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March 31, 1868, married Lizzie Wiggin, May 23, 1891; children of Elmer E. and Lizzie: Alfred D., born November 28, 1891; George E., born December 18, 1892, died January 17, 1893; Eva Bell, born February 3, 1895, died October 23, 1895; Maud Hazel, born January 23, 1899; Clara Mabel, born January 19, 1901); ii. Julia E., born May 14, 1871; married November 27, 1889, Benjamin D. Patterson; (children of Benjamin D. and Ju- lia E. Patterson: Lester D. Patterson, born June 18, 1893; Howard M., born October I, 1896; Helen L., born July 16, 1900); iii. George W., born December 26, 1873; married September 6, 1895; (children: Daniel W., born July 19, 1896; Inez E., born September 28, 1897; Charles W., born January 10, 1900; Effie W., born January 10, 1900; Effie Mae, born November 21, 1901); iv. Bateman C., born June 26, 1876. 10. Ellen, born July 3, 1840; married Alonzo M. Kitchin (see sketch of Kitchin family herewith). II. Amos J., born January 20, 1841; died September 22, 1863, while in the service in civil war. 12. Mark C., born April 9, 1844; died in. City Point hospital in Virginia, in the civil war, June 8, 1864.
PRATT Mathew Pratt, the immigrant an- cestor of all the Pratts in Ameri- ca, settled in Weymouth, Massa- chusetts, and land was granted to him Decem- ber 7, 1636. He was selectman in 1648, and had several other grants of land. He fre- quently held town offices, and was a promi- nent man. His will was dated March 25, 1672, and proved April 30, 1673. He mentions his wife Elizabeth, his children and grandchil- dren. He died August 29, 1672. He married Elizabeth Bate (?). Children: I. Thomas, born before 1628; died April 19, 1676. 2. Matthew, born 1628; died January 12, 1713. 3. John, died October 3, 1716. 4. Samuel, mentioned below. 5. Joseph, born June 10, 1637; died December 24, 1720. 6. Elizabeth died February 26, 1726. 7. Mary.
(II) Samuel Pratt, son of Mathew Pratt (I), was born about 1633, and died in 1678. He, like his brothers, was a town officer and a large land owner in Weymouth. His estate was valued at two hundred and seventy-five pounds twelve shillings. His son Samuel moved to Taunton, and became the ancestor of most of the Pratts in that vicinity. Samuel Pratt married, July 19, 1660, Hannah Rogers, who died October 16, 1715. Children: I. Ju- dith, born July 25, 1661. 2. John, born Au-
gust 17, 1663; died February 8, 1744. 3. Han- nah, born December 21, 1665. 4. Mary, born March 3, 1668; married William Dyer. 5. Samuel, born November 15, 1670. 6. Exper- ience, born January 8, 1672. 7. Ebenezer, born 1674, mentioned below.
(III) Ebenezer Pratt, son of Samuel Pratt (2), was born in Weymouth, in 1674, and died in 1752. He was prominent in town affairs, and held office. In 1714 he was identified with the establishment of the fishing trade be- tween Weymouth and Cape Sable, being with others granted land called Hunt's Hill and the Beach, in North Weymouth, on which to carry on the business. He paid four pounds five shillings for a pew in the meeting house, on the "West side of the great dore." He married first Martha , who died May, 1720. He married second, December 25, 1720, Waitstill Washburn. Children, all by the first wife: I. Ebenezer, born August 6, 1702. 2. Ann, born April 24, 1704. 3. Mary, born August 23, 1706. 4. Sarah, born Octo- ber 3, 1708. 5. Samuel, born December 19, 1712; mentioned below.
(IV) Samuel Pratt, son of Ebenezer Pratt (3), was born in Weymouth, December 19, 1712, and died December 28, 1793. He mar- ried first, February 17, 1737, Betty Bicknell, born July 16, 1720, daughter of Benjamin and Susanna (Humphrey) Bicknell. He married second Mary - Children: I. Betty, born April 15, 1738; married James Humphrey Jr. 2. Asa, born July 8, 1742. 3. David (twin), born February 12, 1745; mentioned below. 4. Jonathan (twin) born February 12, 1745- 5. Benjamin, born May 20, 1747; married Jan- uary 18, 1783, Betty Dyer. 6. Peter, born 1750; married December 26, 1772, Amity Porter. 7. Chloe, born 1755; married March 19, 1775, Matthew Pratt. 8. Sylvanus, born June 8, 1758; married June 22, 1782, Hannah Bates. 9. Thomas, married Mary
(V) David Pratt, son of Samuel Pratt (4), was born at Weymouth, February 12, 1745. He removed to Freeport, Maine, and married March 28, 1771, Rebecca Chandler, of North Yarmouth, Maine, who was born April 30, 1753; children: I. Edmund, born January II, 1772; mentioned below. 2. Betsey, born Oc- tober 13, 1773. 3. Samuel, born May 6, 1776. 4. David, born July 9, 1778. 5. Timothy, born July 27, 1780. 6. Joseph, born Septem- ber 23, 1783. 7. Mercy, born April 3, 1785. 8. Rebecca, born March 18, 1788. 9. Enos, born June 28, 1790. 10. Jonathan, born Au- gust 25, 1792. II. Rizpah, born August I, 1794. 12. Sally, born June 30, 1798; married
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Enos Soule. 13. Rachel, born July 26, 1800; married Joshua Soule of Freeport.
(VI) Edmund Pratt, son of David Pratt (5), was born January II, 1772, at Freeport. He removed to North Yarmouth in 1789. He married, January 19, 1797, Sarah Talbot, born September 28, 1776, and died April 2, 1866. Children: I. Simeon, born November 14, 1797. 2. Joseph, born August 17, 1799; died November 19, 1803. 3. Rufus, born August 21, 1801; married Joanna Harvey. 4. Enoch born August 13, 1803; mentioned below. 5. Thomas, born July 7, 1805; married Lydia Ann Robinson. 6. Mary, born October 7, 1808. 7. Rebecca, born February 19, 1809; married Hosea Pierce. 8. Ambrose, born April 25, 1811. 9. Samuel, born October 9, 1813; died April 9, 1815. 10. Edmund, born September 10, 1815. II. Parmenas, born July 12, 1818; married Tryphena Moore.
(VII) Enoch Pratt, son of Edmund Pratt (6), was born August 13, 1803, and died Sep- tember 26, 1877. He married November 28, 1827, Eliza Porter, born February 2, 1807, and died April 17, 1883. He was a mason and contractor. Children: I. Melissa, born Sep- tember 29, 1828; died October 28, 1907. 2. Ellen, born March 3, 1830; married O. H. P. Norcross. 3. Emma Hobbs, born January 7, 1832. 4. Joseph Porter, born January 12, 1834. 5. Isabella Hobbs, born October II, 1835. 6. Enoch, born February 10, 1842; en- tered Brown University and died in 1860. . 7. Edgar Gray, born November 24, 1843; men- tioned below.
(VIII) Edgar Gray Pratt, son of Enoch Pratt (7), was born November 24, 1843. He is a mason and contractor. He married April 30, 1874, Adeline C. Richards, born August 17, 1849, and died August 7, 1898. Children: I. Charlotte Isabel, born February I, 1875; married S. Raymond Kitchin; see Kitchin sketch herewith. 2. Edgar Richards, born April 4, 1876; died April 7, 1878. 3. Henry Selden, born April 20, 1877; married Mabel Kitchin. 4. Eleanor Richards, born August 6, 1886.
Francis Charles Plunkett, PLUNKETT M. D., was born at Castle- more House, county Mayo, Ireland, March 13, 1844. His education was received in the Diocesan Seminary of Acowry at Ballaghderrin in the same county. In 1859 he passed the preliminary examination at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin and was apprenticed to Dr. Andrew Dillon. He received
his degree in 1863, and served a year afterward at the Ballaghderrin and Loughlin dispensa- ries. He came to this country during the Civil war when the need of physicians and surgeons was very great, and in 1864 was appointed as- sistant surgeon in the One Hundred and Eighty-third Ohio Volunteer Regiment. He was placed in charge of the Berry House Hos- pital at Wilmington, North Carolina, and later served on the Invalid Corps at Washington. He passed the examination for assistant sur- geon in the regular army at the close of the war, but decided afterward not to accept a commission. He located in Lowell, Massachu- setts, and practiced there from the close of his military service to the time of his death. He was on the original staff of St. John's Hos- pital, Lowell, and was a consulting physician to the board of health in the small pox epi- demic in 1871. He was surgeon and president of the Medical Staff of St. John's Hospital and president of the North Middlesex District Medical Society, being a member of the Mas- sachusetts Medical Society. Dr. Plunkett was very successful in his profession, and he had a very large and lucrative practice. He practiced without interruption until about four years be- fore his death, when he turned his practice over to his son and virtually retired. He died at Lowell, November 29, 1899. Dr. Plunkett was interested in public affairs and did his full duty as a citizen. He was a Democrat in poli- tics, and in 1887 was a member of the Lowell board of aldermen. In this office he served on important committees and made a record for faithful and efficient service. He was appoint- ed a member of the City Hall commission in October, 1892, to succeed John F. Philip, de- ceased.
He married, in 1876, Mary A. MacDuff, daughter of Michael and Hannah MacDuff, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Children, born in Low- ell: I. Harold B., educated in the public and high schools of Lowell ; graduated at Fordham and Harvard Medical School, became associ- ated with his father in his practice in Lowell, and when his father retired in 1899 succeeded to that practice which he has held. 2. Frances F. 3. Florence T.
Captain William Trask, the im-
TRASK migrant ancestor, was born in England in 1587-8. He was a very early settler of Salem, Massachusetts, probably coming in 1626 before Governor Endicott. He was certainly there as carly as 1628. He was a member of the Salem Church
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August 6, 1629, and made his application to become a freeman October 19, 1630. He was appointed commissioner of the general court in 1632, and was captain of his militia com- pany that year in the East Regiment and was muster master. He commanded a company under Endicott in the expedition against the Pequot Indians in 1637, was deputy to the general court in 1635-36-37-39. After the Pe- quot war he was granted two large tracts of land for his services, one of four hundred acres, the other of two hundred and fifty acres. Before 1640 he had set up a water mill for grinding corn and also a fulling mill. His date of birth is fixed from two statements on the court records, one giving his age April 22, 1657, as about sixty-nine, another November 29, 1664, giving his age as seventy-seven years. When about to go to Delft, Holland, he made an affidavit in London, England,. January 15, 1623, that he was thirty-four years old.
He died May 15, 1666. His will dated May 15, 1666, was proved June 24, 1666. He be- queathed to his wife Sarah, providing for the remainder of her life; sons William and John; daughters Sarah, Susan and Mary and to his grandchildren. William was a brother of Os- man Trask, of Salem and Beverly, Massachu- setts. Children: I. Sarah, married Elias
Parkman. 2. Mary, baptized January I, 1637, died young. 3. Susanna, born June IO, 1638, married, February 19, 1664, Samuel Ebborne. 4. William, born Septem- ber 19, 1640; married Ann Putnam. 5. John, born September 18, 1642, mentioned below. 6. Eliza, born September 21, 1645, died young. 7. Mary, born August 14, 1652 (twin). 8. Ann (twin), born August 14, 1652.
(II) John Trask, son of Captain William Trask (I), was baptized September 18, 1642, at Salem. Married there February 19, 1662, Abigail Parkman, daughter of Elias and Brid- get Parkman. He married (second), Febru- ary 13, 1717-18. He was a miller, and was in business for a time with his son-in-law, Jo- seph Boyce, Jr. He bought the rights of his nephew, William Trask, of Weymouth, on the North river. His will was dated November I, 1729. Children: 1. Abigail, born November I, 1664, married (first) John Rowland; (sec- ond) Captain Thomas Larimore; and (third) William Jacobs. 2. John, born January 7, 1666. 3. Mary, born July 14, 1669, married John Shillaber. 4. Samuel, born August 14, 1671. 5. Rebecca, born April 23, 1674, mar- ried Joseph Boyce, Jr., and (second) Benja- min Very. 6. Nicholas, born March 26, 1677,
mentioned below. 7. Elias, born July 13, 1679. 8. Jonathan.
(III) Nicholas Trask, son of John Trask (2), was born in Salem, Massachusetts, March 26, 1677. He married (first) Anna Wilson, daughter of Robert Wilson; married (second) Anna Trask, who was born April 14, 1654, daughter of Henry and Mary (Southwick) Trask. Anna (Trask) Trask married (sec- ond), November 21, 1683, Joseph Foster, son of John Foster, of Salem. Nicholas Trask was a miller, clothier and fuller as his ances- tors had been before him. Some records also call him a blacksmith. He removed from Sa- lem to Mendon and had a mill there on the Great river (now the Blackstone) at Millville. Children: 1. Nicholas, mentioned below. 2. Abba, married January 4, 1727, Joseph King, of Salem; (second) Ebenezer Cook, of Men- don. 3. Robert. 4. Mary, married - - Sar- gent. 5. Henry. 6. Abigail.
(IV) Nicholas Trask, son of Nicholas Trask (3), was born in Salem about 1700. He also was a miller. He resided in Salem and Mendon. He married, March 2, 1727-28, Mary Martin, daughter of Robert and Bethia (Bartlett) Martin, of Marblehead, Massachu- setts. Children: I. Nicholas, soldier in Co- lonial wars; miller in Douglas in 1779; later of Swanzey, New Hampshire; married Com- fort Hayward, of Mendon. 2. Jonathan, men- tioned below. 3. Sarah, married, February 9, 1760, Robert Bigsley, of Dighton, Massachu- setts.
(V) Jonathan Trask, son of Nicholas Trask (4), was born about 1740. He lived in Men- don in his youth, and bought land of his brother Nicholas formerly his father's in Mendon. This family scattered widely. Dan- iel, a cousin, was for a time in Smithfield, Rhode Island. In 1775 Jonathan Trask was in a Deerfield company, giving his residence as Woburn, Massachusetts, though no trace of him appears there. He was in Captain Hugh Maxwell's company, Colonel Prescott's regiment. He married Lydia Cullan. It is believed that he was the ancestor of the Deer- field family ; father of Jesse.
(VI) Jesse Trask, son of Jonathan Trask (5) probably born March, 1762. He resided in Deerfield in 1784, removed to Stockbridge, returned to Deerfield, thence to New Salem, Massachusetts, where he died in 1855, at the advanced age, of ninety-three years. He mar- ried, June II, 1782, Lucy Wise, daughter of Joseph and Judith Wise, of Lebanon, Con- necticut. She was born and died in the same month as her husband. Children: I. Jesse,
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Jr., born 1784, resided in Deerfield. 2. Elihu, born 1786, taxed in 1806, married Nancy 3. John, born about 1788. 4. Cal- vin, born about 1790, married Lucretia and settled in Springfield. 6. William, born about 1794. 7. Daniel, born 1796, mentioned below. 8. Seth. 9. Lucy. 10. Martha.
(VII) Daniel Trask, son of Jesse Trask (6), was born in 1796. He resided in Deer- field in early youth and perhaps at Stock- bridge, Massachusetts. He settled when a young man in Hillsborough, New Hamp- shire, on a farm, but removed later to Lowell, Massachusetts, where he worked in one of the mills. He returned to Hillsborough, how- ever, and died there. He was well educated and something of a lawyer. He was frequent- ly called upon in the settlement of estates. He was a member of the Masonic order. In re- ligion he was a Baptist and a constant at- tendant on the services of the church to which he belonged. He married Annie Pike, a na- tive of New Hampshire, born in 1798. She died in Hillsborough. Children: James H., born January II, 1823, mentioned below; Ruth A., Joseph, Susan A., Daniel F., Harry E., Francis T., Katherine, Elijah T.
(VIII) James H. Trask, son of Daniel Trask '(7), was born in Lowell, January II, 1823, and died in Lowell in 1904. He was educated in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, whither he went with his parents when he was eight years old. His father was a farmer and he assisted in the work on the homestead un- til nineteen years old, when he left home and secured a position in the powder mills in Lowell. After working there a few years he entered the employ of Livingston, the con- tractor. Afterward he took charge of the Brook Lumber Company's yards at Lowell, a position he filled for fifteen years. He then entered the Boston and Maine railroad and remained there seven years. He then engaged in the local express and baggage business, with which his name has been associated for so many years, and built up a flourishing trade and made a fortune. He had one of the largest concerns of its kind in that section of the state. After twenty-eight years in this business he retired and enjoyed a few years of rest and ease. He was a man of influence in business and political circles. He was a steadfast Republican and supported his party loyally. He was a member of the Odd Fel- lows, and at the time of his death was the old- est member of that order in the city of Low- ell. He was also a member of Wannalancet Encampment. In religion he was a Baptist
and was an active and devout member of the First Baptist Church. He was well-known and popular in Lowell, and enjoyed the friendship of many people in all walks of life and commanded the respect of all.
He married (first) Martha Lund, of Hollis, New Hampshire. He married (second), 1900, Mrs. Mary E. Robinson, widow of the late Walter S. Robinson, and a daughter of the late Calvin Fuller, of Mason, New Hamp- shire. Her son by her first marriage, Harry E. Robinson, married Bessie Snow and they have one child. Mrs. Trask lives in the home- stead, Lowell, and is well known in the city of her home. She is a member of the First Baptist Church. The only child of James H. and Martha Trask was: Diogenes, married and has one son, and is living in Beverly, Massachusetts.
Francis Goward was born in
GOWARD 1739. He was a farmer and settled in Easton, Massachu- setts. He was a soldier from Easton in the Revolution, a private in Captain Macy Wil- liams's company on the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775; he served three months at Providence in 1777 during the Rhode Island campaign, and in 1780 was still in the service in Captain Josiah Keith's company, Colonel Isaac Dean's regiment. In religion he was a Baptist, and probably of an English family. His farm was on the old road from Easton to Mansfield. His wife Mary died in Easton in 1832, aged eighty-five years. Children: I. Francis, Jr., born August 20, 1773, died in Easton, 1867, aged ninety-four years. Mar- ried Polly Kimball, February 5, 1899; chil- dren : William, August 14, 1800; Dwelly, March 14, 1802 ; Charles, July 9, 1803 ; Maria F., October 20, 1812 ; Emory, May 5, 1814. 2. Israel, mentioned below.
(II) Israel Goward, son of Francis Goward (I), was born December 5, 1779, at Easton, and died in 1859 at Mansfield, Massachusetts, the adjoining town. He settled in Mansfield after leaving home, and owned a farm there. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 ; a private in Lieutenant Elijah Smith's company, Captain Samuel Cushman. Later John Willis, Jr., ap- pears on the records as substitute for Goward. The war of 1812 was very unpopular in Mas- sachusetts. He married, January 9, 1807, Martha Williams, who was born in Easton, October 9. 1779, and died at Mansfield in 1857. In the cemetery at Furnace Village are buried Francis Goward, Jr., mentioned
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above; Dwelly Goward, son of Francis, Jr., who married, February 7, 1728, at Norton, Eliza Hodges; whose residence was near Granny meadow and Cold Spring meadow on the road to Mansfield; and Emory Goward, son of Francis, Jr. Another Goward of this generation in Easton was William Goward, son of Francis, Jr., who married Eliza Dick- erman, of Dedham, April 8, 1829, at Dedham. Children: Zephaniah, born May 24, 1813, mentioned below. Francis, born July 8, 1818, mentioned below.
(III) Zephaniah Goward, son of Israel Goward (2), was born at Easton, Massachu- setts, May 24, 1813, and died at Lowell, Mas- sachusetts, March 17, 1886. He received his early education in the district schools of Mansfield. He worked with his father on the homestead, and remained at home until after he was of age. He drove a produce wagon to Providence regularly for several years for his father. When he finally left home he ap- prenticed himself to the iron moulder's trade in the iron foundry of General Leach at North Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Later the foundry was owned by Lincoln Drake. Mr. Goward worked at his trade for a period of seventeen years. In 1844 or 1845 he came to Lowell and began business on his own ac- count as member of the firm of Pressey & Goward, grocers. Their store was on Mid- dlesex street. After one year Mr. Goward sold his interests and with his brother, Fran- cis Goward, engaged in the real estate busi- ness in which they achieved a great success and acquired substantial fortunes. In politics Mr. Goward was a Republican, and was in 1858 in the Lowell common council, a careful and conscientious public servant. He was never greatly interested in secret societies and fraternal organizations, though for a time he was a member of an Odd Fellows Lodge in Lowell. In early life he was a Universalist, but later became what was known in the days of theological controversy as a Free Thinker. His religion is now general in all denomina- tions, modifying all creeds to some extent. Mr. Goward won a high place in the esteem and confidence of his townsmen. His char- acter was high, his record clean. He was a just and upright man, faithful and honorable in business, farsighted and sagacious. His common sense, his fund of general knowledge and his ability gave him a large and whole- some influence in the community.
He married, April 10, 1841, Martha Helen Newcomb, of Mansfield. She was born there February 6, 1821. Children: I. Evelyn A.,
born November 10, 1842, died September 16, 1847. 2. Clara A., born August 3, 1848. 3. Marelyn, born April 4, 1851. 4. Edward T., born August 10, 1862, mentioned below.
(III) Francis Goward, son of Israel Gow- ard (2), was born in Easton, Massachusetts, July 8, 1818, and died in Lowell, June 20, 1885. He attended the public schools of Mansfield, and helped his father on the home- stead farm until he was twenty years of age. Then he removed to North Chelmsford, Mas- sachusetts, with his brother Zephaniah, and apprenticed himself in the iron foundry of General Leach. He continued to work in the Chelmsford foundry as a journeyman until he and his brother went into the real estate business in the adjoining town of Lowell. The two brothers took a leading position in the real estate business of the thriving city of Lowell, and acquired each a competence. Mr. Goward was a shrewd investor, an unexcelled judge of property values and a faithful agent for the transactions of others. He was a man of great industry and close application to bus- iness. He was possessed of a strong sense of humor and loved a good joke. He com- manded the esteem and confidence of every- body. He remained in active business until his death. In early life he was a Universalist, but in later years came to believe in the prin- ciples of Spiritualism and was prominent in that sect in Lowell. In politics he was a steadfast Republican. From 1873 to 1885 he was on the board of assessors of the city of Lowell. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias.
He married (first), in 1841, Almira William- son, and (second), in 1848, Sarah A. Bick- ford, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Glines) Bickford, of Campton, New Hampshire. Chil- dren of Francis and Almira Goward: I. Flora E., died in 1905; she married George H. Wood. Two others died young.
(IV) Edward T. Goward, son of Zephaniah Goward (3), was born in Lowell, August 10, 1862, and was educated there in the public and high schools and at Bryant & Stratton's Commercial college in Boston, class of 1881. He entered the real estate firm of his father and succeeded to his property and business. He was clerk and bookkeeper for various concerns. He has successfully maintained the reputation of his father and uncle in the real estate world, and is said to be one of the best expert judges of real estate values in Low- ell. He is also a manufacturer. In politics Mr. Goward is a Republican, and has been active and influential in the counsels of his
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party and generous in supporting its cam- paigns and candidates. He was a member of the Lowell common council in 1895; and al- derman in 1897-98. In 1901 he was repre- sentative to the general court from his district in Lowell, and served on committees on ways and means. He is also chairman of the Re- publican County Committee. In all his pub- lic positions he has shown his ability to fill them with credit and honor to himself and his constituents. He was an efficient legislator and was appointed upon important commit- tees, and is credited with a large and excel- lent influence when in the house of repre- sentatives. He is well known in Masonic cir- cles, a member of William North Lodge of
Free Masons; of Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar; thrice illustrious master of Royal and Select Masters, and member of all bodies to the thirty-second degree. He be- longs also to Passaconaway Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men and to Knights of Malta. He is a Universalist in religion and with his family regularly attends the First Universalist Church, of which he is a member.
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