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Mr. Walker has been a Republican from the
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time he cast his first vote. He belonged to a Republican family, and in a community where political feeling ran high. Before he came of age, as a matter of fact, he was interested in the second Grant campaign, and in 1868 marched with a company of young Republi- can torch-light bearers. He has done. his ut- most to promote the interests of the Republi- can candidates and Republican principles. He was for several years a member of the Malden Republican city committee ; became a member of the common council from ward three in 1889, and served two years ; in 1891, 1892 and 1893 represented his ward in the board of aldermen, and was chairman for the last two years. The Malden News said of him: "Mr. Walker is one of the most faithful, honest, painstaking officials Malden has ever had in its service. He is a member of the No-license League, and is sound in every way on the temperance ques- tion. He believes in no-license for Malden, votes that way and works that way." In 1895 he was elected mayor of Malden. He mar- ried, 1879, Clara Isabel Stevens, daughter of Ezra A. Stevens, of Malden, former represen- tative from Malden, and sister of E. A. Stev- ens Jr., water commissioner. Children, Ed- gar, born 1874; graduate of Malden high school. 2. Clarence. 3. Nathaniel. Mr. Walker's home is on Dexter street, West End.
PRAY Quinton Pray, immigrant ances- tor, was born in England in 1595. The surname Pray is from the place-name pre, meaning in French and kin- dred languages, a meadow. The English his- tory of this family seems to extend back to the Norman Conquest in 1066. Quinton Pray was a fineryman by trade, and after coming to America worked in the iron foundry at Lynn, Massachusetts. He came before 1646. He deposed October 27, 1653, in the case of John Gifford vs. the Iron Works Company that he was aged about fifty-eight. He removed to Braintree and continued in the foundry there during his active life, and died there June 17, 1667. The inventory of his estate was taken July 21, 1667, and administration granted to his widow Joan. He was the only immigrant of this name coming among the early settlers of Massachusetts. Children: I. Richard, married Mary -; settled in Providence, Rhode Island. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. Hannah, married Henry Neale. 4. Dorothy, born 1644; married December 24, 1661, at Braintree, Richard Thayer, Jr. 5. Joan.
(II) John Pray, son of Quinton Pray (1), iv-13
was born 1635, in England, probably; mar- ried at Braintree, May 7, 1657, Joanna Dow- man. He died 1676, and she was appointed administratrix October 31, 1676, and she mar- ried second, Daniel Livingstone. The Living- stones settled in York, Maine, with three youngest children by her first husband. Her second husband was killed by the Indians, August 20, 1694. Children of John and Joanna Pray: I. John, born March II, 1658; died November 25, 1658. 2. John, born July II, 1659, died young. 3. Ephraim, born about 1661; married Elizabeth Hayden, daughter of John. 4. Hannah, born March 4, 1663; died December 12, 1664. 5. Hannah, born March 16, 1665; married James Bell, of Taunton. 6. Richard, born May 3, 1767. 7. Samuel, born May 16, 1669; mentioned be- low. 8. Joseph, born about 1671; mar- ried Mary Grant. 9. John, born February 10, 1673-4. 10. Dorothy, born about 1676; married Daniel Furbish.
(III) Samuel Pray, son of John Pray (2), born May 16, 1669; married Mary Fernald, daughter of Thomas and Temperance Fer- nald. They were living at Kittery as early as 1696. She was appointed to administer his estate May 10, 1722. Children: I. Samuel, mentioned below. 2. Mary, married, Novem- ber 2, 1721, Samuel Stacy. 3. Hannah, mar- ried May 24, 1722, Thomas Rano, of New Castle. 4. John, married June 2, 1709, in Boston. 5. Daughter, married Robert Men- dum.
(IV) Samuel Pray, son of Samuel Pray (3), was born in Kittery, about 1700; married No- vember 17, 1726, Alice Mendum, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Downing) Mendum. His wife died April 20, 1757; married second, June 7, 1759, Sarah Beaver. Children: I. Ebenezer, born October 24, 1728; married Elizabeth Gunnison. 2. Samuel, born April 19, 1731 ; married Susanna Dunn. 3. Joshua, born February 14, 1733; married Ruth Gun- nison. 4. John, mentioned below. 5. Will- iam, born May 16, 1740; married November 20, 1784, 'Sarah Orr, sister of Mary Orr, who married her brother John Pray. 6. Joseph, born August 6, 1742. 7. Nathaniel, born March 29, 1747.
(V) John Pray, son of Samuel Pray (4), born February 14, 1736; married Mary Orr, daughter of John Orr and Eleanor (Dennett) Orr. She was a relative of John Orr, second mate of the ship "Alliance" in the battle with the "Serapis," September 17, 1779. Child, Samuel, mentioned below.
(VI) Captain Samuel Pray, son of John
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Pray (5), was born in Kittery, December 3, 1789; married Lucy Fernald, born in Kittery, November 23, 1791, and died October 27, 1826. Child, Sarah A., born in Kittery, July 29, 1814; died April 6, 1875; married Na- thaniel Kenward Walker. (See Clarence O. Walker, their son, herewith).
The Lowell coat-of-arms to
LOWELL which all descendants of Per- cival Lowell are entitled is : "Sable, a dexter hand couped at the waist grasping three pointless darts (or bird bolts) one in pale and two in saltire argent. Crest --- A stag's head cabossed or, between the attires a pheon az."
The ancestors of the Lowell family in Eng- land came from Normandy with William the Conqueror, and were probably related to him. Some time after the Conquest the line was established at Yardley, Worcestershire, Eng- land, where the family remained several gen- erations, then moved westward to Somerset- shire and finally to Bristol, Gloucestershire, whence Percival Lowell emigrated to New England. The name Lowell is derived origin- ally from the Latin for wolf (lupus) and the early spelling in England was Lowle, though a great many variations were made by the phonetic-spelling clerks of England and the colonies. The English pedigree of Percival Lowell, given below, is taken from Harleian mss. 1559, folio 215, copied from "Heralds' Visitations of Somersetshire in A. D. 1573, 1591 and 1623."
(I) William Lowell, the first ancestor defi- nitely known, lived at Yardley, Worcester- shire ; married Littleton, of a prom- inent family of that county. He was living about 1220. Children : I. James, mentioned below. 2. Andrew. 3. Samuel.
(II) James Lowell, son of William Lowell (I), married - Baskerville, a family hav- ing direct descent from Charlemagne, residing at Yardley. Children: I. Raffe (Ralph), mentioned below. 2. George. 3. Edmund. 4. Andrew.
(III) Raffe Lowell, son of James Lowell (2), married Heselrigg, descendant of Robert de Hesilrage, one of the knights who came with William. Children : I. Walter, mentioned below. 2. Thomas. 3. Anthony. 4. Sabity.
(IV) Walter Lowell, son of Raffe Lowell (3), married Joan Russell, presumed to be de- scendant of Hugh de Rozel, who came with the Conqueror, and whose lineage is traced to
Charlemagne. Child: Richard, mentioned be- low.
(V) Richard Lowell, son of Walter Lowell (4), died at Yardley, and was buried with the arms described above ; married Turner. Children: I. Thomas, mentioned below. 2. Richard, slain at Birmingham, in county War- wick.
(VI) Thomas Lowell, son of Richard Low- ell (5), married Mayhouse ; children : I. John, mentioned below. 2. William. 3. Thomas. 4. Roger.
(VII) John Lowell, son of Thomas Lowell (6), died at Clivedon, Somersetshire ; married Wake, of an ancient and distinguished family. Children: I. John, mentioned below. 2. Roger, married Joan Gage, daughter of John.
(VIII) John Lowell, son of John Lowell (7), married Apolyn Leversedge, daughter of Richard, who died in 1547. The Lowells and Leversedges resided in Poniberge. Children : I. Richard. 2. Edmund. 3. John.
(IX) Richard Lowell, son of John Lowell, married a daughter of Edmund and Elizabeth (Panthuit) Percival, of Weston-in-Gordano. The pedigree of Edmund Percival is traced back to Endes, Sovereign Duke of Brittany, first cousin to Robert, father of William the Conqueror. Edmund is of the sixteenth gen- eration in the Percival lineage. From this family Percival Lowell received his name. Child of Richard: Percival, born 1671; men- tioned below.
(X) Percival Lowell, son of Richard Lowell (9), was the American immigrant ancestor. He was born in England in 1571, and died January 8, 1664, at Newbury, Massachusetts. He married in England Rebecca -, who died in Newbury, December 28, 1645. He was sixty-eight years old when he left his home and business in England to settle in the wilderness of New England. He came over in 1639 on the ship "Jonathan." His home in England was at Kingston-Seymour, Clivedon, Portbury, Weston-in-Gordano, all of Somer- setshire, and also at Bristol, in Gloucestershire, where he was at the head of a large mercantile establishment under the firm name of Percival Lowle & Co. This firm was composed of Per- cival, his son John and perhaps son Richard ; also possibly William Gerrish, who came to America with the Lowells and subsequently married a sister of Percival, Mrs. Joanna Oliver, widow of John. At Kingston-Sey- mour, Percival Lowell was an assessor in 1597. The Lowell family had acquired wealth and high station in England, and they bought
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land extensively in Newbury after locating in Massachusetts. In 1653 Percival was ap- praiser of the estate of Thomas Millard, of Newbury. He was one of the organizers of Newbury in 1642. In 1678 he took the pre- scribed oath of allegiance. He must have been a man of unusual ability and attainments for his day. He wrote a poem on the death of Governor Winthrop not unworthy of the an- cestor of the illustrious James Russell Lowell. Children : I. John, born in England in 1595; died July 10, 1647. 2. Richard, born 1602; mentioned below. 3. Joan, born 1609; died June 14, 1677 ; married first John Oliver ; sec- ond,
(XI) Richard Lowell, son of Percival Low- ell (IO), was born in England, in 1602, and died in Newbury August 5, 1682; came to Massachusetts, from Bristol, England, in 1639, with his father. He married first, in England, Margaret - , who died in Newbury, Jan- uary 27, 1642; second, in Newbury, Margaret -, who was born November 27, 1604, and survived him. In 1674 he and his wife were members of the Newbury church, and he had a right in the upper common. He made his will June 25, 1681 ; proved September 26, 1682. Children: I. Percival, born 1639-40; mentioned below. 2. Rebecca, born January 27, 1642; died June 1, 1662 ; married, Decem- ber 5, 1660, Sergeant John Hale, son of Thom- as. 3. Samuel, born 1644. 4. Thomas, born September 28, 1649.
(XII) Percival Lowell, son of Richard Lowell (II), was born in Newbury 1639-40; married there September 7, 1664, Mary Chan- dler, who died in Newbury, February 5, 1708, daughter of William and Mary (Fowler) Chandler. Her mother was daughter of the immigrant Philip Fowler ; her father was born in 1615; he gave to his daughter Mary his share of Plum Island, lot No. 33, as a dowry when she married. He probably married sec- ond, in 1709, Sarah Upon going to South Carolina in 1696-7 he deeded land to his son Richard, November 6, 1696. Children : I. Richard, born December 25, 1668; died May 29, 1749. 2. Captain Gideon, born Sep- tember 3, 1672; mentioned below. 3. Samuel, born January 13, 1675-6. 4. Edmund, born September 24, 1684. 5. Margaret. 6. Joanna, born about 1690; married January 1, 1715, Stephen Fosdick of Hardwick.
(XIII) Captain Gideon Lowell, son of Per- cival Lowell (12), was born in Newbury, Sep- tember 3, 1672; died in Amesbury, before 1753. He was a cordwainer or shoemaker by trade, and also followed the sea, and was
called in deeds "mariner" and "coaster." He bought land in Amesbury, January 19, 1718, of Fawne Clements, and in 1719 sold his land in Newbury. His house was but recently torn down. Tradition says that he opened a street through his land at Amesbury and built a house for each of his seven sons upon it. He was a sea captain, and his wife often went with him on voyages. It is said that his son John was born in South Carolina while they were in port. In 1728-9 he and his brother Samuel bought land in Falmouth (Portland) Maine, but he did not locate there permanently. He was a soldier in the expedition to Canada in 1690. He owned a wharf near Ames's Wharf, at the mouth of the Powow river, where he landed his cargoes of "rhum" and "shugar" from the West Indies ; or rice, resin and tar from the Carolinas. "It would seem that he was a very bold and successful voyager, as he amassed a considerable fortune. Tradi- tion makes it seem probable that in his voy- ages the king's revenue was not always con- sidered, nor did he hesitate to run up aside of and board by force a French or Spanish craft as the opportunity presented." He married first, in Newbury, July 7, 1692, Miriam (Mary) Swett, born April 10, 1672, died No- vember 27, 1734, aged sixty-three, daughter of John Swett (3), who married December 6, 1670, Mary Plummer, daughter of Samuel, granddaughter of Stephen, son of John Swett (I). Lowell married second, June 4, 1735, Elizabeth Colby, widow. Children, by the first wife: I. Mary, born March 1, 1692-3; married July 9, 1715, Zechriah Philbrook. 2. Lieutenant John, born February 1, 1696-7. 3. Captain Samuel, born about 1698; soldier in French war. 4. Gideon, born about 1700. 5. Stephen, born February 19, 1703; mentioned below. 6. Corporal Moses, born about 1705. 7. Hannah, born April II, 1707. 8. Joseph, born about 1709. 9. Abner, born November 29, 17II. IO. Jonathan, born March 24, 1714. (XIV) Stephen Lowell, son of Gideon Lowell (13), was born in Newbury, February 19, 1703, and died October 27, 1776. He mar- ried December 22, 1727, Miriam Collins, of Salisbury, born May 23, 1706, died April 29, 1767, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Collins. He was a mariner. Children: I. Stephen, born in Amesbury, October 6, 1728; died in Buckfield, Maine, June 15, 1801. 2. Lewis, born December 17, 1729; mentioned below. 3. Captain Abner, born July 21, 1731 ; died April 1815; appointed by President Washington keeper of the light-house on the north end of Plumb Island, succeeded by his son Lewis and
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grandson Joseph, the three generations occu- pying the position until 1833. 4. Sarah, born January 31, 1733; married May 17, 1753, Stephen Blaisdell. 5. Miriam, born January 20, 1735; married Eliphalet Swett. 6. Eliza- beth, born April 9, 1737 ; married Captain Ben- jamin Lurvey. 7. Reuben, born June 29, 1739; died June 1, 1824. 8. Mary, born June 16, 1743; married Samuel Hendrick. 9. Simeon, born October 6, 1745; died August 26, 1830.
(XV) Lewis Lowell, son of Stephen Lowell (14), was born in Amesbury, December 17, 1729, and died there June 13, 1777; married in Amesbury, January 4, 1751, Miriam (Mol- ly) Blaisdell, both of Amesbury. He was a boat builder in Amesbury. Children : I. Miriam, born in Amesbury, 1751 ; died April 2, 1762. 2. David Jr., born September 8, 1757; mentioned below. 3. Jonathan, born May II, 1759. 4. Molly, died in infancy.
(XVI) David Lowell Jr., son of Lewis Lowell (15), was born in Amesbury, Septem- ber 8, 1757, and died there September 29, 1854, aged ninety-seven years twenty days. He married (intention dated October 30, 1779) Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, of Gloucester, born November 12, 1758, died in Amesbury, Janu- ary 28, 1836, aged seventy-seven. They lived at the Ferry, Amesbury. He was a ship build- er and pilot, and a man of means and influ- ence. He was a soldier in the Revolution in Captain William Ballard's company in 1778; also in Captain Oliver Titcomb's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment, in 1777-8; also in same company engaged in guarding prisoners after the surrender of Burgoyne in 1778. Children : I. Mary, born May 6, 1780; mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth, born March 4, 1782; married November 28, 1810, Abner Keniston, of Newburyport. 3. Abigail, born June 9, 1784; married November 10, 1805, Jacob Morrill. 4. Jonathan, born October 30, 1787 ; married at Amesbury, August 7, 1813, Betsey Lamphrey, of Kensington; lost at sea in the privateering brig "Mars," which sailed from Portsmouth, December, 1814; no issue.
(XVII) Mary Lowell, daughter of David Lowell Jr., (16), was born at Amesbury, May 6, 1780; married first William Dearborn, of Chester, New Hampshire, February 3, 1799. (See sketch of Dearborn family).
DEARBORN Godfrey Dearborn, the immigrant ancestor, was ยท born in England, in Exe- ter, Devonshire, according to tradition. He settled in Exeter, New Hampshire, about
1639, under Wheelwright, and signed the famous Compact. After living there ten years he removed to Hampton, New Hampshire. He was a selectman of Exeter in 1648. On March 4, 1650, seats were assigned "Good- man and Goody Dearborn" in the Hampton meeting house. His home was in the west end of the town of Hampton, on the farm lately, if not now, occupied by a lineal de- scendant. His descendants have been very numerous in Hampton and vicinity. He mar- ried first, perhaps in England; second, No- vember 25, 1662; the widow of Philemon Dalton. Children of the first wife: I. Henry, born 1633; married Elizabeth Marrian; died January 18, 1725. 2. Thomas, born 1634; mentioned below. 3. Sarah; died August 21, 1714; married Thomas Nudd. 4. Esther, married Richard Shortridge, of Portsmouth. 5. Daughter. 6. John, born about 1742; married Mary Ward; died November 14, I731.
(II) Deacon Thomas Dearborn, son of Godfrey Dearborn (I), was born in England in 1634, and died in Hampton, April 14, 1710. He married December 28, 1665, Hannah Col- cord, and resided in that section of Hampton known as "Drake Side." He was a leading citizen, and deacon of the Hampton church. Children, born in Hampton: I. Samuel, born May 27, 1676; married Sarah Gove. 2. Ebenezer, born October 3, 1679; mentioned below. 3. Thomas, born about 1681; mar- ried Mary Garland. 4. Jonathan, born No- vember 18, 1686; married Mary -; sec- ond, Sarah Waite, who died September 10, I771.
(III) Lieutenant Ebenezer Dearborn, son of Deacon Thomas Dearborn (2), was born in Hampton, October 3, 1679, and died March 15, 1772, at an advanced age. He married October 7, 1703, Abigail Sanborn, daughter of Joseph and granddaughter of John San- born. She was born October 1, 1686, and died February 26, 1768. Like his father he was deacon of the church. He was one of the grantees of the town of Chester, New Hamp- shire, and with his five sons settled there in 1729 or 1730. He had lot No. 121, the deed of which was dated October 3, 1729, and in it he was called of Hampton. His home lot was No. 17, at Chester, nearly opposite the old White place, where Joseph Webster now or lately lived. He was moderator at the town meeting in Chester, March 26, 1729-30, and was elected selectman at the town meeting following. He was elected deacon of the Chester church in 1734, and held various
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other town offices. He served against the Indians in Captain James Davis's company of scouts in 1712, and was later lieutenant of his company. His will was dated March 17, 1767, and proved May 27, 1772. Children: I. Ebenezer, born January 7, 1705; men- tioned below. 2. Hanna, baptized March 9, 1707. 3. Mehitable, born November 4, 1708; married Deacon Nathaniel Fitts. 4. Peter, born November 14, 1710. 5. Benjamin, born August 1, 1713. 6. Thomas, born Decem- ber 3, 1715. 7. Michael, born April 17, 1719; married Dorothy Colby. 8. Abigail, born January 27, 1721 ; married October 26, 1742, James Varnum. 9. Mary, born June II, 1723.
(IV) Lieutenant Ebenezer Dearborn, son of Lieutenant Ebenezer Dearborn (3), was born in Hampton, January 7, 1705, and died in Chester, January 10, 1790. He went to Chester with his father and brothers in 1730; married January 13, 1731, Huldah Nason; second, Elizabeth Swain, widow of Samuel Hills. He settled on lot No. 131, where James R. Gordon lately lived. His will was dated July, 1780, and proved January 20, 1790. He was probably in the service against the Indians in the French and Indian wars. His wife Elizabeth died July 31, 1793. Chil- dren: I. Hannah, born October 13, 1731; married Elijah Heath. 2. Sarah, born Janu- ary 9, 1734; married John Shackford, Jr. 3. Huldah, born August 18, 1735. 4. Stephen, born May 15, 1738; appointed captain by Governor John Wentworth, May 3, 1767; under Congress, September 25, 1775; major, September 25, 1785; lieutenant-colonel, April 5, 1793; resigned September 18, 1800; com- manded his company in the battle of Ben- nington. 5. Phebe, born February 20, 1741; married Wilkes West. 6. Ebenezer, born September 6, 1744; mentioned below. 7. Jonathan, born December 26, 1746. 8. Rich- ard, born May 2, 1747, died young.
(V) Ebenezer Dearborn, son of Lieutenant Ebenezer Dearborn (4), was born at Chester, September 6, 1744, and died there August 18, 1825. He was a soldier in the Revolution, private in Captain Stephen Dearborn's com- pany (his brother's), in Colonel Thomas Stickney's regiment, in General Stark's army, and fought in the battle of Bennington. He married, in 1769, Ada Philbrick, daughter of Nathan Philbrick, of Hampton. She died May 5, 1819, aged seventy-two years. Chil- dren: I. John, married Susan Lufkin. 2. Jonathan, married Anna Dearborn, daughter of James; married second, Jane Stinson, who
died in 1833; he was born the day the Ches- ter meeting house was raised; died Novem- ber 2, 1831. 3. William, married February 3, 1799, Mary Lowell, of Amesbury, Massachu- setts; mentioned below. (See Lowell family sketch).
(VI) William Dearborn, son of Ebenezer Dearborn (5), was born at Chester, New Hampshire, about 1775; married February 3, 1799, Mary Lowell, who was born in Amesbury, May 6, 1780, daughter of David Lowell, Jr. (See sketch). His widow Mary married second, December 18, 1808, Enoch Bartlett. Children of William and Mary Dearborn: I. David Lowell Dear- born, born February 12, 1800; married Han- nah Mooney, of Durham, New Hampshire; children: i. Augusta B. Dearborn, born June 16, 1838; died April 19, 1865; ii. John M. Dearborn, of Mt. Vernon, New Jersey; iii. Cyrus William Dearborn, of Mt. Vernon. 2. Eliza Lowell Dearborn, born in Amesbury, May 23, 1803; mentioned below. Children of Enoch and Mary (Lowell) (Dearborn) Bart- lett: 3. William Bartlett, died 1893. 4. Caro- line Bartlett, married Henry Mowatt. 5. Mary Ann Bartlett; married Cyrus Hill of Ames- bury.
(VII) Eliza Lowell Dearborn, daughter of William Dearborn (6), was born in Ames- bury, May 23, 1803, and died April 29, 1889. She married November 18, 1827, James Wor- then, who was born in Amesbury, Massachu- setts, in 1803, and died in 1893, descendant of one of the oldest families of Salisbury and Amesbury. Lionel Worthen, born about 1620, in England, was in Salisbury before 1653, and for a time lived in Newbury; mar- ried Susanna Whipple, daughter of the pio- neer, John Whipple. Soon after their mar- riage James Worthen removed to Paris, Ten- nessee, where their children were born. Liv- ing in a border state during the civil war, he and his family suffered much, and were in constant danger, having several hairbreadth escapes from the guerilla bands that infested that section. In 1870 the family returned to Massachusetts and settled in Melrose. Mr. Worthen served two years as town clerk of Melrose, 1871 and 1872. Children of James and Eliza L. (Dearborn) Worthen: I. Eliza- beth Lowell, resides in Melrose; unmarried. 2. Maria Worthen; married, August, 1864. James Chase Currier, who died in 1882; they removed from Tennessee to Massachusetts in 1864, and settled in Melrose; she is engaged largely in philanthropic work in connection with the "Neighborhood House," Cam-
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bridgeport, Massachusetts; they have no children. 3. John F., deceased. 4. James, died aged seven years. 5. Caroline M., mentioned below. 6. Chase C. Worthen, born August 14, 1846; married, March, 1874, Alice Gray Vinton, who was born in Melrose; they live in Melrose; children: i. Francis, married Flora Lynch; ii. Gray V. Worthen, married Grace Rosenthal; iii. Carrie L., single; iv. James C. Worthen; v. Carl B. Worthen, married Ernestine Matteson; vi. Alice Gale.
(VIII) Caroline M. Worthen, daughter of James and Eliza Lowell (Dearborn) (7) Worthen, was born in Paris, Tennessee. She was educated in the public schools of Paris. In 1870 she was elected librarian of the Mel- rose Public Library, and has filled that posi- tion since with great fidelity and ability. She is well known in her profession, and highly esteemed, not only by her fellow-librarians of the state, but by her townspeople who know her so well. She resides with her sister, Eliza Lowell Worthen, on Emerson street, Melrose.
)For first generation see William Thompson I).
(II) Alexander Thomp- THOMPSON son, son of William Thompson (I), was born in 1671. He had a grant of land in Kittery, Maine, in 1694, and died there July 13, 1720. He married Anna Curtis, of York, Maine, and she survived him, being appointed administrator October 4, 1720. Children: I. Elizabeth, married John Allen. 2. Abigail, married in 1720, at York, John Geary. 3.
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