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He married, 1838, Luthera Goodnow (formerly spelled Goodnongh), born February 10, 1819, daugh- ter of Samuel and Lucy ( Woods) Goodnow. She survives her husband and lives on the home place at Sterling. They had no children, but brought up sev- eral, caring for them as they would their own chil- dren .
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CHARLES IRVING BOSWORTH. Edward Bosworth (1), the immigrant ancestor of Charles Irving Bosworth, of Winchendon, Massachusetts. was born in England, and died on the ship "Eliza- beth Dorcas," in 1634, on his way to New England. Being sick and ready to die as the ship neared Bos- ton, the old record tells that he "Was carried on deck that he might see Canaan, the promised land." He died soon afterward and was buried in Boston. He left a widow and probably five or six children. His widow died May 18, 1648. The general court voted that Mr. Henry Sewall should be paid for the trans- portation of the family by Jonathan and Benjamin Bosworth and William Buckland. Among the chil- dren of Edward Bosworth were: I. Edward, Jr., one of the founders of Hull, Massachusetts. 2. Jona- than, mentioned below. 3. Benjamin, born 1615, in England, settled at Hingham, Massachusetts. 4. Nathaniel, joined with his brother Benjamin Bos- worth in making a draft on Joseph Bosworth of Coventry, England, a shoemaker by trade, perhaps an elder brother ; he settled also in Hull.
(II) Jonathan Bosworth, son of Edward Bos- worth (I), was born in England, perhaps at Coven- try, where he had relatives, about 1613. He was probably the first of the family to emigrate, as he was a proprietor at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1633. He was a tailor by occupation. He deposed June 4, 1639, that his age was twenty-six years. He removed from Cambridge about 1637, when he owned a house lot of two acres granted in 1637. On Bachelor ( Main) street in Hingham, not far from the corner of what is now South street. He removed to Swansea about 1660. He died there July, 1676, and was buried July 16. ( While in Swansea, the name was spelled invariably with a Z ( Bozworth ). and for several generations that spelling was com- mon though not exclusively used by his descend- ants). He married Susannah It is im- possible to give a list of Jonathan's children that is unquestionably correct. The list given below was mainly from the Hingham baptisms, and may include some of his nephews and omit some of his children. I. Jonathan, mentioned below. 2. Rebecca, baptized February, 1641. 3. Bethia, baptized January, 1644. 4. Benjamin, baptized April, 1647. 5. Mehitable, born April, 1647. 6. Mary, baptized July 29, 1649; settled in Rehoboth. 8. Nathaniel, baptized July 29, 1649; settled at Rehoboth and had family there. 8. Jeremiah, baptized July 29, 1649. 9. Hannah, bap- tized July 16, 1650. 10. Deliverance, baptized Au- gust 4. 1650. II. Joseph, baptized June 6, 1652 ; set- tled at Rehoboth. 12. Belany, baptized November 3, 1654.
(III) Jonathan Bosworth, son of Jonathan Bos- worth (2), was born at Cambridge or Hingham, about 1638-40. He removed from Hingham to Swansea with his father, and about 1680 removed from Swansea to Rehoboth. His children, all born at Swansea, were: I. Mercy, born May 30, 1662. 2. Hannah, born November 5, 1663. 3. Elizabeth, born June 6, 1665; died July 31, 1676. 4. Jonathan, Jr., born December 24, 1666: died 1680 at Rehoboth. 5. David, born September 15. 1670. 6. John, born April 6, 1671. 7. Jabez, born February 14, 1673. 8. Ichabod, born March 18, 1676. 9. Jonathan, Jr., mentioned below.
(IV) Jonathan Bosworth, youngest child of Jonathan Bosworth (3), was born September 22. 1680, at Swansea, Massachusetts. He removed to Rehoboth, where some of his children were born,
viz. : I. Christian, May 16, 1708. Jonathan, Feb- ruary 26, 1710-11, or 1714-5. 3. Elisha, July 8, 1713. And probably others.
(V) Jonathan Bosworth, youngest child of Jonathan Bosworth (4), was born at Rehoboth, Feb- ruary 26, 1710-11. Even allowing for the change in the calendar, this date does not correspond exactly with the records of Royalston, Massachusetts, where he died. The Royalston records say that he died there December 27. 1801, aged 87 years, 11 months and 25 days. If this record is correct, it may be that the first Jonathan died young, and a second of the name was born two years later, but variations of this kind in records made by the pioneers of their ages are very frequent. He married (first) Dudith Martin, December 25, 1735. She died October 13, 1730. He removed to Richmond or New Salem, Massachusetts. He bought two acres of land of James Whipple, of Grafton, in that town, where he was then living, November 19, 1753. He sold the land and house back to the Whipples, February 12, 1754, and then probably went to western Massachu- setts. He removed to Royalston about 1770. He bought his farm there of David Poor, March 27, 1773. His son Jonathan, Jr., also bought a place in Royalston. Among his children was this Jonathan, mentioned below, and probably also Beulah and Ich- abod, who were married at Royalston.
(VI) Jonathan Bosworth, son of Jonathan Bos- worth (5), born 1748, died in Royalston, December 1, 1818, aged seventy years. He was living in New Salem, western Massachusetts, in 1774. He removed to Richmond, Massachusetts, but stayed there only a short time. He came to Royalston soon after his father, and bought his home there April 13, 1779, of David Poor. He removed to Royalston in 1778 or 1779. He married Mary Holt, born 1754, daughter of William and Mary Holt. She died at Royalston, January 26, 1847, aged ninety-three years, having been the mother of fifteen children. The children of Jonathan and Mary Bosworth were: I. Son, born at New Salem. March 5. 1773, died next day. 2. Jonathan, born at New Salem, Massachusetts, Feb- ruary 17, 1774; died July 4. 1774. 3. Susannah, born at Richmond, Massachusetts, May 9, 1775; married, September 15, 1796, John Barrett. 4. Walsingham, born March 17, 1777. at Richmond: married, July 1, 1798, Polly Piper: settled in Royalston. 5. Son, born and died December 16, 1778. 6. Son, born and died November 10. 1779. 7. Jonathan, born Novem- ber 27, 1780; settled in Winchendon. 8. William, born April 6, 1783. 9. John, born February 27, 1785; inentioned below. 10. Chilson, born May 28, 1787; married, December. 1809, Chloe Sibley. II. Mary, born September 12, 1789: married John Gilcreas (intentions dated December 14), 1817. 12. Joseph, born January 9, 1792; married. April 13, 1819, Abi- gail Saunders Bemis. 13. Benjamin, born March 14, 1794; married (first) Esther Ball, of Richmond, (in- tentions dated April 11), 1826; married (second) Betsey Bowker, 1828. 14. Hannah, born January 28, 1797. 15. Mehitable, born July 12, 1799; married Hosea Bishop (intentions dated April 4. ) 1825.
A Mr. Bosworth owned a saw mill on what is now called the Howard Place. His farm was in Sandy Hollow and his mill near the present residence of John Gregory. He learned the trade of tinker also, and during middle age used to travel about the coun- try following his trade, while his sons carried on the farm at Royalston. He became a Baptist, and was among those who gathered at the house of John
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Whitman, in 1798, and formed the first Baptist Church in town. His wife was also a charter mem- ber. He was a soldier in the revolution, his service on the rolls being credited by mistake to John Bos- worth. He was in the Battle of Bennington. Mary ( Holt) Bosworth was the first child born in the town of Winehendon. She was a member of the Calvin- ist Baptist Church for seventy-five years, and lived a life "according to her professions." At the time of her death she had 55 grandchildren, 125 great-grand- children and 13 great-great-grandehildren.
(VIII) John Bosworth, son of Jonathan Bos- worth (7). was born at Royalston, Massachusetts, February 27, 1785. He received a rather meagre schooling, such as was given in his day, and worked on his father's farm and in his saw mill on the old Howard place. He was a farmer during most of his active life. He married Lucinda Flagg, of Win- ehendon, daughter of John Flagg. Their children were: I. Benjamin, married first, Ball, of Winehendon ; second, Walker, of Winehen- don. 2. Mary, married Benson White, of Fitzwill- iam, New Hampshire. 3. Alphens, mentioned below. 4. Hannah, married Cheney Smith. 5. Lueinda, married Oliver Bickford, of Gardner. 6. Naney. 7. Betsey, married John Young, of Gardner. 8. La- vinia. 9. Harriet, married Frederick Pieree, of Roy- alston.
(IX) Alpheus Flagg Bosworth, son of John Bosworth (8), was born at Royalston, April 9, 1818. He attended school there. When a young boy he was apprenticed to Joseph Arnold, a farmer, and worked for him until he came of age. He then went to Bullardsville, in Winchendon, to work for Parks & Kendall, cutting timber for them. He soon start- ed in farming on the place now owned by his son Charles, and remained a farmer the rest of his days. He died in May, 1898. Besides the farm, he did an extensive lumber business, cutting timber lands and selling the wood. He was a Methodist in religion, and a Republican in polities. He was highway sur- veyor of Winchendon for two years. He married (first), at Winehendon, Euniee Brooks, daughter of Arbie Brooks, a farmer of that town. He married (second), Arvilla Small Tottingham. The children of Alpheus Flagg and Eunice Bosworth were : I. Hervey Alpheus. 2. Helen Maria, born November 26, 1855; married William Frye, of Athol. 3. Charles Irving, mentioned below. 4. George Franklin. married (first) Addie Lowe; (second) Mary A. Green. 5. Harlan Benjamin, drowned at the age of eighteen years.
(X) Charles Irving Bosworth, son of Alpheus Flagg (9), was born at Winchendon, May 12, 1851. He spent his early years on the farm, and attending the district schools. He went to work when he was eighteen years old in the pail factory of Aldrich & Witherill. After six years in this position he went to work in the shop of Joseph Damon, at State Line, where he worked four years making wooden ware. He purchased a farm in Bullardville, Winchendon, formerly the Western place, on Tallow Hill. After eighteen years on this farm he lost the buildings by fire. He soon bought another farm in the neighbor- hood, the place now occupied by his brother, George. In 1898 he removed to the homestead where he was born, and where he has sinee lived. In addition to his farming he has extensive timber lands from which he ents the timber for the wooden ware fac- tories of the vieinity, and also wood for fuel. lle is a Methodist in religion and a Republican in pol-
ities. He married (first), 1870, Ida Tottingham, daughter of Levi and Arvilla ( Sewall ) Tottingham, of Winchendon. Her father was a farmer and team- ster. Ile married (second ), March, 1902, Maud (Corey ) Noreross, daughter of William J. and Sarah Corey. The children of Charles Irving and Ida Bos- worth were. 1. William Alpheus, married Lottie Combo. 2. Fred Charles, married Julia Hammond. 3, Walter Benjamin, married Ida Green, of Winchen- don, and they have two children-Roy and Vera. 4. Eva Eunice, married Frederick Kearns. 5. Nellie Arvilla, born March 12, 1879; married Irving G. Rugg, Angust 10, 1895, and they have Cleron Stevens Rugg, born February 2, 1903. 6 .. Etta Bella, born March 5, 1880; married Albert A. Alger, of Winch- endon, and have Maurice Albert Alger, born August, 1904. 7. Elmer. 8. Ella, born August 21, 1886 ; mar- ried Dalas Norcross, of Winchendon. 9. Clarence Levi, born April 24, 1892:
DUANE FAMILY. Patrick Duane, son of John Duane, was born in county Galway, Ireland. He re- ceived his education in the schools of his native town. He followed farming and traded in cattle and was highly prosperous and successful. But when the famine caused the great exodus to America, he also left his native land and started anew in Boston, Massachusetts. For some time he was in the em- ploy of the city. He removed to Winhall, Vermont. where he worked for a time in the chair factory of Loring Atwood, and later for A. P. Graham, in whose chair factory he was employed about six years. In 1859 he purchased the old Beriah Wheeler farm in Winhall, and spent the remainder of his days there. He died March 17, 1885. He was a success- ful farmer. He married Alice Casey, daughter of Henry Casey. Their children were: I. Mary Ann, died in infancy. 2. Bernard, mentioned below. 3. Henry Francis, born October 26, 1853; resided at East Elmore, Vermont, where his widow now lives. 4. John J., died in infancy. 5. John J., born Deeem- ber 10, 1855; resides at Dalton, Georgia. 6. William, died in infancy. 7. Mary Ann, born April 22, 1860, married, 1876, Allison Benson ; their children. Cassie Lena Benson, born 1879; Hugh V. Benson, born 1885; resides at Bondville, Vermont. 8. Alice Elicia, born at Winhall, Vermont, July 22, 1861 ; married. October 3, 1880. William J. Cudworth, of Londonderry, Vermont ; their children: I. Clarence Duane Cudworth, born July 24, 1881; married, June 5, 1906. 2. William Bernard Cudworth, born Jan- tary 3. 1886; died August 7, 1886. 3. Bessie Mild- red Cudworth, born January 13, 1891.
John James Duane, son of Patrick Duane, was born in Winhall, Vermont, December 10, 1855. He settled in Dalton, Georgia. He married November, 1880, Sarah Perry. Their children: 1. Agnes Delila, born 1881. 2. Pearl W., horn 1884. 3. Zadie A., born 1885. 4. Edna M., born 1893. 5. Rollin B., born 1897. 6. Sarah V., born 1903.
Bernard Duane, son of Patrick Duane, was born in Boston, November 1, 1851. Ile went to Winhall, Bennington county, Vermont, when he was two years old, with his parents, and was educated there in the public schools. He learned the trade of chair mak- ing in the factory of A. P. Graham while attend- ing school, beginning at the age of ten. When he was fourteen years old he went to Rutland, Ver- mont, and worked there for the Rutland Manu- facturing Company for a year and a half, getting at the same time more schooling there. In 1872 he
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removed to Ashburnham, Massachusetts, where he found employment in the E. S. Flint chair factory. He worked there two years, then for A. White & Company four years, and for Orange Whitney four years. In 1883, in partnership with L. R. Hoggman, he went into business, manufacturing towel racks and chairs at Ashburnham under the firm name of Hodgman & Duane. Orange Whitney also had an interest in the firm. After two years Mr. Duane bought out Mr. Hodgman and conducted the busi- ness alone for two years. He then leased part of thie Orange Whitney factory and continued three years with Mr. Whitney for a partner. In 1893 he bought the A. White factory at South Ashburn- ham, and in partnership with Orange Whitney made chairs there until 1897, when the factory was de- stroyed by fire and the firmn dissolved. He built his present large factory in 1898. It has about thirteen thousand square feet of floor space, besides store houses and drying rooms. He devotes his at- tention exclusively at present to the making of wooden-seat chairs, and finds a market for his goods all over the United States.
Mr. Duane attends the People's Congregational Church at South Ashburnham. In politics he is a Republican, and has been elected delegate to various state, senatorial, representative and congressional district conventions of his party. He is interested in town affairs, and has been on the Ashburnham board of assessors and selectmen for several years. He is a member of Hope Lodge of Free Masons of Gardner, where he was raised in 1890. He is a member of Worcester Lodge of Perfection, four- teenth degree: Goddard Council, Princes of Jeru- salem, sixteenth degree; and Larence Chapter of Rose Croix, eighteenth degree, Scottish Rite. He is also a member of Naukeag Lodge of Odd Fellows, and is past noble grand of that lodge, and of Watatic Council, No. 1500, Royal Arcanum, of which he has been treasurer for many years. He was a member of the .Ashburnham Light Infantry, Company E, Tenth Regiment, M. V. M., from 1873 to 1882. He married, June 26, 1876, Alice Jane Goodwin, daughter of Matthew Edward and Mary ( Burgess) Goodwin of Ashburnham. Her father was a carpenter and contractor. Their children are: Mabel Alice, born May 31, 1881; Minnie Julia ; Ed- win Bernard, Ernest Royal and Wilbur Frederick.
GEORGE W. HOLMAN. William Holman (1), the immigrant ancestor of George W. Holman, of Fitchburg, came from Northampton, England, to Cambridge, in New England, in 1634. He set- tled on the present site of the Botanic Garden of Harvard University. The name is also spelled Homan and Hoeman in the early records. About 1640 he owned land in the Fresh Pond meadows. He died Janury 8, 1652-3. aged fifty-nine years. His wife Winifred died October 16, 1671, aged seventy-four years,
During her widowhood Mrs. Holman was ac- cused of being a witch by her neighbors, John Gibson and family. Mrs. Holman and her daughter Mary were arrested, but the charge was not sustained. In 1660, nine months afterwards, the Holmans brought suit for damages on account of the un- founded witchcraft charge. The Gibsons tried to justify themselves by proving that there was good ground to believe the Holman's practiced the Black Art and there was a large mass of queer testimony offered to the court. It merely expresses the ac-
cepted notions of the day. The daughter of John Gibson, Mrs. Charles Stearns, was evidently filled with hallucinations while sick. Her baby had fits and she blatned the Holmans, who apparently tried to help their neighbors with herbs and simple rem- edies. Mrs. Stearns saw such things as a snake with a turtle on its back glide into her room and climb into her bed. The Holmans hens got into the Gibson's garden and John Gibson killed one of the invaders, fruitful cause of the trouble even to this day when witches have retired from business. Mrs, Holman had the best people of the town to testify that she went to church and was "diligent in the hearing of and attentive to the Word of God." The Widow Holman won her case. The Gibsons were found guilty and fined. Some of them publicly withdrew their accusiations to avoid a fine, This was an unusual case, because most of these insane or malicious accusations of witchcraft ruined the victims.
The children of William and Winifred Holman were: Hannah, born in Northampton, England, 1626; Jeremiah, of whom later; Mary, born in Eng- land, 1630, died unmarried 1673; she was the al- leged witch; her brothers Abraham and Jeremiah administered her estate; Sarah, born in England, 1632, married Samuel Parker ; Abraham, born 1634, in England, married Sarah Pitts, of Hingham. and lived many years in Stow; had no children; left property to nephews Abraham and Jeremiah and others; Isaac, perhaps born in Cambridge, died there April 12, 1663; Seeth, daughter, born 1640, married Thomas Ross, January 16. 1661 ; slain by. the Indians at Billerica, August 5, 1695, aged fifty- five years; Elizabeth, born May 19, 1644, probably died young.
(II) Jeremiah Holman, son of William Hol- man (1), was born in Northampton, England, in 1629, and came with his father and the remainder of the family in 1634 on the ship "Defence." He settled in Stow with his brother, Abraham IFolman, and died there November 30, 1709.
He married (first) Mary -, and (second) Susanna -, who died December 4, 1700. He be- queathed the homestead to Jeremiah. The children of Jeremiah and Mary Holman, all born in Cam- Cambridge, were: Mehitable, born November 12, 1667; Jeremiah, of whom later; Abraham, born in Cambridge, settled in Concord; married Susanna ; Abigail, Deborah, Sarah, died December 21, 1679; Isaac, perhaps the eldest, died April 12, 1663. (III) Jeremiah Holman, son of Jeremiah Hol- man (2), was born in Cambridge, August 29, 1670. He inherited his father's homestead in Stow. He sold it to Solomon Prentice and removed to Lan- caster, Massachusetts, a neighboring town. He deeded land to his son Jeremiah February 4, 1722-3. He died May 6, 1739. His wife Abigail died No- vember 6, 1746, aged seventy-five years. He settled his father's estate and one of the sureties on his bond was Francis Eveluth, of Stow, where they formerly lived. Among his children were: Jere- miah, of whom later; Mary (given by Savage).
(IV) Jeremiah Holman, son of Jeremiah Hol- man (3), was born in Stow, Massachusetts, proba- bly about 1700. He bought land July 29, 1757, in Bolton, of Dennis Lackling, and he had been living for some years in Bolton probably, His father deeded land to him in 1722. Among his children were: Abraham, of whom later; Nathaniel, who bought ten lots in Bolton before 1750.
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(V) Abraham Holman, son of Jeremiah Hol- man (4), was born in Bolton, Massachusetts, about 1740, and died there in 1784. He bought of John Whitcomb land where he then dwelt, formerly the homestead of Paul Gates, July 23, 1762. He was a private in Captain Benjamin Hasting's company, Colonel Whitcomb's regiment. He died in 1785, leaving six children under age for whom guardians were appointed in Worcester county. The chil- dren : Nathaniel, died 1805; Jonathan, owned land with Nathaniel; John, of whom later; Asa, Betty, Oliver.
( VI) John Holman, son of Abraham Holman (5), was born in Bolton, Massachusetts, about 1765. lle settled in Royalston, then Gerry where he bought land in 1790 of John Bridge and another lot in 1793 of his brothers, Nathaniel and Jonathan, of the farm they bought of Israel Greenleaf. The children of John Holman were : Seth, of whom later; Willard.
(VII) Seth Holman, son of John Holman (6), was born in Royalston, Massachusetts. He attended the public schools and was brought up in Royalston. Besides farming he carried on an extensive lumber business and had a saw mill. He was an active member of the Congregational Church, and in his will. made November 19, and proved January I, 1861, he bequeathed to the American Missionary Society and the American Bible Society. He mar- ried Eunice R. Parks. Their children were: Dany Parks, George W., of whom later; Seth N., Nelson FF., Mary E., died young.
( VI]] ) George W. Holman, son of Seth Hol- man (7), was born in Royalston, Massachusetts, December 1, 1825. Ile attended the common schools there until he was twelve years old. He then began to drive a team of horses hauling logs to his father's mill, and for six years worked for his father in this position. Then he began to saw logs in his father's mill. His father purchased a furniture shop on which he had held a mortgage and he con- ducted it for his father for about five years. Ile left Royalston and started for himself in the furni- ture business in Boston. In 1857 he removed to Wisconsin and became a railroad contractor, build- ing bridges and railroads in the west. In 1859 he returned to the east and settled in Fitchburg, as a contractor and builder. In the past forty-five years Mr. Holman has built many buildings in the city of Fitchburg. He has been remarkably successful in his business affairs. At present he devotes his time chiefly to the care of his real estate interests in Fitchburg. Mr. Holman is an Independent Repub- lican in politics. He has served the city as mem- ber of the common council and of the board of aldermen. He was in charge of the Fitchburg street department for a number of years. lle is a director of the Wanoosnac Electric Power Com- pany of Fitchburg He is a member of Mt. Roul- stone Lodge of Odd Fellows, and attends the Con- gregational Church.
Ile married, 1853, Delia E. Mirick, daughter of Ephraim Mirick, of Princeton, Massachusetts. Their children: Mary E., died young ; George M., married Florence Nichols, of Boston.
JOHAN OTTO EMANUEL TROTZ, one of the most energetic, enterprising and practical men connected with the magnificent undertakings of the steel industry in this country, and who is now (1006) a consulting engineer with offices in Worces-
ter, Massachusetts, and Trenton, New Jersey, is a descendant of a noble Swedish family, both his pa- ternal and maternal ancestry, however, tracing their descent to Germany.
Sir Carl Otto Trotz, father of J. O. Emanuel Trotz, was a direct descendant of Ernst Trotz, who, during the thirty years' war, served under Gustavus Adolphus, and removed at the close of the war to Sweden. His son Johan, the great-great-great- grandfather of J. O. Emanuel Trotz, was raised to the nobility of Sweden by King Charles X1 in 1678. Lady Ebba Maria Augusta Trotz, born Baroness Löwen, the mother of J. O. Emanuel Trotz, is a direct descendant of a family which still holds sev- eral of the largest entailed estates in Sweden. Ger- hard Löwen was commander of Fort Lode in Esthonia, at that time a Swedish province, in the year 1600. He was raised to the nobility in the early part of that year, and one of his descendants, the great-great-great-grandfather of J. O. Emanuel Trotz, was created a viscount or baron in 1776.
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