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ophy; he received the degree of Master of Arts at Madison University, and Doctor of Medicine at the University of New York and Bellevue Hospital Medical College. He is a practicing physician in Woburn. 5. Lucy Gray, born in Charlestown, July 15, 1873, died October 3, 1881. Mrs. Maria R. Bickford re- sides in Woburn, Massachusetts.
Erskine F. Bickford, who BICKFORD has been identified with a number of important finan- cial and commercial enterprises, notably the Boston Rubber Shoe Company, is a repre- sentative of an old colonial family, the vari- ous members of which have always been in the front ranks when the interests of their country were called into question.
(I) John Bickford, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England about 1612, and came to this country prior to July 20, 1645. At that time he bought of Darby Field all the premises of the latter at Oyster River, (Dover), New Hampshire, and was a taxpayer at that place from 1645 to 1672. He was admitted a free- man in 1655. His children were: I. John, see forward. 2. Joseph, who was taxed at Oyster River in 1675. 3. George (?), of Marblehead, Massachusetts, who died in 1678, leaving two sons, John and William. (See "Driver Genealogy," page 245).
(II) John Bickford, son of John Bickford (1), was born between 1635 and 1640. He resided at Bloody Point, near Dover, New Hampshire, from 1662 to 1672; was taxed at Oyster River in 1675; died in 1697. His in- ventory was dated November 8, 1697. His wife's name was Temperance. Their chil- dren, all born in or near Dover, New Hamp- shire, were: I. Thomas, see forward. 2. Jo- anna, who married John Red (?). 3. Han- nah, born November 5, 1665. 4. Benjamin, born October 20, 1672; probably settled at Nottingham, New Hampshire. 5. John, see forward.
(III) Thomas Bickford, son of John (2) and Temperance Bickford, was born at Oyster River about 1660. He was constable there in 1692, and had a garrison in his house in July, 1694, being paid for boarding the soldiers in the garrison in 1695-6. His will is dated Oc- tober 31, 1706. He married Bridget Furbur, daughter of William Furbur, their children were: Joanna, John, Joseph and Eleazer.
(III) John Bickford, son of John (2) and Temperance Bickford, was born in Dover, New Hampshire, or its vicinity, about 1665. He married Elizabeth Tibbetts, daughter of
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Jeremy Tibbetts, and their children, record- ed at Dover, were: I. Martha, born July 23, 1692. 2. Thomas, see forward. 3. John, born March 10, 1698. 4. Henry, born January I, 1702-3. 5. Joseph, born March, 1705-6.
(IV) Thomas Bickford, son of John (3) and Elizabeth (Tibbetts) Bickford, was born at Oyster River, May 18, 1694. He married Esther who was baptized at Durham, New Hampshire. Their children were: I. Temperance, baptized by Rev. Hugh Adams at Durham, June 7, 1719. 2. Thomas, see forward. 3. Rebecca, baptized September 20, 1739. 4. Sarah, baptized September 20, 1739. 5. Joseph, baptized December 30, 1741.
(V) Thomas Bickford, son of Thomas (4) and Esther Bickford, was born at Durham, New Hampshire, and baptized there Febru- ary 18, 1721-2. He was a soldier in the American revolution, in the company of Cap- tain James Davis, and was a drummer in Lieu- tenant Bragdon's party at Kittery Point, Maine, in 1775. He was also in Captain Stil- son's company in 1776, of Colonel Isaac Wy- man's regiment. Joseph Bickford was a mem- ber of the same company. His sons John and Thomas were also in the revolutionary ser- vice-the former being accredited to Dearborn, the record of the two Thomases may have be- come confused. We find a Thomas Bickford in Killingly, Connecticut, October 5, 1785, a member of the Baptist church in that place. He probably removed with his family about the close of the revolutionary war. Family tradition has it that he came to Killingly from Epsom, New Hampshire ; he had been living in that vicinity. The records of Epsom have been almost totally destroyed. Consequently there is no complete record. He married, and had a number of children, among them were Thomas, see forward; and John, mentioned above.
(VI) Thomas Bickford, son of Thomas Bickford (5), was probably born in New Hampshire, and removed with the remainder of the family to Killingly, Connecticut. He married Sarah Goodspeed; their children were: Thomas, Jr., Joseph, see forward ; Nelson, Ira, Almira, Marinda, Hannah and Mary.
(VII) Joseph Bickford, son of Thomas (6) and Sarah (Goodspeed) Bickford, was born in Woodstock, Connecticut, October 20, 1813, and died in 1884. His education was acquired in the common schools of the district in which the family resided, and he followed the occu- pation of farming. In addition to this he was engaged in the manufacture of shoes in a
small way, taking home the materials from the large shops or factories, as was the custom of the day, and employed a number of assistants in this line of business. During the civil war he served a short term in the Eighteenth Regi- ment Connecticut Volunteers. In politics he was a Democrat until the breaking out of the rebellion, after which he was a staunch Re- publican. He was a justice of the peace for many years. He was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was also interested in educational matters and served as a school district committeeman. He was a man of sterling character, and one upon whom his neighbors and friends found a helper in time of trouble. He married, September 23, 1838, Phoebe C. Hibbard, born June 10, 1814, died in 1890. Their children were : I. Erskine Frank, see forward. 2. Helen M., born July, 1842; married (first) Abial Miller ; (second) Herbert A. Rounds, and resides in Walpole, Massachusetts. 3. Vernon, born June, 1844, died at Epsom, New Hampshire, February 28, 1903. He married (first) Nancy Hammond, had one child: Ernest L., who resides in Ev- erett, Massachusetts ; he married for a second wife, Mrs. Irene H. Landis. 4. Caroline J., born in Thompson, Connecticut. November, 1849 : married John N. Williams, and resides in Malden.
(VIII) Erskine Frank Bickford, eldest child of Joseph (7) and Phoebe C. (Hibbard) Bickford, was born in Woodstock, Connecti- cut, June 4, 1840. His education was obtained in the public schools of Thompson, Connecti- cut, and this was supplemented by home study, observation and extended reading. At the age of twenty-five years at the close of the Civil war, he entered the service of the Boston Rub- ber Shoe Company, which was at that time a small corporation, so small that Mr. Bickford was enabled to discharge the numerous office duties with the assistance of but one man. His ability and conscientious performance of the duties assigned him led to his gradual rise to the position of Superintendent, the details of the manufacturing department devolving entirely upon him. He was eminently qualified for this kind of work, and when the Boston company was merged with the United States Rubber Company in 1898, Mr. Bickford was appointed manufacturing agent of the former company's two factories, employing when run- ning full capacity three thousand and five hun- dred persons. During the past eighteen years he has been a member of the board of di- rectors of the Boston Rubber Shoe Company, and when he resigned the position of manu-
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facturing agent, April 1, 1907, the board of directors passed an appreciative and eulogistic vote of thanks for his devotion to duty and the faithfulness that characterized his connection with the company for a period of forty-two years. The vote was as follows :
"Voted that the resignation of Mr. E. F. Bickford as Manufacturing Agent be accepted, and that in so doing this Board wishes to place on record its high appreciation of the devotion and faithfulness his connection of nearly forty- two years with the affairs of this company, and takes pleasure in testifying to the great success which has attended his efforts in main- taining the high standard of the company's product during his administration as Superin- tendent.
"While permitting him to retire from the duties of Manufacturing Agent, we are grati- fied to know that it will still be our privilege to retain his valuable services as a member of this Board.
"A True Copy. Attest.
"HARRY P. BALLARD, Clerk.
"HARRY E. CONVERSE, President."
During the Civil war Mr. Bickford enlist- ed, in August, 1862, in Company D, Eigh- teenth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, and was an active participant in Generals Siegel's and Hunter's Raids in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, and a number of other stirring cam- paigns. He was wounded at the battle of Piedmont, Virginia, at which time he was taken prisoner, sent to Staunton, Virginia, and from thence to a hospital prison at Rich- mond, Virginia. At the expiration of three months he was released and transferred to Annapolis, Maryland, where he was made hos- pital steward, and held this position until the close of the war. He was honorably dis- charged in May, 1865. The bullet which caused the wound has never been removed, all attempts to extract it having proved futile. He has resided at Malden, Massachusetts, since 1865. He is a trustee of the Malden Hospital and the Associated Charities of Mal- den ; president of the Malden Industrial Aid Society ; trustee of the Malden Savings Bank ; and director of the Boston Rubber Shoe Com- pany. His political affiliations are with the Republican party. He is a member of the Baptist church, and has been chairman of the standing committee for a period of twenty years. He is a man of studious and quiet habits, and conservative in his views.
Mr. Bickford married, June 8, 1868, at Malden, Julia L. Putnam, daughter of James Hervey Putnam, who was born at Charles-
town, New Hampshire, and granddaughter of David Putnam, a descendant of an old Essex county, Massachusetts, family. Mrs. Bick- ford's mother was Mary Hill, of Malden, also descended from an old Massachusetts family. Mr. and Mrs. Bickford have had no children, but adopted a girl of eight years, Lucy Bick- ford, who married, in 1897, Edwin L. Phipps, of Malden. They have one child: Dorothy, born September 3d, 1904.
FISHER John Fisher, the earliest of the name known in this country, was born about 1700. His wife Mary was admitted to the church at Preston, Connecticut, April 7, 1723. He married sec- ond, Juda Coterill, of Stonington, Connecti- cut. Children : I. Barzillai, mentioned below. 2. Thankful, joined church at Preston, No- vember 15, 1747.
(II) Barzillai Fisher, son of John Fisher (1), born January, 1730, died January, 1813; lived in Preston, Connecticut, until 1769, when he purchased the farm left vacant by Rev. Mr. Burroughs, at. Killingly, Connecti- cut. Here he became a citizen of note. Of his nine children, four sons served in the Revo- lution with credit, according to the history of Windham county. His grandsons Laban and Barzillai Fisher were lieutenants in the artillery company in Killingly in 1805, and later. Barzillai Fisher himself is credited with service on the Lexington alarm, from Killingly, in Captain Ephraim Warren's com- pany of minute men. He married, 1754, Ly- dia Dexter; married second, Jen- nings. Children: I. Nathan, died in prison ship "Jersey," during the Revolution. 2. John, served through the whole Revolution- ary war; born 1755, died 1843. 3. Asahel; mentioned below.
(III) Asahel Fisher, son of Barzillai Fisher (2), was born about 1760. He was a soldier in the Revolution, in Captain Stephen Cros- by's company, of Killingly, in the summer of 1776, in Connecticut state troops, Third Bat- talion, Wadsworth Brigade, Colonel Comfort Sage. The regiment was raised to reinforce Washington in New York City and on Long Island, and was caught and suffered great loss on the retreat to the north. His com- pany was in the battle of White Plains. He was captured and held a prisoner for some time. He had a common school education, and was brought up on the homestead as a farmer, but later followed the sea. He was a Free Mason, and a very intelligent and well- read man. He married Anna Borden. Chil-
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dren : I. Lydia. 2. William. 3. Samuel. 4. Shubael. 5. Albigence; mentioned below. Two died in infancy.
(IV) Albigence Fisher, son of Asahel Fish- er (3), born in Killingly, July 16, 1794, died in Lowell, June 24, 1864. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, then learned the trade of machinist. He worked in various machine shops in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Waltham, Massachusetts, and finally settled in Lowell, of which he was one of the early settlers. He associated himself with the owners of the Lowell machine shop when it was in its first stage of development, and was in this concern the rest of his life. He was recognized as one of the leading citi- zens of Lowell, a man of wide influence and highly esteemed. In politics Mr. Fisher was an old line Whig until the party went to pieces, when he became a Republican. He represented his district in the general court with credit. He was one of the most promi- nent Free Masons of his day, having taken the Thirty-second degree. He was a mem- ber of the Protestant Episcopal church, as were also his father and paternal ancestors before him as far as the family history is known. He married Fannie, daughter of James Bradbury, a manufacturer of Walth- am, Massachusetts. Children: I. Waldo A. 2. Francis M. 3. Lydia A., lives in the homestead, Wilder street, Lowell; is a mem- ber of St. Anne's Protestant Epicopal Church.
(For first generation see John Howe,)
(II) Josiah Howe, son of John HOWE Howe (I), was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, August 24, 1640. He married Mary Haynes, daughter of Dea- con John Haynes, of Sudbury, May 18, 1671 or 1672. She married second, John Prescott. Josiah was in Marlborough in 1675, and helped defend the inhabitants during the opening of King Philip's war. Children: I. Mary, born 1672; died young. 2. Mary, born May 4, 1674; died young. 3. Josiah, married Sarah Bigelow; mentioned below. 4 Cap- tain Daniel, born May 5, 1681. 5. Ruth, born January 6, 1684; married Bowker.
(III) Josiah Howe, son of Josiah Howe (2), was born in Marlborough, in 1678, and died there September 20, 1766, aged seventy- eight. He married June 14, 1706, Sarah Bigelow; second November 22, 1713, Mary Marble. Children, born in Marlborough: I. Phinehas, born December 4, 1707; resided at Shrewsbury; married Abigail Bennett. 2.
Abraham, born April 6, 1709. 3. Rachel, born November 23, 1710. 4. Sarah, born De- cember 24, 1714. 5. Mary, born May 2, 1716. 6. Josiah, born December 22, 1720; men- tioned below. 7. Jacob, born November 25, 1724; married, 1742, Ruth Swinnerton, of Sa- lem.
(IV) Josiah Howe, son of Josiah Howe (3), was born in Marlborough, December 22, 1720; married there August 12, 1741, Mary Goodell, daughter of Benjamin Goodell. Chil- dren, born at Marlborough: I. Dorothy, born March 1, 1743. 2. Daniel, born March 4, 1745. 3. Mary, born April 15, 1746. 4. Josiah, born June 30, 1748; mentioned below. 5. David, born September 27, 1751; died Oc- tober 15, 175I. 6. Artemas, born May 23, 1753. 7. Hannah, born December 20, 1755. 8. Loammi, born May 3, 1758; died No- vember 1, 1758. 9. Elizabeth, born May 6, 1759. 10. Charilota, born August 18, 1764.
(V) Josiah Howe, son of Josiah Howe (4), was born in Marlborough, June 30, 1748, and died January 15, 1827, aged seventy-eight years five months and eighteen days; mar- ried February 24, 1770, Molly Adams, who died June 1, 1845, aged ninety-three years ten months and two days. He was deacon of the Marlborough church. Children, born at Marlborough: I. John, born September 9, 1772; married Lydia Williams. 2. Lydia, born March 12, 1775; died January 15, 1790. 3. Solomon, born March 28, 1777; married May 19, 1802, Sarah Stow; lived and died in Berlin. 4. Eunice, born July 28, 1780; mar- ried October 30, 1799, Joseph Howe; men- tioned elsewhere. 5. Josiah, born March 27, 1783; married Phebe Harrington; resided at South Orange. 6. Lewis, born May 2, 1792; married first, March 28, 1816, Sally Witt; sec- ond, June 28, 1853, Asenath Boyd. 7. Lucy, born November I, 1794, married Benjamin Clark.
BILL The Bill family of England has an ancient and honorable record, ex- tending back almost to the begin- ning of the use of surnames in that coun- try. The name means a kind of weapon and the progenitor doubtless took his surname from his occupation in war-a bill-man. A bill was a sort of battle-ax. The family is from Denmark originally, according to the best authority. The family has been promi- nent in Shropshire for some five centuries and is numerous also in Wiltshire, Kent, Herefordshire, Yorkshire and Staffordshire. Dr. Thomas Bill, born about 1490, was a
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prominent physician, an attendant of Prin- cess Elizabeth in 1549. John Bill, born 1576, was a well-known London publisher. He appears in London in 1613 as "Publisher to King James I, Most Excellent Majestie." One of the earliest works published by John Bill was by the king himself. He brought out many editions of the Bible. He or his partner, Christopher Barker, published the first news sheet called the English Mercurie issued to contradict false reports concerning the descent of the Spanish Armada upon the coast of England. After he received the royal license his place of business became known as Printing House Square, its present name.
John Bill married first Anne Mountford, daughter of Thomas Mountford, D. D. She was the author of a book entitled "Mirror of Modestie," published in London in 1621. A second and very rare edition was published in 1719. She died May 3, 1621, aged thirty- three. He married (second) Joan Franklin, of Throwley, Kent. He made his will 1630; was buried in St. Anne's Blackfriar, London. He left a bequest to the parish of Much Wenlock, where he was born. Child of first wife: I. John, mentioned below. Chil- dren of second wife: 2. Anne. 3. Charles, succeeded his father as publisher of Bibles and books. 4. Henry. 5. Mary. The Bill coat-of-arms: Ermine two wood-bills (battle axes) sa. with long handles ppr. in saltaire on a chief az. a pale or, charge with a rose gu. between two pelicans' heads erased at the neck argent.
(I) John Bill, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England. The best authority indi- cates that he was the John, mentioned above, son of the book publisher, John Bill. Little is known of him. He and his wife Dorothy came to this country before 1635. Their children, John, aged thirteen, and Marie, aged eleven, came to Boston in 1635, John in the ship "Hopewell," Marie in the ship "Planter." The father died in December, 1638, and a month later Richard Tuttle be- came responsible to the town of Boston for Dorothy Bill, widow, "a sojourner at his house" and "for anything about her." It is probable that Dorothy was sister of Tuttle. The genealogy by Ledyard Bill gives this list of the children of John and Dorothy, and states that all of the name with a few excep- tions are descended from them: I. James, born in England in 1615. 2. Thomas, born about 1618, married Elizabeth Nichols and
Abigail Willis. 3. Philip, mentioned below. 4. John, 1622. 5. Mary, 1624.
(II) Philip Bill, son of John Bill (I), was born in England about 1620. He lived at Pulling Point, then part of Boston, where his brother James and mother Dorothy were liv- ing. Next he resided at Ipswich until 1667 or 1668, when he removed to New London, Connecticut, after spending some months vis- iting relatives at Pulling Point. Bill settled on the east side of the Thames river in that part of New London incorporated in 1705 in the town of Groton. Bill became the owner of a large amount of real estate. He died July 8, 1689, of a throat distemper, and his daughter Margaret died the same day. His widow Hannah married Samuel Bucknall or Buckland, of New London, and died in 1709. Children : I. Philip, born about 1658, mar- ried Elizabeth Lester; (second) Mary -
2. Mary, born about 1661. 3. Margaret, born about 1663, died July 8, 1689. 4. Samuel, mentioned below. 5. John, born about 1667, married Mercy Fowler; (second) Hannah Hurst. 6. Elizabeth, born in New London. 7. Jonathan, baptized November 5, 1671, was living in 1708. 8.Joshua, born October 16, 1675, married Joanna Potts; (second) Han- nah Swodel.
(III) Samuel Bill, son of Philip Bill (2), was born about 1665 in Boston or vicinity; came with his father to Groton, Connecticut, then part of New London in 1669. He mar- ried (first) Mercy Houghton, daughter of Richard Houghton, of New London. He married (second) Elizabeth He and his wife Mercy were admitted to the church in New London, September 3, 1693. He was one of the five members of the church who signed the complaint against Rev. Gurdon Saltonstall, afterwards governor of Connecti- cut. His will was proved January 27, 1729- 30, in which he gives his house to wife Eliz- abeth and mentions his children: I. Hannah. 2. Samuel, born about 1690, married Han- nah (second) Joanna Atwell. 3. Philip, mentioned below. 4. James, born about 1694, married Mary Swodel. 5. Child, baptized December 14, 1695. 6. Ebenezer, born 169-, married Patience Ingraham. 7. Joshua, born 1698, baptized June 5. 8. Jona- than, baptized September 8, 1700. 9. Mercy, baptized September 27, 1702, married Jos- eph Marsh, who removed to Hartford, Ver- mont, and was the first lieutenant-governor and for several years judge of the county court; he died. September 9, 1811. 10. John. II. Abigail.
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(IV) Philip Bill, son of Samuel Bill (3), was born in New London about 1692. Married, in 1714, Jane -, who died July 21, 1731;
(second) Elizabeth third Ruth Soon after his marriage he settled in Lebanon near his uncle, John Bill, who had been there some twenty years. His brothers James and Ebenezer and also his father removed to Lebanon about the same time. He owned land in Groton deeded to him by his father. His will was dated June 24, 1754, proved December 24, 1762. His son Elisha had the real estate and was execu- tor. Children: I. Zipporah, born in Groton, February 16, 1715, married Jabez Chappell. 2. Lucy, born in Groton, December 25, 1717. 3. Elisha, mentioned below. 4. Philip, born in Lebanon, December 21, 1723, married Mary Tilden. 5. Solomon, born in Lebanon, April 25, 1726, married Sarah Sizer. 6. Mer- cy, born January 6, 1729, married Joseph Simmons. 7. Elijah, born July 17, 1731, died young. Children of Philip and Elizabeth Bill: 8. Jonathan, born September 15, 1735, married Elizabeth Dunham. 9. Sybil, born in Lebanon, March 6, 1740. IO. Samuel, born in Lebanon, July 4, 1744, married Mar- tha Goodwin and Sarah Mills.
(V) Elisha Bill, son of Philip Bill (4), was born in Groton, Connecticut, February 7, 1719. Married, June 25, 1744, Lydia Wood- ward. He removed with his father to Leba- non in 1723 and received a farm from his father by deed June 24, 1754. His widow died May 24, 1786. Children: I. Calvin, born May 8, 1745, married Lois Gibbs. 2. Rachel, born July 2, 1747. 3. Elisha, men- tioned below. 4. Azariah, born April 27, 175I, married Elizabeth Daggett. 5. Reuben, born June 21, 1753, married Amy Fuller. 6. Lydia, born April 26, 1756. 7. Aaron, born September 10, 1759, died October 27, 1769.
(VI) Elisha Bill, son of Elisha Bill (5), was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, April 18, 1749. Married Christiana Baxter, born June I, 1752. This family lived in Hebron, Conn- ecticut, until 1801, when they removed to Hartwick, Otsego county, New York, and Elisha died there December 4, 1844, aged ninety-five. His wife Christiana died June 18, 1841, aged eighty-nine. Children: I. Alanson, mentioned below. 2. Reuben, born October I, 1775, died in infancy. 3. Persis, born August 18, 1777, married Solomon Cur- tis and (second) Isaac Edson. 4. Elisha, born March 30, 1780. 5. Zelotes, born Octo- ber 5, 1782. 6. Polly, born April 13, 1786,
died November 25, 1859. 7. Harvey, born March 16, 1789, married Lucy French. 8. Electa, born May 14, 1792, married Moses Luther.
(VII) Alanson Bill, son of Elisha Bill (6), was born in Hebron, Connecticut, April 13, 1774. Married Electa Hill. Children: En- sign, Elijah, John, Cyrus, mentioned below; Sarah, Electa.
(VIII) Cyrus Bill, son of Alanson Bill (7), was born about 1800. He married and set- tled in Woodbury, Vermont. (See History of Washington County, Childs). Child, Gil- man, mentioned below.
(IX) Gilman Bill, son of Cyrus Bill (8), was born April 10, 1822, in Woodbury, Ver- mont, and was educated there in the common schools. His father died when he was only five years old. Gilman Bill went to house- keeping soon after his marriage and took his mother to his home and provided for her the remainder of her life. He was a farmer at Woodbury all his life except during seven years before his marriage, when he followed the sea, chiefly in fishing vessels. He also kept a hotel during his later years, at Woodbury. He was a Republican in politics and held vari- ous town offices. He was well read and had a store of general information. He was a lead- ing citizen of the town. He married, January I, 1849, Rosanna Ainsworth (See Ainsworth sketch). Children: Elijah, Elle, Alma, Laura, Lynde, Freeman M., mentioned below.
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