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(VI) Captain Joseph Bancroft, son of Lieutenant Joseph Bancroft (5), was born in Reading, Massachusetts, in 1762, and settled on the Emory Bancroft farm in his native town. He married, in 1784, Abigail Upton, of North Reading. He died in 1832, aged sev- enty years. The homestead descended to his son Emory, his son Joseph having a part of the farm and his house stood near the old house. Children, born in Reading: I. Abi- gail, married Miles Johnson. 2. Rebecca,
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married, in 1810, Aaron Parker. 3. Susanna, born 1788, married Jonathan Parker. 4. Bet- sey, born 1793, married, 1815, Rufus Damon. 5. Emory, born 1804, married, 1832, Harriet Bachelder, daughter of John and Sally Bachelder ; he died in 1864; father of Solon Bancroft, a prominent lawyer ; Emory, Fred- eric and Alvin. 6. Emily, married, 1827, George Porter. 7. Joseph, born 1801, men- tioned below.
(VII) Joseph Bancroft, son of Captain Joseph Bancroft (6), was born in Reading in 1801. Married (first), 1833, Betsey Wake- field ; (second), 1846, Mahala Foss. He was a farmer and land surveyor, prominent and successful in this profession, in which he was succeeded by his son, John M. Bancroft, of Reading. Children, born in Reading : I. John M., married Mary Hay, daughter of Samuel L. Hay. 2. Sarah J., born August 17, 1841. 3. Lewis Melvin, born December 31, 185I, mentioned below. 4. Mary E., born September 1, 1854.
(VIII) Lewis Melvin Bancroft, son of Captain Joseph Bancroft (7), was born in Reading, Massachusetts, December 31, 1851. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and learned the trade of carpen- ter which he followed in his younger days. From 1876 to 1891 he was employed as a mill engineer and proved himself a skillful and efficient mechanic, employed by various manu- facturing companies throughout New Eng- land, and acquiring a high reputation in his line of work. Mr. Bancroft is best known, perhaps, for his excellent work in planning and superintending the installation and oper- ation of the Reading water works. His knowl- edge of civil engineering was particularly val- uable to the town in planning and carrying out this very important public work. He was appointed on the original committee April 25, 1888, having charge of the subject of water works, and being in the legislature at the time was able to exert enough influence to secure the passage of the necessary legislation. The bill was signed by the governor June 4, 1889. He was chairman of the water board from that time to 1896, and has had the satisfaction of seeing the system built and in successful operation ever since. Mr. Bancroft is a Re- publican in politics, and has been on the board of selectmen and was its chairman in 1883-84. He was representative to the general court from the district in which Reading was located in 1889. He is a member of the Boston So- ciety of Civil Engineers, the New England
Water Works Association, Security Lodge of Odd Fellows, and Good Samaritan Lodge of Free Masons. In religion he is a Congrega- tionalist. He is at present a director and treasurer of the Mechanics' Savings Bank, and treasurer of the New England Water Works Association.
He married, May 19, 1874, Annie B. Black, of Andover, Massachusetts, daughter of Thomas D. and Anna ( Boyce) Black. Chil- dren: I. Clinton L., born March 6, 1876, married Jennie Pope, of Marblehead, Massa- chusetts ; one child, Robert L. 2. Mabel E., born June 22, 1880, married William A. Phil- lips.
HARVEY David R. Harvey, the son of William and Annie (Taylor) Harvey, was born in Somer- ville, Massachusetts, May 9, 1869. He was educated in the public schools of that city. In 1887, when eighteen years old, he entered the employ of the John P. Lovell Arms Com- pany, Boston. From 1889 to 1897 he was manager of the bicycle department, acting as a director for the company from 1895. He resigned from the Lovell Arms Company in December, 1897, to open a branch house for the Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Company at 408 Washington street, Boston, and is at the present time manager of the company. After the failure of the Lovell Arms Company, Mr. Harvey's company assumed the lease of the Lovell building, at which place they are now located, 147 Washington street, and will be until March, 1908, when they will remove to the new building of Iver Johnson and Com- pany, at Cornhill and Washington streets, Boston. Mr. Harvey served in the city coun- cil of 1900, and the board of alderman of 1901 and 1902, and he was a member of the Re- publican ward and city committees, and is now on the executive board of the Citizen's Association and secretary of the New Eng- land Automobile Dealers' Association. He is a member of Mt. Hermon Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Mystic Royal Arch Chapter, of the Bay State Automobile Association, and vice-president of the Royall House Association. He is a public spirited citizen.
In 1895, Mr. Harvey married Gertrude Sophia Stahl, daughter of Warren P. and So- phia (Coombs) Stahl, of Medford, at which time he became a resident of Medford, and at present resides at 59 College avenue. Mr.
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and Mrs. Harvey have one daughter, Gladys G., born January 31, 190I.
LUDDEN Charles Mandeville Ludden is descended from Jacob Lud- den (I), one of the early set- tlers of Turner, Maine. He was born there in 1760. Joseph Ludden, who was in the "Bos- ton Tea Party," and in the Continental army in 1775, was of the same family; also Timothy Ludden and Mandeville T. Ludden. The lat- ter began the practice of law in Turner, and a few years later removed to Lewiston, where he was mayor of the city, and became a noted advocate of the Androscoggin bar. Jacob Ludden moved to Canton, Maine, where
(II) John Soule Ludden was born Septem- ber 3, 1805. He removed to Dixfield, Maine, where
(III) John Mandeville Ludden was born February 6, 1837. He married Elevene J. Carver. They resided in Dixfield. Their son
(IV) Charles Mandeville Ludden was born there November 3, 1863. He acquired his early education in the public schools in Dix- field, his native town. He entered Tufts Col- lege, graduating in 1886 at the head of his class, with the degree of A. B. He studied law at the Harvard Law School for three years, graduating in 1889 with honors, re- ceiving the degrees of LL. B. and A. M. from Harvard University. When in Tufts College he was editor-in-chief of the Tuftonian, a college publication, and in the law school he was one of the editors of the Harvard Law Review. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1889, and two years later to the United States courts, and has since practiced law in the city of Boston. After graduation Mr. Ludden settled in Waltham, Massachusetts, where he held the position of city solicitor from January, 1891, until his resignation in March, 1896. He moved to Medford in 1897, and has since resided there. He is a member of the Harvard Law School Association, the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the Medford Club, and the Medford Historical Society. Since residing in Medford he has served in the Medford common council for two years, the last year being chairman of the board. He is associated with his younger brother, Judge William E. Ludden, in the practice of law in Boston. The firm of Ludden & Ludden is principally engaged in corporation law, with offices in the Old South Building, Boston.
The Luddens of Maine went there from Masschusetts. Their immigrant ancestor was one of the early settlers of Braintree, Massa- chusetts. Charles M. Ludden is a lineal descendant of Peregrine White, of the "May- flower." On November 24, 1891, he was mar- ried to Kathleen Hobart Hayes, daughter of Edward W. Hayes, of Medford, a cousin of Rutherford B. Hayes, former President of the United States. They have three living children : Hobart, Karleen and Martha Raymond. Their first child, John Mande- ville Ludden (2nd), died at the age of five months.
FLETCHER The surname Fletcher is derived from the occupa- tion of arrow-maker, or maker of bows and arrows, from the Anglo- Saxon word "fledge," alluding to the feather- ing of an arrow. The family is ancient, com- ing, it is said, from Burgundy, now the Can- ton de Vaud, Switzerland. The first Fletcher in England came to England with the Nor- mans at the time of the Conquest in 1066. The ancient coat-of-arms of the Fletcher family is: Sable, a cross flory between four scallop shells, argent.
There were several pioneers of this family in New England before 1640. Moses Fletcher came in the "Mayflower," signed the Com- pact, and died soon after his arrival. Ed- ward Fletcher came from Badgeden, Glouces- tershire, but returned to England. Robert and William Fletcher settled in Concord, Massachusetts, but no proof of this relation- ship has been found.
(I) Robert Fletcher, the immigrant ances- tor of this family, was born in England in 1592. The family tradition says that he came from Yorkshire, where the name is common ; in fact, it is found through the north of Eng- land widely scattered. Robert Fletcher set- tled in Concord, Massachusetts, in 1630, and became wealthy and prominent. He was ap- pointed by the general court a constable for Concord, November 2, 1637. He was one of the founders of the town of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, joining with William Fletcher and others in 1654 in inviting Mr. John Fiske and the Wenham church to remove to Chelms- ford in a body. He died at Concord, April 3, 1677, aged eighty-five. His will was made February 4, 1672, then aged four-score years ; in it he commits his wife to the care of his son Francis and wife; bequeaths to sons Francis,
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William and Samuel Fletcher. The inventory is dated May 12, 1677. Children : I. Luke, born in England; died May 21, 1665. 2. William, mentioned below. 3. Caroline, mar- ried Kebby. 4. Samuel, born 16 -. 5. Francis, born 1630; married Elizabeth Wheeler.
(II) William Fletcher, son of Robert Fletcher (I), was born in England, in 1622; came to Concord with his father when he was eight years old; was admitted a freeman May IO, 1643; was selectman 1655, the first town meeting November 22, 1654, being held at his house; in 1673 was appointed a commission- er for Chelmsford. He was the owner of a tract of land embracing what is now the city of Lowell. A part of the original lot, near the meeting house at Chelmsford, has been occupied more than two hundred years by his descendants. He died November 6, 1677 ; his wife Lydia died October 12, 1704. He mar- ried October 7, 1645, Lydia Bates, of Con- cord. Children: I. Lydia, born January 30, 1647 ; married Rev. John Fiske. 2. Joshua, mentioned below. 3. Paul, married April 12, 1705, Deliverance Stevens. 4. Sarah. 5. William, born in Chelmsford, February 21, 1657. 6. Mary, born in Chelmsford, October 4, 1658. 7. Esther, born in Chelmsford, April 12, 1660. 8. Samuel, born July 23, 1664.
(III) Joshua Fletcher, son of William Fletcher (2), was born at Concord, March 20, 1648, and admitted a freeman March II, 1689. He married, May 4, 1668, Grissies Jewell, who died January, 1682 ; second, July 18, 1682, Sarah Willey. He died November 21, 1713. The only child on record of Joshua and Gris- sies Fletcher was Joshua, born about 1669; married about 1700, Dorothy Hale. Children of Joshua and Sarah Fletcher : 2. Paul, born 1682, resided at Chelmsford; belonged to the snow-shoe company of soldiers in the Indian war in 1724; was town treasurer. 3. Rachel, born June 27, 1683. 4. Timothy, born Octo- ber 1685; died March 2, 1705. 5. John, born at Chelmsford, May 7, 1687; married Hannah Phelps. 6. Joseph, mentioned be- low. 7. Sarah, born January 21, 1690; mar- ried Thomas Reed. 8. Jonathan, married May 5, 1735, Jane Chamberlain, and settled in Westford; his widow lived to be a hundred years old. 9. Elizabeth, born June 10, 1698; married Samuel Hartwell. 10. Jonas, born 1694.
(IV) Captain Joseph Fletcher, sixth child of Joshua Fletcher (3), born in Chelmsford, June 10, 1689 ; married Sarah Adams, of Con-
cord, November 17, 1712. She was born in 1691 and died April 24, 1761 ; he died Octo- ber 4, 1772. They settled and lived in West- ford, adjoining Chelmsford, on the place known as the E. Tower place, where all the children were born. Children: I. Joseph, born July 6, 1713. 2. Benjamin, born Aug- ust 8, 1716; married twice. 3. Timothy, born April 12, 1719. 4. Thomas, born March 10, I72I. 5. Sarah. 6. Edith, born April 8, 1725 ; married Benjamin Carver. 7. Pelatiah, mentioned below. 8. Joshua, born November 20, 1731. 9. Ruth, born August 28, 1733. IO. Mary, born August 29, 1735; married, January 16, 1755, Eleazer Fletcher. .
(V) Captain Pelatiah Fletcher, son of Cap- tain Joseph Fletcher (4), was born in Chelms- ford, May 3, 1727 ; married Dorothy Hildreth, daughter of James Hildreth, January 13, 1757. She was born August 26, 1736; died June 14, 1784. He married second, Widow Betty eyes (born in Hartwell), October 13, 1782. He was sent as a delegate from West- ford to the convention of committees from the towns, held in Dracut, November 26, 1776. He died February 23, 1807. Children : I. Betsey, born December 15, 1757. 2. Dorothy, born December 21, 1759; married Sampson Fletcher. 3. Joseph, born November 6, 1761 ; died December 25, 1765. 4. Sarah, born August 12, 1763; died August 22, 1783. 5. Lucy, born November 14, 1765; died July I, 1766. 6. Pelatiah. 7. Joseph, born May 13,
. 1769; married Frances (Grant) Keyes. 8. Lucy, born February 12, 1771 ; married Joseph Rockwood, of Groton. 9. Adams, born March 10, 1773; died September 27, 1775. IO. Ezra, born October 9, 1774. II. Polly, born August II, 1776; married Abram Pres- cott. 12. Adams, born August 17, 1779.
(VI) Joseph Fletcher, son of Pelatiah Fletcher (5), was born May 13, 1769, and died January 23, 1843. He lived at Groton. He married April 7, 1794, Frances Grant, daughter of Jonathan Keyes. Children, born in Groton and Chelmsford: I. Joseph, born at Chelmsford, December 25, 1794; had son Walter. 2. Frances Grant, born at Groton, May 12, 1796; married May 10, 1815, Gard- ner Fletcher, of Chelmsford. 3. Walter, born November 13, 1797; mentioned below. 4. Louisa, born October 28, 1799, at Westford. 5. Charles Hartwell, born February 6, 1801 ; married April 12, 1826; died April 17, 1846. 6. Polly, born June 13, 1802; married June 29, 1826, Orville Richardson, of Leominster. 7. Nancy, died young. 8. Abijah, born Janu-
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ary 28, 1807, married Louisa Lawrence, of Hollis, New Hampshire; died December 25, 1862; resided at Westford; children: i. Luke Lawrence; ii. Elizabeth Caroline, born April 3, 1834; married George W. Heywood; iii. Charles H., born December 28, 1843, married Mary E. Leighton. 9. Nancy, born January 22. 1808, married Samuel J. Nichols, of Westford. 10. Jonathan Varnum, born at Westford, February 28, 1812; married, No- vember, 1836, at West Cambridge, Mercy Ann Hill, born May 9, 1815; was merchant at Faneuil Hall Market, Boston; resided at Bel- mont ; children: i. Frances Ann; ii. Ellen Louisa, born September 25, 1840, died Sep- tember 27, 1842; iii. George Varnum, born July 17, 1842; married, October 22, 1868, at Belmont, Frances Lucretia Marsh; iv. Joseph Henry, born September 24, 1844, married Nellie F. Woodbridge, and had three chil- dren ; v. Ella Amelia, born June 17, 1848, married Herbert A. Clark, and had four chil- dren ; vi. Ida Florence, born August 16, 1850, married Arthur F. Estabrook.
(VII) Walter Fletcher, son of Joseph Fletcher (6), was born at Groton, Massachu- setts, November 13, 1797, died March 13, 1868. He married first, December 2, 1829, Mrs. Matilda Stacy, who died November 9, 1831, granddaughter of Gershom Cutter, of West Cambridge. He married second, April 4, 1833, Maria Rice, daughter of Captain Mat- thew Rice, of Charlestown. He resided at West Cambridge from 1824 to his death," March 13, 1868, and was a prominent and use- ful citizen. He held various offices. Children : I. Warren, born October 18, 1830; married, first, Caroline Prentiss, and second, Martha Lewis, of Brunswick, Maine, born August 2, 1836; removed to East Boston, 1853; was member of Boston school board; children: i. Grace Lucia, born April 16, 1861, died No- vember 16, 1872; ii. Walter, born 1869, died 1870; iii. Maud, born December 24, 1871; iv. Walter Varnum, born January 23, 1873. 2. Maria Frances, born July 3, 1834; married November, 1853, Samuel S. Davis, of Chelms- ford; died October 17, 1872; child, Ida L. Davis, born August 23, 1857, married Charles W. Prescott, of Concord. They have one son, George L. Prescott, born December 20, 1883, a student in Harvard Medical School. 3. Joseph Varnum, born 1835; died 1837. 4. George W., born and died, 1837. 5. Matthew Rice, born August 30, 1838; men- tioned below.
(VIII) Matthew Rice Fletcher, son of
Walter Fletcher (7), was born August 30, 1838, at West Cambridge, now Arlington. He was educated in the public and high schools of West Cambridge, his native town. He learned the trade of carpenter in his youth, and then worked for parties taking large con- tracts. He resided in Arlington until 1884, when he sold his property and located in Bed- ford, Massachusetts, where he has since lived. He had the old Fitch farm, laid it out in build- ing lots, and sold them. This tract is an at- tractive residential section containing forty- three acres. He built his own house on one of the lots. In 1894 he built a business block in the village. Mr. Fletcher was originally a Democrat in politics, casting his first vote in a presidential campaign for Stephen A. Doug- las in 1860, but in recent years has been a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Universalist church. Mr. Fletcher is a useful and progressive citizen. His enterprise and public spirit have done much to advance the interests of the town of Bedford as a place for suburban home-seekers.
He married, January 1, 1861, Mary A. Hartwell, born February 21, 1839, daughter of Benjamin Farley and Mary F. (Fitch) Hartwell, both natives of Bedford. (See sketch of Hartwell family herewith). She in- herited the Fitch homestead, which was orig- inally owned by her grandfather, David Fitch, born June 28, 1777. The Fitch family has re- sided since early colonial days in Bedford. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher have no children.
The Hartwell family . in HARTWELL England is traced back to the days of William the Conqueror, who allotted land to one of his followers in Normandy by the name of Hart- well, perhaps the progenitor of all the English families of that name. He must have been born as early as 1050 A. D. Although the American progenitor's ancestry is not defin- itely known, he is probably a descendant of this ancient family, and he is undoubtedly the ancestor of all the American families of that name.
(I) William Hartwell, the immigrant an- cestor, was born in England about 1613. He was among the first settlers of Concord, in New England, in 1636, and was admitted a freeman May 18, 1642. He signed a petition for the grant of Chelmsford in 1653. He was commissioned a corporal in 1671 and quarter- master in 1673. He had a homestead in Con-
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cord a mile east of the common on the road to Lexington, lately occupied by E. W. Bull. In 1666 he owned two hundred and forty-seven acres of land, and was among the largest tax- payers of the town. He died March 12, 1690, aged seventy-seven years. His wife Jazan de- posed May II, 1675, that she was sixty-seven years old, which would fix her birthday in 1608. She died August 5, 1695. Children : I. Sarah, died July 8, 1674; married April 18, 1661, Benjamin Parker, of Billerica. 2. John, born December 23, 1640; married June I, 1664, Priscilla Wright; married second, Eliz- abeth Wright, her sister. 3. Mary, born about 1643; died February 13, 1695-96; married Jonathan Hill. 4. Samuel, born March 26, 1645 ; mentioned below. 5. Martha, born May 25, 1649; died before 1690.
(II) Samuel Hartwell, son of William Hartwell (I), was born at Concord, Massa- chusetts, March 26, 1645, and died July 26, 1725. He married October 26, 1665, Ruth Wheeler, born February, 1641-2, died Decem- ber 9, 1713, daughter of George and Catherine Wheeler, of Concord. He married second, Rebecca , who died January 23, 1721- 22. He married third, February 6, 1724, Eliz- abeth Fletcher, of Chelmsford, born June 10, 1698, died October 4, 1732. He settled in Concord, where his children were born. He was a soldier in King Philip's war, and was probably a participant in the celebrated "Hun- gry March" during that famous war. Chil- dren, all by the first wife: I. Samuel, born October 6, 1666. 2. Mary, born February 16, 1667-68; died March 14, 1738-39; married November 1, 1688, John Parling, of Concord. 3. Ruth, born October 17, 1669; died July, 1756; left estate to Ephraim Hartwell. 4. William, born August 16, 1671; mentioned below. 5. John, born June 18, 1673 ; died No- vember 16, 1746; married Deborah
who died June 15, 1744, aged sixty-eight ; married second, December 3, 1744, Mary Hill, widow of Jonathan Hill, of Billerica, who after his death married Isaac Hartwell, of Oxford; had no children. 6. Hannah, born October 7, 1675; died January 5, 1755; mar- ried February 13, 1695-96, Thomas Hosmer, of Concord, born July 6, 1672. 7. Jane, born November 30, 1684; died young. 8. Jona- than, born 1686; died December 9, 1770; mar- ried June II, 1713, Hannah Blanchard, of Concord, born 1690, died January 1, 1763; married second, Hannah Willard, died Jan- uary 15, 1771; removed to Littleton, Massa-
chusetts, where he settled and had numerous descendants.
(III) William Hartwell, son of Samuel Hartwell (2), was born at Concord, August 16, 1671, and died December II, 1742. He married Ruth , who died February 17, 1852. He was the second of the charter mem- bers of the church in 1730. He contributed five pounds towards the starting of the town of Bedford, Massachusetts, which was incor- porated in 1729. He was chairman of the committee to call the first minister in Bed- ford. Children: I. William, born November 5, 1703; was a prominent citizen of Bedford. 2. Ruth, born May 14, 1705; married
Bacon. 3. Dorothy, born March 27, 1707;
married Arnold. 4. Daniel, born March 20, 1709-10. 5. Timothy, born Sep- tember 15, 1712. 6. Stephen, born 1716. 7. Joseph, born January 17, 1722-23; mentioned below.
(IV) Joseph Hartwell, son of William Hartwell (3), was born January 17, 1722-23. and died July 7, 1792. He was in the Revolu- tion under Captain John Moore, at the Lex- ington Alarm, April 19, 1775. He married, December 12, 1750, Jemima Batchelder, who died July 13, 1786. Children : I. Joseph, died young. 2. Jemima, born September 6, 1753; married Ebenezer Cummings, of Woburn. 3. John, born May 18, 1755; married April 7, 1787, Elizabeth Moore. 4. Lydia, born No- vember 1, 1757; died February 13, 1788. 5. Hannah, born July 9, 1759; married John Skelton. 6. Ruth, born February 2, 1761 ; married June 3, 1788. 7. Joseph, born May 9, 1762. 8. Dolly, born January 10, 1764; married Abraham Whitcomb; died August 12, 1841. 9. Timothy, born September 7, 1765. IO. Molly, born April 5, 1769. 11. William, born June 25, 1770; mentioned below.
(V) William Hartwell, son of Joseph Hart- well (4), was born in Bedford, June 25, 1770, and died May 8, 1819. He married first, Oc- tober 13, 1796, Joanna Davis, daughter of Eleazer Davis, born August 19, 1769. She died October 30, 1808, and he married second, April 6, 1809, Mary Lake, born November 13, 1789, who died January 4, 1854. He had six sons whose aggregate age was four hundred and seventy-five years, with an average age of seventy-nine and one-fourth years. His sons Isaac and Benjamin died within eight days of each other, aged eighty-one and eighty-four years respectively. His sons William and John died within five days of each other, aged ninety-one and eighty years. Children of the
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first wife: I. William, born January 12,
1797. 2. Amos, born August 3, 1798. 3. Benjamin Farley, born June 8, 1800; men- tioned below. 4. Joseph, born April 7, 1802. 5. Isaac, born March I, 1804; married June 19, 1862, Lucy Frost ; died, December 6, 1884. 6. Mary Joanna, born May 17, 1806; married, November 3, 1863, Robert Bartley. 7. John Batchelder, born June 21, 1808. Children of the second wife: 8. Samuel Chandler, born February 4, 1810. 9. Loiza, born December 31, 18II ; married Elias Skelton. 10. George, born August 4, 1814; settled in California; had a son born and died 1818. II. Eldridge, born January 5, 1820.
(VI) Benjamin Farley Hartwell, son of William Hartwell (5), was born at Bedford, June 8, 1800, and died December 14, 1884. He married November 13, 1828, Lucy Webber, who died April 20, 1834; married second, January 20, 1835, Mary F. Fitch, who died May 15, 1871. He married third, November 17, 1875, Mrs. Nancy Brooks. In the active years of his life he conducted the Converse farm in South Bedford. He lived with his second wife at the Fitch homestead in Bed- ford. He was a member of the church sixty- seven years, and was a useful and honorable citizen. Children of the first wife: I. Lucy, born and died in 1830. 2. Lucy Ann, born and died 1832. Children of the second wife : 3. Lucy Webber, born January 16, 1837 ; mar- ried November 25, 1858, Hannibal S. Pond; resided at the homestead in South Bedford, and was killed October 2, 1860. 4. Mary Al- zina, born February 21, 1839, married, Janu- ary 1, 1861, Matthew R. Fletcher. (See sketch of the Fletcher family herewith) ; returned from Arlington to Bedford in 1884, and lo- cated on the maternal homestead.
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