Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. I, Part 40

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 824

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(III) Lieutenant Simon Davis, son of Samuel Davis (2), grandson of Dolor Davis (1), was the progenitor of many of the Rutland and Holden Davis families.

(IV) Samuel Davis, sixth child of Dr. Simon Davis (3). was born in Concord, Massachusetts, March 6, 1703. died in Acton, July 4, 1800. He re- moved to Acton when a young man and was already there when the town was incorporated in 1735. His homestead was on the Stow and Carlisle road, in 1735. He married Sarah - -, who died in Acton, April 13, 1801, and their children were: Elijah, see forward; David, settled in Acton; Rev. Nathan, see forward; a son, lived in Boston; Sarah, born Oc- tober, 1741 in Acton; probably others. Rev. Nathan Davis, third child was born in Cambridge, Massachu- setts. November 30, 1737. He graduated from Harvard College, 1759. and became minister at Dracut, No- vember 20. 1765. He was dismissed at his own re- quest in 1785 and removed to Boston. He was chaplain at Ft. Independence, also review officer. He died March 4, 1803, aged sixty-five years. In the Harvard catalogue his name is spelled Davies. He received the degree of Master of Arts.

(V) Elijah Davis, son of Samuel (4) and Sarah Davis, was born in Acton, Massachusetts, May 21, 1753. died May 7. 1832, aged seventy-nine years. He was a private in Captain Israel Heald's com- pany. Colonel Eleazer Brooks' regiment, and was on guard duty at Cambridge in 1776. Later in the year he was in Captain John Minot's company, Colonel Dike's regiment, at Dorchester. He mar- ried Elizabeth Hayward, a relative of James Hay- ward, who gave his life in the fight at Concord, and they settled in Acton, in which town all their children were born. The names of their children were as follows: Betsey, lived in Townsend: Sam- uel. died young : Mary, died young: Sarah, died young; Elijah, died in Worcester, March 24, 1844, aged forty-seven years; Sarah, married Benjamin Peabody, of Dracut; Samuel, see forward; Nathan, lived in Townsend. Massachusetts.

(VI) Samuel Davis, seventh child of Elijah (5) and Elizabeth (Hayward) Davis, was born in Acton, Massachusetts. December 18, 1806, died in Worcester, Massachusetts. November 1, 1892. He learned the carpenter trade in Acton. After serving his ap- prenticeship he worked in Lowell, Massachusetts,

and Saco, Maine. He came to Worcester, Massa- chusetts, 1828, and entered the employ of Wash- burn & Goddard, making woolen machinery on School street. He afterwards bought out Washburn & Goddard, and conducted the business himself for a number of years. Afterwards he sold this bnsi- ness to Henry Goulding, and then entered the firm of Nourse, Mason & Company, agricultural manu- facturers, at Court Mills, which is now the Amies Plow Company. He held a number of public offices In 1847 he was town surveyor ; was one of the last three selectmen before Worcester was made a city ; was a member of the house of representatives in 1848, and an alderman of the city under Mayor Richardson. He was interested in the early develop- ment of real estate in Worcester. being instrumental in making State street. Harvard street, Exchange street, Oak avenue and other streets in the thickly settled parts of Worcester.

He declared his intentions of marriage. December 3, 1829, and married, December 30, 1829, in Mill- bury, Massachusetts. Selina E. Stockwell, born in Sutton. Massachusetts, February 24. 1809, died in Worcester, Massachusetts, January 22, 1889, daugh- ter of John and Elizabeth (Walker) Stockwell, of Sutton. Their children were: Rodney Hayward, born April 2. 1831, died October 2, 1852; he was drowned at sea between San Francisco and China : he was an officer in the clipper ship "Shooting Star ;" Frances Emily, born February 25, 1833, died Au- gust 26, 1833: Samuel Everard, see forward; Selina Elizabeth, born November 23, 1841, died October 13, 1884.

(VII) Samuel Everard Davis, third child of Sam- 11el (6) and Selina E. (Stockwell) Davis, was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, November 20, 1838, died in Worcester, July 14. 1893. As a boy he at- tended the Sunner and Thomas street schools in Worcester. After leaving these schools he went to Berlin Academy, and from there to Norwich Uni- versity, Vermont. He spent two years in France, and upon his return to Worcester, Massachusetts, entered the employ of Nourse, Mason & Company, agricultural manufacturers, at Court Mills. He later went to Boston with the Frank Holbrook Company, dealers in agricultural implements, where he re- mained until he moved back to Worcester in 1878. With Dorrance S. Goddard and Charles S. Hall he bought forty acres of land on Belmont street, near Eastern avenue, which they developed for build- ing purposes. He was interested in this work at the time of his death.

He married, at Dorchester, Massachusetts ( Bos- ton), June 16, 1864. Hannah Caroline Robinson, born in Dorchester, January 29, 1836, a graduate of the Dorchester high school, 1855.

Hannah Caroline (Robinson) Davis traces her ancestry to James Robinson (I), who came fromn England about 1660 and settled in Dorchester, Massa- chusetts. He married Mary Alcock. From them the line is traced to John Robinson (2), who married Ruth Burt. John Robinson, Jr. (3), who married Susannah Williams. James Robinson (4) a soldier in the revolution in Captain Ebenezer Withington's company of Dorchester, married Sarah Breck. Stephen Robinson (5), who married Hannah With- ington. Stephen Augustus Robinson (6), who mar- ried Mary Capen, of Canton, Massachusetts, and they were the parents of Hannah Caroline, afore- mentioned as the wife of Samuel E. Davis. Children of Samuel Everard and Hannah Caroline (Robin- son) Davis, all born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, are as follows: Rodney Hayward. born September 15, 1867, chief draughtsman for the Webb Granite

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and Construction Company; Caroline Eliza, born August 23, 1868, was a music teacher by profession ; married, June 27, 1904, John M. Kendall, and re- sides at No. III, Beacon street ( see Kendall fam- ily sketch in this work); George Robinson, born March 20, 1870, married, November 19, 1895, Helen Aileen Kennedy; he is a clerk at Logan, Swift & Brigham's branch of the United States Envelope Company, Grove street, Worcester; Cornelia Vinson, born July 26, 1872, graduate of the Worcester high school, Worcester State Normal school, a teacher in the Ash street public school; she resides with her mother; Charles Stephen, born January 10, 1876, died August 8, 1877. Mrs. Davis, the mother of these children, who survives her husband, resides at No. II Orne street, Worcester.

FRANKLIN BAKER WHITE. Thomas White (I), the emigrant ancestor of Franklin Baker White, of Worcester, was in Weymouth, Mas- sachusetts, and a proprietor there as early as 1643. He probably came from England in 1635. He was admitted a freeman, Weymouth, March 3. 1636. He represented the town in the general court in 1636-37-57-70. He was born in 1599 according to an affidavit he made in 1659. He died August, 1679. His will was dated July 5, and proved August 28, 1679. He bequeathed to sons, Joseph, Samuel, Thomas, Ebenezer and daughter, Hannah; grandchildren Lydia, Mary and Ebenezer White and Hannah Baxter; pastor Sam- uel Torrey and Elder Edward Bate. Children of Thomas White were: I. Joseph, (see forward). 2. Samuel ; married Mary Dyer. 3. Thomas. 4. Han- nah; married June 24, 1660, John Baxter. 5. Ebenezer.

(II) Joseph White, eldest child of Thomas White (1), was born about 1635, perhaps in Eng- land. He married Lydia Rogers. She died March 8, 1727. at Mendon, Massachusetts. He is the founder of an important branch of the White family in Worcester county. He was an early settler in Mendon, with others of his friends and relatives, and was a leading man there. He had ten children, some of whom were born in Mendon, others in towns where the family took refuge during the In- dian war. The children of Joseph and Lydia (Rogers) White were: I. Joseph, born December 16, 1662; removed to Mendon with the family when a year old. 2. Samuel, February 14, 1667. 3. Eben- ezer. 4. Experience: married Ephraim Miller. 5. Hannah; married Samuel Warfield, July 22, 1701. 6. Thomas, (see forward). 7. Ann; married Trask. 8. Joseph. 9. Lydia; married Cook. 10. Mary, married Hill.

(III) Thomas White, sixth child of Joseph White (2), was born in Mendon probably about 1665. He married Mehitable who died September 27, 1704. Captain Thomas White, who was a very prominent man in Mendon, in church. town and militia, died March 23, 1706, in the prime of life. Their children, all born in Mendon, were: I. Mehitable, born January 20, 1688-9; married Ben- jamin Darling. 2. Thomas, ( see forward ). 3. Thankful, August 3, 1693. 4. Joseph, August 28, 1695; married Abigail Skinner, of Oxford, April 15, 1718. 5. John, March 12, 1698. 6. Samuel, Sep- tember 21. 1700. 7. Ebenezer, February 4, 1703-4; died August 27, 1726.

(IV) Thomas White, son of Thomas (3), born in Mendon, Massachusetts. April 15, 1691 ; married Deborah There were descendants of the Plymouth family of White in the same region, and there may have been some relationship to account

for the fact that the eldest son of Thomas White was named Peregrine. Children, all born in Men- don, Massachusetts, were: 1. Peregrine, September II, 1711. 2. Seth, September 22, 1712. 3. Lydia, January 16, 1715-6. 4. Hopestill, July 15, 1717. 5. Samuel, May 17, 1719. 6. Deborah, February 10, 1722. 7. Josiah, (see forward).

(V) Josiah White, youngest child of Thomas White (4), born in Mendon, Massachusetts, April 29, 1723; married (first) January 2, 1746, Hannah Gardner; he married (second), November 28, 1751. Lucy Whipple. He settled in Sutton, where he was called Josiah, Jr., to distinguish him from a rela- tive of the same name some ten years older. All his children were born in Sutton, but it is thought that late in life he removed to Dudley where his son lived.

Children of Josiah and Hannah (Gardner ) White were: I. Hannah, born July 20, 1747. 2. Beatrice, March 6, 1749. Children of Josiah and Lucy (Whipple) White were: 3. Ebenezer. (see forward). 4. Abel, April 23, 1754. 5. Jeptha, De- cember 26, 1755. 6. Josiah, March 9, 1758. 7. Elias, December 13, 1759. 8. Noah, November 6, 1761. 9. Lucy, April 16, 1764. 10. Job, March 6, 1766.

(VI) Ebenezer White, third child of Josiah White (5), was born in Sutton, September 25 .. 1752. He was the great-grandfather of Franklin B. White. He was brought up on the farm in Sutton and went to school there. When he attained his majority he went to Dudley, where he married in 1773, and where his children were born, except per- haps the two youngest. He left Dudley in 1788, and soon afterward bought a farm and settled in Charlton, Massachusetts. He was a man of con- siderable means, as the administration of his estate. in 1827 discloses. He was very active in town af- fairs in Dudley. He was fence-viewer in 1776-87. He was tithingman in 1777-82. He was highway surveyor in 1781-84. He was on the school com- mittee in 1787-88. He was also active in Charlton. (There was another Ebenezer White in Charlton. who must not be confused .with this one in search- ing records. He was called Junior, and his wife was Christian). Ebenezer White (6) married, December 16, 1773, Lydia Davis, daughter of Ebenezer and Lydia (Dana) Davis. She was born in Oxford, May 5, 1754. Children of Ebenezer and Lydia (Davis) White were: I. Lydia, born September 7, 1774; married October 30, 1792, Abraham Mcln- tire, of Charlton, and moved to New York state. 2. Sylvanus, (see forward). 3. Zilpha, April 9. 1779; married Aaron Dresser (intentions recorded February 29), 1804. 4. Dorcas, January 28, 1781; married Willrad Albee (intentions recorded April 6), 1801. 5. Betty, November 15, 1783; died No- vember 5, 1811 ; unmarried. 6. Tammy, May 16, 1785; married Ebenezer Baker (intentions recorded March 7), 1806. 7. Althusa, born about 1790; mar- ried Lemuel Waldron, of Dudley, (intentions re- corded December 3), 1815. 8. Polly : married Asa Davis. of Charlton, September 7, 1817. 9. Eben- ezer, Jr., born 1794; married, March 24, 1822, Sylvia Partridge, daughter of Benjamin and Milcah Part- ridge, of Charlton. Their children were: I. Horace D., born 1822. 2. Moses P., April 11, 1826. 3. Betsey Ann, January 17, 1828. 4. Mary Ann, No- vember 28, 1832; died January 6, 1838. 5. Amelia, December 22, 1836; died January 6, 1837. 6. Sylvia Jane, March 19, 1838; died December 28, 1854. 7. Harriet Eliza, October 22. 1840; married Albert Marcy.

(VII) Sylvanus White, second child of Eben- ezer White (6), grandfather of Franklin B. White,

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born in Charlton, Massachusetts, October 9, 1776; died there May 8, 1854. He was brought up there and learned the trade of cooper, which he followed for many years. He lived with his father until about twenty-five, when he began farming on his own account as well as carrying on the cooper's trade during the seasons. He was a man of sturdy character and strong principles. He was deemed a man of sound judgment, well-read and of sterling honesty. He was one of the most prosperous and substantial men of the town.

He married Lucy Baker, born March 5. 1781 ; died January 13, 1859. She was the daughter of Joseph Capen Baker, of Charlton. The marriage intentions were recorded March 2, ISO1. Children of Sylvanus and Lucy (Baker) White were : I. Ziba, born August 13, 1802; married Eloise Davis, of Dudley. 2. Hosea, (see forward ). 3. Sylvia,

November 7, 1807; died January 7, 1833; married Almon Platt. 4. Harvey, May 18, ISIO. 5. Harriet, November 18, 1812; married April 12, 1835, Francis WV. Winn, of Sutton, Massachusetts. 6. Julia Ann, April 26, 1816; died December 26, 1849, unmarried. 7. Clarissa Jane, July 21, 1819; died June 22, 1862 ; married Elijah Hanson. S. Chandler, December 25, 1822. 9. Mary Lucy, April 18, 1826; died August 31, 1857. married - -- Gulliver.

(VIII) Hosea White, second child of Sylvanus White (7), was born in Charlton, Massachusetts, May 30, 1804. He received his early education in that town, working at the same time with his father on the homestead. When about twenty-two years of age, he started to learn the trade of wool dyer, but owing to a disabled arm he had to change his occupation. He became a spinner and worked at that trade for about eight years in the mill at Globe Village in Southbridge, Massachusetts. He worked also at Merino Village in Webster for a time. He was overseer of a spinning room in an Uxbridge mill. He finally returned to the home of his youth aud bought a farm. He sold it to good advantage and later bought another, remaining a farmer the rest of his days. He died May 23, 1888.

He was a member of the Universalist church and an active worker. He was a strong advocate of temperance. He was a leader in the Sons of Temperance organization which was very active fifty years ago. He took part in various temperance movements. In his early days he was a Whig, later a Republican in politics. He married Lucina Ham- mond, who was born in West Wardsboro, Vermont, September 24, 1811. She died September, 1849, in Southbridge. He married (second) Elmira Stone, daughter of John Stone, a farmer, of Charlton. Children of Hosea and Lucina ( Hammond) White were: I. Franklin Baker, (see forward). 2. Al- fred, deceased. Children of Hosea and Elmira (Stone) White were : 3. Henry Wilson. 4. Cynthia. (IX) Franklin Baker White, eldest son of Hosea White (8), was born in Dudley, Massachusetts, No- vember 3, 1837. He received his earliest education in the district schools of his native town, soon remov- ing with his parents to Southbridge, where he again attended school, afterward attending Wilbraham Academy at Wilbraham, Massachusetts. When he finished school he began work at shoemaking and farming, like a large percentage of the men of me- chanical ability in eastern Massachusetts at that time. He came to Worcester in 1863, and worked for the Bay State Shoe and Leather Company on High street five years. In 1868 he entered the en- ploy of D. & C. P. Stevens, dealers in doors, sash and blinds, as bookkeeper. (See sketch of Stevens Family for history of this business. ) In January, 1872, Mr. White was admitted as an equal partner

in the firm, and was manager and bookkeeper until 1888, when Daniel Stevens, the senior partner, died. He then bought out the other interests in the busi- ness, and has continued as sole proprietor since then. The business continues, however, under the old firm name of D. & C. P. Stevens. Under Mr. White's ownership the business has continued to grow and develop. This house has a large business throughout New England. The location at 24 Southbridge street has been the same for many years, dating from the building of the block.

Mr. White has been prominent in church and public affairs. He is a member of the Church of the Unity (Unitarian) and has been on the parish committee for many years. He is interested in music and has served on the music committee of this church several years. In politics lie is a Republican. He was a representative to the general court from Ward Six in 1890-91. He was on the Worcester school board in 1875-76-77-78. He is president of the board of directors of the Worcester Protective Union Grocery Company, one of the most successful co- operative companies in the state, maintaining the best grocery store in the city for a long period of years. He is a member of the Worcester County Mechanics' Association, and has served as trustee for three years. He is a Free Mason, a member of Montacute Lodge, since May 25, 1868.

He married Emma Cornelia Stevens, June 15. 1870. She is the daughter of Daniel and Hannah Jane (Adams) Stevens, of Worcester. Her father was senior partner of the firm of D. & C. P. Stevens, now owned by Mr. White. (See Stevens Family sketch.) Their children are: Florence Emma, born December 6, 1872; Josephine L., born May 14, 1877.

HAMMOND FAMILY. Thomas Hammond (1), immigrant ancestor of Franklin B. White, was one of the early settlers of Newton, Massachusetts. He was the son of William and Mary Hammond, of Melford, England, and grandson of John and Agnes Hammond, of Lavenham, England. He was baptized at Melford, county of Suffolk, England, with his twin brother, John Hammond, September 2, 1603. He was first cousin of William Hammond, who settled in Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1636.

Thomas Hammond married in Lavenham, Eng- land, November 12, 1623, Elizabethi Cason, who was born in Great Whelhetham, a few miles north of Lavenham, before 1604, the daughter of Robert and Prudence (Hammond) Cason. She was a grand- daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Hammond, of Great Whelhetham. Thomas Hammond was one of the first settlers of Hingham, Massachusetts. He had land granted to him there in 1636, and was ad- mitted a freeman March 9, 1836-7. He served on the grand jury in 1637. His two younger children were baptized in Hingham; the elder children were born in England. With several other Hingham pioneers Hammond removed to a locality near the boundary line of what are now Newton and Brook- line, Massachusetts. Five of them settled in the vicinity. Hammond's homestead in Newton was near the pond, afterwards known as Hammond's Pond. Hammond became one of the wealthiest men of his day. He died in 1675, leaving an unsigned will, which was admitted to probate. His estate according to the inventory amounted to nearly eleven hundred and forty pounds.

An interesting relic of Elizabeth (Cason) Ham- mond is a silver coin, in the possession of George W. Hammond, of Yarmouthville, Maine, in 1902, which she herself was allowed to coin when visit- ing the Mint in England, when a young girl. (See Jackson's history of Newton, page 299).

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Children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Cason ) Hammond were: I. Thomas, (see forward). 2. Elizabeth, born about 1633-4. 3. Sarah, baptized September 13, 1640. 4. Nathaniel, baptized March 12, 1643.

(II) Thomas Hammond, eldest child of Thomas Hammond (1), born in England about 1630, died in Newton, Massachusetts, October 20, 1678, of small- pox. He married, December 17, 1662, Elizabeth Stedman, (probably a sister of Nathaniel Stedman who married his sister, Sarah Hammond.) She died in Newton in 1715. Thomas Hammond culti- vated the farm he inherited from his father in Newton. His estate was administered by his widow ; it amounted to four hundred and sixty-eight pounds. Their children were: I. Elizabeth, born Nov. 3, 1664. 2. Thomas, born December 16, 1666. 3. 1saac (twin) and 4. Sarah (twin), born December 20, 1668. 5. Nathaniel, February 3, 1671; probably died young. 6. John, April 30, 1674. 7. Elcazer, (see forward).

(III) Eleazer Hammond, son of Thomas Ham- mond (2), born in Newton, Massachusetts, Novem- ber 13, 1677; died there in 1760; married April 29, 1703, Hannah Harrington, who was born Angust 9, 1682; died in 1775, the daughter of John and Han- mah (Winter) Harrington, of Watertown, Massa- chusetts. He was selectman of Newton in 1741. His will was dated May 1, 1760, and mentions his children and others. His widow's will was dated April 4, 1764. Their children were: I. Hannah, born 1704; married Bartholomew Green. 2. Eleazer, October 1, 1705; died young. 3. Elizabeth, January 12, 1707. 4. Eleazer, May 26, 1711 ; settled in Con- necticut. 5. Abigail, January 31, 1712-3. 6. Patience, September 8, 1717; married Eleazer Chamberlain. 7. Ephraim, (see forward.) 8. Susanna, 1722. 9. Lydia, February 5, 1726; married John Hammond. (IV) Ephraim Hammond, seventh child of Eleazer Hammond (3). born in Newton, Massachu- setts, March 15, 1719-20: married, 1741, Martha Steel. Their children were : I. Hannah, born August 8, 1742. 2. Martha, December 9, 1743. 3. Ephraim, December 31. 1745. 4. Thankful, 1747. 5. Samuel, February 2, 1748. 6. Hannah, September 20, 1749. 7. Ed- ward, September 20, 1752. 8. Catherine. . 9. Henry, July 27, 1757. 10. Patience, married, 1778, Nathaniel Parker. II. Elizabeth. 12. Jemima.

(V) Samuel Hammond, fifth child of Ephraim Hammond, (4), born in Newton, Massachusetts, February 2, 1748; died at Wardsboro, Vermont, January 4, 1742; married (first), 1770, Mary Rogers, daughter of John Rogers. She was born January 28. 1752. He was one of the party of patriots who threw the tea overboard in Boston Harbor. He was a private in Captain Hopestill Hall's company, Colonel Lemuel Robinson's regiment, January 31, 1776. He was then living in Roxbury, according to the roll. He was also in Captain Amariah Fuller's company, Colonel William McIntosh's regiment, in 1778, stationed at Roxbury. After the revolution he removed to Wardsboro, Vermont, where he was one of the first settlers. The family erected mills at what is now West Wardsboro, then called Ham- mond's Mills.

Children of Samuel and Mary (Rogers) Ham- mond were: I. Samuel, born May 25, 1772. 2. Mary. 3. Peter, April 9. 1776. 4. Joel. July 13, 1778. 5. Jemima, 1780. 6. Artemas. April 3, 1782. 7. Nathaniel, August 14, 1784. Peter Hammond (7), son of Samuel, lived to be one hundred and two years of age. When his parents went to Wards- boro, Vermont, in 1791, he was seventeen years old. He was left with his grandparents in Newton for a time, and his mother returned for him on

horseback, a distance of one hundred and twenty- five miles, and the boy walked back with her. In later years he owned the Hammond Mills and was by far the most prominent and influential man in the town; was justice of the peace and postmaster for nearly twenty-five years. He cast his first vote for John Adams, and lived to be a Republican dur- ing and after the civil war. He removed to Geneseo, Illinois, with his son in 1856, and for several years prior to his death had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Martha H. Taylor. He died the very day he was one hundred and two years old, and was taken to Wardsboro to be buried. Stewart Lodge of Free Masons in Geneseo presented him with a gold-headed cane when he was one hundred years old. He was made a Mason in 1799. He had seven children.

(VI) Joel Hammond, son of Samuel Hammond (5), was born in Newton, Massachusetts, July 13, 1778. (See page 708, Vol. 2, of Hammond Genealogy, for facts given before. For the following records. which are not in the genealogy, we are indebted to the town clerk of Wardsboro, (1906) D. C. Dex- ter). Joel married (first), Hannah Moon (Moore ?) and had seven children; he married ( second), Sena Higgins and had one daughter, Elmira. He is said to have removed late in life to Oneonta, New York. His children were: I. Beri; married Benjamin Converse and had one daughter and two sons, Asa and Henry Converse; the daughter married Syl- vester Johnson and lived in West Dover, Vermont, where their children are now living (1906) ; Asa Converse is dead; Henry resides in Malden. 2. Lucina, born September 24, 1811. 3. Lovina; prob- ably died young. 4. William, June 20, 1816; died in Boston, September 23, 1897; married Mary Isabel Mason, who died February 24, 1889, daughter of Ephraim Balker and Mary T. (Spearr) Mason. Their children were: William Henry, born May 29, 1850: married Ella Maria Curtis; Grace, February 12, 1853; Albert Ballard, December 31, 1855; Mary Alice. 5. Joel. 6. Artemas, resided in Boston in 1868; his daughter Josephine married a Guild ( ?). 7. George; married Louisa Higgins and settled in Wardsboro. Their children were: Lovina, who married Rodney Watson, and live West: Flora, married Leroy Webster and lives in West Jamaica, Vermont : Zella. died unmarried; Herbert, a school teacher in the West. 8. Elmira, married

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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 40

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