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manuscript, and was one of the earliest mem- bers of the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston, and a member of the governing board. The large Cambridge chorus that attracted so much notice at the World's Peace Jubilee was organized and trained by Mr. Fisher. He was a friend and benefactor to Elias Howe in his struggle to introduce the sewing machine, and gave his financial aid at a time when Mr. Howe appeared to him hopelessly in debt, and while the application for a patent was pending he accompanied Mr. Howe to Washington, and they each wore a suit of clothes made upon the machine which was the patent office model. He was married March 16, 1840, to Hannah Cordelia, third child of Samuel P. and Eunice S. Teele, who was born in Charles- town, October 9, 1818, died July 3, 1894. She was a member of the Austin Street Unitarian Church, Cambridge. George Fisher died in Cambridge, September 12, 1898. Their chil- dren were: Sarah Cordelia, born 1841, mar- ried, November 29, 1887, Colonel Austin C. Wellington. Caroline Louise, 1843, married Colonel Austin C. Wellington, as his first wife, June 30, 1869, and she died November 23, 1879. George, 1845, died 1846. Anna Jose- phine, 1847, died 1851. Harriet Ellen, 1849, died 1850. Lizzie Livermore, 1850, died 1853. Eliza Bennett, 1853, died 1875. George, 1856, died 1860. George William, 1858, died 1876. George Fisher outlived all his children except Sarah Cordelia ; he had no grandchildren.
(VIII) Sarah Cordelia (Fisher) Welling- ton, eldest child of George and Hannah Cor- delia (Teele) Fisher, and the last surviving member of a large family, was born in Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, October 10, 1841. She was graduated at the Cambridge high school, attended Professor Louis Agassiz's school and received musical instruction in London, England, from Senor Randegger and Madam Rudersdorf, and while in Europe in 1876 attended the first performance of Wag- ner's Niebelungenleid at Bayreuth. She mar- ried her brother-in-law, Colonel Austin Clarke Wellington, November 29, 1887, eight years after the death of his first wife, Caroline Louise (Fisher) Wellington. Colonel Well- ington had no children by either wife. He was a son of Jonas Clarke and Harriet Eliza (Bosworth) Wellington, and was born in Lex- ington, July 17, 1840, where he attended school up to 1856, when his parents removed to Cambridge, and he became a bookkeeper in the establishment of S. G. Bowdlear & Com- pany, of Boston, and left the firm August, 1862, to enlist in Company F, Thirty-eighth
Massachusetts Regiment, and accompanied the regiment to Baltimore, New Orleans, and on the Red River expedition under General N. P. Banks. In July, 1864, he was transferred to Washington, D. C., and was in the army of General Sheridan during the closing period of the Civil war. He was acting adjutant of his regiment, with the rank of lieutenant, and later was appointed adjutant. His battles were: Bisland, Siege of Port Hudson, Cane River Ford, Mansura, in Louisiana, and with Sheridan in Opequan, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, Virginia. He was mustered out of the volunteer service June 30, 1865. Upon returning to Massachusetts he engaged in the coal business, and formed the corporation of the Austin C. Wellington Coal Company, of which he was treasurer and manager, and this grew into one of the largest concerns in its time, in New England. He continued his interest in military affairs, and May 2, 1870, entered the Massachusetts State Militia as cap- tain of the Boston Light Infantry, known as the "Tigers," Company A, Seventh Regiment. He was elected major of the Fourth Battalion in 1873, and colonel of the First Regiment, February 24, 1882. His patriotic spirit was kept alive by membership in the Grand Army of the Republic, his comradeship dating from 1867 in Post 15. In 1874 he was chosen com .. mander of Post No. 30, which post he helped to organize and of which he was a charter member. He became commander of Post No. 113 in 1887, holding the position at the time of his death. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, and a trus- tee of the Soldiers' Home at Chelsea. His business association was with the Boston Coal Exchange, of which he was chairman, and the Charles River Towing Company, of which he was president. He was president of the Boston Mercantile Library Association, and a member of the New England Club, Handel and Haydn Society, and Cecilia Society. His service to his state in a civic capacity was as a member of the general court of Massachu- setts in 1875 and 1876. Colonel Wellington died at his home, 871 Massachusetts avenue, Cambridge, September 23, 1888. His widow, Mrs. Sarah Cordelia (Fisher) Wellington, survived him.
She was president of the Ladies' Aid Asso- ciation, auxiliary to the Soldiers' Home at Chelsea : a director of the Cambridge Con- servatory of Music, founded by her father, and allied with other philanthropic, religious and musical associations. Her musical talent was an inheritance from both her parents. She
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early sang in the choir in Cambridge and Boston. Her voice was heard for repeated seasons at Trinity Church, New Old South, Immanuel, and for nine seasons at the Park Street Church. She was a member of the Handel and Haydn Oratorio Society and of the Cecilia Society, and represented both so- cieties at various times as soloist at their con- certs in Music Hall, Boston. She was presi- dent of the Austin Street Unitarian Alliance, the largest in the United States, and of the Middlesex Alliance which met in Channing Hall, Boston. She was made a director of the National Alliance board; a member of the council of the Cantabriga Club; a member of the Woman Suffrage League; of the Cam- bridge Shakespeare Club and of the Brown- ing Society of Boston. She served as secretary and treasurer of the Round- about Club, as president of the Wednes- day Club, and as a director of the Young Woman's Christian Association. She was made a life member of the New England Woman's Club, and of the American Uni- tarian Association and an associate member of the Cambridge Conferences. Her interest in the Cambridge Conservatory of Music on Lee street began in 1873, when with her father she founded the enterprise. She was a mem- ber of the faculty of Wellesley College and of the Tourjee Conservatory of Music in Boston. She sang by request in one of the Montreal cathedrals, appeared as accompanist with Ca- milla Urso, the celebrated violinist, and was always a willing volunteer on occasions for charity, given in opera, concerts or at society functions. Her home in Cambridge became a mecca for musical enthusiasts visiting Bos- ton who had heard her in public or learned of her work as teacher through her pupils scat- tered over the entire United States, who had been fortunate in receiving her instruction and advice.
FITTS The family of Fitz or Fitts is one of great antiquity in England. The names of several of the family are on the rolls of Battle Abbey. The sur- name Fitz was doubtless derived from the French word "Fils" (son), which is spelt "fiz" in Norman French. The American line springs from the branch of the family at Tavistock, Devonshire, England.
(I) John Fitz, to whom the lineage of the American pioneer is traced, was born at or near Tavistock, England, and became an emin- ent lawyer, following his profession in that
famous public house, Lincoln's Inn, and be- coming so successful that he raised his family to great reputation both for quality and estate. In 1428 he was one of the governors of Lin- coln Inn. He established a family seat about a mile from the village of Tavistock, called Fitzford. His sons: I. John, died without is- sue. 2. Walter, mentioned below.
(II) Walter Fitz, son of John Fitz (2), born at Tavistock about 1450, died 1510. Married Mary Sampson. Children: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Robert.
(III) John Fitz, son of Walter Fitz (2), was born in the latter part of the fifteenth cen- tury. Married Agnes Grenville, daughter of Roger Grenville. Children: I. John, men- tioned below. 2. Edward F. 3. George. 4. Grace, married John Eliot, Earl of St. Ger- main. 5. Hannah, married William Kanzezo. 6. Catherine, married William Bond. 7. Mar- garet, married Richard Olcott. 8. Francis.
(IV) John Fitz, son of John Fitz (3), mar- ried Mary Sydenham, daughter of Sir John Sydenham, of Brimpton, Somersetshire; was an eminent lawyer and left in mss. a large volume called "Fitz, his Reports." Either he or his father built the conduct house at Fitz- ford, which he inherited. His only son was John, mentioned below.
(V) John Fitz, son of John Fitz (4), was created a Knight by Queen Elizabeth. Mar- ried Gertrude Courtney, daughter of Sir Will- iam. Sir John fought a duel at the gateway of the Fitz mansion with Sir Nicholas Slan- ning. His only child was a daughter Mary, born about 1590. He was succeeded by Wal- ter Fitz, son of Robert (4), son of Robert (3)
(V) Walter Fitz (Robert (4), Robert (3), Walter (2), John (I,) born about 1550, was a contemporary of Sir Francis Drake who married a niece of Sir John Fitz's mother. He had business dealings, tradition says, with Sir Richard Grenville. His son Robert was born about 1600, mentioned below.
(VI) Robert Fitts, son of Walter Fitz (5), according to the Genealogy, was born at Fitz- ford, Tavistock, Devonshire, England, and was among the original settlers of Salisbury, Massachusetts. His brother Richard settled at Newbury, where he was proprietor in 1637. Married, October 8, 1654, Sarah Ordway, who died April 24, 1668. Robert was planter and proprietor of Salisbury in 1639. He was "a man of education and social position and of Puritan integrity." He removed from Salisbury with his family to Ipswich in 1652. He died May 9, 1665. His will dated January 5, 1663;
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proved June 26, 1665, bequeathing to wife Grace the goods and estate left her by her mother to dispose of among her own kindred; his son Abraham to have land at Salisbury which he bought of his brother-in-law, Will- iam Barnes, and other estate. His widow ap- pointed her brother-in-law, Robert Townsend, of Ipswich, her attorney in a suit against Sam- uel Gove, June 17, 1667. She died April 25, 1684. Robert Fitts married Grace Lord, sis- ter of Mr. Robert Lord.
(VII) Abraham Fitts, son of Robert (6) and Grace (Lord) Fitts was born in England, about 1630. He married, May 16, 1655, Sarah Thompson (by "Ye Worshipful Mr. Symon Bradstreet"). She was a daughter of Simon Thompson, of Ipswich, died June 5, 1664. Abraham Fitts married (second), January 7, 1668, widow of Tyler Birdley. Abraham was admitted a freeman March II, 1673-74. He was impressed for the Narragansett Expedi- tion in King Philip's war, November 30, 1675, and he or Abraham Jr. was also with the Phipps Expedition to Canada in 1690. He was executor of the will of his uncle Richard. He was admitted to the church February 22, 1673. He died March 27, 1692. Children of Abraham and Sarah Fitts: 1. Sarah, born February 21, 1657, died January 21, 1660. 2. Abraham, mentioned below. 3. Robert, born March 30, 1660. 4. Sarah, born March 15, 1661. Children of Abraham and Rebecca (Birdley) Fitts : 5. Robert, born May 28, 1670, died young. 6. Richard, born February 26, 1672; married Sarah Thorne. 7. Isaac, born July 3, 1675, married Bethia · and (second) Mary Noyes.
(VIII) Abraham Fitts, son of Abraham (7), and Sarah (Thompson) Fitts, was born about 1658, and was a resident of Ipswich in 1678 and afterward. He married (first) Mar- garet Choate, daughter of Sergeant- John and Anne Choate, ancestors of the distinguished Choate family of Massachusetts. John Choate was born 1624 and died December 4, 1695, re- membering Margaret Fitts, his daughter, in his will, dated 1691, proved May 1, 1697. Mar- garet Fitts died February 28, 1691-92. Abra- ham Fitts married (second), January 2, 1693, Mary Ross. Children of Abraham and Mar- garet (Choate) Fitts : I. Abraham, born June 16, 1683. 2. Ebenezer, born August 6, 1685, died young. 3. Anna, born June 18, 1686, died young. 4. Robert, born July 19, 1690, mentioned below. 5. Anna, married Stephen Severance, of Ipswich. 6. Margaret, born January 25, 1692, married Ebenezer Grant. 7. Mary, born January 8, 1695. 8. Mercy, born
March 3, 1696. 9. Sarah, born March 15, 1698. 10. Samuel, born August 16, 1699. II. John, born March 31, 1701. 12. Mary, born March 13, 1703. 13. Ephraim, born 1705, bap- tized September 30. 14. Ebenezer, born April 12, 1708.
(IX) Robert Fitts, son of Abraham (8) and Margaret (Choate) Fitts, was born at Ipswich, July 19, 1690, and was a yecman there until 1731, when he sold his property to his brother Abraham and purchased another farm of Benjamin Marsh at Sutton, Massa- chusetts. He and his wife joined the church by letter from Ipswich in 1732. His will was made May 10, 1753, and proved August 22, 1753. Eight of his children were born at Ipswich, three at Sutton. He married, Janu- ary I, 1717-18, Hannah Dike (by Rev. Samuel Wigglesworth). Children: I. Robert, born November 19, 1718. 2. Jonathan, baptised April 24, 1720, mentioned below. 3. Hannah, baptised November 19, 1721, died December 28, 1721. 4. Hannah, baptised January 20, 1723, married, June 27, 1740, Bartholomew Towne, of Sutton. 5. Margaret married Little. 6. Benjamin, baptised April 16, 1728. 7. Mercy, baptised March 1, 1730. 8. Ebenezer, born March 19, 1732, married Bethia Hutchinson. 9. Mehitable, baptised March II, 1733, at Sutton. 10. Mary, born October 29, 1734. II. Abraham, born Sep- tember 5, 1739, married Mary Holman ; sol- dier in Revolution.
(X) Deacon Jonathan Fitts, son of Robert (9) and Hannah (Dike) Fitts, was born at Sutton in 1720, baptised April 24, and died at Oakham, Massachusetts, December 9, 1792, aged according to the inscription on his grave- stone seventy-two years. He married at Sut- ton, November 27, 1745, Mary Hutchinson (by Rev. David Hall). She died October 25, 1806, at Oakham, aged according to her gravestone eighty-four years. They lived in Sutton and Oakham where he settled in 1775. He was chosen deacon of the Oakham church, April II, 1776, and served the remainder of his life; was on the committee of the church November 24, 1785, and of the town April 3, 1786, to confer with Rev. Daniel Tomlinson respecting his settlement as minister. His will is dated October 6, 1791, proved January I, 1793. Children, born in Sutton: I. Sarah, born September 12, 1747, married Benaiah Putnam, of Sutton, December 13, 1770. 2. Tamah, born December 15, 1748, married Gideon Sibley, December 14, 1771. 3. Mary, born January 27, 1750, married Jesse Cum- mings. 4. Anne, born March 10, 1753, died
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unmarried. 5. Deborah, born July 19, 1756, married Benjamin Foster. 6. Jonathan, born May 30, 1758, died young. 7. Eunice, born March 10, 1761, died young. 8. Peter, born September 30, 1762, mentioned below. 9. Paul, born November 31, 1764.
(XI) Peter Fitts, son of Jonathan (10) and Mary (Hutchinson) Fitts, was born at Sutton, Massachusetts, September 30, 1762, and died at Oakham, May 21, 1837, aged seventy-six years. He was a farmer in Oak- ham, owning eighty-five acres of land in the northern part of the town, near Coldbrook. He was a member of the Orthodox church and was deacon for many years. He was a Whig and Free Soiler in politics. He enlisted in the service during the War of 1812. His will was dated May 18, 1839, and proved July 18, 1839. He married (first), August 23, 1789, Lydia Berry, born at Rutland, Massa- chusetts, September 8, 1760, daughter of Sheers and Esther (Woodward) Berry. Her father was descended from the Berry family of Framingham, Massachusetts. She died February 25, 1810. Mr. Fitts married (sec- ond), 1811, Lucy King, of Athol. Children, born at Oakham to Peter and Lydia Fitts: I. Jonathan, born September 7, 1790, died No- vember 29, 1807. 2. Jesse, born March 24, 1792, mentioned below. 3. Zadock, born March 28, 1794, died April 7, 1795. 4. Mary, born June 3, 1796, married, January 22, 1817, Frederick A. Preshoe of Oakham (they cele- brated their Golden Wedding). 5. Elisha, born March 24, 1799, married, February 17, 1822, Zila Johnson; he died May 3, 1836.
(XII) Jesse Fitts, son of Peter ( II) and Ly- dia (Berry) Fitts was born at Oakham, March 24, 1792, and died there May 22, 1853. His education was meagre. He attended school but three months all told, and was largely self- educated, but became an expert penman and speller. He remained on the homestead with his father and succeeded to the property when his father died. He used to transport country produce to Boston, Watertown, Salem and even Newburyport, bringing groceries and other supplies on his return to Oakham. He fol- lowed the trade of butchering also, having a slaughter house on his farm. He followed the teaming business for thirty-five years, and turned his business over to his son. At times this business was dangerous, the money he carried being a temptation to highway rob- bery. After he retired his health failed, and he sold his farm to William Howard, of Wor- cester, but continued to live on the old place in a cottage that he built there. He died May 22,
1853. He was a member of the. Orthodox Congregational Church of Oakham. In politics he was a Democrat, and served the town on the board of selectmen and school committee. He was a fifer in the militia when a young man, and had much musical ability.
He married, March 19, 1816, Harriet Stone, . born April 5, 1792, died November 15, 1851, daughter of Alpheus and Lucretia (Nye) Stone, of Oakham. Alpheus Stone was a farmer. She died in 1849. Their children: I. Catherine Augusta, born June 8, 1818, married, December 10, 1843, Daniel Noyes, of Oakham; she died October 9, 1844, at Oak- ham. 2. Jonathan Harvey, born August 13, 1821, mentioned below. 3. Harriet Amelia, born March 25, 1826, married, June 2 or 18, 1844, Willliam A. F. Noyes, of Ashland ; chil- dren-i. Charlotte Augusta Noyes, born De- cember 6, 1848, married, June 7, 1866, Thomas McDonough Robinson, who died October II, 1877; (children: Lena Mabel Robinson, born April 10, 1867, died August 2, 1888, aged twenty-one; Bertha Louise Rob- inson, born August 25, 1869, married, 1892, Lawrence W. Weston; she died of consump- tion, November 8, 1904, aged thirty-five; Jessie Alice Robinson, born January 27, 1874, married, June 7, 1893, Samuel E. Coleman and have Dorris Emily Coleman, born March 22, 1894, and Albert McDonough Coleman, born 1896). Charlotte Augusta (Noyes) Rob- inson married (second), October 2, 1881, Augustus Fairbanks (no issue). ii. Charles Fitts Noyes, born September 9, 1854 (twin), married, September 2, 1876, Alice Edith Nel- son (children : Blanche Evelyn Noyes, born March 26, 1877, married Roy Sinclair Perci- val, June 12, 1903; Everett Nelson Noyes, born March 21, 1879, married, November 27, 1905, Henrietta Johnson; Leroy William Noyes, born August 24, 1882). iii. Chester Smith Noyes, (twin) September 9, 1854, married, October 20, 1885, Inez Whitehouse and had Herbert Niel Noyes, born January 27, 1887. 4. John Williams, born December 13, 1829, married, April 27, 1865, Susan A. Homer, of Ashland; resided at Brookfield; children : i. Benjamin Homer, born April IO, I866. ii. Jesse Clarence, born October 3, 1876, died July 17, 1901 ; married, September 27, 1894, Medea C. Hunt (children : Earle Le- roy, born June 21, 1897; Marion Elizabeth, born September 23, 1898, died September II, 1899; Jesse Clyde, born February 23, dieđ 1902). iii. Frank Nathan, born July 15, 1873, died June 5, 1874. 5. Mary Abbott, born March 14, 1837, married April 1, 1855,
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William W. Clark, of Brookfield and Spencer, Massachusetts ; children: John Herbert, born November 8, 1861, married, July 3, 1882, Jo- sephine Riley (they had: Chester Leroy, born November 8, 1884; William Murray, born January 20, 1891 ; Mary Catherine, born May 4, 1895).
( XIII) Jonathan Harvey Fitts, son of Jesse (12) and Harriet (Stone) Fitts, was born at Oakham, August 3, 1821. He was educated in the district schools of his native town. From an early age he worked with his father on the homestead, and at the age of fourteen began to drive his father's four-horse team from the towns in the vicinity of Oakham to the Boston markets, carrying produce and provisions and bringing general freight on his return trip. He succeeded to his father's business and later bought the homestead of William How- ard, to whom his father had sold it, and con- ducted it with profit for a number of years. He also made shoes during the winter season, as was the custom of the time among farmers of Massachusetts. In 1857 he went to Cali- fornia and spent about four years in prospect- ing and mining. He returned in 1860 with his health much improved, and in the spring following he removed to Ashland, Massachu- setts, where he worked for a year in the Til- ton shoe factory. He bought a farm of John Clark in Holliston, a town adjoining Ashland, selling it later to Charles Alger. This farm consisted of a hundred and twenty-five acres and he had it several years. In 1873 he en- gaged in the retail fish business in the adjoin- ing town of Hopkinton and continued for a period of eight years, selling to A. E. Farwell. In 1882 he bought a fish business at South Framingham, formerly the Hall & Howes market, which he conducted for five years. In 1897 he sold out to his son, George H. Fitts, and retired. He lived at South Framingham the remainder of his life, and died there April 9, 1904. He attended the Congregational church. He was a Democrat in politics. He belonged to Eagle Lodge, No. 144, Odd Fel- lows, of Hopkinton, and was its treasurer for a number of years ; to Fidelity Lodge, Daugh- ters of Rebekah, South Framingham.
Jonathan H. Fitts married, October 15, 1850, Elizabeth Jane Austin, born August 29, 1828, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Ab- bott) Austin, of Hollis, New Hampshire. Benjamin was a farmer and cooper. Children of Jonathan H. and Elizabeth J. Fitts: I. Liz- zie Maria, born January 19, 1854, died Sep- tember 20, 1860. 2. George Harvey, born April 26, 1862, mentioned below. 3. Arthur
McClellan, born June 21, 1864, mentioned below.
(XIV) George Harvey Fitts, eldest son of Jonathan Harvey (13) and Elizabeth Jane (Austin) Fitts, was born at Ashland, April 26, 1862. He was educated in the public schools of Hopkinton. He worked with his father in the fish market, and when his father re- tired bought the business. In 1889 he and his brother, Arthur M. Fitts, formed the firm of Fitts Brothers and extended their business to other lines. They conduct an extensive business in groceries, meats, fish, kitchenware, hardware, and has also a bakery and confectionery department. In 1892 the business was removed to its pres- ent location, 50 and 52 Concord street, in the Fitts Block. The store is the largest in the town, and worthy of special mention for its systematic arrangement and special sanitary features. Fitts Brothers have also stores in Natick, Marlborough and Hudson, Massachu- setts, towns in the neighborhood, and both partners have invested extensively in real estate. George H. Fitts married, December 23, 1885, Nancy Helen Bullard, born April 13, 1860, daughter of Joseph W. and Mary (Gould- ing) Bullard, of South Framingham. Joseph W. Bullard was a manufacturer and a dealer in wood and coal. Children : Arthur Bullard, born August 23, 1888. Helen, March 25, 1890.
(XIV) Arthur McClellan Fitts, youngest son of Jonathan Harvey (13) and Eliza- beth Jane (Austin) Fitts, was born at Ash- land, June 21, 1864. He attended school there in early youth, and at the age of nine went to Hopkinton with his parents and attended the public schools there until he was thirteen years old. He assisted his father in the market be- tween terms and after leaving school. He al- so worked in the boot and shoe factory of S. & A. Crooks for one season. At the age of eighteen years he removed with his parents to South Framingham, and for five years was employed in his father's market. Then his brother, George H., bought the business, and for about a year he remained in his employ. He bought a fish market in Waltham in 1888 of H. A. Caswell, but at the end of a year sold it to W. A. Locke and returned to South Framingham, entering partnership with his brother under the name of Fitts Brothers.
Arthur M. Fitts is a Congregationalist in religion, a Republican in politics. He is a member of Alpha Lodge of Free Masons, South Framingham, and was formerly a mem- ber of Framingham Lodge, No. 45, of Odd
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Fellows; and of the Encampment. He be- longs to the Retail Grocers' Association of Massachusetts. He married, October 25, 1898, Mary Louisa Amsden, born January, 1868, daughter of George M. and Louisa (Fair- banks) Amsden, of South Framingham. Her father was a dealer in general merchandise. Children: I. Harvey Amsden, born March 31, 1903. 2. George Austin, born June 20, 1904. 3. Arthur McClellan, Jr., born Decem- ber 20, 1905.
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