Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. III, Part 3

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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He has always been intimately interested in local affairs, being the prime mover in establishing the park system of Hopedale, and also a member of the board of park commissioners. This system is unique in that it covers ten per cent of the entire area of the town. He has been the largest indi- vidnal investor. in the industries of the neighbor- ing town of Milford. In politics Mr. Draper has declined to take any state office, although he did serve for years as town assessor, and has had official connection with the various local committees. He is a member of the Home Market Club, the Massa- chusetts Club, and the Republican Club. Mr. Draper has continued his interest in athletics started during college years. He has been a pioneer in automobile development, having tested several machines per year, repeatedly entering races, and having joined three national automobile tours. He is a member of the Massachusetts Automobile Club. the Bay State Automobile Club, the Worcester Automobile Club, the American Automobile Association, etc. He is also commodore of the Nipmuc Canoe Club, and member of the Tatassit Canoe Club of Worcester and the Boston Athletic Association. Mr. Draper has widely traveled, having visited some forty states and seventeen countries. He has privately published a book of travels, entitled "Still On The Search." having forty illustrations by his own pen and brush. He is a member of the National Geographical So- ciety, the American Civic Improvement Society and the American Forestry League.

The history of the early Drapers shows much personal interest in questions of religious freedom, and Mr. Draper has personally given much of his spare time for years in study of such matters, hav- ing published a six hundred page book, entitled "Searching for Truth," giving the views of a prac- tical business man on religious subjects. Socially Mr. Draper has a wide acquaintance. As a cosmo- politan, he belongs to the Metropolitan Club of Washington, Country Club of Brookline, Queque-

chan Club of Fall River, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, etc.

He married 'August 29, 1892, Lily Duncan, daugli- ter of Mayor Duncan. of Lexington, Kentucky, and by the marriage the following children were born : Elise Allen, George Otis, Jr., and Heury Duncan.

(IX) Clare Hill Draper, son of General Will- jam S. Draper (8), was born in Hopedale, Massa- chusetts, October 4, 1876. He attended the public and high schools of Hopedale, and was afterward a stud- ent at Phillips' Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, for two years, and later at St. Mark's school. at Southboro, Massachusetts, where he finished a two years' course, graduating in June, 1896, at the age of nineteen. In the fall he entered Yale University from which he was graduated in June, 1900, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

In college he was active socially, having been a member of the Sophomore Society of He Boule, and the Junior Fraternity of Alpha Delta Phi. In his senior year he was elected and served as one of the class historians. After graduating he entered the employ of the Draper Company in their Experi- ment Department, and spent upwards of a year in their weave-room, learning the trades of weaver and loom-fixer, and making scientific records of the action of weaving machinery. In 1902 he was elected a director of the company and served on the experi- ment and patent committees, and has since given the greater part of his time to experimental work. In the spring of 1906 he was made assistant super- intendent in charge of experimental work, but gave

up this position in the fall to take charge of the patent records and the detail of the Patent Depart- ment, and with his father, General Draper, has en- tire direction of everything connected with the pur- chase and taking out of patents, and the investiga- tion of new inventions. He is a partner in C. F. Roper & Co., of Hopedale.

Mr. Draper has been active in the various local social organizations, being a director of the Magomiscock Golf Club, vice-president of the Uni- tarian and Maspenock Clubs. and ex-vice-commodore of the Nipmuc Canoe Club. He has for several years been clerk of the road commissioners of the town of Hopedale. In politics he is a Republican, and has frequently been a delegate to county, legis- lative and congressional conventions. He is con- nected with all the local Masonic bodies, belonging to Montgomery Lodge, F. and A. M., Milford ; Mt. Lebanon Chapter. R. A. M .; Milford Council, R. and S. M .; Milford Commandery, K. T. He is also a member of Aleppo Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Boston: George Draper Lodge, No. 82, Knights of Pythias, and William F. Draper Camp, Sons of Veterans, both the two latter of Hopedale. He is a member of the Yale Clubs of Boston and New York, the University Club of Boston, the Boston Athletic Association, and the Worcester Automobile Club.

Mr. Draper married, February 5, 1902, Matilda Grace Engman. born August 19, 1878, daughter of Harry A. and Matilda Engman, of Lexington, Ken- tucky. Her father is a civil war veteran, having seen arduous service in the Confederate army. He was a successful manufacturer of ranges in St. Louis, Missouri, but has now retired fromn busi- ness. Mr. and Mrs. Draper are the parents of two children : Clare Hill, Jr., born December 22, 1903 ; and Grace Engman, born February 23, 1905.

WALTER JOHN STONE, born January 14, 1863, in Auburn, Massachusetts, in a lineal descen-

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dant on the paternal side from the emigrant, Simon Stone (1), born in Much Bromley, Essex county, England, where he was baptized February 9, 1585- 86. Also a descendant from the cmigrant, Gregory Stone, of Nayland, county of Suffolk, England, his grandmother being a daughter of Luther Stone, in seventh generation from Gregory Stone, Sr. The emigrant was son of David and Ursula Stone, and a grandson of Simon and Agnes Stone, also of Much Bromley, at which place on the fifth day of August, 1616, Simon, the grandson, married Joan or Joana, daughter of William Clark, and their two eldest children was baptized in Bromley. Prior to 1624 they removed to Boxted, a few miles dis- tant from their former home, and from Boxted Simon with his family is believed to have emigrated to America.

April 15, 1635, the family, father, wife and five children, embarked from London on board the ship "Increase," Robert Lca, master, for New England, the English government having previously granted them leave to remove to the colonies. Mr. Stone settled in Watertown, Massachusetts, securing forty acres of land situated along the bank of the Charles river and south of the present Mount Auburn ceme- tery, although it is believed that a portion of the cemetery covers a part of Simon Stone's early liomestead. He was admitted a freeman May 25. 1636, selectman from 1637 to 1656, and was a deacon in the church many years. One of the pear trecs planted by him is said to have borne fruit for two hundred and fifty years, and was still vigorous in 1899. Mr. Stone became a prominent real estate owner, and according to tradition built a large old- fashioned house, colonial in style, which served as a home for his descendants for six generations, but was finally destroyed by fire. At the time of Mr. Stone's coming to America he was fifty years of age, his wife Joana thirty-eight. After her death he. about the year 1654. married (second) Sarah, widow of Richard Lumpkin, of Ipswich, Massachu- setts. She also came from Boxted, Essex county, England, and left a will dated March 25, 1663. (See N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 8, Page 71). Mr. Stone died in Watertown, Septem- ber 22, 1665.

Children by his first wife, were: Frances, bap- tized January 20, 1618-19, married Rev. Henry Green, of Reading ; Mary, baptized October 1, 1621, died young; Ann, born 1624, married John Orne, of Salem; she was his second wife; Simon, born 1631, married Mary Whipple : Mary, born 1632, died unmarried June 25, 1691; John, born August 5, 1635, married Mary Bass, of Braintree, and died March 26, 1691: Elizabeth, born April 5, 1639, died young.

(II) Simon Stone, born 1631, married Mary, daughter of Elder John Whipple, an early settler of Ipswich, Massachusetts. She was born 1634 and died June 2, 1720. Simon and his brother John divided the real estate left by their father, Simon retaining the paternal homestead for his residence. He was deacon of the church, selectman several years, town clerk ten years, representative to the general court 1678 to 1684, inclusive, and in 1686- 89-90, one of the original proprietors of Groton, where in 1662 he owned an eighteen acre right, in- creasing his holdings there in 1670 to more than eighty-seven acres, although he may not have lived there. He died February 27, 1708. His children were : Simon, born September 8, 1656, married Sarah Farnsworth ; John July 23, 1658, married Mrs. Sarah (Nutting) Farnsworth: Matthew, February 16, 1659-60, married Mary Plymp-

ton ; Nathaniel, February 22, 1661-62, died

1661-62; Ebenezer, February 27, 1662-63, mar-

ried Margaret Trowbridge, 1754; Mary, 1665, married Comfort Starr, of Dedham; Nathan- iel, 1667, married Reliance Hinkley, died 1755; Elizabeth, October 9, 1760, married Isaac Stearns, of Lexington; David, October 19, 1672, married Mary Ricc, died October 7, 1750; Susanna, Novem- her 4. . 1675, married Hon. Edward Goddard, died 1754. Jonathan, December 26, 1677, married (first) Ruth Eddy.

(III) Jonathan Stone, youngest child of Simon Stone, Jr., resided on the homestead in Watertown, was one of the proprietors committee, selectman in 1724 and 1727 and ensign of the military company in 1730. He married (first), November 15, 1699, Ruth Eddy, who died October 7, 1702, leaving one child. He married (second) Mary - -, who died June 24, 1720. He married (third), November 15, 1720, Hepzibah, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Bright) Coolidge; she died in 1763; he died Jan- uary 7, 1754. His children were: Jonathan, born 1702: Hepzibah and Ann, twins, born August 9, 1722; the former died April 14, 1723, and the latter married Jonas Stone: Moses, born December 16, 1723, married Hannah Taintor and lived on the . homestead in Watertown.

(IV) Jonathan Stone, Jr., born 1702, married. February 25, 1724-25, Hannah, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Stearns) Jennison. She was cousin to Captain Israel Jennison and a niece of Judge Will- iam Jennison, both prominent in the early history of Worcester. Mr. Stone died October 27, 1725, leaving a son. His widow married, September 4, 1729, John Goddard, of Brookline.

(V) Jonathan Stone, only child of Jonathan Stone, Jr., born November 17. 1725, married Ruth Livermore, May 21, 1747. She was of Watertown, where their two eldest children were born. April 6, 1752, Mr. Stone purchased of Gamaliel Wallis, of Boston, ten acres of land, situated, according to the deed, in the southwesterly part of Worcester, bounded west by the town line of Leicester, every other way by land of Thomas Holmes and common land. On this ten acre lot there was a house. He also purchased other land amounting to more than one hundred and fifty acres, located near his first purchase. In 1757, Mr. Stone with others peti- tioned to have their estates set off from Leicester to Worcester; all parties consenting, even the gen- eral court, the prayer of the petition was granted. Although he had been a resident of Worcester since 1752, the change made transferring all his estate within the lines of Worcester caused him to become more active in all matters relating to the welfare of the town, serving on many important committees, notably during the period covered by the war of the revolution, the committee for giving instruc- tion to the town's representatives to the general court, committee for schools, for instruction, cor- respondence, selectman, overseer of the poor, and for getting the town's cannon out of Boston, 1774. He not only assisted in conducting public affairs, but with arms and ammunition in hand marched on the 19th of April as private in Captain Timothy Bigelow's company on the Lexington alarm, and was corporal in Captain Hubbard's company, Col- onel Ward's regiment, April 24, 1775, to August I, 1775. In 1778 the portion of Worcester in which stood Mr. Stone's residence was set off to Ward, afterwards called Auburn. He died there December I, 1806. His wife dicd September 2. 1764. He married (second), October 29. 1765, Mary Gates, who died August 7. 1773. He married (third)

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Martha Baird, who died March 2, 1811, aged seventy-one. His children were:

Ruth, born August 3, 1748, married Nathaniel Harrington, of Worcester, and died August 24, 1817. Jonathan, December 8, 1750, married, Febru- ary 13, 1777, Mary Harrington, who died March 24, 1791. Daniel, October 25, 1752, married Abigail Jonas, and died January 22, 1792. Rhoda, Angust 3, 1754, married Phineas Flagg, May 25, 1777, and died September 26, 1801. Joseph, March 20, 1758, married Widow Hannah Boyden, and lived and died in Auburn. He possessed considerable literary and musical talent, was a conveyancer and con- ducted a successful legal business, was called Squire Stone, and as a writer of poetry and music acquired some reputation. At his death, February 2, 1837, he bequeathed to the Theological Seminary, Bangor, Maine, the bulk of his valuable library and all his manuscripts, consisting chiefly of original poetry and music. Nathaniel, born June 2, 1761, married Sally Jacobs. Mary, February 18, 1763, married Stevens, died December 10, 1825. Sarah, March 24, 1768, married Cutting, died May 16, 1816. Moses, March 28, 1771, married Pamelia Gilbert, February 26, 1796, died January 8, 1814.

(VI) Nathaniel Stone, born June 2, 1761, mar- ried Sally Jacobs, of Sutton, September 17, 1788. She died September 5, 1822, aged fifty-nine. He died March 1, 1843, aged eighty-one. Their chil- dren were: Sally, born November 23, 1789, mar- ried David Cummings, March 21, 1809. Abigail, April 20, 1791, died September 9, 1853. Nathaniel, March II, 1793, married Elizabeth Eaton, October 19, 1818, died November 22, 1882. Mary, February 10, 1795, married Aaron Small, of Millbury, Decem- ber 2, 1819. Sina, July 25, 1796, married Harvey Pierce, of Millbury, July 15, 1819. John, March 24, 1798.

(VII) John Stone, youngest child of Nathaniel and Sally (Jacobs) Stone, born in Auburn, mar- ried, December 21, 1825, Parmelia, daughter of Luther and Abigail (Bemis) Stone, a descendant from the emigrant, Gregory Stone. She died Au- gust 5, 1850, and he married (second) December 9, 1855, Betsey (Stone) Craig. Mr. Stone was edu- cated in the schools of his native town, and became a man of influence in the community, serving in nearly all the public offices within the gift of his townsmen. In politics he was originally a Whig, but later joined the Republican' party. Was a farmer, member of the parish, a generous supporter of the church, and a high respected citizen. He died September 30, 1877. His children were: Ja- son Bemis, born September 25, 1826; Luther, Jan- uary' 14, 1828, died July 1, 1895; Moriah Elvira, July 23, 1830; John Elbridge, April 25, 1832; Sarah Parmelia, August 4, 1835, died January 15, 1836; Henry Burnum, June 13, 1837; Sarah Parmelia and Susan Cordelia, twins, November 13, 1839; the former died September 12, 1840; Caroline E., July 13, 1857. died September 24, 18=8.

(VIII) Jason Bemis Stone, eldest son of Jolin and Parmelia Stone, born September 25, 1826, mar- ried, January 15, 1862, Deborah G. Bennett, and set- tled in Auburn. He was a farmer, residing on the homestead established by his father. He was a conservative, thrifty and prosperous farmer. In politics he was a Republican and honored by nearly all the public offices .of the town : was selectman for several years, a man held in high esteem by his fellow townsmen. He received his early schooling in his native town and at the Leicester Academy, was a member of the Congregational Church, and spent his life on the farm where he was born. He died March 14, 1903, leaving two children :

Walter John, born January 14, 1863; Luther Na- thaniel, December 1, 1865.

(IX) Walter John Stone, eldest son of Jason Bemis Stone, was born in Auburn, January 14, 1863, was educated in the common schools of his native town, the Worcester Academy, and Hinman's Busi- ness College, graduating from the latter institution. He then entered the employ of Mr. E. B. Crane as bookkeeper in the office of his lumber yard in Worcester, continuing in his employ nearly fourteen years as accountant and salesman, when he re- tired and established a business under the firm name of Stone & Foster Lumber Company, which was successfully conducted. January, 1906, he sold his interest in the business and is living at present writing retired. Is public-spirited, working with the Republican party, a prominent member of Ma- sonic bodies, having passed to the thirty-second de- gree. Is also member of the I. O. O. F., of Wor- cester, the Elks and the Grange. He married, Oc- tober 30, 1880, Winnifred E. Johnson, born August 28, 1868, in Oxford, daughter of Hiram K. and Harriet A. (Stow) Johnson, and settled in Wor- cester, Massachusetts, where he has been a suc- cessful merchant. Their children are: Ralph John- son, born March 12, 1892; Earl Walter, July 30, 1893.

(VIII) Henry Burnum Stone, born June 13, 1837, in the town of Auburn, Massachusetts, was the youngest son of John (7) and Parmelia Stone. His mother was the daughter of Luther and Abigail (Bemis) Stone, a descendant from Gregory Stone, thus forming a union of the descendants of Greg- ory and Simon in the eighth generation from Simon Stone.

John Stone, father of Henry Burnum Stone, spent his life as a farmer, near the locality where he was born. He was a Republican in politics, and a valued citizen in his home town. He was select- man and held other town offices; was a member of the state militia ; and at attendant and liberal sup- porter of the Congregational Church. His wife, Parmelia Stone, was born April 6, 1801, on the Luther Stone homestead, in Oxford, and died Au- gust 5, 1850, in Auburn. Her younger brother, Luther, born September 26, 1815, was a graduate of Brown University, class of 1839; of Newton The- ological Institution, 1842; was ordained Baptist, 1843; preached at East Boston, Massachusetts, Ells- worth, Maine, Burlington, Iowa, Rockford, Illinois; was editor of the Watchman of the Prairies, Chi- cago, Illinois; one of the founders of the Baptist Theological Union, and secretary of the board of trustees. He died in Chicago, Illinois, July 9, 1890. To John and Parmelia Stone were born eight chil- dren: Jason B., mentioned in another sketch in this work ; Moriah Elvira, married Horace B. Stone, who died 1870; John Elbridge, farmer, and engaged in milling in Sterling, Massachusetts; Susan C., unmarried; Henry Burnum, mentioned below ; Luther, died July 1, 1895, and for a time was in store with Henry B. Stone; and Sarah and Susan, twins. After the death of his first wife, John Stone married Betsey (Stone) Craig. by whom he had Caroline E., born July 13, 1857, died September 24. 1858.

Henry Burnum Stone attended the public schools of his native town, and also the Wilbraham Acad- emy, and at the age of seventeen became the clerk of a banking firm in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1858 he purchased the stock and good will of one of the storekeepers' in Auhurn, and beginning at the age of twenty-one, conducted a general assort- ment store in his native town for five years. In the spring of 1863 he went to Newberne, North

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Carolina, as clerk in a store there, but returning to Massachusetts in 1863, established himself in the tea trade in the city of Worcester, changing from that to the paper, twine and cordage business in 1867, and for the past thirty-nine years has con- ducted his business at No. 9 Park street. Mr. Stone is attentive to business, and has been quite suc- cessful in his undertakings. In politics he is a Republican, public-spirited, and a pleasant man socially. March 9. 1895, he was united in marriage with Fidelia P. Small, of Millbury. She died July 16, 1906, in Worcester.

CHARLES H. BRYANT. The name Bryant can be traced back in England to Sir Guy de Briant, who lived in the reign of Edward III and whose descendants had a seat in Castle Hereford. The arms are as follows: Field is Or ; three piles meet- ing near in the base of the escutcheon, azure. No connection has been established between the four emigrants of this surname in the Plymouth colony, viz: John Bryant, of Taunton; John Bryant, Sr .. of Scituate: Stephen Bryant. of Plymouth; and Lieutenant John Bryant, of Plymouth, Massachu- setts, though according to tradition John, Sr., of Scituate, and Stephen were brothers. Lieutenant John and Stephen were relatives also. Stephen's daughter Abigail married Lientenant John Bryant.

(I) John Bryant, of Scituate, was the emigrant ancestor of Charles H. Bryant, of Worcester. He should be distinguished from John Bryant, of Taun- ton, who died early. John Bryant became prominent in Plymouth colony and filled various public offices. He was owner of extensive tracts of land and active in surveying public lands. He represented Scituate in the general court in 1657-77-78. According to tradition he came from Kent, England, on the ship "Ann" and lived for a time at Barnstable before coming to Scituate. His name appears first on the Scituate records in 1639. He was reported ahle to bear arms in 1643 among one hundred and five Scituate men. He married three times: (First) Mary Lewis, daughter of George and Mary (Jen- kins) Lewis, of Barnstable, November 4, 1643, and had seven children; (second) Elizabeth Witherell, daughter of Rev. William Witherell, of Scituate; (third) Mary Highland, daughter of Thomas High- land, of Scituate. He died November 20, 1684. His will was dated November 4, 1684. His nineteen children, born in Scituate, were: John, see for- ward; Hannah, born July 25, 1646; Joseph, died June 16, 1669 ; Sarah, born September 29, 1648; Mary, February 24, 1650, died April 8, 1652; Martha, Feb- ruary 26, 1652; Samuel, February 6, 1654, died in 1690, in Governor Phipps' expedition to. Canada; Elizabeth, August, 1665; Daniel, Mary, Benjamin, December, 1669, died unmarried; Joseph, 1671 ; Jabez, February 18, 1672, died unmarried 1697; Ruth, August 16. 1673: Thomas, July 15, 1675; Deborah, January 22, 1677; Agatha, March 12, 1678; Ann. November 20, 1679: Elisha.

(II) Lieutenant John Bryant, eldest son of John Bryant (I), was born in Scituate, August 17, 1644, died there January 26, 1708. He married Mary. His will was proved February 12, 1708. His estate was inventoried at three hundred and ninety- five pounds. The children of Lieutenant John and Mary Bryant, all born in Scituate, Massachusetts, were: John, Jr., March 27, 1678: Jonathan, Jan- nary I, 1670: Mary, September 3. 1682: David, Au- gust 17, 1684, see forward; Joshua, November 14, 1687: Samuel, January 15, 1689; Martha, August 22, 1601.

(III) David Bryant, fourth child and third son of Lieutenant John Bryant (2), was born in Scit-

uate, Massachusetts, August 17, 1684. He married, July 31, 1706, Hannah Church, widow. He died at Scituate, June 21, 1731. His wife died 1736. His estate was valned after his death at $2,151. The children of David and Hannah Bryant : David, born February 14, 1707; Elizabeth, February 16, 1709; Mary, May 4, 1711; Jacob, see forward.

(IV) Jacob Bryant, youngest son of David Bryant (3), was born in Scituate, Massachusetts, January, 1714. He bought of Oxenbridge Thatcher, of Boston, April 24. 1740, a farm of eighty-seven acres in Leicester in the Ware or Mare meadow for two hundred and fifty dollars. This land was in the Northerly part of the town, adjoining land of Thomas Prince. His will was dated June 10, 1780. He died February 7, 1781 ; she died in Lei- cester, December 8, 1818, aged ninety-two years,

The children of Jacob and Abigail Bryant were: David, born 1761, married Abigail Eddy. 1784, set- tled in Leicester, Massachusetts; he died in Leices- ter, October 7, 18.11 : Jonathan, see forward; Joseph. Lydia : Elizabeth. The daughters may be older than the sons.

(V) Jonathan Bryant, second son as given above of Jacob Bryant (4), was born in 1765. He died March 16, 1802. He came to Leicester with the remainder of the family when a young boy. He settled there. He married Anna Warren, of Pax- ton (intentions dated August 2), 1788. She died December 8, 1818. He died March 16, 1802. The children of Jonathan and Anna (Warren) Bryant were: John, see forward; Ira, born February 16, 1791 ; Alice, December 15, 1797; Lyman, March 29, 1800.

(VI) John Bryant, eldest son of Jonathan Bry- ant (5), was born in Leicester, Massachusetts, March 13, 1780. He lived in Leicester, Oakham and Holden, Massachusetts. He married Fanny Smith, of Leicester (intentions dated November 18). 1815. He died in Oakham, April 27, 1833. aged forty-four years. The children of John and Fanny (Smith) Bryant were: John Frink, born July 25, 1817, at Leicester, died August 5, 1835: Charles, see forward; Louisa, born 1823, married Harvey Stratton, January 1. 1849; David, went west and died unmarried; Willis, married and went west. where he died.

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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 3

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