Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. II, Part 12

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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ble. 4. Thomas. 5. Ann, born September 21, 1671. 6. Abigail, born January 6, 1676-7.

(III) Thomas Spring, son of Henry, married, November 20, 1701. Elizabeth Traine. He died about 1710, leaving : I. Mary, born January 19, 1702-3. 2. Elizabeth, born September 10, 1705. 3. Thomas, born July 5. 1708. 4. Henry, born February 2, 1710, died 1712.

Thomas Spring, Jr., born July 5, 1708, was of Weston ; he married Margaret Gates, of Cam- bridge, December 31, 1729. He died June 18, 1753, leaving : I. Thomas, born May 21, 1731; died 1740. 2. Anna, born March 5, 1732; died young. 3. Amos. born January 7, 1734. 4. Jonathan, born April 10, 1737. 5. Thaddeus, born August 29, 1739. 6. Thomas (5), born June 30, 1741. 7. Susanna, born Novem- ber II, 1743; died 1744. 8. Samuel, born February 5, 1745-6.

(V) Thomas Spring, born June 30, 1741 ; mar- ried Mary Upham, April 16, 1765; he settled in Weston. now Newton. His children: I. Thomas, born May 22, 1766. 2. William, born July 1, 1768.

(VI) William Spring, born July 1, 1768; mar- ried (first) November 28, 1805, Rachel, daughter of Josiah and Rachel (Binney) Seaverns, of Weston. He married (second), January 12, 1809, Mary Crack- bone, of Newton; and (third) Eunice Peirce, of Weston; and ( fourth ) Rebecca Brigham in 1825. His children were: I. William Seaverns, born June 16, 1806. 2. Joseph Warren, (7), born Octo- ber 20, 1809. 3. Rachel, born July 24, died August 14, 1811. 4. Mary Crackbone, born July II, died October, 1814. .5. Eunice, born June 8, 1818. 6.

George, born February 1, 1821. 7. Mary Rachel, born March 21, 1823. 8. Amasa, born June 17, 1825. 9. Sarah Elizabeth, born September 13, 1826. IO. Charles, born April 20, 1828. 11. Marshall, born December 23, 1829. 12. Andrew, born February 18, 1831. 13. Henry, born July 24, 1832. 14. Susan, born October 17, 1833. 15. Martha, born February 22, 1835. 16. Maria Louisa, born November 22,

1836. 17. Harriet, born December 26, 1838. 18. Caroline, born March 25, 1841.

(VII) Joseph Warren Spring was born Octo- ber 20, 1809. He married Nancy Harrington Gibbs. The intention of marriage was recorded in Waltham records April 4, 1830. She was the daughter of John and Sally Harrington (Fay) Gibbs, grand- daughter of Joel Fay, and great-granddaughter of Captain Benjamin Fay, of Westboro, who served in Captain Baker's company that marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, serving seven and a half days. He also served on the committee of inspection for Westboro. He was a manufacturer of boots and shoes. The first three of his children were born in Calais, Maine, and the remaining six in Sterling, Massachusetts. He removed to Worcester about 1852, and died there September 10, 1864 and his wife died March 9. 1887. His children were; 1. Joseph W., born October 30, 1831; died October 25, 1895. 2. George William, born May 9, 1833; re- moved to Galesburg, Illinois. 3. John G., born Feb- ruary I, 1835; resides in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. 4. Sarah E., born September 9, 1838; married S. J. Chamberlain. 5. Edwin H., born April 1, 1840. 6. Charles H., born February 18, 1842, resided in Gard- ner, Massachusetts, and died there March 30, 1892. 7. Hattie M., born April 26, 1844; married John Francis Bicknell. 8. Helen F. born May 6, 1846, married S. H. Kimball. 9. Mary Cibbs, born May 16, 1848.

Mary Gibbs Spring, youngest child of Joseph Warren and Nancy Harrington (Gibbs) Spring, was horn in Sterling, Massachusetts, and removed to Worcester with her parents about the year 1852.

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Mary GString

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She received her early education in the public schools of that city. After taking a two years' course in the classical high school, the death of her father caused a change in her plans for the future, and she en- tered Howe's Business College, from which she graduated with full honors in 1866. For a time she was employed in that institution as a teacher, but resigned to accept the responsible position of head bookkeeper for the firm of Gross & Strauss, where she remained about twelve years. In 1877 she re- moved to Elwyn, Pennsylvania, assuming the duties of head bookkeeper in the Pennsylvania Training school, for about one year, and on returning to Wor- cester entered the employ of E. B. Crane & Com- pany, lumber dealers, as bookkeeper. After the dis- solution of this firm in 1882, John Francis Bicknell, on entering the lumber trade in his own name, se- cured the services of Miss Spring as his accountant, and from that time until his death she held that re- sponsible position, her broad knowledge and extens- ive practical experience enabling her to render valu- able assistance in building up a large and success- ful business, which at the death of Mr. Bicknell, in November, 1899, was continued under the style of J. F. Bicknell Lumber Company, an incorporated stock company with Miss Spring as treasurer, and a member of the board of directors, her sister, Mrs. J. F. Bieknell, being the president. This business still continues under this organization, with every promise of continued prosperity.

Miss Spring has always manifested a deep inter- est in the social and religious life of the community. She s active in the work of the Universalist church, her helpfulness therein has chiefly gone out through that channel as a member of All Souls Parish, of which she has for the past five years been treasurer. She is the proprietor of a fine apartment building known as the Gibbs, which she caused to be erected in 1898, naming it in memory of her mother, who before her marriage was Nancy Harrington Gibbs. It is well located on Main street, in the city of Worcester, and is of light colored pressed brick front, five stories in height, and contains ten flats, all of which are expensively and artistically finished, presenting a very fitting monument to a name tend- erly cherished by all the members of the family and by many deeply attached friends.

FREDERICK M. BROWN. Abraham Browne (I) was the immigrant ancestor of Frederick M. Brown, of Winchendon, and of most of the fami- lies of this surname in Watertown, Weston, Walt- ham and vicinity and of many of those in New Hampshire, western and central Massachusetts. His English ancestry is given in the pedigree of Will- iam H. Brown, of Winchendon, and it shows this family to have had a long and very honorable his- tory in England. The line is traced for some ten generations in the old country.

Abraham Browne was son or nephew of Elder Richard Browne, of Watertown, and he too settled in Watertown among the very earliest pioneers. Abraham Browne was admitted a freeman March 6, 1631-32. Besides his farm he had much sur- veying of land for the settlers. He was one of the most prominent and honored citizen of the town of Watertown for many years. In 1634 Mr. Brown and Robert Seeley were appointed "to sur- vey all the lots that are granted" and were also appointed conservators of the timber trees, none of which could be cut without their assent. In 1635 he was one of seven freeman appointed to divide the common lands that were plowable. He was highway surveyor also in 1635 and laid out many of the old highways that are still in use.

lle was one of the committee appointed October 7, 1041, to lay out a thousand acres granted to the artillery company (The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, still of Boston). Hle was a com- missioner of the general court. Hle died in 1050. Ilis widow Lydia married, November 27, 1659, Andrew Hodges, of Ipswich, whose wife Ann had died November 15, 1658. She died at Watertown, Massachusetts, September 27, 1686. Children of Abraham and Lydia Browne were: Sarah, born in England, married George Parkhurst, Jr. ; Mary, born in England, married, April 10, 1650, John Lewis, of Charlestown; Lydia, born at Watertown, March 22, 1632-33, married Lieutenant William Lakin, Jr., of Groton; Jonathan, born October 15, 1635, see for- ward; Hannah, buried March 5, 1635-39; Abraham, born March 6, 1639-40, died 1667; owned land in Groton.

(11) Jonathan Browne, son of Abraham Browne (I), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, Octo- ber 15, 1635. He settled in Watertown and married there, February 11, 1661-62, Mary Shattuck, daugh- ter of William Shattuck, of Watertown. She was born August 25, 1645, died October 23, 1732, aged eighty-seven years, and was buried in the Waltham burying ground. His will is dated February 19, 1690-91, and was proved April 7, following. It mentions his wife and son Abraham, executors, and other children named below. His name was always spelled with the final "e," as well as that of his father. The next generation dropped the final letter. The children of Jonathan and Mary Browne were: Mary, born October 5, 1662, married, May 22, 1682-83, John Warren; Elizabeth, born September 19, 1664, married, March 25, 1687, Daniel Benjamin; Jonathan, born October 25, 1666, died young; Pa- tience, born March 6, 1668-69, married, March 5, 1686-87, James Bigelow; Abraham, born August 26, 1671, died November 27, 1729; Samuel, born Octo- ber 21, 1674; Lydia born March 31, 1677, married January 18, 1698-99, Benjamin Wellington; Eben- ezer, born September 10, 1679; Benjamin, born Feb- ruary 27, 1681, died October 28, 1756; William, see forward.

(III) Deacon William Brown, son of Jonathan Browne (2), was born in Watertown, Massachu- setts, September 2, 1684. He was deacon of the church and prominent in town affairs in both Water- town and Waltham. He was on the first board of selectmen of Waltham after it was set off from the old town of Watertown. He called the first town meeting. He died October 28, 1756. His will was dated March 24, 1753, and his son Josiah was execu- tor. Ile married, January 10, 1704-05, Hannah ' Pease, of Cambridge. She died March 10, 1717-18, and he married, December 1I, 1718, Sarah Bond, only daughter of Colonel Jonas and Grace (Cool- idge) Bond. She died June 10, 1777, aged eighty- eight years. Children of Deacon William and Han- nah Brown were: Ebenezer, see forward; Hannah, born January 22, 1706-07, died November 2, 1762; married, November 10, 1726, Samuel Lawrence; Sarah, born July 6, 1708, died young ; William, born September 27, 1710, resided in Connecticut; Isaac, born December 5, 1711, died October 6, 1759; Su- sanna, born May 16, 1714, married Henry Prentice ; Samuel, born 1716, married Jerusha Loomis. Chil- dren of Deacon William and Sarah Brown were: Grace, born 1719, married George Lawrence; Jonas, born December 9, 1721, died young; Josiah, born August 2, 1724, died March 16, 1776; Sarah, born March 14, 1727-28, married Colonel Benjamin Ham- mond; Thankful, born April 8, 1730, married Abijah Peirce.

(IV) Ebenezer Brown, son of Deacon William

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Brown (3), was born in Watertown, October 23, 1705, died December 17, 1785, at Waltham, where he lived all his life. He was assessor and selectman of Waltham. He married, May 20, 1727, Abigail Adams, of Lexington. She died December 26, 1781. Children of Ebenezer and Abigail Brown

were : Jonathan, born March 5, 1727-28, married Jonathan Merrick; Jonas, born July 26, 1729; Eben- ezer, born December 29, 1730; David, born Febru- ary 21, 1731-32, married Mindwell Cummins; Na- thaniel, born September 30, 1733. died 1755; Han- nah, born February 5, 1734-35, married Josiah Smith ; Martha, born April 6, 1736, married Benjamin Green; Amos, born September 18, 1738, see forward; Susanna, born November 12, 1739, died young; Susanna, born February 9, 1741, married, April 10, 1760, John Wellington; Elijah, born May 31, 1744, graduate of Harvard, 1765; teacher; married Su- sannalı Bigelow, of Waltham: married (second) Abigail Flagg, widow of Gershom Flagg, of Lancester.

(V) Deacon Amos Brown, son of Ebenezer Brown (4), was born September 18, 1738, died at Waltham, February 3, 1812. He lived in Waltham. He married, January 21, 1762, Anna Sanderson, born August 30, 1740, daughter of Thomas and Anna (Dix) Sanderson. She died September 19, 1823. She was a descendant of Francis Marshall. who mar- ried Catherine Learned. The name Marshall appears among her descendants. Amos Brown was select- man of Waltham. Children of Amos and Anna Brown were Ebenezer, born November 3, 1762, died March 26, 1776; Amos, Jr., July 26, 1764; Thomas, November 18, 1766; Lydia, September 12, 1768; Nathaniel, March 6, 1771, married Sarah Stearns ; Eunice, January 1, 1773, married Jonas Pierce ; Daniel, May 29, 1775, married Sally Flagg ; Anna, May 19, 1777, died December 3. 1781; Ebenezer, January 5, 1780, died August 3, 1799.

(VI) Thomas Brown, son of Amos Brown (5). was born November 18, 1766. He lived at Waltham, Massachusetts. He married, June 30, 1793, Susannah Kendall, at Cambridge. Their children were: Mar- shall, born December 18, 1793, namesake of Freder- ick Marshall ; Adolphus, married Warner ; Almira, died young : Seth, see forward. (The rec- ords reveal very little of this family; there were probably other children.) The record of the death of Seth Brown gives his birthplace as Marlboro, Vermont, but there is no record there of his birth.

(VI) Seth Brown, son of Thomas Brown (6), was born at Marlboro, Vermont, March 30, 1804. He went to school there and learned the trade of tanner, which he followed through life. He worked at Leominster. Northfield, Deerfield, Ash- burnhamn, Baldwinsville, and Winchendon. He was a man of strict integrity and attended closely to his business. He died at Winchendon, June 10, 1871 He owned land in Phillipston, which he bought in 1848. Ile was a Methodist in religion, a Whig in politics and in his later years a Repub- lican. fle trained in the militia when a young man. He married, May 6, 1830, Nancy Brigham, born August 16, 1802, died May 12, 1891. Her mother, Elizabeth, died at Leominster, September 6. 1846. The intentions of this marriage were filed at Waltham, March 6, 1830. Children of Sethi and Nancy Brown were: George Henry, born Septem- ber 17, 1832, married Augusta P. Britton, October 29, 1873, and had one child-Georgietta Isabel, born October 22, 1873. wife of Fred Z. Brown: Charles Wheeler, born July 13, 1823, died April . 26, 1853: Chester Franklin, born January 12, 1835; Abel Alonzo, born January 29. 1837: Mary Ellen, born November 25, 1839, died December 26, 1849; Fred-

erick Marshall. see forward; Ellen Mary, born Au- gust 5, 1843, died December 7, 1849; Albert Leander, born February 14, 1847, died December 9, 1849.

(VIII) Frederick Marshall Brown, son of Seth Brown (7), was born in Baldwinsville, Massachu- setts, November 29, 1811. He was an infant when his parents removed to Winchendon, where he at- tended school and academy. He went to work at the age of seventeen in the wooden-ware factory of Amasa Whitney, making wooden faucets. After a year there, he entered the employ of Charles A. Loud, manufacturer of wooden faucets, where he re- inained twenty-six years. The business was then sold to Edward Loud and Mr. Brown continued with the new owner until his death, about seven years later. Benjamin Wright was the next owner of the busi- ness, and Mr. Brown remained with him for three years, when he entered the Martin Converse toy plant, where he operated a bench saw. At present Mr. Brown is employed by Carter & Campbell in the chair factory, in charge of the bending of stock.

He was a soldier in the civil war. He enlisted July 28, 1862, in Company D, Thirty-sixth Massa- chusetts Volunteers, under Colonel Henry Bowman. His regiment was in the Ninth Army Corps. He took part in the battles of Fredericksburg, Jackson, Campbell's Station, the siege of Knoxville and Blue Springs. He was also detailed in the service of the brigade quartermaster's department for a year. He was mustered out June 8, 1865, after the close of the war. In describing the incidents of his service Mr. Brown said: "At the seige of Knoxville in East Tennessee, I lived on quarter rations of pork and bread. We were surrounded and our supplies cut off for three weeks. * * On the way to Fred- ericksburg the Rebels captured our supply train. We camped near Harper's Ferry, living on fresh beef and hard corn until our supplies reached 11s.

* * * I saw a Rebel spy hanged at Knoxville and and while encamped in front of Petersburg, Vir- ginia, I saw eight soldiers hanged and two shot for desertion." Mr. Brown is a member of the Church of the Unity (Unitarian) of Winchendon. He is a Republican in politics, and has been chosen a dele- gate to numerous state and other conventions of his party. He served on the police force of Winchen- don for sixteen years. He is a member of Artisan Lodge of Free Masons and has been through the chairs of that lodge. He is a member of Mono- manock Lodge, No. 121, Odd Fellows, and of Gil- man B. Parker Post, No. 153, Grand Army, of which he was commander one year.

He married, November 29, 1861, Jennie Bass, born May 10, 1840, daughter of Eben and Susan ( Farnsworth) Bass, of Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Her father was a farmer and had the rank of cap- tain in the militia. The only child of Frederick M. Brown is Florence Idell, born May 9, 1873, married George Howe, of Gardner, Massachusetts.

MCGILLICUDDY FAMILY. Cornelius McGilli- cuddy, son of Daniel and Ellen ( Brosnihan) Mc- Gillicuddy, was born in Ireland November 12, 1824. He came to America during the famine year of 1852 and landed at Boston. He worked for a time in New Braintree for Captain Converse, removing after a few years to Worcester, where he was employed by the J. M. Huntington Coal Company of Norwich, which became the Wellington Coal Company later. He died July 24, 1897. He was among the early pioneer Irish settlers in Worcester who, realizing the lack of education, and, further accepting the ad- vantage of liberty, were active in the advancement of building churches and schools to educate the chil- dren of their faith, in a newly adopted country.

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Much respect is due these early Irish settlers, who were compelled to undergo much abuse, due to the then dominant spirit of race and religion hatred, known then as "Knownothingism."

He married Margaret Sullivan, of Worcester, daughter of Eugene and Mary (O'Neil) Sullivan. Their children: Rev. Daniel F., see forward. Mary Agnes, horn in Worcester, educated in public and high schools, graduating from the latter in 1880, then entered State Normal school, graduating in 1883. Began teaching school, and was principal of Shrewsbury street school, and at present (1906) is principal of Salem street school, Worcester. She travelled in Europe in 1905. Ellen G., graduated from the high school in 1881, from State Normal in January, 1885, then taught school and later was principal of Shrewsbury street school. She mar- ried, July 14, 1891, M. J. Halloran, M. D. She died June 3, 1892, survived by her husband, and son, Edward McGillicuddy Halloran, horn May 30, 1892. John T., see forward. C. Engene, see forward.

Timothy MeGillicuddy, brother of Cornelius Mc- Gillicuddy, mentioned above, was born in Ireland, February 5, 1834. The family came to Boston, Massachusetts, during the first great emigration to America and landed in Boston, June 3, 1852. Tim- othy MeGillicuddy was employed first in a cotton mill in Worcester for a year, then in the Amoskeag Mills at Manchester, New Hampshire, then in the Thorndyke Mills, Palmer. He returned to Man- chester from Palmer and worked a few months, then came to Worcester, where he was employed in the Huntington Coal Yard for three years. He was man of all work for Thomas Earle, whose estate was on the present site of All Saints' Church, Wor- cester. From 1861 to 1868 he was in the employ of Colonel George W. Richardson, former mayor of Worcester. After leaving this position he went into the liquor business on his own account and repre- sented the Frank Jones Brewing Company of Ports- mouth, New Hampshire, for twenty-seven years, finally retiring from business in 1897. He was a Democrat in politics but never sought public office. He was active in St. Paul's and St. John's Roman Catholic churches, Worcester, at different times, and was a generous contributor.

He married, April 27, 1862, in Worcester, Johanna Cronin, daughter of Cornelius and Ellen (Foley) Cronin, who came to Worcester from county Kerry, Ireland. They had no children.

He was a man gifted with exceptional powers of observation and possessed a remarkable memory, which aided him materially in his search of his- torical subjects, particularly in reference to America and Ireland. His intimate knowledge of early Worcester made him able to discuss easily the not- able happenings and incidents connected with the prominent and humble citizens of his residential city. He made three trips to Europe, and in 1901 brought with him a quern, or set of early hand grinding stones, that conform exactly with the Biblical di- mensions. These he presented to the Worcester Society of Antiquity, which society has the distinc- tion of owning the only set in America, although the Peabody Institute at Cambridge has a set that came from India and are much larger, therefore are not in conformity with Biblical mention.

Rev. Daniel F. McGillicuddy, eldest son of Cor- nelius and Margaret (Sullivan) McGillicuddy, was born in Worcester, May 13. 1860, attended public and high school, graduated 1878; then attended Holy Cross College, graduated class of 1881; then attended Grand Seminary at Montreal, where he was ordained priest, December, 1884. Officiated at his first mass in St. Paul's Church (Roman Cath-

olie) at Worcester, Massachusetts. His first ap- pointment was as curate at Milford (St. Mary's- Church ) under Rev. P. Cudahy, pastor, remaining there until 1892, then to St. Louis Church at Leo- minster short time, then Westfield, then to Warren, Massachusetts, receiving his first pastorate and re- maining until 1895, then to Worcester, Massachu- setts, as pastor of St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Church, where he still remains. Was president of Springfield Diocesan Temperance Union, then treas- urer one year, and president of the Catholic Total Abstinance Union of America for two years. Is- recognized as one of the most powerful temperance orators, having lectured in the foremost cities of the United States on this subject. As a pulpit orator he is equally well known for his force and oratorical ability. Father McGillicuddy has travelled exten- sively all over the world, and his wonderful knowl- edge. and his retentive abilities, together with his illustrations at lectures by photographs, taken by himself of all principle places on his travels, are enjoyed by not only his parishioners, but by all audiences.

His greatest achievement was entering Thibet in 1906, going in with a British military expedition, even though the Thibetans and British governor for- bade the entrance of outsiders. Believed to be first American who ever entered Thibet. In 1903 he was held for five weeks in Venezuela during the block- ade established by the allied governments, having many conferences with President Castro during his- stay. Is a linguist of ability, speaking German, French, Spanish, Italian and English fluently. At present he is in Siberia ; expects to reach Worcester by Christmas, 1906.

Dr. John T. MeGillicuddy, son of Cornelius and Margaret ( Sullivan ) McGillicuddy, mentioned above, was born August 27, 1867. He was educated in the Worcester public schools and at the College of the Holy Cross, taking his medical degree in 1892 in Columbia Medical School, New York city. He began to practice his profession in Worcester, in 1892, and was in general practice there with sub- stantial success for eleven years. He then spent two years in European schools and hospitals, making a special study of the eye, ear and throat. He re- turned to his practice in Worcester in 1905. He is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society and of the Worcester District Medical Society. In poli- ties he is a Democrat. He was a member of the school board seven years from 1896 to 1903, when he resigned to go abroad for higher study. He is on the staff of St. Vincent's Hospital, Worcester. Is aurist and oculist at City Hospital, on patient nose and throat refractions. His office is at 41 Pleasant street.

He married, October 9, 1900, Josephine M. Dowd, of Manchester, New Hampshire, daughter of Law- rence and Ellen (Connor) Dowd, who were among. the oldest Irish settlers. She graduated from Mt. Saint Mary's Convent. Their children: John Tim- othy, Jr., born November 21, 1901; Lawrence Dan- iel, October 14, 1906.

C. Eugene McGillicuddy, son of Cornelius and Margaret (Sullivan) McGillicuddy, mentioned above, was born January 4. 1870. He was educated in the public schools of Worcester, graduated from Classical high school, 1888. then went to St. John's College. Fordham, New York, then to College of Holy Cross, where he graduated in 1891, and was salutatorian of his class. He studied law in the Boston University Law School, where he received his degree in 1894. He opened an office in the State Mutual building in Worcester and has been en- gaged since then in the active practice of law in that

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Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. II, Part 12

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

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