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He married, 1795, Eunice Tarbell, who was born June 6, 1767, the daughter of David and Bathsheba Tarhell, who died in Belvidere, April 16, 1850, aged eighty-two years. The children of Moody and Eunice Shattuck were: Moody, Eunice, Bathsheba, of whom later; Keziah, Daniel T., Jeremiah, Ran- dall, born April 4, 18II.
(VII) Bathsheba Shattuck, daughter of Moody Shattuck (6). was born in 1802; married Luther Heaton Brown. mentioned above, the father of Luther J. Brown.
MERRIAM FAMILY. William Merriam of Hadlow, county Kent, England, was the progenitor of Lyman Wheeler Merriam, of Fitchburg, Massa- chusetts. He never came to America. but at least three of his sons were pioneers in New England ; he was buried in Hadlow, September 23. 1635. His sons were: Robert, settled in Concord. was town clerk, deputy to the general court, died 1681 ; George, settled in Concord, was admitted a freeman June 2, 1641; died December 29, 1675; Joseph, see forward.
(II) Joseph Merriam, son of William Merriam (I), was born in Hadlow, county Kent, England, and all of the name Merriam in America trace their lineages to him. He was an "undertaker" or stock- holder in the ship "Castle," which arrived at Charles- town in July, 1638. He also settled in Concord, Massachusetts. He was admitted a freeman March 14, 1638-39. He died January 1, 1640-41. His will was proved October 26, 1642. His wife was left the whole estate for the bringing up of all the children until they were of age. Children of Joseph and
Sarah Merriam: William; Joseph, see forward ; a daughter who married John Buss; Elizabeth, mar- ried Thomas Henchman, of Charlestown; Sarah, married William Hall; John, born July 9, 1641.
(III) Joseph Merriam, son of Joseph Merriam (2), was born in Hadlow, England, about 1630, and came with his parents to America in 1638. He was admitted a freeman May 22, 1650. He mar- ried, July 12. 1653, Sarah Stone, daughter of Gregory Stone, of Cambridge. He died April 20. 1677, aged forty-seven years, and his gravestone is the oldest in the Concord cemetery. His widow removed to Cambridge Farms, where she died April 5, 1704, aged seventy-one years. Their children, born at Cambridge Farms or Lexington were: Sarah, born August 2, 1654, married Samuel Fletcher ; Lydia, born August 3, 1656, died December 29, 1690, un- married ; Joseph, born May 25, 1658. died May 31, 1727; Elizabeth, born May 20, 1660, married Isaac Wood: John, born May 30, 1662, died 1736; Mary. born June 4. 1664, married Isaac Stearns; Robert. born December 17, 1667, died February II, 1717, in Lexington ; Ruth, married Nathaniel Stone ; David, died 1744, at Townsend : Thomas, born 1672; Jonas.
(IV) Thomas Merriam, son of Joseph Merriam (3), was born in Lexington, Massachusetts. 1672.
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He was one of the original members of the church at Cambridge Farms, and was one of those who obtained permission to build pews for the women in the back part of the church. He was a constable in 1716 and selectman in 1718-22-25. He died Au- gust 16, 1738, aged sixty-six years. His wife died September 9, 1756, aged eighty-one years. He mar- ried Mary Howard, December 23, 1696, at Con- cord. Their children: Mary, married Ebenezer Locke; Thomas, see forward; Lydia, baptized Au- gust 1, 1703, married Nathaniel Eaton; Nathaniel, baptized December 9, 1705, married Esther Muzzy, daughter of Benjamin Muzzy; Simon, baptized No- vember 28, 1708, died February 8, 1747; David, bap- tized September 2, 1711, died December 17, 1743; Isaac, baptized July II, 1714, died September, 1741. (V) Thomas Merriam, son of Thomas Merriam (4), was born in Lexington, Massachusetts, and baptized April 21, 1700. He died at Westminster, Massachusetts, June 4, 1752. He settled in West- minster. He was admitted to the Lexington Church, August 2, 1721. His wife died June 22, 1760, and he died June 4, 1752. Their children : Samuel, born December 2, 1723, see forward; Nathan, born April 7, 1725, married, May 26, 1755, Mary Hosmer ; Mary, born June 25, 1727, married David Whitney ; Hannah, born August 7, 1729, died February 14, 1730; Thomas, born August 24, 1731, married Sarah Wilder ; Tabitha, born May 10, 1733, married Nathan Whitney, of Waltham; Lydia, born October 28, 1734, married, March 27, 1755, Josiah Cutting, of Westminster; Hepsibah, born February 24, 1737, died August 10, 1740; Elizabeth, born July 27, 1738, married, November 5, 1755, Moses Sawtelle; Han- nah, died young; Eunice, born June 30, 1740, died April 27, 1741; David, married Patty Conant, an- cestor of Rev. G. W. Phillips.
(VI) Samuel Merriam, son of Thomas Mer- riam (5), was born in Lexington, Massachusetts, December 21, 1723. He settled in Westminster, Massachusetts, in 1769. He married, June 4, 1752, Anna Whitney, daughter of David and Rebecca Whitney, of Waltham. They were dismissed from the Lexington Church to the Westminster Church in 1772. He bought Deacon Joseph Miller's house March 10, 1772, on lot No. 61, on the east side of Graves hill, where he, his son and his grandson, all of the same name, lived in succession. The buildings have disappeared and only a cellar hole marks the dwelling place of the Merriam family in Westminster. The children, born in Lexington, were: Anna, born October 10, 1753, married Sam- uel Warren; resided in Westminster and Ashburn- ham; died September 15, 1790. Eunice, born June 22, 1755, married John Fessendon; died May 9, 1840. Samuel, born March 25, 1757, married Eliza- beth Fessendon; either he or his father was a sol- dier in the revolution in Captain Manasseh Sawyer's company. Ruth, baptized February 25, 1759, married Richard Graves, Jr .; resided at Westminster and Princeton. Tabitha, baptized December 28, 1760, married Thomas Jolinson; died July 12, 1836. Martha, born April 29, 1764, married Abigail Holden; resided at Gardner and Westminster. Jona- than, born February 22, 1766, see forward.
(VII) Jonathan Merriam, son of Samuel Mer- rianı (6), was born at Lexington, Massachusetts, February 16, 1767. He removed to Westminster with the family when only three years old. He settled on a farm just over the Westminster line in Gardner. He was a farmer. Ile married, Feb-
ruary 13, 1798, Betsey Ilarris, born September 25, 1772, died May 30, 1865. He died January 13, 1825. Their children, born in Gardner, Massachu- setts were: Jacob Harris, born January 22, 1799, see forward; Nathan, born August 7, 1800, died September 19, 1805, in Gardner; Betsey M., born August 7, 1802, died September 16, 1805, at Gardner ; Sally Harris, born October IS, 1804, died August 17, 1838, in Fitchburg; Samuel Harris, born May 16, 1808, died December 2, 1824, in Gardner ; Milton, born June 20, 1810, died January 19, 1825, at Gard- ner; Betsey, born November 17, 1813, married, June 10, 1841, John Milton Harris.
(VIII) Jacob Harris Merriam, son of Jonathan Merriam (7), was born in Gardner, Massachusetts, January 22, 1799, and died April 3, 1888, in Fitch- burg. He was a Congregational minister of pro- nounced "orthodox" views. He preached about three years, but his health gave way and he left the pulpit for the farm. He bought in 1833 the house and farm where his son Lyman now lives and sold half to his brother-in-law. The old colonial mansion was built by E. J. Garfield in 1781 and was for many years the finest dwelling house in the town. He married Abigail Lowe Wheeler, who died Octo- ber 9, 1890. Their children: Mary Elizabeth, born January 4, 1838, died November 18, 1891; Sarah Abbie, born September 24, 1839, died November 26, 1855, unmarried; Ellen Augusta, born September 21, 1840, died December 12, 1871, in Pittsfield, New Hampshire ; married Charles Prescott, of Pittsfield; left one son, George Prescott, who learned his trade in the Fitchburg Machine Works at Fitchburg and has an important position there; Lyman Wheeler, see forward.
(1X) Lyman Wheeler Merriam, son of Jacob Harris Merriam (8), was born in Fitchburg in the homestead where he now lives, March 31, 1844. He was educated in the old day street public school and the Fitchburg high school. He was naturally in- clined to mechanical problems. His inventive abil- ity was demonstrated early in life, and he has fol- lowed the career of a professional inventor all his life with credit to himself, having procured valua- ble patents besides devising many useful machines for making patented and other articles for which he applied for no patents.
Mr. Merriam does not confine all his interests to his lathe and tools. He is well known as a worker and thinker in the temperance movement. He him- self is a total abstainer, not only from all alcoholic drinks, but from tobacco, tea, coffee and meats. He has been a strict vegetarian for many years and cer- tainly has demonstrated in his own case that a man needs no fish, oysters or meat of any sort to enjoy robust health and great mental energy.
He married, July 16, 1868, Ellen Maria Lowe, daughter of John Lowe. She was born April 30, 1847. ( See sketch of the Lowe family of Fitchburg for her lineage). Their children: 1. Sarah Abbie, born August 9, 1869, married September II, 1890, James Lewis Harrington, of Lunenburg, farmer. Their children: Lewis Lowe, born January 14, 1892; Ruth Louise, born May 23, 1893; Carl Rogers, born March 2, 1896; Harold Leon, born June 13, 1898. 2. Frederick Lowe, born August 2, 1871, died aged nine months, April 23, 1872. 3. Louisa Adeline, born at Holden, August 21, 1872, died of typhoid fever, September 22, 1890, in Fitch- burg. 4. Alice Edna, born November 25, 1874, graduate of Fitchburg high school, 1895, married,
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April 20, 1904, Charles Allen Nutting; resides in
Ashby; he is a farmer. Their children-John Ly- man, born June 1, 1905; Charles Edward Nutting,
born August 16, 1906. 5. John Lowe, born July
9, 1876, New
at Jaffrey, Hampshire, died April 13, 1898; graduated from Fitchburg high school in 1895. 6. Edith Augusta, born March 5, 1878, at Jaffrey, New Hampshire, graduate of the Fitchburg high school, 1896. 7. Lizzie Maria, born September 27, 1880, in Winchendon, graduate of the Fitchburg high school, 1898; married, July 7, 1905, Rosser Adams Malone, Jr., of Albany, Georgia, clerk in the transportation department of the United States Canal Work at Panama; son born at Albany, October 6, 1906. 8. Clifton Harris, born December 30, 1883, at Winchendon, graduate of the Fitchburg high school, 1902; employed in the office of the Fitchburg Machine Works. 9. Henry Mead, born September 11, 1885, at Fitchburg, died August 5, 1887.
WILLIAM' E. PUTNEY. The Putney family seems to have settled first in this country in New Hampshire. They are of English origin. One of the earliest, if not the first settler of this name was Joseph Putney, who came to Londonderry, New Hampshire, when that was the leading settlement in the vicinity. He and James Rogers settled in the territory of what is now Dunbarton, New Hamp- shire, and many of the American families are de- scended from him. He was born about 1700, and was in Dunbarton about 1746. The Indian wars compelled him to leave his home in the wilderness, but in 1749 he returned and rebuilt his house. He had a son Henry and perhaps Jonathan, of whom later.
(II) Jonathan Putney, perhaps son of Joseph Putney (1), of Dunbarton, New Hampshire, was born about 1740. He became one of the earliest settlers in Cheshire county, and was in the town of Walpole and vicinity before the revolution. He fought in the revolution under Captain Stilson, of Hopkinton, New Hampshire. Joseph and Thomas Putney were in the same company. Children of Jonathan Putney were: Amos, see forward; Ezra, Samuel, Asa, Abigail and Sally. There were in the revolution an Amos and Asa Putney, probably re- lated to this family.
(III) Amos Putney, son of Jonathan Putney (2), was born in Cheshire county, New Hampshire, about 1780. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He married Nancy Daggett, who bore him the fol- lowing children : Eliza, Francis, Maria, Permelia, Adaline, Jonathan, married Betsey M. Tole and had William H. and Minnie E. Putney; they resided at Walpole, New Hampshire; Willard Dean, see forward: Loren D., Mary Adeline, see forward ; Harriet E .. Lucy Jane, Bradley A. and Louisa M.
(IV) Willard Dean Putney, son of Amos Put- ney (3), was born in Winchester. New Hampshire, June 25, 1825. The family removed to Westmore- land, where he received a common school education. He removed to Athol and was engaged during his active years in the railroad business. He is now living in Royalston, Massachusetts, retired. He married Ruby B. Wilbur, of New Hampshire, born December 6, 1829, and she also is living at the pres- ent time (1907). Among their children was Will- iam Emerson, see forward.
(IV) Mary Adeline (Putney) Arnold, daughter of Amos Putney (3), was born at Westmoreland,
New Hampshire, but has resided in Fitchburg since 1842, and is therefore among the longest time resi- dents of that city, her home being at No. 9 Park street, with her daughter, Mrs. Luella F. Wyman, widow of Charles H. Wyman, who is the last of her three children, two having died in early life. She became the wife of Charles Arnold, who died in 1893. Mrs. Arnold has been a communicant of the Methodist Church sixty-seven years, having first united with a church of that denomination at Chico- pee Falls, in 1840. When she came to Fitchburg she brought a letter to the First Methodist Church, and is the oldest member of that church, both in years and time of membership. She is still very constant in her attendance at church, and lias a class in the Sunday school, where she has been a teacher most of the time since she has been connected with the church. She has been a great worker in the Ladies' Parsonage Society, and labored zealously for the erection of the present church edifice and the parsonage. Mrs. Arnold is remarkably well pre- served in body and inind for her age, eighty-five years, enjoys reading and keeps informed in rela- tion to current events. She is held in high esteem by all who have the pleasure of her acquaintance.
(V) William Emerson Putney, son of William Dean Putney (4), was born in Athol, Massachusetts, September 4, 1856. He was educated there in the pub- lic schools, and began his business life in the employ of the Fitchburg railroad. He made himself use- ful as telegraph operator and in other positions of responsibility for a number of years. Subsequently he engaged in the coal and wood business in Fitch- burg, conducting the same for a number of years. In 1888 he entered the fire insurance business in Fitch- burg with Charles E. Kirby under the firm name of Kirby & Putney. Their offices were at No. 162 Main street, with a branch office at West Fitchburg. Since the retirement of his partner, in 1890, Mr. Putney has conducted the business alone, under his own name, and has built up one of the largest agencies in the city. He represents over fifty in- surance companies, among them the best in the world. He is a director of the Fitchburg Safe De- posit & Trust Company, Fidelity Co-operative Bank, Fitchburg Real Estate Association, Bennett Shoe Company, Lancaster Manufacturing Company and C. H. Brown Engine Company, and is counted among the leading business men of the city.
Mr. Putney is a Republican in politics, but has never sought public preferment. He is prominent in the Masonic fraternity, having taken the thirty- second degree. He is a member of Aurora Lodge, Boston; Lafayette Lodge of Perfection, Ancient Ac- cepted Scottish Rite; Giles F. Yates Council, Princes of Jerusalem, Boston; Mount Olivet Chapter, Rose Croix, Boston; Massachusetts Consistory, Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret, thirty-second degree. He is equally prominent as an Odd Fellow, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He attends Christ Episcopal Church.
Mr. Putney married, November 13, 1879, Abbie A. Stearns, of Fitchburg, an adopted daughter of George Waite, of Fitchburg, and had taken his name. Their children were: Lillian, born February 16, 1884. Ruby, born October 27. 1888, died young. Laura, born May 20, 1893, resides at home with parents. Alrah, born June 20, 1900, died young.
LYMAN PATCH. Nicholas Patch (I), the immigrant ancestor of Lyman Patch, of Fitchburg,
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Massachusetts, was the son of Nicholas and Jane Patch, of Parish South Petherton. Somerset, near Burlescomb, England, where he was baptized June 26, 1597. He and his brother Edmund Patch set- tled in Salem, Massachusetts. They had also a brother. John Patch. Edmund's daughter Eliza- beth is given the honor by gencalogists of being the first female child born of English parents in Salem and of the Massachusetts colony.
Nicholas Patch was a proprietor in Salem in 1637 and came to Salem the year before, 1636. He was admitted a freeman in 1639. He joined the Beverly Church April 14, 1650. He was a farmer and prominent in the church and town. He was one of the founders of Beverly, Massachusetts, where lie died November, 1673. He married Elizabeth Brackenburg, daughter of Richard Brackenburg; she was born 1629 and died January 14, 1716. It seems that some authorities believe that Elizabeth Patch, the first female child born in Salem, was Elizabeth (Brackenburg) Patch, instead of Elizabeth as stated above.
The children of Nicholas Patch were: James, born in England; John, ancestor of the Beverly families; Thomas, born in Salem 1640, of whom later.
(II) Thomas Patch, youngest child known of Nicholas Patch (1), was born in Salem. Massachu- setts, about 1640. He married Mary A. Lovett. He was admitted a freeman in 1670 and was a repre- sentative to the general court in 1689. He married (second) Mary Scott, daughter of Thomas Scott, of Ipswich, Massachusetts. His children were : Thomas, born July 19, 1674; Stephen, April 12, 1680; Isaac, of whom later; Ephraim, Simon, James, born in Wenham, 1677, married Rebecca Byles, ancestor of the Francestown Patch family; Sarah, December, 1666; Marah, February 3, 1669.
(III) Isaac Patch, son of Thomas Patch (2), was born in Salem, probably in 1682. He settled in Groton when a young man. He lived also in Con- cord and perhaps in Lancaster. Little is known about him. The children of Isaac and Edith Patch : Isaac. Jr., resided in Groton, Massachusetts ; Jona- than, of whom later; Edith, February 24, 1717; Ebenezer, born at Concord, September 7, 1719, set- tled in Groton; Lois, February 24, 1720; Lois, Au- gust 13, 1721 ; Ephraim, May 5, 1723, lived in Concord and Groton; Mary, April 7, 1725. Probably all the children after about 1715 were born in Concord, al- though not all are on the records. There may be others not given here.
(IV) Jonathan Patch, son of Isaac Patch (3), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, about 1708. He resided in Concord, Massachusetts. The chil- dren of Jonathan and Lydia Patch were: Samuel, of whom later; Elizabeth, September 12, 1731; Ebenezer, May 29, 1733; Lydia, June 24, 1735; Han- nalı, December 31, 1737 ; Jonathan, October 17, 1739; Sarah, November 3, 1741; Benjamin, March 7. 1743; John. December 15, 1747.
(V) Samuel Patch, son of Jonathan Patch (4), was born in Concord, Massachusetts, January 6, 1729-30. Early in life hc settled in that part of Con- cord, set off as Stow. He was a soldier in the revolution. Ile was captain of a Stow company in Colonel William Prescott's regiment, May 25, 1775 He fought in the battle of Bunker Hill, of which there is a curious documentary proof on record in the shape of a certificate signed by Captain Patch and Lieutenant Joshua Brown, both of Colonel Pres-
cott's regiment. They petitioned to be reimbursed for clothing lost in the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775, and their statement is endorsed by Colonel William Prescott with the statement that they were in the engagement as they claimed. The general court allowed the claims. After the revolution Captain Samuel Patch removed to Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, where July 10, 1788, he presented his letter from the Stow Church to the Fitzwilliam Church. He lived a few years in what is called the Spinney House at the North village, but finally settled on lot 15, division 10 R, where he lived the remainder of his days. He died February 15, 1817, aged eighty-seven years. His wife Lydia died De- cember 22, 1820, aged seventy-four years. The youngest son was the only child born in Fitzwilliam according to the records.
The children of Captain Samuel and Lydia Patch were : Oliver, Abraham, John, Samuel, married, January 30, 1805, Betsey, who was born September 7, 1778, daughter of Daniel and Hannah Mellen; they settled in Fitzwilliam; Lydia, married, Febru- ary 26, 1805, Joseph Church, of Templeton, Massa- chusetts : Susannah, married, September 17, 1811, John Anderson, of Templeton; Jacob, of whom later.
(V1) Jacob Patch, youngest child of Captain Samuel Patch (5), and father of Lyman Patch, of Fitchburg (7), was born in Fitzwilliam, New Hamp- shire, February 25. 1789. He married, March 13, 1817. Elizabeth Harkness, born April 26, 1797, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Sweet ) Harkness, of Richmond, New Hampshire. They settled in Richmond, New Hampshire. His farm was on what is called locally the William Hills place, lately owned by Eddie Putney, lot 14, of division R 1. He after- wards carried on the farms of Stephen Buffum, Obadiah Harkness and George Buffum in Rich- mond. In 1837 he removed to Templeton, Massa- chusetts,. In 1840 he returned to Richmond and took charge of Daniel Bassett's farm. He removed to Swanzey in 1841. He and his wife both died in Fitchburg, where some of their children were living.
The children of Jacob and Elizabeth (Hark- ness) Patch were: Edwin, born October 4, 1817, settled in South Royalston, Massachusetts; Ange- lina. Jannary 29, 1819. died February 16, 1821; Jacob, March 25, 1821, removed to California; Ly- man, of whom later ; Lydia M., July 10, 1825, died March 17. 1845; Eliza E., October 17, 1827, married Harvey Evans ; she died September 18, 1858; Isaac, May 31, 1831, lived in Fitchburg: John H., Septem- ber 14, 1835, lived in Springfield, Massachusetts ; he was road master for the Connecticut River Rail- road; Mary Jane. April 20, 1840, married George Green, died August 30. 1865.
(VI) Lyman Patch, fourth child of Jacob Patch (6), was born in Richmond, New Hampshire, December 24, 1822, and died in Fitchburg, Massa- chusetts, September 14, 1901. He received a common school education in the towns where the family lived during his boyhood. He worked with his father at farming until he was twenty-eight years old, when he came to Fitchburg, and opened a store. He was a dealer in stoves and tin ware. The busi- ness prospered and Mr. Patch became one of the most substantial men of the town. He was in busi- ness for fifty years and while he acquired a large competence he clung to the simple habits and life of his early days. Ifis store at 390 Main street is con-
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ducted by liis two sons, Arthur and Henry C. Patch, who in later years had been associated with their father in business. In politics Mr. Patch was a strong Republican. He served the city of Fitch- burg as councilman. He was director of Safety Fund National Bank. He attended the Methodist Episcopal Church of Fitchburg.
He married, August 12, 1852, Catherine A. Davis, daughter of Stillman and Lucy (Bush) Davis, of Templeton, Massachusetts. Their children are: Maria A., born November 28, 1853, married Charles F. Smith, died August 21, 1905; Walter, June 17, 1856; Arthur, June 22, 1858, married, November 28, 1883, Jennie M. Connor, and have two children : Richard H., and James A .; he was with the Sole Leather Tip Co., now part owner of his father's business ; * Burtis L., September 28, 1862; Henry C., May 19, 1867.
FOSDICK FAMILY. Stephen Fosdick (1), immigrant ancestor of ex-Mayor Frederick Fosdick and Charles Fosdick, of Fitchburg, is the progenitor of all the old families of this surname. He was an inhabitant of Charlestown, Massachusetts. in 1635. He was admitted a freeman September 7, 1638. According to his deposition made June 22, 1653, he was then seventy years old. He was there- fore born in England in 1583. He is thought to have come from Lincolnshire. He was admitted to the Charlestown Church in 1638. He died May 21, 1664. His will was dated February 23, 1664, and proved June 21. 1664.
His wife Sarah was then "aged about seventy- five years, lame and infirm, who was married to him a maid about 1624 and took care of his six children by a former wife," as stated in a deposition of his brother-in-law. John Wetherell, her brother. His will bequeathed to his wife; to daughter Hannah, wife of James Barrett; and Martha, wife of Richard Holden and to their children; to daughter Marah, wife of Thomas Webb; to son John Fosdick, and to the two sons of his son Thomas, deceased. The children of Stephen Fosdick were: Samuel, died on a voyage to the Barbadoes. no children; Thomas, died June 21. 1650, leaving issue; John, had sons Samuel and others: Hannah, married James Barrett ; Martha, married Richard Holden; Mary or Marah, married Thomas Webb; she was admitted to the church in 1652.
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