Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 76

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 912

USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume IV > Part 76

Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).

Mr. Blake is one of the most prominent Free Masons of New England, and a member of Kenwood Lodge of Odd Fellows of Dan- vers. He married, in Danvers, December 13, 1868. Abbie Dodge Hyde, daughter of Eli- sha G. Hyde, of Ossipee, New Hampshire. Children : 1. Albert Nelson, born in Danvers, December. 1870: married Mabel Walsh, of

1776

MIDDLESEX COUNTY.

Salem, Massachusetts; one child, Marjorie. 2. Caroline Reid, born in Danvers, Septem- ber 3, 1875; married Walter E. Chick, of Medford, Massachusetts. 3. Ernest Hyde, born in Danvers, November 18, 1884.

(For ancestry see Walter Allen 1),

(II) John Allen, son of Walter

ALLEN Allen (I), was born about 1631 and died in Sudbury, Massachu- setts, December 1, 17II. He resided in Newbury until 1662, when he removed to Sudbury. He was a farmer and tailor. Dur- ing King Philip's war he lost property, when Sudbury was attacked by the Indians, to the amount of sixty pounds. In 1688 he was one of those who took the public stock of ammu- nition into their hands. His son Thomas was killed in King William's war in 1690, and John Allen's name appears on a petition of those "some of us for ourselves, others for our children and servants who were last win- ter impressed into dreadful service, where by reason of cold and hunger in tedious marches many score of miles in snow and water, and laying on the snow by night, having no pro- vision but what they could carry on their backs, beside hard arms and ammunition, it cost many of them their lives." His will was dated August 9, 1708, his son Benjamin be- ing executor. He married first Sarah

-, died January 12, 1702. He married second, Mary -, died August 30, 1727. Children, all by first wife: I. Deborah, mar- ried Joseph Dean. 2. John, born August 28, 1656; died before his father. 3. Samuel, born April 8, 1658. 4. Joseph, born March 18, 1660. 5. Benjamin, mentioned below. 6. Rebecca, born May 20, 1664. 7. Thomas, born April 29, 1666; died March 23, 1689-90. 8. Sarah, born March 7, 1668; died unmar- ried August 29, 1702.

(III) Benjamin Allen, son of John Allen (2), born in Newbury, January 30, 1662, died at Weston, August 12, 1721. He removed with his parents to Sudbury when he was an infant. He was a farmer, and lived at Wat- ertown Farms, incorporated as Weston in 1712, and his gravestone is in the old bury- ing ground at Weston Centre. He married Frances Rice, born February 3, 1671, died about 1767; daughter of Thomas Rice, of Sudbury. Children: I. Thomas, born 1690. 2. Frances, married December 24, 1724, John Gregory, of Weston. 3. Jonas, born Novem- ber 1, 1699. 4. Zebediah, January 19,. 1702. 5. Benjamin, mentioned below.

(IV) Benjamin Allen, son of Benjamin Al- len (3), was born in Weston, December 13, 1709, and lived in the part of Weston incor- porated as Lincoln in 1754. He married, July I, 1731, Eunice Gale, of Watertown. Children, all born at Weston: I. Eunice, born January 28, 1733; married, 1759, Jona- than Tower, of Lincoln. 2. Lydia, born March 29, 1734; married, 1754, John Wheel- er, of Lincoln. 3. Beulah, born April 16, 1737; married, 1761, Joseph Billings, of Lin- coln. 4. Benjamin, born November II, 1739; married February 6, 1766, Mary Brown, died May 3, 1773; he died February 26, 1770. 5. Abigail, born June 6, 1742; married, 1764, Abraham Wesson, of Lincoln. 6. Phinehas, mentioned below. 7. Rachel, born June 25, 1747; married, 1768, Edward Farwell, of Townsend. 8. Anna, born September 20, 1749; married, 1771, James Stimson Jr., of Lincoln. 9. Lucy, born March 20, 1753; married, 1781, Nathaniel Jackson.'

(V) Phinehas Allen, son of Benjamin Allen (4), born in Lincoln, April 6, 1745, died at Smyrna, New York, May 15, 1830. He was a soldier in the Revolution in Captain Far- rar's company from Lincoln. He was also on a list of men detached from Colonel Brook's regiment to relieve guards at Cam- bridge. He was a farmer. In 1775 he was a resident of Concord, was taxed in Lexington in 1783, and 1781 in Lincoln. In 1784 he re- moved to Fitchburg, where he remained un- til about 1826. He lived for two years with his son Benjamin, in Ashby, and then moved with his son Abijah to Smyrna, New York, where he died. He married first, March 6, 1769, Abigail Foster, of Lincoln, who died there May 18, 1770. He married second, September 14, 1775, Sarah Danforth, of Lex- ington. He married third, November 31, 1784, at Fitchburg, Dolly Flagg, of Leomin- ster, the Rev. John Payson performing the ceremony. Children of second wife, first two born at Lincoln, last at Weston; I. Ben- jamin, mentioned below. 2. Salley, born Jan- uary 16, 1779; died April 23, 1866; married first, June 28, 1801, Benjamin Parker; sec- ond, June 7, 1821, Joseph Wetherbee. 3. Dolly, born January 15, 1781, married March 18, 1806, Aaron Kemp; died June 24, 1859. Children of third wife, born at Fitchburg: 4. Lydia Thurston, born August 28, 1785; mar- ried November 23, 1884, Samuel Parker ; died August 26, 1865. 5. Abigail, born De- cember 8, 1786; died 1867; married April 29, 1806, Jonathan Thurston. 6. Phinehas, born December 6, 1788; married at Mason. New

1777

MIDDLESEX COUNTY.

Hampshire, March 9, 1815, Sally Campbell. 7. Eunice, born March 18, 1790; died February 9, 1823; married December 14, 1815, Abel Thurston. 8. John, born November 5, 1791. 9. Samuel, born November 28, 1793. 10. Bet- sey, born April 27, 1795; married December 2, 1819, John Campbell. II. Abijah, born June 29, 1797; removed to Smyrna, New York.

(VI) Benjamin Allen, son of Phinehas Al- len (5), born in Lexington, November 4, 1777, died October 19, 1866. He was a farmer and shoemaker. He was representa- tive in the legislature from Ashby in 1854. He married first, February 4, 1798, Asenath Coleman, born October 7, 1776, died Decem- ber 4, 1848, daughter of James and Rachel Coleman, of Ashby. He married second, August 16, 1849, Vashti Wilder, born August 26, 1788, died November 27, 1859, daughter of Rufus Wilder of Ashby. Children, by first wife, born at Ashby: I. Henry, born May 15, 1798; died February 13, 1885; mar- ried March 25, 1825, Sally Constantine. 2. Sarah, born August 7, 1800; died August 22, 1800. 3. Louisa, born September 24, 1801; died January 31, 1874; married Henry Blod- gett. 4. Benjamin Coleman, born August II, 1803; died March 20, 1831. 5. Zenas, born November 4, 1805; died May 20, 1887; mar- ried first, September II, 1827, Caroline Ran- dall; second, March 23, 1870, Mrs. Charlotte Maynard (Clarke) Sanders. 6. Sidney, born June 15, 1808; died June 19, 1877; married first, August 14, 1834, Harriet Lewis ; second, January 10, 1847, Mrs. Emeline Darling Wal- cott. 7. Samuel Martin, born May 12, 1813; married April 26, 1840, Nancy Smith Ken- dall. 8. Charles Stimson, mentioned below.

(VII) Charles Stimson Allen, son of Ben- jamin Allen (6), was born at Ashby, January 3, 1820, and died 1900. He was educated in the schools of his native town. He was a painter by trade, and worked some at car- pentering also. Later he went into the meat business. He married first, August 16, 1842, Lucy Ann Hubbard, born March 4, 1824, died November 17, 1860. He married sec- ond, June 27, 1862, Sarah Caroline Hubbard, born June 19, 1837, sister of his first wife.

John Bean, a Presbyterian of BEANE Scottish parentage, settled in - Exetér, Massachusetts Bay Col- ony, as early as 1660; received a grant of land in 1661, and other grants October 10, 1664, April 1, 1667, and February 1. 1698. He

took the oath of allegiance in November, 1677; was pound keeper 1680; signed the famous New Hampshire petition of 1689-90. There is a tradition that his wife died in the passage to America. About 1660 he married a Scotch-Irish lass who came on the same ship with him, and as "Margaret Bean" she joined the Hampton church in 1671 and as "good wife Bean" she was dismissed from the Hampton church, September 1I, 1698, to be incorporated into a church in Exeter, and Margaret Bean was one of the original mem- bers of the church in Exeter, September 21, 1698. Mary Bean was the only child by his first wife, born in 1655. Margaret Bean had ten children: John, the eldest, born in 1661; Henry, Daniel, Samuel, John, Margaret, James, Jeremy, Elizabeth and Catherine.

(II) James Beane, son of John and Mar- garet Bean, was born in Exeter, Massachu- setts, December 17, 1672. His first wife was probably Coleman; in 1697 he mar- ried Sarah Bradley (1677-1738). After 1738 he married as his third wife Mary (Prescott) Coleman Crosby. Her first husband, Jabez Coleman, was killed by the Indians, and her second husband, Thomas Crosby, died before 1738. James and (Coleman) Beane had two children: John and Edward, both born in Exeter. James and Sarah (Bradley) Beane had children: Benjamin, Margaret, Jo- seph, Jeremiah, Samuel, Catherine, and Rach- el, all born in Kingston, Plymouth county. Mary (Prescott) Coleman Crosby Beane had no children. She died in 1740, and he died January 6, 1753. The town of Exeter grant- ed him on February 21, 1698, thirty 'acres of land, and he later became a large land owner in Plymouth county. He became a member of the church at Kingston on its organiza- tion, September 29, 1729, his wife Sarah, having been admitted February 6, 1726.

(III) Joseph Beane, son of James and Sa- rah (Bradley) Beane, was born in Kingston, Plymouth Colony, October 17, 1704. He was an innholder and a weaver by trade. He married Hannah Davis, March 16, 1724-25, and by her had ten children. On the organi- zation of the church at East Kingston, Octo- ber 22, 1739, he became a member, and his wife Hannah was admitted March 18, 1739.

(IV) Joseph Beane, second son of Joseph and Hannah (Davis) Beane, was born at San- ford, York county, Maine, September 30, 1742. He was a farmer.

(V) Joseph Beane, son of Joseph Beane, was born in Sanford, Maine, followed farm- ing, and died January, 1874. He married

1778

MIDDLESEX COUNTY.

Mary Ann Gowan, daughter of Ezekiel and Lovell (Frost) Gowan, of Sanford, Maine, and they had children: Horace, Mark, Sarah, Ann, Elizabeth, Enoch, Joseph, George A., Cynthia and Charles E. The mother of these children died in May, 1852.

(VI) Enoch Beane, son of Joseph and Mary Ann (Gowan) Beane, was born in San- ford, Maine, July 18, 1840, and became a pro- vision dealer in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Ebenezer Shaw Beane, father of Andrew Jackson Bean, farmer, of Lowell, Massachu- setts, was born in Standish, Cumberland county, Maine, March 25, 1781. He was a farmer in Bethel, Oxford county, Maine, to which place he removed on leaving his fath- er's farm at Standish, on which he was born. He married (first) Eunice Kendell, who bore him ten children. He married (second) Mary Holt, a resident of Bethel, Oxford county, Maine, and their children were: I. Tabitha, died in infancy. 2. Andrew Jack- son, of whom later. 3. Mary (twin), born August 3, 1830. 4. Nehemiah (twin), born August 3, 1830. 5. Ephraim H. 6. Eliza H., married Henry C. Foster, of Lowell.

Andrew Jackson Bean, son of Ebenezer and Mary (Holt) Beane, was born in Bethel, Oxford county, Maine, October 31, 1828, and he remained at home attending the winter district school and working on his father's farm, up to the time of the outbreak of the Civil war, when he enlisted from Albany, Ox- ford county, May 4, 1861, and was attached to Company I, Fifth Maine Volunteer Infan- try, and he served with that regiment throughout the entire period of the war. He was promoted to corporal of his company, and was honorably discharged with mention for bravery and gallant conduct while in line of duty. Returning north in 1865 he located in Lowell, Massachusetts, near which city he purchased a farm and again took up the busi- ness interrupted by his call to duty as a de- fender of the Union. Corporal Beane was an early member of the Benjamin Butler En- campment Post, No. 42, Grand Army of the Republic, of Lowell, and Mrs. Beane was an organizer and charter member of the Wo- mans' Relief Corps of Post No. 42, organized to assist soldiers and their families in sickness and distress; also to assist army nurses who were connected with the service during the period of the Civil war, and she was the first president of the corps. Mr. Beane was a Republican in politics, but did not seek or accept public office, devoting his time to the business of his farm, and to the duties im-

posed upon him as a comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Mr. Bean married (first) Mary F. Brown, of Albany, Maine, who bore him three chil- dren: I. Ebenezer, died young, while his father was serving in the army. 2. Mary F. 3. Andrew Jackson, died young while his father was serving in the army. He married (second), while a resident of Bethel, Maine, Elizabeth Temperance, daughter of Sylvanus H. and Mary Ann (Marris) Hayes, born in Limerick, York county, Maine, November 24, 1824. There were no children of this marriage. They were regular attendants of the Methodist Episcopal church, their church in Lowell being the Hildreth Street Metho- dist Episcopal Church.

William L. Lockhart, late LOCKHART of Belmont, was known as a man of the highest credit and of strict business integrity, while his genial and affable manner and warm heart made him a host of friends, among whom he was most deservedly popular. He was born in Horton, Nova Scotia, July 20, 1827, one of a family of ten children born to Lucy McNutt and David Lockhart.

At the age of fifteen years William L. Lockhart came to Boston, Massachusetts, working his way on board a vessel, an ex- perience which he would often mention when sailing out of the harbor later on the steam yacht which he afterwards owned, and on which he spent much of his time. After walking the streets of Boston for several weeks, endeavoring to secure employment, he walked to Salem to answer an advertise- ment for an apprentice in that city, paying his passage over the tollbridge with a lead pencil in order to husband what little money he had in his possession. He failed to ob- tain the situation, but fell in with a sea cap- tain, an old friend, who took him back to Nova Scotia. For the following two years he followed the sea, and then returned to Boston, determining to again seek his for- tune there. After another long quest for work he apprenticed himself to a stairbuilder, receiving for his first year's service fifty dol- lars, of which he saved half. After a visit to Nova Scotia he returned to Boston and com- pleted his apprenticeship of three years at stairbuilding, proving himself so competent and skillful that he was rapidly promoted. After serving his apprenticeship he worked as a journeyman, securing work as a carpen-

Um L. Lockhart

1779

MIDDLESEX COUNTY.

ter when his own trade was dull. After a few years thus engaged he entered the em- ploy of John Peak, a casket manufacturer of Boston. At the expiration of five or six years, during which time he first worked at piece work and later as a contractor, hiring his own men, he went into business on his own account, manufacturing caskets and making robes. He erected a small wooden factory on Cambridge street, East Cam- bridge. His only capital being three hun- dred dollars, he obtained lumber on credit from a merchant who had faith enough in his business ability to tell him that he could have all the lumber he wanted. Shortly afterward the factory was destroyed by fire, with an in- surance of only fourteen hundred dollars, though the property was worth five thousand dollars. He subsequently purchased a brick factory building on Bridge street, East Cam- bridge, having the financial backing of the same lumber merchant who had assisted him before. Later he purchased considerable land adjoining his factory and put up a num- ber of wooden buildings, including a stable for thirty horses. By the exercise of energy and perseverance he succeeded in increasing his business largely, and in 1887 purchased the lot of land at the corner of Staniford and Causeway. streets, Boston, and erected a large brick building, containing his office and warerooms. A few years later his two brothers and his bookkeeper, George H. Howard, who had been with him for twenty- six years, were taken into the business. At the time of his death the business gave em- ployment to considerably over one hundred hands. ·

Mr. Lockhart was always fond of the sea, and it was one of his earliest ambitions to own a boat. When his circumstances en- abled him to realize this ambition he pur- chased the sloop yacht "Tartar," and later was the owner of the "Nautilus," "Alice," "Troubadour," and "Starling," being the owner of the latter at the time of his death. He won a number of races with the "Alice," and with the "Troubadour" he once beat the "America." He was a member of the Mass- achusetts, Hull and Boston Yacht clubs, and of the St. Augustine Yacht Club, of Florida, and was a familiar figure in yachting circles. He was a member of the Ancient and Honor- able Artillery Company, and a former mem- ber of the Lancers, having been four days in the saddle doing escort duty at the time of the visit of the Prince of Wales to Boston. He spent most of the winter in travel, either

in this country or Europe, having spent twen- ty consecutive winters in, Florida, with the exception of one which he spent in Cali- fornia.

Mr. Lockhart married, in 1851, Lucy O. Smith, of Kennebunk, Maine, who survives him. He was also survived by two brothers and a sister. Mr. Lockhart died February 21, 1902, his death being directly traceable to an injury to his skull, caused by being thrown from his carriage some fifteen years previous. At the funeral services, which were conducted by the Rev. George Whita- ker, D. D., of the Methodist Episcopal church of East Cambridge, and the Rev. Mr. Whiting, of the Belmont Congregational church, there was a large representation from the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company and the Massachusetts Undertak- ers' Association, with which organizations he was identified. At the close of the house service the body was taken to Mt. Auburn chapel in Cambridge, where a prayer service was held. All the employees of the factory in East Cambridge attended the chapel ser- vice in a body. In keeping with the ex- pressed wish of the deceased, the body was cremated and the ashes interred in the family lot in the Cambridge cemetery.

SHAW Shaw is a very common English surname, used also as a termina- tion. It means a small wood, from the Anglo-Saxon Scua, a shade, place shadowed or sheltered by trees. Several par- ishes and places bear the name, and from these doubtless the families of Shaw took their surnames. We find also the name in combination as Abershaw, Bagshaw, Cock- shaw, Henshaw, Bradshaw, Langshaw and Eldershaw. The coat-of-arms of the Shaw family of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, is : Azure three covered cups two and one or ; on a chief argent a merchant ship under sail proper, a canton gules charged with the mace of the city of London surmounted by a sword in saltire, also proper pommel and hilt of the second. Crest : A demi-savage affrontee, wreathed about the head and waist proper, in the dexter hand a key or, the sinister resting on a club reversed, also proper. Supporters : Dexter, a savage wreathed about head and waist with laurel, his exterior hand resting on a club all proper (emblematical of fortitude) the sinister hand presenting an escroll, thereon inscribed "The King's Warrant of Preced- ence," sinister an emblematical figure of the

1780

MIDDLESEX COUNTY.

city of London, the dexter arm supporting the shield, the sinister extended to receive the escroll presented by the other supporter. Mot- to: I Mean Well. The other armorials of the Shaw families of Scotland are the same or similar in design.

(I) John Shaw, immigrant ancestor, was in New England before 1627. He was a planter of Plymouth, and had a share in the division of cattle in 1627 ; was admitted free- man 1632-3, and was of the number who in the summer of 1633 undertook to cut a pass- age from Green's Harbor to the Bay. He was granted additional lands 1636, and was a jury- man in 1648. He was a purchaser of land at Dartmouth 1652, and in 1662 became one of the first settlers of Middleborough. His wife Alice was buried at Plymouth, March 6, 1654-

55. Children : I. John, sold land to his brother-in-law Stephen Bryant, 1651; either he or his father served seventeen days against the Narragansetts in 1645 (Pope). 2. James. 3. Jonathan, mentioned below. 4., Abigail, married Stephen Bryant.

(II) Jonathan Shaw, son of John Shaw (I), born in England, was an early settler in Plymouth, having come to New England with his parents. He may have resided at Dux- bury or Eastham a part of his life. He mar- ried, first, January 22, 1657, Phebe, daughter of George Watson; second, Persis, widow of Benajah Pratt and daughter of Deacon John Dunham. Children : I. Hannah, married August 5, 1678, Thomas Paine Jr., of East- ham. 2. Jonathan, mentioned below. 3. Phebe, married John Morton. 4. Mary, mar- ried, 1687, Eleazer Ring. 5. George, of East- ham, married January 8, 1690, Constance Doane. 6. Lydia, married April 4, 1689, Nicholas Snow. 7. Benjamin (twin), born 1672. 8. Benoni (twin), born 1672; married Lydia, daughter of John Waterman.

(III) Jonathan Shaw, son of Jonathan Shaw (2), born 1663; married first, 1687, Mehitable Pratt, who died in 1712; second, November 6, 1715, Mary Darling, who died a widow March 9, 1754, aged eighty. Chil- dren : I. Jonathan, mentioned below. 2 . Phebe, born 1690; married Thomas Shurtleff. 3. Persis, born 1692; married Joseph Lucas. 4. Mehitable, born 1694; married Zachariah Weston. 5. James, born 1696. 6. Hannah, born 1699 ; married James Harlow. 7. Eliza- beth, born 1701; married Lucas. 8. Priscilla, born 1702; married Bos- worth. 9. Abigail, born 1705 ; married

Lucas. IO. Samuel. II. Rebecca, born 1718. (IV) Jonathan Shaw, son of Jonathan

Shaw (3), born in Middleborough, 1689, mar- ried first, Elizabeth Atwood; second, Sarah Rich. Children of first wife: I. Nathaniel, born 1714. 2. Mary, 1716. 3. Nathaniel, 1718; married Hannah Perkins. 4. Elizabeth, 1719. 5. Sarah, 1724. 6. Jonathan, 1728. Child of second wife: 7. Thomas,' mentioned below.

(V) Thomas Shaw, son of Jonathan Shaw (4), was born in 1738. He was a soldier in the Revolution, and died in service. He was in Captain William Shaw's first Middlebor- ough company of minutemen, and answered the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775 ; was ser- geant in Captain Joshua Benson's company, Colonel Theophilus Cotton's regiment, under Lieutenant William Tomson; also in Conti- nental army under Captain Perez Churchill, Colonel Sprout's regiment. He enlisted in the Continental army for three years, at the age of thirty-nine, May 15, 1777, and joined Cap- tain Eddy's company, Colonel Bradford's regi- ment, May 25, same year. His death was reported by Colonel Bradford, July 6, 1778, and certified to by Captain Eddy, and his widow Mary signed an order for one hundred dollars due him, the order being counter- signed by Captain Eddy. He married Mary Atwood, who died January 10, 1808, aged sev- enty-one years. Children : I. Samuel, men- tioned below. 2. Jonathan, married Sally Bartlett. 3. Persis, born September 9, 1763; died unmarried, September 18, 1790. 4. Azu- bah, married March 31, 1789, Obediah Simp- son. 5. Sarah, married April 17, 1779, Elijah Lucas. 6. Rebecca. 7. Elisha. 8. Mary, married 1803 Eben Shurtleff.

(VI) Samuel Shaw, son of Thomas Shaw (5), was born at Middleborough, and died in 1866. He attended the district school and helped carry on, the farm, his mother be- ing a widow when the children were small. At the age of twenty he was married and set- tled on a farm, where he remained all his life. He was Orthodox Congregational in religion, and a Whig in politics. He married, at Mid- dleborough, in 1791, Lydia Cobb, born 1766, died 1870, daughter of Ebenezer and Lydia (Churchill) Cobb. Children: I. Thomas. 2. Samuel. 3. Eben, married Relief Shaw. 4. Elisha, mentioned below. 5. Melinda, mar- ried Jonathan Pratt. 6. Persis. 7. Anna. 8. Christina. 9. Mary. IO. Hannah.

(VII) Elisha Shaw, son of Samuel Shaw (6), born in Middleborough, September 16, 1814, died at North Chelmsford, September 5, 1881. He was educated in his native town, and assisted his father on the farm until he

MIDDLESEX COUNTY.

1781

was eighteen years of age, when he went to Chelmsford and learned the trade of moulder. He worked as foundryman for the Sheldon Foundry, and also in the Robie Scythe factory in West Chelmsford a few years, later worked at his trade in Fitchburg a number of years. He returned to North Chelmsford, bought a grocery business there, and with his son Elisha H. as partner, under the firm name of E. Shaw & Son, kept a general store. The building was destroyed by fire, and at this time Mr. Shaw retired and his son continued the business. Mr. Shaw always commanded the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens, being honorable in every way, and held many positions of trust and responsibility in the town. He was a successful business man, and acquired considerable property, including some real estate. He was popular both in social and business life. He was a member of the Con- gregational church, a singer in the choir, and for many years organist. He was a Whig, and later a Republican. He was a member of various Masonic bodies of North Chelmsford ; of Merrimack Lodge, and Monomake En- campment, I. O. O. F., at Lowell. He mar- ried first, Emily Hildreth, of Westford. He married second, Martha, daughter of Daniel Tr. and Martha (Robbins) Lincoln, of West- ford. He married third, September 16, 1844, Mercy Marie Lincoln, 1823, died 1852, sis- ter of his second wife. He married fourth, March 4, 1852, Mary Maria, born January 24, 1831, daughter of Solomon and Mary (Hutch- ins) Flagg, of Westford. Children of first wife : I. Emma, married Thomas Mar- shall ; had Herbert Shaw Marshall. 2. Morgi- anna. Children of third wife: 3. Martha, born August 6, 1845; married January 10, 1871, Charles R. Cotton, of North Chelms- ford; children: i. Martha Maria Loraine Cotton, married Harry Cadwell, and had Dex- ter, Undria and Lucille Cadwell; ii. Walter Shaw Cotton; iii. Ethel Varney Cotton, born January 14, 1884, married Charles Marshall Shenton. 4. Elisha Herman, born September 29, 1847; died November 24, 1898; married first, March 4, 1869, Abbie Jane Tuck, died February 15, 1870; married second, December 26, 1872, Harriett Elizabeth Evans; child of first wife : i. Abbie Jane, died young ; children of second wife: ii. Sarah Varnum, born Jan- uary 4, 1874, died February 4, 1874 ; iii. Sarah Varnum, born February 13, 1875, died March 21, 1882 ; iv. Elisha Herman Jr., born October 31, 1876. married Ethel Hannah Nichols, and had Elisha Herman, born January 19, 1903, and Charles Nichols, born June 4, 1905 ; V.

Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.

Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume IV, Part 76

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed Publication date: 1908 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 912

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 912