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ander, born December 29, 1661, died the January following. II. Eleazer, born January 18, 1662, mar- ried, 1683, Hannah How, daughter of Abraham How.
(II) John Howe, son of John Howe (I), was born August 24, 1640. He married, January 22, 1662, Elizabeth - and settled in Marlboro where his three children were born. He was killed during King Philip's war by the Indians, April 20, 1676, at Sudbury. His "housings" were also destroyed by the enemy. The children: I. John, born Septem- ber 9, 1671, see forward. 2. David, born April 9, 1674, died same year. 3. Elizabeth, born July 16, 1675, married, June 23, 1699, Thomas Keyes. In 1692 she was taken captive by Indians at the time the family of Peter Joslin, where she was visiting, were slain; she was redeemed after three or four years of captivity ; she died August 18, 1764, aged eighty-nine years.
(111) John Howe, son of John Howe (2), was born in Marlboro, September 9, 1671. He married Rebecca -, who died September 22, 1731. He married (second), June 18, 1740, Ruth Eager. His will mentions all his children, as given below. The children, born at Marlboro, were: 1. Peter, born May 8, 1695, see forward. 2. John, born July 16, 1697, married, 1724, Thankful Bigelow. 3. Sarah, born July 12, 1699, married Pelatiah Rice. 4. Ebenezer, born May 1, 1701, died in the army. 5. Rebecca, born March 19, 1703, married, 1728, John Bigelow. 6. Mary, born July 24, 1705, died 1724. 7. Hannah, born November 20, 1706, married Jacob Rice. 8. Seth, born April 13, 1708, married Mary Morse. 9. Elizabeth, born September 13, 1710, married, July 31, 1732, Matthew Howe. 10. Eunice, born July 22, 1712, married John Sherman, of Grafton. II. Dorothy, born January 31, 1715, married, February 4, 1735, Joseph Perry.
(IV) Peter Howe, son of John Howe (3), was born at Marlboro, May 8, 1695. He married, March 26, 1747, Mary Smith, who died June 4, 1806. He and his son William bought land in Gerry (now Petersham) in 1791. The children: I. Lovell, born May 17, 1756, married (second) Nabby Parker. 2. Ebenezer, born January 12, 1761. 3. John, born June 4, 1763. 4. Lucy, born December 17, 1765. 5. William, born April 3, 1768, see forward. 6. Levi, born July 1, 1777.
(V) William Howe, son of Peter Howe (4), was born at Marlboro, Massachusetts. April 12, 1790, Joseph Howe, of Marlboro, deeded land to him in the eastern part of Bolton. This is believed to be the William Howe who settled in Princeton. He was a carpenter by trade and made coffins for all the towns in the vicinity. Among his children were: I. Israel, died December 25, 1847 ; his wife Sally made her will November 14, 1857. 2. Daniel. 3. William, see forward.
(VI) William Howe, son of William Howe (5), was born in Princeton, Massachusetts, about 1790. He was brought up on his father's farm, the old Dodge place, and was educated in the district schools of his native place. When a young man he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for more than fifty years. He was in business as a car- penter and builder in Princeton and Sterling. He was of good physique and strong constitution and used to take a heavy tool box on his back and carry it five or six miles to work. About 1810 he removed to Leominster and built his home there. After moving he worked for a number of years for Allen & Litchfield of Leominster. He nearly lost his hand in an accident while using the circular saw, and the injury incapacitated him for following his trade. He lived in Leominster until his death, Jan-
uary 9, 1866. He was a member of the Baptist Church of Princeton and was deacon for many years. He worked on the church when it was build- ing and contributed generously to the building fund. He was extremely religious and devout and he brought up his children according to the old-fash- ioned ideas of religious faith and practice. In poli- tics he was a Whig and Free Soiler. He trained with the early militia company. In his early days he was a Free Mason, but finally withdrew, as Masonry was being savagely attacked and he felt that his church associations were more important than his Masonry.
He married (first) Eunice Robbins, March 27, 1811. Their children: I. Eunice Carter, born at Princeton, August 23, 1812, died June 4, 1900; mar- ried, November 28, 1833, Frederick Parker, born in Princeton, June 19, 1810; their children-i. Charles William Parker, born February 1, 1837, married, October 12, 1859, Inez Bullard, of Littleton, New Hampshire, (and had Charles Frederick Parker, born March 25, 1863, died September 13, 1863) ; ii. Amos Milton, born September, born September 12, 1839, married (first) Anna J. Frizzell, of Norwich, Con- necticut, (and they have-Frederick Melville, born December 20, 1863, married, July 13, 1892, Kittie H. Cranston, of Bellefontaine, Ohio; Henry Wal- ford, born April 2, 1868, died August 27, 1868; Henry Nichois, born June 3, 1872, married, April 20, 1898, Carrie E. Parker, of Champaign, Illinois, and have daughter, Helen Hamilton, born February 7, 1899) ; Amos Milton Parker married (second), September 18, 1889, Esther A. Holt, of Denmark, Maine; iii. Henry A. Parker, born June 12, 1843, died June 6, 1862; iv. Eunice Hannah, born July 5, 1851, married, October 22, 1889, Levi Cushman, of Buckfield, Maine. 2. Adeline, born September 2, 1814, died October 6, 1890; married, May 14, 1863, William A. Joslin, of Rindge, New Hampshire, and had children-i. Sarah Hill, born December 18, 1845, at Boston, died January, 1867; married, No- vember 15, 1866, Vernon Woodward, of East Thompson, Connecticut; ii. William Albert, born at Chelsea, January 10, 1847, married, June 1, 1871, Alice Howe, of Bethel, Maine; (and had Grace Eleanor, born March 18, 1872; Florence Elizabeth, born June 4, 1875, and Mary Alice, born August 28, 1883, died September 1, 1889) ; iii. Laura Jane, born Chelsea, August 4, 1850, married, October 4, 1870, George Bruce, of Leominster, and had Waldo Arvine, born October 4, 1872; iv. Adeline, born January 29, 1854, died May 19, 1856. 3. Israel, born April 29, 1817, died March 21, 1893, at Hartford, Connecticut ; married, November 16, 1841, Deborah M. Parker, born September 9, 1879, died March 12, 1889 (and had-Ella R., born December 12, 1848, married Benjamin W. Kenyon and had Addie, born June 16, 1880, married, October 18, 1899, Burton Bartlett). 4. William, born October 14, 1819, mar- ried, June 8, 1848, Parmelia Everett ; lie died at Mill- bury, October 29, 1894; children-i. George W., born June 14, 1849, died November 9, 1869; ii. Charles M., born August 28, 1851, died November 7, 1891 ; married, May 5, 1885, Fanny D. Lord, of Kingfield, Maine (and had :- James L., born May 24, 1887; Charles William, born August 6, 1888) ; iii. Alberta E., born October 27, 1853, died August 20, 1808; iv. Israel Everett, born March 19, 1856; v. Norena P., born June 9, 1858, died April 20, 1879: vi. Minnie E., born January 26, 1868, died January 31, 1887. 5. Thomas R., born September 30, 1821, see forward. 6. Charles S., born November 11, 1823, died January 3. 1824. 7. Charles S., born December 8, 1824, died November 3. 1853, at Leominster. 8. Milton Keys, born September 7, 1827, married (first), April 12,
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1854, Mary Louisa Walker, of West Boylston, born February 24, 1824, died September 30, 1862, (and they had-i. Edgar Parker, born June 19, 1855; ii. Walter Arvine, born August 25, 1858, died April 6, 1863); Milton Keyes, married ( second), November 24, 1864, Sarah Ann Parker, born March 14, 1839 (and had: iii. Mary Louise, born November 6, 1868, died September 16, 1869).
(VII) Thomas R. Howe, son of William Howe (6), was born at Princeton, Massachusetts, Septem- ber 30, 1821. He was educated in the common schools of Princeton. At the age of fourteen he started to learn the carpenter's trade with his father and worked with him for a number of years, becon- ing a proficient craftsman. He decided to seek a larger field and moved to Worcester in the fifties and entered the employ of R. Ball & Company, man- ufacturers of wood-working machinery, Union street, where he worked for a number of years, and when the firm removed to new quarters on Grove street, where the Hobbs Manufacturing Company is now located, he continued with the firm. He was also employed by Contractor Ross in building the Eyrie at Lake Quinsigamond. He also was employed by H. W. Eddy, contractor and builder. He bought his farm at Holden and moved there July 4, 1867, but continued to work at his trade in Worcester. Later he devoted his attention to his farm and to car- pentering in Holden until his death, July 3, 1904. He was a Baptist in religion and a Republican in politics. He was overseer of the poor and highway surveyor of the town.
He married, June 8, 1858, Lucy Maria Parker, born in Princeton, November 8, 1835, daughter of Charles Augustus and Sylvia ( Moore) Parker, of Princeton. Her father was a miller and manufact- urer. The children: I. Waldo Emerson, born in Worcester, May 13, 1859, died October 27, 1865. 2. Thomas Walter, born October 17, 1866, see forward. (VIII) Thomas Walter Howe, son of Thomas R. Howe (7), was born in Worcester, October 17, 1866. He went with his parents to live in Holden when he was an infant and he received his education there, graduating from the high school in 1884. During his school days and for a year afterward he worked on his father's farm, taking charge of it after leaving school at the age of eighteen. He then went to work in Worcester as clerk in the hard- ware store of White & Conant. After a few years he accepted a position with the E. T. Smith Com- pany, wholesale grocers, Sumner street, and re- mained with them about seven years. He was head shipping clerk for three years. He finally decided that he preferred farming to trade and assisted his father on the farm until he died in 1904. He has conducted the farm alone since then. It is situated in the south part of the town on Salisbury. street and comprises about a hundred acres. It was formerly called the Tilly Chaffin farm. In religion he is a Congregationalist ; in politics a Republican and has been often a delegate to nominating conventions of his party. He is on the board of overseers of the poor and member of the school committee. He is a member of Holden Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, No. 78, and was its master for two years. He was a member of Quinsigamond Tribe of Red Men, Worcester, and filled various chairs in that body.
He married, June 7, 1893, Maud Elima Graham, born November 4, 1871, daughter of George S. and Martha (Lewis) Graham, of Townsend, Massachu- setts. Her father is a farmer. The children: I. Alice Gertrude, born August 6, 1894. 2. Edith Marion, born May 27, 1896. 3. Clifford Parker, born January 28, 1898. 4. Mildred Evelyn, born March 5, 1903.
JAMES H. BRAMAN. The immigrant ances- tors of the Bramans came from England about the middle of the seventeenth century and settled in Massachusetts. In the early records the name is spelled Beamont, Beament, Beman and Braman, but the latter form of spelling has long been universally adhered to. The Bramans of Worcester county are the descendants of Gamaliel Braman, who was the first white settler in what is now the town of Sterl- ing, going there as early as the year 1720, but, owing to the obscurity of the records relative to his descendants, the writer is unable to establish with certainty James H. Braman's full line of descent. His grandfather was Gardner Braman, and his parents, Henry A. and Cordelia C. (Reardon) Bra- man, who resided in Providence, Rhode Island, reared two children, of whom James H. was the eldest.
James H. Braman was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1849. He acquired his education in the public schools of his native city and learned the trade of silversmith. He followed that occupa- tion as a journeyman continuously for a period of thirty-five years, chiefly in Providence, Rhode Island, and was well and favorably known in that city as an expert artisan. He at length found it advisable to relinquish the close confinement to which his calling had so long subjected him, and re- moving to Petersham he turned his attention to agri- culture. He owns a well located and exceedingly productive farm of one hundred and fifteen acres, which he is carrying on with profitable results, and in spite of the arduous character of his new occupa- tion he derives both pleasure and benefit from the independent and invigorating mode of life. In pol- itics he is a Democrat with independent proclivities, preferring to support such candidates as are in his estimation the best qualified bv ability and personal character to hold public office.
Mr. Braman married for his first wife Ruth Thomas, a native of Maine, and she died leaving no children. For his second wife he married Mrs. Ervinia R. May (nee Emerson), daughter of Wins- low and Abbie K. (Groton) Emerson. By her former marriage Mrs. Braman has one son, Edwin N. May, who was born January 12, 1885. He is residing with his mother and stepfather in Petersham.
FRANKLIN HORATIO GODDARD. Edward Goddard (I), father of the immigrant ancestor of Franklin Horatio Goddard, of Royalston, Massa- chusetts, was a wealthy farmer of Inglesham, Nor- folk county, England. During the civil war in Eng- land his house was demolished by the Cavaliers, as he sided with the Puritans, and he lost most of his property. He married Priscilla D'Oyley. They had twelve children grow to maturity, viz. : Richard. baptized June 3, 1625: William, baptized February 25, 1627, see forward: Josiah, baptized March 30, 1630; Benjamin, born March 20, 1631: John, Ed- ward, James, Vincent, Thomas, and three daugh- ters. Sedgwick, Rathband and one unknown, one of whom married Alderman King and her son re- sided in Boston.
(II) William Goddard, son of Edward God- dard (I), was baptized in Inglesham, England, Feb- ruary 28, 1627. He traded in wholesale groceries, but is said to have lived beyond his means and lost his fortune. His mother-in-law, Mrs. Foot, had lent a hundred pounds to her brother in New England and she gave the debt to Goddard who came over to collect it. He found nothing but mortgaged real estate. As the plague was raging in London he concluded to settle in New England,
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and the following year, 1666, brought over his wife and three sons. They settled in Watertown, Massa- chusetts, were admitted to full communion in the church there January 8, 1687-88. He was admitted a freeman December. 1677. He died October 6, 1691. He was a teacher of English and Latin in addition to his farming. He married Elizabeth Miles, who died about 1697, daughter of Benjamin Miles. Her mother's third husband left them a legacy of four hundred pounds. Three of their six children born in England died there. The children were : William, Jr., born in London, 1653, married, December 10, 1685, Leah Fisher, of Sherhorn; Jo- seph, born in London, 1655, died in Brookline, July 25, 1728, aged seventy-three years; Robert, born in London, a weaver, married, February 23, 1713-14, Elizabeth Shattuck; Thomas, born at Watertown, June 8, 1667, died July 9, 1667; Benjamin, born August 17, 1668, admitted full communion at Water- town church, July 31, 1687; Elizabeth, born Janu- ary 22, 1070-71; Josiah, born in Watertown, mar- ried, January 28, 1695-96; Rachel Davis, of Rox- bury ; she died April 23. 1740, he died November 14. 1720; Edward, born March 24, 1674, see for- ward.
(III) Edward Goddard, son of William God- dard (2), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, March 24. 1674-75. He was admitted to full com- munion in the church, April 27, 1701. He resided in Watertown and was school master there from April 12, 1697, to about 1707, when he moved to Boston to teach school there. He went to Fram- ingham as schoolmaster, March 25, 1714, and was admitted to the church there by letter. April 9, 1718. He was elected deacon April 14, 1725, but declined the office. He was several times the mes- senger of the church to ecclesiastical councils, and took a prominent part in both civil and religious affairs of the town of Framingham. He was town clerk in 1720 and for twenty years afterward, and left proof on the records of his beautiful penman- ship. He was selectman for ten years, treasurer two and deputy to the general court eight years after 1724. He was justice of the peace. and in 1733 was chosen to His Majesty's council, in which he served three years. He was lieutenant and after- ward captain of the troop. He was the local magis- trate and was skilled in drawing conveyances and other legal papers. In religious opinions he was a Calvinist. He and others withdrew from Mr. Swift's church without dismission and were re- ceived in the Hopkinton Church, January 13, 1732 33. He was afterward instrumental in plant- ing the second church in Framingham, but after his death it declined and finally ceased to exist. He was a ready writer and many of his manu- scripts of sermons, journals and papers have been preserved. He published some controversial papers. He was a zealous and decided man of undoubted integrity and possessed considerable talent, exer- cised chiefly in theological research. He was a per- haps more strenuous as a defender of religious free- dom than as an advocate of religious toleration and Christian harmony. He had many friends, among whom were Rev. Mr. Bridge, of the First Church, Boston: Rev. Dr. Prince and Secretary Willard. 'An interesting notice of his death was published in the Boston Gazette, February 16, 1754. (See also Alden's Collections III-40.) He died February 9, 1754, aged seventy-eight years, ten months, four days.
He married, June, 1697. Susanna Stone, of New- ton. She died February 4, 1754, aged seventy-eight years, two months. during the "Great Sickness." The old farm at Framingham is the one now or
lately occupied by William Temple, and Barry states that the cellar hole is still in evidence. The chil- dren : 1. Edward, born May 4, 1698, married Hepzi- bah Hapgood, and died at Shrewsbury, 1777. 2. Susanna, born February 25, 1699-1700. married at Framingham, May 21, 1719, John Drury; (second) Joseph Haven, December 5, 1760; resided at Fram- ingham and Athol. 3. Simon, born February 18, 1701-02, see forward. 4. Benjamin, born August 15, 1704, married Grace Fisk, of Shrewsbury. 5. David, born September 26, 1706, graduate of Har- vard. 1731, married Mercy Stone, of Watertown, August 1, 1736; (second) Mrs. Martha Nichols, of Framingham, December 20, 1753; ordained at Leicester, June 30, 1736: died January 19, 1764, and widow married Deacon Daniel Stone, of Fram- ingham. 6. William, born March 22, 1708-09, died June 6, following. 7. Mary, born June 4, died Au- gust 5, 1711. 8. Ebenezer, born November 12, died December 24, 1713. 9. Ebenezer, born in Boston, January 7, 1713-14. 10. William, born in Framing- ham, December 10, died December 17, 1720. II. Hepzibah, born in Framingham, May 8, 1723.
(IV) Simon Goddard, son of Edward Goddard (3), was born February 18, 1701-02, died Novem- ber 3, 1758. aged fifty-six years. He belonged to the Hopkinton Church when he settled in Shrews- bury, about 1731, although his home had been in Framingham. He had a farm southwest of the meeting house in Shrewsbury, near where the Bap- tist Church once stood. He married Susannah Cloyes, of Framingham, November 2, 1727. She died at Athol, where some of her family settled, November, 1798, aged ninety-four years. Their children: Edward, born 1729, died September 19, 1742, aged thirteen years; Susanna, born July 28, 1731, baptized next month in Shrewsbury, died Au- gust 8. 1740: Simon, Jr., born March 11, 1734. died 1735: Martha, born December 29, 1735, died 1740; Simon, Jr., born June 4, 1738, died 1740: Elizabeth, May 27. 1740. married James Goddard, of Athol, June 24. 1767. died May 30, 1807; Simon, Jr., born March 29. 1742: Edward, born March 15, 1744; Josiah, born December 25, 1745, see forward ; Susanna. born January 18, 1748, died unmarried at Athol.
(V) Josiah Goddard, son of Simon Goddard (4), was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, De- cember 25, 1745. He settled in Athol, Massachu- setts. He married Ruth Raymond, November 8, 1774, at Athol. He became a prominent citizen, was magistrate, coroner and representative to the general court. He was a prosperous farmer. He died at Athol, October 23, 1801. All that remains of his house is the cellar hole. The children: Henry, Nathan, Susannah, baptized at Royalston, May 12. 1787; Sally, Nahum, Ashbel, see forward ; Eber. Daniel, Rhoda, Nabby.,
(VI) Ashbel Goddard. son of Josiah Goddard (5), was born in Athol, Massachusetts, about 1787. He married at Royalston, November 21, 1810, Bet- sey Pierce. He followed his father's occupation and was a well-to-do farmer of Royalston. His children, all born at Royalston, were: Sally. born March 21, 1812; Royal. January 8. 1814; Charles, November 19, 1815: Mary Ann, June 2, 1818; George Nelson. February 18. 1821 : Elizabeth, Sep- tember 1, 1825; Franklin Horatio, November 25, 1828. see forward: William Bailey, July 13, 1832. (VII) Franklin Horatio Goddard, son of Ash- bel Goddard (6), was born in Royalston, Massa- setts. November 25. 1828. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and at Royals- ton Academy. When not in school he worked on his father's farm and in winter in the mann-
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facture of straw for hats. When a young man he left home and went to St. Louis, where he en- gaged in manufacturing. In the trying period just before the civil war, when feeling ran high and outbreaks were frequent, he enlisted in the citizen militia under General John C. Fremont and took an active part in the brief struggle which really kept the state of Missouri in the Union when the secession sentiment seemed about to win. He was a prisoner of war in St. Louis for a short time. While in the west Mr. Goddard taught school for a short time. He returned to Royalston to live. In politics he is a radical Republican and has taken an active part in Royalston town affairs. For many years he was highway surveyor, but retired on acount of deafness, and is at present living on his farm, retired from active business. He is an active and exemplary member of the Congregational Church and the order of Good Templars, being an earnest temperance worker.
He married Sarah Mellen. of Nashua, New Hampshire. He married (second), August 24, 1898, Ada Smith, daughter of Levi G. Smith, of Winchendon. She was born in Winchendon, April 3, 1858. No children were born to either marriage.
TIMOTHY HATHAWAY SPOONER, of Barre, is a son of Grover Spooner, and a grandson of Zephanialı Spooner, of Hardwick. His great- grandfather was Amaziah Spooner, son of Samuel. Samuel Spooner was a son of Samuel and the lat- ter was a son of William Spooner, of Plymouth, who was in all probability the original American ancestor of the family.
William Spooner, who was residing in Plymouth as early at 1637, married twice, first to Elizabeth Partridge, who died April 28, 1648, and second to Hannah, daughter of Joshua Pratt, March 18, 1652. He rentoved to Dartmouth about the year 1660, settling in that part of the town which is now Acushnet, and his death occurred there in 1684. His children were: John, Sarah, Samuel, Martha, William, Isaac, Hannah, Mercy and Ebenezer.
Samuel Spooner, son of William and Hannah Spooner, was born in Plymouth, January 4, 1655, died in Dartmouth, 1739. He was a weaver. In 1680 and 1684 he served as constable in Dartmouth. The maiden name of his wife was Experience Wing, and his children were: William, Mary, Samuel, Daniel, Seth, Hannah, "Joshop" (perhaps Shear- jashub), Anna, Experience, Beulah and. Wing.
Samuel Spooner, son of Samuel and Experience Spooner, was born in Dartmouth, February 4, 1692-93, and died in 1781. He was a farmer and a lifelong resident of Dartmouth. He was married for the first time April 10, 1717, to Re- becca Weston, who died January 28, 1728, and on March 8, 1729, he married for his second wife Deb- orah, daughter of Isaac Pope. The children of his first union were: Elnathan, Abigail, Seth and Amaziah.
Amaziah Spooner, son of Samuel and Rebecca Spooner, was born in Dartmouth, May 15, 1724. He was one of the early settlers in Hardwick, going there from Dartmouth some ten years after its incorporation (1737), and he located on the north side of the turnpike, just west of Muddy brook. He survived the revolutionary period, witnessing the successful establishment of republican institutions, and his death occurred July 8, 1798. On February 28, 1749-50, he married Lydia Fay, daughter of Dea- con James Fay, of Hardwick, and was the father of Lydia, Samuel, Charles, Rebecca, Thomas, Zephaniah, Lucy, Elizabeth, Hannah and Seth. The
mother lived to be eighty-seven years old and died August 10, 1817.
Zephanialı Spooner, son of Amaziah and Lydia Spooner, was born in Hardwick, October 1, 1753, and resided there his entire life, which terminated June 13, 1810. He married Sally Church, November 5, 1789, and she died August 30, 1833, aged sixty- eight years. The children of Zephaniah and Sally (Church) Spooner were : Bradford, Barnabas, Grover and Charles C.
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