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Winslow Battles came here in 1854 from Boston, where he had been a suc- cessful teacher in the public schools some 12 or 14 yrs., to join his bros. in the boot-manufacture. He was soon placed on the School Board, and there made himself an excellent record in matters of important educational improvement. He was, at the same time, supt. of the Universalist Sunday school, and an active member of the ch. choir. In 1860 he was elected senator to Gen. Court, where he was made chairman of the committee on education, and exerted a successful influence in granting State aid to the since popular "Institute of Technology." He was again elected to the State Senate in 1863, and gave his warmly sympathetic support to all the administrative measures of the great war governor, John A. Andrew. He went to California in 1865, returned in 1870, and now res. in Randolph, doing business in Boston. He has strongly charac- terized himself as a worker for others, and a promoter of human improvement.
Jonathan Battles taught school successfully in Boston about 20 yrs. ; being absent from his post scarcely a single working day during the whole time. He came here in 1858, and joined the firm of "Battles Bros." After its dissolution he taught the grammar-school on the " Plain." He now res. in Dorchester.
Dean F. Battles came to Mil. in 1845 or 1846, and taught the No. Purchase school. Afterwards he taught several yrs. in Boston. In 1854 he came hither again, and joined the firm of "Battles Bros." Next he spent some yrs. in the employ of "Clement, Colburn, & Co.," and in 1874 went to Joliet, Ill., where he now res. He was, at my last advices, forcman in the cutting-room of a large Chicago " boot and shoe house," which employs numerous State Prison convicts · at Joliet.
Amory Battles came here in 1843-44, taught the No. Purchase school, and later, for several terms, in the Centre dist. He was very popular as a teacher with all classes. He distinguished himself by excluding from his discipline all corporal punishment, which he deemed wrong in principle and worse than use- less in practice. He afterward fitted himself, by academic and collegiate studies,
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to enter the Divinity School at Cambridge; whence, in 1850, he was called to settle as pastor of the Universalist Society in Bangor, Me. His pastorate was a very successful one, and lasted nearly a quarter of a century. He was highly esteemed by all classes, and rendered his society eminently flourishing. He devoted himself especially to the moral and humanitary reforms, laboring hard for the educational and social elevation of the people. He m. Pamelia Barker in 1854, and has a son Paul some 24 yrs. of age. His only dr. d. in infancy.
Rev. Amory recd. a call, some six yrs. ago, to settle over a society in New- ton, Mass., and moved thither. But for some reason he continued there only about a yr. He then returned to Bangor, where he now dwells, supplying pulpits as a temporary preacher.
Mary Battles, who became the wf. of Abraham Mead, Esq., taught school in Mil. during three or four terms in 1852-53. Her hus. was an employé of " Battles Bros." from 1854 two yrs., and later of "Underwood, Battles, & Bros." The family moved to Braintree some 12 yrs. since.
This general family of bros., sisters, etc., have made themselves a remark- able record as educators. There are eight of them in the same generation; and they claim to have taught school in various places, all counted together, over 100 yrs. In theology they have ranked themselves as Unitarians; in moral and social reform, Abolitionists ; in politics, Free-Soilers and Republicans.
Whether they are descendants of the Thomas Battle in Dedham mentioned by Savage, I cannot assure myself, though I think it probable. There are links missing, or at least of uncertainty. Mitchell's History of Bridgewater says, " John Battles (from Plymouth) settled in Stoughton Corner, within the North Parish of Bridgewater, and m. Hannah, dr. of Edward Curtis, and had John, Jonathan, Samuel, Asa, Uriah, Edward, Curtis, Rebecca, and Susanna. . . . Jonathan m. Hannah, dr. of Joseph Porter, and settled in Stoughton." This Jonathan was the gd. fr. of our "Battles Bros." So much is certain. What lies behind, between John of Plymouth and Thomas of Dedham, I leave to conjecture, or to genealogical research. To be sure of my reckoning, I will not go beyond John of Plymouth, but set him down as generation,1 and tabulate accordingly.
BATTLES, JONATHAN2 (John1), mason and farmer; b. Stoughton, 1755; m.
Hannah, dr. of Joseph Porter, b. Stoughton, 1757; cer. 1785. Their chn. : -
JONATHAN, b. 1786; m. Meriah Dickerman, 1811.
HANNAH, b. 1788; m. Hosea Osgood.
JOSEPH (twins), b. 1790; m. Judith French.
BENJAMIN b. 1790; m. Charlotte Smith. BETSEY, b. 1792; d. unm.
FRANK, b. 1794; d. unm.
CYRUS, b. 1796; m. Eliza Morton.
ELIZABETH, b. 1799; m. Lemuel Drake.
The mr. d. in Stoughton, 1827; the fr. d. there 1830.
BATTLES, JONATHAN 3 (Jonathan,2 John 1), mason and farmer; b. Stoughton, 1786; m. Meriah Dickerman, dr. of Peter and Rebekah (Tilden) Dickerman,
b. Stoughton, 1789; cer. Stoughton, 1811, by Rev. Dr. Edward Richmond. Their chn. : -
JONATHAN, b. 1812; m. Lucy Pope of Dorchester, 1840.
EDWIN, b. 1814; m. Josephine Curtis of Boston, 1843.
MERIAH D., b. 1816; m. Richard Stearns of Randolph, 1852.
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BATTLES, BAY, BEAL.
WINSLOW, b. 1818; remained single at last report.
MARY, b. 1820; m. Abraham Mead of Littleton, 1845.
AMORY, Rev., b. 1823; m. Pamelia Barker of Bangor, Me., 1854.
DEAN FORBES, b. 1825; m. Anna B. Page of Newburyport, 1854.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. 1827; d. in infancy.
ABIGAIL CLARISSA, b. 1829; remained single at last report.
All these are living but Benjamin F., who d. as above. Their mr. d. 1868. Their fr. d. 1871.
BATTLES, EDWIN4 (Jonathan,3 Jonathan,2 John1), b. 1814; m. Josephine Curtis, dr. of Daniel Tural and Eliza Gray (Bixby) Curtis, b. Cambridge,
1819; cer. in Boston, 1843, by Rev. William M. Rogers. Their chn. : - EDWIN MORTIMER, b. 1845; in. Lovisa M. Daniels, Holl., 1870; 1 son.
FRANK, b. 1847; m. Ida Cloud, Concord, N.H., 1878.
JULIA MARY, b. 1848.
JOSEPHINE CURTIS, b. 1850; m. Edward F. Woodbury, Boston, 1874; 2 chn. WENDELL PHILLIPS, b. 1858.
The first 4 of these chn. were b. in Billerica; the last named in Mil. Not having at command the family records of the other Battles bros. who once res. here, I conclude where I am.
BAY, ISSACHER, of Hopkinton, and Matilda Crocker, of Mil., both negroes, were m. June 2, 1789, by Amariah Frost, Esq. No further traced.
JOHN BEAL, from Hingham, Norfolk Co., Eng., come over in the ship Diligent, and landed in Boston, Aug. 10, 1638. He brought with him 5 sons and 2 drs. He set. in New Hingham (our Hingham); was a shoemaker; was made freeman soon after his arrival, and in 1649 represented Hingham in Gen. Ct. He lived to be about 100 yrs. old, and from him has descended a host of those bearing the name Beal. At one period we had many of this name here for a considerable time; but death and emigration have nearly extinguished the race in Mil. The following tabulations present their genealogy : -
BEAL, DANIEL 5 (Samuel,4 John,3 Jolin,2 John 1), b. Bridgewater, 1729 ; m.
Mehetabel Byram, 1750. They were recd. into the Cong. ch. here from the 3d Ch., Bridgewater, July 13, 1760. Their chn. : -
SAMUEL, b. Bridgewater, 1750; m. Sarah Saunders, March 16, 1775.
DANIEL, b. Bridgewater, 1753; no further traced.
JOSHUA, b. Bridgewater, 1755; no further traced.
MEHETABEL, b. Bridgewater, 1758; m. Joseph Green of Worthington, 1777. JOSIAH, b. in our Precinct, Jan. 6, 1761; no further traced.
The fr. d. soon after the birth of Josiah, and his wid., Mehetabel, m. Robert Saunders, April 24, 1764; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. I think Daniel Beal dwelt at one time in the near vicinity of now Hopedale.
BEAL, BENJAMIN5 (Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 John 1), b. Bridgewater, 1733; m. Sarah -, date not found. They were recd. into the Cong. ch. here from the 3d Ch., Bridgewater, July 20, 1766. Their chn. : -
ISAAC, b. Bridgewater, 1753; m. Prudence -, perhaps in Uxbridge.
LEVI, b. Bridgewater, 1755; m. Anna Saunders, July 22, 1776.
DAVID, b. in our Precinct, Jan. 5, 1769.
This family lived in the north-westerly part of our territory, and must have emigrated at a date not ascertained.
BEAL, NATHAN 5 (Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 John 1), b. Bridgewater, 1727; m.
Bathsheba -, ptge., date, etc., not found. Their clin. :-
MARY, b. Bridgewater, 1750; m. Nehemiah Shaw, 1775.
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NATHAN, b. Bridgewater, 1752; not traced.
NEHEMIAH, b. Bridgewater, 1755; not traced.
JOHN, b. Bridgewater, 1759; m. Silence Atwood, Oct. 19, 1780.
ENOS, b. in our Precinct, June 19, 1761; m. Relief Cheney, June 25, 1784.
DAVID, b. in our Precinct, March 25, 1763; not traced.
ASA, b. in our Precinct, Nov. 22, 1765; m. Olive Cheney, Sept. 2, 1790.
BETHIAH, b. in our Precinct, July 30, 1770; m. Moses Davis, Sept. 2, 1790.
This family res. in the northerly or north-westerly part of our territory. I have been unable to trace their experiences further as to birthis, deaths, removals, etc., except in the case of Asa, who reared a large family in what is called our "City" School District. See in place.
BEAL, SAMUEL 6 (Daniel,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 John 1), b. Bridgewater, 1750; m. Sarah Saunders, dr. of Robert, sen., and Sarah (Cheney) Saun- ders, b. May 7, 1752; cer. March 16, 1775, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn. : -- DANIEL, bap. Aug. 4, 1776; no further traced.
SARAH, bap. June 14, 1877; the fr. said to have just decd. The family no further traced, except that Sarah m. Charles Cheney, Nov. 28, 1797.
BEAL, ISAAC6 (Benjamin,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. Bridgewater, 1753; m., perhaps in Ux., Prudence -, ptge., etc., not found. They were recd. into the Cong. ch. from Ux. ch. previous to 1776. They had 2 chn. b. and bap. here; viz., -
BETSEY, b. Feb. 24, 1776.
HORATIO, b. Oct. 23, 1777.
This family no further traced.
BEAL, LEVI6 (Benjamin,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 John 1), b. Bridgewater, 1755; m. Anna Saunders, dr. of Robert, sen., and Sarah (Cheney) Saun- ders, b. March 6, 1746; cer. July 22, 1776, by Rev. A. Frost. Only 1 child recorded here : -
LEVI, b. April 13, 1777; d. the ensuing Nov.
This family no further traced ; emigrated to unascertained parts.
There was a Wid. MARY BEAL m. to Daniel Haywood of Worcester, July 21, 1763, by Rev. A. Frost. This Mrs. Mary I have failed to trace.
BEAL, ASA 6 (Nathan,5 Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 John1), b. in our Precinct, Nov. 22, 1765; m. Olive Cheney, dr. of Caleb, sen., and Mary (Wheelock) Cheney, b. April 14, 1772; cer. Sept. 2, 1790, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn. : -
SABRA, b. Nov. 4, 1790; d. Aug. 19, 1798.
BETSEY, b. Nov. 29, 1791; m. Otis Taft, Upton, June 19, 1811; res. Oxford, a. 87.
SAMUEL, b. June 18, 1793; untraced.
BATHSHEBA, b. Oct. 6, 1794; m. - Tucker; res. Monson, a. S5.
SOPHIA, b. Jan. 5, 1796; m. - Hill; res. Medfield, a. 83.
NATHAN, b. April 29, 1797; d. Aug. 9, 1798.
HANNAH, b. June 6, 1798; untraced.
OLIVE, b. Feb. 25, 1800; m. - Stevens ; res. Ohio, a. 79.
LORENA
(twins),
b. May 24, 1801 ; nı. - Richardson; res. Medway, a. 78.
LUCINDA
b. May 24, 1801; untraced.
ADOLPHUS, b. March 31, 1803; emigrated 1826; no further traced.
ASA, jun., b. Sept. 10, 1804; untraced.
MARY WHEELOCK, b. Jan. 3, 1806; untraced.
SABRA ANN, b. May 3, 1810; m. - Smith : res. Monson, a. 69.
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SALLY CHENEY, b. Jan. 21, 1812; untraced.
The mr. d. in Mil., 1826, as I have been told, and the fr. in Med., 1849, though I found no record of either death. Six of the drs. were said to be living in 187S, as above indicated. Adolphus left town in 1825 or 1826. Thus all dis- appeared from among us long ago. Their home was in the "City," so called, or in the neighborhood of the Asylum. The family was a famous large one anyhow.
BEAL, DAVID,6 of Boston (Joseph,5 David,4 Jacob,3 Jacob,2 John 1), mn. Sarah McArthur, in Boston, Oct. 12, 1813. They moved to Western Pa. He d. Sept. 6, 1821, and was buried somewhere on the banks of the Ohio River, - the spot unknown to his chn. Those chn. are, -
DAVID, b. Birmingham, Pa., Nov. 3, 1814; m., 1st, Sarah P. Ball; 2d, Eme- line Hotchkiss.
HARRIET, b. Birmingham, Pa., March 2, 1817; m. Alvin C. Robbins, April 16, 1848.
JOHN MCARTHUR, b. Birmingham, Pa., May 16, 1820; res. in the far West.
The widowed mr. returned in sad circumstances to the East with her orphans, and one at least of them, David, came to this town in early youth. The mr. d. with the family of her son David, at Hopedale, May 15, 1867, a. 78 yrs. 3 mos.
BEAL, DAVID7 (David,& Joseph,5 David,4 Jacob,3 Jacob,2 John 1 the English immigrant), b. Birmingham, Pa., Nov. 3, 1814; mr.'s maiden name, Sarah McArthur; in., 1st, Sarah Palmer Ball, dr. of Zenas and Betsey (Tilton) Ball, b. Mil., Aug. 13, 1817; cer. June 13. 1838, by the writer. One son : - DAVID FRANCIS, b. Oct. 22, 1839; res. Climax, Kan.
Mrs. Sarah d. at Hopedale, Oct. 4, 1846. The hus. m., 2d, Emeline Hotch- kiss, dr. of Benjamin and Hannah Hotchkiss, b. in Prospect, Ct., Dec. 14, 1819; cer. Feb. 28, 1850, by the writer. One son : ---
RUFUS GILBERT, b. Hopedale, Nov. 11, 1854; m. Emma Scriven, Nov. 12, 1879.
Quiet, meditative, thoughtful, worthy people, husband and wives, deeply interested in the reforms of the age, industrious, frugal, peaceable, kind, and neighborly. The hus., a bootmaker by trade, and 1st wife, came to Hopedale in 1843. He soon joined the Community, as did his 2d wife at a later date. Both remained members till after the dissolution of the industrial arrange- ments in 1856, and were sharers in the great disappointment occasioned by that result. They continued to reside at Hopedale till 1879, when they took up their abode on the Dea. Tyler (alias Alex. Thayer) homestead, in the north- easterly part of Mendon, dwelling with their son Rufus and his recently m. wf. BEARD, THOMAS, sen., and THOMAS, jun., long ago owned an 80-acre farm,
bounded northerly by the ancient Ichabod Thayer place, lately owned by Justin E. Eames; easterly on what is now Congress St .; southerly on land then owned by Ebenezer Boynton, Rev. Amariah Frost, and Samuel Tor- rey; and westerly by now Highland St. The fr. and son joined in convey- ing this estate to John Hill, March 16, 1757. Either the fr. or son, or both, appear to have owned and dwelt on a part of this estate as early at least as 1728. I do not clearly understand whether Thomas, sen., res. much here, but rather infer that he may have done so only transiently. Thomas, jun., was permanently on the premises from 1728, or earlier, to the time of sale in 1757. Whence they came, or whither they went, I have no information. Mendon records show that -
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BEARD, THOMAS, jun., m. Susannah Walker of Hop., Dec. 28, 1732, and had
RUTH, AARON, ASA, WILLIAM, AMITE, AMOS, ABIGAIL, and SUSANNAH, birth-dates not given ; but Rev. Mr. Frost gives the baptismal dates of four; viz., William, bap. Feb. 12, 1743; Amos, May 25, 1746; Abigail, Oct. 2, 1748; and Susannah, Jan. 26, 1752.
Other records show that AARON BEARD m. Elizabeth Streeter, June 12, 1755; cer. by Daniel Haven, Esq. ; also that Thomas Beard (whether fr. or son I am uncertain) was one of the original members of our Cong. ch., formed April 15, 1741. I see that the deed of 1757 is signed by Thomas, sen., Thomas, jun., and Hannah. I suspect that Hannah may have been merely an alias synonyme for Susannah. This is all I can tell of the only Beards recollected ever to have dwelt on our territory.
BELKNAP, LYMAN EBENEZER, son of Ebenezer and Amelia O. (Bailey) Belknap; b. Mil., April 19, 1852; m. Anna Ware, dr. of David and Betsey (Pettis) Ware, b. Franklin, Oct. 7, 1854; cer. Mil., April 19, 1872, by Rev. C. W. Redding. Issue :-
FORREST LYMAN, b. Mil., Aug. 24, 1874.
BELKNAP, EBENEZER, fr. of the preceding, has long dwelt in town, and I hoped to have heard from him, but have not. Whether he has other chn. I know not. From my own mge. regr. I can give so much of his family record as follows : son of Joseph and Sabra Belknap, b. (prob. Hop.) 1824; m. Amelia Osborne Bailey, dr. of William and Ann (Tilton) Bailey, b. Mil., Aug. 18, 1830; cer. at Hopedale, April 5, 1846, by the writer. These Belknaps are all industrious, orderly, reputable people.
BEMIS, JOHN, lived on our territory in the North Purchase, or at least had common land laid out to him south-east of Maspenock Pond, adjacent to Josiah Ball's and Samuel Warren's farms, March 9, 1733. The records say nothing of his having any wf. or chn., nor, indeed, any thing more about him.
BEMIS, PARKMAN, pedigree not ascertained, and wf., Sarah (Brick) Bemis, had their home in our "City" district for many yrs. They became mem- bers of the Cong. ch. in 1832, and had the following-named chn. bap. dur- ing that yr. :-
SYLVIA JONES, b. date not found; m. John Hanly, Oct. 16, 1834.
HARRISON GRAY OTIS, b. May 30, 1824; m. Cassandana Blaskfield, 1851. ALONZO FRANCIS, b. 1828; m. Olive Smith, 1854.
The parents trod the humbler avenues of life, were quiet, orderly, and in- offensive, and passed out of this mortal vale in hope of a better life. Death- dates wanting; d. between 1869 and 1872.
BEMIS, HARRISON GRAY OTIS, son of Parkman and Sarah (Brick) Bemis, b. Mil. May 30, 1824, farm-laborer; m. Cassandana Blaskfield, dr. of Ira and Electa (Sears) Blaskfield, b. Dover, Vt., Sept. 1, 1822; cer. Newfane, Vt., June 30, 1851, by Rev. Alanson H. Stearns. Issue : -
EMMA E., b. Mil., May 20, 1853; d. Oct. 11, 1854.
WARREN G., b. Newfane, Vt., Oct. 11, 1855; d. May 21, 1861.
WILLIAM H., b. Mil., April 15, 1857; d. Sept. 29, 1857.
ALBERT H., b. Mil., May 2, 1861; d. Oct. 18, 1861.
A peaceable, well-disposed, sadly desolated family.
BEMIS, ALONZO FRANCIS, bro. of the preceding; b. Mil., 1828; boot-click; m. Olive Smith, dr. of Ezra and Catherine (McDonald) Smith, b. Cabot, Vt., 1834; cer. South Royalton, Vt., 1854. Issue : -
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NELLIE, b. Mil., April 25, 1854.
ETTA L., b. Hop., 1856; d. Hop., 1860, a. 3 yrs. 9 mos. 19 ds.
Mrs. Olive d. Dec. 2, 1877, leaving her bereaved hus. and dr. to battle with the adversities of an inauspicious but well-meant life.
No others of this name recollected as res. in town.
BENNETT. Few of this name have ever res. in town. The first one known to me was Nathaniel Bennett. I have understood that he came from Marble- head, or vicinity, between the yrs. 1802 and 1806. He was a tailor by occupa- tion, and the first man-tailor that started a shop of that kind in town. He opened in the Centre, and afterwards built him a domicile opposite the Parish Park, near where the pound originally stood. In 1811 the town permitted Mr. Bennett to remove the pound to its present location, near the north-west corner of the old burying-ground. Many yrs. later he sold out in the Centre, and bought, with the buildings, a part of the Adams Chapin place, where he lived until his death in 1855.
BENNETT, NATHANIEL, tailor and farmer; ancestry not traced; b. Marble- head about 1777; m., 1st, Polly Simpson of Mendon, ptge., birth-date, etc., not ascertained ; cer. prob. in Mendon, early in the yr. 1806, by whom not learned. Their chn .: -
SALLY, b. May 1, 1807; understood to res. in Plymouth unm.
IZANNA, b. Nov. 1, 1808; m. Reuben F. Perham, Dec. 4, 1831.
SETH DAVENPORT, b. June 5, 1811; d. young, I think.
INFANT, b. -; d. Dec. 19, 1815.
Mrs. Polly d. April 21, 1820. The hus. m., 2d, Prudence White, dr. of Smith White, b. in Mendon, April 30, 1792; cer. in Mil., Aug. 6, 1820, by Pearley Hunt, Esq. Their chn: -
WILLIS, b. June 27, 1821; d. Dec. 4, 1845.
WILLARD, b. Sept. 29, 1824; m. twice; several chn. by present wf .; res. Blackstone.
SYLVIA, b. Sept. 16, 1827; m. Nathan Johnson, Nov. 18, 1846.
GEORGE, birth-date not found; d. young.
SYLVESTER, birth-date not found ; d. young.
HORACE, birth-date not found; d. young.
Quiet, well-disposed people. Mr. B. d. Nov. 23, 1855, in his 79tlı yr. Mrs. Prudence, his wid., d. Sept. 5, 1856.
Bennetts mentioned in Mil. Directory for 1880: -
BENNETT, GEORGE W., boot finisher, bds. Mrs. M. S. Bennett's, Forest St.
BENNETT, HIRAM, painter, bds. Mrs. M. S. Bennett's, Forest St.
BENNETT, JOHN R., at ring shop, house Dutcher St.
BENNETT, MARY S., wid., house Forest St.
BENNETT, WALTER L., painter, bds. Mrs. M. S. Bennett's.
BENNETT, WILLIAM, painter, house Otis St.
None of these have communicated with me about their family records.
BENT, MICAH, pedigree, birth-date, etc., not ascertained; came into town a widower, perhaps from Fram. or Holl. ; a skilful bootmaker; and m. Betsey M. Whitney, wid. of Ethan Whitney; cer. Sept. 9, 1827, by the writer. Issue : -
MELLEN GREEN, b. Mil., Aug. 3, 1828.
Family believed to have moved to Bellingham.
BENT, GILBERT, son of Alpheus and Fanny (Smith) Bent; b. in Port George,
N.S., Sept. 17, 1851; machinist; m. Jennie Louise Darling, dr. of Rodney
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L. and Pamelia (Darling) Darling, b. Mil., Aug. 8, 1853; cer. Mil., under the parental roof, Oct. 16, 1878, by the writer. Issue :-
GEORGE WILLIAM, b. Mil., Nov. 23, 1879.
Mr. B. is an efficient mechanic, has a good wf., has lived much at Hope- dale, but has recently moved to Woonsocket, R.I.
BERGIN, JAMES, son of Daniel and Catherine (Humphrey) Bergin; b. in Ireland, Oct. 13, 1826; m. Margaret Walsh, dr. of William and Bridget (Cody) Walsh, b. in Ireland, date not given; cer. in Mil., Oct. 24, 1852, by Rev. Mr. Hamilton. Issue : -
CATHERINE E., b. Mil., Jan. 25, 1854; d. Dec., 1854.
CATHERINE E., b. Mil., Jan. 26, 1856; m. Feb. 8, 1880, to whom not given.
MARY E., b. Mil., March 15, 1859.
DANIEL C., b. Mil., March 12, 1862.
AGNES F., b. Mil., April 21, 1865.
JAMES, jun., b. Nov. 15, 1868; d. of diphtheria, Jan. 12, 1876.
Mr. B. is one of our most enterprising and exemplary Irish-Americans; a skilful carpenter and builder.
BICKNELL, BENJAMIN CUTLER, son of Simon Peter Bicknell, b. in Provi- dence, R.I., Oct., 1795; carpenter; m. Susan Parkman, dr. of Dr. Elias and Susannah (Larned, Johnson) Parkman, b. So. Mil., Feb. 25, 1796; cer. Aug., 1823. Issue : -
ELIAS PARKMAN, b. So. Mil., March 13, 1831 ; in. Louisa Blake, 1855.
I numbered among my personal and steadfast friends Benjamin C. and Susan P. Bicknell. They lived a life of plain, substantial usefulness, with little wealth and display, in good will, justice, and kindness to all within their social sphere. They long dwelt in a wing of the domicile on the Parkman place at So. Mil. I ministered at both their funerals. Mrs. B. d. Sept. 4, 1864. He d. at his only son's, in the part of E. Mendon included in the So. Mil. neighborhood, May 27, 1867. I earnestly solicited his son, Elias P., several times, to fur- nish me his family record, but have not recd. any. I learn that he m. Louisa Blake, eldest dr. of George W. and Lavinia (Bates) Blake, b. 1836; cer. Nov., 1855, by Rev. J. T. Massey. Also that they have had 2 chn., both now dead. They res. in Worcester, where he lias been more or less employed on the Boston & Albany Railroad as an express agent and other transportation occupations. BICKNELL, SIMON PETER, bro. of Benjamin C., b. in Providence, R.I., June
10, 1803; m., 1st, Rebecca Bates, dr. of Joseph and Martha (Chilson) Bates, b. E. Mendon, Dec. 18, 1787; cer. Feb. 28, 1828, by Rev. Simeon Doggett. No chn.
He was drawn to this general vicinity in 1824, in consequence of his bro. Benjamin's example, who some yrs. before his mge. found pleasant employ- ment and abode with Dr. Daniel Thurber, then the benignant cynosure of that neighborhood. Plain, homespun, worthy people. Mrs. Rebecca d. June 1, 1872. The hus. subsequently m. Mary H. Burdick, dr. of Roland and Anna Burdick, b. in Valentown, Ct., 1833; cer. at Hopedale, Jan. 23, 1873, by the writer. None but adopted or foster chn. A kind wf. solaces his old age, and ministers to him many comforts. Mr. B. has distinguished himself in his vicinage by liberally endowing what was formerly known as the Dr. Thurber Burying-place, which he has worthily resolved into the Bicknell Cemetery, and will leave it as a lasting memorial of his charity. His homestead and his cemetery are a little outside of our town limits, but perhaps not improperly noticed.
BILLINGS, WILLIAM L., son of Samuel and Abigail (Adams) Billings, b.
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Webster, June 28, 1824; m. Eunice E. Kelley, dr. of Moses and Waity (not given) Kelley, b. in now Blackstone, then Mendon So. Parish, April 22, 1824; cer. at Hopedale, May 18, 1847, by the writer. Issue :-
WILLIAM FRANCIS, b. E. Blackstone, March 8, 1848; m. Minnie Douglas, 1868; res. Albany, N.Y.
EUNICE ELDORA, b. E. Blackstone, April 10, 1852; d. June 14, 1854.
MOSES GILBERT, b. E. Blackstone, Feb. 18, 1853; m. Edith Blake, Nov., 1873.
A worthy family. Mr. B. came into town some 10 or 12 yrs. ago from E. Blackstone, and at first kept a livery stable. Since then he has been much employed by our selectmen as superintendent of street repairs.
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