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John Dexter, only son of Richard Dexter and Bridget his wife, was born in 1639, prob- ably in Ireland, and died in Malden, Massa- chusetts, December 8, 1677, having been shot by one John Hunting, but whether by accident or otherwise does not appear in the records. This John Dexter succeeded to the paternal estate in Malden. By his wife Sarah he had three children, a son John, a daughter Sarah, and one other child.
Deacon John Dexter, son of John Dexter and Sarah his wife, was born in Malden in 1671, and died there November 14, 1722. He was commander of a company of foot under George I, and received his commission from Governor Samuel Shute in 1717. He was a weaver by trade, but a farmer by principal occupation. His wife, Winifred Sprague, was
born in Malden, December 31, 1673, and died there December 5, 1722, soon after the death of her husband. She was a daughter of Sam- uel Sprague, granddaughter of Ralph Sprague and great-granddaughter of Edward Sprague of Upway, Devonshire, England, whose three sons, Ralph, Richard and William, all born in the early part of the seventeenth century, landed at Salem in 1628. Deacon John Dex- ter and his wife Winifred had eight children, of whom the Rev. Samuel Dexter, born Octo- ber 23, 1700, died January 29, 1755, was the third child and second son, and Captain John Dexter was the seventh child.
Captain John Dexter, otherwise known as Deacon Dexter, was born in Malden, Decem- ber 19, 1705, and died there March 17, 1790. He was town clerk of Malden several years, a delegate to the provincial congress at Con- cord, and an active and efficient man during the revolutionary war. He held a commis- sion as ensign from Governor William Shir- ley, George II, 1743, of a company of foot of Malden, under the command of "Honorable Spencer Phipps as colonel." Throughout his life he continued to occupy the family man- sion in Malden, which had been occupied by three generations of his ancestors before him and which now is in possession of his great- great-grandchildren. Captain John Dexter married three times. His first wife was Sus- annah Hewitt, daughter of Winter Hewitt, of Marshfield. She died March 9, 1735, aged twenty-two years eight months. His second wife, Abigail, died January 19, 1746, aged thirty-one years. His third wife was Joanna Parker, who died February 28, 1783, aged sixty-nine years. In all Captain Dexter had thirteen children, six of whom survived him: Susannah, Winifred, John, Rebecca, Bridget and Richard.
Captain Richard Dexter, son of Captain John Dexter and his wife Joanna Parker, was born in Malden, June 4, 1756, and died there November 3, 1842, aged eighty-six years five months. His wife was Martha Hatch, who died January 5, 1816, daughter of Captain Naylor Hatch. Captain Dexter and Martha Hatch his wife had six children: Dr. George, Martha, Rebecca Parker, Richard, Lucretia and Samuel, the latter of whom was lost at sea.
Richard Dexter, son of Captain Richard Dexter and Martha Hatch his wife, was born in Malden, January 26, 1796, and died Septem- ber 18, 1831. His wife was Jerusha Baldwin, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Sargent)
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Baldwin, and by whom he had three children- Elizabeth, Richard and Samuel.
Richard Dexter, second child and elder son of Richard Dexter and Jerusha Baldwin his wife, was born May 18, 1824, in Malden, on the old Dexter place, which has been in the family since 1663. The house in which he lived and died has a commanding appearance, being approached by avenues of fine old elm trees. George Washington was at one time a visitor at the estate, and rested under the shade of these elms. The beauty of the West End of Malden is largely due to Mr. Dexter's en- ergy and foresight. The beautiful wide streets, shade trees, long lawns and fine effects, are the result of his wisdom in developing the property which was left him by his father and grandfather. Mr. Dexter never held any pub- lic office, but was much interested, with his brother, Samuel G. Dexter, in the development of his property. Richard Dexter married, De- cember 24, 1846, at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Julia A. Dole, who was born December 24, 1824, daughter of Stephen and Hannah (Mur- dock) Dole, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Children of Richard Dexter and Julia A. Dole his wife; all born in Malden: I. Richard Franklin, born December 17, 1848, died June 5, 1869, unmarried. 2. Julia Elizabeth, born April 22, 1852, married Ezra Allen Stevens. 3. Rebecca Parker, born January 7, 1859, died July II, 1874. 4. Annie Murdock, born May 27, 1860; married to Arthur Willis Walker.
GOSS The first immigrant of this family, John Goss, came from England with Governor Winthrop in 1630, and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts, May 18, 1631, he was admitted a freeman, but he left no sons and has no descendants of the name Goss. It is practically impossible in many cases to distinguish the Gross, Gosse and Goffe families in the early records. Most of the Worcester county families of Goss have descended from Philip Goss, who was born about 1650.
(I) Edward Goss was of Marblehead in 1668, according to Savage, but he lived and died without leaving many traces behind him. There is reason to believe that he was the father of Richard Goss, mentioned below.
(II) Richard Goss, believed to be son of Edward Goss (I), was born in 1662, at Mar- blehead or vicinity, and died January 24, 1714-15, aged fifty-two years. He married Mary -. Children : I. Eleanor, mar-
ried, July 1, 1721, Thomas Rhodes, of Marble- head. 2. Thomas, married a Harraden. 3. John, born about 1700, mentioned below. 4. Richard, Jr., born 17II, and baptized January 6, 17II-12, resided in Gloucester. 5. William, baptized August 1, 1714, at Ipswich, Massa- chusetts, and settled at Marblehead; married Rebecca
(III) John Goss, son of Richard Goss (2), was born about 1700. Married, October 20, 1725, Sarah Philips. He resided in Ipswich, and his children were baptized at Ipswich. Children: I. Sarah, baptized August 28, 1728. 2. Unity, born 1728, baptized June 23, 1728. 3. John, baptized June 28, 1730. 4. Richard, baptized April 30, 1732. 5. Thomas, baptized September, 1734, died June 27, 1748. 6. Zebulon, baptized June 19, 1737, mention- ed below. 7. Daniel, baptized March 4, 1738, died June 29, 1748. 8. William, baptized June 20, 1742. (See Essex Register, Vol. I, p. 128).
(IV) Zebulon Goss, son of John Goss (3), was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1737, and was baptized a few days later in the Ipswich church June 19. He was a soldier in the Rev- olution from Mendon, Worcester county, where he settled a few years before. He was a private in Captain Samuel Craggin's com- pany, Lieutenant-Colonel Nathan Tyler's reg- iment, from December 8, 1776, to January 21, 1777, on a Rhode Island alarm; also in Cap- tain Philip Ammidon's company in Colonel Tyler's regiment in the Rhode Island cam- paign of 1780. The Mendon proprietors' rec- ords show that he and James Lovett met and perambulated the line between their land and Misco hill, adjoining Josiah Adams, exchang- ing some parcels of land at the time and con- firming the bounds by agreement as record- ed January 17, 1772. He was a farmer in Mendon the remainder of his life. He died in 1821. His will was dated June 24, 1815, and was proved July 3, 1821, bequeathing to his wife and the children named below: I. Henry, sole executor. 2. David. 3. Zebulon, mentioned below. 4. Enos. 5. William. 6. Eunice, married a French. He bought his farm in Mendon in 1763, ninety acres in all in Mendon and Upton, of Edmund Potter, of Sutton, Massachusetts. He also bought land in 1762 of Samuel Green, of Mendon. He was a trustee of the First Congregational Church at Mendon in 1787. He married, in 1763, (intentions dated at Upton, December 3, 1762) Mary Wood, of Upton.
(V) Zebulon Goss, Jr., son of Zebulon Goss
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(4), was born in Mendon, Massachusetts, about 1770, and removed to Vermont from Mendon, and settled at West Dummerston. He married Delana Prouty, who was also born in Mendon. Children : I. Irena, born Feb- ruary 17, 1801. 2. Orra, born August 25, 1802. 3. Harriet, born May 25, 1804. 4. Henry, born January 20, 1806, see forward. 5. Mary, born December 19, 1807. 6. Ros- well, born October 17, 1809. 7. Chester, born August 27, 1811. 8. Emery, born March 28, 1813. 9. Melinda, born January 8, 1815. IO. Daniel, born January 25, 1817. II. Han- nah, born August 12, 1819, married Richard Deane. 12. Lydia, born July 17, 1821.
(VI) Henry Goss, son of Zebulon Goss, Jr., (5), was born in Mendon, Massachusetts, January 20, 1806. He went with his father's family to Vermont, and spent his youth on the farm. He married, at Dummerston, Ver- mont, in 1829, Betsey Kendall, daughter of Luke and Anne (Wilder ) Kendall, of West Dummerston. Henry Goss came to Boston soon after his marriage and engaged in the fruit and produce business. After the death of his wife he followed the sea for six years, and then kept a restaurant in the old State House, Boston. He died in 1845 in Boston. Children : 1. Elbridge Henry, born December 22, 1830, mentioned below. 2. Harriet El- vira, born June 12, 1833, died December 24, 1874. 3. Jason Edward, born 1836, died 1866.
(VII) Elbridge Henry Goss, son of Henry Goss (6), was born in Boston, Massachusetts, December 22, 1830. He attended the Adams school and then the English high school in Boston, for one year. At the age of sixteen he began the active duties of 'life in earnest, and during the next two years was a clerk in the clothing store of Kimball & Fisk, No. 28 old Washington street. During the next two years he was cashier in the dry goods house of Chandler & Company, then located on Summer street, after which he spent five years in the employ of W. F. Shaw & Com- pany, No. 174 Washington street. He then accepted the position of bookkeeper for the firm of A. L. White & Company, leather deal- ers, and was with this firm and its successors for thirty consecutive years. In the meantime he had been living since 1856 in Melrose, Massachusetts, and in 1875 was elected treas- urer of the Melrose Savings Bank, a position he has filled with conspicuous ability and suc- cess to the present time. He is a well known iii-29
citizen and has been elected to many offices of trust and honor. He has been city auditor, water register, trustee of the public library since 1870, and chairman of the board for six- teen years. He is an active and influential Republican, and in 1874 and 1875 was repre- sentative to the general court. During his first term he was on the committee on libraries, and during his second term was chairman of the committee on engrossed bills. He has been a member of the Melrose Orthodox Con- gregational Church since he made his home in Melrose, is deacon of the church, for more than fifty years has been treasurer and collec- tor of the Society, and has been superinten- dent of the Sunday school.
Mr. Goss is especially interested in the sub- ject of American history. He is a member of the Bostonian Society; of the New England Historic Genealogical Society since November 3, 1869; of the American Historical Associa- tion, the Bunker Hill Monument Association, and the Bostonian Society. He has made many valuable contributions to the history of his town and state. Among his published works are: "The Melrose Memorial; or His- tory of Melrose in the Rebellion," (1868) ; "Early Bells of Massachusetts;" "Centennial Fourth;" "History of Melrose" in Drake's "History of Middlesex County," (1880), and another sketch of Melrose in the "History of Middlesex County" by J. W. Lewis & Com- pany. (1890) ; "Bibliography of Melrose" (1889) ; "Life of Colonel Paul Revere," in two volumes, (1892) ; and "History of Mel- rose" (1902), besides numerous contributions. to various historical and genealogical maga- zines, including the Magazine of American History, the New England Magasine, and others. He is best known by his volumes on Paul Revere.
Mr. Goss married, December 22, 1853, Han- nah Jane Baker, daughter of Martin and Pru- dence (Richardson) Baker, of Boston. They have two children: I. Frank Martin, born May 26, 1855; was educated in the public schools of Melrose, and was many years man- ager of the educational publications of Lee & Shepard, 10 Milk street, Boston; married Abbie D. Symonds, daughter of Robert S. D. Symonds, of Peabody, Massachusetts, and re- sides in Melrose. 2. Mary Alice, born Jan- uary I, 1863; married Edward E. Babb, of Melrose, and has one son, Edward Everett Babb, Jr.
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The Bissell, or Byssell family, BISSELL is probably of French Hugue- not origin. Many French Huguenots fled to England to escape the per- secutions following the massacre of Saint Bartholomew's in 1572. Little is known of the history of the Bissells in England. The coat-of-arms: Gules on a bend argent three escallops sable. Crest: A demi-eagle with wings displayed sable, charged on the neck with an escallop shell or. Motto: In recto Decus. (In Rectitude Honor).
The family of John Bissell, who settled in Windsor, Connecticut, is the only Bissell fam- ily known to have come to this country, and all the Colonial families are descended from him. It is said that he and his brother Thomas came from Somersetshire, England, to Ply- mouth in 1628; that Thomas died at Plymouth or returned to England. There is also a tra- dition that Thomas married an Indian girl, a Poquonnoc Sachem's daughter, and died with- out issue. This same tradition has been held concerning Thomas, son of John Holmes (I). No trace of such a marriage or of the immi- grant Thomas Bissell is to be found, how- ever.
(I) John Bissell, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England, and settled in Windsor, Connecticut, before 1640. He received a grant from the Colonial court of a monopoly of a ferry across the Connecticut river. His house was located on the east side of the river near the wharf now belonging to the Quarry Company. The road on the northeasterly side of the Connecticut river leading from it fol- lowed the present road easterly to the foot of the hill; thence on a northeast course up the hill across the farm known as the George Prior farm where the road now has the appearance of being very ancient. Bissell built a house on the east side of the river as early as 1659-60. In 1662 he gave the homestead with the ferry in Old Windsor to his son John and removed with his son Nathaniel to the east side of the river below the mouth of the Scantic, and his was probably the first family actually residing on the east side of the river. Cellars and houses were there earlier and in 1648 William Hills sold a dwelling house, barn and appurtenances on that side, but the houses were occupied by laborers who cultivated the meadows and cut the hay which was stored in ricks until winter, then carried across the river over the ice. At the time of King Phil- ip's war Bissell had neighbors, and his house was fortified and used as a garrison house
for the neighborhood. John Bissell, Jr., was released from the ferry contract on condition that some one be found to fill his place. In 1677 Nathaniel Bissell was running Bissell's Ferry. The landing on the east side was changed to the south side of the Scantic about a hundred years ago. John, Jr., died at the homestead in 1693; was succeeded by his son Daniel, born 1663, and he by his son Daniel, born 1694. His son Daniel sold the house in 1790 and removed to Randolph, Vermont. The old house was sold to Jacob Odborne and removed to another part of the town.
John Bissell died October 3, 1677; his wife died May 21, 1641. Children : I. John, born in England, married, June 17, 1658, Isabel Mason, of Saybrook, daughter of the Indian fighter, Captain John Mason. 2. Thomas, mentioned below. 3. Mary, born in England, married, April 12, 1649, Jacob Drake ; no chil- dren. 4. Samuel, married Abigail Holcomb, June II, 1661. 5. Nathaniel, born at Wind- sor, September 24, 1640, married Mindwell Moore, September 25, 1662 ; married (second) Dorothy Fitch, daughter of Rev. James Fitch, September 25, 1683. 6. Joyce, born about 1642, married, November 7, 1665, Samuel Pinney.
(II) Thomas Bissell, son of John Bissell (I), was born in England about 1630. Mar- ried, October II, 1655, Abigail Moore, daugh- ter of Deacon John Moore. He settled on the east side of the Great river and died there July 31, 1689. His will was dated August 24, 1688, and proved November 11, 1689. In 1655 he bought a house and eleven and a quarter acres of land of Thomas Gilbert, formerly the home of Josiah Hull on the west side of Main street, Windsor. He and his wife owned the half- way covenant; he January 31, 1657; she Feb- ruary 28, 1657. Children, born at Windsor : I. Thomas, born October 2 or 12, 1656, bap- tized February 7, 1657. 2. Abigail, born No- vember 23, 1658, married, October 17, 1678, Nathaniel Taylor. 3. John, born January 26, 1660, mentioned below. 4. Joseph, born April 18, 1663. 5. Elizabeth, born June 9, 1666, married John Stoughton. 6. Benjamin, born September 9, 1669, died May 5, 1698. 7. Sarah, born January 8, 1671-72; married (first) Captain Daniel White and mother of Rev. Thomas White, pastor, of Bolton, Con- necticut ; she died at Hatfield, Massachusetts, July 18, 1703. 8. Isaac (lieutenant) born September 22, 1672. 9. Ephraim, baptized April II, 1676, died April 22. 10. Esther, born April 2, 1677, died March 9, 1678. II.
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Ephraim, born September 4, 1680. 12. Luke, born September 22, 1682.
(III) John Bissell, son of Thomas Bissell (2), was born at Windsor, January 26, 1660. It is known that the Rhode Island family is descended from the Windsor family mention- ed above, and it is believed that he was the father of the pioneers of this name at New- port and North Kingston, Rhode Island. A John Bissell, of North Kingston, was admitted freeman at Newport, May 4, 1736. This John may be the son mentioned below, however. Children: I. Samuel, mentioned below. 2. Job, admitted freeman in Newport, May, 1730 ; son Job, born July 14, 1736, and settled there; other children. 3. John, married Ann , and settled at North Kingston where he had three children born 1728-34. 4. George, mentioned below. (A Harry Bissell is men- tioned at Newport about 1700 and may be the father of Job (4), instead of John (3) ).
(IV) Samuel Bissell, son of John Bissell (3), was born about 1700, probably in Rhode Island (not recorded). He was a blacksmith by trade, and in 1721 was granted two hun- dred pounds as a loan to be repaid in four years and a half for "encouragement to carry on the nailing trade." He was then of New- port, but settled in North Kingston, Rhode Island. He married (second) Sarah Aldrich 19, 1753; she died December II, - The record of his children is partly illegible. Children, born at North Kingston: Thomas, born February 28, 1724, died October 4, 1725. Hannah, born January 5, 1729. Son born Jan- uary 7, 1732. Jonathan William. William died off Cape Florida and was buried at sea September 23, 1806. Betsey. Izett. Caleb Allen. Sarah. Sarah. Samuel. Mary, born December 2, 1757. David, born February 4, 1763.
(IV) George Bissell, son of John Bissell (3), was born about 1690-1700. If not the son of John he must have been closely related and was doubtless brother of Samuel, men- tioned above, of North Kingston, and also of John of North Kingston. He married Eliz- abeth They had three children, born at North Kingston: I. Susanna, born July 2, (about 1720). 2. Thomas, mentioned be- low. 3. Arter Levy, born November 17, (about 1725). The name George was perpet- uated for several generations, though not found earlier in this family.
(V) Thomas Bissell, son of George Bissell (4), was born in North Kingston, June 21, about 1720. He was admitted freeman there
April 3, 1745. He married Hannah Pinder. Children, born and married at North King- ston: I. Daniel, born 'September, about 1742, married, June 4, 1776, Waite Congdon, daugh- ter of Benjamin Congdon, deceased; she was born in December, 1641. 2. John, born May 25, about 1744, married, December 15, about 1770, Ruth Congdon. 3. Thomas, born April 13, about 1746. 4. Samuel, born November 23, about 1755, mentioned below. 5. Susan- nah, born December 17, 1759. 6. William, born February 16, about 1762. 7. Mary, born July 16, about 1764. 8. George, born about 1766, married, December 2, 1787, Elizabeth Allen, daughter of Captain Jonathan Allen.
(VI) Samuel Bissell, son of Thomas Bis- sell (5), was born November 23, about 1750- 55. He married Sarah , probably Sarah Mumford, daughter of Stephen and Judith Mumford, of North Kingston. He was a sol- dier in the Revolution, ensign of the regiment from Kings county, (now Washington county, in which the Kingstons are located). Chil- dren: Thomas, died young; Mary, Hannah, Samuel, Elizabeth, John P., Hannah, Thomas, Randall Mumford, mentioned below, Thomas, George.
(VII) Randall Mumford Bissell, son of Samuel Bissell (6), was born in North King- ston in August, about 1780. Child, Daniel, mentioned below.
(VIII) Daniel Bissell, son of Randall Mumford Bissell (7), was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1805. He was a thrifty and successful farmer. He removed to Canada where he died in 1896, aged ninety-one years. He married Mary Cokey, of Albany, New York, born 1804, and died 1880, aged seventy- six years. They had ten children, among whom was Archibald, mentioned below.
(IX) Archibald Bissell, son of Daniel Bis- sell (8), was born in 1833 in Clifton, Canada, whither his father removed from Providence, Rhode Island, and died in Lowell, Massachu- setts, in 1899. He attended the common schools of his native town only two years and was largely self-educated. He worked at home, helping his father on the farm until his twentieth year, when he went to Lowell to learn the machinist trade in the Lowell Ma- chine Shop. He worked his way up until he became a contractor under the old system of managing mills. For thirty years under the superintendency of Mr. Burke and of Mr. Hildreth he continued in the capacity of con- tractor, and was in all connected with this con- cern for forty years. In politics Mr. Bissell
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was a Republican, but never aspired to office. He had few interests outside his business and domestic life. He was an active and promin- ent member of the Second Advent Christian Church of Lowell, and for a period of more than twenty-five years was deacon of that church.
He married (first), in 1855, Ruth H. Col- lins, who died in 1889. He married (second), in 1891, Florence L. Lovett, daughter of Thomas J. and Elizabeth A. (Dowse) Lovett, of Lowell. Mrs. Bissell survives her husband. She resides in the homestead on Liberty street, Lowell, and is an active and highly esteemed member of the Second Advent Church. Child of Archibald and Ruth H. Bissell : Archie B., born 1858, died 1863.
HALL Edward Hall, the immigrant an- cestor of this family, was born in England, son of Francis Hall, of Henborough, England, according to a certifi- cate of health preserved, dated July 15, 1640. He was of Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1640, and about that time also of Duxbury and of Taunton in 1640-41 in the employ of Francis Doughty, of Taunton. He was a proprietor of Plymouth in 1637. He sold his house and lands at Taunton in 1642 and returned to Dux- bury. His name is on the list of those able to bear arms, dated 1643, and he served against the Narragansetts in 1645. He went from Duxbury to Rehoboth, Massachusetts, where an allotment was made to him, March 26, 1645-46. and he owned a fifty-fourth part of the town from 1646-1650, when he withdrew and located at Braintree, Massachusetts. He was of Duxbury when mentioned as legatee of the will of John Gove, of Charlestown, Massachusetts. (Reg. vii, 170). After living at Braintree from 1650 to 1655 he returned to Rehoboth, and was No. 41 of the forty-nine who drew lots in order of settlers' estates for meadow land in the north side of the town, June 22, 1658, at town meeting. He had a share also in lots drawn in the North Pur- chase ( Attleborough, Cumberland, Rhode Isl- and, Norton and Mansfield, Massachusetts). He died in 1670 and his will was dated at Rehoboth, November 23, 1670; inventory March 6, 1670-71, bequeathing to wife Esther and son John; others not named. A quit- claim deed was given in 1715 by sons, Samuel Hall, of Taunton, Thomas Hall, of Dedham, Andrew Hall, of Newton, Benjamin Hall, of Wrentham, relinguishing all claim to the
estate of Edward and Esther Hall, their par- ents, in Rehoboth and Attleborough, Massa- chusetts, to their brothers, John Hall, of Reho- both, and Preserved Hall, of Hingham. Chil- dred : I. John, born at Braintree, January 18, 1650-51, mentioned below. 2. Esther, born October 23, 1654, married, December 24, 1674, Thomas Jordan. 3. Samuel, born October 24, 1656, married, April 14, 1686, Elizabeth Brown. 4. Jeremiah, born July 24, 1658. 5. Thomas, born March 31, 1661. 6. Preserved, born March 20, 1663, settled in Hingham. 7. Andrew, born May 10, 1665. 8. Benjamin, born August 7, 1668.
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