Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 88

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

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At the time of his graduation in 1893, the

Second Middlesex Representative District had just gone Democratic after a hard-fought con- test, and the prospects of Republican success in the district were considered so hopeless that no one seemed to be willing to accept the Republican nomination. Previously, in 1892, Mr. Dallinger had taken an active part in the formation of the Cambridge Young Men's Republican Club, of which he was chosen the first secretary, being also elected secretary of the Cambridge Republican City Committee. In 1893, at the age of twenty-two, when he had voted but once in his life, he finally con- sented, somewhat reluctantly, to take the Re- publican nomination for Representative, and to the surprise of every one was triumphantly elected by a majority of two hundred and seventy-five, an unprecedented majority in the history of the ward. During his first year in the House he was clerk of the Committee on Election Laws, became very much interested in the subject of nominations, and took an active part in the enactment of the Massachusetts Caucus Act of 1894. He also served on the Committee on Taxation. The next year, in spite of the efforts of a united Democratic party to defeat him, he was re-elected to the House by a large majority. During his sec- ond term he was appointed chairman of the Committee on County Estimates, and forthwith proceeded to put county affairs, which up to that date had been loosely conducted, on a sound economic basis. Previously, members of the Legislature had paid very little atten- tion to county affairs, and the County Com- missioners did about as they pleased. As a result of Mr. Dallinger's untiring efforts, both in and out of the Legislature, some very important legislation was enacted of lasting value to the tax-payers of the Commonwealth.

In spite of the efforts of the county ring of his own county to defeat him, he was nomi- nated as the Republican candidate for Senator from the Second Middlesex District, the con- test being fought on the issue of county re- form. Although he was at this time but twenty-four years of age, he carried every ward in the district, and, when the convention met, his nomination was unanimous. He carried every ward by overwhelming majorities, the

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caucus being the most largely attended for years. Upon his election to the Senate he was made chairman of the Joint Committee on Counties and member of the Committee on Metropolitan Affairs, as he had been during his second year in the House. He succeeded in securing an investigation into the affairs of Norfolk County, as a result of which investiga- tion during the following year the chairman of the Board of County Commissioners was de- feated for renomination, and five reform bills, aimed to remedy the evils found to exist in county government, were introduced into the Legislature and enacted into law. He also served on the Committee on Probate Insol- vency. In the fall of 1896 he was re-elected to the Senate by the unprecedented majority of two thousand, seven hundred, and was made chairman of the Committee on Metropolitan Affairs, the most important committee of the Legislature. Great pressure was brought to prevent his holding this important chairman- ship, but his qualifications for the position were so pre-eminent that he received the ap- pointment. During the session of 1897 his committee had one hundred and sixty different matters before it, among them being bills con- cerning the construction of the Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Park Systems, rapid tran- sit, and docks and terminal facilities. At the elections of 1897 and 1898, Senator Dallinger was again re-elected to the Senate, being the only man ever accorded four terms in the upper branch in the history of the district. In 1897- 98 he was a prominent candidate for the presi- dency of the Senate.

Mr. Dallinger is a member of the Massachu- setts and Middlesex Clubs and of the Republi- can Club of Massachusetts, was formerly secre- tary and is now president of the Republican City Committee of Cambridge, and was for- merly secretary and president of the Cambridge Young Men's Republican Club. At the pres- ent time he is president of the Economy Club of Cambridge, and a member of the Cambridge Citizens' Trade Association, the Library Hall Association, of Mizpah Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and of Cambridge Royal Arch Chapter. He is one of the Board of Directors of the Cambridge Young Men's Christian Association, a vestry-

man of St. Peter's Episcopal Church of Cam- bridge, and director of St. Peter's Chapter (504) of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. He has attained a wide reputation as a writer on political and economic subjects, his latest book, "Nominations for Elective Office in the United States " (Longmans, Green & Co., New York and London, 1897), having been very favorably received both in this country and abroad.

Mr. Dallinger married in 1900 Blanche, daughter of Henry and Lucy (Stearns) Rus- sell. Mrs. Dallinger is a grand-daughter of George and Sarah (Wright) Russell and great- grand-daughter of Major Benjamin Russell, whose wife was a Rice. Major Benjamin was editor and proprietor of the Boston Sentinel, and is said to be the author of the word "gerry- mander " and of the famous phrase "era of good feeling." Her mother, Lucy Stearns, was a descendant, through Solomon,? Benja- min,6 Isaac,5 John,4 John, 3 John,2 of Isaac1 Stearns, who came to America in 1630 in the same vessel, it is believed, as Governor Win- throp and Sir Richard Saltonstall, and settled in Watertown, Mass. Isaac Stearns was ad- mitted a freeman May 18, 1631, which is the earliest date on record of any such admission. He was a Selectman of Watertown for many years, and d. June 19, 1671, leaving a widow who d. April 2, 1677. He is supposed to have come from the parish of Nayland in Suffolk, England. His son John,2 who d. March 5, 1668-9, was one of the first settlers of Billerica, Mass. He m., first, Sarah, only daughter of Isaac and Sarah Mixer, of Water- town. She d. June 14, 1656; and he m., second, at Barnstable, December, 1656, Mary (b. October 4, 1640), daughter of Thomas and Mary Lothrop. Lieutenant John3 Stearns, b. at Billerica, May, 1654, son of John2, d. Octo- ber 26, 1728. He m., first, Elizabeth (b. June 18, 1657), daughter of John' and Mary (Warren) Bigelow, of Watertown. After her death (April 18, 1694) he m., second, in Mal- den, Joanna, widow of Jacob Parker and daugh- ter of Thomas Call, Jr., and his wife Joanna, daughter of Daniel and Jane Shepherdson. John, 4 son of John3 and Elizabeth (Bigelow) Stearns, was b. at Billerica, November 26,

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1686, d. August 2, 1776. He m. Esther (b. January, 1691, d. April 13, 1786), daughter of Captain Edward Johnson, of Woburn. She was a grand-daughter of William Johnson, Esq., and great-grand-daughter of Captain Ed- ward' Johnson, of Woburn, author of the his- tory entitled "Wonder-working Providence of Zion's Saviour in New England." The Hon. Isaac5 Stearns (b. June 16, 1722, son of John4 and Esther, d. April 23, 1808) was a soldier in the French War. He became prom- inent in political affairs, was a Representative and a Senator in the State Legislature, and was highly respected as a soldier, a civil magistrate, a legislator, and a private citizen. He m., February 11, 1747, Sarah (b. April 22, 1729, d. January 9, 1815), daughter of Obed and Elizabeth Abbott, of Bedford. Ben- jamin,6 son of the Hon. Isaac and Sarah (Ab- bott) Stearns, b. September 12, 1757, d. May 24, 1836. He settled in New Suncook (Lov- ell), Me., where he was for many years a Jus- tice of the Peace. He m. February 15, 1792, Susanna Frye, of Fryeburg, b. June 16, 1765, d. September 27, 1829. Solomon,7 son of Benjamin and Susanna (Frye) Stearns, was b. January 21, 1798, d. 1849. He was a Briga- dier-General, and resided in Lowell, Mass. He m. January 11, 1824, Sally Heald, and their daughter Lucy m. Henry Russell, and is the mother of Blanche, wife of the Hon. F. W. Dallinger.

Mr. and Mrs. Dallinger have one child - John Russell Dallinger, born October 8, 1901.

ARVIS LAMSON, senior member of the well-known firm of Lamson & Hubbard, hatters, in Boston, is a resident of New- ton, Mass. A son of the late Jarvis Lamson, he was born in Hamilton, Mass., May 23, 1855. He is of English ancestry, and a direct descendant in the eighth generation from William Lamson, the immigrant, the line being as follows : William,' John, 2 William, 3 Jonathan, 4 Jonathan, 5Jonathan, 6 Jarvis, 7 Jarvis8.

William' Lamson was b. and reared in Eng- land. Emigrating to Massachusetts in 1637, he settled in Ipswich, where he was engaged in farming until his death on February 1,

1658. The maiden name of his wife was Sarah Ayers. John2 Lamson, a lifelong resi- dent of Ipswich, b. in 1642, d. in 1717. He m. December 17, 1668, Martha Perkins. Will- iam3 Lamson, who was b. August 19, 1675, m. in 1706 Lydia Porter. Jonathan4 Lamson, b. in 1720, spent his entire life in Ipswich, dying in 1809. He served as Ensign in the Colonial army, his commission as an officer being still preserved by the family. He m. Anna Dane, of Hamilton. Jonathan5 Lamson, b. in 1747, who d. in 1825, was a soldier in the Revolu- tion, belonging to the Ipswich company that marched to Lexington in response to the call of April 19, 1775, and he was a delegate to the convention on the revision of the Constitution in 1820. He m. Bethiah Whipple. Jonathan6 Lamson, who resided in Beverly, Mass., m. Lydia Appleton, a daughter of Captain Thomas Appleton, of Beverly, and a grandniece of the Hon. Nathan Dane, at one time Congressman from Massachusetts.

Jarvis7 Lamson, the eighth child of his par- ents, b. January 30, 1817, d. August 27, 1895. He was a prosperous farmer. One of the lead- ing men of his town, he was prominent in pub- lic affairs, and served for a time as Selectman of Hamilton. His first marriage was con- tracted with Lucy Whittredge. The maiden name of his second wife was Esther Woodbury, who was a daughter of Eliot and Polly (Stone) Woodbury, and a descendant of John Wood- bury, the immigrant, who settled in Glouces- ter, then called Sandy Bay. By his first wife he had two children - Lydia Dane and Lucy A .; and by his second wife four children - Jarvis, Jonathan, Isaac Albert, and Eliot Woodbury. Lydia Dane8 Lamson m. David B. Wallace, by whom she has one child - Frederick Wallace, a graduate of the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, and now con- nected with the Pacific Mills in Lawrence. Lucy A.8 Lamson, who m. Daniel W. Apple- ton, and is now deceased, left three children. Jonathan8 Lamson, who was graduated from Amherst College with the class of 1877, and is living on the ancestral farm cleared by Will- iam' Lamson in Ipswich, m. Harriet Dodge, and has one son - Jonathan9 Lamson. Isaac Albert8 Lamson, a graduate of Brown Univer-

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sity, is living in New York City. Eliot Wood- bury8 Lamson, who was graduated from Brown University, is a professor in the Dwight Prepa- ratory School of Columbia College, New York.

Jarvis8 Lamson was educated in the public schools of Hamilton, and at Dummer Acad- emy. At the age of seventeen he began learning the hatter's trade, serving an appren- ticeship of four years. The following year he worked as a journeyman, and then started in business for himself. In company with his present partner, Orrin C. Hubbard, the firm of Lamson & Hubbard was established in 1878, and is now one of the leading firms of Boston.

In 1883 Mr. Lamson married Harriet Drink- water. She died October, 1890, leaving three children, namely: Esther Woodbury,9 who died at the age of fourteen years; May9 Lam- son, now a pupil in the Newton High School ; and Jarvis9 Lamson, Jr. A second marriage in 1893 united Mr. Lamson with Sarah A. Titus, a daughter of Albert M. and Antoinette (Carpenter) Titus, of Hamilton, Ont. Mr. and Mrs. Lamson have one child - Barbara Carpenter9 Lamson.

EORGE PETERSON PRIOR, of the firm Prior & Ingalls, wholesale fish dealers of Boston, was born in Duxbury, Mass., August 17, 1836, son of William and Amanthis (Peterson) Prior. He is a descendant of several of the early Plym- outh colonists. Thomas Prior, so far as known, the first of this surname in New Eng- land, was in Scituate in 1634. He d. there in 1639. His sons, Daniel and John, who came from England in 1635, settled in Duxbury, as also did his son Joseph.

Benjamin Prior, of a later generation of the Duxbury family, m. Bethia Pratt on Decem- ber 9, 1697. Their son Benjamin, of Dux- bury, who was a tanner by trade, took Deborah Weston for his wife on November 7, 1723. He d. December 3, 1766. His son Benjamin, second, b. October 23, 1740, m. in January, 1765, Sarah Soule, daughter of Joseph and Mercy (Fullerton) Soule. Her father was a son of Joshua, 3 who was son of John2 and grandson of George' Soule, one of the "May-

flower " Pilgrims. After the third Benjamin comes his son Jabez, b. April 26, 1772. Jabez Prior was twice m. His first wife, Abi- gail, d. November 2, 1799. His second wife was Sarah Holmes, a native of Plymouth. He was forty years old when he and his son John were lost at sea.

William6 Prior, the father of George Peter- son, was a son of Jabez and Sarah (Holmes) Prior. B. in 1805, he d. March 1, 1881. After working at the ship-carpenter's trade for a time, he was master of a fishing vessel for another period. The later years of his life were employed in agriculture, upon the Myles Standish farm in Duxbury. His wife, who was b. July 10, 1807, daughter of Daniel and Bethia (Weston) Peterson, d. January 2, 1894. Her paternal grandparents were Joseph and Rebecca (Delano) Peterson.

Leaving school at the age of fourteen, George Peterson Prior became cook on his father's fishing vessel. Thereafter, taking his turn at all the employments of the crew of such craft, he became a thorough seaman, and at the age of twenty-one was master of a ves- sel. Having spent eighteen years in that occupation, he obtained employment with Parron H. Prior, who was then engaged in the wholesale fish trade at 30 Commercial Wharf, Boston. In 1884 he engaged in the same business as a member of the firm Prior & In- galls. His experience, acquired in fishing and in Parron H. Prior's employment, enabled the firm to advance rapidly and to prosper when other firms failed. The house was successfully conducted until 1899, when the National Fish Company, in which Messrs. Prior and Ingalls are important factors, was formed. This cor- poration dissolving in July, 1901, the firm resumed their business under their former name, Prior and Ingalls.

Mr. Prior married Lydia Ann Sampson, who was born in Duxbury, daughter of Elisha Sampson. His children are: Georgianna, Cordelia, Anna Weston, and George Herbert. Georgianna is living in Newton, Mass., with her husband, J. Walter Hamilton, and her children - Estelle Louisa, Edith Locke, and Easter Irving, the last two being pupils of the public schools. Cordelia and her husband,

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Wilbert Wilson Freeman, are residents of Winthrop, Mass. Anna Weston also resides in Winthrop, with her husband, William For- rest Munday, and her children - Alice Abbott and Forrest Prior, who are attending the public schools. George Herbert, who married Fannie Frothingham Robbins, likewise resides in Winthrop. What was formerly Mr. Prior's summer residence in Winthrop has been since 1898 his permanent residence.

ILLIAM HOBART EMERSON, a resident of Newton, Mass., is, as a member of the firm of W. D. Brack- ett & Co., actively identified with one of the leading industries of New England. He was born November 23, 1854, at Charlestown, Mass., son of Nathan and Esther (Bigelow) Emerson, and grandson of Ebenezer Emerson. The various branches of the Emerson family are so diffused throughout the United States, and include so many descendants, that no com- plete record of any has yet been traced directly to the immigrant ancestor.

Ebenezer Emerson, a son of Oliver and Sarah Emerson, was b. in Methuen, Mass., April 23, 1778. On January 26, 1806, he m. Mary Russ, who was b. in Salem, N. H. Of their chil- dren, Nathan was the father of William H. Emerson. Nathan Emerson, who was b. in Methuen, Mass., in 1809, d. in Framingham, Mass., March 16, 1880, aged seventy-one years, one month, and two days. After leaving his native town, he engaged in mercantile pursuits in Salem, Mass., where he became acquainted with a bright and winsome young woman, Esther Bigelow, whom he subsequently m. on December 12, 1833.

Esther Bigelow was b. in Conway, Mass., January 15, 1813, a daughter of Jonathan Bige- low, and a lineal descendant in the seventh generation from John Bigelow, one of the first settlers of Watertown. John' Bigelow, who was b. in England, came to this country a young man, settling in Watertown, where he followed his trade of a blacksmith for many years. His name first appears on the Town Records under date of October 30, 1642, when he m. Mary Warren, also a native of England.

He m., second, October 2, 1694, Sarah Bemis, daughter of Joseph Bemis, of Watertown. He was quite prominent in local affairs, serving as Selectman in 1665, 1670, and 1671. He d. July 14, 1703. Joshua2 Bigelow, b. November 5, 1655, d. in Westminster, Mass., February I, 1745. He was a soldier in King Philip's War, Captain King's company, and, in consid- eration of his services therein, he received a grant of land in Narragansett, No. 2. He m. October 20, 1676, Elizabeth Flagg, daughter of Thomas and Mary Flagg. Having resided in Watertown until his eighty-seventh year, he and his son Eleizer, on June 9, 1742, removed to his land in Narragansett. Joshua3 Bigelow, b. in Watertown, Mass., November 25, 1677, d. in Weston, May 9, 1728. On October 17, 1701, he m. Hannah Fiske. John+ Bigelow, b. in Weston, Mass., June 24, 1715, d., it is said, in New Ipswich, N.H. He took part in the French and Indian Wars as a member of Captain Samuel Davis's company in 1757. On November 29, 1739, he m. Grace Allen, of Sudbury. John5 Bigelow, b. in Weston, Mass., November 8, 1743, removed to Conway, Mass., about 1780, and d. there February 14, 1822. On September II, 1770, in Ashburn- ham, Mass., he m. Molly Melvin. Jonathan6 Bigelow was b. in Ashburnham, Mass., January 25, 1773, and d. in Conway, Mass., November 12, 1819. While living in Conway in 1798, he m. Susanna Brooks, a daughter of Abner and Anna (Hobart) Brooks, of Groton, Mass. The children of Nathan and Esther Emerson were: Charles Henry, Mary Jane, Ellen Augusta, George Franklin, Sarah Elizabeth, Arthur Warren, and William Hobart.

William Hobart Emerson began his business career while yet a young lad in the employ of D. G. Rawson, with whom he remained seven years, working his way upward in that time from the position of an errand boy to that of salesman. Subsequently he became salesman for W. D. Brackett & Co., and now he is a member of the firm, which is extensively en- gaged in the manufacture of shoes. On June 28, 1887, Mr. Emerson married in Newton, Mass., Emma Louise Graves, a daughter of Chester Hatch and Charlotte A. (Fuller) Graves, and a lineal descendant of Thomas

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Graves, the immigrant, the line being as fol- lows : Thomas,' John,2 Samuel, 3 Noah,4 Ben- oni, 5 Elijah,6 Chester Hatch,7 Emma Louise8.

Thomas' Graves, b. in England before 1585, emigrated to America previous to 1645, being accompanied by his wife Sarah and five chil- dren. Settling first in Hartford, Conn., he there secured several parcels of land. Subse- quently he lived for a time in Wethersfield, Conn., and then went from there to Hatfield, Mass., of which he was a pioneer, and where he d. in 1662. His descendants are many, and especially numerous in the Connecticut River Valley. John2 Graves, the second son of his parents, came with them to America. He was made a freeman in Wethersfield, Conn., and in 1661 removed to Hatfield, Mass., where he was killed by the Indians on September 19, 1677. He was twice m., the line being con- tinued through his first wife, Mary Smith, a daughter of Lieutenant Samuel Smith, their marriage having been solemnized May 18, 1654. Samuel3 Graves was b. in Wethersfield, Conn., in 1657, but grew to manhood in Hat- field, Mass. In 1725 he removed to Sunder- land, Mass., where his death occurred March II, 1731. His wife Sarah survived him, dy- ing October 15, 1734. Noah4 Graves, who spent his entire life in Sunderland, was b. De- cember 19, 1695, and d. March 17, 1773. He m. Rebecca Wright, daughter of Benoni and Rebecca Wright. Benoni5 Graves, also a life- long resident of Sunderland, was b. February 16, 1736, and d. August 18, 1814. The maiden name of his wife was Mary Graves. Elijah6 Graves, a resident of Sunderland during his entire life, was b. February 18, 1770, and d. September 13, 1839. On February 27, 1803, he m. Rosina Hatch. Chester Hatch7 Graves, b. in Sunderland, June 5, 1818, who was reared to man's estate in his native town, then removed to Boston, where he engaged in business. He d. April 29, 1901. On Nov- ember 19, 1846, he m. Charlotte A. Fuller, who was b. in Ludlow, Mass., April 25, 1819, and d. at the family residence in Newton, Mass., May 1I, 1891, leaving three children, namely : Edward Childs, George Albert, Emma Louise. Another child, Frank C., d. seven months before his mother.

Through her mother, Charlotte, Mrs. Emer- son is a "Mayflower " descendant, tracing her ancestry in a direct line to three of the passen- gers of the "Mayflower," Edward and Ann Fuller and their son Samuel. Edward' and his wife Ann both d. early in 1621, probably between January II and April Io. Samuel2 Fuller, b. in England, having been left an orphan by the death of his parents, was brought up in the family of his uncle, Samuel Fuller, who also crossed the ocean on the "May- flower." He received three shares in the divi- sion of land in Plymouth in 1624, and soon afterwards removed to Scituate, where he m. April 8, 1635, Jane Lothrop, daughter of the Rev. John Lothrop. He d. at Barnstable, Mass., October 31, 1683. Samuel3 Fuller, b. in February, 1637-8, m. his cousin, Anna Fuller, daughter of Dr. Matthew Fuller. Matthew4 Fuller, b. about 1664, m. February 25, 1692 or 1693, Patience Young, daughter of George Young, of Scituate. Young5 Fuller, who was b. in 1708, in Barnstable, on April 23, 1730, m. Jerusha Beebe. He removed to Colchester, Conn., about 1733; to East Wind- sor, Ellington district, about 1749; and to Ludlow, Mass., about 1767. Here he re- mained with his son Joshua until his death, which occurred June 17, 1796. Joshua6 Fuller, b. September 9, 1730, d. in Monson, Mass., October 5, 1810. He m. January, 1753, Mercy Lathrop, of Tolland, Conn. Elisha7 Fuller, b. Ellington, Conn., April 8 or II, 1754, who attained the venerable age of ninety-six years, was twice m. The maiden name of his first wife was Rebecca Waterman, and that of his second wife Sarah Cleveland. Eli8 Fuller, b. November 12, 1782, m. Jerusha Little, and their daughter, Charlotte A.9 Ful- ler, m. Chester Hatch Graves.

Mr. and Mrs. Emerson have three children, namely : Louise, born March 23, 1888; Hobart Bigelow, born March 12, 1894; and Edward Fuller, born June 29, 1896. Mr. Emerson was one of the original members of the Newton Club to which he still belongs; for many years he has been a member of the Hull Yacht Club; and for fifteen years a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. He is also connected with various trade associations.

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OHN WARREN TAPLEY, of Lynn, was born in that city December 26, 1853, a son of Warren and Caroline Watts (Smith) Tapley. He is of Eng- lish ancestry, being a descendant in the fifth generation from Mansfield1 Tapley, who m. at Charlestown August 20, 1718, Mary Johnson, daughter of Isaac Johnson, Jr., 3 son of Isaac, Sr.2 (William1). Their son, Mansfield2 Tap- ley, Jr., for many years a resident of Cam- bridge, m. in 1761 Mary Wyeth, by whom he had eleven children. John3 Tapley, b. April 7, 1774, m. November 3, 1795, Lydia Tufts, and was the father of Warren+ Tapley, and grandfather of John Warren.

Lydia Tufts was a descendant of Peter' Tufts, who came from England about 1638, and settled in Malden, Mass., where in 1640 he was a large landowner. He d. in 1700, and was buried beside his wife Mary in Malden. The line of descent was continued through John,2 b. in 1665, who m. Mary Putnam, daughter of Nathaniel Putnam (John'), of Salem Village, and his wife, Elizabeth Hutch- inson; Peter, 3 b. 1697, who m. Lydia Buck- nam; and Samuel,4 b. 1737, who m. in 1769 Martha Adams, and resided in Medford, they being the parents of Lydia, 5 wife of John Tap- ley. [See History of Medford. ] Martha Adams, b. 1746, was a daughter of Deacon Joseph, Jr., and Martha (Frost) Adams, and grand-daughter of Joseph, Sr., and Rebecca (Cutter) Adams, all of Menotomy, now Arling- ton, then a part of Cambridge. Joseph Adams, Sr., above named, was probably son of Joseph, 2 who m. in 1687-8 Margaret, daughter of Thomas Eames, of Sudbury. Joseph,2 who was baptized in Cambridge, was a son of John1 Adams, millwright. (See Cutter's History of Arlington).

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 88

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