Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. I, Part 28

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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tized August 3, ISoo, died August 3. 1801 ; Caro- line, born May 30, 1802, died August 31, 1803; Catherine, born December 9, 1804, died February 14, 1807; Henry, born March 1, 1807; Susan Palmer, born February 19, 1809; Adeline, born January 13, IS11; Elizabeth, (guardian appointed at her father's death ).

( VII) George Safford, eldest son of Thomas Safford (6), was born about 1794, probably in Con- cord, Massachusetts. He was brought up in Lan- caster and attended school there. He was a farmer. He married Mary ( Polly) Stevenson, July 8, 1816, daughter of Martin Stevenson, of Lancaster. She died February 19, 1831, aged thirty-six years. He was guardian of their children who were heirs of their grandfather Stevenson, who owned forty acres on George Hill. The children of George and Polly Safford were: Charles, born September 14, 1817, of whom later; George Fosdick, born March 19, 1819, had children : George and Helen Shortly; Roby Ruel, born December 12, 1821 ; Augustus, born January 9, 1825; Henry, of Fitchburg; Mary E. George Safford married again and had Fred, whose children are George Safford and Lizzie Snyder of Troy, New York. George Safford married a third wife.

(VIII) Charles Safford, son of George Safford (7), was born in Lancaster, September 14, 1817. He resided in Lancaster, where he carried on the business of cabinet making, painting, etc. He was for many years the town undertaker. He died in 1879, aged sixty-nine years. He married, May 16, 1843, Julia A. D. Carter, than aged twenty-four years. Their children were: A daughter, died young ; Charles Ethan, born October 17, 1845, mar- ried twice; one son, Clarence, was killed in the destruction of the Maine at Havana ; Sarah Julia, February 16, 1847, died June 22, 1847: Ellen Frances, June 1, 1848, married Frank Havard, of Bolton ; they have two sons and two daughters; Frank, a painter by trade. died unmarried at Lancaster ; Henry, a painter by trade, married Carrie Divoll; has had five children, two of whom are living; Arthur Lane, of whom later; William P., is in the cm- ploy of his brother in the general store at Lan- caster ; married Lillian Wilder, daughter of Wil- liam G. Wilder, of Clinton; they have one daughter Mabel.

(IX) Arthur Lane Safford. son of Charles Safford (8), was born at Lancaster, Massachu- setts, August 15, 1856. lle attended the public and high schools of his native town. At the age of sixteen he began to work in the general store at Lancaster. The store changed hands several times, but he remained in the employ of the various pro- prietors until December, 1879, when in partner- ship with Benjamin Kingsbury Gallup he became proprietor of the store himself. The firm name was Gallup & Safford and they had an excellent busi- ness. In 1891 Mr. Safford bought out his partner and since then has conducted the business alone. He has a high grade general store, groceries. dry goods, hardware, agricultural implements and the usual stock of the large country store. Ile also deals in grain, flour, etc. His former partner is now manager for the Swift concern of a branch at Trenton, New Jersey.

In politics Mr. Safford is a Republican. He was for seven years town treasurer and tax collector, but declined to serve after his partner withdrew from the business. He is at present trustee of the town's charity funds, held under various bequests. for the benefit of the poor of the town. He is a Free Mason, member of Trinity Lodge of Clin-

ton. He is a member of the Lancaster Lodge of Odd Fellows.

He married Marian Adams Fuller, daughter of Edward M. Fuller, brother of Eben S. Fuller, of Clinton. (See sketch of Fuller family in this work. ) Their children were: Edith Marie, born June, 1891 ; Edward, May 6, 1895.

ELI JONES WHITTEMORE. The genealogy of the Whittemore family to which Eli Jones Whitte- more, of Worcester, belongs, has been traced back in England to the twelfth century. Mr. Whitte- more has the result of the researches of D. J. Whittemore, chief engineer of the Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul Railroad, which were carried on for a number of years in England at considerable expense and infinite pains to secure accuracy. A vast amount of information that he collected should be edited. A brief abstract only can be used here. It will serve to correct some of the errors in the Whittemore and Whitmore genealogies. The name is commonly spelled Whitmore in England, while some descendants of the original stock spell their name Wetmore.

(I) The Whitmores of Staffordshire. England, were originally termed de Boterel. The name of the father of William de Boterel ( 1100-1135) and his brother, Peter de Botrel, is unknown. William had a son William (1158-1163).

(II) Peter de Botrel, of Staffordshire, had a son Radulph or Ralph.

(III) Ralph de Botrel (1152-1171 ) married twice. His son William by the first wife married Avisa de Whitmore (1179). William (IV) (1174) had a son Reginald (V) (1204-16), who had a son Robert (VI) (1238), who had a son Robert (VII) (1260). This is not the American line. That descends from the second wife, by her son Ralph de Botrel and not by Rad Fitz Wetmore ( 1220-40), an illegitimate son. Rad had a son Will le Burgvyllon (1242-54).

(IV) Ralph de Botrel had a son, Sir John.

(V) Sir John de Whitmore married Agnes (1252-76) and had at least three sons: John, Lord of Whitmore, founder of what the genealogists call the Caunton line ; William, married Alice Fenners, had son Philip (VII), founded what is called the Claverly branch: Ralph (VI).

(VI) John Whitmore, son of Sir John Whit- more. married Margerie (1270-1301).

(VII ) Richard of Whitmore married Susannah Draycote, daughter of Sir Philip Draycote, of Painesley, knight, and had: Jane, married John Blunt : Mary, married John Gifford; Beatrix, mar- ricd John Chetwind; Christina, married Richard Fleetwood ; Philip.

(VIII) Philip Whitmore, married Thomasine. daughter of Richard Oliver (?). and had a son, Richard Whitmore.

( IX) Richard Whitmore, son of Philip Whit- more (8). married ( first ) a daughter of Sir Ralph Bagot : married (second) daughter of Richard Devereux ; married (third) a daughter of Simon Harcourt, probably of Ellenhall, Staffordshire, and by his third wife had son Nicholas.

(X) Nicholas Whitmore, son of Richard Whit- more (9), married Annie Aston, daughter of Thomas Aston. of Tixall. Staffordshire, and had: Mary, married William Lusone; Anthony.

(XI) Anthony Whitmore, son of Nicholas Whit- more ( 10), married Christina Vaux, daughter and heir of Nicholas Vaux, and had : Joan, William.

( XII) William Whitmore, son of Anthony Whit- more (II), had a son John.

(XIII) John Whitmore, of Caunton, second son

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of William Whitmore (12), in the reign of Henry VI, married Alice Blyton, daughter and heir of Robert Blyton, of Caunton, county Notts; married (second) Catherine Compton, daughter and heir of Robert Compton, of Hawton ( Visitation of York 1563), and had: William; Robert, who was the heir.

(XIV) Robert Whitmore, son of John Whit- more (13), of Caunton, married Catherine Claye. daughter of George Claye, of Finningly, county Notts (Visitation of Yorkshire), and had son Will- iam, the heir, who married a daughter of John Rid- ley. William of Rotterham died in 1568. Robert Whitmore married (second) Alice Atwoode, of Harlington, Bedfordshire. He died at Caunton in 1540. By this marriage the children were: Richard, died without issue, 1559: John, living in 1545; Charles, died 1568; Thomas, living in 1559, probably died about 1603; Edmund, living in 1559: Rowland, living in 1591; James, Randall, and three daugh- ters. Thomas Whitmore, Sr., of Hitchin, was the son of Edmund or Rowland, sons of Robert. Hitchin is the parish where the emigrant Thomas Whitmore was born, and he was the son of another Thomas Whitmore, as will be seen later.

(XV) Charles Whitmore, son of Robert Whit- more (14), died in 1568. He lived at Tuxforth, county Notts. His children were: William, died 1582 in county Notts: John, supposed to have lived in Staffordshire and died 1571; Robert, died 1608; Richard, died 1578; James, died 1614; Thomas, the elder, died 1649: Roger, of Hitchin; Christo- pher. of county Beds, died 1640; four daughters, and a posthumous child supposed to be George. Three of the sons spelled . the name Whittamore. three spelled it Watmore and one Whitmore, the spelling that has prevailed in England.

(XVI) Thomas Whitmore, son of Charles Whit- more (15), lived at Hitchin, county of Hertford. England. He married Mary - His two sons emigrated to New England: Thomas to Malden. Massachusetts, and John to Stamford. Connecticut. Thomas, of Malden, is the ancestor of most of the American Whittemores. John Whitmore, of Stam- ford, had a daughter Elizabeth and son John Whittemore, who was of age in 1649, lived at Stam- ford and Middletown. Connecticut.

(XVI) Roger Whitmore, son of Charles Whit- more (15), and brother of Thomas Whitmore, of Hitchin, was the father of Nicholas Whitmore ; Nicholas was the father of two sons also who emigrated to New England: Francis Whitmore to Boston and Thomas Whitmore to Middletown, Connecticut. From these are descended the Amer- ican Whitmores. Their father was a first cousinl of the Malden emigrant, Thomas Whittemorc.

(XVII) Thomas Whittemore, son of Thomas Whittemore (16), was born at Hitchin, Hertford- shire, England. He came to New England prior to 1640. for at that time he was in Charlestown, Massachusetts, on the Mystic side, which later was the town of Malden, and signed a petition with neighbors for better privileges in 1640. He bought Iand there of Mr. John Cotton in 1645. This lot adjoined his home lot and is now in the city of Everett. Massachusetts. It remained in the Whitte- more family until May 1, 1845. over two hundred years after he bought it. The site of the first dwell- ing house is known.

He married (second) Sarah Deardes, April 14. 1623, in England. She was buried November 17. 1628. He married (third) Hannah -, who ac- cording to her deposition in 1662, was born in 1612. She married (second) Benjamin Butterfield. June 3. 1663, at Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Thomas

Whittemore died at Malden, May 25, 1661. His will was proved June 25, 1661. Children of Thomas Whittemore were: Sarah, baptized April 14, 1616; Mary, baptized May 12, 1624; Thomas, baptized October 6, 1626, lived in England; Daniel, baptized July 31, 1633, married Mary Mellins, daughter of Richard Mellins, of Charlestown, March 7, 1662; John, baptized April 27, buried 29, 1635; Nathaniel, baptized May 1, 1636, married Mary Knower, left no male descendants; John, baptized February II, 1638-9, at Hitchin, England, as were also all the preceding ; settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, had fifteen children and has many descendants; Eliza- beth : Benjamin, married Elizabeth Bucknam, who died July 18, 1726; he died July 16, 1726; Thomas (one of the few cases where there are two sons of exactly the same name living at the same time. The elder Thomas Whittemore was in England and never came over) married Elizabeth Peirce, of Woburn, November 9. 1666, and had son Thomas, born August 14, 1667; Samuel, married Hannah , removed to Dover, New Hampshire, thence to Somerville, Massachusetts, and died September 15. 1726; both he and his wife buried at Cambridge, Massachusetts; Peletiah; Abraham, served in the army in King Philip's war in 1676, died January 14, 1690-I.

(XVIII) Daniel Whittemore, son of Thomas Whittemore (17), was born in Hitchin, Hertford- shire, England, and baptized there July 31, 1633. He married Mary Mellins, daughter of Richard Mellins, of Charlestown, March 7. 1662. Richard removed from Charlestown to Weymouth, where he was admitted a freeman September 7, 1639. He inherited the homestead from his father and settled on it. He bequeathed the homestead to his sons Daniel and John, the latter being the father of John Whittemore, of Leicester. The will was non- cupative and was not proved till nearly two years after his death. His widow Mary was the ad- ministrator. Children of Daniel Whittemore were : Daniel, born April 27, 1663, resided in Charlestown and Malden, died September 21, 1756, aged ninety- four: left the homestead to his son Daniel: John, February 12, 1664-5, died 1730: Thomas, March 5. 1667; Mary, February 15, 1668-9: Nathaniel, Feb- ruary 7, 1670: Peletiah, 1680; James.

(XIX) John Whittemore, son of Daniel Whitte- more (18), married Ruth Bassett. She and her sister, Lydia Bassett, who married his brother Daniel Whittemore, were daughters of Joseph Bassett, son of the emigrant. William Bassett, who came over in the "Fortune" in 1621, lived at Duxbury, Massa- chusetts, in 1637, was deputy to the general court in 1640-41-42-43-44: Bassett joined Governor Brad- ford and others in the purchase of Dartmouth. Massachusetts, and removed to Bridgewater, where he died in 1667. John Whittemore died in 1730. His wife Ruth was appointed administratrix April 3. 1730. His whole estate was appraised at five hundred and three pounds. Children of John and Ruth Whittemore were: John, born September 12, 1694, settled in Leicester : Jeremiah (a. v.) : Benja- min, married Sarah Kendall, 1723: Patience, mar- ried Timothy Lamson: David, born April 6. 1706, married Alice Kendall, of Bedford, Massachusetts. March II, 1730-31, resided at Boston: Deborah, born March I, 1707-8; Peletiah, born October 30, 1710. resided at Dunstable.

(XX) . Jeremiah Whittemore. son of John Whittemore (19), was born in Malden, Massachu- setts, 1605. He married in Boston. March 15, 1722, Patience Reed, seventh daughter of Israel and Mary (Kendall) Reed. of Woburn, Massachusetts. She was born December 3, 1699. She was received in

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the Weston Church from the church in Chelsea, February 26, 1726-7, and died in Weston, October 24, 1745, aged forty-seven years, ten months, twenty- one days. They were then living in Weston. He married (second), May 10, 1746, Abigail Wooley, of Concord. He died in Concord, Massachusetts, March 31, 1783, aged eighty-eight years. His chil- dren were by the first wife.

Children of Jeremiah and Patience (Kendall) Reed were: Jeremiah, born in Concord, August 16, 1723, of whom later; Isaac, born in Weston, Massa- chusetts, November 15, 1726, married, May 9, 1751, Ruth Bullard, who died October 10, 1764; he mar- ried (second) (published July 6), 1765, Elizabeth Graves, of Sudbury, Massachusetts; he had seven children ; Patience, born January 20, 1729-30, mar- ried, May 28, 1754, John Flagg; Israel, born July IO, 1732, married, May 1, 1755, Abigail Brown, had seven children; Asa, born August 7, 1736, died April 12, 1746.

(XXI) Jeremiah Whittemore, son of Jeremiah Whittemore (20), was born in Concord, Massachu- setts, August 16, 1723, and died at Spencer, Massa- chusetts, May 14, 1803, aged seventy-eight years. He went from Weston to settle in Spencer in 1760. Some of his children were born before he moved, some afterward. He married Mary Carter. Their children were: Amos, died 1751; Asa, born Novem- ber 10, 1749, married Lucy Muzzey, March 2, 1765, removed from Spencer to the south part of Leicester,

Massachusetts, died 1821, she died 1822; (Otis Whittemore now or lately living in Leicester is a grandson, as is also Eber Whittemore. Their father was Amos. Mrs. H. D. Edwards, daughter of Asa's son Charles, is now or was lately living in Leices- ter, Massachusetts) ; Reuben, born April 29. 1754; Mary, born in Weston, married Nathan Wright, October 26, 1779: Tamar, born June 18, 1756, mar- ried Robert Watson; Sybil, born January 17, 1758, married Reuben Underwood, February 1, 1779; Aaron, born in Spencer, March I. 1762, married Sally -; Esther, born in Spencer, December 28, 1764. died unmarried : Jeremiah, born in Spencer, February 21, 1766, married, February 21, 1792, Polly Washburn, of Paxton: Sarah, born in Spencer, March 16, 1768, married Ebenezer Kingsbury.

(XXII) Reuben Whittemore, son of Jeremiah Whittemore (21), born April 29, 1754, at Weston, Massachusetts, died at Spencer. April 19. 1832. He married Abigail Watson, March 2, 1794. He set- tled at Spencer, Massachusetts. Their children were: Betsey, born at Spencer, June 15, 1780, mar- ricd James Browning : Amos. born at Spencer, Sep- tember 7. 1782. resided in Hartford. Connecticut, married Sally (Barnard) Hotchkiss, July 18, 1813; he died July 3, 1854; she died August 13, 1853; had six children ; Thankful, born February 6, 1785, died August 22, 1838: Daniel. born at Spencer, April 28, 1787, married Fanny Prouty, daughter of Joshua Prouty, March 4, 1815: he died October 5. 1872, aged eighty-five; she died November 21, 1843, aged fifty-four; Roswell, born October 3. 1789: Rhuben, born in Spencer, February 5. 1795, married Salome Clark, November 30. 1819, born September 5, 1795. died January 22, 1869; he died January 17, 1861, had eight children: Oliver, born February II, 1797, of whom later; Caroline, born December 14, 1798, married Samuel M. Hobbs; William, born July 7, 1801, died April. 4, 1841, unmarried : Abigail, born in Spencer. November 20, 1803. married Augustus Rider, of Spencer, had one son. Alfred.

(XXIII) Oliver Whittemore, son of Reuben Whittemore (22), was born in Spencer, Massachu- setts. February II, 1797. died March 29, 1830. He

married Lydia Jones, June 26, 1823. He was farmer. His children were: Eli Jones, born April 30, 1824; Harriet Susannah, born March 8, 1826, married, April 19, 1853, Phineas Jones, of Spencer, Massachusetts, removed later to Newark, New Jer- sey, where he was in partnership in the wheel- wright business with Eli J. Whittemore; she died March 6, 1866; had one son, Frederick Augustus, born August 21, 1868; Oliver Augustus, born March 2, 1828, married in Denver, Colorado, -, no children.

(XXIV) Eli Jones Whittemore, son of Oliver Whittemore (23), was born April 30, 1824, in Spen- cer, Massachusetts. He was educated in the dis- trict schools of his native town and at Leicester Academy, at Leicester, Massachusetts. His father died when he was only six years old. He worked on a farm until he was sixteen, when he entered the wheelwright shop of S. G. Reed at Spencer. He became a partner of Mr. Reed some years after- ward and succeeded him in the business there. Mr. Whittemore manufactured carriages and wagons and developed a substantial business in which he ac- quired a competence. In 1866 he removed to Newark, New Jersey, where he entered partner- ship with Phineas Jones, who married his sister, Harriet L. Whittemore. The firm name was Phineas Jones & Company and they did a general wheel- wright business and manufactured carriages and wagons. The firm still does a prosperous business there. Mr. Whittemore sold his interests to Mr. Jones, his partner, in 1874 and retired. The present owner of the business is Henry P. Jones, son of Phineas, the original partner with Mr. Whittemore.

Mr. Whittemore returned to Worcester county when he retired from business and settled in Wor- cester. In 1877 he moved to the handsome house on Main street, which he now occupies. While in Spencer he served four years as postmaster under President Lincoln, as assessor for two years and selectman for three years. He is one of the ap- praisers of the Mechanics' Savings Bank of Wor- cester. In politics he is a Republican. He was formerly a member of the Worcester County Me- chanics' Association and the Agricultural Society.

He married (first), April 13, 1858, Maria I. Pope, at Spencer, Massachusetts. She died in 1862 at Spencer. He married (second) Elizabeth M. Hamblett, of Manchester, New Hampshire, at that city. May 3. 1866. She died February 19, 1901. He had two children by the second marriage, namely : Eric Hamblett, born July 30, 1867; Emma Lizzie, February 23, 1869, resides with her father in Worcester.

(XXV) Eric Hamblett Whittemore, son of Eli Jones Whittemore (24), was born in Newark, New Jersey. July 30, 1867. He married Jennie Black, of Medford, Massachusetts. He was educated in the Worcester schools. graduating from the Wor- cester high school. He is engaged in the manu- facture of paper boxes in Fitchburg, a business which he started and built up himself. His chil- dren are : Elizabeth Hamblett, born October 7, 1897; Ruth Bailey, July 2, 1905.

DR. KENDALL EMERSON. The Emerson Family, which has been prominent in New England since the first settlement, originated in England and numbers among its members many distinguished and able men. The first to use the name Emerson in England was Johannes Emeryson, of Brancepeth parish. Durham county, England, who was born before 1300. From him the various branches of the English family are descended, though the line can- not be traced perfectly. The coat of arms was borne

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by the American branches of the family as well as the English.

(I) Thomas Emmerson, the first English an- cestor to whom the pedigree of Dr. Emerson, of Worcester, can be traced definitely, was born some time before 1540 in England. He was a resident of Great Dunmow, county Essex, where his three children are registered. He was probably son of Ralf of Foxton, who received arms in 1535. His children were: Robert, baptized at Great Dunmow, October 25. 1561 ; Joan, baptized 1562; John, bap- tized 1565.

(Il) Robert Emerson, son of the preceding Thomas Emerson (I), was born in Great Dunmow and baptized there October 25. 1561. He may be identical with Robert Emerson, of Bishop's Stort- ford. who married there November 24. 1578, Susan Crabb, who was buried there November 20. 1626, aged seventy years. Robert was buried at Bishop's Stortford. January 6. 1620. His children were: Alice, baptized at Bishop's Stortford, November 22, 1579: Margaret, baptized February 21, 1581-2; Thomas, see forward: Anne; Robert, baptized April 12, 1596; John.

(III) Thomas Emerson, son of the preceding Robert Emerson (2), was baptized at Bishop's Stort- ford. July 26. 1584. In the church warden's book of St. Michael's he is recorded as a collector for the poor in 1636. He married Elizabeth Brewster, July 1. 1611, at Bishop's Stortford, and the genealogist of the English Emersons suggests that she was the daughter of the postmaster of Scrooby and the elder of the colony at Plymouth. The chil- dren of Thomas Emerson. as recorded in the bap- tismal registry of St. Michael's church at Bishop's Stortford. Herts. were: Robert, baptized May 24, 1612: Benjamin, baptized October 2, 1614; Ralfe, baptized October 19. 1615, killed by falling tree June, 1626: James, baptized February 16, 1617; Jo- seph, baptized June 25. 1620, settled in Mendon, Massachusetts: Elizabeth. baptized June 14. 1623: John, baptized February 26. 1625. settled in Glouces- ter. Massachusetts ; Thomas, see forward; Nathaniel, baptized July 18. 1630, settled Ipswich, Massachu- setts : Susan, baptized March 17, 1632, may have died on the voyage.

(IV) Thomas Emerson, son of the preceding Thomas Emerson (3). was the emigrant ancestor of Dr. Emerson. He died in Ipswich, Massachu- setts, May 1, 1666. His wife Elizabeth was named executrix of his will 1653. She survived him. They settled in Ipswich. They came according to family tradition in the ship "Elizabeth Ann" in 1635. He had a grant of land there in 1638. The children of Thomas Emerson were: Elizabeth, married John Fuller; Thomas, died 1653. before his father ; Jo- seph. see forward: John. 1625, died December 2, 1700: James, resided in England; Nathaniel, 1629; Sarah. died August 12, 1640.

(V) Joseph Emerson, third child of Thomas Emerson (4), the emigrant, was born in England, about 1620-1, and died at Concord, Massachusetts, January 3. 1680. Through his son Joseph he was the ancestor of that most illustrious American, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Ralph Waldo (9) : Wil- liam (8); Joseph (7); Edward (6); Joseph (5); He married, 1646, Elizabeth Woodmansey, daugh- ter of Robert and Margaret Woodmansey, school- master of Boston. They resided at Ipswich, Massa- chusetts. York, Maine and Milton, Massachusetts. Joseph Emerson was a Puritan minister. said to have been educated in England. He may have studied at Harvard. He was at Ipswich as early as 1638. He was admitted freeman there December 19, 1648. He preached at York, Maine, the same year. In

1653 he was a resident of Wells and took the free- man's oath there July 4, 1653. He signed a petition to Cromwell while of Wells, asking the Protector to confirm the jurisdiction of Massachusetts over the inhabitants of Wells. About 1664 he left Wells, where he seemed to have a turbulent lot of parishi- ioners and where the church, after he left, had to disband. About 1664 he became minister at Milton, Massachusetts. December 1, 1669, he settled in Mendon, Massachusetts, where he remained until the town was destroyed by the Indians, when he retired to Concord, where he died. He married ( second), December 7, 1665. Elizabeth Bulkeley, daughter of Rev. Edward Bulkeley, of Concord, Massachusetts, granddaughter of Rev. Peter Bulke- ley. first minister of Concord. She was born in 1638 and died September 4. 1693, having married Captain John Brown, of Reading, Massachusetts. The children of Rev. Joseph Emerson were: (by the first wife) Joseph, Mary; (by second wife the following : ) Lucian, born October 2, 1667, married, May 15. 1683, Thomas Damon, of Reading (see Damon family) ; Edward, April 26, 1670, married Rebecca Waldo; Peter, see forward: Ebenezer ; Daniel, married, May 19, 1709. Jane Armitage.

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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 28

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