Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 112

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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of the list now living. Of the superintendents of the road under whom he worked, John Russell, Francis Chase, Jeremiah Prescott and George Batchelder, all are now deceased. The ripe experience he brought to his executive positions and his sunny nature and easy method of controlling men, made him uni- formly successful and popular with superiors and subordinates alike. The general order of President Lucius Tuttle announced Mr. San- born's retirement as follows: "Mr. Daniel W. Sanborn, general superintendent, who has for nearly half a century faithfully discharged every duty committed to his care and who has, during that period, risen by promotion through the different grades of employment to his present position, is now, at his own re- quest, retired from active service." The San- born Genealogy says of him: "A man of great energy and undaunted ability, who has devoted his life to railroading, and stands to- day as one of the best examples of the prac- tical railroad officials of America."

He attends the Universalist church of Som- erville. In politics he is a Republican, influ- ential in the councils of his party, though never holding public office. He is a member of Erminie Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah ; Sons and Daughters of New Hampshire; Candia Club of Candia, New Hampshire; a New Hampshire lodge of Odd Fellows; and Straw- berry Bank Encampment; Soley Lodge of Free Masons, Somerville; Signet Chapter, Cambridge, Order of the Eastern Star; Royal Arch Chapter ; Orient Council, Royal and Se- lect Masters ; De Molay Commandery, Knights Templar ; the Webcowit Club of Somerville. He is president of the Somerville Children's Home Association. He owns a handsome home at 382 Broadway, Somerville.

Mr. Sanborn married, September 28, 1856, Lucy M. Lydston, of Eliot, Maine, born July 9, 1836, daughter of John and Minerva (Keene) Lydston, the former born in Eliot, Maine, February 22, 1808, died in Portland, May II, 1886, the latter born in Kittery, Maine, 1814, died in Eliot, Maine, Oc- tober 10, 184I. Children of Daniel W. and Lucy M. Sanborn: I. Carrie Etta, born January 7, 1860; married, May 24, 1882, James M. French, of Northampton, Massa- chusetts ; ticket agent at North Station, Bos- ton ; they reside at 60 Adams street, Somer- ville. Children: i. Edward Sanborn, born December 1I, 1883, graduate of Latin high school, Somerville, 1902, and Dartmouth Col- lege, with honors, in 1906; ii. Lucy Emeline, born June 10, 1887, graduate of Latin high

school, 1906, now a student in Bradford Acad- emy ; iii. Helen Clark, born November 2, 1889, student in Somerville Latin high school, class of 1908; iv. Carrie Brackett, born December 19, 1891, died May 12, 1903; v. Marjorie, born January 6, 1897. 2. Fred Everett, born November 15, 1865, mentioned below. Mr. Sanborn's first wife, Lucy M. (Lydston) Sanborn, died January 10, 1900. He married (second), May 19, 1904, at Lake Mohonk, New York, Ellen Newell Rhodes, born in Montville, Maine, daughter of Samuel J. and Nancy Dearborn (French) Newell. She is an untiring worker in church, educational, charitable and other meritorious causes-Er- minie Aid Society ; Children's Home Associa- tion ; Home for the Aged; Hospital Aid Asso- ciation ; Visiting Nurses' Association ; Rescue League; Daughters of the Covenant; Indus- trial and Educational Union; First Needle- work Guild; Helping Hand Society; Y. M. C. A. Auxiliary; Signet Chapter, No. 22, O. E. S .; Erminie Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah ; Martha Washington Chapter, D. A. R .; Woman's Club; Old Powder House Club; Sons and Daughters of New Hampshire; Candia Club of New Hampshire; Spanish Female College of Madrid. She is an attend- ant at the Park Street Church, Boston.

(VIII) Fred Everett Sanborn, son of Dan- iel Washington Sanborn (7), was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, November 15, 1865. Like his father, he began at the foot of the ladder in the railroad business after completing his education. He rose to the po- sition of conductor and finally to his present. position, superintendent of the Portland Di- vision of the Maine Central railroad, with headquarters in Portland, Maine, where he makes his home. He married, November 22, 1887, Cora A. Hopkins, of Brewer, Maine, born April 5, 1868, daughter of Albion A. and Sarah H. (Stubbs) Hopkins, the former born at Brewer, Maine, December 14, 1835, died there September 10, 1888, and the latter born at Brewer, Maine, 1849, died there November 27, 1876. Children of Fred E. and Cora A. Sanborn: I. Mildred Hopkins, born April 7, 1889. 2. Daniel Washington (2), born June 14, 1893.

The surname Pratt occurs among PRATT the earliest English family rec- ords, before the year 1200, and indicates the family came with the Normans to England. . John Pratt (or de Pratellis, or de Pratis, as then generally spelled), held the manor of Patrickborne (Merton Bridge and

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Pelham Hundred) in 1200. Four brothers- John, William, Engebraw and Peter de Pratel- lis-figured prominently in the reigns of Rich- ard I and John, all living in 1201. John was a favorite minister. In 119I William and Peter both made a gallant record in the Cru- sade. John Pratt was in parliament from Bev- erly, 1298 and 1305. Before the year 1300 the family was well known and widely scattered through England, and the shortened form of the name Pratt was the common spelling. The other forms-Pratte, Pradt, Praed, Prate, Praer, and Prayers -- are also found. The sur- name means meadow, and was a place-name before it became a surname.

(I) John Pratt, of Malden, county Essex, England, is given as the progenitor of this family by "Wyman's Charlestown," an excel- lent authority. If this is correct we probably have the will of John's father, dated February I, 1618-19, proved August 11, 1619, at Chelmsford, county Essex, of which an ab- stract follows: "John Pratt of Malden, in the parish of All Saints, to Mr. Hunsden his min- ister 20 pounds; minister of St. Mary's ten pounds ; to the poor of the parishes of All Saints, St. Mary's. St. Peter's each ten pounds ; son-in-law, Mr. Thomas Celhirst ; Mr. Samuel Temple; brother, Joseph Pratt ; to son Elisha land in Steple, county of Essex, and his house in Malden, when twenty one and 150 pounds; to son Jeremy ten pounds when twenty one; son Samuel; son Elisha to be made Master of Arts; daughter Elizabeth now twenty; daughter Marah not twenty; wife Mary; wife's son Mr. Samuel Temple ; wife's daughter Elizabeth Celhirst."

(II) Richard Pratt, youngest of nine chil- dren of John Pratt (I), according to Savage and Wyman, born in Malden, England, and baptized there June 29, 1615, settled in Mal- den, Massachusetts, and died there in 1691. His will, dated May 8, proved October 6, de- vised to wife and children and grandson James Hovey. The inventory included house val- ued at twenty pounds and four acres of land. Children of Richard and Mary Pratt: I. Mary, born September, 1643, married Thom- as Skinner. 2. Thomas, born March or May 5. 1646; died 1718; resided in Malden. 3. Mercy, born June 15, 1650. 4. John, mention- ed below. 5. Elizabeth, married Gershom Hawkes. 6. Martha, married John Pratt, son of Thomas, 1686. 7. Hannah, married Joseph Hovey.

(III) John Pratt, son of Richard Pratt (2), was born in Malden, in 1655. He was a mar-

iner. He married Mary who died July 17, 1710, aged fifty-five years, according to town records; gravestone gives May 17, 1710, in fifty-sixth year. He was called John Sr., and died June 3, 1708, aged fifty-three years four months, June 3, 1708, at Malden, (gravestone). John Pratt, of Malden, was at the Falls fight in King Philip's war, May 19, 1676, at Hadley, under Captain William Turner, and his son Thomas had a grant of Narragansett land in Bernardston, Massachu- setts, many years later, on account of the father's service. His widow and son Thomas were administrators appointed June 22, 1708. The inventory, dated June 28, 1708, amount- ed to 227 pounds, and the estate was divided February 19, 1711-12, same year. Children : I. John, died October, 1704, age twenty-one (gravestone at Malden). 2. Thomas, prob- ably of Rumney Marsh; had slave Ginne, baptized at Malden as of Chelsea, 1750. 3. Ebenezer, boatman, removed to Boston. 4. Joseph. 5. William. 6. Caleb. 7. Joshua. 8. Mary, born March 6, 1696. 9. Hannah. IO.

Abigail. (Five were minors in 1708).

(III) Thomas Pratt, son of Richard Pratt (2), born March or May 5, 1646, settled at Malden, and died there 1718. Children of Thomas and Alice Pratt : I. Richard. 2. John, settled in Attleborough, Massachusetts. 3. Mary, married Ephraim Grover, of Norton, Massachusetts. 4. Sarah, married Per- kins. 5. Thomas, mentioned below. 6. Han- nah, married Richard Skinner.

(IV) Thomas Pratt, son of Thomas Pratt (3), born in Malden, 1700; married there, June 24, 1725, Lydia Lunde (by Rev. J. Em- erson). He died at Malden, August 20, 1776, aged seventy-six years. Children, born in Malden : 1. Lydia, October 29, 1726. 2. Thom- as, April 17, 1729; died April 2, 1815, aged eighty-six years ; resided in Malden. 3. Amos, mentioned below. 4. Richard, March 16,

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(V) Amos Pratt, son of Thomas Pratt (4), born in Malden, April II, 1734; married (in- tentions at Malden), March 29, 1761, Sarah, daughter of John and Sarah Upham of Lynn. They settled in what is now Saugus, Massa- chusetts. He was a soldier in the Revolution, a private in the first Lynn company respond- ing to the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775, and marching to Concord. Children (town records) : 1. Sarah, born at Malden, May 19, 1762. 2. Amos Jr., August 10, 1763, at Lynn. 3. David, mentioned below. 4. Jonathan, July 23, 1770 ; removed to Reading ; had place late-

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ly owned by Jonathan Nichols, Sr., and occu- pied late by Mrs. Winch; married Mercy, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Burditt; chil- dren, born at Reading: i. David, married, 1821, Hannah Patch, of Greenfield, New Hampshire ; ii. Jonathan, of Reading. 5. Phebe, born at Lynn, May 20, 1773.

(VI) David Pratt, son of Amos Pratt (5), was born in Lynn, (Saugus) June 20, 1766. He came to Reading with his brother Jona- than, and settled there. He learned the trade of shoemaking and became a prosperous shoe manufacturer in Reading.

(VII) Daniel Pratt, son of David Pratt (6), was born in Saugus, Massachusetts, Feb- ruary 24, 1797. He was educated in the com- mon schools, and succeeded his father in the shoe manufacturing business. After a time he engaged in the manufacture and sale of clocks in Reading, in partnership with Jona- than Frost, in 1832. After three years Mr. Frost withdrew, and Mr. Pratt continued the business on his own account. In 1846 Mr. Pratt removed the clock business to Boston, locating first at 49 Union street, where he con- tinued in business with much success until his death in 1871. He admitted his son to part- nership, and after his death the latter contin- ued the business under the present name of Daniel Pratt's Son. Mr. Pratt was a man of sterling integrity, thoroughly honest, and of firm purpose and much force of character. He held the confidence of his townsmen in a marked degree. From early life he took a lively interest in public affairs, and was a man of much public spirit. He held many offices of trust and honor in the town of Read- ing ; was selectman ; was for twenty-one years town clerk (1831-52) ; was representative to the general court in 1845 and 1847; and fire warden several years. He was president of what was probably the first banking institu- tion of Reading. He was chief marshal of the bi-centennial celebration of the foundation of the town in 1844. He died in Reading, March 17, 1871, at the age of seventy-four years, leaving an honorable record of usefulness as a citizen and of success in business. He mar- ried, March 30, 1818, Delia Burt, who was born May 19, 1797, in Wilmington, Massa- chusetts. Children : Daniel F., mentioned be- low ; and Delia, married Benjamin Boyce.

(VIII) Daniel F. Pratt, son of Daniel Pratt (7), was born September. 1823. He had a common school education in his native town, and when quite young entered the em- ploy of his father in the clock business. first

in Reading, and later in Boston, where he continued with increasing success during his active life. For a few years after his father's death the business was continued at the old location by Daniel F. Pratt, and his brother- in-law, under the name of Daniel Pratt's Sons. In November, 1880, this firm was dissolved and Mr. Pratt continued alone, locating his store at 339 Washington street, Boston, and making the name simply Daniel Pratt's Son. These quarters soon proved inadequate for the needs of the increasing business and accord- ingly the business was moved to Hawley street, and later (January, 1895), to its pres- ent location, 53 Franklin street. Mr. Pratt was always interested in public affairs, but had rarely held office. He was a Republican in politics. In 1878 and 1889 he made extend- ed trips abroad, but preferred a quiet, domes- tic life. He married Angeline B. Burt, born July 18, 1828, in Tewksbury, daughter of Brown and Abbie A. (French) Burt. Chil- dren : I. Frank W. B. Pratt, mentioned below. 2. Henrietta H., born May 30, 1858; married Warren H. Manning, June 2, 1885 ; one child, Warren Harold. 3. Wilbur, born March 23, 1862. 4. Chester, born June 17, 1869; mar- ried March 18, 1903, to Bertha L. Ramsdell, of West Newton; one child, Daniel C., born February 26, 1906.

(IX) Frank W. B. Pratt, son of Daniel F. Pratt (8), was born in Reading, October I, 1851. He received his education in the public schools in Boston. He was first employed as a bookkeeper by A. C. Masury & Company, Boston, oil dealers, but subsequently entered the employ of his father in the clock business of Daniel Pratt's Son. In 1888 he became a partner in his father's business, and since his father retired he has conducted the business, which is one of the largest establishments in this line of business in New England. He is a member of the Congregational church of Reading. In politics he is a Republican, and has held minor offices; is a member of the Congregational Club of Boston, and of the Congregational church of Reading. His home is at No. 21 Sanborn street, Reading. He married, December 25, 1872, Sarah A., daugh- ter of Franklin Weston, of Reading. Chil- dren : I. Marian T., born May 20, 1877 ; grad- uate of Wellesley College, class of 1899. 2. Winthrop E., born October 17, 1879; educated in Reading high school; is in business with his father ; married, June 24, 1904, Harriet M. Hyde, of Reading; one child, Winthrop E., Jr., born July 24, 1906.

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Most if not all of the families MARTIN of this surname are of English blood, descended from ances- tors who bore the personal name of Martin at a time when surnames were being adopted. We find no less than thirty-nine coats-of-arms belonging to Martin families and fifty to Mar- tyn families in the United Kingdom. Some of the armiferous families have seats in Lock- ynge, county Berks; Bowton, county Cam- bridge; Bodmin, county Cornwall; Athel- hampston, county Dorset ; and Long Melford, county Suffolk; Plymouth, Devonshire. An ancient armorial of this family similar to many of the family is: Argent a chevron between three mascles sable with a bordure engrailed gules. Crest : A cockatrice's head between two wings. Motto: Initium sapientiae est timor Domini.

More than a dozen of this name came to New England before 1650. Christopher Martin, who came in the "Mayflower," left no descendants ; the whole family was swept away by disease in the first infection. Richard Martin, an early settler at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was one of the founders of the church there, in 1671; deputy to the general court, 1672-79; speaker of the house; coun- cilor, 1680. He married, December 1, 1653, Sarah, daughter of John Tuttle, of Boston; second, the widow of John Denison, daughter of Samuel Symonds; third, Elizabeth, widow of Tobias Lear, daughter of Henry Sher- burne: fourth, Mary, daughter of Benning Wentworth. His wife died January 2, 1693. Children by first wife : I. Mary. 2. Sarah. 3. Richard, graduate of Harvard, 1680; died 1690; preached at Wells, Maine. 4. Eliza- beth. 5. Hannah. 6. Michael. 7. John ; sol- dier in King Philip's war. 8. Elias.

(I) George Martin, doubtless brother of Richard Martin, mentioned above, and per- haps of other pioneers of the name, came from England in the employ of Samuel Winsley about 1639. He was a commoner when he bought John Cole's rights in 1643, in Salis- bury, Massachusetts; was an original com- moner and lot-layer of Amesbury, 1654-5; took the oath of fidelity 1646, and again 1677. His petition to the general court, 1648, was referred to the Hampton court. He was a blacksmith by trade. He lived west of the Powow river as early as 1649, and received many grants in what is now Amesbury, from 1654 to 1664. His will was dated January 19, 1683. and proved November 23, 1686. His first wife Hannah died 1646; he married sec- ond, August 11, 1646, Susanna, daughter of

Richard North. His wife was charged with witchcraft during the dreadful delusion of the times ; arrested April 30, 1692, tried at Salem, June 29, and executed July 19, 1692. The most damaging evidence against her was that she went afoot from Amesbury to Newbury in "a dirty season" without getting her clothing wet. She was a short, active woman, plump and well developed, of remarkable neatness, "one who scorned to be drabbled." She had been accused of witchcraft before April I, 1669, when her husband sued William Sar- gent for slander in calling her a witch. The jury found for the defendant, but the court did not concur. Martin then gave bonds for his wife's appearance on a charge of witch- craft. Children: I. Hannah, born February I, 1643-4 ; married December 4, 1661, Ezekiel Worthen. 2. Richard, mentioned below. 3. George, born October 21, 1648, died young. 4. John, born January 26, 1650-1; married Mary Weld. 5. Esther, born April 7, 1653; married March 15, 1669-70, John Jameson. 6. Jane, born November 2, 1656; married Samuel Hadley. 7. Abigail, born September IO, 1659; married James Hadlock. 8. Wil- liam, born December II, 1662. 9. Samuel, born September 29, 1667, died young.

(II) Richard Martin, son of George Mar- tin (1), born 1647, at Salisbury ; married, after 1669, Mary Hoyt, widow of Christopher Bartlett. He received "children's land" 1659; took the oath of allegiance and fidelity Decem- ber, 1677; belonged to train band 1680. He died March II, 1728-9, and his inventory is dated June 13, 1729. Children, born in Ames- bury : I. John, born February 4, 1674-5. 2. George, mentioned below. 3. Anne, married December 25, 1706, Thomas Carter. 4. Dor- othy, married October 27, 1707, Henry Blais- dell ; second, March 7, 1709-10, Thomas Ayer. 5. Elizabeth, married April 7, 1708, Samuel Huntington. Perhaps others.

(III) George Martin, son of Richard Mar- tin (2), born in Amesbury, about 1680; mar- ried, April 25, 1706, Isabel Beedle or Bettel. He resided in Amesbury, and was a farmer. Children, born at Amesbury : I. Dorothy. Jan- uary 29, 1707. 2. Judith, March 10, 1709. 3. Richard, August 20, 1711. 4. Ann, October 3, 1714. 5. Robert, November 5. 1717. 6. David, May 3, 1719. 7. Isabel, October 29. 1720. 8. Jonathan, September 9, 1722: re- sided in Wilton, New Hampshire. 9. Na- thaniel, mentioned below.

(TV) Captain Nathaniel Martin, son of George Martin (3), born about 1725. He probably lived at Goffstown for a time; was

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one of the first settlers of Weare, New Hamp- shire. He was ensign, lieutenant and captain in the French and Indian war, and one of the principal men of that town. He married Mercy, daughter of Colonel John Goffe, of Bedford, New Hampshire. Jonathan, his son probably, remained in Weare, the rest of the family went to Maine. Children : I. Nathaniel, soldier in the Revolution from Norridgewock, Maine. 2. Jonathan, removed from Goffstown, New Hampshire, to Weare, and settled ; mar- ried Sarah Quimby ; children : Reuben, Jacob, Samuel, Dr. William, Jonathan, Daniel, Pa- tience, married Nathan Worthley; Sarah married Asa Dustin, Margaret, Lydia, mar- ried Abijah Putnam. Children, born at Weare: 3. Ichabod, March 5, 1759. 4. Robert, Octo- ber 7, 1760. 5. Moses, mentioned below.

(V) Moses Martin, son of Captain Na- thaniel Martin (4), born in Weare, New Hampshire, August 4, 1763; died at Pitts- field, Maine, May 12, 1850. He removed from Weare, near Goffstown, New Hampshire, to Norridgewock, Maine, with others of the fam- ily. His lot belonged later to Nathan Wood. He was a soldier in the Revolution from Nor- ridgewock, entered service June 7, 1779, and was discharged September 25, 1779, service two months and twenty-seven days, in Cap- tain Timothy Heald's company, Colonel Sam- uel McCobb's regiment, in the Penobscot ex- pedition of 1779. He left Norridgewock 1794, and removed to Sebasticook, being the first settler of Pittsfield, Maine, in 1794. He clear- ed his farm, which has been owned by his family to the present time. William Perry Martin, the present owner, is a lineal descend- ant. He had two hundred acres. He was a famous hunter as well as farmer, and was on the best of terms with his Indian rivals in the hunt. He used to take his furs to Waterville, Maine, to sell them. He was, for many years one of the leading citizens of the town. He was a diligent student of the Bible, read it through many times, and was an acknowledged authority on all topics appertaining to the Scripture. He married Anna Parker, born April 27, 1769, died May 7, 1845. Children : I. Moses Jr., born April 26, 1789; died Sep- tember 10, 1854. 2. Anna, born March 18, 1790; died September 4, 1859; married Na- than Hale; six children. 3. Sally, born June 22, 1792; died May 8, 1860; married Joshua Gould ; twelve children. 4. Aaron, mentioned below. 5. Jesse, born January 28, 1797 ; died June 16, 1870; married Sarah 6. David, born April II, 1799; died October 15, 1874; married, July 4, 1829, Sarah Park, of

Pittsfield : children : i. Cyrene, born October II, 1831, died September 7, 1899; ii. Dr. George W., born May 7, 1833, died Septem- ber 7, 1899, married first, September 14, 1859, Maria Farnum, and had George W., Jr., born September 25, 1860, and Robert J., born Jan- uary 29, 1865, died June 16, 1901; married second, October 29, 1890, Persis Bodwell; iii. Andrew J., born July 30, 1835, married Sep- tember 14, 1861, Amanda Farnum; iv. Al- sadia R., born September 14, 1839, died Octo- ber 9, 1870, married September 29, 1869, George Hanson, and had daughter, born Oc- tober I, 1870; v. Achsa M., born October 8, 1845, married May 28, 1872, John F. Mills, and had daughter, born August 19, 1875; vi. William Perry, born November 20, 1848, mar- ried January 15, 1888, Sophia Sibley. 7. Bet- sey, born July 18, 1801; died January 10, 1890. 8. Cyrene, born September 5, 1803; married George McCausland; two children. 9. Lucene, born July 3, 1806; died May 3, 1807. 10. Maria, born March 23, 1809; died September 28, 1839. II. Mercy, born March 26, 1813 ; died October 2, 1887 ; married twice.

(VI) Aaron Martin, son of Moses Martin (5), born July 31, 1794, at Pittsfield, Maine, died September 14, 1854. He was educated in his native town and remained with his father on the farm until his marriage. He then bought a farm in the south part of Detroit, Maine, where he lived the rest of his life, and became a prosperous man. Besides farming he engaged in lumbering extensively. He was a man of great strength, fond of athletics, es- pecially wrestling. He was killed at Newport, Maine, by the fall of a derrick, while blasting rocks for the building of the railroad to New- port. He was a devoted Methodist in relig- ion. In politics he was a Democrat, with a keen interest in the affairs of town, state and country. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He married Mary Mason of Munson, Maine. Children: I. Bradstreet, married Elizabeth Harding of Detroit, Maine; children : i. Ada; ii. Elizabeth; iii. Aaron, married Hannah Knowlton. 2. Mary, died unmarried. 3.

Susan, married Nathan Harding. 4. Ezra Abbott, mentioned below. 5. George, died un- married. 6. Sarah, married David Suther- land. 7. Elizabeth, married Nathan Hale.

(VII) Ezra Abbott Martin, son of Aaron Martin (6), born at Detroit, Maine, January 28, 1819, died at Somerville, Massachusetts, May I, 1897. He received his education in the public schools, and assisted his father on the farm until 1848, when he bought a farm of a hundred acres in the south part of

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Detroit. About fifteen years later he sold the farın and worked for five years in the saw mill of his brother, Bradstreet Martin. He then bought another farm in the west part of the town. Three years later the buildings were destroyed by fire and he sold the farm and purchased a house in Detroit, where he retired from active business. Some years later he re- sided with his son George E. Martin of Som- erville, Massachusetts, and died there. Mr. Martin was a man of strong and decided character and high principles, and active in the temperance movement. He was a member of the Christian church at Detroit, and devoted to his religion. In politics he was a Demo- crat, and was elected to various positions of trust and responsibility.

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Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 112

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