Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. I, Part 27

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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(II) Josiah Hobbs, son of Josiah Hobbs (1), was born in Boston in 1684, and moved to Lexing- ton with his parents in 1690. He resided there until 1705, when he was twenty-one; he then re- turned to Boston and settled there. In 1708 he married Esther Davenport, of Dorchester, and re- sided on a farm at the north end of Boston. Ac- cording to his own statements he used to drive cows to pasture from the North End to Muddy

river, now Brookline, and to Roxbury, now a part of Boston. He told his grandchildren that he had hoed corn on Cornhill, Boston. He and his wife joined Rev. Cotton Mather's church (the New North) and their children were christened there. He purchased a farm at Weston, of a man named Cheney, and removed there. He joined the Weston

church and was a very devot man, of strict Puritan views. He died February 27, 1779, aged ninety- four. His wife died November 29, 1778, aged eighty-eight years. Children of Josiah Hobbs and his wife, Esther Davenport Hobbs : 1. Ebenezer, born in Boston, 1709, married Eunice Garfield, of Lan- caster, 1734, died of injuries received October 19, 1762. 2. Josiah (twin), born at Governor's Island, in Boston Harbor. 1721, married Mary Hunting- ton, of Weston; she died 1804; was a soldier in the revolution and deacon of the church; he died 1802. aged eighty-one years. 3. John (twin), born on Governor's Island, 1721, married Beulah Warren, of Weston; was a deacon and soldier in the revo- lution : was present at the taking of Burgoyne; he and his twin brother bought farms in Brookfield, then called Podunk; he died from a cold taken while he was in the service in 1777, leaving a large family of children, from some of whom are de- scended many of the Hobbs families of Worcester, and other towns of the county. 4. Esther, born in Boston, October 22, 1722, married Gibbs, settled in Framingham, Massachusetts. 5. Sarah, born May 10, 1724, married Stone, of Wes- ton, settled in Vermont and had son, Joseph. 6. Dorcas, born 1726, married Parks, settled in Lincoln, Massachusetts. 7. Hannah, born Janu- ary 25, 1729, married Jeremiah Wetmore, of Wes- ton, settled in Middleton, Connecticut, ancestors of the well known Wetmore family of Boston. 8. Nathan, born in Weston in 1731, married Elizabeth Fiske, and had ten children.

(III) Ebenezer Hobbs, son of Josiah Hobbs (2), was born in Boston, 1709, married Eunice Garfield. of Lincoln, 1734. He died of injuries received October 19, 1762. His widow died October 4, 1776, aged sixty-eight years. Children were: Isaac, horn 1735, married Mary Sanderson, of Waltham, 1757. had several children who died in infancy ; he died September 30, 1813: Ebenezer, born 1736, died October 28, 1756, unmarried; Elisha, born 1843, married Lois Hastings, of Waltham, 1764; Susan- nah. died young : Hepsibath, died young: Mathew, born 1745, married Lydia Wesson, of Lincoln, in 1760; she died in 1782, aged thirty-five years; he married (second) Lucy Holmes, of Boston, who died 1812; he was a soldier in the revolution; was at Lexington April 19, 1775, and followed the re- treating British as far as West Cambridge, where he was relieved and returned to Concord; served under Captain Jonathan Fiske; was captain of his company in 1780; Elizabeth, born 1748, married Phineas Gregory, who settled in Princeton in 1767; Samuel, born 1751, married Lucy Monroe, of Lex- ington, who died in 1812, aged sixty years; he was one of the party who threw the tea overboard in Boston Harbor; settled in Sturbridge, died May 1823: Esther, 1753, married Captain Bowker, of Sudbury, removed to western New York.

(IV) Elisha Hobbs, son of Ebenezer Hobbs (3). was born in 1743. He married Lois Hastings, of Waltham. in 1764. He settled in Princeton before the revolutionary war and spent the remainder of his days there. He was deacon of the church. His wife died September 22, 1807, aged sixty-four years. He died December 16, 1816, aged seventy-four years. Children were: Lois, born May 10, 1765, married. 1783. John Mirick, of Princeton, where she died 1843: Elisha, January 29. 1768: Micah. November 22. 1770, died October 20, 1775: Jonas, August 31, 1772, went to Vermont early: Susanna, May 20, 1774: Micah. September 29, 1776, died at Hope. Maine, February 2, 1842, aged sixty-six years, had two sons. Josiah and Henry: John, July 21, 1779. married Betsey Bailey, of Sterling; William, Au-

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gust 30, 1781, married Nancy Gill, of Princeton, had three sons: William, born 1809, resided in Wor- cester, and Elisha lived on the homestead in Prince- ton ; Moses, October 24. 1783. married Mercy Gill, of Princeton, was killed in Hubbardston at the rais- ing of a barn, 1823.

(V) John Hobbs, son of Elisha Hobbs of Princeton (4), was born in Princeton, Massach11- setts, July 21, 1779. He married Betsey Bailey, of Sterling. Their children were: Betsey, born March 10, 1800; Jolin, June 17, 1801, resided in Yonkers, New York: Micah, February 22, 1804, married a daughter of Moses Hobbs and resided in Prince- ton : George, May 16, 1806, resided in Worcester ; Henry, November 4, 1808, died 1840; Susan, June 2, 18II ; Isaac. June 13, 1813, removed to Hope, Maine; Samuel, January 29, 1816, at Princeton ; Bailey, October 8, 1818, resided in Yonkers, New York.

(VI) George Hobbs, major-general, son of John Hobbs (5), was born in Princeton, Massachusetts, May 16, 1806. He died in Worcester, November 3, 1872. He married Calista Beaman, 1829. He set- tled in Sterling, where he kept a hotel in the days when the country tavern was at the height of its prosperity. He also managed an extensive stage business there. General Hobbs removed to Worces- ter in 1838 and kept the Eagle Hotel, at the corner of Main and Thomas streets. He is still remem- bered by the older citizens of Worcester as a manu- facturer of brick. He had kilns on Lincoln street, and continued to manufacture bricks until his health failed, a few years before his death. He invested in real estate and built many brick buildings in various parts of the city. He left a valuable estate. He was one of the few Worcester men who attained the rank of major-general ; he became commander of the City Guards in 1840, and he rose through the various ranks in the state militia to that posi- tion. He resigned in 1856, but always retained an interest in the military affairs of the state. He had two sons, prominent officers in Worcester regi- ments in the civil war. He was highly respected as a citizen as well as a soldier. For several years he was chief of the Worcester fire department. He served the city of Worcester in 1861-63-64 as alder- man. He was an assessor for several years. Dur- ing the last years of his life he was in feeble health, for a year was confined to the house.

The Worcester Gazette said of him at the time of his death: "He was deeply interested in the military branch of the public service, and the spirit and efficiency of the militia in his time were largely due to his influence and example. * *

* In all positions of public trust he was faithful and energetic."

Children of George and Calista (Beaman) Hobbs: Ann. born 1830, at Sterling, married George S. Howe; she resides at present in The Aurora, Worcester; Horace, September 2, 1831, at Sterling ; Martha, at Sterling, 1834; Catherine or Kate Rust, born 1836; George Webster, March 22, 1839, at Worcester; William Harrison, April 28, 1841, at Worcester.

(VII) Horace Hobbs, son of General George Hobbs (6), was born in Sterling, Massachusetts, September 2, 1831. He attended the Worcester public schools. He learned the profession of civil engineering and surveying and followed it for about seven years. He was a strong anti-slavery man, and when Eli Thayer organized the movement for Free Kansas Mr. Hobbs was one of the first to enlist as a pioneer. When he reached Kansas he found the feeling at fever heat. In fact he participated in the first practical and effective resistance against

slavery. He was in a cavalry company in the town of Lawrence at the time of the Border Ruffian I11- vasion from Missouri, and he remained in Kansas until hostilities ceased. He was there thirteen months. He worked at brick making, with his father, for about five years in all. When the civil war broke out he enlisted early. In 1863 he was commissioned captain of Company II, Fifty-first Regiment.

Captain Hobbs lived for a time in Auburn, a town adjoining Worcester. He was town treasurer there for five years. He was deacon of the Con- gregational church for a number of years, treasurer, and also superintendent of the Sunday school. All his life he has been known as an earnest and con- sistent supporter of the temperance movement in its various forms. In politics he has always been a Republican, and has been satisfied with the straight . ticket. He has never voted for a Democrat. Since 1876 he has been examiner of titles at the Wor- cester county registry of deeds. His careful, pains- taking work there is known to members of the bar all over the state. He and his brother have made a specialty of searching titles, and have won a high reputation for excellent work. He is a member of George H. Ward Post, No .. 10, G. A. R., and of the Loyal Legion. He is also a member of the Con- gregational Club and the board of trade.

He married (first) Mary P. Parker. He married (second) Maria K. Knowles, daughter of Elisha and Eunice (Huntington) Knowles, of Auburn. The children of Horace and Mary P. (Parker) Hobbs : Horace B., died at the age of eighteen months ; Cora Louise, a clerk in the office of the register of deeds; William H., attended the Worcester high school, a graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Insti- tute, then took a course at Harvard University, at Johns Hopkins, and at Heidelberg University, Ger- many (where he studied again in 1905) ; for some years professor of geology in Wisconsin State Uni- versity at Madison, Wisconsin; he married Sarah Kimball, has one child. Winnifred B., born 1900. Children of Horace and Maria K. (Knowles) Hobbs : Howard K., was in the Second regiment at the battle of Santiago, is sergeant of the Worcester Light In- fantry and treasurer of the company ; also treasurer of Willie Grout Camp, Sons of Veterans; treasurer of the Sunday school; graduate of Worcester high school: associated with his father and uncle as examiner of titles at the court house. Alice M., graduate of Wheaton Seminary.

(VII) George Webster Hobbs, son of General George Hobbs (6), was born in Worcester, March 22, 1839. He was educated in the public schools of his native city and at Norwich University, Vermont. He studied law with Colonel E. B. Stoddard. He was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice in 1860, at Uxbridge. He was a lieutenant in the Worcester Light Infantry. For many years he was one of the most prominent and influential citizens of Uxbridge. He was interested in historical sub- iects and wrote extensively. He married Chloe E. Taft. daughter of David Taft, of Uxbridge.

(VII) William Harrison Hobbs, youngest son of General George Hobbs (6), was born in Wor- cester, Massachusetts, April 28, 1841, in the hotel at the corner of Main and Thomas streets, which at that time was kept by his father. He first attended school in the old school house on Main street ; then in the Thomas street school in the various grades. He also attended the Worcester Academy, the Highland Military Academy and the Worcester high school. In 1855 he joined the Worcester Light Infantry, and was with his company in the famous march through Baltimore at the beginning of the

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civil war, April 19, 1861. This company was part of the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment. He was one of those detailed by Captain Harrison W. Pratt to notify the members of the company to be at the armory for active service. He still has the written order, viz .:

"Private W. H. Hobbs: You are hereby ordered to warn, and give immediate verbal notice, to the non-commissioned officers and privates of the com- pany under my command, and whose names are specified in roll annexed, to appear at their armory at four o'clock in the forenoon of Wednesday, the seventeenth day of April, current, uniformed and equipped as the law directs for military duty and active service.

HARRISON W. PRATT,

"Commanding Company B, Third Battalion In- fantry."

He was mustered out of service, with the rank of corporal, at the expiration of his enlistment. After his return from the service Mr. Hobbs went into the business of brick-making with his father, and continued until the death of his father in 1872. In the following year he went to Haverhill and started in the brick business, but on account of the financial troubles and hard times of that period, he sold out in 1874. He returned to Worcester and entered the real estate and conveyancing business. He had an office in the building on the present site of the Chadwick until 1883, when he went into the registry of deeds, working with his brother Horace in ex- amining titles. He has continued iu this business ever since. At present he is the head of the Hobbs Title Company, and his associates are Samuel H. Longley and Howard K. Hobbs, his nephew. Mr. Hobbs is well known, especially among the law- yers of the county, and is highly esteemed. He is regarded as one of the leading experts in real estate matters in Worcester county. He is a Republican in politics, but not an active one. He belongs to George H. Ward Post, No. 10, G. A. R., and has been a member of the auditing committee for the past three years ; a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Quinsigamond Lodge, No. 48, and trustee of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows' Mutual Benefit Association for several years, also a member of the Veteran Independent Order of Odd Fellows' Association, having been an Odd Fellow for twenty-five Hobbs Mr.

married, November 26, 1865, Martha Lydia Holt. daughter of Lucius K. and Rebecca (Miles) Holt. They have two children, both living: Charles H., resides at New Orleans, educated at Worcester Academy ; Katharine, lives with her parents, 146 Main street, Worcester.

(1) Nicholas Holt, the pioneer ancester of Mrs. William H. Hobbs, was born in England, in 1602. He came from Romsey, England, in the ship "James," William Cooper, master, sailing April 6, and landing in Boston June 3, 1635. He was one of the first settlers at Newbury and Andover, Massa- chusetts. At Newbury he was husbandman, pro- prietor and town officer. He made a long journey with others to take the freeman's oath May 17, 1637, and vote against Sir Harry Vane. He was a tanner as well as a farmer. He removed to And- over in 1644. He sold his Newbury land Novem- ber 14, 1652. He is called a plate-turner (wood- worker) in some records. He married (first) Eliza- beth - She died at Andover, November 9. 1656. He married (second). June 20, 1658. Hannah ( Bradstreet) Rolfe, widow of Daniel Rolfe and daughter of Humphrey Bradstreet. She died June

20, 1665. He married (third) Mrs. Martha Preston, widow of Roger Preston, May 21, 1666. She died March 21, 1703, aged eighty years. He died Jan- uary 30, 1685, aged eighty-three years. Children of Nicholas and Elizabeth Holt: Hannah, born in England, married Robert Gray; Elizabeth, born at Newbury, March 30, 1636; Mary, born at Newbury, October 6, 1638; Samuel, October 6, 1641; Henry, born 1644, of whom later; Nicholas, 1647; James, 1651 ; Priscilla, June 20, 1653. Children of Nicho- las and Hannah Holt were: Rebecca, born Nov- ember 14, 1662; John, January 14, 1663-4.

(II) Henry Holt, fifth child of Nicholas llolt (I), was born in Newbury, Massachusetts, 1644. He married, February 24, 1669, Saralı Ballard, daughter of William Ballard. She died at Andover, November 25, 1733. He died January 17, 1719, aged seventy-five years. They joined the church June 3, 1716. He was prominent in town affairs. In 1686 he owned a mill on Ladle brook. Children were: Elizabeth, born in Andover, Massachusetts, December 29, 1670; Oliver, January 14, 1671; Henry, January 24, 1673; James, see forward; George, March 17, 1677; Sarah, August 17, 1678; Josiah, December 13, 1679; Dinah, May 23, 1681; Paul, February 7, 1684; William, February 3, 1687; Zerviah, March 24, 1689; Keturah, December 15. 1690; Humphrey, September 22, 1693; Benjamin, July 8, 1696.

(III) James Holt, fourth child of Henry Holt (2), born in Andover, Massachusetts, September 3. 1675, married, May 24, 1705, Susannah Preston. She died February 20, 1741-2. He died November 25. 1751, aged seventy-six. Their children: Abigail. born in Andover, Massachusetts, March 20, 1705. died 1716; James, 1707; Zerviah, 1712; Barzillai. see forward; Abigail, died February 20, 1756.

(IV) Barzillai Holt, fourth child of James Holt (3), born in Andover, Massachusetts, Octo- ber 25, 1715, married (first) August 27, 1738, Eliza- beth Goss; married (second), February 22, 1759, Lois Allena, and settled in Marlboro, Massachu- setts, in the part later set off as Shrewsbury. He was one of the first settlers in West Boylston, about 1720. He died at Boylston in 1774, aged fifty-eight years. Children of Barzillai and Eliza- beth (Goss) Holt: Abel, see forward; Barzillai, May 12, 1745; James, June 6, 1746; Elizabeth, August 29, 1753; Silas, born in Marlboro; Levi, May 6, 1760; Abiel, May 11, 1763; Jotham, Jan- uary 10, 1765.

(V) Abel Holt, eldest child of Barzillai Holt (4), born in Marlboro, Massachusetts, June 14. 1740, married. October 21, 1765. or February 27. 1766, Eunice Keyes, daughter of Henry Keyes, of Shrewsbury, born April 19, 1745. died October 21, 1840, aged ninety-five years and six months. Ile died February 18, 1815, aged seventy-five years. He was a soldier in the revolution. Children were : Lois, born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, May 1I, 1767, married William Drury, of Holden; Amasa, born in Boylston, April 24, 1772, married, 1798, Nabby Nourse, of Berlin; Asa, born in Boylston, June 26, 1776: Abel, June 26, 1776, married Hannah Wright; Jonas, October 22, 1779; Eunice, October 21, 1782; Henry Keyes, July 2, 1788, married, No- vember 16, 1813, Lydia Fairbanks, see forward; Tyler, September 21, 1791, married, October 1, 1812, Arethusa Fairbanks; she died August 16, 1837. He died November 8, 1866, at West Boylston.

(VI) Henry Keyes Holt, seventh child of Abel Holt (5), born in Boylston, Massachusetts, July 2. 1788, married, November 16, 1813, Lydia Fair- banks, a descendant of Jonathan Fairbanks, of Ded- ham, in the following line: Lydia (VI), Seth (V),

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Jonathan (IV), Jabez (III), Jonas (II), Jon- athan (I). lle died September 8, 1828, from in- juries received in a fall. His widow married (sec- ond), September 25, 1844, Nathaniel Davenport. Children of Henry Keyes and Lydia ( Fairbanks ) Holt : Henry Fairbanks, born in South Berwick, Maine, November 26, 1816, married, December 22, 1841, Martha Levina Wood, daughter of Merritt Wood; Lucins Keyes, see forward.

( VII) Lucius Keyes Holt, youngest child of Henry Keyes Holt (6), born in Sterling, Massachu- setts, married, October 10, 1843, Rebecca Frost, of Marlboro, Massachusetts. They resided in Lan- caster, Massachusetts. Children were: Martha Lydia, born in Shirley, Massachusetts, November 24, 1845, see forward; Henry Keyes, born in Lan- caster, March 5, 1850, died August 4, 1857, drowned at Holyoke, Massachusetts; Frank E., born in Holyoke, December 17, 1856, married Nellie Hast- ings; resides at Bayonne, New Jersey; superintend- ent of the Singer Sewing Machine Company fact- ory at Elizabeth, New Jersey; they have one child, Olive, born 1893; Lucius M., born in Lancaster, July 13, 1859, deceased.

( VIII) Martha Lydia Holt, eldest child of Lut- cius Keyes Holt (7), born at Shirley, Massachu- setts, November 24, 1845. In early life she lived with her parents and went to school in Clinton, Massachusetts. During the civil war the family lived at Easthampton. She attended Williston Seminary and Worcester Academy. She is a mem- ber of the Fairbanks Association and as indicated above is descended in the same line as Vice-Presi- dent Fairbanks, who is her cousin. She married William Harrison Hobbs. (See sketch above.)

ARTHUR LANE SAFFORD. Thomas Saf- ford (I), the immigrant ancestor of Arthur Lane Safford, of Lancaster, Massachusetts, was born in England and settled in New England at Ipswich before 1641. He was on the list of proprietors of the town April 6, 1641, and was admitted a freeman December 19, 1648. He bought a farm at Ipswich, thirty-two acres, of Henry Kingsbury, February 8, 1648. He was a subscriber to Denison's allowance in 1640 and had a share and a half in Plum Island. He died in February, 1666-7. His will was dated February 20, 1666-7, and proved March 26, 1667. He gave his farm to his son Joseph on condition of his care of the father and mother and paying certain amounts to daughters Elizabeth, Mary and Abigail.

He married Elizabeth - -, who died March 4, 167, at Ipswich. Their children were: Joseph, born 1631 or 1632, (he deposed March 29, 1692, that he was about fifty-nine or sixty years old,) was admitted a freeman 1682; married, March 6, 1660, Mary Baker; John, of whom later; Elizabeth, Mary, Abigail. (One of the daughters married Kilum.)

(11) John Safford, son of Thomas Safford (1), was born about 1633. probably in England. He set- tled in Ipswich, Massachusetts. He had a share of Plum Island. He gave land to his son Thomas for the maintenance of his wife and daughter by deed dated September 5, 1698. The children of John and Sarah Safford were: John, Jr., of whom later ; Sarah, born July 14. 1664, died July 21, 1712; Mar- garet, February 28, 1665-6; Rebecca, August 30, 1667; Mercy or Mary, born February 26, 1669-70; Elizabeth, February 27. 1670-1; Thomas, October 16, 1672, married, October 7, 1698, Eleanor Shats- well or Setchwell, widow of Richard Setchwell and daughter of Daniel Cheney; married (second) at Rowley, June 20, 1725, Sarah Scott; their son Jo-

seph was a pioneer at Hardwick, where many of his descendants live; Joseph, March 12, 1674-5.

(III) John Safford, Jr., son of John Safford (2), was born about 1660. He took the oath of allegiance in 1683 at Ipswich. He was administra- tor of the estate of his father-in-law, Thomas New- man, March 5, 1691. He married, September 15, 1685, Hannah Newman, daughter of Thomas New- man. He married (second), June 28, 1702, Abigail Martin. He resided at Ipswich. The children of John, Jr, and Hannah Safford were: John. Jr., born February 28, 1687-8; Hannah, September 24, 1691; Sarah, December 25, 1694; Mary, March 5, 1697; Elizabeth, January 24, 1700. The children of John, Jr. and Abigail Safford were: Mary, April 24, 1703; Joseph, January 18, 1705; Gideon, March 24, 1709, of whom later.

(IV ) Gideon Safford, son of John Safford, Jr., (3), was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, March 24, 1709. He lived in Ipswich. He married there, January 13, 1731-2, Elizabeth Hill. Their children were: Mary, born September 1 1732; Thomas, October 15, 1735, of whom later; Elizabeth, Sep- tember 17, 1737; Thankful, October 15, 1739; Amy, January 25, 1742; Lucy, April 3, 1744; Samuel, Jan- uary 2, 1748; Pagy, May 10 1750; Anne, July 12, 1752; Gideon, Jr., November 4, 1754.

(V) Thomas Safford, son of Gideon Safford (4), was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, October 15, 1735. He was a soldier in the French and Indian war and was in Captain Jonathan Brown's company at Lake George in 1758. During the revolution he was living at or near Watertown, and he enlisted July 2, 1778, with others to serve as guards over the powder magazine for six months. He continued to serve on this duty until August 2, 1779. He was called "corporal" in some of the records. He married at Watertown, July 31, 1764, Sarah Kettell, of Medford, his residence being given as Dedham. His wife joined the Dedham church, March 23, 1766. The only record of birth of chil- dren born to Thomas and Sarah is found in Ded- ham records : Thomas, baptized at Dedham, August 24, 1766, by Rev. Mr. Townsend.

(VI) Thomas Safford, Jr., son of Thomas Safford (5), of Dedham and Watertown, was bap- tized at Dedham, August 24, 1766. He lived at Dedham, Watertown and Concord. He learned the trade of baker. He removed from Concord to Lancaster in '1795. He bought of Joseph Willington Page of Lancaster for one thousand and ninety pounds his estate in Lancaster, including land on the Berlin road, land known as the Rugg Intervale, formerly of Isaac Rugg's estate, and land on the Harvard road by deed dated April 22, 1795. This deed gives his residence as Concord, but he must have removed immediately afterward, as his son Thomas was baptized at Lancaster, September 6, 1795.

He married ( first) Elizabeth Stetson, who died at Lancaster, March 11, 1818, aged forty-nine years. He married (second), 1819, Anna Brigham. Eliza- beth Stetson was the daughter of Ebenezer Stetson, who married in Watertown, July 1, 1765, Lucy Rug- gles. Ebenezer Stetson died in 1809 and the chil- dren of Thomas and Elizabeth (Stetson) Safford were named among his heirs, Thomas Safford be- ing appointed guardian of the minor children, Sep- temher 26, 1809. The second wife was of Marl- boro, Massachusetts. The children of Thomas and Elizabeth Safford, all except George, born or bap- tized in Lancaster, were: George, of whom later ; Thomas, baptized September 6, 1795; Catherine, bap- tized April 23, 1797, died July 4, 1798; Joseph Collis, baptized December 6, 1798; Francis Augustus, bap-

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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 27

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