Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. IV, Part 14

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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LUNT FAMILY. Henry Lunt (1), the immi- grant ancestor of Henry T. Page, of Fitchburg, through his mother, Susan Maria (Lunt) Page, sailed from England in the "Mary and John" of London, March 26, 1633; settled in Newbury, Mass- achusetts, 1635, and was admitted a freeman there May 2, 1638. He was one of the proprietors. He died July 10, 1662; his will was proved September 30, 1662. His widow Anna married (second) Joseph Hills, previously of Malden, Massachusetts. (See Hills Family). Henry Lunt is believed to be the son of Henry Lunt, in England. He is buried in the graveyard of the First Parish Church at New- buryport. Children of Henry and Anna Lunt : I. Sarah, born November 8, 1630. 2. Daniel, men- tioned below. 3. John, born November 30, 16.43. 4. Priscilla, February 16, 1646. 5. Mary, July 13. 1648. 6. Elizabeth, December 29, 1650. 7. Ensign Henry, February 20, 1653.

(II) Daniel Lunt, seeond child of Henry Lunt (I), born in Newbury, Massachusetts, May 17, 1641, married, May 16, 1664, Hannah Coker, daughter of Robert Coker. She was born January 15, 1645, and died January 29, 1679, aged thirty-four years. He married (second) Mary Moody, granddaughter of Captain John Cutting, a very prominent pioneer of Watertown and Newburyport. Daniel Lunt died January 26, 1702. Children of Daniel and Hannalı Lunt : 1. Hannah, born May 17, 1665. 2. Daniel, May 1, 1667. 3. Henry, mentioned below. 4. Jolin, January 10, 1672. 5. Sarah. June 18, 1674. 6. Mary, July 24. 1677. Children of Daniel and Mary Lunt : 7. Joseph, March 4, 1681. 8. Anna, January 28, 1683. 9. Benjamin, March 15, 1686.

(111) Henry Lunt, Jr., son of Daniel Lunt (2), was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, June 23, 1669. His children: 1. Daniel, born June 15, 1695. 2. Benjamin, June 21, 1700. 3. Henry. 4. Johnson. August 12, 1704. 5. Abner. 6. Sarah.

(IV) Abner Lunt, son of Henry Lunt, Jr., (3). born in Newburyport, 1706; married, May 6, 1720. Hannah Stickney. Their children. I. Hannah, February 17, 1727. 2. Sarah, September 14, 1730. 3. Abner.

(V) Abner Lunt, son of Abner Lunt (4), born in Newburyport, July 25, 1732; married, April 19, 1751, Miriam, daughter of Benjamin Coffin ; she was born August 22, 1732, descendant of Tristan Cof- fin, the pioneer ancestor of the Coffin family of that section. (Miriam 5: Benjamin, 4; Stephen, 3: Tristam, Jr., 2; Tristam, I ). Abner Lunt died at

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sea, aged fifty-five. She died March 7, 1787. Their children : 1. Abner, born October 29, 1751; 2. Miriam, February 9, 1754: 3. Jacob; 4. Micajalı.

(VI) Micajah Lunt, youngest child of Abner Lunt (5), born at Newburyport, November 9, 1764; married Sarah Giddings, June II, 1792. She was the daughter of Daniel and Sarah ( Lord) Giddings, and granddaughter of Lieutenant Daniel Giddings, who served in the capture of Louisburg in 1744. The father of Lieutenant Giddings was William Gid- dings, judge of probate in Essex county. Micajah Lunt died August 30, 1840, aged seventy-five years. Sarah, his wife, born August 13, 1765, died January

5, 1827. Their children : I. William, born

1794. 2. Micah, April 22, 1796. 3. William. January 1, 1708. 4. Sarah Lord, October 6, 1800. 5. Mary Coffin, November 9, 1802. 6. George, March 7, 1805. 7. Hannah Giddings, March 25, 1807. S. Su- san Maria, mentioned below. 9. Jacob William, Jan- uary 20, 1829. Micajah Lunt married ( second ) Sarahı B., daughter of Edmund Sweet; she was born June 13, 1793, died September 2, 1876.

(VII) Susan Maria Lunt, daughter of Micajah Lunt, (6). born in Newburyport, June 5, ISII, died February 5, 1887 ; married, December 16, 1832, David P. Page, mentioned above.

WHITIN FAMILY. Nathaniel Whitin ( I), the immigrant ancestor of the Whitin family of Whit- insville, Massachusetts, was born in 1609, in Eng- land. He is mentioned in the will of his grand- father, John Smith, who bequeathed to his mother. Sarah (Smith ) Whiting, lands in Iloxden, Middle- sex county, England. He had a brother, Samuel Whiting, also mentioned in this will. Nathaniel Whiting came first to Lynn as early as 1638, when he was a proprietor of that town. In the first records his name is spelled Whiting, Whyting and Whitinge, most of the descendants having used the form Whiting. He removed to Dedham a few years after he came to New England and was a proprietor there in 1640. He was admitted to the church, July 30, 1641, and was made a freeman, May 18, 1642. He died at Dedham, January 15, 1682-83. His will was dated May 15, 1677, and proved April 19, 1683. He gave his whole estate to his wife Hannah to distribute at her discretion. The widow died November 4, 1714, aged eighty- nine years.

He married, November 4, 1643, Hannah Dwight, daughter of John and Hannah Dwight, of Dedham, progenitors of a famous old family. She came to Dedham from England with her parents and broth- er- John and Timothy. Her father was at Water- town in 1635, removed to Dedham, was admitted a freeman March 13, 1638-39, owned half the water- mull. Nathaniel Whiting was also a miller. His descendants at Whitinsville seem to have inherited their predilection for mills and machinery from both immigrant ancestors named.

Children of Nathaniel and Hannah Whiting were: I. Nathaniel, born September 26, 1644. mar- ried Joanna Gay, daughter of John Gay, of Ded- ham; settled in the adjoining town of Medfield, where he resided on North street, not far from the present Pine street : was burned out by the Indians in King Philip's war; had five children-Joanna, Nathaniel, John, Samuel, and Hezekiah. 2. John. burn September 28, 1646, died November 26, 1646. 3. John, born November 3. 1647. died September 25, 1656. 4. Samuel, born December 20, 1649. mar-

ried, November 23, 1676, Sarah Metcalf. 5. Han- nah, born February 17, 1651, married John Fair- banks. 6. Timothy, born January 5, 1653, inarried Saralı -, died December 26, 1728. 7. Mary (twin), born July 8. 1056, died October 29, 1656. 8. John (twin), born July 8, 1656, died same year. 9. Mary, born October 12, 1658. 10. Sarah, born December 3, 1660, married Nathaniel Farrington. II. Abigail, born June 7, 1663, died October 25, 1721; married James Draper. 12. John, born July 19, 1665, settled Wrentham (see Goodwin's Gen- ealogical Notes). 13. Jonathan, see forward. 1.4. Judith, born March 30, 1670, married Barachiah Lewis. 15. Anna, born January 25, 1672.

(H) Jonathan Whiting, son of Nathaniel Whit- ing (I), was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, Oc- tober 9, 1667, died at Roxbury, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 4. 1728 (gravestone in First Parish ceme- tery at Dedham). He married at Dedham, Decem- ber 3. 1689, Rachel Thorp, daughter of James and Hannah ( Newcomb) Thorp. She was born at Dedham, August 17, 1671, died after 1728. Admin- istration was granted on his estate October 21, 1728, to widow Rachel. and the heirs entered into an agreement, dated November 22, 1728, for the settlement of the estate and providing for the sup- port of the widow. He was a member of Captain Whittington's company in the expedition against Canada in 1690.

Their children were: I. Rachel, born at Ded- ham. September 27, 1690, married at Roxbury, April 20, 1715, Ebenezer Healey, of Stoughton. 2. Eliphalet, died at Roxbury, November 30, 1693. 3, Mary, born at Dedham, April 13 1694. 4. Jona- than, born at Dedham. November 8, 1696. 5. Eben- ezer, born at Roxbury, July 11, 1699. 6. Eliphalet, born at Roxbury, March 1, 1701-02. 7. Nathaniel, see forward. 8. Moses, born at Roxbury, August 7, 1706, sold some of his father's lands to his brother .Aaron, December 13, 1733. 9. Aaron, born at Rox- bury, July IS, 1709. 10. Hannah, born at Roxbury, July 20, 1711, died there about 1765: married Oc- tober 26, 1732, Seth Tucker, son of Ebenezer and Jemima (Daniell) Tucker.

(111) Nathaniel Whiting, son of Jonathan Whiting (2), was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, March 20, 1703-04, died at Roxbury, January 19, 1790. He married ( first), at Roxbury, May 1, 1729, Hannah Lyon, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Ald- ridge) Lyon. She was born at Roxbury, December 25. 1712. He married (second), at Dedham, April 6, 1774, Hannah Richards, widow of Josiah Rich- ards, daughter of Nathaniel Whiting. He was a blacksmith by trade. David Weld was the adminis- trator of his estate, appointed February 8, 1790, as also of the estate of his first wife, the division of which names the children-heirs of Isaiah. de- ceased ; heirs of Benajah, deceased; Paul Whiting, the only son of Nathaniel, deceased; widow Mary Richards: heirs of Hannah Williams, deceased ; Rachel Whitney; Keziah Vose; widow Sarah Dra- per and heirs of Lucy Everett, deceased. Their children, all recorded as born at Roxbury : 1. Mary, born July 7. 1730, married, at Roxbury, January 19, 1748-49, Nathaniel Richards. 2. Isaiah, born June 24, 1732. 3. Ilannah, born December 25, 1734, mar- ried (first), at Roxbury. April 26, 1753, Thomas Dudley; (second) Joseph Williams. 4. Rachel born April 19, 1737, married, at Roxbury, November 15, 1759, Jacob Whitney. 5. Benajah, born June 18, 1738. 6. Keziah born January 29, 1740-41, died at

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Robury, August 27, 1816; married there, September 24. 1767, William Draper; (second) at Roxbury, February 5, 1778, Oliver Vose. 7. Rebecca, born December 15, 1742, died at Roxbury, May 6, 1743. 8. Nathaniel, born May 28, 1744, died at Roxbury, December 26, 1741. 9. Sarah, born October 6, 1745, married Paul Draper. 10. Nathaniel, see forward. 11. Lucy, born April 26, 1751, died at Roxbury, Sep- lember 20, 1788; married Peter Everett.

( IV) Nathaniel Whiting, son Nathaniel Whiting (3), was born in Roxbury, Massachusettts, April 28, 1748, died at Roxbury, June 21, 1769 (gravestone) ; married at Trinity Church, Boston, September 23, 1767, Sarah Draper, daughter of Moses and Mary ( Aldis-Allen) Draper. She was born at Roxbury, June 5, 1748, died at Northbridge, December 8, 1831. Moses Draper, of Roxbury, was appointed guardian of Paul Whiting, only son of Nathaniel. She married ( second), December 21, 1770, Lieutenant James Prentice, of Sutton, son of Samuel and Phebe Prentice. He died at Spencer, May 20, 1837, aged ninety-one years. Prentice was lieutenant in Captain Mark Chase's company of Sutton and served in the revolution at Roxbury, Massachusetts, and Providence and Newport, Rhode Island. The only child of Nathaniel, Jr., and Sarah Whitin was Paul, see forward.

(\') Paul Whitin, son of Nathaniel Whitin (4), was born at Roxbury, Massachusetts. De- cember 3, 1767, and was baptized after his father's death in the Dedham church, November 5, 1769. When a young lad of fourteen Paul was apprenticed to learn the blacksmith's trade to Jesse White, of Northbridge. His advantages for educa- tion were exceedingly limited; his whole attendance at school probably did not amount to six months. Few men have ever entered upon business life with less encouraging prospects. When he closed his ap- prenticeship his health was poor and continued so for some years. He had no capital of his own and 110 relatives to whom he could look for aid. But lie improved every opportunity to supplement his edu- cation and fit himself for a business career. By perseverance and diligent improvement of those in- tervals of labor that many young men spend in idle- ness, he acquired a good knowledge of those branches of study necessary for the successful prose- cution of business. He was essentially self-educated ; he was naturally studious. When he was twenty- eight years old he was elected town clerk of North- bridge, and filled this position thirteen successive years. He was often elected to other town offices. He was active in the state militia and rose through the various grades to the rank of colonel. He was for several years justice of the peace. He was re- peatedly urged to run for the office of representa- tive to the general court, but he refused because of the demands of business on his time. Indeed, it was his custom to make up by extra labor all the time taken from his business by military duties and the town business.

While Colonel Whitin was not the pioneer in iron manufacturing in Northbridge, he was pre- eminently the founder of the great industries that have made the village of Whitinsville, named in his honor, a great centre of manufacturing and brought wealth to many of his descendants. The very early development of the manufactures of iron in North- bridge, of which Whitinsville is a part, was doubt- less due to the existence of iron ore within its limits. Ore was taken out of Mendon as early as

1700, in the section now Uxbridge, and the iron works were built at the falls on Mumford's river, on account of the water power and abundance of fuel, by Samuel Terry, in 1727 or 1728. The iron works passed through the hands of various owners until September 16, 1771, when Colonel Ezra Wood bought the property of the estate of the late owner, John Merritt, for four hundred and fifty pounds. James Fletcher, who married Colonel Wood's daughter, Margaret, December 24, 1771, now occu- pied the property and carried on the works which were situated about twenty rods below the bridge on the south side of Mumford river in what is now Whitinsville. The water for power was conveyed in a ditch from the dam, which was about a hundred feet west of the present dam next to the bridge. About this time the works were removed to a build- ing on the south side of the river. close to the present dam, which was built at that time. The new works took the name of "The Forge," or "Fletcher's Forge" and began to acquire a reputa- tion for good workmanship. In 1794 Colonel Wood sold two-thirds of the property to his son-in law, James Fletcher, and one-third to Paul Whitin, who had married Mr. Fletcher's daughter Betsey the year previous.

Fletcher & Whitin continued to make bar iron from scrap iron until 1812 or 1813. Mr. Whitin did not work in the forge. lle was a blacksmith and had a shop on the north side of the river at the end of the dam opposite from "The Forge," and at first he did only the ordinary work of a blacksmith. The manufacturing business was suggested by the demand for agricultural tools during the war of 1612 when the embargo on trade getween this coun- try and Great Britain had shut off the supply from the old country. He fitted up his shop for th . manufacture of hoes and scythes. He hired an ex- pert in tempering and the other unfamiliar part> of the work, and soon acquired skill of his own. Among the articles for which he found a ready sale was the large hoe used by the negro slaves en the southern plantations. Business grew rapidly. Ile soon had three forges, a trip-hammer and a grindstone operated by power. He continued tl.i- business with great success to the time of his deat' in 1831, when his sons succeeded him.

H. had other large interests also. In 1826 Colonel Whitin formed a partnership with his two elder sons, Paul, Jr., and John C. Whitin, to manu- facture cotton goods. They built a brick mill hay- ing a capacity of fifteen hundred spindles on the site of the old forge on the south bank of the river. His son, John C. Whitin, was superintendent of the mill and machinery. Colonel Whitin erected

the first cotton inill, however, in 1809, at the upper dam, which was about three hundred feet east of the present dam of the Whitin Machine Works. Colonel James Fletcher, his father-in-law and partner, con- tributed the water privilege as his share in the en- terprise. After the mill was erected Mr. Whitin organized a company of which he was the principal stockholder for the manufacture of cotton goods, under the name of Northbridge Cotton Manufactur- ing Company, which was later incorporated. June 9, 1814. This was the third cotton mill erected in the Blackstone Valley above Pawtucket, the mill of Almy Brown and the Slaters of Slatersville and the original mill of the present Blackstone Company at Blackstone (then South Mendon) preceding it by two years. The manufacturing consisted in breaking.

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carding and spinning. The raw material, having some seeds and much dirt mixed with it, was put out to families to be cleaned; some families took a bale at a time. From four to six cents a pound was paid for the work. The yarn was also put out to be woven in the homes of the farmers by the over- worked wives and children, the weaver receiving eight cents a yard for weaving No. 16 yarn, the grade then in use. After about eight years power looms superseded the hand work. The mill was of wood and had a capacity of fifteen hundred spindles. It was rented for two years to Gladding & Cady : sold in 1824 to William & Thomas Buffum; to Samuel Shove in 1829.

In 1815 Colonel Whitin, not content with what the Northbridge Cotton Manufacturing Company was doing, entered into partnership with Colonel Fletcher and his two sons under the firm name of Whitin & Fletcher and they fitted up the old forge building on the south side of the river as a cotton Inill of three hundred spindles for the making of yarn. This mill was operated until 1820, when Colonel Whitin, who had owned a half interest, bought out his partners and formed a new firm with his own sons, Paul, Jr., and John C. Whitin, under the firm name of P. Whitin & Sons for the manu- facture of cotton goods, and this firm, as already stated, built the brick mill, Colonel Whitin fur- nishing the capital, and on this foundation a great business was developed by the sons. He was a Whig and Republican, and served as state senator. Colonel Whitin died at the age of sixty-three years, February 8, 1831. Though never a church member Colonel Whitin was a generous supporter of religious institutions and his was an exemplary life and character. Colonel Whitin belongs in the class with Alvah Crocker, of Fitchburg, the Dra- pers of Hopedale, George Crompton, Ichabod Wash- burn, the Knowles Brothers, and Philip L. Moen, of Worcester, the Bigelows of Clinton and other founders of great industries in Worcester county.

He married, December 3. 1793, Betsey Fletcher, daughter of Colonel James and Margaret (Wood) Fletcher, of Northbridge, Eleazer (4), Samuel (3). Samuel (2), Robert (I). Margaret Wood is a descendant of Ezra (4), Jonathan (3), Ebenezer (2), Thomas (I), of Upton. She was during Colonel Whitin's life a most efficient helper in the work he did for the community and the world. She survived him thirty-seven years and was, until near the time of her death, a member of the firm of P. Whitin & Sons and contributed her full share to its success. She died July 2, 1858.

They had ten children, of whom eight lived to years of maturity, namely: Paul, see forward ; Mary, born January 4, 1802, married in 1818, Amory A. Walker; no living descendants; Nathaniel Dra- per, born September 1, 1804. married Sarah .1. Nichols, September 3, 1832, died at Northbridge, August 19, 1869; John Crane, see forward; Charles Pinckney, sve forward; Sarah Ann, born February 22, 1812, died 1838, unmarried ; James Fletcher, see forward; Margaret, born September 4, 1817, married Rev. J. J. Abbott, September 16, 1845; she now lives in Whitinsville. They had six children, the sons, James W .. Jacob J., William W., and Paul W .. lived to maturity and married.

(V1) Paul Whitin. Jr., son of Colonel Paul Whitin (5), was born at Northbridge, now Whitins- ville, February 5, 1800. The years of his childhood and youth were spent mostly in his native town. lle

attended the district school during the few months of the year it was in session. When he was ten years of age he commenced work in his father's cotton mill on the day of its starting, tending a breaking machine, and he became a skillful oper- ative in all departments of the mill. When about twelve years of age he spent some time with an uncle in Amsterdam, New York, and attended school there. He also had two terms at Leicester Acad- emy. But from his tenth year, when not in school, he worked in the mill or on the farm, until he was eighteen, when he went to Boston in the dry goods business of James Brewer as clerk. At the age of twenty-one he formed a partnership with a fellow- clerk and opened a dry goods store on Maiden Lane, New York city, under the firm name of Lee & Whitin.

In 1826 he returned to his native place and with his father and younger brother, John C. Whitin, formed the firm of P. Whitin & Sons. He took charge of the mercantile department, having charge of the store, buying the material for the cotton mill and selling the product. He was well fitted. by nature and training for his duties. When the firm was re-organized after his father's death hie re- tained the same department and continued during the great growth and development of the business for a period of thirty-eight years. His ability and thoroughiness contributed materially to the success of the business. When the firm was dissolved in 1864, he continued in the manufacture of cotton goods as president of the Paul Whitin Manufactur- ing Company with mills at Rockdale and Riverdale, Massachusetts, until his death. In 1864 the cotton mills of P. Whitin & Sons had increased from a capacity of fifteen hundred spindles mentioned above, to thirty thousand spindles, with the mill at Rockdale and the privilege at Riverdale. Paul Whitin was president, and his son, Charles E. Whitin. treas- urer and agent. They erected the mnill at Riverdale soon afterward, putting a brick addition on the stone building which had been occupied by Harvey Waters for the manufacture of scythes and bayonets, filling it with cotton machinery and making it a mill of seven thousand spindles. (Riverdale was sold . after 1884.) In 1884, when Paul Whitin died. Charles E. Whitin became president and his eldest son. Harry T. Whitin, became agent.

Though never robust of body, his regular habits and attention to his health enabled Mr. Whitin to accomplish a large amount of business and to live to a good old age in the full possession of his fac- ulties. He always took a deep interest in town and public affairs. He was elected representative to the general court in 1837 and to the state senate in 1840. His perfect integrity and sound judgment won the confidence of all men and he was called upon to fill many positions of trust and responsi- bility. He was elected director of the Blackstone Bank at Uxbridge, October 6, 1828, remained a director until 1865, and was president after October 6. IS45. He resigned to become president of the National Bank at Whitinsville, a position he re- tained the remainder of his life. He was director of the Worcester Mutual Fire Insurance Company from 1838 and attended a meeting only the day be- fore his death. He was also a director of the Worcester Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Com- pany from 1860. He was a director of the Provi- dence & Worcester Railroad Company from its formation until two years before he died, when he

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resigned. He was for many years an active member and trustee of the Worcester County Agricultural and Horticultural Societies and always took a lively interest in farming, especially in horticulture.

He was a man of decided religious convictions, a member of the Congregational Church at North- bridge Centre, which he joined in 1820 and to which he was faithful in attendance and in the support of its ordinances. He was very active in the forming of the new church at the village of Whitinsville. By his life and deeds he was ever a power for god in the community. He was generous in giving to church and charity. He died February 7, 1884.

Paul Whitin married, at Uxbridge, August 22, 1822, Sarah Richardson, daughter of Deacon Phineas (6), (Gershom 5, Joseph 4. Seth 3, Josiah 2, Samuel I, of Springfield) Chapin and Eunice (5), (Bezaleel 4, Josiah 3. Daniel 2, Robert I, of Mendon) Taft. She was born in Uxbridge, April 30, 1800, and died in Whitinsville, April 16, 1884. Thus husband and wife were born in the same year and died in the same year, after a period of life of sixty-two years. Paul and Sarah R. ( Chapin) Whitin had children : I. Charles E., see forward. 2. Henry, born Octo- ber 26, 1826, died in Morristown, New Jersey, No- vember 9, 1885, leaving a widow and two sons, Frederick II. and Ernest Stagg, now residents of New York city. 3. Sarah MI., married, November 15, 1852, Franklin H. Orvis, and now resides at Manchester, Vermont. Their children-Paul W., Edward C., William F., George A., Louis C. 4. Annie L., now occupying her father's home in Whitinsville.

(VI) John Crane Whitin, son of Colonel Paul Whitin (5), was born at Northbridge, now Whitins- ville, Massachusetts, March 1, 1807. Until he was fifteen years of age he attended the school of his district during the usual summer and winter terms. After he was nine years old, when not at school, he was employed in the cotton mill of his father, working first in the picker room. When twelve he was placed in the repair room and worked there three years, the only apprenticeship to his life work, the best possible schooling for his future career. Early in 1822 he went to work in the dry goods store of his brother, Paul Whitin, Jr., and remained there until the latter part of 1825, when he returned home to form with his father and brother the firm of P. Whitin & Sons for the manufacture of cotton goods. He took charge of the manufacturing and mechanical departments of the business. He had early been impressed with the imperfection of the machinery used, especially of that used in picking cotton, and in 1830 he directed his efforts to its improvement. With two lathes, not worth more than fifteen dollars each, and with an occasional job done in a neighbor's shop, he, with two assist- ants, completed the first picker in about a year. Having the machine completed, he patented it in 1832. The picker immediately attracted the atten- tion of other manufacturers, and the firm of P. Whitin & Co. decided to manufacture the machines, using as the shop the picker house of the mill just purchased, a building thirty-two by forty feet. Ma- chinery and tools were set up in it and put in operation. The machines were crude compared with those used at present, but so much superior to those previously used that all manufacturers had to have them. The demand steadily increased and for many years the pickers in use throughout the country were made at these works. Mr. Whitin

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Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. IV, Part 14

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

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