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(V) Joseph Howe, son of Joseph Howe (4), born March 8, 1775, died September 5, 1851; married October 30, 1799, Eunice Howe. Children : I. Charlotte, born August IO, 1800; married October 8, 1822, Samuel Howe, died 1839. 2. Mary R., born June 23, 1802 ; married June 26, 1825, Abraham Howe ; died 1851. 3. Dexter, born April 11, 180 -; died November 19, 1804. 4. Emerson, born November 12, 1804; married May I, 1830, Lydia Bigelow; died 1847. 5. Eunice, born November 20, 1807; married Paul New- ton, of Northborough ; died March 23, 1842. 6. Lucy, born November 24, 1809; married Benjamin F. Horn; died April 10, 1841. 7. Maria D., born February 4, 1812; died un- married, November II, 1838. 8. Lavinia, born June 9, 1814, married Alonzo Phelps. 9. Har- riet, born July 15, 1816; died August 5, 1841, unmarried. JO. Christopher J., born June 25, 1818; married December 6, 1845, Lucy D. Howe, of Northborough. II. Eleanor, born April 10, 1820; died June 5, 1842. 12. Dul- cena L., born April 8, 1822; married May 18, 1850, J. F. Horn. 13. Josiah, born March 20, 1824; died unmarried, in Cuba. 14. Sidney,
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born June 29, 1826. Hudson says in his "His- tory of Marlborough :" "This family will not be displeased by the addition of another per- son long a favorite in the family. In 1777, before Rev. Mr. Smith was dismissed, he sold a negro slave Dell Oxford, to Joseph Howe Sr. for sixty-six pounds. The constitution of 1780 made all such persons free. Dell from choice remained in the family of father and son till the day of her death. She was highly es- teemed in the family and neighborhood. Her rig was peculiarly hermaphroditical, wearing a skirt or petticoat like a female, and a coat after the fashion of a man. Such was her or- dinary and holiday appearance."
The earliest record of this HOLDER name is found in an ancient account of a Saxon chief called Holder who, in the year 500, obtained by con- quest jurisdiction over a district which be- came known as Holderness. The Rev. George Holder was rector of All Saints Church at Roos, Holderness, in 1588, and Rev. William Holder, D. D., born at Holderness in 1616, married Susannah Wren, daughter of Dr. Christopher Wren, Dean of Windsor, and a sister of Sir Christopher Wren, the dis- tinguished architect.
Rev. Christopher Holder, a kinsman of Dr. William Holder (perhaps a younger brother), was born at Winterburne, Alverton, Glouces- tershire, in 1631, and named for his relative, the Dean of Windsor. He was a missionary and an author, and seems to have espoused the Quaker doctrine as both of his wives were of that denomination. He came to Rhode Island in 1656, returned to England and subsequently came back. He died at Ircott, Parish of Al- mondsburg, England, April 13, 1688. The Holder Genealogy states that he was first mar- ried at Olverton (near Bristol), England, June 12, 1660, to Mary Scott, a Friend, of Provi- dence, Rhode Island, and she died October 17, 1665. She was of the English branch of the Scott family to which belonged the architect, Sir Gilbert Scott, Robert Scott, the English lexicographer, and John Scott, the earl of Elden, and from which was descended Sir Walter Scott, the novelist and poet. On the maternal side she was a descendant of Sir Erasmus Dryden, Bart., grandfather of John Dryden, who was the poet laureate from 1670 to 1688. Early in 1666 Christopher Holder married for his second wife Hope Clifton, a minister of the Society of Friends, a daughter of Thomas and Mary Clifton, Friends, of New-
port, Rhode Island. Of his first union there were two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. His second wife bore him seven children: Chris- topher, Hope, Patience, died young; a second Patience, John, Content and Anne.
Christopher Holder, eldest child of Rev. Christopher and Hope (Clifton) Holder, was born December 22, 1666. In 1690 he was a large property owner in Newport, and he died in 1720. He was in England in 1691, and on February 15 of that year was married at Hall- atrow, Somersetshire, to Elizabeth Daniell, of Winterburne, Gloucestershire. Of this union there were two children, one of whom, John, lived to maturity.
Captain John Holder, son of Christopher and Elizabeth (Daniell) Holder, was born in 1694. He followed the sea, became a master mariner and was master of ships plying be- tween Boston, Barbadoes and England. The maiden name of his wife is not given in the record at hand, but it states that he had one child, Daniel.
Daniel Holder, only child of Captain John Holder, was born in 1721. There are reasons to believe that he was christened Daniell, which was the maiden name of his grandmother, but he signed his name Daniel. He was a ship- builder on the inland of Nantucket. The chris- tian name of his wife was Hannah, and his children were: Hannah, Theodate, died young ; Thomas, Richard, Theodate, Sarah, Daniel, Abigail, who also died young; and a second Abigail.
Thomas Holder, eldest son of Daniel and Hannah Holder, was born in Nantucket, Sep- tember 28, 1754. He married Sarah Gas- kill, a Quaker preacher and a native of that part of Mendon, Massachusetts, which is now Blackstone. About the year 1778 they settled in Berlin, Massachusetts, and the homestead which they erected and occupied is, or was recently, in good preservation. Thomas died in Berlin, January 10, 1830, and his wife died November 6, 1836. They were the parents of eight children: Phebe, Hannah, Joseph, Dan- iel, who died young ; another Daniel, Samuel, Thomas and John.
Daniel Holder, third son and fifth child of Thomas and Sarah (Gaskill) Holder, was born in Berlin or Bolton, May 19, 1791. He was a prosperous farmer of Berlin and a mem- ber of the Society of Friends. He died in Berlin, May 18, 1863. September 15, 1819, he married Harriet Hutchins, of Concord, New Hampshire. born May 13, 1793, died August 4, 1866. She was the mother of seven chil- dren : Maria, born in 1820, died September
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19, 1863. Samuel, who died in infancy. An- other Samuel, who will be again referred to. Phebe, born November 27, 1824, died Novem- ber 12, 1902. Jane, born July 31, 1827. Mary Hutchins, born July 8, 1833. Levi H., born August 17, 1837, served in the Civil war, was captured by the enemy and died in Anderson- ville prison.
Samuel Holder, second son of Daniel and Harriet (Hutchins) Holder, was born in Ber- lin, March 2, 1823. His active years were devoted to farming in Hudson, Massachu- setts, and possessing musical ability of a high order he was enabled to relieve the monotony of farm life by the exercise of his talent. He was widely known and highly esteemed, and his death, which occurred November 27, 1904, was the cause of general regret. He married Louisa M. Rice, of Hudson, born November 6, 1823, daughter of Levi Rice, of Marlbor- ough. She was a lineal descendant in the seventh generation of Edmund Rice, founder of the Rice family of Marlborough, through Edward (2), Jacob (3), Gershom (4), Thom- as (5), and Levi (6). Levi Rice was born in Marlborough in 1790, and died February 6, 1860. He married Lucinda Bigelow, born in Marlborough, November 22, 1793, died July 17, 1850, daughter of Gershom Bigelow. She was a descendant of John Biguley or Bigelow, the immigrant, through Samuel (2), John (3), Gershom (4), Ivory (5), and Gershom (6). (N. B. Colonel Timothy Bigelow, one of the most efficient regimental commanders in the Revolutionary war, was also a descendant of John the immigrant). Levi and Lucinda (Bigelow) Rice were the parents of eight children : Luther and Willard, who died in infancy; Mary Bigelow, Martha B., Lucinda, Louisa M., Luther M. and Lucas H. The children of Samuel and Louisa M. (Rice) Holder are: Charles E., born September 26, 1842, served in the Rebellion and died at Liberty Hill, Georgia. Lambert B., born Sep- tember 26, 1844, died December 10, 1852. Ly- man Daniel, born November 27, 1847, died October 14, 1848. Emily Lucinda, see next paragraph.
Emily Lucinda Holder, only daughter of Samuel and Louisa M. (Rice) Holder, was born in Hudson, Massachusetts, March 9, 1850. On September 9, 1872, she became the wife of Austin B. Howe, of Marlborough, born in that city July 22, 1850, son of Alanson S. and Augusta (Howe) Howe. Mr. Howe was a worthy representative of one of the best known and most numerous Marlborough fam- ilies, and his ancestors were among the orig-
inal proprietors. In early life he was a car- penter and builder. In 1880 he engaged in the lumber business, and carried it on success- fully until his death, which occurred May 17, 1905. He was one of the most prominent business men of Marlborough, taking an earn- est interest in the general welfare of the city and its institutions, and was a director of the People's National Bank. His public services, consisting of two years in the common council and one term on the board of aldermen, were exceedingly beneficial to the community. In politics he was a Republican. He was prom- inent in the Masonic Order, being a member of United Brethren Lodge, Houghton Chapter and Trinity Commandery, affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, including Star of Hope Lodge of Rebeccas, and also be- longed to the Order of the Eastern Star. He was identified with the Unitarian church and a member of the parish committee.
Mrs. Howe survives her husband and re- sides in Marlborough. She has had two daughters: Edith A., born June 21, 1873, is now the wife of Robert W. Carter, of May- nard, Massachusetts. Lottie I., born June 17, 1876, died November 28, 1881.
Lawrence Southwick, the SOUTHWICK immigrant, was born in England, and according to the family tradition was from Lancashire, coming first in 1627, returning to England to bring his wife Cassandra, son John and daugh- ter Mary, on the ship "Mayflower," in com- pany with William Bradford and others and settled at Salem. We find no mention of his name in the Salem records until 1639, when he and his family were admitted to the First Church, and two acres of land were granted to him by the town to carry on the business of manufacturing glass and earthen ware. Some writers state that he was the first to manufac- ture glass in America. His two acres of land was called Glass House Field. This name has followed the property to the present time, al- though the manufacture of glass there ceased long ago. It is in a valley running easterly from Aborn street, and on the south side of what is called Gallows Hill, where several persons were hanged during the Salem witch- craft delusion.
Lawrence Southwick and his family became Friends, or Quakers, and were conspicuous sufferers from the bigoted Puritan authorities. Lawrence and his wife Cassandra, his son Jo- siah and daughter Mary, were fined, whipped,
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imprisoned, and finally banished. Their son Daniel and daughter Provided were sentenced by the general court to be sold into slavery. Says John Gough, in "History of the People Called Quakers," (1790) :
"I know of no instance of a more persever- ing malice and cruelty than that wherewith they persecuted the aforesaid Lawrence and Cassandra Southick (Southwick) and their family. First, while members of their church, they were both imprisoned for entertaining strangers, Christopher Holder and John Cope- land, a Christian duty which the Apostle to the Hebrews advises not to be unmindful of ; and after seven weeks imprisonment, Cassan- dra was fined 40 shillings for owning a paper written by the aforesaid persons. Next, for absenting from public worship and owning the Quakers' doctrine, on the information of one Captain Hawthorne, they, with their son Jo- siah, were sent to the House of Correction and whipped in the coldest season of the year, and at the same time Hawthorne issued his war- rant to distrain their goods for absence from public worship, whereby there were taken from the cattle to the value of four pounds, fifteen shillings. Again they were imprisoned with others for being at a meeting, and Cass- andra was again whipped, and upon their joint letter to the magistrates before recited, the other applicants were released but this family, although they with the rest had suf- fered the penalty of their cruel law fully, were arbitrarily detained in prison to their great loss and damage, being in the season of the year when their affairs most immediately de- mand their attendance; and last of all were banished upon pain of death, as before recited, by a law made while they were imprisoned. Thus despoiled of their property, deprived of their liberty, driven into banishment, and in jeopardy of their lives, for no other crime than meeting apart and dissenting from the es- tablished worship, the sufferings of this inof- fensive aged couple ended only with their lives. But the multiplied injuries of this harm- less pair were not sufficient to gratify that thirst for vengeance which stimulated these persecutors while any member of the family remained unmolested. During their detention in prison they left at home a son Daniel and a daughter Provided; these children, not de- terred by the unchristian treatment of their parents and brother, felt themselves rather en- couraged to follow their steps and relinquish the assemblies of a people whose religion was productive of such relentless persecution ; for
their absence from which they were fined ten pounds, though it was well known that they had no estate, their parents having been re- duced to poverty by repeated fines and ex- travagant distraints; wherefore to satisfy the fine they were ordered to be sold for bond- slaves at Virginia or Barbadoes. Edward Butler, one of the treasurers, sought out for a passage for them to Barbadoes for sale, but could find none willing to take them thither. ** * x Disappointed in his designs and at a loss how to dispose of them, the winter ap- proaching, he (Butler) sent them home to shift for themselves till he could find a con- venient opportunity to send them away."
Lawrence and wife Cassandra went to Shel- ter Island, Long Island Sound, being banished under pain of death in 1659, and died there in the spring of 1660 from privation and ex- posure; his wife died three days before him. Their son Josiah went to Rhode Island and established a home for himself and family. He came back to Salem in 1660 to look after his parents' property, and found it in very poor condition. He was whipped for return- ing to Massachusetts. The will of Lawrence Southwick was dated July 10, 1659, bequeath- ing to son Daniel his property at Salem; de- vising also to sons, Josiah Southwick, John Southwick ; to John Burnell, Samuel Burton, Mary Trask, Deborah Southwick, Ann Potter and others. Children: I. John, born 1620, died October 25, 1672; married Sarah Tidd, Hannah Flint, and Sarah Burnett (or Bur- nell). 2. Mary, born 1630, married Henry Trask. 3. Josiah, born 1632. 4. Provided, born 1635, died 1640. 5. Daniel, born 1637; mentioned below. 6. Provided, born Decem- ber 1641 ; married December 30, 1662, Samuel Gaskill.
(II) Daniel Southwick, son of Lawrence Southwick (I), born 1637, baptized in First Church, Salem, February 21, 1640-1; mar- ried February 23, 1663, Esther, daughter of Joseph Boyce Sr. and his wife Eleanor. He deeded half his house and barn to his son Lawrence, February 15, 1706. His will, proved February 10, 1718-9, bequeathed to wife Esther, sons Lawrence and Daniel, daughters Esther Buxton, Eleanor Osborn and Mercy Osborn. Children, born in Salem : I. Lawrence, mentioned below. 2. Esther, born June 26, 1665; married James Buxton. 3. Elizabeth, born June 24, 1668; married Wilkins. 4. Hannah, born August 7, 1667 ; married Thomas Buffington. 5. Daniel, born March 25, 1671; died 1732-3. 6. El-
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eanor, born June 25, 1674; married
Osborn. 7. Mercy, born 1676, married John Osborn.
(III) Lawrence Southwick, son of Daniel Southwick (2), born in Salem, 1664, died 1718; married August 4, 1704, Tamson, daughter of Caleb Buffum. His real estate was divided by will between widow Tamson and children, Joseph, Josiah, David, Caleb, Lawrence and Esther Southwick. Children : I. Daniel, born 1705, died November 19, 1776; married Ruth Shove. 2. Josiah 3d., born 1709, married Mary 3. Caleb, born 1709, married Ruth Gould, April 8, 1732. 4. Lawrence, mentioned below. 5. Esther, born 1712, married Ephraim Silsbee. 6. Joseph, born 1716, died June 1, 1791 ; married Bethia Callum, of Uxbridge; he was a tanner at Salem. 7. David, born 1714, settled in Dud- ley.
(IV) Lawrence Southwick, son of Law- rence Southwick (3), born in Salem, 17II; died at the house of his son Joseph, Uxbridge, 1795, aged eighty-four, according to the rec- ords of Friends' meeting at Somerset. He married first, May 8, 1739, Hannah, daughter of Edward and Lydia Shove, of Dighton, as per records of Friends' meetings at Somerset. He married second in 1754, Patience Handy (or Handee), born 1739. Patience was then but fifteen years old ; her mother was daughter of John Franklin, brother of Benjamin Frank- lin. Lawrence Southwick was a cordwainer at Dighton; was received into the Society of Friends at Woonsocket on certificate from Salem, February 29, 1745-6. Children of Lawrence and Hannah Southwick: I. Ed- ward, born March 18, 1740, died June 18, 1833. 2. Elizabeth, born 1748; married Moses Farnum. º3. Joseph, born 1750; mar- ried Abigail Sayles, of Smithfield, Rhode Island. 4. Nathaniel, born May 2, 1752, mar- ried Elizabeth Southgate. 5. David, born 1754, married Elizabeth Sweet. Children of Lawrence and Patience Southwick: 6. Isaac, mentioned below. 7. Daniel, born 1756, died 1846, at Holland Purchase, New York, mar- ried Jemima Bartlett. 8. Caleb, born Febru- ary 4, 1757, died 1819; settled at Peru, New York; married Phebe Osborn.
9. Amos, born 1760. 10. Amos, born 1762. II. Lydia, born 1764, married Obadiah Frye. 12. Asa, born August 3, 1766, settled at North Adams, Massachusetts : married Lydia Sherman. 13. Moses, born 1768, married Anna Harkness. 14. Esther, born 1770, went to Hoosick, New York to live. 15. Abigail, born 1772, lived at Bolton, Massachusetts ; married Asa Wheel-
er. 16. Mary, born July 12, 1773. 17. Jacob, born 1774, settled in Peru, New York. I8. Anna, born 1775, died 1794. 19. Josiah, born 1777; died at Danby, Vermont, March 4, 1874, ninety-seven years of age; married Mary Baker, of Granville, New York, and second, Rachel Brown. 20. Hannah, born 1779, mar- ried Seth Ballard; she was a preacher of the Society of Friends.
(V) Isaac Southwick, son of Lawrence Southwick (4), was born in Dighton, Mas- sachusetts, December 13, 1755; died 1823. He was an early settler in Danby, Vermont, and during his younger days followed his trade as blacksmith. He was in company with David Bartlett in the manufacture of edge tools. He subsequently settled near the residence of Wil- liam Herrick, where he kept a general store several years. He next settled on the farm owned by Captain A. N. Colvin, where he was also store keeper and where he lived until his death. He married Thankful Parris, born 1765, died 1830, daughter of Elkanah Parris. Children : I. Truman, born 1802, died young. 2. Sylvia, born 1805. 3. Edna, born 1808, died young. 4. Isaac Jr., mentioned below. 5. Arthur, born 1817, died young.
(VI) Isaac Southwick, son of Isaac South- wick (5), born in Danby, Vermont, in Octo- ber 10, 1809, died December II, 1832; mar- ried June 10, 1828, Elizabeth Otis, born De- cember 9, 1809, daughter of Harris Otis. Chil- dren, born in Danby: I. Isaac Mott, men- tioned below. 2. Homer Hersey, mentioned below. 3. Harris, died in infancy.
(VII) Isaac Mott Southwick, eldest son of Isaac (6) and Elizabeth (Otis) Southwick, was born in Danby, Vermont, March 28, 1829. For a number of years he carried on a profit- able wholesale and retail grocery business in Rutland, Vermont, whence he came to Boston and engaged in the spice and extract business which he conducted for a number of years. He was subsequently for a period of twenty- five years associated with his son, Homer H. Southwick, in the hotel business, and was very successful. His death occurred in Mal- den, December 4, 1897. He was first mar- ried, February 14, 1851, to Rebecca Williams, who was born in M'endon, March 27, 1824. Their children were: I. Homer Harris, see forward. 2. Isaac Nelson, born in Mendon, September 27, 1853. 3. Frank Eugene, born in. Rutland, March 13, 1858, died in Boston April 8, 1873. 4. Ida Bell, born in Rutland, July 13, 1862, died March 25, 1864. 5. Otis Williams, born in Rutland, September 22, 1865, died August 8, 1866. On April 24,
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1867, Mr. Southwick married (second), Eliza- beth Wardwell, of Rutland, born at Andover, Massachusetts, July 26, 1835, daughter of John and Miriam Foster (Stephens) Ward- well. John Wardwell, son of John and Sarah (Trussell) Wardwell, farmers at Andover, Massachusetts, was born in Andover, in 1803, and died in Boston, in 1882 ; he was a railroad man. His wife was born in Norway, Maine, and died August 1, 1841, aged thirty-six years, daughter of Darius and Olive Stephens. Dari- us Stephens was a soldier in the revolutionary war under Washington; he died in Norway, Maine, at the venerable age of ninety-seven years. Children of John and Miriam Ward- well: I. William Sumner, lives in Malden. 2. John Francis, lives in Hartford, Connecti- cut. 3. Elizabeth, who became the wife of Mr. Southwick. 4. Ellen, deceased. Mrs. South- wick, widow of Isaac Southwick, resides at the family home, 389 Highland avenue, Malden, enjoying the affection of a large circle of deep- ly attached friends.
(VIII) Homer Harris Southwick, eldest child of Isaac M. and Rebecca (Williams) Southwick, was born in Clarendon, Vermont, (near Rutland), March 14, 1852. He attend- ed school in his native state, and at the age of sixteen years accompanied his father to Boston, where he was thence forward associat- ed with the elder Southwick in business. After relinquishing the spice and extract trade previ- ously referred to, they turned their attention to the hotel business, purchasing a number of first class hostelries, one of which, the Phoenix, in Boston, contained two hundred rooms, and for a quarter of a century they were identified with the business in that city. For a number of seasons they managed the summer hotel, picnic grove and boat-house at Fresh Pond, Cambridge, entertaining many large excursion parties and making that property a popular resort. After selling their various hotel en- terprises they located permanently in Malden, where they purchased the large and desirable estate situated on Highland avenue, Pleasant and Russell streets. Since his father's death Mr. Southwick has devoted his time and en- ergy to the real estate business in Malden, owning several fine buildings, including busi- ness blocks of Highland avenue. In politics he is a Republican. He was reared a Con- gregationalist, but now attends the Baptist Church. In 1883 Mr. Southwick married Miss Annie Galvin, a native of Boston, and a daugh- ter of Bernard Galvin. Their children are : Eugene, born December 29, 1886: Augustus,
September 30, 1888; Annie, November
3, 1889; Elizabeth, March 1, 1897.
(For ancestry see preceding sketch).
(VII) Homer Hersey
SOUTHWICK Southwick, son of Isaac Southwick (6), was born at Starksboro, Vermont, June 13, 1831. His father died when he was an infant. He re- ceived his education in the public schools of Starksboro. He was reared on a farm in his native place, attending the common schools adjacent to his home. He resided in Hoosick Falls, New York, for some time, representing the Walter A. Wood Company, both in this country and in Europe, holding from the start the position of general agent for the company, and traveling all over this country and Can- ada, making many trips also to Europe to su- pervise the sale of harvesting machinery. He made his home in Jersey City, New Jersey, and headquarters in Cortland street, New York City. He was a sergeant of Company B, Fourteenth Regiment Vermont Volunteers, in the civil war, and participated in all the principal skirmishes and battles with his com- pany, Gettysburg included. In politics he was a Republican, and represented the town of Middletown Springs two years in the Vermont legislature. He was a member of Wood Post, G. A. R., Hoosick Falls, New York. He be- longed to the Baptist church of Hoosick Falls, New York. He was a prominent Free Mason, member of Van Rensselaer Lodge, No. 400, Hoosick Falls, New York; Raymond Chap- ter, No. 248, Royal Arch Masons; and the Commandery, Knights Templar. He removed from Jersey City, New Jersey, Malden, Massachusetts, 1892, and re-
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sided there at 548 Pleasant street, to the time of his death, February 1, 1905. In 1900 he was stricken with paralysis, and his health was seriously impaired for the remaining years of his life. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. H. Moss, pastor of the First Bap- tist Church of Malden, and by Post No. 40, Grand Army of the Republic, conducted by Commander A. L. Decatur and Chaplain Henry A. Arnold. Members of the Post sang "Rest, Comrade, Rest." There were many floral tributes, and the pall bearers were Com- rades Grover, Waterman, Brown and Page. The interment was at Forestdale.
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