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" After graduating, he was principal of the Addison-County Grammar School two years, boarding with Rev. Dr. Merrill, a strong, clear-minded theologian, from whom he received valuable instruction. He then spent two years in Yale Theological Seminary in the class of 1839, and was a receptive pupil of that profound dialectician and Christian philosopher, Dr. Nathaniel W. Taylor. His first settlement was at Terryville, Conn., where he was ordained, and installed as pastor of the Congregational Church, Oct. 27, 1841. After five years of successful service he resigned, to become the agent of the Connecticut Board of Education, editing the paper published by the Board, and doing an immense amount of work, beside supplying the First Congregational Church in Durham. After two years he received an urgent and unaminous call to return to his former charge in Terryville, which he accepted, remaining until Jan.,
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1858, when he was settled as the pastor of the Salem St. Church, Worcester. His labors here were abundant and fruitful, but exhaustive; and the state of his health, in the summer of 1870, required rest. In Sept. he was dismissed at his own request. Later in the season he entered on the forlorn hope of estab- lishing the New England Church in New York on a permanent basis. In this enterprise he labored with zeal and energy. Large audiences listened to his ministrations; but the church was without a house of worship, and the obsta- cles in the way of obtaining one were such that he retired from the field in the spring of 1872. Soon after he was called to the church in Milford, over which he was installed June 12. As when he was settled in Worcester, so now, it was thought that he was eminently fitted for the place. By his temperament, his sound common sense, his lucid method of preaching the doctrines of the gospel, and his devotion to his work as a minister, he exerted a great influence for good in his large parish and throughout the town.
" Four busy, useful, happy years soon passed away, when his friends, who looked for another decade of active labor, were surprised, in the summer of 1876, by hearing that his stalwart frame was yielding to the attacks of an incur- able malady. The advances were slow but sure, and his departure came on the twelfth December. The funeral services were held in his home and in the sanctuary on the fifteenth, when a large assembly met in sorrowing sympathy with the immediate relatives, to whom he was much endeared, and with whom his memory is very precious. These facts show when and where he was born, and in what fields he sowed and reaped, as ever in 'his great Taskmaster's eye.'
" A few lines must be allowed to set forth the striking traits of his character. Mr. Richardson was a strong man. He was athletic in body, vigorous in mind, and firm of purpose. He was always doing, and what he did was done with all his miglit. Raised on a farm, he was familiar with manual labor; but, after entering the ministry, his labor of this kind was mainly for recreation. His work was in his study, his parish, and his pulpit. To the former he gave his morn- ings and evenings. As a student he was diligent, receptive, and self-reliant. Though he had not time for high attainment in general scholarship, yet he kept informed of all results in science and art. The Bible was studied in the origi- nal tongues. In mental philosophy and systematic divinity he sought stimulus and guidance from master minds, but he accepted nothing which had not been the subject of his own deep and continuous thought. On one occasion he was subjected to a prolonged, critical, and perhaps suspicious examination by an ecclesiastical council; but he bore himself with such modesty, readiness, and entire mastery of the subject presented, as to command respect and confidence. His afternoons were given up to parochial work to a great extent, and few pastors have been so active and impartial in this line of labor. His sympathies with the young, the struggling, and the sorrowing were lively and heartfelt. Vacations, though accorded by his people, were rarely taken. During several years there were weeks when he was the only orthodox minister in the city to attend funerals; and he freely answered all calls of this kind, not as a form, but with Christian kindness. Once he took a journey for his health. He went to Saratoga, drank a glass of water, and left by the first train, saying he was well. On the sabbath, during all his ministry, with perhaps brief intervals, he preached twice, and attended a third meeting. Preaching with him was no elegant or pious pastime. It was a service he delighted in, to be sure, but one which enlisted his whole energy of body, mind, and heart. What he had prepared with care was delivered with force and fervor. Good attention cheered him, and good results were his reward.
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" Besides his labors in the closet, in the parish, and the pulpit, Mr. Richard- son accomplished much in other directions. Several years were given mainly to the cause of education, though he supplied a parish in the mean time. As a friend of temperance he was always ready to speak, and his voice was often heard in lectures and addresses. He was one of the early friends of the slave, and encountered much obloquy in those years when to be an abolitionist entailed enmity and contempt. But this only stimulated him to speak oftener for the enslaved. In addition, he was in the 'lecture-field' every season, and in that way did as much as many professional lecturers who had no other occupation. In all these labors, he did not neglect his friends, to whom his house was always open and his attentions always ready. Nor did he neglect his family, like some busy men, but gave them his joyous and instructive companionship.
" As a preacher he was bold, earnest, and suggestive. He preached on a wide variety of topics, but always in a way to make known the gospel of Christ, or vindicate the ways of God to man. In every thing he was manly, straightfor- ward, honorable. Shams, deceits, disguises, were his abhorrence. He aimed to carry every point by conviction. Above all, he was a minister of the gospel. Strangers, hearing of his multifarious labors, or conversing with him on all the exciting topics of the day, might receive a false impression in this regard; but in fact, he was, 'in his heart of hearts,' a minister. All other work was 'by the by,' while this work filled the full measure of his days; and his love for the work of a minister seemed to grow upon him to the last. No years of his pub- lic life were happier, busier, or more fruitful than those of his last pastorate. He loved his work and calling with an increasing love to the last, and desired to continue in it. But when the will of the Master was clearly evident that he must lay down the work, he yielded cheerfully, as became a faithful servant." ROBBINS, ALVAN, pedigree untraced, m., 1st, Mary Sumner Ball, dr. of Zenas
and Betsey (Tilton) Ball, b. Nov. 4, 1813; cer. March 22, 1835, by Rev. D. Long. Issue :-
GEORGE W., b. Aug. 28, 1836.
CAROLINE M., b. July 16, 1839; d. Dec. 10, 1840.
MARY JANE, b. July 25, 1841.
Mrs. Mary d., date not at command; and the hus. m. Harriet Beal, dr. of David and Sarah (McArthur) Beal, b. Birmingham, Pa., March 2, 1817; cer. April 16, 1848, where and by whom not given. As to issue, I am not informed. They res. in Holl. I see that Mr. R.'s name is not given uniformly. It is Alvan in one place, Alvin in another, and Alvin C. in another. The reader will understand accordingly.
ROBBINS, CHANDLER, and wf. Frances M., pedigrees, etc., untraced, are credited on our records with 1 birth : -
CHANDLER, Jun., b. Aug. 6, 1843. They are mentioned no more.
ROBINSON, ICHABOD 3 (William,2 William1), ancestry no further traced.
William 1 was first of Concord, where his eldest child was b. in 1671. He was prob. b. as early as 1650, but where is not told. Very likely his father was the ancestral immigrant from Eng., or possibly his gd. fr. He rmvd. to that part of Cambridge afterwards Newton, before 1673; and there Wil- liam 2 was b This William 2 was wealthy, and bought considerable tracts of land in different parts of Mendon, - several within our territory. Among his sons was our Ichabod,3 b. in Newton, Sept. 2, 1713. In early manhood, between 1734 and 1739, he came into these parts, and soon located himself in our Centre, prob. on land sold, given, or rented to him by his
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father. He m., 1st, Ruth Merriam, dr., I presume, of Ebenezer Merriam, then an innholder in Mendon town-seat; cer. June 20, 1739. When the Easterly Precinct wanted the site for their first meeting-house, William Robinson seems to have owned the land. But it presently passed into the possession of his son Ichabod, who finally donated the desired site of half an acre to the Precinct, as I have elsewhere told. I infer that he then owned a considerable estate, partly west of now Main St., but mostly east, covering, not only the Parish Common, but much that was afterwards known as the Godfrey place. It must have extended on the street from near where the steam fire-engine house stands as far northward, perhaps, as Central St., then eastward well nigh to the river. I do not pretend to be accurate, as this would require a careful examination of several old deeds in Worcester Registry. Just where his habitation stood, I am not certain, but some- where along the line from the engine-house to opposite the Mansion House. Whether he kept a sort of unlicensed inn before 1746, I am in doubt; but he was licensed that year as a regular innholder, and continued in that capacity till his death in 1756. His chn. by his 1st wife, Ruth (Merriam), were, -
EBENEZER, bap. Dec. 26, 1742; the parents being that day recd. to ch.
ICHABOD, bap. Dec. 26, 1742; b. Oct. 20, preceding.
RUTH, bap. Sept. 30, 1744.
ELIZABETH, bap. June 8, 1746; b. June 1, 8 ds. preceding.
What became of Ebenezer and Ruth, I get no trace. Ichabod m. Abigail Smith of Weston, Oct. 6, 1768; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. No more ascertained of him. Elizabeth m. Aaron Merrifield. See their family record in its place.
Mrs. Ruth d., date not ascertained. The hus. m., 2d, Sarah Mirick, dr. of Sammel and Mary (Stratton) Mirick, b. in Newton, Dec. 19, 1722; cer. Newton, Feb., 1747. Their chn. : -
SAMUEL, b. June 26, 1748; supposed to have set., lived, and d. Watertown. JOHN, b. April 12, 1750; m. Mary Jones, March 11, 1773.
SARAH, b. May 1, 1752; m. Elijah Thayer, Oct. 6, 1768.
JONATHAN, b. July 12, 1754; no further traced; but prob. set. Newfane, Vt.
Lieut. Ichabod Robinson d. May 29, 1756. His wid., Mrs. Sarah, continued to keep the licensed inn some little time, and was m. to Ensign Samuel Thayer, Aug. 30, 1759; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. See the Thayer families.
ROBINSON, JOHN 4 (Ichabod,3 William,2 William 1), b. April 12, 1750; mr.'s maiden name Sarah Mirick; m. Mary Jones, supposed by me to be a dr. of John Jones, jun., by his 3d wife, bap. by Rev. Mr. Frost, May 6, 1753; cer. March 11, 1773, by Rev. A. Frost. 1 child only on record, Mendon and Mil. : -
LYDIA, b. Dec. 30, 1773; m. Rev. Elisha Fisk, Wrentham, Aug. 19, 1800.
There seems to be some confusion respecting the birth of this dr. Lydia. Mendon records make her the dr. of John and Mary; Mil. records make her the dr. of John and Susanna. From other testimony it would seem that the name of the wife who survived him was Susanna. Did his 1st wf. d .? and did he m. a 2d ? Probably. Yet I found no record of Mary's death, nor of his marriage to this Susanna. But, after much research, a pair of olden gravestones were discovered, from whose inscriptions I ascertained that John Robinson d. Nov. 19, 1792, a. about 43 yrs .; and that Susanna, his wf., d. April 29, 1795, in her 53d yr. Probably they d. in another locality, and their remains were brought here for burial. So it is certain that he had a wf. Susanna. Had they any
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more chn .? Our records are silent, and I will not look farther. In 1783 or 4, John Robinson bought of Jonathan Jones the old tavern-stand, first established by Ichabod, his father, in 1746, obtained license as innholder, and made his mark in that calling. At the same time he was a considerable land-owner outside of the Centre. As one of these estates, I may mention the Eli Chapin (now Inman) place, which he sold to Benjamin Godfrey in 1785. Whether Robinson continued his inn till he d. in 1792, I have no certain information, but deem it highly improbable. The innholding premises soon passed into the hands of Col. Benjamin Godfrey, and he became conspicuous as "Landlord." Thence- forth the Robinsons disappear from among our population. Jonathan, the youngest son, is no otherwise traceable than by a deed of his rights in a meet- ing-house pew to his bro .- in-law, Elijah Thayer. That deed bears date 1792, and makes him to have been a res. of Newfane, Vt. So I conclude that he must have set. there.
ROCKWOOD. The Rockwoods were among the earliest settlers on our territory. The name was often written and pronounced Rocket. It is still so pronounced in some localities. But Rocket is only a gross corruption of the true name, which always was Rockwood. The immigrant ancestor of our Mil. Rockwoods was Richard of Dorchester. He was from Eng., and set. in Dor- chester as early as 1636. His son John was one of the earliest proprietors of Quinshipaug Plantation (Mendon), but had ill-fortune there, and was driven off, under great losses, by King Philip's devastating warriors, in 1675-76. He returned in 1678-79, purchased land of James Albee, and set. a little south-east of Mendon town-seat, on Muddy Brook. He seems thenceforth to have pros- pered, and became an extensive landholder. He had much common land laid out to him on both sides of Charles River below and above Medfield road, including the Dr. Corbett place in Bell., and the south-easterly section of now Mil. One of his drs. m. the first Robert Corbett; and he brought up the elder John Corbett, his grandson, giving him a liberal education, and endowing him with the real estate long known as the Dr. Corbett place, and afterwards as the Scammell place. He had a son, Joseph Rockwood, who inherited considerable land from his father on our territory, and added largely to it by acquiring many parcels successively up and down the river, and north-easterly of Bear Hill. He is understood to have set. in the south-easterly quarter of our territory, on what is now called Howard St., at or near the widow Pond place. He dwelt there in 1718, and prob. several years earlier; for he began to have pieces of common land laid out to him in 1707. I will therefore commence my Rockwood family tables with him.
ROCKWOOD, JOSEPH3 (John,2 Richard 1), birth and marriage dates not found. He and wife, Mary (Hayward), had, -
MARY, b. July 31, 1690; untraced.
JOHANNA, b. Aug. 15, 1692; m. Eliphalet Holbrook, Nov. 7, 1716.
JOSEPH, b. Aug. 4, 1694; m. Elizabeth Turner, March 28, 1717; he d. 1722.
JOHN, b. Aug. 22, 1696; m. Deborah Thayer, Dec. 19, 1716.
MARGARET, b. Feb. 8, 1698-9; untraced.
SAMUEL, b. Dec. 29, 1700; m. Elizabeth Wood, April 9, 1722.
JOSIAH, b. Sept. 10, 1702.
TRIAL, b. July 1, 1704.
RICHARD, b. Dec. 10, 1706; m. Sarah Thayer, Feb. 12, 1729-30.
SUSANNA, b. Oct. 15, 1709.
BENJAMIN, b. May 8, 1711; m., 1st, Margaret -; 2d, Mehetabel -.
I have not found the death-rates of Joseph 3 and wife.
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ROCKWOOD, JOHN+ (Joseph,8 John,2 Richard 1), b. Aug. 22, 1696; m. De-
borah Thayer, Dec. 19, 1716; ptge., birth-date, etc., not found. Chn. :- EBENEZER, b. Sept. 7, 1718; m. Sarah -; he d. March 22, 1742. JOHN, b. Aug. 24, 1721; m. Deborah Thayer, March 21, 1750.
SIMEON, b. Aug. 23, -; m. Damaris Olds of Brookfield.
ABIGAIL, b. March 2, -.
MARY, b. July 12, 1725.
JOSEPH, b. Feb. 14, 1728; m. Alice -; set. Bell.
REUBEN, b. Jan. 26, 1729-30; m. Lydia Green, Sept. 11, 1754.
MARGERY, b. April 29, 1732.
DEBORAH, b. May 2, 1734; m. Benjamin French, Sept. 25, 1753.
John, sen., inherited and dwelt on the wid. Pond place, in after time so called. Mrs. Deborah d. July 24, 1750. The hus. m., 2d, Elizabeth Daniels, wid. of Ephraim Daniels; cer. March 18, 1751, by Rev. A. Frost. No chn. The hus. and both wives were members of the Easterly Precinct Cong. ch. Death- dates of the hus. and 2d wf. not found.
ROCKWOOD, JOHN, Jun.5 (John, sen.,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Richard 1), b. Aug. 24, 1721; m. Deborah Thayer, dr. of Jonathan and Bethiah (Adams) Thayer,
b. April 15, 1732; cer. March 21, 1750, by Rev. A. Frost. Issue : - MOLLY, b. Dec. 22, 1750.
SIMEON, b. Dec. 2, 1752, N. S.
John, jun., d. 1752 or 3; his wid. administered on his est., and subsequently m. Amos Gates of Stow; cer. Dec. 10, 1754, by Rev. A. Frost. Gates became guardian of Molly and Simeon. About this time the old homestead, somewhat cut up and divided among the descendants of Joseph,3 mostly passed into other hands. I do not attempt to trace them all.
ROCKWOOD, BENJAMIN 4 (Joseph,3 John,2 Richard 1), b. May 8, 1711; m., 1st, Margaret -, and had by her, - JOHANNAH, b. Nov. 30, 1735.
Mrs. Margaret d. Oct. 9, 1739. The hus. m., 2d, Mehetabel -; no par- ticulars found. Issue : -
SILENCE, b. May 17, 1745.
BENJAMIN, b. July 10, 1750.
SETH, b. June 17, 1752.
ELISHA, b. date uncertain; m. Eunice Clark, June 3, 1778.
Benjamin,4 dwelt in the south-easterly part of now Mil., on lands inherited mainly from his father Joseph. I cannot identify the spot. He was an origi- nal member of the new Cong. ch., formed April 15, 1741; his wf. Mehetabel joined in 1744. I think they must have sold out about 1752, and removed to Franklin or Wrentham.
ROCKWOOD, ELISHA 5 (Benjamin,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Richard1), b. date un-
certain; m. Eunice Clark, dr. of Elijah Clark of Medway; cer. June 3, 1778. Their chn. : -
ABIGAIL, b. No. Wrentham, Sept. 19, 1779; lived and d. No. Wrentham.
BENJAMIN, b. No. Wrentham, Oct. 18, 1783; m. Lucy Ware.
PETER, Dea., b. No. Wrentham, Sept. 25, 1787; m., 1st, Sabra Parnell; 2d, Roxa Rawson.
EUNICE, b. No. Wrentham, Oct. 30, 1791; d. young.
EUNICE, b. No. Wrentham, June 14, 1793; m. Jotham Clark, Medway.
CHARLOTTE, b. N. Wrentham, Feb. 16, 1795; remained unm., N. Wrentham.
JEFFERSON, b. No. Wrentham, Oct. 11, 1801; m. and set. Nashua, N.H.
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Death-date of Elisha 5 not found. Mrs. Eunice d. Sept. 28, 1838. By in- serting Elisha's family record, I keep up the lineage unbroken down to our Dea. Peter Rockwood, so long well known among us.
ROCKWOOD, Dea. PETER 6 (Elisha,5 Benjamin,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Richard 1),
b. in No. Wrentham, Sept. 25, 1787; m., 1st., Sabra Parnell of Medway, 1809. Their chn. : -
MARTHA, b. March 16, 1810; m., 1st, Nathaniel Parker, 1834; 2d, A. Taylor, 1865.
DAVID BRAINERD, b. July 12, 1812; m. Martha Phillips of Medway, March 9, 1836.
ELIJAH, b. Nov. 15, 1815; m. Jane Dunham, May 2, 1842.
SAMUEL, b. March 28, 1822; m., 1st, Jane G. Bullard, 1844; 2d, Jennie Bas- sett, 1876.
MARIA, b. Oct. 23, 1824; m., 1st, Elihu Pond, jun., 1845; 2d, Moses Williams, 1865.
DANIEL, b. Jan. 16, 1828; m. Eliza Daniels of Medway.
AARON, b. Feb. 5, 1837; d. Sept. 26, 1840.
Dea. Peter was trained to chaise-building, and the wheelwright craft in its various productions. He came from Medway in 1809 or 10, and set up a wheel- wright shop, being the first in that line among us for the finer kind of manufac- ture. He was recd. by letter into our Cong. ch., in 1811, and also Mrs. Sabra, his wife. In 1831 he was chosen deacon, in which office he served with fidelity until relieved from active duty by reason of age. Mrs. Sabra, his wf., d. Jan. 1, 1845. He m., 2d, Roxa Rawson, long a devoted maiden member of the ch., dr. of Dea. Nathaniel Rawson; cer. Nov. 6, 1845, by Rev. S. B. Goodenow. Mrs. Roxa d. Dec. 2, 1866. For some notice of her character and usefulness, see under the name Rawson. Dea. Peter retained his faculties and executive ener- gies down to a ripe old age. He d. May 20, 1878, a. 90 yrs. 7 mos. and 25 ds. His funeral was held in the Cong. ch., and merited eulogies pronounced in presence of a large assembly, composed of his relatives, religious friends, and his fellow-citizens generally.
ROCKWOOD, Dea. DAVID BRAINERD 7 (Dea. Peter,6 Elisha,5 Benjamin, 4 Joseph,3 John,2 Richard1), b. July 12, 1812; carriage-builder; m. Martha Phillips, dr. of Dea. Josiah Morse and Sally (Morse) Phillips, b. in Med- way, Jan. 23, 1818; cer. in Medway, March 9, 1836, by Rev. Mr. Loring. Issue : -
WALDO BRAINERD, b. Jan. 28, 1837; d. Sept. 26, 1840.
WALLACE ALANSON, b. Dec. 6, 1841; m. Hannah A. Kurs, July 2, 1872.
HENRY EVERETT, b. May 3, 1845; m. Emma E. Aldrich, Nov. 4, 1868; 2d, Sarah Ella Birch, Jan. 4, 1872.
JOSIAH EMERSON, b. July 8, 1851; d. Aug. 17, 1853.
DAVID BRAINERD, Jun., b. March 12, 1856; now a student in college.
SABRA PARNELL, b. Oct. 3, 1858; m. Thomas -.
FRANK JUDSON, b. March 19, 1861; res. with parents.
Wallace A. and wf. had a child b. to them Nov. 16, 1874, named Cora Elle- thea, who d. Oct. 11, 1875. Dea. Rockwood not only succeeds his venerable fr. as a successful wheelwright and carriage-manufacturer, but as a ch. officer; having been one of its devoted deacons since Dec. 15, 1859.
ROCKWOOD, ELIJAH7 (Dea. Peter,6 Elisha,5 Benjamin,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Rich- ard1), b. Nov. 15, 1815; m. Jane Dunham, dr. of James and Mary (Clark) Dunham, b. in New Haven, Ct., Jan. 1, 1814; cer. Hartford, Ct., May 2, 1842. Issue : -
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AARON W., b. June 6, 1843; m. Ella A. Dodge of Springfield.
ALICE J., b. Feb. 6, 1845; m. William H. Bennett, 1864.
JOTHAM CLARK, b. May 14, 1847; m. Estella Crowell Tripp, May 12, 1872. Mrs. Jane d. Oct. 29, 1872.
There are 6 gd. chn. in this family; 3 of Jotham C.'s and 3 of Alice J.'s. ROCKWOOD, SAMUEL 7 (Dea. Peter,6 Elisha,5 Benjamin,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Rich-
ard1), b. March 28, 1822; boot-click; m., 1st, Jane G. Bullard, dr. of John and Lucy (Justin) Bullard, b. Canterbury, Ct., Aug. 13, 1822; cer. Nov. 25, 1841, by Rev. D. Long. Issue, all born in Mendon: -
LUCY J., b. Nov. 3, 1842; d. July 4, 1859, in Mil.
JOHN B., b. Aug. 25, 1844; m. Harriet A. Sherman, June 7, 1861; he d. at Newbern, N.C., Nov. 24, 1864.
CORA ELLA, b. July 15, 1849; d. at Mil., Nov. 3, 1851.
Mrs. Jane, the mr., d. at Mil., June 17, 1875. The hus. m., 2d, Lelia Frances Bassett, dr. of Nathaniel Bowman Brown and Caroline (Fisher) Bas- sett, b. Little Falls, N.J., Nov. 4, 1843; cer. Mil., July 2, 1876, by Rev. J. B. Robinson. No issue reported.
Mr. Rockwood is by occupation a boot-click, industrious, upright, and of good repute, together with his family. It is seen above how he has been deso- lated by death.
ROCKWOOD, DANIEL,7 bro. of the preceding, b. Jan. 16, 1828; m. Eliza Daniels, dr. of Paul Daniels, in Medway, date and particulars of cer. not given. They res. in Medway. No chn.
ROCKWOOD, HENRY EVERETT8 (Dea. Brainerd,7 Dea. Peter,6 Elisha,5 Benja- min,4 Joseph,3 John,2 Richard1), b. May 3, 1845; m., 1st, Emma E. Aldrich, dr. of Anson Aldrich; other immediately connected particulars not given; cer. Nov. 4, 1868, by whom not learned. Mrs. Emma soon lost her health, and d. childless. The hus. m., 2d, Sarah Ella Birch, dr. of Willianı Birch and Mary Lyman, b. March 30, 1850; cer. Jan. 4, 1872, by Rev. Mr. Red- ding. Issue: -
MARY EVELIN, b. March 27, 1878.
Mr. Henry E. is a skilful and executive blacksmith, in connection with his fr.'s wheelwright and carriage-building establishment, has a pleasant family, and evinces a remarkable genius as an antiquarian. His means, opportunities, and accommodations are far below his ambition in that direction, but he has made the most of them. His museum, though humble and unpretentious, pre- sents a valuable and interesting collection of antique curiosities, well worth examining.
Several other Rockwoods have res. in town for comparatively brief periods. Among these, perhaps I ought to mention two families, one of early and one of recent date. They follow: -
ROCKWOOD, SAMUEL 6 (Asa,5 Samuel,4 John,3 Nicholas,2 Richard1); birth- date not found; mr.'s maiden name Sybil Littlefield; m. Hannah Pond, Jan. 7, 1787. Their chn., as recorded here, were, --
ETHAN, b. Nov. 10, 1788; untraced.
ELECTA, b. Dec. 2, 1789; untraced.
SAMUEL, Jun., b. Dec. 22, 1791; d. June 27, 1798.
ASA, birth-date not found; d. June 21, 1798.
HANNAH, b. Jan. 14, 1794; d. March 10, 1796.
If I have not mistaken the man, he once owned the Parson Long place, and sold it to John Claflin, jun., not far from the yr. 1800. He is said to have mvd.
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to New Braintree or Oakham. Some yrs. later he set. in Holl., a little north of Braggville. Having a mercurial temperament, his neighbors gave him the sou- briquet of " Fire Sam." I think he must have had at least two younger chn. than the above-named, Charlotte and Hannah, whose birth-dates I cannot give. I officiated at the mge. of Hannah to Walter Bullard, jun., Oct. 3, 1824, and at that of Charlotte to Cheney Bothwell of Oakham, April 20, 1825. Also at the funerals of Hannah and her babe, who d. in Oct., 1825. It was a sad case of child-bed death, at the early age of 17 yrs. I recollect no further events in the family history.
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