Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. III, Part 13

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 772

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John Lasell was a prominent citizen of Hingham and was often clected to positions of trust and honor by his townsmen. He was admitted a free- man, which is evidence that he already belonged to the Puritan Church, in 1678. He was constable of Hingham in 1677. His home in Hingham was at the Centre "over the river." He died at Hingham, October 21, 1700. His will was dated September 2, 1695, and proved January 16, 1700-01. It mentions his four sons living, Thomas, Stephen, John and Israel, besides his grandson Joshua, son of Joshua, deceased. and the children of Isaac and Abigail, their fathers Joshua and Isaac being dead; also his daughters: Hannah Turner, Mary Burr and Sarah Ripley. Children of John and Elizabeth Lasell, born in Hingham, Massachusetts, were: John, baptized September 8, 1650, see forward. Thomas, born Sep- tember 15, 1652, married, April 26, 1685, Mary Allen, of Duxbury, probably daughter of Bouzoun Allen, of Hingham; settled in Windham, Connecticut. in what is now the town of Scotland in 1704. Joshua, born November 17, 1654, died 1689. Stephen, born October 6, 1656, settled in Hingham. Elizabeth, born February 28. 1657-58, died April 7, 1676. Isaac, born July 10, 1660, settled at Hingham. Hannah,

born August 31. 1662, married Turner. Mary, born September 2, 1664, married, August, 1690, Simon Burr, Jr. Sarah. born November 29, 1666, married. April 17, 1693, Peter Ripley. John, Jr., born April 25. 1669, settled in Hingham. Israel, born September 25, 1671.

(II) John Lasell, son of John Lasell (1), was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, April 25, 1660. He married, March 26, 1696, Deborah Lincoln, daughter of Joshua and Deborah (Hobart) Lin- coln. She was born at Hingham, August 31, 1674. He removed to Windham, Connecticut, as early as September 9. 1741, when he deeded land in Hing- ham, Massachusetts, that had been granted to his father and handed down to him. (Suffolk Deeds, lxvii-page 88). He located his brother, Thomas Lasell, who had been there some forty years, and his sons hecame settlers at Windham, in Scotland parish. John Lasell and his wife are both bitried in the old cemetery at Scotland, and both graves are marked by headstones. John Lasell was a constable in Hingham in 1712 and a selectman in 1717. His children, born in Hingham, were: John, Jr., born 1686-87, died February 10, following ; John, Jr., born October 13. 1698; Joshua, born De- cemher 20. 1703, see forward.

(III) Joshua Lasell, son of John Lasell (2), was born in Hingham, Massachusetts. December 29, 1703. He was a joiner or carpenter by trade. He lived in Hingham until about 1740, when he and his father removed to Windham, Connecticut. He mar- ried, August 1, 1728, Martha Harris. Their home in Windham was in what is now Scotland, Connec- ticut. Children of Joshua and Martha Lasell : Joshua, born December 21, 1729: a Joshua married Hannah Bingham. who was born April 26, 1738, daughter of Lemuel Bingham, and granddaughter of

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Captain Samuel Bingham, of Scotland parish, whose father was the immigrant, Thomas Bingham. Josiah, born February 10, 1732-33, died May 15. 1736. Mary, born April 5. 1737. Sarah, born January 12, 1738-39. Josiah, born May .5, 1741, see forward.

(IV) Josiah Lasell, son of Joshua Lasell (3). was born in Scotland parish, Windham, Connecticut, May 5. 1741, or just before the family removed from Hingham. He was a soldier in the revolution, a private in Captain John Kingsley's company of Windham men, who responded to the Lexington alarm in April, 1775. He married Lydia Bingham, born December 10, 1745, at Scotland, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary (Tilly or Filly) ) Bingham, granddaughter of Deacon Nathaniel Bingham, who was born October 3, 1681, in Windham. Deacon Thomas Bingham, father of Deacon Nathaniel, was the pioneer ancestor; was baptized June 5, 1642, at Sheffield. England, died January 6, 1729-30, aged eighty-eight years; settled first at Norwich, then at Windham. He married Mary Rudd, December 12, 1666. Nathaniel Bingham settled in Scotland on a farm given to him by his father. He and Joshua Lasell were charter members of the Scotland Church; Nathaniel Bingham was one of the first deacons; married, July 25, 1705, Sarah Lobdell. Children of Josiah and Lydia Lasell: Mary, born June 15, 1769; Josiah, born April 21, 1771, died December 22, 1771 (gravestone) : Josiah, born Sep- tember 28. 1772: Enoch, born December 20, 1774; John, born February 24. 1777; Lydia, horn May 10, 1779; James, born August 22, 1781, died January 25, 1785 (gravestone) ; Chester, born February 23. 1784, see forward; James, born October 10, 1786; Lucy, born August II, 1791.

(V) Chester Lasell, son of Josiah Lasell (4), was born in Scotland parish, Connecticut, February 23, 1784, died in Schoharie, New York, October 30, 1864. He was one of the early settlers in Schoharie, when a young man. He married, February 15, 1806, Nancy Manning, daughter of Nathaniel Manning (VII), whose line of descent is: Hezekiah (VI), Samuel (V), Samuel (IV), Samuel (III), William (II), William (I) Manning. Nancy Manning was also descended directly from Governor Bradford.

Governor William Bradford, a sketch of whom is given elsewhere in this work, was born in York- shire, England, March, 1588. died May 9, 1657; mar- ried, August 4, 1623, Alice (Carpenter) Southworth, who was born 1590 and died March 26, 1670. ( See Carpenter family and Southworth family in this work for English ancestry.) William Bradford, son of Governor Bradford, was born June 17, 1624, died February 20, 1703; married Alice Richards, born June 17. 1624, died December 12, 1671. He was deputy governor. Hannah Bradford. daughter of William Bradford, Jr., was born May 9. 1662. dicd May 28, 1738: married, November 28, 1682, Joshua Ripley, born November 9, 1658, died May 8, 1739. Irena Ripley, born August 28, 1700, one of thir- teen children of Joshua Ripley, married, April 20. 1719, Samuel Manning, born at Billerica, January 14, 1690, but was chiefly reared at Cambridge, Massa- chusetts, removing as early as 1716 to Windham, Connecticut, doubtless on the farm his father bought there in 1714. He was admitted an inhabitant Sep- tember 24, 1716, was assessor 1720 to 1726, highway surveyor in 1722. Samuel died June 3, 1727 ; Irene, his wife, January 20. 1726-27. Irene was also grand- daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hobart) Ripley, and great-granddaughter of William Ripley, who emigrated from England in 1638 to Hingham, Massachusetts ; admitted freeman there 1642, and died July 20. 1656. Joshua Ripley was the first town clerk and treasurer of Windham. Elizabeth

Hobart was daughter of Rev. Peter Hobart, first minister of Hingham.

Hezekiah Manning, son of Samuel and Irena (Ripley) Manning, was born August 8, 1721, died April 20, 1802; married, September 22, 1745, Mary Webb, born 1725, died December 20, 1785. He was a tithingman in Windham, 1745-46, assessor, 1754- 55, grand juror 1747-53, constable and collector 1758. first constable and collector of the colony tax 1759 to 1766, highway surveyor, deputy to the general court, 1764 to 1767, elected six times, and held many other minor offices.

Nathaniel Manning, son of Hezekiah and Mary (Webb) Manning, was baptized March 16, 1760, at Windham. He was a soldier in the revolution. April 24, 1777, to November 5, 1777, in Captain Nathaniel Wales' company, Colonel Jonathan Latimer's regi- ment, which was at the battle of Saratoga, assigned to General Poor's brigade, General Benedict Arnold's division, and was highly complimented by General Gates. In 1778, under Captain Jonathan Rudd and Colonel Samuel Chapman, the regiment served under General Sullivan at Newport and was at the battle of Rhode Island, August 29, 1778. He inherited his father's farm, was selectman 1799 to 1801, deputy to the general assembly, 1806-07-09. He died March 9, 1814. He married. September 3, 1783, Matilda Morgan, born October 6, 1764, daugh- ter of Samuel (5) and Bethia ( Parrish) Morgan, granddaughter of Samuel (4) and Elizabeth (Forsyth) Morgan, great-granddaughter of James (3) and Bridget Morgan. James Morgan (3) was the son of John (2) and Rachel (Dymond ) Morgan, and grandson of James (1) and Margery ( Hill) Morgan, the immigrants, who came from Wales to Boston, 1636. James Morgan was admitted a freeman in 1643. He removed to Roxbury in 1640 and later to Connecticut.

Nancy Manning. daughter of Nathaniel and Ma- tilda (Morgan) Manning, was born April 23, 1786, as already stated. She died at Schoharie, New York, December 13. 1872. Children of Chester and Nancy (Manning) Lasell: Lucia, born June 15, 1807, married Lyman Knowles: Edward, January 21, 1809, see forward; Matilda, September 23, 1810; Nancy, May 16, 1812; Timothy, February 14, 1814; Nathaniel, February 4, 1816; Chester, March 3, 1818; Samuel M., August 10, 1820, died December 6, 1851 ; Claudius B., February 20, 1822; Lydia, November 9, 1823, married Professor George W. Briggs ; Josiah, August 6, 1825, see forward; James, April 25, 1827; Mary, August 21, 1829; Charles C., October 3, 1832.

(VI) Professor Edward Lasell, son of Chester Lasell (5), was born at Schoharie. New York, Jan- tiary 21, 1809. He was educated in the public schools, and at Williams College, in which he be- came an instructor and later professor of chemistry. In 1852 he secured the incorporation of the academy for young women at Auburndale, Massachusetts, known as the Lasell Seminary. He was joined by his brother, Josiah Lasell, and his brother-in-law, Professor George W. Briggs, and the enterprise proved entirely successful from the outset. No more famous girls' preparatory and finishing school is to be found in New England.

Professor Lasell married, November 1, 1833. Ruth Whitman, born January 10. 1815. daughter of Dr. Timothy and Laura (Seymour) Whitman. Dr. Whitman and his brother. John P. Whitman, were merchants in partnership in Williamstown. Massa- chusetts. descendants of John Whitman. of Wey- mouth, the immigrant ancestor. (See the Whitman family sketch in this work. ) Mrs. Timothy Whit- man contributed largely to the endowment of the

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chair held by her son-in-law. Professor Lasell died at Auburndale, Newton, Massachusetts, January 30, 1852; his wife died at Auburndale, July 22, 1881, aged sixty-six years. Children of Professor Ed- ward and Ruth Whitman were: Edward, Jr., born August 17, 1834. died unmarried October 26, 1860; Laura Whitman, born June 11. 1836, died June 23, 1891; Timothy, born October 9. 1838, deceased ; Ellen, born March 26, 1841, married, December 19, 1860. Herman Day, son of Hon. Herman Gould, of Delhi, New York, deceased. She lives in New York and has three children: Louise, born May 18, 1845, resides in New York city.

(VI) Josiah Lasell. son of Chester Lasell (5), was born at Schoharie, New York, August 6, 1825. He attended the public schools of his native town and fitted for college there. He entered Williams College, where his brother Edward was professor of chemistry, in 1840. After completing his college course, he studied law for a time in Schoharie but he preferred teaching. Very likely the few months of study of law were valuable to him in his business career in later years. He first taught in the boys' school of Professor Piquet in Brooklyn, New York; then for several years in Spingler Institute, New York city, of which Jacob Abbott was principal. In 1852 he and his brother-in-law, Professor George W. Briggs, joined his brother. Professor Edward Lasell, as associates and teachers in Lasell Seminary, which he had projected and organized. A few months after they began the work Professor Lasell died, January 30, 1852, and Josiah Lasell and Pro- fessor Briggs became joint principals.

In 1860 Mr. Lasell was called from his work at Lasell Seminary to assist John C. Whitin. his father- in-law, in the conduct of the machine works he had just purchased at Holyoke, Massachusetts, and Mr. Lasell remained in Holyoke until January, 1864, when Mr. Whitin sold out his Holyoke interests. Mr. Lasell came to Whitinsville to take charge of the books and accounts of Mr. Whitin, who had be- come the sole proprietor of the Whitin Machine Works, and his great business ability was mani- fested. When the Whitin Machine Works was in- corporated in 1870 Mr. Lasell became the treasurer and be shared in the duties and responsibilities of Mr. Whitin, and as the president had to lay aside his duties one by one on account of age and in- firmity Mr. Lasell took up the burdens. At the death of John C. Whitin, Mr. Lasell became the president and he also retained the treasurership until January, 1886. It was largely by his inspiration and under his direction that the great enlargement of the business and plant took place in the eighties.

"As a business man," some friendly hand writes, "he developed large capacity. Though not educated to business, his well-trained mind grappled success- fully with its problems. He took wide and far- reaching views of the varied forces affecting busi- ness interests, and knew and could state his rea- sons for his opinions. He believed in large de- velopments yet before us and formed his plans to provide for them. He was, too, the master of de- tails and had unusual capacity for accomplishing a great deal of work with seemingly slight affort. He was also able to see and appreciate the difficult and intricate mechanical questions connected with machinery."

He was called to various offices of trust. He was director of the Providence & Worcester Rail- road, the Rome & Watertown Railroad and of the Whitinsville National Bank. He was a trustee of the Whitinsville Savings Bank. As a school teacher Mr. Lasell was gifted with unusual ability. He knew how to stir the interest of his pupils and

arouse ambition and effort as well as to make things clear to the intellect. His work as a teacher is fittingly commemorated with that of his able brother in the name of Lasell Seminary, which they founded. Mr. Lasell joined the Congregational Church in early life. At Holyoke he was superintendent of the Sunday school, and gave efficient help in the musical part of the services. At Whitinsville he taught in the Sunday school until he took charge of the choir, which he conducted for a number of years. His interest in music and especially church music never abated ; he sang with his wonted fervor. we are told, a few hours before his death, at a praise service in the church. He died at Whitinsville, March 15, 1886. His son Chester W. Lasell succeeded his father as the president of the corporation. Surely Mr. Lasell's business career was remarkably suc- cessful in every way.

He married, June 5, 1855, Jane Whitin, the only daughter of John Crane Whitin. (See sketch of Whitin family). She died March 12, 1895, at Whitinsville. Children of Josiah and Jane ( Whitin) Lasell were: Chester W., see forward; Josiah M., see forward; Jennie L., died March 9, 1892; Cath- erine Whitin. born March 10, 1856, married George Marston Whitin, mentioned in the sketch of the Whitin Family of Whitinsville in this work.

(VII) Josiah M. Lasell, son of Josiah Lasell (6). was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Septem -. ber 15, 1863. He was educated in the public schools, at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and at Williams College, from which he was graduated in 1886. His father died that year and he was called at once to large responsibilities in the management of the estate and of the Whitin Machine Works in association with his brother. He became a director and assistant treasurer of the corporation. He remained in the active management of the business until 1903. He remains in the directorate, however. but devotes much of his time to travel and the care of his estate. Mr. Lasell is a Republican in politics, and greatly interested in town affairs. He served for several terms as chairman of the board of select- men of Northbridge, and has for many years been a member of the school committee. He is a mem- ber of the Union Club of Boston, the Worcester Club, the Grafton Country Club, the Eastern and New York Yacht Clubs. He is a director of the Whitinsville National Bank and trustee of the Whitinsville Savings Bank.

He married, June 27, 1888, Mary F. Krum, daughter of Judge Chester Harding Krum, of St. Louis, Missouri; a graduate of Washington Uni- versity and Harvard Law School ; prominent in pub- lic life in Missouri. Children of Josiah M. and Mary F. (Krum) Lasell are: Josiah, born September 13. 1891: Elizabeth, January 8, 1896; John Whitin, November 30, 1897; Margaret Harding, June 14. 1900: Philip Bradford, April 4. 1905.

(VII) Chester W. Lasell, son of Josiah Lasell (6), was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He re- ceived his education in the public schools at the hands of private tutors, and at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. He began to learn the business of the Whitin Machine Works and spent two years at work in the various departments of the concern. After mastering the mechanical de- tails, he went into the counting room and became familiar with the bookkeeping, buying and selling. In 1886 he succeeded his father as president of the corporation, a position that he has since held. He is also a director. In late years he has devoted con- siderable attention to his estate and stables. His horses are widely known. He is president of the Grafton Country Club, Grafton, Massachusetts, Tat-

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nuck Club, Boston A. A., Worcester Club and vari- ous other clubs and organizations. In politics he is a Republican, and influential in political and town affairs.

He married. February 4, 1886, Jesse Keeler, sister of Lawrence Murray Keeler, who married Eliza- beth K. Whitin, daughter of George Marston and Jane (Lasell) Whitin. She is the daughter of Julius M. and Julia (Lathrop) Keeler, of San Francisco. Their children are: Hildegarde, born December 28, 1888; Marion, born June 24, 1890.

IRA OTIS BULLARD. Robert Bullard (1), the immigrant ancestor of Ira Otis Bullard, of Clinton, Massachusetts, was born in England in 1599. He was an early settler at Watertown, Massa- chusetts, probably as early as 1630. Land was granted to him on several occasions. There is reason to believe that George Bullard, of Water- town, born about 1600, died June, 1680; Isaac Bullard, of Dedham, who signed the compact in 1636 and died in Dedham, May 11, 1676; John Bul- lard, of Dedham, who was admitted a freeman May 13, 1640, were brothers. The father of Isaac Bul- lard, of Dedham, who took the freeman's oath May 13, 1640; signed the social compact of Dedham, Au- gust 18, 1636, and his wife was received into the church there in 1639. At any rate, it may be said that all the Bullards of Watertown and Dedham, where the early settlers of his name all located, were of the same family. Robert Bullard died soon after coming to America, June 24, 1639. His widow married (second) Henry Thorpe. Children of Rob- ert and Anne were: Benjamin, see forward; daughter.

(II) Benjamin Bullard, son of Robert Bullard (1), was born in England or Watertown, about 1634. He was only five years old when his father died and he was brought up by an uncle at Ded- ham, Massachusetts. He was admitted a townsman in Dedham, January 1, 1655-56. He married (first), April 5, 1659, Martha Pidge, born January 12, 1642, at Roxbury, Massachusetts, daughter of Thomas Pidge, and (second), 1677, Elizabeth Thorpe, daughter of his step-father, Henry Thorpe. Bullard and George Fairbanks, of Dedham, bought the south half or third of the estate of Captain Robert Kayne in the vicinity of Bogistow pond, lying partly in what is now Sherborn, partly in the present town of Millis. Kayne had been granted one thousand and seventy-four acres at Pawsett Hill, as the sec- tion was called. The other half of this tract was bought by Hill and Breck, of Dorchester. These four men constituted the second company in Sher- born. Several hundred acres of the original pur- chase of Benjamin Bullard are owned by John S. Bullard, at South Sherborn, the homestead having remained in the family to the present time. The occupants of the homestead have been: Captain Samuel (III), Lieutenant Benjamin (IV), Peter (V), John (VI), Daniel Whitney (VII), John S. (VIII), the present owner. The garrison house built on the Bullard farm is described in the sketch of James H. Bullard, of Holden.

In 1662 Benjamin Bullard signed the first peti- tion for the incorporation of the town. October 3, 1673, he sold his estate at Watertown to Justinian Holden. In 1674 he signed a second petition for incorporation of Sherborn and that prayer was granted. He was one of the six brethren to con- stitute the church at its formation. He was tithing- man in 1680, selectman 1688 and was on the commit- tee to seat the meeting house. He was one of nine who bought up the Indian claims of the township. He died intestate September 27, 1689, and adminis-

tration was granted to his son Samuel and one Sarah Bullard, possibly a third wife. His children : Eliza- beth; Mary, born September 14, 1663, died July 31, 1666; Hon. Samuel, born December 26, 1667, see forward; Benjamin, born March 1, 1670, died 1766; Hannah, born August 6, 1672, married, May 30, 1692, William Sheffield; Lieutenant Eleazer, born June 27, 1076, married Widow Sarah Leland; John, born May 7, 1678, married Abigail Leland, daugh- ter of Hopestill; Elizabeth, born January 31, 1681, died young ; Mary, born February 20, 1683, married Hopestill Leland, Jr .; Malachi, born March 8, 1685, married Bethia Fisher; Isaac, born July 25, 1688, married Sarah Morse.

(III) Captain Samuel Bullard, son of Benjamin Bullard (2), was born December 26, 1667, at Sher- born, Massachusetts. He was a prominent citizen. He was for a series of years moderator of the Sherborn town meetings, five years assessor, nine- teen years selectman, representative in the general court 1708-09-23-24-25, and was active in procuring for the town a grant of four thousand acres of land west of Mendon, called New Sherborn, now Douglass. He lived in an eventful period of the history of his native town and the administration of public affairs seemed to devolve mamly on him. He died December 11, 1727, aged sixty years. His will, dated September 20, 1726, and proved Jan- uary 8, 1727, gave the use of his estate to his wife Deborah, who was made joint executor with their son Benjamin, who had the real estate. His per- sonal estate was appraised at two hundred and fifty- six pounds.

He married, June, 1690, Deborah Atherton, daughter of James Atherton, previously of Lan- caster, afterward of Milton. Her father, a brother or near relative of General Humphrey Atherton, died in Sherborn, August 6, 1710, and her mother, December 29, 1713. The children of Captain Sam- uel Bullard: Samuel, born January 31, 1692, died October 14, 1717, unmarried; Martha, born Feb- ruary II, 1695, married Eleazer Fairbanks, Decem- ber 25, 1712; Benjamin, born February 16, 1696-97, see forward; Deborah, born November 9, 17-, died February 10, 1757; married Eleazer Holbrook.

(IV) Lieutenant Benjamin Bullard, son of Samuel Bullard (3), was born at Sherborn, Massa- chusetts, on the homestead, February 16, 1690-97, and died 1762. He inherited the homestead in South Sherborn and was prominent in civil and military life. He was constable in 1727 and selectman for fifteen years. He made his will February 12, 1762, making ample provision for his widow Miriam dur- ing her widowhood and also for her second widow- hood, if she should marry again. Ilis farm of one hundred and eighty-five acres he divided among his three sons, giving Benjamin the home lot or east division, who exchanged it for the southwest share bequeathed to Peter. Samuel had the northwest section. To Deborah Twitchell and Keziah Leland each he gave half his lands in Douglass and eighty pounds; to Martha Leland eighty-six pounds.

He married, December 20, 1721, Miriam Morse, born June 30, 1700, daughter of Samuel Morse, granddaughter of Daniel Morse, and great-grand- daughter of Samuel Morse, the first settler. She was long blind and died December 9, 1774. Their children : Adam, (A. M. Harvard, 1742) born January 8, 1723, assessor 1747, died in Halifax, Nova Scotia ; Deborah, born October 26, 1725, inar- ried Jonathan Twitchell, March I, 1743-44; Miriam, born November 27, 1727, died August 4. 1728; Sam- uel, born August 2, 1729, see forward; Keziah, born January II, 1731-32, married Henry Leland, of Sherborn; Peter, born September 23, 1734, had

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the homestead; Martha, born September 15, 1737, married Simon Leland; Benjamin, captain, born June 30, 1741, settled on what is now called the Mason place near the Bullard homestead.

( V) Colonel Samuel Bullard, son of Lieutenant Benjamin Bullard (4), was born in Sherborn, Massachusetts, August 2, 1729. He inherited a third of his father's farm and built his house where the heirs of the late Elijah Hill resided. He was early invested with the honors of his fellow-citizens, and much confidence through a long life was placed in his judgment and integrity. He was received as cap- tain Bullard, a member of the Ancient and Honor- able Artillery Company of Boston, 1755, chosen selectman 1760 and held that office altogether nine years. He was representative to the general court in 1774. At the commencement and during the revolution he was a leader of the Patriots. He was often on the committee of correspondence and safety. He was colonel of Fifth Middlesex County Regiment in 1775, and served in the Bennington campaign in 1777 with General Stark. He resigned April 14, 1779. He married, December 12, 1751, Martha Perry, who died January 8, 1753, without issue. He married (second), July 10, 1754, Mary (Coolidge) Ware, widow of Benjamin Ware, de- scendant of the immigrant, John Coolidge, of Watertown. She was born January 7, 1731-32, and died March 11, 1813. In 1763 Colonel Bullard bought of John Morse thirty acres originally granted to Rev. Daniel Gookin and once owned by James Coolidge, his father-in-law, situated on the west side of the county road at the foot of Meeting House Hill. He also bought of Moses Perry three acres on the east side of the road and eighty acres of woodland south of the road from the plain to the farm. In 1769 he bought land of Perry for a malt house. About 1763 he moved to the plain, kept a public house and erected a malt house which he and his descendants carried on for many years. He died March 5, 1807. His eleven children: Mary, born March 27, 1755, married Eleazer Dowse; Adam, born October 27, 1756: Major Asa, born April 27, 1758, died 1804-05; Nabby, born Septem- ber II, 1760, died 1850; married Nahum Wight : James, born August 25, 1762, died June 30, 1828; Martha, born July 18, 1764, married Elisha Bar- ber; Julia, born August 24, 1766, died aged about eighteen; Nancy, born February 27, 1768, married Oliver Barber; Samuel, born April 14, 1770, in- herited the French gun that had been his great- grandfather Bullard's; Benjamin, barn May 14, 1773, see forward; Betsey, born June 16, 1776, died unmarried at Sherborn.

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Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. III, Part 13

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed Publication date: 1907 Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company Number of Pages: 772

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 772