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(VIII) Ernest Lawrence Thayer, son of Ed- ward Davis Thayer (7), was born August 14, 1863, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He was graduated from the Worcester high school in 1881, and from Harvard College in 1885. He was the ivy orator of his class. While in college he acquired a taste for newspaper work, and was an editor of the Lampoon. After he graduated he went abroad and traveled for a year, then went on the staff of The Examiner, at San Francisco. After a year he re- turned to Worcester, and in partnership with A. W. Darling, conducted the Bottomly mills in Cherry Valley for about four years. Since he retired from this business he has been abroad a large part of the time. He is the author of the baseball poem, the best known thing of the kind written in late years, entitled "Casey at the Bat."
(VIII) Ellen Olive Thayer, daughter of Edward Davis Thayer (7). born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, April 10, 1861, was educated in the Worcester schools and is a graduate of the high school. She married, January 21, 1886, Samuel H. Clary, the treasurer of the Worcester Trust Company, the largest bank- ing concern in the state, outside of Boston. They live at 36 Sever street, Worcester. Their children are: Ernest Thayer, born March 1, 1887; Eleanor, August 2, 1892. (See sketch of the Clary family.)
NOYES FAMILY. The Noyes family of Amer- ica is of ancient English stock dating back to the Conquest. The name of William des Noyers (called Baron in the records) appears in the Domesday Book. He was one of the military commanders of William the Conqueror, and settled in county Nor- folk, where he acquired large possessions, and where many descendants have lived. Many of the naine are living to-day in Norfolk and the adjacent county of Suffolk. The Norman word Noyes signifies crowned. The Noyes coat of arms is: Azure three crosses in bend Ar. Crest : On a chapeau azure turned up ermine a dove argent in the beak and olive branch vert.
(I) Rev. William Noyes, the English progenitor of the American family of Noyes, was born in
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1568, and died in Cholderton, county Wiltshire, be- fore April 30, 1622. He entered Oxford University, November 15, 1588, and was graduated May 31, 1592. He became the rector of Cholderton in 1602. He married, about 1595, Annie Parker, who survived him and administered the estate, May 28, 1622. She was born in 1575, and was buried at Cholderton, March 7, 1657. Her will mentions her sons James and Nicholas, the American emigrants, as "now of New England," and her son-in-law, Thomas Kent, of Upper Wallup, England. Children of Rev. William and Anne Parker were: I. Ephraim, born in England, 1596, resided at Orcheston St. Mary, died 1659. 2. Nathan, born 1597, graduated at Lin- coln College, Oxford, October 26, 1616, and suc- ceeded his father as rector of Cholderton; died September, 1651. 3. Rev. James, born 1608, mar- ried, 1633, in England, Sarah Browne, of Southamp- ton ; was matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford, August 22, 1627 ; came to America in the ship "Mary and John," March 26, 1633-34. and was made a free- man, September 3, 1634; resided for a time at Ipswich, and came to Newbury about March, 1634-35, and was associated in the ministry with his kins- man, Rev. Thomas Parker; died October 21, 1656, and his will, dated October 17, 1656, mentions his brother Nicholas and cousin Thomas Parker. 4. Nicholas, see forward. 5. Daughter, married Thomas Kent, and lived in England. 6. John, re- sided at Newton, Wiltshire.
(II) Nicholas Noyes, son of Rev. William Noyes (I), was the immigrant ancestor of Arba Slater Noyes, of Whitinsville, Massachusetts, and was born in Cholderton, Wiltshire, England, in 1615-16. He came over in 1633 with his brother, Rev. James Noyes, and his wife Sarah, his cousin, Thomas Parker, in the ship "Mary and Jolin," of London, Robert Sayres, master, taking the prescribed oath of supremacy and allegiance before sailing, March 26, 1633-34. He settled at Newbury, Massachu- setts, a year later, and is said to have been the first man to leap ashore from the boat in which the settlers proceeded to their new home. He was ad- mitted a freeman, May 17, 1637, being one of the Newbury men who walked forty miles in order to qualify as voters. He was a proprietor of the town, and held various town offices. He was elected deputy to the general court. December 19, 1660; May 28, 1679; May 19, 1680; January 4, 1680-81. He was elected deacon of the First Parish Church, March 20, 1633-34, and served till his death. He returned to England, but came back to Newbury in 1639 with Peter Noyes, of Sudbury, Massachusetts, the third pioneer of the name, whose relationship seems probable but is not known exactly.
Among the amusing cases with which the courts of the Puritan Fathers were occupied was the trial of Nicholas Noyes' wife, Hugh Marsh's wife, and William Chandler's wife for "wearing a silk hood and scarf" against the laws of the colony. Each of the culprits was discharged upon proving that her husband was worth two hundred pounds. At the same time John Hutchin's wife, who had been found wearing fine raiment, was also discharged upon testifying that "she was brought up above the ordinary rank." Nicholas Noyes died November 23, 1701, aged eighty-three years. His will was dated July 4, 1700, and proved December 29, 1701. His homestead at Newbury is owned and occupied by the heirs of Nathaniel Little (1903.)
He married, about 1640, Mary Cutting, daughter
of Captain John Cutting, shipmaster. She is men- tioned in her father's will. Children of Nicholas and Mary Noyes were: 1. Mary, born October 15, 1641, married John French. 2. Hannah, born Octo- ber 13, 1643, married (first ) Peter Cheney; (second) John Atkinson. 3. John, born January 20, 1645, married, 1668, Mary Poore. 4. Rev. Nicholas, born December 22, 1647, died December 13, 1717. 5. Cutting, see forward. 6. Sarah, born August 22, 1653, married Mathew Pettingill, 1674. 7. Timothy, born June 23, 1655, married, 1680, Mary Knight. 8. James, born May 16, 1657, married, 1684, Han- nah Knight. 9. Abigail, born April 11, 1659 married, 1707, Simeon French. 10. Rachel, born March 20, 1661, married, 1682, James Jackman. II. Thomas, born June 20, 1663, married, 1682, Sarah Knight. (III) Cutting Noyes, son of Nicholas Noyes (2), was born at Newbury, Massachusetts, Septem- ber 23, 1649. He resided at Newbury. He mar- ried Elizabeth Knight in 1673, and she died before Their children, all born at November 18, 1734.
Newbury, were : I. John, born November 15, 1674, married, 1700, Mary Noyes. 2. Cutting. Jr., see forward. 3. Elizabeth, born February 2, 1678, married, 1710, Samuel Pettingill. 4. Joseph, born January 21, 1688, married, 1711, Jane Dole. 5. Bathsheba, born 1690, married, 1714, Cutting Pettin- gill. 6. Mary, born March 27, 1693, married, 1717, James Moulton. Two more children died young.
(IV) Cutting Noyes, son of Cutting Noyes (3), was born in Newbury, Massachusetts, January 28, 1676, and died there 1757. He was a prominent citizen in his native town. He was deacon of the church, and deputy to the general court, 1704 and 1705. He married, 1702, Elizabeth Toppan, and (second), 1709, Elizabeth Gerrish. The children of Cutting and Elizabeth (Toppan) Noyes were : I. Cutting, born 1703, married, 1724, Mary Wood- man. 2. Jacob, born 1704, married, 1726, Jane Tit- comb. 3. Samuel, see forward. 4. Elizabeth, born December 31, 1707-08. The children of Cutting and Elizabeth (Gerrish) Noyes were: 5. Anne, born January 13. 1713-14. 6. Mary, born December 4, 1718. 7. Jane, born September 5, 1721. 8. Susanna, born May 5, 1724. Two others died young.
(V) Samuel Noyes, son of Cutting Noyes (4), was born at Newbury, Massachusetts, 1706, and died there, 1769. He was a butcher by trade. He married, 1734, Martha Smith, and they joined the first church of Newbury in full communion, 1737. She married (second). 1777, Captain Gideon Ward- well. Children of Samuel and Martha Noyes were : I. Samuel, born August, 1735, married Mary Brad- bury, 1737; (second) Dorothy Pearson, 1782. 2. Isaac, see forward. 3. William, born January 17, 1738, died November 7, 1831 ; married Mary Smith, 1765; Lydia Hall, 1786; Sarah Little, 1800. 4. Mar- tha, born June 10, 1743. 5. Mary, born June IS, 1745, married Timothy Noyes. 6. Edmund, born January II, 1647, married, 1770, Ann Brown. 7. Benjamin, born February 5, 1749. 8. Catherine, born January 12, 1752. 9. Eunice, born May 9, 1756. 10. Child, died young.
(VI) Isaac Noyes, son of Samuel Noyes (5), was born at Newbury, Massachusetts, January 30, 1737, and died there in 1800. He was a shipmaster. He lived at Newbury and Newburyport. He mar- ried (first), 1760, Rebecca Bryant; (second), 1772, Abigail Dresser, and (third) Elizabeth Kinsley, 1795. The children of Isaac and Rebecca Noyes
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were : I. Joseph, born August 24, 1759, married, 1794, Margaret Furlong. 2. William. born January 5, 1761, died before May 5, 1802. 3. Rebecca F., born June 2. 1763, married, 1789, William Follans- bee. 4. Timothy, see forward. 5. Martha B., mar- ried Joseph Bragdon in 1792.
(VII) Timothy Noyes, son of Isaac Noyes (6). was born at Newburyport, Massachusetts, February 19, 1766. He settled at Newburyport, and married, 1796, Elizabeth Somerby. Their children were : I. Timothy K., see forward. 2. Josiah P., born February 17, 1800, married (first) Patience Thur- low, 1820; (second) Elizabeth M. Mace, 1848. 3. Elizabeth F., born January 7, 1802, married John Hardy; (second) Timothy Newton. 4. Isaac G.,
born May 20, 1805, married Elizabeth H. Foster. 5. Joseph B., born October 21, 1807. 6. Mary R., born April 2, 1811, married, 1831, Zachery P. Thur- low. 7. Sarah W., born February 7, 1815.
(VIII) Timothy K. Noyes, son of Timothy Noyes (7), was born at Newburyport, Massachu- setts, June 29, 1798, and died there November 25. 1872. He married, 1818, Sarah N. Eaton, and their children, born in Newbury and Newburyport, were. I. William P., born August 25, 1819, married, 1843, Frances S. Towle, and had at Haverhill, Massachu- setts, the following children: Francis J., 1844; Abby F., born April 9, 1818: William A., born June 13, 1851; Charles S., born about 1852, mar- ried Carrie Bagley; Susan E., born May 10, 1853; Carrie M., born April 4, 1861, married Robert A. Tanner. 2. Statira P., born 1820, married, 1846, William H. Lambert. 3. Joseph H., born November 29, 1822, married, 1846, Edna A. Russell; (second) Eunice R. Goodwin; he died April 15, 1877; their children-Ellen D., born December 17, 1850, married Hector F. Morse ; Otis L., married Priscilla A. Hewitt ; Frances H., born March 26, 1874, married Ilerbert N. Woodwell. 4. John H., born January 23, 1825, married Mary L. Wheeler, 1846; (second) Mary J. Packer, 1853, and he died September 3, 1875; their children were-Francis E., born July 5. 1847, married Caroline O. Cox; Charles S., mar- ried, 1873, Carrie F. Perkins. 5. Sewell B., born April 13, 1827, married, 1846, Saralı I. Moody, and had: Charles H., born December 25, 1848; George E., married 1871, Melissa Teel; Sewell H., mar- ried, 1870, Mary E. Richardson, and (second) Ella M. Pike; Josephine H., married, 1863, Charles H. Cheney (second) James L. Osgood, 1875; (third) Luther Dame, at Newburyport. 7. Francis V .. born July II, 1835, married May E. Porter. and had-William H., born July 2, 1854, married Alina Jackson; Mary F., born December 9, 1860, married, 1884, Daniel Goodwin. 8. Ebenezer, see forward. 9. Saralı, born March 30, 1840. IO. George S., born August 10, 1842, married, 1862. Abby S. Follansbee, and had George W., married Annie L. Van Amburg, who have one son, George H. ; Herbert E., born July 19, 1871, married Carrie A. Nelson; Mabel F., born July 20, 1880; Janette F., born March 9, 1884; Elizabeth S., married, 1847. Frank Hunnewell.
(IX) Ebenezer Noyes, son of Timothy K. Noyes (8), was born at Newburyport, Massachusetts, September 18, 1837. He served in the civil war as corporal of Company A, Eighth Regiment, and sergeant of Company H, Sixtieth Regiment, Massa- chusetts Infantry. He married Mary Stretton Pike, at Newburyport, Massachusetts, July, 1860. She was born at Carbonear, Newfoundland, January 30,
1838. Her father afterward settled at Red Bay, Labrador. They resided at Newburyport, Massa- chusetts, from 1860 to 1865, and at Salem, Massa- chusetts, from 1865 to 1867, and settled in Linwood in the town of Northbridge in 1867. The only child of Ebenezer Noyes and Mary Stretton (Pike) Noyes was Arba Slater, see forward.
(X) Arba Slater Noyes, son of Ebenezer Noyes (9), was born at Linwood, in the town of North- bridge, Massachusetts, March 22, 1868. He was educated in the public schools of Northbridge, his native town, and graduated from the Northbridge high school in 1886, taking also a course in the Schofield Commercial College of Providence, Rhode Island. He married, June 26, 1895, Anna Maria Littlefield, daughter of Alonzo M. and Maria (Colvin) Littlefield, of Blackstone, Massachusetts. She was born June 22, 1871, at Bellingham, Massa- chusetts, and was educated in the public schools of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and Uxbridge, Massa- chusetts, graduating from the Uxbridge high school in 1889, and the State Normal School at Worces- ter, Massachusetts, in 1892. She taught for three years in the Worcester public schools. They have one child, Edward Roland, born December 8, 1896.
HENRY HEYWOOD, son of Seth Heywood and Emily Wright, his wife, and seventh in genealogical line from the American ancestor, was born in Gardner, Massachusetts, June 25, 1836, died May 5, 1904.
His education was obtained in the Gardner schools and at academies in Westminster and Shel- burne Falls. His first business experience was acquired in the store of Abel S. Wood, of Gard- ner, and in about a year he entered the employ of the firm in which his father was interested, the Hey- wood Chair Manufacturing Company, becoming foreman of the factory and continuing in such posi- tion until 1868, when he became a member of the firm. In 1897 Heywood Brothers and Company con- solidated with the Wakefield Rattan Company and Henry Heywood became president of the corpora- tion. A more extended history of the operations and changes of this manufacturing concern is found elsewhere in this work. That the business has attained immense proportions is noted by the fact of the existence of their factories at San Francisco, Chicago, Gardner and Wakefield; with warehouses located at New York, Baltimore, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Boston, Los Angeles, Portland (Oregon), Liverpool and London (England). Though neither one of the founders of this industry was associated with it in its earlier years, yet Mr. Heywood entered so efficiently into the labor of others as to be largely instrumental in increasing to its present magnitude the business of Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company. He devoted his skill and energy to the development of the business which he inherited, and lived a life conspicuous throughout its length for its justice, honor and industry.
Mr. Heywood sought or accepted few other trusts, yet, in those things which he undertook, his in- fluence was marked and his counsel welconred. He was a trustee of the Gardner Savings Bank and a director of the First National Bank. He be- longed to the First Congregational Parish of Gard- ner and was deeply interested in its welfare. He also held membership with Hope Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and Ivanhoe Com-
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mandery, Knights Templar. Mr. Heywood married, November 12, 1857, Martha, daughter of Seth and Phoebe (Jackson) Temple. By this union were born : Helen Rebecca and Hattie Louise, born August 17, 1859, the latter died March 18, 1861 ; George Henry, see forward.
GEORGE HENRY HEYWOOD, only son of Henry and Martha (Temple) Heywood, was born in Gardner, Massachusetts, July 28, 1862, died May 17, 1898. He began his education in the public schools of his native town, graduating from the high school as valedictorian of his class in 1880. In 1884, after four years of study in the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, he grad- uated in the course in mining engineering. He then entered the office of Heywood Bros. & Co., and the next year went to Boston to open a branch store, over which he had charge and where he remained two years. Retaining liis management of the Bos- ton business, he returned to take up his residence in Gardner. A year later he went to Chicago to superintend the erection of the large factory of the Heywood & Morrill Rattan Company and a retail store. After residing in Chicago three years, he returned to Gardner and there became, next to his father, Henry Heywood, the leading spirit in the business, and when the Heywood and Wake- field companies consolidated their interests, Mr. Heywood became one of the directors in the new company and also the treasurer, continuing as such until his death.
Upon his return to Gardner to take up his permanent residence, he displayed much interest in the town's affairs, and for six years served on the school committee, being chairman of that body the last three years and directly instrumental in the advanced measures for the management of the com- mittee and schools. He was a prominent member of the First Congregational parish, and a liberal con- tributor to every worthy cause, both within and outside the church. In social life he was also active, being a member of Hope Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; North Star Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Ivanhoe Commandery, Knights Templar ; Massachusetts Consistory, attaining the thirty-second degree in Free Masonry ; one of the directors of the Levi Heywood Memorial Library and president of the Gardner Boat Club. He was also a trustee of Cushing Academy, but resigned on account of his lack of time to attend to such duties. His was, indeed, a well rounded character. A public spirited citizen, he occupied a large place in the community and his death was universally mourned, wherever lie was known.
About May 1, 1898, he went to Haines Landing, Rangeley Lakes, Maine, accompanied by his wife, for rest from business cares and to enjoy fishing. There he died May 17, 1898. Thus was cut short the brilliant carcer of one of nature's noblemen. The Gardner ( Massachusetts) Journal paid the fol- lowing tribute to Mr. Heywood, as a part of its comment on his sudden death :
"Of his character it can be said without cx- aggeration that he lived an exemplary life. He was high-minded and scorned everything that was low and mean. He was true and faithful in all the relations of life, loyal to his friends, loyal to his town, to his state and to his country. His was a busy life. He had never been an idler or mere pleasure seeker, but always applied himself closely to his business. He was a man of good intellect,
clear-headed and of sound judgment. The cares and duties of his business did not prevent him from taking an active part in all that tended toward the welfare of his home community. His faithful in- terest in the public school system and the work he accomplished while on the board, will long be re- membered' to his credit."
Mr. lleywood was married in Gardner, Massa- chusetts, October 27, 1886, to Harriet G. Edgell, (laughter of John D. and Sarah (Greenwood ) Edgell, all of Gardner. The children born of this union were : Seth, born July 28, 1887; John, April 28, 1890; Richard, April 23, 1891, died August 29, 1891; George Henry, July 4, 1896.
GEORGE HEYWOOD, second son of the late Seth and Emily (Wright) Heywood, was born January 3, 1839. He was educated in the public and high schools of Gardner, Massachusetts, and at Westminster Academy, and after completing his course in the latter institution went to Boston, Massachusets, where he represented the Heywood Brothers. He remained in this office for a few years, after which he entered the office of the Hey- wood Brothers & Company, located at Gardner, Massachusetts, where he remained for some time. In 1868 he was admitted as a partner and this con- nection continued until 1889, a period of twenty- one years, when he retired from business and, sur- rounded by his loving wife and family, led a re- tired life up to the time of his death, September 23, 1905.
Mr. Heywood was a Democrat or Independent in politics, and although he displayed a lively interest in the important issues of the day, his business affairs prevented him from taking any active part in political affairs beyond the exercise of his elective privileges. He was frequently chosen to fill various positions of trust and responsibility, in which he displayed the utmost efficiency and capability. He was a director of the Gardner Savings Bank, and his counsel was highly esteemed by the other men- bers of the board. He took an active interest in the work connected with the First Congregational Church, of which he was a consistent and influential member. lle was a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Commandery and the different Scottish Rite bodies up to and including the Thirty-second degree. He was one of the charter members of Hope Lodge, of Gardner, in which he served for a time as secretary. Mr. Heywood was a man of many sterling characteristics, with strict regard for commercial ethics, with a high standard of citizen- ship and with social qualities which rendered him popular with a wide circle of friends, who sincerely mourned his demise. He was a man of honor, integrity and high standing in the business com- munity, and his career was indeed worthy of con- mendation and should serve as an example to young men who are ambitious and desire to succeed in the business world.
Mr. Heywood married, May 1, 1878, Laura A. Riddell, born in Amherst, New Hampshire, daugh- ter of Albert A. and Sarah ( Wheeler) Riddell, and granddaughter of Gawn Riddell, born in Bedford, New Hampshire, where his entire life was spent. Albert A. Riddell was born in Bedford, New Hamp- shire, followed agricultural pursuits throughout the active years of his life, and died in his native town at the age of fifty-one. His wife, Sarah ( Wheeler) Riddell, was a native of Merrimac, New Hamp- shire, and her death occurred at the age of eighty
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years. Mr. and Mrs. Riddell were the parents of seven children, four of whom are living, as fol- lows : Charles A., a resident of Milford ; Mrs. George Osgood, of Amlierst, New Hampshire: Laura, widow of George Heywood; Mrs. Charles E. Clement, of Nashua, New Hampshire. Mr. and Mrs. Ileywood were the parents of two children : Alice W., born November 2, 1880, educated in the schools of Gardner and at Miss Heloise E. Hersey's private school of Boston; Henry E., born April 19, 1887, educated in the schools of Gardner and at preparatory school for boys at Lakeville, Connecticut, then entered Williams College at Will- iamstown, Massachusetts.
WRIGHT SETH PRIOR. Heman Prior (1), great-grandfather of Wright Seth Prior, of Worces- ter, was a descendant of Thomas Prior, who came from London with Rev. John Lothrop, was a mem- ber of the church in Scituate, Massachusetts, 1034, and took the oath of allegiance there February 1, 1638. He came from Waterford, Hertfordshire, England, and was a inaltster by trade. The family settled at Duxbury, Scituate, Bridgewater and North- field, Massachusetts, and Norwich and other towns in Connecticut. Thomas Prior died at Scituate, 1639, and was buried June 22. His will was proved September 28, 1639. His son, John Prior, was the executor ; he probably came in the "Hopewell," September, 1635, aged sixteen. Of the children of Thomas Prior, John, Joseph and Daniel came to New England, and Samuel, Thomas, Elizabeth an.1 Mary remained in England.
Heman Prior, aforementioned, purchased a farm in the town of Underhill, Vermont, in the year 1799, and was one of the original seven male per- sons, Permit Prior being one of the seven female persons, who, under Rev. Ebenezer Kingsbury, of Jericho, formed the Congregational Church of Underhill, Vermont, December 29, 1801. Rev. James Parker, the first minister over this parish, was set- tled there in November, 1803. Heman Prior died in Malone, New York. He had sons: Robert, Heman, Leonard, Philip and Eben.
( 11) Robert Prior, eldest son of Heman Prior (I), was born January 1, 1796. He married, 1820, Laura Hard, who died August 14, 1843, aged forty- three years. He then married Clarissa Packard, who died April 7, 1888, aged sixty-three years and two months. Resided in Underhill, Vermont. Children were: Harry, born January 1, 1821, died in lowa, aged eighty years; Hoyt, February 3, 1828, died February 1, 1857; Laura Ann, April 13, 1830, died March 7, 1906; Cyrus, August 31, 1833; Sidney, March 18, 1836, died January 22, 1888; Leonard H., (birth date not given), died April 7, 1905; Clara Alice, 1845, died February 3. 1858.
(111) Cyrus Prior, son of Robert Prior (2), was born in Underhill, Vermont, August 31, 1833, died May 28, 1893. He was a farmer and a promi- nent citizen in his native town, where he was for many years highway commissioner, overseer of the poor and selectman. He was sergeant in the Sec- ond Vermont Regiment in the civil war. He mar- ried, June 12, 1855, Lucy Jane Mead. Children are: I. Ada Clara, born August 20, 1858, married Elwin E. Thompson, and has two daughters: Mina and Ida Thompson; they reside at Northfield. Ver- mont. 2. Ida Jennie, born July 28, 1861, married George E. Terrill, now deceased ; has two children : Effie, who lives in Burlington, Vermont, with her
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