Genealogy and history of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Part 99

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


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Robert2 Henderson, Jr., is a native of


Charlestown, Mass. His wife Lucy Ann was a daughter of Samuel Easter, of Charlestown, who was of English birth. Her mother, in maidenhood Ann Brichen, who was b. in Aberdeen, Scotland, d. in 1863. Robert and Lucy Ann Henderson have had four children, of whom three survive: Francis R., the sub- ject of this sketch; Etta Josephine; and C. Frederick. Etta J. is now the wife of Dr. George S. Morgan, of New London, Conn., and has two children - Kenneth Seth and Ro- berta; and C. Frederick m. Grace Johnson, of Nahant, Mass., and is the father of one child - Robert Johnson Henderson.


Francis R.3 Henderson was educated in Cambridge, and began his business career with the firm of Henderson Brothers. He has been a partner in the business and superintendent of the factory since September 1, 1878. On February 14, 1888, he married Elmira B. Hodge, a daughter of Ambrose Hodge, of North Adams, Mass. He has one child - Barbara Ballou Henderson, born September I, 1891.


RTHUR FAIRFIELD GRAY, mill architect, whose office is at 53 State Street, Boston, and who resides in Watertown, was born January 9, 1855, in Beverly, Mass., a son of Samuel Fair- field Gray and his wife Abigail, in maiden- hood Abigail Whitehouse Foster. Careful research during the compilation of this work has failed to identify his immigrant progenitor in direct line or to trace his parental ancestry farther back than his great-grandfather, James Gray, of Beverly and Harrison, Me. Ridlon's "Early Settlers of Harrison, Me.," says that James Gray, shoemaker, "came from Beverly, Mass., and settled on land in Bridgton. He moved thence to Bridgton Village and subse- quently to this town (Harrison), cleared a farm, and worked at his trade." He m., first, Mary Stickney, a sketch of whose ancestry will be here given.


William' Stickney was b. in Frampton, England, in 1592. Coming to America, he settled in 1639 in Rowley, Mass., of which town he was one of the original founders.


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The maiden surname of his wife Elizabeth is not now knowni. Amos2 Stickney, b. in Eng- land in 1635, m. in Newbury, Mass., in 1663, Sarah Morse, daughter of Anthony Morse. Benjamin3 Stickney, b. at Newbury, m. in 1701 Mary Palmer. He d. 1747. Joseph4 Stickney, b. at Rowley, Mass., October 8, 1705, m., first, Jane Pickard; second, Hannah Goodrich. Samuels Stickney, son of Joseph and Hannah Stickney, b. at Boxford, Mass., August 9, 1741, served both in the French and Indian War and in the war of the Revolu- tion - in the former during the years 1759, 1760, and 1761. He responded to the Lexing- ton alarm, April 19, 1775, as private in the company from Danvers, commanded by Captain Page, and in February, 1776, was a Corporal in the same company. He m. in Beverly, 1766, Rebecca, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Trask) Raymond. Their daughter Mary6 Stickney, b. July 25, 1775, m. James Gray December 26, 1794. He was b. about 1774, and d. November 28, 1850. He m. for his se- cond wife Polly Lewis.


Josiah Gray, b. August 2, 1801 (son of James Gray, above mentioned), m. Eunice Fuller, a daughter of Andrew and Betsy (Brown) Fuller, of Danvers. Her grandpar- ents were Andrew and Mary (Putnam) Fuller, who were m. in Danvers in 1767, Andrew being a native, or then a resident, of Middle- ton. His father, also named Andrew, was a veteran of the Colonial wars. Betsey Brown, wife of Andrew Fuller, third, was a daughter of Francis and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Brown, of Danvers. Elizabeth Hutchinson was daugh- ter of Colonel Israel Hutchinson, b. in Danvers in 1727, who m. 1748 Annie Cue, of Wen- ham, daughter of Robert Cue. The parents of Colonel Israel were Elisha and Genger (Porter) Hutchinson.


"Israel Hutchinson was b. in Danvers in the year 1727. At an early age he manifested in an uncommon degree the courage which seems to have been the birthright of the people of his time. In the year 1757 he joined a scouting party under Captain Israel Herrick, and pene- trated the country now included in the State of Maine. During the following year he was ap- pointed Lieutenant in Captain Andrew Ful-


ler's company, and fought at Lake George and Ticonderoga. In the year 1759 he com- manded a company of provincial troops, and was with Wolfe when he scaled the heights of Abraham and routed the French under Mont- calm. Before hostilities commenced between North America and Great Britain, he was Cap- tain of a company of sixty minutemen, and, when the news of the memorable battle of Lex- ington reached Danvers, he instantly hastened to the scene of action, and, meeting the enemy on their retreat, he engaged them. His bravery and military skill were rewarded by a Lieutenant-Colonel's commission in Colonel Mansfield's regiment, and soon after he was made Colonel, which commission he held till the end of the term for which his men had en- gaged. During the same year he enlisted eight hundred and thirty-two men. He was at the siege of Boston, and on the evacuation of that city by the British he occupied Fort Hill. He remained there and on Dorchester Heights until October, when he was sent to New York ; but, as the small-pox was in his vessel, Wash- ington would not suffer his men to land. He afterwards commanded Fort Lee and Fort Washington. He crossed the Delaware with Washington in his retreat through New Jersey, and received for his services the approbation of the "Father of his Country." On his return to his family he was chosen to serve as Legis- lator, which office, together with that of Coun- cillor, he filled twenty-one years. He d. March 16, 1811, aged eighty-four years, leav- ing thirteen children, one hundred and eighteen grandchildren, and seven of the fourth genera- tion. He was a brave soldier and an ardent lover of his country. He had several conversa- tions with Governor Gage during his residence in the Collins House, and exhibited to the Royal Governor that firm, inflexible love of liberty and determination to resist encroach- ment which he afterwards displayed on the tented field. His descendants now are numer- ous, and are scattered over the country in sta- tions of usefulness. " [History of Danvers. ]


Samuel Fairfield Gray (son of Josiah), b. at Danvers, March 9, 1835, was for many years engaged in the manufacture of bricks in Dan- vers, Mass. Since retiring from business life,


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he has resided in Chelsea, Mass. On October 2, 1854, he m. Abigail Whitehouse Foster, a native of Beverly, b. November 7, 1836, daugh- ter of Benjamin Foster, Jr., and wife Lydia, whose maiden name was Lydia Cordelia Drew Whitehouse. The latter was b. at Brookfield, N. H., June 13, 1811, and was a daughter of Turner Whitehouse by his first wife, Abigail Hill (Abigail, b. at Waldoborough, Me., d. in Brookfield, N. H., 1833). Turner Whitehouse, who was son of Moses, m., second, Hannah Martin. Benjamin Foster, Jr., above men- tioned, was b. at Boxford, Mass., April 25, 1802, and d. at Danvers, September 15, 1887. He was son of Benjamin, Sr., and Anstis (Day) Foster and grandson of Richard and Elizabeth (Kimball) Foster. Benjamin Fos- ter, Sr., b. at Boxford, 1769, d. 1844. His wife Anstis was b. at Ipswich, Mass., about 1767, d. 1837. She was daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Manning) Day, her mother being a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Wal- lis) Manning. John, b. 1703, d. 1775, was son of Thomas Manning (b. 1664-5, d. 1737), who m. Mary Giddings. Thomas was son of Richard Manning, baptized at Dartmouth, England, 1622. He (Richard) m. Anstis Calley, who came to Salem with six children in 1679. Richard Foster (father of Benjamin, Sr. ) m. Elizabeth Kimball (b. 1737-8), daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Hovey) Kimball. Benjamin, b. at Wenham, Mass., 1705-6, d. 1776. Elizabeth Hovey, of Box- ford, b. 1704, d. 1737-8. Benjamin was son of Samuel Kimball, b. at Wenham, Mass., 1677, who d. 1745-6. Samuel m. Elizabeth Fowler, daughter of Joseph Fowler, of Wen- ham.


That branch of the Kimball family above re- ferred to originated with Richard Kimball, who came to America on the ship "Elizabeth," William Andrews, master, in 1634, from the parish of Rattlesden, England. He seems to have gone to Watertown, Mass., settling in a different part of the town from that settled by Henry' Kimball, who (according to Bond) was his brother. This, however, seems doubtful, though both came in the same vessel. In the prime of life, on his advent in this country he soon became a prominent man in the new


settlement. He was made a freeman May 6, 1635, and became a proprietor 1636-7. Soon afterwards he moved by invitation to Ipswich, where he spent the remainder of his days. The town granted him a house lot, also forty acres of land, and he was appointed "one of the seven men" March 1, 1645. In October, 1647, he was allowed two pounds for killing two foxes. His trade was that of wheelwright. He was m. twice, the given name of his first wife being Ursula. He m. for his second wife, in 1661, Mrs. Margaret Dow, widow of Henry Dow, of Hampton, N. H. Richard2 Kimball, son of the foregoing, was b. in Rattlesden, England, and came to America with his father. His first wife d. September 2, 1672, and he was again m. Both wives were named Mary: the second was probably Mary Gott. He d. in 1676, leaving eight children and an estate valued at nine hundred and eighty-six pounds, sixteen shillings, six pence. Samuel3 Kimball, b. about 1651, d. October 3, 1716. He m. 1676 Mary Witt, daughter of John and Sarah Witt, of Lynn. He was an Ensign in the militia; resided in Wenham; was Surveyor 1676, Constable 1677, freeman 1682, and Selectman 1682. He had thirteen children, among whom was Samuel, 4 who m. Elizabeth Fowler, as above mentioned.


Samuel Fairfield and Abigail Gray had seven children, as follows: Arthur Fairfield, whose name, with date of nativity, begins this record; Francis Alonzo (the Rev.), b. August 9, 1857, who m. Emma Walters; Cordelia Whitehouse, b. April 2, 1859, who d. Novem- ber 14, 1860; Rosa Foster, b. May 10, 1862, who m. Lawrence Goldthwaite; Mabel, b. March 28, 1865, who m., first, George H. Barnes, and, second, William Richardson ; Marian, b. February 7, 1867, who m. Charles S. Makenzie; and Annie Hawthorne, b. March 31, 1873, who m. George E. Willey. (There is a family connection between the Mannings and Nathaniel Hawthorne, the writer. The latter's mother was a Manning. Benjamin Foster, Jr., appears in Hawthorne's "Ameri- can Notes," as the country cousin with whom he was wont to visit and with whom his coun- try rambles were many of them taken. )


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public schools of Danvers, and early became interested in scientific subjects. Being also of an artistic temperament, he early turned his at- tention to natural history, and became an illus- trator of scientific books, furnishing illustra- tions for many publications, such as those of the Smithsonian Institution, the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and other scientific so- cieties. He frequently contributed articles and papers to scientific journals and proceed- ings.


Coming to Boston early in 1872, he entered the office of Shedd & Sawyer, civil engi- neers, a firm then having a large business in varied lines of municipal and mill engineering. Here, during a period of about ten years, he obtained a knowledge of water works, sewerage plants, and mill building, the firm being widely and prominently known throughout the New England States, and having many import- ant commissions for public and private work. He gained a thorough knowledge of construc- tive methods, and became well grounded in the essential training of a successful engineer. Making a trip to the West for recreation, he ob- tained a knowledge of the building and archi- tectural conditions of the country at large, later planning and supervising the erection of an ex- tensive manufacturing plant near Cincinnati, Ohio. He then returned East and became su- perintendent and manager of a large industrial plant at Danvers, where he remained for some two years. In 1884, removing to Lawrence, he took charge of the important transformation of the Arlington Mills of that city, planning and supervising the erection of many mills for the rapidly growing concern, which are a last- ing monument to his faithful endeavors. The rebuilding of this plant kept him constantly employed until 1889, when other important commissions called him elsewhere, though not till several large plants in Lawrence had re- ceived his attention and thought. Before leav- ing Lawrence he also designed the Merchants Bank and Gleason Blocks, two attractive and substantial business structures.


Opening an office in Boston in 1890, Mr. Gray has since gained a wide reputation as a capable and artistic designer of mill structures, and his work, which has been very prolific, is


widely distributed throughout the country. Good examples exist in the Reversible Collar Company's plant at Cambridge; the Arlington Mills, Lawrence; the Royal Worcester Corset Company's plant, Worcester; the Norwood Press, Norwood, Mass .; and the Alexander Smith Company's plant, Yonkers, N. Y. He is well and favorably known as an expert, and is widely consulted by manufacturing companies. Notable examples of his work in purely archi- tectural lines are the well-known stations of the Boston & Maine Railroad at Malden and Newburyport, and the bank buildings at Pea- body, Hyde Park, and Salem. The pumping- stations of the Metropolitan Sewerage System of Massachusetts at Charlestown, East Boston, and Deer Island were also designed by him. He takes an active interest in the affairs of his residential town, Watertown, where he is now an active member of the Board of Park Com- missioners and School Committee.


Mr. Gray married October 21, 1884, Mabel Stone, who was born in Hamburg, Ill., March 16, 1863, daughter of Samuel Hollis and Bet- sey (Copeland) Stone, her parents being na- tives of West Bridgewater, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Gray have three children: Warren Fos- ter, born at Lawrence, Mass., October 2, 1885, d. December 15, 1886; Arthur Harrison, born at Lawrence, May 4, 1888; and Helen, born at Sharon, Mass., July 3, 1894.


Mrs. Gray comes of a long and honorable line of New England ancestry on both the pa- ternal and maternal side, through her mother being a descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. Her paternal grandfather was the Rev. Richard Cecil Stone, of Scituate, R. I., whose wife in maidenhood was Alma Stone, of Scituate, R.I. He was a son of Rufus (b. 1760) and Sarah (Lewis) Stone; grandson of Samuel (b. 1733) and Mary (Blanchard) Stone; and great-grandson of Peter (b. 1671) and Elizabeth (Shaw) Stone, the parents of Peter being Hugh (b. 1638) and Abigail (Busecot) Stone. Abigail Busecot was from Warwick, R.I. Sarah Lewis was daughter of Captain Benajah Lewis, of Providence, R.I. The parents of Alma Stone (wife of the Rev. Rich- ard C. Stone) were Deacon Henry (b. 1770) and Lydia (Blackmer) Stone, of Scituate, R. I.


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Deacon Henry was son of Jeremiah (b. 1745) and Dinah (Knight) Stone; Jeremiah, son of William (b. 1711) and Eleanor (Westcott) Stone; William, son of John Stone (b. 1674) by wife Abigail Foster; and John was son of Hugh (b. 1638) and Abigail (Busecot) Stone, who were m. at Warwick, R. I., in 1665. Eleanor Westcott was daughter of Stukeley Westcott.


Betsey Copeland (wife of Samuel Hollis Stone and mother of Mrs. Gray) was a descendant of Lawrence Copeland, of Brain- tree, who d. in 1699, at the reputed age of one hundred and ten years. His wife was Lydia Townsend. The line of descent is: Law- rence,' William, 2 Jonathan, 3 Ebenezer, 4 Ebene- zer, 5 Betsey6. William2 Copeland m. Mrs. Mary (Bass) Webb, widow of Christopher Webb, and daughter of John and Ruth Alden Bass, John Bass being a son of Samuel Bass, and Ruth Alden a daughter of John and Pris- cilla (Mullins) Alden, of the Plymouth Colony, passengers in the "Mayflower." Jonathan3 Copeland, son of William and Mary, was b. in 1701, and settled in West Bridgewater, Mass. He d. 1790. He m. Betty Snell, daughter of Thomas Snell, Jr. Ebenezer4 Copeland, b. 1746, d. 1830. He m. Abby Godefrey, of Norton, Mass. Ebenezer Copeland, 5 b. 1773 in West Bridgewater, d. in 1860. He was twice m., his first wife being Mehitable Snell. His second wife, whom he m. in 1801, was Hannah Godefrey, of Norton, b. 1778, who d. 1853. She was a daughter of James and Mary (Hodges) Godefrey. They were the parents of Betsey6 Copeland, b. in West Bridgewater, May 17, 1819, who m. Samuel Hollis Stone, as al- ready stated.


OHN GREENWOOD BROWN, of the firm of Brown & Wales, Boston, iron and steel merchants, traces bis descent by five lines from early Colonial ances-


tors. The direct line, beginning with the im- migrant Edward' Browne, reaches him through Nicholas2 (also an immigrant), Cornelius, 3 William, 4 Josiah, 5 Phineas,6 Edward,7 and Stephen8 Dana. The other lines are as fol- lows: John' Kenrick, John2 Kenrick, Caleb3


Kenrick, John4 Kenrick, Elizabeth5 (Kenrick) Greenwood, and Mary6 (Greenwood) Brown, who was the wife of Mr. Brown's paternal grandfather ; Thomas' Greenwood, John2 Greenwood, Josiah3 Greenwood, Nevison4 Greenwood and the aforesaid Mary5 Greenwood ; the preceding line continued from Nevison4 Greenwood, by John5 Greenwood, and Sarah Ann (Greenwood) Brown, who was Mr. Brown's mother; William' Ward, John2 Ward, Han- nah3 (Ward) Greenwood, John+ Greenwood, Nevison5 Greenwood, and the said Mary6 Green- wood.


Edward' and Nicholas2 Browne, the immi- grant progenitors of Mr. Brown's main ancestral line, were both natives of England. Nicholas was Edward's son by his wife Jane (Lide) Browne, a daughter of Thomas Lide, who, it is known, lived and d. in the parish of Ink- burrow, Worcestershire, England. Edward settled in Lynn, Mass., before 1638, the year in which was made the Indian deed of Lynn, wherein his son John is described as "Ye wor- shipful Mr. John Browne." According to the History of Reading, Mass., he sent this son to England in 1660, with power of attorney to demand an accounting from one William Rand for "what of shops, houses, lands, and monies he hath received for rents, profits, and sheep- rents, heretofore and of late due, arising, grow- ing, and properly belonging unto the heirs of " his father-in-law, Thomas Lide, Edward being one of the heirs referred to.


Nicholas2 Browne, according to the records, was one of the early "planters" of Lynn, hav- ing his residence at a place north-west of Saddler's Rock, within the limits of the terri- tory now covered by the town of Saugus. His plantation consisted of two hunderd and ten acres of land received from the town of Lynn, "bounded on the east side of it with the great river, on the south side with the land of Boni- face Buxton, on the west side with the land of Lieutenant Thomas Marshall and Jeremiah Swain, and on the north side of it with the meadows commonly called the Wigwams." Some time after 1644, when Lynn Village was named Reading, he moved to that town, at first settling on a grant of two hundred acres of land situated "on the east side of the great pond,"


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where, it is stated in the History of Wakefield, "his house stood on site of that of Lucius Beebe in 1890." Among other land property of his in Lynn and Reading was a tract of three hundred and twenty-seven acres "on the north side of the Ipswich River," another gift to him by the town of Reading. In 1638 he was made a freeman. He was a Deputy to the Great and General Court in 1641, 1655, 1656, and 1661 ; he was chosen a Commissioner "to try small causes" in 1650; and he was a Se- lectman of Reading in 1655, 1656, and 1661. Both he and his wife Elizabeth, whom it is probable that he m. in England, joined the First Church in Reading on February 6, 1663. He d. in 1673, leaving an estate valued at one thousand two hundred and thirty-two pounds, nine shillings. His will is preserved in the probate offices at East Cambridge, Mass. The names of his children in the order of their births were: John, Edward, Joseph, Sarah, Cor- nelius, Josiah, and Elizabeth.


Cornelius3 Browne received by lot land valued at twelve shillings, eight pence, as his share of the "Great Swamp" in Reading, when it was divided among the settlers in 1666, and he was one of the fifty-nine householders of that town in 1669. The records also show that in 1686 he paid to the Indians his assessment of the purchase price of the land comprising the township of Reading; and that on July 18, 1690, he sold his farm to his son Samuel. In 1688 he subscribed towards the erection of a new meeting-house. In 1665 he m. Sarah Lamson, of Ipswich, who d. in 1683. His death occurred in 1701. They had eleven chil- dren - Nicholas, Cornelius, Sarah, John, Han- nah, Abigail, Samuel, Susannah, Mary, Han- nah (second), and William.


William4 Brown, b. in Reading, February 14, 1682, d. at Natick, Mass., May 2, 1768. A carpenter and builder by occupation, he ac- quired much real estate in both Cambridge and Reading. The deed of the first piece of real estate bought by him bears the date March 27, I704. Soon after, a part of this property, which was a tract of land in Watertown, Mass., was sold September 20, 1705, according to the deed of transfer, to Thomas Brattle, treasurer of the society known as "the President and


Fellows of Harvard College in Cambridge," the same being described as a parcel of land containing sixty acres of upland and swamp in the westerly end of Watertown in the county of Middlesex, bounded on "the north side by the county road " and "southerly by Benjamin Allen's land" (see p. 13). He appears to have sold all of his real estate before he re- moved to Natick. According to the document recording the last of these sales, under date of April 6, 1767, "William Browne of Cam- bridge, gent," sold to Ebenezer Smith one and one-fourth acres of land in Cambridge, "together with the dwelling-house and barn and outhouses thereon, also my pew in the meeting-house on the south side of the Charles River, with my right in burying place, to have and to hold." It is stated in the History of Reading that his name is in the list on file at East Cambridge of the men who went with the expedition "against the French and Indians at Nova Scotia and Canada." On April 18, 1714, he was received into "full communion " with the First Church in Little Cambridge, now Brighton. He first m. Deborah, the widow of Thomas Squire, of Cambridge, on November 11, 1703, when the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Thomas Brattle. His children by this marriage were: William, b. November 24, 1704; Josiah, b. October 22, 1706; Jonathan, b. July 8, 1708; Deborah, b. October 6, 1712; Mary, b. January 16, 1715-6; and John, b. January 19, 1717-8. By a second marriage contracted on October 13, 1744, with Mary Bailey, the number of his children was increased by nine, as follows : Thaddeus, baptized September 28, 1746; Sus- annah, baptized April 24, 1748; Seth Ingersoll, who was one of the company of men who, dis- guised as Indians, threw the cargo of tea over- board in Boston Harbor, baptized July 8, 1750; Mary, next; Jonathan, baptized September 15, 1754; Abijah, Susanna, and Lucy, succes- sively ; and Josiah, b. February 26, 1768.


Seth Ingersoll Brown was the father of Mrs. Harriet H. Robinson, of Malden, Mass., who wrote the article in the New England Genealo- gical Register, vol. xliv., from which the pre- ceding information relating to William Brown's children has been obtained.


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Josiah5 Brown, the second child of William and Deborah Brown, is supposed to have re- sided in Newton throughout the greater part of his life. He m. in 1737 Mary Sever, of Brookline, Mass. His death occurred at Cam- bridge in 1761. From him the ancestral line passes to his son Phineas,6 who was b. about the year 1742. Phineas was a Revolutionary soldier, his record being as follows: "Brown, Phineas. Private, Captain William Thurlo's company ; marched August 22, 1777, on an alarm at Bennington, under command of Major Ebenezer Bridge, by order of General Stark and Colonel Warner; dismissed by General Lincoln after marching 90 miles; service, 9 days; also Sergeant, Captain William Thurlo's company, Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment ; service from July 3, 1778, to September 13, 1778; I month, 15 days, at Rhode Island; also Captain Joshua Lealand's company of guards ; engaged September 29, 1779; discharged No- vember 10, 1779; service, I month, 13 days, under Major Nathaniel Heath; company de- tached by order of General Hancock to man forts in and about Boston." Then comes Ed- ward,7 son of Phineas, b. at Boston, March I, 1776, and who was a carpenter and builder. He m. Mary Greenwood, of Newton, who d. November 27, 1847, aged eighty-five years.


Stephen8 Dana Brown, b. in Boston, De- cember 16, 1804, d. January 28, 1865. He m. Sarah Ann Greenwood, of Boston. Of their nine children, four are living; namely, Abby L. A., Martha A., John G., and Cornelia.




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