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ELIAS JACOB BATES. Clement Bates (1), the immigrant ancestor of Elias J. Bates, of Dudley, Massachusetts, was born in England. He embarked at London, England, April 6, 1635, in the ship "Elizabeth," of which William Stagg was master. He and his wife Ann, both forty years of age, came to Hingham, Massachusetts, about the time that Rev. Peter Hobart and his followers arrived. He received a grant of land on what is now South street, September 18, 1635. It contained five acres and was between the home lots of George Russell and Thomas Johnson. It was the fifth in number from Bachelor (now Main) street and has been in the possession of his descendants to the present day. Part of the estate is or was recently owned and oc- cupied by a descendant, though the old house and most of the land was sold in 1883.
· The ancestors of Clement Bates are traceable for five generations in England. Thomas Bate (1) of Lydd, Parish of All Hallows, died in 1485, leaving a son John, who died in 1522. John (11), son of Thomas (1), had a son Andrew, who died at Lydd in 1533, leaving four sons. Andrew (fff), son of John (2), had a son John (IV), of Lydd, who died there in 1580, leaving three sons, one of whom, James (V), who died at Lydd in 1614, was the father of Clement Bates, of Hingham, Massachu- setts, and also of Edward Bates, who settled in Wey- mouth, Massachusetts, and of James Bates, who settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Anna, wife of Clement Bates, died in Hingham, Massachusetts, October 1, 1669, aged seventy-four years. Clement died September 17, 1671, aged seventy-six years. In his will, dated at Hingham, October 12, 1669, he gave to his eldest son James "my house fot next adjoining to my son Joseph, con- taining four acres, which was given unto me by the town. To sons Joseph and Benjamin, land and other valuables. To son Samuel, my now dwelling house, with lot of five acres which the house stands upon. Also all my household stuff to my four sons," etc. Children of Clement and Anna Bates were: James, born 1621 ; Clement, born 1623, drowned No- vember, 1639; Rachel, born 1627, died June, 1647; Joseph, born 1630; Benjamin, born 1633; Samuel, baptized at Hingham, March 24, 1639.
(lt) Joseph Bates, son of Clement Bates (1), was born in England, about 1630. He married, in Hingham, Massachusetts, January 9, 1657-58, Esther Hilliard, daughter of William Hilliard. She died June 3, 1709. Joseph Bates died April 30, 1706, aged seventy-six. He was a bricklayer by trade. He was constable of Hingham from 1675 to 1678 inclusive. He was selectman 1671, 1677, 1684 and 1692. lle was appointed sexton of the parish in 1673 and served in this capacity until the new meetinghouse was erected. fle lived on the paternal homestead.
His will was dated April 24, 1706. Children of Josephi and Esther ( Hilliard) Bates were: Joseph, born September 28, 1660; Esther, August 29, 1603; Caleb, March 30, 1666; Hannah, October 31, 1668; Joshua, August 14, 1671; Bathsheba, January 20, 1673-74; Clement, September 22, 1676, drowned June 29, 1706; Eleanor, August 29, 1679, died September following; Abigail, October 16, 1680.
(fl1) Joshua Bates, son of Joseph Bates (2), was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, August 14, 1671. He married, January 15, 1695, Rachel Tower, daughter of Ibrook and Margaret ( Hardin) Tower. She was born in Hingham, March 16, 1674-75. Children of Joshua and Rachel (Tower) Bates, alt born in Hingham, were: Rachel, July 14, 1696; Joshua, June 15, 1698; Batlısheba, February 9, 1700; Elizabeth, November 23, 1703; Solomon, April 13, 1700; Isaac, March 3, 1707-08; Jacob, August 20, 1710.
(IV) Jacob Bates, son of Joshua Bates (3), was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, August 20, 1710. He married Mary Clark, daughter of John and Rebecca. She was born in 1709 and died Jan- uary 27, 1790. Ile married (second) Lydia (Lin- coln) Clark, November 19, 1730. He resided in the second precinct of Hingham and in 1745 was con- stable. Late in life he removed to Attleboro and thence to Dudley, Massachusetts, where he died at an advanced age, July 16, 1795. Children of Jacob and Mary ( Clark) Bates, all born in Hingham, were : Mary, July 19, 1732; Simeon, March 21, 1737-38; Obadialı, May 7, 1741; James, April 19, 1743; Lydia, July 10, 1741; Elijah, December 2, 1746; John, De- cember 4, 1748; Jacob, April 15, 1751; Israel, April 15, 1753; Elizabeth, baptized May 3, 1761.
(V) John Bates, Sr., son of Jacob Bates (4), was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, December 4, 1748, and died December 12, 1834, aged eighty-six. He married Chloe who was born in 1746 and died July 11, 1825, aged seventy-nine. He lived in Dudley and vicinity. His children were : Captain Alanson; John, born 1780, died 1863, mar- ried Patty born 1786, died August 9, 1844; Sybil, married Jostin, resided in Thompson, Connecticut.
(VI) Captain Alanson Bates, son of John Bates, Sr., (5), was born in 1772, died August 22, 1842. He was a captain in the militia and a man of promi- nence in his town. He married Comfort
who was born 1767 and died May 6, 1814, aged forty- seven. He married (second) Levina , who was born 1792 and died April 6, 1874, aged seventy- two years. There are some names lacking in the following fist of his children: Chloe, born January 14, 1792, died December 21, 1839. Jacob, born April 18, 1796, died October 11, 1872, aged seventy-six. Alhanan, resided in Connecticut, died at North Grosvenordale. Nelson, married Lucia Jacobs, re- sided in Webster and had: Lucinda, Ira, Sophia, Nelson, Jane, Abigail, Andrew J., Abel. Orson, born May 8, 1806, died March 3, 1876, fived and died in Webster; married, April 27, 1827, Augusta Thomp- son, born April 8, 1807, died March 2, 1846; married (second) Betsy Hunt, born January 14, 1812, and married, January 3, 1847. The children of Orson and Augusta (Thompson) Bates were: Mary, born December 11, 1831, married Stephen Tanner, March 27, 1849; Asenath, born January II, 1834, married Alonzo A. Bugbee, April 27, 1852, and he died March 8, 1896; Butler, born August 27, 1836, married Saralı E. Tracy, January 14, 1858; Dresser Thompson, born November 20, 1842, married, March 25, 1867, Harrict E. Currier ; the children of Orson and Bet- sey (Hunt) Bates were: Alanson H., born March
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8, 1848, married Emma L. Davis, September 4, 1869; Emina Augusta, born August 2, 1852, died Novem- ber 10, 1881; John, see forward; Levira, born June 20, 1816, died April 13, 1818; Sarepta, born Septem- ber 28, 1818; Louvan, born April 1, 1823; Comfort Maria, born June 25, 1825; Sumner, born November 15, 1827; Sybil, a daughter by the first wife of Cap- tain Alanson Bates, married James Haven, of Dud- ley.
(VII) John Bates, father of Elias J. Bates, of Dudley, Massachusetts, and son of Captain Alanson Bates (6), was born February 5, 1808, died April 12, 1873. He married Mary Ann Jacobs. She was born in Thompson, Connecticut, June 9, 1814, died Jan- uary 12, 1871. Children of John and Mary Ann (Jacob) Bates were: Jessie, born February 20, 1833; Jennette, January 3, 1835; Jenervie, January 3, 1835, (twin of the preceding) ; Martha, November 9, 1836, died August 12, 1852; John, Jr., December 29, 1840, died June 16, 1865; Francis, March 8, 1843, died through disability owing to his service in the Union army during the civil war, April 15, 1864; Allen, July 15, 1845; Sarah, August 29, 1847; Benjamin, August 24, 1849, died March 5, 1851 ; Elias J., April 6, 1852; Mary, February 23, 1854. Jolin Bates' was especially active in church affairs. He was a very earnest and consistent Methodist and gave liberally to the church and charities. In his youth he was a drummer in a company of militia, but was too old to serve in the civil war.
(VIII) Elias Jacob Bates, son of John Bates (7), was born April 6, 1852. His boyhood was spent on the farm. He was educated in the common schools of his native town. He worked at farming for a time, and then entered the employ of the Adams Express Company, in which he held respon- sible positions for many years. Since 1890 he lias been exclusively engaged in the cultivation of his farm in Dudley. Mr. Bates has been a noted breed- er of fox hounds for many years and is known from Maine to Texas as a lover of the sport of fox hunt- ing. Mr. Bates is a Republican in politics.
Mr. Bates married, December 26, 1874, Alma A. Carpenter, a native of Charlton, Massachusetts, and their children were: Ida Belle, Fred Sumner, Murtis Edna, married Leroy E. Allen, of Dudley; Everett Heath.
LAMB FAMILY. The progenitor of the Amer- ican. branch of the Lamb family living in Leieester, Massachusetts, was Thomas Lamb, who was a mer- chant of London, England, from whence he emi- grated in July, 1630, landing at Roxbury, Massachu- setts, where he located, residing there until his de- eease in 1645. His remains were interred in the family lot at the corner of Washington and Ustas streets, Roxbury. He was Orthodox in religion. He was married in London, England, and had a fanı- ily of two children: John, who was a trader with the East Indies, and married a Miss Chapin; and Thomas, Jr., who married a Miss Stobbins. Thomas Lamb, Sr., married for his second wife Dorothy Harbiddle, and the following named children were the issue of this union :
I. Joshua, who married a daughter of Dr. J. Alcock, who bore him six children. He purchased of the Indians the land upon which the towns of Leicester and Spencer are built. He gave what is now the line of Spencer to fifty families, who set-' tled there, and the remainder of land to his family, who settled in Leicester. He served as justice of the peace and magistrate of Roxbury. He was Orthodox in religion. His remains were interred in the family lot at the corner of Washington and iii-22
Ustas streets, Roxbury. 2. Abel, who served in the French and Indian wars, was present at the capture of King Philip, and as captain of artillery saw service with Montcalm and De Wolfe in Quebec. After the war he came to Framingham, Massachu- setts, and was given land by the government, where hie resided until his death. He was the first to assist in the building of the church in that town. He was Orthodox in religion. He was the father of four sons-Abel, Jonathan, Samuel and Joseph-and three daughters. 3. Joseph, who followed a sea- faring life. 4. Decline, became the wife of a Mr. Swan, who built a mansion of same name; he was known to be an importer and carried on a trade with the East Indies. 5. Mary, became the wife of a minister, who was actively identified with the building of Williams College. 6. Dorothy, be- came the wife of Lesser Smith, of Dedham, Mass- achusetts, who was interested in the Card Clothing Machine Company.
Lamb, father of George A. Lamb, was born in Leicester, Massachusetts, in which town his entire life was spent, and his remains were interred in the family lot. He served as road commissioner for twenty years, was a farmer by occupation, Ortho- dox in religion, and a Democrat in politics. He married Lydia Sprague, and their children, all of whom reside in Leicester, are as follows: I. George A., see forward. 2. Nathan, born in Leicester, Massachusetts, in September, 1831. He served as road commissioner for twenty-eight years, was a member of the board of health, and a trustee of the Massachusetts Agricultural Society. He was Ortho- dox in religion, and a Democrat in politics. He married Mary A. Adams, daughter of Francis A. and Mary (Lyon) Adams, of Spencer, Massachu- setts, the former named having been a farmer. Their children were: Sara A., deceased, who was the wife of George Maher, a farmer, and mother of two children : Edna L. and Percy Maher; Edna A., a school teacher in Leicester, Massachusetts; Harry, deceased ; and Frederick, who married Louise Leigh- ton, no children. 3. Susan, deceased. 4. Sara, a twin with Susan.
George A. Lamb, eldest son of and Lydia (Sprague) Lamb, was born in Leicester, Massachusetts, March 9, 1830. After completing his education he turned his attention to farming, which line of work he has followed during the greater part of his active career. For four years he served as assessor of his town, and also filled the office of surveyor. He is Orthodox in religion, and a Dem- ocrat in politics. He was united in marriage to Mary A. Mahan, daughter of Daniel and Alice Ma- han, of Snowton, Vermont, whose family consisted of two other children, John and Catherine, de- eeased. Mr. and Mrs. Mahan, the latter having been a Miss Lochran prior to her marriage, were natives of Edinborough, Scotland. On February 7, 1905, Mr. and Mrs. Lamb celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Their children are as follows:
I. Frederick A., deceased. 2. Annie G., de- ceased. 3. Kate Frances, became the wife of a Mr. Paulridge, and after his death became the wife of a Mr. Cawley, who is employed in a creamery com- pany; they have an adopted daughter. 3. Emma S., became the wife of Charles C. Crawford, of Fresno, California, no children. 4. Hubert A., resides in Leicester, Massachusetts, and is employed as mo- torman on the street railway; he married Mary J. McCailley, and they are the parents of one child, Russell Henry Lamb. 5. Edward A., a merchant of Fresno, California ; he married Sarah Ashmuth, and they are the parents of two children: Howard A.,
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and Annie May Lamb. 6. Norman A., resides in Worcester, Massachusetts, and is employed as trav- eling salesman; he married Alice Prior, and one child was born to them, Chester P. Lamb. 7. Jose- phine M., deceased. 8. Frederick A., deceased. 9. Annie G., deceased.
Susan Lamb, daughter of Artemus and Lucy Lamb, was born in Leicester, Massachusetts. She became the wife of Harry Trask, superintendent of construction on the New York, New Haven & Hart- ford Railroad, and one child was born to them, George Trask, now deceased.
JAMES R. DRISCOLL is a substantial farmer of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, and has lived in that town continuously for more than twenty years, althoughi he first settled there in 1872. He is a native of Newcross, Lunenberg county, Nova Scotia, a son of Charles B. Driscoll and Mary Walker, his wife.
Charles B. Driscoll was born in Newcross, Nova Scotia, in 1820, and was a farmer. He mar- ried Mary Walker, who also was born in Nova Scotia, and by whom he had nine children: Ag- nes, James R., Catherine, deceased ; Mary, Adella, John, Elizabeth, deceased ; William, deceased ; Charles. deceased.
James R. Driscoll, second in order of birth of the children of Charles B. and Mary (Walker) Driscoll, was born at Newcross, Nova Scotia, De- cember 1, 1850, and spent his young life at home, attending school and helping with the work on the farm. When he was eighteen he went to Kent- ville, Kings county, to attend school, and after leav- ing school he took up farm work. In 1872 he re- moved to Grafton, Massachusetts, and for a year worked in a currier shop for George Makenzie, but at the end of that time came to Shrewsbury and found employment with J. H. Knowlton. Two years later he settled down to farming in North- boro, lived there about seven years working on a farm for Charles Potter, and then went to Cali- fornia and lived on a cattle ranch a little less than a year. While ranching in the west Mr. Driscoll fell sick with fever and ague, the prevailing malady of the region, and was compelled to return to his old home in Nova Scotia until restored to health. At the end of about another year he came back to Shrewsbury and was a teamster for about three years. In 1885 he bought the farm where he now lives and where his hard work has been rewarded with good results. for he is a thrifty farmer and dairyman. In religion Mr. Driscoll is a Roman Catholic, and in politics a Republican; for the last three years he has been road surveyor in Shrews- bury. He married Mary Ann Moran, born in Shrewsbury, May 25, 1865, daughter of Patrick and Ann Morgan, of Shrewsbury. Mr. and Mrs. Dris- coll have one daughter-Miriam Genevieve, born January 22, 1892.
GEORGE HUBBARD KEYES. The Keyes family of Sterling was established there more than a hundred years ago, and George H. Keyes' grand- father, Asa Keyes, owned and cultivated a farm in that town early in the eighteenth century. His farm, which was one of the first pieces of land cleared in Sterling, was somewhat of a landmark, and it remained in the possession of his descendants until a few years ago. when it was purchased by the State, and is now occupied by the water-works plant, for which purpose it is admirably located. George H. Keyes' father was Asa Keyes, Jr., who inherited the homestead farm, and he carried it on
successfully during the active period of his life. Asa Keyes, Jr. married (first) Lucy Hubbard. By this union there were five children: Charles B., enlisted in Company K, Fifty-third Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, for service in the civil war, and died in the military hospital at Brazer City, Louisiana; Martha, deceased; Mary, de- ceased; Lucy, deceased; and Mary, wife of Everett Kendall, of Boylston. Mr. Keyes married (sec- ond) Martha Morse, and had one child, George H., of whom later.
George Hubbard Keyes was born in Sterling, August 30, 1848. Having studied preliminarily in the schools of his native town he continued his education in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, and concluded it. at the Worcester Academy. With his mind broadened and enlightened by an insight into the higher branches of study, he adopted the occu- pation of his ancestors, and inherited the family homestead, in turn he carried on general farming there with profitable results until at length pre- vailed upon to transfer the property to the state for the purpose of public improvement, as previously stated. This transaction was finally consummated after considerable reluctance on his part, as the family homestead was naturally to him the dearest spot on earth, and he consented to the sacrifice solely on the grounds of extreme public necessity. He then purchased a small farm of sixteen acres located at the Middle Village, and has ever since resided there, devoting his time to its cultivation. Of late Mr. Keyes has figured quite conspicuously in civic affairs, having formerly served as con- stable for one year, and has been a member of the board of selectmen for four years. He is one of the leading Republicans of his locality, and has attended as a delegate, numerous county and state conventions. His religious affiliations are with the Congregationalists, and he is a deacon of that church.
Mr. Keyes married, November 29, 1883, Malona Cutler, daughter of Joel Blake and Elizabeth (Hud- son) Cutler, of Boylston, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Keyes have one son, Charles Hubbard Keyes, who was born September 30, 1884, and is now a student at Amherst College, where he is taking a scientific course.
HERBERT LEE POLLARD, of New Brain- tree, Worcester county, Massachusetts, is numbered among the most practical and prosperous farmers of that town, and as a business man outside of farming pursuits he ranks with the foremost men of New Braintree. He is a native of Westboro, Massachusetts, born September 24 1844, a son and the eldest child of Moses Pollard and Ann O. Pierce, his wife, grandson of Joel Pollard and Ruth Fisher, his wife, and a descendant of old New England Colonial stock. Moses Pollard was a farmer in Westboro, and his wife was of a New Braintree family. She died September 3, 1875. Their four children were Herbert Lee, David N., born November 24, 1846; Charles F. and Moses Pollard.
Since 1889 Herbert Lee Pollard has been a mem- ber of the board of assessors of his town, and for the last nine or ten years a member of the school board. He was a selectman of New Braintree four years. In 1905, Mr. Pollard was elected repre- sentative to the general court of Massachusetts, and thus he has filled all the principal offices of the town, and has filled them to the entire satisfaction of the electors and taxpayers, whose interests he has been chosen to represent. He is a firm Republi-
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can, fair in his views on political questions and per- fectly frank in the expression of them. He is a charter member of the Grange, which was organ- ized in 1888. and also is a member of the Congre- gational Church and of its board of deacons.
Herbert Lee Pollard married, March 24. 1870, Sarah Ayers Johnson, of New Braintree. She was born in North Brookfield, September 3. 1845, daugh- ter of Henry and Julia (Ayers) Johnson, the formier a native of North Brookfield and the latter of New Braintree. Children of Herbert Lee Pol- lard and Sarah Ayers Johnson: Julia Ann, born December 25, 1871, died June 29, 1881; Harry Dodge, born July 23, 1873, married Kittie Clara Sage, of New Braintree, and has three children : Leroy Herbert. Walter Edwin, Dorothy Frances ; Henry Johnson, born June 10, 1875, married Viola Cleves and now lives in Delaware; William M., born February 25, 1877, a teacher, living in New York city; Sarah Grace, born October 28, 1878, died October 5. 1879; Frederick, born February IO, 1880, lives at home: Mary Frances, born Septem- ber 13. 1882, lives at home; Nellie Viola, born De- cember 7, 1884, lives at home; Clara Belle, born June 25, 1886, died September 5. 1886.
HARVEY M. ROSS, of Shrewsbury, Massa- chusetts, who also is known as Mirick Harvey Ross, is a native of Hancock, New Hampshire, and has lived in Worcester county, Massachusetts, nearly thirty-five years. He is a substantial farmer, a veteran of the civil war, a strong Republican, and in religious affiliation an attendant of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Myrick Ross, father of Harvey M. Ross, was born in Boylston, Massachusetts. June 26, 1812, and was a son of Amos Ross. His mother's family name was Bennett. Myrick Ross was first a miller and later a farmer. He lived successively in Boyls- ton, Massachusetts, Hancock, Dublin, Marlboro and again in Dublin, New Hampshire. His wife was Sarah Tyrrell, of Hancock, New Hampshire, who bore him nine children. Of these children all, ex- cept Harvey M. Ross. are now dead. In the order of birth. except the first born, who died unnamed, they were Harvey M. (or Mirick H. Harvey), Re- becca J., William W .. Sarah A., Joseph M., Emma P., Gilbert L. and Abbie A. Ross.
Harvey M. Ross, the only surviving child of the parents just mentioned. was born in Hancock, New Hampshire, November 27, 1841. and at the age of four went with his parents to live in Dublin in the same state. He attended the common schools and lived at home until he was about eighteen years old, and then went out to do farm work. On Au- gust 24. 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Second New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, and was in service until December of the following year, when he was sent home on surgeon's leave because of disabilities. While in service he was in the Penin- sular campaign under General McClellan, the siege of Yorktown and the battle of Williamsburg. In the latter engagement, May 5, 1862, he was wounded three times. in the left wrist, the right arm, and also received a severe bayonet thrust in the left knee. He was first sent to the hospital in Baltimore for four days and then was transferred to the General Hospital in Philadelphia, from the latter hospital being sent home on the 14th on surgeon's leave. He was finally discharged and mustered out of service in December. 1862. Having returned to his home in New Hampshire, Mr. Ross was con- fined for some time in the Convalescent Hospital at Concord, but as soon as he was able again turned
his attention to farm pursuits. For about six years lie lived in Princeton, Massachusetts, then returned to New Hampshire for two years, then back to Princeton, Massachusetts, then returned to New Hampshire for two years, then back to Princeton, thence to Sterling, and from there to Shrewsbury, thirty-four years ago.
Mr. Ross has been married twice. His first wife was his cousin, Jennie C. Ross, born October 29, 1842, died September 20, 1900. She was a daughter of Asa K. and Clarissa P. (Wilson) Ross. His second wife, whom he married in June, 1904, was Abbie M. Bailey, born in Taunton, Massachusetts, in June, 1855. daughter of Joseph E. and Abbie (Leonard) Dean, of Taunton. Children of Harvey M. and Jennie C. Ross: Rosa, deceased ; Emma, married John Welch and died leaving four chil- dren; Jennie, deceased : Mary, deceased; Joseph G., married Nora Greek, of Nova Scotia; William Harvey, died in 1899; two other children died in extreme infancy.
JOHN BLAKE FOBES, a farmer of New Braintree, Massachusetts, since 1872, and in all re- spects a successful, self-made man, was born in the town of Oakham, Massachusetts. June S, 1845. His father was John Fobes, born in Oakham, a son of Peres Fobes and Melissa Nye, his wife. Peres Fobes was born April II, 1783. His son John was a farmer in Petersham and died in that town. His wife was Julia Wood, of New Braintree, a daughter of James and Dorcas Wood.
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