History of Westminster, Massachusetts (first named Narragansett no. 2) from the date of the original grant of the township to the present time, 1728-1893, with a biographic-genealogical register of its principal families, Part 61

Author: Heywood, William S. (William Sweetzer), 1824-1905
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Lowell, Mass.: Vox Populi Press : S.W. Huse & Co.
Number of Pages: 1082

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Nichols, Francis

Laws, James H.

Nichols. Frank A.

Hager, Joseph Hall, Charlie M.

Leland, Hollis J. Lewis, Crosby Litch, Samuel Lombard. Franklin

Hallock, Charles W. Ham, Andrew C. Ham, George S. Harrington, Daniel

Lombard, George W. Long, Ivory Lovewell, Amasa

Lovewell, John H. Lucas, Henry

Harrington, James S.

Harrington, John Harris, George Harris, George H. Hartwell, Leander

Lufkin, Ephraim

Lynde, Edward B. Lynde. John

Mayo, William Merriam, Artemas Merriam, Caleb S.

Patrick, J. Henry Patridge, Henry J. Perkins. Harrison Peeler, Derward A. Person. Oler M.

Hastings. Albert H. Haynes, George N. Haynes. Hobart R. Henderson, George W. Hessian, Malachi Hill, David W. Holden, Amos B. Holden, Calvin

Miller, Frank E.

Foskett. William C.

Ingram, Henri D.

Foster, Judson

Knight, Hiram

Mossman, George W.

Knower, Charles F.

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Powers, Fredcrick W. Prescott, George H. Procter. Amboy Progin. Joseph

Quincy, Joseph

Ray Anson Ray. Hiram

Seaver, Frank Seaver, Joseph

Warner, Melville HI.

Waterhouse, Joseph

Waterhouse, W. H.

Raymond, Hobart

Raymond, Joseph L.

Simonds, Leon M.

Raymond, Oscar B.

Simonds, T. Dwight

Whitcomb, Adin L.

Rice, Albert

Sinclair, Er H. Sinclair, Merwin C. Smith. Charles H.

Whitney, Augustine

Rice, George E.

Smith, Charles S.

Whitney, Calvin

Rice, Joel

Smith. Chauncey L.

Whitney Charles S.

Whitney, Ellis G. Whitney. George W.

Whitney. Leon A.

Robinson, Leonard O.

Smith, Sidney N.

Whitney, Murray D.

Roper, J. Chester

Sprague. Samuel H.

Whitney, Stillman

Wilbur, Luprelette P. Winship, Handel Wiswell, George F.

Wiswell, George H.

Wood, C. Elliot Wood, James B.

Sanders, Amos

Sanders, Daniel W.

Sawin, Franklin

Sawin, John F. Sawin, L. Ashton Sawin, Myron W. Sawin. Ora W. Sawin, Otis W. Sawin, Sidney A. Sawyer. Frank M.

Tottingham. Waldo Towle, John W. Towle, Monroe W. Twitchell, George F. Tyler, Alfred O.

U Upton, Charles Urban, John G. F.

Raymond, Eli W.

Seaver, Silas W.

Raymond, Fred P.

Sharon, Edward

Simonds. Charles A.

Welton, Laban C. Wetherbee, Henry M.

White, Marshall Whitman, Marcus

Rice, Frank M.

Rice, Fred F.

Rice, William E. Rice, William S.

Smith, Edmond T.

Smith, Fred. W.

Richardson, Lemuel M. Smith, Isaac N.

Roper, John P. Ryan, James.

Stockwell, George A.

Stockwell. George H. Storey, Joseph E.

S Sanborn, Burns W.

T Tarbell, Albert I.

Thompson, Thomas M.

Wood, Theodore S. Thompson, William M. Wyman, Benjamin

Sawyer, George S.

Sawyer, Sanford A. Seaver, Charles O.

W. P. ALLEN, GARDNER, MASS.

VIEWS OF THE CENTRAL VILLAGE FROM G. W. WHITNEY HILL,

HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER, MASS.

PART TWO.

BIOGRAPHIC-GENEALOGICAL RECORD.

INTRODUCTION.

IN preparing the following compendium of the families of Westminster, the design has been to give proportionate space to those who came early into town, or who, arriving at a later date, attained a reputable standing in the community and con- tributed in some substantial way to the general prosperity and welfare. Much time and effort have been expended to obtain reliable and complete information in regard to all such, both from their living representatives and from public records, but not always with satisfactory results. A good degree of interest has generally been manifested in the objects sought to be accomplished on the part of those to whom application for information has been made. With few exceptions, they have responded favorably and with a cheerfulness, promptitude, and efficiency which entitle them to the appreciative regard and sincere gratitude of the compiler. Yet it is too much to claim, or to expect even, notwithstanding all the care taken to have it otherwise, that no omissions or errors will be found. When it is remembered that both public and private records are more or less defective and incongruous; that the memory, so often relied upon for data of this sort, is sometimes treacherous and untrustworthy; and that family traditions, deemed in many cases sacred as transcripts of holy writ, are not infrequently purely fictitious and misleading, the wonder may be, not that so many, but that so few, mistakes occur in a work of such magni- tude as that now in hand. Still, with no disposition to shirk any legitimate responsibility incident to his voluntarily assumed

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task, the writer is quite willing to confess his personal limita- tions and lack of infallibility, and cast himself upon the consid- erate judgment and kindly forbearance of those, if any there be, whom he may have unintentionally offended in this matter.

Persons and families of brief residence here, held by no cer- tain tenure and liable to leave at short notice, as business inter- ests, personal preference, or love of change might dictate, are purposely omitted, as are the more recent comers, who, by that fact, have done little or nothing to make the history of the town. It is to be regretted that the details concerning residents of foreign birth are so meager, but the sources of information in such cases are few and difficult of access, rendering a more complete presentation impossible.

Little endeavor has been made to follow individuals or fami- lies who have left town for a permanent home elsewhere any further than to note the change and the more important facts of their subsequent history, or some signal event or achieve- ment on the part of some of their descendants. As a rule, such have not been traced beyond the generation they respec- tively represent. To have pursued a more generous course would have increased this volume to an unreasonable and cum- bersome size, even if that does not occur under the restrictive policy pursued.

The plan of registration adopted in the following pages is simple and easily understood. The different families are arranged in alphabetical order. When the lineage of one of them has been traced to the immigrant ancestor, its surname stands prominently in the middle of the page, and its history previous to its appearance here follows immediately in fine print. Only in such cases are the successive generations noted in the usual form. When a family has not been so traced, but yet requires some historic mention or comment, its · surname is placed less prominently, at the opening of a paragraph and in line with what comes afterward. The names of heads of households resident in town appear distinctly in inverted order, accompanied by such personal sketches, incidents, facts, etc., as are deemed worthy of preservation, presented in the larger type of the body of this work, while the names of children and items connected with them succeed directly in type of smaller size.

All persons having the same surname are regularly numbered from first to last- the same number always representing the same person. A heavy-faced number indicates that the name against which it stands will appear again at the head of a house- hold in the next generation. Each branch of a distinctive family is carried through to its latest issue without interfering with other branches,-the oldest, as a rule, coming first.

Ellipses and Abbreviations. Many words not abso- lutely necessary in a sentence are omitted entirely. When no

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ABBREVIATIONS.

state is mentioned in connection with a given town, Massachu- setts is generally understood. The common shortenings of the school books are freely used, as are also those of Christian names, titles, etc., and need no recapitulation. Besides these there are a few specially employed contractions as follows : \V., Westminster; Fg., Fitchburg; Gr., Gardner; Ash., Ashburn- ham; Pn., Princeton; Leom., Leominster; Lanc., Lancaster; Worc., Worcester, etc. Others freely employed are : a., age, aged,- also acre or acres; ab., about ; adm., admitted; admr., administrator-trix; anc., ancestor-try; b., born, birth; bap., baptise-ed ; bd., bound-ed ; bef., before ; bn., barn ; bro., brother ; chh., church ; chd., child; chn. children; d., died, dead; dau., daughter; dec'd, deceased; disc., discharged ; dism., dis- missed ; dist., district ; est., estate; f., father; fam., family ; fd., found ; gd., grand; grad., graduate-ed; gt., great ; ho., house; hr., hour; husb., husband; k., killed; kn., known ; 1 .; lives, lived, living ; m., married ; oc., occupied ; pt., parent , ptge., parentage ; prob., probable-bly ; pub., published ; rd., road; rec., record ; recd., received; reg., register-try; rem., removed ; rep., report-ed ; res., resides, resided ; ret., returned ; s., son ; sr., sister ; set., settle, settler, settled ; sev., several; sold., soldier ; s. p., without issue ; sup., supposed ; tn., town ; un., union, united; unm., unmarried; w., wife; wid., widow-ed ; yg., young.

WESTMINSTER FAMILIES.

ADAMS.

At the head of the list of the families of Westminster stands the name of one of the oldest known in English annals. More than six hundred years ago, during the troublous reign of Henry III (1216-72), one Ap Adam came out from the mountain wilds of his native country, Wales, and took his place in the great arena of authentic human history. From him sprung a long line of descendants whose representatives, as succeeding generations have come and gone, scattered far and wide over the face of the earth. His son John. for some meritorious service, was crowned with the honors of knighthood as a token of royal favor, whence he rose to the dignity of a "baron of the realm." whereby he was entitled to a seat in the upper house of Parliament, which he occupied from 1296 to 1307. He married Lady Elizabeth Gournai, whose ancestry ran back through William the Con- queror to Charlemagne, and through Matilda, wife of William. to Hugh Capet, both sovereigns of France .* From this pair the order of succession continues unbroken to the first of the name on these shores, as seen below, and through him by various branches to his descendants of the present day. After a few generations, the Welsh characteristic. Ap, was dropped from the name, and the final aspirate added, giving it that simple Anglican form, which, with slight variations, it still retains.

In the sixteenth generation of the English house of Adams (the twenty- third from William the Conqueror, and the thirty-third from Charlemagne) appeared Henry1, the common ancestor of the most widely known of its branches in America. He was the son of William of Devonshire, the occu- pant of an ancient ancestral estate, but the date of his b. is unknown. He came to New England in 1632 with a large family of children and settled near Mt. Wollaston in Braintree, now Quincy, where some of his descend- ants, among whom were the Presidents, John and John Quincy Adams, have since continued to reside. He d. in 1646. His monument, erected by his gt. gd. son, the elder President, in the old Quincy burying ground bears the following inscription : "In memory of Henry Adams, who took his flight from the dragon, persecution, in Devonshire, and alighted, with eight sons, near Mount Wollaston." etc.

Among these eight sons of the immigrant was one named Jonathan2, who, upon coming to years of maturity, m. Elizabeth, dau. of John and Elizabeth Fussell, and settled in Medfield, afterwards Medway and now Millis, on an estate still in possession of the family. Descended from him through Jon- athan8, Jonathan4, and Oliver5, was Oliver6, who, with his w. and chn., mov. in 1798 to Harvard, where he d. seven years later, a. 45. His widow d. in the same town, 1852.

* The pedigree is as follows : Charlemagne, Louis 1, Charles I, Louis II, Charles III, Gisela (who m. Rollo, Ist Duke of Normandy), William, Richard, Richard, Robert, William the Conqueror (who m. Matilda, dau. of Adela, dau. of Robert, s. of Hugh Capet), Princess Gundred (who m. William de Warren), Lady Editha (who m. Gerard de Gournai), Hugh, Hugh, Anselm (baron de Gournai), Robert, Anselm, John, Lady Elizabeth (wife of Sir John Ap Adam). The line continues thus : Sir John (a second baron), William, Sir John, Thomas, Sir John, Sir John Adams (with whom the name changes), Roger, Thomas, John, John, John, Richard, William, Henry the immigrant.

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i. ADAMS, OLIVER7, s. of Oliver6 and Ame (Ellis) Adams, b. Medway, Aug. 16, 1790; m. Zilpah, dau. of Joseph and Ruth (Walcott ) Sawyer, Bolton, March 2, 1818. He came to W. from Leom., where he res. awhile, ab. 1824, and prob. lived in the old house on the Common, standing near the present resi- dence of Alonzo D. Bolton, of which he became the owner in 1819. Subsequently he conducted the central hotel several years. He was a man of ability and character, enjoying the regard and confidence of his fellow-citizens, who honored him with various positions of public trust. Two years he served on the Board of Selectmen, and one as a member of the School Committee. He rose to the dignity of Col. in military affairs, and to that of Deputy Sheriff within the jurisdiction of the County of Worcester. About the year 1830 he left W. to engage in business in Boston, where he d. June 2, 1839, a. 48. His wid. ret. to W. with her chn. and remained here till her d., Sept. 2, 1852, at the a. of 57. The chn. of Col. Oliver and Zilpah (Sawyer) Adams were :

2. OLIVER ELLIS8, b. Leom., Feb. 11, 1820; d. July 16, 1822.

3. OLIVERS, b. Leom., Feb. 11, 1822; d. Feb. 10, 1823.

4. FRANCES AME8, b. W., May 24, 1824; d. Sept. 22, 1838.

5 . LAURA ANNS, b. W., March 10, 1826; m. John E. Chaffin; res. Battle Creek, Mich .; 3 chn .; living.

6. JOSEPH S.8, b. W., March 15, 1828; d. Jan. 18, 1831.

7. JOHN Q.8, b. Medford, Oct. 9, 1830; d. April 25, 1837.

8. MARY P.8, b. Cohasset, Tan. 18, IS33; m. Chas. C. Peavey; res. Battle Creek, Mich .; 5 chn .; living.

9. JOSEPH (.8, b. Cohasset, April 11, 1836; m. Ann M. Cutting; res. Worc .; no chn .; living.

IO. JOHN F.8, b. Boston, Sept. 29, 1838; m. Ellen J. Wilson; res. Worc .; 5 chn .; 1.

II. ADAMS, REUBEN6, a distant kinsman of the last, being a descendant of Henry1 through Edmond2, John3, Obadiah+, and Nathan5, was s. of the latter and Keziah (Thompson) of Med- field, b. 1760; he m. Azubah Jones and set. in Hub., where he had 7 chn. In his later years he came to W. and prob. 1. with one of his s., who res. on lot 53, the present Albert How- ard place, until his d., June 17, 1848, at the a. of 87. His wid. d. May 15, 1875.

12. ADAMS, ENOCH7, just referred to, was b. Hub. at a date unknown, and became a citizen of W. in 1844, rem. hither from Lowell and located as indicated. His w. was Mary Bennett, who bore him 10 chn .- Enoch (d. in infancy), Mary T., Vera- nus M., Lucinda J., Catharine T., Nancy B. (who soon d.), Nancy B., Charles S., Alonzo C., and Melora R. None of them b. here. He left in 1849, going to Manchester, N. H., thence to Indiana, where he d. in 1856.

13. ADAMS, SAMPSON", younger bro. of the last, b. Hub., was a res. in town for a few years, but no record of a family has been found.

Another branch of the Adams family in W. is derived from George Adams1, an immigrant settler of Watertown in 1645. He is sup. by a writer

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in the Genealogical Register to have been a nephew of Henry1 of Braintree, but without satisfactory attestation. Ab. 1664 he, with w. Frances and 5 chn .. rem. to Camb. Farms (Lexington), where he spent the remainder of his days. He was a glover by trade; was k. by the falling of a tree. Oct. IO, 1696. His s., George2, b. 1647, m. Martha Fiske of Lex. and had George3, b. 1685. who became an eminent physician of Lex. and vicinity. By his w. Judith he had to chn., among whom was Elizabeth4, who m. Robert Baker of Concord, f. of Nathan of W. Georges and Judith also had

14. ADAMS, DANIEL4, b. May 2, 1724. He m. Nov. 22, 1743, Elizabeth, dau. of John and Elizabeth Baker of Concord, niece of Robert, just named. He seems to have l. a few years in Waltham, rem. thence to Littleton, and finally to W., purchas- ing March 31, 1766, ab. 50 a. of the Governor's farm, afterwards the Abraham Sampson place, of Nathl. Houghton, Lanc., where he res. and d., prob. in 1771, being taxed for the last time that

year. His wid. d. Jan. 14, 1818, a. 92. Chn. so far as known : 15. ELIZABETH5, b. March 1, 1743-4; m. Jonas Baker; res. W .; I chd .; d. ab. 1776. 16. JONAS5, b. March 11, 1745-6; prob. m. Peggy Boyd; set. W. Windsor, Vt., and had 6 chn.

17. SETH5, b. Jan. 13, 1747-8; m. Mary Reed; res. W.

18. DANIEL5(?); m. Sarah -; res. Fitzwilliam, N. H .; sev. chn.

19. JOHN5; m. twice; res. W.

20. SARAH5, b. June 6, 1763; m. Abraham Sampson; res. W .; no chn.

21. GEORGES, b. Nov. 2, 1767; m. Mary, dau. of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (With- ington) Woodward, Jan. 1, 1789, and set. in Fitzwilliam, where she was adm. to the chh. Sept. 4, 1791, and where sev. chn. were b., 1789-98. The parents then rem. to Ludlow, Vt., and spent the remainder of their days, having prob. other chn. b. to them. Only one of the chn., so far as known, set. permanently in W., of whom see below.

[17.] ADAMS, SETH5, S. of the last, was pub. to Mary Reed, Marlboro', March 18, 1770. Set. in W. part of town on an estate set off to Gr., known later as the Reuben Partridge place. He sold out in 1788, and rem. to Jamaica, Vt. Chn. b. W. were :

22. DAVID6, b. Jan. 6, 1773. 23. ABEL6, b. March 9, 1775; d. Aug. 30, 1777.

24. MARY6, b. Jan. 20, 1778. 25. PERCES6, b. Sept. 17, 1780.

26. SALLY6, b. March 8, 1783.

[19.] ADAMS, JOHN5, bro. of the last, m. (1) Lucy -, and set. in the W. part of the town on No. 32, 2d Div. (See A. H., No. 73.) He sold in 1813 to his s. Daniel, and left the place. He m. (2) wid. Patience (Stiles) Priest, who prob. d. W., June 18, 1821. Chn .:

27. JOEL6, b. Jan. 9, 1780; m. Molly Tenney; res. Hub. and Peru, Vt .; 3 chn .; d. Dec. 16, 1862.

2S. ANNIS6; nothing learned of her.

29. POLLY6; m. Nathan Taylor and - Parker; res. W. Concord, Vt.

30. JOHN6, b. 1781; m. Nancy Tenney; res. Ludlow, Vt .; 7 chn .; d. March 21, 1855.

31. DANIELS, b. Feb. 14, 1788; m. twice; res. W. and Gr.

32. BETSEY6; m. Edmund Nichols; res. W .; sev. chn.

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33. LUCY6, b. March 16, 1790; m. Joseph Metcalf; res. W .; 3 chn .; d. April 23, 1873. SALLY6; m. Ira Pettibone.

35. RELIEF6; m. Wm. Moore; res. Wallingford, Vt.

[31.] ADAMS, DANIEL6, s. of the last, was pub. to Dinah Metcalf, Ash., Apr. 28, 1812, and located on his f.'s estate, which he bought the next year. In 1824 he sold to his bro .- in- law, Joseph Metcalf, and rem. to Gr., where he d. July 5, 1873,

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a. 85. His w., Dinah, d. May 20, 1841, a. 53, and he m. (2) wid. Mary (Baker) Nichols, who d. Aug., 1868, a. 75. His chn., mostly b. in W., were :

36. EZEKIEL7, b. March 2, 1813; m. Rhoda Bolton; res. Gr .; 4 chn.

37. HOSEA7, b. April 4, 1814; m. Rebecca Conant; res. Gr .; 2 chn.

38. SARAH7, b. Nov. 1, 1815; m. Job Clark.

39. LOUISAT, b. Feb. 27, 1817; m. Chas. Hartwell.

40. SOPHIA", b. Oct. 16, ISIS; m. George Kelton; res. Gr .; 2 chn.

41. RHODA™, b. Aug. 9, 1820; m. Ivers Whitney; res. Gr .; 2 chn.

42. MERRICK7, b. June 14, 1823; m. Martha, dau. Jonathan Brown.

43. DANIEL, b. Sept. 6, 1826; m. Lucy Rolph of Hub .; 3 chn.

[44.] ADAMS, GEORGE6, s. of George5 (21) and Mary (Wood- ward) Adams, b. May 30, 1796; came to W. when a lad to res. with his uncle, Abraham Sampson, of whom he learned the blacksmith's trade, succeeding to the business at the popular stand in the Sawin neighborhood. When past middle life he rem. to the village. He was an active citizen, serving as select- man and assessor, as well as in other public capacities. He m. Feb. 25, 1819, Sally, dau. of Asa and Lucena (Puffer) Merriam, by whom he had a large family. Both attained advanced age, having lived together more than 64 yrs., and both were great sufferers from cancer during their last days. He d. June 9, 1884, a. S8; she d. Oct. 12, 1883, a. 85. Chn .:

45. ABRAHAM S.7, b. Aug. 14, 1819; m. Elmira Eager; res. Waterbury, Vt .; 6 chn .; living.

46. ASA M.7, b. May 20, IS21; d. Dec. 2, 1845; unm.

47. SARAH7, b. Sept. 17, 1822; m. Newell R. Wheeler; res. W .; I chd .; d. Nov. 26, 1845.

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4S. MARY, b. May 7, IS24; m. Ransom G. Lockwood; res. W .; I chd .; d. Dec., 1854. GEORGE H.7, b. Feb. 21, 1826; d. Dec. 29, 1827.

50. ALDICE™, b. April 11, 1828; m. George Whitney; res. Phillipston; 2 chn .; dec'd.

51. MELINDA7, b. Jan. 28, 1830; m. Nathan Wood; res. Guy's Mills, Pa .; 4 chn .; d. Oct. 31, 1867.

52. ELIZABETH7, b. May 26, IS32; d. Dec. 17, IS45.

53. GEORGE H.7, b. Sept. 16, 1834; m. Caroline L. Morse; res. W.

54. ALDIN F.7, b. Jan. 29, 1837; m. Eliza Ann Estey; res. W.

55. ELLEN™, b. Oct. 23, 1829; m. Nathan Wood; res. Waseca, Minn .; 6 chn .; living.

[53.] ADAMS, GEORGE H.7, s. of the last, and a painter by trade, m. Dec. 7, 1865, Caroline L., dau. of James and Lucinda (Dike) Morse. They res. in W. till his d., Dec. 2, 1887, after which the wid. rem. to Fg., her present home. They had I chd .: 56. CLIFFORD JUDSON8, b. Sept. 9, 1868.

[54.] ADAMS, ALDIN F.7, bro. of the last; m. at Dudley, Jan. 23, 1868, Lucy Ann, dau. of Oliver and Lucy (Whitney) Estey. A blacksmith by trade, and also a farmer. Chn .: 57. ADDIE ESTEY8, b. Dec. 21, 1869. 58. FRANK ALDIN8, b. Aug. 28, 1871.

59. ADAMS, MELVIN, S. of Thomas and Mary of Townsend; lineage untraced ; m. (1) Emeline M., dau. of Jos. W. and Mary Wheeler of Pn., and (2) Sarah W. Chapman of Brooklyn, N. Y. The records accord to him twin chn. by his first wife, during his brief res. in town, to wit :

60. PELEG W., b. Aug. 11, 1864. 61. PERCY T. (twin), b. Aug. 11, 1864.

DEA, & MRS, LEVI ALLEN,

W. P. ALLEN, GARDNER, MASS.

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THE ALLEN FAMILY.

ALLEN.

Several immigrants bearing this name located in New England early in its history, becoming the heads of as many lines of descendants scattered far and wide throughout the land. One of these was Ephraim1, who took up his abode in Roxbury ab. the year 1650. According to the most reliable inform- ation thus far obtained, he had a s. Ephraim2, who in 1721 set. in Northboro', purchasing of Eleazer How a few acres of land with a gristmill upon it, the first in the town and the only one for many years. He was succeeded by another Ephraim3, whose s. Ephraim4 m. Wid. Huldah (Maynard) Chestnut of Shrewsbury (now Boylston), where he resided a short time and then re- moved and located permanently in Petersham. He had among other chil- dren Abner5, who lived in Palmer; Samuel5, who went to Westfield, N. Y., and was the father of Anthony B.6 and Richard L.6, the founders of the American Agriculturist; and Ephraim5, who m. (1) Lydia Warren of North- boro' and (2) Wid. Elizabeth (Howard) Holden of W. Heset. in the north part of Hubbardston, on the farm now owned by his grandson, John Allen, a well-known and highly-respected citizen of the town.

I. ALLEN, LEVI6, s. of Dea. Ephraim5 and Lydia (Warren) Allen, was b. in Hub., Nov. 27, 1791. He m. March, 1818, Isa- bella, dau. of Ebenezer and Mary (Bullard) Mann, and set. upon a part of his f.'s estate. After a few years, however, he bought of John Dunn the original Josiah Jackson place, lot No. 92, in this town, and in March, 1838, became a res. here. He was a man of sterling worth and exemplary life. and a deacon of the Universalist Church. He was also a friend and supporter of the various humanitarian and reformatory movements of his day. He d. July I, 1872, a. So; his w. d. Feb. 14, 1864, a. 69. Their chn., all b. in Hub., were:

2. ROXA7, b. June 27, ISIS; m. Solon Raymond.

3. DARIUS M.7, b. May 14, 1822; m. (1) Ruth Pollard; (2) Sophia L. Ober; res. W.

4. LYMAN7, b. Jan. 15, 1826; m. Angeline Chapman; res. W.

5. ADDISON™, b. Sept. 20, 1833; d. March 20, 1834.

[3.] ALLEN, DARIUS M., s. of the last, m. (1) Ruth, dau. of Joel and Ruth (Fiske) Pollard of Hub., in Oct., 1849; and (2) Sophia L. Ober of Reading, June 5, 1855. He res. in W. for some years, devoting himself considerably to teaching and other literary pursuits. He was active in public affairs, espe- cially in those relating to education, serving several terms on the School Committee. Early and continuously interested in the various moral and social reforms, he traveled much in their behalf as lecturer and distributor of literature pertaining there- to. Later on he rem. to South Newbury, Geauga Co., Ohio, where he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits, though intermitting them more or less with labors at home and abroad of a literary, philanthropic, and semi-theological character. His w., Ruth, d. Dec. 24, 1852. He with w., Sophia, now res. at Douglassville, Ga., whither they went a few yrs. since. Chn .: 6. EMMA FRANCES8, b. W., Aug. 3, 1850; d. Oct. 20, 1851.

7. WILLETT A.8, b. So. N., March, 1861; a teacher at Capital Coll., Atlanta, Ga.

[4.] ALLEN, LYMAN, bro. of the last, after attaining his majority, left the place for some years and engaged at different

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HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER, MASS.

points in mechanical and agricultural labors. Returning to W. in 1863, he lived with his f. and succeeded at his death to the paternal estate, remaining in possession until a recent date. He is a man of sterling sense and moral worth, respected and honored by his fellow-townsmen. He has served many terms as Assessor and Selectman, and has also been Moderator of numerous town meetings, in which position he has displayed much ability and tact, as well as a good knowledge of parlia- mentary usages. He m. at Hopedale, Nov. 18, 1855, Angeline, dau. of Charles and Nancy Chapman of New London, Conn. They have had 2 chn. :

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History of Westminster, Massachusetts (first named Narragansett no. 2) from the date of the original grant of the township to the present time, 1728-1893, with a biographic-genealogical register of its principal families, Part 61

Author: Heywood, William S. (William Sweetzer), 1824-1905 Publication date: 1893 Publisher: Lowell, Mass.: Vox Populi Press : S.W. Huse & Co. Number of Pages: 1082

Author: Heywood, William S. (William Sweetzer), 1824-1905
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Lowell, Mass.: Vox Populi Press : S.W. Huse & Co.
Number of Pages: 1082