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ALBERT, birth-date not ascertained; m. 1st, Ann C. Chamberlain, 1839; 2d, Dolly B. Chamberlain, 1840; he d. in Worcester.
LORENZO, b. Hop., Dec. 25, 1820; m. Eliza F. Johnson, March 8, 1846.
APPLETON H., b. not ascertained; res. Owego, N.Y .; m. and prospering there.
MARIAN, b. not ascertained; unm .; res. Hop.
ADIN BALLOU, b. not ascertained; resided Salmon River, Cal .; prospered there; not heard from lately.
Mrs. Betsey d. Oct. 16, 1829. The hus. m., 2d, Mary Houghton ; pedigree, etc., untraced; cer. March 3, 1831, by the writer. Issue : some chn, unknown to me. The hus. and fr. d. Nov. 8, 1834. No further particulars ascertained.
GOULD, LORENZO, son of Pearley J. and Betsey (Green) Gould, b. Hop., Dec.
25, 1820; m. Eliza F. Johnson, dr. of Levi and Martha (Wilber) Johnson, b. March 2, 1826; cer. in Thompson, Ct., March 8, 1846, by Esq. Stiles. Issue : -
MANFRED EARL, b. Mendon, Jan. 20, 1847; m. Eliza Green ; res. Worcester. CLARENCE WILBER, b. Mil., Nov. 2, 1849; m. Genevieve Newton ; res. Boston. CLIFTON FLOYD, b. Mil., July 24, 1854; d. Oct. 13, 1875.
EDWARD CLAYTON, b. Mil., April 10, 1856; unm. ; res. Worcester.
MARIET HATTIE, b. Mil., May 7, 1858; d. Oct. 1, 1863.
CARRA BLANCHE, b. Mil., March 30, 1860; d. Sept. 27, 1863.
LE ROY FOSTER, b. Mil., Nov. 3, 1861 ; in a Boston store.
Worthy family; enterprising, industrious, and exemplary. They have drunk their cups of affliction with undespairing resignation. The hus. and fr. d. in
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Mil., April 7, 1873, in his 53d yr. His worthy wid. has ministered comfort in many a sick-room, and has won the highest commendations as a skilful and devoted nurse in our general vicinity.
There have been and are other Goulds in town; but it has been so difficult for me to trace them, with the little help received, that I must be excused from further effort.
GRADY, JAMES, ptge., ancestry, birth-date, etc., unknown to me; brought up, or at least lived long, in the family of Esek Green, Esq., and shared, I think, a portion of his estate; m. Sarah J. Parkhurst, dr. of Otis and Sarah (Jones) Parkhurst, b. Mil., April 27, 1812; cer. Mil., Sept. 7, 1837, by Rev. Horace W. Morse. Issue: -
JOHN G., birth-place and date not given; m. Sarah L. Wood, Oct. 18, 1863. ANDREW J., birthplace and date not given; m. Versalia E. Cornwell, June 6, 1870.
CASSIUS M., b. Sept. 19, 1847; d. Nov. 3, 1876.
The record handed me of this family is incomplete in several respects, and I am restricted to its imperfect data. After Esq. Green's decease, and that of his wf., Grady possessed, under some tenure, the estate; and the place was known as "Grady's Mills." Next it was called "Gaskill's Mills;" and now has the name of "Spindleville." When Grady sold out, he moved to the West; but to what locality, no one tells me, - perhaps some part of Illinois. Who can say where ?
His son JOHN G. served in the 8th Regt, Ill. Cavalry some yrs. during the late civil war, and was discharged March 3, 1863. He was in all the engage- ments, under Generals Mcclellan, Burnside, Hooker, and Meade, that occurred while he was in service. His chn. : -
DELLA J., b. Nov. 27, 1865.
CLARA E., b. April 5, 1867.
DEXTER A., b. Jan. 19, 1871.
CARLTON, b. Dec. 11, 1876.
The second son, ANDREW J., and wf., have had 4 chn. ; viz., -
WILBUR J., b. June 15, 1871.
ALBERT B., b. Nov. 16, 1872.
GRACE W., b. May 16, 1874; d. Aug. 25, 1876.
MABEL E., b. April 29, 1876.
I should be glad to tell where all these Gradys were b. and the living now res., but my furnished data do not inform me. Mrs. Sarah J. Grady, wf. of James, d. some yrs. ago.
Our directories, from 1869 downwards, contain the following names of Gradys who now live or have lived in town; viz., Mathew, Michael, Anthony, David, Denuis, Maurice, and Stephen ; but none of these have been ambitious enough to give me a family record for these pages.
GRAHAM, JOHN ROBERT, son of Robert and Elizabeth (Matthews) Graham, b. in Wigton Co., Scotland, Oct. 16, 1849; m. Ellen Toomey, dr. of Michael and Mary (Callahan) Toomey, b. Cork, Ireland, Nov. 18, 1846; cer. in Dover, Mass., April 4, 1872, by Rev. Mr. Metcalf. Issue :-
ELLEN, b. Hopedale, Dec. 12, 1873.
WILLIAM JOHN, b. Hopedale, Nov. 12, 1878.
An industrious, orderly, quiet family. They came to res. in Hopedale in April, 1872, and have demeaned themselves commendably. The late W. W. Dutcher employed Mr. Graham as his hostler and family factotum. In this
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capacity he gave excellent satisfaction, and still continues in the family ser- vice.
GRAVES. A scarce name in town. The first found on our records was ARETAS; ancestry, ptge., antecedents, and subsequents not ascertained; said to be of Boston; m. Rebecca Holbrook, dr. of Ziba and Rebecca (Kimball) Hol- brook, b. Mil., Dec. 21, 1784; cer. by Samuel Jones, Esq., May 15, 1809. Issue :- WILLIS, birth-date not found.
I have heard that this mge. took place under disagreeable circumstances, and that the parties never lived together in matrimonial life. It is useless to explain the reasons, but I cannot help guessing that Aretas was not a model lover or husband. He thenceforth disappeared from our coasts and our records. GRAVES, WILLIS, son of Aretas and Rebecca (Holbrook) Graves, b. prob. in 1809 or 1810, proved to be a respectable man, learned the trade of a car- penter, and m., 1st, Sally Torrey Nelson, dr. of Newell and Betsey (Kelley) Nelson, b. Mil., June 5, 1810; cer. Holl., April 20, 1836, by Rev. John Par- ker. Issue : -
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WILLIS, Jun., birth-date not ascertained.
Mrs. Sally d. Nov. 28, 1841; and the hus. m., 2d, a lady of Holl., whose name I have not learned. Mr. Graves removed to Cincinnati, O., acquired wealth by the rise of land which he purchased low, and was at last accounts in easy circumstances. Whether he had chn. by his 2d mge., I have not been told. He kindly cared for his mother in her old age; and she d. with him in Cincin- nati, at the age of 77 yrs.
GRAVES, WILLIS, Jun., was brought up with his gd. fr. Nelson, or at least lived with him several yrs .; learned the business of a machinist; went down South just before the Rebellion; got forced into the rebel service; lost his little savings; at length escaped North; set., after the war, at St. Louis, Mo., as an overseer brickmaker; m. a good wf., has several chn., and is now handsomely circumstanced in or near that city.
GRAVES, WILLIAM, bootmaker, house Vine, near Green St., appears in our Directories of 1878 and '80. No report from him. I hear of no others bearing this name among our inhabitants.
GRIGG, JOHN, son of Thomas and Mary (Tonkin) Grigg, b. in Camwell, Eng., date not given; m. Ellen Ball, dr. of Henry and Betsey (Lincoln) Ball, b. Mil., 1829; cer. in Worcester, 1850. Issue: -
HENRIETTA, b. in Ohio, 1851; d. 1867.
ANNA, b. in Ohio, 1852.
EMMA, b. in Ohio, 1854.
EDMOND, b. in Ohio, 1856.
JOHN, b. in Ohio, 1857; d. 1869.
THOMAS H., b. in Ohio, 1859; d. March 21, 1864.
WILLIAM, b. in Ohio, 1861; d. March 22, 1864.
HERBERT, b. Camwell, Eng., 1863; d. Aug. 1, 1864.
MINNIE, birthplace not given, 1867.
ELLEN, birthplace not given, 1869.
This family have res. little in town, but some yrs. in Ohio, then in Eng., and latterly in Missouri. I have entered the record as returned to me. It is rather too general and vague to suit my taste, but perhaps the best the circum- stances allowed.
GREEN, JOHN, pedigree untraced; m. Lydia Linesford, dr. of Edward Lines-
ford of Braintree; cer. July 1, 1706. As nearly as I can judge, they dwelt
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on a homestead just east of now Spindleville Pond; and prob. their domi- cile stood on the site, or not far from it, now occupied by the house next eastward of Spindleville Machine-Shop, - anyhow, somewhere thereabouts. Their chn. were, -
HANNAH, b. Feb. 21, 1707.
SARAH, b. March 16, 1709.
LYDIA, b. July 7, 1711; d. Oct. 9, 1739.
MARGARET, b. May 15, 1714.
JOHN, Jun., b. July 19, 1716; m. Rachel White, May 25, 1742.
MERCY, b. Aug. 18, 1718.
ESTHER, b. Jan. 22, 1721; m. Hezekiah Hayward, April 5, 1744.
RUTH, b. Feb. 28, 1723; m. Elihu Warfield, May 24, 1744.
EDWARD, b. Aug. 22, 1728.
LINESFORD, b. March 28, 1731; said to he fr. of Cleophas by Sarah Gage, 1753. The hus. and fr. d. March 17, 1742. Death-date of Mrs. Lydia not found.
GREEN, JOHN, Jun., son of John and Lydia (Linesford) Green, b. July 19,
1716; m. Rachel White, dr. of Thomas and Mary (Bowditch) White, b. April 14, 1716; cer. May 25, 1742. Issue :-
LYDIA, b. March 17, 1745.
RACHEL, b. March 14, 1748; m. Caleb Wheelock, Nov. 27, 1766.
John Green, jun., dwelt, I believe, on the paternal homestead above de- scribed; but his m. life was brief. He d. about the time his youngest child was b., in 1748. Family no further traced.
GREEN, JOSHUA, wf. Lydia Chaddock or Chadwick, came from Hop., and bought of Thomas Gage a 60-ac. farm in Bear-hill dist., north of the Great Meadow, April, 1742. The Mendon record of their chn.'s births became so considerably defaced that it is impossible to make out several of their names. There were 6 of them all, -
-, b. Jan. 24, 1734, prob. in Hop.
- a (son), b. March 14, 1736; perhaps a Joshua that d.
LYDIA (prob.), b. Sept. 2, 1737; m. Reuben Rockwood, Sept. 11, 1754.
EBENEZER, b. Oct. 17, 1739.
-NNAH, b. Feb. 13, 1741. - JOSHUA, b. April 6, 1745.
Joshua, the hus. and fr., d. April 9, 1745. Mrs. Lydia subsequently m. Samuel Rawson. Family no further traced.
There were other Greens close on our borders, in Mendon, who may be properly noticed. Among these were Benjamin and Samuel Green of No. Mendon, who were included in the easterly precinct, as mentioned in the act of incorporation. These I understand to have been fr. and son.
GREEN, BENJAMIN, pedigree not found. He m., 1st, Margery -. They had,-
SAMUEL, b. May 12, 1720; m. Martha - -.
DEBORAH, b. Sept. 1, 1721; m. Edward Rawson, Oct. 19, 1747.
MARGERY, b. March 18, 1723.
Mrs. Margery d. Feb. 18, 1731; the hus. m., 2d, Martha Adams of Holl., Oct. 25, 1733. Issue :-
BENJAMIN, b. Ang. 11, 1734.
Benjamin, the fr., was one of the original members of our Cong. ch., at its formation, 1741. He d. in 1749, on what we of this generation have been accustomed to call the Seth Davenport place, No. Mendon.
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GREEN, SAMUEL, son of Benjamin and Margery, b. May 12, 1720; m. Martha
- -, ptge, particulars of cer., etc., not ascertained. They lived in the near vicinity of his fr., and had, -
MARY, b. Nov. 17, 1739.
ISAAC ADAMS, b. May 31, 1742; m. Hannah Pierce of Holl., 1764.
MOSES, b. June 18, 1745.
HANNAH, b. Feb. 5, 1747.
Perhaps this family moved into Upton. No further traced.
GREEN, ISAAC ADAMS 8 (Samuel,2 Benjamin 1), b. Mendon, May 31, 1742; m.
Hannah Pierce of Holl .; cer. April 26, 1764. Issue :-
LUTHER, b. Dec. 28, 1766.
CALVIN, b. Oct. 14, 1768; d. Feb. 4, 1776.
SAMUEL, b. Nov. 23, 1770.
MOSES, b. Dec. 10, 1772.
MARTHA, b. March 10, 1775; d. Dec. 31, 1775.
OTIS, b. Dec. 3, 1778.
PERSIS, b. Sept. 4, 1780.
GREEN, MOSES4 (Isaac Adams,8 Samuel,2 Benjamin 1), b. Dec. 10, 1772; m. Jerusha Wiswall, dr. of Noah and Susanna (Whitney Tenney) Wiswall, b. in our Precinct, July 17, 1769; cer. June 24, 1792, by Amariah Frost, Esq. Issue : -
BETSEY, b. Nov. 22, 1792.
DASCAM, b. Feb. 5, 1794.
BENONI, b. Jan. 11, 1797.
WISWALL HUSS, b. May 5, 1800.
WILLIAM, b. Oct. 5, 1803.
This family must have emigrated; cannot trace them further.
GREEN, LEMUEL, pedigree untraced, b. May 16, 1760; m., for his 2d wf., Sukey
Torrey, dr. of Stephen and Elizabeth (Mellen) Torrey; cer. July 8, 1790. Issue : -
LAWSON HART, b. April 18, 1791.
BETSEY MELLEN, b. Dec. 17, 1792; m., 1st, Ethan Whitney, 1810; 2d, Micah Bent, 1827.
HARRIET, b. June 30, 1796.
Mr. G. d .; Mrs. Sukey m., 2d, Joel Hill; cer. May 25, 1800.
GREEN, WILLIAM ELIJAH6 (John,5 Thomas,4 Samuel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas 1), b. Worcester, Jan. 31, 1777; m., 1st, Abigail Nelson, dr. of Josiah and Eliza- beth (Thayer) Nelson, b. in our Precinct, Feb. 12, 1780; cer. Feb. 2, 1803, by Samuel Jones, Esq. Issue : -
WILLIAM NELSON, b. Mil., Feb. 23, 1804; m. Sarah M. (Ball) Staples, 1839.
Mrs. Abigail had a brief connubial life. She d. in Mil., May 7, 1804. The hus. m., 2d, Lucy Merriam of Grafton, dr. of Dea. Joseph Merriam, b. Dec. 22, 1786; cer. Oct. 7, 1806. Issue :-
LUCY MERRIAM, b. Grafton, Nov. 12, 1810; lived unm., a devoted educator.
Mrs. Lucy, the mr., d. Sept. 8, 1811. The hus. m., 3d, Julia Plimpton, dr. of Oliver Plimpton, b. Aug. 5, 1786; cer. May 13, 1813. Issue :-
MARY RUGGLES, b. Worcester, June 29, 1814; a devoted educator. JULIA ELIZABETH, b. Worcester, Feb. 2, 1816; also an educator.
LYDIA PLIMPTON, b. Worcester, Aug. 4, 1817; d. Aug. 27, 1818.
JOHN PLIMPTON, b. Worcester, June 19, 1819; an eminent physician. ANDREW HASWELL, b. Worcester, Oct. 6, 1820; lawyer and civilian.
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SAMUEL FISKE, b. Worcester, Oct. 18, 1822; missionary physician.
LYDIA PLIMPTON, b. Worcester, March 18, 1824; d. unm. Sept. 7, 1869. OLIVER BOURNE, b. Worcester, Jan. 1, 1826; civil engineer.
MARTIN, b. Worcester, April 24, 1828; civil engineer.
Mrs. Julia d. Feb. 12, 1833. The hus. m., 4th, Elizabeth Thayer Collins, b. June 10, 1795; cer. Feb. 14, 1847. No. chn. A family of distinguished talents, intelligence, and practical executiveness. The fr. grad. at Brown University in 1798, studied law with Judge Bangs of Worcester, practised a while in Grafton, and afterwards many years in Worcester. All his chn. that grew up inherited a strong mentality, were well cultured, and distinguished themselves in their chosen spheres of activity. He d. at his res., Green Hill, Worcester, July 27, 1865.
GREEN, HON. WILLIAM NELSON7 (William E.,6 John,5 Thomas,4 Samuel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas 1), b. Mil., Feb. 23, 1804; m. Sarah M. Staples, a wid., whose maiden name was Ball, a native of Northboro'; cer. Feb. 23, 1839. Issue : -
WILLIAM NELSON, b. Worcester, Jan. 10, 1843; capt. in the civil war.
TIMOTHY RUGGLES, b. Worcester, June 22, 1844.
JOHN 1 b. Worcester, July 28, 1845.
THOMAS ( (twins), b. Worcester, July 28, 1845.
LUCY NELSON, b. Worcester, Oct. 29, 1846; d. Aug. 16, 1847.
Judge William N. Green studied law, was admitted to the bar in Worcester, 1827, and appointed judge of tlie police-court of Worcester in 1848. I am not informed of his subsequent career. He d. at Crawford Farm, after a long ill- ness, Dec. 6, 1870.
GREEN, ESEK, son of Peter and Elizabeth Green, ancestry not traced, b. some- where in Rhode Island, whence he came into this town, with his wf. Ruth, about the year 1803. I do not learn that they ever had any chn. of their own loins, though perhaps, first and last, several foster chn. Mr. G. purchased the water-privilege, now known as Spindleville, and the farin-lands adja- cent. In 1795 this estate was taxed to Clark & Nightingale, as prob. it had been for some few yrs. before. Next it was owned by Cornell & Aldrich. Next it went into the possession of Mr. Green, in 1803. He was miller and farmer, - a man in his prime, of solid sense, character, and pecuniary means. He brought his aged parents along with him, and cared filially for them through life. He and his wf. stood well in the neighborhood for their exemplary virtues. He was much respected by his fellow-citizens, who honored him with various official trusts. He d. May 7, 1833. Mrs. Ruth, his wid., d. Sept. 9, 1850. Peter Green, his fr., d. July 8, 1828. Elizabeth Green, his mr., d. Oct. 29, 1834, a. 84 yrs.
GREEN, SYLVANUS, son of John and Martha (Allen) Green, b. in Medway, Jan. 24, 1810, the long-celebrated Cold Friday; farmer, stage-driver, and now bootmaker; m., 1st, Sophia (Chase) Bliss, b. in York, Me., date not given; cer. Thompson, Ct., Oct. 16, 1842, by Vernon Stiles, Esq. No chn. She d. March 13, 1853, a. 46 yrs. and 9 mos. He m., 2d, Ellen Connor, dr. of William and Ellen (Callahan) Connor, b. in Cork, Ireland, 1849; cer. Sept. 17, 1854, by Esq. Robertson. Issue :-
WILLIAM FARRIS, b. Mil., 1855; d. a. 6 mos. and 12 ds.
MARTHA ANN, b. Mil., April 4, 1862.
ELLEN, b. Upton, Oct. 16, 1867.
Mr. G. has res. in Mil. since 1832, except 8 yrs. in Upton.
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GREEN, WILLIAM C., son of Capt. William; m. Sarah Chapin, June 28, 1829. They kept the upper hotel here from 1833 to 1836 or 1837, and are credited with the birth of 1 child during that time : -
GEORGE FRANCIS, b. April 11, 1835. William C. was cousin to the fore- named Sylvanus. His fr. kept the public house in Mendon many yrs. They all moved into New-York State, or farther west; and I am unable to trace them further. .
GREEN, WILLIAM S., son of David and Hannah (Webster) Green, b. Milton, Me., April 1, 1833; m. Sarah Elizabeth Adams, b. Hop., Sept. 25, 1836; cer. July 7, 1857, by Rev. Mr. Bailey. Issue :-
CORA ELNORA, b. Mil., Oct. 14, 1861.
WILLIE EVERETT, b. Mil., March 25, 1866; d. Jan. 1, 1869.
ETTA MALISSA, b. Mil., Dec. 12, 1868.
The hus, and fr. d. 872. May 14, The family res. has been mostly in Mil. since 1857. The worthy wid. struggles bravely against her adversities, and is nurturing up her chn. in the way they should go.
Other Greens have res. in town transiently, and some of influence seem now to be here permanently, whose family records I solicited, but received no response.
HALE, SILAS WEBSTER, gd. son of Charles, a soldier patriot of the Revolu- tion, and Dorcas (Randall) Hale, who had 7 chn .; son of Silas and Mary R. Hale, b. in Stow, Sept. 13, 1842. After having fitted for college, at the age of nineteen, he bought out, and ran for one yr., a private school at Wellfleet. On graduating from Harvard University (yr. not given), he served as principal of the Sycamore and Dix St. grammar-schools in Wor- cester; then as principal of the Bangor (Me.) high school; and last as principal of our Milford high school, ten yrs. continuously, till June 24, 1880. Meantime he was for two yrs. commander of Mil. Commandery of Knights Templars, three yrs. chairman of the trustees of our town-library; and, as an emphatic testimonial of the public respect and confidence, he was elected, Nov. 2, 1880, 1st Representative to Gen. Court from our 2d Worcester District, comprising the towns of Mil., Mendon, and Upton. Thus he and his friends have ample reason to rejoice in this successful career, which promises a hopeful advance in the future. The Hales have an honorable historic antiquity, illustrated by Sir Matthew, one of Eng- land's noblest judges. In this country they first settled in Charlestown, whence one of three bros., in company with others, purchased of the Indians a large tract of land in what is now Stow, and opened a settlement. The original estate there has continued to be owned ever since by his lineal descendants down to the present time. Mr. Hale has not yet entered on the responsibilities of a hus. and fr., and so his record ends here.
HALE, WILLIAM BARTLETT, son of William Bartlett and Adaline (Walbridge) Hale, b. in Wales, May 31, 1845; m. Elizabeth Safried, dr. of John and Sarah Safried, b. Philadelphia, Penn., Feb. 25, 1842; cer. Granby Sept. 9, 1864, by Rev. Mr. Webster. Issue :-
SOPHIA S., b. Sept. 14, 1866; d. Jan. 13, 1867.
WINONA LOUISA, b. Aug. 16, 1868.
HARRY WICKEL, b. April 15, 1870; d. July 13 ensuing.
FLORENCE EDITH, b. Aug. 24, 1871.
Mr. Hale became a res. and business man of Mil. previous to 1869. He has distinguished himself as a successful tobacconist, and the lovers of the
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weed find in his establishment every thing they desire. He has been at the pains of furnishing me his family record back to his gd. parents. It is as follows: -
HALE, TIMOTHY, b. in Bernardston, Feb. 18, 1777; farmer; m. Lavina Scott, b. Bernardston, May 16, 1784; cer. Nov. 25, 1812, by Rev. Mr. Rogers. Issue: -
CYRUS WHITNEY, b. Oct. 25, 1813; m. Maria Snow, 1849.
WILLIAM BARTLETT, b. Sept. 23, 1815; m. Adaline Walbridge, May 1, 1836.
SOPHIA SYLVIRA, b. April 7, 1818; m. Whitman Walbridge, 1841.
RANSLEY P., b. April 29, 1820; m. Laura Scott, 1844.
FRANCIS M., b. Aug. 31, 1822; m. Lydia Ann Grant, 1846.
Death-dates of the parents not given.
HALE, WILLIAM BARTLETT, Sen., son of Timothy and Lavina (Scott) Hale, b. in Bernardston, Sept. 23, 1815; m. Adaline Walbridge, dr. of Ames and Permilla Walbridge, b. So. Brimfield, now Wales, Sept. 16, 1816; cer. May 1, 1836, by Alfred Needham, Esq. Issue :-
SOPHIA SYLVIRA, b. May 18, 1837; m. C. A. Carpenter, March 15, 1856; d. 1866.
WILLIAM BARTLETT, Jun., b. May 31, 1845; m. Elizabeth Safried, Sept. 9, 1864.
The parents came into town about the same time their son did, and were worthy people. He. d. here Nov. 1, 1878. Mrs. Adaline still survives in the kind care of her son and family.
HANCOCK, JOSEPH, and wf. Susanna, were among those warned out of town in 1791. They are recorded to have come from Hop., May 4, 1787, and to have been taken in by Steplien Chapin. They then had 7 chn., 2 of whom were b. here :-
JOHN, birth-date not found.
SAMUEL, b. July 6, 1776.
PHEBE, date not found.
POLLY, date not found.
FANNY, date not found.
CHARLOTTE, b. here, Sept. 1, 1787.
SENA, or ASENATH, b. Nov. 17, 1790; later, LEVINA, b. Sept. 13, 1793; d. Jan. 26. 1795; and GEORGE, b. Sept. 5, 1797. I do not seem to find on our records the death-dates of the parents, nor scarcely any trace of their chn. after 1795, except of Samuel. There is a tradition among Joseph Han- cock's gd. chn., that he was impressed on board an English frigate, from which he escaped while it was lying in Boston Harbor. If so, I suppose the impressment took place in Eng., and that he was by birth an English- man.
HANCOCK, SAMUEL MELLEN, son of Joseph and Susanna, b. July 6, 1776; m. Submit Bruce, dr. of Elisha and Esther Bruce, whose birth-date I do not find; cer. Mil., Feb. 23, 1806, by Rev. D. Long. Issue :-
EMELINE, b. Nov. 18, 1806; m. Levi Wood, May 3, 1827.
GEORGE, b. May 22, 1808; m., Ist, Laura Phinney; 2d, Parna Phinney. ESTHER BRUCE, b. June 1, 1811; m. James M. Fletcher, March 10, 1836. JOSEPH, b. Dec. 6, 1818; m. Lydia Ann Tyler, April 11, 1843.
The death-dates of the parents not ascertained.
HANCOCK, GEORGE, son of Samuel M. and Submit (Bruce) Hancock, b. May 22, 1808; m., 1st, Laura Phinney, dr. of Cyrus and Betsey Phinney, birth- date not given; cer. Mendon, May 12, 1831, by the writer. Issue: -
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ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 11, 1833; m. Ammiel Littlefield, June 29, 1857.
LAURA ANN, b. Oct. 13, 1834; d. Feb. 14, 1836.
MELISSA ANN, b. June 14, 1837; d. Dec. 11, 1859.
Mrs. Laura d. March 22, 1838; and the hus. m., 2d, Parna Phinney, pre- sumed to be a sister of his 1st wf. ; birth-date, etc., not given; cer. in Mil., Nov.
8, 1838, by Rev. D. Long. Issue :-
WARREN P., b. Dec. 7, 1839; m. Sarah A. Cheney, July 25, 1869.
BETSEY, b. June 12, 1841; d. same day.
Mrs. Parna d. July 18, 1869. The hus. still survives, making his comfort- able home in the family of his son Warren on the ancient Caleb Cheney place, Congress St.
HANCOCK, WARREN P., son of George and Parna (Phinney) Hancock, b.
Dec. 7, 1839; m. Sarah A. Cheney, dr. of Ziba and Ann (Clark) Cheney, b.
in Mil., Dec. 13, 1850; cer. July 25, 1869, by Rev. W. H. Hatch. Issue :- EMELINE, b. Oct. 3, 1870.
GEORGE W., b. May 24, 1872.
All these Hancocks, from the gt. gd. parents down ward, deserve, so far as I know, to be well spoken of as honest, industrious, and worthy people in their several spheres of individual and social activity.
HANCOCK, Capt. JOSEPH, son of Samuel and Submit (Bruce) Hancock, b. Mil., Dec. 6, 1818; sole-leather cutter; m. Lydia Ann Tyler, dr. of Daniel and Thusa (Polley) Tyler, b. Leominster, Jan. 19, 1822; cer. Hopedale, April 11, 1843, by the writer. Issue : --
EMELINE MATILDA, b. Mil., Jan. 11, 1844; d. June 4, 1851.
HENRY JOSEPH, b. Mil., Dec. 6, 1845; d. May 25, 1870.
WALDO, b. Mil., Jan. 1, 1848; m. Hannah Springer, Lincoln County, Kan., May 31, 1874.
ADA MARIA, b. Mil., Nov. 8, 1850; m. William H. Remington, Aug. 17, 1870. JOHN, b. Mil., Nov. 29, 1852; m. Ida A. Russell, July 11, 1872.
MARY ELLA, b. Mil., Nov. 25, 1855 ; m. Fred M. Walker, Aug. 14, 1875. GEORGE ELMER, b. Mil., June 19, 1861.
Grandchn. - Elsie Gertrude Hancock, Helen L. Remington, Charles Albion Hancock, Bertha Adelaide Remington, Ella Beryl Hancock, William Frederick Walker, Josephine Lydia Remington, Alvin Joseph Hancock.
An intelligent, enterprising, orderly, and respectable family. Capt. H. stands well as a citizen, and he won honorable fame in the late civil war. See "War-Record," p. 150.
HANLEY, JOHN, and wf. Sylvia (Bemis), m. by Rev. D. Long, Oct. 16, 1834, had, -
LEVI, b. June 10, 1835.
MARY ANN, b. July 18, 1837.
SARAH, b. March 30, 1839.
JAMES H. W. H., b. 1840.
And here I lose trace of this family.
HAPGOOD, SOLON E., son of Sherman W. and Abigail (Fletcher) Hapgood, b. No. Anson, Me., July 9, 1844; m. Frances Libbey, dr. of William M. and Olive (Pease) Libbey, b. Gardiner, Me., July 9, 1847; cer. No. Anson, Me., Dec. 23, 1869, by Rev. J. C. Williams. Issue : --
MAUDE H., b. No. Anson, Me., date not given.
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