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Phineas Warren Sprague married, October 17, 1899, in Brookline, Massachusetts, Eliza-
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beth Summer Shaw, daughter of Hon. Ed- ward Payson and Ann (Trott) Shaw, of Newburyport, Essex county, Massachusetts. Hon. Edward Payson Shaw was treasurer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from from 1895 to 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Sprague have three children, all born in Bos- ton, and christened in the old historical Uni- versalist Church of Malden: Phineas Shaw, born, January 14, 1901 ; Charles Gordan, born October 3, 1903 ; Elizabeth Shaw, born March 13, 1906.
WINSHIP Lyonel Winshop (Wynshopp), the ancestor of Mrs. Charles Hill Sprague, mother of Phineas Warren Sprague, lived in Wilton, Ovingham, county of Northumberland, Eng- land, at Wilton Hall, or Wilton Tower. The tower part was built a great many years ago, the main part or addition about 1607. He is buried in the church at Ovingham, county of Northumberland. In his will he leaves lega- cies to his family, including "my two souns Willm Wynshopp and Edward Wynshopp," now Winship, an exact copy of his will being in the possession of Mrs. C. H. Sprague.
(II) Lieutenant Edward Winship was born in England, March 13, 1612. He sailed from Harwich, England, in ship "The De- fence," to Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in August, 1635, the name of the town being changed to Cambridge on May 2, 1638. Ed- ward Winship was one of the original owners of land within the present limits of Lexington. He erected a saw mill on what was then denominated as Mill Brook, on or near the site of the present fur factory. This was un- doubtedly the first mill set up within the township. He owned extensive tracts of land in Cambridge and the adjoining town of Lex- ington. The greater part of his prosperity re- mained in the Winship family several genera- tions. He became a member of the military organization which was later the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. He was selectman of the town from 1637 to 1684; and representative in the general court of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1663-64, 1681-86. He was an active member of the church in Cambridge; was a lieutenant in the militia ; and his death occurred December 2, 1688. He married Elizabeth Parks. In his will, dated 1685, among other bequests he gives to his son Samuel.
(III) Samuel Winship, son of Lieutenant
Edward and Elizabeth (Parks) Winship, born October 24, 1658, was a resident of Lexing- ton all his life. He was selectman of the town, and subscriber to the meeting house and for the purchase of the common. He married, April 12, 1687, Mary Powers, of Medford. (He died June 18, 1696).
(IV) Samuel Winship, son of Samuel and Mary (Powers) Winship, was born in Lex- ington, Massachusetts, January 8, 1688, and died in the same town, February 13, 1776. He was high sheriff of Middlesex county. He married, January 10, 17II, Jane Fessenden, born 1688, died 1771, daughter of Nicholas and Margaret. (Cheney) Fessenden. The former born 1650, died 1719.
(V) Samuel Winship, son of Samuel and Jane (Fessenden) Winship, was born in Lex- ington, Massachusetts, September 25, 1712, and died February 16, 1780. He married, May 5, 1748, Abigail Crosby, daughter of Lieuten- ant Simon Crosby.
(VI) John Winship, son of Samuel and Abigail (Crosby) Winship, was born in Lex- ington, Massachusetts, May 12, 1754, and died at West Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 9, 1822. He was a member of Captain John Parker's company of minute-men who fought at Concord and on Lexington Common, and served in the Continental army under Wash- ington, 1777-78. He married Deliverance Munroe, daughter of Marrett Munroe, a niece of Captain John Parker, who commanded the minute-men at Lexington. The home of De- liverance Munroe faces the battlefield of Lex- ington ; on one side is a tablet erected by the town of Lexington, and on the other side, the Deliverance Munroe Chapter, Daughters of the Revolution, have placed a tablet commem- orative of Deliverance Munroe. She was also related to Rev. Theodore Parker. She was a descendant in the fourth generation from Wil- liam Munroe, ancestor of all the Munroes of Lexington, Massachusetts, and who was a direct descendant of George Munroe, ninth Baron of Fowlis, in direct line from Donald Munroe, first Baron, who was slain in the memorable battle of Bannockburn, fought by Robert Bruce of Scotland against Edward II. of England, 1314. William Munroe was born in Scotland in 1625, coming to New England in 1652, married 1655, was selectman of Cam- bridge of which Lexington was then a part, and died January 27, 1717. His son, John Munroe, born in Lexington, March 10, 1666, married Hannah Merritt, and filled most of the important offices in the town. The "His-
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tory of Lexington" says that the Munroes, Merriams and Winships were found on every battlefield-Louisburg, Quebec, Crown Point, Ticonderoga, Fort William, and wherever a foe was to be encountered, or a daring deed to be performed.
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(VII) Stephen Winship, son of John and Deliverance (Munroe) Winship, was born in Lexington, July 15, 1782, and died in the spring of 1862. He settled in Boston about 1815. His business was in the old and then the new Faneuil Hall Market; he removed to Berlin and thence to Malden. He married, November 5, 1815, Elizabeth Williams Pol- lard, an intellectual woman of keen perception, and for thirty years president of the Chari- table and Sewing Society of Hosea Ballard Church on School street, Boston (Universal- ist). They had nine children: Hariett, died in infancy ; Albert, unmarried, died in Malden ; Elizabeth, married Frank A. Stowe, of Bos- ton, was in Arkansas at the time of the civil war, and they afterwards lived and died in Des Moines, Iowa; Henry, married Elizabeth B. Pike, of Boston ; he has been in business in Boston over seventy years. Laura, who mar- ried William C. Morey, of Vershire, Vermont ; lived in Boston; she died in Medford. Ste- phen, unmarried, who went to California, 1849, and died there. Julia, married Otis L. Larkin, of Berlin; he died in Berlin and later she died in Malden. William, married Char- lotte J. Edmands, of Charlestown, Massachu- setts ; their home is in Malden ; he is in busi- ness in Boston. Emeline Martha, married Charles Hill Sprague. She lives at the Sprague Home, corner Salem and Sprague streets, Malden, Massachusetts.
Elizabeth Williams Pollard was a descend- ant in the sixth generation from William Pol- lard. Anne Pollard, a relative, was the girl who was in the first boat that crossed the Charles river in 1630 to what is now Boston, and was the first to jump ashore. Her por- trait, painted in 1721, at the age of one hun- dred, is preserved in the collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and a print of it appeared in Harper's Weekly some years ago. She has described her girlish impres- sions as of a place "very uneven, abounding in small hollows and swamps, covered with blue- berries and other bushes." ("Memorial His- tory of Boston"). Elizabeth Williams Pol- lard was a daughter of Colonel Moses Pollard.
Colonel Pollard was devoted to historical and antiquarian research, and at the age of thirty-three years fitted one of his ships and
sailed for the Mediterranean Sea, the object being to make explorations in the Holy Land, and which was successfully accomplished. On the return voyage, however, the vessel was spoken off Genoa, and was never again heard from. It is supposed that she was lost, with all on board.
Mr. Joseph Hills, from whom Phineas War- ren Sprague is a descendant, was compiler of the Massachusetts Laws of 1648, came from Mauldon, England, and gave the name Malden to Mystic Side, (Waite side).
At the dinner at the bi-centennial of Mal- den, May 23, 1849, Hon. James D. Green, ora- tor of the day, closed his remarks with the following sentiment: "The Founders of Mal- den : Puritan in principle, Puritan in practice -may their memories be cherished and their character be revered throughout all genera- tions."
Many English pioneers bearing MOORE the name of Moor came to New England, and some also from Scotland and Ireland. In the early days the spelling was as often Moor, More and Moors as Moore, though the latter style is now in general vogue. The family in England is very ancient, and has many noble and distinguished branches.
(I) John Moore was the immigrant ances- tor of a large number of the families of Mid- dlesex and Worcester counties and western Massachusetts, also of important branches in Maine and Connecticut. He was born in Eng- land about 1610. He bought a house and land in Sudbury, Massachusetts, as early as 1642, of the pioneer, Edmund Rice. His farm was in the oldest part of the town in what is now Wayland, Massachusetts. He took the oath of fidelity July 9, 1645. He married in Sud- bury, Elizabeth Whale, daughter of Philemon Whale. She survived him. His will, dated August 25, 1668, describes himself as "aged." He died January 6, 1673-4, and his will was probated April 7, 1674, at Cambridge. He bequeathed to sons John of Lancaster, Wil- liam, Jacob, Joseph to whom he left the home- stead, and Benjamin ; also daughters Elizabeth, wife of Henry Rice; Mary, wife of Daniel Stone ; and Lydia, wife of James Cutler. His widow was named for executrix. The inven- tory of his estate showed goods valued at 804 pounds seven shillings. His widow died De- cember 14, 1690. Children, born with one exception in Sudbury : I. John, born before
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father settled in Sudbury; became proprietor of Lancaster in 1653-4; married Anna Smith, daughter of John and Sarah Smith, of Sud- bury ; prominent and wealthy man; deputy, etc. 2. William, bought land in Sudbury, in 1664, of. Thomas Beesbeech, of Marshfield. 3. Mary, married September 8, 1661, Rich- ard Ward, who was drowned March 31, 1666; second, Deacon Daniel Stone. 4. Lydia, born June 24, 1643; married first, May 3, 1664, Samuel Wright, who died August 21, of that year; married second, June 15, 1665, James Cutler. 5. Jacob, born April 28, 1645 ; men- tioned below. 6. Joseph, born October 21, 1647; married Lydia Hayward and Ruth 7. Benjamin, born January 10, 1649; married November 11, 1686, Dorothy Wright. 8. Elizabeth, born January 10, 1649.
(II) Jacob Moore, son of John Moore (I), was born at Sudbury, Massachusetts, April 28, 1645; married there May 29, 1667, Elizabeth Loker, daughter of Henry Loker, of Sudbury. In 1678 Henry Loker deeded his entire estate "for love," etc., to his son and daughter, Jacob and Elizabeth Moore (Middlesex Co. Deeds, vol. 10, p. 93) and Jacob deeded the same property, consisting of one hundred and thirty acres, to his eldest son Jacob for the same con- sideration (Middlesex Deeds, vol. 37, p. 517). A few months later, in 1678, Jacob also gave his son Jacob one half of his homestead (Mid- dlesex Co. Deeds, vol. 37, p. 521). In 1716 Jacob disposed of the rest of his property by dividing it among his other sons-Samuel, Daniel, Jonathan, James, Richard and Nathan- iel. (Middlesex Co. Deeds, vol. 18, p. 137, 138, 139, 206 and 237). Children, born in Sud- bury: I. Jacob, born in 1668; living in 1697. 2. Richard, born September 12, 1670; men- tioned below. 3. John, born December 13, 1673. 4. Elizabeth, born February 4, 1675. 5. Nathaniel, born June 21, 1678. 6. Han- nah, born July 18, 1680. 7. Sarah, born Jan- uary 28, 1681-2; died February 9, 1682. 8. Sarah, born March 3, 1684. 9. Daniel, born April 13, 1686 or 7. 10. Samuel, born July 15, 1689. II. James. 12. Jonathan.
(III) Richard Moore, son of Jacob Moore (2), was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, September 12, 1670; married Mary Collins, daughter of Samuel and Mary Collins, of Middletown, Connecticut. He lived for a time in Needham, Massachusets, but June 6, 1714, sold his farm of two hundred and sixty acres in the south part of that town, and the follow- ing August bought a house and land in Ox- ford, Massachusetts, of Samuel Hagburn. He
afterwards bought much land in Oxford, and became the largest landholder in the southern part of the town. He was the first justice of the peace in the vicinity, and transacted a large part of the conveyancing, probate and other official business in the early years of the town. He was the second licensed inn-holder in town, beginning in 1715. He was for fifteen years beginning between 1715 and 1741 selectman, and during most of the time chairman of the board for fifteen years between 1715 and 1734 town clerk ; was first representative to the gen- eral court from the English settlement in 1721 ; treasurer of the town in 1721 and 1729, and often moderator of town meetings. He had force of character and tenacity of purpose, and early had a controversy with the Oxford church, the exact nature of which is not re- vealed by the records, and for a long time refused to yield. His wife died July 12, 1760; and he died November 19, 1767. Children : I. Sybilla, born in Sudbury, September 2, 1694; married Ebenezer Chamberlain, of Ox- ford (there is an interesting letter from Sy- billa Chamberlain in the "History of Oxford," p. 437). 2. Abigail, born July 23, 1696. 3. Collins, born October 17, 1698; mentioned be- low. 4. Isaac, born June II, 1700. 5.Elijah, born March 14, 1701-2. 6. Susanna, born De- cember 26, 1703. 7. Abijah, born December 22, 1705. 8. Richard, born January 10, 1708. 9. Mary, born May 15, 1710.
(IV) Collins Moore, son of Richard Moore (3), was born in Oxford, Massachusetts, Oc- tober 17, 1698; married there May 2, 1722, Bathsheba Woods, daughter of Nathaniel Woods, of Groton. He carried on his trade as a weaver both at Oxford and Worcester. He resided at Worcester, on a farm of one hundred acres at Tatnuck, sold his farm in 1730 and removed to Oxford, where he bought forty acres of Simon Chamberlain and a larger tract of Benjamin Chamberlain, near the present almshouse, and settled there. In 1737 his father, "for love," etc., deeded him a hundred acres adjoining this land. He died February 22, 1743, and his widow Bathsheba administered the estate. She married second, Samuel Town, and third, Joseph Phillips. The court settled the property on his son Nathan, the widow having had her thirds set off. Children: 1. Abigail, born February, 1723, married Abial Lamb. 2. Levi, born December 17, 1723-4; died August 2, 1745, leaving by will two-thirds of his estate to his brother Nathan and the rest to his brother Richard. 3. Nathan, born April 15, 1726; mentioned
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below. 4. Elijah, born August 10, 1727. 5. Susanna, born January 25, 1729; married Silas Robinson, of Dudley, Massachusetts. 6. Mary, born September 25, 1730 ; married Dan- iel Fairfield. Born at Oxford: 7. Bathsheba, born February 10, 1732; married Benjamin Wilson, and lived in Townsend, Massachu- setts. 8. Alice, born December 26, 1733 ; mar- ried Jonathan Ballard. 9. Jerusha, born April 5, 1735; married John Nichols. 10. Richard, born October 14, 1736; soldier in the French war ; married August 19, 1761, Mary Eddy, and lived at Ervingshire. II. Phebe, born September 3, 1738; married Ebenezer Locke. (V) Nathan Moore, son of Collins (4) Moore, was born at Worcester, Massachusetts, April 15, 1726; married, February 15, 1747, Sarah Town. He lived on the homestead at Oxford, Massachusetts, until 1749, when he sold out to his brother-in-law, Abial Lamb, and about 1764 settled in Vassalboro, Maine. He was a soldier in the French and Indian war. Children, born at Oxford: I. Hannah, born December 12, 1747. 2. Collins, born May 31, 1749. 3. Reuben, born May 12, 175I, mentioned below. 4. Levi, born October 27, 1753. 5. Nathan, born February 5, 1755. 6. Sarah, born December 6, 1756; married Eben- ezer Moore, son of Elijah Moore. 7. James, born September 6, 1758. 8. Bathsheba, born April 15, 1761. 9. Zerviah, born August 17, 1763 ; all removed to Maine. Born at Vassal- boro: 10. William, born September 5, 1765. II. Rebecca, born June 27, 1767. 12. Rich- ard, born May 28, 1769. 13. Ruth, October 31, 1771.
(VI) Reuben Moore, son of Nathan Moore (5), was born in Oxford, Massachusetts, May 12, 1751; married, October 17, 1776, his cousin, Elsie Nichols, daughter of John Nichols. He removed from Vassalboro to Gardiner, Maine, in 1787, and died there May II, 1805. His widow, Elsie, was born 1762, and died February 12, 1847, leaving sixty-one grandchildren and forty great-grandchildren. He was a merchant. Children, born in Vassal- boro: I. Bathsheba, born December 9, 1779. 2. John, born July 2, 1781, mentioned below. 3. Jerusha, born August 27, 1785, married Maltiah Lawrence. 4. Reuben, born June 2, 1787. 5. Alice, born at Pittston, April 23, 1789. 6. Charles, born at Gardiner, May 29, 1791. 7. Robert Hallowell, born February IO, 1793. 8. William, born August 9, 1794. 9. James Parker, born October 28, 1795. IO. George, born October 24, 1797. II. Samuel, born December 5, 1798. 12. Henry, born June
24, 1800. 13. Climena, born November 30, 1803.
(VII) John Moore, son of Reuben Moore (6), was born July 2, 1781, in Vassalboro, Maine, and removed when a young child with the family to Pittston and Gardiner, Maine, where he lived the rest of his life. He was a farmer. He married Myra -. Chil- dren, born in Gardiner : I. George Robert, mentioned below. ,
(VIII) George Robert Moore, son of John Moore (7), was born in Gardiner, Maine, in 1817, and died April 5, 1892, at the age of seventy-four years. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and learned the trade of wheelwright, which he followed for some years. He was of an inventive turn of mind, and had a machine shop at Westford, Massachusetts, where he settled in 1839, when he came of age. He and his brother Seth manufactured worsted goods in the village of Brookside, in the northeast part of Westford, near the line which divides that town from Chelmsford. He married, December 31, 1846, Philinda R. Richardson, born at Westford, March 21, 1818, and died March 7, 1885, daughter of Thomas and Philinda (Wright) Richardson. Lineage: Philinda (8) ; Thomas (7); Abijah (6); Thomas (5); James (4) ; Thomas (3) ; James (2) ; Ezekiel (I). (For sketch of Ezekiel, one of the founders of Wo- burn, see Richardson family). Thomas Rich- ardson (7), was a carpenter, a man of enter- prise and action, and was well-to-do. He bought the Prescott Mills, which from him were called the Richardson Mills, and for some years was miller at Westford. He sold out, and later the flourishing village of Gran- iteville grew up on his old location. Children of George Robert and Philinda R. Moore: I. George Clifford, born March 27, 1848; men- tioned below. 2. Frederick C., born July 27, 1849. 3. Edward A., born January 20, 1852; bookkeeper for his brother; died April II, 1899. 4. Mary Ellen, born May 24, 1855; married James W. Flint, of Concord, Massa- chusetts, boss carpenter in the American Woolen Mills at Maynard, Massachusetts ; have one child, Grace Flint, born 1891.
(IX) George Clifford Moore, son of George Robert Moore (8), was born March 27, 1848, at Westford, Massachusetts. He was educated there in the public schools and at the Westford Academy. He succeeded his father in the manufacture of woolen and worsted cloth at Westford. While the name of George C. Moore, in the manufacturing world, is of
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international importance, to the people of North Chelmsford, Westford, etc., it means everything, for through him the township has grown by leaps and bounds until it has a pop- ulation (at present writing) of about two thousand, with schools, churches, waterworks, and fire company. The story of the founda- tion and growth of the business is a most in- teresting one. Coming to North Chelmsford in 1872, he founded the Moore Spinning Com- pany. At that time there were two other in- dustries here (the North Chelmsford foundry and a small hosiery mill), and the population was less than three hundred. Beginning with half a dozen hands or so, and occupying very meagre quarters consisting of one room forty by twenty feet, occupying a floor space of one- fourth acre, he and the people of North Chelmsford, as well as in Lowell and sur- rounding towns, have seen it grow to its pres- ent enormous proportions, and at the present time (1908) there are four large mills, three in North Chelmsford and one in Westford, with a total acreage of twenty-two or twenty- three acres, and employing a total of about twenty-two hundred hands. In 1892 the build- ing of the Moore Spinning Company was burned to the ground, but shortly afterward . Mr: Moore built his present imposing edifice, adding improvements from year to year to meet the requirements of the constantly in- creasing trade.
The Brookside Worsted Mill of North Chelmsford was built in 1890, at which time it gave employment to one hundred hands ; it has been added to several times, and now has on its pay roll from six hundred to eight hundred employees. The output of the mill is wor- steds, which are known for their excellence throughout the entire country. The factory covers an area of one hundred and twenty- five square feet. The Brookside Worsted Mill of Westford, built in 1887, is devoted to spin- ning only, covers an area of one hundred and twenty thousand square feet, and gives em- ployment to between two hundred and fifty and three hundred hands. The George C. Moore Wool Carding Mill, founded in 1902- 03, covers an area of one hundred and thirty thousand square feet, employs three hundred hands, and is devoted to carding, combing, spinning and wool scouring.
Mr. Moore is a man of energy, persever- ance, and business sagacity and acumen, as is evidenced by the success he has achieved dur- ing his business career. He possesses the fac- ulty of planning, managing, and directing
affairs down to the minutest detail, and his intercourse with his employees is of the most pleasant nature. He is a Unitarian in relig- ion, and in politics a Republican, active in the support of the principles and candidates of his party. He is a member of the Vesper Country Club of Lowell and of the Boston Athletic Club. He is fond of outdoor sports, and is an enthusiastic automobilist.
Mr. Moore married, March 27, 1872, Ella J. Gilchrest, died July 12, 1901, daughter of George C. and Nancy (Towle) Gilchrest, of Maine. Children : I. Bessie Linda, born Sep- tember 25, 1881, married, January 30, 1906, Harry S. Griffin, a merchant with S. H. Knox & Company, and resides in Buffalo, New York; they have one, child, Elizabeth, born December 25, 1906. 2. George Clifford, Jr., born July 27, 1886, educated in the public schools and Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, class of 1905; entered the mills at North Chelmsford and learned the business thoroughly under the direction of his father, is now superintendent of the Brookside Wor- sted Mill; unmarried. 3. Daughter, died in infancy. 4. Son, died in infancy.
George Roberts, the immi- ROBERTS grant ancestor of this family, was born April 19, 1809, at Bull Hall, Bacup, Lancashire, England. He came to America when a young man and mar- ried, February 19, 1837, Elizabeth Badger Morrison, born November 2, 1804, at San- bornton, New Hampshire .. (See Morrison family). Afterward he removed to Vineland, New Jersey. His occupation was merchant in Leicester. Children : I. George Morrison, born March 18, 1838, mentioned below. 2. Esther E., born July 4, 1843, in Leicester, Massachusetts; married, September 9, 1871, at Vineland, New Jersey, William H. Gill, Jr., born March 12, 1850, at Cambridge, Ohio; children: i. Harry R. Gill, born June 27, died September 20, 1872, at Vineland; ii. William Henry Gill, born September 1, 1873.
(II) George Morrison Roberts, son of George Roberts (I), was born in Haverhill, New Hampshire, March 18, 1838. He was educated in the public schools and spent his youth at Leicester, Massachusetts. He enlisted in the Union army in the Civil war as private in the Forty-second Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment in 1863 and served one year. He was commissioned second lieutenant of his company in the Sixtieth Massachusetts Infan-
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try in 1864, he served four months. He is a member of H. G. Berry Post, No. 40, Grand Army of the Republic, of Malden, and of the Massachusetts Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion. After the war he en- gaged in the railroad business in which he has been prominent for forty years. He has held various positions in the Boston office of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and in recent years has had charge of the New England business of that corporation with offices on Washington street, Boston. He is well known among the railroad men and business men of New Eng- land as a man of tact, discretion, integrity and ability. He has had much to do with the de- velopment of a great business for the railroad he represents. He has made his home in Malden since 1873, and has a beautiful resi- dence at 197 Clifton street. Always a man of quiet domestic tastes, he has never entered public life or given time to clubs and fraternal organizations. His time is divided between office and home. He is a Republican in poli- tics. He attends the Episcopal church of Mal- den.
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