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BINNEY, Dr. JOHN, son of Dea. John and Hannah (Paine) Binney, b. in Hull, April 23, 1705. His gd. fr.'s name was also John of Hull. He m. Hannah Jones, dr. of Thomas and Mary (Loring) Jones, b. in Hull, Jan. 16, 1706; cer. in Hull, Oct. 21, 1726. Issue : -
JOHN, jun., b. Hull, Dec. 21, 1727 ; m., 1st, Elizabeth Ward ; 2d, Dinah Beaman.
MARY, b. Hull, Jan. 23, 1729; m. - Baldwin.
MOSES, b. Hull, Sept. 18, 1730; d. at sea between 1757 and 1764.
HANNAH, b. now Mil., March 20, 1732; m. - Sprague before 1758.
SARAH, b. now Mil., Sept. 14, 1734; m. - Cogsdell before 1758.
MERCY, b. now Mil., Oct. 17, 1736; m. Nathan Carter of Weston, April 10, 1754.
THOMAS, b. now Mil., July 24, 1739; physician and surgeon in Rev. army ; m. L. Chadwick.
RACIIEL, b. now Mil., prob. 1742; m. Josiah Seaverns of Weston, Oct. 4, 1765.
The parents removed from Hull, and set. here about the yr. 1731 on the estate which, in 1744, he sold to Rev. Amariah Frost. That homestead con- tained 50 acres, more or less. It was bounded northerly (perhaps) by Thomas Beard's land, easterly by now Congress St., southerly by now West St., and westerly by land of Samuel Torrey. John Binney, sen., does not appear to have practised medicine here, though he soon did after moving to Weston, in 1744 or 1745. He was one of the original members of our Cong. ch. He was a considerable landholder, as he deeded a tract of 100 acres to Edward Rawson (situation not understood) before leaving for Weston, besides his other sales. On locating in Weston he set up as a physician and surgeon with good success. He finally d. in Lincoln, where his gravestone bears the following inscrip- tions : -
"Here lie the remains of Dr. Jolin Binney, a man much esteemed for his abilities and services in the healing art. He resigned this mortal life Aug. 14, 1760, a. 55 yrs."
" Beneath this stone death's prisoner lies : This stone shall move, this prisoner rise, When God, by his almighty word, Calls his dear saints to meet their Lord."
His wid. m., 2d, Capt. Daniel Adams of Lincoln, Oct. 30, 1765. I am not informed of her death-date.
BINNEY, Capt. AMOS, a successful mariner of Hull, was bro. to Dr. John.
At one time he was copartner with Thomas Bailey in the ownership of what became the Twitchell farm. See the facts stated under the name
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Thomas Bailey. He always res., when home from sea, in Hull. Whether he was ever m. and had chn. I know not.
BINNEY, JOHN, jun.4 (Dr. John,8 Dea. John,2 John1), b. in Hull, Dec. 21, 1727; came hither with his parents; joined the Cong. ch. in 1744; and was m., 1st, to Elizabeth Ward of this vicinage; cer. Dec. 6, 1753, by Rev. A. Frost. He followed his fr. to Weston, but res. successively afterwards in Lincoln, Marlboro', and New Ipswich, N.H., being an enterprising farmer. He had 1 dr. : -
ELIZABETH, by wf. Elizabeth, b. 1756.
Mrs. Elizabeth d. in Lincoln, Sept. 31, 1756. The hus. m., 2d, Dinah Bea- man of Lancaster, 1757, by whom he had -
MARY, b. 1759; MOSES, 1761; ABIGAIL, 1763 ; JOHN, 1764; DAVID, 1770; THOMAS, 1771; - all b. in Lincoln.
He d. New Ipswich, N.H., Jan. 23, 1784. Mrs. Dinah, his wid., d. there 1794, a. 3 yrs.
BIXBY, SIMPSON, son of Peltiah and Jane (Surrage) Bixby; ancestry no fur- ther traced; b. Hop., 1806; bootmaker ; came to Mil. in his early manhood; m. Sally Parks Barber, dr. of James and Nancy (Parks) Barber, b. Mil., Oct. 20, 1804; cer. Nov. 4, 1832, by Rev. Elbridge Trull. Their chn. : - ISAAC SURRAGE, b. Feb. 23, 1834; d. March 25 ensuing.
MARY SWAIN, b. March 7, 1837; m. Willard Clapp, April 11, 1865; he d. May 16, 1877.
CHARLES SIMPSON, b. Dec. 12, 1838; d. July 18, 1841.
MARTHA JANE, b. Sept. 19, 1842; m. Victor Gibson, Nov. 27, 1866.
Mr. Bixby was a man of intelligence and reputable character, with a wf. of corresponding worth. He served the town acceptably for several yrs. as assessor and in other minor offices; but his health broke down, and he d. Jan. 8, 1853. Mrs. Sally, his wid., followed him Dec. 7, 1858. The two drs. still survive, - Mary Swain, with no family; Martha Jane, with hus. and 3 chn .; viz., -
ANNA PARKS GIBSON, b. Mil., Jan. 21, 1868.
CHARLES VICTOR GIBSON, b. Ashland, July 12, 1869.
ADELAIDE VESTA GIBSON, b. Ashland, Feb. 11, 1872.
I think this family now res. in Marlboro'.
BIXBY, JOEL, sen., of Hop., m. Sophia Johnson of Holl. They had b. to them several chn., 2 of whom became set. residents of Mil; viz., JOEL, jun., and ALBERT. The fr. was drowned, many yrs. ago, in Whitehall Pond, Hop. He was considerably engaged in the boot business.
BIXBY, JOEL, jun., b. in Hop., perhaps about 1798 or 1799; m. Elizabeth Mel- len, dr. of Joseph and Sophronia (Andrews) Mellen, b. Hop., March 22, 1804; cer. May, 1828, by Walter McFarland, Esq. Their chn. : -
DELIA, b. July 18, 1830; m. Moses Walker, Mil., Dec. 30, 1855.
FRANK H., b. Aug. 6, 1831; m. Jennie Darling.
ELIZA, b. Aug. 12, 1833; m. Edward Kimball.
BERNADOTTE, b. Dec. 3, 1834; m. Susan Moses.
MARIA ANNETTE, b. March 19, 1836; d. young.
MONTCALM
b. Oct. 2, 1837; unm .; res. Mil.
MONTGOMERY Į (twins), b. Oct. 2, 1837; unm .; res. Boston.
MARIA ANNETTE, b. March 18, 1839; m. Charles Phillips, Providence, R.I. WARREN, b. Dec. 3, 1840; m., 1st, Chastina A. Haynes ; 2d, Ellen F. Ahern. MARY ABBY, b. Aug. 15, 1842; d. young.
JOHN H., b. Aug. 17, 1843; d. young.
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ADALINE, b. Sept. 20, 1844; d. young.
JOHN P., b. Nov. 17, 1845; d. young.
The hus. and fr. d. here 1864. His worthy and venerable wid. still survives in town.
BIXBY, WARREN, son of Joel, jun., and Elizabeth (Mellen) Bixby, b. Dec. 3, 1840; boot-sider; m., 1st, Chastina Alice Haynes, dr. of Jeremiah and Louisa (Nelson) Haynes, b. Mil., 1848; cer. Hopedale, Oct. 11. 1865, by the writer. Issue : -
WILLIAM WARREN, b. Mil., May 17, 1866.
FRANK ALBERT, b. Mil., June 11, 1869.
Mrs. Chastina d. Sept. 3, 1871. The hus. m., 2d, Ellen Frances Ahern, dr. of John and Ellen (Ahern) Ahern, b. Hop., 1851; cer. Hopedale, July 3, 1872, by the writer. Issue : -
ESSIE .C., b. Mil., May 1, 1873.
BIXBY, ALBERT, soll of Joel Bixby, sen., b. Hop. about the yr. 1810; boot- maker; an eccentric, peculiar-minded, but well-disposed and harmless man. He never m., and generally lived alone in a hired room, boarding himself on wholesome but very simple food, at a cost of $1.25 per week. He sub- sisted mostly on baker's bread and milk. By industry, and frugality in all his expenses, he sustained himself, and laid up a snug deposit in the savings bank of $1,100. At length he broke down in mind, took on imaginary fears of danger, became partially insane, and committed suicide by strangulation, Aug. 24, 1878, a. 68 yrs.
BLACK, ABNER M., son of James and Hitty or Mehetabel (Mason) Black, b. in Barre, May 25, 1814; m. Jane M. Bastow, ptge. and birth-date not ascer- tained; cer. Mil., Aug. 16, 1838, by the writer. Chn .: -
MARTHA M. and MARY M., twins, b. Cumberland, R.I., Sept. 29, 1842.
I have heard indirectly that these parents had in all 6 or 7 chn., that Mr. B. d. some yrs. ago in Lowell, and that his wid. and most of the chn. still survive.
BLACK, ASA MASON, twin bro. of Abner M., b. in Barre, May 25, 1814; m. Susan W. Staples of Mendon, dr. of Joseph and Abigail (Cass) Staples, b. Mendon, Jan. 5, 1817; cer. Mendon, April 29, 1839, by the writer. No chn. Mrs. Susan d. in Mil., April 25, 1869, a. 52 yrs. 3 mos. and 20 ds. Her hus. did not long survive her. He d. here, Sept. 17, 1871, a. 57 yrs. 3 mos. and 22 ds.
These twins were half bros., on the maternal side, to Jolin Mason, decd., long a prominent citizen of Mil.
BLAKE, JOSEPH WARREN, b. in Taunton, Feb. 5, 1829, and Anna (Bowers) Blake, b. in Dighton, Aug. 16, 1829, came to res. in Hopedale in Dec., 1852, and became members of the Community, Nov. 1, 1854. They had b. to them here -
MARTHA ISABEL, b. Feb. 18, 1853; m. Charles W. Dodge, Feb. 18, 1871; res. Charlestown.
GEORGE LESTER, b. March 8, 1861; d. Aug. 15, 1861, a. 5 mos. 1 wk.
WARREN SUMNER, b. Sept. 1, 1863; d. March 10, 1864, a. 6 mos. 10 ds.
Mrs. Anna d. here Jan. 11, 1864, a. 34 yrs. 5 mos. The hus. m. again, and now res. somewhere in the State of California.
BLAKE, GEORGE W., son of Solomon and Hannah ( Morse) Blake, and Lavinia his wf., dr. of John Bates, Esq., of Bellingham, preferred not to furnish their family record for this work, and I have conformed reluctantly to their preference.
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BLAKE, GEORGE BAYLIS 4 (Nathaniel,8 George,2 Nathaniel 1), b. in Attleboro',
Feb. 28, 1823; mr.'s maiden name, Clarissa Fisher; m. Harriet C. Quiggle, dr. of Friend and Catherine Reed (Lawton) Quiggle, b. in Mansfield, March 30, 1829 ; cer. Mansfield, Dec. 18, 1844,by Rev. Thomas M. Latham. Chn. :- NATHANIEL FRIEND, b. Stoughton, Oct. 29, 1846; m. Laura J. Burr, Nov. 19, 1867.
EDITH LOUISE, b. Stoughton, Aug. 14, 1853; m. Moses G. Billings, Nov. 26, 1874.
WILLIAM TILDEN, b. Stoughton, Sept. 7, 1855; m. Frances Louisa Bent, Jan. 5, 1879.
GEORGE, b. Stoughton, Dec. 10, 1861; d. Aug. 18, 1864, in Mil.
Mr. B. came into town in 1862, and for some S yrs. carried on the boot- manufacture extensively with C. F. Quiggle and Moses Walker, under the firm title, "George B. Blake & Co." Having experienced serious reverses in business, he has since occupied very responsible positions as manager in several other establishments. He has behind him a somewhat distinguished ancestry. His gt. gd. fr., Nathaniel Blake, was Attorney-Gen. of Massachu- setts in his day. His fr., of the same name, was a great stage-coach proprietor, and a princely agent of numerous lines extending out far and wide from Boston. He is himself a man of talent, and carries about a brain that does a great deal of independent thinking. He has held several of the town's most respectable offices, and, since 1865 down to the present time, outrivals all com- petitors as moderator of our town-meetings. They are often large and some- times almost tumultuous assemblies, boiling over with complicated questions ; but he regulates them with admirable parliamentary skill and command. Since 1865 he has occupied this position no less than 35 times. Family in worthy social standing.
BLAKE, NATHANIEL FRIEND, son of George B. and Harriet C. (Quiggle) Blake, b., as above given, in Stoughton, Oct. 29, 1846; m. Laura Josephine Burr, dr. of Edmund B. and Achsah E. (Clark) Burr, b. Franklin, Nov. 19, 1848; cer. Mil., Nov. 19, 1867, by Rev. G. L. Demarest. Issue : - ETHELWYN, b. July 24, 1872.
This worthy pair honor their ancestral lineage. Besides being an efficient and trustworthy clerk in Charles F. Quiggle's boot and shoe manufactory, the hus. has done eminent public service for yrs. as town-librarian, in which his wf. has won herself much credit as his ready assistant. They deserve the high appreciation which is unanimously accorded to them.
BLAKE, WILLIAM TILDEN, son of George B. and Harriet C. (Quiggle) Blake, b. Stoughton, Sept. 7, 1855; brakeman on Boston and Albany R.R .; m, Frances Louisa Bent, dr. of Rev. Gilbert Bent (birthplace, birth-date, mr.'s maiden name, and place of mge. not given); cer. Jan. 5, 1879, by Rev. Gil- bert Bent, the bride's fr. No issue reported.
BLAKE, LORINDA ARNOLD (BALLOU), posthumous dr. of my bro., Arnold Ballou, by his wid., Lorinda (Bates) Ballou, b. in Bell., May 28, 1878; m. Charles G. Blake of Franklin; cer. Dec. 3, 1835, by Rev. Mr. Smalley. Issue : -
ALBERT ARNOLD, b. Franklin, Sept. 10, 1836; m. Rowena Morrill, Oct. 26, 1859; res. Syracuse, N.Y.
HARRIET LORINDA, b. Franklin, July 16, 1838; m., 1st, George W. Lewers; 2d, Monroe Burbank; res. Somerville.
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HENRY AUGUSTUS, b. Franklin, Dec. 10, 1840; m. Mary E. Calvert, Wilming- ton, Del., Jan. 5, 1865; res. there.
MARY JANE, b. Franklin, April 1, 1843; d. Nov. 30 same yr.
PERSIS MARIA, b. Franklin, June 7, 1845; m. Josiah Fowler. She d. French Village, N.B., June 20, 1877.
MARY LOUISA ADITTA, b. Franklin, Dec. 2, 1849; unm. ; res. with her mother dutifully helpful.
Mrs. B. is a worthy member of the Bap. ch .; has res. apart from her hus. here in town over 5 yrs. ; has survived much domestic sorrow, but is battling bravely against adversity with all her energies. Her hus. d. a few weeks since.
BLISS. Down to 1840 I find but one Bliss family credited with a birth here.
BLISS, WILLIAM R., and wf. Sophia had -
WILLIAM W., b. March 14, 1835. No further traced.
BLISS, C. W., laborer; appears in Directory for 1856.
BLISS, JOHN, mason ; appears in Directory for 1856.
BLISS, JONATHAN, farmer; appears in Directory for 1856.
BLISS, CHARLES WATSON, bootmaker; appears in Directory, peddler, for 1869, "72, '78, '80; d. '81.
BLISS, CHARLES WHITMAN, shoe-shave manufacturer; appears in Directory for 1869.
BLISS, GEORGE, bootpacker ; appears in Directory for 1869.
BLISS, GEORGE H., clerk; appears in Directory for 1869, '75, '78, '80.
BLISS, GEORGE W., bootpacker ; appears in Directory for 1869, '72.
BLISS, MICHAEL, bootmaker; appears in Directory for 1869.
BLISS, CHARLES, fireman, Providence R.R .; appears in Directory for 1872.
None of these have deigned any report of family record. So I am further silent.
BLOOD, CHARLES FREDERICK, son of Shattuck and Miranda (Fisher) Blood,
b. Weathersfield, Vt., Jan. 2, 1816; m. Lydia Mellen (Cheney, Wales), wid. of Sylvester Wales, dr. of Asa and Roxana (Pitman) Cheney, b. Mil., April 26, 1815; cer. No. Purchase, April 17, 1842, by Rev. William Tozer. Issue : -
CATHERINE ELIZABETH, b. Mil., Feb. 17, 1844; m. John C. Warren, June 1, 1868.
EDMUND BOWKER, b. Mil., Aug. 12, 1846; m. Caroline Marie Hunt, May 5, 1869.
WILLIAM SLOCOMB, b. Mil., Dec. 29, 1850; d. Oct. 3, 1851.
An industrious, frugal, well-disposed family. Mr. Blood is a farmer, and dwells on a homestead on Purchase, near Tyler St.
BLOOD, EDMUND BOWKER, son of Charles F. and Lydia M. (Cheney, Wales) Blood, b. Mil., Aug. 12, 1846; m. Caroline Marie Hunt, dr. of Ezra and Jane Mehetabel (Tyler) Hunt, b. Mil., Nov. 24, 1850; cer. Mil., May 5, 1869, by Rev. G. L. Demarest. Issue : -
GRACE LYDIA, b. Mil., Feb. 9, 1870.
CHARLES EDMUND, b. Mil., April 1, 1871.
BESSIE JANE, b. Mil., July 22, 1880.
Promising family, intelligent and enterprising. Mr. B. is an executive employé in the clothing establishment of Gile, Blake, & Co.
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BLOOM, MORGAN LEWIS, and wf., Sophia Louisa Bloom, persons of educa- tion, came to Hopedale from New-York City, Dec. 27, 1854, and soon after started a select high school under the advertised title, "Collegiate and Classical Institute." It did not succeed entirely to the satisfaction of its projectors and patrons, and was sold out, two yrs. later, to Rev. William S. and Abbie (Ballou) Haywood. They changed its title to that of "The Hopedale Home School," and ran it with fair success for several yrs. The Blooms had 2 chn. : -
ARTHUR HOWARD, b. in New-York City, July 3, 1854.
CLARENCE EDWIN, b. Hopedale, April 21, 1856.
When the parents left Hopedale, they connected themselves with the Oneida Community, N.Y. Of their subsequent history, my information is imperfect.
BLUNT, MICHAEL ANGELO, son of John Samuel and Esther Peake (Colby) Blunt, and gd. son of Mark and Mary (Drown) Blunt, all of Portsmouth, N.H., b. in said Portsmouth, Jan. 28, 1826; printer; m. Pamelia Barker Adams, dr. of Jeremiah and Miriam (Sanborn) Adams, b. Boston, Sept. 11, 1824; cer. Boston, June 19, 1850, by Rev. Charles Frances Barnard. Issue : -
JANE HODGES b. Boston, July 19, 1851; m. Albert R. Sadler, Medford, Aug. 14, 1878.
(twins),
b. Boston, July 19, 1851; m. James B. Leonard, Mil., May 11, 1875.
PAMELIA ADAMS
STEPHEN WOODWORTH, b. Boston, April 14, 1855; unm .; res. with parents; printer.
ESTHER FRANCES, b. Mil., May 20, 1859; unm. ; res. with parents.
MARK ANGELO, b. Mil., March 12, 1867; d. April 7, 1867.
JOHN SAMUEL, b. Mil., July 12, 1869.
A reputable family in good social standing. Mr. B. res. in Boston 7 yrs. after mge., and then moved to Mil. about 24 yrs. ago. Here he has steadily, quietly, and successfully prosecuted his occupation as printer. At one period he published "The Milford Journal." He is one of our substantial citizens, and a prosperous business man. He has an honorable ancestral history behind him. His gt. gt. gd. fr., a shipmaster, steered the boat in which "Washington crossed the Delaware" in the crisis of the Revolutionary war, as represented in the celebrated picture. His gd. fr., Capt. Mark Blunt, was one of five bros., all shipmasters, that sailed out of Portsmouth, N.H., in its palmy days as a seaport. During the war of 1812 he served on several private-armed vessels as lieut. and capt. He was finally lost in the privateer " Portsmouth," in a sup- posed violent storm, and never heard of more. His wid. was made a Govt. pensioner. His maternal gd. fr., Joseph Colby, also served valiantly in the war of 1812.
BOND, JONATHAN 4 (Thomas,3 Thomas,2 William 1), b. Watertown; m. there
Mary Harrington, April 13, 1732; set. Waltham, W. Precinct, and thence removed to N. Purchase, 1743. He located adjacent to Josiah Ball and Jona. Stearns, and lived on or near the est. of the late John Cheney, having a farın thereabouts of between one and two hundred acres. He sold out to Samuel Wood of Upton, Feb. 12, 1749-50, and soon after removed to West- boro', where he long held the office of deacon. He d. Jan. 11, 1789. The chu. of the fam. were, -
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MARY, b. Watertown, Dec. 2, 1732; m. Aaron Warren.
JONATHAN, b. Watertown, April 22, 1736; set in Boylston.
THOMAS, b. Watertown, Jan. 30, 1739; res. last in Brookfield.
EUNICE, b. Watertown, Feb. 18, 1742; m. - Newton, Westboro'. JOSEPH, b. No. Purchase, July 6, 1744; res. last in Hampden, O.
LYDIA. b. No. Purchase, Jan. 12, 1747; m. - Wheelock.
ELIZABETHI, b. Westboro', March 28, 1752; d. 1756.
LUCY, b. Westboro', June 22, 1755. All these of generation 5th.
See " Bond's Genealogies," Milford Records, and Worcester Reg. of Deeds. BOOVER, ELI, son of John and Lashon (Paul) Boover, b. in Chambly, L.C., 1817; carpenter; m. Venia Peltica, dr. of Benjamin and Margaret (Vishey) Peltica, b. in St. - , L.C., 1820; cer. 1839, by Rev. Father Lamore. Issue : -
BENJAMIN, b. in Canada, Aug. 4, 1840; m. 1862.
JOSEPH, b. Rogerson, Ux., March 6, 1842; d. Sept., 1865.
ELI D., b. Slaterville, R.I., Nov. 1, 1844; m. May, 1872.
WILLIAM, b. Mil., March 20, 1851.
MOSES, b. Mil. April 14, 1853; m. Aug. 14, 1873.
LOUIS N., b. Mil., Dec. 22, 1855; m. Nov. 16, 1873.
DELIA, b. Mil., 1857; d. 1860.
ORILLEY, b. Slaterville, R.I., 1859; d. Nov., 1862.
ALBERT, b. Slaterville, R.I., Aug. 4, 1861; m. Louisa Murray, 1880.
Mr. Boover came into town over 30 yrs. ago. His was the first of our French-Canadian families that immigrated hither. 4 gd. chn.
BOOVER, LOUIS N., son of Eli and Venia (Peltica) Boover, b. Mil., Dec. 22, 1855; ring-polisher; m. Margaret Trombley, dr. of John and Lizzie Mary (Guertain) Trombley, b. Canada, 1857; cer. Mil., Nov., 1873, by Rev. James T. Canavan. Issue : -
LOUIS, jun., b. Mil., Aug. 29, 1874; d. Dec., 1875.
EMMA, b. Mil., Nov. 1, 1875.
GEORGIE, b. Haverhill, July 29, 1877.
FRANKIE, b. Haverhill, Feb. 18, 1879.
BOURCHARD, CHARLES HENRY, son of Peter and Ida Bourchard ; b. Montreal, L.C., Jan. 26, 1836; m. Charlotte Maria Percy, dr. of Highland and Lois (Tombs) Percy, b. Bennington, Vt., Aug. 22, 1834; cer. Hopedale, Nov. 21, 1861, by the writer. One adopted dr. :-
LIDA BELL, b. March 12, 1868.
An industrious, frugal, quiet family. Mr. B. came into town some time before mge., then spent a few yrs. in Vt., but came back 10 yrs. ago to Hope- dale, set. down on a little homestead, and has ever since been employed by Geo. Draper & Co. as their principal teamster. He has proved himself a very executive and faithful one.
We have a considerable number of French-Canadian families in town, several of whom must have become naturalized; but only the three above given have reported any family record.
BOWDITCH. Samuel Bowditch is the only one of this name which I recollect finding on our records. He came from Bridgewater with his young family prior to 1763, and set. in the Bear-hill district, on our extreme eastern border, I think on the farm afterwards owned by James Perry, and later by the Wights; certainly in that immediate neighborhood. How long prior to 1763 he set. there I have not informed myself. He and his wf. Rebecca were
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recd. into the ch. here from the 3d ch. in Bridgewater, Aug. 28, 1763 ; and they had 5 chn. bap. by Rev. Mr. Frost. From his record and Mitchell's Hist. of Bridgewater I make out the following table: -
BOWDITCH, SAMUEL8 (William,2 John1), date of births not given; m. Re- becca, dr. of Josiah Byram, 1755. Chn .:-
BETHIAH, b. 1757.
MARY, b. 1760.
SUSANNA, bap. Aug. 28, 1763.
JONATHAN, bap. Aug. 4, 1765.
RUTH, bap. Sept. 6, 1767.
SAMUEL, bap. May 13, 1770.
MATILDA, bap. Dec. 4, 1774.
The parents were dismissed from Mil. ch. to the ch. in Wrentham in 1786. No further traced.
BOWEN, AUSTIN, son of Allen and Lydia (Lucas) Bowen, b. in Dalton, Nov. 7, 1826; m., 1st, Hannah Maria Perham, dr. of Eliab C. and Roby (Cole)
Perham, b. Mendon, Nov. 21, 1830; cer. at Hopedale, May 22, 1851, by the writer. Issue : -
CHARLES FREMONT, b. Mendon, Oct. 24, 1856; d. Mil., Feb. 23, 1870.
Mrs. Hannah d. No. Purchase, Sept. 20, 1868. The hus. m., 2d, Ida Byron Perham, dr. of Eliab M. and Sarah A. (Smith) Perham, b. in Mendon, Jan. 1, 1849; cer. at Hopedale, Sept. 30, 1874, by the writer. No chn. reported.
An industrious, orderly, worthy family. Mr. B. has found steady employ- ment in various branches of boot-manufacture these many yrs. He is now a heel-maker, and a quiet, good citizen.
Our directories show that we have had several Bowens in town first and last; but Austin is the only one of them who has sent me his family record.
BOWEN, DENNIS, laborer, res. in Danielsville, so called, 1856.
BOWEN, H. F., bootmaker, res. on Pond St. same yr.
BOWEN, Rev. DANIEL, and wf., res. here between 1865 and 1870; now in Mandarin, Fla.
BOWEN, EDWARD V., machinist, is named in Directory of 1869.
BOWEN, JAMES, bootmaker, in the same; also 1875 to 'S0.
BOWEN, OWEN, laborer, in the same; also in that of 1872, '75, '80.
BOWEN, MATTHEW, treer, in 1872.
BOWEN, ALLEN, in 18SO. May be fr., bro., or relative of Austin. Not in- formed.
And several others at different times. Have not traced any of these.
BOWERS, GEORGE, pedigree untraced; b. Dighton, Feb. 13, 1799; came to Hopedale, a widower, May 11, 1852, and became a member of the Commu- nity Sept. 10 of the same yr. He brought with him an unm. dr., and was followed later by a m. one. Chn. : -
ANNA, b. Dighton, Feb. 5, 1829; wf. of Joseph W. Blake. See Blake.
MARY ELIZABETH, b. Dighton, Sept. 16, 1835; m. Ira Stewart; d. Somerville, Feb. 15, 1878.
Mr. B. was a farmer of the nicest pattern, exceedingly industrious from earliest morn to latest eve, very precise and orderly in all his ways, and intensely disgusted with shirks, slovens, and irresponsible persons. He was scrupulously honest and upright in moral character. In religion he was for- merly a Universalist, but finally became a strong Spiritualist of the most inde- pendent type. He d. in Cambridgeport, June 5, 1875, a. 76 yrs. 3 mos. His
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remains were brought to Hopedale for funeral services and burial, as were those of Mrs. Steward, his dr.
Sometime between 1840 and 1850 I find that record was made of
BOWERS, WILLIAM, and wf. Hannah having had 2 chn .; viz., -
SYLVESLER NORTHUP, b. in Newport, R.I., July 18, 1818.
WILLIAM CHAPEL, b. in Seekonk, April 1, 1824.
No further traced.
BOWERS, HERMON HINCKLEY, son of Samuel and Mary (Downing) Bowers, b. Lynn, Feb. 6, 1824: m. Roxana Wakefield, dr. of Jonathan and Rebecca (Haven) Wakefield, b. Cornish, N.H., July 6, 1827; cer. Acton, April 15, 1849, by Rev. Horace Richardson. Issue, an only child :-
MARY LIZZIE, b. Acton, Jan. 30, 1851; m. James Oscar Bailey ; cer. Mil., Oct. 20, 1875, by Rev. Dr. Merrill Richardson. Issue : Alvin Hinckley, b. Boston, Aug. 16, 1877.
The pts. of this gd. son res. in Boston, where the fr. is a jeweller.
H. H. Bowers came from Acton to Mil. in 1853; was employed a short time as bookkeeper; went into merchandise under the copartnership firm of Bowers & Tuttle, and later in that of Bowers & Jenks. He was an active and trusted Free Mason, went representative to Gen. Ct. in 1855, and served acceptably many yrs. on the School Board. He d. May 18, 1875. His worthy wid. survives, and res. in Boston with her dr., Mrs. Bailey.
BOWKER. This name has never had very numerous representatives within our municipal limits, but always some. In olden records it was some- times written Boucher and Bouker, as well as Bowker. The ancestral imini- grant, or immigrants, are said to have been of Swedish extraction. Whether one, two, or three in number, is somewhat uncertain. Savage makes Edmund or Edward to have been res. in Dorchester in 1646, to have m. Mary Potter, to have moved to Sudbury, and to have d. 1666. He mentions John, in "Marlboro'," as prob. Edmund's son, and says he m. Mary Howe, Feb. 8, 1678. Dean's Hist. of Scituate says, "James Bowker from Sweden " set. in Scituate, 1680, and had there James, Mary, Lazarus, Edmund, and Benjamin, whose posterity continue, in part at least, on their ancestral estates. . Whether that "James from Sweden " was son, bro., or nephew to Edmund of Dorchester, I leave to the solution of curious inquirers. I learned from Middlesex Probate Registry that John of Marlboro' was appointed guardian of his bro. Daniel, a son of Edmund, in the year 1717; which seems to prove that John was certainly the son of Edmund. Barry's "Framingham" states that one Sarah Parmenter was m. to an Edmund Bowker in 1688. I do not understand who this Edmund could be, unless perhaps another bro. of John. Hudson's "Marlboro' " shows that John, son of the first Edmund, who m. Mary Howe, d. Aug. 27, 1721, aged 70; and his wf. Mary, Sept. 29, 1723. Their chn. were John, Martha and Mary (twins), Asa, Ezekiel, Hannah, and Rachel. Ward's "Shrewsbury" plausibly assumes that John had a son Edmund, probably his youngest. This seems to agree with information given me by Mr. Uriah Bowker, late of Hop. He said, "My great-grandfather's name was Edmund, and he had three sons; viz., Micalı, Samuel, and Uriah. He set. them all in Hop., giving Micah 40 acres at the west end of his farm; Samuel, the farm of the late Moses Adams; and Uriah, his home farm." Samuel's farm, in after times owned by Moses Adams, was then in Hop., but, by subsequent adjustment of town-lines, became included in Mil. I believe all our Bowkers have been desedts. of the last-mentioned Edmund. I have not gone into the niceties of record, to be certain that this Edmund was
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