Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. II, Part 103

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 732


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politics he is a Republican, and has served the town as assessor, teller and ballot clerk at elections for a number of years. He is an active member of the First Congregational Church. He is of a musical temperament, is one of the charter members of the Millbury Cadet Band, and two years ago erected a band stand in the public square so that the band might give concerts for the entertainment of the public. Mr. Shaw resides with his mother, Bur- bank street. He organized a society comprising the Broadbent, Buckley and Shaw families, August 25, 1893, for the purpose of holding family reunions, annually. The original officers were: President, James Harrop; vice-president, Joseph Brooks; treasurer, Henry W. Dennis; secretary, Thomas Swallow. At a reunion held September 4, 1899, the following were elected: President, Henry W. Den- nis; vice-president, Thomas Windle; treasurer. Ed- ward Hoyle; secretary, Charles H. Shaw. These are the present officers.


(III) Charles W. Shaw, son of Joseph Shaw (2), was educated in the Millbury schools. He worked in the mill four years, and has been in the employ of Charles H. Shaw since 1893. Mr. Shaw organized the Millbury Clerks' Association, and was for five years its president. In 1896 he organ- ized the Knights of Opus, on Burbank Hill, and through the efforts of this club the debt of the Mill- bury Congregational Church has been reduced a thousand dollars. The club also raised $800 for re- modeling and frescoing the church.


Mary Shaw, sister of Charles H. Shaw, was born at White Hall, England, August 23, 1849. She was educated in Cherry Valley, and in high school at Maynard. She was in business as dressmaker and milliner at Millbury for twelve years, and before this was trimmer for A. G. Lowell, of Worcester; for seven years; at present she is clerking for her brother at Millbury.


GOODHUE FAMILY. The earliest date to which the Goodhue family has been traced in Eng- land, whence the progenitor of the American family came, is 1280. William and Robert Goodhue (Gudhewen) lived in county Kent at that time. While it seems impossible to find the line of de- scent there is good reason to believe that William Goodhue, the American progenitor, belonged to the family in Kent where nearly all of this name have lived in England for a period of six centuries. The name is spelled usually Goodhugh or Goodhew by the branches of the family in England. A coat of arms is described as follows: "Or on a chevron between three Griffins' heads. erased Gules, a swan's neck, also erased, ducally gorged gold; on each side of the field a Bee volant. Crest, a young shep- herd leaning on the stump of a tree playing the flute, his dog by his side. Motto: Dieu avec Nous. Later arms have been granted since the family came to America to the English branches.


(I) William Goodhue, the immigrant ancestor of all of this surname in America, was born in Eng- land, 1612-3. In 1635 or 1636, then twenty-four years old, he came to New England and settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts. He was chosen deacon of the church. By history he is declared to have been a man of more than ordinary intelligence. of deep practical piety and of the highest integrity and wisdom. For many years he served the town of Ipswich in various civil capacities such as moderator, selectman. representative to the general court. He died in 1600. He took the freeman's oath December 7. 1636. He had numerous grants of land in and after 1635. He was commoner in 1641, one of Major Dennison's subscribers, one of the twenty-


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seven who paid the highest taxes in 1664, selectman in 1658, deputy 1660 to 1683. He was a weaver by trade. He resided in Ipswich until advanced in years, when he gave up his farm there and went to live with his son William at Chebacco (now Essex), Massachusetts, where he died 1699-1700.


He married, in England, Margery Watson, of Kent, who died at Ipswich, August 28, 1668. He married ( second) Mary Webb, widow, February 7, 1669-70. She died at Ipswich, September 7, 1680. He married (third ) Bethiah Grafton, a widow, who died December 6, 1688. He married (fourth), 1689, Remember Fisk, of Wenham, who survived him and died at Ipswich, February 16, 1701-2. The children of William and Margery Goodhue were : Joseph, born 1639; William, of whom later; Mary. (II) William Goodhue, son of William Goodhue (1), was born at Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1645. Ile was captain of the military company of the town, and deacon of the church at Chebacco, of which Rev. John Wise was pastor. He was at va- rions times selectman and deputy to the general court. He was a leader of the famous revolt against the royal governor in 1687. An attempt had been made by Sir Edmund Andros and his government to collect a tax of one penny per pound in the Massachusetts Bay colony. That tax was in viola- tion of the charter of the colony and of the British constitution, both of which guaranteed to English citizens the right of representation in any legislative body imposing a tax upon the people. The Ipswich citizens led by their minister, Mr. Goodhue, and John Andrews, proposed in town meeting to resist the payment of this tax and were thrown into prison by Andros, together with Robert Kinsman, John Appleton and Robert French, other leading citizens, denied the privilege of giving bail, tried, convicted of contempt and high misdemeanor and kept in the jail twenty days longer. Rev. John Wise was suspended from the ministerial function and fined fifty pounds. William Goodhue was fined twenty pounds. This outrage on the minister and deacon of the Chebacco Church was amply revenged a few years later, when Andros was given some of his own medicine. Deacon Goodhue was highly respected and honored by his townsmen, eminently useful and greatly beloved. He lived on a farm which his father bought for two hundred and sixty- five pounds, September 10, 1666, and in turn he cleeded it to his son William as a gift May 1, 1686. The town made him a grant of land as an in- demnity for the losses and injuries he sustained from the action of Governor Andros. He died October 12, 1712, and was buried at Chebacco, where his grave is marked by a headstone.


He married, November 14, 1666, Hannah Dane, daughter of Rev. Francis Dane, of Andover, Massa- chusetts. Their children were: William, born No- vember 13, 1667; Nathaniel, born August 4, 1670, of whom later; Hannah, born July 4, 1673; Josiah, born March, 1676; Francis, born October 4, 1678 (H. C. 1699), died 1707 unmarried ; Elizabeth ; John, born August 28, 1681, died September 19, 1685; Margery, born August 12, 1685: John, born August 12, 1685 (twins) ; Mary ; Bethiah.


(III) Nathaniel Goodhue, son of William Good- hnie (2), was born in Chebacco, Massachusetts, Au- gust 4, 1670, and settled there. He died there Au- gust 16, 1721. He married, 1606, Mercy Hawkes, of Lynn, Massachusetts. Their children were: Will- iam, born October 15, 1600. of whom later; Sarah, born February 8, 1701 ; Nathaniel, Jr., born Novem- ber 2, 1702, died September 16, 1721; John, born January 5, 1707; Mercy, born February 19, 1709,


died October 12, 1721; Elizabeth, horn December, 1710.


(IV) William Goodhue, son of Nathaniel Good- hue (3), was born at Chebacco, Massachusetts, Octo- ber 15, 1699, and settled there. He died October 23. 1772. He married, August, 1727, Ruth Preston. Their children were: Mercy, born 1728; Nathaniel, born 1730; William, born 1733; Ebenezer, born 1735: Elizabeth, born December, 1737; Sarah, born 1740: Lucy, born 1742; Hannah, born 1745; Ruth, born 1747: Mary, born 1749-50; Ebenezer, born July 13, 1755.


(V) Ebenezer Goodhue, son of William Good- hue (4), was born in Chebacco, July 13, 1735, and settled there. He married, July 30, 1778, Sarah Burnham. Their children were: Ebenezer, born July 13, 1780; Thomas B., born 1790, of whom later; William, born 1781; Sarah, died March II, 1840, unmarried ; Ruth and Lucy (twins).


(V]) Thomas B. Goodhue, son of Ebenezer Goodhue (5), was born in Essex (Chebacco). Mas- sachusetts, 1790. He settled in Lunenburg, Massa- chitsetts, and later he had a farm in what is now Fitchburg .. formerly Lunenburg. He died May 16, 1873, aged eighty-three years. He married, Decem- ber 26, 1825, Jerusha Hovey, of Lunenburg. She was the daughter of Solomon Hovey, son of Abijah and Lydia Hovey, descendant of the pioneer, Daniel Hovey. Solomon Hovey was born at Boxford, No- vember 18, 1748, died July 2, 1842; married, August 19, 1779, Jerusha Wyman, who was born at Woburn, February 20, 1751, died January 28, 1831, aged eighty years, daughter of Nehemiah Wyman, de- scendant of Francis Wyman, the immigrant. The children of Solomon and Jerusha Hovey, according to the family Bible, were: - , born and died April 19. 1780; Solomon, born August 14, 1781, died September 19, 1825; married, January 5, 1806, Sally Johnson, who died April 20, 1829; Abijah, born Jan- uary 20, 1783, died August 24, 1842; married, June 11, 1809, Martha Story, of Fitchburg; Ruth, born October 18, 1784, died June 18, 1786; William, born December 27, 1785, died February 19, 1852, aged sixty-six years; Jo- seph F., born June 18, 1787, died February 20, 1842; married, October 2, 1810, Sally Randall ; James, born March 10. 1789, died September 20, 1807; Jerusha, born January 29, 1792, died January 14, 1873, aged eighty years. The children of Thomas B. and Jerusha Goodhue were: William Wyman, born February 21, 1828, died July 24, 1829, aged seventeen months, six days; Joseph F., born Octo- ber 19, 1831, of whom later; Edward T. W. F, born September 15, 1833, entered the Union army and never returned; date of death unknown.


(VII) Joseph Faulkner Goodhue, son of Thomas B. Goodhue (6), was born in Fitchburg, Massa- chusetts, October 19, 1831. He was brought up on his father's farm and educated in the common schools of his native town. At the age of eighteen he began to learn the comb manufacturing busi- ness of Gardner Morse, of Leominster. He began to manufacture horn goods in 1869 in company with Charles L. Joslin under the firm name of Goodhne & Joslin. Their shop was on Mechanics street and they began with half a dozen hands. As business increased Mr. Goodhue removed his shop to a building built for the purpose on Union street, where he remained until his death. From 1871 to 1873 he was associated in business with Gay Adams, Charles May and M. S. Phillips in the manufacture of fancy combs and horn jewelry. After that he was alone in business, manufacturing for more than twenty years knife handles for the Collins Manu-


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facturing Company of Collinsville, Connecticut. He was uniformly successful in business and acquired a competence, this was the result of honorable methods in business and consideration for his em- ployes. He was devoted to his family. It was said of him: "He was kind to his help. They would do for him a good day's work, because he used them like men."


He was a Republican in politics. He attended the First Baptist Church. He was a member of the Leominster Gun Club. He was an overseer of the poor of Leominster at one time. He was a lover of the gun and rod and had made shooting trips to all parts of the country. He had a keen eye, a steady hand and was a very successful sportsman. A few months before his death he had made a western trip with Frank and George Cook, Charles Hudson and Sumner. Frost. Ile died after a short illness of pneumonia, March 12, 1893. A friend said of him: "Mr. Goodhue's great aim in life was to do by others as he would be done by, a virtue that won for him the hearty goodwill of his em- ployes. That he had the esteem of a large circle of friends is not to be wondered at. His genial way and manner drew them toward him. He was a man of very evenly balanced temperament, agree- able socially and at all times and under all con- ditions."


For two years after Mr. Goodhue's death the business was carried on by his widow, Hannah A. (Rugg) Goodhue, and son, Joseph A. Goodhue. Then by his widow alone with George Elmer Phillips as manager. In 1902 Mr. Phillips, who is a nephew of Mrs. Goodhue, was admitted to part- nership. The firm of Goodhue & Phillips has been prosperous and the business has been moved re- cently (1906) to larger quarters in the old Steven- son & Bartlett chair factory on Colburn street.


Mr. Goodhue married, May 20, 1859, Catherine Walsh, who died July 10, 1864. He married (sec- ond) November 28. 1865, Hannah A. Rugg, daugh- ter of Jacob and Hannah C. Rugg. The children of Joseph Faulkner and Catherine Goodhue were : Mary Elizabeth, born January 30, 1860, died Janu- ary 27, 1886, aged twenty-six years; graduate of the Leominster high school, class of 1879, member of the Baptist Church; Frederick William, born Febru- ary 21, 1862, went south; Charles Edward. born March 31, 1864. died July 10, 1864. The children of Joseph Faulkner and Hannah A. Goodhue were: Joseph Augustus, born November 25, 1868, of whom Tater ; Carrie Marinda, born July 6, 1873, of whom later: Katie Isabel. born July 13, 1875, died 1895; Mabel Frances, born November 26, 1876, of whom later.


(VIII) Joseph Augustus Goodhue, son of Jo- seph Faulkner Goodhue (7), was born November 25, 1868. He attended the Leominster public and high schools and Eastman's Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York. He was physical director for the Young Men's Christian Association at Wash- ington, D. C. He assisted his mother for two years after his father's death in conducting the busi- ness. He was for a time bookkeeper of Clesson, Kenny Lumber Company. In 1902 he accepted a position at Beirut, Syria, in the American College there, teaching physical culture. He returned in 1905 to his position in Washington.


(VIII) Carrie Marinda Goodhue, daughter of Joseph Faulkner Goodhue (7), was born in Leom- inster, July 6, 1873. She married, August 27, 1891, George A. Davis, who was born in Chelmsford, September 28. 1865, and died 1897, at Leominster. Hle worked first for John B. Farnsworth, plumber, then for a time in a piano case factory, and for


Joseph F. Goodhue. July 1, 1893, he started a milk route, which he carried on up to the time of his death. The children of George A. and Carrie Marinda Davis were: Ralph A., and Ronald E.


(VIII) Mabel Frances Goodhue, daughter of Joseph Faulkner (7), was born November 26, 1876. She married Preston Smith in 1902. He is a grad- uate of the Fitchburg high school, 1896, and of the State Normal school at Fitchburg. He taught science in the Leominster high school, September, 1900, to June, 1902; was teacher in the Brockton high school, then became teacher of manual train- ing and physical science in the Fitchburg State Normal school, a position he occupies at present. He resides on Mt. Vernon street, Fitchburg.


HENRY A. HOVEY. Daniel Hovey (1), the emigrant ancestor of llenry A. Hovey, of Worcester, and of all the American Hoveys, was born, probably in England, in 1618, but his birthplace and parentage are unknown. It is now thought that he came to Ipswich on the "Griffin" in 1633, in the colony of John Winthrop, Jr. In 1637 Mr. Hoffe, who is supposed to be Daniel Hovey, was an assistant to Governor Haynes, who also came on the "Griffin." At any rate he was settled in Ipswich in 1637, and the owner of six acres of land there, situated on Muddy creek. In 1639 he was granted one acre by the town for a house lot on the south side of the Town river, between the lot of William Holdred and that of Thomas Sherman, and bought a half acre of Holdred to add to his house lot. In 1665 he had a share in Plum Island, Hog Island and Castle Neck. He was on the town committees to view Ipswich Neck and Castle Neck, and served with Simon Thomson to lay out lots to other set- tlers.


In 1659 he received permission to build a wharf, which Felt's history describes as built in 1660. This ancient landing place, now two hundred and forty- five years old, is still in use by small craft, though somewhat dilipidated and out of repair. Hovey's house was in existence until 1894, when it was destroyed by fire. For seventeen years previously, however, it had been dismantled and tenantless. Relics from the ancient house have been scattered among the Hovey descendants all over the coun- try. He was interested in the settlement at Quaboag, afterward Brookfield, Massachusetts. A colony from Ipswich went there in 1660. He joined it in 1668, and for about seven years he appears to have lived there. King Philip's war in 1675 drove the settlers from Brookfield, which was totally destroyed. After the destruction of Brookfield. he went for a time to Hadley. Massachusetts, with his sons Thomas and Joseph. He was there in 16,7, when he sold some of his Ipswich property to John Dane, whose daughter married James Hovey in 1670. He subse- quently returned to Ipswich to live He died April 24, 1602. His will was made March 18, 1691-2. Among numerous parcels of real estate mentioned were three acres on Plum Island, land on both sides of the road leading to Hovey "horf and back along the road to Labor-in-vain creek, estates at Brookfield, Swampfield and . Topsfield, Massachu- setts. Thomas Hovey, his executor, estimated the personal estate after the payment of debts to be over six hundred pounds. Daniel Hovey was evi- dently a man of piety. He was made a freeman March II, 1673, and took his full nart in the duties of pioneer citizenship in Ipswich and Brookfield.


He married Abigail Andrews, sister of Thomas Andrews, the Ipswich school teacher Her father, Robert Andrews, was the first in the vicinity of Ipswich allowed by the general court to keep a


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tavern. This was in 1635, and in 1636 lie was also allowed to sell wine. Mrs. Hovey died June 24, 1665, before he moved to Brookfield. Their chil- dren: 1. Daniel, born 1642; resided at Ipswich and Brookfield and had: Daniel, 1666; Nathaniel, 1667; Thomas, 1673. settled at Boxford, Massachusetts ; John, 1675; Ebenezer, 1682, and daughters Abigail, Mary and Mercy. His wife was Esther Treadwell, daughter of Thomas Treadwell, married October 8, 1665. He died May 29, 1695; his wife Esther died January 4, 1730, aged ninety years. 2. John, settled in Topsfield and had sons Ivory, Luke, and John, born 1707, progenitor of a large number of de- scendants there. 3. Thomas settled in Hadley, Mas- sachusetts, had sons Daniel and Thomas, and numer- ous descendants in Hadley and vicinity, was executor of his father's will. 4. James (see forward). 5. Joseph settled at Hadley, Massachusetts, with brother Thomas, but later removed to Milton, Mas- sachusetts, where he died; left sons: Joseph, born 1678; Ebenezer, born 1680; John, born 1684; Caleb, of Newton, born 1687; Thomas, born 1681. ( ?) 6. Nathaniel, born 1657, had a son Nathaniel.


(II) James Hovey, son of Daniel Hovey (I), born about 1650, in Ipswich, Massachusetts; set- tled with his father and brother in Brookfield. In 1668 three home lots were laid out in Brookfield to Daniel Hovey, of Ipswich, and his sons James and Thomas. Thomas did not settle in Brook- field. He went to Hadley. Daniel Hovey and James Hovey settled in 1668, and stayed until the town was destroyed in 1675. James Hovey, a young man, was killed while fighting Indians in King Philip's war. He left three children: Daniel, James and Priscilla. Daniel was brought up by his grand- father for whom he was named; James (see for- ward) ; Priscilla married Samuel Smith.


(III) James Hovey, son of James Hovey (2), born at Brookfield, Massachusetts, 1674; settled at Malden, Massachusetts. He was deacon of the church there, and a man of prominence. He had a grant of land in Malden 1704-5, some years after he had made his home there. He fought in the French and Indian wars and was taken a prisoner. The name of James Hovey, of Malden, was on a roll of English prisoners in the hands of the French and Indians in Canada, which was brought by mes- sengers of the French governor, Vaudreil, in the winter of 1710-11. When he was taken and when he was released does not appear on the records.


He married (first) Deborah by whom he had eleven children. He married (second) Eliza- beth - by whom he had five children. Elizabetli died October 1, 1750, aged fifty-four years. He married (third) May 7. 1751, Susanna Dexter. She died February 14, 1768, aged fifty-seven years. He died July 13, 1765, at Malden. Most of his chil- dren located at or near Mansfield, Connecticut, and have left a large number of descendants in Connecticut. The children of James Hovey were: James, born September 24, 1695; Deborah, born April 2, 1607: Edmund. born July 10, 1699. married Mary Farwell and Ann Huntington; John, born February, 1700, died young : Mary, born December, 1702, married Nathan Sprague, April 17, 1749-50: Joseph, born February 6, 1704-5. married Ruth Clos- son and Thankful Ilovey; Thomas, born February I. 1706-7; Priscilla, born December II, 1708: Daniel (see forward) ; Samuel. born April 20. 1713, died March 17. 1714; Abigail, born March 15. 1714; James, born June 21. 1719: Elizabeth, born 1723, died June 28, 1736; Mary, born October 24, 1727; John, born October 23, 1730; Joseph, born June 10, 1739


(IV) Daniel Hovey, son of James Hovey (3),


born at Malden, Massachusetts, December 7, 1710. He went with others of the family to Mansfield, Connecticut, where he married Elizabeth Slap, daughter of John Slap, of Mansfield, Connecticut, December 6, 1732. His brothers Edmund, John, James, Josepli and Thomas settled in the same town and had families. The children of Daniel Hovey, all born at Mansfield, are: Elizabeth, born November 1, 1734; Daniel (see forward) ; Enoch, born'November 10, 1738; Anne, born December 21, 1740; Josiah, born August 24, 1743; Hannah, born June 15, 1745; Simeon, born October 15, 1747; Mer- riam, born April 5, 1752; Ellis, daughter, born De- cember 15, 1754.


(V) Daniel Hovey, son of Daniel Hovey (4), horn at Mansfield, Connecticut, September, 1736; married Keziah and lived at Mansfield, Con- necticut, until about 1775, when they moved, with a company of Connecticut colonists, from Plain- field and vicinity to a new town near Hanover, New Hampshire, which was named Plainfield. In this vicinity Nathaniel and James Hovey, sons of James Hovey, and grandsons of James Hovey, of Malden, made their homes. Nathaniel Hovey was first town clerk of Landaff, a new town in the county, and was a grantee of Bridgewater, New Hampshire, in 1761. Three of Daniel's children were born at Mansfield, Connecticut. He was a soldier in the revolution and was taken prisoner October IO, 1781, and detained in Canada for nine months. He was living in 1832, in Lyme, New Hampshire. During the revolution he was accredited to the town of Dresden, New Hampshire, but may have lived in some town in the vicinity. The records show that William Hovey, his son, who came to Wor- cester, was born at Plainfield in 1786. His chil- dren were: Lucy, born at Mansfield, Connecticut, August 3, 1769; Vinee, born at Mansfield, June 8, 1771; Dan (or Daniel), born at Mansfield, Feb- ruary 17, 1774; William, born at Plainfield, New Hampshire, 1786.


(VI) William Hovey, of Worcester, the founder of the Hovey family of Worcester, came there about a hundred years ago. He married Prudence A. Whitney, of that city, February 27, 1812. He died September 4, 1855 at the age of sixty-nine years. His wife died July 2, 1872, also at Worcester, aged seventy-seven years, six months. Both are buried at Rural cemetery, Worcester. William Hovey was a manufacturer of plows, and was a wealthy and prominent man in his day. His home was at the corner of Main and Front streets, opposite the city hll. on what is now perhaps the best and most valuable business location in the city, and was then a centre of social life. It was known later as the Bradley House, after Mr. Hovey sold it. The children of William and Prudence A. Hovey as recorded in Worcester were: William Henry. born April 11, 1813; Charles Hovey, born January I. 1815. married Ann D. Baker, November 26, 1840, and had Mary Elizabeth and a son; George, born April 19, 1817. married Catherine and had two daughters, Marion and Emma; Francis, born Feb- ruary 17. 1819, married Ellen Packard, December 13, 1847, died January 23, 1885; Jolin Gates, born July 24, 1821. at Boston; James (see forward) ; Ann. born March 31, 1826. married George Rice, had one daughter, Fanny; died April 12, 1857; Albert E., born May 4. 1828. died February 13, 1853.


(VII) James Hovey, son of William (6) and Prudence Ann (Whitney) Hovey, born January S. 1824: died October 4, 1860. He was associated with his father in the plow business. He married Mary Johnson, of Worcester. Their only child was Henry A., born February 14, 1850.


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(VIII) Henry A. Hovey, son of James (7), and Mary Hovey, has been a successful business man of Worcester. At present he is associated with his two sons in the Hovey laundry, which has had a very prosperous history, and is rapidly growing. The plant has been moved to a new brick building on Austin street, built especially for the business. Mr. Ilovey is a member of the Worcester Conti- nentals. He was formerly an officer of the uni- formed rank of the Knights of Pythias, and be- longs to Damascus Lodge. He joined the Elks in Providence several years ago. He married Ava




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