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(III) Joli: (2), son of John Parker (1), born 1648, married Hannah, daughter of William Bassett, November 8, 1670. He was among the early planters of Wallingford. Connecticut, and settled about two miles west of the village of that name, giving the name "Parker Farm:" to the locality, which name it still bears. He was an active busi-
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ness man, and did much in advancing the interests of the settlement. He died in 1711, and his widow survived until June 7, 1726. Their children were as follows: Hannah, born August 10, 1671, married Will- iam Andrews, January 12, 1692; Elizabeth, 1673, married Joseph Royce, March 24, 1693; John, March 26, 1675 : Rachel, June 16, 1680, married Thomas Relzea, of New Haven, in 1700; Joseph, mentioned below ; Eli- phalet ; Samuel ; Edward, 1692 ; Mary, married Joseph: Clark, November 27, 1707; Abigail, March 3, 1710, married Joseph Bradley, December 8, 1765.
(IV) Joseph, fifth child and second son of John and Hannah Parker, married Sarah Curtis, June 7, 1705, and their children were as follows: Joseph, died young ; Joseph, July 25, 1707 : Andrew, married Susannah Blakeslee; Thomas, June 7, 1709: Hannah, August 30, 17II ; Ebenezer, March 5, 1713: Joseph (3), April 3, 1716; Ralph, January 9, 1718; Waitstill, July 24, 1721; Sarah, October 18, 1725, married Asa, son of Samuel Cook, January 15, 1744-5.
(V) Andrew, third and ellest surviving son of Joseph and Sarah (Curtis) Parker, married Susannah Blakeslee, and their children were as follows: Ambrose, born March 6, 1738; Grace, December 10, 1739, died an infant ; Patience, twin of Grace, died when three days old ; Ze- ruiah, November 28, 1741, married David Miller, January 3. 1765; Oliver, November 20, 1743; Ezra, mentioned at length below ; Susan- nah, December 2, 1747 ; Rachel. December 28, 1749: Sybil, February 9, 1753 : Jason, August 17, 1764. Andrew Parker was a farmer in Walling- ford, and moved thence to the town of Adams, in Berkshire county, Massachusetts, where he died.
(VI) Ezra, sixth child and third son of Andrew and Susannah (Blakeslee) Parker, was born December 13, 1745, in Wallingford. He was one of the heroes of the Revolution, and acted as Arnold's orderly in the memorable expedition against Quebec, undertaken in the fall of 1775; through the wilds of Maine. With others he had smallpox during the winter, and he was one of the few who succeeded in making their way back in 1776. He continued in the service, and fought in the bat- tles of Bennington and Saratoga. He was offered a commission in the army but declined it. In 1772 he bought land of Samuel Perry, at the west end of the present Hoosac tunnel. He engaged in farming until his removal to Bridgewater, New York, after 1779. In 1802, to settle his sons, he purchased two hundred acres of land on Dry Hill, in the town of Watertown. Ezra Parker was twice married. His first wife,
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Sarah Tuttie, bore him a daughter, Sarah, who became the wife of Sam- uel Day. He married. second, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Perry, who sold him land, as before noted. She was born May. 1751, in Strat- ford, Connecticut, and died November 8. 1826, in Sangerfield, New York. The children of the second marriage were: Samuel, David, Ezra, Joel, Hippocratus, William Morse. Ira, Betsey, Abigail, and a son whose name is unknown, probably because of early death. Ezra Parker, father of these, died July 7. 1842, at the home of his son, William M. Parker, in Royal Oak, Michigan.
(VII) Hippocratus, fifth son and child of Ezra and Elizabeth Parker, was born June 17. 1785. in Sangerfield, and died February 15. 1844. in Adams, this county, aged fifty-eight years. His educational opportunities were small, and his life was devoted to agricultural and other labors. He settled on fifty acres of the land purchased by his father, on Dry Hill, which he subsequently sold. He was employed many years by Joseph Sheldon, who operated distilleries and other enterprises, and passed his last days on a farm in the town of Adams. He married Olive Fuller, who was born December 15, 1793, probably in Vermont, whence her father, Abner Fuller, came to this state. She died October 14. 1862. Their seven children are thus briefly accounted for: Giles was a farmer at Adams Center, this county, where he died about 1890. Jeremiah receives further mention in a succeeding para- graph. George died in Russell, Lyon county, Minnesota, about 1898. Jemima married Riley Harrington, of Watertown, and lived in Houns- field. where he died. She died in 1893. at Thousand Island Park, at the home of her daughter. Austin lived to he only twelve years old. David lived in AAdams and, after spending five years at Belvidere, Illi- nois, died of typhoid fever in 1860, while on a visit to Adams. Eliza- beth became the wife of John Bartlett, of Adams, where she died June 2. 1860, aged twenty-six years.
( VIII) Jeremiah, second son and child of Hippocratus and Olive Parker, was born March 20, 1814. in the town of Watertown. He was obliged to care for himself from a very early age, and had small oppor- tunity for education. Before he was nineteen years of age he paid for fifty acres of land in the town of Adams, out of his earnings as a farm laborer, and this afforded a home to his parents in their old age. He was a most industrious and successful farmer, being first located in the town of Adams, and later across the line in Watertown, and was the possessor of five hundred and fifty acres of land at the time of his
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death, which occurred May 19, 1872. Since 1847 he had resided in Watertown. He was a most public-spirited citizen, and distinguished himself in the "Patriot War," of 1836, holding a captain's commission in the invading army. He affiliated with the Whig party in early life. and was among the founders of the Republican party. Though he held fixed opinions and was zealous in their support, he took no active part in the management of public affairs, preferring the quiet of his home and the pursuit of its duties. He was married September 20, 1836, at Amsterdam, to Miss Fransina, daughter of Thomas B. Kenyon, and his wife. Rachel Allen, later of Adans. She was born June 18. 1817. in Amsterdam, New York, was a faithful member of the Baptist church. and died March 23. 1891, being survived by two of her three children- Frank M., whose name begins this article, and Thomas C., who died June 25, 1896, in Paris, Illinois. Ella D., the youngest, was born Octo- ber 27. 1852, and died in her thirteenth year.
(IX) Frank M. Parker, son of Jeremiah and Fransina Parker. was born January 20, 1842. in Adams, and continued upon his father's farm until he was twenty-two years old, gaining. in the meantime, together with the muscular development necessary to good health, the educational training afforded by the common and select schools in vogue at the time in the vicinity of his home. He began his business career in 1864, as clerk in a general store at Adams Center, where he remained until 1872. Upon the death of his father he resigned this position to take charge of the paternal estate, of which he now owns two hundred and sixty acres, comprising the original Lamon farm, on Dry Hill, and continued farming operations on an extensive scale, on Dry Hill, until 1896, when he removed to the city of Watertown. In that year he was elected county treasurer, and his faithful and conscientious adminis- tration of the duties of the office have been rewarded by election to a second and third terms. He had previously served as supervisor of the town of Watertown for four terms, covering a period of five years : has been a trustee of the schools: and, during his residence in Adams. acted as assessor three years. He is a member of the Jefferson County Agricultural Society, of which organization he was treasurer fifteen years, a member of the Lincoln League and has been a member of the Jefferson county Republican committee. He has affiliated with the Masonic fraternity since 1864. is identified with all the local bodies of that order, and holds an exalted position in it.
Mr. Parker was married October 2. 1861. to Miranda H. Wilder,
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daughter of Abel Wilder ( see Wilder, VII). One son and two daugh- ters have been given to Mr. and Mrs. Parker. Nettie F., the eldest, is the wife of Clinton J. Wadley, a farmer of Watertown. Charles J. is a civil engineer, residing in New York city. He married Edith Clark Bowers, and they have a son named Franklin Bowers Parker, born Feb- ruary 17, 1905. Maud E. is her father's office assistant.
WILLIAM A. POTTER. No more progressive and energetic business man than William A. Potter of Glen Park can be found within the limits of Jefferson county. He is a son of Thomas A. Potter, who was born in 1829, in Ireland, where he received an excellent education. When a young man he emigrated to the United States and settled in New York city, where he obtained a position as bookkeeper. After a time he went to Montreal, whence, after a brief period, he removed to Hartford, Vermont, where he engaged in the lumber business. His next migra- tion was to North Mills, Vermont, where he remained some years. In 1890 he disposed of his extensive lumber business and came to Brown- ville, where he passed the remainder of his life.
Mr. Potter married Elizabeth Warren, who was born in 1835, in Broekville, Canada, and thirteen children were born to them, of whom the following are living: Arthur, who resides in Glen Park, and is engineer in the mill of which his brother William A. is superintendent ; Rebecca, who is the wife of George Godsell and lives in Wilder, Ver- mont : Thomas, who is employed in a paper mill in Berlin Falls, New Hampshire ; Leonard, who is engaged in the mill with his brother, Will- iam A .; Einest, who is employed in a mill at Berlin Falls, New Hamp- shire : Isola, who is the wife of Alton Hayes, of Brownville; and Will- iam A., mentioned at length hereinafter. The death of Mr. Potter, the father of the family, occurred in May, 1902, when he had entered upon his seventy-fourth year. He was a successful business man and was also possessed of fine literary tastes, while his integrity of character com- manded the respect of all. His widow, who is a member of the Protest- ant Episcopal church, is still living.
William Aaron Potter, son of Thomas A. and Elizabeth ( Warren) Potter, was born September 7, 1873, in Stratford Hollow, New Hamp- shire, and received his education at Newton Mills, Vermont. Soon after leaving school he obtained employment in a sawmill, where he re- mained for a time, and in 1890 entered a paper mill at Berlin Falls. After working there for eight months he came, early in IS91, to Glen Park,
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where he was employed in a paper mill, and by industry and faithfulness worked his way up to the position of foreman. After working for a time in two other mills in the same place he went to Marseilles, Illinois, where for eleven months he was employed in a mill as foreman of the machine room. He then returned to Glen Park and took charge of the machine room of the Ontario mill of the International Paper Company. In July, 1903, he was advanced to the position of superintendent, and events have already more than justified his appointment. He is a meni- ber of the K. of P. and of the Lincoln League. His political principles are those of an earnest Republican, and he takes an active interest in the affairs of the organization. He is a member of the Protestant Epis- copal church.
Mr. Potter married, in 1894. May E. Foley, and they have two children : Lillian, who was born August 28, 1896, and James, who was born May 30, 1902. Mrs. Potter is a daughter of Patrick Foley, a native of Ireland, who emigrated to this country and settled in Adanis, where he became a successful farmer, and now resides. He and his wife are the parents of five children : John, who is employed and resides in Glen Fark ; Stephen, who works in a carriage factory in Adams; Frank, who is a railroad employe : Anna, who resides in Adams ; and May E., who was born in 1874, in Adams, and became the wife of William A. Pot- ter, as mentioned above.
DEWEY. This name is borne by a large number of the American people, and includes many noted in military, naval, religious and civil affairs, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Its representatives were nu- merous among the pioneers of different towns in Jefferson county, and they and their progeny have maintained the good standing of the name. The name is said to be of French origin, and has been traced to the ad- vent of William the Conqueror in England, in 1066.
(I) Thomas Dewey, the emigrant ancestor, in early manhood, seems to have become a dissenter and emigrated to America from Sandwich, Kent, England, as one of the early settlers, under Governor Winthrop and Rev. John Wareham. Mr. Dewey is of record as among those re- ceiving grants of land at Dorchester. in 1636. He was married, March 22, 1639, in Windsor, Connecticut, to Frances, relict of Joseph Clark. Their children, all born at Windsor, were: Thomas, February 16, 1640; Josiah, baptized October 10, 1641; Ann, October 15, 1643; Israel, born September 25, 1645; Jedediah.
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(II) Jedediah, youngest child of Thomas and Frances Dewey, was born December 15, 1647, and married, about 1670, Sarah Orton, of Farmington, Connecticut, daughter of Thomas and Margaret ( Pell) Orton. They lived in Farmington, but a short time after their marriage removed to Westfield, Massachusetts, where he died in 1718, aged sev- enty years. Mrs. Dewey died November 20, 1711. All their children were born at Westfield, as follows: Sarah, March 28, 1672; Margaret, January 10, 1674: Jedediah, June 14, 1676; Daniel, March 9, 1680; Thomas, June 29, 1682; Joseph, 1684; Hannah, March 14, 1686; Mary, March 1, 1687; James, April 3, 1692: Abigail, November 17, 1694.
(III) Joseph, fourth son and sixth child of Jedediah and Sarah Dewey, was born May 10, 1684, and was married, in 1713, to Mrs. Sarah (Warner) Root, widow of Samuel Root and daughter of John and Sarah (Ferry) Warner. Mr Dewey was a farmer, and is also referred to as a wheelwright, and lived on the south corner of Elm and Frank- lin streets, in Westfield. He united with the church in 1727, and served as selectman of the town. He died January 3, 1757. He was survived by his wife, who passed away in 1769. Their children, born in West- field, were: Joseph, October 7, 1714: Sarah, April 15, 1716; Lydia, May 25, 1718: Mary, March 21, 1720; Roger, March 17, 1722; Noah, May 3, 1724.
(IV) Deacon Joseph Dewey, oldest child of Joseph and Saralı (Warner) Dewey, was born October 7, 1714, and married (January 26, 1738) Beulah Sackett, who was born January 30, 1714, daughter of Joseph and Abigail Sackett, of Westfield. She died October 27, 1767, and he married, second, November 25, 1773, Hannah Phelps, daughter of Aaron and Rachel (Bragg) Phelps. Mr. Dewey was a farmer in Westfield, where he died August 25, 1799. All his children were born in Westfield, as follows: Beulah, February 5, 1739: Joseph, March 5, 1741 ; Benjamin, April 5, 1743; Gad, January 14, 1745; Eliab, Novem- ber 2. 1746; Beulah ( 2), October 12, 1748: Sarah, September 12, 1750; Mary, June 23. 1753.
(V) Eliab, fourth son and fifth child of Joseph and Beulah ( Sack- ett) Dewey, born November 2, 1746, was married to Lovisa Day, born March 15, 1753. daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Bliss) Day of Springfield, Massachusetts. Mr. Dewey was a farmer and miller, and served as a soldier of the revolution. He was among those who responded to the Lexington Alarm, in April, 1775, and was drafted in 1776 to go to New York for two months. He died May 31, 1820. Mrs. Dewey died June 25, 1806. Their children, all born in Westfield, were : Eliab,
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December 25, 1769; James, August 28, 1772; Louisa, August 4, 1775; Martin, March 31, 1778; Silas, August 30, 1780; Edward, February 17, 1784: William, July 10, 1786; Jason, May 19, 1789.
(VI) William, sixth son and seventh child ot Eliab and Lovisa Dewey, married Sally Bush, who was born May 3, 1788, in Westfield. Mr. Dewey was a farmer in Westfield, and died April 14, 1817. His widow remarried, and died September 28, 1866, in Lowville, New York. They had children as follows: Mary Ann, born November 6, 1805; Silas B., February 2, 1807; William, died young ; Emeline, October 25, 1812; William (2), November 9, 1813: Clarissa, November 9, 1809; Sally, September 21, 1815.
(VII) William, fifth child and youngest son of William and Sally ( Bush) Dewey, was married in 1836 to Fanny Seymour, who was born December 11, 1813, daughter of Matthew A. and Cynthia ( Betts) Sey- mour, of Greene county, New York. Mr. Dewey was a blacksmith by trade, and was an early resident of Lowville, Lewis county, this state, where he died February 11, 1890, in his seventy-seventh year. He was the owner of a farm there, which he cultivated in addition to the prose- cution of his trade. His wife, who was a most exemplary member of the Presbyterian church, died March 26, 1880. As pioneers they ren- dered valuable service in the upbuilding of the community and the ad- vancement of civilization.
(VIII) Dwight B. Dewey, son of William and Fanny Dewey, was born in 1837, in Lowville, where his early life was passed. During the civil war he went west, and engaged in the clothing business at Spring- fieid, Illinois, and returned to New York in 1867, settling in Water- town. For a number of years he was a partner in the old established house of J. C. Streeter & Company, clothiers of this city, and in 1879 purchased the interest of Mr. Bristol, of the firm of Bristol and Mantle, dealers in the same line of wares, and the name of the firm was thereby changed to Dewey & Mantle. Upon the death of the latter Mr. Dewey admitted C. M. Fairbanks as a partner. At the end of five years this association was dissolved by the retirement of Mr. Fairbanks, after which event Mr. Dewey conducted the business alone for the remainder of his life. His establishment was at 10 Woodruff House block, where he carried on a far-reaching trade. He was an ardent supporter of the doctrines and measures advocated by the Democratic party and took an active share in the movements of the organization.
Mr. Dewey married Mary Carey, who was born in 1840, in Ire-
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land. one of a large family, two of whom are living: Mrs. Alice Hines, of Syracuse ; and Thomas Carey, of Watertown. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Dewey: William H., who is engaged in the clothing business in Birmingham, Alabama; Leslie D., who died in 1881 : and Frank S., mentioned at length hereinafter. Mr. Dewey and his children were early deprived of the estimable wife and mother, who passed away at the age of forty-three. The death of Mr. Dewey oc- curred in 1893, while he was yet in the prime of life. He was regretted as a loss not only to his family and friends, but to the entire community, to which he had given the example of a business man whose success was due no less to integrity of character than to executive talents.
Frank Seymour Dewey, son of Dwight B. and Mary (Carey) Dewey, was born June 4, 1876, in Watertown, where he received his education in the common schools. He was a member of the Thirty-ninth Separate Company, and upon the outbreak of the Spanish-American war enlisted in Company E, Two Hundred and Third Regiment, United States Volunteers, in which he served for nine months with the rank of corporal. After his return he entered the office of the Jefferson Paper Company, of Black River. New York, where he remained two years, and at the end of that time was appointed manager of the Dexter mill. oper- ated by the same owners. His position is an extremely responsible one, involving the superintendence of fifty men, this being a fifteen-ton mill. He is an energetic participant in political affairs, his principles and the- ories being those of an unswerving Democrat, while at the same time lie is not a strict partisan, and places the public good before party considera- tions.
FRED HOWLAND. Among the farmers of Jefferson county there is none more deserving of the name of a successful agriculturist and public-spirited citizen than is Fred Howland, of Rutland. The fam- ily to which Mr. Howland belongs is of New England origin, but has been for a century represented in Jefferson county.
William Howland was born February 8, 1747, in Rhode Island, and died in 1835 in Rutland. He was married in 1769-70 at Gloucester, Rhode Island, to Miss Mary Richmond, who was born in 1751, in that town, or in Taunton, Massachusetts. They continued to reside for many years in Gloucester. where they are of record September 24. 1791. on which date they signed a receipt to David Richmond for her share in the estate of her father. Seth Richmond. Soon after this they removed
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to Ballston, New York, whence they came to the town of Rutland, in this county, in 1806. They belonged to the Society of Friends, and died in the town of Rutland, the latter July 3, 1828. Their children. recorded in Gloucester, were : Richmond, John and Oziel, and they also had sons David and Rufus. Mary Richmond was a daughter of Seth and Esther ( Walker) Richmond, and a descendant of John Rich- mond, who was born in 1594, and came to America from Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England, as early as 1637. In that year he was one of the original purchasers of Taunton, Massachusetts. From this John Rich- mond her lineage was through: (II) John (2), (III) Joseph, (IV) Joseph (2), and (V) Seth Richmond.
Richmond Howland, eldest son of William and Mary ( Richmond ) Howland, was born January 2, 1772, in Gloucester, Rhode Island, and subsequently lived in Providence, Rhode Island, removing thence to Jefferson county in 1804. He cleared a tract of land which he afterward sold for one hundred dollars. He then took another farm, three miles south of Felt's Mills, which he also cleared, and which became his home for the remainder of his life. He became very prosperous, and was much esteemed by his neighbors, holding various township offices. During the war of 1812 he served in the army and was present at the battle of Sacketts Harbor. He married, before leaving Providence, Rachael, born January 25, 1769, daughter of James and Phebe (Allen) King. Mr. King spent his last days in Pamelia. Mr. and Mrs. Howland were the parents of six children, all of whom are deceased, namely : Oziel, Sarah, Richmond, James, Hiram and William. Mrs. Howland, who was a most excellent woman, and a member of the Society of Friends, was eighty-six years old at the time of her death, December 10, 1855. Her husband, like his parents, reached the age of ninety, passing away July 5, 1862. He was in all respects an estimable man and a good citizen.
William Howland, youngest son of Richmond and Rachael ( King) Howland, was born April 22, 1809, in Rutland, where he obtained his education and passed his whole life, with the exception of four years' residence in P'amelia. In 1868 he purchased the farm one mile south of Black River village, which was his home for the remainder of his life. He took an active part in township affairs and held the office of assessor. He was the only Republican in his family, and is entitled to the honor of having been one of the pioneer members who voted for Fremont. He died April 29, 1901, at his home, near Black River.
Mr. Howland married, in 1840, Eunice P., born in 1815, in Rut-
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land. daughter of James Eddy, who was born in 1780, in Rhode Island, and settled in Rutland. He was the son of Enoch Eddy, also a native of Rhode Island, where he was born in 1750, and whence, in 1801, he came to Rutland. The wife of James Eddy was Cynthia Philbrooks, who was born in 1795. Of the four children born to herself and her husband only one is now living: Egbert H., who resides in Rutland. Mr. and Mrs. Howland were the parents of three sons: Cyrus, who died at the age of thirty-seven years : Walter, who is a prominent farmer of LeRay; and Fred, mentioned at length hereinafter. The mother of these chil- dren died October 10, 1898. She was a Universalist in faith, and was loved and respected by all who knew her. Her husband maintained the reputation of his family for longevity by living to the age of ninety-two, and not one of his brothers died under eighty. Mr. Howland, both as a. man and a citizen, possessed the esteem and confidence of all.
Fred Howland, son of William and Eunice P. ( Eddy ) Howland, was born March 28. 1862, in Rutland. and received his education in the common schools of the township, afterward attending the Watertown high school. Upon reaching the age of twenty-one he went to Pierre, South Dakota, where he remained two years. He then returned to his native town. and settled on the paternal farm of one hundred and six acres, where lie has since resided, devoting himself with great success to general farming. He has always taken an active interest in public af- fairs, and his fellow citizens have not been slow to assure him of their appreciation of his character as a leader in politics. In 1898 he was elected supervisor, re-elected in 1900 and 1901, and in 1903 chosen to serve until 1905. He held the office of commissioner of highways for six years previous to his election as supervisor. He has acted as dele- gate to county conventions and has served as chairman of the Jefferson county delegation to the Good Roads Convention at Albany. He is an upholder of the political principles advocated by the Republican party. He is a member of Watertown Grange and of Riverside Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Black River, in which he has passed all the chairs.
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