland) Peirce. Her father was a native of Dartmouth, Mass., where he d. at the advanced age of ninety-one years, a wise, pru- dent, peaceable, and well-to-do man. He was the fourth Clothier in direct line of descent from Michael Peirce (see Peirce Genealogy by Fred C. Peirce).


Mr. and Mrs. Faunce are the parents of two children : William Thomas, Jr., and Edward Peirce, both of whom are associated with their father in business. William T. Faunce, Jr., was born in Plymouth, Mass., March 7, 1860. He married in 1879 Elizabeth Hawkins, of New Hampshire. Edward Peirce Faunce, born in Dartmouth, Mass., March 9, 1864, married Susie R. Keith, of Mattapoisett, Mass., his summer home, January 1, 1890.


DWIN BRADBURY HASKELL, president of the Boston Herald Corpora- tion, born in Livermore (afterward East Livermore), Me., August 24, 1837, was the eighth of the twelve children of Moses Greenleaf and Rosilla (Haines) Haskell.


He is a descendant in the seventh generation of William' Haskell, b. in England in 1617, who settled with his brothers Roger and Mark in Beverly, Mass., about 1637. In 1643 WilliamI went to Gloucester, where he subse- quently became a resident, and where he d. in August, 1693, at the age of seventy-six years, four days after the death of his wife. He was m. November 16, 1643, to Mary, daughter of Walter Tybbot. They had nine children, five sons and four daughters, namely: William, b. 1644; Joseph, b. 1646; Benjamin, b. 1648; John, b. 1649; Mary, b. 1651; Ruth, b. 1654; Mark, b. 1658; Sarah, b. 1660; and Elinor, b. 1663. The line of descent is: William, 1 Mark,2 William, 3 Job,4 William, 5 Moses Greenleaf,6 Edwin Bradbury7.


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tember, 1691, at the early age of thirty-three years. He m. in 1685 Elizabeth Giddings, of Ipswich. They had at least three children : George, b. 1686, who d. young; Mark, b. 1687; and William, b. 1689.


William3 Haskell, b. January I, 1689-90, d. in 1766, at the age of seventy-seven years. He served as Selectman and as a Deacon in the Second Church. In 1736 he was Representa- tive to the General Court. His wife, in maid- enhood Jemima Hubbard, d. in 1762, at the age of seventy-seven. They had eight chil- dren, five sons and three daughters, namely : Jemima, b. 1713; Job, b. 1716; Comfort, b. 1717; Nathaniel, b. 1718; Hubbard, b. 1720; Elizabeth, b. 1723; William, b. 1726; and George, b. 1729. George and Elizabeth d. young.


Job4 Haskell, b. in Gloucester, Mass., 1716, second child of William, 3 settled in Hampton, N. H., in 1738, making his home at Hampton Falls; but it is said that he d. at New Gloucester, Me. He m. January 26, 1737-8, Mercy Leavitt, daughter of Thomas3 and Eliz- abeth (Locke) Leavitt, of Hampton Falls. They had five children b. there: Thomas, b. 1739; Nathaniel, b. 1742; Job, b. 1744; Jemima, b. 1749; and William, b. 1755. Elizabeth Locke (whose first name is given in some records as Marcia) was a grand-daughter of Captain John Locke, of Hampton, who was killed by Indians in 1696, when about seventy years old. Thomas3 Leavitt was son of Aretas and Ruth (Sleeper) Leavitt, and grandson of Thomas, one of the first settlers of Exeter, N. H., 1639; he was later at Hampton. He m. a widow, Mrs. Isabella Bland Asten.


William5 Haskell, b. 1755, settled in Liver- more, Me., He had thirteen children, the eldest being Job, b. in 1793. The others were: John, Thomas, Benjamin, Joseph, Moses G., William Jabez, Comfort, Jemima, Rebecca, Mercy, and Nathaniel. His wife's name is not known.




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