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John was to have a house at Scituate, where Gilbert Brook lived, and pay ten pounds to his sister Mary. He left to his daughter Mary the house at Scituate where William Ticknor lived. He mentioned also daughters Hannah and Sarah. Mary Stockbridge, wid- ow of John, married, April 8, 1660, Daniel Hendricks. Children of John and Ann Stock- bridge: I. Charles, mentioned below. 2. Hannah, baptized at Scituate, October 8, 1637; married, October 29, 1656, Sergeant William Ticknor. 3. Elizabeth, baptized September, 1639, at Boston, because the Scit- uate minister required immersion; married, 1661, Thomas Hiland Jr. Children of John and Elizabeth (Sone) Stockbridge: 4. Sarah, baptized 1645-46, married Joseph Wood- worth, shopkeeper, 1669. 5. Hester, baptized July 11, 1647. Children of John and Mary Stockbridge: 6. Abigail, born 1655. 7. John, baptized at Boston, July 19, 1657.
(II) Charles Stockbridge, son of John Stockbridge (1), born in England in 1634, came to this country with his parents when he was a year old. He inherited his father's mills and mansion house at Scituate. In 1665 he bought George Russell's half of the mills. He built the second water mill in Ply- mouth, in 1673, having received a grant of thirty acres of land from that town on condi- tion that he build it. He also built the mill on third Herring brook, and maintained it fourteen years, according to the stipulation of his agreement with the town. He married Abigail . She married (second) Amos Turner. Mr. Stockbridge died in 1683. Chil- dren of Charles and Abigail Stockbridge: I. Abigail, born at Charlestown, Massachusetts, in 1660. 2. John, born in Boston, 1662, died young. 3. Charles, born 1663, inherited one- half of the mill at Scituate. 4. Sarah, born 1665, married Israel Turner. 5. Elizabeth, born 1670, married David Turner. 6. Sam- uel, born 1679, mentioned below. 7. Benja- min, married Mary Tilden in 1701. 8. Jo- seph, married Margaret Turner; settled in Duxbury. 9. Thomas, inherited the other half of the mill. 10. Abigail, married Josselyn (she is mentioned in her father's will).
(III) Samuel Stockbridge, son of Charles Stockbridge (2), born 1679, in Scituate. Mas- sachusetts, married, 1703, Lydia, daughter of William Barrett. Many of his descendants live in the vicinity of Scituate.
(IV) Captain Samuel Stockbridge, son of Samuel Stockbridge (3), born about 1715; married, November 1, 1737. Sarah Tilden.
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He was captain of the militia company and served in the French and Indian wars. Chil- dren, born at Scituate: 1. James, died in 1819. 2. Lydia. 3. Sarah. 4. Samuel, men- tioned below. Probably others.
(V) Samuel Stockbridge, son of Samuel Stockbridge (4), was born in Scituate, about 1750. He was a soldier in the Revolution, a private in the Scituate company of minute- men in Colonel Bailey's regiment, under Gen- eral Thomas, on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. He was also a private in Captain Francis Cushing's company, Colonel John Cushing's regiment, on the Rhode Island alarm of 1776. He was interested in a stock company to build a grist mill in Scituate in 1792. As master ship carpenter he built the "Lydia" of sixty-five tons in 1806, the "Jo- anna" the same year, and the "Sibae" (sic) of which he was an owner in 1805. He was one of the founders of the Cohasset Academy in 1804. He lived in what is now Cohasset, and was a prominent citizen. Children : I. Hector, mentioned below. 2. Alexander, pupil in academy, 1808. 3. Penelope, in' academy, 1804-05, married Festus Litchfield, born Oc- tober 18, 1783, and had children : Alexander, Mary, Jane and Elizabeth.
(VI) Hector Stockbridge, son of Samuel Stockbridge (5), born in Scituate or Cohasset, about 1775, was drowned at sea in the prime of life. He married Clara Nichols, and their only child was Lewis. She married (second) and her children were: Adaline, Louisa, Han- nah and Henry.
(VII) Lewis Stockbridge, only child of Hector Stockbridge (6), was born in Cohas- set about 1800. He married Mary A. Roche- fort, a native of Boston, Massachusetts. Chil- dren: I. James Otis, mentioned below. 2. Lewis. 3. Charles N. Two daughters died in infancy.
(VIII) James Otis Stockbridge, , son of Lewis Stockbridge (7), was born about 1840, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, He married Elizabeth Dyer, born at Ripley, Maine, June 6, 1840, daughter of Samuel Merritt and Jo- anna (Eaton) Dyer. (See sketch). Children : I. Herbert E., unmarried. 2. Alfred E., men- tioned below.
(IX) Alfred E. Stockbridge, son of James Otis Stockbridge (8), was born at Charles- town, June 24, 1874. He was educated in his native city in the Howard grammar school. He entered the employ of the Magee Furnace Company as clerk, became collector and then traveling salesman. He was finally elected treasurer and general manager. He is a mem-
ber of the Franklin Square Congregational Church. In politics he is a Republican. He married Irene V. Wall, born February 23, 1873, daughter of Frank A. and Alothina V. (Hartshorn) Wall. Sylvester Hartshorn and Eunice (Houghton) Hartshorn, parents of Alothina V. Hartshorn, had 'other children : Rebecca, Dolly, Augusta, Benjamin, Ellen, Mary and Sarah. Irene V. Hall was educated in the public schools of Charlestown, gradu- ating from the high school in 1892. Children of Alfred E. and Irene V. Stockbridge: I. Evelyn F., born August 21, 1900. 2. Louise, November II, 1902. 3. Viola D., August 25, 1905. Children of Frank A. and Alothina V. Wall: I. Clarence H., resides in Providence and has two children. 2. Richard E., lives at14 Albion street, Somerville. 3. Irene V., men- tioned above. 4. Olive G., married F. T. Bowker, has two children; resides at 38 Grant street. Three children died in infancy. Aaron and Elsie (Watts) Wall, parents of Frank A. Wall, resided in Thomaston, Maine; children : Amelia, Edwin, and Frank A. Wall, of Thom- aston, Maine.
DYER Deacon Thomas Dyer, the immi- grant ancestor of this family, was born in England, in 1611-12, of an ancient family of which the record extends back to 1436. The Dyer coat-of-arms was: A plain shield surmounted by a wolf's head. He came from England in 1632, soon afterward settled in Weymouth, and was admitted a free- man May 29, 1644. He was a fuller or cloth- worker by trade, also was an inn-keeper in Weymouth, and one of the leading citizens of his day. He was a deputy to the general court in 1648 and four years afterwards ; deacon of the Weymouth church ; and held various town offices. He died November 6, 1676, aged sixty -- four years. His will, dated November 3, 1676, proved November 13, 1676, bequeathed to wife fifty pounds and the estate of her former hus- band at Medfield. He bequeathed to his chil- dren, his grandchildren, his pastor, Mr. Sam- uel Terrey, and to the Weymouth church. His estate was valued at two thousand one hun- dred and three pounds. The widow Elizabeth, in her will dated November 20, 1678, proved January 31, 1678, bequeathed to her sons Abraham and John Harding, daughter Eliza- beth Adams, daughter Prudence, Joseph Dyer and grandchildren.
Thomas Dyer married (first) Agnes Reed, who died December 4, 1667. He married (second) Elizabeth Frary, widow successively
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of Abraham Harding, of Medfield, and of John Frary, Jr. She died in 1679. Children of Thomas and Agnes Dyer : 1. Mary, born July 3 or 6, 1641, married Samuel White. 2. John, born July 10, 1643, mentioned below. 3. Thomas, born 1645, died young. 4. Abigail, born 1647, died March 13, 1717-18; married Jacob Nash. 5. Sarah, born 1649, married John Ruggles. 6. Thomas, born May 5, 1651. 7. Joseph, (twin) born November 6, 1653, married Hannah Frary. 8. Benjamin (twin), born November 6, 1653. 9. William, born about 1658. 10. Elinor, born about 1660.
(II) John Dyer, son of Thomas. Dyer (I), of Weymouth, Massachusetts, was born July IO, 1643, and settled in Boston, Massachusetts. He married (first) Mary , and (sec- ond) Elizabeth Administration was granted on his estate June II, 1696, to his widow and son John. Children : I. Thomas, born at Boston, September 18, 1673. 2. Ben- jamin, born July 15, 1677, resided in Boston. 3. John, born at Weymouth, Massachusetts, February 29, 167 -. Children, born at Bos- ton : 4. Elizabeth, born July 1, 1679. 5. Na- thaniel, born. October 17, 1681. 6. Mary, born June 3, 1683. 7. Samuel, born October 13, 1685. 8. Joseph, born March 2, 1687, mentioned below.
(III) Joseph Dyer, son of John Dyer (2), was born in Boston, March 2, 1687. Married Lydia and Mary He lived in Boston. The birth of but one child is recorded -Joseph, mentioned below.
(IV) Joseph Dyer, son of Joseph Dyer (3), was born in Boston, February 7, . 1718. He married Abiel Children, born in Bos- ton : 1. Joseph, June 12, 1742, died young. 2. Lydia, March 14, 1743. 3. William, October 27, 1745. 4. Joseph, mentioned below. 5. John, November 17, 1749. 6. Lydia, October 8, 175I.
(V) Joseph Dyer, son of Joseph Dyer (4), born in Boston, August 13, 1747; married, May 30, 1771, Elizabeth Nichols, of Malden, Massachusetts. He was in Cap- tain Munson's company, Colonel Moses Hazen's regiment, Continental army, from January I, to December 31, 1779, and in this company from November 20, 1776, to November 10, 1779, according to another record, and was in the army also all the year 1780. Children, born in Malden: I. John Nichols, mentioned below. 2. Joseph, married, October 27, 1792, Sally Merritt in Malden. 3. Eliza, married, (intention dated July 29) De- cember 9, 1804. 4. Sally, married, December 9, 1805, Jesse Holden. 5. Ebenezer. (Naomi
Dyer, widow, died in Malden, January 3, 1814, aged seventy-nine years ).
(VI) John Nichols Dyer, son of Joseph Dyer (5), born in Malden, October 3, 1778. Married, October 2, 1796, Susanna Sprague, of Malden. Soon after marriage they re- moved to Freeman, Maine. Children : I. Sam- tel M., mentioned below. Born in Freeman : 2. John Nichols, Jr. 3. Azor. 4. Paulina.
(VII) Samuel Merritt Dyer, son of John Nichols Dyer (6), born January 18, 1797, at Malden ; married Joanna Eaton, born at Read- ing, Massachusetts, daughter of Osgood and Joanna (Keyes) Eaton. Children of Osgood and Joanna (Keyes) Eaton: Joanna Eaton, mentioned above, and Osgood Eaton. Chil- dren of second wife Margaret : Wil- liam Eaton, Eliab Eaton, Mary Eaton, Lydia Eaton. Children of Samuel M. and Joanna (Eaton) Dyer : Martha, Mary G., Joan, Em- eline, Emeline M., Susan M., Paschal Morrell, Esther D., Elizabeth T., Francina E., John O., Paulina.
(VIII) Elizabeth T. Dyer, daughter of Samuel Merritt Dyer (7), born about 1840. Married James Otis Stockbridge (See sketch).
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WALL cinity of Thomaston, Maine, be- fore the Revolution. His de- scendants have been numerous in Thomas- ton and St. George, Maine. He was a sol- dier in the Revolution, a private in Captain Archibald McAllister's company, Colonel Prime's regiment 1780, in the command of Brigadier-General Wadsworth at the East- vard. (as Maine was generally called). The payroll of this company. was certified at Thomaston. He may have been in Massa- chusetts earlier.
(III) Captain Joseph S. Wall, grandson of Andrew Wall (I), born at St. George, Maine; married, November 4, 1836, Nancy L. Kel- lock. He was a general merchant at Rock- land, Maine. Children: I. Leonard, born 1840, died November 30, 1863. 2. Olive, born about 1843. 3. George E., born about 1845, resided at Rockland; corporal in Twentieth Maine Regiment in Civil war. 4. Frank, died July 31, 1862.
(III) Captain Aaron Wall, brother of Jo- seph S. Wall, born in St. George, Maine ; married Elsie F., daughter of George Watts. (see Watts family). Captain Wall resided in Thomaston for a time, then removed to Ash- land, Middlesex county, Massachusetts. Chil- dren: I. Ellen, born November 17, 1836,
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died May 5, 1846. 2. Edwin, born December 17, 1838, died April 1, 1839. 3. Aaron F., (also called Frank Aaron), mentioned below. 4. Amelia.
(IV) Frank Aaron Wall, son of Captain Aaron Wall (3), was born in Thomaston, Maine, May 10, 1842. He removed with his parents to Ashland, Massachusetts. He was educated in the public schools. He married Alothina V. Hartshorn. Children: I. Irene V., born February 23, 1873, married Alfred E. Stockbridge, of Somerville, Massachusetts. (See Stockbridge family).
WATTS William Watts, immigrant an- cestor, came with the Scotch- Irish pioneers of 1719, and set- tled in Boston, Massachusetts, and died there or in the vicinity. He married Margaret Mc- Clellan, of Casco, Maine, and she married (second) Samuel Gilchrist, who settled on the McLean or S. Andrews lot, in what is now Warren, Maine. Children of William and Margaret Watts: I. John, born on Long Island, Boston harbor, 1740-1; married Eliz- abeth McNeal, of Boston; removed to War- ren 1764, located there and died there August IO, ISI7. 2. Captain Samuel, mentioned be- low. 3. Daughter, died unmarried in Massa- chusetts.
(II) Captain Samuel Watts, son of William Watts (I), was born on Long Island, Boston harbor, Massachusetts. He settled at St. George, Maine, and died there. The first . town meeting of St. George was held at his house April 4, 1803, and he held many posi- tions of trust and honor. He married, De- cember 22, 1772, . Children, born at Warren and St. George: I. Captain Joseph, born September 27, 1773, married Sarah Stone, of Lincoln; (second) Cynthia (Ever- ett) Ranlett; he resided at St. George; died September 7, 1841. 2. Margaret, born July 27, 1775, married Moses Fogarty; resided and died at St. George. 3. Jane, born June 23, 1777, married Joshua Smalley; resided and died at St. George; he was a master ma- riner. 4. Samuel, Jr., born April 12, 1781, died at Guadaloupe. 5. Moses, born June 5, 1783, married Catherine Mckellar and Polly Fogarty; removed from St. George and died at Montville, Maine. 6. Mary, born July I, 1785. 7. Captain William, born December II, 1787, married Jane Henderson, daugh- ter of Thomas Henderson; was a carpenter and millwright at Thomaston, Maine. 8. George, mentioned below. 9. Elizabeth,
born July 20, 1792, married Asa Harrington. Io. Sarah, born April 2, 1795, married Paul Giles ; resided at Thomaston ; died November, 1850; she married (second) Mark Gay.
(III) George Watts, son of Captain Sam- uel Watts (2), was born at St. George, Maine, March 16, 1790. He married Mary Giles. Children, born at St. George: I. Elsie F., married Captain Aaron Wall (see Wall fam- ily). 2. Captain James, born July 10, 1842, married Catherine Woodstock; (second) Betsey (Masters) Jordan, November 5, 1856; a master mariner, residing in Thomaston. 3. Captain George, Jr., married Lucy Fountain, of St. George. 4. Captain William Henry, born May 15, 1821, at St. George, married Bessie Fountain; he died December 23, 1862, drowning in the passage from Calais to Cowes. 5. Captain Edward (2d), married Emeline Gilchrist; resided in St. George. 6. Robert, drowned when a young lad by coast- ing into an open well. 7. Captain Charles D., married Mary A. Dizer, of St. George; resided in Thomaston, died in Boston, Feb- ruary 1, 1863. 8. Captain Robert G., mar- ried November 18, 1849, Rachel M. Simon- ton; master mariner, resided at Thomaston. 9. Jackson Penelope Hathorn, resided at St. George; widow married (second) Captain Gi- deon Young and lived in Thomaston. 10. Si- mon, married, September 21, 1849, Jane R. Harrington. II. Julia Henderson, resided in St. George. 12. Cyrena, married Captain Léonard Henderson, of St. George. 13. Jane (twin). 14. Whitney (twin). 15. Paul C., resided at St. George. 16. Infant.
Edward Kendall was de- KENDALL scended from Francis Ken- dall, who came from West- moreland, England, to Massachusetts Bay Colony and settled in the village of Charles- town, in 1646. This early settlement was or- ganized in the town of Woburn, September 27, 1642, and Francis Kendall became one of its founders, and through his family of sev- enteen sons became the progenitor of the Kendall families of Massachusetts.
From this ancestry came Caleb Kendall, of Boylston, who was an extensive builder of that town. His son, also named Caleb Ken- dall (2), married Dolly Sawyer, daughter of Mr. Sawyer, who was the proprietor of Saw- yer's Mills, of Boylston, and one of its most prominent citizens. Caleb Kendall (2) moved his family to. Holden, about 1806, and built the saw and grist mill at Eagle Village, which
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he operated until 1829, when he sold it, and a cotton mill was erected in its place. After selling this property he bought a large farm. This was well timbered, and he built and operated another mill.
Edward Kendall, son of Caleb (2) and Dol- ly (Sawyer) Kendall, was born December 3, 1821, at Eagle Village. His early years were spent on the farm and in the mill, preparing lumber for market. Being the only son at home after he reached the age of fifteen years, his school opportunities were neces- sarily limited to a few weeks in winter, and a couple of terms in the high school. This was supplemented by two terms at Westmin- ster Academy after he had come of age. He was still greatly desirous of acquiring a more liberal education, and in order to obtain means for that purpose he entered vigorously into the lumber business. Succeeding well in this undertaking the first year, he was en- couraged to embark in the enterprise more largely, in the hope that he might soon re- sume his studies and pursue such courses as he might desire. In this, however, he was sadly disappointed, for in closing up the bus- iness he found that through the failure of those indebted to him, and through other causes, he had not only lost what he had pre- viously acquired, but was several hundred dollars in debt, a deficit which he subsequent- ly liquidated from wages earned and saved up before he had engaged in business on his own account. In 1846, finding that he would be unable to resume studies, and having reached the age of twenty-five years, he married Pa- tience, daughter of Deacon Solomon and Abigail (Warren) Crocker. She was born in Royalston, October 20, 1821. Deprived of her father by death when she was twelve years old, she accompanied her mother and family to their home in Paxton, where she lived until her marriage, with the exception of two or three years when she was teaching school in Leicester, Massachusetts. She proved a real helpmate to her husband in all the fifty-four years of their married life, and died December 4, 1900, leaving behind her none but fragrant memories.
In June, 1847, the next year after his mar- riage, Mr. Kendall went to Boston to learn the machinist's trade with his brother James, who was then operating a machine shop- the West Boston Foundry. His wage was to be the same as that of other men of his age who were there learning the trade, viz .: six dol- lars a week the first year, seven dollars for
the next year, and eight dollars the last year of his apprenticeship. The hours of labor were twelve-from six in the morning to noon, and from one o'clock p. m. to seven in the evening. To live comfortably upon this meagre income was difficult, but his wife met the emergency with courage and cheerfulness, and by good management and with busy hands enabled him to pay his way. He succeeded so well in his trade that his wage was raised at the end of three months to seven and a half dollars a week, and at the end of nine months he was selected to learn the boiler making business, with a view of eventually being made foreman of that department, with the result that he was so promoted after nine months experience in that line of work. Soon after- ward his brother James sold the business to Allen & Endicott, and went to California. Ed- ward Kendall remained with the new firm as foreman of their boiler shop until April I, 1860, when, having paid off his debts and ac- cumulated a few hundred dollars, he engaged in business with John Davis, who added a few hundred dollars to the capital of the firm. Their combined means were not sufficient for the purchase of necessary tools and build their shop completely, and they resorted to the ex- pedient of putting up a frame, covered with a roof, but without sides, and this was their es- tablishment until they had earned sufficient money to build a comfortable shop. Mr. Davis retired from the partnership in 1865, when George B. Roberts became a partner with Mr. Kendall. This association was pleas- antly and profitably continued for twenty years, when Mr. Kendall purchased Mr. Roberts's interest, taking his sons George F. and James H. Kendall into partnership with himself, under the firm name of Edward Ken- dall & Sons. This firm conducted the business until 1905, when the good-will, equipment and tools were sold to the firm of Robb, Mumford & Company, and removed to South Framing- ham, where the business is now carried on. It was always the practice of the firm of which Mr. Kendall was the organizer and head, to perform its work in the most thorough man- ner possible, using the best material obtain- able. Thus planning for the greatest possible efficiency and most perfect safety, the excell- ence of their work brought to the firm the best custom in the country, giving it constant em- ployment, and making necessary increased fa- cilities until its plant became the largest man- ufactory of high pressure boilers in all New England. Among the improvements was a:
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machine shop, and the hoisting engines man- ufactured by the firm were considered the best in the market.
The city of Cambridge claimed the services of Mr. Kendall as alderman for three years, and as representative in the general court of the commonwealth in 1875 and 1876, and in these positions he acquitted himself with abil- ity and integrity. He was also actively en- gaged in the temperance cause, and labored efficiently to promote the no-license movement in Cambridge, and his name was frequently considered as an available candidate on the Prohibition ticket as a candidate for governor or lieutenant-governor of the commonwealth, or for representative in the national congress. He was a Congregationalist in religion, and for thirty years was first deacon of the Pil- grim Congregational Church.
The children of Edward and Patience (Crocker) Kendall were : I. Edward, who died in Boston at six and one-half years of age. 2. Emma, died young. 3. George Frederick, married Ina, daughter of David Atwood, of Cambridge, and has one daughter, Marion. 4. James Henry, married Etta, daughter of George D. Chamberlain, of Cambridge, and they have three children : Alice, Edward Dana and Francis Payton Kendall.
ADAMS Joseph Adams, progenitor of this branch of the family in
America, was born near Paisley,
Scotland. He received his schooling in the nearby schools, and at an early age started to work in the mills. He was of good Presby- terian stock and a strict churchman, teaching his children the same principles. He married Mary Spears ; children : John ; Robert ; James, mentioned below; William; Mary; Martha; Elizabeth.
(II) James Adams, son of Joseph Adams (I), was born at Paisley, Scotland, September 2, 1795. He was educated in his native town, and early learned the trade of designing car- pets and shawls, their making, and soon began the manufacture of shawls and carpets, which were then made on hand looms. When twenty years of age he came to America, landing at New York city after a two months' voyage in a sailing vessel. After some years as a de- signer of carpets, he removed in 1832 with his family to Norwich, Connecticut, where he fol- lowed his trade, and later manufactured shawls and carpets at Norwich Center. In 1849 he removed to Maynard, Massachusetts, where he took charge of the carpet mill of Amory
Maynard, which was closed out in 1863. April 13, 1863, he removed to Worcester, Massa- chusetts, and retired from active business, liv- ing at his home on Winter street until his death, September 7, 1866. He attended while at Worcester the Salem Congregational Church, although he was brought up a Pres- byterian. He was a Whig, later Republican. He was a member of the Odd Fellows at Nor- wich, Connecticut.
He married, at Paisley, Scotland, July 21, 1818, Jeanette Cherry, born July 15, 1800, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Walker) Cherry, of Paisley. Children : I. Joseph, men- tioned below. 2. James, died young. 3. James. 4. Jeanette Bright, born September I3, 1823; married July 3, 1845, John Speirs ; children : i. Mary Elizabeth, born Jan- uary 3, 1847, married April 9, 1868, Iver Johnson, of Worcester, Massachu- setts, and had: Nettie Johnson, born Septem- ber 19, 1869: Frederick Iver Johnson, born October 2. 1871; John D. Johnson, born June 26, 1876; Walter Johnson; May John- son. ii. James Speirs, born May 15, 1849; died young; iii. Jennie Cherry Speirs, born January 24, 1851; married June 15, 1873, Daniel A. Harrington, and had: Clara Au- gusta, born March 24, 1874; Josephine Ada, born December 8, 1875; married October 12, 1897, Herbert A. Linnell, and had Herbert Linnell, born July 10, 1898, and Phillip Lin- nell, born April 6, 1900; John Speirs Har- rington, born August 1, 1881; married June IO, 1902, Mabel C. Clark, and had John Speirs Harrington, born October 12, 1903, and William Clark Harrington, born June 29, 1905; Daniel Aretius Harrington, born Jan- uary 7, 1883. iv. Nellie M. Speirs, born Au- gust 24, 1853; married April 10, 1897, Charles R. Moules, of Worcester. v. John Speirs (twin). vi. Jane A. Speirs (twin), married Arthur D. Pratt, of Worcester, and had Har- old Pratt (twin) and Helen Pratt (twin), born June, 1894. vii. John Cherry Speirs, born October 25, 1858; married September 21, 1882, Nellie Edda White, of Worcester, and had Allan White Speirs, born July II, 1884; Hazel Adams Speirs, born December II, 1888; Edda Cherry Speirs, born May 14, 1901; John Cherry Speirs, born January 7, 1904. viii. William Speirs, born April 13, 1864, died young; ix. Frederic William Speirs, born August 22, 1867; died May 17, 1905; married September 4, 1890, Annie Lincoln Bonnell, of Worcester, and had Harold Frederic Speirs, born May 16, 1894. 5. John, born January 21, 1826; died March 30, 1895. 6. William.
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