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St. Hyacinthe. Province of Quebec. In the same year an orphanage was opened in the building. The following year he built a school for boys on Wayne street, which he placed in charge of a branch of the Order of Marist Brothers, in 1890. There are at the present time (1907) five hundred and forty pu- pils in this school. Shortly after he brought the Sisters of Presentation to Manchester, and estab- lished a parochial school for girls. About the same time he was successful in building the Hos- pital of Notre Dame de Lourdes, which is a hos- pital for the aged and an asylum for orphans, and placed this under the control of the Grey Nuns. This has since been enlarged by the addition of a brick structure in which three classrooms have been reserved for boys. A kindergarten established at an earlier period is still retained in the old build- ing. The hospital occupies five hundred feet on Notre Dame avenue, and the entire square between Wayne and Putnam streets. The boys' school is three hundred by one hundred feet in size. The boys were transferred to the St. Peter's Orphanage in 1901, and the total number of orphans in the building at the present time is two hundred and seventy-five. Altogether the orphans attending the school number fifteen hundred pupils. Rev. Father Hevey also erected a large brick residence as a home for the eleven brothers in charge of the school. The hospital takes rank with the best in New England, and the operating room, which is of solid glass wherever practicable, is circular in shape externally, and immediately attracts the notice of every stranger who passes the building. It is fitted with every modern improvement and device which may tend to the safe outcome of the many opera- tions performed within its walls. Its staff of sur- geons is considered among the best in the state. Rev. Father Hevey has been untiring in his efforts in behalf of the parish in his charge, and is greatly beloved by all. Although advanced in years, he is as active in mind and body as many men greatly his juniors in point of years. No detail concerning the welfare of his parish seems to .him too trivial to be investigated. and if it seems to contain any ele- ments of benefit to his beloved people, it is given his personal attention.
The church is centrally located, overlooking the city of Manchester, and is one of the finest in the city. The height of the spire to the top of the cross is two hundred and twenty-three feet. The ground dimensions are one hundred by ninety-nine feet, and the basement, which is of Concord gran- ite, was completed in 1892. This was used for di- vine services until the body of the church was com- pleted. The interior furnishings are of oak, the altars being of onyx, and the sanctuary stalls of carved oak. The floor of the sanctuary is of Ger- man cement. A large pipe organ is operated by electricity, and in the right transept there is an echo organ which is operated by the organist seated at the large organ. In the echo organ gallery there is also space for the choir of one hundred boys. The opposite gallery is reserved for the Sisters, sixty in number. There is a statue of St. Joseph, made in Belgium, which is considered a very fine work of art. The church is well lighted by elec- tricity, and is fitted with all improvements which tend to the comfort of the worshippers. The ves- try has also German cement floors, and the wood- work is of oak. It is spacious and well ventilated, and the ceilings are high. The entire ground space covered by the church, vestry, etc., is two hundred and fifty feet on Notre Dame avenue, and more than three hundred on Wayne street. Besides
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Rev. Father Hevey, there are four assistant priests. The number of communicants has increased to such an extent that it is now the largest parish in the diocese, having fourteen hundred families, and renting one thousand six hundred and eighty-six pews. Rev. Father Hevey purchased a set of chimes in Montreal, in 1906, these having been imported directly from France, and they are rung by means of electricity. The total weight of these bells is thirteen thousand nine hundred and ninety-five pounds, and their music can be heard all over the city. They are considered to have the finest tone of any in the state, and their cost was six thousand dollars.
Rev. Father Hevey received the honorary title of Prothonotary Apostolic from Rome June 20, 1890. Bearing this title, he has the right to wear the mitre while celebrating mass, and he always does this on the most important holy days of the year, such as Easter, Christmas, and the fete day of his patron saint, Saint Peter.
TENNEY Among the names identified with the Puritan immigration to America, with the development of civilization on this continent, and with the early settlement of New Hampshire, this has borne an honorable part. It has given to us learned and able ministers of the gospel, profound judges, enterprising business men and good citizens in large number. In the present generation it is represented at Claremont by Judge Edward J. Tenney, one of the selfmade men of New Hampshire. The little village of Rowley, in Yorkshire. England, now a hamlet of very small importance, in the early part of the seventeenth century, sheltered a man destined to exercise a large influence in the settlement of Massachusetts, namely : Rev. Ezekiel Rogers. He could not per- formi acts required of him by his sovereign, which his conscience told him were sacrilegious, and he . gathered about him a band of souls equally con- scientious, and set out for America in the autumn of 1638. They arrived at Salem, Massachusetts, in December, and began a settlement in the spring of J639, at what is now Rowley, at first called Rogers' Plantation. In September of that year the general court formally bestowed upon it its present name.
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(1) In Rev. Rogers' company were Thomas Tenney and his wife Ann. He was then about twenty-four years old, according to a statement made by him in 16So, when he gave his age as about sixty-six years. His wife is supposed to have been a sister of Deacon Thomas Mighill, of the same company. She was buried September 26, 1657, and Mr. Tenney was married February 24, 1658, to Elizabeth, widow of Francis Parrat, also among the early settlers of Rowley. In the survey of 1643. Mr. Tenney had a house lot of one and one- half acres, and the records show that he was pos- sessed of several parcels of land. His house lot has been occupied by a store since 1701, and his house was torn down in 1838. He was active in the affairs of the settlement in many ways, serving as ensign, marshal, warner of town meetings. over- secr of the plains, selectman, viewer of fences, high- ways and chimneys, constable and tithing man, filling some of these offices repeatedly. In 1667 he was appointed to see that the Sabbath was duly observed, and in 1680 was inspector of ten fami- lies. The early church records cannot be found, but later ones show him to have been a member in 1669. As freemen were limited to church members, it is apparent that he was in good standing in church iv-49
among the first, else he could not have served as a civil officer. His last days were passed in Bradford, Massachusetts, where he deeded over seventy acres of land to his son John, June 15, 1694, in consideration of support during his old age. He died February 20. 1700, and was buried in the old cemetery. His children were: John, Hannah, Mercy, Thomas, James and Daniel
(II) Daniel, youngest child of Thomas Tenney and Ann, his first wife, was born July 16, 1653, in Rowley, and lived in Bradford and Byfield parish of Rowley. His farm was on the northwest side of Simons brook, and remained in possession of his descendants until the beginning of the present cen- tury. The records show the sale of his land in Rowley and the deeding of his estate in 1715 to his son Daniel, with proviso that the latter support the father and his wife during the remainder of their lives. He was a soldier in the Indian wars under Major Richard Waldron, of Dover, New Hamp- shire. the payroll, dated March 24, 1676, showing him entitled to compensation of one pound nine .. teen shillings four pence. He died in his ninety fifth year, and was survived a short time by his widow who passed away September 5, 1749, aged over eighty years. Mr. Tenney was married (first), July 21, 1680, to Elizabeth, daughter of Lieutenant Samuel and Julia (Swan) Stickney. She was born May 9. 1661, in Rowley, and died there April 28, 1694. Mr. Tenney married (second), Mary Hardy, and (third). June 5, 1712, Elizabeth Woodman, daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth Stevens. The children of the first wife were: Thomas, Daniel, Sarah (died young), and Daniel and Sarah, twins. The second wife was the mother of: John, Wil- liam, Richard, Ebenezer and Mary.
ยท (III) William (1), fifth son and seventh child of Daniel Tenney, was born October 23, 1698, in Rowley, and resided in that town and in Newbury. After purchasing small parcels of land for thirteen and fifteen pounds respectively, he took deed Sep- tember 6, 1726. of thirty acres in Rowley, for which the consideration was two hundred and fifty pounds. In one of these deeds he is styled "cord- wainer." He died September 29, 1784, being then almost eighty-six years of age. He was published as intending marriage in Newbury, September 3, 1720, to Mehetable Pearson, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Thurston) Pearson. No record of their marriage was made, though she is known to have been his wife. She was born May 18, 1695, in Newbury, and died March 1, 1749. Their chil- dren were: Mehetabel, William, Oliver. Jane. Ruth, Eunice, Hannah, Benjamin, Richard and Mary.
(IV) William (2), eldest son and second child of William (1) and Mehetable (Pearson) Tenney, was born July 19, 1723, in Rowley. He removed from that town to Hollis, New Hampshire, in 1746, and was scaler of leather there in 1748 and select- man in 1760-70. Ile died there March 22, 1783. in his sixtieth year. He was married November 7. 1745, to Ann Jewett, daughter of Deacon Daniel and Elizabeth (Hopkinson) Jewett. She was born July 19, 1723 in Rowley, and survived her husband until July 1, 1794, near the close of her eighty-first year. Their children were: Benjamin, Martha, William and Ann.
(V) Benjamin, eldest child of William (2) and Ann (Jewett) Tenney, was born November 8, 1746, in Hollis, this state, and settled after 1775 in Tem- ple, New Hampshire. He was among those who started for Cambridge on the alarm of April 19,
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1775. but of course was unable to reach the scene of action in time to participate. Ile engaged in 1776, under Captain Adams and Lieutenant Colonel Bradford, to go to the re-enforcement of General Gates at Ticonderoga, and was discharged Novem- ber 16, 1776. He again enlisted, June 29, 1777, as a private in Captain Gershom's company, under Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Heald, and marched to join the Continental army at Ticonderoga. He was discharged from this service July 12, 1777. He died September 2, 1790, in Temple, and his widow mar- ried Darius Iludson, of that town. He was mar- ried January 28, 1772, in Andover, Massachusetts, to Ruth Blanchard, his cousin, daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Tenney) Blanchard, of Andover. Their children were: Ruth, Benjamin (died three years old), Samuel ( died at one), William, Lucy, Benja- min. Amos, David, Solomon and John. Ruth Blanchard was born August 18, 1751, and died April 13, 1831, in Antrim, New Hampshire.
(VI) Amos, sixth son and eighth child of Ben- jamin and Ruth ( Blanchard) Tenney, was born February 19, 1785, in Temple, and became a mer- chant in Greenwich, Massachusetts. There is record of his purchase October 20, 1826, of a parcel of land in Greenwich. He was married in Pep- perell, Massachusetts. September 1, 1807, to Lucy Read, of Westford, that state, who was born Sep- tember 22. 1785, and died February 16, 1857, in Claremont, at the home of her son. Amos Tenney clied May 17, 1839, at Claremont. Their children
Amos Jewett, Benjamin Blanchard, Lucy Abigail and Emeline Eliza.
(VII) Amos Jewett, eldest child of Amos and Lucy (Read) Tenney. was born July 31, 1808, in Jaffrey. New Hampshire, and became an active factor in the business development of Claremont. lle was reared in Greenwich, Massachusetts, was a farmer, shoemaker and merchant. In April, 1837, he' removed to Claremont and engaged in mercan- tile business. He became interested in the Clare- mont Carriage Company, which got into financial dif- ficulties. With one other director, Mr. Tenney as- sumed the responsibility of the concern, and after a hard struggle paid one hundred cents for each dollar of its liabilities. In the settlement he came into possession of the water power and a grist mill, and he continued to deal in real estate with success. His untimely death cut short a career calculated to benefit his town in many ways. He passed away August 3, 1855. being four days over forty-seven years of age. He was married in Greenwich, Mas- sachusetts, May 28, 1832, to Persis Sexton Pomeroy, daughter of Joshua and Persis (Sexton) Pomeroy of that place, formerly of Somers. Connecticut. She was born, 1810, at Greenwich, and died July 28, 1843, at Claremont. Mr. Tenney married (second), Elizabeth Richards. His children were: Charles Ames, a graduate of Dartmouth College and a bril- liant scholar: Edward Jewett and George Pomeroy. The first resided in Claremont, and died there in 1856. The third served three years as a soldier in the Civil war, as a member of the Second New Hampshire Regiment, and died in Washington D. C., in 1892, while an employe of the surgeon gen- eral's department.
(VIII) Edward Jewett Tenney, second son of Amos J. and Persis ( Pomeroy) Tenney, was born December 11. 1836, in Greenwich, Massachusetts. The following April he moved with his parents to Claremont, New Hampshire, where he passed the remainder of his life, and died January 15, 1906. After receiving the schooling customary in those days for a boy not contemplating a college course,
he entered a general merchandise store in Clare- mont where he remained, a most efficient clerk, un- til the death of his father in 1855. Soon after this Mr. Tenney engaged in the grocery trade with Edwin W. Tolles. He later sold his interest in this business and became a partner of J. W. Dane under the firm name of J. W. Dane & Company mann- facturers of cigars and wholesalers of tobacco. A branch was established in Concord, of which Mr. Tenney had charge for a year or more, and con- templated removing to that city, but on the outbreak of the war the business was seriously interfered with, and was closed out about 1865. He then be- came a partner of Russell Farwell, of Claremont, bearing the firm name of Farwell & Tenney, manu- facturers of shoes. In 1871 Mr. Tenney bought his partner's interest. selling it again to Mr. Augustus Barrett, which firm, under the name of Barrett & Tenney continued until 1881, when the latter partner sold out his interests to Mr. Barrett's son. Mr. Tenney then retired from active business, but his time became fully occupied in the discharge of duties he was asked to assume. He was twice a member of the legislature, and served in the im- portant position of railroad commissioner of his state for three terms. From 1887 to 1889 he was deputy internal revenue collector for western New Hampshire, and eastern Vermont. He also during these years served his town in various public of- fices, and was one of the chief movers in many local enterprises. In 1890, associating himself with the leading citizen of his town, he became treasurer and director of the Claremont Building Association which accomplished the building of the Claremont Hotel Block, giving the town one of the best hotels in the state. Mr. Tenney was the treasurer and one of the directors of the Claremont Electric Light Company from its inception until it was absolved into the Claremont Street Railway Company. In the organization of the Sullivan County Park As- sociation, he was one of its active members and for many years an executive officer. In 1891 Mr. Ten- ney was appointed judge of probate for Sullivan county, and held that office at the time of his death. He was also identified with the banking interests of his town, and it was through his efforts that the People's National Bank of Claremont was organized in 1892, an institution that he saw grow to be one of the strongest banks in the state, and one in which, as one of its leading directors he took great pride. Judge Tenney was a man strong mentally, and with a keen analytical mind he possessed cx- cellent judgment and was held in the highest es- teem by his fellow citizens. Although he was not educated for a lawyer, he was rated the best pro- bate judge the county ever had. He was for many years a strong force in the councils of the Republican party in both town and state, and was considered an able, resourceful and reliable member of his party. He was a demitted Mason and an attendant of the Episcopal Church. Edward J. Tenney married, in 1859, Frances M. Hall, daughter of Stephen and Charlotte (Green) Hall, both natives of Concord, where for many generations their families were prosperous farmers and neighbors on lands now owned by St. Paul's school. Mrs. Tenney, a most estimable woman, is still living (1907) in the de- lightful old family home in Claremont. Two chil- dren were born of this union: Edward Hall, the eldest, died at Claremont at the age of twenty-six years. He was a promising young man and gave every evidence of a brilliant business career. George Amos, the second son, was born in Claremont, Feb- ruary 11, 1864. He is cashier of the People's Na-
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tional Bank of Claremont. and is one of the prom- inent business inen of his town. In North Adams, Massachusetts, May 21, 1890, Mr. Tenney married Sarah Estelle Ballou, a descendant of the famous Hosea Ballou. They have two children: Edward Ballon, born May 4, 1891; and George Pomeroy, November 17, 1899.
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BLACK guish men from each other were those which referred to personal characteris- tics and peculiarities. Those that referred to com- plexion were very common, and five or six cen- turies ago, when our ancestors in Britain were as- stunning surnames, many made use of those descrip- tive epithets as surnames. Those of White and Read (Red) and Black were among the oldest and most common of such names.
(I) Neil Black, son of Daniel Black, was born in 1832, and was employed in iron works as a forger. In 1895 he removed to Nashua, New Hampshire, where he was employed until 1896, when he retired from industrial labor. He married Ann Leonard. Four children were born of this union: Neil, Dan- iel, John. James S. and Dennis.
(IT) Dr. James Stainsland, fourth son and child of Neil and Ann (Leonard) Black, was born in Pembroke, Maine, December 21, 1875. He obtained his literary education in the common schools, and at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, and then entered Dartmouthi Medical School, from which he graduated in 1900. For a year and a half next following his graduation he was a member of the medical staff of Deer Island Hospital, Boston Harbor. From there he went to the Massachusetts General Hospital and for six months was on the staff, having charge of the department of contagious diseases. Later he set- tled in Nashua, New Hampshire, where he opened an office and has since been engaged in a success- fil and steadily growing general medical practice. He is a member of the Hillsborough County and the Nashua Medical societies.
MOODY The earliest known instance of this name in England is that of Reginald Moody (spelled Mody), living in Nor- folk county, in the reign of Edward I. A. D., 1272. In Oxfordshire and Wiltshire the name anciently appears both as Modi and Mody, but in Somerset and Hampshire counties it was invariably spelled Moody. It is suggested that the name may have been derived from the Anglo-Saxon Mod (force), or from the ancient city Modessa, in Italy. In America the Moody family has been prominent from very early times in Essex county, Massachusetts, its chief seat being at Newbury. William Moody, the progenitor of the name in New England, came, according to the best records that can be obtained, from Wales, in 1633. He wintered in Ipswich, in 1634-5, and removed to Newbury with the first set- tlers of that place in 1635, where he resided until his death, October 25. 1673. Mr. Moody was made freeman on his arrival in Newbury, and received a grant of ninety-two acres of land. He is said to have been a saddler bv trade, and also skillful as a farrier. Itis also stated on good authority that he was a blacksmith and had the reputation of being the first smith to shoe oxen. It appears evident that he was interested in whatever furthered edt- cational interests, and a large number of his imme- diate descendants entered the learned profession and were distinguished for their superior intelligence quite in advance of the age in which they lived.
Nearly forty persons of the name were graduated from the New England colleges previous to 18.47. William Moody was a man of note, both in the ecclesiastical and civil affairs of his town. No date of his marriage is given. The christian name of his wife was Sarah. She died in Newbury, January 13, 1673. Their children were : Samuel, Joshua and
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Joshua Moody, the second son of William and Sarah Moody, was born in England, in 1633. shortly before his father came to America. He re- ceived the rudiments of his education in Newbury, and graduated at Harvard College, class of 1655. He studied Divinity, and commenced his minis- terial labors in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, carly in the year 1658, founding the First Congregational society in that town. In consequence of dissensions arising later, which amounted to persecution, he removed to Boston in 1684 and became the assistant pastor of the First Church. On the death of Pres- ident Rogers of Harvard College, July 2, 1684, Mr. Moody was elected his successor, but declined the honor. After many urgent requests from his for- mer parishioners. he returned to Portsmouth in 1692, where he passed the remainder of his days and died July 4. 1697. Rev. Josiah Moody is said to have been remarkable for his decision of character, his firmness under great trials, and particularly for his decided opposition to the delusion which in the time of the Salem witchcraft in 1692 had so largely deceived the population of Massachusetts. Mr. Moody was twice married. It is probable that his first wife was a daughter of Edward Collins, of Cambridge. His second wife was Ann Jacobs, of Ipswich, who survived him. The names of three daughters are given, but we have no evidence that he had more than one son, namely. Samuel, who was probably born in Portsmouth. No date of his birth appears, but he was a graduate of Harvard College in 1689, and was for several years a preacher in Newcastle, and later at the Isles of Shoals. He finally laid aside his calling as clergy- man and assumed that of a military commander. He took command of a body of men in an expedi- tion against the Indians. and frequently adjusted matters of dispute. Samuel Moody eventually lo- cated in Portsmouth, and was considered one of the foremost settlers in building up that colony. He married, in 1605, Esther, daughter of Nathaniel Green, of Boston, by whom he had two sons, Joshua and Samuel, and one daughter Mary.
(I) Elias Moody, it is claimed, was descended from William the emigrant through the lines of (II) Joshua and (III) Samuel, recorded above, but the scanty records obtainable do not indicate which one of Samuel's sons was his ancestor. He was born in Unity, New Hampshire, in 1771, and died in Newport, August 24. 1856. It is stated that his father's name was Daniel, and it appears reasonable that he is identical with Daniel Moody whose name is recorded among the signers of a petition to divide the town of Unity and address to the legislature in 1791. There is little room to doubt that Daniel Moody (of Unity) was a native of one of the southeasterly towns of New Hampshire, not far re- moved from Portsmouth, where Rev. Joshua Moody labored so long. Elias Moody was a farmer, a Democrat in politics, and his religious affiliations were with the Baptists. He married Polly Critchet, of Unitv. Their six children were: Jonathan, Mary, Mathew Harvey, Nathan, Josiah and Melindy. Mathew Harvey Moody is said to have been a man of more than ordinary ability. He received little education until his marriage to Olive Dunham, a
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noted school teacher of her time. He became the pupil of his wife, and turned the opportunity thus afforded him in good account. In addition to his trade of shoemaking Mr. Moody farmed on a large scale, and carried on an extensive cattle business. fle was a justice of the peace for thirty years, per- forming creditably the duties incident to the office, and having the confidence and good will of the com- munity in which he lived. One of his sons, An- drew J. Moody, was in the government detective service from 1854 to 1885, when illness compelled him to resign his office. He has been a justice of the peace for forty years, and is a resident of Am- herst. New Hampshire.
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