Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. I, Part 77

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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BIGELOW FAMILY. John Bigelow (1), the common ancestor of the Worcester families of the same surname, was the progenitor of Mary Wood- bury Bigelow, who married Stephen Sawyer of Wor- cester.

John Bigelow is believed to have come from Eng- land, but the variations in spelling at the time of his emigration to New England make it difficult to trace this name, which was spelled according to the fancy of the writers. He was born in 1617 and came to America before 1642. The first men- tion of his name on the records is found in Water- town, Massachusetts, where, September 30, 1642, he married Mary. daughter of John and Margaret Warren, and said to have been born in England. She died October 19, 1691. He took the oath of fidelity at Watertown in 1652, and was made a freeman April 18. 1690. He was a blacksmith by trade, and was allowed certain timber for the build- ing of his forge by the town. He was highway sur- veyor 1652 and 1660: constable 1663, and one of the selectmen 1665, 1670 and 1671. His homestead consisted of six acres. He married (second) Octo- ber 2, 1694, Sarah, daughter of Joseph Bemis, of Watertown. (See Bemis). He died July 14, 1703, aged eighty-six. His will was dated January 4, 1703. and proved July 23, 1703. The children of John and Mary (Warren) Bigelow were: I. Jolin, born October 27. 1643, married Rebecca Olmstead, lived in Hartford, Connecticut. 2. Mary, born March 14, 1648, married, June 3, 1674. Michael Flagg. son of Thomas and Mary Flagg; he was born March 23, 1651, and died about 17II; she died before, as he married (second) Mary Earle. 4. Daniel, born December 1, 1650, married Abigail Pratt, lived in Framingham, Massachusetts. 5. Samuel, born Octo- ber 28, 1653. married Mary Flagg, lived in Water- town. 6. Joshua, born November 5. 1655, mar- ried Elizabeth Flagg, lived in Watertown and Westminster. 7. Elizabeth, born June 15, 1657, married Lieut. John Stearns, and lived Billerica. Massachusetts, where they had a large family of children : she died April 18, 1694. 8. Sary, born September 29. 1650. married July 23. 1679, Isaac Learned, son of Isaac and Mary (Stearns) Learned. He was born October 5. 1655. They moved to Framingham, near the Sherborn line. He was selectman of Framingham in 1711. 9. James, mar-

ried thrice, resided in Watertown. 10. Martha, born April 1. 1662, married twice; her second husband was Obadiah Woods, of East Hartford, Connecticut ; he died April II, 1712. II. Abigail, born February 4, 1664, married, December 10, 1684, Benjamin Har- rington. 12. Hannah, born March 4, 1666, died March 8, 1666. 13. A son, born and died December 18, 1667.

(II) Samuel Bigelow, son of John Bigelow (I), born October 28, 1653; married, June 3, 1674, at the same time that his sister Mary was married, Mary Flagg, daughter of Thomas and Mary Flagg. She was born January 14, 1658, and died September 7, 1720. He was a prominent man in Watertown, an innholder 1702-16; and represented the town in the general court 1708, 1709 and 1710. His will, dated September 30, 1720, proved February 21, 1731, men- tioned his sons John, Samuel, Thomas and Isaac; daughters Mercy Garfield, Abigail Cutler and De- liverance Stearns : sons-in -- law Thomas Read, Josiah Howe and Daniel Warren; grandchildren David Bruce, Nathaniel Read, Isaac Read, Thomas Read, Catherine Read, Phinehas Howe. Abraham Howe, Rachel Howe, Samuel Warren, Daniel Warren and Hannah Warren. The children of Samuel and Mary (Flagg) Bigelow were: I. John, born May 9, 1675, married Jerusha Garfield, lived in Marlboro. 2. Mary, born September 12, 1677, married, February 2. 1700, David Bruce, of Marlboro; married (sec- ond) Thomas Read, Jr., of Sudbury. 3. Samuel, born September 18, 1679, married Ruth Warren, lived in Marlboro. 4. Sarah, born October 1, 1681, married, December II, 1706, Josiah Howe, of Marl- boro, a grandson of John Howe, the first settler. (See Howe). 5. Thomas, born October 24, 1683, married Mary Livermore, of Watertown. 6. Mercy, born April 4, 1686 (recorded Martha), married Jan- uary 2, 1707, Lieut. Thomas Garfield (See Garfield) ; she died February 23, 1745, and he died February 4, 1752. 7. Abigail, born May 7, 1687. married. Au- gust I, 1710, Jonathan Cutler, of Killingly, Connec- ticut, resided at Colchester, Connecticut. S. Han- nah, born May 24. 1711, married Daniel Warren and they lived in Westboro. Shrewsbury: he was a soldier in the French and Indian war, and was taken prisoner to Canada. 9. Isaac. born May 19, 1691, married Mary Bond, and lived in Colchester, Con- necticut. 10. Deliverance. born September 22. 1695, married August 10, 1715, John Stearns of Lexington, Massachusetts, resided in Worcester, where many descendants have lived.

(III) Samuel Bigelow, son of Samuel Bigelow (2), born Watertown, Massachusetts, September 18, 1679; married, in Watertown, March 28, 1705, Ruth Warren. of Watertown. They removed to Marl- boro, where she died April 12, 1716. He married (second) December 4. 1716. Mary Gleason, daugh- ter of Joseph and Martha Gleason, of Sudbury. She was born October 6. 1682, and died in Shrews- bury, May 14. 1752. He died in Marlboro. The children of Samuel and Ruth (Warren) Bigelow were: I. Mary, born December 17. 1705, married, December 10, 1727, Daniel Ward, son of Joseph and Abiah ( Wheelock) Ward, of Marlboro : he was born April 14. 1701. 2. Samuel, born October 16, 1707, married Jedidah Hathorn, lived in Shrewsbury. 3. Cornelius, born November 24, 1710, married Mary Graves, lived in Westboro. 4. Jedediah, born Feb- ruary 8, 1714. married Thamazin Nurse, lived in Douglas, Massachusetts. 5. Ruth, born April 10, 1716, died July 25, 1716. 6. Jason, born April II, 1718, married Abigail Witt, lived in Brookfield, Massachusetts. 7. Ruth, born December 30, 1719, married. June 7. 1743. Daniel Heminway, of Fram- ingham, and moved to Sherborn in 1745; she died

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November 15, 1794. 8. Amariah, born September 14. 1722. married Lydia Brigham, lived in Shrews- bury. 9. Martha, born October 21, 1724. married December 14. 1749, Ezekiel Brigham, of Marlboro and Grafton, Massachusetts.

(IV) Samuel Bigelow, son of Sammel Bigelow (3), born in Marlboro, October 16, 1707; married, November 28, 1729, Jedidah Hathorn, and moved to Shrewsbury, where he settled in the south part of the town, near the Grafton town line. She died, and he married (second) May 7. 1770, Mrs. Abigail Hastings, widow of Moses Hastings, and daughter of William Taylor. His will dated April 14, 1795. mentions wife Abigail, daughters Dorcas Leland and Jedidah Wheeler, children of Samuel (deceased) ; child of daughter Sarah Smith (deceased) ; sons Solomon and Ithamar, who were appointed exec- utors. The children of Samnel and Jedidah (Hat- horn) Bigelow were: I. Samuel, born June 24, 1731, married Phebe Rand. 2. Jedidah, born March 21, 1733, married, April 30, 1760, John Wheeler, of Shrewsbury. 3. Dorcas, born July 6, 1735, married, December 1, 1768, Seth Swan, of Paxton. 4. Sol- omon, born July 25, 1767, died October 25, 1742. 5. Silas, born October 10, 1739, married Sarah Hall, resided at Paxton. 6. Solomon, born July 1, 1742, married Sarah Newton. 7. Ithamar, born July 30, 1745. married Persis Barrett. 8. Sarah, born Sep- tember 10, 1747, married June 8, 1767, Ephraim Smith, of Grafton, Massachusetts.

(V) Samuel Bigelow, son of Samuel Bigelow (4), born Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, June 24, 1731 ; married, at Shrewsbury, July 1, 1755, Phebe Rand, daughter of Daniel Rand. She died June 10, 1770. He married (second) 1770, Anna Winchester, of Grafton. He died in 1787. The children of Sam- uel and Phebe (Rand) Bigelow were: I. Levinian, born February I. 1756, married, November 5, 1776, Samuel Whitney, of Westboro. 2. Mary, born April 13, 1757. 3. Vashti, born May 19, 1758, married, February 26. 1777. James Wheeler, son of Ebenezer Wheeler, of Grafton. 4. Lucretia, born June 1, 1760, married. August 14, 1781, Adam Harrington of Shrewsbury. 5. Humphrey, born September 4, 1761, married Mary Underwood. 6. Serena, born March 16, 1765, married, November 13, 1786, Benjamin Jen- nings, of Brookfield.

(VI) Humphrey Bigelow, son of Samuel Bige- low (5), was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, September 4, 1761. He married, December 20, 1786, Mary Underwood, of Westford, Massachusetts. She died in Shrewsbury, October 6, 1789. He married (second), October 26, 1791, Hannah Whipple, of Grafton. She was born October 5, 1771, and died in Worcester, January 5, 1848. They lived in Shrews- bury until 1804, when they removed to Charlton, Massachusetts, where they lived several years. Later they lived in Sutton and Westford, and then moved back to Shrewsbury. He died October 2, 1842. Chil- dren of Humphrey and Mary ( Underwood) Bige- low : I. John, born August 12, 1787, married Mary Jones. 2. Samuel, born August 1, 1789. died Octo- ber. 1789. The children of Humphrey and Hannah (Whipple) Bigelow: 3. Samuel, born July 2, 1793, married Cynthia Forbush. 4. Catherine, born Au- gust 12, 1795. married. November 2, 1818, Joel Fay, of Sutton. 5. Hannah, horn October 2, 1797, mar- ried Samuel Lamb; resided at Charlton; married ( second ) Daniel Richardson; married (third) Pardon Aldrich, of Grafton. 6. Mary, born August 4. 1799. died December 25, 1819. unmarried. 7. Silas, born August 10, 1801, married Silence Pierce. 8. Moses, horn Tuly 23. -. married Amanda Smith. 9. Susan Whipple, born September 1, 1806, married, November 30, 1826, Owen W. Allen, of Shrewsbury,

moved to Ohio. 10. Miriam, born September 6, 1809, married, June 12, 1833, Joel Fay, late hus- band of her deceased sister; she died August 15, 1837. II. Whipple, born February 16, 1812, married Amy Chase. 12. Jolin, born November 27, 1814, married Lucinda M. Slocomb.

(VII) Silas Bigelow, son of Humphrey Bige- low (7), was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, August 10, 1801. He married, November 20, 1823, Silence Pierce. She was born February 6, 1803, daughter of Amos and Anna (Hicks) Pierce of Sutton. He died in Worcester, October 12, 1883; she died there August 12, 1886. He went to Sutton before he was married, and carried on a boot and shoe manufacturing business in addition to con- ducting his farm. He removed to Worcester in 1847, and continued in the shoe manufacturing busi- ness there until 1860. All their children were born in Sutton, viz .: 1. Silence Adaline, born August 9, 1824, married, June 1, 1846, Curtis B. Greene ; she died June 30, 1902; their only child, Jennie A., married Frank E. Kimball, resides at 8 John street ; lie is with E. T. Smith Co., wholesale grocers. 2. Harriet Ann, born February 14. 1826, married De- cember 13, 1864, Albert G. Mann, of Worcester (see Mann). 3. Mary Woodbury, born July 5, 1828, mar- ried, December 2, 1857. Stephen Sawyer (see Saw- yer). 4. Edward H. (twin), born at Northbridge, Massachusetts, July 5, 1830, married April 21, 1852, Mary S., daughter of Samuel and Martha Patterson ; resided in Worcester, where he died September 10, 1867; Louisa Carrie, their only child, born June 19, 1853, married, December 25, 1882, Luther Baker, and died 1905. 5. Emily (twin), born July 5, 1830, died February 19, 1834. 6. Silas Austin, born October 22, 1832, died March 26, 1844. 7. Charles Amos, born October 3, 1834. in Sutton; married, February 1.1. 1856, Mary Caroline Patch (born in Worcester, September 10. 1836, died August 10, 1883), lived several years in Texas, then engaged in the whole- sale grocery business with E. T. Smith; he died in Worcester, April 23, 1885. His children were : i. Charles Frederick, born in Worcester, September 9. 1857, married Mabel E. Hewitt, November 4. 1885 : lieutenant in Battery B ; engaged in the business of E. T. Smith Co .; died November 4, 1900; ii. Frank A. Bigelow, born in Belton, Texas, January 2, 1861, resided at New York city; iii. Mary Ella, born in Salado, Texas, September 20, 1866, married Frank Green of Gardner: resides in Brooklyn. 8. Luther Henry, born December 30, 1836, in Sutton, married C. Helen Lovell; daughter of A. Beaman Lovell; resided in Worcester, where he died No- vember 22, 1871; his two children died in infancy. He entered the book store of Jonathan Grout when a boy, later became a partner under the name of Gront & Bigelow (now Davis & Banister) : he was in Company C, 5Ist Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia in the civil war, with rank of lieutenant. 9. James Whipple, born September 8, 1839. married, October 24, 1877, Mrs. C. Helen ( Lowell) Bigelow, widow of his deceased brother, Lieut. Luther H. Bigelow ; he was a partner of Walker Armington in the grocery business in Wor- cester ; he died November 30, 1901; she died De- cember 0, 1882.

(VIII) Mary Woodbury Bigelow, daughter of Silas Bigelow (7), was born July 5, 1828. She married, December 2, 1857, Stephen Sawyer, of Worcester. (See Sawyer).

DOLLIVER FAMILY. Robert Dolliver or Dalyber (1), as it was then generally spelled in the English records, was the progenitor in England of the Dolliver family of Essex and Worcester coun-

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ties, Massachusetts, ancestor of Edward B. Dolliver, a business man of Worcester, and Henry W. Dolli- ver. postmaster of Whitinsville, Massachusetts. Robert Dolliver lived in the parish of Stoke Abbot. Dorset county, England. The name is said to be of Welsh origin. and the earliest location of the English branch was at North Junterice in Wales. Robert Dolliver was a yeoman. He died in 1633, and his will, dated March 20, 1632, proved March 27. 1633, gives much information of his family. He directed that he should "be buried in the church- yard of Stoke Abbot before the church porch there, near the place where my father was buried." indi- cating thereby that the family had been located there for some time, and giving a clue to the English an- cestry. "And my will and desire is" the will de- clares "that I may have a tomb set over me and towards that charge i give 13 shillings, four pence." He remembered the poor and the church in his will. (See pages 128 Genealogical Register IS94). I. Robert, Jr., "Eldest" was executor. 2. Samuel, left fifty pounds in father's will, see forward. 3. Tristram, baptized 1598, May 28, at Stoke Abbot : came to Salem before 1611 and was in the fishing business at Marblehead and Gloucester : returned to Stoke Abbot-whence he wrote, April 20, 1648, to John Balch about accounts. due him in New England; asked for the date of death of his wife from the records: gave power of attorney to his brother, Samuel Dolliver. of Marblehead, for col- lection of money from John Whitt, of Wenham : he came again to Massachusetts; he married (first) Mary -, who died July 3, 1644, and ( second), at Stoke Abbot, August 31, 1657, Sarah Peavie ; he died at Gloucester. July 3. 1664. 4. Joseph, mar- ried Rachel and settled at Greenwich, Rhode Island. 5. Mary. 6. Sarah. 7. Rebecca. 8. Daugh- ter, married Walter Burt. 9. Daughter, married John Lestry and had three sons; John, Edward and William Lestry.

( II) Samuel Dolliver, son of Robert Dolliver (1). was baptized at Stoke Abbot, England, Febru- ary 5. 1608. He settled in Marblehead, Massachut- setts, about 1642. and was probably in Salem for a time before that. He was admitted a proprietor of the town and elected to various town offices. He bought of Thomas Millirad, of Newbury, Massa- chusetts. his farm of forty acres of tillage and ten acres of marsh at Fresh Water Cove, Gloucester. He died at Gloucester, July 22, 1683, leaving an estate valued on inventory dated September, 1683, at 113 pounds. The division of the estate was made to the eldest son Joseph: sons Richard, William and Jolin : daugliters Mary, wife of Richard Babson ; Sarah Dolliver (Dalliber as it was then spelled) : to son-in-law, Richard Dike; to Mary, his widow. who was then the wife of James Gardner. The heirs receipted for their portions at various dates from 1684 to 1696. Samuel Dolliver had the un- usually large herd of ten cows at the time of his death. He married (first) . and (second). August, 1654, Mary Elwell, daughter of Robert Elwell. The children of the first marriage were; 1. Joseph, born 1629 "the eldest." see forward. 2. Dorothy. married at Marblehead, November, 1653. John Waldron. 3. Rebecca, married Richard Dike, at Gloucester, and had many children. The chil- dren of Samuel and Mary Dolliver were: 4. Cap- tain William, born August 16. 1656. married Anne Higginson, daughter of Rev. John Higginson; she was accused of witchcraft ; marriage was unfortunate 5. Samuel, born July 9, 1658. 6. Mary, born March 26, 1662, married Richard Babson. 7. Richard, born April 18. 1665. 6. Sarah, born December 24. 1667. married Joseph Killum. 9. John, born September

2, 1671, married Susanna Marriner, November, 1700; she died February 26, 1705 : married (second), Feb- ruarv II, 1706, Elizabeth Wood; had eight children, removed to North Falmouth. Maine.

(III) Joseph Dolliver, son of Samuel Dolliver (2), was born in 1629, in England. He gave his age as forty in 1669. He was among the early pro- prietors of Marblehead. He is said to have been early of Salem, also, but he was settled in 1648 in Marblehead, where he lived the remainder of his life, and died there in 1688. He was a constable of Marblehead in 1660. He married Lucy - and among their children were: 1. Joseph, Jr., see for- ward. 2. Abigail, born 1685, baptized December 13, 1685.

(IV) Joseph Dolliver, son of Joseph Dolliver (3). was born about 1665, in Marblehead, Massa- chusetts. He settled in his native town and seems to have had three wives all named Mary. He mar- ried ( first), January 16, 1689-90, Mary Pousland ; (second) Mary Furnace, October 19, 1704, and (third ), April 10, 1707, Mary Salmon, all at Marble- head. The children of Joseph and his wives were: I. Pcter, died young. 2. Samuel, baptized March 8, 1690-91. 3. John, "Jr.," see forward. 4. Thomas, baptized September 27, 1696, died May II. 1750, aged sixty-two years, six months. 5. Peter, born 1701, see forward. 6. Joseph, married, January 27, 1736-37. Lucy Merritt.

(V) John Dolliver (called Jr. because of an elder John of Marblehead, according to the pre- vailing custom), son of Joseph Dolliver (4), was baptized at Marblehead, Massachusetts, May 19, 1695 He settled in Marblehead and all his five children were born there. He married, January 2, 1715-16, at Marblehead, Mary Trefry. She died at Marblehead. 1751, aged fifty-six years. Their chil- dren : 1. John, baptized June 23. 1723. 2. Mary, baptized July 12, 1726. 3. Sarah, baptized June 22, 1720. 4. Annice (Agnes), baptized May 20, 1733. 5. Richard, baptized November 2, 1735.

(V) Peter Dolliver, son of Joseph Dolliver (4). was baptized at Marblehead when probably less than a month old. November 30. 1701. He married, De- cember 29, 1724. Mary Dennis, and their children all horn in Marblehead, were: 1. Peter, born 1726, baptized March 6, 1725-26. 2. Hannah, baptized November 5. 1727. 3. Mary, born February 25, 1732-33. 4. Joseph, baptized April 6, 1735. 5. Thomas, baptized March 20. 1736. 6. John, baptized June 10. 1730. 7. Sarah, baptized July 29. 1744.

(VI) Richard Dolliver. son of John Dolliver (5). was baptized November 2, 1735. He married Sarah Coffin, October 2. 1759, and settled at Marblehead, where their children were born, viz: I. Sarah. bap- tized September 6. 1761. 2. Richard, baptized Janu- ary 5, 1764. died young. 3. Mary, baptized Decem- ber 15. 1765. 4. Richard, baptized June 28, 1767. 5. William, baptized April 29. 1770. 6. Joseph, bap- tized February 24, 1771. 7. John, baptized May 8, 1774. see forward.

(\1) Thomas Dolliver. son of Peter Dolliver (5), was baptized at Marblehead. March 20, 1736-37. He settled in Marblehead, and was a soldier in the revolutionary war. He married, August 7. 1759, Sarah Bowdoin, and their children were: 1. Thomas, born October 24. 1762. 2. Samuel. baptized October 7. 1764. 3. Mary, baptized November 2. 1766. 4. Peter, baptized November 6. 1768. 5. William, bap- tized 1770, died young 6. Mary, baptized November 1, 1772. 7. John, baptized August 8, 1773. 8. Sarah, baptized April 2. 1775. 9. John, baptized December 8, 1776, see forward. To. Thomas, baptized July 5. 1778. II. Sally, baptized December 26, 1770. 12. Saralı, baptized September 17, 1780. 13. William

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baptized July 28, 1782. 14. Thomas, baptized June 15, 1783. 15. Isaac, baptized December 12. 1784. 16. Isaac. baptized November 5. 1786. 17. Polly, baptized September 24. 1786. 18. Benjamin. bap- tized July II, 1790. 19. Benjamin Stone, baptized April 27, 1794. 20. Hannah, baptized February 9, 1800. 21. Mary Green, baptized January 26, 1812.

(VII) John Dolliver, son of Richard Dolliver (6), born 1774. baptized at Marblehead, May 8, 1774, or son of Thomas Dolliver (6), and baptized De- cember 8, 1776, descendant unquestionably from Joseph Dolliver (4), was born and brought up in Marblehead, where so many generations of his an- cestors had lived. He learned the trade of shoe- maker. He removed to Worcester and bought a lot of land of Joseph Searl. He removed to Grafton in the thirties and bought land there of Elijah Brooks, Samuel Wood and Jonathan Warren, of Grafton, six acres with the house, etc. He became a manufacturer of shoes, and at his death bequeathed his half-interest in the shoe factory at Grafton to his son Joseph. He died January 7, 1863. John Dolliver lived at Lynn for some time before coming to Worcester and some of his children were born there. He removed to Worcester. where his wife was born, and the remainder of the children were born in that town. He married, at Worcester. November 1I, 1802. Mary or Mercy Barber, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Barber, and she was born in Worcester, May 20, 1779. Joseph was the son of Robert and Sarah Barber, and was born at Worcester, April 25. 1738. The children of John and Mercy Dolliver were: 1. Mercy, born at Lynn, May 13, 1804. 2. Betsey, born at Lynn. November 17, 1805, died at Worcester, April 25. 1826. 3. John B., born at Lynn, Decem- ber 17. 1807. died before his father: left children Ellen Mckenzie, Caroline Augusta Aspinwall. Mary Eliza Dolliver and Annie E. Dolliver, all born in Worcester. 4. Samuel Varnum (took the middle name B.) born at Lynn, September 20, 1810, see forward. 5. Martha, born at Worcester. July 8, 1813. married Benjamin Goddard, of Worcester. 6. Joseph, born at Worcester. May 22, 1816, married, April 12, 1842, Zurviah Mason, resided at Grafton. 7. Horatio, born at Worcester. July 12, 1819, re- sided at South Reading, Massachusetts.

(VIII) Samuel B. Dolliver (recorded at Lynn as Samuel Varnum Dolliver), son of John Dolliver (7). was born at Lynn, Massachusetts, September 20. 1810, and died at Grafton, Massachusetts, July 18. 1880. He followed his father's trade of shoe- maker and shoe manufacturer most of his life. For a few years late in life he was employed by the Worcester Machine Screw Company. He was a leading citizen of the town of Grafton. In politics he was a Democrat. He served the town of Graf- ton as assessor and selectman. He married (first), July 29, 1834, Delia E. Blake, born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, June 18, 1814. She died at Grafton, February 7, 1863. He married (second) Nancy G. . who survived him. The children of Samuel B. and Delia E. Dolliver were: I. Edward S., born in Grafton, June 4, 1835, died March 26, 1810. 2. Mary E., born in Grafton. February 12, 1841, died July 10, 1849. 3. Maria E., born in Grafton, May 16. 1843, married A. W. Gifford. of Worcester. 4. Edward B., born in Grafton, September 1, 1848, see forward. 5. Henry W., born in Grafton, Decem- ber 29. 1854. see forward.

(IX) Henry W. Dolliver. son of Samuel B. Dolliver (8), was born in Grafton, Massachusetts, December 29. 1854. He was educated in the public and high schools of his native town. Like his father and grandfather he learned the trade of shoemaker,

and worked in the shoe factory of J. H. Brigham, at Worcester, four years, and for his brother-in-law, A. W. Gifford, of Worcester. He then took the position of clerk of the Quinsigamond Hotel at North Grafton. After six months he suffered an accident while hunting that nearly cost him his right hand, and laid him up for a year. He began work again as clerk in the market of G. B. Brooks, Grafton. I11 1879 he removed to Whitinsville, Massachusetts, a village in the adjoining town of Northbridge. He was assistant postmaster for four years under D. P. Gray, at Whitinsville, was bookkeeper three years for J. V. Prentice, and again was under Postmaster Gray for seven years, or until his death, when Mr. Dolliver was appointed to succeed him March I, 1905. He is a member of the Whitinsville Lodge of Odd Fellows. In politics he is a Republican, and has been clerk of the Northbridge board of select- nien from 1896 to 1900.

He married, October 6, 1876, Clara E. Gray. Their children are: I. Maud L., graduate of the Whitinsville high school. 2. Jessie L., member of the class of 1908, Whitinsville high school. 3. Harold G.

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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 77

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