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Parker Howard, born May 28, 1857; ii. Mary Waring Howard, June 12, 1859; iii. Remsen Fletcher Howard, March 5, 1861; iv. Althea Maria Howard, September 28, 1863. 3. Clara, born January 21, 1838; died May 29, 1839. 4. Julia, born July 13, 1842; married October 25, 1887, Daniel C. Sanborn, of Reading. 5. Gilman L., mentioned below. Children of Loea and second wife, Adeline B. (Emerson) Parker: 6. Elmore, born July 26, 1852; Married November 24, 1876, Emma Armstrong; children: i. Adeline Elizabeth, born March 8, 1878; ii. Roy, October 13, 1879; iii. Percival, October 31, 1881; iv. Mar- ion, September 25, 1883. 7. Annie Bancroft, born August 14, 1855; educated in public and high schools of Reading; was teacher in pub- lic schools and is at present supervisor of drawing in public schools of Reading and ad- joining town of Wakefield.
(VIII) Gilman Loea Parker, son of Loea Parker (7), was born August 20, 1847, in Reading, where his paternal ancestors have resided from the first settlement. Not only his Parker ancestors but the Bancrofts, Nich- ols and others were among the founders of the town of Reading, and have been among the principal families ever since. He was ed- ucated in the public schools, graduating from the Reading high school in the class of 1865. He entered Dartmouth College, and in three years completed the four year course, gradu- ating in 1868. In 1869 he engaged in busi- ness in Boston as junior member of the firm of Briggs & Parker, wholesale dealers in tea and coffee, with their place of business on Broad street. Purchasing the interests of his partner after a few years, Mr. Parker has since conducted the business under his own name. He is at present located at 168 Milk street, Boston. where he built up a large and prosperous business. Mr. Parker devotes himself closely to his business, but is active in the duties of citizenship and interested in the welfare and development of the town which has been his home and the home of his ances- tors for so many years. He has for many years been a member of the school commit- tee, serving as its secretary since his first election, and at the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the town he did excellent ser- vice on the executive committee in charge of the celebration. He is an active member of the Reading Congregational Church, and has been assistant superintendent of the Sunday school. He has never married.
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(See preceding Parker sketches.)
(III) Jonathan Parker, son of
PARKER Sergeant John Parker (2), was born July 18, 1681, in Read- ing, and was a farmer there. He was known on the records as Jonathan Jr., to distinguish him from his cousin Jonathan Parker, an old- er man, and the history of Reading has the two somewhat confused. Jonathan married, 1706, Anna Flint, of Reading. Children: I. Timothy, born 1711. 2. Anna, 1714. 3. John, 1717. 4. Mary, 1719. 5. Kendall, mentioned below.
(IV) Kendall Parker, son of Jonathan Parker Jr. (3), was born in Reading, 1723. He settled when a young man in the adjacent town of Dracut, where his descendants have lived to the present time. He died there in 1776. He was a soldier of the Revolution on the Lexington alarm, in Captain Stephen Russell's company, Colonel Green's regiment, and was corporal in Captain Joshua Reed's company, Colonel Varnum's regiment from December 13, 1775, to April, 1776. His son, Kendall Parker, was in Captain Joseph Brad- ley Varnum's company, Colonel Simeon Spaulding's regiment, 1777, and also paid ten pounds to hire men for the Continental army later in the war. The father and son were active patriots to the extent of their powers. He married first, Mary , died at Dra- cut, November 7, 1756. He married second (intentions dated March 7, 1757) Priscilla Austin. He married third, Mrs. Jane Jones (intention dated August 8, 1778). She died December 24, 1806, at Dracut. Children of first wife, born at Dracut : I. Susannah, Feb- ruary 22, 1749-50. 2. Kendall Jr., born April 4, 1751-2, as noted above, married (intention dated October 14, 1777) Dolly Richardson; had large family of children born in Dracut. 3. Peter, mentioned below. 4. Samuel, (twin of Peter) born May 17, 1754. Children of second wife, Priscilla: 5. Mary, born June 5, 1759. 6. Elizabeth, July 28, 1762. 7. Jon- athan, February 18, 1764. 8. Priscilla, Feb- ruary 13, 1766. 9. Rachel, May 31, 1770. 10. Daniel, September 9, 1773.
(V) Peter Parker, son of Kendall Parker (4), was born in Dracut, May 17, 1754. He was a farmer at Dracut all his life. He mar- ried (intention dated July 8, 1785) Bridget Coburn. Children, born at Dracut: I. Sam- uel, July 21, 1787. 2. Elsy, September 29, 1789. 3. Hannah, July 28, 1791. 4. Peter Jr.,
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September 17, 1793. 5. Amos, November 14, I795. 6. Theodore, mentioned below.
(VI) Theodore Parker, son of Peter Park- er (5), was born in Dracut in June, 1799. He was educated in the public schools of his na- tive town and followed farming there. He married (intention dated December 19, 1829) Lydia Carter, of Wilmington, Massachusetts, born 1801, died June 26, 1832; married sec- ond, (intention dated January 9, 1834) Han- nah Greeley, of Hudson, New Hampshire. . He removed to the adjoining town of Lowell, Massachusetts. Children: I. Theodore Ed- son, mentioned below. Child of second wife: 2. Dr. Moses Greeley.
(VII) Theodore Edson Parker, son of Theodore Parker (6), was born at Lowell, about 1832. He was educated in the public schools of Lowell, and was a man of scholarly tastes. He was in no active business, but was occupied in the management and devel- opment of his property. He was interested in public affairs, and was a Republican in politics, but never sought public office. He was a man of strict integrity and high char- acter, having the respect and esteem of his- neighbors. He was generous and kindly in his nature and gave freely to various charities and benevolences. He married Frances J. Brackett.
(VIII) Theodore Edson Parker Jr., only child of Theodore Edson Parker (7), was born in Lowell, 1858. He was educated in the common and high schools of Lowell, at Amherst College, and Harvard University, a member of the class of 1881, but did not com- plete his course. When he left college he went into the Boott Cotton mill at Lowell, learned the business in a practical way in the various departments, and filled a position of responsibility with this corporation from 1879 to 1896. He then left the cotton manu- facturing business to engage in the telephone business, and is now district superintendent of the New England Telephone and Tele- graph Company for southern Massachusetts, with offices in Boston. He stands well in the business community as a man of sound judg- ment and thorough understanding of his busi- ness, of uprightness and executive ability. He is a member of the Puritan Club of Boston, and of the York, Vesper and Country Clubs of Lowell. In politics he is a Republican. He married, December 22, 1903, Harriet, daugh- ter of Edward and Eliza (Jaques) Talbot, of Lowell. They have no children.
Walter & Parker, 1
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(See preceding Parker sketches.)
(IV) John Parker, son of John
PARKER Parker (3), born in Reading, Massachusetts, March 27, 1701, died 1790; married, 1723, Sarah, daugh- ter of Samuel Lilly; she died 1771, aged sev- enty-three years. He first settled on the place in Franklin street recently owned by Richard Parker, where about 1725 he built the house on that place. He afterward ex- changed places with his brother Benjamin, who had succeeded to his father's home- stead, the same property still owned and oc- cupied by his descendants in Reading. Chil- dren: I. John, born 1724, settled in Royals- ton, Massachusetts. 2. Jonas, see forward. 3. Jacob. 4. Sarah, born 1738, married Na- thaniel Cowdrey. 5. Elizabeth. 6. Bridget, married John Orne, of Lynnfield. 7. Hannah. 8. Amos.
(V) Jonas Parker, son of John Parker (4), was born in Reading, in 1728. He succeeded to the homestead. He was lieutenant of the Reading company in the revolution, under Captain Thomas Eaton, Colonel Green's reg- iment, on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. Children : I. Jonas, see sketch. 2. Mary. 3. Aaron, see forward. 4. William, settled near the old place where his grandson William B. Parker lately lived. 5. Amos ; see sketch.
(VI) Aaron Parker, son of Jonas Parker (5), was born in Reading, in 1757, and settled in that town. He was a soldier in the revo- lution, in Captain Thomas Eaton's company, Colonel Green's regiment, April 19, 1775, and later; also in Captain Jesse Wyman's com- pany, Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment, in 1777, in Rhode Island campaign; also in Cap- tain William Green's company, Colonel Cy- prian How's regiment, in 1780, in Rhode Isl- and campaign. He married Jerusha Damon. Children: I. Aaron Jr., see forward. 2. Ja- bez D., father of Samuel and Wyman Parker. 3. John. 4. William, father of Warren, Edward and William C. Parker and Rev. B. Wyman Parker. the missionary. 5. Polly, married Silas Smith, parents of Sydney Smith, assistant engineer of U. S. ship "Kear- sarge."
(VII) Aaron Parker, son of Aaron Parker (6), born in Reading, 1788; married Rebecca, daughter of Captain Joseph Bancroft. He was a farmer in his native town. Children: I. Henry F., mentioned below. 2. Deacon Still- man E., see sketch. 3. Rebecca, married John Adden, parents of John Henry Adden.
(VIII) Henry F. Parker, son of Aaron
Parker (7), was born in Reading, and was ed- ucated in the common schools. He married Luthera Emerson, a descendant of Thomas Emerson (1) of Ipswich. He removed with his family to Chicago, Illinois, and thence to Lawrence, Kansas, about 1856, when the anti-slavery movement was active in the ef- fort to save Kansas from the blight of slav- ery. In 1880 he went to Pike's Peak, Colo- rado, and was state senator in the first legis- lature in that new state. Children: I. Hen- rv Kirk, served as private in First Colorado Cavalry Regiment, and killed in battle of Pawnee. 2. Aaron Holmes, served through- out the civil war as first sergeant in First Colorado Cavalry Regiment; later entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church, St. Louis and Kansas conferences; married in Missouri, and died 1903. 3. Walter Scott ; see forward. 4. Frederick Hale, of Reading; proprietor of Cummings Express; served nine months in civil war as a private, enlisting at age of sixteen; married Alice Gibson. 5. Frank M., died in childhood. 6. Edward Clark, was a mason by trade; later went to Kingman, Kansas, bought a farm, and died there; married Nora Conley. 7. Florence, was a trained nurse in Boston; died at age of about thirty-five years. 8. Stillman Roy, of Reading born in Kansas; in employ of Boston & Maine railway; married Ann Newhall, of Lynn, Massachusetts.
(IX) Walter Scott Parker, son of Henry F. Parker (8), was born in Reading, July 21, 1846. He spent his early childhood in his na- tive town, and attended school there. When ten years old he accompanied his parents to Illinois, and thence to Kansas. Young Parker continued his schooling in Lawrence, Kansas, and was a student in the high school there-the first school of that grade in the territory. In 1859 Henry F. Parker, with his two sons, Henry Kirk and Aaron Holmes went to Colorado. He and the rest of the family returned to Reading, Massachusetts, and after working on the farm for two years he became bookkeeper in the shoe factory of his uncle, Stillman E. Parker. He also at- tended the Reading high school for a time, but did not remain to graduate. July 19, 1864, when lacking two days of being eighteen years old, he enlisted in Company E, Eighth Regi- ment Massachusetts Volunteers, and served until the end of the war. In the following spring (1865) he entered the Chandler Scien- tific School of Dartmouth College, teaching during the winter terms in Chelmsford and Bradford while a student, and graduated from
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college in 1868. Shortly afterward he was chosen principal of Dowse Academy, Sher- born, and later principal of the Medfield high school, where he remained one year. He was then elected principal of a large grammar and graded school in New Bedford, Massa- chusetts, but after a few weeks he accepted the position of sub-master of the Dwight School in Boston. He remained there from April, 1872, to December, 1884, when he was elected master of the Bennett School of Bos- ton, where he remained four years. In 1888 he was transferred to the mastership of the Everett School, Boston, and attained a high reputation for his excellent teaching and ex- ecutive ability. Mr. Parker took a personal interest in his pupils, and won their affection as well as respect. His brilliant record as a school principal brought him into promin- ence, and in June, 1894, he was elected super- visor of the public schools of Boston, without any effort on his part to obtain the position. In 1906 this office was given the new desig- nation of assistant superintendent, and he has filled it to the present time to the utmost sat- isfaction of all concerned. He was connect- ed for many years with the National Sum- mer School of Methods at Saratoga, New York, as a lecturer on history, and for some years was manager and secretary. He has been treasurer of the Massachusetts Teach- ers' Association for several years, and in De- cember, 1895, was elected its president. He has been for many years a member of the National Historical Society. In collaboration with Calvin G. Hutchinson he is author of an extensive work on "The Principles and Practice of Bookkeepeing."
While absorbed by the duties of his pro- fession, Mr. Parker has always shown an abiding interest in the affairs of his native town, and he has been elected to many posi- tions of trust and responsibility. He has been a member of the Reading school com- mittee since 1873, and for more than twenty years has been chairman of the board. He has also been one of the trustees of the pub- lic library; and was chairman of the building committee in the erection of the new high school building in Reading, completed in 1906; was one of the originators and pro- moters of the First National Bank of Read- ing, of which he was a director from the first, and president since January, 1907; and was one of the originators of the Mechanics Sav- ings Bank; is a trustee of the Mechanics Sav- ings Bank of Reading. He was a member of the joint committee from Reading, Wakefield
and North Reading in charge of the very suc- cessful celebration of the quarter-millenial of the founding of the town of Reading, and was chairman of that body. He was commander of the local Grand Army of the Republic Vet- eran Post No. 194 during the first two years of its existence; is a member of Good Samari- tan Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Reading, of St. Paul's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Boston; of Hugh de Payens Com- mandery, Knights Templar of Melrose; and in 1901 was district deputy grand master of the Seventh Masonic District. He is a char- ter member and was first governor of Pil- grim Fathers Chapter, of Reading. He is a member of the Congregational church, Read- ing.
Mr. Parker married, June 8, 1870, Martha Isabelle Badger, a direct descendant in the maternal line of Colonel William Ball, who came from England about 1650 and settled in Lancaster county, Virginia, one of whose grandchildren was Mary Ball, mother of George Washington. They have three sons and three daughters: I. Grace Badger, mar- ried George Clough, general manager for Russell Company, Boston; one child, Robert. 2. Ralph Walter Parker, M. D., Lowell, a graduate of Boston University Medical School; he is a surgeon of ability, and has a large practice; married Mildred King, of Kingston, Canada. 3. Florence Buxton, wife of Calvin P. Atwood, clerk in auditor's. de- partment of custom house; one child, Ralph. 4. Harold Francis, salesman for Staples Coal Company, Boston; graduate of Dartmouth College, class of 1902. 5. Agnes Isabelle, single; a vocalist. 6. Robert Emerson, a stu- dent at Dartmouth College.
(For ancestry see preceding sketches.)
(VI) Amos Parker, son of
PARKER Jonas Parker (5), was born in 1750-51, in Reading, Massa- chusetts. He married Betsey Taylor of that town and they lived there all their lives. Chil- dren, born in Reading: I. Amos, Jr., mar- ried Nancy Batchelder, parents of Solon A. Parker. 2. Philomela, married Walter Da- mon; parents of Washington Parker. 3. Lo- renzo. 4. Harriet, married first, Samuel Dinsmoor and second, Jacob Smith. 5. Bet- sey, married Amos Temple. 6. Dana, men- tioned below.
(VII) Dana Parker, son of Amos Parker (6), was born November 21, 1805, at Read- ing, and died there February 8 or 9, 1892. He married Elizabeth Steele, who was born at
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Reading, July 26, 1814, and died there April 27, 1882. He was a farmer at Reading all his life. Children, born at Reading: I. Mil- ton D., born January 5, 1845, mentioned be- low. 2. Galen A., born May 10, 1847, mar- ried Edna S. Barrus, daughter of Hiram Barrus.
(VIII) Milton D. Parker, son of Dana Parker (7), was born in Reading, January 5, 1845, and was educated there in the public schools. He settled in his native place and followed farming. He was for many years a town cattle inspector. In politics he was a Republican. His family are members of the Reading Congregational church. He was one of the best known citizens of the old town, and enjoyed the respect and confidence of all his townsmen. His farm was located on Salem street and in many respects was a model one. His son, Alverde H. Parker, was associated with him for several years in the conduct and management of the home- stead. He married Melvina Bancroft, at Reading, Massachusetts, December 2, 1868. She is the daughter of James H. and Emily (Eames) Bancroft, of Reading, Massachu- setts, and is descended from John Bancroft (1), a pioneer at Lynn, Massachusetts, whose son, Thomas Bancroft, is the progenitor of most of this surname in this country. (See sketch of the Bancroft family of Reading, Massachusetts, in this work). Children of Milton D. and Melvina (Bancroft) Parker: I. Edith Bancroft, born July 16, 1872, resides at home with her parents; graduate of Reading high school. 2. Alverde H., born July 28, 1875, educated in the public schools of Read- ing, was associated with his father in farming and market gardening on the homestead, Salem street, Reading. Milton D. Parker died July 13, 1907.
(For ancestry see preceding sketches.)
(VI) Jonas Parker, son of PARKER Jonas Parker (5), born in Reading, Massachusetts, 1753, died 1800. He settled on the place at Ash street, Reading, recently owned by Charles Tweed, later owned by Mrs. B. F. Newhall. He was a soldier in the Revolution, a private in Captain John Bachellor's company, Colonel Ebenezer Bridge's regiment, April 19, 1775, and through the summer following; also private Third Middlesex Regiment, en- listed in the Continental army; age given as twenty-three. stature five feet seven inches; was at Fishkill-on-Hudson, New York, sum- mer of 1778; private in Captain William
Green's company, Colonel Samuel Denny's regiment, 1779; also Captain William Green's company, Colonel Cyprian How's regiment, 1780, in Rhode Island campaign. Married, 1780, Susanna Leathe. Children: Captain Jonas, and Ephraim, mentioned below.
(VII) Ephraim Parker, son of Jonas Parker (6), born in Reading, September 9, 1795, died March 26, 1844, aged forty-nine years. He settled in Reading. He married, March 26, 1820, Harriet M. Fletcher, of Box- ford. Children: Jerome, Clarkson, men- tioned below; Ellen, Mary, Warner.
(VIII) Clarkson Parker, son of Ephraim Parker (7), born at Reading, July 20, 1834, died there February 13, 1905. He married Ellen A. Pratt, born in Reading, Massachu- setts, May 31, 1836, died there July 19, 1902. They lived in Reading. Child: George Wan- son, mentioned below.
(IX) George Wanson Parker, son of Clarkson Parker (8), was born in Reading, Massachusetts, February 6, 1858. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He has had a mercantile career, hav- ing been a traveling salesman for the past twenty-four years for Berry Brothers. He is well known throughout New England in the trade, and especially in Reading where he was born and where he has always resided. He is a member of Good Samaritan Lodge, F. and A. M. He married, November 20, 1883, Jennie L. Eames, born February 6, 1860, daughter of Emory B. and Emma K. Eames, of Reading. Children: I. Harry C., born July 21, 1884. 2. Clarence K., July 9, 1885. 3. George L., June 7, 1887. 4. Charles J., April 1, 1889. 5. Elmer F., May 19, 1894. 6. Elliott E., November 28, 1895.
(For ancestry see preceding sketches.)
(VIII) Deacon Stillman E. PARKER Parker, son of Aaron Parker (7), was born in Reading, Massachusetts. He attended the public schools of his native city; Phillips Academy, Andover; Warren Academy, Woburn; and Amherst College, where he was a student during part of the course. He entered col- lege in 1841, and after studying about two years was obliged to leave on account of ill health. He engaged in the manufacture of shoes and continued in that line of business for a period of thirty-five years, employing at times a large force, largely those born and reared in Reading. As an employer he had the respect and esteem of his employees, and was always willing to give them in wages a
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fair proportion of the profits of the business. He was active in public life, serving in the capacity of member of the boards of select- men, assessors and overseers of the poor in 1855; member of the school committee twen- ty-two years; a justice of the peace since 1855; representative to the general court in 1859. He was one of the original members of Bethesda Church, and was always active in church work and benevolences; he was clerk of the parish a number of years, was chosen deacon of the church in 1854, and was the first superintendent of the Sunday school, continuing as such for thirty years. He is living at the present time (1908) at the ad- vanced age of eighty-eight years. He mar- ried (first) a Miss Leathe, who bore him two children: I. Roselia S., unmarried, resides in Lynn, Massachusetts. 2. Loella R., wife of Dr. A. E. Winship, of Somerville, Massachu- setts. He married (second) Emeline A. Pratt, born at Reading, Massachusetts, De- cember, 1821, and died January 31, 1908. Children : I. Abbie M., born 1852, wife of William Bassett, of Bridgewater, Massachu- setts. 2. Edward H., born 1854, resides in Abington, Massachusetts. 3. Justin L., born 1857, resides in Winchester, Massachusetts. 4. Henry C., born March 21, 1859, of whom later.
(IX) Henry C. Parker, son of Stillman E. Parker (8), was born in Reading, Massachu- setts, March 21, 1859. He attended the pub- lic schools of Reading, graduating from the high school, and then pursued a course at the State Normal School at Bridgewater, Massa- chusetts. He began to teach in Southamp- ton, Massachusetts, remaining for the greater part of one year, when he was made principal of the Haydenville high school, serving two years, after which he served as principal for periods of two years in the Wollaston School, Quincy, and Morse School, Somerville, Mas- sachusetts. In 1886 he was elected sub-mas- ter of the Dwight School, Boston, and later transferred to Warren School, Charlestown, as sub-master, remaining four years, when he became master of Harvard School, Charles- town, which position he has filled with con- spicuous ability and great success to the present time. Mr. Parker has traveled ex- tensively both in America and Europe, visit- ing the points of interest in both the old and new worlds. He is an honorary member of Massachusetts Schoolmasters' Club, financial secretary of Boston Teachers' Mutual Benefit Association, member of National Educational Association, American Institute of Instruc-
tion, Congregational Club of Boston, and Boston Masters' Club. He is also a member of Good Samaritan Lodge, Free and Accept- ed Masons, Royal Arch Chapter, of Reading, and Hugh de Payens Commandery, Knights Templar, Melrose. He is a member of the Reading Congregational Church, active in Sabbath school work. He is a vocalist, and sang for ten years in quartette choirs at Som- erville, Massachusetts, and for ten years member of Handel and Haydn Society of Boston. He has served as school committee- man of Reading ten years, and was a member of the building committee on the erection of the Reading high school. He is a Republi- can in politics. He married, in 1883, Henri- etta Cogan, of Northampton, Massachu- setts. Children: I. Raymond B., born De- cember 3, 1885, senior in Dartmouth College, medical course. 2. Helen B., born January 12, 1894, student in the Reading high school.
Richard Hildreth, immi-
HILDRETH grant ancestor, settled first in Cambridge, Massachu- setts, where he was admitted a freeman May IO, 1643 ; was town officer 1645. He removed to Woburn and signed the petition dated May IO, 1653, with twenty-eight others, for the town subsequently named Chelmsford. He was before that a petitioner for Woburn and Concord. The Chelmsford town records show that Sergeant Hildreth received, prior to March 3, 1663, from the general court, grants of eight separate lots of land amounting to one hundred and five acres. In 1664 the general court allowed him one hundred and fifty acres additional on account of his having lost his right hand. It is believed that Richard Hil- dreth and his son James were the ancestors from which all the Hildreths of this country are descended. Richard Hildreth died in 1688, aged eighty-three years. His wife Elizabeth died at Malden, August 3, 1693, aged sixty- eight. In his will made February 9, 1686, he mentions wife and children. Children: I. James, born 1631 ; mentioned below. 2. Eliza- beth, born September 21, 1646. 3. Sarah, Au- gust 8, 1648. 4. Joseph, born April 16, 1658; married December 12, 1683, Abigail Wilson ; died January 28, 1706. 5. Persis, born Feb- ruary 8, 1659-60. 6. Thomas, born Febru- ary 1, 1661-2. 7. Isaac, born July, 1663. 8. Abigail, married Moses Parker, of Chelms- ford. 9. (Probably one of the eldest-men- tioned as "Natural" in the will), Ephraim, of Stowe, to whom the Chelmsford homestead was bequeathed.
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