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CHARLES H. BOWDEN. B. in Providence, Feb. 5, 1846; was educated in the public schools of that city; moved to Barrington with his father's family in the spring of IS64; enlisted in Bat. B. R. I. Ist L. A., Aug 24, 1864, and received an honorable discharge June 13, IS65; m. Sarah E. Tiffany, dau. of Ebenezer Tiffany, Jan. 1, 1867 ; no children ; lived in the State of Washington, from ISS9 to 1892; has served as town surveyor of highways; is a Deacon of the Cong. Church ; his father was born in Mar- blehead, Mass., in IS15, and his mother in Rehoboth, the same year; both died in Barrington in 1893. They left nine children, all of whom are living. Mr. Bowden stands for the highest interests of society, and is a useful and valuable citizen.
WHEATON B. BOWDEN, bro. of Charles and Samuel, is one of our most intelligent citizens, and has been elected as a member of the Town Coun- cil, of the School Committee, and other town offices.
SAMUEL BOWDEN has filled various town offices, and is now the efficient town Sergeant and Chief of Police.
THE KINNICUTTS are from Roger Kinnicutt, who settled in Malden, Mass., and who was made a freeman in 1670; m. Joanna Shepardson of Charlestown, Mass, Nov., 1661, and moved to Swansea in 1679; the an- cestry of Daniel Kinnicutt are : John,1 John,2 b. 1669, m. Elizabeth Luther ; John,3 b. 1700, m. (1) Anne Eddy; Daniel,+ b. 1735, m. Hannah Kent; Josiah,5 b. 1765, m. Rebecca Bourne Townsend ; children, Hannah B., m. Benjamin Viall; Harriet Byron, m. Allin Bicknell, Benjamin Townsend, Martha Townsend, m. Nathaniel Brown, Nancy, m. George Smith, George R., m. Hannah Drown.
F. O. FIELD, Esq., of the firm of Brownell & Field, is a valuable acces- sion to the citizenship of the town; has been a member of the Town Council, and its President in 1897-S; is an active member of the B. R. I. Association, and has served as its President; his residence is at New Meadow Neck.
JOHN WHEATON. Son of Job Wheaton ; farmer and teacher; was an in- telligent and active partner in the affairs of the town, and his voice and vote were for good men and measures for the community.
ERASTUS L. WALCOTT was one of the most useful and respected of the adopted sons of Barrington. He represented the town in both branches of the General Assembly, was an influential member of St. John's Church, and always labored for the building up of the social and civil inter- ests.
WILLIAM T. LEWIS, and William T. Jr., father and son, have resided at Drownville for nearly thirty years, and have been identified with the growth and improvement of the town. Both have held public office, the father as an Assessor of Taxes, and the son as a Representative in the General Assembly, 1897-8, and also asa member of the Town Council, and its President in 1896. Mr. Lewis, Sen., is a prominent member of St. John's Church, and a supporter of the Mission at Drownville.
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ROBERT FESSENDEN has been a resident of the town for several years, and has contributed to its recent development in many ways. He is pro- gressive in spirit, liberal in policy, and resolute in action. His record in the Civil War is as follows: Private Co. E, First Reg. Infantry; res., North Providence; April 17, IS61, enrolled; May 2, IS61, mustered in; Aug. 2, 1862, mustered out. Mr. Fessenden is an active member of the B. R. I. Association, and is devoted to the best interests of the town He is connected with the Hope Electric Appliance Co., of Providence.
REV. THOMAS WILLIAMS was a native of Pomfret, Conn, and a grad- uate of Yale College, in ISoo; taught school four years ; was an evangelist from 1804 to ISO7; was pastor at Foxboro from IS16-21; at Attleboro. IS23-7; at Hebronville, 1827-30; and at Barrington, IS35-3S. He was a man of strong intellect and marked individuality. He was a Hopkinsian in theology, and a warm personal friend of Dr. Emmons, whose funeral sermon he preached. His preaching was marked by great honesty, earnestness, and scriptural authority, as the Bible was his constant study. Wit, satire, and invective, accompanied his arguments, and made his weapons of warfare sharp and effective. His last years were spent as an evangelist in Rhode Island, and in the publication of tracts and sermons, of which he printed several volumes. He was born in 1779, and died at Providence in 1876, aged ninety-seven years.
LEWIS B. SMITH. Son of Simon and Lydia Bosworth Smith ; b. Sept. 14, 1817 ; occupation, farmer ; m. (1) Anna D. Martin; children, George L., Frederic P., Albert H .; m. (2) Judith R. Parker, Nov. 2, 1862 ; offices held : Overseer of the Poor, member and President of the Town Council. member of State Board of Charities and Corrections, Representative and Senator in the General Assembly, Deacon of Cong. Church, Treasurer of Cong. Society, Trustee of Public Library, etc., etc., Died May 19, 1892 ; for more extended notices see pp. 240, 241, 515, 519, etc., etc.
THOMAS ALLIN. Son of Matthew and Ruth Allin, b. April 15, 1742. He entered public life early, and was elected first to the General Assembly in the year 1767, at the age of twenty-five. He was honored by re-election to the same office in 1772-6 1781-1791-S. He was a member of the town militia prior to the Revolution. His services during that war will be found in the chapter on War of the Revolution. Gen. Allin was a leader in civil affairs as well as military, and his pen was as active as his sword in defense of human rights. As a member of the Convention to adopt the Federal Constitution, his action is related on p. 361. His further rec- ord will be found in the pages of the Revolutionary and succeeding periods. The residence he built and occupied before ISoo, still stands at Drownville, and the picture appears on another page. His wife, Amy (Bicknell) Allin, was as true a patriot as her husband, and conducted the affairs of the household and farm, with a large family of boys and girls to care for, during her husband's absence, with a prudence, judgment, and success that entitled her to honorable mention among the mothers of
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the Revolution. In a letter to her husband, Aug. 19, 177S, Mrs. Allin writes : "I hope you will put your trust in God and not in man, for it is He alone that is able to keep and preserve you from all harm, and to cover your head in the day of battle." General Allin died May 30, 1800, and was buried at Drownville, in the Allin Burial Lot, on the ancestral farm. He ranks first among the Revolutionary heroes of Barrington.
MATTHEW WATSON was born in County Colraine, Province of Ulster, Ireland, March, 1696. His parents immigrated to Boston from London- derry, Ireland, with six children, 1712. Presbyterians in belief, they were severely persecuted by the Catholics and were forced to escape from fan- atical mobs by flight to America. From Boston, the family removed to a farm in Leicester, Mass., where the father, Robert Watson, was killed by the falling of a tree. Matthew, the second of seven children, left home and lived with a family near Boston. His employer proved an excellent friend, and taught Matthew arithmetic, and other branches, and probably instructed him in the art of brick-making. He came to Barrington at the age of twenty-two, and at the age of twenty-five we find him engaged in making brick upon the farm of Mr. John Read of Barrington. He had examined the clay, and had found it to be of excellent quality, and wood could be procured at two and sixpence per load. At that time Newport was the market for all the brick not needed in Barrington, Warren, and Bristol. In 1733 Mr. Watson married Bethia Read, only daughter of Mr. John Read. The father was opposed to the union, because Bethia was about to throw herself away upon a " little poor Irishman." The parents and friends lived long enough to change their minds on this subject. He was soon able to purchase the farm of his father-in-law, and continued the manufacture of brick by the hand process, until he had amassed a fortune of over $So,000. He built a brick mansion, the first in the town, and set out many shade and fruit tree's, the fruits of which his children and children's children have enjoyed. [See picture of old mansion.]
The story is told that Mrs. Watson, from the wool of the flock of the Watson farm, cleaned, carded, spun, colored, warped, wove, made up, and laid down in the parlor of the old house, now standing at Nayatt, the first woolen carpet in the town. It was deemed so great a curiosity and luxury, that people came long distances to see it, and ventured to walk upon it only upon tiptoe. On the walls of the same room it is said that the first wall paper was hung in Barrington. Tradition adds that Mr. Watson in- troduced the first potatoes into the State from Ireland. When the first crop was ripe and ready for digging, a neighbor, ignorant and incredulous of the good qualities of the vegetable, was present, and picking up a po- tato, rubbed off the dirt, cut off a slice, and tasting it, threw it down with disgust, remarking, "I'd rather have a turnip."
His life was one of great energy, activity and usefulness, and worthy of imitation. He sustained the office of Justice of the Peace for many years, and was one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Bristol County. He was always a friend to the friendless, and assisted the young
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who were virtuous and frugal. His wealth and hospitality were alike pro- verbial. His integrity he held fast throughout his life, and in a great and good old age descended to his grave in peace, "like a shock of corn fully ripe." Mr. Watson was born in 1696, and died in ISO3, and of but few men can it be related as of him, that he was born in the seventeenth, lived through the eighteenth, and died in the nineteenth century, at the re- markable age of one hundred and seven years. He was a member of the Congregational Church of Barrington upwards of fifty-six years, and his record on his tombstone says, " He was a shining ornament in his pro- fession, and died in full prospect of a blessed immortality."
NATHANIEL MARTIN. Son of Ebenezer and Abigail Wheeler Martin ; b. Jan. 1723 ; farmer and ship-builder ; established a ferry across the river to Warren; was in War of the Revolution, and held the office of Colonel ; see p. 3SS; his sons, Anthony and Luther, were also in the Revolution, see pp. 387 and 3SS. In truth, Mr. Martin's family was one of the most loyal and self-sacrificing of patriotic Barrington.
BENJAMIN DROWN. Son of Alfred and Frances Drown; b. March 20, 1822; farmer; lived at Drownville; m. Amy Ann Allin, dau. of Thomas and Sarah Allin ; was a member of the Town Council, and a Representa- tive to the General Assembly from Barrington, 1862-63, and '64. He d. Feb. 1894. Mr. Drown led a quiet but industrious life, and was a re- spected and an exemplary citizen.
HEZEKIAH WILLETT. Son of Thomas and Mary (Brown) Willett; b. at Plymouth, 1653; m. Andia Brown, of Swansea, Jan. 7, 1675; was mur- dered by the Indians in Philips War at Wannamoisett, July 1, 1675.
HIRAM DROWN. Son of Jeremiah S. Drown ; b. Dec. 13, 1799; d. Nov. 27, 1866; farmer; m. Emeline Drown; children, Samuel M., Ann Frances, Charles E., Adeline E., William A. Mr. Drown was an honest and upright man and a faithful citizen.
ENOCH REMINGTON. Son of Enoch and Ruth (Armington) Reming- ton; was born in Barrington, May 2, 1792; attended school for a short time and then followed the sea; m. Phebe Short, dau. of John and Betsy Short, Nov. 13, 1814; farmer and trader; kept store and tavern at the old Bicknell-Bowen tavern; was postmaster for many years, succeeding Josiah Kinnicutt; was a very active business man and saved a large property ; children, Samuel, Lucretia S., William H., George A., Jere- miah S., Daniel S., Phebe A., George A.
ROYAL D. HORTON. Son of Royal and Eunice Horton; b. Bristol, R. I., June 28, 1835; m. Helen M. Brown, Dec. 1, 1857; children, Walter, Martha Dexter and Jennie Bucklin; member Cong. Church; member of school committee 25 years; a trustee of Public Library; chairman of Com. on Central bridge; member of Rep. Town Com., and State Central Com .; business, manufacturing jeweler.
CHARLES H. MERRIMAN. Manufacturer, firm Henry Lippitt & Co .; has been a resident of Barrington since 1866, and is a valuable citizen ; his
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experience in financial affairs has been of good service to the town and his judgment is seldom questioned on matters of public expenditure; was a member of the building committee of the town hall, which finished the building with the appropriation, with a balance in the town's favor.
JOSEPH U. STARKWEATHER. B. Pawtucket, Sept. 19, 1848; member of firm of Earl P. Mason & Co., 1865; afterwards associated with Rice, Draper, and Willams, dealers in drugs, chemicals, etc., now J. U. Stark- weather & Co., in the same line of trade; took up his residence in Bar- rington in ISS1, and has taken an active interest in all town matters; aided in securing telephone connections with Barrington, also the intro- duction of water from the Kickemuit reservoir, also electric lighting, as a result of which Barrington is now lighted in its streets and the town hall by electricity, furnished by the Bristol County Gas and Electric Co. It uses about 25 incandescent lights at an annual cost of $25 for each light. The churches, public buildings and most of the private houses are now lighted by electricity. Mr. Starkweather has been among the fore- most advocates of good roads, public buildings, schools, etc .; was presi- dent of the B. R. I. Association ; a member and president of the Town Council; is treasurer of the Barrington Water Company.
REV. BENJAMIN R. ALLEN was born in Newport, of good Rhode Island stock, June 27, 1805. His mother was left a widow, with five children, when Benjamin was eight years old, and the boy was compelled to make a manly struggle for an education for the ministry. With Arnold of Rugby, he said, " It is not enough for a boy to go through college, but the college must go through him, if he would be a scholar," and he made the discipline of study the purpose of his life. Mr. Allen was installed pastor of the Congregational Church, Barrington, Sept., 1838, and was dismissed at his own request in 1842, on account of inadequate salary. He writes : " I became very much attached to the beautiful town and the noble people, whose generous kindness I so richly enjoyed." President Lord of Dartmouth College gives the following just tribute to his abilities : " I entertain for Mr. Allen very great respect as a true-hearted Christian, a sound theologian, and a judicious and an effective minister. He has remarkable habits of study, and leaves nothing undone that is fitted to advance his ministry. He is a consistent, faithful, and thorough man, and the good impression taken of him will not be easily diminished. Mr. Allen is thought to stand at the head of his profession in his own vicinity, if not in the state, and deservedly ranks among the first ministers in New England, and is a very excellent representative of its remaining old school divines."
JOSEPH CARLO MAURAN. B. Villa Franca, Province of Nice, Italy, June 3, 1748; kidnapped, 1760; cabin boy on board transport ship hospi- tal; came to United States and in 1768 made his home with Joshua Bick- nell of Barrington; m. Olive Bicknell (b. 1754), daughter of Joshua and Ruth Bicknell, in April, 1772. Olive received at her marriage a lot of
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land on Barrington River, and later more of her father's farm, on which the Mauran residence was built. During the Revolution Mr. Mauran was an ardent patriot, and his naval services are related on pp. 389, 90, 91. After the war Captain Mauran continued his seafaring life. From July, 1789, to December, 1790, his name is mentioned in the newspapers as captain of the brig Polly, eighty-four tons, trading in the West Indies. He spent his last years at his pleasant home in Barrington, which was always the seat of a generous and abounding hospitality. Here he died May 1, 1813, in the sixty-fifth year of his age. His widow outlived him less than one year, her death taking place Feb. 12, 1814. Joseph Carlo Mauran is described as having been a person of tall, commanding appear- ance. His eldest son, Carlo, whose likeness has been preserved, and is given in this volume, bore a striking resemblance to his father. Their figures were alike and they had the same noble, frank and open counte- nance, florid complexion, and black, curling hair. It is said that when Joseph Carlo came from his rural home to Providence and walked the streets of the town, every one would turn round to look at him, so attrac- tive was his personal appearance. His biographer says of him: "In his public and private life he was
' A man resolved and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill and obstinately just.'
In remembrance of such a character what breast does not glow with veneration and respect? And who amongst his numerous friends and acquaintances does not experience the liveliest pangs of sorrow and afflic- tion, when the idea of his loss enters their minds. Yesterday his funeral obsequies were solemnized in this town (Barrington) by the General Lodge (Masonic) of the state of Rhode Island, of which he was an honor- ary and highly beloved member, attended by subordinate lodges, an afflicted consort, and by a long train of relatives and friends." -
THE MARTINS hold a high rank among the families of Barrington, and descended from John Martin, son of Richard, who settled at Swansea in 1668, and was a member of the John Myles Church ; in 1673 he bought land on New Meadow Neck, near " Hundred Acre Cove," and built a house, which stood on the high land north of the Central Bridge; he died March, 1713, aged 80; he had nine children, among whom were Melatiah, John, Ephraim, Manassah and Ebenezer. The youngest son, Ebenezer, lived on the homestead in Barrington; m. Abigail Wheeler, 1716; chil- dren, Jemima, John, Ebenezer, Nathaniel and Abigail. John, son of Ebenezer, m. Mary Reed ; children, Abigail, Samuel, Benjamin ; John, born 1718, was a captain of the militia in the Revolution, see p. 388; bought the interests of his brothers in the homestead and built a new · house which is now standing near the east end of the Central Bridge; his sons, Samuel and Benjamin, were in the Revolution, see pp. 337 and 389.
SAMUEL R. MARTIN, only son of Capt. Benjamin and Sarah Martin ; was born in Barrington Nov. 15, 1782, m. Sally Bowen, dau. of Jeremiah
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Bowen. Like his father he was captain of a militia company in Barring- ton. He was a man very much respected and held many offices in town, being a representative and a member of the Town Council. He died Aug. 28, 1840, aged 58 years ; children, Benjamin, Sarah A., Joseph B.
BENJAMIN MARTIN. Oldest son of Capt. Samuel R. Martin; was born in Barrington, Aug. 28, IS15; m. Julia R. Drown, dau. of Jeremiah S. Drown. Mr. Martin was captain of a militia company, and like his ancestors for three generations was known as Captain Martin. He was a member of the Congregational Church for over 39 years, having joined with his wife in May, 1856, and was for many years deacon of the church. He was elected a member of the House of Representatives in 1854 and senator in 1855 and 1862; at the age of twenty-five he was elected a mem- ber of the Town Council, and when he retired from office had been a councillor over 30 years. He was for a number of years Assessor of taxes and member of the school committee. He died Dec. 12, 1895, aged 80 years and four months ; his wife died Dec. 26, 1885, aged 73 years ; chil- dren, Charles E., Samuel R., Sarah E., Jeremiah D., Julia M.
JOSEPH B. MARTIN. Son of Samuel R. and Sally (Bowen) Martin ; b. at the Martin homestead, April 28, 1823; m. Mary A. Drown, dau. of Solomon, April 15, 1847. Mr. Martin was a member of the Town Coun- cil in 1860 and '61 and assessor of taxes for some years; he has also held the office of highway surveyor; children, Mary E., William R., John E., Harry A., Clara A. Mrs. Martin died April 22, 1894, aged 70 years and 3 months. In 1842 Mr. Martin went to the Dorr War in the Barrington Company.
WILLIAM R. MARTIN. Oldest son of Joseph B. and Mary A. Martin, b. April 25, 1852; occupation, mason and contractor ; m. Ella A. Baggs of Hopkinton, R. I. In May, 1867, he joined the Congregational Church. His only military experience was in 1870, when for a few weeks he was a member of the Barrington Centennial Escort under command of Capt. George L. Smith. He was elected a member of the Town Council in 1888 to 1892, and 1898, and has served the town on various committees, and minor offices. He is a member of Sowamset Lodge, No. 2, A. O. U. W. of Warren, and Barrington Council, No. 3, O. U. A. M.
THE BARNES FAMILY, from Thomas and Prudence Barnes, who were in Swansea as early as 1669; was ordained as a minister in 1693, and died in 1706. Children, Lydia, Thomas, Sarah, Elizabeth ; Anne, m. Thomas Allin; John, m. Mercy Allin; Peter, Samuel, Hannah. For full record see Austin's Gen. Dictionary and Arnold's Vital Records of Bristol County.
THE VIALLS are from John Viall, born in England about 1619; was in Boston, 1639, and joined the first church of that town, 1641; was a vintner and kept the "Ship Tavern" from 1662 to 1679; m. (1) Mary -; m. (2) Elizabeth Smith; moved to Wannamoisett (Swansea) 1619, and bought 600 acres of land of Thomas Willett. In his will he names
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wife Elizabeth, and children, Jolin Nathaniel, Mary, Hopestill, Sarah, Abigail, but the Boston records give the Baptism of eleven children, one of whom was Benjamin, the ancestor of the Barrington Vialls.
THE TIFFANYS are from Humphrey and Elizabeth Tiffany, who were at Rehoboth in 1663-4. The account of the tragic death of Humphrey Tiffany is given in the diary of the celebrated jurist, Samuel Sewail. " Wednesday, P. M., July 15. Very dark and great Thunder and Lighten- ing. One Humphrey Tiffiny and Frances Low, Daughter of Antony Low, are slain with the Lightening and Thunder about a mile or half a mile beyond Billingses Farm, the Horse also slain, that they rode on, and another Horse in Company slain, and his rider who held the garment on to steady it at the time of the Stroke, a coat or cloak, stounded but not killed. Were coming to Boston. Antony Low being in Town the sad Bill was put up with (regard) of that Solemn judgment of God; Fast day Forenoon. July 15, 1685. 2 Persons 2 Horses." On Oct. 27, 1685, Elizabeth, widow of Humphrey Tiffany was appointed administratrix on his estate by the General Court of Plymouth. His son, Ebenezer, b. 1663, owned a large tract of land eastward from Mouscochuck Creek, and his house stood near the site of the R. R. station at Nayatt. The name Ebenezer has been retained in the family to the present time when there are two of the name, father and son.
THE LOW FAMILY is from John and Elizabeth Low of Boston; wheel- wright; d. 1653; son Anthony, of Boston, Warwick and Swansea; m. Frances -. John Winthrop wrote to Roger Williams that he had a report that the Indians "had burnt about twelve houses, one new great
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one, Anthonie Loes," in Swansea; was captain of the sloop Dolphin, which he owned and gave to his son Samuel; also gave to Samuel his house after his widow's death ; will bears date Aug. 6, 1692; his widow. Frances, d. 1702, aged about 70, and was buried at Tyler's Point Burial Ground. Children, John, Samuel, Elizabeth Ann, Anthony Low, 1678.
SAMUEL Low, of Anthony; m. (1) Ann; m. (2) Rachel. Children, Samuel, b. 1701, Anne, Rachel. Samuel and second wife, Rachel, died 1718; Samuel owned 400 acres of land, 300 sheep, 50 head of cattle, 4 negroes, val. £130, etc., etc.
SAMUEL Low, of Samuel, of Anthony, b. Mar. 29, 1701; m. Isabel Greene; children, Ann, m. Joseph Bosworth, Jr., Dec. 10, 1743, Hooker, and John Wilson, m. (1) Lydia; children, Lydia, b. 1754; Rachel, 1756; John Wilson, Oct. 25, 1757; m. (2) Judith Gladding of Rehoboth, Sept. 28, 1762; m. (3) Mary Pearce; child Elizabeth; mother, Mary d. Oct., 1816, in her 96th year. John W., Sen., d. 1813.
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HOOKER LOW,5 of Samuel,4 of Samuel,3 of Anthony,2 of John1; m. Elizabeth Kinnicutt; children, Wilson, b. 1751; Wilson, 2d, 1753; Sarah, 1754; Hooker, 1756; Wilson, 3d, 1758; Anstress, 1759; Amy, 1761, John Wilson, 1764. Hooker sold the farm and brick mansion house under the great elms at the corners at B. Centre to Hon. Paul Mumford.
JOSEPH RAWSON. Second son of Edward ; was born in Mendon, Aug. 18, 1768; grad. at Rhode Island College A. D. 1794; was rector of the Academy at Bristol, R. I., a number of years. He married Mrs. Rebecca Bullock of Providence, widow of Capt. William Bullock, and eldest dau. of Gen. Thomas Allen, Dec. 21, 1797; settled in Bristol and was for sev- eral years the first cashier of the Bank of Bristol, and his reason for leav- ing the bank was "in consequence of the Rev. Abraham L. Clark, the Episcopal minister, offering to be its cashier for one hundred dollars less than he had been paid. It was quite a ministerial move for the bread and fishes." He afterwards removed to Barrington, and was a represen- tative in the General Assembly in ISOS. He also held other responsible offices such as justice of the peace, chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Bristol County, etc., etc.
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