Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. II, Part 91

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 732

USA > Massachusetts > Worcester County > Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. II > Part 91

Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).

(VII) John Smith, son of Emery Smith (6), was born at Hubbardston, Massachusetts, January 12, 1827. When an infant he removed to Lunen- burg with his parents. There he was educated in the common schools and at Rollins Academy. He worked with his father on the farm and helped him cut off the timber from his place. He remained on the homestead until thirty-seven years of age, when he removed to Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, to work on the Blodgett farm. In 1876 he returned to Lunenburg, where he bought his present farm of seventeen acres, to which from time to time he has added by purchase, especially of wood lots, until he now has between four hundred and five hundred acres of land in the best part of the town. He has made a business of dealing in the wood cut from his property, which is well situated near a good mar- ket. In politics Mr. Smith is a Democrat. He has been highway surveyor of the town. He attends the Universalist Church.

Ile married, October 20, 1864, Caroline E. Ben- nett, born December 6, 1820, died November 3, 1901. She was the daughter of Richard S. and Mary (Ramsdell) Bennett, of Lunenburg. Her father was a farmer there. She had no children.

BENNETT FAMILY. George Bennett (1), the immigrant ancestor of the Bennett family of Lancaster to which Mrs. John Bennett, of Lunen-

1 ERIC LIBRARY

WALDO B. HOWE

323

WORCESTER COUNTY

burg, belongs, may have been connected with some of the other immigrants of this surname, but the relationship is not proved. Little is known of George Bennett. He was in Lancaster before his marriage, June 13, 1658, to Lydia Kibby, of Lan- caster, and he lived there until his tragic death, August 22, 1075. He was a victim of the Indian massacre. His widow seems to have moved to Concord, all of the inhabitants of Lancaster leaving at this time to escape the Indians. At Concord Lydia Bennett married, July 3, 1679, George Hues ( flughes or Hewes). Children of George and Lydia Bennett, all born at Lancaster, were: John, born July 31, 1059; Mary, August 19, 1601; James, see forward; Samuel, July 22, 1665, married, April 23. 1715 at Concord, Tabitha Wheeler, of Concord ; George, March 26, 1668, married Mary -, De- cember 20, 1704, and had Lydia, born September 29, 1706; Wilnam, March 5, 1071-72; Lydia, August 7, 1674.

(11) James Bennett, son of George Bennett (I), was born about 1063 or about 1607 in Lancaster, Massachusetts. He probably went to Concord with his mother after his father was killed. He and mis brother, George Bennett, were among the settlers of Groton after the re-settlement. Doubtless their father owned rights there. Groton and Lancaster were adjoining towns. James Bennett married Han- nah and their children were: James, Jr., born February 19, 1704, at Groton; Josiah, February 22, 1700; Elizabeth, September 12, 1708, at Groton ; Moses, see forward; Benjamin.

(111) Moses Bennett, son of James Bennett (2), was born at Concord or Groton, about roys. He married, August 11, 1719, Anna Blanchard, of a well known family of that section. They settled at Groton and their children were: Abigau, born Au- gust 31, 1720; Stephen, October 16, 1723; Moses, Jr., August 15, 1726, married Sarah Blood, February 17, 1740, and settled at Shirley; David, see forward; Eunice, March 27, 1731; Jonathan, May 17, 1733. married Mary and had three children ; James, December 5, 1736; Anna, November 8, 1739.

(IV) David Bennett, son of Moses Bennett (3), was born at Groton, Massachusetts, May 15. 1729. Ile and his brothers, Moses, Jr., and James, set- tled in that part of the town that became Shirley. David became an inhabitant of Shirley early in his married life. He owned and lived on a farm in the north part of the town, near the well-known Peter Tarbell place. He was an ensign in the militia. He married Elizabeth Wait, of Groton, January 3, 1754. He died at Shirley, December 8, 1700. The chil- dren of Moses and Elizabeth Bennett, born in Shir- ley, were: David, born November 17, 1754, Ste for- ward; Elizabeth, October 5, 1756; Molly, November 23, 1759.

(V) David Bennett, son of David Bennett (4), was born at Shirley, November 17, 1754, died De- cember 5, 1821. He was a carpenter by trade. He lived on Flat Hill. He was on the school committee in 1795 and 1800. He married, August 14, 1779, Sarah Harris, born May 21, 1757, died November 24, 1806, daughter of Francis and Susannah Harris. He married (second), June 6, 1809, Sally Atherton, born February 22, 1773, daughter of Amos and Lydia ( Gould) Atherton, of Shirley. She died September 19, 1858. He had sixteen children, thirteen of them by his first wife. Children of David and Sarah Ben - nett were: I. Sally, born July 16, 1780, died July 31, 1810; married, February 7, 1807, John Hill and they had-Moses, born 1807; Arabella, born Jan- uary 8, 1809; John, Jr., born July 30, 1810. died September 2, 1810. 2. David, Jr., born February 4, 1781 married Mary H. Eaton and had twelve chil-

dren. 3. Lucy born October 10, 1783, married, De- cember 5. 18II, John Hill and they had-Lowry, born October 5. 1814; Cephas, born November 30, 1817; Lovell, born January 23, 1819, died September 18, 1819. 4. Allaseba, born August 31, 1784, married William Edgarton. 5. Betsey T., born March 6, 1786, married Leonard C. Parker, May 16, 1811, re- moved to Rocksville, New York, and had ten chil- dren. 6. James, born March 4, 1788, married Lois Gates, of Eaton, New York, and had ten children. 7. Francis Harris, born June 16, 1790, died December 4. 1807. 8. Mary ( Polly), born September 15, 1792, married Hon. William Jackson, of Newton, and had twelve children. 9. Richard S., born September 25, 1794, see forward. 10. Caroline (twin), born May 1, 1797, died 1845 at Brookfield, Indiana; married Lewis Frank Edwards. II. Dorinda (twin), born May 1, 1797, married Orrin W. McClure, of Fre- donia, New York, and had seven children. 12. Ara- bella, born October 7, 1799, died 1855; married Robert Shankland, of Sullivan, New York, August II, 1824, and had eight children. 13. Ilvia, born December 7, 1801, married Major Levi Love, of Black Rock, New York; lieutenant in war of 1812; had six children. The children of David and Sally Bennett were: 14. Francis Lyman, born at Lunen- burg, July 25, 1810. 15 Drusilla, born at Lunenburg, January 5. 1813, died October 17, 1814. 16. Sarah Jackson, born October 24, 1815, resides at Shirley, unmarried.

(V1) Richard S. Bennett, son of David Bennett (5), was born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, Septem- bar 25, 1794. He settled in Lunenburg and lived for two years at the Tavern, but most of the time at Flat Hill, where his farm was located. He was constable and collector of taxes in 1821-25-26-38. He was on the school committee in 1840. He died April 17. 1843. He married, December 15, 1819, Mary Ramsdell, born February 28, 1800. Children of Richard S. and Mary Bennett, all born at Lunen- burg, were: I. Caroline, born December 6, 1820, see forward. 2. Freedom Ramsdell, born November 20, 1823. 3. Mary Ramsdell, born March 16. 1826, married, April 16, 1848, Asa A. Jenkins, born in Shirley, 1825; killed at Fitchburg Railroad station, April 19, 1849, at Acton, Massachusetts; had one child-Abbott Augustine, born February 24, 1849. 1. Orren Mcclure, born April 21, 1831, married Mary E. Barrett and had: Minnie Augusta, born June, 1861; Alice, born September 25, 1864. 5. Abi- gail Kilburn, born October II. 1835, died February II, 1854. 6. Lucinda Lerow (twin), born Novem- ber 15, 1838, married, May 1, 1860, Charles Brown, of Shirley; she died August 4, 1865. 7. Lucelia Thissell (twin), born November 15, 1838, married, April 15, 1857, Alvin Lawton, born at Shirley, 1804, son of Jephtha and Lucinda Lawton, and had two children-Fred A., born September 28, 1858; Frank J., born June 27, 1861.

(\'11) Caroline Bennett, daughter of Richard S. Bennett (6), was born at Lunenburg, Massachusetts, December 6, 1820, married John Smith, of Lunen- burg.

WALDO B. HOWE. John How, Esq. (1), of Warwickshire, England, was the father of John How, of Marlborough, the immigrant ancestor of Waldo B. Howe, of West Boylston, Massachusetts. Ac- cording to Hudson, the Marlborough historian, the English ancestor was a descendant of How, of Hodinhall, England, and related to Sir Charles How. of Lancaster, Lancashire, England, of the days of Charles I. The family name is certainly ancient English, and the family itself very numerous and distinguished in the old country.

324

WORCESTER COUNTY

(II) John How, son of John How (1), the immi- grant ancestor of the Boylston and West Boylston families of this surname, settled in Sudbury, Massa- chusetts, as early as 1639. The name was spelled for several generations usually without the final "e," but at present the spelling "Howe" has become universal. John How was a selectman of Sudbury 1642, and 1655 was appointed by the minister and selectmen of that town "to see to the restraining of the youth on the Lord's Day." He lived in Sud- bury nearly twenty years. He was one of the pe- titioners for the grant which constituted Marlbor- oughi, an adjoining town, in 1755, and went there to live in 1657, the first white man to make his home within the limits of the present city of Marlborough. His cabin was near the Indian Plantation, and as a neighbor he became well acquainted with the natives. Hudson states that he used to serve as an arbitrator for them in cases of disagreement and dispute. Howe opened the first public house in Marlborough in 1670. He died there in 1687, and in his will be- queathed to his son Thomas among other items "the horse he troops on." Howe's dwelling house was situated a hundred rods from the Spring Hill meet- ing house, a little east of the present road from Spring Hill to Feltonville. His wife Mary died about 1687. Their children: I. John, born about 1640; married, January 22, 1662, Elizabeth -; he was killed by Indians in King Philip's war. 2. Samuel, born October 20, 1642; married, June 5, 1663, Mar- tha Bent. 3. Saralı, born September 25, 1641; mar- ried, June, 1667, Samuel Ward. 4. Mary, born June 18, 1646, died young. 5. Isaac, born August 8, 1648; married, June 17, 1671, Frances Wood. 6. Josiah, mentioned below. 7. Mary, born June 18, 1651 ; married, September 18, 1672, John Withierby. 8. Thomas, born June 12, 1656; married first, Saralı Hosmer; second, Mrs. Mary Barron. 9. Daniel, born June 3, 1658; died 1661. 10. Alexander, born December 29, 1661; died January following. II. Eleazer, (captain) born in Marlborough, January 18, 1662.

(III) Josiah Howe, son of John How (2), was born in 1650, in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Fle set- tled in Marlborough, and married, March 18, 1672, Mary, daughter of Deacon John Haynes, of Sud- bury. Josiah Howe died 1711, and his estate was administered by his widow. Subsequently she mar- ried John Prescott. Josiah Howe was a soldier in King Philip's war, and was one of those who rallied to the defense of the town when attacked by the Indians. Children of Josiah and Mary Howe: I. Mary, born 1672, died young. 2. Mary, born May 4, 1674, died young. 3. Josiah, Jr., born 1678, men- tioned below. 4. Daniel, born May 5, 1681, at Marl- borough, settled at Shrewsbury. 5. Ruth, born Jan- uary 6, 1684, married - - Bowker.

(IV) Josiah Ilowe, Jr., son of Josiah Howe (3), born in Marlboro, 1678, settled there, and married, June 14. 1706, Sarah Bigelow. He married (sec- ond), November 22, 1713, Mary Marble. Children of Josiah and Sarah Howe: I. Phineas, born De- cember 4, 1707, mentioned below. 2. Abraham, borir April 6, 1709. 3. Rachel, born November 30, 1710. Children of Josiah and Mary Howe: 4. Sarah, born December 24. 1714. 5. Mary, born May 22, 1716. 6. Josiah, Jr., born December 22, 1720; married Mary Goodale. 7 Jacob. born November 25, 1724; mar- ried Ruth Swinerton, of Salem, Massachusetts.

(V) Phineas Howe. son of Josiah Howe (4). born in Marlborough, December 4, 1707, settled in Shrewsbury. North Precinct, and was admitted to the Shrewsbury church. His farm was in what is now the town of Boylston. He married, March 22, 1732, at Shrewsbury where he was also then living,

Abigail Bennett, who died in Boylston, August 22, 1784. He died at Boylston, January 4, 1801, aged ninety-three years, twenty days, according to town records. Children of Phineas and Abigail IIowe, all born in North Precinct, and baptized in the Shrewsbury church : I. Phineas, baptized March 17, 1733. 2. Bezaleel, baptized February 24, 1735; married Sarah Bigelow. 3. Silas, baptized February 13, 1737, mentioned below. 4. Abigail, baptized March 1739. 5. Elizabeth, baptized April 13, 1740.

(VI) Silas Howe, son of Phineas Howe (5), born at Shrewsbury, North Precinct, February, 1737, baptized February 13, 1737, settled in what is now Boylston, then North Precinct of Shrewsbury, and married Abigail He died at Boylston, Oc- tober 10, 1817, aged eighty years, eight months. She died January 18, 1813, aged sixty-nine years. His will, made March 5. 1813, at Boylston, filed for pro- bate September 23, 1817, allowed December 2, 1817, names children as given below (these names are also given by Ward page 3II): I. Levi, resided in Bolyston. 2. Ephraim. 3. Silas, born about 1770, mentioned below. 4. Abraham, born in North Pre- cinct, January 12, 1782. 5. Abigail, married Fairbanks. 6. Persis, married Hastings. 7.

Tamer, married Lamson. 8. John, had the homestead at Boylston. 9. Child, died at Boylston, January 4, 1782.

(VII) Silas Howe, Jr., son of Silas Howe (6), born at Shrewsbury, North Precinct, now Boylston, Massachusetts, about 1770, died at Sterling, April I, 1867, nearly one hundred years of age, his death caused by a fall in which he suffered a fractured hip. He settled in Sterling, a town adjacent to his native place, about 1790, when nineteen years old. The active period of his life was devoted to farm- ing. In his early life he trained with the state militia. In religion he was a Baptist. He married, July 31, 1788, Submit Sawyer, at Boylston, Massa- chutsetts. She died November 9. 1839, aged seventy- seven years. He married (second) Prudence, daugh- ter of Oliver Kendall. His will was made April 7, 1852; filed April 19, 1867, and allowed May 7 of that year. Children of Silas and Submit Howe : I. Captain Silas, Jr., married Sally - ; died at Sterling, January 14, 1864. He made bequests in his will to the following children: Abigail, wife of James E. Ball, of Sterling; George W. Howe, of Lancaster : Sarah, wife of Luther K. Jewett, of Ster- ling; Eli E. Howe, of Lancaster ; William Howe, of Worcester. 2. Abigail. 3. Parnell Edwards, born October 22, 1788, left two children: Mrs. Abigail Knowlton, of East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and Mrs. Maria Drury, of Holden. 4. Submit. 5. William Parker, mentioned below. The children of Silas and Prudence Howe: 6. Gilbert H., removed to Minne- sota. 7. Gilman. 8. Otis, born August 7, 1791, of Sterling. 9. Oliver Kendall, settled in Titusville, Pennsylvania.

(VIII) William Parker Howe, son of Silas Howe (7), was born in Sterling, Massachusetts, 1799. Hle attended the public schools and Leicester Academy, and for a number of years was school teacher at Sterling. He also learned the carpenter's trade, and followed that as his principal occupation through life. He settled in West Boylston when a young man, and lived there the rest of his life. He was prominent in the militia, and served as orderly sergeant of his company, which escorted General Lafayette from Sterling to Worcester on the occasion of his farewell visit to the United States. He was originally a Whig in politics, but when the Whig party went to pieces became a Re- publican. He was a strong anti-slavery man, and

325

WORCESTER COUNTY

active in various temperance movements. He was at one time an assessor of the town of Sterling. He was an active and influential member of the Baptist Church at West Boylston, and was clerk of the parish. He died in April, 1867. He married Persis, daughter of Captain Silas and Eunice ( Beaman ) Newton, of Paxton, Massachusetts. Her father was a prosperous farmer, an officer in the state militia. Children of William Parker and Persis Howe: I. Julia Ann. 2. Charles Parker, married Clarissa Gould, of Millbury, Massachusetts, resided in New York; children: George, Maria, Climena. 3. Albert Francis married Caroline Mixter, of Worcester, re- sided in Ohio; five sons : Horatio, Henry, Charles, Frederick, George. 4. Alfred Horation. 5. Parnell Maria, married E. W. Fuller, of Worcester; set- tled in Iowa; one son, Charles, deceased. 7. George Addison, married Isabell Penney, of Binghamton, New York; settled in West Boylston; five chil- dren. 8. William Irving, married Emma Buck, of Oakdale; one child, Maud, deceased. 9. Waldo Beaman, mentioned below.

(IX) Waldo Beaman Howe, son of William Parker Howe (8), was born in West Boylston, Massachusetts, July 5. 1833. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. At the age of sixteen he began to learn the shoemaker's trade. For more than thirty years he worked in West Boylston and Worcester in various departments of the shoe business, as manufacturer and in the em- ploy of various shoe manufacturers of Worcester. In 1870 he purchased the farm he now occupies, most favorably situated opposite the common, in what is now the heart of the village. Since the destruction of the old village in order to construct the reservoir of the Metropolitan Water District, his place has been in great demand for building lots. For the past fifteen years he has devoted all his time to the cultivation of his place and the care of his property. Mr. Howe is a Republican, and has served his party often as a delegate to nominating conventions. He is an active member of the Congregational Church parish. At the present time he is a park commis- sioner of the town and a trustee of the cemetery. He is a member and past officer of Centennial Lodge, No. 178, I. O. O. F. Mr. Howe married first, Fidelia Reed, of Wells, Maine, who died in 1884. He married (second) Adeline Amelia, widow of Charles Morse, and daughter of Isaac Kellum and Helen Rizpah (Nutt) Hall. Her father was a shoe manufacturer, and captain in the civil war. Her mother married ( second) Nathan P. Rice, of Worcester. Mr. Rice is a well known carpenter and builder of that town. The only child of Waldo Beaman and Adeline A. Howe is Gladys Maria, born January 16, 1891.

HADLEY FAMILY. Dennis Hadley (1), the immigrant ancestor of Mary Frances Hadley, of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, was probably born in England in 1650. He was for many years a resident of Sudbury, Massachusetts. He seems to have been a man of quiet tastes and his name is seldom on the public records. He died in Sudbury, Jan- uary 15, 1741-42. His children were: Benjamin, born about 1678, see forward; Joanna, born at Sud- bury, July 3, 1683, died August 22, 1683; Tabitha, born November 2, 1684, at Sudbury; John, born about 1690, see forward.

(1I) Benjamin Hadley, son of Dennis Hadley (I), was born about 1678. Although he is not in the line and not the progenitor of the Lunenburg family under consideration it seems necessary to give his family here in order to make clear the identity of the John Hadley through whom the line is traced. Ben-

jamin Hadley or Hedley (Headle and Headley were also frequent spellings of this name) was "of Lan- caster" when he married, September 27, 1711, Me- hitable Applin. She died at Groton, Massachusetts, April 13, 1749, aged fifty-seven years. Their two eldest children were born in Weston, formerly Watertown, and the remainder at Groton. The chil- dren were: 1. Thomas, born at Weston, August II, 1712, married in Lexington, May 15, 1741, Ruth Lawrence; settled in Lexington and had twelve children. 2. Sarah, born at Weston, November 23, 1713, married, (published October 7) 1739, Ebenezer Merriam, of Concord. 3. Benjamin, Jr., born July 25, 1715. 4. Mehitable, born February 14, 1716-17. 5. John, born at Groton, September 28, 1719, settled in Westford, Massachusetts, according to the history of that town; married Eunice and they had at Westford the following children: Sarah, born 1745; John, born 1746, married at Lancaster, January 22, 1765; Eunice, died young; Eunice, born 1750; Peter, born 1752; Jonathan, born 1754, killed at the battle of Bunker Hill; Jonas, born 1756, removed to Mt. Holly, Vermont; Lucy, born 1758; Ruth, born 1760; Tryphena, born 1762; Josephi, born 1764; Ben- jamin, born 1766; Amos, born 1768, removed to Mt. Holly, Vermont. 6. Phebe, born September 25, 1721. 7. Simon, born March 20, 1723. 8. Hannah, born February 10, 1725. 9. Eleazer, born November 8, 1727. 10. Ann, born April 9, 1730. II. Ebenezer.

(II) John Hadley, son of Dennis Hadley (1), was born about 1690 and brought up in Sudbury, Massachusetts. He died January 5, 1779. He set- tled at Lincoln and Westminster, Massachusetts. His wife was dismissed to the church at Lincoln from Sudbury, September 8, 1754, and she died in Lincoln, May 29, 1772. John Hadley bought a lot (No. 5) in Westminster as early as 1739. His house was west of the present site of Nicholas Brothers' chair factory. He sold land to Benjamin Bigelow in 1749. Ide left Westminster in 1769 and returned to Lincoln, selling the homestead at Westminster to his son Josiah. He made his will February 26, 1773. It was proved January, 1779. He died Jan- uary 5, 1779. He married, February 2, 1720-21, at Sudbury, Mary Wait, who died July 15, 1749. He married (second), August 1, 1751, Mary Harring- ton, of Waltham. The children of John and Mary Hadley were: Sarah, born May 29, 1722, at Sudbury ; John, born at Sudbury, September 16, 1723, see forward; Mary, born at Weston, April 30, 1725; Tabitha, born April 3. 1729, married Nathan Coburn or Colburn, of Leominster; Josiah, born May 5, 1731, married Jane Fiske, of Lexington, settled in Lincoln and Westminster; removed in 1778 to Ster- ling; Mary, born October 6, 1734, married Bezaleel Flagg.

(111) John Hadley, son of John Hadley (2), was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, September 16, 1723. He married at Concord, Massachusetts, where he was then living, January 24, 1744, Deborahı Tem- ple, of Concord, (by Justice Flint). Their first child was born at Concord. Then they settled in Lan- caster, Massachusetts, which adjoined Sudbury and Concord. They had seven children born in Lancaster, according to the town records. The children were : John, born at Concord (entered twice), September II, 1745; Josiah, born at Lancaster, March 7, 1747, married Martha Bixby, of Lancaster; Mary, born October 18, 1749; Elizabeth, born November 6, 1752; Charles, born June 22, 1756; Abraham, see forward ; Sarah, born March 1, 1762; John, born January 6, 1765.

(IV) Abraham Hadley, son of John Hadley (3), was born at Lancaster, Massachusetts, September 26, 1759. He was a soldier in the revolution, a private

326

WORCESTER COUNTY

in Captain John Wlute's company, Colonel Abijalı Stearns' regiment. and served at and about Boston. He married, January 1, 1781, Eunice Eveluth, of Lancaster, and shortly afterward settled at Jaffray, New Hampshire, where all their children were born, viz. : William, born April 9, 1781; Deborah, June 28, 1783; Eunice, May 1, 1786; Abraham, Jr., March 31, 1788; Isaac, March 18, 1790; Jacob, April 15, 1792, see forward; Elizabeth, May 28, 1794; Peter ( twin), June 20, 1796, died May 3, 1797; John (twin), June 20, 1790; Peter, May 3, 1798; Aaron, July 17, 1801.

(V) Jacob Hadley, son of Abraham Hadley (4), was born at Jaffray, New Hampshire, April 15, 1792. He received the common school education of his day, and worked on the farm with his father during his youth. He went to Lunenburg when a young man and bought the old Rea farm in the southern part of the town. He sold it in 1811 to his son William, and bought the farm now known as the old Hutchingson farm in the western part of Lunenburg and lived there several years. He sold that farm and several others in succession that he bought. He lived for a time in Charlestown, Massa- chusetts. He was a member of the Congregational Church and deeply interested in its affairs. In pol- tics he was a Whig. He was constable in Lunen- burg in 1830-31, tax collector 1830-31-35-36-37. He was a soldier in the war of 1812.

He married (first) (intentions dated December 13, 1812), January 13, 1813, Mrs. Nancy (Rea) Morse, born December 15, 1784, died October 9, 1852, daughter of Gideon and Mary (Giddings ) Rea. Her father died May 14, 1823, and her mother No- vember 18, 1818. The Rea family came from Essex county, Massachusetts. Nancy ( Rea) Morse was dis- missed to the Sterling Church, March 6, 1815, and was received from the Sterling Church in full com- munion at Lunenburg, September 7, 1823. Jacob Hadley married (second) (intentions dated June 25, 1853), Mrs. Mary Ann ( Kendall) Burrage, in Ashby. They removed to Leominster, later to Charl- ton in 1868, but returned at length to Leominster. In the spring of 1874 they removed to Townsend and finally to the northern part of Lunenburg, where he owned his last farm. Jacob Hadley died Decem- ber II, 1881.

Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.

Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. II, Part 91

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