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He married, 1644, Elizabeth Godfrey, daughter of Francis Godfrey, one of the first settlers of Bridgewater. He died in 1681. The children of John and Elizabeth Cary were: John, born 1645: Francis, 1647 ; Elizabeth, 1649. married William Britt ; James, 1652; Mary, 1654; Jonathan, 1656, see forward ; David, 1658: Hannah, 1661, died unmarried: Joseph, 1663; Rebecca, 1665, married Samuel Allen : Sarah, 1667.
(XVI) Jonathan Cary, son of John Cary, immi- grant (15), was born in Bridgewater, Massachu- setts, 1656. He married Sarah Allen, daughter of Samuel Allen. He died before middle life, 1695, at Bridgewater. Their children: Recompence, born about 1688, see forward; John, born about 1690; Jonathan, born about 1692.
(XVII) Recompence Cary, son of Jonathan Cary (16), was horn in Bridgewater. Massachusetts, 1688. He married Mary Crossman, in Bridgewater, 171I, and resided there during his whole life, a man of influence and character. He died 1719. Their children: Seth, horn 1714, died unmarried 1742; Ichabod, 1715: Ebenezer, 1717, died unmarried : Saran, 1718, married Benjamin Haywood. 1742, and had a large family : Simeon, 1719; Zebulon, 1721 ; Jonathan, 1723: Josiah, 1724. died unmarried 1743; Mary, 1726, married Joseph Crossman, of Easton ; Abigail. 1729.
(XVIII) Jonathan Cary, son of Recompence Cary (17), was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1723. He "was remarkable for his probity and Christian character." He was a member of the Congrega- tional church in Bridgewater for seventy years, dea- con for sixty years. He lived with the wife of his youth for a period of sixty-five years, and died Feb- ruarv 2. 1813, aged ninety years. He married Mary Curtis, daughter of Captain Joseph Curtis. of Stough- ton, in 1747. She died at the age of ninety-five years.
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Their children were: Moses, born November 20, 1748: Mary, born 1750, died 1768: Dorothy, born December 17, 1752, died unmarried : Jonathan, born February 144, 1757; Huldah, born 1759, died 1763; Alpheus, born April 21, 1761 ; Huldah, born August 4. 1763, died 1775: Sarah, married (first) Daniel Alden, 1786, (second) L. A. Beal, 1809; James, born 1766.
(XIX) Jonathan Cary, son of Jonathan Cary (18), was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Feb- ruary 14. 1757. He was a soldier in the revolution and during his declining years drew a pension. He died December 25, 1852, aged ninety-five years. He married, 1784, Abigail Perkins, daughter of Jona- than Perkins. Their children were: Huldah, born 1785, married Darius Howard; Caleb, 1788; Jona- than, 1791 ; Luther, 1794; Martin, 1795; Abigail, born about 1797, married Isaac Dunham; Sally, born about 1799, married Zibot Keith; Mary, born about 1800, married James Littlefield : Aurelia, born about 1802. died in infancy ; Nancy, 1804, died in infancy.
(XX) Luther Cary, son of Jonathan Cary (19), was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1794. He removed when young to East Machias, Maine, and settled finally in Cooper, Maine. He died there. He was a farmer. He married, 1818, Eliza W. Foster. Their children were: James Webber. born August. 1819: Eliza A., born April, 1822, died May, 1827; George Williams, August, 1824: Mary L., November, 1826, died July, 1827; Delia F., June, 1828, married Stephen J. Getchel, of Cooper, Octo- ber, 1853, and had three children; Charlotte A., De- cember, 1830, married Henry L. Foster, 1858, and resided in Providence, Rhode Island; Mary E., March, 1834, married Charles Cary, of East Machias, Maine, and had two children ; Martin L., September, J836, was a soldier in civil war; Martha E., April, 1838, lived at Providence; Hiram Foster, August, 1842, see forward.
(XXI) Hiram Foster Cary, son of Luther Cary (20), was born at Cooper, Maine, August, 1842. He received a common school education and worked during his youth on his father's farm. He en- listed, 1862, in the civil war in the Ninth Rhode Island Cavalry, and served with credit throughout the war.
· He left Maine when sixteen years old, went to Providence, Rhode Island, and was apprenticed in the stucco business. After the war he want to Boston and engaged in the manufacturing of paper collars and cuffs. About 1876 went to Ballston Spa, New York, and engaged in some business. About six years later went to Saratoga, New York, and engaged in the spring mattress business. He left there and returned to his wife's old home, Mill- bury, Massachusetts, twelve years later, where lie still resides.
He married Frances J. Harrington at Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, now Boston. She was born May 24, 1843, the daughter of Thomas J. Harring- ton, (born at Worcester, January 26, 1804, and Eliza J. (Waters) Harrington, who was born May 21, 1798, and died December 22, 1876. The chil- dren of Thomas J. and Eliza J. Harrington were: I. Fidelia, born June 5, 1838; died November 19, 1848; 2. Sophia, born March 3, 1841, unmarried. 3. Frances J., born May 24, 1843, mentioned above. Noah Harrington was the father of Thomas J. Harrington.
The only child of Hiram Foster and Frances Cary was: Foster Harrington, born August 3, 1874, mentioned above.
(XXII) Dr. Foster Harrington Cary, son of Hiram Foster Cary (21), was born at Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts, August 3, 1874. His
parents removed to Ballston Spa, New York, when he was quite young, and he attended the public schools there. He attended the Saratoga high school, at Saratoga, New York, and the Worcester Academy, Worcester, Massachusetts, where he was graduated in 1894. He was active in athletics and won dis- tinction on the relay team and other field events. At graduation he was the class historian. From 1894 to 1898 he was a student at Harvard Medical School. He received his degree of M. D. in 1898 and received a house appointment in the Boston City Hospital, serving there until July, 1900, when he took a place on the staff of the Boston Lying-in- Hospital. In 1902 he began to practice his profes- sion in Worcester with his office at 130 Main street, removing after a few years to II Elm street. He is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the Worcester District Society, the American Medi- cal Association. He is a Free Mason, a member of Olive Branch Lodge. Since coming to Wor- cester, he has been appointed visiting obstetrician at the Worcester City Hospital, visiting gynecologist at the City and Memorial Hospitals, out-patient de- partments. He is a member of the Quinsigamond Boat Club and of the Winter Club.
PEVEY FAMILY. George Abbot (1) was the pioneer ancestor of the Pevey family of Worcester. His identity has been established by record dis- covered since the genealogy was published. He may have come with his adult sons. He was a pro- prietor of Rowley in 1643. The general court re- ferred his will to the Salem court, November II, 1647. The inventory was taken August 30, 1649, showing houses and lands, some of which were at Newbury, thirty books, household effects.
We learn of his family from the will of his son Thomas, of Rowley. This will, made September 5, 1659, and proved September 27, bequeathed to wife Dorothy, father-in-law Richard Swan; brothers George, Nehemiah and Thomas (sic) Abbot. The three brothers, George of Andover, mentioned be- low, Nehemiah of Ipswich, and Thomas of Con- cord, sold November 25, 1659, land at Rowley, form- erly belonging to their father, George Abbot, de- ceased, subject to the life interest of the widow, Dorothy Abbot. The children of George and Dorothy Abbot were: George, mentioned below; Nehemiah, mentioned above; Thomas, mentioned above.
(II) George Abbot, son of George Abbot (1), the pioneer ancestor of the Pevey family of Worcester, emigrated from Yorkshire to New England in 1640 in the same vessel with Hannah Chandler, whom he afterward married. He was one of the first settlers of the town of Andover, Massachusetts, in 1643, and was one of the proprietors. He lived and died on a farm in Andover, that is now or was recently in the possession of his descendants. His house before his death and long afterward was used as a garrison house. He married Hannah Chandler, who was the daughter of William and Annis Chand- ler. Her brother, Thomas Chandler, was among the first settlers.
George Abbot died December 24, 1681, aged sixty- six years. His widow married Rev. Francis Dane, who died February, 1697, aged eighty-one years, and his widow died July II, 1711, aged eighty-two years. The children of George and Hannah Abbot were: John, born March 2, 1648, died March 19, 1721 ; Joseph, born March 1I, 1649, died June 24, 1650 (the first death record in the town) ; Hannah, born June 9, 1650, died March 2, 1740; Joseph, born March 30, 1652, died April 8, 1676, killed; first of the Andover victims of King Philip's war; George, born June 7, 1655, died February 27, 1736; William,
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born November 18, 1657, died October 24, 1713; Sarah, born November 14, 1659, died June 28, 1711; Benjamin, mentioned below; Timothy, born Novem- ber 17, 1663, died September 9, 1730; Thomas, born May 6, 1666, died April 28, 1728; Edward, died young ; Nathaniel, born July 4, 1671, died December, 1749; Elizabeth, born February 9, 1673, died May 4, 1750.
(III) Benjamin Abbot, son of George Abbot (2), was born in Andover, Massachusetts, December 20, 1661, and died there March 30, 1703. He married, 1685, Sarah Farnum, daughter of Ralph Farnum; cleared a farm near Shawshene river, where his de- scendants now or lately lived on the same place. He was an active, enterprising and respectable citi- zen. The children of Benjamin and Sarah (Farnum) Abbot were: Benjamin, mentioned below; Jonathan, born September, 1687; David, January 29, 1689; Samuel, May 19, 1694.
(IV) Benjamin Abbot, son of Benjamin Abbot (3), was born in Andover, Massachusetts, July II, 1686, and died December 8, 1748. He assisted his brothers in clearing their farms and was an active, upright man. He married Elizabeth Abbot, daughter of George Abbot. She died 1718 and he married (second), 1722, Mary Carlton, who died January, 1726. He married (third), 1729, Abigail Abbot, daughter of Deacon Nehemiah Abbot. She died De- cember 8. 1753, aged fifty-four years. The Abbot family is one of the most distinguished as a family in New England. It has produced many noted clergymen, authors and public men. Many of the descendants of other surnames were equally promi- nent. In this family of Benjamin four of his daugh- ters had eleven sons graduate at college and eighteen grandsons. The child of Benjamin and Elizabeth Abbot was: Sarah, born August 13, 1718. The chil- dren of Benjamin and Mary were: Benjamin, born November I, 1723; Daniel, January 9, 1726. The children of Benjamin and Abigail were: Abigail, April 8, 1730; Mary, August 1, 1731; Abigail, Janu- ary 24, 1734; Abiel, August 4, 1735; Jacob, Febru- ary 13, 1737, died in the army at Albany, February, 1760; Elizabeth, mentioned below; Anna, October 23, 1739; Joel, November 6, 1742; Dorcas, August 12, 1744.
(V) Elizabethı Abbot, daughter of Benjamin Abbot (4), was born in North Andover, Massa- chusetts. November 8, 1738. and died October 12, 1789. He married, 1758, Ebenezer Cummings, of Hollis, and (second) Thomas Merrill, of Conway, New Hampshire. She died in 1788, aged sixty-six years. The children of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Abbot) Cummings were: Elizabeth, born Novem- ber 23, 1759; Ebenezer, September 15, 1761 ; Abigail, July 1, 1763; Bridget, July 15, 1765; Lucy, July 9. 1767; mentioned below; Mary, October 22, 1770; Jacob Abbot, November 2, 1772; Sarah, January 28, 1775. The children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Abbot) (Cummings) Merrill were: John, March 2, 1782; Benjamin, March 15, 1784 (H. U. 1804. LL. D.). (V) Lucy Cummings, daughter of Elizabeth (Abbot) Cummings (4), was born in Hollis, Massa- chusetts, July 9. 1767. She married, April 8, 1787, Peter Pevey, mentioned below.
The first records discovered of the Pevey fam- ily in America are at Hampton, New Hampshire. About 1720 three of this name appeared in the vicinity, probably from England. Peter settled in Hampton ; Edward in Dover; Joseph in Dover. The name seems to be correctly spelled Pevey, although several generations and some of the present genera- tion spell the name Peavey. Edward Pevey was baptized in the Dover, New Hampshire, church, Jan- uary 12, 1724. Mary, wife of Edward Pevey, was
dismissed to the Berwick church, August II, 1727, from the Dover church. Joseph Pevey and child Esther were baptized in the Dover church, April 7, 1728.
(I) Peter Pevey, the first ancestor of this sur- name of the Worcester family of the same name, was born in 1697, presumably in England; he died November 23, 1756, in Andover, Massachusetts. He married, July 15, 1720, at Andover, Esther Barker, of that town. They settled in Hampton, New Hamp- shire, after their marriage and lived there until 1724 or 1725. The two eldest children were born there and the four eldest were baptized there. The chil- dren of Peter and Esther (Barker) Pevey were : Hannah, born in Hampton, July 14, 1721, married, March 28, 1758, William Benit; Mary, born in Hamp- ton, March 22, 1723 married, May 5, 1748, Eliakim Wardwell. Rachel, born in Andover, Massachusetts, February IS, 1726, baptized at Hampton May 23, 1726; Esther, born at Andover, April 23, 1728, bap- tized June 2, at Hampton ; Peter, born in Andover, October 17, 1731, died there unmarried August 3, 1754: Thomas, mentioned below.
(II) Thomas Pevey, youngest child of Peter Pevey (1), was born in Andover, Massachusetts, March 14, 1736. He married, March 22, 1758, Dor- cas Holt. They settled in Andover. Their chil- dren: Peter, born April 14, 1762, mentioned below ; Hannah, .born at Andover, married there Peter Johnson, September 10, 1795. Probably other chil- dren.
(III) Major Peter Pevey, son of Thomas Pevey (2), ancestor of the Pevey family of Worcester, was born April 14, 1762. During the revolutionary war he was living in Andover, Massachusetts. At the age of fifteen, in fact just before he was fifteen, he enlisted April 7, 1777, as a private in Captain Abbot's company, Colonel Tupper's regiment and served in the army until December 31, 1779. He is also reported as of Captain Benjamin Farnum's com- pany, Colonel Ebenezer Francis's regiment in 1777 and 1778. He was with the army at the surrender of General Burgoyne. Soon after the revolution he went to Wilton, New Hampshire, and conducted the mills at the French place. He began the settle- ment in the south part of Greenfield and built him- self a log house there. In the spring of 1789 he started with a yoke of oxen to take his furniture to his cabin. His wife, whom he married two years before, rode horseback with a bundle lashed to the saddle and her baby in her arms. She was first to arrive at the new home. Mr. Pevey was prominent in military affairs and was major of the Twenty- sixth New Hampshire regiment. He was one of the founders of Greenfield. He married, April 8, 1787, Lucy Cummings, who was born July 9, 1767, and died October 15, 1854. Her brother, J. A. Cummings, was the author of a spelling book and geography used extensively in the early part of the nineteenth century. The children of Peter and Lucy Pevey were: Peter, born July 29, 1788, resided in Greenfield, deacon of the church there, married at Wilton, New Hampshire, June 22, 1819, Dorcas Holt; married (second), April 9. 1857. Tamazin Holt; Sally, born July II, 1790, married, June 2, 1855. William Wright; Lucy Cummings, born July 3. 1792, married, July 11, 1816, Farnham Holt ; Ben- jamin Abbot, mentioned below; Jacob, born Decem- ber 1796, married, November 2, 1824, Susan Camp- bell: married (second). March 26, 1840, Sarah Marsh; Abiel, born March 27. 1799, died Novem- ber 29, 1799; Dorcas, born October 8, 1801, mar- ried, March 2, 1824, Edward Pratt ; married (sec- ond), April 27, 1847, William Sheldon: Elizabeth, born April 6, 1803, died November 5, 1803; Eliza-
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beth, born August 30, 1804, married, June 4, 1833, Neliemialı Lowe; Abiel, born January 17, 1807, married. December 4, 1832, Louisa Stone ; Jolin Mer- rill, born November 30, 1809, died December 2, 1809; Merrill Cummings, born August 7, 1812, married, June 3. 1841, Elizabeth Stone.
(VII) Benjamin Abbott Pevey, son of Peter Pevcy and grandson of Elizabeth Abbott (Abbot) (5), was born in Greenfield, New Hampshire, Sep- tember 25, 1794, died November 16, 1864. He re- sided in Greenfield and Bennington, New Hamp- shire, and Schaghticoke, New York. In the fall of 1853 one of his sons bought of John A. Putnam the mill that was built by Philip Putnam and car- ried it on for several years.
Benjamin Abbott Pevey married, May 13, 1820, Clarissa Whittemore, daughter of Amos Whitte- more, who was born December II, 1799, died May 19, 1871. Their children were: Amos Whittemore, born April 6, 1821, died September 27, 1821 : Clarissa Livonia, born January 28, 1823, unmarried, resided with Dr. Benjamin Pevey at 80 Pleasant street, Worcester, until her death, January 21, 1903; Lucy Cummings, born March 18, 1825, inarried, 1851, George S. Russell; they are living (1906) in Welles- ley, Massachusetts ; Amos Abbot, born July 6, 1827, mentioned below; Benjamin Merrill, born March 26, 1831, died September 17, 1832; Franklin Merrill, born at Bennington, New Hampshire, May 2, 1833, mentioned below; Edward Payson, mentioned be- low; Benjamin Merrill, born in Schaghticoke, June 6, 1838, mentioned below; Mary Elizabeth, born in Schaghticoke, February 7, 1844, married, October 17, 1866. Simeon Thompson; married (second), July 4. 1871, Richard Henry French, who died in 1903; Charles Kimball, born in Schaghticoke, January 25, 1844, mentioned below. The first four of the pre- ceding were born in Greenfield, the next three in Hancock, New Hampshire, and the last three in Schaghticoke, New York.
(VIII) Amos Abbot Pevey, fourth child of Ben- jamin Abbot Pevey (7), was born in Greenfield, New Hampshire. He received a common school education and then studied dentistry with a well- known and able practitioner. Diligent and pains -. taking, he soon acquired proficiency in his profession and, when ready to open an office of his own, lo- cated in Clinton, Massachusetts. He soon proved his skill as a dentist and developed a large practice. After some years he decided to remove to Woon- socket, Rhode Island, where he was even more suc- cessful. For many years he was recognized as one of the most prominent men of his profession in the state.
He helped to establish three of his brothers in the same profession. They learned the business in his office in Clinton and at one time all four were dentists at the same time in Clinton. His brother Frank practiced for many years in Boston, but the two other brothers subsequently located and practiced in Worcester. Each built up a sub- stantial business. Dr. Pevey was a prominent mem- ber of the Rhode Island Dental Association.
Dr. Pevey married. October 9, 1854, Ellen F. Judd, daughter of Lucian Judd, who removed from Water- bury, Connecticut, to Clinton, Massachusetts. Mr. Judd was a soldier in the war of 1812 and his father was in the revolution. He is a descendant of Thomas Judd, who was in Cambridge in 1634 or 1635, and removed thence to Farmington, Connecticut, and thence to Northampton, Massachusetts. Of his six sons, Thomas, Jr. and Philip, settled in Waterbury, Connecticut. Dr. Pevey's widow resides at 13 Ham- mond street. Worcester. Their children: . Edward, born November 10, 1857, died September 20, 1861 ;
Helen Augusta, born October, 1864, now Mrs. Fred Ashley ; married (first) George Lyford Gould, one son, George Lyford Gould, Jr .; they reside at 13 Hammond street, Worcester. Dr. Amos Abbot Pevey died March 6, 1889, in Worcester.
(VIII) Franklin Merrill Pevey, sixth child of Benjamin Abbot Pevey (7), was born in Benning- ton, New Hampshire, May 2, 1833. When he was three years old his parents removed to New York state, where he lived until he was eighteen years old. He then went to Clinton, Massachusetts, to study dentistry in his brother's office. From 1854 to 1857 he had an office in New Ipswich, New Hamp- shire. Since his marriage he has lived. in Wilton, New Hampshire, and practiced his profession. He was interested extensively in real estate. He was one of the committee in charge of the building of the town house, and the bell was a gift to the town from him. He died in Wilton, May 1, 1901. Dr. Pevey married, December 26, 1858, Nancy B. Shel- don, daughter of Uzziel and Eliza (Barrett) Shel- don. They had no children. She died September 27, 1903.
(VIII) Edward Payson Pevey, seventh child of Benjamin Abbot Pevey (7), was born in Green- field, New Hampshire, February 27, 1836, died De- cember 20, 1903, at Richmond, Virginia. He was a young boy when the family removed to Schaghticoke, New York, a small town situated a few miles above Troy, where his father had a saw mill. He re- ceived a common school education in the district schools of New Hampshire and New York, his op- portunities for school being limited. When he was a young man he returned to Wilton, New Hampshire, where he worked in his father's saw mill. From there he went to Lowell, to work for his uncle, Abiel Pevey, whose son. Gilbert A. A. Pevey, be- came a distinguished lawyer in Boston. He removed in a short time to Boston, where he conducted a restaurant and later was the proprietor of a stall in the famous old Faneuil Hall Market. From there he removed to Marlboro, Massachusetts, and was there proprietor of a restaurant.
Mr. Pevey came to Worcester following the civil war and established a meat market at 39 Exchange street. He built up a large business there. He was the first of the family to locate in Worcester. A few years later Dr. B. M. Pevey and Dr. Charles K. Pevey started in business as Pevey Brothers, den- tists, at 244 Main street. Mr. Pevey removed his market to Southbridge street, but about 1870 became connected with the firm of White, Houghton & Co., 16 Front street. In 1874 the firm of White, Pevey & Dexter, pork packers, was organized, the original members being Rollin G. White. Mr. Pevey, and Edwain C. Dexter, now the only survivor. A sketch of Mr. White appears elsewhere in this work. The firm was very successful in business and their trade extended all over New England. The first store was on Front street opposite the old city hall and the abbatoir was on the Grafton road. The business was afterward moved further down Front street to A. B. Hall's block, now the Commonwealth Hotel, where the company was located for a number of years. In 1800 they moved to the present location on Bridge street. The abbatoir at present is located on Putnam lane and is one of the largest and best of the kind in New England. The company was in- corporated in 1800, and a few years later sold to the firm of Swift & Co., of Chicago. Mr. Pevey retired from active business at the time of the sale, and made his home at the Bay State Hotel. His wife. died February 3, 1886. He died of heart trouble when in the south on a pleasure trip with his daugh- ter, Mrs. Charles M. Booth.
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Mr. Pevey's business ability and common sense, integrity and good nature won for him a leading position among the business men of the city. He was universally liked and esteemed. He was an active Mason and well known in the Masonic fra- ternity of the state. He was a member of Montacute Lodge, Eureka Royal Arch Chapter, the Worcester County Commandery, Knights Templar, of which for twenty-six years he was the standard bearer. He was a charter member of the Worcester Continentals and was on the colonel's staff as commissary ser- geant. He belonged to the Commonwealth Club. He attended Piedmont Congregational Church. In politics he was an active and earnest Republican. He enlisted; September 6, 1862, and served until September 2, 1863, in Company I, Fifty-third Regi- ment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. He was a member of Post No. Io, G. A. R.
He married, September 25, 1858, Martha Jane Buell, daughter of Daniel and Abigail (Holden) Buell, of Newport, New Hampshire. Their chil- dren were: Nellie Florence, born November 20, 1859, mentioned below ; Frank B., born July 21, 1873, died January 22, 1874.
(IX) Nellie Florence Pevey, daughter of Ed- ward Payson Pevey (8), was born in Wilton, New Hampshire, November 20, 1859. She married in Worcester, November 16, 1881, Charles Matthew Booth, who was born January 28, 1859, the son of Benjamin and Betsey (Charnley) Booth, both natives of England. Mr. Booth was for forty years super- intendent of the Quinsigamond wire mill of Wash- burn & Moen. He retired a few years before his death. Benjamin Booth died May 19, 1901; his wife died November 14, 1905. Their children were: George Jones, born April 1, 1855, died April 5, 1882; Olina Elizabeth, born 1657, at Lowell, married Will- iam H. McClure, superintendent of the Worcester fire alarm system, resides at 26 Kingsbury street, Worcester; Charles Matthew, mentioned above.
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