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into the ground. Resolved to make his escape after the Indian was asleep (the Indian slept on the ends of the cords with which he was bound) he gradually tried the strength of his strong arms and the hooks gave way. Then he found that the cords would give. He con- tinued to strain upon them until he could get his thumbs under the cord that stretched across his breast and with that aid he raised it upon his chin, then got it into his mouth and, after a long trial, succeeded in raising it over his nose and finally over his entire head. He might have killed the party, but thought it would be murder. Leaving them to their pleasing dreams, they found a stream of water in which they traveled as far as possible to elude the dogs. At length they climbed some trees and soon the day dawned when they heard the alarm war whoops of their disap- pointed captors which was answered by an- other party on the opposite side of them. Their position was now a critical one-directly be- tween two parties of Indians so near as to answer each other with the voice. Descending they made their way back toward Chester where they arrived on the evening of the third day after capture. The garrison was at Ches- ter, not Londonderry."
He came from Chester to New Boston about 1734, when the entire country was a wilderness and settled on what has been known of late years as the Hiram Lull place in the eastern part of the town. Perhaps some of his family remained at the old home in Chester, for it was not sold until March, 1762. The purchaser was Gideon Rowell, of Ames- bury, Massachusetts. For two years, the "History of Boston" says, Smith was the only white man within the present limits of New Boston. Before the town was granted he built a frame house, and it was near his house that the proprietors built sixty houses, a grist mill and a saw mill, as early as 1740, and his house is now or was lately standing in a good state of preservation, constituting part of the old Lull house. Smith was obliged to flee from his home once on account of hostile Indians before his family came to New Boston. There had been cases of violence at Goffstown, a few miles away, and seeing traces of the savages near his cabin, Smith decided not to risk an- other capture with the Indians and fled to a place of safety, remaining until hostilities ceased. Children : I. Samuel, lived in 1765 where the late Deacon Thomas Smith resided in New Boston. 2. James, died of cold when on the road from his father's house to Parker's in Goffstown. 3. Reuben, soldier in the Rev-
olution ; removed after the war to the vicinity of Passamaquaddy Bay, Maine. 4 John, men- tioned below. Probably daughters besides.
(II) Deacon John Smith, son of Thomas Smith (1), was born in 1726 in Chester, New Hampshire. He went to New Boston from Chester soon after his father located there. He married a daughter of William McNeil; sec- ond, Ann Brown, of Francestown. He was a soldier in the Revolution, in the company of Captain Peter Coffin, 1775, his son John Jr. being in the same company. He was deacon of the Presbyterian church at New Boston and a citizen of influence and many honors. He died September 3, 1800, in his seventy-fourth year. On his tomb this line is inscribed : "The sweet remembrance of the just will flourish though they sleep in dust." He was the father of nineteen children, five by his first wife, fourteen by his second : Children of John and first wife: I. Martha, died young. 2. Sarah, married McMarston; second Major John Burns, a soldier in the Revolution, also war of 1812; died at Whitfield. 3. Jane, died January 10, 1756, and with sister Martha were the first buried in the burying ground at New Boston. 4. Mary, married Robert, father of Dr. John Burns. 5. John, soldier in Revolu- tion ; settled in Francestown; married Eliza- beth Campbell, of Litchfield ; lieutenant in mi- litia; deacon in Congregational church at Francestown; died September 3, 1800. Chil- dren of Deacon John and Ann (Brown) Smith: 6. Janey. 7. Thomas, mentioned be- low. 8. Elizabeth. 9. William. 10. David. II. Susanna. 12. Ann. 13. Samuel, resided in school district No. 5. 14. Martha. 15. Reuben. 16. Elizabeth B. 17. Robert. 18. Infant died unnamed. 19. James D.
(III) Deacon Thomas Smith, son of Dea- con John Smith (2), born in New Boston, May 7, 1765, died there May I, 1854 ; married Esther Poland, born March I, 1774, died Oc- tober 8, 1851. He was a man of great de- cision and force of character, industrious and thrifty, and became. one of the most prosper- ous and independent farmers of his commun- ity. He reared a large family of children, contributed generously to various benevolent enterprises, never overlooking, we are told, the claims which God had upon his posses- sions. As a Christian he was uniform in his feelings, consistent in his daily walk, strict observer of the Sabbath and constant attend- ant on the sanctuary, emphatically a pillar of the Presbyterian church, and his end was peace. His death, we are told, was seriously felt by the church and the community. Chil-
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dren: I. Susanna, born January 27, 1792; married Thomas George, of Weare; second, Joseph Adams, of New Boston; removed to Johnson, Vermont; died there December 12, 1843. 2. Ann, born March 17, 1794; married Thomas Ring; removed to New York. 3. John, mentioned below. 4. Esther, born Au- gust 20, 1798; married Asa Dodge, of Fran- cestown. 5. Thomas, born April 8, 1801; married Nancy Gove, of Weare; resided at New Boston. 6. William, born May 22, 1803 ; resided at Croyden, New Hampshire. 7. Moses, born June 8, 1805; married Eliza Bailey, of Weare; resided at Johnson, Ver- mont. 8. Rachel, born August 10, 1807 ; mar- ried Ambrose Story ; resided at Antrim, New Hampshire. 9. Clarinda, born January 9, 1810; married John McCurdy. 10. Ivers, born March 31, 1812; married Sarah Hoyt, of Weare; resided at New Boston. II. George W., born January 19, 1815; died February 15, 1858. 12. Ethan, born October 17. 1817; mar- ried Alvira Morrill; resided at Weare. 13.
Sarah, born October 23, 1819.
(IV) John Smith, son of Deacon Thomas Smith (3), was born at New Boston, May 14, 1796. He was educated there in the common schools and succeeded to the homestead after the death of his father. He was a farmer all his active years. He died at an advanced age. He married, December 1, 1819, Nancy, daugh- ter of David Tewsbury. Children: I. Ezra D., married Mary Jennis; resided in Concord, New Hampshire. 2. John B., married Re- becca W. Richards ; resided in California. 3. Amos T., settled in California. 4. Ivers. 5. Sarah T. 6. Almas. 7. Ethan Allen, men- tioned below. 8. Clara. 9. Barrett, died young. IO. Thomas, died young. II. David, died young. 12 and 13. Children died in in- fancy.
(V) Ethan Allen Smith, son of John Smith (4), was born on the old homestead in New Boston, March 31, 1840. He attended the district schools of his native town and worked on his father's farm during his youth. He continued to follow farming for a livelihood until he was twenty-eight years old. He then learned the trade of mason, and in 1869 he went into business in partnership with his brother, Amos T. Smith, mentioned above. They made a specialty of the construction of concrete walks, and had their principal place of business at Lowell, where they both resided during the rest of their lives. Their business became the most extensive and profitable of any in their line of work in that section of the country. The firm is known for its excellent
and reliable work all through this section. Mr. Smith is one of the leading business men of the city. He has invested extensively in Lowell real estate, and his interests and those of the city are identical. He has faithfully supported every movement intended to pro- mote the welfare and growth of the city of Lowell and has rejoiced in its great develop- ment. He is a director of the Middlesex Trust Company, and his judgment is respect -ยท ed in financial circles. His residence at 84 Marlborough street is said to be one of the fin- est in the city. He is an active and earnest member of the Republican party, supporting its candidates and principles to the extent of his ability, and contributing freely to the sup- port of its campaigns. He has declined, how- ever, to accept public office, himself. In relig- ion he is a Universalist, and with his family attends the Universalist Church. He is wel! and favorably known in Masonic circles, a member of William North Lodge ; of the coun- cil, Royal and Select Masters; of the chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of the commandery, Knights Templar, and of the various bodies of Masonry to the thirty-second degree. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Odd Fellows, Lowell. He belongs to the Yorick Club and Highland Club. Mr. Smith is a very active, popular, influential and useful citizen. He married Maria E., daugh- ter of Jacob Burtt, of Bennington, Vermont. Children: I. Alice G., married Horace E. Beals; one son, Alfred Beals. 2. Mabel, died in infancy.
HILL Ralph Hill, immigrant ancestor, was born according to tradition in Billericay, England. He came from England to Plymouth, where he was a yeoman as early as 1638. This tradition is strengthened by the fact that a clergyman named Ralph Hill lived in county Essex, Eng- land, not far from Billericay, 1645-1669, and his daughter Sarah by wife Persis was bap- tized at Shalforth, August 10, 1645; in 1650 was at Ridgwell "a godly practicing minister" afterward at Pottswick, where he was ejected for holding Puritan beliefs, and in 1669 was at Sheldon "having a conventicle there."
Our Ralph Hill "of Wellinsgly" (probably a locality in Plymouth, New England) sold land for twelve pounds September 16, 1643, to Stephen Wood, house and garden at "Wo- bury," twelve acres or thereabouts and we soon afterward find him in Woburn, Massa- chusetts, where he was a selectman in 1649. He was admitted a freeman in 1647. He join-
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ed the first settlers at Shawshin, and lived on "the farm" in what is now Billerica, a mile southwest of the village, his house standing a little west of the place where Mrs. Judkins's heirs lately lived. In April, 1663, he gave to the town half an acre of land for a burial place and on the twenty-ninth of the same month died, his own body being the first buried in the ground he had given. His first wife died, and he married second, at Plymouth, Decem- ber 21, 1638, Margaret, widow of Roger Toothaker and mother of Roger. She died November 22, 1683, aged seventy-six years. Children : I. Jane, born in England ; married Francis Littlefield. 2. Ralph, married Novem- ber 15, 1660, Martha Toothaker. 3. Martha. 4. Nathaniel, mentioned below. 5. Jonathan, born April 20, 1646; married October, 1666, Hannah Stowers. 6. Rebecca, married Caleb Farley.
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(II) Nathaniel Hill, son of Ralph Hill (I), born probably at Plymouth, died May 14, 1706, at Chelmsford, Massachusetts. He mar- ried, June 21, 1667, Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Holmes, of Cambridge, and she died October 9, 1685. Children, born at Billerica : I. Nathaniel, March 31, 1668. 2. Ralph, Oc- tober 14, 1669; died April 23, 1742 (leaving in his will directions to buy thirty gallons of sweet wine for his funeral if occasion re- quire). 3. John, born May 27, 1671 ; married June 22, 17II, Elizabeth Blodgett, of Chelms- ford; he died April 15, 1742. 4. Joseph, men- tioned below. 5. Jonathan, born June 17, 1674; died at Chelmsford, March 24, 17II. 6. James, born December 10, 1675; died De- cember, 1721. 7. Elizabeth, born March 13, 1676-7. 8. Robert, born January 23, 1678-9. 9. Jane, born December 15, 1680; died No- vember 15, 17II. IO. Anna, born June 9, 1682; died June 10, following. II. Abigail, born December 26, 1683.
(III) Lieutenant Joseph Hill, son of Na- thaniel Hill (2), born in Billerica, March 18, 1672-3 ; died April 19, 1752 ; married Susanna Baldwin, who died January 15, 1758, daugh- ter of John Baldwin, the immigrant ancestor. Children, born at Billerica: I. Susanna, born February 18, 1704-5 ; married Daniel Proctor. 2. Elizabeth, born December 10, 1706; mar- ried Benjamin Shea. 3. Joseph, born March 13, 1708-9. 4. Mary, born December 6, 1710. 5. Jane, born November 7, 1712. 6. Ebenezer, born July 1I, 1714. 7. John, born April 18, 1716. 8. Jonathan, mentioned below. 9. Es- ther, born February 21, 1720-1 ; died April 27, 1736.
(IV) Jonathan Hill, son of Joseph Hill (3),
born in Billerica, April 28, 1718; died April 7, 1796; married January 13, 1746, Mary Lane, of Bedford, who died October 24, 1772, aged forty-seven years. He married second, May 24, 1774, Sarah, widow of Samuel Whiting. She died August 16, 1778, aged forty-two years. Children, born at Billerica : I. Ralph, mentioned below. 2. Mary, born October 21, 1748; married June 19, 1777, Oliver Pollard, of Bedford. 3. Martha, born March 4, 1749; died April 13, 1750. 4. Susanna, born Janu- ary 22, 1750-I; died November 18, 1817. 5. Benjamin, born June 30, 1752 ; died April 10, 1796. 6. Job, born May 29, 1754. 7. Lucy, born January 14, 1756; married, October, 1814, Isaac Taylor, of Dunstable. 8. Josiah, born December 10, 1757. 9. Elizabeth, born October 18, 1759; died May 20, 1830. 10. Isabel, born December 2, 1761 ; married May 26, 1785, Benjamin Lane, of Ashburnham. II. Jonathan, born September 28, 1763. 12. Jane, born December 17, 1764; married Sep- tember 14, 1775. 13. Azubah, born March I, 1768; married Josiah Snow. 14. Anna, born June II, 1776; married Abner Stearns.
(V) Ralph Hill, son of Jonathan Hill (4), born in Billerica, September 20, 1747; died there April 10, 1831 ; married April 9, 1777, Mary Jones, of Concord. He settled in Ash- by, Middlesex county, and established a mill there. He was a soldier in the Ashby com- pany in the Revolution (See vol. vii, p. 896, "Mass. Sold. and Sailors in Rev.") Children, born in Ashby : I. Job, born July 7, 1780; re- sided in Petersborough, New Hampshire. 2. Polly, born September 5, 1782 ; married -
Fiske; lived in Montpelier, Vermont. 3. Brewer, mentioned below. 4. Elizabeth, born July 15, 1787; married Vynthia Lake, of Rindge, New Hampshire, and died in Ohio. 5. Betsey, born January 12, 1790, died young. 6. Phebe, born August 13, 1792 ; married Ste- phen Wright, of Hanover. 7. Nancy, born May 18, 1795; married Peter Sloan, of Townsend ; resided in Berlin, Vermont. 8. Emma, born April 24, 1798; married Stephen Taylor, of Montpelier, Vermont; removed to Barton, Vermont. 9. Abigail, born February 14, 1800; married David Poor, of Montpelier, Vermont.
(VI) Brewer Hill, son of Ralph Hill (5), born in Ashby, Massachusetts, September 16, 1784, died in Billerica, May 14, 1879. He was educated in the public schools, and learn- ed the trade of shoemaker, which he followed during his active life. When a young man he removed to Townsend. After a year in that town he located for a time in Boston, settling finally in Cambridge, where he lived for about
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fifty years, working at his trade in various capacities. In 1864 he removed to Billerica, where he lived the rest of his days. He died there May 14, 1879. He married, October 6, 1816, Celinda Carpenter, of Woodstock, Con- necticut. She died November 26, 1887, aged one hundred years. Children: I. Laura Wil- liams, born February 1, 1819; married Jona- than, son of John Hill, of Billerica. 2. Susan Blanchard, born March 12, 1821; married Jerome Bock, of Brighton; removed to Bur- lington, Iowa. 3. John Brewer, born October 29, 1822; married Mary Jane Dutton, of Bed- ford; resided at South Boston. 4. Charles Henry, mentioned below. 5. Amos W., born October 18, 1826; married Helen Gregg. 6. Elizabeth, born July 20, 1828; married Jo- seph Hurd, of Surrey, New Hampshire.
(VII) Charles Henry Hill, son of Brewer Hill (6), was born in Cambridge, Massachu- setts, September 20, 1824. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and learned the trade of machinist, engaging in business for himself with a machine shop in Billerica. He has acquired a competence and having spent seventy years in the machine shop as workman and master, he is about to retire and enjoy a well-earned and well-de- served period of retirement. M'r. Hill made a specialty of manufacturing leather-splitting machinery. He has a very attractive home not far from his shop, on a site commanding one of the most beautiful views in the county, in the southern part of old Billerica. Mr. Hill has always shown a lively interest in public affairs. In politics he is a Republican, and has represented his district in the general court. He is a faithful and devout member of the Congregational church. He has been a Mason for over fifty years, and has been an Odd Fel- low for more than sixty years. He married first, December 16, 1849, Martha Whitford, of Billerica; second, October 26, 1861, Ap- phia Cordelia, daughter of Samuel Foster, of Lowell. She was born in Ludlow, Vermont. Child of first wife: I. Martha, born Novem- ber 19, 1851 ; died young. Children of Charles H. and Apphia C. Hill: 2. Nathaniel, born August 8, 1862; died August 18, 1865. 3. Margaret Elizabeth, born February 8, 1867; lives with her father. 4. Foster Benjamin, born August 7, 1869; is a traveling salesman.
John French, immigrant an- FRENCH cestor, was born in 1612 in England. He had land grant- ed him at Mount Wallaston (Braintree) for five heads February 24, 1639-40. He was ad-
mitted to the church in Dorchester, January 27, 1642, and the births of his first two chil- dren are recorded there. He was admitted a freeman May 29, 1644. His first wife, whom he married in England, died according to her gravestone, February 28, 1681, aged fifty-nine years. He married (second), July 8, 1683, Elinor, daughter of Rev. William Thompson, and widow of William Veazey. She was born in 1626 and died April 23, 1711, aged eighty- five years. He was prominent among the early settlers and active in town affairs. He died August 6, 1692, aged eighty years. Division of the estate was made to his eldest son, John, to Dependence, Thomas, Samuel, William (son of William, deceased) ; to Temperance, wife of John Bowditch; to Elizabeth Whee- lock, of Mendon; and the children of Mary Lamb, deceased. Children : I. John, born February 28, 1641, baptized February 12, 1642-43. 2. Thomas, born July 10, 1643, died aged thirteen years, October 28, 1656. The following were all born in Braintree: 3. De- pendence (son), born March 7, 1648-49. 4. Temperance, born March 30, 1651, married John Bowditch; she died August 12, 1720. 5. William, born March 31, 1653, had son Wil- liam. 6. Elizabeth, born September 29, 1655, married Wheelock, of Mendon. 7. Thomas, born March 10, 1657-58, died within a year. 8. Samuel, mentioned below.
(II) Samuel French, son of John French (I), born in Braintree, February 22, 1659-60 ; died October 13, 1718; married Ann, daughter of Alexander Marsh. She died February 4, 1712. Children, all born at Braintree : I. Samuel, born November 17, 1680, died young. 2. Samuel, born September 13, 1688. 3. Han- nah, born January 15, 1690. 4. Alexander, mentioned below. 5. Benjamin. 6. Josiah, born March 20, 1700. 7. Nathaniel, born April I, 1702.
(III) Alexander French, son of Samuel French (2), born at Braintree, December 13, 1695; died June 2, 1732. Married Mary, daughter of Thomas, Jr., and Mehitable (Adams) White. She died May 30, 1732, and he married (second), May 14, 1734, Rebecca Staples. Thomas White, Jr., was son of Thomas White, the immigrant settler at Wey- mouth. Children of Alexander and Mary French : I. Alexander, born February 28, 1724. 2. Samuel, mentioned below. 3. Isaac, born November 13, 1729. 4. Benoni, born May 30, 1732. Children of Alexander and Rebecca : 5. Elizabeth, born August 13, 1735. 6. Jacob, born June II, 1736. 7. Asa, born May 7, 1737. 8. Experience, born April 23,
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1742. 9. Job, born June 16, 1744, died June 19, 1744.
(IV) Samuel French, son of Alexander French (3), born at Braintree, September 5, 1725; married Mary Paine. He was a sol- dier in the Revolution. Children, born at Braintree : I. Mary, born January 24, 1748, died April 17, 1748. 2. Mary, born October, 1750, died November 2, 1753. 3. Elijah, born February 10, 1754-55. 4. Samuel, born Jan- uary 18, 1755-56. 5. Asa, mentioned below. (V) Asa French, son of Samuel French (4), born at Braintree, May 3, 1757 ; married Sarah White. He was a soldier of the Revo- lution in Captain Josiah Smith's company, Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment, 1776; en- listed in the Continental army from Captain Smith's company, Fourth Hampshire regi- ment, and was in Captain Montague's com- pany, Colonel Porter's regiment, 1778. If this Continental army service belongs to this Asa French he resided at South Hadley and died about March, 1779, when a receipt for his pay was signed by John French.
(VI) Jabez French, son of Asa French (5), born about 1779, married, November 25, 1813, Lucinda S. Watton.
(VII) Marvin M. French, son of Jabez French (6), born January 8, 1821; married Emeline, born January 8, 1821, died June 28, 1890, daughter of Spencer and Sophia (Clapp) Clark. Children: I. Ellen Sophia, born Oc- tober 6, 1849, married at Northampton, Oc- tober 24, 1878, -; children : i. Henry, born August 31, 1879, died on board the transport "Mobile," August 18, 1898, private in Com- pany I, Second Massachusetts Regiment in the Spanish war; ii. Leicester (twin), born December 7, 1880; iii. Dudleigh (twin), born December 7, 1880; iv. Katrine, born October 23, 1886. 2. Anna Emerson, born June 17, 1853, married, April 29, 1874, John Curtis Fowle, and had one son, Robert H., born July I, 1878. 3. James Marvin, mentioned below. 4. Howard Clark, born December 12, 1865, married, June, 1898, Gertrude Sperry ; chil- dren : Marvin M. and John Rossiter.
(VIII) James Marvin French, son of Mar- vin M. French (7), was born at Northampton, Massachusetts, January 14, 1855. He was educated in the public and high schools of his native town. He began his business career as clerk in the clothing store of his father at Northampton for three years, and was then clerk in the freight office of the Connecticut River Railroad Company, now a part of the Boston & Maine system. He then took a po- sition in the Boston office of the old Eastern Railroad, also absorbed by the Boston & Maine
system. He was clerk in the treasurer's of- fice from August 16, 1877, until March 24, 1879, when he was transferred to Portland as ticket agent of the Eastern Railroad, the Maine Central Railroad and the Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad and served until April, 1886, when he was appointed ticket agent of the western division of the Boston & Maine Railroad at the Haymarket Square Station, Boston, and in 1887 he was placed in charge of the ticket department of the eastern divi- sion also. When the present station in Bos- ton was completed in 1893 he became ticket agent of three divisions, the eastern, western and southern divisions of the Boston & Maine Railroad and also the Fitchburg Railroad which later was leased to the Boston & Maine. Mr. French has remained in charge of all four divisions of the system having terminals in Boston. He is a member of Soley Lodge of Free Masons of Somerville; of Somerville Royal Arch Chapter ; of Coeur de Lion Com- mandery, Knights Templar. He belongs to the International Ticket Agents' Association. In religion he is a Universalist; in politics a Republican.
He married, at Portland, Maine, May 24, 1882, Carrie E. Sanborn (See sketch of Dan- iel W. Sanborn). She is a graduate of the Somerville high school, class of 1877. Chil- dren : I. Edward Sanborn, mentioned below. 2. Lucy Emeline, born June 10, 1887, gradu- ate of the Somerville high school, 1906; stu- dent at Bradford Academy. 3. Helen Clark, born November 2, 1889, student in high school ('08). 4. Carrie Brackett, born December 19, 1891, died May 12, 1903. 5. Marjorie, born January 6, 1897.
(IX) Edward Sanborn French, son of James Marvin French (8), was born at Port- land, Maine, December II, 1883. He attended the Somerville public schools, graduating from the Latin high school in 1902, president of his class. He entered Dartmouth College, from which he was graduated in 1906 with the de- gree of A. B. He is at present an accountant in the Boston office of the Boston & Maine Railroad. He is a member of Soley Lodge of Free Masons, of the Acacia Masonic Fra- ternity ; of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, at Claremont, New Hampshire: of the New Hampshire Club of Boston.
Daniel Collamore Heath was a HEATH man closely identified with a great variety of interests in his home city of Newtonville, in his native state of Maine, in his business, social, and philan- thropic associations in Boston, and in the far
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parts of the United States and Europe which he often visited. As a leading educational publisher and president of the publishing house which he founded, he has exerted a wide in- fluence.
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