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WILLIAM SANFORD CRAWFORD. The Crawford family of Oakham is probably descended from an early settler in the adjoining town of Rut- land. It is claimed that the name existed prior to the Christian era. There is substantial evidence to show that the name of Crawford is of remote antiquity in Scotland and that it is derived from Crue Ford, meaning Bloody Ford, the scene of a sanguinary encounter between the ancient Scottish tribes and the invading legions during the period of the Roman occupation of Britain. The original American ancestor of the Crawfords in question was Aaron Crawford, of Cappy parish. Tyrone, Ireland, who landed in Boston with his wife, Agnes, whose maiden surname was Wilson, and his three sons, John, Alexander and Samuel. Acording to information at hand one of these sons was the Rut- land settler, previously referred to, who located there in 1713.
William Crawford, grandfather of William Sanford Crawford, was a revolutionary soldier. He was a famous clockmaker of his day and elevated that calling from an ordinary .trade to a fine art, and a specimen of his skill, now in the possession of his grandson. will be noticed later on. William S. Crawford's parents were Alexander and Melissa ( Whipple) Crawford, the former of whom was of Oakham, and Melissa was a native of Washington, New Hampshire. They reared a family of six chil- dren.
William Sanford Crawford was born in Oakham, June 22. 1831. His education was begun in the public schools of his native town and concluded in Washington, New Hampshire. When a young man he engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes at Oakham, employing a number of workmen and transacting quite an extensive business at a time when footwear was all made by hand. When that
business became unprofitable, owing to the advent of the modern, machine-made factory shoe, he turned his attention to the manufacture of carriages and established a large business, which he conducted successfully for a number of years or until unable to compete with the western manufacturers. Aban- doning the industrial field for mercantile pursuits, he established himself as a dealer in all kinds of carriages, wagons, harness, saddles. whips, robes, tensively in shingles.
For more than forty years Mr. Crawford has been active in civic affairs at Oakham, serving at different times and with marked ability as assessor, tax collector, constable and in other capacities. In politics he acts with the Republican party. In all movements formulated for the purpose of advanc- ing the general interests of the town, he is an earnest supporter, and he is a charter member of the local grange, Patrons of Husbandry. As treas- urer of the Congregational church and a member of its standing committee he takes an active interest in the moral and religious welfare of the community, and he sang in the church choir for upwards of sixty years. Possessing a melodious voice he sings in local quartettes and at funeral services, and one of his most enjoyable recreations is derived from the exercise of his musical gifts. Nor is his talent con- fined to vocal music as he is an instrumentalist of ability, and in his younger days he organized the Oakham Brass Band, of which he was the leader for many years, and at one time he led a similar organization in Rutland.
Mr. Crawford married (first), September 18, 1856, Emily Crawford, a distant relative, daughter of Lawreston F. and Caroline (Cummings) Craw- ford. She died January II, 1863, leaving one daugh- ter, Lillian Emily, born February 14, 1862, and is now the wife of Frank S. Conant, of Oakham, hav- ing three children. Mr. Crawford married (second) Eunice C. Dean, daughter of Elijah and Mary (Goodale) Dean. Of this union there is one son, Eben Sanford Crawford, born Octoher 16, 1879, completed his education at Hinman College, Worces- ter: is an architect of recognized ability and has been employed in a special capacity by the Boston Herald.
Among Mr. Crawford's most valued possessions, and one which he especially prizes on account of its family associations, is an ancient timepiece, the product of his grandfather previously referred to. It is one of the finest specimens of the clockmaker's art to be found outside of a museum of antiquities or the collection of an expert, and aside from the skillful manner in which each particular part is made and adjusted, its dial is a most unique as well as artistic piece of workmanship, being beauti- fully enamelled, engraved and chased, and in addi- tion to the hour. day, month and year, it records the phases of the moon, the variations in tides. and dis- plays with phenomenal accuracy the signs of the zodiac.
JAMES PERLEY UTLEY. Oren Utley re- sided in various places in Worcester county during the first half of the last century, and about the year 1850 settled permanently on a farm in Hard- wick. His first wife, who was before \marriage Hannah Dexter, bore him six children, and for his second wife he married Susan Adams, of West Brookfield. She became the mother of three chil- dren and among the latter is James Perley Utley, of whom later.
The birth of James Perley Utley took place in Hardwick, this county, March 3. 1838. During his
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childhood his parents removed to Greenwich, Hamp- shire county, thence to Brookfield. Worcester coun- ty, and finally to New Braintree. He attended the public schools of each of these towns and con- cluded his education at the Westfield (Massachu- setts) Academy. When a young man he was for a time engaged in mercantile pursuits at Brookfield and vicinity, and in 1861 he purchased the farm in New Braintree. upon which he has ever since re- sided. The Utley farm occupies a picturesque site at the summit of a high hill, from which a varied panorama of exquisite landscapes is visible in all directions, wherein is epdicted as on one seem- ingly endless canvas the virgin forest, rugged ledges, cultivated fields, winding streams, the church-spires of the neighboring villages, and the historic Win- imisset swamp, where the savages congregated dur- ing King Philip's war, whither the unfortunate Mrs. Rowlandson, of Lancaster, was carried a captive and where February 10, 1676, she was forced to bury, without Christian rites. the body of her murdered child. New Braintree has long been noted for its well-managed farms and the superior quality of its dairy products, and the property of Mr. Utley fully exemplifies these facts. His entire dairy equipment is unexcelled in this part of the county, and specimens from his herd of thorough- bred cattle are frequently awarded prizes at county fairs and cattle shows. In politics Mr. Utley is an earnest and active Republican, taking a profound interest in public affairs, and frequently attending party conventions as a delegate. He is prominently identified with the various agricultural bodies in his locality and is a trustee of the Worcester Agri- cultural Society.
In 1863 he married Martha A. Needham, daugh- ter of Alanson and Cynthia (Baxter) Needham, of Wales, Hampden county. Mr. and Mrs. Utley have one daughter, Helen L., born in 1874, pursued the regular course of instruction of the Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Massachusetts. and completed her education in Europe. She is now the wife of Charles E. Batcheller, of North Brookfield.
BREWER FAMILY. John Brewer (1), the immigrant ancestor of that branch of the Brewer family to which Mrs. L. G. M. Wilson, of North- boro, belongs, was born in England about 1620. He settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he was a proprictor as early as 1644-45. He married Ann Very little is known of him. There was another John Brewer, of Ipswich, among the early settlers and Thomas Brewer, also of Ipswich, and very likely his brother. The only other early set- tler in Massachusetts was Daniel Brewer. of Rox- bury, who may have been a relative of John of Cambridge. John Brewer removed to Sudbury about 1616. His first two children were born in Cambridge, the other three in Sudbury, viz: John, horn October 10, 1642. see forward: Hannah. born January 18. 1645, married, at Sudbury, February 25, 1661. Daniel Goble: Mary. born September 23, 1618: William, born October 6, 1653; Sarah, born March 27, 1658.
(II) John Brewer, eldest child of John Brewer (1), was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Oc- tober 10, 1642. died January 1, 1600-01. He lived in Sudbury. He married Elizabeth Rice. daughter of Henry Rice, and granddaughter of the pioncer, Edmund Rice. She died February, 1693. Their children were: John. born September 29. 1669, lieutenant, married Mary Jones, settled in Water- town; Elizabeth. May 21, 1670: Hannah, March 22, 1672; James. September 10. 1675, deacon of Sud- bury church, married Elizabeth Grout, 1703; Sarah,
January 14, 1678; Mary, March 17, 1679-80; Abi- gail. April 5, 1682; Martha, March 5, 1685; Jona- than, see forward.
(III) Jonathan Brewer, son of John Brewer (2), was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts. June 21, 1689. He settled in Framingham, which adjoined Sudbury on the south, and his farm is that known as the Edward Goodnow place. He died in Framingham. He married Arabella , who convenanted with the Framingham Church, April 17, 1717. Their children, all born in Framingham, were: Samuel, born November 4. 1716: Abner. July 10, 1718, eccen- tric, died unmarried; Peter. April 17. 1720; Eliza- beth, June 2. 1722, married. May 20, 1745. David Pratt. Jr .: Abigail. 1724, baptized March 29. 1724, married. January 16, 1755, Edmund Town, of Hoos- ack Fort; Jonathan, baptized February 3. 1725-26, cammanded a regiment at the battle of Bunker Hill, colonel, resided at Framingham, Watertown, Waltham, and Boston, buried January 9, 1784; Moses, March 26, 1728, see forward; David. Dc- cember 24, 1731, father of Colonel David Brewer, of Framingham. born about 1751; Martha, June 16, 1734: Eliab, May 14, 1737.
(IV) Captain Moses Brewer, son of Jonathan Brewer (3), was born in Framingham. Massachu- setts, March 26, 1728. He resided in Sudbury, re- moved to Sherboru which adjoins Framingham, and his children, whose guardians were appointed in Worcester county, had their residence designated as Sherborn. Captain Moses commanded a company of militia. He died about August. 1765. Aaron Willard, Abijah Willard and John Phillips. of Lancaster. were on the bond of the guardian of his son, Moses Brewer, Jr., August 21, 1765. He married Elizabeth Davis, December 4. 1751. Their children were: Jonathan, born June 3, 1752, at Sudbury; Elisha, born at Sudbury, June 10. 1754; James. born 1756, see forward: Moses, Jr., born at Sudbury, was in revolution from Lancaster; Eliza- beth, born in Sherborn (recorded also at Sudbury), January 6. 1761.
(V) James Brewer, son of Captain Moses Brewer (4), was born in Sudbury or Sherborn, 1756. died July 23, 1830, at Boylston, aged seventy- four years. His father died when he was very young and he was brought up in the family of rela- tives in Boston, perhaps living with his uncle, Col- onel Jonathan Brewer. He settled in Berlin, form- erly Lancaster, near his brother Moses, Jr. His. house was east of the road just by Captain Samuel Spofford's place, the site of the dwelling being no longer recognizable. He moved to Berlin in winter on a hand sled. having a young child stowed among the pots and kettles. He bought of Abijah Pratt two pieces of land in Berlin on the east side of the road from the Berlin meeting house to Bolton, December 18. 1786. About ISoo he removed on rackets across lots to the east woods of Boylston, where the family lived for many years. He bought the farm of Eher Eager. of Boylston. James Brewer deeded this place in 1828 and 1829 to his son, Eber Brewer. disposing of his other property by will, which was filed at Worcester. September 7, 1830. In his will he named as trustees for certain pur- noses James Brewer. Jr .. Ahiiah Brewer and Stephen Williams. Eleven of his children were living at the time the will was made.
James Brewer, of Roston. perhaps this James, as there is trace of no other of the name at that time, was a matross in Captain Edward Burbeck's com- pany. Colonel Richard Gridley's regiment of ar- tillery in 1775. during the revolution. He was also in Captain Jonathan Stoddard's company, Colonel Thomas Crafts' regiment of artillery, in 1777.
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Ile married, about 1779, Deborah Moore, of the old Sudbury family, daughter of Jacob Moore, of Sudbury. He married (second), March 3, 1805, at Boylston. Betsey Moore, probably sister of his first wife. She died at Boylston, December 6, 1837, aged seventy-five years. Children of James and Deborah Brewer were: James, baptized at Berlin, 1780; John, born 1782, died young; John, born 1783. married Dorcas Bruce, daughter of John Bruce ; Mary, born 1785; Thomas, born 1788: Abi- jah, born 1790, died October 26, 1838, aged forty- eight years, leaving all his estate to his brother Eber : he was unmarried ; a famous blaster of rocks; Charity, born 1793, married, 1816, Nathan Ball 2d, of Ball hill; Mary, born 1794; Cyrus, born 1797; Eber, see forward; Deborah, mentioned in the will; Joseph, mentioned in the will; Henry, mentioned in the will.
(VI) Eber Brewer. son of James Brewer (5), was born at Boylston, Massachusetts, about 1804. He married Lucy W. Fay, of Berlin, April 27, 1829. She was the daughter of Dexter Fay, a member of the old Marlboro and Southboro family (See Fay Family). He settled in Northboro, adjoining Boyls- ton, Massachusetts, where his children were born and where his daughter. Mrs. Wilson, has always lived. The children of Eber and Lucy W. Brewer were: Ann Jennette, born April 1, 1830: Lucy Jane, see forward; George Boardman. born March 26, 1838. Eber Brewer died October 12, 1863.
(VII) Lucy Jane Brewer, daughter of Eber Brewer (6), was born in Northboro, Massachu- setts, September 10, 1832. She has lived in North- boro all her life except a few years, and was edu- cated there in the public schools. She married (first) Charles L. Mentzer, of Westford, Massa- chusetts. a dealer in meats and provisions. He was a Republican in politics and a Baptist in religion. He served over three years as a corporal in Com- pany D. Third Massachusetts Cavalry. He died April 28, 1868. Children of Charles L. and Lucy Jane (Brewer) Mentzer were: William. born in Pennsylvania, February 22, 1851, died at the age of three years. Walter C., born in Pennsylvania, Oc- tober 16, 1852, married Clara Thurston, of Barre, Vermont, and they have one son, Charles. born November 5, 1877, married Gertrude F. Vinton. Albert. born in Northboro, February 9. 1855. mar- ried Susie Caldwell, of Woburn, and they have had children-Angie B., married Martin A. Fawcett; Lewis O., born January 27, 1886; a child un- named; Albert, died young; and Ruth, died in 1893, aged fourteen months. Ida J., born 1860, died No- vemher 22, 1892.
Mrs. Mentzer married (second) Oliver Wilson, of Arlington, Massachusetts. He was born March, 1827, died April 27. 1898, a son of Samuel and Antoinette ( Cooper) Wilson, of Vermont. There were no children by the second marriage. Mr. Wilson was educated and brought up in Arlington, where he went to work first for his brother, who was an ice dealer. He was for fourteen years a member of the Boston fire department, the first man to drive a steam fire engine in Boston. Later he removed to Northboro and carried on a farm until the time of his death. Mrs. Wilson is one of the best known and most highly respected women of Northboro, where she has lived so many years.
STEPHEN PORTER HILLMAN. The Hill- mans of Hardwick, who went there from Dana, are the descendants of an early settler in the west- . ern section of Worcester county, and the majority of them have been industrious tillers of the soil. Stephen P. Hillman, of this sketch, is a son of
Stephen Hillman, of Dana, and a grandson of Eleazar Hillman, who spent much of his life among the Indians. As a pioneer in the Black river region of New York state, he acquired a far-reaching in- fluence among the savages of that locality, who, while regarding him with a kind of superstitions fear, found in him a judicious councillor, and he possessed their implicit confidence. His knowledge of the medicinal agents of civilization enabled him to treat their injuries and diseases in a manner hitherto unknown among them. He was therefore not only their law-giver, but their "medicine man" as well, and it was while treating some of his savage neighbors for smallpox that he contracted the disease himself, which resulted fatally. Eleazar Hillman was married in Williamsburg, Hampshire county, this state, but the maiden name of his wife or the names of his children are not at hand, ex- cept of that of his son Stephen, previously men- tioned. The latter, who was an industrious farmer, moved from Dana to Hardwick. He married Chloe Barnes, March 7, 1820. She died June 28, 18SI, aged eighty-two years.
Stephen Porter Hillman was born in Dana, Au- gust 7, 1828. He was educated in the public schools of Dana and Hardwick. When a young man he engaged in farming in the last named town, and through energy and thrift he acquired possession of a valuable piece of agricultural property, which he has continued to cultivate successfully. He is fast approaching the octogenarian period of life, and his farm is now managed by his son. In politics he supports the Republican party. He is a member of the Universalist Church.
On December 4. 1851, Mr. Hillman was united in marriage with Alma Maria Newcomb, daughter of Joseph Newcomb. Mr. and Mrs. Hillman have had four children, namely: Joseph Stephen, born April 17, 1855, married Sarah Alice Gould; Ella Maria. born November 25, 1858, the wife of William H. Walker, now of Greenwich; Charles Dexter, born May 9, 1860, went to California, and there married Lillian Trueworthy; and John Newcomb, born May 12, 1864, of whom later.
John Newcomb Hillman completed his education at the Brimfield ( Massachusetts) Academy. He has always resided at the homestead, and some time ago relieved his venerable father of the care of manag- ing the farm. For the past fifteen years he has been a member of the board of selectmen, is also serving upon the school board, and has at different times held other town offices. He is a member of the Mt. Zion Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Barre, and secretary of the local grange, Patrons of Husbandry, in which body he has held all of the other important offices. He is an active mem- ber of the Universalist Church, being at the present time its treasurer and one of the parish committee, and he takes a lively interest in Sunday school work. He married, June 17. 1896, Susan Bryant Manley, daughter of George Manley, of Hardwick. They have one daughter, Pauline Manley Hillman, born July 5, 1898.
JOSEPH STEPHEN HILLMAN, a prosperous dairy-farmer of Hardwick, is a son of Stephen Porter Hillman. who is the principal subject of another sketch in this work. His great-grandfather, Eleazar Hillman, went as a pioneer from Massa- chusetts to the Black river region of New York state, where he devoted the greater part of his life to the task of civilizing the Indians, and he event- mally sacrificed his life in their behalf. He was regarded by them as a wise law-giver, and a potent "medicine man," and in the latter capacity he was
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especially serviceable to the red men, who looked upon him with a sort of superstitious awe. He died of small-pox contracted from an Indian whom he was endeavoring to cure of that malignant disease. Eleazar Hillman was married in Williamsburg, Hampshire county, Massachusetts, but the name of his wife is not at hand. His son, Stephen, Joseph S. Hillman's grandfather, settled in Dana, this county. On March 7. 1820, he married Chloe Barnes, and subsequently removed to Hardwick, where his wife died June 28, 1881. aged eighty-two years.
Stephen Porter Hillman, previously mentioned, was born in Dana, August 7. 1828. He became a successful farmer of Hardwick and is now living there in retirement. He married Alma Maria New- comb, daughter of Joseph Newcomb, of Hardwick. She became the mother of four children, namely : Joseph S., the principal subject of this sketch; Ella Maria, born November 25, 1858, is now the wife of William Walker; Charles Dexter, born May 9. 1860, married Lillian Trueworthy and is residing in California; John Newcomb, born May 12, 1864. is now carrying on the homestead farm. The latter is one of the leading residents of Hardwick and a more extended account of him will be found in a sketch of his father, which appears elsewhere among these pages.
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Joseph Stephen Hillman was horn in Hardwick, April 17, 1855. From the public schools of his native town he went to the Barre (Massachusetts) Academy, where his studies were concluded, and while still a young man he engaged in farming on his own account, making a specialty of dairy pro- ducts. The butter and cheese from Hardwick dair- ies have long been considered unusually superior, and among the present generation of dairymen who are earnestly endeavoring to preserve the high stand- ard of excellence, Mr. Hillman is one of the fore- most. He is actively interested in the work of the Patrons of Husbandry, which, in his estimation. has proved an exceedingly efficient factor in for- warding the mutual welfare of the agricultural population of the commonwealth, and he is a past- master of the local grange. His church affiliations are with the Congregationalists. In politics he acts with the Republican party.
On Mav 3. 1882, Mr. Hillman was united in marriage with Sarah Alice Gould. daughter of Oren and Sarah (Clark) Gould, of Hardwick. Mr. and Mrs. Hillman have had four children-Sarah Alice, born July 20, 1884, now a student at Bates College, where she is making a special study of languages with a view of becoming a teacher; Arthur Joseph, born August 16, 1885, a student at the Massachu- setts State Agricultural College at Amherst: Oren Gould. born September 20, 1886, died December 4. 1901 : and Anna Maria, horn July 11, 1889, is at- tending the Hardwick high school.
HUNTINGTON FAMILY. Simon Hunting- ton (1). the progenitor of Whitman Morton Hunt- ington, of West Boylston. Massachusetts, was born in England, sailed for New England in 1633 with his wife and children, but was taken ill and died of small-pox on the voyage thither. His widow. Margaret (Barrett) Huntington, settled with her children first at Roxbury. Massachusetts, where she married (second), 1635-36. Thomas Stoughton, of Dorchester. They removed to Windsor. Connecti- cut. and settled there. Margaret was probably born in Norwich, England. Practically nothing is known of Simon Huntington. Even his name was a mystery to the early genealogists of the family. The children of Simon and Margaret Huntington were : William, settled in Salisbury about 1640;
Thomas, settled in Connecticut ; Christopher, mar- ried Ruth Rockwell ( See Rockwell family of Leom- inster ) : Simon, see forward; Ann, mentioned in a letter printed in the genealogy, written by Peter Baret to his sister Margaret ( Baret) Huntington.
(11) Simon Huntington, Jr., son of Simon Hunt- ington (1), was born in England about 1630 and came to America on the ill-fated voyage with his mother in 1633. He settled in Norwich and was a . member of Mr. Fitch's church there. He was dea- con of the church until 1696, when his son suc- ceeded him. He was a member of the general as- sembly in 1674. had a grant of land in 1686, was townsman in 1690 and 1696. In 1694 he was on a committee to search out and report the deficiencies in the public records. He served on the committee to seat the meeting house in 1697, a delicate and difficult service, as the relative rank of all the church members was fixed thus. The early settlers were not at all democratic in their ideas. In 1700 he was on a committee to give deeds and fix titles of land in dispute or with defective title.
He married, October, 1653, Sarah Clark, daugh- ter of Joseph Clark, of Windsor, Connecticut. She died in 1721, aged eighty-eight years. He died at Norwich, June 28, 1706, aged seventy-seven years. Their children were : Sarah, born at Saybrook, August, 1654, married Dr. Solomon Tracy; Mary, born at Saybrook, August, 1657, married - Forbes, of Preston; Simon, born at Saybrook, February, 1659, succeeded his father as deacon; Joseph, born at Norwich, September, 1661, settled at Windham, Connecticut ; Elizabeth, born at Norwich, February, 1664; Samuel, see forward; Elizabeth, born at Nor- wich, October 6, 1666, married Joseph Backus ; Nathaniel, born at Norwich, July 10, 1672, died young ; Daniel, born at Norwich, March 13, 1675-76.
(III) Lieutenant Samuel Huntington, son of Simon Huntington (2). was born at Norwich, Con- necticut, March 1, 1665. He was a constable of Norwich in 1692 and held the office of townsman. Ten years after he left Norwich and settled at Lebanon, Connecticut, lie was appointed to serve on a committee to choose a site for the new meeting house at Norwich, and, though the site selected by the committee was not adopted then by the town, later the church was built there and the committee's good judgment shown by the subsequent course of events. He was liuetenant of the military company ; he became well-to-do, owning large tracts of land. He removed to Lebanon in 1700 and died there May I0, 1717. He married, October 29, 1686, Mary Clark, of Weathersfield, Connecticut. She died Oc- tober 5. 1743. Their children were: Elizabeth, born at Norwich, April 24, 1688-89; Samuel, born at Norwich, August 28, 1691; Caleb, see forward ; Mary, born at Norwich, October 19, 1696: Rebecca, born at Norwich, February, 1698-99, married Joseph Clark; Sarah. born at Lebanon, September 10, 1701 ; John, born at Lebanon, May 17, 1706; Simon, born August 15, 1708.
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