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(V) Stephen Slade, youngest son and eighth child of Allen Slade (4), was born at Alstead, New Hampshire, October 11, 1835. He acquired a com- mon school education in his youth and supplemented that by extensive reading, and his studies extended throughout the greater part of his life. He assisted his father on the farm during his boyhood and later conducted the old farm on which he was born and where he lived for nearly sixty years. In 1894 he removed to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and gave up farming. His son, Norman A. Slade, had located in Fitchburg and is at present captain of truck No. 2 of the fire department, and Frederick W. C., his other son, was formerly a member of the common council.
After making his home in Fitchburg he entered the employ of the Postal Telegraph Company as groundman under Superintendent Rand of the fire alarm telegraph system. He made many friends in Fitchburg, where members of his family are very well known and highly esteemed. He died Septem- ber 7, 1905, at his home, 92 Prichard street. Mr. Slade was an active member of Ashuelot Grange, No. 54, of Surry, New Hampshire. He attended the Universalist Church. In politics he had been a Democrat.
Hle married, 1859, Ellen M. Chandler, daughter of Calvin Chandler, a prominent farmer. She was born September 28, 1839, and resides in the home- stead on Prichard street, Fitchburg. Their children, all born at Alstead, were: Elbridge A., born January 4, 1862, died May 5, 1869; Norman A., born Septem-
ber II, 1865, married Alice Atherton, and they have two children, Mabel and Harold; Norman A. is cap- tain of truck No. 2 of the Fitchburg fire department ; Frederick W., born April 13, 1872, has been a mem- ber of the Fitchburg common council; married Minnie Booth and they have four children : Harry, Helen, Fred, and Edith,
JOSEPH AUGUSTUS BATTLES. Thomas Battle or Battles (1), also spelled Battelle and var- ious other ways, now as in the earlier days, is the pioneer ancestor of Joseph Augustus Battles, of Fithburg, Massachusetts. He came from England probably in 1642 and settled in Dedham, Massachu- setts. He was a townsman there in 1648, and was admitted to the church January 22, 1653-4. He was admitted a freeman May 3, 1654. His wife Mary joined the Dedham Church January 21, 1648. He married, September 5, 1648, Mary Fisher, daughter of Joshua Fisher. She died August 6, 1691. He died February 8, 1705-6. Flis will was dated Feb- ruary 6, 1701-2, and proved March 7, 1705-6. He bequeathed to his sons John and Jonathan, and daughter Mary. The children of Thomas and Mary ( Fisher) were : Mary, born 1650, married John Bry- ant; John, of whom later; Sarah, born August 8, 1654, married Silas Titus; Jonathan, born July 24, 1658, married, April 15, 1690; Martha, born August 19, 1660. Some of the foregoing dates do not agree with Savage's, but the correct dates are here given.
(11) John Battles, son of Thomas Battles, of Dedham (I), was born July 1, 1652, in Dedham, Massachusetts. He married, November 18, 1678, Hannah Holbrook. He died September 30, 1713. The following list of children is probably incomplete and there is no record found of the birth of Edward. A search of all the available records confirms the belief that he was not related to Robert Battle, of Boston, who died December 23, 1658, and that he could not have been the son of any other than John, of Dedham, as here given.
The children of John and Hannah ( Holbrook) Battles were : Hannah, born July 26, 1680; Edward, of whom later; Mary, born May 12, 1684; John, born April 17, 1689, removed to Plymouth and had descendants in Stoughton; Ebenezer, born January 2, 1692.
(III) Edward Battles, son of John Battles (2), as stated above, was born in or near Dedham, Mass- achusetts, about 1682 or about 1685-6. ( See His- tory of Hingham). He settled early in Hingham, Massachusetts. A duplicate record of his marriage, the history states, gives his name as David. He married, (published March 13) 1706-7, Experience Pratt, and they resided in the second precinct of Hingham, where their children were born. All the children were baptized together June 2, 1723, at Hingham.
The children of Edward and Experience (Pratt) Battles were: Edward, born 1709, (see Worcester county deeds, Vol. 88, page 195) ; Mary, born April 25, 17II, married (first), May 18, 1732, Joshua Lin- coln, son of Peter Lincoln; married (second), Feb- ruary 7, 1763, Solomon Briggs, of Norton, Massachu- setts; Joseph, of whom later; Experience, born 1715, married, November 15, 1734, Thaddeus Murk- son, of Rochester, Massachusetts; Susanna, born April 25, 1717, died young; Jeremiah, born March 16, 1719-20, married Hannah -, had daughter, Hannah, in Hingham, January 16, 1742-3, and re- moved to Mendon, (see W. C. deeds) ; Sarah,
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born July 1721, 20. married. June II, 1740, Henry Washburn; Susanna, born June 2, 1723, married, March 23, 1743-4, Benjamin Washburn, of Bridgewater. The Battles families of Plymouth and Bridgewater were evidently connections of the Hingham family.
(IV) Joseph Battles, third child of Edward Battles (3), was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, May 18, 1713. He married, 1738, Susanna Studley, of Scituate, and after living for a time in the second precinct of Hingham (but Dean says he was the first of the name to live in Scituate, where his wife was born, and many of his descendants have lived there), he bought eighty-seven acres of land in Leominster, April 1, 1760, of James Richardson, of Dover and Leominster. for two hundred and two pounds. He removed to Leominster and died there in 1766. Guardians were appointed in Worcester county for six children who were under age. The first eight children are recorded at Hingham; the next three baptized there, probably born in Scituate, and the youngest, Content, was born probably in Leominster. The estate was divided by a committee December 13, 1773. Mabel deeded her share to James Richardson, July 13, 1773. as soon as she was of age; similar deeds were taken by Mr. Rich- ardson from other heirs. Without the deeds and probate records it would have been impossible to establish the line in this family. Either Joseph or his son Joseph bought forty-one acres of land in Leominster in 1764 of Stephen Symmes, of Box- ford, Massachusetts.
The children of Joseph and Susanna ( Studley) Battles were : Hannah, born August 16, 1739; Joseph, of whom later; Susanna, December 20, 1742; Saralı, baptized July 14, 1745; Lydia, January 22, 1746; Ephraim, June 9, 1749, went to Hingham, deeded his rights to father's estate, December 13, 1773; Rachel, June 7, 1752 (twin) ; Mabel, June 7, 1752 (twin) ; Priscilla, baptized August 15, 1756; James, baptized October 26, 1760, probably of Leominster ; John, of whom later; Content, born 1762, (James Richardson guardian 1769).
(V) John Battles, eleventh child of Joseph Battles (4), is not the ancestor of the subject of this sketch but of many of the family in Fitchburg and vicinity. John Battles resided in Leominster and Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He was a revolutionary soldier in Captain David Wilder's company, Twenty-third Con- tinental Regiment.
The children of John and Hannah Battles were: John, born in Leominster, December 4, 1786, died December, 1788; Dolly, December 4, 1788, at Leomin- ster; the following at Fitchburg: John, March 21, 1790, married (first), 1823, Mrs. Polly Chesemore, and (second) Lois Carter, of Leominster, June 4. 1837; David, January 12, 1792; Hannah, May 12, 1793; Caleb, August 12, 1796, died February 1, 1819; Nathan, November 25, 1796, lived in Fitchburg and had three sons settle in the adjoining town of West- minster; Thomas W., Benjamin F., and Alfred; Asa, March 8, 1797; Martin, removed and settled in Hingham, married, December 10, 1826, Cynthia Lincoln, and had eight children; Leonard, October I, 1801; Lydia, August 20, 1802, died September, 1803; Samuel, August 24, 1804, died 1880, at Fitch- burg, married Elizabeth Wilkins, at Jaffrey, New Hampshire, September 5, 1838; married (second) Fanny Evans, October 3, 1845.
(V) Joseph Battles, son of Joseph Battles (4), brother of the preceding, and ancestor of the sub-
ject of this sketch, was born October 5, 1740. He married, 1759, Rebecca Burbank, of Scituate, and lived there. His home was there in 1766 at the time of his father's death, and it is not known that he lived there. He sold ten acres of land in Leomin- ster, December 9, 1766, after his father's death. The deed included his interests in his father's real estate in Leominster. 1Iis deed, like the similar convey- ances from his brothers and sisters, was to James Richardson. The children of Joseph Battles were probably born in Scituate. They were: Joseph, Jr., born about 1768; David (no record to prove parent- age), born about 1770, settled in Leominster and had eight children, among whom were: David, El- mira, Lucy, Rebecca, Sarah A., and Betsey. (The eldest son lived in Fitchburg and had three children ).
(VI) Joseph Battles, son of Joseph Battles (5), was born about 1768, probably in Scituate. Hc set- tled in Fitchburg, in the south part of the town. He deeded half this farm to his son, Joseph, Jr., in con- sideration of good will and love, December 15. 1829. The son evidently prepared his home for house- keeping, for he nfarried a few months later. He was living in 1836 on the farm when his son, Henry Battles, deeded liis interests in the estate on which Joseph Battles, Sr., was living at that time to Joseph Battles, Jr., who owned the other half. The children of Joseph Battles were: Joseph, Jr., born about 1800; Henry, see above deed.
(VII) Joseph Battles, father of Joseph A. Bat- tles, and son of Joseph Battles (6), was born about 1800, in Leominster, Massachusetts. He was edu- cated in the common schools there and followed his father's footsteps as a farmer on the old place. He was a Whig in politics. He married Betsey Whit- ing, of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, June 3, 1830. Their children, born in Fitchburg, were: Elbridge Dana, born in South Fitchburg, June 13, 1832, died 1857 at Fitchburg ; Joseph Augustus, of whom later.
(VII1) Joseph Augustus Battles, younger son of Joseph Battles (7), was born on the old homestead at South Fitchburg, Massachusetts, April 5, 1835. He was brought up there on the farm near Mount Monoosnoc and attended the district schools of Fitchburg. He went to work first for P. Smith & Company, bakers, and continued in this business and farming for several years. In 1866 he started in the livery stable business, in which he became very successful in later years. At first he had only three horses. He soon afterward established his business in Oliver street. In 1869 he removed to Day street. For a few months only he had a partner. He was in the livery business altogether for twenty- three years. He was the owner of the first hack in Fitchburg. He made a specialty of hacks and stage coaches for hire. When he retired from the busi- ness and sold his stable he had invested in real es- tate some $25,000. He was appointed superintendent of streets and held the position to the satisfaction of the citizens and with credit to himself for seven years. Of late years he has retired from active life and is occupied only with the care of his real estate. He is a strong Republican in politics. He is a mem- ber and has been president of the Fitchburg ( Worces- ter North) Agricultural Society.
He married, in 1873, Ellen L. Smith, who died May II. 1896. She was a daughter of Joseph Smith, of Fitchburg. They have no children.
In closing this sketch of Mr. Battles is is but fair to describe in a few words the manner in which this man is respected by the citizens of Fitchburg and
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his many friends outside. Truly Mr. Battles can be called a home man. His home on Main street is where he spends his idle hours, generally sur- rounded by two or three friends who take great de- light in hearing him recount experiences of the past, for Mr. Battles is ranked as one of the best story tellers in Fitchburg. He is outspoken and what he has to say to a man lie says to his face. As an old resident remarked, "Gus Battles would never do a man an injustice if he knew it."
Adorning the walls of Mr. Battles' cozy home are many works of art executed by his late wife, in which Mr. Battles takes great pride in showing to his many friends. He is a public-spirited man and also philanthropic, and has done many deeds of charity which no one knows anything about. For his kind, genial manner he has erected a monument to himself which will be enduring to those left be- hind.
THE HARDY FAMILY. Thomas Hardy (1), the immigrant ancestor of William A. IIardy, of Fitchburg, was one of the first twelve who planted the settlement of old Ipswich on the Essex shore of New England. He was born in England, and was brother of John Hardy, the only other early settler of Massachusetts Bay colony. Rev. Mr. Perry in liis anniversary sermon at Bradford, Massachusetts, said the two brothers John and Thomas Hardy came to this country in the family of Governor John Win- throp as laborers. Not finding business tor then, Winthrop gave them land, at first at Ipswich, but as they did not like the soil there he gave them leave to come to Bradford and furnished them with their patent. Their first house stood just back of David Mardin's house (in 1820) where the cellar was then visible. This account is rather vague, but interest- ing. Thomas Hardy was at Ipswich, April 1, 1633. and was then a proprietor, not a servant. He lived there for some twenty years, a citizen and planter, and about 1653 removed to the neighboring town of Rowley. Soon afterward he settled at Bradford, where many descendants have lived and are still liv- ing. He was one of Major Denison's subscribers in 1648. His home in Ipswich was a lot near the river adjoining Robert Adams' and Thomas How- lett's farms. Ile was called of Haverhill when he gave land to daughter Mary, wife of Samuel Cur- rier, of Haverhill, July 1, 1670, though his home may have still been Bradford. He made a will at Merrimack village, near Haverhill ( Bradford) March 4, 1671-2, with codicil dated December 12, 1677, when he was aged seventy-two years. He was therefore born in 1605. The will was proved March 7, 1677-8, and bequeathed to wife, to sons John, Joseph, Jacob, and William; son-in-law William Hutchins; daughter Mary and her children. He died January 4, 1678. Ilis children: I. Thomas, born Bradford; married Mercy Tenney, mentioned below. 2. John, made freeman 1676; married Mary -, and Marctha 3. Joseph, born 1642, died January II, 1726-7, aged eighty-four years ; had son Joseph and others. 4. Jacob, born Bradford; married Lydia ; died November 2, 1713. 5. William, born May 3, 1678; married Ruth Tenney. 6. Daughter, married William Hut- chins, perhaps Ann, who was baptized at Rowley, April 26, 1666. 7. Mary, married, 1670, Samuel Cur- rier, of Ilaverhill.
(II) Thomas Hardy, son of Thomas Hardy (I). born in Ipswich or vicinity about 1650; married
(first) Ruth - -, who was given as the mother of Thomas when he was baptized June 17, 1683. He married (second) Mercy Tenney, who joined the church November 4, 1694, and died 1716, at Brad- ford. Their children: 1. Thomas, Jr., born about 1680, baptized June 17, 1683. 2. Isaac. 3. Hannah. 4. Sarah. The three last named were baptized August 26, 1695.
(III) Thomas Hardy, son of Thomas Hardy (2), was born in Bradford, Massachusetts, about 1690. He joined the church there June 26, 1721. He settled on a farm in Bradford and lived there all his life. He married Martha Hardy, January 4, 1721-2. Their children, all born in Bradford, were: I. Gideon, born May 7, 1722. 2. Reuben, September 24, 1724. 3. Phineas, July II, 1726, mentioned be- low. 4. Ebenezer, born November 7, 1728. 5. Isaac, August 5, 1730. 6. Martha, December 29, 1731. 7. Phebe, December 3, 1732. 8. Anna, July 30, 1735.
(IV) Phineas Hardy, son of Thomas Hardy (3), was born in Bradford, Massachusetts, about 1725. He removed to Hollis, New Hampshire, and made his home there. He had four sons in the Revolution. In 1775 there were four of the family on the tax list of Hollis-Phineas, Phineas, Jr., Nehemiah and Aaron. The children of Phineas and Abigail Hardy : I. Elizabeth, born Bradford, July 22, 1750. 2. Martha, born June 24, 1752, at Hollis. 3. Phineas, Jr., born June 25, 1754, at Hollis, was a soldier in the revo- lution. 4. Thomas, born June II, 1756, at Hollis; resided at Dublin and Marlboro, New Hampshire ; married Lucy Coburn; was a soldier in the Revol- utionary war. 5. Noah, born September 17, 1758, mentioned below. 6. Jesse, born December 19, 1760, settled in Hollis. 7. Isaac, born July 9, 1763. 8. Moses, born 17, 1765; married Abigail Wheat ; resided at Hollis. 9. Solomon, born August 1, 1767. (V) Deacon Noah Hardy, son of Phineas Hardy (4), born September 17, 1758, at Hollis, New Hampshire, settled in Nelson, New Hampshire, where he lived during most of his active years. In his old age he went to Antrim, New Hampshire, to live with his daughter, Mrs. Buckminster, and died there December 21, 1835. He was a soldier in the Revolution, in Capt. Daniel Emerson's company in 1777 and 1778. The town of Nelson, where he set- tled, was granted first by the Masonian proprietors as Monadnock, No. 6, later it was granted as Pack- ersfield, named for Thomas Packer, of Portsmouth. He was, says the "History of Antrim," a good mail, little known in Antrim. He married Sarah Spof- ford, who died May 9, 1850, aged eighty-five years. Their children: I. Noah, mentioned below. 2. Bet- sey, married Ezra Prescott, long register of deeds at Amherst, New Hampshire. 3. Sally, married David Ames, Jr., of Hancock, New Hampshire; settled in Charlotte, New York. 4. Deacon David, born about 1800; married Sally Farwell, of Hancock; was in Westminster, Vermont, and Hancock; settled on the North Branch, Antrim, in 1833, on John G. Flint place ; in 1837 removed to Homer, New York. 5. Hannah H., born in Nelson; married Benjamin M. Buckminster in 1819; died July 19, 1848; resided in Antrim. 6. Silas, born in Nelson. November 20, 1799; married Abigail Farley, of Hollis, in 1826; came to Antrim, New Hampshire, from Westmin- ster, Vermont ; in 1835 settled in New Ipswich, New Hampshire. 7. Lois, married Henry Kelsey.
(VI) Captain Noah Hardy, son of Deacon Noah Hardy (5), was born in Nelson, New Hamp- shire, September 16, 1789. He settled in Nelson.
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He was captain of the military company there and served during the war of 1812 for a short time. He married Jerusha Kimball, who was born August 13, 1790. Their children, born in Nelson, were: I. Augustus Hardy, born September 4, 1812. 2. Syl- vander W. Hardy, mentioned below. 3. George B., born September 25, 1816. 4. Abby, September 5, 1818. 5. Noah W., November 9, 1820. 6. Charles, October 18, 1822. 7. Caroline M., February 3, 1825. S. Silas, April 3, 1827. 9. Franklin B., April 28, 1829. 10. E. Prescott, September 3, 1831.
(VH) Sylvander W. Hardy, second child of Captain Noah Hardy (6), was born in Nelson, New Hampshire, February 25, 1814, and died in Charles- town, Massachusetts, April 10, 1850. He was a skillful machinist and foreman of the machine shop at the Charlestown navy yard from 1843 to 1850. He married, 1835, Mary Batchelder, of Wilton, New Hampshire. Their children were: 1. William A., mentioned below. 2. Charles K., born May 10, 1847. a well-known artist of Worcester, Massachusetts.
(VIII) William Augustus Hardy, son of Syl- vander (7) and Mary (Batchelder ) Hardy, was born in Pepperell, Massachusetts, June 12, 1837. He at- tended school at Charlestown, Massachusetts, and at Guilford (New Hampshire) Academy. After the death of his father he went to live on the farm of his uncle, George Hardy, at Nelson, New Hamp- shire. Ile worked there four years and then went as an apprentice to learn his trade at Lake Village, New Hampshire. In 1855 he removed to Fitch- burg and has made his home there ever since. Ile began in business with Levi Stevens, who had a small brass foundry established in 1850, located near the site of the present Fitchburg hardware store. The foundry was soon removed to the pres- ent location off Water street. Mr. Hardy also be- came interested in the manufacture of screen plates for the use of paper manufacturers, in partnership with Charles Pinder. The firm name was Hardy & Pinder, for the manufacture of screen plates only, until 1893, when Mr. Pinder retired, and died two years later. Mr. Hardy bought the interests of his partner and continued the business under his own name until it was consolidated with the brass foun- dry and the whole concern incorporated. The pres- ent corporation was formed December 15, 1902, with a capital of $50,000, as William A. Hardy & Sons' Company. The officers are the same as those first chosen : President, William A. Hardy; vice-presi- dent, Walter A. Hardy ; secretary, William C. Hardy ; treasurer, Frank O. Hardy. The company manufac- tures all kinds of brass castings, babbitt metal, screen plates, etc. Mr. Hardy is one of the oldest manufacturers in Fitchburg, having been in active business over fifty years. He has won an enviable position in the business world.
Mr. Hardy enlisted in the civil war in Company D, Fifth Massachusetts Regiment, of Charlestown, Col. George H. Pierson commander, and was wound- ed at Goldsborough, North Carolina. He was after- ward active in the militia. He was a member of the Washington Guards of Fitchburg in the Ninth Massachusetts Regiment, Boston, 1855-60; of the Boston Light Infantry Veteran Corps. He is now a member of Post No. 19. G. A. R., at Fitchburg, and of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com- pany of Boston. Mr. Hardy is also a member of the order of Odd Fellows and of the Red Men. In politics he is a Republican. He was selectman of Fitchburg before the city charter was granted, and
afterward a member of. the common council and the school board of the city. Ile married ( first) Ilar- riet M. Adams, who was drowned at Ipswich in 1877. She was a descendant of the same line of the Adams family as President John Adams ( see Adams fam- ily). Iler ancestors settled in Ashburnham, and her grandfather was a soldier in the Revolution. Mr. Hardy married (second) in 1878, Emma A. Sargent, daughter of James B. and Susan ( Daniels ) Sargent, of Boston. Children of William A. and Harriet A. Hardy: 1. Carrie F., born August 23, 1861, married Frank H. Ormsby, of Boston. 2. Herbert, died young. 3. Walter A., mentioned below. 4. Frank O., mentioned below. The children of William A. and Emma A. Hardy : 5. Theodore R., born April 7, 1879, a graduate of Cowles' Art College, a designer and artist of note, Boston. 6. William C., mention- ed below. 7. George E., born September 24, 1883, a graduate of Fitchburg high school, 1903; of Am- herst College, 1907. 8. Chester S., born September 15, 1887, a graduate of Fitchburg high school, 1905; student at Brown University, class of 1909.
( IX) Walter A. Hardy, son of William A. Hardy (8), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, December 15, 1866. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, leaving the high school after two years in order to go into business with his father. He learned the business thoroughly and has been closely identified with its management ever since. He is at present the vice-president, and in the absence of his father the head of the company. In politics he is a Republican, and in 1904 and 1905 was an alderman of the city of Fitchburg, being espe- cially active in police matters, as chairman of the po- lice committee; also member of the fire department committee, the committees on city property and of finance. He is a well known Free Mason, a member of Aurora Lodge, and Thomas Royal Arch Chapter. He is a member of Apollo Lodge of Odd Fellows; of the Park Club; of the Manufacturers' Club of Fitchburg; of the Fitchburg Merchants' Association. He is president of the Fitchburg Baseball Associa- tion. For seven years he was in Company B, of Fitchburg in the Sixth Regiment, Massachusetts Vol- unteer Militia, serving on the noncommissioned staff, and ranking as sergeant. He married, Decem- ber 15, 1890, Hattie Jackman, daughter of Noah Jackman, at Fitchburg. They have one child. Carrie E., born February 3, 1892. They reside at 6 Allston street, Fitchburg.
(IX) Frank O. Hardy, son of William Augus- tus Hardy (8), was born in Fitchburg, Massachu- setts, September 13, 1870. He attended the public schools and graduated from the Fitchburg high school. He entered into the business of his father in the brass foundry, and since the incorporation he has been treasurer of the W. A. Hardy & Sons Com- pany. He is a Republican in politics, and a Unitar- ian in religion. He is a director of the Fitchburg Safe Deposit and Trust Company. He married, in 1895, Bessie Lawrence, daughter of Sumner Law- rence, of Fitchburg, a prominent mason and builder. Their children are: Lawrence A. Hardy, and Helen Hardy.
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