Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. II, Part 96

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


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(III) Nehemiah Fales, son of James Fales (2), was born about 1700. He settled in Dedham. He married (first), Mary Carew, January 31, 1720. He married (second) Mrs. Susannah Searls, June 21, 1745. Children of Nehemiah and Mary Fales, born at Dedham, were: Jacob, born about 1722, died Jan- uary 2, 1727; Nehemiah, born November 8, 1724, died the following day; Jacob, born January 27, 1726; (possibly the Jacob who died January 2, 1727, according to the records.) Eleanor, baptized March 14, 1725, in the First Church. Children of Nehe- miah and Susannah Fales were: Lemuel, born Au- gust 19, 1747, see forward; Nehemiah, born 1749, baptized February 5, 1749, married Sarah - and had son Nehemiah, Jr., May 1, 1785. Also had two other children.


(IV) Lemuel Fales, son of Nehemiah Fales (3). was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, August 19, 1747, died at Holden, February 12, 1826. He received a meagre education in the common schools, and from early childhood helped his father on the farm. He was a very active man and held various town offices in Dedham. He was a soldier in the revolution and fought in the battle of Bunker Hill the day after the birth of his first child. He was a private in Joseph Guild's company of minute men, Colonel Greaton's regiment, on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. He was also in Captain George Gould's company, Colonel Paul D. Sargent's regi- ment, later in 1775 and was at Bunker Hill with this company. He was a private in Captain Joseph Lewis's company ( First Dedham), Colonel William Mc Intosh's regiment. The company marched to Dorchester camp in 1776. He was a corporal in Captain Timothy Stow's company, Colonel Ephraim Wheelock's regiment, at Ticonderoga, in 1776. He served also in Captain Robert Smith's company, Lieutenant-Colonel Symmes' detachment of guards engaged February 26, 1778, under Major-General Gates at Dorchester. He came to Holden in 1787 and purchased a farm in the southern part of the town on the old Worcester road. The place con- tained three hundred acres. He built his house of brick, but in later years it was destroyed by fire. His old barn may still be seen, however, in the vicinity of Charles Dawson's place. He was an Orthodox in religion, a Whig in politics.


He married, March 13, 1775, Elizabeth IIannah White, of Dedham. Their children were: 1.


Sarah, born 1775, at Dedham. 2. Elenor. born De- cember 16. 1777, at Dedham, married, February 7, 1808, Joel Jolinson, of Pelham. 3. Betsey, born June 4, 1779, married (first), December 26, 1804, David Kimball; married ( second), October 4, 1818, Joel Clapp. 4. Ambrose, born December 28, 1780,


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at Dedham, married, March 14, 1804, Anna Newell. 5. Hannah, born September 16, 1782, at Dedham, married David Howard, at Dedham. 6. Lemuel, born March II, 1785 at Dedham married Bridget Lunney and had children-William, born February 17, 1814, married Lusania Davis; Lemuel, Jr., born April 19, 1821, married Letsey Twitchell and ( sec- ond) Lizzie Twitchell; Eleanor, born April 18, 1824, married Cyrus Phelps and they have Nora Adaline, born September 9, 1854, married Milton Holden and had Edgar Wilson, born August 14, 1894; residing at Holden, Massachusetts. 7. Anna, born April 14, 1787, at Holden, married, December 5, 1815, Hugh Johnson, of Henderson, New York. 8. Samuel Damon, born June 15, 1789, see forward. 9. John, born May 28, 1793. 10. Leonard. born March 16, 1798, married, April 17, 1834, Sarah Gray; was ensign in the militia 1833; his children : Charles Elisha, born September 30, 1834; Joseph Tilson, born May 25, 1836; Mary Helen, born March I, 1838; Henry Martin, born December 12, 1840; Francis Augustus, born February 25, 1846.


(V) Samuel Damon Fales, son of Lemuel Fales (4), was born at Holden, Massachusetts, June 15, 1789. He attended the public schools at Holden, and at Canton, Massachusetts, where he went to live with some of his relatives. He learned the trade of brass founder and remained a journeyman in the Revere foundry, where he worked for many years, rising to the position of superintendent of the works. He returned to Holden in 1844 and bought his farm of eight acres, known as the Knowlton place, where his son Charles H. Fales now lives. Mr. Fales had the misfortune to lose one of his eyes while in Canton and this accident caused him to abandon his trade and take to farming. He died at Holden, December 25, 1861. He was known as a very upright and honorable man among the townspeople. In early life he was a Universalist, but in later life in Canton and Holden attended the Baptist Church. In politics he was a Whig and late in life a Republican. He trained in the militia when he was a young man.


He married, at Boston, November 13, 1827, Nancy Watson, born at Boston, January II, 1881, daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Watson, of Boston. Their children : I. Elizabeth Watson, born at Canton, Sep- tember 2, 1828, married Winthrop B. Fay, of Up- ton, Massachusetts, and they have children: Etta Fay, married Dr. Briggs. of Pasadena, California; Norman Fay, married Ada West, of Maine, and they have children-Winthrop, born August, 1875; Ma- rion, married Peter Plouff and have-Norman Louis Plouff. 2. Mary Ann, born at Canton, October 4, 1830, married Oscar M. Partridge and they have Annie Maria Partridge. 3. Samuel Damon, Jr., born August 22, 1832, died September 12, 1833. 4. Charles Henry, born July 3, 1834, married Emma Davis and they have children-Ada Maria, born June 21, 1875, married, September 21, 1896, Ernest E. Bennett; their children: Warren Ames and Loring Fales, (twins) born August 31, 1897; Isabel Marie, born November 12, 1905; Elizabeth Sophia, born February 17, 1880, married, December 25, 1901, Loring W. Hubbard and they have Emma Elizabeth,


born June 28, 1904; Ella Marybelle, born October 10, 1882. 5. Isabel Jane, born May 23, 1838, at Canton, Massachusetts, married George Cheney and their children are: Nellie Isabel, who married Al- fred Hall, of Gilbertville; Emily Warren, married James Knott, of Shrewsbury, and they have Dorothy May Knott, Violet Belle Knott, Olive Elnora. 6. Frederick Herbert, born December 4, 1844, at Hol- den, see forward. 7. Ellen Maria, born November 22, 1847, at Holden.


(VI) Frederick Herbert Fales, son of Lemuel Fales (5), was born at Holden, Massachusetts, De- cember 4, 1844. He attended the public schools of his native town and finished his early education with a course at Howe's Business College. He was clerk in the grocery and general merchandise store of S. W. Armington. In IS77 he purchased the business of his employer and carried on the store for twenty- five years under the name of F. H. Fales. In the spring of 1901 he sold out to Loring W. Hubbard, who has somewhat changed the business. A general store has been conducted on this site for many years. Mr. Fales is the owner of this property and of the farm adjoining, where he now resides. Mr. Fales is the town treasurer and collector of taxes, and while in the grocery business was also elected, serving from 1882 to 1885. He is an active member of the Holden Baptist Church and has been treas- urer of the society for many years. He was super- intendent of the Baptist Sunday school in 1869-70. He is a Republican in politics and has frequently been elected delegate to nominating conventions of his party. He is a member of Quinsigamond Lodge, Odd Fellows, of Worcester ; of Holden Grange, No. 78, Patrons of Husbandry; of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Club and of the Economic Club.


He married (first), October 14, 1869, Emily T. Parkhurst, born May 22, 1842, daughter of David and Mary (Whitney) Parkhurst, of Stafford Springs, Connecticut. Her father was the proprietor of a general store. He married (second), June 4, 1895, Mary Lois Sullivan, born March 31, 1864, daughter of Michael Van Buren and Ella Sheela (Scannell) Sullivan, of England. The chil- dren : I. Annie Watson, born November II, 1872, married, September 5, 1890, Bertram S. Newell, of Holden, and they have children-Mildred Fay Newell, born July 23, 1894; Dorothy Gertrude New- ell, born August 24, 1896; Emily Constance Newell, born August 26, 1902; Lincoln Putnam Newell, born May 29, 1905. 2. Arthur Frederick, born May 22, 1874, married Eva Lucas, of Westminster, Massa- chusetts, and they have one child, Vivian, born Feb- ruary I, 1904. 3. Nellie Emily, born September I, 1877. 4. Norman Samuel, born May 7, 1882.


SAWTELLE FAMILY. Richard Sawtelle (1), the immigrant ancestor of Charles F. Sawtelle and family of Leominster, Massachusetts, came from England to Massachusetts Bay among the early set- tlers. He was living at Watertown, Massachusetts, and one of its proprietors there in 1636. He removed to Groton and became the first town clerk-1662- 63-64-during the first years that records were kept. He had a twenty-acre right. His brother, Thomas Sawtelle, lived in Boston, died 1651, and Richard was executor of the will. Thomas left no male heir of his name, so that most of the descendants of this name trace their lines to Richard. There is another family of similar name in Groton, descended from a later immigrant.


Richard Sawtelle died at Watertown, August 2, 1694. His will was dated Mav 16, 1692, inventory dated September 14, 1694. His widow Elizabeth died October 18, 1695. The children of Richard and Elizabeth Sawtelle were: Obadiah, married Hannah Lawrence, daughter of George Lawrence; Elizabeth, born May 1, 1638, at Watertown; Jona- than, born at Watertown, August 24, 1639, married, July 3, 1665, Mary ,had six children; he died January 6, 1690-1 ; Mary, born November 19, 1640, married Sterling; Hannah, born De-


cember 10, 1642, married Winn; Zecheriah, born 1644, of whom later; Enoch, weaver at Water- town, had wife Susanna and five children; John,


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mentioned in will; Ruth, married, March 9, 1676-7, John Hewes; Bethia, born in Watertown, January 27, 1701-2, married John Green; she died October 12, 1714, aged sixty-eight years.


(II) Zecheriah Sawtelle, son of Richard Saw- telle (I), was born at Watertown, Massachusetts, July 26, 1643 or 1644. He became one of the original proprietors of Groton with his father and brothers. He lived in Groton, but during the period of King Philips war removed to a safer place than Groton. He married (first) Elizabeth Parker and (second) Mary - Ilis children were: Anna, born March 14, 1673-4; Zachariah, born about 1675, of whom later; Edward, born April 23, 1688; Nathaniel, Mary.


(111) Zachariah Sawtelle, Jr., son of Zecheriah Sawtelle (2), was born about 1675 and died at Groton, October 2, 1737. He was a farmer and brickmaker. The town of Groton bought bricks of him and Sergeant Lawrence June 20. 1706. He lived at Groton all his active years. He married Mary or Mercy Their children, all born at Groton, were: Mary, born April 11, 1691, married Benjamin Parker ; Zachariah, Jr., November 18, 1699, died March 5, 1752; Samuel, December 13, 1700; David, March 30, 1702; Daniel, September 21, 1704, of whom later; Susanna, January 28, 1708, married Michael Gilson; Zachariah, April 24, 1712; Sarah, March 29, 1715; Anna, September 13, 1717; Eliza- beth, September 28, 1720.


(IV) Daniel Sawtelle, son of Zachariah Saw- telle (3), was born in Groton, September 21, 1704. He married at Concord, February 28, 1727-8, Esther Heald, of that town. They settled at Groton and their seven children were born there, viz .: Eleazer, December 22, 1728; Sarah, August 9, 1730; Esther, July 3, 1732; Daniel, August 15, 1734, removed to Vermont and settled; Jacob, November 30, 1737, settled in Vermont; Oliver, June 1, 1743, of whom later ; Susanna, August 16, 1748.


(V) Oliver Sawtelle, son of Daniel Sawtelle (4), was born in Groton, Massachusetts, June 1, 1743. He and his brothers, Jacob and Daniel Saw- telle, settled in what is now Springfield, Vermont. The name there was spelled generally Sartwell. The same spelling is found in Groton and elsewhere, but at the present time Sawtelle is the most common form. A party of ten from Groton and vicinity were among the first settlers in Springfield after John Nott, who was there in 1752. Judging from Oliver's youth at the time it is likely that the father Daniel was also a settler. Oliver Farnsworth, Dan- iel Jacob and Oliver Sartwell, settled with six others soon after 1753 on a ridge of land where the Sart- well farm or Stoddard tower is located. They were squatters, not having legal title to the land, and during the French and Indian wars they had to leave their farms .. Most of them returned before the revolution, however, and acquired title to their places. Oliver was one of the town officers in 1776, lister or assessor in 1791, overseer of the highways. He was admitted a freeman with his brother Jacob in 1794. They were both on the tax list of 1782 and both were soldiers in the revolution in the Spring- field company in 1780, Captain Abner Bisbee, in Colonel Wood's regiment. In 1781 Oliver served in the company of Captain Peter Page, regiment of Lieutenant-Colonel Ebenezer Walbridge. The brother Daniel was also a revolutionary soldier from Ver- mont, coming from another town. Jacob served on a town committee for making arrangements to en- list soldiers, etc., in 1780. Among the children of Oliver was Haile, of whom later.


(VI) Haile Sawtelle, son of Oliver Sawtelle (5), was born in Springfield, Vermont, February


24, 1767. He took the freeman's oath with his father, uncle and others December, 1794. He mar- ried, May 21, 1789, Helen A. Sartwell ( Sawtelle). He married (second) Dolly Wood, September 17, 1809. They lived at Springfield. They had a son Moses, of whom later. They moved west into New York with some of their children. One daughter Asenath died unmarried in Fitchburg. Another son, Philip, settled in Ashburnham, Massachusetts. (VII) Moses Sawtelle, son of Haile Sawtelle (6), was born in Springfield, Vermont, 1793, and died at Jaffray, New Hampshire, February 16, 1857, aged sixty-four years. He was brought up and educated in Springfield, and was a prominent citizen there. . He resided for a time at Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He married Clarissa Farnsworth, daughter of Aaron Farnsworth, of Groton, at Fitch- burg, Massachusetts, October 5, 1817. Their chil- dren were: I. Fanny Ann, born at Fitchburg, Feb- ruary 24, ISIS. 2. Charles Farnsworth, born at Fitchburg. November 27, 1819, of whom later. The following were born at Westminster: 3. Susan A., born 1821, died young. 4. Susan A., born November 11, 1824, married (first) John Palmer and they had -Joseph, Charles, Franklin, adopted, name changed from Palmer to Worden, settled in the west; Susan A. married (second) Sawyer and they had three children-Franklin, resides in Orange, Massa- chusetts ; George, resides in Orange; Mary, married


Smith and resides in Gardner. 5. Ebenezer WV., born February 17, 1727, changed his name to Walter H., settled in Westminster; married Mary F. Brown, daughter of Philander C. and Louisa W. Brown, October 31, 1860; he died of wounds received on the battle field; his widow married Andrew J. Bolton, July 28, 1870, and she died December 23, 1888, leaving one child, Emma F. Sawtelle, born August 16, 1861, married John F. Sawin. 6. Benja- min Franklin, born January 11, 1830, resided in Leominster. 7. Frances, born February 28, 1833, married Daniel Gage; lived in Templeton, Massa- chusetts, and they had four children : Carrie, Alonzo, Lewis, George. S. George H., born December 29, 1835, was formerly a chair manufacturer in Temple- ton and a prominent citizen there, now lives at Waltham; married Ellen Whitcomb, they have no children.


(VIII) Charles Farnsworth Sawtelle, son of Moses Sawtelle (7), was born in Fitchburg, Massa- chusetts, November 27, 1819. He went to school there and went to work when a young man on the farm and in the saw mill. In ISto he bought a farm in the south part of Leominster and carried it on quite successfully for a period of twenty-five years. In 1895 he bought a house in the village at 128 Central street, where he has since resided, leas- ing his farm, meanwhile. Mr. Sawtelle owned a saw mill for some time in Fitzwilliam, New Hamp- shire, and lived there for a short time. He is a member of the First Baptist Church of Leominster. He is a Republican in politics. He is a representative New England farmer of the sturdy stock and vig- orous type of his generation. He is well preserved for a man of eighty-six years.


He married (first), September 10, 1844, Mary Ann Osborne, who died in 1850. He married (sec- ond), March 17, 1853, Mary Brown Woodbury, daughter of Luke Woodbury, of Bolton, Massachu- setts. She was born June 8, 1827. The only child of Charles F. and Mary Ann was: Mary Maria, died at age of three months. The children of Charles F. and Mary B. are: Charles Woodbury, born in Leominster, January 4, 1854, attended the public schools, taking a short course in the high school; assisted his father on the farm; resides with


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his parents ; he is a member of the Baptist Church ; Henry Farnsworth, of whom later.


(IX) Henry Farnsworth Sawtelle, son of Charles Farnsworth Sawtelle (8), was born in Bolton, Massa- chusetts, November 30, 1863. He was educated in the common schools of Leominster, where he passed his youth, and at the Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York. He began his business and mercantile career in Leominster in the hard- ware store of Amos Merrill. In 1887, with Joseph Estabrook, under the firm name of Sawtelle & Estabrook, he founded his present business. In


1892 Mr. Sawtelle bought out his partner and since then has been in business under his own name. He has a large and well stocked store and has been very prosperous. In addition to hardware Mr. Saw- telle deals in paints and oils, agricultural tools and machinery, fertilizers, seeds, etc. He is president of the Leominster Comb Company. He is a Repub- lican in politics. He is counted among the substan- tial business men of the town of Leominster and a man of public spirit. Ile married in 1898, Effie Adams, daughter of Hanson Adams, of Everett, Massachusetts.


JOSIAH BRITTAN SHATTUCK. William Shattuck (I), one of the early settlers of Water- town, Massachusetts, was the emigrant ancestor of Josiah Brittan Shattuck, of Worcester, in fact most of the American families of this name trace their ancestry to this progenitor.


William Shattuck was born in England, 1622, according to his deposition made April 3, 1660. He died there August 14, 1672, aged fifty years. He was one of the proprietors of Watertown in 1642. His homestall there was between those of John Clough and William Perry. He added to his original hold- ings by purchase and grants. He bought John Clough's place July 4, 1654, including house, garden and thirty acres of land on Common Hill, now the south of the Wellington Hill station of the Fitch- burg Railroad, east of Common street, leading to Watertown village.


He was a cordwainer or shoemaker, though the genealogy gives his trade as weaver. He removed to Boston in 1652, but returned to Watertown in 1654. He acquired a large property and held a re- spectable position in society. One of the descendants, Lemuel Shattuck, erected a monument in 1853 over his grave at Watertown, in honor of the emigrant and his son, John Shattuck, who died in the service of his country. His will was dated August 3, and proved August 29, 1672. He gave to son Samuel Church; to sons John, Philip, William, Benjamin and Samuel; to my ten younger children that are married; to wife Susanna and to each grandchild. The widow married (second) Richard Norcross, who survived her. She died December 11, 1686, at Watertown.


The children of William and Susanna Shattuck were: Susannah, born 1643, married J. Morse and J. Fay ; Mary, born August 25, 1645, married Jonathan Brown; John, born February 11, 1646-7, married Ruth Whitney: soldier in the King Philip war; was drowned in the Charles river through the capsizing of the ferry boat; Philip, born 1648, married D. Barstow Chamberlain; Joanna, died April 4, 1673, unmarried ; William, born 1653, married Susanna Randall; Rebecca, born 1655, married Samuel Church; Abigail, born 1657, married J. Morse and J. Parker; Benjamin, born in Watertown, died in his twentieth year; Samuel, born February 28, 1666, married Abigail


(II) William Shattuck, son of William Shattuck (1), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, 1653,


and died there October 10, 1732, aged seventy-nine years. IIe lived on the old homestead in the east parish on Common Ilill, Watertown. The house was on the highway to the pond. He inherited also his father's loom and appurtenances, and like him was called a weaver. He also carried on the farm and made bricks. The town records show numerous contracts and grants made to him as a brick maker. He had to pay the town four pence for each thion- sand bricks he sold out of town. He and four others represented their section of the town before the committee appointed by the general court to de- termine the location of the new meeting house at Watertown. He served on many important commit- tees. He was frequently appointed commissioner and exercised the duties that would now be per- formed by lawyers. He held from time to time all the important town offices. His gravestone stands in the northwest corner of the burying ground. His will was dated January II, 1727, and proved Decem- ber 4, 1732.


He married, 1678, Susanna Randall, who died May 8, 1723. She was the daughter of Stephen and Susanna ( Barron ) Randall. They were married December 14, 1653. Randall died February 26, 1708, leaving a will dated January 13, 1698, proved April 19, 1708. Stephen Randall was the son of Elizabeth Randall, widow probably of John Ran- dall. The widow died at Watertown, December 24, 1672, aged eighty years. Susanna Barron was the daughter of Ellis Barron, who died at Watertown, October 30, 1676. She was the sister of Moses Bar- ron, who was born May 1, 1643, married Mary Learned, and settled in Chelmsford, Massachu- setts.


The children of William and Susannah (Ran- dall) Shattuck were: Susanna, married Samuel Holden; Joanna, married Isaac Holden; Elizabeth, born November 23, 1684, married Robert Goddard and others; William, born 1686, married Hepzibah Hammond; Benjamin, born June 30, 1687, married Martha Sherman; Mary, baptized April 13, 1690, married William Greenleaf; Abigail, born in Water- town, married Joseph Holden; Joseph, born October 9, 1694, died October 15, 1694: Jonathan, born Oc- tober 16, 1095, married Elizabeth Stearns; Robert, . born January 1, 1698, married Mary Pratt; Moses, born November 1, 1703, died at Boston, unmarried, May 31, 1724.


(III) Rev. Benjamin Shattuck, son of William Shattuck (2), was born in Watertown, Massachu- setts, July 30, 1687. Ile died at Littleton about 1763. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1709 and was engaged that year, January 17, to keep the grammar and English school at Watertown. His salary was to be thirty pounds per annum and the town was to build a new school house for his accommodation. He was teacher there six years until 1715. In the meantime he studied divinity, and December 25, 1717, he was ordained as the first minister of the town of Littleton. A committee of the proprietors of the town of Littleton, consisting of Major Jonathan Prescott, Captain Joseph Brad- ley, Captain Israel Powers, of Littleton, Nathaniel Wilder, of Lancaster, and Ebenezer Lawrence, of Groton, conveyed to him the ministerial lot of one hundred acres on both sides of the road called King street, now running south from the railroad station to the centre of the town. His dwelling was on the. right side of the road leading to the South burying ground. Hayward Hartwell lived on the old home- stall in 1853 and later. He resigned his position and severed his connection as minister August 30, 1730, though his salary continued until May 31, 1731. He resided in Littleton until his death on


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the best of terms with his former parishioners. Ap- parently the greatest good will existed between him and his people. In 1742 the town voted to give him a pew in the new meeting house.


Ile married Martha Sherman, who was baptized September 1, 1689. She died in Littleton. Her father was Joseph Sherinan, a blacksmith and noted public man of Watertown. Sherman married, No- vember 18, 1673, Elizabeth Winship, daughter of Edward Winship, of Cambridge. William Sherman, his son, brother of Mrs. Shattuck, was the father of Roger Sherman, signer of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, famous senator from Connecticut, an an- cestor of Senator George F. Hoar, of Worcester, and of many prominent men of Massachusetts. The father of Joseph Sherman was Captain John Sher- man, a most distinguished citizen of the colony, born 1013, in Dedham, England; he came to New England in 1634, was admitted freeman in 1637, was select- man in 1648; was steward of Harvard College in 1663; married Martha Porter, daughter of Roger and Grace (Coolidge) Porter ; he died January 25, 1691, aged seventy-six, and she died February 7, 1701.




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