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(VI) Asa Bates, son of Nehemiah Bates (5), was born at Hingham, Massachusetts, July 17, 1770. He removed with the family to Chesterfield, but made his home later at Cuinmington, in western Massachusetts.
(VI) Asa Bates, son of Asa Bates (5), is sup- posed to have been born in Cummington, Massachu- setts, about 1798. He settled in Deerfield, Massa- chusetts, and married there Miriam Arms, daughter of Eliphas Arms. She died in Deerfield, September 4, 1877, aged seventy-eight years. She was born there May 14, 1799. Eliphas Arms was. the son of Thomas and was born in 1754; married, July 15, 1779, Miriam Wright, daughter of Joseph. Thomas Arms was son of William Arms, was born 1729; married Lydia Alvord, of Sunderland; she died No- vember 15, 1802. William Arms, son of William Arms, was born in 1692; died at Bloody Brook, Deerfield, September 27, 1774; married Rebecca, daughter of Thomas Nash, October 28, 1720. Will- iam Arms, the immigrant, was born about 1654; was a soldier under Captain Turner at Hadley. April 6. 1676, and was in the Falls fight. The children of Asa Bates, born at Deerfield, were: I. William D., born May 24, 1819; postmaster and express agent ; married, November 24, 1842, Susan Squires, who died July 20, 1877, aged fifty-seven years; had chil- dren, Rosilla and Julia. 2. Alonzo W., mentioned below.
(VIII) Alonzo W. Bates, son of Asa Bates (7), was born January 22, 1821. He married first, 1841, Eliza M. Sheldon, daughter of Socrates Sheldon, who died January 27, 1862. He married sec- ond, June 16, 1864, Emma S. Gamble. The children of Alonzo W. and Eliza M. Bates: I. James Polk, born at Deerfield, January 7, 1845. 2. George Dallas, born April 2, 1846, mentioned be- low. 3. Charles A., born December 2, 1847, men- tioned below.
(IX) George D. Bates, son of Alonzo W.and Eliza Bates (8), was born at South Deerfield, Massa- chusetts, April 2, 1846. He was educated in the com- mon and high schools of that town. At the age of eighteen he went to work in the wallet shop at Deer- field, and remained until he was of age. In 1867 he left home and went in business in partnership with George K. Palmer, in the manufacture of wallets in Montague, Massachusetts. The firm name was Palmer & Bates, and the business prospered. Some thirty hands were employed in the shop. In 1871 the business was removed to Athol, to secure a more central location. At first the shop was in Lord's Block, on Exchange street, but in the fall of that year the firm occupied its large and commlo- dious factory built by citizens of Athol near the Lower Village. In 1879 the firm of Palmer & Bates was dissolved, and the business continued by Mr. Bates and his two brothers, James P. Bates and Charles A. Bates, under the firm name of Bates Brothers. They began business in the shop near the
Upham machine shop, but business soon outgrew these quarters, and a new factory was built and oc- cupied in June, 1882, on what is known as the Island, Athol, near Main street. Extensive additions were made to the factory in 1897, and the business has. steadily grown to the present time. George D. Bates is the president and treasurer and resident manager of the business. The concern employs upwards of two hundred hands. Mr. Bates is prominent in the financial and business circles of Athol. He is presi- dent of the Athol Co-operative Bank; president and director of Millers River National Bank ; presi- dent of the Athol & Orange Electric Railway Com- pany, and president of Athol Gas and Electric Com- pany ; and has been president of the Board of Trade. He is interested in town affairs and has been a mem- ber of the school committee.
He married Hattie M. Warner, daughter of H. W. Warner, of Greenfield, Massachusetts, in 1869. She died in 1876. He married second, Abbie J. Sheldon, June 9, 1880, and she died March 17, 1897. He married third, August 31, 1898, Anna M. Ten- ney. The child of George D. and Hattie M. Bates : Maud, born December 24, 1870, married A. N. Ellis. The two children of George D. and Abbie J. Bates: Majorie T., born November 18, 1885, and Barbara, born October 14, ISS7; child of George D. and Anna M. Bates: Elizabetlı T., born February 5, 1904.
(IX) Charles A. Bates, son of Alonzo W. Bates (8), was born in South Deerfield, December 2, 1848. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and at Deerfield Academy. He learned the wallet-manufacturing business in the factory at South Deerfield. He removed to Athol with his brother's firm, Palmer & Bates, and in 1879 became a member of the firm of Bates Brothers, Athol, en- gaged in the manufacture of wallets, etc., and was the energetic and capable superintendent of the works of the firm until his death, December 3. 1894. His practical knowledge of the business, his good judgment and tireless energy were of great value in building up this important industry. He was quiet, genial and sympathetic in disposition, of strong convictions and tenacious political views. In politics he was a staunch Democrat, an active worker for his party, on the Democratic town committee. He was a member of Acme Lodge of Knights of Honor of Athol, and a charter member of the Po- quag Club.
BARTLETT FAMILY. Henry Bartlett (1), immigrant ancestor of Frank Valentine Bartlett, of Westboro, Massachusetts, is said to have been in Wales. He settled early in Marlboro, Massa- chusetts, in that part subsequently set off to North- borough, and part of his first homestead. is now or was lately owned by William A. Bartlett, of North- borough. He came there after King Philip's war, in which he was a soldier under brave Captain Johnson. Children of Henry and Mary Bartlett : Elizabeth, born February 27, 1686, married, Decem- ber 9, 1710, John Prentiss; Daniel, April 10, 1691, see forward: Mary, October 20. 1683; Henry, Jr. (twin), August 29, 1701; Martha (twin), August 29. 1701; Lydia, August 17, 1704, died December 15, 1722.
(11) Ensign Daniel Bartlett, son of Henry Bart- lett (I), was born April 10, 1691, at Marlboro, died in Northboro, May. 1764, where he spent all his life. He married, February 12, 1717, Martha How, daughter of Eleazer and Hannah (How) How. Children: Jotham, born April 5, 1717, mar- ried, May 17. 1744, Miriam How and settled in Westboro; Sarah, born June 30, 1718, married,
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June 30, 1750, Daniel Saunders, of Rutland; Daniel, born September 28, 1719, died at Rutland, June 12, 1825, aged ninety-five; Joseph, born November 24, 1720, married at Westboro, 1745, Lydia Coolidge ; Abigail, born October 30, 1721, married, August 25, 1750, Joseph Stratton; Abiah, born September 21, 1722, died February 11, 1723; John, born November 25, 1724, married, December 14, 1761, Mary Joiner, ancestor of the Leominster branch; Jonathan, born January 26, 1725, married Mary Holloway, 1753, and lived at Northboro and Westboro; Isaac, born March 6, 1726, settled in Rutland: Abner (twin), born March 12, 1728; Mary (twin), born March 12, 1728; Jonas, born March 31, 1729, see forward; Mercy, born May 31, 1730, married, June 3. 1765, George Oak, of Westboro.
(III) Jonas Bartlett, son of Daniel Bartlett (2), was born in Marlboro, March 31, 1729, died at Northboro, July 3, 1808, aged nearly eighty. His wife Elizabeth was born February 12, 1744, died November 30, 1807. Children, born Marlboro and Northboro, were : Elizabeth, born Octo- ber 27, 1765; Betty, born June 6, 1768, died young : Jonas, Jr., born February 21, 1770, see for- ward: Betty, born October 14, 1772; Joel, born August 15, 1776, married, November 28, 1800, Suky How; Polly, born April 26, 1778: Kate or Cate, born April 22, 1781, married, August 30, 1797, Jona Clisbee ; Betsey, born February 13, 1783, married, June 26, 1799. Solomon B. Clisbee.
(IV) Deacon Jonas Bartlett, Jr., son of Jonas ffBartlett, Sr. (3), was born February 21, 1770. He married, at the age of eighteen, December 14, 1788. Thankful Fay, aged sixteen. She died January 5. 1833, aged sixty-two years, seven months. Their first two children were born at Marlborough, the other nine at Northborough. Children: Ashley, born March 8, 1789, married Mary Fay; Lydia, born November 24, 1791: Joel, born November 28, 1794, see forward; Abraham, born March 7, 1797, died November 2, 1798: Persis, born October 2, 1799, married. October 2, 1820, Seth Rice ; Uriah, born October 5, 1802, married, March 28, 1825. Beulah Hastings : Jonas, born April 10, 1805; Per- ley, born September 16, 1807; Elizabeth How, born March 19, 1810, married Caleb H. Warren; Thank- ful, born March 19, 1810 (twin), married, Sep- tember 3, 1833, William Maynard; Levi, born April 22. 1814.
(V) Joel Bartlett, son of Jonas Bartlett, Jr. (4), was born in Northboro, Massachusetts, November 28, 1794. He married there, October 8, 1820, Saralı Patterson. Children, born at Northboro: Isaac Pat- terson. born November 28, 1822, died December 20, . 1822; Harriet, born October 12, 1823; Henry Ware, born December 25, 1825; William Ashley, born November 26, 1827, see forward; Sarah Elizabeth, born December 10, 1829; Mary Thankful, born Feb- ruary 20. 1833.
(VI) William Ashley Bartlett, son of Joel Bart- lett (5), was born at Northboro, November 26, 1827. He had a saw mill and manufactured boxes for shoe factories and other industries of the vicinity. A Democrat, held many town offices. He married Rebecca Valentine. His children: Abbie, born at Northboro, September 21, 1850; Frank Valentine, see forward.
(VII) Frank Valentine Bartlett, son of William Ashley (6) and Rebecca (Valentine) Bartlett. was born at Northboro, Massachusetts, November I, 1856. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He worked in his father's box factory when a boy and learned the business. In 1875 he located in Westboro, where he has since lived. For several years he was employed in the box factory
of Christopher Whitney, whose lumber yards and mills stood on the land now occupied by the plant of the American Bedstead Company. In 1877 he was promoted to the position of bookkeeper and in 1882 was with George L. Smith, another employe of Mr. Whitney, admitted to partnership with Mr. Whitney under the firm name of C. Whitney & Co. Though Mr. Whitney died in 1889 the business was continued under the same name until 1892, when Mr. Smith retired and the present title of Bartlett Box Lumber Co., Inc., was adopted.
The firm has a well equipped plant, favorably lo- cated along side the tracks of the Boston & Albany Railroad, dealing in all kinds of lumber, besides manufacturing wooden and paper boxes and interior building finish or trim of all descriptions. Mr. Bartlett is president of the Elec- tric Light and Power Compay, trustce of the West- boro Savings Bank. In politics he is a Republican. He is a prominent Free Mason and Odd Fellow; member of Siloam Lodge of Free Masons of West- boro; Houghton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons of Marlboro; Hiram Council, Royal and Select Masters, of Worcester; Worcester Lodge of Per- fection; Lawrence Chapter of Rose Croix, of Worcester ; Worcester County Commandery, Knights Templar; Massachusetts Consistory, thirty-second degree Masons and Aleppo Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Boston. He has filled all the chairs in succession in Hockomocko Lodge, Odd Fellows, Westboro, and belongs to the Wachusett Encampment of Worcester.
Mr. Bartlett lives on the Whitney homestead since the death of Mrs. Whitney's father and his former partner, Christopher Whitney. The charms of this country place, which is known as "Grasmere." have been told by William D. Howells, the novelist. Mrs. Bartlett lived there from early childhood until death. She was a woman of strong Christian spirit and did a great amount of work of a charitable nature. She was loved by all who knew her. She had traveled and read considerable and was most entertaining to converse with. The mansion is on a fifty acre farm and the grounds arc ornamented with trees and shrubs, most attractively arranged. The farm buildings, including the home of the superintendent are models of their kind. Alto- gether, it may be said that "Grasmere" ranks among the finest and most artistic country homes of a county famous for such places.
Mr. Bartlett married, September 25, 1884, Abbie N. Whitney, daughter of Christopher Whitney (see sketch). She died 1906. Their children: Whitney, born 1886, a student at Harvard University; Nellie, born 1887; Dorothy, born 1897; Marion, born 1899.
WILLIAM ALBERT WARDEN. Samuel War- den (I), of the revolutionary period, was a resident of Worcester and the earliest Warden ancestor of William Albert Warden, of Worcester. The War- den Genealogy was written by Mr. Warden and he exhausted every known means to trace the line further back in vain.
"Tradition has it," Mr. Warden says in his gen- ealogy, "that this branch came from Scotland and settled in the vicinity of Boston, but after a most thorough search of city, town, county and church records and such other sources of information as we have had access to; we have been unable to trace the line back of Samuel Warden, who married Miriam Bell, March 30, 1769.
"At the time of his death, which occurred at Worcester, December 28, 1815, the newspaper report gave his age as seventy-six years, which, if true, would make his birth sometime in 1739. No record of the birth of a Samuel Warden in Boston or vicin-
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ity has been found that would correspond to this date except a record of the baptism in the West Church, Boston, of Samuel Warden, in April, 1740, but this does not mention parents' names. It is possible, although I have found no proof, that he was the son of Randolph Warden, who married Elizabeth Herbert, in 1738. They were married at the same church and the minister was a Scotchman.
"The first authentic record that we have is that he was living in Boston in 1769, and that he mar- ried, on the 30th of March, 1769, Miriam Bell, daughter of Daniel and Miriam (Gore) Bell, of Boston. Samuel was admitted to covenant in the Second Church, July 14, 1771, at the time his first child was baptized. The family were among the last to leave Boston at the time the British occupied the city. They moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, where they made their home as long as they lived. The only public record we find in Worcester is one where Samuel Warden sold shares in school-house Jot in 1795, his children being grown up at that time. He died December 28, 1815.'
His wife was the daughter of Daniel and Miriam (Gore) Bell, and a grand-daughter of Daniel and Abigail (Cunnabell) Bell, of Boston. John Cunna- bell. the emigrant ancestor of this surname, was born in England, January 25, 1649-50. He came to this country in 1674 and settled in Boston, where he lived until he died in 1724. Ile was a joiner by trade. His house was on the south side of what is now Hanover street. between Washington and Friend streets. He was thrice married. His first wife died in Boston, 1687. Ile married (second) Saralı Cloyes or Clayes, daughter of Peter and Hannah ( Littlefield) Cloyes, and granddaughter of John and Abigail Cloyes, of Watertown, Massachusets, and Charlestown, Massachusetts. He married (third ) Martha Healy, December 10, 1700. He had five children by the first wife. four by the second and one by the third. He died March 25, 1724. His children were: I. John, born 1673. 2. Elizabeth Cunnabell. baptized 1689-90. 3. Susannah Cunna- bell, baptized February 16. 1689-90. 4. Robert Cun- nabell, baptized 1690; drowned March 19, 1699-1700. 5. Martha Cunnabell, born about 1687. 6. Samuel, born January 16. 1689-90. 7. Abigail, baptized De- cember 27, 1691, married Daniel Bell. 8. Deborah Cunnabell, born May 5, 1695, died young. 9. Han- nah Cunnabell, born Angust 5. 1697. 10. Mary Cun- nabell, born January 22. 1703-4.
Abigail Cunnabell, daughter of John Cunnabell, was baptized December 27, 1691. She married, Au- gust 3. 1710. Daniel Bell, of Boston. They were the grandparents of Miriam Bell, who married Samuel Warden, as stated above. Daniel Bell was a mason by trade. He owned land on Sudbury street, Bos- ton, in 1715. The children of Daniel and Abigail (Cunnabell ) Bell were: I. Daniel, born March 4. 17II. 2. David, born January 5. 1713. 3. Abigail born October 10. 1714. 4. Hannah, born March 31. 1717. 5. John. born March 7, 1718. 6. Sarah, born August 17, 1721. 7. Martha. born June 23. 1722. 8. Katherine, boru February 15, 1724. 9. Thomas, born 1727. 10. Samuel born May 4. 1729. 11. Will- iam, born April 7. 1731. 12. Elizabeth, born Angust II, 1734. 13. Deborah, born January 24, 1736.
Daniel Bell, son of Daniel and Abigail (Cunna- bell) Bell, was born in Boston, March 4, 1711. He married, March 12. 1733. Miriam Gore, daughter of Obadiah and Sarah ( Kilby) Gore, of Boston. She died July 1. 1750. He married (second) Desire Baker, December 13. 1750. There were three chil- dren by the first marriage and two by the second, viz .: I. Abigail, married Joseph Ridgway, of Bos- ton. 2. Sarah, married Callender. 3. Miriam,
married Samuel Warden. Miriam Gore's emigrant ancestor was John Gore.
John Gore was born in England, about 1610, and came to America previous to 1635, when he was located at Roxbury. He and his wife Rhoda were members of the church there. They had eleven children, of whom the youngest was Samuel Gore.
Samuel Gore, son of the emigrant, John Gore, was a carpenter by trade. He married, August 28, 1072, Elizabeth Weld, daughter of Jolin Weld. Fle died in 1692. They had seven children, of whom the youngest was Obadiah.
Obadiah Gore, son of Samuel Gore, and grand- son of the emigrant, John Gore, was born July 13, 1688. He was a carpenter. Ile married, October 26, 1710, Sarah Kilby, of Boston. They had five children, all baptized at Brattle Street Church. He died October 8, 1721. His children were : I. Elizabeth, born October 25, 1711. 2. Miriam, born December 6. 1713, married Daniel Bell. 3. Saralı, born December 29, 1715. 4. John, born December 29, 1718. 5. Katherine, born June 26, 1722.
Miriam (Bell) Warden died August, 1797, in Worcester. Her body was the first to be buried in the cemetery known as Mechanic Street Grave- yard. A few years ago the remains were removed to the Warden lot in Hope cemetery. Samuel War- den died December 28, 1815. The children of Sam- uel and Miriam ( Bell) Warden were. I. Miriam, born in Boston, 1771, was blind for many years, died of smallpox July 3, 1849, never married. 2. Abi- gail, born in Boston, 1773, married Perly Healy. 3. Samuel, Jr., see forward.
(1]) Samuel Warden. son of Samuel Warden (I), was born in Boston, Massachusetts, March 3, 1775, died October 19, 1862. He removed to Worcester with his parents in 1775 or 1776. dur- ing the siege of Boston. He was educated in the village school at Worcester, and learned the trade of cooper and house joiner. He bought a house, April 21, 1804. at what is now the corner ot Pleasant and High streets, where he lived until October 23, 1833. when he sold it to David Wilder, Jr. He married Tamasin Harrington, daughter of Elijah Harrington, of Worcester. January 22, 1796. His wife inherited the Harrington house and eight aeres of land on Grafton street at the death of her father in ISII. Samuel was the executor of the estate of Elijah Harrington. His wife died in 1830, aged fifty-four years, and was buried in the East Worcester graveyard, when the body was removed to Rural Cemetery some years later. Samuel mar- ried (second), in 1833, Sallie Waters, daughter of John and Keziah Waters. She was born in 1768 and died October 3, 1861, aged ninety-one years. At the time of their marriage they occupied the residence on South street (now Park street). where they lived the remainder of their lives. He died October 19, 1862. aged eighty-seven years. His son- in-law. Wilson Wheeler, was administrator of the estate.
Children of Samnel and Tamasin (Harrington) Warden were: I. William, born March 24. 1797, married Eliza Ward. April 15, 1822, was a baker by trade, resided in Hartford, Connecticut, died February 18, 1827. 2. Samuel, born November 22, 1798, married Sarah Cutting, of Templeton, Massa- chusetts. died December 8, 1861. 3. Miriam Bell, born August 25. 1800, married George Cleveland, died November 18, 1847. 4. Henry, born March 30, 1802. died July 31. 1817. 5. Catherine Holmes, born July 8, 1805, married. May 26. 1830, Wilson Wheeler, whose son John Wilson Wheeler is presi- dent of the New Home Sewing Machine Company
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of Orange, Massachusetts; she died August 12, 1876. 6. Charles, born February 24, 1808, married Elizabeth Manning; he died March 28, 1840; left two sons. Samuel and Charles; Samuel made his home with his uncle Samuel. 7. Nancy, born Au- gust 13, 1810, died December 19, 1813. S. John, see forward.
(III) John Warden, son of Samuel Warden (2), was born in Worcester, February 13, 1814. He at- tended the public schools of the town. He was a merchant tailor by trade and for many years carried on the tailoring business on Main street, near Har- rington corner, in Worcester. Soon after his mar- riage he built a house on Park street, where he and his wife lived the remainder of their lives. He be- came an extensive owner of real estate from 1843 to 1863, but in the hard times during the civil war lost the fortune that he had accumulated. He never recovered from the disaster and died June, 1865. He was prominent in the First Methodist Church, and was instrumental in buying the land and build- ing the church on Park street after the first church was burned. He was trustee and steward of the church for more than thirty years and librarian of the Sunday school. He was a life member of the Missionary Society. He was a Republican in poli- tics, was active in the organization but never sought office. He had an attractive personality and was especially fond of children. He was one of those rare men whom everybody loves.
He married Narcissa Davis, of Orange, daugh- ter of John and Lucy (Dexter) Daivs, June 14, 1837. She was born in Orange, November 30, 1812. Her father, grandfather and two uncles were soldiers in the revolution. On the paternal side she traces her American ancestors back through seven generations to James Davis, of Haverhill, 1640, and on the maternal side through six generations to Thomas Dexter, of Lynn, who came over in 1630. She was also a member of the Methodist Church. She died October 14, 1891, in Worcester. Memorial windows have been placed by the family in Park Avenue Methodist Church in Worcester for John and Narcissa Warden. Their children were: I. Abbie Louise, see forward. 2. John Davis, born December 3, 1844. 3. William Albert, born March 2, 1852.
(IV) Abbie Louise Warden, daughter of John Warden (3), was born in Worcester, Massachu- setts, January 7, 1840. She was educated in the public schools. She is a member of the Methodist church. She married, October 10, 1860, Charles H. Carpenter, son of Seba and Melinda Carpenter. He was born in Douglass, Massachusetts, October 4, 1839, and traces his American ancestry through eight generations to William Carpenter of Reho- both, 1638. He came to Worcester when a boy and was educated in the public schools there. He became a clerk in the fancy dry goods store of Henry O. Clark and of Martin Stowe, who suc- ceeded to the business. Then he went to work for Josiah H. Clark. In 1882 he became a partner of Mr. Clark, and in 1896 with two others formed the firm of Johnson, Carpenter & Co., and bought the business of J. H. Clark & Co., and has since been connected with this firm.
He belongs to the Methodist denomination, and was on the first official board of the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church when that church was organized in 1870. He was a steward and trustee of that church from the first until 1899. He was one of the charter members of the Young Men's Christian As- sociation. He is a life member of the Worcester County Mechanics' Association and of Montacute Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. He is a mem-
ber of the Board of Trade. In politics he is a Re- publican. Children of Charles H. and Abbie Louisa (Warden) Carpenter are: I. Miniola Louise, born July 6, 1865, died June 15, 1884, and an adopted daughter named Lillian Gertrude Carpenter, born November 17, 1886, died 1904.
(IV) John Davis Warden, son of John Warden (3), was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, December 3, 1844. He was educated in the public schools, and learned the machinist's trade. From 1867 to 1870 he was an instructor in the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. In 1871-72 he was employed on the big bridge at St. Louis. From 1873 to 1876 he was in the freestone business in Fall River, and from 1877 to 1884 in the crockery business with his brother in Worcester. In 1886 he returned to Fall River, where he has since lived and has acquired consider- able real estate. He was a mechanical expert and made several valuable inventions.
He married Sarah L. Nichols, daughter of La- fayette Nichols, of Fall River, March 26, 1874. Their children are: I. Frederick Albert, born April 24, 1875. 2. Abbie Nichols, born February 24, 1878.
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