History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 118

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1818


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OTIS PERRY.


Daniel Perry was one of the first settlers of Reho- both. His son Ezra was by occupation a mechanic and manufacturer of nails. He was a man of much mechanical ingenuity and of an inventive turn of


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mind. He was the inventor of a certain process for manufacturing nails and utilizing windmill power for the same. His invention was considered of so much value that the Blackstone Factory Company (quite a large concern) offered him their privilege on the Blackstone for his little primitive windmill. He married Jemima Titus, by whom he reared quite a large family,1 all of whom except his son, Deacon Ezra, emigrated from Rehoboth to other parts of the country. His second wife was Patty Ide. By this union there was no offspring. Deacon Ezra inherited largely his father's mechanical genius, and though he was always the proprietor of a farm, yet his time was chiefly given to varions mechanical pursuits, such as carpentering, turning, and blacksmithing in its vari- ous branches. He was noted throughout the country for his diversified skill and versatile capabilities. He was a captain of militia, a deacon of the orthodox Presbyterian Church, and a valued citizen. His wife was Betsey Bliss, daughter of Daniel Bliss and sister of Dr. James Bliss, of Rehoboth. Of their children, Ezra went to Brimfield, was a manufacturer and a prominent man there; Betsey married Cyril Bullock, of Rehoboth ; Hezekiah was a cotton manufacturer in Munson ; Sarah married Elijah Bliss, of Rehoboth ; James was a mechanic ; Otis1 died in infancy ; Daniel was a manufacturer in his native town ; Mina married Nathan Carpenter, of Rehoboth ; Nancy B. married Aseph Bliss, of Rehoboth ; William was a machinist at Taunton. Of all this numerous family only Otis, whose portrait accompanies this sketch, is now living. The Perrys were the first manufacturers in the United States of bobbins for cotton-factories. They manu- factured the bobbins for Slater's, the first factory es- tablished in America.


Otis Perry was born at the ancestral home of the Perrys in Rehoboth, Feb. 17, 1807. When a lad he worked in the turning-shop and on the farm of his father. After attaining his majority he left his father's homestead and established at the place where he now resides a factory similar to his father's. This busi- ness he continued many years. About 1850 he com- menced sawing lumber, manufacturing shingles, and grinding meal, and has continued the business to the present time. In the quiet walk of life which he chose he has been a successful man. In politics he has always been a Whig and Republican, and is stanch and true to his political principles.2


NATHANIEL B. HORTON.


Nathaniel B. Horton, son of Aaron and Bethany Baker Horton, was born in Rehoboth, Mass., July 25, 1820. Aaron, his father, son of Solomon and Han- nah (Talbot) Horton, was born in Dighton, Mass.,


and was a farmer. He married (1st) Bethany, daugh, ter of Samnel Baker (a farmer of Rehoboth, who also manufactured shoe-buckles, a wealthy man of that period, and a soldier of the Revolution). They had seven children,-Mason, Danforth, Nancy, Hiram, Nathaniel B., Angeline, and Alvah. She died Jan. 31, 1840, in her fifty-sixth year. He married (2d) Sarah Burr, who survives him. He died Dec. 3, 1854, in his seventy-fourth year. Nathaniel was edu- cated at the schools of his native town, and remained on his father's farm until he was eighteen, when he went to Fall River and learned the mason's trade of Earle & Horton, of that city, and worked at the trade twenty years. He then, about 1856, purchased the old homestead of his father in Rehoboth (about one hundred acres), which had been in the possession of his ancestors for several generations. To this he has since added one hundred acres by purchase. From that time this has been his home, and his avocation that of a farmer. He married, Jan. 11, 1844, Mary M., daughter of James and Mary H. (Mason) Eddy. She was born Aug. 25, 1824, in Swansea. Their only child, Arthur, born Aug. 24, 1847, died aged six years. Mrs. Horton died April 14, 1850. He mar- ried, Dec. 23, 1854, Mary J., daughter of Hale and Patience (Bosworth) Buffinton, of Rehoboth. She was born July 18, 1832. They have four children,- Adin B., born Nov. 7, 1855, married Hannah Hale, lives in Rehoboth, has two children ; Mary M., born Oct. 31, 1857, married Frank N. Martin, lives in East Providence, R. I., has one child; Arabelle B., born Aug. 20, 1863; and Arthur E., born Aug. 6, 1870, who live with their parents. Mr. Horton has been an active and energetic man, and prominently iden- tified with every affair of interest in his town since his residence there. He has held every office of im- portance in the gift of his townsmen, -- selectman, treasurer, collector, etc. He represented Seekonk and Rehoboth two sessions in the State Legislature. During the civil war he was agent for the town in filling its quota for military service; was also recruit- ing officer and enrolling officer, and placed in service for Rehoboth about one hundred and ninety enlisted men, traveling in that service through various States and as far south as Virginia. Perhaps very few men in the town ever have held more responsible posi- tions, or discharged their duties with more ability or acceptance to their constituents. He was formerly a Democrat, but afterward became a Free-Soiler, and since 1856 has affiliated with the Republican party.


Mr. Horton has been connected with various cor- porations and business interests. He is a stockholder in Pocasset National Bank, Wamsutta Bank, and Fall River Union Bank, in Fall River; Weetamoe Mills, Osborn Mills, and Chace Mills, in Fall River. He has often been called upon to administer an es- tate, and has the reputation of being not only an able business man, but an agreeable and very social gen- tlemau with a large following of friends.


1 See genealogy.


2 For data concerning the ancestors of the Perry family, see Appendix.


Nathaniel B Horten


Abrah Blin -


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ABIAH BLISS.


The Bliss family in Rehoboth, Mass., are descended from Thomas Bliss, of Belstone parish, county of Devonshire, England. This Thomas Bliss was a wealthy land-owner, and belonged to the class de- nominated Puritans on account of the purity and simplicity of their forms of worship. He was perse- cuted by civil and religions authorities under direc- tion of Archbishop Laud, and finally became broken down in health and estate through the maltreatment of the intolerant party then dominant. He and his sons suffered long imprisonment. One of them died in prison, the other two emigrated to America in 1635. From Jonathan, of Belstone, is descended Abiah Bliss, whose portrait is in this volume. The line of descent is as follows : Thomas1, Jonathan2, Thomas3, Jona- than+, Jonathan5, Ephraim6, Abiah7, Abiah8. Of these Thomas3 was born in Belstone, England, emi- grated to America in 1636, and after residing at Brain- tree, Mass., Hartford, Conn., and Weymouth, Mass., finally removed, in 1643, with many others, to what is now Rehoboth, and commenced a settlement there. He was a man of influence in the new colony, died in 1649. His son Jonathan was born in England about 1625. It is probable that he came to Rehoboth about 1647. In 1648 he married Miriam Harmon. They had ten children. He died in 1687. His son Jonathan (who like his father was a blacksmith) was born Sept. 17, 1666, became a man of standing and influence in his native town, accumulated property, held many offices, etc. He was married June 23, 1691, to Miriam Carpenter, daughter of William Carpenter and Miriam Searles. They had eight chil- dren, of whom Ephraim was one. Mrs. Bliss died May 21, 1706. He then married, April 10, 1711, Mary French, by whom he had four children. He died Oct. 16, 1719.


Lieut. Ephraim was born Aug. 15, 1699, married, Dec. 5, 1723, Rachel Carpenter, by whom he had twelve children. He was a lieutenant of militia. Abiah, his son, was born Jan. 26, 1730, and married, Dec. 21, 1752, Judith Moulton ; she died Oct. 19, 1755. He afterwards married, April 22, 1756, Mary Smith, by whom he had six children. Mrs. Bliss died Feb. 25, 1771. He then married, Nov. 28, 1771, Eliza- beth Lane. He died Jan. 25, 1825. Col. Abiah, his son, was born May 20, 1768, married, March 22, 1792, Rebecca Kent. She was born Dec. 23, 1771, died April 30, 1856. They had eleven children,-Rebecca, born March 28, 1794; Mary, born June 10, 1795; Lita, born March 8, 1797 ; Amanda, born Oct. 3, 1798; Abiah, born March 6, 1800; Rufus, born March 7, 1802; Eliza, born Jan. 6, 1804; Ruth, born Dec. 7, 1805 ; Horatio Nelson, born Ang. 17, 1808 ; Harriet, born Sept. 20, 1810; and Rachel, born Oct. 28, 1812. Mrs. Bliss died April 30, 1856. He died Aug. 12, 1858.


The present Abiah was born on the old Bliss home- stead, which has been in possession of the family since 1666; had common-school education, but very


fair for that day. When about twenty-five years of age he purchased a half-interest in his father's farm. The principal duties pertaining to management of the farm devolved upon him, and at his father's death he inherited the rest of the homestead. On Nov. 11, 1834, he married Julia Ann Sturtevant, daughter of Francis Sturtevant, of Rhode Island. Their children are Rebecca, born Oct. 27, 1835; Francis A., born Nov. 18, 1837; Albert Henry, born Feb. 27, 1840; Thomas, born May 21, 1842; William, born Jan. 23, 1844; and Adaline, born Aug. 28, 1846. Of these, Albert Henry died Aug. 31, 1842. Thomas grew up to manhood, enlisted in Company G, Fourth Massa- chusetts Infantry, and died in Brazier City, La., May 20, 1862.


William, upon arriving at his majority, emigrated to the West, and spent five years in Illinois farming and teaching ; then returned home, where he remained about a year, when he again went westward, this time to California via Panama. He remained five years, most of which time was spent in the mining regions of Nevada. Again returning home, he spent two years on the old homestead farming. Then he re- moved to Pawtucket, where he resided two years, when he had an offer, which he accepted, to go to Maine to superintend a silver-mine in that State, which position he now fills. He married Mary Hall, of Brockton, Mass. They have no children. Abiah Bliss is a fair specimen of the quiet, unobtrusive, thrifty New England farmer. Never an office-seeker or political agitator, yet he has always been a stanch Republican. His ancestors for generations have been members of the Congregational Church, and he has followed in their footsteps. Mr. Bliss has made him- self thoroughly familiar with the topography of most of the counties of Vermont, New Hampshire, and a part of Connecticut by having frequently traversed them buying and selling cattle in the days before our country was covered with a net-work of railroads, and when droves of cattle were bought in the interior and driven to the cities and seaboard-towns for shipment to other markets. In this business he was actively engaged a part of each year for more than twenty- five years. About 1850 he accepted a position as sales- man or agent for a manufacturing company (whose proprietor was a kinsman of his), and traveled through Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Iowa. With these exceptions he has confined himself to agricul- tural pursuits on the homestead of his fathers, and is now an active and well-preserved man for one of his advanced age. His son, Deacon Francis A. Bliss, married Frances M., daughter of Ira and Mary Ann Carpenter, of Rehoboth, Dec. 25, 1867. She was born Nov. 16, 1840. They have five children,-Albert Abiah, born Nov. 4, 1868; Martha Bird, born Aug. 28, 1871; Adaline Hall, born Oct. 26, 1874; Mary Carpenter, born Sept. 26, 1879; and Thomas Kent, born Nov. 2, 1881. Mr. Bliss had the usual district schooling, supplemented by an attendance at Thetford


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Academy, Vt., and Providence Conference Seminary, East Greenwich, R. I. After leaving school he en- gaged in teaching two winter terms in his native town.


In October, 1861, he enlisted in Company I, First Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry, under Col. Robert Williams. They went directly to the seat of war in South Carolina, where they participated in numerous engagements, some of them of great se- verity. In the battle at Pocotaligo, S. C., Mr. Bliss was wounded in the right arm, which disabled him for duty for a period of two months. (It may be proper to state here, in explanation of what may otherwise appear as a discrepancy to those not familiar with the facts, that the First Massachusetts Cavalry was ordered about this time to the Department of Virginia. Two battalions went, the third, to which Mr. Bliss belonged, was detained by order of Gen. Mitchell for escort and special duty, and remained South during the three years of their enlistment, while the First Regiment, upon arriving in Virginia was recruited to its original number. The battalion which remained South was commanded by Maj. Ste- vens, and was styled "The Independent Battalion Massachusetts Cavalry.") Upon the expiration of the three years for which they had enlisted, Mr. Bliss, together with most of lis comrades, re-enlisted. So many of this battalion re-enlisted that it still retained its original name and organization. They were now ordered to Florida, where, among other engagements, they took part with Gen. Seymour in the desperate but disastrous battle of Olusta. They were soon after this ordered to Virginia, where they arrived in time to participate in the famous battle of the Wilderness. About this time they were combined with the Second Battalion of the Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry to com- plete the Fourth Regiment, under which organization they continned till the close of the war. Mr. Bliss was present at the surrender of Lee, and has as a souvenir a piece of the apple-tree under which that memorable event took place. He was in active duty nearly all the time from his enlistment till his dis- charge, which occurred December, 1865. After the amalgamation of his battalion with the Fourth Regi- ment he was transferred from Company I to Com- pany F, and appointed quartermaster-sergeant. Upon returning home he took control and arranged for the purchase of his father's farm, and has since given his attention to its superintendence.


He is a Republican in politics, a member of the board of school committee, a member of the Congre- gational Church, and has been superintendent of the Sunday-school for about eighteen years.


CHAPTER XXXVII.


SEEKONK.1


Geographical-Incorporation of the Town-Act of Incorporation-The First Town-Meeting-Documentary History-Fortification at Kettle Point-Representatives-Senators -- Changing of Boundary-Military History-Names of Soldiers.


SEEKONK lies in the northwestern part of the county, and is bounded as follows: On the north by Attleborough, on the east by Rehoboth, on the south by Swansea, and on the west by East Providence and Pawtucket. The territory embraced within the present town of Seekonk originally formed a portion of the ancient town of Rehoboth, where the record history, names of early settlers, etc., will be found.


Incorporation of Seekonk .- Seekonk was set off from Rehoboth and incorporated as a separate town Feb. 26, 1812. The following is the act of incorpo- ration :


"SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That the west- erly part of Rehoboth, of the county of Bristol, as described within the following bounds, with the inhabitants therein, be and they are hereby incorporated into a separate town by the name of Seekonk, viz .: Be- ginning at a rock in the line between the towns of Attleborough and Rehoboth, which is the northeast corner boundary of the west precinct in said Rehoboth; thence sonth four degrees west until it strikes the line between the towns of Swanzey and Rehoboth ; thence westerly by Swanzey line till it strikes the line between the said Rehoboth and the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations; thence following the line between the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and said Rehoboth till it comes to the southwest corner of the town of Attleborough ; thence easterly by the line between the towns of Attle- borough and Rehoboth to the first mentioned bounds. And the said town of Rehoboth is hereby vested with all the powers and privileges, rights and immunities, and subject to all the duties to which other towns are entitled and subjected by the Constitution or laws of this commonwealth.


" SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That of all State and county taxes which shall be levied and required of said towns previcus to a new valuation the said town of Seekonk shall pay one-half thereof.


"SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all the expenses arising for the support of the poor of said town of Rehoboth, with which it is now chargeable, together with such poor as have removed out of said town prior to this act of incorporation, but who may hereafter be lawfully returned to said town for support, shall be equally divided between the towns of Seekonk and Rehoboth ; and when the said town of Seekonk shall be organized, the paupers, whether the same be supported in whole or in part only, shall be divided as nearly as may be, and one-half of the number delivered over to the overseers of the poor of that town, to be by them in future supported.


"SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That Elkanah French, Esq., be and he is hereby authorized to issue his warrant, directed to some suitable in- habitant of Seekonk, requiring him to notify and warn the inhabitants thereof, qualified to vote for town officers, to meet at such convenient time and place as shall be expressed in said warrant, to choose all such officers as towns are by law authorized to choose in the months of March or April annually, And that the said Elkanah French, Esq., be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to preside at said meetings during the election of a moderator, to exercise all the powers and to do all the duties which town clerks by law have and do perform in the election of moderators of town-meetings."


The First Town-Meeting in pursuance of this act was held in the old meeting-house March 16, 1812, when Caleb Abell was chosen moderator and town clerk, and Capt. Allen Cole town treasurer.


1 The editor acknowledges his indebtedness in the compilation of the history of this town to Deacon Joseph Brown, whose invaluable assist- ance has greatly lessened his labor in the preparation of this work.


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At a meeting held on the 23d of the same month, Peter Hunt, Worcester Carpenter, and Allen Monroe were chosen selectmen.


At this meeting it was also "voted to choose a committee of three to join a committe chosen by the town of Rehoboth to make a settlement with the late town treasurer, and by vote Messrs. Calvin Martin, James Ellis, and Benjamin Ormsbee were said com- mittee.


Documentary History .- At the town-meeting held March 23, 1812, it was


" voled to choose Messrs. Lewis Wade and James Bliss constables for the ensuing year.


" Voted that the town-meeting in Seekonk be notified in the usual mode and manner that town-meetings were notified before the division of the town of Rehoboth, till further order be taken thereon.


" April 6, 1812 .- The town voted to choose two constables in addition to the two chosen at a former meeting, and by vote Messrs. Amos Read and Nathaniel Viall."


At the same meeting were chosen "surveyors of highways," " fence- viewers," " surveyors of plank and timber and corders of wood and water," and "field-viewers."


"Voted that the present selectmen be overseers of the poor and assessors for the ensuing.


Oct. 5, 1812 .- " Voted to put up the collection of taxes, to be bid off by those that would collect the lowest, they giving bonds to said town agreeable to a vote."


Nov. 12, 1812, it was " voted to choose by nomination a committee of three to divide all public personal property that belongs to the towns of Seekonk and Rehoboth, and poor persons, agreeable to the act of the General Court of this common wealth incorporating Seekonk, and choose James Ellis, Esq., and Deacon Joseph Bueklin as said committee."


Sept. 7, 1812, " motion being made and seconded to give to eachi de- tached non-commissioned officer and soldier belonging to Seekonk five dollars per month in addition to what the general government allows as wages, vote being taken thereon, declared in the negative."


October, 1812, the sum of $350 was voted for the support of schools; in 1813, $350 ; in 1814, $350 ; from 1815 to 1824, $400 was voted each year ; in 1824 $500 was voted, etc.


April 5, 1813, it was " voted to put out the poor persons belonging to the town of Seekonk at auction to the lowest bidder."


Fortification at Kettle Point .- Oct. 3, 1814, a committee from the town of Providence, consisting of Tristam Burgess, William Church, and Richmond Bullock, requested liberty to build a breastwork on land belonging to the town of Seekonk and Reho- both, at a place called " Kettle Point," and to solicit the citizens of Seekonk to assist in building said for- tification. "By vote granted the request of said committee so far as related to Seekonk, and choose a committee of seven to request the citizens to assist in raising the fortification."


The New Town-House .- The new town-house was erected in 1814, and the first meeting was held here Nov. 7, 1814.


In 1824 it was "voted to purchase a hearse and harness, a large and small pall, and a suitable house to keep them in."


In 1826 the town voted that it was not expedient to build a jail in New Bedford at the county expense, and in 1827 voted against the petition of the inhabitants of Pawtucket village to be set off into a separate town.


Rum and Railroads .- At a meeting held April 28, 1834, it was " voted that the public good and con- venience require that there should be innholders and retailers of ardent spirits in the town of Seekonk ;" and also by vote passed the following resolutions, viz. :


" Resolved, That the town of Seekonk approve of the doings of their selectmen in returning innholders and retailers to the county commis- sioners to be licensed ; also


" Resolved, That the town of Seekonk disapproves of the doings of the county commissioners of the county of Bristol in refusing to grant any licenses to innholders and retailers for the sale of ardent spirits in said county, and consider it an usurpation of power and contrary to the spirit of the law of this Commonwealth."


Aug. 11, 1834, the town "voted that the' selectmen of this town for the time being be a committee to see that the Boston and Providence Railroad corporation make no encroachments on any property belonging to said town, and to conduct for said town as they may think proper."


In the following November it was " voted that if the Boston and Providence Railroad Company will build a bridge over the railroad near the common, and cause all the necessary roads leading to it to be laid out at their expense, and give the town a bonus of one thou- sand dollars, in that case the selectmen are authorized to make a contract with the proper agent of the rail- road."


Representatives from 1812 to 1883 .- The follow- ing is a list of the representatives from the incorpora- tion of the town in 1812 to the present time :


1812-14, 18161-18. Oliver Stark- ; 1857. Sydney Daggett. weather.


1813, 1820-21. Peter Hnnt.


1819. George W. Walker.


1822. Calvin Martin.


1823-28. Robert Daggett.


1863. From Rehoboth.


1864. Joseph Brown.


1830-32. Seth Whitmarsh.


1833-35. Church Gray.


1866. John Hunt.


1867.3 James H. Codding, Dighton.


1868. William A. King, Rehoboth.


1869. Ebenezer Dawes, Dighton.


1870. Elisha Davis, Rehoboth.


1871. Solon Carpenter, Seokonk.


1872. Thomas P. Burt, Berkley.


1841-42. William Ide.


1843. Seth Whitmarsh.


1844. Viall Medbury.


1845. Cyril Read.


1876. Herbert A. Dean, Berkley.


1877. Hale S. Luther, Rehoboth.


1878. John A. Lewis, Dighton.


1849. Arthur W. Aldrich.


1850. David Anthony.


1851. John Gregory.


1852. William Ide.


1881. Remember Smith, Rehoboth.


1882. Francis A. Horr, Dighton.


1883. James H. Mason, Swansea.


1 In 1815, none.


2 This town, now in connection with Rehoboth, forms one represen- tative district.


3 The towns of Seekonk, Rehoboth, Dighton, and Berkley now com- pose one representative district.


4 The towns of Seekonk, Rehoboth, Dighton, and Swansea now make one district.


1865. Zamakin W. Horton, Reho- both.


1836. Capt. Lewis Walker. William D. Hunt.


1837-38. Lewis Walker. Caleb Chaffee.


1839-40. William Ide. Caleb Chaffee.


1873. Charles Talbot, Dighton.


1874. Cyrus Wheaton, Rehoboth. 1875. Thomas Rich, Seekonk.


1846. Leonard Walker.


1847. Calvin Carpenter.


1848. Leonard Walker.


1879.4 Jas. E. Easterbrook, Swan- sea. 1880. Andrew N. Medbury, See- konk.


1853. None.


1854-55. Ilenry G. Stewart.




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