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A. B. Heald.
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Leigh. He was well educated, and probably served in the army before coming to New England about 1635. He was granted land in Ipswich, Massachusetts, the same year, and resided there until his death, which oc- curred July 18, 1671. In 1638 he married Anne or (Joanne) Hungerford, who died after September 30, 1684, and his children were: John, Joseph, Sarah, Mary, Ann and another daughter whose name does not appear in the records.
Joseph Lee, second son of John, was born at Ipswich in October or November, 1643. He is said to have changed the spelling of his name from Leigh to Lee. He resided in Ipswich until 1695, when at the request of his father-in-law, Henry Woodis, of Concord, Massachusetts, he went there to take charge of the Woodis farm and care for the owner in his old age. Joseph Lee died in Concord, November 4, 1716. The elder Lee and Henry Woodis had formerly been neighbors in Lon- don, and their friendship being continued in this country a marriage was arranged between Joseph Lee and Henry Woodis' daughter Mary. She died about 1696, and November 15, 1697, Joseph married for his second wife Mrs. Mary Wigley (nee Miles) daughter of John Miles and widow of Edmund Wigley. Her death occurred November 17, 1708, and he was married for the third time, January 28, 1712-13, to Widow Mary Fox, who after his death became the wife of Daniel Hoar, a nephew of Leonard Hoar, president of Harv- ard College in 1672. The children of Joseph Lee, all of his first union, were: Woodis (died young), Joseph, Mary, Ann, Henry, John, Woodis and Hannah.
Woodis Lee, fifth son and seventh child of Joseph and Mary (Woodis) Lee, was born in Ipswich, December 18, 1689, died in Concord, December 31, 1771. August 4, 1715, he mar- ried Elizabeth Wood, born at Concord in 1693, died in 1781, and was the father of Woodis, Bathsheba, Seth, Elizabeth and Thamar.
Woodis Lee, eldest child of Woodis and Elizabeth (Wood) Lee, was born in Concord, March 24, 1719, died there September 6, 1796. He was first married, December 20, 1744, to Ruth Warren, born March 30, 1723, daughter of Captain Samuel Warren, of Waltham. She died October, 1745, and on December 7 of the latter year he married Mary, daughter of Joseph and Hannah White of Lexington. His first wife bore him one daughter, Ruth. The children of his second marriage were: Mary,
Hannah, Lucy, Sally, Jonathan, Elizabeth, Isaac, Nathan, Mittei, and Woodis.
Isaac Lee, second son and seventh child of Woodis and Mary (White) Lee, was born in Concord, April 14, 1764, died August 25, 1835. He was a farmer in Concord. He was married, in 1789, to Lucy Stearns, of Wal- tham, born in 1766, and she became the mother of nine children: William, Cyrus, Lydia, Eliah, Lucy (died young), Isaac Stearns, Lucy, Mary White and Louisa.
William Lee, eldest child of Isaac and Lucy (Stearns) Lee, was born May 10, 1791, in Concord. He followed agriculture in Car- lisle, and died March II, 1878. He married Dorcas Wheeler, who was born March II, 1794, died April 18, 1883. She was the mother of five children: Sarah Merriam, Maria, Dor- cas Ann, William Stearns and Marshall. Maria Lee, second child of William and Dor- cas (Wheeler) Lee, became the wife of Jona- than Bradford Heald, as previously stated. Mrs. Heald survives him, and is still residing in Woburn. She is the mother of four chil- dren: Alvah B. and Arthur F., both of whom will be mentioned at greater length presently; Fred Ervin, born September 26, 1856, and Fanny Maria, born December 10, 1858. Fred Ervin was married November 24, 1881, to Adelaide Aiken of Cambridge, and has one son, Ernest Aiken Heald, born December I, 1887. Fanny Maria married for her first hus- band Frank J. Brown, of Woburn, and on June 27, 1900, she married for her second husband, Frank G. Allen of Essex, Massachu- setts. Of her first union there are two chil- dren, William Frank, born June 13, 1883; and Alice Lee, born March 16, 1885. The lat- ter is the wife of Thomas H. Saunders of Woburn, and has one daughter, Leila Alice, born November 17, 1904.
Alvah Bradford Heald, eldest son of Jona- than B. and Maria (Lee) Heald, was born in Carlisle, November 12, 1850. He attended school in his native town until fourteen years old, when he began to be of much assistance to his father in carrying on the farm, and he accompanied the family to Wendell, later go- ing with them to Belmont. At the age of twenty he left his father's employ, and for a time worked for other farmers in Belmont, but in 1873 he engaged in market gardening on a part of his father's farm in Woburn, and during the succeeding six years acquired a good knowledge of the business. In 1879 he and his brother Arthur F. leased the Kendall farm on Russell street, Woburn, where they
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established themselves as market gardeners under the firm name of A. B. and A. F. Heald, and have ever since carried on busi- ness on a large scale, furnishing the Boston market with celery, lettuce, cucumbers, to- matoes, rhubarb, and other garden products of a superior quality, and their teams are to be seen daily along the thoroughfare between Woburn and Boston. In January, 1895, Mr. A. B. Heald removed to his present farm, which was formerly a part of the old Flagg property.
Although naturally unobtrusive and much devoted to his family, he possesses a genial disposition, is exceedingly fond of a good story, and enjoys the esteem and good will of his fellow citizens. In politics he is a Re- publican, and occasionally serves his party as a delegate to conventions. He was made a Master Mason in Hiram Lodge, at Arling- ton, in 1872, and has passed upward to the higher bodies, being a member of Montgom- ery Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Arlington; Hugh de Payens commandery, Knights Templar, of Melrose, and Aleppo Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine, Boston. He also affiliates with the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Boston Market Gardeners' Association, and the Middlesex Sportsmen's Association. He attends the Baptist church.
June 1, 1879, Mr. Heald married Miss Mary Adley Gustin, born in Fall River, Mas- sachusetts, June 7, 1849, daughter of James H. and Susan Crane (French) Gustin, of Winchester, this county. The children of this union are: Alvah Francis, born October I, 1880, died February 24, 1887; Florence War- ren, born June 17, 1883, died April 29, 1893; and Bertha May, born August 31, 1884.
Arthur Francis Heald, second child of Jonathan Bradford and Maria (Lee) Heald, was born in Carlisle, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 18, 1853. He was educated in the public schools of Carlisle, Wendell and Belmont, concluding his studies in the last-named town at the age of sixteen, and he then turned his attention to farming, so acquiring a good knowledge of agriculture under the direction of his father. In 1879 or '80 he became as- sociated with his brother Alvah B. in the market gardening business, under the firm name of A. B. and A. F. Heald, and acquiring possession of the Kendall farm on Russell street, Woburn, they engaged in the cultiva- tion of vegetables for the Boston market. For nearly thirty years they have devoted their time almost exclusively to this branch of agriculture in which they have attained
financial success, and at the present time are among the best known and most extensive producers of garden truck in this section of the state. Arthur F. Heald occupies a hand- some residence on Cambridge street, erected by him in 1896, and adjoining that of his mother. In 1879 he entered the Masonic Order in Mount Horeb Lodge, Woburn, and in addition to that body he is now a member of Woburn Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and Hugh de Payens commandery, Knights Templar, Melrose. He formerly affiliated with Crystal Fount Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Woburn. In po- litics he acts with the Republican party, and in his religious belief he is a Unitarian.
On May 23, 1883 Mr. Heald was united in marriage with Miss Imogene Blakely, a native of Burlington, Massachusetts, daugh- ter of Chambers and Elizabeth ( Blakely. Mrs. Heald died April 6, 1906, leav- ing three children: Addie Gertrude, born De- cember 29, 1884, married to Wilbur Damon, of Woburn; Charles Arthur, born December 28, 1888; and Elmer Lee, born November I, 1899.
John Gould, immigrant ancestor,
GOULD was born in England in 1610.
He died in Charlestown End,
Massachusetts, March 21, 1690-I. He came to this country in the ship "Defence" in 1635, from Towcester, county Northamptonshire. He was a carpenter by trade. He was admit- ted a freeman May 2, 1638. His first wife Grace died in 1636, leaving one or two chil- dren. She was born in 1611, in England. He married second, Mary , who was ad- mitted to the church January 8, 1636-7. She died at Ten Hills Farm, September 28, 1642. He married third, Joanna , who was born about 1608 and died August 27, 1697, called one hundred years old, but probably was about ninety, judging from the age of her husband, and that she was aged fifty in 1658. Gould lived in the section of Charlestown that became Stoneham. He had a double lot granted July 1, 1636. In 1682 he was ex- cused from training in the militia. He fought in King Philip's war, and remained in the militia until over seventy-two years old. He was admitted to the church March 25, 1638-9. His house was at the west end of what is now Gould street, Wakefield. He and wife Joanna sold land at Malden in 1658. His will was dated January 3, 1688, and proved June 19, 1691, bequeathing to sons Daniel, John and
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John Birben; and grandson Thomas Gould. Children: I. Thomas. 2. Mary, baptized February 29, 1636-7. 3. Sarah, baptized De- cember 15, 1637; married, 1660, John Bir- ben (or Burbeen). 4. Elizabeth, born 1640; baptized February 17, 1639-40. 5. Abigail, born February 26, 1641-2; married, 1669, Wil- liam Rogers ; second, 1688-9, John Rogers. 6. Hannah, born October 26, 1644. 7. John, born January 21, 1646; died October, 1647. 8. John, born August 5, 1648. 9. Daniel, born 1654; mentioned below.
(II) Daniel Gould, son of John Gould (I), was born in 1654; was aged twenty in 1675, and died aged forty-four years, March 25, 1697-8. He resided at Charlestown, now Stoneham. He had a deed of land from his father in 1687. His wife Dorcas was admin- istratrix. He had a house and ninety acres of land, called the Fowle place, in Stoneham, and also five hundred acres of land north of the Merrimac river. He married Dorcas Belcher (Essex Deeds Vol. V, page 39) sister of his brother John's wife, and descendant of Jere- miah Belcher, a pioneer at Ipswich in 1635. She died June 5, 1730, in her seventy-fourth year, according to her gravestone. Children : I. Dorcas, born March 5, 1784-5; married Joseph Brown. 2. Daniel, born June 30, 1687 ; died February 15, 1687-8. 3. Lieuten- ant Daniel, born March 7, 1687-8. 4 David, born February 6, 1690-91 ; mentioned below. 5. Joanna, born about 1695 ; married Ebenezer Brown.
(III) David Gould, son of Daniel Gould (2), was born in Charlestown, February 6, 1690-1, and died April 3, 1760, in his sixty-ninth year, according to his gravestone at Stoneham. He was a turner (dish turner) by trade. At that time most of the household dishes were of wood; very few had silver or china or pewter. The plates, bowls, mortars, trenchers, trays, etc., were turned by hand by skilful craftsmen. He married, 1715, Elizabeth Green, of Mal- den, born November 16, 1687, died April 18, 1753, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Cook) Green, descendant of the pioneer Thomas Green of Malden. Children: I. David, mar- ried November 2, 1740-1, Esther, daughter of Deacon Daniel Green. 2. Elizabeth, born Sep- tember 4, 1718; died September, 1719. 3. Elizabeth, born September 7, 1721 ; married, November 22, 1744, Jabez Lynde, of Malden. 5.' Jacob, born October 14, 1726; mentioned below.
(IV) Jacob Gould, son of David Gould (3), was born at Stoneham, Massachusetts, Oc- tober 14, 1726, and died there in 1801. He
was a farmer. He married, November 25, 1751, Elizabeth Holden, of Stoneham, born February 22, 1731, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Holden, of Stoneham. With two of his sons, Jacob and David, he was in the Stoneham company of minutemen in 1775, and all three were in the Concord fight. They went from the old homestead at the head of Spot Pond, the land about which, now owned by the commonwealth, had been owned in the Gould family many generations. One of the three Goulds rode without saddle or bridle, it is said, into the trenches at Bunker Hill. Before firing began he turned the horse loose and she trotted safely back to her barn in Stoneham. It is said that Jacob Gould wore an old fashioned shaggy beaver hat of which he was very proud. In the excitement of the battle and the subsequent retreat he lost the headpiece. His comrades rallied him on the loss of the great hat, and he returned alone to the scene of battle, found his hat riddled with bullets, and bore it off. He was in the company of Captain Sprague of Stoneham. Children of Jacob and Elizabeth' Gould, ac- cording to the records of Stoneham: I. Jacob Jr., soldier in the Revolution. 2. Lydia, born November 17, 1754. 3. Thomas, born Oc- tober 2, 1755 ; died March 15, 1756. 4. Mary, born July 18, 1757. 5. Thomas, born 1761 ; died 1835; married Hannah Hill and was father of Dr. Levi Gould, grandfather of Levi S. Gould. (See sketch). 6. Nathan, born March 20, 1768; mentioned below. 7. Su- sanna, born June 21, 1772.
(V) Thomas Gould, son of Jacob Gould (4), was born in 1761, at Stoneham, and died there in 1835. He resided on the homestead built about 1700 at the head of Spot Pond, Stoneham. He married Hannah Hill, whose grandfather James married Lois Upham, de- scendant of Lieutenant Phineas Upham, of Malden, who was wounded in the Great Swamp fight at Narragansett against King Philip. Children: Levi, born 1800; men- tioned below. (See Vintan's memorial for other members of family.)
(VI) Dr. Levi Gould, son of Thomas Gould (5), was born in Stoneham, in 1800, and died in Melrose, Massachusetts, January 6, 1850. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and the Medical School of Maine, connected with Bowdoin College, where he was graduated in 1831. He began the practice of his profession at Dixmont, Maine; then in Wilmington, Lincoln, and North Malden, now the city of Melrose, Massachusetts. He died in the prime of life, January 6, 1850. He was
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a member of the Massachusetts Medical So- ciety. He married, August 30, 1831, Eliza- beth Webb Whitmore, of Brunswick, Maine, a descendant in the seventh generation of Dea- con John Whitmore of Medford, son of Francis Whitmore, the immigrant (who was an early settler in Cambridge, served under Major Millard in King Philip's war,) and Rachel (Poulter) wife of John Whitmore and daughter of Francis Eliot, of Braintree (now Quincy) Massachusetts. Mrs. Gould de- scended from Bennett Eliot, of Nazing, coun- ty of Essex, England, father of the Indian Apostle of Roxbury. The mother of Rachel (Eliot) Whitmore was Mary Saunders, daugh- ter of Martin, who came over in the "Plant- er" in 1635, one of the earliest settlers of Braintree, selectman and first innholder. Francis Eliot died January 17, 1697. He had been a teacher among the Indians under his brother, Rev. John Eliot, from about 1650. Children: I. Levi Swanton, born at Dix- mont, March 27, 1834, mentioned below. 2. James Creighton, born August 22, 1838, died in California, 1905. 3. Edwin Carter, born Au- gust 19, 1840. 4. (Anne) Elizabeth, born January 22, 1845, at Malden, now Melrose, died June 5, 1892. 5. Mary M., born Octo- ber 15, 1846; died July 25, 1847. 6. Charles W., born June 14, 1849, died August 15, 1849. (VII) Levi Swanton Gould, son of Dr. Levi Gould (6), was born March 27, 1834, at Dix- mont, Maine. When he was six months old his parents removed to his father's native town (Stoneham, Massachusetts) and located in Wilmington, where the son attended the dis- trict schools. In 1843 the family moved to North Malden (now Melrose) Massachusetts, where Mr. Gould has since resided. He at- tended the public schools of Malden and the Waitt & Ingalls Academies of Melrose. Early in life he learned the trade of shoemaker, and worked at the bench in North Malden, where, according to the custom of the time, he would make up a lot of shoes, pack them in a bag prepared for the purpose, carry them on his back to Stoneham, three miles from his home, and receive his pay and the stock for the next lot of shoes. When he was eighteen years old he took a position in a drug store in Wo- burn, but stayed there only a short time, leaving to become a clerk in the wholesale house of Messer, Warren & Davis, dealers in fancy goods, Boston. In 1857 he went to St. Louis and found employment with Alexander Leitch, a prominent druggist of that city. At the beginning of the civil war he returned to Melrose, and shortly afterward received,
through the Hon. Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury of Lincoln's cabinet, an ap- pointment as clerk in the Treasury Depart- ment. He was transferred later to Boston in the navy agent's department. In 1866 he be- came connected with F. M. Holmes & Com- pany, manufacturers of furniture, was ad- vanced to a responsible position and in 1878 purchased the interest of his employer in the business. He continued the business under the firm name of F. M. Holmes Furniture Com- pany. His factory was in Charlestown and his warerooms and salesroom in Boston. His business was successful; it grew to extensive proportions and he retired in 1887 with a competence.
Mr. Gould is well known in business circles in Boston and throughout the furniture trade, and bears one of the best names for the qual- ity of goods and upright and square dealing. He is perhaps even more widely known as a town, city and county officer. Few if any men in Middlesex county have been called upon to fill more numerous positions of trust and honor. During the two sessions of 1868 and 1869 Mr. Gould was representative in the general court for Melrose, his district includ- ing at that time Wakefield and Stoneham also. He was appointed both years to the committee on mercantile affairs. He was first elected a selectman of Melrose in 1869, and was chairman of the board of selectmen from 1885 to 1892 inclusive. He has served one hundred and eight times as moderator of Mel- rose town meetings, and with one hundred and seven adjournments presided over two hundred and fifteen town meetings. When Melrose became a city in 1900 he was elected its first mayor. He has been on the board of county commissioners since 1897, serving all that time as chairman. He was for many years a member of the Melrose Board of Health, one of the overseers of the poor and chairman of the highway surveyors, and was for some years a water registrar of Melrose. He is an active and loyal Republican, a member of that party since it was organized.
Mr. Gould was president of the New Eng- land Furniture Exchange in 1883 and 1884; president of the Furniture Club of Boston in 1886; is president of the Melrose Co-opera- tive Bank, and a director of the Melrose Na- tional Bank. He belongs to most of the social organizations and clubs of Melrose. He was master of Wyoming Lodge of Free Masons in 1863 and 1864, and again in 1883 and 1884; is a member of and high priest of Waverly Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; and of Hugh de
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Payens Commandery, Knights Templar; and is past chancellor of Fordell Lodge, Knights of Pythias. He is a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, and of the Sons of the American Revolution.
He is an active and liberal supporter of the Congregational church, and is greatly in- terested in the work of the Young Men's Christian Association. Mr. Gould is well known in every walk of life, and distinguished bv his faithfulness to his duties as a citizen, as a public officer, and as a man. He is high- ly esteemed by his townsmen, and his popu- larity extends throughout the county of which he is the chief executive officer. The high reputation of the county commissioners of Middlesex is due in no small part to his zeal and sagacity. The mere recital of his varied public positions and other interests is enough to indicate his industry, breadth and force of character and his capacity to do many things well. .
He married, February 23, 1860, Mary Eliza Payne, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Vose) Payne. Children : I. Mary Pearl, born Sep- tember 5, 1862; married Frederick L. Put- nam, of Melrose. 2. Annie Elizabeth, born April 30, 1866; married Joseph Remick ; has one child, Joseph Gould Remick, born Sep- tember 4, 1897.
(For early generations see preceding sketch.)
(V) Nathan Gould, son of Jacob GOULD Gould (4), was born in Stone- ham, March 20, 1768. In early life he was a shoemaker and also a farmer, but in later years followed farming exclusive- ly. He married April 23, 1789, Abigail Evans. He lived at Woburn and Malden, and he left to his wife valuable property on Washington street, Malden. He went to Ohio, and settled in what is now Cincinnati, in that state, and died there. His widow returned to Malden. When the Boston & Maine railroad was built it passed within a few feet of her land, much to her disgust, and she made it as difficult as possible for the railroad to operate, notwith- standing her sex and age. Sometimes she would sit on the tracks and defy the engineers to run over her. Once she oiled the rails for a hundred yards or more, and blocked the road until the rails were cleaned. At length the railroad company bought her property. The place and date of her death are not known. Child of Nathan and Abigail (Evans) Gould : Nathan, mentioned below.
(VI) Nathan Gould, son of Nathan Gould (5), was born in Woburn about 1790. He married Mary P. Hackett, who died at Mal- den, January 2, 1838, at the ripe old age of a hundred and one years and ten months. He was a shoemaker and farmer during his active life, removing when a young man from Wo- burn, Massachusetts, to Peterborough, New Hampshire, but both he and his wife are buried in the Wyoming cemetery, Melrose. Children: I. William. 2. Nathaniel B., men- tioned below. 3. Mary. 4. Cynthia. 5. Eliza- beth, (Mrs. George W. Seaver), still living at Harrisville, New Hampshire.
(VII) Nathaniel B. Gould, son of Nathan Gould (6), was born in the homestead on Washington street, Malden, in 1817, and died February 20, 1865. He was educated in the public schools of Malden. He established at Malden the business now known as the firm of S. W. Gould & Brothers and conducted by his sons, dealing in herbs, roots, bark, etc., manufacturing and importing medicine and herb products of all kinds, and wholesale drug millers. The Gould firm established its witch hazel business in 1875 at Derry and Wind- ham, New Hampshire. In 1900 this branch of the business was sold to a corporation en- titled the Gould Witch Hazel Company of New York, and at that time the old firm had manufactured a hundred thousand barrels of witch hazel or extract of hamamelis. In this unique business Mr. Gould made a fortune, and was known throughout the country as a leader in his line of trade. He was an earnest Republican in politics, and before the civil war was a strong Abolitionist. He belonged to no secret societies nor clubs, but was an ac- tive and faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Malden.
He married Rebecca Pratt, of Malden, daughter of Jacob Pratt. Children, born in Malden : I. Rebecca Ann, born 1837. 2. Syl- vester Watson, born February 3, 1838; see forward. 3. Mary Eliza, born November 22, 1842. 4. Emily Alice, born February 5, 1845. 5. Alfred Monroe, born October 19, 1851; see forward. 6. Albert W., born March 2, 1855 ; see his sketch. All are living in 1908.
(VIII) Sylvester Watson Gould, son of Nathaniel B. Gould (7), was born February 3, 1838, in the home on Salem street, Malden. He was educated in the public school of his native town, in the old red brick school house which is remembered by all the older natives of Malden. In his youth he saw the first train from Boston pass over the tracks of the Bos-
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ton & Maine railroad. He worked for his father until he was twenty-six years of age, and after his father's death succeeded him in business. Later, as his two younger brothers came of age, they became associated with him, in the firm of S. W. Gould & Brothers, of which he was the head. To his enterprise and sagacity are due in large measure the material success and prominence of his firm. He is one of the best known and most successful men in his line of business in this country.
In national affairs Mr. Gould has always been a Republican in politics, but in municipal affairs he is independent. He has never sought public office, though a man of large influence in local affairs. He is a member of Center Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Gould has perhaps the shortest military record known. During the civil war he was standing in front of the Boston & Maine railroad station in Bos- ton, one morning when a company of militia from Lynn was on its way to Boston to be mustered into service. One of the soldiers called to him to join the ranks and without hesitation he decided to go. But, after waiting for a day in Boston, the company was ordered home to await orders, and was never mustered in. So Mr. Gould was a soldier de facto from nine in the morning until five in the afternoon. He has always been an enthusiastic member of the Malden Fire Department since his youth. He was a member of Volunteer Com- pany No. 2, in 1859, and later of the Steamer Company. He was on the board of fire en- gineers until 1875. He is a member of Mount Vernon Lodge of Free Masons ; of the Royal Arch Chapter ; of Lafayette Lodge of Perfec- tion, Boston; of Middlesex Lodge of Odd Fellows, and of Middlesex Encampment of the same order.
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