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In the spring of 1842 I removed to Hopedale with others, to make the experiment of establishing a fraternal community on what I deemed the true Christian basis. Of the success and ill success of that experiment, my position and responsibilities therein, and also my pastorate of the Hopedale Parish, enough has been said in Chapter X., - Religious Societies, etc. For thirty years of my life, down to 1860, I was more or less an editor of periodical publi- cations. My authorship of books, pamphlets, and tracts, includes a very con- siderable list of various size, besides. several volumes still in manuscript, prepared for press. These labors interlarded and complemented the more regular ones of a Christian minister and moral reformer during an active career in public life, extending from July, 1821, to the present time, 1881, - a period of about sixty years. Meantime I have ministered at more than two thousand funerals, and solemnized over one thousand marriages. Icannot reproach myself. with having idled away my timne, nor yet congratulate myself on having ac- complished a tithe of the good Ij tried to promote. But, despite of all my delinquencies and disappointments, I:can rejoice gratefully in, the loving-kind- ness of my heavenly Father, whose providence and tender mercies have crowned my life, and now shed a serene sunshine on my old age. Whatever: good uses I have served, to him, alone be glory and praise. For many short-
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comings he knows all my lamentations; and that I confidingly, as well as con- tritely, cast myself, for final disposal, into the bosom of his forgiving love as manifested through his blessed son Jesus Christ.
I will now proceed with my tabulations, commencing with my father's family : --
BALLOU, ARIEL5 (Ariel,4 James,3 James,2 Maturin 1), b. Feb. 21, 1758; m.,
1st, Lucina Comstock, dr. of Nathan and Abigail (Arnold) Comstock, who was b. in W. Wrentham, Mass., April 28, 1765. They were m. Feb. 21, 1782; and their chn., all b. in Cumberland, R.I., just over the Mass. line, were, -
ROZINA, b. Dec. 2, 1783; m. Nathan Arnold, April 9, 1809; d. Dec. 5, 1825; 4 chn.
ABIGAIL, b. April 16, 1786; m. Davis Cook, Dec. 8, 1808; d. April 15, 1874; 7 chn.
CYRUS, b. March 18, 1789; m. Susanna Ballou, Feb. 14, 1810; d. March 7, 1816; 2 chn.
ARNOLD, b. March 31, 1792; m. Lorinda Bates, April 11, 1816; d. Nov. 27, 1816; 1 dr.
SARAH, b. March 2, 1795; d. Oct. 11, 1803.
ALFRED, b. June 2, 1799; m. Matilda Cook, June 11, 1835; res. on old home- stead; 2 chn.
The mother d. July 11, 1801. The father m., 2d, Edilda Tower of Cum- berland, R.I., dr. of Levi and Mary (Whipple) Tower, who was b. May 27, 1771. They were m. June 20, 1802; and their chn. were, -
ADIN, b. April 23, 1803; particulars elsewhere noted.
ARIEL, b. Oct. 25, 1805; physician; m. Hannah Horton, Sept. 11, 1832; res. Woonsocket, R.I. They had 5 chn., of whom but 2 survive. The mr. d. Nov. 14, 1873.
Edilda (Tower) Ballou d. Dec. 27, 1834, in her 64th yr. Dea. Ariel Ballou d. Sept. 26, 1839, in his 82d yr.
BALLOU, ADIN6 (Ariel,5 Ariel,4 James,3 James,2 Maturin 1). b. as aforesaid, April 23, 1803; m., 1st, Abigail Sayles, dr. of Smith and Abigail (Scott) Sayles, who was b. in Smithfield, R.I., April 1, 1800. They were m. Jan. 17, 1822; cer. by Rev. Reuben Potter. Their chn. were, -
ADIN, jun., b. Cumberland, R.I., June 22, 1823; d. Mendon, Mass., Feb. 10, 1833.
ABIGAIL SAYLES, b. Mil., Mass., Jan. 30, 1829; m. Rev. William S. Hey- wood, May 11, 1851.
The mr. d. Feb. 20, 1829. The fr. m., 2d, Lucy Hunt, dr. of Pearley and Chloe (Albee) Hunt, who was b. in this town Oct. 31, 1810. They were m. in the Universalist (brick) Church, March 3, 1830; cer. by Rev. Hosea Ballou, 2d ; and their chn. were, -
PEARLEY HUNT, b. in Mil., Nov. 23, 1830; d. Mendon, Feb. 27, 1833.
ADIN AUGUSTUS, b. in Mendon, June 30, 1833. He d. in Bridgewater, Mass., of typhoid fever, Feb. S, 1852. He had graduated with honor at the State Normal School, and entered its service as an assistant teacher. He was richly endowed with all those qualities which inspire love, win admiration, and promise eminent usefulness. But he was cut down suddenly in the bloom of early youth, to the great sorrow of his family and a host of appre- ciative friends. His father commemorated his worth in a duodecimo volume of 192 pages, entitled " Memoir of Adin Augustus Ballou." It was pub-
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lished in 1853, and has been read by old and young with a tender inter- est.
BALLOU, ALBERT7 (Cyrus,6 Ariel,5 Ariel,4 James,3 James,2 Maturin 1), b. Cumberland, R.I., Aug. 4, 1811. His mr.'s maiden name was Susanna Ballou, dr. of Noah Ballou, Cumberland, R.I. She was m., 1st, to my oldest half-bro., Cyrus Ballou, and by him had two sons, viz., Albert and Cyrus. After my bro.'s decease some yrs., she m. Lewis Brown, by whom she had one son, now res. in Franklin. The venerable Susanna still sur- vives, at over 90 yrs. of age. My nephew Albert has res. for several brief periods in this town, and once owned a farm here. Afterwards he set. a while in Hop. He now carries on a milk-producing farm in Franklin. His son William A. resided a while here, and m. Ella M. Saunders, dr. of David. Albert Ballou m. Ann Janett Peck, dr. of William and Sarah (Arnold) Peck, b. in Wrentham, May 25, 1813; cer. March 13, 1834, by Rev. Elisha Fisk. Their chn .: -
ADIN, b. Hop., Dec. 29, 1835; m. Harriet O. Wormwell, 1865; no chn.
ALBERT MORTIMER, b. Hop., July 29, 1836; m. Emily Watson, May 27, 1868; 2 chn.
WILLIAM ARNOLD, b. Hop., Nov. 9, 1838; m. Ella M. Saunders, April 17, 1864; 1 child.
These three sons all rendered perilous and valuable service in the great war of the Rebellion.
BALLOU, CYRUS 7 (Cyrus,6 Ariel,5 Ariel,4 James,3 James,2 Maturin 1), bro. of the preceding, b. Cumberland, R.I., Oct. 27, 1812; m. Laura Follett, dr. of Comfort and Lois (Tower) Follett, b. Cumberland, R.I., 1818; cer. Oct. 15, 1835, by Ezek Dexter, Esq., just. peace. Their chn .:-
CORAZANDA, b. Cumberland, R.I., Oct. 16, 1836; d. Mil., Dec. 5, 1868.
CYRUS CONSTANTINE, b. Hop., Oct. 1, 1838; m. Mary V. Gallup, Oct. 27, 1874.
ELVIRA DANIELS, b. Hop., June 12, 1840; m. Benj. H. Spaulding, Oct. 24, 1865
AUGUSTUS, b. Mil., Sept. 8, 1842; d. same month, 10th day.
AUSTIN, b. Mil., Sept. 23, 1843; m. Jane Agnes Hayward, Aug. 2, 1871.
ANNA M., b. Mil., Aug. 5, 1845; d. Bell., March 30, 1852.
HERBERT, b. Mil., Oct. 28, 1847 . m. Mary Ella Chappell, Aug. 4, 1871. MINERVA, b. Mil., Nov. 28, 1850; d. Bell., Feb. 20, 1852.
The hus. and fr. was an energetic, executive, upright man. He was for some time an overseer of our poor. He and his wf. had charge of our asylum several yrs., with general satisfaction to all parties concerned; and, after his death, Mrs. Ballou became again matron of that institution for another series of yrs., in connection with one of her bros. Cyrus d. in the midst of business and usefulness, Bell., Feb. 14, 1852. His wid. still survives in comparative vigor and cheerfulness I believe all the surviving chn. of the family are set. in mar- ried life and active business.
CYRUS CONSTANTINE was m. to Mary V. Gallup, dr. of Frederick and Catherine (Croll) Gallup, Boston; cer. in Mil., Oct. 27, 1874, by the writer. He has a responsible business position in connection with the manufacture of boots and shoes in the Albany (N. Y.) penitentiary, for the East New York Shoe Co. They have 2 chn. at their Albany residence : -
LAURA M., b. Sept. 18, 1875.
CYRUS C., jun., b. Nov. 30, 1877.
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ELVIRA DANIELS, wife of Benjamin H. Spaulding, appears in her place under his name.
AUSTIN m. Jane Agnes Hayward, at Bellingham, Aug. 2, 1871; cer. by Rev. J. T. Massey; other particulars called for not given. They have 2 chn. : -
CORA SADIE, b. Sept. 25, 1872; and WILLIAM AUSTIN, b. Feb. 12, 1876.
HERBERT, foreman of the straw-factory in town, m. Mary Ella Chappell, dr. of Jeremiah and Mary (Sisson) Chappell, b. in New London, Ct., Nov. 24, 1847; cer. Providence, R.I., Aug. 4, 1871, by Rev. B. P. Byram. They have 1 child : -
LUELLA HATTIE, b. Mil., March 11, 1873.
The chn. of Albert and Cyrus Ballou are of generation 8 from Maturin ;1 and their chn. of gen.9
Mrs. LORINDA A. BLAKE, 35 Pearl St., is the dr. of my half-bro., Arnold Ballou, - his only child.
BALLOU, CHARLES 6 (Ziba,5 Noah,4 Nathaniel,3 James,2 Maturin 1), b. Cum- berland, R.I., Nov. 9, 1797; his mr.'s maiden name was Molly Mason, dr. of Timothy Mason; tailor by trade; came to that part of Mendon adjacent to So. Milford; m. Sena Penniman, dr. of Josiah and Sena (Holbrook) Pen- niman, b. May 2, 1800, and brought up, I think, by Dr. Daniel Thurber; cer. May 2, 1820, by whom not given. They removed to Mil. Centre soon after mge .; and in 1824, when I came into town, he had bought the Caleb Albee place, had built a small brick shop, and was doing a brisk business as merchant tailor. He continued in town several yrs., but afterwards returned to Mendon, and finally to R.I. Their chn. : -
CHARLOTTE MASON, b. Mendon, Feb. 10, 1821; m. Charles L. Fisher, Feb.' 9, 1845; 4 chn.
LOUISA, b. Mendon, Dec. 30, 1830; m. George S. Whitman, Jan. 8, 1856. MARIANNA, b. Mendon, July 6, 1832; remains unm., Providence, R.I.
The hus. and fr. d. at Woonsocket, R.I., May 6, 1838. His wid., with her chn., moved to Providence, and she d. in that city, Feb. 28, 1874. The two drs .. that m. found their husbands in. Providence. Only 3 gd. chn. of Charles Bal- lou survive.
BALLOU, ALEXANDER 6 (Abner,5 Abner,4 Obadiah,8 James,2 Maturin 1), b.
Cumberland, R.I., Aug. 1792; son of Abner Ballou, Esq., and gd. son of Rev. Abner Ballou, once a celebrated Six-Principle Baptist pastor for many yı's. in Cumberland. His mr.'s maiden name was Henrietta Brown.
He came of an eminently respectable stock, and was himself a very worthy man .. He taught our district school in my boyhood; and I knew him well as a business clerk, cashier of the Cumberland Bank, and afterwards as a farmer. He came to So. Milford in 1843, and'dwelt on the Martin Stoddard place, later the Willard Chilson homestead. He remained in town only about 5 yrs .; a part of which time he was postmaster of the So. Milford office. He then sold out his place to Willard Chilson, and returned to R.I. His son Henry and young family dwelt at So. Mil. with him, and perhaps both fr. and son, or one of them, ran the store there for a time. I'notice that his son had charge of the post-office for a season, that he had a child's birth recorded by our town clerk,' and that he buried his wf. Sarah while there; also that a dr. of Alexander was In. to Major John C. Scammell's son, Samuel S. None of his chn. or descend- ants remain in town; but it cannot be improper for me to tabulate his family record. He m. Fanny Sweetser, dr. of Philip Sweetser, Marlboro', N.H., b. in Royalston, Mass., Feb., 1793; cer. in Marlboro', N.H., Aug. 27, 1817, by whom not reported. . Their chn. :-
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FREDERICK M., b. June 21, 1818; m., 1st, Sarah A. Arnold, 1844; 2d, Nancy Cummings.
HENRY S., b. Feb. 25, 1820; m., 1st, Sarah -; 2d, Deborah A. Davis. FANNY A., b. April 18, 1822; m. Samuel S. Scammell, Nov. 20, 1845.
ALEXANDER, b. April 22, 1825; m., 1st, Martha A. Mowry; 2d, Hannah A. Wood.
JAMES, b. May 9, 1828; d. May 3, 1849.
JULIUS, b. June 14, 1830; d. Dec. 31, 1851.
MARY, b. June 14, 1832; d. Sept. 13, 1840.
AUSTIN, b. Feb. 26, 1835; d. Aug. 5, 1879.
The hus. and fr. d. Providence, R.I., Jan., 1869. His wid. d. there 1875. BALLOU, AMOS JENKS 6 (Absalom,5 Noalı,4 Nathaniel,3 James,2 Maturin 1),
b. Cumberland, R.I., March 24, 1800; mr.'s maiden name, Anna Jenks; m. Joanna Kelley, dr. of Wing Kelley, and sister of the celebrated anti- slavery lecturess, Abby (Kelley) Foster; particulars of the inge. cer., etc. not at command. Their chn. : -
CHARLES WING, b. during the year 1831; d. at Yuba River, Cal., Sept. 15, 1852.
FRANCISCO MARSHALL, b. during the year 1833; m .; res. a man of business in Worcester.
ABBY LUCY, b. during the year 1839; m .; res. also in Worcester.
They came to Hopedale toward the close of 1842, and soon after became members of the Community. They were substantial and worthy people. He was an executive and estimable intendant of agriculture for us three yrs. They resigned their membership in 1845, and set. in his native town, on a part of the old family homestead; there he d. Oct. 31, 1869. His wid. still survives, and has res. in Worcester for the last few yrs.
BALLOU, OLNEY, bro. of Amos J., res. with his family at Hopedale a short time while his bro. was here; but I have no data of his record, only that his wife was Diadama Kelley, a sister of Joanna and Abby. Olney and wf. are both dead.
BALLOU, GEORGE BROWN, a descendant of Maturin,1 but he cannot trace the connecting links of his lineage; b. in Burrillville, R.I., son of Daniel and Mercy (Brown) Ballou; m. Fannie Jane Thayer, dr. of Archa. and Elizabeth (Aldrich) Thayer, b. in Spencer, Mass., July 8, 1835 ; cer. in Chepachet, R.I., July 5, 1857, by Rev. John Pratt. Their chn. :-
FREDDIE LINCOLN, b. Upton, Nov. 28, 1861; clerk, 64 Main St.
NELLIE, b. Upton, July 12, 1865; d. Sept. 8, 1865.
BEATRICE ANNA, b. Upton, Oct. 12, 1867.
GEORGIE MARSHALL, b. Upton, Feb. 22, 1871; d. July 16, 1871. FANNIE LOUISE, b. Mendon, July 20, 1873; d. Sept., 1873.
This family have res. in Upton, Mendon, and latterly in Mil. The hus. is a provision-dealer, and the wf. manages a boarding-house. I have little per- soual acquaintance, but presume them to sustain a reputable standing.
BANCROFT. This is a comparatively recent name in Mil. Those who bear it are probably descendants of John and Jane Bancroft, who came over from London in 1632, and set. in Lynn. They brought with them two sons, John and Thomas. Their fr. soon d. Thomas m., and set. in Reading, where he had three sons, John, Thomas, and Ebenezer. One of these had a son Samuel, but which one is not certain. I conjecture he must have been Thomas. Our Bancrofts run back through Samuels to a first Samuel, son of this conjectural Thomas. Thus much is certain; the rest, merely probable.
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BANCROFT, JOSEPH BUBIER 8 (Samuel,7 Samuel,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4 prob. Thomas,3 Thomas,2 John 1), one of 10 chn .; b. in Uxbridge, Oct. 3, 1821. His father followed the sea for many yrs. He was b. in Marblehead, Dec. 2, 1784; m. Mary Bubier of that town, Jan. 12, 1807; was taken prisoner in the war of 1812, and confined in the infamous Dartmoor Prison, to the irreparable loss of his health, and finally d. in West Medway at the age of 60 yrs. His wid. also d. there at the age of 87 yrs.
JOSEPH BUBIER m. Sylvia Willard Thwing, dr. of Benjamin and Anna (Mowry) Thwing, b. in Uxbridge, June 26, 1824; cer. in Ux., Sept. 11, 1844, by Rev. Samuel Clarke. Their chn. : -
EBEN DRAPER, b. Hopedale, Aug. 27, 1847; m. Lelia Coburn, Sept. 9, 1874. CHARLES EUGENE, b. Hopedale, March 20, 1849; d. March 27, 1849.
MINERVA LOUISA
b. Hopedale, March 12, 1851; d. same day.
WILLIAM (triplets), b. Hopedale, March 12, 1851; d. March 18.
WALTER b. Hopedale, March 12, 1851; d. March 23.
ANNA MINERVA, b. Hopedale, Feb. 9, 1853.
MARY GERTRUDE, b. Hopedale, Dec. 2, 1856; m. Walter P. Winsor, Oct. 4, 1876.
CHARLES FREDERIC, b. Hopedale, April 30, 1861; d. Sept. 14, 1868. LILLA JOSIE, b. Hopedale, Aug. 25, 1863.
LURA BELLE, b. Hopedale. Dec. 27, 1865.
Their dr., Mrs. Winsor, res. in Fairhaven, and has 1 son ; viz., -
WALTER BANCROFT WINSOR, b. April 20, 1879.
Mr. Bancroft and wf. came to Hopedale in 1847, and soon after joined the Hopedale Community, of which they were useful and exemplary members. He was a capable machinist, and has long been superintendent of the Hopedale Machine Company's establishment. He is likewise a prominent member and officer of our parish. As a citizen he has been deservedly honored with responsible official positions. He represented the town in Gen. Court in 1864, and served for several yrs. as our principal selectman. Their dr. Anna M. has proved herself a successful teacher, and is now one of the assistant instructors in the High School. The whole family hold a highly reputable standing in society.
BANCROFT, WILLIAM,8 bro. of Joseph, with the same lineal descent, has res. several yrs. at Hopedale; is a competent machinist, an exemplary citizen, and has a worthy family, - all quiet, orderly, and peaceable persons in society. William's family record is as follows: b. in So. Mendon, now Blackstone, Feb. 26, 1826; m. Sarah J. Stanley, dr. of Joseph and Mary (Blaney) Stanley, b. in Marblehead, Dec. 25, 1828; cer. Woonsocket, R.I., Nov. 7, 1849, by Rev. L. D. Hill. They have res. in Woonsocket, Marble- head, Medway, and Hopedale. Their chn .: -
WILLIAM SAMUEL, b. Woonsocket, R.I., Dec. 23. 1849; m. Emma F. Cottrell, May 12, 1875.
CLARENCE, b. Hopedale, Oct. 11, 1858; now student in Harvard University. MARY INEZ, b. Hopedale, June 3, 186S.
BANCROFT, EBEN DRAPER9 (Joseph B.,8 Samuel,7 Samuel, 6 Samuel,5 Samuel, 4 prob. Thomas,3 Thomas,2 John 1), b. in Hopedale, Aug. 27, 1847; m. Lelia Coburn, dr. of Alonzo and Eliza Curtis (Jones) Coburn, b. Hop., Sept. 14,
1846; cer. in Hop., Sept. 9, 1874, by Rev. C. H. Hannaford. Their chn. : - ALICE COBURN, b. in Hopedale, July 3, 1876.
JOSEPH BUBIER, b. in Hopedale, Feb. 26, 1880.
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A couple launched on business, connubial, and social life under favorable auspices. He has been, for several yrs., leading accountant in the Hopedale counting-room, with a handsome salary.
BANCROFT, WILLIAM SAMUEL 9 (William,8 Samuel,7 Samuel,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4 prob. Thomas,3 Thomas,2 John 1), b. Woonsocket, R.I., Dec. 23, 1849; m. Emma Frances Cottrell, dr. of Gardner P. and Lucy (Potter) Cot- trell, b. Coventry, R.I., Oct. 3, 1854; cer. Ashton, R.I., May 12, 1875, by Rev. Robert H. Murray. A well-married and promising pair. He is also an accountant in the same establishment with his cousin Eben, and has a good prospective future. No chn. reported.
BARBER, HAMLET,1 an immigrant from England, as I have always been told, seems to have been the first of this name in town. I never chanced to learn any thing of his birth-date or antecedents, nor exactly when he first came here to res. Indeed, I doubt if he was any thing more than an occasional and transient inhabitant within our limits. But several of his chn. were somewhat permanently set. here. Mr. Alfred Bragg furnishes me a family record, which he somehow obtained. According to this, Hamlet Barber m. Wid. Rhoda ( Ware) Clark, and their chn. were, -
JAMES, b. May 16, 1779; m. Nancy Parks, April 11, 1803; set. Mil.
HAMLET, b. April 26, 1780; d. Aug. 7, 1783.
HANNAH, b. May 5, 1782; d. Dec. 15 ensuing.
RHODA, b. Oct. 22, 1783; m. Amasa Fairbanks, Oct. 11, 1807.
HAMLET, b. June 24, 1785; m. Bathsheba Adams. He d. Bell., 1870.
HANNAH, b. July 17, 1788; m. Calvin Claflin, Holl., May 20, 1805.
SALLY, b. May 25, 1790; m. Phineas Adams.
POLLY, b. Aug. 20, 1792; m. Barzillai Adams.
ANNA, b. June 29, 1794; m. Reuben Justin.
JOHN, b. April 13, 1796; m. Mary Davenport. He d. April 6, 1821.
THOMAS, b. April 10, 1798; m. Betsey Rockwood ; res. in Mil. and Hop. BETSEY, b. March 24, 1800; m. Jason Gay; set. Mil. (See Gay.)
Mrs. Rhoda d. Dec. 25, 1824. I recollect Mr. B. was a tall, portly man. He was an ingenious shoemaker, and, I think, must have res. mostly in Holl. The date of his d. was July 6 or 7, 1834, a. 83 yrs.
BARBER, JAMES 2 (Hamlet 1), b. May 16, 1779; m. Nancy Parks, dr. of John and Lydia Parks, Holl., b. there Sept. 14, 1795; cer. in Mil. April 11, 1803, by Samuel Jones, Esq. An executive, hard-working shoemaker, who, with a still more executive, toilsome, and exemplary wife, raised in Mil. a large family of capable chn .; viz., -
WILLIAM, b. Aug. 25, 1803; went to Amsterdam, N.Y., m. there; d. Brook- lyn, N.Y.
SALLY PARKS, b. Oct. 20, 1804; m. Simpson Bixby, Nov. 4, 1832.
MARIA, b. July 9, 1806; m. Seth P. Carpenter, Jan. 25, 1829; d. Feb. 13, 1831.
DIANA, b. March 31, 1808; m. Seth P. Carpenter, Aug. 28, 1831.
JAMES MADISON, b. June 20, 1810; m. Elizabeth S. Wiswall, March 17, 1834. ANN MATILDA, b. Feb. 19, 1812; d. unm. 1849.
NANCY, b. April 22, 1814; d. Jan. 27, 1815.
JOHN PARKS, b. May 29, 1816; m. Rhoda S. Hewitt, Sept. 2, 1841.
HAMLET ELLISON, b. Aug. 29, 1818; m. Mary Burbank; res. Binghampton, N.Y .; 6 chn.
WILLARD FISHER, b. Nov. 22, 1820; m. Mary A. Kendall, Nov. 1, 1842.
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GARDNER PARKS, b. June 28, 1823; m. Abbie Holbrook, Oct. 24, 1848. No chn.
CHARLES, b. March 28, 1828; m. twice; res. formerly Hartford, Ct.
The hus. and fr. d. Oct. 15, 1844. His wid., Mrs. Nancy, d. April 27, 1864. Several of the sons in this family have spent most of their adult business lives away from Mil. in other localities. Among these the most distinguished was Gardner P. He passed into the higher life on the 7th of Oct., 1879, greatly loved, lamented, and honored. The following is part of an obituary notice copied from " The Hartford Post :" -
"Mr. Gardner P. Barber, of the firm of Hunt, Holbrook, & Barber, died in Boston, Oct. 7, of paralysis. He was a native of Milford, Mass., and was 56 years of age. He had been engaged in business in Hartford since 1845, and was thoroughly identified with industrial interests here. He had been asso- ciated with the firm of Hunt, Holbrook, & Barber for twenty-five years. Mr. Barber, in addition to his business relations, had taken an active and influential part in local affairs, and had been a member of the city government and of street commissioners, holding the latter office at the time of his death. He was a member of the State Capitol commissioners, and also an officer and director of the Mercantile Bank."
I shall notice the family records of those sons in this family who mar- ried, lived here, and had chn., each in the proper place; also any important facts concerning those abroad that may come to my knowledge.
BARBER, HAMLET2 (Hamlet1), b. Jan. 24, 1785; m. Bathsheba Adams. No particulars of her birth, parentage, etc., have been ascertained by me, nor of the mge. or chn. In his younger yrs. he was a popular dancing- master, and also much interested in masonry. Later in life he became a strict religionist of the Baptist ch. His last homestead was in Belling- ham Corner, being a part of the ancient Dr. Corbett place. I have under- stood that he d. in 1870. I have no report of his wf.'s d.
BARBER, THOMAS 2 (Hamlet 1), b. April 10, 1798; m. Betsey Rockwood, dr. of Nathan and Johanna (Day) Rockwood, b. in Holl., June 13, 1800; cer. in Smithville, April, 1818, by whom not given. Issue: -
JOHANNA DAY, b. Mil., Aug. 19, 1819; m. Eliakim A. Bates, Jan. 7, 1841. She d. May 26, 1860.
CURTIS H., b. Mil., July 23, 1821; m., 1st, Julia Forbes, 1842; 2d, Olivia A. Eames, 1847.
JOHN, b. Mil., Jan. 3, 1823; m. Rebecca Hartshorn, 1857.
ALBERT, b. Mil., July 11, 1824; m. Mary Clark.
CHARLES, b. Mil., May 26, 1825; d. Dec. 27, 1830.
GEORGE, b. Mil., July 17, 1827; m. Sarah B. Osborn, Nov. 15, 1853.
THOMAS, jun., b. Newton, May 20, 1829; drowned No. Pond, Hop., July 4, 1849.
EMILY ELIZABETH, b. Newton, Jan. 1, 1831; m. Homer Gibbs, May 3, 1854.
CHARLES H., b. Newton, Nov. 18, 1832; m. Althea M. Pierce.
EDWARD EVERETT, b. Hop., Jan. 15, 1837.
SARAH JANE, b. Hop., June 17, 1839; m. Lucius H. Wakefield.
MARY ANN, b. Hop., Sept. 30, 1841; m. John A. Thayer, Nov. 27, 1860.
WILLIAM HENRY, b. Hop., Oct. 17, 1843; d. Oct. 15, 1868.
Twenty-seven grandchn. have been b., of whom 14 survive.
Thomas Barber was a stately, fleshy man, quite genial and pleasant in domestic and social life, famous in early manhood as a dancing-master, who,
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notwithstanding his weight, could move with a sylphlike gentleness over the floor through the old-fashioned figures, - a model of gracefulness to all his pupils. Later he became a popular hotel-keeper in various localities, and finally in Hopkinton. There he d. Aug. 16, 1852. The family res., at different times, in Holl., Mil., Newton, New Haven (Ct.), Ashland, and Hop. The venerable wid. still survives in remarkable vigor, in the 82d yr. of her age.
BARBER, JAMES MADISON 3 (James,2 Hamlet1), b. June 20, 1810; m. Elizabeth
Smith Wiswall, dr. of Sampson and Abigail Wiswall, b. Providence, R.I., Dec. 31, 1811; cer. Mil., March 17, 1834, by the writer. They res. in Mil. several yrs. after marriage, and had 7 chn. credited to them on our records : -
MILTON WALLACE, b. Mil., Oct. 30, 1835; m. Frances C. Wilcox, Sept. 17, 1871; 3 chn.
MARIA AMELIA, Mil., Nov. 9, 1837; m. Lemuel L. Spellman, Jan. 16, 1861 ; 1 child.
ADELA ABIGAIL, b. Mil., Jan. 6, 1840; m. Silas H. Davis, June 15, 1862; 2 chn.
HAMLET PARK, b. Mil., May 4, 1843; m. Carrie Wright, March 3, 1862; 4 chn. ELDORA SOPHIA, b. Mil., Feb. 12, 1846; m. Frederick R. Hills, Dec. 8, 1869; 3 chn.
IDA ISIDORE, b. Mil., July 19, 1848; d. Mil., Sept. 21, 1849.
MANFRED ERWIN, b. Mil., March 6, 1850; d. Hartford, Ct., July 26, 1857.
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