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iii. ANNIE ALPHONSINE, b. 25 Feb. 1896; d. 7 May 1902.
iv. ARTHUR ALLISON, b. 7 June 1898.
v. GLADYS EMILY, b. 16 Nov. 1900; d. 21 Aug. 1901.
vi. CHARLOTTE E., b. 30 May 1902.
vii. BEATRICE CORINNE, b. 16 Aug. 1903.
viii. EDITH EMMA, b. 26 Feb. 1907.
ix. HORACE EDWARD, b. 7 Dec. 1909.
THOMPSON
THOMAS2 THOMPSON (George1) was born at Lynn 27 Apr. 1850, third son of George and Catherine ( ). He was a clergyman and settled over the Follen Church 1887-90. He moved from town and returned again and died at Lexington 16 Jan. 1907.
He married KATE ELLEN BROWN, born at South Stafford, Vt., daughter of Nathan and Emily (Graves).
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Children :
i. GRACE MILDRED,3 b. at Andover, N. H., 19 June 1884.
ii. MAURICE RAYMOND, b. at Lexington 5 Dec. 1888; grad. Mass. Institute of Technology, 1911.
iii. GEORGE NORWELL, b. at Norwell, 25 Apr. 1892.
THORNE
EDGAR W.1 THORNE was born at Minneapolis, Minn.
He married MADGE L. MCCOMAS, born at Baltimore, Md.
Children, i. and iii. born at Boston, ii. at Foxboro, the others at Lexington :
i. EARL,2 b. 1895.
ii. HAROLD, b. 9 May 1897; d. 3 Feb. 1912.
iii. GEORGE, b. 1899.
iv. CAROLUS EDWARD, b. 15 Oct. 1901.
v. ROBIE EDGAR, b. 7 Apr. 1904.
THORNING
WILLIAM4 THORNING* (John,3 John,2 Anthony1) was born at Lincoln 20 Jan. 1758, died 24 Mar. 1829, g. s., second son of John and Sarah (Clarke).
He married at Littleton, 18 June 1782, EUNICE PHILLIPS, born at Weston 20 Mar. 1756, died 10 Feb. 1849, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Warren).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. WILLIAM,5 b. 21 Mar. 1783; d. 18 Nov. 1818, g. s.
ii. ABIGAIL, b. 26 Apr. 1784; ? d. Dec. 1838.
iii. JOHN, b. 29 June 1785.
iv. EUNICE, b. 28 Jan. 1787.
v. SALLY, b. 29 Dec. 1788; d. 27 Aug. 1846.
vi. MARY or POLLY, b. 2 Nov. 1790; m. 10 Sept. 1823 LEONARD WOOD of Woburn.
vii. DORCAS, b. 14 June 1792; m. 25 Aug. 1821 WILLIAM CHILD of Groton. viii. ISAAC, b. 7 June 1794.
ix. CYRUS, b. 18 June 1798; m. (intention dated at West Cambridge 28 Oct. 1821) SUSANNA WHITE of Littleton; d. 6 Jan. 1826, g. s. Children, g. s. at Lexington : i. William, 6 d. 14 Oct. 1827, aged 4 y. 3 m. ii. In- fant, d. 18 Nov. 1826, aged 7 m.
x. LEONARD, b. 8 Aug. 1799; m. 17 May 1827 ELMIRA WHITNEY.
THURSTON
GEORGE HENRY2 THURSTON (Caleb1) was born at South Boston 25 May 1831, died 3 May 1904, son of Caleb and Jane (Sargent). He moved to Lexington 31 Mar. 1869.
He married at Somerville, 14 June 1853, SARAH LITTLE ADAMS,
* The birth of Frederick, b. 28 Dec. 1790, s. of William's brother John and Betsey (Russell), is recorded at Lexington and Concord. See Lewis Hist. Pub. Co. 1908, Middlesex Co., for sketch of Thorning family.
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born at Byfield 12 July 1831, daughter of Freeborn and Ruth (Adams).
Children, first four born at South Boston, the others at Lexington :
i. CALEB ADAMS,3 b. 26 Apr. 1854; m. 11 June 1879 ELMINA A. GLYNN.
ii. HARRIET FRANCES, b. 15 Apr. 1855; m. 24 Sept. 1879 GEORGE ALBERT8 COTTRELL.
iii. ELIZABETH JANE, b. 14 Oct. 1856; d. 18 Oct. 1864.
iv. GEORGE HENRY, b. 19 Jan. 1858; d. 14 Dec. 1864.
v. Boy, b. 31 July 1859; d. 31 July 1859.
vi. GEORGIANNA (twin), b. 4 Sept. 1860; d. 6 Jan. 1874.
vii. HENRIETTA (twin), b. 4 Sept. 1860; d. 2 Sept. 1861.
viii. SARAH EVELYN, b. 10 Nov. 1863; m. 1 Oct. 1884 JAMES HENRY RIDGE- WAY& COMLEY.
ix. RUTH ESTELLA, b. 10 Nov. 1864; d. 22 Mar. 1876.
x. HELEN IRENE, b. 27 Dec. 1867; d. 8 Nov. 1868.
TIBBETTS
HENRY EUGENE3 TIBBETTS (Enos,2 Enos1) was born at Reading 3 Sept. 1861, son of Enos, born at Reading 5 Mar. 1829, and grand- son of Enos and Cynthia (Parker). His mother, Lydia Harriet McIntire, was born at Ware, N. H., 6 Sept. 1829, died 12 Nov. 1910, daughter of Eben and Hannah (Converse).
He married at Nashua, N. H., 9 Mar. 1884, CELIA JENNIE WEB- BER, born at Damariscotta, Me., 4 July 1866, died 2 May 1891, daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth Jennie (Prew).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. FLORENCE ALICE, 4 b. 2 Aug. 1889; m. HARRY JAMES4 DOW.
ii. GLADYS CECILIA (twin), b. 29 Jan. 1891.
iii. MILDRED ANNIE (twin), b. 29 Jan. 1891; d. 29 Jan. 1891.
TIDD
1. JOHN2 TIDD (John1) was born in England, died 13 Apr. 1703, g. s., son of John and Margaret ( ). His father embarked 1637 at Yarmouth, England, was at Charlestown that year and later set- tled at Woburn.
He moved to Cambridge Farms 1686. He became one of the pro- prietors of Cambridge for, in the division of the land in 1683 above the "eight mile line," John Tidd received his distributive share. He also purchased land of David Mackgeney, William Carly, and the homestead was bought of David Fiske, conveyed by deed dated 1 June 1686. On the subscription list for building the meeting-house is the name of John Teed, and his sons Samuel and Joseplı; and on the tax bill for 1693 appear his name and those of his sons Joseph, Samuel and Daniel. In 1693 he was chosen one of the assessors and one of a committee to purchase a tract of land for the support of the ministry. His will dated 7 Aug. 1701 was proved 31 May 1703.
He married 14 Apr. 1650 REBECCA WOOD of Woburn, died 10 June 1717, aged 92, g. s.
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Children, first six born at Woburn:
i. HANNAH,' b. 21 Sept. 1652; m. 1 Dec. 1674 JOSEPH SMITH.
ii. JOHN, b. 26 Feb. 1654-55; m. 12 June 1678 ELIZABETH FIFIELD, b 7 Sept. 1657, dau. of William and Mary ( ); d. 3 Aug. 1743.
iii. MARY, b. 13 Nov. 1656; m. 7 Mar. 1680-81 JOSEPH2 SIMONDS.
iv. SAMUEL, b. 16 Jan. 1658-59; d. 9 May 1699, g. s. He was in the ill-fated expedition to Canada in 1690. His heirs were his brothers John Tidd and Joseph Tidd; his sisters, Hannah, wife of Joseph Smith; Mary, wife of Joseph Simonds; and Rebecca, wife of Thomas Blodgett; and the two children of his deceased brother Daniel Tidd.
v. JOSEPH, b. 18 Jan. 1660-61; d. 1 Feb. 1660-61.
2. vi. JOSEPH, b. 20 Jan. 1661-62.
vii. REBECCA, m. 11 Nov. 1685 THOMAS3 BLODGETT.
3. viii. DANIEL.
2. JOSEPH3 TIDD (John,2 John1), born at Woburn 20 Jan. 1661- 62, died 26 Dec. 1730, g. s. He was constable in 1699 and selectman in 1714. His son Joseph administered his estate.
He married first MARY ( ), died 23 Jan. 1694, g. s., aged 23; secondly MARY ( ), died 9 Jan. 1716-17, aged 32, g. s .; thirdly MARY ( ), died 5 Jan. 1730, aged 60, g. s.
Child by the first wife:
i. Child,4 d. 23 Jan. 1694.
Children by the second wife, born at Lexington except vii .:
ii. Child, d. 1703-04.
4. iii. JOSEPH, b. 15 May 1707.
iv. SAMUEL, b. 29 May 1709; settled at Western now Warren.
v. SARAH, b. 19 Nov. 1711; m. JOHN4 BRIDGE.
vi. BETTY, b. 29 May 1714; m. (intention dated 24 Apr. 1741) GERSHOM FLAGG of Woburn, b. 25 Jan. 1701-02, s. of Gershom and Hannah ( ). vii. MARY, m. DAVID4 CUTLER.
3. DANIEL3 TIDD (John,2 John1), died 29 Nov. 1696, aged 28, g. s. He married 21 Dec. 1694 LYDIA CARLY, died 14 Aug. 1727, aged about 55, g. s., daughter of William1 and Jane ( ).
Children :
5. i. DANIEL, 4 b. about 1695.
ii. MARY, b. about 1697.
4. JOSEPH4 TIDD (Joseph,& John,2 John1), born 15 May 1707, died 18 Sept. 1773.
He owned lands at New Braintree, Woburn, Templeton, and Phillipston, besides Lexington. He was selectman in 1761, '66, and '67. His will dated 4 Oct. 1770 was proved 15 Dec. 1772.
He married at Woburn DOROTHY STICKNEY, born 18 Mar. 1711-12, died 23 Oct. 1790, g. s., daughter of Samuel and Mary (Haseltine).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. MARY,5 b. 7 Jan. 1732; m. 12 Feb. 1756 JOSIAH2 JENNISON.
ii. JOSEPH, b. 11 May 1734; m. 7 Dec. 1762 SARAH4 MUNROE; d. at New Braintree 12 July 1815. He was a lieutenant.
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iii. EBENEZER, b. 16 Aug. 1737; m. MARY ( ), d. 1822; d. at New Brain- tree July 1819. Moved to New Braintree in 1768.
iv. SARAH, b. 8 Mar. 1739; m. 23 Nov. 1763 SAMUEL JOSLIN of New Braintree.
6. v. BENJAMIN, b. 21 June 1742.
7. vi. JOHN, b. 26 Oct. 1749.
5. ENSIGN DANIEL4 TIDD (Daniel,3 John,2 John1), born about 1695, died 16 Jan. 1776, in his 81st year, g. s. He was on the board of selectmen nine years, an assessor ten years and town clerk nine years.
He married HEPHZIBAH REED, born 10 Dec. 1705, died 11 Apr. 1777, g. s., daughter of William3 and Abigail (Kendall).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. Son, 5 b. 22 Jan. 1724; d. 24 Jan. 1724.
ii. DANIEL, b. 26 Feb. 1725-26; d. 31 Jan. 1759.
8. iii. AMos, b. 12 Jan. 1728-29.
iv. HEPHZIBAH, b. 22 Aug. 1730; d. 11 Apr. 1777.
v. LYDIA, b. 6 July 1732; m. 16 Jan. 1755 SAMUEL4 HASTINGS.
vi. JOHN, b. 13 Sept. 1734; d. 27 Nov. 1743.
9. vii. WILLIAM, b. 11 July 1736.
viii. ABIGAIL, b. 12 Jan. 1737-38; m. 4 Dec. 1760 AMOS5 MARRETT.
10. ix. SAMUEL, b. 12 Jan. 1740-41.
x. BETTE, b. 24 Oct. 1742; d. 1 July 1772, g. s. at Waltham; m. 15 July 1766 URIAH CUTTING of Waltham, b. 27 Nov. 1743, s. of Richard and Thank- ful (Harrington); he m. (2) 4 Feb. 1773 Mrs. Catherine ( ) Puffer of Sudbury.
6. BENJAMIN5 TIDD (Joseph,4 Joseph,3 John,2 John1), born 21 June 1742, died at New Braintree 18 Mar. 1814.
He was on the Common 19 April 1775, marched to Cambridge 17 June 1775 and served at Dorchester the following year. He was one of the Committee of Correspondence in 1780. Land was left him at New Braintree by his father's will.
He married 6 Jan. 1774 JOANNA FITCH of Bedford, born 29 Feb. 1747-48, daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Lane). They were admitted to the church 13 Oct. 1776 and dismissed to New Brain- tree 24 Oct. 1790.
Children, baptized at Lexington:
i. BENJAMIN, 6 bapt. 10 Nov. 1776.
ii. SARAH, bapt. 20 Sept. 1778.
iii. LYDIA, bapt. 16 Sept. 1781.
7. JOHN5 TIDD (Joseph,4 Joseph,3 John,2 John1), born 26 Oct. 1749, died 29 Mar. 1812, g. s.
He was a member of Captain Parker's company. Among the last to leave the Common he was pursued by a British officer on horseback and struck down by a sword; while senseless the British robbed him and left him for dead.
He married first 7 Apr. 1778 ELIZABETH REED, born 18 Apr. 1750, died 18 Sept. 1799, g. s., daughter of Jacob4 and Elizabeth (French) of Woburn; they were admitted to the church 29 May
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1791, when three of their children were baptized; secondly at Rindge N. H., 30 May 1802, SUSANNAH TODD of Rindge, died at Rindge 12 Sept. 1824, aged 68 years, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Carlton).
Children by the first wife, all born at Lexington:
11. j. JOHN, 6 b. 2 Mar. 1779.
ii. JOSEPH, b. 9 Mar. 1783; d. 13 Nov. 1789, g. s.
iii. JACOB, b. 14 Mar. 1785; m. MARTHA ADAMS; d. 20 Mar. 1835. Settled at Boston.
8. AMOS5 TIDD* (Daniel,4 Daniel,3 John,2 John1), born 12 Jan. 1728-29.
He married 17 May 1750 ELIZABETH SMITH, born 9 July 1728, daughter of Hezekiah5 and Elizabeth (Wellington).
Children, all baptized at Lexington:
i. AMOS,6 b. 27 Nov. 1751.
ii. JOHN, bapt. 15 July 1753.
iii. NATHAN, bapt. 31 Aug. 1755.
iv. OLIVER, bapt. 26 Mar. 1758.
v. DANIEL, bapt. 10 Feb. 1760.
vi. ABIJAH, bapt. 4 Sept. 1763.
vii. THADDEUS, bapt. 30 Oct. 1768.
9. LIEUT. WILLIAM5 TIDD (Daniel,4 Daniel,3 John,2 John1), born 11 July 1736, died 25 Dec. 1826, g. s.
He was a lieutenant in Capt. Parker's company on the Common 19 April 1775 and marched to Cambridge the 17th of June where they stayed two days. He was assessor in 1776, '79, '80, '91, and a selectman at the time of the Revolution.
He married 9 Jan. 1766 RUTH MUNROE, born 26 July 1742, died 14 May 1839, g. s., daughter of Robert3 and Anna (Stone). They were admitted to the church 26 Dec. 1766.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. RUTH, 6 b. 9 Jan. 1767; m. NATHAN6 CHANDLER.
10. SAMUEL5 TIDD (Daniel,4 Daniel,3 John,2 John1), born 12 Jan. 1740-41.
He took part in the events of 19 April and 17 June 1775. He was one of the Committee of Safety and Correspondence in 1781.
He married 28 Feb. 1771 REBECCA SIMONDS of Bedford, ? born 17 May 1745, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Wilson). They were admitted to the church at Bedford 3 Feb. 1805. He afterwards returned to Lexington.
Children, both born at Lexington:
* An old volume of sermons by John Prideaux, D.D. (Oxford, England, 1636), and others of earlier date, bears marks of high scholarship, and was preserved in Lexington by Stephen Locke, who bought the volume of Amos Tidd of Lexington in 176 -; the last figure of the year is not plain. Throughout the pages of the work have been inscribed various handwritings. A prophecy, A.D. 1737, foretells a comet with accompanying disasters. Dry summers in 1761 and 1762, extraordinary of their kind; a terrible storm of wind and snow at night, 2 Feb. 1763; moral say- ings; and ten stanzas by a local poet are upon the subject of husbandry. They begin with good advice to the diligent in business, and end in reproach for the careless and lazy. The volume was owned by a Lexington person in 1876.
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i. BETTY,6 b. 29 Dec. 1771; m. 27 May 1821 NOAH5 STEARNS; d. at Bed- ford 17 Sept. 1842, g. s. at Bedford.
ii. REBEKAH, b. 27 Jan. 1777; m. 21 Nov. 1793 JESSE5 ROBINSON.
11. JOHN6 TIDD (John,5 Joseph,4 Joseph,3 John,2 John1), born 2 Mar. 1779, died 9 Jan. 1842, g. s.
He married ESTHER HAYWOOD, born 28 Apr. 1781, died 23 Apr. 1852, g. s. They were admitted to the church 6 May 1810.
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. ELIZABETH,7 b. 2 June 1800; d. 26 Aug. 1801, g. s.
ii. ELIZABETH, b. 26 Oct. 1801; m. 31 May 1830 GEORGE P. ELLIOT of Boscawen, N. H .; d. at Billerica 9 Jan. 1835.
12. iii. CHARLES, b. 6 Jan. 1807.
iv. MARY H., b. 22 July 1812; m. 19 Nov. 1840 DAVID T. WATSON of Frank- lin, N. H .; d. at Miller's Farm, Pa., 30 Aug. 1864.
12. CHARLES7 TIDD (John,6 John,5 Joseph,4 Joseph,3 John,2 John1), born 6 Jan. 1807, died 27 Apr. 1880, g. s.
He was town clerk from 1832 to 1838, served on the school com- mittee many years, and was a teacher more than thirty years.
He married first 7 June 1830 REBECCA M. NOURSE of Water- ford, Me., died 15 Jan. 1847, aged 46, g. s., daughter of Moses and Mercy (Hapgood); secondly 6 Jan. 1848 MRS. REBECCA WHEELER (BROOKS) TRASK, born at Lincoln 8 Aug. 1808, died 8 Dec. 1883, daughter of Col. Daniel and Bathsheba (Dakin) Brooks and widow of Rev. William G. Trask of Taunton.
Children by the first wife, all born at Lexington:
i. CHARLES EUSTACE, 8 b. 24 Mar. 1831; d. 25 Aug. 1833, g. s.
ii. JACOB HENRY, b. 20 Mar. 1833; d. in California 30 Jan. 1857. g. s.
iii. CHARLES LOWELL, b. 12 Feb. 1838; m. 28 Mar. 1866 HELEN A. GOOKIN of Portsmouth, N. H .; d. at Palmer, Neb., 13 Dec. 1899. He enlisted 16 Sept. 1862 in Co. A, 48th Mass. Inf'y, discharged 3 Sept. 1863 by reason of expiration of service.
iv. ESTHER MARY, b. 26 Apr. 1841; m. 31 Mar. 1868 HAYWARD BARRETT, d. at Toledo, Ohio, 26 Nov. 1869, s. of Prescott and Olive (Hayward), and g .- gr.s. of Col. James Barrett of Concord.
TILTON
JOSIAH ODIN' TILTON (Jeremiah D.,8 Josiah,7 Josiah, 6 Josiah, 5 Samuel,4 Daniel,3 William,2 Peter1) was born at Limerick, Me., 29 July 1853, son of Jeremiah Dearborn, born at Deerfield, N. H., 16 Sept. 1816, and grandson of Josiah and Sarah (Dearborn). His mother was Abigail Stearns Freese, born at Deerfield, N. H., 26 July 1819, daughter of Dudley and Ruth (Stearns). He is descended from William2 Tilton, who came from near Tower Hill, London, England, 1640, and settled at Lynn where he died 1653.
He attended the district schools of Sanbornton and Milford, N. H., graduated from Colby College, Waterville, Me., A.B. 1875, A.M. 1878; Medical College, University of New York, M.D., 1882. He
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taught in the academic department of Peddie Institute, N. J., and for three years was Principal of the High School of Peterboro, N. H. He became a resident of Lexington 1 Sept. 1883, and has held sev- eral positions in town, including those of member of the Board of Health and school physician. He is a Free Mason, and belongs to the Mass. Medical Society and the American Medical Association.
He married first at Peterboro, N. H., 30 Apr. 1884, HATTIE AMANDA FRENCH, born at Keene, N. H., 27 Aug. 1858, died 26 Oct. 1886, daughter of Henry Kendall and Sarah Amanda (Adams); secondly at Concord, N. H., 31 Oct. 1894, FLORENCE GARDNER STRATTON, born 15 Oct. 1868, daughter of George Lyman3 and Annie Maria (Bridge).
Child by the first wife, born at Lexington:
Children by the second wife, all born at Lexington: i. HENRY ODIN, 10 b. 1 June 1885.
ii. HAROLD STRATTON, b. 14 Aug. 1895; d. 10 Dec. 1904.
iii. GARDNER, b. 8 May 1898.
iv. KATHARINE, b. 14 July 1899.
v. ELEANOR, b. 29 Oct. 1906.
TOBIN
JOHN FRANCIS1 TOBIN* was born at Lexington 9 Feb. 1868.
He married JULIA MARIE KELLY, born in Ireland 15 Aug. 1872, daughter of Daniel and Katherine (Shea).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. KATHERINE,2 b. 28 July 1893; d. Sept. 1893.
ii. RAYMOND FRANCIS, b. 4 Aug. 1894.
iii. JOHN JOSEPH, b. 26 Mar. 1896.
iv. FRANK HAROLD, b. 27 June 1897.
v. WALTER EDWARD, b. 17 July 1907; d. 22 Dec. 1907.
TOMPKINS
LESTER1 TOMPKINS was born at Adamsville, R. I.
He married CARY L. ( ), born at Tiverton, R. I. Child, born at Lexington:
i. LESTINA,2 b. 10 Mar. 1885.
TOOMEY
JOHN JAMES3 TOOMEY (Michael,2 Humphrey1) was born at Arlington 27 Aug. 1869, youngest son of Michael, born in Ireland 1816, who came to America in the fifties. His mother, Mary Ken- nedy, was born in Ireland 1818.
He married at Cambridge KATE CARROLL, born at East Wey- mouth May 1865, daughter of John Kennedy and Johanna (Hardi- gan). They became residents of Lexington April 1893.
* He was the son of Patrick and Elizabeth (Tobin) Lyman. His grandfather Tobin brought him up and he took the name of Tobin.
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Children, the first born at Arlington, the others at Lexington:
i. WALTER MICHAEL,4 b. 23 Jan. 1893.
ii. JOHN JAMES, b. 18 May 1894.
iii. JEREMIAH FRANCIS, b. 1 Nov. 1895; d. 18 June 1903.
iv. WILLIAM CARROLL, b. 27 Mar. 1897.
v. CHARLES OAKMAN, b. 8 Feb. 1900.
vi. KATHERINE, b. 20 June 1902.
TORREY
MALCOLM1 TORREY; wife LILLY G. (HADLEY). Both born at Guysborough, N. S.
Child, born at Lexington :
i. ERNEST MALCOLM,2 b. 27 June 1896.
TOWER
1. ELISHA HORTON2 TOWER (John1) was born at Braintree 1 Aug. 1844, son of John and Sarah Stearns (Hewitt). He is descended from John Tower of England who settled at Hingham 1637.
He married 29 Apr. 1874 ANN ELIZA MULLIKEN, born 9 Nov. 1851, daughter of Emery Abbot6 and Avis Moore (Wellington).
Children, both born at Lexington:
2. i. ELLIS WELLINGTON,3 b. 10 Aug. 1876.
ii. FANNIE MOREY, b. 24 Sept. 1878; d. 13 Sept. 1901.
2. ELLIS WELLINGTON3 TOWER (Elisha,2 John1), born 10 Aug. 1876.
He married 22 Oct. 1902 MABELLE CLIFTON JANVRIN, born at Somerville 26 May 1877, daughter of Hiram Gilmore3 and Cath- erine Marriott (Plummer)
Children, both born at Lexington:
i. CATHERINE,4 b. 24 Dec. 1904.
ii. WINSLOW JANVRIN, b. 8 Mar. 1907.
1. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS8 TOWER (Oren,7 Jonas,6 Joseph,5 Am- brose, 4 Benjamin,3 John,2 Robert1) was born at Petersham 26 Feb. 1824, died 21 Nov. 1904, son of Oren and Harriet (Gleason).
He was educated in the common schools, and was thrown early on his own resources as the eldest of eleven children. When fifteen years of age he found employment in a country store at Lancaster, and in 1845, at the age of twenty, was admitted to partnership. In 1848 he sold out and moved to Sterling, and in 1850 went to Boston and entered the flour and grain business in Haymarket Square, as a member of the firm of Rice, Tower & Co., succeeded by Tower, Davis & Co. In 1855, his health being poor, he retired for a while and moved to Lexington. He then organized in Chicago the bank- ing house of Watson, Tower & Co., retaining, at the same time, his position as head of the firm of Tower, Davis & Co. in Boston. The
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Chicago business was continued until 1860, and he also retained an interest in the firm of Davis, Whitcher & Co., the successors of his old firm, till 1865. A banking house on State Street, Boston, with various partners, was begun after 1860 under his leadership, and continued until the firm of Tower, Giddings & Co. was formed in 1867, which continued until 1905.
He was president of the Concord Railroad in New Hampshire, 1870-73; founder and director of the National Bank of the Com- monwealth, Boston, and its president 1881-82, and again in 1892; later president of the Nashua and Lowell Railroad, director of Equitable Life Insurance Company of New York, Guaranty Com- pany of North America, Shawmut National Bank, and other in- stitutions of similar character, and a member of the first board of trustees of the Lexington Savings Bank.
In 1863 he was a member of the House of Representatives; aide-de-camp on the staff of Governor Rice, ranking as colonel, 1876-78, and was elected to the Governor's Council in 1882. He was chief marshal at the Lexington Centennial 19 Apr. 1875.
He married at Lancaster, 29 Apr. 1847, JULIA DAVIS, born at Princeton, daughter of Austin and Sally (Wellington).
Children, the first born at Lancaster, the last at Lexington, the others at Cambridge:
i. ELLEN MAY, 9 b. 28 Feb. 1848.
ii. CHARLOTTE GREY, b. 12 Feb. 1851; d. 6 July 1885.
iii. AUGUSTUS CLIFFORD, b. 3 July 1853; m. 7 June 1883 LOUISE GREBLE DREER of Philadelphia, b. 29 July 1858, dau. of Henry Augustus and Mary (Leavenworth); d. at Lawrence, N. Y., 28 Dec. 1903. He was in the banking business in New York City and latterly in the firm of Tower & Sherwood.
2. iv. RICHARD GLEASON, b. 11 Oct. 1857.
2. RICHARD GLEASON9 TOWER (William A., 8 Oren,7 Jonas, 6 Joseph,5 Ambrose, 4 Benjamin,& John,2 Robert1) , born 11 Oct. 1857.
He became a partner in his father's firm 1885, and in 1905 the name of the firm was changed to Tower & Underwood.
He married 30 Sept. 1905 HENRIETTA NILES LOCKWOOD, born at Charlestown 29 Jan. 1873, daughter of Rhodes and Henrietta (Niles).
Children, the first born at Thomasville, Ga., the other at Lex- ington:
i. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, 10 b. 6 Mar. 1907.
ii. RICHARD LOCKWOOD, b. 19 Dec. 1908.
TOWNE
HENRY1 TOWNE; wife CATHERINE ). Child, born at Lexington:
i. FLORA A.,2 b. 6 July 1851.
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HISTORY OF LEXINGTON
TOWNSHEND
BENJAMIN T.1 TOWNSHEND was born in England. He married MARTHA NYE, born at Houlton, Me. Child, born at Lexington : i. MARTHA NYE,2 b. 15 Sept. 1905.
TRAMBLAY
FRANK' TRAMBLAY; wife LAURA (DURAND). Both born in Canada.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. JOSEPH LEO,2 b. 25 May 1905.
TRASK
1. NATHANIEL2 TRASK (John1) was born at Beverly 20 Jan. 1695, died 4 Aug. 1753, g. s., son of John and Hannah (Solart).
His father, John Trask, died at Lexington 22 Feb. 1735. His mother, Hannah Trask, died at Lexington 12 Apr. 1722, aged about 64, g. s. Did Nathaniel marry secondly Mary ( ) ? A "widow Mary" died at Lexington 29 Mar. 1781, aged 88, or was it widow Anna who died on that date?
It is supposed that he came to Lexington about 1715, and located near the Bedford line. He was highway surveyor in 1720 and an assessor in 1726, '39, and '40. His property was inventoried at £7596, included in which were two hundred acres of land and also a proprietor's lot in Narragansett Township, No. 6, now Templeton.
He married ANNA RAYMOND of Beverly, born 6 Mar. 1691-92, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Woodberry).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. ANNA,3 b. 20 May 1716; m. 21 May 1751, as his second wife, JAMES ROBINSON of Deerfield, N. H., d. 22 Jan. 1767, aged 59, s. of Jonathan; she d. before 7 Nov. 1783 .*
2. ii. JOHN, b. 8 Feb. 1717-18.
iii. MARY, b. 19 Nov. 1719; d. at Woburn 17 Mar. 1797.
iv. NATHANIEL, b. 18 Mar. 1722-23; m. 15 June 1749 PARNEL THING, b. 29 July 1726, dau. of Benjamin and Mrs. Deborah (Hilton-Thing); d. at Brentwood, N. H., 12 Dec. 1789. He studied theology and was settled at Keesboro, now Brentwood, N. H. He was dismissed 22 Nov. 1747 from the Lexington church to Keesboro, and to show their respect to him Capt. William Reed, Capt. Benjamin Reed and Mr. Jonathan Lawrence, three of his old neighbors, were sent as "messengers" to his ordination.
V. ELIZABETH, b. 21 Apr. 1725; m. JOSEPH HILL of Billerica, d. 2 Mar. 1781, aged about 72, s. of Joseph and Susanna (Baldwin); d. at Billerica 18 Nov. 1805.
vi. LYDIA, b. 27 Nov. 1730; m. 6 Nov. 1760 WILLIAM MORRILL of Brentwood, N. H.
* E. C. Cogswell, Hist. of Nottingham, Deerfield and Northwood, p. 446. Middlesex Co. Probate Records. Registry of Deeds, Vol. 117, p. 272.
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GENEALOGIES
vii. HANNAH,* b. 28 Mar. 1733; m. 15 Nov. 1750 SAMUEL STEARNS of Billerica, d. 23 July 1801, s. of Samuel and Rachel (Crosby); d. at Billerica 7 Dec. 1801.
3. viii. JONATHAN, b. 12 Dec. 1735.
2. JOHN3 TRASK (Nathaniel,2 John1), born 8 Feb. 1717-18, died 20 Nov. 1786.
He married MARY GREEN of Connecticut, born 6 Jan. 1723, a sister of Henry Harrington's second wife. She was evidently a Mary Marble and may have married a Green previous to her marriage to John Trask.
Children, on the Lexington records:
i. MARY, 4 b. 7 Nov. 1742; m. 17 Apr. 1760 WILLIAM CUTLER of Woburn, died at Springfield, Vt., 25 May 1809, aged 72; d. 2 July 1822, aged 79.
4. ii. ISAAC, b. 3 Jan. 1744.
iii. JOHN, b. 1746.
iv. SARAH, b. 31 Apr. 1748; m. 3 Aug. 1769 JOHN CALDWELL of Woburn.
v. JOSEPH, b. 28 June 1751; d. 28 June 1832; m. (1) 10 June 1772 HANNAH SIMONDS; m. (2) 26 Mar. 1776 EUNICE TUFTS of Medford, b. 2 Oct. 1755, d. at Billerica 20 Feb. 1831, dau. of William and Katherine (Tufts). They had nine children.
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