Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. III, Part 4

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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(VII) Charles Bryant, second child of John Bryant (6), was born at Oakham, Massachusetts, August 12, 1820. ' He settled in Holden, Massa- chusetts. He was a farmer and merchant. In politics a Republican and held offices in Holden, overseer of poor and selectman. He was a Mason in Worcester. He married Mary Jane Bryant, daughter of Joseph and Malinda Bryant, January 24. 1849. She was born April 19. 1821 (town records). Her mother was Melinda or Malinda Watson, born August 4. 1791, daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Baldwin) Watson, married October 30, 1772. Samuel Watson was born March 8, 1748-9. the son of John and Mary (Blair) Watson, (in- tentions dated November 20, 1743). Mary Blair lived in Worcester before marriage. Joseph Bryant. the father of Mary Jane, was born September 7. 1787, in Leicester. He was the son of David and Ahigail Bryant, and grandson of Jacob Bryant (IV). See above. Charles Bryant died February 24. 1896, his wife April 1, 1905.

The children of Charles and Mary Jane ( Bryant) Bryant were: Marie F., born May 9. 1850, died September 16, 1852: Frank, July 1, 1852; Charles H., see forward: Abbie M., January 29, 1857; Jo- seph Edgar. September 10, 1858; Walter David, July 1, 1860: Arthur, February 9. 1862, died Au- gust 25, 1862; Fred Augustus, August 21, 1863.

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(VIII) Charles H. Bryant, third child Charles Bryant (7), was born in Holden, Massa- chusetts, January 10, 1854. He was educated in the common schools and Howe's Business College in Worcester. He was a farmer and dealer in milk. In politics a Republican and a member of the grange and active in it. He married, March 15, 18SI, Liz- zie Hattie Allen, daughter of Asa Mixter and Elizabeth A. (Richardson) Allen. Her line of descent is: Matthew (I), the emigrant, son Richard Allen of Braunton, Devonshire, England, settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Daniel (II) ; Elnathan (III), born February 11, 1666, at Lan- caster, Massachusetts, removed to Hopkinton in 1730, and died there 1734; Obadiah (IV), married

Susannah -- -, and resided in Shrewsbury; Is- rael (V), born April 21, 1745, in Shrewsbury, mar- ried Thankful Greenwood, of Framingham, 1768; removed to Spencer in 1783; soldier in the revolu- tion, fighting bravely at the battle of Bunker Hill; wife Thankful died October 25. 1805; married (sec- ond) Sarah Bennett, widow, 1807; she died 1818; his children were: Silas, Ivory, Jemima, Junia, Ashbel, Otis and Alvan, all born in Shrewsbury except the last ; Israel died July 17, 1833, aged nine- ty years; Ashbel Allen (VI), married Eleanor Mixter, of Hardwick, and their children were: Nancy, born December 29, IS00; Israel, August 3, 1802; Asa Mixter, see forward; Liberty, September 5, 1809; Daniel, August 21, 1811; Eleanor, July 18, 1814, died February 1, 1816; Albert, March 14, 1817. Asa Mixter (VII), who married Elizabeth A. Richardson, daughter of Benjamin and Judith (Mason) Richardson, and granddaughter of Cap- tain Ebenezer Richardson, of Spencer, was a soldier in the revolution. Judith Mason was the daughter of Ebenezer Mason, Jr., and granddaughter of Captain Ebenezer Mason. The latter was born in Watertown, March 1, 1723, and married Elizabeth Bright, of Watertown, October 15, 1760.

Elizabeth Mason, wife of Captain Ebenezer Mason, was born August 11, 1734, and died Sep- tember 18, 1812. They came to Spencer in 1764 with the three elder children. He was a tanner by trade. He was town clerk of Spencer and captain the Spencer company during the revolutionary war. Captain Ehenezer Mason settled first on Lot 17, Iater in 1774 on Lot 22. The children of Captain Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Bright) Mason were: Ebenezer, born in Watertown, February 18, 1761, married in Spencer. December 22, 1785, Judith White : William, November 3, 1762: Enoch, July 22, 1764; Elliott, March 21, 1766, died October 18, 1812; Seth, February 28, 1768; died young; Elizabeth, August 18, 1772; Joseph, December 15, 1774; Su- sanna, September 9, 1777, died January 25, 1795; Isaac, February 5, 1782. Mrs. Bryant has reason to be proud of her revolutionary ancestors. She is a member of the Union Congregational Church.

Mr. Bryant is a quiet citizen of solid worth, esteemed by those who know him, a representative of the New England yeomanry still extant. He has been very successful in his business and has one of the most valuable farms in Worcester. It is situated in the outskirts on the Holden road.

The children of Charles H. and Elizabeth (Allen) Bryant are: Fannie Elizabeth, born in Worcester, December 21, 1881, a trained nurse in the Worcester City Hospital; Nellie Jane, born in Worcester, December 5, 1883, graduate of the high school and Mrs. Lucy Wheelock's Kindergarten School in Boston, teacher in the public schools; Flora Allen, born October 13, 1894; Esther Louise, born February 5. 1898, died April 20, 1898.

THE DAVIDSON FAMILY. The family of Davidson is of Scotch origin, and there are at least two branches of it in Worcester county. But the lineage of those bearing the name treated in this article has been traced to

(1) John Davidson, of Salem, Massachusetts, who was married by Rev. Benjamin Prescott, March 8, 1719, to Sarah Overton, in Salem. April 12, 1720, he purchased land of William King in Sutton, and is an ancestor of Henry Wilbur Davidson, the subject of this sketch. This John and Saralı ( Overton) Davidson had a son Benjamin, born about 1727, and perhaps other children.

(II) Benjamin Davidson, son of John David- son, married, April 29, 1751, Mary Whittemore, and for a time resided in Sutton, but removed to Spencer in 1792, where they both died; he died March 29, 1813. Children were: John, born Jan- uary I, 1752; was a revolutionary soldier, married Anne Gould and lived in Montpelier, Vermont; Anne, September 18, 1753; married Stephen Cutler ; at her death he with their children removed to Montpelier, Vermont; and Benjamin, mentioned hereafter.

(1[I) Benjamin Davidson, Jr., was born in Sut- ton, Massachusetts, September 21, 1756. Married, December 14, 1780, Mary King, and lived in Sutton, Charlton and Spencer, dying in the latter place August 23, 1815. His widow died in Charlton, De- cember 30, 1854. Mr. Davidson was a revolutionary soldier, served as private in Captain James Green- wood's company, Colonel Ebenezer Larnard's regi- ment, which marched April 20, 1775, in response to the Lexington alarm, service two days. Was also among the men listed by Nathaniel Barber, muster master for Suffolk county, May 25, 1777, Captain Blanchard's company, Colonel Wesson's regiment, term three years. In Continental army pay accounts his name appears for service front May 14, 1777, to November 14, 1777, reported fur- loughed, and was unable to join on account of dis- ability as certified to by Dr. Freeland and the select- men of Sutton, August 15, 1785. The children of Benjamin Davidson, Jr. and Mary his wife, were: Simeon, born in Sutton, February 20, 1781 ; Betsey, born in Sutton, married John Gould, Jr .; Jonathan, born in Sutton, 1785, died in Spencer, 1813: Sally, born in Sutton, August 24, 1790, married Willard Converse; Luther, born in Sutton, May 1I, 1792, died in Spencer, 1852; Jesse, born in Charlton, De- cember 2, 1796, died 1817; Mary, born in Spencer, January 22, 1802, died 1872; Lucy, born in Spencer, May 24, 1805, died 1896.

(IV) Simeon Davidson, eldest son of Benjamin Davidson, Jr., was born in Sutton, where he attended the public schools, became a farmer and lived at various times in Ward (now Auburn), Spencer, Leicester and Oxford. He was a man of extensive business experience, and was found dead in the highway at Charlton, May 20, 1842. He married Dorothea Cudworth, April 5. 1810, in Auburn, where she was born April 28, 1781. She died in Oxford, November 30, 1867. Their seven children were: Abigail, born October II, 1810, married Silas Turner, of Oxford. William Gray, born January 4, 1812, mentioned below. Jonathan King, born Oc- tober 10, 1813, married Mary L. Merriam, and was the father of Ilenry Franklin Davidson, whose sketch appears in this work. Simeon, Jr., born in Spencer, 1816, married, January 4. 1836, Maria Tucker; he died 1872. John Cudworth, born June 4, 1818, married, November 26, 1846, Cordelia E. Lovell, of Millbury. Brigham, born July, 1820, died in Barre, October 11, 1889. Lucy, born April 8,

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1823, at Leicester, married, April 3, 1844, John Tucker. She died in Auburn, March 17, 1894. He died in Auburn, June 21, 1869.

(V) William Gray Davidson, son of Simeon Davidson, was born in Ward (now Auburn), and at the age of sixteen years went to Millbury to work on the farm of Lieutenant Jonathan Trask, attending school during the winter seasons. After a few years with Mr. Trask, he began work for Captain Joseph Griggs in his tannery, where he learned the business and became superintendent of the works. serving seventeen years when he resigned the position and purchased the Trask homestead. He was a prominent man of the town, serving as school committeeman, selectman and also in other town offices. He married Judith C. Holman in Millbury, May 9. 1839. She was born November 7, 1811. died July 13, 1894. He died in Millbury, No- vember 1, 1898. Children were: William Edward, born August 19. 1840, died February 2, 1894; Ellen Jane, January 17, 1843, married William G. Seavor, at Worcester; Henry Wilbur, September 10, 1844, mentioned below. Mary Elizabeth, June 29, 1850, died September 23, 1861. Walter, September 2, 1851, salesman with Barnard, Sumner, Putnam Com- pany. Worcester: Matilda Ann, August 14, 1854, married Charles L. Bancroft, in Millbury, Deceni- ber 25, 1873.

(VI) Henry Wilbur Davidson, son of William Gray Davidson, was born near the old homestead in Millbury, Massachusetts, September 10, 1844. Received his early education in the public schools of his native town and at Phillips Academy, An- dover. Massachusetts. In 1864 he enlisted in the Thirteen Unattached Company, Massachusetts In- fantry, in the civil war, and served chiefly in guard duty, for ninety days. He then re-enlisted in Com- pany F, First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, and served to the end of the war. After returning home he began farming, but later devoted his attention to teaching school, an occupatiin he followed for several years, having in charge during a portion of the time the schools in Millbury, Sutton, Leices- ter, Massachusetts, and also Lee, Ilinois, gaining considerable prominence as an educator. Mr. David- son is a Republican in politics, and has served the town of Millbury four years as assessor, and many years as a member of the school committee, and takes great interest in the Grand Army of the Re- public, the Millbury Grange, and the Patrons of Husbandry organizations, of which he is a mem- ber. At this writing he is serving his third term as a justice of the peace. He united with the First Congregational Church in Millbury, May, 1864, was chosen deacon in 1900 and now holds that office.

He married (first) Martha Bond, daughter of Captain Bond, of Millbury, in 1868. She died January II, 1879. He married (second), April 22, 1880. Ida T. Pierce, daughter of Francis and Mari- etta (Tuttle) Pierce, of Enfield, Connecticut, Chiil- dren: Mary E., born August 31, 1869. William G. September 9, 1871, married Lavinia Knight, Oc- tober 28, 1896, and has seven children. Henry, February 24, 1877, died March 4. 1877. Mabel, Sep- tember 28. 1878. Edward P., February 17, 1881. Wallace F .. November 30, 1882. George A., Oc- tober 21. 1885. Wilbur K., May 22, 1891. Henri- etta C., July 6, 1895. .

HENRY FRANKLIN DAVIDSON. a prosper- ous farmer and lumberman of Charlton, Worcester county, Massachusetts, is a son of Jonathan K. Davidson, a grandson of Simeon Davidson (4), of Spencer. His great-grandfather was Benjamin Davidson, Jr. (3), who was born in Sutton, this

county, September 21, 1756. Benjamin Davidson, Sr., who. April 29, 1751, married Mary Whittemore, moved to Spencer in 1792, and resided there for the remainder of his life, which terminated March 29, 1815. His son. Benjamin, Jr., previously referred to, married Mary King, December 14, 1780, and re- sided in Charlton and Spencer; his death occurred in the latter place. August 25, 1815. He was a revolutionary soldier. His wife survived her hus- band nearly forty years, and died in Charlton, De- cember 30, 1854. They had eight children.

Jonathan K. Davidson, father of Henry Franklin Davidson, was born in Ward, now Auburn, October 10, 1813. settled in Charlton and resided there until his death, which occurred in 1883. He married Mary L. Merriam, born June 12, 1824, daughter of Cyril Merriam. She died February 17, 1901. Jonathan K. and Mary L. ( Merriam) Davidson were the parents of eleven children, nine of them now living, namely: Herbert K., Henry F., Alonzo B., Mary, Saralı, Eugene A., Theodore E., Willis W. and Arthur M. Sarah Davidson became the wife of John Amidon.

Henry Franklin Davidson, the subject of this sketch, was born in Charlton. March 19, 1847. After concluding his attendance at the public schools, he entered the employ of one of the Western railroads and followed that occupation in that section of the country for six years. He next turned his atten- tion to agricultural pursuits in Iowa, where he re- mained for eight years, at the expiration of which time he returned to Charlton, and has ever since resided there, devoting his energies to general farm- ing and lumbering with profitable results. In poli- tics he supported the Republican party, but he never participated in civic affairs. His religious affilia- tions are with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

In December. 1870. Mr. Davidson was united in marriage with Miss Maria V. Cole, born in Feb- ruary, 1851, daughter of Ethan and Lucretia (Gil- son) Cole. Their children are: Henry Herbert, born in Iowa, October 10, 1871. Cyrus Edward, born in Iowa, August 30, 1873. Sarah Maud, born, September 24, 1879. Henry Herbert married Miss Alberta Wakefield, daughter of William H. and Sarah (Young) Wakefield. Cyrus Edward is un- married. Sarah Maud married, August 18, 1903, Ralph H. Hayward.

BALCOM FAMILY. Alexander Balcom (I). the immigrant ancestor of Dr. Elmer I. Balcom. was a native of England. He settled at Ports- mouth and Providence, Rhode Island, and became a leading citizen of his day. He was a deputy to the general assembly in 1683 from Providence. He bought a tract of land twelve miles north of Provi- dence, July 14. 1686, of Nathan Payne. He was in Portsmouth, January 31, 1664, and was probably born as early as 1635. He was a mason by trade. Ile died May 4, 1711, and his will was proved July 18, 17II. The estate was settled by his wife Jane and son John. The will. mentions his children. He married Jane Holbrook, daughter of William and Elizabeth Holbrook. Their children were: Alex- ander, married Sarah Woodcock, removed to At- tleboro before 1692, son born there 1692: had seven children ; mason by trade. Catherine, married Dan- iel Jenckes, who was born April 19. 1663, and was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Jenckes. Sarah. married Timothy Sheldon, son of John: they had four children. John, married Sarah Bartlett, who was born 1678 and died January 30, 1739: they re- sided at Providence and Smithfield. Rhode Island ; kept tavern; names relatives in will. Freegift, was insane at the time of Joseph's death. Joseph, see

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forward. Hannah, married, February 22, 1716, Ebenezer Hayward, and had four children. Samuel, Deborah, Lydia, married, April 14, 1701, Daniel Hix, who was born 1660 and died March 21, 1746; had five children.

(11) Joseph Balcom, son of Alexander Balcom (I), was born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, about 1660. He removed to Mendon in 1717 with his family, including his three sons. He finally settled in New Sherborn, now the town of Douglass where his descendants have been numerous. His will was dated March 5, 1732-33. It mentions his wife Phebe and his children, as given below. He gave his gun to Joseph, the eldest son. He mentioned his brother, Freegift Balcom. The homestead was in Uxbridge and New Sherborn and he owned rights in both towns. The house was near Baiting pond, with forty-four acres of land. He also owned land in the Cedar swamp. His wife Phebe died after 1732. His daughter, Martha Comstock, was cut off in the will on account of her "disobedience." He mentions also his kinsman, Samuel Read, and well beloved friend, John Harwood. The children of Joseph and Phebe Balcom were: Joseph, Samuel, see forward; Elijah, Deborah, Phebe, Sarah, Mary, Martha, born March 21, 1714, at Bristol, married Comstock.

(III) Samuel Balcom, son of Joseph Balcom (2), was born in Bristol, Rhode Island, about 1710. He was a tanner by trade. He settled in what is now Douglass, Massachusetts, with his father, and lived there all his life. He married Susannah -

His will was made February, 1783, and allowed February 4, 1783. It mentions four sons, John and David, "elder sons," and Moses and Aaron, "younger sons"; also daughter, Susanna Robbins. Children of Samuel and Susannah Balcom, all born in Doug- las, were: Samuel, born November 10, 1746; Mary, born July 12, 1748; Susanna, born July 3, 1750, married Benjamin Robbins; John, born March 5, 1752, see forward; David, born May 26, 1754; Bezaleel, born May 26, 1754; Phebe, born September 15, 1759; Moses, born November 11, 1761; Aaron, born March 27, 1764.

(IV) John Balcom, son of Samuel Balcom (3), was born in Douglass, March 8, 1752, died there October 6, 1838, aged eighty-six years. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Bartholomew Woodbury's company, Colonel Learned's regiment, at the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. He married, December 16, 1776, Sarah Claflin. He married (sec- ond) Milley Lesure, who was born 1764 and died May 7, 1812, aged forty-eight years. Children of John and Sarah were: Ellis, born June 28, 1777: Phebe, born January 28, 1779; Betsey, born April 3. 1781. Children of John and Milley Balcom were : Jesse, born September 27, 1786; Melley, born Feb- ruary 26, 1788; Sally. born September 17, 1791; John, born July 9, 1793; Olly; Submit, born No- vember 19, 1795; Azubah, born 1796; Maria; Ed- ward; Judson, see forward. Said to be a number of other children, twenty-one in all. All of the preceding appear on record except the last named.

(V) Judson Balcom, son of John Balcom (4), was born in Douglass, February 26, 1805, died at Grafton, Massachusetts, March 31, 1863, aged fifty- eight years, one month and five days. His remains were interred in the cemetery at East Douglas. He resided at Holden, Douglass, Millbury and Graf- ton. He bought a mill privilege of Ezekiel Wood at Douglass. This privilege was formerly owned by Edmund Carpenter, who sold it to Mr. Wood May 26, 1838. The mill was formerly owned by Lee and Jonathan Sprague. Mr. Balcom bought

the mill, etc., in 1847 and sold it back to Mr. Wood in a few years.

He married (first), January 7, 1826, Jerusha Elliott, of Sutton, and they lived at Douglass. He married (second) (intentions August 20), 1848, Martha Young, of Blackstone. All his children except the first who died in infancy were mentioned in his will, viz .: Child, died December, 1835, at Douglass; Madison A., of Grafton, see forward; Willard, of Grafton; Mary E., married Joshua A. Pike; Marcus D., resided in Grafton; Ellen Eliza- beth (or Elizabeth E.), born at Millbury, Novem- ber 26, 1844.

(VI) Madison A. Balcom, son of Judson Bal- com (5), was born in East Douglass, 1827. He was educated in Douglass and Millbury, Massachusetts, and learned the boot and shoe making business. He is the senior partner of the firm of Balcom & Johnson at Whitinsville. He married, December 26, 1849, Rebecca Frances Cook. Their children are: Frederick A., see forward; Dr. Elmer Irving, see forward.

(VII) Rev. Frederick A. Balcom, son of Madi- son A. Balcom (6), was born at Worcester, Jan- uary 26, 1853. He was educated in the public and high schools of Grafton, Massachusetts, at Williams College, from which he was graduated in 1878, and at the Yale Theological School, from which he was graduated in 1881. He was ordained January 9, 1882, at West Hartland, Connecticut, and was pastor of the Congregational Church there from May, 1881, to June, 1884. He was pastor of the Holden Congregational Church at Holden, Massa- chusetts, from June, 1884. to September, 1886. He taught in the Dow Academy at Franconia, New Hampshire, from September, 1886, to March, 1887. From July, 1887, to November, 1889, he was pastor of the Congregational Church at North Leominster. In 1889 he was pastor of the First Congregational Church at Rockland, Massachusetts, later pastor of the church at Saylesville, Rhode Island. He mar- ried Helen Newton and they have one child -- Margaret.

(VII) Dr. Elmer Irving Balcom, son of Madison A. Balcom (6), was born in Grafton, Massachu- setts, December 22, 1856. He attended the public schools of his native town and graduated from the high schools there in 1875. He went to Williams College with his brother, and together they paid their own way through college. He graduated, the year after his brother, in the class of 1879. His brother took to the ministry; he decided to study medicine and went to the medical school of the University of Michigan, where he received bis medical degree in 1882. He spent another year in the Post Graduate Hospital, New York city, in hos- pital practice, and in 1884 opened his office in Whitinsville, Massachusetts, where he has built up a large practice. He is a member of the various medical societies. He belongs to the Whitinsville Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In re- ligion he is a Congregationalist and in politics a Republican. He is a member of the board of health of the town of Northbridge, of which Whitinsville forms the main part of the population. Dr. Balcom owns a handsome residence on Rail- road avenue.

He married. December 16, 1876, Bertha M. Peckham, daughter of Charles Peckham, of West Bridgewater. She was a school teacher before her marriage, a graduate of Worcester Normal. Chil- dren of Dr. Elmer Irving and Bertha Balcom are: Ralph Irving, born June 16, 1889; Velma May, Feb- ruary 4, 1892; Ruth, October 30, 1894.

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DR. JOHNSON R. WOODWARD. Richad Woodward, the immigrant ancestor of Dr. John- son R. Woodward, of Oxford, Massachusetts, was born in England in 1590. He sailed in the ship "Elizabeth" of Ipswich, England, April 30, 1035, with his wife Rose, aged fifty, and children George and John, aged thirteen years. He settled at Water- town, Massachusetts, and was admitted a freeman September 2, 1635. He was a miller; bought a wind-mill located in Boston and mortgaged or sold it in 1648. His wife Rose died October 6, 1666, aged eighty years, and he married (second) ( set- tlement dated April 18, 1663) Ann Gates, born 1603. widow of Stephen Gates, of Cambridge. In 1642 he had a homestall of twelve acres, bounded by land of John Spring, Martin Underwood, and the highway, John Wincoll and John Knight. He had another homestall bounded by land of Edward How, Richard Benjamin and Edmund Blois. Ile had in all three hundred and ten acres. He bought, September 8, 1648, of Edward Holbrook and wife Anne, a mill in Boston and sold it again, December, 1648, to William Aspinwall. He died February 16, 1664-65. The inventory of his estate was filed April 4. 1665. His widow died in Stow, February 5, 1082-83. ( See Gates sketch).

(11) George Woodward, son of Richard Wood- ward (1), was born in England, in 1622, and came with his parents and brother John in 1635 in the ship "Elizabeth." He was admitted a freeman May 6. 1646. He settled in Watertown, later at Brook- line. He was selectman of Watertown in 1674. He had eight children by his first wife. He married (second), August 17, 1659, Elizabeth Hammond, daughter of Thomas Hammond, of Newton. Her father in his will, proved November 5, 1675, gave her one hundred acres of land on Muddy River ( Brookline), probably the place where George set- tled. Woodward died May 31, 1676, and adminis- tration was granted June 20, 1676, to his widow Elizabeth and his son Amos. The inventory, made June 23, 1676, amounted to one hundred and forty- three pounds, ten shillings. His widow married Samuel Truesdale. Children of George and his first wife: Mary, born August 12, 1641, died Au- gust 23, 1717; married, January 13, 1663-64, John Waite; Sarah, born February 6, 1642-43, married, 1664, Stephen Gates, Jr., of Boston and Stow ; Amos, made freeman, October 10, 1677, died at Cambridge, October 9, 1679, mentioning brothers and sisters in will; Rebecca, born December 30, 1647, married in Dedham, December II, 1666, Thomas Fisher, of Dedham; John, born March 28, 1649; Susanna, born September 30, 1651, unmarried ; Daniel, born September 2, 1653, inherited the home- stead; Mary, born June 3. 1656 (or Mercy). The child of George and Elizabeth: George, Jr., born September 11, 1660, see forward.

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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 4

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