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1736; Joseph, born 1728, died March 7, 1802, aged seventy-four years; Esther, born September 14, 1747; Orlando, born July 29, 1734, died 1805, aged seventy-one years.
(IV) Hezekiah Root, son of Hezekiah Root (3), was born at Northampton, Massachusetts, January 29, 1714. He married Mary ( Bridgman) King, widow. He went to Belchertown, Massachusetts, among the early settlers before 1736 with his brother Orlando. He was a member of the church at the time of the settlement of Rev. Justus Forward in 1756. Their children were: Elisha, born Septem- ber 23, 1744, of whom later ; Hezekiah, studied medi- eine at Worcester and practiced at Northfield, Massa- chusetts : Miriam, died unmarried; Rhoda, married Elijah Holton, of Northfield, Massachusetts.
(V) Elisha Root, son of Hezekiah Root (4). was born at Belchertown, Massachusetts, September 23, 1744. He lived in that town. He was a soldier m the revolution, 1776 and 1777, under Lieutenant James Hubbard. He married, 1766, Mary Cowles, who was born September 23, 1742. He died 1822. 10, 1817, aged seventy-two years; she died 1822. Their children were: Darius, born November 2, 1767, of whom later ; Remembrance, born December 6. 1770, died June 27, 1836. aged sixty-five years ; Electa, born January 23, 1772, married Hezekiah Bush ; Esther, born September 18, 1779, died Novem- ber, 1845, aged sixty-six years.
(VI) Darius Root, son of Elisha Root (5), was born at Belchertown, Massachusetts, November 2, 1767, and removed to Ludlow, Massachusetts. He married. March 21, 1799, Dorcas Sikes, who was born April 13, 1774, and died January, 1826. He married ( second ). December, 1828, Martha Green. He died February 8, 1847, aged seventy-nine years. Children of Darius and Dorcas were: Delia, born December 23. 1799, married. April, 1821, Calvin Talmadge and she died 1859; Eliza, born September 15, 1801, died September 25, 1860; Hezekiah, born February 6, 1803, of whom later; Maria, born No- vember 30. 1804, married, 1827, Olney Goff ; Eunice Smith born July 15, 1806, married, 1835, Herman Booth; Elisha King, born May 10, 1808, died Sep- tember 1. 1865: resided fat Hartford, Connecticut ; was for many years foreman in Colonel Colt's Fire- arms Manufacturing Company, and when Colonel Colt died he was elected president of the corpora- tion and superintendent of the factory ; died Septem- ber r, 1865. at Hartford; married Charlotte R. Cliapin and (second) Matilda Colt; Julia, born January 13, 18to, died young; Emeline, born Jan- mary 1. 1812, died young: Franklin, born April S, 1815.
(VII) Hezekiah Root, son of Darius Root (6), was born at Ludlow, Massachusetts, February 6, ISO3. He lived at Ludlow and was a prosperous manufacturer there. He was active in public affairs and was representative to the general court for three years, from 1862 to 1865. He married (first), 1828, Sally Wetherby, and (second), December 15, 1831, Maria Jeneks. The only child of the first marriage was Josephine. Children of Hezekiah and Maria Root were: George E., born 1835, mar- ried, May 27. 1863, at Springfield, Massachusetts, Adelaide Hyde, daughter of Freeborn C. and Sarah Hyde, born in 1834; Ellen Eliza, William, Charles Benjamin Jencks. of whom later.
(VIII) Charles Benjamin Jencks Root, son of Hezekiah Root (7), was born in Ludlow, Massa- chusetts, 1846. He received his early education in
his native town. In partnership with his father he conducted a general store in Ludlow for several years. After they sold out Mr. Ludlow secured a lucrative position as travelling salesman, for which he seemed especially gifted, and in which he re- mained throughout the active years of his life. He was a singer of unusual talent and became widely known in musieal eireles. In 1880 he removed from Ludlow to Boston and was soloist in some of the leading choirs of the city. He died in Boston in 1901. He married, 1873, Annie Atchinson, of Wil- braham, Massachusetts; she died at Ludlow in 1879, leaving one child, Charles Arthur Root, born Sep- tember 11, 1874, of whom later.
(IX) Charles Arthur Root, son of Charles B. J. Root (8), was born in Ludlow, Massachusetts, September 1I, 1874. He attended the public schools of his native town, and of Charlestown and Chelsea, Massachusetts. He began to work at the age of fifteen in a wholesale meat concern at Groton, Connecticut, but removed after a short time with his parents to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was employed in a wholesale hardware store for a year, when he returned to Ludlow to live with his grandmother. About this time Mr. Root made plans for his future of a more ambitious nature. He went to work in the Hecla Mill at Uxbridge, first in the office, and then, beginning at the bottom he worked his way through all the departments of the woolen mill, became an operative, and in short learned the busi- ness thoroughly from top to bottom. In January, 1900, he made the move he had been planning for years. He got an option on the old Waeantuek mill in Wheelocksville which had been idle for many years. It was out of repair and many of the con- servative business men shook their heads and pre- dicted failure for the young man. But he went ahead, repaired the old mill and started his plant with eight looms, buying his yarns and warps, and producing a superior grade of cotton worsteds, the first of the kind manufactured in Uxbridge. The goods found a ready market. Louis Bechman, an influential commission merchant of New York. ai led Mr. Root materially in getting an outlet for his goods. He agreed to dispose of the goods and en- couraged Mr. Root, in whom he manifested the greatest confidence, to enlarge the capacity of his mill and increase the output. More looms were installed and all the outbuildings as well as the old mill were used and yet the demand outgrew the capacity of the plant. In 1905 a large new mill was built by Mr. Root, but even with the new mill there was a demand for a still larger plant, and Mr. Root has already planned a new corporation with three hundred thousand dollars capital to manufacture the same class of goods. Mr. Root has demonstrated his foresight and business ability, and at Uxbridge and in the textile world his name stands for enter- prise and success, although he is still a young man in years. His pluck and ambition have brought good things to the town of Uxbridge as well as large rewards to himself. It means much to a manu- facturing place to have energetic young men enter the lists as manufacturer and succeed. Mr. Root has not been too busy to do his share in the public service. He has been a member of the school com- mittee and town auditor for several years. In pol- itics he is a Republican and is a member of the Re- publican town committee. He is a past grand master of the Uxbridge Lodge of Odd Fellows and has taken the Knight Templar degree in the Masonic
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order. He is a prominent member of the Common- wealth Club and director of the Nipmuck Canoe
Club. He is a trustee of the Uxbridge Savings
Bank. He is an active member of the Unitarian church and member of the prudential committee.
He married Jane Frances Wheelock, daughter of Charles A. and Jane (Sprague) Wheelock. Octo- ber 12, 1898. They have two children: Doherty, born July 15, 1899; Deborah, October 27, 1904.
EDWIN HUGHES HILL, born in England, September 3. 1834, came to America about 1840. He resided in New York city several years, then removed to Norwich, Connecticut. Came to Wor- cester when about fifteen years old and entered Washburn & Moen wire works as office boy, work- ing his way through various responsible positions until he became foreman of barbed fence wire de- partment. Was an inventor of several valuable patents in barbed wire making. Went to California on a visit in 1884. the year of hisretirement from business. In 1885 and again at various times he made this California trip, and to Tacoma. Seattle and British Columbia. He is a member of Plymouth Church (Congregational). He is a Republican, never active in politics, but very enthusiastic in party. He was a contributor to the Young Men's Christian Association and Independent Order of Odd Fellows home bitilding. and is generously disposed for charitable work. but dislikes making mention of same. He married, June, 1865, Mary Ellen Whit- comb. no issue.
(I) John Whitcomb was the emigrant ancestor of Mrs. Edwin H. Hill, of Worcester, Massachu- setts. He was in Dorchester in 1633, joined the church there in 1635, and his youngest son Josiah, who was the ancestor of Mrs. Hill, born there in 1638. He removed to Scituate in 1640 and bought a farm there. He was admitted a freeman June 3. 1652. He served the town as constable and in other positions of trust and responsibility. He removed to Lancaster. Massachusetts, in 1654. He died September 24, 1662, aged seventy-four years. He married in England, Frances - -, who sur- vived him. Her will was dated May 12. 1671. (For further details of the Whitcomb emigrant ancestor see Whitcomb family sketch elsewhere in this work.) Children of John and Frances Whitcomb were: Catherine. James, John, Robert, Jonathan, Abigail. Job. Josiah. Mary.
(II) Josiah Whitcomb, son of John Whitcomb (I), was born December, 1638. in Dorchester, the youngest son. He went to Scituate with the family and his name is frequently found on the early records. He married, January 4. 1664. in Lancas- ter. Rebecca Waters, daughter of Lawrence and Ann (Linton) Waters, of Watertown, Lancaster and Charlestown. She was born February, 1640. In Queen Anne's war, 1702-1713, he was allowed a garrison on his farm in Lancaster, now Bolton. He was selectman in 1705. He and twenty-nine others signed the church covenant in 1708. . He was a deputy to the general court in 1710. His will was dated March 20. 1718. His widow died 1726. Children of Josiah and Rebecca ( Waters) Whit- comb were: Josiah, born November 12, 1665: Josiah, January 7. 1666-67: David. see forward; Rebecca. November 12, 1671: Johannah. March 8, 1674: Hezekiah, Sentember 1.1. 1681: Deborah. December 26. 1683: Damaris: Mary; Abigail. March 13. 1687-88: Eunice.
(III) David Whitcomb, son of Josiah Whit-
comb (2). was born February 20, 1668. He mar- ried. May 3, 1700, in Concord, Mary ( Hayward) Fairbanks, a widow, who was descended from Re- solved White, who came over with his parents on the "Mayflower." Resolved White was five years old when the Pilgrims landed. His brother, Peregrine White, was the first child born in the Plymouth colony. The first husband of Mary Hay- ward was killed by the Indians, September 4, 1697, and she was taken captive, but was returned on the "Province Galley" from Casco Bay. January 17, 1699. While she lived among the Indians she ac- quired a thorough knowledge of the properties of the medicinal herbs, and she made such good use of her knowledge among her neighbors that she became known as the doctress. David Whitcomb kept the tavern in the southeast part of Bolton. He died April II, 1730. She died January 5, 1734, aged sixty-seven. Their children were: David, Jonathan, Joseph, Rebecca, baptized 1708; Benjamin, baptized November 26, 1710; Simon, baptized March 7. 1713-14.
( IV) Joseph Whitcomb. son of David Whit- comb (3), was born in Lancaster, now Bolton, about 1700. He married Damaris Priest, daughter of John and Anna (Houghton) Priest, of Lancaster, Janu- ary 20, 1725. About 1760 he removed to West Swanzey. New Hampshire, where he built a saw mill and grist mill where the Stratton mills, the box and bucket shops are now located. He bought land there extensively. He was about sixty years old when he settled in New Hampshire. He died in 1792, aged ninety-two years, and was buried at Swanzey. His wife died November 12, 1770. He was a lieutenant at the siege of Louisburg in 1745 in Captain John Warner's company, Colonel Samuel Willard's regiment. He was in the Crown Point expedition in 1755 and was lieutenant of his com- He was captain in 1758 under Colonel Timothy Ruggles during the conquest of Canada. pany.
Children of Joseph and Damaris ( Priest) Whit- comb were: Abigail, born April 13. 1726; Elizabeth, December 3, 1728; Joseph, March 15, 1731-32, was lieutenant in revolution: Benjamin. September 1, 1735, died young ; Damaris, January 7, 1737. died young: Benjamin, September 29, 1738; Jonathan Priest, January 14, 1740, was colonel in the revo- lution: Elisha (twin), October 18. 1742: Eliza- beth (twin), October 18, 1742; Damaris, May 21, 1746: Philemon, October 29, 1748, was general in revolution : Abijah. June 25. 1751 : Anna, 1755.
(V) Elisha Whitcomb, son of Joseph Whitcomb (4). was born October 18, 1742. He had a colonel's commission. He was with the American army in Canada in 1776. at Otter Creek in 1777. He was at the battle of Bunker Hill. He married. Octo- ber 7. 1764. Joanna Whitcomb. of Leominster, Mas- sachusetts. He was very prominent in Swanzey. He was state senator for seven years. He died September 17, 1814. His wife. Joanna (Whitcomb) Whitcomb, died December 27, 1835. Both are buried in Swanzey. Children of Elisha and Joanna ( Whit- comh) Whitcomb were: Elisha, born February 25. 1765: Benjamin, July 28, 1766: Joanna. February 21, 1767: Phebe. March 21. 1769; David, October 29. 1770: Asa, November 10, 1772; Lucy. May 10, 1774: Salmon. March 19. 1776; Josiah. November TO. 1777. died voung; Josiah, 1783: Abigail. 1785: Joseph. September 18. 1788.
(VI) Joseph Whitcomb, son of Colonel Elisha Whitcomb (5), was born in Swanzey. New Hamp- shire, September 18. 1788. He married, April 20,
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18II, Salla Whitcomb, born October 24, 1792. They settled in Swanzey, where he died May II, 1853. His widow died January 7. 1875. She married (see- ond) Stephen Harris. Children of Joseph and Salla (Whitcomb) Whitcomb were: Semira, born Sep- tember 15, 1811, married George W. Lane; Elmer, September 5. 1813, died August 21, 1879, at Malone, New York ; Lovisa, May 15, 1815, married Aquila Ramsdell; Anliza, November 12, 1816, married William Tenney, of Marlboro, New Hampshire; she died January 2, 1875; Nancy, March 10, 1818, married Willard Hall, of Worcester : she died April 14. 1878; Martha Carter, June 16, 1819, married C. G. Ramsdell ; Calvin, November 2, 1821, lied May 13, 1833: Joseph, June 15, 1824, died in California, unmarried ; Sarah E., September 30, 1826; Fostina Maria, July 20, 1830, married Wesley Ballou ; mar- ried (second) Henry Dawson. May 25, 1861, at Keene, New Hampshire (born at Belmont, Lancashire, England, March 29, 1841) ; she died June 1, 1886; John Sabin, February 19, 1833, died August 8, 1854, unmarried: Calvin Munroe, May 29, 1835: Mary Ellen, March 10, 1839, married Ed- win H. Hill, of Worcester, Massachusetts, June, I865. No issue.
BROOKS FAMILY. Captain Thomas Brooks (1) was the immigrant ancestor of John Hapgood Brook:, of Worcester. He came over according to some authorities in April, 1635, in the ship "Susan and Ellen," but, if so, his age was not recorded correctly. It is given as eighteen years, but these age records are seldom correct. He was admitted a free- man the following year, and therefore he must have been over twenty-one and some of his children must have been born in England. He himself must have been born about 1610, not later. He was admitted a freeman at Watertown, where he settled first, December 7, 1636. He probably came from London. He had a grant of land in 1636 of the Beaver Brook plow lands. Soon afterwards he removed to Con- cord. Massachusetts, and became one of the most prominent citizens of the colony. He was ap- pointed constable of Concord by the general court, December 4, 1638. He was deputy to the general court in 1642-43-44 and for four years after 1650. In 1640 he was appraiser of horses, cattle, etc., for the purposes of taxation. In 1657 he was appointed commissioner to carry on the fur trade with the Indians, ete., at Concord. In 1660 he and Timothy Wheeler bought four hundred acres of land at Med- ford, two-thirds of which belonged to Brooks. After the death of his wife he sold his house, Oc- tober 22, 1664. He was captain of the Concord company in active service. He died May 21, 1667, at Concord. His wife Grace died May 12, 1664.
Their children were: Hannah, born in England, married, December 13, 1647, Thomas Fox ; Joshua, married Hannah Mason, daughter of the celebrated Captain Ilugh Mason; Caleb, born 1632, married, April 10, 1660, Susan Atkinson, born 1641, died 1668, daughter of Thomas Atkinson ; married ( sec- ond) Hannah Atkinson, sister of first wife; Ger- shom, married. March 12, 1667. Hannah Eekels, daughter of Richard and Mary Eckels: Mary, wife of Captain Timothy Wheeler, died October 4, 1693; Thomas.
(11) Joshua Brooks, son of Captain Thomas Brooks (1), was born in England about 1630. He was admitted a freeman at Concord. in 1652. He was a farmer and settled in the south part of Concord, Massachusetts, which part of the town became Lin-
coln. He sold the estate he owned at Medford to his brother Caleb. He married, October 17, 1653, Hannah Mason, daughter of Captain Hugh Mason, and probably learned the fur trade of his father-in- law. The children of Joshua and Hannah Brooks were: John, born 1657, died May 18, 1697: Noah, born 1666, died February 1, 1739; married Dorothy Potter; Grace, born March 10, 1660-61, died 1753; married, 1686, Judah Potter ; Daniel, born November 15. 1663, see forward; Thomas, born May 5, 1666, died September 9, 1671; Esther, born July 4, 1668, died 1742; married Benjamin Whittemore; Eliza- beth, born December 16, 1672; Job, born July 26, 1675, died May 18, 1697; Hugh, born January I, 1677, died January 18, 1746; married Abigail Barker; Joseph, born 1681, died September, 1759; married Rebecca Blodgett ; Hannalı, married Ben- jamin Pierce.
(III) Daniel Brooks, son of Joshua Brooks (2), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, Novem- ber 15. 1663. and died there October 18, 1733. His will dated January 6, 1728-29, names wife Anna, son John, daughter Mary Wheeler, daughter Anna Jones ; sons Samuel and Job. Bond has added the children of Daniel, Jr., and wife Anna to those of this Daniel. Daniel Brooks married, August 9, 1692, Anna Merriam, who was born in Concord in 1669 and died in 1751, daughter of John and Mary ( Cooper ) Merriam. The children of Daniel and Anna Brooks, all born at Concord, were: Daniel, born June 5. 1693, died same day ; Samuel, horn May 5, 1604: Anna. born February 21, 1695-96; Job, born April 16, 1698; Mary, born March 2, 1699-1700; John, born February 12, 1701-02, see forward.
(IV) John Brooks, son of Daniel Brooks (3), was born at Concord, Massachusetts, February 12, 1701-02. He also settled in Concord. His wife was Lydia - and their children were: John, born in Concord, December 17. 1728; Samuel. born March 16, 1729-30; Charles, see forward; Lydia, born May 7, 1734.
(V) Charles Brooks, son of John Brooks (4), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, April 6. 1732, and died in Princeton, March 8, 1798, aged sixty- six years. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Joseph Sargent's company, Colonel Spar- hawk's regiment on the Lexington Alarm, march- ing April 20, 1775. He became a settler in Prince- ton about the time of his marriage. He is called lieutenant on the public records, thus establishing his military rank. He was a prominent man in town affairs, was treasurer in 1778, selectman from 1774 to 1780 during the difficult period of the revolution. Besides Charles Brooks several. relatives from Con- cord settled in Princeton-Enoch and David among the old settlers. Lieutenant Brooks died at Prince- ton, March 8, 1798, aged sixty-six years. He mar- ried Mary -, who died August 16, 1808. She was born in 1740. Their children, born in Prince- ton, were: Louisa, October 3, 1768; James, Decem- ber 16. 1770, married. October 30. 1794. Lydia Tem- ple, of Boylston, and they had nine children; Abi- gail, September 2, 1773, died September 13, 1806: married, September 19, 1793, Joshua Temple, of Boylston ; Charles. July 2, 1776, married (intentions September 20), 1803, Anna Bartlett, of Rutland; John Hapgood, May 13. 1779, see forward: Calvin, April 9. 1782, married (intentions May 3), 1806, Elizabeth Bartlett, of Rutland; Luey, December 15, 1785. died March 5, 1820; married, March 29, 1808, Joshua Temple ; Samuel, May 22, 1790.
(VI) Jolin Hapgood Brooks, son of Charles
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Brooks (5), was born in Princeton, Massachu- setts, May 13, 1779. He received his education in the district schools of that town, and after leaving school served an apprenticeship of seven years in the blacksmith trade, becoming a very skillful and well-known mechanic. He followed this trade through life. His blacksmith shop was situated near the present Brooks Station on the Boston & Maine Railroad, and he owned a large farm also and conducted that in addition to his shop. He and his brother Jonas were neighbors and the neighborhood came to be called for them "Brooks." All of the buildings on John Hapgood Brooks' farm have been burned or torn down, He died October 18, 1864, in Princeton. Mr. Brooks was an earnest Methodist and in later years, on account of his piety and fervor in religion, he was called "Father John." He was especially prominent at camp meeting in Sterling, where famous gatherings used to be held every summer. In politics he was a Whig, later a Republican. He trained with the militia when a young man.
He married (intentions dated April 11), 1802, Tabitha Lovell, of Holden. She died September 26, 1863. Their children, all born in Princeton, were: Lovell, October 25, 1806, died February 14, 1834; John Hapgood, January 3, 1809, see for- ward; Roxa, May 26, 18II, married, January 3, 1833, Wilks Roper, in Princeton ; James Townsend, February 9, 1814, died September 20, 1826; Tabitha, April 5, 1818, married (intentions dated April 23), 1842, Stedman Wright, of Hubbardston; William Goodell, January 31, 1823, married, March 25, 1847, aged twenty-four years, Eliza Ann Gill; James Oliver, March 26, 1829,
(VII) John Hapgood Brooks, son of John Hap- good Brooks (6), was born in Princeton, Massa- chusetts, January 3, 1809. He attended the public schools and fitted for college with the intention of studying for the ministry. He entered college, but had to abandon his course because of ill health. He taught school for a few winter terms. He had some skill as a mechanic and entered the employ of a Boston house, setting up machinery. fn 1837 he removed to Worcester and worked on the Squire Silas Brooks place at Greendale, but soon removed to Northville, to what is now called Chadwick Square. and bought the farm known as the Calvin and Mason Brigham place. Soon afterward he built the blacksmith shop which is still standing at the junetion of Grove and Boylston street. He owned and occupied at various times several houses in the vicinity, including that now occupied by Alden H. Sears. He sold the last named place to his brother, James Oliver Brooks. In 1856 he moved to the farm he had previously bought of Jonathan Nelson in 1850, consisting of some hundred acres of the old Nelson place. He sold his old blacksmith shop to his brother. James Oliver Brooks, and built a new one in 1858. just below his house on the Nel- son place. At this shop he carried on his black- smithing business until his death. Mr. Brooks was prominent in city affairs. He was a Republican in polities, and represented his ward in the common council of the city of Worcester. He was repre- sentative to the general court of 1856. He was an active member of the old Union Congregational Church and later of the Central Congregational Church, of which he was deacon for many years and superintendent of its Sunday school. He was a member of the Worcester County Mechanics' As- sociation, the Worcester Agricultural Society, the
Worcester Horticultural Society. He used to train. with the state militia when a young man.
He married (first), April 9, 1837, at Dedham, Massachusetts, Olive Ellis Morse, who was born July 11, 1816, daughter of Lewis and Nabby ( Fisher ) Morse, of Dedham. She died November 18, 1871. He married ( second) Lydia Eveline Keyes, daughter of Jonathan Keyes, of West Boyls- ton, (See sketch of the Keyes family.) Children of John Hapgood and Oliver Ellis Brooks were: Mary Caroline, born at Worcester, March 29, 1838, married, January 31, 1860, Emerson Paine Knight, of West Boylston, and they had three children- Harry Brooks, Frank Emerson, born May 16, 1862; Mary Winslow Knight, born May 29, 1867; Lewis Morse, born December 2, 1841, enlisted in Company C, Thirty-sixth Massachusetts Volunteers, and died in the service of disease, at Cincinnati, Ohio. John Elliot, born at Worcester, February 27, 1844, died October 19, 1846. Abbie Frances, born in Wor- cester, July 17, 1847, died September 6, 1848. John. Hapgood, born May 9, 1849, see forward. Albert Hopkins, born October 5, 1851, died July 31, 1871. Alice Lydia, born March 3, 1854, died August 24, 1871. The only child of John Hapgood and Lydia Brooks was: Albert Raymond, born in Worcester, January 22, 1878, married, October 10, 1899, Jo- sephine Stowell, of Worcester.
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