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JOHN PERRY, b. Mendon, Sept. 6, 1836; m. Emma R. Parrin of Reading, Penn., in Texas, Feb. 10, 1879.
MARY JANE, b. Mendon, July 27, 1838; m. George A. Whiting, Ux., Sept. 27, 1863.
HARRIET JOANNA, b. Mendon, Sept. 21, 1839; m. Edwin Legg, Mil., Nov. 14, 1858.
LEONIA ELIZABETH, b. Mendon, May 18, 1850; m. Hiram H. Pierce, Hop., July 19, 1874.
Grandchn. :-
Willie Irving Legg, b. Aug. 1, 1859.
John Parrin Alexander, b. Nov. 9, 1879.
A worthy family. The hus. and fr., a boot-cutter, came to Mil. from Mendon about 26 yrs. ago. Mrs. Elizabeth, the wf. and mr., d. April 7, 1879.
ALEXANDER, HENRY M .; pedigree untraced; m. Sally Jennings, ptge., etc.,
untraced; cer. Nov. 11, 1827, by Rev. D. Long. One son recorded here; viz., -
HENRY, b. April 4, 1828.
ALEXANDER, NELL, boot-treer. In Directory of 1856.
ALEXANDER, EDMUND A., bootmaker. In Directory of 1869, '72.
ALLEN, EZRA3 (Joseph,2 Abraham 1), b. Oct. 18, 1747; mr.'s maiden name,
Lydia Aldrich, dr. of Mendon's celebrated Quaker preacher, Moses Aldrich.
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He was one of 8 chn. b. to Joseph and Lydia (Aldrich) Allen of Mendon, and by trade a tanner. Of his wf. and chn. I have no information. At one time he dwelt on the Lewis B. Gaskill place, and I think d. there April 2, 1813.
ALLEN, ALVIN, bro. of EZRA, b. Oct. 21, 1756; owned and inhabited the Lewis
B. Gaskill place many yrs. He was a clothier and miller, if I rightly remember. I cannot give the name of his wife, the particulars of his mge., or the birth-dates of his chn. I knew his two sons, Robert and Nathan. Our older citizens will recollect them well.
ALLEN, AHAZ, Esq., of Mendon was another of these bros., b. July 23, 1765; m. Chloe French, raised up a considerable family, and was a man of dis- tinction in his day. I knew him and his bro. Alvin in their old age.
ALLEN, CALEB V., in Mendon, was of the same stock. His fr.'s name was Caleb, a bro. of the foregoing, who d. before Caleb V. was b. Caleb V. was the fr. of Alexander H. Allen, mentioned in Part I. of this work, as my copyist of Mendon records, since decd.
ALLEN, JAMES, wf. Phebe, dwelt in our "City dist." as early as 1782; owned the mills there for some yrs., and had 3 chn. credited on our records : -
ETHAN, b. before they came into town.
JULIA ADAMS, b. here June 28, 1784.
NANCY, b. here July 10, 1786.
Whence they came and whither they went, I find no intimation.
ALLEN, SETH, came into town from Holl., June 15, 1784. Taking what Morse says of him in his hist. of Sherb. and Holl., and what I find on our records, he seems to have been the hus. of 2 wives, and fr. of a large family.
By 1st wf. Elizabeth he had -
SAMUEL, b. Holl., March 17, 1775; m. Mary Harwood, July 30, 1772.
EBENEZER, b. Holl., March 19, 1758; m. Esther -.
AMos, b. Holl., Jan. 23, 1763; m. Abigail Smith, Aug. 30, 1787.
CHLOE, b. Holl., June 12, 1766; m. Samuel Plumb, March 13, 1786.
Then, Mrs. Elizabeth having d., he m., 2d, Mary Treadway, April 27, 1769. Issue : -
JONATHAN, b. Holl., June 18, 1772.
SETH, b. Holl., March 14, 1774; m. Sally or Sarah Curtis.
JOHN, b. Holl., Nov. 8, 1778; d. Jan. 25, 1780.
DOLLY, b. Holl., April 9, 1780; burnt to death, Parkhurst's mill, Oct. 26, 1814. LYDIA, b. Holl. ; d. Mil., June 7, 1815.
TABITHA, b. Holl. ; untraced.
MARTHA, b. Holl .; untraced.
TERRENCE, b. Holl., June 4, 1784; untraced.
HENRY, b. Mil., Dec. 19, 1787; m. Lucinda - -.
ELIADA, b. Mil .; d. Nov. 19, 1793.
What part of the town this Seth Allen inhabited I am not informed, nor of his death-date, nor that of his wf. Mary; nor am I master of the family records of his chn., except a fragment of his son Henry's. I presume this must be the man, who, by dealing largely in white-oak timber for wheel-spokes, acquired the sobriquet "Spoke" Allen. His wf. Lucinda perished with his sister Dolly Allen in the fire which destroyed Nathan Parkhurst's saw and clothier mill, Oct. 26, 1814. I became acquainted with him on first coming into town, 1824. He was somewhat eccentric in his habits, and noted for his always naked, sun- burnt throat and bosom. Whether he ever m. again, I am uncertain. He
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manufactured varnish, and built a domicile on now Purchase St., north of Dea. Ithiel Parkhurst's, where afterwards Israel Mowry lived and d. But of his subsequent history I only learn that he emigrated to Ct. or N.Y., and d. there. ALLEN, EBENEZER, with wf. Esther and child Melatiah, came into town from
Holl., May 26, 1784. I infer that this Ebenezer must have been the son of Seth and Elizabeth above noted. No further traced.
ALLEN, SAMUEL, and wf. Sarah, with 2 chn., are recorded to have come from Medfield, May 28, 1783. Who this Samuel was, or in what part of the town he dwelt, I get no intimation. Among his chn. were Polly and Samuel, jun. There was a Polly Allen, prob. the same, who d. here March 18, 1828. Also a Sarah Allen, who may have been her mr., Nov. 13, 1842, a. 78 yrs. This family no further traced.
ALLEN, LEWIS, pedigree, etc., untraced ; m. Rhoda Hayward, dr. of Joel and Ruth (Morse) Hayward, alias Howard, b. Jan. 5, 1792; cer. April 24, 1811,
by Adams Chapin, Esq. Issue : -
JAMES MORSE, b. April 20, 1812; d. Dec. 22, 1812.
WHIPPLE, b. May 16, 1813; m., 1st, Amanda Taft; 2d, Ednah S. Huse.
EZRA ALDRICHI, b. Sept. 1, 1817; d. young.
AUSTIN, b. April 20, 1820; d. young.
LUCY, b .; d. Jan. 17, 1821.
There was a 6th child b .; but I find no name, or date of birth or death. Nor have I found the fr.'s death-date. The venerable wf. and mr. d. in this town Aug. 5, 1881, at the advanced age of 89 yrs. 6 mos. and 20 ds. What an unwritten volume has her life been of toils, trials, bereavements, and sorrows ! She was kindly cared for in the home of Mrs. Mary E. Littlefield on Purchase St., near Haven.
ALLEN, WHIPPLE, son of Lewis and Rhoda (Howard) Allen, b. May 16, 1813;
m., 1st, Amanda N., dr: of Jason Taft, b. Ux., July 22, 1819; cer. in Ux., June 7, 1843. Issue : -
HENRY CLAY, b. Ux., Nov. 11, 1844; d. Lowell, April 17, 1849.
ARTIIUR WEBB, b. Lowell, Nov. 16, 1847; d. Lowell, Dec. 8, 1847.
JOSEPHINE HENRIETTA, b. Lowell, June 15, 1849; d. Lowell, Sept. 17, 1849.
Mrs. Amanda d. in Lowell, Feb. 22, 1851, in her 32d yr. The hus. m., 2d, Ednah S. Huse, b. Gilmantown, N.H., June 22, 1826; cer. Jan. 3, 1860. Issue : -
EZRA WHIPPLE, b. Fairmount, Dec. 7, 1860.
CHARLES HOWARD, b. Milford, Dec. 16, 1864.
The hus. and fr. d. at Mendon, in impoverished circumstances, Oct. 20, 1878. His wid. and their two chn. survive him in sadness.
ALLEN, GEORGE W., and wf. Charlotte, stand on our records credited with chn. as follows : -
WILLIAM NATHANIEL, b. March 9, 1829.
MARY CLIMENA, b. Jan. 5, 1832.
MOSES BARNARD, b. Jan. 12, 1836.
BETSEY JANE, b. Aug. 18, 1837; d. April 23, 1843.
HANNAH MARIA, b. Feb. 11, 1840.
ABIGAIL AMELIA, b. March 11, 1842; d. Feb. 1, 1843.
No report having been recd., or other information concerning this family, I must leave the record as it stands on the town-books.
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MENTIONED IN OUR DIRECTORIES, ETC.
ALLEN, ELIJAH M., farmer, near Holl. road, 1856; wf. Mary A., son John, b. July 16, 1841.
ALLEN, EPHRAIM J., tin-worker, 1856, '69.
ALLEN, SETH, marble-engraver, 1856.
ALLEN, THOMAS, laborer, 1856.
ALLEN, ALBERT S., bootmaker, 1869, '72, '75, '78, 'SO.
ALLEN, EDWARD L., baker, 1869.
ALLEN, EDWIN G., bootmaker, 1869, '72.
ALLEN, ETHAN J., tinsmith, 1869.
ALLEN, FRANK E., tinsmith, 1869.
ALLEN, OLIVER J., bootmaker, 1869, '72, '75, '78, '80.
ALLEN, GEORGE W., machinist, 1872, '75.
ALLEN, L. L., mason, 1872.
ALLEN, LUCRETIA, wid. of Ellery, 1872, '75, '78, 'S0.
ALLEN, NICHOLAS I., machinist, 1872, '75.
ALLEN, CHARLES, helper in Clement & Co.'s factory, 1875.
ALLEN, Miss NETTIE R., house Taylor, near Main, 1875.
ALLEN, MINER, farmer, house near Hopedale, 1878.
ALLEN, LUCY A., wid. of Ruel C., 1878, 'S0.
ALLEN, Mrs. SOPHIA, boarding-house, Green-Mill River, 1878.
ALLEN, PHILIP A., bottler, L. R. Hazard, 1SS0.
ALLEN, LYMAN, from Westminster; res. a while in Hopedale, and there m. Angeline Chapman, Nov. 18, 1855; cer. by Rev. William S. Heywood. They res. in Westminster.
ALVERSON, GEORGE, and wf. Experience, with chn. George and Rufus, are recorded to have come into town from Sutton, Feb. 12, 1789, taken in by John Sprague. No more mentioned.
ANDREWS, EBENEZER, cordwainer, and wf. Hannah, with chn. Darius and Polly, were among the multitude warned out of town in 1791. No further traced.
ANDREWS, JOSHUA, and wf. Martha, with chn., William, Elizabeth, Polly, and Edmund, came into town from Hop., Oct. 25, 1786. He had a son John b. here, who d. Sept. 24, 1798. Mrs. Martha, the mr., d. Sept. 18, 1798. The hus. m., 2d, Trial White ; cer. June 13, 1799, by Samuel Jones, Esq .; no chn. Edmund set. in Hop. He m. Sally Waer, April 13, 1815. Betsey, alias Elizabeth, m. a Mr. Kimball. She d. April, 1834, a. 54 yrs. Joshua, the fr., d. March 11, 1823. His wid., Mrs. Trial, survived him over 20 yrs., residing, a wid. much respected, in a little house on Purchase St., a short distance north of Goldsmith's boot-factory. She d. June 1, 1844.
ANDREWS, WILLIAM, wf. Hannah, from Hop., came into town Nov. 15, 1786. Either this or another Wm. Andrews is recorded to have m. Polly Hayden, May 25, 1800; cer. by Samuel Jones, Esq. Issue :-
JOHN ALLEN, b. Sept. 30, 1802; and ELMIRA, b. July 2, 1808.
Wm. Andrews d. Feb. 1, 1811. The family no further traced.
ANDREW, SYLVESTER, son of Thomas R. and Sarah (Mott) Andrew, b. in the village of Arkwright, Coventry, R.I., Aug. 17, 1813; machinist; m. Eliza Tennant Hammond, b. Wickford, No. Kingston, R.I., Jan. 9, 1816; cer. Oct. 19, 1836, by Rev. Henry Tatem. Issue : -
ABBY H., b. Coventry, R.I., Oct. 1, 1837; d. at the a. of 1 day.
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SARAH E., b. Coventry, R.I., Aug. 20, 1838; d. Aug. 26, a. 14 ds.
SYLVESTER A., b. Coventry, R.I., Oct. 14, 1839; d. Oct. 13, 1842, a. 3 yrs.
SAMUEL A., b. Coventry, R.I., Oct. 16, 1841; m. Matilda E. Holt, July 21, 1861.
THOMAS W., b. Harrisville, R.I., Nov. 11, 1843; d. Nov. 11, 1844, a. 1 yr.
AMEY T., b. Fiskville, R.I., Aug. 2, 1845; m. James H. Dexter, Nov. 26, 1868, and d. April 4, 1869.
FRANCIS L., b. Norwich, Ct., Nov. 15, 1847; m. Hattie E. Adams, Nov. 25, 1874.
SYLVESTER M., b. Plainfield, Ct., Sept. 25, 1849; d. Feb. 14, 1850, a. 4 mos. 19 ds.
MARY A., b. Norwich, Ct., April 4, 1851; d. Jan. 14, 1853, a. 1 yr. 8 mos. 10 ds.
JOHN E., b. Whitinsville, Mass., Jan. 14, 1856; unm. ; mechanic ; res. Hope- dale.
EDGAR A., b. Whitinsville, Mass., Feb. 25, 1859; unm .; mechanic; res. Hope- dale.
EVA A. COLVIN, b. Harrisville, R.I., Oct. 27, 1864; d. Sept. 9, 1865, a. 11 mos. 14 ds.
The parents have res. in Hopedale and vicinity for the last 10 yrs. They were worthy people of the Methodist persuasion. He was a member of the Odd Fellows' fraternity; received their customary aid and provident generosity during his last distressing sickness; d. April 29, 1881, a. 68 yrs. 8 mos. and 16 ds., and was honorably buried with the rites of his order, May 1 ensuing, in the Hopedale cemetery.
ANDREW, SAMUEL ALMON, son of Sylvester and Eliza T. (Hammond) An- drew, b. Coventry, R.I., Oct. 16, 1841; machinist; m. Matilda E. Holt, dr. of William and Jane (Crocker) Holt, b. Uxbridge, Dec. 7, 1843; cer. July 21, 1861, at Woonsocket, R.I., by Rev. John Boyden. Issue : ---
SYLVESTER ALMON, b. Whitinsville, Sept. 20, 1861; d. a. 6 weeks.'
ALMON HAMMOND, b. Whitinsville, March 27, 1863.
CHARLES HERBERT, b. Woonsocket, R.I., April 4, 1869.
MABEL FRANCES, b. Hopedale, Oct. 17, 1871.
This family has res. in Hopedale 10 yrs., is ingenious, industrious, and orderly, and promises well for the future.
ANDREW, FRANCIS LEWELLEN, son of Sylvester and Eliza T. (Hammond) Andrew, b. Norwich, Ct., Nov. 15, 1847; mechanic and trader; m. Hattie Elizabeth Adams, dr. of John F. and Anna E. (Oatley) Adams, b. in So. Kingston, R.I., Aug. 2, 1856; cer. Nov. 25, 1874, by Rev. Charles J. White. Issue : -
SAMUEL SYLVESTER, b. Mendon, Sept. 24, 1876.
GRACE, b. Pawtucket, R.I., Nov. 12, 1877.
Of worthy kindred and character.
ANSON, HENRY, son of Manning W. and Susan A. (Thwing) Anson, b. Ux- bridge, Jan. 30, 1828; m., 1st, Amanda M. Mowry, dr. of Caleb and Virtue Mowry, b. Ux. 1826; cer. So. Walpole, Oct. 21, 1855, by Rev. Mr. Adams. Issue : -
NETTIE, b. Rockford, Ill., Jan. 28, 1860; m. Albert W. Strong, Mich., Nov. 19, 1878. '
Mrs. Amanda died at So. Walpole, March 21, 1877; the hus. m., 2d, Lizzie A: Hinds (she having been successively the wid. of three husbands, all of
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whom d. from wounds recd. in the army during the late war), and Anson bim- self now drawing a pension on acct. of a wound recd. in that war); cer. Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 19, 1877, by Rev. John Smith. No. chn. Mr. Anson has worked as mechanic; but, his health requiring exercise in the open air, he has mostly been employed in driving peddler's teams in various parts of the coun- try. He drove a bread-team here in Mil. 5 yrs. He has res., first and last, in Uxbridge, Boston, Mil., Rockford (Ill.), etc.
ANSON, EZEKIEL WOOD, younger bro. of the preceding, b. in Uxbridge, Nov. 7, 1836; machinist; m. Mary Ann Hartles, adopted dr. of F. S. Cox and wf., b. in Warwickshire, Eng., 1841; cer. at Hopedale, May 6, 1861, by the writer. See the name Cox. Issue : -
FREDERICK STEVENS, b. Hopedale, May 17, 1862; res. with Mrs. F. S. Cox, Hopedale, later in the Centre.
Ezekiel W. enlisted, Aug. 5, 1862, for 3 yrs. in Regt. 36, Co. F, and lost his life for his country, by malarious fever, at Louisville, Ky., Aug. 24, 1863. See War Record of the Rebellion, Chap. VIII. His wid. m., for 2d hus., Moody T. Trevett; and they res. in Mil., having several chn.
These Ansons came of a worthy parentage.
I suspect our Atwoods to have been descendants of Stephen of Eastham, who had sons, Eldad, Medad, and Benjamin; but I cannot specify lineal links. ATWOOD, ELDAD, and wf. Martha, appear to have had chn. recorded in Hop.,
and may have sometime had others there, or on our territory, or in adja- cent localities. The following-named are presumed to be their chn. : -
LYDIA, b. uncertain, 1735; m. Moses Chapin, Dec. 9, 1756.
DEBORAH, b. uncertain, 1737; m. Josiah Kilburn, March 18, 1756.
JOHN, b. Hop., April 6, 1745; not traced.
ELDAD, jun., twin, b. Hop., Oct. 22, 1747; m. Catherine Winch.
MARY, twin, b. Hop., Oct, 22, 1747; not traced, nor the family further.
ATWOOD, BENJAMIN, poss. son of Eldad and Martha; birth-date, etc., not ascertained; m. Joanna Cheney, dr. of William, jun., and Joanna (Thayer)
Cheney, b. May 26, 1728; cer. March 13, 1754, by Rev. A. Frost. Issue : - ANNA, b. in our Precinct, Sept. 11, 1754; m. Steplien Nelson, May 29, 1776. EBENEZER, b. in our Precinct, Dec. 31, 1756; m. wid. Melatiah Sumner, Nov. 11, 1779.
SILENCE, b. in our Precinct, Nov. 27, 1758; m. John Beal, Oct. 19, 1780.
Joanna, the mr., was recd. to the Cong. ch. here in 1744, and her hus. to the so-called first seal thereof, Nov. 4, 1754. He d. between 1758 and 1766, and his wid. m., 2d, David Cutler; cer. Dec. 28, 1768, by Rev. A. Frost.
ATWOOD, Wid. MARGARET (antecedents unknown), m. Isaac Thayer of Bell., Aug. 18, 1761.
ATWOOD, ELDAD, son of Eldad and Martha, with wf. Cate, are recorded to have come into town from Medway, May 20, 1784. No. chn. are credited to them. What his relationship was to Benjamin is not apparent. They dwelt many yrs. on the west side of the road to Holl., just above the Keith place. He d. Nov. 22, 1814. His wid. d. Nov. 22, 1834, a. 93 yrs. See abandoned home-sites.
AVERY, ORLANDO, son of John and Sophia W. (Dillingham) Avery, b. in Ararat, Pa., Oct. 14, 1843; m. Alice J. Gilson, dr. of Jonathan and Almira (Harris) Gilson, b. in Mechanic Falls, Me., Dec. 15, 1841; cer. in Geneseo, Ill., July 28, 1867, by Rev. Mr. Bricket. Issue : -
MOSES HARRIS, b. Mil., Feb. 15, 1870.
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BACON, BAGLEY, BAILEY.
Mr. A. and wf. have res. in Mil. some thirteen yrs. Religious, social, and business standing excellent.
BACON, HENRY S., son of Levi and Mary J. (Stevens) Bacon, b. Maine, name of town not given, April 10, 1835; insurance agt .; m. Mary E. Daman, dr. of Lincoln and Betsey W. (Sherman) Daman, b. Marshfield, date not given ; cer. in Marshfield, Nov., 1859, by Rev. Mr. Chapman. Issue : - LIZZIE M., b. Saco, Me., Aug., 1860.
MYRTIE L., b. Mil., Sept., 1862; d. March, 1863.
GERTIE W., b. Mil., Dec., 1872.
Res., at various periods, Marshfield (Mass.), Saco (Me.), Boston, Upton, and Mil. I have given this family record as recd. If it were more specific, I might have conformed it more nearly to the general style of my work; but, if it suits the family, I must not complain. Mr. Bacon appears in our Directory of 1869; and, according to the date of his first child, 1862, must have res. in town nearly 20 yrs. He has been engaged in several branches of business enterprise.
BACON, DANIEL, and wf. Hannah are credited with 2 chn. b. here; viz., - DANIEL OTIS, b. Nov. 3, 1827.
FRANCIS HENRY, b. Dec. 7, 1843. Family no further traced.
BACON, Wid. ELIZABETH, is specified in Directory for 1872.
BACON, MARY, wid. of George, appears in Directory for 1880.
BACON, Miss NELLIE V., house Church Place. Directory for 1880.
Not a common name among us at any period, and no records reported but that of Henry S.
BAGLEY, ANDREW, son of Abel and Polly (Cram) Bagley, b. in Brookfield,
Vt., Nov. 29, 1825; boot-crimper and farmer; m. Annette Blood, dr. of Shattuck and Fidelia (Taylor) Blood, b. Weathersfield, Vt., Jan. 1, 1830; cer. Mil., Feb. 13, 1850, by S. Whitman. Their chn. : -
WILLIAM F., b. Mil., 1858; res. Philadelphia, Penn.
LUCIUS F., b. Mil., Jan. 9, 1854; m. Hattie E. Packard, Jan. 9, 1878; res. Mil.
CHARLES H., b. Mil., Jan. 7, 1856; now a soldier in the U. S. reg. army.
ANDREW E., b. Mil., Feb. 7, 1858; res. in Audubon, Iowa.
HERBERT A., b. Mil., April 23, 1860; res. Mil.
NETTIE F., b. Mil., Feb. 25, 1862; res. Mil.
HARRY A., b. Mil., Oct. 2, 1867; res. Mil.
WALTER L., b. Mil., July 29, 1869; res. Mil.
MARY E., b. Mil., Jan. 14, 1871; res. Mil.
AUSTIN M., b. Mil., Jan. 19, 1873; res. Mil.
SUSIE G., b. Mil., Jan. 18, 1875; res. Mil.
BRENT M., b. Mil., May 14, 1877; d. June 18, 1878. Grandchn. : -
ANNIE, dr. of Lucius and Hattie Bagley, b. Mil., Oct. 26, 1878.
ERNEST, son of Lucius and Hattie Bagley, b. Mil., Oct. 6, 1879.
. A remarkably large family for this degenerate age, and one of exemplary worth, too. Mr. B. came from Brookfield, Vt., Oct. 6, 1847, and has ever since dwelt in town, He and his household have not eaten the bread of idleness, but with true homespun usefulness served themselves and the general commu- nity.
BAILEY, THOMAS, of Hull, cordwainer; pedigree not traced; m. Anna Loring of Hull, June 29, 1726. Their chn. : -
THOMAS, jun., b. Hull, Oct. 7, 1726; d. Jan. 11, 1726-27.
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THOMAS, jun., 2d, b. Hull, Oct. 12, 1727.
ANNA, b. Hull, July 24, 1730; d., date not given.
JOSHUA, b. Hull, Dec. 14, 1733; m. Dorcas Binney, Oct. 14, 1764.
SAMUEL, b. Hull, Aug. 11, 1737.
LORING, b. Hull, May 11, 1740.
ANNA, b. Hull, Jan. 4, 1742.
I present this family record because Thomas Bailey of Hull may have res. in what is now Mil. Centre about the time our Precinct was incorporated (which is not provable); and because, whether he res. here a short time or not, he was certainly a landowner here for some yrs. He and his bro .- in-law, Amos Binney, jointly owned what became the Twitchell farm, containing about 100 acres. This fully appears from a deed given to Ephraim Twitchell, jun., Aug. 2, 1748, by Rev. Amariah Frost, under a power of attorney from Bailey and Binney, which sets forth as follows : -
"A certain tract or piece of land lying and being in Mendon aforesaid, by virtue of a power of attorney from Thomas Bailey, Cordwainer, and Amos Binney, Mariner, both of Hull in ye County of Suffolk in New England, as may appear from ye records of ye County of Worcester, recorded July 20, 1748 &c .; containing by estimation near a hundred acres more or less ; it being ye land laid out, June 28, 1707, for John Peck by ye proprietors of said town of Mendon, which was ye whole of his fifth division of land and twelve acres and a half of John Sprague's daughter, that belonged to his daughter on ye Southeast corner of Maggomisco Hill; butted and bounded as follows, - Southerly part on Nathel. Morse land and part on Common 63 rods to ye Southeast corner, being a stake and stones, ye Southwest corner being a black oak tree marked; West on Common (now on a road) 120 rods to a white oak tree, being ye Northwest corner; Northerly on Common (now adjoining to and running with the Souther- most line of Peter Norcross land), 48 rods to a walnut tree, being ye Northeast corner; then running Easterly part on Seth Chapin's land, part on James Lovett's land, part on Common (but now partly on Isaac Parkhurst's land and partly on Daniel Sumner's land) 226 rods to ye Southeast corner, the first mentioned bound, - Excepting out of said lands three quarters of an acre for a Burying place, as shall be agreed upon most commodious therefor, upon Nathel. Morses line." This land is so historic that I have thought proper to make the foregoing extract thus full and explicit. I suppose that Thomas Bailey and family d. in Hull at unascertained dates.
BAILEY, WILLIAM, son of Eliphalet of Hop., etc. No further traced; b. in Natick, Aug. 12, 1792; m. Ann H. Tilton of Hop., April 9, 1822; cer. by Rev. Nathaniel Howe. She was a dr. of Abraham and Hannah (Homer) Tilton; b. 1798; and claimed honorable descent, in one of her parental lines, from the celebrated John Alden of Plymouth. William Bailey's father was b. in Hop., 1745; m. perhaps in Natick, and shortly after en- listed into the Revolutionary army 1776. He took his wf. with him into camp, who, while in Canada, or the frontier region, bore him a dr., and died there. Re-enlisting, he obtained a furlough of 40 ds., took his mother- less infant in his arms, footed it from Niagara Falls, N. Y., to Natick, placed his child in good care, and returned duly to his post. After the war closed, he came home, m. Abigail Chote, and became the father of ten chn., one only of whom survives at this writing; viz., our townsman Eliphalet Bailey in N. Purchase. Other family names and dates, desirable to know, not furnished me. [Eliphalet d. May 10, 1878, after the foregoing was written.]
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BAILEY FAMILIES.
William Bailey came to this town in 1819 or 1820; entered into copartner- ship with the late Hon. Lee Claflin for the manufacture of boots and shoes, and prosecuted the same at the place now occupied by John Goldsmith on Purchase St. They were among our pioneers in this business, and pushed it successfully on the then possible scale of operations, combining therewith the purchase and tanning of raw hides for their own use. The chn. of William and Ann Homer (Tilton) Bailey were 6 in number; viz., -
WILLIAM HOMER, b. Jan. 27, 1824; served 3 yrs. in the war of the Rebellion ; res. Westborough.
GEORGE TILTON, b. July 1, 1825.
CHARLES AUGUSTUS, b. April 5, 1827; bootmaker; res. Mil., Congress St .; m .; no chn.
DANIEL METCALF, b. June 30, 1828; d. Dec. 18, 1834.
AMELIA OSBORNE, b. Aug. 18, 1830; m. Ebenr. Belknap, Mil., April 5, 1846. THOMAS BUCKLIN, b. Aug. 12, 1832; our well-known druggist on Main St.
The fr. d. April 27, 1834. The mr., much beloved in the domestic and social circles, removed from N. Purchase in 1850 to Fruit St., where she had purchased a comfortable home, and d. there July 29, 1873.
BAILEY, ELIPHALET, youngest son of Eliphalet, the Revolutionary soldier, and br. of William, as above stated, was b. Natick, Sept. 15, 1801; came young to Mil. ; and m., for his 1st wf., Miranda, dr. of Jona. and Penelope (Dewing) Bowker, Jan. 30, 1825; cer. by Rev. Herman Perry. She bore him 2 chn., and d. Feb. 24, 1833. He m., 2d., Wid. Mary Gould of Hop., Nov. 25, 1838; cer. by Rev. Nathaniel Spindel. She bore him a dr., and d. Sept. 7, 1840. He m., 3d, Zobedia Tombs of Hop., April 8, 1841; cer. by Rev. D. Long. His res. has always been in the N. Purchase, and for many yrs. on Haven St., near Hop. line; his general occupation that of a boot- maker; and his standing in society that of an upright, peaceable citizen. His recorded chn. are these :-
JAMES DEWING, b. Dec. 1, 1825; bootmaker; m. Abigail R. Tyler, June 6, 1849.
ADELIA MARIE, b. Feb. 2, 1830; m. Alpheus Bridges, Holl., Sept., 1850.
MARY, b. May 21, 1839; d. Jan. 21, 1843.
ADIN BALLOU, b. May 19, 1843; d. Sept. 1, 1862.
The fr. res. in Mil. 65 yrs., and d., after a long decline, of paralysis, May 10, 1878, aged 77 yrs. and 7 mos., - the last of ten bros. and sis. His wid., Mrs. Zobedia, still survives.
BAILEY, WILLIAM HOMER 3 (William,2 Eliphalet1), bootmaker; b. Jan. 27,
1829; m. Alzina A. Ball, dr. of Henry and' Betsey (Lincoln) Ball, b. Dec.
7, 1827; cer. June 1, 1845, by the writer. Their chn. : -
ANNA ROZILLA, b. Mil., May 31, 1846; d. young.
WILLIAM H., b. Mil., Sept. 9, 1849; m. July 9, 1877; 1 child.
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