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with the uses that could be made from the same electrical circuit, such as operating street railways, furnishing power for running machinery, for both arc and incandescent lighting; for heating, cooking ranges, for sad irons, etc. An electric railroad for carrying passengers was in operation in the skating rink during these exhibitions. This was the first electric railway in Worcester, if not in Massachu- setts. Soon after, in 1889, the cars on the dummy railroad owned by H. H. Bigelow, connecting Lake Quinsigamond with the business centre of Worces- ter, were operated by a trolley electric system. The Foster Street Electric Railway was built in 1890 and later the North End Street Railway. Both of these street railways were operated from the sta- tion on the Skating Rink grounds. In 1897 the Worcester Electric Power Company was adopted by the Worcester Electric Light Company.
In 1897 Mr. Harthan was employed by some capitalists to re-open the old coal mine near Lake Quinsigamond after it had been abandoned for about seventy years. He found the mine about forty feet deep and full of water. After pumping out two hundred thousand gallons of water some fifteen or twenty tons of coal were taken out and experi- mented with. Mr. Harthan burned some of the coal in his furnace, as did others, and it was found to be of too poor a quality to pay to operate the mine. The coal was mixed with graphite and other foreign matter. Mr. Harthan retired in 1898 after selling his shop fittings and tools. He has devoted his time since then to the care of his real estate and to the operation of the steamboat "Sterling" on Lake Waushacum, Sterling, running during the season from the Methodist Camp Grounds at Ster- ling Junction to the Waushacum Park Picnic Grounds, a tract of land about thirty acres in ex- tent owned by a company in which Mr. Harthan is a grounds in the state used exclusively for church partner. These picnic grounds are the only and society picnics. They have been open since 1878.
Mr. Harthan married, January 15, 1860, Mary Elizabeth Tufts, born in Lancaster, May 19, 1838, died September 11, 1877. She was the daughter of Albert Tufts, of Medford, Massachusetts, of the family that founded Tufts College in Medford. Her mother was Mary Louise Newhall, of Lancaster, daughter of Albert Newhall, of Lancaster, an emi- nent teacher and composer of music. Mr. Harthan married (second) Maria Carpenter Buker, born in Stonington, Connecticut, daughter of Nelson Car- penter, later of Putnam Heights, Connecticut. Her mother was Mercy Randall Brayton, of the old Brayton family of Rhode Island. She was a direct descendant of Roger Williams.
The children of Silas Emerson Harthan were: I. Frank Ellsworth, died in infancy in 1863. 2. Charles Emerson, born in Worcester, educated in the public schools and at the Polytechnic Institute; is asso- ciated with the General Electric Company at Lynn, Massachusetts, as electrical engineer and at the head of the entire arc light department; in 1905 was made designing engineer of the whole General Elec- tric Company; he has made for the General Elec- tric Company a number of valuable inventions. He married, June 21, 1888, Annie Hinks Dow, of Lynn, Massachusetts, and has one child: Lewis Emerson. born September 30, 1891, who has unusual musical talents. 3. Addie Maria, born in Worcester; edu- cated in the Worcester public schools and the State Normal school at Worcester; has been a teacher in the Worcester public schools for the past fourteen years. 4. Herbert Miller, born in Worcester, edu- cated in the public schools there; was of marked
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mechanical ability ; married, February 22, 1900, Har- riet Allerton Purinton, a direct descendant of the" Allertons who came on the "Mayflower"; he was injured in the factory where he was employed and died three days later, June 28, 1900, aged thirty-one years.
THE PARSONS FAMILY is of English de- scent, and are found at a very early date in New England. Whether in the domains of England or on the New England shores they have borne an honor- able part in all that has been for the upbuilding of refined society and good forms of government. As a family they have been prominent both in Eng- land and the United States. Whether as soldiers, jurists, scholars, physicians, or clergymen, the name stands for loyalty and high-minded living. Mrs. M. E. Schieffelin, a descendant, says : "The Parsons family is of the same descent as the Earl of Rosse, of Parsonstown, Ireland. The Parsons went from England to Ireland. Their coat-of-arms is similar to ours, and the form and face of the members of the two branches have a striking resemblance."
(II) Joseph Parsons, on July 4. 1635, sailed withi his brother Benjamin and others of the family from Gravesend, England, in the bark "Transport," bound for America. He was born in Great Torrington, near Exeter, Devonshire, England, and is supposed to have descended from Sir Thomas Parsons, of Milton Royal, who was knighted by Charles II, 1634. The record states that "His brother Benja- min Parsons was a grandson of Thomas Parsons, of Great Milton, Oxfordshire, England, who died in 1597." Joseph Parsons married, November 26, 1646, Mary, daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Ford) Bliss, of Hartford, Connecticut. She was born in England, 1620, and died January 29, 1712. He died October 9, 1683, at Springfield, Massachu- setts. He was a man of much prominence in his day, and was one of the witnesses to the Indian deed of the territory of Springfield, given to Will- iam Pyncheon and others for a consideration of eighteen yards of wampum, eighteen hatchets, eight- een knives, July 15, 1636. In 1642 he removed to Northampton, and was among the first purchasers from the Indians in 1645. For fifty years he was the leading business man of the Connecticut Valley. He was a fur trader, and had a monopoly on the beaver trade in Connecticut, for which he paid an- nually the sum of twelve pounds. He left a large . estate, part of which is still held by the heirs. He was styled "Cornet," indicating that he had been an officer in a British cavalry regiment. The chil- dren of Joseph and Margaret Parsons: 1. Joseph, born at Springfield, November, 1647, died Novem- ber, 1729. 2. Jolin, born 1649, married Sarah Clarke, at Northampton, December 23, 1675. 3. Samuel, born 1652; he settled at Durham, Connecticut, 1706. 4. Ebenezer, born 1655, killed by Indians in King Philip's war, September 8, 1675. 5. Jona- than, born June, 1657, died October, 1684. 6. David, born April, 1659. 7. Mary, born June, 1661. 8. Hannah, born 1663. 9. Abigail, born Septem- ber. 1666. 10. Hester, born 1672; married Joseph Smith, of Greenwich, Connecticut.
(II) Joseph Parsons and wife Elizabeth had ten children : Joseph, John, Ebenezer, Elizabeth, David, Josiah, Daniel, Moses, Abigail, Noah.
(II) Samuel Parsons and wife, settled at Dur- liam, Connecticut, had children : Timothy, Simeon, Phineas, Aaron, Ithamar.
(III) Joseph Parsons, grandson of the ancestor, married Elizabeth Thompson, and had children: Jo- seph, Samuel, William, Elizabeth, John.
(1V) Joseph Parsons, great-grandson of the
American ancestor, married Frances Usher; their children: Frances, Elizabeth, Joseph, Thomas, Sam- uel, Dr. John, William, Sarah, Edward.
(IV) Samuel Parsons and Mary his wife had children : Mary, Joseph, Hannah, Betsey.
(IV) William Parsons married Saralı Burnham ; their children: Sarah, William, Elizabeth, John, Joseph, Ebenezer.
(III) Rev. David Parsons and wife Sarah (Stebbings) Parsons had one child, David, and his children were: Ezekial, Williams, David, Prudence, Thomas, Harriet, Francis, Mary, Caroline, Sophia, William, James.
(IV) Israel Parsons, born 1715, died 1767, mar- ried Hannah Waite, and for his second wife Lois Wiley. His children : Hannah, Sarah, Deboralı, Israel, Ebenezer, James, Ruth.
(V) Israel Parsons, son of Israel (4), lived in Hatfield, and married Nancy Parmlee. Their . chil- dren: Nancy, Lucina, Harriet, Israel, Epaphroditus, Susan, Hannah.
(IV) Dr. Solomon Parsons married Elizabeth Taylor; their children: Jerusha, Elizabeth, Phebe, Solomon.
(V) Solomon Parsons, fourth son of Dr. Solo- mon Parsons (4), born August 29, 1757, died May II, 1831. He married, 1789, Rebecca Coburn Wesson, of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, a native of that place, born 1726, died in Worcester, 1836. He removed from Leicester to Worcester in 1812. He enlisted in the army during the revolution, in March, 1777, being only nineteen years old at the time. He was present at the surrender of Burgoyne; and after- ward at the battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778, where he was severely wounded and left to die on the field, but in a most wonderful manner survived and lived for more than half a century. His own graphic story of his service in that engagement ap- pears in the history of the Parsons family, and illustrates the sterling virtues of the brave soldier and Christian man. His children: Samuel, Eliza- beth, Sally, Bloomfield, Maria, Solomon.
It is noteworthy that Bloomfield, fourth son of Solomon Parsons, was named in honor of the sur- geon who attended him when he was wounded at the battle of Monmouth. The following is the verbatim statement of Solomon Parsons relative to his serv- ice in the revolutionary war :
"I. Solomon Parsons, of Leicester, listed March 9, 1777, during the war, and was at the taking of Burgoyne, then marched to the southiward and was in the battle of Monmouth where I endeavored to act well my part until I received a ball which broke my thigh. Our men being on the retreat I fell into the enemies hands where I was stabbed with a bayonette three times. one through my arm and one on my shoulder and knee, and received a blow from the ramrod of the artillery on my head which rendered me senseless. After the battle I was car- ried to Princeton College where I had my wounds dressed. I was then carried to Trenton. My father came with the solicitations of my friends to return home if possible before I breathed my last which all expected soon. I received a pass Sept. 30, and went home with my father and was confined seven years on my friends and my own expense. In 1780 Gen- eral Washington ordered all sick absentees to be returned deserters unless they returned or made a return of themselves. I being unable my father got a return made out signed by the Selectmen of the Town and sent it on to Camp. It not being carried up through a neglect I lost all my arrears of pay and clothing and the hundred acres of land. At the close of seven years our Representative sent for me to go to Boston with him. In the year 1785
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the Commissary gave me a Pention of twenty shil- lings per month. In the year 1816 I received $6 per month. My fractured thigh continues to be a run- ning sore and very painful when it stops running until it is lanced anew, which frequently occurs. This I labor under with the inconveniences of a stiff knee which this wound occasioned. But I have now the consolation of seeing this country in its Glory, which partly compensates me. "(Signed) SOLOMON PARSONS."
(VI) Solomon Parsons, son of Solomon, of revolutionary fame, was born October 18, 1800, less than a year after the death of Washington. Born on a New England farm, Mr. Parson's long life was devoted to the cultivation of the soil, an occu- pation in which he took delight. In 1812 his father bought the farm near Valley Falls, in Worcester. Here the elder Parsons and his son spent the re- mainder of their days, and the latter's son, Samuel B. Parsons, still occupies the place. Solomon Par- sons married, April 16, 1828, Sarah Hasey Child, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. She died 1876. During the last years of his life, Mr. Parsons had a strong aversion to war and all connected with it; but in his veins ran patriotic blood that has never failed to manifest itself in every generation of this good old Worcester family. Among the family keepsakes is a ribbon badge, worn in 1824, when he acted as military guard in escorting General Lafayette through Worcester. It bears a fine likeness of La- fayette and the outline of Bunker Hill monument. Solomon Parsons was one of the founders of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Worcester, One of his peculiarities was the fact of his being a consistent vegetarian, and he attributed his robust constitution and long life to the fact of his not being a meat eater. He was a strong advocate of the anti-slavery movement, and, when the civil war came on, he gave up his son, named after him, to the service of his country. He was fond of travel ; in 1865 he sailed for the West Indies, and in 1869-70 made a journey to the Holy Land and traversed the section once so familiar to the feet of Christ and his apostles. In 1877, when long past tliree score and ten, he made an ocean trip to South America. But time finally caused his earthly travels to cease, and December 16, 1893, he died on the old home- stead. He lived to pass his ninety-third birthday, surviving nearly all wno began life's race with him. "Uncle Solomon", as he was called by many both in and outside the family, loved peace and loathed passion. He loved and prayed, and when his mission ended his mortal remains were placed in the finest shades of Hope cemetery, where he sleeps by the side of his wife and son. His children were: I. Sarah Frances, born January 24, 1829; married, July 4, 1849, Samuel H. T. Bennett, of Pepperell, Massa- chusetts. 2. Solomon, born June 9, 1830; married, April 21, 1856, Mary Smith Gilbert, of Windsor, Connecticut. He entered the Union army as a mem- ber of Company F, Fifty-first Massachusetts Regi- ment, and died January 18, 1863. They had one son Albert Gilbert, born June 7, 1857, died April 13, 1882. 3. Samuel Bloomfield, born February 24, 1832, married Elizabeth L. Gibbs, December II, 1861. 4. Mary Elizabeth, born October 1, 1833, mar- ried, March 29, 1853, Elmer Woodward, of Orange, Massachusetts. 5. William Augustine, born October 30, 1836, died July 2, 1850. 6. Lucy Mason, born July 19, 1840; married Nathaniel H. Bryant, of Boston. 7. Anna Eliza, born June 21, 1843: married Angus Henderson, of Provincetown, Massachusetts. He died December 21, 1897.
(VII) Samuel B. Parsons, son of Solomon and Sarah Hasey (Child) Parsons (6), born February
24, 1832, in Worcester county, where he was reared and educated. He has served as justice of the peace for thirty-five years. After finishing his education at the Leicester Academy, he took up civil engineer- ing and has followed it for more than fifty years. He married Elizabeth L. Gibbs, of Boylston, Decem- ber 11, 1861. Their children: I. Anna Gibbs, born November 2, 1862. 2. Norman Bloomfield, Septem- ber 28, 1865. 3. Irene Elizabeth, December 8, 1867. 4. Nellie Merriam, September 18, 1870; died August 25, 1871.
(VIII) Norman Bloomfield Parsons, son of Samuel B., as above, born September 28, 1865, was educated at the Worcester high school, and for a number of years had charge of the old home farm which has belonged to the Parsons family since 1812. In 1902 he was elected as a commissioner from the seventh ward in Worcester, and re-elected in 1904 by twelve hundred majority. He has been treasurer of the Republican Club for seven years, taking a lively interest in all political matters.
WALTER HEYWARD FISKE. Symon Fiske (I), to whoin the ancestry of Walter H. Fiske, of Upton, is traced, was Lord of the Manor of Stad- haugh, parish of Laxfield, county of Suffolk, Eng- land. He married (first) Susannah Smyth and (sec- ond) Katherine His will was dated Decem- ber 22, 1463, and proved at Norwich, February 26, 1463-4. He died in February, 1464. His children were: William, Jeffrey, John, Edmund, Margaret. (11) William. Fiske, son of Sir Symond Fiske (I), was born at Stadhaugh, England. He married Joan Lynne, of Norfolk. His widow made her will July 15, 1504, proved February 28, 1505. He died about 1504. Their children were: Thomas, William, Augustine, Simon, Robert, John, Margery, Margaret
(III) Simon Fiske, son of William Fiske (2), was born in Laxfield. He married Elizabeth who died in Halesworth, in June, 1558. His will was dated July 10, 1536, and proved July 13, 1538. He died June, 1538. His children were: Simon, William, Robert, Joan, Jeffrey, Gelyne, Agnes, Thomas, Elizabeth, John.
(IV) Simon Fiske, son of Simon Fiske (3), was born in Laxfield. His will was dated January 25, 1505, and he died that year. His children were: Robert, John, George, Nicholas, Jeffrey, Jeremy, William, Richard, married Agnes Crispe; Joan, .Gelyne, Agnes.
(V) Robert Fiske, son of Simon Fiske (4), was born at Stadhaugh, England, about 1525. He mar- ried Mrs. Sybil (Gould) Barber. For some time he was of the parish of St. James, South Elmham, England. Sybil, wife of Robert, was in great danger in the time of the religious persecution, 1553-8, as was her sister Isabella, born Gould, who was con- fined in the castle of Norwich and escaped death only through the intercession of her brothers. Robert himself fled for the sake of his religious beliefs to Geneva during the reign of Bloody Mary. He died in 1600 and his will was proved July 28, 1600. The progeny of his three sons. William, Jeffrey and Thomas, settled in New England. His children were : William, born 1566; Jeffrey, Thomas, Eleazer, died in England, 1615, s. p .; Elizabeth, married Robert Bernard.
(VI) Thomas Fiske, son of Robert Fiske (5), was born in Laxfield, England. He married Marg- ery- His will is dated February 20, 1610, and proved February 28, 1610. He died February, 1610. He lived at Fressingfield, England. His children were: Thomas, settled in Madfield, Massachusetts ; James : Phinehas, born 1610; Elizabeth ; Mary.
(VII) Captain Phinehas Fiske, son of Thomas
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Fiske (6), was born in Laxfield, England. He mar- ried there in 1638, Sarah -, who died September IO, 1659. He married (second) in Wenham, Massa- chusetts, June 4, 1660, Elizabeth Easterick. He was admitted a freeman in Wenham, Massachusetts, 1642, and in fact was one of the first settlers of the town and a leading citizen. He was captain of the militia company. He was constable in 1644, deputy to the general court in 1653, magistrate to end small causes in 1654. His will was dated March, 1673, and proved in June of that year. He died June 7. His children, all by the first wife, were: James, born in England; John; Thomas, born in England, 1632, married Peggy
(VIII) Hon. John Fiske, son of Phinehas Fiske (7), was born in England. He married, December IO, 1651, Remember .She married (second) Deacon Willian Goodhue, of Ipswich. She was his fourth wife and she died February 16, 1702. John Fiske was admitted a freeman in 1649, was a con- stable in 1654 and representative in 1669 and 1681. He died intestate in 1683. He was in King Philip's war in Captain William Turner's company, and in the Falls fight he was wounded. In consideration of the wound which disabled him he was permitted to keep a public house. He died October 27, 1682-3, at Wenham, Massachusetts, where he had live.i. Children of John and Remember Fiske were: John, born December 12, 1654, married Hannah Baldwin ; Samuel, born 1660; Noah, born November 14, 1662; Elizabeth, born March 8, 1673; Remember; Waite. (Genealogy gives Jonathan, born in December 12, 1688, after father's death, obviously an error of some kind.)
(IX) Dr. John Fiske, son of John Fiske (8), was born at Wenham, Massachusetts, December 12, 1654. He married, January 17, 1682, Hannah Bald- win, daughter of John Baldwin, of Milford, Connec- ticut, and wife Mary Bowen, born November 20, '663. John Fiske was admitted a freeman in 1685. He practiced medicine and surgery in Wenham and also in Milford, Connecticut, whither he removed with his family in 1694 and joined the church there. He sold his property in Wenham, November 15, 1693. He was a prominent physician in his day and he was a man of wealth. He was a soldier in the Indian wars and on account of a wound received in the war was released by the court from the pay- ment of country rates. He died about 1715-18. Children of Dr. John and Hannah (Baldwin) Fiske were: Phinehas, born December 4, 1682; Benjamin. born 1683; Ebenezer, born 1689, married Mehitable -, and Rebecca Trowbridge; John, born 1693; Hannalı, married, August 20, 1713, Jeremiah Peck.
(X) Benjamin Fiske, son of Dr. John Fiske (9), was born in 1683 and baptized in Milford, Connecti- cut, March, 1696. He married, July 24, 1701, Abi- gail Bowen, of Rehoboth, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Obadiah and Abigail (Bullock) Bowen, of Rehoboth. After Benjamin removed to Rhode Island he was justice of the peace for years at Scituate. He resided at Swansey, Massa- chusetts. also. He died February 14. 1765. Chil- dren of Benjamin and Abigail (Bowen) Fiske were: Mary, born April 28, 1702; Hezekiah, June II, 1704; Benjamin, March 8, 1706; Elizabeth, May 9, 1708; Daniel, December 16, 1709; Job, 1711 ; John, January II, 1713; Freelove, March 29, 1716; Noah. 1722: Abigail.
(XI) Daniel Fiske, son of Benjamin Fiske (10), was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. December 16,' 1709. He married, December 24, 1732. Freelove Williams, daughter of Peleg and Elizabeth (Car- penter) Williams, granddaughter of Daniel Williams, and great-granddaughter of Rev. Roger Williams.
At the time of his marriage Daniel Fiske lived in Scituate. His wife was born November 13, 1713, died April 20, 1791. Mrs. Fiske's grandfather was murdered by the Indians while hoeing his corn. His wife was watching him from the cabin door when she saw the Indian throw the tomahawk and scalp his victim. Daniel Fiske died June 27, 1804. He lived at Scituate, Rhode Island. Children of Daniel and Freelove ( Williams) Fiske were: Eunice, born April 5, 1736: Joseph, April 23, 1738; Waite, February 23, 1740; Rhoda, January 16, 1751 ; Daniel, April 28, 1753.
(XII) Daniel Fiske, son of Daniel Fiske (II), was born at Rehoboth, Massachusetts. April 28, 1753. He married, in Cranston, April 13, 1785, Free- love Knight, daughter of Stephen and Mary (Man- chester ) Knight. She was born January 21, 1766. She married (second ) Thomas, and she died May 20, 1819. He was a inember of the Rhode Is- land legislature. He lived at Scituate, Rhode Island, and died there, May 5, 1810. Children of Daniel and Freelove (Knight) Fiske were: Rhoda, born November 20, 1786, died unmarried 1872; Celia, February 17, 1788, married Stephen Burlingame ; Stephen K .. April 26, 1789; Isaac, March 4, 1792; Hardin. March 4, 1795; Betsey, July 7, 1798, died February 27, 1819; Arnold, July 26, 1802, married Susan R. Miller.
(XIII) Stephen Knight Fiske, son of Daniel Fiske (12), was born in Scituate, Rhode Island, April 26, 1789. He married, in Scituate, March 2, 1817, Mercey Burlingame, of Clemence. She was born April 8, 1800, died July 19, 1857. His father died when he was twenty-one. He carried on the farm with the help of some of his younger brothers and supported the family. At the age of twenty-eight lie and a brother bought the farm. His wife died in 1857. He gave part of his farm to his youngest son Almond, and made his home with him for many years, then went to live with another son at whose home he died, August 18, 1871, in Scituate. He was eighty-three years old and had his health until his last illness, which was brief. He was held in high esteem by his fellow citizens. He was representa- tive to the state legislature two years, town council- man for many years, held many other positions of trust, and settled many important estates.
Children of Stephen Knight and Mercy (Burl- ingame) Fiske were: Almond W., born August 23, 1830, married Amy Cahoon; Daniel, May 27, 1817, married Ruth Burlingame : Clarinda Ann, March 23, 1818. married, February, 1838, Zephaniah Ramsdell; he died January 26, 1885; she died January 26, 1885 ; Stephen, June 21, 1819, married Cynthia Colvin; Ebenezer, August 31, 1821. married Amy Colvin; Cynthia, August 30, 1824, died July 22, 1828; Eliza- beth, September 3, 1828, died July 14, 1844.
(XIV) Daniel Fiske, son of Stephen Knight Fiske (13), was born in Scituate, May 27, 1817. He married, at East Killingly, Connecticut, July 3, 1842, Ruth Burlingame. She was born June 20, 1820. He attended the country schools and worked on the farm during his boyhood.' By studying at home he fitted himself for the high school. After his course in the South Scituate high school he taught school in the village of Hope in Scituate. At the age of twenty-five he moved with his father to the village of Hope, and was married the following summer. He and his father carried on the farm together. In February, 1848, he bought a good farm of one hundred and fifty acres in Brookfield, Massachusetts, and went there with wife and three children to make his home. In 1876 he gave up business and re- moved to 56 Coral street: Worcester, Massachusetts, where he spent the remainder of his days. He died
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