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(XIV) Benjamin Minot Fiske, son of John M. Fiske (13), was born at Charlestown, Massachusetts, January 29, 1826, and died in Chelmsford, May 9, 1901. He was educated in the public, high and Latin schools of Bos- ton and Chelmsford. Succeeded to his father's farm in Chelmsford, and was in the Boston custom house thirty years, inspector of cus- toms. He resided on Summer street, near Cherry, Somerville, Massachusetts, from 1868- 69 to 1896. He was a Republican in politics and interested in party affairs, but not active- ly. He was a faithful and consistent member of the Unitarian church at Chelmsford and a liberal contributor to its support. He was highly esteemed by his townsmen for his in- tegrity, his fine personal qualities and gener- ous spirit .:
He married, in 1850, at Chelmsford, Eliza- beth Ann Parkhurst, who was born June II, 1823, daughter of Rev. John Parkhurst, who was for a period of fifty years pastor of the Chelmsford Baptist Church. £ She survives
him and lives in the old home, honored and loved by her family and friends. Children: I. John Minot, born December 31, 1853, men- tioned below. 2. Joseph Winn, born March 5, 1857, mentioned below. 3. Frederick A. P., born October 4, 1859, mentioned below. 4. Elizabeth Minot, born October 14, 1860, mar- ried Jose Edwin Warren, resides at Chelms- ford; one child, Elizabeth Fiske, born Octo- ber 18, 1890.
(XV) John Minot Fiske, son of Benjamin Minot Fiske (14), was born December 31, 1853, at Chelmsford. Married, June 6, 1876, Katie S. Westervelt, who was born February 20, 1857. He is in the ornamental iron busi- ness and resides in East Orange, New Jersey. Children : I. Kate Marion, born March 20, 1877. 2. Anna Adelle, born August 24, 1879, died February 26, 1882. 3. Lillian, born Jan- uary 12, 1885, died February 20, 1885. 4. Ethel, born January 17, 1888. 5. Dorothy Leonora, born May 9, 1896.
(XV) Joseph Winn Fiske, son of Benjamin Minot Fiske (14), was born March 5, 1857, at Chelmsford. Married, at Somerville, June 3, 1885, Mary S. Harrington, who was born November 13, 1864. He is engaged in the ornamental iron business in New York City. He resides in Passaic, New Jersey. Children : I. Warren Russell, born July 8, 1886. 2. Howard Benjamin, born July 9, 1890.
(XV) Frederick A. P. Fiske, son of Benja- min Minot Fiske (14), was born October 4, 1859, at Chelmsford. He attended the public schools of Somerville, graduating from the high school in class of 1877. He is a graduate of Harvard College, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts, class of 1881, and of Har- vard Law School, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws, class of 1884. He is a member of the Suffolk bar and a successful attorney, practicing in Boston with offices at IO Tremont street. He resides at Somerville. He was a member of the common council of Somerville, 1893-94; member of school board of Somerville since 1900, serving as chairman of the board five years ; president of Somer- ville board of trade, 1904. He is very active in the affairs of the Second Unitarian Society of Somerville, has been a member of the board of trustees for a number of years, and in 1905- 06 served as president of the South Middlesex Conference of Unitarian Churches. He mar- ried (first), at Winchester, Massachusetts, July 2, 1890, Harriet Lydia Locke, who was born March 25, 1862, died September 16, 1903. Children : 1. Helen Locke, born Octo- ber 6, 1892. 2. Eustice Bridge, born March
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26, 1898. 3. Wyman Parkhurst, born January II, 1900. 4. Rachel Minot, born March 2, 1901. Mr. Fiske married (second), January 18, 1905, Florence May Hamlin, daughter of George Beals and Emily Ann (Wood) Ham- lin, of Somerville.
ROBINSON Dr. Jeremiah Robinson, the first of this family known in America, was born about 1710. He resided in Littleton, Massachusetts, where he was settled as early as 1740, and practiced his profession there. He died in the adjacent town of Westford, October 19, 1771. He married first Lydia -; second Eunice Amsden, of Marlborough, born 1720; married October 14, 1746, and died in 1801. Children: I. John, born December 26, 1733. 2. Mary, born November 13, 1835. 3. Olive, born September 10, 1737. 4. John, born No- vember II, 1739. 5. Jeremiah, born April 4, 1742; married Susanna Cogswell. 6. Zebu- lon, born February 9, 1743; tradesman, re- sided in Pembroke, Massachusetts, in 1787, and had seven children. Children of second wife: 7. Thomas Amsden, born May 23, 1747. 8. Thomas, born October 27, 1748. 9. Eunice, born October 13, 1750; married Em- erson Cogswell; died at Concord, September II, 1786. 10. Bradbury, born August 8, 1752; married Abigail -; died in Charlestown, June, 1801 ; was a Concord minute-man in the revolution. II. Cane or Kane (also Cain and Keene); mentioned below. Three others not known. (See N. E. Gen. Reg. 1885, p. 323).
(II) Keen Robinson, son of Dr. Jeremiah Robinson (I), was born about 1755. He set- tled near the line between Weston and Con- cord. His children were born, according to the records, in Concord. He was a soldier in the revolution from Weston, in Captain John Walton's company, Colonel Brooks' regiment, in 1776. He was in Captain Weston's com- pany, Colonel Brooks's regiment, in 1778, when he gave his age as twenty-three years and his height five feet four inches. He was also in Captain Daniel Harrington's company, Colonel Jonathan Reed's regiment, at Cam- bridge. His name was spelled Keen on the Concord records, Cane and Cain on the Wes- ton records of his revolutionary service, and both Cane and Keen in the State Revolution- ary Rolls. He married Achsah Chil- dren : I. John, born October 28, 1783 ; men- tioned below. 2. Bridget, born August 1, 1785. 3. Thomas Amsden (Amsdell), born February 26. 1787. 4. Charlotte, born August 26, 1789.
5. Henry, born June 18, 1799. 6. Charles, born April 12, 1802. 7. Eunice, born Novem- ber 24, 1804.
(III) John Robinson, son of Keen Robin- son (2), was born October 28, 1783, at Watertown, according to the records of Sid- ney, Maine, where he settled in early life, but his birth was recorded at Concord, the town adjoining. He was a shoemaker as well as a farmer, at Sidney, Maine. He was in the state militia, and an officer in the service in the war of 1812. He married, December 18, 18II, Susannah Mason, born at Concord, Mas- sachusetts, September 25, 1779. In 1848 he removed to Stow, Massachusetts, with his family, and he died there in March, 1851. Children, all born in Sidney, Maine: I. John Mason, born September 6, 1812; died August 12, 1846. 2. Sarah Wood, born April 26, 1814; married June 29, 1842, Solonion Nash; died March 9, 1892; children: i. Charles Au- gustus Nash, born June 18, 1843; resides in Manchester, Maine, unmarried ; ii. Olive Eliz- abeth Nash, born August 23, 1844; married May 12, 1867, Charles A. Fifield ; had one son, Archer Edson Fifield, born in Manchester, Maine, July, 1870, who is unmarried; iii. George Byron Nash, born December 22, 1846; married Augusta M. Ireland; resided in Pea- body, Massachusetts. 3. Augustus Tower, born March 22, 1816; died June 7, 1843, un- married. 4. Catherine Hammond, born Sep- tember 27, 1819; married December 13, 1848, Joseph Nash; died December 24, 1894; chil- dren: i. Joseph Emery Nash, born October 27, 1849; resides in Sidney, Maine, unmar- ried; ii. Lucy Ann Nash, born September 30, 1852; married November 19, 1871, Lorin C. Robinson; resides in Sidney, Maine.
5. Charles Henry, born February 14, 1821; mentioned below. 6. Elizabeth Susanna, born July 7, 1823; married November 6, 1844, James Nash. These three Robinson sisters married brothers.
(IV) Charles H. Robinson, son of John Robinson (3), was born in Sidney, Maine, February 14, 1821, and died in Hudson, Massa- chusetts, September 30, 1889. He was edu- cated in his native town, and learned the trade of carpenter. He settled in Stow, Massachusetts, and was in business as build- · er and contractor many years in that town and Hudson, which was set off from Marlbor- ough and Bolton, March 18, 1866. He had the contract, for building the Hudson town hall in 1871. He was prominent in public af- fairs, being town clerk of Stow and select- man many years. He called the first town
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meeting in Hudson, in the incorporation of which he was an active factor. During the last twenty years of his life he was deputy sheriff of Middlesex county, and he became well known throughout the county. He was a useful and influential citizen in business, in town affairs and in society. He married first October 26, 1848, Eliza M. Tower, who died April 30, 1853, daughter of Charles Tower. He married second June 5, 1854, Susan A. Townsend, born at Sidney, Maine, 'January, 1821, and died May 29, 1856. He married third, February 17, 1857, Ada J. Bragdon, of Sidney, Maine, born October 22, 1834. Child of Charles H. and Susan (Townsend) Robin- son: I. John Henry, born April 14, 1855; mentioned below. Children of Charles H. and Ada J. (Bragdon) Robinson: 2. Charles Augustus, born August 20, 1858; died May 28, 1893. 3. Sumner Banks, born January 6, 1863. 4. Annie Eliza, born January 7, 1865. 5. Sidney Maine, born October 15, 1868; mentioned below. 6. Edward Everett, born March 23, 1874.
(V) John H. Robinson, son of Charles H. Robinson (4), was born in Stow, Massachu- setts April 14, 1855. He was educated there and in Hudson in the public schools. He be- gan his mercantile career as clerk in a gen- eral store, and since 1884, has been in busi- ness on his own account. In partnership with J. C. Holden, under the firm name of Holden & Robinson, a flourishing business was es- tablished, and continued until the death of the senior partner in 1884. They had one of the best hardware stores of Hudson or vicinity. Mr. Robinson admitted to partnership his brother Sidney M. Robinson, after the death of his original partner, and the firm of John H. and Sidney M. · Robinson has continued with uninterrupted success and growth to the present time. Mr. Robinson is a member of Doric Lodge of Free Masons; of Houghton Royal Arch Chapter; of Trinity Command- ery, Knights Templar; and of Aleppo Tem- ple, Order of the Mystic Shrine; of Corinthian Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star; of Hud- son Lodge of Odd Fellows, and of King Saul Encampment, and Magnolia Lodge of Rebe- kah, I. O. O. F. He has always taken a live- ly interest in town affairs. In politics he is an active and earnest Republican, and for eighteen years has served on the board of registrars of voters for Hudson. He is vice- president of the First National Bank of Hud- son. For fifteen years he has been a trustee of the Hudson Savings Bank, and for five years a member of the investment commit-
tee. He married, 1890, Ada Harriet Snow, born in Littleton, May 1, 1864, daughter of Charles Prescott Snow, who was born at Concord, Massachusetts, March 13, 1823, and died in 1870; was a manufacturer of pencils; married Harriet B. Wilmont. Children of Charles Prescott and Harriet B. Snow: i. Emma A. (Snow) Woodbury; ii. Charles E. Snow; iii. Harry P. Snow.
Jonas Parker Snow, father of Charles Pres- cott Snow, was born in Westford, Massachu- setts, in 1800; married at Concord, Septem- ber 26, 1822; children: i. Charles Prescott Snow, born March 13, 1823; ii. Sarah Parker Snow, born December 1, 1824; iii. Lucy Elizabeth Snow, born September 21, 1826; all born in Concord, Massachusetts. Hannah Hosmer Smith was born in 1789, and died in 1882.
Jonathan Snow, father of Jonas Parker Snow, was a farmer in Westford, Massachu- setts, born about 1760. He came to West- ford when a young man, with his brother Levi Snow, who married Lucy Fletcher, daughter of Ebenezer. They were doubtless descendants of Richard Snow, of Woburn, Massachusetts, whose descendants lived in Billerica and Chelmsford also. Jonathan Snow married Sarah -, and lived on the Abbot Read farm, Westford: Children: i. Jonathan, born 1786; ii. Sarah Snow, born 1788; married, 1811, Joseph Wright, of Ded- ham; iii. Polly Snow, born 1791; married, 1821, Joseph Harrington, of Concord; iv. Parker Snow, born 1792, died 1796; v. Lucy Snow, born 1795; vi. Nancy Snow born 1797; vii. Jonas Parker Snow, born 1800; died in Littleton, Massachusetts, in 1881. John H. and Ada H. (Snów) Robinson have but one child-Gladys, born September 21, 1891.
(V) Sidney M. Robinson, son of Charles H. Robinson (4), was born in Hudson, Mas- sachusetts, October 15, 1868. He was edu- cated in the public schools, and began in bus- iness as a clerk in the store of his brother's firm, Holden & Robinson. After Mr. Holden died he became a partner in the firm, and the present name of John H. and Sidney M. Rob- inson was adopted. He has been an active and prominent member of various fraternal and secret societies. He is past noble grand of Hudson Lodge of Odd Fellows, Hudson; grand sachem of Pompeseticut Lodge, Inde- pendent Order of Red Men. Since 1891 he has been collector of Rawson Council, Royal Arcanum, Hudson. He married, October 14, 1891, Mary Grace Campbell, born Octo- ber 2, 1868, daughter of Howard and Annie
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(Steele) Campbell. Children of Sidney M. and Mary Grace (Campbell) Robinson: I. Charles Howard, born January 30, 1900. 2. Florence Stella, born August 13, 1894. 3.
Philip Sidney, born November 24, 1906.
EMERSON The Emerson family in Eng- land seems to have sprung from that Aimeric, arch dea-
con of Carlisle and Durham from 1196 to 1214 and high sheriff of Northumberland from 1214 to 1215, who was nephew of Bishop Philip, of Poictou, Prince Bishop, of Durham, 1195, and previously clericum et familiarem of Richard Coeur de Lion. The family came from Aqui- tania, but the name is Norse, not French. His pedigree is given in Surtee's history of Dur- ham. The name in substantially its present form appeared in this family about 1300 and was used first by Johannes Emeryson.
(I) Ralph Emerson, the progenitor in Eng- land to whom the Concord family traces its ancestry, was granted arms in 1535 and was described as of Foxton, county Durham. The arms were: A lion rampant vert. bezantee, holding a battle ax gules, headed argent.
(II) Thomas Emerson, who was born some time before 1540, but whose place of birth is unknown was resident in Great Dunmow, county Essex, was probably son of Ralph Em- erson (I). His children : I. Robert, baptized at Great Dunmow, October 25, 1561. 2. Joan, baptized 1562. 3. John, baptized 1565. All at Great Dunmow, but if he removed from Dur- ham, other children may have been born there. (III) Robert Emerson, son of Thomas Em- erson (2), was baptized at Great Dunmow, October 25, 1561. He settled at Bishop's Stortford and married there, November 20, 1578, Susan Crabb, who was buried there November 20, 1626, aged seventy years. He owned a field on the north border of the parish called Muggles Dale or earlier Muffles Dane. He was a currier by trade. He died in Janu- ary, 1620, at Bishop's Stortford. His will was proved 1620-I, his name being spelled Ember- son, a form still in use in England. His chil- dren : I. Alice, baptized at Bishop's Stortford, November 22, 1579. 2. Margaret, . baptized at Bishop's Stortford, February 21, 1581-2; married T. Browne of Southwark. 3. Thomas, mentioned below. 4. Anne, married July I, 16II, J. Rogers at Bishop's Stortford. 5. Robert, baptized at Bishop's Stortford, April 12, 1596. 6. John, mentioned in his father's will, presumed to be father of John Emerson, the immigrant at Ipswich, Massachusetts.
(IV) Thomas Emerson, son of Robert Em- erson (3), was baptized at Bishop's Stortford, England, Hertfordshire, July 26, 1584. He was collector for the poor in Bishop's Stort- ford in 1636. Major General Denison, famous in the early military history of the colonies, also came from Bishop's Stortford, and Dep- uty Governor Symonds resided in the neigh- boring towns of Great Yeldham and Upsfield, county Essex. The children were all baptized as given below in St. Michael's Church, Bish- op's Stortford. According to family tradition Emerson came over in the ship "Elizabeth Ann" in 1635. He was at Ipswich as early as 1638, when he had eighty acres granted to him, adjoining land of Goodman Muzzey. He was a baker by trade, but after his coming to America was generally called a yeoman. In 1638 Samuel Greenfield, a weaver, who had married Susanna Wise, widow of Humphrey Wise, of Ipswich, sold a farm of one hundred and twenty acres, formerly owned by Wise, to Thomas Emerson. This was the Turkey Shore property which remained in the hands of the Emerson family several generations. He was a commoner in 1641 and selectman in 1646. He conveyed his farm to his son John for a yearly rental during the lives of himself and wife Elizabeth. His will was dated May 31, 1653, and proved January 4, 1660, bequeath- ing to his sons Joseph, John and Nathaniel ; daughters Elizabeth Fuller and Susannah; to son James if he shall come over into this country; to wife Elizabeth whom he makes executor. The children: I. Robert, baptized May 24, 1612; was at Rowley, Massachusetts, as early as 1655; removed to Haverhill and is made a freeman there April 29, 1668; died June 25, 1694. 2. Benjamin baptized October 2, 1614, buried October 27, 1614. 3. Ralph, baptized October 19, 1615, killed by falling from a tree and buried June 8, 1626. 4. James, baptized February 16, 1617, died at Tangiers, 1664 ; never came to America. 5. Joseph, bap- tized June 25, 1620, mentioned below. 6. Elizabeth, baptized June 14, 1623, married John Fuller and resided at Ipswich. 7. John, baptized February 26, 1625, died December 2, 1700; married Ruth Symonds; resided in Gloucester. 8. Thomas, baptized in England. 9. Nathaniel, baptized July 18, 1630, died De- cember 29, 1712; resided at Ipswich, Massa- chusetts. 10. Susan, baptized March 17, 1632.
(V) Joseph Emerson, son of Thomas Em- erson, the immigrant (4), was born in Bish- op's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, in 1620, and baptized June 25 of that year, and he died at Concord, Massachusetts. - Bay Col-
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ony, January 3, 1680. He married, about 1646, Elizabeth Woodmansey, daughter of Robert and Margaret Woodmansey. Her father was a school master in Boston. Joseph Emerson resided at Ipswich, Massachusetts, York, Maine, and Milton, Massachusetts. He was a minister of the Puritans. Of his education nothing is known. Tradition says he was ed- ucated in England. He may have studied at Harvard, but did not graduate. He was at Ipswich as early as 1638 and was admitted freeman there December 19, 1648. He preach- ed the same year at York. In 1653 he was a resident of Wells, Maine, and took the free- man's oath there July 4, 1653, and was an in- habitant when the commissioners took the sub- mission of the people, the court being held in his house. He favored submission to Massa- chusetts, in 1651-52, and was evidently a lead- ing man of the Massachusetts party. He sign- ed a petition to Cromwell as a resident of Wells, asking the protector to confirm the jurisdiction of Massachusetts over Wells. A faction developed in the church at Wells and Mr. Emerson accepted the pastorate at Milton about 1664. He was dismissed a few years later. He was settled at Mendon December I, 1669, and remained until the town was de- stroyed by the Indians during King Philip's war when he retired to Concord and lived un- til his death.
He married (second), December 7, 1665, Elizabeth Bulkley, who was born 1638 and died September 4, 1693, daughter of Rev. Peter Bulkley, first minister of Concord, Mas- sachusetts. She married (second) Captain John Brown, of Reading. The children of Rev. Joseph and Elizabeth (Woodmansey ) Emerson : I. Joseph, Jr. 2. James, married Sarah The children of Rev. Joseph and Elizabeth (Bulkley) Emerson : 3. Lucy, born October 2, 1667, died 1740; married, May 15, 1683, Thomas Damon; resided in Reading. 4. Edward, born April 26, 1670. 5. Peter, born 1673, died 1751; married, 1696, Anna Brown. 6. Ebenezer, mentioned below. 7. Daniel, married, May 19, 1709, Jane Armi- tage, and resided in Boston.
(V) Ebenezer Emerson, son of Rev. Joseph Emerson (4), was born at Mendon, died in 1751. He married (first), in 1704, Bethia Parker, daughter of Nathaniel and Bethia (Polly) Parker, of Reading. She was born in 1785 and died in 1815. He was a husband- man and resided in Reading at the Franklin Weston place. His will was proved in 1751, mentioned all the children given below. He married (second), 1716, Mary Boutwell,
daughter of Captain James and Mary (Ken- dall) Boutwell, of Reading. She was born in 1685. It is said that he had two more wives, but the record has not been found. Children of Ebenezer and Bethia Emerson: I. Na- thaniel, born March 31, 1705, married April 15, 1725, Hepzibah Burnap. 2. Bethia, born July 27, 1709, married, April 14, 1731, Na- thaniel Parker of Reading. 3. Susan, born March 8, 1713; married February 19, 1736, Isaac Burnap. Children of Ebenezer and Mary Emerson : 4. Ebenezer, born January 6, 1716, married, May 15, 1746, Anna Nichols ; (second), December 7, 1749, Rebecca Putnam. 5. James, born January 9, 1720, married Mary Farrar; (second) Elizabeth Nichols. 6. Jo- seph, born November 3, 1721, married, De- cember 7, 1749, Phebe Upton and lived in Lynn. 7. Thomas, born July 12, 1724, men- tioned below.
(VI) Thomas Emerson, son of Ebenezer Emerson (5), was born at Reading, July 12, 1724, and died there January 15, 1810. He married (first), April 16, 1747, Elizabeth Bruce, who was born in 1733 and died Janu- ary I, 1793. They resided in Reading. Em- erson was a farmer. He was a soldier in the Revolution and with the Reading company took part in the events of April 19, 1775. He married (second), October 24, 1793, Mary Dresser, of Reading, born 1732, died October 28, 1806. Children of Thomas and Elizabeth Emerson : I. Elizabeth, born August 17, 1753, married, June 12, 1777, Benjamin Emerson. 2. Hannah, born November 12, 1755, died January 10, 1832; married, April 9, 1793, Timothy Wakefield. 3. Thomas, born Decem- ber II, 1757, mentioned below. 4. William, born June 10, 1760, died July 23, 1848; mar- ried April 14, 1782, Sarah Cowdrey ; (sec- ond) Mary Vinton. 5. Jerusha, born Septem- ber 4, 1762, married, May 23, 1782, Nathaniel Cowdrey. 6. Susanna, born November 21, 1764, married, December 12, 1793, William Williams. 7. Jonathan, born March 15, 1768, died 1841 ; married, March I, 1796, Martha Williams. 8. Lucy, born February 21, 1770, married, November 23, 1788, Aaron Damon ; resided in Vermont. 9. Lois, born November 6, 1772. married, March 7, 1792, John Smith.
(VII) Thomas Emerson, son of Thomas Emerson (6), was born at Reading, December II, 1757, and died at Lynnfield, Massachu- setts, February 17, 1837. He married, No- vember 21, 1782, Ruth Bancroft, daughter of Captain James and Sarah (Pierson) Bancroft. She was born in Reading, June I, 1761. and died at Lynnfield, February 28, 1852. They
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resided at Lynnfield and Reading. He was a soldier in the Revolution, took part in the bat- tles of Lexington and Bunker Hill; prisoner in Dartmoor, England. He was captain of militia, his commission being signed by Gov- ernor John Hancock. He was of great resolu- tion, bravery and patriotism. He was a Revo- lutionary pensioner during his last years. James Bancroft, father of Ruth, was a captain at the battle of Bunker Hill and an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati after the war; was selectman of Reading in 1776- 88-93-94; member of the school committee in 1799, 1805-06; representative to the general court in 1780-85-88-93-94-99, 1800-03; was deacon of the Reading church for many years. Captain Emerson's will was dated May 2, 1834, and was proved May 16, 1837. Chil- dren, born at Reading: I. Ruth, born Novem- ber 3, 1783, died September 26, 1861; mar- ried, July 1, 1806, Joseph Burnham; lived at Wakefield. 2. Thomas, born October 2, 1785, mentioned below. 3. Clarissa, born October 6, 1787, died January 17, 1889 ; married, October 26, 1805, Benjamin Cox ; resided at Lynnfield. 4. Charlotte, born May 1, 1790, died August II, 1864; married, April 14, 1814, Mathew Cox; lived at Lynnfield. 5. Hannah, born April 6, 1792, died June 9, 1873; married, May 13, 1819, Colonel Thomas Parker ; lived at Wakefield. 6. James Bancroft, born July 22, 1794, died September 27, 1795. 7. James Bancroft, born January 26, 1797, died in 1822; married, in 1821, Lydia P. Parker; residence, Natchez, Mississippi. 8. Hubbard, born April 30, 1799, died October 4, 1878; married, June 23, 1825, Harriet Orne; resided at Lynnfield. 9. Sarah, born July 1, 1801, died March 6, 1825; married, 1822, Warren Aborn; resided at Natchez, Mississippi. 10. Eliza, born April 6, 1806, died March 27, 1888; married, May 24, 1827, Jacob Tufts; resided in Westbor- ough, Massachusetts.
(VIII) Thomas Emerson, son of Thomas Emerson (7), was born at Reading, October 2, 1785, and died at Wakefield, Massachusetts, November 29, 1871. He married, May 20, 1813, Elizabeth Hartshorn, daughter of James and Sarah (Hopkinson) Hartshorn. She was born in Reading, April 24, 1790, and died at Wakefield, September 26, 1873. They re- sided at Wakefield, where he carried on the manufacture of boots and shoes. He was one of the most prominent citizens and business men, and active in municipal and political af- fairs. He was selectman of South Reading in 1820-21-22-23-24; representative to the gen- eral court 1825 to 1830 inclusive, 1838-39-41 ;
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