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JOHN SAMUEL, b. Mil., July 12, 1869.
A reputable family in good social standing. Mr. B. res. in Boston 7 yrs. after mge., and then moved to Mil. about 24 yrs. ago. Here he has steadily, quietly, and successfully prosecuted his occupation as printer. At one period he published "The Milford Journal." He is one of our substantial citizens, and a prosperous business man. He has an honorable ancestral history behind him. His gt. gt. gd. fr., a shipmaster, steered the boat in which " Washington crossed the Delaware" in the crisis of the Revolutionary war, as represented in the celebrated picture. His gd. fr., Capt. Mark Blunt, was one of five bros., all shipmasters, that sailed out of Portsmouth, N.H., in its palmy days as a seaport. During the war of 1812 he served on several private-armed vessels as lieut. and capt. He was finally lost in the privateer " Portsmouthi," in a sup- posed violent storm, and never heard of more. His wid, was made a Govt. pensioner. His maternal gd. fr., Joseph Colby, also served valiantly in the war of 1812.
BOND, JONATHAN4 (Thomas,8 Thomas,2 William 1), b. Watertown; m. there
Mary Harrington, April 13, 1732; set. Waltham, W. Precinct, and thence removed to N. Purchase, 1743. He located adjacent to Josiah Ball and Jona. Stearns, and lived on or near the est. of the late John Cheney, having a farm thereabouts of between one and two hundred acres. He sold out to Samuel Wood of Upton, Feb. 12, 1749-50, and soon after removed to West- boro', where he long held the office of deacon. He d. Jan. 11, 1789. The chn. of the fam. were, -
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MARY, b. Watertown, Dec. 2, 1732; m. Aaron Warren.
JONATHAN, b. Watertown, April 22, 1736; set in Boylston.
THOMAS, b. Watertown, Jan. 30, 1739; res. last in Brookfield.
EUNICE, b. Watertown, Feb. 18, 1742; m. - Newton, Westboro'. JOSEPH, b. No. Purchase, July 6, 1744; res. last in Hampden, O.
LYDIA. b. No. Purchase, Jan. 12, 1747; m. - Wheelock. ELIZABETH, b. Westboro', March 28, 1752; d. 1756.
LUCY, b. Westboro', June 22, 1755. All these of generation 5th.
See " Bond's Genealogies," Milford Records, and Worcester Reg. of Deeds. BOOVER, ELI, son of John and Lashon (Paul) Boover, b. in Chambly, L.C., 1817; carpenter; m. Venia Peltica, dr. of Benjamin and Margaret (Vishey) Peltica, b. in St. - , L.C., 1820; cer. 1839, by Rev. Father Lamore. Issue : -
BENJAMIN, b. in Canada, Aug. 4, 1840; m. 1862.
JOSEPH, b. Rogerson, Ux., March 6, 1842; d. Sept., 1865.
ELI D., b. Slaterville, R.I., Nov. 1, 1844; m. May, 1872.
WILLIAM, b. Mil., March 20, 1851.
MosEs, b. Mil. April 14, 1853; m. Aug. 14, 1873.
LOUIS N., b. Mil., Dec. 22, 1855; m. Nov. 16, 1873.
DELIA, b. Mil., 1857; d. 1860.
ORILLEY, b. Slaterville, R.I., 1859; d. Nov., 1862.
ALBERT, b. Slaterville, R.I., Aug. 4, 1861; m. Louisa Murray, 1880.
Mr. Boover came into town over 30 yrs. ago. His was the first of our French-Canadian families that immigrated hither. 4 gd. chn.
BOOVER, LOUIS N., son of Eli and Venia (Peltica) Boover, b. Mil., Dec. 22, 1855; ring-polisher ; m. Margaret Trombley, dr. of John and Lizzie Mary (Guertain) Trombley, b. Canada, 1857; cer. Mil., Nov., 1873, by Rev. James T. Canavan. Issue : -
LOUIS, jun., b. Mil., Aug. 29, 1874; d. Dec., 1875.
EMMA, b. Mil., Nov. 1, 1875.
GEORGIE, b. Haverhill, July 29, 1877.
FRANKIE, b. Haverhill, Feb. 18, 1879.
BOURCHARD, CHARLES HENRY, son of Peter and Ida Bourchard ; b. Montreal, L.C., Jan. 26, 1836; m. Charlotte Maria Percy, dr. of Highland and Lois (Tombs) Percy, b. Bennington, Vt., Aug. 22, 1834; cer. Hopedale, Nov. 21, 1861, by the writer. One adopted dr. :-
LIDA BELL, b. March 12, 1868.
An industrious, frugal, quiet family. Mr. B. came into town some time before mge., then spent a few yrs. in Vt., but came back 10 yrs. ago to Hope- dale, set. down on a little homestead, and has ever since been employed by Geo. Draper & Co. as their principal teamster. He has proved himself a very executive and faithful one.
We have a considerable number of French-Canadian families in town, several of whom must have become naturalized; but only the three above given have reported any family record.
BOWDITCH. Samuel Bowditch is the only one of this name which I recollect finding on our records. He came from Bridgewater with his young family prior to 1763, and set. in the Bear-hill district, on our extreme castern border, I think on the farm afterwards owned by James Perry, and later by the Wights; certainly in that immediate neighborhood. How long prior to 1763 he set. there I have not informed myself. He and his wf. Rebecca were
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reed. into the ch. here from the 3d ch. in Bridgewater, Aug. 28, 1763 ; and they bad 5 chn. bap. by Rev. Mr. Frost. From his record and Mitchell's Hist. of Bridgewater I make out the following table: -
BOWDITCH, SAMUEL3 (William,2 John1), date of births not given; m. Re- becca, dr. of Josiah Byramn, 1755. Chn. :-
BETHIAH, b. 1757.
MARY, b. 1760.
SUSANNA, bap. Aug. 28, 1763.
JONATHAN, bap. Aug. 4, 1765.
RUTH, bap. Sept. 6, 1767.
SAMUEL, bap. May 13, 1770.
MATILDA, bap. Dec. 4, 1774.
The parents were dismissed from Mil. ch. to the ch. in Wrentham in 1786. No further traced.
BOWEN, AUSTIN, son of Allen and Lydia (Lucas) Bowen, b. in Dalton, Nov. 7, 1826; m., 1st, Hannah Maria Perham, dr. of Eliab C. and Roby (Cole) Perham, b. Mendon, Nov. 21, 1830; cer. at Hopedale, May 22, 1851, by the writer. Issue : -
CHARLES FREMONT, b. Mendon, Oct. 24, 1856; d. Mil., Feb. 23, 1870.
Mrs. Hannah d. No. Purchase, Sept. 20, 1868. The hus. m., 2d, Ida Byron Perham, dr. of Eliab M. and Sarah A. (Smith) Perham, b. in Mendon, Jan. 1, 1849; cer. at Hopedale, Sept. 30, 1874, by the writer. No chn. reported.
An industrious, orderly, worthy family. Mr. B. has found steady employ- ment in various branches of boot-manufacture these many yrs. He is now a heel-maker, and a quiet, good citizen.
Our directories show that we have had several Bowens in town first and last; but Austin is the only one of them who has sent me his family record.
BOWEN, DENNIS, laborer, res. in Danielsville, so called, 1856.
BOWEN, H. F., bootmaker, res. on Pond St. same yr.
BOWEN, Rev. DANIEL, and wf., res. here between 1865 and 1870; now in Mandarin, Fla.
BOWEN, EDWARD V., machinist, is named in Directory of 1869.
BOWEN, JAMES, bootmaker, in the same; also 1875 to '80.
BOWEN, OWEN, laborer, in the same; also in that of 1872, '75, '80.
BOWEN, MATTHEW, treer, in 1872.
BOWEN, ALLEN, in 1880. May be fr., bro., or relative of Austin. Not in- formed.
And several others at different times. Have not traced any of these.
BOWERS, GEORGE, pedigree untraced; b. Dighton, Feb. 13, 1799; came to Hopedale, a widower, May 11, 1852, and became a member of the Commu- nity Sept. 10 of the same yr. He brought with him an unm. dr., and was followed later by a in. one. Chn. : -
ANNA, b. Dighton, Feb. 5, 1829; wf. of Joseph W. Blake. See Blake.
MARY ELIZABETH, b. Dighton, Sept. 16, 1835; in. Ira Stewart; d. Somerville, Feb. 15, 1878.
Mr. B. was a farmer of the nicest pattern, exceedingly industrious from earliest morn to latest eve, very precise and orderly in all his ways, and intensely disgusted witli shirks, slovens, and irresponsible persons. He was scrupulously honest and upright in moral character. In religion he was for- merly a Universalist, but finally became a strong Spiritualist of the most inde- pendent type. He d. in Cambridgeport, June 5, 1875, a. 76 yrs. 3 mos. His
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remains were brought to Hopedale for funeral services and burial, as were those of Mrs. Steward, his dr.
Sometime between 1840 and 1850 I find that record was made of BOWERS, WILLIAM, and wf. Hannah having had 2 chn. ; viz., -
SYLVESLER NORTHUP, b. in Newport, R.I., July 18, 1818.
WILLIAM CHAPEL, b. in Seekonk, April 1, 1824.
No further traced.
BOWERS, HERMON HINCKLEY, son of Samuel and Mary (Downing) Bowers, b. Lynn, Feb. 6, 1824: m. Roxana Wakefield, dr. of Jonathan and Rebecca (Haven) Wakefield, b. Cornish, N.H., July 6, 1827; cer. Acton, April 15, 1849, by Rev. Horace Richardson. Issue, an only child :-
MARY LIZZIE, b. Acton, Jan. 30, 1851; m. James Oscar Bailey ; cer. Mil., Oct. 20, 1875, by Rev. Dr. Merrill Richardson. Issue: Alvin Hinckley, b. Boston, Ang. 16, 1877.
The pts. of this gd. son res. in Boston, where the fr. is a jeweller.
H. H. Bowers came from Acton to Mil. in 1853; was employed a short time as bookkeeper; went into merchandise under the copartnership firm of Bowers & Tuttle, and later in that of Bowers & Jenks. He was an active and trusted Free Mason, went representative to Gen. Ct. in 1855, and served acceptably many yrs. on the School Board. Hed. May 18, 1875. His worthy wid. survives, and res. in Boston with her dr., Mrs. Bailey.
BOWKER. This name has never had very numerous representatives within our municipal limits, but always some. In olden records it was some- times written Boucher and Bouker, as well as Bowker. The ancestral immi- grant, or immigrants, are said to have been of Swedish extraction. Whether one, two, or three in number, is somewhat uncertain. Savage makes Edmund or Edward to have been res. in Dorchester in 1646, to have m. Mary Potter, to have moved to Sudbury, and to have d. 1666. He mentions John, in " Marlboro'," as prob. Edmund's son, and says he m. Mary Howe, Feb. 8, 1678. Dean's Hist. of Scituate says, "James Bowker from Sweden " set. in Scituate, 1680, and had there James, Mary, Lazarus, Edmund, and Benjamin, whose posterity continue, in part at least, on their ancestral estates. Whether that "James from Sweden " was son, bro., or nephew to Edmund of Dorchester, I leave to the solution of curious inquirers. I learned from Middlesex Probate Registry that John of Marlboro' was appointed guardian of his bro. Daniel, a son of Edmund, in the year 1717; which seems to prove that John was certainly the son of Edmund. Barry's "Framingham" states that one Sarah Parmenter was m. to an Edmund Bowker in 1688. I do not understand who this Edmund could be, unless perhaps another bro. of John. Hudson's "Marlboro' " shows that John, son of the first Edmund, who m. Mary Howe, d. Aug. 27, 1721, aged 70; and his wf. Mary, Sept. 29, 1723. Their chn. were John, Martha and Mary (twins), Asa, Ezekiel, Hannah, and Rachel. Ward's "Shrewsbury" plausibly assumes that John had a son Edmund, probably his youngest. This seems to agree with information given me by Mr. Uriah Bowker, late of Hop. He said, "My great-grandfather's name was Edmund, and he had three sons; viz., Micah, Samuel, and Urialı. He set. them all in Hop., giving Micah 40 acres at the west end of his farm ; Samuel, the farm of the late Moses Adams; and Uriah, his home farm." Samuel's farm, in after times owned by Moses Adams, was then in Hop., but, by subsequent adjustment of town-lines, became included in Mil. I believe all our Bowkers have been descdts. of the last-mentioned Edmund. I have not gone into the niceties of record, to be certain that this Edmund was
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the youngest son of the first Marlboro' John; but I shall venture to assume that he was. He must have been b. between 1700 and 1705, on which sup. the order of family generations is regular.
BOWKER, SAMUEL 4 (Edmund,8 John,2 Edmund 1), having m. in our terri- tory, maintained intimate associations with our people, and his farm ulti- mately been included within our limits, is entitled to my first attention under the present head. The Hop. records seem to show that he m., 1st, a wf. Martha -, by whom he had -
MARY, b. Oct. 11, 1750.
MARTHA, b. July 8, 1752.
Mrs. Martha d .; and he m., 2d, Lydia Whitney, dr. of Jonathan and Lydia (Jones) Whitney, b. Nov. 18, 1732; cer. Dec. 12, 1754, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn. were, -
ASA, b. Nov. 12. 1755.
ABIGAIL, b. June 13, 1757.
ABIGAIL, b. April 9, 1759.
ABIATHAR, b. Feb. 25, 1763.
RUTH, b. Feb. 9, 1765.
DANIEL, b. Feb. 16, 1769.
From his will in Middlesex records, it would seem that he m. a 3d wf., whose name was Lois, and that he d. in 1799, a. about 70 yrs. It would also appear that he had a son SAMUEL and a dr. BETSEY, not in the above list. No further traced.
BOWKER, Dea. EDMUND 5 (Micah,4 Edmund,8 John,2 Edmund 1), m. Hannah Stearns, dr. of Jonathan and Beulah Stearns, Aug. 27, 1778; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. He set. on or near the Jona. Stearns place, Ball neighborhood, No. Purchase. Their chn. were, --
LOVICE, b. March 22, 1779; m. Alexander Cheney, Aug. 2, 1801; d. March 7, 1824.
JONATHAN, b. July 6, 1781; res. chiefly in his native neighborhood ; m. Penel- ope Dewing.
LYDIA, b. Sept. 24, 1788; m. David Stearns, 2d, a Hop. cousin, June 23, 1811. POLLY, b. Sept. 7, 1791; m. Samuel McFarland, Hop., April 12, 1812.
IRA, b. Aug. 26, 1793; res. always on the old homestead; m. Julia Everett.
Dea. Bowker served a considerable length of time in the Rev. war, and was one of its pensioners in his old age. He became interested in the early preach- ing of the Methodists in this town, which was chiefly confined to the No. Purchase, in connection with Hayden Row, Hop., for many years. He was, I believe, a devoted member of the first church of that denomination there. Among his old papers I find one of 1801, which shows that he was then a joint class-leader with Ebenezer McFarland. It contains a list of the class, bear- ing 22 names, with memoranda of attendance, and the name of Rev. Joseph Snelling as then preacher in charge. Whether his title "Deacon " was strictly official, or given merely with reference to his class-leadership, I do not know. I knew both of these class-leaders, from 1824 downward, as liberal-minded, kind-hearted old gentlemen; and I officiated at Dea. Bowker's funeral. He d. Jan. 20, 1841, of mortification, originating in a very slight scratch on one hand, at the age of about 84 yrs.
BOWKER, JONATHAN6 (Edmund,5 Micah,4 Edmund,3 John,2 Edmund1), b.
July 6, 1781; m. Penelope Dewing, dr. of John and Patience (Sumner) Dewing; date of mge. not found. Issue : -
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MIRANDA, b. May 29, 1808; m. Eliphalet Bailey, Jan. 30, 1825; d. Feb. 24, 1833. Their home was in No. Purchase. He was of intemperate habits, and d. by his own hand Aug. 26, 1831.
Mrs. Penelope no further traced.
BOWKER, IRA6 (Edmund,5 Micah,4 Edmund,3 John,2 Edmund 1), b. Aug. 26, 1793; m. Julia Everett of Dedham, Nov. 27, 1817; cer. by Rev. Isaac Bon- ney. Their chn. : -
GEORGE STEARNS, b. June 2, 1818; boot-click; res. Mil. See record in place. ANN MARIE, b. July 14, 1820; m. Newell Phipps, Mil., Feb. 14, 1838.
The fr. d. Aug. 25, 1830; his wid. d. Oct., 1840.
BOWKER, GEORGE STEARNS7 (Ira,6 Edmund,5 Micah,4 Edmund,3 John,2 Edmund1), b. as above; m. Chloe Ann Saunders, dr. of Nathaniel and Hannah (Hawks) Saunders, Mil., Nov. 28, 1838; cer. by Rev. John Dale. Their chn. : -
IRA EVERETT, b. Dec. 8, 1840; m. Theoda Bacon of Natick, March 19, 1863. GEORGE W., b. Aug. 31, 1850; d. Oct. 24, 1851.
BOWKER, IRA EVERETT8 (George S.,7 Ira,6 Edmund,5 Micah,4 Edmund,3 John,2 Edmund1), b. as above; m. Theoda Bacon of Natick, March 19, 1863; cer. by Rev. Mr. Tyler. Their chn. :-
ADA LOUISA, b. Sept. 29, 1864.
DANA EVERETT, b. March 16, 1866.
HARRY, b. Sept., 1872; d. in a few days.
BOWKER, ELI6 (John,5 Urialı,4 Edmund,3 John,2 Edmund 1), b. in Hop., date not found; m. Lydia Sadler of Hop. He lived chiefly in Mil. ; a cooper, butcher, etc. He d. 1852; she d. Sept. 19, 1860.
BOWKER, JAMES,6 of Hop. (John,5 Uriah,4 Edmund,3 John,2 Edmund1); b. and always res. in Hop .; m. Izanna Eames of Mil., dr. of Phinehas and Izanna (Jones) Eames, Aug. 16, 1815; cer. by Rev. D. Long.
BOWKER, RALPH6 (John,5 Uriah,4 Edmund,8 John,2 Edmund 1), b. in Hop., but res. in Mendon and Mil. ; m. Mitta Hayward, dr. of Adam and Judith Hayward, Oct. 4, 1807; cer. by Rev. D. Long. Had ELIZA, who was brought up in her uncle Eli's family. He d. Aug. 17, 1811 (drowned in Charles River).
BOWKER, ETHAN 6 (John,5 Uriah,4 Edmund,3 John,2 Edmund 1), b. in Hop., but took up his res. in Mil. ; in. Alpha Wheelock, dr. of Obadiah and Lydia Wheelock, Nov. 8, 1814; cer. by Rev. D. Long. Issue :-
RALPH WHEELOCK, bap. Oct. 29, 1815.
ETHAN LORING, b. Aug. 2, 1817; res. much away from Mil. He was pos- thumous, his fr. having d. April 26, 1817. His mr. afterwards m. Lowell Fales.
Ralph W. m. Mary Brunson Howard, dr. of Abijah and Margery Howard, Mil., Nov. 26, 1840; and his br. Ethan L. m. Sarah Sadler Howard, sr. to Mary B., May 9, 1842; cer. in both cases by Rev. D. Long. Ethan L. Bowker d. Feb. 5, 1855, a. 37 yrs. Mrs. Sarah, his wf., preceded him several yrs., having d. June 15, 1843, a. 22. Ralph W. Bowker d. Aug. 18, 1876, a. 60 yrs. His worthy widow still survives.
BOWKER, ELLIOT ADAMS, named after his mr. and in part after his puta- tive fr., b. perhaps Hop., June 14, 1805; m., 1st, Nancy Smith, a sr. of our Joshua Smith, b. Newton, June 6, 1801, but was of Dedliani at mge .; cer. 1832. Issue : --
FRANCENA HANDING, b. Mil., Oct. 11, 1835; d. Aug. 17, 1839.
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ELIZABETH WHITING, b. Mil., Aug. 26, 1838; d. young.
JOHN ELLIOT, b. Mil., Sept. 22, 1839; m. Henrietta Peabody, Cambridge, 1864.
Mrs. Nancy d. June 26, 1849. The hus. m., 2d, Eliza Kelren, dr. of James and Isabel (Marshall) Kelren, b. Boston, Aug. 11, 1812; cer. Boston, March 20, 1850, hy Rev. Mr. Dexter. No chn.
Notwithstanding the parental delinquencies of nativity may have caused him more or less innocent discomfort, he proved himself a worthy and respect- ahle man in the various relations of life. With a loving and dutiful mr. at the outset of life, and subsequently good connubial companions to share his maturer experiences, he finished his mortal course in peace Aug. 5, 1878. His wid., his son John E., and a few gd. chn. survive to honor his memory. I understand his son and family reside outside of Mil., in one of the neighboring towns. His wid. still dwells in town.
The following-named families were of Hop., but so connected with Milford people and affairs that I have thought it proper to present so much of their records as has come to my knowledge: -
BOWKER, ELIJAH5 (Uriah,+ Edinund,3 John,2 Edmund1), b. Hop., 1773; m.,
1st, Patience Gage, dr. of Moses, jun., and Mary (Boynton) Gage, b. in our Precinct, Jan. 1, 1775; cer. 1799. Their chn .:-
URIAH, h. Hop., March 3, 1800; m. Lois Eames of Fram., Dec. 24, 1821. MARY GAGE, h. Hop., Nov. 30, 1801; m. Dexter L. Mabry, June 8, 1819. ELIZA, b. Hop., Oct. 21, 1803; m. Wetherby Chamberlain, Nov., 1830.
ABIGAIL, b. Hop. ; m. a Capt. Hill of Sherborn; both d., leaving 3 chn.
LOVETT H., b. Hop., June 28, 1807; m. Maria Skinner of Foxhoro', July 20, 1809.
Mrs. Patience d. Oct. 9, 1811, a. 36 yrs. The hus. m., 2d, Polly Brigham ; no date or further particulars given. Issue : -
SARAH m. William A. Phipps of Hayden Row.
PATIENCE (twins), m. Josiah Haven of Hop.
Elijah Bowker, the fr., was an active, enterprising citizen. He carried the U. S. mail from Boston to Hartford on horseback, in saddle-bags, for several yrs. previous to the introduction of stage-coaches upon the central route. He d. suddenly, in consequence of a fall from the great beams of his barn, May 19, 1827, a. 54 yrs., surviving his fall but 3 or 4 hours.
BOWKER, URIAH6 (Elijah,5 Uriah,4 Edmund,3 John,2 Edmund1), b. Hop., March 3, 1800; mr.'s maiden name, Patience Gage; m. Lois Eames, dr. of Moses and Lois (Adams) Eames, h. in Fram., date not given ; cer. Hop., Dec. 24, 1821, hy Rev. Nathaniel Howe. Their chn. :-
ALMIRA E., b. Dec. 19, 1822; m. Amasa Chapin, Mil., Aug. 30, 1845. See Chapin.
ELIZA M., b. April 29, 1829; m. Warren Chapin, Mil., Nov. 2, 1849. See . Chapin.
MARTHA A., b. April 25, 1831.
CHARLES E., b. Feb. 10. 1833; m., 1st, Helen R. Stacy, Feb. 22, 1858; 2d, Elvira Phipps, Feb. 28, 1863.
Uriah 6 was a commissioned officer of the State militia many yrs .; was representative to Gen. Ct. in 1856; held several important town offices at differ- ent periods; was for a considerable time engaged in the hoot-manufacture; was an exemplary farmer, much devoted to agricultural improvements; and in all the relations of life a trustworthy man. He d. Feb. 9, 1880.
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BOWKER, LOVETT H.5 (Elijah,5 Uriah, 4 Edmund,8 John,2 Edmund1), b. Hop., June 28, 1807; mr.'s maiden name, Patience Gage; m. Maria Skinner, dr. of William and Lois Skinner, b. in Mansfield or Foxboro', July 20, 1809; date of cer. not given. They had no chu. except foster or adopted ones.
Lovett H. was a man of remarkable natural sense, of much acquired intel- ligence and judgment, of high moral integrity and honor, and tireless business enterprise. He was long a large boot-manufacturer, having his mannfactory in Hayden Row, carried on in copartnership with others, and a wholesale store in Boston. He was president of the Hop. National Bank, and also of the savings bank. He had an overshare of town and other public offices, went representative to the Legislature in 1860, served for yrs. on the school com- mittee, took a great interest, to his pecuniary detriment, in the Hop. Branch R.R., and d. its president. The writer has a plaintive satisfaction in remem- bering the long personal friendship towards himself of Mr. and Mrs. Bowker, their devoted attendance on his ministry when health and circumstances per- mitted, and the sad privilege of ministering at his funeral. He d. Jan. 20, 1876, a. 69 yrs. His excellent wid. still survives, having meekly drunk her cup of mingled sorrows with exemplary trust in divine wisdom and goodness.
BOWKER, CHARLES E.7 (Uriah," Elijah,5 Uriah,4 Edmund,8 John,2 Edmund 1); b. Hop., Feb. 10, 1833; mr.'s maiden name, Lois Eames; m., 1st, Helen R. Stacy, dr. of Abel Stacy, Concord, Vt .; cer. Feb. 25, 1858. Issne : -
IRVING S., b. Dec. 23, 1858; d. Sept. 5, 1859.
Mrs. Helen d. July 26, 1859. The hus. m., 2d, Elvira Phipps of Hop., dr. of Sylvester Phipps; cer. Feb. 22, 1863. Their chn. : -
FRANK P., b. Hop., Aug. 19, 1863.
ATHERTON B., b. Hop., May 18, 1865; d. Nov. 10, 1876.
LOVETT H., b. Hop., Feb. 18, 1873; d. Nov. 6, 1876.
Charles E. inherits, I suppose, a portion, if not the whole, of the ancient patrimonial homestead, and is an enterprising representative of the Bowker family stock.
BOYCE, CATHERINE, was m. to Stephen Kingston of Ux., by Rev. A. Frost, April 15, 1762. No further traced.
BOYD, WILLIAM, of Graft. was m. to Dinah Marshall, dr. of Joseph and Mary; bap. in our Precinct, July 22, 1750; cer. April 26, 1770, by Rev. A. Frost. No further traced.
BOYDEN, ELIZABETH, became the wf. of our first Elias Whitney, Jan. 26, 1744; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. (See Whitney.)
BOYDEN, BARNARD; pedigree, ptge., birth-date, etc., not ascertained; m. Abigail Whitney, eldest dr. of our second Elias Whitney and Lucy (Barnes) his wf., b. March 6, 1773; cer. in the autumn of 1798, by whom not found. Issue, so far as recorded here : -
ELIAS, b. Mil., July 5, 1799. The family no further traced.
MENTIONED IN OUR DIRECTORIES.
BOYD, ARCHIBALD, bootmaker, 1856, '69, '72, "75, "78, '80.
BOYD, DANIELS, bootmaker, 1856.
BOYD, JOHN, bootmaker, 1856, '69, "72, '75, "78.
BOYDEN, WINSLOW, bootmaker, 1856.
BOYDEN, JAMES, farmer, Beaver St., 1878, '80.
BOYNTON, CALEB, perhaps son of Ebenezer, perhaps a bro. I have not
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ascertained his pedigree. His 1st wf. was Rachel -, to whom he must have been m. previous to 1750, and who was recd. to full communion in Mr. Frost's ch., June 24, 1753. The hus. himself became one of the original Universalist members under Eld. Adams Streeter in 1785. Their homestead was what we have known as the Amasa Parkhurst place, on E. Main St., at the elbow, near the Plain. Their chn. were all bap. I have their baptismal dates, but not those of their births.
SAMUEL, bap. July 14, 1751.
CALEB, jun., bap. Feb. 9, 1755; m., 1st, Phebe -; 2d, Eleanor Parks. RACHEL, bap. Jan. 29, 1758.
HANNAH, bap. Jan. 15, 1760; m. William Young, Hop., 1780.
Some little time before the bap. of Hannah, 1760, Mrs. Rachel d. The hus. m., 2d, Lydia Bullard, dr. of Benjamin and Judith (Hill) Bullard, b. in Holl., June 10, 1728; cer. March 5, 1761, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn. : -
ELIZABETH, bap. May 22, 1763.
LYDIA, bap. Aug. 26, 1764.
EBENEZER (twins), bap. Sept. 7, 1766.
MARY bap. Sept. 7, 1766.
Mrs. Lydia d. soon after the birth of her twins; and the hus. m., 3d, Wid. Abigail Richardson of Medway, May 24, 1768; cer. by Rev. A. Frost. No chn. recorded. He. d. April 28, 1797. Last wf. no further traced.
BOYNTON, CALEB, jun.3 (Caleb,2 prob. Ebenezer 1), b. in our Precinct, Feb. 9,
1755; m. 1st, Phebe ; no further particulars of name, ptge., or cer. found. Their chn. : -
EBENEZER, b. Mil., Jan. 2, 1780.
CLARISSA, b. Mil., Nov. 20, 1781.
BILSON, b. Mil., Feb. 21, 1784.
BETSEY, b. Mil., May 14, 1786.
ARBA, b. Mil., June 22, 1788.
POLLY, b. Mil., July 27, 1790.
Mrs. Phebe is presumed to have d. soon after the birth of her last child, unless I have mistaken the family; for the hus., or some one of the same name, had intentions of marriage published as between himself and Eleanor Parks of Northbridge, under date of Oct. 16, 1790. I have not been fortunate enough to trace this family further. 1 infer that they must all have left town not long after the 2d mge. But when and whither they went has not been told me. I have known no Boyntons, as the descendants of those above recorded, since I came here in 1824. Perhaps I ought to add two older names :-
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