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mediate possession of the stock of goods and the store; which from that time until his death he operated in connection with his other business.
Mr. Parker, like his father before him, took an active interest in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the town and its inhabitants; by whom he was highly respected and esteemed. He was moderator in 1830, 1831 and 1836; town clerk in 1830, 1831 and 1836; town treasurer in 1836; selectman in 1829, 1830 and 1835; and Representative to the legislature in 1837, 1838, 1839 and 1842. He was also many times a member of the school board. He was an active member of the Congregational church and society.
DEVERD COREY PARKER
He m. Mar. 26, 1826, Deverd,* dau. of Capt. Nathan and Deverd (Wright) Corey, his wife; who was a dau. of David Wright of Pep- perell, Mass., and his wife Prudence (Cum- mings ) Wright; who was the leader of the band of women which captured the notorious Tory, Leonard Whiting, at Jewett's Bridge in Pep- perell, Mass., April, 1775. He died Oct. 8, 1846; she died Dec. 11, 1875.
Children; Born in Brookline.
1. James Clinton Parker,* b. Apr. 30, 1830; m. Aug. 17, 1875, Cynthia (Jones) Carr, of Berlin, Vt, she d. May 18, 1887; m. 2nd, in 1889, Mary A. Gallagher of Lowell, Mass .; no ch .; he d. Jan. 1, 1909.
2. Henry Hamilton, Jan. 31, 1832; d. Dec. 27, 1850; unm.
3. * Frances Deverd, b. Dec. 26, 1833; d. Feb. 16, 1889. (See sketch chap. XI, ante).
4. * Edward Everett, b. Jan. 7, 1842; m. Dec. 20, 1877, Alice Prince, dau. of Evan B. Hammond, M. D., and his wife, Sarah Ann Adams, dau. of Capt. Phinehas Adams, formerly of Nashua, deceased. Ch., born in
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Nashua, (1) Rena Deverd, b. Nov. 21, 1878; grad. of Wellesley College in 1901; (2) Edna Alice, b. Dec. 13, 1880; grad. of Mt. Holyoke College in 1903. (See sketch chap. XI, ante).
JAMES CLINTON PARKER
(VII) *JAMES CLINTON PARKER, first child and first son of James and Deverd (Corey ) Parker, was born at Brookline, April 30, 1830. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Brookline. On arriving at manhood he engaged in the wholesale lumbering and cooper- ing business, which he followed successfully un- til 1870. In the latter year he sold out his business and remov- ed from Brookline to Nashua; where he was for several years super- intendent of the City
Farm. Subsequently he was for four years superintendent of the Wil- mington, Mass., town-farm, and, still later, for fifteen years, superintend- ent of the Billerica, Mass., town-farm.
He was a man of strict integrity and probity, and was highly esteemed by his fellow citizens. He was moderator of Brookline in 1873 and 1874; selectman in 1857, 1868 and 1869; and represented the town in the legis- lature of 1871-72.
He m. Aug. 17, 1875, Mrs. Cynthia (Jones) Carr, of Berlin, Vt. No children. He d. at Lowell, Mass., Jan. 1, 1909; she d. May 18, 1887. Both are buried in the South Cemetery at Brookline; m. 2nd, Jan. 15, 1889, Mary A. Gallagher of Lowell, Mass .; res. Lowell.
(VI) ABEL BOYNTON PARKER, third son of James and Sarah (Boynton) Parker, was born in Pepperell, Mass., Mar. 12, 1801. In the latter year he moved with his father's family from Pepperell, to Brookline; where he grew to manhood. He was a cooper by trade. In 1842, he re-
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moved with his family from Brookline to Nashua, where he passed the re- mainder of his life. He m. about 1827, Martha Washington, dau. of Ben- jamin and Elizabeth (Place) Evans of Gonic, N. H. He d. at Nashua, Oct. 27, 1853; she d. July 29, 1883.
Children.
1. Elizabeth Sarah, b. in Cambridge, Mass., Mar. 31, 1828; d. Nashua, Feb. 28, 1902.
2. Martha Ann, b. in Brookline, Jan. 18, 1830; res. Nashua, N. H.
3. Catharine Louisa, b. in Brookline, Mar. 3, 1832; d. Nashua, Mar. 24, 1856.
4. Clara Ann Rebecca, b. in Brookline, Jan. 31, 1834; m. Jan. 4, 1864, Charles Franklin Fairbanks of Holden, Mass. . Ch., (1) Emma El- dora, b. Worcester, Mass., Sept. 5, 1866; she m. Apr. 5, 1904, Herbert Irving Gray of Nashua; res. Hudson; (2) Frank Evans, b. Worcester, Mass., June 9, 1869; res. Woonsocket, R. I.
5. Joseph Boynton, b. Brookline, Aug. 2, 1838; m. June 5, 1863, Sarah Elizabeth Tarbell of Worcester, Mass .; he d. at Worcester, Oct. 6, 1896; she d. Oct. 9, 1908; 1 ch., Kate Evans, b. Worcester, Oct. 28, 1864; res. Worcester, Mass.
6. John Place Evans, b. Brookline, Feb. 12, 1841; res. Boston, Mass .; he was a soldier in the Civil War; d. in Boston, in 1913. Buried at Nashua.
Parkhurst.
THOMAS HENRY PARKHURST was born at Dunstable, Mass., July 17, 1825. He was a son of Henry and Abigail (Taylor) Parkhurst; and was a farmer by avocation. In 1866, he removed with his family from Dunstable to Brookline; where, in company with William Wright, his brother-in-law, he engaged in the wholesale lumbering and coopering business until 1872; when, the firm of Wright and Parkhurst having been dissolved, he returned with his family to Dunstable; where he passed the greater part of the remainder of his life.
Mr. Parkhurst was a man of strict honesty and probity; quiet and unassuming in his manners and deportment, a kind and indulgent father, a firm and faithful friend, and a citizen whose characteristics won for him the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens. He m. Mar. 12, 1848, be- fore coming to Brookline, Sarah, dau. of Luke and Hannah (Wright) Wright, of Pepperell, Mass. He d. at Nashua, in 1908; she d. at Hudson, Mass., in 1896. Both are buried in Dunstable, Mass.
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Children; Born in Dunstable, Mass.
1. Willis H., b. Mar. 26, 1849.
2. Lewis, b. July 26, 1856.
3. Lizzie Jane, b. May 8, 1860.
LEWIS PARKHURST
LEWIS PARK- HURST, son of Thomas H. and Sarah N. (Wright) Parkhurst, was born July 26, 1856, at Dunstable, Mass. He is a lineal descendant in tlie seventh generation of Ebenezer Parkhurst, a settler in Dunstable in 1690. Two of his an- cestors (Joel and Leon- ard) were soldiers in the War of the Revolution. On the maternal side of the house, he is a great- grand-child of Liberty and Hannah (Cooper) Wright, and a great- great-grand-child of David Wright and Pru-
dence Cummings, his wife; who, in 1775, was the leader of a band of Pep- perell, Mass., women which captured the tory, Leonard Whiting, near Jewett's Bridge in that town.
His childhood days until he was ten years old were passed on the homestead farm in Dunstable. In 1866, he removed with his father's family from Dunstable to Brookline; where he resided until 1872. He left Brookline with a feeling of sincere affection for its people; a feeling which in the passing years has perhaps been strengthened by the fact that many of his nearest relatives on the Wright side of the house are residents of the town today; and that, of those deceased, many others, including his grand- father Wright, are buried beneath its soil.
During his residence in Brookline, he attended the village school in the fall and winter, and, for four successive years, worked from April to
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September on a farm in Dunstable, at a wage of from eiglit to sixteen dollars per month and his board. In the winter following his fifteenth birthday, he drove a team of four oxen in the woods; and, for one season worked at the bench as a cooper.
He fitted for college in the district schools of Dunstable, Mass., and Brookline, and Green Mountain Academy, South Woodstock, Vt .; and graduated from Dartmouth College in the class of 1878; delivering the Class Day address at the graduating exercises. He was president of his class during his senior year; a position which he continued to hold for several years following his graduation. During his preparatory course at Green Mountain Academy, and subsequently while at Dartmouth, he taught school winters and worked at farming summers; using his wages in helping to defray the expenses of obtaining his education. Among the places in which he taught during this period were Woodstock, Reading and Weston, Vermont; Provincetown, Mass., and Hanover, N. H.
In the eight years immediately succeeding his graduation, Mr. Park- hurst followed teaching as a profession. He was principal of the High Street Grammar School, Fitchburg, Mass., two years; Principal of the High School, Athol, Mass., one year; and principal of the High School at Winchester, Mass., five years.
In 1886, Mr. Parkhurst having decided to change his business, re- signed his position as principal of the Winchester High School; and, de- clining to accept a similar position in the High School at Fitchburg, Mass., to which he was that year elected, entered the employment of the publish- ing house of Ginn and Company, Boston, Mass., as New England agent for its High School and College publications. In 1888 he was admitted to membership in the firm. In 1896, he built, or organized and equipped for Ginn and Company the Athenaeum Press; of which he has ever since been manager. At the present time he is treasurer and business manager of Ginn and Company; which carries on its pay-rolls the names of about 1100 employees, men and women, and has an annual output of about eight million books; with offices at 29 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., New York City, Chicago, Ill., Atlanta, Ga., Dallas, Texas., Columbus, Ohio., San Francisco, Cal., and London, England.
In addition to, and independent of, his duties as manager of the business of Ginn and Company, he has occupied many public and private positions of trust and responsibility. He was president of the Middlesex County National Bank, of Winchester, Mass., from 1897 to 1900; trustee of Winchester, Mass., Savings bank for seventeen years, and for four years a member of its Investment Committee. At the present time (1914) he
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is trustee under the wills of George A. Wentworth and Edwin Ginn, re- spectively. In 1908, he was elected Alumni Trustee of Dartmouth College with the honorary degree of A. M .; and in 1913 was re-elected to the same position and also to the position of Chairman of the Committee on Busi- ness Administration of the Board of Trustees of the College. He is a member of the University, Union, Boston Art, and Boston City Clubs, and of the Winchester County Club, and Megantic Fish and Game Club.
He has been an extensive traveller; and, with two exceptions, has visited on business or pleasure every State in the union; also Canada, Mexico, Cuba, the British Isles, France, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Greece and Egypt.
He is also a writer of ability. In 1913, he published a book which, under the title of "A Vacation On The Nile," contains a collection of in- teresting and instructive letters written by him from Egypt to his friends at home.
At the present time, Mr. Parkhurst is, and for thirty years, has been, a resident of Winchester, Mass. As a citizen, he is honorable, upright and public spirited; and generous in giving both of his time and substance for the advancement of any project for promoting the welfare and happiness of his fellow citizens. Nor is his generosity confined to home giving only. In 1911 he presented Dartmouth College with a gift of one hundred thou- sand dollars for the erection of an Administration Building in memory of his son, Wilder, who died there in 1904, while a member, in his Sopho- more year, of the class of 1907. In 1913 he also presented the town of Brookline, N. H. with one hundred dollars to be used towards defraying the expenses of building its new town house, which was erected that year.
He is highly esteemed by his fellow citizens; who have honored him with many positions of trust and responsibility. He has been a member of the School Committee, Trustee of the Public Library, member of the Water Board for seven years, Chairman of Town Committee on Annual Appropriations and Chairman of the Committee to build Mystic School and. High School buildings. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the Unitarian church for twelve years, Chairman of the committee to build the Unitarian church, and Chairman of the town Committee on Improvement of Water Ways.
In 1908 he represented the twenty-seventh Middlesex District in the Legislature; and was a member of the joint Senate and House Committee on Railroads.
Mr. Parkhurst married Nov. 18, 1880, Emma J. Wilder, dau. of John and Sarah (Cragin) Wilder of Weston, Vt.
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Children; Born at Winchester, Mass.
1. Wilder, b. Feb. 22, 1886, d. in 1904.
2. Richard, b.Nov.15,1894.
Patten.
NATHANIEL PATTEN settled in the south part of the Mile Slip, now Brookline, as early, probably, as 1764, on land which he purchased of William and Martha Blanchard, Feb. 22, of that year; coming there from Townsend, Mass. He is supposed to have been a son of Nathaniel and Mary (Kidder ) Patten, originally of Tewksbury, Mass .; but who removed from Tewksbury to Townsend between the years 1733 and 1741. His dwelling house was located in the southwest part of the town on the high- way leading southerly from the old Mathew Wallace place to the Jasper Wyman sawmill; now the Perley Pierce sawmill, in South Brookline. He was a farmer and served as a soldier for Raby in the War of the Revolu- tion. He was living here as late as 1795. He has no descendants of the name living here today. He m. May 20, 1784, Mehitabel Blood of Hollis.
Children; Born in Brookline.
1 Nathaniel, b. July 10, 1785.
2. Abel, b. Jan. 13, 1787.
3. John, b. Oct. 6, 1788.
4. Mehitabel, b. Dec. 5, 1792.
5. Mighill, b. Mar. 14, 1795.
6. Shattuck, b. Jan. 18, 1797.
No records of Marriages or Deaths.
Peabody.
·AMOS A. PEABODY came to Brookline about 1850 from Milford, where he was born, Oct. 12, 1823. He was a carpenter by trade. He m. Dec. 22, 1853, Lucilla P., dau. of Alpheus and Clorinda (Wallace) Shat- tuck of this town. He d. in 1882; she d. in Oct., 1913. No children.
JOHN PEABODY was born in Amherst, Nov. 9, 1827. He was the third son of Francis and Lydia Peabody. About 1850 he removed from Amherst to Brookline. He was a carpenter by trade, and a member of, and deacon in, the local Congregational church. He m. Fannie E. Sar-
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gent of Amherst. He d. in Brookline, Dec. 23, 1873. No children. He is buried with his wife in Amherst.
GEORGE W. PEABODY, a son of Francis and Lydia Peabody, was born in Amherst, Oct. 11, 1838. He settled in Brookline about 1860. He was an excellent citizen and a member of the Congregational church. He m. Sept. 8, 1868, Mary Frances, dau. of James H. and Mary A. (Boutwell) Hall of this town. He d. Dec. 18, 1873; his wife d. Dec. 19, 1913. They are buried in Amherst.
Children; Born in Brookline.
1. James Edward, b. Aug. 24, 1869; a graduate of Williams College; and at the present time (1911) a teacher of Biology in the Morris High School, in N. Y. City. (See sketch of his life in Chap. XI. Ante.) He m. Emma Barrett, of Barre, Mass .; he has three ch., i. e. Elizabeth Bar- rett, Richard Hall, and George Wellington.
2. George Herbert, b. Oct. 14, 1871; he resides at Pawtucket, R. I., where at the present time (1911) he is secretary of the Y. M. C. A. He m. Mildred Lane, of Swanzy; ch., Marion, Francis and Eleanor.
Peacock.
FREDERICK W. PEACOCK settled in Brookline about 1849, com- ing here from Amherst, where he was born. He was a cooper and farmer. He m. Nov. 10, 1850, Almira F., dau. of Alpheus and Rosella (Bennett) Melendy, of Brookline. He d. Nov. 30, 1882; she d. Jan. 28, 1893.
Children; Born in Brookline.
1. Leroy A., b. Apr. 3, 1861; m. in 1886, Nellie E. Lund.
2. Della R., b. Feb. 16, 1863; m. Nov. 6, 1883, Alpha A. Hall.
3. Delia E., b. Dec. 30, 1865; m. Sept. 16, 1896, Arthur E. Chase.
Perkins.
JESSE PERKINS, son of Mark Perkins, was born in 1757 in Car- lisle, Mass. He was a soldier from Carlisle in the War of the Revolution; serving as a private for two years and several months. At the close of the war he was pensioned for life by the Government. In 1781, he removed
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from Carlisle to Raby; where he settled in the east part of the town. His log-cabin was located about one mile northeast of the village on the west side of the north highway to Hollis; its exact location being at the end of a short lane which led out of said highway near the old Ezekiel Proctor place, from which it was distant but a few rods. Its cellar-hole is still in evidence. He m. in 1771, Elizabeth, dau. of Ezekiel and Elizabeth Proctor of Westford, Mass. He d. in 1857; she d. in 1851. Both are buried in the South Cemetery.
Children; Born in Brookline.
1. Samuel, b. Feb. 26, 1782; m. in 1817, Mary Shattuck; she d. in 1849; no ch.
2. Leonard,
3. Esther, twins; d. in infancy.
4. Abijah, b. Sept. 4, 1788; never m .; d. in 1862.
5. *Stephen, b. Mar. 19, 1793; m. May 6, 1821, Sally Gilson.
6. Betsey, b. Mar. 22, 1797; m. Jeremiah Goodwin.
STEPHEN PERKINS, fifth child and fourth son of Jessie and Eliza- beth (Proctor) Perkins, was born in Brookline, Mar. 19, 1793. He m. May 6, 1821, Sally, dau. of Abel and Anna (Searl) Gilson, of this town. He d. in 1857; she d. in 1879; both are buried in the South Cemetery.
Children; Born in Brookline.
1. Stephen William, b. Feb. 19, 1822; d. in 1890; unm.
2. Leonard Kilburn, b. June 5, 1824; d. in 1905; unm.
3. Sarah Amanda, b. July 2, 1832; m. Nov. 3, 1853, Henry Spauld- ing of Townsend, Mass .; she d. in 1881, leaving several children.
4. Martha Elizabeth, b. Apr. 5, 1838; res. Hollis, N. H.
RALPH R. PERKINS was born in Milford, Jan 20, 1882. He is a son of Frederick H. and Minnie (Goodale) Perkins. He removed in Apr. 1904, from Milford to Brookline, where he settled on the Lot Colburn place on the east highway to Milford. He is a plumber by trade. He m. Jan. 31, 1905, Mabel H. dau. of Freeman E. and Etna (Baldwin) Wright.
Child; Born in Brookline.
Thelma E., b. Apr. 3, 1910.
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Peterson.
JOSHUA PETERSON settled in Brookline in 1824; coming here with his family from Duxbury, Mass., where he was born. He married before coming here, Jemima Adams of Kingston, Mass .; who was a lineal de- scendant of Francis Adams who came from Chester, England, to Americ a in 1692, and settled in Duxbury, Mass.
Children;
1. Francis A., b. in Duxbury, Mass., Sept. 13, 1813; came to Brook- line with his father; he was a cooper by trade, an upright and honorable man, and a highly respected citizen. He was a member of the Congrega- tional church; he m. Mar. 23, 1838, Mary W. Pattee of Francestown; he d. Jan. 14, 1854; she d. Jan. 23, 1905. One ch., Emily Adams, b. in Brookline, in 1839; d. in Brookline, Nov. 6, 1907; aged 68; unm.
2. Mercy Adams, b. in Duxbury, Mass. May 18, 1820; twice married; m. 1st, Nov. 9, 1837, Eldad Sawtelle of Brookline; he d .; m. 2nd, Nov. 6, 1882, Calvin R. Shedd. She d. July 21, 1900.
3. Joseph, b. May 14, 1822; thrice married; m. 1st, Nov. 25, 1847, Martha Hall; she d. July 17, 1849; m. 2nd, Emily R. Pattee; she d. May 28, 1858; m. 3rd, Mrs. Nathaniel W. Lund. He d. Aug. 30, 1884.
Pierce.
JAMES PIERCE settled in Brookline about 1827; coming here from Hollis, where he was born Sept. 13, 1799. He was a farmer, his farm be- ing located on the east side of the east highway to Milford about one and one-half miles north of the village. He m. July 31, 1828, Lucy, dau. of Ebenezer and Betsey (Leslie) Wheeler. He d. May 5, 1884; his wife d. July 12, 1885.
Children; Born in Brookline.
1. Caroline L., b. June 17, 1831.
2. Raymond J., b. July 21, 1833; m. Apr. 8, 1858, Catharine Burge.
3. Elizabeth H., b. Dec. 14, 1835.
4. Ellen S., b. Mar. 31, 1839.
5. Jennie N., b. Oct. 30, 1845; m. July 18, 1865, Bryant W. Wallace.
LEONIDAS PIERCE settled in Brookline in 1842, coming here from Lexington, Mass .; where he was born Dec. 11, 1818. He was a
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son of George and Mary (Merriam) Pierce, and a descendant in the eighth generation of John Pers, who was born in London, England, in 1558, and came to America in 1637 and settled in Watertown, Mass .; where he was known as "John of Watertown." The line of descent is as follows: (I) John, (II) Anthony, (III) Joseph, (IV) Francis, (V) Jonas, (VI) Isaac, (VII) George, (VIII) Leonidas.
He was a farmer and a worthy and respected citizen. He m. Sept. 19, 1842, Susan Elizabeth, dau. of Peter W. and Cynthia (Flint) Gould. He d. in Brookline Dec. 5, 1885; she d. Oct. 24, 1886; both are buried in the South Cemetery.
Children; Born in Brookline.
1. *George W., b. Oct. 6, 1844; m. Apr. 24, 1866, Emma Wood of Hollis.
2. * Perley L., b. Sept. 20, 1846; m. 1st, Mar. 31, 1867, Mary A. Wood of Hollis; m. 2nd, Jan. 6, 1902, Martha Williams of Waltham, Mass.
3. Charlotte, b. Sept. 3, 1850; d. July 21, 1851.
4. Frank J., b. May 15, 1856; d. Apr. 17, 1887.
5. Amos W., b. Sept. 26, 1858; m. Louisa J. Barnaby; d. Apr. 10. 1909.
6. Laura E., b. Oct. 2, 1861; m. July 15, 1882, Roswell H. Lawson, Wiscasset, Me.
7. Emily E., b. Dec. 31, 1866; m. Sept. 14, 1910, Charles J. Stickney, Townsend, Mass.
(IX) GEORGE WARREN PIERCE, first child and first son of Leonidas and Mary (Merriam) Pierce, was born in Brookline Oct. 6, 1844. He passed his boyhood in his native town and received his edu- cation in the public schools. He served as a soldier for Brookline in the War of the Rebellion. (See his army record, ante). Soon after the close of the war, he removed from Brookline to Pepperell, Mass .; where he en- gaged in, and for many years conducted, a highly successful business as a wholesale dealer in grain. At the present time he is still living in Pep- perell, but has retired from business, and is devoting his time to the study of practical forestry, in which he is greatly interested. He m. Apr. 24, 1866, Emma Wood of Hollis.
Child.
Emma Caroline, b. in Pepperell, Mass., Apr. 4, 1867; m. Dec. 29, 1887, Valentine Herrig, of Freeport, N. Y.
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(IX) PERLEY L. PIERCE, second son and second child of Leoni- das and Mary (Merriam) Pierce, was born Sept. 20, 1846, in Brookline, where his entire life has been passed. He is, and for many years has been, engaged in the business as a wholesale and retail dealer in lumber. He resides in South Brookline, where he owns and operates a sawmill in con- nection with his business. He is highly respected by his fellow citizens, by whom he is regarded as one of the town's most successful business men. He is a member of and deacon in the local Congregational church. He has been twice married; m. 1st, Mar. 31, 1867, Emma Wood of Hollis; she d .; m. 2nd, Jan. 6, 1902, Martha Williams of Waltham, Mass.
Children; Born in Brookline.
1. Alice M., b. Oct. 8, 1868; m. Feb. 5, 1890, George Kendall.
2. Lucretia E., b. Oct. 30, 1872; m. Nov. 28, 1891, John Martin.
3. Susan E., b. in 1877.
(VIII) HENRY T. PIERCE was born in Lexington, Mass., Nov 19, 1820. He was a son of George and Mary (Merriam) Pierce, and a de- scendant in the eighth generation of Jolin Pierce who came to America from England in 1637, and settled in Watertown, Mass. In 1842 he re- moved from Lexington to Brookline, where he settled in the southwest part of the town. He was a farmer and an active and respected citizen. He m. in Lexington, Mass., in 1844, Elizabeth (Davis) Dane. He d. in Brookline, Apr. 6, 1887.
Children; Born in Brookline.
1. John H., b. Mar. 4, 1847; d. Apr. 6, 1870; unm.
2. Mary E., b. Jan. 4, 1849; m. June 2, 1870, Charles H. Chapman.
3. * Albert T., b. Feb. 28, 1851; m. 1st, Apr. 28, 1875, Minnie J. Thomas; m. 2nd, Nov. 22, 1883, Ella M. Baldwin; m. 3rd, July 4, 1890, Hattie F. Goodwin of Nashua.
(IX) ALBERT T. PIERCE, second son and third child of Henry T. and Elizabeth (Dane) Pierce, was born in Brookline, Feb. 28, 1851. He is a carpenter by trade; and an exemplary citizen. He has been thrice married; m. 1st, Apr. 28, 1875, Minnie J. Thomas; she d. m. 2nd, Nov. 22, 1883, Ella M. Baldwin; she d .; m. 3rd, July 4, 1890, Hattie F. Good- win of Nashua.
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Children; Born in Brookline. By Second Wife.
1. Fannie, b. Oct. 4, 1884; m. Dec. 31, 1904, Fred F. French; d. Jan. 17,1905.
By Third Wife.
2. E. May, b. May 14, 1891.
3. John H., b. Sept. 11, 1892; d. Apr. 7, 1910.
Pike.
JOSEPH PIKE, a son of Daniel and Sarah (Kendall) Pike, was born in Dunstable, N. H., June 5, 1757. In 1778 he settled in the northeast part of Raby on the farm subsequently known as the Nathaniel W. Col- burn place, located about one and one-half miles north of the village on the east side of the east highway to Milford. May 27, 1778 he m. Abi- gail, dau. of Ephraim and Abigail (Stone) Sawtelle, formerly of Groton, but in the latter part of his life a resident in Brookline.
Children; According to Tradition.
1. Perley, b. Sept. 20, 1778; m. Mary Cross, June 19, 1804; res. Plymouth.
2. Newhall, b. Sept. , 1780; d. at sea in 1803.
3. Betsey, b. about 1782; m. Samuel Reed of Lowell, Mass.
4. Lucy, b. about 1784; in. Paul Davis of Mason, Oct. 30, 1806; res. Warren.
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