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He married, June 18. 1848, Almira Maria Nichols, born January 23, 1829, died March 8, 1900, daughter of Hilliard and Harriet (Lord) Nichols, of Detroit, Maine. Children : I. Ellen Maria, born July 26, 1849; married February 9, 1868, Collostin J. Davis, of Pitts- field, Maine ; children : i. Florence Ella Shaw Davis, born March 28, 1871, married May 15, 1891, Henry O. Taylor, and had Nellie F. Taylor, born November 21, 1892, Floyd E. Taylor, born October 7, 1893, Clara L. Tay- lor, born January 3, 1900, and Lawrence O. Taylor, born October 16, 1907; ii. Blanche Nutter Davis, born August 27, 1877, married August 23, 1898, Charles Eddinton, and had Esther Eddinton, born January 3, 1900, and Audrey Eddinton, born October 6, 1903; iii. George F. Davis, born November 21, 1881, died July 8, 1899. 2. Hester Ann, born De- cember 28, 1850; married September 4, 1875, George B. Freese, of Lewiston, Maine; chil- dren : i. Ralph Edward Freese, born January 24, 1883, died July 22, 1883 ; ii. LeRoy Edwin Freese, born April 5, 1885. 3. Bina Mary, born June 4, 1853; married December 13, 1881, Nathan C. Potter, of Boone Lake, Minn. ; children : i. Ethel Dawn Potter, born October 7, 1882; ii. Delosse Martin Potter, born November 21, 1883; iii. Orin Carl Pot- ter, born August 27, 1896; iv. Mura M'erle Potter, born February 26, 1898, died Febru- ary 13, 1900. 4. Almira Salena, born May 30, 1855; married January 30, 1882, George Sullivan Bailey, of Alexandria, N. H .; chil- dren : i. Winifred Violet Bailey, born October 30,1882, married December 4, 1901, Ernest Demeritt Drake; ii. Howard Scott Bailey, born January 4. 1886, died July 1, 1886; iii. Lester George Bailey, born June 3. 1891, died January 30, 1893. 5. George Ezra, mentioned below. 6. Harriet Frances, born October 12,
1862; died January 9, 1894; married October 15, 1890, Carlos T. Clark, and had one child, Lamont Martin Clark, born June 24, 1892. 7. Achsa Arlette, born May 27, 1865; unnzar- ried. 8. Minnie Violet, born June 16, 1868; died aged twenty.
(VIII) George Ezra Martin, son of Ezra A. Martin (7), was born in Detroit, Maine, November 27, 1858. He was educated in the public schools, with the addition of a term in a private school, working during vacation in the tannery and saw mill. At the age of eighteen he came to Belmont and was em- ployed by Warren Heustis, a prominent mar- ket gardener of that town. He stayed with Mr. Heustis two years as salesman, and then returned to his home in Maine and studied more. He soon went back to Belmont and worked for Leonard Stearns as salesman for eight years. He then entered the produce business with Franklin Wyman and Daniel Wyman, of Arlington, as the firm of Wyman Brothers & Martin, at 100 to 102 Clinton street, Boston. After six years of successful business the firm was dissolved in 1892, and Mr. Martin continued in the same business at 108 Clinton street, under the firm name of George E. Martin & Co. He dealt in general produce' at this stand until January, 1907, when he gave up this store and consolidated it with one he had established two years before at 47 Commercial street. He is well known as a successful trader in his line throughout all New England. He has invested in several mining properties. He was transferred by letter in 1890 from the Arlington to the Win- ter Hill Baptist church, and is at present a
member of the standing committee, of the music committee, and vice-president of the Bible class. He is a Republican in politics. He is a member of Soley Lodge, F. A. M., Somerville; Paul Revere Lodge, No. 184, I. O. O. F .; the Fruit and Produce Exchange at Boston.
He married first, October 30, 1888, Geneva Ellen Morang, born October 30, 1868, died May 31, 1895, daughter of Alexander and Frances Elizabeth (Remick) Morang. He married second, July 3, 1897, Lewrietta Mor- ang, born January 5, 1865, died January 23, 1901, a sister of his first wife. He married third, June 25, 1903, Winifred Sheldon Clark, born July 8, 1870, daughter of Thaddeus Sheldon and Susan Frances (Smith) Clark of Holden. Children of first wife. 1. Ruth Mildred, born February 20, 1890. 2. Edna, born April 14, 1892; died same year. 3. George Harold, born October 6, 1893. Chil-
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dren of second wife : 4. Abbott Claxton,
born August 28, 1898. 5. Lewis Wentworth, October 30, 1899. Child of third wife: 6. Helen Winifred, born December 25, 1904.
WOOD Wood or Woods is a surname of ancient English origin, and had its origin in designating some men from their residence near woods. At- wood and Bywood are forms of the same name. The surname Hill is of similar origin, and perhaps quite as generally used. Other surnames formed in this way are Pond, Riv- ers, Lake, Bridge, etc. The medieval spelling of this surname. was Atte Wode, afterwards softened to A'wood. Even since the immi- grants came to this country with the early set- tlers at Plymouth we find Wood and Atwood used interchangeably. Almost every con- ceivable Wood in England surnamed some family back in the tenth, eleventh or twelfth centuries, and hence the multitude bearing the name. In Domesday Book the name is found in the Latin form De Silva, in county Suffolk. In the Hundred Rolls the forms de la Wode, In le Wode and Ate Wode are found. Many famous men in England and America have be- longed to the Wood family. In England and Scotland one hundred different coats-of-arms belong to the various Wood families, A branch of the Scotch Wood family is numer- ous in Ireland. There is a general similarity of design in the armorials of many of these families that indicate common ancestry at some remote period. The Derbyshire family coat- of-arms : Azure three naked savages proper, each holding in the dexter hand a shield ar- gent charged with a cross gules, and in the sinister a club resting on the naked hand proper. Crest : An oak tree proper acorned or. Many are like this old one. The families bear- ing arms and the surname Wood are numer- ous in Devonshire, Gloucestershire, Kent and Middlesex. Thomas Wood, chief justice of the court of common pleas in 1501 had these arms : Gules semée of crosses crosslet fitchée argent three . demi-woodmen holding clubs proper. Note the resemblance in design to the other. Viscount Halifax bears: Azure three naked savages ambulant in fess proper, in the dexter hand of each a shield argent charged with a cross gules, in the sinister, a club rest- ing on the shoulder also proper, on a canton ermine three lozenges conjoined fess sable. Crest : a savage as in the arms, the shield sable charged with a griffin's head erased argent. Motto : Perservando. Most of the Scotch and Irish families bearing arms have the following
or one very like it: Azure an oak tree eradi- cated or. The family had seats in Fife and Forfarshire as early as the sixteenth century.
(I) Josiah Wood, immigrant ancestor, was one of a score or more by the name of Wood who settled in New England before 1050 or soon after that date. He was born in England, 1629, and died September 24, 1691, aged six- ty-two years. He settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and was a member of the First Church. He bought the rights of a commoner in Charlestown, and was granted the rights of four common shares in 1681. He bought two lots of Elizabeth Checkley, 1675-76, and other lots of Nathaniel Hayward and Samuel Carter in Charlestown. His will, dated May 19, 1691, proved December 29 following, men- tions sons Josiah, Samuel and Joseph. The inventory shows estate valued at three hun- dred seventy-eight pounds. He married, Oc- tober 28, 1657, Lydia Bacon (by Captain Ed- ward Johnson, magistrate) (see Bacon fam- ily). She was admitted to the Charlestown church, June 29, 1662, and died November 25, 1712, aged seventy-four years (from Wy- man's "Charlestown," vol. 2, K. Z.) The gravestone of Lydia (Bacon) Wood (I), is still standing (1908) in the old Charlestown burying ground. Children, born at Charles- town: I. Josiah, born October 10, 1658, bap- tized July 6, 1662, died young. 2. Lydia, born November 23, 1659, died December 20, 1659. 3. Josiah, twin, mentioned below. 4. Lydia, twin, born July, 1662, died September 17, 1681 (gravestone). 5. Samuel, born Novem- ber 12, 1671, married Hannah Buck. 6. Jo- seph, born December, 1674, baptized Decem- ber 27. 7. Ruth, born June, 1676, baptized June 4.
(II) Josiah Wood, son of Josiah Wood (I), born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, July, 1662, died at Woburn, March 9, 1740. Mar- ried, December 13. 1686, Abigail, daughter of Michael Bacon, of Billerica (see Bacon fam- ily). She was born March I, 1666, died De- cember 6, 1743. Michael Bacon, of Woburn, deeded to Josiah Wood Jr., of Charlestown, October 22, 1686, all his real estate in Wo- burn, consisting of housing and lands, in par- ticular his mansion house, barn and outbuild- ings. In 1687 Josiah Wood was settled in Woburn. Children, born in Woburn: I. Jo- siah, mentioned below. 2. Lydia, born May I, 1689, married James Simonds. 3. Abigail, born September 10, 1691, married, in 1723, Benjamin Simonds. 4. Samuel, born Decem- ber 10, 1693, died May, 1745 ; married Eliza- beth 5. Joseph, born April 25, 1696,
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died December 30, 1713, unmarried. 6. Solo- mon, born January 23, 1698, died October 13, 1699. 7. Ruth, born January .4, 1700, died August 2, 1736, unmarried.
(III) Josiah Wood, son of Josiah Wood (2), born August 31, 1687, in Woburn, died there January 4, 1753. He married Ruth Pea- body, died 1752. Children, born in Woburn : I. Josiah, born April 23, 1711, died February, 1729-30. 2. John, born November 27, 1713. 3. Joseph, born December 29, 1715. 4. Ed- ward, born February II, 1717-18. 5. Ruth, born February 24, 1719-20, married, 1742, Benjamin Nutting. 6. Solomon, mentioned below. 7. Susannah, born March 6, 1724, married Nathan Reed. 8. Mary, born March, 1726, married, March, 1746, George Reed. 9. Phebe, born April 23, 1729, married William Clark.
(IV) Solomon Wood, son of Josiah Wood (3), was born in Woburn, February 23, 1722. He was a shoemaker. He is known to have lived on a cross-road off of Bedford street, in that portion of Woburn afterward set off as Burlington, near the John Cummings estate, and the cross-road is known even now (1908) by old residents in that region as "Solly Lane," or "Sol's Lane." In the will of John Cald- well, of Burlington, executed July 30, 1872, mention is made of his five acre wood-lot "up to S. Wood." This lot is directly opposite where the house of Solomon Wood stood, and Mr. Caldwell's children call the street "Sol's Lane," while Nahum Jennison called it "Solly Lane." He married, September 20, 1752, Martha Johnson, born February 24, 1734, daughter of Seth and Mary Johnson. Chil- dren, born at Woburn: I. Solomon, Jr., born May 24, 1753, died March 16, 1777, of small- pox in the Revolutionary army, in New Jer- sey ; married, March 28, 1776, Lucy Stone, of Woburn, and had Solomon, born November 21, 1776. 2. Edward, mentioned below. 3. Seth, born March 24, 1760, died young. 4. Seth, born March 25, 1761, died September, 1762. 5. Seth, born August 24. 1764.
(V) Edward Wood, son of Solomon Wood (4), was born at Woburn, afterwards Bur- lington, Massachusetts, May 10, 1756. He died in Burlington, July 15, 1824. He was a sol- dier in the Revolution, a private, 1775, in Cap- tain Foster's company, 1777, in 1780 served six months in the Continental army. He was on the roll of Revolutionary pensioners in 1820. He served in Walker's company in the Continental army, 1775. (4,113) under Cap- tain Foster, (5.181,182) drafted from Walk- er's company, and with two others hired a
man to go into service of the Northern army against Burgoyne in August, 1777; the man was paid $100, or £30. Edward Wood paid his share (one-third) of it. He again served in the Continental army from July 10, 1780, to January 15, 1781, and was discharged at West Point, two hundred and twenty miles from home, after six months and sixteen days service ; no discharge exhibited, but he had as per preceding documents (4,414) Walker's company, four days time, Lexington Alarm Rolls, Massachusetts Archives, (13,155), Third Foot Company in Woburn, Captain Timothy Winn, May 13, 1775 ( Massachusetts Archives 57, 532). Joined Second Parish, 1777, pre- cinct list 1778 and 1783. Edward Wood, pri- vate in Massachusetts list in Revolutionary Pensioners, 1820. He received a firearm and bayonet July 8, 1778 (4,200), and again got loan of a gun and bayonet May 15, 1779 (4,224). Receipt for military services July 10, 1780 (5,369) ; discharge from January 9, 1781 (4,16); receipt for and town order in payment for six months military service 1780, both dated February, 1781 (5,337) (4,254). Receipt for six months service March 25, 1782 (4,28) ; town orders on same date (5,397), Ninth Massachusetts Regiment, six months, 1780 (4, 6) Second Parish (4, 14). After re- turning from the army he took up his abode in Burlington (then Lexington), where he fol- lowed the occupation of farming and working among his neighbors. During the latter years of his life, owing to inability, James Reed and Calvin Simonds were appointed his guardians by the court at Cambridge, August 31, 1819. On September 13, 1824, his widow, Sarah (Reed) Wood, certified her desire that Syl- vanus Wood (of Concord Bridge fame, Revo- lutionary hero), administer upon the estate of Edward Wood, "my late husband, a pensioner of the Revolution, who died July 15, 1824." Inventory of Edward Wood's estate $34.93, of which $27.58 was for his last sickness and funeral expenses. He married (first) Ann Skilton, March 7, 1782; (second), December 24, 1789, Sarah Reed. Children of second wife, born in Woburn: 1. Henry Wood, born August 24, 1790; married Lydia Farrington, at Lynn, Massachusetts, June 16. 1814; died there August 5, 1852. Lydia Farrington was born in Lynn, October 23, 1794, died there January 29, 1839. When sixteen years of age he went to Lynn, learned the trade of carpen- ter, and remained in that business in that city until his death. Children, born in Lynn: i. George Pickering Wood, born April 3, 1816, died there March 29, 1888. ii. Sarah Wood,
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born March 8, 1819, died there February 13, 1838. iii. Martha Jane Wood, born Novem- ber 15, 1823, died there August 27, 1838. iv. Henry Wood, Jr., born August 18, 1828; mar- ried Sarah Ann Breed, at Lynn, March 17, 1852. He was engaged in the manufacture of shoes during his younger days at Lynn, which business he also followed in New Bos- ton, New Hampshire, where he went in 1858, and which he continued for some years after going in 1861 to Lowell, his present residence. In his later life he had charge of the Odd Fellows' building for some twenty years. Sarah Ann Breed was born in Lynn, Oc- tober 20, 1826, and died in Lowell, January 28, 1902. Children of Henry and Sarah Ann Wood : a. Charles Edwin Wood, born in Lynn, May 29, 1853 ; died August 26, 1855. b. Fred- erick Augustus Wood, born in New Boston, New Hampshire, September 28, 1860; mar- ried Mary Woodbury Earl, November 10, 1896; she was daughter of William D. Earl and Helen Corliss, of Lowell, and was born November 22, 1866. No children. Frederick A. Wood is principal of the Greenhalge School in Lowell. v. Charles Stocker Wood, born in Lynn, March 2, 1831 ; married, October 3, 1852, at Lynn, Sarah Frances Newhall, born April 9, 1833, daughter of Francis Spinney Newhall, born August 3, 1808, and Mary Ann Skinner, born December 16, 1812, married May 10, 1832. Sarah Frances (Newhall)
Wood died February 26, 1904. Children of Charles S. and Sarah (Newhall) Wood, all born in Lynn: a. George Henry Wood, born June 22, 1853; married, February 27, 1884, Leila Pierce Hutchinson. He died August
19, 1885. No children. b. Charles Francis Wood, born January 10, 1856; died August 5,
1895 ; unmarried. c. Emma Staten Wood, born March 23, 1862; died August 30, 1882. d.
Edwin Wood, born August 27, 1865: died January 25, 1866. e. Mary Southworth Wood, born March 5, 1869; married, September 2, 1891, Henry Warren Hodgdon of Lynn. Chil-
dren, all born in Lynn: aa. Roland Wood
Hodgdon, born July 31, 1893. bb. Donald
Henry Hodgdon, twin, born June 9, 1897. cc.
Davis May Hodgdon, twin, born June 9, 1897. vi. Daniel Farrington Wood, born in Lynn, June, 1834, died there July, 1834, aged five weeks. 2. Edward, Jr., born at Woburn, No-
vember 22, 1792 ; married, November 28, 1816, Dolly Walker, of Lexington ; died about 1830.
3. Leonard, born 1796, mentioned below. 4. Supply Wood, born probably about 1800. He
undoubtedly did not leave Lexington before 184I, as the records of poll taxes show that
he was there in 1839 and 1840. He worked out his tax in 1825 on the highway. At one time he worked at farming for Abner P. Wy- man of West Cambridge, but it is also known that he spent much of his life in Boston at shoemaking, which trade he learned in his youth at his father's home in Burlington. He . worked for John Augustus, shoe manufactur- er, of Boston, and probably died in that city.
(VI) Leonard Wood, son of Edward (5), was born at Burlington, (then Woburn), Massachusetts, about 1796, according to family tradition. The record of birth is missing. He died in Lexington, March 6, 1841, as per record of Jonathan Harrington, whose diary of deaths in Lexington is now in the posses- sion of the Lexington Historical Society. He attended the public schools and lived at home until sixteen years of age, when he was bound out to his uncle, Stephen Skilton, of Burling- ton, with whom he lived until he became of age. He then went to Lexington and learned the trade of shoemaker. At the time of his marriage, September 10, 1823, he was fol- lowing his business in Burlington, at the place on "Solly Lane" where his father, Edward, who was then incapacitated for work, was living, and where his grandfather Solomon liv- ed. In about 1825 he moved to the old Thorn- ing homestead on Wood street, and resumed the combined occupation of farmer and shoe- maker, after a very general custom in country towns. He married, in Lexington, September 10, 1823, Mary Thorning, born November 2, 1790, daughter of William Thorning, born January 20, 1758, and Eunice ( Phillips) Thorning, born in Littleton in 1756. (See Thorning). Mary Thorning had a daughter, Eliza Butterfield, who was born in Lexing- ton, January 3, 1813. She married, Decem-
ber 3, 1835, Nahum Jennison, born in Burl- ington, Massachusetts, May 14, 1809, died June 6, 1892. Eliza (Butterfield) Jenni- son died .in Burlington, November 20, 1871. At her request she was buried in Arlington in the burying-ground lot of her half-brother, William T. Wood, who had died the July previous. Nahum Jennison was son of Nahum Jennison, who was born April 2, 1780, married Lucretia Wyman, October 25, 1807. Nahum Jennison, Sr., died at Burling- ton, July 1I, 1866. Nahum Jennison, Jr., was born in the house his father built, on the Cam-
bridge road in Burlington, in which house he died. He was a farmer, and owned one hun- dred acres of land. Children of Nahum and Eliza Jennison: i. John Edwin Johnson, born in Burlington, June 19, 1836; died September
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26, 1836. ii. Christiana Wyman Jennison, born in Burlington, December 4, 1837; mar- ried, May 30, 1861, Charles Sylvester Adams, of East Cambridge, born in Lowell, July 7, 1837. His father, Charles Johnston Adams, was for many years city marshal at Lowell, and later for a long period was keeper of the house of correction and deputy sheriff at East Cambridge. He married, May 14, 1835, Mary Bent Harrington, daughter of David Harring- ton, of Lexington. Charles Sylvester Adams died in East Cambridge, February 6, 1868. Christiana Jennison Adams died at her father's house in Burlington, February 23, 1871. Chil- dren of Charles S. and Christiana Adams: i. Charles Jennison Adams, born in East Cam- bridge, July 27, 1862 ; died at East Cambridge September 1, 1880. He developed unusual mu- sical ability. ii. Henry Sewall Adams, born in East Cambridge, March 16, 1864; married, October 19, 1892, at Cambridge, Bessie L. Tucker, born in Cambridge, July 19, 1871. Mr. Adams is a prominent civil engineer of Boston, and lives in Arlington. He also holds the Nahum Jennison property in Burlington, which he inherited from his grandfather. Chil- dren of Henry S. and Bessie Adams : a. Charles Jennison Adams, born at Cambridge, September 26, 1893. b. Lawrence Wilder Adams, born at Arlington, July 1, 1896. c. Ralph Adams, born at Arlington, August 2, 1900. d. Henry Sewall Adams, Jr., born at Arlington, December 16, 1902. e. Theodore Davis Adams, born at Arlington, April 14, 1907.
Children of Leonard and Mary (Thorning) Wood: I. William Thorning Wood. 2. Isaac Wood, born at Lexington, November 12, 1825; died unmarried, November 23, 1886. He worked with his brother-in-law, Nahum Jen- nison, for a number of years, and was with his brother, William T. Wood, in the ice-tool shop, the last twenty years of his life. He was an honored member of the First Baptist Church in Arlington, and was its sexton for many years. He was universally beloved by his acquaintances. 3. Cyrus Wood, (see sketch). 4. Mary Wood, born at Lexington, April 19, 1827; died in Waltham, February 4, 1900; married, April 20, 1859, John Kirk Hardy, of Waltham, Massachusetts, born at Waltham February 21, 1822. He died Sep- tember 13, 1905. He was son of Nahum Hardy, and Mary (Smith) Hardy, of Wal- tham, Massachusetts, and was a prosper- ous farmer in that city. Children, all born at Waltham. i. Nahum Hardy, born May 24, 1853; married, March 1,
1888, Carrie J. Hanscomb, born at Wal- tham, June 19, 1854; children : a. Lawrence N. Hardy, born at LeMars, Iowa, January 7, 1889; died at Milnerville, Iowa, January 16, 1898. b. Bertha Mabel Hardy, born at Milnerville, Iowa, March 16, 1892. c. Edna May Hardy, born at Milnerville, Iowa, April 29, 1893. d. Alfred Kirk Hardy, born at Milnerville, Iowa, April 16, 1897. ii. Mary Smith Hardy, born July 19, 1854; married, January 1, 1879, William D. Ward, born at Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, July 31, 1853. He was son of David Thomson Ward and Mary Frances (Simmons) Pierce, (widow) of Cambridge. He is an optician and jeweller at Hyde Park, Massachusetts. Children : a. Ethel Talbot Ward, born at Waltham, Massa-
chusetts, November 7, 1881, died at Stough- ton, Massachusetts, December 29, 1887. b. Eugene Hardy Ward, born at Waltham, Mass- achusetts, January 19, 1883; died at Taunton, Massachusetts, May 28, 1885. c. Talbot Ward, born at Hyde Park, Massachusetts, June 17, 1890. iii. Edward Kirk Hardy, born November 4, 1855; died January 9, 1872. iv. Cyrus Wood Hardy, born March 21, 1857, married, October 21, 1898, at Waltham, Ada G. Hardy, born in Windham, New Hampshire, July 2, 1870. She was daughter of John Loring Hardy and Rebecca (Witham) Hardy. Cyrus Wood Hardy is a successful farmer in Wal- tham. v. Susan Bemis Hardy, born April. 18, 1858, married May 27, 1887, Elijah Davis. He was born at Birmingham, England, No- vember 29, 1856, and is a machinist. She died January 9, 1897. Children; all born in Waltham. a. Prescott Linzee Davis, born June 17, 1888. b. Albion Davis, born May 12, 1891. c. Charlotte Davis, born February 19, 1893. d. Louise Thorning Davis, born February 1, 1895. vi. Abby Jane Hardy, born June 2, 1860, second wife of Elijah Davis, married February 22, 1901. No children. vii. Charles Lowell Hardy, born June 18, 1861 ; now living ( 1908) in Minnesota. viii. Henry Francis Hardy, born April 4, 1863; married September 2, 1891, Annie Connell, born in Prince Edwards Island, March 9, 1865. She is daughter of James Connell, born in Prince Edwards Island, and Sarah (Gay) Connell, born in England. William Gay, father of Sarah (Gay) Connell, was in the battle of Waterloo, the daughter is in possession of his honorable discharge from the British army. Child of Henry F. and Annie Hardy : a. Gladys, born in Waltham, September 30, 1892. ix. Lewis Smith Hardy, born November 21, 1864: married June, ,891, Sarah Blackall,
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born at Athnery, Galway county, Ireland, February 12, 1872, daughter of John Francis Blackall and Selendow (Rorke) Blackall. No children. Lewis Hardy conducts a milk busi- ness in Waltham. x. Isaac Hardy, born Octo- ber 8, 1866; unmarried. He is a farmer. xi. Martha Eliza Hardy, born August 23, 1868; unmarried. She keeps house on her father's estate. xii. William Thorning Hardy, born November 17, 1870; married, December 16, 1893, Annie M. Carr, born at St. Johns, New Brunswick, December 19, 1868, daughter of Peter James Carr and Josephine (Brennan) Carr. Children of William T. and Annie Hardy, all born at Waltham: a. Eunice Au- gusta Hardy, born March 2, 1896. b. Beatrice Thelma Hardy, born October 3, 1898. c. Nel- son Carr Hardy, born April 25, 1901. d. Thorning Wood Hardy, born February 13, 1904. xiii. Mabel Thorning Hardy, born De- cember 30, 1874; unmarried, she is a school teacher. 5. Sarah Jane Wood, born at Lexington, Massachusetts, January 15, 1832; married at Waltham, September 27, 1855, Charles Binford, of Baldwin, Maine. She died January 20, 1904. Charles Binford was born November 7, 1824, at Baldwin, Maine, son of William Binford and Sarah (Davis) Binford. His life occupation has been that of a farmer. Children of Charles and Sarah Jane Binford, all born at Bald- win, Maine : i. Charles Sumner Binford, born April 1, 1858; married, October I, 1885, at Limington, Maine, Emma M. daugh- ter of Charles A. and Lydia S. Warren. Child : a. Elsie Adelle Binford, born at Bald- win, Maine, August 10, 1891. ii. Mary Abby Binford, born April 24, 1860; married, July 14, 1898, at Orono, Maine, Frank H. Oliver ; child: a. Hazel Binford Oliver, born August 12, 1899, at Orono, Maine. iii. Alice Jane Bin- ford, born June 10, 1862 ; married October 15, 1887, at Standish, Maine, Fred D., son of Francis and Sarah White. No children. iv. William Leonard Binford, born February 5, 1865; married, June I, 1892, at Dorchester, Massachusetts, Elsie Corkum, born January II, 1866, at Canning, Nova Scotia, daughter of George and Mary Corkum. Children: a. Leonard William Binford, born April 7, 1898 at Dorchester. b. Clarice Eva Binford, born August 31, 1900, at Dorchester. c. Alice White Binford, born July 9, 1903, at Dorches- ter. v. Eva Estelle Binford, born November 24, 1872. 6. Abby Thorning Wood, born at Lexington, December 22, 1834; married, Oc- tober 29, 1856, Stephen Palmer Blake, of West Cambridge. She died September 6,
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