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regiment, in 1781; Nathan Petts was in the same company with Jonathan Petts, Captain Farwell's. He married January II, 1769, Hannah Butterfield. The name was spelled Patts and Patt oftener than Petts in the Townsend records.
John Petts married at Townsend, Novem- ber 7, 1761, Bathsheba Wood. David Petts, son of one of the pioneers, was born 1766; was a soldier in the revolution at the age of sixteen, in 1782. He describes himself when enlisting as of light complexion and five feet four inches and a half in height; he married March 2, 1790, at Townsend, Nabby Flagg. Lemuel Petts, Jr. married, at Townsend, June 13, 1791, Milly Wood, of Pepperell, Massa- chusetts. Another soldier from this family in the Revolution was James Petts, who was in Captain Henry Haskill's company, Colonel Prescott's regiment in 1776.
The Wallis and other families of Scotch- Irish ancestry settled in Townsend, and it is presumed that the Petts family came with them, although the origin of the name is unknown. It is surmised on the other hand that the name is a variation of the English Pitt, or Pitts, a branch of which settled very early at Taunton, Massachusetts.
(I) Jonathan Petts, the pioneer ancestor of the family, was born about 1730. He settled in Townsend, Massachusetts, and married there, June 27, 1753, Sarah Hosley. He was a soldier in the revolution, a private in Cap- tain James Hosley's company in 1775; also in Captain H. Farwell's company, Colonel Wil- liam Prescott's regiment; also in Captain Na- thaniel Lakin's company, Colonel John Rob- inson's regiment, in 1777. He appears to be a brother of Nathan, John and Lemuel Petts, also of Townsend, mentioned above. Chil- dren: I. Jonathan Jr., born 1754; mentioned below. Probably several others.
(II) Jonathan Petts Jr., son of Jonathan Petts (I), was born in Townsend, Massachu- setts, in 1754, according to the record of his enlistment in the revolution. He was en- listed from Townsend for nine months in the Continental army, April, 20, 1777, aged twen- ty-four, private in the Fifth company, Colo- nel Reed's regiment. He gave his height as five feet nine inches. He married, February 12, 1783, at Townsend, Rebecca Towne, of New Ipswich, New Hampshire. Probably all his children were born at Townsend. In 1792-3 he removed to Stoddard, New Hamp- shire. His farm there had been partly cleared by one Smith, its former owner, and a log house and barn were built. If the date of
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birth is given correctly he must have been born by a previous marriage instead of that given above. It is likely that 1754 was the correct year of his birth, however. He died at Stoddard in 1827, said to be aged seventy- five. Children: I. Jonathan, died at West- minster; married Elizabeth Smith, who was born July 31, 1796, and died February 16, 1864. 2. David, mentioned below. 3. Rebec- ca, married Redman. 4. Orinda, mar- ried Josiah Sheldon, of Fitchburg, Massachu- setts. 5. Keziah B., married S. W. Loveland. 6. Rhoda. 7. Lucinda, married James Bol- ster; second, John Cole. 8. Roxana, mar- ried Boyd McClure, of Stoddard.
(III) David Petts, son of Jonathan Petts (2), was born at Townsend, Massachusetts, Feb- ruary 7, 1788, and died February 16, 1867, at Gilsum, New Hampshire, where he settled. He was a farmer. He married Clara Parker, who was born in Nelson, New Hampshire July 14, 1793, died August 8, 1871, daughter of Josiah and Eunice (Pierce) Parker. Chil- dren: 1. David Towne; mentioned below. 2. Lyman Parker, born at Weston, Vermont, November II, 1813; died at Keene, New Hampshire, November 6, 1879; married Au- gust 14, 1837, Nancy Maria Seward, who died at Keene, January 23, 1877. (For children see "History of Gilsum, N. H.," p. 375). 3. Eunice Pierce, married Elias Sawyer, of Clinton, Massachusetts. 4. Lawrenza, died young. 5. Lovisa Malvina, married Christo- pher Harrington, of Palmer, Massachusetts. 6. Frederick Augustus, settled in Leomins- ter. 7. George, died young. 8. Lawrenza, married David S. Willard, of Keene. 9. Nan- cy, died young. 10. Clarissa Sabrina; mar- ried Sylvester Blodgett, of Keene. II. George Shepard, resided at Munsonville. 12. Albert Livingstone, resided at Templeton, Massachusetts. 13. Lucy Orinda, married West Marston, Fitchburg.
(IV) David Towne Petts, eldest child of David Petts (3), was born in Gilsum, New Hampshire, or Weston, Vermont, about 181I, and died aged about forty-six years. He first settled in Marlowe, New Hampshire, and was a farmer and cattle drover. Later in life he conducted a hotel in Stoddard, New Hamp- shire. He married Phoebe Stevens, and their children were: I. Ferdinand, see forward. 2. Lyman G. 3. George A., married Lovina Pitcher, of Marlowe, New Hampshire. 4. Miranda, married John Warner. 5. Chris- tina, deceased. 6.
(V) Ferdinand Petts, eldest child of David Towne Petts, yet living, was born in Mun-
sonville, New Hampshire, in 1834. He set- tled in Keene, New Hampshire. He mar- ried first, Susan Hunt, of Marlowe, New Hampshire, and second, Ellen L. Howard, of Keene, New Hampshire. Of his first mar- riage were born four children: Twins, who died young; David, died unmarried; and San- ford F. Petts, to be further mentioned. Of the second marriage was born one child, Don Irving, at Keene, New Hampshire, June 6, 1867; he resides in Keene; he married Mar- garet Darling, of Keene, and they have five children.
(VI) Sanford F. Petts, youngest and only living child of Ferdinand and Susan (Hunt) Petts, was born in Marlowe, New Hampshire, September 23, 1860. He married first, Nel- lie F. Cushing, and second, Catherine C. Lane. Of his first marriage was born one child, Sanford F. Petts Jr., in Boston, May 24, 1889; there were no children of the sec- ond marriage. Mr. Petts is a prominent mer- chant in Boston, and his success has been entirely the result of his own efforts.
MOULTON The name of Moulton has been known as a patrony- mic both in England and France from a very remote period. Nearly or quite all who bear the name in Maine are descended from Thomas of York, and John and William of Hampton, New Hampshire, all of whom were early immigrants to New England.
(I) Thomas Moulton, born at Ormsby, Norfolk county, England, about the year 1614, came to Massachusetts in or prior to 1637, and first settled in Newbury. He prob- ably went to Hampton, New Hampshire, with the Rev. William "Bachilor" in 1639, and in 1654 removed to York, Maine. The Chri- tian name of his wife was Martha and his chil- dren were: Thomas, Daniel, Hannah, Mary, Joseph and Jeremiah.
(II) Jeremiah Moulton, youngest child of Thomas and Martha Moulton, was born in York about the year 1656. He was promi- nent in the public affairs of York, serving as representative to the general court in 1692, and his death occurred October 22, 1727. The maiden name of his first wife does not appear in the records at hand, although he is known to have married twice. His second wife was Mrs. Alice Donnell, nee Chadbourne, a wid- ow. He was the father of six children: Jo- seph, Mary, Daniel, Ebenezer, Jeremiah and Samuel B.
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(III) Lieutenant Joseph Moulton, eldest child of Jeremiah (probably by the latter's first (marriage), was born in York, January 18, 1679. He was married December 30, 1697, to Mary Pulman, and their children were John, Abigail, Elizabeth, Alice, Abel and Jeremiah.
(IV) Captain Abel Moulton, second son and fifth child of Lieutenant Joseph and Mary (Pullman) Moulton, was born in York, after I70I. He served as a juryman and also as constable, and he is designated in the records as Captain Abel, the military archives at the state house in Boston disclosing the fact that he was commissioned captain in Colonel Eben Sayer's First York County Regiment June 25, 1779, a record somewhat remarkable on account of his age. He died March 3, 1784, "in the night." His first wife was Elea- nor Bane, daughter of Lewis Bane, and his second wife was Judith Gowan. The children of his first union were: John (who died young) and Sarah. Those of his second mar- riage were: Dorcas, John, Daniel and Mary.
(V) John Moulton, eldest son of Captain Abel and Judith (Gowan) Moulton, was born in York, July 22, 1752. In September, 1774, he married Lydia Grant, daughter of David Grant, and she bore him seven children: Martha, David, Lydia, John, Elizabeth, Abel and Nathan.
(VI) Abel Moulton, son of John Moulton, was born in York, November 10, 1785. He learned the ship-carpenter's trade and fol- lowed it as a journeyman for many years. In September, 1813, he married Dorcas Moul- ton, and had a family of eight children; Dan- iel, Lydia, Sylvester, William, Henry, Eliza J., Julia and Abby M.
(VII) Sylvester Moulton, second son of Abel and Dorcas (Moulton), Moulton, was born in York, March 12, 1819. He was a prosperous farmer and a lifelong resident of York. In December, 1841, he married Mercy McIntire Hammond, who was born March 22, 1822, daughter of Moses and Mercy (Mc- Intire) Hammond, of Eliot, Maine. She was a lieneal descendant in the seventh generation of William Hammond, born in Slymbridge, Yorkshire, in 1597; became an early settler in Welles, Maine, where he was a large land- owner and a prominent public official, and he attained the unusually advanced age of one hundred and four years, dying in 1702. The maiden surname of his wife was Gouch, and he was the father of two sons: Jonathan and Joseph. From William the emigrant Mrs. Moulton's line of descent is through Major ii-17
Joseph (2), Colonel Joseph (3), Jonathan (4), Deacon Samuel (5) and Moses (6). Major Jo- seph Hammond, born at Welles in 1647; died in Eliot in 1710, was an officer in the militia, served for many years as judge of probate and also of that of common pleas, and held various other important offices in Eliot. In 1695 he was captured by the Indians, who took him to Canada, and he was ransomed the same year. He married Mrs. Catharine Leighton (nee Frost), daughter of Nicholas Frost, of Eliot, an immigrant from England, and widow of William Leighton. She became the mother of four children: George, Mercy, Dorcas and Joseph. Colonel Joseph Ham- mond, born in 1777; died in 1853, at Eliot, like his father, served in the militia and as judge of common pleas and probate, was re- corder of deeds and held other offices. He married Hannah Storer, daughter of Joseph Storer. Jonathan Hammond, son of Colonel Joseph, was born in Eliot in 1716, and died there in 18II. He was a deacon of the Con- gregational church. He married Ann Rice, born in 1716; died in 1786, and their children were: Love, Samuel, Jonathan, Abigail, Eli- sha (died), Lucy, Keziah, Susannah and Eunice. Deacon Samuel Hammond, eldest son of Jonathan, was a lifelong resident of Eliot, born in 1748; died in 1835. He was a prosperous farmer and a leading member of the Congregational church. He married Abi- gail Hanscon, born in 1746; died in 1825, daughter of Moses and Mary (Field) Han- scom. Of this union there were two sons Moses and Jonathan. Moses Hammond, eld- est son of Deacon Samuel, was born in Eliot, September 2, 1785, and died there July 10, 1844. January 24, 1804, he married Mercy McIntire, of York, and her death occurred April 2, 1844. She was the mother of ten children: Abigail Hanscom; Elisha, died young; Olive S .; Elisha; Nancy Y .; Samuel J .; Mercy McIntire; Moses H., died young; Moses O. and Julia E. Mercy McIntire Ham- mond became the wife of Sylvester Moulton, as previously stated, 'and bore him six chil- dren: Charles W. H., Abbie McIntire, Wes- ley True, Everett Olin, Julie Louise and Ida Olivia.
(VIII) Charles W. H. Moulton, eldest child of Sylvester and Mercy M. (Hammond) Moulton, was born in York, September 12, 1843. As a youth he assisted his father in farming, and upon attaining his majority he left the paternal roof to begin life for himself, first securing work in a bakery in South Boston and later accepting employment in a
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shoe factory at Haverhill, Massachusetts. In 1866 he entered his uncle's employ in York, where he devoted three years to learning the ladder manufacturing business, and at the ex- piration of that time his uncle manifested a desire to admit him to partnership. Having determined to procure a broader field of oper- ation wherein the business could be conduct- ed upon a more extensive scale, he succeeded in negotiating with Elijah Spare, of Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, for the latter's ladder manufactory in that city, and his uncle joined him in this enterprise, at the same time giving him a half interest in the plant at York. With these increased facilities Henry and Charles W. H. Moulton became extensive ladder manufacturers operating both plants and mak- ing Cambridge their principal distributing point owing to trade conditions. Some five years later Charles W. H. Moulton purchased his uncle's interest in the Cambridge plant, thus becoming sole proprietor of the estab- lishment, and transferring his interest in the Maine plant back to the elder Moulton, re- mained in Cambridge, leaving his uncle in full charge of the business in York, where at the advanced age of eighty-five years he is still continuing his activities. Under Mr. Moulton's able management the business in Cambridge expanded into large proportions, and in due time he admitted his son Freder- ick H. Moulton to partnership, under the firm name of C. W. H. Moulton and Com- pany. In addition to manufacturing ladders of every description they produce lawn and piazza chairs, settees, swings, etc. Their lad- ders are used extensively by fire departments® carpenters, painters and fruit growers, from Maine to Florida, and are noted for their strength, durability and other essential quali- ties. Their products are made from selected spruce lumber obtained in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, they employ an av- erage force of seventy skilled operatives, and of step-ladders alone they turn out one thou- sand per week. The old factory at the corner of Sixth and Grove streets, East Cambridge, becoming inadequate, they erected in 1902 a new plant on Ward and Harding streets, Somerville, just over the Cambridge line, and are thus well prepared for future expansion of trade.
Mr. Moulton is a member of the Cam- bridge Trade Association, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (lodge and encamp- ment) and the New England League. In politics he is an Independent. For twenty years he resided at 131 Thorndike street,
East Cambridge, but sometime since removed to 95 Magazine street, Cambridge.
January 1, 1874, Mr. Moulton married Em- ma Victoria McIntire, born March 5, 1845, daughter of George and Clarissa McIntire, of York, the former of whom was a carpenter and builder. The children of this union were: I. Marlen True, born December 18, 1874, died July 18, 1875. 2. Frederick Hammond, born February 23, 1878, was reared and edu- cated in Cambridge, is associated with his fath- er in business, and has attained a foremost place among the younger generation of busi- ness men. He married Mary Hayward, daughter of William E. and Augusta Hay- ward, of Winthrop, Maine, and they have one daughter, Dorothy Hayward Moulton. 3. Amy Louise, born July 31, 1879, wife of Per- cy L. Balch, of Cambridge; they reside in Washington, D. C., where Mr. Balch is an architect in the service of the federal govern- ment. Mr. and Mrs. Moulton have an adopted daughter, Ella Viola, born September 19, 1874, at Rockland, Maine, a graduate of the Cambridge high school, and now employed in the Harvard University library.
BURPEE The first appearance of this name in New England occurs in the early records of Rowley, Massachusetts, which state that Thomas Bur- bee, an immigrant from England, settled there prior to 1651, and, like the majority of the original inhabitants of that town, he was a weaver. He probably came from Yorkshire. At a later date his posterity became distrib- uted throughout the New England States, and at least one of them went to Vermont prior to or shortly after the American revolution.
Martin Burpee, of Ludlow, Vermont, mar- ried Elizabeth Thompson, and among their children were Frank, who went to Detroit, Michigan, and died in Frankfort, same state, in 1892; and John A., who became a promi- nent physician in Malden, Massachusetts.
Dr. John A. Burpee was born in Ludlow, April 8, 1823. Deciding to enter the medical profession, and selecting the homeopathic school of practice, he matriculated at the Hahnemann College, Philadelphia, graduating in 1854. Locating in Malden the same year, he inaugurated his professional career with a zeal and enthusiasm which was indicative of future success, and for a period of thirty-three years this zealous devotion to his chosen field of usefulness continued unabated. His prac- tice was large and productive of much benefit
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to the general community in the alleviation of human suffering as well as the prevention of disease, and his kind-hearted sympathy for those less fortunate than himself caused him to become known as Malden's "Good Physi- cian." These, together with his other com- mendable qualities, served to endear him to the many whose good fortune it was to enjoy his acquaintance and friendship, and his death, which occurred November 10, 1887, was uni- versally regretted.
Dr. John A. Burpee was a member of the Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Socie- ty ; also of the Masonic Order, affiliating with the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council and Com- mandery of Malden; and fraternized with the Order of the Golden Cross and the Mystic Order of Associates. In politics he was a Republican. June 22, 1859, he was married, in Malden, to Mary Elizabeth Marshall, a native of Dorchester, and a daughter of Jo- seph Marshall, who was a well-known grocery merchant of that town in his day. She was $ descendant of a Revolutionary patriot. Mrs. Mary E. Burpee survived her husband nearly ten years, dying February 4, 1897. She was the mother of six children: Lillian B., who is now Mrs. F. C. Libby; Lelia, who is now Mrs. Potter; and Carroll Colby Burpee, M. D., of Malden. Three died in infancy.
Dr. Carroll Colby Burpee, youngest child of Dr. John A. and Mary E. (Marshall) Burpee, was born in Malden, December 18, 1872. His early education was obtained in the Malden public schools, and his professional preparations were completed at the Boston University Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1896. Establishing himself as a practitioner in the same field where his father had so long and successfully labored, he has followed closely in the latter's foot- steps, displaying the same professional zeal and enthusiasm as that which characterized his lamented predecessor, and striving dili- gently to emulate his example in other direc- tions. He is now well advanced in the medi- cal profession, having gained the esteem and confidence of his fellow-citizens as well as of his professional associates, and his practice is both extensive and lucrative.
Dr. Burpee is a member of the Massachu- setts Homeopathic Medical Society, the Ma- sonic order, the Deliberate Assembly, and the Kernwood Club. He was married December 7, 1904, to Miss Bessie Louise Twiss, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, daughter of Wil- liam A. and Phebe Twiss, the former of whom
is superintendent in the Hathaway cotton mills at New Bedford, Massachusetts. The Twiss family is of English descent and was founded in New England by three brothers-Daniel, Robert and Nathaniel-who immigrated early in the eighteenth century. Daniel settled in Marblehead, and his son Daniel was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill. Dr. and Mrs. Bur- pee have one son, Marshall Twiss, born June 25, 1907.
Israel Mansfield, son of
MANSFIELD Jacob Mansfield, the first known of the family in Maine, and supposed to have been born in England, was born in Hope, Knox county, Maine. He married Elvira, daughter of
Bowers, of Hope, Maine. He was a Methodist in religious affiliation, being a dea- con in the Methodist church of Hope, and a Whig and later a Republican in political faith. He carried on a farm in Hope, Maine, during his entire life.
Alonzo Stanley Mansfield, son of Israel and Elvira (Bowers) Mansfield, was born in Hope, Knox county, Maine, October 23, 1847. He attended the district schools of his native town and learned the business of grocer, which he carried on during his entire business life. In 1870 he was married to Caro C., daughter of Daniel Hale and Lucy Mariah Fairbanks Mansfield, grand-niece of Abner Fairbanks, a soldier in the American Revolution, and a de- scendant of Jonathan and Grace Ffayerbanke, who came from Dowerly, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, to New England col- ony with their four sons in 1633, landing in Boston and settling in Dedham, Massachu- setts Bay Colony, where they built and on March 23, 1636-37, occupied a substantial house which was added to subsequently, as- suming its permanent form as early as 1654. This house continued in the possession of a descendant of the immigrant, bearing the fam- ily name of Fairbanks up to 1904, when it was purchased by the Fairbanks Association, a cor- poration, and was renovated and placed in the care of a perpetual committee to be protected and kept in preservation with the various Colonial and Revolutionary relics placed in the house as objects of historic interest to future generations. The line of descent of Abner Fairbanks, the Revolutionary soldier, from the immigrant, Jonathan Fairbanks, is through George and Mary (Adams) Fairbanks; Dr. Jonathan and Sarah Fairbanks, of Sherburn,
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Massachusetts; Dr. Jonathan and Hannah Fairbanks, of Sherburn, Massachusetts, who were the parents of Abner Fair- banks, their youngest son, who was born in that town. Alonzo Stanley Mansfield retired from the grocery business, which he had carried on in Malden from 1884 to 1900, because of ill health. He was a Republican in party affiliation, was a constable in Hope, Maine, for several years, and served in the Civil war in the Fourteenth Maine Volunteer Infantry, enlisting at the age of sixteen and serving for one year. He was by inheritance and choice a member of the Methodist de- nomination, and as a firm friend of temperance joined the Order of Good Templars while liv- ing at Hope, Maine. His wife died in Malden, Massachusetts, March 12, 1902.
The only child of Alonzo Stanley and Caro Cushing Mansfield was : Mary Maude, born in Hope, Maine, October 26, 1875, graduated from the grammar school in 1891, and from high school of Malden in 1895; was married September 22, 1897, to James, son of Charles E. Rouse, of Nova Scotia. James Rouse at the time of his marriage was a salesman living in Malden. They have four children : Helen, born in Malden, Massachusetts, August 16, 1898; Mansfield, born in Malden, Massachu- setts, August 18, 1900; Thelma, born in Mal- den, Massachusetts, November 24, 1901 ; James Ashby, born in Malden, Massachusetts, August 13, 1903.
BOYCE Robert Boyce or Boyes, the im- migrant ancestor, was born in the Province of Ulster, North of Ireland, of Scotch Covenanter stock, prob- ably in Londonderry, in 1691. He was one of the signers of the petition to Governor Shute, of Massachusetts, from a large num- ber of the inhabitants of the North of Ire- land, appointing Rev. William Boyd, of Ma- casky, as their representative and asking for a grant of land, assuring the governor of "our sincere and hearty inclination to trans- port ourselves to that very excellent and re- nowned plantation upon our obtaining from His Excellency suitable encouragement." The colonists received the encouragement in a grant of land ten miles square, which was located subsequently at Londonderry or Nut- field as it was first called in 1719. There is reason to believe that Boyce came over in 1718 with the first ship-load of Scotch-Irish, or very soon afterward. He was one of the
leading men of the colony from the very first. The settlement in Londonderry or Nutfield was made in April and June 17, 1719, Boyce together with James Gregg, Samuel Graves and Joseph Simons were given land and the privilege of the river from the pond to the bottom of the falls to erect a saw mill. It was built that summer on the spot now occu- pied by the saw mill of Wallace W. Poor. He had a special grant of forty acres for promot- ing the saw mill. His first grant was in old Nutfield. He had a grant in 1720 in the Eng- lish range between the lots of John McMur- phy and Alexander McNeil. He and Samuel Grover owned one share of the proprietary rights of Londonderry when the charter was granted in 1722. He owned land also in the Aikens range.
He was a selectman in 1723-25-26-27, and often afterward. In 175I he was a justice of the peace. He was a representative to the legislature in 1734-35, the second man hon- ored with this office, and again in 1737-39-40. He was often moderator of the town meeting, a position that indicated the foremost citizen of the town. He served in this office in 1724- 26-27-32-39-49. Mr. Boyes was doubtless prominent in the old country as well. His ancestors, perhaps his father, came from For- farshire in Scotland. The spelling of the name has always varied. The Scotch ways were Boyce, Boys, Bois and Boece. The family is well represented at the present time in the counties of Donegal, Down and Lon- donderry, Ireland.
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