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124. SUSAN M.8, b. Oct. 13, 1834; m. Rev. S. J. Austin; res. Darien, Conn .; I chd .; living.
125. EMMA B.8, b. Nov. 3, 1836; m. Herman Partridge; res. Royalston; 3 chn .; 1. 126. GEORGE EDWARDS8, b. Sept. 2, 1838; m. Fannie M. Brooks; res. Norwalk, Conn .; 3 chn .; living.
[75.] MILLER, SYLVESTER7, the only s. of Ezra6 and Lucy who res. permanently in W., was a chair manufacturer and dealer, also a teamster during a portion of his life. He m. May 15, 1834, Lucy B., dau. of Asa and Mary (Derby) Nichols, and made his home at the E. end of the central village. He d. July 28, 1847, a. 36, and his wife m. (2) Abram Wood. She d. Dec. 29, 1875, a. 58. Chn. :
127. HARRIET A.8, b. April 13, 1837; m. A. S. Ingalls and C. F. Bradbury; res. Arlington; I chd.
128. GEORGE A.8, b. June 6, 1841; m. Susan H. Wilson; a successful merchant, Boston; no chn.
[105.] MILLER, ISAAC B.7, s. of John C.6 and Tabitha, m. Jennie E. Potter of New Haven, Conn., Oct. 30, 1859. After a brief sojourn in Wisconsin, he ret. to W., where he lived a few years, but subsequently rem. to Gr., where he now res. Chn. :
129. WILLIE E.8, b. Wis., Sept. 23, 1860; d. Feb. 19, 1861.
130. SARAH ALENES, b. W., June 16, 1862; m. Willie O. Sawin; d. May 30, ISSI. 131. JOHN C.8, b. W., June 18, 1864; a civil engineer; res. Chicago.
[117.] MILLER, J. HERVEY8, s. of Jonas7 and Susan, has been a permanent resident of the town and one of its most active, useful, and honored citizens. He enlisted in the service of the Govt. for the suppression of the Rebellion, where he lost an arm. (See Chap. XX.) He has served as Assessor ab. 20 years, as Selectman 4 years, and filled other important public positions, indicative of the respect in which he is held and of the fidelity with which he fulfills the trusts reposed in him. He m. (I)
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Oct. 7, 1854, Mary, dau. of John and Abigail (Wood) Harring- ton of Pn., who bore him 4 chn. and d. March 11, 1865, a. 28; and (2) Lizzie D., dau. of Nathan and Cynthia (Derby) Rice of Pn., May 6, 1866, who has also had 4 chn.
132. FREDDIE H.9, b. May 26, 1855; d. Feb. 8, 1856.
133. FRANK E.9, b. Oct. 10, 1856; m. Ida A. Peck; res. W .; 2 chn.
134 WILLIE H.9, b. Jan. 16, 1860; unm .; res. Jerseyville, Ill .; d. April 18, 1892.
135. ALFREDA G.9, b. Jan. 23, 1862; d. Nov. 24, 1881.
136. CYRUS T.9, b. Sept. 11, 1867; m. Lillian B. Lamb; res. W.
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GEORGE H.9, b. Sept. 6, 1868; unm .; res. Lawrence.
I 38. EDDIE R.9, b. Nov. 9, 1871; res. W.
139. HARRY W.9, b. Nov. 1, 1873.
[118.] MILLER, EDWARD P.8, bro. of the last, m. Dec. II, 1858, Mandana, dau. of Dunsmore and Elmina (Shepard) Ball of Boylston, and set. on the original Dea. Miller homestead, which he occupied some 18 yrs. In Nov., 1876, he sold it to the pres- ent owner, Otis W. Sawin, and left tn. Half a dozen years since he ret. and located on the Rev. Elisha Marsh farm, Meet- inghouse Hill (Rev. Cyrus Mann house), where he now res. He was in the war of the Rebellion. (See p. 419.) Chn. :
140. LOUIS S.9, b. Aug. 25, 1860; m. Mary J. Holden; res. W .; no chn.
141. SUSIE E.9, b. Dec. 20, 1863; d. Sept. 3, 1865.
142. CHARLES K.9, b. Dec. 25, 1865; m. Etta Fellows; res. Lawrence; I chd.
[133.] MILLER, FRANK E.9, s. of J. Hervey8 and Mary (Har- rington) Miller, m. Ida A. Peck and res. W. They have 2 chn .:
143. ALFREDA M.10, b. Sept. 21, 1888. 144. MARY L.10, b. April 26, 1890.
[136.] MILLER, CYRUS T.9, s. of J. Hervey8 and Lizzie D. (Rice) Miller, m. Lillian C., dau. of Stephen and Anna P. (Brown) Lamb, res. W., and has I chd .:
145. Name not received.
The Millers thus far mentioned descended from Dea. Joseph of early W. memory. Those hereafter named may have been of the same immigrant stock, but their lineage has not been ascertained.
146. MILLER, MATTHEWS, s. of John and Janet (Matthews) Miller, was b. Hancock, N. H., Oct. 5, 1814. He m. June 29, 1843, Charlotte Stanley Lakin, and after living in his native town a few years, where his chn. were b., and temporarily in Marlboro', N. H., came to W. and located on the Joshua Moore place in the west part, being Highway Surveyor of the district in 1869. His w. d. Marlboro', N. H., Feb. 5, 1882, a. 62. Chn. : 147. GEORGE A., b. Sept. 20, 1844; d. Sept. 18, 1846.
148. CHARLES M., b. July 24, 1847; m. Lucia C. Maynard; res. W.
149. LURA B., b. Dec. 10, 1851; m. Calvin Eaton; res. W .; no chn .; living.
[148.] MILLER, CHARLES MARO, s. of the last, m. Lucia C., dau. Luther and Prudent (Brown) Maynard of Stow, May 17, 1874. He is a farmer and res. as above indicated. Chn. :
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1 50. GEORGE M., b. Oct. 4, 1875. 151. CALVIN W., b. Dec. 12, 1878.
152. LEONA B., b. Jan. 23, ISSI. £ 53. AMY G., b. Oct. 20, 1883.
1 54. LEON W., b. April 23, 1886.
1 56. GRACE J., b. Dec. 5, 1889.
155. ERNEST L., b. Sept. 3, ISSS.
James Miller, bro. of Matthews (146), b. Hancock, 1807; d. W. unm. May 7, 1865.
1. MILLS, WILLIAM, ptge., etc., unkn., perhaps from New- bury, seems to have come into town 1784, and, in company with Peletiah Everett, to have purchased the property near the foot of the W. Pond, where A. Clark Rice recently lived, open- ing there a public house and running it together for awhile. His place of res. and occupation subsequently are not known. He appears to have moved to Boston after ab. half a dozen years, and to have d. there bef. 1791. He was a Rev. soldier and a member of the "Society of the Cincinnati," as was also Mr. Everett, and it is prob. the two became acquainted through their army relations. He was pub. to Sally Bowman of W. (ptge., etc., unknown), Jan. 31, 1785, by whom he had 4 chn. After his d. the family returned here and Mrs. M. was engaged in teaching school in 1794, being paid for such service in So. Dist. Chn .:
2. HENRY J., b. April 13, 1785. 3. SALLY, b. Aug. 24, 1786.
4. MARIETTA, b. Nov. 4, 1788. 5. - , b. Boston, 1790 ?.
Marietta Mills (4), one of these chn., lived in town many years and was a woman of property and standing. She owned a part of the Perry (Charles Eaton) house for some years, Edward Kendall having the other part. Lived subsequently with Mrs. John Hoar. Purchased a pew in Meetinghouse 1819. Was "of Lancas- ter " 1830.
MINOTT.
The first of this name in N. E. was George1, s. of Thomas Minott, Esq .. of Essex. b. Aug. 4, 1594. He is said to have been a staunch Puritan, unit- ing his fortunes with those of some of the early colonists and coming hither that he. with his associates, might enjoy the privileges of civil and religious liberty, and worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience. He set. in that part of Dorchester now known as Neponset, where he was made " Freeman " in 1634, and elected Rep. to the Gen. Ct. in 1735 and 1736. For more than 30 yrs. he served as Elder in the chh., having for a contem- porary Elder Humphrey, the ancestor of a most reputable family not yet extinct in that vicinity. The excellences of these two ecclesiastical worthies were formerly commemorated by a unique inscription on a tombstone in the old Dorchester burying ground. now displaced and probably destroyed. running thus :
" Here lie the bodies of Unite Humphrey and Shining Minott. Such names as these, they never die not."
Mr. Minott, who passed away in 1671, left a s. James2, the f. of another James3, who located in Concord. The latter had Jonathan4, a res. of West- ford, whose s. Jonathan" completes the ancestral line of the first W. family.
MINOTT, JONATHAN6, s. of the last, was b. Westford, Sept. 3, 1749. He was a Rev. sold. and served at Bunker Hill. When exactly 28 yrs. of a., Sept. 3, 1777, he m. Hannah East- man of the same tn., and prob. came at once to their home here. A year previous, July 3, 1776, the day bef. the signing of
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the Dec. of Ind., he had bought of Andrew Poore, Leom., the 2d and 3d Div. lots drawn on No. 8, originally belonging to Rev. Elisha Marsh. They were located adjacent to each other in the present west part of the town, and constituted the essential portion of the well-known farm still in the keeping of the fam. Mr. Minott was a man of sturdy physique and of corresponding characteristics otherwise. He was a successful farmer, adding continually to his landed and other possessions, and becoming in a few years one of the largest taxpayers in town. He d. April 3, 1833, a. 83. Mrs. Minott d. June 14, 1838, a. 79. Chn. : 2. JONATHAN7, b. May 12, 1779; m. Ruth Adams; res. W .; no chn .; d. April 15, 1832.
3. JOSEPH7, b. Sept. 12, 1781; m. Sally Graves; res. W .; 12 chn .; d. Dec. 10, 1835.
4. HANNAH7, b. April 12, 1785; m. Reuben How; res. Rut. and W .; 6 chn ; d. May 8, 1860.
5. BETSEY, b. Aug. 15, 1787; m. Justus Holden; res. Barre and W .; chn .; d. Jan. 28, 1874.
6. SALLY7, b. May 3, 1790; m. Otis Titus; res. W .; 4 chn .; d. June 15, 1883.
7. AMOS B.7, b. Oct. 14, 1792; m. Mary Hardy; res. W .; 3 chn; d. Aug. 21, 1823. S. LEONARD7, b. Feb. 22, 1795; m. Myra Whitney; res. W .; no chn .; d. June 26, 1844.
9. JOHN7, b. Jan. 30, 1797; m. wid. of bro. Amos B .; res. W .; 5 chn .; d. Aug. 24, 1876.
10. LUKE7, b. April 26, 1800; m. Catharine Fowle; res. W .; 6 chn .; d. June 7, 1841. II. HITTIE E.7, b. Sept. 20, 1802; m. Isaac Jackson; res. Gr .; 6 chn .; d. Jan. I, 1852.
I2. MARY ANN7, b. Dec. 27, 1808; m. Levi Hardy; res. Hollis, N. H., and Worc.
[3.] MINOTT, JOSEPH, s. of the last, m. Sally, dau. of Levi and Rebecca (Wood) Graves (pub. Sept. 6, 1807). He was a carpenter by trade, and carried on the business of building for some years with his older bro., Jonathan. At length he turned his attention to the manufacture of bass viols, in which calling he proved to be a skillful and satisfactory workman. His instru- ments had an excellent reputation, both for purity and richness of tone and quality of construction, and found a ready and ex- tensive market. His workshop stood on the ground now occu- pied by the Baptist meetinghouse, near his place of residence, where Mrs. Dr. Warner now lives. He passed away Dec. 10, 1835, a. 54. His wid. followed him July 31, 1855, a. 71. Chn .: 13. SALLY L.", b. Nov. 20, 1807; m. Timothy Fessenden; res. W .; 4 chn .; d. Sept. 27, 1861 ?.
14. REBECCA M.8, b. March 13, 1809; m. Reed Merriam; res. W .; 1 chd .; d. June 21, 1860.
15. JOSEPH N.8, b. Nov. 2, ISII; m. Betsey Merriam; res. W. and Worc.
16. SUSAN A.8, b. Dec. 27, 1813; d. April 11, 1827.
17. MARTHA A.8, b. April 17, 1816; m. Geo. S. Burrage; res. Leom .; 3 chn .; 1.
IS. MARY W.8, b. Feb. 7, 1819; m. Asaph Wood; res. W .; 5 chn .; d. Worc.
19. RUTH M.8, b July 14, 1821; d. April 9, 1827.
20. LEVI W.8, b. June 4, 1824; d. July 19, 1824. [May?, 1891.
21. HENRY W.8, b. June 15, 1825; m. twice; res. Spring Valley, Minn .; I chd .; d.
22. LEVI E.8, b. Sept. 2, 1827; m. -- Crocker; res. Sheboygan, Wis ; 3 chn .; 1.
23. CHARLES M.8, b. Oct. 22, 1829; d. July 15, 1831.
24. SUSAN M.8, b. 1831; d. Oct. 7, 1848.
[7.] MINOTT, AMOS B., bro. of the last, m. Mary, dau. of Enos and Mary Hardy of Hollis, N. H., Nov. 25, 1819. He
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owned and res. in the John Hoar house at the west end of the village, now occupied by J. Frank Howard. He d. Aug. 21, 1823, a. 30, and his wid. m. (2) his bro. John, as mentioned below. Chn. :
25. AMOS B.8, b. Jan. 25, 1821; m. Maria Breck; res. Gr .; 5 chn .; living.
26. MARY ANN8, b. March 17, 1822; m. Farwell Edgell; res. Gr .; 1 chd .; d. Jan. 26, 1860.
27. JONATHAN E.8, b. Feb. 22, IS24; m. Emily M. Gilson.
[9.] MINOTT, JOHNE, bro. of the last two, m. Jan. 3, 1825, Mary (Hardy) Minott, the wid. of Amos B.7, and res. through life on the paternal estate. He was one of the most prosperous and independent farmers of the town. Of strong common sense and good judgment in all practical affairs, dignified and courteous in manner, he commanded the respect and confidence of his fellow-citizens and of the general public. He served the town 4 years as Selectman and 2 years as Assessor. He was also I yr. on the Sch. Com., and in many minor positions of responsibility from time to time. He and his worthy compan- ion lived to celebrate the 50th anny. of their m., but ere long thereafter were called to the eternal world. He d. Aug. 24, 1876, a. 79, and she seven months later, March 10, 1877, a. 78. Chn .:
28. SUSAN A.S, b. Oct. 2, 1825; m. three times; res. Gr. and Fg .; I chd .; d. April 8, 1874.
29. JOHN H.8, b. June 17, 1827; m. Eliza A. Kendall; res. Gr .; 2 chn .; living.
30. FREDERIC H.8, b. Jan. 26, 1830; d. Aug. 20, 1831.
31. FREDERIC H.8, b. Jan. 5, 1832; m. three times; res. W.
32. ELLEN8, b. Dec. 8, 1842; d. Dec 22, 1842.
[10.] MINOTT, LUKE", youngest s. of Jonathan6 and Hannah, m. Oct. 26, 1829, Catharine, dau. Augustus and Susannah (Brown) Fowle of Woburn. Like most of his bros. he was a carpenter, and in connection with other buildings he erected two houses at the E. end of the village, in each of which he successively res. He d. June 7, 1841, a. 41. She d. 1890. Chn. :
33. C. APPLETON&, b. Nov. 6, 1830; m. Hattie Tuttle; res. Lowell; d. Jan. 9, 1871. 34. ALBERT®, b. July 31, 1832; m. Martha Carr: res. W.
35. HARRIET, b. July 6, 1834; d. Aug. 18, 1835.
36. CATHARINE F.", b. March 31, 1836; m. Wallace Cheney; res. W., etc .; 2 chn .; living.
37. AUGUSTUS8, b. July 7, 1838; m. Maria Warren; res. Leicester.
38. HARRIETS, b. July 5, 1840; d. unm., Oct. 20, 1878.
[15.] MINOTT, JOSEPH NELSONS, oldest s. of Joseph" and Sally, was also a carpenter, living and working at his trade in W. many years, when he moved to Worc. A man of genial dispo- sition, generous hospitality, and exemplary life. He m. Betsey, dau. of Asa and Lucena (Puffer) Merriam, in 1838. He d. June 8, 1868, a. 57. She d. Feb. 8, 1887, a. 72. Chd. : 39. MARY S.9, b. Nov. 30, 1842; living at Worc., unm.
[31.] MINOTT, FREDERICK H8, s. of John and Mary (Hardy) Minott, remained on the old homestead, succeeding his father
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in its ownership and management. He was a skillful farmer and an intelligent, trustworthy, honored citizen. He served the town as a member of the School Committee and in other ways promotive of the common welfare. He m. three times : (1) Mary A. Roberts of Meriden, Conn., Aug. 3, 1854, who d. without issue, Aug. 18, 1857, a. 25 ; (2) Mary A., dau. Joseph and Harriet A. (Maynard) Grimes of Hub., May 21, 1863, who was the mother of 6 chn., dying July 10, 1873, a. 29; and (3) Emily H. Perkins, who had I chd. and survived him. Chn .:
40. CARRIE L.9, b. July 9, 1864. 41. JOHN9, b. Jan. 18, 1866.
42. JENNIE S.9, b. Dec. 31, 1867; d. Feb. 18, 1886.
43. ELLA9, b. Aug. 9, 1869. 44. MARY A.º, b. Aug. 23, 1871.
45. MAGGIE E.9, b. June 25, 1873.
46. EVA M.9, b. May 7, 1879; d. Feb. 15, 1881.
[34.] MINOTT, ALBERT8, s. of Luke7 and Catharine, m. Sept. 13, 1857, Martha Ellen, dau. Walter V. and Brucey (Cowdrey) Carr, and set. on the Charles Smith place, Scrabble Hollow. Chn. :
47. CHARLES W.9, b. April 1, 1859; m. Fannie E. Estey; res. Burlington, Vt .; grad. M. A. C.
48. CLIFFORD L.9, b. Aug. 20, 1862; d. Feb. 3, 1865.
49. WALLACE A.9, b. Feb. 22, 1868. 50. LEON A.9, b. Oct. 4, 1878.
MOORE.
One John Moore1, supposed to be the immigrant ancestor of most or all of those bearing the name in central Mass .. was in Camb. bef. 1640, took the oath of allegiance in that year, and made a permanent settlement in Sud bury. His w.'s name was Elizabeth. Of these parents was b. a s., known as Ensign John2, an early settler and prominent citizen of Lancaster, who m. Anna Smith of S., Nov. 16, 1654. They had a s., also named John3, b. 1662, who in his turn m. Hezadiah, dau. of Jonas and Lydia Fairbanks, July 1, 1698.
I. MOOR, FAIRBANKS4, giving the name as he himself wrote it (though his ancestors and collateral relatives almost invari- ably used the final e), was s. of John3 and Hezadiah, b. ab. 1 700, the date not being found in the records at Lancaster, where he res. for many years and where all his chn. were b. Hem. April 30, 1723, Judith, dau. Benjamin and Dorcas (Cutter) Willard Bellows, who res. successively at Marlboro', Lancaster, and Lunenberg. He was the first actual settler in Nar. No. 2,- Westminster. A full sketch of his career is given in connection with the account of that event in Chap. V., and need not be re- peated here any further than to tabulate, with a few accompany- ing data, his family. He d. March 6, 1758. The date of the d. of his w. is unkn. Chn. :
2. JONIN5, b. Nov. 28, 1723; went Bolton, Conn .; in King George's War, 1745; d. 1746.
3. JONAS5, b. Oct. 6, 1725; res. Putney, Vt., 1771; house sacked by N. H. insurgents.
4. FAIRBANKS5, b. July 25, 1728; early set. Walpole, N. H .; in Putney, Vt., 1768.
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WILLIAMS, b. Jan. 17, 1730-1; no trace of him found; prob. d. young.
6. BENJAMIN5, b. July 30, 1733; m. and set. Brattleboro', Vt .; slain March 6, 1758.
7. PAUL5, b. Nov. 4, 1736: no trace of him found.
S. ABNER5, (?) b. prob. at Nar. No. 2, 1738 or 1739; d. 1742.
[For full particulars of the eventful experiences of three of the above sons of Fairbanks Moor - Jonas, Fairbanks, Jr., and Benjamin - the reader is referred to the Chapter mentioned above.]
9. MOORE, JOSHUA6, s. of John5 and Esther (Bigelow) Moore of Worc., was b. Nov. 20, 1772. He was a lineal descendant of the first named John1 of Sudbury, the connecting links being Jacob2, Richard3, and Isaac4 who located in Worc. soon after its third and permanent settlement in 1713.
Joshua Moore6 was a blacksmith by trade, working at the forge while a young man in his native town and subsequently at Athol, where he first established himself in life, and where he m. May -, 1799, Deborah Townsend, the mother of his first three chn. In Jan., 1805, he removed to W., having purchased the Nathan Darby farm, a mile N. W. of the Center, now in possession of Matthews Miller, and devoted himself chiefly there- after to agricultural pursuits. His w. d. the following year, April 7, a. 27, and he m. (2) Aug. 8, 1808, Martha, dau. of Jacob and Anna Harris of Ash., and sr. of Rev. Samuel Harris of Windham, N. H. Mr. Moore was a man of strong physical and intellectual constitution, of unimpeachable integrity, inde- pendent in thought and action, and fond of debate, in which he was no mean antagonist. "During the later years of his life," writes his son, M. H. Moore, "he took an active interest in town affairs, strongly advocating what he believed to be bene- ficial, and as strongly opposing what he believed injurious," to the public. His principal dwelling house, with a portion of its contents, was burned Feb. 8, 1823 and never rebuilt, a smaller one on the premises serving his needs afterwards. He de- parted this life, May 17, 1848, a. 75. His wid. d. at Gr., Nov. II, 1863, a. 79. Chn .:
10. ELIZA, b. April 27, 1800: m. Constant Southworth; res. Boston; no chn .; d. Sept. 29, 1887.
II. ARAD7, b. March 13, 1802; m. wid. Harriet Maynard; res. Waltham; I chd .; d. Jan. 5, 1869.
12. EMILY, b. Aug. 26, 1804; d. April 3, 1806, at W.
13. EMILY, b. March IS, 1810; a skillful and faithful nurse; d. Nov. 8, 1881.
14. MARIUS H.7, b. May 24, 1814; m. Elizabeth Wood; res. Leom .; 3 chn .; living.
15. CORDELIA E.7, b. Aug. 21, 1823; m. Franklin H. Sprague; res. Fram .; 5 chn .; living.
16. JOHN M.7, b. July 22, 1827; m. Myra A. Sawin; res. Gr .; I chd .; living.
[14.] MOORE, MARIUS HARRIS, S. of Joshua6 and Martha, m. Aug. 26, 1847, Elizabeth, dau. James and Maria B. Wood of Leom., where she was b. March 20, 1822. They lived at W. on the old place, though in the house built by himself and now occu- pied by Mr. Miller, till 1866, when he disposed of the property and rem. to Leom., where they still reside. Mr. Moore is a carpenter by trade, but has given much time and attention to
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farming. Has been much interested in reform questions, especi- ally as represented in Anti-Slavery and Temperance, his active efforts in behalf of the latter cause having at times provoked much bitterness of feeling against him and occasional personal indignities becoming the fell spirit which gave them birth. Chn. :
174 WILLIAM EVERETT8, b. June 20, 1852; m. Emma J. Ballou; res. Leom. 18. WILBUR F.8, b. June 25, 1860; unm .; res. Leom.
19. EMMA C.8, b. Oct. 1, 1864; unm .; res. Leom.
Arad Moore (11), the only s. of Joshua" by his first m, fitted for and grad. at Amherst College in 1828. He subsequently studied law, and engaged in its prac- tice at Waltham from 1831 to 1861. In 1865 he moved to Fram., where he d. Jan. 5, 1869, a. 66. He left a s. Frank, who res. at Concord.
John Milton Moore7 (16), youngest s. of Joshua6, soon after becoming of age set. in Gr., where he has been, and still is, an active, useful, and honored citizen. He was for many years engaged in the manufacture of chairs, most of the time as member of the firm of " Wright, Moore, and Co." in the So. Village. He retired in 1877, and has since been employed as clerk and expert accountant at home and elsewhere. He holds a commission as Justice of the Peace, and has served on the Sch. Com. more than 35 yrs. He represented the town in the lower house of the Gen. Ct. in 1855 and 1870, and was a member of the Senate ISSI, 1882. He m. Myra A., dau. of Joseph D. and Marcia M. Sawin of Gr., Nov. 29, 1854, and has 1 s., John Myron8, Asst. Cashier of the First National Bank in that town.
20. MOORE, ASA, s. of Dea. Israel and Catharine of Stg., was bap. 1786 and m. May 31, 1804, Sabra Lovell of Holden. They first set. in W. Boylston, but moved to W. ab. ISII, in which yr., Sept. 9, he bought the Narrows sawmill, and related property, of Nathaniel G. Wood. Aug. 18, 1816, they were dis. from the W. B. chh. to that of W. Soon after, Mr. M. exchanged the mill, etc., for lands in Royalston and perhaps rem. thither. He, however, was in Rutland in 1825, and in Hub., 1854, where his w., Sabra, d., a. 68. He m. again, but further particulars have not been found.
MORRILL.
On the list of original settlers of Salisbury, as attested by the Recorder of the township, Thomas Bradbury, is the following. to wit: " No. 31. Abra- ham Morrill, Dec. 3, t650." He was in the place at least 11 yrs. earlier. having Ist Div. lots granted him in the distribution of lands in 1639. A man of the same name, sup. to be the same person, was living in Camb., near what is now "Porters Station," in 1633. By his w .. Sarah, Abraham Morrill1 of Salisbury had 8 chn., of whom Jacob2 was b. Aug. 24, 1648. The line of descent ran from him through Aaron3, b. ab. 1680. who m. Joanna Heath. to a second Aaron4, b. 1723. the f. of Thomas5. b. Feb. 10. 1744-5. By his w., Hannah Worthen, he had Thomas6, b. Jan. 8. 1776, who m. Polly Eastman. Of this couple was b. at Salisbury, May 10. 1799, Amos Morrill7, who m. Mary Ann, dau. of Henry and Lovisa Coolidge of this tn., and set. in the suburbs of Boston. He was an ingenious mechanic and an enter- prising, well-equiped. active business man. To much of native inventive skill he added superior administrative ability, which gave promise of a suc- cessful and meritorious career in life. But that promise was never fulfilled. When only about 33 yrs. of age. he was stricken with apoplexy in his own dwelling, dying, without recovering consciousness, a few hours afterward.
I. MORRILL, MRS. MARY ANN, wid. of Amos7, came to W. with her little ones soon after the d. of her husband, and here
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THE MORRILL AND MORSE FAMILIES.
she res., much respected by all who knew her, until they arrived at mature age and left town, when she went to live with them elsewhere, dying at Camb. some 10 years since. Chn. :
2. JEFFERSONS, b. July 12, 1828; m. Mary Ann Carter; 1 chd .; d. May 29, 1875.
3. MARY ANN&: birth date unkn .; res. with bro. Amos; d. Nov., 1890, unm.
4. LORENA®, b. ab. 1831; educated and taught school; d. in early womanhood.
5. AMoss, the posthumous son of Amos7, b. near Boston, prob. 1833.
The latter (5) was educated in the schools of W., and was well known in town during his boyhood and youth. In early manhood he secured a place in the store of Abel S. Wood, Gr. Center, where he subsequently became partner in a Dry Goods and Grocery concern. After the war he abandoned mercantile pursuits and was engaged with others a few years in the manufacture of lumber, etc., at Erving and Wendell. There he developed unusual business talent and executive ability, which opened the way to larger opportunities and a more remunerative field of service. He at length entered the chair manufacturing firm of "Heywood Bros. & Co.," taking charge of the N. Y. trade, and contributing largely to the continued success of the establishment. In the midst of his usefulness he was stricken with the same disease that terminated his f.'s life, dying in Sept., 1891, much lamented by all who knew him. He was a man of commanding personal presence, gentlemanly address, and kindly disposition, upright and honorable in his character and conduct, large-hearted and generous in his private intercourse with his fellowmen and in his relations to the general public. His sudden death was a deeply felt loss to the town of Gr., which he was about to make his permanent home, as well as to his family and large circle of friends to whom he was especially dear. Mr. Morrill m. (1) Melissa M., dau. of Benjamin F. and Sarah (Comee) Heywood of Gr., who d. many years since, leaving I s., Frank H., dec'd 1884; and (2) Mary A. Thomas of N. Y., who, with 4 sons and 2 daus., survives him.
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