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(XIV) Reuben Carpenter, son of Rev. Elisha Carpenter (13), was born at Attleboro, February 23, 1757. He resided at Sutton. He was active, enterprising and influential. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Abel Ring's company, Colonel Sears' regiment, in 1781, and was at Sara- toga three months. He was also in Captain Amos Ellis' company, Colonel Seth Bullard's regiment, in Rhode Island in 1780, and under Captain John Carpenter in 1778-79. He died at Sutton, October 5, 1802.
He married Sally Miller, daughter of Daniel Miller, August 27, 1775. She was born July 18, 1754, died August 22, 1798, aged forty-five years. He married (second) Hannah Cook, April 7, 1800. She was born February 10, 1761, died May 20, 1840. Children of Reuben and Sally Carpenter, all born at Sutton, were : Reuben, born January 7. 1776, died October 13, 1777; Reuben, October 29, 1777. died June 17. 1782; Amos, August 31, 1779. died June 21, 1782: Sarah, October 29, 1780, died October 15, 1789; Lydia, March 6, 1782, married Elijah Warren; Welcome. June 4. 1784; Reuben, March 8, 1789, married Lydia Pitcher; Elisha, May 23, 1791, married Bethia Ward; Sally, May 3. 1793, married Elisha Taft, of Worcester; George Wash- ington, August 9, 1795, married Anna Dole, Sep- tember 18, 1822; resided at Shelburne, Massachu- setts. Children of Reuben and Hannah Carpenter
were: Abner Palmer, July 5, 1801, at Upton, set- tled at Grafton, farmer; Seth Prime, of whom later.
(XV) Seth Prime Carpenter, youngest child of Reuben Carpenter (14), was born at Upton, where his father lived after his second marriage, Novem- ber 25, 1802. He received his education in the common schools of his native town and helped his father in the duties of the farm. When he came of age he removed to Milford and worked at vari- cus callings with success. He was one of the pioneers in the manufacture of boots. He developed a considerable business and conducted it until 1860, when he retired. He was an active and enterpris- ing citizen, of much influence in Milford. He was moderator of the town meeting in 1842, selectman from 1838 to 1844 inclusive, assessor in 1842-43 and justice of the peace for twenty-one years.
He took a very important part in the preliminary labors to secure the building of the Milford branch of the Boston & Albany Railroad. The building of the railroad was the foundation of the prosperity of the town. The present generation scarcely realizes how much it owes to the foresight and persistence of Mr. Carpenter and those associated with him, the pioneers and builders of the town. Mr. Car- penter was also a prime mover in the planning and construction of Pine Grove cemetery, a well-exe- cuted public necessity. In his later years he de- voted much time and money to trout culture. His establishment was in the southwestern part of Ux- bridge. He owned much of the land on Spring street at one time and sold it off in building lots. He died December 11, 1884.
He married (first), January 25, 1829, Maria Barber, who was born in Milford. July 9, 1806, daughter of James and Nancy (Parks) Barber. She died February 12, 1832. He married (second), August 28, 1831, Diana Barber, sister of his first wife. She was born March 31, 1808. The child of Seth Prime and Maria Carpenter was: Byron, of whom later. Children of Seth Prime and Diana Carpenter were: Reuben Earle, born March 26, 1833, married Eunice Laura Fisher, who was born February 22, 1870, daughter of Francis W. and Charlotte Fisher : he is a student of astrology ; was twelve years in the gold mines of California and west ; George Washington, born July 28, 1834, died July 24, 1843: Hannah Maria, born August 16, 1835, dlied July 21, 1843: Diana, born March 1, 1845; Nancy Marion, born March 19, 1847, married, De- cember 4, 1867, Charles H. Metcalf: Hannah Maria, born June 20, 1850, married, October 22, 1891, Lewis R. Barber.
(XVI) Byron Carpenter, eldest child of Seth Prime Carpenter (15), was born at Milford, Massa- chusetts, September 14, 1829. He was educated in the common schools of Milford and at Leicester Academy. He entered the boot factory of his father and learned the trade. He was associated in busi- ness with his father many years, having charge of the books and office. He was connected with the business for over twenty years. He died in his forty-third year, March 15. 1872. He was of a re- tiring nature in all the various relations of life, highly respected by all who knew him, devoted to his home and his church, and having few other in- terests outside of business. He was a Republican in politics and a Universalist in religion.
He married, in Milford, October 25, 1849. Jane Arabella Mason, born at Milford, June 4. 1831, daughter of John and Sallv (Wheeler) Mason. Their children, all born at Milford, were: I. Jane Arabelle, born 1850, died young. 2. Jennie Lind, born March 20, 1851, married Frederick T. King,
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October 8, 1881. 3. Seth Park Prime, born April 7, 1853, died January 25, 1877. 4. Arabella Maria, born July 6, 1855, married, October 14, 1874, Eu- gene T. Walker, of Milford, and they have four children : Alice, born May, 1876; Harry, born No- vember, 1878; George, Byron. 5. Martha Wheeler, born September 14, 1857, died July 26, 1900; married Frederick B. Coleman, of Little Rock, Arkansas, , and they had six children. 6. John Mason, born August 7, 1859, married, April 1, 1882, Marion West, of Marlboro, a prominent merchant there, was quartermaster of the Sixth Regiment with rank of first lieutenant; resigned March 22, 1897; they have two children-Seth Park Prescott, born May 27, 1888: John Mason, Jr., born May 24, 1896. 7. Reuben Earle, of whom later. 8. Walter Batcheller, born September 10, 1863, married Jennie Brown, of Milford; resides at North Attleboro, Massachu- setts, and their children are: Ethel, Edith, Mat- tie, Byron, Hazel, Marian. 9. Grace Georgiana, born February 10, 1865, married, October 4, 1886, John A. Waterman of Milford, and they have two children-Grace Carpenter and Charlotte Jane Waterman. 10. Mand Cosette, born September 7, 1866, married David B. Brayton, and they have one child, David Borden Brayton.
(XVII) Reuben Earle Carpenter, son of Byron Carpenter (16), was born at Milford, July 28, 1861. He attended the public schools, leaving the high school at the age of seventeen years to enter the employ of Nathan W. Heath, shoe manufacturer, learning the various branches of the business. He became a skilful leather cutter, and worked in this shop for about four years. Ile went to Marlboro and there established a clothing store. After three years he returned to his trade of leather cutter and worked in various factories in South Framingham, Boston and elsewhere. During his later years he went to Jamaica, West Indies, on account of im- paired health, and while there worked as cutter in one of the best establishments on the island. He had the reputation for great skill in that department of the business requiring the most judgment and knowledge of leather of all kinds. His health con- tinued to fail; he returned to New England and was suddenly stricken while visiting the home of his wife's parents at Norwich, Connecticut. He died October 19, 1903. He was a Universalist in religion and Republican in politics. He was when a young man a member of Company M, Sixth Regi- ment, M. V. M. He married Mary Swift, of Norwich, Connecticut. She survives him. They had no children.
GEORGE ARTHUR SMITH. James Smith (1), one of the Scotch-Irish settlers to come to Worcester, was ancestor the of George Arthur Smith, of Worcester, Massachusetts. James Smith was doubtless born in Ireland. He was one of the Scotch Presbyterians whose families had settled in the north of Ireland and to whom the name of Scotch-Irish was given, partly because they remained distinct from the Celtic Irish and very antagonistic to them, and partly because they came largely from Scotland during the seventeenth century. In fact many Scotch came to America, hardly stopping at all in Ireland. Some of the Scotch-Irish families were there just about a hun- dred years. The emigration to America began in earnest early in the eighteenth century and continued large for fifty years.
. Worcester received a considerable number of the Scotch-Irish. James Smith is believed to have come about 1713. He brought his wife Margaret with him. He settled in the north part of the town of Worcester among the earliest settlers in what is now Holden. He
was one of the signers of the petition to the general court which resulted in the establishing of the north precinct of Worcester as the town of Holden. He seems to have remained in Holden, where he died in 1764. His will was proved February 20, 1764. It mentions his wife and children.
The children of James and Margaret Smith were: Andrew, John, James, born March 29, 1722, married, 1750, Margaret Lockard, of Leicester, Massachusetts; George, married, 1752, Jane Macel- wain, of Leicester, Massachusetts.
(11) Andrew Smith, son of James Smith (1). About 1736 he and his brother James or John went on horseback through the wildreness to Coleraine, Massachusetts, which became a Scotch-Irish settle- ment later. On the arrival of the brothers it is said that there was much rivalry as to which should strike the first blow of the ax to start the new town- ship. They were the first white men to settle there. The first recorded sale of land in Coleraine was to Andrew Smith, January 10, 1738. The place was first known as Boston township. Andrew Smith was the first proprietors' clerk. The town was not incorporated until June 30, 1761. He married, at Pelham, Massachusetts, May 18, 1748, Jane Clark. She was the daughter of Matthew and Jennet ( Both- well) Clark. Matthew Clark was the son of John and Agnes (Adams) Clark.
Lieutenant John Clark and seven of his sons were among the first settlers of the town of Cole- raine. They were of Scotch birth, but came from Ireland to America with a large body of Scotch- Irish in 1718 and settled first at Rutland or Worces- ter. John Clark, Jr., went to Shrewsbury, Massa- chusetts. John Clark, Sr., was tax collector and treasurer of the colony at Coleraine from 1738 to September 1740. The family held large tracts of land. The children of John and Agnes (Adams) Clark were: Jane, married William Tray; Matthew, married Janet Bothwell; Thomas, died unmarried; John, married Catherine Montgomery ; James, married Mary Clark; William, went to Sus- quehanna, Pennsylvania, married Mary Smith; Samuel, married Margaret Paul; Elizabeth, mar- ried John Stewart; George, married Alice Harroun.
Matthew Clark was killed May, 1746, by the Indians while endeavoring with his wife and daugh- ter Jane to reach Fort Lucas, a log fort built by the settlers. Being hard pressed by his pursuers he hid under a bridge and was shot. His wife and daughter who were on horse-back reached the fort, although both were wounded and the daughter carried to the grave a bullet in her thigh. The children of Matthew and Jennet ( Bothwell) Clark were: Jane, married Andrew Smith ; John, married Betsey Stew- art ; Alexander, married Elizabeth Donica; Agnes, married Daniel Donelson; William, married Mary Patterson ; Elizabeth, married William Stewart; Hannah, married Joseph McKowan ; Margaret, mar- ried Peter Harwood; Sarah, died unmarried ; Matthew, married Jane Workman.
Andrew Smith married Jane Clark, May 18. 1748, at Pelham, and after their experience with the Indians it is natural that they should have had enough of the frontier. Andrew Smith came back to Holden and settled there. His name appears as one of the signers of the resolution passed by the town of Holden in response to the letter sent out by the committee of correspondence and safety at Boston, November 2, 1772. He was selectman of Holden in that year and assessor in 1772-73-74. He was a soldier in the French and Indian war and corporal in the army which marched to the relief of Fort William Henry. He died 1782, and his will was proved June 3, 1782. The children of
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Andrew and Jane (Clark) Smith were: David, married Jane Gregg; Andrew, married, May 4, 1749, Margaret Gregg; Levi; Matthew; Mary, married John Mellen; Hannah, married William McMullen (intentions November 3, 1781); Sarah, married, February 27, 1783, David Gray; Jennet, married, September 26, 1780, Jacob Gray; Anna, married John Harroon ; -, not married.
(III) David Smith, son of Andrew Smith (2), was born at Holden, June 15, 1758. He died March 3, 1826, at Holden, Massachusetts. He was a pri- vate in Major Paul Raymond's company which marched from Holden to Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the Lexington alarm April 19, 1775. He was commissioned a lieutenant May 27, 1790, and cap- tain September 17, 1790. He was selectman of Holden from 1789 to 1797, and assessor from 1804 to 1805.
He married Jane Gregg, daughter of John and Jane Gregg, granddaughter of John Gregg, and great-granddaughter of James Gregg, one of the original Scotch-Irish settlers, who was born in Ayrshire, Scotland. He went to Ireland with his parents in 1690. He was one of the original six- teen emigrants who located at Nutfield, New Hamp- shire, later called Londonderry, New Hampshire.
He was one of the signers of the famous peti- tion sent from Ireland to Governor Shute, of Massa- chusetts, asking for a location. He was granted land and privileges for a saw mill in 1719. He also built a grist mill. He was one of the most prominent proprietors and held many offices in Lon- donderry. He removed later to land in the north- ern part of Peterboro, New Hampshire, before the town was granted to settlers.
The children of John Gregg (3) were Robert, born December 8, 1758; Margaret, born March 19, 1762, married Andrew Smith, Jr .; Jane, born July 26, 1764, married David Smith. The children were all born at Peterboro, New Hampshire.
Jane (Gregg) Smith died February 27, 1826, and is buried at Holden. The children of David and Jane Smith were: Jane, born July 3, 1782, married, November 25, 1804, David Boyden; she died No- vember 2, 1837; Betsey, born August 26, 1784, mar- ried John Boyden; she died May 27, 1831; Eli, born December 31, 1786, married Almira Livermore ; Fanny, born April 19, 1789, married John Bryant ; John Frink, born April 19, 1798, married Diantha Prouty; she died November 20, 1832; Willis, born April 5, 1798, married Clarissa Estabrook, November 9, 1826; she died March 7, 1880; David, born July 13, 1801, died March 7, 1826.
(IV) Eli Smith, son of David Smith (3), was born at Holden, December 31, 1786. He died there November 2, 1830. 'He settled at Holden and Rut- land. When forty-four years of age lie was fatally injured by a fall from an apple tree. He is buried at Holden, Massachusetts.
He married, May 5, 1813, Almira Livermore, daughter of Braddyll and Mary (Flint) Livermore, of Paxton, Massachusetts. She was born in Paxton, April 14. 1790, and died at West Boylston, May 15, 1861. The children of Eli and Almira ( Livermore) Smith were : Almira Livermore, born March 25, 1814, died March 31, 1826; John Flint, born Novem- ber 7, 1815, married Caroline Taft ; he died May 18, 1891 ; David Clark, born March 15, 18IS, died No- vember 16, 1842; James (twin), born January 13. 1820, died October 28, 1832; Jane (twin), born Jan- uary 13, 1820, died September 30, 1832; Mary Ann, born October 27, 1822. died March 9. 1823; Mary Jane, born April 7. 1825, died October 29, 1841; George Eli, born May 28. 1827; Daniel, born Feb- ruary 4, 1829, died October 7, 1832.
(V) George Eli Smith, son Eli Smith (4), was born at Rutland, Massachusetts, May 28, 1827, died in Worcester, October 6, 1895. He attended the schools of West Boylston, where the family moved after his father's death. He went to work first in a cotton mill at West Boylston, Massachusetts. He left the mill to take a position as clerk in the country store at West Boylston, where he learned the business thoroughly. Later he went to Worces- ter with his brother, John F. Smith, who was considerably older, and they opened a shoe store on Main street near Central street. Many of the old residents of Worcester will recall the store of Smith & Brother fifty years ago. Mr. Smith left the shoe business to accept a position as bookkeeper in the Quinsigamond Bank, now the Quinsigamond National Bank of Worcester. Colonel Isaac Davis was president and Mr. Smith eventually devoted himself to the affairs of Colonel Davis as his confi- dential man. After the death of Colonel Davis Mr. Smith remained in the employ of the estate for many years and to the time of his death in 1895. His widow resides at 17 Oread place, Worcester.
He married, May 19, 1853, Sarah Jane Harthan, of West Boylston, Massachusetts. She was born May 7, 1829, the daughter of Dennis and Anna Harrington (Redding) Harthan. (See sketch of Harthan family herewith.) The children of. George Eli and Sarah Jane (Harthan) Smith were: George Arthur, born December 20, 1855; Mary Alice, born November 11, 1860, died May 19, 1892, buried at Rural cemetery, Worcester.
(VI) George Arthur Smith, son of George Eli Smith (5), was born in Worcester, December 20, 1855. He attended the schools of his native town, and left the high school before graduation to take a position as clerk in the Citizens' National Bank. From place to place he rose until he was elected cashier in 1892. He was successively bookkeeper and teller. He succeeded Lewis W. Hammond, who was cashier from 1869 to 1892. He was the fourth cashier of the bank. Mr. Smith was cashieh of the bank eleven years. The bank went into liquidation in 1903, about the time that so many changes took place in the Worcester banks, and Mr. Smith was appointed the liquidating agent. He has since been occupied with the affairs of the bank and with a. new business in which he has engaged in Wor- cester.
Mr. Smith is one of the trustees of the People's Savings Bank of Worcester. He is treasurer of the North End Street railway, the property of which. is leased at present to the Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Company. He has for years been a member and director of the Worcester County Musical Association, which conducts the annual Musical Festival for which the city of Worcester is famous. He has been organist of All Saints Episcopal Church for twenty years, and is widely known in musical circles. He is a Republican in politics. He is a member of the Commonwealth Club.
Mr. Smith married, Jons 18yu, Florence Sher- man Waite, daughter of Rev. Clarendon Waite, of Rutland, Massachusetts. She was born August 19, 1865. (See sketch of the Waite family herewith:). The children of George Arthur and Florence Sher- man (Waite) Smith are: Paul Sherman, born May 16, 1891: Clarendon Waite, born May 16, 1893; Mary Alice, born April 5. 1895; George Arthur, Jr., born October 8. 1896: Sydney Alexander, born No- vember 22, 1898; David Harthan, born May 18, 1900: Robert Irving. born November 25. 1902; Rich- ard Percival. born January 21, 1904. Mr. Smith re- sides at 136 Burncoat street, Worcester.
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HARTHAN FAMILY. Ebenezer Harthan or Harthorn was an ancestor of Sarah Jane Harthan, who married George Eli Smith, late of Worcester. Ebenezer married, April 30, 1730, Elizabeth Goodale, daughter of Benjamin Goodale. She was born Feb- ruary 26, 1711. Their children were: Lucy, born February 28, 1730; Silas, born December 22, 1732, - was in the. French war of 1757; Micah, born March 31, 1735, also in French war; Solomon, born Feb- ruary 24, 1738, married Mary Gates, in 1761.
(11) Micah Harthan, son of Ebenezer Harthan (I), was born March 31, 1735, at Marlboro, Massa- chusetts, died July 25, 1803. He married, Novem- ber 26, 1701, Sarah Jones, daughter of Samuel Jones and Susanna, his wife, whose children were: Jona- than, born March 18, 1732; Sarah, February 17, 1734, died January 2, 1820, at Boylston, Massachu- setts; Ichabod, March II, 1736; Silas, May 7, 1738; Timothy, April 9, 1740; Nathan, August I, 17.42. Micah Harthan was in Captain Samuel Howe's company, which marched to the relief of Fort Will- iam Henry in 1757. He afterwards removed from Boylston to Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, and lived on what was known as the George Holmes place in what is now West Boylston. Boylston was set off in 1786; West Boylston in 1808. The children of Micah and Sarah (Jones) Marthan were: Sarah, born January 19, 1763, died unmarried March 17, 1858; David, January 15, 1764; Lydia, February 18, 1705, died October 25, 1824; married Thomas Keyes ; Lucy, June 10, 1766, married - Pollard ; Samuel, February 18, 1768; Lois, December 27, 1769, married, 1791, John Temple; Emma, March 22, 1772, died August 5, 1828; married Elijah G. Goodnow; Olive, October 21, 1774, married Hiram Howe.
(II]) David Harthan, son of Micah Ilarthan (2), was born January 15, 1764, at West Boylston (later), died August 8, 1823. He married, August 17, 1786, Prudence Winn, daughter of Jacob Winn. She was born 1764, died February 28, 1840. She was married October 12, 1784, (first) to Antipas Smith, who died October 25, 1784. Jacob Winn died April 24, 1791. He married, March 2, 1743, Sarah Buck (died July 3, 1798, aged seventy-seven). Their children were: Esther, died July 20, 1810; Jacob, born October 20, 1744; William, removed to Vermont; John, died 1843; Sarah, born Septem- ber 3, 1746, died March 2, 1837; married John Dins- more; Phebe, born 1750, died December 19, 1824; married Lemuel Fairbanks ; Prudence, married Da- vid Harthan. David Harthan inherited the Harthan mills at West Boylston. The children of David and Prudence (Winn) Harthan were: Antipas, born October 2, 1788, died March 17, 1815; married Cynthia Fairbanks; Silas, born November 28, 1791, died November 25, 1813; Prudence, died September 24, 1800; Dennis; Lois, died December 27, 1839; married Asa Bigelow, February 13, 1817; Ward Boylston, born July 28, 1804, married Harriet Morse and Dorcas W. Fletcher.
(IV) Dennis Harthan, son of David Harthan (3), was born at West Boylston, Massachusetts, November 19, 1796, died July 15, 1876. He mar- ried, May, 1822, Anna Harrington Redding, daugh- ter of Zebedee and Sally ( Harringt on) Redding. She was born March 3. 1798, died December 30, 1891.
WAITE FAMILY. Richard Waite, of Water- town, Massachusetts, was among the early settlers of that town, was the emigrant ancestor of Flor- ence Sherman Waite, who married George Arthur Smith, of Worcester, Massachusetts. He was in Watertown in 1637 and probably earlier. He died January 16, 1668, aged about sixty years. Adminis-
tration was granted to his widow Mary, February 16, 1668, on the requests of her three sons, John, Thomas and Joseph. She died January 21, 1678-79, aged about seventy-two years. Administration was granted to her eldest son, John Wait. Some of their children were: John, born May 6, 1639; Thomas, March 3, 1641; Stephen, perhaps the first-born, buried March 8, 1638; Joseph, born about 1643, mar- ried, 1675, Ruhanah Hagar, and settled in Marlbor- ough, Massachusetts. (See History of Worcester, pages 612 and 614.)
(II) John Waite, son of Richard Waite (I), was born May 6, 1639, and died June 24, 1722. He married, January 13, 1663-64, Mary Woodward, who died August 23, 1718. Their children were: John, born May, 1665, died October, 1665; Mary, born October 9, 1666; Rachel, born at Watertown, mar- ried John Randall; John, born December 27, 1669, died in Weston, June 24, 1722; married Mary who died in Weston, August 23, 1718, had five chil- dren; Sarah, born October 26, 1672; Amos, born January 4, 1679-80; Rebecca, born July 16, 1706, mar- ried John Anderson.
(III) Amos Waite, son of John Waite (2), was born at Watertown, Massachusetts, January 4, 1679-80. He married, August 5, 1701, Elizabeth Cutting, born March 10, 1677-78. She was the daughter of John and Susanna (Harrington) Cut- ting. Susanna Harrington was the daughter of Robert and Susanna (George) Harrington. (See sketch of Harrington Family, also sketch of William A. Harrington, of Worcester, Massachu- setts). John Cutting married, February 9, 1671-72, Susanna Harrington. His father was Richard Cut- ting, of Watertown. (See sketch of George H. Cutting, of Worcester.) Children of Amos and Elizabeth (Cutting) Waite were: Elizabeth, born January 10, 1701-02, married Moses Parker ; Susanna ; Samuel, born October 26, 1704; Amos, married Han- nah -; Ezekiel, married Lydia Stanford; John; Josiah, married Sarah Stanford.
(IV) Josiah Waite, son of Amos Waite (3), was born at Framingham, Massachusetts, whither his father moved and settled, February 19, 1715-16, died March 31, 1766. He married, March 3, 1742, Sarah Stanford, of Sherburn, daughter of David Stanford. He married Lydia Morse, December 30, 1712, (See page 20 of Memorial of Morses) and had at Sherborn, Massachusetts, these children: Rich- ard, born May 23, 1714; Caleb, born August 31, 1716; Lydia, born March 8, 1717-18: Sarah, born September 22, 1719; Rebecca, born August 22, 1723. Children of Josiah and Sarah (Stanford) Waite were: Josiah, married Mary Adams; Sarah, died young; Amos, married Abigail Townsend; Sarah, married Daniel Hayton; Susanna, married Thaddeus Shattuck; David, married Abigail Brig- ham; Joseph, married Hepzibah Sherman; Eliza- beth, married Nathaniel Bachleer; Lucretia, married Joshua Brooks; Phebe; Samuel.
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