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(I) Zachary Harrison Brazier, mentioned above, was born at a place and time not now know. He served as a private in Captain Jo- seph Noyes's company, for seacoast defense
at Falmouth, July 17, to December 31, 1775; and again as quarter gunner in Captain Abner Lowell's company of Matross, stationed at Falmouth from the first day of January to the last day of March, 1777. Zachary H. Brazier married Sarah (Sally) Guston, born January 9, 1736, died February 10, 1821. Their chil- dren were : John, Moses, Enoch, Daniel, Sarah, Nathaniel, Lucy, Anne (Nancy), Har- rison and Betsey.
(II) Harrison, sixth son of Zachary H. and Sarah (Sally) (Guston) Brazier, was born in Portland, August 9, 1777, died No- vember 8, 1855. He was a house carpenter and lumber dealer. The following article re- cently (1908) appeared in print: "The old McLellon-Wingate house, one of the best of the old residences in Portland, located at the corner of Spring and High streets, is to be used as an art museum by the Portland So- ciety of Art. The finish on the inside of the house is excellent, and in the centre of the spacious hall is a run of flying stairs, unsup- ported except at the top and bottom, with a passage at each side. The stairs turn each way at the top to the corridor, which is the same width as the hall below. The hall was finished by Harrison Brazier, one of the best known workmen of his time, and he worked on it continuously ninety-seven days." On August 21, 1831, The Portland Society of the New Jerusalem was formed, and on August 20, 1836, Harrison Brazier united with this society and was confirmed. August 31, 1836 the society was incorporated under the name of "The First New Jerusalem Society of Port- land," and soon afterward purchased land on Congress street, on which to build a house of worship; and Harrison Brazier, George Ropes and Arthur M. Small were appointed to su- perintend the building of the temple. Harri- son Brazier married (first), December 17, 1799, Abigail Riggs, daughter of Jeremiah Riggs. She was born March 10, 1777, died April 7, 1823, leaving a family of eleven chil- dren. He married (second), September 17, 1823, Ann Lowell, who died June 15, 1859. By the second marriage there were no chil- dren. The children by first marriage were: I. Sophia, born October 6, 1800, died March 26, 1878; married Joseph M. Kellogg, an of- ficer in the United States revenue marine serv- ice, and had four children: Joseph, Eunice Mclellan, Elijah and Sophia. 2. John Har- rison, born September 1, 1802, died February 19, 1850; married, October 25, 1827, Ruth Ann Strout, by whom he had John Harrison and Mary Brazier. 3. Abigail Cobb, born Au-
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gust 14, 1804, died August 6, 1818. 4. Enoch, born June 9, 1806, died in Cuba, February 27, 1856; married, August 21, 1831, Phebe Ilsley, who died January 21, 1852, leaving one child, Lucy A., who married John Sawyer. 5. Jo- seph Riggs, mentioned below. 6. Daniel, born December 29, 1809, died January 12, 1849; married, November 19, 1834, Mary L. Ingra- ham; they had two children: Annie Brazier, who married David Franklin Corser; and Joseph H., who married Ellen Bartol; they reside in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and have children : Emeline Josephine and Harry Bartol. 7. Margaret, born January 3, 1812, married, November 5, 1839, David Perkins. 8. Eunice Osgood, born January 18, 1814, died June 24, 1818. 9. Elizabeth Tobey, born December 17, 1815, died July 22, 1843; married, December II, 1834, Abner Lowell, and had two children : John A., who lives in Boston; and Abby, who married (first) Edward Emery, of Portland, Maine; (second) a Mr. Brewer, of New York. IO. Mary M., born March 28, 1818, died No- vember 21, 1843; married, November 23, 1841, Theodore Moses, of Chelsea, Massachusetts, and died childless. II. Charles, born Septem- ber 23, 1821, died October 4, 1821.
(III) Joseph Riggs, third son of Harrison and Abigail (Riggs) Brazier, was born July 18, 1808, died August 28, 1878. He resided in Portland. He married, July 9, 1835, Har- riet Porter Lowell. Children : I. Harriet, married Payson Tucker, of Portland, manager of the Maine Central railroad. 2. Lucy Low- ell. 3. Daniel, see below. 4. Henry Clay, died young. 5. William Harrison, died in 1900 ; married Alice J. Bagley ; they had one child, Helen Louise Brazier, born January, 1884.
(IV) Daniel, eldest son of Joseph Riggs and Harriet Porter (Lowell) Brazier, was born in Portland, September 5, 1851, died Au- gust 29, 1895. He was educated in the public schools and by private tutors, and after leav- ing school took a clerical position with the Eastern Express Company. After a period of service there he became a clerk in the Maine Savings Bank, and in a short time was made assistant treasurer and teller, and held that position twenty years, till his retirement from business after a continuous service of twenty-five years. He was a Republican in politics, but not a politician, and held no po- litical offices. He attended the State Street Congregational Church. He was a member of Ancient Landmark Lodge, F. and A. M .; Mt. Vernon Royal Arch Chapter; Portland Coun- cil, Royal and Select Masters, and Portland
Commandery, Knights Templar. Daniel Brazier married, in Portland, November 15, 1882, Nellie Louise Foss, who was born May 14, 1856, sixth child of Alexander and Susan Farley (Little) Foss, of Portland. One child, Hattie Payson Brazier, born September 2, 1888, now a senior in Wellesley College.
Susan Farley (Little) Foss, above men- tioned, twelfth child of Stephen (3) and Re- becca (Dodge) (Caldwell) Little, was born in Portland, Maine, June 5, 1819, and mar- ried, May 31, 1840, Alexander Foss, of Port- land, who died August 19, 1864. They had nine children : 1. Frank Little, born July II, 1841, married, May 14, 1864, Helen M. Thomas. 2. Elizabeth Maria, September 29, 1843, married, March 15, 1864, Albion P. Chapman, of Deering. 3. Sarah Hartley, May 26, 1847, married, December 8, 1870, Augustus Schlotterbeck. 4. Charles S., Sep- tember 28, 1849, died young. 5. Georgiana Dow, March 8, 1854, married, January 29, 1878, Albert M. Wentworth. 6. Nellie Lou- ise, born May 14, 1856, married, November 15, 1882, Daniel Brazier, of Portland. 7. Charles Sumner, married Cara Macy. 8. Edward Little, March 29, 1858, married Bertha Thompson. 9. Annie Nason, Jan- uary 14, 1864, married James Nowlan.
CROSBY Several settlers named Crosby came to New England early enough to be classed among the pioneers. From them sprung a hardy race of frontiersmen, who were industrious work- ers in peace, and hard fighters in the wars with French and Indians. Still later genera- tions of Crosbys have won honorable mention as business men, college professors and pro- fessional men. The name signifying "cross- town," or "town built by the cross," was first used as the name of a settlement and later as a surname.
(I) Simon Crosby, perhaps a brother of Thomas, of Cambridge and Rowley, embarked for New England in the "Susan and Ellen," April 13, 1635. He was at that time twenty- six years of age. His wife Ann was twenty- five, and their son Thomas was eight weeks old. He resided at the corner of Brattle street and Brattle square, Cambridge, Massa- chusetts, nearly where the old Brattle house now stands. He was prominent among the pioneers, and was selectman in 1636-38, and died September, 1639, aged only thirty-one. The children of Simon and Ann were: Thomas, born in England, and Simon and Jo- seph, born in Cambridge. Ann, after the
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death of her husband, married the Rev. Wil- liam Thompson, of Braintree, before 1646, and became a second time a widow at his death, December 10, 1666.
(11) Simon (2), second son and child of Simon (1) and Ann Crosby, born in Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, August, 1637, died January 22, 1726, in the eighty-ninth year of his age. He was one of the pioneer settlers of Billerica, his residence being on the north side of Bare hill. He became a large land- holder, was the first innholder in the town, was a leading citizen, and representative 1691- 97-98. His will made June, 1717, was proved February 26, 1725. He married, July 15, 1659, Rachel Brackett, born November 3, 1639, daughter of Deacon Richard and Alice Brackett, of Braintree. She was living at the date of his will. The children of Simon and Rachel were: Rachel, Simon, Thomas, Joseph, Hannah, Nathan, Josiah, Mary and Sarah.
(III) Joseph, third son of Simon (2) and Rachel (Brackett) Crosby, born July 5, 1669, died about 1736, in Billerica, Massachusetts, where he passed his life, residing east of Nut- ting's pond. He married, May 6, 1691, Widow Sarah Stark, daughter of Lieutenant William and Mary (Lathrop) French, of Billerica. She was born October 29, 1671, and was the mother of the following children: Joseph, Sarah, Rachel, William, Mary, Thomas, Da- vid, Prudence, Hannah, Deborah, Robert and Peletiah.
(IV) Robert, fifth son of Joseph and Sarah (French) (Stark) Crosby, was born July 20, 17II, in Billerica, and was among the early settlers of Townsend, Massachusetts, where he died in 1743. He married, February 7, 1732, in Andover, Mehitable Chandler, born about 1709, in Andover, daughter of Joseph and Mehitable Chandler, of Westford (see Chandler, V). He died there, and she mar- ried (second) Andrew Spalding, of Westford. Robert Crosby's children were: Robert, Jo- nah, Phoebe, Joel and Josiah.
(V) Jonah, second son of Robert and Me- hitable (Chandler) Crosby, baptized at the Townsend church, October 3, 1776, died in Winslow, Maine, in 1813. He was probably born in Townsend, and was received into the church there from New Ipswich in 1759. He resided in New Ipswich a short time, and re- turned to Townsend from that town. While residing in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, he was married in Townsend, December 22, 1757, to Lydia Chandler, of Westford, Massachu- setts. She was born December 10, 1735, in that town, and was baptized December 14, fol-
lowing. He was a soldier in the French and Indian war, and one of the pioncer settlers of Winslow, Maine, where he cleared up land in the forest, and was a leading and influential citizen. His children were: Ezra, Jonah, Stephen, Jesse, Thomas, Eben, Rhoda, Ellen, Lydia, Abigail, Susan, Mary, Robert, Joel.
(VI) Ezra, eldest son of Jonah and Lydia (Chandler) Crosby, was born in Winslow, Maine, where he passed his life engaged in farming, and died in 1814. He married Teresa Sherwin, born June 24, 1768, in Dun- stable, Massachusetts, died in Hartland, 1850, at the age of eighty-two years. Their children were : Jane, Artemas, Mehitable, Joel, Sybil, Cummins, Eunice, Phoebe, Sherwin, Lucena and Vina.
(VII) Sherwin, son of Ezra and Teresa (Sherwin) Crosby, born August 29, 1805, in Winslow, died at the age of eighty-one years, in December, 1886. He was left an orphan at the age of nine years, and was forced to maintain himself almost fully from that age. He had little opportunity for education, and was occupied largely through life as a farmer and farm laborer. He was an extremely re- ligious man, actively identified with the Meth- odist church. He took little interest in any other matters, and lived a most exemplary life, respected by all his contemporaries. He married, in 1832, at Unity, Nancy Jordan Clifford, born August 6, 1808, in Northport, died December 16, 1877, at the age of sixty- nine years. She was a woman of exception- ally bright mind, remarkable for her common sense and executive ability, and was an able assistant to her husband in his church and moral work. She was a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Priest) Clifford. His children were: Teresa, Dana Boardman, Mulberry Burnham, John Sherwin, Luann Whitmore, Jacob Trueworthy and Eli Vickery. The first three died in infancy. The fourth receives fur- ther notice in the succeeding paragraph. Luann Whitmore is the wife of William Hamilton, of Unity, Maine. Jacob Trueworthy is a cler- gyman, residing in Auburn, Maine (mentioned below ), and the youngest son resides in Albion, same state.
(VIII) John Sherwin, eldest surviving son of Sherwin and Nancy Jordan (Clifford) Crosby, was born January 13, 1842, in Free- dom, Waldon county, Maine, near Unity Vil- lage, where he passed his boyhood. At sixteen years of age he went to Hingham, Massa- chusetts, where he remained for a year work- ing in a shoe manufactory and devoting his evenings to study, his purpose on leaving
John Sherwin Godby
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home having been to acquire a liberal educa- tion. From Hingham he went to Hanover, in the same county, with a view to entering Hanover Academy, in which he soon became a student, supporting himself at first by shoe- making after school hours, but in a short time by acting as an assistant teacher in the Acad- emy. With the exception of a year at Phillips Exeter Academy and a part of a year at Tufts College, he continued teaching in the private and public schools of Plymouth county from 1859 to 1866, meanwhile pursuing with the aid of private instructors the various branches of a college course of study. From 1863 to 1866 he was principal of Assinippi Institute, a classical school at West Scituate, during which time he read law with Hon. Perez Sim- mons, a leading lawyer of the state, to whose wise and fatherly counsel he has ever felt deeply indebted. In 1866 he accepted the principalship of the high school at St. Joseph, Missouri, a position which he retained until the spring of 1877, when failing health ne- cessitated a change of occupation, and he en- tered into a law partnership with ex-Governor Silas Woodson, which continued until the elevation of the latter to the bench some five years later. In 1885 he removed from St. Joseph to Kansas City, Missouri, from which time until 1896 he maintained offices in both cities, practising in the state and federal courts of Missouri and Kansas. In the fall of the latter year, at the solicitation of the single taxers of Delaware, he went to reside at Wil- mington, and in the following winter ad- dressed the legislature and the constitutional convention of that state in the interest of the single tax movement. In April, 1897, he set- tled in New York city, where he practised law until 1901, when he was appointed to his present position of expert accountant and auditor in the finance department of that city.
Mr. Crosby, who was eminently successful as a teacher, has been equally so in the trial of causes. As a jury lawyer he is said to have had no superior at the Missouri bar. His enthusiasm for the practise of law has, however, abated somewhat with the increasing tendency toward a monopoly of the courts by corporations, the creation of which artificial persons he has long held to be an abuse of civil power. In 1884, while practising in St. Joseph, he published "The Primer," said to have been the pioneer of single tax periodicals, in which he advocated the philosophy of Hen- ry George, and foretold that the monopolistic combinations since known as trusts would in- evitably result from the grant of corporate
privilege for purposes of private gain. In 1896 he published a short treatise on govern- ment, entitled "An Inquiry into the Nature and Functions of the State," a second edition of which was issued in 1901. He is now re- vising the work with a view to making it a popular text book on the science of govern- ment. He has always taken an active interest in the cause of popular education and during the last thirty years has devoted much time to the public discussion of political and economic questions upon which he has spoken in almost all parts of the United States and Canada. In the "History of Hanover Academy," pub- lished in 1899, the author says of him: "As a platform speaker he stands in the opinion of many, almost unrivalled for magnetic and ef- fective oratory, and has been called 'the Wen- dell Phillips of the single tax movement.'" While he has never sought office he has been a candidate on various occasions for member of congress, supreme and appellate court judge, and other official positions, his nomination having generally been made during his absence from the field. Of strong individuality, he has seldom allied himself with organizations re- ligious or fraternal. He has served as presi- dent of the Manhattan Single Tax Club, and is now president of the Missouri Society of the City of New York. He is also a member of the Maine Society of that city, of the Ameri- can Economic Association, and one of the in- corporators of the New York County Law- yers' Association. In religious belief he is liberal, finding some good in every sect and creed. In politics he is a Democrat of the school of Jefferson and Lincoln, holding that the only legitimate purpose of any government is to secure, to all persons within its jurisdic- tion, peaceable enjoyment of the natural, equal and inalienable rights of man. Mr. Crosby is a man of large physique, commanding pres- ence and genial personality.
Mr. Crosby married, at Hanover, June 30, 1865, Abby Josephine Gardner, born July 31, 1842, in Marshfield, Massachusetts, died November 24, 1881, daughter of Stephen and Maria Ford Gardner, of Marshfield. She be- gan teaching at the age of fourteen years, and was an enthusiast in that work, continuing in it some time after her marriage. She was greatly loved by the people of St. Joseph, and her funeral was one of the most largely at- tended ever held in that place. She left one son, John Sherwin, recently deceased, and one daughter, Louise Leonard, who became the wife of the late Frank Albert Drew, for many years president of the Boston tax board, and
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now resides in Boston. She has two children : Josephine Amelia and Crosby Lawrence. Mr. Crosby married (second) in St. Louis, July 22, 1896, Bertie Fassett, widow of Walter H. Fassett, of Portland, Maine, and daugh- ter of James Mellon, of Houlton, Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Crosby have a mutual in- terest in the grandchildren of both, to whom they are much devoted.
(VIII) Rev. Jacob Trueworthy, second surviving son of Sherwin and Nancy Jordan (Clifford) Crosby, was born February 16, 1847, in Unity, and was educated in the schools of New England. At the age of eight- een years, he abandoned temporarily the pur- suit of an education to become a soldier in the civil war, joining Company B, Twenty- ninth Maine Veteran Volunteers, for one year. His service continued for thirteen months, and he was honorably discharged. He returned home and entered in business, but was not satisfied with a business career, however, and closed out his interest and began studying to fit himself for the ministry. He joined the East Maine Methodist conference and served as pastor for the following churches: China, Georgetown, Wiscasset, Pittston, Dresden, Guilford, Sangerville, Ellsworth and Brewer, Maine.
He was then transferred to the Maine con- ferences and was successively pastor at Bath Wesley Church, Saco and Auburn. At the close of his Auburn pastorate, Mr. Crosby withdrew from the conference and re- ceived an honorable discharge. This step was taken because he could not longer con- sistently proclaim the creed of the Meth- odist church. His views are quite liberal and though he is not now connected with any church, he is frequently called upon to speak in nearly all the churches in Lewiston and Auburn and the surrounding towns; in the meantime, as a means of gaining a livelihood, he is doing something in the real estate busi- ness. He was married October 23, 1871, to Annie Maria Symonton, of Camden, Maine, daughter of Patrick and Mary (Pascal) Si- monton, and they are the parents of a daugh- ter and a son : Maria Mary Josephine and Henri Sherwin. The former was born Oc- tober 21, 1875, in Waldoborough, and is now the wife of Frank Cayer, residing in Auburn, Maine. The son was born May 21, 1882, mar- ried Maude Evelyn Marshall and resides in Auburn. He has a daughter and a son: Mar- rion Josephine and Sherwin Marshal, born respectively December 23, 1905, and January 18, 1907.
A time-honored name in CHANDLER American annals, among the first in Maine, this has been conspicuous in many states, and is among the most prominent of this commonwealth to-day. As jurists and legislators, as business men and philanthropists, its bearers have done service to their native land and have received honor at its hands. It has been said that Rox- bury, Massachusetts, received the best of the English emigrants in Puritan days, and this family has furnished since those olden days many of the best pioneers in many states of the Union.
(I) William Chandler, immigrant ancestor, with his wife, Annis, and four children settled at Roxbury in 1637. Annis is supposed to have been a sister of Deacon George Alcock, of Roxbury. One child was born to them at Roxbury between 1638 and 1640. William Chandler appears as the owner of twenty-two acres of land, with seven persons in his fam- ily. He was charged with the care on the commons of one goat and kid, the least of any of the residents. He took the freeman's oath in 1640, and was at that time stricken with disease which caused his demise November 26, 1641. He was among the proprietors of Andover, with his son Thomas, and tradition says he was the owner of the tannery at the corner of Bartlett street and Shawmut ave- ยท nue, Roxbury. A chronicler of his time says he "Lived a religious & godly life among us & fell into a Consumption to which he had, a long time, been inclined; he lay near a yeare sick, in all which time his faith, patience & Godliness & Contentation So Shined that Christ was much glorified in him-he was a man of Weak parts but Excellent faith and holiness; he was a Very thankful man, and much magnified God's goodness. He was poor, but God prepared the hearts of his peo- ple to him, that he never wanted that which was (at least in his Esteem) Very plentiful and comfortable to him-he died in the year 164I, and left a Sweet memory and Savor be- hind him." His widow was married July 2, 1643, to John Dane, of Barkhampstead, Eng- land, who died in September, 1658, and she married (third), August 9, 1660, John Par- menter, of Sudbury, Massachusetts. The chil- dren of William and Annis Chandler were: Hannah, Thomas, William, John and Sarah. (II) Captain Thomas, eldest son of Will- iam and Annis (Alcock) Chandler, born in 1630, died "15 day, 1703." He came with his parents to New England in 1637, when he was about seven years old. He was one of the
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proprietors and early pioneers in the settle- ment of Andover, and his name is twenty- third "of the householders in order as they came to town." He was employed with George Abbot, senior, and others, to lay out lands granted individuals by the general court. An old record reads: "It is ordered, that Thomas Chandler be leften'nt in ye ffoot Company in Andover, John Stephens, Ensign, under the command of Dudely Bradstreet, Capt." He was representative to the general court in 1678-79, from Andover. Loring's "History of Andover" says: "Thomas Chandler was a blacksmith, ultimately a rich man, carrying on a consid- erable iron works." It is a tradition that iron works existed where Marland village now is. Thomas Chandler's son, Captain Joseph, sold, 1718, "one half of ye whole Iron works in Salisbury on ye falls commonly called ye Pow- wow River." Thomas Chandler married Han- nah Brewer, of Andover. She died in An- dover, October 25, 1717, aged eighty-seven. Their children were: Thomas (died young), John, Hannah, William, Sarah, Thomas, Hen- ry and Joseph.
(III) William (2), third son of Thomas and Hannah (Brewer) Chandler, born May 28, 1659, was married April 21, 1687, to Eleanor Phelps, of South Andover. They were the first couple married by Rev. Francis Dane, of Andover, and that was April, 1687, for until 1686, the expiration of the first char- ter, marriages were performed only by magis- trates and persons appointed for that purpose. The church records of Westfield say "Ad- mitted I0, November 1728, Eleanor Chandler, widow." She was the fortieth person admit- ted to that church. The following is an ab- stract of deed given by William and Eleanor Chandler : "I William Chandler, of Andover, Husbandman, Sell for eighty pounds, land sixty acres, all that my homestead as de- scribed in a deed of my father Chandler to me having date ye twelfth Day of June 1697, to William Foster of Boxford, weaver, on 3 September, 1697. He acknowledged the above September 18, 1697, his wife Eleanor, at the same time resigning her right of Dower. Signed William Chandler and Eleanor Chand- ler." Their children were: Eleanor, William, Benjamin and Moses.
(IV) William (3), eldest son of William (2) and Eleanor (Phelps) Chandler, born July 20, 1689, in Andover, died, as indicated by the inscription on his gravestone, at West- ford, Massachusetts, July 27, 1756, being sixty-seven years and seven days old. William Chandler, of Billerica, bought of William
Gaines, of Billerica, December 18, 1714, land in Billerica acknowledged August 9, 1716, and recorded July 14, 1726. William Chandler, of Billerica, clothier, bought of N. Longley for one hundred and thirty-three pounds several messuages of land in Chelmsford, July 3, 1724, first parcel on Kings brook, of ten acres, second parcel of twenty acres on both sides of Stone brook, third, saw-mill land, fourth, land by Flushing pond, and fifth, sixty acres, bounded east by land of Major Henchman, deceased. William Chandler sold to N. Spake for three hundred pounds one messuage of house lot of ninety-five acres in Billerica, on the west side of Concord river, with dwelling house and barn, bounded northerly by Broad Meadow, and westerly by Chelmsford line. Deed signed William Chandler, and his wife, Susannah, by her mark, August 4, 1724. He also sold other lands at various times, which would indicate that he was quite an extensive landowner. He was married to Susannah Burge, of Westford, Massachusetts. Their children were: Benjamin, William, Moses, Aaron, John, Henry, Joseph, Isaac, Rachel, Sarah (died young), Lydia, Samuel, Sarah and probably Jacob.
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