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(III) Ensign Luke Hovey, sixth child of John Hovey (2), was born in Topsfield, Massachusetts, May 3, 1676, recorded also in Boxford. He mar- ried Susanna Pillsbury, daughter of Moses, October 25, 1698; she was born February 1, 1677. They came. to Boxford after the birth of their first child and built the llovey house which was used by the Hovey family until it was torn down recently. It was situated in the Bradford road, a quarter of a mile north of the Second Church, on the south slope of the hill with the meadow and pond below. He died October 31, 1751, aged seventy-five years; his widow died December 22, 1767, aged ninety years, ten months. His sons settled in Boxford. Children of Luke and Susannah ( Pillsbury ) Hovey were; Susan- nah, born July 25, 1699; Dorcas, baptized July 20, born May 10, 1701, married John Foster, of An- dover; Hannah, July 18, 1703; Elizabeth, October 3, 1706, inarried Benjamin Kimball, of Boxford; Luke, born May 18, 1708, married Dorcas Kimball, of Bradford; Abigail, July 6, 1710; Joseph, July 17, 1712; Abijah, December 9, 1719; Daniel, see forward.
(IV) Daniel Hovey, son of Luke Hovey (3), was born in Boxford, December 3, 1717. (Luke Hovey of Boxford owned land on Prospect Hill ; sold a lot to Thomas Gleason February 25, 1734). Daniel Hovey married, March 31, 1742, Ruth Tyler, daughter of John and Anne (Messenger) Tyler, of Boxford. She was baptized June 30, 1728, and they settled in Sutton, buying a farm in the northwest part of the town, now in Oxford, in 1754. The lot number was Il. 160. Children of Daniel and Ruth (Tyler) Hovey were: Moses, born October 28, 1748, see forward; Mary. September 16. 1755, mar- ried, July 15, 1779; Benjamin, born March 12, 1758,
was a soldier in the revolution; from 1783 to 1787 he was deputy sheriff of Worcester county ; he went to the wilderness of western New York in 1790 and was the first settler on the Chenango river; he was the founder and leading citizen of Oxford, New York, which he named for his native place; he was associated with Aaron Burr and General Wilkinson in various ambitious projects, especially a plan for a canal at Louisville; he led an eventful and romantic life.
(V) Moses Hovey, son of Daniel Hovey (4), was born in Oxford, Massachusetts, October 28, 1748. He was a soldier in the revolution. He mar- ried, August 14, 1777, Phebe Tenney, born April 20, 1759, died April 25, 1813. He died October 29, 1813. His children were born in Oxford, except the younger ones. He went to New York about 1790 also, and settled at Unadilla, Otsego county. The Oxford history is authority for an interesting story of his removal. He found it necessary to leave town to escape creditors who were seeking harsh remedies at law. Leaving his clothes on the shore of Tomen's pond to give the impression that he had been drowned there, he made his way to New York. He had not more than five dollars in his pocket when he bid at a land auction probably at Hudson, New York, and was successful. He asked for time and before the next day he had sold the land at a large profit and reserved for himself a farm that cost him nothing.
Children of Moses and Phebe (Tenney) Hovey were: Daniel, born October 29, 1778, died January 10, 1839; Polly, August 19, 1780; Rebecca, Decem- ber 9, 1783; John Tyler, November 16, 1785; Eben- ezer, July 16, 1789, died September, 1826; Benjamin, June 20, 1793; Simeon, July 19, 1795; William, July 26, 1798, died August, 1838; Ruth, December 18, 1800, died February 8, 1878.
(VI) Daniel Hovey, eldest child of Moses Hovey (5), was born in Sutton or Oxford, October 29, 1778. He was a very enterprising and prosperous business man. He bought from his father and the other heirs of his grandfather the homestead, Feb- ruary 10, 1813. He kept a general store and was a well known trader in that section of the county. He married Susanna Sibley, July 3, 1808; she died Au- gust 25, 1811. He married ( second) Susan Jacobs, November 10, 1813; she died March 26, 1850. He died January 10, 1839. Child of Daniel and Susanna (Sibley) was: Jonas Augustus, born September 16, 1809. Children of Daniel and Susan (Jacobs) Hovey were: John Jacobs. born August 31, 1814, became a planter in Virginia; Daniel Tyler, born October 19, 1816, died January 31, 1851, unmarried; was a physician ; Susan Sibley, born April 12, 1817, died August 12, 1847; unmarried; Marius Milner, see forward; William Henry, born June 29, 1822, died May II, 1871, became a wealthy merchant at South Carolina before the war, but lost his wealth during the war; Erastus Franklin, born July 8, 1824, was in the flax business in New York; Charles Harrison, born July 17, 1826, died September, 1828; Mary Elizabeth, September 17, 1829, married Colonel Asa Il. Waters, June 27, 1849; manufacturer of guns at Millbury, Massachusetts.
(VII) Marius Milner Hovey, fifth child of Dan- iel Hovey (6), was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, August 17, 1818. He was educated in the common schools of Woburn and Sutton, Massachusetts, where he lived for several years. He went to work on his father's farm and continued later on his own account. He became one of the best known lumbermen of this section. He owned a saw mill which he kept principally sawing his own lumber. He cleared much land in Sutton and neighboring
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towns, and became for his day a man of wealth. At one time he was partner in a dry goods store at Greenville, South Carolina, under the firm name of Hovey & Town. He was representative to the gen- eral court and held other offices in the town of Sut- ton. He was selectman and assessor. He was orig- inally a Whig. He had one of the best farms in the town. His house was built for the use of the min- ister, Rev. John Mckinstry, who was ordained in Sutton, November 9, 1720. The farm was bought by Daniel Hovey (VI), May 27, 18II. He attended church and contributed liberally. He died in Sutton, February 16, 1898.
Ile was twice married: (first) to Lydia L. Sabin, June 18, 1851, by whom he had no children. He married ( second ) Ellen D. Peirce, born August 22, 1836, daughter of Dr. Leonard Peirce, of Sutton, who was born in 1797. Iler mother was of the well known Putnam family of Sutton. Mrs. Hovey survives her husband. Their children were: John William, born in Sutton, August 24, 1865, died Jan- uary 13, 1889: Marius Milner, see forward.
(V111) Marius Milner Hovey, son of Marius Milner llovey (7), was born in Sutton, Massachu- setts, June 15, 1875. He was educated in the public and high schools and Worcester Academy, and has since leaving school assisted in carrying on the farm. For a number of years he has had the entire management of the farm. He married Annie L. Hall, daughter of Christopher C. and Susan ( Cole) Hall, of Sutton. They have one child, Douglas Whitcomb, born in Sutton, August 23, 1900.
HENRY F. RICE. Edmund Rice (I), the im- migrant ancestor of Henry F. Rice, of Sutton, Massachusetts, was born in Barkhamstead, England, 1594. He probably came to America early in the year 1638. He was settled in Sudbury. a proprietor of the town and one of the selectmen in 1039. The village plot of Sudbury, now Wayland, was laid out in the fall and he was one of the first to build his house there. His house lot was on Old North street, near Mill brook. He received his share in the river meadows divided September 4. 1639, April 20, and November 18, 1640. He shared also in all the various divisions of uplands and common lauds, receiving altogether two hundred and forty-seven acres. He built a second house in the south part of the town between timber neck and the Glover farm near the spring. He sold some land there to Thomas Axtell and Philemon Whale, both of whom built their houses there. He sold his home lot September I, 1642, to John Moore, and, September 13, 1642, took a six-year lease of the Dunster farm on the east shore of Lake Cochituate. He bought land be- tween that of Mary Axtell and Philemon Whale and his own, thus locating his homestead at Rice's spring. Then he bought Whale's house and nine acres forming the nucleus of the Rice homestead, which he sold finally to his son Edmund and which was occupied by Edmund and his descendants down to a recent date.
September 26, 1647, Edmund Rice leased for ten years the Glover farm, which is within the present limits of Framingham. Ile bought, April 8, 1657, the Jennison farm of two hundred acres extending from the Dunster farm to the Weston line, and June 24, 1650, he and his son bought the Dunster farm. Besides these grants and purchases the gen- vral court gave him fifty acres at Rice's End in 1652, and eighty acres near Beaver Dam in 1659. Rice was a prominent citizen. September 4. 1639, he was on the first committee to apportion the meadows, selectman 1630, 1644 and later at various times, deacon after 1648, deputy to the general court 1654-
56. He was one of the petitioners for Marlboro, received a house lot and moved there in 1660. He- died May 3, 1663, aged sixty-nine, according to one: record. He gave his age as sixty-two in 1656.
He married ( first), in England, Tamazin
She died June 13, 1654, and he married (second) Mercy ( Heard) Brigham, March 1, 1655, widow of Thomas Brigham. Children of Edmund and Tamazin Rice: Henry, born 1616, married Eliza- beth More; Edward, 1618; Thomas; Mathew, mar- riad Martha Lamson; Samuel, married Elizabeth King; Joseph, 1637; Lydia, married Hugh Drury; Edmund; Benjamin, May 31, 1640; Ruth, married S. Wells; Ann; Mary.
(11) Thomas Rice, son of Edmund Rice (1,, was probably born in England. He married Mary -, and resided in Sudbury until 1664, when he removed to the adjacent town of Sudbury. Six of his children were born in Sudbury, the others in Marlboro. He died November 16, 1681. His fam- ily was remarkable for the longevity of the children. An interesting but not entirely reliable article on this family appeared in the Boston Gazette, Decem- ber 26, 1768. His will was dated November II, 16SI, and probated April 4, 1682. He bequeathed to Thomas, Peter, Nathaniel and Ephraim. His widow inade her will May 10, 1710; it was proved April II, 1715, mentioning sons-Thomas Rice, of Marlboro; Peter, Nathaniel, Ephraim, Gershom, James, Jonas, Elisha; daughters Mary White, Sarah Adams, Frances Allen, Grace Moore. Children of Thomas and Mary were: Grace, died at Sudbury, January 3, 1653-54; Thomas, see forward; Mary, born September 4, 1656, married Josiah White; Peter, born October 24, 1658, married Rebecca How; Nathaniel, born January 3, 1660, married Sarah --; Sarah, born January 15, 1662; Ephraim, born April 15, 1665, married Hannah Livermore; Ger- shom, born May 9, 1667, married Elizabeth Haynes ; James, born March 6, 1669, married Sarah Stone ; Frances, born February 3, 1670-71, married Benja- min Allen; Jonas, born March 6. 1672-73, married Mary Stone; Grace, born January 15, 1675, married ·Nathaniel Moore; Elisha, born December II, 1679.
(III) Thomas Rice, son of Thomas Rice (2), was born June 30, 1654, in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and died about 1747. He married Mary -, who died at Watertown, May 13, 1677. He lived in Marl- boro except for the time when the settlers had to- abandon ther homes during King Philip's war. He married ( second) a cousin, Ann Rice, February 10, 1681-82. When Westboro was set off from Marl- boro in 1717 his farm was in the new town. His wife Ann died at Westboro, May 2, 1731, in her seventieth year. He was a deputy to the general court, was one of the original members of the West- boro church. Children of Thomas and Ann Rice : Thomas, born 1683, married Mary Oakes; Charles, July 7. 1684, married Rachel Wheeler ; Eunice, May 3. 1686; Jason, February 23, 1688; Jedediah, June 10, 1600. married Dorcas Wheeler; Abiel, December II, 1692 (twin), died December 27, 1692; Anna (twin). born December 1I, 1692, died December 25, 1602; Ashur, July 6, 1694, married Tabitha - ; Adonijah, August 1I, 1696, captured by Indians August 8, 1704, taken to Canada. never returned ; Perez, July 23, 1698, married Lydia -; Vashti, March 7. 1700, married. December 22, 1727, Daniel Hardy: Beriah. August 20, 1702, married Mary Goodman; Noah, see forward.
(IV) Noah Rice, son of Thomas Rice (3), was born about 1704. at Marlboro, later the town of Westboro, Massachusetts. He resided in Westboro and was admitted to the church there 1736. He was dismissed by letter to the Sutton church, June 23,
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1745, and he died at Sutton, February, 1759, aged fifty-four years. His will was dated January 29, 1659, and proved February 26, 1659. He married, February 13, 1730-31, Hannah Warren, born June 2, 1708, daughter of Joshua and Rebecca (Church) Warren. Joshua was born 1668 and died 1760, son of Daniel and Mary (Barron) Warren. Daniel was born 1628, son of John and Mary Warren, the im- migrant ancestors. Children of Noah and Hannah Rice : Thomas, born 1734, married Rebecca Kings- bury; Noah, October 1, 1738, died August 10, 1739; Fortunatus, September, 1740, died 1740 ; Asahel, 1741, see forward; Lydia (probably the eldest), married Timothy Bacon. Noah Rice's farm was that late of Edwin E. Kingsbury, of Westboro; he bequeathed the homestead to son Asahel, see forward.
(V) Asahel Rice, son of Noah Rice (4), was born in Sutton, 1741. He married Mary Brownell, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Legg) Brownell, of Mendon, and resided at Sutton, where all his children were born. He died at Brimfield, Massa- chusetts, June, 1811, aged seventy years. His widow Mary died June 7, 1821. He was a soldier in the revolution, sergeant in Captain Blanchard Wood- bury's company, Colonel Jonathan Holman's regi- ment, in the Rhode Island campaign in 1776. Chil- dren of Asahiel and Mary Rice: Lydia, born April 29, 1762, married Jonas Sibley; Dolly, July 10, 1763, married David Morse; George K., February 2, 1765, married Fanny Harback; Hannah, November 10, 1766, married Gibbs Sibley; Polly, August 23, 1668, died 1790; Noah, February 24, 1771, see forward; Betsey, 1773, died 1792; Jemima, October 17, 1776, married Gardner Wright; Joseph W., March 10, 1779, married Ruth Sibley; Nancy, October 25, 1781, married Simon Sibley ; Charles, July 10, 1783, married Annis Dunham.
(VI) Noah Rice, son of Asahel Rice (5), was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, February 24, 1771. He owned the farm lately occupied by Widow So- phronia Rice and her son Henry, formerly a part of the Freegrace Marble estate. The Rice genea- logy says he married - Howell and went to Mich- igan. According to the Sutton history he lived there, married, perhaps (second), Hannalı Marble, whose ancestors owned the homestead they settled on. Their children: Hosea, see forward; Willard, born November 23, 1805, married, January 31. 1833, Almy F. Watson and had children-George Willard. born January 22, 1836 ( father of Arthur, born 1865) ; Alvear Jackson ; Almy Amanda, born June 30, 1841 ; Hannah, born August 5, 1813.
(VII) Hosea Rice, son of Noah Rice (6), was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, January 24, 1802. He settled in his native town, where he was brought up and where he was educated in the common schools. He married, May 17, 1826, Sophronia Bar- ton, born January 8, 1804, daughter of Reuben and Mehitable (Jennison) Barton. Their children : Alden, born October 9, 1827; William B., August 29, 1828; Jane E., June 25, 1830, married, Septem- ber 18, 1849; Henry F., January 29, 1844, see forward.
(VIII) Henry F. Riee, son of Hosea Rice (7), was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, January 29, 1844. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and worked at farming, when not in school, until he was seventeen years old. Then he enlisted in Company E, Fifty-first Regiment, Massa- chusetts Volunteer Infantry. At the expiration of its term of service the regiment voted unanimously to remain another month, after which it was finally discharged July 23, 1863, and mustered out. He re- enlisted August 30, 1864, in Company F, First Bat- tallion, Heavy Artillery, and subsequently did gar-
rison duty at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, until mustered out June 25, 1865, end of war. Upon his return to Sutton he worked for a time in the shut- the shop of E. S. Marble and for the succeeding fifteen years was employed in the manufacture of shuttles at the Crompton Loom Works, Worcester. Hle went into business on his own account, manu- facturing dobby chain, an important factor in the weaving of cotton fabric, in a shop at Sutton. In 1883 he patented an improvement on the pegs used in these chains and this devise has proved very valuable. In politics Mr. Rice is a Republican. He was selectman of Sutton in 1880-91-92, assessor seven years and for a number of years has been collector of taxes and town treasurer. He repre- sented his district in the general court in 1895, was on the committee on game and fisheries, and was again elected in 1906. He was one of the com- mittee from the house of representatives to attend the dedication of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, September 19 and 20, 1895. Mr. Rice is a prominent Free Mason, a member of Tyrian Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Worcester County Cammandery, Knights Templar; of the Massachusetts Consistory, thirty-second degree; and of Aleppo Temple of the Mystic Shrine, Boston. He is also a member of Sutton Grange, No. 109, Patrons of Husbandry; of General George A. Cus- ter A. Post, No. 70, Grand Army, of Millbury; of the First Congregational Church, of which for fif- teen years he was the collector and treasurer.
He married, May 2, 1876, Abby A. King, born April 26, 1850, daughter of Putnam and Jerusha (Davis) King. They had one daughter-Alice Julia, born May 14, 1884, who was taken away December 2, 1901, as she was entering upon womanhood with a bright future before her. She was a leader among the young people of her set, and admired and loved by all who came within the radius of her life.
KNOWLTON FAMILY. Captain William Knowlton (I), immigrant ancestor of the Knowlton family to which Joseph H., Willis Everett and Wal- ter C. Knowlton, of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, be- long, was born in England and was part owner of the vessel on which he sailed for America. He died on the voyage and is said to have been buried in what is now Shelburn, Nova Scotia. He married Ann Elizabeth Smith. They had four sons who be- eame prominent in early colonial history : John, born 1610, married Margery Wilson, settled at Ips- wich, was a shoemaker; William, born 1615, see forward; Deacon Thomas, born 1622; Samuel.
(II) William Knowlton, son of William Knowl- ton (I), was born in England, 1615, died 1655. He was a bricklayer by trade. He was a proprietor of Ipswich. Massachusetts, in 1641, and sold land in 1643. The account of his estate was presented to the court by his brother Thomas in 1678, accord- ing to Pope, but this account was probably of the estate of his son. He was a member of the First Church of Ipswich. The children of William and Elizabeth Knowlton: Thomas, born 1640, married Hannah Green; Nathaniel, born 1641, married Deborah Grant; William, born 1642, see forward ; John, born 1641, married Bethia Carter ; Benjamin, born 1646, married Hannah Mirick; Samuel, born 1647, married Elizabeth Witt; Mary, born 1649, married Samuel Abbe.
(III) William Knowlton, son of William Knowlton (2), was born in Ipswich in 1642. He was a tailor by trade, admitted freeman 1669, re- moved to New York, 1678, and to Norwich, Con- necticut, 1682. Children of William and Susannah Knowlton: Thomas, see forward; Sarah, born De-
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cember 1, 1671; Joseph, born 1677, married Lucy Whipple.
(IV) Thomas Knowlton, son of William Knowlton (3), was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1667. Ile married Margery Goodhue, granddaughter of Deacon William Goodhue, of Ipswich, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Whipple and granddaughter of Elder John Whipple. She died August 23, 1698-99. He married (second), 1702, Margery Carter. Chil- dren of Thomas and Margery, his first wife: Robert, born September 7, 1693; Margery, August 27, 1094; Margery, March 25, 1695; Joseph, March 9, 1696- 97; Deborah, December 31, 1697-98. Children of Thomas and Margery, his second wife: Abraham, April 30, 1703; Sarah, March 5, 1705; Ezekiel, March 5, 1707, see forward.
(V) Deacon Ezekiel Knowlton, son of Thomas Knowlton (4), was born March 5, 1707, died March 4, 1774. He married Susannah Morgan, daughter of Captain and Susannah (Pitts) Morgan, both born in England. Captain Morgan died on the voy- age over. Deacon Knowlton removed from Man- chester, Massachusetts, to Shrewsbury, in 1731. He was deacon there from 1743 to 1774 His wife died March 17, 1784. Their children, all born in Shrews- bury, were: Mary, born May 16. 1731; Susannah, April 19, 1733, married Gershom Wheelock; Deborah, December 23, 1734, married Jabez Bige- low ; Ezekiel, May II, 1736, married Anna Miles; Luke, October 28, 1738, married Sarah Holland ; William, April 29, 1741, see forward; Sarah, Janu- ary 28, 1745; Margery, June 1, 1747; Captain Thomas, April 27, 1750.
(VI) Deacon William Knowlton, son of Deacon Ezekiel Knowlton (5), was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, April 29, 1741, died there September 13, 1820. He married Hannah Hastings, descend- ant of Captain Thomas and Susannah Hastings, who settled in Ipswich, 1636. They settled in Templeton but removed to Shrewsbury in 1776. He was a soldier in the revolution, a sergeant of his company at Winter Hill in 1775. He was deacon of the Shrews- bury church from 1784 to 1820; selectman 1785 to 1787. Children: Hannah, born 1765, married Cap- tain Thomas Harrington; Asa, born 1767, married Olive Waite; Susannah, born 1771, married Jolin S. Whiting; Artemas, born 1774, married Huldah Lyon and (second) Rhoda Small; William, born June 20, 1777, married Clorinda Smith; Seth, born May II, 1781, married Relief Howe; Joseph H., born March 22, 1785, sec forward.
(VII) Deacon Joseph 11. Knowlton, son of Deacon William Knowlton (6), was born at Shrews- bury, Massachusetts, March 22, 1785. He married, 1806, Chloe Forbush, of Westboro. He was deacon of the Restoration Society of Shrewsbury and re- sided on the Knowlton homestead there. Their children: William Ilastings, born March 8, 1807, married, March 3, 1828, Susan Brigham ;. Hannah Ward, September 16, 1808, married S. Haven, Au- gust 24, 1829; Mary Ann Bacheller, May 12, 1810, married J. Newton, 1832; Joseph Forbush, August 20, 1811, see forward; Susan Witherby, February 20, 1814, married, 1837, John Rice: Relief Maria, Feb- ruary 7, 1816; Lorenzo Clark, April 23, 1818; Caro- line Elizabeth, September 3, 1820; Francis Augustus, June 26, 1823.
(VIII) Joseph Forbush Knowlton, son of Jo- seph H. Knowlton (7), was born at Shrewsbury, August 20, 1811. Ile married ( first), June 2, 1833. Huldah Newton, who died August 2, 1839. aged twenty-seven years. lle married (second). No- vember 26, 1840, Sarah E. Johnson. Children of Joseph F. and ITuldah Knowlton: Mary Elizabeth, born August 8, 1835, died July 7, 1849. Susan Mary,
May 27, 1837, died August 30, 1889; Joseph Henry, April 25. 1839, see forward. Children of Joseph F. and Sarah E. Knowlton: Frederick, born Febru- ary 23, 1842, married, May 16, 1867, Catherine E. Allen; Greenville, March 24, 1841, died young; Lorenzo, October 19, 1846, married Mary F. Brig- liam; Francis A., January 7, 1849, married, April 26, 1871, Lucy J. Stratton. Herbert J., born July 5, 1851 ; John F., September, 1852, married, February 6, 1879, Carrie Plasted. George W., September 20, 1854, died 1857; Sarah E .. October 19, 1856; George W., May 20, 1858; Walter C., July 20, 1860, see forward.
(VIII) William Hastings Knowiton, eldest son of Deacon Joseph H. Knowlton (7), was born in Shrewsbury, March 8, 1807, died August 5, 1872. He married, March 31, 1828, Susan Brigham, born November I. 1806, died September 25, 1877. Their children : Susan E., born December 26, 1828, mar- ried Elnathan C. Wheeler, May 25, 1859; Mary A., May 19, 1831, married, April, 1855, Joseph Nourse ; Everett W., September 26, 1832, see forward; Lucy M., May 25, 1835, died September 30, 1880; Wiliam E., September 26, 1836; Eliza G., October, 1837, died November 26, 1855: Martha B., April 13, 1843, died January 9, 1868; Walter B., December 2, 1845, died January 3, 1866.
(IX) Everett William Knowlton, son of Will- iam H. Knowlton (8), was born in Shrewsbury, September 26, 1832. He was educated in the pub- lic schools and at Leicester Academy. He was then employed for a number of years in a brittania ware factory at Dorchester, Massachusetts, now Boston. Returning to Shrewsbury he engaged in the boot and shoe trade, but shortly afterward opened a gen- cral store which he conducted for more than forty years. In 1901 he retired and is now enjoying the- fruits of a long and honorable business career. In politics he is a Democrat, but non-partisan in town affairs and has served the town on the school com- mittee. In religious faith he is a Universalist. He married January 7, 1856, Mary Elder Brown, born in Worcester, June 6, 1837, died September 15, 1890, daughter of Lyman and Nancy ( Barton) Brown. Her father died January 22, 1881 ; her mother was- born September 27. 1808. Children of Everett W. and Mary Elder Knowlton: 1. Willis Everett, see forward. 2. Addie Maria, born October 3, 1858, married Walter E. Carpenter, born in Shrewsbury, February 2, 1855, residing in Pawtucket. Rhode- Island; children-Lonie Everett, born March 16, 1881, died Angust 23. 1882: Walter Clayton, gradu- ated from public and high schools of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. then from Brown University, Ph. B. Elected Phi Beta Kappa ; won Glover scholarship senior year, George Washington. International law ; Kenneth Earle, born January 13, 1884, resides in Prov- idence, Rhode Island; attended Pawtucket grammar and high schools, Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology and Rhode Island School of Design. 3. Mabel E., born December 18, 1860, librarian of the Shrews, bury public library. 4. Edward Lyman, born March 23. 1863, married Sarah E. Howe, born in Westboro, September 15, 1865, daughter of Silas and Elvira ( Freeman) Ilowe. 5. Eliner Brigham, born No- vember 13. 1864, died March 23, 1867. 6. Harry Les- lie, born December 12, 1870, married Willo M. E. Gates, of Worcester, born October 16, 1873, and they have one child, Clover Gates KnowIton.
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