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He married Jane Palfrey, widow, who had chil- dren, John and Elizabeth Palfrey. The son. John Palfrey, who came to America and joined the church December 10, 1658, is the ancestor of the Palfrey families of America. On joining the church in 1640 Mrs. Willis spoke of being formerly in Newcastle and Heddon, England. He married (second) Sarah -, who survived him. He died September, 1690. The children of George and Jane Willis were :. John, born in 1630 in Boston, married in Boston, February 11. 1655, Hannah Elsie, daughter of Roger Elsie ; Nathaniel, George, Thomas, born December 28, 1638. at Cambridge, died August 14, 1724, at Medford; Roger, of whom later; Stephen, born October 14, 1644.
(II) Roger Willis, son of George Willis (1), was born in 1640. in Cambridge. He married, July 19, 1664. Ruth Hill, daughter of John Hill and wife Frances. John Hill was an emigrant, settled in Boston, was a blacksmith and planter, was admitted to the church with his wife August, 1641, and he was admitted a freeman May 18, 1642. He was one of the founders of Lancaster, accepted by the general court in 1645. He belonged to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. He died May 31. 1654. (See Gen. Reg. 1904 and Hill Genealogy by J. G. Bartlett.)
Roger Willis was one of the pioneers at Sud- bury. He settled in the northwest part of the town and west of Willis pond and Willis hill. His de- scendants have been very numerous in that locality. The children of Roger and Ruth (Hill) Willis were : Mary, born January 7, 1660; Samuel, of whom later: Sarah, March 20, 1684: Josiah, December 8, 1686; Thankful, September 14, 1690; and probably three others, according to the Hill Genealogy, while in Dorchester. Those named above were born in Sudbury.
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(III) Samuel Willis, second child of Roger Willis (2), was born April 1, 1675, at Sudbury, Massachusetts. He died November 26, 1758. He married Susanna Gleason, daughter of Joseph and Martha Gleason, and granddaughter of Richard Gleson. Susanna was born March 24, 1676. Samuel Willis signed a petition in Sudbury in 1706-7. He was a farmer and settled in Sudbury, Massachu- setts. His wife died May 12, 1756. Their children were : Joseph, of whom later; Elijah, March 6, 1720; Samuel.
(IV) Joseph Willis, son of Samuel Willis (3), was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, November 10, 1712. He married Thankful -, and settled in Sudbury. He served in the French war in the Sec- ond Regiment of Foot. The children of Joseph and Thankful Willis were: John, born March 16, 1736 (gravestone at Sudbury) ; Reuben, June 9, 1738, married Sarah Brigham; Eunice, January 15, 1740, died August 8, 1791 ; Anne, May 21, 1741; Hopestill, of whom later; Abel, October, 1750.
(V) Lieutenant Hopestill Willis, son of Joseph and Thankful Willis (4), was born in Sudbury, January 9, 1747. He married, May 1, 1766, at Sud- bury, Olive Smith. He was a soldier in the revolu- tion in various companies from Sudbury, and took part in the battles at Concord and Lexington. Soon after the war he became lieutenant of the Sudbury company as appears from the records. He is re- ferred to as lieutenant after 1785. He died March 14, 1823. Olive Smith was born in Sudbury, Sep- tember 8. 1747. the daughter of Zephaniah and Abigail (Wheeler) Smith Zephaniah, born October 29. 1705, at Sudbury, was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Smith. Thomas, born. December 3. 1679, at Sudbury, was the son of Thomas and Abigail Smith. Thomas Smith was the son of John and Sarah (Hunt) Smith. John Smith was born in England. son of John and Isabel Smith, of Water- town. The latter were the emigrant ancestors. John Smith. Sr .. was a proprietor in Watertown in 1636 and was admitted a freeman December 7, 1636. His wife Isabel was born in England 1581 and died in Watertown. 1639, buried November 12.
The children of Lieutenant Hopestill and Olive Smith, all born in Sudbury, were: Jedathan, born January II, 1766-7, married Persis Puffer; Jonas, February 5, 1768; Ruth, June 18, 1769, married John Puffer, of Sudbury; Daniel, March 25, 1772; Josiah, September II, 1773: Hopestill, Jr., August 9, 1776, died October 25, 1778: Zenas, October 4. 1778; Peter, September 17, 1781, died February 28, 1784: Susanna, December 2. 1784; Anna, February 15, 1787: Samuel, of whom later.
(VI) Samuel Willis, youngest child of Lieu- tenant Hopestill Willis (5), was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, June 20, 1792. He died at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, September 30, 1843, aged fifty-one. When a young man he left his native town. He learned the business of woolen manufact- ure, and lived at Northbridge, Massachusetts, where there are several mills on the Black- stone river. and two of his children were born in that town. In 1822 Mr. Willis settled in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. In that year he and Abial J. Town purchased the brick cotton mill in the then centre of the village of Fitchburg, and founded what has since been known as the Fitchburg Woolen Mill. They furnished it with two sets of cards and the necessary looms, spinning jennies and finish- ing machinery for the manufacture of cassimeres iv-5
exclusively from fine wool. Subsequently Paul Farnum and Daniel Kimball, commission merchants of Boston, became partners with Willis and Town, each having an equal share in the company. In 1834 the mill and machinery having been injured to some extent by fire an addition was made to the main building, other necessary buildings erected, the water power improved by a new dam and the cap- acity of the mill increased to three sets of narrow cards. When Mr. Willis died in 1843 the interest belonging to the estate was purchased by Porter Piper and at the same time the interest of Paul Farnum was bought by William B. Town. Later it passed into the control of the Kimball family, then into the Vose family, and finally was sold after a long and successful history to the Parkhill Manu- facturing Company in 1887, and is run by that con- cern at present.
Although cut off in his prime Mr. Willis was a successful busness man and prominent in Fitch- hurg affairs. He was an earnest advocate of the railroads and helped materially the efforts of Alvah Crocker to get Fitchburg connected with Boston, Worcester and elsewhere by steam railroads. His name appears for several years in the jury lists. He was fire ward of the town in 1839 and 1840, and served the town in 1841, 1842 and 1843 on important special committees. He was in the general court from Fitchburg in 1838.
He married Cynthia Merriam, daughter of John and Diana ( Hendson) Merriam, at North- bridge, Massachusetts, and their children were: Amanda, born at Northbridge, June 22, 1819, mar- ried, 1846, John Brown, Jr., of Concord; Adeline, born in Northbridge, Massachusetts, December 10, 1821, married W. H. Snow, June 15, 1846; they lived in Troy, New York; Francis, born December 24, 1823; Samuel Aaron, January 20, 1826; Louisa Cynthia, June 17, 1828, married, 1848, John Upton (see Upton Family sketch) ; Henry Augustus, No- vember 26, 1830; William Merriam, March 8, 1833; Charles Edmund, July 4, 1835; Emma Maria, De- cember 7, 1837. All the preceding except the first two were born in Fitchburg.
(VII) Henry Augustus Willis, sixth child of Samuel Willis (6), was born in Fitchburg, Massa- chusetts, November 26, 1830. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and at the Lawrence Academy, Groton, Massachusetts. He he- gan his business career as clerk in the Rollstone Bank, which was organized in 1849, and which be- came the Rollstone National Bank in 1865. It has a capital of $250,000 and a large surplus. Its first quarters were in a small granite building on the same site now occupied by the handsome Rollstone Bank Building, which was erected in 1869. Hon. Moses Wood was the first president. Mr. Willis be- came cashier in 1858. On the death of Mr. Wood in 1869 Alvah Crocker became president. Upon his resignation in 1872 Mr. Willis became presi- dent, and he held this position for thirty-two years.
When the Worcester Savings Institution was established June 13, 1868, Mr. Willis was elected treasurer. The savings institution has occupied the same building with the Rollstone National Bank, with which until a recent law changed the rela- tions it has been intimately connected. Hon. Moses Wood was the first president. Mr. Willis has been treasurer from the organization of the bank to the present time. and has seen it grow to large propor- tions. Feb. 24, 1906, the Rollstone National Bank
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went into liquidation and was merged into the Fitchburg Safe Deposit and Trust Co. Mr. Willis is chairman of the board of directors.
Mr. Willis is also president of the Fitchburg Street Railway Company, which was incorporated April 10, 1886, with a capital of $60,000, and has been its president since its incorporation. It began operations July 1. 1886. The company now has a well equipped electric system covering the city and suburbs, and the enterprise has been very suc- cessful as an investment. He is a director of the Grant Yarn Company; the Shirreffs Worsted Com- pany ; and a trustee of the Fitchburg Public Li- brary, and chairman of the board for many years.
Mr. Willis served his country in the civil war. He enlisted in the Fifty-third Regiment, which was recruited largely from Fitchburg and the neigh- boring towns in August and September, 1862. Colonel John W. Kimball took command November 29, 1862, and the regiment proceeded to New York : Mr. Willis was made adjutant of the regi- ment. On the arrival in New York of the regi- ment there was a delay of some weeks and much suckness among the soldiers. Finally the regiment set sail January 17, 1863, for New Orleans. They camped six miles from the city with the Third Brigade, Third Division, Nineteenth Army Corps. In March they sailed up the river to Baton Rouge and skirmished considerably in the surrounding country. They then took part in various assaults on Port Hudson and served in that campaign until Port Hudson surrendered July Q. 1863. They re- turned by steamer in August to Cairo, Illinois, and thence by rail to Fitchburg, where they were mustered out at Camp Stevens, Groton Junction, September 2, 1863. Of nine hundred and fifty men .one hundred and thirty-two died of disease during their nine months enlistment and thirty-three were killed or died of their wounds. No regiment lost more men in the same length of time by disease. The effect of that deadly campaign was felt for many years by the survivors and many probably had their health undermined and lives shortened by the exposure and fevers.
Mr. Willis was on a relief committee of the town for the soldiers in 1861. He served on the committee to erect the soldiers' monument ap- pointed in 1866. He was president of the first com- mon council of the city of Fitchburg and subse- sequently treasurer of the city for several years. He represented the town in the legislature in 1866. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Re- public, the Society of Colonial Wars: the Loyal Legion. and the "Sons of the American Revo- lution."
Mr. Willis never married. He has been a liberal contributor to charities and public enterprises in the city of Fitchburg. He has been for many years one of the financial leaders of this manufacturing centre. and his efforts and influence have always been exerted to develop and improve his native town. and to enlarge and diversify her industries. He has taken his part as a citizen. He has been interested in the excellent work of the Fitchburg Historical Society, was its president for ten years. Mr. Willis enjoys travel and has crossed the At- lantic on six trips abroad for the purpose of study, rest and recreation. He is an observing traveler and has seen more of the world than most men.
MARTIN WEBBER. Thomas Webber (1), the immigrant ancestor of Martin Webber, of Fitch- burg, Massachusetts, was the master of the "May- flower" and part owner. He was one of the early settlers of-Roxbury, whence he removed to Boston in 1643. He joined the church in Boston, March 31, 1644. He sold his share in the "Mayflower," seven thirty-seconds, in 1652, and the bill of sale is recorded in the Suffolk registry. He made a contract October 7, 1652, while in England (see Suffolk Deeds III, 66). He removed to what is now Kennebunk, Maine. He was back in Charles- town in 1676, probably on account of King Philip's war. His widow received a grant of land in Charles- town, 1681.
He married (first) Sarah and (second) Mary Parker, sister of John Parker. His children were: Thomas, Jr., born 1639, baptized February 2, 1650-1, removed to Falmouth, Maine; Michael, of whom later; Sarah, born 1643. baptized Decem- ber 8, 1644, aged three days; Bathsheba, baptized September 24. 1648, aged three days; Mehitable, born June 10, 1652, died young; Samuel, of Fal- mouth : Richard, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Joseph, mentions father in records.
(II) Michael Webber, son of Thomas Webber ( 1), first appears in Gloucester. He was born in 1639, and died in Gloucester in 1729, aged ninety years. Many writers have confused him with his son. Michael Webber. Very little is known of him on account of the loss of early records. His chil- dren were: Samuel. settled in York, Maine, and had a large family ; Michael, Jr., settled in Glouces- ter and has many descendants in that section ; James. This family is given in order to give what little is known of the two carly settlers of Gloucester.
(II) Samuel Webber, son of Thomas Webber (I), was born about 1655. He was doubtless a mariner like his father and brother Michael. He and Michael settled in Gloucester. He owned land at Goose Cave in Gloucester, which he sold to Thomas Riggs. In 1681 he was living in Falmouth, now Portland, Maine. In 1692 he was a witness in the trial of Rev. George Burroughs at Salen, one of the notable witchcraft trials, testifying to the defendant's great physical strength. He was back in Gloucester in 1695, but removed to York, Mainc. before 1700. He died in 1716, leaving a wife, Deborah. and six children. His children were: Samuel, Jr .. of whom later; Thomas, Benjamin, Joseph, Mary, married Joseph Sayward, Dorcas, Deborah, born at Gloucester, 1663; John, Waitstill (son) (twin), born 1698; Patience (twin), born 1698.
(III) Samuel Webber, son of Samuel Webber (2), was born about 1780 in Gloucester or vicinity. He settled in York, Maine. His children, born in York, were: Elizabeth, born 1705: Samuel, born 1708, married Elizabeth Young, daughter of Row- land Young, of York: Mary. born 1710. Gershom born 1712; Mercy, born 1716; Abigail. born 1718; Sarah. born 1720; Nathaniel, of whom later; Josephı.
(IV) Nathaniel Webber. son of Samuel and Elizabeth Webber (3). was born in York. Maine, September 9. 1722. He resided in York. Ile mar- ried Lucy Bradbury. daughter of John Bradbury, December 25, 1745. Their children were: William,
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born October 26, 1746, settled at Castine, Maine, and was deputy to the general court at Boston, ( Maine, was part of Massachusetts until 1820) ; Philomela, born May 21, 1749; Jotham, born Jan- uary 28, 1751, married Elizabeth Russell, and re- moved to Mason, New Hampshire; Lucy, born April 10, 1754; Jerusha, born July 4, 1756: Maria, born August 25, 1759; Theodore, born May 20, 1762; Jabez, born May 27, 1765; David, born January 17. 170g, married Jane Grout.
(V) Deacon Jotham Webber, son of Nathaniel Webber (4), was born in York, Maine, January 28. 1751. He was a farmer and the original homestead on which he settled in Mason, New Hampshire, is still owned by his descendants. He removed from York to Mason during the revolution. He died there May 2, 1824, aged seventy-two years. He was deacon of the Baptist church at Mason many years. He served eight months in the revolutionary army in Captain Darby's company, Colonel James Scam- mon's regiment, as corporal from York, Maine, in 1777. He removed to Mason according to the family records in February, 1780. His widow Elizabeth died March 5, 1838. He was one of the selectmen of Mason in 1785 and 1786, and one of the leading citizens.
He married, March 12, 1778. Elizabeth Russell. daughter of Jason Russell, of Mason, formerly of WVest Cambridge. Massachusetts, and a descendant of William Russell, a sketch of whom appears else- where in this work. The children of Deacon Jotham and Elizabeth Webber were: Jotham, Jr., born in West Cambridge, Massachusetts. December 24, 1778, of whom later; Jason, (and the remainder) born at Mason, September 24, 1780; William, born July 18, 1782, married Hannah Flagg, February 21, ISI1 ; John, born January 29, 1785; Elizabeth. born May 15. 1787: John, born December 18, 1789; Jonas, born July 29, 1792; Ebenezer, born January 2, 1795; Prudence, born June 11, 1797.
(VI) Jotham Webber, Jr., son of Deacon Jotham Webber (5), was born in West Cambridge, Massa- setts, the home of his mother, December 24. 1778, when his father was in the army. He settled on the homestead at Mason, New Hampshire. He mar- ried Dolly Stratton, of New Ipswich, New Hamp- shire. December 21, 1806. Their children, born in Mason, New Hampshire, were: Joel, born January 12. 1808: George, born August 17, 1809, of whom later : Elizabeth, born July 16, 1811 ; Asa. born June 15. 1813; Sarah, born December 29, 1815: Charles, born July II, ISIS; Mary, born March 16, 1820; Elizabeth, born January 12, 1823.
(VII) George Webber, son of Jotham Webber. Jr. (6), was born in Mason, New Hampshire, August 17, 1809. He was a blacksmith by trade. He settled in Ashby. Massachusetts, an adjacent town to his native place. He died there April 16. 1861, and is buried there. He married Diantha Jane Barrett. Their children were: Myra J., born Jan- mary 31. 1835; Amos A., born August 26, 1836, now living at New London, Wisconsin, where he is a large lumber merchant and real estate dealer ; George F .. born April 12, 1838; Martin, born De- cember 26, 1840, of whom later: Sarah E., born May 31. 1842: Lucy D., born January 6, 1843; Francis, born October 3. 1844: Nancy, born March 13. 1846; John S .. born December 11, 1849; Martha D., born October 26, 1851; Mary E., born August 16. 1855.
(VIII) Martin Webber, son of George Webber
(7). was born in Townsend, Massachusetts, De- cember 26, 1839. He was educated there in the com- mon schools and then learned the carpenter's trade. He began his career as a dealer in furniture in Fitchburg in 1876 and built up a large and flourish- ing business. In 1892 he sold his store and started in the lumber business. He established the Webber Lumber Company, but retired after a few years. The company is continued under the same name by the present owners. He has devoted his time and capital to the building of houses for renting and selling. Mr. Webber is a Prohibitionist in politics and has been active in various temperance movements. He is a director and chairman of the finance committee of the Fitchburg Co-operative Bank. He attends the Congregational Church.
He married, January 1, 1862, Elizabeth G. Hay- ward, who was born in 1840 in Ashby, the daugh- ter of Ephraim and Sarah Hayward. They had one child, Edward, who was born November, 1866, died young.
(VIII) John S. Webber, son of George Web- ber (7), was born December 11, 18449, in Townsend, Massachusetts. He passed his boyhood at Ashby and came to Fitchburg in 1867. He was clerk for his brother Martin in the furniture business for thirteen years. He established himself in the fur- niture and upholstery business in IS91 with J. P. Hayward under the firm name of Webber & Hay- ward. and has so continued to this time. Ile is unmarried.
PARKS FAMILY. Richard Parks (1) is the pioneer ancestor of Gilbert M. Parks, of Fitch- burg. The name was spelled more often Park and Parke on the early records, and while the family lived in Shrewsbury the spelling Peirks was adopted by most of them for several generations. That spelling prevailed nowhere else and was not kept up.
Richard Parks was a proprietor of Cambridge in 1636 and of Cambridge Farms in 1642. His house was near the cow common in old Cambridge. He had eleven acres in Cambridge village at the di- vision of lands; this lot bounded on Edward Jack- son's land and on the highway to Dedham which was laid out through it in 1648. The very ancient house on this lot was torn down about 1800; it was supposed to have been built by him. It was within a few feet of the site of the Eliot church. Previous to 1652 he owned a large tract in the northwest part of the town bounded west by the Fuller farm, north by Charles river. east by the Dummer farm . and south and east by Edward Jackson's land.
His will, dated July 12, 1665, bequeathed to his son Thomas all his houses and lands after the de- cease of his wife Sarah. The appraisal of his estate at nine hundred and seventy-two pounds shows him to have been one of the wealthy men of the colony. In 1657 he served with Edward Jackson, John Jack- son and Samuel Hyde to lay out and settle high- ways in the village. In 1663 he was released from training on account of his age.
Deacon William Parks, of Roxbury, Samuel Parks. of Medford, and Thomas Parks, of Stoning- ton, Connecticut, were brothers as appears from the will of Deacon William Parks. It is supposed that Richard Parks was also a brother. Henry Parks. who may have been a brother also, was the son of Edward Parks, of London, a cousin of Governor Winthrop, who wrote him from London, March 8. 1647, asking his aid and advice for his uncle, Henry
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Bright, and son, Henry Parks, about land ordered to himself by the court. In 1648 Edward had seventy-two acres of land on the Concord road and in 1650 the son of Henry, merchant and heir of Ed -. ward Park, of London. deceased, conveyed the land in Cambridge to John Stedman. Robert removed to Connecticut and had sons William, Samuel and Thomas. Thomas Parks had a son Robert, who settled in Wethersfield, and Thomas, Jr., at New London, Connecticut.
Richard Parks married Sarah Brewster, widow of Love Brewster, the eldest surviving son of Elder William Brewster. She was the daughter of Will- jam and Jane Collier. After the death of her sec- ond husband she went to live in Duxbury again. She sued Thomas Parks, December 4, 1671, on ac- count of the estate; she sold her interests to him September 26, 1678. Richard Parks left a widow, son Thomas and two daughters, one of whom was thes wife of Francis Whittemore. He died 1665.
(II) Thomas Parks, son of Richard Parks (1). was born in 1629 and died August 11, 1690. He married Abigail Dix, of Watertown, in 1653. He owned a six thousand acre tract and house near the Bemis Mills on Charles river. He died August TI, 1690. aged sixty-two; his wife died February 3, 1691, and the estate was divided among the heirs in 1693-94. He had seven hundred and twenty-two acres of land and part of the corn mill on Smelt brook erected by Lieutenant John Spring.
The children of Thomas Parks were: Thomas, born November 2, 1654, died August 28. 1681. un- married ; John, of whom later: Abigail. March 3. 1658. married John Fiske: Edward, April 8. 166[. father of Nathan Parks, of Uxbridge: Richard. De- cember 21. 1663, lived in Concord: Sarah. March 21, 1666, married John Knapp; Rebecca, May 13. 1668, married John Sanger, 1686; Jonathan. August 27. 1670: Elizabeth, July 28, 1679. married John Holland.
(III) John Parks, son of Thomas Parks (2), was born in Newton, then Cambridge, Massachu- setts. September 6, 1656. He married Elizabeth Miller for his second wife. He died 1718, aged sixty-three years. His estate was divided in 1720. His children were: Elizabeth, February 24, 1695. died young : John, of whom later; Solomon, Octo- ber 16, 1699; Elizabeth, February 27, 1701; Abigail, April 20. 1702; Joseph, March 12, 1705 (H. C. 1724): Mary, March 17, 1808.
(IV) John Parks, son of John Parks (3), was born in Newton, Massachusetts, December 20, 1696. There were two John Parks living at the same time and the difficulty in tracing them is shown by the fact that the history of Newton and the history of Watertown gives but one John Parks with two wives. But John Parks married Abigail Lawrence, December 3. 1718, at Weston, while the son of John Parks and wife Esther, John. born in Newton, May 1, 1719, proves that there were two families. I think John and Esther must have left town. I find a John Parks in Killingly, Connecti- cut, who had a daughter Sybil, baptized there June 23, 1729. Then we know that Deliverance Parks, daughter of John Parks, went to Killingly from Weston, where she and her sister Mary were bap- tized when adults.
There is no question that the two Parks families were closely related. I believe that one of the John Parks, of Newton, may have been descended from Joseph Parks, mentioned above. It is possible that some of the Connecticut family returned to
Massachusetts and lived in Concord or vicinity. Samuel Parks died in Waltham where the son of John and Esther Parks married his wife. Samuel died in Waltham, September 2, 1768, aged eighty- eight : he may have been the father of one of the Jolin Parks, of Newton. Some descendants of Jo . sephi Parks, of Concord, were living in Waltham at the time of the marriage of John Parks (5) of whom later.
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