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The children of Michael and Hannah Dwinnell were: Thomas, born October 3, 1693, married Mary Perkins; Sarah, born 1694, married Abram Foster, of Ipswich; Mary, born 1702; Michael, born 1707, of whom later; Stephen, born 1708, married Abi- gail Harris; Hannah, born 1710, married John Bower; Jacob, born 1715, married Keziah Gould; Abigail, born 1719, married Humphrey Deering. The children of Michael and Elizabeth (Fisk) Dwinnell were: Benjamin, born November, 1726, married Mary Este; Thomas, born August, 1729. Of Michael and Elizabeth (Cave) Dwinnell : San- uel, born 1731; Elizabeth, born October, 1733.
(III) Michael Dwinnell, son and fourth child of Dr. Michael Dwinnell (2), was born in Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1707. He was a soldier in the French war in 1755 and was one of four from Topsfield killed in that war. His will was proved February I, 1758. He married Lucy Towne, of Topsfield, September 27, 1727. Their children : Bartholomew, of whom later ; Lucy, born March 28, 1730, married William Moneys; a child, died August 3, 1731; Hannah, born February 17, 1732, married James Meragin, of Marblehead; Michael, born January 6, 1735. married Martha Averill; a child, died 1739.
(IV) Bartholomew Dwinnell, son of Michael Dwinnell (3), was born in Topsfield, April 5, 1728. He settled in Keene, New Hampshire, where he died November 21. 1801. He married Sarah Moul- ton, who was born in 1728 and died in Keene in 1822. He was a farmer. Their children : Han- nah, born October 29. 1753, married William Towns, 1777; Michael, born November 28, 1755, died 1755; Sarah, born September, 1757; Lucy, born January, 1760, Bartholemew, born March, 1762, married
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Rebecca Towne; Anna, born December, 1763, mar- ried Ezekiel Graves; Huldah, born March 17, 1768, married Jonathan French. June, 1787; Lydia, born September 8, 1769, married Israel Hill, June, 1789; Michael, born November 12, 1771, of whom later.
(V) Michael Dwinnell, son of Bartholomew Dwinnell (4), was born in Topsfield, Massachu- setts, November 12, 1771. He emigrated with his father to Keene, New Hampshire, about 1783. He married Towne, a sister of the wife of his brother Bartholomew. Later he removed from Keene to Charlestown, New Hampshire. He married a sec- ond wife.
Ilis children were: Francis, of whom later ; Polly, born 1800, married Lorin Morse; Harriet, born ISoI, married - Sawyer; Lydia, born 1803, married - Powers; Candace, born 1806; Clarissa, born ISI0, married Stewart : Clarinda, unmar- ried; Thursa, died unmarried. He had two chil- dren by second wife: Warren, and a daughter.
(VI) Francis Dwinnell, eldest child of Michael Dwinnell (5), was born in Keene, New Hampshire, 1798. He worked on his father's farm and attended the district schools in his native town. Later the family removed to Charlestown, New Hampshire, where he became a farmer. He married Nancy Tarbell and died in Charlestown, New Hampshire. Their children: 1. Elthea Dudley, born November IS, 1822; married Abram Doane Hull, October 24, 1848; died June 16, 1852. 2. Martha Ann Judson, born January 17, 1829; married Amos - Doane, April 2, 1850. 3. Rebecca Dean, born June 28, 1832 ; died October 5. 1848. 4. Benjamin D., mentioned below. 5. William Tarbell, born August 25 1836; married Margaret Elizabeth Auld, February 18, 1860; she died February 17, 1874; married (second) Agnes Louise Greenman, November 3, 1874; she died May 2, 1894; married (third) Martha Eliza- beth Long, June 4, 1895.
(VII) Benjamin D. Dwinnell, son of Francis Dwinnell (6), was born in Charlestown, New Hampshire, September 14, 1834. He received his early education there in the public schools. He spent a year in a printing office in Claremont, New Hamp- shire, and then removed to Worcester, Massachu- setts, where he worked in a hardware store. In 1862 he enlisted in the Fifty-first Massachusetts Regiment and was commissioned quarter-master and first lieutenant by Governor Andrew. At the expira- tion of his term of enlistment he became first lieu- tenant and quartermaster in the Second Regiment of Heavy Artillery of Massachusetts, of which Gen- eral A. B. R. Sprague was then lieutenant-colonel, February, 1864. The regiment was in active service in Virginia and North Carolina. Lieutenant Dwin- nell was brevetted major, a title by which he has been known since the war. He was mustered out in September. 1865. Major Dwinnell entered the lumber and turpentine business in the south, in which he continued several years. He then returned to Worcester and was assistant postmaster of the city under General Josiah Pickett. In 1875 he was ap- pointed jailer and master of the House of Correc- tion at Fitchburg. For more than thirty years he has filled this important position with fidelity and to the satisfaction of the various sheriffs and county officers. He served under General Sprague for many years. He is well known in Fitchburg and well liked. Ile is prominent in the Masonic fratern- ity : a member of Aurora Lodge. Thomas Royal Arch Chapter and Jerusalem Commandery, Knights
Templar. He is an active member of the Grand Army Post at Fitchburg. In politics he has always been a Republican. He served the city of Fitchburg in the common council. He is a director of the Worcester Mutual Fire Insurance Company and of the Burbank Hospital of Fitchburg. He is a trustee of the Fitchburg Savings Bank. He attends the First Baptist Church.
He married, December 19, 1861, Nellie Shep- ard, daughter of Russell Rice Shepard, of Worcester. Their children are : I. Florence Russell, married Jolin Daniels and they have three children. 2. Josephine Hill, died young. 3. Clif- ton, a graduate of Worcester Technology and vice- president of First National Bank of Boston, married Miss Elizabeth Marshall and they have two chil- dren. 4. Irving Francis, a student for three years at the Worcester Technology and assistant clerk of the courts at Worcester.
JOHN HARDING ALLEN. The Allen family of Barre was identified with the early settlement of that town and gave its name to one of the principal elevations, which is still known as Allen Hill. John Harding Allen is a son of George S. Allen, a grand- son of Josiah and Kezialı Allen, a great-grandson of Jonathan and Hannah Allen, and a descendant in the eighth generation of the founder of the fam- ily in America. Several of the name have acquired local prominence, and at least one of them, Rev. David Oliver Allen, D. D., who was born in Barre in 1804, graduated from Amherst College in 1823 and died in Lowell in 1863, won national distinction as the author of a History of India. Although the descendants of the original Barre settler are now widely distributed, several of them are still resid- ing in the immediate vicinity of the ancient family fold, and serve to connect the present with the past.
George S. Allen, father of John H. Allen, who was a prosperous farmer of Barre in his day, died February 14, 1845. He married Lucy B. . and had a family of six children, namely: George Edwin, Lewis Clark, Lucy E., Charles Gilbert, Sybil Harding and John Harding.
John Harding Allen was born in Barre, Decem- ber 31, 1837. He attended the common and high schools of his native town, from which latter he went to an academy, and subsequently taking up the study of medicine he matriculated at the Harv- ard University Medical School. Ile was well ad- vanced in his professional preparations when the breaking-out of the civil war caused him to re- linquish his studies and volunteer his services in preserving the integrity of the Union. Enlisting as a private in Company F, Fifty-third Regiment, Mas- sachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which was ordered to the Department of the Gult under General Banks. He saw much active service in the field and par- ticipated in most of the important military operations on the lower Mississippi, including the memorable siege and final capture of Port Hudson and the second Red River campaign. This regiment is said to have had a greater number of men killed in ac- tion than did the famous British Light Brigade at the battle of Balaklava. He was slightly wounded and subsequently appointed regimental postmaster. Shortly after the close of the war, Dr. Allen be- came interested in the Brown Institution for the Feeble Minded at Barre, and accepting the appoint- ment of superintendent he has retained that posi- tion continuously for nearly forty years, during
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which time he has displayed marked ability and excellent judgment in the discharge of duties that are necessarily arduous and exacting.
In polities Dr. Allen is a Republican and has long been identified with the local party organiza- tion, having attended as a delegate numerous con- ventions and being at the present time a member of the town committee. He is also serving as chair- man of the board. He is otherwise. interested in the general welfare of Barre and its institutions, being a trustee of the Free Library Association, a director of the Village Improvement Association, a prominent member of the Congregational Church, of which he acts as moderator, and is serving upon the parish committee. He is particularly active in the Grand Army of the Republic and is the present commander of Post No. 179. Dr. Allen married Miss Addie L. Morse, daughter of Dwight Morse, of Southbridge, this county. He has no children.
HARDING ALLEN. This well-known business man of Barre is a son of Charles Gilbert Allen. grandson of George S. Allen and great-grandson of Josiah and Keziah Allen. Josiah was a son of Jonathan and Hannah Allen, and Jonathan was a great-great-grandson of the immigrant ancestor of the family, who arrived in New England at an early date in the colonial period. Jonathan Allen was among the first settlers of Barre and Allen Hill was named for him. Josiah Allen and his son, George S., were prosperous farmers of Barre in their day, and further information relative to this prominent family will be found in a sketch of John Harding Allen, son of George S. Allen, which ap- pears elsewhere in this work.
George S. Allen, grandfather of Harding Allen, was a life-long resident of Barre, and his death oc- curred February 14, 1845. He married Lucy B. She became the mother of six children, namely: George Edwin, Lewis Clark, Lucy E., Charles Gilbert, Sybil Harding and John Harding. Charles Gilbert Allen, father of Harding Allen, mar- ried Lucy R. Bacon, and among the children of this union is Harding, of whom later.
Harding Allen was born in Barre, May 26, 1867. llis preliminary studies in the public schools were augmented with a commercial course at Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, New York, and being thus well equipped for the activities of life he turned his attention to manufacturing. His business, which is devoted principally to the pro- duction of machinists' tools and farmers' imple- ments, has expanded into large proportions under his able and energetic management, and is at the present time the most important industrial enter- prise in Barre, employing upwards of sixty skilled operatives. The plant is equipped with modern machinery of the most approved type, which is pro- pelled by both steam and water-power, and a large number of tools and implements of a superior quality are produced annually.
In politics Mr. Allen is a Republican, and at the present time he is serving his fellow-townsmen as a member of the school board. Aside from his business affairs he is actively interested in preserv- ing and still further advancing the high standard of excellence which has long characterized the farm- ing industries of, Barre, and he is now treasurer of the Barre Agricultural Society. His fraternal af- filiations are with Mount Zion Lodge, Aneient Free and Accepted Masons. He attends the Unitarian Church.
On June 6, 1888, Mr. Allen was joined in mar- riage with Miss Carrie L. Williams, daughter of Elbridge Williams, of Barre. Mr. and Mrs. Allen have no children.
FREDERICK SUMNER BARNES, of Peter- sham, son of the late Calvin C. and Harriet ( Cook ) Barnes, undoubtedly belongs to the Barnes family of Hardwick, descendant of Thomas Barnes of Marlboro, but Paige's History of Hardwick and other sources of information at the disposal of the writer, make no mention of either Calvin C. or his son. Information at hand states that Calvin C. Barnes served in the civil war as a member of Company K, Fifty-third Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, which was attached to the Department of the Gulf and rendered efficient service under Gen- eral Banks. His death, which occurred in 1866, resulted from exposure suffered in the army, and his name appears in the Roll of Honor, which oc- cupies a conspicuous place in the foyer of the Peter- sham Public Library. Of his union with Abbie Morgan, his first wife, were born three children, namely : Francis, who married Fanny Butler, of Groton ; Frederick and Sarah, both of whom died in childhood. His second wife, who was before marriage Harriet Cook, bore him but one son, Frederick Sumner, of whom later. She survived her husband many years, dying in 1901. ( Informa- tion relative to the early history of this family will be found in sketches of Hiram E. Barnes and other subscribers, which appear elsewhere in this work).
Frederick Sumner Barnes was born in Peter- sham, January 20, 1861. Upon the conclusion of his attendance at the public schools, he turned his attention to farming and has ever since followed that honorable occupation. In 1885 he married Effie Williams, daughter of Charles Williams, of Peter ham. They have one daughter, Myrtle, born August 7, 1889, and is now attending school. In politics Mr. Barnes is a stanch supporter of the Re- publican party. His religious affiliations are with the Unitarian Church.
LOWE FAMILY. Thomas Lowe or Low (1), of Chebacco, Ipswich, now Essex, Massachusetts, the ancestor of the Lowe family of Fitchburg, of which John Lowe is the head, was born in England. He is believed to have been the son of Captain John Low, master of the ship "Ambrose" and vice- admiral of the fleet that brought over Governor Winthrop's colony in 1630. The cane and Bible said to have belonged to Captain John Low have been handed down in the families of the Essex Lows and are now in possession of Daniel W. Low, of Essex, Massachusetts, a descendant. The Bible was "Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes most excellent Majestie, dwelling in Pater Noster Rowe at the signe of the Tigreshead Anno 1579." "The whole Book of Psalms by Sternhold, Hopkins and others, printed by Derye over Aldergate 1578." "Susanna Low her book 1677, May 19." "Thomas Low his book."
Thomas Low was born in England, but emi- grated early to America. He was a resident of lps- wich as early as 1641. According to his deposition made in 1660 he was born in 1605. He was a maltster by trade. He died September 8, 1677. His. will dated April 30, 1677, was proved November 6, 1677. His son, John Low, succeeded to his busi- ness as maltster and carried it on until 1696. Thomas Low married Susannah -, who died at Water-
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town, Massachusetts, August 19, 1684, aged about eighty-six. The children of Thomas and Susannah Low were: Margaret, born in England, married, April 8, 1657, Damel Davidson, who was afterward a major-general; she died july 8, 1668; Thomas, born in England, 1632, died April 12, 1712; Sarah, born 1037, if deposition of father in 1660 is correct, married Joseph Safford; John, born probably in New England, married, December 10, 1061, Sarah Thorn- dike, daughter of John and Elizabeth Thorndike, of Beverly ; married ( second) Dorcas
(II) Thomas Lowe, son of Thomas Low (I), was born in England in 1632 and died April 12, 1712. He married, July 4, 1060, Martha Borman, daughter of Thomas and Margaret Borman, of Ips- wich. He married (second) Mary Brown. Thomas Lowe was a leading citizen. Ile was a proprietor or commoner in 1668; deacon of the church in 1678, and honored with other offices. His house indi- cates that he was a prosperous man, a picture of the old house having been preserved.
The children of Deacon Thomas and Martha (Borman) Lowe were: Thomas, born April 14, 1661, died February, 1698; Samuel; Jonathan, born July 7, 1665, died February 8, 1750; David, born in Chebacco, Essex, August 14, 1607; Johannah, born March 10, 1009, married David Dodger, of Wenham; married (second) Joseph Hale, of Boxford; Martha, married, November 16, 1694, Richard Dodger; she died February 2, 1737 ; Nathaniel, born June 7, 1672, died July 30, 1695; Sarah, married (first) John Grover, of Beverly; (second) Nathaniel Webster; Abigail, married Joseph Goodhue; Samuel, born April, 1676, died June 2, 1723.
(III) David Lowe, son of Thomas Lowe (2), was born in Chebacco, Essex, August 14, 1667. He married, December 28, 1699, Mary Lamb. He died in Ipswich, June 2, 1746. His will is dated March 14, 1745, and proved June 16, 1746. In a deed dated October 5, 1736, he gives to his son, David Lowe, Jr., "his part of land granted to a certain number of men, which formerly went in an expedition to Can- ada under Sir William Phipps of which 1, David Lowe was one." This expedition arrived before Quebec, November 5, 1690, and was repulsed with heavy loss. The land granted was in New Hamp- shire. The rank of David Lowe was sergeant.
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The children of David and Mary (Lamb) Lowe were: David, born 1701; Jeremiah, born in Ips- wich, married, April 4, 1732, Lydia Gilbert; Caleb, married, January 8, 1732 Abigail Varney ; Stephen, married, January 31, 1733-4, Sarah Low; he was killed in the battle of Ticonderoga, July 8, 1758; Joshua, married (first), August 8, 1734, Susannah Butler ; married (second), April 3. 1760, Anna Boardman, widow; Mary, married, August 24, 1723, Jeremiah Lufkin; Martha, married Eleazer Crafts, private ; Abigail, Eunice.
(I\') David Lowe, son of David Lowe (3). was born in Chebacco, Essex, in 1701. He married Susanna Low, probably daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Thompson ) Low (published April 11), 1724. He was a maltster by trade. He settled in Chebacco ; April 12, 1703, he bought a farm in Lunenburg with buildings thereon and forty acres of land of William Henderson. This farm was situated in Fitchburg and was given the same year it was bought to his son Joseph, who settled on it and was the ancestor of the Fitchburg branch of the family. The in- ventory of his estate shows that he was well off, having one thousand two hundred and two pounds after giving away much of his property.
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The children of David and Susannah (Low) Lowe were: Mary, born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, baptized April 24, 1726, married November 28, 1751, General Stephen Choate; she died about 1768; he died October 19, 1815; had nine children; David, baptized May 5, 1728, died August, 1782; Susannah, baptized April 5, 1730, died before 1734; Joseph, bap- tized December 12, 1731 : Susannah, baptized July 7, 1734, married, September 5, 1771, Enoch Blake, of Salisbury; Martha, baptized July 18, 1730, died be- fore 1738; Martha, baptized September 24, 1738, married November 26, 1761, Francis Perkins; Eben- ezer, baptized October 4, 1741, married, January 9, 1756, Martha Story.
(V) Joseph Lowe, son of David Lowe (4), was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, baptized December 12, 1731. He married, January 12, 1758, Abigail Low, daughter of Caleb, son of David Low, Sr. (III). Caleb Low married Abigail Varney. Abi- gail Low was born September I, 1737. Joseph Lowe settled on what was then called Appletree hill, a part of Lunenburg, now between Blossom and Me- chanic streets, Fitchburg, in 1763, directly after the land was purchased by his father, David Lowe. Jo- seph Lowe is on the tax list for 1763. They brought with them from Ipswich two children, Abigail and Joseph Lowe, Jr.
The children of Joseph and Abigail ( Low) Lowe were : Abigail, married, July, 1783, John Upton, died September 7, 1829; they were the progenitors of a very large family in Fitchburg and vicinity (see Lowe Genealogy); Joseph, Jr., baptized April 24, 1763; Mary, born in Lunenburg, married Amos Wheeler, who died February 29, 1844.
(VI) Joseph Lowe, Jr., son of Joseph Lowe (5), was born in Ipswich and baptized there April 24, 1763. He was an infant when his parents brought him with them to Lunenburg, now Fitchburg. He inherited the homestead and kept adding to the three hundred acres that his father left until he was one of the largest and wealthiest taxpayers of the town. He served the town as highway surveyor. The old deeds of his property are in possession of Mrs. John Lowe, also the inventory and papers relating to the division of his estate. His estate was valued at $5,005. The only part of the farm now owned by his heirs is that of Mrs. Lydia ( Messinger) (Hawcs) Wood, she having married as his second wife Sam- uel Hawes, who married for his first wife Mary Lowe, only daughter of Joseph Lowe (VI). Of this place Samuel Hawes Lowe has bought a part.
He married Mary ( Polly) Sawyer. December 27, 1787. He and his wife died of consumption. Their children were: Joseph, born in Fitchburg. September 1, 1791; Mary or Polly, born in Fitch- burg, March 16, 1794, married Samuel Hawes, son of Robert Hawes, May 6, 1813, died of consump- tion July 17. 1828; Samuel Hawes married second Lydia Messinger; he died October 18, 1873, and she married (second) Rev. John Wood; Daniel, born in Fitchburg, August 17, 1796; Stephen, born in Fitch- burg, June 27, 1798; David, born in Fitchburg, July 2, 1800.
(VII) David Lowe, son of Joseph Lowe (6), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, July 2, 1800. He married, January 28. 1822, Louisa Adeline Messinger. He died July 3, 1866, of consumption. He was left an orphan at the age of eight years and bound out as an apprentice to one Willard, living on Dean hill. He proved to be a hard master and the lit- tle fellow often went hungry and cold. His aunt. Mary ( Low) Wheeler, took him to her home after
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a time and he lived with her until his marriage. When a young man he learned the mason's trade and worked on several of the important buildings. About 1828 he bought the farm, a part of which is now owned by Seth Lowe. He built a house and barn and lived there the remainder of his life. It was well said of him: "None knew him but to love him; none named him but to praise." Always hospitable, but never so happy as when, on Thanks- giving Day, he had as many of his children and grandchildren around his table as could gather there.
The children of David and Louise Adeline (Mes- singer ) Lowe were: John, born May 5, 1824; a son, born and died in 1825; Calvin Messinger, born Sep- tember 3. 1826; David Sawyer, born December 23, 1829; a daughter, born and died in 1831; Seth Phillips, born October 22, 1832, died January 10, 1835: Seth Lyman, born July 22, 1835; George, born March 6, 1838, married, November 24, 1864, Mary Adams Russell, in West Fitchburg, where she was born July 20, 1840; he was in Company .F. Twen- ty-fifth Regiment, in the civil war; she married ( second) John Lowe, as his second wife; Daniel, born June 3, 1840, died September 23, 1842; Daniel Clark, born May 25, 1843, died Angust 7, 1845; Stephen Clark, born January 5, 1847.
(VII) John Lowe, son of David Lowe (7), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, May 5, 1824, in the house on Mechanic street where E. P. Towne lately lived. When John was a small boy his father moved to the farm now owned by Seth L. Lowe on Pearl hill. The youth of John Lowe was spent on the farm, and he attended the district schools of his native town. Most of his schooling was ob- tained in a small red school house now made into a dwelling and standing on the corner of Fisher and Pearl hill roads. One winter term of six weeks he attended a private school taught by a Mr. Fox. At the age of eighteen he began to learn the trade of scythe making of John Farwell and Abel Simonds. but the work indoors was not congenial, and after three or four months he commenced work for Clark Simonds, farming, and attending school winters. Three years later he began work for Isaiah Putnam.
About 1849 he left the employ of Mr. Putnam to start in business for himself as a butcher and pro- vision dealer. He used a small building near his father's house for slaughtering at first. Hoping to extend his business he moved in the spring of 1851 to a farm in Rindge, New Hampshire, Four years of hardship among rocky hills were enough to cool his ardor for farming in that locality, though he made many life-long friends and cherishes many pleasant memories of that period of his life. 1Ie returned to Fitchburg and entered the wholesale meat and provision business, which he followed with success for twenty years. In 1873 he sold the meat business to his oldest sons and for a short time had a market on Day street. He followed market gardening for four years on what he called "Round Top" on Pearl hill, now owned by William Proctor. It was the southern half of his father's farm. His later years have been spent assisting in the business of his sons in various ways.
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