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SEVERANCE.
Nathan Severance, b. in Danbury, N. H., Sept. 27, 1850, m. Elizabeth S. Griffith March 3, 1892 ; came to Berlin 1892; res. on the Capt. Paul Brigham place.
SHATTUCK.
This has been a prominent New England family. Among the eminent of the name, Lemuel Shattuck
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was foremost in local historical researc. He was a graduate of Harvard and a cultivated scholar. His "History of Concord," 1855, was among the earliest of its kind, and gave inspiration to many students of New England life. He also wrote a genealogy of the Shattucks. More than any other man, perhaps, save Marshall P. Wilder, he laid the foundation of the Historical Society, worthy of his calling.
The earliest family of Shattucks in America was founded by William, "weaver," of Lancashire (?), England, b. 1621 : he was one of the first proprietors of Watertown.
Stephen Shattuck®, Jr., Stephens, Samuel4, Samuel3, Samuel2, William1, b. in Pepperell Aug. 10, 1785 ; his father served three years in the Continental army: was at Valley Forge in that memorable winter, and was a pensioner from 1818; Stephen, Jr., lived in Francestown, N. H., North Reading, Marl- boro, Northboro, Boylston and Berlin, Mass .; m., 1816, Hannah, dau. of - Carter of North Reading. Had Miranda N., b. Jan. 11, 1818; Elijah C., b. Aug. 27, 1820: Hannah A., b. June, 1822; Stephen A., b. June 12, 1824, m., Jan. 1, 1856, Harriet, dau. of Capt. Seth Rice, lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Hannah, wife of Stephen, Jr., d. in Northboro Aug. 8, 1824; he m., 2d, Dolly Longley, wid. of Ira B. and dau. of Daniel and Dolly Carter. Both d. in Berlin-he March 24, 1867; she Feb. 28, 1870.
Elijah C. Shattuck', Stephen, Stephen5, Samuel', Samuel', Samuel2, William', b. in Marlboro, m. Olive C., dau. of Levi Wheeler, Sept. 25, 1848. They had
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George M., b. Jan. 19, 1850; Miranda Grace, b. July 29, 1858, d. Jan. 6, 1862; Clara L., b. July 9, 1863 ; Mary Isabelle C., b. April 19, 1868. He moved to Berlin in 1852 and was in the shoe business a num- ber of years; bought the house built by Mrs. Abram Babcock, near Chandler Carter's, where he lived thirty-three years; he then sold out and moved into the Fuller house in Carterville, where he now lives.
Hartwell Shattuck', s. of Edmund® of Francestown, N. H., came to Berlin in 1862, m., Aug. 18, 1863, Mary E., dau. of Charles and Lucy (Wheeler) Snow. They had Charles Hartwell, Lucy Lincoln, George Andrew, who d. in infancy, and Henry Snow. Hart- well d. Aug. 5, 1873, and Mary d. May 23, 1877, each at the age of 38 yrs.
George Marshall Shattuck®, s. of Elijah C.', m., May, 1870, Sarah Abbie, dau. of Albert and Mary (Sawyer) Babcock. Children: Sarah Bigelow and Pierson Howland. He d. May 20, 1876; his wid. m. Joseph Stratton and now lives in Hudson.
SHEPHERD.
Stephen Shepherd, trader in part of present resi- dence of George Felton, m., April 17, 1820, Lucy Goodnow of West Boylston, where he rem.
Cyrus Shepherd, bro. to above and to first wife of Zenas Johnson, went as missionary to the Flathead Indians, Oregon, where he d. after years of labor ; his wid. returned to Lynn; Cyrus and sister were brought up in the family of Solomon Howe; Cyrus and W. A. Howe planted the noble elms just west of the Peters house.
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SMALL.
Charles E. Small, b. Feb. 3, 1863, from Gardner, Me., m. Lucy J. Randall, dau. of Paul A., Nov. 1I, 1886 ; lives on her father's place in old house. Had Ralph B., b. Jan. 11, 1889; Myron R., b. July 21, I 890.
SMITH.
Oliver Smith, b. Oct. 3, 1803, s. of David and grands. of John Smith of Marlboro, m. Selina E. Hixon April 20, 1826; res. in Carterville; built the house now owned by the Central R. R. Co. Had Addison Gilbert, b. July 1, 1829, was a graduate of Harvard College. class of 1860, was a teacher in high schools, d. Nov. 16, 1874, unm .; also they had Sarah Jane, b. May 10, 1836, m., May, 1854, Erastus O. Sawyer, s. of Daniel Sawyer from Bolton, he d., and Sarah J., his wid., res. in the south part and is still engaged in teaching. Oliver d. Aug. 22, 1865 ; Selina, his wid., d. Sept. 19, 1871.
Calvin Smith, s. of Calvin and grands. of John Smith above named, m. Eusebia, dau. of James God- dard, 2d : she d. Dec. 5, 1841 ; m., 2d, Rebecca, wid. of Theodore Nourse, and sister of Eusebia; he lived in the south part on the Newsome place. Had by Eusebia, Francena, m. John Johnson; Calvin, b. July II, 1833: James G., b. Aug. 13, 1836; Stephen, b. Dec. 23, 1838. By Rebecca had Angenette, b. Nov. 11, 1843, d. Nov. 16, 1876 ; Charles, b. 1846, d. 1851. He d. in Nelson, N. H., Dec. 5, 1883. Rebecca d. in Hudson Dec. 6, 1879.
David Smith m., Aug. 11, 1815, Catherine Chace, sister of Mrs. Roswell Bliss. Children : Richard
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R., b. Dec. 7, 1817, m. Julia E. Burrill of Lynn, who, after his death, m. Pliny B. Southwick; David Anthony; also Anna and Lydia, who retained the homestead now owned by Sewell Merrill. Mr. Smith of the Society of Friends was among the earliest of the town School Committee.
Riley Smith, s. of Asa, b. in Lunenburg, Vt., Aug. 19, 1821, m., Aug. 16, 1846, Eleanor C., dau. of Asa. Carter, who was b. in Berlin May 10, 1798, and d. here Oct. 3, 1850. Riley was our principal blacksmith for twenty-five years or more ; he was engaged in trade at the R. S. Hastings store in 1874-79; rem. to Hud- son Nov. 26, 1879, and carried on blacksmithing there till Jan. 20, 1888, the time of his death. Had Addie C., b. May 8, 1848, m. Austin F. Smith of Fitchburg Jan. 4, 1871 ; Charles A., b. May 8, 1850, d. Oct. 8, 1886; Nellie C., b. Feb. 18, 1868.
SNOW.
Ansel L. Snow, b. in Nantucket, m. Hannah M., dau. of Henry D. Coburn, Nov. 28, 1852; he settled on the place now owned by Granville Butler ; was a soldier in the late war; a shoemaker. He d. June 18, 1874; wife d. Oct. 27, 1872. Had Irene Estella, b. Feb. 17, 1854, d. Oct. 19, 1855 ; Jesse C., b. April 7, 1856, m. Percey Johnson in 1875, she d. July, 1876 ; Henry Clifton, b. Jan. 16, 1859; Elmer E., b. Jan. 2, 1862, d. in California unm., Dec. 14, 1887.
Henry C. Snow, s. of Ansel L., m. Annie Cox of N. S. She d. 1887. He d. May 12, 1893. Had Elmer A., b. Nov. 6, 1886.
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SOUTHWICK.
Personal names often suggest much public history. We have two such connecting us with Salem witch- craft and the Quaker persecution-Nourse and Southwick. The foundation head of the American Southwicks is Lawrence and Cassandra; they were bap. in the Salem Church Feb. 24, 1639, about ten years from the settlement; they were the first sepa- ratists from the church some years later in 1656, an influx of the Quaker sect or followers of George Fox having arrived. Of all who suffered persecution these two seem to have been really the most gentle and Christian-like in their peculiar views and bear- ings; they were not of those who suffered death, as some four others did ; they were banished and d. in want and suffering on Shelter island. David South- wick, the first Berlin Southwick, was of the fifth generation: Lawrence1, Daniela, Lawrence3, Law- rence‘, David5. It is somewhat singular that two others of Berlin names so far back as that date are associated at least with the sufferers. Then, too, as later, they were mixed by marriage-Gaskill and Holder; Gaskill was a preacher. Samuel Gaskill in 1662 m. Provided, dau. of Lawrence and Cassandra. The persecution of the Quakers began about the time of the founding of Lancaster, witchcraft persecution later in 1690-95.
We yield the foremost position to the Quakers in their ideas of the rights of conscience. We are tolerant, too, of the religious frenzy of those who certainly seemed to court persecution and martyrdom. It is small palliation of the cruelties inflicted to show
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up the small provocations on the part of those who were condemned to punishment.
David Southwick of the fifth generation, b. March 24, 1754, m., April 16, 1779, Elizabeth Sweet, or Swett, as sometimes written; he d. April 16, 1819; he came to town about 1780 and settled on the place now owned by Paul A. Randall; Stephen Sweet, probably the father of his wife, lived on the same place with him. Had Tamson, b. March 19, 1780, in., Feb. 5, 1807, John Hoag, he d. April 10, 1807; Stephen S., b. July 12, 1781 ; Hulda, b. April 6, 1783, d. Oct. 22, 1800; Hannah, b. Feb. 20, 1785, d. April 23, 1809; David, Jr., b. Jan. 11, 1787, m. Jan., 1809, Polly Coolidge, was killed by powder blast in the Bolton lime-kilns April 26, 1826; George, b. April 10, 1789, rem. to Upper Canada about 1818, d. there; Elizabeth, b. Jan. 11, 1791 ; Daniel, b. June 2, 1793, rem. to Upper Canada in 1818 ; Elisha, b. March 31, 1795 ; Mary, b. April 23, 1797, d. Aug. 30, 1797; Mary, b. Oct. 27, 1798, m., Nov. 5, 1819, Timothy Varney of Kennebunk, Me .; Marmaduke, b. Dec. 23, 1800, d. at Centreville, St. Joseph county, Mich., March 24, 1870, unm., was a blacksmith and a very genial man; Ruth, b. May 17, 1804, d. in Berlin unm.
Stephen S. Southwick, s. of David, m., Oct. 28, 1806, Mary, dau. of Jonathan Wheeler, Jr .; he settled where the wid. of Reuben A. Wheeler now res. Had Milton, b. July 26, 1807, d. in infancy ; Sylvester, b. Jan. 25, 1811, d. June 29, 1812; Meriam, b. Oct. 29, 1812, m. Thomas W. Wheeler of Bolton ; Pliny, b. Dec. 5, 1814, d. July 18, 1816; Willard, b. April
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7, 1817, m., April 5, 1860, Sarah C., dau. of Thomas Fry of Bolton, he d. Feb. 22, 1877; Daniel, b. June 18. 1819, d. June 29, 1834; Pliny B., b. Sept. 7, 1821; George M., b. June 25, 1824, d. March 5, 1846: Stephen H., b. March 9, 1827; Jonathan D., b. April 29, 1831, m., Nov. 29, 1855, Jerusha, dau. of Nathaniel King, res. near the homestead of his father, house built by his bro., Stephen H.
Pliny B. Southwick, s. of Stephen S., m., Oct. 3, 1850, Mary J., dau. of Leonard and Abigail Hartwell; she d. April 4, 1867; m., 2d, Feb. 24, 1868, Julia E. (Burrill) Smith, dau. of Nathaniel Burrill of Lynn; she d. Jan. 5, 1885, res., Carterville. Had George Milton, b. Jan. 4, 1857; Lilla Maria, b. May 19, 1860, m. Charles D. Eager; Mary Susan, b. Aug. 29, 1866, m. Christopher S. White; children all b. in Hope- dale.
Stephen Hanson Southwick, s. of Stephen S., m. Sophia H. Whitcomb of Bolton; he settled on the place now owned by his bro., Jonathan D. ; built that house. Had Edward E., b. July 7, 1853, m. and res. at Nashua, N. H .; Chester, b. May 26, 1855, m. Hattie Ayers of Clinton.
George M. Southwick, s. of Pliny B., m., Jan. 9, 1878, Addie Adelia, dau. of William B. Carter, res., Marl. boro. Had Harry B., b. July 28, 1878 ; Carl A., b. Nov. 23, 1879, she d. July 26, 1889.
Elisha Southwick, s. of David, Sr., m. Lydia Houghton, dau. of Abel of Hudson, b. March 20, 1803; he d. Aug. 13, 1830; she d. Sept. 20, 1852; rem. to Upper Canada; returned to Berlin and d.
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there Aug. 13, 1830. Had Earl, b. July 23, 1822; in March, 1837, he changed his name to George Houghton, res., Hudson; Sarah, b. April 28, 1825, d. May 6, 1853, m. Rufus Williams Sept. 20, 1841, one child living; Freeman, b. Dec. 9, 1846; Abel, b. March 4, 1826, d. Aug. 5, 1847.
Earl Southwick (George Houghton) m., June 10, 1845, Sophia Morse; she d. Nov. 29, 1857; m., 2d, April 10, 1858, Clarinda Miller ; she d. June 9, 1876. Had Sophia E., b. Oct., 1847, d. Aug. 5, 1864. Had by Clarinda, Charles M., b. May 3, 1860; Willie A., b. Dec. 10, 1861, d. Dec. 5, 1863; Hattie S., b. May 21, 1864, d. June 28, 1887; Frank S., b. May 13, 1867, d. Feb., 1868; Herbert A., b. Sept. 8, 1869; Lizzie G., b. Sept. 4, 1871, d. Oct. 23, 1888 ; infant, b. June 9, 1876, d. Sept. 23, 1876. The subject of this sketch, though not a resident of this town since his boyhood, is of Berlin stock, and is connected with some of the more influ- ential and respected families here. There can be no question but that he has been an important factor in the growth and development of our neighboring town of Hudson, hence his name deserves more than a passing notice on these pages. By his enterprise and perseverance he rose from the shoe bench to be one of the larger shoe manufacturers of this vicinity. He was the founder of the large tanning and curry- ing establishment there, besides he contributed to the upbuilding of other industries which have made the Hudson of to-day a place of far more importance as a business centre than it would have been but for the labors, push and enterprise of George Houghton.
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Enoch Southwick, of the fifth generation from Law- rence and cousin of David of Berlin, b. April 4, 1753, m. Mary Sweet 1778 ; res. while here was where John Collins now lives : rem. to Richmond, N. H., about 1802, thence rem. to the Holland purchase 1811. Had Cynthia, b. June 17, 1779, m. John Bolles; Nancy, b. Aug. 18, 1780, m. Hosea Eddy ; Betsey, b. Feb. 20, 1782, m. George Harkness; Abigail, b. March 2, 1784 ; Jesse, b. Dec. 14, 1785 ; Stephen, b. Feb. 2, 1788: Hannah, b. Aug. 29, 1789; Mary, b. . Sept. 20, 1791; Amey, b. July 26, 1793 ; Elizabeth, b. March 24, 1795 : Enoch, b. March 12, 1797 ; Hulda, b. July 18, 1799: Watson, b. 1801, d. 1819.
Chester Southwick m. Hattie M. Ayers Nov. 23, 1881. Had Minnie May, b. Dec. 1, 1882, d. March 18, 1885. Chester d. Sept. 30, 1884.
SPOFFORD.
Job and Samuel Spofford, formerly written Spafford, who settled here, were the ancestors of all the family name who have res. in Berlin. They were the sons of Samuel Spofford, who settled in the north part of Boylston, killed in a clay pit in that town, and he was a descendant of John Spofford, who settled in Rowley in 1643.
Job Spofford, s. of Samuel of Boylston, m., Nov. 21, 1776, Esther, dau. of David Taylor; he settled on the farm now owned by Elisha Bassett; this place was owned earlier by Samuel Jones, Sr .; he was in the battle of Bunker Hill and performed other military service during the Revolutionary war; he was deacon of the First Church in Berlin thirty-one
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years; built the brick house now on the premises. He d. March 21, 1840, at 87 ; wid. d. May 15, 1849, at 90. Had David, b. Aug. 8, 1777; Betsey, b. Feb. 12, 1779, m. Augustus Bigelow; Sally, b. Aug. I, 1781, m. Uriah Sawyer, res., Ohio; Samuel, b. Aug. 7, 1783, m., May 24, 1808, Betsey Fosgate, he d. Oct. 7, 1822; his wid. m. Josiah Bride; Job, b. Oct. 17, 1785; Benjamin Franklin, b. June 30, 1789; Esther, b. Jan. 7, 1793.
Capt. Samuel Spofford, s. of Samuel of Boylston, m. Eunice, dau. of James Goddard, S. V., Jan. 30, 1785; he settled on the Andrew McElwain farm, now owned by his granddau., Mrs. Mary S. Morse. Had James, b. 1785, d. 1790; Sally, b. March 15, 1786, m. Men- dall Fosgate 1803, he d., she m., 2d, John Eager of Northboro; Eunice, b. July 18, 1791, m. Amos Keyes of Northboro; James R., b. Nov. 2, 1789, d. 1795 ; Samuel, b. Oct. 30, 1795; Job, b. 1798, d. 1801 ; Betsey, b. Nov. 3, 1802, m. James Goddard, 3d; Emerson, b. 1804, m., 1825, Mrs. Catherine (Witt) Tenney of Marlboro, she d., he m., 2d, Mary Temple, had one s., Oliver, lived in West Boylston ; Emerson d. 1863, his wid. d. 1884.
Capt. Samuel Spofford, Jr., s. of the above, m., Dec. 21, 1817, Mary, dau. of Silas Sawyer, Sr., she d. . March 21, 1819, leaving an infant d., - ---; he m., 2d, Betsey, dau. of John Sawyer of Bolton March 30, 1821. Had James Richardson, b. Sept. 21, 1821; Mary Sawyer, b. June 25, 1828. Capt. Samuel retained the homestead and d. there April 9, 1858; wid., Betsey, d. Feb. 26, 1879.
Benjamin F. Spofford, s. of Dea. Job Spofford, m.
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Polly, dau. of Dea. Amos Sawyer, June 28, 1821 ; he retained the homestead until 1844; rem. to North- boro. Had Persis, b. -. m. Amory Carter, Jr .; Caroline, b. - -, d. unm. Nov. 3, 1842, age 18 ; Benjamin F., Jr., b. 1828, d. in the late war; Amanda, b. March 9, 1833, m. John McDonald, res., Califor- nia : Clarendon, b. 1831, d. 1853, age 21. Wife, Polly, d. April 25, 1845 ; he m., 2d, Lucy Parmenter of Northboro; she d. 1873 ; he d. Sept. 12, 1878.
James R. Spofford, s. of Samuel, Jr., m. Olive B., dau. of Israel Woodbury of Bolton, Oct. 16, 1850, res. in west part on the Jesse Jewett place. Had Herbert E., b. Sept. 5, 1851, m. Mabel Rawson of Hudson April 27, 1876; Walter R., b. April 13, 1853, d. Aug. 5, 1888 ; Elmer F., b. Jan. 6, 1855, m. Flora, dau. of Henry Holden, res., Turner's Falls ; Clarence E., b. Sept. 12, 1858 ; Flora B., b. March 31, 1862; Philander W., b. Aug. 4, 1864, d. Nov. 4, 1892; Orrin L., b. Dec. 23, 1866, res., New Haven, Conn. James R. d. March 19, 1880; wid., Olive, d. Feb. 26, 1883.
Clarence E. Spofford, s. of James R., m. Lizzie J., dau. of Alfred C. Derby, May 18, 1891; res. on the homestead of his father.
STARKEY.
Anthony S. Starkey, s. of Peter of Troy, N. H., m. Martha, dau. of Sewell Bruce, April 7, 1835; res. in west part; farm laborer. Had Charles D., b. July 18, 1838. Wife d. July 7, 1850; he m., 2d, Eliza Starkey of Swanzey, N. H., she d. July 11, 1874; he
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m., 3d, Lynda Taft of Swanzey, N. H., Sept. 6, 1876, she d. He d. Aug. 13, 1893, at 83.
Charles D. Starkey, s. of Anthony S., m. Lucinda E., dau. of Curtis Sargent. Had Thirza J., b. Dec. 17, 1860, d. March 6, 1861 ; Alice J., b. Dec. 5, 1861 ; he was a soldier in the late war; d. at Newbern, N. C., May 26, 1863. His wid. m. Dana M. Larkin.
STAPLES.
Joseph Staples, s. of David, b. in Portland, Me., March 10, 1819, mn. Sarah E. Lunt, b. June 26, 1818 ; came to Berlin in 1854; lives near the Centre on the old Boylston road; was a soldier in the war; by trade a shoemaker. Had Augustus Milton, b. May 28, 1843, res., Northboro; Charles F., b. June 17, 1847, res., Leominster; Josiah W., b. July 26, 1851, m. Rosa A. Foster May 23, 1869, they had George W., b. Feb. 14, 1870, m. May M. Osgood Dec. 31, 1891.
STETSON.
Warren I. Stetson, s. of William of Marlboro, b. June 16, 1844, m. Clara T. Richmond, of Nashua, N. H .; came to Berlin in 1868 ; was a soldier in the late war; was wounded in the battle of Spottsylvania ; by trade a machinist; foreman in Parker's shoe shop. Had Grace W., b. Aug. 17, 1869; Frederick R. H., b. Jan. 20, 1871; Florence E., b. May 21, 1878; Blanche M., b. June 26, 1879; Roy A., b. June 16, 1884, d. Feb. 10, 1886. He d. March 19, 1887; family rem. to Worcester in 1892.
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STONE.
Isaac S. Stone, s. of Isaac of Boylston, m. Martha A. Farmer, dau. of Jesse of Chelmsford, res. in east part at Stone's Corner, and by her had Homer E., b. June 20, 1843, was a rare mechanic and draughtsman, was a soldier in the late war, d. July 24, 1864; Mary Ann, b. Oct. 5, 1844, m. John L. Bruce; Isaac, b. Sept. 20, 1846, d. young; Henry A., b. May 24, 1850. Wife, Martha, d. May 4, 1855; he m., 2d, Mary A. Farmer in 1856; she d. June 29, 1871, at 68 yrs. ; he d. March 25, 1883, at 76.
Henry A. Stone, s. of Isaac S. of Berlin, m. Ruth E., dau. of Tyler Paine; he is a machinist; res., Stone's Corner. Had Olive A., b. Jan. 13, 1877. Wife, Ruth, d. March 4, 1883 ; he m., 2d, Hattie L. Coolidge Oct. 13, 1883. Had by Hattie L., Homer L., b. Sept. 23, 1884.
STRATTON.
Samuel Stratton, b. in Rindge, N. H., 1840, went to Grafton, Mass., 1848; has lived there most of the time since; m. Lucinda, dau. of Horace Bigelow, 1859; they came to Berlin in 1892 and occupy her father's place near the Centre; have seven children now living.
Joseph Stratton, s. of Lorenzo of Hudson, b. April 22, 1842, m. Sarah A. (Babcock) Shattuck, dau. of Albert Babcock and wid. of George Marshall Shat- tuck, June 8, 1875; lived on her father's place in Carterville; rem. to Hudson in 1894. Had Albert L., b. June 20, 1882 ; Mary G., b. June 25, 1888.
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SWEET.
Stephen Sweet (or Swett) was one of the early set- tlers ; came to town with David Southwick, who m. his dau., Elizabeth. Had Mary, who m. Enoch Southwick; he and David lived together on the place first settled by Francis McFadin, now owned by Paul A. Randall; he was a member of the Friends' Society ; no other record.
TAFT.
Walter A. Taft, s. of Millens Taft of Uxbridge, res. on Wheeler hill with his mother, Mrs. Reuben A. Wheeler, came to Berlin in 1891; m. Esther Clarkson May 1, 1884. Had Ada F., b. April 5, 1885 ; Millens W., b. Nov. 17, 1887.
Henry A. Taft, from Uxbridge, m. Elizabeth F. Wheeler, wid. of Elisha T. Wheeler; lived on the Elisha T. Wheeler place; returned to Uxbridge and there d .; his wid. res. in town with her dau., Grace.
TAYLOR.
David Taylor, s. of Eleazer of Marlboro and great grands. of William Taylor, m., April 8, 1746, Hasa- diah Wheeler of Marlboro; he lived on the Job Spofford farm, now Elisha Bassett's. The Hapgoods, into which the father of David m., were nearer Hudson. Wife d. 1754; no child; m., 2d, 1756, Esther Jones of Marlboro; her father, Samuel, lived on our Elisha Bassett place at that time. Had Hannah, b. 1760, d. 1823; Lucy, b. 1762. He d. here Aug. 30, 1795, at 72; Esther, wid., d. June 10, 1801, at 74.
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Hrad Taylor. s. of Luke Taylor of Waterloo, Canada East. b. Oct. 16, 1842, m. Laura Ella, dau. of Capt. John D. Merrill, Oct. 22, 1870; res. on Wheeler hill, the place before owned and occupied by wife's parents. Had John E., b. July 13, 1871 ; Melissa J., b. May 19, 1878: May Winnifred, b. Dec. 11, 1885.
The most tragic and sorrowful event that ever took place in this town occurred on the morning of the eleventh day of September, 1895. Arad Taylor, in a fit of passion or insanity, killed his wife by repeated blows with an axe on her head. The incit- ing and immediate cause of this horrid murder may not be known until after a legal investigation of the case. He is now in Worcester jail awaiting the action of the grand jury. For twenty-five years or more he has been largely eagaged in cutting off lots of wood and lumber in this and other towns near by.
John E. Taylor, s. of Arad, m., March 24, 1893, Laura A., dau. of Robert B. Wheeler; did live at his father's place on Wheeler hill ; is a railroad employee.
TEMPLE.
John Temple was an early settler on Wheeler hill, north of James Brewer's, 1788.
Isaac Temple, from Boylston, was living on the Edward Flagg place in 1831, d. here Oct. 6, 1831, at 39; wid., Lucy, d. Jan. 26, 1834, at 37.
TENNEY.
The name of Tenney is much mixed up with our Joneses : they seem to have led our emigration to Marlboro and Jaffrey, N. H. From the history of
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the latter town we learn that Thomas Tenney, b. in Rowley, Eng., 1614, came over in 1638 with wife, Ann. They had John, b. 1640; John had Samuel, b. 1667; Samuel had Samuel, b. 1697, m., 1720, and settled in Littleton in 1727, d. in 1777 ; William, s. of Samuel, 2d, b. in Littleton in 1749, m. Mehitable, dau. of our Samuel Jones, 2d, 1772 ; Jonathan, s. of William and Mehitable, m., 1803, Betsey, dau. of Samuel Jones, 4th, rem. to Landsgrove, Vt., where they had Lyman, b. 1804; Archie Tenney, bro of Jonathan, m., 1809, Susanna, sister to Betsey, rem. to Keene; their s., William, still resident. The William Tenney who d. here in 1867, aged 95 yrs. 7 mos. 6 days, b., there- fore, in 1772, was doubtless s. of William and Mehitable, by Bolton records was b. Oct. 15, 1771; William Henry Tenney, m. in Berlin Dec. 16, 1883, to Sarah F. Grant of Somerville, is recorded as s. of William and Betsey, and b. in Marlboro, N. H., 1837; Betsey, a dau. of Silas Fife, b. in Marlboro, N. H., 1775, m. a William Tenney, perhaps a grands. of Betsey Fife; Jonathan and Betsey had, b. 1804, Lyman; wife of Samuel Gage on the Newsome place was dau. of William Tenney, Sr., and b. on our Timothy Jones place; William Tenney, Jr., m. a dau. of Robert Fife, who also pitched his cabin in Monadnock No. 5, which developed into Marlboro and Troy, N. H .; she d. and he m., 2d, Betsey (Tenney) Lewis, mother of Mrs. Henry Bigelow.
THOMPSON.
Dr. John L. S. Thompson m. Mary, dau. of Rev. William Nash of West Boylston; was here 1830-'40 ;
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rem. to Bolton, thence to Lancaster; had extensive practice ; d. in Lancaster in 1885 ; was a pupil of Dr. Carter.
TISDALE.
James Tisdale, from Clinton, m. Jane E. -; she d. Aug. 11, 1863, at 76; he lived in West Berlin on the place now of George H. Felton; rem. to Clinton.
TOWNSEND.
James Townsend, or James, Jr., m. Hannah, dau. of Amos Meriam : was first settler on a place north of Francis Babcock's; sold to Jotham Maynard, Jr., 1783 : buildings gone long ago.
TURNER.
Joseph Turner, from Newton, b. Oct. 14, 1834, s. of Robert, m. Harriet M., dau. of Samuel Stone, March 2, 1863 : came to Berlin in 1867; res. on the Daniel Williams place, first settled by William Babcock. Had Carrie S., b. Feb. 17, 1865.
TYLER.
The Tylers of this town are descendants of Moses Tyler, b. in Attleboro 1750, emigrated to Richmond, N. H., 1775 : he had a s., Moses, who occupied the paternal homestead and his oldest s., Danford, settled in Warwick, Mass., and was the father of James D. and M. Reed Tyler of Berlin.
James D. Tyler, b. June 15, 1848, m. Anna S., dau. of Elisha Bassett: he res. with his father-in-law on
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