Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. II, Part 34

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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(IX) Edward T. Pierce, son of Albert Pierce (8), was born in Leominster, Massachusetts, No- vember 12, 1856. He was educated in the public schools of Leominster. After leaving school he spent two years in Boston, where he learned the jewelry business. He returned to Leominster and assisted his father until 1876, when he accepted an appointment at the Centennial Exposition at Phila- delphia. At the close of the big fair he returned to his native town and went into the business of cabinet making in Leominster. Five years later he retired from the manufacturing business and turned to agriculture. He bought a farm at North Leo- minster, containing sixty-three acres, and has been a farmer for the past twenty years. He is a member of the Leominster Lodge of Odd Fellows. He is a Republican in politics. He and his family attend the Unitarian church at Leominster. He married in 1883, Emma A. Page, daughter of John and Caroline Fletcher Page, of North Leominster. They · have had two children: Albert E., born February, 1884; Caroline A., September 25, 1890.

THE MERRIAM FAMILY is of ancient Eng- lish origin. The name signifies "merry home," the termination being an old English word for dwelling or home, found in numerous names of villages, etc., in England.

(1) William Merriam, the ancestor of Samuel Merriam, ot Leominster, Massachusetts, lived at Hadlow, Kent county, England. Ile was a man of some prominence and wealth, having real estate at Hadlow, Goodhurst, Yalding, and Tudeley, all vil- lages near Tunbridge, Kent. His will was dated September 8, 1035, and proved November 27, 1635. It mentions his children, and grandchildren named Howe; granddaughter Mary, daughter of his son George; and granddaughter Sarah. He lived and died in England. His children: Susan, Margaret, Joane, Sarah, a daughter, married Howe;

Joseph, of whom later; George, settled in Concord, Massachusetts; (See Merriam family of Fitchburg). Robert, settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1038.

(II) Joseph Merriam, son of William Merriam (1), was born in Hadlow, Kent county, England, about 1600. He came to America and made his home in Concord and Lexington, Massachusetts. He was admitted a freeman March 14, 1638-9, shortly after he came. lie was in England early in 1038 and probably sailed in the ship "Castle' in April, 1638, as he was one of the "undertakers -stock- holders in the enterprise. He is the ancestor of all of the Merriam name descended from colonial stock. He married in England Sarah -, and had three sons and three daughters. He died January 1, 1640-I. His will was proved October 26, 1042. His widow was given the whole estate for the bringing up of the children "until they are all of age when she is to have a third" of the remainder. The chil- dren of Joseph and Sarah Merriam were: Joseph, Jr., of whom later; Wilham, married Sarah

John, born July 9, 1039, married Mary Cooper ; Sarah, married, October 14, 1658, Wuham Hall ; , married John Buss; Elizabeth, married Thomas Henchman, of Charlestown.

(III) Joseph Merriam, Jr., son of Joseph Mer- riam (2), was born in kent county, England, 1030, and came with his parents to New England in 1038. He lived in Cambridge. He was admitted a free- man May 22, 1650. He died April 20, 1077, aged 47 years, and his tombstone is the oldest in the Cambridge graveyard. His widow went to live with her daughter at Lexington, where she died April 5. 1704, thirty years after her husband.

He married, July 12, 1653, Sarah Stone, daugh- ter of Deacon Gregory Stone, of Cambridge, one of the first settlers, coming in 1635; deputy to the general court ; died November 3, 1672, aged eighty- two years. The children of Joseph and Sarah Mer- riam were: Sarah, born August 2, 1654, married Samuel Fletcher; Lydia, born August 3, 1056, died 1690; Joseph, born May 25, 1658, died May 31, 1727; Elizabeth, born May 20, 1660, married Isaac Wood; John, born May 30, 1662, of whom later; Mary, born June 4. 1664, married Isaac Stearns; Robert born December 17, 1607, died February II, 1717; Thomas, born 1072, married Mary Hayward; Ruth, David, died 1744; Jonas.

(IV) John Merriam, son of Joseph Merriam (3), was born at Concord, Massachusetts, May 30, 1062, and died May 21, 1727. About the time of his marriage he removed from Concord to Cam- bridge Farms, now Lexington. He was a subscriber to the meeting-house there in 1692, an original mem- ber of the church, was its first deacon and became one of the most prominent men of the ( Lexington) parish. He was an assessor under the parish organi- zation, and when the precinct became a separate town he was elected selectman and served many years. His homestead was in the southwest part of the town1.

He married, 1688, Mary Wheeler, who died De- cember 20, 1/47, aged seventy-five years. Their

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children were: Mary, born February 6, 1689; Ben- jamin, born at Lexington, baptized January 6, 1701, married Mary Preston; John, Jonas, baptized Jan- uary 12, 1704, of whom later; Ebenezer, born at Lexington, March 4, 1706, married Esther Gleason, of Oxford; Joshua, baptized February 22, 1708, married, November 12, 1733, Susannah Gleason, of Oxford; William, born September, 1712, died June 21, 1735; Amos, baptized July 25, 1715, married Hannah Danforth.

(V) Jonas Merriam, son of John Merriam (4), was born in Lexington, Massachusetts, and bap- tized January 12, 1704. He lived in Lexington and his wife and he were admitted to the church July I, 1729. He held several town offices and was town treasurer in 1747.

He married (first), October 17, 1728, Abigail Locke, daughter of Deacon William Locke, Jr. She was the granddaughter of William Locke, who came over at the age of six years with his rela- tive, Nicholas Davis, in 1634, and died June 16, 1720. Mrs. Merriam died December, 1755. Jonas married (second), June 22, 1758, Sarah Winship. He died July 23, 1776. The children of Jonas and Abigail Merriam were: Jonas, Jr., born July =8, 1729, at Lexington (now Lincoln), graduate of Harvard (A. M. 1757) ; minister at Newton, Massa- chusetts, ordained 1758, distinguished man; died Au- gust 3, 1780, aged fifty ; William, baptized December 17, 1732; Abraham, of whom later; Silas, born March 5, 1737, was a prominent physician; James, born April 10, 1739; Abigail, born June 11, 1741 ; Eunice, born June 29, 1742, died before 1746; Eben- ezer, born November 2, 1745, died December II, 1745.

(VI) Abraham Merriam, son of Jonas Mer- riam (5), was born at Lexington, Massachusetts, December 23, 1734. He and his family lived at Lexington some years, then at Woburn and finally settled in Mason, New Hampshire, in 1780, during the revolution. He resided at the corner where the main road turns to Wilton. He died in Alason, November 26, 1797. He was a revolutionary soldier in 1776 in the Eighth Company, Colonel Thomas Nixon's regiment, of Massachusetts. His son Abra- ham was in the Continental army.

He married, April 22, 1756, Sarah Simonds. Their children were: Abial, baptized May 29, 1757. Abraham, Jr., born 1758, died January 18, 1806, aged forty-eight years; married (first) Hannah -, (second) Mary Lawrence; Silas, born Feb- ruary 2, 1762, married Mary ; Saralı, born at Woburn, October 10, 1766; Jonas, born at Woburn, July 31, 1769; Abigail, born at Woburn, May 13, 1771; Ezra, born June 15, 1760, of whom later.

(VII) Ezra Merriam, son of Abraham Merriam (6), was born June 15, 1760, at Woburn, Massa- chusetts. lle moved with his parents to Mason, New Hampshire, just before he came of age, or shortly after his parents. lle dicd June 21, 1827, aged sixty-seven years. His farm at Mason was in the south part of the town near Pratt's pond, and later he succeeded to his father's homestead. The children of Ezra and Susanna Merriam were : Susanna, born at Mason, August 16, 1786, died Sep- tember 9, 1798; Ezra, Jr., born May 17, 1788; Jo- siah, born April 19, 1790; Zadoek, born April 16. 1792; Samuel, born March 31, 1794; Sally, born November 5, 1796, died June 6, 1799; Nabby, born December 28, 1798; Benjamin, born May 13, 1701; Susanna, born April 3, 1703; Patty, born May 5, 1705.

(VIII) Ezra Merriam, Jr., son of Ezra Mer- riam (7), was born at Mason, New Hampshire, May 17, 1788. He was a farmer and a soldier in

the war of 1812. He married Sarah Scripture, of Mason, and their children were: Moses, Melissa, Elliott, Milton, Martha, Samuel, of whom later.

(IX) Deaeon Samuel Merriam, son of Ezra Merriam (8), was born in Mason, New Hampshire, July 29, 1818, and received his early education in the public schools of that town. At the age of seventeen he was apprenticed to the firm of Scrip- ture & Ames, tinsmiths and dealers in stoves and heaters. He remained with the firm his full time and when he came of age began to work as a jour- neyman, first at Woonstock, Rhode Island, and then at Nashua, New Hampshire. Mr. Merriam went into business first in West Boylston, Massachusetts, in the spring of 1844, but as the business failed to meet his expectations, he sold it in the fall of the same year and removed to Worcester, where he began business with P. D. Russell. He remained there until 1850, when he removed to Fisherville, now Penacook, a suburb of Concord, New Hamp- shire. There he entered into business relations with H. H. Amsden. In 1853 with Mr. Amsden and B. F. Caldwell he formed the firm of Caldwell, Ams- den & Company and began the manufacture of pine furniture at Concord.

In the spring of 1861 Mr. Merriam removed to Leominster, Massachusetts, and in partnership with George Hall, of Nashua, New Hampshire, bought the water privilege at North Leominster now owned and occupied by the firm of Merriam, Hall & Co. for many years. At that time there was a dam on the property and the ruins of, an old paper mill. The new coneern, Merriam, Hall & Co., at once erected buildings and began to manufacture bed- room furniture. The business thus established has been continued to the present time under the same name. After the death of Mr. Merriam it was car- ried on by his partner and son. Mr. Merriam took an active and useful part in the conduct of the business until a few years before his death, when failing health compelled him to relinquish some of his duties and responsibilities. He died December 30, 1880. In the business world he earned a reputa- tion for square dealing and ability. He was one of the most prominent and influential business men of Leomnister for many years.

He was active in public affairs. In politics he was a Republican and always interested in the party organization and prosperity. He served the eity of Concord, New Hampshire, in the common couneil and board of aldermen. In 1863 and 1864 he was a member of the state legislature of New Hampshire. In Leominster Mr. Merriam also took a prominent part in public affairs. He served the town as selectman and at the time of his death was chairman of the board. He was director of the First National Bank of Leominster. He was a member of the Free Mason order. He was an active member of the Central Baptist Church, one of its deacons and for many years the superintendent of its Sunday school. In all ways Mr. Merriam was helpful in the work of the church and influential in its councils. He was greatly interested in the Baptist Vineyard Association and worked wisely for the development of its property and the success of that religious movement. He was simple, sincere and free from bigotry. Men of all faiths united in their respect for his high character and practical Christianity.

He married, April 15, 1844, Sybil A. Preston, daughter of Jeremialı and Anna ( Proetor) Pres- ton. of New Ipswich, New Hampshire. She was born in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, in 1820. The children of Samuel and Sybil A. Merriam were: Jennie, died in infancy; Edward Preston, graduated

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at Harvard University (A. B. 1877), and died sud- denly at Cottage City, Massachusetts, August 15, 1885. Mrs. Merriam resides at the homestead in North Leominster. She built the First Baptist Church of Leominster, Massachusetts, as a memo- riam to her husband and son.

ALBA J. MARSHALL. John Marshall, immi- grant ancestor of Alba J. Marshall, of Southbor- ough, Massachusetts, was born in England, in 1621, sailing for America, September, 1635, in the ship "Hopewell." Christopher Marshall, of Boston, his brother, returned to England after staying a few years in New England. John was in the employ of Edward Hutchinson at first and was admitted an inhabitant of Boston, February 24, 1639-40. He be- came a proprietor of the town. John Marshall was descended from John Marshall, of Southark, Eng- Iand, whose son John founded Christ Church at Southark and to whom was given a coat of arms which his descendants bear. John Marshall, of Bos- ton, was a husbandman. He married, 1645, Sarah -, who died September 28, 1689, aged sixty- six years. John and William Marshall, owned shares in Plum Island. John Marshall died at Bos- ton, March 10, 1715. Children: Joseph, baptized August 12, 1655, with four other children of the same parents; Samuel, baptized August 12, 1655; Sarah, baptized August 12, 1655; Hannah, baptized August 12, 1655; John, born December 10, 1645, baptized August 12, 1655; Thomas, baptized May II, 1656, settled in Ipswich; Christopher, baptized August 21, 1659; Benjamin, born February 15, 1660- 61, married Prudence Woodward, of Ipswich ; Christopher, born August 18, 1664; Peter, settled at Ipswich.

(II) Joseph Marshall, son of John Marshall ( I), was born in Boston, Massachusetts, about 1640, and was baptized August 12, 1655. He resided in Ips- wich, Massachusetts. He served in King Philip's war under Captain Prentice in the Mount Hope campaign. His name is on the tax list of Ipswich, 1678. His children, born at Ipswich, were: Joseph, born May 18, 1690, settled at Marblehead; his son Benjamin settled in Holliston, Massachusetts ; Thomas, born March 28, 1692, see forward; Abiezar ( Ebenezer ?), born September 28, 1695. (Ebenezer, of Holliston, married, January 15, 1730, Elizabeth Jones ).

(III) Thomas Marshall, son of Joseph Marshall (2), was born at Ipswich, Massachusetts, Marclı 28, 1692, died at Holliston, Massachusetts, April 3, 1766, aged seventy-five years. He was a blacksmith by trade. He settled first in Newton, Massachusetts, where he bought a shop and six acres of land ad- joining John Park's place. After a few years he removed to Holliston, where he was deacon of the church for a period of thirty-eight years, and was on the board of selectmen ten years. He married, November 2, 1715, Esther Leonard, of Watertown. She died December 10, 1761, aged seventy-one years. He married (second) Abigail Cutler, widow, in 1762. Their gravestones are in the Holliston bury- ing ground. Children of Thomas and Esther Mar- shall were: Joseph, born January 4, 1717, married, 1737, Mary Leland; settled in Milford, Massachu- setts ; Thomas, born October 8, 1719, at Newton, see forward; Ebenezer, born September 18, 1721, millwright, settled in Framingham, Massachusetts. The foregoing were born at Newton, the following in Holliston : John, born 1723, married Mary Farns- worth ; Dinah, born 1725, died 1729; Ezra, born 1729, died 1732; Nahum, born 1732, ( Harvard Col- lege, 1755) married Martha Lord; James, born 1734, married Lydia Harrington, of Framington.

(IV) Thomas Marshall, son of Deacon Thomas Marshall (3), was born at Newton, Massachusetts, October 8, 1719, died at Temple, New Hampshire. He lived at Holliston, Massachusetts, during his active years. He and his brother John removed with their families to Temple, New Hampshire, and Thomas was a constable there in 1769. Thomas married, April 19, 1744, Beriah Grant; (second), September 12, 1754, Abigail Cobb; (third) Mary -, at Holliston. The children of Thomas and Beriah Marshall, born at Holliston, were: Keziah, born March 2, 1744-45; Thomas, born January 24, 1746, was lieutenant in Temple company, in revolu- tion; Aaron, born November 8, 1747, resided in Temple; David, born December 13, 1750, see for- ward; Jonathan, born October 26, 1752, resided in Temple. Child of Thomas and Mary Marshall : Jonathan, born January 24, 1757.

(V) David Marshall, son of Thomas Marshall (4), was born at Holliston, Massachusetts, De- cember 13, 1750, and removed with his parents to Temple, New Hampshire. He resided in Dublin, New Hampshire, where several of the family set- tled. He was a soldier in the revolution and fought in the battle of Bunker Hill. He served in Captain Ezra Towne's company, Colonel James Reed's regi- ment, in 1775; in Captain Samuel McConnell's com- pany, Colonel David Gilman's regiment, in 1776-77. These were New Hampshire regiments. He removed to Maine about 1777, during the revolution. He settled first for a short time at Fryeburg, then at Sudbury, Canada, now the town of Bethel, Maine, and was the fifth settler in that town. He was driven away by the Indians August 3, 1781, and his home destroyed. His wife had been warned of the approach of the Indians and he saw them coming, gathered together what provisions he had (a piece of meat and a little sugar), put them in a bag, took his gun, and with his wife and two children, one two years old, the other an infant, took to the woods. They started for Jackson's Camp, now the town of Paris, Maine. He did not dare to fire his gun to kill game for fear of the Indians, but killed some small game. They nearly starved before they reached safety in the camp. His wife was the first white woman to take lodgings in what is now Paris, Maine. They went from Jackson's Camp to New Gloucester by the aid of blazed trees, and stayed until the danger from Indians was past. They then settled in the town of Minot, Maine, where their son Moses was born. Finding that the title to his farm in Minot was not clear, he moved into the adjoining town of Hebron, formerly Sheperds- field, cleared his farm, built a saw mill and a grist mill and spent the remainder of his days there. He died at Hebron, November 20, 1828. He married (first), September 15, 1772. He married (second) Lucy Mason, daughter of Moses Mason, who died in Hebron, August 25, 1824. The only child of the first marriage was: Thomas, born May 12, 1773, at Temple, New Hampshire. The children of David and Lucy Marshall : David, Jr., born at Bethel, Feb- ruary I, 1779, married Sarah Goss; Asahel, born March 9, 1781 ; Lucy, born at Hebron, May 8, 1783, died unmarried ; Walter, born at Hebron, August 17, 1785, was a minister, married Thirza Gurney ; John, born at Hebron, November 15, 1787, married Sally Gurney; Moses, born July 25, 1789, see for- ward: Aaron, born January 19, 1792, married Elipha Dunham; (second) Bethia Bumpus: Nathan, born January 16, 1795; Miriam, born April, 1798, married Joseph Irish.

(VI) Moses Marshall, son of David Marshall (5), was born at Minot, Maine, July 25. 1789. He succeeded to his father's farm and mills and added

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to these a shingle mill and a carding mill. He trained with the militia in his youth and was called out during the war of 1812 to serve in the defense of Portland, in 1814. He was a member of the Hebron Baptist church. He died in Hebron. He married Ruth Whittemore, who was born and died in Hebron. She was also a member of the Baptist church there. Their children: Isaac Whittemore. born January, 1816, died November 21, 1903; Mi- randa, born January 18, 1818; Deborah; Moses Ma- son, born December 15, 1822; Thomas; Joseph Irish, born March 26, 1826; Elizabeth, who died in infancy ; Elizabeth; Albert Quincy; Frank Adelbert. (VII) Joseph Irish Marshall, son of Moses Mar- shall (6), was born in Hebron, Maine, March 26, 1826. He had a common school education. He fol- lowed farming for an occupation. In politics he was a Republican and was highly esteemed by his townsmen. Ile removed to Southborough, Massa- chusetts, April 1, 1868, died there January 26, 1902. He married, March S, 1851, Vilona Jones, daughter of Tilden and Abigail Jones, of Turner, Maine. She was born in Turner, October 19, 1832. She was the granddaughter of Benjamin and Tabitha (Leav- itt) Jones, of Taunton, Massachusetts, early settlers at Turner. Children of Joseph Irish and Vilona Marshall were: Alba Jones, see forward; Fred Alton, born August 5, 1858, died December 7, 1858; Nellie Gertrude, born October 27, 1861, died April 30, 1862.

(VIII) Alba Jones Marshall, son of Joseph Irish Marshall (7), was born in Hebron, Maine, December 12,' 1852. Ile was educated in the public schools of Hebron, Maine, and of Southborough, Massachusetts, and at Hebron Academy. He came . to Southborough with his father in 1868 and worked with him on the farm, gradually assuming the care and responsibility, and at his father's death became the owner of the farm. He is a successful farmer. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Marshall has the family characteristic qualities of integrity, thrift and industry.

He married in Southborough, Massachusetts, De- cember 17, 1889, Sarah Ann Williams, who was edu- cated in the public schools of Southborough and Framingham Normal school, daughter of Caleb Strong and Sarah Foster ( Walkup) Williams. Her father was a miller and farmer by occupation, held several town offices and was charter member of St. Bernard Lodge of Free Masons, of which he was treasurer several years. Mrs. Marshall's great- grandfather, James Williams, was a soldier in the revolution, a descendant of the first Robert Will- iams, who settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1637.

SAMUEL MAWHINNEY. Among the pro- gressive citizens of Worcester whose sphere of use- fulness has been wide and varied may be mentioned the name of Samuel Mawhinney, a retired last manufacturer of Worcester. Ile was born in Dum- bartinshire, Scotland. January 21, 1829, the son of Samuel and Ann (Cooper) Mawhinney, natives of north of Ireland.

Samuel Mawhinney accompanied his father to Fall River, Massachusetts, 1845, and for a number of months was employed in the mills of that city. In 1848 they took up their residence in the city of Boston, and in 1856, eight years later, located in Worcester and engaged in the manufacture of shoe lasts in the Merrifield building. This enterprise was prosperous from the beginning, steadily in- creased in volume and importance from year to year, and twelve years after its establishment he erected a factory on Church street. Worcester. The busi- ness was conducted by Mr. Mawhinney under his

own name up to 1873, in which year he incorpor- ated the same under the name of Samuel Mawhin- ney & Company. In 1876 the business was moved nearer the centre of the shoe trade, in Brockton, Massachusetts, where a large factory was erected, this being equipped with everything needful for the successful conduct of their extensive business. In 1903 Mr. Mawhinney withdrew from the company. of which he was the active head, but still retains his financial interest in it. Mr. Mawhinney was a member of the city council one term, in 1880, and rendered efficient and capable service therein. He is a Republican in politics, and affiliates with the Order of Free and Accepted Masons and the Royal Arcanum.

Mr. Mawhinney married, October 22, 1854, in East Boston, Massachusetts, Martha Duckworth, of Fall River, Massachusetts, and their children were: Edwin C., born January 17, 1856, graduated from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, class of 1875, was engaged in the tannery business in Woburn, Massachusetts, and died April 28, 1882. Anna G., born March 8, 1864, married Henry Broadhurst, lived at Springfield, Massachusetts, and later in Denver, Colorado, where her death occurred Sep- tember 17, 1901 ; she left one son, Ralph Broad- hurst, who is a student in the high school of Den- ver, Colorado. Frank, born August 17. 1868, died April 1, 1882. Mr. Mawhinney resides at 15 Ham- mond street, Worcester.

BRIGHAM FAMILY. Thomas Brigham. the immigrant ancestor of the Brigham family of West- borough, Massachusetts, to which Miss Lucy Har- rington Brigham belongs, was born in England in 1603. The name is derived from Brigg (bridge) and Ham (house or home), and Morse is authority for the statement that Thomas Brigham is a de- scendant of the family that took its name from the ancient Manor of Brigham in Cumberland county, adjoining Scotland, the family to which the Lords of Allerdale belong.

Thomas Brigham was the only early immigrant of the family except perhaps Sebastian Brigham, who was of Cambridge in 1638 and earlier and re- moved to Rowley. The immigrant, Henry Bridg- ham or Bridham, is of an entirely distinct family. In fact all the American Brighams are descended from Thomas Brigham, mentioned above.

Thomas Brigham sailed from London in the ship "Susan and Ellen," Edward Payne, master, April 18. 1635, landed at Boston, and settled direct- ly afterward at Cambridge. In 1637 he was pro- prietor of a fourteen acre lot which he bought of John Doggett, bounded by land of Sir Richard Sal- tonstall, the Charles river. land of Joseph Isaac and Symon Crosby, and the highway to Windmill hill. Morse thinks that he owned a windmill for grind- ing corn located on this hill. The farm was two thirds of a mile from Harvard square. A wharf was built on his land for the use of the people of Cambridge. He was admitted a freeman April 18, 1637. and was one of the board of townsmen that year. He was townsman or selectman 1642 to 1647, inclusive, also constable of Cambridge in 1639-42. Ile was wealthy for his day and acquired large tracts of land. He died at Cambridge, December 8. 1653. His will was dated December 7, 1653-54, and was proved October 3, 1654. The document was written by his neighbor, Thomas Danforth, afterward depu- ty governor.

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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 34

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