Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. III, Part 18

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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one who knows him well: "He is a grand old man, self-made, willing to aid any one in distress; and surely is a model for young men to follow." He lives in unpretentious comfort in a pleasant resi- dence situated upon a two-acre ' tract which also contains his shops, storage rooms and other buildings.

Mr. Buck was three times married. Before coming to America he married Isabella Monroe, a native of Scotland. One of the three children born to them died in infancy; the others are: Elizabeth, widow of Dennis P. Hodge, residing in Worcester; Isabella, widow of Charles Crossman, and mother of a son, Charles F. Crossman. . Mrs. Buck died Au- gust 15, 1855. Mr. Buck subsequently married Mary Small, a native of England. Of their chil- dren, Mary, Earnest and Joseph are deceased; Mar- tha became the wife of Luther Wheeler, of New York Mills, New York, and the mother of six chil- dren. Mrs. Buck died September 1. 1864.

The present Mrs. Buck was Maria C. Kendall, a native of Canada, a daughter of Lyman and Maria Kendall, highly respected citizens of Mill- bury. Four children were born of this marriage; Charles, died at the age of three years; Josephine, wife of Fred Ogden, and they had two children- Leopold, and an infant son, deceased; Julia, wife of Fred Wheeler, who is in the employ of Mr. Buck; and Edith, who graduated from the Classical high school. and married R. H. Crane, and they have one son, Charles B. Crane, having lost another, Charles, Jr., who died young.

LYMAN SYLVESTER WATERS. Richard Waters, the immigrant ancestor of Lyman Sylvester Waters, of Millbury, Massachusetts, was baptized at St. Botolph Aldersgate, London, England, March 3, 1604. son of James and Phebe Waters. James Waters was a citizen and iron-monger; he was buried in London, February 2, 1617; his wife Phebe was the daughter of Mr. George Manning, gent., of Downe, Kent county. She married (second), Feb- ruary 23, 1618, William Plasse, gunmaker. Richard Waters learned his trade of gunsmith of his step- father, and came to New England with his mother and step-father about 1636. They settled in Salem where the town bought the lot of Roger Conant to. give to Mr. Plasse as an inducement for him to stay there, his trade making him a particularly desirable settler. Plasse died April 15, 1646.

Richard Waters was admitted a freeman May 22, 1639. He was a proprietor of Salem. He deeded land to his daughter Mary and her husband, Clement English, in 1673. His house was not far from the upper end of Broad street in Salem. His wife Re- joice or Joyce was admitted to the church, May 23, 1641. His will was dated July 16, 1676, and proved November 28. 1677; he bequeathed to wife Joyce, and children William. Ezekiel, John, James, Martha, Abigail, Punchard, Mary English, Susanna Pulsifer, and Hannah Striker. Children of Richard and Joyce Waters were: Daughter, baptized No- vember 27, 1640: Eliza, baptized February 26, 1642, died February 4, 1662; Abigail, baptized May 18, 1645, married. October 26, 1669, William Punchard : Ezekiel, baptized April 9, 1647; Susanna, baptized April 1, 1649, married Benedict Pulsifer ; Hannah, baptized February 20, 1652-53, married, April 10, 1673, Joseph Striker; Sarah, married. February 26, 1651, Joshua Ray; Phebe, married, October 11, 1658, Thomas West: she died April 16, 1674: Mary, mar- ried, August 27, 1667, Clement English ; Martha; William : John. see forward: James, married, March 24, 1669-70, Mary Stalworth.

(II) John Waters, son of Richard Waters (1),

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was born in Salem, Massachusetts, 1640, and bap- tized, according to Benedict, November 27, 1640. He was a farmer and his place was at Northfields, near the site of the Salem iron foundry. His will was dated February 14, 1706-07, and proved March, 1707-08: it mentions his wife, three sons, daughters, Elizabeth, Sarah Symonds and Abigail Jacobs. He married, August 1, 1663, Sarah Tompkins, daughter of John and granddaughter of Ralph Tompkins, of Salem, Massachusetts. The children of John and Sarah Waters were: Richard (twin), born last of June, 1664, died young: John (twin), born the last of June, 1664, died young; John, born July 4, 1665,

married Mary - --: Sarah, born August 30, 1667, married John Symonds; Richard, see forward; Na- thaniel, born February 6, 1671, married Elizabeth King; Samuel, born March 29, 1674, died young ; Samuel, born May 6, 1675: Elizabeth, born January IO, 1677; Abigail, baptized May 6, 1683, married John Jacobs.

(III) Richard Waters, son of John Waters (2), was born at Salem, Massachusetts, 1669, died at Oxford, Massachusetts, 1725-26. Richard Waters, then of Salem, and Samuel Rich, of Bellingham, bought one thousand acres of land at Sutton, De- cember 8. 1720. Of this purchase Waters had two- thirds, Richard one-third. Waters bought, Feb- ruary 8, 1728, two hundred and thirty-four acres more land at Sutton of Nathaniel Byfield, William Dudley and Ezekiel Lewis. His home was on what is called the Bullard place. He joined the Sutton church by letter in 1724 or 1728. His will was dated October 21, 1775, and proved February 17, 1825-26, naming wife and children; he bequeathed land he still owned at Salem. He married, March 3, 1697-98, Martha Read, at Salem, where all their children were born, viz. : Hannah, born March 4, 1699; Rich- ard, see forward: Abigail, born August 1, 1702, mar- ried Samuel Dudley; Samuel, born September I, 1704, married Richard Holman; Mercy, baptized July 24, 1707: Ebenezer, baptized July 10, 1709, died at Cuba in the army, 1742: Mary, baptized Septem- ber 30, 17II: Lois, baptized May 16, 1714, married Thomas Chamberlain : Amos, baptized June 9. 1717.

(IV) Richard Waters, son of Richard Waters (3), was born at Salem, Massachusetts, November 22, 1700. He removed to Sutton with his father and lived there the remainder of his life. He was a farmer, He married Anna Holman, daughter of Solomon Holman. of Newbury, Massachusetts. Their children, all born in Sutton, were: Mary, married Anthony Sigourney, of Boston; Stephen. born April 13, 1735: Ebenezer, horn July 3. 1739: Abraham, born April 3. 1743; Ruth, born January 6. 1746, married Thomas Kendall; Samuel, born November 21, 1650; Hannah, born August 5. 1754. married - Marsh.

(V) Abraham Waters, son of Richard Waters (4), was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, April 3, 1743. He settled in Sutton also. He married, De- cember 3. 1772, Mehitable Waters, daughter of Jon- athan Waters (4), and granddaughter of Nathaniel Waters. one of the original proprietors of Sutton. Nathaniel Waters, son of John Waters (2), men- tioned ahove, was born in Salem, February 6, 1671- 72. married Elizabeth King, daughter of John and Elizabeth King : settled in Sutton and bought land with William King and Benjamin Marsh. Jonathan Waters, son of Nathaniel. was baptized July 31. 1715. married Mehitable Gyles, August 10, 1739: Their ninth child was Mehitable Waters, mentioned above. Children of Abraham and Mehitable (Waters) Waters were: Ebenezer, born 1773, died 1782; Simeon, see forward; John, settled in Pitts-

burg, Pennsylvania, and had seven children; Mary, died unmarried.

(VI) Simeon Waters, son of Abraham Waters (5), was born in Sutton, about 1775. He married Sarah Waters, daughter of Asa Waters, Sr. She was born at Sutton, February 14, 1777, and her famous brother, Asa Waters 2d., was born Novem- ber 2, 1769. The father, Asa Waters, was born January 27, 1742, son of Jonathan Waters (4), and grandson of Nathaniel Waters (2), both mentioned above. The will of Simeon Waters was dated May I, 1849, and filed in the probate court, November 30. 1850. The executors were Simeon S. and Lyman Goodell. Children of Simeon and Sarah Waters were: Simeon Sylvester, see forward; Sarah W., married Deacon Lyman Goodell, Mehitable, died January 1, 1892; she married Deacon Goodell a few years after the death of her sister, Sarah W., his first wife; Fanny C.

(VII) Simeon Sylvester Waters, son of Simeon Waters (6), was born in Millbury, then a part of Sutton, Massachusetts, April 6, 1810, died October 26, 1891, in Millbury. All his four sons served with credit in the civil war. He married Catherine M. Stone, of Rochester, New York, June 8, 1840. She died January 10, 1852. Children of Simeon S. and Catherine M. Waters were: Simeon Henry, born at Millbury, April 13, 1841, served in Company E, Fifteenth Massachusetts Regiment, in the civil war; Lyman Sylvester, see forward; Edward A., born at Millbury, March 21, 1844, served in Com- pany E. Thirty-sixth Massachusetts Regiment, in the civil war; Trueman Bradley, born at Millbury, March 30, 1846, enlisted in 1864 before he was eighteen years old in the Thirty-sixth Massachu- setts Regiment in the civil war; Catherine S., born at Millbury.

(VIII) Lyman Sylvester Waters, son of Simeon Sylvester Waters (7), was born at Millbury, Massa- chusetts, November 20, 1842. He attended the old district school at West Millbury and the high school of his native town. At the age of twenty he enlisted August 2, 1862, for three years, in Company E, Thirty-sixth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, and was mustered out of service at Bos- ton. July 14, 1865. He was in the Army of the Potomac and took part in the battle of Fred- ericksburg. Thence his regiment proceeded to Ken- tucky and thence to Vicksburg and he was at the surrender of that city, July 4, 1863. He took part also in the battle of Jackson City, Mississippi; re- turning north the regiment took part at siege of Knoxville, also in the Army of the Potomac under General Grant. After he returned from the war he followed various occupations for a few years, finally buying the meat market of John W. Pope, at Mill- bury, about 1875. He has conducted this business for the past thirty years in Millbury with uniform success.

Mr. Waters is a Republican in politics and has been somewhat active in public affairs. He has served the town as overseer of the poor, and as the nominee of his party for selectman was defeated by a small margin. He has been a member of the Second Congregational Church for about twenty- five years, served on the standing committee, has been deacon for some twelve years and five years superintendent of the Sunday school. He has been senior deacon, junior and senior warden, and master of Olive Branch Lodge of Free and Accepted Ma- sons. Millbury. He is an active member of George A. Custer Post, No. 70, has been a member since the post was organized and for six years was its commander.

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HERVEY A. GILMORE

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Mr. Waters married, November 2, 1870, Harriet Al. Barton, daughter of John B. Barton, and they have had two children: Lyman Irving, died aged eight months; Bessie A., born September II, 1876, married Archer R. Greeley, lawyer at Webster, Massachusetts, and they have one daughter-Muriel Waters Greeley, born August. 1899.

GEORGE L. JACQUES. The Jacques family is of French origin. The ancestors of George L. Jacques, of Millbury, Massachusetts, come originally from France and made their home in Canada or New France as it was called in the colonial days. Joseph Jacques, the father, was born in Canada, but removed to this country and settled at West- field, Vermont. He married Priscilla Levigne, who came with him to his farm at Westfield, Vermont, where she lived and raised a family of ten chil- dren. Joseph Jacques died in Westfield, Vermont, in 1885.

George L. Jacques was born on the farm at Westfield. May 5, 1866, and was educated in the public schools of his native town. At the age of seventeen he struck out for himself. He began in Millbury as a farm hand, saving something for his start in life. After two years he ventured in the lumber business. Success came to him from the start and his business has grown steadily and in- creased largely. He operates two large saw and lumber mills at different towns in Worcester county, and during the season keeps a hundred men cutting wood for him. He has a fine farm on the outskirts of West Millbury. He takes a lively interest in town and political affairs, and is a leader in the Republican organization of the town. He has been engineer of the Millbury fire department, and has served the town as an assessor to the satisfaction of the taxpayers .. He has rendered the town con- spicuous service for three years-1903-04-05-on the board of selectmen, serving his third term in 1905. Was elected in 1905 to represent the eighth Wor- cester district as representative to general court for year 1906. He is a regular attendant and member of the Roman Catholic Church.

He married, in 1885, Mary McGrath, daughter of Patrick McGrath, a farmer of Millbury. Their children are: George E., born January 19, 1887; Nellie, born April 14, 1890; Beatrice, born October* 19. 1900; and Walter and Alice, who died aged one month and four years, respectively. The chil- dren are living with their parents, who moved to Worcester, July 2, 1906, corner of Chandler and June streets.

HARRY W. THOMSON. Peter Thomson (1), great-grandfather of Harry W. Thomson, of Mill- bury, Massachusetts, was born about 1780, and died November 15, 1843. He settled in Douglass, Massa- chusetts. He married (first) Elizabeth Baker, of Oxford, Massachusetts, January 7, 1807. He mar- ried (second) (intentions October 31) 1811, Azubah Martin. His branch of the Thomson family settled early in Mendon, Massachusetts. Children of Peter and Elizabeth Thomson were: Daniels Baker, born at Douglas, November 8, 1807, married, 1832, Phebe Aldrich ; Elijah, born August 18, 1809, see forward. Children of Peter and Azubah Thomson were: Eliza, born June 7, 1812; Harford R., born August TO, 1814: Comfort R., born August 25, 1818; Ada- line Maria, born April 24, 1824.

(II) Elijah Thomson, son of Peter Thomson (1), was born in Douglass, Massachusetts, August 18, 1809. He settled in Millbury, Massachusetts. Married, January 1, 1834, Eliza Hall. He married

(second) Lydia E. The children of Elijah and Eliza Thomson were: Henry C., born Septem- ber 28, 1834, see forward. William Hall, born at Millbury, January 16, 1844, deceased. He was a druggist at Millbury and interested in the New Haven Manufacturing Company of New Haven, Con- necticut. He was a prosperous man and accumulated a nice competence. The firm of E. Thomson & Son, druggists, were in business over fifty years. William Hall was highly esteemed, one of the oldest residents ; he was in feeble health some years, death due to stroke of paralysis.

(III) Henry C. Thomson was a veteran of the civil war, having served in the Twenty-third Illi- nois regiment. He was a member of the Grand Army. He settled in Millbury, Massachusetts. He married Anna A. Stratton. Their child : Harry W., born January 18, 1883, see forward.

(IV) Harry W. Thomson, son of Henry C. Thomson (3), was born in Millbury, Massachusetts, January 18, 1883. He attended the public schools of his native town, the Taft school, a private insti- stution of Watertown, Connecticut, where he fitted for college. He went to Yale University for two years. He chose a mercantile career and June I, 1904, bought the store at Millbury, which he has since conducted there. He deals in merchandise and has a business well established and lucrative. He is a Congregationalist in religion and a Republi- can in politics. He married, August 7, 1905. Gertrude Windle, graduate of the Millbury high school. They have one child, Stuart W., born March 22, 1906.

HERVEY AUGUSTUS GILMORE, one of Westboro's most successful farmers and live-stock dealers, belongs to the well-known Gilmore family of that town, which was founded in Greenwich, this state, during the colonial period. His grandparents were Robert and Betsey (Fay) Gilmore, of Green- wich, and his parents, the late Thomas Smith and Eliza Adeline (Bailey) Gilmore, removed from that town to Westboro in 1866. Thomas S. and Eliza Adeline Gilmore reared a family of seven children, five sons and two daughters. Four of the sons are now prominent residents of Westboro, and a more extended account of the family will be found in a sketch of Stephen A. Gilmore, which appears elsewhere in this work.

Hervey Augustus Gilmore was born in Green- wich, February 10, 1848. His preliminary studies were pursued in the Greenwich public schools, from which he went to the New Salem Academy, and his education was concluded at the well-known Wilbra- hanı Academy. He was in early life engaged in agricultural pursuits, but later turned his attention to the manufacture of spring mattressess, which he followed for a number of years with gratifying success. He eventually resumed farming, but de- voted the greater part of his time to dealing in live- stock, being at the present time one of the best known dealers at the Brighton market, and an expert in the judgment of blooded cattle. Mr. Gilmore is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, the Royal Arcanum and the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and he is an active member of the local Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. In politics he is a Republican.

Mr. Gilmore married, September 10, 1876, Faus- tina J. Knight, born December 2, 1848, daughter of William Knight, of North Wayne, Maine. Of this union there was one child, who died in infancy. Subsequently Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore adopted a little girl, who is now Miss Blanche A. Gilmore. They attend the Congregational Church.

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HORACE P. WHIPPLE. John Whipple (1), the immigrant ancestor of Horace P. Whipple, of Whitinsville, Massachusetts, was born in England, 1617. He was a house carpenter and was employed by Mr. Stoughton in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1632. His house was near what is now called Neponset. He removed to Ipswich and became a proprietor of that town in 1638. His brother, Mat- thew Whipple, also settled at Ipswich and was the ancestor of many Essex county and New Hampshire families. John Whipple returned to Dorchester and was a freeman and deputy to the general court, May 13, 1640. He was one of the court's commis- sioners of valuation in 1640. He was engaged in trade with William Paine and others in 1647. He had the rank of cornet in the military service. He was a town officer of Dorchester. He and his wife joined the Dorchester church, in 1641. He sold his house and lot at Dorchester, in 1658, to James Minot, and removed to Providence, Rhode Island, but he returned again to Ipswich and sold land there May 31, 1673. He was recorded as a purchaser July 27, 1659, at Providence, and drew lot 45 as proprietor February 19. 1665. He took the oath of allegiance in 1666. He was a deputy from Providence to the general assembly in 1666- 69-70-72-74-76-77. He was licensed to keep a tavern at Providence in 1674. He was treasurer of the town from 1668 to 1683; town clerk 1670-71-72-76- 77-81-82-83. He was in the Providence town council in 1669. He was virtually a resident of Providence after 1659. He refused to abandon his home during King Philip's war and was one of those entitled to the Indian prisoners, who were sold for a term of years to the planters. John Whipple died May 16, 1685, at Providence, aged about sixty-eight years, according to his gravestone there.

He married, 1639, Sarah -, born 1624 and died 1666, according to her gravestone. Their chil- dren: John, baptized March 9, 1640, married, De- cember 4, 1663, Mary Olney; Sarah, baptized Feb- ruary 6, 1641-42, married John Smith, Jr .; Samuel, baptized March 17, 1644; Eleazer, baptized March 8, 1646 (see forward) ; Mary, baptized April 9, 1648, married Epenctus Olney; William, born 1652, baptized May 16, 1652, married Mary -; Benja- min, baptized June 4, 1654, married, April 1, 1686, Ruth Mathewson; David, baptized September 28, 1656, married, May 15, 1675, Sarah Harndon; mar- ried (second) Hannah Tower; Abigail, born at Providence, married, January 16, 1682, William Hop- kins, son of Thomas Hopkins; Joseph, born at Providence, married, May 20, 1684, Alice Smith; Jonathan, born 1664, died September 8, 1721 ; mar- ried Margaret Angell; married (second) Anne -

(II) Eleazer Whipple, son of John Whipple (I), was baptized at Dorchester, Massachusetts, March 8, 1746, and was born probably within a month of that date. He was also a carpenter or housewright. He was a soldier in King Philip's war and was wounded. The town of Providence paid six pounds "for curing" him of his wound. He took the oath of allegiance in 1667. He was deputy to the general assembly in 1693 and 1701. He distributed his estate largely before his death. He deeded land to his sons Job and Eleazer, January 1, 1714. Later he gave the homestead to James, provided he pay legacies of fifty pounds each to his brother Daniel and his sister Elizabeth. His sons Eleazer, James and Job. all of Providence, deeded to brother Dan- iel, of Wrentham, certain lands. He died Novem- ber 9, 1719, and his widow Alice and son James administered the estate. He married, January 26, 1669, Alice Angell, born 1649, died August 13, 1743, daughter of Thomas and Alice Angell, of Rhode

Island. Alice, widow of Eleazer, made her home at Smithfield. She resigned as administratrix of the estate January 22, 1733. The children : Eleazer, Jr .; Abel, born at Providence, June 3, 1675; Mar- garet ; Elizabeth, born 1680; Job, born 1684; James, born 1686; Daniel, see forward.

(III) Daniel Whipple, son of Eleazer Whipple (2), was born in Providence, Rhode Island, about 1690. He was at Wrentham, Massachusetts, but finally settled at Cumberland, Rhode Island, in or near what is now Woonsocket, where many gen- erations of his descendants have lived. He married Mary The children: Daniel, born August 19, 1716: Joseph, born August 24, 1718, see for- ward; Eleazer, born 1717, died 1720, aged three; Mary, born December 3, 1724; and perhaps others.

(IV) Joseph Whipple, son of Daniel Whipple (3), was born in Cumberland, Rhode Island, August 24, 1718. He settled in Cumberland, married Sarah , and their children, all born there, were: Sarah; Gideon, born January 30, 1744, died May, 1752; Sible, born August 18, 1746; Amos, born February 3, 1749, died May, 1752; Leah (twin), born July 5, 1751; Rachel (twin), born July 5, 1751, died May, 1752; Asa, born January 6, 1754, see forward.

(V) Asa Whipple, son of Joseph Whipple (4), was born at Cumberland, Rhode Island, January 6, 1754. He also settled at Cumberland. He mar- ried Silvia Staples, daughter of Nathan Staples, (by Peter Darling, justice of the peace), August I, 1773. Their children, born at Cumberland, were: Prusia, born May 20, 1776, died May 12, 1785; Ezekiel, born April 18, 1778, died May 27, 1785; Nathan, born 1779; Asa Jr., born August 12, 1780, married, September 3, 1809, Catharine Quimby ; Amos, born January 22, 1873, see forward; Lucy, born June 26, 1785; Silvia, born October 15, 1787; Levett, born November 8, 1789; Martha, born No- vember 28, 1791 ; Sarah, born April 29, 1796.

(VI) Amos Whipple, son of Asa Whipple (5), was born at Cumberland, Rhode Island, January 22, 1783. He married. (according to Cumberland town records) April 10, 1812, Lydia Porter. Their child : Amos, born at Woonsocket, May 26, 1813, see forward.

(VII) Amos Whipple, Jr., son of Amos Whipple (6), was born at Woonsocket, Rhode Island, May 22, 1813. He married Louisa Larnard. Among their children was : Horace P., born in Whitinsville, Massachusetts, December 23, 1853, see forward.

(VIII) Horace P. Whipple, son of Amos Whip- ple (7), was born in Whitinsville, Massachusetts, December 23, 1853. He was educated there in the public and high schools. He learned the trade of pattern maker in the Whitins Machine Works at Whitinsville and became a skilled mechanic. He holds a responsible position with the Whitins Ma- chine Works in the pattern department.

He married, 1883, Emma A. Putnam, daughter of Lyman and Eliza (Brigham) Putnam. Her mother was from the well known family of Brig- hams of. Westborough (see sketch of Brigham fan- ily). Her father, Lyman Putnam, was the son of Abijah and Betty (Burdon) Putnam, of Sutton, and descendant of John Putnam, of Sutton. (See- Putnam family of Sutton, etc.) Children of Lyman and Eliza Putnam were: Sarah, Julian, Laura, Orrison. The only child of Horace P. and Emma A. Whipple was: Amos Earle Whipple, born No- vember 9, 1889, at Whitinsville, student at present in the high school, class of 1909.

CHARLES HENRY WALLIS. The first American ancestor of Charles Henry Wallis was a

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James Daley

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Scotchman. lle is believed to have settled carly among the colonists at Plymouth and for several generations the family is believed to have lived in the vicinity. The history of Douglass, Massachu- setts, where one of Mr. Wallis' ancestors settled, says that the family was located at Seekonk, Massa- chusetts.

Benjamin Wallis was born probably in Seekonk, Massachusetts, in 1723, died December 25, 1814. He settled in the westerly part of the new town of Douglass. Massachusetts, about 1850, on the place now or lately occupied by Elbridge G. Wallis. His log cabin stood on the site of the present house. He married Lydia Dudley, of Sutton, where he had lived and owned land for a time. She was a de- scen lant of Francis Dudley, of Concord, a relative of Governor Dudley. He soon came to a position of prominence in town affairs and was a selectman for eighteen years. He was a member of the First Congregational Church at Douglas Centre and gave freely to its support. Ile was a captain in the militia. Their sons were all of large stature, power- ful in physique, active and skillful mechanics. They made many ingenious articles for domestic use and manufactured wooden plows, tubs, pails, barrels, etc. Two of the sons, Samuel and James, built themselves a hand sled and in company with three others figured prominently in the famous trip of the "Douglass Fleet" to Boston. The fleet made trips to the city to exchange produce for commodities not procurable at home. On this occasion they were attacked at Roxbury by a party of forty youths bent on thrashing the backwoodsmen. So thoroughly did the five big Douglass boys lick the Roxbury skirmishers that the story was told with relish all over the state. Benjamin Wallis died De- cember 25, 1814, aged ninety-one, and his wife died October 23, 1820, aged ninety-two. Their children were: Lydia, born September 10, 1748, married Josiah Humes, died 1820; Benjamin, born March 4. 1751, married Sarah Thayer, died January II, 1821; David, born October 16, 1753, married Bial Albee, died May 20, 1827; Mercy, born February 12, 1756, married Captain Benjamin Dudley, died October 24, 1824; Martha, married Daniel Hunt ; Samuel, born June 12, 1758. married Hannah Dud- ley, died January 2, 1848; James, born August 28, 1761, married Chloe Humes, died August 24, 1845 ; Jonathan, born February 26, 1765, died February 28, 1705; Aaron, born September 12, 1768, died August 9, 1845. married Prudence Aldrich; Peter, born January 22, 1770, died September 17, 1775.

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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 18

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