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(VIII) Thomas Brown, son of Christopher Brown (7), was born at Swan Hall, about 1510-20, died 1591. His will was proved at Bury St. Ed- munds. He married Joan Their children : I. John, buried at Hawkedon, May 5, 1616, was church warden, 1598; his son, John Brown, born 100I, settled in New England. 2. Richard, settled in Watertown, married Elizabeth 3. Thomas, 4. Ambrose, baptized at Sommerton, January 10, 1580. 5. Abraham, see forward. 6. Sarah.
(IX) Abraham Brown, the immigrant ancestor, son of Thomas Brown, of Swan Hall, born about 1590. Ile was one of the pioneers at Watertown in New England and was admitted a freeman, March 6, 1631-32. Ile was selectman from 1636 to 1643. In 1634 he and Robert Selley were appointed to sur- vey all the lots that are granted and they were made conservators of all the timber trees, none of which could be eut without their consent. He was one of seven freemen who in 1635 were appointed "to di- vide every man his property of meadow and upland that is ploughable, the rest to be commoan." He was highway surveyor the same year. He laid out many of the highways, some of which are still in use. He was appointed, October 7, 1641, on a committee to lay out a thousand acres granted to the artillery com- pany of Boston at its first organization. His will was proved October 1, 1650.
Ilis first homestall was east of Mt. Vernon, be- tween the. present town of Watertown and Harvard Square. His second homestall was bounded by the present Harvard street, Main street and Pleasant street, and was lately and may be now the only ease where land granted to the first settlers in Watertown is still held by lineal descendants. There is an en- graving of the old house published in Bond's Water- town History, mentioned above.
Ilis widow Lydia married, November 27. 1659, Andrew Hodges, of Ipswich. She died at Water- town, September 27, 1686. Children of Abraham and Lydia Brown were: 1. Sarah, born in England, mar- ried, December 16, 1643, George Parkhurst, Jr. 2. Mary, born in Engand, married, April 10, 1650, John Lewis, of Charlestown and Malden. 3. Lydia, born at Watertown, March 22, 1632-33, married Lieutenant William Lakin, Jr., of Groton. 4. Jonathan, sce for- ward. 5. Ilannah. born at Watertown, died March 5. 1638-39, an infant. 6. Abraham, born March 6, 1639-40, died 1667; bought land at Groton; married,
February 5, 1662-63, Mary Dix; after Abraham's death she married, 1668, Samuel Rice, of Sudbury.
(X) Jonathan Brown, son of Abraham Brown (9), was born at Watertown, in New England, Oc- tober 15, 1635. He married, February 11, 1661-62, Mary Shattuck, daughter of the emigrant, William Shattuck, of Watertown. She was born August 25, 1645, and died October 23, 1732, aged eighty-seven years. She is buried in the Waltham graveyard. His will was dated February 19, 1690-91, and proved April 7, 1691.
Up to this generation Bond says that the name was spelled generally with the final "E." The sons of Jonathan dropped this letter. The children of Jonathan and Mary Brown were: I. Mary, born Oe- tober 5, 1662, married, May 22, 1682-83, John War- ren ; married ( second) Samuel Harrington. 2. Eliza- beth, born September 19, 1664, married, March 25, 1087, Daniel Benjamin. 3. Jonathan, born October 25, 1666, died young. 4. Patience, born March 6, 1668-69, married, Mlareh 5, 1686-87, James Bigelow. 5. Abraham, born August 26, 1671, died November 27, 1729. 6. Samuel, born October 21, 1674. 7. Lydia, born March 31, 1677, married, January IS, 1098-99, Benjamin Wellington. 8. Ebenezer, born September 10, 1679. 9. Benjamin, born February 27. 1681, died 1753. 10. William, born September 2. 1684, died October 28, 1756.
(XI) Deacon Benjamin Brown, son of Jonathan Brown (10), was born February 27, 1681, at Water- town, died March 11, 1753. He married, February 27, 1702-03, Ann Garfield, daughter of Captain Benja- min Garfield, who was son of Edward Garfield, Jr., of Watertown. ( See sketch). They settled at Wa- tertown Farms, now Weston, in the part that subse- quently became Lincoln. He was deacon of the church there, elected April 20, 1715. He was an in- fluential man in town and church affairs. The chil- dren of Deacon Benjamin and Ann Brown were : 1. Anna, born March 2, 1703-04, married, December 24, 1724, Josiah Jones, Jr., and settled in Stock- bridge. 2. Benjamin, born February 10, 1705-06. 3. Elizabeth, born January 13, 1707, married. December 29, 1726, John Billings, of Concord. 4. Mary, born January 10, 1709-10, married, December 6, 1730, Nathan Upham. 5. Mehitable, born February 9, 1711-12, died April 22, 1725. 6. Ephraim, born 1714, removed to Spencer, Massachusetts; married, Feb- ruary 21, 1755, Hannah Edmunds. 7. Lydia, born February 23, 1715-16, married. February 18, 1738-39, Joseph Upham, of Reading. S. Joseph, see forward. 9. Deliverance, born November 11, 1720, married, March 31, 1743, Daniel Fiske, of Sturbridge. 10. Tabitha, born August, 1723, died September, 1723. II. Timothy, born December 18, 1724, married Re- becea Farrar.
(XII) Joseph Brown, son of Deacon Benjamin Brown ( 11), was born in what is now Weston, Mass- achusetts, February 17, 1718. He married, February 7, 1744-45, Abigail Monroe, born January 21, 1726, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Monroe, of Lex- ington, Massachusetts. He removed from Weston, where their first four or five children were born, to Lincoln, where four more were born, and then to Waltham, where the others were born. He died there April 2, 1788, and his widow died there March 18, 1793. Their children: 1. Abigail, born June 9, 1746, died October 7, 1756. 2. Joseph, born February 5, 1747-48, died April 9. 1750. 3. Samuel, born Mareh 7, 1749-50, died November 16, 1756. 4. Josiah, born October 9, 1756. 6. Ephraim, see forward. 7. Abi-
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gail, born April 6, 1759. 8. Phebe, born December 10, 1762. 9. Abigail, born June 6, 1764. 10. Eliza- beth, born May 16, 1766. 11. Nathan, born May 31, 1768. 12. Mehitable, born September, 1769. 13. Elisha, born May 1, 1772. 14. Enoch, born February 18, 1774, married, October 13, 1803, Jemima Miles.
(XII1) Ephraim Brown, son of Joseph Brown (12), was born at Lincoln, Massachusetts, August 30, 1758. He lived in that town and married, Octo- ber, 1779, Elizabeth Wyman, daughter of Jacob Wyman, of East Sudbury ( Wayland). The children of Ephraim and Elizabeth Brown, all born in Lin- coln, were: I. Samuel, see forward. 2. Betsey, boru November 2, 1783, died June 24, 1813. 3. William, born February 26, 1786, died young. 4. Ephraim, born January 14, 1788, married, October 9, 1817, Abigail Jones. 5. Abigail, born July 9, 1790, died October 5, 1793. 6. Abigail, born September 27, 1793, died March 19, 1812. 7. Joseph, born March 5. 1796. 8. Cynthia, born May 17, 1798, died April 13, 1816. 9. Josiah, born February 5, 1801. 10. Mary, born November 16, 1803. 11. William, born and died in May, 1807.
(XIV) Samuel Brown, son of Ephraim Brown (13), was born in Lincoln, Massachusetts, July 13, 1781, and died in August, 1854. He married Eunice Hagar, October 27, 1813; she was born April IS, 1785, died November 18, 1879, daughter of Nathan and Anna ( Bigelow) Hagar, see forward. Iler father was a farmer and shoemaker in Weston, Mass- achusetts. Samuel Brown and his young wife re- moved to Winchendon and selected the site for their home on a pleasant hill-top, at the foot of which nestles Bullardville pond. That was in the year 1813, while Winchendon was still in its infancy. Their children, all born in Winchendon, were: Will- iam, see forward; Eunice Hagar, born January 20, 1822, married Marvin T. Nash, of Winchendon; Charles D. or Charles Jackson, unmarried, died De- cember, 1864; Mary, died 1854 unmarried.
(XV) William Brown, eldest son of Samuel Brown (14), was born in Winchendon, Massachu- setts, July 15, 1820, died January 16, 1888. He at- tended school in his native town, but as soon as lie was old enough went to work. He was fond of horses and when a mere boy became a skillful team- ster. He was employed by the contractors to haul the iron rails used in the construction of the Che- shire Railroad. For a number of years he conducted the farm and dealt extensively in cattle. In 1879 he went into business for himself, purchasing a saw mill about half a mile distant from the homestead and fitting it up for the manufacture of tubs and pails, a business which he knew thoroughly. He employed about fifteen hands at first and his business constantly extended. He added new machinery and built new mills, until at the time of his death he had some sixty hands employed. He was one of the founders of an important industry in Winchendon. Ile took his two sons into partnership when they came of age and they have developed the business he founded to its present extent. He was a model bus- iness man according to the standards of his day, and of great personal energy and activity. He worked harder than any of his employees and gave his per- sonal attention to every detail of the manufacture. He was of a somewhat impulsive nature, quick to do a generous or noble deed, quick to resent impudence or injury. He lived on the old homestead on which a new house was built in 1837. He was a self-made man, beginning with , very little and acquiring a fair fortune.
He married, April 8, 1856, Julia Ann Lovejoy, born August 31, 1822, died January 12, 1891, daugh- ter of Oliver and Nancy ( Ingalls) Lovejoy. Their children were: Arthur Lovejoy, see forward; Will- iam llenry, see forward: Mary Ellen, born March 6, 1865.
(XVI) Arthur Lovejoy Brown, eldest child of William Brown (15), was born in Winchendon, Massachusetts, May 18, 1857. He attended the pub- lic schools there and the Wilbraham Academy, and at an early age entered his father's factory and learned the business. The business was established in 1878-79 and was then in its infancy. His brother also became associated in the business and' in a few years the firm had grown to a business of importance and large profits. After the death of their father in 1888, Mr. Brown and his brother carried on the bus- iness. During the winter of 1890 the plant was de- stroyed by fire, but was immediately rebuilt on a more extensive scale. The business continued to develop and prosper. In 1899 the Brown Brothers sold the business to a syndicate, but were soon busy with plans for a new plant. They built the present spacious mill on the Petersborough branch of the Boston & Maine Railroad, and in December, 1901, began to operate the new plant. The main building is eight hundred and sixty-four feet in length. The principal products of the factory are: Tubs, pails, keelers, receptacles for candy, jelly, lard, fish, etc.
The supply of wood is obtained from land owned by the firm, which has adopted modern methods of forestry whereby a perpetual supply of wood will be obtained from the timber lands. Only the market- able timber is cut and it is estimated that the wood will grow rapidly enough to keep the factory always supplied. The plant consists of three main build- ings, the office, dry-house and two factories. The Brown Brothers also control the Alaska Freezer Company and they manufacture the freezers, having built a foundry for the casting of the iron used in the construction of these articles. Mr. Arthur L. Brown is a director of the company.
He married, March 17. 1881, Anna A. Lovejoy, of Rindge, New Hampshire. Their children are : Charles Tyler, born June 26, 1883; Julia Adeline, born August 23, 1891 ; Mardis Arthur, born June 10, 1895.
(XVI) William Henry Brown, son of William Brown (15), was born in Winchendon, Massachu- setts, May 26, 1860. He received his early educa- tion in the public schools there, supplemented by a course at Howe's Business College of Worcester. He entered upon a business career at once associated with his father and elder brother, and was later ad- mitted to a partnership with his father and brother. Since their father's death the two brothers have been partners and the wooden-ware factory has developed to large proportions, as related in the sketch of Arthur L. Brown. William H. Brown is president of the Alaska Freezer Company, which was incorporated in the spring of 1902 under the laws of New Hamp- shire. E. D. Sargent is secretary and treasurer ; Arthur L. Brown, the third director of the company. Mr. Brown is a Republican in politics. He is a mem- ber of the Avon Club of Winchendon.
He married Ella L. Smith, daughter of Adin Smith, of Winchendon. Their children are: Bernice Irene, born at Winchendon, July 25, 1887; William Raymond, born August 1. 1892.
HAGAR FAMILY. William Hagar (I), an immigrant ancestor of Arthur Lovejoy and William II. Brown, of Winchendon, was a pioneer settler in
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Watertown. He married there, March 20, 1644-45, Mary Bemis, and they are the ancestors of all the families of this name dating back to early colonial days. After the English fashion some branches of the family drop the first letter. The names Agar and Ager are from the same origin. He died Jan- uary 10, 1683-84, and his will, dated January 10, 1683-84, was proved April 1, 1684. His aged widow died December, 1695. Their children were: I. Mary, born December 25, 1645, died young. 2. Ruhamah, born November 20, 1047, married Joseph Wait. 3. Samuel (twin), born November 20, 1647, see for- ward. 4. Hannah, born November 21, 1649, mar- ried Priest. 5. Sarah, born September 3, 1651, died March 7, 1746; married Nathaniel Whit- ney. 6. Susanna, married, 1680, Joseph Grout. 7. William, born February 12, 1658-59, died May 8, 1731. 8. Rebecca, born October 28, 1661, married Nathaniel Healy. 9. Abigail, married, March 30, 1687, Benjamin Whitney. 10. Mehitable, married, June 20, 1687, Nathaniel Norcross.
(){) Samuel Hagar, third child of William Hagar (1), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, November 20, 1647, married Sarah Mixer. He died February 13, 1704-05, and his widow Sarah died at Waltham, 1745. His will was dated May 27, 1704. He was admitted a freeman April 18, 1690. Their children were: 1. Sarah, born in Watertown, bap- tized May 24, 1691 ; married, August 19, 1717, Joseph Stratton, of Watertown. 2. Mary, baptized July 25. 1697. 3. Samuel, born September 1, 1698. 4. Isaac, see forward.
( Ill) Isaac Hagar, youngest son of Samuel Hagar (2), was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, April 24, 1702, died April 26, 1790. He married, July 16, 1724, Prudence Allen, born May 18, 1703, died December 30, 1787, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Allen. Children of Isaac and Prudence Hagar were: I. Isaac, born May 5, 1725. 2. John, born September 17. 1726. 3. Elisha, born February 18, 1727-28. 4. Daniel, born January 17, 1729-30, died August 3, 1738. 5. Elizabeth, born October 8, 1732, died August 17, 1750. 6. Mary, born May 18, 1735, married Samuel Garfield. 7. Lydia, born Jan- uary 15, 1736-37, died July 30, 1740. 8. Eunice, born May 24, 1730, died July 20, 1740. 9. Daniel, born February 28, 1740-41. 10. Lydia, born December 8, 1742. II. Nathan, see forward. 12. Eunice, born June 26, 1748.
(IV ) Nathan Hagar. eleventh child of Isaac Hagar (3), was born in Weston, Massachusetts, Jan- uary 14, 1744-45, and married there, January 3, 1771, Anna Bigelow, born September 3, 1757, died January 12, 1820. Their children, all born in Weston, were : 1. Ennice, born September 27, 1774, died October 21, 1783. 2. Elizabeth, born August 10, 1776, married, 1801, James Bitnce, of Newton. 3. Isaac, born May II, 1778, married Eunice Steadman. 4. Nathan, born April 9, 1780, died November 9, 1840, married (third ) Sally Travis. 5. Elisha, born December 20, 1,82, died September 16, 1807; married Priscilla Fiske. 6. Eunice, see forward. 7. Anna, born April 23, 1787. died July 5, 1862; married, November I, 1800, Charles Jackson, of Newton. 8. Polly ( twin), born April 1, 1789, died December 14, 1865; married Samuel Hartwell, 1818; he died August 4. 1837. 9. Sally (twin), born April 1, 1789, married Jacob Piper. 10. Amos, born May 20, 1791, married, 1817, Maria Bigelow. II. Sukey, born July 13, 1793, mar- ried, October 31, 18-, Cyrno Lee, of Newton ; she died February 20, 1831. 12. Liefy, born August 6, 1797, died August 22, 1814.
(V) Eunice Hagar, daughter of Nathan Hagar (4), was born April 18, 1785, married, October 27, 1813, Samuel Brown, of Lincoln, Massachusetts, mentioned above.
JOHN WILLIAM BEATTY. The Beatty fam- ily of New York from which John William Beatty, of Grafton, Massachusetts, is descended, is of old Dutch stock. The immigrant ancestor is said to be John Beatty, who resided in Kingston, New York. He seems to have married an Englishwoman, Sus- anna Ashford, and both joined the English Church, yet their children were baptized in the old Dutch Church at Kingston. The children: 1. William, bap- tized June 9, 1695. 2. Charles, baptized January 9, 1698. 3. Agnus, baptized October 29, 1699. 4. Jan, baptized March 2, 1701. 5. Thomas, baptized March 14, 1703, married, October 23, 1729, Maria Janszy, both of Marbleton, near Kingston. 6. Marta, bap- tized April 20, 1707.
(Il) Robert Beatty, son of John Beatty, probably older than those given above, married Bata Middage, boru May 17, 1719, both of Marbletown, New York, resided at Kingson. Their children: John, baptized November 15, 1719. 2. Marretjen, baptized March 19, 1721. 3. Jons, baptized May 14, 1732; married Anna Bruick. 4. Margaret, baptized May 12, 1734. 5. Jane, baptized August 15, 1736.
Cheerels (or Charles) Beatty, son of John Beatty, married Jannetzen Jansz for her second hus- band, January 24, 1734, and lived in Marbletown, New York. Their child Bata was baptized October 3, 1725.
John Beatty, son of Robert Beatty, married Mery Bruick, June II, 1743, resided at Marbletown. Their children : I. Elizabeth, baptized December 16, 1744. 2. Robert, baptized April 5, 1747.
From this stock was descended John William Beatty. The family lived for some generations in up- per Westchester county. The parents of John W. Beatty were William Lake and Caroline ( Archer) Beatty, of New York city. John W. Beatty was edu -- cated in various private schools in New York city in addition to the public schools. He has followed farm- ing all his active life. For many years he owned a farm at Mount Pleasant, Westchester county, New York. He removed to Grafton, Massachusetts, in 1900, buying one of the most attractive and produc- tive farms in that town. It has been known for many years as Bearfoot Farm. Mr. Beatty has one of the finest herds of cows in the county. His stock is of the best breeds, and he has regularly about sixty-five head. The milk is sold to one Boston dealer exclusively. Mr. Beatty has also a choice variety of hens, geese and other fowls, among which are some very thrifty wild geese.
Mr. Beatty married, January 27, 1868, Antoniette 1Forton. Their children are: I. Elizabeth, married Henry Fielding, of Beverly, Massachusetts, manager of a large estate there. 2. Isaac, born October II, 1875, in New York, superintendent of the Westches- ter Gas and Electric Company, Tarrytown; married Mabel Conover.
Mr. Beatty and his wife are members of the Re- formed Church at Tarrytown, New York. In poli- tics he is a Republican.
JOSEPH E. HARRITY. Provided with a classical education and otherwise properly equipped for a business career as well as any civic duty he may be called upon to discharge, Joseph E. Harrity is a well-known figure among the younger generation
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of Clinton's business men, and his popularity has been acquired through an earnest desire to assist in all measures in the way of public improvements, cal- culated to be of real benefit to the general com- munity.
Mr. Harrity is an Irish-American and belongs to an industrious family which has grown up contem- poraneously with the progress and development of Clinton as a manufacturing centre. His father, Michael Harrity, who immigrated from Ireland when a young man, was engaged as a mechanic in the con- struction of several railroads in New England, and settling in Clinton he entered the employ of the Bige- low Carpet Company. He married - Grady, of Clinton, who became the mother of five children, namely : Bridget, Sarah, John, Mary Ann and Joseph E. Miss Bridget Harrity has long been prominently identified with the dry goods establishment con- ducted by H. C. Greeley, and is actively interested in the philanthropic, charitable and other benevolent works connected with St. John's Church.
Joseph E. Harrity was born in Clinton. Ilis pre- limmary education was acquired in the Clinton public schools, and he was a student at Holy Cross College, Worcester, from which he graduated. After the completion of his education, he entered the drug store of William F. Heagney in Clinton as a clerk, and having acquired a full knowledge of pharmacy engaged in business for himself under the firm name of J. E. Harrity & Company. In addition to deal- ing in drugs, proprietary medicines and the com- pounding of physicians' prescriptions, he keeps a full and varied line of nursery appliances, toilet arti- cles, druggists' sundries, smokers' articles and all other goods coming within the province of a first- class apothecary establishment.
As an earnest supporter of the Democratic party, Mr. Harrity takes an active part in local political affairs and his influence, which is far-reaching, is exceedingly valuable to the party organization. For the years 1898-99 he served with ability as town treasurer and collector, and was a candidate for the board of selectmen in 1901. His progressive ten- dencies, sincerity of purpose and genuine personal popularity are such as to commend him to the favor- able attention of the voters in general, and he will undoubtedly attain prominence in the civic affairs of the town. Mr. Harrity married Cannon, of Charlestown, Massachusetts.
SCOTT FAMILY. Richard Scott (1), the im- migrant ancestor of Samuel F. Scott, of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, was one of the most prominent figures in the early history of the Rhode Island colony. He was born in England in 1607. He re- ceived a bequest from his brother, George Scott, of London, merchant, in his will dated September 9, 1640, and proved April 22, 1642, in which reference is made to their father, Edward Scott, of Glemsford, county Suffolk, England. ( See New England Genealogical Register, page 254, Vol. LI). Richard was a shoemaker by trade. He came over in 1634 011 the ship "Griffin" and was admitted to the church at Boston, August 28, 1634. He married Catherine Marbury, born 1617, died May 2, 1687, daughter of Francis and Bridget (Dryden) Marbury. Her mother was sister of Sir Erasmus Dryden, Bart., grandfather of the poet Dryden. Her father was a London clergyman, Rev. Francis Marbury. Gover- nor Winthrop relates: "One Scott and Eliot of Ipswich were lost in their way homewards and wan- dered up and down six days and ate nothing. At
length they were found by an Indian, being almost senseless for want of food." He removed in 1034 to Ipswich and before 1637 to Providence, Rhode Island. He signed the famous Providence Compact, August 20, 1637, or soon afterward. Governor Winthrop says of Mrs. Scott, January 16, 1639: "At Providence things grew still worse, for a sister of Mrs. Hutchin- son, the wife of one Scott, being affected with Anabaptistery and going to live at Providence, Mr. Williams, was taken (or rather emboldened) by her to make open profession thereof and accordingly was re-baptised by one Holyman, a poor man late of Salem. Then Mr. Williams re-baptized him and some ten more. They also denied the baptism of infants and would have no magistrates."
Scott was admitted a freeman in 1655. He and his family were constantly subjected to religious persecution. September 16, 1658, his future son-in- law, Christopher Holder, had his right ear cut off at Boston, for the crime of being a Quaker. Mrs. Scott protested "that it was evident they were going to act the work of darkness or else they would have brought them forth publicly and have declared them offences, that all may hear and fear." For this utter- ance the Puritan Fathers of Boston "committed her to prison and they gave her ten cruel stripes with a three-fold corded knotted whip" shortly after "though ye confessed when ye had her before you that for ought ye knew she had been of unblamable character and though some of you knew her father and called him Mr. Marbury and that she had been well bred (as among men and had so lived) and that she was the mother of many children. Yet ye whipped her for all that, and moreover told her that ye were likely to have a law to hang her if she came thither again." To which she answered : "If God calls us. woe be unto us if we come not, and 1 question not but he whom we love will make us not to count our lives dear unto ourselves for the sake of his name." To which you, Governor John Endicott, replied : "And we shall be as ready to take any of your lives as ye shall be to lay them down."
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