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HISTORY OF WESTFORD.
john Abbot, eldest son of John Abbot, was born in West- ford, January 27, 1777, and died April 30, 1854, at the age of 77. He graduated at Harvard University in 1798, in a class distinguished for talent, in which he took a high col- legiate rank. He immediately became preceptor of this Academy and held that place two years. He then studied law and opened an office in Westford, and about the same time he was chosen a trustee. On the decease of Jonathan Carver in 1805, he was chosen treasurer of the Academy, which office he held by successive annual elections till his death, 'a period of fifty years, less three or four months. To his careful management and prudent foresight the institution is chiefly indebted for its present funds. During his long administration they increased nearly or quite threefold. The Academy had no wealthy patrons like its neighbor at Groton, but depended for the increase of its means on small but care- fully husbanded accumulations. It was the aim of the treas- urer to save something from the annual interest of the funds to be added to the principal ; and almost every year's report showed some increase in their amount. The trustees had implicit confidence in his integrity, fidelity and skill, and rarely, if ever, interfered with his plans. During this long period his services were rendered gratuitously to the institu- tion whose welfare he had so much at heart, and he will always be remembered as one of its staunchest friends. Mr. Abbot was also held in high respect by his fellow-townsmen, being often chosen to places of trust. He was regarded as a sound lawyer, and a faithful and reliable legal adviser. He served one term as a Senator in the State Legislature, and was a member of the convention for revising the State Con- stitution in 1820. He was also a distinguished member of the Masonic Order. He was twice Grand Master of the Royal Arch Chapter of the Free Masons of Massachusetts, and in that capacity laid the corner-stone of the monument on Bunker Hill in 1825; General Lafayette being present and assisting in that ceremony.
He was succeeded in the office of treasurer by his son, John William Pitt Abbot, who held it till his death in 1872.
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The latter, like his father, gave his services gratuitously, being animated by the same desire to further its prosperity. He was born April 27, 1806, in Hampton, Connecticut, the early home of his mother, Sophia Moseley, a daugh- ter of Ebenezer Moseley, Esq., of Hampton. He was chiefly fitted for college at this Academy and graduated at Cambridge in 1827. After studying law in the Law School at Cambridge he entered his father's office, the business of which was not long after transferred entirely to him. He was a member of the House of Representatives in 1862, and of the State Senate in 1866; and was selectman and town clerk for many years. During the late war his ser- vices as a town officer were invaluable. He was particu- larly interested in the affairs of the First Parish, and for a long time was entrusted with the management of them. In all these relations he was trusted as an able and faithful counsellor and public servant, and he was universally regarded with esteem and affection for his urbanity, benevo- lence and generosity.
TEACHERS.
Began,
Ended.
Levi Hedge, LL. D., H. U.
1792
1791
Samuel Thatcher, H. U.
1794
1795
Amos Crosby, H. U.
1795
1798
John Abbot, H. U.
1798
1800
William Warren, D. C.
1800
1802
Benjamin Stone, H. U.
1802
1803
Henry Putnam, H. U.
1803
1804
Benjamin Ames, H. U.
1804
1805
Joseph Hovey, H. U.
1805
1806
Benjamin Burge, H. U.
1806
1807
Joseph Tufts, H. U.
1807
1808
Nahum Houghton Groce, H. U.
1808
1822
Charles Phelps Huntington, H. U.
1822
1823
John Wright, H. U.
1823
1825
Allen Putnam, H. U.
1825
1827
Charles Rollin Kennedy, H. U.
1827
1827
Ephraim Abbot, H. U.
1828
1837
Claudius Bradford
1837
1839
Edmund B. Wilson .
1839
1839
John Kebler, H. U. .
1839
1841
Henry Colman Kimball, H. U.
. 1841
1842
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Francis Lemuel Capen, H. U.
1842
1843
James Dinsmore, D. C. .
1843
1845
Henry Colman Kimball, H. U.
. 1845
1847
William Cushing, H. U. .
1847
1850
Charles H. Wheeler, B. C.
1850
1851
Samuel Hilliard Folsom, D. C.
1851
1853
Luther .Eastman Shepard, D. C.
1857
1859
Jacob A. Cram
1859
1860
Addison G. Smith
1860
1861
Richard Stone, H. U.
1861
1863
Albert Edwin Davis, B. C.
1863
1868
John Hillis, H. U.
1868
1868
Charles O. Whitman, B. C.
1868
1872
William Edwin Frost, B. C.
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ASSISTANT TEACHERS.
Began.
Ended.
Susan Prescot
1819
1820
Catherine Abbot
1829
1831
Hannah Rogers
1832
1834
Lucy Ann Breck
1833
1834
Eliza Ann Dodge
1834
1835
Clarissa Butler
1835
1836
Martha Kilburn
1836
1837
Charlotte Bradford .
1837
Welthea Bradford
1838
Lucy Elliot Abbot
1842
1844
Sarah Boynton
1844
Nancy M. Blackington
1845
1846
Ellen A. Gage
1846
1847
Mary C. A. Cunningham
1848
1849
Ellen A. Gage
. 1846
1847
Catherine A. Cram
1851
1852
Mary F. Fletcher
1859
Margaret F. Foley
1853
1854
Harriet B. Rogers
1855
1858
Amanda M. Hale
1857
1859
Olive A. Prescott
1859
Harriet B. Rogers
1861
1863
Alice J. Hardman
1863
1867
Josephine L. Taggart
· 1867
Elizabeth McDaniels
1868
Sarah F. White
. 1868
1878
Harriet M. Hodgman
· 1873
1876
Adelaide Baker
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1876.
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1854
1857
John Davis Long, H. U.
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1872
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1858
1861
Marietta M. White
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Elizabeth D. Abbot
1832
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Levi Hedge, the first preceptor, graduated at Harvard University in 1792, a distinguished member in a distinguished class. He came directly to Westford with a high reputation as a scholar, and left two years after with an equally high reputation as a teacher. He returned to Cambridge to take the place of a tutor in the college, and after several years was promoted to a professorship of Logic and Metaphysics. Though not eminent as a writer or thinker, he had a certain reputation as a teacher and disciplinarian. His interest in the Academy never waned. He was chosen a trustee in 1802 and resigned in 1844, in consequence of growing infirmities. He died the same year. It was well known in college that when the annual meeting of the trustees came he would give his class a day - " a miss," as they delighted to call it - while he himself enjoyed no less the pleasure of visiting a spot endeared to him by many agreeable associations. On these occasions he was usually accompanied, after 1811, by Prof. Sidney Willard, the son of President Willard, who was chosen a trustee in 1811, and resigned in 1854. Mr. Hedge, in his later years, was commonly known as Dr. Hedge, hav- ing received the honorary degree of LL. D., which was well merited by his long service in the cause of letters.
Amos Crosby, the third preceptor, was tutor in Harvard College for four years, 1788-'92.
Benjamin Burge, the tenth preceptor, was the son of Ephraim Burge, and was born in Hollis in 1782. He grad- uated at Harvard College in 1805. After leaving Westford, he was a tutor in Bowdoin College, and received the honor- ary degree of A. M. in 1815 from that college. He studied medicine and settled in Vassalborough, Maine.
Nahum Houghton Groce, the twelfth preceptor, was. born in Sterling, Massachusetts, in 1781, but early removed with the family to Salem. He graduated at Harvard in 1808, and coming immediately to Westford, he became principal, and remained such till 1822, when he resigned and became
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a farmer in Westford, where he died in 1856. His term of service was the longest in the whole line of teachers. It was his misfortune at the age of fourteen to meet with an accident which made him a cripple for life. After years of intense suffering, consequent on this mishap, he fitted for college, and by his own exertions and the aid of friends, worked his way through. His lameness was such as to deprive him of the use of his right foot, and compelled him to use a crutch. It made him morbidly sensitive, perhaps, at times, irritable. But he was generally liked by his pupils, to whose instruc- tion he devoted himself with great industry, fidelity and suc- cess, being himself master of the branches he professed to teach, and his judgment being clear and penetrating. His retiring habits, critical judgments and somewhat severe tastes rendered him less popular than some who have preceded and followed him ; but he had a high and well-deserved reputa- tion as an instructor, and his school was almost always full. Sometimes he had in one term and at one time sixty or more pupils whom he taught without assistance, or with only such aid as he occasionally sought from some of the older and more advanced members of the school. It was not until 1818 or 1819 that he had any regular assistant. Miss Susan Prescott, daughter of Hon. James Prescott, president of the board of trustees, was the first female assistant employed, and her instructions were confined solely to the classes of young ladies. She was justly regarded as an accomplished teacher, but she held that position only for two successive seasons in summer. She returned to Groton and there opened a school for young ladies, which flourished for sev- eral years. She afterward married John Wright, Esq., while he was a lawyer in Groton, and died in Lowell, where the latter years of her life had been passed.
John Wright, Esq., was a native of Westford, the son of Nathan and Betsey (Trowbridge) Wright, and was born November 4, 1797. He fitted for college at Phillips Acade- my, Andover, and graduated at Harvard in 1823, and came to Westford to take the 'place of the late Judge Charles P.
Ephraim Abbot,
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Huntington. After two years' service Mr. Wright went to Groton, studied law, and having continued at the bar a few years, turned his attention to manufactures and ultimately became the agent of the Suffolk Mills in Lowell, which agency he retained for many years. He died in Lowell in 1869. He was for many years president of the board of trustees, in which position he proved himself an able and judicious counsellor. He was succeeded in that office by the late John C. Bartlett, M. D., of Chelmsford, who, for many years, served as a trustee and also as the general superin- tendent.
Rev. Ephraim Abbot took charge of the school in 1828, and was the preceptor for nine years. He was born in New Castle, Maine, September 28, 1779, and was the son of Ben- jamin and Sarah (Brown) Abbot. He graduated at Harvard College in 1806, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1810, in the first class that left that institution. His name stands at the head of the list of graduates. He was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in Greenland, New Hampshire, October 27, 1813, and was dismissed on account of ill health, October 27, 1828. While in Greenland he was for a time the principal of the Brackett Academy in that place. During his residence at Westford he represented the town in the State Legislature in 1839. He was a land sur- veyor and justice of the peace, and was a very useful and philanthropic man and an earnest and devout Christian. He was a true friend of the Academy, and never ceased to take an interest in its prosperity. He died in Westford, July 21, 1870, aged 90 years, 9 months and 23 days.
Hon. John Davis Long, now Governor of the Common- wealth, was born in Buckfield, Maine; graduated at Harvard in 1857, and came at once to Westford, where he remained two years. The school under his management was very prosperous. The number of pupils was unusually large, and the enthusiasm of both teacher and scholars was high-toned and abundant. Mr. Long, during his preceptorship, started
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a literary society in which debates were held and a paper, called the Literary Gatherer, was edited by the members. The versatility of Mr. Long's gifts was shown in his contri- butions to that paper, and his ready tact in the discussions. The society was kept up for several years after he left. He is remembered with affection and esteem by his pupils and associates, and such of them as yet reside here welcome him to their homes as one whom they honor and love. His hon- orable career as a lawyer and statesman have won for him golden opinions which many may emulate but which few attain.'
The place of preceptor is now filled by Mr. William Edwin Frost, a native of Norway, Maine. He was born December 6, 1842 ; graduated at Bowdoin College in 1870, and took charge of this Academy, April 26, 1872, being the thirty- sixth in the line of preceptors. He is a very careful and thorough teacher, and a most efficient disciplinarian. His work in the school has been excellent, and for ten years it has secured the just and hearty praise of all who have been familiar with his methods and witnesses of his achievements. During his principalship eleven students have completed the college preparatory course of study ; nineteen, the English and classical course, and four, the English course. Five of the graduates have entered Bowdoin College, three of whom graduated with high rank, and two are under-graduates, and one has just entered Amherst College. All of them were admitted without conditions. Seven have entered the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology ; one, the Worcester Tech- nological Institute, and one, the Cambridge Divinity School. Several other graduates and advanced scholars of the school have become successful teachers in our public schools.
Previous to Mr. Frost's taking charge of the school, the only examinations of the classes were oral ones at the close of each term; and as these were limited to one day's session, some of the classes were not examined at all. The first change made in this matter was to have the oral examinations
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include all the classes, two and sometimes three days being devoted to this purpose. In order to secure greater care and thoroughness in the preparation of lessons, a system of written examinations was soon introduced in addition to the oral ones, three being held each term at regular intervals. The rank of each student and class is impartially made up from these examinations and kept on record. This judicious system of examining and ranking the students has proved to be a strong incentive to faithful study, and has greatly im- proved the quality of the work done in the school.
GRADUATES.
1872-1882.
COLLEGE PREPARATORY COURSE.
Brinkerhoff, Osgar .
. Forge Village
· 1873
Chamberlin, Edward H. .
· Westford
. 1877
Cumings, John O. .
· Westford
1873
Fisher, Frederic A. .
. Westford
1877
Leighton, Ida E.
Westford
·
1877
Prescott, Chas. O.
Westford
1873
Robbins, Arthur G.
. Carlisle
· 1882
Stevens, Nettie M. .
. Westford
·
1880
Stevens, Emma J. .
·
Westford
· 1882
Wright, Henry M. .
· Westford
· 1880
Wheeler, Leonard W.
. Westford
· 1882
ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL COURSE.
Atwood, Lillie B.
. Westford
· 1877
Abbot, Emma S.
. Westford
· 1882
Drew, George G.
. Westford
· 1879
Drew, Edea J. .
· Westford
· 1882
Fisher, Addie M.
. Westford
. 1879
Fisher, Clara A.
. Westford
· 1882
Hildreth, Herbert V.
. Westford
1880
Keyes, Rosina .
. Westford
. 1877
Kimball, James L. .
·
Westford
· 1880
Martin, Delia .
. Westford
· 1878
Pond, Abby M.
. Dedham
· 1873
Parker, Issie A.
West Chelmsford
1881
Prescott, Albert E.
Westford
. 1881
Read, Carrie E.
· Westford
· 1879
Reed, Stella E.
· Graniteville.
· 1880
Robbins, Carrie M. .
. Carlisle
. 1882
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Spalding, M. Dora .
· Westford .
1882
Worden, Minnie A.
. North Chelmsford . 1882
Wiley, M. Ella
Westford
1882
ENGLISH COURSE.
Parkhurst, M. Belle
· West Chelmsford
· 1881
Walker, Edith E.
. Burlington
1879
Whidden, Clarence W.
· Westford
· 1881
Worthen, S. Eva
. Chelmsford
1882
The number of ladies employed as assistant teachers has been twenty-nine. Some of these served only short terms, but several of them were employed for many years in succession. Among these Miss Margaret F. Foley deserves notice. She was a resident of Lowell while employed here as a teacher ; and all the while her thoughts and her spare time were given to the study of sculpture. After leaving Westford she went abroad and spent much time in Rome. She became the intimate friend of Mary Howitt's daughter. She longed for fame as a sculptor and her aspirations were in a measure gratified. Her work received high encomiums at the Centen- nial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. She died and was buried at Meran, Italy, in 1879. She was one who fell a premature sacrifice in the pursuit of her favorite vocation, and her early death was lamented by numerous friends who had hoped for her a long and prosperous career.
The achievements of Miss Harriet B. Rogers, a native of Billerica, born April 12, 1834, entitle her to notice in these sketches. She was regarded while in the Academy as a teacher of remarkable tact, energy and ability ; and she has since won a far wider and well-merited reputation. She has been from its organization in 1867, the accomplished, enthu- siastic and successful Principal of the Clarke Institution for Deaf-Mutes at Northampton. She was the first in this coun- try to introduce a system of teaching the use and employment of spoken language or reading from the lips, instead of the sign language. This system, as now developed, is regarded with much favor. In furtherance of her work, Miss Rogers a few years since visited similar schools in Europe; and is
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steadily employed in her peculiar field of philanthropic endeavor.
The government and general management of the school is left very much to the principal for the time being, aided to some extent by the superintendent ; but subject, of course, to the supervision and control of the trustees.
The average attendance for a term, may, perhaps, be stated at forty-five or fifty. It varies with the seasons, and still more with the popularity of teachers, as well as the pop- ularity of neighboring schools or academies. This latter cir- cumstance has now, and long has had, a material influence on its prosperity. While many such have been established or opened within the present century, some have flourished and some have failed; but the bare multiplication of them has doubtless had some effect to retard the growth of this. It has, however, endeavored to hold on the even tenor of its way, aiming to meet the wishes of its friends and achieve the primary objects of its founders, undisturbed by jealousies or petty rivalries.
TRUSTEES.
1882.
President- His Excellency John D. Long, Hingham. Secretary-Sherman D. Fletcher, Westford.
Treasurer-Edward Prescott, Esq., Westford.
Julian Abbot, Esq., Lowell; Edward Symmes, West- ford ; George T. Day, Esq., Westford; Rev. Edward A. Horton, Boston ; Allan Cameron, Esq., Westford ; John William Abbot, Westford ; J. Adams Bartlett, Chelmsford ; Hon. J. Henry Read, Westford ; Hon. Albert L. Coolidge, Boston ; Hon. Daniel S. Richardson, Lowell ; Hon. Joseph A. Harwood, Littleton ; Abiel J. Abbot, Westford.
Superintendent-Rev. Edward A. Horton.
Principal-William Edwin Frost, A. M.
Preceptress-Miss Adelaide Baker.
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Ninety years have now elapsed since the foundations of the Academy were laid ; and its influence in diffusing knowl- edge and in promoting true culture has been very great. Its growth and well-being will no doubt be carefully fostered by i's guardians and friends. So, when another decade of years shall have rolled by, they will be glad to commemorate the first century of its usefulness with fitting tributes to the phil- anthropy and zeal of the men and women who established and sustained it.
Meantime, the common schools have surely reaped the benefits of its presence here. As in nature some forces are noiseless, but strong, so in society, some influences are quiet, but potent ; and among the good things whose tendency is subtle but powerful, it is safe to place this literary institution which sends its quickening impulse all abroad.
A few particulars need to be added to the history of common schools here. In due time school-houses were built and the lines of the several districts were defined. The term squadron ceased to be used about 1798. That known as Stony Brook was divided in 1795, and that known as the southeast was separated from the south soon after.
In 1808 the town voted to " give to the southeast district (now No. 6) fifty dollars toward erecting a school-house." This was the first school-house in the district. In 1809, voted " to choose a committee to regulate the several schools in their inspection the year ensuing." This looks like a ver- itable school committee, but the law of the State requiring the election of such a committee was not enacted until 1827. This town plainly anticipated the enactment. The men to whom belongs the credit of being the first school committee of Westford were John Abbot, Esq., Col. Benjamin Osgood, Reuben Leighton, Levi Wright, Nathaniel Hildreth, Jona- than Prescott, Amos Read and Bill W. Stevens. This ap- pointment was not exceptional, but continued to be made year by year.
In 1822 the territory of the town was divided into eight school districts. These were the Centre, Stony Brook,
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Forge, the southwest, the south (No. 5), the southeast (No. 6), the northeast (No. 7), and the north (No. 8 and No. 9). In 1826 the north district was divided and one part called the northwest. In 1851 the Forge district was divided. Some- time previous to this division the school-house of that district stood near the poor-house.
April 6, 1835, " Voted that the scholars in the several districts shall be numbered by the committee on the first Monday or Tuesday of November, with the names of the heads of families."
March 7, 1836, the selectmen were made a committee to number the school-houses, and then the present numbers were given. In 1851 Graniteville became No. 10. At the present time (1882) there are eleven public schools in the town, and ten school-houses. The houses, with one excep- tion, have all been built since the repeal in 1869 of the law relating to school districts. The schools are kept for eight months in the year.
The amount of money raised for the support of schools, March, 1882, was $3500.
COLLEGE GRADUATES BORN IN WESTFORD.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
Grad.
Died.
Stephen Hall
1765
1795
John Marston Minot
· 1767
Elijah Fletcher
1769
1786
Phinehas Wright
1772
1802
John Abbot
1798
1854
Willard Hall
1799
1875
Samuel Prescott
1799
1813
Robert Adams .
·
1804
1806
Abel Boynton .
1804
1817
Joshua Prescott
1807
1859
Oliver Patten
1814
1822
Aaron Prescott
1817
1828
Samuel Manning
. 1822
Luther B. Lincoln
· 1822
John Wright
1823
1869
Julian Abbot
1826
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1814
1851
Jotham B. Wright
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Jonathan Procter
1789
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John W. P. Abbot
1827
1872
Avery Prescott
· 1827
1830
Oliver Prescott
. 1828
James Blodgett
1841
1845
George E. H. Abbot
1860
Albert E. Davis
1864
1869
George Abbot .
· 1864
Thomas E. Symmes .
. 1865
YALE COLLEGE.
Jonathan Osgood
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. 1787
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.
Otis Caleb Wight
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.
1842
BOWDOIN COLLEGE.
Frederic Alvan Fisher .
. 1881
Edward Henry Chamberlin
. 1881
RESIDENT COLLEGE GRADUATES NOT BORN IN WESTFORD.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
Rev. Willard Hall
1722
1779
Joseph Underwood, Jr.
. 1735 ab't 1748
Benjamin Stone
· 1776
Rev. Caleb Blake
1784
1847
James Prescott, Jr.
1788
1829
Rev. Ephraim Abbot
1806
1870
Nahum H. Groce
. 1808
BROWN UNIVERSITY.
Rev. Leonard Luce .
1824
AMHERST COLLEGE.
Rev. Winthrop F. Wheeler .
. 1839 .
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.
Rev. Edwin R. Hodgman
· 1843
Edward C. Atwood .
1871
Rev. Joseph S. Moulton .
· 1873
BOWDOIN COLLEGE.
William E. Frost
· 1870
Osgar Brinkerhoff
.
. 1877
Charles H. Rowley .
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE.
· 1868
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1880
331
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MINISTERS BORN IN WESTFORD.
Phinehas Wright, son of Ebenezer and Deliverance (Stevens) Wright, born May 22, 1747.
Philip Spalding, son of Philip and Elizabeth (Obert) Spalding, born Nov. 18, 1776; died May 25, 1834, aged 58. He settled in Penobscot, Hancock County, Maine, in 1809; afterward at Jamaica, Vermont, in 1815. His son, Samuel T. Spalding, graduated at Amherst, 1839, and is a lawyer in Northampton.
Daniel M. Reed, now living in Rockford, Illinois. He is the son of Jonas Reed, who once owned the Burbeck place. Phinehas Spalding.
PHYSICIANS.
Thomas Mead, about 1740.
Jeremiah Robinson, 1766; removed to Littleton.
Jonathan Crane, 1768.
Asaph Fletcher, 1770.
Solomon Wheat, 1771 ; came from Natick.
Nathan Raymond, 1782.
Jonas Marshall, 1783 ; removed to Fitchburg.
Charles Proctor, 1784 ; died here in 1817.
William Little, 1785.
Allen Flagg, in Forge Village, 1799 ; removed to Ashby. Isaiah Parker, 1800.
Samuel Manning, 1801.
Samuel Stillman Parker, 1801.
Ebenezer Parker, 1802.
Asaph Byam, 1816; died here, May, 1838.
Benjamin Osgood, 1818; died here, February 1, 1863.
Joseph Whitmore, 1840; removed to Lowell.
Sidney Drinkwater, 1845 ; removed to Sedgwick, Maine. Darius A. Dow, 1852.
J. T. Buttrick, 1860; removed to Block Island.
Henry Rockwood, 1860.
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