Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. I, Part 65

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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There has been a systematic and very success- ful effort made for the past fifteen years to improve the machinery turned out by this concern. New patents and devices have added to the simplicity and efficiency of the machines. The paper box machines of 1891 are crude affairs compared with those of the present day. These machines find a market in all parts of the world. They are made to be as nearly automatic as possible and capable of many adjustments for various sizes and styles of paper boxes. The Hobbs Manufacturing Co. has the reputation among those in the business of bringing out new machines ahead of all their competitors. The experimentation goes on constantly. In the summer of 1906 Mr. Hobbs says there are no less than six new machines in preparation for the paper box making business. The regular force at present is about one hundred and thirty hands, and the busi- ness of the company gives the best of promises for future growth and expansion.

Mr. Hobbs belongs in the list of Worcester mantt- facturers who have built up new industries by his shrewdness and energy. He has made two paper boxes grow where only one was used before his time. His company is turning out better wood- working machinery than ever before. Mr. Hobbs has devoted himself almost exclusively to his busi-

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ness, which has naturally made great demands upon him. He is a member of the Commonwealth Club and of the Knights of Pythias. He is a Republican in politics. He is a member of Central Congrega- tional church, Worcester.

He married, June 13, 1877, Marion Blanchard Twitchell, daughter of Samuel B. and Malvina A. (Chapman) Twitchell, of Bethel, Maine. Their children are: I. Clarence Whitman, Jr., born Octo- ber I, 1878, educated in the Worcester schools and at Harvard College, graduated 1902, from the law school in 1904, practicing law in Worcester. 2. Samuel Twitchell, born in Portland, Maine, October 29, 1880, a graduate of Harvard College, 1903, Mas- ter of Arts, 1904, salesman for Hobbs Manufacturing Co. Both sons live at home, 12 Westland street.

THE WHITMAN FAMILY. John Whitman (I), one of the carliest settlers of the town of Weymouth, Massachusetts, is an emigrant ancestor of Clarence Whitman Hobbs, of Worcester, and of nearly all bearing the name of Whitman in this country, as well as an equal number, at least, bear- ing others names, in this country.

He came from England, but from what particular part of it has not been ascertained. He may have come from Holt in the county of Norfolk. The name of Whitman or Whiteman was common there, and he may have been attracted to a colony in New England where old friends were to be found. Gov- ernor Winthrop and his company came from the vicin- ity of Holt and settled Weymouth, Massachusetts. Mr. Whitman probably came to New England some years prior to 1638. He was made a freeman March 13, 1638-9, was a town officer of Weymouth in 1643, and was appointed an ensign by the governor in 1645. He was probably the first military officer in the town of Weymouth. At the same time, May 14, 1645. he was made the magistrate of the town, a commissioner to end small causes, as the office was termed. He was also deacon of the church there probably from its foundation, and until his death, November 13, 1692.

He was probably nearly ninety when he died, as the youngest of his nine children was born in 1644 and the eldest son was born in 1629, while some of the daughters may have been older. It is sup- posed that he was married in England about 1625. The family did not follow the father to Weymouth until 1641. He had a brother Zachariah who emi- grated at the time he did or soon afterward and settled in Milford, Connecticut, as early as 1639. His estate at Milford was bequeathed to Rev. Zechariah Whitman, son of his brother, John Whit- man, of Weymouth. The records according to Pope's Pioneers show that Zachariah, aged forty, came with his wife Sarah, aged thirty-five, and child Zachariah, aged two and one-half, in the "Elizabeth" from Wey- mouth, England, April II, 1635.

Robert Whitman, aged twenty, from the parish of Little Minories, England, came in the "Abigail" in June, 1635. and settled at Ipswich. It is not known that he was a relative. The fact that Zachariah and Robert Whitman came in 1635 makes it probable that John came also in that year.

John Whitman owned and lived upon a farm ad- joining the north side of the highway. leading by the north side of the meeting house of the north parish of Weymouth and directly against it, and extending to Weymouth river. His dwelling house was near the middle of the farm and a part of the house now on the place was built about 1680; if this date is correct it was occupied by the emigrant an- cestor. The farm until 1830 was owned by a de- scendant. He had many grants of land and must

have become by purchase and otherwise the largest land-holder or one of the largest in the town. Ile held the office of ensign until March 16, 1680. May 15, 1664, he was appointed a messenger to the In- dians and held other positions of trust in the colony.

The children of John Whitman (1) were: Thomas, born about 1629, died 1712, married Abigail Byram, settled at Bridgewater, Massachusetts. John, died February I, 1713. Zechariah, born 1644, died November 5, 1726, married Ruth Reed, settled at Weymouth. Abiah, born 1646, died January 28, 1727-8; inherited the homestead, admitted freeman October 12, 1681; married Mary Ford, daughter of Andrew Ford, had seven children. Sarah, mar- ried about 1653, Abraham Jones, son of Thomas Jones, the tailor, of Hingman; she was probably the eldest child; they lived together sixty-five years lacking a month or two; she died June II, 1718; they resided at Hull. Mary, born 1634, died July IO. 1716; married, November 22, 1656, John Pratt. Elizabeth, died February 2, 1720; married, May, 1657, Joseph Green. Hannah, born August 24, 1641, mar- ried, September 9, 1660, Stephen French. Judith, married Philip King.

(II) Rev. Zechariah Whitman, son of John Whit- man (I), was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, 1644. He graduated at Harvard University in 1668, and was ordained September 13, 1670, as the first minister of Point Alderton, Nantasket or Hull, with the munificent salary of forty pounds per annum. Marmaduke Matthews had been preaching at Hull, but for "several erroneous expressions" was ad- monished by the government, which would not grant the desire of his people to have him return.

The young minister, soon after his ordination, married Sarah Alcock, twin of Anna, daughter of Dr. John Alcock (H. U. 1646) of Roxbury. The contract of marriage was dated October 26, 1670. He was admitted a freeman in May, 1673. At the death of his uncle, Zachariah Whitman, of Milford, Connecticut, in 1666, he inherited the property and in the right of his wife had a considerable property at Stow, Massachusetts. Mr. Whitman continued minister of the Hull church until his death, though November 24. 1725, he had a colleague, Ezra Car- penter (H. U. 1720) ordained. Mr. Whitman died November 5, 1726. The preceding August the town voted to pay to his children twenty-five pounds a year for his maintenance while he lived and did not preach. His wife died April 3, 1715, aged sixty- five years, according to her gravestone.

Mr. Whitman was a good scholar and penman and wrote most of the wills and legal papers in Hull. According to the Boston News Letter in which his obituary was published December 15, 1726: "he was well esteemed for his natural and acquired accom- plishments ; but especially for steady piety, diligent zeal and faithfulness in the discharge of his pastoral office : the exemplariness of his conversation; and his patience and submission to the will of God under his afflictions." By his will, made June 12, 1725. and proved December 16, 1726. he confirms the grants of land already made to his sons and daugh- ters and names various heirs. His children were: Zechariah. born 1672, died 1752, aged eighty; mar- ried (first). January 6. 1702-3, Mrs. Sarah Fitch, who died November 27, 1705: he married (second) Damaris Carmen, who died November 27, 1705-6: married (third) Hannah -; he received from his father the Milford estate and he removed to Mil- ford about 1700. John, born 1674, died February 22, 1684: his gravestone was evidently inscribed by Rev. Zechariah, his father, and is the oldest stone in the graveyard. Joanna, born at Hull, married Ephraim or John Hunt, and resided in Boston.

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Rev. Samuel, born 1677, died July 31, 1751, aged seventy-five years; graduated at Harvard in 1696 and is said to have been a tutor there for a short time. He occasionally preached at Lancaster, Massa- chusetts, between 1697-1701. In 1699 he was the teacher of the grammar school at Salem, later the minister at Farmington, Connecticut, at that time one of the largest towns in Connecticut. Ordained December 10, 1706. He married, March 19, 1707, Sarah Stoddard, daughter of Rev. Solomon and Esther (Warham) Stoddard, of Northampton, by whom he had a large family. He was a fellow of Yale College in 1726, a position he retained for more than twenty years; he died Juy 31, 1751. Sarah, married (first) Cocks; (second) Lieutenant Robert Gould, Sr., of Hull, his third wife. She lived with and took care of her father until his death, he having deeded her his homestead, to take effect upon his decease ; she died at Hull, September 29, 1784. Elizabeth, died at Hull, November 19, 1708. John, born 1688, died August 3, 1772, aged eighty-five years. Mary, married, October 22, 1713, Nathaniel Jacobs, of Hull. Eunice, born April 10, 1696, died October 5, 1734.

(III) John Whitman, son of Rev. Zecharialı Whitman (2), was born in 1688, married Mary Graves, of Charlestown. She died November 24, 1716, aged seventeen years, nine months. He mar- ried (second) Dorcas Chitty, widow of Thomas Chitty and daughter of Captain Jacob Green, of Charlestown, Massachusetts. She died October IS, 1718, aged thirty-four. He married (third) Mar- garet Damon, widow of John Damon, of Charles- town, and daughter of Rev. John Clark. She died October 16, 1758, aged sixty-six years. He was a magistrate, deacon of the church and one of the wealthiest and most influential men of the town. He received by deed and inheritance from his father a large tract of land at Stow, Massachusetts, and set- tled there. He also received from his second wife and her brother a considerable property. He died Angust 3, 1772, aged eighty-four. By his will dated October 15, 1757, proved September 8, 1772, he made his son, Charles Whitman, residuary legatee and sole executor, directing him to support and manumit a negro servant named Boston. His children were: I. Jacob, born November 16, 1716, died May 10, 1802, aged eighty-six; married Hannah Hartshorn, daughter of Jacob and Martha Hartshorn, of Boston ; he settled at Bristol, Rhode Island, about 1745; he was a blacksmith by trade and especially skilled in making iron work for ships; was thrice elected deputy to the general assembly of Rhode Island ; was member of the town council from 1769 to 1773: was appointed in 1778 by the general assembly general sealer of weights and measures within and through- out the state. He left a large and valuable estate, some of which is now or recently was owned by his descendants; he subscribed toward the building fund for the college edifice and president's house of Brown University. He had thirteen children. 2. John, born September 21, 1717, died September 12, 1763: married, February 6, 1747. Mary Foster, daughter of Rev. Mr. Foster, of Stafford, Connecti- cut. He went to Nova Scotia in June, 1761, with forty-five others in the sloop "Charming Molly," but he died hefore the settlers received their grants of land, his share being distributed among his sons. He was deacon of the church at Stow, and left considerable real estate. He had eleven children. His widow married (second) Samuel Bancroft, brother of Rev. Aaron Bancroft. of Worcester, and is said to have several children by this marriage. 3. Lucy, born January 1, 1718-9, married - Harris. 4. Thomas, born March 18, 1720, was a physician,

died unmarried before his father. 5. Zechariah, born November 18, 1722, died January 14, 1793; mar- ried Elizabeth Gates, settled upon a part of his father's lands, and had fifteen children, all of whom survived their parents and were married. 6. Jean, born November 25, 1724, probably died without issue before her father. 7. Charles, born 1731, died De- cember 10, 1807, aged seventy-six.

(IV) Dr. Charles Whitman, son of John Whitman (3), was born at Stow, Massachusetts, 1731. He studied medicine, settled in his native town and practiced his profession for nearly fifty years. His first wife was Anna Stevens, a direct descendant of Pocahontas. She died in 1785 and the next year he married Mrs. Catherine Davis Swift, widow of the Rev. Dr. Swift, of Billerica, Massachusetts. He died December 10, 1807, aged seventy-six. His widow died September 28, 1834, aged eighty-seven. He had eleven children, all by his first wife. He was a man of great dignity of manner and fastidious about his dress. He always wore a long, dark green coat with silver buttons, silver knee buckles, his che tied with ribbons three yards and a half in length. He was a man of great influence and much respected in the vicinity.

The children of Dr. Charles Whitman were: I. Isaac, born August 13, 1758, died October 24, 1758. 2. Isaac, born February 16, 1760, died August 15, 1791, aged thirty-one ; married, July 1, 1781, Susanna Gates. 3. Catherine, born April 30, 1761. 4. Eunice, born November 30, 1762, died March II, 18II, and married John Russell, Jr., son of John and Abigail (Hildreth) Russell; married (second), November 2, 180I, Dr. Martin Howe, son of Adonijah and Lydia (Church) Howe, who practices in Barre and Boston; the Russell homestead was at Princeton, Massachusetts. 5. Lois, born May 17, 1765, died October 17, 1778. 6. Dorcas, born April 7, 1767, died July 11, 1844, aged seventy-seven years ; married. April 20, 1788, Dr. Isaiah Whitney, who settled at Rindge, New Hampshire; had ten children; she was drowned by the upsetting of a coach near Burling- ton, Vermont. 7. Hannah, born February II, 1769, died June 23, 1784. 8. Jane, born April 8, 1771, died December, 1858, aged eighty-seven years; mar- ried, September 25. 1794, Captain Moses Todd, a farmer and inn-holder, first postmaster of Rindge, New Hampshire; often town officer; removed to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, in 1833; had nine chil- dren. 9. Charles (twin) born April 28, 1773, died September 24, 1846; married, 1798, Charlotte Wood, who died June 8, 1836; married (second), March 26. 1840, Lydia Whitnay, daughter of Jacob and Esther Whitnay ; studied medicine with Dr. Eldridge. father of the first husband of "Fanny Fern :" he in- herited a large estate and his father's professional practice; he represented the town in the general court six years; in 1802 was appointed surgeon to the Second Regiment of militia; had six children. 10. Betty (twin) born April 28, 1773, died Octo- ber 6, 1778. 11. Anna, born December 12, 1787, died November 21, 1868; married, August 30, 1805, Benja- min Hapgood, of Marlboro, Massachusetts, where they resided for fifteen years, then settled in Stow ; she married (second). December 20, 1842, Deacon Josiah Whitman, son of Deacon John and Ahigail (Whitman) Whitman, removed to Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where she died November 21, 1868. aged eighty years; had ten children by first mar- riage.

(V) Catherine Whitman, daughter of Charles Whitman (4), was born April 30, 1761. She mar- ried. June 10. 1780. Judah Wetherbee, son of Silas and Betsey Wetherbee. He was born in Stow about April 13, 1755, died in Stow about December, 1835-

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They resided for a time in Stow, then removed to Waterford, Maine. She died in Boston about 1843. Their children were: I. Charles Wetherbee, born November 30, 1781, said to have married and died in New York city about 1825. 2. Betsey Wetherbee, born March 8, 1783, died about 1833 unmarried at Marlboro. 3. Amelia Wetherbee, born December 4, 1784, married, September 17, 1810, Darius Wilkins, born February 26, 1774, died November 23, 1858; she died June 23, 1843; resided at Norway, Maine, had five children. 4. Catherine Wetherbee, born May 26, 1787, married William Hobbs. 5. Charlotte Wetherbee, born June 20, 1789, married Henry Hill, died at Providence, Rhode Island. 6. Jane Whit- man Wetherbee, born January 28, 1791, married at Norway, Maine, March 16, 1813, David Fowler, son of John Fowler, of Ipswich, Massachusetts, deputy sheriff ; she died August 16, 1866, aged seventy-five years; had four children. 7. Judah Wetherbee, born at Stow, Massachusetts, July 19, 1794, married ( first), January 4, 1821, Miranda Russell ; married (second ) at Dedham, Massachusetts, November 28, 1833, Mary Draper Kingsbury, daughter of Dr. Ezekiel, and Mary (Draper) Kingsbury; he served in the war of 1812; resided till 1803 in Stow, then removed to Charlestown; provision dealer in Quincy market, Boston, also milk dealer; died in Charlestown, Jan- uary 7, 1869; widow died after 1889; had ten chil- dren. 8. Isaac Wetherbee, born July 17, 1797, mar- ried, September, 1818, Sophia Greene, daughter of Barnabas and Mary Greene; he died at Lawrence, Massachusetts, July 18, 1868; she was living in 1889, at Lawrence. 9. Jacob Wetherbee, born August 19, 1798, died young. 10. Ann S. Wetherell. born November 17, 1799, married in Stow about 1827 Charles Newell; resided in Florida; she died in Nashville, Tennessee, December 8, 1872. II. Mary Wetherbee, born August 12, 1803, married (first) John Hunter; married (second), 1837, Charles Whit- man Hapgood, son of Benjamin and Anna (Whit- man) Hapgood; she died August, 1850.

(VI) Catherine Wetherbee, daughter of Judah and Catherine (Whitman) Wetherbee (5), was born May 26, 1787. She married, January 17, 1807, Will- iam Hobbs, son of Jeremiah and Anne (Fowler ) Hobbs. He was born April 2, 1781, and died Feb- ruary 19, 1843. They settled at Norway, Maine. She died in 1864. Their children were all born in Norway, Maine. (See sketch of Hobbs Family.)

JAMES EDWIN WESSON. John Wesson (I), of Salem, Massachusetts, the earliest American an- cestor of James Edwin Wesson, of Worcester, was the progenitor of many if not all the Massachusetts families of that name, as well as of those known as Weston, the patronymic appearing in both these forms. The family originated in England, whither came its founder with William the Conqueror, from whom he received valuable estates in Staffordshire and elsewhere in England.

John Wesson was born in 1630 or 1631, in Buck- inghamshire, England, and died about 1723, aged over ninety years. About 1641, when only thirteen years old, his father being dead, he sailed as a stowaway in a ship bound for America. He settled in Salem, Massachusetts, where in 1648, at the age of eighteen, he was a member of the First church. About 1653 he removed to that part of Reading now known as Wakefield, and accumulated one of the largest estates in the town, his lands adjoining the Meeting House square and extending southerly. He was a Puritan, very carnest in his picty, and his gravestone in the Reading graveyard shows that he was one of the founders of the church there. He served in King Philip's war. In 1653 he married

Sarah, daughter of Zachariah Fitch, of Reading, and this is the first marriage there of which record exists. He had at least eight children, four sons among them, each of whom became the head of a family, and has many descendants in all parts of the country. His children were : I. Sarah, born July 15, 1656; baptized May 10, 1657. 2. Mary, born May 25, 1659; probably died young. 3. John, born March 8, 1661; baptized August 29, 1661; married Mary Bryant, 1684, and had twelve children; lived at Reading, Massachusetts. 4. Elizabeth, born at Reading; baptized October, 1663. 5. Samuel, (see forward). 6. Stephen, born 1667; was a pious, in- dustrious man ; had a farm in Reading where he died in 1753, aged nearly ninety. (Stephen, his son, be- came the owner of a farm in Wilmington, Massa- chusetts, deacon of the church and a leading citi- zen; died 1776, aged eighty-one years; left many descendants.) 7. Thomas, born 1670; married Sarah Townsend, and is the ancestor of the Weston fam- ilies in New Hampshire. The facts herein given with reference to John Wesson are from a manu- script record left by his son John.

(II) Samuel Wesson, son of John Wesson (1), was born at Reading, Massachusetts, 1665. His name usually appears as Weston. He married Abigail about 1688 and settled at Read- ing. Their children were : Abigail, born 1689; Samuel, (see forward).

(III) Samuel Wesson, son of Samuel Wesson (2), was born in Reading, Massachusetts, in 1690, and went to Framingham, in 1711, when he was twenty-one years old, and there married, May 7, 171I, Martha, daughter of Nathaniel Haven, granddaugh- ter of Richard Haven, of Lynn, who came over in 1645. In 1713 Samuel died, and his widow married Isaac Cousins, of Sherborn, Massachusetts, Janu- ary 12, 1745-46; she died the following year, at her home in Sherborn. The one child of Samuel and Martha (Haven) Wesson was: Jolin (see for- ward).

(IV) John Wesson, born in Framingham, Mass- achusetts, December 1, 1711. He married Ruth Death, of Sherborn, Massachusetts, an adjoining town, January 22, 1740. She was born April 20, 17II, daughter of Henry and Rachel (Leland) Death, her father being the son of John, who came from Natick to Sherborn in 1677-78. John Wesson probably lived at Framingham until after the death of his mother in 1746. He moved to Grafton, Mass- achusetts, near the Sutton and Worcester lines as early as 1749. He bought of John Gould nine acres in Sutton in 1749, and several other tracts of land in the neighborhood, owning land in Grafton, Worcester, and Sutton, in that part now Millbury, but part of which was annexed to Worcester in 1785, called the "Gore." He was a revolutionary soldier in the Framingham company. He was in Captain Joseph Winch's company, Colonel Samuel Bullard's regiment in 1777, and was in the cam- paign under General Gates that ended in the sur- render of Burgoyne. He married (second) Re- becca Daniel, August 24, 1757. The children of John and Ruth Wesson were: I. Samuel, horn at Sher- born, July 14, 1741; he became a revolutionary sol- dier ; married Rebecca : died 1776. 2. Levi. 3. Joel. 4. John, Jr., married Mehitable Elliott. 5. Abel, married Sarah Drury. 6. Silas; he was one of twelve soldiers who joined with Major Timothy Bigelow, of Worcester, and marched to Canada, where Silas was killed at the attack on Quebec, De- cember 31. 1775.

(V) Joel Wesson, son of John Wesson (4). was born probably about 1746, at Framingham. He married Hannah Bigelow, born in Worcester, July

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3, 1748, daughter of Joshua and Lydia Bigelow. They lived for a few years, in the seventies, in Brookfield, but for the greater part of their lives in Worcester. He held much real estate, and paid one of the largest taxes in that town. He was a juror in 1785 and on the school committee in 1787. He was a plow-maker by trade and was in Fram- ingham in 1789, plying his trade there. Hannah, his widow, died December 29, 1829, aged eighty-two years. Their children were : I. Hulda, married Lewis Witherby, of Shrewsbury. 2. Hannah, mar- ried Bartlett. 3. Mary, married Charles Warren, November 16, 1808; she was called Polly. 4. Sewell. 5. Joel, Jr., born April 7, 1775, at Brook- field, Massachusetts; married Thankful Newton, in Shrewsbury, September 15, 1796; she was born Jan- uary 4, 1778; they had two sons: David, married Anna Burbank, of Worcester, November 1, 1827; and Andrew, born November 14, 1808, at north parish of Sutton, now Millbury, who had a son Frank B., now (1905) of New York city. 6. Rufus, (see forward).

Joel Wesson and his brothers were the owners of a large part of "the Gore," which was claimed by both Worcester and Grafton. Joel was considered an inhabitant of Grafton until 1785, when the title of Worcester to the section was acknowledged formally. A very important deed in tracing this genealogy is recorded at Worcester. Joel Wesson and his brother Levi Wesson deeded to their broth- ers, John, Jr. and Samuel, October 24, 1777, certain lands in "the Gore," and the deed gives the names of the children of John and Ruth (Death) Wesson. Joel sold his farm in North Brookfield to his brother. John Wesson, June 25, 1789.

(VI) Rufus Wesson, son of Joel Wesson (5), was born in 1786, in Worcester, on the old home- stead at "the Gore." He was a farmer, and ac- quired much real estate, and bought what is known as the Wesson place near Lake Quinsigamond, March 7, 1814, of Lewis Baird. He was also a plow-maker. He was a highway surveyor and col- lector of taxes in 1825, fence viewer in 1816, and served in the militia in the Grafton company. He married, at Worcester, September 18, 1808, Betsey Baird. She was of a family well known in Wor- cester. The Bairds were from the west of England, and of earlier date from Scotland. The English and Scotch pedigrees have been carefully kept. (See Vol. 1, Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity.) Of the children of Rufus and Betsey Wesson, nine are recorded in Worcester: I. Cor- nelia, born January 28, 1810: married to H. H. Har- rington, of Shrewsbury, 1833; of her children were Gilbert H. Harrington, late of Harrington & Rich- ardson Arms Company. (See sketch of Gilbert H. Harrington elsewhere in this work.) Mrs. Cornelia (Wesson) Harrington lived to the age of upwards of ninety years. 2. Martin, married Abigail H. Green, of Grafton, at Marlboro, January 6, 1840. He was a shoe manufacturer in Springfield. 3. Edwin, born December 13, 1811; married at Marlboro, Nancy H. Harrington, of Grafton, June 10, 1838. He was a rifle manufacturer, and operated a fac- tory at Northboro, and afterward in Hartford, Con- necticut. He died at the age of thirty-nine years. 4. Betsy, born January 26, 1814; married W. H. H. Conner, of Grafton, October 17, 1844. 5. Rufus, Jr., (see forward). 6. Charlotte, born September 3, 1819. 7. Jane, born May 8, 1823. 8. Daniel B., (see forward). 9. Franklin, born November 8, 1828, at Worcester, Massachusetts. He went to California in 1851. built the first brick building in Shasta, and there carried on a large business, being an expert rifle-maker. 10. Frances, born August 8, 1830.

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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 65

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