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his daughter, Mary Pelton, is referred to as having received her share. He married, in Roxbury, Massa- chusetts, August 1, 1647, Katherine Morrill, daugh- ter of Isaac Morrill, whose daughter Mary married Governor Thomas Hinckley. The children of Sam- uel and Mary ( Smith) Pelton, five of whom were born in Dorchester, and the remainder in Bristol, were as follows: 1. Samuel, born January 26, 1675, married Saralı 2. Mary, born May 29, 1678, married, December 12, 1712, Nathaniel Colburn, of Dedham, Massachusetts. 3. Deliverance, born July 31, 1680. 4. John, born January 9. 1682, married, about 1705, Jemima died July 15, 1735. 5. Ithamar, born 1686, died prior to April 25, 1749. 0. Henry, see forward. 7. Sarah, born March 23, 1693. 8. Benjamin, born September 3, 1698, married Keziah - -- , died at Hopewell, New Jersey. His widow died in 1780.
(III) Henry Pelton, fourth son and sixth child of Samuel (2) and Mary ( Smith) Pelton, was born on the Mount Hope farm, at Bristol, Rhode Island, December 10, 1690. He subsequently removed to Groton, Connecticut, where he resided until his death in 1763. He was probably a merchant as well as a farmer of considerable importance, and was an active business man throughout his life, and was highly respected in the community. That his judg- ment was respected is proven by the fact recorded in the "Connecticut Colonial Records," that in 1750 "Preserved Randall with Henry Pelton of Groton are appointed by the Colonial Legislature to sell lands of Jonathan Randall, deceased, of Groton," etc., and a number of other records equally gratify- ing. That he was public-spirited and religious is evinced by the fact of his conveying a piece of land to "The Church" "for affection for the excellent Church of England." He was the owner of large parcels of real estate, and settled property by deed before his death on his sons Paul, Reuben and Thomas, about 1760 and 1761, with a contract that Paul should support him and his wife. Such ar- rangements were common in those days. He was a devoted member of the Church of England. He married, April 29, 1712, Mary Rose, and their chil- dren were: 1. Samuel, born December 16, 1714, married, June 17, 1736, Sybil Yeomens; died in April, 1783. 2. Thomas, born July 22, 1717, mar- ried, July 9, 1740, Hannah Avery; died 1807 or 1809. 3. Paul, born May 14, 1720, married, August 20, 1743, Alary Avery; date of death not known. 4. Preserved, born January 24, 1722. 5. Lemuel, born February 22, 1724, married, April 8, 1747, Mary Cornwall. 6. Reuben, born January 24, 1726. 7. Robert, born June 9, 1729, married, August 19, 1751, Hannah -; died June 21, 1789. 8. Moses, see forward. 9. Ephraim, born June 12, 1732, mar- ried, about 1756, Mary Spelman; died August 31, 18II.
(IV) Moses Pelton, seventh son and eighth child of Henry (3) and Mary ( Rose) Pelton, was born at Groton, Connecticut, about 1728 or 1730. He resided in Somers, Connecticut, where the house he huilt was standing in good condition in 18So, and is no doubt still there at the present time (1906). He was one of the pioneers and first set- tlers in the town of Somers, and was highly respect- ed by all. His death occurred April 16, 1778, ac- cording to the Town Records of Somers. Lorin P. Waldo. in his "Early History of Tolland, Con- necticut," says: "On news of the battle of Lexing- ton, April 19. 1775, a company of men was raised,
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commanded by Captain Solomon Wills, and served in Colonel Spencer's regiment, at Roxbury, Mass- achusetts, from May I, to December 1, 1775. In the roll of this company is the name of Moses Pel- ton. He was from Somers, and was killed the next .year by a cannon ball from the British shipping while the American army was retreating from New York." Moses Pelton married, about the year 1750, Mary (Molly) Whipple, and had children : I. Moses, born June 27, 1751, married Dorothy Benton ; died June 19, 1809. 2. Joel, see forward. 3. Han- nah, born in Somers, Connecticut, died May 10, 1851. .4. Mary, born February 26, 1754, married
Farwell, and went to Vermont or near Lake Cham- plain to reside. Another account says she married Luce, and lived and died in Somers. 5. Hannah (?), born August 30, 1755, died at Somers, unmarried, February 16, 1817. 6. Lemuel, born 1757, is reported to have settled further east. ". Elizabeth, born November, 1763.
(V) Joel Pelton, second son and child of Moses (4) and Mary (Whipple) Pelton, was born in Som- ers, Connecticut, November 5, 1753. He was indus- trious, and excelled in strength of mind as well as body. He was a soldier in the war of the revolu- tion, and was a fluent and interesting narrator of anecdotes of that period, and especially in his latter years, when there few of his contemporaries- living, he was a character of unusual interest. He was a pensioner of the war, and when over eighty years of age was accustomed to walk to Augusta from his home in order to draw his pension. After his retirement from the army he went "down East" and settled in Maine. His first residence was at Wool- wich, and he subsequently lived in Washington, Jef- ferson and Madrid. His first settlement in Madrid was in ISI0, when he remained there six years ; he then resided in Washington for a period of twelve years, at the end of that time returning to Madrid. He was successful both as a farmer and a tanner. His death occurred in Madrid, May 7, 1856, at the advanced age of one hundred and three years. He married (first), in 1779 or 1780, Sally Sloman, daughter of Simon Sloman; he married (second), about 1791, Anna Cotter, daughter of Timothy Cot- ter, of Whitfield, Maine; he married (third), 1833. Ruhanah Beedy, a widow. He had children as follows :
I. Sarah, born probably at Woolwich, Maine, about 1781, married Ebenezer Runlett, of Wiscasset, Maine. 2. Thomas, born August, 1783, married, about 1804, Betsey Gray; died November 5. 1857. 3. Joel, born March 10, 1785, married, July 4, 1810, Jerusha Thomas ; died September 29, 1865. 4. Brid- get, who was always called Mary, born in Woolwich, Maine, 1786, died January I, 1837. She married Richard Parks, born 1787, died February 3. 1871, son of Frederick Parks, of Winnegance, Maine. 5. Simon, born abut 1788, went to sea, and nothing was ever heard from or of him. His brother Alexander heard of him at New Orleans, Louisiana, but did not see him, as Simon was sailing outward bound on the day that Alexander arrived in the city. 6. Alex- ander, born September 24. 1791, died May 4, 1879. Ile married ( first), July 31, 1820, Ann Mayberry ; married (second), June 4, 1835, Louisa Leman ; mar- ried (third). June 23. 1839, Sarah A. Young. 7. Timothy, see forward. 8. Polly, born in Jefferson, Maine, 1793, resided in Madrid, Maine, where she died, October 11, 1852. She married, 1810, Aaron Huntoon, at Phillips, Maine, son of Jonathan Hun-
toon, of Wiscasset, Maine, and had eleven children. 9. Moses, born January 9, 1794. married, January 17, 1827, Jane Stinson; died October 10, 1876. 10. Marion, born in Jefferson, Maine, April 20, 1799. The greater part of her life was spent in Washing- ton, Maine, where she died August 6, 1863. She married, December 25, 1818, Franklin Perry, born in Wayne, Maine, December 6, 1792, died in Wash- ington Maine, July 10, 1878, and they had children : Hannah, born January 29, 1821; Edmund, deceased, born April 10, 1823; Elizabeth, born August 7, 1825; Orrin R., deceased; Joel; Samuel, deceased; Mary Ann, deceased ; William F., deceased. II. Eliza, born in Washington, Maine, April 17, 1800. She lived at various times in Palermo, Madrid, Phillips, and Temple, Maine, and her death occurred in the last named place January 24, 1847. She married, October 21, 1822, Isaac Benson, born March 10, 1793, son of Seth Benson, of New York, and had seven children. One of her daughters, Mrs. E. A. Reed lived in Portland, Maine, in 1876. 12. Abigail, born in Jefferson, Maine, 1803, died in Washington, in the same state, November 20, 1873. She married (first ) Hutchings ; ( second ) - Le- man; (third) P. Trask; and (fourth) Franklin Perry, who had been the husband of her sister Marion. 13. Hannah, born October 28, 1804, was living in Castalia, Iowa, in 1879. She married, in Lincoln county, Maine, July, 1826, Job Perry, son of David Perry, of Wayne, Maine. 14. Nancy, born in 1806. She lived at one time in Washington, Maine, and in 1876 was residing in North Union, Knox county, Maine. She married William Pinkham, and had children : Amanda, married John Layr; Eliza, married George Layr; Cyrus, married Sarah Rines ; Mary A., married Edward Lucas; Elsie, married Charles Woffindale; Thomas, married Hannah Jones ; James, born December 28, 1838, married Car- oline Ripley; Emma, born March 8, 1843, married Henry Fossett; Charles, married Bella Campbell ; Hattie, born July 16, 1848, married Samuel Whitten ; Martha, married John Smith. 15. Almira, see for- ward.
(VI) Almira Pelton, fifteenth child and ninth daughter of Joel Pelton (5), married Aaron Wells, as stated in the sketch of Edwin Aaron Wells.
FRANK EDWARD MURRAY. Henry Murray (I), grandfather of Frank Edward Murray, of Worcester, was born in Enniscorthy, county Wex- ford, Ireland. He learned the carpenter's trade and worked at it in the old country for some years. He married there Margaret Scott, who was also born in Enniscorthy. They came to America in 1832 with their family and settled in Worcester, Massachu- setts. He followed his trade and was a carpenter and builder of some note. He built in Worcester county a number of churches. He was the first superintendent of St. John's ( Roman Catholic) Sun- day school and first sexton of St. John's Church. He sang in the first choir. Before the church was built, services were held in his house on Temple street. Mrs. Murray was a member of the first Al- tar Society of St. John's Church. Their children were: John Francis, Mary, George Benedict, Harry J., T. Edward, who was a lawyer.
(II) John Francis Murray, son of Henry Mur- ray (I), was born in Enniscorthy, Ireland, 1831. He was but a year and a half old when his parents came to this country and settled in Worcester. He attended the public schools in Worcester and grad-
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uated from Worcester high school and Holy Cross College. He was a member of the volunteer fire department in the early days of the city. He be- came captain of police when Charles B. Pratt was city marshal. He was a painter by trade. He was interested in music, inheriting his vocal gifts from his father. He was a member of the original Choral Union, and was for many years the director of the choir in St. John's Church. He was sexton of St. John's Church and the superintendent of the ceme- tery of that parish. He was interested in public matters and served the city on the school board for several years.
He married Julia M. O'Brien, who survives him. He died October 2, 1892, aged sixty-one years. The children of John Francis and Julia M. (O'Brien) Murray were: I. Henry, born 1854, died 1854. 2. Frank Edward, born October 30, 1857. 3. Minnie S., born in Worcester, married Michael T. O'Connor, son of Dennis M. O'Connor, a retired merchant, of Worcester. Michael O'Connor died July 9, 1903, and left five children: Dennis M., Mary A., Mar- garet E., John M., Francis H. 4. Margaret C., born May 9, 1865, died December 14, 1901. 5. John, born November 8, 1869, died September 10, 1870. 6. Agnes, born May 28, 1871, died May 17, 1895; she married Charles A. Sweeney, son of William Sweeney, and left two children: John M., born Oc- tober, 1893, and May C., born September, 1894. 7. Henry J., born in Worcester, resides in Worces- ter in the house in which his grandfather lived, 56 Temple street, Worcester, and is unmarried.
( III) Frank Edward Murray, son of John Fran- cis Murray (2), was born in Worcester, October 30, 1857. He was educated in the Worcester public schools. He went to work for E. R. Fiske & Co., printers, in Worcester, and there learned his trade of pressman. Later he was employed by Charles Hamilton & Co., printers, and was with the concern for nineteen years. He left the printing business in 1895 to go into the undertaking business with his brother, Henry J. Murray, under the firm name of Murray Bros. Their place of business is at 47 Park street. The firm of Murray Brothers stands well in business circles. The brothers have certainly de- served the success they have won. They are thor- oughly trained and well equipped for their business. They are extremely painstaking and obliging. Per- haps nobody better than a newspaper man can ap- preciate the utmost attention to details given to their business by Murray Brothers. The writer knows from long experience on Worcester papers what care and tact Mr. Murray and his brother exercise in be- half of their clients at what is bound to be a trying time, both for the bereaved family when called upon by the newspapers for obituary matter and also for the reporters who have to interview the family, Mr. Murray takes pains to secure the facts and helps the newspapers to secure correct and adequate obituary notices.
Mr. Frank E. Murray is the sexton of St. John's Church. He is secretary of the Particular Council of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, member of the Irish-American Historical Society, Associated Char- ities, Division 34, A. O. H., Massachusetts Under- takers' Association, member and past grand knight of Alliambra Council, Knights of Columbus, and an honorary member of the Washington Social Club and also of the Emmet Guards. He has served the city with credit on the board of overseers of the poor.
Mr. Murray married Catherine T. Houlihan, of Millbury, Massachusetts. Their children are: John, died in infancy ; Mary F., born May 4, 1889; Mar- garet A., born August 13, 1894.
WALTER A. DAVIS. Dolor Davis (1), the immigrant ancestor of most of the Worcester coun- ty branches of the Davis family, was the progenitor of Walter A. Davis, city clerk of Fitchburg. Dolor Davis came from England and was distinguished pioneer in the early days of the colonies. He had a grant of land at Cambridge, August 4, 1634. He lived also at Barnstable and Concord later. He was a carpenter and master builder. He came to New England in 1634 and his wife and three children came the following year, accompanied by her broth- er, Simon Willard, who became one of the founders of Concord, and was distinguished in the military service. Dolor Davis was admitted a freeman at Duxbury, in Plymouth colony, August 5, 1638-9, and was granted land there in 1640. He was admitted a freeman in the neighboring town of Barnstable, June 4, 1645, and he and his wife were dismissed from the Duxbury Church to Barnstable, August 27, 1648. He was highway surveyor and constable in Barn- stable. In 1655 he returned to Massachusetts Bay colony and bought a house and one hundred and fifty acres of land in Concord, but in 1666 we find him again in Barnstable and he died there in June, 1673
He married (first), in county Kent, England, March 29, 1624, Margery Willard, who was baptized at Horsemonden, county Kent, November 7, 1602. She died prior to 1667. She was the daughter of Richard Willard, of Horsemonden, yeoman. Their children were: John, born in England, settled in Barnstable, inherited the Concord homestead; Eliza- beth, born in England; Lieutenant Simon, of whom later; Mary, born about 1631 in England; Samuel. of Concord and Bedford, ancestor of Governor John Davis; Ruth, born in Barnstable, March 24, 1645.
(II) Lientenant Simon Davis, son of Dolor Davis (I), was born about 1635 in America. Hc settled in Concord on a farm given him by his fath- er near the homestead. Ile was one of Captain Thomas Wheeler's troopers in the expedition of 1675 to the Nipmuck country and took command when the captain was wounded. He received his commission as lieutenant July 2, 1689. He was ad- mitted a freeman March 21, 1699. He was a deputy to the general court 1689-90-92-1705. He died June 14, 1713, aged seventy-seven years, according to his gravestone at Concord. His will was made June 24, 1710, and proved July 3, 1713.
He married, December 12, 1660, Mary Blood, who was born in Concord, July, 1640, the daughter of James Blood. Their children were: Dr. Simon, born October 12, 1661; Mary, born October. 3, 1663; Sarah, born March II or 15, 1665-6; James, born January or June 19, 1668; Eleanor, born October 22, 1672; Ebenezer, born June 1, 1676, of whom later; Hannah, born April 1, 1679.
(III) Ebenezer Davis, sixth child of Simon Davis (2), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, June 1, 1676, where he settled and where all his children were born. He was a farmer. Ile married ( first) Dinah He married (second ) Mrs. Sarah French, widow of William French, of Biller- ica. She died October 15. 1751, aged seventy-four years. The children of Ebenezer and Dinah Davis were : Ebenezer, born March 29, 1701, also settled
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at Harvard, Massachusetts; Eleazer, of whom later ; Josiah, born February 4, 1704-5: was a soldier in Lovewell's fight described below and was killed there ; Simon, born February 23. 1707-8; Dinah, born July 22, 1710; Phineas, born February 19. 1712-3, settled in Milford, Massachusetts; Ellen, born May I, 1715. The children of Ebenezer and Sarah Davis were: Sarah, born July 14, 1723; Lydia. born Sep- tember 27, 1724; Josiah, born September 20. 1726. (IV) Eleazer Davis, second child of Ebenezer Davis (3), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, March 4, 1703. He settled on a farm in what was later the town of Harvard, set off from Lancaster, Groton and Stow. June 20, 1732. He was one of the leaders in the movement resulting in the new town llis was the farm in later years owned by the Shaker Community and known as the East Family until a few years ago. Mr. Davis was prominent in both civil and military life. He was an inn holder from 1759 to 1761 and probably longer. He was assessor of the town in 1732-33-35-42-43-44-45-46-47, and se- leetman 1741-45-46-54-58. When the town was di- vided into school districts in 1738 he was in the Oak Hill quarter.
He was a soldier of noteworthy experience. He was one of Lovewell's party at Pequawket fight, which has been called Thermopyla of New England, May 8, 1725. when thirty-four Rangers met about eighty Indians led by Sachem Paugus on the border of a pond in what is now Fryeburg, Maine, and after a desperate day's struggle defeated them. Their vic- tory was won with the loss of their commander, two lieutenants. an ensign, chaplain and ten others. Twelve were buried on the field, three died of wounds on the way home. Eleazer Davis' brother Josiah was one of those killed. All but nine were wounded more or less. Eleazer Davis was shot through the body and also lost a thumb, but he man- aged to reach Berwick alive, after wandering eleven days through the woods, most of the time alone. In 1838 he petitioned the general court, as follows: "A
petition of Eleazer Davis of Harvard in the County of Worcester, praying consideration of the Court on account of his Sufferings and Services, particularly the Wounds, and Smarts received in the Fight under the Command of the late Capt. Lovewell against the Indian Enemy at Piqwacket ( sic)." The general court awarded him a pension of four pounds per annum for five years.
Davis bought his land of John Edwards, eighty acres on Oak Hill, January 17, 1728-9, and this homestead was known as the Gold Mine Lot. Ilis will mentions land in Thomlinson, New Hampshire, later known as Windham county, Vermont. This was probably a grant for military service. His will was dated March. 1762.
He married, November 29, 1732. Sarah Willard. He married ( second) Abigail , who died March 26, 1762. aged fifty-nine years, ten months. His children: Eleazer, born September 25, 1730, at Groton: Oliver, born October 4, 1734, died August 25, 1736; Abel, born March 17, 1736-7, administered the estate at the request of the eldest son, Eleazer ; Timothy, born September 9, 1737, died August 31, 1748: Ephraim, born January 2. 1739-40; Sarah, born March 22, 1742; Oliver. born April 21, 1741.
(V) Eleazer Davis. eldest child of Eleazer Davis (4), was born at Groton, in the part later set off as Harvard, September 25, 1730. He married Abiah- -. Ile settled in Templeton on a tract of land and became a planter. He died in 1784 at
Templeton, and his eldest son Daniel was adminis- trator. He settled in Vermont on the land granted to his grandfather in Thomlinson, as it was then spelled. The children of Eleazer and Abiah Davis living in 1784 were: Daniel, of Thomlinson, Wind- ham county, Vermont ; Silas, of whom later ; Oliver, resided in Harvard.
( VI) Silas Davis, son of Eleazer Davis (5), was born November 17, 1763, in Templeton, Massa- chusetts. He bought his father's farm of the ad- ministrator October 25. 1788. He was a farmer at Templeton all his life. He married Rachel Gay, September 30. 1787. He died 1798 at Templeton. Ebenezer French was appointed guardian of his three children, then all under the age of fourteen, in 1798. The children were: Silas, born about 1788; George Washington, of whom later; Betsey, born about 1795.
(VII) George Washington Davis, son of Silas Davis (6), was born in Templeton. January 2, 1791. He worked a farm on halves in Gardner, and though he had a large family he left an estate val- tied at several thousand dollars. He was a promi- nent citizen of Gardner for many years. He was for twelve years a selectman and for six years chairman of the board. He was assessor two years and on the school committee two years. He died in Gard- ner, Massachusetts, July 22, 1857, at the age of sixty . Six.
He married three times. He married (first) Anna Perley, daughter of Allen Perley. She was born August 19, 1795, and died December 10, 1821. He married (second) Betsey Conant, daughter of Josiah Conant, of Westminster ; she was born April 8. 1791, and died at Gardner, October 21, 1837. He married (third) Sylvia Rich, who died at Worces- ter, January 8, 1870. The children of George W. and Anna Davis were: Walter, born November 18, 1813; George, born November 17, 1815, lived in Law- rence; Alonzo, born November 15, 1817, of whom later ; Betsey, born October 13, 1821, married Syl- vester Coolidge. The children of George W. and Betsey Davis were: Lyman, born November 23, 1824; Leander, born June 29. 1826, lived at St. Augustine, Florida, and became wealthy; Anna, born September 25, 1827, married Dexter Struckey ; Maria A., born March 30, 1829; Lucy Ann, born June 5, 1830: Silas, born January 1, 1832, died April 19, 1842; Charles, born July 13, 1834; was president of Southgate Manufacturing Company of Worcester ; died 1897, and was succeeded by his son. George W. Davis.
(VIII) Alonzo Davis. third child of George W. Davis (7), was born in Gardner, Massachusetts. No- vember 15, 1817. He reseived the rudiments of his education in the public schools there, but he was na- turally a student and reader and was largely self- educated. He learned the trade of chair making and began to manufacture on his own account in partnership with Alexander Rice. Later John D. Pratt became his partner and in 1855 Henry T. Pratt and Charles E. Pratt were also taken into the firm. He was in business for a period of thirty-two. years, always remaining at the head of his firm. A four-story brick factory, one hundred and fifty feet long and forty feet wide, was erected in 1855. Nine years later Mr. Davis bought out his partners and continued the business as sole owner until he re- tired. He was one of the most enterprising and suc- cessful manufacturer: of 'Fitchburg, foremost in all movements to promote public interests and greatly
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interested in public affairs. He had the respect and confidence of men of both political parties. He served the city in the common council in 1878 and 1879, and in the board of aldermen in 1880-81-82. Ile was mayor of the city in 1883-84-85. As a chief magistrate he had a very successful administration and many radical improvements were made. The Rollstone Street school house was built and other public buildings planned and erected.
The one great recreation and enjoyment of Mayor Davis was music. He had a good voice and for many years sang in the choir at Gardner. He was connected with the Fitchburg Cornet Band for a period of eighteen years. In the forties and fifties this was an important organization socially and many prominent men belonged to it. Mr. Davis was at one time an attendant of the Unitarian Church. He died May 23, 1888, aged seventy years.
He married (first) Betsey T. Jackson, of Gardner, daughter of Isaac Jackson, of South Gardner. At her death she left one child, Walter A. Davis, of whoni later. Alonzo Davis married (second) Mary S. Buttrick, of Fitchburg.
(IX) Walter A. Davis, only son of Alonzo Davis (8), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, July 13, 1846. He was but seven months old when his mother died and he was taken to the home of his fathers aunt, Betsey Warren, in Hubbardston. He lived with her until he was thirteen years old and attended the district schools in Hubbardston. He was graduated from the Fitchburg high school in 1865 and from Williams College in 1869. In his class at college were a number of men who have since become dis- tinguished, including Mayor Chapin, of Brooklyn; Mayor J. B. Thatcher, of Albany, Judge J. W. Camp- bell, of Ohio, and Judge Powell, of Oswego, New York.
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