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Hawes, b. in Wrentham, Dec., 1793; cer. Wrentham, Feb. 24, 1821, by Rev. William Williams. Their chn. : -
CALEB M., b. Nov. 27, 1821; no report from Caleb.
ABIGAIL C., b. Feb. 3, 1824; m. Gardner P. Barber, Oct. 24, 1848.
GEORGE A., b. June 17, 1828; m. Ellen M. Goodrich, April 23, 1857.
I am not aware that there were any other chn. This family dwelt on the paternal homestead, east of Bear Hill, near the Bell. line, many yrs. Mrs. Roxana was skilled in straw-braid fabrics, and evinced inch enterprise in that line of business. At length the chn. grew up, and all went to Hartford, Ct., where several partners built up a large boot, shoe, and leather establishment. The firm included one of the sons and G. P. Barber, the son-in-law. The other son entered into another similar firm. They were successful, and the parents were very naturally drawn to spend the evening of their days with them. Mr. Joel, the father, d. in West Hartford, May 16, 1869, a. 78 yrs. ; and I was called to minister at his funeral. Mrs. Holbrook still survived at my last advices, and was remarkably vigorous at the age of 87 yrs.
HOLBROOK, GEORGE A.8 (Joel,7 Ziba,6 Ebenezer," Eliphalet, 4 Peter,8 Thomas,2
Thomas 1), b. Mil., June 17, 1828; mr.'s maiden name Roxana Hawes; man- ufacturer of fine shoes ; firm, Clark & Holbrook, Hartford, Ct. ; m. Ellen M. Goodrich, dr. of James and Jeanette (Skinner) Goodrich, b. Aug. 1, 1832; cer. April 23, 1857, by Rev. Dr. Horace Bushnell. Issue :-
NELLIE GOODRICH, b. Hartford, Ct., April 30, 1864.
MAY ABBIE, b. Hartford, Ct., June 12, 1866.
HOLBROOK, THERON7 (Calvin,6 Ebenezer,5 Eliphalet,4 Peter,8 Thomas,2
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Thomas1), b. Mil., March 29, 1798 ; m. Nancy Partridge, dr. of Aaron and Abigail (Pond) Partridge, b. Bell., June 24, 1799; cer. April 23, 1823. Issue : -
AURELIUS, birth-date not found; d. June 20, 1825.
FRANCIS, birth-date not found; d. Sept. 21, 1825.
ALFRED ORISON, b. Jan. 29, 1827; d. Nov. 15, 1849.
MARY ANN, b. April 27, 1828; d. June 11, 1849.
JAMES MONROE, b. Oct. 18, 1829; d. Beaufort, N.C., May 2, 1864. See " War- Record."
FRANCIS LYMAN, b. March 23, 1838; d. Sept. 10, 1840.
Theron Holbrook had a homestead on West St., where he spent the latter portion of his life. He was a hard-working, honest, orderly citizen, much em- ployed in stone-laying and farm-husbandry. He and his wf. had a reputable standing in society. They experienced many afflictions in the loss of chn., losing at length their only surviving son, James M., in the great war of the Rebellion. He had m. Charlotte Crocker some time before the war, and left her in widowhood, with 3 chn. Whether they, or any of them, survive, I am not informed. Theron d. -. Mrs. Nancy d. Aug., 1872.
HOLBROOK, JAMES 7 (Calvin,6 Ebenezer,5 Eliphalet,4 Peter,8 Thomas,2
Thomas 1), b. Dec. 23, 1800; m. Mahala D. Towl, parentage and birth-date not ascertained ; cer. Jan. 19, 1834, by the writer. No chn. reported; cer- tainly none that survived. An honest, toilsome man, little favored with worldly goods and prosperity. He d. in Holl., Sept. 3, 1871; and I minis- tered at his funeral. I think his wid. still survives.
HOLBROOK, LUTHER7 (Calvin,6 Ebenezer,5 Eliphalet,4 Peter,8 Thomas,2 Thomas 1), b. Aug. 17, 1804; m. Mary Ann Daniels Flagg, dr. of Zebediah and Anna (Sumner) Flagg, b. June 27, 1811; cer. Jan. 20, 1828, by Pearley Hunt, Esq. Their chn. : -
AMY ANN S., b. Aug. 10, 1829; d. Sept. 18, 1838.
SARAH W., b. March 19, 1831; m. Julius Bates, May 14, 1848.
ELIZA JANE, b. Dec. 11, 1832; m. Lewis Nelson, Sept. 10, 1849; since d.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. Sept. 7, 1834; d. Nov. 20, 1834.
DARIUS SUMNER, b. June 5, 1836; d. July 7, 1836.
b. March 23, 1838; m., 1st, Ira Evans; 2d, Silas Williams, MARIAN twins, May 1, 1856.
MARION b. March 23, 1838; d. Sept. 22, 1838.
DAVID FLAGG, b. Jan. 2, 1840; m. Sarah Brown, July 4, 1861.
ANNA, b. Jan. 21, 1843; m. James Brown, July 4, 1861.
ABIGAIL LOUISA, b. Oct. 17, 1845; d. April 11, 1848.
HENRY AUGUSTUS, b. May 24, 1847; m. Alice Thayer, Dec. 11, 1873. WILLIAM M., b. Aug. 17, 1850; d. July 16, 1852, a. 1 yr. 11 mos.
All honest, hard-working people, worthy and useful. The fr. d. April 18, 1856, a. 51 yrs. 7 mos. and 27 days. Mrs. Mary Ann, his wid., m., 2d, Harvey Bradford, some years subsequent. He d. in Northbridge, March 10, 1871, in his 71st yr. She still survives in comparative vigor.
HOLBROOK, HORACE7 (Calvin,6 Ebenezer,5 Eliphalet,‘ Peter,8 Thomas,2 Thomas 1), b. May 5, 1809; m. Sarah B. Holbrook, ptge. not ascertained; cer. April, 1842, by whom not learned. They dwell on the old Ebenezer Holbrook homestead, or at least a part of it; honest, industrious, frugal, comfortable livers. Issue : -
ARBA, b. Aug. 4, 1842; d. in infancy.
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JAMES ARBA, b. April 6, 1843.
Further information asked for, but never given.
IOLBROOK, PARTRIDGE7 (Calvin,6 Ebenezer,5 Eliphalet,4 Peter,8 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. July 18, 1812; m. Diadama, dr. of Zebadiali and Anna (Sum-
ner) Flagg, b. Oct. 2, 1818; cer. June 20, 1838, by the writer. Their chn. :- FRANCES ARMENIA, b. March 26, 1840; m. a Mr. Smith; d. March, 1871.
GEORGE CALVIN, b. Sept. 12, 1841.
WILLIAM, d. at the age of 3 or 4 yrs.
SUSANNA, m. Andrew Caswell.
ABBIE, m., and lives out West.
Mrs. Diadama d. Sept., 1857. Partridge Holbrook himself d. in the autumn f 1874. I regret the brokenness of this family record, but circumstances neces- itated it.
HOLBROOK, DENNIS7 (Nathan,6 Eliphalet,5 Eliphalet,4 Peter,3 Thomas,2
Thomas 1), b. 1799; m. Rhoda B., dr. of Calvin and Hannah (Barber) Claf-
lin, b. Holl., Oct. 10, 1805; cer. Nov. 24, 1824, by the writer. Their chn. :- ELIZABETH CAROLINE, b. Sept. 30, 1827; d. April, 1829.
ELIZABETH CAROLINE, b. Sept. 7, 1830; m. Luther Phipps, Holl. ; she d. July 5, 1863.
The husband was a skilful and industrious bootmaker, and the pair well steemed for their many good qualities. He d. in Holl., July 30, 1848, in his 9th yr .; and I assisted in the funeral ministrations. His wid. subsequently n. Michael Byrnes; cer. in Woonsocket, R.I., Feb., 1851, by Rev. I. W. Woodin. They res. in Holl.
IOLBROOK, BENJAMIN7 (Peter,6 Benjamin,5 Richard,4 Peter,8 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. in Mendon, July 24, 1790; m. Polly, birth-date, ptge., and day of mge., not ascertained. Their chn. :-
SEWALL, b. Mendon, Jan: 5, 1812; m. and set. in Worcester.
CHARLES, b. Mendon, Dec. 15, 1817; untraced.
BENJAMIN, b. Mendon, March 20, 1820; m., lived, and d. in this town.
MELLEN, b. Mendon, Dec. 2, 1822; untraced.
DELIA M., b. Mendon, Sept. 20, 1825; m. in this town Samuel P. Dean, Feb. 21, 1850; d. July 29, 1867.
ALBERT, b. Mendon, Sept. 23, 1828; untraced.
HENRY, h. Mendon, June 10, 1833; untraced.
The fr. was an ingenious, hard-working carpenter, but addicted to habits f inebriety, which wrung out a cup of sorrow to his wf., family, and himself. the d. of consumption, Feb. 14, 1839. He d. Oct. 21, 1840; a sad case. I min- stered at the funeral of both. The family was worthy, justly respected, and alled forth much sympathy. I solemnized the mge. of Delia M., in this town, n 1850. I am not certain whether she res. steadily in Mil., but I ministered at ter funeral here in 1867. My record says she d. July 29 of that yr., a. 42 yrs. 0 mos. I have not followed the experiences of the other chn. closely enough o state them, except in the case of Benjamin.
IOLBROOK, BENJAMIN& (Benj.,7 Peter,6 Benj.,5 Richard, 4 Peter,8 Thomas,2
Thomas 1), b., as above, March 20, 1820; m., 1st, Louisa, dr. of Otis and
Sarah (Jones) Parkhurst, b. Oct. 9, 1813; cer. April, 1843. Their chn. :--- MELLEN T., b. May 24, 1844; m. Minnie J. Emerson, July 15, 1865.
ELIZABETH M., b. Jan. 29, 1848; d. Aug. 11, 1849.
LEMUEL P., b. Oct. 28, 1849; d. May 17, 1850.
ABBIE L., b. Aug. 7, 1852; d. Nov. 25, 1852.
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The mr. d. Nov. 24, 1861. The fr. m., 2d, Hopestill Corbett Perry, dr. of Josiah and Anna (Corbett) Perry, b. Oct. 4, 1833; cer. some time in 1863. I do not learn that there were any clin. by this mge. Mr. H. d. Jan. 4, 1865. Mrs. Hopestill subsequently m. De Witt Clinton Gleason, Nov. 10, 1867.
HOLBROOK, MELLEN T.9 (Benj.,8 Benj.,7 Peter,6 Benj.,5 Richard,4 Peter,8
Thomas,2 Thomas 1), b. May 24, 1844. At the age of 17 yrs. he enlisted for 3 yrs. in Reg. 40, N. Y. Vols., Co. G, and made himself a highly creditable reputation as a soldier (see "War-Record of the Rebellion," where his services are chronicled). Returning home, he m. Minnie J. Emerson ; cer. July 15, 1865. Issue : --
BENJAMIN O., b. Feb. 6, 1867.
LOUISA P., b. June 27, 1868.
IRENE P., b. Jan. 20, 1872.
The family removed West in 1869; and the hus. was killed by lightning, July 13, 1872, a sad catastrophe for his wf., chn., relatives, and friends.
HOLBROOK, LEANDER, Esq.9 (Peter,8 David,7 Peter,6 Peter,5 Peter,+ Peter,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), b. Croydon, N.H., April 11, 1815; m. Elizabeth C. Parkhurst, dr. of Amasa and Hopestill (Nelson) Parkhurst, b. Sept. 12, 1820; cer. March 17, 1839, by Rev. D. Long. Their chn .: -
ORLANDO S., b. Mil., March 8, 1841; d. April 9, 1843.
LURINDA B., b. Mil., April 8, 1844; m. James F. Thomas, Boston, Dec. 7, 1869.
EMMA L., b. Mil., April 21, 1846.
MARY A., b. Mil., Nov. 10, 1847.
LEANDER, Jun., Esq., b. Mil., Dec. 31, 1849; grad. H. U., 1872; grad. from Law Department Boston University, 1876; commenced prac. law Mil., 1877, being commissioned as just. peace.
Leander, sen., Esq., was qualified for the practice of his profession in the Cambridge Law School, 1846, and opened his office here in 1847, being Milford's second regular lawyer in point of time. He has been honored by the town with several responsible offices, and has served efficiently on its school committee many yrs. The family enjoy deservedly the high respect of their vicinage.
HOLBROOK, AMOS, Esq., Dea., son of Dea. Elias of Sturbridge, came into town about the yr. 1854. I have been unable to trace his lineage beyond luis fr. He practised land-surveying while res. here, was commissioned as just. peace hy Gov. Banks in 1859, chosen dea. of the Cong. cl. in 1863, and transacted considerable professional as well as public business. He left town some 15 or more yrs. ago, and, if I have been correctly informed, be- came a licensed preacher, and a missionary at the West. I am uninformed as to his family record.
HOLBROOK, ELLIS, and wf. Eliza, pedigrees untraced, are credited on our records with the following specified births : -
GILBERT F., b. June 18, 1829.
MARCUS M., b. Shrewsbury, March 3, 1836.
LEWIS, b. Sutton, June 28, 1837.
PLINY A., b. Aug. 6, 1839.
Family no further traced.
HOLBROOK, EZRA F., lineage not traced, b. in Upton, April 23, 1826, son of Simeon and Clothilda (Farrer) Holbrook, boot-manufacturer; m., 1st, Mary Clarke of Concord, dr. of Joseph Clarke; cer. Feb., 1848. She was b. March 18, 1826; no further particulars given. Their chn. : -
-
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EUGENE CLARKE, b. Jan. 27, 1850; m. Julia Frances Dodge, Providence, R.I., June 17, 1875.
LUTELLA, b, Feb., 1853; d. March, 1856.
Mrs. Mary is presumed to have d. at some date not given. The hus. m., 2d, Julia Maria Fisher, dr. of Daniel and Anna (Hayward) Fisher, b. Woon- socket, R.I., Oct. 18, 1827; cer. Mil., Dec. 18, 1854, by Rev. Mr. Plumb. Their chn .: -
ORLANDO, b. July 28, 1856; d. same day.
ANNIE MAY, b. Jan. 31, 1860.
I find in the return made me, on the back side, the name -
EVA ELDORA HOLBROOK, said to be the dr. of Daniel Holbrook of Upton etc., b. March 31, 1853.
This may have been intended to signify that Eva was an adopted or foster dr. in the family. But, as this is not indicated, I give the matter as received. This family must have res. in town many yrs.
HOLBROOK, SEWALL BOWKER, lineage not traced, b. in Upton, Nov. 28, 1848, son of Ezra Ward and Polly (Hatch) Holbrook; machinist; m. Abbie Maranda Barber, dr. of Benjamin C. and Maranda (Cnshing) Barber, b. May 22, 1849, in W. Medway; cer. at W. Med., May 21, 1870, by Stephen Knowlton. Mr. H. served 3 yrs. in the late civil war for the Union, and was wounded 3 times. The family has res. in town several yrs. Their chn .:-
WILLIAM BENJAMIN, b. April 27, 1871; d. Feb. 2, 1872.
FRANK DANA, b. Jan. 12, 1873.
HOLBROOK, EZRA7 (John,6 John,5 Sylvanus,4 Peter,8 Thomas,2 Thomas 1), b. Swanzey, N.H., Aug. 17, 1776; m., 1st, Sally Prime of Swanzey, ptge., birth-date, and particulars of cer., not ascertained. Issue: 9 chn., of whom few particulars have been given me. Six of the oldest d. in infancy. The 7th was a son named Ezekiel, who served in the Seminole war in Florida, and d. there at the age of about 22 yrs. The 8th, named Joseph Warren, d. in Vienna, N.Y., in his 21st yr. The 9th, a dr. named Sarah Baker, was b. in Sharon, Mass., Nov. 7, 1820, and is the only survivor of the family. She became an early, exemplary, and adhesive member of the Hopedale Community, residing at Hopedale, with the exception of a few yrs. elsewhere, from 1842 till recently. She m. William Rich, from Lynn, July 2, 1845; cer. at Hopedale by Rev. Daniel S. Whitney. Issue: Sarah Wilmarth, b. July 1, 1846; d. April 20, 1848. Her hus. proved faith- less and dissolute; and she obtained a legal separation from him, and resumed her maiden name. He is understood to have d., some yrs. ago, in California. She has had her baptismal discipline of sorrows, but her life has been replete with manifold ministrations of usefulness and mercy to appreciative recipients.
Ezra Holbrook's immediate ancestors were of Uxbridge, whence his fr. moved to Swanzey, N.H. Ezra lived in that town and vicinity many yrs., afterwards in Sharon, Mass., then in Roxbury, where Mrs. Sally, his Ist wf., d. in June, 1826. He afterwards went back to New Hampshire, and m., 2d, Submit Field of Winchester, N.H., in 1830. Later he moved to Vienna, N.Y., and finally, in his old age, came to Hopedale, with his 2d wf., into the kind care of his dr. Sarah. She did every thing in her power to ease their passage to a better world. He d. in Mil. Centre, June 30, 1851; and Mrs. Submit at Hope- dale, March 15, 1859.
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HOLMES, STEPHEN, and wf. Hepsibah ( Wilber), pedigrees untraced, had the following specified births recorded on our books : -
MARY ANN, b. May 10, 1806.
BETSEY, b. April 11, 1808.
WILLIAM GODFREY, b. Sept. 4, 1809.
HANNAH MARIA, b. Nov. 16, 1814.
STEPHEN, jun., b. July 4, 1816.
UTHURSEY, b. Dec. 8, 1817.
ADALINE, b. Aug. 28, 1819.
I can follow this family no further, except in the line of
HOLMES, WILLIAM GODFREY, son of Stephen and Hepsibah (Wilber) Holmes, b. in Taunton, Sept. 4, 1809; shoemaker ; m. Betsey Ball, dr. of Henry and Betsey (Claflin) Ball, b. in Needham, 1818; cer., date not given, by Rev. Ebenezer F. Newell. Issue :-
OTIS WORTHINGTON, b. Hop., Nov. 26, 1835; m. Ellen M. Claflin, June 16, 1859.
JOHN PARKER, b. Hop., June 18, 1839; d. Aug. 26, 1842.
WILLIAM, b. Hop., -; d. at birth.
OLIVER DEAN, b. Mil., Jan. 21, 1849; m. Lucinda Kemp, May 6, 1869.
WILLIAM MARTIN, b. Mil., June 10, 1851; m. Eliza A. Tobey, Sept. 28, 1870.
Grandchn., all bearing the name Holmes, and chn. of the above-named sons : -
John Parker, b. Mil., July 18, 1860.
Otis Worthington, b. Mil., Feb. 6, 1870.
Ellen Claflin, b. Mil., Nov. 5, 1871.
Arthur Sawyer, b. Holl., Oct. 5, 1873.
Clifton Emmons, b. Holl., April 13, 1872; d. May 18, 1872.
Winslow Herrick, b. Holl., Sept. 2, 1875; d. Aug. 6, 1876.
HOLMES, Capt. OTIS WORTHINGTON, son of William G. and Betsey (Ball) Holmes, b. Hop., Nov. 26, 1835; m. Ellen Maria Claflin, dr. of James R. and Hannah C. (Farrington) Claflin, b. Holl., 1838; cer. under bride's parental roof, June 16, 1859, by the writer. Issue :-
JOHN PARKER, b. Mil., July 18, 1860; now in his 2d yr. Harvard University. A young man of brilliant promise.
Capt. Holmes gave his life for his country in the late dreadful civil war, - a most lamentable bereavement to his young wf. and family relatives. I have been furnished with a copy of "The American Volunteer" newspaper, dated Boston, March 31, 1866. This contains an obituary memoir of Capt. Holmes. I give this memoir to my readers entire : -
"Capt. Otis W. Holmes was b. in Hopkinton, Mass., Nov. 26, 1835. He was a quiet, thoughtful child; and one would never have seen in the timid, shrinking boy the brave soldier that he came to be.
"At the age of ten years he removed with his parents to Milford, a neigh- boring town, where he resided to the time of his enlistment. In this place were formed the pleasantest associations of his life. At the opening of the Rebellion his patriotism was deeply moved, but not until the early autumn did he feel forced to break away from all the pleasant ties that bound him to home and loving friends. Sept. 9, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Co. B, 25th Mass. Regiment, which was encamped on the agricultural grounds, Worcester. When the non-commissioned officers were elected, he was made fourth sergeant; and the color-sergeant having received an injury the day previous to the departure
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of the regiment, he served in that capacity until the former was again fit for duty, and proudly bore the noble flag from that shouting yet tearful city.
"Having arrived at Annapolis, Md., the camp of instruction, measures were at once taken to prepare the regiment for active service. At the expira- tion of two months it embarked in the Burnside expedition. Uncomplainingly did he suffer the perils and privations occasioned hy the fearful gale off Hatteras. He seemed deeply imbued with the importance of the success of that enterprise. In a letter to a friend he writes: 'I have given my whole heart to the work, and would sooner lose my life than that this expedition should prove a failure.'
" He passed safely through the battles of Roanoke and Newbern, and, while in the latter place, was made first sergeant. Aug. 12, 1862, he was transferred from the 25th to the 36th Mass. Regt., and made first lieutenant of Co. F, at which time he was presented with a sword and equipments from his Milford friends. The regiment was attached to the Ninth Corps, then connected with the army of the Potomac. Early the following spring the corps was detached, and sent to Newport News, for the purpose of recruiting health and spirits, and from thence to Kentucky. May 2, 1863, Lieut. Holmes was made captain of Co. B, - the 'Warren Phalanx,' - of the same regiment.
"During the siege of Vicksburg, the corps was ordered to Mississippi, and suffered severely from the intolerable heat of the climate, and the scarcity of food and water. After the lapse of a few months, having passed through the siege of Knoxville, and suffered the severities of a winter, almost entirely cut off from supplies, we find the corps again with the army of the Potomac, awaiting its participation in the bloody battle-scenes which followed. And most nobly did our hero bear himself through that horrible strife, ever preserv- ing his accustomed cheerfulness, stimulating his comrades with his words of encouragement, half-dispelling, with his pleasant smiles, the gloom enshrouding them.
On the morning of the 17th of June, - on Bunker-Hill day, leading Bun- ker-Hill boys, defending Bunker-Hill principles, - Capt. Holmes fell, mortally wounded, in Gen. Burnside's charge before Petersburg. He was shot in the right lung; the ball, lodging against the spine, produced paralysis of the lower extremities. He survived seven days, and at times his sufferings were most intense. He was taken to Harewood General Hospital, Washington; and, on the evening of the 23d, his soul was released from its suffering and mutilated body.
"He met death, not with fear, but as a friend for whose coming he had previously prepared. From his brother officers have been received tributes of esteem. I quote the following: -
"' The death of Capt. Holmes has filled our regiment with sadness. He was a man of honor, of principle, of cool, far-sighted sagacity. I have seen him in camp, in storm, heat, cold, dust, battle, and pain, in Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, and back to Virginia to die; and I have always loved him for his kindness, respected him for his bravery and intelli- gence, admired him, for he was so much a man.'
" Another writes : -
"""It is much to say of an officer that he is cool and brave, equal to any emergency; but it is more to say of him that he is good and pure and true. Capt. Holmes was all of these: brave, as a soldier; pure, as a man. Neither his courage nor his honor was ever questioned. His love of country and love of home were shining traits of his character; and so often have I heard him speak of his home, that to see him there after the return of peace, and in its
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quiet to live over again our many campaigns, was a hope that I had come to cherish most fondly.'
"A few weeks before his death he was made the recipient of an elegant sword, sash, and belt by his much-loved company; the sword bearing an in- scription which shall tell in future time of the strong arm that once wielded it in defence of justice and liberty.
"When the soldiers' friend, Count Schwabe, heard of the death of this gallant officer, he immediately named several shelves of books in his hospital libraries at Washington and Worcester to the memory of this martyr, and also classed him among his noble fallen ones in his Gallery of Fallen Heroes, and ordered a valuable full life-size bust-painting by the first and eminent artist, Ames, which has just been completed with great success. The friends are delighted with this striking likeness. It is surrounded also by a valuable mili- tary frame. The portrait is one of which Milford forever might be proud as a master-piece of fine art, and a living memento of the fallen captain.
"Through the exertion of Lieut .- Col. Draper, 36th Regiment, the family, the many friends of Milford, and the colonel's own generosity, the funds have been generously raised. The portraits of many other sons of Milford have also been kindly subscribed to by the many friends, and are now in the hands of eminent artists, under the kind care of the count; and in due time we will give notice of each."
Mrs. Ellen grieved herself almost to death at her unspeakable loss. She subsequently m. Harvey Farrington of Philadelphia, Jan. 26, 1869. He has since deceased, and she survives in worthy second widowhood.
HOOPER, THOMAS, and wf. Ann, appear on Rev. Mr. Frost's baptismal records; but I get no intimation whence they came, where they dwelt, or whither they went. Mrs. Ann was bap., and received into the Cong. ch. here, Aug. 7, 1757. And Mr. Frost bap. their 3 chn. as follows: -
LYDIA, JONATHAN, and EZEKIEL, all, May 11, 1760.
HOVEY, WILLIAM, was included in the Easterly Precinct, by its act of incor- poration in 1741, among others then res. in the "standing part " of Mendon, so termed. See " Act of Incorporation " in Chap. IV. Who this Willian Hovey was, or who composed his family, or in what particular locality he dwelt, I have no information.
HOVEY, SAMUEL, purchased a small homestead in the No. Purchase of Dea. Nathaniel Jones, containing 54 acres, May 26, 1758. See B. 41, p. 366, in Worcester Registry of Deeds. He owned other pieces of land in the Cor- bett neighborhood. He sold out these lands in 1769 and 1770; the 54-acre lot to Robert Corbett, and a 3}-acre lot to Samuel Wood. He was then of Newtown, N.H. I suppose he must have res. in our Precinct perhaps 20 yrs. I learn nothing of his family. But he was quite famous in his day, as a sort of New-Light lay preacher. See Chap. V., where I treat of " the Come-Outer Schism" which troubled our Cong. ch. from 1748 to 1758. He was then spoken of in the ch. records as " one Hovey," whom some would " set up " as a "lay Teacher." His history is wrapped in obscurity.
HOWE. David Howe is the first of this name that ever dwelt on our terri- tory. His family record has not been ascertained. I presume he had a wf. and clin., which perhaps are certified on Mendon records; but I have not searched to see. In 1721 he purchased the famous Benjamin Alby corn-mill establish- ment, etc., now mostly owned by Lewis B. Gaskill. He bought it of James and Bridget (Jones) Wood, who had it of Benjamin Wheelock & Sons in a dilap-
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idated condition, and had put it in prime order, with additions and improve- ments, for grain-grinding and clothier operations. In the deed he took, he is styled "David Howe of Weymouthi, clothier." He ran the establishment till Aug. 24, 1730, and then, for £500, sold it, with all its appurtenances, utensils, and materials, to "William Sheffield, jun., of Holliston, husbandman." This is all that I can say of David Howe.
HOWE, GEORGE, said to be a descendant of John Howe, who came from
Eng., set. at Watertown, then at Sudbury, and then at Marlboro', where he was killed by the Indians during King Philip's war; ptge., not given; b. Paxton, Sept. 12, 1791; m. Lydia Perry, dr. of Elihu and Lydia (Day) Perry, b. Mil., July 27, 1795; cer. Oct. 22, 1818, by Rev. David Long. Their chn .: -
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