Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. I, Part 110

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 824

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Although retired from the active management of his business, he has spent the past few years in travel and special work of various sorts in which he was interested. His personal qualities have at- tracted a large circle of friends in all parts of the

state. Hle seems to be universally popular not only in this city but throughout the length and breadth of the commonwealth.

He married, September 30, 1858, Helen Marcelia Marcy, of Charlton, born November 29, 1831. died February 25, 1902. She was the daughter of An- drew and Clarentine (Towne) Marcy. Their chil- dren were: 1. Annie Maud, born October 18, 1860, married William K. Stanley, of Fitchburg, Massa- chusetts, October 18, 1881. He was born October 9, 1857. At present he occupies a responsible position with the Barnard, Sumner & Putnam Company, one of the leading department stores of Worcester. Their children are: Helen Maud Stanley, born October 19, 1882, married William Irving Whiting, of Wor- cester, and had Stanley Hartshorn Whiting, born March 27, 1905; Grace Hartshorn Stanley, born June 16, 1884. 2. Arthur Ernest, born February 10, 1867.

(VIII) Arthur Ernest Hartshorn, son of Calvin Lyon (7) and Helen Marcelia (Marcy) Hartshorn, was born February 10, 1867, married September 17, 1890. Annie Maria, daughter of Thomas and Ann (Buckley) Williams. She was a born at Worcester, December 10, 1869. Her father was a manufacturer. Arthur E. Hartshorn was educated in the Wor- cester public schools and graduated at Hinman's Business College. At present he is the manager of the Walnut Hill Farm and is conducting its busi- ness along the most progressive and scientific lines.

ALFRED SEELYE ROE, who has achieved an extended reputation as a teacher, writer and lecturer, and who has read many papers before the historical societies of the various states, is descended from the old colonial families who settled in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century.

(I) John Roe, or Rowe, as the name in variously spelled, it being Rowe on his tombstone, but his descendants invariably using the former form, was born in Ireland in 1628, but was of English ex- traction. He emigrated to America in 1655, settled in Lynn, Massachusetts, but soon afterward went to Easthampton, Long Island, New York. Thence he removed to Setauket, now ( 1906) Port Jeffer- son, Brookhaven township, and was one of the first, if not the very first, settler in that place. The house erected by him in 1690 is still standing and in good condition, and is in use at the present time. He was one of the constitutent members of the Presby- terian church of Setauket, and in his will he calls himself a "cordwainer." The original burying place has been destroyed by the laying out of new streets, and his tombstone is now to be found with those of his descendants in the public cemetery of Port Jefferson. Family tradition states that John Roe met Hannah Purrier, a descendant of an English family. on ship board, and they were married. Among their children was a son, Nathaniel.

(II) Nathaniel Roe, son of Jolin (1) and Hannah (Purrier) Roe, married Hannah Reeve, of Long Island, and many of their descendants are prominent in Long Island .today, especially in Port Jefferson, Patchogue and Huntington.

(III) John Roe, son of Nathaniel (2) and Han- nah (Reeve) Roe, married a widow. Joanna ( Miller) (Helme). whose first husband, Thomas Helme, was killed while felling a tree, and left one son, Thomas, who became a prominent citizen of Long Island, and was a member of the committee of safety dur- ing the revolution. John and Joanna ( Miller) ( Helme) Roe had eight children, of whom the fourth was Daniel ..

(IV) Daniel Roe, fourth child of John (3) and Joanna (Miller) (Helme) Roe, was a man of proni-

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inence and influence in his day. He was captain in the Second Regiment of the New York troops during the war of the revolution, and was also a member of the original committee of safety in Brook- haven township. His family suffered greatly at the hands of the enemy, and were obliged to flee to Connecticut, where the last four of his children were born. He married Deborah Brewster, fifth in line of descent from Elder Brewster of the "May- flower." Among their children was a son, Austin.

(V) Austin Roe, youngest child of Daniel (4) and Deborah (Brewster) Roe, was born in Wood- bury, Connecticut, in 1782. He married his first cousin, Sally Roe, of Brookhaven township, Long Island, and among their children was a son, Austin Marinus.

(VI) Rev. Austin Marinus, son of Austin (5) and Sally (Roe) Roe, was born in Brookhaven, Long Island, September 27, 1823. With his par- ents he removed to Rose, Wayne county, New York, in 1833, and was there reared on a farm. In his early days lie acquired as good an education as the public schools of that time afforded, and in his later teens was a student at Red Creek Academy for a time. He entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal denomination, and from 1850 until the present time has been a clergyman in that church. He has been retired from active service for the past twenty years, having his home in Fulton, New York. He is a member of the Northern New York, formerly the Black River Conference. As a young man he was a Democrat, casting his first presidential vote for James K. Polk, in 1844. He next voted the first Free Soil ticket, and remained faithful to this party until 1856, when he voted for Fremont, and was a firm upholder of the tenets of the Republican party, until of late, when he began casting his vote for Prohi- bition candidates. He married, more than sixty years ago, Polly Catharine Seelye, born August 29, 1827, daughter of Colonel George and Polly Cath- arine ( Shepard) Seelye, the latter being seventh in descent from Dr. Edward Fuller, of the "May- flower" company. Colonel Seelye was an officer in the New York state militia, and his commissions bear the signatures of Governors William L. Marcy and William H. Seward. Her paternal ancestry de- scends from Watertown, Massachusetts, New Mil- ford and Danbury, Connecticut, and Washington county, New York, in which latter place her great- grandfather, Nehemiah Seelye, was a captain in the revolutionary army and was in action at Saratoga. His home in Kingsbury was destroyed by the forces of Burgoyne in their march from Canada. The Shepards also came from Watertown, Massachu- setts, and after a time were found in Litchfield county, Connecticut, whence Aaron Shepard and family went by means of ox teams to the wilderness of the Genessee district in ISI2. Among the chil- dren of Rev. Austin Marinus and Polly Catharine ( Seelye) Roe is a son. Alfred S. Roe, the par- ticular subject of this sketch.

(VIII) Alfred Seelye Roe, son of Rev. Austin Marinus (6) and Polly Catharine (Seelye) Roe, was born in Rose, Wayne county, New York, June 8, 1844. He was a pupil in the public schools of his locality until he had attained the age of sixteen years, when he became a student at the Falley Semi- nary in Fulton. New York, where he received his pre- paratory training for college, expecting to enter an institution of learning of that class in 1864. He took a course in army tactics first, however, and matriculated at the Wesleyan University, Middle- town, Connecticut, in 1866, and was graduated from this institution in 1870. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa. He officiated as principal of the

high school in Ashland, Massachusetts, until 1875, and until 1890 in the high school of Worcester, being principal during the last ten years. Since that time he has been engaged in writing and lecturing, and has also served his country in the legislature. In politics he is a stanch Republican, and in the cam- paigns has always been an eloquent and convincing speaker in behalf of that party. He represented ward one of Worcester from 1892 to 1895, inclusive, in the Massachusetts legislature, and was senator from the Second Worcester district from 1896 to 1898, inclusive, during nearly all of this time being chairman of the committee on education. He was instrumental in the passage of a number of acts which were greatly for the public benefit, among them being: The act which today renders secondary education in the state possible to the people of the poorest and most remote towns; an act exempting the property of invalid soldiers from taxation; and the veteran's preference bill. At present he is super- visor of the evening schools of Worcester. He enlisted in Company A, Ninth New York Heavy Artillery, January 21, 1864, and served until October 17, 1865. His regiment helped build and man the defences of Washington, and in the spring of 1864 joined the Sixth Army Corps, sharing its fortunes until the surrender of Lee. He was captured at Monocacy Junction, Maryland, July 9, 1864, and was a prisoner for almost eight months in Danville, Vir- ginia. He has been a member of the George H. Ward Post, No. 10, Grand Army of the Republic, more than twenty-five years, was its coinmander two years, and is now (1906) the junior vice-com- mander, Department of Massachusetts. He has

frequently represented Post No. 10 in department encampments, and in 1883 and 1892 was delegated to national encampments. In 1895 and 1896 he was an aide on the staff of Commander Derby, was in- spector-general for Commanders Blackmar and Judd, an aide for Commander Field in 1905, and in 1905 was a member of the council of administration. He was reared in the creed of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which his family have been members for more than a century, and has been an official mem- ber of Grace Church, Worcester. He is a lay preacher in that denomination, but speaks frequently in other houses of worship on subjects pertinent to the place and time. He was president of the Red Cross or- ganization during the Spanish-American war. He is also connected with the following organizations : Rose Lodge, No. 590, Free and Accepted Masons, of Rose, New York; Worcester Society of Antiquity, before which he has read many papers; New Eng- land Methodist Historical Society. He is an hon- orary member of Rhode Island Soldiers' and Sailors' Historical Society, Kansas Historical Society, Old Colony Historical Society, and the Westboro His- torical Society. He is also a member of the Massa- chusetts Society, and is president of the Worcester Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution

For many years he has been a forcible speaker in the cause of temperance, and has been a prolific writer, for the political, religions and educational press. Among his books may be mentioned: "His- tory of the Worcester Classical and English High School ;" "History of Rose, Wayne County, New York:" History of the Ninth New York Heavy Artillery;" "History of the Worcester Young Men's Christian Association ;" "History of the Twenty- fourth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers ;" "His- tory of Worcester in the Spanish War;" "Diary of Captain Daniel Roe;" and many others.

He married, June 22, 1874, in Ashland, Massa- chusetts, Nora Ardelia Metcalf, daughter of Alvah and Harriet Hannah (Vose) Metcalf. Alvah Met-

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calf was born in Appleton, Maine, though many generations of his family had lived in Massachu- setts. He was the seventh in descent from Michael Metcalf, the first schoolmaster of Dedham, Massa- chusetts, and his wife, Mary Fairbanks, whose girl- hood home stills stands in Dedham, the oldest dwelling house in continuous use in America, but it is in excellent preservation and is still in use as a dwelling. Harriet Hannah Vose, mother of Mrs. Roe, was the daughter of Alexander and Malinda Myra (Weeks) Vose, and was the seventh in a di- rect line of descent from Jolin Alden and Priscilla, of "Mayflower" history. Mrs. Roe had the ad- vantage of an excellent public school education, and for many years has been a contributor to the press, especially that of the Methodist church. She is the author of "Three Little Street Singers," published by Lee & Shepard, of Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred

S. Roe have had children : I. Adelaide Estelle, born April 6, 1875, died February 24, 1878. 2. Annabel Catherine, born September 3, 1879, was graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1901, and is a teacher in the public schools of Worces- ter. 3. Delos Metcalf, born January 8, 1883, died May 28, 1892. 4. Harriet Eudora, born June 5, 1885, is in her senior year in Mount Holyoke College.

EDGAR EUGENE BUCK. William Buck (1) was the emigrant ancestor of Edgar Eugene Buck, of Worcester, and of a branch of the Buck family that settled in Connecticut. William Buck came to New England on the "Increase," sailing in April, 1635, from England and landing a month later at Boston, Massachusetts. He gave his age as fifty years and accordingly was born in 1585. His son Roger was with him, and his age was given as eighteen. He settled at Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1652 he had a grant of land, twenty acres, lot No. 91 in the Cambridge Survey, so-called. Here he built a new home for his family. It was in what was called the west field, northeast from Garden street, on what is now Raymond street. He died intestate January 24, 1658, and was buried in the old cemetery at Cambridge, Massachusetts. His son Roger was administrator and it does not appear that there were any other children. William Buck was a plough-wright.

(II) Roger Buck, son of William Buck (1), was born in England, 1617. He emigrated to New England on the "Increase," April 15, 1635, Captain Le Master, with his father, William Buck. His mother was probably dead. It is generally sup- posed that Enoch Buck and Emanuel Buck, who settled at Wethersfield, Connecticut, were relatives, possibly older sons of William Buck, who was fifty when he came over. He was a plough-wright and farmer. He settled at Cambridge near his father. On the death of his wife Susannah he moved to Woburn, where some of his children lived. He died there November 10, 1693.

The children of Roger and Susannah were : Mary, born January 23, 1648, died unmarried August 31, 1669; Ruth, born November 6, 1653, died Sep- tember 21, 1682, married Thomas Bathrick or Baver- ick; Elizabeth, born July 5, 1657, married, August 20, 1678, Joshua Wood; Lydia, married, November 3, 1672, Henry Smith; John, born September 3, 16.44, died unmarried ; Samuel born March 16, 1669, married Rachel Levin or Leven, settled in West Cambridge (Menotomy), where he died September 21, 1690, liis wife Rachel died 1694, and his estate was divided among his children (Samuel has many descendants ) ; Ephraim, born July 26, 1646, mar- ried, January 1, 1671, Sarah Brooks, of Woburn, Massachusetts.

()I1) Ephraim Buck, son of Roger Buck (2), was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 20, 1646. He married, January 1, 1671, Sarah Brooks, daughter of John and Eunice (Mousall) Brooks, of Woburn. He settled there probably a few years earlier, as he is mentioned in the will of John Mousall, whose granddaughter he married. Mr. Mousall died March 27, 1665. He also left a be- quest to John Brooks. Ephraim Buck became a man of distinction ; he was the local magistrate ap- pointed to try small causes by the general court. He was a farmer. His grandson, Jonathan Buck, son of Ebenezer, was the founder of the town of Bucks- port, Maine, and he has thousands of descendants in Maine and northern New England, through this son, Ebenezer. (See the Bangor Historical Regis- ter.) He died January, 1721, at Woburn, Massa- chusetts. The children of Ephraim and Sarah (Brooks) Buck were: Sarah, born January II, 1673, married Thomas Grover ; Ephraim, born July 13, 1676, married Esther Wagget; John, born Jan- uary II, 1678-9, died young; John, born February 7. 1679-80, married Priscilla - -; Samuel, born November 13, 1682, married Hannah

Eunice, born July 7, 1685; Ebenezer, born May 20, 1689, inarried Lydia Eames; Mary, born October 28, 1691, married (first) Nathaniel Pike or Spike, married (second) Samuel Bigsbee.

(IV) Samuel Buck, son of Ephraim (3), was born at Woburn, Massachusetts, November 13, 1682. He married Hannalı about 1708. He was a farmer. He settled in Woburn, Massachusetts. The children of Samuel and Hannah Buck were : Hannah, born February 1, 1710; Samuel, born May 7, 17II; Sarah, born April 16, 1716; Zebediah, born August 29, 1719.

(V) Samuel Buck, son of Samuel Buck (4), was born at Woburn, Massachusetts, May 7, 1711, died December, 1765, at Killingly, Connecticut, ac- cording to the old church records. From somewhat meagre and unsatisfactory records in Connecticut the establisment of the family at Thompson and its connection with that at Woburn is ascertained. Samuel Buck went with other Woburn, Lexington and Watertown families or followed them to Kil- lingly and Thompson, Connecticut, where this branch of the Buck family lived. Eleazer Bateman joined the Killingly Church September 15, 1715. He was from Woburn. Richard Blosse, of West Water- town, joined the church May 23, 1716; George and Sarah Blanchard, of Lexington, October 18, 1715, and the stream of emigration continued to Thomp- son from Woburn for a number of years. In 1729 James Wilson and Ivory Upham, who had just come from Woburn, joined the church. In the thirties probably Samuel Buck, of Woburn, came with or followed relatives. There is a record of the marriage of Robert Buck, of Killingly, in 1715, but nothing else about him. He may have been one of the Wethersfield family.

He was one of the heads of families who on November 19, 1745, signed the covenant and called Rev. Perley Howe, of Dudley, Massachusetts, to settle as the minister at Killingly. He bought a farm in 1756 on Killingly Hill of Ebenezer Adams and settled on it. The Rev. Mr. Howe kept no church records and information about Samuel Buck's family is difficult to find. He was deacon of the church for many years. He was succeeded by Lieu- tenant Benjamin Levens, who may have been a rela- tive of Samuel Buck from Woburn, Massachusetts. The son of Samuel, Samuel, Jr., married a Miss Bloss, whose grandparents came from Watertown, Massachusetts. The following are believed to be some of Samuel's children: I. Zerviah, married

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Giles Roberts, April 3, 1754. 2. David, married Anna Russell, June 22, 1756. One account of his line says he was born in Massachusetts and came to Putnam, part of Thompson or Killingly townships, Connecti- cut. He was a joiner and farmer. His children were: David, Jonathan, Aaron, Mrs. Josiah Dean, Mrs. Benjamin Cutler. By second wife, David, Eliza, married Henry Adams. Aaron, son of David Buck, was born at Killingly and lived on the old homestead. He married Annie, daughter of Asa Lawrence, of Killingly. His children were: Lucy, married Calvin Leffingwell; Rosamond, married Calvin Boyden; Mary, married Jesse Herenden ; Anne, married Caleb Howe; Erastus, Elisha, Augus- tus, George, born October 13, 1810. There are many descendants of David Buck (VI) in the vi- cinity of Thompson and Killingly, Connecticut. 3. Samuel, married Martha Bloss, January 1, 1760. 4. Jonathan, was in the revolutionary war, second lieutenant, killed at the battle of Harlem, New York, September 15, 1776; he was one of those who gave to the fund to buy the Killingly common in 1775, no record of his marriage or children. 5. Aaron, died August 24, 1755. 6. Child, died Octo- ber 5. 1756. 7. Reuben, married Elizabeth, joined the church 1769. Some of the above may not he the children of Samuel but there seems to be good reason to think all are ; some certainly are.

(VI) Samuel Buck, son of Samuel Buck (5). was born at Killingly, Connecticut, about 1740. He settled in that part of the town called Putnam. He married Martha Bloss, January, 1760. He and his wife joined the church April 2, 1764. The records of his family are found in part in the records of the old church at Putnam Heights, the second church built east of Guinebaug in a parish formed in Wind- ham, Connecticut. Some of the children of Samuel and Martha Buck were: Mary, baptized February 26. 1764; Hannah, baptized February 26, 1764: Jo- hannah, baptized February 26, 1764; Joseph, bap- tized June 1, 1766; Simeon, baptized May 28, 1773.

(VII) Joseph Buck, son of Samuel Buck (6), was born in Putnam or Killingly, Connecticut, in 1766, baptized June 1, 1766. He is mentioned as prominent in 1793 among the early Methodists of Thompson, Connecticut, and vicinity. He was blind for many years. He settled at Thompson, Con- necticut, where his four children were born, as fol- lows: Richard, who was a soldier in the war of 1812, was in Captain Solomon Sikes' company sta- tioned at New London; Amy; Barney and Aaron (twins) ; Barney married Amy Sprague, of Thomp- so11, Connecticut.

(VIII) Barney Buck, son of Joseph Buck (7), was born at Thompson. Connecticut, about 1790. He was in Captain John Joslin's company at New Lon- don in the war of 1812. He married Amy Sprague, of Thompson. The children of Barney and Amy (Sprague) Buck were : Warren, married Sophia -, went to Michigan to live; Hiram. married Cynthia Brown ; Henry, married Sophronia Shel- don, married (second) Sophia Anderson; Aaron, married Emiline Randall; Barney, married Almeda Coman; William L., married Martha Maddox; Ab- bie, married Sidney Bolton; Caroline, married Lib- erty Brown.

(IX) William L. Buck, son of Barney Buck (8), was born in New York state, died July 13, 1893, at Woodstock, Connecticut. He married Mar- tha Maddox, July 25, 1847. She was the daughter of William and Jane ( Moran) Maddox, of Union, Maine. He died at Appleton, Maine. Mrs. Buck is living in Worcester. The children of William L. and Martha ( Maddox) Buck were: I. William Ilenry, born August 20, 1848, at Thompson, Con-

necticut, married, 1867, Ellen White, at Killingly, Connecticut, and had two children: Marcus, born 1871, and Elmer White, born 1873, both of whom reside in Worcester, Massachusetts. 2. Rosalie M., born May 19, 1850, at Thompson, Connecticut, died September 13, 1851. 3. Lewis Franklin, born No- vember II, 1851, died at North Grafton, Massachu- setts, August 10, 1856. 4. George L., born Decem- ber II, 1853, at Thompson, Connecticut, died Octo- ber 3, 1885. 5. Mary Jane, born October 28, 1855, at Plainfield, Connecticut, married Frank F. Clark, January 26, 1877, had Ada Frances, born October 30, 1877, and Florence Edna Clark, born July 23, 1884, resides at Coral street, Worcester, Massachu- setts. 6. Charles Warren, born January 27, 1858, at Plainfield, Connecticut, married Anna Taft, April 16, 1884. 7. Edgar Eugene, born February 10, 1860, at Putnam, Connecticut. 8. Frederick Lorenzo, born August 27, 1864, at Plainfield, Connecticut, died April 16, 1865.

(X) Edgar Eugene Buck, son of William L. Buck (9), was born at Putnam, Connecticut, Feb- ruary 10, 1860. The family moved frequently while he was a boy and he lived at various times at Woodstock, Danielson, Putnam, Moosup. His father was employed in cotton mills. He finished his early education in the Putnam schools. While a mere boy he went into business on his own account as a truckman. After four or five years he went to work in the shoe manufacturing business as a cutter. He was employed at Webster, Grafton, Nashua, and Worcester. He became proficient in the art of cut- ting leather economically and was made foreman of the cutting departments first at S. R. Heywood's factory, then at Whitcomb & Miles'. About ten years ago he began the manufacture of novelties in quarters in the Bowker building, Washington square. Two years later he bought the business of P. A. Thompson & Co., leather dealers. Later he took into partnership Arthur Davis and his son. The name of the firm is the E. E. Buck Leather Com- pany, and their present location is on Main street in Franklin spuare. The business has been extended and enlarged. Mr. Buck is a thorough business man and has won his way in life by hard work and his own energy. He has been a member of the Gideons, the Christian Commercial Travelers, the order of United American Mechanics, the Knights of Honor. He is a member of the Dewey Street Baptist Church. In politics he has voted with the Republicans.

He married, April 17, 1883, Addie Josephine Herindene, of Woodstock, Connecticut. She is a descendant of Laben Herindene, who came from Rhode Island to Woodstock when young. He mar- ried Mary Marcy, who was born in Woodstock, Connecticut. Laben Herindene was born 1770, died 1850. Their children were: Laben, Simeon, Wilbur, Levi, Hannah, Mary.

Wilbur Herindene, son of Laben Herindene, set- tled at Woodstock, Connecticut. He married Mary Estabrook. He was born 1795, at Woodstock, died April 5, 1851. His wife died January 28, 1862. Their children were: Wilbur, Alfred, Fidelia, Sarah Jane, Nelson, Mary Ann, Hannah, Emeline, James, Levi.

James Herindene or Herindeen, son of Wilbur Herindene, was born at Providence, Rhode Island, May 16, 1823. He married Emily Chamberlain, May 30, 1847. She was born at Woodstock, October 12, 1824. He died January 15, 1894. He was a life member of the local grange. He was captain of a militia company. He settled at Woodstock, Con- necticut. Their daughter, Addie Josephine Herin- deen, married Edgar Eugene Buck, of Worcester, Massachusetts. James Lester Buck, son of Edgar

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Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. I, Part 110

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed Publication date: 1907 Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company Number of Pages: 824

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 824