Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. I, Part 82

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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four children to Captain Joseph and Lydia, not mentioned by Savage, possibly belonging to Jo- seph, Jr.

The children of Joseph and Lydia were: Joseph, born at Weymouth, December 16, 1662; Samuel, February 14, 1667, at Mendon; John; Ebenezer ; Thomas; Ann, married a Mr. Trask; Mary, married a Mr. Hill; Experience, born in Mendon, December 5, 1680; Hannah, November 29, 1681, at Mendon ; Jo- seph, October 19, 1683, see forward; Lydia, May 10, 1686, married a Mr. Cook; Hannah, December 9, 1691; Abigail, November 10, 1693; William; and Benjamin, March 28, 1701.

(III) Joseph White, son of Joseph White (2), was born in Mendon, Massachusetts, October 19, 1683, and died there October 28, 1757. He married, about 1711, Prudence - Their children, all born at Mendon, were: Joseph, Jr., born September 22, 1712, see forward; Peter, December 6, 1714; Aaron, May 22, 1717; Moses, August 31, 172I.

(IV) Joseph White, Jr., son of Joseph White (3), was born in Mendon, September 22, 1712, and settled in that part of Mendon, later Uxbridge, Massachusetts. He married, December 4, 1734, Judith Clark, of Uxbridge, Rev. Nathan Webb of- ficiating. They had thirteen children: Sarah, born September 4, 1735, died September, 1747; Lyral, May S, 1737, married, November 25, 1756, Abner Taft, at Uxbridge; Lois, August 25, 1739, married, January 6, 1757, Edward Seagraves, at Uxbridge; Eunice, November 1, 1741; Joseph, May 4, 1744. died Sep- tember 8, 1747; Judith, December 1, 1746, died Sep- tember, 1747 ; Amos, October 26, 1748, married, May 17, 1770, Azubah Taft, at Uxbridge; he died in the Revolutionary army. Joel, October 4, 1751, died at Northbridge, Massachusetts, July 22, 1835: Jesse, see forward ; Obadiah, September 8, 1753: Edward, June 5, 1756, died June 14, 1756; Abner, April 5, 1758, died April 5, 1758; Moses, August 3, 1759, died August 8. 1759.

(V) Jesse White, ninth child of Joseph White (4), was born. in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, June 12, 1754; married, March 28, 1777, in Uxbridge, Anna Mason, of Uxbridge (published March IO, 1777, in Northbridge). He was educated and learned his trade as blacksmith at Uxbridge. He was a farmer as well as a blacksmith. He settled in Northbridge. From him the elder Paul Whitney learned his trade.

He was deacon in the Baptist church of some neighboring town, perhaps Grafton. He held various town offices. He was a revolutionary soldier, en- listing as a private in Captain Josiah Wood's com- pany which marched from Northbridge to Rox- bury April 19, 1775, on the Lexington aların. He was sergeant in Captain David Batcheller's company, Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Tyler's regiment which marched December 8, 1776, on the alarm to Provi- dence. He was sergeant in Captain David Batchel- ler's company, Colonel Nathan Tyler's regiment, which marched on the aların to Rhode Island July 28, 1780. He was chosen by the town of North- bridge, July 29, 1779, one of a committee to hire men to enlist in the Continental army, and was rated to pay for that service, six pounds, March I, 1780, and one hundred and twenty pounds in 'old currency, March 12, 1781.

He married Anna Mason, as stated above, and had eleven children: Lucy, born May 5, 1778. mar- ried Dr. Artemas Bullard; Noah, February 21, 1780; Amos, see forward; Jesse, June 13, 1783 : Alden, March 21, 1785; Anna, January 4. 1787, died February 14, 1795; Joel, January 5, 1789; Eunice, March 4, 1791 ; Sally, May 6, 1793, died May 19, 1793; Mason, May 14, 1794; Washington, May 19,

1796. Jesse White, father of these children, died at Northbridge, March 2, 1830, and is buried there in what is known as the Cooper graveyard.

(VI) Amos White, third child of Jesse White (5), was born in Northbridge, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 19, 1781. He followed his father's trade of blacksmith, and had a blacksmith shop of his own later. He manufactured edge tools, chiefly for boot and shoe makers, also axes.

Mr. White was a Methodist and was connected with that denomination until late in life when he attended the Congregational church. He was captain of the Northbridge Militia Company, and was always known afterward as Captain White.

He married, September 1, 1803, Hepzibath Ald- rich, of Northbridge, who was born May 21, 1780, and died October 27, 1865. Both are buried in the Cooper graveyard. Their children were: Lowell, see forward; Jefferson, born June 18, 1805; Otis, October 12, 1806; Amos, June 3, 1809; Lydia, May 15, 1813; Lucy Bullard, September 30, 1814; Laura, November 24, 1817; Perry, August 29, 1820, died April 28, 1821; Luke, January 7, 1822, died July 16, 1882. Amos White, father of these children, died March II, IS53.

(VII) Lowell White, son of Amos White (6), was born in West Sutton, Massachusetts, May 20, 1804. At an early age he moved to Northbridge with his parents. He received his early education in the common schools of Northbridge, working on his father's farm up to the age of fourteen years, when he was apprenticed to Cheney Taft, a grocer, with whom he remained for about three years. He helped his father for a time on the home farm and then went to work in Levi Fuller's shoe shop and later in Warren Adams' shoe shop, some three years in all, and then for Deacon Joel Batcheller, manu- facturing shoes until October, 1847, when he moved to Grafton and accepted a position in Captain John WV. Slocumb's shop. He continued in the shoe business until within a year of his death. He worked in Westboro for some time while living in Grafton.

He was prominent in town affairs at Grafton, and served on the board of selectmen. He was a Republican. He was a member of the Congrega- tional church and of the Grafton Lodge of Odd Fel- lows.

He married, October 5, 1828, at Northbridge, (by Rev. John Crane) Miranda Dodge, who was born February 19, 1808. the daughter of Abner and Rhoda (Adams) Dodge, of Northbridge. Mr. Dodge was prominent in military affairs and had the rank of captain in the militia.

The children of Lowell and Miranda White were : Catherine Augusta, born February 6, 1830; Merrick Dodge (see forward) : Sarah Frances, born October. 1835. died October 9. 1836; Ann Maria (twin) born July 23, 1840; Jane Sophia (twin), born July 23, 1840. Lowell White, father of these children, died February 12, 1875.

(VIII) Merrick Dodge White, second child of Loweil White and father of Fred W. White, was born in Northbridge. Massachusetts, September 16, 1834. He attended the Northbridge public schools until lie was thirteen years of age and helped his father make shoes. When the family moved to Grafton in October, 1847, he went to work in the shoe factory of Captain John W. Slocumb. He worked there until December 25, 1858, when he took a position as cutter in the shoe shop of John Hayes, at Dover, New Hampshire. He returned in 1861 and worked for a year in Worcester for J. W. Brigham, South- bridge street; and for two years at South Framing- hum in the Charles Prentice shop; and for a year in the shops of Augustus Forbush and H. C. Green-

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wood, in Grafton. He was clerk in the Sherman House, Natick, two years and a half, and later was engaged in the restaurant business in Westboro and Grafton, conducting a business in the last named town on his own account. After more experience in the hotel business he returned to shoe making for C. H. Tilton, Ashland, where he worked for five years. In 1889 he began work for his brother-in- law, Samuel A. Prescott, in the manufacture of shoddy. He was in this business for eleven years when he lost his arm in an accident and had to re- tire. He is at present living with his sister, Mrs. Prescott. In politics he is a Democrat, and while in Natiek was delegate to various party conven- tions. He attends the Congregational church. He served five years in the Grafton Military Company. He married Emma Adelaide Wendell (intentions dated August 18, 1860), at Dover, New Hamp- shire. She was a daughter of George Washington and Prudence (Jenness) Wendell, of Dover New Hampshire. She died August 18, 1889. Their children were: Harry Lowell, born at Dover, New Hampshire, January 24, 1861; Fred Wendell, see forward; Clinton Sutton, born at Grafton, June 2, 1864.

(1X) Fred Wendell White, son of Merrick Dodge White (8), was born at Dover, New Hamp- shire, March 16, 1862. In the fall of 1866 he moved with his parents to Grafton, Massachusetts, where he entered the common schools of that town. After completing two terms in the high school he went to Worcester to take a position, April 7, 1879, as assistant cashier at the store of Barnard & Sum- ner. He remained in that position until March 8, 1880, when he entered the employ of W. H. Morse & Company, bankers, as assistant cashier. He be- came assistant bookkeeper at the First National Bank October II, 1880, of the same year, and con- tinued in various positions, advancing to the posi- tions of paying and receiving teller, in all some seventeen years, when he resigned to accept a posi- tion with Mr. Barton. He was appointed assistant city treasurer by William S. Barton, then the city treasurer, September 24, 1897. Upon the retirement of Mr. Barton owing to failing health, January 2, 1899, he was elected treasurer of the city and has been re-elected to the position at every election since. The position is one of great responsibility. The city treasurer receives all of the taxes and assess- ments and disburses all the money of the city. Mil- lions of dollars are handled every year in his office. Mr. White has given the utmost satisfaction to the city officers and the taxpayers.

He is a member of the Adams Square Congrega- tional church, is its treasurer, and member of the music committee. In politics he is a Republican. He is a prominent Free Mason, member of Monta- cute Lodge, of Worcester Royal Arch Chapter and of Hiram Council. He is a member of Worcester Lodge, No. 56, Odd Fellows; of the Hancock Club; of the Worcester Automobile Club; of the Wor- cester County Mechanics' Association; of the Sons of the American Revolution; Worcester Congrega- tional Club; the Economic Club; and Worcester County Horticultural Society. He was formerly a member of Company G, Sixth Regiment, Massa- chusetts Volunteer Militia, from 1880 to 1884 in- clusive, and belongs to the Veteran Association.

He married, April 22, 1886, Mabel Josephine Boyd, who was born october 19, 1864, the daughter of John T. and Elizabeth W. (Butts) Boyd, of Bos- ton. Mr. Boyd was a sailmaker at Charlestown Navy Yard, a veteran and lieutenant colonel in the Fifth Massachusetts Infantry in the civil war.

The children of Fred Wendell and Mabel Jose-

phine (Boyd) White were: Marion Winter, born April 17, 1889; Frances Lowell, born January 31, 1892; died September 9, 1903; Eloise Boyd, born August 16, 1900.

EMERSON WARNER, M. D. (I) William Warner, the emigrant ancestor of the Warner family of Barre, and of Dr. Emerson Warner, of Worcester, is believed to be a son of Samuel Warner, of Boxted, Essex, England, and was doubtless born in England about 1590. William Warner was one of the pioneers at Ipswich, Massachusetts, was one of the proprietors as early as 1635, and his name ap- pears on a list of proprietors dated 1637. He was admitted a freeman, May 2, 1638. The date of his death is unknown, but he was living October 29, 1654. Records exist in this country of three of his children, namely: Daniel; John, born about 1616 in England; and a daughter, born in England, be- came the wife of Thomas Wells, and died July, 1671.

(II) John Warner, son of William Warner, was born in England about the year 1616. He was reared in his native land and came to the Ipswich Colony, Massachusetts Bay, either shortly before or after the remainder of the family. He was a passenger from London on the ship "Increase" in 1635, when he gave his age of twenty years. He removed from Ipswich to Brookfield in 1670, was one of three men there who took the Indian deed for the town of Brookfield, December 19, 1673, and was one of the principal inhabitants there. When the town was destroyed by the Indians in 1675 he retreated with his younger children to Hadley, Massachusetts, whither Mark Warner, an elder son, and other chil- dren had gone to settle. He probably died at the home of some of his children, 1692.

John Warner married (first)

He married (second) Prieilla Symonds, daughter of Mark Symonds, about 1655. The children of John Warner and his first wife were: Samuel, born about 1640; John, born about 1643, died at Springfield, Massachusetts, January 21, 1724: Mark, born 1646, died at Northampton, Massachusetts, May 31, 1738, aged ninety-two years; Nathaniel, born about 1650, was a resident of Brookfield in 1673, died in Hadley, Massachusetts, January 15, 1714; Daniel, born about 1653, died in Ipswich, Massachusetts, June 8, 1659. The children of John and Priscilla (Symonds) War- ner were: Joseph, born August 15. 1657, died June 18, 1658; Mehitable, born April 16, 1659, died at Hadley, Massachusetts, June 12, 1678; Daniel, born April 16, 1661, died 1688; Eleazer, born November 13. 1662. died at Hadley. Massachusetts, May 8, 1729; Priscilla, born 1664, married Thomas Cum- mings, of Dunstable, Massachusetts, December 19, 1688.

(III) Samuel Warner, son of John Warner, was born in Ipswich. Massachusetts, about 1640. He was in Brookfield in. 1673, but his family was not with him. He was one of the petitioners for the in- corporation of the town of Brookfield, and possibly was there two years later when the town was de- stroyed. He testified March 26, 1678, describing him- self as thirty-eight years old and that he formerly owned land in Brookfield. He became one of the pioneers in Dunstable, Massachusetts, now Nashua, New Hampshire, was one of the fourteen proprietors residing there November 30, 1682, and was one of the seven male members of the first church which was organized. December 16, 1685. He purchased a farm in Groton, Massachusetts, the adjoining town, October 14, 1689, and probably died there about 1703.

He married (first) in Ipswich, Massachusetts, October 21, 1662, Mercy Swan, who died in Dun-

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stable, Massachusetts, April 3, 1683. Their children were: Priscilla, born September 25, 1666, died young ; Samuel, born July 5, 1668, settled at Pom- fret, Connecticut ; John, born August 2, 1670, died July 14, 1671; Dorothy, born June 2, 1672; Sarah, born May 28, 1674; Richard, born August 13, 1676, at Groton, died 1767, aged ninety-one years; his will dated June 10, 1763, was proved October 15, 1767. Samuel Warner married (second), May 4, 1684. Mary Swallow, and their children were: Eleazer, born January 27, 1686; Priscilla. The chil- dren of his first wife were probably all born in Ipswich, and the children of his second wife were born in Dunstable.

(IV) Eleazer Warner, son of Samuel Warner, was born in Dunstable, Massachusetts, January 27, 1686. When a young man he devoted several years to the military service. He was assigned to duty on the frontier and for many years was stationed with the military company at Brookfield, the scene of his grandfather's disaster in King Philip's war. He enlisted as a private and rose in rank from time to time through the grades of sergeant, ensign and lieu- tenant of the company commanded by Captain Sam- uel Wright, of Rutland. Later he became captain of the military company at Hardwick and New Braintree and retained the office until 1756, when he was seventy years old. He evidently liked the mili- tary service and enjoyed a vigorous old age. He is the hero of the only Indian tale related of Hard- wick settlers. In 1830, while he was in the military service, he removed his family from their residence in Groton or Dunstable to Hardwick, now New Braintree. His land was near Ditch meadow, and his farm included part of the old Indian fort at Winnimisset. Shortly afterward he had to go to Canada to effect an exchange of prisoners, and while he was there an Indian became offended at him and followed him home.

According to family tradition the Indian lurked about for several days for a chance to take a shot at Warner. One day Captain Warner went into the forest with his musket and came across his enemy. The Indian jumped behind a tree, and Warner dropped behind a log. Placing his hat on a stick Warner raised it above the edge of the log, and the Indian was deceived by the old trick and let fire at the empty hat. The captain sprang up and the Indian rushed forward with his scalping knife only to meet the contents of the white man's gun. His body was thrown in the lily pond between the road and river, half a mile east of Old Furnace. After his marriage Captain Warner went to live on the west side of the road from New Braintree to War- ren, on the south side of the brook, at the head of Ditch meadow, then Brookfield, now New Brain- tree. About 1730 he removed to a farm which he sold to Perez Cobb, May 4, 1764, and which was for many years known as the Perez Cobb farm. It was located on the road to Rutland, about a mile east of Furnace village, already mentioned. Mr. Warner became one of the most active and honored citizens of the new town of New Braintree, was selectman for six years, assessor for a similar period of time, was often chosen moderator of the town meetings, and was one of twelve man who formed the first church there.

Captain Eleazer Warner married, December 4, 1722, when thirty-six years old, Prudence Barnes, daughter of Thomas Barnes, of Brookfield. Their children were: Mary, born April 21, 1724, married Thomas Robinson, November 23, 1744, died August 7, 1812; Phineas, born October 11, 1726, married Martha Nash; Warham, born November 1, 1730, (November 2 in New Braintree records) resided at

New Braintree and dicd there December 4, 1817, leaving a large family; Eleazer, born February 26, 1733-34, was a soldier in the French war, died in the service November 20, 1755; Martin, born Sep- tember 2, 1735, settled in Norwich; Silas, born May 21, 1737, died of wounds received in French war, August 24, 1760; Samuel, born October 7, 1739, lived at New Braintree, married Unity Ware, April 19, 1769: Noah, born February 9, 1741-42, killed in battle in the French war, 1760; Prudence, born June 14, 1744, married Daniel Eldridge, February 10. 1767. Eleazer Warner, father of these children, died in New Braintree, February 28, 1776, aged ninety years. He survived his wife several years, she passing away in New Braintree, February 25, 1770, aged sixty-six years. Seven sons of this old warrior, Captain Warner, entered the military service during the French war, and three lost their lives.

(V) Phineas Warner, son of Captain Eleazer Warner, was born October II, 1726, at New Brain- tree, then Brookfield, Massachusetts. He was deacon of the church in New Braintree, and a man of dis- tinction. He married Martha Nash, of Hatfield, Massachusetts, February II, 1752, and their children were: Eleazer, born 1756, died November 17, 1758, aged seventeen months; Phineas, born 1759. died May 6, 1762, aged two years, eight months; Martha, born 1767, died September 4, 1778, aged seventeen years; Phineas, born November 2. 1763, died at New Braintree, July 24, 1841 ; and perhaps others. Deacon Phineas Warner died March 25, 1795, at New Brain- tree, and his wife passed away at the same place October 23, 18II.

(VI) Phineas Warner, son of Phineas Warner, was born in New Braintree, Massachusetts, Novem- ber 2, 1763, and died there July 24, 1841. He was an ensign in the army. He married Mary Pollard. She died IS41. Their children were: Patty, born November 7. 1784; Daniel, born August 28, 1786; Eli, born June 22, 1788; Betsey, born April 8, 1790; Amory P., born July 9, 1805, died April 28, 18So.

(VII) Amory P. Warner, son of Phineas War- ner, was born in New Braintree, Massachusetts, July 9, 1805, died at Worcester, Massachusetts, April 28, 18So. He was reared on a farm in New Brain- tree, educated in the public schools of his native town, and was a farmer by occupation. He was a member of the Methodist church. He was a Repub- lican in politics. He married, March 12, 1829, Cemira C. Haskins, born in Prescott, Massachusetts, September 13, ISII, died February 6, ISSI. They were the parents of one child, Emerson, born April 30, 1831, at New Braintree, Massachusetts.

(VIII) Emerson Warner, son of Amory P. Warner, was born in New Braintree, Massachusetts, April 30, 1831. He attended the district schools of New Braintree, Wilbraham Academy, Wesleyan Uni- versity at Middletown, Connecticut, which he en- tered in 1852; graduated therefrom in 1856, and received the degree of Master of Arts in 1859. For a few years thereafter he taught in Wilbraham Acad- emy. He received his degree of Doctor of Medi- cine from Harvard Medical School in 1863, began to practice in Shrewsbury, but removed to Worcester, January 1, 1866, and led a very busy professional life there for twenty years. In 1872 and 1873 he visited many of the leading medical institutions in Europe. Since 1886, when his career was interrupted by illness, he has not been in active practice, but has traveled extensively in Asia, Africa, South America, North America and Europe, accompanied by Mrs. Warner. They have passed several winters in the Azores and the south because of the modified cli- mate. Dr. Warner has been across the country many times in every direction, visiting most of the

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states and important cities in the United States and Canada, and he has been around the world twice by different routes. In these nineteen years Dr. Warner has acquired a cosmopolitan knowledge of the world, its geography and its people such as few men are fortunate enough to possess.

When Dr. Warner came to Worcester he took possession of the house on Main street erected in 1793 by the Rev. Dr. Austin, then pastor of the Old South Church. A portion of that landmark is still standing near the Crompton & Knowles loom works, whither it was moved in order to make room for the present Warner block, a four story building, ex- tending from 570 to 576 Main street, where he now resides. Dr. Warner was in regular attendance at the opening of the Worcester Dispensary, and for seventeen years was on the staff at the Worcester City Hospital. He has been consulting surgeon at the Memorial Hospital since it was established, was president of the Worcester District Medical Society, and for many years was a councillor of the Massa- chusetts Medical Society. In politics he is a Repub- lican. He was a member of school boards in the cities in which he resided prior to taking up his residence in Worcester, and was a member of the Worcester school board for twenty years. He rep- resented Worcester in the general court in 1884 and 1885, and as chairman of the committee on public health did important work in sanitary legislation. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was delegate to the general conference in 1880. He has been interested in the Worcester Associated Charities, and belongs to the Worcester Art Museum Corporation.

Dr. Warner married (first), July 18, 1851, L. Angeline Cleveland, of Hardwick, Massachusetts, and the two children born of this union died young. Mrs. Warner died September 20, 1854. Dr. Warner married (second), May 24, 1856, Isabelle H. An- drews, of Glastonbury, Connecticut, daughter of David and Honoria (Sparks) Andrews, and grand- daughter of David and Rebecca (Stratton) An- drews. Her father was born July 3, 1791, was a farmer in Glastonbury, and represented that town in the Connecticut legislature in 1842 and 1843. He married, December 25. 1819, Honoria Sparks, born June 3, 1802, died September 14. 1879, and his death occurred March 23, 1858. The children of Dr. Emerson and Isabelle H. (Andrews) Warner were: Effie L., born September 7, 1865, died September 30, 1884. Isabel, born November 20, 1860, educated in the Worcester schools, married, October 30, 1887, Dean S. Ellis, M. D., born in Vermontville, Frank- lin county, New York. August 28, 1856, son of Sam- uel and Emily M. (Towne) Ellis. Dr. Ellis ob- tained his preliminary education in the public schools of Worcester and at New Salem Academy, where he pursued a four years course. He then entered Jefferson Medical College, graduating in the class of 1883, and immediately thereafter began practice in Worcester, where he at once became popular with all classes. He is skilled as a general practitioner, ranks well among his fellow-physicians, and is recog- nized as one of the leading practicing physicians of Worcester. He is medical examiner for eight in- surance companies, surgeon to eleven local societies, and a fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society, American Medical Association, and the Worcester Medical Association. In 1904 Dr. Ellis purchased the granite block, 578 and 580 Main street, remodeled the entire building, and at the present time it is one of the best in the city He is a lover of fine horses, and always drives animals of splendid breed and fine mettle. Dr. and Mrs. Ellis have traveled quite ex- tensively both in this country and abroad. Their

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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 82

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