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Benjamin Wheeler, son of Thaddeus Wheeler, was born in Hollis, October 16, 1790. He settled in that town. He married Children : Benjamin, Minot, Thaddeus, Clar- issa, Sally, Mary Ann, Desire and Deziah (twins), and Cyrus, mentioned below.
Cyrus Wheeler, son of Benjamin Wheeler, was born in Hollis in 1819. He was reared on a farm, and educated in the common schools of his day. In connection with farming he engaged in the trade of cooper. About 1850 he moved to Ackworth, New Hampshire, where he devoted his attention to farming. He was a Democrat in politics. He was a quiet, unpretentious man, faithful in the dis- charge of his duties, and held the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. He mar- ried Dr. Eliza B. Richard, whose father and brothers were physicians, all of whom en- joyed a large and successful practice. They were the parents of eight children, two of whom Amaziah and Edwin F. were born in Hollis, and the remainder in Acworth. Their children were: Amaziah, Edwin F., George E., William E., Aline A., Minot E., Clara May and Lulu I. In the fall of 1863 Mr. and Mrs.
Wheeler were bereaved, from the effects of diphtheria, by the loss of four children, name- ly: Minot E., November 13, aged six and a half years. Lulu I., November 10, two and a half years. Amaziah, November 24, seventeen years. Clara May, November 27, four years. Aline A., married Dr. J. Lindsey, of Worces- ter, Massachusetts. Mr. Wheeler died at the home of his son in Stow, 1898. His wife died in Stow, 1904, aged seventy-eight years.
Edwin F. Wheeler, son of Cyrus Wheeler, was born at Hollis, New Hampshire, Decem- ber 25, 1848. The family removed to Acworth, New Hampshire, and his education was acquired in the schools of Acworth and Al- stead. At an early age he started to make his own way in the world. His first employment was on a farm, and in the fall of 1868 he came to Stow, Massachusetts, where he work- ed at farming until he engaged in the mills of M. Smith & Son and Folsom & Priest. In the fall of 1886 he purchased one-half the mill, the lumber, box and grist mills, and con- ducted business under the name of Folsom & Wheeler ; in 1890 he purchased his partner's interests. In addition to this he conducted a grocery store and blacksmith shop, which proved exceedingly remunerative. He invest- ed his capital in real estate, from which he derived a good income. He served on the school committee of Stow for several years; served on the board of selectmen in 1889 and 1906, and in 1907 was again elected and is now acting as chairman of the board; served on the board of health two years, and as fire warden and special police many years. He is a member of the Unitarian church and a mem- ber of the parish committee, and a Republi- can in politics. He is a charter member of the West Acton Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was a charter member of Stow Grange, Patrons of Husbandry.
Mr. Wheeler married (first), December 25, 1872, Anna A. Davidson, an adopted daughter of Benjamin Davidson, of Stow, who bore him three children: I. Charles E., born April 5, 1874, a contractor and builder of Nashua, New Hampshire ; he married Nettie Wheeler, of Hollis, daughter of Augustus Wheeler ; three children: Arline Vesta, Evelyn Viola and Edward Francis. 2. Carrie Frances, born September 5, 1875, married Frederick Bartlett Davis, of Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachu- setts, in Nashua, New Hampshire, February 29, 1896. He was born August II, 1873. They had eight children, three of whom died in childhood. The surviving members of the
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family are: i. Marian Hamlet Davis, born at Hollis, New Hampshire, February 4, 1897 ; ii. Pearl Wheeler Davis, March 18, 1898, at Worcester, Massachusetts; iii. Clinton Bart- lett Davis, at Providence, Rhode Island, May 22, 1903; iv. Beatrice Jennie Davis, at South Kingston, Rhode Island, November 29, 1905; v. Elsa Frederica Davis, at Providence, Rhode Island, September 29, 1907. 3. Ernest Wil- mot, born June 22, 1877. Anna A. (David- son) Wheeler died in 1882. Mr. Wheeler married (second), January 17, 1888, Carrie Augusta Ricker, born in Medfield, Massachu- setts, March 4, 1860, daughter of Chapman S. and Martha M. Ricker, the former a native of Maine. Mrs. Wheeler attended Lawrence Academy, and Olivet College, Olivet, Michi- gan; she taught for several years in Massa- chusetts and Michigan. Children of second marriage : I. Jennie Alberta, born March IO, 1889, a graduate of the normal school at Framingham. 2. Arthur Gates, born Novem- ber 19, 1894. 3. Everett, born March 13, 1899, died November 30, 1899.
The surname Storer is of STORER ancient English origin. It has undergone various changes in its transmission from the early centuries of the era. It is spelled Storr, Storee, Storah and Story in the same family in the early records. (I) Rev. Thomas Storer (or Storr), was vicar of Bilby, Lincolnshire, England. Of his children: 1. Augustine, mentioned below. 2. Mary, married Rev. John Wheelwright, the founder of Exeter, New Hampshire.
(II) Augustine Storer, son of Rev. Thomas Storer (I), was born at Bilsby, England; came to Boston, Massachusetts, with his wife, and joined the combination at Exeter. He was elected one of the three ruling elders of the church at Exeter, in January, 1640, with Anthony Stanyan and the first elder, Isaac Gross, with duties corresponding to those of selectman. He came from England in July, 1637, and was in Exeter in the spring following. When the first division of land was made he was allotted, with the title of "Mr.," twenty acres and one hundred poles of upland and two and three-quarters acres of marsh. When Wheelwright left Exeter, Storer (or Storre) also left the town, settling, it is said, in Wells, where his grandsons re-
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sided. He married Susannah Hutchinson,
daughter of Edward, and granddaughter of John Hutchinson, the mayor of Lincoln, Eng-
land, 1556-64. She was sister of Wheel- wright's second wife.
(III) William Storer, only known son of Augustine Storer (2), lived in Dover, New Hampshire, where he died in 1660. He mar- ried Sarah Starbuck, daughter of Edward Starbuck, who came from Derbyshire, Eng- land ; was a member of the Dover convention ; elder of the church. His widow married, sec- ond, Samuel Austin, of Wells, in 1661, and the family then removed from Dover to Wells, Maine, where the children were placed under the guardianship of Austin, in whose family they continued until of age. Austin kept a public house and was commissioner for trials for several years. The sons came to manhood well grounded in moral principles, despite their surroundings, and became men of great usefulness. Children : I. Benjamin, killed by the Indians in 1677. 2. Joseph, born Sep- tember 23, 1648; mentioned below. 3. Jere- miah. 4. Samuel, resided in Charlestown, Massachusetts ; mariner ; member of church in York; married Lydia Austin; died June 10, 1700.
(IV) Joseph Storer, son of William Storer (3), was born September 23, 1648; died 1730. He was lieutenant commanding the Wells garrison in the Indian wars, King Philip's, 1675-76, and later. He engaged in the lumber business, building mills and making boards, etc. He built a house on the main road of Wells, Maine, where John S. Pope now or lately lived, about 1679, and afterwards added fortifications and palisades around it. During the next war he built several small houses inside the fortification for the use of those who took refuge there, and his house was con- stantly open to the public. Officers and sol- diers resorted to it ad libitum, while he with truly patriotic spirit was always ready to re- spond to the wants of all who had been driven from their homes by peril and suffering. Wheelwright had not yet built his garrison, so that at three periods afterward this was the frontier garrison of the province. Storer was in every way active in the defence of the province, encouraging the settlers to hold their ground, and giving up his own land near the fort for cultivation and pasturage of the re- fugees. The wounded were brought to his house as to a hospital, and he and his family cared for them. For all this service he re- ceived no remuneration. He was an officer in the service, but this voluntary service eclipsed any war record possible at that time. It is said that to him more than any other man
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the province was indebted for its preservation from entire desolation. Without his little fort the savages would have swept the country clear of English settlers.
Storer was one of the founders of the church at York, and thus his name is not among the founders of the Wells church, though he was deacon there until the end of his life. From him descend all the Storer family of Wells and vicinity. He married Hannah Hill, daughter of Roger and Sarah (Cross) Hill, of Saco, Maine. At the period of his death in 1730 he was the wealthiest man in Wells, his estate being appraised at about $5,000. He probably resided at York in his last years. His will is dated February 20, 1721-22, proved February 13, 1729-30. He mentions wife Hannah; sons Ebenezer, Seth, John; daughters Hannah Hammond, Sarah Colburn, Mary St. Germain, Abigail Little- field, Keziah Plummer. John was sole execu- tor. Children: I. Hannah, born May 6, 1680; married Joshua Littlefield. 2. Sarah, born December 9, 1682; married J. Colburn ; died January 21, 1770. 3. Mary, born May 12, 1685 ; married, at Montreal, August 25, 1747, Jean St. Germaine. 4. Abigail, born October 29, 1687. 5. Joseph, born August 29, 1690. 6. John, born September 5, 1694. 7. Keziah, born May 2, 1697; married Ebenezer Plum- mer. 8. Ebenezer, born at Saco Fort, June 4, 1699; mentioned below. 9. Seth, born May 26, 1702; ship-owner with Ebenezer, lived in Boston.
(V) Ebenezer Storer, son of Joseph Storer (4), was born at Saco Fort, June 4, 1699. He married, June 20, 1723, Mary Edwards, who died December 6, 1772 ; he died May 22, 1761. He and his brother Seth attempted to make a visit to their aged mother in 1746, but hav- ing reached Kittery had to turn back to Boston on account of the French and Indian war. They owned a sloop in company in 1739, and it was lost in 1741. He seems to have lived in Boston and Wells. Children: I. Joseph, born April 25, 1724 ; died September 12, 1724. 2. Mary, born June 21, 1725; died June 28, 1727-28. 3. Elizabeth, born December 24, 1726 ; married, October 9, 1746; died June 27, I786. 4. Ebenezer, born December 16, 1728; died December 22, 1728. 5. Eben- ezer, born June 27, 1729-30; mentioned below. 6. Mary, born April 8, 1732; died October 22, 1733. 7. Hannah, born Jan- uary 16, 1734-35; died April 29, 1737. 8. Mary, born January 2, 1736-37 ; married, April 14, 1757, Edward Green; second, August 23,
1791, Benjamin Hall. 9. Hannah, born May 23, 1739; married, October 7, 1762, Joshua Green ; died September 2, 18II. IO. Sybil, born February 6, 1742-43; died February 28, I749.
(VI) Ebenezer Storer, son of Ebenezer Storer (5), was born January 27, 1729-30. He married first, July 17, 1751, Elizabeth Green, daughter of Joseph Green, of Boston. He married second, November 6, 1777, Han- nah Lincoln, born September II, 1738. Line- age: Hannah (Quincy) Lincoln, widow of Dr. B. Lincoln; Hannah (6) ; Josiah (5) ; Ed- mund (4, 3, 2, 1) Quincy. He was a soldier in the Revolution from Wells, in Captain James Hubbard's company ; also in Captain Noah Moulton Littlefield's company, Colonel Moulton's regiment, April 19, 1775; also in Captain Samuel Sayer's company, Colonel James Scammon's regiment, in 1775. He died January 6, 1807.
(VII) Ebenezer Storer, son of Ebenezer Storer (6), was born at Wells, Maine, De- cember 26, 1775, and died December 26, 1859. He married Sarah Sherman, who was born October 18, 1778, and died October 28, 1837. Children, born at Wells: I. John, born Oc- tober 5, 1807. 2. Seth, born June 4, 1809. 3. Ebenezer, Jr., born January 22, 18II. 4. Lydia, born February 10, 1813. 5. Joseph, born February 29, 1816. 6. Edward, born April 4, 1818; mentioned below. 7. Mary H., born November 14, 1820.
(VIII) Edward Storer, son of Ebenezer Storer (7), was born at Wells, April 4, 1818, and died in Arlington, Massachusetts, July I, 1901. He received his education in the com- mon schools of his native town. He came to Arlington (then West Cambridge), before he was of age, and apprenticed himself to James J. Jarvis, whose carpenter shop was built over the brook that runs through the old burying ground, on land belonging to him there. After working a number of years for Jarvis, Mr. Storer and another employee, James Blan- chard, took over the business and established the firm of Blanchard & Storer, carpenters and builders, with a shop on Mill street. Then Mr. Storer bought out his partner, who re- mained in his employ, however, preferring to work for wages. They were always close friends, and were associated together in this way until Mr. Blanchard died. Mr. Storer built for himself the house now occupied by the Boston & Maine railroad, Water street, and had his shop at that place. When the Lexington & Boston railroad was built it was
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laid out through the lot on which the shop stood. He located his new shop on Central street near his former home. He was a car- penter and builder for more than sixty years, and he built many of the fine residences for which Arlington is famous, among them being residences of Mr. Osborne, Mr. Harris, Mr. Smith, and of his son, George Warren Storer, which was the last house he built. Avon Place owes its existence largely to his enterprise in real estate affairs, and the Pelham Terrace sec- tion was developed by him also. He built the Cutter school-house and also the Russell school-house. He was a very active and en- terprising man, a useful citizen, of high char- acter, good understanding and sound judg- ment. He was at one time a member of the Universalist church, and served on its parish committee. He was a Democrat in politics, and took a lively interest in town affairs, though he never sought public office. He was at one time fire warden, and for a time was town sexton. He was a leading light in Masonic affairs; was made a member of Hiram Lodge of Free Masons, May 3, 1860, and was its worshipful master in 1871 and 1872. It was largely due to its efforts that Menotomy Royal Arch Chapter of Masons, was successfully established in Arlington, and he was a charter member, serving as its second most excellent high priest in 1868 and 1869, and always retaining an active interest in its welfare. In 1897 when he was eighty years old, he took the chair and worked the mark master's degree, assisted by a staff of past high priests. He was for many years a member of the charity committee of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Massachusetts. He was at one time a member of Boston Council, Royal and Select Masons, and Boston Commandery, Knights Templar.
He married, June 5, 1842, Elmira Peirce, who was born July 3, 1822, and died March 15, 1907, daughter of Samuel and Sophia (Steadman) Peirce, of Arlington. Her father was a farmer. Children: I. Sarah, born September 1, 1844; died January 13, 1853. 2. Rosella, born October 31, 1845; died October 15, 1872; married, November 22, 1871, Ed- ward Everett Upham (see Upham sketch in this work). 3. Edward Henry, born Novem- ber 26, 1847; died May 2, 1864. 4. George Warren, born May 4, 1850; mentioned below. 5. Nelson, born February 19, 1855; died March 28, 1855. 6. Charles Edward, born January 4, 1859; died August 1, 1859. 7. Ella, born August 27, 1860; died May 25,
1891; married, December 30, 1880, Charles K. Crane, of Arlington, Massachusetts.
(IX) George Warren Storer, son of Ed- ward Storer (8), was born at Arlington, Massachusetts, May 4, 1850. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Arlington, and learned the trade of carpenter in his father's employ. At the age of sixteen he entered the employ of Prescott, Proctor & Fowle, dry goods merchants in Arlington. A year later he accepted a position in the office of Presi- dent John E. Lyon, of the Boston, Concord and Montreal railroad, Liberty Square, Bos- ton. When this road was leased by the Bos- ton & Lowell railroad, he was appointed assis- tant general passenger agent. Under the old corporation he had been promoted to the head of the department for cleaning and repairing rolling stock ; and in charge of train men when in Boston, then purchasing agent and Boston ticket agent. Under the new management he became assistant general passenger agent, re- maining in that position until Lucius Tuttle, now the president of the Boston and Maine railroad, then general passenger agent of the Boston and Lowell railroad, went with the Canadian Pacific railroad, and Mr. Storer suc- ceeded him as general passenger agent. When this road was leased to the Boston and Maine in 1882, Mr. Storer became assistant general passenger agent of the larger corporation, and filled that position until the New Hampshire courts decided that the Boston & Maine could not legally hold the Boston & Lowell. Then he went to Concord & Montreal railroad as New England passenger agent, with offices at 207 Washington street, Boston. He had charge of the passenger business in Boston, and was superintendent of the parlor car service, re- maining until this road was also leased by the Boston & Maine. Since then he has been assistant general passenger agent of the Bos- ton & Maine railroad, having been in all forty years in the service of the Boston & Maine and its leased roads.
Mr. Storer is well known not only among the railroad men of the country, but by men in all lines of business. He is popular socially, and has many friends. He built his present residence at 20 Jason street, Arlington, in 1890. His lot was formerly a part of the old Teel estate. He attends the Arlington Uni- versalist church, and was a member of its parish committee. In politics he is a Republi- can. The only public office he has held is the ancient and now functionless office of hog- reeve, to which joke-loving citizens now and
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then are elected by their good friends. It
was once the duty of the hogreeve to impound all hogs found running at large without the wooden collar devised to prevent them from getting through fences. Then the gardens instead of the hogs were put into pens and had fences to keep out cattle, sheep and hogs.
Mr. Storer was made a member of Hiram Lodge of Free Masons at Arlington, October 26, 1871, and was worshipful master in 188I and 1882; secretary for six years, and is now treasurer. He was made a member of Me- notomy Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, at Arlington, November 29, 1872, and was most excellent high priest in 1885, 1886 and 1887. He is past junior grand warden of the Grand Lodge of Masons of Massachusetts, and past grand king of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Massachusetts. He was made a member of Medford Council of Royal and Select Masons of Medford, Massachusetts, May 17, 1888; of Boston Commandery of Knights Templar, October 16, 1882; of La- fayette Lodge of Perfection, Fourteenth de- gree, Scottish Rite Masonry, Boston, Febru- ary I, 1889; of Aleppo Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, of Boston, September 27, 1890. He is a director of the Arlington Co-operative Bank.
He married, December 1, 1872, Louise Car- oline Russell, born August 10, 1852, at Bel- mont, Massachusetts, daughter of Oliver and Lucinda (Frost) Russell, of Arlington, Mass- achusetts. Her father was a farmer. (See sketch of the Russell family). Their only child was George Edward, born October II, 1875; died May 10, 1897.
George Morton, the immi- MORTON grant ancestor, was born in Austerfield, Yorkshire, Eng- land, baptized there Februnary 12, 1599, and came to America in the ship "Ann". in 1623. In the same ship came Thomas Morton, be- lieved to be his brother, and both with their families settled at Plymouth. Thomas set- tled at Dartmouth, of which he was one of the original purchasers.
George Morton lived less than a year after his arrival and died in June, 1624. He mar- ried at Leyden, Holland, July 23, 1612, Julia Ann or Juliana Carpenter, daughter of Alex- ander Carpenter. He is presumed to be the editor of the valuable book usually called Mourt's Relation. (See Dr. Young, Chron. of Pilgrims, p. 113 and Dr. Felt's Annals of
Salem). This book is made of contributions from Robert Cushman, John Robinson, Wil- liam Bradford and Edward Winslow, covering much the same ground as Governor Brad- ford's work. It was published by John Bel- lamie in London in 1622. Morton wrote the introduction only and signed his name G. Mourt. His son Nathaniel in his New Eng- land Memorial (Cambridge, Mass., 1669, page 48) says of his father: "Mr. George Morton was a pious, gracious servant of God and very faithful in whatsoever public employment he was betrusted withal, and an unfeigned well- willer and according to his sphere and condi- tion a suitable promoter of the common good and growth of the plantation of New Pli- mouth, laboring to still the discontents that sometimes would arise amongst some spirits, by occasion of the difficulties of these new be- ginnings ; but it pleased God to put a period to his days soon after arrival in New England, not surviving a full year after his coming ashore. With much comfort and peace he fell asleep in the Lord in the month of June, Anno 1624." The New England Memorial contains some of the matter published in Mourt's Re- lation. Mr. Morton appears to have been an agent of the Leyden colony in London at the time the book was published. As to his an- cestry there is reason to believe that he was the George Morton of the family of Anthony Morton, of Bawtry. The Carpenter family belonged in Wrington, Somersetshire, Eng- land. Juliana (Carpenter) Morton died Feb- ruary 19, 1665-66, aged eighty-one. Children : I. Nathaniel, born about 16r3, died June. 29, I685; married, 1635, Lydia Cooper. 2. Pa- tience, born about 1615, married, 1633, John Faunce. 3. John, born about 1615. 4. Sarah, born about 1618, married, December 20, 1644, George Bonham. 5. Ephraim, born about 1623, mentioned below.
(II) Ephraim Morton, son of George Mor- ton (I), was born about 1623, according to tradition during the voyage to America, and died September 7, 1693. Married (first) Ann Cooper, who died September 1, 1691, and (second), October, 1692, Mary Harlow, widow, daughter of Robert Shelly, of Scituate .. Mr. Morton was a prominent man, served in the council of war, was prominent in the mili- tia, colonel of his regiment, was deputy to the general court for twenty-eight years from 1657 and again under the new charter in 1692. He was deacon of the church and was suc- ceeded by his son George. Children : Ephraim, born January 27, 1648-49, died Feb-
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ruary 18, 1731-32. 2. Rebecca, born March 15, 1651. 3. Josiah, born 1653. 4. George, sleeps on Burial Hill, Plymouth, died August 2, 1727, in eighty-second year of his age. 5. Nathaniel. 6. Eleazer. 7. Thomas, born 1667, mentioned below. 8. Patience, married John Nelson.
(III) Thomas Morton, son of Ephraim Morton (2), was born in Plymouth, Massa- chusetts, in 1667. Married there in 1696 Mar- tha Doty. Children: I. Thomas, born 1700. 2. Lydia, born 1702, married Benjamin Bart- lett. 3. Lemuel, born 1704, mentioned below. 4. Sarah, born 1706, married Joseph Bartlett. 5. Nathaniel, born 1710. 6. Mary, born 1712 married Nelson.
(IV) Lemuel Morton, son of Thomas Mor- ton (3), was born in 1704, at Plymouth, Mass- achusetts.
V) Lemuel Morton, descendant of George Morton and according to the best evidence of Lemuel (4) is mentioned in Sabine's Loyalists as one of the prominent men of Massachusetts who remained loyal to the King and at the time of the Revolution made his home with thousands of others of the wealth- iest and most prominent citizens of the col- onies. He became a magistrate, and major of the militia in Nova Scotia. He died at Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, in 18II. (Sabine, Vol. ii. p. 109).
Davis, in his history of the Morton family, tells us that Elkanah Morton, Jr., also emi- grated to Nova Scotia. Elkanah, Jr., was born in 1731 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. His father, Elkanah, was born in 1702 in Ply- mouth, son of Ephraim Morton, and grandson of George Morton, who was son of Ephraim Morton (2), mentioned above. According to family tradition the ancestor of the Cornwallis line was from Connecticut, and it is likely that Lemuel was born there for no record of his birth is found in Plymouth. He was granted land at Cornwallis and followed farming there. Among his children was Samuel, mentioned below.
(VI) Samuel Morton, son of Lemuel Mor- ton (5), was born at Cornwallis, King's coun- ty, Nova Scotia, about 1780-90. He received an excellent education in the schools of his district, and early began to teach. He taught in the schools of his native town, and in Prince Edward Island, being considered very capable, and a strict disciplinarian. He taught until the new school act went into force, when the government established public schools. Later he retired and lived with his brother, the Hon-
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