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BANCROFT, WILLIAM,8 bro. of Joseph, with the same lineal descent, has res. several yrs. at Hopedale; is a competent machinist, an exemplary citizen, and has a worthy family, - all quiet, orderly, and peaceable persons in society. William's family record is as follows: b. in So. Mendon, now Blackstone, Feb. 26, 1826; m. Sarah J. Stanley, dr. of Joseph and Mary (Blaney) Stanley, b. in Marblehead, Dec. 25, 1828; cer. Woonsocket, R.I., Nov. 7, 1849, by Rev. L. D. Hill. They have res. in Woonsocket, Marble- head, Medway, and Hopedale. Their chn .:-
WILLIAM SAMUEL, b. Woonsocket, R.I., Dec. 23. 1849; m. Emma F. Cottrell, May 12, 1875.
CLARENCE, b. Hopedale, Oct. 11, 1858; now student in Harvard University. MARY INEZ, b. Hopedale, June 3, 1868.
BANCROFT, EBEN DRAPERº (Joseph B.,8 Samuel,7 Samuel, 6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4 prob. Thomas,8 Thomas,2 Jolin 1), b. in Hopedale, Aug. 27, 1847; m. Lelia Coburn, dr. of Alonzo and Eliza Curtis (Jones) Coburn, b. Hop., Sept. 14,
1846; cer. in Hop., Sept. 9, 1874, by Rev. C. H. Hannaford. Their chn. :- ALICE COBURN, b. in Hopedale, July 3, 1876.
JOSEPH BUBIER, b. in Hopedale, Feb. 26, 1880. -
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A couple launched on business, connubial, and social life under favorable auspices. He has been, for several yrs., leading accountant in the Hopedale counting-room, with a handsome salary.
BANCROFT, WILLIAM SAMUEL 9 (William, Samuel,7 Samuel,6 Samuel,5 Samuel,4 prob. Thomas,3 Thomas,2 John 1), b. Woonsocket, R.I., Dec. 23, 1849; m. Emma Frances Cottrell, dr. of Gardner P. and Lucy (Potter) Cot- trell, b. Coventry, R.I., Oct. 3, 1854; cer. Ashton, R.I., May 12, 1875, by Rev. Robert H. Murray. A well-married and promising pair. He is also an accountant in the same establishment with his cousin Eben, and has a good prospective future. No chn. reported.
BARBER, HAMLET,1 an immigrant from England, as I have always been told, seems to bave been the first of this name in town. I never chanced to learn any thing of his birth-date or antecedents, nor exactly when he first came here to res. Indeed, I doubt if he was any thing more than an occasional and transient inhabitant within our limits. But several of his chn. were somewhat permanently set. here. Mr. Alfred Bragg furnishes me a family record, which he somehow obtained. According to this, Hamlet Barber m. Wid. Rhoda ( Ware) Clark, and their chn. were, -
JAMES, b. May 16, 1779; m. Nancy Parks, April 11, 1803; set. Mil.
HAMLET, b. April 26, 1780; d. Aug. 7, 1783.
HANNAH, b. May 5, 1782; d. Dec. 15 ensuing.
RHODA, b. Oct. 22, 1783; m. Amasa Fairbanks, Oct. 11, 1807.
HAMLET, b. June 24, 1785; m. Bathsheba Adams. He d. Bell., 1870.
HANNAH, b. July 17, 1788; m. Calvin Claflin, Holl., May 20, 1805.
SALLY, b. May 25, 1790; m. Plineas Adams.
POLLY, b. Aug. 20, 1792; m. Barzillai Adams.
ANNA, b. June 29, 1794; m. Reuben Justin.
JOHN, b. April 13, 1796; m. Mary Davenport. He d. April 6, 1821.
THOMAS, b. April 10, 1798; m. Betsey Rockwood; res. in Mil. and Hop.
BETSEY, b. March 24, 1800; m. Jason Gay; set. Mil. (See Gay.)
Mrs. Rhoda d. Dec. 25, 1824. I recollect Mr. B. was a tall, portly man. He was an ingenious shoemaker, and, I think, must have res, mostly in Holl. The date of his d. was July 6 or 7, 1834, a. 83 yrs.
BARBER, JAMES 2 (Hamlet 1), b. May 16, 1779; m. Nancy Parks, dr. of John and Lydia Parks, Holl., b. there Sept. 14, 1795; cer. in Mil. April 11, 1803, by Samuel Jones, Esq. An executive, hard-working shoemaker, who, with a still more executive, toilsome, and exemplary wife, raised in Mil. a large family of capable chn .; viz., -
WILLIAM, b. Aug. 25, 1803; went to Amsterdam, N.Y., m. there; d. Brook- lyn, N. Y.
SALLY PARKS, b. Oct. 20, 1804; m. Simpson Bixby, Nov. 4, 1832.
MARIA, b. July 9, 1806; in. Seth P. Carpenter, Jan. 25, 1829; d. Feb. 13, 1831.
DIANA, b. March 31, 1808; m. Seth P. Carpenter, Aug. 28, 1831.
JAMES MADISON, b. June 20, 1810; m. Elizabeth S. Wiswall, March 17, 1834. ANN MATILDA, b. Feb. 19, 1812; d. unm. 1849.
NANCY, b. April 22, 1814; d. Jan. 27, 1815.
JOHN PARKS, b. May 29, 1816; m. Rhoda S. Hewitt, Sept. 2, 1841.
HAMLET ELLISON, b. Aug. 29, 1818; m. Mary Burbank; res. Binghampton, N.Y. ; 6 chn.
WILLARD FISHER, b. Nov. 22, 1820; m. Mary A. Kendall, Nov. 1, 1842.
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GARDNER PARKS, b. June 28, 1823; m. Abbie Holbrook, Oct. 24, 1848. No chn.
CHARLES, b. March 28, 1828; m. twice; res. formerly Hartford, Ct.
The hus. and fr. d. Oct. 15, 1844. His wid., Mrs. Nancy, d. April 27, 1864. Several of the sons in this family have spent most of their adult business lives away from Mil. in other localities. Among these the most distinguished was Gardner P. He passed into the higher life on the 7th of Oct., 1879, greatly loved, lamented, and honored. The following is part of an obituary notice copied from " The Hartford Post:" -
"Mr. Gardner P. Barber, of the firm of Hunt, Holbrook, & Barber, died in Boston, Oct. 7, of paralysis. He was a native of Milford, Mass., and was 56 years of age. He had been engaged in business in Hartford since 1845, and was thoroughly identified with industrial interests here. He had been asso- ciated with the firm of Hunt, Holbrook, & Barber for twenty-five years. Mr. Barber, in addition to his business relations, had taken an active and influential part in local affairs, and had been a member of the city government and of street commissioners, holding the latter office at the time of his death. He was a member of the State Capitol commissioners, and also an officer and director of the Mercantile Bank."
I shall notice the family records of those sons in this family who mar- ried, lived here, and had chn., each in the proper place; also any important facts concerning those abroad that may come to my knowledge.
BARBER, HAMLET2 (Hamlet1), b. Jan. 24, 1785; m. Bathsheba Adams. No particulars of her birth, parentage, etc., have been ascertained by me, nor of the mge. or chn. In his younger yrs. he was a popular dancing- master, and also much interested in masonry. Later in life he became a strict religionist of the Baptist ch. His last homestead was in Belling- ham Corner, being a part of the ancient Dr. Corbett place. I have under- stood that he d. in 1870. I have no report of his wf.'s d.
BARBER, THOMAS 2 (Hamlet1), b. April 10, 1798; m. Betsey Rockwood, dr. of Nathan and Johanna (Day) Rockwood, b. in Holl., June 13, 1800; cer. in Smithville, April, 1818, by whom not given. Issue :-
JOHANNA DAY, b. Mil., Aug. 19, 1819; m. Eliakim A. Bates, Jan. 7, 1841. She d. May 26, 1860.
CURTIS H., b. Mil., July 23, 1821; m., 1st, Julia Forbes, 1842; 2d, Olivia A. Eames, 1847.
JOHN, b. Mil., Jan. 3, 1823; m. Rebecca Hartshorn, 1857.
ALBERT, b. Mil., July 11, 1824; in. Mary Clark.
CHARLES, b. Mil., May 26, 1825 ; d. Dec. 27, 1830.
GEORGE, b. Mil., July 17, 1827; in. Sarah B. Oshorn, Nov. 15, 1853.
THOMAS, jun., b. Newton, May 20, 1829; drowned No. Pond, Hop., July 4, 1849.
EMILY ELIZABETH, b. Newton, Jan. 1, 1881; m. Homer Gibbs, May 3, 1854.
CHARLES H., b. Newton, Nov. 18, 1832; m. Althea M. Pierce.
EDWARD EVERETT, b. Hop., Jan. 15, 1837.
SARAH JANE, b. Hop., June 17, 1839; m. Luclus H. Wakefield.
MARY ANN, b. Hop., Sept. 30, 1841; m. John A. Thayer, Nov. 27, 1860.
- WILLIAM HENRY, b. Hop., Oct. 17, 1848; d. Oct. 15, 1868. --
Twenty-seven grandelin. have been b., of whom 14 survive.
Thomas Barber was a stately, fleshy man, quite genial and pleasant in domestic and social life, famous in early manliood as a dancing-master, who,
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notwithstanding his weight, could move with a sylphlike gentleness over the floor through the old-fashioned figures, - a model of gracefulness to all his pupils. Later he became a popular hotel-keeper in various localities, and finally in Hopkinton. There he d. Aug. 16, 1852. The family res., at different times, in Holl., Mil., Newton, New Haven (Ct.), Ashland, and Hop. The venerable wid. still survives in remarkable vigor, in the 82d yr. of her age.
BARBER, JAMES MADISON & (James,2 Hamlet1), b. June 20, 1810; m. Elizabeth
Smith Wiswall, dr. of Sampson and Abigail Wiswall, b. Providence, R.I., Dec. 31, 1811; cer. Mil., March 17, 1834, by the writer. They res. in Mil. several yrs. after marriage, and had 7 chn. credited to them on our records : -
MILTON WALLACE, b. Mil., Oct. 30, 1835; m. Frances C. Wilcox, Sept. 17, 1871; 3 chn.
MARIA AMELIA, Mil., Nov. 9, 1837; m. Lemuel L. Spellman, Jan. 16, 1861; 1 child.
ADELA ABIGAIL, b. Mil., Jan. 6, 1840; m. Silas H. Davis, June 15, 1862; 2 chn.
HAMLET PARK, b. Mil., May 4, 1843; m. Carrie Wright, March 3, 1862; 4 chn. ELDORA SOPHIA, b. Mil., Feb. 12, 1846; m. Frederick .R. Hills, Dec. 8, 1869; 3 chn.
IDA ISIDORE, b. Mil., July 19, 1848; d. Mil., Sept. 21, 1849.
MANFRED ERWIN, b. Mil., March 6, 1850; d. Hartford, Ct., July 26, 1857.
WILLIAM HENRY, b. Hartford, Ct., Aug. 21, 1854.
IDA ELIZABETH, b. Hartford, Ct., April 16, 1858; d. Hartford, Ct., June 2, 1864.
An industrious, orderly, reputable family. Mr. B. was brought up to the boot business. He removed to Hartford, Ct., between 1852 and 1854, and d. there March 5, 1874. His worthy wid. survives there, or in that general vicinity, residing with her chn.
BARBER, HAMLET ELLISON3 (James,2 Hamlet1), b. Mil., Aug. 29, 1818; m. Mary S. Burbank, b. Worcester, Sept. 24, 1819; cer. 1838. Issue : -
MARY A., b. June 30, 1839; m. Charles A. Jarvis; no chn.
ELLEN A., b. April 12, 1841; m. Charles Bronson ; 3 chn.
CHARLES E., b. June 14, 1843; in. Mary Dorr; 3 chn.
LUCY A., b. Sept. 24, 1845; m. George A. Newman; 2 chn.
JAMES, b. Dec. 27, 1847; m. Sophia Richardson; 1 child.
LOUIS K., b. Jan. 26, 1852; unm.
Mr. B. left Mil. in 1835. He now res. in Binghamton, N.Y. He reports to me only the foregoing particulars. It seems that not a single death has occurred in his family. Highly favored.
BARBER, JOHN P.8 (James,2 Hamlet 1), b. May 29, 1816; m. Rhoda S. Hewitt, dr. of Richard and Susan (Hack) Hewitt of Taunton; cer. in Mendon, June 16, 1841, by the writer. Their chn. : -
JOHN WALDO, b. Oct. 20, 1842; d. Warrenton, Va., war Rebellion, June 26, 1861.
EMMA JANE, b. 1845; m., 1st, Jobn Klein, 1864; 2d, I. W. Towne, 1868.
The hus. and fr. went into the service of his country, enlisting, 1863, Regt. 2, Co. H, and was one of those unfortunates who fell a prisoner into the hands of the rebels, and was starved to death at Andersonville, Ga. He d. there Sept., 1864. Concerning him and his son John Waldo, see Chap. VIII., "War Record of the Rebellion." John Klein of German birth, who m. Emma Jane,
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March 19, 1864 (cer. by the writer), d. in Mil., July 15, 1866. Emma J. m. Isaiah W. Towne of Natick; cer. at Hopedale, June 18, 1868, by the writer. Cannot report respecting any chn. Mrs. Rhoda S., the widowed mother of Emma, d. under her kind care at Natick, Nov. 22, 1870. A worthy family of many afflictions.
BARBER, WILLARD FISHER 3 (James,2 Hamlet1), b. Nov. 22, 1820; m. Mary A. Kendall, dr. of Lyman and Nancy (Baldwin) Kendall, b. Holl., Feb. 2, 1822; cer. in the "Old House" at Hopedale, Nov. 1, 1842, by the writer. Issue : -
NANCY M. C., b. Sept. 12, 1843; d. Aug. 8, 1843.
CORA, b. Jan. 28, 1846; d. March 22, 1874.
ROLLO, b. Dec. 5, 1847; m. Martha E., surname and date not given.
Mrs. Mary A. d. in Framingham, May 5, 1881; a most excellent woman, deeply lamented and honorably commemorated. An estimable family.
The surviving hus, and son res. in Framingham.
BARBER, CALVIN, jun., a descendant of George Barber, a Puritan immigrant from Eng., who first set. in Dedham in 1643, and afterwards in Medfield. I cannot with certainty give the lineal links in this case, but presume Cal- vin, jun., must be of the 6th or 7th generation from George, the ancestral immigrant. I knew Calvin, sen., of Bellingham, originally from Medway; also his two bros., George and Seneca of Medway. Their fr.'s name was George; but to ascertain the names of his fr., etc., would require more inquiry and research than I felt it my duty to bestow. Calvin, jun., was b. in Bell., Aug. 7, 1808; mr.'s maiden name, Chloe Marsh. He m., in this town, Sylvia Kelley, dr. of Wing and Mary (Gaskill) Kelley, b. Jan. 3, 1809; cer. Mil., April 19, 1830, by the writer. Their chn. : -
MINERVA, b, Mil., April 29, 1831; m. Henry Rice, Mendon, Oct. 31, 1850; res. Attleboro'; 3 chn.
GEORGE KELLEY, b. Mend., May 4, 1834; d. Mil., July 27, 1854.
MARY LOUISA, b. Bell., April 28, 1836; res. unm. with parents in Worcester. WALTER RALEIGH, b. Mend., Oct. 20, 1838; m. Hattie E. Alden, Jan. 5, 1864. He d. Mil., July 14, 1873.
Excellent people. Mr. B. moved from Mend. to Mil. in 1850, and from Mil. to Worcester in 1865, where the family has since res. He has long been a leather-cutter in boot-manufactories.
BARKER, Col. JAMES HARRISON, son of Benjamin and Abigail (Babbett) Barker; ancestry no further given; b. Westmoreland, N.H., Aug. 6, 1818; m. Elizabeth Alden Parkhurst, dr. of Otis and Sarah (Jones) Parkhurst, b. Mil., April 10, 1826; cer. April 26, 1848, by Rev. D. Long. Issue: - EMMA DIANA, b. Mil., May 26, 1855; m. Fred Swasey, Oct. 24, 1877. OTIS BENJAMIN, b. Mil., May 9, 1858.
KATIE ELIZABETH, b. Mil., June 12, 1864.
One grandchild : -
LILLIAN PARKHURST SWASEY, b. Mil., Sept. 12, 1878.
Col. Barker became a res. here some time before his mge. in 1848; but his return record does not give the date. He was for some years engaged in the boot-manufacture, and more recently in other kinds of business. He is a man of large natural abilities, intelligence, enterprise, public spirit, and trustworthi- ness. He served 8 terms on our board of selectmen between 1851 and 1874, the same number of terms as assessor between 1857 and 1879; went representative to Gen. Court in 1858 and 1859; he was justice peace for 7 yrs., from Jan. 1,
yours Truly 2. He. Barker
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1872; was postmaster from April 19, 1855, to April 20, 1861, and agaln for a brief period in 1866. In the State militia he rose from a private to be lieut .- col. in 1856. In the late civil war he was for a time major in the 36th Regt. Mass. Vols. See Chap. VIII., " War Record of the Rebellion." An excellent family. BARKER, ALEXANDER E., son of Joseph S. and Lydia (Eames) Barker, b. Newry, Me., May 1, 1821; m., 1st, Cynthia Littlehall, dr. of Joshna and Annie (Knapp) Littlehall, b. in Newry, Me., Oct. 29, 1832; cer. in Shel- burne, N.H., 1851, by Rev. Mr. Greene. Their chn. : -
EDGAR E., b. Newry, Me., Nov. 18, 1852.
FRANK W., b. Mil., Mass, April 17, 1854.
EDWARD, b. Newry, Me., March 14, 1856.
HERBERT W., b. Mil., July 31, 1860.
ANNIE L., b. Mil., July 5, 1862.
IDA M., b. Newry, Me., Oct. 6, 1865; m. Geo. E. W. Adams, Sept. 5, 1881.
Mrs. Cynthia d. in Newry, Me., Dec. 1, 1872. The hus. m., 2d, Izetta Brown, dr. of Parker V. and Louisa (Coburn) Brown, b. Albany, N.Y., Sept. 9, 1851; cer. in Gray, Me., Nov. 27, 1873, by James H. Trask. Their chn .:- HARRY C., b. Mil., Oct. 10, 1874.
BENJAMIN A., b. Mil., June 20, 1877.
A worthy family, according to my best information. Mr. Barker came into town between 25 and 30 yrs. ago from Newry, Me., but seems to have res. at different times, both here and in his former home. He became possessed of several parcels of real estate in town, -some in the Centre, and some in other neighborhoods. He owned, at his decease, the Amasa Leland farm and the Dea. Nathan Chapin place, both ancient homesteads. He appears to have been a thrifty, prudent, orderly citizen. He d. somewhat unexpectedly, on his Chapin homestead, May 13, 1881.
BARKER, DANIEL L., shoemaker; long res. in town. No family record reported. He d. Sept. 25, 1881, 84th yr. Left a wid. and 1 married dr.
BARNES, CHARLES, of Hingham, ptge., ancestry, birth-date, etc., unknown to me; m. Anna Whitney, dr. of Elias and Lncy (Barnes) Whitney, b. Mil., Jan. 13, 1792; cer. Mil., Dec. 16, 1813, by Rev. D. Long. Issue :- LUCY, b. Mil., Aug. 9, 1816; d. unm. Nov. 30, 1837.
Mr. Barnes d. comparatively young, but when and where I am not informed. Mrs. Anna, his wid., m., 2d, Alexander Cheney; cer. Jan. 21, 1829, by the writer. She was his 3d wf., and bore him, -
LAURA ANN, b. June 11, 1831; d. March 16, 1845, a. 13 yrs. See Cheney.
The mr. was again left a wid. by the death of Mr. Cheney, Nov. 2, 1843; and she herself d. April 27, 1854.
BARNES, JOHN, physician and surgeon, son of William and Elizabeth (Bow- den) Barnes, b. in Buckfastleigh, County of Devon, Eng., 10th mo. 24th day, 1817; m. Phebe Battey, dr. of Smith and Ruth Muzzey (Aldrich) Bat- tey, b. Burrillville, R.I., 7th mo. 17th day, 1834; cer. in Smithfield, R.I., 4th mo. 30th day, 1863, according to the order of Friends. Issne : -
ELIZABETH BOWDEN, b. Mil., 1st mo. 15th, 1870.
JOHN EDWARD, b. Mil., 2d mo. 29th, 1872.
JESSE BATTEY, b. Mil., 8th mo. 24th, 1874.
THOMAS ELWOOD, b. Mil., 11th mo. 27th, 1875.
A highly educated physician and surgeon, who has been in practice here over 27 yrs. He and his wf. are devoted members of the Society of Friends, and adorn their religious profession by well-ordered, exemplary lives.
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BARTLETT. The Bartletts have been few and far between on our terri- tory. John Bartlett of Weymouth was one of the original plantationists and proprietors of Mendon. He had a 20-acre lot assigned to him, which was just within our limits, at the extreme south-west corner of what is now Mil. This lot, with all its appurtenant rights, he or his heirs sold to John Sprague; and it was formally laid out to Sprague in 1670. What was long known as the Wing Kelley place included a part- perhaps the whole-of this 20-acre lot. Before Kelley's time it liad long been owned by the Spragues, and had been called the Sprague place. What became of John Bartlett I have no information. I think he must have d. just before or soon after King Philip's war. I mention him because of his connection with one of the oldest settled spots on our territory. BARTLETT, JEREMIAH, is the next of this name that I recollect among our inhabitants. He was the son of Joshua and Sally (Bright) Bartlett, b. in Newton or Needham, not far from the yr. 1800; m. Rhanah Hagerney, ptge., etc., not known by me; cer. in Mil., Feb. 24, 1826, by Rev. D. Long. I find but one child credited to this pair on our records; viz., CHARLES DAVIS, b. Dec. 8, 1826.
Just when Mr. B. came into town, and left, I am unable to state. He had several sisters, who m. here, and prob. came hither a few yrs. before his mge. The family moved to Newton, where Mr. B. d. seven or eight yrs. ago. I pre- sume Mrs. B. may still survive. They were always reported honest, industrious, exemplary people.
BARTLETT, WELCOME JILLSON4 (Brenton,8 Joseph,2 Joseph 1), b. in Men- don, in the village now called East Blackstone, Feb. 6, 1819; mr.'s maiden name, Beulah Jillson; trained up a tin and sheet-iron smith, but has been for many yrs. in later life a hardware merchant; m. Nancy Adams, dr. of Silas and Dulcena (Sumner) Adams, b. in Brookfield, Aug. 2, 1821; cer. in New-York City, July 26, 1845, by Rev. John N. Parker. Never had but 1 child : -
ELDORA MARIA, b. Woonsocket, R.I., May 27, 1846; d. Sept. 6, 1847.
Mr. B.'s ancestor, on the father's side, came from Salem, and set. in the north-westerly part of what became Cumberland, R.I., and is now included in Woonsocket. I think it must previously have been on land claimed by Dedham. The first and second generation of these Bartletts were religionsly attached to the Society of Friends; and the first Joseph, in his mature yrs., composed several pieces of religious sentiment in rhyme, which were after- wards printed. One of these pieces was entitled, " A Serious Call to such as are at Ease in their Sins." It opened thus: -
"You mortals all, both great and small, Who are at ease in sin, May yon arise, unclose your eyes,. See the sad state you're in."
Another was entitled "A Father's Exhortation to his Children." The follow- ing are specimens :-
"But, oh! that mine may never join The wicked and the vain, But love the truth while in their youth, And always so remain. Where love and peace do never cease, It is a happy state."
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"Let not one day e'er pass away Without some meditation, How to fulfil God's holy will, And to obtain salvation."
Littérateurs who adore the classic muse will not be greatly enraptured by such rhymes; but perhaps they might profitably exchange some of their elegant tinsel for Bartlett's homely stanzas.
Joseph1 had 6 sons and 2 drs., whose names were Eber, Jacob, Abner, Joseph, Abel, Liven, Chloe, and Phebe. Joseph 2 had Eber, Elisha, Brenton, Phebe, Stephen, Naomi, and Sylvia. Brenton 8 had Welcome J., Leander, Ste- phen, and Hamilton. I must omit all further details concerning this lineage, however interesting to those most concerned. On the mr.'s side, Welcome J. descends from Nathaniel Jillson,1 of the aforesaid Bartlett neighborhood, who had a son Nathaniel; 2 and he a son Welcome,3 father of Mrs. Beulah (Jillson) Bartlett. Welcome Jillson was a favorite gd. son of Rev. Abner Ballou, whose wf.'s Christian name was Beulah. So he named bis dr. after his gd. mr. ; and she named ber son after her fr., Welcome Jillson. He went first into the hardware business in town, with J. Lowell Heywood, firm Bartlett & Hey- wood. The present firm is Bartlett & Ellis. I believe the sterling worth of Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett, in business and social circles, is too well known and appreciated to need any indorsement from my pen. They have at different periods of life res. in Woonsocket, Mil., Hop., Hopedale, and again in Mil.
BARTLETT, WARREN FRANCIS, has been at Hopedale some yrs. He bas recently become a housekeeper there, and reports to me as follows: Son of George and Rebecca (Woodward) Bartlett; b. W. Medway, March 1, 1853; m. Annie McLey, dr. of Frank and Mary (Wallace) McLey, b. Glasgow, Scotland, May 1, 1860; cer. W. Medway, Aug. 22, 1879, by Rev. John Smith. No chn.
I see by the last-published Directory that we have at Braggville, -
BARTLETT, HENRY A., stone-cutter. No report from him. I know of no other Bartletts among us.
BATCHELDER, JAMES, stone-cutter and mason, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Etheridge) Batchelder, b. in Hopkinton, N.H., 1807; m. Harriet Dimond, dr. of Jacob R. and Abigail (Lawrence) Dimond, b. in Claremont, N.H., 1806; cer. in Boston, Dec. 19, 1836, by Rev. Baron Stowe. Issue : -
JAMES BARON STOWE, b. Quincy, May 1, 1838; d. Jan. 29, 1850.
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, b. Quincy, Dec. 29, 1840; d. Jan. 29, 1867. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. Quincy, Dec. 11, 1842; m. in Upton, Aug. 18, 1866; d. April 26, 1869.
LAWRENCE ETHERIDGE, b. Quincy, May 29, 1844; m. in Woonsocket, R.I., March 7, 1871.
JACOB LINDSAY, b. Quincy, Oct. 30, 1846; m. in So. Abington, Dec. 29, 1875.
JOHN HENRY, b. Mil., July 2, 1849; m. in So. Abington, Dec. 29, 1875. Grandchn. :-
LILLA, only child of George W., b. Mil., June 19, 1867.
HARRY, son of Lawrence E., b. Mil., Dec. 10, 1871.
GERTRUDE, dr. of Lawrence E., b. Mil., July 8, 1873.
HATTIE ADELAIDE, dr. of Jacob L., b. So. Abington, Sept. 30, 1875.
HELEN U., dr. of Jobn H., b. Rockland, Me., Oct. 13, 1878.
Worthy parents and family. Res. in Quincy at first, but in Mil. nearly 30
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yrs. Mr. B. d. on his homestead, Cortland St., Oct. 5, 1878. His wid. still sur- vives him there.
BATCHELDER, WARREN, stone-cutter, appears in Directory of 1856. BATCHELDER, WILLIAM G., driver, appears in Directory of 1869.
BATCHELDER, HIRAM T., moulder, appears in Directory of 1872. BATCHELDER, GEORGE, carpenter, appears in Directory of 1878.
Perhaps a few transient dwellers of the name at sundry periods.
BATES. Not many of this name have dwelt permanently within our limits; but some have, and many in the near vicinity. I shall include such of the latter as have had intimate relationships here, and have lived near our borders. I sup- pose all our Bateses of this general vicinity must be descendants of Clement Bates, who came from Kent Co., Eng., in ship "Elizabeth," 1635, and set. in Hingham. He is said to have been a tailor, an'd to have brought over with him, at the a. of 40 yrs., wf. Ann, a. 40; son James, a. 14; Clement, a. 12; dr. Rachel, a. 8; son Joseph, a. 5; and Benjamin, a. 2. He had a son Samuel, and perhaps other chn. b. here. The first of this name in our general region were Ezekiel, Laban, and Joseph, - three bros., as I infer; but I cannot link them to their immigrant ancestor, nor can I give their birth-dates.
BATES, EZEKIEL, m. Abigail Legg; cer. April 9, 1767, by Rev. A. Frost. They set. in Bell., and had several sons and drs. Among these were John, Esq., Otis, Ezekiel, jun., etc. I leave the family untraced.
BATES, LABAN, m. Olive Wheelock of our precinct; cer. Dec. 28, 1768, by Rev. A. Frost. They set. in the skirts of Bell. and Mendon. Among their chn. were Eli, Nahum, etc.
BATES, JOSEPH, m., 1st, Sarah Hayward, and set. close upon our borders. They had -
ISAAC, b. Feb. 28, 1763.
MARTHA, b. Dec. 20, 1764; m. David Chapin, Feb. 12, 1784.
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