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(VI) Joseph Frost, son of Ebenezer Frost (5), was born at Norwich, Massachusetts, February 17, 1792. He was educated in the district schools of this locality, and in early manhood went to Wood- stock, Connecticut, to learn the trade of cabinet maker. After a few years he went to Greenfield, Massachusetts, where he followed his trade and made carriages in the employ of one Clay. After his marriage, five years later, he removed to Strat- ton, Vermont, worked at his trade there two years, then came back to Greenfield and worked for one Bancroft and for Miles & Lyon. He remained in Greenfield until 1860, when he removed to Water- bury, Connecticut, and worked there as carpenter and cabinet maker for the next ten years. He spent the last two years of his life in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, living with George Washburn Frost, his son. Mr. Frost was an Episcopalian in early life, later a Unitarian. He was a Whig until the Republican party came into being, when he became a firm supporter of the new organization and re- mained so until his death. He was a member of the state militia in his youth.
He married at Greenfield, Massachusetts, De- cember 2, 1819, Susanna Waite Guellow, born Sep- tember 30, 1801. Their children: Joseph Warren, born at Stratton, Vermont, November 14, 1820, married, March 17, 1845, Harriet Buck, of Brattle- boro, Vermont, and had children-Webb War- ren, born February 4, 1846, married, December 20, 1866, Celia N. Armstrong; Hallie Eliza, born Feb- ruary 22, 1848, married, 1866, Sidney J. Enson and had one son, Clarence, born June 20, 1869; Rush Stanhope, born October 17, 1757, married S. Elinor Davies and and have: Clarence Stanley, born No- vember 26, 1884: Herbert Leslie, born September 26, 1886; Rush Raymond, born August 11, 1890; Howard Davies, born January 25, 1893; Marjorie Adelaide, born May 27, 1906. Daniel Webb, born May 11, 1822, at Greenfield, Massachusetts, married, January 14, 1847, Louisa Cook, of Windsor, Con- necticut, died August 19, 1903; they had children- Henry, born April 22, 1848, died August 19, 1904; Jennie Louise, born 1832, died 1859; S. Otis, born January 17, 1858; Charles H., born December 10, 1859. Luthena Cady, born at Greenfield, Massachit- setts, April 28, 1824, married, July 3, 1843, Samuel Azaro Corser, of Greenfield, born December 6, 1823, and they had children-George Albert, born Sep- tember 23, 1845, died in civil war, unmarried; Ida Luthena, born at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, April 28, 1848, married, August 2, 1866, Waterman D. Bristol, of Waterbury, Connecticut ; Ada, born May 25. 1850, died February 19, 1883, unmarried ; Charles Henry, born in Millbury, died young; Elizabeth,
born November 23, 1855, married, April, 1889, George Hawley and have a son, George William Hawley; Susan Jane, born at Worcester, 1857, died young ; Hezekiah Stone, born in Greenfield, February 15, 1826, died April 26, 1898; married, March 13, 1845, Mary Esther Munsell, born November 27, 1827, died December 25, 1895, and they had children-Mary Elizabeth, born February 8, 1847, married, October 28, 1902, Joseph Bowers, of Chicago; Ella Augusta, born June 29, 1848, married, June 27, 1869, Edward B. Beals, of Springfield, Massachusetts, and had Alfred Tennyson, born April 21, 1870; Grace Frost, born October 23, 1871; Nellie Elizabeth, born Sep- tember 28, 1873; Edna Winifred, born October 18, 1876; Joseph Frost, born March 1, 1850, died Sep- tember, 1851. George Washburn, born at Green- field, July 2, 1828, died August 20, 1830. George Washburn, born April 18, 1831, sce forward. Eliza- beth, born May 16, 1833, married, January 3, 1853, Noble Terrill, of Hamden, Connecticut, and had children-Joseph Henry, born June 17, 1855, died February 1, 1875; Ida Louise, born February 15, 1858, married, July 2, 1877, Noyes E. Bassett and have-Raymond E., Louise H., Leon N .; Jennie Lusina, born April 22, 1867, married, June 6, 1888, Octave Petitjean, and they have: Mabel T., Clif- ford O., Hazel J .; Jessie Evelina, born May 9, 1875, died August 10, 1875. Charles Henry, born March 24, 1835, married Eliza Cook, of Windsor, Con- necticut, had no issue. Joseph Frost married ( sec- ond ), October. 1856, at Greenfield, Maria (An- drews) Abbott, mother of George Washburn Frost's wife. They had no children.
(VII) George Washburn Frost, son of Joseph Frost (6), was born at Greenfield, Massachusetts, April 18, 1831. He was educated in the common schools of that town. He went to work first at the age of eleven years and when not in school was employed in the factory of the Russell Cutlery Company. He then went to Fitchburg, Massachu- setts, and learned thie trade of iron molder of Asher Green, remaining with him four years when he removed to Worcester and entered the employ of William A. Wheeler, in whose foundry he worked for nine years. He worked also at his trade for the Fall River Iron Works at Fall River, Massachu- setts; for the Holmes Iron Foundry at Providence and for the Whitin Machine Works at Whitinville. He went to Springfield about 1857, and two years later returned to Fitchburg, where for ten years he was employed in the foundry of Page & Smith and for ten years by the Putnam Machine Company, re- siding in Fitchburg and Lunenburg for twenty years. About 1881 he went again to Worcester and worked in the foundry of Caleb Colvin and for other foundries for a number of years. He is at present associated with his son, Frederick E. Frost, at 505 Main street. He resides on Piedmont street. He is an Episcopalian in religion and a Republican in politics. He has served at various times as dele- gate to nominating conventions of his party. He was a member of the Molders' Union of Fitchburg from 1873 to 1878.
He married, March 20, 1856, Mary Ellen Abbott, born January 22, 1840, daughter of Jonathan Wood Abbott. born at Shapleigh, New Hampshire, April 17. 1789, and Maria (Andrews) Abbott, born at Machias, Maine, June 9, 1798. Her father was a custom tailor. Their children: Joseph, born at Springfield, Angust II, 1857, died at Lunenburg, February 8, 1875; Willard Francis, born at Fitch- burg, September 13, 1860, unmarried; George Al- bert, born at Fitchburg, July 25, 1866, died July I, 1868; George Henry, born at Fitchburg, March I, 1864, died August 12, 1864; Frederick Eugene, born
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at Fitchburg, March 13, 1869, see forward; Emma Luella, born at Lunenburg, October 10, 1872, died June 16, 1873; llarry Lincoln, born at Lunenburg, June 12, 1877, died December 15, 1879.
(\'111) Frederick Eugene Frost, son of George Washburn Frost (7), was born in Fitchburg, Massa- chusetts, March 13, 1869. He received his early edu- cation in the public schools there. At the age of thirteen he came to Worcester with his parents and attended the public and high schools. He was graduated from the Classical high school in 1888. He entered the employ of Perkins & Butler, dealers in paper, twine, etc., as clerk, and remained two years. He then started in business for himself at 554 Main street in the manufacture and sale of rubber stamps. A year later he removed to 535 Main street, upstairs, where he was located for a year. He was then at 537 Main street for a year. In the spring of 1898 he bought of William L. Lewis the old established stationery store, formerly owned by C. B. Eaton, at 505 Main street, where he has since been located. He has made a specialty of typewriters, stamps and stencils, in which he does a large business as well as in the regular lines of stationery, office supplies, etc. He manufactures seals, door plates, badges and incidentally has a large business in soda, confectionery and cigars. He owns a fine residence at 33 Newbury street. He attends the First Universalist Church. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of Morning Star Lodge of Free Masons, joining June 19, 1906. He became a member of Worcester Chapter of Royal Arch Masons. He is also a member of Quinsigamond Lodge, No. 43, Odd Fellows, and of the Worcester Automobile Club.
He married, November 1, 1890, Edith Emily Cook, daughter of Benjamin Munroe and Susan B. (Walden) Cook, of Worcester. Her father is a machinist in the Crompton & Knowles Loom Works, a veteran of the civil war. Their children: Ray- mond Harrison, Mabel Sophia, Harold Lincoln.
HARRINGTON FAMILY. The ship "Eliza- beth" which sailed from England, April 10, 1634. had as one of its passengers Robert Harrington, born in England, 1616. He settled in Watertown, Massachusetts, where he was given a "homestall" by Deacon Thomas Hastings, probably a relative. Harrington's name appears last on the list of pro- prietors of Watertown, made 1642 to 1644, at which time he owned the above named "homestall." Octo- ber 1, 1648, he married Susan, (or Susanna) George, daughter of John George, of Watertown. She was at that time an orphan, the widow of Henry Gold- stone being her guardian. She died July 6, 1694. He was admitted freeman May 27, 1663, and died May II, 1707, aged ninety-one years. His will, dated January 1, 1704, mentions sons-John, Daniel, Ben- jamin, Samuel, Thomas and Edward. To Edward lie gave the homestead. His will also mentions daughters, Susanna Beers, Mary Bemis, Sarah Win- ship; his grandson, Joseph, son of Joseph, deceased, and daughter-in-law, Joanna Ward, late wife of his deceased son Joseph. His inventory mentions six- teen lots of land amounting to six hundred and forty- seven and one-half acres, appraised at seven hun- dred and seventeen pounds. The estate included house and mill, valued at one hundred and twenty pounds. The children of Robert and Susan (George) Harrington were: Susanna, born August 18, 1649, married, February 9, 1671, John Cutting; John, August 24, 1651, died August 24, 1741 ; Robert, August 31, 1653, died young; George, November 24, 1655, was in Captain Samuel Wadsworth's com- pany and was killed by Indians at Lancaster, Feb-
ruary, 1675; Daniel, November 1, 1657, died April 19, 1728; Joseph, December 28, 1659; Benjamin, Jan- uary 26, 1661, died 1724; Mary, January 12, 1663, married John Bemis; Thomas, April 20, 1665, died March 29, 1712; Samuel, December IS, 1666; Ed- ward, March, 1668; Sarah, March 10, 1670, married Joseph Winship, Jr., November 24, 1687, and died November 28, 1710; David, June 1, 1673, died March II, 1675.
(11) Edward Harrington, son of the ancestor Robert, married (first), March 30, 1692, Mary Ocington, and (second), May 24, 1727, Anna, widow of Jonathan Bullard, of Weston, Massachusetts. He was selectman of Watertown, 1716-30-31. Their children were: Mary, born January 2, 1692, married Daniel Rogers, December 7, 1710; William, Novem- ber II, 1694, died February 27, 1751; Mindwell, June 19, 1697, died October 14, 1700; Joanna, August 16, 1699, married John Taintor, May 25, 1720; Edward, June 27, 1702, died December 6, 1792; Samuel, August 3, 1704; Nathaniel, June 25, 1706, known as "Master Harrington"; Francis, June II, 1709, mar- ried Prudence Stearns; Susanna, born September 9, 1711, married Samuel Barnard; her son Samuel was one of the Boston tea party, and a major in the rev- olutionary war.
(III) Samuel Harrington, son of Edward and Mary Harrington, was born August 3, 1704. He married, October 19, 1725, Sarah Warren. He was called "of Walthams" and had children : Samuel, baptized May 19, 1728; Mary, baptized May 19, 1728; Elijah, born 1734, probably another son, was in Worcester prior to 1768.
(IV) Samuel Harrington, was called "of Wor- cester" in 1776, at which time his daughter Hannah married Daniel Maynard, of Shrewsbury. He very likely was here prior to April, 1775, when his son Samuel marched from Worcester in Captain Tim- othy Bigelow's company for Lexington. His chil- dren were: Samuel, born 1754. married Silence Robinson; he died 1838, aged eighty-four years; Hannah, born 1757, married Daniel Maynard; Noah, born February 2, 1760, married Lois Kingsley.
(V) Samuel Harrington, fifth in line from the ancestor Richard, married, November 19, 1782, Mrs. Silence Robinson, at Dorchester, Massachusetts, where they first settled and there all but one of their children were born. He marched from Worcester on the alarm at Lexington, April 19, 1775. in Cap- tain Bigelow's company of Worcester men, and served twenty-three days in Colonel Artemas Ward's regiment. He came with his family to Worcester about the year 1796, and here his youngest son was born, September 1, that year. Their children were: Susanna, born February 12, 1783, married Abel Flagg, October 31, ISO2; Samuel, October 3, 1784, married Nancy White, April 23, 1812; Lucretia, August 21, 1786, married John Baird, December 25, 1800; James, June 23, 1788, married Esther Flagg, April 25, 1821; Sarah, April 12, 1790, married John Gleason, and Peter White; Ebenezer, Sep- tember 22, 1792; Mary, August 24, 1794, married Samuel Perry ; Austin, September 1, 1796.
(V) Noah Harrington, son of Samuel Harring- ton (4), was born February 2, 1760, and died July IS, 1832, aged seventy-two years. He served as matross in Colonel Timothy Craft's regiment of ar- tillery. He was also in Captain Joseph Sibley's company in 1777, and served in other capacities in the revolutionary struggle. He is described as five feet, eleven inches tall and of light complexion. He married, July 27. 1784, Lois Kingsley, born Sep- tember 12, 1760, died October II, 1820, aged fifty- four years. They first settled in Shrewsbury, where three children were born to them. They came to
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Worcester about 1792, and lived on the Grafton road, where it passes near the Boston & Albany Railway tracks. He, with his brother Samuel, kept a tavern in Boston on the site of the present Adams House. Their children were: Lydia, born Decem- ber 25, 1784; William, 1786, died in infancy ; Han- nah, 1792, died young; Samuel, died young; Will- iam, February 25, 1788, died February 12, 1871; Luke, September 12, 1789, died November 1, 1855; Samuel, 1797, died April 4, 1855; Eliza, 1800, mar- ried Mr. Shay, and died July 17, 1869; Thomas J., January 27, 1804, died July 5, 1888; Hannah, July 17, 1809, married Henry Tower, and died March 23, 1853.
(VI) William Harrington, son of Noah (5), was born February 25, 1788, died February 12, 1871. He married Abigail Adaline Stowell, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Stowell. She was born March 15, 1799. Mr. Harrington passed his youthful days on his father's farm, and when a young man at- tempted to master the trade of a mason. While at work on the original Exchange building on Main street, Worcester, the staging on which he and others were at work gave way and all were thrown to the ground. Young Harrington was picked up for dead and carried to Mr. Hampilton's residence. In a few moments Mrs. Hampilton discovered signs of life, when every effort was put forth in his behalf. His knee was crushed in the fall, and after a confine- ment lasting five years the limb was finally ampu- tated by Dr. John Green. He then fitted himself for a teacher and taught in the Central Worcester dis- trict. Charles Stiles, George Bancroft, Stephen Salis- bury and Henry W. Miller attended his school. Later he conducted a store and a tavern. The sec- ond time he embarked in mercantile business, he located at what has come to be known as Harring- ton's corner. Flour sold in 1812 here at twenty-five dollars per barrel. He resided on Park street, near Salem street. He died in 1871, aged eighty-two years, eleven months and seventeen days. . His chil- dren were: Frances A., born October 4, 1821 ; Will- iam Henry, April 29, 1824; Chauncy Goodrich, June 30, 1826.
(VII) William Henry Harrington was born April 29, 1824. He married Lucy Forbes, of Mill- bury, and had one son to reach mature years, Will- jam Harrington, now of Worcester. After the death of his first wife he married Mrs. Bemis. Mr. Har- rington was a manufacturer, and many years oper- ated the plant known as the Berlin mills, where woolens are manufactured. Prior to this he made wrenches. About 1855 he bought out the business of Calvin Witherbee in Millbury, where he continued making monkey-wrenches, chisels and drawing knives. After the beginning of the civil war he made bayonets for the government. A Mr. Heald was interested with him in starting in business at the Berlin mills, and also the Atlanta mills in Mill- bury.
(III) Josiah Harrington, son of John Harring- ton, an elder brother of Edward, the father of Fran- cis, was born June 12, 1709. He married, May 20, 1730, Dinah Flagg, youngest child of Allen Flagg. He bought land in Worcester of Cornelius Durant. May, 1754, he was "of Walthams, Massachusetts." Their children were: Huldah, baptized September 25, 1731; Dinah, baptized May 20, 1733, died Sep- tember 30, 1759, was the wife of Elijah Livermore; Elijah, baptized "November 17, 1734: Tabitha, bap- tized September 11, 1737; Elizabeth, baotized April 15, 1739; Josiah, baptized May 11, 1740, married Mary Jones, January 10, 1764; Hannah, baptized November 22, 1741; Jemima, baptized July 29, 1744; Sarah, baptized May II, 1746; Jemima, baptized
January 24, 1748; Anna, baptized July 2, 1749; Mary, baptized September 15, 1751; Silas, baptized May 21, 1752, married, November 25, 1773, Mindwell Wel- lington; she died October, 27, 1808, aged fifty-seven years. Silas Harrington married Abigail Thorp, February I, 1809. He died in Worcester, June 15, 1831. His children were: Olive, born 1775; Lydia, 1778; Jeremiah, 1779; Josiah, 1781; Clarissa, 1784; Silas, 1786; Mindwell Wellington, ISIo; Hannah Bucklin, 1812; Clarissa Harlan, 1815; Mary, 1817; Silas Flagg, 1820.
(IV) Elijah Harrington, son of Josiah and Dinah (Flagg) Harrington, married Azubah Rice, February 8, 1758. She died in April, 1768, aged thirty-four years. He married (second) Mehitable Draper, in 1769. He died February 3, 1811, aged seventy-seven years. Their children were: Ephraimn, baptized June 29, 1760; Azubah, baptized April II, 1761, died in infancy; Azubah, baptized March 24, 1762; Mehitable, baptized May 24, 1770; Abigail, baptized July 14, 1773; Tamesin, baptized June 7, 1776; Fanny, baptized August 14, 1777; Elijah, bap- tized August 2, 1779.
(III) Francis Harrington, eighth child of Ed- ward (2) and grandson of Robert the American ancestor, was born June 11, 1709. He married Pru- dence Stearns, of Watertown, Massachusetts. in 1736. She was born April 27, 1713, and died at Worcester, August, 1751, aged about thirty-eight years. He married (second) Deborah Brigham, in Westboro, November 14, 1752. She died in Worces- ter, April 20, 1799, aged eighty-four years. He died July 18, 1793, aged eighty-four years. At the date of his marriage with Prudence Stearns he was called "of Grafton." Thither he took his young wife and established his home, and there their eldest child Francis, Jr., was born. In the Spring of 1741 he purchased of Joseph Dana and Mary Dana, his wife, of Pomfret, Connecticut, the farm in Worcester that was to become his future home. He no doubt took possession of the purchase just named as soon as Charles Davenport (then on the land) could easily vacate the premises, and Harrington was the first of his name to settle in Worcester, as evidenced- by the town records, the name of Francis Harring- ton appearing in the list of "persons qualified to serve as jurymen agreeable to law." This list was laid before the selectmen at the meeting held July 19,' 1742, and soon public honors and responsibilities came to him, for at the next meeting he was chosen field driver, and was re-elected the next year. The rec- ord shows that at a meeting held May 16, 1743, it was voted that in consideration of great sickness in Francis Harrington's family, his tax for the last year be repaid to him, being one pound, three shil- lings; and August 29, the town voted him seventy- two shillings for "two birds two tails." In March, 1748, he was chosen constable. For four years, 1754 to 1777 inclusive, he was chosen to serve on com- mittce to provide schoolmasters for his district. His chief service, however, was given to the office of surveyor of highways and collector of highway taxes, having been first chosen to that office in 1750, and re-elected in 1758-63-68-72-83.
The children of Francis and Prudence ( Stearns) Harrington were: Francis, born in Grafton, 1737, died in Worcester, April 6, 1768; Nathaniel, born in Worcester, 1742, married Ruth Stone; Mary, born in Worcester, December 16, 1753, married Jonathan Stone, Jr., February, 1777; Prudence, born April 20, 1755, married Jonah Perry, July 6, 1780; William, born November 18, 1756, married Mary Perry, May 29, 1781.
(IV) Nathaniel Harrington, son of Francis and Prudence Harrington, was born in Worcester, 1742.
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He married Ruth Stone, July 2, 1776, who was born in 1748, and died August 24, 1817, aged sixty- nine years. Mr. Harrington was born and reared on the Harrington homestead, and when the alarm was sounded calling for men to assist in defending the rights and liberties of the colony, he responded, go- ing out as sergeant in Captain Timothy Bigelow's company of minute-men, Colonel Artemas Ward's regiment, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775. He signed, with others, order for advance pay in June, 1775. He was also first lieutenant in Captain Joshua Whitney's company, Fifth Worces- ter County Regiment of Massachusetts militia. Mr. Harrington's introduction into public office in his native town was March II, 1777, when at town meeting he was chosen, with seven others, to serve as "hog reeves." Two years later his name appears on the jury list, and in 1780 also as assessor, and the following year as one to provide schooling in his district. In 1788-94 Mr. Harrington was chosen surveyor of highways and collector of highway taxes. He served on the school committee from 1790 to 1808, and was chosen on committee for building public schoolhouses in 1797-99. For more than twenty-five years from 1798 he was paid by the town for boarding and nursing Kezia Morse, a poor person. In 1799 he was fence viewer, and he served as a selectman from 1803 to 1809 inclusive. About the fast public service rendered the town was in running the boundary line between Worcester and Shrewsbury. In 1808 he, with the other members of the board, signed a letter to the selectmen of Boston declining their request that the citizens of Worcester be assembled in town meeting to concur with the sentiments expressed by the inhabitants of Boston in a petition addressed to President Jef- ferson, praying for the suspension of the embargo act. He died February 28, 1831, aged eighty-nine years. His children were: Francis, born May 15, 1777, died October 17, 1841; Jonathan, October 31, 1779, married Mary Flagg; Sarah, August 14, 1786. ( V) Captain Francis Harrington married Lydia Perry, May 13, 1801. He remained on the old .home- stead. He was captain of the militia of the Wor- cester South Company. Although not prominent in public affairs, he was honored more or less with responsible positions by the town, such as schoof committeeman, surveyor of highways and collector of highway taxes. In 1816 he was chosen with William Trowbridge, Thaddeas Chapin, Benjamin Thaxter and Ebenezer Mower to report at a future meeting on the claim made by Isaiah Thomas, Esq., "for work, etc., done at the bridge near Mr. Salis- bury's, etc." His children were: Daniel, born Octo- ber 4, 1802, married Clarissa Gray; Mary, March 20, 1804, married Captain and Deacon Samuel Perry ; Hannah, February 12, 1806, died July 14, 1823; Jo- seph, February 27, 1808, died April 13, 1812; Fran- cis, August II, ISII, married (first) Harriet W. Robbinson; (second) Frances J. Moore; he was an alderman in 1860; Lydia, December 12, 1814, mar- ried Nahum Flagg.
(V) Jonathan Harrington, son of Nathaniel (4), was born October 31, 1779. He married Mofly (or Mary) Flagg, 1804, and resided on a portion of the original homestead. Their only child was Benjamin, born April 8, 1805, died August 15, 1873. His home was at Harrington Court, near his cousin, Daniel Harrington. He married Lucretia Flagg, March 18, 1834. Their children: Mary Elizabeth, born January 25, 1836, married Samuel G. Curtis; Benja- min F., September 2, 1838, married Harriet W. Harrington ; Hannah Flagg, November 12, 1842, died April II, 1845; Henry Augustus, September 8, 1846, married Delia M. Griggs; he was a member of over- seers of the poor, 1888 to 1896, and a member of
the board of aldermen, 1900-01; Sarah A., married Gonzalo Buxton.
(VI) Captain Daniel Harrington, son of Cap- tain Francis Harrington (5), was born October 4, 1802, and died September II, 1863. He married Clarissa Gray, born August 23, 1809, and died June 6, 1885. He succeeded to the home estate,
and in 1831 his name appears on the jury fist. Subsequently he was called to fill the position of fence viewer, school committee and higliway sur- veyor. He served in the common council, 1849-1850, and board of aldermen, 1851. Their children were :
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