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After marriage Mr. Stevens lived at 655 Greene avenue, Brooklyn, New York. He established his first home at 253 Jefferson avenue, Brooklyn, resid- ing there several years, taking an active interest in the Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church and . its enterprises, the Men's Association and Young Men's Irving Club. He built his summer home at north end of Conanicut Island, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Disposing of both homes in 1897, he spent one winter at LaRochelle apartments, Seven- ty-ninth street and Columbus avenue, and then established his home at 79 Maple avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut, in 1898, connecting himself with the Board of Trade, Indian Harbor Yacht Club, Green- wich Casino, Fairfield Golf Club, and Greenwich Hospital, of which he is a charter member.
HENRY H. BANCROFT. Lieutenant Thomas Bancroft, (I), the immigrant ancestor of Henry H. Bancroft, of Millbury, is the progenitor in America of many prominent men. He was born in England, 1622, son of John and Jane Bancroft, and settled in New England, first in Dedham where he was living in 1647. His mother had land assigned to her in Lynn in 1638, and he probably lived their earlier with her. He was a townsman in Dedham in 1648. He left there in 1652 or 1653 and his name appears soon on the records of the church at Reading, Massa- chusetts, and it is presumed without evidence that he lived there. He hired a five hundred acre farm of Samuel Bennett in what is now Saugus, adjoin- ing Reading, and the Reading church was nearest to this farm. He was not a proprietor of Reading, but his son, Thomas Bancroft, who lived in Reading, became a very prominent citizen. The Bancroft place, as it is still called, is just south of the Straits, a narrow roadway through the rocky hills leading from Reading to Saugus. The survey of the line be- tween Lynn and Charleston, made about 1670, men- tions the "house that was Ensign Bancroft's." In 1670 he bought seventy acres of land at Lynnfield, three miles easterly from the Reading church, which was still the nearest for him to attend. In 1678 the deed of the adjoining Holyoke farm recites "that it had been for some years in possession and im- provement of Thomas Bancroft and a half acre with building thereon was reserved and deeded to Ban- croft."
Lieutenant Bancroft died at Lynn, August 19, 1691. The inventory of his estate was filed No- vember 24, 1691, by his son Ebenezer. It shows that he owned land at Reading and Lynn, etc. An agree- ment for a division of the estate was made between the widow Elizabeth ; sons Thomas, John and Eben- ezer ; Joseph Brown, husband of the daughter Eliza- beth; and Sarah Bancroft, the youngest daughter. The widow Elizabeth died May 1, 1711.
He married (first) Alice Bacon, daughter of Michael Bacon, of Dedham. March 31, 1647-48. She died March 29, 1648. He married (second), August ii-16
15, 1648, Elizabeth Metcalf, daughter of Michael and Sarah Metcalf. She was admitted to the church December 14, 1651, at Dedham, and November 22, 1669, at Reading, by letter from Dedham. The only child of Thomas and Alice was: Thomas. The children of Thomas and Elizabeth Bancroft were: Elizabeth, born and died 1650; John, born February 3, 1051-52, married Elizabeth Bacon; Elizabeth, born at Reading, December 7, 1653, married Joseph Browne; Sarah, born 1660, died 1661; Raham, born 1662, died 1683; Sarah, born 1665, married John Woodward; Ebenezer, born 1667, married Abigail Eaton, resided at Lynnfield ; Mary, born 1670.
(II) Thomas Bancroft, eldest son of Thomas Bancroft (1), was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, in 1648 or 1649. He settled in Reading and became one of the most prominent citizens of the town. He was an officer in the King Philip's war; was select- man for several years. He lived in the western part of Reading, where the old Bancroft homestead is located. He built the fourth house in the West Parish, near what is now called the Abraham Tem- ple place. He married, in 1673, Sarah Poole, daugh- ter of Jonathan and Judith Poole. The children of Thomas and Sarah Bancroft were: Thomas, born 1673, see forward; Jonathan, born and died 1675; Sarah, born 1676, married Abraham Bryant; Mehita- ble, born 1678, married - Parker; Jonathan, born 1681, married Sarah -, died 1702; Raham, born 1684; Judith, born 1688, married - Parker; Sam- uel, born 1691, died 1692; Samuel, born 1693; Eliza- beth, born 1696, married, 1713.
(III) Captain Thomas Bancroft, son of Thomas Bancroft (2), was born in Reading, Massachusetts, 1673. He settled in Reading also. He married Mary Webster. Their children were: Thomas, see for- ward; Benjamin, born in Reading, married Anna Lawrence, resided in Groton; Jonathan, married Mary Pierpont ; Joshua, married Mary Lamson, re- sided in Reading and Worcester.
(IV) Thomas Bancroft, son of Captain Thomas Bancroft (3), was born in Reading about 1705. He married Lydia Deane, and their children were : Thomas, born in Reading; Moses, see forward; Jo- seph, married Elizabeth Temple, of Reading.
(V) Moses Bancroft, son of Thomas Bancroft (4), was born about 1730. He was one of the early settlers of Sutton, Massachusetts. He mar- ried (first) Mary Wiley; (second) Elizabeth Lam- son, of Weston, June 22, 1758. She was the daugh- ter of John Lamson, who removed from Reading to Weston in 1714, and granddaughter of Joseph Lain- son, of Charlestown. Her mother was Elizabeth Bancroft, of Reading. The only child of Moses and Mary Bancroft was: Joseph, born January 13, 1756 (captain), see forward. The children of Moses and Elizabeth Bancroft were: Elizabeth, born August 12. 1759: Mollie, born November 5, 1766; Hannah, born December 4. 1769.
(VI) Captain Joseph Bancroft, son of Moses Bancroft (5), was born in Sutton, January 13, 1756. He died at Millbury, April 23, 1839, aged eighty- three years. He was a soldier in the revolution, and in his last years drew a pension. He was first lien- tenant in Captain Jesse Wyman's company, Colonel Jacob Garrish's regiment. He was detached with others for guards for Burgoyne's army in 1778. He lived in Sutton. He married (first) Hannah Tainter, September 14, 1780, died November 22. 1701. He married (second) Esther Bond, April Q. 1793. He married (third) Anna Rice, of Ward, February 10, 1815. He married (fourth), February 23, 1825. Sarah Livermore. Children of Captain Joseph and Han- nah Bancroft were: Simon. born June II, 1781; Lucy, born March 16, 1783; Moses, born January 18,
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1786. The children of Captain Joseph and Esther Bancroft were: Wiley, born March 9, 1794; Solo- mon, born March 15, 1796; Noley, born May 22, 1798; Hannah, born August 28, 1800; Joseph, Jr., born June 13, 1805, married, March 11, 1830, Louisa Livermore. .
(VII) Solomon Bancroft, son of Captain Jo- seph Bancroft (6), was born in Sutton, March 15, 1796. He settled in Millbury, where he died Novem- ber 14, 1829, aged only thirty-three years, of convul- sions, after an illness of only two days. He mar- ried Harriet Livermore, of Weston, (intentions dated August 25, 1820). Their children were: Henry Lewis, see forward; Sarah Eliza, born August 3, 1823, married Benjamin Brierly, manufacturer, Jan- uary 16, 1872, who died April 4, 1905.
(VHI) Henry Lewis Bancroft, son of Solo- mon Bancroft (7), was born in Millbury, June 25, 1821. He was educated in the public schools of Mill- bury. He was prominent in political affairs and served his district two years in the state senate. He was very prominent in Republican circles for many years, a leading member of the Republican town, dis- triet and county committees. Ile was a familiar figure at the various party conventions for many years. He was always interested in the affairs in the town of Millbury, and was associated in every movement to improve the town as a place of resi- dence and place of business. He had the utmost con- fidence of his fellow citizens. He served the town as a member of the school committee and took a great interest in the development of the public schools. He was for a number of years an overseer of the poor. He was assessor of the town and selectman for several years.
His early days were spent in Millbury on the Greenwood farm. He attended the public schools. He learned the trade of millwright; he kept a gen- eral store there for many years, and he was con- neeted with the building of many of the largest mills in the Blackstone Valley. He was a prominent and active member of the First Congregational Church, joining it in early life and for twenty years serv- ing as the superintendent of the Sunday school. He was on the church committee. Many of those in misfortune and sorrow had reason to know of the kindness and sympathy of Mr. Bancroft. He was for many years one of the most prominent and re- spected citizens of the town. His residence was on Burbank Hill in his native town. He died June 20, 1899.
He married, April 9, 1846, at Millbury, Martha A. Harris, who died in 1876. He married (second) Mary M. Waters. Children of Henry L. and Martha A. Bancroft were: Henry H., born September I, 1847 ; George F., born December 4, 1851, died April 24, 1879; Charles L., born March 15, 1854, resides in Worcester; Walter M., born January 20, 1858, died June 12, 1876; Joseph H., born July 14, 1862, died July 20, 1881 ; Harriet M., born April 30, 1865, died March 1, 1882. The only child of Henry L. and Mary M. Bancroft was: Grace L., born Feb- ruary 7, 1887.
(1X) Henry H. Bancroft, son of Henry Lewis Bancroft (S), was born in Millbury, Massachusetts, September 1, 1847. He was educated there in the public and high schools. He served in the civil war in the Millbury Light Artillery. For many years Mr. Bancroft was a traveling salesman; at present he is a manufacturer at Seymour, Connecticut.
He married, November 23, 1871, Mary F. War- field, daughter of Luther A. and Mary S. (Warner) Warfield. Their children are: I. Georgie M., born December 5, 1878, died January 24, 1906, she was a graduate of the Millbury public and high schools,
of the Worcester Classical high school, and of Mt. Holyoke College in 1901. She taught school at Bra- manville one year. She married, October 1, 1902, Ralph W. Hawkes, of the firm of Rice, King & Rice, attorneys at law, Worcester. They had one child-Georgie E., born December 30, 1905. 2. Henry L., born March 23, 1893.
REV. GEORGE A. PUTNAM. John Putnam (I), the immigrant ancestor of Rev. George A. Put- nam, of Millbury, Massachusetts, was the founder of a notable American family, especially prominent in Worcester county. Back in England the ances- try has been traced for some centuries in various branches of this ancient family. The home of John Putnam in England was at Ashton Abbotts, in Buck- inghamshire, where he was born in 1580. He died in Salem Village, (now Danvers) Massachusetts, December 30, 1662, aged eighty years. He was an early settler at Salem, according to family tradition having landed there in 1634, but the first record at Salem was dated March 21, 1640-1, when his wife was admitted to the church, and in the same year he received a grant of land. He was admitted to the church April 4, 1647. He was a farmer. His handwriting indicates a good education. He was well off, one of the wealthy men compared with the fortunes of his neighbors. Before his death he gave farms to his sons John, Nathaniel and proba- bly to the others also. John received his by deed dated March 31, 1653. He married Priscilla (per- haps Gould). Their children : I. Elizabeth, bap- tized December 20, 1612, in England. 2. Thomas, mentioned below. 3. John, baptized July 24, 1617, died young. 4. Nathaniel, born October 11, 1619, in England, settled in Salem; married there Eliza- beth Hutchinson. 5. Sarah, baptized March 7, 1622-3. 6. Phebe, baptized July 28, 1624. , 7. John, born May 27, 1627, in England; died April 7, 1710, in Salem; married, September 3, 1652, Rebecca Prince.
(II) Thomas Putnam, son of John Putnam (1), was born in Ashton Abbotts, England, March 5, 1614-5 .. He was in Lynn in 1640, and was admitted a freeman 1642. He joined the Salem church April 3, 1643, and became a citizen of prominence there. He was appointed a commissioner to end small causes in' 1645, and re-appointed in 1648, served on the grand jury 1648, and was a constable of Salem, 1655. He was one of the founders of Salem Vil- lage (Danvers) and was parish clerk there before the town was incorporated; he was the first deacon mentioned in the records, 1680-81, and for many years was the largest taxpayer. He died at Salem.
He married first, Prudence Holyoke, from Tam- worth, on the border of Warwickshire, England, daughter of Edward and Prudence Holyoke, who came from Tamworth 1630, and settled in Lynn; they were ancestors of President Holyoke and Dr. Edward Holyoke, who died at Salem, March, 1829, aged one hundred years. He married (second ), November 14, 1666, Mary Wren, widow. Children of Thomas and Prudence Putnam: 1. Ann, born
August 25, 1645; married William Trask. 2. Sarah, baptized July 23, 1648. 3. Mary, born October 17, 1049. 4. Thomas, born March 12, 1652. 5. Edward, mentioned below. 6. Deliverance, born September 5. 1656; married Jonathan Walcott. 7. Elizabeth, born August 30, 1659; married Joshua Bayley, of Newbury. 8. Prudence, born February 28, 1661-2, William Wyman. The only child of Thomas and Mary Putnam was: Joseph, born September 14, 2669.
(III) Deacon Edward Putnam, son of Thomas Putnam (2), born in Salem Village, and baptized
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there July 4, 1654, died there March 10, 1747. He was no less prominent than his distinguished father. He was admitted a freeman 1690, and became deacon of the first church of Danvers ( Salem Village). His farm was in that section of the town known as Middleton. He was a man of more than ordinary education. He became a prominent witness in the Salem witchcraft cases, and, like the other leaders of the church, believed for several years in the genuineness of the witchcraft. He was much re- spected and honored in the town. His will was dated March II, 1731, and proved April II. 1748. He married, June 14, 1681. Mary Hale. Their chil- dren: 1. Edward, born April 29, 1682. 2. Holyoke, born September 18, 1683; killed by the Indians at Dunstable July 3, 1706. 3. Elisha, mentioned be- low. 4. Joseph, born November 1, 1687. 5. Mary, born August 14, 1689; married January 8, 1713, Thomas Flint, of Salem. 6. Prudence, born Jan1- ary 25, 1697; married, December 3, 1719, William Wyman. 10. Abijah, baptized at Salem Village. May 26, 1700; died at Lunenburg, Massachusetts, January, 1764.
(IV) Elisha Putnam, son of Edward Putnam (3), was born at Salem Village, November 3, 1685. He lived and owned the place known lately as the James Freeland farm, in Sutton, where he settled as early as 1725. He was admitted to the Sutton church in 1730, and was deacon in 1731. He was town clerk, town treasurer, deputy to the general court, and a leader in town affairs. He married first, February 10, 1710, Hannah Marble, descendant of Samuel Marble, progenitor of all of that name. He married (second) February 15, 1713, Susannah, daughter of Jonathan Fuller of Salem, and his wife Susan (Trask) Fuller. Elisha Putnam died June 10, 1745. His widow married (second) Captain John Sadler, of Upton, 1747: he died 1753. Chil- dren of Elisha and Hannah Putnam: 1. Elisha, Jr., born December 2, 1715; died 1758. 2. Nehemiah, mentioned below. 3. Jonathan, born July 19, 1721. 4. Hannah, married Jonathan Dudley, Esq. 5. Susan- nah, married first, Timothy Holden, February 24, 1742; married (second) John Whipple. 6. Mary, born June 12, 1725: died April 22, 1736. 7. Stephen, born April 4, 1728. 8. Amos, born July 22, 1730, died September 17, 1811. 9. Eunice, born July 17, 1732, died in Windham, Connecticut, unmarried. 10. Huldah, born May 25, 1734, married - Mathews. II. Rufus (General), mentioned below.
(V) General Rufus Putnam, son of Elisha Put- nam (4), was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, April 7. 1738. His equally famous cousin, General Israel Putnam, was of the same family, son of Joseph Putnam. General Rufus Putnam's father died when he was a young child, and in 1745 he went to Salem Village to live with his grandfather. In 1754 he was apprenticed to Daniel Matthews, of Brookfield, and after that had no opportunity for schooling. He enlisted in the French and Indian war in 1757, and served almost all the time until 1760. Then for seven or eight years he followed his trade of millwright, and also farmed and surveyed land. He learned how to survey from Colonel Timothy Dwight, of Northampton, Massachusetts, the father of President Dwight, of Yale College, He entered the revolution in 1775 as a lieutenant-colonel, and rose to the rank of brigadier-general. He had charge of the fortifications at Roxbury and later at Dor- chester Heights, and to his good work much of the credit for driving the British from Boston is due. After he married he lived in the north parish of Brookfield from 1765 until after the revolution, when he removed to the house of Colonel Murray, at Rut- land, which he bought after it had been confiscated. This place at Rutland was the one in which Senator
Hoar and other prominent antiquarians took great interest, and which is to be kept as a memorial to General Putnam. General Putnam was a trustee of Leicester Academy, incorporated in 1784. He was prominent in the suppression of Shay's Rebellion. He was a representative to the general court in 1787. Perhaps his fame rests more upon his leader- ship of the settlement of the state of Ohio, of which he was virtually the founder, than even upon his great military services throughout the revolution. He and General Benjamin Tupper called the first meeting and formed the Ohio Company of Asso- ciates. He went with the first company of set- tlers, and reached Marietta, April 7. 1788. There he built his home and lived the rest of his days. He became prominent in public affairs, was a promi- nent judge and surveyor-general of the United States. Ile died in 1824. He married. April, 1761, Elizabeth, daughter of William Ayres, of Brook- field. He married (second ) Persis, daughter of Zebulon Rice, of Westboro, Massachusetts, and had a large family.
(V) Nehemiah Putnam, son of Elisha Putnam (4), and ancestor of Rev. George A. Putnam, born in Salem Village, March 22, 1719, settled in Sutton and died there, November 27, 1791. He married Sarah Manning, October 5, 1742. Their children : I. Aaron, born March 23, 1744. 2. Sarah, born March 10, 1746. 3. Hannah, born July 26, 1748; married November 25, 1773, Jonathan Willard. 4. Rachel, born April 17, 1750. 5. Susannah, born January 19, 1752; married, March 26, 1771. John Fuller. 6. Eunice, born December 4. 1753, married Benjamin Shumway. April 4, 1773. 7. Reuben, men- tioned below. 8-9. Joseph and Benjamin, twins, born September 20, 1760; Benjamin married Patty Mason : was a soldier in the revolution.
(VI) Reuben Putnam, son of Nehemiah Put- nam (5), born in Sutton, April 9. 1757, died June, 1797, and his will is on file at the Worcester probate office. He was a soldier in the revolution, in Cap- tain Bartholomew Woodbury's company. Colonel Learned's regiment, 1775; also in Captain Nathaniel Clapp's company, Colonel Benjamin Howe's regi- ment, 1778, Rhode Island campaign. He married, November 7, 1780, Elizabeth Mason. He was a cabinet maker by trade, and was deacon of the church in 1794.
His children: 1. Aaron, born August 29, 1781, died February 27, 1854. 2. Jonas, born March 5, 1783. 3. Mason, born December 30, 1784. 4. Man- ning. born April 12, 1787; saddler by trade; after- ward a Methodist preacher of note. 5. Rufus, born August 1, 1789. died young. 6. Rufus Austin, grad- uate Boston University; minister Congregational church, at Cornish. New Hampshire. 7. John Mil- ton (baptized Polycarp), born February 24, 1794, mentioned below. 8. John O., born July 26, 1796, died young.
(VII) Rev. John Milton Putnam (Polycarp), son of Reuben Putnam (6), was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, February 24. 1794. His father died when he was only three years old, leaving seven sons, none over sixteen, and one less than a year old. It was natural that the boys should get to work at tender ages and help carry the family burdens. At the age of eight John Milton concluded to do his share, and one day set out on the road to Boston in quest of work, asking at every house. At West Millbury he got a chance, returned to get his mother's consent, and for the next ten years was in the family and worked on the farm of Jonathan Waters. Then he was assisted by friends and enabled to go to college, graduated at Brown Uni- versity. and was called subsequently to a pastorate at Ashby, Massachusetts, where he preached for five
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years. From there he went to Epsom, New Hamp- shire. For four years after resigning that charge on account of trouble with his voice from over- work, he occupied an editorial position. When he was again able to take up pastoral duties he settled at Dunbarton, New Hampshire, where for thirty- one years he was actively engaged in ministerial work. After this long pastorate he retired. He died at the home of his daughter at Elyria, Ohio, August 18, 1871. January 29, 1821, he married Arethusa, daughter of David and Lucy Brigham, of Westboro, born October 2, 1792, died September 19, 1861. Their children were as follows: Jane Brigham, born November 19, 1821, died September II, 1824; Carleton Elliot, July 21, 1823, died Au- gust 29, 1824; Milton Augustus, June 13, 1825, died August 25, 1826; Antoinette Maria, October 12, 1827, died August 7, 1828; Antoinette Brigham, May 17, 1829, died August 14, 1875; she married Isaac S. Metcalf, leaving nine out of twelve children that were born to them; Henry Milton, June 10, 1831, died August 25, 1850; he was a mason by trade; George Alanson, August 7, 1833, died March 31, 1834 : George Augustus, May 8, 1835, of whom later. (VIII) Rev. George A. Putnam, son of Rev. John Milton Putnam (7), was born at Dunbarton, New Hampshire, May 8, 1835, and he attended the district school there when a boy. He prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy of Meriden, New Hampshire. In 1858 he was graduated at Union College. receiving the degree of Master of Arts. He attended the Bangor Theological Seminary of Bangor, Maine, where he was graduated in 1860. His first pastorate was at Yarmouth, Maine, where, from 1860 to 1870, he was pastor of the Congregational church. He was called from there to his present charge in Millbury, Massa- chusetts, and came to Millbury in January, 1871. He was not installed formally, however, until April 11, 1872. In 1897, when the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of his church was celebrated appro- priately attention was generally directed to his long and highly successful pastorate. No ordinary min- ister can hold a pastorate for thirty-five years or more to the satisfaction of his church. Their is the best of evidence that the ties between pastor and people in this church have grown stronger with each passing year. Mr. Putnam has the love as well as the confidence, esteem and respect of his par- ishioners. In October, 1875, Mr. Putnam went to Europe and for a year rested and studied abroad, his salary being continued by a generous congre- gation. He visited Scotland, France, Italy, Egypt and Palestine. He has devoted all his time and attention to the duties of his office.
He married, November 12, 1860, Fannie Maria Wells, of Dedham, Maine, daughter of the Rev. James and Jane P. (Webb) Wells. Her father was a graduate of Bangor Theological Seminary and of Jefferson College, Pennsylvania; a Congregational clergyman who was for eight years city missionary of Bangor, Maine : then settled at Northbridge, Mas- sachusetts : Dunbarton, New Hampshire; and Hali- fax and Douglas, Massachusetts, where he died in 1892. Her mother died in 1884 and is buried at North Weymouth. Her only brother was Joseph S. Wells. of Holyoke. Massachusetts. She died Au- gust 6. 1870. Mr. Putnam married (second), June 23, 18SI, Hannah Louisa Sahin, of Millbury.
The children of Rev. George A. and Fannie Maria Putnam were: 1. George H., born February 23, 1865, married Mrs. Lillie Pretz. a widow with one child. and they have three children: George A., born December 2, 1000, died April 7. 1902; Edith E .. January 6, 1903 ; John W., February 11, 1905. He
is professor in the Texas School for the Deaf at Austin, Texas; educated at the Massachusetts Agri- cultural College in Amherst and at Lehigh Uni- versity in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. 2. Jennie L., born September 16, 1867, is a graduate of North- field Seminary and is a bookkeeper and stenog- rapher. 3. Grace Ml., born August 30, 1869, died October 11, 1870. 4. Fannie May, born November 11, 1873, graduate of Northfield Seminary, married Fred Williams and they have three children-Alma G., born November 13, 1899; Harland P., April 5, 1903; Ralph Herbert, February 17, 1906. 5. Florence, born January 2, 1876, graduate of Northfield Semin- ary. 6. Harry W., born September 17, 1878.
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