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Manchester Young Men's Christian Association. He is a member of the following named Masonic bodies in Manchester: Washington Lodge, No. 61, in which he is senior deacon; Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter, No. 11; Adoniram Council, No. 3, Royal and Select Masters; and Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar, in which he is eminent com- mander; of Edmund A. Raymond Consistory of the Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret of Nashua; and of Bektash Temple of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine, of Concord. He is also a member of Wildey Lodge, No. 45, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
He married, November 17, 1887, Maud Eva Cun- ningham, who was born in Huntingdon, Pennsyl- vania, daughter of Robert and Agnes Myton (Oaks) Cunningham, of Huntingdon. They have four chil- dren: Dorothea Cunningham, born November 18, 1888; Esther Bessie, January 21, 1890; Walter Mur- ray, April 22, 1892; Maud Isabel. April 8, 1907; all born in Manchester.
This noted old English name WELLINGTON was very early transplanted to America in the settlement of the New England colonies. It has been worthily identified with the settlement and development of New England and has spread to the remotest dis- tricts of the United States, where it has sustained the well known traits of New England character, and has contributed by its industry, perseverance and sound sense, to the upbuilding and moral worth of many communities.
(I) Roger Wellington, the emigrant ancestor, was born about 1610, in England, and came to Amer- ica in 1630. He was a planter, and one of the founders of Watertown, Massachusetts, his name appearing on the earliest list of proprietors. In the division of lands he received a home stall of six- teen acres, four acres of meadow and two of plow land, and the balance distributed in five other parcels. To these he added lands and buildings by purchase. He was elected to town offices, and shared with his associates the duties and privileges of townsmen. He married Mary Palgrave, eldest daughter of Dr. Richard Palgrave, a physician of Charlestown. Massachusetts. Roger Wellington died March II. 1698. His children were: John, Mary. Joseph, Ben- jamin, Oliver and Palgrave. Hon. Roger Sherman, one of the signers of the Declaration of Indepen- dence and later a United States senator of Con- necticut, was a grandson of Roger Wellington.
( II) Joseph, son of Roger and Mary ( Palgrave) . Wellington, was born October 9, 1643, in Watertown, and was a farmer of that town. His first wife Sarah died childless, February 5. 1683, and he was married (second), June 6, 1684, to Elizabeth Straight, daughter of Captain Thomas and Elizabeth (Kimball) Straight, of Watertown. Both were ad- mitted to full communion with the Watertown church. July 31, 1687. He died July 30, 1714. Their children were: Elizabeth, Thomas, Mary and Sus- anna.
(III) Thomas, only son and second child of Joseph and Elizabeth (Straight) Wellington, was born November 10. 1686, in Watertown, and lived in that part of Cambridge which is now Arlington, Massachusetts. He was one of the prudential com- mittee men in 1737, and a foundation member of the Precinct Church, of which Rev. Samuel Cook was pastor. He married (first). Rebecca Whittemore. who died November 6, 1734, and he married (second), in 1735, to Cherry Stone. He died July 3. 1759, and his widow subsequently married Captain
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James Lane, of Bedford. Thomas Wellington's children were: Rebecca, Joseph, Thomas, Susanna and Elizabeth. Susanna married Abraham Hill and their son Isaac was a distinguished governor of New Hampshire.
(IV) Thomas (2), second son and third child of Thomas (1) and Rebecca ( Whittemore) Welling- ton, was born August 6, 1714, in Cambridge, and was a farmer and inn holder. He lived in the part of Watertown which was incorporated as Waltham in1 1638. He was married, March 13, 1734, to Mar- garet Stone, who was born September 15, 1718, daughter of Jonathan and Chary (Adams) Stone of Lexington. She survived him nearly seventeen years, dying September 7, 1800. He passed away November 4, 1783. Their children were: Thomas, Elizabeth, John, Jonathan, Susanna (died young), Samuel, Josiah, William, George, Rebecca, Susanna, Thaddeus, Sarah and Joel.
(\') George, seventh son and ninth child of Thomas (2) and Margaret (Stone) Wellington, was born October 21, 1749, in Waltham, and resided in that town and Jaffrey, New Hampshire, and Cavendish, Vermont. He was a soldier in the Revo- lution, participating in the Concord fight, the siege of Boston and the battle of Bunker Hill, and was later in the Continental regiment. He was married in Waltham, December 24, 1772, to Lucy Peirce, who was born March 27, 1755, daughter of Ephraim and Lydia ( White) Peirce. She died in Waltham, April 29, 1793, and in 1796 Mr. Wellington removed with his children to Jaffrey, New Hampshire, and thence to Cavendish, Vermont, in 1801. His chil- dren were: Ephraim, Lydia, married Richard Wicks of Royalton, Massachusetts; Lucy, married Deacon David Gilmore, of Jaffrey; Leonard; and John and George, who settled in Maine.
(VI) Captain Leonard, second son and fourth child of George and Lucy ( Peirce) Wellington, was born 1780, in Waltham, Massachusetts, and bap- tized March 5, of that year. He grew up in his native town and settled in Rindge, New Hampshire, in 1803. He was a hatter by trade and established a hat shop in Rindge Center, in the wing of his house. He subsequently engaged in farming, in which he was successful. In the War of 1812 he was in command of a company serving at Ports- mouth in the autumn of 1814. For many years he was an auctioneer, and conducted a majority of the local vendues. He was married, December 4, 1805, to Eunice Earle, who was born September 16, 1777, daughter of John and Rebecca ( Page) Earle, of Rindge. She died in 1808 and he was married (second), September 6, 1809, to Dorcus Priest, who died August 3, 1817. He was married (third), Jan- uary, 1818, to Lucinda Page, who was born January 26, 1790, in Rindge, daughter of Abijah and Mary ( Sautel) Page. She died December 22, 1847, and he survived her a year and a half, dying May 22, 1849. There were two children by the first marriage, four by the second, and eight by the third, namely : Adeline L., Eunice E .. Eliza G., Leonard W. ( died young ), Charles W., Leonard P., Gilman P., Lu- cinda, George P., Mary Ann, Lucy G., Joel, John and Caroline. .
(VII) Joel, son of Captain Leonard Wellington and third son and sixth child of his third wife, Lucinda (Page) Wellington, was born July 7, 1831, in Rindge, and grew up in his native town, where he carly began the manufacture of lumber in the vil- lage of East Rindge, In 1870, in connection with Colonel Otis Wright, of Nashua, he bought the box factory of Reuben Ramsdell and a productive area
of timber land. They founded at this time the Union Box and Lumber Company, which has long been a successful institution of the town. In a few years Mr. Wellington purchased the interest of his partner, and continued - the business thus auspi- ciously begun. He has ably conducted an important industry. His factory was burned in 1880 and again in 189 -. With fortitude and courage he has erected new factories, and was the proprietor and active manager of this substantial industry until very recently, when he retired from business. He has been a useful and interesting citizen in the con- duct of town affairs, and was a selectman eight years, moderator, Six years, and representa-
tive of the town in 1873-4 and 1893. He
married, November 30, 1854, Harriet Eliza- beth Ramsdell, who was born March 16, 1837, a daughter of Amos and Harriet ( Wright ) Ramsdell, and a lineal descendant of Prudence (Cummings) Wright, whose defense of the bridge in Pepperell. Massachusetts, and the arrest of Leonard Whiting, the Tory, is one of the heroic exploits of the Revo- lution. Mrs. Wellington died November 1, 1902. She was the mother of three sons: Herbert D., Arthur J. and Elsworth. The youngest died in childhood. The others are mentioned at length below.
Herbert D., eldest son of Joel and Harriet E. (Ramsdell) Wellington, was born in Rindge, Sep- tember 18, 1856. He married, September 15, 1881. Harriet A. Wright, born April 1, 1862. daughter of Laban and Susan Adaline ( Sawin) Wright of Ash- burnham, Massachusetts. He was supervisor; select- man and representative of Rindge, and removed, in 1899, from that town to Fitchburg, Massachusetts where he now resides. Two of their three children died in infancy. Their daughter, Bertha Elizabetli. born June 16; 1884, graduated at the Fitchburg high school, class of 1902.
(VIII) Arthur James, second son of Joel and Harriet E. ( Ramsdell) Wellington, was born Feb- ruary 28, 1860, in Rindge, and received his primary education in the public schools of his native town. He was subsequently a student at Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Massachusetts. At an early age he became the foreman in the factory of his father and for several years conducted a store owned by the Union Box & Lumber Company. Trained to the business of manufacturing, he easily and naturally assumed the management of the lumber trade and the manufacture of boxes when his father retired from the business, and he is now actively carrying forward this enterprise which was founded so long ago in the town. He was a man of excellent busi ness capacity, has long been a member of the board of education, and has served as supervisor and post- master at East Rindge since 1897. His energy and industry are indicated by the fact that he became foreman in the factory while yet a youth, and his easy transition from factory to store and vice versa. The business requires the employment of twenty-five hands and is flourishing under his charge. He attends the Congregational Church, and is a member of Monadnock Lodge No. 90, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of East Jaffrey, New Hamp- shire. In politics he has always been an ardent Republican. He is clerk and treasurer of the Me- chanics Hall Association of East Rindge. He was married in Rindge, June 7. 1886, to Susan Eliza- beth Lloyd, daughter of James and Agnes Wilson (McAdams) Lloyd. They are the parents of four children, all of whom are graduates or students of Cushing Academy-Ida Maud, the eldest, gradu-
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ated in 1904; Alice Georgia in 1907; Beatrice Agnes is a member of the class of 1910; Ralph Arthur John, is the youngest.
WILKINS This family is traced from very early times in English history, and was founded in New England by an ancestor who was one of the most prosperous men of his time in the Colony. The oldest families of this name in the United States are all from one ancestor and include many members of promi- nence.
The ancestor of the Wilkins family in Wales, Robert de Wintons, went from England to Gla- morganshire (now Breckmock county), Wales, in the year 1090. He was one of the nobles sent by William Rufus, the King, to subdue the Welsli who caused him much trouble. The expedition was led by Robert Fitz Hamon. After the Welsh had retreated to the mountains Robert de Wintons re- mained and built a castle and was lord of the manor. The line of the Wilkins family in Wales is published in several histories of ancient Wales, with the crest and coat-or-arms-a Wyvern.
(I) Bray Wilkins, the ancestor of the Wilkins family in New England, was born in 1610. He came from Wales and settled in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1628 or 1630. There is a record of his being there in 1630, and the family tradition in Salem states that he came in 1628 with Endicott. As the list of passengers on that vessel lias not yet been found, there is no documentary proof that he came with Endicott, but it is probably true, as the ancient tradition during the generations has so positively asserted it to be so. Bray Wilkins went to Dor- chester and was one of the first land owners, or proprietors, as they were called in Colonial times in Dorchester. He took the freeman's oath. May 14, 1634. Fifteen years or more he lived in Dorchester, and then returned to Salem and purchased a tract of seven hundred acres of land which had been granted to Governor Richard Bellingham by the general court. Afterward he added smaller tracts of land to this until he owned nearly a thousand acres, and his domain extended two miles along the line of Reading, His estate was known as Will's Hill, as the hill on the place had formerly been the home of an Indian known as Black Will. On this estate Bray Wilkins spent the remainder of his life, living, according to the records, "like a patriarch surrounded by his children and chil- dren's children, and their children," for he died January, 1702, at the age of ninety-two, most highly esteemed by all. The record of the baptism of his children is found in the book of the First Church in Dorchester. After returning to Salem, he and his wife and older children were mem- bers of the First Church in that town, and Bray and Anna Wilkins are the first signatures to the petition for permission to withdraw from the church in Salem for the purpose of forming one at Salem Village, as liis estate was nine miles from Salem and but two and a half miles from Salem Village (now Danvers), where a church was founded when a sufficient number of families had settled in that part of the town. This was the church of which the minister, Samuel Paris, took so active a part in the witchcraft delusions in 1692. About twenty-five years after the death of Bray Wilkins, his estate and some of his neighbors were set off to form the town of Middleton. Bray Wilkins' wife's name was Anna Gingell. and they had eight children, six sons and two daughters : Samuel,
John, Lydia, Thomas, Margaret, Henry, Benjamin and James.
(II) John, second son and child of Bray and Anna (Gingell) Wilkins, was baptized March 2, 1642, and died before the completion of his thir- tieth year, in January, 1672. His wife's name ap- pears to have been Mary, but no record of their children's births has been discovered.
(III) John (2), son of John (1) and Mary Wilkins, probably resided for a time in that part of Salem now called Danvers, and subsequently lived for several years in Middleton, Massachu- setts, whence he removed to the northerly part of Marlboro, and there resided for the remainder of his life, and died May 14, 1763. The church rec- ords of Salem show intention of marriage, pub- lished October 24, 1713, of John Wilkins and Mary Goodale. Their children, born in Middleton, were : Josiah, John and Edward.
(IV) Josiah, eldest son of John (2) and Mary (Goodale) Wilkins, was born July 1, 1718. He married Lois Bush, who was born March 8, 1721, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah Bush. Lois died May 25, 1796, surviving her husband, whose death occurred August 21, 1784. Their children were: John, Jonathan (died young), Mary, Josiah, Jona- than, Levi, Lois and David.
(V) Jonathan, fifth child and fourth son of Josiah and Lois (Bush) Wilkins, was born in Marlboro, June 19, 1755. He was a student in theology at Dartmouth College, from which he was graduated in 1779, and subsequently went to Concord as a candidate for the pastorate. He continued to preach in that capacity until December 17, 1786, when he received a unanimous call from the church to become its regular pastor, and on the following day a similar invitation was tendered him by the town, guaranteeing a salary of one hundred pounds, with the use of the parsonage (excepting the Meadow lot) and the sum of two hundred pounds towards a settlement. This offer he declined, and abandoning the pulpit he turned his attention to agriculture, purchasing a farm at the "Eleven Lots" (so called), located at the juncture of the roads on the west side, in the immediate vicinity of the residence of the Countess of Rumford. His house was still standing in 1855. Jonathan Wilkins served as a selectman for Concord for the years 1801-03- 04-05, was commissioned a justice of the peace in 1802, and frequently officiated as moderator at town meetings. In 1797 he was chosen clerk of the church, and in 1811 was made a deacon, in which capacity he continued to serve until his death, which occurred March 9, 1830. July 3, 1787, he married Sarah Hall, who was born August 29, 1770, dangh- ter of Jeremiah and Esther Whittemore ( Wood- man) Hall, and granddaughter of Deacon Joseph Hall, Senior. She became the mother of twelve children, namely: Sophia Janette, Jeremiah Hall, Joseph H., Sarah. Esther, Fanny, Cynthia, Caroline, Rufus, Mary T., Erastus and Charlotte. Sarah be- came the wife of Dr. John L. Sargent (see Sar- gent, VI). The mother of these children died February 16, 1826.
ยท (VI) Jeremiah Hall, second child and eldest son of Jonathan and Sarah (Hall) Wilkins, was born in Concord, December 25, 1791. He went from Concord to Pembroke about the year 1815, and for a period of forty years was a prosperous merchant dealing in dry goods, groceries and other merchan- dise. At the time of his death, which occurred October 20, 1864, he was considered one of the wealthiest residents of Pembroke, and lie was also
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one of the ablest business men and astute public officials, possessing to the fullest extent the esteem and confidence of his fellow-townsmen. As select- man, town treasurer and representative to the legis- lature, he was instrumental in forwarding the inter- ests of the community of which he was for half a century a prominent and honorable member. In politics he was originally a Whig, but his opinions in relation to the slavery question led him into the ranks of the Republican party at its formation, and he was a loyal supporter of the Union during the Civil war. He was a Congregationalist and an active church-member. On September 16, 1817, hie married Mary Thompson, who was born in Bow, New Hampshire, December 4, 1799, daugh- ter of Robert and Judith ( Noyes) Thompson, of that town (see Thompson, V). She died in Pem- broke, May 19, 1879, having been the mother of fourteen children, whose names are: Sarah, born February 28, 1818, married David Austin. Charles, December 21, 1819, died November 2, 1820. Alan- son, March 31, 1822, died June 16, 1863. Sophia, August 5, 1824, married Samuel Chandler, of Pea- cham, Vermont, June 23, 1847, and died November 24, 1869. Francis, April 23, 1826, married Ani George, of Warren, New Hampshire, July 30, 1854, and died March 15, 1901. George, December 29, 1827, died July 22, 1829. Caroline, September 15, 1831, married, January 23, 1844, Franklin Hale, of Chester, died September 15, 1857. Thompson, De- cember 27, 1832, died October 3, 1833. Henry, July 7, 1836, served as a marine in the United States navy during the Rebellion. Charlotte, June 27, 1838, died June 13, 1840. Mary Esther, March 23, 1840, married Dr. John Sullivan, December 7, 1863. Hall, September 14, 1842, married Lizzie H. East- man. Joseph, the date of whose birth will be re- corded presently. Harriet, April 25, 1848, married Dr. Frederick E. Potter, United States navy (see Potter, VIII).
(VII) Joseph, youngest son of Jeremiah Hall and Mary ( Thompson) Wilkins, was born in Sun- cook, New Hampshire, May 24, 1844. After con- cluding his attendance at the public schools he went to Chicago, and in the summer of 1864 enlisted as a private in Company F, One Hundred and Thirty- second Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, with which he served in the Civil war until December of that year, when he was honorably discharged and mustered out. He participated in the battles of guerrilla warfare. Learning the art of photography he has followed it continuously from 1867 to the present time, and for the past thirty years has been identified with that business in Suncook, hav- ing attained a most gratifying success. Politically he acts with the Republican party. He is a comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic and belongs to Louis Bell Post, No. 3, of Manchester, New Hampshire. On June 23, 1897, Mr. Wilkins was joined in marriage with Lora Emery, who was born in Allenstown, New Hampshire, daughter of Seth and Lorinda H. (Ames) Emery.
(II) Thomas, third son of Bray and Anna (Gingel!) Wilkins, was baptized March 16, 1647, and died October, 1717. He married Hannah Nichols, May, 1667. Their children were: Hannah, born 1669, Thomas, Bray, Joseph, Isaac and Henry.
(III) Bray (2). second son and third child of Thomas and Hannah (Nichols) Wilkins, was born in Salem, Massachusetts. He married February IO, 1701-02, Rebecca Knight, of Salem, and they had nine children, five sons and four daughters : Rebecca, born May 18, 1703; Penelope, September 22, 1704; Israel, January 6, 1706; Phineas, Decem-
ber 26, 1708; Ithamar, September 15, 1711; Me- hitable, September 6, 1712; Abigail, July 28, 1716; Joshua, August 26, 1718; Ichabod, July 7, 1720.
(IV) Israel, third child and eldest son of Bray (2) and Rebecca (Knight) Wilkins, was born in Salem, Massachusetts, January 7, 1706. He mar- ried Margaret Case, July 18, 1726. and they had children : Israel, Bray, Hannah, Margaret, Rachel and Mary.
(V) Bray (3), second son of Israel and Mar- garet ( Case ) Wilkins, was born in Salem, April 20, 1729. He was a minute man and answered the Lexington alarm on the 19th of April, 1775; he enlisted for eight months immediately after, at Cambridge, and served in the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. in Captain Archelaus Thomas's com- pany, Colonel Ebenezer Bridge's (Twenty-seventh) regiment. He married, April II, 1750, Lucy Wil- kins, born March 16, 1729, daughter of Hezekiah and Mehitable Wilkins. (Mention of sons, Bray and Hezekiah, and descendants appears in this article. )
(VI) Bray (4), son of Bray (3) and Lucy ( Wilkins) Wilkins, was born April, 1755, in Middle- ton, and lived in that town. He was a soldier in the Revolution. He was married, March 6, 1781, to Lucy French Blanchard, of New Boston, New Hampshire, a id afterwards lived on Wolf Hill, in Deering, that s.ate. She was born April 21, 1755, a daughter of Nicholas and Priscilla (French) Blanchard, of Hollis. They had children : Lucy, Sally, Ann, Betsey, Polly, David, James, John and Isaac and Rebecca (twins).
(VII) James, second son of Bray (4) and Lucy French ( Blanchard) Wilkins, was born in Deering, New Hampshire, November 10, 1791. He moved to Henniker, New Hampshire, April 18. 1831, and erected the buildings near the center of the town, where his son James afterwards lived. He was a wheelwright by trade, a man of skill and an excellent citizen. He was a Republican in politics, but never cared to hold office, and was a member of the Congregational Church. He was a strong advocate of the temperance and anti-slavery movements. He married (first) Abigail Chase, of Deering, New Hampshire. They had one daughter, Abigail. On November 28, 1820, Mr. Wilkins mar- ried his second wife, Sarah Fulton, daughter of Alexander and Sarah ( Blair) Fulton, the last named a native of New Boston. Mrs. Wilkins was born in Deering, New Hampshire, February 10, 1804, and was a woman of fine taste, excellent judg- ment and high ideals. Most of her married life was spent in Henniker, where she was a member of the Congregational Church, and where she reared a family of ten children, six of whom she was called to bury in infancy and youth. In later years Mrs. Wilkins found a home with her daughter, Mrs. Oliver Pillsbury, at Concord, New Hampshire, where she was devotedly cared for and where her well spent life came to a peaceful closc, January 21, 1892, at the age of eighty-eight years. Mr. James Wilkins died June 7, 1860. The ten chil- dren of James and Sarah ( Fulton) Wilkins are thus briefly described: Gawn, born January 16, 1822, wheelwright, merchant, postmaster, served in the Civil war, where he was first lieutenant of the Seventeenth Illinois Regiment; married Lucy W. Cogswell, November 17, 1870, and resided in JJen- niker. Sarah, born July 19. 1824, died October 21. 1825. Betsey Jane, born January 9, 1827, died August 1I, 1869. Sarah is mentioned below. James, born January 10, 1831, married Charlotte A. Abbott, December 23, 1858; was a wheelwright, farmer,
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selectman and town treasurer in Henniker. George May, born October 10, 1833, died in the Civil war. Charles, born July 7, 1835, died in the Civil war. Henrietta, born November 21, 1837, married James S. Taylor and (second) Charles A. Sayward, of Ipswich, Massachusetts. William H. (twin of Henrietta), born November 21, 1837, died March 13, 1839. Mary Childs, born March 13, 1840, died July 6, 1859. Few parents made a larger sacrifice for their country than Mr. and Mrs. James Wil- kins. Of the four sons who lived to maturity three served in the Civil war, and two gave their lives during the summer of 1863. Lieutenant Charles Wilkins enlisted in Company B, Second Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, June 1, 1861, for three years. He was severely wounded at the first battle of Bull Run. Before his wound was healed he received a commission in the First Regiment, United States Infantry, and joined his command then stationed at Corinth, Mississippi. He took part in several battles and skirmishes, was fatally wounded during the siege of Vicksburg, and died at a hospital in St. Louis, June 20, 1863. His body was brought home and was buried with Masonic honors amid the mourning of the whole town. His was the first body buried in the new cemetery. Lieutenant George M. Wilkins enlisted as a private in Company K, Sixteenth Regiment, New Hamp- shire Volunteers. He entered the service November 20, 1862, and saw active duty with his regiment in Louisiana; was promoted to quartermaster-ser- geant and second lieutenant, and died at Belle- fontaine, Ohio, on the return of the regiment by way of the Mississippi river. His death occurred August 26, 1863, and his body was brought home and buried with Masonic honors, barely two months after his younger brother had been laid away.
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