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II. LUCY JANE, born Sept. 27, 1838; married, Feb. 26, 1863, Joseph W. Cross, Jr. Children: 1. Katherine Prentiss Cross, born May 17, 1864; married S. A. Douglass Forristall; 2. Francis Foster Cross, born Oct. 13, 1866; 3. Gertrude May Cross, born Jan. 8, 1869; 4. Robert Morrison Cross, born Ang. 3, 1872; 5. Frank Eugene Cross, born June 30, 1876. The family reside in Somerville, Mass., the sons being employed in the dry goods business in Boston.
III. MARTHIA ALAMANZA, born Dec. 27, 1841; married, Dec. 8, 1862, Hiram Allen Crawford, born in Oakham, Mass., July 22, 1832; resides in Buckworth, Victoria, Australia. Children: 1. Hiram Allen Crawford, Jr., born Sept. 28, 1863; died July 25, 1866; 2. Gertrude Maria Crawford, born May 25, 1865; died Jan. 9, 1866; 3. Susan Maud Crawford, born May 25, 1867; 4. Walter Carle- ton Crawford, born Feb. 18, 1870; married, May 28, 1895, Jessie Haeffner.
IV. MARY CAROLINE, born Aug. 15, 1844; married, June 26, 1867, Rev. Silas P. Cook; died April 9, 1883, in Chelsea, Mass.
V. FRANK EUGENE, born June 30, 1848.
VI. ADDIE ISABEL, born July 12, 1853; married, June 25, 1873, Solon E. Buffum of Keene; resides in Taunton, Mass., where Mr. Buffum is at the head of the large carpet department of N. H. Skinner. Children : 1. Walter Solon Buffum, born Aug. 16, 1874; 2. Grace Isabel Buffum, born Jan. 8, 1877.
VII. JULIA GERTRUDE, born June 21, 1856; married, 1879, Charles E. Ilutehinson, who was a native of Rutland, Vt .; resides in Fitch- burg, Mass. Mr. Hutchinson is express messenger from Fitch- burg to Boston on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R. R. Children: 1. Hazel Foster Hutchinson, born Feb. 6, 1884; 2. Margaret Isabel Hutchinson, born Nov. 3, 1885.
EDWARD S. FOSTER, born Oct. 22, 1833; married, 1st, Nov. 13, 1862, Louisa A., daughter of Joseph and Prudence (Bowen) Alexander; she died May 13, 1876; he married, 2d, Nov. 1, 1878, Helen L., daughter of Nehemiah and Lydia C. (Benjamin) Adams.
I. FRANK E., born Feb. 13, 1865; died Sept. 12, 1872.
II. LEON W., born Sept. 3, 1871; died Dec. 4, 1891. Committed sui- cide by shooting.
ANDREW S. FOSTER, born in Ashburnham, Mass., Dec. 1, 1836; married, Sept. 13, 1862, Lizzie S., daughter of Joseph and Adeline (Chase) Hale, born in Winchendon,
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Mass., Aug. 29, 1844; died April 2, 1895. Settled on the Allen place in 1877.
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ARTHUR E., adopted son, born March 31, 1871.
JOSEPH M. FOSTER, born in Sheldon, Vt., Sept. 10, 1840; married, July 22, 1865, Luna A. Wright, born in Enosburg, Vt., Feb. 15, 1841. Children born, I to v, in Montgomery, Vt., VI to x, in Troy.
1. EDMUND E., born June 13, 1866; married Lilla E. Rice. One child, Elsie L., born Sept. 9, 1894.
II. ALMA R., born Oet. 28, 1861; married Albert Potter; resides in Gardner, Mass. Children: 1. Harold W. Potter, born Sept. 17, 1891; 2. Ethel M. Potter, born Jan. 7, 1894; 3. Gladys E. Pot- ter, born July 22, 1895.
III. LONA E., born Sept. 5, 1870; married, Ang. 18, 1892, Charles M. Russell.
IV. JESSE A., born March 30, 1873.
V. ARLIN E., born Nov. 10, 1875.
VI. CORNELIUS C., born April 26, 1878.
VII. ALICE M., born May 12, 1880.
VIII. NELLIE L., born Sept. 9, 1883.
IX. LILLIAN M., born May 2, 1886.
x. MARTHA B., born Dec. 2, 1888.
CHARLES FREEMAN, born 1856; married, May 30, 1880, Eliza Palidee, who was born October, 1863.
I. ABBIE, born Aug. 13, 1882.
11. ARTHUR, born Nov. 11, 1884.
III. CHARLES, born June 26, 1887.
IV. HENRY, born June 15, 1889.
V. FRANK, born June 23, 1891.
VI. LEON E., born Sept. 28, 1892.
VII. EDNA K., born Jan. 10, 1895; died June 2, 1896.
VIII. BERTHA EDNA, born March 1, 1897.
ALFRED FREEMAN, married, February, 1881, Louisa Pali- dee, born December, 1868.
I. MALVINA, born Sept. 4, 1883.
II. EVA, born Jan. 1, 1889.
MARY ALICE, born April 23, 1892.
STEPHEN FREEMAN, married, Oct. 14, 1890, Mary Barron.
I. MARY URELLA, born Feb. 29, 1892.
II. INA FRANCES, born Nov. 15, 1893.
JOSEPH FRENCH is supposed to have come from Attle- borough, Mass., where his grandfather settled about
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the year 1720. He located in the northeast part of what is now Troy, on the farm now owned by Joseph Haskell. He resided there until about 1808, when he sold his farm to Hezekiah Hodgkins and removed to Ludlow, Vt.
I. ARETHUSA, married, June 5, 1804, Joseph Mason, Jr., of Dublin.
II. SARAH, married, Jan. 1, 1800, Samuel Thurston of Marlborough; died March 2, 1839.
III. BRIDGET, married, June 23, 1803, Jonas Knight of Fitzwilliam ; died Oct. 13, 1804.
IV. VRYLING, died Nov. 14, 1804, aged 25.
DAVID FROST, son of Sylvester Frost of Marlborough, born Aug. 11, 1818; married, Aug. 29, 1843, Abigail T., daughter of Stephen and Polly (Wright) Wheeler, and commenced housekeeping in the Jacob Boyce house. Mr. Frost came to Troy with his father, March 28, 1827. He was employed in the store of Dexter Whitte- more, in Fitzwilliam about three years, and commenced trade in Troy, in April, 1841, and continuing until 1851. He moved from Troy to Fitchburg in 1853, where he died Dec. 22, 1872.
I. ABBY ANN, born in Troy, Nov. 16, 1846; died Dee. 15, 1851.
II. ROGER PERLEY, born in Fitchburg, Oct. 11, 1854.
FULLER. John Fuller, the first ancestor of the families in Troy bearing this name, was one of the first settlers of Cambridge Village, now Newton, Mass. He was born in 1611, and settled there about 1644, and was one of the largest land owners in the village, owning upwards of one thousand acres. This land at his death was divided among his five sons, who lived to the following ages : John, 75; Jonathan, 74; Joseph, SS; Joshua, 98; Jere- miah, 83. The "History of Newton" says that twenty- two of the descendants of John Fuller went into the army of the Revolution. He died Feb. 7, 1698-99; and his widow, Elizabeth, died April 13, 1700. His son John, born 1645; married, 1682, Abigail Boylston; settled in Newton, and had nine children, among whom was Isaac,
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born Nov. 22, 1695; married Abigail-, and had among others, Abijah, born June 1, 1723; married Lydia Richard- son of Newton.
ELIJAH FULLER, son of Abijah and Lydia (Richardson)
Fuller, was born in Newton, Mass., Feb. 11, 1766; married Lucretia Smith, born in Holden, Mass., about 1765. He came here in 1797, and settled on West Hill. Mr. Fuller died in 1822. His wife survived him and died in 1863, at the ripe age of 97.
I. ISAAC, born in Hubbardston, Mass., Nov. 14, 1794.
II. MARTHIA, born Dec. 14, 1797; married Abel Garfield, died in Keene, 1878.
III. LYDIA, born June 9, 1800; died March 11, 1811.
IN. LUCRETIA, born Aug. 1, 1805; married John E. Jackson; removed to Vermont.
ELIJAH, born April 6, 1808; fell into scalding water and died Jan. 12, 1812.
\'I. HARRIET, born April 21, 1810.
CAPT. ISAAC FULLER, a brother of Elijah, born in Newton, Mass., 1775; married Patty Howe of Holden, Mass., where he resided a short time before coming here in 1797. He died in 1819, perishing in a storm while returning home from the village, one stormy night in the winter of that year.
I. AMASA, born in Holden, Dec. 7, 1797.
II. LUCRETIA, born Jan. 11, 1800; married Ezra Alexander; died June 11, 1873.
III. PATTY, born Sept. 6, 1802; married David Jackson of Wallingford, Vt .; she was killed by lightning, Sept. 3, 1847.
IV. NANCY, born Jan. 11, 1805; married, Aug. 17, 1823, Andrew Sher- man, who died May 26, 1871; resided in Keene.
V. DOROTIIY, born April 5, 1807; died June 22, 1807.
V1. STILLMAN, born July 22, 1808; died March 16, 1809.
VII. LYDIA, born Feb. 9, 1810; married Rufus Jackson; resides in Wal- lingford, Vt.
VIII. ISAAC, born Ang. 3, 1812; died July 3, 1814.
IX. HARRIET, born Feb. 28, 1815; died Sept. 14, 1818.
x. ELIZA, born June 28, 1817; married-Sherman; resides in Brook- field, Mass.
ISAAC FULLER, eldest son of Elijah, born Nov. 14, 1794; married, Feb. 7, 1818, Temperance Hinckley of Barn- stable, Mass., born Nov. 11, 1792. He lived some
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years with his father, but in 1830, moved into the Josiah Wheeler house, where he resided two years, then came to the village, where he died Dec. 14, 1833. MARTHA H., born March 15, 1819; married Peleg Sherman of Mount Holly, Vt.
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II. ISAAC RICHARDSON, born Aug. 13, 1820; married Laura Jackson of Mount Holly.
III. LYDIA, born June 12, 1822; married Winthrop Knight; died Nov. 12, 1866.
IV. WILLIAM, born March 15, 1824; died April 12, 1825.
CHARLES, born April 13, 1827; died Feb. 1, 1832.
HARRIET E., born Nov. 1, 1829; married Joseph E. Lawrence; died Sept. 20, 1892.
AMASA FULLER, son of Capt. Isaac, born Dec. 7, 1797; married, 1st, Anna, daughter of Jonathan and Delilah (Rhodes) Bemnis; she died June 19, 1826. Mr. Fuller, married, 2d, Jan. 11, 1827, Hannah Jackson of Wal- lingford, Vt., born Nov. 5, 1803. Mrs. Hannah Fuller died April 5, 1845; and Mr. Fuller, married, 3d, Oet. 2, 1845, Mrs. Mary (Knight) Hager of Troy, born Feb. 14, 1802: died in Troy, Jan. 20, 1867; he married, 4th, Mrs. Lovey P. Kidder, born Oet. 6, 1813. He died in Swanzey, July 18, 1879.
1. ISAAC, born in Troy, Aug. 10, 1819.
II. ELMIRA, born April 9, 1822; married, July 16, 1846, Stephen Har- ris; died in Swanzey, May, 1847.
111. ANNA, born Feb. 14, 1826; died Nov. 23, 1826.
IV. A daughter, born June 11, 1828; died July 18, 1828.
V. A son, born April 29, 1829; died April 30, 1829.
ELVIRA, born Sept. 21, 1830; died March 6, 1833.
VII. A daughter, born March 1, 1832; died March 6, 1833.
VIII. AMASA, born Sept. 28, 1833; married, Sept. 13, 1855, Georgiana D. Taylor of Winehendon, born Sept. 13, 1834; she died July 4, 1896. One child, Edward S. (adopted son), born in Winchendon, June 25, 1866; died April 6, 1886.
IX. LEVI A., born May 4, 1836.
A son, born July 31, 1838; died same day.
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X1. ERWIN J., born Sept. 19, 1839; married, Sept. 16, 1865, Czarina W. Jacobs, born in Royalston, June 8, 1841 ; resides in Winehendon. Three children.
ISAAC FULLER, son of Amasa, born Aug. 10, 1819; mar- ried, Dec. 12, 1843, Hepzibah, daughter of Abel and Martha (Fuller) Garfield. He died Nov. 7, 1866; and
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she married, 2d, Dec. 8, 1870, Asa B. Clark; she married, 3d, Dec. 2, 1875, Samuel B. Aldrich ; she died in Keene, May 4, 1895.
I. JULIA M., born Feb. 4, 1847; married, July 16, 1868, Edwin F. Stockwell of Keene: died July 28, 1868. He died April 26, 1871.
II. GEORGE E., born Dec. 13, 1850; married, Jan. 24, 1872, Mattie A., daughter of Luther and Lydia S. (Harris) Alexander.
III. FREDERICK A., born Sept. 2, 1853; married, April 8, 1874, Fannie M. Blanding, born April 24, 1853; she died ---; married, 2d. June 1, 1887, Carrie Cram of Gardner, Mass. One child, Winfred I., born Oct. 29, 1875.
IV. ANDREW I., born Sept. 22, 1858; married, Oct. 18, 1876, Bessie A .. danghter of Harvey S. and Adaline B. Gates; resides in Swanzey. One child, Julia M., born March 14, 1879.
LEVI A. FULLER, son of Amasa, born May 4, 1836; mar- ried, 1st, Feb. 22, 1860, Elvira L., adopted daughter of Joseph Bemis of Ashburnham, born June 4, 1839; died Nov. 15, 1865. He was elected deacon of the Congregational church in Marlborough, Oct. 30, 1874; Mr. Fuller married, 2d, Oct. 30, 1866, Emily L., daughter of Dr. Willard and Anstris (Joslin) Adams of Swanzey, born July 28, 1848.
I. CORA A., born June 24, 1862; died July 27, 1862.
I1. ELMER A., born Dec. 27, 1863; married - Wilson.
III. IDA E., born Nov. 16, 1871; married Fred J. Farrar.
IV. WALTER T., born July 6, 1876.
V. ARTHUR LEVI, born July 2, 1882.
VI. CORA ANSTRIS, born July 2, 1887.
GARFIELD. The Garfields of this country are mostly descendants of Edward Garfield, one of the earliest propri- etors of Watertown, Mass. He married, 1st, Rebecca -, the mother of his children. She died April 16, 1661, aged 55; and he married, 2d, Sept. 1, 1661, Johanna, widow of Thomas Buckminster of Brookline. He died June 14, 1762. His youngest son, Benjamin, born 1643, married, 1st, Mehitable Hawkins, who died Dec. 9, 1675; and he married, 2d, Jan. 17, 1677-78, Elizabeth Bridge. He was representative of Watertown nine times between 1689 and 1717. He died Nov. 28, 1717. Thomas, son of Benjamin
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and Elizabeth (Bridge) Garfield, born Dec. 12, 1680, settled in Weston, Mass., where he married, Jan. 2, 1706-7, Mary, daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth (Flagg) Bigelow, who died Feb. 28, 1744-45. He died Feb. 4, 1752. His son John, born Dec. 3, 1718, married, 1744-45, Thankful Stowell. He died May, 1767.
JOHN GARFIELD, son of John and Thankful (Stowell) Garfield, born in Weston, Mass., Oct. 11, 1751; married, July 6, 1775, Lucy Smith of Weston, and settled first in Lincoln, where ten of his children were born. He came here about 1792.
1. SARAH, born April 11, 1776; married Richard Davis ; died in Vermont.
II. JouN, born Oct., 1777; married Lucy Davis; died in Londonderry, Vt.
111. ABRAHAM, born June 12, 1779; married, Oct. 6, 1805, Eunice, danghter of David and Eunice (Whitney) Thurston.
IV. Lucy, born Feb. 19, 1781; married Easman Alexander; died April 23, 1866.
SAMUEL, born April 8, 1782; died in New York.
VI. JAMES, born April 18, 1784; died in 1844.
VII. THOMAS, born Sept. 29, 1785; married, Sept. 1, 1811, Lois Cobb; settled in Londonderry, Vt.
VIH. ISAAC, born July 7, 1787; married Submit Alexander.
IX. THANKFUL, born May 1, 1790; married Israel Davis; settled in Montgomery, Vt.
ABEL, born April 20, 1792.
XI. ELIJAH, born June 14, 1794; married Polly Pierce; died in New York.
XII. ENOCH, born Oct. 26, 1796.
XIII. ABIGAIL, born Nov. 10, 1798; married Newell Day; settled in Win- chendon.
XIV. HEPZIBETH, born Nov. 10, 1798 ; married Amos Ray ; settled in Gardner. ABEL GARFIELD, son of John, born April 20, 1792; married,
1822, Martha, daughter of Elijah Fuller, and located on the home farm with his father.
I. GEORGE WASHINGTON, born Jan. 14, 1823.
II. HEPZIBAH, born March 2, 1825; married, 1st, Isaac Fuller ; married,
2d, Asa B. Clark; married, 3d, S. B. Aldrich ; died May 4, 1895.
III. CHANCY N., born Jan. 21, 1828.
SARAH W., born Jan. 21, 1832; married Andrew J. Aldrich ; died Jan. 10, 1891.
MARTHA L., born Dec. 23, 1839; married, Dec. 23, 1857, Delano H. Sibley; died in Newtonville, Mass., Oct. 4, 1888. One chik recorded born in Troy; 1. Leonora Sibley, born July 1, 1860.
VI. MARY Axx, born Jan. 1, 1842.
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GEORGE W. GARFIELD, son of Abel, born Jan. 14, 1823; married Angeline Aldrich, Nov. 4, 1847; she died April 11, 1851; married, 2d, Oct. 31, 1862, Augusta L., daughter of George and Louisa (Jones) Harvey; she died May 27, 1878; married, 3d, March 24, 1879, Victoria A. Barton. Mr. Garfield went to Marlbor- ough in 1851, and was for a short time in company with Isaac Fuller in the manufacture of boxes, after which he was station agent at Marlborough Depot five years. He then moved to the village and was associated with Elisha O. Woodward in a store three years. He removed to Keene in 1862, where he was freight agent for the Cheshire Railroad four years; then removed to Lawrence, N. Y., in 1867, where he was for nine years engaged in the pail and butter-tub business; returned to Keene in 1876, where he now resides.
I. WINFRED G., born in Marlborough, April 27, 1854; died April 4, 1859. Daughter, born Nov. 26, 1859; died Nov. 29, 1859.
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III. WILLIS S., (adopted son), born in Troy, March 6, 1866; married, Aug. 14, 1889, Belle Wright; resides in Marlborough.
CHANCY N. GARFIELD, son of Abel, born Jan. 21, 1828; married, 1st, Sept. 6, 1853, Maria, daughter of Erastus Brown. Mrs. Garfield died April 16, 1866; and he married, 2d, - -; died Jan. 14, 1875; married, 3d, -
I. IDA MI., born Oct. 6, 1854; died Oct. 13, 1862.
II. EDITH A., born Jan. 8, 1857; died Sept. 13, 1861.
III. NELLIE F., born June 25, 1859; died Sept. 9, 1861.
IV. - - , born Jan. 4, 1864.
V. Son, born March 6, 1866.
ENOCH GARFIELD, son of John, born Oct. 26, 1796; married, Jan. 9, 1823, Lucy, daughter of Hezekiah Hodgkins, and located on a farm which he purchased of Enoch Metcalf, and formerly owned by William Nurse. Mrs. Garfield died Dec. 29, 1854; he died May 30, 1883.
I. ELIZABETH ANN, born Dee. 21, 1816; married Charles Scholley of Gardner, Mass., Oct. 10, 1843.
II. SALLY H., born Nov. 22, 1823: died Jan. 10, 1828.
III. AMos, born July 22, 1825; died Feb. 19, 1845.
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IV. SARAH II., born May 11, 1828; married Lorenzo Dexter.
V. LONEY A., born July 8, 1833; married Daniel J. Fife; died Dec. 1, 1862.
AUSTIN B. GATES, son of Levi and Parmilla (Porter) Gates, was born in Marlborough, March 8, 1821; married, Sept. 19, 1844, Samira, daughter of Joseph M. and Fannie (Brigham) Forristall, born Oct. 31, 1823; died May 26, 1882; Mr. Gates died Nov. 23, 1895. They resided in Fitchburg, until 1846, when they returned to Troy, and for a time was engaged in manufacturing clothespins at the mill recently owned by A. W. Stock- well. He returned to Fitchburg in 1881, and after the death of his wife he lived with his daughter, Mrs. Page, and in 1893, went to Clinton, Mass., where he died. He was a stonecutter by trade, and worked at his trade after leaving the mill until failing eyesight caused him to give it up.
I. ANNETTA M., born Sept. 10, 1846; married, Sept. 8, 1864, Warren B. Hubbard of Royalston, Mass .; resides in Athol, Mass.
II. ISABEL V., born Dee. 2, 1850; married, Oet. 6, 1875, Walter F. Page of Fitchburg. Children: 1. Max Everett Page, horn April 24, 1880; died same day; 2. Christine Samira Page, born March 4, 1883; 3. Roland Everett Page, born July 12, 1884.
HARVEY STRONG GATES, was born in St. Johnsbury, Vt., May 31, 1827; marricd, July 27, 1850, Adaline Boyn- ton Read, born in Concord, Vt., July 2, 1833. Chil- dren born, I, II, in Kirby, Vt., III, in Lyndon, Vt., IV, V, VI, in North Concord, Vt., VII, in Keene. Mrs. Gates died June 20, 1897.
I. ALBERT CLARENCE, born May 19, 1851; died May 7, 1852.
II. EMMA JANE, born April 24, 1853; married, 1st, George W. Gee, who died ; married, 2d, Irving Brooks.
III. BETSEY ANN, born Nov. 13, 1855; married Andrew I. Fuller.
IV. FLAVILLA ELVIRA, born March 13, 1859.
LILLIAN GENEVIEVE, born June 13, 1861; married, May 8, 1883, John H. Wentworth of Wendell, Mass. Children: 1. Harold E. Wentworth, born July 7, 1885; 2. Helen A. Wentworth, born March 5, 1887.
VI. MARY GERTRUDE, born June 26, 1864; married Walter HI. Wheeler. VII. HARVEY ERNEST, born Jan. 29, 1870; married, Jan. 6, 1892, Lukai A., daughter of William J. and Jane P. (Aldrich) Boyden. One child, Ralph Ernest, born Nov. 7, 1896.
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GODDARD. "Godard, a proper name, derived from the Saxon of God or Good, and the Dutch of Nature, signify- ing one endowed with a compliant and divine disposition of mind. Goodiard is perhaps a variation of the same name. Dr. Goodiard lived in England, and was chaplain to the Earl of Warwick at St. Paul's Cross A. D. 1470." -(Bailey's Dictionary.)
Solomon Goddard was a descendant of Edward God- dard, farmer, who was born and lived in Norfolk County, England; was once very wealthy, but afterwards much reduced by oppressions during the civil war. Being on the Parliament side, his house was beset and demolished by a company of cavaliers, who also plundered his house. He escaped through the midst of them in disguise, but died soon after. William, the seventh son of Edward, married Elizabeth Miles and settled in London, where he carried on an extensive trade. He came to New England in 1665, for the purpose of securing a debt, and the plague then raging in London was probably the occasion of his con- cluding to tarry here, and he sent for his wife and children, who came over in 1666. They had six children born in London, three of whom died young; the other three came to New England, viz: William, Joseph and Robert. They had also six children born in Watertown, Mass., where they settled, but three of these only grew to manhood, viz: Benjamin, Josias and Edward. Edward was born March 24, 1675, married Susannah Stone in 1696, and settled in Framingham, where he was employed several years as a schoolmaster, at a salary of forty pounds per annum, and subsequently distinguished himself in some of the most responsible offices, being frequently selectman and moderator, for a long series of years town clerk, and for several years representative in the General Court. He had nine children, seven sons and two daughters. Edward,
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the eldest son, was born May 4. 1698, married Hepzibah Hapgood; was one of the first proprietors and owned five rights in the town of Shrewsbury, Mass., and died there Oct. 13, 1777. He had twelve children; David, the third son, was born Sept. 26, 1730; married Margaret Stone of Watertown and settled in Orange; had seven children, four sons and three daughters; John, the youngest son, was born April 30, 1768; married Hannah Forristall, by whom he had fourteen children. Solomon, the second son, was born May 2, 1796, and resided with his parents during his minority and learned the trade of a potter in his father's shop.
SOLOMON GODDARD, born May 2, 1796; married, May 9, 1821, Sarah, daughter of Ebenezer Nurse. He came to Troy in 1817, and commeneed work in a pottery then owned by Daniel W. Farrar, and which stood in the forks of the road near the house owned by Mrs. Gilbert Bemis. Later he entered into partnership with Jona- than B. French, who, in 1821, built the house since known as the Winch house. Capt. Goddard resided in the house purchased of Joshua Harrington, Jr., until 1839, when he built the brick house on the premises now owned by Miss Flavilla Gates. Mr. Goddard died Jan. 4, 1854.
I. ELLIOTT, born Dee. 24, 1823; married, Aug. 11, 1847, Mary Nor- cross of Royalston, Mass. He located in Troy until 1852, when he moved to Boston. The following year he returned to Troy, and in 1854 he removed to Keene, and later to Charlestown, Mass. Children: 1. Edwin M., born May 2, 1849; 2. Mary Elizabeth, born April 24, 1858.
II. JOSIAH E., born Feb. 19, 1825; died July 18, 1846, in Manchester, Massachusetts.
I11. SARAH L., born Aug. 15, 1830; graduated at Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary, 1851; married A. M. Caverly, M. D.
MRS. GODDING, widow of John, Sr., had eight children, four sons and four daughters, came from Attleborough, Mass., about 1779.
I. JOHN, married Mary Robbins of Warwick, Mass. About 1805 the family removed to Wallingford, Vt., and later to the western part
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of New York. Children: 1. Hannah, born May 5, 1783; 2. Mary, born July 12, 1785; 3. John, born June 3, 1788; 4. Ase- nath, born July 13, 1791; 5. Asa, born Dec. 1, 1793; 6. Levi, born Sept. 27, 1797.
TIMOTHY GODDING, another son, married, 1790, Ruth Robbins, sister of his brother John's wife; she died in Troy, Nov. 7, 1854; he died in Winehendon, March 7, 1856.
I. WILLIAM, born Nov. 1, 1790; resided in Hector, N. Y.
II. REBECCA, born April 21, 1793; died Oct. 10, 1799.
III. ALVAH, born Nov. 5, 1796. Was a prominent physician in Win- chendon, Mass.
IV. RUFUS, born Ang. 8, 1799; resided in Burke, Vt.
V. IRA, born March 5, 1802; married, Dec. 5, 1833, Eliza White, who died Oct. 28, 1849; he died Dec. 10, 1849. One son, Rufus, resides in Winehendon.
VI. LONEY, born Aug. 29, 1804; died Feb. 24, 1833, unmarried.
VII. PIIILINDA, born Feb. 18, 1807; died young.
THOMAS GOODALL was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire County, England, Sept. 1, 1823, and when less than three years of age was left an orphan. He served an apprenticeship in a large manufacturing establishment in his native town, eleven years. At the age of twen- ty-three years he came to America, and after a brief stay in Connecticut he went to South Hadley, Mass., where he obtained a good position. He married, April 29, 1849, Ruth, daughter of Jeremiah Waterhouse. The manufacture of horse blankets in America was first commenced in Trov, and Mr. Goodall was the originator of the business. He came here in 1852 and engaged in the manufacture of satinets and beavers. At this time the only horse blankets in use were imported and square in shape, and observing the diffi- culty experienced in keeping these blankets on a horse, he conceived the idea of having them made with straps and buckles attached, and also having them cut so as to fit better. During the war of the Rebellion he added to his business the manufacture of army blankets, many bales of which he presented to the Union soldiers in Confederate prisons. In 1865, he sold out, and feeling the need of rest after twenty
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years' application to business, he went with his family to England, resolved to take an extended vacation. But being of an active disposition he could not long remain idle, and shortly after his arrival in England, began the exportation of lap robes, which were largely manufactured there, for sale in this country. While
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engaged in this business he made a number of trips to this country, and feeling that the policy of the United States would encourage manufactures of all kinds, he concluded to begin the business of making lap robes, carriage robes, etc., here, the manufacture of which
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