Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. IV, Part 101

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 710


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( VIII) John Hapgood Brooks, son of John Hap- good Brooks (7), was born in Worcester, May 9, 1849. He attended the public schools of Worcester and two years at Worcester Academy. He helped his. father on the farm while he was in school and after- ward. He learned the trade of blacksmith and worked with his father in his shop. He continued as a journeyman with his father after he came of age. In 1875 he leased the farm and his father devoted all his time to the blacksmith shop. Later the son bought an undivided interest and also leased his father's interest as long as his father lived. Mr. Brooks established an extensive milk route, which he still owns. He bought out the other heirs after his father's death and is the sole owner of a very valuable and productive estate; it is located on the road to Holden and comprises at present about eighty acres of well tilled land. Some of the original farm has been sold by Mr. Brooks. Mr. Brooks is the oldest living male member of the Cen- tral Congregational Church of Worcester. In poli- tics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Worcester Agricultural Society, and he and his wife are members of the United Order of the Golden Cross.


He married, October 2, 1872, Ella Danelia Ball, who was horn October 2, 1851, at Holden, Massa- chusetts, the daughter of Israel Manning and Mary Dickerman (Newton) Ball. Her father was a school teacher and farmer. The children of John Hap- good and Ella Danelia Brooks are: Herbert Will- iams, born April 26, 1874. died February 19, 1875; Olive Marion, born October 11, 1875, is a music teacher and resides at home with her parents: John Hapgood, Jr., born February II, 1878, graduated from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute as civil engineer in class of 1900. He was then employed: by the Northern Pacific Railroad, reaching the posi- tion of road master, and remaining until May, 1905. He was then employed with a contracting firm until October, 1906. when he went to Alaska, where he is now in the employ of the Alaska Central Rail- road Company as civil engineer. He married Mary E. Jewett, of Worcester. Alice Warren, born Au-


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gust 24, 1879, married Walter Fuller, of Worcester, graduate of the Polytechnic Institute of Worcester and Georgetown University, law department, class of 1904, and resides in Chicago. Ida Louise, born May 5, 1881, resides at home with parents. Lewis Manning, born December 7, 1882, married Ava Murphy, of Worcester ; he is a farmer. Hazel New- ton, born January 15, 1887, attends high school. Arthur Lovell, born March 26, 1885, died April 2, 1885. Roger Emerson, born March 12, 1891, student in the public schools. All of the foregoing were born in Worcester.


THOMAS JEFFERSON HARRINGTON, de- ceased, who was for many years prominently identi- fied with the manufacturing and financial interests 01 Millbury, Worcester county, Massachusetts, was a representative of a family which had been set- tled in the state of Massachusetts for many years.


Noah Harrington, father of Thomas Jefferson Harrington, in association with his brother Samuel was engaged in the hotel business in Boston, con- dueting the house formerly known as the Exchange Hotel, and there they acquired some property. Noah resided in Shrewsbury for a short time, but he and his brother shortly after came to Worcester, where they purchased a farm in the easterly part of the town. On account of the many roads and highways which have been laid out in this sec- tion of the town, many of the farms have been divided up for building lots. Each of these two brothers was the father of ten children, most of whom lived to middle age, and a number of them to far beyond that period of life. The oldest son of Noah Harrington, William, was the builder of "Harrington's Corner," and lived to the advanced age of eighty-three years. Another son was Thomas Jefferson.


Thomas Jefferson Harrington, son of Noah Har- rington, was born in Worcester, Worcester county, Massachusetts, January 26, 1804. He was educated in the public schools of Worcester, but desiring to learn some mechanical trade went to Millbury in the year 1826. there being a gun factory in that town which was then owned and operated by Asa Waters, a contractor for the building of muskets for the government. His older brother was em- ployed at this place and he had a brother-in-law, who was a gunsmith and sith-contractor. He found no difficulty in obtaining employment in the factory of Mr. Waters, and he rapidly rose to positions of trust and responsibility. Mr. Harrington was ad- mitted to membership in the firm of A. H. Waters .& Company in 1831, at which time they were manu- facturing guns in the armory. The firm built what is now ( 1006) known as the Millbury Cotton Mills in 1843, and began the manufacture of cotton goods, but the partnership was dissolved in 1867 and a stock company was organized, consisting of Benja- min Flagg, Thomas J. Harrington and George A. Flagg. The firm condneted business under the firm name of the Millbury Cotton Mills. Mr. Harrington sokl out his interest in this concern to the other members of the firm in 1874. He was also a stock- holder in the Atlantic Woolen Mills, which com- menced operations in 1866, and was president of the Millbury Savings Bank. He was a Republican in politics and had held many town offices with great benefit to the community, among them being that of town clerk from 1843 to 1849. He never sought public office, but held it to be the duty of every good citizen not to shirk public responsibility if the


needs of the community seemed to have a claim upon his time and services. He was a man of quiet and retiring habits, and devoted to the interests of his family and his home. He died, July 5, 1888, after a long illness brought on by the infirmities of old age.


lle married Eliza, daughter of the late Deacon Elijajh Waters, and niece of Asa Waters, Esq. She was possessed of uncommon intelligence and educa- tion for those early days, and was engaged as a school teacher for a number of years. Her ex- cellent business qualifications enabled her to be of decided assistance to her husband in many of his business undertakings, and her many virtues were highly esteemed by her family and friends. Her death occurred December 22, 1876, at the age of seventy-eight and one-half years. Mr. and Mrs. Harrington had four children : A son and a daugh- ter who died in childhood; Sophia Elizabeth, who, after the death of her mother, was at the head of her father's household, and cared for his declining years; and Frances Jane, who married Hiram Foster Cary, and now resides in Millbury, Massa- chusetts.


GLINES FAMILY. William Glines (1), the immigrant ancestor of Charles Henry Glines, later of Leominster, Massachusetts, settled at Canterbury, New Hampshire. The first record of him in this country was at Oyster River (Dover), New Ilamp- shire. He must have been a freeholder there and probably already married when, February 20, 1715-16, his name appears on a list of the inhabitants of Oyster Bay who appointed a committee to confer about church matters with their neighbors at the head of the river. That was before any Scotch- Irish came to New Hampshire. The name Glines is probably the English name Glynn and Glynne, sometimes Glinn and Glin. It is a common trick to add "s" to a surname, as Hill and Hills, Hay and Hays, Pitt and Pitts. Staple and Staples, and hun- dreds of other similar cases.


There was a John Glines in Dover, probably a brother of William. John "Gline" married "Marey" Basford, November 27. 1728. William Gline or Glines was probably born in England about 1690, and was doubtless a seafaring man in early life.


Among the children of William Glines were: I. William, horn 1736, see forward. 2. James, was a soldier in the revolution. 3. John, was a hunter and trapper, soldier in the revolution. 4. Israel, born ahont 1715, married at Canterbury, May 5, 1778, Molly Virgin, daughter of Ebenezer Virgin, Jr., of Concord, New Hampshire; was a soldier in the revolution and drew a pension late in life ; when (Id settled in Rumford, Maine: he and his wife had children-Ebenezer, carpenter, killed in raising building at Enton hill, Rumford: Jeremiah, Con- gregational minister, died at Lunenburg, Vermont ; Chandler, born 1779. married Betsey Davis, of Con- cord. New Hampshire: Timothy, married, 1819, Sally Barker and had a family at Bethel, Maine, where he died : Daniel. married (first) Betsey Rolfe; ( second) Mary Sweet: Polly, married Nathaniel Rolfe. of Rumford : Sally, married Aaron Stevens, of Rumford. 5. Nathaniel. born December, 17.44. married. September 23. 1763, Elizabeth Moore. of Canterbury ( see page 597, vol. iv, Granite Monthly), and their children. all born at Canterbury, were- Lidia, born December 23, 1764: Jndah, born April 20. 1767: Rhoda. horn September 27, 1769: Abner, born March 12, 1772: Obadiah. born May 4, 1774 ;.


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Nathaniel, born March 13. 1777: Samuel, born No- vember 4. 1780: Jeremiah, born November 21, 1783; Elizabeth, born February 5. 1786; Polly, born 1788. While Nathaniel was away in the revolution this large family had to be helped by the towns, and the bills for their provisions are published in the history of the town.


Benjamin Glines, Eli Glines, and Robert Glines, also soldiers in the revolution, belonged to this family and were sons or grandsons of John or Will- iam Glines, the pioneers. The Northfield history says that John and Israel Glines, named above, were great hunters and trappers, and used often to go to northern New Hampshire and perhaps settled there. The families of Nathaniel and Israel are given above. Israel lived at London, New Hamp- shire. The two trappers gave their names to two prominent rivers in New Hampshire, "The Johns," a tributary to the Connecticut river at Dalton, New Hampshire, and the Israel river, a branch of the Johns at Jefferson, New Hampshire. The name is common in Coos county, New Hampshire.


The town of Canterbury was settled by William Glines and other hardy pioneers before it was in- corporated May 20, 1727. It was named for Canter- bury. England. 'The ancestors of Colonel William A. Gile, of Worcester, settled there and in North- field, part of Canterbury, until 1780. Among the earliest settlers, neighbors of Glines, were: Thomas, Jeremiah and Ephraim Clough, James Gibson, Jo- seph Symonds, John Moor, Samuel Sias, Samuel Shepherd, Josiah Miles, Richard Blanchard, Samuel Ames. Deacon Ezekiel Morrill, Thomas Young, James Scales (H. C. 1733).


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(II) William Glines, son of William Glines (1), was born in Canterbury, New Hampshire, in 1736. He was a soldier in the revolution. He responded to the Lexington call to arms in April, 1775. and served until his company came home in August, probably being at Bunker Hill. He was under Captain Ebenezer Webster, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Gerrish, at Ticonderoga alarm in 1777. In 17ST he served in the company of Captain Ebenezer Frye, regiment of Colonel Cilley, enlisting for three years. His son Benjamin went into the army with him when he was sixteen. He lived in the house later owned and occupied by Colonel Matthias Moore. Glines died March 28, 1830, at the age of about ninety-four years. He married Elizabeth Blanchard. of the north fields, (now Northfield) about 1761. Their children were: 1. Benjamin. born March 13, 1764, see forward. 2. John, born 1766, married Susan McDaniel. born 1767, and they had one son MeDaniel : John died August 13, 1825; Susan. December 19, 1804. 3. Job, born 1769, mar- ried Mary Dearborn, of Northfield, and had ten children: Job died October 1, 1832; his wife Sep- tember 19. 186; he owned No. 9 of the Gospel lots. 4 Martha ( Patty), born at Canterbury, married (published February 16). 1804. Nehemiah MeDaniel and lived on the main road near the lower railroad crossing. 5. Azubah, born at Canterbury, married. February 16, 1804 (published January 7). John Han- naford, of Northfield. and had several children. 6. Jonathan, married Fannie Calef and had several children. 7. Abraham, born at Canterbury, 1771, married ( second ) Mrs. Presby : he died at North- field. December 26, 1856. 8. Isaac, born at Canter- bury, 1778, married (first ) Nabby McDaniel, of Northfield, February 26, 1805, and had five children ; married ( second ) Mrs. Polly Wadleigh Fullonton, born November 27, 1790, at Northfield : all his chil-


dren by the first wife were born at Salem, Massa- chusetts, where he was a builder and owner of fine buildings; he learned his trade at Austin's cele- brated cabinet shop; returned to Northfield to live in 1836; had eight children; he died June 9, 1861, and she in the very room in which she was born, March 28, 1872.


( III ) Benjamin Glines, son of William Glines (2). was born in Canterbury, New Hampshire, March 13, 1764. He settled in Northfield, formerly Canterbury, and built a house on the place now being unproved by Frank S. Tilton. It is on the main road near the head of Sondogardy pond. He went to war with his father in the revolution when only sixteen years of age. He was in Colonel Cil- ley's regiment with his father. He was drafted into the service during the war of 1812, and not even allowed to go home before leaving for the front. He died in the service at Plattsburg in 1813. For his revolutionary service he received a bounty of twenty bushels of corn. He carried the old Dear- born musket in the later war. This gun was cap- tured by Shubael Dearborn, of Northfield, in King George's war at Louisburg. Shubael Dearborn, Jr. was given the musket by his father when the revo- lution broke out. It was bright and in good order and he was told by the veteran to use it for his country, and should he live to return, to bring it back in good order. The son obeyed and brought it home as good as new. Benjamin Glines was the father of Mrs. Shubael Dearborn, the third of the name. The gun is now owned by Shubael Dear- born, of Concord, New Hampshire, one hundred and sixty years after its capture, having served with honor in the hands of its owners in three wars.


Benjamin Glines married, September IS, 1787, Love Leavitt, born May 26, 1768, died March 20, 1848. Their children were: I. Jeremiah, born July 15, 1788, died January, 1815. 2. Sally, born July 12, 1790, married Shubael Dearborn, 1817, and had eight children. 3. James, born July 12, 1792. see forward. 4. Jonathan, born October 24, 1794, mar- ried, January. 1815, Betsey Gile, of Northfield, and had two sons: he was killed by a falling tree July 5, 1826. 5. John, born January 29, 1797, died of typhoid fever in Boston, September 19, 1825. 6. David, born May 20, 1800, married, May 21, 1823, Matilda Rowe, of Guilford, born February 5, 1805, died June 15, 1857; resided with his brother Oba- diah on the main road until he removed to Gray, Maine, where he died October, 1872. 7. Statira, twin of David, married, April, 1822, Smith Jewett, of Laconia ; she died July 20, 1880. 8. Polly, born October 12, 1801, married, December 2. - , Shu- bael Glines, son of Job Glines; he died December 19, 1878; she at the age of ninety-eight years, Jan- uary 22, 1899: resided in Northfield. 9. Obadiah, born February 9, 1804, married, May 26, 1836, Mary Ann Plummer, of Northfield, born December 12, 1813, died February 22, 1871: married (second) Lucy Watson. of Boscawen, who survived him a few weeks: he died March 20, 1893.


(IV) James Glines, son of Benjamin Glines (3). was born at Northfield, New Hampshire, July 12. 1702. He was called "Elder James" or "Elder Jim." He settled in Canterbury near the Shaker settle- ment. He married Hannah Glines, daughter of Jonathan and Fannie (Calif) Glines. Their farm was in what was called Hackleboro. Canterbury. He died January 30, 1881. They had eleven chil- dren, nine of whom grew to maturity. Among this number was Charles H., see forward.


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(V) Charles Henry Glines, son of James Glines (4), was born in Canterbury, New Hampshire, Sep- tember 16, 1842. He received his education in the public schools, which he attended during the winter terms, working among the farmers of the neighbor- hood during the summer months. At the age of eighteen he went to Pennacook, New Hampshire, and worked for a year in a cabinet maker's shop. He left this position to enlist, at nineteen years of age, when the war broke out. He was in Company G. Fifteenth Regiment. He was in engagements at New Orleans and under General Banks .. At the close of the war Mr. Glines went home and was sick one year. He then removed to Pennacook, New Hampshire, after which he went to Leominster and. remained a number of years. In 1867 he went into business for himself in Fitch- burg, Massachusetts, but owing to misrepresenta- tions he lost money in business and sold out. He worked for several years afterward for Bishop & Hogan, cabinet makers, and in 1874 removed to Leominster, where he had a lucrative position in the shell comb factory of George T. Lincoln. After a year he entered a partnership with Mr. Leonard, of Leominster, under the firm name of Glines & Leonard, house painters and decorators, but after a year withdrew from the firm on account of ill health. He then went to farming on a farm that he bought on Pearl hill, Fitchburg, of Emily Wis- well. He lived there about five years, and re- moved in the spring of 1883 to Leominster. He made a trip to California, starting May 7, 1883, and returning June 30. He then went into business with Mr. Stratton, of Leominster, as the proprietor of a skating rink at the time that roller skating first became popular and they had a profitable busi- ness. Fle had to retire on account of his health. however. and shortly afterward died. The date of his death was November 2, 1888. He was buried in Evergreen cemetery in Leominster. He was a man of kindly nature, of pleasing personality, and of sterling qualities. He gave the best years of his life to his country and sacrificed his health during the civil war. He maintained the long and honor- able record of the family in the wars of their country, as indicated in this sketch. Few families have such a military record as that of Mr. Glines and his ancestors. He was a member of the Leom- inster Post. Grand Army of the Republic. In poli- tics Mr. Glines was a Republican and in religion a Unitarian. He was a Free Mason, member of Wilder Lodge of Leominster, and at one time was the steward. He belonged also to the Ancient Order of United Workmen.


He married. September 16, 1866, Sophronia Goodwin Merrill, daughter of Nehemiah Merrill, of Leominster. Her father was a comb maker, was called best horn pressman in the country, and had an extensive business in Leominster. Child of Charles 11. and Sophronia G. Glines is Edna Brown- ing. born September 22, 1873, in Leominster, mar- ried, June 14. 1893, Jary Augustus Woodward, of Leominster ; they have three children-Hazel Jane Woodward, horn in Leominster, December 9, 1804; Harold Glines Martin Woodward, born in Leom- inster. September 22. 1897: Guy Henry Woodward, born in Lunenburg, May 3, 1906.


CHIARLES CUTLER. (1) John Cutler. the immigrant ancestor of Charles Cutler, of Worcester, came originally froni Sprowston, now Sprauston, two miles north of Norwich and eight miles south


of Hingham, county Norfolk, England. He came- to Hingham in New England probably on the ship. Rose of Yarmouth, William Andrews, master, which sailed April 18, 1637. His home lot was as- signed to him in Hingham, June 10, 1637. It con- sisted of five acres on the south side of Town street. With him came his wife Mary, seven children and a servant. Cutler died in Hingham about a year after he came over, leaving six or seven young children. His sons were probably cared for by Deacon Robert Cutler. of Charlestown. doubtless a relative. His widow married Thomas Hewett, of Hingham. The children of John and Mary Cutler were: Henry, died before 1670; John, Jr., born 1625, in England: Samuel, born 1629, died 1700; Nathaniel, born in England, 1630, died 1724. aged ninety-four years; Thomas. . see forward; Hannah, born in England, married. November 6, 1654, Onesi- ferous Marsh.


(II) Thomas Cutler, fifth child of John Cutler (I), was born in England about 1633. Early in life he resided in Reading, but later settled in that part of Charlestown later called Stoneham. His home was a few rods east of the present main road from Stoneham to Wakefield within Charlestown, but eight miles from the then village and less than one mile from' South Reading, now Wakefield, wherefore the records of birth at Reading. The old farm remained in the Cutler family until 1820, and is still called the Cutler or Doyle place. He married, March 19, 1659, Mary Giles, daughter of Edward and Bridget Giles, of Salem, Massachu- setts. She married ( second) ferry. Her will is dated January 14, 1679. He died December 7. 1683. at Charlestown, and his widow married (third). June 20, 1684, Matthew Smith, Sr. The children of Thomas and Mary Cutler were: Thomas, see forward; Mary, born October 24. 1663. married Nathaniel Smith ; Sarah, born November 23. 1666, married William Eustis; Ruth. born, Feb- ruary 2, 1668. married John Smith, Jr. ; David, born February 22, 1670; Jonathan, born January 14, 1677. (III) Thomas Cutler. eldest child of Thomas Cutler (2), was horn in the part of Charlestown later Stoneham, February 24, 1660. He subscribed to the fund for the first church at Stoneham in 1725. He married, December 20. 1685. Elizabeth Felch, daughter of Henry Felch, Jr., of Reading. He mar- ried (second) Hannah -. He died November 7. 1732, aged seventy-two years. The births of all their children were recorded in the nearest town, Reading, viz: Thomas, born March 3, 1601: Eliza- beth, born June 7. 1692, died July 2, 1713: Hannah, horn June 25. 1696, died May 27, 1729, at Stoneham ; Mary. horn August 28, 1698, married Samuel Hard- ing: Ebenezer. see forward: Ruth, born 1704, died' March II, 1766.


(IV) Ebenezer Cutler, fifth child of Thomas Cutler (3), was horn in Charlestown, later called' Stoneham, November 17. 1700. He was taxed in Stoneham, 1724, but in 1725 removed to Shrews- bury, Massachusetts. He married Abigail Felch, of Reading. Their farm was near the Grafton line and they worshipped at Grafton. He signed a peti- tion November 29. 1741, to be set off from Shrews- bury to Grafton: the petition was granted by the general court. January 7. 1742. His will is dated February 2, 1779, and was proved March 1. 1779. Owing probably to disturbed money values during the revolution his estate was valued at the un- usually large sum of eight thousand nine hundred and sixty-two pounds.


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The children of Ebenezer and Abigail Cutler, all born in Shrewsbury, were: Ebenezer, born Au- gust 23, 1729, died August 23, 1819: Abigail, born May 28, 1731, died unmarried about 1778; Eliza- beth, born October 9, 1732, died April 24, 1765; Thomas, born 1735, died January 9, 1736; Jonathan, see forward; David, born September 7, 1737, died about 1779. probably unmarried ; Moses, born Feb- ruary 16, 1739; died about 1808; Mary, born April 25, 1740, died probably before 1784.


(V) Jonathan Cutler, fifth child of Ebenezer Cutler (4), was born in Shrewsbury, Massachu- setts, May 1, 1736. He married at Marlboro, Massa- chusetts, March 1, 1761, Deliverance Hathorn, who died October 18. 1818. aged eighty-three years. Jonathan Cutler settled on a farm in the north part of Shrewsbury, deeded to him by his father. He died there August 28, 1800. Their children : Nathaniel, see forward: Elizabeth, born April 21, 1767, died unmarried June 11, 1830; Thomas, born August 6. 1769. died in Pittsford, Vermont, Au- gust 18, 1819: Sarah, born September 30, 1771, mar- ried Patrick Delaney, May 14, 1795; Lydia, born January 4. 1774, resided at Pittsford, Vermont, in 1805, with brother Thomas; married, 1836, Amasa Weca: Joel, born September 28, 1776, died about 1846: Patty, born September 15, 1780.


(VI) Nathaniel Cutler, eldest child of Jonathan Cutler (5), was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, April 2. 1765. He married Lucinda Carroll, of Ward (Auburn), September 22, 1803. Late in life he was eccentric and lived a hermit life in Shrews- bury, Massachusetts, for several years. He died there October 7, 1833. His only child was: Charles, born about 1805, sce forward.


(VII) Charles Cutler, only son of Nathaniel Cutler (6), was born at Shrewsbury, Massachu- setts. aboutt 1805. He married, at Holden, Massa- chusetts, December 1. 1836, Sarah Bachellor (See Holden records. Given Dickinson in Cutler gene- alogy). She died at Holden, August 30 .. 1839, aged twenty-three years. He married (second), at Pax- ton, September 1. 1840, Paulina Kent, of Paxton, of the Leicester Kent family. He settled on a farm in Holden and died there in 1850. Charles and Sarah (Bachellor) Cutler had one child: Julia Maria, born in Holden, August 4, 1838; married, April 25. 1859, Dexter Heminway, of Shrewsbury ; died December, 1881. The children of Charles and Paulina (Kent) Cutler were: George Edwin, born in Holden. May 18. 1841. enlisted in the Fourth Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, Company E, and died of pneumonia contracted in the service, in 1864: he was unmarried; Charles, Jr., see forward. (VIII) Charles Cutler, third child of Charles Cutler (7), was born in Holden Massachusetts, October 31, 1844. His father died when he was but six years old, and he then removed to Worcester and went to school there. His education, however, was a very limited one, consisting of attendance at the common schools for three months during the winter, the remainder of the year being occupied with working on the farm. At the age of seven years he was bound out to a farmer for three years. At the end of two and a half years he hired out his services for five dollars per month, and followed farming until the time of his enlistment in 1864. In this year he enlisted in Company D, Fourth Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, which was organ- ized as an infantry company, then changed to heavy artillery, and recruited from one hundred to one




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