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(III) Joshua Armsby, son of John Armsby (Ormsbee) (2), was born at Rehoboth, Massachu- setts, December 9, 1672. He married Re- becca and they settled Medfield, Massachusetts, after 1704. His name first ap- pears on the Medfield records in 1704, but his chil- dren are all recorded after that as if born in Re- hoboth. Two of them are on the records of both towns. The name was spelled Armsby in the Med- field records. Joshua died before 1718; his widow married Titus. Children of Joshua and Re- becca Armsby were: Mehitable, recorded at both Medfield and Rehoboth, born October 1, 1705; Joshua (both towns), born June I, 1708, see for- ward; Mary, born October II, 1712, at Rehoboth; ยท Ann, born at Rehoboth, September 5, 1714.
(IV) Joshua Armsby, son of Joshua Armsby (3), was born at Rehoboth, Massachusetts, June 1, 1708. He settled in Medfield, where his father lived, west of Noon Hill near the Norfolk line. He died in Medfield, 1793. He married, 1733, Esther Cheney and their children, all born at Medfield, were: Huldah, born May 2, 1734, married, 1757, Benjamin Boyden, of Walpole; Phebe, born December 26, 1735, died September 27, 1759; Enos, born September 29, 1737, married, April 6, 1763, Joanna Perry; set- tled in Sutton and has many descendants in Wor- cester county ; Morab, born May 14, 1740, died No- vember 16, 1762; Esther, born 1744, married, 1768, James Plimpton, of Sturbridge; Zadock, born Octo- ber 22, 1746, died 1786; Shem, born February 6, 1748-49; Adar, born September 16, 1751, died 1825; Molly, born November 26, 1754, died 1829; Matthias, born June, 1757, settled at Medfield; Joshua, see forward.
(V) Joshua Armsby, son of Joshua Armsby (4), was born at Medfield, Massachusetts, June 30, 1760. He graduated from Harvard College in 1773. He was educated for the ministry, but never was settled. He preferred a farmer's life. He bought a place in Sutton in 1795, which was re- 11-14
cently owned by his descendants and known as the Armsby place. His son Joshua, Jr., built the house there in 1824. The shop was built in 1835 and the barn in 1839, and the historian of the town calls the farm "beautiful." His house was owned later by Newell Wedge. Joshua Armsby was dismissed from the Medfield church to the Sutton church in 1799. He died aged eighty-four years. He married Elizabeth Kingsbury. His children were: 1. Amos, see forward. 2. Joshua, Jr., was a carpenter and machinist, for several years superintendent of fac- tories at Wilkinsonville, was representative to the general court three years; his son Joshua was a manufacturer of agricultural implements in Worces- ter and amassed a fortune, built several blocks, and his daughter married Newell Wedge (Amherst, 1840), who was a school teacher, was on the Sutton school board; his two children were Sarah E. and Mary A. Wedge, both school teachers. Joshua Armsby, Jr., married Emeline Brewer, of Worcester, and they had twins, who died young; Ella A., born. October, 1847; George F., born August 1, 1850, mar- ried Emily Bannister, of Worcester, December, 1872, and they had-Maud, born December, 1874; Flor- ence; Robert B., born March, 1876.
(VI) Amos Armsby, son of Joshua Armsby (5), was born in Medfield about 1780. He lived there and in Sutton when a young man. Shortly before 1809 he removed to Paris, Maine, and he was one of the town officers there in that year. He bought the Samuel R. Carter place of Jesse Cummings, March 10, 1812. Armsby was a house- wright and he built the house now or lately stand- ing on the farm, occupied it until 1815, when he sold to Deacon Joseph Lindsey, cabinet worker. Armsby went back to Sutton.
He married Betsey Fletcher, daughter of James and Margaret (Wood) Fletcher. Margaret was the daughter of Ezra Wood, and September 21, 1816, the heirs of Margaret joined in a deed to James Fletcher of their rights in the estate. The signers were : Amos and Betsey Armsby, Paul and Betsey Whitin, of Whitinsville, Samuel Flet- cher, Sally Fletcher, James Fletcher, Jr., Ezra W. Fletcher, Amasa and Anna Dudley. December 25, 1816, Amos Armsby, Samuel Fletcher, James Fletcher, Jr. and Ezra W. Fletcher bought of James Fletcher, Sr. a half interest in the forge factory recently built near Fletcher's grist mill, including half the coal house and two-thirds of the water privilege and other land. Amos sold his eighth interest in the forge factory May 11, 1822, to Amory A. Walker, of Northbridge. Armsby was then of Northbridge himself. Amos Armsby built a large shop on his homestead and operated it by horse power. When he sold his farm March 26, 1838, to Ira Graves, he reserved the shop and sold it to Gibbs Lilley, who moved it down near his house and used it for a store. It is now a tenement house. Armsby's farm was located one mile west of Sutton meeting house on the Boston Road. Armsby was one of a number of men who bought the land for the church-the Congregational So- ciety-Amos Armsby, Elisha Hall, Daniel Tenney, Jonas L. Sibley and Nathaniel Woodbury, all of Sutton-taking a decd from Mary Le Baron March and deeding to the church the land adjoining the common. After Mr. Armsby sold out in 1838 he removed to McLean county, Illinois, where he was living February 20, 1839, when he deeded to James Burnap, of Sutton, his rights in the horse shed near the Congregational meeting house (No. 5), fifth from the western end on the north side of the road.
The children of Amos and Betsey (Fletcher)
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Armsby were: Horace. see forward; Edwin, re- sided in Whitinsville: Loren or Loring, graduate of Amherst College, a Congregational clergyman of some note: -, married John Morse, Jr.
( VII) Horace Armsby. son of Amos Armsby (6), was born in Paris, Maine, 1809, died at Mill- bury, Massachusetts. April 21, 1879, aged seventy years. When five or six years of age he removed to Sutton with his parents and was educated there in the public schools. He learned the trade of car- penter of his father. He went to Illinois with his father and family in 1838. He lived also at Hay- densville, near Sutton, Massachusetts, for a time. In 1849 he became a resident of Millbury and en- gaged in the manufacture of sash, doors, blinds, etc. and became one of the leading business men of the town. He held many offices of responsibility and trust in Millbury, was representative to the gen- eral court in 1861 and 1862, and was frequently elected assessor and selectman. He was for several years president of the Millbury Savings Bank, a position that establishes his leadership in the finan- cial world, and one that he filled until his death. He was a prominent member of the Second Con- gregational Church and was deacon of this church twelve years. He married, February 26, 1833, at Millbury, Lucretia Prentiss. Their only child was Amos. see forward.
VIII) Amos Armsby, only son Horace Armsby (7). was born in Sutton, Massachusetts. September 10, 1835, died May 19. 1906. after a short illness, at his home in Millbury. He attended school at
Haydensville, Massachusetts, and in Illinois where his parents and grandparents lived for sev- eral years during his youth. In 1849 he went to Millbury with his parents. He was graduated from the Millbury Academy, which at that time was one of the most popular fitting schools in this section. After leaving school he was employed for a time as a clerk in the Wheeler Mills, where the present Mill, No. 2, of the Mayo Company is located. He was also for a time the bookkeeper in his father's sash and blind factory.
In 1872 he entered the Millbury National Bank, commonly known as the Millhury Bank, as assist- ant to David Atwood, who was both cashier of the National Bank and treasurer of the Millbury Savings Bank. In 1874 the business became too great for one man. Mr. Atwood retained his posi- tion as treasurer of the savings bank and Mr. Armsby was chosen cashier of the national bank. He held this position to the entire satisfaction of all concerned until 1897, when Mr. Atwood's fail- ing health forced him to resign in order to go to a warmer climate, and Mr. Armsby succeeded him and resigned as cashier of the national bank. He remained a director of the national bank and treas- mirer of the very prosperous and well managed sav- ings bank to the day of his death. He remained at his desk until May 7. 1906. less than two weeks before he died. In many ways Mr. Armsby was a leading citizen. a man of sterling worth. filling with umusnal ability the offices of resposibility and trust that he occupied for so many years. For more than thirty years he has been one of the strong figures of the financial and business community to which he belonged
Mr Armsby was for many years a deacon of the Second Congregational Church, clerk of the society and at the time of his death was treasurer, a posi- tion he had held many years. He was an active member of the Congregational Club of Worcester and treasurer of the Worcester South Conference of churches. In politics he was an independent Republican, interested especially in town matters.
non-partisan in municipal affairs, and not closely affiliated with his party on ordinary occasions. He had been assessor of the town of Millbury, and from 1896 to the end of his life was on the school committee, of which he was for several years the chairman. He had just been elected in March pre- ceding his death to another three-year term on the school committee. He took a great interest in edu- cation, and the school system of his town owes much to him for its improvement and development in late years.
He married (first), February 4, 1869, Mary A. Brown, daughter of Suel Brown, of Millbury. She died April 11, 1875. He married (second), October 31, 1877, Alice MI. Davis, of Hubbardston, Massa- chusetts, who died at Bermuda, December 7, 1897. while there for her health. Children of Amos and Mary A. Armsby were: Robert F., died in in- fancy: Arthur Fletcher, born March 23, 1875. died June 18, 1887. Children of Amos and Alice M.
Armsby were: Alfred L., born January 19, 1882; Lauribel. born April 4. 1883; Margaret, born Jan- uary 3, 1887.
JOSEPH SIDNEY WHITTEMORE. Thomas Whittemore (I) was the emigrant ancestor of Joseph Sidney Whittemore, of Leicester, Massa- chusetts. He came to this country between 1639 and 1645. probably in 1641-2, and settled in that part of Charlestown which is now embraced within the city of Everett. He came from Hitchin, county Hertford, England. (For the English ancestry of Thomas Whittemore and a fuller account of Thomas Whittemore see sketch of Eli J. Whittemore in this work).
Thomas Whittemore married (second) Sarah Deardes. April 14, 1623. She was buried Novem- ber 17, 1628. He married (third) Hannah who was born in 1612. He died at Malden, May 25, 1661. His will is dated February 8, 1660.
The children of Thomas Whittemore were : Sarah, baptized April 14. 1616: Mary, baptized May 12, 1624: Thomas, baptized October 6, 1626; Daniel, baptized July 31. 1633; John. baptized April 27, 1635. buried April 29, 1635: Nathaniel, baptized May I, 1636: John, baptized February 11, 1638-9: all the preceding at the parish church in Hitchin. Eng- land) : Elizabeth, Benjamin. Thomas, Samuel, Pela- tiah, died 1678; Abraham, in army 1675, died Jan- uary 14. 1690-1.
(11) Daniel Whittemore, son of Thomas Whitte- more (r), was born 1633, baptized at Hitchin, May I. 1633. He settled in Malden on the homestead, which he bequeathed to his sons Daniel and John hy a non-cupative will. He married, March 7, 1662. Mary Mellins. daughter of Richard Mellins, of Charlestown, died 1683. His children were: Daniel, born April 27, 1663: John, born February 12, 1064-5: Thomas, born March 5, 1667: Mary, born February 15. 1668-9: Nathaniel, born February 7, 1670: Peletia, bor 8; J.
(III) John Whittemore, son of Daniel Whitte- more (2), was born in Malden, February 12, 1664-5. Ile settled in Malden. He married Ruth Bassett. She and her sister Lydia, who married his brother Daniel, were daughters of Joseph Bassett, son of the emigrant, William Bassett, who came in the "Fortune" in 1621. He died in 1730. His wife Ruth was administratrix. Their children were: John, of Leicester, born September 12, 1694; Jere- miah : Benjamin, born at Malden. married Sarah Kendall, 1723: Patience, married Timothy Lamson ; David, born April 6, 1706, married Alice Kendall, of Bedford. Massachusetts: Deborah, horn March 1, 1707-8: Pelatiah, born October 30, 1710, settled
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in Dunstable, Massachusetts. (Nashua, New Hamp- shire.)
(IV) John Whittemore, son of John Whitte- more (3), was born in Malden, September 12, 1694. He removed from Rumney Marsh (Chelsea) to Leicester in 1726 and bought a farm, where he spent the remainder of his days. He built his first house about 1730, about sixty rods southwest from that which he afterwards built, where his grand- son lived at the time of his death in 1859. The farm is now owned by Charles W. Grosvenor.
John Whittemore was called deacon as early as 1735 and captain in 1746. He left the homestead to his son, Lieutenant James Whittemore, in his . will, dated December 11, 1770. Ile married Rebecca Richardson, of Woburn, the daughter of Nathaniel Richardson. Her mother was Abigail Reed, daugh- ter of George Reed, of Woburn, who married Eliza- beth Jennison, of Watertown, eldest child of Robert Jennison, the emigrant. Her father, Nathaniel Richardson, was the son of Nathaniel and the grandson of Thomas Richardson, who came in the fleet with Governor Winthrop in 1630. The chil- dren of John Whittemore were: John, born 1721, married Elizabeth Earle, 1749, daughter of Robert Earle: Nathan. born 1723, married Lois Earle, daughter of William Earle, 2d; Phebe, born 1727, married Ralph Earle, of Shrewsbury, 1749; Nathan- iel. born 1732, married Sarah Rice, of Shrewsbury, 1753; James, born 1734, married Dorothy Green, 1761.
(V) Lieutenant James Whittemore, son of John Whittemore (4). was born in Leicester, 1734 or 1735. He inherited the homestead there. He was sergeant in the Leicester company that marched to Lexington, April 19, 1775, and was later a lieu- tenant in the revolutionary service., He bequeathed the homestead to his son Joseph. He married Dor- othy Green, and died ISII. His children were: James, born October 3. 1762; Phebe, born 1765, married Samuel Waite; Dolly, born June 6, 1667 ; Samuel, born September 15, 1769, settled in New York state; Katy, born January 1, 1772; Ann, born September 1. 1774: Clark, born December 25, 1776; John, born 1779; Aaron, born 1782; Joseph, born February 9. 1786.
(VI) John Whittemore, son of Lieutenant James Whittemore (5). was born in Leicester, Massachu- setts. 1779. He married Nancy Howard. April, 1812. Their children were: Eliza, born December 28. 1812, married Sanford Gilmore: John Howard, born June 16, 1815, killed by railroad accident, 1850; Mary, born 1817. married Henry E. Warren; Will- iam. born October 17. 1820, married Elizabeth Dick- inson: James. born March 6, 1823, married Lucy Bolton, settled in Leicester; Susan Amanda, born September 27, 1826. married Josiah E. Joslyn, was employed many years in the Boston public library.
(VII) James Whittemore, son of John Whitte- more (6), was born in Leicester, Massachusetts, March 6. 1823. He married, December 21. 1846, Lucy Bolton, at Danville, Vermont, and settled in Leicester. He died June 28, 1882. Their children were: 1. William F .. born August 12. 1848. died May 15, 1905; married Margaret Coughlin; he was member of the firm of W. & J. Whittemore, card clothing manufacturers of Leicester and after con- solidation manager of the American Card Cloth- ing Company at Leicester; he had no children. 2. Susan Eliza, born in Leicester, February 6, 1851, married. October 27. 1875, Henry Oliver Smith, of Leicester. Their children are: James Whittemore, Lucy. Florence, Dorothy and Philip Smith. 3. George, died young. 4. James Philip (twin). born August 13, 1864, died March 17, 1889, unmarried.
5. Joseph Sidney (twin), born August 13, 1864.
(VIII) Joseph Sidney Whittemore, son of James Whittemore (7), was born in Leicester, Massachu- setts, August 13, 1864. He spent his boyhood in his native town and attended the public schools and Leicester Academy. He also studied for two years at the Massachusetts Agricultural College at Amherst, Massachusetts. He went to work in the card clothing factory of W. & J. Whittemore. The firm of W. & J. Whittemore began business in 1842 under the title of John H. and William Whittemore in the building west of the Friends burying ground, Leicester. William Earle at the same time was manufacturing card machines in the same building. John H. and William Whittemore were uncles of Joseph Sidney Whittemore. In John H. Whittemore was killed in a railroad accident. James Whittemore, brother of the partners, had taken into the firm in 1845 and after the death of the senior partner the name was changed to W. &. J. Whitte- more. William F. Whittemore, brother of Joseph Sidney, was admitted to partnership in the firm in 1874.
Joseph Sidney Whittemore left the factory after a time to take the business course at the Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York. He graduated there in 1887 and returned to help his brother in the card clothing business. When the business was bought by the American Card Cloth- ing Company in 1890 he remained with the new company: up to the time the Leicester factory was closed and the company liquidated, in 1905, he was for the greater portion of the time superintendent of the finishing department. When the liquidation of the American Card Clothing Company threat- ened to end the manufacturing of card clothing, which had been an industry peculiar to Leicester for many years, a company was organized to carry on the business in the Whittemore factory. The new company started in the summer of 1905. Mr. Whittemore is the superintendent of the finishing department. The Leicester Card Clothing Com- pany is a Massachusetts corporation with ample capital. The officers are: President, A. B. David- son: vice-president. A. F. Estabrook; treasurer, Walter Warren; manager, N. C. Estes; clerk, Jo- seph S. Whittemore; all directors.
Mr. Whittemore has served the town of Lei- cester in various positions of trust and honor. He has been on the board of health, chief engineer of the fire department since 1903, and member and clerk of selectmen since 1904. He is a Free Mason, a member of Morning Star Lodge of Worcester, Worcester Royal Arch Chapter. Hiram Council, Stella Chapter. Eastern Star. He is a member of the fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa. Alpha Chapter. the Massachusetts Agricultural College, and of the Lei- cester Club.
He married, July 23, 1891. Kate White Cowles, daughter of Rufus F. and Carrie Rice Cowles, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. She was born July 26, 1867. Their children are: James Philip, born Feb- ruary 19. 1894; Irene Elizabeth, born June 23, 1897.
WALLING FAMILY. Thomas Walling (1), the immigrant ancestor of Nelson Walling, late of Millbury, Massachusetts, was born in England about 1630. He came to New England and made his home in the colony of Roger Williams at Providence. He was formally accepted as a townsman, July 28, 1651. He had been there for some months surely, because we find him mentioned in a letter dated January 22, 1651, as the lover of the girl he sub- sequently married. This letter was written by Roger Williams himself at Narragansett in the
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town of Providence. "I understand" he wrote "that one of the orphans of our dead friend, Daniel Abbott, is likely (as she herself told me) to be disposed of in marriage. Tis true that she has now come to some years, but who knows not what need the poor maid hath of your fatherly care, counsel and direction. I would not disparage the young man (for I hear that he hath been laborious)" etc. He desires the town, however, to have some assur- ance that the young man "will forsake his former courses." Whatever Williams meant by his courses is not told-probably some religious differences, from the fact that Walling evidently conformed later and was admitted a freeman in 1655. He be- came a man of prominence. As early as 1657 he was a commissioner and magistrate. In 1660 he was surveyor of highways in Providence. He sold a home share of land January 25, 1657, to Richard Pray, and he drew lot No. 72 in a division of land among the proprietors of Providence, February 19, 1665. He had a law sttit with Thomas Olney, Jr., July 27, 1670.
He died at Providence, Rhode Island, July 19, 1674. His will was dated July 19, 1674, and proved November 22, 1674, his wife Margaret being exe- cutor. He bequeathed his farm to his sons Thomas, John and William Walling; his house to William; other lands to sons James and Cornelius and re- membered his daughter Abigail with a trifle. His widow, December 13, 1675, confirmed a deed of fifty acres of land sold by her late husband to Daniel Abbott. Mr. Walling married Mary Abbott, daughter of Daniel and Mary Abbott. Daniel was a friend of Roger Williams and Mary was the or- phan mentioned in the letter quoted. Mr. Walling married (second), June 19, 1669, a few months after the death of his first wife, Margaret Colwell, datigh- ter of Robert Colwell. She married (second), De- cember 25, 1678, Daniel Abbott. She died 1717. Children of Thomas and Mary Walling were: Thomas, married, 1695, Sarah Elwell and they had ten children; removed to Cohansey, New Jersey, but some of the family remained and descendants lived at Providence. Gershom, settled in Provi- dence : apprenticed very young to Nathaniel Mowry January 27, 1667. Abigail, died unmarried 1677. James, see forward. Children of Thomas and Margaret Walling were: William, born May 20, 1670. Jolin, horn May 20, 1670, died November II, 1694, unmarried ; estate administered by his brother Thomas. Cornelius, born October 25, 1672.
(II) James Walling. son of Thomas Walling (1), was born about 1669 in Providence, Rhode Island, and died at Smithfield, April 4. 1753. His name first appears on the Providence tax roll Sep- tember 1. 1687. He deeded a farm of seventy-five acres at Providence, August 2, 1721, to his son Jantes. He removed to Smithfield, the town ad- joining, afterward. Ile was a resident of Smith- field. January 1, 1738, when he deeded, for one hundred and twenty pounds, sixty acres of land to his son. Cornelius Walling, then of the adjacent town of Glocester. Ilis son Daniel Walling and wife Priscilla deeded twenty acres to his brother Cornelius. of Glocester, for seven hundred and forty pounds, November 28, 1743.
James Walling died in 1753. He made his will March 7. 1752-3, and it was proved April 13, 1753. Captain William Sprague, who married his daughter Mercy, was executor. He named some of his chil- dren and grandchildren, evidently having provided for the sons mainly by deed of gift. etc. He mar- ried (second). March 24, 1750-51, when a very old man, Elizabeth Nox, at Smithfield. She died in 1754. His children, born at Providence and Smith-
field, were: James, mentioned in deed; Cornelius, mentioned in deed; Daniel, mentioned in deed; William, mentioned in will; Abigail, married Blackmar ; Mercy, married Captain William Sprague, August 26, 1744: Mary, married Cook; Elizabeth, a daughter; John, see forward. The daughters here given were mentioned in the will: John is mentioned by Arnold, the historian.
(III) John Walling, son of James Walling (2), was born in Providence or Smithfield, Rhode Island, about 1710. He and his brother Cornelius settled in Glocester, Rhode Island, though there is no record of the family of Cornelius or that he had one at Glocester. John was married by Elisha Knowlton, justice, July 19, 1730, to Hope Orr. of Glocester. All the marriages were performed by magistrates at that time according to the colonial law. Children of John and Hope Walling, born at Glocester, were: Isaac, May 8. 1731; Jacob, June 12, 1732: Jolin, see forward; Rebecca, June 12, 1735: Phebe. September 15, 1736; Mary, May 9, 1740; Joshua, July 5, 1746.
(IV) John Walling. Jr., son of John Walling (3), was born at Glocester. Rhode Island, Septem- ber 15. 1733. He also settled in Glocester and mar- ried there (by Jonathan Harris, justice), Febru- ary 24, 1765, Martha Staples, widow. Their chil- dren, born at Glocester, were: Rachel, July 3, 1765; Ishmael, see forward; Richard, April 9, 1769; Martha. December 3. 1773.
(V) Ishmael Walling, son of John Walling, Jr. (4), was born at Glocester, Rhode Island, May 12, 1767. He settled on the old homestead in Glocester and was a farmer like his ancestors before him. He married there. December 21, 1788 (by Elder William Bowen), Mary Buxton, of Glocester. Their children were: Salley, born at Glocester, Janttary 22, 1789: Clarke, April 17, 1790; John, March 26, 1793: Rachel, January 17, 1796; Martin, August 23. 1800. had son Nelson who married Huldah N. Capwell, of Conventry, February 3, 1845; Nelson, born at Burrillville, village near Gloucester, 1813, see forward.
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