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While practicing before the bar Judge Hopkins did not take any chances with his witnesses. He al- ways knew their story and he never put a witness on the stand that he did not know what that wit- ness had to tell. Moreover, he made all his clients tell him the exact truth before he took their cases, and in this way he was never surprised by any un- looked-for testimony brought out in cross-examina- tion. His manner of conducting cases and his skill in handling them attracted the attention of all his associates at the bar and he was acknowledged finally to be the most eminent criminal lawyer of the Wor- cester county bar. He had a thorough knowledge of the law. He was appointed to the bench in 1891 by Governor William E. Russell. His work on the bench was characterized by a courtesy that made
him especially popular with the younger lawyers. He gave them as much attention as he gave the leaders. He evinced great judicial ability and won a foremost place among the jurists of his day.
His townsmen in Millbury have occasion above all others to remember Judge Hopkins and his at- tainments. To him is largely due the success of the town in winning its fight against the city of Wor- cester in the state legislature and securing relief from further pollution of the Blackstone river by sewage. In the early eighties, when the river began to become offensive from sewage pollution, the peo- ple of Millbury chose Judge Hopkins to look after their interests in the legislature. How well he suc- ceeded is shown by the purification plant of the city of Worcester, a model of its kind, built to purify the city sewage instead of draining it into the river. Judge Hopkins was elected to various town offices before his appointment to the bench. He was a Democrat in politics and once met in joint debate Hon. Joseph H. Walker, then congressman from Worcester, and before an audience that filled Me- chanics Hall, maintained his end of a brilliant ex- change of political arguments. After his appoint- ment as judge, he took no active part in political campaigns. He was a vice-president of the Victoria Association. Judge Hopkins attended the Episco- pal church.
Judge Hopkins died of a cancer at his home in Millbury, Massachusetts, May 19, 1902, after a long and painful illness. Notwithstanding his illness, however, he performed his duties almost to the end. At the time of his death the Worcester Spy had the following estimates of his character from his associates in the bar and on the bench.
Colonel T. S. Johnson, clerk of courts, said : "In John Hopkins we have a type of manhood not rare in this land of splendid possibilities. His life fur- nishes an example of what may be accomplished by industry, patience, energy and constant effort well directed. A poor boy with none of the advantages of wealth or of social position, given no hand of influence to aid him, he fought the battle single- handed and won for himself a place of honor. He was a just judge, always approachable and incor- ruptible."
Judge Gaskill, an associate on the bench with Judge Hopkins says: "The estimate of his quali- ties as a lawyer was admirably set forth in the 'Memorial of the Bar,' prepared by Hon. Thomas G. Kent from which I quote: 'Brother Hopkins was eminently a successful jury lawyer. In criminal causes, where his legal services were for a long period more eagerly and constantly sought and rendered than those of any other practitioner at our bar, he repeatedly won victory after victory that seemed at least doubtful if not impossible.'" Of his work on the bench Judge Gaskill says: "He had a happy and secure grasp of the essentials requisite to a safe judgment. First impressions were carefully and almost laboriously tested before the ripened into final approval or reversal. With almost military pre- cision the column of facts of a given case was formed and the stately procession moved in con- summate order. There was no confusion in the ranks. To use a different figure, he had an unusual facility of 'marshaling the assets' of a case.
"The tributes of his fellow members of the Wor- cester bar when lately their resolutions were pre- sented to the court left no doubt of the place Judge Hopkins occupied in their judgment and affection. He loved the Worcester bar, and they loved and admired him, and in their affectionate judgment his associates upon the bench and the bar of the Com- . monwealth concur."
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Judge Sheldon, an associate on the superior court bench, said: "Judge Hopkins was perhaps one of the most conscientious workers on the bench. He was strong and self-reliant, always clear-headed and clear-sighted; not quickly jumping to conclusions, but diffcult to move when his deliberation had rip- ened to a definite result. He was a lover of justice ; a contention which he regarded as wrong always seemed unjustifiable. He was willing to follow authority, but he was not willing to be led astray by it. He had a firm grasp both of facts and law, and he was anxious to go wherever this showed that justice led. But he could not readily acquiesce in an unjust conclusion, and he was ready even to set aside a verdict if it seemed to him to work an in- justice. He was not easily tired by labor, but was willing to do whatever task came to him; not work- ing rapidly or carelessly, but faithfully and con- scientiously with that desire to reach the right end, which is perhaps the most important feature of an upright judge. His good work will be missed in our courts."
Judge Fox, another associate on the bench, said : "His loss will be greatly deplored both by the bar and by his associates on the bench."
He married Mary C. Salisbury, of Blackstone, Massachusetts. Their children: Herbert S., born February 5, 1868, an attorney-at-law practicing in Worcester; Herman P., born January 22, 1873, graduate of Dartmouth College, practicing law in Worcester ; Grace E., born January 17, 1866, mar- ried William O. McGowin; they reside in Savan- nah, Georgia.
CHESTER B. KENDALL. Francis Kendall (1), the immigrant ancestor of Chester B. Kendall, of Gardner, Massachusetts, was one of the first set- lers at Woburn, Massachusetts, and he is the pro- genitor of all the old American families of Kendall. He was one of the original signers of town orders for Woburn, December 18, 1640. He was admitted a freeman there March 26, 1647. He deposed De- cember, 1658, that he was aged about thirty-eight years, and again April 2, 1662, that he was about forty-eight years old. He was a very prominent citizen; was selectinan of Woburn for eighteen years. (See further details in sketch of Kendall family of Worcester.) He died 1708. His will is dated May 9, 1706. It mentions the children named below ; several grandchildren; also the eight daugh- ters of his brother, Thomas Kendall, that were liv- ing when Thomas died.
He married at Woburn, December 24, 1644. The record of the marriage gives his name Kendall, alias Miles, implying that he was also known as Miles, and it corroborates the family tradition that "in order to conceal from his parents his intention to emigrate to America, he embarked under a feigned name." Perhaps the name was suggested by his trade. He was a miller. His wife Mary died 1705. Their children were: John, born July 2, 1646, had three wives and eight children; Thomas, see forward: Mary, born January 20, 1650-51, mar- ried Israel Reed ; Elizabeth, born January 16, 1652- 53, married James Pierce; Hannah, born January 26, 1654-55, married William Greene; Rebecca, born March 21, 1656-57, married Joshua Eaton ; Samuel, born March 8, 1659-60, settled at Lancas- ter ; Jacob, born January 25, 1660-61, married Persis Hayward and Alice Temple; had eighteen children ; Abigail, born April 6, 1666, married William Reed.
(II) Thomas Kendall, son of Francis Kendall (I), was born at Woburn, Massachusetts, January 10, 1648-49. He died May 25, 1730. He lived in Woburn also. He married (first) Ruth -, who
died December 18, 1695. He married (second), March 30, 1696, Abigail Broughton, who died De- cember 31, 1716. The children of Thomas and Ruth Kendall were: Ruth, born February 17, 1674-75, married John Walker, Jr .; Thomas, see forward ; Mary, February 27, 1680, married Joseph Whitcomb, 1698-9; Samuel, October 29, 1682; Ralph, May 4, 1685; Eleazer, November 16, 1687; Jabez (twin), September 10, 1692; Jane (twin), September 10, 1692, married, 1712, Joseph Russell ; , born and died December 16, 1695.
(III) Thomas Kendall, Jr., son of Thomas Ken- dall (2), was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, May 19, 1677. He lived in Woburn, removing thence to Framingham with his wife and four children. He bought, March IS, 1728, for eighteen hundred pounds, a part of the Glover farm of Caleb and Solomon Johnson. It had two mansion houses, one barn and two hundred and seventy acres of land. The home of Kendall stood where the old Captain Bradbury house is or was recently. Later he bought thirty-six acres on Cochituate brook. He married, 1701, at Woburn, Sarah Cheever, daughter of Rev. Thomas Cheever, of Chelsea. Their chil- dren were: Sarah, born September 7, 1702; Thomas, July 30, 1704; Abigail, August 10, 1706, admitted to the Lexington church, 1724; Benjamin, see for- ward: Joshua, August 7, 1713: Ezekiel, December 21, 1715, taxed in Framingham in 1739; Elizabeth, March 4, 1718; Ruth, June 13, 1720; . Jane, Novem- ber 14, 1722; Elijah Elisha, January 30, 1725.
(IV) Benjamin Kendall, son of Thomas Ken- dall (3), was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, Feb- ruary 25, 1708, and died at the age of ninety-six years. He settled in Lexington, and was dismissed from the church there to the church at Sherborn, September 26, 1734. He settled in the northwest part of Sherborn, on the farm known as the Timothy Kendall place. He was selectman there in 1768, 1770 and 1778. He married, January 24, 1733, Keziah Leland, daughter of Ensign Henry Leland. She died March 21, 1736. aged twenty-three years. He married (second) Eunice Leland, 1736. She was the daughter of Deacon Timothy Leland. The only child of Benjamin and Keziah Kendall was: Benjamin, Jr., died with his mother March 21, 1736. The children of Benjamin and Eunice Kendall were: Keziah, born August 7. 1737, married William Boden, 1757; Asenath, born March 29. 1740, died October 6, 1773; married, 1763, Nathaniel Holbrook ; Lydia, born November 26, 1742, married, 1776, Michael Holbrook, of Sherborn; Benjamin, see for- ward; Asaph, born October 3, 1747, died aged fif- teen years; Eunice, born April 28, 1750, married Samuel Burbank; Rebecca, born November 12, 1752; Elizabeth, born August 23, 1755, married, 1782, Ben- jamin Houghton : Timothy, born December 9, 1757, married, June, 1785, Lucy Rice, and inherited the homestead.
(V) Benjamin Kendall. son of Benjamin Ken- dall (4), was born in Sherborn, Massachusetts, March IS, 1745. He settled in Gardner, Massachu- setts. He was a soldier in the revolution in Cap- tain Amos Perry's company with rank of second lieutenant (Ninth Company) of Colonel Bullard's regiment (Fifth Middlesex) in 1778 and 1779; he was a lieutenant in 1780 under Captain Amos Perry, Colonel Abner Perry. He married, April 1, 1768, at Sherborn, Keziah Twitchell. Their children were: Asaph, born March 23, 1769, resided at Haverhill, Massachusetts, and Portland, Maine; Rebecca, born June 2, 1771. died October 31, 1774; Jonathan, see forward; Rebecca, October 17, 1775, married Hub- bard Dunster, and lived at Gardner; Martin, Sep- tember 8. 1778, married Prudence Kendall, and lived
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at Jamaica, Vermont; Anna, born June 20, 1781, married Marshall Stoddard, lived at Hingham; Miriam, born probably at Gardner, married Bartlett Stoddard and lived at Gardner; Keziah, born prob- ably at Gardner, married Simon Stone, and lived at Gardner.
(VI) Jonathan Kendall, son of Benjamin Ken- dall (5), was born at Sherborn, Massachusetts, April 24, 1773. He resided in Gardner and Hub- bardston, Massachusetts. He lived in the south part of Gardner. He married Mary Nichols. Their chil- dren were: Asaph, born September 3, 1794: Hub- bard, April, 1796; Moses, May 16, 1798; Eunice, Orrison, Edmund, Crusoe, see forward, Rebecca, Mary, Fanny, married Harrison Howe; Harrison.
(VII) Crusoe Kendall, son of Jonathan Kendall (6), was born in Hubbardston, Massachusetts, about 1800. He settled in Hubbardston and died there, May, 1843. He was a manufacturer of churns, and one of the selectmen of Hubbardston. He mar- ried Minerva Gates, who died March, 1900. The children mentioned in his will were: Lucy Minerva, born in Hubbardston about 1838; John Nelson, born about 1840; Chester Bennett, see forward.
(VIII) Chester Bennett Kendall, son of Crusoe Kendall (7), was born in Hubbardston, Massachu- setts, October 18, 1842. He was educated in the common schools of Hubbardston and then came to Gardner, where he made his home for eight years. He learned the trade of chairmaking in Hubbards- ton, and followed it for eight years. He then drove a stage on one of the lines to Gardner, resided in Hubbardston, and continued until the building of the railroads caused the line to discontinue busi- ness. In 1871 he returned to Gardner and in 1873 started in business as a dealer in coal and wood, and met with success from the first. Shortly after, 1874, he added an extensive ice business to his other business, which has grown to large proportions. Mr. Kendall is one of the leading business men of his section of the county. He is somewhat active in public affairs. He is an independent Democrat in politics, and has held the office of selectman of Gardner from 1884 to 1892. He is an Odd Fellow and has been through the various chairs of the Gardner Lodge. He attends the Unitarian church.
He married, December 28, 1870, Josephine A. Morse, born July 29, 1848, daughter of Stillman Morse, born October 7, 1798, and Mary Ann (Slocumb) Morse, married April 17, 1823 ; died July 22, 1823; he married (second), September 1, 1825, Sarah M. Warren, who died June 30, 1841, aged thirty-eight years; he married (third) Augusta (Prentiss) Clark, May 4, 1843; died October 6. 1891. Josephine A. Morse was the granddaughter of William Morse, who was born August 31, 1761, married Hannah Richardson, May 23, 1791 ; she died November 25, 1809, aged forty-one years, and Will- iam married (second), October 7. ISII, Hannah Johnson, who died October 1813; William died July 21, 1830. His father, Samuel Morse, came from Medfield, was descended from the immigrant, San- uel Morse; he married, February 1, 1759, Catherine Clark. The children of Chester B. and Josephine A. Kendall were: Florence E., born January, 1875; Harry S., born March 16, 1881; Ernest L., born July S. 1886. Both sons are engaged with their father in business.
WESLEY LADD KENDALL. George C. Ken- dall, father of Wesley Ladd Kendall, was born in the old Bromfield Hotel, Boston, March IS, 1827, died in Alamosa, Colorado, December 27, 1899. He was the son of James Kendall, at one time the proprietor of the Bromfield Hotel, Boston. George
C. Kendall was an importer of laces for many years in Boston, Massachusetts, and New Orleans, Louisiana. He married, October 14, 1857, Helen M. Ladd, at Tilton, 'New Hampshire. She was born in Holland, Vermont, January 1, 1829. They were the parents of two children: Lillie M. and Wesley Ladd.
Wesley Ladd Kendall was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, August 9, 1869. He attended the High- land Military Academy and a private school at Billerica, Massachusetts. He began his business career with the Worcester Construction Company and remained with that company for ten years; ad- vancing to a position of responsibility. He then accepted the position of manager of the Blood Wine Company, in which Worcester capital was largely interested, and later he became the assistant treas- urer and member of the firm of the William H. Burns Company of Worcester. This concern manu- factures cotton garments in great variety and quan- tity. The factory is located in Worcester opposite the common on Park street. The goods made by this concern are known all over the country. Mr. Kendall is a member of the Tatassit Canoe Club. the Worcester Club and other social organizations.
Mr. Kendall married, December 15. 1897. May Leah Goulding, born December 5, 1875. She at- tended the private schools of Miss Parkhurst, Miss Davis, Miss Williams, and Mrs. Throop in Worces- ter, also the Oread school, and the Hillside school conducted by Mrs. Mead at Norwalk, Connecticut. Children of Wesley Ladd and May Leah (Gould- ing) Kendall are: Robert Goulding, born in Wor- cester, October 15, 1898: Helen Ladd, December 14, 1899, died July 16, 1900; Catharine Ladd, Octo- ber 6. 1904.
(I) Peter Goulding, the pioneer ancestor of Mrs. Wesley Ladd Kendall, of Worcester, was also the ancestor of William H. Goulding. (See sketch.) He married (second) Sarah Palmer, sis- ter of Thomas Palmer. He was one of the pro- prietors and settlers of Worcester at the second attempt, in 1684, to make a settlement. His chil- dren were: Peter; Mary, born 1665; Frances; Martha; Elizabeth, 1673; Winsor, March 3, 1674; Thomas, January 2, 1677; Sarah, August 9, 1679; John, 1682; Jane, January, 1683; Mary, September 8, 1686; Peter; Abigail; Arabella; Palmer, see forward.
(II) Palmer Goulding, son of Peter Goulding (1), was born 1695. He came from Boston, where he was brought up, and settled in the north pre- cinct of Worcester (Holden), in 1718. He was a shoemaker by trade, and established in Worcester a large business, which was conducted for many years by his descendants. He had a tannery, malt house and smoke house. He lived in Worcester in the square bounded by Front. Mechanic, Spring and Church streets. He held numerous town offices, was in the French and Indian wars, and was at the capture of Louisburg, June 17, 1745. He was captain in the militia. He died Febru- ary II, 1770, and was buried on the common. He left a large estate, owning the land between the common and Pine meadows clear to the Sut- ton line. He was a member of the Old South Church. He married Abigail Rice, daughter of Timothy Rice. of Concord, in 1722. Their chil- dren were: Palmer, born 1723, captain ; Ignatius, married Elizabeth Rice; Peter, see forward; Abel, born 1728.
(III) Peter Goulding, son of Captain Palmer Goulding (2), was born about 1727, in Worcester. He was a carpenter by trade, and lost his life by falling from a building while at work, July 17, 1790,
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at the age of sixty-three. He married Lucy Brewer. Their children were: Levi, born March 15, 1767, died June 8, 1767; Clark, born September 24, 1768, died August 14, 1829, see forward; Lucy, born April 10, 1770, inarried Nathan Gates; Patty, born March II, 1772, married Clark Jolinson; Lucinda,“ born 1774, married Timothy Johnson; Peter, born March 15, 1776, Indian agent at Calais, Maine ; Sally, . born April 28, 1778, died young; Sally, born April IS, 1780, married Reuben Scott; Turilla, born Sep- tember 21, 1781; Levi, born September 11, 1787, married, April 18, 1809, Sally Harrington, removed to New Orleans.
(IV) Clark Goulding, second child of Peter Goulding (3), was born September 24, 1768, died August 14, 1829. He lived in Holden, near Tat- nuck. He married Prudence Rice, daughter of Luke Rice, of Shrewsbury; she was born April 9, 1776. Their children, all born in Holden, were: Mary, born October 23, 1795, died 1839; married Artemas Keyes. Lewis, born August 18, 1797, died May 8, 1847; married Lucy Adams; resided in Gardner, Mame. Abigail, born June 21, 1799, married Elisha Chaffin. Harriet, born February 22, 1801, married Ebenezer Dana. Henry, born December 13, 1802, married, 1829, Saralı Rice, and they were the parents of William Henry Goulding; (see sketch). Eli, see forward. Clark, born March 31, 1806. Lucy, born October 15, 1807, married Jason Chapin. Peter, born May 30, 1810, married Melinda Hubbard. Emelia, born March 15, 1812, died April 17, 1812. Frederick, born December 12, 1813, died February 8, 1814. Hannah, born June 15, 1815, married H. P. Dunham. Fanny, born August 2, 1816, married Gardner Childs. Frederick, born July 19, 1823, mar- ried Calista Perkins.
(V) Eli Goulding, son of Clark Goulding (+), was born in Holden, Massachusetts, August 12, 1804, and brought up on the farm. He married Martha Alexander, December 24, 1833, at Holden, and set- tled in Worcester, and their children were born there : Villeroy Augustus, born December 26, 1834, died March 20, 1843; Henrietta Maria, born Octo- ber 12, 1836, married Daniel Taft; Jane Cather- ine, born April 8, 1838; Edward Payson, born Au- gust 4, 1844; Isaac Davis, see forward.
(VI) Isaac Davis Goulding, son of Eli Gould- ing (5), was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was educated in the common schools, and later studied law and was admitted to the bar. During his early manhood he went to California and held a responsible position in the mail service from San Francisco to Panama, during the civil war. He was a Republican in politics. He married, March, 1874, S. Jennie Stott, and had two children: May Leah, born in Worcester, December 5, 1875, inarried, De- cember 15, 1897, Wesley Ladd Kendall, aforemen- tioned. Frederick E., born December 13, 1882, was educated in the schools of Worcester and the Allen school in West Newton, is now a chair manufac- turer, and resides in Sterling, Massachusetts. He married Marion Frances Green, June 8, 1904. Isaac Davis Goulding died December, 1883. His widow married (second) the late M. H. Cowden, of Wor- cester, Massachusetts.
MOLT FAMILY. Gustave Molt, the founder of the Molt family of Millbury, Massachusetts, and of the industry conducted by his sons in that town, was born in Heidelberg, Germany, in 1826. He was educated in his native place, graduating from a textile school where he made a specialty of chem- istry and dyeing He followed the trade of dyer in Germany until 1854, when he came to America. His emigration followed the collapse of the revolu-
tionary movement in which General Sigel and General Carl Schurtz, both of whom became fam- ous subsequently in the civil war in the United States, were prominent leaders. The movement was well meant to give Germany a free government, but the failure made refugees of these generals and many others and they were sheltered in Mr. Molt's home for some time before leaving the country. Mr. and Mrs. Molt were living in 1849 in Elberfeld, Ger- many. After they came to New York with several young children, Mr. Molt secured employment there at his trade and lived there until 1860, when he came to Millbury, where he made his home the remainder of his life. He took charge of the dyeing department In the hosiery mill of Crane & Waters in Braman- ville. He invented a patent indigo blue dye and he- gan to manufacture it in Worcester, in the old Taintor Mill at South Worcester, in partnership with Jerome Marble. About 1880 Mr. Marble with- drew and the firm of Whitney & Molt was formed to carry on the business. Mr. Molt's partner was L. L. Whitney. Their shop was on the river at the privilege formerly used by H. H. Ward for a grist mill. The business prospered and the product be- came known and used throughout the industries of this country. Mr. Molt stood high as a chemist and manufacturer. He was a past master of the art of dyeing. He was an upright honorable man, of exemplary character. He taught his business or his trade to his four sons. three of whom have continued his business in Millbury. He was a member of Olive Branch Lodge, Free Masons, and of Tyrian Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Millbury; also of the First Congregational Church. In politics he was a Republican.
He married Amelia De Muth, 1848, in Germany. She survived him and is living at the homestead in Millbury, a very bright and well preserved woman for her years. He died at Millbury, April 23, 1885. Their children: Augustus Carl, see forward; Her- man, see forward; William, see forward; Robert E., see forward; Amelia, lives at home with her mother ; Mary, married George S. Batcheller, of Millbury; Bertha, married Richard Bruninghaus, of Worcester and Millbury.
Augustus Carl Molt, son of Gustave Molt, was born in Elberfeld. Germany, October 14, 1849. He attended the public schools in New York city and the public and high schools of Millbury. He learned the trade of dyer in the mill of Nelson Walling, Millbury. He became in time the manager of the factory of the firm of Molt & Marble and later of Whitney & Molt. In the interests of the business he traveled extensively both in this country and abroad. He was a skillful dyer and a good manager. He became a member of the firm of Molt Brothers which succeeded the firm of Whitney & Molt after his father's death. His partners are his two broth- ers, Herman and William, both dyers by trade, and having a long experience in dyeing and printing. The firm of Molt Brothers also deals in shoddy, waste, etc., manufacturing their own goods to a considerable extent. The industry employs some twenty men. Mr. Molt is an active Republican. He served the town of Millbury several years on the board of assessors and two years on the board of selectmen. Ile is a member of Morning Star Lodge of Odd Fellows, No. 130, of Millbury; of Olive Branch Lodge of Free Masons, and of Tyrian Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons, of that town. He was formerly a member of Battery B, Massachusetts state militia, of Worcester.
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