Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. I, Part 126

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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(III) Benjamin Skinner, son of Thomas Skinner (2), was horn January 30. 1681, at Hebron, Con- necticut. He married Elizabeth who died December I. 1753. at Hebron. Connecticut, where all their children were born, viz .: Martha. Decem- ber 19, 1713; Richard. March 2, 1716-17. Benjamin. October 5. 1718; Hannah. February 17, 1720-21; Joseph. June 3. 1723. married. December 31. 1741. Ruth Strong and had five children : Jeremiah, March 17. 1725; Thomas, May 5, 1731, married. August 14, 1751. Martha Wright and had six children.


(IV) Benjamin Skinner, son of Benjamin Skin- ner (3). was born at Hehron, Connecticut. October 5. 17IS, married. May 2, 1749. Rebecca Gott. She was born 1725 and died April 27. 1774. Their chil- dren were: Benjamin, born May. 1750, married. Mehitable Root : David, Fehruary 23. 1752, married (first). September 18. 1780. Lydia Perkins, who died June 22. 1781: he married (second). October 17. 1782. Ruth Chapell: Lydia, September 30. 1754: John. April 18. 1759, died same day : Daniel. August 3. 1761 : Oliver. April 20, 1764. married. November 26. 1792, Sibyl Root: Aaron, July 8. 1767. married, February 16, 1794. Elizabeth Austin, of Lyme. Con- necticut, and had a large family.


(V) Benjamin Skinner, son of Benjamin Skin- ner (4), was born in Hebron, Connecticut, May 2, 1750. He married Mehitable Root. He settled in New Hampshire probably. Among his children was Benjamin, the grandfather of Henry A. Skinner, of Worcester.


(VI) Benjamin Skinner, son of Benjamin Skin- ner (5). was born probahly in New Hampshire. Among his children was: Otis Skinner, see forward. (VII) Otis Skinner, son of Benjamin Skinner (6). was born in Dana, Massachusetts. February 3, 1813. He married Hannah Putnam Nourse, born in Littleton, New Hampshire, November 17, 1816.


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He worked on a farm and attended the common schools when a boy. He learned the trade of car- penter and became a maker of piano legs. At North Dana he had a grist mill. He was a man of ex- ceptional mechanical skill. He died May 18, 1893. in New Haven, Connecticut, and is buried at North . Dana, Massachusetts. His wife died May 13, 1874, at Worcester, aged fifty-seven years. Her father was John W. Nourse. His children were: Sher- man, born October 1, 1814, died at Grafton. New Hampshire, about 1895, aged eighty years; Hannah Putnam, born November 17, 1816, died May 13, 1874, married Otis Skinner, April 10, 1837; Vashti, born April 27, 1819, died at Whitefield. New Hamp- shire, October 16, 1901; Polly, born April 29, 1821, died at Littleton, New Hampshire, October 8, 1822; John W, born February 3, 1823, died at Whitefield, New Hampshire, April 24, 1903; Cynthia, born April 24, 1825, died at Patch Grove, Wisconsin, . 1899; Eunice, born July 12, 1827, died at Littleton, an in- fant ; William, born July 5, 1830, died in Boston, 1852; Ezra, enlisted in 1863, was wounded in battle, discharged and returned home; upon his recovery he returned to the war and was never heard from after- ward by his family. John Nourse, grandfather of the above family of children, was born near Bos- cawen, New Hampshire, and died April 11, 1846, aged eighty-four years, ten months and fourteen days. His wife died May 5, 1814, aged fifty-one years, one month and three days. John W. Nourse, father of the above children, died May 6, 1876, aged eighty-eight years, two months and twenty-five days. His wife died December 24, 1864, aged seventy-six years, twenty days. They were married November II, 1813.


Children of Otis and Hannah Putnam (Nourse) Skinner were: I. Polly Williams, born at Bethle- hem, New Hampshire. January 25, 1838, died in Dana, Massachusetts, September 20, 1839. John W., born at Stratford, New Hampshire, November 27, 1856. died at Worcester, July 21. 1900. Sherman Franklin. born at Dana, Massachusetts, February 24, 1840, died in Dana, August 9, 1842. Sarah Addie, born June 22, 1842, resided at New Haven, removed to New Jersey, married (first) Stillman Briggs (second) Charles Magaffey, by whom she had one son, Harry; (third) William B. Collier, living 1905 in New Jersey. Lydia Lemira, born at Phillipston, Massachusetts. December 22, 1844, died in Dana, October 10. 1862. unmarried. Henry Augustus, born at Bethlehem, New Hampshire, April 20. 1847; see forward. Lois V., born at Littleton, New Hampshire, July 2, 1849, died August 22, 1895, in Springfield ; married John T. Wright, had one daughter Edith, horn in April. 1872, died June 10, 1879, has son George who resides in Bridgeport and son Lewis who resides in Springfield. Benjamin Elias, born at Littleton, New Hampshire, March 16, 1851. Charles E., born at Littleton, New Hampshire, June I. 1853.


( II) Henry Augustus Skinner was born at Beth- lehem, New Hampshire, April 20, 1847. He attended the North Dana ( Massachusetts) public schools. His father was a carpenter and maker of piano legs. He learned his father's trade and worked at it until twenty years old. when he took a trip west and south to see the country. When he returned he worked for a time at Orange, Massachusetts, for the New Home Sewing Machine Company. In 1868 he re- turned to Worcester to live. He worked for N. P. Malloy, gunsmith and locksmith, at 394 Main street ; for J. B. Lincoln in his repair shop. Foster street, and for G. Henry Whitcomb, repairing en- velope machinery at the envelope factory on Front street. He returned for a time to sewing machine


work for S. L. Shaffer. In the meantime he had been experimenting and had several inventions which he sold to a Springfield man, and he went there to manufacture the goods for him. After three years in Springfield he spent some time in Providence, resided thirty-nine years in Worcester, and in No- vember. 1905. moved to Malden, where he now (1906) resides. He came with the Massachusetts Oilless Bearing Company.


He started in business at 17 Hermon street in the manufacture of patterns, experimenting and building experimental machinery. At present the business is incorporated under the name of the Wor- cester Pattern and Novelty Company. Mr. Skin- mer is president: John M. Sawyer is treasurer and J. Walter Smith clerk. They are the owners of the stock and the directors of the company. Mr. Skinner has some valuable inventions. One is a buzz planer which does the work of two ordinary planers and never requires oil, having the new oilless bearings. Another invention is a band saw also with the new bearings. He has an ingenious printing machine that does the work of four machines. He has a window fastener that keeps the window locked while open any distance desired. The Security Blind Fastener, which he invented, has been on the market and in steady demand for thirty-two years. He invented the Security Broom Holder, and has a new device for blind hinges to secure the blinds against the wind. The latter is not yet on the market. An electric device of Mr. Skinner for indicating the height of water in a reservoir is in successful use at Readsboro, Vermont. He has patented a switch for street cars to be operated by the motorman with his foot without leaving the car. He has a patented device for automatically shutting off water to prevent freezing of pipes in cold weather. He invented the automatic car coupler and sold it to the Boston & Albany and the Boston & Maine Railroads a few years ago. He secured fourteen patents which were pending at the same time in the patent office. Mr. Skinner is one of the most ingenious and versatile inventors in a city remarkable for the number and value of its patents. He is as active as ever in the study of mechanical devices and his inventions, which now number over five hundred, are of a widely different kind. He has not been limited to the industrial field nor to labor-saving domestic contrivances. He has turned a natural mechanical genius loose wherever he saw a chance for improvement in devices or machines in use. He has been a very busy worker and has spent most of his time in his shop. He is a mem- ber of the order of the Golden Star.


He married, January 22. 1872, Zilpha Lavinia Vance, of Barnet, Vermont. She was the daughter of Richard West and Lydia M. (Prouty) Vance. He died November, 1886. His wife, Lydia Morgan Vance, died in 1876, aged fifty-eight years, at New Bedford, Massachusetts. The day of his death is not known, for he wandered away from his home, 23 Prospect street, and was found dead the day after Thanksgiving. Children of Henry Augustus and Zilpha Lavinia Skinner are: Mabel Luella, born July 22, 1874, married Walter W. Green. of Provi- dence, Rhode Island. Walter Arthur, born Feb- ruary 28, 1877, married Nellie Price, of London, England. now of Lowell, Massachusetts, where they reside. Charles Alton, born in Springfield, Massa- chusetts, June 20. 1879, has been in the photograph business under the name of the Worcester View Comnany for the past ten years, has made a collec- tion of old and new views of the city of Worcester and vicinity, resided with his parents at 61 Pied- mont street, Worcester, butt in Novemher, 1905,


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moved with his parents to Malden, Massachusetts, and has opened a photograph studio at 56 Pleasant street.


CLOUGH FAMILY. John Clough (I), the immigrant ancestor of that branch of the Clough family to which Dr. Benjamin F. Clough of Wor- cester belongs, was born in England in 1613. He was twenty-two years old in 1635, when he sailed for America in the ship "Elizabeth." The date of sailing is given as April II. The name for many generations has been spelled variously Clow, Clough, (pronounced to rhyme with "how") and Cluff and Cluffe, pronounced as written. The established spell- ing Clough seems to be the proper way.


John Clough deposed in 1691 that his age was seventy-seven years, thus substantiating the approxi- mate date of his birth obtained from his age at emigration. He may have lived at Boston for a time, but it is difficult to prove whether John Clough of the Boston records is John of Watertown of John of Salisbury. John of Watertown was a tailor. The John Clough of this pedigree settled in Salis- bury, was a proprietor there as early as 1639, and a house carpenter by trade. He had a second grant of land 1640, and others later. He was admitted a freeman May 18, 1642, and took the oath of fidelity 1650, and was a commoner and taxpayer 1650. The general court granted to John Clough, then of Bos- ton, a lot of land at Salisbury (see Hoyt's Families) March 13, 1638-9, the record stating that he had served his master four years, indicating that he was either apprenticed to learn his trade of carpenter or was bound out for a term-a common way of paying passage money. Or he may have been a prisoner of war. It seems most likely that he was apprenticed at Boston in some family that he knew in England and with whom he came to this country. He must have been counted a desirable citizen even as a young man, or he would not have been granted land by the general court. He died July 26, 1691, and his will was proved November 3d, following. He made bequests to his wife Martha; sons John, Samuel and Thomas; son-in-law Daniel Merrill; daughters Elizabeth Horne and Sarah Merrill; the children of daughter Martha, wife of Cornelius Page, late of Andover, and other grandchildren. He married (first) Jane died January 16, 1679. He married (second) January 15, 1686, Martha Cilley, or Sibley. Children of John and Jane Clough: 1. Elizabeth, born December 16, 1642,


married Horne. 2. Mary, born July 30, 1644, died before her father. 3. Sarah, born June 28, 1646; married May 14, 1667, Daniel, son of Nathaniel Merrill. 4. John, born March 9, 1648-9: married November 13, 1674, Mercy Page; was eldest son in 1691. 5. Thomas, mentioned below. 6. Martha, born March 22, 1654; married, November 13, 1674, Cor- nelius Day. 7. Samuel, born February 20, 1656-7; married, August 31, 1679, Elizabeth Brown.


(II) Thomas Clough, son of John Clough (1), was born at Salisbury, Massachusetts, May 29, 1651. He took the oath of fidelity and allegiance 1677. He was a farmer or yeoman 1730 and probably all his life. He and his wife joined the church in Salis- bury, July 27, 1718. He married first, March 10, 1680, Hannah, daughter of Samuel Gile. She died December 22 or January 22, 1683. He married (sec- ond) 1687, Ruth, daughter of Cornelius Connor. Their children, born in Salisbury, were: 1. Samuel, horn December 5. 1680: mentioned below. 2. Thomas, Jr., born December 9, 1681 ; cordwainer by trade. 3. Jeremiah, born June 21, 1688. 4. Ebe- nezer, born July 5, 1690: died young. 5. Ebenezer, born April 27, 1691. 6. Zaccheus, born February 17,


1693 (?). 7. Isaac, born January 24, 1693-4. 8. Rebecca, born June 3, 1696; baptized, an adult, 1716. 9. Hannah, born September 25, 1698; died February 3. 1715. 10. Judith, born October 1, 1700. II. Martha, born February 25, 1702-3.


(III) Samuel Clough, son of Thomas Clough (2), born at Salisbury, Massachusetts, December 5, 1686, also settled in Salisbury. He married Sarah She administered his estate, receiving her appointment as administratrix in 1728. Their chil- dren: I. Theophilus, born 1703. 2. Eliphalet, died 1706. 3. Samuel, mentioned below. 4. Daniel, born 1716. 5. Anna, married Abraham Morrill. 6. Abi- gail, married Benjamin Morrill, of Kingston. 7. Sarah, married Daniel Marston Hampton. 8. Mehi- table. 9. Miriam. All were living in 1728, except Eliphalet.


(IV) Samuel Clough, son of Thomas Clough (3), was born about 1708 at Salisbury or vicinity. He removed thence to the adjacent town of Kittery, now in Maine, and married, February 14. 1736-7, Hannah Hutchins, of one of the old families of that section. Two of their children and perhaps more were born at Kittery. He removed to Arundel, now Kennebunkport, Maine, about 1758. Four or more of their sons were soldiers in the revolution. Chil- dren of Samuel and Hannah Clough: 1. Joseph, born at Kittery, February 21, 1742-3; was a revo- lutionary soldier ; married Elvira Hutchins, and after the war removed to Hollis, New Hampshire. 2. Thomas, married Hannah Goodnow. 3. Samuel, married Lucy Wakefield. 4. Enoch, a soldier in the revolution; died at sea. 5. Noah, mentioned be- low. 6. Joel, married Dorothy Hutchins. 7. Rhoda, born at Kittery, May 2, 1745; married Paul March. 8. Martha, married Thomas Huff. 9. Lydia, married Silas Abbot.


(V) Noah Clough, son of Samuel Clough (4), was born in Arundel, now Kennebunkport, 1754. He was a soldier in the old French war in the six- ties and again in the revolution. He was in the battle of Bunker Hill. He was wounded in the attack on Quebec, was captured and kept a prisoner ; was in other service as stated below after he was exchanged, and had a pension granted him after the war on account of his health; he was then an invalid. His war service in detail was: Private in Captain Jesse Dorman's company, Colonel James Scammon's regiment ; enlisting May 8, 1715, went into Conti- nental army 1778 for six months; was a private in Captain Abel Moulton's company, Colonel Jonathan Titcomb's regiment. 1777, Rhode Island campaign ; in Captain Joshua Nason's company. Colonel Storer's regiment, at Queman's Heights ; served in same com- pany in Northern army 1777; mustered in for six months October 25, 1780. The revolutionary war rolls describe his personal appearance thus: Age twenty-six years; height, five feet, ten inches; dark complexion. His children: David, mentioned be- low : Obed, Shadrach.


(VI) David Clough, son of Noah Clough (5). was born in Kennebunkport, Maine, November 16, 1780, and died March 16, 1864. He settled in Ken- nebunkport, where he was a farmer all his life. His children: Melville, Horace, Arthur, mentioned below : Lois; Phebe, Charles W.


(VII) Arthur Clough, son of David Clough (6), was born in Kennebunkport, Maine, April 16, 1811. He received his education there in the public schools and worked during his minority on his father's farm. He also became a farmer. He bought a large farm on the road from Kennebunkport to Saco church, and lived there during his active life. All of his children were born there. His farm yielded excellent clay, and he made bricks in large quanti-


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ties to supply the demand in and about Kennebunk- port. He sold out his farmi and brickyards in later life and bought a house in the village of Kennebunk, where he lived the rest of his life without the care of farm or business. He died there February 17, 1886. Early in life he was a Methodist, but in later years he belonged to an Orthodox Congrega- tional church. In politics he was a Republican. He married, May 7, 1837, Harriet Gilpatrick, of Ken- nebunkport, Maine, born June 11, 1809. Their chil- dren: 1. Dr. Benjamin Franklin, mentioned be- low. 2. George Sylvester, born May 2, 1839; married January 5, 1865, Mercy Stone March, of Saco, Maine; one child, Hattie, died young; he mar-


ried (second) March 7, 1874, Sarah Jane, of Kennebunkport, Maine, born May 31, 1845, daughter of Thomas Cleaves and Olive Little- field (Hatch) Worth; their children : John Arthur, born December 22, 1874, attorney at law, Worcester; Cora Belle, born December 1, 1877, resides with mother and brother at I Merrick street ; George S. Clough was a prominent carpenter and builder; member of the school board of Worcester three years; common council ; general court 1891-92; prominent in the Masonic fraternity. 3. John Hill, born November 7, 1846; settled in Worcester; was a school teacher ; died March 23, 1871 ; married Abbie Elizabeth Redding of Worcester, January 14, 1869. 4. Arthur Howard, born June 24, 1852; died August 8, 1852.


(VIII) Dr. Benjamin Franklin Clough, son of Arthur Clough (7), was born at Kennebunkport, Maine, February 4, 1838. He attended the com- mon schools there and supplemented his schooling with a course at Berwick Academy, at South Ber- wick, Maine, where he was fitted for Harvard Col- lege. To prepare himself for his medical studies he entered the drug store of Alexander Warren at Kennebunk, Maine, as an apprentice. November 6, 1856, and remained there until March, 1858, when he accepted a clerkship in Biddeford, Maine, where he remained until November 6, 1860. He took a short vacation and then came to Boston to work in the drug store at the corner of Tremont and Boyls- ton streets, April 12, 1861. He remained in that position until October 16, 1863, when he received an appointment as surgeon's steward in the United States navy. He proceeded to Cairo, Illinois,, to report to Admiral Porter on his flagship "Black Hawk," began his new duties October 23d, and served on that ship during the Red River campaign and other engagements. The "Black Hawk" was de- stroyed by fire April 22, 1865, and he was trans- ferred to the hospital ship "Red Rover," where he served until the close of the war. He was mus- tered out August 12, 1865.


He returned to Boston and accepted a clerkship in the old drug store, corner of Tremont and Boylston streets, remaining until the fall of 1866, when he entered Harvard Medical School. He was gradu- ated with the degree of M. D. in 1869, and started to practice in Worcester. His office was at 2 Myrtle street until September 14, 1886, when he removed to 46 Austin street, where he practiced to the time of his death, May 8, 1899. He enjoyed a large general practice and was accounted a wise and suc- cessful physician. He ranked high in citizenship as well as in his profession. He was an active mem- ber of Trinity Methodist Church and of the Epworth League. He was


a Republican in politics. He prominent was in the Masonic fraternity, a life member of Montacute Lodge, being raised November 13, 1893 ; made a member of Eureka Royal Arch Chapter Feb- ruary 6, 1894; was a member of Hiram Council of


Royal and Select Masters, and of Stella Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. He was a member of Charles Devens Council, American Mechanics. He was one of the most interested members of the Grand Army of the Republic. He joined George H. Ward Post No. 10 during the first year of his residence in Worcester, and was mustered in by Captain Amos M. Parker in May, 1869. He was elected post surgeon to succeed Dr. Albert Wood, December, 1891, and re-elected December, 1892, serving up to the time of his death. Hon. A. S. Roe calls him the "most devoted surgeon Post 10, G. A. R., ever had." He was also president of the board of trustees of Post To, having charge of the relief work of that or- ganization. He was an active member of Farragut Association (Naval) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society ; the Worcester District Medical Society, and the Harvard Alumni Medical Society. He married August 15, 1871, Adelia Jane, born September 13, 1845, daughter of John and Catherine (Sweetzer) Perkins, of Lynnfield, Massachusetts. Her father was a farmer and late in life was occupied largely with the settlement of estates; was twenty-one years town clerk; captain of the militia, and representative to general court. The only child of Dr. Benjamin Franklin and Adelia Jane Clough was Bertha Fran- ces, born August. 1, 1873; died November 16, 1884.


HOLLAND JOSEPH ADAMS. Henry Adams (1), of Braintree, the immigrant ancestor of Hol- land Joseph Adams, of Worcester, was probably born in Braintree, Essex county, England. The Adams family in England is very ancient, but the exact pedigree of Henry Adams is still in doubt. He arrived in Boston in 1632 or 1633 accompanied by his wife, eight sons and one daughter. He was allotted land at Mount Wollaston, later the town of Braintree, where many of his descendants have lived. The name of his wife is unknown, and it is thought that she and her daughter, possibly. also her son John, returned to England. Henry Adams died in Braintree June 8, 1647.


His children were: I. Lieutenant Henry, born 1604, married in Braintree, Elizabeth Paine, daughter of Moses Paine; he was deputy to the general court, lieutenant of the military company; was killed by the Indians while standing in the doorway of his home at Medfield, and his sick wife was accidentally killed the same day. 2. Lieutenant Thomas, born 1612, married Mary Blackmer or Blackmore; was town clerk, selectman, and deputy to the general court ; he settled in Concord, Massachusetts. 3. Cap- tain Samuel, born 1617: married (first) Rebecca Graves; married (second) Esther Sparhawk; was prominent in civil and military life. 4. Deacon Jonathan, born 1619, married (first) Elizabeth Fus- sell; married (second) Mary ; settled in Medfield with several brothers and had his house burned by the Indians there in 1676. 5. Peter, born 1622; married Rachel and had his house burned by Indians, 1676, at Medfield, where he set- tled. 6. John, born about 1624, possibly John of Cambridge. 7. Joseph. born 1626; maltster ; ยท select- man; married Abigail Baxter. 8. Ensign Edward, ( see forward). 9. Ursula, daughter.


(II) Ensign Edward Adams, youngest son of Henry Adams (1), born in England in 1630 ; married (first) Lydia Rockwood, daughter of Richard and Agnes (Bicknell) Rockwood, who died March 3, 1676: married (second) 1678, Widow Abigail (Craft) Ruggles, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, (or Abigail Day) who died 1707: married (third) Jan- uary 6. 1709-10, Sarah Taylor. He settled, with three other brothers, in Medfield, Massachusetts, and


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was ensign in the military company, selectman of the town, and deputy to the general court in 1689-92, and 1702. He died in Medfield, November 12, 1716, the last of the original settlers.


Children of Ensign Edward and Lydia Adams, all born in Medfield, were: Lydia, born July 12, 1653, married twice; Captain Jonathan. April 4, 1655, married twice; John (see forward ) ; Eliashib, February 18, 1658-9. married a great-granddaughter of Captain Miles Standish and settled in Bristol, Rhode Island: Sarah, May 29, 1660, married John Turner, who fought in Captain Moseley's company ; Lieutenant James. January 4, 1661-2, settled in Bris- tol, now Barrington, Rhode Island; Henry. October 29. 1663, settled in Providence, Rhode Island, and Canterbury, Connecticut ; Mehitable, born March 30, 1665, married Josiah Faxon, of a well known Brain- tree family: Elisha, born August 25, 1666, settled in Bristol; Edward, Jr .. born June 29. 1668; settled in Bristol and left children ; Bethia, born April 12, 1670: died 1672; Bethia, born August 18, 1672, died young ; Abigail, born June 25, 1675. died young ; Miriam, born February 26, 1676, died young.


(III ) John Adams, son of Ensign Edward Adams (2), born in Medfield, Massachusetts, February 18, 1657: married (first ). 1682, Deborah Partridge, daughter of John and Magdalen ( Bullard) Part- ridge. born 1662: died before 1695: married (sec- ond) Susanna Breck, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Hill) Breck, born in Sherborn. Massachusetts. May 10, 1667. died May 28, 1744. at Medway. John Adams inherited the homestead at Medfield and lived on it. He died there March I. 1751.




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