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(V) Samuel Emmons Crocker, only son of Veramus E. Crocker (4), was born in West Fitch- burg, Massachusetts, July 31, 1834. When he was only four years old both parents died, his father October 7, 1838, and his mother October 25, follow- ing. Bereft of his parents the boy was taken by
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his uncle, Deacon Samuel S. Crocker, late of Leom- inster, mentioned above, who at that time resided in a house near Snow Mill in Fitchburg.
When only eight years of age Samuel began to work in the paper mill of his uncle during the summer months, attending the district school dur- ing the winter terms. At the age of fifteen he had a desire not uncommon among boys of that age, especially when the love of the sea is inherited, to be a sailor. He made one voyage from Boston to Charleston, South Carolina, and his ambition to follow the sea was ended. He reached Boston with- out money and had to walk to Fitchburg. He went to work in a scythe factory in Fitchburg, which stood on the site of the present works of the Falulah Paper Company. Later, through the generosity of his uncle, Alvah Crocker, who furnished the means, he attended the Lawrence Academy at Groton, Massachusetts, for two years. He intended to pre- pare for college there, but left to work in the paper mill of Hollingsworth at West Groton, owned later by ex-Congressman W. A. Russell, now the Rich- ards Paper Co. Thence he went to Nashville, Ten- nessee, where he worked in a paper mill for a time. Mr. Crocker returned to Fitchburg in 1859 and in 1860 was admitted to the firm of Crocker, Burbank & Co. During the time he was connected with the firm the product greatly increased. His energy and ability contributed in large measure to the success of the business.
Mr. Crocker filled many positions of trust in Fitchburg and discharged his public duties with strict fidelity and much ability. Hle assisted in launching the city government of Fitchburg, hav- ing been a member of the common council during its first two years, 1873 and 1874, and serving on committees on claims and salaries both years, high- ways in 1873 and shade trees, and public grounds in 1874. In 1877, the first year after Fitchburg be- came a representative district by itself, he was rep- resentative to the general court and was member of the special committee on Hoosac tunnel and the Troy & Greenfield Railroad. He was a director of the Safety Fund National Bank of Fitchburg from April 17, 1874, until 1887. He was a trustee of the Fitchburg Savings Bank from June 30, 1875, and vice-president from September 26, 1877, to the time of his death. He was largely interested in the Union Machine Company and was treasurer from the time it became a corporation in 1886. He was president also of the Fitchburg Manufacturing Co. from its organization in 1889.
He joined the First Baptist Church in 1861 and was an earnest and faithful member, a liberal sup- porter of the institutions of the church and valued teacher in the Sunday school. He was a member of the prudential committee and advisory board of the church. He died at his residence 51 Mechanic street, Fitchburg, September 3, 1891.
The Fitchburg Sentinel said of him: "His death is a severe loss to the social, business and religious community. Mr. Crocker's life presents an encour- aging example of triumph over difficulties by per- severing industry combined with the best moral qualities."
At the time of the re-building of the Snow Mill in 1884 he caught a cold which was followed by pneumonia, from which he never. fully recovered. He spent the winters after that sickness in the south, two in California. two in Florida, one in Mexico and one in Aiken, South Carolina.
He married, 1853, Bridget Lally, daughter of Martin and Hannah Lally. She was born in Ireland and died October 14, 1898, in Fitchburg. Their children were: George Herbert, born December 16, 1853, of whom later; Emmons, manager of the Union Machine Co., Fitchburg; Edward S., who is with Crocker, Burbank & Co .; Annie Putnam, mar- ried Cyrus M. Van Slyck, of Providence, Rhode Island ; Adams, August 9, 1861, of whom later ; Julia Louisa, September 27, 1862, died April 27, 1864.
(V) Daniel P. Crocker, son of Deacon Samuel S. Crocker (4), was born in 1839 in Leominster, Massachusetts. He was associated with his father in business and was clerk of the Crocker Manufact- uring Company, paper manufacturers, of Holyoke, at the time of his death, February, 1887. He was succeeded in business by his brother, Clifton Alvah Crocker. He married, April 17, 1862, Caroline E. Litchfield, born in 1839-40, daughter of James D. and Elizabeth (Thurston) Litchfield. Their chil- dren are: Samuel T., born December 16, 1865, died July 23, 1868; Margaret Elizabeth, April 22, 1867; Alice Gertrude, July 11, 1870.
(V) Frederick William Crocker, son of Deacon Samuel S. Crocker (4), was born in Fitchburg, May 27, 18.16. He enlisted with his brother in the famous Sixth Massachusetts Regiment and was with his company during the attack at Baltimore. After he had been in the army for six months he was appointed to the Naval Academy, then at New- port, Rhode Island; later after the war at the old quarters at Annapolis, where he completed his studies. He entered the navy and rose through the various ranks to the grade of lieutenant-commander. During his service he visited nearly every country in the world. He had a long and honorable career as a naval officer. He married Helen M. Blanchard, of Boston, daughter of William G. and Eugenia Blanchard, in 1880. He died at Chelsea, Massachu- setts, October 31, 1896. His only child was Fred- erick W., Jr., born October 7, 1881, living at Rox- bury, in Boston, Massachusetts.
(V) Frank Thomas Crocker, son of Samuel S. Crocker (4), was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, July 4, 1844. He was a manufacturer at Fitchburg. Ile died there July 31, 1873, at the very beginning of a promising career. He married, 1866, Alice G. Allen, born 1838, of Leominster, the daughter of Joel and Susan B. Allen. His only child was Allen Crosby, born November 17, 1870.
(VI) Alvah Crocker, son of Charles T. Crocker (5), was born at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, August 21, 1858. He is one of the partners in the firm of Crocker, Burbank & Co., paper manufacturers. He married, October 14, 1879, Charlotte Bartow. Their children are Alvah, Jr., born April 3, 1882; Helen T., May 30, 1886: Douglas, June 19, 1888; Constance, July 17, 1890; Charlotte B., July 9, 1892; John, Jan- uary 16, 1900.
(VI) Charles T. Crocker, Jr., son of Charles T. Crocker (5), was born at Fitchburg, Massachu- setts, November 10, 1866. He married, October 26, 1900, Fay Bigelow. . They reside at 136 Prospect street. Their children are : Bigelow, Charles T., 3d, Darthea.
(VI) Kendall Fox Crocker, son of Charles T. Crocker (5), was born in Fitchburg. 1863. He mar- ried ( first ) Hester Edith Miles, who died August 21, 1892. He married ( second ) Amy Boutelle. They reside at 55 Garnet street, Fitchburg. lle had one child by the first marriage, Alfred Miles Crocker.
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(VI) George H. Crocker, son of Samuel E. Crocker (5), was born in Fitchburg. Massachusetts, December 16, 1853. He is at present ( 1905) the senior partner of the firm of Crocker, Burbank & Co .: the other partners are: Alvah (VI), Edward S. (VI) and Charles T., Jr. (VI), mentioned in this sketch.
( VI) Adams Crocker, son of Samuel Emmons Crocker (5), was born at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, August 9, 1861. He is president of the Union Ma- chine Co. and the Union Screen Plate Co., both of Fitchburg. He married Annie Lothrop Weyman, daughter of William P. Weyman, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Their children are: Priscilla Alden, Weyman, Helen.
(V1) Edward S. Crocker, son of Samuel Em- mons Crocker (5), was born at Lawrence, Massa- chusetts, May 16, 1856. He is a graduate of Brown University. After graduation he became connected with the Crocker, Burhank & Company paper mills and was later admitted to the firm. He married, October 12, 1882, Mary A. 1. Putnam, daughter of Salmon W. Putnam, of the Putnam Machine Com- pany of Fitchburg. They have had no children.
ADAMS FAMILY. Henry Adams (1), of Braintree, was the emigrant ancestor of Mrs. Sam- uel Crocker, of Fitchburg. He was the ancestor of most of the old American families of this surname. (A sketch of his life is given elsewhere in this work). He lived and died in Braintree, now Quincy, Massa- chusetts. He died October 6, 1646. His children were: Lieutenant Henry, born 1604; Lieutenant Thomas, 1612: Captain Samuel, 1617; Deacon Jona- than, 1619; Peter, 1622; John, 1624; Joseph, 1626; Ensign Edward, 1630, of whom later.
(11) Ensign Edward Adams, son of Henry Adams (1), and the youngest child, was born in England in 1630. He married, 1652, Lydia Rock- wood, daughter of Richard and Agnes ( Bicknell) Rockwood. She died March 3. 1676. He married (second), 1678, Abigail (Crafts) Ruggles, widow, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, who died in 1707. He married (third), January 6, 1709-10, Sarah Taylor.
He and three brothers settled in Medfield, Massa- chusetts. He was ensign in the military company and selectman of the town. He was representative to the general court in 1680-92, 1702. He died at Med- field, November 12, 1716, being the last of the first settlers to pass away. The children of Ensign and Lydia (Rockwood) Adams, all born in Medfield, Massachusetts, were: Lydia, born July 12, 1653; Captain Jonathan, April 4, 1655: John, of whom later ; Eliashib, February 18, 1658-9, married a grand- daughter of Captain Myles Standish and settled in Rhode Island; Sarah, May 29, 1660; Lieutenant James, January 4, 1661-2, soldier in the Indian wars : Henry, October 29, 1663; Mehitable, March 30, 1665; Elisha, August 25, 1666; Edward, Jr., June 28. 1668; Bethia. April 12, 1670, died young; Bethia, August 18, 1672, died young; Abigail, June 25, 1675. died young : Miriam, February 26, 1676. died young.
(III) John Adams, third child of Ensign Ed- ward Adams (2), was born in Medfield, Massachu- setts, February IS, 1657. He married Deborah Partridge, daughter of John and Magdalen ( Bull- ard) Partridge, who was born in 1662. He married ( second) Susanna Breck or Brick. daughter of Thomas and Mary (Hill) Breck. She was born in Sherborn, May 16, 1667, and died May 28, 1744. John Adams settled on his father's homestead in Med- field, which was set off as Medway, where he was a farmer. He died there March I, 1751.
The children of John and Deborah ( Partridge) Adams, born in Medway, were: Edward, January 13, 1682; John, December 22, 1684; Daniel, January 12, 1686; Eleazer, September 22, 1687; Obadiah, Jan- uary 20. 1689: Jonathan, 1602. Children of John and Susanna ( Breck) Adams were: Thomas, Feb- ruary II, 1695-6; Susanna, July 30, 1697; Jeremiah, July 13, 1699; Abraham. August 1, 1701, settled in Brookfield, Massachusetts; Bethia, June 2, 1702; Phineas, of whom later ; Hannah, March 29, 1707; Esther, November 15. 1708.
(IV) Phineas Adams, son of of John Adams (3), and his twelfth child, was born in Medway, Massachusetts, May 19, 1705. He married Sarah Kingsbury, who was born in the adjacent town of Needham in 1712. She died July 22, 1739. He mar- ried (second) Mehitable - He died February 9, 1756, aged fifty-one years. Children of Phineas and Sarah (Kingsbury) Adams were: Sarah, born in Medway, March 8, 1733, died September 14, 1733; Mary, June 22, 1735, married John Alden, September 26, 1754; Phineas, Jr., ( note the name in the children of Samuel Crocker), 1737. Children of Phineas and Mehitable were: Moses (twin), July 12, 1738, mar- ried Rachel Leland, of Sherborn; Molly (twin), July 12, 1738, died June 26, 1754; Hannalı, born in Medway, August 7, 1742, of whom later; John, July 2, 1744, died April 3, 1761.
(V) Hannah Adams, sixth child of Phineas Adams (4), was born in Medway, August 7, 1742. She married Samuel Jones, July 2, 1761. ( See Jones family mentioned below.)
THE JONES FAMILY. William Jones (I), the emigrant ancestor of Confort Jones, who mar- ried Deacon Samuel Crocker, was the first of the name to settle in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He died March 8, 1677, nearly ninety years of age, so he must have been born about 1687, doubtless in Eng- land.
Pope says: "William Jones of Cambridge was a proprietor there in 1635. Probably he is the same 'Will Johns, painter,' late of Sandwich, Eng., now of New England, whose wife Margaret came in the Her- cules in March, 1634. She was accused of being a witch, tried and hung in 1648. Her husband desired soon after to ship for Barbadoes, but was im- prisoned." There seems to have been but one Will- iam Jones in this vicinity at the time, but there is very little on record about him. The only child given in the records is Thomas, born 1645. There may have been others in England.
(11) Thomas Jones, son of William Jones (I), was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1645. He married, 1669, Sarah Couch, of Charlestown. He died November 28, 1679; she died December 11, 1704. Their children were: Sarah, born April 24. 1670, married Jonathan Smith ; Mary, May 13, 1672; Thomas, July 31, 1674, of whom later ; William, Oc- tober 4, 1676.
(Il]) Thomas Jones, third child of The mas Jones (2), was born July 31, 1674. at Charlestown, Massachusetts. He settled in Sherborn where he was rated as early as 1721, paying a larger tax than other citizens. He died March 25, 1729. Land was drawn at New Sherborn, or Douglass, in his name and right in 1730. He married. April 30, 1701. Elizabeth Bullard. He was in Sherborn prior to 1695 and settled in that part of Sherborn constituting the town of Holliston since 1723. Their children were: Jonathan, born at Sherborn. December 13,. 1701, married Hannah Adams and lived in Hollis-
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ton; Eli, December 5, 1704, married Mercy Under- wood; Thomas, May 27, 1700, died June 23, 1734, a prisoner among the Indians; Aaron, April 11, 1713, of whom later.
(IV) Aaron Jones, youngest child of Thomas Jones (3), was born in Sherborn, Massachusetts, April II, 1713, died in Holliston, July 30, 1742. He married Elizabeth Bullard, March 17, 1736-7. Their children were: Jesse, born June 28, 1738, died at Holliston, November 1755; Samuel, June 15, 1740, of whom later ; Elizabeth, November 22, 174 ?. (1740 on record is an error of some kind.)
(V) Samuel Jones, son of Aaron Jones (4), was born in Holliston, Massachusetts, on the old farm, June 15, 1740. He resided at Medway, Sher- born and Holliston, towns adjoining. He may have moved to Lunenburg where his daughter was mar- ried. He married at Medway, Massachusetts, July 2, 1761, Hannah Adams, daughter of Phineas Adams, mentioned above. She was born August 7, 1742. Their children, mostly born in Medway, were: Azu- bah, born at Sherborn, June 22, 1762; Mehitable, September 30, 1765, married Paul Pond, September 7, 1786; Hannah, May 17, 1767, baptized at Medway, October 9, 1768, married Abner Bullard; Bliss (daughter ), September 12, 1769, married Paul Bull- ard; the following at Medway: Aaron, October 20, 1771; John, April 14, 1774, married Sarah Ellis, September 29, 1796; Comfort, August 23, 1776, of whom later; Samuel, February 4, 1779; Clarissa, June 20, 1781 ; Jesse, December 27, 1786.
(VI) Comfort Jones, daughter of Samuel Jones (5), was born in Medway, Massachusetts, August 23, 1776 (town records). She married Samuel Crocker (3), at Lunenburg, May 3, 1798, mentioned above.
GEORGE ROBERT PIERCE. William Pierce (1), grandfather of George Robert Pierce, a respected citizen of Upton, Massachusetts, was a resident of Grafton, Massachusetts, and a descendant of a New England family. (See the Pierce families else- where in this work.) He died at Northbridge, Massachusetts, September, 1864, at an advanced age. Children of William Pierce were: William, Susan, Mary Eliza, married Ellery Bentley, of Providence ; Hannah, married John Rice, of Provi- denee.
(II) William Pierce, son of William Pierce (1), was born in 1820. He was a mill operative and worked in various towns in Rhode Island and the Blackstone Valley. He married Amy Davis, who died at Campello, Massachusetts. William Pierce died April 20, 1874. Children of William and Amy (Davis) Pierce were: Susan Jane, re- sided at North Grafton, died 1904; Charles Edward, born in North Grafton; Amy, married Stephen Lougee, of Harvard; George Robert, Mary Eliza, married Thomas Morse, of Upton; she was born in Worcester ; Kate, born in North Grafton, married William Stone, of Brockton, Massachusetts.
(III) George Robert Pierce, son of William Pierce (2), was born in New England Village, Northbridge, Massachusetts, May 15, 1847. He at- tended the district schools of Northbridge and re- ceived what is known in New England as a good common school education. He was hardly through school, however, when the civil war hroke out and he enlisted and served in the army at a very youth- ful age. After the war he took up the trade of boot and shoe maker and for about six years worked
in the shoe factories. Then he was employed in the straw shop of William Knowlton & Sons, as most of the citizens of Upton are for the winter months. He was appointed superintendent of the Knowlton cemetery, a position that has occupied his sumn- mers for many years. He is an expert landscape gardener. The town of Upton has recognized his skill and knowledge of trees and shrubs by electing him tree warden, an office of growing importance in Massachusetts and one often held by the wealthi- est and busiest man in the town, especially in places where local and eivic pride is strong. Upton is an attractive village and is growing more picturesque and beautiful every year as more attention is given to shade trees and the home surroundings-two things inevitably connected.
Mr. Pierce is interested in town affairs and is a stanch Republican. He is a member and has been an officer of J. Austin Fiske Post, G. A. R., of Up- ton. He attends the Unitarian Church. He is a member of Montgomery Lodge of Free Masons of Milford, Massachusetts, and belongs to the order of the Eastern Star. Mr. Pierce built the attractive house in which he now lives in 1893. He has lived for about twenty-two years on this place in Upton, near the village, on South Main street.
Mr. Pierce married, November 19, 1871, Amelia Jane Adair, daughter of William Henry and Mary ( Brittan) Adair. She was born in Upton, August 5, 1852. Her father was born February 21, 1820. Children of George Robert and Amelia Jane (Adair) Pierce were: Robert Adair, Chester Davis.
(IV) Robert Adair Dean, son of George Robert Dean (3), was born in Upton, March 4, 1875. He married, November 17, 1897, Rachel (Keith) Pit- man, widow, of Newport, Rhode Island. He is a graduate of the Upton publie and high schools and of the class of 1898 of the Boston Dental College. He began to practice his profession in Grafton and Upton. For the past few years he has been presi- dent of the Twentieth Century Dental Association with dental parlors in Worcester. He has built up an extensive business for this concern. He has no children.
(IV) Chester Davis Pierce, son of George Rob- ert Pierce (3), was born in Upton, September II, 1877. He attended the Upton public schools and was graduated from the Upton high school. He went immediately into the steamship business, beginning as baggage master on the steamer running from Wiek- ford Junetion to Newport during the summer months. He was promoted and at present is purser on the line. During the winter months he makes his home in Upton and works for William Knowl- ton & Sons. He married, November 19, 1902, Lillian Clara Lease, daughter of Julian and Nellie ( Vin- cent) Lease, of Milford, New Hampshire. They have no children.
WALTER REUBEN DEAN, a successful farmer of Oakham, is a son of David Reuben Dean. and a grandson of Elijah Dean, who served as a soldier in the Continental army during the revolutionary war, and was an early settler in Oakham. David Reuben Dean, who was a successful lumber manu- facturer and also carried on a farm, married Sarah E. Reed, daughter of Louis Reed. The maiden surname of Sarah E. Reed's mother was Miles, and she was a native of Rutland, this county. , Chil- dren of David and Sarah E. Dean are: Addie M., born in 1856, is now the wife of J. F. Robinson, of
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Oakham; Walter R., see forward; Mason Samuel, born in 1859, married Julia Marsh, of Paxton; and Mattie I., born in 1862, wife of S. C. Cockrahn, of Worcester.
Walter Reuben Dean was born in Oakham, De- cember 27, 1857. After concluding his attendance at the public schools he began the activities of life by assisting his father in operating a saw mill and also in carrying on the homestead farm. He sub- sequently served an apprenticeship at the furnace maker's trade, which he followed as a journeyman for a number of years, or until establishing himself in business at Oakham, and he has built up an ex- tensive manufacturing enterprise. He manufact- ures furnaces, coal and ash sieves, and other sheet iron work of an excellent quality, and employs a large number of men. He also operates the saw mill formerly owned by his father, and carries on the homestead farm. For the past ten years he has served as constable, but as his numerous business affairs absorb so much of his time, he has found it impossible to accept more important town offices, for which he has frequently been solicited to become a candidate. In politics he is a Republican. He was made a Mason in 1885, being now a member of the Blue Lodge, chapter and commandery; is a past master of the local lodge of Ancient Order of United Workmen and charter member of the local tribe, Improved Order of Red Men; and is also af- filiated with the Commercial Travelers' Association and the Patrons of Husbandry. He attends the Congregational Church.
On November 23, 1887, Mr. Dean was joined in marriage with Miss Nellie L. Tracey, daughter of Eli W. and Louvissa ( Webster) Tracey. Mr. and Mrs. Dean have had four children, namely : Syl- vester Reuben, born March 29, 1889; Arthel Warren, born December 1, 1890; Maud Catherine, born May 15, 1897, died August 17, 1898; and George Walter, born November, 1899. Sylvester R. Dean is now attending Beck's Business College, Worcester. Arthel W. and George W. are attending school in Oakham.
CLARK FAMILY. Joseph Clark (1), the im- migrant ancestor of the Clark family of Massachu- setts, was born in county Suffolk, England. He married in 1640, just prior to sailing for America, Alice Pepper, He settled at Dedham and was one of the original thirteen pioneers of that interesting old town. He signed the famous Dedham Covenant and is recorded among the proprietors of the town, September 28, 1640. He removed to Medfield. among the first settlers of that town, which adjoined Dedham. He was admitted a freeman there May 18. 1653. His homestead there was on the west side of South street, and an old cellar near the corner of Oak street for many years has marked the site of his former dwelling. He was a man of property and influence. He was selectman in 1660. lle died Janury 6. 1684, and his wife died March 17, 1710. Their children were: I. Joseph. born Feb- ruary 27, 1642, married, April 8, 1686, Maria Wright : died September 4, 1702. 2. Benjamin, see forward. 3. Ephraim, born February 4, 1646, married. March ·6, 1669. Maria Butler. 4. Daniel. born September 29, 1647, mortally wounded by Indians and died April 7. 1676. 5. Mary, born June 12. 1649. 6. Sarah, born February 21, 1651, married, January 7. 1673, John Bavers. 7. John, born October 28. 1652. 8. Nathaniel, born October 6, 1658, married, May 1. 1669, Experience Hinsdell. 9. Rebecca, born Au-
gust 16, 1660, married (first), May I, 1679. John Richardson ; married, (second) John Hall; she died February 17, 1738-39.
(11) Benjamin Clark, second child of Joseph Clark (I), was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, February 9, 1643. He married, November 19, 1665, Dorcas Morse, and settled in Medfield, Massachu- setts, where his father lived. He was a wheelwright by trade. His buildings were burned by the Indians during the raid on Medfield in 1676, but after King Philip's war he returned and rebuilt them. What is now one of the oldest houses in the neighborhood. the Peak house, so-called from the steep pitched roof, was originally an addition to his second house and is often supposed to ante-date the Indian raid. Its age and unique shape have attracted much at- tention. When the older part of the house decayed and was torn down the Peak House was removed to its present location. Benjamin Clark was a prom- inent man in Medfield. He was for seventeen years a selectman and for two years deputy to the general court. He died December 1, 1724, and his wife died July 14, 1725.
Their children were: I. Hannah, born Octo- ber 22, 1666, died December 14, 1690. 2. Benja- min, born November 20, 1668, died February 7, 1688. 3. Theophilus, born September 25, 1670. 4. Tabitha, born December 10, 1672. 5. Timothy, born Decem- ber 19, 1674, died September 6, 1676. 6. Timothy, born May 12, 1677. 7. Edward, see forward. 8. Ebenezer, born May 13, 1683, died 1683. 9. Rebecca, born July 20, 1684, died September 26, 1687. 10. Seth, born May 1, 1687, married, December 3. 1713, Abigail Metcalf. II. Jonathan, born November 16, 1690.
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