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Mr. Hill resides at 400 Pleasant street, Bel- mont, on the property occupied by many gen- erations of his ancestors in the Hill family, and his residence and the grounds surrounding are among the most attractive in that section. In religion Mr. Hill is a Unitarian. Formerly a Democrat, he has in recent years adhered to the Republican party. He was selectman of the town of Belmont in 1871-72, and was formerly a park commissioner of Belmont and a trustee of the Belmont Savings Bank. He is a member of the Boston Chamber of Commerce and of the Boston Fruit and Produce Ex- change. He is a member and for many years has served on the fruit committee of the Mas- sachusetts Horticultural Society.
He married, February 8, 1866, Louise De- borah Wetherbee, daughter of John and Mary Ann (Upton) Wetherbee, of Lunenburg, Mas- sachusetts. Her father was a farmer. Chil-
dren: I. Mabel Maria, born December 28, 1867, died September 17, 1868. 2. Clarence Ordway, born October 27, 1869. 3. Amy Louise, born April 15, 1871, died August 17, 1871. 4. Willard Munroe, born May 9, 1877. 5. Florence Abigail, born October 5, 1879, married, September 25, 1907, Everett Pendle- ton Turner, of Arlington, Massachusetts. 6. Alfred Cowden, born December 23, 1881. Louise Deborah (Wetherbee) Hill, mother of the aforementioned children, died December 30, 1895. She was a woman possessed of many excellent qualities of both mind and head, and her death was not only a great be- reavement to her family, but also to a wide circle of neighbors and friends.
The surname Crocker, or
CROCKER Croker, as it is usually writ- ten in England, is very an- cient. An old proverbial distich records that :
" Crosker, Crewys and Copplestone When the Conqueror came, were at home."
The Crocker family in England originally was seated at Crocker's Hale and Crokern and at Lineham, Devonshire. The genealogy of the Crokers of Lineham is accurately re- corded and exhibits a descent of eleven John Crokers in almost uninterrupted succession. Members of the family removed to Cornwall, Waterford and other places.
(I) Deacon William Crocker, immigrant ancestor, born in England, came to this country with Rev. Mr. Lothrop and his church October 21, 1639, and his brother John, came the following spring. They were first at Roxbury, Massachusetts, but soon settled in Barnstable. John, elder brother, left no family; William's posterity is very numerous, and a large majority of all of this name in the United States and Canada trace their descent to him. The farm of John Crocker, now or lately owned by descendants of Deacon William, Joseph and Prince Crocker, is at the northeast corner of the West Parish of Barnstable. John Crocker was admitted a freeman June 4, 1650; juror 1647, 1650, 1654; surveyor of highways 1668; kept an ordinary 1649 and later; died 1669, leaving wife Jane; bequeathing his estate to the sons of his brother.
Deacon William Crocker joined Mr. Lo- throp's church in Scituate, December 25, 1636; came to Barnstable October 21, 1639, among the first settlers. He built a frame house in Scituate in 1636, the forty-fourth in that town. He was proposed for freeman
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June 5, 1644; was constable 1644; grand jur- or 1654-55-57-61-67 and 75; selectman 1668; deputy to general court at Plymouth 1670-71- 74; surveyor of highways 1673. He was on the jury in 1675, when the murderers of John Sassamon, secretary of King Philip, were condemned .. He was one of the leading citi- zens of his day, often employed in the busi- ness of the town and in settling estates. He probably settled first in the easterly part of the town, and removed to West Barnstable about 1643. It is thought that his first house was on the lot next west of that of Henry Bourne. He acquired a large landed estate and for many years was the richest man in town. His sons also were all wealthy. In 1655 Deacon William Crocker owned one hundred and twenty-six acres of upland and twenty-two acres of meadow at West Barn- stable, and forty acres of meadow at Indian Ponds. The West Barnstable farm was bounded easterly by the farm of John Smith, now known as the Otis farm, and by the farm of Samuel Hinckley, now owned by Levi L. Goodspeed; southerly it extended into the woods. The southerly part of the farm in 1654 was bounded on the west by the commons, and the northerly part by lands then owned by Governor Bodfish and afterwards by Lieutenant John Howland. He afterwards added largely to his West Barn- stable farm, and to the farm at Indian pond, the latter containing one hundred acres at his death. The West Barnstable farm was two miles in length from north to south, extend- ing from the salt meadows on the Barnsta- ble harbor to the vicinity of the meeting house. The lands he first occupied were the southeasterly part of the farm, the old stone house, which according to tradition was his first residence, was about a fourth of a mile easterly from the West Barnstable meeting house. This house was taken down many years ago. This part of the farm was owned later by his son Josiah. There was another stone house on the southwesterly part of the farm owned by the descendants of Eleazer; this was taken down in 1815. It was called the old Stone Fort, and stood on the site of the Captain Josiah Fish house.
Deacon Crocker married, in 1636, Alice -, who was living in 1683, but died soon afterward. He married second, Patience, widow of Robert Parker and daughter of Elder Henry Cobb. Crocker died in the fall of 1692, aged about eighty. His will is dated September 6, 1692, giving his son Job his brother John's old farm. The present road
running north from the West Barnstable meeting house to the Cape Cod Railroad depot divides the old Crocker estate in halves. On the east side of this road Josiah had the south part, excepting a portion given to John; Joseph had the north part. On the west side John had the south part, including a strip running north to the meadows and a strip on the east adjoining Josiah's land where Nathaniel Crocker afterward lived and Eleazer had the northwesterly part. Swift says: "Deacon Crocker died in good old age. For many years he was deacon of the Barn- stable church, and living an exemplary and pious life. He has a clean record. Nothing dishonest or dishonorable was ever laid to his charge. Men who acquire great wealth often make enemies of the envious; but Deacon Crocker appears to have been beloved and re- spected by all. He was industrious, econo- mical and a good manager. His boys were as industrious and as prudent as the father and that was the whole secret of their becom- ing wealthy." Children: I. John, born in Scituate, May 1, 1637. 2. Elizabeth, born in Scituate, September 22, 1639; died unmar- ried, May, 1658. 3. Samuel, born in Barn- stable, June 3, 1642; died December, 1681, from a kick by Indian James, who was ac- quitted of murder after trial. 4. Job, born March 9, 1644-5; deacon of church and lead- ing citizen; married November, 1668, Mary Walley; second, Hannah Taylor. 5. Josiah, born September 19, 1647; married Melatiah, - daughter of Governor Thomas Hinckley. 6. Eleazer, born July 21, 1650; mentioned be- low. 7. Joseph, born 1654; sergeant; mar- ried December, 1677, Temperance Bursley, daughter of John.
(II) Eleazer Crocker, son of Deacon Will- iam Crocker (1), was born in Barnstable, July 21, 1650. He was admitted townsman in 1681; in 1692 was one of committee appoint- ed to draw up a list of the proprietors of com- mon lands and determine each man's right. After the death of Nathaniel Bacon he was chosen by the town to be surveyor and lay out the town lands. He married April 7, 1682, Ruth, daughter of Elder John Chip- man. She died April 8, 1698, aged thirty- four. He married second, January 25, 1716-7, Mercy Phinney. Children : I. Benoni, born May 13, 1682; died February 3, 1701. 2. Bethia, born September 23, 1683; married John Whiton, March 13, 1710. 3. Nathan, born April 27, 1685; mentioned below. 4. Daniel, born March 23, 1686-7; died 1723. 5. Sarah, born March 23, 1689; married November 7,
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1712, Joseph Bursley. 6. Theophilus, born March II, 1691. 7. Eleazer, born August 3, 1693. 8. Ruth, born August 3, 1693; mar- ried, 1718, Samuel Fuller. 9. Abel, born June 15, 1695; married Mary Isum. 10. Re- becca, born December 10, 1697. II. Mercy, born by second wife; mentioned in will.
(III) Nathan Crocker, son of Eleazer Crocker (2), born at Barnstable, April 27, 1685 : married March 10, 1708-9, Joanna, daughter of John Bursley. He was a farmer, and resided in the old stone fort at Barn- stable, on the homestead. Children, born at Barnstable: I. Jabez, born June 20, 1709; married July 6, 1732, Deliverance Jones ; Feb- ruary 9. 1737-8, Mary Baker; third, Remem- ber Fuller. 2. Benoni, born February 24, 17II-2; mentioned below. 3. Nathan, born March 7, 1713-4; married Mehitable Crocker. 4. Isaac, born May 6, 1719; married March 22, 1738-9, Elizabeth Fuller. 5. John, born January II, 1721-2; was in Cape Breton ex- pedition. 6. Temperance, born October 3, 1724 ; married December 31, 1744, Joseph An- nable.
(IV) Benoni Crocker, son of Nathan Crocker (3), born February 24, 17II-2 ; mar- ried February 19, 1736, Abigail, daughter of John Bursley. He inherited the old stone fort, or garrison house, in which he resided and carried on the farm. He built an addition to the stone house. Children, born at Barn- stable : I. Lemuel, born March 1, 1737 ; mar- ried Sarah Backus. 2. Barnabas. 3. Abigail, born May 22, 1745. 4. Abner, mentioned be- low.
(V) Abner Crocker, son of Benoni Crocker (4), was born in West Barnstable or what was known as the Great Marshes, August 18, 1747. He was a soldier in the Revolution, a corporal in Captain Micha Hamlin's company, Colonel Jonathan Reed's regiment (first) of guards ; marched to Cambridge and served in 1778: also Captain Ebenezer Jenkins's com- pany, Colonel Freeman's regiment ; also Lieu- tenant Ebenezer Baker's company, Colonel Nathaniel Freeman's regiment, on the alarm at Falmouth in 1779. He died at Great Marshes, his lifelong residence, December 25, 1837.
Abner Crocker married (first) Sarah Blos- som, of Sandwich, intention, Barnstable rec- ords, June 20, 1772. The supposition is that she died shortly afterward, leaving no issue. He married (second) in Barnstable, July 27, 1778, Martha, daughter of William and Han- nah (Baker) Crocker, of Great Marshes, where she was born November 28, 1748; she died at Great Marshes. He married (third)
Lydia Cobb, born in Barnstable. She died at Great Marshes. Children of second wife: I. Sarah, married Benjamin Wright, of Great Marshes, and had children: i. Temperance, born September 24, 1799, married (first) Free- man Cobb, December 1I, 1825; (second) Cap- tain Thomas Cobb, February 6, 1832; (third) Bartlett West Cobb, March 26, 1838. ii. Wil- liam, born March 22, 1801. iii. Asa (captain) born May 4, 1802, married Hodiah Jenkins, daughter of Samuel and Hodiah (Jenkins) Crocker, and granddaughter of Simeon and Hodiah (Hinckley) Jenkins, all of Great Marshes. Captain Wright lived in Barnstable- Hyannis until 1867, when he removed to Hol- liston, Massachusetts, where he died February I, 1868. The widow was living in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1880, with her son, Harlan Page. Children, all born at Hyannis, were: I. Harlan Page, born January 26, 1838, mar- ried at Andover, Massachusetts, October 5, 1871; residence, 1880, Andover; a dealer in boots and shoes ; children at that date (1880) : Manly, born June 22, 1873; Howard Harlan, June 8, 1875; Grace Darling, October 28, 1878. 2. William Nelson, born January 21, 1840. 3. Asa Warren, born January 10, 1842. 4. Chessmon, born March 12, 1843; married at Holliston, July 16, 1869, Caroline Miller Cutler, born at Holliston, November 13, 1844; residence, 1880, North Woburn, Massachu- setts ; a dealer in meat and provisions at that date; they had children: Edith Cutler, born April 16, 1871 ; Erving Crocker, July 10, 1873 ; Walter Chessman, November 6, 1875; Jennie Burr, April 23, 1877, died January 26, 1878; Grace Caroline, born July 1, 1878; Effie Louise, September 1, 1879. William Nelson and Asa Warren were lost August 1, 1863, on the west coast of Africa; the former was cap- tain and the latter second mate of a vessel; Asa W. lost his life in trying to save his broth- er. 5. Herbert Crocker, born October 19, 1846, married at Lawrence, Massachusetts, May 22, 1871, Clarabel Noris Armington, born at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, November 28, 1846. Residence, 1880, Marlboro, Massachu- setts ; dealer in dry goods, small wares, jew- elry, etc., at that date ; children, born in Marl- boro: Florence Armington, born Decem- ber 6, 1872, married in Marlboro, December 2, 1896, Rev. Ulysses Sherman Davis; Ar- thur Warren, April 15, 1876; Blanche, Oc- tober 28. 1878; Herbert Harold, July 2, 1880. iv. Benjamin, born September 9, 1804. V. Sophia Granby, born December 27, 1805. vi. Lois, born February 4, 1807. vii. Nelson, born October 29, 1808, died January 1, 1810.
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viii. Betsy, born May 23, 1810. ix. Chloe Hall, born November 10, 1811, died April 16, 1823. x. Martha, born May 12, 1813, mar- ried her cousin, William Crocker, son of Lot Crocker. xi. Nelson, born August 15, 1815, died November 23, 1839. xii. Lot Crocker, born April 25, 1817, died October 25, 1823. xiii. Nancy Crocker, born December 5, 1818. xiv. Chloe Hall, born May 5, 1823. Benjamin Wright, father of these children, died Septem- ber 2, 1842, and his wife, Sarah (Crocker) Wright, died December 3, 1840. 2. Lot, born September 13, 1782, died at Hyannis, August 15, 1856. He was a farmer and manufacturer of salt from sea water. He married in Barn- stable, January I, 1810, Elizabeth Chipman, born at Great Marshes, February 6, 1792, died at Hyannis, March 2, 1839; she was a daugh- ter of John and Joanna (Howland) Chipman. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Crocker: i. John Chipman, born August 19, 1811, married Mary A. Alexander. ii. William, born February 5, 1813, married Martha Wright. iii. Timothy, born February 8, 1815, married Harriet Alex- ander. iv. Lot, born May 27, 1817, married Anna N. Coffin. v. George Henry, born June 30, 1819, married Sylvia Hallett. vi. Albert, born January 19, 1821, married Rebecca C. Ryder: vii. Louisa, born March 12, 1825, died January I, 1844. viii. Clara, born November 4, 1826, married William E. Parker. ix. Hannah Gorham, born December 7, 1828, unmarried. x. Aurin R., born April 5, 1832, married Sarah C. Bearse. 3. A daughter, name, date of birth and marriage not known; they settled in the state of New York. 4. Abner, mentioned below.
(VI) Abner Crocker, son of Abner Crocker (5), was born in West Barnstable, Massachu- setts, September 22, 1786, died at Great Marshes, December 25, 1828. He followed the occupation of farming. He married Han- nah Gorham, of Barnstable Village, March 9, 1809 ; she was daughter of Josiah and Hannah (Childs) Gorham ; she died at Great Marshes, July 30, 1832. Children: Nancy Gorham, born December 22, 1809, died January 8, 1831. Charies, mentioned below.
(VII) Captain Charles Crocker, only son of Abner Crocker (6), was born in Barn- stable, Massachusetts, January II, 1813, died at his home at Great Marshes, Barnstable Vil- lage, March 22, 1895. He married Sarah Goodspeed, born at Great Marshes, and was living (1901) with her son in Taunton. Chil- dren: Nelson S., mentioned below; Charles ; Josiah.
(VIII) Nelson S. Crocker, son of Captain
Charles Crocker (7), was born in Barnstable Village, Massachusetts, October 16, 1836. He learned the trade of printer. He married in Barnstable, August 7, 1859, the Rev. Daniel Webb officiating, Elizabeth Oliver Hinckley, born in Barnstable, October 18, 1836, died in Barnstable, June 14, 1875, daughter of Oliver May and Elizabeth Adams (Sturgis) Hinck- ley. Children, born in Barnstable: I. George Everett, born October 12, 1860. 2. Sophia Goodspeed, March 12, 1862. 3. Edward Hinck- ley, August 6, 1864, married Clara D. Alger. 4. Frank Winthrop, September 10, 1866, died June 8, 1868. 5. Frank Winthrop, mentioned below. 6. Susan Smith, May 20, 1871. 7. Joseph Henry, August 7, 1872. 8. Elizabeth Oliver, April 5, 1875, died November 21, 1875.
(IX) Frank Winthrop Crocker, son of Nel- son S. Crocker (8), was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts, January 30, 1869. He was ed- ucated in the public schools, and at the present time (1907) is serving in the capacity of priv- ate secretary for E. C. Swift, of Boston. He has resided in Malden, Massachusetts, since 1892. He is a Universalist in religion, and a Republican in politics. He is a member of the Kernwood Club of Malden. He married, De- cember 28, 1892, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Nettie Louise Belding, who bore him two chil- dren, Carlton Woodbury and Warren Sturgis, both died in infancy. Mrs. Crocker is a daugh- ter of Charles Henry and Emily R. (Arnold) Belding, who were the parents of another daughter, Nellie Annie, who married Charles Bates Burleigh, of Malden. Charles Henry Belding, of Boston, a butcher and meat dealer, is a son of John and Abigail (Warren) Beld- ing, the former of whom resided in Boston and Chelsea, and was a butcher and dealer in meats and provisions, and the latter was of Concord, Massachusetts. Emily R. (Arnold) Belding, born in Medway, October 24, 1842, is a daugh- ter of Nathan Arnold, a resident of Medway, Massachusetts.
Richard Belding, immigrant BELDING ancestor, was born in Eng- land. His name is also spelled Belden, Bayldon, etc. His brother, William Belding, came with him to this coun- try, and both settled at Wethersfield, Connec- ticut, but William removed to Norwalk, though in 1660 he died at Wethersfield, leav- ing wife Tamesin and sons Samuel, Daniel and John. Richard had eight tracts of land allotted to him by the town February 7, 1641. He had a case in court in 1643, and was
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bondsman for George Chappell in 1645. He was admitted a freeman in 1657, at the same time as his brother John. He deeded a farm to his son Samuel in October 1654. Chil- dren: I. Samuel, mentioned below. 2. John, born 1631; married April 24, 1657, Lydia -; was trooper of Wethersfield in 1658; died 1677; leaving a large family.
(II) Samuel Belding, son of Richard Beld- ing (1), was a resident of Hatfield, Massachu- setts; died January 3, 1713. His wife Mary was killed during the attack on Hatfield, Sep- tember 19, 1677, by the Indians. He mar- ried second, June 15, 1678, Mary Wells, widow of Thomas. She died September 20, 1691, and he married third, Mary Allen, widow of John, and fourth, Sarah Wells, widow of John. Children: I. Mary, born July 10, 1655; married Daniel Weld. 2. Samuel, born April 6, 1657; married Sarah Billings, daughter of Samuel and Mary Hast- ings, widow of Dr. Thomas. 3. Stephen, born December 28, 1658; mentioned below. 4. Sarah, born September 30, 1661. 5. Ann, born January 27, 1665. 6. Ebenezer, born Novem- ber 16, 1667; married Abigail 7. John, born November 13, 1669.
(III) Stephen Belding, son of Samuel Belding (2), born in Hatfield, December 28, 1658, died October 6, 1720. He married Au- gust 16, 1689, Mary, daughter of Thomas Wells. She married second, January 2, 1723, Captain Joseph Field, of Sunderland, and she died March 15, 1751. Children, born at Had- ley: I. Elizabeth, born February 2, 1683; married Richard Scott. 2. Mary, born May 20, 1685; married February 12, 1702, John Wait. 3. Stephen, born February 22, 1689. 4. Samuel, born October 23, 1692; married May 8, 1717, Elizabeth Dickinson. 5. Jona- than, born 1694; mentioned below. 6. Joshua, born I696; married December 1, 1725, Sarah Field. 7. Esther, married 1724 Nathaniel Gunn. 8. Lydia, died July 4, 1714.
(IV) Lieutenant Jonathan Belding, son of Stephen Belding (3), was born in Hadley, in 1694. He was a soldier in Rall's war, 1724. He had a grant of twelve acres of land at Northfield, Massachusetts, on condition that he would build a saw mill there in 1717. He died July 6, 1778, nearly eighty-three years. He married July 7, 1720, Hepzibah Dickin- son, daughter of Nathaniel, of Hatfield. She died December 20, 1761, aged sixty-five. He married second, October 6, 1762, Lydia Doo- little, widow of Rev. Benjamin. Jonathan's widow married third. November 3, 1778, at the age of seventy-nine, Japhet Chapin, of
Springfield. She died June 16, 1790, aged ninety-two. When she was eighty she rode to Northfield to visit her children, a distance of forty miles in one day, on horseback, es- quired by her husband, aged eighty-two. Children of Jonathan and Hepzibah Beld- ing: I. Hepzibah, born May 12, 1722; died October 13, 1736. 2. Jonathan, born Octo- ber 1724; died November 12, 1727. 3. Kath- erine, born June 24, 1727; died October 17, 1736. 4. Jonathan, born January 29, 1729; mentioned below. 5. Submit, born May 13, 1732; married August 31, 1757, David Keyes of Western (now Warren), Massachusetts; second, December 3, 1765, John Eastman, of Hadley.
(V) Jonathan Belding, son of Jonathan Belding (4), was born in Northfield, January 29, 1729. In early manhood he was an in- valid for years and barely escaped death from consumption. He became extremely careful and methodical in matters relating to his health, and was never known to run. His only food was bread and milk and a glass of wine three times a day, smoking a definite quantity of tobacco daily in a clay pipe. He was withal a man of imposing appearance, in his colonial dress with cocked hat. We have this description from a descendant. He died September 24, 1825. He married Sarah Dickinson, of Hatfield, who died January 17, 1762, aged thirty. He married second, De- cember 28, 1763, Keziah, daughter of Joseph Eastman of Amherst; she died October 24, 1779. Children: I. Jonathan, born April 3, 1761; settled in New York state. 2. Asa, born October 28, 1764; no issue. 3. Sarah, born August 1, 1766; died unmarried August 12, 1829. 4. Samuel, born March 1, 1768; mentioned below. 5. Joseph, born April 3, 1670; soldier in the Revolution; married De- cember 31, 1801, Elizabeth Boyle. 6. Hepzi- bah, born January 19, 1772; married Novem- ber I, 1789, Clement Milner. 7. Keziah (twin), born May 20, 1774; died February, 1841. 8. Elijah (twin), born May 20, 1774. 9. Mary, born November 7, 1776; died un- married June 8, 1822.
(VI) Samuel Belding, son of Jonathan Belding (5), was born in Northfield, March I, 1768; married Mary Moore, born November 21, 1779. They lived at Warwick, Massachu- setts. Children: I. Mary, born at Vernon, Vermont, March 4, 1802; married
Allen. 2. Samuel, born at Vernon, August IO, 1804. 3. Abigail, born at Vernon, No- vember 8, 1806. 4. Harriet, born at War- wick, July 20, .1808. 5. Esther, born at War-
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wick, May 10, 1810. 6. John, born April 15, 1812; mentioned below. 7. Sumner, born at Warwick, April 20, 1814. 8. Sarah A., born at Warwick, November 30, 1818.
(VII) John Belding, son of Samuel Beld- ing (6), born at Warwick, April 15, 1812, died December 21, 1903. He married Abigail Warren, born at Concord, Massachusetts, December 30, 1820, died November 25, 1901. He was a well-known provision merchant in Boston, having a store on Commercial street and a stall in the Blackstone Market. He was a staunch Democrat. Children: I. Charles H., mentioned below. 2. William. 3. Abby W. 4. Edward E., born January 30, 1852.
(VIII) Charles H. Belding, son of John Belding (7), was born in Boston, Massachu- setts, June 21, 1840. He followed his father in the meat and provision business in Boston, where he was educated and brought up. He is now retired, living at Oak Terrace, Mal- den, Massachusetts. He is a member of Star of Bethlehem Lodge of Free Masons, Chel- sea, Massachusetts. He enlisted during the civil war in Company E, Thirty-ninth Regi- ment Massachusetts Volunteers, and is a member of Malden Post, Grand Army. He married Emily R. Arnold, born at West Med- way, Massachusetts, October 24, 1842, daughter of Nathan and Maria Green (Hard- in) Arnold, and granddaughter of Phineas and Sally Croswell (Adams) Harding. Sally Croswell Adams was daughter of Abraham, born at Boston 1750, and Mary (Blackman) Adams, and granddaughter of Benjamin, born at Newbury, Massachusetts, April 13, 1723, and Sarah (Burrage) Adams. Mrs. Belding died April 5, 1885. Children of Charles H. and Emily R. Belding: I. Nellie Annie, born at Malden, October 6, 1865. 2. Nettie Louise, born at Chelsea, March 29, 1873; married at Chelsea, December 29, 1892, Frank W. Crocker. (See sketch herewith).
The Wheeler family is of WHEELER English origin. Between 1620 and 1650 many immi- grants of the name came to America, settling in Virginia, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Among the earliest of these was John Wheeler, ancestor of the family to be herein traced, who came in the ship "Mary and John," sailing March 24, 1633-4, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, where he was born about 1580. His settlement was in the town in Massachusetts which took its name from his English birth-
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