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was in 1776 in Captain Asahel Wheeler's company, Colonel John Robinson's regiment ; also in Captain Daniel Lathrop's company of artillery, Colonel Craft's regiment, part of 1776 and 1777. He was in Captain Samuel Farrar's company, Colonel Reed's regiment in 1777, de- tached from Colonel Eleazer Brook's regiment to reinforce General Gates in the northern campaign. He seems to have returned to the artillery in 1778 in Lathrop's company; and again in Captain Farrar's company, Colonel Brook's regiment in 1778 was sent to rein- force the Continental army. His age was giv- en at this time as twenty-three, his height five feet ten inches. He served in Captain Thomas Hovey's company, Colonel Nathan Tyler's regiment, in 1779, from July 14 to De- cember 25, at Rhode Island. He gave his age as twenty-two, and his height was recorded as five feet eleven inches when he entered the Continental army, June 5, 1780, under Cap- tain James Cooper. His complexion was de- scribed as ruddy. He was discharged De- cember 5, 1780. His last service recorded on the Massachusetts Rolls was from August, 1781, to November 30 following at Rhode Island, in Captain Asa Drury's company, Col- onel Turner's regiment.
In 1781 he and his brother removed to Lex- ington. The Lexington history (Hudson) says of them : "In December, 1781, Thomas Cutler, in conformity to the law then existing, gave notice to the selectmen that he had taken into his house to reside John Thorning and wife and their daughter Sarah, with Eunice Phil- lips, also William Thorning, and that they came from Lincoln." The brothers no doubt worked as husbandmen for Thomas Cutler. On December 15, 1794, twelve years after his marriage, William Thorning bought of Tim- othy Jones, of Lexington, fourteen acres of land for sixty-five pounds, near the land of Thomas Cutler, on Wood street. He bought of Samuel Lane, August 3, 1807, four acres for one hundred and seventy dollars; and February 13, 1821, a William Thorning, yeo- man, bought of Cyrus Thorning twenty acres for seven hundred dollars. His property was inherited by his daughter Polly, (or Mary) who married Leonard Wood September 10, 1823; and June 2, 1851. she transferred it to her son, William Thorning Wood, who was then in business in West Cambridge, and who in turn, May 24, 1854, transferred several acres to A. P. Richardson. This land has since been owned by Isaac Medill and is now (1908) owned by Benjamin F. Heald.
William Thorning was of a jovial disposi-
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tion, and early learned to sing and play the violin. He was accustomed to take his instru- ment with him as he visited his friends for social recreation. He learned the art of shoe- making in connection with his earlier farm work, and became a prosperous farmer as time went on as is evidenced by his successive purchases of land. He married, June 18, 1782, at Littleton, Eunice Phillips, born 1756. She , died February 10, 1849, aged ninety-three. William E. Wood, of Arlington, has the tra- dition that her two preceding ancestors died at the ages of ninety-one and ninety-six. Chil- dren, all born in Lexington : I. William, born March 21, 1783; died suddenly November 18, 1818. 2. Abigail, born April 26, 1784; died in Lexington, December 16, 1838. 3. John, born June 29, 1785; married at Charlestown, (intention published December 17, 1815) Nancy White. She died at Somerville, No- vember II, 1848. John Thorning died at Somerville, November 22, 1874. Their daugh- ter : i. Nancy Thorning, born December, 1819, married Edwin Munroe, Jr., of Somerville, son of Edwin and Eliza Munroe. Edwin Munroe Jr., died September 1, 1868, at Som- erville. Nancy (Thorning) Munroe died at Somerville, May 19, 1883. a. Lillian Thorning Munroe, daughter of Edwin and Nancy Mun- roe, born at Somerville, December 7, 1849; married, December 7, 1871, Alva L. Holland- er, born in Boston, June 16, 1848, son of Jacob L. and Maria (Baldwin) Hollander. Lillian Thorning Munroe died at Somerville, Decem- ber 27, 1880. Children of Alva L. and Lillian (Munroe) Hollander, both born in Somer- ville : aa. Charles Edwin Hollander, born July 16, 1873; married Mary Hale of Newark, Ohio. bb. Earle Munroe Hollander, born Au- gust 25, 1879; married Amanda Chevalliar of San Francisco, California. Children : aaa. Alva Munroe Hollander, born at Pasadena, California, April 14, 1904. bbb. Charles Ed- win Hollander, born at Pasadena, California, June 3, 1905. Alva L. Hollander is with the firm of L. P. Hollander & Co., Boston, the well-known importers of dry goods. He mar- ried (second) at Somerville, Adine Elizabeth Runey, daughter of John and Lydia (Vinal) Runey. Child: Wilkie Baldwin Hollander, born at Somerville, August 6, 1884. 4. Eunice, born January 28, 1787; died in Lexington, November, 1841. 5. Sally, born December 29, 1788; died in Lexington, unmarried, August 27, 1846. In the latter years of her life she assisted her sister, Mrs. Leonard Wood, as keeper of the Lexington poor house. 6. Polly
(Mary), born November 2, 1790; married September 10, 1823, Leonard Wood of Bur- lington, (See Wood family). She died, in Waltham, February 29, 1876. 7. Dorcas, born June 14, 1792 ; married August 25, 1821, Wil- liam Child, of Groton. She died in Groton, September 12, 1870. William Child, son of Captain Abraham Child, was born in Wal- tham, September 16, 1770, and died in Gro- ton, June 18, 1844. 8. Isaac, born June 7, 1794, died suddenly in Lexington, April 2, 1833. 9. Cyrus, born June 18, 1796; married Susannah White of West Cambridge, 1821; he died in Lexington, January 6, 1826. Chil- dren : i. William, (gravestone record) died October 14, 1827, aged four years three months. ii. Infant, (gravestone) died Novem- ber 18, 1826, aged seven months. IO. Leonard, born August 8, 1799; married May 17, 1827, Almira (or Elmira) Whitney, born July 20, 1806, daughter of William Whitney, of Har- vard, Massachusetts. She died at Ashby, Massachusetts, January 28, 1873. Leonard Thorning died at Ashby, September 15, 1881. Children : i. Cyrus Henry Thorning, born in Lexington, February 23, 1828; married (first) at Lowell, May 1, 1851, Hannah Marston, born at Concord, New Hampshire, January 17, 1832, died at Deerfield, New Hampshire, Sep- tember 8, 1857; child, Franklin P. Thorning, born at Methuen, Massachusetts, November 16, 1853, who died at Lowell, September 27, 1854; married, (second), January 12, 1860, Ellen M. Wilson, who was born at Peterboro, New Hampshire, January 1, 1840, and who died September 20, 1862. Child: Fred Ellis Thorning, born December 30, 1861, died, Sep- tember 15, 1862; married, (third) October IO, 1865, Mary F. (Marshall) Sherwell, born at Chelmsford, Massachusetts, November 29, 1837, widow of Walter Sherwell of Lowell. No children by this marriage. Cyrus Henry Thorning died at Lowell, March 24, 1887. ii. William Leonard Thorning, born at Lexing- ton, January 31, 1830; died at Lexington, Oc- tober 26, 1832. iii. John Francis Thorning, born at Lexington, May 13, 1832. He served three years in the civil war of 1861-5 in the 7th Massachusetts Battery. He is now living (1908) at Ashby, Massachusetts, with his brother George and family. iv. Augustus Wyman Thorning, born at Lowell, February 3, 1835, died at Clinton, Massachusetts, May 15, 1889; married at Groton, Massachusetts, Margaret Agnes McFarland, of Scotland. He served nine months in the civil war of 1861-5 in the Sixth Massachusetts Infantry, Company
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B, of Groton. He died at Clinton, Massachu- setts, May 15, 1889. Children : a. George A. Thorning, born at Westford, Massachusetts, September 17, 1867; unmarried; now living (1908) at Abington, Massachusetts. b. El- mira Agnes Thorning, born at Westford, February 3, 1869; died at Boston, May 15, 1879. c. William H. Thorning, born at West- ford, December 27, 1872; married, December 25, 1895, Tillie Lewis, of Somerville, Massa- chusetts. d. Cora Isabella Thorning, born at Westford, November 25, 1874; died at Lan- caster, Massachusetts, November 24, 1876. e. Lunette H. Thorning, born at Lancaster, Mas- sachusetts, July 16, 1877; died at Rockland, Massachusetts, February 8, 1898. f. Bertha F. M. Thorning, born at Clinton, January 20, 1883; died at Clinton, August 9, 1887. v. Sarah Thorning, born at Lowell, July 4, 1837 ; died at Lowell, December 6, 1836. vi. George Washington Thorning, born at Lowell, Febru- ary 19, 1840. Married at West Townsend, Massachusetts, August 13, 1868, Sarah Ann Eaves, who was born at Mason, New Hamp- shire, June 19, 1846, daughter of Robert Eaves, born in England, died at Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1854; and Mary (Farmer) Eaves, born at West Townsend, Massachu- setts, 1818; died at home of her daughter at Ashby, June 19, 1906. Children : a. Mary Lil- lian Thorning, born at Mason, New Hamp- shire, July 26, 1869; married at West Town- send, May 1, 1889, Walter E. Hayward, son of Charles P. and Sarah Jane Hayward, of Tem- ple, New Hampshire. Their children: aa. Persis Medora Hayward, born at Temple, July 29, 1890; bb. Hattie Thorning Hayward, born at Temple, January 3, 1893; cc. Charles Prescott Hayward, born at Temple, June 8, 1900. b. Annie Francis Wood Thorning, born at Mason, New Hampshire, May 3, 1871 ; mar- ried, January 22, 1902, at Ashby, Massachu- setts, Samuel Davis Blatchley, son of Joel Hall and Mary Hall (Davis) Blatchley of Guilford, Connecticut. Their children : aa. Mary Davis Blatchley, born at Guilford, Connecticut, No- vember 27, 1902. bb. Sarah Thorning Blatch- ley, born at Guilford, Connecticut, February 19, 1905. c. Charles Henry Thorning, born at West Townsend, Massachusetts, January 3, 1890. He is now (1908) engaged in farm- ing at Ashby. George W. Thorning (vi) with his wife, his son Charles, and his brother John Francis is now living (1908) at Ashby, Mas- sachusetts, on the place where his mother and father died. vii. Harriet Thorning, born at Lowell, March 29, 1842; died at Lowell, Au- gust 17, 1846.
The pioneer ancestor of the late HOVEY Hamblin Levi Hovey, for nearly forty years a representative citizen and business man of Waltham, was Daniel Hovey, of Ipswich, in whose honor the members of the Hovey family have formed an association under the name of the Daniel Hovey Association, and they meet at Ipswich in August of each year, where they have placed a Memorial Tablet to the memory of Daniel Hovey in the house of the Historical Association of Ipswich. The Rev. Horace Carter Hovey, D. D., of Newbury- port, Massachusetts. is president of this as- sociation at the present time, and the late Hamblin L. Hovey was a very enthusiastic member and a faithful worker in the associa- tion from its founding until his demise. The ancestors of Hamblin L. Hovey on both sides of the family were soldiers in the War of the Revolution. One of these ancestors was the Rev. Samuel Hovey, one of the founders of the first church built in Weare, New Hamp- shire, the second Baptist church formed in the state of New Hampshire. Several of his ancestors were preachers, and one of them was called "the fighting parson" because of his strength and power in athletics. It is related of him that passing through a village where a fair was in progress and a wrestling match was to take place, he accepted a challenge to take part, and won the victory over all com- petitors, thereby winning the above title. The line of descent is traced through the Rev. Sam- uel and Miriam (George) Hovey to Levi Ho- vey, who was the father of Timothy Hovey, a native of East Weare, New Hampshire, a carpenter by trade, who married Sarah Gould, who bore him children: John, Diantha, La- vinia, Levi A., Hannah B., Nathan, Lucian B., David, Stanford, Mary Ann. Their son, Levi Arthur, born December 22, 1809, at East Weare, New Hampshire, died January 18, 1839, at the early age of twenty-nine. It is believed that he was a carpenter, builder and cabinetmaker by occupation. He married Hul- dah Dow Currier, born December 11, 1819, died July 16, 1894, daughter of Thomas and Eunice (Fox) Currier, both of Weare, New Hampshire. Their only child was Hamblin Levi, see forward.
Hamblin Levi Hovey was born at Lowell, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, June 17, 1838. When but six months old his father died, and his mother took him to live with her father, Thomas Currier, at East Weare, New Hampshire, where he resided until he was ten ten years of age, at which time his mother
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married Albert Haven Emerson, and removed to Gilmanton Iron Works, New Hampshire, where he remained and attended school until he was fifteen years old, when he went to live with his uncle, D. G. Currier, in Waltham, Massachusetts, and graduated from the Wal- tham high school. On leaving school he was for a short time clerk for his uncle, Mr. Cur- rier, in the retail clothing business, and later was in the same line with J. W. Smith, of Bos- ton. In the autumn of 1863 he went to Spring- field, Illinois, where he engaged in the com- mission business, continuing until the fall of Richmond in 1865, when he went to that city where, after a few months spent in govern- ment employ he became one of the founders of the Powhatan Granite Company, which fur- nished the granite for many of the buildings in Washington, D. C. He remained in Rich- mond until October, 1867, when he returned to Waltham to enter the office of J. W. Par- menter, in the coal, wood and brick business. Mr. Parmenter retired from business in 1870 and Mr. Hovey became his successor, contin- uing until 1882, when he retired from the busi- ness and devoted all his time and energy to the various banks and corporations with which he was connected. He was chairman of the board of water commissioners several years; chairman of the sewer commission when it was organized ; trustee and chairman of the in- vestment committee of the Waltham Savings Bank many years; director in the Newton and Watertown Gas & Electric Light Company twenty-five years, and its president for eight years, until it was sold to a Boston company and he retired; director in the Waltham Na- tional Bank twenty-five years, and its presi- dent ten years, which office he held at the time of his death ; was several years president of the Waltham Crayon Company; served as treas- urer of the Leland Home for Aged Women a number of years, and was its president for six years, holding the office until his death; and vice-president of the Waltham Hospital. For nearly forty years he was actively identified with the business interests of Waltham, and was interested in whatever effected the public and social welfare of the community.
Mr. Hovey was of quiet, studious tastes, and early became a member of the Everett Lit- erary Society, of Waltham, composed of some of the best young men of the town. In 1861. he enlisted in Company M, First Massachu- setts Cavalry, and went with his regiment to Hilton Head, South Carolina, was made cor- poral, and continued with his regiment until 1863 when, owing to ill health, he was honor- ably discharged. Although not a member of
any church, he was throughout his whole life a constant attendant of Christ Episcopal Church, Waltham, and served for many years as one of the vestry, and was always ready to give financial aid whenever it was needed by the church. He was from early manhood a staunch Republican, and always ready to aid the party financially, but although often urged to take office he preferred the life of a private citi- zen. He was a life member of Monitor Lodge of Free Masons; a member of the F. P. H. Rogers Post, No. 29, Grand Army of the Re- public; The Pencil and Brush Club; Middle- sex and Home Market clubs of Boston; Wal- tham Club and several literary and social clubs. Mr. Hovey possessed a very cheerful, helpful nature, and his thought was always for others, never for himself. Strictly conscien- tious, he put the best of himself into whatever he undertook, as careful, if not more so, when transacting business for others than when only himself was concerned. The following has been said of him by various of his friends : "One of God's Noblemen;" "A man beloved and honored by every creed and class ;" "A man of affairs, soldier, citizen, husband, friend, Mason, he leaves a good name, and an honorable record." He was a rare man."
Mr. Hovey married, in Waltham, June 3, 1868, H. Adelaide, born in Waltham, Mas- sachusetts, June 3, 1843, only child of Jonas Willis and Harriot (Kingsbury) Parmenter ; the ceremony was performed by the. Rev. Thomas F. Fales, who was for nearly fifty years rector of Christ Episcopal Church, Wal- tham, and a close personal friend of the fam- ily. Mr. Parmenter was engaged in a coal, wood and brick business in Waltham for many years, director in Waltham National Bank, trustee in Waltham Savings Bank, director in Newton and Watertown Gas Light Company many years, a kind and devoted husband and father, a good citizen and a public-spirited man. The death of Mr. Hovey occurred May 12, 1904.
(For early generations see John Smith 4).
(V) Amos T. Smith, son of John
SMITH Smith (4), grandson of Thomas Smith (3), and brother of Ethan Allen Smith (5), was born in New Boston, New Hampshire, February 20, 1831. He was educated there in the public schools, and upon reaching his majority he went to California during the early fifties in the height of the gold excitemen. He was very successful in his mining ventures there, and he remained in the west until 1869, when he returned east and associated himself with his brother, Ethan Al-
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len Smith, in the concrete business in Lowell. This business developed into a very profitable and successful industry; and Mr. Smith re- mained in active business until recently, when ill health caused him to retire from active management. He still retained his ownership in the business. He was a man of great en- ergy and industry in his active years. He de- voted himself unreservedly to his business, and he took solid satisfaction in maintaining the high reputation of the firm by substantial and satisfactory work. He stood among the highest rank of business men in Lowell. In politics Mr. Smith was a Republican. He was a member of the Lodge of Free Masons, of the Lodge of Odd Fellows and of the Knights of Pythias ; and was a member of the Baptist Church of Lowell. He died September 13, 1907.
Mr. Smith married, 1871, Luelah L. Cross, daughter of John Cross, of Weare, Massa- chusetts. She died in 1873. Their only child is Emma S. Smith, who married Frank E. Harris, and they have one child, Chauncey Everett Harris. Mr. and Mrs. Harris reside in Lowell.
The Carpenter family to
CARPENTER which Allen Francis Car- penter, of Somerville,
Massachusetts, belongs, is of ancient English origin. His lineage has been traced to the fourteenth century.
(I) John Carpenter, the first ancestor known to the family historian was born in England, 1303, and was a member of Parlia- ment 1323.
(II) Richard Carpenter, son of John (I), born 1335; married Christine -; both buried in St. Martin's, Outwitch, Bishopsgate street. He was a chandler by trade.
(III) John Carpenter, son of Richard (2), called John Sr., is known positively to be the elder brother of John Carpenter, the town clerk of London whose bequest for school purposes immortalized his name. It was not uncommon at that period to find two living children of the same parents have the same given names, confusing as it is to the genea- logist. John Sr. and another brother Robert were mentioned in the will of John Carpenter, the town clerk, and they were named execu- tors.
(IV) John Carpenter, son of John Carpen- ter Sr. (3).
(V) William Carpenter, son of John Car- penter (4), born 1440, died 1520.
(VI) James Carpenter, son of William Car- penter (5).
(VII) John Carpenter, son of James Car- penter (6).
(VIII) William Carpenter, son of John Carpenter (7), had children: James, Alex- ander ; William, mentioned below; Richard.
(IX) William Carpenter, son of William Carpenter (8), was born in 1576; carpenter by trade; rented certain tenements and gar- dens at Hounsditch in 1625, formerly pro- perty of John Carpenter, the town clerk, brother of John (3).
(X) William Carpenter, son of William Carpenter (9), was born in England, 1605. He came to New England before 1640, and was admitted a freeman of Weymouth, May 13, 1640. He was one of the leading citizens from the first; deputy to general court 1641, 1643, 1645; constable 1641. He became an inhabitant March 28, 1645, and is reckoned among the founders of Rehoboth, Massachu- setts. He was a friend of Governor Brad- ford, who married his cousin, Alice Carpen- ter. He was proprietors' clerk of Rehoboth, the records of which date from 1643; he was one of the directors of the town 1647 and 1655. His name is tenth on the list of fifty- eight settlers in Rehoboth from Weymouth. He shared in the first division and owned much land. In partnership with his cousin, William Carpenter, of Rhode Island, he owned land at Pawtucket. He was appointed captain, 1642, and was in active service pro- tecting the lives and property of the colony. His will was dated April 10, 1659, and proved April 21, 1659. He married Abigail- who died February 22, 1687. Their first three children were born in England, the next three in Weymouth, and Samuel in Rehoboth. He died February 7, 1659. Children : 1. John, born about 1628; married Hannah Hope ; died May 23, 1695 ; settled in Connecticut. 2. Will- iam, mentioned below. 3. Joseph, born about 1633; married Margaret, daughter of George Sutton, May 25. 1655; founder in 1663 of Baptist church in Massachusetts; buried in Barrington, now Rhode Island, May 6, 1675. 4. Hannah, born April 3, 1640; married Joseph Carpenter. 5. Abiah, born April 7, 1643. 6. Abigail, born April 9, 1643; married John Ti- tus Jr. 7. Samuel born 1644.
(XI) William Carpenter, son of William Carpenter (10), born in England, 1631-2, was brought to America by his parents when he was very young. He married, October 5, 1651, Priscilla Bennett, died October 20, 1663; second, December 10, 1663, Miriam Searles,
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died at Rehoboth, May I, 1722, aged ninety- three years; a stone marks her grave. He was a farmer in Rehoboth; he died there Jan- uary 26, 1703, aged seventy-two years. He was town clerk from May 13, 1668 until his death, except 1693; deputy to general court, 1656, 1668: deacon, 1668; clerk of community of North Purchase, 1682; committee to sell old meeting house, 1683; highway surveyor. He was a man of superior ability and good education, as shown by his handwriting and the positions he filled. His house was on the left side of the road leading from East Providence to the meeting house in Rehoboth ; his grave is marked by a stone in the Reho- both burying ground. Children of William and Priscilla Carpenter: I. John, born Oc- tober 19, 1652; married Rebecca Readaway, settled in Woodstock. 2. William, born June 20, 1659. 3. Priscilla, born July 24, 1661 ; married Richard Sweet. 4. Benjamin, born October 20, 1663; married Hannah Strong. Children of William and Miriam Carpenter : 5. Josiah, born December 18, 1664; married Elizabeth Read. 6. Nathaniel, born May 12, 1667; married Rachel Cooper; second, Mary Preston; third, Mary Cooper; fourth, Mary Bacon. 7. Daniel, born October 8, 1669. 8. Noah, mentioned below. 9. Miriam, born Oc- tober 6, 1674; married Jonathan Bliss. IO. Obadiah, born March 12, 1677-8; married Deliverance Preston. II. Ephraim, born April 25, 1681, died young. 12. Ephraim, born April 25, 1683; married Hannah Read. 13. Hannah, born April 10, 1684; married Jonathan Chaffee. 14. Abigail, born April 25, 1687 ; married Daniel Perrin 3d.
(XII) Noah Carpenter, son of William Carpenter (II), born in Rehoboth, March 28, 1672 ; married, December 3, 1700, Sarah John- son, born April 4, 1677, died September 29, 1726, daughter of Matthew Johnson, and granddaughter of Edward Johnson, who was born in Hernehill, near Canterbury, county Kent, England, and came over with Governor Winthrop in 1630. Noah married second, Ruth, May 22, 1727, daughter of Abraham and Ruth (Foster) Follett, and widow of Abraham Talbot. She died June 10, 1745. He married third, Tabitha, widow of William Bishop, of Attleboro (published November 29, 1745). She died June 7, 1753, and he died April, 1756, at Attleboro. He was a farmer and linen wheel maker ; a Free Mason, served as town clerk and proprietors' clerk. He and Caleb Hall deeded a lot of land to the Presby- terian church at Attleboro. His will is dated
February 1, 1756. His children: I. Noah Jr., born November 21, 1701 ; married Persis Fol- lett. 2. Marian, born December 25, 1702; married Andrew Carpenter. 3. Sarah, born September 24, 1704; married Isaac Follett. 4. Stephen, born July 23, 1706 ; married Dorothy Whittaker ; second, Rebecca Sprague. 5. Asa, born March 10, 1707-8; died April 12, 1733. 6. Mary, born January 24, 1709-10; married John Alverson. 7. Margaret, born March 30, 1712; married Benjamin Richardson. 8. Simon, born November 13, 1713; died De- cember 8, 1713. 9. Isaiah, mentioned below. IO. Simon, born August 20, 1716; married Sarah Sawyer; second, Phebe Gould. II.
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