USA > Massachusetts > Worcester County > Westminster > 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 81
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115
57. EZRA BROOKS7, b. Oct. 24, 1828; d. Nov., 1841.
58. CAROLINE BROOKS7, b. July 24, 1832; d. Sept. 4, 1835.
59. THEODORE7, b. Jan. 14, 1839; m. Tryphena M. Parmenter; res. Boston.
675
THE GRAY AND GREEN FAMILIES.
I. GRAY, TIMOTHY, from Fg., untraced, bought, early in the century, the Silas Ward place, in the north part of the tn., now occupied by H. V. Runnels, and res. there till his d. Aug. 3, 1845, at the a. of 71. But little has been learned of him or of his fam. He seems to have m. (1) Lucy Boynton of Fg., who d. after a few years, and (2) Abigail Stone, prob. of the same tn. His chn., so far as known, were:
2. PUTNAM, who res. Fitzwilliam, N. H. 3. CHARLOTTE, who l. and d. W.
4. SARAH F., who m. Fred. Winship. 5. JONATHAN, who l. and d. unm.
6. SYLVESTER, b. IS12; d. unm. Feb. 27, 1886.
MARY; m. Asa Wheeler; lived W .; 6 chn.
S. WILLIAM P., possibly, who d. Oct. 15, 1887, a. So.
GREEN.
Several families of this name have res. in town at different periods of its history. all of them, it is presumed, the descendants of Thomas Green1. b. prob. Lancashire, Eng., in 1606, who come to N. E. ab. 1635, living awhile in Roxbury, and then in Ipswich. but set. finally in Malden. The lineage from him has been definitely traced. however, only in a single instance. By his two wives, Elizabeth and Frances, he had 11 chn. Of these, William2 m. Elizabeth Wheeler and had William3, who m. Elizabeth Hills. Their s., a third William4 in succession, m. Sarah Sprague and moved to Leicester ab. 1720, becoming the head of a large and notable posterity, distinguished for the number it gave to the medical profession, several of whom have been celebrated for their skill and meritorious success. The Drs. Green of Wor- cester were of this stock. One of the sons of Wm.+ and Sarah (Sprague) Green became somewhat late in life a resident of W. This was :
I. GREEN, ISRAEL5, the 5th chd. of last named, b. at unkn. date, m. Mary Holden of Worc., and set. first in Petersham. He afterwards res. in Hub., coming thence to W., where he bought, Feb. 5, 1778, the Jeremiah Gager place (see A. H. No. 63), selling it 8 yrs. afterward to Edmund Bemis. He was often called Dr. Green in the records, and may have been a regularly educated physician, practicing perhaps before he took up his abode in W., being then considerably advanced in yrs. He d., prob. in W., 1790. He had a large family of chn., but as only one of them ever res. in W., the names of the others are omitted.
2. GREEN, ZEEB6, s. of Israel and Mary, was b. Petersham, Nov. 11, 1754. He first appeared in tn. ab. the time his f. did, buying, in 1779, 2d Div. lot, No. 118, lying in the Whitman River valley, near the old Ezra Brooks place, but remained in possession of the same only a few months. April 9, 1780 he was pub. to Sally, dau. of James and Mary (Pearson) Cowee, subsequently m. her and having a large family. He went hence to Chittenden, Vt., and later to Rutland, where he is supposed to have d. at a date unkn. His w., Mary, ditto. Chn. :
3. JOEL7, b. W., July 31, 1780; m. twice; 8 chn .; d. Nov. 20, 1849.
4. SALLY7, b. W., Aug. 1, 1782; m. Wm. Manly; 4 chn .; d. March 28, 1834.
5. MARY™, b. Chittenden, June 17, 1785; m. Jacob Walton; res. W .; 6 chn.
6. REUEL7, b. Chit., Nov. S, 1790; d. Feb. 29, 1804.
7. RHODA7, b. Chit., May 1, 1795; m. Dr. I. W. Hall; res. Brandon, Vt .: 4 chn .; d. July 21, 1829.
676
HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER, MASS.
8. ALMOND7, b. Chit., July 26, 1797; m. Jerusha Lawrence; no chn .; d. Oct 16, 1830.
9. ORANGE7, b. Chit., July 26, 1797; m. twice; res. Milledgeville, Ga .; I chd .; d. Dec. 31, 1835.
10. LAURA7, b. Chit., May 5, 1800; m. Thomas Damon; d. Nov. 5, 1831.
II. HORACE7, b. Dec. 24, 1802; m. twice and had II chn.
Joel Green7 (3), the oldest of the above-named family, studied at the Med. Dept. of Middlebury Coll., receiving the degree of M. D. in 1832. He became a widely- known and renowned physician in Brandon and Rutland, Vt., where he res., and in the general community.
Almond Green? (8), another s., studied the same profession with Dr. Pearson of WV. After practicing awhile at Brandon, Vt., he went to Whitehall, N. Y., where he acquired an enviable reputation and a high standing among his brethren and with the people in that vicinity.
Horace Geeen7 (11) studied and received his degree at Middlebury, and also pur- sued a supplementary course in some of the best schools of Europe. He attained great distinction not only as a practician, but as a writer of medical works. He was for a time Prof. at the School of Medicine, Castleton, Vt., but ab. 1850 went to the city of N. Y., where he was very influential in founding the Med. Coll. there, and where he gained many laurels of honor for his recognized ability and eminent usefulness.
[9.] GREEN, ORANGE7, was the only s. of Zeeb Green6 who res. in W., and he was here but for a brief season, going hence to Milledgeville, Ga., where he d. Dec. 31, 1835, a. 38. He m. July 24, 1823, Nancy M., dau. of Gilman and Azubah (Gilbert) Thurston. They had I chd. :
12. ORANGE H.8, b. W., Jan. 20, 1835; grad. N. Y. Med. Coll., and is in practice N. Y. City.
13. GREEN, NATHAN, lineage untraced, with w., Lucy, was in W. 1777-1782, though his name is not in the tax lists and his place of residence has not been found. But the records give the following chn .:
14. ARDEN, b. Oct. 28, 1777.
16. BETSEY, b. Nov. 27, 1782.
15. CLARINDA, b. Sept. 22, 1779.
17. GREEN, THOMAS, was the first of the name reported here. He came from Malden, and there is no doubt he was a descendant of Thomas' in ab. the third generation, though the connection has not been made. As early as 1741 he was the owner of lot No. 27, on which more recently George Smith was located, and prob. made the first improvements there, though it was in possession of Jonathan Lawrence in 1751. He d. bef. 1755, when his wid. drew a 3d Div. lot on the one specified. Very likely he gave the name to Green Hill. No chn. reported.
18. GREEN, ISAAC A., s. of Samuel and Martha, and gd.s. of Benjamin, was b. Mendon, May 31, 1742. He bought in 1768 lot No. 33, 2d Div. (see A. H. No. 32), and occupied it some 8 yrs., when he sold to Samuel Fessenden and ret. to Mendon. He m. April 26, 1764, Hannah Pierce of Holliston, by whom he had 7 chn., most of whom were natives of W .:
19. LUTHER, b. Dec. 28, 1766. 20. CALVIN, b. Oct. 14, 1768; d. Feb. 4, 1776.
21. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 23, 1770.
22. MOSES, b. Dec. 10, 1772; m. Jerusha Wiswall.
23. MARTHA, b. March 10, 1775; d. Dec. 31.
24. OTIS, b. Dec. 3, 1778.
25. PERSIS, b. Sept. 4, 1780.
677
THE GREEN AND GREENWOOD FAMILIES.
I. GREENE, A. FRANK, S. of Isaac and Polly Greene, was b. in Plymouth, Vt., Jan. 11, 1839. He m. Sept. 16, 1862, Melissa M., dau. of Samuel and Mary (Patch) Hill, who was b. Chester, Vt., Feb. 9, 1843, and after a brief residence succes- sively in Hartland, Vt., Stow, and Lanc., came to W. in 1885 and located on the Woodward place, half a mile N. W. of the Center. He was formerly a farmer, but for some years has worked in a chair shop. Is much interested in the cause of temperance, and especially active in the order of Good Tem- plars. Chn. :
2. GEORGE S., b. April 4, 1866, at Hartland, Vt.
3. ROBERT H., b. March 28, 1869, at Hartland, Vt.
4. SARAH F., b. Oct. 5, 1878, at Stow.
5. FLORENCE E., b. June 22, 1884, at Lanc .; d. March 18, 1885.
I. GREENWOOD, ETHAN A., s. of Moses and Betsey (Dun- lap) Greenwood of Hub., was b. May 27, 1779. He was a scholar of some repute, and was employed in W. as a teacher ab. 1800. He grad. at Dart. Coll., 1807, and studied law with Solomon Strong, Esq., the first practicing attorney in tn. He purchased in Jan., 1808, a few acres of land on the N. W. slope of M. H. Hill, and erected upon it the brick dwelling now occu- pied by wid. Peter Wright and dau. The frame of the building was raised St. John's Day, June 24, 1808. Two years subse- quently the est. was sold to Alexander Dustin, Esq. It is not certain that Mr. Greenwood followed his profession in town, excepting incidentally with Mr. Strong. While here he devel- oped considerable skill in the painting of portraits, which gave him quite a reputation in later years. Some of his pictures, still extant, evince not only the taste and talent of the artist, but the thoroughness and durability of his work, which has borne the test of criticism and of time also. Mr. Greenwood m. Caroline Warren of Roxbury, but they had no chn. Upon leaving W. he returned to his native place, where he became one of the leading, most active, and most prosperous citizens. He was urbane and dignified,-"a gentleman of the old school." He d. May 3, 1856, a. 76. His w. d. Jan. 20, 1875.
2. GREENWOOD, AARON, bro. of the last, was b. March 22, 1781. Soon after attaining his majority he came to W. and engaged in trade at the Farwell Jones stand on the Common, near where A. D. Bolton now lives-his f. purchasing the property in July, 1803. The title passed in 1806 from the f. to his s., Ethan A., who sold it in 1811 to Alexander Dustin, and he some years later to Dr. Silas Pearson. The old building, including store and dwelling, is well remembered by those past middle life. After a few years' residence here, Mr. G. rem. to Winch., and thence to Pa., where he d. at a date unkn. While a resident of W. he m. Eliza Thatcher of Hub. (pub. Aug. 31, 1807), but no chn. are rep.
678
HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER, MASS.
I. GRIFFIN, CARLOS, from Jericho, Vt., m. Susan G. Bow- man of Ash., and had :
2. SUSAN E., b. Jan. 16, 1854; m. Charles M. Brown; res. W.
3. - , b. June 6, 1855. 4. , b. Dec., 1861.
5. ADA A., b. Aug. 9, 1864. 6. EMMA G., b. July 26, 1868.
7. LILLIAN W., b. Nov. 29, 1873.
8. GRIFFIN, JAMES, by his w., Mary, had, according to the records :
9. WILLIAM HENRY, b. Nov. 18, 1852. IO. JAMES, b. May 12, 1855.
II. MARY ANN, b. June 16, 1856. 12. JOHN JOSEPH, b. April 11, 1858.
13. GRIFFIN, MARTIN, and Catharine, both b. Ireland prob., ' had :
14. MARTIN, b. Oct. 9, 1855. I 5. MARY, b. Nov., 1857.
16. - , b. Oct. 4, 1859.
I. GRIMES, HENRY S., prob. from Hub., was in town a few years at the time indicated by the birth of his chn., as given below :
2. Unnamed, b. Feb. 28, 1833; d. same day.
3. REBECCA M., b. Jan. 26, 1836. 4. HENRY, b. June 11, 1838.
GROUT, ABIGAIL, d. of Jonathan and Abigail (Dix) Grout of Sudbury, and sr. of the w. of Richard Graves, lived here many years, having taxable property, both personal and real, held in her own right. She made her will Oct. 11, 1769, giving her property to her sr., Mrs. Graves, and appointing Mr. Graves her executor, but lived till 1782.
GUGGINS, JAMES, place of birth, ptge., etc., unkn., bought of Zach. Harvey and John Hall, in 1778, lot No. 4, 3d Div., in west part of town, on old County road from W. to Temp., on which he erected a ho. and other farm buildings. (See A. H. No. 70.) Some tokens of the site may still be seen in what was long known as the Clark pasture. His w. was Ruth -, but no record of chn. appears. They were here but 5 yrs., the place being sold in 1783 to David Osgood of Sterling. Whence they came or whither went, no one can tell.
HACKETT, JOSEPH, s. of Ebenezer and Abigail (Green) Hackett, was b. Chesterfield, N. H., Feb. 2, 1819, and m. Sarah S., wid of Shelah Hoyt, Worc., and dau. of Phillip Merriam, Ash. They came to W. 1876, and took up their res. on the old Mosman place near the Scrabble Hollow R. R. crossing, a part of which, with one-half of house, had been purchased of Benja- min Mosman. No chn.
I. HADLEY, JOHN, ptge., etc., not ascertained, bought, as early as 1739, lot No. 5, on which the Nichols Bros.' chair fac-
679
THE HADLEY FAMILY.
tory recently stood, and in due time located upon it, clearing a few acres and building a ho. a little west of the present Estey residence, for which he was paid a bounty in 1741 or 1742. Ten yrs. later he sold to Benjamin Bigelow and purchased lot No. 75, lying south of the John Miller, now Parcher, place near Wachusett. Prob. he erected the first buildings there and occupied them more or less regularly till 1769, when he disposed of the est. to his s. Josiah. (See A. H. No. 92.) At a subse- quent date he was in Weston, whither he seems to have gone from this town and where, Feb. 26, 1773, he made his will, which was lodged in the Prob. Court in Jan., 1779, he having d. previous to that date. He m. (1) Mary Waite and (2) wid. Mary Harrington, as is sup., but his chn. were b. bef. be came here, and, with a single exception, have eluded the search of the writer. He spelled his name Headle in receipting for the bounty paid him, which form, as well as that of Headley, it frequently assumes in the records.
2. HADLEY, JOSIAH, s. of John and Mary (Waite) Hadley, was b. in Lincoln, May 5, 1731. He m. Jane, dau. of Ebenezer and Bethia (Muzzey) Fiske of Lexington, in 1752, and appears to have set. in Lanc., of which tn. he was a citizen when he purchased lot No. 75, mentioned above. There possibly his chn. were b. He was first taxed here in 1770. In 1778 he sold his farm and rem. to Sterling, where he has descendants now living. He was an eccentric character, as certain tradi- tions in some of the families formerly resident in the neighbor- hood clearly show. Date of his death and that of his w. unkn. Chn .:
3. BETHIA, b. April 10, 1754. 4. MARY, b. Jan. 21, 1756; m. Jos. Pierce-
5. JOSIAH, b. July 27, 1761; m. Naomi Pierce.
6. JOHN, b. March 6, 1763; d. infancy. 7. JOHN, b. March 6, 1764.
8. HADLEY, JOHN, antecedents unkn., but distantly related, perhaps, to the foregoing, came from Stoneham and located in the extreme north part of the town. March 3, 1787, he bought the place now owned by Fred W. Smith, of Joseph Flint, and there he lived and d., July 13, 1826, a. 70. He was s. of John of Stoneham, and m. Ruhamah Cummings of Petersham, Jan. 29, 1792. She d. April, 1846, a. 85. Chn .:
9. BETTY, b. Nov. 12, 1793; m. Samuel Martin, Jr .; no chn.
10. JOHN G., b. July 13, 1797; m. Jerusha Babcock; res. W.
11. CUMMINGS, b. Dec 15, 1799; m. Sally Babcock; res. W.
12. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 25, 1802; m. Abigail Babcock; res. W.
[IO.] HADLEY, JOHN GOODALE, S. of last, m. (1) April 13, 1822, Jerusha, dau. of Nathan and Abigail Babcock, Fg., and had 3 chn. He set. on the old Jonathan and Jonas Smith place, a little off the main road above the Goodale mill site, near where he was b. His w. d. and he m. (2) Sally, wid. of his bro. Cum- mings, in 1844. Hed. at an unkn. date. Chn .:
680
HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER, MASS.
13. SAMUEL M., b. Sept. 26, 1784; d. infancy.
14. DAVID, b. March 1, 1827; d. Ang. 21, 1849.
I 5. MARY; m. Alma Hilton, Fg.
[II.] HADLEY, CUMMINGS, bro. of the last, m. Sally Babcock, sr. of his bro. John's w. (pub. Jan. 8), 1825, and remained on the home place with his f., who soon d. He d. Dec. 18, 1842, a. 43. Chn .:
16. ELMIRA, b. April 8, 1825; m. - Williams and Charles H. Howe; d. Aug. 25, 1870.
17. ABIGAIL B., b. June 16, 1827; m. Jos. Boynton; res. Fg .; d. April 16, 1892.
IS. LEVI C., b. Sept. 9, 1830; m. and res. Minn .; I chd.
19. HARRIET F., b. May 8, 1833; in. Jona. Boynton; res. Fg .; d. June 16, 1887.
20. EMELINE, b. Dec. 24, 1835; m. Chauncey Chase; res. Springfield; I chd.
[12.] HADLEY, WILLIAM, youngest s. of John and Ruhamah, was pub. to Abigail Babcock, sr. of Jerusha and Sally, wives of his bros. just named, Nov. 3, 1825. He d. Feb. 9, 1861, a. 58. His wid. went to Ash., where she d. May 8, 1876, a. 77. Chn .:
21. BETSEY E, b. July 11, 1826; m. II. J. Bellows; res. W. Marlboro', Vt.
22. NATHAN B., b. June 25, 1828; m. Jane Hosmer; res. Fg .; d. March 27, 1885.
23. HOSEA, b. Nov. 3, 1842; m. Mary S. Barnes; res. Ash .; d. May 3, 1882.
24. LUCINDA, b. Nov. 10, 1844; m. J. P. Mather; res. So. Ash.
25. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 17, 1836; m. Victoria A. Russell; res. So. Ash .; no chn.
26. SAMUEL, b. May 11, 1839; res. Wilmington, Vt .; unm.
27. ABBIE, b. Aug. 3, 1842; m. Wm. B. Woodward; res. Springfield; d. Jan. 4, 1882.
HAGER.
The early data of this family are not fully authenticated. Some genealo- gists claim that its immigrant head was William Ager of Watertown, who was made freeman in 1631, and who may have come over with Winthrop the year before, bringing one or more chn. with him. It is assumed with- out definite proof that he was the f. of Wm. Hager2 of the same place, and this hypothesis seems so probable that it is made the basis upon which the successive generations are calculated in this review. It is a matter of record that William Hager? was m. to Mary Bemis, March 20, 1644-45. which proves almost to a certainty that he was b. in Eng., prob. ab. 1620. Among the chn. of this pair was Samuel3, whose birth-date is unk., but who m. Sarah Mixer and became the father of the first of the name in this town.
I. HAGER, SAMUEL4, s. of the last, was b. Sept. 1, 1698. In the distribution of the Ist Div. lots, in 1734, he, as the rep- resentative of his uncle, John Hager, who was a Narragansett soldier, drew No. 25, on which W. Clarkson Foskett now resides, into the possession of which he at length came as rightful proprietor. In 1751 he had made a clearing on the domain and put up a little house, though he had not at that date become a permanent resident. Indeed, it does not appear that he was more than an intermittent inhabitant of the place until within a year or two after the tn. was incorporated, when his name is found regularly in the tax lists until his decease. Mr. Hager m. (1) Hannah Parks, ab. 1724, by whom he had 4 chn. She having d., he m. (2) Mary Fiske and had II more,
681
THE HAGER FAMILY.
-the youngest, Elijah, being b. in 1755. Several of these d. in early childhood, and only 8 seem to have been living at the time of his d., June, 1774. He was a man of large property for those days, having considerable lands in Waltham, Cambridge, and Sudbury, as well as in this tn., which, with money at inter- est, he disposed of by a will probated July II of the yr. named. His wid. d. Oct. 2, 1782, a. 73. It is not deemed needful to tabulate his family, those members of it who set. in W. being noticed below.
2. HAGER, JONATHAN, s. of the last, was b. Watertown, March 18, 1741-2. He joined his f. here in 1766, and here he remained, occupying the paternal estate as long as he lived. · He m., in 1768, Lois Holt, whose ptge., etc., are not known, and they lived together till Sept. 14, 1817, when she d. He d. Sept. 27, 1823, a. 81. They had :
3. MOSES; d. young.
4. SAMUEL, b. 1777; res. W .; d. unm. Nov. 29, 1827.
5. LYDIA, b. 1782; m. William Wiswall; res. W .; d. Feb. 22, 1846.
6. HAGER, ELIJAH, bro. of the last, was b. in Watertown in 1755, and prob. came to W. when a mere lad with his parents, succeeding, at the death of his f., to the joint ownership with Jonathan of the old homestead, which the two carried on to- gether for nearly half a century. Somewhat late in life he m. Mary Jones of Leom., and res. for several years on lot No. 19, where Hobart Raymond now lives, which he bought of Edmund Bemis early in the century. Ab. 1820 he purchased what was known as the Edgell farm, the buildings of which are now owned by Aspasio H. King, and rem. thither, spending there the rest of his days. He d. April 27, 1841, a. 85. His wid. d. Feb. 13, 1865, a. 81. Their chn. were:
7. MOSES, b. Sept. 9, 1804; unm .; res. Phila .; d. Nov. 18, 1860.
8. LAURA, b. July 29, 1806; d. Sept. 27, 1841.
9. GEORGE W., b. July 6, 1So8; m. Abigail Pond; res. W.
IO. MARY, b Sept. 24, 1810; m. Luther W. Rugg; res. Sterling; 3 chn .; d. Sept. 3. 1838.
II. ISAAC, b. Dec. 25, 1813; m. Mary A. Walden; res. Minn .; 2 chn .; d. Aug., 1891.
12. ABIGAIL, b. June 23, 1816; d. Jan. 19, 1817.
13. MARTHA M., b. Dec. 11, 1817; m. Jonas Cutler; res. W.
14. SARAH A., b. Oct. 15, 1820; m. Charles Upton; res. W.
15. JOSEPH, b. March 22, 1823; m. Arabella R. Sargent; res. W.
[9.] HAGER, GEORGE WASHINGTON, S. of the last, m. Oct. 24, 1833, Abigail, dau. of Preston and Hannah (Rice) Pond, and after a few years set. in the ho. at the east end of the cen- tral village, where he and his w. still res. Chn. :
16. FREDERICK, b. March 9, 1834; d. Oct. 17, 1834.
17. GEORGE C, b. Oct. 15, 1838; d. July 14, 1842.
18. MARCUS J., b. Oct. 3, 1840; d. at sea, Jan. 22, 1863 (Sec Rebellion record, P. 407.)
[15.] HAGER, JOSEPH, bro. of the last, and the last branch of the family tree. In his early manhood he spent some years in Monticello, Minn., where he m. Arabella R. Sargent, a native
682
HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER, MASS.
of Bridgewater, N. H. Returning to his native place, he as- sumed charge of that portion of his f.'s landed property which had come into his possession, occupying the old home and car- rying on the farm in connection with sundry lumber and real estate enterprises. Some 10 yrs. ago he purchased and moved into the attractive, commodious dwelling on Pleasant St., where he now res. Mr. Hager must be regarded as one of W.'s most active citizens,-a man of more than ordinary native endow- ments, of much general intelligence, of acknowledged capability, and of marked individuality of character. Greatly interested in public affairs, he has served two terms on the Board of Select- men, and been frequently called to act on committees of im- portance, whose duties required wisdom, good judgment, and regard for the common welfare. His w. has been repeatedly chosen one of the Public Library Committee of the town,-a position for which she is admirably fitted by her intellectual ability, literary tastes, and womanly worth. They have had 2 chn., only one of whom survives to gladden their declining yrs .:
19. LAURA EILEN, b. July 16, 1862; a bright and promising girl; d. May 11, 1880. 20. MARY BELLE, b. July 11, 1868; a teacher in the High School.
Moses Hager, the oldest s. of Elijah and Mary Hager, was of scholarly tastes and literary aspirations. He pursued his studies preparatory to a college course at Stow, New Ipswich, Leicester, and New Salem Academies, and with Dr. John White of this town. He grad. at Harvard in the class of 1831, conspicuous among whose members were Drs. George C. Shattuck and N. B. Shurtliff of Boston, Hon. John L. Motley, and Wendell Phillips. He studied law awhile, but deciding not to enter the profession was never admitted to the bar. His more active life was spent in teaching in the city of Phila., where he at one time held the office of Clerk in the Courts, and where he was finally employed as an agent of a R. R. Cor- poration. He d. Nov. 18, 1860, in the 57th year of his age.
HALE, HORATIO, untraced, was in W. 1814 and later. He l. in the ho., now going rapidly to decay, that stands on the cor- ner of the Curtis road, so-called, and old turnpike in the east part of the town. He was a blacksmith and had a shop on the opposite corner. His w., whose name is not given, d. Sept., 1815, and a child, also unnamed, the Jan. following, 1816. He soon after is lost to view and to research.
HALL.
Edward Hall1, an immigrant, was in Newbury in t636, but ere long removed to Rehoboth, near Taunton, where a son, Andrew2, was b. some years afterward. Ab. 1695, the latter settled in Newton. He m. Susannah, dau. Dea. John and Susannah Capen, by whom he had Edward3, b. prob. early the last century. May 21, 1730, Edwards m. Mary, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth (Child) Miller, and sister of Joseph Miller, afterwards a well- known resident of this town.
I. HALL, EPHRAIM4, s. of Edward3 and Mary (Miller) Hall, was b. July 31, 1736, at Newton. He was a weaver by trade, doing his work altogether by hand, slowly and rudely as com-
AF
W. P. ALLEN, GARDNER, MASS.
RESIDENCE OF JOSEPH HAGER,
683
THE HALL AND HAM FAMILIES.
pared with what is accomplished at the present day. He m. in 1756, Elizabeth Carter, and res. successively at Newton, Ded- ham, and W., as indicated in the table below. On coming here he bought, May 14, 1768, of Elijah Seaver, lot No. 23, 2d Div., the late Edward and Levi Jackson place. He prob. res. there but a few years, though his whereabouts, after selling his farm in 1781, cannot be determined. The dates of his own and w.'s death have not been found. Perhaps he left town, his name not appearing in the tax lists later than the year mentioned. Chn. :
2. RACHEL, b. Newton, May 4, 1759. 3 SARAH, b. Newton, April 23, 1762.
4. Lois, b. Newton, Oct. 25, 1765. 5. ELISHA, b. Dedham, Sept. 12, 1767.
6. EPHRAIM, b. W., May 18, 1770.
7. EDWARD, b. W., June 17, 1773.
[5.] HALL, ELISHA, S. of the last, learned the fuller's trade, prob. of David Wyman, and was afterwards in company with him in the business as narrated in Chap. XVI. Dissolving partnership with Mr. Wyman, he purchased the north part of lot No. 65 of Capt. Edmund Bemis, whose dau., Sarah, he m. in 1794. This purchase included the mill site on the town meadow stream, in the rear of the present res. of wid. Abijah H. Raymond. There he erected a fulling mill for his own usc, and a dwelling ho. near by. He offered the entire property for sale in the Mass. Spy, July 24, 1805, and subsequently disposed of it to Col. Thaddeus Bond. He remained in town through life, but the facts pertaining to his later yrs. have not come to hand. He d. Nov. 9, 1845, a. 78. His w., Sarah Bemis. d. Sept. 25, 1799, a. 25, and he m. (2) Prudence, dau. of John and Betty Martin, in 1802. His wid., Prudence, d. March 17, 1849, a. 80. The only chn. of whom any records have been discovered are the following :
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.