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(II) Aaron Brown, son of Joshua Brown (1), was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, February 12, 1748. He settled in Uxbridge and married Jemima
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Bolster. Their children: Hepzibah, born February 22, 1776; Deborah, January 16, 1778; Olive, October 14, 1779; Alpheus, October 17, 1781, see forward; Chloe, January 29, 1784; Joshua, January 15, 1790.
(Il1) Alpheus Brown, son of Aaron Brown (2), was born at Uxbridge, Massachusetts, October 17, 1781, died December 6, 1854. He married Martha Rawson, who died March 6, 1869. Their children, all born in Uxbridge, were: Gennette, born Decem- ber 28, 1807, married Lucy Welsh; Willis, born July 22, 1809, married Charlotte Staples; Mary Ann, born October 13, 1811, married Daniel Wheelock, and she died August 10, 1865, leaving one son, George; Amory, born September 9, 1813, married Amanda Chamberlain; Deborah, born September 20, 1816, married John Whitcomb; Chauncy, born March 2, 1819, married Rebecca Howell; Francis, born De- cember 17, 1821, married Susan Alvison; Sarah A., born October 17, 1824, died October 16, 1843; Ephraim, born October 19, 1827, see forward.
(IV) Ephraim Brown, son of Alpheus Brown (3), was born in Uxbridge, October 19, 1827. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He learned the carpenter's trade and worked for his brother, who was a builder. He was em- ployed in the construction of the big mill at Black- stone and also the Calumet, the Hecla, the Rivulet and the Scott Mills in Uxbridge. He is of great energy and persistence, and at the age of seventy- nine has a splendid physique, tall, erect and mus- cular. By his honest and upright life he has won the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens. He takes a lively interest in public affairs, especially in school matters. He served on the Uxbridge school committee for many years and for ten years was clerk of the committee. He seldom missed a meet- ing and was active in his efforts to improve the school system of the town. He was also road sur- veyor of the town for fifteen years, resigning a short time since on account of his advancing years. He is a Republican in politics. He is a gentleman of the old school, kindly, courteous, genial and at- troctive and has a host of friends.
He married, 1851, Susan ( Alvison) Brown, widow of his brother, Francis Brown, and daughter of George Alvison, of Oxford. She was born in 1822 and died in 1893. Their only child: George Herbert, born July 21, 1854, educated in the public schools of Uxbridge, resides at home with his father.
FORBES FAMILY. The name of Forbes is found in the Scotch counties of Aberdeen and Argyle before the year 1200. It is one of the most hon- ored and distinguished names of Scotland. Of the noble family of this name, Burke says: "The sur- name of Forbes was assumed from the lands of Forbes, Aberdeen county, granted by Alexander II (1249) about the middle of the thirteenth century, to the progenitors of this noble family."
(1) John De Forbes, the first of the family on record, was a man of rank and importance in the reign of King William, the Lion, ( 1214).
(II) Fergus De Forbes, son of John (I), was his heir.
(III) Alexander De Forbes, eldest son of Fergus (2), was his successor. He lost his life in defense of the castle of Urquhart, in Murray ; against Edward I. The fortress was taken by storm, after a gallant resistance, and the whole garrison put to the sword, none escaping but the wife of the governor, who fled to Ireland and there gave birth soon afterward to a son.
(IV) Alexander Forbes, posthumous son of Alexander (3), returned to Scotland, and attachlı- 11-20
ing himself to the fortunes of Robert Bruce, ob- tained grants of land equivalent to those of which his father had been despoiled. He fell at the battle of Duplin in 1332.
(V) Sir John Forbes, Knight, son of Alexander Forbes (4), married Elizabeth, daughter of Ken- nedy, of Dunure, (an ancestor of the noble house of Cassilis) by whom he had four sons: Sir Alex- ander, Duncan, the celebrated lord-president of the court of session ; John, Duncan-George.
(VI) Sir Alexander Forbes, son of Sir John (5), went to France to oppose the English under Henry V, with 100 horse and forty lances. He was elevated to the peerage of Scotland by James 11, prior to 1436, by the title of Baron Forbes. He married Lady Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of George, Earl of Angus, and granddaughter of Robert Il, king of Scotland. He died in 1448.
(VII) James Forbes, the second baron, son of Sir Alexander (6), married Lady Egidia Keith and had one daughter and three sons. His son Duncan was ancestor of the Forbes of Pitsligo. His son Patrick was the ancestor of the Forbes, who were earls of Granard in Ireland.
Burke gives sixteen barons in this line, some of them very distinguished men. John, the sixth baron, was executed for high treason July 17, 1537. Alex- ander, the tenth baron in the line, adopted the pro- fession of arms and served with considerable re- nown under Gustavus Adolphus, of Sweden, at- taining the rank of lieutenant-general. He was sent to Ireland in 1643 by his own government for the purpose of suppressing the rebellion there. William, the twelfth baron, was in the privy council of King William. The barony of Forbes is the first on the Union roll and as such takes rank be- fore all the lords of parliament. The arms are : Az., three bears' heads, couped, ar., muzzle, gu. The crest: A stag's head, attired, ppr. The motto: "Grace mne Guide." Seat: Castle Forbes, Aber- deenshire.
(1) Daniel Forbes, the emigrant to America, unquestionably belongs to the Forbes family, a sketch of which has been given above, but his line of ancestry is unknown. Edwin Forbes Waters, who made researches in Scotland, believes that Daniel Forbes came from Kinellar and was the son of Daniel Forbes, who died there in 1621. lle was born about 1620 and was probably one of the Scotch soldiers defeated by Cromwell at the battle of Dun- bar and escaped with his brother William to Maine, and sent by him to the American colonies.
The first record of Daniel Forbes, ( Forbes or Farrabas) in this country is found in Cambridge, Massachusetts, when he married, March 26, 1660, Rebecca Perriman, who is supposed to have been a sister of Thomas Perriman, of Weymouth, an ap- prentice, 1652, of Mrs. Dorothy Hunt, and of Frances Perriman, who married, June 8, 1654, Isaac Andrew, of Cambridge. February 27, 1664, and March 27, 1665, Daniel Forbes was granted land at Cambridge. This land he sold March 19, 1671, and removed to Marlboro. His name is spelled Farrabas in the deed. He could not write and prob- ably could not spell better than many of his neigh- bors. The name Forbes is still pronounced in two syllables in Scotland. If the clerk or conveyancer attempted to reproduce the name as it came in broad Scotch from the lips of the pioneer, he did as well as another might have done. The early records give a multitude of variations in the spell- ing of the name, which in later generations lias been spelled generally Forbes or Forbush. Daniel Forbes and his wife settled in Marlboro not far from 1681. His wife died May 3, 1677. He married (second),
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May 23, 1679, Deborah Rediat, of Concord, who was the daughter of John Rediat, of Sudbury. Rediat was born in England in 1612, came to Amer- ica in the ship "Confidence," sailing April 24, 1638, and for a time was a servant of Walter Haynes, of Sudbury, a native of Sutton Manfield, England. Daniel Forbes died October, 1687, at Marlboro, and his widow married (second), May 22, 1688, Alex- ander Stewart, who was in Marlboro as early as 1687, a shipwright by trade.
Children of Daniel and Rebecca Forbes were: Daniel, Jr., born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 20, 1664, married Dorothy Pray; Thomas, born at Cambridge, March 6, 1667, married Dorcas Rice; Elizabeth, born at Cambridge, March 16, 1669; Rebecca, born at Concord, February 15, 1672, mar- ried Joseph Byles; she died in Westboro, January 28, 1768, aged ninety-four, lacking one montli ; Samuel, born about 1674, married, March 8, 1699, Abigail Rice. The children of Daniel and Deborah were: John, born 1681, married Martha Bowker; Isaac, born October 30, 1682; Jonathan, born March 12, 1684, see forward.
(11) Jonathan Forbes, son of Daniel Forbes (I), was born in Marlboro, Massachusetts, March 12, 1684. He settled in Marlboro near Stirrup brook, and in 17II was one of the mnen apportioned to the garrison in Samuel Goodenow's house, where Mary Goodenow was massacred by the Indians. There is a deed dated October 13, 1703, in which Nathaniel Oakes "especially for the love and respect I bear to my kinsman, Jonathan Farabush, also taking notice of the faithfulness the time he hath lived with me" conveyed to Jonathan twelve acres near Straw- berry meadow and forty acres of the Crane farm in the northerly part of Northborough. In 1728 he was living on a farm, five or six miles from this old location, in the part of Westborough where the town reservoir is now located. His saw mill was on the site of the present dam for the reservoir. He gave the buildings and part of this farm to his son Jonathan, Jr., see forward. To his son Daniel he gave that part of his farm known as the Jackstraw pasture. He owned large tracts of land in other sections. In 1728 his farm was within the town limits of Sutton and it was then annexed to Westborough. In 1731 he had leave to build a pew in the long gallery behind the seats. He was active in the church, and was tything man in 1731 and seven years later was chosen a deacon. He was also active in town affairs, serving as con- stable for six years, moderator of the annual town meetings, selectman, and in other places of trust and honor. It is presumed fairly from the stand- ing he had in the community that he was better educated than his parents. He spelled his name Forbes, although many of the early records held to the spelling, Forbush and other variations. He was a lieutenant in the militia and an efficient sol- dier. He died at Westborough March 24, 1768, aged eighty-four years. At the time of his death the Massachusetts Gasette said: "His life was ex- emplary ; his departure in the firm hope of a glori- ous immortality ; his progeny numerous. One hun- dred and fifty-seven are now living. Of his great- great-grandchildren there are five. One of his sons is Rev. Eli Forbes, of Brookfield."
Children of Jonathan and Hanmah (Holloway) Forbes were: Mary, born December 31, 1706. Dinah, born July 29, 1708, was unmarried in 1755. Daniel, horn October 23, 1710, married Abigail Severns and Mary Parker. Thankful, born December 31. 1712, married. March 16, 1730, Joseph Bowman, eldest son of Joseph Bowman. Their son Joseph, born January 21, 1734. was a graduate of llarvard, 1761, ordained
Old South church, Boston, August 21, 1762, as a missionary to the Indians on the Susquehanna; be- came minister at Oxford, Massachusetts, November 14, 1764, then Rutland, Vermont, September 22, 1784; trustee of Dartmouth College from 1801 to 1806. Jonathan, born February 3, 1715, see forward. Abigail, born February 17, 1718, married, January 27, 1737, Zebulon Rice, a soldier in the revolution; set- tled in Bakersfield, Vermont. Patience, born Feb- ruary 26, 1720. Phinehas, born March 4, 1721, mar- ried Saralı Bellows. Eli, born October 26, 1726, married Mary Parkman; (second) Mrs. Lucy (Smith) Sanders; (third) Mrs. Sarah Parsons and (fourth) Mrs. Lucy ( Parkman) Baldwin.
(Ill) Deacon Jonathan Forbes, son of Jonathan Forbes (2), was born at Westborough, Massachu- setts, February 3, 1715. He resided in Westbor- ough. In 1753, at the seating of the new meeting house, he was given the first pew on the left hand of the front door. His will was dated November 8, 1756, and was proved December 13, 1756. He instructed his wife to carry out his obligation to "support my ever kind and aged parents during their natural life, each of theni, and to be at the cost and charge of an honorable and decent burial . of each of them, as appears by an instrument under my hand and seal, and bearing date May 24, 1745." He died November, 1756. He was deacon from April 17, 1755, to the time of his death.
He married, in Westboro, November 23, 1738, Joanna Tainter, who was born February 10, 1718. She married (second), June 26, 1760, Joshua Kendall, of Suffield, and (third), January 3, 1777, John Belk- nap, who was born 1697. Children of Deacon Jona- than and Joanna Forbes were: Joanna, born January 31, 1741, died young; John, born July 10, 1744, mar- ried Susanna -; Jonathan, born March 1, 1746, see forward; Phinehas, born March 21, 1748, see forward; Joanna, January 31, 1749; Sarah, born June 2, 1751, died young; Mehitable, born November 7, 1753, married in Westboro, September 15, 1772, Nathan Fisher ; she died September 16, 1834; Han- nah, born October 6, 1755, died young.
(IV) Jonathan Forbes, son of Jonathan Forbes (3), was born at Westborough, March I, 1746, and died June 5, 1805. He was also deacon of the church. The house in which he lived at Westboro was built about 1750 by Moses Brigham, his father-in-law, and it remained in the Forbes family until 1870. The following verse is inscribed on his gravestone :
"Affliction sore long time I bore, Physicians were in vain Till God did please with death to seize And ease me from my pain."
He married, July 2, 1772, Sarah Brigham, daugh- ter of Moses Brigham, of Westborough. She was born April 18, 1751, and died August 20, 1827. She bequeathed a Bible to each of her forty-five grand- children. The children of Jonathan and Sarah Forbes were: Moses, born April 18, 1773, married Abigail Baker; Jonathan, born December 6, 1775, see forward; Holland, born July 7, 1777, married Polly Wheelock; Ephraim, born September II, 1779, married Mary Goddard; Sarah, born October 13, 1782, married, May 16, 1815, John Sanborn; she died October 12, 1851; Hannah, born April 18, 1785; married, April 1, 1819, Silas Maynard, of Grafton; Elias, born August 10, 1787, married Mary Wads- worth, see forward; Nancy, born May 24, 1790, married, April 8, 1812, Samuel Chamberlain, who was born May 13, 1787; she died June 30, 1832; Achsah, born June 22, 1794, married, November
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30, 1815, Eli Chamberlain, who was born October 4, 1789; they were the parents of Governor Daniel H. Chamberlain, of South Carolina, a soldier in the civil war and a prominent lawyer in New York city after his administration during reconstruction in the south.
(IV) Phinehas Forbes, son of Jonathan Forbes (3), was born at Westborough, Marchi 21, 1748. He settled in his native town and was a prominent citi- zen. He was selectman in 1804. He died at West- borough, July 29, 1819. He married (first), June 13, 1776, Ruth Adams, who was born 1758 and died May 2, 1794. He married (second), April 8, 1797, Rebecca Tainter, who died at Sutton, Massachusetts, August 25, 1802. The children of Pinehas and Ruth Forbes were: Elijah, born July 15, 1777, married Lovisay Warren; Lavinia, born November 2, 1780, married James Bowman; Patty, born April 1, 1783, married Eli Warren, May 8, 1805; Nahum, born April 23, 1785, see forward; Susanna, born July 17, 1787; died August 12, 1791; Betsey, born October 27, 1789, died September 10, 1801; Polly, born Feb- ruary 25, 1792, died July 22, 1794; Polly, born June 7, 1798.
(V) Captain Jonathan Forbes, son of Deacon Jonathan Forbes (4), was born in Westboro, Decem- ber 6, 1775, at the Forbes homestead, West Main street, where he always resided and where he died January 5, 1861. He taught school when a young man. He was a captain of militia as early as 1813 and in that year was elected deacon of the Evangeli- cal church at Westboro, holding this office, as three Jonathan Forbes before him had held it, for a period of forty-eight years. He was a natural leader in church and town. It is said that he was always chairman de facto of every committee on which he served. He was frequently elected to town offices.
He married, January 17, 1802, Esther Chamber- lain, daughter of Ebenezer and Esther Chamber- lain, niece of Judge Edmund Trowbridge. Their children were: I. Sarah Brigham, born April 16, 1803, married Rev. Charles Forbush, of Upton, Massachusetts, and died August 22, 1851 ; he died September 9, 1838, while pastor of the Congrega- tional church at Northbridge Centre, Massachusetts ; was a graduate of Brown in 1829. 2. Julia Miranda, born June 25, 1804, married Rev. John Wilde, who died in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1868. 3. Jonathan, born November 26, 1806, died January 24, 1820. 4. Daniel H., born September 13, 1809, married Jane Jemima Baker and (second) Mary Avery White. 5. Esther Louisa, born June 22, 1810, died October 3, 1812. 6. Moses, born September 25, 1812, mar- ried Eliza L. Southwick. 7. Ephraim, Trowbridge, born March 25, 1815, see forward. 8. Eliza Sophia, born January 7, 1821, died unmarried August 14, 1881.
(V) Elias Forbes, son of Jonathan Forbes (4), was born at Westboro, Massachusetts, August 10, 1787. He married at Grafton, November 5, 18II, Mary Wadsworth, who was born in Grafton, Jan- uary 9, 1791, the daughter of Ebenezer and Lucy Wadsworth, of Grafton. She died October 15, 1861. She was a woman of high character and considera- ble education for her time. She was an active and efficient helper of her husband in his religious work. Her father, Ebenezer, was born 1745, died 1817. His line of descent was: David (V), born 1720, died 1749; Recompence (IV), born 1688, died 1729; Deacon Ebenezer (III), born 1660, died 1717; Cap- tain Samuel (II), who was killed in the Sudbury fight with the Indians in King Philip's war, 1676; Christopher Wadsworth (I), the emigrant, who set- tled at Duxbury. Elias Forbes resided at Millbury, Massachusetts, and his descendants have lived there
ever since. Elias was born in Westboro and was a member of the company from that town which served in the war of 1812. All of his children were born in Millbury and most of them lived and died there. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church during its existence in Millbury. He was a justice of the peace and held many town offices. He was a representative to the general court two years.
The children of Elias and Mary Forbes were : I. Ebenezer Wadsworth, born January 14, 1813, married Lutheria Longley. 2. Elias Edwards, born October 9, 1814, married Harriet T. Harrington and (second) Hepsebath Goodnow Clapp, see forward. 3. Lewis W., born October 25, 1816, married Clar- issa Farnham. 4. Mary Goddard, born December 24, 1818; married, May 8, 1839, in Millbury Thomas Huston Witherby, manufacturer of edge tools, and prominent in business and public affairs. 5. Hannah Eliza, born November 19, 1820, married Thomas E. B. Pope, January 23, 1848. 6. Lucy Brooks, born November 12, 1824, married William Henry Har- rington, who resides at 824 Main street, Worcester, and their children were: Isabel, born June 14, 1858, · died September 10, 1861; William, born November 15, 1851; Lucy B., died February 1, 1875. 7. Sarah Brigham, born May 3, 1827, died August 29, 1845. (V) Nahum Forbes, son of Phinehas Forbes (4), was born at Westboro, April 23, 1785. He married, November 28, 1809, Lucy Kinsman, who was born 1787 and died September 19, 1821. He married (second), June 4, 1822, Polly Fairbanks, of Northboro. He died November 27, 1838. The children of Nahum and Lucy were: Augustus, born November 2, 1810, died May 4, 1811; Nahum, Jr., born May 25, 1812, married Eliza Kinsman; Baxter, born February 12, 1814, married Hannah Kinsman and (second) Caroline H. Severance ; Daniel W., born May 28, 1820, see forward; Mi- randa. Children of Nahum and Polly Forbes were : Susan, died without issue; Henry, died unmarried ; Samuel B., born August 1, 1826, married Emily. Johnson Gray ; Lucy Stoughton Ellsworth and Cor- nelia Beardsley; he was treasurer of the Ministerial Aid Fund of Hartford, Connecticut.
(VI) Deacon Ephraim Trowbridge Forbes, son of Jonathan Forbes (5), was born at Westboro, March ' 25, 1815. He married, September 13, 1842, Catherine White, who was born July 25, 1815. He died August 2, 1863. He received his education in the common schools and at Andover Academy. He taught school in Westboro and Southboro, and for many years was a member of the school committee. He was active in church work and was deacon of the Evangelical church. From the time of his mar- riage in 1842 to his death he resided on the farm formerly owned by his father and grandfather at the junction of West Main street and the road leading to North Grafton.
His wife was the daughter of William and Nancy (Avery) White, of Westboro, formerly of Rox- bury, Massachusetts. Their children were: I. Francis White, born May I, 1852, married Jane A. Nason and (second) Fannie E. Hooker. 2. Cath- erine Salome, born September 12, 1845, married, March 12, 1867, Charles Brigham Kittridge and re- sides in Seattle, Washington. He was born September 29, 1841 farmer, Congregational- ist, Republican; their children are-Ellen L., born March 10, 1868; Susie Augusta, born February 13, 1870; Alice Forbes, born January 15, 1872; Frances White, born March 26, 1874; Kate Maria, born December 24, 1875, died May 14, 1888; Emily, born March 8. 18So; Charles Trowbridge, born February 1. 1881, deceased; Frank Alvah. born March 29, 1883: Marguerita. 3. Esther Louise, born
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at Westboro, June 17, 1847, resides at Westboro, unmarried. 4. William Trowbridge, born May 24, 1850, married Harriette Merrifield; judge of pro- bate, Worcester county (see personal sketch). 5. Susan Eliza, born September 20, 1854, died Decem- ber 30, 1860.
(VI) Daniel W. Forbes, son of Nahum Forbes (5), was born at Westboro, May 28, 1820. He was reared to farm life and educated in the public schools. Having served an apprenticeship at the wheelwright's trade, he established himself in the carriage-making business, which he carried on for some time, turning his attention exclusively to the production of sleighs. He was successfully en- gaged in the manufacture of those vehicles until the year 1894, when he retired from active business pursuits. The business of D. W. Forbes & Com- pany, sleigh makers, was founded in 1840, near No. 4 school house in Westboro, by Daniel W. Forbes and luis brother Baxter. The firm name has frequently been changed but the business is said to be the oldest of any making sleighs in the country. He was of a retiring nature, preferring the quietude of his home to outside attractions, and he took no part in civic affairs beyond the exercise of his elective priv- ileges, save in matters of public education. He was for a short time on the Westboro school committee. Politically he was a Prohibitionist. In his religi- ous belief has was a Congregationalist and his membership in the church covered a period of over sixty years. He lived to be nearly eighty-four years old and his death occurred May 9, 1894.
He married, March 3. 1841, Sophia A. Nourse, born March 12, 1822. She was the daughter of David Nourse, of Westboro. She liad seven chil- dren. He married (second), 1891, Jennie Outting, born in New York state, May 23, 1858, the daughter of Edward and Mary (Rogers) Outting, natives of Nova Scotia. Mrs. Forbes resides at the home- stead in Westboro. The children of Daniel W. and Sophia A. Forbes were: 1. Ellen Sophia, born Au- gust 18, 1842, died November 8, 1844. 2. Augusta Maria, born May 18, 1844, married, November 19, 1865, George H. Evans, born June 13, 1843, and they . reside at Springfield, Massachusetts; their children are-George A., born February 14, 1867, died No- vember 22, 1867: Wilbur Forbes, born December 2, 1869; Nellie Birknap, born September 21, 1872, died March 3, 1873. 3. Frances Ella, born December 31, 1845, died July 16, 1846. 4. Wilbur E., born Sep- tember 26, 1849, married Abbie C. Newton, see for- ward. 5. Cora B., born August 9, 1856, resided at Westboro, Massachusetts. 6. Forrest W., born No- vember 11, 1859, see forward. 7. Alton M., born August 15, 1862, died October 30, 1862. The only child of Daniel W. and Jennie Forbes was : 8. Irene, born September 9, 1893.
(VI) Elias Edwards Forbes, son of Elias Forbes (5), was born in Grafton, Massachusetts, October 9. 1814. He is a manufacturer of cotton waste at Millbury and a very successful man. He has held various town offices and was selectinan for many years. The records of Millbury show that he has always been ready to give his time and abil- ity to the service of his fellow citizens. He mar- ried in Millbury, January 25, 1838, Harriet T. Har- rington, born in 1816 and died in 1852. He mar- ried (second) in Millbury, May 18, 1853, Hepsibath Goodnow Clapp, born March 21, 1826. Children of Elias Edwards and Harriet T. Forbes were : I. Walter E., see forward. 2. Harriet M., born Octo- ber 27, 1841, died July 21, 1846. 3. Ellen M., born August 29, 1847, married, September 7, 1870, George E. Frizell and their children are: Arthur Otis, born August 5, 1873; she died February 16, 1875; they
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