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vember II, 1786; Persis, March 15, 1789; Asa, May 9, 1791 ; Jabez, June 27, 1793, see forward; Mary B., September 1, 1796; Ezra B., July 19, 1799; Harriet, January 26, 1802; Levinah Bigelow, June 30, 1804; Catherine, March 18, 1808; married Alanson A. French.
(VII) Jabez Rice, son of Luther Rice (6), was born June 27, 1793, in Oakham, Mas- sachusetts. When he was five years old his parents removed to Worcester, where he was educated in the public schools. Upon the com- pletion of his studies he took up farming as his oc- cupation and continued in it very successfully up to the time of his death, January 10, 1867. He was a Congregationalist in religion and a Republican in politics. He married Mary Pierce, of Worcester. She died July, 1882. Their children: Harriet A., born May 9, 1824, died 1881; married Seth Chenery. Ezra Beaman, October 17, 1825, resides in Worcester ; Rodney Merrick, see forward; Mary E., born Decem- ber, 1829, died May 26, 1891; Jabez M., August 15, 1831, resides in Worcester; George Calvin, January 13, 1833: Caroline C., November, 1834, died 1891, single ; Francis, January 7, 1835, died 1855.
(VIII) Rodney Merrick Rice, son of Jabez Rice (7), was born March 17, 1827, at Worcester. He acquired his early educational advantages in the common schools of Worcester, and this was supple- niented by a course at Leicester Academy. He be- gan his active career by taking up the occupation of farming in West Boylston, Massachusetts, where he remained until 1871, when he took up his abode in Shrewsbury, where his death occurred June 25, 1883. As a farmer his enterprise, practical know !- edge, and sound judgment placed him in the front ranks of Worcester county agriculturists. He held membership in the Congregational Church the . Grange, and his political affiliations were with the Republican party.
Mr. Rice married, June 27, 1861, Anne S. Win- gate, born in New Hampshire, January 12,, 1830, daughter of Aaron and Phoebe (Tuttle) Wingate. One child, Francis Wingate, born July 29, 1863, died September 25, 1863. Mrs. Rice, who survives her husband, and is a resident of Shrewsbury, was a graduate of Mt. Holyoke Seminary, and for fifteen years prior to her marriage was a school teacher in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. She enjoys the acquaintance of a large circle of friends.
JAMES WILLIAM WIXTEAD. Timothy Wixtead, the father of James William Wixtead, of Douglass, Massachusetts, was born in the town of Maroe, county Limerick, Ireland, February, 1837. At the age of sixteen he left his home in Ireland and came to America. He arrived in New York June 5, 1853, and after a few weeks in that city came to. East Douglass, Massachusetts, arriving June 20, of the same year. He secured employment in the axe works, which was then the principal industry of the town of Douglass. Except for a few years he worked for the same concern until 1895, when, owing to ad- vancing age, he retired from his laborious position in the factory and has since then assisted his son in his rapidly increasing business.
Mr. Wixtead was one of the pioneers of the Roman Catholic faith in Douglass. In 1853 and for some time afterward men of his faith were few and far apart and he had to walk seven miles to attend the nearest services. The church owes much to the sturdy faith and devotion of the carly Irish settlers. Day by day these pioneers are growing fewer in number, and the church they established is one of their greatest memorial -. Mr. Wixtead married Mary O'Brien in Blackstone, Massachusetts. She.
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was born in the county of Waterford, Ireland, Att- gust 10, 1839. Their children are: James William, born February 1, 1863, at Douglass; John, August 7. 1864, died October 18, 1865; Mary Ann, December 18, 1865; Margaret M., April 29, 1868, married Pat - rick J. Doherty, of Boston, and they have two chil- dren: Thomas Esmond, born May 15, 1890, at Boston, and Francis Jerred, born January II, 1902, at Boston; Bridget Agnes, February 1, 1871, died June 3, 1872; Katherine Helena, December 1, 1873, teacher in the East Douglass public schools; Julia Etta, August 31, 1875, teacher in the public schools of Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
James William Wixtead was born in East Doug- lass, February 1, 1863, the eldest son of Timothy and Mary Wixtead. He attended the public schools of his native town, working during his spare hours in the printing office of C. J. Bachellor. He left school to go to work in the mill of Lee V. Murdock, but the work was not to his liking and after a time he accepted a position as clerk in the general store of the village at East Douglass then owned by George Abbott. In 1882 the store was bought by S. F. Root, and Mr. Wixtead remained in his employ. In 1890 Mr. Wixtead had become so valuable to the business that Mr. Root took him into partnership and the firm name became Root & Wixtead, continuing un- til 1905 when Mr. Root, owing to advancing years, retired, selling out to his partner. Mr. Wixtead is doing a large and constantly growing business, em- ploying six clerks and maintaining five delivery wagons. In addition to the general store business Mr. Wixtead has an ice business and a real estate and fire insurance agency, in which he does a con- siderable business. He owns some valuable real estate in Douglass.
Mr. Wixtead is a fine type of the American busi- ness man, honest and upright in all his dealings, courteous and popular on all occasions, but fearless and firm in his own opinions of right and wrong. He has the good old Irish characteristics of gener- osity and charity. The confidence placed in him by his fellow citizens is shown by the honors already given him. He was barely of age when he was elected a selectman of the town, the youngest man who ever held that office. He has been a member of the school committee for six years and was on the building committee for the new high school. He has always taken a special interest in the public schools of the town. He was town treasurer in 1898 and 1899. In political faith Mr. Wixtead is a Democrat of the old school. He has been a prom- inent figure at the state, county and congressional conventions of his party since he became a voter. No man of his age ever held a greater influence in political affairs than Mr. Wixtead in the town of Douglass. His friends are not slow in predicting a brilliant political career for the young man. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Work- men and has been the treasurer for eight years. He a charter inember of Mumford Council, at Whitins, Knights of Columbus, of Donglas, and treasurer since its organization. He is a devoted member of the Catholic Church.
LEE FAMILY. John Lee (1), the immigrant ancestor of the Lee family of Athol, Massachusetts, was born in England about 1598. He appears to have been of good education, handsome in person, but with a propensity for associates of a low class and for getting into trouble with the authorities. He was punished by the court at Ipswich, Massachu- setts, for expressing his opinion too freely about the minister. His name was spelled Lee and Leigh indiscriminately in the early records. His sons
signed their name Leigh until 1677. when they signed lee. He used a seal on his will which bore the device of a bird. Ile was a farmer and soldier. The family tradition written by Dr. Joseph Lee, of Concord (1716-1797) states that he was of an an- cient and honorable family of the city of London, but he mixed with the rabble during the political disturbances of his young manhood and seemed to side with the people against the king, much to the chagrin of his loyal sister, who finally persuaded him to go to America. He settled at Ipswich, drew various lots of land there, subscribed to the Major Denison fund, had shares in Plum Island, Castle Neck and Hog Island. He died at Ipswich, July 8, 1671. His home was on Heartbreak hill.
He married Anne (or Joanne) Hungerford in 1638. His children : John, born about 1639; Joseph, born October or November, 1643, see forward; a daughter who married -Patch: Sarah, married Hunkins ; Mary, married - Tuttle ; Ann, died linmarried September 28, 1691.
(11) Joseph Lce, son of John Lee (I), was born at Ipswich, October or November, 1643, and died at Concord, Massachusetts. As his father and IJenry Woodis ( Woodhouse), of Concord, had been neighbors in London. the acquaintance was continued in this country and Joseph married the eldest daughter, Mary Woodis. Joseph removed to Con- cord, Massachusetts, after July 3, 1695. at the earn- est request of Mr. Woodis, who desired him to take his farm and care for him in his old age. He finally left an excellent farm at Ipswich to go to Concord, and the Woodis farm there remained in his family until 1815. After the death of his first wife, Mary Woodis, he married Mary (Miles) Wigley, widow of Edmund Wigley, and daughter of John Miles. She died November 27, 1708. He married (third), January 28, 1712-13, Mary Fox, widow, who after Lee's death, married Daniel Hoar, nephew of Leon- ard Iloar, who was president of Harvard College in 1672. His children were: Woodis, born Octo- ber 17, 1679, died November 28, 1679; Joseph, born October 16. 1680; Mary, born July 14. 1682, mar- ried, May 22, 1707, John Wood, of Concord; Ann, born May 17, 1684, died August 8, 1728; Henry, born May 16, 1686; John, born September 10, 1688; died September 16, 1688; Woodis, born December 18, 1689, see forward; Hannah, born April 10, 1691, died May, 1691.
(III) Woodis Lee, son of Joseph Lee (2), was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, December 18, 1689, and died at Concord, December 31, 1761. He was a farmer. lived at Concord and at one time owned part of the Lee homestead, received from his father. He married, August 4, 1715, Elizabeth Wood, dangh- ter of Isaac and Mary Wood, of Concord. She was born in 1603 and died February 26. 1781. Their children: Woodis, born March 24. 1719, see for- ward; Bathsheba, died unmarried: Bathsheba, born 1721, died October 25, 1791, at Lincoln, buried in Concord; Seth, born about 1725, married Molly Conant ; settled in western New York, afterwards in Connecticut: Elizabeth, died young.
(IV) Woodis Lee, son of Woodis Lee (3), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, March 24, 1719, and 'died there September 6, 1796. He was buried in the Smedley burying ground, Concord. He was a soldier in the revolution under Captain Abi- shai Brown and Captain Hartwell and was at the taking of General Burgoyne. He was a farmer in Concord. He married Ruth Warren, daughter of Captain Samuel Warren, December 20, 1741. She was born March 30, 1723, died before 1745. He married (second), December 7, 1745, Mary White, daughter of Joseph and Hannah White, of Lexing-
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ton. The child of Woodis and Ruth Lee: Ruth, born October 25, 1744, married Samuel Pierce. The children of Woodis and Mary Lee: Mary: born December 23, 1748, married Benjamin Smith, of Lexington ; Hannah, born December 8, 1751, mar- ried Timothy Brown, of Lincoln; he died Septem- ber, 9, 1796; Lucy, born September 20, 1754, mar- ried Thomas Fessenden, of Lexington; Sally, born April 20, 1757, married Bedet Jones, of Concord; Jonathan, born January 26, 1759, see forward; Eliza- beth, born October 26, 1759, married John Heywood, of Concord; Isaac, born April 14, 1764; Nathan, born August, 1766; Mittei, born September 12, 1769, married William Wheeler, of Sudbury ; Woodis, born August 19, 1772.
(V) Jonathan Lee, son of Woodis Lee (4), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, January 26, 1759, died at Athol. Massachusetts, April 19, 1833. He lived in New Ipswich, Sudbury and Marlboro, Mas- sachusetts, and in Hancock, Hillsboro county, New Hampshire. He was a soldier in the revolution a private in Captain Moses Harrington's company, Colonel Dike's regiment in 1777; also in Captain John Buttrick's company, Colonel Reed's regiment sent to reinforce General Gates at the time Burgoyne was taken. He married (first), June, 1783, Sallie Heywood, of Concord, who died March 1, 1804. He married (second), 1808, Sybil Butterfield, of Pepperell, Massachusetts. The children of Jonathan and Sallie Lee were: Sally, born April 7, 1784. mar- ried Jonathan Davis; Henry, born June 1I, 1786; William Dexter, born March 6, 1788; Dennison, born January 15, 1790; Jonathan, born February 15, 1792.
(VI) William Dexter Lee, son of Jonathan Lee (5), was born March 6, 1788. He settled in Athol and was a farmer in humble circumstances. His sons were shoe manufacturers with one exception and, taken as a whole, formed the most successful and remarkable family in Athol. He married Lydia Hill, daughter of Joseph and Lydia Wetherby, of Harvard, Massachusetts. She was born April 12, 1792. The children of William Dexter and Lydia Lee: William Dexter. Jr., born March 8, 1813, died September 2, 1815; George Henry, born October 23, 1814, died December 20, 1836: William Dexter, born August 7, 1816, see forward; Harriet Maria, born March 25, 1818, died October 15, 1820; Ange- lina Maria, born December 27, 1820, died August 27, 1856: married, April 7, 1842, John M. Twitchell, of Athol; James Munroe, born March 2, 1822, see forward; Merritt Lafayette, born March 22, 1825; Charles Milton, born May 23, 1828, see forward ; Harriet Chastine, born May 27, 1830; died July I, 1835: John Howard, born August 15, 1834, see for- ward; Solon Wetherbee, born July 11, 1836, see forward; Henrietta Chastine, born August 17, 1839. (VII) William Dexter Lee, Jr., son of William Dexter Lee (6), was born in Athol, Massachu- setts, August 7, 1816. He was educated there in the public schools, and learned the trade of shoe- maker. Ile was engaged for some time in the manu- facture of women's and children's shoes in part- nership with John S. Lewis, at the upper village in Athol. He was for a number of years in busi- ness with Samuel Lee in a general country store under the firm name of Lee & Company, and was also in partnership with John S. Lewis at the vil- lage of Warwick in the lumber business, and was an extensively owner and dealer in real estate in this vicinity. He was interested in town affairs and served the town of Athol as selectman in 1848-49. He died at Athol, November 20. 1860. He mar- ried, June 7, 1841, Sarah H. Munsell, born De- .cember 8. 1818, daughter of Elisha and Polly
(Hurd) Munsell, of Winchester, New Hampshire. The children: George Henry, born February 23, 1842, died April 25, 1845; Charles Seymour, born December 28, 1845, died December 22, 1851; Clara Angeline, born June 17, 1851, married O. A. Fay; Sarah Delia. born June 30, 1853, died June 5, 1854; Anna, married Elmer Merriam.
(VII) James Munroe Lee, son of William Dex- ter Lee (6), was born in Royalston, Massachu- setts, March 2, 1822. He was educated in the public schools of that town, and was the only one of the Lee brothers not engaged in the manufac- tuire of shoes. From his boyhood until his death he kept a livery stable and was an extensive dealer in horses. He invested largely in real estate, and his judgment in business matters was excellent. He was trustee of the Athol Savings Bank and a member of its investment committee, also a director of the Athol National Bank in which he was a large stockholder. He was prominent in politics and town affairs, and served the town as assessor and road surveyor. He was one of the founders of the Worcester Northwest Agricultural Society. He ac- cumulated a large property, the result of shrewd business management and good investments. He died November 10, 1893. He married, April 4, 1847, Rachel Dexter, daughter of Ebenezer W. and Cyn- thia (Walker) Dexter, of Royalston, Massachu- setts. Their children: Warren Dexter, born April 27, 1849, see forward; Mabel, born March 27. 1860, married George S. Brown.
(VII) Merritt Lafayette Lee, son of William Dexter Lee (6), was born in Athol, Massachusetts, March 22, 1825. He was educated in the Athol schools, and employed for a number of years in the shoe factory of Jones & Baker at the upper vil- lage. In 1861, with his brothers, he established the firm of M. L. Lee & Company for the manufacture of men's, youth's and boy's kip boots, brogans and plow shoes. The business was carried on in Athol with great success for a period of thirty-five years, when he retired in 1896. The factory was for sev- eral years in the building known as the Pitts block on Exchange street and later in the building now occupied by W. H. Brock & Co., opposite the rail- road station, and in Depot block at the upper vil- lage. In 1879 the firm employed upwards of a hun- dred hands and the annual sales amounted to one hundred thousand dollars. Since then the busi- ness has been greatly enlarged. Mr. Lee was a thorough business man and devoted his attention al- most entirely to his home and his factory. He married, May 25, 1852, Ellen Elizabeth Fessenden, who was born November 29. 1831, daughter of Arad and Fanny (Davenport) Fessenden, of Guilford, Vermont. Their children are: Walter Merritt, born January 10, 1859; George Howard, born December 23. 1860; Henry Clinton, born March 17, 1867; William Dexter, born June 8, 1868; Ellen Fessen- den, horn September 13, 1873.
(VH) Charles Milton Lee, son of William Dex- ter Lee (6), was born in Athol, Massachusetts, May 23, 1828. He was educated in the Athol schools, and learned the trade of shoemaker. He commenced to manufacture shoes on his own account in 1850 with a capital of about a hundred dollars, going on foot to Boston to purchase his stock and return- ing to his father's farm among the Bears Den hills, where he made his first shoes, a few dozen pairs, and sold them to the merchants of adjacent towns. During the first year the shoes and boots he made brought him about six hundred dollars. His first real shop was on Exchange street, Athol. where he employed about twenty-five men, he being his own salesman, traveling in northern Vermont and
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New Hampshire with his shoes packed away, at first in an old box, and later in a fine two-horse wagon. In 1858 he formed a partnership with his two brothers, John Howard Lee and Solon W. Lee, which continued for ten years, and in the meantime the firm established a store in Boston for the sale of their product. In 1869 the partnership was dis- solved, Mr. Lee continuing the manufacture in Athol and the brothers attending to the sale of the boots and shoes in Boston. Year by year he increased his production until in four large shops he was turning out goods worth half a million dollars a year. This business, which for many years was the foremost in Athol, was built up by the indomitable energy and enterprise of Mr. Lee, who loved and practiced industry and persistent effort. He cared nothing for public office and honor, devoting himself steadfastly to his business, family and home. He died June 29, 1896, and since then the business has been con- tinued prosperously by his sons, George M. Lee, W. Starr Lee and Auburn Lee under the firm name of C. M. Lee Sons.
He married, October 29, 1851, Amanda Maria Simmons, born October 16, 1829, died August 24, 1870, daughter of John and Martha (Heaton) Sim- mons, of Lyme, New Hampshire. He married (sec- ond), September 27, 1871, Minnie Howe, of Post Mills, Thetford, Vermont. The children of Charles Milton and Amanda Maria Lee: George Marshall, born August 29, 1852, resides in Boston; Everett Dexter, born July 13, 1856, resides in Athol; mem- ber of the firm of C. M. Lee Sons; Wellington Starr, born July 13, 1856, resides in Athol and is member of the firm of C. M. Lee Sons; Angelina Maria, born December 3, 1857, died July 15, 1884; Auburn Wave, born October 18, 1859, resides in Athol, member of the firm of C. M. Lee Sons; Bayard Banks, born September 14, 1862, died Sep- tember 2, 1883; Carrie May, born May 1, 1866. The children of Charles M. and Minnie Lee: Marion Howe, horn November 1, 1878; Minnie Addie, born July 27, 1884.
(VII) John Howard Lee, son of William Dexter Lee (6), was born in Athol, Massachusetts, August 15, 1834. He attended the public schools of the town and the academy in Townsend, Vermont, for one terni. When a boy he worked in the pail factory of Jonathan Wheeler, and was clerk for a year in the store of Lee & Bassett. He engaged in the manufacture of shoes with his brothers, Charles Milton Lee and Solon W. Lee, in 1858. When the partnership was dissolved, ten years later, he continued the Boston end of the business and for many years was in partnership with his brother, Merritt Lee, in the manufacture of boots and shoes at Athol. The business of his firm was for many years located at 256 Beacon street and the firm name is C. M. Lee & Brother. He invested largely in Boston real estate and was engaged also in other lines of business, in all of which he has been successful. He is a director of the Conti- mental National Bank of Boston, director of the Athol National Bank and of the Merchants' and Clerks' Savings Bank of Toledo, Ohio. He is a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston, St. John's Lodge of Free Mas- ons and other organizations. He married (first). Abby Maria Lamb, who died October 31, 1859, daughter of James Lamb, of Athol. He married (second), October 9, 1859, Sarah Emmons, of Bos- ton. The children of John Howard and Sarah Lee : Carlton Howard, born December 7, 1864; Evelyn, born October 23, 1866; Bertha, born November 13, 1869; John Howard, born August 20, 1874, died Au-
gust 7, 1877; Robert Emmons Lee, born March 20, 1878.
(VII) Solon Wetherbee Lee, son of William Dexter Lec (6), was born in Athol, Massachusetts, July 11, 1836. He attended the Athol schools and the Petersham high school for three years. He en- gaged in the shoe manufacturing business with his brothers, Charles M. and J. Howard Lee, in 1858, and when the firm was dissolved in 1869 and the business divided he and his brother Howard took the Boston end of the business and remained there until 1871, when he sold out and returned to Athol and engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes, continuing until 1883, when he went into the lumber business, in which he has remained to the present time. He has been active in town affairs and has served the town of Athol as selectman and assessor. He died November 2, 1906. He married, April I, 1860, Martha A. Covell, born April 25, 1837, daugh- ter of Ephraim and Sarah (Hewes) Covell, of Petersham, Massachusetts, and Templeton. Their children : Almira Covell, born March 21, 1861, deceased; Cora H., deceased; Mary H., married C. J. Kratt.
(VIII) Warren Dexter Lee, son of James Mun- roe Lee (7), was born at Athol, Massachusetts, April 27, 1849. He attended the Athol public schools. For the last twenty years has engaged in lumber and real estate business.
BRYANT FAMILY. Abraham Bryant (1), the emigrant ancestor of John C. Bryant, late of Gard- ner, Massachusetts, and the Bryant family of his line, seems to have been born in England. He was a blacksmith by trade, and settled in Reading, Massa- chusetts, where he married in 1664, Mary Kendall, daughter of Deacon Thomas Kendall, of Reading. She was born' December 24, 1647, in Reading. Thomas Kendall was a brother of Francis Kendall, of Woburn. (See sketch of Kendall Family.) Abraham Bryant signed the partition papers in the estate of Thomas Kendall, July 22, 1681. In the early days the name was spelled usually Briant. Bryant lived on what is now Elm street, on the south side, west of the homestead of Joseph Hart- shorn. He married (second) the widow of Samuel Frothingham, of Charlestown, Massachusetts. She died in 1693. The children of Abraham and Mary (Kendall) Bryant were: Mary, born 1666, married, 1684, John Weston: Rebecca, 1668, died 1670; Abra- ham, 1671, his son Abraham settled in Sudbury with others of the family; Thomas, see forward ; Anna, 1676; William, 1678; Kendall, 1680; Abigail, 1683, died 1694: Tabitha.
(II) Thomas Bryant, son of Abraham Bryant (I), was born in Reading, Massachusetts, 1674. He married Mary Fitch, daughter of a Reading settler and granddaughter of Zachariah Fitch, of Lynn and Reading after 1644. Thomas Bryant lived in the north parish of Reading, now the town of North Reading. He was a captain in the service against the Indians. Captain Bryant died at Sud- bury, June 2, 1731. Two sons of his brother Abra- ham, who lived in Sudbury, died at the siege of Louisburg, in February, 1746-47. Thomas Bryant at the time of his death was probably living with his son who settled in Sudbury, although he also may have settled there. The children of Thomas and Mary (Fitch) Bryant were : Elizabeth, born in Reading, 1697. died 1698; Thomas, 1700, see forward: Elizabeth. 1702; Mary, 1706; John. 1707.
(III) Thomas Bryant, second child of Thomas Bryant (2), was born in Reading, Massachusetts, in 1700. He settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts,
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and married there Abigail Frinks, July 25, 1723. She was sister of Sarah Frinks, who married Abra- ham Bryant, Jr., son of Abraham Bryant (2), the brother of Thomas Bryant (2). Abraham Bryant, Jr., died in the service at Louisburg in 1746-47. Abigail, wife of Thomas Bryant, died November 15, 1724, and he married (second), March 3. 1726- 27. Sarah Noyes, a descendant of Peter Noyes, pioneer of the town of Sudbury. Thomas Bryant died June 2, 1731. aged thirty-one years. The only child of Thomas and Abigail Bryant was: Thomas, born in Sudbury, November 1, 1724. see forward. The children of Thomas and Sarah were: Sus- annah, born in Sudbury, January 28, 1727-28; Sam- uel. born in Sudbury, November 1, 1729. The widow, Sarah Bryant, married (second) Samuel Russell, and had three children in Sudbury.
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