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Mr. Heath was born in the town of Salem, Maine, at the foot of beautiful Mt. Abram, in Franklin county; October 26, 1843, and at the age of sixty-four died at his home in Newton- ville, Massachusetts, January 29, 1908. He was the second son of Daniel Heath (1814- 1902) and Mila Ann Record (1816-1907) ; and grandson of Benjamin Heath (1788- 1870) and Ruth Hinkley Heath (1790-1859) on the one side, and Henry Record (born 1785) and Mercy Bradley Record (born 1788) on the other side. The earlier ancestors were ,among the first settlers of Massachusetts ; they came from England in 1632 and succeeding years.
He attended school in his native town and in Farmington, Maine,' and was prepared for college at the Nichols Latin School, Lewiston, Maine. He was graduated at Amherst Col- lege, A. B. 1868, A. M. 1871 ; on leaving col- lege he was principal of the Southboro High School, Southboro, Massachusetts, 1868-69; studied in the Bangor Theological Seminary, Bangor, Maine, 1870-72 ; traveled and studied the subject of pedagogy in Europe 1873; was supervisor of schools in Farmington, Maine, 1874, and the same year he accepted a propo- sition from Ginn Brothers to represent their house in Rochester, New York. This brought him into a business which interested him and of which he had made a careful and intelligent study. School books suited to the rapidly ad- vancing systems that obtained in well con- ducted schools had become a prime necessity and Mr. Heath had as teacher, master of high school, and supervisor of a school system learned these wants. When he gave his ser- vices to the school-book publishers, they gained not only an adept salesman but an embryo book publisher who had decided ideas, and his employers were wise enough to adopt many of these ideas. In 1875 he opened their branch office in New York City, and in 1876 he was made a member of the firm, which then be- came Ginn & Heath. He withdrew his con- nection with that firm in 1885, in order to carry out his own plans for the making of school books. The new business was estab- lished as D. C. Heath & Company in Boston, August 1, 1885. In November, 1895, the busi- ness of the firm was incorporated with D. C. Heath, president; C. H. Ames, secretary ; W. . E. Pulsifer, treasurer ; and W. S. Smyth, vice-
president. The business of this corporation ranks third among the great schoolbook pub- lishing houses of America, and has its offices at Boston, New York, Chicago, San Franciso, Austin, Atlanta, and London, England.
Mr. Heath served as president of the Am- herst Alumni Association, and of the Pine Tree State Club of Boston. He was one of the founders of the Twentieth Century Club, a trustee of the People's Palace, a member of the Boston Athenaeum, of the Boston City Club, the University Club, the Congregational Club, the Massachusetts Schoolmasters' Club, Psi Upsilon (Amherst), and the Aldine Club of New York. He identified himself also with the Municipal Reform League, the Massachu- setts Civic League, two Forestry Associations, the American Free Trade League, the Nation- al Society for Promoting Industrial Educa- tion the National Educational Associa- tion, and the Religous Educational As- sociation. In Newton Mr. Heath's lo- cal interests were innumerable. He was a member of the Central Congregational church, and of the Newton Club, the Tuesday Club, the Every Saturday Club, the Katahdin Club, and Brae Burn Golf Club, and presi- dent of the Newton Education Association.
Mr. Heath married, January 6, 1881, Mrs. Nelly Lloyd Knox of Colorado Springs, Col- orado, and their children, born in Newtonville, Massachusetts, are : Arnold C., Daniel Colla- more, and Warren. His marriage also gave him a stepson James Lloyd Knox, who has shared with the sons the beautiful home at the "Heathcote."
In an obituary tribute, the Boston Tran- script said of Mr. Heath :
"His name has stood preeminently for the best scholarship, the best taste, the most pro- gressive spirit, and the highest honor in the educational publishing field. It has stood equally for good citizenship, public spirit, and the most faithful social service in Boston and Newton, for Mr. Heath's community inter- ests were of the broadest, his identification with useful and advanced movements was con- stant, his industry and organizing power were notable, and his natural qualities of leadership were recognized and utilized in every circle which he touched.
"Mr. Heath has been viewed as a born pub- lisher, and in the work for which he was so conspicuously fitted he found his joy and ren- dered a service which will give his name long remembrance. A frequent visitor to Europe, few American publishers were more highly esteemed or more warmly welcomed in Lon-
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don and Leipsic. Abroad, as at home, he car- ried with him ever and everywhere that rare geniality, sympathy, and quick human interest that made him so beloved and so central a magnet in his home, business, and social life. An ardent reader of books, an earnest student, and a genuine reformer, the educational move- ments and the politics of England and Ger- many commanded his interest almost as warm- ly as American affairs."
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HAIGH Hannah (Parkinson) Haigh, was born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, December 31, 1832, and received a common school education in that place. At the age of seventeen he was apprenticed to learn the trade of calico printer, and he be- came an expert in his line of business. He came to America in 1855, and early the year following he entered the employ of the Pacific Mills at Lawrence, Massachusetts. After eighteen years of faithful work at his trade he was placed in charge of the printing depart- ment of the Middlesex Bleaching and Dye Works, in Somerville, where he located, Sep- tember Ist, 1873, of which subsequently he bought a half interest. He was successful in business and took rank among the prominent manufacturers of the city of Somerville. He was a liberal supporter of the Methodist Episcopal church. In Masonic circles he be- came very prominent. He held virtually all the chairs in succession in Lawrence Lodge, No. 59, Free Masons. In the grand chapter he was district deputy, grand high priest and deputy grand high priest. For several years he was the illustrious grand master of Royal and Select Masters. In 1883 he was elected grand conductor of the General Grand Coun - cil, Royal and Select Masters of the United States for three years. He was also most puissant sovereign grand commander of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. His private library was one of the richest in choice Ma- sonic literature of any in New England. He acquired no small fame as a collector of coins, medals and articles of vertu, as well as books. He was a student of art and history. He was intensely interested in historical research, and was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Society of Odd Volumes, and other literary organizations. He was greatly respected and beloved not only among those of his family and in his business who knew him best, but among his associates in learning and study, those of kindred tastes and gifts. He was as conspicuous for his learning as for his
business success and talents. He died at his home in Somerville, August 20, 1896. His widow survives him.
Thomas Roberts, immigrant ROBERTS ancestor, one of the earliest settlers on Dover Neck, New Hampshire, came, according to family tradi- tion, with Edward and William Hilton, for the purpose of trading in 1623. The land he possessed has been owned and occupied by his descendants uninterruptedly to the present time. In 1638 he was elected president of the court in place of Captain John Underhill, whom they expelled for various crimes. Rob- erts was elected to various offices of trust, had many grants of land in Dover and vicinity, and owned land on the east side of Dover Neck and on the west side of Back River. Sewal in his "History of Quakers" speaks of him as rebuking his sons Thomas and John who, while constables, used excessive virulence in enforcing the laws against Quakers in 1662. He had been a member of the church for more than twenty years, and was a man of the high- est character. His will, dated September 27, 1673, proved June 30, 1674, bequeathed to Richard Rich, husband of his daughter Sarah, also to other three children. He was buried in the northeast corner of the old burial ground at Dover Neck, where many of his de- scendants were afterward laid. Children: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Thomas, born 1633; married Mary -; son Nathaniel had son Nathaniel Roberts who settled in Somersworth, New Hampshire; was born April 22, 1713; lost at sea, leaving children David, Isaac, George, Nathaniel and daugh- ters. 3. Hester, married John Martin ; lived in New Jersey, 1673. 4. Anne, married Jo- seph Philbrick.
(II) Sergeant John Roberts, son of Thomas Roberts (I), born in Dover, 1629; married Abigail Nutter, daughter of one of the lead- ing pioneers of Dover, Hatevil Nutter. He owned land near his father's, and doubtless lived on it, certainly on the Neck, though he also owned land west of Back River as well as some marsh land near Great Bay. He was a delegate to the New Hampshire convention of 1689. Children, born in Dover: I. Jo- seph, had son Ebenezer, born February 24, 1705-6, and other children. 2. Hatevil, mar- ried Lydia - -; lived in Dover. 3. Thom- as, mentioned below. 4. Abigail, married John Hall (3).
(III) Thomas Roberts, son of John Rob- erts (2), was born in Dover, about 1660. He
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deeded land to his son Love Roberts, April 5, 1707.
(IV) Love Roberts, only known son of Thomas Roberts (3), was born in Dover or vicinity about 1685. He settled in Dover, and married Elizabeth That part of Dover known as Somersworth was set off December 19, 1729, and incorporated as a town April 22, 1754. There were soldiers in the Revolution of this family from Somers- worth Love Roberts, Francis Roberts and George Roberts. Children of Love Roberts : I. Hannah, born May 10, 1713. 2. Love, born April 21, 1721.
(V) Roberts, son or nephew of Love Roberts (4), was born in Somersworth about 1740. He was a weaver by trade, and is said to have lived on the Garland place. He re- moved to Berwick, Maine. He married a daughter of
(VI) Ebenezer Roberts, son of Rob- erts (5), born in Somersworth, New Hamp- shire, about 1770; married a daughter of Ma- jor James Roberts. James Roberts, of Ber- wick, was ensigned in the Revolution in Cap- tain Philip Hubbard's company, Colonel James Scammon's regiment, in 1775; also captain in Colonel Lemuel Robinson's regiment, 1776; also major in Colonel John Whittier's regi- ment, 1776, and lieutenant colonel of Colonel Wigglesworth's regiment. Children of Eb- enezer : I. James How, mentioned below. 2. Joshua. 3. Alexander. 4. Rebecca. 5. Bet- sey. 6. Martha.
(VII) James How Roberts, son of Eben- ezer Roberts (6), born in Berwick, Maine, 1800; married Lydia A. Hopkinson. Chil- dren : I. Ebenezer, mentioned below. 2. Stephen H., born November 7, 1832. 3. Mary E., born August 2, 1834. 4. Abbie, born March 2, 1836. 5. James A., born January 30, 1838. 6. John H., born April 5, 1840 (twin). 7. Henrietta (twin), born April 5, 1840. 8. Joshua W., born August 27, 1842. 9. Edgar, born February 27, 1844. IO. Ward P., born April 25, 1846. II. Martha P., born April 10, 1848.
(VIII) Ebenezer Roberts, son of James How Roberts (7), was born in Berwick, Maine, September 2, 1831. He was educated in his native town and followed farming all his active days. He married, October 12, 1855, Mary Fletcher Rankin, born April, 1833, daughter of Rev. Dr. James Henry and Caro- line Carleton (Frye) Rankin, of Danville, ยท Vermont.
Caroline Carleton Frye, daughter of Samuel and Mary Holt (Fletcher) Frye, born in Dan-
ville, Maine, February 8, 1817, married first January II, 1836, Rev. James Henry Rankin, D. D., and had two daughters-Mary Fletcher Rankin, mentioned above, and Helen Wallace Rankin; she married second, Calvin A. Morse, and had daughter Susan Emma Morse; she married third, 1872, Benjamin F. Emerson. Mary Holt Fletcher, mother of Caroline Carle- ton Frye, born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, November 22, 1787, died April 7, 1871 ; mar- ried Samuel Frye, of Dracut, Massachusetts, resided at Danville, Vermont ; children : Aaron Porter, Mary Holt, Hannah A., Harriet N. Caroline Carleton, mentioned above, and Ade- line C. Frye. Andrew Fletcher, father of Mary Holt Fletcher, born in Chelmsford, re- sided in his native town in the section now the city of Lowell, where he owned three hundred acres of land and was a prosperous farmer ; died April 2, 1792; married July 4, I774, Mary Holt, who married sec- ond, Willey; removed to Hop- kinton, New Hampshire, selling the Fletcher estate to the first company organized to de- velop the water power at Lowell. Children of Andrew Fletcher : Nehemiah; Aaron; Moses ; Jonathan; Porter; Patty; Mary Holt and Caleb Parker. Andrew Fletcher, father of Andrew last mentioned, born in Chelmsford October 2, 1721, resided there all his life, dy- ing April 23, 1759; married May 14, 1745, Lydia Howard, who died February 9, 1747; second, May 5, 1748, Elizabeth Parker; chil- dren of first wife : Lydia ; Andrew ; children of second wife: Elizabeth and Benjamin. Jo- siah Fletcher, father of Andrew, born in Chelmsford, April 8, 1787, succeeded to the homestead of his grandfather, William Fletch- er, and died in his native town January 30, 1760; married Joanna, daughter of Andrew and Hannah (Jefts) Spalding; children : Sarah, Josiah, Andrew, Rachel, Joanna and Henry. Lieutenant William Fletcher, father of Josiah Fletcher, was born in Chelmsford February 21, 1657; prominent citizen of Chelmsford; lieutenant, commissioned by Governor Dudley in 1704; owner of much land; died 1713; married Sarah Richardson, who died in 1748, aged eighty-eight years; children : Sarah, Esther, William, Reuben, Jo- siah, Mary, Lydia, Robert, Bethia, Ezekiel, Daniel, Deborah, Phebe and Rebecca. William Fletcher, father of William just mentioned, was born in England, coming to America with his father; was admitted a freeman in 1643; acquired a large estate at Chelmsford, and this estate descended in the family for many generations, and a part of it is now with-
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in the city of Lowell. The first town meet- ing was held in his house, and he was chosen one of the first board of selectmen of Chelms- ford. He died November 6, 1677. He mar- ried October 7, 1645 Lydia Bates, who died October 12, 1704; children: Lydia, Joshua, Mary, Paul, Sarah, William, Esther and Sam- uel Fletcher. Robert Fletcher, immigrant, father of William, came from Yorkshire, Eng- land, 1630, with wife and three sons, and set- tled at Concord, Massachusetts. Children of Ebenezer and Mary Fletcher (Rankin) Rob- erts : I. Fred Henry, mentioned below. 2. Her- bert F., resided formerly at Milford, now liv- ing at Wilmington, Massachusetts, manufac- turer of confectionery, Fulton street, Boston ; married Kate Broster ; children: Althera Ade- line Roberts, Eben Walker Roberts, Helen Fletcher Roberts, Olive Roberts.
(IX) Fred Henry Roberts, son of Eben- ezer Roberts (8), was born in Berwick, Maine, July 15, 1856. His parents came to Boston to reside when he was ten years old, he was educated in the public schools of Bos- ton and the State Normal School at Bridge- water, Massachusetts. In 1897 he embarked in business on his own account in Boston, be- ginning with a small capital in modest way. His business flourished and the Apollo choc- olates became known all over the country. The business was incorporated under the name of the F. H. Roberts Company. The factory and salesroom of the company is at 128 Cross street, Boston. The specialty of the house continues to be distinctively high grade choc- olates and bon-bons, bearing the Apollo brand. The officers of the corporation are: F. H. Roberts, president ; A. L. Albrink, treasurer ; W. H. Cole, vice-president. The volume of business of the company now amounts to a half million dollars annually.
Mr. Roberts resides in Wilmington, Mas- sachusetts, where he has made his home since 1899. In religion he is a Methodist, and is a liberal supporter of his church and of various charities. In politics he is a Republican, with independent proclivities. He is a prominent Free Mason a member of Washington Lodge, of Manchester, New Hampshire; Mt. Horeb Chapter, R. A. M .; Adinorum Council, R. S. M .; Trinity Commandery, K. T .; Edward A. Raymond Consistory, S. P. R. S., 32d degree, of Nashua, New Hampshire. He married, No- vember 17, 1886, Althera A. Clendennin, born September 1, 1851, at East Derry, New Hamp- shire, died July, 1906, youngest daughter of Robert and Phebe (Kimball) Clendennin, granddaughter of Robert and Susan (Dow)
Clendennin, great-granddaughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Humphrey) Clendennin. William Clendennin, father of Robert last mentioned, married Hannah Morrison; his father, Archibald Clendennin, was the immi- grant from Ulster Province, north of Ireland, in 1719, and one of the first settlers of Nit- field or Londonderry, New Hampshire, where all his descendants, mentioned above, lived. The Clendennin family is of ancient Scotch ancestry, and, like all the early Scotch-Irish settlers at Londonderry, was of the Presby- terian faith.
In memory of his wife, Mr. Roberts donated a new organ to the Wilmington Methodist Episcopal Church in 1908. Mr. Roberts has no children.
FLANDERS Stephen Flanders, immi- grant ancestor of all of the colonial families of this name in Massachusetts and Maine and pos- sibly of the whole country, was born in Eng- land, about 1620. He was a pioneer in Salis- bury, Massachusetts, as early as 1640, and proprietor of that town from 1646 to 1677. He married Jane who died November 19, 1683. He died June 27, 1684. His will, proved September 30, 1684, bequeathed to eldest son Stephen, daughters Mary and Na- omi Flanders and Sarah Newhall; grandchild Thomas Flanders, residue to be divided be- tween sons Philip and John. Children: I. Mary, died May 4, 1650. 2. Stephen, men- tioned below. 3. Mary, born May 7, 1650. 4. Philip, born July 14, 1652; married Martha Collins. 5. Sarah, born November 5, 1654. 6. Naomi, born December 15, 1656; married April 4, 1699, Benjamin Eastman. 7. John, born February II, 1659; married Elizabeth Sargent; settled at Salisbury, later at Hamp- ton, New Hampshire ; descendants numerous. (II) Stephen Flanders, son of Stephen Flanders (I), born in Salisbury, March 8, 1646, died October 6, 1744, aged ninety-eight years six months twenty-six days; married December 28, 1670, Abigail Carter, born Feb- ruary II, 1653, daughter of Thomas and Mary Carter. They resided at Salisbury. Children : I. Thomas, born February 17, 1671: died April 12, 1672. 2. Stephen, born January 31, 1672; married, 1706, Sarah Blaisdell. 3. Thomas, born December 3, 1673: married March 8, 17II, Catherine Hackett. 4, Daniel, mentioned below. 5. Joseph, born March 28, 1677. 6. Philip, born January II, 1678; died February 23, 1678. 7. Sarah, born December 7, 1679 ; died January 16 following. 8. Philip,
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born January 8, 1681; married, February 2, 1710, Joanna Smith, resided at Kingston, New Hampshire. 9. Jane, born March 1684; mar- ried, 1711, John Martin. 10. Jeremiah, born September, 1686; married, 1724, Mary Hayes. II. Abigail, born October, 1688; married, 1734, Jabez Page.
(III) Daniel Flanders, son of Stephen Flanders (2), born in Salisbury, March 16, 1676, lived at Amesbury. Children: I. Dan- iel. 2. Jedidiah, mentioned below.
(IV) Jedidiah Flanders, son of Daniel Flanders (3), born in Amesbury, April 13, 1705 ; married January 3, 1728, Eleanor Bar- nard. They settled in his native town. Chil- dren, born in Amesbury: I. Sarah, born June 4, 1730; married Joseph Cass. 2. Timothy, born April 14, 1732; married Jane Fitz ; lived in Amesbury. 3. Hannah, born February I, 1735 ; married Levi Jones and Levi Mills. 4. Daniel, born February 5, 1738; married Sarah Weed; lived at Hopkinton, New Hampshire. 5. Barnard, born April 29, 1741; married Anne Currier, of South Hampton. 6. El- eanor, born December 9, 1745; married, De- cember 14, 1766, Parker Flanders. 7. Jedi- diah, mentioned below.
(V) Jedidiah Flanders, son of Jedidiah Flanders (4), born in Amesbury, August 29, 1748; married Judith Tewksbury; resided at Salisbury until the spring of 1795, when he removed to Cornville, Maine, and settled in the wilderness. Seven families had settled be- fore he came. He built mills in that town. All his eleven children but one married and lived near him. He died December 6, 1823, aged seventy-five years three months seven days.
(VI) James Flanders, grandson or near relative of Jedidiah Flanders (5), born about 1810, lived at Baring, Oldtown and Carroll, Maine. Children: I. Elbridge W. 2. Mary Ann. 3. James. 4. Samuel. 5. Elizabeth. 6. Adariene 7. Charles A., mentioned below. 8. Mary Gale.
(VII) Charles A. Flanders, son of James Flanders (6), born at Baring, Maine, died 1890, at Sacramento, California, where he is buried. He was educated in the common schools, and at the age of sixteen went to Ne- vada. He became interested in the lumber business, and became eventually one of the largest dealers in lumber in the west, and was well known through the south and west. He was the founder of the town of Lodi, Califor- fornia. He became famous in the mining re- gions as the owner of the wonderful placer gold mine "Widow," which he sold later to an English syndicate. He returned east and
made his home in Somerville. He was a prom- inent Free Mason, one of the charter mem- bers of Coeur de Lion Commandery, Knights Templar. He married Evelyn Frances Lind- say, born at Carroll, Maine, April 22, 1850. Children : I. Ralph L., mentioned below. 2. Harry, born at Empire City, Nevada, October 3, 1874.
(VIII) Ralph L. Flanders, son of Charles A. Flanders (7), was born at Carroll, Maine, August 1, 1869. When he was a year old he removed with the family to Empire City, Nevada. Seven years later he returned from Nevada to his old home in Carroll, where he attended the public schools and the Lee Nor- mal Academy, graduating in the class of 1886, the youngest graduate of that academy. He taught school at Topsfield, Massachusetts, and at Drew, Maine, for a year. In 1888 he took a course in Gray's Business College, Portland, Maine, and the following year became book- keeper for Savage, Flanders & Elms, whole- sale tobacco dealers. After three years the firm was reorganized and he became one of the partners, under the firm name of Savage, Flanders & Company. The firm had a large and prosperous business. In 1897 he sold out to advantage and engaged in the real estate and brokerage business in Bangor, Maine, for two years. Having sold his business in Bangor he removed to Boston to accept the position of assistant manager of the New Eng- land Conservatory of Music, a position to which he was chosen by vote of the trustees. He was elected general manager January 2, 1902, the youngest man to hold such a posi- tion. The New England Conservatory of Music is the largest institution of its kind in the World, and one of the best managed and most successful. Within three years from his appointment the number of students had in- creased from 1850 to 2803, and the growth has been steady. Year by year the Conserva- tory has gained in reputation and standing as the quality of its teaching has been demon- strated and the work of its students and grad- tates manifested. It has the unqualified ap- proval of the best musical people of the coun- try, and is drawing its students from all sec- tions of America. While the high standard of instruction, the best talent in the musical world on the staff of instruction and the en- thusiastic support of the alumni contribute to- gether to the growth and prosperity of the Conservatory, the excellent business manage- ment of Mr. Flanders has made the most of the opportunities offered to the institution for development. Mr. Flanders makes his home
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at 10 Brooks street, Brookline, Massachusetts. He married October 7, 1896, Mary Louise, born August 12, 1870, daughter of Joseph B. and Eleanor (Berry) Ayer, of Bangor, Maine. She was educated in the public and high schools of Bangor, and studied instrumental music in Boston, and taught music several years before marriage. Children: I. Evelyn Hope, born at Bangor, November 28, 1898. 2. Frances Mary, born at Boston, September 7, 1901. 3. Marion Louise, born at Brookline, Massachusetts, April 19, 1906.
TAYLOR James Taylor was born in Granville, Prince Edward Isl- and, where he spent his active years. He was a very successful farmer. Of his nine children, the youngest was George Hugh Taylor, mentioned below.
(II) George Hugh Taylor, son of James Taylor (I), was born in Granville, February 4, '1770. He was educated in the common schools, and at the age of eighteen left home and settled at Manchester, New Hampshire. He learned the trade of carpenter, and has followed it as a trade and business ever since. He came to Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1895, and entered the employ of the Kitson Machine Company, where he is still employed. He is a regular attendant upon the services of the Methodist Episcopal church, and has shown a great interest in the charitable and benevolent work of his church, especially in his own neighborhood, in the development of which he has taken an active part. In politics Mr. Taylor is a Republican. He is a member of no secret societies, and his chief interests are found in his business and his home.
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