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(IX) Frank E. Lowe, son of John Lowe (8), was born in Fitchburg, January 15, 1864. He at- tended the public school until the spring of 1879, when he left to enter the employ of Ira A. Lowe & Co, in the meat business. In August, 18So, he went to Chicago for Swift & Co., but returned to Fitchburg the following year to become bookkeeper and salesman for his brothers' firm. In March, 1884, he went to Wyoming and worked for a meat com- pany and on the ranches of his brothers there. He returned to Fitchburg in 1885. and in April, 1886, formed the partnership with Orin M. and Arthur H. Lowe, his brothers, under the name of Lowe Bros. & Co., wholesale produce and provision com- mission merchants and agents for Swift & Co. When the branch house was opened by the company in Greenfield, Massachusetts, in April, 1887, he took charge of it and remained there until 1891, when he became a partner in the Falulah Paper Company and traveled for the firm until 1893, when his. health failed. He returned to Greenfield and took charge until the business was sold in 1896 to Swift & Co .. whereupon he became interested in street railway enterprises. He was one of the incorporators and first president of the Greenfield & Turners Falls Street Railway Company and was made general manager in 1898. He has become interested in vari- ous other street railways in the New England States and Pennsylvania.
He married, September 26, 1900, Martha ( Stone) Towle, widow, sister of Annie M. ( Stone), the wife of Ira A. Lowe.
(IX) George Russell Lowe, son of John Lowe (8). was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, July II, 1865. He attended the public schools of his native town. lle went to work first for Lowe Bros. & Co. In 1887 he went to Gardner and has since been the representative for Swift & Co. there. He was elected director and vice-president of the Gardner Bank in 1895. He has been a delegate to many state conventions, but has declined office.
He married Mary Elizabeth Marshall, January 16, 1889, at Gardner. She was born July 7, 1862, in Mendon, Vermont, and is the daughter of Gerrge W. and Sarah Elizabeth ( Brick ) Marshall. The children of George R. and Mary E. ( Marshall ) Lowe, born in Gardner, Massachusetts, were: Bertha, born January 3, 1890, died October 23, 1800; Ken- neth Marshall, born July 30, 1899.
(1X) David Lowe, son of John Lowe (8), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, June 23, 1867.
He was educated in the public schools of his native town, graduating from the high school in 1885. lle went to work first for his brother, Albert Lowe, then the head of I. A. Lowe & Co., in the meat business. He went to the Parkhill Manufacturing Company, December 21, 1885, and learned the business thor- oughly. He is now assistant superintendent of mills A and B, Mr. Parkhill being the general superintendent. He has been an active member of the Rollstone Con- gregational Church since 1885. He was assistant superintendent of the Sunday school. He has been church treasurer since 1898 and has also been col- lector for a number of years. He is a life member of the American Seaman's Friend Society and of the American Missionary Association. He is a director of the Fitchburg Co-operative Bank, a member of the New England Cotton Manufacturers Associa- tion, Fitchburg Historical Society and the Young Men's Christian Association. He is a Republican and has served a number of years on the Republi- can city committee.
He married, June 1, 1892, Grace Isabelle Doten. She was born in Boston, December 4, 1866, and is the fifth generation of the lineal descendants of Ed- ward Doten and his wife Faith Clark. Mr. Doten came in the "Mayflower" to Plymouth with the Pilgrims and was one of the signers of the Compact. She was educated in private and public schools in Boston and Fitchburg, and graduated from the Fitchburg high school in 1886. She is an active member of Rollstone Congregational Church. They reside at 47 School street, Fitchburg. The children of David and Grace I. (Doten) Lowe were : Eleanor, born April 7, 1893, died December 17, 1894; Frances Helen, born February 1, 1897.
(1X) Harriet Lydia Lowe, daughter of John Lowe (8), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. April 15, 1870. She is a graduate of the high school, class of 1889, and was a school teacher in Fitch- burg. She married William Hamilton Wright, July 12, 1891. He was born October 17, 1865, in Clinton, Massachusetts. He attended the public schools of Fitchburg. He is a machinist by trade and resides at Hyde Park. Their children are: Wilma Har- riet, born in Fitchburg, July 24, 1892; Eunice Cum- mings, born August 1, 1894, in Fitchburg.
(IX) Samuel Hawes Lowe, son of John Lowe (8), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Octo- ber 22, 1873. He was educated in the public schools of his native city. He left the high school before graduation to take a position in Safety Fund Na- tional Bank, and has been promoted to paying teller. He is a member of the Rollstone Congregational Church and has served the Sunday school as sec- retary for several years and treasurer of the parish. He is a Free Mason, a member of the Merchants" Association. He is auditor of the Fidelity Co-oper- ative Bank. He is an active Republican. Person- ally Mr. Lowe is very popular. He married, Sep- tember 7, 1904, Lucy E. Bennett, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Bennett, of Fitchburg.
(IX) John Adams Lowe, son of John Lowe (8), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, August 27, 1881. He is a graduate of the high school, class of 1899, and of Williams College 1906.
(IX) Marian Abbie Lowe, daughter of John Lowe (8), was born November 30, 1883. She is a graduate of the high school, class of 1901, and of the Fitchburg normal school, class of 1905. She is a member of Rollstone Church.
(X) Sarah Abbie Merriam, daughter of L. W.
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and Ellen M. (Lowe) Merriam (9), was born in Fitchburg, August 9, 1869. She married, September II, 1890, James Lewis Harrington, of Lunenburg, at Fitchburg. He was born October 17, 1855, SO11 of George and Martha (Lewis) Harrington. He is a farmer and milk dealer. Their children are: Lewis Lowe, born January 14, 1892; Ruth Louise, born May 23, 1893; Carl Rogers, born March 2, 1896; Harold Leon, born June 13, 1898.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CHENEY. John Clicney (1), the immigrant ancestor of George Washington Cheney, of Winchendon, Massachu- setts, was born in England. Rev. John Eliot, the Indian Apostle, who was his pastor at Roxbury, wrote: "John Cheney he came into the land in the ycare 1635, he brought 4 children Mary, Martha, Jolın, Daniel. Sarah, his fifth child, was borne last month of the same year 1635 cald February. He removed from our church to Newbury the end of the next summer 1636. Martha Cheney was the wife of John Cheney."
He was received into the Newbury Church from Roxbury. He was fined with other citizens for absence at the town meeting, April 21, 1638, but later his fine was remitted on account of his hav- ing a reasonable excuse. He had a good house lot in the old town, also plenty of good land along the river and shore. He received a grant of three acres, June 19, 1638, in the meadow at the west end of the great swamp. Numerous other lots were granted. He was on the grand jury April 27, 1648. He was so interested in the contest for gov- ernor between Sir Harry Vane and John Winthrop that he and others came from Newbury to Cam- bridge on foot to take the freeman's oath, so that they could vote for Winthrop. That was a forty mile walk each way. No wonder Winthrop won the election. He was admitted a freeman May 17, 1637. He became a very prominent citizen. He was selectman several times. He died July 28, 1666. He wrote his will June 5. 1666. His wife died about 1684. Their children were: Mary, born in Eng- land, 1627, married, September 3, 1645, William Lawes, of Rowley; Martha, born in England, 1629, married (first ) Anthony Sadler; (second) Thomas Burkby, of Ipswich; John, born in England, 1631 ; Daniel, born in England, 1633; Sarah, born in Rox- bury, February 25, 1635-36, married, December 23, 1652, Joseph Plummer, of Newbury; Peter, born in Newbury, 1638; Lydia, born in Newbury, 1639, married, November 12, 1657, John Kenrick, of Ips- wich ; Hannah, born November 16, 1642, married, November 16, 1659, Richard Smith, Jr., of Ipswich ; Nathaniel, born at Newbury, January 12, 1647, never married ; Elizabeth, born at Newbury, January 12, 1647, married Stephen Cross, of Ipswich.
(II) Daniel Cheney, son of John Cheney (1), was born in England, about 1633, died September IO, 1694. He was admitted a freeman May 7. 1663. He was a man of great industry and sagacity, a dil- igent farmer and useful citizen. He bought up a large family and left an honorable name. He and his wife were members of the church before 1675. Ile was a constable in 1688. He married, at New- bury, October 8, 1665, Sarah Bayley, daughter of Jolın, Jr. and Eleanor (Emery) Bayley; she was born August 17, 1644, died October 26, 1714. Their children were: 1. Sarah. born September 11, 1666, married, June 16, 1696, John Richards, Jr .; removed 1715 to Rochester, New Hampshire. 2. Judith, born
September 6, 1668, married John Emerson. 3. Daniel, born December 31, 1670. 4. Ilannah. born September 3, 1673, married, at Newbury, December 17, 1696, Lieutenant Thomas Wiswall, of Newton. 5. John, born July 10, 1676. 6. Eleanor, born March 29, 1679, married Richard Satchell, of Ipswich; (second), October 7, 1698, Thomas Safford, of Ips- wich. 7. Joseph, baptized April 9, 1682. 8. James, see forward.
(III) James Cheney, son of Daniel Cheney (2), was born in Newbury, April 16, 1685. He sold the land bequeathed to him by his grandfather to his brother-in-law, John Richard, April 14, 1715, and then removed to the town of Newton, formerly part of Watertown. He was a weaver by trade, a man highly esteemed and of more than ordinary char- acter and efficiency. He died February 3. 1746. His will was proved March 17, 1745-46. His estate was finally divided 1758. He married, August 31, 1732, Lydia Mirick, daughter of John and Eliza- beth (Trowbridge) Mirick, of Newton. She was born July 7. 1704, died November 3, 1766. Their children were: Aaron, born October 8, 1734; Eliza- beth, born July 31, 1736, married, January 3. 1765, Isaac Williams, son of Isaac Williams; Nathaniel, born March 16. 1737-38; James, see forward; Lydia, born January 15, 1742-43. married, September 17, 1772, Joseph Knapp.
(IV) James Cheney, son of James Cheney (3), was born at Newton, Massachusetts, July 19, 1740. Ile settled in Holden, Massachusetts, afterwards removing to Gerry, now Phillipston, Massachusetts. He was a soldier in the revolution in Captain Davis's company, Colonel Doolittle's regiment, in 1775. He died December 28, 1818. He married, at Newton, October 24, 1765, Joanna Williams. daughter of Jonathan Williams and his wife De- borah (Spring) Williams. She died February 13, 1823. Their children were: Cyrus, born about 1766; Lydia, born at Holden, January 3, 1768, married William Homes: Joanna, born November 20. 1769, married, October 26, 1786, David Pike. of Athol; Hezekiah. born August 4, 1771; James. see for- ward; Polly (Molly), born February 3. 1776, mar- ried, April 14, 1803, Benjamin Maxwell, of Heath ; Patty, born February 28, 1803, married Thaddeus Brown.
(V) James Cheney, son of James Cheney (4), was born in Holden, August 28, 1773. He mar- ried Elizabeth Seaver and they settled in Phillips- ton. Their children were: Lorenzo, born Novem- ber 12, 1806: James Harvey, see forward: Sarah, born September 27, 1815, died October 7, 1815: Cyrus, born at Phillipston, May 1, 1818, died at Athol. May 9, 1891.
(VI) James Harvey Cheney, son of James Cheney (5), was born at Phillipston, Massachu- setts, July 21, 1813. He received his education in the district schools, and at an early age began to learn the trade of carpenter. He removed to Graf- ton in the thirties and carried on his business as carpenter and builder there. He also kept the tavern there for several years. He removed to Boston, thence to Cambridge, where he followed his trade. He also worked at Stow and Assabet (now May- nard). He settled in Maynard and went into the business of carpenter and contractor. and developed a prosperous business. He died there December 4, 1881. He attended the Assabet Orthodox Church. In politics he was a Republican. He served the town on various important committees. He mar-
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ried. April 3. 1827, Sophia Raymond, born Sep- tember 19, 1817, died January 13, 1898, daughter of Levi and Sophia (Greenwood) Raymond, of Winchendon. Her father was a farmer. Their children were: I. Henry Harrison, born at Graf- ton. January 1, 1838, living in Maynard. 2. George Washington, see forward. 3. John Davis, born at Grafton, October 20, 1840, drowned April 30, 1850. 4. Charles Hudson, born December 14, 1842, a carpenter, now residing in Maynard, Massachu- setts. 5. Ellen Elizabeth, born November 17, 1845. 6. Mary Eliza, born in Cambridge, September 25, 1847, now residing in Maynard, Massachusetts. 7. Levi Raymond, born in Stow, April 16, 1851, now living in Maynard; he married Mary E. Billington, June, 1872. Children : Cora S., born April 6, 1873, married Albert C. Mentzer, September 19, 1893; Effie M., born December 23, 1876; Everett L., born January. 1878, died February, 1878; Howard R., born May 21, 1890; Ralph H .. born June 3, 1896. 8. Edward Everett, born in Nashua. New Hamp- shire, December 1, 1853, married Mary E. Wilder, May, 1880, child: George W., born November 25, 1885. 9. Maria Etta, born at Assabet, March 19. 1859. died January 28, 1902; married James E. Mc- Austin, July 28, 1889.
(VII) George Washington Cheney, son of James H. Cheney (6), was born at Grafton, Massachu- setts, January 15, 1839. He attended the public schools there until he was ten years old, when he removed with his parents to Boston. He went to school there and in Cambridge, where his par- ents lived, for a few years, completing his school- ing at Assabet. He then learned the trade of car- penter of his father and worked with him until he was of age. He came to Winchendon in 1861 and worked for a year with his uncle, George B. Raymond. He then took a course of six months study in Comar's Commercial College of Boston, when he entered the service of the United States and was with his regiment, the Twelfth Massa- chusetts Infantry, in front of Richmond. Later he was transferred to Company C, Thirty-ninth Regi- ment. under Colonel Stearns, of Somerville. He was in the Army of the Potomac. the Fifth Corps, joining the regiment just after the battle of Cold Harbor. He was in the engagements at Peters- burg and at Weldon Railroad, August 18, 1864. He was taken prisoner and marched to Petersburg. sent to Richmond and confined in Libby prison, transferred later to Bell Isle, where he was kept two months. He was taken sick and they sent him back to Richmond, where, after two weeks in the hospital, he was exchanged and returned via Annapolis, Maryland, to the Union ranks. As soon as he was able he went home on a furlough and remained at Assabet for several weeks. He re- turned to his regiment in Virginia and took part in the battle of the Jerusalem Plank Road. He was woundtu and again taken prisoner. He was sent to Richmond, in March, 1865, and soon afterward was recaptured by the Union forces. He was sent to Washington for hospital treatment and soon afterward transferred to the Dale Hospital at Worcester, where he remained until the close of the war. lle was discharged May, 1865, and re- turned to his father's home in Assabet.
He came to Winchendon again and entered the employ of his uncle, George B. Raymond, in Au- gust, 1865. After a few years he started out on his own account as a builder. In 1877 he went into
partnership with Luke Brown under the firm name of Brown & Cheney, carpenters and builders. The firm was dissolved after two years and Mr. Cheney has since carried on the business alone. He has built a considerable number of the buildings, large and small, erected in Winchendon and vicinity dur- ing his business career. On Tuesday morning, No- vember 6, 1870, Mr. Cheney fell from the sill of the Tucker and Rice block into the cellar and re- ceived a severe cut on the head. It was thought he was killed and his wife went down to the place expecting to find him dead, but by dint of care- ful nursing by his faithful wife, he finally recovered. He attends the Baptist Church, is a Republican in politics, a member of the Grand Army Post, Gil- man C. Parker. of Winchendon.
George W. Cheney married, February 7, 1867, Mary Sophia Raymond, born February 9, 1843, daughter of Artemas and Abigail (Chase) Ray- mond, of Royalston. Artemas Raymond, born March I, 1801, was a farmer in Royalston, died there April 4, 1868. He married, November, 1832, Abigail Chase, born January 22, 1810, daughter of David Chase, a farmer of Royalston, and their chil- dren were: William C., Raymond Washington, Franklin S .. died at age of six months; Franklin llenry, resides in Boston; George A., killed at bat- tle of Cold Harbor; Mary Sophia, wife of George WV. Cheney; Sarah A., died at age of two years ; Edward A. W., resides in Boston. William Ray- mond. father of Artemas Raymond, was born in Royalston, served in revolution, and his second wife, Sophia (Ward) Raymond, who died at the age of eighty-eight years, drew a pension. Chil- dren of George W. and Mary S. Cheney were: I. Flora Belle, born August 22, 1869, married Clement Streeter, a carpenter. of Winchendon, but now re- siding in Boston. 2. Frank Schuyler, born Sep- tember 21, 1871, now in Winchendon, engaged in carpenter work with his father. married Lizzie Cudworth, of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire. Janu- ary 5, 1899. 3. Nellie Etta, born May II, 1874, inarried (first) Charles Guibord and had children : Carl and Kenneth: married (second) W. E. Ord- way. of Milford, New Hampshire, and had one child, Morris Everett Ordway.
TATMAN FAMILY. John Tatman (1) is the emigrant ancestor of the Tatman family which for several generations has been prominent in the social and business life of Worcester. He sailed from England in a company of thirty-three Englishmen and their families in the ship "Lion," Captain Ma- son, and arrived in Boston, September 16, 1632. They were known as the Braintree Company or, on account of their connection with the Rev. Thomas Hooker, as the Hooker Company. Most of them settled in Braintree, Massachusetts, but soon after- ward the general court, which regulated the settle- ment of the towns, transferred them to Newtown. now Cambridge. John Tatman, however, located in Roxbury, directly after his arrival, and drew land there. The name was spelled Totman more often than Tatman at first. John Tatman took the free- man's oath at Roxbury. May 2, 1638. He married Johanna -, about 1640. She died, 1668, and he died, October 28, 1670, leaving all his property by will dated July 30, 1670, to his only son, Jabez, who was born November 19, 1641.
(II) Jabez Tatman, son of John (1) and Jo- hanna Tatman, was born at Roxbury, November 19,
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1641. He married Deborah Turner, daughter of John and Deborah ( Williams) Turner, November 18, 1668. Deborah owned the Covenant, and Jabez confessed and joined in full communion the Church at Roxbury, April 20, 1679. She died May 31, 1689, and he died April 16, 1705. He seems to have mar- ried again, Elizabeth Davis, of Roxbury. She was the daughter of William Davis, who, tradition says, came from Wales in 1635 and who settled in Rox- bury as early as 1642. The children of Jabez and Deborah Tatman were: I. Johanna. 2. Deboralı. 3. Elizabeth. 4. An infant. 5. Mary. 6. Mehitable. 7. Sarah. 8. John.
(III) John Tatman, son of Jabez (2) and De- boral Tatman, was born at Roxbury in 1685. Like his father and his grandfather, he was a farmer. He resided at Roxbury until past fifty. In 1737 he came to the struggling little settlement at Worcester, and bought of Nathaniel Jones a two-hundred-acre tract in what is now Quinsigamond village, Worces- ter, and settled there in 1637. He married, July 5, 1709, Mary Richards, of Dedham. Their children were: 1. Mary. 2. Elizabeth. 3. Jabez. 4. Sarah. 5. John. 6. Nathaniel. 7. Hannalı. John Tatman died in the spring of 1760. His will names his wife, his sons Jabez and Nathaniel, and daughter Hannalı, all probably living in 1760. Hannah married Samuel Lawrence, who in February 23. 1763, sold his land in Worcester to Gardner Chandler.
(IV) Jabez Tatman, son of John (3), was born at Roxbury, May 16, 1715. He came to Worcester in 1737 with his father's family. He married Sally Gookin. He was one of the petitioners who asked to have the gore lying between Worcester and Sut- ton annexed to Worcester, which petition was grant- ed by the general court April 5, 1743. He was elected constable March. 1765, but procured Samuel Eaton to serve in his stead. He was highway surveyor and collector of highway taxes in 1773, and June I, 1779, was with his son John on the jury list. His will proved July 7, 1807, provided for his widow, his son Daniel, his granddaughter Saralı Curtis, daughter of (Sarah, deceased), his daughter Lydia, wife of Thomas Rice, Jr., his son John, who was his chief heir and sole executor. His wife Sarah (Gookin) died in 1761 and he married (second) Mary Dudley at Oxford. He died March 13, 1807, in his ninety-second year. His children were: I. Daniel. 2. John. 3. Jabez. 4. Sarah. 5. Lydia.
Sarah Gookin, the first wife of Jabez Tatman, came from a distinguished lineage. The Gookins were originally from Kent county, England. In 1620 Daniel Gookin received a grant from parlia- ment to start a colony in Virginia, where he went with his colonists, in 1621, and settled at Newport News. The Gookin family belonged to the Estab- lished Church of England. About 1642 the Puri- tans of Boston sent missionaries to convert them to a "more excellent way." The mission was partly successful, but the majority of the Virginia colo- nists were so incensed that the missionaries were forced to leave. Daniel Gookin, Jr., born 1612, in England, was one of the converts and cast his lot with the missionaries. He bought a ship and took the persecuted party to Boston, arriving May 10, 1644, and almost immediately he and his wife were received into the Church. He soon went to Ipswich to live, but on account of Indian alarms returned and settled in Roxbury, taking his Church letter with him. Rev. John Eliot, the Indian apostle, was his pastor at Roxbury, and tl.ey soon became warm
friends and fellow laborers among the Indians. Gookin was one of the original proprietors of Worcester and received several land grants there. He was made superintendent of the Indians who had submitted themselves to the government. In 1681 he was major-general of the Province. He died 1687 at Cambridge, where he settled in 1647. His son Daniel was the first sheriff of Worcester county, and held that office from 1731 till his death in 1743. Daniel Gookin's home lot where he resided was at the corner of Main and Park streets, now in the heart of the business district. His sword and cane are in the possession of Charles T. Tatman, of Worcester, and his account book with the court and other mementoes are still in existence.
Nathaniel Tatman, another son of John (3), should be mentioned. He was born in Roxbury, January 10, 1725. He married Mary Rice, Decem- ber 17, 1747. This is the first marriage given in the records of the Old South Church, except that of Josiah Holden and Abigail Bond on the same date. He settled on the site where later stood the old brick tavern in Quinsigamond village. He married (second) Rachel Adams. He moved to Barre, in 1770. He lived to be one hundred years of age.
(V) John Tatman, son of Jabez (4), was born March 5. 1745, at Worcester. He married Lucy Dudley, of Sutton. She was the eldest of triplets born to David Dudley and wife. She was a descend- ant of Governor Dudley. John died October 2, 1833. The children of John and Lucy Tatman were: 1. John. 2. Sarah. 3. Rachel. 4. Daniel. 5. Reuben. 6. Lewis. This John Tatman was a minute man in the company of Captain Timothy Bigelow in the regiment commanded by Colonel Artemas Ward, and marched with them to Cambridge at the time of the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. He gave and dedicated what is now known as the old Tatman burial-ground adjoining Greenwood Park at Quin- sigamond village. One of his grand-children was the first person to be buried there.
(VI) John Tatman, son of John (5), was born November 8, 1785, at Worcester. Ile married Pru- dence Davis of Oxford. He died April 8, 1870. He belonged to the Worcester Artillery and marched to Boston to repel the invasion of the British troops in the war of 1812. Their children were: I. Lucy. 2. Sarah. 3. Emily. 4. Charles. ـن Nancy. 6. John Augustus. 7. Samuel Davis.
(VI) Daniel Tatman, son of John (5), born May 14, 1793, married Olive Davis. He died No- vember 17, 1865, ten months after celebrating their golden wedding. Their children were: I. Olive. 2. David Dudley. 3. Benjamin Davis. 4. Stephen. 5. Luther Davis. 6. Rufus Daniel.
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