Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 95

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

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1772, m. 1796 Prudence Hodgdon, d. Decem- ber II, 1802; Jesse, b. September 25, 1776, m. 1791 Eunice Gould, who d. in 1867 at the age of nearly ninety-four years.

John Maximillian7 Bailey, b. as above re- corded, settled in Woolwich, Me., m., first, November 13, 1787, Susannah Hodgdon, of Edgecomb, who d. April 30, 1791, aged twenty-eight years. He m., second, in Janu- ary, 1792, Susanna, daughter of Josiah Brook- ins, who d. May 21, 1861, aged ninety-two years. His death occurred October 5, 1857. By his first wife he had three children - Re- becca, Susannah Hodgdon, and Anna M. His second wife bore him four children - Polly, Martha, Abner, and John M. Martha8 Bailey, b. October 22, 1794, m. August 12, 1812, William Stacey Shaw, as already mentioned. She d. December 23, 1873.

William E. McClintock, whose name begins this article, was educated in the public schools of Hallowell and in the Hallowell Academy, where he was graduated in 1867. He then taught school for one year. In January, 1868, he became attached to the United States Coast Survey, in which he served till 1876, being for one year engaged in a survey of the city of Portland, and also employed on the harbor survey of Boston. In 1879 he made surveys for the Boston & Maine Railroad. From 1880 to 1890 he was City Engineer of Chelsea, Mass. From 1890 up to the present time he has practised his profession of civil engineer. In 1892 he was appointed by Governor Rus- sell a member of the Highway Commission, upon which he has since served continuously. He has been instructor at Harvard College on highway engineering. Mr. McClintock is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers; the American Society for Promot- ing Engineering Education; of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, of which he was at one time president; and a member and first president of the Massachusetts Highway Association. He is also a member of the Masonic order, belonging to Robert Lash Lodge, F. & A. M., and Shekinah Chapter, R. A. M. He has been for some time, and is now, a member of the Board of Aldermen of Chelsea. A Universalist in religion, he has

R. W. TOPPAN.

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been for fifteen years a member of the standing committee of the Church of the Redeemer, and for five years its treasurer. He is a Republi- can in politics.

William E. McClintock was married in Portland, Me., June 17, 1873, to Mary Estelle Currier, who was born in Newburyport, Mass., October 13, 1850, she being the daughter of James Madison Currier and wife, Sarah Brown, of Amesbury. Mr. and Mrs. William E. Mc- Clintock have five children, all born in Chel- sea, Mass., and now living there, namely : William James, born July 7, 1878; Francis Blake, born January 31, 1881; Samuel, born October 5, 1883 ; Paul, born July 6, 1886; and Dorothy, born January 16, 1889. Of the above named children, William James is now a civil engineer; Francis B. is a student in the Harvard Medical School ; the others are attending the public schools of Chelsea, Mass.

OLAND WORTHINGTON TOP- PAN, of Malden, was born at New- buryport, Mass., November 9, 1841. He is a son of Edward and Susan Little (Smith) Toppan, and is descended from the immigrant ancestor of the Toppan family, Abraham1 Toppan, through Jacob,2 Abraham, 3 Edward, 4 Enoch,5 and Edward6. The name Toppan was originally written Topham, and was taken from the name of a place in York- shire, meaning upper hamlet or village. The pedigree of the American Toppans, as far as traced, runs back to Robert Topham, who re- sided at Linton, near Pately Bridge, in the west riding of Yorkshire. His son Thomas was of Arncliffe, near Linton. He d. in 1589. Ed- ward (the first to be called Toppan, son of Thomas, of Arncliffe) was of Aiglethorpe, near Linton, and has his pedigree recorded in the College of Arms with armorial bearings. One of his sons was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of King Charles First and was killed at the battle of Marston Moor in 1644. William Toppan, fourth son of Edward, of Aiglethorpe, lived for some time at Calbridge, where his son Abraham' (the immigrant) was baptized April 10, 1606.

Abraham' was in Yarmouth in 1637. In "Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society," vol. i., Fourth Series, p. 99, is this record : "The examination of Abraham Toppan, of Yarmouth, cooper, aged thirty-one years, and Susanna, his wife, aged thirty years, with two children, Peter and Elizabeth, and one mayd servant, Anne Goodin, aged eighteen years, are desirous to pass to New England to inhabit." They sailed from Yarmouth, May 10, 1637, in the ship "Mary Ann," William Goose, master. On the records we find the following paragraph : "Abraham Toppan, being licensed by John Endicott, Esq., to live in this jurisdiction, was received into the town of Newberry as an inhabitant thereof, and has promised under his hand to be subject to any lawful order that should be made by the towne" -October, 1637. The signature of Abraham Toppan is appended. Susanna "Goodale or Taylor" is recorded in Hoyt's "Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury" as his third wife, and had seven children. His son Jacob2 (b. December 24, 1645) m., first, August 24, 1670, Hannah, daughter of Henry Sewall, Jr., and sister of Judge Samuel3 Sewall; m., second, Hannah Fessenden, widow of his brother-in-law, John Sewall.

Abraham3, b. June 29, 1684, m. Esther, daughter of the Rev. Michael Wigglesworth and widow of John Sewall. The Rev. Michael Wigglesworth was brought from England to Massachusetts by his father, Edward, in 1638, being then seven years old. The Wig- glesworths settled in New Haven, and young Michael received his preparatory education under Master Ezekiel Cheever, who afterward was so long a schoolmaster in Boston. The name of Michael Wigglesworth stands first on the Harvard list of graduates for 1651. He was for some time a tutor at Harvard, and in 1656 was ordained and settled as minister of the church in Malden, Mass., where he d. in 1705, after a pastorate of nearly fifty years. The fact that he was "Maulden's physician of soul and body too" is recorded in the quaint epitaph on his gravestone in the ancient ceme- tery at Bell Rock, Malden. He was also a poet, and his "Day of Doom," first published in 1662, which derived its inspiration from the

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tenets of the stern and gloomy Calvinistic theology, has been called "the one supreme poem of New England for over a century." There are few more noted names in the litera- ture of New England in the seventeenth cen- tury than that of Michael Wigglesworth. His daughter Abigail m. Samuel, son of Dr. Peter Toppan.

Edward, 4 b. September 7, 1715, son of Abraham and Esther (Wigglesworth) Toppan, m. September 7, 1743, Sarah Bailey. Enoch, 5 b. May 7, 1759, m., first, Mary Coffin, Febru- ary 2, 1794; m., second, Mary Merrill, Aug- ust 19, 1797. Edward,6 second son of Enoch and Mary (Coffin) Toppan, was b. April 7, 1796; m. January 22, 1821, Susan Little Smith, daughter of James and Prudence6 (Little) Smith. Her paternal grandparents were Captain James and Elizabeth (Noyes) Smith, of Craneneck Hill, West Newbury. Susan Little Smith on the maternal side was a descendant of George' Little through Joseph, 2 Enoch, 3 Edmund, 4 Joseph, 5 Prudence6.

George™ Little came from England to Massa- chusetts in 1640 or soon after. In 1650 he bought freehold rights in Newbury, where he built his house in 1679. He m. Alice Poor, who came from England in 1638, and by her had five children. She d. in 1680, and in 1681 he m. Eleanor, widow of Thomas Barn- ard, of Amesbury. The exact date of his death is not known, but it was between March, 1693, and November 27, 1694. Joseph2 Little, b. September 22, 1653, m. Mary, daughter of Tristram and Judith (Somerby) Coffin. Enoch, 3 b. December 9, 1685, m. Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Webster) Worth. Ensign Enoch Little and Captain James Smith were the first settlers upon Crane- neck Hill, West Newbury.

Edmund4 was b. September 5, 1715, and m., first, Judith, daughter of Dr. Mathew and Sarah (Knight) Adams, by whom he had ten children. She d. September 7, 1784. He m., second, Elizabeth Noyes, widow of Cap- tain James Smith, in 1789. Joseph5 was b. May 4, 1741, and m., first, Elizabeth Merrill in 1762. She d. in 1763, and he m., second, Mary, daughter of the Rev. William and Eliza- beth (Bradstreet) Johnson, of West Newbury,

November 11, 1766. The Rev. William John- son, Harvard 1727, was a great-grandson of William, brother of Captain Edward Johnson, the author of "Wonder-working Providence of Zion's Saviour in New England." Prudence, 6 b. August 23, 1767, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Johnson) Little, m. James, son of Cap- tain James5 and Elizabeth (Noyes) Smith, and became the mother of Susan Little Smith, as noted above.

The Smith line of ancestry is Thomas, I Lieutenant James,2 James, 3 Captain James, 4 Captain James, 5 Susan Little6.

Roland Worthington Toppan was educated at the public schools of Newburyport. In 1864 he went to Cuba and established himself in the ice business, in which he continued until 1867, when he returned to his native State. Since his return he has been engaged in the insur- ance business, in which he holds a prominent position as president of the Arkwright Mutual Fire Insurance Company and president of the Paper Mill Mutual Insurance Company. Mr. Toppan resides at Malden, Mass., and has al- ways been actively interested in the progress of that city - civic and commercial. He has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Cemeteries of Malden since its organization, and president of the Board since 1890. He is a member of the Malden Club and also of the Royal Arcanum. Mr. Toppan married Octo- ber 19, 1870, Elizabeth, a daughter of Edward Swain and Sarah (Frothingham) Lesley. They had a son -- Roland Lesley Toppan, born Sep- tember 7, 1881. Mrs. Toppan died October 29, 1897, and on June 11, 1900, Mr. Toppan married Eliza Pauline Willcox, daughter of Frederick and Harriet (Harvey) Willcox, of Philadelphia, Pa. Roland Lesley Toppan was prepared for college at Stone's private school in Boston, and entered Harvard in the class of 1904.

D AVID TOMPKINS STRANGE,

market gardener of Stoneham, Mass., was born in North Dighton, Bristol County, July 27, 1847, son of Gilbert Winslow and Sarah Burt (Tomp- kins) Strange. He is a descendant in the

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eighth generation of John Strange, who settled at Portsmouth, R. I., about 1660.

John Strange bought a farm at Portsmouth, R. I., in August, 1669. The lineage is: John,' Lot, 2-3-4-5 William, 6 Gilbert Winslow,7 David Tompkins8. His mother, Sarah Burt Tompkins, was a daughter of William Tomp- kins and Sally (Burt) Tompkins.

William Tompkins was a descendant in the fourth generation from Nathaniel - Newport, 1675 -and third from Samuel Tompkins, whose wife was Sarah Coe, great-grand-daugh- ter of John and Priscilla Alden. The line from John and Priscilla Alden continued through their daughter Elizabeth,2 who m. William Pabodie, Sarah3 Pabodie, who m. John Coe, to Sarah Coe, who m. January 24, 1712, Samuel Tompkins.

Mr. Strange was married September 17, 1874, to Abbie R., daughter of Peter and Esther (Stevens) Dunbar, of Taunton. Her father, Peter Dunbar, was a descendant in the sixth generation from Robert, who came to Hing- ham about the year 1650. The lineage is: Robert,1 James, 2 Samuel, 3 Peter, 4 Shepard, 5 Peter6.

Mrs. Esther (Stevens) Dunbar, mother of Mrs. Strange, b. in 1833, was the daughter of Henry Rust and Sarah (Craig) Stevens, of Poland, Me. Henry Rust was of the third generation from Jonas Stevens, who with his wife, Mary Crandall, went from Townsend, Mass., and was one of the first settlers of Nor- way, Me. Jonas Stevens served as Captain in the Continental army, Fourth Company, Fourth Cumberland County Regiment. Mr. Strange was formerly a shipmaster engaged in the coastwise and foreign trade, having fol- lowed the sea from twelve years of age until he settled in Stoneham in 1879. They have five children; namely, Louise Dunbar, Mary Crandall, Marion Stevens, Sarah Josephine, and Helen Marjorie.

IDWIN EASTMAN STEVENS, of Med- ford, Mass., is a well-known business man of Boston, being sole member of the firm of E. E. Stevens & Co. Son of Charles Chandler and Nancy M. (Bowers)

Stevens, he was born in Charlestown, Mass., August II, 1856. On both paternal and ma- ternal sides he is of Revolutionary stock.

Nathaniel Gove Stevens, Sr., his great- grandfather, who was one of four brothers, took an active part in the battle of Bennington, the sword that he carried on that eventful day (which is now in existence) showing that he must have been an officer. He m. Lois Stowe, of Marlboro, and among their six children were three sons, namely : Nathaniel Gove, Jr., the grandfather of Edwin E. ; and Samuel Stough- ton and Abel, both of whom settled in East- port, Me.

Nathaniel Gove Stevens, Jr., was b. in Warwick, Mass., and d. February 18, 1868, aged eighty. An industrious, energetic man, he carried on for many years a successful busi- ness as tanner, lumberman, and cattle dealer. He was an extensive landowner. In 1812 he m. Nancy Maria Stoughton, of Gill, Mass. Of this union were b. eight children - Na- thaniel Edwin, Lois, Charles Chandler, Sarah, Samuel (d. infancy), Maria, Timothy Gilbert, and Samuel Stoughton. Both parents were members of the Unitarian church, as testified in a sermon preached October 12, 1864, by the Rev. Preserved Smith, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of bis pastorate in Warwick, Mass., only twelve members then remaining of the number belonging when he assumed charge, among the twelve being Nathaniel Gove Ste- vens, Jr., and his wife. Mrs. Stevens d. Au- gust 15, 1866, aged seventy-seven.

Charles Chandler Stevens was b. in Warwick, Mass., May 10, 1820, and d. in Medford, March 23, 1899. For a long period he was en- gaged in the hide and leather business in Bos- ton, his residence being in Medford, where he located in 1858. He was a regular attendant of the Baptist church. On November 30, 1848, he m. Nancy Matilda Bowers, who was b. in Rindge, N. H., November 29, 1823, a daughter of James and Polly (Rand) Bowers. Four children blessed their union, namely : Estella Matilda, b. in Warwick, Mass., September 9, 1849, lives at home; Charles Franklin, b. in Warwick, Mass., March 16, 1851, d. at the age of nine years; George Gove; and Edwin East- man, whose name stands at the head of this

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sketch. George Gove Stevens, b. in Warwick, Mass., December 7, 1853, d. in Indianapolis, Ind., January 20, 1894. As junior member of the firm of C. C. Stevens & Co., he had been associated in business with his father. Of his union with Julia S. Stancliff, of Kalamazoo, Mich., there were four children, namely : Nancy Bowers, b. September 8, 1882 (d. in- fancy) ; Esther Stewart, b. January 6, 1885; Charles Chandler, b. July 7, 1886; and Sam- uel Stancliff, b. February 17, 1889.

James+ Bowers, the father of Nancy Matilda5 (Mrs. Stevens), was a direct descendant of Samuel' Bowers, who m. January 31, 1709, Esther Satley, and settled in Groton, Mass. They had seven children, of whom Nehemiah, 2 Sr., the next in line of descent, was b. Septem- ber 14, 1719. He m. March 18, 1745, Sarah Larrabee, daughter of Samuel Larrabee, then of Lunenburg, but later of Rindge, N. H. Their son Nehemiah, 3 Jr., through whom the line was continued, was father of James4 Bowers, and great-grandfather of Mr. Stevens. Nehemiah3 Bowers, Jr., was b. in 1752. On April 19, 1775, he was a private in the com- pany of Captain Noah Miles, Colonel John Whitcomb's regiment, and marched with his comrades to Cambridge, where he served six days. On the muster roll dated August 1, 1775, his name appears in the company of Cap- tain Edmund Bemis, Colonel Asa Whitcomb's regiment. The records show that he enlisted April 25, 1775, serving three months and four- teen days; also giving his receipt for wages in August, 1775, and the return of the company (probably in October, 1775). He was like- wise reported enlisted June 6, year not given. In 1777 he m. Sarah Sawin, who was b. in Worcester, Mass., in 1757, the youngest of the nine children of Stephen and Abigail (Fiske) Sawin. She was the fifth in line of descent from the immigrant progenitor, John' Sawin, the line being continued, through Munning2 Sawin, John3 and Elizabeth (Coolidge) Sawin, Stephen Sawin, 4 who was b. in 1712, to Sarah5 Sawin. John' Sawin, living in England in 1648, was in New England as early as 1650, and was made a freeman at Watertown, Mass., in May, 1652. He m. Abigail Munning in April, 1652. She was a daughter of George

Munning, who emigrated to this country in 1634, becoming one of the first settlers of Watertown, Mass. James+ Bowers and Polly Rand, daughter of Solomon Rand, were m. January 4, 1814. Of their union five children were b., namely: Elvira A., who m. Phineas Coburn, of Dracut, and d. in 1896; Polly R., who m. in 1838 Ebenezer Mann, of Hub- bardston, and is now dead; James L., who re- sided in Boston and m. Mary Hogan (both now deceased) ; Nancy Matilda, the mother of Mr. Stevens; and George, who d. in 1827, in his third year.

Edwin Eastman Stevens was educated in Medford, being graduated from the Medford High School in the class of 1874. He subse- quently engaged in the hide and skin business until the spring of 1899, when he began the business he is now engaged in, that of tanning and belt manufacturing, which he has since carried on successfully, his tannery and belt shop being located in the town of Peabody, with a salesroom in Boston, the firm name being E. E. Stevens & Co. Actively inter- ested in municipal affairs, he has served on the School Board and represented his ward in the City Council. He is a member of the Bap- tist church.

On October 4, 1882, Mr. Stevens married Clara Brownell, of Cambridge, N. Y., a daugh- ter of German and Delia (Lockwood) Brownell. Her father was b. in Hoosick, N. Y. Her pa- ternal grandfather, Isaac Brownell, m. Ann, daughter of Caleb and Ann Barker. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens have two children. The elder, Helen Brownell, born in Medford, April 5, 1884, attends the Medford High School, being a member of the class of 1903; and Walter Lockwood, born May 29, 1886, is also a pupil in the high school, class of 1904.

B ENJAMIN NEWHALL JOHNSON, of Lynn, was born in that city June 19, 1856, son of Rufus Augustus and Ellen Maria (Newhall) Johnson. He comes of ancient and honorable stock, being a direct descendant of two of the prominent pioneer settlers of Lynn. In the ninth gener- ation he is descended from Richard Johnson,

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who located in Lynn in 1637, and in the tenth generation from Thomas Newhall, the immi- grant ancestor of the Newhall family of New England.

Richard' Johnson, b. in England in 1612, came to this country with Sir Richard Salton stall in 1630. After living in Watertown for a few years he was admitted a freeman in 1637, and in the same year settled in Lynn as a farmer. His land in Lynn, which was at the eastern end of the Common, included the pres- ent site of the City Hall, together with several acres in and about Johnson Street as far as Leighton Street. He d. in 1666, aged fifty- four years. He was the father of four children - Samuel, David, Elizabeth, and Abigail. In the History of Lynn, David is referred to as Daniel.

Samuel Johnson, b. in Lynn in 1640, d. in 1723. He was known first as Cornet and later as Lieutenant Johnson. He served in King Philip's War in 1676, and his name appears as one of the official grantees in the Indian deed of Lynn, executed in 1686. The house which he built was a sort of semi-garrison, to which the neighbors might flee in case of hos- tilities on the part of the Indians. This house

stood on the present site of the church of the First Methodist Society, on the north-east side of Park Square. By his wife, Mary (Collins) Johnson, he had four children, namely : Rich- ard, b. November 8, 1674; Ruth, b. March 6, 1676-7; Samuel, b. March 18, 1678-9; and David, b. January 31, 1682-3. His wife d. February 9, 1689. He d. November 1, 1723. Deacon Richard3 Johnson on July 3, 1705, m. Elizabeth Newhall, who bore him the follow- ing-named children: Mary, on February 25, 1706-7; Samuel, March 17, 1708-9; Joseph and Benjamin, twins, May 20, 1715; and Ben- jamin, May 24, 1716. His wife d. March 8, 1749-50. Captain Samuel4 Johnson, by his wife Ruth, became the father of eight children, namely : Richard, b. September 25, 1732; Elizabeth, b. March 30, 1736; James, b. March 22, 1737-8; Mary, b. March 11, 1742-3; Holton, b. September 27, 1745; Joseph, b. December 17, 1748; Elizabeth, b. April 7, 1752; and Joseph, b. February 2, 1756.

Richard5 Johnson d. September 27, 1767.

On October 20, 1756, he m. Lydia Bacheller, who bore him six children, namely : Hannah and Samuel, whose birth dates are not known; Enoch, b. January 16, 1761; Rufus, b. March 25, 1762; Ruth, b. in 1763, who d. in 1790; and Timothy, the next in line of descent. Timothy6 Johnson, b. in Lynn, December 30, 1763, d. February 26, 1830. He m. Novem- ber 15, 1789, Elizabeth Chadwell, who d. June 24, 1835. They were the parents of six chil- dren, as follows: Lydia, b. October 31, 1790; Timothy, b. December 30, 1793; Timothy, b. August 25, 1796; Rufus, through whom the line was continued; Richard, b. June 30, 1805; and Eliza Ann, b. June 22, 1810. Rufus7

Johnson, b. October 30, 1798, m. March 8, 1824, Rachel Putnam. Five children were b. of their union, namely : Mary Ellen, b. Janu- ary 29, 1825; Lydia Maria, b. January 14, 1827; Elizabeth Chadwell, b. November 9, 1830; Rufus Augustus, the next in line of de- scent; and Lydia Maria, who d. October 27, 1833. Rufus Augustus8 Johnson, b. in Lynn, December 27, 1832, d. March 10, 1897, in Saugus. In his earlier years he was engaged in business as a shoe manufacturer, but later in life became interested in the construction of railways. On October 15, 1854, he m. Ellen M. Newhall, a daughter of Benjamin Franklin Newhall, who was directly descended from Thomas Newhall, the immigrant.

Thomas' Newhall, b. in England, emigrated to Lynn, Mass., prior to 1630. He was a farmer, owning all the lands on the east side of Federal Street, as far north as Marion Street, his house being located on Federal Street. Corporal Thomas2 Newhall was the first white child b. in Lynn, his birth occurring in 1630. On December 29, 1652, he m. Elizabeth Potter. They both d. in 1687, she having been buried on February 22 and he on April I of that year. They had ten children - Thomas, John, Joseph, Nathaniel, Elizabeth, Elisha, Elizabeth, Mary, Samuel, and Rebecca. John3 Newhall, b. De- cember 14, 1655, d. January 20, 1738. By trade he was a bricklayer or mason. On June 18, 1677, he m. Esther Bartram, a daughter probably of William and Sarah Bartram. She, b. in Lynn, April 3, 1658, d. September 28, 1728. He was the father of seven children -

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Elizabeth, Sarah, Jonathan, Sarah, Jacob, Mary, and Jonathan. Jacob4 Newhall, b. March 27, 1686, m., first, Abigail Locker, of Salem, their intention taken November 30, 1707. She d. March 18, 1712-3, leaving two children - Locker and George. He m., second, February 2, 1713-4, Hannah, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Chadwell, and of this union eleven children were b. Locker5 Newhall, b. in Lynn, November 12, 1708, by his wife Sarah had five children - Abigail, Jacob, Luther, Calvin, and Shadrach.

Jacob6 Newhall, familiarly known as Land- lord Jacob, was b. May 3, 1740, in the district now Saugus, and d. June 18, 1816. In his earlier life he was a farmer in Cambridge. During the Revolution he was the proprietor of the celebrated tavern located on the Boston road, a short distance west of Saugus River, and which he purchased in 1774 and conducted until 1807. On August 21, 1766, he m. Elizabeth Hodgkins, of Ipswich, and they be- came the parents of eight children, four sons and four daughters. Jacob7 Newhall, b. No- vember 1, 1780, m. Abigail, daughter of Will- iam and Ruth Makepeace, of Norton, Mass.

Benjamin Franklin8 Newhall, b. April 29, 1802, d. October 13, 1863. He was largely a self-educated man, attending the public schools a short time only, afterwards studying at the academy in New Market, N. H., for six months. He subsequently taught school for several terms. Throughout his life he was deeply in- terested in the cause of education. He served as Town Clerk of Saugus, as Selectman, Over- seer of the Poor, member of the School Com- mittee, and Representative to the General Court; and he was Commissioner of Essex County from 1844 until 1850. He organized the Saugus Mutual Fire Insurance Company, an organization of practical benefit to the citi- zens. In early life he united with the Metho- dist Episcopal Church; but subsequently be- came identified with the Universalist Church. He was an authority upon the history of Saugus and the surrounding towns, and he contributed several articles of historical value to the news- papers. On April 25, 1825, he m. Dorothy Jewett, daughter of David and Sarah Jewett, then of Stanstead, Lower Canada, but de-

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Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 95

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