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 86
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
31. ELIZABETH3, b. Oct. 5, 1875. 32. ALBERTA8, b. Jan. 11, 1878.
33. SADIE E.8, b. Oct. 9, 1879; d. Oct. 6, 1882.
34. NATHAN W.8, b. Oct. 9, 1881.
35. Unnamed8, b. Sept. 29, 1882; d. Oct. 2, 1882.
[25.] HOWARD, J. FRANK7, s. of Joseph6 and Mary, m. Liz- zie H., dau. of Harlow and Betsey Coolidge, Nov. 6, 1852. He is a painter by trade, but has for some yrs. been employed as teamster by the Nichols Bros. Chn .:
36. GEORGE L 8, b. Nov. 28, 1853; d. Sept. 28, 1854.
37. MARION C.8, b. April 3, 1855; d. March 15, 1873.
38. EDSON F.8, b. Nov. 2, 1857; m. Alice R. Norton; res. W .; 2 chn.
39. NELLIE8, b. Oct. 20, 1859; unm .; res. W.
[38.] HOWARD, EDSON F.8, s. of J. Frank7 and Lizzie H., was b. Leom. Nov. 2, 1857. He m. June 29, 1886, Alice R., dau. of Peter and Emily (Carter) Norton, from Newport, Vt., and res. in W. He is a mechanic. Chn .:
40. HARRY NORTON9, b. Aug. 14, 1887. 41. HARLOW OSCAR9, b. March 19, 1891.
42. HOWARD, BENJAMIN5, a descendant of the Samuell first named, by the following line :- Samuel2, Samuel3, Benjamin4 and Abigail (Walton), was b. Malden in 1741. When 8 yrs. of age his f. moved to Holden, dying there in 1763, and bequeath- ing lands in W. to his sons, Joseph5 and Benjamin5. (See A. H. No. 20.) In that year, Dec. 20, the latter, already a resident of this town, bought the farm of Dea. Thomas Stearns, lot No. 41, and set. upon it. The house stood opp. the Cutler road in a now cultivated field, no tokens of its existence being preserved. He remained here nearly 30 yrs. and appears to have been an enter- prising and useful citizen. Besides carrying on his farm, he had an interest in the so-called Raymond sawmill, which he run in connection with sev. copartners, as set forth in the Chapter on the town's industries. He sold his property in 1804,-the farm to Joseph Howard and his share in the mill to David Wyman, and rem. with his family to Grafton, Vt. Some of his descendants have attained distinction in the educational and lit- erary world. The dau. of his s. Benjamin6 m. Prof. James S. Eaton, the author of a popular series of Arithmetics, and became
716
HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER, MASS.
the mother of the late James H. Eaton, Prof. of Chemistry in Beloit College, Wis .; of W. W. Eaton, Prof. of Greek in Middle- bury College, Vt .; and of a third s., teacher in Phillips' Acad- emy, Andover. Mr. David H. Brown of the Educational Publishing House of Thompson, Brown & Co., Boston, is a gt .- gd.s. of Joseph5, already mentioned. Benjamin5 m. prob. 1774, Sarah Prouty of Spencer, and had :
43. BENJAMIN6, b. Oct. 31, 1775; m. Peggy Downs; res. W., etc.
44. SARAH6, b. Feb. 16, 1777; d. Feb. 6, 1796.
45. MOLLY6, b. Aug. 24, 1779. 46. BETSEY6, b. Feb. 19, 1790.
Possibly there were others, but the W. records report only these.
[43.] HOWARD, BENJAMIN6, s. of Benjamin and Sarah (Prouty) Howard. m. Peggy Downs, Fg., Feb. 4, 1802, the event being recognized by his election as Hogreeve the month following. He prob. went to Grafton, Vt. Chd .: 47. SALLYT, b. W., March 19, 1803.
HOWE. Several families of this name, sometimes spelled without the final vowel, have res. in tn. since its first settlement, but neither their descent from an immigrant ancestor nor their relationship to each other, if any ex- isted, has been ascertained. The more important of them, concerning whom information has come to hand, are noticed in the order of their recognition in the records, beginning with the first, who used the shorter patronym.
I. How, JAMES, antecedents, birthplace, etc., unkn., came here soon after incorporation and bought Aug. 2, 1765, lots Nos. 71 and 72, 2d Div., the original Samuel Mosman farm, on which wid. Daniel Mosman now res. He made the first improvements there, erecting suitable buildings, etc., and there he lived some 8 yrs., when he sold to Peter Graves and disappeared as mys- teriously as he had appeared. While here, Jan. 9, 1769, he was pub. to Mary Sherman of Grafton, by whom he had I chd. : 2. MANSFIELD, b. May 16, 1770.
3. HOWE, DANIEL, s. of Daniel and Eunice (Chase) Howe of Pn., was b. Dec. 5, 1776. Coming to W. with the opening of the century, he bought March 18, 1802, of Joel Wilder, lot No. 21, 2d Div., on Beech Hill, and there located for life. On the 15th of April, the same year, he m. Mary, dau. of Josiah and Priscilla Burge, Townsend, by whom he had 5 chn. He was a farmer and citizen of respectable standing, social in his tastes, and a good story teller. He d. Feb. 8, 1853, a. 76; his w. preceding him to the realm of spirits, Aug. 11, 1848, a. 63. Issue :
4. MARY, b. July 26, 1803; d. Oct. 7, 1805. [ments."
5. LOUISA, b. Jan. 14, 1805; d. April 28, 1827.
6. MARY, b. Sept. 24, 1807; d. June 19, 1826; "one of society's brightest orna-
7. DANIEL M., b. Oct. 7, 1810; m. Harriet Woodbury; res. W.
8. FRANKLIN, b. Nov. 30, 1820; m. Martha L. Davis; res. W.
[7.] HOWE, DANIEL MILTON, S. of the last, m. Harriet Woodbury of Stoddard, N. H., June 19, 1834, and res. in town
717
THE HOWE FAMILY.
through life. He d. March 29, 1848, and his wid. m. (2) March 31, 1852, Zenas Larned of Charlton, by whom she had I chd. She is still I. at Oxford. Chn. of Daniel M. and Harriet W .:
9. MARY L., b. April 10, 1835; d. the next day.
IO. GEO. M., b. Oct. 16, 1836; d. Feb. 22, 1843.
II. ORANGE F., b. Sept. 13, 1838; d. Feb. 14, 1843.
12. JOSEPH G., b. Dec. 3, 1840; m. twice and has I chd.
13. GEO. M., b. July 23, 1844; m. Sarah M. Kendall; res. Lewiston, Me .; 3 chn.
14. ORANGE F., b. Dec. 22, 1846; m. Sarah E. Merriam; 3 chn .; d. May 17, 1882.
15. DANIEL M., b. Sept. 29, 1848; m. Ella F. McIntire and Mercie B. Fisher; I chd.
George Milton Howe (13), of the above family, prepared for college at Nichols Academy, Dudley, and grad. Amherst Coll., 1871. He studied theology at Ando- ver in the class of 1874, and was ordained and installed Pastor of the Cong. (Trin.) Chh. in Pn. July S, a few weeks after graduation. After 10 yrs. of faithful and effective service there he was called to Lewiston, Me., where he was installed Feb. 13, 1884, and where he is still engaged in the Master's service. He m. May 27, 1875, Sarah M., dau. of Jonathan and Sarah (Howe) Kendall of Lowell, the mo. of 3 chn., George Allen, Ralph Thurston, and Woodbury Kendall Howe.
[8.] HOWE, FRANKLIN, bro. of the last, m. Oct. 5, 1848, Martha L, dau. of Winslow and Lydia (Learned) Davis of Gr. His d. was caused by breaking through the ice and drowning, Dec. 20, 1861, after which his fam. rem. to Gr., where the sur- viving members still res. Chn. :
16. CHARLES F., b. Sept. 29, 1849; d. Aug. 27, 1875; unm.
17. VOLNEY W., b. Aug. 17, 1851; m. Mary T. IIill; 2 chn .; cashier of bank.
18. MARY L., b. June 6, 1854; d. Nov. 19, 1868.
19. LAURA E., b. Oct. 10, 1856; unm.
20. F. ISABELLE, b. Oct. 22, 1858; d. unm. Sept. 27, 1884.
21. MARTHA L., b. Sept. 16, 1861; d. unm. Dec. 23, 1884.
22. HOWE, JOSIAH, M. D., s. of Lemuel and Joanna (Richards) Howe of Milton, was b. March 9, 1771. The f. of Lemuel was Josiah, who is sup. to have been s. of Isaac, an early settler of Dorchester. On his mother's side Dr. Howe was a distant descendant of the historic Mayflower pilgrims, John Alden and Priscilla Molines (miscalled Mullens), whom Longfellow has immortalized in his inimitable poem entitled "The Courtship of Miles Standish,"- the line running thus: John and Priscilla Alden1; Ruth Alden2, who m. John Bass; Sarah Bass3, who m. Ephraim Thayer; Abigail Thayer4, who m. Dr. Benjamin Richards; Joanna Richards5, who m. Lemuel Howe, as before indicated. Inheriting, perhaps from his grandfather Richards, a predilection for the healing art, he studied medicine and pur- sued a long and successful professional career in Temp. With advancing age and somewhat impaired health he relinquished that field of labor and came to W., spending a few yrs. of his later life here, but finally ret. to Temp., where he passed away Jan. 24, 1843, a. 71. "He was a gentleman of the old school," writes his gd.dau., Mrs. Ellen R. (White) Scollard of Clinton, N. Y., "full of urbanity in character and manners, and is said to have been everybody's counsellor and friend."
Upon taking up his residence in W., Dr. Howe soon won the respect, confidence, and favor of the people by his culture,
718
HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER, MASS.
refinement, dignity, moral worth, and interest in whatever was conducive to the general prosperity and welfare. He was called to serve the town as a member of the Sch. Com. in 1833, and in 1835 he represented his fellow-citizens and the community in the State Legislature.
Dr. Howe m. July 19, 1796, Lucy Barron, dau. of Dr. Benja- min and Lucy (Barron) Shattuck of Temp., and had a large fam. of chn., 5 of whom, 3 sons and 2 daus., lived to maturity. The elder of the daus., Lucy Barron Howe, b. Aug. 28, 1806, m. Dr. John White of W .; and the younger, Mrs. Rebecca Clark, spent several years of her widowhood at the home of her sr., Mrs. White, and is pleasantly remembered by some of the older inhabitants of the village.
23. HOWE, BENJAMIN, of Northboro', m. April 9, 1828, Sally, dau. of Samuel and Betsey (Kemp) Brooks of this town. They lived for a few years in Northboro', but ab. 1837 moved here and located upon her f.'s old place in the Minott neighbor- hood. There they lived till 1870, when they left for So. Gr., where he d. March 4, 1881, and she Feb. 11, 1880. Chn. :
24. ELERY C., b. N., June 3, 1829; m. Nancy Searle; res. Gr .; no chn. rep.
25. IVERS B., b. N., May 2, 1831; m. Jane Gill; res. Washington, D. C .; no chn. rep.
26. SAMUEL H., b. N., March 2, 1833; m. Melissa Wheeler; res. Fg .; 3 chn.
27. SARAH H., b. N., Oct. 31, 1834; m. Albion Wheeler; res. Ridgway, Ia .; no chn rep. [p. 416.)
28. JOHN W., b. W., July 2, 1839; m. Sarah Cole; d. Andersonville prison. (See
29. George W., b. W., March 1, 1846; m. Hattie Wright; res. Gr .; 2 chn.
30. HOWE, HANNAH MINOTT, wid. of Rufus Howe of Rut- land and Hub., and dau. of Jonathan and Hannah (Eastman) Minott of W., came to town with her fam. after the dec. of her husb. and took up her abode on Bacon St., where her dau., Mrs. Morse, now res. She d. May 8, 1860, a. 75. Chn. :
31. R. LEONARD, b. Oct. 26, 1819; m. Sarah Jane Chatterson; res. N. Y .; I chd .; d. ISS8.
32. HANNAH A., b. May 6, 1821; m. William F. Peabody, etc .; res. Gr .; 6 chn .; l.
33. JONATHAN M., b. Dec. 9, 1822; m. Rowena E. Knight; res. Gr .; I chd .; d. June 2, 1887.
34. RUFUS, b. Sept. 27, 1824; m. Maria Gates; res. Gr .; no chn .; d. Sept. 18, 1881. LUCINDA, b. Sept. 6, 1826; d. unm. Nov. 3, 1878.
35.
36. SARAH, b. Nov. 16, 1828; m. Francis S. Morse; res. W .; I chd.
37. HOWE, NAHUM B., untraced, was in town during the forties, engaged in custom tailoring. He went hence to W. Gr., where he had for many years a ready-made clothing store, which he carried on in connection with custom work. Name of w. unkn., as is the date of their dec. While here they had I chd. :
38. JAMES WILMOT, b. May 3, 1847.
39. HOWE, LEROY A., s. of Addison and Ede (Ward) Howe, b. Ash., May 6, 1841, m. Ella M., dau. of James B. and Susan M. (Barnes) Wood, March 3, 1872. They have I chd. :
40. AGNES W., b. W., April 10, 1876.
Lux Eng. Co., Boston Mass.
HON. CHARLES HUDSON.
719
THE HUDSON FAMILY.
HUDDLESTONE, WILLIAM, res. a few years, ab. 1815, on the Farwell Jones place, old Common, where he manufactured tape upon a machine of his own invention, as is said by some of the older people of the vicinity. He afterwards lived in the Mudge ho., now the home of Mrs. Joseph Woodbury. According to advertisement of Dep. Sheriff in Worc. Spy, he owned an inter- est ab. that date in certain real est. in Hub. Nothing further learned of him.
HUDSON.
The only family of this name ever residing in W. descended from Daniel Hudson1, who came from Eng. in 1639 and set. in Watertown. After re- maining there 25 years he removed to Lanc., where he, his w. Johanna, one dau. of his 11 chn., and two gd. chn. were massacred by the Indians in the bloody raid of 1697. Another dau. had been slain at the time of the de- struction of the town, Feb. 10, 1676. He had a s., Nathaniel2, a somewhat migratory character, who is believed to have been the f. of John8 of Marl- boro', b. 1713. By his w., Sarah McAllister, the latter had Stephen4, b. June 12, 1761, who enlisted for three years in the Continental service, was captured by the enemy and sent to the "Jersey Prisonship," an engine in those days of British inhumanity and heartlessness, where he suffered incred- ible hardship and torture. He escaped barely with his life; m. Feb. 10, 1791, Louisa Williams, and spent his remaining days in his native town.
I. HUDSON, CHARLES5, s. of the last named, was b. Nov. 14,
1795. While yet a lad a desire for knowledge was awakened in his breast, prompting him to the use of all possible means for its acquisition. With his growing years he became interested in the subject of personal religion and in the great theological questions that were then beginning to agitate the public mind. So profoundly was he exercised and moved thereby that he resolved to consecrate himself to the work of the Chn. ministry and entered upon a course of preparation for the sacred calling. Completing his theological studies, he was ordained in 1819 and entered upon the duties of his profession in Danvers, but soon left that field of labor for a more congenial one in Conn. In 1824 he came to W. to take charge of the movement then recently organized here under the auspices of the Universalist denomination, with the leading idea of which he was in cordial sympathy. He retained the pastorate some 18 yrs., when he resigned his position in order that he might devote his time and energies to more acceptable pursuits. He remained in tn., however, several yrs. afterwards, removing hence to Lexington, where the last part of his life were spent.
Mr. Hudson was a man of superior natural ability, improved and enriched by self-discipline, industry, patient research, and a varied experience with men and affairs. His mind was cast in a logical mold, and having a taste for controversy, he sought to equip himself for valiant service in whatever cause he felt impelled to enlist. Though not an orator in the usual sense of that term, yet was he an effective debater, whose word carried weight and influence with it. Argumentative rather than per-
720
HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER, MASS.
suasive, he addressed himself to the common sense and practi- cal judgment of his auditors with marked results. Moreover, what he said had the backing of a strong and a manly charac- ter, which added great weight to his words, justifying the remark of Hon. Robert C. Winthrop concerning him: "He was one of the ablest and honestest men Mass. ever had."
Early in his ministerial career he became conspicuous as a controversalist upon questions of a religious and theological character, entering earnestly into discussions going on, not only in the general field of sacred polemics, but also within the nar- rower limits of his own ecclesiastical fellowship. A growing difference of opinion sprang up in the denomination to which he belonged upon the subject of Future Punishment, which awakened protracted and sharp controversy and eventually caused a disruption of the body and the formation, ab. the yr. [836, of what was known as the " Restorationist Association." Mr. Hudson, as a firm believer in the doctrine that the con- sequences of sin extended beyond the event of death, was one of the leaders on that side of the question at issue. Not only in his own pulpit, but before the general public, he championed the cause in which his reason, his conscience, and his heart were profoundly enlisted. His published works, entitled "Letters to Hosea Ballou" and "Reply to Balfour's Essays," were valua- ble contributions to the literature of the subject, and monuments of his power of analysis and argumentation. Though overruled and put in abeyance for a time by those with whom he was asso- ciated, causing a rending of ecclesiastical affiliations, it is but just to Mr. Hudson and to the facts of history to say that the principles and views maintained by him long since became the accredited orthodoxy of the denomination within whose pale the conflict took place. A deep-read student of the Bible and of the history of religion in the world, he was, while in the ministry, a most earnest expounder and defender of the Christian faith, and to the end of his life a vigorous and valiant opponent of all forms of scepticism and unbelief.
Mr. Hudson was a devoted friend and champion of the cause of popular education and of the common school system ot New England. He was an active supporter of Horace Mann in that great educational revival which swept over the State in the fourth decade of the present century, and in the introduction of normal methods into the management of schools throughout the Commonwealth. For this reason he was at an early day given a place on the State "Board of Education." He served for many years on the Sch. Com. of the town, and did much in that capacity and in other ways to awaken an interest in, and to promote the improvement and efficiency of, those primary institutions of learning established by law in all our towns. His influence for good in this behalf, both at home and abroad, can hardly be over-estimated.
721
THE HUDSON FAMILY.
From almost the beginning of his residence here, Mr. Hud- son was a careful observer and student of public affairs, and became, as time went on, proportionally active in what he deemed the proper solution of questions of town, state, and national policy. His information upon those subjects, his sagac- ity in treating them, and his general reputation for integrity and honor, won the confidence and favor of his fellow-citizens, which resulted in his being called to positions of importance and responsibility in the public service. He was elected Rep. to the Gen. Ct. in 1828, and promoted to the Senate in 1833, in which capacity he acted for 6 yrs. He was a member of the Governor's Council from 1839 to 1841, and from 1841 to 1849 was in the lower chamber of the national Legislature. Later in life he received the appointment of Naval Officer in the Cus- tom House, Boston, and Collector of Internal Revenue under the U. S. Government. Upon the dissolution of the Whig party, with which he had been identified, he connected himself with the Republican movement of 1856, which culminated in the great triumph of 1860, and the ultimate overthrow, by the fear- ful enginery of civil war, of the system of Am. Slavery,-a consummation in which he greatly rejoiced. In that political fellowship he continued to the end of his life.
Mr. Hudson left W. in 1849, and was thereafter a respected and honored citizen of the historic town of Lexington. As advancing age came slowly on and the consequent withdrawal from the more active labors of public life, he devoted himself to researches in general and local history, to the study of which he had given more or less attention for many years. As far back as 1831 he published a pamphlet "History of Westmin- ster," containing 42 pages, to which the editor of the present work is indebted for many valuable facts, incidents, and sugges- tions, and in 1859 he delivered the address at the celebration of the hundreth anniversary of the incorporation of the town, to which reference is repeatedly made in these pages. A few yrs. afterward he prepared an elaborate " History of Marlborough," his native place, and subsequently a "History of Lexington," each of them including an extended "Genealogical and Biograph- ical Register" of the families of those towns, respectively. His devotion to historical studies and pursuits and labors ger- mane thereto secured for him membership in the Am. Anti- quarian Society, in the N. E. Historic Genealogical Society, and in the Mass. Historical Society, each of which bodies paid eloquent and fitting tribute to his name and memory at the time of his decease. In 1841 Harvard College honored him with the degree of A. M.
Mr. Hudson was twice married. First, July 21, 1821, to Ann, dau. of John Rider of Shrewsbury, who bore him 2 chn. and d. Sept. 19, 1829; and second to Martha B., sr. of Ann, who was his companion for more than 50 yrs.,-a woman of much refine-
46
1
722
HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER, MASS.
ment and dignity of manners and of rare excellence of charac- ter. Their home in W. was on the N. W. verge of the old Com- mon, in the house commanding a wide and beautiful view now occupied by the wid. and dau. of the late Peter Wright. He d. May 4, 1881, a. 85. The chn. of Mr. and the two Mrs. Hudsons, all natives of W., were:
2. HARRIET WILLIAMS6, b. Aug. 18, 1827; d. July 26, 182S.
3. HARRIET ANN6, b. Sept. 13, 1829; m. H. M. Smith; 4 chn .; d. Sept. 26, 1875.
4. MARTHA BRIGHAM6, b. April 10, 1832; d. April 25, 1832.
5. CHARLES HENRY6, b. July 10, 1833; m. Frances H. Nichols; 5 chn .; living.
6. JOHN WILLIAMS6, b. July 10, 1836; m. Sophia W. Mellen; no chn .; d. June I, 1872.
7. MARY ELIZABETH6, b. March 31, 1839; is living unm. at Lexington.
Of the chn. of Mr. Hudson who survived their infancy, Harriet A. m. Sept. 4, 1854, Henry M., s. of Rev. Stephen S. Smith, clergyman in W. for 7 years, and res. most of her life in Chicago, where she was greatly beloved; Charles H. grad. at Harvard Scientific School, 1854, as civil engineer, has been connected with the Illinois Central and other important railroads in the N. W. and South, being now in charge of a line in Tenn., m. Frances H. Nichols of Boston, Jan. 1, 1862, and has res. at or near Chicago, Ill., Minneapolis, Minn., Richmond, Va., and elsewhere as business interests required and allowed; John I'. grad. Harvard College, 1856, studied law and was admitted to the bar 1862, was in the war of the Rebellion 3 years (see Chap. XX), m. Sophia W., dau. of Judge Edward Mellen of Wayland, March 25, 1865; and Mary E., a most estimable woman, who remained with her parents, caring for and blessing them to the last expiring hour of their mortal lives, and now res. at the old home in Lexington.
HURD.
John Hurd1 came from the mother country ab. 1635, and set. in Stratford, Conn. One of his chn., Ebenezer2, had a s., Justus3, the f. of Shubael4 who was a resident of Lempster, N. H. He m. twice and had 13 chn., among whom was Smith5, much interested in military affairs, rising to the position and dignity of Col. of a Regt. in the "Old Granite State." His oldest s. by his w., Mehitable Emerson, was Yorick G.6, Surgeon of the 48th Regt. Mass. Vols., in the War of the Rebellion.
I. HURD, DANIEL E.6, another s. of Smith5 and Mehitable, was b. Lempster, Oct. 25, 1843. He was a soldier in the 9th N. H. Vols. during the civil war, and was present at the battles of So. Mountain; Antietam, and Fredericksburgh. After his dis- charge from the service he m., in 1864, Ruth W., dau. of Timothy and Mary (Field) Bruce of Lempster. After a brief res. in sev. localities they came from Topsfield to W. in 1883, and set. upon the original Garfield farm, in the east part of the town. The family has proved a valuable acquisition to the population and its merits have been duly recognized by the community. Mr. Hurd is a man of intelligence and culture, and is now serv- ing on a second 3 yrs. term of office as one of the Board of Sch. Com. He is also Dea. of the First Cong. Chh. The chn. of Mr. and Mrs. Hurd are :
2. ARNO E.7, b. Lempster, N. H., Dec. 24, 1864; m. and res. W.
3. WYNNE B.7, b. Pennacook, N. H., May 20, 1868; d. May 8, 1870.
4. ALBERT G.7, b. Warner, N. H., Oct. 11, 1870; a grad. of Colby Univ., Me., 1892, and now studying medicine at Univ. of Pa.
5. Rov S.7, b. Topsfield, Jan. 5. 1878. 6. MARY B.7, b. Topsfield, Jan. 21, 1882.
1-
723
THE JACKSON FAMILY.
[2.] HURD, ARNO EMERSON7, s. of the last, m. Feb. 28, 1888, Ella M., dau. of Otis and Sally R. (Merriam) Flagg, and has 2 chn. :
7. ROBERT O.8, b. Feb. 16, 1889. S. RUTH L.8, b. April 20, 1891.
JACKSON.
The ancestral immigrant from whom descended the Jacksons of W. was Edward1, a res. of Camb. in 1643. He lived in that part of the territory lying south' of Charles River, afterwards set off and incorporated as the town (now city) of Newton. ' A bro., John1, had preceded him in coming to this country by several yrs., and had taken up lands in the same general locality. They were the sons of Christopher Jackson of Whitechapel, Lon- don, who owned in the east part of the great metropolis a fine estate and bore an honorable reputation.
Edward Jackson1 had m. in the mother country, and his w. accompanied him hither. During the passage she gave birth to a s., who from the circum- stances of the case was christened Seaborn, which name, afterward changed to Sebas, remained in the family for several generations. This Sebas2 was a soldier in the war with King Philip, and as such his heirs (he being deceas- ed) had a grantee's right in Nar. No. 2, upon which his s. Edwards, in the first division of the township lands, drew lot No. 42, the former Job Seaver place, now owned by Warren La Geyet, which he sold in 1738 to Thomas Stearns of Watertown. The following year Isaac Jackson4, s. of Edward3, became a proprietor by purchase of lot No. 92, the late homestead of Lyman Allen, and there the family first had a local habitation in the township.
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.