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1754. 4. James, was in revolution, married Mary Walker, April 13, 1780. 5. Elizabeth, born at Read- ing. 1761. 6. Joseph, father of Kendall Bennett, of Groton. 7. Jonathan, born November 28, 1775. 8. Jacob, went to New Boston. 9. Jonathan, married Mary Shattuck, daughter of Job Shattuck. Stephen and James Bennett settled in Billerica, near the Burlington line, southeast of the Shawskin school- house. Both have numerous descendants there- abouts. Others of the family settled in Burlington. (V) Thomas Bennett, son of James Bennett (4), was born probably about 1750, in Groton or Read- ing, Massachusetts. He married Mary Smith, of Woburn, at that place, June 21, 1776. They lived at Woburn and Burlington, Massachusetts. He was in Captain Timothy Wynne's company, in the revolu- tion. His brothers, Stephen and James, were also in the Continental army. He was one of eight Massachu- setts men who attempted to return home on foot from Newburgh, and he was one of two to make the journey successfully.
Children of Thomas and Mary (Smith) Bennett were: 1. Mary, born February 4, 1777. 2. Thomas, married, September 8, 1803, Nancy Tay, of Woburn, Massachusetts. (The marriage record gives his home as Dunstable, Massachusetts, and hers as Wo- burn.) Mrs. Naney Bennett married Junius Riel- ardson, at Woburn, March 15, 1821. Thomas Ben- nett disappeared leaving his wife with two young children, one of whom died August 8, 1811, aged two years, nine months. 3. James, born about 1779, died November 20, 1849. 4. Betsey, born 1783, died September 11, 1860; married Aaron Corey. 5. Abijah, born March 24, 1787, married Mary Green, of Pepperell, who was born June 22, 1795; he died July 24, 1841. 6. Isaac, born April 29, 1791, married Indiana Green, of Pepperell, December 2, 1813; he died March 21, 1880; she died January 21, 1880. 7. Jonathan Smith, see forward. 8. Sally, married Aaron Williams, of Groton, Massachusetts. 9. Jeru- sha, born February 8, 1807, married George Hunt.
(VI) Jonathan Smith Bennett, son of Thomas Bennett (5), was born at Groton, Massachusetts, March 6, 1798, he died February 16, 1859. He mar- ried Miranda W. Harrington, daughter of Senaca Harrington, of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. He lived in Groton, Massachusetts, in the north part near the homestead of his grandfather, James Ben- nett. He was a carpenter. His wife was horn March 4, 1803, and died January 12, 1868. Their children were: I. Thomas E., born June 14, 1825, died at Pepperell, 1905; he was a farmer in Groton and Ashby, and later a machinist. He resided with his brother, John H. Bennett, in Worcester, the latter part of his life. 2. Alvin Senaca, born April 5, 1827, was a ship carpenter by trade, now resides at West- ford, Massachusetts; he married Roxy Prescott, of Groton, Massachusetts. 3. Lucretia Jerusha, born June 8, 1828, resides in Graniteville, Westford, Mas- sachusetts. 4. Robinia, born December 6, 1829, died April 1, 1831. 5. Jonathan Smith, Jr., born Septem- ber II, 1831, died February 16, 1832. 6. Horace A., born November 14, 1832, died November 30, 1832. 7. Abijah ,Smith, born January 6, 1836, settled in Wisconsin, is an undertaker and manufacturer of furniture. 8. Sarah Miranda, born May 8, 1837, married Briant MeIntyre, resides in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts ; have a son and two daughters. 9. Mary Isabel V., born October 21, 1838, mar- ried Wheeler Drake, of Hollis, New Hampshire, who died 1904. 10. Susan E., born March 9, 1841, died October 23, 1859, unmarried. II. Harrison Monroe, born March 22, 1843, works at Washington, D. C., in the auditor's department, United States treasury ; has two children. 12. John Harrington,
see forward. 13. Louisa S., born March 22. 1846, died July 22, 1848.
(VII) John Harrington Bennett, son of Jona- than Smith Bennett (6), was born at Groton, Mas- sachusetts, December 9, 1845. lle was educated in the public schools, and learned the trade of machin- ist. He has been a successful inventor and manu- facturer. He is the proprietor of the Bay State Stamping Company at 380 Chandler street, WVorees- ter, Massachusetts. He started in business in 1888 with limited facilities and a capital of only $500, and nows owns a large establishment and is doing a profitable business, employing about fifty to seventy-five hands.
Mr. Bennett is a veteran of the civil war. He enlisted in the Sixth Regiment, Massachusetts Vol- unteers in 1864. He is a member of George H. Ward Post, No. 10, Grand Army of the Republic. He belongs to the order of Red Men. He was a mem- ber of the Knights of Labor General Assembly, Dis- trict of Massachusetts, and the General Assembly of the United States. He was master workman of the local assembly, and while at the head of this organi- zation, which was at one time very strong in this vicinity, he initiated three hundred new members in one night.
He married for his first wife Georgianna Wig- gins, and had three children by this marriage: I. Conrad R., born December 29, 1868, married Kath- arine Morrow has one little girl, Helen Frances. 2. Edith E., born November 28, 1871, married Robert Whittemore and has one son, Earl. 3. Florence Newell, who died in infancy. For his second wife he married Celia N. Doane, of Bakers- field, Vermont, and had two children by this mar- riage: Ruth Lucile, born February 2, 1905, and John Doane, born February 18, 1906.
EDWARD PIERCE. John Pierce (or Pers) (I), was the emigrant ancestor of Edward Pierce, of Gardiner, Massachusetts. He was born in Nor- wich, Norfolk, England, 1588, and died, August 19, 1666, in Watertown, Massachusetts. He was a weaver. He came to New England either in the "John and Dorothy," of Norwich, or "Rose" of Yarmouth. William Andrews was master of the former, and William Andrews, Jr. of the latter. With him were wife Elizabeth and children: John, Barbre, Elizabeth, Judith, and one servant, John Gedney, aged nineteen years. These were the younger children, some having preceded their par- ents. He settled at Watertown, Massachusetts. He was made a freeman March 1638-9. The children of John and Elizabeth Pierce were: Anthony, see for- ward; Esther, married, 1636, Joseph Morse, Jr .; Mary, married Clement Coldam; Robert, born about 1620; John; Barbre: Elizabeth, married, 1643, John Ball, Jr .; Judith, married Francis Wyman.
(II) Anthony Pierce, son of John Pierce (1), was born in England, 1609. He came to New Eng- land before his father, and settled in Watertown, near Cambridge. His homestall was on the north side of the road from Cambridge to Watertown, west of the homestall of John Stowers. He be- queathed it to his sons Joseph and Benjamin. He had also a farm of eighty-six acres and other lands. Ile was admitted a freeman September 3. 1634. His wife Mary died 1633. He married second, 1633, Ann -, who died January 20. 1682-3. His will was proved September 6, 1671. His children were : John, born April 15, - -; Mary, December 28, 1633, died young: Mary, born 1636; Jacob, Septem- ber 15. 1637; Daniel, January 1, 1639-40; Martha, April 24, 1641; Joseph, see forward; George, 1649; Judith, July 18. 1650.
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(III) Joseph Pierce, seventh child of Anthony Pierce (2), was born probably in 1647, in Water- town, Massachusetts. He married (first) Martha -, and (second), June 15, 1698, Elizabeth (Ken- dall) Winship, daughter of Francis Kendall, of Woburn, and widow of Ephraim Winship, of Cam- bridge. She was born at Woburn, January 15, 1652. He was admitted a freeman April 18, 1690, and he died in 1713. His widow Elizabeth and son Jacob were appointed to administer the estate December 2. 1713. The children of Joseph and Elizabeth (Kendall) Pierce, all born in Watertown were: Joseph, October 2, 1669; Francis, July 27, 1671 ; John, see forward; Mary, November 26, 1674; Ben- jamin, March 25, 1677: Jacob, December 25, 1678; Martha, December 24, 16SI ; Stephen, October, 1683: Israel, October 7. 1685; Elizabeth, September 9, 1687, married Joseph Bemis (see Bemis family).
(IV) John Pierce, third child of Joseph Pierce (3), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, May 27, 1673; married there November 5, 1702, Eliza- beth Smith. She was born January 15, 1673, and died in Watertown, September 20, 1747. He died there 1743-4. They lived in that part of Watertown now called Waltham. The children of John and Elizabeth (Smith) Pierce were: John, born Septem- ber I, 1703; Jonas, see forward; Ezekiel, March 8. 1708; Samuel, July 3, 1712; Elizabeth, January 3, 1715; Daniel, October 21, 1719; Jonathan, Septem- ber 28, 1724.
(V) Jonas Pierce, second child of John Pierce (4), was born in Watertown, December 20, 1705. He married, January 4, 1727, Abigail Comee, daugh- ter of John and Martha (Monroe) Comee. They resided at Lexington and Westminster, Massachu- setts. Abigail was the aunt of David Comee, of Gardner. Jonas Pierce died in 1776, and his will is dated August 15, 1776. The children of Jonas and Abigail (Comee) Pierce were: Jonas, born July 7, 1730; Nathan, December 15, 1732; Eliza- beth, May 31, 1736; John, see forward; Thaddeus, May 14, 1739; Solomon, June 15, 1742; Abigail, August 3, 1744: Mary, February 7, 1747.
(VI) John Pierce, son and fourth child of Jonas Pierce (5), was born in Lexington, Massachusetts, July 14, 1736. He and his brother Nathan were early settlers at Westminster. Although their father lived in Westminster also, he only lived with his children there. John Pierce married Abigail Daven- port. She had no children. He married second, Abigail Beard, daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth (Nichols) Beard, of Reading, Massachusetts, a sister of Joseph Beard, of Westminster. She died June 19. 1813, aged seventy-three years. He mar- ried third Susanna Beard, probably his sister-in- Jaw, in 1814. She died July 11, 1818, aged sixty- five years. John Pierce lived in Waltham until November 22, 1773, when he bought of Jacob Emer- son, the original owner, part of lot 46, third divi- sion, later known as the Ivers Ray place, where he spent the remainder of his days. He died there October 16, 1828, aged ninety-two years. His chil- dren were: Mary, born September 5, 1760; Bettie. January 6, 1763; John, February 28, 1766; Benja- min, September 5. 1768; Elizabeth, 1770: Elisha, August 26, 1772; Jarvis, 1774; Jonas, see forward.
(VII) Jonas Pierce, youngest son of John Pierce (6), was born March 21, 1777. He married Achsah Haynes (published February 2), 1800. She was born June 29, 1781, and died January 12, 1863. They lived on the old Pierce homestead in Westminster, where he was born. He died at the early age of forty-six years, January 17, 1824. His widow mar- ried, December 17, 1830, Levi Fairbanks, of Gard- ner. The children of Jonas and Achsah (Haynes)
Pierce were: I. Betsey, born March 28, 1802, mar- ried John Taylor Preston, of New York; had six children. 2. Achsah, born December 28, 1805, mar- ried John Sawin, of Westminster, had one child; she died October 17, 1832. 3. Mary, born Novem- ber 4, 1808, married John Sawin, had four chil- dren ; she died April 1, 1845. 4. Jonas, born Sep- tember 12, ISII, married three times, resided in Gardner. , probably born 1814, died Sep- tember, 1815. 6. Loenza, born November 18, 1816, married Abraham Sawin, had three children. 7. Sylvester K., see forward. 8. Benjamin F .. born October 12, 1822, married three times, lived in Hub- bardston, Massachusetts; had five children; last years in Gardner.
(VIII) Sylvester K. Pierce, seventh child of Jonas Pierce (7), was born in Westminster, April II, 1820. His father died when he was only three years old. His mother remained on the homestead until he was eleven years old. He attended the dis- trict schools and obtained a fair common school education. He was used to hard work early in life, and his early habits of industry and endurance he found of practical value all his life. At the age of eleven he went to live with John Sawin, who married an aunt, in Westminster. He remained there three years and went to live with another uncle, Abraham Sawin, who married another of his father's sisters. When he was fifteen he left the farm and went to work in the chair factory of Elijah Putnam, of Gardner. At the end of two years he left Putnam's factory to work for Joel Fairbanks, of Ashby. When Fairbanks moved his chair factory to Ashburnham, Pierce went with him and worked there one year. At the age of twenty he entered the employ of Stephen Taylor. of South Gardner, a chair manufacturer, and remained with him five years, when he bought out his employer and con- tinued the business on his own account. From 1845 to 1888 Mr. Pierce conducted the manufacture of chairs in Gardner with great success. The large and profitable business which he built up by years of industry and application continues under the able management of his son, Frank J. Pierce. It was said of Mr. Pierce at the time of his death that he was the owner of more property readily con- vertible into cash than any other man in the town of Gardner. and was of the wealthy men of the county. During the latter years of his life his son Frank J. Pierce was associated with him in busi- ness. Mr. Pierce was a member of the Congrega- tional Church. He died at Gardner, January 28, 1888. He married (first) Susan Jackson, June II, 1845. She died January 6. 1876. She was the daugh- ter of Isaac Jackson, of Gardner. He married (sec- ond), January 23, 1878, Ellen N. West, daughter of Samuel E. West. She was born November 6, 1850, and died January 13, 1902. In 1876 Mr. Pierce com- pleted a costly and handsome residence at the cor- ner of South Main and Union streets. Gardner. He was a director of the Westminster National Bank. He was a Republican in politics. The only child of Sylvester K. and Susan (Jackson) Pierce was: I. Frank J., born in Gardner, June 13, 1856; who is at the head of the business; married Cora Knapp, born September 23, 1865, daughter of James Jerome and Frances (Cutler) Knapp. Children of Frank J. and Cora (Knapp) Pierce: Idell S., horn November 22, 1884: Marion Knapp. born November 22, 1886; Fanny. born June 21, 1888; Irma, born June 19, 1890; all were born in Gardner. The chil- dren of Sylvester K. and Ellen N. (West) Pierce were. Stuart K., born February 8, 1879: Edward W .. see forward.
(IX) Edward W. Pierce, youngest son of Syl-
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vester K. Pierce (8), was born in Gardner, Sep- tember 19, 1882. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. When through school he went to work in his father's chair factory, which has been conducted with uniform success. Mr. Pierce and his brothers all hold high positions in the business world. He and his brother, Stuart K. Pierce, reside on the homestead.
CORNELIUS E. WILDER. The late Cornelius E. Wilder, of Leominster, was descended from sturdy Puritan ancestry, who immigrated at an early date in the colonial period, in order to escape persecution for their non-conformity to the teacli- ings of the Established Church of England. He was a descendant of Thomas Wilder, who immigrated to New England prior to 1651, in which year he was admitted a freeman at Charlestown, Massachu- setts, and in 1659 he settled in Lancaster, this coun- ty. where his death occurred in 1667. Thomas Wilder. a descendant of Thomas the immigrant, was one of the first settlers in Leominster and established the branch of the family in that town to which the principal subject of this sketch be- longed. The descendants of the original Thomas are numerous. Not a few of them have acquired distinction and among the latter was Marshall P. Wilder, one of the founders of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Cornelius E. Wilders' parents were Darwin and Averilla (Lin- coln) Wilder of Leominster.
Born in Leominster February 22, 1838, Cornelius E. Wilder acquired his education in the public schools, and after graduating from the high school was apprenticed to a cabinet maker. Having learned the trade he followed it in Leominster until the breaking out of the civil war. He enlisted as a pri- vate in Company A, Fifteenth Regiment, Massachu- setts Volunteer Infantry, and left Leominster for the fron: June 28, 1861. At the siege of Petersburg in June, 1864, he was. with a large portion of his regi- ment, captured by the enemy, and was confined in Libby Prison from June 24, until July 8, when he was exchanged. He subsequently returned to Massa- chusetts and was mustered out with his regiment. When sufficiently recuperated Mr. Wilder resumed his trade and for some time was engaged in making pianoforte cases. He later established himself in the dry goods business at Leominster, and for the re- mainder of his life devoted his energies to that line of trade with gratifying success. In politics he was a Republican and although frequently solicited to accept nomination to public office he invariably declined. He died in 1902.
In 1871 Mr. Wilder was united in marriage with Miss Ella M. Pitts, who survives him. She was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, November 12, 1846, daughter of James and Lucinda (Burditt) Pitts. In 1810, her grandfather, Jamies Pitts. went from Taunton to Lancaster and purchased of Elias Sawyer a tract of land containing eighty acres, lo- cated in what was known as the South Woods. There he erected a frame house. Some five years later he removed his family there and settled per- manently. He subsequently constructed a dam and erected a cotton mill which he operated by the waterpower thus obtained, and he conducted it suc- cessfully for the rest of his life. He died in 1835. His son, James Pitts, Mrs. Wilder's father, was what is sometimes termed a mechanical genius. In addition to operating a large cotton mill at Clinton, he persistently experimented in mechanics and was the inventor of several useful appliances. In his declining years he was frequently in a reminiscent mood, and his vivid recollections of local incidents,
together with personal anecodotes of people of a past generation furnished the material for many interesting articles in the Lancaster Courant.
The late Mr. Wilder left one son, Clifton W., who was born in Leominster, October 6, 1876. He acquired his early education in the Leominster pub- lic schools including the high school, was graduated from the mechanical engineering department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is now following his profession in Brooklyn, New York.
ALFRED EDGAR ADAMS. Henry Adams (I), the immigrant ancestor of Alfred Edgar Adams, of Whitinsville, Massachusetts, was the progenitor of a very numerous and distinguished posterity in America. Among his descendants are the two presidents of the United States, John and John Quincy Adams, and Governor Samuel Adams, of Massachusetts. A full account of him and his family is given elsewhere in this work. He settled at Braintree, Massachusetts, which has been known ever since as the home of the Adams family. He had a grant of land at Mount Wollaston, February 24, 1639-40, forty acres for ten heads. He signed a petition about the meadows there in 1646. He was buried October 8, 1646, and his will was proved June 8, 1647, on testimony of Benjamin Albee and Richard Brackett. The inventory was filed later. He bequeathed to his wife, to his surviving sons, Peter, John, Joseph, Edward and Samnel, and daughter, Ursula. He mentions money due his son Samuel for land bought of him.
(II) Edward Adams, son of Henry Adams (1), was born in England, 1634. He was admitted a free- man in 1654. He was ensign in the military com- pany, selectman of the town, was deputy to the general court for two years. He died November 12, 1716. His will was dated May 16, 1715, and proved December 3, 1716. The children of Edward and Lydia Adams were: I. Lydia, born July 12, 1653. 2. Jonathan, born April 4, 1655. 3. John, born February 18, 1657. 4. Elishabad, born Feb-
ruary 16, 1659, died 1666. 5. Sarah, born May 29, 1660, married Turner. 6. James, born January 4, 1662, settled at Barrington and Bristol, Rhode Island. 7. Henry, born October 29, 1663, settled in Canterbury, Connecticut. 8. Mehitable, born March 20, 1665. 9. Henry, born October 29, 1663, settled in Canterbury, Connecticut. 10. Me- hitable, born October 20, 1665. II. Elisha, born August 25, 1666, settled at Bristol, Rhode Island. 12. Edward, see forward. 13. Bethia, born April 12, 1671. died young. 14. Bethia, born August 18, 1672, died young. 15. Abigail, born January 25, 1675. 16. Miriam, born February 26, 1676, died young. All the preceding were born in Medfield, Massachusetts.
(III) Edward Adams, son of Edward Adams (2), was born in Medfield, Massachusetts, June 28, 1668. He married, May 19, 1692, Elizabeth Wal- ley, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Walley, of West Barnstable, Massachusetts. He made his home in Bristol, Rhode Island, not a great distance from his birthplace. Their children, born in Bristol, were: I. Elizabeth, born April 7, 1693, married, December 23, 1718, George Kizzer. 2. Edward, see forward. 3. Hannah, born May 26, 1696. 4. Thomas, born March 28, 1698, married, August 27, 1724, Sarah Phinney, resided at Barnstable. 5. Elisha, or Eliashio. born May 9, 1699, married, February 18, 1729, Reliance Mayhew. 6. Lydia, born July 22, 1701. 7. Nathaniel, born April 22, 1704. 8. Bethia, born August 16, 1706. 9. Abigail, born July 23, 1710.
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(3), was born at Bristol, Rhode Island, August 28, 1694. It is believed that he settled in Taunton, the records of which are destroyed.
(V) Edward Adams, son of Edward Adams (4), it is believed, and unquestionably a descendant of the above line, was born perhaps in Taunton about 1730. He was a soldier in the Revolution from Taunton and Dighton, Massachusetts. In 1778 he served in General William's regiment. He was in the Continental army six months in 1780 under Brigadier-General Paterson. Edward Adams served for Dighton, adjoining in 1778-79, in Captain Jacob Fuller's company, Colonel John Jacob's regi- ment.
(VI) Edward Adams, son of Edward Adams (5), was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, about 1780. He was an active participant in the war of 1812. He married twice. His second wife ·was Mary Leonard, a descendant of James Leonard, of Braintree, Massachusetts, the same town from which Adams' forefathers hailed. The children, born at Taunton, were: Mary, 1808; Edward, 1810; Charles, 1812; Benjamin and Joseph, twins, 1814; James, 1816. Edward and Charles served in the civil war, also two sons of the former, who lost their lives at the battle of Antietam.
(VII) Benjamin Adams, of Edward Adams (6), was born at Taunton, Massachusetts, about 1814. When a young man he settled on a farm in Wales, Massachusetts. He married Mary Etta Darling. Their child : Alfred Edgar, see forward.
(VIII) Alfred Edgar Adams. son of Benjamin Adams (7), was born in Wales, Massachusetts, May 28, 1849. He began mill work at the age of seven in the Fiskdale mills, going from there to Killingly, Connecticut, where he continued work in the mill, attending school during the winter terms. When eighteen years of age he enlisted in the regu- Jar army, serving three years on the frontier. At the expiration of his term of service, he re-entered the cotton mills of Killingly, soon rising to the position of overseer, and he has held the position of over- seer of spinning in some of the leading cotton mills of New England. For the past eighteen years he has been at Whitinsville, agent for the Whitins- vile Cotton Mill and for the Whitin Brothers' Cot- ton Mill at Linwood. He has manifested the knowledge of business, the executive ability and knowledge of men requisite in a successful mill management. He is a Republican in politics.
He married Emerzette Caroline Avery. daugh- ter of Stephen W. and Ada Ann (Young) Avery, of Killingly, Connecticut. Their children: I. Luella Genevra, born February 11, 1875. 2. Alice C., born January 1, 1877. 3. Effie D., born September 20, 1878. 4. Joseph B., born November 7, 1881. 5. Alfred E., Jr., born May 18, 1884. 6. Erwin A., born July 13, 1885.
BRYANT FAMILY. Stephen Bryant (I). the immigrant ancestor, was born and reared in Eng- land. He was in the Plymouth colony as early as 1632, and his name appears on the Plymouth rec- ords in 1638. He removed to Duxbury, where he is reported as among those able to bear arms in 1643. He had a case in court in 1651. He was admitted a freeman, June 6, 1654, at Plymouth, where he removed to again about 1650. He was a constable in Duxbury, June 6, 1654, highway surveyor at Plymouth, June 1, 1658, served on the jury, March 5, 1660-61 and was constable in Plymouth, June I, 1663. He married Abigail Shaw, daughter of John Shaw, who came from England. Their children : I. Abigail, born in Plymouth colony, married, No-
vember 23, 1665, Lieutenant John Bryant. 2. John, born April 7, 1650. 3. Mary, born May 29, 1654. 4. Stephen, see forward. 5. Sarah, born November 28, 1659. 6. Lydia, born October 23, 1662, married William Churchill. 7. Elizabeth, born October 17, 1667, married Joseph King.
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