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(III) Joseph, second son of John and Elizabeth (Traine) Stratton, was born in Wa- tertown, January 13, 1666, and married Sarah How, November 14, 1695.
(IV) Jonathan, son of Joseph and Sarah
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and took the freeman's oath May 18, 1653. He married as his second wife, August 28, 1657, Margaret, widow of William Parker, of Boston. He resided in that part of the town of Watertown subsequently set off to the town of Cambridge, in the neighborhood of the present Lowell Park, and contiguous to land that became the estate of James Rus- sell Lowell. Samuel and Margaret Parker Stratton had three sons: Samuel. John and Richard. Richard, son of Richard last named, settled in Easthampton, Long Island, New York, where both his Uncle John and his father Richard lived for several years. Sam- uel Stratton, the immigrant, died December 18, 1676, aged eighty-one years.
(II) John, son of Samuel and Margaret (Parker) Stratton, was born in England, in 1633, and settled with his father in Water-
town, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1647. He (How) Stratton, was born in Weston, Massa- chusetts, 1714, and was married November I, 1738, to Dinah Bemis, of Waltham. He served as a private in Colonel Lamson's com- pany, and marched to Lexington on receiving the alarm, April 19, 1775, and served for three days, when he was discharged.
(V) Jonathan, son of Jonathan and Dinah ·(Bemis) Stratton, was born in Weston, March 8, 1746, and was married September 20, 1768, to Sarah Childs. He served as a private, ac- cording to the muster and pay rolls of Cap- tain Jonathan Fiske, of Weston, in Colonel Brooks' company, called out March 4, 1776, for five days service, and was stationed at Dorchester Heights, and also performed vari- ous other military service.
(VI) Shubael C., son of Jonathan and
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Sarah (Childs) Stratton, was born in Weston, Massachusetts, December 6, 1768. He mar- ried Betsey Cook.
(VII) Ira, son of Shubael C. and Betsey (Cook) Stratton, was born in New Salem, Massachusetts, January 6, 1804. He attend- ed the common school in his native town, leaving it when fourteen years old to go west. At the age of sixteen he returned home and worked in a brush factory in Boston until he had learned the trade. Flavel Coolidge (1775- 1848) operated a brush factory in Cambridge- port, Massachusetts, and he made Ira Strat- ton his foreman as soon as he had completed his apprenticeship in the Boston establish- ment. Mr. Stratton continued in that posi- tion up to the time of the death of hi's father- in-law, in 1848, when he became sole owner of the factory. He subsequently opened a brush shop on Exchange street, Boston, in copartnership with Sheriff & Eastham, and the enterprise was very successful, enabling him to acquire a competence. His next busi- ness venture was in the manufacture of glass, in partnership with Amory Houghton, the factory being located in Somerville. The busi- ness proved to be uncongenial to Mr. Strat- ton, and he sold out to his partner, and gave the remainder of his life to the care of his estate. He was married November 6, 1835, to Martha Ann, daughter of Flavel and Anna (Wilds) Coolidge, and in this way became owner of the brush factory of Mr. Coolidge. Flavel Coolidge, father of Mrs. Ira Stratton, was the son of Elisha Coolidge, of Ashburn- ham, Worcester county, Massachusetts, and the youngest of eleven children. He was born in 1775, and in 1786 his father, with his entire family, joined the Shaker community at the time of its establishment at Shirley, Middlesex county.
This remarkable society, inaugurated in America by Ann Lee, who with eight of her followers embarked at Liverpool, England, May 19, 1774, and arrived in New York, August 6th following, purchased land in the woods of Watervliet, New York, in 1776, and while the colonists were engaged in the war of the Revolution, these frugal and industri- ous people were building up a society that took within its fold the spirits of religious un- rest wherever a religious awakening arose. After the society at Watervliet had been suc- cessfully planted, there was a religious awak- ening at New Lebanon, Columbia county, New York, thirty miles distant, and many of the subjects of the revival there visiter "Mother Ann," at Watervleit, and became
converts to the new faith. Ann Lee and her elders and friends became missionaries, and after establishing what proved to be their most successful settlement, at New Lebanon, they held forth in Hancock, Tyringham, Howard and Shirley, in Massachusetts, and Enfield, in Connecticut, and societies were planted which gathered many followers, and each became models of industrial communism that attracted the attention of idealists not alone in America, but abroad also. After a little more than two years of missionary work, "Mother Ann" returned to Watervliet, where she received inquirers, and after a ministry of fourteen years she died, September 8, 1784. It was three years after her death before regu- larly organized communities were established .. The society at New Lebanon, New York, was organized in September, 1787, and furnished the model for the others. It grew to six hun- dred members, and the community owned six thousand acres of land. Watervliet grew to. three hundred members; Groveland, Living- ston county, New York, to one hundred and fifty; Hancock, Berkshire county, Massachu- setts, to two hundred; Tyringham, Berkshire county, to one hundred; Harvard, Worcester county, to two hundred; Shirley, Middlesex county, to one hundred; Enfield, Hartford county, Connecticut, to two hundred; Canter- bury, Merrimac county, New Hampshire, to three hundred; Enfield, Grafton county, New Hampshire, to three hundred; Alfred, York county, Maine, to one hundred and fifty ; and New Gloucester, York county, Maine, to one hundred and fifty members. These societies were formed between 1787 and 1792, and it was not until 1805 that Ohio and Kentucky were invaded by the disciples of Ann Lee. Like the "Salem Witches," and the Roman. Catholics, the Shakers did not escape persecu- tion from the Puritans of New England, and the society at Shirley, when "Mother Ann" was preaching there, was subjected to mob violence not only from the outside world but from dissenting members of the society, not- ably on March 3, 1802.
Flavel Coolidge left the community after he had learned the trade of brush making and attained his majority, in 1796. He journeyed to Cambridgeport, where he engaged as a car- penter with Josiah and Thomas Mason, and while thus engaged built a house of five rooms for himself, preparatory to his con- templated marriage, and in January, 1806, he married Anna, daughter of Elijah, Jr., and Eunice (Safford) Wilds, and granddaughter of Elijah (1718-1791) and Anna (Hovey).
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Wilds, all converts to the Shaker faith under the preaching of Ann Lee, and by so doing severed all family ties, and they with their children were merged in the Shaker com- munity, and Elijah Wilds, Jr., was appointed an elder at the organization of the society in Shirley, and continued in the office up to the time of his death, March 14, 1829, at the age of eighty-three years. Anna Wilds was born February 15, 1779, and with her parents and grandparents became members of the Shaker community at Shirley, and here met Flavel Coolidge, son of Elisha Coolidge, who was born January 19, 1775, died February 1, 1848. He was one of the founders of the First Uni- versalist Church of Cambridge and a deacon for many years. Elisha Coolidge was born July 29, 1720, died August 18, 1807. Flavel Coolidge was also a convert to the faith. When he left the community in 1796 Anna Wilds also deserted it and went to live with relatives in Lancaster, Massachusetts, and it was there that her lover found her and they were married. Flavel and Anna (Wilds) Cool- idge had three children born at their home at Cambridgeport, where the mother died June 28, 1874, aged ninety-five years and four months. Children: I. Merrick, born October 6, 1806, married Sarah Ann Tucker, Novem- ber, 1831, died 1850. He had two children: Helen and Anna. 2. Martha Ann, born Janu- ary 19, 1814, died January 2, 1890. She mar- ried Ira Stratton, and their children were: i. Flavel Coolidge, born in Cambridge, Massa- chusetts, October 4, 1836, died February 15, 1840. ii. Flavel Coolidge (2), born in Cam- bridge, February 14, 1840. He prepared for college at the New Salem Academy, entered Harvard University, 1858, and was graduated therefrom with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1861, the year in which he attained his ma- jority. He studied law and then went abroad, visiting England, where he engaged in the banking business with Belding, Keith & Company. After returning to Cambridge he removed to Erie, Pennsylvania, where he en- gaged in the dry goods business. Upon the death of his father, August, 1873, he retired from business and resided with his mother in Cambridge, where he died suddenly of heart failure, July 23, 1906. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity. He was unmarried. A friend speaking of Flavel C. Stratton said "he was learned yet unpretentious, thought- ful yet not effusive in speech. Tender as a woman in his sympathies, yet lion hearted for the right." iii. Anna Maria, born in Cam- bridge, February 4, 1848, died September 23.
1850. iv. Martha Louise, born in Cambridge, February 4, 1851, received her education in the public schools, completing the high school course. She married, November 20, 1889, Dwight W. Ensign, see forward. 3. Flavel, Jr., born August 8, 1816, died in Cambridge- port, Massachusetts, February 28, 1891. He married Betsey Perkins, and (second) Almira Peirce.
Dwight W. Ensign, above mentioned, was born in Sheridan, Chautauqua county, New York, August 2, 1839. He is the son of Sey- mour P. and Diantha (Holmes) Ensign, grandson of Otis Ensign, Jr., who enlisted in the Continental army when sixteen years old and served five years, being one of the guard at the hanging of Major Andre, and was with General Washington at Valley Forge, when he received a scolding and apology from Washington when circumstances were ex- plained ; great-grandson of Otis Ensign, Sr., who was killed in the massacre of Wyoming, and a descendant of James Ensign, who set- tled in Brattle street, Cambridge, Massachu- setts, about 1632, moving to Hartford, Con- necticut, 1635. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, Union Club of Cambridgeport and the Boston Art Club. His wife, Martha Louise (Stratton) Ensign, has travelled extensively in Europe. She is a member of the Vermont Society of Colonial Dames ; Old South Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the Revolution, The Daughters of Massachusetts, New England's Women's Club, Cantabrigia Club of Cambridge, Peabody Home for Crip- pled Children, The Home for Aged People, and other societies and organizations. Mrs. Ensign takes a deep interest in charitable and religious work. She is a member of the Second Church (Unitarian) of Boston, Cop- ley Square.
No less than twenty- WAKEFIELD seven varieties of spelling in early records are found of the surname now spelled Wakefield in America and England. It is a town name and has been in use as a surname also in England since the beginning of the practice of having family names.
(I) John Wakefield, the immigrant ances- tor of the Boston family, was born in Eng- land in 1614-15. He was according to the best information at hand, a native of Graves- end, county Kent, England, as Thomas Wakefield, probably his brother, came from
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that town which was an ancient seat of this family. Thomas embarked in the ship "America," William Barker, Master, June 23, 1635, for Virginia, and it is evident that John went to the same locality about the same time. But prior to 1647 John removed to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. He had a grant of land there, but failing to fulfill the terms he forfeited it, and it was re-granted to Nicholas Butler. He was a boatman or shipwright and owned a half-interest in one old boat and one new boat at the time of his death,
is likely that he was engaged and it
in coast trading. He kept up some relations with his brother Thomas of Mary- land. He took up his residence in Boston prior to 1651, and bought a tract of land on the south side of Middle street (now Han- over), extending from the corner of what is new Prince street to within ninety feet of the street now named Richmond, and to rear from Middle street, one hundred and eighty- four and one-half feet, reaching nearly to North square and North street. Through the center of this lot, nearly at right angles with Middle street, he opened a narrow lane or alley, making the entire estate accessible from Middle street. For more than a century it was known as Wakefield's alley, and in col- onial days was the site of the homes of prom- inent and historic personages of the town. Wakefield was thrifty and fairly prosperous, but he had some serious setbacks. His house was struck by lightning March 9, 1664, and badly damaged. He was fined March 30, 1659, for entertaining a Quaker or "stranger." He was killed while helping the ropemaker, July 19, 1667, and was buried in the Granary burying ground, a short distance west of the Franklin tomb, and the inscription on the stone, the oldest in the yard, is still legible. He died intestate and his wife Ann was ad- ministratrix. She married (second) John Child, a tailor, Boston, and on the back of Wakefield's gravestone is inscribed an epi- taph to Child, who died April 3, 1703, aged about eighty. Children of John and Ann Wakefield: I. Elizabeth, born about 1638, married, August 20, 1660, Jasper Frost. 2. John, born about 1640, mentioned below. 3. Obadiah, born about 1642, married Susannah -; (second), Elizabeth Willis. 4. Sam- uel, born about 1644, married, June 2, 1675, Elizabeth Dove.
(II) John Wakefield, son of John Wake- field (1), was born in Maryland or Edgartown, Massachusetts, about 1640. He was a ship- wright. He removed to Boston prior to 1651
with his parents. About 1663 he built a house on his father's homestead on Middle, now Hanover street, extending his possessions by inheritance at his father's death. He lived and died in this house which was afterward occupied by his wife Deliverance until her death in 1691. He was chosen hogreeve, March 15, 1674-75. A fire broke out Novem- ber 27, 1676, in his house and caused a con- flagration in which forty-five houses were de- stroyed, also the North Meeting House and several warehouses. But for rain and a change in the wind all that end of the town and probably Charlestown also would have been burned. The district was laid out by the selectmen and streets straightened after the fire. Wakefield was an assistant to man- age the fire-engine in 1678, subscribed to the almshouse fund in 1685, and was tithingman. He was of Captain Terrill's company in the Ancient and Honorable Artillery. He died March, 1703. His will is dated October 18, 1698, and proved March 14, 1703-04. The widow died in January, 1716-17, and her son John was administrator. Children, born in Boston: I. Deliverance, born September 8, 1664, married Joseph Bill. 2. Anna, born Sep- tember 2, 1666, married, November 16, 1710, Thomas Odell. 3. John, born January 27, 1668-69, mentioned below. 4. Joseph, born 1670, married (first) Abigail Lord; (second), Esther Archer; (third), Priscilla Russell. 5. Sarah, born March 1, 1674, married, May 20, 1703, John Courser. 6. Samuel, born Janu- ary 15, 1677-78, died November 12, 1709.
(III) John Wakefield, son of John Wake- field (2), was born in Boston, January 27, 1668, and inherited a part of the original homestead, but before 1718 he removed to a residence on Back, now Salem street, then owned by his father-in-law, Thomas Walker, Jr. This place was given to his wife by deed dated October 14, 1718, recorded July 12, 1738. He married, November 23, 1693, (by Rev. Cotton Mather) Elizabeth Walker, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Collins) Walker, granddaughter of Thomas and Ann Walker, and of John and Ann Collins. His wife inherited part of her father's mansion house on Orange street. Mr. Wakefield died January 31, 1735, and is buried in King's Chapel burying ground, Boston. He was a shipwright or mariner. The widow became distracted and unable to manage her affairs after his death, and her son Samuel was ap- pointed her guardian. She died about August I, 1738. Children, born in Boston: I. John, born August 14, 1694, baptized in Old North
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Church, August 19; died March 13, 1695. 2. ohn, born September 19, 1695, married, De- ember 10, 1719, Susanna Trask, of Salem. 3. Thomas, born January 5, 1698, baptized anuary 9; died November, 1761. 4. Deliver- nce, born August 17, 1699. 5. Joseph, born une 9, 1701, mentioned above. 6. Eliza- eth, born July 4, 1703, married, March 22, 722, James Adlington. 7. Miles, born Sep- ember 29, 1705, died young. 8. Samuel, born uly 4, 1707, married Hannah Pearle; (sec- nd), February 5, 1761, Annie Utley. 9. Ben- min, born June 23, 1709. 10. Susanna, born Iarch 15, 1710-II, married Samuel Dolbear. I. Abigail, born June 25, 1712, married David Lennox. 12. Miles, born March 17, 715-16.
(IV) Joseph Wakefield, son of John Wake- eld (3), was born in Boston, June 9, 1701, aptized June 15, 1701, in the Old North hurch. Married December 7, 1726, Mrs. opia Love, widow of Richie Love, and aughter of Rev .. Thomas and Elizabeth Turner) Bridge. He died April, 1732. is wife Copia was administratrix of the state of her first husband. She died ugust 5, 1727, about a year after the rth of her son, Thomas Wakefield. The will : Joseph Wakefield left all his estate to his ly child, Thomas. Luke Hardy, of Boston, as executor. Joseph Wakefield was a peri- ig maker and was also in the jewelry busi- ess, a silversmith. Rev. Thomas Bridge was orn at Hackney, England, in 1656, and edu- ted at Oxford; minister in Boston. Child Joseph and Copia Wakefield: Thomas, orn August 5, 1727, mentioned below.
(V) Thomas Wakefield, son of Joseph Takefield (4), was born in Boston, August 5, 27, died September, 1791. Married, March , 1750, Dorcas Pratt. Upon the death of s mother in that or the following year he as taken by his father to the home of Dr. braham Gould, of Stoneham, on the road tween Stoneham and South Reading (now Takefield), to be cared for. According to mily tradition he was after a time taken me, but Mrs. Gould had become so at- ched to the child that she could not live ithout him and he was allowed to return to er house, remaining until he was old enough learn his trade, when he was bound out to William Beard, then living near the Parker ratt house on Haverhill street, Reading, to arn the carpenter trade. It was stipulated the papers that he should not be fed on ans and that he should have sugar on his addings. His wife was the daughter of
Timothy (4) and Tabitha (Boutwell) Pratt, granddaughter of John (3) and Sarah Pratt. Lineage: John (2); John Pratt (I). Her fa- ther lived "side the pond" on the easterly side of what is now Main street, Wakefield, in what was called the old Harrison house. Thomas Wakefield succeeded to this home- stead, which is now owned by Charles Wake- field, mentioned below. Thomas resided in Reading until 1756-57, when he removed with his family to Souhegan West, (Amherst) New Hampshire, where he lived the remainder of his days. He was a selectman, town clerk, tak- ing a prominent part in Revolutionary affairs, and performing other important duties at Amherst. He was an honest, upright and respected citizen. His widow returned to Reading to live and died there November 25, 1802. Children : I. Thomas, born January 12, 1751, married Elizabeth Hardy. 2. Jo- seph, born May 9, 1752, married, November 5, 1777, Relief Kendall. 3. Ebenezer, born November 15, 1753, married Abigail Damon. 4. Timothy, born February 5, 1756, men- tioned below. 5. William, born 1757, mar- ried, November 17, 1786, Sarah Hosea. 6. Dorcas, born December 13, 1759. 7. John, born March 7, 1762, married Sarah Under- wood. 8. Peter, born August 7, 1764, mar- ried, March 3, 1791, Keziah Burns.
(VI) Hon. Timothy Wakefield, son of Thomas Wakefield (5), was born in Amherst, New Hampshire, February 5, 1756, and died at Reading, Massachusetts, April 19, 1849. He married (first) Susanna Bancroft, Novem- ber 19, 1778, who was born October 2, 1758, and died August 30, 1791, daughter of Joseph (5) and Elizabeth (Temple) Bancroft. Timo- thy Wakefield lived in Reading, Massachu- setts. He was a minuteman and soldier in the Revolution, private in Captain Thomas Eaton's company, Colonel Green's regiment; also on Train Band, and fought in the attack on the retreating British, April 19, 1775, on the Lexington alarm, under Captain John Bachellor, Colonel Ebenezer Bridges; also in Captain Jesse Wyman's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment, in 1778; also in Cap- tain Nathan Sargent's company in 1779. He was a pensioner of the Revolution ; application granted August 6, 1833. He was selectman of Reading in 1813-14, justice of the peace, , captain of the Reading company, representa- tive to the general court from 1807 to 1815, and delegate to the constitutional convention in 1820. Children, born at Reading: I. Timo- thy, born September 8, 1779, mentioned be- low. 2. Ebenezer, born January 20, 1781,
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died January 20, 1802. 3. Bridge, born June 30, 1783, married, December 20, 1812, Mary Foster. 4. Caleb, born April 18, 1785, died March 4, 1876; married (first) Matilda Poole; (second), November 3, 1823, Nancy Temple. 5. William, born July 17, 1787, married, January 1, 1812, Sally Parker; he died Febru- ary 22, 1875. 6. Thomas, born February 23, 1789, died August 29, 1823; married, January II, 1816, Nancy Eaton. 7. Susan, born March IO, 1791, died October 23, 1863; unmarried. Child of Timothy and his second wife, Han- nah, John, born September 23, 1795, died May 22, 1796.
(VII) Captain Timothy Wakefield, son of Hon. Timothy Wakefield (6), was born in Reading, Massachusetts, September 8, 1779, and died there January 22, 1865. He mar- ried (first) Betsey (Elizabeth) Wakefield, of Dublin, New Hampshire, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hardy) Wakefield, October 19, 1802. Her lineage: Elizabeth (7), Thomas (6), Thomas (5), mentioned above. She was born at Amherst, New Hampshire, November 8, 1777, and died Sep- tember 18, 1848. He married (second), April 2, 1849, Nancy B. Tuttle, of Stoneham, who died September 25, 1851. Married (third), Abigail Leathe, of Woburn, June 30, 1852. Timothy was a farmer; was selectman 1821, 23, 35, 36; representative to the general court 1822 to 1825 and member of the school com- mittee in 1825. He was captain of the Reading militia company. He lived on the old Wake- field homestead, was a member of the Congre- gational church, and was superintendent of the Old South Church Sunday-school one year. Children, born in Reading: I. Otis, born July 19, 1803, married (first) Abigail Hammond, September, 1836; (second) Susan Paggett; he died March 24, 1876. 2. John, born April 28, 1806, mentioned below. 3. Betsey, born April 6, 1808, married, January 9 or 10, 1833, Joseph Bancroft; she died Sep- tember 28, 1844. 4. Timothy, born May 10, 1810, died August 3, 1810. 5. Abigail, born September 18, 1811, died April 1, 1847; mar- ried, October 21, 1834, Theron Parker, of Reading. 6. Bridge, born June 25, 1814, died February 2, 1853; married, April 14, 1835, Catherine Cutler. 7. Martha, born June 20, ' 1817, died December 23, 1859; married, Feb- ruary 25, 1841, Joseph L. Pratt. 8. Susanna Bancroft, born February 20, 1820, died June 17, 1885; married, April 7, 1842, Milo Parker. (VIII) John Wakefield, son of Captain Timothy Wakefield (7), was born in Reading, April 28, 1806, and died there May 5, 1863.
He married, October 4, 1838, Sarah Parker, daughter of Jonathan and Susan (Susie Ban- croft) Parker. She died November, 1891. Children, born at Reading: I. Charles, born July 24, 1839, mentioned below. 2. Laurin- . da Sarah, born March 9, 1841, died Novem- ber 13, 1860. 3. Olena Anna, born July 22, 1843, graduated from Reading high school in 1863; also at Bridgewater Normal school. 4. Emeline Parker, born March 2, 1846, mar- ried, June 29, 1869, Alvin Barrus. 5. John Parker, born July 21, 1848, a farmer. 6. Zelia Abbie, born August 5, 1853, married, September 20, 1883, Edward C. Packard. 7. George, born October 12, 1856.
(IX) Charles Wakefield, son of John Wakefield (8), was born in Reading, July 24, 1839. He was educated in the public and high schools of his native town, and is a farmer on the old Wakefield homestead, known as the Timothy Pratt farm, where his. ancestors, mentioned above, have lived for generations. In politics he is a Republican. All his family are members of the Reading Congregational Church. He is a man of sterling character, highly esteemed by his townsmen. He married, November 25, 1868, in Boston, Mary A. Kidder, who was born September 3, 1846, the daughter of Jacob and Sabrina (Davis) Kidder, of Dixfield, Maine, and granddaughter of Jacob and Esther (Waitt) Kidder. Her father was born in Dix- field; her mother in Oxford, Massachusetts. The ten children of Jacob and Sabina Kidder were: I. Aravesta Kidder, born August 7, 1837, married Hiram Litchfield, of Reading, Massachusetts. 2. Charles H. Kidder, born July 6, 1839. 3. Oscar Kidder, born Decem- ber 30, 1843. 4. Melvin Kidder, born Octo- ber 5, 1845. 5. Mary Kidder, born Septem- ber 3, 1846. 6. William Kidder, born July 28, 1848. 7. Beadley Kidder, born May 12, 1851. 8. Sarah Kidder, born July II, 1853, married Alvin Jennis, of Brooklyn, New York. 9. Lucy Kidder, born October 25, 1855. IO. Anna Kidder, born January 1, 1857, married Walter S. Adams, of Dixfield, Maine. The children of Charles and Mary (Kidder) Wake- field: I. Charles Clyde, born September 19, 1869, married Katherine H. Forbes, of Somerville, Massachusetts, November IO, 1900. 2. Mary Grace, born February 3, 1871. 3. Chester Kidder, born July 29, 1872, gradu- ate of Reading high school, 1888; married Florence Morse Flockton, at Somerville, No- vember 14, 1898. 4. Edith, born November 3, 1873, graduate of Reading high school, 1890. 5. Emma Elsie, born May 10, 1875-
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