Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. I, Part 149

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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Nathan Wood, born March 16, 1752, married Anne Bixby, November 30, 1780, and died August 28, 1806. Their children were born in Stafford, but on account of the condition of the record the names and dates cannot all be deciphered. They had a daughter - , Celinda, died May 3, 1793; Nathan Marble, Abijah, and Homer John. born April 2, 1794, through whom the ancestral line is continued.

HIomer John Wood, the grandfather of Edward M. Wood, was born in Stafford, Connecticut, April 2, 1794, his father, Nathan Wood, dying when he was twelve years of age. At the age of eighteen, Homer J. Wood entered the employ of the United States government at the armory in Springfield, re- maining there continuously for fifty years, living to the age of seventy-four years, and died October 15, 1868. A part of the land now occupied by the Spring- field Armory was formerly owned by him.

Corbin O. Wood, father of Edward M. Wood, born August 25, 1821, invented and patented several improvements in guns. He was first employed at the United States armory in Springfield, but in 1852 entered the employ of the late Ethan Allen, of Wor- cester, as a contractor, and employing as contractor twenty-five men in the making of guns. He was a skillful straightener of rifle barrels, an art which at that time was confined to comparatively a few men. He retired from active business in the year 1883 to enjov in tranquility the fruits of his previous years of skillful labor and success. In early life he was somewhat of a musician, playing the violin in the church choir. After having retired from busi- ness, he made violins as a recreation, duplicating by actual measurement the celebrated violins of Guanarius and Stradivarius and producing some really fine instruments. He was a man of natural intelligence, a great reader of books, of progressive ideas, and mechanical ingenuity.

May 18, 1843, he married Eunice A., daughter of Marvin Kirkland, of Agawam. She died December 3, 1890, having been the mother of two children, Sarah C. and Edward M. He died in the year 1904 at the age of eighty-three, leaving an honorable record.

Edward M. Wood, a resident of Worcester, was for over twenty years a manufacturer of edge tools at Millbury. He was born in Springfield, Massachu- setts, January 27. 1851, attended the public schools of Worcester and the Wesleyan Academy at Wil- braham. He strove to become broad-minded by good reading and the liberal education which asso- ciation with the men of the Commonwealth in- spires. With a desire to acquire a thorough knowl- edge of mechanical processes by actual labor under proper instructions, he was taught in the machine shop of Ethan Allen mechanical drawing. pattern making, and the operation of various machine tools, as lathes, planers, milling machines, etc. Turning his

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attention to the commercial side of manufacturing, after serving an apprenticeship in the hardware store of White & Conant, he, at the age of twenty-one, with a partner, opened a hardware store on Main street . near Franklin square, in Worcester, and buy- ing out his partner in 1879 he continued the business successfully until 1884, when he disposed of the same to W. H. Willard & Co., who are at the present time (1906) continuing the business at the same place. In 1884 he became connected with the Buck Brothers Riverlin Works, edge tool manufactory in Millbury, and was for a number of years the senior member of the firm. This enterprise is a fair rep- resentation of an old Sheffield industry, transplanted to this country and firmly established, and is the culmination of efforts of three generations of skill- ful edge tool makers. The Riverlin works were established in 1853 and occupy a substantial brick building erected for the manufacture of edge tools, which is surrounded by neat cottages, forming an attractive little village. The product of this firm is of a high order of excellence, enjoying an enviable reputation, and consignments are sent on orders to nearly all parts of the world. The tools made here are adopted as samples by the United States government.

While not claiming to be an inventor, Mr. Wood has by inheritance and training acquired an inclina- tion toward things mechanical, and his knowledge in that direction has enabled him to contrive devices for greatly facilitating and improving the process of the manufacture ot the output which has in turn contributed materially to the success and enlarge- ment of the Riverlin works. He retired from this firm, and from active business in 1905. He has made several foreign trips, believes in out-door re- creation and is connected with several social clubs, being a member of the Society of Antiquity, the Worcester Club, the Tatnuck Country Club, and was for many years a member of the Art Students Club. He is an enthusiastic automobilist, being among the first to take up that form of recreation, having been interested as far back as 1894, when he visited the shop of one of the first makers of automobiles in Paris, long before they came into general use.

Mr. Wood married, May 27, 1879, Annie M. Buck, of Millbury, and two children were born to them, Bessie, March 24, 1882, died April 10, 1892; and Helen Frances, February 18, 1888. Mr. Wood is by profession a Congregationalist and a member of Piedmont church, as are also his wife and daugh- terer. The family resides at No. 6 Ripley street, Worcester, Massachusetts.

STONE FAMILY. Gregory Stone (1), ti immigrant ancestor of Lyman T. Stone, of Boylston, Massachusetts, was baptized in Great Bromley, Essex county, England, April- 19, 1592. According to his own deposition made September 18, 1658, he was born 1591 or 1592, his age being about sixty-seven years. His age at death, November 30, 1672, was given as eighty-two years. He was probably born, there- fore, in 1591. He was the son of David and Ursula Stone, and grandson of Simon and Agnes Stone, all of England. He had a brother, Simon Stone, who also emigrated to America. sailing in the ship "In- crease," April 15, 1635: settled in Watertown; was admitted freeman May 25, 1636; town officer and deacon : died September 22, 1665. Various other immigrant settlers have been erroneously supposed to be brothers of Gregory; Rev. Samuel Stone of Hartford was not a brother. Gregory Stone was admitted a freeman with his brother Simon, May 25, 1636. He was a proprietor of Watertown, but re- sided most of his life in Cambridge. He had some famous orchards for his day. His farm was on

the present site of the Botanic Gardens of Harvard University. He was one of the most prominent men of his day; a deputy to the general court; was elected deacon of Shepard Mitchell's church, and served thirty-four years, being the last survivor of the original membership; was a civil magistrate, and one of the governor's deputies. His will, proved De- cember 14, 1672, mentions his wife Lydia and her children by her former husband-John Cooper and Lydia Fiske; his sons Daniel, David, John and Sam- uel ; daughter Elizabeth Porter ; daughter Sarah, wife of David Miriam; grandson John, son of David Stone. He married in England, July 20, 1617, Mar- garet Garrad, born December 5, 1597, died August, 1626, in England. He married (second) Lydia Cooper, widow, who died June 24, 1674. Her son by her former husband was John, married Anne Spar- hawk; her daughter Lydia married David Fiske. Children of Gregory and Margaret Stone: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Daniel, baptized July 15, 1620; settled in Cambridge; married Mary -; was a physician. 3. David, baptized September 22, 1622; resided at Cambridge; married three times-Eliza- beth, Dorcas and Hannah. 4. Elizabeth, baptized October 3, 1624, buried in Nayland, England. Chil- dren of Gregory and Lydia Stone: 5. Elizabeth, bap- tized March 6, 1628; married Anthony Porter. 6. Samuel, baptized February 4, 1630; died September 27, 1715; resided at Lexington ; married first, Sarah Stearns, of Watertown; married (second), June 7, 1655, Abigail - 7. Sarah, baptized February 8, 1632; died 1677; married July 12, 1653, Joseph Mer- riam (Miriam). These children were baptized at Nayland, England.

(Il) John Stone, son of Gregory Stone (I), baptized at Nayland, England, July 31, 1618, died at Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 5. 1683. He re- moved to Sudbury with the early settlers, was a proprietor there, and shared in three divisions of land. He bought of the Indians at Natick, May 15, 1656, ten acres of land on the south side of the river at Sudbury, and his purchase was confirmed by general court 1656, together with a grant of fifty acres of land for services, etc. He added to the tract he already owned in what is now the village of Saxon- ville, in the town of Framingham, until he owned a very large stretch of land. He built his house where the present railroad station is located in Saxon- ville. He built the first house in what is now the village of Cochituate, in the present town of Way- land. then Sudbury. He built in all six houses in Sudbury and Framingham and built the first mill in Framingham, in 1659, at the falls now known as Stone's Mills, a corn mill, and his son Daniel built there the first saw mill. He was appointed fence viewer 1654, town clerk 1655, and was admitted a freeman 1665. In 1645 he sold his house in Sud- bury to John Moore. He was the first to build his house in Framingham. He located, without having a grant, at Otter Neck, on the west side of Sud- bury. in 1646-7. He married. 1638, Annie, born in England, daughter of Elder Edward and Margaret Howe, natives of England. Children of John and Annie Stone: 1. Hannah, born June 6, 1640: mar- ried July 1, 1658, John Bent. 2. Mary ; married Isaac Hunt : second April 30, 1681, Eliphalet Fox. 3. Daniel, born August 31, 1644, mentioned below. 4. David, born October 31, 1646; married Susanna. 5. Elizabeth, born 1650; married 1678 Samuel Stow. 6. Margaret, born October 22, 1653: married William Brown January 11, 1695. 7. Tabitha born May 20, 1655: married November 3, 1674, John Rice. 8. Sarah. born September 22, 1654; married Jacob Hill. 9. Nathaniel, born May 11, 1660; married Sarah Wayt of Malden April 25, 1684. 10. John, non compos mentis. II. - , died young. 12. - , died young.

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(III) Daniel Stone, son of John Stone (2), born August 31, 1644, died 1719, aged seventy-five years. He had the mill, and May 22, 1711, sold a quarter interest in the water privilege to Samuel How, Sr., of Sudbury, but bought it back February 15, 1714. The mills remained in the Stone family until 1824, when the business was incorporated. Daniel settled in one of his father's houses near his father's resi- dence. He was one of the first board of selectmen of the town of Framingham in 1700, and was for two years deacon of the Sudbury church before that. He married, November 2, 1667, Mary ( Moore) Ward. widow, a school teacher in 1693-4 in Sud- bury died June 10, 1703, in Framingham. He mar- ried {second ) February 6, 1704, Abigail Wheeler, died October 28, 1711. He married (third) Novem- ber 18, 1712, Ruth Haynes, of Sudbury. His son John administered the estate. Children of Daniel and Mary Stone: 1. Daniel, mentioned below. 2. Anne, born January 15, 1670. 3. Tabitha, born May 4. 1673: married David Haynes. 4. Sarah, born Feb- ruary 14, 1675; married James Rice. 5. Mary, born August 10, 1677 ; married Jonas Rice. 6. Elizabeth, born November 9, 1678; married Joseph Livermore. 7. Abigail, born February 13, 1680; married Dr. John Sherman. 8. John, married Anne Tileston of Dor- chester, January 31, 1706-7 ; died November 26, 1710; she died March 25, 1733.

(IV) Daniel Stone, Jr., son of Daniel Stone (3), born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, November 22, 1668, died at Framingham, December 22, 1702, aged thirty- four years. Although a young man when he died, he was selectman and town treasurer of Framing- ham in 1702, and served in the expedition to Canada under Phipps in 1690 with the Sudbury company. He married Patience Brown, who died November 13, 1722, at Framingham. She married (second) Na- thaniel Rice. Children of Daniel and Patience Stone : 1. Priscilla, married James Fox, of Dorchester. 2. Beulah, born August 23, 1695; married, January 14. 1719. Josiah Brown, of Sudbury; (second) Colonel Timothy Minot, of Concord. 3. Keziah, born July 29. 1607; married March 5, 1728 Eliab Moore. 4. Micah, mentioned below. 5. Lois, born November 21, 1701; married Moses Maynard, of Sudbury, March 18, 1723-4.

(V) Micah Stone, son of Daniel Stone, Jr. (4), born on "The Island," Sudbury, now Wayland. March 11, 1699, died October 13, 1738, of small pox, at the age of thirty-nine years. He resided in Framingham and was selectman there 1732 until his death : deputy 1734 and 1735. He married, April 2. 1724. Abigail Stone, of Lexington. She mar- ried ( second) January 22, 1752, Colonel Joseph Perry, and she died October 4, 1796, at an advanced age. Children of Micah and Abigail Stone : I. Josiah, born December 23, 1724: married Anne Haven, February 24, 1746-7; died April 2, 1785. 2. Daniel, mentioned below. 3. Micah, born May 30, 1729: married Rachel . Haynes, of Sudbury, Octo- ber II. 1748: married (second) Sarah Bacheller, widow, of Grafton. 4. John, born March 28, 1731; died in army, December 6, 1755. 5. Moses, born June 26, 1734: married Hannah Moore, of Sud- bury. November 14. 1754: died in Framingham, July 13, 1813. 6. Eliab, horn May 5. 1737 ; married, Octo- ber 17. 1765, Sarah Hubbard, of Concord; died Au- gust 31. 1822; graduate of Harvard 1758: teacher at Sudbury ; ordained minister at Reading, May 20, 1761.

(VI) Daniel Stone, son of Micah Stone (5), horn at Framingham, Massachusetts, April 11, 1727. died April 3. 1813, aged eighty-six years. He was selectman 1767-68. His house was burned in 1766. He and his wife are buried in the Church Hill cemetery at Framingham Centre, near the middle

of the yard, in a lot enclosed by iron fence. He mar- ried, 1749, Persis Haynes, born 1728 and died May 7. 1804, aged seventy-six years. Their children: I. Persis, born July 17, 1750; died March 1, 1752. 2. Nahum, born November 25, 1752; married Hannah Haven; died at Grafton, 1805. 3. John, mentioned below. 4. Daniel, born September 5, 1760; mar- ried Sally Buckminster, born 1770, died April 9, 1845 ; he died November 9, 1834. 5. Persis, born Au- gust 15, 1762; married Buckley Adams, February, 1785.

(VII) John Stone, son of Daniel Stone (6), born at Framingham, February 17, 1757, died at Cambridge, August 18, 1844. His occupation was hotel keeping, at which he was popular and sue- cessful. At one time he worked for Governor Liv- ingston at Livingston Manor, New York, and his son, Peter Royal Stone, was named for the governor. John Stone had hotels at various times in Wayland and Sudbury. He finally bought a farm at Cam- bridge, where he and his daughter Abigail lived after the death of his wife. He married, June 25, 1778, Ann Hunt, born 1760, died October 20, 1829. Their children :. I. John, Jr., born 1779, died December 16, 1807, at Washington, Vermont. 2. Peter R., ,mar- ried Lavinia Winship, of Lexington; died May, 1875, buried at Mt. Auburn. 3. Daniel, married Mary Jackson, of Boston ; died at Newton, 1860. 4. Walter, born January 13. 1796; died August 22, 1869: mar- ried Tane Merriam, born July 13, 1797, died May 23. 1873. 5. William, mentioned below. 6. Nancy, married - - Hatch, of New York. 7. Mary, mar- ried Daniel Learned. 8. Hannah, married Reuben Hastings, of Northboro. 9. Abigail, died unmar- ried. 10. Persis, married Coolidge Jones, and died of consumption soon after her marriage.

(VIII) William Stone, son of John Stone (7), born at Sudbury, May 13, 1787, died there March 10, 1862. He followed his father's business of keep- ing hotel. and was proprietor of taverns at Way- land, Sudbury and Stow. He was an earnest worker and became well-to-do. He married, October 25, 1805. Sukey Cutter, born February 6, 1786, at Sud- bury, and died there January 18, 1871. Their chil- dren : 1. Dana, mentioned below. 2. Emeline Susan, born October 16, 1808; married Abel Dakin, of Way- land, and ( second) Walter Rogers, of Sudbury, July IO, 1855. 3. William born December 2. 1810; un- married ; died at sea on whaling voyage and buried in Indian Ocean. 1. John, born November 8, 1812, at Stow: died April 15, 1892. 5. George W., born January 23, 1815, died September 30. 1871 ; mar- ried Maria Dudley, born at Wayland, 1835, died July 10. 1889. 6. Albina, born September 5. 1817 : married Warren Barker Hale, June 29, 1834.

(IX) Dana Stone, son of William Stone (8), born at Stow. Massachusetts, February 10. 1806. He attended the common schools at Sudbury. He worked at farming at Marlboro and Wayland, and also engaged in stage driving. After his first wife's death he settled in Northboro. He died June. 1883. He married first, Mary A. Whitney. a native of Weston, Massachusetts, and descendant of John Whitney. of Watertown, the immigrant ancestor of most of the Massachusetts families of Whitney. He died June, 1883. In his younger days he was in the state militia and trained for many years. He was at one time road commissioner of the town of Northboro. He was first a Whig in politics, later a Democrat. He attended the Unitarian church. He married (second) Mary Newton, of Northboro ; (third) Lois Newton, of the same town, and (fourth) Mrs. Nancy Rogers. also of Northboro. Children of Dana and Mary A. ( Whitney) Stone : I George Dana, born November 10. 1833, resided in Northboro. 2. Mary Ann, born October 1, 1835,

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married Emery Coolidge, who held a position on a transatlantic steamship and crossed the ocean over a hundred times ; both died at Northboro. 3. John Alphonzo, born December 25, 1836, resided in Hud- son, Massachusetts. 4. Susan Ellen, born October 27, 1838, died a young lady. 5. William, born No- vember 11, 1839, died when about thirty years old. 6. Louise, born October 17, 1841, married Albert Wheelock, and resided in Shrewsbury. 7. Lyman T., mentioned below. 8. Lavinia, born May 25, 1846, Fairbanks, and married Joseph resides 11 Worcester.

(1X) Lyman T. Stone, son of Dana Stone (8), was born in Northboro, Massachusetts, April 23, 1843, and attended the public schools there. He began life on a farm, but when a young man learned the trade of butcher. When the civil war broke ont he enlisted in Company A, Fifty-first Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, with which he served for a period of eleven months, and was hon- vrably discharged at the end of his term of enlist- ment. He returned to Massachusetts and settled in Boylston, where he bought a farm and combined with farming the business of butcher and dealer in meats and provisions, and he has acquired a competence. In politics he is a Republican, and he has served the town very acceptably as highway commissioner. He attends the Unitarian church. He married, Octo- ber 1, 1867, Mary E., daughter of Henry South- wick, a native of Connecticut. Their children: I. Theodore H., born July 4, 1868; died , November 2, 1901 ; married Bernice Peckham, and had one son, Ernest W. 2. Louis C., born February 13, 1870; married Amy Taylor. 3. Lois M., born November 25, 1871. 4. Carrie E., born February 26, 1873; mar- ried Ernest Doty, and had one daughter, Clarissa. 5. Alfred A., born March 20, 1876. 6. Herman H., born May 30, 1878; enlisted in Twenty-second Regi- ment United States Infantry, afterwards in the. Twelfth Infantry; killed in the Phillipine Islands, October 27, 1899. 7. Angie B., born March 20, 1888; married George Bruseau. 8. Laura A., born June 28, 1884; married Rupert Smith, and they have two children : Bernard R. and Ethel Irene.

EDWARD FOSTER BISCO. Edward Bisco (I), is the first known ancestor of Edward Foster Bisco, of Worcester, and the Bisco family of Worcester county, Massachusetts. The usual form of the name is Biscoe. Edward Bisco lived at Little Missenden, in Bucks county, England. He died in May, 1563. and was buried June 1, 1563. His wife was proba- bly Ann, who was buried at Little Missenden, April 22, 1561. Their children were: 1. Thomas, of Lit- tle Missenden, tanner, buried there December 3, 1594, died without issue: married November 25, 1565. Lettice Randall, daughter of John Randall, of Little Missenden, and wife Joyce; she died Feb- ruary, 1598-9; both left wills. 2. Robert, settled in Wendover, Bucks county. and was a tanner. 3. Elizabeth, born at Missenden, buried there February 17, 1597-8; married Hugh Venables. July 6, 1567, at Little Missenden. 4. Agnes, buried at Amersham, September 2, 1596; will dated July 30, 1596; mar- ried Thomas Webbe of Agmondesham, Bucks county, September 16, 1567. 5. John, married Joan Randall.

(II) John Bisco, son of Edward Bisco (1), lived at Little Missenden. He was a yeoman. He died June 3, 1606; his will was dated May 27, 1606, and was proved July S. 1606. He owned lands at Agmondesham from his mother's estate. He mar- ried Joan Randall, July 18. 1567, at Little Missenden. Her will is dated March 13, 1617-8, and was proved 1622. Children of John and Joan ( Randall) Bisco were : I. Edward, baptized at Little Missenden,

July 31, 1569, married Alice Taylor. 2. Richard, baptized, Little Missenden, March 2, 1567. 3. Robert, baptized, Little Missenden, February 2, 1571-2, died September 16, 1630; will dated September 14, 1630, proved October 25, 1630; lived at lligh Wycombe, Bucks county ; was gentleman and sometime alder- man ; married Joan ITell, widow, at Little Missenden, August II, 1596; married ( sec- ond) Susan, daughter of Thomas Lane, of Northdeane, parish of Hughenden, Bucks county yeoman, who died in 1615; Agnes Lane, his wife, died 1636; Susan (Lane) Bisco's will was dated April 9, 1648, proved May 17, 1648. 4. John, baptized Little Missenden, January 30, 1574-5, buried there March 13, following. 5. Richard, baptized Little Missenden, May 6, 1576. 6. John, baptized Little Missenden, September 21, 1578, buried there August 17, 1615; will made August 7, proved Sep- tember 27, 1615; married Elizabeth 7. Jane, baptized Little Missenden, January 29, 1581-2, mar- ried there October 12, 1601, Henry Edlyn; both liv- ing May 27, 1606. 8. Joan, baptized Little Mis- senden, 1583, buried there November 12, 1583. 9. Elizabeth, baptized Little Missenden, July 31, 1587.

(111) Edward Bisco, sou of John Bisco (2), baptized Little Missenden, July 31, 1569, resided in Agmondesham, Buckshire, England; buried at Amersham, October 26, 1605; will dated October 18, 1605, proved January 20, 1605-6; married Alice, daughter of Henry Taylor; he was buried at Little Missenden, July 3, 1610; she married (second) John Randall, at Little Missenden, March 3, be- tween 1603 and 1606. Children of Edward and Alice (Taylor) Bisco: 1. Nathaniel, baptized Little Mis- senden, November 16, 1595; emigrated to New Eng- land 1639, and was in Watertown 1643, returned to England about the end of 1651; married October 21, 1615, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Honor, yeo- man ( who was buried at Little Missenden, April 23, 1623) ; Elizabeth died at Watertown, buried there November 20, 1642. 2. Sarah, baptized Amersham, February 26, 1597-8. 3. Rebecca, twin sister of pre- ceding, baptized Amersham, February 26, 1597-8, buried there March 19 same year. 4. Rebecca, bap- tized Amersham, September 21, 1602. 5. John, bap- tized April 27, 1600; resided St. Margaret's, West- minster, London; citizen and apothecary of Lon- don; buried November 14, 1644; married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Gabriell, November 14, 1626; she married (second) Christopher Thomlinson, citi- zen and draper of London, who was buried at Bun- hill Fields, 1680-1. 6. Phebe, born 1594, Little Mis- senden, died young. 7. Walter, baptized Amersham, December 16, 1604, buried there February 27, 1604-5.

(IV) Nathaniel Bisco, son of Edward Bisco (3). baptized Little Missenden, England, No- vember 16, 1595; emigrated to New Eng- land 1639. In 1642 he wrote and circulated privately a pamphlet "against the way of supporting ministers" that gave great offense, and for which he was fined ten pounds. In that year his barn with leather and corn to the value of two hundred pounds was destroyed by fire. he was so dissatisfied with the prevailing religious intolerance that he returned to England about the end of 1651. He sold to John Wincol, October 2, 1651, the forty-six acres of land that he had bought of the town. His son, Nathaniel Bisco, Jr., was one of the witnesses on the deed. He wrote a letter, dated London, Sep- tember 7, 1652, which fell into the hands of the government and produced some excitement at the time. In that letter he mentions his uncle, Richard Bisco (or Briscoe, as lie usually spelled the name) who died a little before the date of the letter. Na- thaniel left his four grown children in Massachu-

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setts when he returned to England, and from them have descended the American Bisco families. His wife died at Watertown, and was buried there No- vember 20, 1642. He was commonly known both in England and America as "the Rich Tanner." His children were: I. Nathaniel, baptized Little Missen- den, May 18, 1629; mentioned in his father's letter and by Governor Winthrop as a gentleman born, was the first usher of Nathaniel Eaton, "the first person who had charge of the institution" (i. e. Har- vard College). 2. Mary, married Thomas Brough- ton, one of the witnesses to the deed of sale of the elder Nathaniel Bisco's property when he returned to England. (Broughton first settled, but in 1650 removed to Boston, where he died November 12, 1700, aged eighty-seven ; had nine children). Mary was baptized in Little Missenden, England, Septem- ber 16, 1619; Thomas Broughton was the son of Edward Broughton of London. 3. John, born 1622, baptized June 13, 1623. 4. Sarah, baptized Little Missenden, May 7, 1626, married William Bond, Esq., from whom Dr. Henry Bond, the genealogist and historian, is descended; they had nine children; she died February, 1692-3.

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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 149

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