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Russell Wheeler came to Royalston from Rehoboth, and settled in the west part of the town, in the vicinity of what has since been known as the Underwood and the Moore sawmill; he had an extensive veterinary practice, and was for that reason known as Dr. Wheeler; he died in 1825, and was succeeded by his son, Capt. Russell Wheeler, who sold the place to his brother, Benjamin Wheeler; he married Elizabeth , and they had 16 children, the first 5 of whom died by the epi- demic ot 1795; some of the others were as follows:
Russell Wheeler, Jr., born in 1795; married Irena Boyce, in 1812, when he was but a few months more than 16 years of age, according to Mr. Caswell, who states that they had 6 children, but mentions 8 by name, as well as 11 grandchildren, and 6 or more great-grandchildren, in a somewhat confused record.
Benjamin Wheeler, born in 1810, bought his grandfather's old place from his brother, Russell Wheeler, Jr., and after the house was burned, in 1852, he removed to South Royalston, where he became Col. George Whitney's assistant at the rail- road station, which position he retained until about 1870. He married Mary Ann Whitney, a sister of George Whitney, in 1847; he died in 1884; they had 3 children,
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two of whom died in infancy; the other, Levi Whitney Wheeler, was born in 1848; he was employed on railroad work many years; married Martha M. Cutter; he died in 1822; they had 5 children: Frank B., Ernest E., Florence E., who served the town as Auditor of Accounts for several years, Fred B., and Grace E.
Mr. Cross, in his list of men born in Royalston who served in the Civil War on the quotas of other cities and towns, gives the names of 2 sons of Col. Josiah and Martha (Forristall) Wheeler, and brothers of Lyman S. Wheeler, who also served on the Royalston quota, as follows:
Ezra L. Wheeler, born in 1823, served in the 36th Regiment Massachusetts In- fantry, on the quota of Templeton.
Rufus B. P. Wheeler, born in 1829, served in the 52nd Regiment Massachusetts Infantry, on the quota of Orange.
THE KNIGHT FAMILIES.
Two families, at least, of the name of Knight have lived in Royalston; whether they were in any way related does not appear.
William Knight resided at South Royalston; it is probable that he came there from Hopkinton, as it is told that his 2 sons were born there. He was employed as a mechanic around the shops and mill. He married Harriet , and they had 2 sons, who took part in the Civil War:
1. Henry E. Knight, born in 1842; he enlisted in the 21st Regiment Massachu- setts Infantry, in 1861; re-enlisted in 1864, and was killed in action that year, at the battle of Spottsylvania Court House.
2. Charles S. Knight, born in 1845; he enlisted in the 21st Regiment Massa- chusetts Infantry, in 1864; transferred to the 36th Regiment the same year, and to the 56th Regiment in 1865; honorably discharged at the close of the war in 1865. Later in life his home was in Gardner.
The Newell Knight family came to Royalston from Acton; perhaps they lived at South Royalston at first, but later their home was at the William Eddy place, on the road between the Center and South Royalston; after that they removed to the place designated at 15NE on our map of the Center village, and Mr. Knight assisted Barnet Bullock, the owner of the place, in his farming operations (see page 246); somewhere not far from 1867 Mrs. Knight bought the place at 18E, and after a few years residence there, they removed to South Royalston. Newell Knight married Rebecca Homer, and her mother, Mrs. Homer, was a member of their family for many years. Mrs. Knight died about 1901, and Newell Knight died in 1905. They had 3 children:
1. Nellie (or Ellen) A. Knight, born in 1848; she became a singer of distinc- tion; she sang at the Royalston Centennial Celebration, in 1865, and it was planned that she should sing at the Sesqui-Centennial Celebration, in 1915, but the serious illness of her husband prevented her from being present; she married Warren L. Wheeler, in 1870; he died in Fitchburg, in 1915, and she died there, in 1922; they had 2 children:
(1.) Nellie Genevieve Wheeler, born in Hudson, in 1876; married George L. Nash, in 1900; they have resided in Fitchburg, and have had 3 children: Warren Nash, Eleanor Nash, and Constance H. Nash; the latter died in infancy.
(2.) Bessie May Wheeler, born in 1878, died in 1880.
2. Edward N. Knight, 2nd child of Newell and Rebecca (Homer) Knight, was born in the vicinity of 1850; he had superior musical talent, and adopted music as a profession; his home during the latter part of his life was in San Francisco.
3. Frederick H. Knight, born in 1861; after the family removed to South Roy- alston he engaged in livery business there; when the woolen mill business was re -ยท moved to Fitchburg after the stone mill was destroyed by fire, in 1892, he served as coachman for George E. Whitney there; later he was connected with restaurant and boarding and lodging-house business in Fitchburg, where he died, in 1923.
George W. Knight enlisted in the Civil War from Royalston, in the 53rd Regi- ment of Massachusetts Infantry, in 1862; he died of disease at New Orleans, before he had served 6 months; his parents were Simeon and Lucinda P. Knight, but it does not appear whether they resided in Royalston or elsewhere.
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THE DAVIS FAMILY.
John Davis, probably the first member of the family to settle in Royalston, was born in Haverhill, and removed to Rehoboth, about 1750, and from Rehoboth to Royalston in 1778, where he bought a farm of 200 acres in the west part of the qown, from James Otis, one of the original proprietors, for 240 pounds. He served in the Revolutionary War as Lieutenant, and was granted 200 acres of land by the government for his service. He died in 1794. He married Joanna Hicks, in 1760. They had 13 children.
Squire Davis, the 1st child of John and Joanna (Hicks) Davis, was born in Re- hoboth, in 1762, and removed to Royalston with his father, in 1778. He served in the Revolution, and received $600 from the town for his service, and afterwards re- ceived a pension. He served the town as Selectman 21 years, and as Representa- tive to the General Court in 1823. He married Althear Bullock, daughter of Moul- ton Bullock, and they had 7 children and 16 grandchildren.
Of the 7 children of Squire and Althear (Bullock) Davis, Joseph Davis was born in 1792; he acquired more than 1000 acres of land. He married Tamarin Ballou, of Richmond, N. H .; they had 6 children; he died in 1869; she died in 1879. Their 6th child, Marie E. Davis, was born in 1841; she married Charles F. Tandy, son of Rev. Lorenzo Tandy, in 1866; she died in 1870. Olive Davis was born in 1803; she married Adriel White, in 1826, and they had 10 children; he died in 1869, and she died in 1879, at Owosso, Mich., where 3 of her sons had settled.
John Davis, 2nd child of John and Joanna (Hicks) Davis, was born in 1763. He served in the Revolution at the age of 16, and received a pension. He was twice married, and had 11 children. He died in 1846.
Sarah Davis, a daughter of John and Joanna (Hicks) Davis, was born in 1766. She married Rev. Simeon Jacobs, a widower with 6 children, in 1792; they had 3 more children; she died in 1853.
Joseph Davis, 7th child of John and Joanna (Hicks) Davis, was born in 1771; he married Sophia White, in 1795; he died in 1830. They had a large family of children, among whom were the following:
1. Clarissa Davis, born in 1796; she married Luther Ballou, in 1818; they had 12 children; she died in 1866.
2. Jarvis Davis, born in 1799; he served the town as Selectman 5 years, As- sessor 5 years, Representative in 1856, and on the Centennial Committee in 1865. He died in 1876.
3. Alvin Davis, born in 1801; he started for the gold fields of California, but died before he reached them.
4. Lorenzo Davis, born in 1803; he removed to Putney, Vt., and married Ros- anna Gale, in 1831.
5. Lovina Davis, born in 1806; she married Lyman Peck, in 1829; they had 6 children.
6. Czarina Davis, born in 1808; she married Sullivan Peck, in 1831; they had 5 children.
7. Cemantha Davis, born in 1812; she married Charles Osgood, in 1837.
8. Feronda Davis, born in 1819, died in 1838.
Asahel Davis, 9th child of John and Joanna (Hicks) Davis, was born in 1775; he married Deborah Mason; he died in 1859; they had 9 children, as follows:
1. Cyrus Davis, born in 1799. He served as Representative in 1840, as Se- lectman in 1845, on the School Committee in 1857, and on the Centennial Committee in 1865. He married Dulcena Gale, in 1828; he died in 1867; they had 7 children:
(1.) Marissa Davis, born in 1828; married Lewis H. Keyes, and resided in Athol; she died in 1909; they had 4 children.
(2.) Helen M. Davis, born in 1831; married Albert Whitaker, and resided in New Salem; they had 3 children.
(3.) Emogene Davis, born in 1836; married Andrew J. Bennett, and resided in Oswego, N. Y .; she died in 1908; they had 3 children.
(4.) Galphina Davis, born in 1837; married Dr. A. W. King, of Plymouth, Ill .; she died there, in 1868; they had a child.
(5.) Jay Davis, born in 1840; he served in the Civil War, in the 25th Regiment
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Massachusetts Infantry. He afterwards removed to Iliinois, where he was mar- ried, and had a son; he died in 1904.
(6.) Dulcena Davis, born about 1845; she married, 1st, William G. Reed, in 1866, and they had 2 children; he died in 1872; she married, 2nd, William Fordyce Bigelow; he died in 1900; she died in 1921.
2. Elisha Davis, 2nd child of Asahel and Deborah (Mason) Davis, was born in 1801; he married, 1st, Hannah Peck, in 1829, and 2nd, Sarah Morse.
3. Ansil Davis, born in 1803; he was twice married, and had several children. Late in life he resided in Warwick, was Representative from that town, and died there in 1859.
4. Hannah Davis, born in 1805; she married, 1st, Oliver M. Fisher, of Wen- dell; and, 2nd, Jonathan Wheeler, of Athol; they had 7 children, one of whom mar- ried Bela Dexter, of Royalston, who removed to Rutland, Vt.
5. Louisa Davis, born in 1807; she became a school teacher, and married El- bridge Boyden, a noted architect, of Worcester; they had 3 children; she died in Worcester, in 1888.
6. Daniel Davis, born in 1809. At the age of 18 he began teaching school. At 19 he went to Boston, where he was appointed a policeman, having charge of Quincy Market, Faneuil Hall, and the Custom House, which at that time was in Faneuil Hall. When 25 years of age he gave up his position on account of failing health, as physicians said he could live but a short time; he returned to the farm at Royalston, and for a time taught school in Royalston and Orange; he then went out as salesman for Jonathan Wheeler, who operated a pail factory at Athol, and traveled over 13 states, and was on the Atlantic for 14 days during a storm, when everyone was seasick; after that his health was much improved. He resided in Athol for several years, and then returned to Royalston, which was his home for the remainder of his long life. He served the town as Selectman, Assessor, School Committee and Overseer of the Poor; was a member of the Historical Committee on the occasion of the Centennial Celebration, in 1865, and of the Committee of Publication of the Memorial; he prepared a historical article which was read, and he was present, at the Old Home Week celebration in 1910, when he was more than 101 years of age. He married Laurinda W. Stratton, of Athol, in 1842; she died Feb. 9, 1912, and he died March 30 of the same year, at the age of more than 103 years. They had 6 children:
(1.) Thenais B. Davis, born in Athol, in 1843; she married Eugene T. Bixby, in 1872; they had 2 children: Willie E. Bixby, born in 1873, and died in 1898; Harry D. Bixby, born in 1875; he married Maude E. Stone, of Royalston, in 1900; they had a daughter, Louise S. Bixby, born in 1908; he died in 1915. Thenais married, 2nd, Ezekiel V. Nelson, May 9, 1894; he died in 1895; she died in 1910.
(2.) Hosea D. Davis, born in 1845; he went to Boston in early life, and became a contractor and builder; he married Mary Davis, of Boston.
(3.) Abby L. Davis, born in 1847, and died in 1848.
(4.) Emory A. Davis, born in 1848; he went to California when a young man, and became a carpenter and contractor; he never married.
(5.) Charles S. Davis, born in 1851; he went to Minneapolis in 1874, where he was general foreman for a furniture manufacturing company for about 11 years, and then was in real estate business until 1900, when he was appointed the first truant officer of the schools of Minneapolis, with more than 40,000 elementary school children in the public schools and 25 private and parochial schools to look after, with 2 assistants and a clerk.
(6.) Willie W. Davis, born in 1854; in his early manhood he went to Minne- apolis, where he was employed in a furniture manufactory for 12 years, and was for 3 years connected with a piano company in Boston. He then returned to Roy- alston, and in 1900 became a partner in the firm of Newton & Davis, in the mill and lumber business. He removed to Boston about 1918.
7. Polly Mason Davis, 7th child of Asahel and Deborah (Mason) Davis, was born in 1812; she became a school teacher; she married Chester Bancroft, in 1856, resided in Worcester, and died there, in 1893, without children.
8. Hosea Davis, 8th child of Asahel and Deborah (Mason) Davis, was born in 1816; he graduated from Dartmouth College in 1842; later he studied medicine, and practiced in Indiana and Illinois for 40 years; he was twice married, and had 9 children; he died about 1887.
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THE PECK FAMILY.
The first member of the Peck family to settle in Royalston was probably Daniel Peck, who came from Rehoboth, about 1775, and settled in the west part of the town; he was a thrifty farmer; he married Relief Joy, of Rehoboth, in 1771; he died in 1814; she died in 1832; they had 13 children.
Daniel Peck, 1st child of Daniel and Relief (Joy) Peck, was born in Rehoboth, in 1772, and came to Royalston with his parents, about 1775; he married Delia Gale, in 1795, and they, like his parents, had 13 children, as follows:
1. Rulina Peck, born in 1796; married Hugh Foster, in 1818.
2. Chauncey Peck, born in 1797; married Jemima Bush, of Templeton, in 1824, and removed to Boston.
3. Pomroy Peck, born in 1799; married Amanda Searles, of Sutton, and set- tled in that town.
4. Harriet Peck, born in 1800; married Daniel Bliss, in 1821.
5. Mary Peck, born in 1803; married Rev. Timothy Crosby, in 1823.
6. Lyman Peck, born in 1804; married, 1st, Lovina Davis, in 1829; she died in 1860; they had 9 children, most of whom married and removed from Royalston; he married, 2nd, Mrs. Fanny Harrington, in 1860; he died in 1862.
7. Sullivan Peck, born in 1806; he lived on the home farm until 1866, when he removed to Burlington, Vt., where he resided the remainder of his life; he married Czarina Davis, in 1831; they had 7 children, all of whom were born in Royalston, and removed to Burlington with their parents, or elsewhere; the most conspicuous one was the 6th child and 3rd son:
Hamilton Sullivan Peck, born in 1845; he removed to Burlington with the others of his family, and graduated from the University of Vermont, in 1870; he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1873; he was State Attorney for Chit- tenden County in 1878-80; Alderman of Burlington, 1883-85; City Judge, 1888-94; Mayor of Burlington, 1896-98; Representative to Legislature, 1910. He has been prominent in Republican party politics, and in various secret societies and clubs. He attended several of the Old Home gatherings in Royalston, and on one occasion he gave an address on "Tbe Early New England Home." He married Selina A. Aiken, and they had a son, Roy Hamilton Peck, who became a physician, and prac- ticed in Springfield, Mass.
8. Hannah F. Peck, born in 1809; married Elisha M. Davis, in 1829.
9. Elvira Peck, born in 1811; married George Batchelor, in 1837.
10. Elsa S. Peck, born in 1813.
11. Delia Peck, born in 1815; married George Pierce, in 1835. , in 1846.
13. Huldah C. Peck, born in 1817; married Emory
13. Augusta Peck, born in 1820; married George Gibson.
Solomon Peck, came from Rehoboth and settled in Royalston, about 1779. He married Anna Wheeler, in 1772; she died in 1810; he died in 1822; they followed the Peck custom, and had 13 children.
Benoni Peck, 3rd son of Solomon and Anna (Wheeler) Peck, was born in 1783; he settled in the west part of the town, well over toward the Warwick line, and kept his home there until 1862, when he removed to Fitzwilliam. He served as Lieutenant in the militia in the War of 1812. He served the town as Representa- tive in the Legislature in 1836 and 1837; Selectman in 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840 and 1843; Assessor in 1819, 1820, 1827, 1830, 1836 and 1840. He held a commission as Justice of the Peace for more than 40 years, was generally known as 'Squire Peck, and transacted a large amount of probate business. He married, 1st, Eunice Rogers, in 1808; she died in 1853; he married, 2nd, Malinda Richards. He had 10 children by his 1st wife, as follows:
1. Caroline Peck, born in 1809; married Josiah Parker, and settled in Ashland.
2. Philip Peck, born in 1812; he settled in Walpole, N. H., and became a mer- chant; married Martha Ellen Barrows, in 1839; they had 2 children.
3. Levi Peck, born in 1814; engaged in mercantile business in Boston; mar- ried Lucy M. Whitcomb, of Winchendon, in 1844; they had 2 children.
4. James W. Peck, born in 1817; he was a merchant in Boston, until his health failed, when he retired, and died in Winchendon, in 1860; he married Caro- line M. Ladd; they had 2 children.
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5. Benjamin Peck, born in 1820; died in 1841.
6. Eliphalet Peck, born in 1823; married Nancy Smith; resided in Worcester.
7. Calista Peck, born in 1824; at the age of 17 she went to Winchendon and learned the millinery business, which she carried on successfully for many years; she was the first public librarian in Winchendon; she married Levi Nelson Fair- banks, in 1846; he died in 1867; she died in 1895; they had 4 children.
8. Eunice Peck, born in 1827; died in 1846.
9. Henry Peck, born in 1829; he was a prominent school teacher, and later he engaged in the undertaking and marble working business in Winchendon; he mar- ried Frances Corey, in 1861; he died in 1888; they had 2 sons, Henry Eddie Peck, born in 1862, and Fred B. Peck, born in 1876; these brothers engaged in the cloth- ing and drygoods business in Winchendon.
10. Mary Peck, born in 1831; died in 1855.
John Peck from Rehoboth, settled in Royalston, before 1775; he was a farmer and school teacher; Mr. Caswell ranked him among "Royalston poets;" he served the town as Assessor in 1775, 1776 and 1780, and as Selectman in 1787. He removed to Montpelier, Vt., in 1806, and died there, in 1812. He married Mary Drown, and they had 6 sons, some of whom attained more than ordinary prominence in Ver- mont; one son, Squire Peck, is credited with having been a partner in one of the earliest stores on Royalston Common; he married Elizabeth Goddard, in 1794, and one of their 10 children, Asahel Peck, became a Judge of the Supreme Court of Vermont, and Governor of the state of Vermont.
THE GODDARD FAMILY.
Samuel Goddard, son of Benjamin Goddard, was born in Grafton, about 1748; he removed to Sutton, and from Sutton to Royalston, in 1778, where he settled on the farm in the west part of the town which was occupied by the Goddard fam- ily until about 1895. He was a farmer, tanner and shoemaker; he established a tannery on his place, which was continued by his descendants (see page 68). He served the town as Assessor in 1783, and as Selectman in 1791, 1801 and 1803. He married, 1st, Elizabeth King, in 1769; she died in 1786; he married, 2nd, Mrs. Catherine Parks, in 1790. He had 12 children; 3 of his sons became deacons of the First Congregational Church:
1. Henry Goddard, born in 1770; according to Mr. Caswell's story, he "lived to be 78 years of age and was always an invalid after he was 16 years old." He became a merchant early in life, and "kept store in a building erected about 1790 for that purpose,"-presumably at the west part of Royalston. "Subsequently Samuel and Henry Goddard, Squire Peck and one Pierce kept store in the middle of the town near the site of the Bullock residence. They were burned out." (See pages 89 and 90.) Henry Goddard, with his brothers, Asahel and James, went to Belfast, Maine, in 1803, and carried on a store there, which was not notably profit- able, and Asahel died there, in 1806. Henry lived in Belfast 30 years, teaching, merchandising and manufacturing; he returned to Massachusetts, first to Millbury, and then to Royalston, where he died of consumption, in 1848. He was probably the Henry Goddard chosen deacon of the First Congregational Church in 1835.
2. Samuel Goddard, Jr., born in 1773. He was engaged with his brother Henry and others in the early store enterprise at the "middle of the town." He was probably the Samuel Goddard, Jr., who was chosen deacon of the First Congrega- tional Church in 1802 and resigned in 1809. He was a school teacher, and when more than 30 years of age he began to study for the ministry; his first pastorate was at Concord, N. H., and he was a missionary in that state; afterwards he served in Norwich, Vt., for many years, the last 3 of which he was totally blind; he died there in 1844.
3. Elizabeth Goddard was born in 1774; she married Squire Peck, in 1794; they removed to Montpelier, Vt., about 1806, and she died there in 1834; they had 10 children; Nahum Peck became an eminent lawyer, and Asahel Peck was Judge of the Supreme Court of Vermont, and Governor of the state.
4. Salmon Goddard was born in 1776. He succeeded his father with the farm and tannery, served as Assessor 7 years, Selectman in 1830, and Representative in 1838. He was a deacon of the First Congregational Church from 1820 to 1842, the
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year of his death. He married, 1st, Dolly Faulkner, in 1807; she died in 1824, and he married, 2nd, Lucy Goddard, in 1825; he had 8 children by his 1st wife, some of whom died before reaching maturity.
(?) Salmon Goddard, son of Salmon and Dolly (Faulkner) Goddard, was born in 1816; he continued at the old farm, and kept up the tannery until the improved methods made it unprofitable. He did not, like his father and 2 uncles, achieve a deaconship in the First Congregational Church, but cast his lot with the West Bap- tist Church, and gave it his support. In the latter years of his life he retired from the farm and resided in Athol. He married Charlotte Augusta Day, in 1842; they had 3 children:
[1.] Mary C. Goddard, born in 1844; she married Asaph M. White, about 1865; they had 2 sons; he died in 1906, after which she resided in Athol.
[2.] Lucy Maria Goddard, born in 1849; she married Cyrus D. Davis, presum- ably the son of Cyrus Davis, and they resided in Athol, Petersham, and Keene, N. H .; she died at Keene, in 1913.
[3.] Herbert S. Goddard, born in 1852. In early life he was associated with his brother-in-law, Cyrus D. Davis, in steam sawmill and lumbering operations in Royalston, Athol, Petersham, and vicinity. In 1888 he located in Athol, and for about 10 years was a member of the firm of Goddard & Manning, manufacturers of pianoforte cases. After that he gave his attention largely to public affairs, serving the town as Selectman, Assessor, Sewer Commissioner, on the Board of Health, and in other positions. In 1903 he was appointed a Deputy Sheriff of Worcester County, which office he has retained. He has been a deacon of the Baptist Church, and recorded his interest in the religious home of his early life by presenting an organ to the West Royalston Baptist Church on the dedication of its new building, in 1896. He married Sarah E. Forristall, of Boston, in 1880; they have 2 daugh- ters: Charlotte Pitman Goddard, born in 1882; she became a teacher, and later held an important position at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., for many years; Maud Goddard, born in 1884; married Ernest C. Thatcher, and resided in Athol.
5. Asahel Goddard, born in 1777; he went with his brothers, Henry and James, to Belfast, Maine, in 1803, and died there, in 1806.
6. James Goddard, born in 1784; he engaged in the mercantile enterprise with his brothers, at Belfast, Maine; from there he went into New York state, where he engaged in lumber business; there "he married Hannah Hay, who weighed 300 pounds;" and there he died.
7. Benjamin Goddard, born in 1791. As a young man he went to Worcester, where in 1822 he became the partner of Ichabod Washburn, in the firm of Goddard & Washburn, manufacturing woolen machinery and lead pipe. In 1831 they sold this business and began making wire in another location; and this wire business ex- panded, until, under the names of Washburn & Moen Company and Worcester Wire Company, it became the most extensive of the kind in the country, if not in the world. Benjamin Goddard retired from the partnership in 1835; but about 1840 he became manager of the mill, and continued in the position until the end of his life, in 1867. His 3 sons, Henry, Dorrance and Delano, also held important positions in the business; Delano Goddard afterward became editor of the Boston Advertiser.
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