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The children of James and Catharine (Brown) Yerrinton, born in Providence: I. James Brown, born December 4, 1800; men- tioned below. 2. Barker Taylor, born April 20, 1803 ; married Ann Maria Daggett, of Pro- vidence, daughter of Captain Preston and Nancy (Read) Daggett; for many years he was engraver and bookkeeper with Church & Metcalf, manufacturing jewelers. 3. Cathar- ine, born March 22, 1806; died June 24, 1828; married Eliakim Briggs and left an only child, Julia A., born November 12, 1827, mar- ried William H. Randall (their only child, William H. Randall, Jr., born April 2, 1856, married, August 28, 1882, Betsey A. Whit- man, and second, August 27, 1884, Margaret E. Cahoon). 4. Sarah, born December 25, 1807 ; died August 20, 1843 ; married William Webster, son of Ebenezer, and left an only child, Ebenezer Webster, removed to Cali- fornia.
(II) James Brown Yerrinton, son of James Yerrinton (I), was born in Provi- dence, Rhode Island, December 4, 1800, died October 17, 1866. He received a good education in the public schools of his native town. He was apprenticed to Hugh H. Brown, of Providence, to learn the printer's trade, and among his fellow-apprentices there was James D. Knowles. About the time he came of age he removed to Boston, where he followed his trade. With William Goodell he established the newspaper known as the Philanthropist and Investigator, devoted to general reforms, and published both at Boston and Providence. About 1840 he removed with his family to Amherst, Massachusetts, and became the editor of the Amherst Gaz- ette, but after a few years returned to Boston. He was foreman of the composing room of the Daily Advocate during its existence in Boston. He was associated with William Lloyd Garrison from 1845 in the printing of The Liberator until it ceased publication De- cember 29, 1865. Although he was a printer, he wrote many articles for the paper and was intensely interested in its mission. He was a friend of Wendell Phillips and other lead- ers in the anti-slavery cause. He died in Chelsea, in 1866. His residence was in Cedar street, at the West End. He was a Unitarian in religion, and was active in the anti-Mason- ic crusade. He was strong both mentally and physically ; genial, kindly and beloved espec- ially by the children whom he knew.
He married first, January 17, 1825, Phebe, daughter of Samuel Boyd; married second, Mrs. Olive (Forbes) Metcalf. Children: I. James Manning Winchell, born October 24, 1825; mentioned below. 2. Caroline Eliza- beth, born April 20, 1832; married, March 24, 1850, Daniel S. Remington, of Providence, Rhode Island; children: i. Samuel Reming- ton, born 1851, died April 26, 1877; ii. James Winchell Remington, born September 15, 1852; iii. George Walter, born April 6, 1855; married September 21, 1876, Annie Chapman and had three children-Annie; Wallis, de- ceased ; and - -; he died August 19, 1886; iv. Carrie Belle Remington, born July 30, 1858, married, January 4, 1883, John A. How- ard, and had one child, Louise; v. Olivia Stanhope Remington, born June 29, 1871. 3. Anna, born 1833; died August 30, 1873 ; mar- ried, December, 1854, David White; who died April 21, 1873; children: i. Carrie Della White, born June 6, 1856, married, June, 1882, Alfred Sidwell, of East Boston, resides 7 Hudson street, Somerville; ii. Anna Belle, born December, 1857, died November, 1865; resides at Hadley, Massachusetts. 4. Phila, born November 23, 1837, died in Salem, May I, 1870; married, July 9, 1857, Albert F. Ar- nold, of Providence; children: i. Adela J., married, June 10, 1880, Edward G. Pratt; children : i. Adela J. Pratt, born at Newport, December 30, 1882; ii. Mary Elizabeth Ar- nold, born August 23, 1859, married, June 20, 1883, Elisha P. Reeves ; iii. Anna Frances Ar- nold, born July 21, 1864, died 1866. 5. Frank M., born June 2, 1839; married Ellen M. Waterman, in Fairlee, Vermont, who died November 10, 1875; children: i. Ellen, born 1868; ii. Frank M., born January 14, died January 30, 1870; iii. Alice W., born August I, 1872, died December 17, 1873; they reside at 42 Dana street, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
(III) James Manning Winchell Yerrinton, son of James Brown Yerrinton (2), was born in Boston, October 24, 1825, and died Novem- ber I, 1893. He received his education in the public and high schools of Boston, working during his spare hours in his father's printing office. At the age of seventeen he began to work regularly at the printer's trade, and followed it until 1860, when he became assis- tant editor of William Lloyd Garrison on The Liberator, the famous old anti-slavery pa- per. He was for a time in business for him- self editing with Charles Slack a newspaper called Excelsior. After leaving the employ of William Lloyd Garrison he was for a time in
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the employ of George T. Garrison, a son. He became one of the most expert short-hand reporters in the country during his newspaper career, and finally was appointed stenographer of the superior court for Suffolk county, a position he filled with conspicuous ability until his death. He was a Unitarian in religion, a strong anti-slavery man, anti-Masonic in his beliefs also; supporting the temperance re- form ; and in later life a Republican. He was of large stature, of cheerful, happy disposi- tion, devoted to his home. .
He married, May 21, 1850, Susan Eliza- beth, born March 10, 1826, daughter of Ben- jamin and Sophia (Wyman) Mayhew, of Hallowell, Maine. She was of the ninth gen- eration from Thomas Mayhew, of Southamp- ton, England, born 1592, died 1682, who in 164I had a patent from Sir Ferdinando Gorges, agent of the Earl of Sterling, for Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and the Eliz- abeth Islands. Lineage: Benjamin (8) ; Francis (7); Ephraim (6); Benjamin (5), (4); John (3); Thomas (2), (I). Benjamin Mayhew was a miller by trade. Children of James M. W. and Susan E. Yerrinton : I. Eleanor Elizabeth, born March 2, 1851, mar- ried, October 31, 1881, James Lewis Duncan, of Boston ; child, Eleanor Duncan, born No- vember 24, 1882. 2. Annie Isabella, born April 26, 1853, died unmarried, February 21, 1905. 3. James Frederick, born October 27, 1854, died April 20, 1858. 4. Wendell Phil- lips, born February 7, 1857; mentioned be- low. 5. Arthur Brown, born October 21, 1863: died September 18, 1864. 6. Carrie Mayhew, born October 3, 1866; married September 9, 1890, Charles Augustus Den- nett, of Portland, Maine.
(IV) Wendell Phillips Yerrinton, son of James Manning Winchell Yerrinton (3), was born at Chelsea, Massachusetts, February 7, 1857. He was educated in the public schools, graduating from the Chelsea high school in 1876, then studying stenography under his father, who was an expert. He preferred a commercial career, however, and entered the office of Jordan & Marsh's wholesale dry goods store, as office boy, and became sales- man. He next entered the employ of Rodliff & Eaton, dealers in wool at 102 Federal street, and was bookkeeper and salesman there from 1878 to 1891. About the time that Mr. Rod- liff retired Mr. Yerrinton was admitted to partnership, and the firm name became W. D. Eaton & Co., with its store at No. 6 Leather Square, where the business was located in
1886. When Mr. Eaton died in 1896, Mr. Yerrinton bought his interests. In 1904 the business was moved to quarters at 114 Fed- eral street, and in June, 1906, to the present location, 139 Federal street. He has eight thousand square feet of floor space, deals en- tirely in domestic wool, and has customers from the Mississippi river to St. John, New Brunswick, and from Canada to the Mason and Dixon line. Mr. Yerrinton resides at 59 Jason street, Arlington, in the beautiful house erected in 1896. He is a member of the Uni- versalist church, and is a trustee in the Arl- ington society, and was formerly superintend- ent of the Sunday school in Chelsea, Massa- chusetts. He belongs to the Universalist Men's Club. In politics he is a Republican. He was made a member of Hiram Lodge of Free Masons of Arlington in December, 1902 ; of Menotomy Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, · February 17, 1903, and holds office in both those bodies. He is a member of the Arling- ton Boat Club. He is a trustee of the Poor Richard Association, an investment concern of Boston.
He married first, September 6, 1883, Sarah Marshall, born June 4, 1862, and died July 19, 1887, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Luma) Marshall, of Chelsea, Massachusetts. Her father was a weaver by trade. Child : I. Katherine Ivanetta, born May 2, 1885. He married second, October 28, 1891, Margaret Ella Johnston, of Louisville, Kentucky, born December 16, 1862, and died April 20, 1897, daughter of John and Mary (Dixon) John- ston, of Louisville. Her father was a whole- sale grocer. Children: 2. Elizabeth, born June 24, 1893. 3. Bertha (twin), born April 18, 1897. 4. Margaret (twin), born April 18, 1897.
This surname is spelled CHENERY Chinery, Chenery, Genery, Ginery, Ginere, Genere and in various other ways. The family coat-of- arms is: Azure, a chevron, ermine between
three lions rampant; or, armed and langued, gules, on a canton, vert, a harp of the third, stringed, argent. Crest: An eagle rising from the top of a globe all proper, collared, or. Motto: "Nec temere, nec timide"-neither rashly nor with timidity.
(I) Lambert Chenery, the immigrant, was born in England in 1593, and died in Dedham, Massachusetts, January 30, 1574-75. He set- tled first in Watertown with the early pion-
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eers of that town, after a short stay at Salem, where he owned land. His wife and two sons, John and Isaac, came from England with him. In 1635 or 1636 he removed to Dedham among the first settlers of that pious old town, and he signed the famous Dedham covenant. He did not dispose of all his Wa- tertown interests, however, for he was called of Watertown August 18, 1668, when he rent- ed to his son John the north part of the Ayers farm that he had hired February 8, 1667-68, for a term of eight years. His wife was ad- mitted to full communion in the Dedham church December 4, 1640, and he was ad- mitted June 9, 1644. He deposed June 17, 1673, that he was eighty years old. He was a prominent citizen of Dedham, and mentioned constantly in the town records for many years, serving in various places of trust and honor. He married second, May 14, 1658, Tamazin Hews, who died at Watertown, Jan- uary 2, 1669-70. Chenery died January 30, 1673-74. His will was dated February 17, 1673, and was proved February 4, 1674, be- queathing to sons John and Isaac, daughter Mary; son-in-law Richard Ellis, daughter-in- law Ruth Ellis, widow; and to the church of Dedham. The inventory of his personal es- tate amounted · to about a hundred pounds, dated April 12, 1674. Children: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Isaac, settled in Med- field ; married, November 16, 1654, Elizabeth Gamlyn. 3. Mary, born December 24, 1659. The two sons were by the first wife.
(II) John Chenery, son of Lambert Chen- ery (I), was born in England, about 1630, and died in Watertown, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 5, 1675. About 1654 he bought a tract of land in New London, Connecticut, the homestead of Captain Daniel Dennison, who had moved to Mystic. In 1657 his agent, Rev. Richard Blyman, sold this estate to William Chapman. If Chenery- lived in New London at all it was a very short time. He was a soldier in the Watertown company in King Philip's war; was wounded at the battle at Northfield, Massachusetts, by the Indians, and died from the effects of his wound the following day. The inventory of his estate April 1, 1776, shows that he owned a house, forty-eight acres of land in the homestall, ten acres of pasture, formerly owned by Daniel Hudson, and five acres formerly owned by George Adams, a legacy left by his father, a right to land in New London.
He married at Watertown, March 12, 1655- 56, Sarah Boylston, widow of Dr. Thomas
Boylston, the first physician at Muddy River ( Brookline), Massachusetts, and grandmother of Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, a famous physician of his day. Sarah died September 14, 1704. The only child of John and Sarah Chenery : I. John, mentioned below.
(III) John Chenery, Jr., son of John Chen- ery (2), was born in Watertown, December 17, 1657, and died there December 19, 1723. He was admitted a freeman April 18, 1690. He married June 4, 1684 (or 1685), Elizabeth Stratton, born July 2, 1664, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Franie) Stratton. The moth- er died May 7, 1708, and he died April 7, 1691. Samuel Stratton, Sr., his father, was the pi- oneer at Watertown. Children of John and Elizabeth Chenery: 1. Sarah, died young. 2. Sarah, born and died August, 1688. 3. Eliz- abeth, born January 27, 1691-92 ; married, De- cember 14, 1727, John Fiske. 4. John, born November 16, 1692, died young. 5. John, born July 21, 1695; died September 18, 1723, aged eighteen. 6. Ebenezer, born November 10, 1697 ; mentioned below. 7. Abigail, born February 28, 1700-01 ; married, June 24, 1725, David Ransford, of Canterbury, Connecticut. (IV) Ebenezer Chenery, son of John Chenery (3), was born in Watertown, No- vember 10, 1697, and died there July 28, 1723, aged twenty-eight. He was in Major Samuel Moody's company from April to No- vember, 1722, with other Watertown men, and served against Canada. Doubtless his death the following summer might be traced to this military service. His estate was insolvent. He married first Hannah Cutter, born July 22, 1690, daughter of Ephraim and Deborah (Stone) Cutter, granddaughter of Richard Cutter. He married second, Ruth who owned the covenant July 18, 1720. Child of the first wife, born in Watertown: I. Elizabeth, born June 22, 1722. Children of the second wife: 2. Mary, baptized June 18, 1725. 3. Abigail, baptized May 19, 1728; married September 19, 1747, Edward Rich- ardson. 4. John, born November 1, 1730; (lied May 6, 1732. 5. Ebenezer, born June 14, 1734. 6. Ruth, born September 14, 1736; married, November 1, 1753, Thomas Burdett. 7. John, born October 4, 1739 ; mentioned be- low. 8. William, born July 24, 1742: set- tled in Cambridge ; married Sybil Cox ; chil- dren : i. William, born October 27, 1765, set- tled in Jay, Maine : ii. Anna, born January 22, 1767; married. 1794, John Aspinwall, of Brookline : iii. Elisha, born 1770. baptized De- cember 30, 1770; iv. Sybil, born October 13,
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1774 ; v. Samuel, born May 10, 1778; vi. Ruth, born May 8, 1780.
(V) John Chenery, son of Ebenezer Chen- ery (4), was born at Watertown, Massachu- setts, October 4, 1739. He was a farmer. He served in the Revolution in Captain Samuel Barnard's company, Colonel Thomas Gard- ner's regiment, on the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775. He married in 1751 (intention pub- lished at Malden, Massachusetts, November 15, 1751), Phebe Sargent, of Malden. Chil- dren : I. John, born March 5, 1761; died young. 2. Joseph, born March 20, 1763. 3. Ebenezer, born January 23, 1765; mentioned below. 4. Moses, born November 23, 1771 ; married, June 23, 1796, - ; children : i. Moses, born October 3, 1797; ii. John, born October 18, 1798; married second, Lucilia Pomroy, and had seven children. 5. Solo- mon, born February 2, 1774; married
Pond, and had five children; settled in Fal- mouth, Maine (now Portland). 6. John, born March 18, 1777; settled in Falmouth, Maine; had. five children. 7. David, born February 7, 1780; settled in Maine. 8. Joseph, settled in Maine; had five children. 9. Phebe, born January 24, 1784; married Phinehas Sander- son, of Watertown, and had five children.
(VI) Ebenezer Chenery, son of John Chenery (5), was born at Watertown, Mass- achusetts, January 23, 1765, and died at Bel- mont (then Watertown), August 23, 1847. He was brought up on his father's farm, and from boyhood was studious. All his spare time was spent in reading and he was very fond of history. He spent all his life on the farm, and with the aid of three of his sons who lived at home made the place yield a handsome income. They adopted all the latest ideas in agriculture and were progressive farmers in every sense of the word. They made a specialty of fruit. He was a patriot, deeply interested in the elections. He voted for Andrew Jackson, but soon afterward be- came a Whig. He never held public office. When the Revolution broke out he was a boy of ten, too young to go; but later, during Shay's Rebellion, he received a lieutenant's commission from the governor. In religion he was a Unitarian.
He married, October 23, 1803, Sally Hast- ings, of Waltham, born June 13, 1775, and died May 21, 1866, daughter of Josiah and Lydia (Ball) Hastings; she was a lineal des- cendant of Lord Hastings of England, her father was a farmer and shoemaker of Waltham. Children: I. Isaac Hastings, born
September 12, 1804; mentioned below. 2. Ebenezer, Jr., born January 14, 1806; died July 3, 1813. 3. Sarah, born May 22, 1808; died June 12, 1826. 4. David, born August 16, 1810; died August 10, 1886; married, Oc- tober I, 1835, Caroline Homer, of Boston, Massachusetts; children: i. George Homer, born August 23, 1836, died March 24, 1901 ; married, April 27, 1887, Harriet Matilda Farmer ; ii. David, born July 3, 1838; married, July 18, 1863, Flora Pierce, of Waltham, and had: Mabel Young, born October 30, 1864, died October 5, 1866; Gertrude Adele, born September 25, 1867 (married, November 6, 1889, Charles William Benjamin and had Harold Chenery Benjamin, born June 30, 1891), Nella Carrie, born November 30, 1869, Florence, born December 24, 1875, (married Edwin Emery Farnham, of Cambridge, Mass- achusetts, and had Caroline Farnham and Ed- win Farnham), Franklin Winthrop, born March 16, 1875, Howard, born November 15, 1876, died young; iii. Caroline Maria, born October 25, 1840; iv. Franklin Winthrop, born January 21, 1843, died May 2, 1872; v. Henry Augustus, born July 20, 1849, died July 19, 1883; vi. Emma Victorine, born May 9, 1852. 5. Lydia Ball, born August 16, 1812, died September 1, 1891; married, June 3, 1834, John Pond Farmer, of Boston; chil- dren: i. Eben Chenery Farmer, born Febru- ary 14, 1836, died February 28, 1853; ii. John Pond Farmer, Jr., born September 9, 1838, died May 19, 1841 ; iii. John Pond Farmer, born March II, 1842, married, July 31, 1873, Mary Crosby Crowell, and had Edith Crowell Farmer, born February 10, 1875 (married February 14, 1907, Herman Andrew Hard- ing), and John Pond Farmer, Jr., born March 13, 1882; iv. Sarah Lydia Farmer, born Aug- ust 10, 1844, died September 1, 1845. 6. John, born June 29, 1815; died July 5, 1836; he was a student at Harvard. 7. Susannah, born March 8, 1818; married, February II, 1851, Davis Crosman, of Sennet, New York; children : i. Annett Lydia Crosman, born Aug- ust 30, 1853, married first, November 26, 1872, Chauncey Osborne Abbott, married sec- ond, April 29, 1875, Charles Karson Hall, and had Florence Crosman Abbott, born Oc- tober 10, 1873 (married October 14, 1896, Burt Leonard Rich, and had Chauncy Abbott Rich, born May 25, 1898, Mildred Annette Rich, born January 8, 1900, Warren Adelbert Rich, born September 6, 1903), Mary Os- borne Abbott, born March 20, 1879, (married October 17, 1900, Lawrence Richard Boden,
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and had Susanna Ashton Boden, born July 6, 1903) ; ii. William Chenery Crosman, born June 8, 1858, married, October 13, 1880, Fan- nie Maud Sherwood, of Auburn, New York, and had Mabel Sherwood Crosman, born March 22, 1887, and William Ballou Crosman, born August 11, 1891. 8. Mary, born May 12, 1820; died February 2, 1832.
(VII) Isaac Hastings Chenery, son of Eb- enezer Chenery (6), was born at Watertown, Massachusetts, September 12, 1804, and died there October 24, 1873. He was educated in the public schools, and early became identified with his father in the business of market gardening, going to Boston market every day for years. At the death of his father the homestead came to him and his brother David, and the farm was carried on as a fruit farm, principally peaches, cherries and plums. About two years before his death he gave up active work. He was much loved especially among the poor, for his kindness and benevo- lence. He had a pleasant disposition, and was popular on account of his many sterling qual- ities. He was large of stature. In religion he was a Unitarian, and in politics a Republi- . can, and although he was asked many times to enter active politics, he would never accept public office. He was a member of the fire department, and served in the militia in Watertown.
He married, October 23, 1839, Mary Ann Homer, born May 29, 1819, died April I, 1906, daughter of William and Mary (Lakin) Homer, of Boston, Massachusetts. Children : I. Charles Edward, born December 3, 1840; mentioned below. 2. Mary Louisa, born January 8, 1842 ; died July 23, 1842. 3. Mary Louisa, born June 8, 1843; died April 10, 1871. 4. Maria Frances, born February 19, 1845; married, November 17, 1870, Daniel Augustus Hart, of Townsend, Massachusetts ; children : i. Grace Louise Hart, born Novem- ber 6, 1871, married, February 8, 1898, Henry Thomas Baker, of Auburn, New York, and had Marion Lindsay Baker, born November II, 1898; ii. Mabel Chenery Hart, born Aug- ust 25, 1876, married June 1, 1898, Oliver Max Dennett, and had Kenneth Dennett, born November 22, 1898, Helen Dennett, born May 26, 1900, Dorothy Dennett, born November 2, 1901, Donald Hart Dennett, born December 22, 1903, and Frances Dennett, born Febru- ary 10, 1905. 5. Harriet Lydia, born May 31, 1847; married, June 6, 1872, Horace Edwin Stone, of Belmont, Massachusetts. 6: George Whiting (twin), born September 23, 1849;
mentioned below. 7. Sarah Elizabeth (twin), born September 23, 1849; died January 27, 1850. 8. Susan Annette, born February 5, 1857; died February 7, 1857.
(VIII) George Whiting Chenery, son of Isaac Hastings Chenery (7), was born in Watertown (Belmont), September 23, 1849.
(VIII) Charles Edward Chenery, son of Isaac H. Chenery (7), was born in Watertown (Belmont), Massachusetts, December 3, 1840.
These two brothers were educated in the common schools in their native town, George W. going to the high school and Charles E. taking a course in the high school at Water- town. The brothers have been closely iden- tified with one another all their lives. They assisted their father on the farm when they were boys, and later took the care of the busi- ness from him. Charles E. took charge of the marketing in Boston, and George W. super- intended the garden work. At the death of their father they inherited the estate, and con- tinued the business under the firm name of Chenery Brothers. They grow all kinds of fruit, among them cherries, apples, quinces, and strawberries. Besides the early market produce they have made a great success grow- ing squash. Two greenhouses, 150 by 22 feet are used for the cultivation of lettuce, parsley, and dandelions. The original farm was twenty-two acres, and was the first Chenery homestead; the farm consists now of about sixteen acres, and they also own land in Walt- ham, Massachusetts. They owned land for- merly in Cambridge, which that city took for a park. The brothers are highly respected, and enjoy the confidence and esteem of their townsmen. They attend the Unitarian church at Belmont, and are Republican in politics. They are both members of the Unity Club of Belmont. Charles E. has served as engineer of the fire department, and is a member of the Boston Market Gardeners' Association. He is unmarried. George W. married, September 26, 1900, Carrie Ashley Shaw, born October 30, 1854, daughter of Job Lawton and Phebe (Ashley) Shaw, of New Bedford, Massachu- setts. Her father was a grocer, and served in the New Bedford city council. They have no children.
(For early generations see preceding sketch).
(VII) David Chenery, CHENERY fourth child of Ebenezer Chenery (6), was born at Watertown, now Belmont, Massachusetts, August 16, 1810, died August 10, 1886. He
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attended the district school house, which was a mile from the homestead, with his brothers and sisters; the school house was an ancient structure, with the desks for the older pupils arranged continuously around the wall, caus- ing the scholars to sit with their backs to the teacher and the remainder of the school, while the inside tier of seats were facing each other on opposite sides in battered condition, show- ing the unmistakable marks of jack-knives of the boys. It was during the winter months that David attended this school and went to the evening singing school, and he later sang in the choir of the Unitarian church. When he completed his studies his father, having two older sons to assist him on the farm, wished David to learn a trade, and he was apprenticed to a wheelwright in Cambridgeport, where he remained for a short period of time, but dis- liking the business and growing homesick, he obtained his father's permission to return home. After David and his brothers attained the age of twenty-one, they were given one hundred and fifty dollars a year and board. Isaac, the eldest brother, attended to the, mar- keting of the farm produce among the wealthy people of Cambridge and the college boarding houses; Eben died; Lydia, the sister, was married in 1834, and John, the youngest son, when eighteen, was employed in a grocery store in Cambridge ; its proximity to Harvard College and being brought in daily contact with the students inspired him with an intense desire to fit himself to enter there. With his father's permission he left the grocery business and entered a private school at Watertown village taught by Theodore Park- er, later of Harvard Divinity School. After teaching school at Concord, Massachusetts, and later taking a course in South Reading Academy, he entered Harvard at the age of twenty, but during the second quarter he died, July 5, 1836.
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