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(IV) Charles Best Devereux, son of Charles Joseph Devereux (3), was born at Boston, Massachusetts, December 31, 1865. 'He re- ceived his education in the Boston public schools, graduating from the English high school in 1885. He then entered the employ of the firm of Witchter & Emory, dealers in shoe findings, 4 High street, Boston, as clerk. After a short time he became clerk in the fur- niture store of Keeler & Co. for two years, and then engaged in business for himself in part-
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nership with Arthur W. Chesterton, under the firm name of A. W. Chesterton & Co., manu- facturers of steam packing and mechanical tools, such as boiler tube cleaners, brushes and gauge glass cutters, etc., with factory in Mel- rose, Massachusetts, at the corner of Main and Emerson streets, and offices at 64 India street, Boston, and Chicago, Illinois. The firm is also represented by the Advance Packing and Supply corporation, of which A. W. Chester- ton is president, George L. Hammond vice- president, and W. A. Hanna secretary and treasurer. It is through this concern that A. W. Chesterton & Co. distribute a large part of their product in the south and west. Mr. Devereux is one of the directors of this com- pany and the capital stock is owned by A. W. Chesterton & Company.
Mr. Devereux resides' at 8 Wellington street, Arlintgon, where he built his handsome and substantial residence in 1895. He attends the Baptist church at Arlington, and has served on the music committee. He is a Republican in politics. He was made a member of St. John's Lodge of Free Masons, Boston, and is at pres- ent a member of Hiram Lodge of Arlington. He is a member of the Arlington Boat Club, and was its president three years. He is also a member of the Boston Athletic Club and the Boston Yacht Club, and was formerly of the Arlington Golf Club. He belongs to the Bos- ton Oil Trade Association.
He married, October 29, 1891, Katherine Chesterton, born in New York city, April 7, 1866, daughter of Thomas Samuel and Sarah (Warner) Chesterton, of Malden, Massachu- setts. Her father was formerly a brush man- ufacturer in England. Children : I. Marion, born September 17, 1892; died July 2, 1893. 2. Aileen, born May 21, 1895. 3. Doris, born November 19, 1896.
DOWNER The name of Downer is Ang- lo-Saxon, and originated in the fact that those to whom it was first given had their home in the "Downs," in the south of England. The fam- ily is an ancient one in England, and were large landholders. They bore arms with the motto "A Cruce Salus." The progenitors of the Downers in America lived near the city of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
(I) Robert Downer married Hannah Vin- cent. The family tradition is that Hannah Vincent made her escape from Paris with her brother, a Protestant preacher, at the time of the Huguenot persecutions in France, and fled iv-20
to England, where she soon married Robert Downer, and they had two sons, Robert, and Joseph, mentioned below.
(II) Joseph Downer, son or grandson of Robert Downer, of Wiltshire, England, was the immigrant ancestor of the Downer family. He settled in Newbury, Massachusetts, where he died in 1715. He took the oath of allegi- ance there in 1678 and was a taxpayer of the town. He was a member of the Newbury church previous to 1674, and in the new meet- ing house built in 1700 he occupied the "first seat west." He had a lot of fifteen and one- half acres laid out to him by the town in 1678, and this is the earliest Downer land date found. He married July 9, 1660, Mary Knight, daugh- ter of John and Elizabeth Knight, of Romsey, Hants county, England, who sailed from Hampton in the ship "James" of London, Wil- liam Cooper master. Children : I. Mary, born March 18, 1661-2. 2. Joseph, born April 25, 1666; mentioned below. 3. Andrew, born July 25, 1672; married December 20, 1699, Susannah Huntington. 4. Daughter, born January 16, 1675.
(III) Joseph Downer, son of Joseph Down- er (2), was born in Newbury, April 25, 1666. He removed to West Farms, (now Franklin) district of Norwich, Connecticut, and bought land there with buildings thereon, of John Wiborn, May 5, 1716. The land is described as three hundred and sixty acres "situated on Middle Hill, on the Windham road, partly in Norwich and partly in Lebanon." In Octo- ber of the same year he and his son Joseph were among those of the inhabitants of Nor- wich who signed a petition to the general court at New Haven asking to be set off as a separ- ate parish on account of the distance from the meeting house. He married, in 1692, Hannah Grafton, who died at Norwich, October 12, 174I. Children: I. Joseph, born September 29, 1693; mentioned below. 2. John, born March 15, 1695, died at the age of sixteen. 3. Andrew, born May 14, 1697 ; married Sarah Lazell. 4. Samuel, born April 12, 1699; died 1797 ; married Phebe Bishop. 5. Richard, born February II, 1701-2; married January 13, 1726, Mercy Horton of Colchester. 6. Hannah, born February 16, 1704. 7. Benja- min, born February 24, 1706; died at sea. 8. Mary, born May 14, 1708. 9. Caleb, born July 8, 1710; married December 5, 1733, Mar- tha Smith, of Franklin. 10. Edmund, born about 1712; married October 2, 1741, Anna Munson (or Munsell) of Norwich. II. John, born about 1714; married Mary Fry. 12. Stephen, baptized at Franklin, May 26, 1717;
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married September 21, 1737, Martha Tyler, of Preston. 13. Elizabeth, born about 1719.
· (IV) Deacon Joseph Downer, son of Joseph Downer (3), was born September 29, 1693, and died at Franklin, Connecticut, November 23, 1756. He was made administrator of his father's estate, and upon the death of his father came into possession of almost the en- tire homestead, which had been deeded to him in 1721 in consideration of "love and good- will." He married, October 14, 1724, Mary Sawyer, of Norwich, who died December 5, 1758, in the fifty-fourth year of her age. Both he and his wife lie buried in the old Franklin burying ground, and their tombstones are in an excellent state of preservation, and bear the following inscriptions :
"Here lies the body of Mr. Joseph Downer, who died Nov. 23, 1756, in the 64th year of his age. He was a professor of Religion, lived & died in The faith of the gospel, And is now hopefully Reaping the happy Conse- quences."
"Here lies the body of Mrs. Mary Downer, the Relict Of Mr. Joseph Downer, who Died Decembr 5th, 1758, in The 54th year of her Age, with a joyful expectation of a happy Im- mortality ; her undiscembled ·piety & resigna- tion to ye will of God Was Remarkable. Ye living Immitate her shining example."
Children : I. Susanna, born June 24, 172 -; married November 21, 1750, Amos Yeomans. 2. Lavinia, born December 31, 1728; married first, James Cushman, of Lebanon; second, Giles Yeomans, of Stonington. 3. William, born April 22, 1730; mentioned below. 4. Jo- seph, born February 9, 1732; died July 21, 1821, at Thetford, Vermont; married first, April 7, 1755, Alcessa Cushman ; second, Asen- ath . Thankful, born March 31, 1735 ; married April 1, 1756, Henry Fillmore, the ancestor of President Fillmore. 6. Dr. Abraham, born August 22, 1737 ; married Lois Abel. 7. James, born February 12, 1739; married April 30, 1761, Lois Lathrop; died October 27, 1823. 8. Lucretia, born March 26, 1742; died at Norwich, August 10, 1760. 9. . Dr. Eliphalet, born April 4, 1744; died April 4, 1806; married June 19, 1766, Mary Gard- ner, of Brookline, Massachusetts. 10. Mary, born June 27, 1749; probably died young.
(V) William Downer, son of Joseph Down- er (4), was born April 22, 1730, and died at Lebanon, New Hampshire, December 27, 1784. He first lived at Lebanon, Connecticut, then a part of Norwich. He was executor of his father's will, which was proved February 26, 1757. He was one of four who in 1761
went to New Hampshire and founded the town of Lebanon, named after their home town. He brought his family July II, 1763, to their new home, and they were the first family to settle in the town. He was a soldier in the Revolution in Colonel Chase's regiment, and marched to reinforce the Continental army at Ticonderoga, March 6, 1778. He married Ex- perience Children: I. William, born at Norwich, Connecticut, about 1755; soldier in the Revolution ; married November 21, 1778, Anna Wilson at Lebanon. 2. Joseph, born at Norwich ; mentioned below. 3. George Graf- ton, born June 27, 1771, died February 28, 1824; married, 1797, Susannah (Reed) Bull- ock. 4. Daughter. 5. Zilpah, married De- cember 3, 1772, Phineas Wright. 6. Martha, born June 1, 1774. 7. Experience, born Sep- tember 8, 1776.
(VI) Joseph Downer, son of William Downer (5), was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, about 1758, and died at Lebanon, New Hampshire, August 24, 1841, aged eigh- ty-two years. He married Mary , who died at Lebanon, December 5, 1840, aged sev- enty-seven. Children, all recorded at Leba- non : I. Hannah, born December 1, 1787. 2. Martha, born June 23, 1789. 3. Mary, born June 2, 1791 ; married January 19, 1823, Asa Parkhurst. 4. Joseph, born May 21, 1793. 5. Elisha, born February 24, 1795 ; mentioned be- low. 6. Eliza, born March 24, 1797; died March 4, 1824.
(VII) Elisha Downer, son of Joseph Down- er (6), was born at Lebanon, February 24, 1795, died at Charlestown, Massachusetts, April 9, 1880, aged eighty-five years one month sixteen days, the last survivor of his family. He was brought up on his father's farm in his native town, and educated in the public schools of that town. In 1838 he re- moved to Charlestown, Massachusetts, and established the grocery business which he con- ducted until 1847. He suffered many mis- fortunes, losing his stock by fire three times with no insurance. He was so thoroughly dis- couraged after the third disaster that he turned over the management of the store to his son, then only fifteen years old, and he succeeded in conducting the business profitably and sup- porting the family until he reached his ma- jority. Elisha Downer married Sarah A. Cooper, who was born in Canaan, Vermont, died at 109 Warren street, Charlestown, Octo- ber 26, 1891, aged eighty-six years, seven months; she was a daughter of Jesse and Sarah (Beach) Cooper, natives of North Haven, Vermont, and a sister of Judge Will-
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ard Cooper, of Colebrook, New Hampshire. Children: I. Eliza, married Thomas Cun- ningham. 2. Amelia, died in infancy. 3. Sarah Helen, married Ira A. Merritt. She was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, died in Charlestown, Massachusetts, August 10, 1873; Ira A. Merritt, died at Charlestown, August 2, 1873. 4. Francis Elisha, mentioned below.
(VIII) Francis Elisha Downer, son of Elisha Downer (7), was born in, Lebanon, New Hampshire, March 6, 1832. He came to Charlestown, Massachusetts, with his parents when six years old, and was educated there in the public schools. When he was only fifteen years of age he took full charge of his father's grocery business in Charlestown, and con- ducted it for the family for six years. He assumed the ownership when he came of age, and continued the business all his life with the utmost success. He resided in Charlestown until 1887, when he removed to Lexington, Massachusetts. He made his home in the beautiful residence at Lexington built by him, where his widow and daughters are now liv- ing. He died there May 29, 1891.
Although his extensive business interests were always exacting, he found time to give to public affairs. He was an active and in- fluential Republican. For several years he was a member of the common council of the city of Charlestown, and he represented his district in the general court in 1875. He was a trustee of the Charlestown Five Cents Sav- ings Bank. He was a member of King Sol- omons Lodge of Free Masons, and of the Lodge of Knights of Honor. He attended the Baptist church, and was a liberal contributor to the support of that church and its various benevolences. He was a typical American business man, starting with few advantages in the way of education and capital and achieving a foremost position in the business world. He was gifted with unusual ability, and distin- guished by his uprightness and integrity. He had the force of character and intelligence that gave him a position of leadership among men. Made familiar early in life with care and re- sponsibilities, he found out how to bear them easily and to make the most of the opportuni- ties they gave to him. He was popular with employees and associates in business, and won the respect and confidence of all men.
He married October 31, 1865, Melissa E. Briggs, born in Charlestown, December 6, 1843, daughter of Philander Stevens and Dor- othea (Scott) Briggs. (See sketch of Briggs family). Children of Francis E. and Melissa
E. (Briggs) Downer: I. Sarah Zilpha, born 1867; died February 22, 1888. 2. Charles Briggs, born July 28, 1870; educated in the public schools of Charlestown; now engaged in the automobile business in New York City ; unmarried. 3. Francis Elisha, Jr., born Jan- uary 26, 1873; educated in the public schools ; now engaged in mercantile business in Boston ; married, 1905, Olive Currier, of Lexington ; child : Stuart Briggs Downer, born January 23, 1908. 4. Melissa E., born June 29, 1875 ; married, 1898, William Hunt, a banker and broker of Boston, residing in Lexington. 5. Mary Louise, born January 20, 1882, lives with her mother in Lexington.
BRIGGS The surname Briggs is from the old Saxon word Brigg, meaning bridge, and has been in use from the earliest times in England. "William atte Brigge of Salle" was mentioned in the rec- ords of Edward I and Edward II, about 1272, and the Norfolk family of this name traces their descent from him. Various branches of the family in England have coats-of-arms and include many distinguished men.
(I) Clement Briggs, the American immi- grant, came from Southwarke, England. At any rate he made an affidavit August 29, 1638, to the effect that in the year 1616 he was living with Samuel Latham, on Bermundsey street, Southwarke, England. He came to the Plym- outh colony in New England in 1621, in the ship "Fortune." He was a felsmonger by trade. Latham was also a felsmonger, and doubtless taught him his trade. In this af- fidavit Briggs states that Thomas Harlow was then dwelling with Robert Heeks at that place. Briggs is mentioned in a letter from Governor Bradford to Governor John Winthrop in 1631. Briggs was in Weymouth in 1633; acknowl- edged the sale of a piece of land at Plymouth to Robert Heeks, August 29, 1638; shared in the division of the common cattle May 22, 1627, and owned land at Joanes Swamp, June 3, 1639 ; was an innholder at Weymouth, June 5, 1660, and earlier. His will was proved October 24, 1650, bequeathing to wife, to sons Thomas, Jonathan, Clement, David, Remem- ber. The widow made her will November 13, 1683, bequeathing to grandchild Clement and to son Remember Briggs. He married Joane Allen. Mr. Thomas Stoughton performed the ceremony, and was fined for his action March . I, 1630-1. Apparently the marriage was prop- erly legalized, but the magistrate exceeded his authority in some manner. Briggs was a resi-
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dent of Weymouth from about 1630, though this marriage was before a Dorchester magis- trate. Clergymen were not allowed to officiate at marriages in the early coloniel days. He married second, Elizabeth Children : I. Thomas, born June 14, 1633. 2. Jonathan, born June 14, 1635. 3. David, born August 23, 1640. 4. Clement, Jr., born January 2, 1642-3. Children of second wife: 5. John, died young. 6. Remember.
(II) William Briggs of Taunton, Massa- chusetts, thought to be son of Clement Briggs and mentioned by Savage as probably brother of Clement's son Jonathan, settled with others of this family in Taunton. He married in No- vember, 1666, Sarah Macomber. Children, born in Taunton : I. William, born January 25, 1667-8. 2. Thomas (twin), born Sep- tember 9, 1669; mentioned below. 3. Sarah (twin), born. September 10, 1669, a day later than her twin brother. 4. Elizabeth, born March 14, 1671. 5. Hannah, born November 4, 1672. 6. Mary, born August 14, 1674. 7. Mathew, born February 5, 1676. 8. John, born March 19, 1680.
(III) Thomas Briggs, son of William Briggs (2), was born September 9, 1669, and married Abigail Thayer. Children: I. Thom- as, born October 9, 1690; mentioned below. 2. Sarah, born December 10, 1693. 3. Na- thaniel, born June 18, 1695.
(IV) Thomas Briggs, son of Thomas Briggs (3), was born October 9, 1690, at Taunton, Massachusetts. He married Han- nah He and his brother Nathaniel Briggs settled in the adjoining town of Reho- both. Children, born at Rehoboth: I. Deliv- erance, born June II, 1712; died March I, 1731. 2. Joshua, born November 25, 1714. 3. Sarah, born January 5, 1717-8. 4. Han- nah, born May 25, 1724. 5. Silence, born July 5, 1729; died July 6, 1729.
(V) Joshua Briggs, son of Thomas Briggs (4), was born at Rehoboth, Massachusetts, November 25, 1714. He married at Norton, Massachusetts, November 6, 1735, Sarah Luther. The residence of both husband and wife is given as Rehoboth, however. Chil- dren, born in Rehoboth: I. Anna, born Jan- uary 16, 1736. 2. Joshua, born March 10, 1738-9; settled in Westmoreland, New Hamp- shire, about 1770, with his two brothers. 3. Deliverance, born September 26, 1740. 4. Caleb, born February 27, 1743-4; mentioned below. 5. Moses, married February 27, 1778, Deborah Corbin, of Taunton; was soldier in the Revolution, a corporal in Captain John Cole's company, Colonel Ashley's regiment,
from Westmoreland, in 1777. 6. Ephraim, settled in Westmoreland, head of a family there in 1790, according to the federal census, as were also his brothers Moses and Joshua; births of seven children recorded at West- moreland. 7. Aaron. 8. Rhoda. 9. Philan- der. Io. Sarah. II. Jemima (?). (See p. 215 of the old Briggs Genealogy, letter of Philander S. Briggs of this sketch).
(VI) Caleb Briggs, son of Joshua Briggs (5), was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, February 27, 1743-4. He removed to Attle- borough, an adjoining town, and thence in 1770 with his brothers, to Westmoreland, New Hampshire, and cleared his farm in the wil- derness. He married, in 1765, Anna Luther. They had three children, one of whom was Lemuel, born 1767, mentioned below.
(VII) Lemuel Briggs, son of Caleb Briggs (6), was born in Rehoboth or Attleborough, Massachusetts, December 14, 1767, and was a young child when the family removed to Westmoreland. He became a farmer in that town, and died there of old age, September 25, 1868, aged one hundred years nine months and nine days. (State Records, Concord, New Hampshire, copy of town record). He mar- ried at Westmoreland (by Samuel Works, Esq.,) January 16, 1792, Polly Stevens ; sec- ond, December 10, 1826, at Westmoreland (by Rev. Allen Pratt) ; third, October 9, 1832, Nancy Kimpton, widow. Children: I. Lem- uel Jr., born 1796; died March 31, 1873, aged seventy-seven ; married March 10, 1817, at Westmoreland ; son Bradley, born 1823, died January 26, 1899, aged seventy-six. 2. Am- asa, married Sally Leonard; children, born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire: Lucy, de- ceased, Oliver Leonard, who has one child, Fred; Ortinsia A., born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, married John Veazey, one child, a son ; lived in later life in Putney, Ver- mont. 3. Luther, born 1801; married at Westmoreland, June 15, 1828, Caroline Ben- nett ; he died September 24, 1888, aged eighty- seven. 4. Philander S., born December 7 1809; mentioned below.
(VIII) Philander Stevens Briggs, son of Lemuel Briggs (7), was born December 7 1809, in Westmoreland, New Hampshire. His ancestors were among the early settlers of his native town, and came from old colonial stock He attended the public schools of his native town, and worked during his minority on hi: father's farm and taught school. When he came of age he left home with only enough money to pay his fare to Boston on the stage coach. He found employment in Boston, how
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ever, as clerk in a grocery store, and soon mastered the details of the business. With his first savings he engaged in the grocery busi- ness on his own account, starting in a small and modest way in a store in Charlestown. His energy and foresight soon bore fruit, and his trade grew rapidly, and he became one of the most prominent and successful mer- chants of the city of Charlestown. Later he engaged in the manufacture of New England rum, then regarded by all classes of people as a prime necessity of life. His distillery also proved profitable. He was in partnership with Daniel C. Willis, and his distillery was con- ducted under the firm name of Briggs & Willis. So successful was Mr. Briggs that at the age of forty-two he retired from mercantile life with a competency and invested his capital in real estate, devoting his time to the care and improvement of his property. He continued, however, to be a power in the financial and business circles of Charlestown. He was ac- tive in public affairs, a member of the com- mon council of the city of Charlestown, and alderman for many years; one of the commis- sioners appointed to introduce the water of the Mystic river for domestic uses in Charles- town; trustee, vice-president and member of the board of investment of the Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank up to the time of his death. He was a member and liberal sup- porter of the. Unitarian church of Charlestown. He took a great interest in the work of the Webster Historical Society, of which he was a member. Mr. Briggs ranked among the foremost citizens of the city of Charlestown in business, social and political life. He had those qualities of mind and heart that attract men and create friendship. He possessed a great capacity for work, an energy and in- dustry that accounted in large measure for his success. He was upright, public-spirited and charitable. Conservative, of sound judgment, strict integrity and strong convictions, he was often consulted by his townsmen when advice and counsel were needed. He died February 1, 1889.
He married Dorothy Scott, born October II, 1809, died December 10, 1855, of Leominster, New Hampshire. Children: I. Lydia Jane, born June 23, 1839: married Horace C. Briggs. 2. Charles Gerome, born February 7, 1841, died July 21, 1842, aged seventeen months and fourteen days. 3. Melissa E., born at Charlestown, December 6, 1843; mar- ried Francis E. Downer. (See sketch here- with). Mr. Briggs for his second wife mar-
ried in May, 1857, Mrs. Zilpha Cobb (Hop- kins) Needham, widow, of Sardinia, New York. She was born November 12, 1810, died November 10, 1884.
(I) William Robinson, one ROBINSON of the several early immi- grants, of the same name, was born in England and settled in Salem. He was admitted a freeman May 18, 1642, and was a proprietor as early as 1637. He and his son had another grant of land at Salem in 1649 and sold land in 1660. He was a tailor by trade. John Robinson, probably his broth- er, settled about the same time in the same town; died 1653, leaving his property to his wife Eleanor during life ; then to the "first one of his kindred that shall come to seek it;" be- queathing also to Elder Samuel Sharpe and John Jackson, of Boston.
William Robinson died at Salem in 1678. His will was dated February 9, 1676-77, and was proved November 29, 1678, mentioning his son Joseph at Barbadoes ; sons Samuel and Timothy, executors; daughter Sarah New- pury ; grandchild Timothy Robinson. His wife Isabelle joined the church in 1637. Chil- dren: 1. Ann, born 1637, baptized December 3, 1637. 2. Samuel, born January 2, 1640, died 1678. 3. Mary, born March 12, 1643. 4. Timothy, born April 28, 1644, died 1668. 5. Mark, born and died 1645. 6. Esther, born May 2, 1646. 7. Martha, born February 2, 1647. Also mentioned in the will: 8. Joseph, eldest, then in Barbadoes-evidently a mariner or trader. 9. Samuel, an executor. 10. John, mentioned below. II. Sarah, married Newbury.
(II) John Robinson, son of William Robin- son (I), was born in Salem or England, in 1630-35, and died in Salem in 1678. He lived at Salem; was one of the executors of his father's will. There is good reason to believe that Timothy Robinson (3) was his son.
(III) Timothy Robinson, son of John Rob- inson (2), was born about 1670, in Salem or vicinity. He married Dorothy Chil- dren : I. Elias, born March 6, 1706. 2. Budd, born March 29, 1709. 3. John, born March 29, 17II, mentioned below. 4. Timothy, born September 10, 1714. 5. Timothy, born- Au- gust 24, 1716. 6. Joseph, born June 6, 1719. 7. Edward, born September 3, 1720.
(IV) John Robinson, son of Timothy Rob- inson (3), was born March 29, 1711, at Bos- ton. He married Rebecca They lived -
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at Ipswich, Massachusetts. Children : I. John, born October 17, 1739, mentioned below. 2. Rebecca.
(V) John Robinson, son of John Robinson (4), was born October 17, 1739, died August 18, 1794, at Ipswich, Massachusetts. He mar- ried Catherine , born 1740, died Octo- ber 14, 1812. He removed to Boston from Ipswich and followed his trade as shipwright there. Child: John, born in Ipswich in 1775, mentioned below.
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