Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 11

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 912

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who had carried on the works from 1831 at Western avenue and Franklin street, where he was not only a diligent workman, but an apt pupil in the methods of manufacture. He re- mained with Mr. Nutt, who had found him a righthand man, always zealous of the interests of his employer. In 1871, after eighteen years service given to the business of Mr. Nutt, he engaged in the same business on his own ac- count at 441 and 443 Main street, Cambridge, where he manufactured original elastic cement for bedding slate and tile, repairing leaky roofs, etc., etc., and he had as customers the builders of the important public buildings of Cambridge, including the City Hall, Senior Hall, Harvard University, Registry of Deeds, and also in Boston numerous public school buildings, the Boston Custom House, Chicker- ing Piano Factory, City Hospital, Equitable Society Building, Post Office, etc., and outside the limits of Greater Boston on the Leland Stanford University buildings, Palo Alto, Cal- ifornia; Carnegie Library and City Halls, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Union Depot and City Hall, St. Louis, Missouri ; Ponce de Leon Hotel, St. Augustine, Florida, etc. He greatly improved the process of making cement, giv- ing to his employer the benefit of such improve- ment up to the time of engaging in business on his own account, and after that continuing his experiments induced by the trials of time and weather in that already laid, and house- holders and custodians of public buildings found in the preparation put up by Hycent Purcell a sure cure for leaks around chimneys, around lights on sidewalks, in poorly laid roofs of tile and slate and in places affected by extremes of heat and cold.

Mr. Purcell was married to Ann, daughter of John Mullen, a native of Ireland, residing in Cambridge, and their children were eight în number : I. Michael, who was educated in the parochial school and became an electrical en- gineer's helper in the works of the General Electrical Company at Lynn, Massachusetts. He married and had two children and made his home in Lynn. 2. William, who engaged in business in Cambridge, married and had four children. He died, December 1, 1907, in Cambridge. 3. Mary A., who resides at home. 4. Margaret, who married John T. Hughes, a graduate of Harvard, A. B., 1893, a lawyer in Boston with a home in Brookline; they have two children. 5. John, unmarried, in business with his father in Cambridge. 6. Catherine, who married Robert James, and resides in Cambridge. 7. Agnes, who resides at home. 8. Edward, who died young.

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(1) William Hodgkins, the

HODGKINS immigrant ancestor, was

born in England, as early

as 1590-1600. He came to Plymouth, New England, among the early settlers and was ad- mitted a freeman several years afterward, in 1634, and served as juryman in 1636. His first wife may have died in England. He mar- ried (second), December 21, 1638, at Plym- outh, Ann Hynes. Hodgkins removed to Ips- wich about 1641. His wife, Ann, deposed March 2, 1641, that she had lived before mar- riage at the house of Mr. Derby, father of John and Richard Derby. Hodgkins placed his daughter Sarah with Thomas and Winifred Whitney, January 2, 1643, to remain until twenty years of age. Children of his first mar- riage: I. William, mentioned below. 2. Sarah, mentioned above. Children of the sec- ond marriage: 3. Child, born at Ipswich, No- vember 30, 1647. 4. Samuel, born August 8, 1654.

(II) William Hodgkins, son of William Hodgkins (1), was born in England in 1622, according to his own deposition made Septem- ber 29, 1691, giving his age as about sixty-nine years and stating that he had occupied beach privileges at Little Neck Beach at Ipswich for a period of fifty years. He lived the remainder of his life in Ipswich, coming there with his father about 1640 or 1641, and died December 26, 1693, in his seventy-second year. He or his father was at one time of Gloucester. He built a house in Ipswich in 1668. He married Grace Dutch, of Gloucester, Massachusetts. She was daughter of Osman Dutch, who died at the age of one hundred years, in December, 1684. Grace died October 10, 1694. Her brother, Robert Dutch, was in Bloody Brook battle, was wounded and left for dead on the field and found by Captain Moseley's men when the Indians were stripping the dead the day afterward, and recovered from his wounds.

Children of William and Grace Hodgkins : I. William, married Elizabeth -. 2. Samuel, born November 2, 1658. 3. Mary, born April 6, 1661, married Robert Coates, of Lynn. 4. Edward, married Martha and removed from Ipswich. 5. Hezekiah, who figured in the courts for playing cards and was fined. 6. Thomas, born 1668, mentioned below. 7. Christopher, married Tabitha Hodgkins, of Linebrook, ancestor of many New Hampshire families. 8. John, died January 20, 1690. 9. Martha, married William Howard. 10. Abi- gail, died November 13, 1720. II. Hannah, married, January 17, 1670, John Berry.

(III) Sergeant Thomas Hodgkins, son of

William Hodgkins (2), was born in Ipswich, 1668, and died November 16, 1719, aged fifty- one. He married, December 12, 1689, Abigail Hovey, daughter of Daniel and Abigail (An- drews) Hovey. His widow died November 28, 1754. Mr. Hovey built the old house and wharf on Turkey shore, still in existence. Children : I. Daniel, born October 14, 1690, mentioned below. 2. Thomas, born 1692, died December 30, 1778, aged eighty-six. 3. Ezek- iel, died September 13, 1677. 4. Hannah, married, 1735, John Lakema. 5. John, bap- tized August 16, 1713, died 1797, aged eighty- four years, called "Carpenter John."

(IV) Daniel Hodgkins, son of Thomas Hodgkins (3), was born in Ipswich, October 14, 1690, and died June 1, 1773, aged eighty- four. He married (first) in 1714, Abigail Hunt; (second), in 1737, Mary Harris, who survived him and administered the estate. Children, born in Ipswich: I. Abigail, born 1715, baptized October 9, 1715; married Wil- liam Stone. 2. Daniel, born April 10, 1716, mentioned below. 3. Benjamin, born Decem- ber 6, 1718, died January 4, 1748. 4. Sarah, born July 2, 1721, died young. 5. George, born May 19, 1723, died October 1, 1726. 6. Ezekiel, born November 14, 1725. 7. Sarah, born October 19, 1726. 8. Sarah, born May 19, 1730. 9. George, born October 25, 1731. IO. Elizabeth, born December 10, 1732.

(V) Daniel Hodgkins, son of Daniel Hodg- kins (4), was baptized April 10, 1716, at Ips- wich, Massachusetts. Married, October 27, 1739, Abigail Heard, daughter of Edmund and Deborah (Osgood) Heard. He was lost at sea in 1763 and Daniel Heard was appointed guardian of his children. His widow married (second) David Pulsifer. She died in 1786 and at her burial the snow was so deep that the "bier was carried over the roof of a one- story house" which was buried in a huge drift. On the day of her death the snow fell to a great depth, covering doors and windows. Children : I. Abigail, born 1740, baptized Oc- tober 12, 1740; married John Caldwell. 2. Deborah, born 1742, baptized March 13, 1742, died young. 3. Daniel, baptized November 18, 1744 ; mentioned below. 4. Deborah, bap- tized February 22, 1746, married, 1772, Jon- athan Lakeman.

(VI) Daniel Hodgkins, son of Daniel Hodg- kins (5), was baptized at Ipswich, November 18, 1744. He is believed to have been the Ver- mont settler who was unquestionably a near relation. Children: I. Daniel, mentioned be- low. 2. Betsey, married Sylvanus Sparks. 3. Sallie, married Saunders.

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(VII) Daniel Hodgkins, son of Daniel Hodgkins (6), was born about 1780, and lived in the vicinity of Wardsborough, Vermont. He married Sylvania Brown. Children, born at Wardsborough: I. George, married Lucy Or- cutt, of Wardsborough, Vermont; children : Martha and Lillian. 2. Levi, mentioned be- low. 3. Willard, married Delia Norton, of Bennington, Vermont, and has a son Clifford, born in Wilmington, Vermont. 4. Lydia, mar- ried Elbridge G. Crafts, of Whately, Massa- chusetts ; children : John Murray, born 1842, died June 24, 1847; John Murray (2d), born September 17, 1847; Edmund, born July 7, 1850, died January 22, 1854; Edmund, born June 28, 1854; Earl, born February 22, 1861, died March 23, 1886.

(VIII) Levi Hodgkins, son of Daniel Hodg- kins (7), was born in Wellington, Vermont, in the year 1820. When a young man he removed from Vermont to Boston, where he was en- gaged in the teaming business until shortly be- fore his death. He was an industrious and up- right man. In politics he was a Democrat. During his active career his residence was in Charlestown, where he died, April 1, 1871. He married Hannah Clement, who was born in Hill, New Hampshire, October 4, 1816, and is still living at the venerable age of more than ninety-one years. Their children: Lydia, Henrietta, Emily, Annie, Levi Warren, see forward; Carrie.

(IX) Levi Warren Hodgkins, only son of Levi and Hannah (Clement) Hodgkins, was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, August 27, 1852. He received his education in the public schools in his native town, and at the early age of seventeen made his beginning in the business that proved to be his life occupa- tion, he having continued therein to the pres- ent time, achieving a large measure of success -a result due entirely to his own intelligent and industrious effort. He entered upon em- ployment as a clerk in the retail shoe store of Henry H. Tuttle & Company, Boston, in Sep- tember, 1869, and remained in that capacity for a period of twelve years ending in 1881, when, in February, he became a member of the firm of Thayer, McNeil & Hodgkins, of 47 Temple place and 15 West street, Boston, the most widely known and one of the most successful retail shoe stores in New England.

Mr. Hodgkins is a resident of Malden, where he is as favorably regarded for his per- sonal worth as he is in commercial circles for his abilities and integrity. He is a Republican in politics, and a staunch supporter of the can- didates and principles of his party, but has

never aspired to official position. He is a mem- ber of the First Baptist Church of Malden, and of the Baptist Social Union of Boston. He is a member of the Kernwood Club of Malden, of which he was one of the incorporators at its organization. Mr. Hodgkins married, Septem- ber 27, 1881, Jennie A. Fernald, who was born December 23, 1860, died at Malden, June 14, 1902, daughter of Mrs. A. T. Fernald. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hodgkins, born in Malden, are: Annie Clement, born April 12, 1883; and Marjorie Fernald, born May 16, 1888.

Winfield Scott Hutchin- HUTCHINSON son, of Newton, Massa- chusetts, is a lineal de- scendant of Richard Hutchinson, who was born in Arnold, England, in 1602, and who was a direct descendant of Bernard Hutchin- son, who was living in 1282, in Cowlan, county of York. The line of descent to Richard the immigrant, above named, is through John, James, William, Anthony, Thomas, Lawrence and Thomas. Richard, son of Thomas last named, emigrated to America in 1634 with his wife Alice and four children. His wife was a daughter of Joseph Bosworth, of Holgrave, England. Richard settled in Salem Village (now Danvers), where he and wife were members of the First Church. He became a large landholder and prominent citizen, but so far as is known held no public office and rendered no military service. He was known as a strict disciplinarian in religious affairs. He was three times married; first, December 7, 1627, to Alice Bosworth, as above; and who gave birth to her eighth child in 1639; second, October 2, 1668, to Susannah, widow of Samuel Archard; and third, 1681, to Sarah, widow of James Standish ; there were children by his first marriage only.

(II) Joseph Hutchinson, son of Richard (I), and Alice (Bosworth) Hutchinson, was born at North Muskham, England, 1633, and came to America with his parents. He in- herited and acquired a large landed estate, was constable and tax gatherer, and was often chos- en administrator and overseer. He was one of the complainants for witchcraft against Tituba, the Indian woman servant of the Rev. Samuel Parris, and also two other women. He died aged eighty-three years, having had eleven children.

(III) Richard Hutchinson, son of Joseph (2), Hutchinson, was born in Salem Village, Massachusetts, May 10, 1681. He removed

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to Maine about 1713. He had been a large landholder. He married, 1713, Rachel Bance, and had six children.

(IV) Stephen Hutchinson, son of Richard (3) and Rachel (Bance) Hutchinson, was born August 14, 1715. He removed in 1737 to Penobscot county, Maine, where he lived until the breaking out of the Indian war in 1780, when he moved to Windham, where he died in 1788. He was a yeoman. He was married three times ; his first wife was Abigail Haskins, whom he married February 22, 1737-8.

(V) Joseph Hutchinson, son of Stephen (4) and Abigail (Haskins) Hutchinson, was born 1755. He was a soldier in the revolution, and was present at the defeat and capture of Burgoyne. He removed to Windham, and about 1794 to Hebron, where he died in Feb- ruary, 1800. He married, 1778, Rebecca Le- gro, of Marblehead, who bore him eleven chil- dren, and survived him. Soon after his mar- riage he was ordained to the ministry and be- came distinguished as a traveling preacher.

(VI) Stephen Hutchinson, son of the Rev. Joseph (5) and Rebecca (Legro) Hutchin- son, was born in Windham, Maine, August 10, 1787, and died in Buckfield, same state, Sep- tember, 1850. He was a yeoman. He mar- ried, 1809, Asenath D., born 1790, died 1828, daughter of Samuel Gilbert, of Leeds, Maine, who bore him six children. He married (sec- ond) Jennette Alden, who bore him four chil- dren.

(VII) Stephen Drew Hutchinson, son of Stephen (6) and Asenath (Gilbert) Hutchin- son, was born in Hebron, Maine, September 25, 1812, and died at Paris, Maine, September 23, 1897. He was a, man of various occupa- tions-a farmer, then a school teacher, then a trader ; was for eleven years register of deeds for Oxford county ; and then resumed trading, which he followed until his death. He mar- ried, June II, 1837, Mary Atkinson, who died at Paris, Maine, July 18, 1874, having borne to her husband five children, all of whom were living at the time of her death. She was a daughter of John and Lucy (Chipman) Atkin- son, of Minot, Maine. Her father was a de- scendant in direct line from John Atkinson, (born about 1640, and came to Newbury, Massachusetts, about 1663), and was the sixth John Atkinson of an unbroken line for eight generations, the last one now living at West Newton, Massachusetts. Through her mother, Lucy Chipman, Mary (Atkinson) Hutchin- son was a direct descendant from Governor Bradford, of the "Mayflower."

(VIII) Winfield Scott Hutchinson, son of Stephen Drew (7) and Mary (Atkinson) Hutchinson, was born in Buckfield, Maine, May 27, 1845. He received a liberal educa- tion, attending the common schools of his na- tive village, country academies at South Paris, Paris Hill and Hebron, Maine, and then enter- ing Bowdoin College from which he graduated (first rank) in 1867. While a student, he was also a teacher. He taught in district schools, · beginning when sixteen years of age, every winter until his graduation from college, and then for three and a half years in a boys' boarding school, at Farmington, Maine. Com- ing to Boston in 1871, he studied law for a time in the office of Peleg W. Chandler, and then at the Harvard Law School, class of 1873, and in that year was admitted to the Massa- chusetts bar. Meantime he taught in the even- ing high school in Boston, holding the posi- tion for ten years, when he resigned. He was connected with Mr. Chandler until the death of that gentleman, in 1889.

Mr. Hutchinson was engaged in the general practice of the law in Boston until September, 1892, when he entered the employ of the American Bell Telephone Company in a pro- fessional capacity, and withdrew from other practice. Between 1898 and 1906 he was elected a director in eleven subsidiary tele- phone companies, being on the executive com- mittee of several of them. In 1902 he became president of the Western Telephone and Tele- graph Company. In 1905 he was elected a member of the corporation of the Sarah Ful- ler Home for Deaf Children at West Med- ford, Massachusetts. In politics he is an in- dependent, with Democratic instincts. He oc- cupies a pew in the Unitarian church, and was the first president of the Unitarian Club of Newton in 1891, holding that office two years. He is also a member of the Hunnewell Club, of Newton ; the Bowdoin Club, of Boston ; the Tuesday Club, of Newton, (literary) ; the Economic Club, of Boston, and the City Club Corporation, of Boston, a lunch club.

Mr. Hutchinson was married, January I, 1870, at Brunswick, Maine, to Adelaide L. Berry, a graduate of the high school at that place, and of Lasell Female Seminary, Au- burndale, Massachusetts; her parents were James and Rebecca M. (Higgins) Berry, her father being a hotel keeper, farmer and lum- ber mill owner. One son was born of this union : Harold, born at Brunswick, Maine,. May 30, 1871, graduated from Harvard Col- lege in 1893, and from Harvard Law School in 1897 ; married, February 16, 1903, Susan Abby

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Rogers, of Sandy Hill, New York ; he died at Newton, July 15, 1906.

COX James Cox and wife Mary, of Bos- ton, Massachusetts, appear to be the first settlers in America of this line of the Cox family. Their children: I. Mary, born November 3, 1696, at Boston. 2. Mary, born August 31, 1698. 3. Ann, born Febru- ary 10, 1699. 4. Elizabeth, born January 13, 1701-2. 5. James, born August 12, 1704, men- tioned below. 6. William, born October 29, 1707, member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company; a master mariner. 7. Gideon, born August 15, 1709. 8. Sarah, born November 4, 1711. 9. Richard, born July 4, 1713. 10. Benjamin, born July 10, I716.

(II) Captain James Cox, son of James Cox (I), was born in Boston, August 12, 1704; married May 28, 1727, Hannah Flagg, sister of Gershom Flagg. He resided in Boston. He was a soldier in the expedition against Louis- burg, and his descendant, George Howland Cox, of Cambridge, has the original certificate showing that he took a Masonic degree while at Louisburg in 1739. He is said to have died at sea, leaving a widow and two children: I. Ann, born May 27, 1731. 2. James, born Sep- tember 18, 1733, mentioned below.

(III) James Cox, son of James Cox (2), born at Boston, September 18, 1733; married Ann Babbage, daughter of Benjamin Babbage, of Boston. He settled on the Kennebec river, province of Maine, about 1762, having a five acre lot at Gardiner in 1762. He was moder- ator and selectman of Cobbisseconti, Lincoln county, August 6, 1766. In addition to farm- ing he followed the trades of housewright and glazier. He was with his wife Ann at Hallo- well, Maine, in 1772. His daughter was bap- tized at the New North Church, Boston, No- vember 23, 1762. He was captain of the first company of the Second Regiment of Massa- chusetts militia August, 1776, in the revolu- tion. He died September 3, 1809; she died in 1817. Her will was dated April 14, 1810. Children : I. John, born June 13, 1758, died 1758. 2. Nancy, born November 4, 1760, married January 12, 1783, Timothy Page of Hallowell, Maine. 3. James, born March 16, 1763. 4. Gershom Flagg, born December 29, 1766, mentioned below. 5. Charles, born February 24, 1768. 6. Hannah, born Febru- ary 9, 1770 ; married December 11, 1794, Jesse Kimball. 7. John, born June 12, 1772; died June 2, 1795. 8. George, born March 27,

1774; died October 4, 1774. 9. Sally, born July 23, 1775 ; married July 28, 1796, Shubael Pitts, of Augusta, Maine. 10. Fanny, born August 2, 1797; married, January 3, 1800, Clement Bunker.

(IV) Gershom Flagg Cox, son of James Cox (3), was born at Cobbisseconti, Maine, December 29, 1765-6; married December II, 1794, Sarah Hussey, daughter of Obed Hus- sey of Hallowell, Maine, a descendant of Christopher Hussey and Tristram Coffin, of Nantucket. He was a seaman and rose to the rank of master mariner, sailing in the employ of his wife's father. In his later years he gave up his seafaring life and settled on a farm. He was an active member and class leader in the Methodist Episcopal church. He died April 12, 1849. His widow died August 21, 1850. Children : I. Mary Ann, born Sep- tember 15, 1795 ; married November 30, 1818, Isaiah Thing. 2. Margaretta, born August 28, 1797; married first, September 9, 1817, Gorham Metcalf; married, second, John D. Lord. 3. Julia Ann, born September 22, 1799 ; married first August 27, 1823, Hiram Wells ; married second, November 28, 1833, Captain E. Hinds. 4. Comfort Smith, born Septem- ber 22, 1801 ; married, July 22, 1827, Abigail L. Smiley. 5. Arthur, born November 5, 1803, married, April 22, 1827, Julia M. Pierce. 6. William Henry, born January 1, 1806, mar- ried, October 19, 1830, Sarah C. Corey. 7. Eliza Ann, born October 29, 1808; married, August 27, 1829, Frederick Wells. 8. Delia Ann, born April 20, 1810; married, February 28, 1828, Shepherd Laughton. 9. James Val- entine, born July 1, 1813, mentioned below. IO. Hester Ann, born August 9, 1815; mar- ried, October 8, 1838, George W. Howland. II. Gershom Leander, born November 28, 1817.

(V) James Valentine Cox, son of Gershom Flagg Cox (4), was born in Hallowell, Maine, July 1, 1813. Like his ancestors he followed the sea. He made his home at New Bedford, Massachusetts, and engaged in whaling, rising step by step to the position of master. He made many voyages at a time when the whal- ing industry was very profitable, and amassed considerable wealth for his day. He served several years in the office of inspector of cus- toms at New Bedford, and held various other positions of trust and honor in New Bedford. He married, November 19, 1838, Mercy Nye, daughter of John and Mercy (Howland) Nye, of Fairhaven, Massachusetts. He married sec- ond, Annie E. Edwards, October 5, 1869. He died November 23, 1884, beloved and honored

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by the entire community. Children: I. James Nye, born April 10, 1844. 2. Myra, born Oc- tober 26, 1851; died November 26, 1852. 3. George Howland, born October 9, 1854; men- tioned below.

(VI) George Howland Cox, youngest child of James Valentine and Mercy Nye (Howland) Cox, was born October 9, 1854, in Fairhaven, formerly New Bedford, Massachusetts. He attended the public schools of his native place, and was so well equipped that he was enabled to enter the West Point Military Academy. Owing to ill health he was obliged to resign, and this was the occasion of his reluctantly en- tering upon a civil rather than a military career. However, this change was anything but disastrous so far as concerns material suc- cess. He has proven himself an admirable financier, as is attested by his successful labors as vice-president of the Cambridge Trust Company, and a member of its directorate ; and his abilities as an executive officer have been abundantly evidenced in various important po- sitions-as president of the Cambridge Park Commission, and a member of the State Arm- ory Commission. His interest in local be- nevolent and charitable institutions is mani- fested by his connection with the Cambridge Home for Aged People, as director and treas- urer ; the Cambridge Hospital, the Cambridge School for Nurses and the Dowse Institute, in each of which he is a trustee. He is an active member of leading patriotic and social bodies- the society of Colonial Wars; the Good Gov- ernment League of Cambridge, in which he is a director; the Colonial Club and the Cam- bridge Club, of Cambridge, in each of which he is an ex-president ; the Saint Botolph Club of Boston, and the Oakley Country Club, of Watertown. He is also a member of the Cam- bridge Board of Trade, and has served as pres- ident of that body. He is affiliated with Amic- able Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Cambridge. He is a member of the Unitarian Church, and in politics is a Republican.

Mr. Cox married, in New Bedford, Septem- ber 25, 1877, Ella P. Whittemore, and they have one child, George Howland, Jr., born February 8, 1880. The family residence is Riverbank Court, Cambridge. Mrs. Cox is the youngest daughter of Zenas and Mary (Toby) Whittemore, of New Bedford.

HICKOK

Information relative to the early history of this family in America is wanting.

David Hickok, a native of St. Albans, Ver- mont, was an industrious farmer of that town

at the beginning of the last century. His wife was before marriage Sylvia Green, and among his children was Myron Green Hickok.

Myron Green Hickok was born in St. Al- bans, March 3, 1811. His educational op- portunities were limited, as he was obliged to relinquish his studies at an early age in order to assist his father in carrying on the home- stead farm, but he nevertheless developed into a splendid type of manhood-sturdy, in- telligent, honest, kind-hearted, and exceed- ingly charitable. These attractive qualities naturally gained for him the sincere admira- tion of his neighbors and fellow-townsmen, and their love for him was equally pro- nounced. Upon attaining his majority he purchased a farm in Fairfax, Vermont, which he conducted for several years, but with other young farmers of his locality was induced to take up land in Canada, and accordingly re- moved to Dunham, Province of Quebec. A residence of three years on the other side of the boundary line convinced him that the Green Mountain state was eminently prefer- able as an abiding place, and returning to his farm in Fairfax a wiser and far more con- tented man, he resumed its cultivation with increased energy, realizing thereafter a com- fortable prosperity. He resided in Fairfax for the remainder of his life, which termin- ated July 8, 1900, at the age of nearly eighty- eight years, having lived to see his large fam- ily of children attain their maturity and be- come well established in life. In early life he acted with the Whigs, and joining the Re- publican party at its formation, he supported its candidates from that time forward. In his religious belief he was a Baptist. January 5, 1836, he married Mary Howard, born in Swanton, Vermont, February 9, 1818, daugh- ter of Moses and Mary Jones Howard. Her death occurred November 3, 1888. Myron Green and Mary (Howard) Hickok were the parents of seven children: I. Mary L., born November 2, 1837; married Truman Hickok, and has three children: Arthur, Elmer and Ida. 2. Charles Henry, who will be again re- ferred to. 3. Myron Wilson, born June 12, 1846. 4. Anson, born in Fairfax July 3, 1849. 5. Fannie, born March 22, 1853. 6. Elizabeth, born January 15, 1856. 7. Sarah, born March 17, 1858.

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Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 11

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed Publication date: 1908 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 912

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 912