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excellent health, energetic and persistent. Yet his activity has not been confined to his own affairs. He has a natural gift as an entertainer and his im- personations of well-known characters at local en- tertainments have been a feature of much interest. He is a member and officer of many clubs and fra- ternal organizations. He belongs to the Farmers' Club, the oldest organization of this kind in the Commonwealth, and he has been its president and for sixteen years was its secretary. Mr. Hildreth is a member of Mt. Roulstone Lodge, No. 98. Odd Fellows, Fitchburg, and charter member and first master of the Lunenburg Grange. Patrons of His- bandry. one of the best known in the state, of which he was master two years and its secretary thirteen years. He was state deputy six years and organized and visited many granges in his district. He is a trustee of the Worcester North Agricultural So- ciety and has received premiums on his exhibits of fruits and vegetables. When the Lunenburg His- torical Society was formed in 1807. he was elected the first president and has been re-elected every year since then. Mr. Hildreth is an authority on local history and takes a great interest in historical and genealogical matters.
Mr. Hildreth has been active and influential in the Republican party. He cast his first vote at a presidential election for Abraham Lincoln and has always remained a Republican. He served the town of Lunenburg two years as member of the school committee, has been overseer of the poor, for six years on the board of selectman, chairman of the board five years, in 1878 was elected representative to the general court from his district and was a member of the library committee. and has been a justice of the peace since 1878. Probably no man in the state has a longer and more honorable record as moderator of town meetings. He was first chosen to that important position in 1872 and has served every year since then at the annual town meeting. This office requires unusual ability as a presiding officer, complete knowledge of parliamentary prac- tice and of a multitude of statutory provisions. For a day. the Massachusetts moderator is in complete control of affairs, dictator in case of disorder or trouble, and often the unruly and difficult elements appear in the smaller towns as well as the larger.
He married. at Cambridge, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 18. 1867. Abbie Amelia Shattuck, daughter of William T. and Abigail Burnham (Story) Shat- tuck, of Fitchburg.
HOUGHTON FAMILY. John Houghton (1). the immigrant ancestor of Hiram Robert Houghton. of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, was one of two cous- ins of this surname who settled in Lancaster. They did not come over together but were intimately associated at Lancaster. The exact relationship of John and Ralph Houghton remains to be determined. Good authorities believe that John Houghton was the son of Thomas and Katharene Houghton. of Lancashire, and nephew of Sir Richard Houghton. of Houghton Tower, England. He was born about 1620 and came to America in the ship "Abigail," sailing from London in 1635. His age has been given as four years: it must have been fourteen if the record applied to our John Houghton at all. He had on record the certificate of two justices and the minister of Eaton Bray. near Dunstable, county Bedford, England. What the certificates were for does not appear, nor does any record show why Houghton came as such an early age. He spent his youth probably in Dedham, where the first rec- ords of him and his family appear. He removed to Lancaster about 1662, and became a prominent citi-
zen of that town. His first house was between Clinton and South Lancaster on Dean's brook. After the massacre he settled on the Old Common, south of the road, nearly opposite the present Reform School. He owned large tracts of land at what is now Berlin, Clinton and Bolton, from the vicinity of Clamshell pond to the William Fife's lands, thence south to and including Baker hill. His house, supposed to have been a garrison house, was in the field some twenty rods from the road. He died in this house in 1684. The oldest inscribed stone in the first burying ground bears his name. The name of his wife was Beatrix.
Marvin and others state that his eldest son, Jolin, Jr., was born about 1650 in England, in Lan- cashire probably. If this is a fact, then the John Houghton who came at the age of "four years" was another person or this John returned to Eng- land. His will was dated April 8, 1684, and proved June 17, 1684. He bequeathed to wife Beatrix and to children : John, Robert, Jonas, Benjamin, Mary, and Sarah. After the death of the widow a division. of the estate was agreed upon, April 4, 1721, by Jolin, Robert, Jonas, John Harris and Beatrix Pope.
Children of John and Beatrix Houghton were: I. John. Jr., born in England, 1650, is confused by many writers with his father and John Houghton, son of Ralph. He was the most prominent of the name: between 1693 and 1724 was deputy to the general court, fourteen years; was the only magis- trate in town for many years after the re-settle- ment; was a skillful conveyancer and the registry of deeds at Worcester has hundreds of specimens of his handiwork: died February 3, 1737, in his eighty- seventh year. 2. Robert, born March 28. 1658-59 -. at Dedham. see forward. 3. Jonas, born 1660, set -- tled on Vaughan's hill. Bolton. 4. Mary, born; March 22. 1661-62. at Dedham. 5. Beatrix, born December 3. 1665. at Lancaster. 6. Benjamin, born May 25. 1668, settled on Little Meadow plain, south of the Bolton railroad station. 7. Sarah, born July 30, 1672, at Lancaster.
(Il) Robert Houghton. son of John Houghton (I), was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, March 28, 1658-59. He died according to his gravestone, No- vember 7. 1723. in the sixty-fifth year of his age. I.Ie settled on what is now known as "The Acre" in Clinton. He married Esther and theiz children were: Beatrix. born September 3. 1685; Isabel. June 6. 1687 ; Abigail, April 18, 1689; Eleazer, see forward ; Joshua. 1695: Beatrix.
(II) Eleazer Houghton, son of Robert Hough- ton (2), was born at Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1691 (See page 453 of printed records). He mar- ried there. March II. 1719. Elizabeth Divoll, sister of William Divoll. She was born in Lancaster, 1693. In 1726 they removed to Lunenburg and he had a large number of land grants there in subse- quent years. He was probably a tanner by trade, as he held the office usually given to a man of that trade-sealer of leather-from 1737 to 1751. He was tythingman in 1728 and 1754. He was high- way surveyor in 1730 and 1759: hogreeve in 1735 and 1736: fence viewer in 1731; and on many of the most important town committees of his dav. He was on the committee to seat the meeting house in 1750, and to lay out an important new road in 1753. His house or its frame is still standing. The original farmi which he acquired by grant and pur- chase amounted to two hundred and seventy acres and is still in the hands of his descendants. He was admitted to full communion in the Lunenburg Church. January 14. 1770. He died February 20. 1790, almost a hundred years old. His wife died June 27. 1785. aged ninety-two years. One grave-
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stone marks the spot where they are buried in Lunenburg with the following inscription. "They were born in Lancaster and moved to Lunenburg in 1726. They lived together sixty-nine years and upwards. lle lived a peacable and pious life and never had a lawsuit all his life"
"By this you see we are but dust Prepare for death and follow us."
His will was filed 1790. The children of Eleazer and Elizabeth Houghton were : I. Robert, born at Lancaster, April 12, 1720, died August 7, 1740. 2. Lois, born at Lancaster, July 22, 1722, married, May 21, 1741, Nathaniel Hastings and had twelve children. 3. Darius, born at Lancaster, January 20, 1724, was a soldier in the revolution. 4. Miriam, born at Lancaster, February 22, 1726, married Jerah- meel Bowers and had one child, Susannah. 5. Eliza- beth, born at Lunenburg, December 5, 1728, mar- ried, January 1, 1784, Robert Fletcher, of Lancaster. 6. Ruth, born June 30, 1732, at Lunenburg, married, June 13, 1754, Moses Stearns and had thirteen chil- dren. 7. Esther, born January 17, 1735, died un- married May 5. 1759. 8. Eleazer, Jr., born August 26, 1737, see forward. 9. Susannah, born May 10, 1743, baptized May 22, 1743; died September 7, ₹ 746.
(IV) Eleazer Houghton. Jr., son of Eleazer Houghton (3), was born at Lunenburg, Massachu- setts, August 26, 1737. He was a farmer all his life. He was prominent in town affairs, serving on the school committee from 1785 to 1788, constable in 1772, collector of taxes from 1772 to 1785 and selectman in 1793. He died at Lunenburg, Decem- ber 28, 1826. He married, March 8, 1764, Susannah Holman, born in Sterling, July 19, 1744. Both joined the church and were received in full com- munion August 19, 1800. She died August 19, 1800, and her gravestone has the following inscription :
"How swiftly time doth pass away The longest life is but a day ; Therefore attend ye living all Prepare for death-our Savior's call."
Children of Eleazer and Susannah Houghton were: 1. Susannah, born August 8, 1764, baptized August 24, 1766, died unmarried. 2. Manasseh, born September 28, 1765, baptized August 24, 1766, lived in Grafton, Vermont, where he died; they had two sons, Calvin and Zenas. 3. Judith, born Decem- ber 1, 1766, married, August 2, 1791, James Fuller, of Walpole, New Hampshire; they had one child- Prudence. 4. Sarah, born March 10, 1768, married Mr. Burgess and lived in Grafton, Vermont; had three children. 5. Stephen, born October 27, 1769, see forward. 6. Eleazer, Jr., born March 26, 1771, ·settled in Grafton, Vermont: had five children- Isaac, Calvin. Thomas, Royal and Amanda. 7. Esther, born November 6, 1772, married Phinehas Divol, Jr., July 4, 1788, and had four children. 8. Ruth, born April 3, 1775, died young. 9. Ruth, born December 13, 1776, married, September 1, 1801, John Holman, of Londonderry, Vermont. 10. Lois, born December 15. 1778. married Palmer and set- tled in Grafton, Vermont.
(V) Stephen Houghton, son of Eleazer Hough- ton (4), was born in Lunenburg. Massachusetts, October 27. 1769. He was a farmer and owned a hundred-acre farm where Orin Bennett now lives, and most of his life was spent in farming. He was active in town affairs and was on the school com- mittee from 1801 to 1808, was tax collector in 1796 and again in 1816; was constable in 1816. He died of sunstroke, July 21, 1825.
He married (first), January 1, 1793, Elizabeth Giddings, born in Ipswich, Massachusetts. She died December 4, 1808. Her gravestone bears the following inscription :
"Friends and physicians could not save My mortal body from the grave.
Nor can the grave confine me here
When Christ shall call me to appear."
He married (second). April 4, 1809, Lucy Proc- tor, born at Littleton, Massachusetts, daughter of Nathaniel Proctor; she was admitted to full com- munion in the church May 15, 1811, from the Little- ton Church; she died at the home of her son, Lyman Houghton, at Walpole, New Hampshire.
Children of Stephen and Elizabeth Houghton were: 1. Eleazer, born May 2, 1794. settled in Lon- donderry, Vermont: married Abigail Gibson and they had six children. 2. Stephen, Jr., born May 12, 1796, baptized May 15, 1796; married, December 13, 1832, Mary Bruce, born December 27, 1802, daughter of Jonathan and Susannah ( Smith) Bruce, of Marlborough, and they had seven children- George Bruce, born October 13, 1833; Jonas, born June 10, 1835; Ilenry Stephen, born June 15, 1837; Albert Lyman, born April 24, 1839, died September 24. 1839; Mary Brown, born September 9, 1841 ; Charlotte Elizabeth, born June 16, 1843; Alfred Staples, born October 25, 1845. Children of Stephen and Lucy Houghton were. 3. Edmund, born March II. 1810, see forward. 4. Lyman, born June 22, 1812, baptized July 19, 1812, married Phila Hooper and lived in Walpole, New Hampshire; he died August 20, 1864; they had six children.
(VI) Edmund Houghton, son of Stephen Hough- ton (5), was born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, March II, ISIO, and was baptized April 8 following. He received a good common school education. When about sixteen years old he went to Leom- inster, Massachusetts, where he was employed on the farm of Squire Croshy. When about twenty-four years old he returned to Lunenburg and bought the farm now occupied by his son Hiram, and he car- ried on this farm to the time of his death in 1876. He was a member of the Congregational Church and a Republican in politics. He was a commis- sioned officer in the militia when a young man.
He married Mary Ann Hadley, born September 27 1813, baptized November 7. 1813, daughter of Jacob and Nancy (Rea) Hadley, of Lunenburg. Iler father was a farmer, a soldier in the war of 1812, held numerous town offices. Children of Ed- mund and Mary Ann Houghton were: Herbert Edmund, born June 17, 1845: Henry Lyman. April 27, 1847; Iliram Robert, December 24, 1851, see forward.
(VII) Hiram Robert Houghton. son of Edmund Houghton (6), was born at Lunenburg, Massachu- setts, December 24, 1851. He received his early edu- cation in the public schools of Lunenburg and as- sisted his father on the farm. After he was through school he went to Fitchburg and worked for a year for Wright, Woodward & Company, hardware mer- chants. He then entered the employ of the Buck- eye Mowing Machine Company of Fitchburg and remained there a year. He resumed farm work until 1873, when he went into business on his own ac- count. buying a blacksmith shop, which he con- ducted for a year, then leased it and finally sold it to A. Humphrey, of Lunenburg.
He went to Kansas in 1874 and herded cattle on the plains in the good old-fashioned way for some months, but finally returned to his native town to conduct his father's farm. Ile leased the place until his father's death in 1876, when he bought out
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the other heirs and acquired sole ownership in the homestead. For a number of years Mr. Houghton owned a large milk route in Fitchburg. His farm consists of a hundred acres of land in the south part of Lunenburg, on the Leominster road, and he has been very successful in market gardening and fruit culture. He is a Congregationalist in religion, a Republican in polities. He has been delegate to various Republican conventions in his congressional and senatorial districts. He served the town of Lunenburg seven years as assessor and selectman. He is a member of Lunenburg Grange, Patrons of Husbandry ; and of the Massachusetts Fruit 'Growers' Association.
He married, December 12, 1878, Flora Louise Simonds, born August 26, 1858, daughter of Brad- ley and Abigail (Emerson) Simonds, of Lunenburg. Her father was a farmer. Children of Hiram Robert and Flora Louise Houghton were: Henry Nathan, born September 23. 1879, unmarried, living at home with parents; Hiram Woodbury, born September 8, 1881, married Irene Orcutt, of Leominster, and they have one child-Helen Elizabeth, born Janu- ary 19. 1906; Flora Lyle, born October 31, 1883, married Emil Oliver Shjerden, of Norway (Scand -. inavian) ; Edmund Bradley, born November 4. 1885, unmarried; Alicia Aspinwall, born September 21, 1887; Lona Merle, born August 29, 1889; Harlan Robert, born July 13, 1898.
AUSTIN FAMILY. Robert Austin, the immi- grant ancestor of the Rhode Island families of this surname and of Waldo Egbert Austin, of Holden, Massachusetts, was born in England, about 1630. He was an early settler of Rhode Island. The first public record of him is under the date of Sep- tember 15, 1661, when he and sixty-four others signed the agreement for drawing lots at Westerly, Rhode Island. They were inhabitants and proprie- tors of Newport, Portsmouth. Kingston, Rhode Is- land. Austin drew a lot twelve rods by eighty rods, but seems to have forfeited his right: at any rate he did not go to Westerly to settle. He was living in Kingston, Rhode Island. September 6, 1687, and his sons Jeremiah and Edward were also taxed there. The town was then called Rochester and had one hundred and thirty-eight inhabitants. His chil- dren : Jeremiah, born about 1660, see forward : Ed- ward, died 1731 : had sons Edward and John; Jo- seph, died 1743: had sons Joseph, John and Robert ; John, married Mary -; he died April, 1752.
(II) Jeremiah Austin, son of Robert Austin (I). was born in Kingston, Rhode Island, about 1660. He resided there and at North Kingston and Exeter, Rhode Island. His children: Robert, born about 1700, had son Jeremiah, born 1730: Pasko, married. October 25, 1725: Jeremiah, see forward : David, married Dinah : Stephen, married, April 25, 1729, Mary Fish: Mercy, married, August, 1729. Benoni Austin ; Daniel, married. April 9, 1732, Ann Baker: Ezekiel, married -
Champlin.
(III) Jeremiah Austin. son of Jeremiah Austin (2), was born in North Kingston or vicinity about 1705. He married, November 2. 1729.
(IV) James Austin. son of Jeremiah Austin (3). was born in North Kingston. Rhode Island, about 1740. He removed to Ferrisburgh, Vermont, with others of the family.
(V) Jotham Austin, a descendant of Robert Aus- tin (I), and son or near relative of James Austin (4), was born in Rhode Island about 1760. He was a carpenter by trade. He removed perhaps from Ferrisburgh. Vermont. to Freleighsburg. Canada. where he followed his trade. Later he returned to Franklin, Vermont, where he bought a farm.
He built the house that his son David later occur- pied there. He was in the service for a short time in the war of 1812, and marched to Plattsburg on the only occasion when there was a general alarm and calling out of Vermont troops. He died ot cancer. He married twice. His children: Jotham, Jr., Perry, Drusilla, Amanda, Mary (Polly), David Brown, see forward.
(VI) David Brown Austin, son of Jotham Aus- tin (5), was born at St. Armand or Freleighsburg, Canada, East, about 1800. He received his educa- tion in a school kept in a private house after the customi there in those days. He started to learn the blacksmith trade with Robinson Hakes at Pig- eon Hill, Freleighsburg, and followed his trade until shortly after his marriage, June 28, 1819, when he bought a farm. This farm he lost through the fraudulent acts of Jonathan H. Hubbard, from whom he bought it. Undaunted by his losses he located his business at a place called the Line in the town- ship of Franklin, Vermont, on the border of Canada. His house and shop were built half in Canada and half in the United States. He remained there three years, when his children bought four aeres of land in Franklin Centre and the family moved there. He had a blacksmith shop there and followed his trade in it the remainder of his days. He died July, 1876. He was a Baptist in religion until his later years, during which he attended the Congre- gational Church at Franklin, Vermont. He was a Democrat in politics.
He married Rebecca Hunt, June 28, 1819. Their children, born at Franklin, were: I. Drusilla Louisa, born March 28, 1820, married (first) - Smith ; (second) William Evans, of Franklin, and they had children-Martha, Evans, Leslie, Laura. 2. Hiram Martin, born May 17, 1821. married Laura Dawson. of Frankiln, and had children-Mary Etta, married Carpenter ; Herbert. 3. Samantha Melissa. horn November 25, 1827, married (first) Charles Wheeler Marsh, May 29, 1851, and has four chil- dren-i. Charles Herbert Marsh, born March IO, 1852, married, October 17, 1875, Clara (Kendall) Rawson. of Gardner, and their children were: Ida Clara Marsh, born January 5, 1877; Edward Dexter. born July 30, 1878: George Herbert, born January 25. 1880: Harry Austin Marsh, born November 13. 1881: Charles Arthur Marsh, born September 2. 1883: Frank Eugene, born May 18, 1885; Sarah Belle, born July 25. 1886: Carrie Louise, born No- vember 24. 1887: Walter Ashton, born March 15. 1898: ii. Frank Edward Marsh, born August 31, 1855. married (first) Emma Prue, of Holden, Massa- chusetts : married (second) Nellie Turner; iii. George Austin Marsh, born July 10, 1858. married Atlanta Tuttle, of Littleton, Massachusetts, and they have children: Frances Tuttle Marsh, born July 21, 1886; Austin Gerry Marsh, born September 28, 1887: Caroline Lawrence Marsh, born November 1. 1880: George Wallace Marsh and Helen Marsh ; iv. Carrie Rebecca Marsh, born February 4, 1861, married Frank L. Howe, of Holden, and had Mabel Emma, born March 1, 1891. Samantha Melissa (Austin) Marsh, married (second), September 27, 1866, Eli Hubbard, of Holden, and had : v. Waldo Arthur Hubbard (twin), born July 29, 186 ;; vi. Addie Samantha Hubbard (twin), born July 29. 1867; vii. Walter Ernest Hubbard, born September 18, 1868. 4. Harriet Fuller, born at Franklin, Vermont, married Frank Walker, of Rock- hridge, Wisconsin, and they have two children. 5. Lydia Augusta. horn at Franklin, married Frank Tebbetts, of Brownfield. Maine, and they have Mary, Jane and others. 6. Waldo Egbert, see for- ward. 7. Jotham Warren, born February 17, 1841.
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(VII) Waldo Egbert Austin, son of David Brown Austin (6), was born at Franklin, Vermont, August 31, 1839. He was educated at the district schools of the town and at the academy at Frank- lin, Vermont. During his early boyhood his father carried on a blacksmith shop on the line between Franklin and Canada and later in the village. He worked with his father when not in school and learned to make the axes, forks, hoes and other tools then made in the local blacksmith shops. In the spring of 1858 he went to Canada, West, and spent a year near Brantford. He went thenee to Rockbridge, Wisconsin, where he stayed three years, teaching school in winter, farming and blacksmith- ing in summer. He returned to Vermont in 1862 and worked first in a wagon shop, teaching school the winter following. In January, 1864, he came to Holden, Massachusetts, and entered the employ of Ira Broad in the mills, where he has since then spent so many busy years. He left there after a time, as the work was beyond his strength, and went to work as bookkeeper for Howe & Jefferson, where he remained two years. For one season he had charge of the mill of Theron E. Hall at Sutton. Returning to the employ of Mr. Broad in Holden he continued there until 1868. He then entered the contracting and carpentering business at Somerville, Massachusetts. When Mr. Broad died Mr. Austin returned to Holden, and with the assistance of his former employers, Howe & Jefferson, bought the business. He operated the saw mill and conducted a lumber business, and later carpentering and con- tracting. In 1877 he bought the other interests and has continued the business in his own name since then.
During all these years he manifested a lively in- terest in whatever tended to advance the material, moral and educational welfare of the town of Holden. He served on various committees and on various boards. He was a member of the school committee. In religion he is a Baptist, in politics a Republican. He is a member of Montacute Lodge, Free Masons, at Worcester.
He married, October 13, 1862, Abbie Priscilla Chase, daughter of Aaron and Mercy ( Harris) Chase. Their children: 1. Herbert, born Septem- ber 14, 1866, graduate of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute with the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1890; married, August 22, 1894, at Worcester, Lilian Elizabeth Denny, born February 19, 1873, and they have children: Edward Denny, born October 16, 1899; Waldo Egbert, born July 14, 1902; Priscilla, born November 21, 1904. 2. Lillian, single. 3. Waldo Edward, married Mary Ella Blaisdell, of Everett, Massachusetts, January 20, 1899, and had Lenora, born November 27, 1899.
FREDERICK HERBERT FALES.
James Fales, the immigrant ancestor of the Fales family of Worcester county, Massachusetts, and of Fred- erick Herbert Fales, of Holden, Massachusetts, was born about 1630, in Chester. England. He settled at Dedham when it was called Contentment. lle signed the famous Dedham Covenant, September 10, 1636. He was admitted a freeman in 1653. He was a soldier in King Philip's war in 1675-76. He died at Dedham, July 10, 1708.
He married, 1654, Anna Brock, of Dedham. She was admitted to the church May 25, 1656. Their children: James, born July 4. 1656, see forward ; John, born October 5, 1658. married Unity Hawes and settled in Wrentham; Ebenezer, born February 12, 1661-62, had a farm in what is now lames street, D.dham; Mary, born August 30. 1664: Peter ; Hannah, bern January 16, 1672, married Thomas
Bacon; died at Wrentham, April, 1711; Martha, born October 28, 1675; Rachel, born June 19, 1680.
(II) James Fales, Jr., son of James Fales (1), was born at Dedham, Massachusetts, July 4, 1656. He married, October 20, 1679, Deborah Fisher, who was baptized February 24, 1661, daughter of An- thony Fisher. James Fales was surety on the bond of Josiah Fisher as administrator of the estate of Anthony Fisher, his father-in-law, June 10, 1723. Anthony Fisher was the son of Anthony Fisher, of Dorchester, who came over with his parents in 1637, was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston in 1644, settled in Dedham, July 20, 1645, admitted a freeman 1643, married Joanna Faxon, daughter of Lewis and Joanna Faxon. The father of Anthony was also an Anthony, born in Wignotte, parish Syleham, Suf- folk, England. (See sketch of Fisher family in this work.) Among the children of James and Deb- orah Fales was Nehemiah, see forward.
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