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WILLIAM HENRY, b. Hartford, Ct., Aug. 21, 1854.
IDA ELIZABETH, b. Hartford, Ct., April 16, 1858; d. Hartford, Ct., June 2, 1864.
An industrious, orderly, reputable family. Mr. B. was brought up to the boot business. He removed to Hartford, Ct., between 1852 and 1854, and d. there March 5, 1874. His worthy wid. survives there, or in that general vicinity, residing with her chn.
BARBER, HAMLET ELLISON 3 (James,2 Hamlet1), b. Mil., Aug. 29, 1818; m.
Mary S. Burbank, b. Worcester, Sept. 24, 1819; cer. 1838. Issue : -
MARY A., b. June 30, 1839; m. Charles A. Jarvis; no chn.
ELLEN A., b. April 12, 1841; m. Charles Bronson ; 3 chn.
CHARLES E., b. June 14, 1843; m. Mary Dorr; 3 chn.
LUCY A., b. Sept. 24, 1845; m. George A. Newman ; 2 chn.
JAMES, b. Dec. 27, 1847; m. Sophia Richardson ; 1 child.
LOUIS K., b. Jan. 26, 1852; unm.
Mr. B. left Mil. in 1835. He now res. in Binghamton, N.Y. He reports to me only the foregoing particulars. It seems that not a single death has occurred in his family. Highly favored.
BARBER, JOHN P.3 (James,2 Hamlet 1), b. May 29, 1816; m. Rhoda S. Hewitt, dr. of Richard and Susan (Hack) Hewitt of Taunton; cer. in Mendon, June 16, 1841, by the writer. Their chn. : -
JOHN WALDO, b. Oct. 20, 1842; d. Warrenton, Va., war Rebellion, June 26, 1861.
EMMA JANE, b. 1845; m., 1st, John Klein, 1864; 2d, I. W. Towne, 1868.
The hus. and fr. went into the service of his country, enlisting, 1863, Regt. 2, Co. H, and was one of those unfortunates who fell a prisoner into the hands of the rebels, and was starved to death at Andersonville, Ga. He d. there Sept., 1864. Concerning him and his son John Waldo, see Chap. VIII., " War Record of the Rebellion." John Klein of German birth, who m. Emma Jane,
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March 19, 1864 (cer. by the writer), d. in Mil., July 15, 1866. Emma J. m. Isaiah W. Towne of Natick; cer. at Hopedale, June 18, 1868, by the writer. Cannot report respecting any chn. Mrs. Rhoda S., the widowed mother of Emma, d. under her kind care at Natick, Nov. 22, 1870. A worthy family of many afflictions.
BARBER, WILLARD FISHER 3 (James,2 Hamlet1), b. Nov. 22, 1820; m. Mary A. Kendall, dr. of Lyman and Nancy (Baldwin) Kendall, b. Holl., Feb. 2, 1822; cer. in the "Old House" at Hopedale, Nov. 1, 1842, by the writer. Issue : -
NANCY M. C., b. Sept. 12, 1843; d. Aug. 8, 1843.
CORA, b. Jan. 28, 1846; d. March 22, 1874.
ROLLO, b. Dec. 5, 1847; m. Martha E., surname and date not given.
Mrs. Mary A. d. in Framingham, May 5, 1881; a most excellent woman, deeply lamented and honorably commemorated. An estimable family.
The surviving hus. and son res. in Framingham.
BARBER, CALVIN, jun., a descendant of George Barber, a Puritan immigrant from Eng., who first set. in Dedham in 1643, and afterwards in Medfield. I cannot with certainty give the lineal links in this case, but presume Cal- vin, jun., must be of the 6th or 7th generation from George, the ancestral immigrant. I knew Calvin, sen., of Bellingham, originally from Medway; also his two bros., George and Seneca of Medway. Their fr.'s name was George; but to ascertain the names of his fr., etc., would require more inquiry and research than I felt it my duty to bestow. Calvin, jun., was b. in Bell., Aug. 7, 1808; mr.'s maiden name, Chloe Marsh. He m., in this town, Sylvia Kelley, dr. of Wing and Mary (Gaskill) Kelley, b. Jan. 3, 1809; cer. Mil., April 19, 1830, by the writer. Their chn. :-
MINERVA, b. Mil., April 29, 1831; m. Henry Rice, Mendon, Oct. 31, 1850; res. Attleboro'; 3 chn.
GEORGE KELLEY, b. Mend., May 4, 1834; d. Mil., July 27, 1854.
MARY LOUISA, b. Bell., April 28, 1836; res. unm. with parents in Worcester. WALTER RALEIGH, b. Mend., Oct. 20, 1838; m. Hattie E. Alden, Jan. 5, 1864. He d. Mil., July 14, 1873.
Excellent people. Mr. B. moved from Mend. to Mil. in 1850, and from Mil. to Worcester in 1865, where the family has since res. He has long been a leather-cutter in boot-manufactories.
V BARKER, Col. JAMES HARRISON, son of Benjamin and Abigail (Babbett) Barker; ancestry no further given; b. Westmoreland, N.H., Aug. 6, 1818; m. Elizabeth Alden Parkhurst, dr. of Otis and Sarah (Jones) Parkhurst, b. Mil., April 10, 1826; cer. April 26, 1848, by Rev. D. Long. Issue : - VEMMA DIANA, b. Mil., May 26, 1855; m. Fred Swasey, Oct. 24, 1877.
OTIS BENJAMIN, b. Mil., May 9, 1858.
KATIE ELIZABETH, b. Mil., June 12, 1864.
One grandchild : -
LILLIAN PARKHURST SWASEY, b. Mil., Sept. 12, 1878.
Col. Barker became a res. here some time before his mge. in 1848; but his return record does not give the date. He was for some years engaged in the boot-manufacture, and more recently in other kinds of business. He is a man of large natural abilities, intelligence, enterprise, public spirit, and trustworthi- ness. He served S terms on our board of selectmen between 1851 and 1874, the same number of terms as assessor between 1857 and 1879; went representative to Gen. Court in 1858 and 1859; he was justice peace for 7 yrs., from Jan. 1,
yours Truly 2. He. Barker
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1872; was postmaster from April 19, 1855, to April 20, 1861, and again for a brief period in 1866. In the State militia he rose from a private to be lieut .- col. in 1856. In the late civil war he was for a time major in the 36th Regt. Mass. Vols. See Chap. VIII., " War Record of the Rebellion." An excellent family. BARKER, ALEXANDER E., son of Joseph S. and Lydia (Eames) Barker, b. Newry, Me., May 1, 1821; m., 1st, Cynthia Littlehall, dr. of Joshua and Annie (Knapp) Littlehall, b. in Newry, Me., Oct. 29, 1832; cer. in Shel- burne, N.H., 1851, by Rev. Mr. Greene. Their chn. : - EDGAR E., b. Newry, Me., Nov. 18, 1852.
FRANK W., b. Mil., Mass, April 17, 1854.
EDWARD, b. Newry, Me., March 14, 1856.
HERBERT W., b. Mil., July 31, 1860.
ANNIE L., b. Mil., July 5, 1862.
IDA M., b. Newry, Me., Oct. 6, 1865; m. Geo. E. W. Adams, Sept. 5, 1881.
Mrs. Cynthia d. in Newry, Me., Dec. 1, 1872. The hus. m., 2d, Izetta Brown, dr. of Parker V. and Louisa (Coburn) Brown, b. Albany, N.Y., Sept. 9, 1851; cer. in Gray, Me., Nov. 27, 1873, by James H. Trask. Their chn. :-- HARRY C., b. Mil., Oct. 10, 1874.
BENJAMIN A., b. Mil., June 20, 1877.
A worthy family, according to my best information. Mr. Barker came into town between 25 and 30 yrs. ago from Newry, Me., but seems to have res. at different times; both here and in his former home. He became possessed of several parcels of real estate in town, - somne in the Centre, and some in other neighborhoods. He owned, at his decease, the Amasa Leland farm and the Dea. Nathan Chapin place, both ancient homesteads. He appears to have been a thrifty, prudent, orderly citizen. He d. somewhat unexpectedly, on his Chapin homestead, May 13, 1881.
BARKER, DANIEL L., shoemaker; long res. in town. No family record reported. He d. Sept. 25, 1881, 84th yr. Left a wid. and 1 married dr.
BARNES, CHARLES, of Hingham, ptge., ancestry, birth-date, etc., unknown
to me; m. Anna Whitney, dr. of Elias and Lucy (Barnes) Whitney, b. Mil., Jan. 13, 1792; cer. Mil., Dec. 16, 1813, by Rev. D. Long. Issue : - LUCY, b. Mil., Aug. 9, 1816; d. unm. Nov. 30, 1837.
Mr. Barnes d. comparatively young, but when and where I am not informed. Mrs. Anna, his wid., m., 2d, Alexander Cheney; cer. Jan. 21, 1829, by the writer. She was his 3d wf., and bore him, -
LAURA ANN, b. June 11, 1831; d. March 16, 1845, a. 13 yrs. See Cheney.
The mr. was again left a wid. by the death of Mr. Cheney, Nov. 2, 1843; and she herself d. April 27, 1854.
BARNES, JOHN, physician and surgeon, son of William and Elizabeth (Bow- den) Barnes, b. in Buckfastleigh, County of Devon, Eng., 10th mo. 24th day, 1817; m. Phebe Battey, dr. of Smith and Ruth Muzzey (Aldrich) Bat- tey, b. Burrillville, R.I., 7th mo. 17th day, 1834; cer. in Smithfield, R.I., 4th mo. 30th day, 1863, according to the order of Friends. Issue : -
ELIZABETH BOWDEN, b. Mil., 1st mo. 15th, 1870.
JOHN EDWARD, b. Mil., 2d mo. 29th, 1872.
JESSE BATTEY, b. Mil., 8th mo. 24th, 1874.
THOMAS ELWOOD, b. Mil., 11th mo. 27th, 1875.
A highly educated physician and surgeon, who has been in practice here over 27 yrs. He and his wf. are devoted members of the Society of Friends, and adorn their religious profession by well-ordered, exemplary lives.
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BARTLETT. The Bartletts have been few and far between on our terri- tory. John Bartlett of Weymouth was one of the original plantationists and proprietors of Mendon. He had a 20-acre lot assigned to him, which was just within our limits, at the extreme south-west corner of what is now Mil. This lot, with all its appurtenant rights, he or his heirs sold to John Sprague; and it was formally laid out to Sprague in 1670. What was long known as the Wing Kelley place included a part - perhaps the whole- of this 20-acre lot. Before Kelley's time it had long been owned by the Spragues, and had been called the Sprague place. What became of John Bartlett I have no information. I think he must have d. just before or soon after King Philip's war. I mention him because of his connection with one of the oldest settled spots on our territory. BARTLETT, JEREMIAH, is the next of this name that I recollect among our inhabitants. He was the son of Joshua and Sally (Bright) Bartlett, b. in Newton or Needham, not far from the yr. 1800; m. Rhanah Hagerney, ptge., etc., not known by me; cer. in Mil., Feb. 24, 1826, by Rev. D. Long. I find but one child credited to this pair on our records; viz., CHARLES DAVIS, b. Dec. 8, 1826.
Just when Mr. B. came into town, and left, I am unable to state. He had several sisters, who m. here, and prob. came hither a few yrs. before his inge. The family moved to Newton, where Mr. B. d. seven or eight yrs. ago. I pre- sume Mrs. B. may still survive. They were always reported honest, industrious, exemplary people.
BARTLETT, WELCOME JILLSON4 (Brenton, Joseph,2 Joseph1), b. in Men- don, in the village now called East Blackstone, Feb. 6, 1819; mr.'s ınaiden name, Beulah Jillson; trained up a tin and sheet-iron smith, but has been for many yrs. in later life a hardware merchant; m. Nancy Adams, dr. of Silas and Dulcena (Sumner) Adams, b. in Brookfield, Aug. 2, 1821; cer. in New-York City, July 26, 1845, by Rev. John N. Parker. Never had but 1 child : -
ELDORA MARIA, b. Woonsocket, R.I., May 27, 1846; d. Sept. 6, 1847.
Mr. B.'s ancestor, on the father's side, came from Salem, and set. in the north-westerly part of what became Cumberland, R.I., and is now included in Woonsocket. I think it must previously have been on land claimed by Dedham. The first and second generation of these Bartletts were religiously attached to the Society of Friends; and the first Joseph, in his mature yrs., composed several pieces of religious sentiment in rhyme, which were after- wards printed. One of these pieces was entitled, "A Serious Call to such as are at Ease in their Sins." It opened thus: -
"You mortals all, both great and small, Who are at ease in sin, May you arise, unclose your eyes, See the sad state you're in."
Another was entitled " A Father's Exhortation to his Children." The follow- ing are specimens : -
"But, oh! that mine may never join The wicked and the vain, But love the truth while in their youth, And always so remain. Where love and peace do never cease, It is a happy state."
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" Let not one day e'er pass away Without some meditation, How to fulfil God's holy will, And to obtain salvation."
Littérateurs who adore the classic muse will not be greatly enraptured by such rhymes; but perhaps they might profitably exchange some of their elegant tinsel for Bartlett's homely stanzas.
Joseph1 had 6 sons and 2 drs., whose names were Eber, Jacob, Abner, Joseph, Abel, Liven, Chloe, and Phebe. Joseph 2 had Eber, Elisha, Brenton, Phebe, Stephen, Naomi, and Sylvia. Brenton 3 had Welcome J., Leander, Ste- phen, and Hamilton. I must omit all further details concerning this lineage, however interesting to those most concerned. On the mr.'s side, Welcome J. descends from Nathaniel Jillson,1 of the aforesaid Bartlett neighborhood, who had a son Nathaniel; 2 and he a son Welcome,3 father of Mrs. Beulah (Jillson) Bartlett. Welcome Jillson was a favorite gd. son of Rev. Abner Ballou, whose wf.'s Christian name was Beulah. So he named his dr. after his gd. mr .; and she named her son after her fr., Welcome Jillson. He went first into the hardware business in town, with J. Lowell Heywood, firm Bartlett & Hey- wood. The present firm is Bartlett & Ellis. I believe the sterling worth of Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett, in business and social circles, is too well known and appreciated to need any indorsement from my pen. They have at different periods of life res. in Woonsocket, Mil., Hop., Hopedale, and again in Mil.
BARTLETT, WARREN FRANCIS, has been at Hopedale some yrs. He has recently become a housekeeper there, and reports to me as follows: Son of George and Rebecca (Woodward) Bartlett; b. W. Medway, March 1, 1853; m. Annie McLey, dr. of Frank and Mary (Wallace) McLey, b. Glasgow, Scotland, May 1, 1860; cer. W. Medway, Aug. 22, 1879, by Rev. John Smith. No chn.
I see by the last-published Directory that we have at Braggville, ---
BARTLETT, HENRY A., stone-cutter. No report from him. I know of no other Bartletts among us.
BATCHELDER, JAMES, stone-cutter and mason, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Etheridge) Batchelder, b. in Hopkinton, N.H., 1807; m. Harriet Dimond, dr. of Jacob R. and Abigail (Lawrence) Dimond, b. in Claremont, N.H., 1806; cer. in Boston, Dec. 19, 1836, by Rev. Baron Stowe. Issue : - JAMES BARON STOWE, b. Quincy, May 1, 1838; d. Jan. 29, 1850.
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, b. Quincy, Dec. 29, 1840; d. Jan. 29, 1867.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. Quincy, Dec. 11, 1842; m. in Upton, Aug. 18, 1866; d. April 26, 1869.
LAWRENCE ETHERIDGE, b. Quincy, May 29, 1844; m. in Woonsocket, R.I., March 7, 1871.
JACOB LINDSAY, b. Quincy, Oct. 30, 1846; m. in So. Abington, Dec. 29, 1875.
JOHN HENRY, b. Mil., July 2, 1849; m. in So. Abington, Dec. 29, 1875. Grandchn. :-
LILLA, only child of George W., b. Mil., June 19, 1867.
HARRY, son of Lawrence E., b. Mil., Dec. 10, 1871.
GERTRUDE, dr. of Lawrence E., b. Mil., July 8, 1873.
HATTIE ADELAIDE, dr. of Jacob L., b. So. Abington, Sept. 30, 1875.
HELEN U., dr. of John H., b. Rockland, Me., Oct. 13, 1878.
Worthy parents and family. Res. in Quincy at first, but in Mil. nearly 30
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yrs. Mr. B. d. on his homestead, Cortland St., Oct. 5, 1878. His wid. still sur- vives him there.
BATCHELDER, WARREN, stone-cutter, appears in Directory of 1856.
BATCHELDER, WILLIAM G., driver, appears in Directory of 1869.
BATCHELDER, HIRAM T., moulder, appears in Directory of 1872. BATCHELDER, GEORGE, carpenter, appears in Directory of 1878.
Perhaps a few transient dwellers of the name at sundry periods.
BATES. Not many of this name have dwelt permanently within our limits ; but some have, and many in the near vicinity. I shall include such of the latter as have had intimate relationships here, and have lived near our borders. I sup- pose all our Bateses of this general vicinity must be descendants of Clement Bates, who came from Kent Co., Eng., in ship "Elizabeth," 1635, and set. in Hingham. He is said to have been a tailor, and to have brought over with him, at the a. of 40 yrs., wf. Ann, a. 40; son James, a. 14; Clement, a. 12; dr. Rachel, a. 8; son Joseph, a. 5; and Benjamin, a. 2. He had a son Samuel, and perhaps other chn. b. here. The first of this name in our general region were Ezekiel, Laban, and Joseph, - three bros., as I infer; but I cannot link them to their immigrant ancestor, nor can I give their birth-dates.
BATES, EZEKIEL, m. Abigail Legg ; cer. April 9, 1767, by Rev. A. Frost. They set. in Bell., and had several sons and drs. Among these were John, Esq., Otis, Ezekiel, jun., etc. I leave the family untraced.
BATES, LABAN, m. Olive Wheelock of our precinct; cer. Dec. 28, 1768, by Rev. A. Frost. They set. in the skirts of Bell. and Mendon. Among their chn. were Eli, Nahum, etc.
BATES, JOSEPH, m., 1st, Sarah Hayward, and set. close upon our borders. They had -
ISAAC, b. Feb. 28, 1763.
MARTHA, b. Dec. 20, 1764; m. David Chapin, Feb. 12, 1784.
MARY, b. Feb. 10, 1767; m. Peter Holbrook.
MICHAEL, b. May 13, 1769.
CLARK, b. Oct. 20, 1770.
SALLY, b. Nov. 29, 1772; m. Nathan Holbrook.
HANNAH, b. April 10, 1775; m. Seth Holbrook.
Mrs. Sarah d .; date not found. The hus. m., 2d, Martha Chilson, April 8, 1779; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn. : -
JOSEPH, b. 1779; set. in Cincinnati, O.
BENJAMIN, b. Dec. 6, 1780; m. Rhoda Kelley, Feb. 23, 1806.
JOSHUA, b. March 20, 1782; m. Rebecca Douglas.
JOHN, b. June 15, 1784; untraced.
JEDEDIAH, b. July 10, 1786; d. unm. April 20, 1857.
REBECCA, b. Dec. 18, 1788; m. Simon P. Bicknell, Feb. 28, 1828. She d. June 1, 1872.
The hus, and fr. d. April 1, 1793. Mrs. Martha, the 2d wf. and wid., d. Aug. 14, 1824.
BATES, ISAAC, eldest son of Joseph, dwelt at one time on our territory. I have been unable to trace his family record.
BATES, MICAH, m. Urania Thayer, May 22, 1771; cer. by Rev. A. Frost; but I am uncertain who he was; possibly a bro. of Ezekiel, Laban, and Joseph. He seems to have had a dr. LAVINIA, b. Feb. 10, 1772, and a son JOSEPH, b. June 3, 1774. No further traced.
BATES, BENJAMIN, of So. Milford neighborhood, son of Joseph and Martha
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(Chilson) Bates, b. Dec. 6, 1780; m. Rhoda Kelley, dr. of George and Keziah Kelley, b. So. Mil., March 18, 1787; cer. Feb. 23, 1806. Their chn .:-
HARRIET, b. July 3, 1807; m. Josiah Congdon, Sept. 3, 1829.
GEORGE, b. April 29, 1810; m. Ellen Barkley, April 12, 1835.
CELISSA, b. Nov. 1, 1812; m. James H. Penniman, Jan. 15, 1832.
BENJAMIN, jun., b. March 11, 1816; m. Susan R. Payson, March 14, 1839.
JOSEPH, b. Feb. 23, 1819; m. Maria Parker.
RUSSELL, b. date not found; merchant, Boston; m., and had fam. there; d. there.
Benjamin Bates, the fr., d. date not at command. Mrs. Rhoda, his wid., d. Aug. 24, 1878.
BATES, BENJAMIN, jun., son of Benjamin and Rhoda (Kelley) Bates, b. March 11, 1816; m. Susan R. Payson; cer. Mendon, March 14, 1839, by the writer. They res. at one time within our south-western limits, on the Wing Kelley place, and had two births recorded here; viz., -
CHARLOTTE LOUISA, b. Mendon, May 5, 1840; and SALLY F. A., b. Jan. 6, 1843.
I hoped to obtain a full family record from Mr. B., and also from his kin- dred now residing in E. Mendon, but found no convenient opportunity to do so.
BATES, DAVIS HERBERT (John, John, Ezekiel, etc.,); mr.'s maiden name, Sarah Prince Fisher; b. Bell., Aug. 1, 1843; salesman and trader; m. Ida Jane Ambler, dr. of Jeremiah D. and Angeline (Morse) Ambler, b. Mil., June 21, 1850; cer. Mil., Jan. 19, 1870, by Rev. G. L. Demarest.
Mrs. Ida Jane's mr. d. when she was a babe; and she was virtually, though not legally, adopted by James R. Davis and wf., brought up in their family, and bore the name, in common parlance, of Ida Jane Davis. Issue : -
LIDA REBECCA, b. Mil., May 6, 1873.
JOHN IRVING, b. Mil., July 3, 1877.
BATES, JULIUS, son of Peter and Sybil (Hill) Bates, a descendant of Laban, b. Mendon (now Blackstone), Feb. 27, 1827; m. Sarah W .. Holbrook, dr. of Luther and Mary Ann (Flagg) Holbrook, b. Mil., March 19, 1831; cer. at the parental res., May 14, 1848, by the writer. Issue : -
DANIEL ELMER, b. March 10, 1849; d. Nov. 2, 1872, a. 23 yrs. 7 mos.
MARY ANN, b. Jan. 8, 1851; m. George R. Withington, Oct. 12, 1871.
SARAH LOUISA, b. Aug. 18, 1852; m. Samuel Gaskill, 2d, May 18, 1870.
ERNEST, b. May 9, 1854 ; d. Aug. 27, 1856, in Uxbridge.
ERNEST, b. Dec. 11, 1857; m. Kate Dagman, July, 1879.
CATHERINE FRANCES, b. Feb. 14, 1861; d. April 26, 1862.
UNNAMED SON, b. May 10, 1872; d., a. 3 hours.
This family have res. mostly in town since mge. They have 4 gd. chn .; names, etc., not given.
BATES, ELI, bro. of Julius; m. Louisa Hall, dr. of Andrew and Maranda Hall; cer. Hopedale, Aug. 16, 1848, by the writer. They res. in Mendon. I have not their family record.
BATES, WHITMAN, son of Nahum and gd. son of Laban, res. briefly at So. Milford with wf. Lucy Ann, and had one birth recorded here; viz., - FREDERICK, b. Aug. 22, 1831.
BATHRICK, JONATHAN; pedigree, etc., not traced; m. Experience Hayward, dr. of Jacob and Elizabeth (Thayer) (Heath) Hayward; birth-date not found; cer. 1810, by whom not found. Their chn. : -
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WILBER HEATH, b. Mil., April 7, 1811; d. July 22, 1813.
ELIZABETH THAYER, b. Mil., May 21, 1814; m. - Smith, Waterford. She d. over 30 yrs. ago.
HARRIET, b. Mil., Aug. 28, 1816; d. unm., Whitinsville, some 10 yrs. since. LUCINDA THAYER, b. Mil., Feb. 14, 1820; res., unm., Whitinsville, and her aged mother with her.
HOPESTILL, b. Mil., Aug. 14, 1823; m., 1st, John Gaffney, Sept. 1, 1852; 2d, C. A. Mott.
GEORGE, b. Mil., June 3, 1825; m., set., and d. in Whitinsville; d. 2 yrs. ago. WARREN, b. Mil., 1827; m., set., and res. in Whitinsville.
Mr. B. moved his family to Jenksville, near Woonsocket, R.I., in the spring of 1828; was then in a decline, and d. there April, 1828. His wid. has long sur- vived him; moved many yrs. since to Whitinsville, making a home for herself and unm. drs., and is cared for by her dr. Lucinda at the venerable a. of about 92 yrs. Her dr. Hopestill has res. several yrs. in Springfield. There she buried her 1st hus., and now lives with her 2d, Charles A. Mott, at one time a boot and shoe dealer in Mil.
BATHRICK, ALANSON, farmer; res. S. Mil. Directory, 1856.
I have found no others of this name on our records.
BATTLE. I infer that Battelle, Battle, and Battles are different spellings of the same original name, though I cannot be certain of it. Savage, in his Dictionary, treats of no Battles, but only of " Battelle or Baitle;" and he seems to make Thomas of Dedham the common ancestor in this country, but does not tell whence he came, or when, -only he was of Ded. in 1642. Our first Battle was James. He was from Holl., where he formerly had a wf. and 4 chn .; viz., -
OLIVE, b. June 22, 1757.
JAMES, b. June 27, 1759.
JOSEPH, b. Sept. 11, 1762; and ANNE, Sept. 1, 1764.
His Holl. wf. d., and he came into our precinct, where he m. Wid. Beulah Stearns, May 8, 1766; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. She had borne her former hus. numerous chn .; but none are reported as the issue of this 2d mge. He dwelt in the No. Purchase with his wf. on a part of the Jona. Stearns place, north of the Balls, toward Hop. line. She d. March 31, 1804, and he m., for his 3d wf., Mrs. Lucy Stowe of Grafton. I find no record of his death, and suspect he may have left town to end his days elsewhere. There was a John Battle here in 1781, who had a son John bap. at that time by Rev. Mr. Frost; but nothing more is told of him. I suppose these families must have descended, on the male side, from Thomas of Dedham; but I cannot denote their successive generations. I think no family connection of this name appeared within our limits again, except, perhaps, very transiently, till after 1843. Between this date and 1860 several bros. of a talented, enterprising, and vigorous-minded family, came into town, and, for several years, took a very influential position in its educational, manufacturing, and political affairs.
BATTLES. These were Edwin, Jonathan, Winslow, and Dean F. Battles. Meantime their brother, Amory Battles, and sister Mary were teachers of our public schools for longer or shorter periods. Although pecuniary success did not seem to crown their executive enterprise in business, in consequence of which they all ultimately departed to more promising spheres of personal activity, they made indelible marks on the progress of our municipal community. Their intellectual vigor kept the social waters in lively motion during their stay among us.
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Edwin came here in 1852 to take charge of the packing and shipping depart- ments in the establishment of Underwood, Godfrey, & Co. After two yrs. he built a shop on Granite St., and began to manufacture boots in company with his bros. Winslow and Dean F., under the firm name of "Battles & Brothers." Two yrs. later they formed a copartnership with Gen. O. Underwood under the firm name of "O. Underwood & Battles Brothers." The business of this firm was large, and of varying results. It was dissolved at the end of three yrs. by original limitation, and the former firm of " Battles Bros." re-established. This continued till the breaking out of the Rebellion. Edwin went on manufacturing boots six or seven yrs. longer; then he bought him a farm in Harvard, and moved thither in 1869. He sold that farm in 1871, and went to Boston, where he now res. From 1873 to 1876 he was clerk in the United-States lighthouse inspector's office.
Edwin took a very prominent and responsible part in the establishment of our town library, as the records of 1858 clearly show; also in the management of our school affairs, as a prominent member of the general committee, carrying them through some difficult crises, and promoting educational progress. He was no less conspicuous and serviceable during the war of the Rebellion on committees of provision and relief for the soldiers. He was himself unable to take the field, but sent two of his sons to the defence of the Union. For par- ticulars to his credit, I need only refer to the records and printed documents of those days.
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