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Child (surname Whitney):
1. Rufus E., born January 5, 1873; married Mary B. Goodell, granddaughter of Wyman and Elmira (Rich- ardson) Goodell. Elmira was sister of Nathaniel Richardson. Children: a. Fanniebelle; b. Mildred; c. Celia; d. Ethel; e. Ruth; f. Elsie; g. Wyman; h. Wayne W .; i. Edwin B .; j. Paul W .; k. Jonathan. The last four all reside at 1232 Pleasant Street, Athol.
ii. JOHN W.“, born March 17, 1860; died October 26, 1950; married HATTIE BLISS, daughter of Milton Bliss of the extreme northerly part of Orange. He was a merchant in Athol for many years.
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Children: 1. C. Waldo7, born August 31, 1889; married Viola M. Dunklee, October 22, 1913; lives in Fitchburg.
2. Florence, born April 13, 1891; married Clifford Gourlay, May 19, 1927, he now deceased.
5. WILLIAM LeROY" HAVEN (Jotham4, John3, John2, Richard1), born May 24, 1835; married (1) FLORENCE A. WATSON, who died four years after marriage; married (2) in 1873 ELIZABETH STUART TWEED of Williamstown, New Jersey.
He was graduated from Williams College in 1864, and served for a time as Principal of Plattsburg Academy and sim- ilar educational institutions. In 1869 he became principal of the High School and Superintendent of Schools in Morristown, N. J., where he remained until his death.
Children (by second wife), born in Morristown:
i. SAMUEL CARRUTH", born April 18, 1875; died in Mor- ristown, November 21, 1949; married December 28, 1904, HELEN M. HUMPHREY, daughter of Dr. Henry M. Humphrey of Athol.
Children:
1. Elizabeth Humphrey7, born November 3, 1905; married March 20, 1952, Charles John Nevin of Caldwell, N. J.
2. John Stuart, born September 7, 1907; died October 21, 1946; unmarried.
ii. WILLIAM LeROY, born January 20, 1884; married in Dorset, Vermont, September 4, 1914, MARGARET LOR- ING GILBERT. He is now acting pastor of the Congrega- tional Church in Westminster, Vermont.
Children:
1. Carolyn Stuart7, born April 16, 1919; teaching in Arlington, Mass.
2. Richard, born August 22, 1924; married 1950, Josephine Corbishley of Much Wenloch, Shropshire, England. Member of faculty of the University of Massachusetts.
6. ERWIN J.“ HAVEN (Josiah5, Jotham4, John3, Johnº, Rich- ard1), born February 9, 1869; died October 8, 1940; married September 16, 1891, ELLA G. BLAKELY. He improved the home farm and expanded its acreage and carried on an ever- increasing general farming and dairy business until his death.
Child:
i. EVELYN7, born November 16, 1902; married October 18, 1930, RALPH A. MERRIFIELD, a native of Athol and graduate of the University of Massachusetts, who died in Athol, December 19, 1951. She now carries on five farms on Chestnut Hill known as the Haven Farms, four of which were originally in the Haven family, and a modern retail milk business known as the Merrifield Creamery.
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Evelyn (Haven) Merrifield was educated at Tufts Col- lege, from which she was graduated with the degree of A. B. in 1925; in 1939 she received the M. A. degree from Radcliffe College and Harvard University. She is a past Regent of the Margery Morton Chapter, D.A.R., and has been a member of State committees of the D.A.R. For some years she was a teacher in the Athol High School, has served as a member of the Athol School Board, and is a past president of the Athol High School Alumni Associa- tion.
Child (surname Merrifield):
1. Erwin Haven, born April 29, 1939, the eighth generation of his family on this place, a student in Athol High School.
The Kendall Family
In the years directly preceding 1640 there came to America, tradition says under the name of Miles, the brothers Francis and Thomas Kendall, sons of John Kendall of Cambridge, Eng- land. In 1640 they were landowners in Charlestown, Mass., where Francis was a miller.
Thomas married and had eleven children, all of whom were daughters; there is a tradition that one of the daughters ap- plied to the court and had her husband take her last name instead of her taking his.
1. FRANCIS1 KENDALL married in Woburn December 24, 1644, MARY, daughter of John Tidd. Francis was one of the petitioners for Woburn town.
Children: i. JOHNª, born May 2, 1646
2. ii. THOMAS, born January 10, 1648
iii. MARY, born January 20, 1650/1 iv. ELIZABETH, born January 15, 1652/3 v. HANNAH, born January 26, 1654/5 vi. REBECCA, born March 21, 1657/8 vii. SAMUEL, born March 8, 1659 viii. JACOB, born January 25, 1660
2. THOMAS2 KENDALL (Francis1) was born January 10, 1648; died at Woburn May 25, 1730; married (1) at Woburn in 1673 RUTH, born December 28, 1656, died at Woburn December 18, 1695, daughter of Samuel Blodgett, Sr .; married (2) March 30, 1696, ABIGAIL BROUGHTON of Weston, who died at Woburn December 15, 1716. Thomas was a tithingman of the west end of Woburn in 1692.
Children by first wife: i. RUTHª, born in 1674
3. ii. THOMAS, born May 19, 1677 iii. MARY, born in 1680
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4. iv. SAMUEL, born October 29, 1682
v. RALPH, born in 1685
vi. ELEAZER, born in 1687
vii. EPHRAIM
viii. JABEZ ? ix. JANE born in 1692
A son, born in 1695; died December 16, 1695
3. THOMAS® KENDALL (Thomas2, Francis1) was born in Woburn May 19, 1677; married in Boston November 7, 1701, SARAH, daughter of Rev. Thomas Cheever, pastor of the church at Chelsea for 34 years, and granddaughter of Ezekiel Cheever, master of the Boston Latin School; she died in Fram- ingham March 2, 1761, aged 75. Thomas Kendall moved to Lexington and thence to Framingham.
Children: i. SARAH', born in 1702
5. ii. THOMAS, born July 30, 1704
iii. ABIGAIL, born 1706 iv. BENJAMIN, born in 1708 v. MARY, born in 1711 vi. JOSHUA, born in 1713 vii. EZEKIEL, born in 1715 viii. ELIZABETH, born in 1717 ix. RUTH, born in 1720 x. JANE, born in 1722 xi. ELIJAH xii. ELISHA \
twins, born in 1724
4. SAMUEL3 KENDALL (Thomas2, Francis1) was born in Woburn October 29, 1682; died in Woburn December 13, 1764; married (1) before 1708, ELIZABETH -
who died in Woburn January 10, 1741, aged 54; married (2) in Concord July 22, 1751, MEHITABLE HOSMER, who died August 31, 1755. On October 5, 1732, Samuel received the commission of lieutenant from Governor Belcher.
Probably no family had more influence upon the industrial activity of Pequoig and Athol during the town's first half century than did the family of Lieutenant Samuel Kendall. In some way (one genealogist says by purchase for his sons) he became entitled to two of the original sixty-three shares in Pequoig township. However, although he apparently spent con- siderable time here, it is doubtful if he was ever an actual resident.
It was Samuel Kendall who entered into the first contract with the proprietors to provide them with a grist mill and a saw mill. When the grist mill proved inadequate for the de- mands of the growing community he arranged to increase its capacity. In these transactions he was not entirely philan-
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thropic, as large areas of the township were allotted to him in return for his endeavors in its development. Before his death in 1764, Samuel apparently disposed of all his real estate in this vicinity with the exception of the so-called Newton lot or Kendall Farm at the southerly part of the town, which was divided among several of his children in the settlement of his estate.
Children by first wife:
i. SAMUEL+, born in 1708. He was ordained to the ministry, and in 1731 became pastor of the church at New Salem, where he served for many years, dying there in 1792.
ii. JAMES, born in 1710 iii. JOSIAH, born in 1712
iv. EZEKIEL, born in 1715
v. TIMOTHY, born in 1717
vi. ELIZABETH, born in 1719
vii. JONAS, born in 1721
viii. SARAH, born in 1723
ix. SUSANNAH, born in 1724
× OBADIAH, born in 1725
6. xi. JESSE, born in 1727 xii. SETH, born in 1728 xiii. ABIGAIL, born in 1730
xiv. EPHRAIM, born in 1732 xv. JERUSHA
5. THOMAS' KENDALL (Thomas3, Thomas", Francis1) was born July 30, 1703; married (1) before 1738 MARY, daughter of Major Ephraim and Mary (Stone) Curtis; she died July 12, 1747, at Hopkinton; married (2) March 27, 1751, HANNAH RICE of Framingham. The date of Thomas's death is unknown, but there is a tradition that he died of a wound from his own broadaxe. He served in the French and Indian War.
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Children by first wife: i. ABNER, born at Hopkinton, March 12, 1738/9 ii. JONATHAN, born at Hopkinton January 29, 1742/3 iii. THOMAS, born at Hopkinton April 17, 1745 Children by second wife: iv. ELIZABETH, born in 1752 v. MARTHA, born in 1753 vi. JOHN, born in 1755 vii. HANNAH, born in 1756 viii. NATHAN, born in 1759
6. JESSE' KENDALL (Samuel”, Thomas", Francis1) was born in 1727; died in Athol April 14, 1797, aged 70; married in Woburn January 5, 1750, ELIZABETH, daughter of Andrew and Mary Evans; she died June 20, 1813, aged 81. Jesse and his wife and most of their children are buried in the old Pleasant Street Cemetery.
Jesse Kendall and his brother Seth, both millers by trade, located in the new township and were prominent in its affairs
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for many years. The saw mill, with its grist mill later added in the Freedom Street area, was before many years transferred to Jesse, and a Kendall biography credits him with the develop- ment of the Freedom Street water power by the digging of the canal west of the present Y.M.C.A. building. It is probable that he first lived in the vicinity of the Pequoig House, and that it was the foundations of his house which were uncovered in Main Street in 1876. A notation made by this writer well over sixty years ago credits Jesse with having built the old Pequoig House structure for a home, and "Aunt" Sally Fish likewise told us that in her girlhood the building was a private residence. Eventually, perhaps coincident with his sale of the mills, Jesse Kendall built on the brow of "Pine Hill" the dwell- ing now standing at 298 School Street. In 1867 this building was moved from its original site where the Catholic Rectory now stands at 192 School Street by Hon. Charles Field to make way for his new residence, now the rectory.
According to the theory of the writer, the first saw mill was located near the present Athol Manufacturing Company plant. This seems to have passed at an early date to Jesse Kendall's son, Joel, who built the house still standing numbered 1220 Main Street. He was succeeded in the ownership of the home and the water power by his son, Lyman Kendall, who shortly before his death in 1863 sold the water power to Millers River Manufacturing Company. Both this water power and the Joel Kendall residence were on what was originally the Corn Mill Grant, which extended southerly to include the present Athol Common. At least a portion of this passed to Seth Kendall, who lived in the vicinity of this Common, probably at 1169 Chestnut Street. For a time the area west of this house site was the property of John Brooks, son-in-law of Samuel Kendall, Sr.
Children (last nine were born in Athol):
i. ELIZABETH3, born in Woburn, August 17, 1751; married PELEG STRATTON, November 29, 1769; died July 30, 1831.
Children (surname Stratton):
1. Debora, born July 21, 1770; married Samuel Morse, January 29, 1799.
Children (surname Morse):
a. Reuben, born October 14, 1799; probably died in infancy.
b. Reuben, born September 16, 1800.
c. Oliver, born June 11, 1802.
d. Samuel, born January 10, 1804; married Ruth Drury, April 12, 1827; had one child, George Henry, born June 29, 1830 in New York State.
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e. Sarah, born November 10, 1805. f. Alvira, born February 5, 1808.
g. Jesse, born May 3, 1809.
2. William, born March 14, 1773.
3. Abel, born April 16, 1775; married Betsy Batchelor of Fitchburg, int. August 22, 1801.
4. Elizabeth, born September 13, 1778; married Wil- liam Townsend, February 7, 1805; died March 29, 1822.
Children (surname Townsend):
a. William, born January 27, 1806; died January 3, 1832.
b. Elizabeth, born February 9, 1907; married Edward Drury, March 17, 1835.
Child (surname Drury): (1) George Winthrop, born October 14, 1839; died August 25, 1918; mar- ried Ellen E. French, May 9, 1861; she died August 11, 1923.
Children: (a) Edward Spencer, born Septem- ber 29, 1864; married Stella A. Barrus, February 5, 1892.
Children:
(1) Irene, born February 21, 1895; married Frank Premo, Febru- ary 21, 1916; chil- dren, Richard, born December 25, 1918, married Virginia ......; Maxine, born Febru- ary 14, 1921, Duane, born October 5, 1923.
(2) Gertrude A., born De- cember 1, 1896; un- married.
(3) Edith M., born Octo- ber 18, 1900, mar- ried Earl A. Spooner, resides in Orange, has an adopted son, Alan Clark Spooner Orange.
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(4) Jeane, born Novem- ber 23, 1905, mar- ried Roy M. Peckham, February 21, 1934, two children, Sandra, born August 30, 1936 and Sue, born Sep- tember 22, 1943.
(b) Albert, born .; now de- ceased; married Hattie Russell; has one daughter, Alberta, a school teacher in Reading.
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(c) Alice, born November 27, 1870; married William H. Mills, December 24, 1895; has son, Leon V., married Elizabeth M. Hume, August 2, 1926; died June 3, 1939; one daughter, Marilyn Eliza- beth, born April 15, 1932; married Clyde Willey, July 11, 1950, no issue.
(d) Mabel, born August 2, 1873; married George S. Donley, June 8, 1893; died Nov. 10, 1953; one child, Carl George, born September 6, 1895; mar- ried Olive R. Hough, Septem- ber 29, 1924, one child, Geraldine, born July 2, 1925, married Martin E. Wannberg, August 29, 1947, no issue.
(e) Emma, born June 8, 1880; married December 22, 1898, Charles E. Peppard; three chil- dren: (1) Georgianna, born August 6, 1899, married George Albert Tay; died in 1948, no issue; (2) Mabel, born September 6, 1901, mar- ried William F. Cass (see Fish Genealogy); (3) John Ray- mond, born October 6, 1904, married Blanche Madeline Ball, March 16, 1923, two chil- dren: (a) Lorainne, born June 20, 1924, married Donald G. Bosquette, September 23,
1942, two children, Jeane, born August 19, 1946 and Frederick Marco, born Sep- tember 29, 1949; (b) Wayne Edward, born June 15, 1930, married Nancy Ellen Hayward, no issue, lives in Texas.
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c. David Townsend, born June 18, 1809.
d. James, born November 25, 1813; married Lydia H. Davis of South Orange, September 25, 1839; one son, Harlan Paige, born May 26, 1845, served in Co. E. 53rd Mass. Inft. Civil War, died ( -); unmarried.
e. Harriet, born February 13, 1816; married John Smith Drury, April 16, 1836.
f. Benjamin, born April 15, 1818; died April 12, 1819.
g. Thomas, born February 22, 1820; died Au- gust 18, 1825.
h. Mary, born March 29, 1822; married J. Wil- liams Goddard, November 9, 1845; daughter, Mary Eliza, born May 17, 1852; married Albert G. Spear; died December 17, 1900; no issue.
5. Peleg Stratton, born February 10, 1781; married Lois
Children (surname Stratton):
a. Thomas, born September 15, 1818.
b. Frederick Alonzo, born September 1, 1821.
c. David Parks, bap. October 18, 1819.
d. Addison Dwight, born June 30, 1823.
6. Jesse, born January 1, 1783; died September 13, 1787
7. David, born June 26, 1786; married Sally Wards- worth of Grafton, May 5, 1810.
Child: a. Marietta, bap. April 13, 1825.
8. Jesse, born January 1, 1789.
9. Andrew, born November 13, 1791; married Lois Ward, October 2, 1817; died May 8, 1824.
10. James, born March 13, 1795; married (1) Susanna Ward of New Salem, int. February 10, 1818. Mar- ried (2) Sally Ward of Orange, int. September 8, 1827.
Children:
a. James Edward, born July 23, 1819; died October 18, 1841.
b. Harriet, born June 30, 1822; married Edward F. Ward of Orange, May 24, 1842.
Child by second wife:
c. Sally, bap. March 4, 1829; married Levi G. Fessenden of Fitchburg, October 22, 1849.
ii. MARY KENDALL, born in Woburn, November 26, 1753.
8. iii. JESSE, born in Medford, February 11, 1756.
iv. HANNAH, born in Athol, December 18, 1757.
v. OLIVE, born March 31, 1760; married ELEAZER GRAVES, Jr., March 13, 1787, in Royalston.
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Children (surname Graves):
1. Sally, born August 6, 1787.
2. Elijah, born October 17, 1789; died January 1, 1804.
3. Nancy, born December 16, 1793; died September 4, 1804.
4. Laura, born March 19, 1796.
5. Jesse, born April 12, 1798; died February 3, 1801.
6. Lois, born July 12, 1800; died August 30, 1804.
vi. JOEL, born March 11, 1762; married SALLY RAYMOND in Royalston, November 5, 1787.
Child:
1. Lyman, born September 14, 1788; married Hannah L. Kelton, October 24, 1824.
Children:
a. Francis Evans, born August 27, 1825; died October 24, 1825.
b. Francis Henry, born September 26, 1826.
c. Mary Ann, born December 3, 1830.
d. Maria S., born November 21, 1832; died July 7, 1835.
e. George Lucas, born June 24, 1836.
(1) Mary, born Sept. 19, 1790; mar- ried Enos Holbrook of Keene, N. H., March 10, 1822.
(2) Anna, born August 16, 1794; died February 1, 1813.
(3) Sally, born March 9, 1797.
(4) Joel, born July 1, 1801.
(5) Francis Evens, born January 11, 1804; died January 17, 1822.
(6) Nancy, born August 20, 1807, mar- ried Clark Thompson, August 25, 1840, one child:
(a) Eliza Antoinette Thompson, born April 6, 1843.
vii. SAMUEL, born January 20, 1764; married MOLLY TAYLOR, May 1, 1788; daughter, Lucy, bap. August 11, 1799.
viii. ANDREW, born April 17, 1766.
ix. DAVID, born May 20, 1768.
x. CALVIN, born July 15, 1770; married ABIGAIL BACH- ELER in Royalston, June 27, 1793. She died February 2, 1845.
Children:
1. Meribah, born March 25, 1794.
2. Thomas, born April 29, 1796; died June 24, 1824.
3. Anstis, born December 25, 1798.
4. Calvin, born February 19, 1803; married Lydia L. Wetherell of Swanzey, N. H .; int. April 23, 1831.
Children:
a. Fanny M., born July 2, 1832.
b. Abigail, P., born July 5, 1833.
c. Mary, born March 23, 1835.
d. Lucius W., born December 25, 1839.
e. Angeline, born January 12, 1844.
f A daughter, born January 12, 1845.
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xi. LOIS, born September 11, 1772; married FREEBORN RAYMOND, July 16, 1789; died June 6, 1800.
xii. ANNA, born May 4, 1775; married JOEL MORTON, June 25, 1800, and died March 2, 1828.
Children (surname Morton): 1. Alice, born July 28, 1801; married Bela W. Putnam of Greenwich, December 5, 1830.
Children (surname Putnam): a. Bela Addison, born December 26, 1820, (killed by a kick from a horse, no date).
7. JONATHAN® KENDALL (Thomas', Thomas3, Thomas", Francis1), was born in Hopkinton January 29, 1742/3; married January 23, 1765, ANNA OLIVER. He was a soldier in the Revolution. About 1760 he came to Athol, settling on Chest- nut Hill on the place now (1953) owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ros- well R. Hornbeck. This was the first farm north of Chestnut Hill Cemetery, that burial place having been donated by Jonathan Kendall to the people of Athol.
i. JANE OLIVER", born November 20, 1766; married Octo- ber 20, 1783, EDWARD RAYMOND, Jr.
Children (surname Raymond):
1. ANNA, born February 19, 1784; probably the Anna who married December 17, 1807, Amos Carruth, and had four children between 1808 and 1815.
2. ABIGAIL, born August 6, 1785; married (1) Sep- tember 14, 1805, Luther Smith; married (2) Silas Stowe of Phillipston; had ten children by first hus- band, the Charles L. Fay descendants and the John C. Hill issue being living descendants.
3. BETSEY, born August 1, 1788.
4. LUCINDA, born September, 1790; married De- cember 22, 1813, John Twichell of New Salem.
5. PATTY, born September 1, 1792.
6. SALLEY, born July 17, 1795.
7. LOIS, born April 19, 1797.
8. KENDALL, born October 15, 1799.
9. EDWARD, born March 17, 1805.
10. ELIZABETH, baptized August 5, 1810; possibly she married Silas Stowe, Jr., of Gerry, who later married her sister, Abigail.
ii. LUCINDA, born December 25, 1769.
9. JOHN® KENDALL (Jonathan3, Thomas', Thomas3, Thom- asª, Francis1), married in 1796, SUSAN SMITH; he succeeded his father on the home farm. He attained the title of Captain in the militia.
Children:
i. JONATHAN, born February 14, 1797; married resided in Orange; had one son, ARAL, who died, leaving no issue.
ii. STEPHEN, born February 16, 1799; died October 31, 1799.
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WIMAN SMITH, born December 24, 1800; journeyed to the South, returned to Athol, and eventually migrated to Vermont.
Iv. ANNIE, born October 7, 1803; married November 20, 1825, JOSHUA YOUNG; died February 2, 1827.
v. JOAB, born December 22, 1805; married September 26, 1830, LOUISA YOUNG. He acquired the Elder Whitman Jacobs farm south of his father's place, and carried it on for some years; he was a deacon of the Evangelical Church. He died December 14, 1884.
Children:
1. Ira Young*, born December 20, 1830; married Ettie Thomas, daughter of Zebina Thomas; died August 6, 1914, honored and respected by the entire com- munity. Succeeding his father, he was for many years deacon of the Evangelical Congregational Church; was Selectman for several years, and represented this district in the General Court in 1881; had two children who died young.
2. Mary H., born February 12, 1834; married Reuben Garfield; died September 17, 1877; no children.
vi. LYDIA KENDALL, born August 10, 1808; married EZE- KIEL G. DAVIS, October 4, 1827.
Children (surname Davis):
1. Azor Sadock, born September 26, 1830; married Elizabeth Morse (who was born in Hubbardston), April 7, 1853.
Child: a. Florence, born November 19, 1855; married Newell S. Beebe, November 18, 1878; died October 12, 1933; no issue.
2. Eliza Rogers, born December 31, 1832; married Horace Witt of Dana, February 15, 1853.
3. Ellen Maria, born March 18, 1835; married Charles Oliver, April 5, 1854.
4. Fanny Zebia, born March 7, 1837; married Amos F. King, February 19, 1856.
5. Jenett Josephine, born January 29, 1841; married Charles Fisher, September 1, 1858.
6. , born January 10, 1842; died same day. 7. Lydia E., born August 29, 1849.
10. vii. OZI, born September 13, 1810.
11. viii. JOHN, born October 6, 1812.
ix. MARIA, born July 9, 1816; married August 22, 1839, RUSSELL SMITH, once a scythe manufacturer in Athol.
Children (surname Smith):
1. Maria L., born September 13, 1846; married Frank Fish Morse and died without issue.
2. A daughter born April 27, 1849; died young.
3. Hattie E., born August 11, 1859; married December 25, 1879, Henry E. Moore.
Child (surname Moore): a. Harold R., born November 9, 1883.
x. SUSAN, born December, 1819; died February 2, 1822.
10. OZI KENDALL (John", Jonathan5, Thomas4, Thomas3, Thomas2, Francis1), born September 13, 1810; married FANNY
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AINSWORTH; died November 14, 1884. He learned the shoemaker's trade in Worcester and later in Templeton of Jonathan Bowker. Returning to Athol, he began business for himself in 1834, continuing for more than 50 years. His place of business was at 280 Main Street until 1874, when he built the brick building at 25 Exchange Street for his factory. In the latter years of his life his son, George N. Kendall, his nephew, Ira Y. Kendall, and George S. Pond were in business with him.
Children:
i. GEORGE N.", born November 11, 1835; died without issue March 4, 1908.
ii. HELEN, born July 10, 1841; married a Methodist minister, Rev. ALONZO SANDERSON, October 5, 1864.
Child (surname Sanderson):
1. Howard Kendall, married He was mayor of the city of Lynn, was postmaster there for many years, and was the author of an excellent history of that city. He had one son, Kendall Ainsworth, who previous to 1953 represented an Essex County dis- trict in the Massachusetts Legislature.
11. JOHN KENDALL (John", Jonathan5, Thomas4, Thomas3, Thomas", Francis1), born October 6, 1812; died February 27, 1901; married (1) November 30, 1836, CYNTHIA GARFIELD. She died March 12, 1877. He married (2) ALMIRA (RICH- ARDSON) GOODELL. He remained on the home farm during his entire life. He served the town as Selectman and was active in many other ways. He was one of the Committee of Arrange- ments for the hundredth anniversary of the old First Church, of which he was a faithful adherent, and was an interested at- tendant at its 150th anniversary.
Children:
i. HENRYS, born November 6, 1837; died September 6, 1908; married (1) September 2, 1860, EMILY BARBER, adopted daughter of Nathaniel Richardson; married (2) November 17, 1881, VICTORIA McINTOSH, who died August 25, 1918.
Child by first wife: 1. JOHN R.", removed to Framingham; died without issue.
12. ii. SUSAN.
12. SUSAN® KENDALL (John™, John“, Jonathan“, Thomas4 Thomas®, Thomas2, Francis1), born February 24, 1840; died February 10, 1897; married November 21, 1861, SIMEON BRUCE NEWTON, born in Phillipston June 9, 1835; died April 7, 1918.
Children (surname Newton):
i. MARTHA DRURY. born September 27, 1863; married September 18, 1887, GEORGE WARREN SMITH, born born August 27, 1865, at Phillipston.
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Child (surname Smith):
1. Clare Elizabeth, born May 28, 1892; a teacher in Chicopee Falls; her legal residence is at 1 Cooke Place, Athol.
ii. JOHN KENDALL, born at Phillipston, January 10, 1866; married at Greenfield, August 28, 1885, GERTRUDE HATHAWAY of Petersham.
Children:
1. Ward Hathaway, born January 24, 1887; married Vesta L. Pike.
Children:
a. Ward Hathaway, born April 20, 1916; mar- ried May 18, 1940, Elsie M. Sevelius; chil- dren: 1. Alan Douglas, born September 29, 1941; 2. Julia Louise, born October 2, 1944.
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