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No doubt all the Westminster Flints were descendants of Thomas1, who come to the country from Wales, as the family tradition runs, ab. the middle
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of the 17th century and set. in that part of Salem which is now Peabody, where he is known to have res. in 1650. He had a s., Thomas2, who was in the war with Philip, receiving a wound at the " Swamp Fight." By his w., Mary, he had Thomas3, from whom appears to have sprung the first repre- sentative of the family mentioned below. His wife's name has not come to hand.
I. FLINT, JOSEPH4, prob. s. of the last named, Thomas3, must have been b. ab. 1725. In 1761 he, with w., Molly, and 7 chn.,- Elizabeth5, Phineas5, Edward5, Polly5, Hannah5, Delia5(?), and Joseph5,-were warned out of town. According to one authority, Joseph4, s. of Thomas3, m. Hannah Herrick Dec. 8, 1762, and had Porter, bap. April, 1763, Joseph, bap. Sept., 1765, and Luther, bap. Oct., 1766 (?). But the two statements do not necessarily conflict, inasmuch as the d. of the w., Molly, and of her youngest child, Joseph5, in 1761 or early in 1762, would make a second marriage and the birth of a second Joseph5 both possible and lawful.
On the 4th of April, 1769, Joseph Flint bought of James Richardson, Reading, the lot long known as the Hadley place, in the extreme north part of the town, now Fred. W. Smith's, and probably erected the first set of buildings there, in which he lived for nearly 20 yrs., selling to John Hadley of Stoneham, March 3, 1787. His name appears for the last time in the tax- lists of 1790. But whither he went or what became of his fam- ily, much searching has not discovered. Mr. Flint was a land surveyor, and was distinguished by the military title of Capt.
2. FLINT, PORTER5, prob. s. of the last, m. Lucy Hartwell, Fg., Dec. 30, 1790. He was one of the petitioners for a new town in 1786, and active in the movement for building a meet- inghouse in anticipation of such a consummation, as detailed in Chap. XI. He was in Ash., 1792, and thence went to parts unkn.
3. FLINT, JOSEPH5, sup. bro. of the last, was taxed a few years and then disappeared with the others. He is recorded as having m. Mary Hartwell, presumably sr. of Lucy, named above.
4. FLINT, JONATHAN5, said to be s. of Thomas4, bro. of Joseph+ (1), was b. June 28, 1741. He m. (1) May 19, 1774, Mary, dau. of Jacob and Rebecca (Upton) Upton, and set. in the ex- treme north part of the town, taking active part in the enter- prises above mentioned. His w. d. s. p., and he m. (2) her sr., Rebecca, May 20, 1777, by whom he had 5 chn. He d. Feb. 16, 1787, and his wid. m. his bro., Benjamin, and had a dau. Lucinda. His chn. were:
5. SYLVESTER6; bap. June, 1778; res. W. awhile and disappeared.
6. REBECCA6; bap. April, 1780; res. Fg. and d. ab. 1803.
7. SALLY6; bap. July, 1782.
8. JONATHAN6; bap. Sept., 1784; perhaps resident and landowner on "Common," 1811.
9. OLIVE6; m. - - Brown.
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IO. FLINT, BENJAMIN5, was s. of Lieut. Benj.4 and Peggy (Sawyer) Flint of Reading, b. 1759. Lieut. Benj.4 was cousin of Joseph+, being s. of William3, s. of Thomas2, etc. The W. Benj.5 m. (1) ab. 1783, Mary Swain, who d., and (2) Eunice Stowell, both prob. of Reading. Early in 1789 he was in W. and purchased the school lot, No. 94, lying N. W. of the Win- ship place. He res. there ab. 10 yrs., selling in 1799 to Merari Spalding and leaving town. He seems to have been a man of affairs, and as such was elected to the office of Selectman the last 4 yrs. of his res. here. Chn .:
II. BENJAMIN6, b. Nov. 17, 1784; res. Swanzey, N. H.
12. ANSON6, b. Feb. 26, 1786; d. Aug. S, 1792.
13. BETSEY6, b. March 7, 1788; d. Nov. 5, 1792.
14. EDWARD6, b. Dec. 1, 1789. 15. JOSEPH6, b. Jan. 28, 1791.
16. ISAAC6, b. Oct. 21, 1792. 17. SALLY6, b. Feb. 15, 1794.
IS. DANIEL6, b. Aug. 27, 1795.
19. FLINT, EZEKIEL5, bro. of the last, was b. ab. 1769 at Reading. He came to tn. bef. April 14, 1792, when he was pub. to Mary, dau. of Amos Gates, whom he m. July 15. He purchased a part of lot No. 25, 2d Div., and located where S. D. Hobbs now l., residing there till he d., Aug. 2, 1828, a. 59. His wid. survived him many years, passing away June 12, 1863, at the a. of 90. They had no chn., but adopted the 2 daus. of Josiah and Sarah (Seaver) Cutter, Sally and Peggy, after their f. abandoned his fam. The former of these m. Peter Parmenter and set. in Marlboro', where she d .; the latter m. Merrick Divol, who thereby came into possession of the est. of her foster f., as heretofore related.
FORBUSH.
Few names have passed through as great transformations with the advance of time as the one now under notice. It was originally spelled Farrabas, and was prob. of French origin, as its form indicates, though the first man in this country bearing it very likely come from England. This was Daniel Farrabas1, who was in Camb. in 1660, having m., March 27 of that year, Rebecca Penniman. She bore him several chn. but d. 1677. Two years later, he m. (2) Deborah Rideat of Concord, and rem. to Marlboro', where he d. in 1687. The family soon after changed the form of the name to Farrowbush, subsequently shortened to Forbush, as it now generally appears, although one of the sons of Daniel1, Jonathan2, who settled in Westborough, continued the shortening process and called himself Forbes. Of this branch of the family was Rev. Eli Forbes of Brookfield, as is also Hon. W. T. Forbes, present Judge of the Worcester Co. Probate Court.
One of the sons of Daniel1 and Deborah (Rideat) Farrabas, was John2, who m. Mary Bowker in 1704 and had John3, whose wife was Eunice Houghton, prob. of Lancaster. They settled in Harvard ab. 1736. One of their sons, Samuel4. m. Mary, dau. of Manasseh Stow. ab. 1780, and had 6 chn., two of whom became residents of W.
I. FORBUSH, DAVID5, s. of Samuel and Mary (Stow) Forbush, was b. Feb. 16, 1786. He came to this town ab. 1812, and m. Dec., 1814, Dolly, dau. of Zachariah and Abigail (Wood) Whit-
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man. He erected a dwelling house near the residence of his w's f., in Scrabble Hollow, in connection with his bro., Manasseh S., and the two started a tannery, which they carried on in com- pany for some years. In 1827 he purchased the Penniman property in the center of the town, where a tannery had been established half a century before, and rem. hither, resumed his original occupation, continuing in it until failing health and the infirmities of age obliged him to abandon it.
Mr. Forbush was a high-minded, trustworthy, and much esteemed citizen. He was for some years the Treasurer of the town and served repeatedly on the Board of Selectmen, and in other places of honor and responsibility. He was an active and influential member of the Universalist Society, contributing largely to its good standing and prosperity, and illustrating as well as honoring the larger faith in which he believed, by the purity of his character and the rectitude of his life. He d. July 14, 1844, a. 58. His wid., Dolly, d. May 2, 1862, a. 70. Chn. : 2. JOSEPH WHITMAN6, b. Nov. 24, 1815; m. Abbie P. Wears; res. W. and Worc .; I chd. [no chn. 3. ABIGAIL WOOD6, b. June 5, 1818; m. Alfred Wyman; res. W. and Worc .;
[2.] FORBUSH, JOSEPH W.6, just named, m. May, 1843, Abbie P., dau. of Wonder and Abigail P. (Hazen) Wears, and suc- ceeded to his f.'s est. and occupation. The latter he continued for some years, but finally abandoned it and went into the baking business. About the year 1872 he sold out his entire WV. property and rem. to Worc., where he still res. His w., Abbie P., an excellent woman, d. Dec. 11, 1867. Mr. Forbush was an estimable townsman, exemplary in all the relations of life, and much respected and honored by his fellow-citizens of every class. He served as Selectman during three years of the Civil War, and was sent in 1861 as Representative to the General Court. He had I chd .:
4. MARY ABBIE7, b. Sept. 11, 1847; d. Jan. 28, 1870.
5. FORBUSH, MANASSEH S.5, a younger s. of Samuel and Mary (Stow) Forbush, was b. July 24, 1790. Soon after attain- ing his majority he came to W. and was associated with his bro. David, as already stated, in carrying on a tannery. Some years after the retirement of his bro. from the partnership, he gave up the business and succeeded to the management of the so-called Whitman tavern and the farm connected therewith, most of which subsequently came into his possession. He was a man of influence in the town and held the office of Selectman in 1839 and 1840. He m. Dorcas, dau. of Zachariah and Abi- gail (Wood) Whitman, June, 1816, and had 6 chn. He d. Nov. 10, 1868, a. 78. His w. d. 2 yrs. before, Nov. 7, 1866, a. 78. Their chn. were:
6. ALBERT", b. April 22, 1817; m. Abbie Barrell; res. W. and Charlestown; 2 chn.
7. ALFRED6, b. Oct. 14, 1820; d. Nov. 17, 1824. [1851.
8. CHARLOTTE5, b. Feb. 7, 1823; m. Joseph Pierce; res. W .; 2 chn .; d. June 23,
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9. JANE6, b. Feb. 8, 1826; d. unm. Jan. 29, 1868, a. 41.
IO. F. WHITMAN6, b. May 5, 1828; m. Caroline M. Burt; res. Chelsea; 3 chn .; d. Nov. 23, 1885.
II. CHARLES6, b. Feb. 25, 1830; unm .; res. W. and Leom .; now lives W.
[6.] FORBUSH, ALBERT6, oldest s. of the last, m. Abbie, dau. of Luther and Nancy (Sampson) Barrell, Feb. 27, 1848. He was a chairmaker by trade and carried on the business awhile at the Charles Smith mill, half a mile N. W. of the Scrabble Hollow hotel. In 1869, however, he rem. to the vicinity of Boston, where he has spent most of his subsequent life, doing business in connection with the chair trade in the city. Him- self and w. now res. in Charlestown. Chn. :
12. WALDO ALBERT7, b. Aug. 12, 1852; a physician in Boston.
I3. CHARLOTTE ABBY7, b. July 20, 1855; m. Walter A. Glidden; res. Charles- town; d. Dec. 10, 1887.
FORBUSH, JONATHAN E., s. of Jonathan and Betsey (Hayden) Forbush of Grafton, was b. 1789. He studied theology and was ordained to the Christian ministry at Southboro' in 1826, where he was pastor of the Baptist Chh. 5 yrs. He went thence to Billerica, and in 1845 came to W. and assumed charge of the Baptist Chh. here,-a position held by him 3 yrs. He was subsequently employed as missionary by the Tremont Temple Society, Boston, and afterwards preached at So. Danvers and Gay Head. Hed. in 1873. He is said to have been " eminently useful" in his profession, and while in this tn. rendered excellent service to good morals and the public welfare by his labors for the temperance reform, as did also his estimable w., who was one of the first Vice-Presidents of the Martha Washington Temp. Society. His dau., Lurinda B., m. Wm. M. Barrett, M. D., of Townsend, Nov. 26, 1846. Mrs. Barrett was in later life one of the promoters of that great movement known as the W. C. T. U., holding a high office in the Mass. organization, and becoming an able and efficient advocate of the cause. She d. a few years since, greatly lamented.
FOSKETT.
The residents of W. distinguished by this name are presumed to be de- scendants of John of Charlestown, a soldier in the Narragansett war, and the supposed ancestral head of the family in this country, but all efforts to make the connection have proved fruitless. John, the first of the name here, is spoken of in the records of the town of Bolton as John. Jr. As he was in the place in 1755 and became a landholder in 1757, it is reasonable to con- clude that he was b. ab. 1733, and that his father, John, sen., was b. not far from 1700. This makes it possible, or probable perhaps, that the latter was grandson of the reputed immigrant, the intervening link being missing. Accepting this as the correct view for want of a well authenticated one, the line of descent would be indicated thus :- John1, -2, John3, John4, with whom this registry begins, to wit :
I. FOSKETT, JOHN4, s. of John3, first appears upon the active stage of life in Bolton, but the date of his b. is not found in the
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records of that town. He came to W. as early as 1755, in which year he was paid for work on the public highway. July 12, 1757, he purchased of Abram Moore, Lancaster, lot No. 120, lying on the west side of Wachusett Lake, on which he and his descendants continually res. until a recent date. A year later, 1758, he was chosen Assessor of the township. In 1759 he was a res. tax payer, and no doubt participated in the organization of the district of W. after the Act of Incorporation was secured. According to the Bolton records, he m. May 28, 1761, Abigail, dau. of Wm. and Sarah (Locke) Jones of Lunenburg, though he seems not to have brought his w. to his new home till ab. 1766, the birth of his first 3 chn. being recorded in the books of the Bolton Town Clerk. He prob. spent most of his time here, improving his lot, building a dwelling house, and making ample preparation for the transference of his family to their future abode. Mr. Foskett shared some public honors later in life, being elected Assessor of the town in 1778, and filling at different dates other places of trust. He d. March 31, 1796. Abigail, his wid., d. May 5, 1807. Their chn. were:
2. JAMES5, b. April 11, 1762; m. Sarah Emerson; res. Lyons, N. Y .; had chn.
3. SAMUEL5, b. July 10, 1763; m. - Miller; res. Coleraine; 13 chn.
4. JOEL5, b. May 10, 1765; m. Lydia Hall; res. W. and No. Adams; 6 chn.
5. STEPHEN5, b. May 20, 1767; d. young. 6. LUCY5, b. 1769 ?; d. young.
7. DANIEL5, b. June 14, 1772; m. Lucinda Foskett; res. W.
8. BERNICE5, b. May 10, 1774. 9. BETHUEL5, b. Nov. 15, 1786; d. 1797.
[4.] FOSKETT, JOEL5, s. of the last, m. Lydia Hall of Wen- dall, and res. in tn. ab. 10 yrs., building and occupying the John Ball ho .- the original part of the present dwelling of Joseph Waterhouse. Mr. Foskett left W. for No. Adams, where he res. for the rest of his life. No rec. of the death of himself or wife has come to hand. Their chn., b. in W., are given below. There were 2 others of whom no account has been received.
IO. ABEL6, b. Oct. 26, 1790; d. March 28, 1793.
II. JOHN6, b. Sept. 6, 1793.
13. JOSEPH S.6, b. Jan. 8, 1797.
12. NABBY6, b. May 9, 1795.
[7.] FOSKETT, DANIEL5, bro. of the last, m. his second cousin, Lucinda Foskett of Orange, Feb. 2, 1798. He succeeded to his f.'s est., and was one of the honest, hard-working, econom- ical yeomanry of his time. In mid-life he was converted to the Baptist faith, being, it is said, the first person in town to receive the ordinance of baptism by immersion. His w. and chn. sym- pathized heartily with him, the whole family being strong and zealous in their belief and support of the tenets and policy of the branch of the Christian chh. designated by the name men- tioned. He d. Aug. 17, 1855, a. 83. His wid. d. Oct. 23, 1862, a. 86. Chn. :
14. SIMON6, b. Sept. 24, 1799; m. Abigail Converse; res. W .; d. Sept. 6, 1867,
15. ASAPH6, b. April 30, 1802; m. Laura Jackson and Mary A. Bancroft; res. Gr .; I chd.
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16. DANIEL6, b. March 28, ISO4; m. Lucinda Seaver; res. W .; 6 chn.
17. JOHN6, b. Dec. 9, 1806; m. twice; res. W.
IS. LYDIA", b. Sept. 7, 1808; d. July 3, 1843, a. 34.
19. ABIGAIL6, b. Dec. 31, IS13; m. twice; had I s .; is now living in W.
20. JOEL6, b. May 21, 1816; m. Elvira Smith; res. W., etc.
[14.] FOSKETT, SIMON6, oldest s. of Daniel and Lucinda, m. Abigail, dau. of Elijah and Zeruiah Converse of Marlboro', N. H. He was a shoemaker by trade and served his neighbors and fellow-townsmen well by "whipping the cat " in the writer's boy- hood days. He was also a tinker and general repairer of house- hold wares, and made himself most useful in this, as well as in his other, calling. He lived in various localities, having no per- manent homestead of his own. He d. Sept. 6, 1867, a. 68. His w. d. scarcely a month before, Aug. 8, 1867, a. 62. Chn. :
21. MARIA. J.7, b. Nov. 25, 1827; m. A. C. White and W. Kent; res. Northboro', etc .; 3 chn .; d. ISS8.
22. WILLARD7, b. March 16, 1829; m. Adelaide E. Merriam; res. Gr .; 3 chn .; d. Jan. 3, 1868.
23. MARY™, b. Sept. 2, 1830; m. Werden A. Howe; res. Gr .; no chn .; d. July 26, 1888.
24. JOSEPHINE B.7, b. Dec. 4, 1833; d. March 16, 1839.
25. ARVILLA W.7, b. Feb. 21, 1836; d. Feb. 15, 1843.
26. ABBIE D.7, b. Dec. 6, 1838; m. Charles Brooks; res. Sterling; no chn .; d. June 2, 1861.
27. EMILY H.7, b. March 14, 1841; d. Feb. 19, 1843.
28. HARLOW7, b. June 2, 1843; m. Harriet E. Walker; res. W .; d. June 11, 1869.
29. JOSIE7, b. April 20, 1845; m. Eliot H. Ball; res. Clinton; 4 chn .; living.
30. LEVI7, b. Oct. 25, 1847; m. Alma Clark; res. Charlestown; 2 chn .; living.
[16.] FOSKETT, DANIEL6, bro. of the last, m. Lucinda, dau. of Asahel and Hannah (Gager) Seaver, Sept. 3, 1830. He pur- chased, not long after, the old Thomas Conant farm, lot No. 113, the buildings of which were located on the Worc. road, half a mile north of his f.'s residence (see A. H. No. 86), and there he made his home. He d. April 27, 1878, a. 74. Lucinda, his w., d. Nov. 10, 1864, a. 60. Chn .:
3I. HARRIET NEWELL7, b. April 10, 1833; d. Sept. 11, 1876, a. 43.
32. SARAH ANN JUDSON7, b. Oct. 21, 1834; living unm. W.
33. SUSAN MALCOLM7, b. Nov. 9, 1836; m. R. B. Cook; res. W .; d. May 9, 1886.
34. JULIA AUGUSTA7, b. April 15, 1838.
35. MARY ELIZABETH7. b. Aug. 18, 1840; m. Charles H. Brooks.
36. WILLIAM CLARKSON7, b. Feb. 22, 1843; m. Evelina A. Merriam; res. W.
[17.] FOSKETT, JOHN6, bro. of the last, m. (1) Caroline, dau. of John and Roxana (Bancroft) Phillips, Gr., pub. Aug. 21, 1830, and res. on the homestead of his f. and gd.f. Advancing age induced him at length to dispose of that property, after which he res. in the Doty ho. in the Central Village, where he was engaged in the occupation of shoemaking for some time before his decease. His first w., Caroline (Phillips), d. Oct. 16, 1847, a. 37, and he m. (2) Jane, dau. of Robert and Ann Wood, March 7, 1849. He was an ardent and influential member of the Baptist Chh., of which he was both deacon and clerk many years, in which latter capacity he proved most efficient as a
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chronicler of its doings and experiences. He d. April 23, 1883, a. 76. His w., Jane, d. May 23, 1881, a. 64. He had a large fam., mostly the chn. of his first w., as the rec. shows :
37. GEORGE B.7, b. Sept. 1, 1832; m. Mary Hobbs; res. Fg.
38. HENRY B.7, b. Feb. 1, 1834; d. April 21, 1834.
39. ROXANA B.7, b. Feb. 17, 1836; d. May 13, 1836.
40. DWIGHT S.7, b. July 31, 1837; d. Sept. 19, 1837.
41. ELIZA C.7, b. July 23, 1839; m. J. H. Lovewell; res. W.
42. ELLEN M.7, b. May 2, 1841; m. Melvin Coleman; res. Gr.
43. ALICE L.7, b. April 14, 1843; m. Levi Baker; res. W.
44. ABBIE L.7, b. Aug. 9, 1845; m. Joseph Quincy; res. W.
4.5. LUCY ANN7, b. Oct. 9, 1847; d. March 16, 1848.
46. CHARLES J.7, b. Nov. 14, 1849 ?; m. Mary Tucker; res. Natick.
47. ANNA J.7, b. April 30, 1852; m. B. Frank James; res. Natick.
[20.] FOSKETT, JOEL6, youngest s. of Daniel and Lucinda, m. May 13, 1839, Elvira Smith of Fg. He lived for a time in the John Ball house before referred to, and got out chair stock in a small shop erected by himself on a little mountain stream, some fifty rods above his residence, near the road to the Bolton place. He subsequently res. on the Asahel Puffer farm, lying east of W. pond, now occupied by F. A. Taylor. He rem. to central N. Y. some 40 yrs. ago. Chn. :
48. ELBRIDGE7, b. unknown; res. Utica, N. Y.
49. GILBERT7, b. Sept. 23, 1846: res. Grand Rapids, Mich.
50. ALDEN J.7, b July 2, 1850; res. Fg.
51. WARREN; res. Madison, Iowa. 52. IDA7; a teacher at Rome, N. Y.
Abigail Foskett6 (19), dau. of Daniel and Lucinda, m. (1) Samuel N. Howe of Holden, March 9, 1849, and had I chd., Hubert Nelson, b. Feb. 25, 1855. Her husband d. Feb. 21, 1858, and she m. (2) Jan. 1, 1861, Stoughton W. Knight of McDonough, N. Y., where she res. sev. years. Later in life she returned to W., where she has a home with a niece, Mrs. Abbie L. Quincy, in the Central Village. Her s. d. W. Dec. 8, 1880, greatly lamented.
[28.] FOSKETT, HARLOW7, s. of Simon6 and Abigail, m. Harriet E., dau. of John and Harriet Walker of Barre, Nov. II, 1865. He res. in W. and d. June 4, 1869. Chd. : 53. WALLACE H.8, b. Sept. 25, 1866.
[36.] FOSKETT, WILLIAM CLARKSON", S. of Daniel6 and Lu- cinda, m. Nov. 15, 1866, Evelina A., dau. of Joel and Elmina (Perkins) Merriam, and res. for a time in Fg., where he was engaged in the manufacture of chairs. About the year 1870 he returned to W., purchasing the original Samuel Hager (Wiswall) place, where he now lives. Chn. b. in W .:
54. WILLIE8, b. June 11, 1872; d. June 12, 1872.
55. BLANCHE E.8, b. Nov. 7, 1874. 56. LOUIS M.8, b. May 24, 1877.
57. WALTER D.8, b. Oct. 13, 1879.
I. FOSTER, SAMUEL, from W. Boylston, ptge. unkn., m. Lois Simonds, June, 1813, and set. in town, remaining some 10 or 12 yrs. and then disappearing. He owned half of a house and barn in the No. div., for which he was taxed in 1825. Chn. :
2. MARIA A., b. Oct. 19, 1815. 3. MARY A. M., b. Jan. 30, 1818.
4. SAMUEL B., b. Sept. 17, 1819; d. Sept. 19, 1819.
5. SAMUEL A., b. Oct. 5, 1820. 6. CHIARLES R., b. June 29, 1822.
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7. FOSTER, JOSIAH, S. of Josiah and Lucinda, Ashby, was b. May 2, 1823. When a lad he came to town to work for Reuben Sawin on the farm at So. W., where his wid. and s. now reside. He proved so faithful and acceptable to his employer that he remained with him through life and succeeded to his estate. May 13, 1849, he m. Julia A., dau. of Asahel R. and Hannah (Gager) Seaver. Enlisting in the service of the republic for the suppression of the Rebellion, he was killed by a shell at the siege of Petersburgh, Oct. 2, 1864. (See Chap. XX.) Chn. : .
8. LOWELL, b. March 23, 1850; killed by powder mill explosion, Acton, March 12, 1878.
9. HERBERT L., b. April 19, 1852; m. Alice M. French; res. Fg .; 3 chn.
IO. EMMA L., b. Nov. 2, 1854; m. Wm. O. Leighton; d. Feb. 15, 1877.
11. JUDSON, b. May 19, 1858; m. Kate M. Urban; res. W.
[9.] FOSTER, HERBERT L., s. of Josiah and Julia, m. Nov. 25, 1873, Alice M., dau. of Erastus S. and Ann M. French, Temp. He lived in W. a few yrs. and then rem. to Fg., where he now resides. He is a millwright by trade. Chn. :
12. FLORENCE M., b. March IS, 1876. 13. EMMA I., b. Aug. 14, 1881.
14. LOWELL J. G., b. Nov. 5, 1883.
[II.] FOSTER, JUDSON, bro. of the last, m. Kate M. Urban, dau. of Martin and Katharine (b. Homburg, Germany), Dec. 31, 1881, and res. on the place owned by his f. He is a man of ability and good standing, and served as an Assessor in 1887 and 1892. Chn. :
15. ADOLPH URBAN, b. June 4, 1884. 16. JUDSON ROSCOE, b. May 19, 1886.
Charles and William Foster, sons of Rev. Edmund Foster of Littleton, and bros. of Mrs. Alexander Dustin, were in town a few years and carried on a mer- cantile business in the Emerson store on the Common. After leaving here the former went to Charleston, S. C., where he soon d. of yellow fever. The latter set. in Boston, but d. many years since. He had a son, William L., who studied law and was a Judge at Concord, N. H.
FOWLER, JEREMIAH, s. of John and Abigail, was b. in Dur- ham, N. H., Sept. 5, 1822. He came from Camb. in May, 1877, and purchased the Horatio Eager place, half a mile south of the center, where he res. till his decease, Jan. 24, 1889, a. 66. He was a mason by trade and somewhat eccentric in character. Some time after locating here, Dec. 25, 1878, he m. for a second w., Jane H., dau. of John and Hermena Dale, and gd.dau. of Joseph Dale, formerly manager of the iron works at Wachusett- ville. She was b. Rutland, June 26, 1830, and is still living in town. No chn.
I. FULLER, AZARIAH, ptge., etc., untraced, from Fg., m. Mercy, dau. of Zaccheus and Elizabeth (Lyon) Bemis, in Dec., 1784. They lived in town a few years, and had, according to the records :
2. ASA, b. Jan. 19, 1785. 3. AARON, b. April 12, 1786.
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THE FULLER, GAGER, AND GARFIELD FAMILIES.
4. FULLER, MILTON, M. D., ancestry, etc., unknown, was a physician in town for some years, during the decade 1820-30. Sept. 19, 1823, he was pub. to Rachel Jacobs of Chelsea. After leaving here he located in Boston, where he built up a large and remunerative practice, and attained a reputable rank in his profession. He d. some half a dozen yrs. since.
I. GAGER, JEREMIAH, lineage, etc., untraced, came from Stamford, Conn., ab. 1770, and m. Ruth, dau. of Daniel and Hannah (Wood) Walker, the following year. He soon after bought of Paul Gibbs the N. W. corner of lot No. 20-7 and one-half a.,- the central part of the present town cemetery, where he built a house, the cellar of which may still be recog- nized. (See A. H. No. 63.) After residing there a few years he sold out and went to live on the place originally occupied by the f. of his w .. Daniel Walker, where his gd.s., Isaac Seaver, recently res. According to the Mass. Spy he was Dep. Sheriff in 1778. He was also a soldier in the Rev. He d. in 1805, a. unknown. His w., Ruth (Walker) Gager, is said to have been a woman of great power of physical endurance, and of much force of personal character. She was a noted trout catcher, and stories of her success as such are told in the neighborhood to this day. She d. Oct. 3, 1805, a. 55. Chn .:
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