Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. II, Part 106

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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I. Walker, born March 5, 1806, died May 29, 1878; married Ann Damon, of Ashby, and had one child. Martha. 2. George, born April 1, 1807, died Sep- tember Q. 1875: married, December 27. 1836, Nancy H. White, of Ashburnham, and had-Elizabeth Ma- tilda, born November 28. 1827: George Edwin, born September 26, 1839: John W., born September 26, 1846, died September 12, 1848; Charles W., born September 9. 1852. died November 14. 1873. 3. Charles, born April 19, 1809. died November 21, 1807: married Almira Hodgman, of Ashby. 4. Sampson, born October 6, 1811, died August 9. 1896. 5. Sarah Campbell, born February 20, 1814, died April Q, 1882: married. April 23. 1839, Otis Met- calf. of Ashburnham; children-George Otis, born April 12, 1840, died April 14. 1870: S. Sultina, born February 18, 1842: E. Augusta, born May 29. 1844. 6. John, born June 16, 1816, see forward. 7. Martha Danforth, born March 10, 1819. married, November 28. 1830. Joel F. Metcalf: children-Emily, born May 25. 1841 : Sarah, born January 27. 1843: Martha Ann. born January 6. 1845, died November 4. 1864; Maria. born December 25. 1846; Walton Joel, born March 4. 1854. 8. Julia Ann, born May 2, 1821, died October 4. 1901. 9. Joseph, born September IO, 1824.


(VID) John Davis, son of Reuben Davis (6), was born at Ashby. Massachusetts, June 16, 1816, died January 10. 1900. He received his education in the common schools of his native town. When about twelve years old he was bound out as an apprentice to David Damen and worked for him until he came of age. attending school during the winter terms only. After he was twenty-one he worked for his father for a few years. Then he bought the old Ephraim Heywood saw mill and grist mill, which he conducted for a number of years. He lived at Hyde Park with his daughter


Delia during the latter years of his life and died there. He was a member of the Orthodox Congre- grational Church of Ashby. In politics he was a Republican and held numerous town offices, among which was school supervisor. He married Eliza Ann Taylor, of Ashby, Massachusetts, December 28, 1846. Their children: Alvin G., born October 27, 1847; Mary E., August 30, 1849; Frank Walker, November 9, 1855, see forward: Abbie, April 1I, 1850; Delia, December 31. 1861; John. November 28, 1864; Nelson, July 30. 1869.


(VIH) Frank Walker Davis, son of John Davis (7), was born at Ashby, Massachusetts, on what is known as the town farm. November 9, IS55. He attended the common and high schools there. He began to work at Milford, New Hampshire, in a grain mill. After two years there, he spent a year on a farm at Reading, Massachusetts, and two years at Ashby, running his father's grist mill. In 1880 he entered the employ of Luke Marble, at Ashburn- ham, in his saw mill and on his farm. Two years later he engaged in the teaming business on his own account in Ashburnham and followed that oc- cupation for a period of twenty years. In 1901 he bought the Colon George Barret grain mill, where he is now located, and he has had a large grain and feed business in addition to his milling. He attends the Ashburnham Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a Republican.


He married, February 5. 1881, Mary Esther Marble, born April 24, 1857, daughter of Luke and Abigail (.Moore) Marble, of Ashburnham. Their children : Bertha Mary, born October 2, 1884; Ruth Marble, born April 5, 1893.


CLARK FAMILY. Arthur Clark (1). the im- migrant ancestor of John Loring Clark, of Ash- burnham, Massachusetts, was one of the early set- thers in Hampton, New Hampshire, and was ad- mitted a freeman May 13, 1640. He removed from Hampton to Salem, where he was admitted to the church October 17. 1641. Then he removed to Boston and was received in the church from the church at Hampton. December 2, 1643, with his wife Sarah, and he became a proprietor in 1645 or earlier. He was granted his house lot in Hampton, June 30. 1640, on what is now the Perry estate. It was bought of Christopher Lawson, real estate dealer of Boston and Exeter, by Henry Green, who was admitted a freeman the same day as Clark. In 1645 he was granted a house lot in Boston. He bought land in Boston in 1647. His trade is given as carpenter. He died 1665 and administration was granted to the widow Sarah on behalf of herself and son October 31, 1665. The inventory was taken by Thomas Matson. The "gallie pots" were ap- prised by Mr. John Endicot and Mr. Daniel Stone. The total of the inventory was seventy-one pounds, nineteen shillings and six pence. Their children : Sarah, baptized May 17. 1644, born March 16; Sam- uel, born October 27. 1646, see forward.


(II) Samuel Clark, son of Arthur Clark (1), was born at Boston, October 27. 1646, and was bap- tized, aged four days, November 1. 1646. Ile died at Concord, Massachusetts, in 1730. He was a gold- smith by trade, according to the History of Cam- bridge. He apprenticed his son Samuel to John Hull, of Boston. He removed to Concord about 1680. His children: Samuel, Jr., born October 26, 1676: William. December 30, 1679, married Eunice Taylor and had son William, who married Sarah Locke and resided in Concord: Sarah. July 4. 1681 ; Rachel, April 17, 1683; John, Susanna. April 26, 1689. the first of the children born at Con- cord; Hannah, April 11, 1691; Benjamin, October


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23, 1693. sec forward; Arthur. January 30, 1696, married Hannah Morse and settled in Sherborn; had Sarah, Samuel, Asa, John and Daniel.


(I11) Benjamin Clark, son of Samuel Clark (2), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, October 23, 1693, and settled there. He married Elizabeth -: she married ( second), after his death, Jo- seplı Daby, of Stow. The Clark children were doubtless raised in Stow. She died October 2, 1784, aged ninety-three years. The children of Benjamin and Elizabeth Clark: Benjamin, Jr., born May 7, 1717, in Concord, died February 7, 1809, aged ninety- three years ; married Rebecca : John, Febru- ary 10, 1718, in Concord; Joseph. March 23, 1720-21, in Concord; David, baptized September 1, 1723, see forward.


(1\') David Clark, son of Benjamin Clark (3), was baptized in Lancaster, Massachusetts, Septem- ber 1. 1723. He was brought up by his step-father, Joseph Daby, of Stow. He settled first in Holden. In May 28, 1753, he and Joseph Rugg, both of Holden, bought of his step-father, Joseph Daby, of Stow, lots Nos. 97 and 47 in Narragansett No. 6, as the township of Templeton was first called. About 1765 David Clark settled in what is now Ashburn- ham, near the Winchendon line. He bought three acres, July 17, 1769, of Elisha Stimson, of Weston, in Winchendon, part of lot No. 190, adjoining Clark's farm, which was in Ashburnham. The Ash- burnham history states that the family tradition is that he was born in Concord. Our research seems to support the tradition. He may have been born in Concord, as well as his brothers and sisters, but was baptized in Lancaster. He lived in Stow, formerly Concord. He was a soldier in the revolu- tion. a private in Captain Deliverance Davis' com- pany, Colonel Asa Whitcomb's regiment, on the Lexington alarm; a private in Captain Jonathan Gates' company, Colonel John Whitcomb's regi- ment. He enlisted for three years in the company of Captain William Warner, the regiment of Colonel Thomas Marshall, in 1777. He had three sons, David, Benjamin and Daniel, in the service also. He died at Ashburnham, October 29, 1800. There is no probate record of his estate. He married Anna Their children: Joseph, born at Holden, March 8, 1752; David, October 19, 1758, see for-' ward; Benjamin, 1762, removed, 1787, to Reading, Vermont ; Molly, a deaf mute, died May 18, 1824.


(V) David Clark, Jr., son of David Clark (4), was born October 19, 1758, probably in Holden. Married. July 17, 1791, Sarah Davis, daughter of Captain Deliverance Davis, a revolutionary officer. She died October 10, 1823. He was a soldier in the revolution, first in Captain Jonathan Gates's company of minute men, April 19, 1775, then in Captain David Wilder's company, Colonel Asa Whitcomb's regi- ment, in 1775. He enlisted in the Continental army in 1778 from Captain Jonathan Gates's company, Colonel John Greaton's regiment, and was at Van Schaick's Island in 1777. He was a pensioner late in life and the Ashburnham history says: "He is well remembered and was a prominent character among the Revolutionary heroes." In his application for pension not all his service appears. "He testi- fied April 14, 1818, that he was in the Continental army from March, 1781, to December 24, 1783, under Captain Kirby Smith in the Sixth Massachusetts; then in the same company in the Second Massachu- setts under Major Burnham." His original dis- charge from the Continental army is on file at the pension office at Washington. It was signed by General Henry Knox. He was all the remainder of his life a farmer in Ashburnham. The official record of his Continental army service gives his


age as twenty-four years at enlistment, April 28, 1781, his complexion light, his trade shoemaker, his lieight five feet nine inches. He was first under Captain Peter Clayes, later of Captain J. Kirby Smith's ( third) company, Lieutenant-Colonel Cal- vin Smith's regiment, and served till after the close of the war. He died July 5, 1841, one of the last survivors of the revolution.


Children of David and Sarah Clark: Levi, born February 15, 1792, see forward; Lucy (twin), born February 15, 1792, married, February 1I, 1818, Merari Spaulding; removed to Concord, Maine, where he was drowned 1834; Deliverance, born De- cember 3, 1793, died July 31, 1857; Dorothy, born October 28, 1795, married Jeremiah Metcalf ; Grata, born August 16, 1797, married Ichabod Mason : mar- ried (second) Burnett and resided in Maine; Lydia, born September 8, 1799, married Lewis L. Willard; Sarah Davis, born January J7, 1804, mar- ried, November 16, 1828. Amos Haynes, of Sud- bury; child, born and died July 30, 1806; George Washington, born October 21, 1810, died June II, 1823.


(VI) Levi Clark, son of David Clark (5), was born at Ashburnham, Massachusetts, February 15, 1792. He received the education given to the farmer's sons in his day, working on the farm at home when not in school. He learned the trade of butcher. For some years he worked out on various farms of the vicinity. He followed his trade in later years in addition to his farming, and was an active, energetic and successful man until disabled by a broken hip received while trying to stop a runaway horse. His farm was on the road to South Ashburnham, near the town farm. He was a man of large frame and very muscular. After his acci- dent he went to live with his daughter Dorothy Metcalf, wife of Nahum Wood, at whose home he died January 19, 1862. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he was a Whig. He trained in the state militia when a young inan.


He married Abigail Pratt, of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, daughter of Job and Mercy (Williams) Pratt. Her father was a blacksmith and farmer. The children of Levi and Abigail Clark: George P., born November 30. 1814, (name changed from Job in 1834) married Sarah Adams, daughter of Daniel and Dinah (Metcalf) Adams, of Gardner; he died December 9, 1843; she married (second) John Cook, Jr .; Emeline, born June 16, 1816, married Humph- rey Harris ; Luthera, born June 26, 1818, died March 8. 1838: Charles, born May 29. 1820. married, Sep- tember 6. 1840. Martha Ann Taylor, daughter of Ephraim Taylor : he died January 30. 1879; Luther, born March 31, 1822, see forward; Sarah D., 'born June 27, 1824, married, October IT, 1849, Handel Winship, son of Cyrus Winship; she died January 10. 1875: Joseph Eliot, born July 26, 1826, married, April 15. 1847, Louisa A. Hinds, daughter of Francis Hinds: Dorothy Metcalf, born September 18, 1828, married Nahum Wood.


(VII) Luther Gates Clark, son of Levi Clark (6), was born in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, March 31, 1822. He was educated in the common schools, attending during the winter terms, work- ing at home on the farm in summer. At the age of eighteen he went to work for Europe and Seth Fairbanks in their saw mill. After about a year he bought the old Blaney farm in the west part of the town. a place of about seventy-five acres. He was married at the age of nineteen years. He sold his farm after running it about four years; for a year he leased the Weston place and for four years farmed on the George Cushing place on shares. He


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then bought the Eliot Moore Farm of seventy-six acres in the north part of Ashburnham, about 1854, and remained there for a period of twenty years. Then he sold to George Bowman and bought the Joseph Brown place, which after three years he sold to George Andrews, and bought the Joseph Schubert place at Factory Village, where he livel four years and where he died October 31, 1901. In addition to his farming he carried on a meat and provision business for seven years in the sixties. He attended the Methodist Church. In politics he was a Democrat. He held the office of road sur- veyor. He enlisted in Company F, Twenty-fifth Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, in the civil war, and served his term of enlistment. He was a mem- ber of Sergeant Plunkett Post, Grand Army of the Republic, No. 184.


He married, March 31, 1841, Mary C. Corey, who died November 23, 1870. She was the daughter of Stillman and Martha (Brigham) Corey, of Ash- burnham. Her father was a farmer. Their chil- dren: Alfred Francis, born February 4. 1842, see forward ; Sarah Maria, born February 15. 1844. died August 19, 1870; married Martin Van Buren Davis, of Winchester, New Hampshire, and had two sons, Herbert and Arthur; Mary Elizabeth, born June 7, 1846, died November 6, 1872, unmarried ; Lucy, born February 8, 1849, married, September 1, 1868. Theo- dore L. Goodnow, of Ashby; Eliza Ellen, born June 10. 1852, married, January 5, 1872. Martin Van Buren Davis and had two daughters, Lottie and Em- ma Davis; Georgiana, born July 28, 1854, married, September 18, 1876, Henry C. Newell ; John Loring, see forward; Jennie L., born October 15, 1858, mar- ried, October 5, 1882, Hollis Mossman, of Ashburn- ham, and had a daughter, Edna. Luther Gates Clark married (second), January 27, 1885, Charlena (Buzzell) Tilton, widow of Solomon C. Tilton, of Rindge, New Hampshire, daughter of Reuben A. and Eliza (Cook) Buzzell. They had no children. (VIH) Alfred Francis Clark, son of Luther Gates Clark (7), was born at Ashburnham, Massa- chusetts, February 4, 1842. He received his edu- cation in the common schools of his native town, helping his father at the same time on the farm. He remained at home, farming and lumbering, until twenty-three years old. when he went into the meat and provision business with his father, continuing in this line for seven years. He then entered the employ of C. & G. C. Winchester, chair manu- facturers, where for a number of years he operated a lathe turning chair stock. Since then he has en- gaged in various occupations. At present he has a shoe repairing shop at Ashburnham. He is a Meth- odist in religion. In politics he is a Democrat and has held the office of constable of Ashburnham. He married, July 27, 1862, Linda R. Bixby. born April 23. 1840, daughter of Joel R. and Susan (White) Bixby, of Ashburnham. Their children: Alice Maria, married (first) Fred Howe and ( second) Edward Titus; Frederick Ellsworth, physician at Burlington, Vermont, and professor in the Medical college there ; married Linnie Simonds.


(VII) John Loring Clark, son of Luther Gates Clark (7), was born at Ashburnham, Massachu- setts, April 7. 1856. He attended the public and high schools of his native town; he graduated in 1872. While attending school he also worked for his brother Alfred in the meat and butchering busi- ness. He went to work after graduating from school in the market of C. I. Hale, of Marlboro, Massa- chusetts, where he remained one year. He returned to Ashburnham and worked for six years for his brother-in-law, Henry C. Newell. butcher and dealer in meats, etc. In 1882 he bought out Mr. Newell


and began business on his own account. He con- ducted this business with success for seven years, then retired on account of ill health. In the fall of 1901 he was able to return to active business and he then bought out the business of Ephraim Stone. His market is in the Central House block, where he has a large trade. Although most of his life engaged in the meat business, Mr. Clark was engaged in car- riage painting for several years also. In religion he is a Methodist. In politics he is independent. He was assessor of the town of Ashburnham in 1896- 97. He is a member of Naukeag Lodge, No. 196, Odd Fellows, and has been the noble grand of this lodge. He was for three years a member of Com- pany E, Tenth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia.


He married, January 25, 1882, Abbie Jane Fore- stall, of Winchendon. Massachusetts, danghter of John M. and Mary Jane ( Wright) Forestall. Her father was a contractor in railroad construction. They have one son, Ernest Millins, born October 28, 1884, at present a student in the Burlington Medi- cal School, Burlington, Vermont, in which his cousin is a teacher.


SAMUEL WALLACE ARMINGTON was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. February 11, 1837. When about two years of age his parents came to Holden, Massachusetts, and made their home in the west part of the town on what was then known as the Davis farm, where his father engaged in farming and afterwards in the wood and lumber business.


His boyhood days were spent on the farm. in the wood lots and in attendance upon the common schools of the town. When about sixteen years old, he went into a store as clerk, and from that time until 1861. except about a year passed in Ver- mont, at his native place, was in stores in Holden and Worcester. Though desiring very much to enlist in the early part of 1861, he did not, because his parents and friends discouraged him by saying that he was not sufficiently strong to endure the hardships of a soldier's life. He did not enlist until the call was made after the disaster at Ball's Bluff for men to fill up the Fifteenth Regiment, a regiment than which none in the army of the Potomac saw harder service. He was with the regi- ment during 1862-63 and in spite of the long marches and various hardships of army life, was present and took part in nearly every battle in which his regiment was engaged. He was twice wounded, once at the battle of Fair Oaks and again at Fred- ericksburg, but in each case only slightly. At Mine Run, Virginia. November 27. 1863, he with others was taken prisoner and was kept for more than a year in the prisons at Belle Isle. Andersonville, Charleston and Florence. While larger and stronger men than he broke down under the strain, Mr. Armington showed better powers of endurance. Still so great was the change wrought during those months that few would have recognized him when his release came, December 16, 1864. Before he had sufficiently recovered from the effect of his prison life to do a soldier's duty the war was closed. He did not return to his regiment and was discharged from the service in June, 1865. Be- sides Mr. Armington, two of his brothers were in the army, both of whom lost their lives, Alonzo C. Armington, Third Vermont Regiment, who was killed at Savage Station. Virginia, in one of the Seven Days' Battles and Henry C. Armington, Ninth Maine Regiment. was killed in front of Petersburg, Virginia, at the blowing up of the fort.


After partially regaining his health, Mr. Arm- ington returned to mercantile business and took


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charge of a store in Holden Center. Three years later, in 1868, he bought the store and carried on business for himself until 1877. In 1889 he again became proprietor of a store in the center of Holden and remains so at the present time. Since 1873 Mr. Armington has lived at what is known as Pine Grove Farm, which place under his management became one of the pleasantest resorts in the region for summer visitors from the cities. Since the mar- riage of his daughter, in 1895, it has only been used as a private residence.


He married. October 8, 1865, Harriet F. Shaw, of Dresden, Maine, who died May 22, 1884. They had two daughters: May Josephine, born May 28, 1868, died December 13, 1877. Frances Louise, born June 11, 1872, married, May 17, 1895, Henry Lucian Phillips, manager of the Factory Insurance Associa- tion of Hartford, Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Phil- lips make their home at the Armington homestead (Pine Grove Farm), Holden, Massachusetts. They have one child, Henry Lucian Phillips, born Au- gust 16, 1904.


In 1866 Mr. Armington was appointed post- master of Holden, Massachusetts, and has held the office continuously since with the exception of a part of the time in Cleveland's two administrations, and during that time the business of the office has increased three-fold, notwithstanding two other post offices have been established in the town. Mr. Armington held the office of selectman in 1881 and town treasurer for the years 1873-74-75, but those offices were not to his liking and he always dis- couraged any attempt to be continued in them. In 1868 Mr. Armington was elected town clerk, but after serving the town for three years was obliged to give it up on account of the press of other busi- ness. He was re-elected in 1893 and is holding the office at the present time (1906). Realizing the im- portance of good and correct records, he has paid especial attention to putting those of the town of Holden in good shape, as anyone having occasion to examine them can testify. In 1901 he was elected one of the board of trustees of the Damon Memorial and Gale Free Library and still holds that position. It was largely through his instrumentality that an antiquarian department was added to the library.


He was the first commander of Post No. 77, Grand Army of the Republic, of Holden. He was also chosen to represent his district in the state legislature of 1887. Mr. Armington has taken a great interest in everything that had to do with the welfare of the town of Holden. Having lived in it a life-time and seen it develop from away back in stage coach days with one mail a day to a town with steam and electric railroad service, one of the best water supply systems in the Commonwealth, fire department and many other modern improve- ments.


Mr. Armington traces his lineage, as follows :


(I) Joseph Armington. the immigrant ancestor, came to Boston from the Isle of Guernsey in Great Britain, in 1714. Leaving his family in the vicinity of Boston he returned to England to settle up his affairs and died there soon after. His wife was proficient in French and she established a school at Roxbury after her husband died.


(II) Joseph Armington, son of Joseph Arming- ton (I). was born in Guernsey, England. about 1707. He was a brick maker by trade. He settled at Rehoboth, Massachusetts, where he was married May 27. 1729. by Rev. David Turner, Hannah Chaffee, who died at Rehoboth, February 22, 1799. He died February 22, 1756. Their children, all born at Rehoboth, were: Nicholas, born January 12, 1729, died January 28, 1729-30; Joseph, born


June 4. 1731 : Josiah, born July 28, 1733. died May 3. 1736; John, born June 12, 1735, see forward ; Deliverance, born October 24, 1737, died August 28. 1746; Susannah, born January 9, 1739. died At- gust 28, 1746; Hannah, born April 20, 1742: Josiah, born April 4. 1744, died August 15, 1746; William, born November 22, 1746.


(111) John Armington, son of Joseph Arming- ton (2), was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, June 12. 1735. died at Waterford, Vermont. He was a soldier in the revolution. He married, January II, 1757 (by Rev. John Greenwood ), Ruth Kent, of Rehoboth. Their children, all born in Rehoboth. were : Silvester, born November 20, 1757, died May 7, 1758: Joseph, born February 12, 1759, see for- ward; Molly, born October 13. 1760; Hannah, born January 20. 1764; Betty, born September 23, 1765; Russell, born April 16, 1769: Ruth, born June 29, 1771 : Olive, born August 16, 1773; John, born May IO, 1776; Pruda, born August 14, 1778.


(IV) Joseph Armington, son of John Arming- ton (3), was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, Feb- ruary 12, 1759. died at Waterford. October 16, 1832. He was a soldier in the revolution, both in the army and navy. He had a farm at Rehoboth. He married there Debby Kent (by Rev. Ephraim Hyde). August 23, 1781. Their children: Samuel. born at Rehoboth. January 8, 1782, see forward; Hezekiah, born at Rehoboth, June 22. 1788; James Gardner, born at Rehoboth. September 9. 1789. The family removed to Caledonia county, Vermont, in 1790.


(V) Samuel Armington, son of Joseph Arming- ton (4). was born in Rehoboth, January 8. 1782. He went with the family to Caledonia, Vermont, and settled in Waterford. He died at Waterford, July 21, 1848. He married Mary Paine.


(VI) Nathaniel Hunt Armington, son of Samuel Armington (5). was born in Waterford, Vermont, 1810. He married Betsey Carr, of Waterford. He moved to Holden with his family in 1838. Their children were: Joseph Washington. born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, July 17, 1834, resides in Ever- ett. Massachusetts. Samuel Wallace, born in St. Johnsbury, February II. 1837. mentioned above; Alonzo Carr, born in Holden, Massachusetts. Sep- tember 19. 1839, killed at battle of Savage Station, Virginia, June 29, 1862; Henry Clement, born in Holden, February 15, 1842. killed at siege of Peters- burg. Virginia. July 30, 1864: Ellen Elizabeth, born in Holden, February 14, 1815. married, June 23, 1868, David E. Phillips; she died at Columbus, Ohio, September 23. 1879: Charles Allen, born in Holden, October 30. 1848. resides in Detroit, Michigan ; Will- iam. born in Holden, February 13, 1851, resides in Streator, Illinois.




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