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HAYNES, CHARLES ROBBINS. D. o. Spring- county physician, and also for some time field. Mass .. is a direct descendant of Wal- president of the Hampden district medical ter Baynes, an Englishman who came to society.
Ile also had the distinguished America in the ship Confidence, and settled honor of being the orator of the Massachu- at Sudbury. Mass. Charles R. was born at setts Medical Society on the occasion of Billerien. Mass., on the 17th of April. 1836. the visit of Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil. Ilis parents were Lyman and Paroline Hunt Haynes, both of Sudbury.
who was made an honorary member of the society. In 1815 In. Peter Le Breton
STICKNEY, DR. PETER LEBRETON. Spring- Stickney was married to Miss Mary Rhea field. Mass .. was the only son of Capt. of Philadelphia, Pa. He died November David and Elizabeth LeBreton Stickney, 5. 1887. leaving a widow and three chil-
born in Newburyport. May 9, 1814. In dren. his boyhoud he attended public and private HAYNES. CLIFFORD C .. D. o. Springfield. schools in that city. le became a stu- Mass. was born in Billerica, Mass., August dent at Bradford Academy in 1832, leav ing there for Phillips Academy at Andover in 1534, and completing his preparation for college there. lle entered Dartmouth 10, 1859. His father, Cyrus II. Haynes. was a native of the same place. born July S. 1833. In 1852 he enme to Springfield and engaged in the clothing business, which college in 1835 and graduated in 1839. He he still follows; he married Harriet ( .. took high rank in college and was a mem- daughter of Paleb S. Brown of Billerica. ber of the Phi Beta Kappa. an honor so- Mass. : they had seven children. five now liv. ciety. After leaving Dartmouth. he en- ing : Nathaniel L .. Phillip L., Caleb Sum- tered Jefferson Medical College in Phila- ner. Otis Brown. and Clifford C. Clifford delphia, and graduated with high honors (. Haynes received his education in the in 1842. After graduation he was made schools of Billerien and the Springfield house physician of the Blockley Hospital schools. After leaving school he entered of that city. where he remained three the Third National Bank of Springfield us years. In 1845 he moved to West Spring- a clerk and worked his way up to teller. field, where he practiced until 1851. and which position he has held for the last while there be served as postmaster and twenty years. Mr. Haynes was a member was a member of the school board. He left of the board of fire engineers of West West Springfield in 1851 and moved to Springfield and for ten years was treasurer Terre Haute. Ind. Owing to ill health of the Memorial Society of Springfield, re- he came back east in 1853 and went to signing January 1, 1901. On September 30. East Windsor, Conn. where he remained 1885, he married Esther M .. daughter of till 1854. when he removed to Chicopee. John Field, a native of Hattie:d. Mass .. who was killed in the battle of the Wilderness on May 6. 1864. To Mr. and Mrs. Haynes were born four children : Walter I .. , Rob ort F., Ruth, and Doris Mass .. resuming the practice of medicine, and spent there the most active years of his professional life. While in Chicopee he became a member of the school commit- ter and was instrumental in introducing the graded system of schools, For thirteen
SMITH, JOHN MACKENZIE. Springfield. Mass., former senior partner in the firm of years he was a valued member and chair. Smith & Murray, and for more than thirty Sears one of the leading business men of Springfield. was born In Dumfriesshire. Scotland, Sept. 24. 1811. and died In Springfield Dec. 12. ISps. His early Hte was spent in his native land, where he ac
man of the school board. lle was active in town affairs, and attended town moet ings regularly, and bore his part of the public burdens. During the war he was a medical examiner for the I'nited States government. and was placed on duty In quired a good elementary education and also Springfield. Ile came to Springfield In lald the foundation for his subsequent suc 1×70 and engaged in active work unill cessful career in a thorough business train October, 1586. Be gathered about him ing in a wholesale house In Glasgow. the friends made in his residence at West came to Amerlen In 1960. locating In Bos Springfield and Chicopee, and had one of ton, and was employed by the old dry grands the largest and widest practices of any house of George Turnbull & Co. Frmaling physician in the city. He was chy and with that firm tive years. In Ich he re
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moved to Springfield. formed a partnership and Eliza Clapp, of Leicester. Mass. James with A. B. Forbes (Forbes & Smith, and Holland Pynchon married Mabel C. Edgerly surrerded to the business formerly con- on the 12th day of January. 1809.
dueted by John T. Rockwood. In 1874, in partnership with A. H. Wallace, Mr. Smith established a branch store in Pittsfield. and in the same year also he became a member of the large Boston dry goods firm of Churchill & Watson. He then severed his connection with the Springfield and Pitts- :did houses and for the next five years de- muted hls energies to Boston interests, for three years as member of the firm of Churchill. Gilchrist. Smith & Co .. and for two years as head of the successor house of Smith & Watson. In 1ST9 Mr. Smith re- turned to Springfield, where he had main tained a residence during the five years men- tioned. and became senior partner in the firm of Smith & Murray, whose house is still known in business circles as one of the largest and best storked establishments of its kind in the entire Connecticut valley re- giun. After his return to Springfield Mr. Smith devoted himself to his own personal interests, and at the same time became an active factor for good in the industrial and financial history of the city. He also held a prominent standing in Masonic and club circles, and as a citizen he always was held in high esteem. His wife, whom he mar- ried in 1967. was Adelaide Gabrille Phelps. daughter of the late charles Phelps, of Springfield. Charles Phelps was a native of Massachusetts, born August 3. 1800, and Icame a resident of Springfield in 1×40. after a journey around the world. He pur- chased a large portion of the land in what Is now known as the "hill district." includ- Ing "Ingersoll's Grove." and all the land between Magazine street and the "dry bridge." besides certain portions on the other side of St. James avenne. He was married on February 12. 1\34, to Frances Antoinette Amblard, a native of Bordeaux, graduated at
WRIGHT, GEORGE L. p. o. Springfield. Mass., the son of Solomon and Hepzibah Russell Wright. was born in Wilbraham. new Hampden. on the 5th of April, 1815. He married Caroline Rogers of Springfield and they were the parents of two children. Caroline A. and George L., jr.
BARR. EDWIN CLIFFORD, D. O. Springfield, Mass .. has lived in Springfield continuous- ly since Iss, with exception of two years spent in Montana, 1802 to 1994. He was the oldest of seven children of Summer and Susan Robinson Barr, of New Braintree. Massachusetts, and was born on the 31st of May. 1SZO. His mother was originally of Boston. Mr. Barr married. first. Ade- line Field Stone, and they were the parents of five children : George E. (deceased). Walter S. ideceased. Edgar E., Jesse O. ( dereasedo), and Emma I. lle married
second. Minerva Emeretta Arthur, and they have one son. Walter Sumner. Mr. Barr has three sisters living in Hampden conn- ty. Massachusetts: Mrs. Kate Wilkinson. Mrs. Addison Brown. both of Springfield. and Mrs. Jane Stoddard. of Chicopee.
HASTINGS. HERBERT ASHTON. D. O. Springfield. Mass .. son of Samuel and El- vira llastings, was born in Amherst on the 30 of November. 1850. llis father was also born in Amherst. and his mother. who was the daughter of Israel Cooley. was born in Sunderland. Mr. Hastings mar- ried Louise Maria Reynolds, of Springfield.
SEEINE. RALPH HOLLAND, M. D .. D. O. Springfield, Mass, was born in Springfield, May 10. 1865. the son of L. Clark Seelye. president of Smith college. and Henrietta Chapin Seelye. On his mother's side he is a direet descendant of Deacon Chapin. He Amherst. 1SSG: Harvard Medical College 1889. November 14. 1805. them have been born two children. Barbara and Rebecca.
Fran e. They had one son and two daugh- trrs, Joseph Richard Richard Van Zant. Jo- he married Grace Allen Blodgett. and to sephine Antoinette, and Adelaide Gabrielle. Ile died Ahgust 25. 1\72.
I'MCHON, JAMES HOLLAND. D. o. Spring- REYNOLDS, HOWARD STEPHEN. P. O. Springfield. Mass .. born Spring- field. September 5. 1855. the son of George Reynolds, born in Southbridge, Massachu- setts, and Harrlet Angeline Colton Rey- ted. was born in Springfield, on the 2d day of August. Isas. the son of Joseph Charles . ud Julia Mather Clapp Pynchon. The father was a direct descendant of William Pyn Fon. who settled In Springheld In 1436: nolds, born in Longmeadow. Massachusetts. and the mother was the daughter of John Howard Stephen Reynolds was married to
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Maria Josephine Davis. of Springfield, on field. He practiced for seven years in August 21. 1877. and they have one son. Leavenworth. Kan., and in 1873 removed to George Harold Harold. .
KIRKHAM. JAMES WILSON. D. o. Spring- tield. Mass .. the son of James and Frances Kirkham, was born in Springfield on the now is assistant secretary and one of the sth of April. 1850. He was graduated
from Yale in 1872. Mr. Kirkham married l'annie C. Barri, of Cambridge, and they are the parents of one son, William Barri. now a student at Yale. .1. Stuart Kirk- ham. a consin of James W., is also a resj- dent of Springfield.
MARGERUM. CLAUDIUS C .. . . Spring- field. Mass .. was born in Suffield. Connecti- ent. March 20. 1844. and came to Spring- field in 1825. January 20. 1867. he married Elizabeth Holmes, of Suffield. Connecticut. IJis father was Edwin Grey
Margerum. Pennsylvania, and his mother Rebecca Ann Rossell, nf New Jer- sey. 1Jenry Margerum, Bucks county, long resident of Hampden county. was born
l'ennsylvania.
who. with
other friends.
England. in emigrated from Wiltshire. 1682, was the first American ancestor of the Margerum family. Edwin F .. a brother of Claudius C .. is also a resident of Hamp- den county. The first Margerum in Spring- field was George S .. who died in 1865.
ILALE. DAVID, p. o. Springfield, Mass .. was born at Ballykelly. County Down. Ireland. on the 10th day of April. 1864. He ac- quired bis education at three well known institutions : Banbridge academy. Belfast model school, and at Wilbraham academy. and settled in Hampden county in October. 1851. On the 1sth of September. 1889. Mr. Ilale was married to Myrta M. Sanderson. They have three children : Marion Theda. born September 5. 1890 : Clarence William. born November 7. 1892: and James, dorn July 27. 1895.
New York, where he lived ten years (at one time being assistant district attorney. and in 1853 came to Springheld. Mr. Birnie directors of the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance company. In 1880 he came to Longmeadow and purchased the farm prop- erty on which he has since lived. He served as selectman of the town for two years. Op December 25. 1872. Mr. Birnie married Susan G. Wright of Newburg, N. Y. Two children were born of this marriage : Alexander O. Birnie, born November 21, 1ST5. and Gabriel G. Birnie, born January 31. 1877. Mr. Birnie was at one time chairman of the liberal republican state committee. and also has been president of the Hampden county agricultural society.
BUSH. AUSTIN BALLOT, a native and life- in Willimansett. December 21. 1829. At that time Willimansett formed a part of the town of Springfield, but in 1846 was set off to Chicopee. In his youth Austin B. Bush attended the old State street school, then under teachers Sanford Lawton and Ariel Parish. and afterward completed his early education in the ('linton (N. Y.) Llberal instituto-two years. Rev. T. J. Sawyer, principal: the Norwich (Vt.) Military academy-one year. Capt. Alden Partridge. principal. Both of these teachers were famous educators half a century and more ago. on January 11. 1854. Mr. Bush mar- ried Susan P .. daughter of Davld and Re- becca Millard. His second wife, whom he married February 15. 102. was Persis Crawford Prosser. Ilis children, both by the first marriage, were James A. born No. vember 12. 1654. died December 19. 1851: and Harry Dean, born April 2. 1857. The ancestors of this branch of the Bush fam- Ily In America were Samuel. first, and Jon- athan Bush, who Immigrated to this coun- try probably about 1640 and settled at Enfield. Conn. They were "approbated" as members of the colony there and Jonathan
BIRNIE. CHARLES A .. D. o. Longmeadow, Mass., was born in Beeket. March 13. 1844. a son of William and Sarah I. (Perkins) Birnie. William Birnie was a native of Scotland and came to America when young man. He was employed on the work of construction of the B. & M. R. R. and lived in Springfield from 1852 until his had permission to build. December 26. 1078. death, in 1889. Charles A. Birnie was edi- On November 2. 1685. Jonathan assisted in locating the boundary line between Enfield and Springfeld. Rufus Bush, son of Rufus and direet descendant of the immigrant an- cestor, was the ploneer of the family in Hampden county, and hils children, of whom cated in the Springfield schools, and in 1862 enlisted in Co.A. 46th regiment of In- fantry. He was discharged at the end of nine months. He then began the study of law and was admitted to the bar in Spring
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there were eleven. were born within the born March 11, 1575. died Detober 24, IS51. limits of what now is this county. They Mr. Potter was educated In Wilbraham wore Rufus Allen. David A .. Almira, Ada line. Amanda. Henry Harrison, Clarinda. Gilbert, Sarah. Orville and Kindly A. Bush.
academy. In 1866 be built a saw and plan- ing mill in Hondsville and with his father engaged in the lumber business. His pres- eut partner is Rufus L. Bond. Mr. Potter is president of the lampden Lumber com- pany, and treasurer of the A. C. Dutton lumber Co. He has held varions offices in the town of Palmer and represented his district in the legislature in 1878. lle be- came a resident in Springfield in 1889.
POTTER, TIMOTHY D. Philip Potter, jr., (Tt. son of Philip (9), appears to have been the pioneer in Hampden county of that branch of his family of which we write. The ancestor of this family in America was Nathaniel Putter, who came from England to Portsmouth. Rhode Island, previous to 1636. and died in 1644. His wife was HANCOCK JOSEPH CLARK. D. 0. Spring- field. traces his ancestry in America back to Nathaniel Hancock, who, with his wife Joan, lived in Cambridge, Mass .. as early HIS 1414. The children of these first Amer- ican settlers were Mary. born November 3. 1024: Sarah, born March 3. 1636: Nathan- il. born December 1%. 1638: Elizabeth. bern March 1. 1641 : John. born April S. 1642: Solomon, born about 1642: Lydia. born April 5. 1645. and Thomas Hadley. barn 1650. The latter son. John. was the first Hancock to settle in Hampden county. November 19. 1713. he married Anna. daughter of John and Hannah Webb. Their son. John. born May 20. 1717. married, first. Mary Kilborn on November 22. 1744. and second. Abigail Terry, on July 11. 1754 Of this union was born Gideon. in 1765. who married Eunice Green, Angust 9. 1795. Next in line was John, born March 20, 1801. and who married Celina Cooley. John and Celina (Cooley) Hancock were the parents of our subject. Joseph clark Han- rock, who was born May 10. 1825, and on May 9. 1854. was married to Mary Jane. daughter of Salter Storrs and Sally Smith Stebbins of Longmeadow. Their children are : Elvie Josephine. morn May . 1855 : Abbe Jane, born November 13. 1558. died April 24. 1972: Arthur Clark. born Derem- ber 23. 1862. died October 29. 1\81: Hattie Marion, born August . 1969: Frederick Otis, barn May 27. 1868. and Charles Joseph. born September 10, 1875. Dorothy Potter, survived him many years. and died in 1696. Following the line of direct descent from Nathaniel and his wife to Philip, jr., we find these names as the male heads of families in each succeeding generation : Nathaniel, 2d (2, Nathaniel. 3d (3). William (b. David (5), Philip (6). Philip. jr. (F1. the latter being in the sey- enth generation from the ancestor He was born in Ashford, Conn .. February 14. 1782, and died December 31. 1847, having settled in Wilbraham in 1824, and in 1×44 removed to Charlton, Mass .. where he died. His wife was Hannah Preston, whom he married May 12. 1508. of their children Philtp P'reston Potter was born in l'onnec- lieut July 6, 1811. and died in Springfield. January 14. 1901. fle married. May 24. 1886. Bethiah B. Walker, by whom he had children, all born in Wilbraham. viz. : Tim- othy D., burn April 12. 1840: William W .. born July 12. 1x42. married May 21, 1873. Isabella A. St.lekland : Abigail B .. born October 20. 1814. married April 8. 1863. Moses A. Maynard : Almenia M., born Ang- ist 1%. 1446. married September 7. 1876. George H. Hastings : Philip H., born August 80. 1551. married September 17. 1873. Clara M Murdock. Philip P' Potter was a man of substance in Wilbraham and by reason of his connection with the militia of former days he was called Captain Potter and held a commission indleating that rank. He was selertman several terms and represented his town in the legislature in 1>53. Timothy SHERMAN. PHINEAS A. Philip Sherman was born at Dedham. Essex county. Eng- land. February 5, IGI0. Going back from him four generations to Thomas Sperman. the earliest now known member of the Sherman family, it is recorded that he was born in the early years of the reign of Henry Vll. the first Tudor monarch. who Dimock Potter (!). son of Philip P., mar- rled. first. November 19. 1566. Larene E. Howe, who died is70. and second. April 6. 1\T1. Laura . Atwood, who died 1\83. and third Leora A Albro. His children. both born of his second marriage, are Charles Samuel, born March 24. 1972. married June 1. 1\0%, Jennie E. Parrrish : and Rena B., ascended the throne in 14>5. The Sher-
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man family is of Teutonic or Germanie Frederic Lyman Sherman was born in origin and was transferred to the vicinity West Springfield. Jannary 17. 1878. was a member of the class of IND2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Boston, and was studying for the degree of civil engineer at the time of his death. November 16, 1900 of London, England. during the Anglo- Saxon immigration 450-580 A. D. Thomas Sherman is the ancestor of many noted descendants in the American branches of the family. the most famous of whom, per haps. are the late Gen. William Tecumseh
BALL, LEWIS I .. was born in Agawam. August 19. 1858. the son of Meshach W. Sherman and Senator John Sherman. Philip and Ann C. (Judson) Ball, and the eldest Sherman came to this country in 1633, set- tling in a short time at Roxbury. Mass. Ile married soon afterwards Sarah Odding. Several years later he removed to Rhode Island, owing to his espousal on the popu- of their four children. Lewis was reared and educated in Agawam and removed thence to Springfield. Ile married &Sup- tember 23, 18851 Gertrude Adams, of West Deiby. Vt .. by whom he has one child. Ray- lar side in the Ann Hutchison troubles. mond Adams Ball. born July 26. ISS7. The This plantation he and others purchased from the Indians, upon the advice of Roger Williams, and when the regular government ancestor of the Ball family so frequently mentioned in Hampden county history was Francis Ball. one of six sons of William was established at Portsmouth. in 1639. he Ball. of Wiltshire. England. who came to was chosen first secretary of the colony of America on the ship Planter and landed in Rhode Island and held that position for four years. During King Philip's war he Boston in 16:5 Francis settled in what now is West Springfield in 1640 and mar was of great service to the colony as a counsellor and a person of intelligence. Philip Sherman died in 1687 at Portsmouth, leaving an extensive estate in lands situ- ated in Portsmouth. Narragansett. Ponegan sett. Westerly. R. I .. and Dartmouth. Pris- tol county. Mass. Phineas A. Sherman is ried Abigail Burt. Their children were Jonathan. Ist. born 1645. and Samuel born 1647. the former being the first white male child born in West Springfield. Ho event nally became a man of consequence in the town and was a captain of milltia. a post of great honor. Jonathan's children were Abigail. Thomas (born 1076), Samuel (born Philip. and is the first of his family to 16801. Jonathan. 2d (born 16831. Francis settle in lampden county. He came to Springfield in 1861 and since 1×76 has re- (born 16ST. Benjamin thorn 1650 and Joseph (born 1003.1 Jonathan Ball. 2d. held a major's commission in the French and Indian wars. but on returning from Boston to Springfield in the line of duty. man. a Methodist clergyman ton his mater he was stricken with small pox and dird March 7. 1700. aged thirty years. Benjamin Ball, son of Jonathan elsto), resided on the
descended from Edmond Sherman, son of
sided in West Springfield : present occupa tion, contractor and builder. Phineas An- gustus Sherman, son of Rev. John S. Sher
nal side Phineas A. Sherman is a descend- ant of Peregrine White, the first child of the
Pilgrims of Plymouth). was born in Roch
ester. Bristol county. Mass .. August 23. 1841. Ile graduated from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in 1985. receiv
ing the degree of D. D. N Ile married.
February 7. 1872. Frances Beckwith Lyman.
daughter of Moses Lyman of Springfeld. of an old and prominent Hampshire county
family. Their children are Charles Phineas Sherman, lawyer. of New Haven.
Conn .. born in West Springfield. June &.
1874, graduated from Yale college In 189 ;.
receiving the degree of 1 :. A. graduated
from Yale law school in INOS receiving the
degree of IL. B .. graduated from Yale unl-
versity in 1590. receiving the degree of
doctor of civil law. Their second son.
family estate in West Springfield.
Itis
children were Moses, Noah. Charles. Ben. jamin and Abigail. Moses Ball. son of Benjamin. married Lney King. and thelr children were Abigail. Lucy, Sarah. Ben jamin. Martin. EH. Jonathan and Muses. Eli, who was hest known as Capt. Ell Ball. was born In 1761 and dled in 144
children were Norman, born 17\\: Ell. jr .. born 17-9. died INI: Lucy. born 1793. married William Dewey : Benjamin, born 1795: Francis, horn 1725: Cynthia. born 1791: Elizabeth, born 1799: Wulffam. born 1501: Desire, born 1901. married Palmer Gallup ; Margaret, bort 150G : Cynthia 2d. born 180%: Adaline barn 1500; Spymm. born 1×12. and Samuel, born INIt Nur
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man Ball. son of Capt. Ell. married Betsy fiekl. Judge Copeland came to Spring- field to live in 1×72.
Warriner. Ortoler 26. 1\14. She was born Aprd D. 1790, and died September 14, 1450.
Norman died November 30. ING2. Their hildren were Alfred Leonard, born Septem- ber 11. 1\15, died April 29. 1902 : Cynthia. horn February 23, INIT. died Inne S. 1902 ; Elizabeth. born January 31. 1>10. died January 5. 1899: Norman. jr .. born Sep- tember 16. 1821. died February 20, 1902 : Meshach W. born July 6. 1825 ; Imney Jane. born December 1. 1829. Alfred Leonard Ball never married. Cynthia married. De- cember. 1548. William 1. Clark. and their
BARDWELL, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, man- ager of the Western Union telegraph office in Springfield since March 1. 1897, was born Shelburne Falls. Mass .. May 1. 1461. llo acquired his education in the publle schools and also in the old Franklin academy. Subsequently he became a prac- theal telegrapher and in 1878 began his career as an operator in his native town. He remained in that capacity for a year. going thence to Troy. N. Y .. for a short time. and from thenee to North Adams. children were Wille, horn November S. Mass., having been promoted to the posi- 1.45. died June 27. 1852: Ida E .. born March 26. 1552. died September 17. 1598. Elizabeth Ball married Dexter Winter. but had no children. Norman Ball. jr .. mar- rled. November 15. 1×49. Julia A. Merrill. who died August. 1500, and he married. see- ond, December 23. 1596. Mrs. Nancy B. Hull. Meshach W. Ball married. Jannary 24. 1857. Ann C. Judson who bore him these children : Lewis J .. born August 1%. 1458: Bessie A. horn Inne 22. 1862 : Nor- man A .. horn May 3. 1864. died May 28. 1$72: May J., born July 31. 1870: Licy Jane, married J C. Hastings of Suffield.
tion of train dispatcher for the old Troy & Greenfield railroad. when it was under the management of the state of Massachusetts. When the state relinquished the manage- ment of the road in 1887 he was called to the main office of the Fitchburg rairoad at Boston, serving in the capacity of train dispatcher and chief clerk to the superin- tendent of telegraph until 1897. when he was called to the management of the West- ern I'nion telegraph company's office in Springfield. On October 20. 1883. Mr. Bardwell married Annie Amanda, daughter of Darwin F. Ware, of Shelburne Falls. COPELAND ALFRED MINOT. His first an 'estur in this country was Lawrence tope- land. who in 1651 married Lydia Townsend. Their son William married widow Mary Webb, granddaughter of John Alden. Their son Jonathan married Betty Snell, dangh- ter of Thomas Snell of Bridgewater. Their son Daniel, born In 1741. married Susannah Ames, danghter of Joseph Ames of West Bridgewater. Their son Daniel, born in 1767. married Abigail Shaw, danghter of Gideon Shaw of Raynham. nud their son. Alfred. born 1501. married Emma Augusta Howd. daughter of Whitehead lowd of Now Hartford Conn. They were the pa rents of Alfred Minot, who was born July 3. 1\30, in Hartford, Conn. Ile came to Chester in Hampden county with his pa rents in June 1543. He was admitted to practice law at the Hampden county bar. Their children are Earl Darwin, born De- cember G. 1864. in North Adams and died in infancy : Gladys Genevieve. born Angust 7. 1800, in Boston, and Leland Frederick, horn Angust 21. 1892. in Boston. MIr. Bardwell's ancestor (who in fact was the ancestor of nearly if not quite all of the Bardwells in New England, in America was Robert Bardwell, an Englishman, a hatter's apprentice, who left London in 1667 and settled in Deerfield. Mass. A few years later, during the disastrons King Philip's war. he was a soldier with the colonial troops and took part in the historic "swamp fight" against the Narragansett Indians. On December 19, 1675. he was commis- sioned sergeant under Capt. Turner and was stationed at Hatfield with twenty-four men. He also took part in the battle at Turner's Falls and otherwise was an active in Derember. 1455, and located in Hunting- spirit in defending the frontier settlements ton (formerly Chester Villagel.
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