History of the town of Milford, Worcester county, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1881, Part 56

Author: Ballou, Adin, 1803-1890
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Boston : Rand, Avery, & co.
Number of Pages: 1328

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Very truly,

GEORGE S. BOUTWELL.

WORCESTER, May 19, 1880.

GENTLEMEN, - I expect to be absent from the State, with my family, at the date of the celebration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the town of Milford, or I would gladly accept the invitation of your committee. With thanks for your courtesy,

I am, respectfully, A. B. R. SPRAGUE.

BOSTON, June 1, 1880. A. J. SUMNER, Esq.

MY DEAR SIR, - I am very grateful to yourself and the committee of the town of Milford, for an invitation to the celebration of its one-hundredth anniversary. I regret that a conflicting engagement, made before receiving your invitation, will prevent my attending; but I send my best wishes for a happy celebration by all who may be present.

Yours very truly,

ALEXANDER H. RICE.

BILLERICA, June 8, 1880. Mr. A. J. SUMNER.

DEAR SIR, - I received in due time your invitation to be present at the celebration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the town of Milford. Ab- sence from the State will prevent my joining in the festivities of the occa- sion. This I regret; as I feel great interest in such anniversaries, especially so in regard to Milford, as I should meet old friends, citizens of your town, whose friendship I have valued for many years. I hope the occasion will be as interesting as the best friends of your town can wish.

Yours truly,

THOMAS TALBOT.

BOSTON, Wednesday, June 9, 1880. To Hon. AARON C. MAYHEW, Milford.

MY DEAR SIR, - I am in the midst of a trial in the Superior Court, and am profoundly disappointed that I cannot keep my promise to be present at

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your centennial celebration to-morrow. I had anticipated, with the great- est pleasure, the opportunity of meeting my old friends in Milford, and of speaking to your people of the Milford men of forty years ago, when I was the preceptor of the academy, - of Parson Long, of Stearns Godfrey, of his father Wm. Godfrey, of Aaron Claflin, of Gen. Underwood senior, of Ziba Thayer, of Adam Hunt, of John Erskine, of Drs. Fiske and Fay, of the Walkers, of the Nelsons, of the Parkhursts, of the Chapins, of Capt. Perry, and many others who were good friends of mine, and whose children and grandchildren were my pupils. I am proud to remember that your centen- nial orator, Gen. Adin B. Underwood, was my pupil in the academy, a student in my law-office at Framingham, and my law-partner in Boston in 1861. He left the office as Capt. Underwood of the second regiment of Mass. Volunteers; and he returned at the close of the war a brigadier-general, and with a record untarnished, and of which your people to-day are justly proud. He is a type of the Milford boys, as I remember them. All honor to old Milford, her sons and danghters.

With sincere regret that I cannot be present on so interesting an occa- sion, I am, with the highest regard,

Yours very truly,

CHARLES R. TRAIN.

WORCESTER, June 3, 1880.

MY DEAR SIR, -I am under great obligations to you and the members of your committee, for the kind invitation you have given me to be one of your guests on the 10th inst. I have delayed until now answering your letter in the fond hope of being able to accept your invitation, but I now find that it will be out of my power to be present. I deeply regret this. The hundredth anniversary of so important a town as Milford is an occasion of deepest interest to every citizen of this ancient county of Worcester. The people of your town have indeed much to awaken their pride and satisfac- tion in its present large population, in its vigorous prosperity, and in its prospects for the future. But your past history should excite not less pride than your present condition. No town can point to a more patriotic, public- spirited, and every way honorable record, than Milford. In all past popular emergencies your people have been faithful and forceful, without ostentation and without boasting. No town in Massachusetts presents a more honor- able or a more successful history. I count it a great pleasure and honor to be familiar with many of your citizens, and I sincerely regret that I cannot sit with them in observing the coming centennial.

With great regard and respect,

I remain, yours very truly,

ALEXANDER H. BULLOCK. A. J. SUMNER, Esq., for Committee.

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CENTENNIAL NOTES AND INCIDENTS.

Three hundred and forty-five invitations were issued.

Many photographic views of the decorations have been taken.

So far as learned, only a single accident occurred, and that one did not result seriously.

Salutes were fired at noon and sunset. At the latter time bells were rung throughout the town.

The tent was two hundred and sixty by eighty feet, and contained twenty-eight tables, seating twenty-one hundred and twelve, and was finely decorated.

The big tent was visited by crowds of people all day Wednesday, and well into the evening.

The Continental Band of Franklin made a decided hit, their play- ing and general appearance being greatly admired.

Strangers commented freely on the general tidiness of Milford's streets, and the general air of neatness about the town.

Crowds of strangers swarmed Main Street until a late hour Wednes- day evening, taking a look at the decorations ; and tradesmen did a rushing business.

Unusual good order prevailed, the large force of policemen being sufficiently efficient to indefinitely postpone all incipient disturbances as soon as manifested. Twelve arrests were made.

Post 22, G. A. R., carried in the procession, in addition to their own colors, the flag that the men enlisted under in Milford in 1861, and a set of colors that were carried in the late war by the old Sixth.

Among the prominent gentlemen present may be mentioned Gov. Long, Secretary of State Peirce, Hon. T. W. Higginson, State Auditor Ladd, Hon. William Claflin, and H. B. Claflin of Brooklyn.

Fifty years ago Mr. Thurber, whose excellent poem will receive, as it merits, universal appreciation, was Milford's academy teacher. His old pupils are unanimous in their verdict, that at twenty years of age he taught school as well as he writes centennial poetry at seventy.

Mr. Charles P. Nelson exhibited an old and interesting relic in the shape of the ancient sign which once hung on "J. Nelson's Inn," the first tavern in Milford. The ell of this old building is now a part of the house on Main Street opposite Mann's boot-factory. The sign was taken down in 1798, is about two and one-half by two feet in size, bears the picture of a horse, and is throughout in an excellent state of preservation. It is now the property of Mr. H. E. Rock- wood, who loaned it to Mr. Nelson for centennial purposes. Wash- ington dined at the Nelson Inn in 1786.

Mit Cook

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The Quidnunc rooms in Bank Block furnished a welcome haven to many a knight of the quill, one and all of whom carried away lively recollections of the hospitality and courteous treatment accorded their guests by the lively, generous Quidnuncs. The rooms were very hand- somely decorated by Col. Beals.

We are not ashamed of our centennial edition. We have bestowed upon it great labor and pains, though much of the work of compiling the subject-matter has necessarily been done in a somewhat hurried manner, and subject somewhat to hinderances and annoyances. Any errors or omissions which may be noticed in the report are certainly unintentional. The field is a broad one to cover in so short a time.

Thus I have copied from " The Milford Journal " the major portion of its two admirable reports. If I have extracted too largely, or, on the other hand, omitted what ought to have been inserted, my readers must excuse the fallibility of a well-intending judgment.

HISTORY OF MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

PART II.

BIOGRAPHICO-GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.

PART II.

BIOGRAPHICO-GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.

ABBEE, WILLIAM, was m. Nov. 27, 1791, to Anna, dr. of Jesse Whitney, by Rev. Amariah Frost, both said to be of Mil. He was b. in Hop. about 1768, and was prob. a son of Aaron and Anna Abbee.

ABBEE, POLLY, alias MARY, was m. to Ebenezer Hunt, May 21, 1801, by Samuel Jones, Esq., both said to be of Mil. She was b., I understand, in No. Purchase, and was a dr. of John and Anna (Battle) Abbee. Her fr. was a brother of William, or a near relative. Mrs. Polly was b. March 22, 1785, and d. in Worcester, Jan. 9, 1871.

ABBEE, CHARLES, an apprentice or journeyman of Benj. Gibhs in the cabinet- making business between 1815 and 1821. His name appears in the tax-list for 1821; also again in 1833 and 1834. Whose son he was I have not ascer- tained, nor what became of him. I presume these three Abbees were descendants of Aaron and Anna of Hop. Besides them, I recollect no others of the name on our records.

ABBOTT, Rev. LEVI A., pastor of the Baptist ch. here from Ang. 29, 1855, till the end of April, 1858, and who served acceptably on the town's school committee a considerable part of that time. I remember him as a Christian gentleman of modest deportment and genial manners, but am unable to give his pedigree, personal antecedents, or subsequent career.

ABBOTT, CHARLES H., is put down in our Directory of 1869 as an engineer, who boarded at the Quinshepang Honse. I know nothing else of him. Abbott is a rare name on our records.

ADAMS, JOSIAH, was of Mendon; but joined in the movement for a new ch. and precinct with the Mill-River people, and became their first ruling elder. After seeing the ch. and precinct here well established, he removed his relation back to the First Ch. I am told that he lived and d. on the Otis Thayer place, recently owned by Mr. Cromb. He was first of Braintree, and his lineage runs thus ; -

ADAMS, JOSIAH4 (Joseph,8 Joseph,2 Henry 1), b. Feb. 8, 1696; m. Bethiah, dr. of Samuel and Hannah Thompson, she having been b. March 20, 1693; cer. Nov. 20, 1718. They were dis. from Braintree to Mendon ch. June 6, 1735. He joined the new Sec. Ch. here 1741, and returned to the First Ch. about ten years later. Their chn. :-

JOSIAH, b. Sept. 30, 1722; d. Jan. 20, 1723.

JOSIAH 2d, b. Sept. 6, 1727.

JOSEPH, b. July 24, 1729; d. July 30, 1729.

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EDWARD, b. May 4, 1731.

JOHN is put down as under " their inspection," and bap. by Mr. Frost, Dec. 15, 1745.

JOEL, a son, bap. by Mr. Frost, May 14, 1749.

Eld. Josiah d. July 30, 1802, leaving an honored memory. Date of Mrs, Bethiah's dth. not ascertained.

I do not recollect the name of any other Adams who figured in the days of the Easterly Precinct on our territory; thongh it is not improbable that some transient ones came and went. Nor after the incorporation of the town did they multiply very rapidly. I will notice most of these in their order of time.

ADAMS, ABNER, of Northbridge, was m. to Ruth Wood, dr. of Obadiah and Experience (Hayward) Wood; cer. Jan. 16, 1782, by Rev. A. Frost. They had at least 1 dr. b. in Mil. : -

REBECCA, alias Becca, alias Beckey, b. Feb. 1, 1783; m. Amasa Leland about 1803.

I think they set. in Northbridge, and had other chn. there. Mrs. Ruth d. comparatively young.

ADAMS, Dea. ENOCH, came into town in 1796; set. on the Dea. Read place (since Ira Cleveland place), and was taxed for real est. till 1801. No further traced.

ADAMS, DANIEL, wf. Elizabeth ; chn., Polly, Samuel, Sally, John, Elijah, and Nancy, were among those warned out of town in 1791. They also stand credited with a pair of twins; viz., Abigail Smith and Alanson, b. May 2, 1802. The fr. seems to have been taxed down to 1812, and thenceforth no further traced.

ADAMS, Wid. GRACE, and her son William, were helped by the town for many years, dating from 1795, and perhaps still earlier. She d. Dec. 11. 1813, a. 101 yrs. William d. Nov. 10, 1829, a. 83 yrs. His wf.'s name not given; d. Oct. 4, 1827, a. 76 yrs. I am wholly unable to trace this family.

ADAMS, CHRISTOPHER, was here and taxed from 1805 to 1808. No further traced.

ADAMS, BARZILLAI, was taxed here in 1813. A few others of the name were transient inhabitants here previons to this period. Among them were- ADAMS, OLIVER, and wf. Betsey, who are credited with two chn .: -

LORANIA, b. June 21, 1799, and Oliver, jun., b. March 16, 1801. Untraced. ADAMS, HEZEKIAH 6 (John,5 Eleazer,4 Edward,8 Henry,2 Henry 1), came

hither from Medway between 1817 and 1822; wf., Rhoda (Mann) Adams. Their chn. : -

SEIGNORA, b. Med. 1796; m. Maynard Bragg, April 7, 1819.

JULIA ANN, b. Med. 1798; m. Samuel C. Oliver, Waltham, Feb. 21, 1821. LANDEN, b. Med. 1801; unm .; res. a while in Mil., then various places. HIRAM, b. Med. 1803; m., set., lived, and d. Buffalo, N.Y.

RHODA M., b. Med. 1805; m. Otis Sumner, Mil., Nov. 27, 1831. LAURA ANN, b. Med. 1808; m. Hiram Hunt, Mil., Oct., 1829.

SYLVANUS, b. Med. 1810; an enterprising man; res. in various places ; can- not state further.

CLARK, b. Med. ; birth-date not found; went far west or so .- west.

I think all these sons and drs. have passed on, excepting, perhaps, Clark. The whole family had good capabilities by nature, and most of them succeeded well in life, notwithstanding many adversities. The father was much broken

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down when he came into town. He d. Aug. 28, 1841, a. 72 yrs. Mrs. Rhoda, his wid., survived many trials, and d. June 3, 1849, a. nearly 74 yrs.

ADAMS, MOSES, son of Jonathan, was b. Aug. 26, 1795; m. Sally or Sarah Stearns, dr. of David Stearns, Jan. 24, 1820; cer. by Rev. D. Long. He d. Feb. 14, 1834. I intended giving his full family record, but received a posi- tive protest and request from Mrs. Sarah, his surviving wid., not to do so. Begging her pardon for trespassing thus far on her wishes, I refrain from further details, only regretting not being permitted to follow my own incli- nations.

ADAMS, MOSES,5 of " Wild-Cat " neighborhood, so called (Elisha,4 William,8 Edward,2 Henry1), b. in Hop., April 26, 1786; mr.'s maiden name, Sarah Watkins; m. Abigail Morse of Holl., b. July 14, 1792; cer. 1811. Their chn .:-

ELISHA, b. June 19, 1813; d. unm. Sept. 28, 1846.

SARAH, b. Dec. 24, 1814; d. Sept. 21, 1817.

ALMIRA, b. July 25, 1816; unm. ; res. School St., Mil.

NEWELL, b. April 6, 1818; d. unm. Nov. 3, 1878.

SUSANNAH, b. May 10, 1820; m. George Adams, Holl.

ALBERT, b. Sept. 25, 1821; m. Maria C. Fay.

LUTHER, b. Sept. 1, 1823; m. Mary Barron of Wrentham.

SARAH ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 25, 1836; m. William S. Green, July 7, 1856.

Moses Adams and family dwelt on what was once known as the Samuel Bowker place. It was on the Hop. side of the line till the boundary was altered in perhaps 1836 or 1837, when it was set over to Mil. So, I suppose, all the chn. were b. nominally in Hop .; but, being transferred to Mil., it is proper that I should include them among our population. The place is now owned by John Hicks. Joanna (Adams) Stearns, 2d wf. of David Stearns, was a sister of Elisha Adams, the father of Moses; and Mrs. Sarah (Adams) Claflin, mother of Ex-Gov. Wm., was his sister, a dr. of Elisha.

Of grandchildren living these are the following : -

Chn. of Geo. and Susannah Adams, 3.

Chd. of Albert and Maria C. (Fay) Adams, 1.

Chn. of Luther and Mary (Barron) Adams, 2.

Chn. of Wm. S. and Sarah E. (Adams) Green, 2. In all, 8.

Mrs Sarah E. (Adams) Green, wid. of Wm. S. Green, res. on School St., near Pearl, which has been her home for many yrs. There, with her, Newell her bro., d. in 1878; and there dwells her sister Almira. For her own family record, see the name Green.

Mrs. Abigail (Morse) Adams d. March 20, 1850. Mr. Moses d. Aug. 19, 1870. ADAMS, OBADIAH7 (Obadiah,6 Nathan,5 Obadiah," John,& Edward,2 Henry 1),

b. Med., Oct. 10, 1789 ; mr.'s maiden name, Abigail Harding ; m. Mary Johnson, dr. of William and Susan (Graves) Johnson, b. Worcester, May 10, 1791; cer. prob. 1811. Their chn .:-

ROXANA, b. Med., Aug., 1812; d. a. 5 mos.

ABBIE HARDING, b. Med., June 22, 1814; d. unm., Mil., May 12, 1881.

SARAH CUTLER, b. Med., Oct. 25, 1815; m. Henry Morgan, April 7, 1841; res. Holl.

SUSAN JOHNSON, b. Med., May 31, 1817; m. William S. Mitchell; both d. She d. March 27, 1856.

ROXANA NICHOLS, b. Med., June 30, 1820; m. Charles Williams, June 30, 1842.

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WILLIAM PARISMAS, b. Med., May 23, 1828; m. Catherine C. Pleasant, Sept., 1852.

The bus. and fr. d. in Mil., April 25, 1857. Mrs. Mary, his wid., d. here Jan. 13, 1871, both in the home and under the fostering care of their dutiful maiden dr. Abbie Harding Adams, 29 School St.

ADAMS, WILLIAM PARISMAS& (Obadiah,7 Obadiah,6 Nathan,5 Obadiah,4 John, 8

- Edward,2 Henry 1), b, Med., May 23, 1828, as above; m. Catherine C. Pleas- ant, dr. of - Pleasant, b. Washington, D.C., April 2, 1836; cer. in Spring- field, Mass., Sept., 1852, by -. Issue :-

EUGENE THORNTON, b. Mil., July 30, 1853; m. Almira Sweetland Eastman, Aug. 5, 1875.

CAROLINE WILLARD, b. Mil., June 7, 1855.

CHARLES WILLIAMS, b. Mil., June 6, 1857.

MARY LIZZIE, b. Mil., Oct. 24, 1858; d. Dec. 28, 1859.

This worthy family has one grandchild in its household, a dr. of Eugene T. and Alınira S. (Eastman) Adams; viz., Blanche Kate, b. Mil., Oct. 12, 1877.

William P. Adams d. at Harrison's Landing, Va., in the service of his coun- try, July 18, 1862. His wid. and three of his chn. survive, and res. 29 School St.

ADAMS, SYLVANUS, came into town from Northbridge about the yr. 1846 or 1847, and set. on the Zuriel Howard place, which he had just purchased. There he remained for the rest of his lifetime. At first I hoped to trace the descent of Sylvanus and his bro. Abner lineally back to Henry, their immi- grant ancestor; but I was baffled on one or two links, and concluded to stop with their gd. fr., John of Northbridge. I have already stated that their fr., Abner, came into Mil. in 1782, and m. Ruth Wood, dr. of Obadiah, and that they had at least one dr. b. here. I have since been told that they had two more chn. b. in Northbridge. Be this as it may, Mrs. Ruth d. a comparatively young mother, and her hus. m., 2d, Lucy Holbrook, dr. of Sylvanus of Ux .; further particulars not ascertained. Of this wife were b. Sylvanus, etc. So I recommence : -

ADAMS, SYLVANUS 8 (Abner,2 John 1), b. Northbridge, Oct. 17, 1796; m. Chloe Hunt Albee, dr. of Abel and Annah (Wood) Albee, b. in Mil., Sept. 25, 1801; cer. in Mil., May 13, 1819, by Rev. D. Long. Their chn. :-

ZEBADIAH ALBEE, b. Northbridge, March 31, 1824; m., 1st, Vesta Batcheller, 1846; 2d, E. Remington, 1872.

HARRIET THAYER, b. Northbridge, Nov. 17, 1826; d. July 28, 1873.

JOHN QUINCY, b. North bridge, Sept. 20, 1829; unm. ; res. Boston; engaged in pat. machinery.

GILBERT FRANKLIN, b. Northbridge, April 27, 1832; d. Feb. 13, 1841.

ABNER HOLBROOK, b. Northbridge, Dec. 8, 1834; m. Bettie Gamage Morse, Nov. 25, 1869.

GEORGE WILLARD, b. Northbridge, July 5, 1837; m., 1st, Harrietta S. Hos- kins, 1868; 2d, Elizabeth Conant, 1874.

EDWARD HOLMAN, b. Northbridge, April 2, 1840; d. Feb. 8, 1841.

JUDSON LAROY, b. Northbridge, Sept. 30, 1842; d. Dec. 9, 1843.

The fr. and mr. were worthy members of the Cong. ch., and of very repu- table standing in the community. Mrs. A. d. Dec. 7, 1871, and her hus. soon followed her; he d. Feb. 6, 1872. Only one grandchild, Chloe Helen Adams, dr. of Zebadiah and Vesta (Batcheller) Adams, b. Oct., 1849. Zebadiah A. Adams now res. in Douglas; John Quincy res. in Boston, as aforesaid; George W. res.

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in Florida, successfully cultivating an orange plantation. See Abner H., fur- ther on.

ADAMS, ABNER & (Abner,2 John,1), b. Feb. 11, 1806 ; m. Elizabeth Thayer Claflin, dr. of Martin and Hopestill (Hayward) Claflin, b. Oct. 13, 1811; cer. April 1, 1830, by Rev. Mr. Storrs. Chn. :-

SAMUEL WILBER, b. Gt. Barrington, Nov. 14, 1831; res. various, now in Boston.

JAMES MONROE, b. Gt. Barrington, Feb. 7, 1832 ; res. various, now Brook- lyn, N.Y.

MARY LUCY, b. W. Stockbridge, Dec. 15, 1833 ; m. John Stimpson, Dec. 20, 1854.

ELIZABETH JANE, b. W. Stockbridge, Dec. 14, 1835 ; m. Alanson Town, Springfield, 1872.

WARREN LELAND, b. Mil., July 17, 1837; d. Feb. 26, 1865.

ADALINE CLAFLIN, b. Holl., July 17, 1839; m. Edwin E. Marsh, Nov. 21, 1861. SULLIVAN BENSON, b. Mil., Jan. 1, 1842; d. Aug. 22, 1846.

The parents came to Hopedale in 1844, were members of the Community for several years, and have ever since res. in the village, deservedly enjoying the general respect. None of their chn. now remain here; but all who survive are pursuing the fortunes and the business of life in various sections of the country.

Samuel Wilber Adams, their eldest son, a machinist, m., 1st, Charlotte A. Holbrook of Sturbridge, dr. of Dea. Elias and Charlotte his wf., in Nov., 1852. Their clin. were Charles Wilber, b. Hopedale, April 20, 1853; Edward South- gate, b. Woonsocket, R.I., Feb. 14, 1856 (this son res. Hopedale; see farther on) ; George Sullivan, b. Chicopee, Oct. 17, 1859. Charlotte A., the mr., d. May 10, 1864; and the hus. m., 2d, Mary Wilber of Providence, R.I., Dec., 1867, to whom has been b. Bertha, in Prov., R.I., July 17, 1871. Their res. is now Boston.

James Monroe Adams m. Mattie Blanchard of Uxbridge (parentage not given), Nov., 1863; to whom have been b. Nettie Blanchard, in Hartford, Ct., May 10, 1868; Freddie Howard, in the same place, March 20, 1870. No more reported. The parents are now said to reside in New-York City, or Brooklyn, adjacent. Freddie has since d.

Mary Lucy and Elizabeth Jane m. as above stated; no chn. reported. Mary res. in Providence, R.I., and Elizabeth in Springfield. The writer solemnized Mary's mge.

Warren Leland Adams m. Sarah Simms of Chicopee, May 1, 1859; to whom were b. in Chicopee, Adaline Louisa, May 10, 1860, and Willie Jillson, June 15, 1864.

Warren L. went a soldier to the civil war, where he contracted a disease which culminated in his death, as before stated, Feb. 26, 1865.

Adaline Claflin m. Edwin E. Marsh, Nov. 21, 1861 ; cer. by the writer. Their chn. are Warren Leland, b. Hartford, Ct., Dec. 6, 1863; Mary, b. Provi- dence, R.I., Dec. 15, 1866; Estelle Addie, b. Hartford, Ct., Dec. 5, 1868; Harry, b. Hartford, Ct., Feb. 3, 1874; and Clarence Edwin, b. Hartford, Ct., July 17, 1876. No more reported.

Edward Southgate Adams, 2d son of Sam'l Wilber Adams, res. in Hope- dale; b., as aforesaid, in Woonsocket, R.I., Feb. 14, 1856; m. Sarah Eldredge, dr. of George W. and Sarah (Payson) Eldredge, River Point, R.I., b. Sept. 4, 1858; cer. March 20, 1877, at Centreville, R.I., by Rev. Jonathan Brayton, D.D. Their chn. : -

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NELLIE HOLBROOK, b. Mil., Jan. 10, 1878; d. River Point, R.I., April 3, 1879. LEWIS EDWARD, b. Mil., Dec. 5, 1879.

An orderly, quiet, industrious, young family.

ADAMS, ABNER HOLBROOK 4 (Sylvanus,3 Abner,2 John1), b. Northbridge, Dec. 8, 1834; mr.'s maiden name, Chloe Hunt Albee; m. Bettie Gamage Morse, dr. of William H. and Hannah P. (Gamage) Morse, b. Hop., March 16, 1836; cer. Hop., Nov. 25, 1869, by Rev. Mr. Worthington. No chn. yet reported.

Mr. A. is an enterprising business-man, and a respectable citizen. He dealt successfully in sewing-machines, etc., for several years, and has recently opened a flourishing grocery establishment on Exchange St., in copartnership with one of his wife's brothers, under the firm name of "Adams & Morse." I think, too, he is now the possessor of the ancient homestead left by his father, or at least a considerable portion of it, which has come down, through a long line of proprietors, from Capt. Seth Chapin's day, 170 yrs. or more.

ADAMS, ARBA, and wf. Rachel are credited on our birth records with -

WILLIAM A., b. July 13, 1829.

SABIN C., b. June 4, 1832.

THERESA C., b. June 14, 1833.

MARY E., b. May 8, 1835.

MELISSA E., b. April 15, 1838.

I have inquired anxiously after the history of this family, but have found no one who seemed to know any thing about them. I have, therefore, entered the above as found on the town-records, and can say no more.

ADAMS, FISHER & (Levi,7 Silas, 6 Obadiah,5 Obadiah, 4 John,8 Edward,2 Henry 1), b. Union, Ct., April 5, 1802; mr.'s maiden name, Olive Gould; m. Sally Alexander, dr. of Ezekiel and Thirza (Wheelock) Alexander, b. Upton,

March 1, 1807; cer. Upton, May 24, 1829, by Rev. Benjamin Wood. Issne :- FORESTER CLARK, b. Mil., Feb. 16, 1830; d. Sept. 28, 1830.

FISHER WALES, b. Mil., April 5, 1831; m. Celia R. Inman, Oct. 11, 1860.

JAMES EDMOND, b. Mil., May 28, 1836; m. Isabella Stimpson, Nov. 15, 1869. OLIVIA ANN, b. Mil., July 7, 1841; m. John Usher, Nov, 11, 1863. She d. Nov. 2, 1879.

SILAS LOWELL, twins, b. Mil., May 30, 1843; d. Sept. 28, 1845.

SARAH LOUIS, b. Mil., May 30, 1843; m. Joseph Hunt of Douglas,

Sept. 16, 1869.

Grandchn. : -

The chn. of Fisher W. and Celia R. (Inman) Adams were, -

MARY ETTA, b. Mil., March 29, 1861; George Elmer Wales, b. Blackstone June 9, 1863.

The chn. of John Usher and Olivia Ann (Adams) Usher were, -

FRANK ADAMS USHER, b. Mil., Feb. 28, 1865; Agnes Sarah Usher, b. Mil., Dec. 5, 1868.

The chn. of James Edmond and Isabella (Stimpson) Adams were, -

ALMA A., b. Mil., March 6, 1870; Adella L., b. Mil., March 11, 1871; d. Jan. 18, 1872; Elmer W., b. Sept. 5, 1876.

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History of the town of Milford, Worcester county, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1881, Part 56

Author: Ballou, Adin, 1803-1890 Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Boston : Rand, Avery, & co. Number of Pages: 1328

Author: Ballou, Adin, 1803-1890
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Boston : Rand, Avery, & co.
Number of Pages: 1328