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OTHER BROWNS MENTIONED IN OUR DIRECTORIES.
BROWN, CHARLES D., clothing, 1856, '69, '72.
BROWN, JAMES, bootmaker, 1856.
BROWN, JAMES A., bootmaker, 1856.
BROWN, LEVI, carpenter, 1856, '69, '72, '75, '78.
BROWN, LUKE, boot-finisher, 1856.
BROWN, WILLIAM H., bootmaker, 1856, '69, '72, '75, 'SO.
BROWN, CYRUS S., bootmaker, 1869, '72, '75, '78, 'S0.
BROWN, DAVID, teamster, 1869, '72, '75, '78, 'S0.
BROWN, FRANK, bootmaker, etc., 1869, '75.
BROWN, HELEN, wid., 53 Central St., 1869, '72, '75, '78, '80.
BROWN, JONATHAN, bootmaker, 1869.
BROWN, OTIS T., teacher penmanship, 1869, 'S0.
BROWN, SAMUEL, cabinet-maker, 1869, '72, '78, 'S0.
BROWN, CYRIEL E., machinist, Hopedale, 1872.
BROWN, CYRIEL E., jun., machinist, Hopedale, 1872, '75, '78, '80. BROWN, HARRY, hostler, 1872.
BROWN, PETER, bootmaker, 1872, '75, '78, 'S0.
BROWN, PETER, jun., bootmaker, 1872, '75, '78, '80.
BROWN, Mrs. SARAH, dress and cloak maker, 1872, '75, '78, 'SO.
BROWN, WILLIAM I., clerk, 1872, '75.
BROWN, GEORGE W., farmer, 1875. 1
BROWN, MARY, wid. of Thomas, 1878, '80.
BROWNE, EUGENE E., spindle-maker, 1878, '80.
BROWN, ABBIE, wid. of J. Everett, 1880.
BROWN, ARAVESTA, Miss, house Hollis St., 1880.
BROWN, CARMICHAEL, bootmaker, 1880.
BROWN, CECIL W., baker, 1880.
BROWN, DANIEL J., student, 1880.
BROWN, GEORGE, carpenter, 1880.
The Browns are not prone to report their family records, nor can their mul- titude be easily traced or numbered. Like the Smiths, they are superabundant and unsearchable.
BRUCE. The Bruces have never been numerous on our territory.
BRUCE, BENJAMIN, of Framingham, bought of Jonathan Hayward, Aug. 8, 1726, 90 acres of land in the near vicinity of the "Great Meadow;" but, whether he ever took up his abode on it, I find no indication.
BRUCE, Lors, was m. to Dearing Jones as his 2d wf., April 11, 1744, by Rev. A. Frost. But whose dr. she was, or what became of her after Mr. Jones's death, little is told.
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BRUCE, JOHN, deeded a part of what became the Ichabod Thayer farm, now Justin H. Eames's place, some 32 acres of it, to Ebenezer Cheney, June 25, 1730. I cannot trace him in his family relations.
BRUCE, JOSEPH and GEORGE, owned land north-west of now Hopedale, east of Neck Hill, in 1748, when the road was laid from the Eight-Rod Road, through the Dale, to the Ely. Precinct Meeting-house; but where they dwelt is not indicated. About that time the est. of Joseph Bruce was set. His wf. was Elizabeth (Farnsworth) of Groton. He m. her in 1755. He had a son George, and perhaps Joseph; also a dr. Hannah, the wf. of Joseph Johnson. I have left the family untraced.
BRUCE, ABIJAH, and wf. Rizpah (Aldrich) are credited on our records with 4 chn .; viz., -
SABRA, b. Jan. 27, 1794.
LENDAL, b. May 3, 1797.
DIANA, b. April 3, 1799.
ELISHA, b. Jan. 2, 1804.
This family no further traced.
BRUCE, SUBMIT, was m. to Samuel Hancock, Feb. 23, 1806, by Rev. David Long. (See Hancock.) But at this writing I have no information con- cerning her ptge. I confess that I find myself poorly posted on the Bruces ; perhaps for want of more perseverance.
IN DIRECTORIES.
BRUCE, HENRY E., and BRUCE, SANFORD J., bootmakers; appear in 1869. BRUCE, MARY E., dressmaker, is the only other. She appears in 1875, '78, and '80.
BUCK, JOHN WARREN, son of Seneca and Jane (Warren) Buck; b. in Buck- field, Me., Nov. 15, 1833; bread-team driver, expressman, etc .; m. Mary E. Schofield, dr. of John and Mary E. (Amermon) Schofield, b. Mil., Dec. 25, 1836; cer. at Hopedale, June 28, 1866, by the writer. No chn. Mr. B. came to Mil. in 1863. He is one of a large family. His father, Seneca Buck, was b. in Paris, Me., Jan. 10, 1802; his mother, Jane (Warren) Buck, in Buckfield, Me., July 19, 1805. Their chn. : -
ANNIS, b. Sumner, Me., July 20, 1827; m. Wesley Richardson, Jay, Me. EPHRAIM, b. Buckfield, Me., Nov. 8, 1829; m. Cordelia Buck, Buckfield, Me. AROZINE L., b. Buckfield, Me., Sept. 25, 1831; m. David Wade, No. Easton, Mass.
JOHN WARREN, b. Buckfield, Me., Nov. 15, 1833; m. Mary E. Schofield, Mil., June 28, 1866.
ALPHONSO F., b. Buckfield, Me., Dec. 25, 1836; m .; name of wf. not ascer- tained.
ESTHER J., b. Buckfield, Me., Aug. 6, 1838; m. Isaac Miller, No. Easton, Mass.
MARSHALL D. J., b. Jay, Me., Aug. 2, 1840; res. unm., in Me.
SARAH R., b. Jay, Me., Sept. 8, 1842; m. Chester R. Leonard, Raynham, Mass.
LEVINA A., b. No. Easton, Mass., Aug. 29, 1846; d. unm. Jan. 22, 1868.
Mrs. Jane, the mr., d. Jan. 16, 1852. The hus., after several yrs., m., 2d, Wid. Abigail Whiting of No. Easton. They both survive at this writing. John Buck, the gd. fr. of our John W., and one of his bros. were original settlers
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of Buckfield, Me., raised large families, and gave name to the town. Our J. W. and wf. are persons of good repute. He has been several times so sick that his life has been despaired of; but he survives, and has of late yrs. been the trusted expressman between Hopedale and the Centre.
BUCK, HORATIO, bootmaker, appears in our directories from 1875 to '80.
BULLARD. The Bullards are of ancient pedigree in our near vicinity. Some of them have inhabited our territory; and others, dwelling in Holl., close upon our borders, were intimately associated with our people in religious and secular intercourse. I, therefore, include all the families thus related and connected.
BULLARD, BENJAMIN,1 from Eng., was the ancestral immigrant, and set. at
Watertown between 1630 and 1637. His son BULLARD, BENJAMIN,2 be- came one of the original settlers and proprietors of Sherborn, which in- cluded Holl. and other territory. Sherborn was incorporated in 1674. This Benjamin 2 was also one of the original Sherb. ch., and quite officially distinguished in his generation. He had a son BENJAMIN,3 who had a son, BULLARD, BENJAMIN,4 that set. on patrimonial lands in and near the Holl. part of what we now call Braggville. He m. Judith Hill, dr. of Ebenezer Hill; cer. Nov. 9, 1727. Their chn. : -
LYDIA, b. June 10, 1728; 2d wf. of Caleb Boynton; m. March 5, 1761.
ASA, b. July 10, 1730; m., 1st, Hannah Jones; 2d, Hannah Cook.
JUDITH, b. Aug. 20, 1733; m. Seth Thayer, Feb. 16, 1752.
TABITHA, b. Feb. 8, 1734-35; m. Mordecai Day, May 8, 1766.
ELEAZER, b. March 11, 1737; m. Hannah Rawson, April 3, 1759.
DANIEL, b. June 11, 1739; d. without issue after 1767.
DAVID, b. Aug. 11, 1741; m. Hopestill Taft, 2d, Nov. 27, 1766.
MARY, b. June 5, 1744; m. Michael Madden.
DINAH, b. 1746; m. David Stearns, May 31, 1770.
NATHAN, b. -; m. Bathsheba Hill.
EZEKIEL, b. March 3, 1748-49; set. in Maine.
Mrs. Judith having d., the hus. m., 2d, Ruth Hill, Aug. 12, 1762. No chn. He d. 1766.
BULLARD, ASA 5 (Benjamin,4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Benjamin 1), b. July 10,
1730; cordwainer; m., 1st, Hannah Jones, dr. of Eli and Mercy (Under- wood) Jones, b. Aug. 6, 1734; cer. prob. 1754. Issue :-
ASA, b. March 6, 1755; m. Lucy Harvey, June, 1776.
AARON, b. March 26, 1757; m. Lovice Godfrey, Mil., Sept. 21, 1780.
JOSHUA, b. June 28, 1759; m. Bethiah Taft, April 18, 1782.
JUDITH, b. June 24, 1761; in. David Holbrook of Holden, 1779.
Mrs. Hannah d. April, 1762. The hus. m., 2d, Hannah Cook, dr. of Wal- ter and Margaret (Corbett) Cook, birth-date not ascertained; cer. Nov. 1, 1764. Issue : -
HANNAH, b. 1764; m. Aaron Phipps, Holl.
WALTER, b. April 26, 1765; m. Charlotte Harris, Dec. 24, 1787.
ELI, b. Sept. 22, 1766.
ARTEMAS, Dr., b. Dec. 8, 1768.
HAZIAH, b. Nov. 25, 1770; m. Keziah Leland.
LYDIA, b. Dec. 11, 1772; d. Aug. 25, 1775.
OLIVE, b. June 16, 1774; d. Aug. 30, 1775.
BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 9, 1776; m. Thankful Leland, April 2, 1798. AMOS, b. Aug. 23, 1778.
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JONATHAN, b. Sept. 4, 1781.
POLLY, b. Oct. 6, 1783.
JOSEPH, b. Sept. 18, 1786.
These 16 chn. were all bap. by ministers of our Cong. ch., whereof the pts. were members. Asa Bullard d. 1804. Death-date of Mrs. Hannah, 2d wf., not found.
BULLARD, ELEAZER (son of Benjamin 4), and wf. Hannah (Rawson), seem to have been connected with our Cong. ch. They had 4 chn. bap. by Rev. Mr. Frost; viz., -
JOEL, b. May 24, 1760.
ELIJAH, b. May 17, 1762.
BENJAMIN, b. April 12, 1764.
ELEAZER, bap. April 12, 1767. No further traced.
BULLARD, NATHAN (another son of Benjamin 4), and wf. Bathsheba (Hill), had 7 chn. bap. here; viz., -
PHEBE, b. April 2, 1770.
HULDAH, b. Feb. 28, 1772.
EZEKIEL, b. Feb. 24, 1774.
DANIEL, b. March 13, 1777.
LYDIA, b. March 21, 1779.
HULDAII, b. July 12, 1781.
NATHAN, b. Aug. 21, 1785. No further traced.
BULLARD, WALTER 6 (Asa,5 Benjamin,4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Benjamin 1),
b. in now Braggville, April 26, 1765; mr.'s maiden name, Hannah Cook
from Mendon So. Parish; inherited the patrimonial farm; m. Charlotte
Harris, pedigree untraced; cer. Dec. 24, 1787, by Rev. A. Frost. Issue : - ELI, b. April 12, 1788; m. Elizabeth Ellis, Oct. 9, 1823.
ALPHEUS, b. March 19, 1790; m. Deborah Kilburn, April 14, 1811.
ZEBINA, b. April 4, 1792; m. Polly Hixon.
JASPER, b. July 7, 1794; d. 1819.
NANCY, b. June 30, 1796; m. Ferdinand Freeman, 1819.
MIRANDA, b. Dec. 28, 1798; m. Jeremiah Brown.
CHARLOTTE, b. May 21, 1801; m. Lovett Albee, Dec. 18, 1822.
WALTER, jun., b. July 17, 1803; m., 1st, Hannah Rockwood, Oct. 3, 1824. She d. March 17, 1825.
BENJAMIN, b. April 28, 1806; m. Eliza S. Putnam, Feb. 17, 1825.
IRENE, b. Sept. 8, 1808; m. Fortunatus Nichols, Nov. 8, 1829.
JOHN, b. 1811; untraced.
MARY, b. 1814; m. Jeremiah Donovan, 1832.
The fr. became so far deranged in middle age as to require guardianship, and the mr. saw many days of sorrow. I have not at command the death-dates of either.
One of the first mges. I solemnized, after coming to Mil., was that of Walter Bullard, jun., and Hannah Rockwood, at the bride's fr.'s in the edge of Holl., Oct. 3, 1824. She gave birth to a child, and d. the next yr. A few yrs. later the hus. became a Universalist preacher in the State of N.Y. In that general region, or farther west, he has res. ever since. He came into his native vicinage a few yrs. ago on a visit, and made me a call. If I rightly recollect, he told he had been twice m. in N. Y., had raised up a considerable family of chn., and was mainly engaged in farm management.
BULLARD, AARON 6 (Asa,5 Benjamin,4 Benjamin,3 Benjamin,2 Benjamin 1),
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b. Hol., March, 26, 1757; m. Lovice Godfrey ; pedigree unascertained; cer. Mil., Sept. 21, 1780, by Rev. A. Frost. I have not come across any record crediting chn. to them; but I have an impression of seeing evidence that they dwelt several yrs. in town. No further traced.
BULLARD, JOSHUA, a bro. of Aaron, b. Holl., June 28, 1759; m. Bethiah Taft ; cer. April 18, 1782, by Rev. A. Frost. I find the following-named chn. credited to them on our records :-
NATHAN, b. Bell., May 17, 1783.
LEWIS, b. Bell., April 12, 1792; d. April 21, 1794.
JOSIAH, b. Holl., Oct. 4, 1793.
LYDIA, b. Mil., Dec. 13, 1794.
The fr. d. here May 13, 1795; Mrs. Bethiah, his wid., d. Sept. 10, 1797. BULLARD, JOHN, and wf. Eunice S., had recorded to them, -
HENRY CLARK, b. Jan. 15, 1833.
BULLARD, JOSIAH, and wf. Lucy, had recorded to them, --
SUSAN JANE, b. Jan. 31, 1842.
IN THE DIRECTORIES.
BULLARD, JOSIAH, livery-stable keeper, 1846, '47, '56; ice, '69, '72.
BULLARD, EMORY, carpenter, 1856.
BULLARD, JOHN, bootmaker, 1856.
BULLARD, M. B., books, music, etc., 1856.
BULLARD, EUNICE, wid. of John, 1869, '72, '75, '78, '80; d. '81.
BULLARD, JOSIAH P., ice, 1869, '72, '75, '78; deceased.
BULLARD, ADELBERT, ice, 1872, '75 ; express-driver, '78, '80.
BULLARD, GEORGE W., bootmaker, 1878.
BULLARD, Mrs. JOSIAH P., house 170 Main St., 1880.
No family record reported from any of these.
BURRELL, ALFRED AUGUSTUS, son of James and Prudence Spear (Chess- man) Burrell, b. in South Scituate, Oct. 27, 1838; m., 1st, Emeline Lydia Celley, dr. of Moses and Lydia (Dunham) Celley, b. in Woodbury, Vt., July 15, 1838; cer. at Hopedale, July 2, 1857, by the writer. Issue : -
ORRISA JANE, b. March 8, 1858; m. Joshua Rufus Wales, March 4, 1875.
LOTTIE MARION, b. Feb. 23, 1867.
FRANK MONTGOMERY, b. May 22, 1868.
Mrs. Emeline d. July 4, 1868; and the hus. m., 2d, Meltina Maria Cook, dr. of Arthur, Esq., and Adeline (Purington) Cook, b. in Blackstone, Dec. 14, 1838; cer. at Hopedale, Oct. 28, 1869, by the writer. Issue : -
ARTHUR COOK, b. Mil., April 6, 1871.
ALICE ADELINE, b. Natick, July 26, 1872.
Grandchn. : -
ALFRED AUGUSTUS WALES, b. March, 1876.
ETHEL MARION WALES, b. Sept., 1878.
Mr. Burrell came to Mil. some time before his 1st mge. in 1857, and, with the exception of a brief stay in Natick, has res. here from his first coming to the present time. He is an intelligent and trustworthy citizen. He has proved himself a competent business-man as a manager and clerk, stands high among his Masonic brethren, and in 1868 represented the town in Gen. Court. His wives have held a like reputable standing in domestic and social life.
BURRELL, ALVIN RICHARDSON, son of Alvin and Nancy Burrell, b. in South
Weymouth, March 24, 1830; boot-finisher; ancestry and relationship no
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further given; m. Lorana Frances Millett, dr. of Benjamin and Eliza Ann (Lincoln) Millett, b. in Bridgewater, May 6, 1834; cer. in Abington, Feb. 3, 1853, by Rev. Mr. Gunnison. Issue : -
ANNIE FRANCES, b. So. Weymouth, Feb. 6, 1861.
EVERETT AUGUSTUS, b. So. Weymouth, Nov. 15, 1864. ALICE IDALET, b. So. Weymouth, Jan. 6, 1866.
FRED IRWIN, b. Mil., Ang. 17, 1869.
GILMAN, b. Mil., Sept. 8, 1873.
This family has res. in Abington, So. Weymouth, and Mil. Strangers to me, but of presumed worthy character.
BURRILL, STEPHEN, son of Joseph and Mary Wooster (Boynton) Burrill, b.
at Chelsea Point in Winthrop, Oct. 22, 1821; boot-finisher; m. Susan Brig- ham Doane, dr. of Joel and Betsey (Wright) Doane, b. in Phillipston, July 21, 1827; cer. East Boston, May 16, 1847, by Rev. Joseph Whitman. Issue : -
MARIETTA ELIZABETII, b. E. Boston, April 19, 1848; m. Edwin Mayo Doane, June 21, 1871.
STEPHEN ABBOT, b. E. Boston, Jan. 1, 1850; d. July 22, 1855.
WILLIAM HENRY, b. E. Boston, Jan. 29, 1852; m. Mary E. Stevens, Sept. 14, 1876.
EDGAR HOWARD, b. Winthrop, Aug. 8, 1854; d. Nov. 28, 1854.
JESSIE SUSAN, b. W. Brookfield, Aug. 10, 1860.
NELLIE GERTRUDE, b. Winthrop, Dec. 18, 1863.
SUSANNAH WILLIAMS, b. Mil., Aug. 1, 1868.
This family have res., as above indicated, in E. Boston, Brookfield, Win- throp, and Mil. William H. Burrill m. his wf. in Big Valley, Lassen Co., Cal., and res. there. He and wf. have 2 chn; viz., -
FLORA VIOLA, b. July 12, 1877; and another dr. b. Feb. 7, 1880.
Marietta E. Doane and hus. have a dr. b. in No. Brookfield, Oct. 20, 1874, named SUSAN BURRILL; making 3 gd. chn. in all.
BUTTS, BRYAN J., son of Daniel and Eliza (Bryan) Butts, b. Pompey, N.Y., May 6 (or 10), 1826, there being two different dates as to day of the month in the old family record. His gd. fr., Jabez Butts, once of Springfield, m. Sarah Adams. His gt. gd. fr. was Nathaniel Butts, and m. Mary Mason. Nathaniel was the youngest son of Samuel, who was first of Dorchester, and set. in Canterbury, Ct., 1707. That Samuel was a son of the Butts who came from Eng. with the Pilgrims. So we have Bryan J.5 (Daniel,4 Na- thaniel,3 Samuel,2 and the Pilgrim immigrant1). On the inr.'s side, he says, "My mr., b. Canterbury, Ct., was the eldest child of Reuben and Olive (Chapin) Bryan, who reared a family of 10 or 11 chn. My gd. mr. Olive was a very large woman, and my gd. fr. Reuben a very small man; their chn. uncommonly healthy and gifted. Their mr. was a 'great poli- tician,' so called; and of six sons four were lawyers, two of them being judges, and one of the number, John A. Bryan, was gov. (or lieut .- gov.) of Ohio, and also foreign minister." Of himself he says, "I was a school- master in youth; studied law one yr .; subsequently entered and 'gradu- ated' from Meadville, Penn., Theological School; preached several yrs. ; became interested in socialism; came to the Hopedale Community in 1852, entering 'The Practical Christian' printing-office as printer and writer. I finally bought out the materials, edited a monthly, and published tracts, written by myself and wf., Mrs. H. N. Greene, to whom I was married
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(without surrender of name) in 1858. Having no chn., my 'lineal descend- ants' are as minus as my stupendous ancestry is plus in the history of my ' tribe.' " Mr. B. does his own thinking on all subjects, without license from any quarter, and fearlessly expresses his opinions in his own unique style. He is a Socialist and Progressionist of the most unfettered, individu- alistic type. To the foregoing it is proper to add what Mr. B. communi- cated, at the same time time, relating to his wf .:-
" GREENE, HARRIET NEWELL; gd. fr., Job Greene, had 10 chn., - 6 boys and 4 girls : boys, Thomas, John, Samuel, Daniel, and Job, jun. ; girls, Maria (a Quakeress preacher), Ruth, Annie, and Sarah. John, Harriet's fr., b. Smith- field, R.I., Jan., 1794. Harriet was the eldest of 6 chn., b. Jan. 18, 1819; mr.'s maiden name, Sarah Ann Tinkham. She has 2 surviving bros. and 1 sister, Abbie G. Comstock, an occasional writer of published poems. Deborah, Job Greene's sister, and gt. aunt to John's chn., was also a writer, and authoress of several books. Harriet came to Hopedale, April, 1852; m. B. J. Butts, Dec. 19, 1858; cer. by Adin Ballou ; and for 6 yrs. or more was connected, in editorial labors, with her hus. in publishing 'The Spiritual Reformer' and 'Modern Age.' She is authoress of 'Children's Books,' as well as romances for adults, and of newspaper correspondence. Her ' Vine-Cottage Stories ' impart moral lessons on peace, temperance, spiritualism, and other reforms." She d. at Hopedale, May 6, 1881.
I think this is the only instance in which the name Butts occurs in our history.
CAREY, WILLIAM, and wf. Esther, dwelt here in the early days of the Precinct, and had a son bap. by Rev. Mr. Frost; viz., - JOSIAH, bap. Sept. 1, 1745.
Whence this family came, or whither they went, I get no intimation. In our time we have several Irish Americans of this surname in town. We find them in our directories to the number of S in our last. But as none of them have signified a desire to appear in this volume, perhaps I need not specify them.
CARPENTER, SETH PRIME, Esq.7 (Reuben,6 Elisha,5 Noah,4 William,3 Wil- Jiam,2 William 1), b. on our border, just in the edge of Upton, if I mistake not, Nov. 25, 1802. He traces his pedigree as follows: William Carpenter, b. in Eng., 1576, left Harwell, took ship "Revis" at South- ampton 1638, and arrived at Boston or vicinity the same yr. He brought with him a son William and his 4 chn., under ten yrs. of age. His son William was b. in Eng. 1605. He m. Abigail, who was b. 1606, and moved from Weymouth to Rehoboth 1643 or 1644. He had a son William, who was also b. in Eng. 1630. This 3d William was twice m. in Rehoboth; raised up chn., and d. Jan. 26, 1703. He had a son Noah, b. March 28, 1672, who was thrice m., and reared chn. He d. in Attleboro', June 7, 1753. He left a son Elisha, b. Aug. 28, 1721; m. Anne Whitaker, March 15, 1744; and d. perhaps in Sutton, Aug. 2, 1789. Mrs. Anne d. Sut., Feb. 23, 1804. Reuben, son of Elisha, was b. in Attleboro', Feb. 23, 1757; m. Sally Fuller, 1776, who d. Aug., 1797. He next m. Hannah Cook, b. Feb. 10, 1761; and d. Oct. 5, 1802, in Upton. She d. March 20, 1840. I found Mr. Carpenter here in 1824, when I came into town. Prob. he was here some yrs. earlier. He has been an active, enterprising, and influential citizen from early man-
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hood to his green old age. In business, in civil and political life, and in social intercourse, he has been respectably conspicuous among our inhabit- ants; serving in various responsible town offices, and twenty-one yrs. as justice of the peace. In his latter yrs. he has been devoting his time, money, and ingenuity largely to fish-culture, especially to the rearing of trout. He has an establishment of this nature in the south-westerly part of Uxbridge, richly worth visiting by persons at all interested in such en- terprises. This I know from actual observation. My wf. and self, by kind invitation, accepted a ride thither 26th June, 1879, with himself and lady, to our great enjoyment. The location, natural advantages, ingenious con- trivances, and exhibition of beautiful trout in various stages of growth, were truly admirable. We could only regret, amid the entertainment of the occasion, that untoward experiments and mishaps have hitherto pre- cluded the pecuniary success which the persevering projector so eminently deserves.
He m., 1st, Maria Barber, dr. of James and Nancy (Parks) Barber, b. Mil., July 9, 1806; cer. Jan. 25, 1825, by the writer. They had b. to them one son : -
BYRON, b. Sept. 14, 1829; m. Jane A. Mason, Oct. 25, 1849; d. March 15, 1872.
Mrs. Maria d. Feb. 12, 1831. The hus. m., 2d, Diana Barber, sister of the deceased Maria, b. March 31, 1808; cer. Aug. 28, 1831, by the writer. Chn. :-
REUBEN EARL, b. March 26, 1832; m. Eunice Fisher, Feb. 22, 1870; res. Ashland ; has 4 chn.
GEORGE W., b. July 28, 1834; d. Aug. 10, 1837.
HANNAH MARIA, b. Aug. 16, 1836; d. July 24, 1843.
DIANA, b. March 1, 1845.
NANCY MARION, b. March 19, 1847; m. Charles Henry Metcalf, Dec. 4, 1867. HANNAH MARIA, b. June 20, 1850.
It should be emphatically added to the credit of Mr. C., that, in connection with the late David Stearns Godfrey and a few other devoted citizens, he took a very important part in the preliminary labors indispensable to procuring the Milford and Framingham Branch Railroad. Those labors were manifold, arduous, and persistent. The present generation of our inhabitants can have but a faint conception and appreciation of what they owe to those hard-work- ing pioneers in the obtainment of that road. Without their self-sacrificing exertion, its great facilities would probably have long been postponed. The public also owe him a large debt of respect and gratitude for his exertions in pioneering and opening the Pine-Grove Cemetery.
CARPENTER, WILLIAM H., ancestry not traced; son of Christopher C. and and Mary B. (McCrillis) Carpenter, b. Deerfield, N.H., Jan. 19, 1822; m. Isabelle E. Slocomb, dr. of Rufus and Betsey S. (Sargent) Slocomb, b. Haverhill, Oct. 6, 1828; cer. Haverhill, Feb. 10, 1847, by Rev. Massena Goodrich. Their chn. : -
ELZO E., b. Haverhill, Sept. 8, 1848; m. Edward L. Wood, Fitchburg, Feb. 1, 1871.
RUFUS S., b. Haverhill, Aug. 26, 1850; m. Mary M. Miller, Waukegan, Ill. May 5, 1873.
WILLIAM E., b. Chelsea, Sept. 3, 1855; d. Mil., Sept. 24, 1865.
MINNIE B., b. Chelsea, April 14, 1861.
Grandchn. : -
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BIOGRAPHICO-GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.
WILLIAM M. CARPENTER, son of Rufus S., b. Mil., March 6, 1874; d. 1877. GEORGIANA B. CARPENTER, dr. of Rufus S., b. Mil., Nov. 28, 1879. BESSIE WOOD, dr. of Edward L., b. Lewiston, Me., Oct. 2, 1876.
Mr. C. is a respected employee of Estabrook, Wires, & Co. Doubtless a worthy family, though not of my acquaintance. They have res. in Haverhill, Chelsea, Boston, and Mil.
CARPENTER, BYRON 8 (Seth P.,7 Reuben,6 Elisha,5 Noah,4 William,3 William,2
William 1), b. Mil., Sept. 14, 1829; mr.'s maiden name, Maria Barber; m.
Jane A. Mason, dr. of John and Sally (Wheeler) Mason, b. Mil., June 4, 1831; cer. at the parental res., Oct. 25, 1849, by the writer. Issue :- JENNIE LIND, b. Mil., March 20, 1851; m. Frederick T. King, Oct. 8, '81. SETH PRIME, b. Mil., April 7, 1853; d. Jan. 25, 1877.
ARABELLA MARIA, b. Mil., July 6, 1855; m. Eugene T. Walker, Oct. 14, 1874.
MATTIE WHEELER, b. Mil., Sept. 14, 1857.
JOHN MASON, b. Mil., Aug. 7, 1859.
REUBEN EARL, b. Mil., July 28, 1861.
WALTER BACHELOR, b. Mil., Sept. 10, 1863.
GRACE GEORGIANA, b. Mil., Feb. 10, 1865.
COSIE, b. Mil., Sept. 7, 1866.
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ALICE WALKER, b. May, 1876.
HARRY WALKER, b. Nov., 1878.
These are chn. of Eugene T. and Arabella Maria Walker.
A worthy family, early bereaved of their paternal head. Byron C. was a diligent, provident, and orderly man in the various relations of life. He d. in the ripeness of middle age, March 15, 1872, at the a. of about 43 yrs. His wid. and 8 of their chn. still survive, all usefully engaged in laudable pursuits. Arabella and hus. and 2 chn. res. Hopedale.
CARPENTER, Dea. HIRAM, son of Oliver and Emma.
Hiram Carpenter, son of Oliver and Emma, d. Jan. 13, 1863, chronic diarrhea. See War Record. Others not reported.
CARROLL, RICHARD, son of Michael and Mary (Woods) Carroll, b. in Ireland, Feb. 1, 1816; stone-mason; m. Catherine Davis, dr. of John and Johanna (Brennan) Davis, b. Ireland, April 1, 1826; cer. Mil., 1851, by Rev. George Hamilton. Issue : -
MICHAEL JOSEPH, Rev., b. Mil., June 19, 1852; grad. Holy Cross Col. ; Cath. priest.
JOHANNA MARIA, b. Mil., Jan. 14, 1856.
CHARLES WILLIAM, b. Mil., Nov. 1, 1863.
CATHERINE VERONICA, b. Mil., Oct. 19, 1865.
RICHARD DAVIS, b. Mil., Jan. 14, 1868.
One of our intelligent, enterprising, and worthy Irish-American families. Mr. C. is an executive, judicious, and successful business-man in his calling ; a good citizen among us for over 30 yrs .; and an influential member of St. Mary's Ch.
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