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Michael McGrath (father) was born in county Waterford, Ireland, about 1825. He married, about 1849 or 1850, Johanna Powers, also a native of county Waterford, Ireland, born about 1825, and the following day they sailed for America, landing in Boston, Massachusetts, and going direct to Worces- ter, where he devoted his time and attention to the business of a contractor. About three decades ago he erected a house at No. 2 Woodland street, Wor- cester, the same in which his son, Michael P., now resides, and there spent the remainder of his days. He died in 1877, and his widow passed away at her home in Worcester in 1893. They were the parents of nine children, one of whom died in infancy, and the names of the others were as follows: Richard Desmond : William, who is employed by his brother, Michael P .; Mary, wife of the late James E. Fay, of Worcester; Johanna, wife of Frank E. Reynolds, of Worcester; Patrick Desmond; Michael P., (see forward) ; Margaret F., deceased; and John J., a resident of Worcester, and a prominent member of the Catholic church.
The public schools of Worcester, Massachusetts, afforded Michael P. McGrath the means of obtain- ing a practical, English education. Upon the com- pletion of his studies he went to Clinton, Massa- chusetts, where he secured employment with the Lancaster Gingham Company. Later he went to Kansas, and while a resident of that state had charge of gangs of men who were engaged in laying
water pipes made by R. D. Wood & Co., of Phila- delphia, manufacturers of iron pipes, who were also the contractors for the work. Upon his return to his native city, Worcester, he began the contracting business on his own account, and his first piece of work was the building of the Millbury line of elec- tric railway. He also was awarded the contract to build the electric line from Rochester, New York, to Buffalo, seventy-eight miles, and one from Mal- den, Massachusetts, to Haverhill, sixty miles. He equips the roads complete, all ready for the cars, power houses, barns, etc. He has built about forty railroads, electric and ' steam, throughout various sections of the United States. His latest contract is for the building of three hundred and fifty miles of railroad line for the Ottawa River Railway Com- pany of Canada, of which Colonel Edgar McMullen, of Boston, is president, the project involving an ex- penditure of more than ten million dollars, exclusive of equipment. The line will be from Montreal to Ottawa, one hundred and six miles, thence to Mid- land, Ontario, on the Georgian Bay, where connec- tion will be made with the vessels which ply the great lakes. It is a steam road, and will run through a strip of territory between eighty and one hundred miles wide, between the Grand Trunk and the Can- adian Pacific railroads, and, with a terminus at Midland, it will be in a position to communicate with any port on Lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron. Later this is to be an electric road.
The introduction of electrically propelled equip- ment for passenger and freight service will be an innovation in Canada, and the outcome of the move- ment, which the projectors believe is beyond the ex- perimental stage, even so far as stiff grades are concerned, will be watched with interest by rail- road men and the general public in the Dominion. The Ottawa River Railway is the western extension of the Atlantic & Lake Superior Railroad, running along the south shore of the St. Lawrence river, between Baie des Chaleurs, Quebec, and Montreal, where it has communication with ocean-going steamships. The terminal stations are to be built at Montreal, Ottawa and Midland, in addition to the smaller stations along the line. The company will join with American and Canadian roads in a union station to be in the heart of the uptown busi- ness district in Montreal, the entrance being by tun- nel. The station is to be modern in every respect. Mr. McGrath has also the contract to equip the com- pany's system. The total contracts involve an ex- penditure of fourteen million dollars; the road is to be in operation in three years.
Mr. McGrath serves in the capacity of general manager of the Northampton Traction Company, and chairman of its executive board; general manager of the Lansdale & Norristown Electric Railroad, which he built in 1902, and purchased May 27, 1905; general manager of the St. Lawrence International Electric Railroad, running from Redwood to Alex- andria Bay, New York, which he built in 1892; and a stockholder in two banks, several railroads, and a number of manufacturing concerns, the principal one being the Fibre Pail Manufacturing Company of Stockton, Pennsylvania. He is an advocate of Dem- ocratic principles, but not a strong partisan, as in lcoal affairs he casts his vote for the candidates who in his opinion are best qualified for office. He holds membership in the Knights of Columbus. In 1898 he took a trip to Europe, visiting the places of note and interest in the Old World, including the home of his parents in Ireland. He married, Jan- uary 20. 1886, Ellen Frances Walsh, daughter of Michael and Margaret (Power) Walsh, late of Wor- cester. Massachusetts, whose family consisted of
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eight children, as follows: Bridget, wife of Patrick Roach, of Worcester; John, deceased; Mary, de- ceased; Michael P .; Thomas J .; Edmund A .; Ellen Frances, wife of Michael P. McGrath; and Mar- garet, deceased. Michael Walsh was born in county Waterford, Ireland, about 1828, emigrated to the United States about 1849, and for many years was employed by the old Norwich & Worcester Railroad. About the year 1850 Mr. Walsh married Margaret Power, born in county Waterford, Ireland; died in 1874. He died in 1891. Mr. Walsh and family were members of the Catholic church. Three chil- dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. McGrath : Michael J., who is a student at the Norwich University, Ver- mont; Mary Eleanor, a student at the Worcester high school; and Edmund. Mr. McGrath and his family are members of the Catholic church.
FAYETTE ASARYL AMIDON. Roger Ami- don (I) was the emigrant ancestor of Fayette A. Amidon, manager and proprietor of the Worcester Market, Worcester, Massachusetts, and of perhaps all in this country of the name of Amidon. The name has been spelled variously Ammidon, Ammi- down, Amadon. Roger Amidon was in Salem. Massachusetts, before 1637, when he was mentioned as the owner of half an acre of meadow. There seems to be no evidence that he was a French Huguenot, except that some of his descendants mingled with the Huguenots and perhaps intermar- ried with them at Oxford. He removed to Wey- mouth in 1640, and was in Boston in 1643. He set- tled finally at Seekonk, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. His house was at the northeasterly end of the semicircle of houses comprising the original village of Seekonk, and was about a mile north of the church in the present town. He drew his house lot July 18, 1648, and drew other lots June 3, 1662, June 7, 1665, in 1668 and 1671. He was one of the original proprietors of Rehoboth, and was there probably as early as 1645, when it was incorporated. He married first, Sarah , who died at Re- hoboth, June 20, 1668. He married (second) Joanna, daughter of George and Jane Harwood. She died July I, 17II. He was buried November 13, 1673. There were suspicions at the time that his death was not natural, and an inquest was held. He had four children by his first wife and three by the sec- ond. His estate was divided March 4, 1674, among. his widow Joanna; son Ebenezer, by his representa- tive, John Coblech, of Swansea ; daughter Hannah, wife of Jeremiah Wheaton. John Harrod, of Pa- tucksett, brother of the widow, gave advice in the settlement of the estate. The children of Roger Amidon: I. Ebenezer, mentioned in settlement of estate, 1674. was in Rehoboth 1689, advanced money in King Philip's war, 1675. 2. Sarah, born .December 6, 1640, Weymouth. 3. Lydia, born February 27, 1643, Boston. 4. Hannah, born September 20, 1652; married Jeremiah Wheaton, of Rehoboth; had eight children; died at Rehoboth, September 13, 1719. 5. Philip, see forward. 6. Henry, born at Rehoboth, January 24, 1671, was on list of inhabitants of Re- hoboth 1689. 7. Mehitable, born at Rehoboth, August 27, 1672; married, December 23, 1709. John Thompson, of Rehobothi.
(Hf) Philip Amidon, son of Roger Amidon (I), born at Rehoboth, January 26, 1670. resided there until the death of his first wife, when he re- moved to Mendon. In 1717 he removed to Ox- ford, Massachusetts, where many French Huguenots settled about that time, and died there March 15, 1747. He was a farmer and cooper. He and his wife joined the Oxford church in 1720. He was a selectman 1730, constable 1735. His will was proved
May 12, 1747. Of his old homestead three-fourths belongs to the farm now or recently owned by Franklin H. Clark, and the other quarter belonged recently to Lucinda Morse. He married first, at Rehoboth, May 27, 1698, Mehitable, daughter of Samuel and Mary ( Willard) Perry, born April 30, 1680. She had one child and died at Rehoboth, July 4, 1699, aged nineteen. He went to Mendon about 1700 and married (second), September 16, 1700, Ithamar Warfield, who survived him. She was born March 28, 1676, daughter of Deacon John W. and Hannah ( Randall) Warfield, of Mendon. His will was proved May 12, 1747. His children: I. Henry A., see forward. 2. Roger, born February 6, 1702. 3. Ichabod, born May, 1704. 4. Mary, born March 30, 1706, married, July 18, 1728, Benjamin Chamberlain resided at Oxford. 5. Philip born 1708, resided in that part of Oxford set off as Charlton, and left many descendants. 6. Ephraim, born 1710. 7. Ithamar, born April 25, 1712. 8. John, born May 19, 1713. 9. Hannah, born February 2, 1717; mar- ried Samuel Wheelock, of Hardwick. Their daugh- ter Mary, born 1738, married Caleb Cheney, of Men- don. They resided at Milford, where he was town clerk, selectman and lieutenant in the revolutionary army. They had twelve children, one of whom was an ancestor of General A. B. Underwood, U. S. A. (III) Henry A. Amidon, son of Philip Amidon (2), born at Rehoboth, February 8, 1699, married, at Mendon, March 31, 1718, Meltiah, daughter of Jo- seph and Hannah (Thurston) Cheney, born Octo- ber 14, 1690, died May 17, 1780. He was a farmer at Oxford and Dudley until 1744, when he removed to Ashford, Connecticut, where he died March 5, 1778. His children: 1. Jacob, born February 28, 1720. 2. Mehitable, born January 15, 1723; married, December 12, 1742, William Curtis, of Dudley ; had James, Henry and other children. 3. Joseph, born February, 1725. 4. Henry, born May 3, 1727.
(IV) Captain Henry Amidon, son of Henry (3), born at Oxford, Massachusetts, May 3, 1727, was a farmer. He settled at Pomfret, Connecticut ; in 1752 removed to Willington, Connecticut, where he died. He answered the Lexington call to arms in 1775 as a private from Willington. He was ap- pointed by Governor Trumbull captain of Third company, Twenty-second regiment, March 21, 1777, and served at New London and other places. He married, at Pomfret, Connecticut, September 25, 1751, Sarah Doubledee (Doubleday), who died at Willington, January 8, 1794. His children: I. Jede- diah, born May 15, 1752, died August II, 1752. 2. Jedediah, born 1753. 3. Moses, born 1756. 4. Jon- athan, born 1757. 5. Mary, born 1762, married Jona- than Flint, lived at Braintree, Vermont, where he died August 26, 1840; had Asaryl, born 1785; Elisha, 1788; Joseph, 1789; Augustus, 1792; Anna, 1794; Sally, 1796; Polly, 1798. 6. Jacob, born March 5, 1764. 7. William, born January 30, 1767. 8. Henry, born February 9, 1769. 9. Asaryl, see forward. 10. Sarah, born February 9, 1774; married Shubael Hall; removed to Orange county, New York, 1799, died there March 27, 1841. His children were Shu- bael, born 1796; Sallie, 1800; George, 1805; mar- ried Ruth West.
(V) Asaryl Amidon, son of Henry Amidon (4), was born at Willington, Connecticut, July 20, 1771. He served in the war of 1812. He removed to Belchertown, Massachusetts, where he settled, and died there February 7, 1853. He married, November 20. 1799, Alethia Perry, born February 28, 1773, died August 13, 1757. His children: I. Asaryl, see for- ward. 2. Alethia, born July 23, 1802, died June, 1886. 3. Bridget, born July 28, 1804, died December II, 1822. Sally, born August 4, 1807; married Porter
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Edwards, and died in Willington, Connecticut, No- vember 23, 1845, leaving daughter, Sarah E., born November 7, 1845, died April 6, 1861. 5. Samuel, born May 29, 1809; married, April, 1835, Harriet, daughter of Martin and Sally (King) Sedgwick, born June 29, 1827, died July 12, 1889; resided at Belchertown. Samuel died May 14, 1858, and widow removed to Springfield, Massachusetts. They had no children, but adopted George Franklin Amidon, who lives at Springfield, and has a son George Samuel Amidon. 6. Polly, born November 9, 181I, died January 12, 1824.
(VI) Asaryl Amidon, son of Asaryl Amidon (5), born September 26, 1800, at Mansfield, Con- necticut ; married, October 11, 1830, Aurelia Mc- Intire, born April 9, 1809, at Thetford, Vermont. He died at Belchertown, February 4, 1847. His widow married Foster Edwards. She died 1871, at Belchertown. Children of Asaryl: I. Samuel Gil- lett, born October 16, 1833. 2. Edward Perry, see forward. 3. John Alvin, born September 1, 1845, died November 24, 1847.
(VII) Edward Perry Amidon, son of Asaryl Amidon (6), born at Belchertown, September 4. 1837; married, May 10, 1860, Sophia Olive, daugh- ter of Asa and Orlinda Shumway, born March 7, 1840, at Palmer, Massachusetts. He died at Belcher- town, November 12, 1874. She resides with her only son, Fayette Asaryl Amidon.
(VIII) Fayette Asaryl Amidon, son of Edward Perry Amidon (7), was born at Belchertown, Massa- chusetts, July 13, 1862. He attended school in his native town until the age of seventeen. In 1880 he removed with his mother to New Haven, Connecti- cut, where he went to work in a large pork-packing establishment. Later he worked five years in a de- partment meat store. Then he went into business for himself, dealing in butter and eggs, His health failed, and he had to give up business for a time. He resided at Springfield and Gilbertville, Massa- chusetts. He resumed business in Manchester, New Hampshire, in charge of the butter and egg depart- ment in a large provision store, and remained there four years. He then entered into partnership with Oscar Swanson, Gustaf T. Malmstead and George H. Pettis, to start the well known Providence Market in Providence, a department market carrying gro- ceries as well as all kinds of meat, fruit and vegeta- bles, on a more extensive scale than had been done hitherto, and the venture was an instant success. The firm started a similar department store at Wor- cester, Massachusetts in October, 1894, and Mr. Amidon took personal charge of it. He moved to Worcester soon after the store was opened, and has a handsome home on Germain street. It is generally conceded that the Worcester Market, as their store is called, is by far the largest and most profitable market and grocery in the county. The credit for the remarkable success of the house is given in large measure to the business astuteness and per- sonal attention of Mr. Amidon. A self-made man, he stands high in the estimation of other business men of the city. He is a member of Trinity Church, and of its finance committee ; and is a Republican in politics, but has never aspired to office. He is a member of the Board of Trade, and president of the Speedway Club, being an owner and admirer of good horses.
Mr. Amidon married, June 16, 1895, Lucy Ella Higgins, of Providence, Rhode Island, daughter of Charles and Lucy (Watson) Higgins. Her father died in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, in 1874, at the age of fifty-eight years. Her mother died in 1881, aged fifty-seven, at Saylorsville, Rhode Island. She was one of nine children born to her parents,
eight of whom lived to maturity. Mrs. Amidon is a graduate of the high school.
CHARLES WALTER KING. William King, Esq. (I), the emigrant ancestor of Charles Walter King, of Worcester, was a Puritan emigrant from England, sailing before March 20, 1635, from Wey- mouth, Dorsetshire, England. The records show that he was aged forty, his wife Dorothy thirty- four, and they had with them five children: Mary, aged twelve; Katheryn, aged ten; William, aged eight ; Hannah, aged six; Samuel, aged two. They settled at Salem, Massachusetts. He was admitted a freeman there May 25, 1636. He had grants of land of forty acres on Jeffrey's Creek, now Man- chester-by-the-Sea; thirty acres at Royal-side at the liead of Bass river, now Beverly, and he located his homestead there. He was a grand juror in 1637. He was a member of the First church at Salem, but in 1637 joined the Antinomians and came under the ban of the Salem authorities. He was requested to sever his connection with the new church or have his arms taken away from him. He remained with the new faith and gave up his gun to Lieutenant Danforth. Later he was banished for a time for sheltering the persecuted Quakers. He died in 1650-51 and his estate was administered by his widow Dorothy and son William.
He married Dorothy Hayne, born in England about 1601 and died in Southold, Suffolk county, New York, where her daughters Hannah, wife of Richard Browne, Sr., and Deliverance, wife of John Tuthill, were living. The widow of William King bought a dwelling house and land at Salem of John Swasey. She sold it in 1653, and removed to Long Island. She sold the homestead to her son, William King. The records at Sherburne, England, show that William King and Dorothy Hayne were mar- ried February 17, 1616-17. The parish of Sher- burne is in Dorsetshire.
Children of William and Dorothy King were: I. William, of Royal-side, Salem, born about 1627-28 in England, was persecuted as a Quaker ; he mar- ried Katharine Shaflin, daughter of Michael Shaf- lin, of Salem. 2. Samuel, of Southold, Long Is- land, born in England about 1633-34, removed from Salem to Southold, where he owned some four hun- dred acres of land in 1658; died November 29, 1721, aged eighty-eight: married Abigail, daughter of William Ludlaw. 3. John, of Salem, baptized there November II, 1638; in 1706 he gave deed of land in Salem to son Samuel ; died before 1719. 4. Mary, born about 1623 in England, married probably, 1646, John Scudder, son of Thomas Scudder. 5. Kath- erine, born about 1625, in England, married John Swasey, of Salem, removed to Southold, Long Is- land, 1658. 6. Hannah, born in England about 1629, married Lieutenant Richard Browne, Sr., of South- old, Long Island, admitted freeman 1662, died 1686- 87. 7. Mehitable, born about 1635, baptized in Salem, December 25, 1636, probably died young. 8. Deliver- ance, baptized in Salem, October 31, 1636, married at Southold, Long Island, February 7, 1657, died there January 25, 1688-89, aged forty-nine ; married John Tuthill, Sr .; justice of the peace, member the colonial assembly, 1695-98, descendant of John Tut- hill, of Saxlingham, England.
(II) John King, son of William King (I), was baptized November 11, 1638, in Salem, Massachu- setts. In 1682 he was called son-in-law in the will of Thomas Goldthwait. In 1699 with his wife Eliza- beth he gave a deed to Caleb Buffam, and in 1706 he gave a deed of land in Salem to his son, Samuel King. He died before 1719.
He married Elizabeth Goldthwait, daughter of
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Thomas and Rachel Goldthwait, of Salem. She was baptized November 20, 1647, and married, September, 1660. Thomas Goldthwait was in Roxbury in 1631 and was admitted a freeman of Salem in 1634 and was member of the church there. His will was proved at Salem, March 6, 1719. Children of John and Elizabeth (Goldthwait) King were: 1. John, born October. 1662. 2. Samuel, born in Salem, May, 1664, married Elizabeth Marsh, daughter of Zachary and Mary ( Silsbee) Marsh, of Salem, and grand- daughter of Jolin Marsh, who settled 1636-37 with his wife Susan (Skelton) Marsh, daughter of Rev. Samuel Skelton; among their children was Ebe- nezer, who settled in Rutland. 3. Captain William, born at Salem, 1669, signed deed for partition of land left his father by Thomas Goldthwait, his grand- father ; settled in Sutton, Massachusetts, with his brother Jonathan, and was one of the most promi- nent and wealthy men there; bought land at Charl- ton; died November, 1748: married Hannah Cooke, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Buxton) Cooke, June 4, 1695; married (second) Rebecca Littlefield, of Wells, Maine, daughter of Edmund and Agnes Littlefield, who came to Boston from England in 1641 and removed to Wells. 4. Elizabeth, born Feb- ruary 16, 1671, married Nathaniel Aters, December 12, 1699. 5. Jonathan, born February 16, 1674. of whom later. 6. Thomas, born February, 1677, died October, 1680. 7. Hannah, born April, 1681, mar- ried, June 24. 1709. Benjamin Marsh. 8. Mary, born May, 1687.
(III) Jonathan King, son of John King (2), was born February, 1674. at Salem, and about 1717 settled in Sutton. At first he was not a proprietor but he bought a farm of his brother, William King, and his brother-in-law, Benjamin Marsh, a fifteenth of 3000 acres, in deed dated August 14, 1715. His house was situate a few rods east of the one now or lately of Solomon Severy. Subsequently he built another on the spot where the Severy house stands. At first his mother lived with him, and he was over fifty when he married. He married, February 2, 1726, in Salem, Alice Verry. After his death his farm was divided and his son John later bought out the other heirs and had the homestead, and the other children moved out of town. Children of Jonathan and Alice were: I. Desire, born at Sut- ton, June 22, 1729, married Amos Gould, October 31, 1749, and removed to Charlton; she died in New at the home of her son, Amos Gould. 2. Sarah, born March II. . 1731. married, December 26, 1755, Eliphalet Rowell, and settled in Great Barrington. 3. Jonathan, Jr., born September 31, 1734, of whom Jater. 4. John, born January 19, 1837, married, Jan- uary IO, 1758, Elizabeth Town.
(IV) Jonathan King, Jr., son of Jonathan King (3), was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, September 3, 1734. He settled in that part of Petersham, which became Dana, Massachusetts, in 1801. He lived in Sutton for some time before his removal to Peter- sham, and his house was on the road from Eight Lots School house to Millbury, nearly opposite what is now called the Harwood place on the west side of the road. He was a soldier in the revolution and late in life a pensioner. His widow drew a pension after his death until her death about 1850. He married (first). April 10, 1755, and (second) at Petersham. April 25, 1787, Rachel Claflin. Chil- dren of Jonathan, Jr. and Elizabeth were: I. Mary, married, December 14, 1780. Benjamin Davidson, settled in Spencer, grandparents of John C. David- son, of Worcester. 2. John. 3. Stephen, of whom later, and perhaps others.
(V) Stephen King, son of Jonathan King (4), was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, about 1765. At
the age of sixteen he ran away from home in order to enlist in the American army in the revolution. The story that he used to tell himself as to the effect of being under fire for the first time is given in the Sutton history. His hair stood up with fright and he had to pull his hat down several times after it had been lifted from his head by the scare. He soon got over this feeling. however, and made a good soldier. Stephen King enlisted, according to the revolutionary archives in the state house at Bos- ton, when he was sixteen years old. One record gives his age as fifteen and a half. He enlisted in the Continental army agreeable to the resolve of the general court of December 2, 17So, as returned by the enlisting officer, Seth Washburn, supervisor. He was in Captain Elliot's company, Colonel Davis's regiment. The records give his stature as five feet two inches (also as five feet, three inches) ; com- plexion, light, and his occupation as farmer. He was born in Sutton and engaged for the town of Sutton, enlisting December 25, 1780. Later he was in Captain Remick's company. the First Massachu- setts Regiment, for a term of three years. This com- pany, in which he served to the end of the war, was in the regiment of Colonel Joseph Vose (First). His name is on a muster roll dated at Garrison, West Point, April, 1781 ; he was at Camp Phillips- burg in May, June and July, 1781. In October and November, 1781, he was at York Hutts. He is on a list of men tried by court martial subsequent to 1781. King was tried December 6, 1781, by regimental court martial, Captain William, presi- dent, on the charge of stealing grain; the charge was not supported and King was acquitted. He was at York Hutts January and February, 1782. His father deeded him a farm in Petersham (later Dana) by deed dated December 1, 1793. He sold land in Dana, April 8, 1802, to Joel Amsden, the land deeded to Stephen by his father lying north of the farm of Jonathan. A few months later Stephen and his wife Mehitable sold their farm of sixty-five acres on the southeast corner "of my father Jonathan's farm," land in Dana. to Elisha Woodward, of Peter- sham. Stephen King died at Dana, September, 1827. His widow Mehitable administered the estate. Chil- dren of Stephen and Mehitable King wer I. Stephen Jr., of whom later ; 2. Betsey. 3. John.
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