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John Brewer, the immigrant
BREWER ancestor, was born in Eng- land about 1620. He settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he was a proprietor as early as 1644-45. Very little is known about him. He married Ann He removed to Sudbury, Massachu- setts, about 1646. His first two children were born in Cambridge, the other three in Sudbury. There was another John Brewer among the early settlers at Ipswich, Massa- chusetts. Thomas Brewer, very likely his brother, was also a pioneer at Ipswich. The only other early settler in Massachusetts was Daniel Brewer, of Roxbury, who may have been related to John Brewer, of this pedigree. Children of John and Ann Brewer: I. John, born October 10, 1642, mentioned below. 2. Hannah, born January 18, 1645, married, at Sudbury, February 25, 1664, Daniel Goble. 3. Mary, born September 23, 1648. 4. William, born October 6, 1653. 5. Sarah, born March 27, 1658.
(II) John Brewer, son of John Brewer (1), was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Octo- ber 10, 1642, died January 1, 1690-91. He lived in Sudbury, married Elizabeth Rice, daughter of Henry Rice, and granddaughter of the pioneer, Edmund Rice. (See Rice sketch). She died in February, 1693. Children: I. Lieutenant John, born September 29, 1669, married Mary Jones, settled in Watertown. 2. Elizabeth, born May 21, 1670. 3. Hannah, born March 22, 1672. 4. James, born Sep- tember 10, 1675, deacon of Sudbury church; married, in 1703, Elizabeth Grout. 5. Sarah, born January 14, 1678. 6. Mary, born March 17, 1679-80. 7. Abigail, born April 5, 1682. 8. Martha, born March 5, 1685. 9. Jonathan, born June 21, 1689, mentioned below.
(III) Jonathan Brewer, son of John Brewer (2), was born in Sudbury, June 21, 1689. He settled in Framingham which ad- joins Sudbury on the south, and his farm is that now known as the Edward Goodnow farm. He died in Framingham. He married Arabella -- -, who owned the covenant in the Framingham church, April 17, 1717. Children, all born in Framingham: I. Samuel, November 4, 1716. 2. Abner, July 10, 1718, eccentric character, died unmarried. 3. Peter, April 17, 1720. 4. Elizabeth, June 2, 1722, married, May 20, 1745, David Pratt, Jr. 5. Abigail, born 1724, baptized March 29, 1724; married, January 16, 1755, Edmund Town, of Hoosack Fort. 6. Colonel Jona- than, baptized February 3, 1725-26, com- manded a regiment at the battle of Bunker
Hill; resided at Framingham, Watertown, Waltham and Boston; buried January 9, 1784. 7. Moses, born March 26, 1728, mentioned below. 8. David, born December 24, 1731, father of Colonel David Brewer, of Framing- ham, who was born about 1763. 9. Martha, born June 16, 1734. 10. Eliab, May 14, 1737.
(IV) Captain Moses Brewer, son of Jona- than Brewer (3), was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, March 26, 1728. He resided in Sudbury, removed to Sherborn, Massachu- setts, adjoining Framingham, and his chil- dren, whose guardians were appointed in Worcester county, had their residence given as Sherborn. Captain Moses Brewer com- manded a company of militia. He died about August, 1765. Aaron Willard, Abijah Will- ard and John Phillips were on the bond of the guardian of his son, Moses Brewer, Jr., dated August 21, 1765. He married, December 4, 1751, Elizabeth Davis. Children: I. Jona- than, born June 3, 1752, at Sudbury. 2. Eli- sha, born at Sudbury, June 10, 1754. 3. James, born 1756, mentioned below. 4. Moses, Jr., born at Sudbury, served from Lancaster in the Revolution. 5. Elizabeth, born in Sherborn (recorded also at Sudbury), January 6, 1761.
(V) James Brewer, son of Captain Moses. Brewer (4), was born in Sudbury or Sher- born in 1756, died July 23, 1839, at Boylston, Massachusetts, aged seventy-four years. His father died when he was very young, and he was brought up in the family of relatives in Boston, perhaps living with his uncle, Colonel Jonathan Brewer. He settled in Berlin, form- erly Lancaster, near his brother Moses. His house was east of the road just by Captain Samuel Spofford's place, the site of the dwel- ling being no longer recognizable. He moved to Berlin in winter on a hand sled, having a young child stowed away among the pots and kettles. He bought of Abijah Pratt two pieces of land in Berlin on the east side of the road from the Berlin meeting house to Bolton, December 18, 1786. About 1800he removed on racquetsacross lots to the east woods of Boylston, where the family lived for many years afterward. He bought the farm of Eber Eager, of Boylston, the farm that he deeded to his son, Eber Brewer, in 1828 and 1829. He disposed of his other property by will filed at Worcester, Septem- ber 7, 1830, naming as trustee for certain pur- poses James Brewer, Jr., Abijah Brewer and Stephen Williams. Eleven of his children were living when the will was made.
James Brewer, of Boston, probably this
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James, as there is trace of no other at that time, was a matross in Captain Edward Bur- beck's company, Colonel Richard Gridley's regiment of artillery in 1775. He was also in Captain Jonathan Stoddard's company, Colonel Thomas Craft's regiment of artillery in 1777. He married, about 1779, Deborah Moore, of the Sudbury family, daughter of Jacob Moore, of Sudbury. He married (sec- ond), March 3, 1803, at Boylston, Betsey Moore, probably sister of his first wife. She died at Boylston, December 6, 1837, aged seventy-five years. Children of James and Deborah Brewer: James, baptized at Ber- lin in 1780. John, born 1782, died young. John, born 1783, married Dorcas Bruce, daughter of John. Mary, born 1785. Thomas, born 1788. Abijah, born 1790, died Oc- tober 26, 1838, aged forty-eight, leaving all his estate to his brother Eber; was never married; famous as a blaster of rocks. Charity, born 1793, married, 1816, Nathan Ball (2), of Ball Hill. Mary, born 1794. Cyrus, born 1797. Eber, born 1804., men- tioned below. Deborah, mentioned in will. Joseph, mentioned in will. Henry, men- tioned in will.
(VI) Eber Brewer, son of James Brewer (5), was born about 1804, in Boylston, and died October 12, 1885. He married Lucy W. Fay, of Berlin, April 27, 1829, daughter of Dexter Fay, descendant of the old Marl- borough and Southborough family. He set- tled in Northborough, adjoining Boylston, Massachusetts, and his three children were born there. Children: I. Ann Jennette, born April 1, 1830. 2. Lucy Jane, born September 10, 1832, mentioned below in Mentzer sketch. 3. George Boardman, born March 26, 1838.
MENTZER (I) Philip Mentzer, born about 1790, settled in West- ford, Massachusetts. He mar- ried Orinda Miles, daughter of Charles Miles. Children: I. Andrew, whose children were: i. William, three years civil war color-bearer, resides in Hudson, Massachusetts, and has children: Evelyn and Albert. ii. Edward, re- sides in Indiana. iii. Henry, three years in same regiment with brother, resides in Bol- ton, Massachusetts. iv. Samuel. v. Louisa P. 2. Cyrus has children: i. Cyrus H., three years in Fifty-first Regiment, lives in North- boro; married Abbie Nelson and Irene Har- ris; ii. Augusta, married Walter Valentine; iii. Mary E., married a Mr. Sawyer, and has one child; iv. Emma, married Dr. Harriman,
of Hudson, Massachusetts; v. Thornton E., married Mary Mack, had children: Albert, Everett, Lila, Clara and Eunice Eleanor. 3. John settled in Brighton (now Boston), Mas- sachusetts ; married Olive Pierce, a native of Maine. Children: i. Augusta; ii. John F .; iii. Louisa B., married Fred Cushman; iv. George P., resides in Brighton, married Ger- trude Lynde, of Melrose. 4. George, three years in Civil war, Twenty-fourth Regiment, settled in Kansas; children: Susie, Charles, Albert, Carrie, John. 5. Rufus, settled in Denver, Colorado; children: Herbert, resides in Victor, Colorado; Laura. 6. Charles L., born Westford, October 24, 1825, mentioned below. 7. Augusta, married James Stratton, principal of a San Francisco school; had two children. 8. Sarah, resides in Berlin, Massa- chusetts; married James Oman, and had daughter Alice, who married a Mr. Wheeler; and a son Henry; Sarah married (second) Mr. Stiles; and (third) William Green. The children of Alice (Oman) Wheeler were: For- est, Alice, married a Mr. Harrison. 9. Orin- da, who married Charles Pierce, of Worcester. Children: Charles and Edward.
(II) Charles L. Mentzer, son of Philip Mentzer (I), was born in Westford, Massa- chusetts, October 24, 1825. He was edu- cated in the public schools. For a time he re- sided at Brady's Bend, Pennsylvania. He learned the butcher's trade, and was during his active life a dealer in meats and provi- sions. He was a Baptist in religion, and a Republican in politics. He served over three years as a corporal in Company D, Third Massachusetts Cavalry, in the Civil war. He was one of the first members of Post 2 of South Boston. He died April 28th, 1868. He married Lucy Jane Brewer, who was born in Northborough, Massachusetts, September 10, 1832. (See Brewer sketch above). Children: I. William, born in Brady's Bend, Pennsyl- vania, February 22, 1851, died at the age of three years. 2. Walter C., born in Brady's Bend, October 26, 1852, mentioned below. 3. Albert F., born in Northboro, February 10, 1855, mentioned below. 4. Ida J., born 1860, died November 22, 1872, unmarried.
Mrs. Lucy Jane (Brewer) Mentzer married (second) Oliver Wilson, of Arlington, Massa- chusetts, born March, 1827, died April 27, 1898, son of Samuel and Antoinette (Cooper) Wilson, of Vermont. Oliver Wilson served in the Sixth Massachusetts. She had no chil- dren by her second marriage. Mr. Wilson was educated and brought up in Arlington, where he went to work first for his brother,
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who was an ice dealer. He was for fourteen years a member of the Boston fire depart- ment, and was the first man to drive a steam engine in Boston. Later he removed to Northborough and carried on a farm to the time of his death. Mrs. Wilson is one of the best known and most highly respected women of Northborough, where she has lived nearly all her life.
(III) Walter C. Mentzer, son of Charles L. Mentzer, was born at Brady's Bend, Penn- sylvania, October 26, 1852. He was educated in the public schools of Northboro, graduating with class of 1868. Since he was eighteen years of age he has been engaged in the meat business. He began with his brother in the Old Boylston Market, Boston. In 1872 each began business with butcher carts and con- tinued three years. In 1881 Mr. Mentzer established a slaughter house at North Cam- bridge, and soon afterward opened a meat and provision store at 44 North Market street, Boston. Business prospered and after five years he moved to large quarters, 25 and 27 North Market street. In 1900 the old firm was dissolved and the business incorporated with headquarters at 3 and 4 North Market street. The Mentzer house does a large business in dressed beef, etc., all over New England, employing twenty or more clerks and butchers. The store does a commission business in beef, butter, cheese, eggs, poultry, etc. He is one of the best known merchants in the meat business in Boston. He has been active in the Republican organization for many years. He was for twenty-five years a member of the Republican city committee of Somerville, and chairman in 1891-92-93-94, and was a member of the state committee, 1893-94. He is at present chairman of the Republican (eighth district) congressional committee, of which he has been a member since 1893. He was a member of the Somer- ville common council in 1885-86, and presi- dent during his second year. He was an alderman in 1887. He is a prominent Free Mason, a member of Charity Lodge of North Cambridge; of Somerville Royal Arch Chap- ter; of De Molay Commandery, Knights Templar of Boston; of the Order of the Mys- tic Shrine; of Elm Council, Royal Arcanum; of the Ancient Order of United Workmen; of the Knights of Honor; of Mount Sinai, Lodge No. 69, Odd Fellows of Cambridge. He attends the North Avenue Congregation- al Church. He has been a director of the West Somerville Co-operative Bank since it was organized, is interested in the new Som-
erville Trust Company in Somerville, also a director and one of the incorporators of the Somerville National Bank.
December 31, 1876, he married Clara B. Thurston, of Barre, Vermont. Their only child is Charles A. Mentzer, born at Somer- ville, November 6, 1877, graduate of the pub- lic and high schools of that city, now associ- ated in business with his father. He married, at Somerville, Gertrude Vinton, who was born in Hancock, Vermont, and they have one child, Julia, born December 4, 1905.
(III) Albert F. Mentzer, son of Charles L. Mentzer, was born at Northborough, Feb- ruary 10, 1855. He had been in business with his brother most of his active life, and is now in business for himself under the firm name of A. F. Mentzer Company, Inc., 1902. He is president, and John F. Mentzer is sec- retary of the company. He resides in Cam- bridge, and is a member of John Abbott Lodge; of Somerville Encampment of Odd Fellows; of John Abbott Lodge of Free Masons; of Somerville Royal Arch Chapter; of De Molay Commandery, Knights Temp- lars; of Aleppo Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, Boston. He married Susie F. Cald- well, of Woburn. Children: I. Angie Belle, married William M. Fawcett, and has one child, Bernice Fawcett, born 1900. 2. Ida, born 1879. 3. Albert F., born 1881, died at age of three. 4. Lewis Oliver, born January 27, 1886, educated in the Somerville and Cambridge high school, and the Highland Military Academy of Worcester, where he graduated in 1904. He is now with his father. 5. Ruth Evelyn, born 1892, died in 1893.
The surname Howard is of
HOWARD ancient English origin. In America there were a num-
ber of immigrants of this name. John and James Howard came from Eng- land, and settled in Duxbury, Massa- chusetts, as early as 1643, and John settled in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where all of his descendants (and they are very numerous) favor the spelling Howard, but many of the Howard family have spelled their names Hayward, Haywood, and Ha- word. The family sent pioneers to Boston, Concord, Braintree, Charlestown, Malden, Wo- burn, Watertown and Plymouth, Massachu- setts.
John and James Hayward (or Howard), doubtless brothers, came from England in the ship "Planter," 1634, and in 1635, both giving
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their ages on the passenger list as twenty-two, and hailing from Stepney parish, London. James settled in Charlestown in 1636, and re- moved to Woburn, where he was a proprietor in 1642. He brought a suit in the Ipswich court in 1642. He died November 29, 1642. His widow Judith married second, January 18, 1643, William Simonds of Woburn. Rebecca, daughter of James and Judith Howard, was born December 4, 1641; died December 4, 1642. They may have had other children. John Hayward (or Howard) came on the "Planter," sailing March 22, 1634, and prob- ably at Duxbury, Massachusetts, as mentioned above. George Hayward, another immigrant, settled at Concord, Massachusetts. John Hay- ward of Concord married, August 17, 1656, Rebecca Atkinson. Children of John and Re- becca Hayward, born at Concord: I. Rebecca, born and died 1657; 2. John, born April 5, 1661 ; mentioned below; 3. Persis, born April 24, 1664; 4. Benoni, born and died in 1665. He married second, Sarah Symonds, born July 28, 1644, daughter of William Symonds and Judith (Haywood) Symonds, November 30, 1665, his first wife dying August 5, 1665. The Symonds family resided at Woburn and Con- cord. John was the son of the immigrant John, and nephew of James. No record ap- pears as to what became of John (I). This John who married Sarah Symonds could not have been a son of James (I), for in that case Sarah would have been a half-sister. John and Sarah Hayward had one child, Sarah, born August 30, 1666. Sarah Hayward, perhaps widow of John, married at Woburn, Septem- ber 8, 1680, Samuel Richardson. Persis mar- ried, January 2, 1683, Jacob Kendall, at Wo- burn. John Hayward, brother of the forego- ing also married at Woburn, January 7, 1687, Sarah Blodgett, of Woburn.
(I) James Hayward (or Howard) of Wo- burn (I), son of John and Sarah Hayward, grandson of John and Rebecca Hayward, of Concord, was born about 1689. He married Bathsheba and settled in Woburn. Children : I. Bathsheba, born April 28, 17II. 2. James, born April 16, 1712; died young. 3. Huldah, born April 18, 1714. 4. Abigail, born July 23, 1716. 5. James, born August 24, 1718; mentioned below. 6. Nathaniel, born March 15, 1722. 7. Thomas, born March 22, 1724. 8 Mary, born June 5, 1728.
(II) James Hayward, son of James Hay- ward (or Howard) (I), was born at Wo- burn, Massachusetts, August 24, 1718. He married Susanna Wilson, daughter of Rev. Wilson, of Woburn, where they lived until
1772-3, when they came to Maine, and settled upon land now composing the town of Brown- field. He died December 20, 1803; his widow died August 27, 1816, in her ninety-third year. Children : I. Susanna, born October 7, 1742; married John Walker. 2. James, born November 7, 1744; settled in New York, on the Mohawk, and died there. 3. Samuel, born May 2, 1747; was a sailor in early life; soldier in the revolution, and one of the Boston Tea Party ; removed to Brownfield after the revolu- tion. 4. Sarah, born April 12, 1750; married Daniel Cross. 5. Lemuel, born April 6, 1752; died March 20, 1842; married Hannah Clem- ons. 6. Benjamin, born January 6, 1755; died next month. 7. Wilson, born February 15, 1756; died January 25, 1845; married Wood. 8. Joseph, born November 9, 1758; married Rebecca Gleason, of Billerica; re- moved to Brownfield in June, 1786, and resid- ed there the rest of his days.
(III) Frederick Howard, grandfather of Abraham L. Howard, settled in Brownfield, vicinity of Denmark. He was a grandson of James Howard (2).
(IV) Frederick H. Howard, son of Fred- erick Howard (3), was born in Denmark, Maine, July 14, 1833, and died in Watertown, Massachusetts, April 1, 1890. He was en- gaged in the ice business in Watertown during his active years, and was a shrewd and suc- cessful merchant. He served in the Eleventh Massachusetts Battery during the civil war. He married February 14, 1865, Sarah E. Moss- man, born February 21, 1844, daughter of Gardner Mosman, of Thomaston, Maine. (See sketch of Mosman family). Children : I. Edward E. 2. Frederick H. 3. Claudia Odela, married H. Eugene Fleming, of Water- town; child, Howard C. Fleming. 4. Laura Belle.
(V) Abraham L. Howard, son of Fred- erick H. Howard (4), was born in Water- town, Massachusetts. He was educated there in the public schools and the Bryant and Stratton Business College of Boston, Massa- chusetts. He became associated in business with his father, and succeeded him. He deals in Otto coke and bundle wood, in addition to the ice business. He resides in the old home with his mother. He is a member of Pequa- sette Lodge of Free Masons; of Watertown Lodge No. 143, Knights of Pythias ; of Sons of Veterans Camp, No. 49; the Commonwealth Motor and Driving Club, and the Watertown Club. In politics he is a Republican. The family attends the Unitarian church at Water- town.
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This family is of ancient
MOSMAN origin, having a pedigree reaching back to one Thomas Mosman, who lived in Scotland as long ago as 1426, when he was a witness to a legal in- strument still preserved in the Scotch ar- chives. A descendant living in Glasgow had a son John, who was incarcerated in the cele- brated Tobooth prison, Edinburgh, in the time of James V ( 1513-1532) on account of his loy- alty to the crown. Through the leniency of the warder he effected an escape, fleeing to Hol- land for safety, and taking with him among other effects a famous old family clock, which within a few years has been recovered and brought to America. This precious heirloom was lately owned by Mrs. G. T. C. Holden, of Hudson, now deceased, who had also many other relics of the Mosman ancestors in Scot- land. John Mosman had a son James, who was goldsmith to Mary, Queen of Scots, and manufactured some of her choicest jewelry. He was captured by the English while engaged in defending one of the castles of Mary, and was hanged and quartered according to the brutal custom of the times. John Mosman, de- scendant of this James Mosman, was born in 1600 ; married Isabel Gardner.
(I) James Mosman, son of John and Isabel (Gardner) Mosman, of Scotland, was the im- migrant ancestor. He was born July 9, 1626. He same to New England before 1667, in which year he appears as an inhabitant of the town of Wrentham, Massachusetts. But most of the Scotch settlers of that period were sent over in the fifties as prisoners of war by Crom- well. They became settlers after serving a time according to the customs of war at that time. He may have been one of these Scotch soldiers. He married, rather late in life, Ann Children : I. Elizabeth, born at Wrentham, May 24, 1675, died March 6, fol- lowing. 2. George, born August 21, 1677; mentioned below. 3. Timothy, born Novem- ber 17, 1679; settled in Sudbury, Massachu- setts, and died there February 27, 1773 ; mar- ried July 27, 1701, Sarah Hicks, daughter of Samuel Hicks, of Boston, a soldier in the Expedition of 1690 against Canada, whose de- scendants were granted land in Dorchester, Canada, for his service. 4. James (?), had a daughter Elizabeth at Roxbury, December 18, 1696.
(II) George Mosman, son of James Mos- man (I), was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, August 21, 1677. His father removed to Rox- bury, according to various authorities, and died there. His brother, Timothy Mosman,
settled in Sudbury, and had a large family there, many of his descendants having lived in Sudbury, Ashburnham and Westminster, Mas- sachusetts. George may also have lived there, though the vital records give no proof of it. His son George was called "Jr." in the town records until about 1758, however, and it is likely that the father was then living in Sud- bury also, to call for this addition to distin- guish the two George Mosmans.
(III) George Mosman, son of George Mos- man (2), was born in Roxbury or Sudbury, about 1720. He married January 19, 1748-9, Sybel Walker, of Sudbury. Children, born in Sudbury : I. Sybil, born December 8, 1749. 2. Daniel, born December 26, 1751 ; died No- vember 17, 1757. 3. Jesse, born September 8, 1754. 4. Silas, born May 27, 1757. 5. Aaron, born October 22, 1759; mentioned below. 6 .. Ezra, born November 27, 1763. 7. Micah, born July 25, 1769.
(IV) Aaron Mosman, son of George Mos- man (3), was born October 22, 1759, in Sud- bury, Massachusetts. He was a soldier in the revolution from Sudbury in Captain Aaron Haynes's company, Colonel Jonathan Brewer's regiment, in the summer of 1775 ; also in Cap- tain Asahel Wheeler's company, Colonel John Robinson's regiment, in 1776, and in the same company under Colonel Jonathan Reed in the Northern Department in 1777. After the rev- olution he settled south of Chaickawauka Pond, in Thomaston, Maine, and had a grist mill and a saw mill there. He married May 28, 1782, Hepzibah Hosmer, born in Concord, Massa- chusetts, July 24, 1759, and died June 11, 1812. He married second, June 16, 1814, Sarah Gard- ner, who was born April II, 1778, in Edge- combe, Maine, and died October 28, 1844. He died November 27, 1840. Children of the first wife: I. Hepzibah, married Nathaniel Pack- ard; resided in Rockland, Maine. 2. Captain Reuben ; mentioned below. 3. Mary, married Daniel Packard, and removed to Camden. 4. William, married Lucy Safford, of Hope, De- cember 6, 1817 ; resided at Rockland, Maine. 5. Aaron, married Experience Andrews, and lived in Camden. 6. Betsey, born November 1, 1800 ; married April 19, 1821, Alanson Dean, and lived in Rockland. 7. Merrick, born De- cember 9, 1803; married October 10, 1824, Elizabeth Ott; resided in Rockland, on the homestead ; died October 17, 1847.
(V) Captain Reuben Mosman, son of George Mosman (4), was born about 1785, in Thomaston, Maine, and resided at Camden and Rockland, Maine; married (published January 31), 1808, Margaret Studley. Chil-
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dren : I. Hannah S., died June 15, 1840; married James Murch. 2. Mary S., married August 12, 1832, Robert S. Stockbridge, of Castine. 3. Reuben H., mate of the schooner "Ann;" died at Nantucket, March 2, 1829. 4. Elbridge, steward of the schooner "Ann," died at the same time as his brother. 5. Captain Gardner, born about 1810; mentioned below. 6. Sarah, married Burton Fales, of Thomas- ton, where she resided and died December 30, 1840. 9. Daniel.
(VI) Captain Gardner Mosman, son of Captain Reuben Mosman (5), was born about 1810; married first, Sarah H. Shepherd, May 16, 1840; second, May 21, 1843, Emeline Ghenter. Children: I. Sarah E., born Feb- ruary 21, 1844; married February 14, 1865, Frederick H. Howard. (See Howard sketch). 2. Gardner M., born September, 1853; died January 16, 1855.
HART Families by the name of Hart are found in England, Scotland, and Ireland. One Stephen Hart was seated at Westmill, county Hereford, England, in the time of Edward III. Others of the name were living at the time of Queen Elizabeth and others belonged to Boston, county Lin- coln, England, and others were of London, where one of the family was Lord Mayor in 1589. Others bore the name of Harte and Herte and are found in the county of Kent and other counties of England, and still others bore the name of Heart, and one of these bore on his shield three human hearts proper; the same name is found in Scotland with a similar de- sign on their shield. There are several fam- ilies of Hart in this country who came from England with the early immigrants, and two families bearing the name of Hart settled in Lynn and Reading, Massachusetts. One spelled the name Hartt and the other in which we are interested, Hart.
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