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(III) Moses Howe, youngest son of Sam- uel and Sarah (Leavitt-Clapp) Howe, was born in Sudbury, August 27, 1695. When a young man he went from Sudbury to Fram- ingham, and his death occurred in Rutland, Massachusetts, February 16, 1749. The christian name of his wife was Eunice but a list of his children is wanting.
(IV) Samuel Howe, son of Moses and Eunice Howe, was born in 1719. In 1759 he
became a resident of Belchertown, Massachu- setts. He was married in 1739 to Hannah Smith.
(V) Dr. Estes Howe, son of Samuel and Hannah (Smith) Howe, was born in 1747. He studied medicine; was a surgeon in the war for national independence, serving as such in Colonel Brewster's regiment in 1775; was subsequently in Colonel Rufus Putnam's regiment and during the Saratoga campaign was on the staff of General Gates. After leav- ing the army he settled in Belchertown, Mas- sachusetts, where he spent the remainder of his useful life in the practice of his profession. In 1825, while suffering from a stroke of par- alysis, he was honored by a visit from Gen- eral Lafayette, who was passing through Belchertown en route to Boston. Dr. Estes Howe married Susannah Dwight, daughter of Captain Nathaniel, Jr., and Hannah (Ly- man) Dwight, of Northampton, Massachu- setts, and a descendant of John Dwight, an early settler in Dedham, Massachusetts. Her mother was a daughter of Lieutenant Ben- jamin and Thankful (Pomeroy) Lyman, also of Northampton. Dr. Estes and Susanna (Dwight) Howe had three sons, all of whom became lawyers and judges: William, in Ver- mont, Estes in New York, and Samuel in Massachusetts.
(VI) Judge Samuel Howe, youngest son of Dr. Estes and Susannah (Dwight) Howe, who born in Belchertown, June 20, 1785. He was graduated from Williams College in 1804, and was a classmate of Nathan Hale, father of the Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D. D. He began the practice of law in Worthington, Hampshire county, Massachusetts, and at one time had as a student William Cullen Bryant, the poet. In 1820 he became a judge of the court of common pleas, which necessitated his removal to Northampton, the county seat, and in addition to his judicial duties he devoted considerable time to a local law school, which he established and directed. His last term of court was at Worcester in December, 1827, and he died in Boston, January 20, 1828, aged but a little more than forty years. In his re- ligious belief he was originally a Congrega- tionalist, but he later became a Unitarian. For his first wife he married Susan Tracy, daugh- ter of Uriah Tracy, of Connecticut, and she died in 1811, leaving two children-Uriah and Susan. The latter became the wife of George S. Hillard, of Boston. In 1813 he married for his second wife Sarah Lydia Rob- bins, daughter of Edward Hutchinson and Elizabeth (Murray) Robbins, the former of
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whom was lieutenant-governor of Massachu- setts during one of the administrations of Gov- ernor Caleb Strong. She was a descendant in the seventh generation of Richard Robbins, an early settler in Cambridge, and her grand- father, Rev. Nathaniel Robbins, who was born there and graduated from Harvard College in 1747, was in 1751 ordained pastor of the church in Milton, where he died in 1795. He married Elizabeth Hutchinson, daughter of Edward and Lydia (Foster) Hutchinson, the former a cousin of Governor Thomas Hutch- inson. Edward Hutchinson was a son of Thomas, Thomas was a son of Elisha, who was son of William and Anne
and Elisha was a son of Edward, (Marbury) Hutchinson, the last-named of whom attempted to establish a religious re- form in Governor Winthrop's time and suf- fered banishment from the colony on account of her convictions. On the maternal side Mrs. Howe was a granddaughter of James Mur- ray, of Milton, and a sister of Dorothy, wife of the Rev. John Forbes, who was the grand- father of the late John Murray Forbes of that town. The Robbins homestead at Milton, known as Brush Hill, was inherited from the Murray ancestors. The children of Samuel Howe's second union were: Estes, Mary, Eleanor, James Murray and Sarah Robbins.
(VII) James Murray Howe, second son of Judge Samuel and Sarah L. (Robbins) Howe, was born at Worthington in 1819. He es- tablished himself as a broker in Boston, where for many years he was a prominent business man, and he died at sea on board the ship "David Stewart," May 27, 1879, while on a voyage from Rio Janeiro to Baltimore. He was married October 7, 1845, to Harriet But- ler Clarke, daughter of Christopher and Har- riet (Butler) Clarke, of Northampton, the former of whom was a lineal descendant of Daniel Clarke, an early settler in Windsor, Connecticut, and served as secretary of the colony in 1658 and for several subsequent years. Mrs. Howe's mother was a daughter of William and Huldah (Brown) Butler. Her maternal grandfather, Colonel John Brown, was a grandson of Lieutenant Jacob Brown, of the British army.
Colonel John Brown, who was an eminent man as a patriot and lawyer at Pittsfield, Mas- sachusetts, possessed a strong character, and having actual knowledge of the financial ir- regularities of Benedict Arnold at New Hav- en, which he obtained when Arnold was a teacher there and he a student at Yale Col- lege prior to 1771, never ceased to accuse Ar-
nold publicly of doing wrong whenever as a general in the Revolutionary army Arnold was irregular or dishonest, as he was more than once before the colonies lost his valuable services by reason of his treason. Colonel Brown served with gallantry as an officer in the Continental army during the war of the Revolution, and was killed in an ambuscade with forty-five of his troops at Stone Arabia, near Fonda, New York, October 19, 1790.
He married Huldah Kilbourne, of Wethers- field, Connecticut. Mrs. Harriet B. Howe died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 10, 1901. She was the mother of three sons : Archibald M., who will be mentioned at length in the succeeding paragraph; James Murray (second) who resides at Brush Hill, Milton, Massachusetts, and Henry Butler, who died at the age of six years. James M. Howe, of Milton, married Elizabeth Hall, of Bristol, Rhode Island, and has four children.
(VIII) Archibald Murray Howe, eldest son of James M. and Harriet B. (Clarke) Howe, was born in Northampton, May 20, 1848. He acquired his early education in the public schools of Brookline, including the high school, and from the latter entered Harvard University, taking his bachelor's degree with the class of 1869. Among his classmates were Frank D. Millet, Francis G. Peabody and Henry Marion Howe, son of Dr. Sam- uel G. and Julia Ward Howe, and now pro- fessor of metalurgy at Columbia University. Having pursued the regular course at the Harvard Law School and obtained the neces- sary practical experience in the office of George S. Hilliard, he was admitted to practice in the courts of Massachusetts in June, 1872. Pos- sessing a taste and capacity for political life and being desirous of obtaining a practical knowledge of the scheme of federal govern- ment, he accepted the position of private sec- retary to the Hon. L. Pierce, and retained it during the sessions of the forty-third congress, residing at the national capitol for a period of eleven months. In 1875 he became associated in the practice of law with Henry F. Buswell and Charles H. Walcott, and has ever since been actively connected with the legal profes- sion of Boston and Cambridge, in which lat- ter city he has resided for many years. Al- though well versed in the general practice of law he devotes his attention chiefly to the ad- ministration of estates and the care of trust funds, and in this special field of usefulness he has been eminently successful.
Mr. Howe is widely and favorably known both for his fine legal attainments and his nu-
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merous commendable personal characteristics, prominent among which is his patriotism and implicit faith in the integrity and justice of our state and national political institutions, and on more than one occasion he has forcibly demonstrated the wisdom of his advanced views relative to their improvement. In poli- tics he acts independently and takes a lively interest in all important issues, muncipal, state and national. In 1877 he served in the Cam- bridge council, was in 1890 chosen representa- tive to the legislature on a combined Demo- cratic and Independent ticket, and in various other ways has rendered valuable public serv- ices, being an earnest advocate of civil serv- ice reform. In his religious belief he is a Unitarian, being a member of the First Parish Church, Cambridge, and a life-member of the American Unitarian Association. He is also a member of the St. Botolph Club, Boston, and vice-president of the Massachusetts Reform Club.
On June 4, 1881, Mr. Howe was united in marriage with Arria Sargent Dixwell, daugh- ter of Eps Sargent and Mary Ingersoll (Bow- dirch) Dixwell, of Cambridge.
(For preceding generations see Thomas Brigham 1.)
(V) Edward Brigham, son
BRIGHAM of Lieutenant Uriah Brig- ham (4), grandson of Cap- tain Samuel Brigham (3), great-grandson of Captain Samuel (2), and great-great-grand- son of the immigrant, Thomas Brigham (I), was born at Marlborough, Massachusetts, June 13, 1764, died May 29, 1826. He mar- ried Beulah Hawes, born February 14, 1770, died January 15, 1834. Brigham was a tan- ner at Petersham. Children : I. Harriet, born December II, 1792, died in Barre, De- cember 30, 1864; married, March 9, 1814, Paul Rice, of Barre ; children: i. James B. Rice, born May 7, 1829; ii. Harriet S. Rice, born December 28, 1830, died at Wethers- field, Vermont, July 14, 1776. 2. Roxana, born June 22, 1794, married John P. Deal (see sketch of Deal family). 3. Nancy, born May 10, 1796. 4. Artemas, born October 22, 1799. 5. Mary Ann, born September 26, 1801, died June 27, 1828. 6. Elvira, born June 14, 1803, died January 8, 1890; married, April 16, 1828, James Holland. 7. Catherine, born January 18, 180-, died in Boston, July 4, 1874; married, April 2, 1833, Charles Sib- ley ; resided in Chelsea. 8. Robert Morris, born August 23, 1806, died unmarried Feb- ruary 8, 1889, at Petersham. . 9. Sarah Breck, born May 20, 1808. 10. James Sumner, born
February 5, 1811, married Clarie Henley. II. Edward, born January 1, 1814.
(For ancestry see preceding Howe sketches).
(II) Isaac Howe, son of John HOWE Howe (I), born in Sudbury, August 8, 1648; married, Janu- ary 17, 1671, Frances Woods, died May 14, 1718; married (second), December 2, 1718, Susanna Sibley, of Sutton. He died De- cember 9, 1724. His will was dated June 20, 1723, leaving his homestead to his son John. Children : I. Elizabeth, born January 17, 1673. 2. Sarah, January 28, 1675. 3. Mary, born February 13, 1677, married, 1706, Jonathan Wilder. 4. John, born October, 1680, died young. 5. John, mentioned below. 6. Bethia, born August 24, 1684, married, 1714, Benja- min Garfield. 7. Hannah, born June 17, 1688, married John Amsden. 8. Thankful, born June 22, 1691, married, 1711, James Cady.
(III) John Howe, son of Isaac Howe (2), born in Marlborough, September 16, 1682; married, November 3, 1703, Deliverance, the daughter of John and Tabitha (Stone) Rice, of Sudbury. John Howe died May 19, 1754. Children: I. Jesseniah, mentioned below. 2. Matthias, born October 20, 1706, married, February 4, 1732, Elizabeth Howe. 3. Isaac, born February 8, 1708, married, April 21, 1735, Prudence Howe. 4. Benjamin, born December 14, 1710, married, February 4, 1732, Lucy Amsden. 5. Tabitha, born July 27, 1712, married, June II, 1739, Hezekiah Maynard. 6. Patience, born March 28, 1714. 7. Paul, born June 18, 1715, settled in Pax- ton. 8. Mary Frances, born June 16, 1721, settled in Rutland ; married Lydia Davis. 9. Abigail, born August 8, 1723.
(IV) Jesseniah Howe, son of John Howe (3), was born in Marlborough, May 30, 1704. He had three children at Marlborough, and perhaps others in New Hampshire, where he and his brother Isaac seem to have removed. He married Damaris - Children : 1. Joel, born March 26, 1729, mentioned below. 2. Hepzibah, born April 6, 1730. 3. Isaac, born 1742, died 1816, aged seventy-four in what is now Milford, New Hampshire ; married (sec- ond), December 2. 1792, Sarah Griffin, widow of Nathaniel Griffin, of Temple; she died March 15, 1847, aged eighty-one years ; had sons Joel and Isaac. 4. Stephen, born 1745, died at Milford, March 19, 1818; married Hannah Dunclee and has a son Isaac.
(V) Joel Howe, son of Jesseniah Howe (4), was born at Marlborough, Massachusetts, March 26, 1729. He settled at Amherst, New
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Hampshire, a section of which was set off to form the town of Milford. He and his brother Isaac were soldiers from Amherst in the Rev- olution and took part in the battle of Bunker Hill. Isaac was on the Amherst tax list in 1760. He had a son Samuel, and Stephen and Isaac of Amherst were his sons or nephews. (VI) Samuel Howe, son of Joel Howe (5), was born in Amherst, New Hampshire, or vicinity. Married, June 8, 1780; died April 28, 1818, age sixty-seven. He resided there in 1782 when the southwest part was set off as a parish which in 1794 was incorporated as the town of Milford. He signed the petition to be set off in 1782, but in 1790 was in the ad- jacent town of Petersborough. He was prob- ably too young to be in the Revolution. Some of his children were born in Amherst, the others at Petersborough. Children: I. Jane Templeton, born in Amherst, New Hampshire, July 19, 1782; married J. McIntire; died March 21, 1854. 2. James, born October 24, 1784, mentioned below. 3. Sarah, born in Amherst, New Hampshire, February 1, 1787, married Isaac Hadley. 4. Anne, born in Am- herst, New Hampshire, April 23, 1789, mar- ried, September 15, 1816, Nathan Gray; she died July 1, 1834. 5. Samuel, born in Peters- borough, June 6,1791, married, May 1, 1823, Rachel Twiss. 6. Elizabeth, born in Peters- borough, December 20 or 30, 1793, died Jan- uary 22, 1794. 7. Charles, born in Peters- borough, April 2, 1795, married Betsey Pow- ers. 8. Amy or Annie, in Home records, born in Petersborough, August 26, 1797, married Ebenezer Hadley ; died January II, 1874. 9. Nancy, born in Petersborough, New Hamp- shire, June 7 or 17th, in family records, 1800, married William Puffer. 10. Asahel, born in Petersborough, July 19, 1802, married Fanny Spofford : died August 13, 1844. II. William, born in Petersborough, February 26, 1805, married Caroline Stone; he died April 17, 1873.
(VII) James Howe, son of Samuel Howe (6), was born at Amherst, New Hampshire, October 24, 1784. In addition to his farm he had a saw mill in which he did a thriving business. About three years before his death he removed to Jaffrey, New Hampshire, where he died March 5th or 25th, in family records, 1863. He married (first), October 22, 1815, Martha Craig, who died December 9, 1830, aged thirty-eight years; (second), in 1832, Eliza Gould, born in Greenfield, New Hamp- shire, who died August 16, 1847, aged forty- two years. He married (third), March 6, 1849, Nancy Witt, of Jaffrey, died March 12,
1891. He had seven children by his first wife, six by his second, and two by his third. Chil- dren : I. Eleanor, born June 26, 1816, married Nathan Leathers ; she died December 9, 1861. 2. Jonathan, born October 3, 1817, not mar- ried; died December 17, 1852. 3. James, Jr., born July 23, 1819, married Mary Ann Whit- ney or Whiting ; he died October 16, 1850. 4. J. Samuel, born July 20, 1821, settled in Cali- fornia, died unmarried about 1900. 5. Mont- gomery, born September 8, 1823, married Lizzie Schenck and settled in California ; died about 1902. 6. Martha K., born November 28, 1825, married Joseph Boardman and set- tled in California ; died 1899. 7. Sarah Jane, born February 25, 1827, died October 3, 1879 ; married Albion P. Dresser; . (second) John Sanderson, of Springfield, Massachusetts. 8. Elbridge, born September 6, 1833, married Henrietta Felch, October 3, 1859; always re- mained a resident of Petersborough, New Hampshire. 9. Elizabeth Minerva, born De- cember 23, 1834, died in Petersborough, March 9, 1904, age sixty-nine; married Jackson Clement. IO. Alfred Gould, born April 13, 1837, mentioned below. II. Allison Granville, born April 16, 1839, died March 3, 1872, age thirty-two; married Sarah Haskell. 12. Francis, born August 14, 1841, died March 24, 1843. 13. Francis E., born September 26, 1843, unmarried; killed at the Battle of Fair Oaks, 1863, aged twenty years; a soldier in the Union army. 14. Louis K., born June 7, 1850, married (first) Mary Pool; (second) Elizabeth Eckersley; settled in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 15. Elton, born April 19, 1854, died unmarried May 8, 1875.
(VIII) Alfred Gould Howe, son of James Howe (7), was born at Petersborough, April 13, 1837, and died in Lowell, Massachusetts, May 3, 1903, aged sixty-six. He was educated in the common schools, and for a number of years followed farming as an occupation in Petersborough and in Dracut, Massachusetts. He enlisted in the Civil war, serving in the Massachusetts Sixth regiment and marched through Baltimore, April 19, 1861, receiving an honorable discharge. He returned to Low- ell and engaged in the real estate business there until his death. He was successful in a material way and commanded the confidence and esteem of his townsmen. In politics he was an active and influential Republican. He served several terms in the common council and also in the board of aldermen of the city of Lowell with much credit to himself. He attended the Congregational Church. He married Georgianna Thomas, who survives
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him, living in the homestead of the family at Lowell. Children : I. Mabel N .. born January 21, 1870, married Norman L. Peavey, No- vember 26, 1889; child, Harry L. Peavey. 2. Harry Wilber James, born February 25, 1872, mentioned below. 3. Jennie G., born Septem- ber 5, 1875, married Eugene F. Hodge; child, Florence Hodge, born 1902. 4. Alfred Thom- as, born May 31, 1877, married Jessie Mac- Eachren, October 3, 1899.
(IX) Harry Wilber James Howe, son of Alfred .Gould Howe (8), was born in Dracut, Massachusetts, February 25, 1872. He was educated in the common and high schools of Lowell, after which he entered the employ of the Boston & Maine Railroad. After several years he retired from the railroad business to accept the position of general secretary of the Lowell Young Men's Christian Association, a position for which he was well fitted by edu- cation, training and ability. He brought the association to a prominent position among the associations of the state and made it a source of pride to the citizens of Lowell as well as the members of the association. In 1899 he severed his official connection with the Lowell association and entered into the real estate business in company with his father and has continued to be very successful. He has been active in the Republican party, and has per- formed his duties of citizenship conscientious- ly. In religion he is a Congregationalist, an earnest and active member of the Pawtucket Congregational Church, Lowell. He is un- married, living with his mother in the family homestead.
Gregory Stone, immigrant an- STONE cestor, came to America with his family, in the "Defence," which sailed from London early in July, 1635, and arrived, presumably at Boston, in Octo- ber of the same year. He had as fellow pas- sengers Rev. Thomas Shepard and his asso- ciate, who were fleeing religious intolerance at home. On the voyage they were exposed to greater danger than that found by most of the colonists, for their ship had "a bottom too decayed and feeble indeed for such a voyage so that a perilous leak endangered her safety on the way hither." In the same year his broth- er Simon came with his family on the ship "Increase," also from London.
The earliest records relating to the ances- try of these two brothers-which latter day research has been able to bring to light, relate to Symond Stone and his wife Elizabeth, who lived in Much Bromley, now known as Great
Bromley, a town in Essex county, England. The will of this ancestor, the first of whom we have definite knowledge, was made May 12, 1506, probated in 1510, and is now in the British Museum. In it he names four sons as his heirs, of whom the eldest, David, is probably the next in this line of descent. David had a son Symond whose wife's name was Agnes. Their son David was the father of Simon and Gregory, the immgrants. These facts are compiled from data copied from parish registers in Great Bromley, and show that information as to the ancestry of Gregory and Simon Stone already published is erroneous.
(II) Deacon Gregory Stone, born in Eng- land, about 1590, baptized at Great Bromley, Essex county, England, April 19, 1592, died at Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 30, 1672. He settled first at Watertown as early as 1636, but soon removed to Cambridge, of which he was a proprietor in 1637. He was admitted a freeman May 25, 1636, with his brother Simon, both of Watertown. His farm at Cambridge was noted for high state of cultivation and excellent orchards. It is the site of the present Botanic Gardens of Harvard College. He was deacon of the Cam- bridge Church thirty-four years, deputy to the general court, and local magistrate. He deposed September 18, 1658, that he was aged about sixty-seven years. He died November 30, 1672, aged eighty-two. His will was proved December 14, 1672. The widow died June 24, 1674. He married in Nayland, England, July 20, 1617, Margaret Garrad, baptized at Nayland, December 5, 1597, and buried there August 4, 1628. Stone married second, in England, Lydia Cooper, widow, born in Eng- land and died in Cambridge, June 24, 1674. His second wife had by her first marriage a son John Cooper, who married Anne Spar- hawk, and a daughter Lydia, who married David Fisk. Children: I. John, baptized July 31, 1618, in England; settled in Fram- ingham; ancestor of the main families of Worcester county of this name. 2. Dr. Dan- iel, baptized August 15, 1620; resided in Cam- bridge, Massachusetts. 3. David, baptized September 22, 1622; resided in Cambridge. 4. Elizabeth, baptized October 3, 1624, buried at Nayland, England. 5. Elizabeth, baptized March 6, 1628; married Anthony Potter, of Ipswich. 6. Samuel, mentioned below. 7. Sarah, baptized February 8, 1632; married July 12, 1653, Joseph Merriam, of Concord; she died April 8, 1704.
(III) Deacon Samuel Stone, son of Dea-
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con Gregory Stone (2), born 1630, at Nay- land, England, baptized there February 4, 1630-I. He was brought to America with his brothers and sisters when he was very young. He and his brother David Stone settled at Cambridge Farms, (Lexington) about the time of their respective marriages. They probably cleared their farms before removing to them and they were among the first set- tlers. Samuel Stone subscribed towards the first meeting house, 1692; was on the tax list 1693, the highest on the list, and became a man of large property for his day. He was deacon of the church, assessor of the town, and served on many important committees. He died September 27, 1715. He married first, Sarah Stearns, June 7, 1655, at Water- town, and they had ten or twelve children, half of whom died young. She died October 4, 1700. He married second Abigail , who died at Woburn in 1728, aged seventy- one. The surviving children were: I. Sam- uel, mentioned below. 2. Sarah, born Feb- ruary 5, 1660 ; married Edward Converse, of Woburn. 3. John, born May 12, 1663; mar- ried Rachel Shepard. 4. Lydia, born No- vember 25, 1665; married Francis Bowman. 5. Joseph, born 1671. 6. Anna, born June 30, 1673; married John Merry.
(IV) Deacon Samuel Stone, son of Dea- con Samuel Stone (3), born at Cambridge Farms (Lexington), October 1, 1656, died there June 17, 1743. He married, June 12, 1679, Dorcas Jones, of Concord. He was designated by his townsmen Samuel Stone West, to distinguish him from his cousin, "Samuel Stone, East." He was one of the original members of the Lexington Church 1696; his wife was received from the Con- cord church 1698. She died September 24, 1746, aged eighty-seven years. He was elected deacon to succeed his father, Novem- ber, 1715; was selectman 1714-15-23. Chil- dren, born at Lexington: I. Samuel, born August 12, 1684; married Abigail Reed, of Woburn. 2. Joseph, born February 8, 1687; married Mary 3. Jonathan, men- tioned below. 4. Sarah, married Thomas Cutter, or Cutler. 5. Elizabeth, born 1693; married March 18, 1710, John Lawrence. 6. Rebecca, born 1696; married Benjamin Reed. (V) Jonathan Stone, son of Deacon Sam- uel Stone (4), born in Lexington, February 2, 1689, died December 18, 1729; married there, November 12, 1712, Chary Adams, of Concord. Children, born at Lexington: I. Margaret, born October 25, 1713; died De- cember 30, 1713. 2. Dorcas, born March 25,
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