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1877. Children: Edward Chalmers, born March 9, 1842, a prominent artist in Providence, R.I .; Charlotte Elizabeth, born March 4, 1846, who | married, March 7, 1838, Julia, daughter of Hon. married Edward E. Slocum, of Providence. William Reed, of Taunton. She had been pupil and teacher in Ipswich Female Seminary. Chil- dren : William Reed, died young ; Samuel Hop- kins, graduate of Harvard law school, a manu- facturer in Quincy, Ill .; Francis Walcott Reed, in business in Taunton; Joseph Welch, a manu- facturer in Quincy, Ill.
Rev. Samuel Hopkins Emery is of the seventh generation in this country. The immigrant an- cestor was John, who came, with a brother, An- thony, in the ship "James." from England, and settled at Newbury in 1635. Samuel was born at Boxford, Mass., Aug. 22, 1815, son of Joshua and Elizabeth (Welch) Emery. He entered Phil- Rev. Oren Sikes son of Jonathan and Cyrena Sikes, was born at Ludlow, Mass., Oet. 26, 1805. He was educated at Monson Academy and Ban- gor Theological Seminary, and was ordained and installed at Union, Me .. June 8, 1831. He was installed at Mercer, Me., Jan. 30, 1833, and at Bedford, June 3, 1846, where he continued to preach until his death. Dec. 15, 1852. "Ortho- dox in his doctrinal belief. an able and faithful preacher. a wise and affectionate pastor, a good citizen, a godly man." He married, Nov. 4, 1832, Julia Knox. daughter of Eben and Lucy Knox Thatcher, of Thomaston, Me. She died Oct. 19, 1851. Children : Oren C., died Sept. 14, 1879; Julia C .. married Rev. William F. Bacon. lips Academy at the age of eight years. John Adams was then principal. From there he en- tered Amherst College, as sophomore, at the age of sixteen. and graduated in 1834. with the second appointment of salutatory in Latin, in the class with Henry Ward Beecher. He completed a course at Andover Theological Seminary in 1837, and was immediately settled as pastor of a new church in Taunton, Mass., where he labored until January, 1841. He was installed at Bedford as the immediate successor of Rev. Jonathan Leavitt, who had been called to Providence, R.l. His pastorate in this town, of four and a half years, was during the ardor of his youth in the ministry, and the beneficent impressions made : died Feb. 19, 1859; Catherine P., married Milton are still manifest. His ability. then apparent. has strengthened during the almost half century
A. Fowler, of Poughkeepsie. N.Y .; Henry K., of Peoria, Ill .; Caroline E. H., died in infancy.
Bedford Maps. Oct. 23. 1848
The throne we become acquainted with this feature the move highly we esteem them
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that has elapsed since he closed his pastorate in this town. He was recalled to the Taunton church, thence to Quincy, Ill., and was for a time at Chicago, Providence, R.I .. Bridgeport. Conn .. and North Middleboro, Mass. He was called to the superintendence of the charity work of Taunton by a committee representing all of the churches of that city, and has spent fourteen years in that service. He was a repre- sentative to the Legislature in 1890 and 1891 from Taunton, being both years a member of the committee on education and House chair- man of the committee on parishes and religious societies. He is an authority on historical and genealogical work, being the author of "The Ministry of Taunton," and other similar publi-
cations. He has been president of the Old Colony Historical Society for many years. He
Rev. Henry Johnson Patrick. son of Rev. Jo- seph H. and Mary Patrick. was born in Warren, Sept. 20, 1827, and prepared for college at Warren, Wilbraham, and Amherst: graduated from Am- herst College in 1848, and from Andover Theo- logical Seminary in 1853; licensed to preach April 1, 1853; settled as pastor at Bedford, Nov. 16, 1854; dismissed Aug. 28, 1860. and installed at West Newton. Sept. 26, 1860, where he has since labored. During his pastorate in this town he was a representative to the Gen- eral Court (1857-8). He was a delegate of the Christian Commission in the army of the l'oto- mac. at City Point, 1865. and travelled abroad during the summer of 1886. He was honored with the degree of D.D. by Amherst College in
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1890. He married, Sept. 13, 1860, Martha A., daughter of Rev. Aretas Loomis, of Bennington, Vt. They have five children.
Rev. William J. Batt, son of Richard W. and Laura (Bliss) Batt, was born in Fall River, Oct. 5, 1834. He was educated at Brown University, class of 1855, and Andover Theological Semi- mary, class of 1858. He was ordained to the ministry in Stoneham, in 1859, from which time he was pastor there until 1861, when he was in- vited to the Church of Christ in Bedford, where he labored four years. His ministry here in- cluded the trying period of the Civil War, and his services were with the entire Protestant community, worship being steadily held in but
one church. He was installed at Leominster in Nov. 1, 1876, since which time he has labored 1865. After a residence there of ten years, he was recalled to Stoneham, where he remained ten years. Resigning in 1885, he accepted the position of chaplain of the Massachusetts Re- formatory, where he is still a faithful laborer for the good of his fellow men. He married, Oct. 5. 1859, Mary D. Davol, of Fall River. She died Dee. 30, 1870. Children: William M., born Jan. 22, 1861; Mary Davol, born May 30. 1863; Arthur L., born June 10, 1865, and died July 2, 1870; Florence W. born Feb. 28, 1867, and lied May 19, 1874; Almira Laura, born May 6, 1869.
Rev. George Lewis, son of Lothrop Lewis, was born in Bridgton, Me., Jan. 21, 1839. Ile was educated in the Academy of his native town and Bangor Theological Seminary. He was ordained at Bedford, Der. 13, 1865, and installed as pastor of the Church of Christ of the town at the same serviee. His ministry was rendered brief on account of ill health, and he was dismissed Nov. 14, 1867. He was later settled in Alfred, Me., and is now pastor at South Berwick, Me., where ! at the engagement where he received his wound, he has been for many years. He married, Nov. 29, 1865, Katherine B. L. MeLellare, of Maine.
Rev. Edward Chase was born Oct. 9, 1836; educated at Union College, Maine, and Andover Theological Seminary, and ordained at Portland, |Child : Lulu Addie, born Jan. 9, 1878. Me. in 1863. He was installed as pastor in this town Feb. 17, 1869, and dismissed March 17, 1875. He is now settled at Hallowell, Me., having had a previous pastorate at Biddeford. Me. He married, March 10, 1869, Sarah Brooks. Children : Charles Coes, born April 26, 1870; Martha H .. born May 4, 1874; Sarah B., born June 20, 1880, and died Dec. 26, 1890.
Rev. Otis D. Crawford, second son of Hon. James Crawford, of Dubuque, Ia., and Mary Bellows Dickinson, grandaughter of Col. Caleb Bellows, after whom Bellows Falls, Vt .. was named, was born Feb. 5, 1842. His father died
in 1846, and he was educated in oeeasional schools and in a general store in Maquoketa, Ia., in Appleton Academy, New Ipswich, N.H., Towa College, and at Chicago Theological Semi- nary, where he took a full course, and graduated in 1872. This was supplemented by a three months course at Oberlin, under President Fin- ney, and at Andover Theolog cal Seminary in the winter of 1876-7, under Professors Park and Phelps. He was ordained Nov. 1, 1872, and entered upon home missionary work in his native state. He was settled at Hampton, Ia., for two years, and in Sunderland, Mass., in the winter of 1874-5. He became acting pastor at Bedford, Aug. 1, 1875, and remained until
in the South and West. His work is that of a revivalist, in which he has been abundantly blessed. His term of service in the South was spent at Mobile, Ala .. where he had charge of Emerson Institute, and at New Orleans, where he superintended the erection of Whitin Hall for Straight University. Mr. Crawford enlisted in Company A, Ninth Regiment. of Iowa Volun- teer Infantry, Ang. 9. 1861, for three years or during the war. His regiment was mustered into service Sept. 24, 1861. The field of opera- tion was the Mississippi Valley, and he was engaged in battles at Pea Ridge, Ark., Bayou Cashe. Chickasaw Bluffs, outpost of Viekburg, Arkansas Post, Jackson, Miss., and Vicksburg. In General Sherman's corps, at the last place, he was wounded in an assault upon the works. May 22, 1863. He suffered from an open wound in the shoulder for thirteen months, which pre- vented him from re-enlisting, and he was dis- charged Sept. 24, 1864, and granted a pension. He was corporal in the color guard, and as such,
was able to save the standard which had been presented to the "Greyhound Regiment" by the ladies of Boston. He married. Sept. 1, 1874, Clara M. Wood, a native of Swansea, Mass.
Rev. George Edwards Lovejoy, son of John H. and Sally (Grout) Lovejoy, was born in Brad- ford, June 30, 1843. His early education was obtained in the public schools of his native town and in various academies. His plans for life were interfered with by the Civil War. He enlisted as a private in August, 1862, being as- signed to the Twenty-second Massachusetts Reg- iment, First Brigade, First Division, Fifth Army Corps. He remained a member of this regiment until it was mustered out of service, when, hav- ing re-enlisted, he was transferred to the thirty- second regiment, with which he was connected
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until the close of the war. He participated in the tered the Congregegational ministry December, 1877. He was acting pastor in his native town for two years, and settled in Bedford, in April, 1881. He labored until the autumn of 1885, when he resigned, and accepted an acting pas- torate at Middleboro, where he remained until 1888. and was then settled over the First Church of Winchester, N.H. He is prominent in the Masonic fraternity. He married. Nov. 4. 1874, Mary W. Landerkin. Children : Charles Leon- ard, born Ang. 10, 1875; Maria Mitchell, born July 10, 1880 battles of Antietam, Shepardstown, Chancellors- ville, Rappahannock Station, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg, where his regiment was distinguished for its services. In 1868 he began special preparations for the gospel ministry, and completed a course at Andover Theological Sem- inary in 1873. He was ordained and installed as pastor of the Congregational Church of Can- dia, N. H., July 16, 1873, where he remained until the spring of 1877, and on the 12th of the following September was installed as pastor of the Church of Christ of Bedford. While here the town and church celebrated their one hun- dred and fiftieth anniversary. His sermon, com- memorative of the organization of the latter, was published by the request of the people, and is a valuable contribution to local history. He re- signed at Bedford, to accept a call to the First Congregational Church of Franklin, where he was installed Dec. 8, 1880. and labored with marked success until the summer of 1891, when he accepted a call to Oak Park Church, Minne- ^Amanda S. Manson, a graduate of Bates College. apolis, Minn. He married, May 1, 1867, Mary L. Sinclair, of Lowell.
Rev. Howard A. Hanaford, son of Dr. T. H. and Rev. Mrs. P. A. Hanaford, was born at Nantneket town, Dec. 31. 1851, and educated at Dean Academy, Antioch College, Ohio, and Tufts Theological School. He was ordained at Well- Heet, as a Universalist. April 22, 1874, and en-
Rev. Edwin Smith, son of Henry Dearborn Smith and Clarissa Sonle, was born in Searsport, Me. He graduated at Bowdoin College in 1861. and at Bangor Theological Seminary in 1864. He was ordained and installed at Lynn, Mass., Chestnut Street Church, Jan. 11. 1865. where he remained until 1868. His subsequent parishes have been Barre, 1868-79; Braintree, 1879-82; Maynard. 1882-6. His ministrations at Bedford began August, 1886. He married, Dec. 29, 1864, Children : Edwin Ray, born Nov. 25, 1865; Annie Manson, born Ang. 11. 1868; Amy Lillian, born Dec. 14, 1870, and died Nov. 2, 1876; Melville Henry, born Oct. 12, 1880. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Smith was made an occasion of great interest by his people at Bedford.
SUPPLEMENTARY.
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SINCE Chap. VI.of this his- tory was printed changes have taken place, mate- rially affecting the educa- tional, social, and industrial relations of the town, and this chapter, which we en- deavored to guard against, becomes necessary.
A committee, then at work, reported to the town at a legal meeting held on Jan. 24, 1891, rec- ommending the immediate erection of a school house. The town then voted to proceed to build a suitable house to accommodate all of the schools of the town. An appropriation of $10,000 was made for the purpose of procuring a site and erecting the building. This was the first in- stance in the town's history when a vote to build a school house of any size or kind was obtained
UNION SCHOOL HOUSE.
ber, Oliver J. Lane, Wallace A. Calef. Rev. Ed- win Smith, and Edwin H. Blake. The work was judiciously done, and the UNION SCHOOL HOUSE was completed in 1891.
The following record of appropriations for public schools shows the gradual growth of the town: 1732, 85; 1733, 811 Gs. 9d,; 1734. €11; 1743. £30; 1758, 820; 1797, 8300; 1798-9, 8250 each ; 1800-1, 8300; 1802, 8200; 1803 4, at the first meeting held for the purpose. The 8300; 1805-6. 8330; 1807, $600; 1808-11, 8400; building committee consisted of Wallace G. Web-
1812. 8300; 1813-17, 8400; 1818-19, $500;
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1820-1, 8400; 1822-29, 8150; 1830. 8300; 1831, 8490; 1832-34, 8450; 1835. $520; 1836-44, $600; Chapter XVI. has made extensive alterations 1845. 6700; 1846. 8600; 1847-51. 8800: 1852, 8875; 1853, 8900; 1854. 8800: 1855, 8860; 1856 -60, $1000; 1861-64, $1100 ; 1865, $1200; 1866 -70, 81300: 1871-74. 81600; 1875. $1700; 1876. $1800; 1877. $2000; 1878-1880, $1800.
In 1881 the State law required each town to furnish text-books and all supplies, henee the appropriation of that and subsequent years has been increased in sums ranging from $200 to 8250 for the purpose. 1881-2. 82000: 1884. $2020; 1885. $2500; 1886, 82800; 1887, 82750 ; 1888, $2450; 1889. 83050; 1890. 82,750.
From 1837 to 1861 the town received its pro- portion of the income of the Surplus Revenue Fund. The income of the State School Fund was first received in 1835. The revenue from the Dog Tax has some years been voted to schools, but usually it has gone to the use of the Free Public Library Corporation.
The Bedford House Association alluded to in and improvements in the hotel property, greatly benefitting the town.
The wood-working factory alluded to in Chap- ter XV. has undergone a radical change. A corporation has been formed under the laws of Massachusetts. and The Bedford Lumber and. Manufacturing Company was chartered May 28, 1891.
It has a capital of 825,000. The company is chartered "for the purpose of buying, selling and manufacturing all kinds of lumber and arti- cles made of or from lumber in whole or in part, and also all articles and materials used in build- ing and furnishing houses and other buildings, and also of painting and glazing."
The officers are: President, Wallace G. Web- ber ; Treasurer, Wallace A. Calef; Secretary, Charles E. Park.
Bedford united with five neighboring towns The facilities of the corporation are ample. Fifty people are constantly employed, and the in 1890 in forming a district for supervision. and thus secured special aid from the State. | largest industrial interest ever established in George M. Walsworth was made supervisor.
this town had its beginning in 1891.
MINERAL SPRING (IRON).
At Bedford Springs, described in Chapter XVI , improvements are now, August, 1891, being made, which enhance the va ue of the property, and ad ! to the interest of the town.
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encalogical and Biographical.
IN adding the following chapters of family history no claim is made to completeness. The object has been to arrange in a readable manner all the obtainable facts. If items are recorded that seem of no special value, the chief object of their introduction has been to break the monot- ony of a register of vital statistics.
The plan at first was to introduce only those families that represented the founders of the town and those that came early, and only such when they had interests of long standing. After more mature consideration, it seemed best to extend the privilege, and the following letter was sent into each family : -
The history of Bedford, with genealogical sketches of families and biographical notes, is soon to be completed. If you desire your family register inserted, you will please furnish the data at once. If you wish space for illustration, together with sixty-five natives of Bedford who have already ordered, you will give it your immediate attention.
Failing to do so before Jan. 20, 1891, may necessitate the omis- sion of your family, in which event you can have no reasonable cause for complaint.
All communications should be addressed to -
ABRAM ENGLISH BROWN,
BEDFORD, MASS.
When branches of families have ceased to be identified with the interests of the town, they have been omitted, unless the data have been supplied by interested parties. In many instances the absence of records or other informa- tion has made it impossible to present any connected or intelligent account.
It is hoped that those who have passed unheeded the printed invitations to furnish family records, and have left their promises unfulfilled, will charitably overlook not a few of the omissions and incomplete registers.
The author of this work trusts that the substance will be found of value.
These chapters are the result of much labor and anxious investigation, and will have served their purpose if they arouse any one of the present or of a future generation to emulate the virtues of their ancestors or to shun their vices.
With a hope that they may be helpful to some one better qualified to compile this branch of history, they are added as fragmentary records.
" What more precious testimonial of your love of kindred and home can you leave than that which provides for the transmission of the history of your ancestors, yourself and family, to future generations ?"- Hon. Marshall P. Wilder.
EXPLANATIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS.
We have tried to be systematic in these registers, but in some instances a deviation will be noticed.
We first give some note on the origin of the family in this country, and earlier if known.
The surname is given when introducing the family, and printed in full-face capitals, and only repeated when a bio- graphical note is appended to the family register.
When a man's name is introduced as the head of a family it is given in full-face type, and is accompanied with date of marriage, name of wife, and date of death of each, as the case may be.
Then follows the register of births, children's names being in italics. If a son is recorded later as the head of a family, a full face h is placed at the left. When not so recorded, the register is completed. The descendants of daughters are not traced unless they are found as heads of other families. When one is to be found with another family the name of husband is given as a guide.
When a daughter is not to appear through union with some other family recorded in this volume, her marriage, place of residence, etc., if known, are added to the record of her birth.
A dash between records of families having a common surname indicates the kinship as remote or not trace- able, i.c. :-
John Clark,
Peter Clark,
The Arabic figures represent the generation in this coun- try; in cases where they are omitted, it was not possible to obtain themn.
Abbreviations : b., born; bap., baptized; ch., child or children. ; d., died; dan., daughter; gr .- dau., granddaugh- ter; m., married ; q. v., which see.
When no state is designated, Massachusetts is under- stood.
ABBOT, or ABBOTT, George,1 with sons, George,2 Nehemiah,2 and Thomas,2 was from England. George1 d. in Rowley, in 1647. George2 m. Sarah Farnum, settled in Andover. Had Io ch. He d. 1719, aged 92; she d. 1728, aged 90. George8 m. 1689, Elizabeth Ballard; m. 2d, Han- nah Esty. Had 9 ch.
Obed,4 son of George,8 a weaver from Salem, bought a farm of Nathaniel Hudson in Sept. 1725, and settled in the
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southerly part of Billerica, now Bedford. It is included in Bedford Springs. He was prominent in forming the town and church, small in stature, and of great physical power. He m. Elizabeth -, and d. May 11, 1773; she d. May 29, 1752. Ch. h Moses,5 b. Jan. 13, 1727. Sarah, b. April 22, 1729, m. Feb. 11, 1748, Isaac Stearns of Billerica. Elisa- beth, b. Mar. 16, 1731, m. Dec. 9, 1756, Abijah Cutler of Brookfield. John,5 b. Feb. 4, 1733. Mary, b. Feb. 16, 1745, m. Daniel l'arker of Reading.
Moses5 (Capt.), known as Solid Abbott, was Ist Lieut. of Bedford Minute Men, and lived on the homestead. Ile m. April 15, 1755, Mary Hill of Billerica. He d. May 22, ISog; she d. Sept. 5, 1So1. Ch. Betty, b. July 12, 1757, m. Oliver Reed. John,6 b. May 29, 1759. h Moses,6 b. Sept. 21, 1761. Jeremiah,6 b. Nov. 23, 1763, settled in Groton. Benjamin,6 b. Feb. 9, 1766, d. May 21, 1793. Mary, b. July 2, 1768, m. May 10, 1791, William Webber.
Moses,6 m. Dec. 7, 1786, Alice Stearns, d. Feb. 19, 1802. Had 6 ch. d. young, and Alice, b. Sept. 22, 1788. Lucy Stearns, b. Feb. 11, 1792. h Moses,7 b. Aug. 16, 1795. h Oliver R.7 b. Mar. 26, 1Soo.
Moses,7 m. June 22, 1820, Susanna Jaquith, d. July, 1836. Ch. Susan Caroline, b. Oct. 8, 1820, m. Seth Austin. Moses G.8 b. June 5, 1822. Charles Edwin,8 b. Feb. 24, 1824. John Henry,8 b. Aug. 16, 1825. Sylvester K.8 b. Dec. 9, 1831, d. June 14, 1890. Anna L. b. May 24, 1834, d. Mar. 17, 1883.
Oliver R.7 m. Mary A. Wilson ; m. 2d, Mary A. Buttrick. Ile d. Sept. 11, 1842; she d. Dec. 26, 1825.
ASHBY, William M. from England, settled in Bed- ford, IS47 ; manufactured sashes and blinds on Vine Brook ; went to California in 1848; later purchased the Fitch Mill, and there conducted business till his death in Nov. 1872. He m. May 4, 1845, Eunice M. Butterfield. Ch. Emma F. b. Oct 16, 1847, m. Joseph A. Goodwin.
BACON. The name has been prominent in the terri- tory comprising this town for more than two hundred years, and, at times, - with the exception of Lane and Hartwell, - the most numerous.
MichaelI was the immigrant ancestor. He went from the north of England to the north of Ireland about 1633, and came to this country about seven years later, settling in Dedham about 1640. He was accompanied by his wife, three sons, - Michael,2 Daniel,2 and John,2-and a daugh- ter, Sarah. The children are all mentioned in a will dated at Dedham, "14-2-1648." His wife died in 1647, and he in 1648.
Michael,2 with wife from Ireland, seems to have set- tled at first in Charlestown; for there, on Dec. IS, 1640, he was a petitioner for the proposed town of Woburn, and became one of the original inhabitants. He was chosen, April 13, 1644, surveyor of highways. Frothingham, in the history of Charlestown, gives a list of the inhabitants of that town between 1630 and 1640, and as the name Bacon does not appear, it is probable that Michael2 came to Charlestown late in 1640. In a mortgage received June S, 1675, he is alluded to as a citizen of Billerica. In August, 1675, the town of Billerica, when providing defense against the Indians in Philip's war, assigned Michael Bacon to garrison "No. 10," under command of Timothy Brooks. Mary, the first wife of Michael,2 d. Aug. 26, 1655. . He then married Mary Richardson of Woburn (Sewall's his- tory) ; she d. May 19, 1670. He married, 3d, Nov. 28, 1670, Mary Noyes. One of the children of Michael? was Michael,3 b. about 1640.
Michael,3 m. Mar. 22, 1660, Sarah Richardson of Wo- burn, who d. Aug. 15, 1694. He d. Aug. 13, 1707. They had ten children, some of whom were born in Woburn.
Michael Bacon-probably Michael3-purchased the Rev. Mr. Mitchell farm of 500 acres in July, 1682, for {200. This farm was a grant by Cambridge to their minister, in 1652. It was situated on the Shawshine River, and included the mill, and was known for many years as "the Bacon homestead." Michael3 was an occupant before the purchase, and had a mill before 1675. Paige, in history of Cambridge, has the following : "Michael Bacou of Woburn bought of Rodger Shaw a farm in the north- westly part of Cambridge (now Bedford), including all the meadow adjoining to the great swamp near the east corner of Concord bounds that falls to Cambridge."
The numerous family of Bacon, prominent in the history of Bedford, have almost all descended from Michael,8 through Jonathan4 and Benjamin.4 The early exceptions were children of Nathaniel, Josiah, and Joseph, sons of Michael,3 q. v. One hundred descendants of Michael,3 of the name of Bacon, are recorded here previous to 1822, and probably as many descendants of the daughters. In the tax-list of 1743 there are eight Bacons, six of them owning real estate. The "Bacon house," still standing, is thought to have been built by Michael,3 in the latter part of the seventeenth century. Six later generations of the family - in five of which were Benjamins -have been born or lived in that house. (See frontispiece.)
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