lleliotype Printing Co., Boston.
HISTORY
OF TIIK
Town of Sutton,
MASSACHUSETTS,
From. 1704 to 1876;
INCLUDING
GRAFTON UNTIL 1735; MILLBURY UNTIL 1813; AND PARTS
OF NORTHBRIDGE, UPTON AND AUBURN.
COMI'IT.KJ) BY
KEY. WILLIAM A. BENEDICT, A.M.
AND
REV. HIRAM A. TRACY.
WORCESTER:
PUBLISHED FOR THE TOWN, BY
SANFORD & COMPANY, 364 MAIN STREET.
1878.
PRESS OF
LUCIUS P. GODDAKD,
"WORCESTER,
ACTION OF THE TOWN OF SUTTON
IN REFERENCE TO /STHE PUBLICATION OF THIS HISTORY.
At an informal meeting of citizens interested in the publication of a history
of the town, a committee was appointed to take the matter under advisement,
and, if found practicable, proceed to make arrangements for such publication.
The committee feeling that the town ought to assume responsibility in the
matter, and believing there" would be a willingness so to do, secured the inser-
tion of the following article in the warrant for a meeting to be held June 13,
1876:
" To see what action the town will take in regard to publishing a history of
the town, from its organization in 1704 to 1876, or act or do anything relative
to the same."
Upon consideration of this article, on motion of Amos Batcheller, it was
voted to choose a committee of five to procure the publication of a history of
the town from 1704 to 1876, and that the selectmen are instructed to advance
to said committee, on their application, sui^ sum or sums of money as may
be necessary to defray the incidental expenses attending its publication, not
to exceed for the above the sum of three hundred dollars, with the under-
standing that the edition shall be the property of the town, and that the money
received from subscriptions and sales shall be, after defraying expenses, the
property of the town, and said committee shall make a full and detailed report
of their doings to the town. The committee elected were as follows :
B. L. BATCHELLER, EDWIN H. HUTCHINSON,
CHARLES H. CHASE, AMOS BATCHELLER,
SOLOMON D. KING.
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PREFACE.
In a Prospectus issued April 27, 1876, it was stated that this history, which
"will be a volume of not less than four hundred pages," will probably be ready
for delivery by the first of November.
It was then supposed that Deacon Jonathan Lei and, and after him Christo-
pher C. Baldwin, Esq., both of whom had been gathering materials for a
history of the town, had collected nearly everything of interest for such a work
from the year 1704 to 1835. The papers of the above named were found in
the Antiquarian Hall, in Worcester, where Mr. Baldwin was librarian at the
time of his death. Copies of all these papers were obtained, when it was seen
that very little comparatively had been done in the preparation of a history.
Deacon Leland's papers were largely genealogical, and contained much that
was valuable pertaining to the history of the old families, but everything was
incomplete. Mr. Baldwin's papers were filled with matter taken mostly from
the town records, and arranged under the heads " Public Worship," " Schools,"
" Revolutionary period," etc. As his plan and ours were very different, these
papers were at once laid aside, and recourse was had to the original sources of
his information.
When all that had been collected was in our hands, the work of getting
together additional material was begun in earnest, and has been prosecuted
until the present time. The "oldest inhabitants" have been interviewed
until all the information they had to impart was obtained the records of the
proprietors of the town, of the proprietors of the four thousand acres, of the
town, of the ecclesiastical societies and churches, have been carefully searched,
a file of the Massachusetts Spy for more than one hundred years, Dr. David
Hall's Diary, kept for a period of forty years, the "New England Historical
and Genealogical Register," the published histories of the families of the same
name with old families of the town, have been examined ; in short, every book
or pamphlet from which we could hope to secure corroboration of oral testi-
mony, or additional facts, has been sought, and the result of our researches is
now given to those who have patiently waited for two full years beyond the
promised time for the delivery of the work.
The accumulation of material has been such, that, instead of a book of about
four hundred pages, as first proposed, they have one of something more than
eight hundred.
We have arranged the history in parts rather than chapters.
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In Part I. the Annals what we have taken from the records we have
given verbatim et literatim, and we have done so for the purpose of showing
how the fathers embodied their thought and action in words, and the progress
of the children in intelligence.
In Part II. The Homes of Sutton an attempt has been made to give a
brief history of every home, making mention of the occupants as far as it wa s
possible to learn their names.
All who have contributed by the payment of taxes, and in other ways to the
support of government, churches and schools, have borne some part in making
the town what it has been, and is to-day, and are deserving of record.
We trust the sketches we give in connection with these homes of some who
. have attained to honorable and prominent positions, may be found of special
interest, and prove a stimulus to our young men to emulate their virtue, earn-
est purpose and industry.
In Part III. Ecclesiastical and Educational we have given a brief history
of the churches, and traced the progress of the town in the establishment of
schools, as far as we were able to do so from the meagre data at hand.
In Part IV. Manufacturing brief mention has been made of the early
efforts of the fathers in mechanical industry when everything was made hy
hand, and we have endeavored to show the gradual development of the man-
ufacturing interests of the town to their present proportions.
In Part V. Genealogical we have given the history of the old families .
One hundred and four family names will be found in this part, and under
these names more than one thousand families have mention. A few of these
family histories, as will be seen, have been written by some connection suffi-
ciently interested to undertake the labor, but we have been obliged to prepare
the record of most of them from the best data we could obtain.
Notwithstanding the valuable material left by Deacon Lejand, no portion of
this history has required so much research, taken so much time, and been
attended with so much perplexity, and no part is to us so unsatisfactory, in
consequence of our inability in many instances to supply dates and names.
In Part VI. we give something more of the war record of the town than
was furnished in the "Annals" the names of those whom the town has hon-
ored with the principal offices and statistical tables.
In the compilation of this history valuable aid has been rendered by many
persons. The histories of the "Homes" have been almost wholly furnished
by others. Mr. Gardner Hall prepared those of Districts Nos. one and two ;
Mr. Solomon Severy, those of District No. three ; Mr. Alvan W. Putnam and
Mr. G. Hall, those of District No. four; Mr. A. W. Putnam, those of District
No. six; Mr. Milton E. Crossman, those of Districts Nos. five, seven and eight;
Mr. Reuben R. Dodge and Mr. G. Hall, those of Districts Nos. nine, ten and
twelve ; Mr. William E. Cole, those of a few in District No. eleven, and Mr.
G. Hall the remainder.
We have abridged the matter pertaining to these homes, but have endeav-
ored, as far as possible, to retain essential facts, and to let the persons who
have furnished these facts state them in their own words.
In addition to those above mentioned, we are indebted to many who have
aided us in our work. Among these is Reuben R. Dodge, Esq., who had him-
self projected a history of the town and accumulated considerable material for
his purpose, all of which he freely placed at our disposal, and his encouraging
words and unselfish co-operation can never be forgotten.
We would also express our obligations to Samuel F. Haven, Esq., the Libra-
rian of the American Antiquarian Society, and to Mr. Edmund M. Barton, his
gentlemanly assistant, who afforded every possible facility for research in the
society's treasure house of knowledge.
To all who have furnished matter to enrich the pages of this work we tender
our grateful thanks. Nor would we fail to mention in this connection, Miss
Sarah J. King, who, for fourteen months, has been engaged upon this history,
patiently transcribing our hieroglyphical scrawls, which no printer could read,
and rendering us much help in deciphering old and almost illegible records.
She has written for us more than two thousand legal-cap pages of manuscript.
Of those named as compilers of this history, the chief labor has fallen upon
the first. Mr. Tracy has written the history of the first and second Congrega-
tional churches, and the sketch of Dr. David March.
The labor expended upon such a work, in collecting the mass of material,
selecting from this mass, sifting the selections, separating fact from fiction,
arranging in order and correcting the proof-sheets as they issue from the press,
indexing, etc., can be known only to those who have had experience in kind.
But though the labor has been great, we have taken much pleasure in our work,
which we have prepared not so much for the general reader as for our towns-
men, and those who have gone out from us, and think of old Sutton as once
their home, or that of their fathers or grandfathers. If these are satisfied
with a work, the imperfection of which none can feel more keenly than our-
selves, we shall care little for the criticism of those to whom we claim no
family relationship.
For the attractive mechanical and typographical appearance of the book,
much commendation is due to the publishers, Messrs. Sanford and Company,
and the printer, MB. Lucius P. Goddard.
W. A. B.
SUTTON, November 4, 1878.
HISTORY OF SUTTON
Part I.
A N X A L 8 .
UK township of Sutton* was purchased by certain
personsf residing in Boston, of John Wampus, alias
White, and Company, Xipmug Indians.
It is described us " a tract of waste land eight miles
square, lying between the Towns of Mendon, Worcester,
New Oxford, Sherburne and Marlborough, embracing with-
iug its limits an Indian reservation of four miles square
called Uassanimisco."
The original deed from John Wampus and Company
seems to have been lost, from the fact that the "Proprietors
of Sutton/' at a meeting held Feb. 22, 1731-2, ordered
* The origin of the name of the Town is unknown. Dea. Leland in his
papers gives an old tradition concerning it which he regards as well estab-
lished. It is this:
John Wampus crossed the Atlantic ocean and visited England. While on
his return voyage to New England his health failed him, and he received
particular attention from one of his fellow-passengers, a Dr. Sutton ; and from
gratitude to him for his kindness suggested his name for the Township when
he gave the deed conveying it to the Proprietors.
t These persons, and" others who were subsequently admitted as members of
the Company, were called "Proprietors of Sutton." These Proprietors- kept
a careful record of their proceedings.
]( \\\ M,s OF THE
" That the Clerk shall provide a new hook, and transfer this
regularly, and that on the first pages of it, the original deed
of John Wampus, alias White, together with the Grant of
the General Court l>e tirst placed" -and though a, new book
was procured, and the transfer made, no deed appears. The
grant referred to was recorded on the first pages, and is as
follows :
Joseph Dudley, Esqr., Captain General and Governor In
Chief In and over her Majesties Province of the Massachu-
-etts Bay in New England in America To all to whom
these presents shall come Greeting.
Whereas John Conner, Pewterer, James Smith, Shop-
keeper, William Mumford, Stone-cutter, and Joshua Hewes,
Innkeeper, all of Boston In the County of Suffolk, within
the Province aforesaid by their petition presented to the
said .Joseph Dudley, Esqr., Govenor, and the General
A embly of the aforesaid Province, at their last Session
begun the Eighth day of March last passt before the sale
hereof, Have humbly prayed in behalf of themselves and
company, a confirmation by a grant of this Court of their
right and title to a certain tract of land purchased of John
Wampus, alias White, and Company, Indians, situate in
the Nipmug Country between the towns of Mendon, Worces-
ter, New Oxford, Sherburne and Marlborough, of eight
miles square, in which is included a tract of land four miles
square called Hassanamisco, and possessed by the Indians.
And Whereas the said Govenor and General Assembly have
ordered that the prayer of said petition be granted, saving
the lands purchased by the Haynes's, and reserving the
Indian property of Hassanamisco Provided also that they
intrench upon no former grant of the General Court, and
they be obliged to settle a town of thirty families, and a
minister upon said lands, within seven yeares after the end
of the present war with the Indians. And that they reserve
three hundred acres of the said lands for the first .settled
minister, four hundred acres for the ministry, and two
hundred acres for the use of a school, all to be laid out
conveniently. The said tract to begin upon the line of
Marlborough next Hassanamisco, a platt thereof to be
TOWN OF BUTTON. 11
returned and approved by this Court, as in and by the
record of said General Assembly, relation being thereunto
had, doth and may appear.
Know ye therefore that I, the said Joseph Dudley, Esqr.,
Governor, agreeable to the above recieved order passed by
Ihe Council and Assembly respectively, and pursuant to the
power and authority contained and granted in and by her
Majesties Royal Charter the Governor and General Assem-
My of the aforesaid Province of Massachusetts Bay, have
granted, ratified and continued and by these presents do
freely, fully and absolutely grant, ratify and confirm unto
the above named John Conner, .James Smith, William
Mumford, Joshua Hewes, and others, their Partners, viz:
Paul Dudley of Boston aforesaid Esqr., .John Jackson of
said Boston, housewriglit, Mary Conner and Elizabeth
Pittom, daughters and co-heirs of John Pittom Plummer,
deceased, Edward Pratt of Newtown within the County of
Middlesex, Physician, and Elizabeth Wilson of Hartford
in the County of Connecticut, Widows, their heires and
assignes forever, all the aforesaid certain tract of waste land
purchased of the Indians, Native Proprietors, as above men-
tioned, scituate and described as aforesaid, and to be sur-
veyed, platted and approved as above directed, with and
under the severall savings, reservations, Provisos and
conditions above expressed, and all the estate, right, Title,
Inheritance, use, property, and Interest of the said several
persons therein and thereto Together with all and singular
the fields, feeding, herbage, pastures, soils, swamps, Mead-
ows, Rivers, Rivulets, Ponds, Pools, AVoods, underwoods,
trees, timber, stones, fishing, fowling and hunting Rights,
Members, Hereditaments, Emoluments, Profits, Privileges
and Appurtenances thereto belonging or in any way apper-
taining. The said tract of land being hereby granted for :i
township, the same to be called Sutton. And to have, use,
exercise, and enjoy the same powers, immunities, and privi-
leges by Law granted to towns. To have and to hold all
the said tract of land by the name of the tow r n of Sutton,
with all the aforesaid premises. Emoluments, Profits, Privi-
leges and appurtenances thereto belonging, with and under
1'2 ANNALS OF THE
ihe severall savings, reservations 'Provisos and conditions
herein before expressed. And to be surveyed, platted,
returned and approved as above said unto the said John
Conner, James Smith, William Mnmford, Joshua Howes.
Paul Dudley, John Jackson, Mary Connor, Elizabeth Pittom,
Edward Pratt, and Eli/abeth Wilson, their hoi res and
assiii'iies to their proper use and l)ehoofe forever. Yielding,
Rendering and Paying therefore unto our Sovereign Lady
Queen Anne her kings .and Successors one fifth part of all
the Gold and Silver Oar and Precious stones, which from
time to time and at all times forever hereafter shall happen
to be found, gotten had or obtained in any of the said lands
and Premises, or within any part or parcel thereof In lien
and stead of all Rents, Services. Dues, Dutys, and demands
whatsoever from the said lands and premises, and for every
part and parcel thereof. In Testimony AYhereof I the said
Joseph Dudley, Esqr., Governor have signed these presents
and caused the Publiek seal of the Province of Massachusetts
Bay aforesaid to be hereunto affixed.
Dated at Boston aforesaid the fifteenth day of May in the
third year of her Majesties Reign Anno Domini 1704.
5 The publick seal > J. Dl'DLKY.
on a label appending $
Copy of Records Examined.
H. Ai)DiN(;ToN. Sec.
The tract of land included in the above grant was with the
exception of here and there a cleared space, on which the
Indians raised their corn, and a few marshes, called meadows,
an unbroken forest, heavily wooded with pine. oak. hickorv,
chestnut, birch and maple. In its physical aspect it presented
many attractive features, and was a favorite resort of its
native owners, who reserved a home within its limits. Its
surface is uneven and hilly, and, though none of its hills rise
to a great height, yet many of them are of sufficient eleva-
tion to reveal from their summits scenes of quiet beautv un-
surpassed in any other portion of \ew England. The soil
is varied, in the southern and eastern part being of a saiidv
and gravelly nature, while in the northern and western parts
TOWN OF Sl'TTOX. 13
much of it is a clayey loam. In the main it is well adapted
to agriculture, though some portions, particularly in the
southern part, are too rocky to he brought under cultivation,
and none of it was subdued and made productive without
much patient toil. The fine farms of to-day which embellish
hill-side, hill-top and valley, are the result of the muscle
and money the several generations that have occupied them
have contributed. This township furnishes great facilities
for manufacturing purposes, as well as for agriculture.
There are within its limits several natural ponds fed largely
by hidden springs, whose outlets afford tine water privileges.
The principal of these are Dorothy Pond in the north part
of the town, Ramshorn in the northwest, Crooked Pond
near the centre, and Manchaug Pond in the southwest .
IJlackstone River called by the Indians Kittatuck has
its rise in Ramshorn Pond, and passes through the the town
from northwest to southeast. This river furnishes valuable
water power. So also does Mnmford river, the outlet
of Manchaug Pond. Mill Brook, the outlet of Crooked
Pond (now called Singletary Lake), has in the distance of a
mile a fall of 17;") feet, and affords seven water privileges.
There are several other streams in town which the early
settlers utilized by the erection of saw-mills, grist-mills and
fulling-mills, and which in later days have been employed in
manufacturing of various kinds, as will appear under its
appropriate head in this History.
In its Geological features the town presents nothing of a
peculiar nature. Like many other towns in eastern Massa-
chusetts, the rocky formation is chiefly granite, quartz rock,
and gneiss. Gneiss predominates, and the quarries which
have been opened furnish most excellent stone for building
purposes. This rock often contains iron pyrites, mica, lead,
tin and some other mineral substances in small quantities.
The glitter of the little particles has led to the belief that
gold and silver might be found, and this town, in common
with many others in the State, has had its excitements over
wild and fruitless search for the precious metals.
There are natural curiosities in the town, some of which
:ire thus referred to in "Whitney's History of Worcester
ANNALS OF THE
County": As first. In the west part of Sutton within sixty
rods of the rise of the inlet of Ranishorn Pond, which is
the head of Hlackstone River running to Providence and
falling into the sea at Bristol, is a brook as large as to carry
a sa \v-ini 11 in Sutton, then bears away into Oxford, joins
French River which unites with the river Quinebaug, and
enters the sea at New London.
Secondly. A few rods west of the second parish meeting
house, there is a swamp having two outlets, one at the
southwest, the other at the southeast. Both these outlets
enter Blackstone River above described, at about one mile's
distance from each other. But the river is estimated to run
ten or twelve miles after the entrance of that on the westerly
side before it returns and takes in that on the east.
Thirdly. In the southeastern part of the town is a cavern
in the earth or rocks, commonly called Purgatory. The
rocks on each side of the chasm evidently appear to have
been rent asunder.
People may enter some rods under the ground or rocks,
and there are cracks down which they drop pebbles, and,
after these strike the sides alternately several times they arc-
heard to fall into the water ; and a brook issues out at the
bottom of the hill.
It may be acceptable to give a more particular description
of this place called Purgatory.
It is the side of a hill which consists of vast ledges of
rocks. Where the natural descent begins, a chasm has been
formed of perhaps thirty, and in some places, forty feet in
width, in these ledges by some violent concussion which left
this body of stones of all shapes and sizes to fall in. Above
it is open to the heavens, and the ledges, on either side, are
from five to ten, and so on to twenty, and even forty feet in
height. This chasm is, perhaps, near eighty rods in length,
and the descent is gradual and not very difficult. Where
the greatest depth is, water issues from crevices in the rocks
and hangs in icicles, and even in solid bodies of ice, not
only in May, as I have seen, but in June, although the
descent is to the south. Some small caverns were formed
by the falling of these rocks, through which persons have
TOWN OF SUTTON. 5
descended and come out .several rods below. This is a most
stupendous place, and fills the mind of the beholder with
exalted ideas of the infinite power of the great Creator of
all things, " who removeth the mountains and they know it
not ; who shaketh the earth out of .its place, and the pillars
thereof tremble."
After all, no description given of this place by another,
will enable persons to form just and adequate conceptions
of it.*
The ledges which Mr. Whitney says are " from five to
ten and so on to twenty, and even forty feet in height ; " are
found by actual measurement to be in some places between
Hfty and sixty feet in height. Dr. Hitchcock in speaking of
Purgatory puts the extreme height of the sides of the fissure
at seventy feet.f
The settlement of the town was much delayed by the
war mentioned in the grant by the Governor and General
Court.
This war is known as Queen Anne's war. It began in 1702
and was not ended until 1713.
November 17, 1714, the Proprietors held the first meet-
ing of which there is any record. At this meeting (held in
Boston) it was voted, " That three men should be chosen
for a committee to order the affairs of that place "- Button.
Nathaniel Brewer, Jonathan Draper, and Eliezer Daniels
were chosen such committee, and " were to stand until others
were chosen."
" It was the same day voted that all the charges that has
been and shall arise, till the next meeting should be payed
by the Proprietors equally according to their several pro-
portions at twenty shillings for every 500 acre right."
The next meeting was held in Boston, March 2, 17145.$
* See Whitney's History of Worcester County, pp. 96-98.
I See Hitchcock's report on the Geology of Mass, page 295.
t Before the adoption of the "New Style" in England, in 1752, the year
was considered as beginning the 25th of March. Any date therefore between
the 1st of January and the 24th of March would be a year too little, so to
avoid mistakes it had become customary to give both years as above. March
2d would occur in the year 1714 should the year begin the 25th of March, in
1715 should it begin the 1st of January.
16 ANNALS OF THE
At this nice-ting it was voted ' 4 That Jonathan Draper,
Eliezer Daniels, and Nathaniel Brewer should be a commit-
tee to go and lay out sixty lots at Button , for the Proprie-
tors, of thirty acres a lot, thirty rods wide and one hundred
and sixty long."
" Voted the same day that all such as had one live hun-
dred acre right should have a thirty acre lott, and they who
had more according to their proportion."
It was also " Voted that there should be a rate of sixty
pounds, one pound on every live hundred acre right."
It appears from these votes that the tirst division of the
township was into sixty tive-hundred-aere rights. Kach
proprietor owned at least one right, some more. Actual
surveys, as will appear, were afterwards made of lots, cor-
responding in number to the number of rights, and varying
in area from thirty to one hundred acres. These lots were
drawn by' the proprietors each right being entitled to one
and disposed of by them individually.
At the meeting held March 2, 1714-15 it was likewise
" Voted, that all such as should appear to go tirst and live
at the town of Sutton, for their encouragement should have
one hundred acres of land given them for their own, pro-
vided they settle two years from the date hereof ; and they
to bear their proportion of town charges, the Proprietors
to bear half the charges of building a Meeting house and
settling a minister the first four years."
March 18-19, 1714-15. Meetings of the proprietors were
held at which it was " Voted that every man shall have a
convenient way to his lott through his neighbor's lott, where
it shall be most convenient for him and least damage to his
neighbor ; also in all after divisions in the town every per-
son shall have a convenient way to their lotts, which lott is
to be understood to be a proper whole lott." Also " Voted
the same day that for encouragement to thirty families to <ro
and settle first, they should have four thousand acres laid
out to them on the northwest side of the road from Marl-
borough to Oxford provided, and it is to be understood that
such as appear and are allowed by the Committy do go and
work upon their lotts within six weeks, and make a return
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to the Committy. And upon their default the Committy
shall have liberty to putt in others as shall appear."
' Voted the same day that the Committy shall go and
survey the four thousand acres of land, and lay out thirty
home lots in it, containing forty acres per lott, at the settlers'
charge."
" Voted the same day that Jonathan Draper, Edward
Summer and Nathaniel Brewer should be a Committy to
allow of the settlers."
It seems that the survey of the land granted to the thirty
families who should be approved by the committee and set-
tle upon it within the time prescribed, was made and the
thirty lots of forty acres each were in due form laid out.
But no settlement ivas effected during the year. It appears
that no formal " Act of Incorporation " was ever secured,
or asked for by the proprietors or settlers of the town. The
following endorsement is on the back of a plot of the town-
ship on file in the land office.
" In the House of Representatives,
June 18, 1715.
Ordered that the Land described and Platted, on the other
side, be allowed and confirmed to the Proprietors of the
Township of Sutton. Provided it Intrench on no former
grant. Sent up for concurrence.
JOHN BUKKELL, Speaker.
In Council, June 21, 1715,
Rec'd and Concurred,
JOSEPH HILLEK, Clerk Coun.
A true Copy, Examined,
Jos. MARION, D. Sec'y."
The next meeting of the proprietors of which there is a
record, was held in Boston, March 13, 1715-16, at which
the following votes were passed:
kk Voted that every five hundred acre right should draw a
second right of one hundred acres."
" The same day it was voted that wheresoever any (lav-
was found in any man's lott, it should be for the use of the
whole town till a publick place was found for that use."
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' ' Voted the same day that the Mill lot* and stream in the
settlers' side shall be at the Proprietors' disposal."
" Voted the same day that the proprietors will be at half
the charge of building a meeting house and settling a min-
ister for the first four years from the date hereof."
" Voted the same day that the settlers shall have liberty
to cutt grasse and timber in the Proprietor's land till they
come to improve and to be laid out."
During this year (1716) three families were found of
sufficient nerve and enterprise to pioneer the settlement of
the town. These families were those of Benjamin Marsh,
Elisha Johnson, and Nathaniel Johnson.
They built their cabins near the centre of the town, and
spent there the winter of 1716-7. It proved a trying win-
ter to them. It was the winter made memorable by the
deep snow which fell the last of February, and wholly cov-
ered the cabins.
Elisha Johnson, whose cabin was located near the place
now occupied by Mr. Samuel Prescott, had left his family
the morning of the day the great snow commenced falling,
for the purpose of obtaining some supplies in Marlborough.
He was seen on his way by a friendly Indian, who, when
the storm had subsided, started on snow-shoes for the little
settlement, and found the cabin of Mr. Johnson by the hole
which the smoke from the fire-place had made through the
snow. His family would doubtless have perished had it not
been for the kind forethought of this friendly Indian. Mrs.
Johnson said " no human voice ever sounded half so sweet
as did that." Other families were attracted during the year
1717 by the offer of a farm for the taking, so that, at its
close, the thirty families to whom a grant of four thousand
acres had been made, and for whom home lots of forty acres
each had been laid out, were on the ground.
The tract of land which the four thousand acres embraced
was so located on the north side of the Oxford road, that a
north and south line dividing it into equal parts would pass
directly through Singletary Lake.
* This lot embraced a tract of one hundred and sixteen acres at the foot of
Crooked Pond, and included the privilege of the stream to the lower falls.
TOWN OF BUTTON. 21
The home lots fronted some of them on the Oxford road,
extending as far west as the place now occupied by Dea.
John Marble, and east as far as the place now occupied by
H. S. Stockwell. Five of them were north of, and joining
those most easterly, and eight of them in what is now the
"Eight Lots District" the most easterly of these being
the place now occupied by Mr. Solomon Severy.
The entry in the proprietors' records with reference to the
thirty families to whom four thousand acres of land were
given is as follows :
"' These are the names of such as are entered settlers in
the four thousand acres that was given to them upon the con-
ditions that they would go and settle first there and bear
charge with the proprietors according to their agreement.
William King, Thomas Growing,
Oliver Gosse, Samuel Parker,
Joseph Sibley, Samuel Stearns.
William Stockwell, John Bates,
Benjamin Marsh, Jonathan Sibley,
Thomas Gleson, William Rutter,
Samuel Gowing, Timothy Manning,
John Waite, John Sibley,
Benjamin Smith, Samuel Dagget,
John Stockwell, Nathaniel Johnson,
Jonathan King, William Larned,
Samuel Bixbee, Elisha Johnson,
Samuel Barton, Richard Gibson,
William Stockwell, Ebenezer Cutler,
Freegrace Marble, William Hey wood.*
The plot of ' ' Settlers' Land " contained four thousand
nine hundred and sixty acres. The south line on the Oxford
road was 1,240 rods, the west line 640, the north line 1,240
the east 700 rods. Six hundred acres were allowed for
"Crooked Pond" (Singletary Lake), and three hundred
and sixty acres for Farm. This farm was at the southwest
* A few of these names will be recognized as still common. Numerous
descendants of some of these families are now residents of the town.
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corner of the plot, and fronted on the north side of the
Oxford road, the east line being near Dea. Marble's house.
For what purpose this farm was laid out can not now be
learned. There is no record with reference to the use to
which it was put, and no allusion is made to it, only as
bounding the land adjacent as this was apportioned among
the settlers. The thirty persons above named style them-
selves " Proprietors of the four thousand acres," and keep
a record of their meetings. This record contains little of
interest, as it is mainly filled up with proceedings pertaining
to the division of what remained of the four thousand acres
among the occupants of the home-lots, and the boundaries
of each man's portion.
The aim seems to have been so to divide the land that
no one should have reason to complain that he had been
wronged ; and, that no dissatisfaction was expressed when
the allotments were made, is pleasing evidence of the good
feeling which existed, and the disposition of all to see that
exact justice was done.
The mill lot to which reference has been made was
assigned to Ebenezer Dagget, as appears from the following
entry in the proprietors' records.
" Ebeuezer Dagget hath the mill lot with the privilege of
the stream to the lower falls, upon condition that the said
Dagget, or his Heires, keep a Grist-mill for the use of the
town ; and if the said Dagget denies or refuse to keep a
mill for the use of the town he shall return the stream to
the town again." The return of the mill-lot with boun-
daries carefully defined is noted in the proprietors' records
of Nov. 23, 1717.
We also find the following with reference to the Oxford
road :
"The road from Oxford to Maryborough, beginning at
the farms, so returning upon the point of compasse to the
meeting-house hill, thence to the north side of Elisha John-
son's house to Cold-spring brook, six rods wide from the
heads of the proprietors' lotts laid out March, 1716, by
Nathaniel Brewer, Jonathan Draper, Eleazur Daniels.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 23
1718.
The first town meeting was held at the house of Capt.
John Stockwell, Dec. 3, 1718. This house was a small
one, about fifteen feet by ten, and stood near the present
dwelling of Mr. Simeon Stockwell.* Elisha Johnson was
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elected moderator, and selectmen, a town clerk and a con-
stable were chosen " to continue in office until the next
March meeting. "f
Action was also taken on a proposition of the proprietors,
that a committee be appointed to act with a committee
whom they had chosen, to aid in the matter of building
a meeting house, and establishing the preaching of the
gospel.
Referring to the Proprietors' Records we find that at a
meeting held in Boston March 5, 171718, the following
votes were passed :
" Voted the same day that the four years charges for
carying on the worship of God, and building a meeting
house should begin from this day above mentioned."
1 ' Voted the same day that there shall be twenty pounds
raised by the Proprietors and settlers towards the carrying
on of the worship of God amongst them which money is to
be paid into the Clerk's hands to be improved for that use."
' ' Voted the same day that Jonathan Draper, Nathaniel
Brigham, John Haye, and Nathaniel Brewer are a committee
to agree with workmen to build and furnish a meeting:-
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house ; and the Proprietors obliged themselves and heires to
bear their equal proportion of said charges."
The record in reference to the action of the town in
response to the proposal of the Proprietor's Committee is as
follows :
' ' The committee of the proprietors who was chosen to
manage the affairs relating to the settlement of the worship
* This house was afterwards sold to Amos Stockwell, and moved upon the
place now occupied by David Welsh and attached to the house which was
burned.
t For the names of town officers chosen this year, and each succeeding
year to 1876, see the record in part vi. of this history.
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of God in this Town having made application to the Town
at this meeting that a committee may be appointed by this
Town to joyn with them to move forward and carry on
proper managements and agreements for said service
"Voted unanimously that the Town do now choose live
persons to l)e a committee to joyn with the Proprietor'-
committee aforesaid, who shall from time to time represent
the Town in order to building and furnishing a Meeting-
house in said Town, and it is Resolved, that William King,
Samuel Stearns, Benjamin Marsh, John Stockwell and
Freegrace Marble or the Major part of them, be a comittee
for said service."
1719.
The Town Meeting was held March 17th at the house of
Samuel Stearns, at which, after the choice of Town Officers,
it was voted, "That there should be a rate levied on the
settlers of the four thousand acres, according to every man's
right, of one hundred pounds to defray the charges of
building the Meeting-house."
"Voted the same day to have a minister this Summer.
Voted the same day to rays a rate of forte n pounds ten
shillings to defray the charge of preaching, one half to be
payable the first of May, and the other half to become
payable by the first of Nov. Voted the same day to have
preaching three months."
"Voted the same day that William King, Samuel Stearns
and John Stockwell shall be a committy to get a minister, by
the second Sabbath in May, and so on for three months."
"Voted also the same day to rays a rate of three pounds
to defray the charges of building the pound and other
charges."
Another Town Meeting was held Dec. 25th, at which it
was voted that Mr. Macinstree should have fifteen pounds
for three months preaching.
"Voted the same day that the 15 pounds become payable
by the first of March."
The meeting-house was built during this year. Its location
was on the west side of the Common and nearly that of the
TOWN OF SUTTOX. o
( !cntrsil schoolhouse. It fronted toward the east : was about
forty feet by thirty-six, had folding doors in front, and
single ones at each end. It was lighted by two small Win-
is <~> *
(lows of diamond glass set in leaden sashes, at each side and
end for the lo\ver floor, and one window of the same fashion
and size in each side and end for the gallery.
The pulpit was on the west side of the house opposite the
front door, \vhieh opened into the broad aisle. The seats
first used seem to have been nothing more than ordinary
benches with baeks. The gallery extended across the front
side and each end, and had two rows of seats through its
whole extent. Behind these seats there Avas a narrow plat-
form which the children who could find no other place
occupied. "A very convenient place," Deacon Leland
quaintly remarks, "for idlers: not much chance however to
escape detection as the Ty thing Man in his official capacity
was ready to notice every delinquent.'* 1
1720.
The Town Meeting for the choice of officers was held at
the meeting-house. In addition to the'town officers hitherto
chosen John Page and Timothy Manning were elected
Tything men and " sworn to the faithful discharge of the
otise."
After the choice of officers the town " proceeded toward
the settling of a minister," "and it Avas voted by a major
vote the same day to have a minester."
"Voted the same day to send for Mr. Thatcher, to Mr.
SAvift and to Mr. Dor Concerning the settling of a Minister."
' Voted the same day and desired by the Major part of
the voters that Mr. Thatcher, Mr. Swift, and Mr. Dor. that
they Avould send thar advis into the Town concerning the
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settling of Mr. Maeinstree for our minister."
" Voted the same day that it be left with the Selectmen
to send for advise to the Minesters."
" Voted the same day for a sallary to the Minester and
it was voted the same day sixty pounds a year to a Mines-
ter."
*See Dea. Leland Papers.
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" Voted the same day that William King, Samuel Stearns,
and John Stockwell be a Committy to discors* Mr. Macin-
stree."
At an adjourned meeting held March 21, the Town " voted
for the choice of a minister and it appeared by a major vote
that the Reverend Mi 1 . John Makinstree vva.s chosen to be
settled in Sutton aforesaid, and to have sixty pounds per
annum for his yearly sallery."
" The same day voted that William King, Sam'l Stearns
and William Larned, should aquant the reverend Mr. John
Makinstrey that the town has by a vote given him a call to
the Minestry and asks his exceptance."
Sept. 27, at a Town Meeting " It was agreed upon by a
Major vote that the day for the ordaining ye reverend Mr.
John Makinstrey should be wennesday the Ninth day of
November 1720." No record is made of the ordination
services.
The Proprietors' Record of this year shows the following
action :
"Voted that Eben'r Cutler be admitted as a settler of
Sutton and have a right to the lott that was John Waite's,
and was declared to be forfeited, he paying all the charges
with respect to said lott, and also ten pounds money, five
pounds of it to be given to John Waite sen'r to reimburse
him money paid for said lott, and the other five pounds
towards buying a drum, Hallbards and a suite of colours in
the Military Company."
" Voted the same day that the .sumni of twenty five shill-
ings be advanced and paid upon and by each propriety or
five hundred acre right, amounting in the whole to eighty-
five pounds ten shillings, to and for the encouragement and
settlement of the first ordained minister of Sutton ; to be
paid in three months after his ordination either to said Min-
ister or to the Committy of the Inhabitants towards the
building his house, or paying the charge thereof.
" This vote not to be binding unlesse they have a Minister
ordained In five years from this day."
* For discourse used in the obsolete sense of " to confer with.'
TOWN OF SUTTON. 27
This year is the date given for the introduction of tea into
New England. Its influence upon social manners and morals
has been great beyond the power of description, and the end
is not yet.
Coffin, in his History of Newbury, gives the following
extract from an unpublished letter written in England, Jan.
1, 1740.
"They are not much esteemed now who will not treat
high and gossip about. Tea is now become the darling of
our women. Almost every little tradesman's wife must set
sipping tea for an hour or more in a morning, and it may be
again in the afternoon, if they can get it, and nothing will
please them to sip it out of but china ware, if they can get
it. They talk of bestowing thirty or forty shillings upon a
tea equipage, as they call it. There is the silver spoon,
silver tongs and many other trinkets I can not name." '
Madame Hall had the first teakettle ever brought into
Sutton : and the wife of Dea. Pierce the second : They
held about a pint each, f
1721.
John Singletary and Ebenezer Stearns were chosen
Ty thing-men.
This is the first mention of John Siugletary, father of the
Singletary family. Amos was his youngest son. He was
born in Sutton, September, 1721, and was the first male
child born in town.
There had been one birth in town previously that of
Abigail Marsh, daughter of Benjamin Marsh. Dr. Whitney
refers to her as the first child born in town, and states that
she was living in 1793, a widow Chase, having had four
husbands.
Upon the Proprietors' Records of Feb. 8, 1721, are the
following entries :
"Upon petition of the Church in Sutton, voted that one
shilling upon each five hundred acre right, as they are so
* Coffin's History of Newbury, p. 191.
t Leland Papers.
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railed, belonging to the Proprietors, be raised, collected and
paid for and towards buying a cushion for the Pulpit of the
Sutloii mceting-honse, the money to be paid to and collected
by Dea. Timothy Manning. "
Voted that an exact, large plott bee drawn <n parchment
of the township of Sntton as the survey was granted and
conferred by the General Court making the several lines.
divisions, and boundaries of the whole and plotting also in
said mapp the four thousand acres given and laid out to the
settlers numbering the lotts and the names of the present
settlers, and plotting the Indian plantation of Hassanamiscn
also in the plott, the charges to be defrayed by the proprie-
tors as other public charges, and advanced by the Clerk :
the proprietors several lotts are also to be marked, num-
bered and named in the plott." *
June 20th. " Voted that twenty shillings be raised upon
every five hundred acre right for the defraying the charges
to the minister, laying out land and other charges ensuing. "f
August Xth. The town "voted on the afirmity (in the
affirmative) to petition to the Generall Court to get the sum
abated that the Town is rated to the Province tax. the same
day Timothy Manning chosen by a Major vote to go with it
and speak to it." J
1722.
May 29th. The Proprietors "Voted that they that refuse
to pay their due proportion of the charges that hath arisen
for the support of the minister and other charges shall be
liable to be recovered by suing in the lawe."
Voted that the Proprietors allowe thirty pounds to be
for ye maintaining of the minister for the year 1722."
October 8th. "Laid out for the ministry lott three
hundred acres of land on the east of the settler's land."
"The same day laid out for the minister one hundred
acres of land bounded North on the Ministery land."
* Proprietors' Records, p. 18.
t Proprietors' Record, p. 20.
J Town Records.
Proprietors' Records, pp. 20, 21.
TOWN OF SUTTOX. 29
1728.
March 4th. The town kt voted that the Meeting House
should be seated."
>k Voted that the third seat below be equal in dignity with
the tore seat in the front gallery, and that the fourth below
be equal with the fore seat in the side gallery."
kk Voted that Percival Hall, Win. King, Timothy Manning,
Nathaniel Dike and Joseph Sibley be a commitee to seat the
Meeting House, and for the rea'ii latino- thereof during the
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Town's pleasure."
Voted that the Commitee that are chosen to seat the
meeting-House shall consider of what men have paid to the
building <>f it< and what public charges they now bare, and
what they are likely to pay for the filter, and to have
respect to persons." *
March 13th. kk Voted to petition the Generell Cort at the
next sessions for the Inhabitaiice of Hassanamisco that dwell
on the Southwestward side of the Blackstone River to be
laid to said Town and all the land to the west ward of
Sutton as far as Sam'l Riches farm reches, and that William
King should be joined to the Selectmen for this purpose."
October 22d. " Voted that Inhabitaiice on the Northward
side of the Blackstone River should be freed from paying
their proportion to the Minister for this Present year,
excepting wat is laved, by an act of the General Cort, on
the unimproved land."
December HOth. "Voted that the room allowed in the
meeting-House for pews be disposed of."
k k J ohnathan Sibley personally appeared and declared his
decent against what is above rated at time and place."
"Voted there be five men chosen for the disposing of the
room allowed for Pews.
Voted that Timothy Carter, Ebenezer Dagget, Elisha
Johnson, John Whipple and Robert Knolton be a Commity
to dispose of ye room allowed for Pews to such Inhabitaiice
of Sutton as they according to their best discresing (discre-
tion) shall judge meet."
* Town Records.
30 ANNALS OF THE
Jan. 15, 1723-4. The Committee make return as follows :
\Ve the Subscribers being chosen Comittee by the Town
of Sutton for the disposing of the Pews in the meeting
House have accordingly granted to the men under named, to
them, their heires and assignes, to each man his particular
place, as his right to set up a Pew upon for himself viz. to
John Ward a Pew in the Northeasterly corner running four
feet nine inches from the east wall towards the door then
from the North wall to the Ministers- Pew.
Samuel Dagget front 5 foot, in depth 5 foot and 5 inches.
Ebenezer Dagget front on the east of the North door 5 foot,
depth 5 foot and 5 inches.
Cpt. Benjamin Willird front 5 feet and 2 inches deep 5
foot and 4 inches being on the west Side of the north door.
Robert Knolton front 3 foot and 3 foot cant, deep 5 foot
and three inches.
John Sibley front 3 foot and 3 inches from that to the
stairs, cant one foot and 5 inches, deep .5 foot & inches.
James Leland front 5 foot and 2 inches, deep 5 foot and
fi inches, being on the North side of the front door.
Freegrace Marble front 4 foot & 10 inches, dee]) f> foot &
(> inches, being on the south side of the front door.
Joseph Sibley and Timothy Manning front 4 foot and 2
inches cant one foot and one inch running to the Stairs, deep
5 foot and 6 inches and so long as the Pew remains between
2 families the men have the liberty of their seats.
Isaac Farewell front 3 foot, cant 3 foot to the stairs, deep
~) foot and 6 inches.
John AVhipple front 5 foot and 3 inches, deep 5 foot and
(5 inches, being on the west side of the South door.
Elisha Johnson front 4 foot and 11 inches, deep 5 foot
and six inches, being on the east side of the South door.
Samuel Barber front 3 foot and 6 inches, deep 5 foot and
(> inches, cant one foot and 3 inches.
Timothy Holton front one foot and (3 inches and from the
South wall to Mr. Carters Pew and from the east wall to
Mr. Barbers Pew.
Timothy Carter front 3 foot and 10 inches, cant 2 foot 3
inches, deep 6 foot and four inches.
TOWN OF SUTTON. ol
Dacon Hall front 5 foot and 2 inches, deep 6 foot and 4
inches being at the South end of the Pulpit." *
1724.
May 18th. "Voted that the To\vn Peticions to the
avneral Cort for a reconsideration of the vote for ye farms
that Mr. .Richard Waters and Mr. Samuel Rich ons (owns)
to be anaxed to Sutton. Samuel Barton William Waite, John
Sible, Richard Norton Thomas Mede, Samuel Sible, Tim-
othy Carter all of them have entered thair disent against the
above said vote in gining with Mr. Waters and Mr. Rich in
a peticion to the general Cort to have their farms anaxed to
Sutton.
"Voted that Samuel Rich and William King and Nathaniel
Dike be a committe to manage the peticion above mensioned
for said farms."
June 3. "Voted that Mr. Richard Waters farm and Mr.
Samuel Richs farm be peticioned for to the present Sescion
to be anaxed to the Town of Sutton to do duty and recieve
Privelege with said Town. The peticion is to be at the
charge of the town, Mi 1 . Waters and Mr. Rich bearing thair
part of the charge."
"Voted that the farms formerly caled Collinses farm, and
Col. Ilutchingsons farm, and Mr. Davenports farm be peti-
cioned for to the Present and general Sescions in Boston to
be lade to the Town of Sutton to do duty and Recieve priv-
elege in said Town the peticion to be at the charge of the
Town.
"Voted that Col. John Chandler be empowered as an
Agent to act in full for the Town of Sutton in the peticion
above menshoned.
"Voted that Samuel Rich should cary down the votes to
Col. Chandler that was voted on the day above mentioned.
William Wate, Samuel Barton, Timothy Carter, Samuel
Sible, John Ward William Sible, John Sible, Samuel Dagit
James Leland, Ebenezer Dagit and Thomas Lovell all of
them personally apearing at said meeting and entered thar
* Town Records.
32 ANNALS OF THK
disent against the proseedings of the meeting. The reasons
that they give is this, that the meeting was not as the law
directs and also the vote of bearing the charge of the peti-
cion AVC think it unreasonable."
Mav 2. At a meeting of the Proprietors it was " Voted
that all that have not paid their dues to the minister which
the Court ordered upon the unimproved land be brought in
to Mr. Makinstree by the 28th day of June 1724. "f
1725.
March 29. "Voted that all the Inhabitants of Sutton
livinv North east of Blackstone River should be freed from
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the Ministereal Rate for the years 24-25.
-Voted that twenty shillings be allowed for sweeping the
meeting house."
Voted that Mr. John Whipple should go down to the
proprietors meeting to se and now what they will du concer-
ning the arrears of the ministry munny."
"Voted that Freegrace Marble and Kbenezer Dagit be a
committee to take care of the school lot and ministerel lot
that there be no waste of the wood and timber."
Aug. 16. "Voted that the school land in Sutton be all-
sold Reserving the thirty acre lot and the mony to be put
out for the benefit of a school in Sutton forever."
Voted that Laftenant William Kjng and Freegrace Mar-
ble and Jonathan Kinney, John Stockwell, Samuel Dagit
should be a committe for to sail the school land above
recorded or aboA r e mentioned." }
" Col. Johnathan Hanvood Entered his desent against the
school land being sold."
Feb. 18, 1725-6 :
"Voted that the Farms that was formerlly Mr. Hutchi-
son's and Mr. Davenports, with all the Inhabitancy on said
farms be anaxed to the Town of Sutton. so that the said
Inhabitance thare upon shall be anaxed as Town Inhabitancy,
* Town Records.
t Proprietors' Records.
J Town Records.
TOWN OF .SUTTOA. 33
and .shall share with This Town in all Town privileges what
soever on these conditions. That ye fore said Inhabitance
on said farms doe pay thare propotion To all Town charges
that shall Be made in the Town of Sutton forward not to
have any of Town debts or charges that wee do this day
stand obliged To pay ever levited upon them."
"The Inhabitance on the farms above mentioned being at
the meeting concured with the Town and came into the Town
upon the proposals above mentioned and manifestted it by a
vote amongst them self's and desired that the vote mite be
put upon Record in Sutton Town Books."
This agreement above mentioned to stand during the
plessuer of the General Corte." *
1726.
March 7. - Voted that Obidiah Walker be added to the
former Committe to seat the meeting house.
May 12. "A Town Meeting was held at the Meeting
House in Sutton for the choice of Kepresenttitive, and the
vote passed in the Negative."
July 29. A Town Meeting was held in the Meeting
house " to consider of making choice of a Committy to treat
with ve Mr. Mckinstrv and to give them instructtions and
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furst Mr. John Whipple was chosen Moderator and then
they proseded to chous a Committy and the Committy ware
Paeon Passeful Hall, Elisha Putnam, Thomas Nickols Elisha
.Johnson, Timothy Carter, Joseph Sible, Ebenezer Starns,
Kbenezer Dagit, William Stockwell, Jun'r. The Town gave
the Committy thar Instructtions." f
There is no record showing what these instructions were.
Aug. 29. At a Town Meeting it was "Voted that thar
should be a Counsel to juge wether or no that Mr. Mckins-
Ire should be continued in Sutton as thar minester.
"then the Committy brought in thar Return to the Town,
that was chosen by the Town to treat with the Reverend
minester.
* Town Records.
t Town Records.
34 ANNALS OF THE
" Voted by the Town to Call in Seven Churches fora
Counsel."
''Voted that mr John Williams of Deal-field with hi.s
Dilligates and mr Prentis of Lankester and his dilligates
and mr Prascot of Salem with his dilligates, and mr Williams
of Weston with his dilligates and mr Whiting of Concord
with his dilligates and mr Brown of Reding with thar dilli-
gates and mr Backer of Sharbon with thar dilligates should
be called in this counsel to juge of matters of difference
Between the minester and the people."
Voted "that Elisha Johnson, Elisha Putnam, Joseph
White, James Leland, Timothy Carter, Simon Dacon, Isiah
White, William Stock well and John whippel should be a
committe to take care and cary letters to the minesters and
also to prepare and get things in order for the Counsel."
Voted "that Decon Passefell Hall, Joseph Sible, Samuel
Daget, obadiah Walker, Thomas nichols, Ebenezer Daget
and Samuel Sible Should be a committe to take care and
prepare for the Counsel also it was voted that the 12th day
of October the Counsel Should Come."
' ' We the Subcrybers Entered our desent against Counsels
Coming into Town to juge between the Town and mr mckins-
tree because thar was nothin charged against him in the
meeting, nor in the warrant, to vote. Sollomon Holman,
William King, John Stock will, Johnathan Stockwill, Joseph
Savery, Samuel Bigelo, Jonathan Kinny, John Singeltary,
John ward, Babal Bixbe, william Stockwill, Nathaniel Dike
Sen'r. Nathaniel Dike." *
The name of Putnam first appears upon the records of
the town this year.
Some, if not all the brothers whose names are subse-
quently found upon the records, probably came into the
town during the preceding year.
1727.
The records of the town for this year are missing.
* Records of the Town.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 35
1728.
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Sept. 2d. " Pursuant to an agreement with Mr. John
McKinstry to be Dismist from preaching in Sutton, att a
town meeting leagely warn'd and held att ye meeting house
in Sutton, first Mr. John Whipple was chosen moderater,
secondly, put to vote to see wheather the town would Dismis
mr. John Mckinstry from preaching hear in Sutton and it
passed in ye affirmetive and there was not any voats in ye
Negetive."
September 26. The following receipt from Mr. McKin-
stry is recorded.
' ' Then received of the selectmen of ye town of Sutton
full Satisfaction and payment as to Sallery for preaching in
the said Town from the first Day I Came among them to the
Day above said, as witness my hand.
JOHX MCKINSTRY.*
Oct. 14. " Voted that the 3d Wensday be a day set
apart for fasting and prayer in Sutton."
" Voted that the Reverend mr Parkman and the Rever-
end mr Troop Should Carry on the work of the day above
mentioned, to wit the day set apart for fasting and prayer
if prevailed with by the committee."
" Voted that there should be preaching three months
from this day forward in the Town of Sutton."
" Voted that there should be a coinmttee to provide a
niinester or minesters for three months to prech in Sutton."
" Voted that there should be four men Chosen a commit-
tee to go and get ministers to prech three months in Sut-
tou."f
" Voted that Decon Passeful Hall, mr John Stockwill,
mr Timothy Carter and mr Jonathan Kinny was Chosen
for the above said sarviss, and then the meeting was
agurned to the 18 day of this October corrant at-12-of-the-
clock and then they proseded : and furst voted that thar
should be a committee chosen to take care to provide for
* Town Records.
t Town Records.
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lutertenment for the ininesters three months and it
appered by a major vote that mr Obidiah Walker and mi-
John Sible was Chosen for that sarvis."
Nov. 26. "A town meeting was held at which it was
"Voted that 60 pound be Rased for the support of the
gospel in Sutton."
" Voted that Decon Passeful Hall should be Treasurer for
to reseive the contribucion monny given into the Contribu-
cion boxes."
" Voted that mr David Hall should continue to prech
in Sutton till the furst day of March next insuing if he can
be prevaled with."
' Voted that Elisha Johnson, Freegrace Marbel, Joseph
Sible, Samuel Dudly, John Whipple, Nathaniel Dike, Senr.
be aded to the former committee to wit Decon Hall,
Insing John Stocwell, mr Johnathan Kinny and mr Timothy
Carter to treete with mr David Hall Conserning his supply-
ing the pulpit in Sutton till the furst day of March as
above mentioned."
Dec. 2. " By order of a vote that was past in Sutton on
the 26th day of November, 1728, to treete with Mr. David
Hall to prech with us hear till the furst day of March next
insuing the date hereof, and acordingly the committee above
mentioned treeted with the above said mr Hall and he acsep-
ted."
Feb. 10th, 1728-29. " Voted unanimously that mi-
David Hall should prech and supply the pulpit in the House
of God in Sutton till the midel of May next insuing the date
hereof, in order for settelment if he can be effected or pre-
valed with."
" Voted thar should be saven men chosen a committee to
treet with mr Hall, and it appered by a major vote that
Decon Hall, Samuel Dudly, Thomas nichols, Nathaniel
Dike, Senr., Samuel Barton, Obediah Walker and Simon
Dakin ware chosen for the above said committee and if
mr Hall could not be prevaled with to supply the pulpit in
the House of God in Sutton until the midel of May next
insuing then for the above said comm'tee to prosed in
TOWN OF SUTTON. 37
order to have the pulpit supplyed till the time above men-
tioned to wit midel of May next insuing."
Feb. 2(>. "Voted that thar should bee a town meeting
caled in order to give mr David Hall a call to Settel in the
ministeral office in Sutton."*
1729.
March 2fith. At a meeting, caled " to Consider and
sec wither ye town will concur with the church and Give mr
David Hall a Call to settel in the work of the Ministry
amongst them," and " to see what salery and settelment
thav will rive To mr David Hall," and " to chuse a Coinittv
' O */
To treet with mr David Hall in Case ye town a Grees To
(Jive him a call," it was "put to vote whither the town
would chuse mr David Hall for their miniser and Teacher to
settel In ye work of ye ministry amongst them, and the vote
Past in ye afirmitive."
kb Voted to give mr David Hall an Honorable Salery."
" Voted in the afirmitive to Give mr Hall a Salery of one
Hundred Per year in Province Bills, or the Equal value of
one Hundred Pounds per year of Province Bills as they are
now valued, as long as he shall serve them in the work of
the ministry."
" Voted in the afirmitive to Leace out to mr David Hall
part of the Ministeral Land to wit one thirty acre lot
number 18, and one Seventy acre for Nine Hundred and
Ninety nine Years at Six Pence Per year for Incouragement
or towards his Setelment, and also to Give him one hundred
Pounds in work, Meterals for Building." " Solomon Hole-
man entered his desent against the 1 part of this vote."
" Voted yt Joseph Sibly, Freegrace Marble, Johnathan
Kinny and Benjamin Marsh should be a Comitty to treat
with mr Hall." f
May 20th. The hundred acres of land, that the " town
formerly voated to give mr David hall a lease of, they have
now voated to give him a Deed thareof, for his settelment
amongst us."
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38 ANNALS OF THE
" Voated that thare should be a number of men Chosen as
a Comity to give mr David Hall a warrant tea Deed of the
s'd hundred acres of land in the towns behalf."
The names of a committee of twenty-one persons are
given.
" Voated that Lieut. Elisha Johnson, Insing John Stock-
will, mr John Sibly should be a Comitty to Judg upon the
Present value of Paper Money in Pursuant to our forth
voats last March ye 26 1729.
" Voated that the Contribushon should be kept up."
" Voated that the Lease money should be given to mr
Hall." *
July 25th. The committee appointed to confer with Mr.
Hall made their report to the Town and the meeting was
adjourned to Aug. 14th, " and then it was put to voat, to
see whether the Town would accept of mr David Halls
answer and the voat past in ye afirmitive Provided he be
content with ye land which the Proprietors have voated
him and accept of it in ye Room and stead of that which
ye town has voted to give him a warranttee Deed of." f
A meeting of the Proprietors of Sutton was held Aug.
12th, 1729, at which it was "Voted, that the committy
chosen to lay out the remaining, undivided lands shall forth-
with lay out to the Reverend Mr David Hall one hundred
and thirty two acres of the undivided lands which we give
him for his comfort and encouragement provided he is
ordained Minister for this town of Sutton which is in lieu
and full of the one hundred acres the Inhabitants promised
to give him." J
This is the vote to which reference is made in the action
of the Town as above given.
O
Sept. 8. " Voted to accept the comittys Return which was
chosen to judg with mr David Hall on ye Present value of
Paper money and also to put it on Record."
" Voated to send for nine Churches to assist in mr David
Halls ordination."
* Town Eecords.
t Town Records,
t Proprietors' Records.
TOWN OF SUTTON. M
" Voated to make Provision for these Churches and other
gent'men and to chus a Committy for said servise and leave
ye whole concern to their decesion."
" Voated y't mr Samuel Dudley, mr John Whiple, mi-
Timothy Carter, mr Robert Goderd, mr Johiiathan Kiney,
mr william Stockwell, and mr Nathaniel Dike should be a
Committy for ye sarvise above rnensioned."
' ' Voted to leave it with the selectmen to see what will
satisfy mr David Hall for his servise in Preaching with us
from ye time he first com amongst us to ye time the Town
gove him a Call to settel amongst us." *
The return of the Committee to fix upon a standard of
valuation for paper money is as follows :
" Wee, the Com'ttee chosen by the Town May the 20th
172!) to judg upon the valley of Paper Money, met together in
pursuance of s'd voat in order there to. we the Committy
declared as followeth 1. That sixteen shillings of Paper
money is adjudged to be equivalent to an ounce of silver.
2. that as to day labour it will in general answer at three
and six pence per day. 3. that it w r ill in generall purchess
as followeth, beof three pence half penny per pound, pore
at five pence per Pound. 4. That it purchase Indian Corn
at four shillings ; and Rye at six and wheat at eight shillings
per bushil, as witness our hands.
ELISH JONSON
JOHN STOCKWILL
JOHN SIBLEY."
At the same time consented to
Per me DAVID HALL.J
"This above written composition is a true copy of the
comittes accepted (report) by ye toun and ordered to be
entered upon Record as a Just standard of ye value of ye
money wherein mr David Hall is to Receive his salery men-
tioned & acted upon voat 2 in ye preceding page."
" BENJA. MARSH Town Clerk."
* Town Records.
t Town Records.
40 ANNALS OF THE
Oct. 10. " It was put to voat to sec- whether ye Town
would fully close with rar David Halls answer & have it put
upon record, and ye voat Past in ye atirmitive, which answer
is as followeth *
Mr. Hall was ordained Oct. 15, 1729. The Town Clerk
makes no record of the Churches invited, nor of the proceed-
ings of the Council.
Dec. 8. "The following voats wars past tirst it appears by
a major voat that Decou Pasive.1 Hall should still take care
of the eontrilmshons," 21y it appeared by major voat that
the town alowed ye bill of charge which ye Comity broat in
for the charge of mr David Halls ordination." f
Taxes were some times in arrears in the early history of the
town, as appears from the following entry upon the records,
made by order of the selectmen :
"Feb. ye 27, 1729-30.
Mr. Elisha Putnum Town Treasurer Debtter for Diver-
Sums of money comited to several constables to colect.
s d
for ye year 1728 Constable Holmans town rate - 42. 17. 01
and his ministers Rates - - - - 24 00 11
for ye year 1726 Constable Ebenezer Daggets Ministers Rate, 52. 08. .11
his town Rate amounts to 10. 07. 05
for ye year 1727 Constable James Millers town Rate 04. 17 .01
his ministers Rate is 09. 14. .01
for ye year 1728 Constable Nicols town Rate 26. 00 00.
his ministers Rate is - 52. 00. 00
for ye year 1728 Constable hazel tons town Rate - - 20. 14. .04
his ministers rate - - 11. 18. .03
By order of ye selectmen." J
1730.
April X. A Warrant was issued for a town meeting to
be held " at ye meeting House one wensday, the tAventy
second of April att one of ye Clock in ye after noon undo-
standing that the vote concerning the trusttes to (wit) of
Suttons part of ye 60 thousand pounds Land money, granted
by ye general Court and the town of Suttons dispoels thar
* For the answer see History of "First Congregation Church " in this book.
t Town Records.
J Town Records.
TOWN OF SUTTOX. 41
of is not Entered in ye town Book as we are in formed and
other Things Releating to the town of Sutton's prudencils
Hearafter Exprest As furst to see what the Town will do
to secure them selves and the trustes and all so to se if
tha will Chuse a committy to asist the town Clerk in
searching ye town Book Relating to s'd money and trusttes
and all so to see what ye town will do with ye Intrust of
s'd Land money. 21y. for the town to Hear ye Petions of
several pearsons of Hasanamiskco. 31y for the town to
Chuse a Connnety to discourse with Rev'nd mr David Hall
Concerning the valleation of our paper Bills and make a
Return Thearof to ye nexte town meating."
"Pursuant to the wearant of which this above writ-en Is a
true Copy then the following votes was past Capt. willam
King was Chosen moderator by a majer voat for said met-
ing 21y voated that ye Selectmen ware Chosen to A sist ye
town Clerk in searching ye town Book consuming the Land
mony and thay made thare Return in ye above said meting
and thair Return is that thay Can find nothing thair of any
meeting for the Recouvering of said Land mony. 31y thay
proseed to chuse a commete to treete with ye trusttes to see
what securety thay will give to the towns for the above said
Land mony. 41y voted that three men should be a com-
mette to treete with the trusttes. 51y voted that mr Johna-
than Kinny and Insin John Stockwell and mi- Robart God-
dard should be A Commette to see what securety ye trusttes
will give to ye town and to make a Return to the next town
metten 61y Voted that Lu't Elisha Jonson and Insin John
Stockwell and mr John Sible should be a Commett to treette
with the Rev'd mr David Hall consearning the vallyation
of our paper Bills."
1730.
May 15th. The town voted that the following record,
which had been omitted, "shall be entered in our town
Book."
"At a Leaguel Town meeting Held at the meting House
In Sutton one mondy ye 25 of March 1728 for to consider
of taking the Land mony in the Town that was parte of the
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42 ANNALS OF THE
sixty thousand pound land money being an hundred and
Eighty three pounds, fifteii shiling faling to the town of
Sutton or to chuse three or five meet persons for trustes to
take the care of the saim. and furet by A mager vote it
apeared that mr Samuel Duddly was Chosen moderater,
secondly the town voted to take the Land mony that parte
of the sixty thousand pound of the Land mony that was a
lowed to them by the honorable Court, thardly voted that
the land, money should be let out, non of it to any man
above twenty pounds, nor none of it under ten pounds to
any man forth ly voted y't thar should be three men
chosen trustes to take ye land mony and dispose of it, fifth-
voted that Elisha Jonson, Elisha Putnam and John whippel
ware chosen by the town for that sarves to wit to take
the land mony 61y, voted to have a schoul this present
year." *
The Land Money, to which reference is made in the above
action of the town, was money raised by the Colonial gov-
ernment, and apportioned among the several towns to be
loaned to the land holders in small sums secured by lien
upon real estate. According to Hutchison and others, the
plan was adopted by the government to forestall private
parties, who wished to be incorporated as banking associa-
tions for the purpose of loaning money upon land security.
The design was to prevent monopoly, and furnish money to
those of small means at a reasonable rate of interest, and
without danger of foreclosure. Tne towns were to remit a
part of the interest to the government, and retain a part.
The plan was a good one in theory, but proved a failure.
January llth, 1730-31 :
"Voted that no money shall Be Raisd to Defra town
charges."
' ' Voted that Decon Putnam shall take Care of the Contru-
luision money."
"Voted to seete the meeting House and Chuse a Cometty
for that sarvice."
"Voted that mr Johnathan Keney and mr obdiah Walker
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TOWN OF SUTTOM. 43
and mr Ebenezer Starns and mr Thomas nickiols and mr
Cornalous Putnam shall be a Commetty for said sarvice
the In structions thay are to goo by Is age and Rate and
oifece Heds not Regarded."
Jan. 29th, 1730-31. "Lut Samuel Dudly was chosen a
representtive, by a mager vote, to send to our grate and
general Court and asembely Cept and Hild at Boston Feb-
euarey-ye-1 1-1 730-31." *
May 15th. Lieut. Dudley was chosen to represent the
town at a session of the General Court and Assembly to be
convened at Cambridge August 27th.
He was the first representative chosen from this town.
August 29th. " Voted to chuse three men to meet with
gentenmen of severl towns that have apinted to meet at
mr James Lealands one the 28 of this Instant to consider
and provide a new skeam in order to Procure a new County."
"Voted that Capt Wm. King and rnr John whippel and
nathaniel Dike was Chosen for that sarves."
" Voted to keep a school in s'd Town for this present year
for four mounths and that the selectmen agree with a school-
master to keepe School for s'd town to Lern the chelderen
and youth to Rede and wright English and to be kept at
the Discresion of selectmen In four Places in s'd Town (viz)
one month in the town Plot and three months at 3 other
Places in the town one month in a Place." f
1731.
May 17th. The town chose "Ins' John Stockwell, and
Lut. Beniamin marsh for trustes for Suttons Parte of ye
sixtey Thousand Pounds land money."
"Voted that the meeting House should be Repeared and
that The selectmen should take cear to Repear The meeting
House."
" Voted thar shold Be schole Darnes Provided to teaceh
the Cheldern in the town as shall be thought ueadfull."
At the same meeting the town ' ' Dide Elect and Deput
* Town Records.
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J4 ANNALS OF THE
Lut. Sainual Dudley to .send a representtive To our grate
and general Cort or assembley to Be hild and Kept for his
Maigesties sarvice at the Cort House In Boston upon wens-
day The 26 of May In ye year 1731."
"Voted that ye selectmen prefer a peticon to ye gen'll
Cort in Behalcf of ye town for an abatmeut of ye Charge
for Pauient of thair Representative ye last year By Reson
of ve "rate sickness and mortality that god was Plesed to
* O
visit ye Town with the Last winter."
luo-ust 2d. "Voted that Deacon Parssiful Hall should
o
sarve at ye Court of General sesions of ye Peace to be
Holden at worsester for this present year."
-'Voted that Philep Chace shuld sarve at ye Court for a
pety jurey."
September 2d. "Voted Doct. Thomas Sanford should
sarve grand juriman at our Court at worsester this Present
year."
' * Voted that Samuel Dagget should sarve at s'd Cort of
Trials for this presant year on ye Jury of trials."
September 20th. "Ye Inhabitants of ye Town being
asembled in town meeting to Consider what advice to give
ye Representative Releating to ye Diffeculty lying before ye
honourable house of Representatives Respecting the supply
of ye treasuary and having Considered of ye saime ye folloing
vote was put to vote
"If it be your minds that our Representative should yeald
ye Piutt that hath been so long in Debate between his excel-
lency ye governer and ye honourable House of Representa-
tives Relating to ye suply of ye treasurry siguitie it by
holding up your hands. ye vote passed in ye negative."
November 1st. "Voted that mr nathaniel Dike should
sarve on ye Jurey at ye Court of triales to be holden at
worssester ye 2 day of november 1731." f
" Sutton December ye 20th 1731
"The Returne of ye Commity Chosen to seat ye meeting
house Is as folio weth
* Dea. Lelaud says this sickness was called the Long fever.
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TOWN OF SUTTON. 45
ye fore Sect
Samuel Dudley Squr
Capt. King,
Leut. Benjamin Marsh,
John Perham,
Nathaniel Dike,
John Singletary,
William Waite,
Samuel Sibley,
2d Sect. Thomas Nichols,
Daniel Elliot, Sen.
Ins. John Stockwell,
William Stockwell,
Josiah White,
Obadiah Walker.
3d seat. Caleb Bixbe,
Joseph White,
Ebenezer Stearns
Caleb Talor
Samuel Bixbe
Isaac Putnam.
4th seat. James Eliott
Joseph Severy
John Alen
Nathaniel Dike Juner.
Joseph Waite
Johnathan Parks.
5th Seat. David Stockwell,
Ebenezer Stockwell,
William Sibley,
Beniamin Sibley
Thomas Dennies
Abel Chase.
6th. Seat. William Vinino-
O
Thomas Harback
John Burden
Joseph Kideo.
"All ye above writeu are in ye body of sects below."
46 ANNALS OF THE
" Ye front fore seet up in ye gallery,"
Thomas Lavel
John Gibbs,
Isaac Chase,
Johnathan Xichols,
Sollomon Holman
Samuel Carrel
Jarsham Waite
Robert Jennison
Richard Waters,
John Hazelton.
Ye 2d seet in front gallery. Joseph Eliott
Samuel Waters
Jacob Whipple
Benjamin Marsh ju
Samuel Wood
Jonathan King
Daniel Kiney
Daniel Cariel
David Harwood
John Lion
John Stock well.
' ' The fore seet in ye side gallery
Cornelius Putnam
Isaac Nichiolsun
Daniel Elliot
Eleazer Fletcher
Edward Holmaii
Samuel Parker
Robert Goddard
Charls Robarts,
Percival Hall
John Bound
Johnathan Stockwell
Samuel D wight,
David Prince
Ebenezer Cutler
Jepthha Putnam
Daniel Greenwood
TOWN OF SUTTON. 47
Martin Armstrong
Samuel Dudley
Johnathan Marsh .
2nd Seat in side gallery,
Jason Waite
Nathaniel Jones
Joseph Sibley
Frances Kider
William Perham
Benjamin Perharn.
Benjamin Carter
Ebenezer Harwood.
' ' First in ye wimines foore seet below "
Ye widdo Stockwell
ye widdo Rich.
Ye 2nd seet. Doct. Putnams wife
Wido Page
Wido Rebeckah Kenney
Mrs. Harwood.
ye 3 seat, ye Wido Martha Sibley
"Ye fore seet in ye front gallery,"
Widdo Mary Sibley
" And it is to be understood that all ye wimen that have
husbands are seeted eaquel with thar husbands."
THOMAS NICHOLS This done by a
OBADIAH WALKER I commity chosen to
EBENEZER STEARNS j seet the meeting
CORNELIUS PUTNAM J in Button.
At this period all property holders were taxed for the
support of the gospel, and were expected to attend church.
Hence, if to the above list of males we add the names of
the pew-holders, we have a record of all the adult males in
town at this date, with the possible exception of a few in
the part which is now Grafton.
January 25th, 1731-32. "Voted that Kbene/cr Dagget
should sarve at ye Cort of trials to be Hoklen at Worssester
on ye furst day of February 173132."
4S ANNALS OF THE
March Hth, 1731-2. " mr nathaiiiel Dike was Chosen
grand juriman to sarve at ye Cort of \\orster for this pres-
ant year and mr Samuel Barton was Chose at s'd meeting
to sarve at the next Inf. Cort of Comon Pies to be hoklcn
at Worcesster."
March 6th, 1731-2. The town "voted that all ye tree
holders in Sutton have liberty to vote in s'd meeting."
"Voted not to act upon Chusing trusttes for Sutton Part
of ye Sixty Thousand pounds land money."
At the meeting held this date a petition was presented by
John Hazelton and several "of oure Esterly in habitants
Requesting thay may be set of in order to joyne with
mendon, uxbridge, and hopkinton in order to make a new
Town ship."
"Voted that if ye towns afore s'd shall se met to Dismis
thar Inhabitants in order their to and ye generall Court shall
incorporate them into a town then these our Inhabitants are
Dismised in order thar to-r ye Line to Run upon ye
westerly side of John Hasaltons Land and to Run north to
Hasnemisco Line and south to uxbridge line."
Henry King, Joseph Harwood, Stephen Hall, Xathaniel
Jones, John Sibley, Johnathan Kenney, Richard Singletary,
Thomas Nichols, Francis Dudley, David Dudley, Johnathan
Dudley, petitioned the town of Sutton for permission "to
erect and bild a new Pew in oure Meeting-house where the
two hindermost seats are in the frunt galleary in the mens
parte for our accomodation to set at meeting."
"Voted ye prayers of this abuv writen Petion, with this
Restruction, that they shall Come no further than the select-
men shall allou."
1732.
May 24. "Voted to Chuse a Commity to set a valiation
upon ye Bills of Publick Credit with ye R'vnt mr Hall and
also upon all other things which were brote under Considra-
tion by a former Commity which ware Chosen by ye town
to set a valiation upon ye Bills of Credit and other things
* The proposed Township was incorporated by the General Court and is
now Upton.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 4!
Iveferance being had to the valluation as it ma be found upon
ye Town Book.
"Voted Lut. Elisha Johnson and In's John Stoekwell and
inr John Sibeley a Commity for ye above said vote about ye
valuation of the paper bills and other things as thay are in
that artikel menshoned.
"Voted to keep the schoole at Esqu. Dudleys."
"Voted Esqu. Dudley to Keep sehoole for three months."
"Voted to give R'vnt mr David Hall ye loos Money that
is in Deacon Halls hands Excepting ye one half that mr
Leland Contributed." *
June (5th. "Voted that the six acres formerly appropria-
ted by the Proprietors tor building the meeting-house thereon
and for a training tield and burying place bounded as folio w-
eth, viz. Southerly upon Mr Hall's lott No. 18, Westerly on
town road, Northerly upon the county road, and Easterly
part upon the School lott and upon undivided land, should
be put on record." f
July 2f>. " Voted John Sible senuer Should sarve on the
Jury of trials at our next Infearer Courte of Common pleas
to be holden at Worcester s'd Courte to be held on ye S day
of August 1732.
Sep. 11. " Voted Capt. william King should sarve at
our next Supeuer Court of Judecatuer of Worcester on ye
grand Jury."
" Voted Lut Beniamin marsh should sarve at said Court
on ye Jury of trials said court is to be holden at Worcester
on ye 20 Day of September Instant.!'
Sept. 18. " Voted fifteen pounds to seport the schooling
in Sutton this present year.
' ' Put it to vote to see whether ye Town will sink thos
parcions setelment Kate which are of a Difrant Purswasion
from ye generality of us, which are yet behinde and Refus
to pay it and ye vote Passed in ye negative."
Oct. 30. " Timothy Holton was chosen to serve on the
Jury of trials at the Inf. Court of Common Pleas to be held
in November.
* Town Records.
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50 ANNALS OF THE
Dec. 18. " Elisha Johnson was chosen to serve at the
Session of the same Court to be held Feb. 6, 1732-3.
The Town voted not to send a representative to the Gen-
eral Court this year.*
March o, 1732-3. " Voted to allow Esq. Dudley his
money that was menshuned in ye third article in ye war-
rant."
He was fined for not attending the General Court. The
sum is not given.
" Voted that Mr. Samuel Sible should sarve on the Grand
Jurey this present year,"
" Voted that mr Simon Da-ken should sarve on ye Jurey
of trials at our next Infereur Court of Common Pies to be
holden at Worcester. Said Court is To be begun-Hild on
Tuesday ye Eaight Day of May 1733."
The same day " it was Put to vote to see wheather ye
Town woold free Eleven of our esterly Inhabitants of haft'
thare minesters Kate for ye year insuing and ye vote Past
in ye afarmitive and ye Parsons freed oft" haff thare mines-
ters Rate, are as folio weth :
John Parham, Joseph Kidder,
William Parham, Jonathan Smaith,
Benjimin Parham, Jacob Whipple,
John Hazeltine, David Bactheller,
Joseph Tyler, Samuel Wood,
John Rawson.
1733.
March 26. "It was put to vote to see wheather ye TOAVU
will Rais mony to support schooling amoungst us, or act
upon any thing Relating thare to about ye keeping of school
that shall be Thought Proper, and ye vote Past in ye nega-
tive."
April 9. "Voted Twenty-five pounds to seport ye school
amoungst us this present year."
"Voted that ye selectmen shall be a Commity to take
cear about providing a school."
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TOWN OF BUTTON. 51
" Voted that thare shall be a moving school." To which
David Harwood entered his dissent.
" Voted that Lu't Beniamin Marsh and mr Samuel Dag-
-et and mr Nathaniel Dike shall be a Commitv to Call Dea-
O V
con Percivel Hall, mr Joseph Sible and mr John Stockwell
mr Robart Goddard and mr John Sible and mr John Bound
to an a Compt for taken money out of ye Town Treasueary
without order from ye Town, in ye year Thiurty on and
in ye year Thurty TAVO."
May 21. "Voted that ye Rev't mr. David Hall shall
have liberty to make a vvindo against his pew. In ye meet-
ing-house " " voted that ye Re'nt mr David Hall shall have
a free quarter!}' Contribution."
Oct. 1. " Voted to Chuse a Commity to Look into ye
Deiiceince of ye money since ye a greament maid between
ye Town and ye Rev'nt mr David Hall."
- Voted that mr Samuel Lilie mr obadiah walker and
mr Solomon Holinan, Deacon Parcivel Hall and uir Perres
Rice be a Commity for saide sarvice."
" Voted that mr Robart Goddard and mr freegrace Mar-
bel and Timothy Holton shall be a Commity to Repair ye
meeting house in Sutton."
The committee appointed to examine into the deficiency
of the salary of Rev. Mr. David Hall caused by the depre-
ciation of the currency, report as follows :
" The Comity s Return, that was Chosen to Look into ye
Defisincy of ye money since ye agreement maid between
ye R'viit mr Hall and ye Town, is as folio weth :
We, the subscribers whose names are under writen, being
Chosen by a voat of ye Town to Consider ye Present value
of money and Compare it with ye Towns ofl'ers maid to
Rev'd mr Hall, in relation to his sallery and ye goodness of
ye money whairin he was to recive it, being assembled for
said purpose the ninth of October Currant, after mature
Consideration upon the value of ye money, it was unam-
ously agreed by us, as our mind, that mr Hall, our Pastor,
ought to have, In our present money, at lest one hundred
& Thurty pounds for this Present year in anser to ye obli-
gation of ye Town to give him an Honourabel Sallery ; and
02 ANNALS OF THE
upon Discourse with mr Hall we tind, that altho tis his
mind that he is cut short in ye Three years Past seventy five
Pounds in valy by reason of ye falling of money from ye
-tandard set for a vale wherby he was to have his sallery.
yet, that rather than any hurt to ye Peopel, Considering
our Present Circumstances, he will fore goo it upon these
Condisions that ye sallery may be thus helpet and that he
may Procure his money withoute Troubel at the Time.
PERCIVELL HALL
OBADIAH WALKER
SOLOMON HOLM AN
PERES RICE." *
The Town made no choice this year of a Representative
to the General Court.
March 4, 1733-4. The Town voted for County Treas-
urer, which is the first mention made of action in the choice
of such an officer. The name of the person voted for is
not given.
1734.
May 22. "Voted ye former Contribution, that is to say
Every weak as it hath ben in Time Past, and ye quart ly
Contrabution to be Dropt."
"Voted that ye meeting house shall be Repared."
"Voted that mr nathaniel Dike and mr John Singeltary
should be aded to ye selectmen to be a Conmiity to Tret
with ye R'vnt mr Hall to Luck in to ye Defectiance of ye
money."
k k Voted that ye selectmen be a Commity to In quiere and
see whether ye Town may with safty make sale of ye
school Land, and to make Report to ye Town ye next
meeting and also, to make Report to ye Town what offers
any Parson or Persons make for ye saini."
Nov. 4. "It was Put to vote to se if ye Town wood
give ye R'vnt mr Hall ye sum of sixty Two pound Ten
shillings for ye Diticiencey of ye mony this year, and ye
vote Past in ye negative."
* Town Records.
TOWN OF BUTTON. 53
""It was voted, that it was Thought that a Hundred and
Thurty Pound was a Horn-able Sallery for this present
year."
"Voted that Thurty Pound shall be aded to the Hundred
Pound for This present year."
" Voted, that ye quarterly Coutrubution shall be set up
in Lew of ye weakley Contrubution."
March 3, 1734-5. "Voted, that Esqr. Dudley and mr
Freegrace marbel and Ins. Robeart godard and mr Solomon
Holman and mr Jepthah Putnam be a Coinmity to vu ye
meet ing House and Lay ye saim before the Town ye next
Town meeting in order for ye Reparing of ye meeting
House."
"Voted that Esqr. Dudley and mr Lille and mr John
Sible be a Comiuitty to Joyn with the Rev'nt mr Hall In
Leasing out ye minister! Land, and that ye agrement which
ye R'vnt mr David Hall and ye Commity shall make with
any Parson or Parsons Relating to ye ministerl Land shall
be Laid before ye Town In order for thare Exceptence before
any writing be Particted about the saim."
The north eastern part of the town embracing the Indian
reservation of Hassanamico, and a small portion of terri-
tory in addition, was incorporated as the town of Grafton.
The Act of Incorporation is dated 1735.
1735.
May 19. "Voted that Deacon Parcivel Hall shall hove
Liberty to buhl a Stabel upon ye Town Land haveing ye
advice of ye selectmen where to set s'd stabel."
' ' Voted to Chuse a Commity to vue ye Town to see how
man}' school Housen are wanted, and whare thay shall be
set and to make Return to ye Town."
"Voted Esqr. Dudley and Ln't Joseph Sibley and Ins.
Robart Goddard and Lu't John Stockwell and mr Solomon
IIolman a Commete for ye aforesaid sarvice about siting ye
school Housen."
"Voted Forty Pounds to Repair ye meeting house." *
* Town Kecords.
54 ANNALS OF THE
"Voted that inr nathanel Dike Dea. Elisha Putnam and
Lu't Joseph Sible shall he a Commity to treet with ye Rvnt.
nir Hall about ye Defieince of ye money Relating to his
sallery."
At the same meeting, the Town "Did Elect and Depute
Deac. Percivel Hall to be our Representive to our grate and
general Court or asembley to be cept and held at ye Court
house. In Boston, on Wensday the 28 Day of this Instant
may."
Sept. 12. The committee, appointed to confer with Mr.
Hall with reference to sallery, reported as follows :
"We, the subscribers Chosen by the Town to Treet with
the Rev'd nar Hall about the value of money, after Discourse
with nir Hall, and Delibrating upon the matter, we Conclude
that, acording to the general run of Provison and Clothing,
that Present Provence Bills fall short one third In valley
of what thay ware at the Time of His settlement with us, so
that we apprehend one Hundred and fifty Pounds will but
barely bring it to the Balance of one Hundred according
to the standard.
NATHANIEL DIKE )
ELISHA PUTNAM >Com.
JOSEPH SIBLE"* )
The following agreement with the committee, signed by
Mr. Hall, is also found on record.
"I, the subscriber, hearby Signify and Declare that if
the Town will provide that what the Towns Committee I lave
adjudged reasauabel to assess for this years sallery be
assessed, that, upon the Reseat of the saime, I Avill give the
Town a full Discharge for the present years sallery as wit-
ness my hand
DAVID HALL."
The Town "Voted, that a Hundred and fifty Pounds
shall be assessed for the Rvnt. mr Halls sallery this present
year."
March 1, 1735-6. "Voted that iiir Xathaniel Dike and
mr Robart Godard and Timothy Holton be a Committe to
* Town Records. '
TOWN OF SUTTON. 55
Treet with the R'vnt nir Hall about the Deficiency of the
money Relating to his Sallery this present year.
1736.
May 19. "Voted that the selectmen shall be a Commit-
tee to Repear the meeting-house."
"The Return of the Comitte that was Chosen to Squd-
ron out the school Housen was brought In to ye Town and
non Excepted."
It seems by an article in the warrant for the Tow T n meet-
ing held upon the day above given the tine imposed upon
the Town by the General Court for failure to send a Repre-
sentative in 1784, was remitted and the money returned.
The article is as follows :
"To see what the Town will J)eu with the money that
the Town was find for not sending a Representative to
our Grate and general Court In the year 17H4, which
is Got of and Returned back again to the Town." In
reference to the above, it was "Voted that the ninten
Pounds shall be Throod in to the Treasure that was got of
which the Town was find for not sending a Representive
To our grate and general Court In the year 1734."
Sept. 24. The committee appointed to confer with Rev.
Mr. Hall make their report :
".We, the subscribers being Chosen to be a Committe, To
Treet with the Rev'nd mr Hall about the Deficencey of the
money since he seteled amongst us, and having Discoursed
with him about the saim and muttuerly Considered thare on
togeather with the nessesarics of Life and we find that
about one Hundred and fifty pounds be equelent to one
Hundred at the time of his setelment.
ROBERT GODDARD ) r , ...
TIMOTHY HOI/TON \ Cmm,ttey.
"Voted one Hundred and fifty Pound for the Revnd mi-
Halls sallery This present year."
A petition was received from certain young men, for per-
mission to build a pew in the meeting house, and it was
' ' voted the Prayer of the above said Petisioners be
5H ANNALS OF THE
granted with this Proviso that they Take in a suticent num-
ber with them That have Petioned to till up the Roome and
bulde thare scat or pew no wider than the Hind seat or at
Least so as not to Dammidge no other seate."'
1737.
May 23d. " mr Robart (loddard and mr Samuel Lille and
mr Jeremiah Buckman ware Chosen a Commette To Treet
with the Revnt mr Hall about the vallation of money Relat-
ing to his Sallery."
A desire for greater facilities for attendance upon Public-
worship had been felt by those who were remote from the
centre, and was made manifest about this time in a request
for preaching at various places.
We find in the warrant for a Town meeting upon May
23d the following article :
"To hear the Petision of the several parts of our Town
Relating to Preching."
Upon the consideration of which, it was " Voted, that the
Town Chuse a Commette to vue the several Parts of the
Town in ancuer to the Petious Conserning Preching and to
bring into the Town by the next March meeting what thay
shall think most proper."
"Voted Esqr Dudley Dea. parcivel Hall and Dea. Elisha
Putnam Samuel Boutwell, Benjamin woodbeary Ens. Timothy
Carter, Richard Waters, Ins. Robart goddard, mr obadiah
Walker mr Isaac Putnam mr Hennery King mr Daniel
Chace a Commete for ye aforesaid Sarvice about preching."
Sept. 19. The committee appointed to confer with Mr.
Hall report that his salary for the year should be 1(J3, slS,
d.6, which the Town voted to pay him.
" Voted to set up the weakley Contribution as form ley."
1738.
May 24. " Voated that there should be one hundred and
sixty four pound Raised to support the Rev. mr. David
Hall the present year."
* Town Records.
TOWN OF SUTTOX. O t
" In-sin Robart Goddard mr John Sibley mr Samuel Bar-
ten ware Chosen to be a Committy to treet with Revrnt mr
Hall about the Deficenaey of money."
March (>, 1738-1). "Voted that our Daniel Dike should
have liberty to build him a pue up over the wimmings stears
in the meeting house for him and his famerly provided he did
not hurt or Discommode the going up the gallery stares."
" Voted that Elisha Putnam Junr and John Holton, John
whipple, Ebene/ar waters & Amos waters should have the
liberty to build them a seet up over the mens stares In the
meeting house provided they Did not hurt nor Discom-
mode the going up the gallery stares."
Permission was given to Elisha Putnam Cornelius Putnam
& Elisha Putnam Junr "and also any others Even as many
as would build stables upon the Common-laud near the
meeting-house might provided that they Did not hurt nor
Discommode the training field nor the Buring place.''
1739.
May 22. " Voated that mr Samuel Boutwell, mr Samuel
Chase and mr Solomon Holman be a Committy to treet with
the Revnt mr Hall about the Deficiance of money."
Johnathan Lilly was allowed thirty shillings his charge
in going after a school-master the last year."
Dec. 24. "'Voted that mr David Greenwood should be
one of the men to take Care that the Dear within this
Province be not Killed Contretrary to the law."
" Voted that John Sibley Junr should be a man to take
Care of said Dear as aforesaid." f
March 10, 1739-40. -Voted that there should be six
plases or squarderanes wheare the school should be kept In
the Town provided that Each Squarderain Do Build a school-
house In Each pertieler place hearafter mentioned and that
upon their one Cost and Charge or h'nd sum other house to
keep the school in." The six places are described in detail.
* Town Records.
t Town Records.
5X \\VALS OF THE
1740.
May 25. In the warrant for a town meeting to be held
upon this date we find the following article :
"To see if the Town will hear the Petition of sundry of
our notherly Inhabitance with Respect to setting off two
miles In Breadth on the notherly side of the Town Joyn-
ing upon the Contry Goure.-and five miles In Length from
oxford Line Bastardly to joyn with their neighbouring
Inhabitance that they may be better a Comidated with the
word." *
There are several references upon the town records TO
"petitions by our Northerly Neighbors," but the above is the
first mention made of the subject matter of these petitions.
"Voted that there be one hundred pounds Raised for the
Rev'nt Mr Hall this present year with the addition of
what the assesers shall, upon their treating with the Rev'nt
mr Hall, find that the money hath sunk in Credit since mr
Hall setteled amongst us and all so ten pounds more which
the Town is behind time."
Obadiah AValker, Nathaniel Goodwin and Samuel Bout well
are appointed to confer with Mr. Hall upon the depreciation
of the currency.
The consideration of the petition above referred to was
deferred till the next town meeting.
"Voted that the Baptis be freed from paying any of Mi-
Halls salery this present year."
Sept. 1st. Benjamin Woodbury and Henry King and
Lieut. Goddard were appointed a committee to unite with a
committee of the Proprietors of Sutton in making a survey
and final settlement of the line between Sutton and Oxford.
The location of this line had been for several years a mat-
ter of controversy.
Nov. 5th. Upon this date Rev. David Hall commenced a
diary which he continued to the year 1789. f
* Town Records.
t This diary fell into the hands of C. C. Baldwin, Esq., who, for its better
preservation, had the manuscript bound in two volumes, which may now be
found in the Hall of the Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 59
Dec. 2. "It is a time of sore sickness and Mortality
with us, God seems angry and the Heavens look dark upon
us. I have agreed with my People to spend to-morrow as a
day of Humiliation, fasting and prayer on ye account of
sickness amongst us." '
March 2, 1740-41.
* * Mr Abel Chase and mr Ebenezer Harwood chose to take
Care that the Dear are not kiled Contrary to ye law."
" Voted that mr Benjamin Woodbry mr Abel Chase mr
Richard Waters Capt Joseph Sibley Capt. John Stockwell
and Elisha Putnam be a Committy to Consider and look
into the origenall agreement which the Town made with the
Rev'nt mr Hall and se wheather the Town hath fulliled the
same a Cording to the true Intent and meaning there-of and
make Report there of a Cording as they shall find maters
stand at next may meeting."
' Voted that the school laud (with the exception of an
acre and a half ) should be leased out nine hundred and
ninety nine years and that they would Chuse a Committy for
that purpose."
"Voted that Capt. Timothy Carter, inr Benjamin Wood-
bury and mr Isaac Barnard be a Committy to Lease out the
school land as above said." f
March 7. "I am concerned that .God hath a grate con-
troversy with New England, and that he calls us to great
searchings of heart : he sends us war : sore sickness and
seems to be smiting with ye arrow of famine." J
1741.
Apr. 6. " Nineteen persons have died with the lung
fever : many more of the throat distemper ; no less than
five in one Family God's hand is upon old and young, espec-
ially upon my People."
May 25. "Voted to give the Rev'nt mr Hall the sum of
two hundred and thirty pounds acording to the old tenner
Bills this present year."
* Doctor Hall's Diary.
t Town Records.
J Dr. Hall's Diary.
Dr. Hall's Diary.
60 ANNALS OF THE
-Voted to Defer the giveing of the Committy that ware
Chosen to leas out the school-land their Instructions till next
march meeting."
Jan. 18, 1741-2. "Voted that there should he a Com-
mitty Chosen to Consult the affair Relating to the Building
of a meeting-house or Reparing the present meeting-house
and to make Return to the Town at the time that shall
be set."
"Voted that Dea. Lilley, Deacon Hall mr Walker, mi-
Richard waters, mr Samuel Chase, mr Daniel Greenwood
mr Abel Chase, mr Isaac Chase, Capt. Stockwell, Capt.
Carter, & Elisha Putnam Be a Committy for the above said
service, and that the said Committy should make their Return
to the Town the first monday In febuary next."
Feb. 1st. "The Return of ye Committy was Read and
it was put to vote wheather the Town would make more
Room in the present meeting-house, and it past in ye affir-
mitive.
"Voted that mr Benjamin Woodbery, mr Freegrace Mar-
ble & Isaac Putnam be a Commity to make som more Room
in said house, and that the said Committy have liberty to
make what Room they can In ye present meeting-house below
and also in the galliries." *
Feb. 3. "Rev. Mr. Edwards of North Hampton at my
house this week. I thought I had not seen in any man for
some years so much of the grace of God causing ye face to
shine ; Might I have a house full of gold or such enlarge-
ments of grace as I think shines in him, Oh I would dispise
all for such enlarged measures of grace." f
Feb. 2(>. "A blazing star or Comet appeared last week.
It arises about midnight in ye north-east. What changes it
portends who can tell ; perhaps some great Devastation of
the British nation : ye lord preserve us." +
March 15. "It was put to voate viz. all that are of the
mind to build a new meeting house and to set it upon the
* Town Records.
t Dr. Hall's Diary.
t Dr. Hall's Diary.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 61
Common Land hear near this present meeting house to mani-
fest it by holding up the hand, and the vote past in the
affirmitive.
"Voted that Capt. Joseph Sibley, Capt. John Stockwell,
Klisha Putnam, mr Richard \vaters, inr Solomon Holman mr
Benjamin Woodbery, and mr obadiah Walker be a Committy
to take ('are about Building the said new meeting house.
"Voted that the above said Coinmity proceed to take
Care and Build the said meeting-house as soon as they Can
Conveniently."
"Voted that mr obadiah Walker, mr Johnathan Marsh,
mr Ebene/er Parse be a Committy to treat with the Rev'nt
mr Hall Relating to his sallearv." *
1742.
May 25. "Voted to give the Rev. mr Hall the sum of
two hundred and fifty pounds, Bills of Credit acording to
the old tenner Bills for his salery this present year."
"Voted that Elisha Putnam, Capt. Sibley, Mr Isaac Bar-
nard, mr Obadiah Walker, mr Henry King be a Committy
to Consider of the petitions of sum of our northesterly and
northerly Inhabitance Couserning their being set of from us,
and that said Committy make Return to the Town at the
next Town meeting."
June 9th. A petition of . certain persons living in the
north-west part of the town, asking permission to unite
with others in adjoining towns for the purpose of forming a
new town was presented and denied.
The committee appointed to consider the petition of the
northerly inhabitants desirous of forming a new precinct,
reported, and probably adversely to the prayer of the peti-
tioners, for the town voted not to allow them to be set oft'.
Aug. 23. "It was put to vote to see if the town would
give the Committy that ware Chosen by the Town to take
Care about Building a new meeting-house Instructions
how Big they should Build it. and the vote Past in the
affirmitive."
* Town Records.
62 ANNALS OF THE
"Voted that the said Comity should Build the said meet-
ing-house 55 foots long and 45 foots wide and the height
be left to the Judgement of the said Committy."
Sept. 27th. " Voted that Capt. John Stockwell, Lieut.
Goddard, Deacon Hall, Mr. Benjamin Woodbery, Capt.
Carter, Cornelius Putnam, Mr. Solomon Holman be a com-
mittee to go and measure three miles and one-half from the
north line of the Town, south, and make return to the
Town.''
Oct. 18. "At an adjourned meeting held this date the
above committee report as follows :
" We the subscribers being chosen by a vote of the Town
to measure from our north line, three miles and one-half,
a Cording to the petition of our Northerly Inhabitance, and
to make Return of our Doings In that affair. First of all. we
measured of three miles and half from our Northerly line,
acording to our order, which we found would take off Robart
Fits, juiir., Daniel Dike, John Stockwell and Both the
Severies and Joseph Safford, Thomas Lovell, and Daniel
Chase, junr., to the north part, which Extended so far south
that we were well satisfied that the Town would not set off
so far; then we went back to our three miles mark and ran
another line from oxford to Grafton, paralel to our northerly
line, which takes off Francis Kidder, Josiah Allen, Richard
Singletary, Isaac Barnard, Garsham Waite, Samuel Goodel,
and Amos Goodell to the north of said line, and leaves Daniel
Chase, junr., Thomas Lovel, Joseph Singletary. Theophilus
Kiuuey and Israel Easty, a little to the south.
TIMOTHY CARTER, i
JOHN STOCKWELL,
SOLOMON HOLMAN. ^ Committee.
CORNELIUS PUTNAM,
BENJAMIN WOODBURY. j
Then the following petition was read, viz. ;
Sutton, Sept. the 8th, 1742.
" The petition of sundry of the northerly Inhabitance of s'd
Town, humbly sheweth that, whereas we, your petitioners,
living, sum and the most of us, very Remote from ye place
TOWN OF 8UTTOX. 83
of worship and having, sundry times, petitioned said Town
for Releef, and hether to all our petitions have been abortive
and unsuccessful! yet, not withstanding our Difficulties being
so grate, we cant content our selves to give over seeking,
hopeing we shall succeed at ye last and, having thought
upon a new skeeui which we think will pritty well accoin-
niidate us all, we pray that you would not Deny us this
Request, (viz.) To set us of three miles and an half wide by
a parallel line with the northerly line of said Town. Begin-
ing at oxford and Riming to grafton In order to make a pre-
cinct, that so we may have the worship of God set up
amonirst us, which we think Cant but be a Reasonable Re-
o
(|iiest and what we hope you will not Deny unto us, which
as in Duty Bound we hartily pray for.
" Timothy Carter, Isaac Maiming. Thomas Whittemore,
Josiah Bond, Dauiell Greenwood, Joseph Sparro whack, Isaac-
Gale, Nathan Hiscock, Jabesh Pratt, John Allen, Samuel
Buck, Junr., Jabesh Pratt, Junr., Jeremiah Bukman, John-
atlian Dwinell, Amos Singletary, Ebene/ar Peirce, Thomas
Hall, Ebene/ar Sibly, Garshain Bigelow, Samuel Boutell,
John Allen, Junr., Jolmathan Park, Robert Goddard, Fran-
cis Kidder, Edmond Barten, Abel Chase, Richard Singletary.
William Fiske, Elisha Goddard, Garsham Waite, George
March, Johnathan Fuller, Johnathan Waters, Theophilous
Kinne, Daniel Buckman, Samuel Buck, Thomas Gould,
Edward Lyon, Elisha Barton, Thomas Holman, Jeremiah
Buckman, Junr., Solomon Holman, Robert Jeneson."
" Then it was put to vote, to see wheather the Town would
set of three miles from the north line of the Town to make a
presenk In answer to the said petitioners Instead of three
miles and a half which was petitioned for and the vote
Past in the negitive."
Failing to secure from the town favorable action, the
petitioners now applied to the General Court, setting forth
their desire and grievances, and praying that by special en-
actment they might be set off as a Precinct.
In view of this action on their part, at a special meeting of
the town held Dec. 8th, " It was put to vote, to see wheather
the Town would Chuse a Committy to shew to ye grate and
H4 ANNALS OF THE
General Court, the Resons why the prayers of Solomon
Holman and Jeremiah Buckman and others, set forth in their
petitions to said Court should not be granted and ye vote
past in ye affirmitive."
" Voted that Klisha Putnam, Benjamin Woodbery and
Samuel Chase be a Committy for the above said service to
shew to the grate and General Court."
In answer to the petition above referred to, a committee
was appointed by the General Court to visit the town and
examine into the circumstances of the parties at variance, and
report conclusions.
Jan. 3 1st, 1742-3.
" Voted, to Chuse a Committy to wait on the Committy
that the great and generell Court appointed to vewe our
Town, to see if it be expediant to sett of a precenct.
" Voted that Capt. John Stockwell, mr. Samuel Chase.
mr. Charles Ritchison, mr. Benjamin Woodbury, & Klisha
Putnam be a Committy to wait on ye said Courts Committy,
as above said.
" Voted, that the select men should take Care for the Kn-
tertainment of the said Courts Committy while they are
here."*
Dr. Hall w r as evidently opposed to the formation of a new
Parish, as, about this time, we find the following entry in his
diary :
' ' Some Town affairs respecting setting off a precinct have ,
of late, been much on my mind and a hindrance, as I imagine,
to the inward communion of my soul with God." f
He also expresses the fear " lest some zealous laymen
amongst us will finally hurt the cause of our Lord Jesus pre-
suming to exhort, as they call it, and to do it in an unwar-
rantable manner ; who moreover seem to lay to much stress
upon man's crying out under conviction and falling down or
falling into raptures after they attained comfort. I pray God
deliver us from dangerous errors." J
* Town Records.
t Dr. Hall's Diary.
t Dr. Hall's Diary.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 65
Feb. 7th. "A Courts Committee being here present for
some days upon the projection of our north Inhabitants, I
find by times concern arising, and want more resignation to
God * * * * If ye Town be divided into two precincts yet
God is not divided; Christ is not divided. I have a whole
Christ still, why should I not be at rest."*
March 14. At a Town meeting held this date it was
" put to vote, to see if the Town would Erect a meeting
house where it would most acommidate the whole Town,
haveing sum Regard to the nonresidunt as well as the Inhab-
itance and the vote past in the negitive."
"Voted to set off upon the northerly side of our Town
two miles of land in weedth, with the Inhabitancy there-on-
paralel with the North line of our Town from Oxford to
Grafton, In order to Joyn with the Inhabitance living on
the Country goare, and part of the Inhabitance of Worces-
ter to make a precinct and that the said Inhabitance,
within the two miles above mentioned, shall be aquitted and
freed from Doing aney thing to wards Building a meeting
house whear the Town have alredy agreed to build one." f
March 16. Dr. Hall writes, "Many that oppose ye
cause and Kingdom of Jesus are in a storm at me, ye Lord
God give me Wisdom and Patience. Some of my Family's
friends are against me, the Town about to rend asunder, if
God prevent it not. The Lord turn the Councils of all
these Ahithophels into foolishness." J
1743.
May liJth. "Voted to give the Rev. mr Hall two hun-
dred and fifty pounds (according to the old tenner Bills)
this present year."
Aug. 29th. "Put to vote to see if the Town would
Chuse a Committy to go to the great and General! Court to
make Replie against the petition of Daniel Boyden put into
the great and generall Court the last may sessions to see if
* Dr. Hall's Diary.
t Town Records.
J Dr. Hall's Diary.
66 ANNALS OF THE
the said Court would set off the north-west part of Sutton,
and the south west part of Worcester, and the south-east
part of Lester, and the north east part of Oxford and to
make a Distinct precinct and the vote past in the nega-
tive." *
In the autumn of this year, notwithstanding the remon-
strance of the town through its committees, the General
Court responded favorably to the petition of the northerly
inhabitants, and set them and their estates off as a separate
and distinct precinct.
The proceedings in the matter were as follows ; com-
mencing with the report of the committee appointed to visit
the town :
"The Committee appointed by this Court to repair to
ye Town of Sutton, on ye Petition of Solomon Holman
and Jeremiah Buckman, did attend said service in Febuary
1742, having first given seasonable notice to said Town and
having viewed ye several parts thereof and heard the Par-
ties, and Considered their Circumstances, are of oppinion
that ye Petition be granted, and that a Line be drawn from
ye Westerly Bounds of Graffcon Parallell with ye North
line of ye Tow^n of Sutton and three miles South from it
till it meet with ye easterly Bounds of ye Town of Oxford,
and ye Inhabitants of Sutton living to ye northward of
said line with their families and estates be set off a separate
and Distinct Precint with ye same powers and Privileges as
other Parishes and Precincts within this Province by Law T
hold and Injoy which is Humbly submitted.
By order of the Committee
Jos. WILDER."
"In ye House of Representatives Oct. ye 28, 1743:
Read again and ordered that ye Inhabitants and their
Estates within ye Limits mentioned in ye foregoing
Report (excepting only such qualified Voters w r ith their
estates as shall, within one year from this time, signifie to
this Court, their Desire to continue to ye first Parish in
* Town Records.
TOWN OF BUTTON. 67
Sutton) be set off a separate and Distinct Precinct, and
that they Injoy ye Powers and Privileges which Precincts
ought, by Law, to Injoy,
Sent up for Concurrence
T. CUSHING, Speaker.
In Council, Oct. 28, 1743. Read & Concurred,
J. WILLARD, Secry
Consented to W. SHIRLEY "
"In ye House of Representatives, Nov. llth, 1743.
Whereas the Northerly part of Suttou was erected into a
separate and distinct Precinct by a vote of this Court on
the 28 day of Oct. anno Domini 1743 and there being no
provision therein obliging ye Inhabitants of said Precinct to
pay all past Ministerial Charges and assessments that have
arisen in ye Town of Sutton, Therefore ordered that ye
Inhabitants of said New r Precinct be, and hereby are obliged,
to pay their Proportionable parts and Dues to all past
ministerial Charges and assessments in ye Town of Sutton,
as also their Proportionable of the sum that ye Inhabitants
of said Town of Sutton have agreed to raise for ye paying
of their Ministers Salary this present year ending in March
next, any thing in ye Vote constituting them a Precinct to
ye Contrary notwith standing.
Sent up for Concurrence,
T. GUSHING, Speaker.
In Council Nov. 11, 1743. Read and Concurred
J. WILLARD, Secr'y.
Consented to W. SHIRLEY."
Worcester, ss.
To Richard Moore Esq. one of his Maj's Justices &e. We
the Subscribers, Inhabitants of ye Second Precinct in Sut-
ton in said County hereby signify to you our Desire that a
warrant may issue agreeable to Law for calling a Meeting in
said Precinct as soon as may be &c. (which was to choose
Parish officers.)
Jeremiah Buckman Ebenezer Pierce
Daniel Buckman Solonian Holman
Thomas Gould Francis Kidder
Abel Chase.
68 ANNALS OF THE
The warrant appointed the first meeting to be held at the
house of Richard Singletary on ye 26 of Dec. 1743 and
the warrant which was directed to Jeremiah Buckman, has
this return upon it.
"Button, Decem'r 26, 1743.
"By vert ue of this Warrant, to me Directed, I have noti-
fied ye Freeholders and other Inhabitants of this ye same
at Mr. John Singletary 's Mill Doore."
"By Mr. Jeremiah Buckman one of the Petitioners of S'd
Warrant,"
Jan. 23, 17434. "A blazing star or comet in the West
has appeared for near two months ; at first small, but now
of great length beyond what I ever saw. This is the third
that has of late years appeared. I would not be dismayed
at ye signe of Heaven, but O ye sinners fear who live in
ye neglect of God and O y't I might so far regard it as to
trim my lamp and get ready."
Feb. 16th. A more particular description is given of this
comet,
" The blazing star from the south-west has appeared near
three months. It was small it passed by north of the
sun ; when it first appeared its Tail was about a yard long
to appearances, was bent towards the Equator. When it
came down about north of the sun its Tail was pointed
towards the North Pole Its Tail appeared about 12
Degrees in Length at a farther distance from the sun. Its
Body or Nucleous appeared about 3 Inches in Diameter to
the naked eye. Feb. 4th. It appeared half an hour after
sunset about half an hour high and about an hour and a half
to the North of the sun, it being so near in the sun gloss its
Tail did not appear above two yards long next morning it
rose before the sun and appeared much in the same shape.
Its tail must be several millions of miles long. The Lord
sanctify so awful a token of an approaching God, who thus
hangs out his ensign in ye skies y't ye nations may tremble
before Him."
* Dr. Hall's Diary,
t Dr. Hall's Diary.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 69
March 5. "Voted to Chuse two of the Selectmen In
Each parish and one In the Baptis Sosiaty also to chnse
one of the Assessors In Each parish and one In the Baptis.
March 12th. " Voted to alloAv the Baptis sosiaty to Draw
out of the Town Tresuary the sum of seven pounds four-
teen shillings and one peuney a Cording to the old tenner
Bills.
"Voted that Capt Robart Goddard, Capt. John Stock-
well, Deacon Benj. Woodbery be a Committee to a Jest a
Counts with the Rev. nir Hall, In order to geet a Discharge
In full for his salery for the time."*
1744.
June 2d. War was proclaimed at Boston (by England
against France).
June 3d. "There was a considerable shock of an Earth-
quake just as we were going to the House of God." f
March 4th, 1744-5. "Voted that the school be kept In
Each parrish a Cording to the proportion of the Town Rate
that Each parish paves and that Each parish have free liberty
to send their Children in to the other parish to school and
that Each parish have liberty to settle the school as they
think proper within their parish." :
March 29th. The Parish Records of this date contain
the following agreement :
"I, Philip Chase Do Ingage to the Committee To sweep
the meeting-House and to take care of all ye Dores and
Windows to open and shut the same when there is need,
this present year For three Pounds old Tenour as witness
my Hand."
1745.
April 4th. "This day is a Fast day to implore of God
his mercy and smiles on our expedition to Cape Breton."
* Town Records.
t Dr. Hall's Diary,
t Town Records.
Dr. Hall's Diary.
70 AXXAL.S OF THE
May 31st. Action was taken at a Parish meeting, held
this date, with reference to seating again the meeting-house
and it was " Voted that mr Jonathan Bacon Dea. Benj.
Woodbery, mr Samuel Barton, mr Francis Dudly Lieut.
Obadiah Walker, Be a Committee to seat ye meeting House
Degnitieing ye -seats, 2nd Seat Below and ye fore seat in
ye front (gallery) Equel, ye third seat Below and the fore
seat in ye side (gallery) Equel, Having Respect to age and
Real and personal Estate." *
July 5th. ' ' I have lately heard comfortable tidings of ye
taking of Cape Breton by our English forces for which
mercy, all praise to Jehovah."
"Dear Mr. Whitfield has been at my house two nights
and preached two sermons and is to preach this morning."
July 18th. " I have heard Mr. Whitfield preach six ser-
mons this week."
* ' To day, have attended a public Thanksgiving on occa-
sion of ye taking of Cape Breton." f
Nov. 5th. Dr. Hall writes "I have thought of proposing
a day of solemn humiliation on account of ye sickness, to
be observed through-out the Town. Nov. 18th he adds, "I
have lately had Mr. Parkman and Mr. Prentice here on a
public Fast."
Nov. 18th. A committee, consisting of Mr. Benjamin
Woodbury, Capt. Carter, Benj. Marsh, were authorized by
the town to make sale of the school lands, and it was
"Voted that ye Town doe keep the prinsaple sum good
and that said com'tt state the same by Silver and take good
Security with Sufficient Sureties for ye Same ; and that ye
Interest be yearly Improved for the use or support of \v
school and that s'd com'tt be accountable to ye Town for
their proceedings and that ye surety be taken in ye name of
ye com'tt and thair successors In trust in behalf and for ye
use of ye Town" Also "Voted that mr Charles Richardson,
mr Daniel Greenwood and Deacon Benj. Woodbury be a
Committee to prefer a petition to ye grate and gene rail
* First Parish Records,
t Dr. Hall's Diary.
TOWN OF SUTTOX. 71
Court praying Liberty to make Sale of School Lands in
Manner and form as is before voted."
Dec. 6th. " I have a strange account of some appearances
of witchcraft in Woodstock and some other places. I pray
God rebuke ye symptoms and suffer not ye Devil to appear
in this audacious fashion. Lord Jesus, when thou didst
send forth thy ministers thou gavest them power over
unclean spirits to cast them out. O Lord suffer not these
things in this age of light and knowledge to appear but give
the ministers the same power to cast them out." *
1746.
May 10th. Under this date we find the following entry :
" These may Certifie Whome it may Concern yt mr John
Gibbs has* Declared to me yt he believes ye Baptis Religion
to be ye lightest and he useally attends our meetings on ye
first Day of ye week for ye Worship of God.
BEN.J. MARSH Elder.
A true copy. Attest BENJ. MORSE Town Clerk." f
It is evident from the above certificate, that the town at
tliis early date in its history was disposed to accord the
largest liberty of conscience in religious matters, and to ex-
empt from the ministerial tax those who entered their dissent
from the Congregational polity, and actually worshiped with
another denomination.
Sept. 24th. " On Monday night we had an alarm of the
French invading Boston. My thoughts were that I would
freely have gone with those that went down. I thought 1
should not be daunted by the most dangerous attendants of
v o
a Campaign : went ye next day four miles with them." \
March 2, 1 746-7 . "Voted that ye Com'tt viz. Capt. Carter,
Dea. Benj. Woodbury, and Benj. Marsh chosen to make sale
of ye school Lands in said Town, do Immediately proceed
and make sale of ye same according to a vote passed in ye
Town at a publick meeting held the 18th of Nov. 1745.
* Dr. Hall's Diary.
t Town Records.
t Dr. Hall's Diary.
72 ANNALS OF THK
Aug. 18th. The first mention made of a pauper in town
is upon this date. Mendon secures an order for the transfer
of Hannah Bumpee, daughter of Abigail Hay ward, to Sutton,
the place of her birth.
1747.
D ? n Benj. Woodbury, Isaac Putnam, Edward Putnam,
Sam. Chace, Joseph Woodbury, and Daniel Dike were given
' k Leive to Build Stables some whare on ye common near ye
meetiug-house but not on ye Road."
1748.
The line between Suttou and Douglass had been for several
years in dispute. Definite action was now taken for its set-
tlement by both the town and the proprietors.
" Capt. John Hazeltine was chosen by a vote of the pro-
priety to prefer a petition to the Great and General Court
with Reference to some Controverted Lands adjoyniugto New
Sherborn or Douglass District and Manchogue Pond in order
to Render the s'd Land uncoiitroverted for the future."
May IDth. " Voted that Capt. Robert Goddard serve MS
cominitt man for ye Town to Joyn with Such Committ men
or man as ye propriety of ye Town of Sutton have or shall
chuse to prefer a petition to ye Grate and General Court in
order to get ye Line of ye westerly part of s'd. Town near to
or adjoyning to ye Town of Douglass settled which is now in
Controversy." f
Jan. 6th, 1748-9. Upon this date Dr. Hall refers to the
meeting of a council called to advise upon difficulties that had
arisen between the church and certain of its members called
" Separating Brethren," and to a " day of solemn Fasting and
Prayer" in connection with the meeting of the council.
Jan. 24th. " A vote was passed in Parish meeting to-day
to suffer a new meeting-house to be built.
' " The Lord over-rule it for good." J
* Proprietors' Records,
t Town Records.
} Dr. Hall's Library.
TOWN OF BUTTON. 73
The vote to which Dr. Hall refers was upon the following
article in the warrant far the meeting :
' ' To see if the Parish will give liberty to have a meeting-
house Built by subscription and set as near the old one as
the Parish shall think best. S'd House to be Fifty-five Feet
in length and forty-five feet wide, and as hie as the parrish
shall think proper and when Fineshed to be as intirely the
Parrishes as if built by a Rate or assesment."
Upon this article the Parish " Voted to give liberty to have
a meet ing-house to be built by Subscription and set as near
as can conveniently to the old meeting-House."*
March loth. The Parish " Voted that the meeting-house,
to be built by subscription, be fifty feet in length, Forty feet
wide, Twenty-two feet high between giuts."f
Until the division of the town into two parishes, which
occurred in the autumn of 1743, the Town had been the
Parish, and voted the salary of the minister, and appointed
the committees to confer with him respecting the deprecia-
tion in the currency. The last appropriation made by the
town for the salary of the minister was at the May meeting,
1743. From that date the parish take the matter in hand,
- vote the salary of the minister, appoint the committees to
couter with him upon the valuation of the currency, and the
assessors to make out the tax levy for salary and current
expenses. The tax rate is upon the polls and property, made
out in the same way as the rate for town expenses.
1749.
Oct. Kth. Framingham sues the town for the support of
Mary Edmunds, and the town sends Dea. Benj. Woodbury,
Isaac Barnard, Esq., and Mr. John Hicks as a committee to
defend the case in Court.
* First Parish Records.
t Parish Records.
10
74 AIS'NALS OF THE
1750.
June 24th. Dr. Hall writes : " I have been at Northamp-
ton ye last week as a member of an Ecclesiastical Council
and (grievous to be seen), have found ye Chh. in general set
to remove Mr. Edwards, ye Reverend and Worthy pastor,
from his relation to them, (which also a Majority of ye
Council advised to) and for no other reason than his insisting
that Persons admitted to the Communion of Saints should
profess sanctity, or sanctifying Grace, or the great things of
Religion pertaining to Godliness. * * *
"Some of ye Council protested against the proceedings of
the Church and majority of ye Council (with good reason I
apprehend), and I was one of them."*
1751.
Aug. 28th. The town voted "that ye subscribers, that
are Building a Meeting-house in ye first Parrish in Sutton,
near ye old meeting-house shall have the old meeting-House
to help finish ye new one with, excepting ye pews that were
Built by perticular Men."
1752. f
March 2d. The town " Voted that Mr. John Hicks, Mr.
Edward Putnam, Mr. Isaac Dodge be a Com'tt for to view
ye Contry Road from Oxford line to Grafton line to see if
there be any Infringing upon s'd Road, also ye training field
and common land near ye meeting House. J
May 20th. A meeting of the Parish was called " To see
if the Parish will take the meeting house as it now is and
finish it, or give the Pew Roome to the subscribers to Dis-
pose of to Inable them to finish s'd house," and the vote was
* Dr. Hall's Diary.
t The " new style " of dating between Jan. 1st and March 25th was adopted
this year.
J Town Records.
TOWN OF 8UTTON. 75
" To give all the Pew Room, to the subscribers, in the meet-
ing-house on the wall on the Lore flower and in the Gallery,
Excepting the Ministerall Pew, to Dispose of in order to
" I nable the said subscribers to Finish the said meeting-
house provided they Finish it in three years." *
This meeting-house was situated on the Common, opposite
the brick block. It was a plain structure, having east, south
and west porches. It had no steeple when first built. From
the south door there was a broad aisle leading to the pulpit,
which was upon the north side. The house remained un-
painted until repaired.
From the residence of Dr. Hall to the south door of the
church there was a continuous line of steps made of stones
carefully prepared for the purpose. In front of the old place,
now owned by the venerable E. J. Mills, Esq., a son of the
successor of Dr. EL, some of these stones still remain, just
as they were laid more than one hundred years ago. And
there they will remain until some modern vandal, who has
no respect for the past, and no reverence for the monuments
it has left of its taste in matters of convenience, as well as
beauty, shall see in them only a fitness for cap-stones of a
wall, or underpinning of a building, and thus put them to
ignoble use. We will continue to step softly upon them,
and cherish the memories of the noble men and women by
whose tread they were worn " long, long ago."
In the record of a town meeting held May' 20th, we find
the first mention of the Baptist meeting-house. At this
meeting it was ' ' Voted that ye Contry Road from Hutchin-
soiis Farm, so-called, Down to ye Road that Comes out by
ye Baptist Meeting-House be four Rods Wide. "f
The road referred to is that intersecting the Oxford road,
near the house of A. W. Putnam, Esq. The location of the
First Baptist meeting-house then, was upon the corner be-
tween these two roads.
* Parish Records.
t Town Records.
76 \\NALS OF THE
1753.
March 19th. The parish voted "not to grant a Request
of a Xumber of the Separates (so called) -which is to Sink
their parish Rates.''*
1754.
March 4th. The town appointed Dea. Beiij. Woodbury,
Elisha Rich and John Hicks a committee to " Let or Lease
out ye Burying place to mr David Hall Jun. for a number of
years." The " Burying place " referred to is described as
that " near ye first parish Meeting-House, Containing by
Istemation, Two acres, be ye Same more or less."
The lease, given by the above committee, provided that
" if ye s'd David Hall, his Heires and Assigns, shall for and
during ye space of seventeen years from ye date hereof freciy
and without any Molestation Injoye all ye priviledge of herb-
ege and pasturidge of s'd Land not plowing any of It up, nor
turning any Swine thare on, and alowing Liberty to all Per-
sons to Bury thair Dead with in its Limets and that, In
Considaration of ye afore s'd herbage and pasterage, ye s'd
David Hall his heires and assignes doth oblige himself to
Inclose ye s'd Land with a good Stone wall four foot high,
w r ell proportioned ; that is to say, to fence ye out-sides
there-of bounding upon ye Training field or Road, with a
good gate for passing and Re passing on funaral ocations. S'd
gate to be Collered Read ; and that ye s'd David Hall make
one half of ye fence adjoyning to other Lands in good stone
wall four feet high."f
1755.
March 3d. The town " Voted to Chuse a Com'tt of five
men, to Consider and T re ate with ye Several Ministers in
Sutton to see what they will take for thair parts in ye minis-
terial Land yearly, and make Report to ye Town at May
Meeting next or order to Sell or Lease s'd Land."
* Parish Records.
t Town Records.
TOWN OF SUTTOX. 77
May 20th. " Voted upon Condition y't ye Several Min-
isters in ye Town Consenting to Sell ye Ministeral Land in
s'd Town ye Town having one half of ye use of ye money
and ye Ministers ye other half Voted y't ye Land be
Sold."
1756.
May 18th. "The Town chose Robert Goddard, Esqr.,
John Hazeltine, Esqr., Capt. Henry King, Mr. Samuel
Chase, Mr. John Hicks, a Comm'tt to make Sale of ye Min-
isteral Land suid to Treate or agree with ye Several Ministers
Concerning ye Same."
June 20th. The above named Committee were instructed
"to take Bonds for ye same (when sold) on Interest with
good security, Either Land security or good Substantial
Bondsmen ye Bonds to Run to A. B. & Co. trustees and
their successors in s'd trust."
' ' Voted that the Interest or Income of ye Money collected
by ye trustees be paid from time to time annually by the
trustees to ye select men, or such as the Town shall Depute,
to be Disposed according to the true Intent and Meaning of
ye sale of ye Land, Reference being had to the Agreement
betwixt ye Towns Com'tt and the Incumbent Ministers Bear-
ing Date May 19th 1756 and accepted by ye Town."
The agreement is as follows :
" We, ye Subscribers, Consent y't ye ministry Land
within ye Township of Sutton be converted into a money
Fund for ye use of ye ministry in s'd Town for Ever, and
where as now we have by way of Lease Ten pounds old
Ten'r p'r year we being allowed Ten pounds old Ten'r we
consent that ye Remainder of what ye Law T full Intrest of
ye money ye Land shall sell for Shall amount to, be
divided Between ye Town and ministers now Incumbent
s'd one half with ye Ten pounds as above To be divided
between ye ministers Incombent judged to have Right there-
to as Law or Equity or personal agreement according to ye
Right they now have to ye use and Improvement of s'd
Land shall determine ; ye other half to be ye Towns prop-
78 ANNALS OF THE
erty during our ministry provided we have annually paid us,
out of ye Town Treasury, ye s'd one half and ye Ten
pounds old Ten'r.
Sutton May 19th.
DAVID HALL
pastor of ye 1st Church of Christ in Sutton.
JAMES WELLMAN
pastor of ye Second Chh. of Christ, Sutton.'
BENJA. MARSH,
Elder of ye Baptist Chh. of Christ Sutton.
And at ye day of ye Date above we ye subscribers ye
Towns Com'tt Express our acquiescence and consent to ye
above.
JOHN HAZELTINE 1
ROBERT GODDARP
SAMUEL CHASE f Committee." *
HENRY KING
JOHN HICKS
The committee appointed to sell the ministerial land
were instructed to give, in the name of the town, deeds to
purchasers. The form in which the deed shall be given is
recorded. The ministers unite in the conveyance, and sign
the deed.
During this year Mr. Hall makes frequent mention of the
war (French and Indian) and ill December gives the names
of six soldiers who died in the war : "Issachar King, Sam'l
Carriel, Nathan Kiimey, Win. Stockwell, John Stockwell,
and Ebenezer Cutler." f
1757.
May 18th. The town "Voted to sink ye pole Rate of
ye men that Came Home from Menuss in ye Sumer and fall
of ye year 1756." J
* Town Records.
t Dr. Hall's Diary.
t Town Records.
TOWN OF BUTTON. 79
Aug. 18th. Dr. Hall speaks of the fall of our strong-
hold on the lake, and refers to the report that the siege
might have been raised with 2000 men, and that Genls.
Johnson and Lyman could have been spared from Fort
Edward with 5000 men, and that they begged with tears to
go, but Genl. Webb forbade, and that great dissatisfaction
prevailed in the camp.
1758.
Constant difficulty is experienced in adjusting the salary
of Rev. Mr. Hall, in accordance with the terms of his settle-
ment, owing to the variation in the value of the currency.
March 27th. The parish kk Voted to Leave the matter of
Difficulty Relating to the Rev'd Mr. David Hall's sallary to
the Judgment of Indiferant men, mutually to be Chosen,
what the Rev. Mr. Hall hath a just Right to, by vertue of
Contract first made with him, and what shall be made up of
Arrearages and what for the future, in case the Rev. Mr.
Hall and the Parish can agree upon the Chairman."
Mr. Hall and the Parish agree to submit the salary diffi-
culty to a committee of "Iiidiferent men" of whom Mr.
Ephraim Shearman of Grafton shall be chairman. The
committee are Ephraim Shearman, Edward Davis, and John
Brown, who report as follows :
We, the subscribers, being mutually Chosen and appointed
by the Rev. Mr. David Hall and the first Parish In Sutton
to Settle the matter of Deficulty Relating to the Rev. Mr.
Hall's salery, having mett and hearing the parties upon the
Premisses & Veiwing the Records of the first Contracts
made att his settlement, and after a full hearing of Evi-
dences, Papers and Records Relating thereto, have mutually
agreed and Determined in the following manner (viz.), that
the Contract, in our judgment, allowing for Mr. Hall's
nesessities and the abilities of the Pariish, amount to Sixty
Six Pounds Thirten Shillings & four pence Pr. year att
Silver at Six & Eight pence per ounce, or Milld Dollers att
six Shillings Each ; which Sum in our opinion ought to be
the stated Salery for the future & that the two years past
(viz) 1757 & 1758, for which there is no Receipts in the
80 ANNALS OF THK
Parrish Book, be made up Each year att the same sum,
and also that in our opinion there is Due to Mr. Hall for
arearages for several years Back (viz) In 174K, 1754, 17")")
& 1756 In which the Receipts upon Book ware not In full,
the Sum of Thirteen Pounds, Six Shillings & Eight pence.*
July 21st. Dr. Hall mentions the repulse of our forces
at the lake, and of great loss in killed, wounded and miss-
ing, and refers to the disaster as evidently the efl'ect of
treachery ' ' which intimidates our soldiers and causeth the
greatest disagreement."
Sept. 22nd, 1758. Refers to " comfortable tidings of
Col. Bradstreet's success at Fort Frontenac and of the value
of the capture."
Oct. 21st. "This day sen'it died Mr. Hall, of the camp
disease, lately returned from the army sundry more are
.sick in the Town. Our forces are coming from the lake
without further attempt on Ticonderogue." f
1759.
May 22nd. The town "Voted to alter the method of
warning the Town meetings." "Voted that the Town meet-
ing be warned for the future by a copy of the warrant upon
Posts set up for that purpose." J
Oct. 15. In the warrant for a parish meeting to be held
this day, the following article appears :
"To see if the Parish will except of the Meeting House
under the present Sircumstances ; the subscribers to Deliver
up all the money they have in there Treasurer to s'd Par-
rish."
" And if the Parrish do Except of the Meeting House To
see if they will Dispose of the Seats in s'd Meeting House
as aboved Exprest." The seats referred to were " the two
hind seats both the mens and womens seats in s'd meeting-
house."
* Parish Records.
t Dr. Hall's Diary.
| Town Records.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 81
The proposition was to have them removed and pews
erected in their place.
The parish "'Voted to Receive the Meeting House under
the present Sircumstances the subscriber's Treasurer to Deliver
up to the Parrish, all the money they have within the Treas-
urer," and "to Dispose of the Two hind seats below, both
the mens and womans seats in s'd meeting-House in order
to Build Pews and that the money they are sold for, is to
be Disposed towards finishing the meeting-house."
" Voted that Mr. Sam'l Chase, Tarrant Putnam and Dea.
Benja. Woodbury be a Com'tt to make saile of s'd seats in
s'd meeting-house" and also "that the s'd seats, if Built
into Pews, to be Raised but half as high as the Pews against
the walls, and that there be Public notice given of the sail
of s'd Pews and sold to the Highest Bidder." *
May. A time of sickness.
Many taken with a fever; two died in one week. John
Ilolton and Jona. Stockwell's wife. Many more sick. June
5th. Sickness still prevailing deaths multiplied." f
The parish appoint " Capt. John Fry, Mr. Jona. Dudley,
Dea. Putnam, Dea. Woodbnry Mr. Jona. Hale to be a
committee to seat the Meeting-House. S'd Committee to
have Regard, in the first place, to age and then, to their
Real <fe personal Estate. The men in the Parish that have
pews in the meeting-house are not to be seated by this
present Com'tt." J
May 5. The committee appointed to make sale of the
pew room in the meeting-house report as follows :
"Agreeable to a vote of the first Parish in Sutton for the
Disposal of the two hind seats, both the mens and woinans
scats Below in the Meeting-House in s'd Parish, we, the
subscribers being chosen a Com'tt to make sail of s'd sects,
have accordingly Leted them out for four Pews, and have
* Parish Records.
t Dr. Hall's Diary.
| Parish Records.
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sold them to the highest Bider (viz) The Pew next to the
aile on the womans side was sold to Mr. Follinsbe Chase for
6 18s Od.
' ' The Pew next to the aile on the mens Side was sold to
Lieut. Jona. Lille for 6 6s Od.
" The other Pew on the womans side, was sold to Mr. Nata.
Sibley for 7 2s Od.
" The other Pew, on the mens Side, was sold to Ins' Sam'l
Chase for 9 Os Od."
Aug. llth. The Parish "Voted to abate Two Pounds,
Thirteen Shillings, and four pence Lawfull money to Mi-.
Jona. Bacons Hairs, Late of Sutton, Deseast, of his sub-
scription towards Building the Meeting-House." *
1761.
March 12th. "On this morning, about ten minutes past
two o'clock, we were waked out of sleep with an Earthquake
lasting nearly two minutes, a constant jarring and trembling,
with a continual sound, from the deep places of the earth,
which lasted much longer."
July 12th. " A very dry time."
Aug. 6th. "A parching drought prevails the like of
which New England never heard, "f
1762.
March 1st. " The Town chose Capt. Solomon Holman,
Ens. Samuel Chase, Dea. Benj. Woodbury, Mr. Ebenezer
Peirce, Lieut. Benj. Marsh a Committee to Treat with the
Rev'd Mr. David Hall and see what is due to him from the
Town, and make Report at next Town Meeting. "J
Mr. Hall regarded the town as indebted to him for arrear-
ages of salary that had not been made up when the town
ceased to be the parish. He had proposed to leave the mat-
ter of adjustment to a committee mutually chosen.
Sept 6th. "Voted for a Regester of Deeds." This is
* Parish Records.
t Dr. Hall's Diary.
} Town Records.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 83
the first vote of the town for such an officer that is mentioned.
No name is given.
Aug. 8th. " The draught is heavy upon us and our pas-
tures wither away."*
1763.
Jan. 25th. The town " Voted to leave it to three judi-
cious men mutually chosen, to look into the Contract made
between the Rev. Mr. David Hall and the Town and into the
Discharges Mr. Hall has given the Town, and to say whether
any thing is Mr. Hall's Due from the Town, and if anything
how much.
" Chose Josiah Brewer Esq. of Worcester Chairman Lieut.
Benja. Daves of Oxford Rev. Mr. Thaddeus Maccarty of
Worcester a Committee or Referees to Determine what is
mentioned in the above vote."
A committee was also chosen by the town to represent its
interests when the matter should be considered by the
referees.
March 7th. The town "Voted that the Town Clerk
should Transcribe the Births and Deaths and marriages in a
hound Book Provided for that purpose."
.May 18th. The town " Voted to accept the award of the
Arbetrators, which met at the house of Mr. Follausbee Chase
in Sutton the 18th day of April, upon the affair Relating to
the Rev. Mr. Hall's salary, which awarded him Fifteen
pounds Lawfull money in full of all past arrearages from the
Town.
' ' Voted to raise twenty pounds Lawful money for to pay
the Rev. Mr. Hall the arrearages and the cost of the arbetra-
tion."
" Voted to provide two Burying cloaths one for each
Parish, "f
1764.
May 21st. " Voted to add fifteen pounds Lawfull money
to what was voted before to the Rev. Mr. David Hall."
* Dr. Hall's Diary.
1 1 Town Records.
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1765.
March 4th. An article in the Avarrant for a town meeting
this date is as follows :
" To .see if the Town will Devide the money the minis-
terial land was sold for, between the two Parishes, and also
allow Elder Marsh society their Proportion according to the
Province Tax this present year: if not to see if the Town
will call in 150 or 200 of the money above mentioned and
let it to the Rev. Mr. Hall He giving good security to the
Town for the same."
Another article in the same warrant is " To hear the Peti-
tion of Samuel Goldthwait and others Respecting setting
them off to the Town of Oxbridge, or to Ease them in their
Rates."
Upon the division of the ministerial land no action was
taken.
Upon the petition it was " voted to abate the town rate
exclusive of the highway rate to Samuel Goldthwait, Micah
Thayer, Samuel Prentice, Stephen Goldthwait and William
Bacon for this present year."
June 30th. The town voted for a County Register of
Deeds. No name is mentioned.
Sept. 22d. A town meeting was called '* To see whether
the Town will give their Representatives any Instructions
Concerning making Restitution to the late sufferers in the
late Riots and Disturbances in the Town of Boston," and it
was " voted to leave the affair of making up the Damages
the Lieut. Governor and others has sustained in the Town of
Boston to the mature Consideration of our Representative."
1767.
March 23d. In the warrant for a parish meeting this date
the following articles are found :
" To see if the Parish will choose a Committee to seat the
meeting-House " and " To see if the Parish Will vote the two
hind seats in ye mens side to the singers of this parish."
TOWN OF STTTTON. 85
Upon the first article the vote was in the negative. No
action was taken on the second.
May 18th. "Voted that fifteen pounds be taken out
of the ninety pounds that was voted to Defray schooling and
other Town Charges for this present year to pay school
Dames for schooling in the Summer Season."
Dec. 28th. A town meeting was called for this date ;
among other things * To see if the Town will come into some
effectual measures to promote Industry, Oeconomy and Man-
ufactories, there by to prevent the unnecessary Importation
of European Commodoties."
And the town " Voted to come into the measures, that
was come into, Respecting Oeconomy and manufactories by
the Town of Boston as far as they consist with our present
Circumstances."
' ' Voted to Choose a Committee of five persons to look
into s'd affair."
Chose Dea. Daniel Greenwood, Capt. John Sibley, Capt.
Henry King, Mr. Willis Hall and Mr. Ebene/er Pierce a
Committee for the purpose afores'd and likewise voted that
s'd Committee make Report to the Town at the next Town
Meeting."
" Voted that the Select men provide a work House to put
Idle, Vagrant and Dissolute persons in."
1768.
March 7th. The committee appointed Dec. 28th, 17G7,
reported, whereupon it was " Voted that what the Town's
Committee has Drawd up, Relating to Manufactures and
Oeconomy, be accepted and go upon the Town Book."
The report is as follows :
" \Vhereas the Happiness and well being of Civil Commu-
nities depend upon Industry, Oeconomy and Good Morals;
and this Town, taking into Serious Consideration the great
Decay of the trade of the Province, the Scarcity of Money,
the heavy Debts contracted in the late war, which still remains
on the People, and the great Difficulties to which they are by
these means reduced Resolved th.at this Town will use
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their utmost Endeavors and Enforce their Endeavours by
Example in Suppressing Extravagance, Idleness and Vice,
and promoting Industry, Oeconomy and good Morals in this
Town. And in order to prevent the unnecessary Exporta-
tion of money of which this Province has of late been so
much drained, it is further
"Resolved, that this Town will, by all prudent means,
Endeavour to discontinue the use of Foreign Superfluities,
and to Encourage the Manufactures of this Town."*
There was, at this time, throughout all the colonies, deter-
mined opposition to the oppressive rule of the mother coun-
try. The restrictions which had been imposed upon commerce
and manufactures, the means adopted for increasing the
revenue of the crown, the claim of the right to frame laws
for the government of a people who had no voice in their
enactment, the deprivation of the right of trial by jury, and
many measures for the obstruction of local laws, to which
the ro}^al assent had been given, were felt to be unjust and
humiliating. Frequent remonstrance had been made, but only
to render more arrogant the power claiming sovereignty.
When the stamp act, which was to take effect in November,
1765, was passed by Parliament, the indignation of the people
could no longer be repressed. In some places it broke through
all restraints, and revealed itself in riotous demonstration ;
and when the obnoxious act was repealed in March, 1766, the
exhibitions of joy were great scarcely less so than had been
those of indignation. The people of this town were loyal to
the cause of liberty, and in hearty sympathy with the meas-
ures proposed for the redress of grievances.
But, being an agricultural people, scattered over a largo
territory, with few r opportunities for a public discussion of
the situation, the excitement did not rise as high as in the
more commercial towns. When, however, it became evident
that further remonstrance was in vain, and that there remained
only that last resort of an oppressed people, resistance by.
force of arms, the inhabitants with a unanimity remarkable
* Town Records.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 87
even for that day, threw themselves into the conflict, sustain-
ing the measures proposed by the Continental Congress, and
furnishing men and money to the extent of their ability.
1769.
Aug. 7th. ' " The lightning struck Ebenezer Gould's house
last Monday about 3 P. M. Struck down himself and wife
and killed a dog in the other room corner."*
1770.
The town " voted to Build or Provide a Work House,"
and chose as a committee for that purpose, " Mr. Jonathan
Waters, Capt. Moody Morse, Mr. Nathaniel Carriel, Dea.
Ebeuezer Pierce and Mr. Enoch Marble."
May 1st. kk It was put to vote to see if the Town would
Hold any part of the Town Meetings for the future in the
Second Parish in Sutton, and the vote passed in the nega-
tive."
Dr. Hall commences a suit against the town with regard to
his right to the use of the ministry money.
Aug. 20th. The town chose " Capt. Henry King, Dea.
Ebenezer Pierce, Mr. Ed ward Putnam, Capt. Elisha Goddard
and Mr. Nathan'll Carriel a committee to defend the suit."f
Sept. 3d. A special town meeting was called "To see
if the Town will agree to leave the suit the Rev. Mr. Hall
has commenced against the Town to arbitration, to be judged
of according to Law and Equity and to make choice of the
men for that purpose if the Town comes into that method."
The matter put to vote "passed in the negative."
Sept. 17th. At another meeting, held upon this date,
called for the purpose of making "such explanations upon
the above vote as shall be thought proper according to its
true intent and meaning,"
"Voted it is the mind of the town, that the Committee
Chosen at a Town meeting August 20th, to Defend the suit,
* Doctor Hall's Diary.
t Town Records.
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that the Rev. Mr. David Hull has commenced against the
Town, relating to the ministry money, were then understood
to be Chosen to Defend the Town against s'd suit, in tin-
Towns Behalf." *
1771.
May 20th. " Voted to Raise eighty Pounds to support
the Poor of the Town this present year."
This is the first mention of an appropriation by the town,
for the support of its poor.
Nov. 19th. The town " Voted to Raise Thirty Three
pounds, Six Shillings and Eight pence to defray the Charge
the Town's Committee have been at, in defending the Town,
against the suit, the Rev. Mr. Hall has commenced against
the Town." f
1772.
Several of the inhabitants of the north-west part of the
town unite with others from Oxford and Leicester, in peti-
tioning the General Court for a new township. Stephen
Goldthwait and others in the south-east part of the town
ask the town to set off' a portion of territory about one
mile wide to join with the north part of Uxbridge as a dis-
trict.
May 18th. "Voted to choose an Agent or Agents to
show cause to the General Court, why the petition for a
township out of the four towns of Worcester, Oxford, Sutton
and Leicester should not be granted." J
No action was taken upon the petition of Stephen Gold-
thwait and others.
1773.
Jan. llth. A special meeting wus called " To sec if the
Town will hear the Request of the Town of Boston," and
* Town Records.
t Town Records.
J Town Records.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 8J>
" To see if the Town will Choose a Committee to consider
the Difficulties as represented to us by the Town of Boston,
and to make Report ; and the Town to act upon the same
as they shall think proper."
At the meeting the town " Voted that a Committee be
appointed, consisting of seven men, to consider the several
Articles of Grievances (Imposed on this Government by
the British Parliament) as represented in a printed Pam-
phlet from the Town of Boston and to make Report at the
Adjournment of this meeting then the following Gentle-
men were appointed a Committee accordingly (vi/) ('apt.
John Sibley, Lieut. Samuel Trask Deacon Ebenezer Pierce,
Messrs. Edward Putnam, Daniel Marsh Nathan Putnain.
and Willis Hall."
Jan. 18th. The committee reported at an adjourned
meeting as follows : " Having well perused the above said
pamphlet and the Charter of this Province, together with
the English Liberties, we do apprehend that our Charter
Privileges are Infringed in many Instances and that there is
just Cause of Complaint : Therefore we think it advisable
that this Town recommend to Capt. Henry King, the Repre-
sentative of this Town in General Assembly, that he use
his best Influence with his Brethren, the members of s'd
assembly, that a humble and pungant address be made to
his Majesty and Court at home that we may Obtain redress
under such pressing and alarming Grievances. Further, that
whereas it has been thought that the Judges of the Superior
Court have not had salaries adequate to their Important ser-
vice that he make due Enquiry into that matter, and if he
should find it to be fact, that he use his utmost Endeavours
that their Salaries may be enlarged and made Adequate to
their Merit and Station."
March 1st. The petition of James Adams and others
relative to their being set off to the town of Northbridge
was denied.
May 17th. The petition of John Adams and others to
be set oft' to Northbridge was again denied.
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1774.
July 25th. A town meeting was called "To see if the
Town will Grant Money to supply the Town Stock with
Arms and Ammunition according to Law." Whereupon it
was "Voted to Grant the Sum of Forty-two Pounds Ten
Shillings to Supply the Deficient Town Stock with Ammu-
nition." It seems that several meetings had been held dur-
ing the summer, for the discussion of public affairs, no
record of which was made.
In the warrant for a meeting called for Sept. 26th we find
the following articles :
* ' To see if the Town will choose one or more persons as
a Committee or Delegates to meet and act with the General
Congress of this Province whenever said Congress shall
meet.
"To see if the Town will approve of the proceedures of
the several meetings of the Inhabitants of the Town of
Sutton in the Summer past and record the same upon the
Town Book.
"To see what method the Town will come into in order to
Regulate the Militia in this Town as the Commissioned
Officers have proposed to resign their Respective Offices.
' ' The Town chose Mr. Edward Putnam a Delegate to
meet and act with the General Congress of this Province
when and where they shall meet.
' ' Voted to approve of the proceedings of the Town in
their several Town Meetings, the summer past, and that all
Papers, relating to those proceedings that may be procured,
be lodged with the Town Clerk.
' ' Voted that it be Recommended to the Military Com-
panies in this Town to Choose their own Officers as the
present Commissioned Officers have proposed to Resign/'
Nov. 15th. "Voted that the Selectmen of the Town
purchase such a Quantity of Powder as to complete the
Town stock according to Law." *
* Town Records.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 91
1775.
Jan. 5th. "The Town made choice of Capt. Henry
King, & Elder Anios Singletary as Delegates to Represent
the Town in the Provincial Congress to be held at Cam-
bridge on the first day of Feb. next." *
This action was taken in accordance with the recommen-
dation of the Provincial Congress, which had been held at
Cambridge on the tenth of December last.
The warrant for the town meeting upon this date con-
tained the following articles :
To see if the Town approve of what the Continental
Congress have done.
To see if the Town will approve the Association of said
Congress.
To see if the Town will choose a Committe of Inspec-
tion to see that said Association is duly observed and to
choose such Committee.
To see if the Town will order the Constables not to pay
any money, due to the Province, to Harrison Gray Esq.
To see if the Town will order the Constables to pay such
money to Henry Gardner Esqr. of Stow and take his
Receipt for the same.
To see if the Town will Indemnify the Constables upon
their Conformity to such orders.
To see if the Town will give any Instructions tp the
Representatives that may be chosen to attend a Provincial
Congress at Cambridge and to give such Instructions as the
Town shall think proper.
To see what method the Town will come into for the
effectually carrying into Execution said Association or any
orders of the Provincial Congress, or of this Town relative
thereto, and to determine how such shall be treated as
Transgress, us the Town shall think proper.
To see if the Town will Choose a Committee to Receive
and forward Donations given for the Relief of the Towns
of Boston and Charlestown, suffering under the operation
* Town Records.
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of the Port-Bill and to choose such Committee, if the Town
think proper.
To see what money the Town will raise for supplying the
Town stock of Ammunition.
To see what the Town will do with respect to ordering
that the Minute men should be equipt and paid according to
the Recommendation of the Provincial Congress at Cam-
bridge the tenth Instant.
At the meeting as above called the following action was
taken :
" Voted to approve of what the Continental Congress have
done.
4 ' Voted to adopt the Association of the Continental Con-
gress.
" Voted to choose a committee of Inspection to see that
the Association of the Continental Congress be duly observed.
4 ' Voted to choose a Committee of Seven Persons nom-
inated' and chose Messrs. Arthur Dagget, Edward Putnam,
Samuel Marble, Asa Waters, Abraham Waters, Capt. Sam-
uel Sibley and Mr. Seth. Chace.
" On the 5th article of the warrant, unanimously voted to
approve of what the Provincial Congress have done, so far as
what is said with respect to the Continental Congress, their
Association, and of not purchasing Imported Commodities,
and their choice of members for the next Continental Con-
gress.
"Voted that the Constable shall pay no monies, due to the
Province, to Harrison Gray Esqr."
(Harrison Gray, Esqr., was collector of taxes for His
Majesty.)
"Voted that the Constables pay all monies, due to the
Province, to Henry Gardner Esqr. of Stow, and take his
Receipt for the same.
" Voted to Indemnify the Constables upon their Conform-
ity to such orders.
" Voted to give Instructions to the Representatives.
TOWN OF BUTTON. 93
" Voted to Instruct the Representatives to be careful that
they do nothing that shall be inconsistent with what the
Continental Congress have done."
On the tenth article of the warrant -
' ' In order effectually to carry into execution the Associa-
tion of the Continental Congress or any orders or Reccom-
mendations of the Provincial Congress or of this Town
relative to the non-consumption of Imported Commodities :
It is Resolved that we will most strictly and Conscientiously
adhere-to and prosecute the measures proposed in the eleventh
article of said Association (viz.) To break off all Dealings
with any one convicted of violating said Association and we
will in like manner treat any convicted of transgressing any
orders or Reccommendations of the Provincial Congress
relative to the Importation or Consumption of foreign Com-
modities. And where as the Inhabitants of this Town, in a
meeting on the fourth of July last Voted to concur with
the Reccommendations of the late House of Representatives,
altogether to renounce the Consumption of India Teas : There
fore Resolved that any who shall be convicted of bringing in,
purchasing, or using any India Teas in this Town, after this
Day, shall be treated in the same manner as those that violate
s'd Association.
" And it is also farther Resolved that when the major part
of the Committee of Inspection have, upon due Tryal, found
any one guilty of any of s'd Crimes they shall cause a notifi-
cation thereof forth with to be posted up at the several
Taverns, Mills and Smiths in this Town, that all the Inhabi-
tants may know and avoid all Dealings with him or her.
But, if there should appear any symptoms of sorrow and
hopes of Repentance, the publication of it in the News, may
be suspended until the next Town meeting, in order that said
offender may have opportunity for Consideration, and space
to repent, Avhich if he manifests at such meeting to the satis-
faction of the Town, and promises a Reformation, the Town
may then restore such offender to Fellowship ; otherwise he
shall be published in the News according to s'd eleventh
article of the Association as bein<' Incorrigible.
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"And it is also farther Resolved that, if any one shall
disregard such sentence against any Person transgressing in
Articles above, and still continues to Deal with him or her,
in any manner whatever, and be there-of Convicted before
the Major part of the Committee of Inspection, he or she
shall be treated in the same manner as the original Offender.
Provided, nevertheless, that, if upon Trial, it shall appear to
the Committee that such person did no more than to help
in case of absolute sickness or some casualty, in which a
Building or the Life of some person or creature was in danger
of immediately perishing, or spake nothing other to offender
than to demand, or pay a Debt or Tax, or about the Things
of the Eternal World, or to convince him or her of his or
their error in transgressing as above, or if he only spake a
word inadvertently, and desisted upon being Reminded of
the state of such Offender, he shall not be adjudged or treated
as being guilty of Criminal dealing with such Offender.
" And it is also farther Resolved, that, if any person refuse
or neglect to appear before the Committee or to make Defense,
having six Days previous notice of the Time , Place and Charge ,
such person shall incur the same punishment, for such Con-
tempt, as he or she would be subjected to, in case the Charge
should be found against him or her.
"And it is also farther Resolved, that it shall be the Duty
of every Individual in this Town, upon any knowledge or
Information against any one, to forward said Information to
some one of the Committee of Inspection , as soon as conve-
niently may be, in order that it may be properly examined
into by the Committee.
" Resolved that if any person, who would, by Law, be a
proper witness, shall refuse to give Evidence, being called
there-to by the Committee, or shall wilfully give a partial or
false Testimony, such person shall be adjudged to the same
Punishment as the person upon Trial would be adjudged to,
if found guilty.
" Resolved, that it is the Duty of every Head of a Family,
in this Town, to use his or her Parental Authority in oblige-
ing all under them strictly to observe said Association and
O v
all the orders, Resolves and Recommendations of the
TOWN OF SUTTON. 95
Provincial Congress, and of this Town relative there-to, or
concerning the non-Importation and non-Consumption of
foreign Commodities. Voted nem. con.
kk Voted to choose a Committee of Donations.
" Voted to choose six for said Committee.
kk Chose Capt. Moody Morse, Messrs. Stephen Prince,
Willis Hall, Abraham Waters, Capt. Traskand W T m. Waite.
Voted to Raise Thirty-two Pounds for the purchasing
Town stock of Ammunition."
Jan. 16th. "Voted that the assessors of the Town make
Return of their Assessment of the Province Tax Granted
by the General Court last May to Henry Gardner Esq. of
Stow, Receiver General," and also -'voted to defend the
Assessors in so doing."
' ' Voted that the Minute Men shall be provided with a
Bavonet and other Accutriments agreeable to the advice of
*< o
the Provincial Congress, and also Voted, that all others
from 16 to 60 years of age shall be equip'd according to the
Province Law, or may get Bayonets in the room of swords
or Cutlashes if any please ; and that every Householder
provide himself according to Law."
" Voted, that every person from 16 to 60 years of age
(excepting such as the Province law exempts from Training)
that refuses to submit to their respective Military Officers
in this Town by not attending Trainings when warned,
(without a sufficient reason given to their respective Offi-
cers) and to provide themselves with a good Fire- Arm and
other Accutriments required by the Law of this Province,
shall be treated as those that Transgress the Association of
the Continental Congress, and shall be treated by the Com-
mittee of Inspection as such."
"Voted that all Alarm men that shall neglect or refuse to
be equip'd according to Law and to bring or send their
Arms and Ammunition into the Field upon a time appointed
for recieving arms, shall be treated in the same manner as
above."
' ' Voted training soldiers shall be treated upon their De-
linquency."
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Feb. 20th. The committee of donations having- made
their collection, write as follows :
Sutton Feb. 20th 1775.
To the Committee of Donations for the Town of Boston.
Gentlemen :
These may inform you that the Town of Sutton has
made a small Collection for the District poor of the Town
of Boston & Charlestown and Desire you would write to
us when and where we shall convey it.
From your friend & fellow citizen,
WILLIS HALL.
In behalf of the Committee of Donations for said Town
of Sutton." *
March 6th. Samuel Goldthwait and others continue
petitioning the town, to be set off to the town of North-
bridge.
A committee, consisting of "Dea. Tarrant Putnam, Dea.
Ebenezer Pierce, and Lieut. Caleb Chase,'' were chosen
' ' to view the lands of the Petitioners and make Report to
the Town at the next May meeting."
The committee reported as instructed, and the town
voted to take no action on the petition.
The news of the bloodshed at Lexington and Concord,
April 19th, produced in this town as in others the most
intense excitement. It was felt that all hope of a peaceable
solution of difficulties with the mother country was des-
troyed by her action in attempting to subdue by force of
arms the spirit of her hitherto loyal subjects, and no alter-
native was left but to meet force bv force. The challenge
/ O
thus given was accepted, and, as is seen by a record of pro-
ceedings, action prompt and decisive was taken to furnish
men and material at a moment's call.
May 22d. "Voted to choose two Delegates to Represent
this Town in a Provincial Congress to be held at Watertown
on the thirty-first Day of May Instant and for six months
after to serve alternately but one at a time."
* From a Letter Book in the Mass. Historical Library.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 97
Made choice of "Capt. Henry King and Elder Amos
Singletary agreeably to the proceeding vote."
"Voted unanimously to approve of the Recommendation
of the Provincial Congress to disregard Gen. Gage's Precept
for a Representative his Proclamations <&c."
Sept. 18th. "Lieut. William King and Elder Amos
Singletary were nominated by the Town for Justices of the
Peace for s'd Town."
Oct. 7th. "The Town nominated Mr. Nathan Putnam
for a Field Officer."*
Feb. 3d. " Monday and Tuesday our people mustered
ye Companies and raised 24 more soldiers Avho set oft' to-day
for ye camp." f
March 4th. "Voted that the Committee of Donations
keep those Benefactions they have now in their Hands until
the next May Meeting, unless they are wanted before that
time by those for whom they were given.''
The contributions referred to were those of money, grain,
etc., for the poor of Boston.
" Voted to choose a Committee of Correspondence, Inspec-
tion and Safety for the year ensuing."
" Chose Capt. Moody Morse, Dea. Willis Hall, Mr. Nathan
Putnam, Col. Timothy Sibley, Dea. Ebenezer Pierce, Mr.
David Holman and Capt. James Greenwood for the Com-
mittee."
May 20th. In the warrant for town meeting are the
following articles :
"To see whether That if the Honorable Congress
should, for the safety of s'd Colonies, Declare themselves
Independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain : They, the
s'd Inhabitants, will solemnly engage, with their lives and
Fortunes, to support them in the measure."
" To see what Measures the Town will take with the
Donations collected for the poor of Boston."
* Town Records.
t Dr. Hall's Diary.
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Upon the first of these articles no action was taken. Upon
the second, " Voted that the Committee of Donations return
to the Donors, the Benefactions the s'd Committee have now
in their Hands : the Donors calling upon the Committee for
the same."
A special town meeting was called for July 1st to take
action upon the article passed over at the last meeting.
At this meeting it was "Voted. That if the Honorable
Congress should, for the safety of these Colonies, Declare
them Independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain : the
Inhabitants of this Town will Solemnly engage with their
Lives and Fortunes to support them in the Measure."*
July 4th. The independence of these colonies was solemnly
declared, and the people of the town felt themselves pledged
in accordance with the above vote to support the measure
witji their lives and fortunes.
July 8th. "Voted to grant a sum of Fifteen Hundred
Pounds in order to raise our Quota, or procure men, to join
the Continental or Provincial Army in defence of America."
' ' Voted to make a consideration to those persons who have
voluntarily served, or by hiring Men to serve in Defence
of America Since the 19th of April 1775 to this time."
" Chose Wm. King Esq., Dea. Tarrant Putnam, Lieut.
Enoch Marble, Dea. Ebenezer Pierce & Elder Daniel Green-
wood, a Committee to adjust, to every person, their equal
part for Service done in Defence of America Since April ye
19th 1775."
Sept. 21st. " Monday our companies met and drew out
every 5th man of ye militia to go to New York."f
Oct. 7th. " Voted. That the Selectmen (provided that
the state of the State will admit of) should return the Field
pieces borrowed by Capt. George Dodge and Esq. Gardner
of Salem ; they, the s'd Dodge and Gardner, giving the Town
a full Discharge for them, and sell the Carriages to the state
if wanted, or other- wise bring them back for the use of the
Town."
* Town Records.
t Dr. Hall's Diary.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 99
The town was also called upon to take action on the fol-
lowing article in the warrant for the meeting October 7th :
' ' To see whether the above mentioned Inhabitants will
give their Consent that the present House of Representatives,
of this State of the Massachusetts Bay, in New England,
together with the Council, if they Consent in one Body with
the House, and by equal voice should consult, agree on, and
enact such a Constitution and Form of Government for this
State, as the said House of Representatives and Council, as
afore said, on the fullest and most mature Deliberation, shall
judge will most conduce to the Safety, Peace, and Happiness
of this State, in all after Successions and Generations : and
if they would direct that the same be made publick, for the
Inspection and Perusal of the Inhabitants before the Ratifi-
cation there of, by the Assembly."
" Dea. Willis Hall, Mr. Samuel Dagget, Dea. -Ebenezer
Pierce, Mr. Nathan Putnam, and Col. Timothy Sibley were
appointed a Committee to draw up a Form of vote upon
the above article."
The committee brought in the following report, which was
accepted and adopted :
"At a legal meeting of the Town of Sutton, upon the
Hand-Bill, sent out by the House of Representatives, to see
if Towns will consent, that the present House of Representa-
tives and Council should form and ratify a Constitution for
this State.
"Resolved that this Town can, by no means, consent to
what is there proposed, for the following reasons (viz.)
"1. Because we think it irrational for us to consent to
the setting up any Constitution unknown to us, or to vote
for any thing, before we see what it is we vote for.
"2. Because we look upon the present House of Repre-
sentatives, not only, to be a very unequal Representation of
the State ; But also an illegal one, many of them being-
chosen by virtue of a pretended Law, made after the Pre-
cepts went out for the Election of the House.
" 3. Because we look upon it irrational and unjust for us,
to act any-thing that shall operate, in any measure, for such
an everlasting effect, while so m-iny of our Brethren and
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Neighbors are gone into the army, and would be plainly a
voting away their Right, in their absense.'"
Dec. 2d. " Voted to choose an Agent for to make enquiry
and confer with others upon the article of Salt ; to see, upon
what terms, it may be procured for the Inhabitants of the
Town."
Dea. Tarrant Putnam was appointed " Agent for s'd pur-
pose" and instructed as follows :
" We instruct you, to inform as many of the members of
the several Towns in this County, as you have opportunity,
and to motion to them to come into some measures to promote
the Manufacture of Salt : and enquire how salt can be made,
and to see how any person, or Towns, upon the Sea Coasts,
will undertake to make salt, in exchange for Grain and Meat
or Money ; and if any person or Town will undertake to set
up making Salt for us, if we will take off one Thousand
Bushells of Salt in a year for iive years, or a less time than
that, as the undertaker may propose : and if you find that it
will be an Advantage to have any other Towns join with us.
See, who of the Neighboring Towns will join, and to make
Report to this Town of what you find upon these things as
soon as may be."*
Dec. 14th. " This week, on Wednesday, a great part of
our Militia went to Providence, a large fleet of ye enemy
being come in to Rhode Island. "f
It is interesting to take note of the loyal sentiment of the
people of the town, as it revealed itself in the authority
which is recognized in the warrants for the town meetings
called after the battle of Lexington. The last one issued in
his Majesty's name, bears date May 15th, 1775. Then fol-
low three "In the name of America," then three "In the
name of the United Colonies" or "United Colonies of
America," then several " In the name of the people of this
Province," or " In the name of the people of this Colony,"
or " In the name of the people of the Colony of the Mass.
Bay." After September 27th they are issued " In the name
* Town Records.
t Dr. Hall's Diary.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 101
of the Government and people of the State of the Massachu-
setts Bay." Near the close of the record for the year 1776
the full text of the Declaration of Independence is recorded.
There is also an entry of the following order of the Council :
" Ordered. That the Declaration of Independence be
printed, and a Copy sent to the Ministers of each Parish, of
every Denomination, within this State : and that they, sever-
ally, be required to read the same to their respective
Congregations, as soon as divine service is ended, in the
afternoon of the first Lords-Day after they shall have received
it. And after such Publication there of, to deliver the said
Declaration to the Clerks of their several Towns, or Districts,
who are hereby required to record the same in their respec-
tive Town or District Books, there to remain as a perpetual
Memorial thereof.
In the name and by order of the Council.
A true copy.
Attest, JOHN A VERY, Dep. Sec.
R. DERBY, Jun., President."
1777.
Jan. 20th. The principal matter to be acted upon in the
town meeting of this date was :
" To see if the Town will choose one or more Delegates,
to meet in County Congress, with any such other Towns as
will join with us in this method for a redress of the Grievance
by the Law made last Spring for the new modelling the
Representation of this State ; or any other Grievance that
shall be thought proper by any of the Towns joining in such
Congress. And also, to see if the Town will invite the other
Towns in the County, to join with them in such Congress,
by a note of our proceedings in the Worcester News Paper."
The town " Voted to choose delegates, and made choice of
Capt. Henry King and Capt. Samuel Trask as such ;" also
" Voted to give invitation to the other Towns in the County
to join with us in such Congress, by a Note in the Worcester
News Papers," and " To give instructions to the delegates."
The Instructions were as follows :
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' ' The Inhabitants of the Town of Sutton in legal Town
Meeting assembled Jan. 27th.
" To Capt. Henry King and Capt. Samuel Trask, whom
we have now chosen Delegates, to join in County Congress
with such other Towns in this County as shall adopt the like
method for the obtaining redress of the grievance by the
Law made last Spring, for the new modelling the Represen-
tation of this state ; or any other grievances that any of the
Towns joining in such Congress shall think proper. We
hereby direct you to repair to the House of the Widow
Stearns, Inn holder, in Worcester, on Wednesday the 26th
day of Feb., next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon ; then and
there, to join with such other Towns as may meet you by
their Delegates, and form into a County Congress, to con-
sult, deliberate upon, and unite, in some method, for the
redress of the grievance aforesaid or any other grievance
there moved, either by petition to the General Court, or by
recommending a form of Instructions to the Several Towns,
to give their Representatives, or both, as shall be thought
most effectual. And that you invite the other Counties in
this State, to adopt the like method, and to correspond
with you by Committees, that this County and others, may
harmonize in their measures. And we farther direct and
order you to continue yourselves by adjournment, (if the
other Towns will join in it) so that you remain a County
Congress, until next May meeting, for choosing Representa-
tives, at which time, if it be agreeable to the County in
general, we propose to continue such Congress by the
choice of new Delegates, for a future time, as shall be
thought proper. You are also to make return to us, at
next March Meeting, what you find and agree upon at your
first Congress; and so on, from time to time, as we shall
require. And we think, that your first adjournment ought
not to be deferred longer than the beginning of May next ;
in order that, if the above grievous act should not bv that
O
time be repealed, some other Constitutional measures might
be agreed upon for redress ; or if it should be repealed, any
other matters, then thought of, for the good of the public,
might be agreed upon to instruct the Representatives, at the
TOWN OF SUTTON. 103
next Election, or any other business proper for a County
Congress that may occur at that time.
"And you are, from time to time, to attend to and pursue,
as far as you can, all such Instructions as you shall receive
from us, your constituents.
"And we hereby, also invite all the other Towns in this
County, to join with- us, in such Congress.
" And, for that purpose, order that the above be inserted
in the Worcester News Paper as soon as possible.
"And also, that the above Delegates take care that the
above be immediately put into Hand-Bills and distributed
to the Selectmen of the Several Towns in this County at the
expense of this Town."
March 3d. There was an article in the warrant : "To
see if the Town will provide a Hospital for Inoculating for
the Small-Pox." Which being "put to vote passed in the
negative."
Another article in the warrant was: "To see if this
Town will comply with the advice and Recommendations of
the Convention of the Committees of Inspection from the
Majority of the Towns of the County of Worcester met at
Worcester the 26th day of Nov. last respecting some
method for forming a system of Government in this State.""
Upon which it was "Voted to comply."
" Capt. Johnathan Carriel, Capt. Bartholomew Wood-
bury, Lieut. Enoch Marble, Lieut. March Chase, Mr. Jonas
Bond, Lieut. David Holman and Capt. Elisha Goddard were
chosen a Committee of Correspondence Inspection and
Safety for this present year."
March 10th. The town "Voted to make an addition to
what the Congress and the General Court of this State have
done for the Encouragement of such Soldiers as shall Inlist
into the Continental Service."
"Voted, that all such soldiers, belonging to this Town,
as have lately In listed into the Continental Service, shall be
intitled to the same additional Encouragement from this
Town, as all others shall be, who shall hereafter Inlist into
said Service, provided, they have not already received an
Equivalent Consideration by particular persons."
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"Voted, That the Sum of Twenty five Pounds he paid,
by the Town, to every Soldier of this Town, that has or
shall Inlist into and go into the Continental Army now
<j v
raising till our Quota for s'd Army is Completed ; provided
he has not already received an Equivalent Consideration in
a private way."
Liberty to imioculate for the small-pox was refused.
May 9th. In the warrant of this date for a town meeting
to be held the 19th instant : "all the Freeholders & other
Inhabitants of s'd Town of Sutton that have an Estate of
Freehold, in Land, within this State or Territory, of Forty
Shillings p'r annum, at the least, or other Estate to the
value of Fifty Pounds Sterling, are warned to meet at the
Meeting House in the first Parish, in s'd Sutton, on Monday,
the nineteenth Day of May current, at twelve o'clock, then
and there, to elect and depute one or more persons (being-
Freeholders and Resident in s'd Town) according to the
number set and limited, by an act of the Great and General
Court or Assembly of this State."
This warrant shows that more liberal views were being
entertained with reference to suffrage, and that the right of
voting had already been accorded to small property-holders,
who had hitherto been excluded from its exercise.
May 19th. "Dea. Willis Hall and Amos Singletary Esq.
were chosen to Represent the Town in the Great and Gen-
eral Court the year ensuing."
Difficulties have arisen with reference to the disposition of
the fifteen hundred pounds (1500.) which was voted for
the support of the war July 8th, 1776.
A committee, which had been appointed to make an
equitable adjustment of the money, report, and their plan is
rejected. A new committee is appointed to report at the
next meeting.
David Bancroft and Benjamin Carter, a committee for the
South Parish in Worcester, present a petition, "requesting
this Town to set them oft', with their Estates and such others
as are willing to join them, in order that they may be incor-
porated, with others in the neighboring Towns, into a
Town." The request of the petitioners was refused.
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June 9th. The town "Voted to provide a Pest House
for to carry those to, that are taken with the Small Pox in
the natural way."
The new committee, lately chosen to make an adjustment
of the fifteen hundred pounds granted for supporting the Avar,
made report to the toAvn of their adjustment of said money :
when, " it was put to vote to see if the toAvn accept of the
same and it passed in the negative."
"Voted to pay the Towns Bounty (viz.) TAventy-tive
pounds, to those men, that were hired, for eight months, to
o-o into the Continental Armv, if theA' Inlist for three years
O .*/*/
or during the war; besides what they have received in a
private way."
" Voted, that the Officers, in each Company, in this Town,
draw out of the Town Treasury twenty-five pounds for every
seventh man that has not already drawed it, and make up
their Quota for the three years or during the war in their
respective Companies, and that each Company shall have
the Fines that have been or shall be paid by their respective
companies."
The town " made choice of Lieut. Samuel Dagget, to pro-
cure and lay before the Court described by a late Law of this
State, the Evidence that may be had of the inimical dispo-
sitions towards this or any, of the United States, of any of
the Inhabitants of this town who shall be charged, by tin-
freeholders and other Inhabitants of this town, according to
said Law, of being a person whose residence in this State is
dangerous to the public peace or Safety.''
A list of inimical persons was presented at this meeting,
but not acted upon.
June Kith. The tory list was acted upon, and all the
names, but tAvo, were stricken therefrom.
July 7th. A new committee was chosen to adjust the
distribution of the fifteen hundred pounds granted for hiring
soldiers.
"Voted to allow to every Commissioned Officer that has
been out at any time in the Service of the present year an
equal Consideration from the Town Avith the privates."
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Gersham Biglow, Wm. Kenney, Charles Richardson and
others living in the north-west part of the town, who, in
connection with certain persons in Worcester, Leicester and
Oxford, have been formed into a parish, ask the town to set
them off with their estates, " and such others as are willing
within our limits, to be incorporated into a Town."
They also ask for their proportion of the ministerial
money since they " have been a Parish and for future time,"
also for their " part of the school money for future time,"
also to have their " part of the War Rate sunk which was
granted to hire soldiers in July 1776," also to be allowed
their ' ' part of the Town Stock of Ammunition according to
what they .had paid."
All these requests were included in one of the warrants for
the town meeting of July 7th, but not acted upon until
November 3d, when they were one and all refused.
As illustrative of the customs of the day among a certain
class in the community, we copy the following from the
Massachusetts Spy, of Sept. llth, 1777 :
A CARD.
" Where as, Deacon Thomas Holman has made and spread
a shameful and distrustful story about me, in saying that I
drinked a number of barrels of Cider for him in two months ;
I do hereby certify the publick, that what he has told is a
right down lie I *
Attest, SAMUEL HOLMAN."
Nov. 3d. A town meeting was called "To see if the
Town will Hear the Petition of Mr. Daniel Chase and others
with regard to a late Law made by our General Assembly,
for Loaning the States Money &c. and act upon the same as
said Town shall think proper."
At this meeting it was
" Voted to hear the Petition of Mr. Daniel Chase and
others with regard to a late Law, made by our General
Assembly, for calling in the States Money and redeeming it
with. Notes, upon Interest payable by this State."
* Massachusetts Spy.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 107
" Then the following Draught was brought in and read
before the Town, viz. :
"This Town taking into serious Consideration the late
Act, made for putting large Sums of the Bills issued by
this State on Interest, at six per. cent, on the first day of
December next, and for sinking in the Hands of the Pos-
sessor all sums less than Ten Pounds, at the same time and
for sundry other purposes in said Act specified This Town
are clearly of Opinion that said Act, in connexion with the
large tax immediately to be paid, is big with Cruelty,
Oppression, and Injustice.
" 1st. It appears to be Cruel because so large a tax, three
times as big as has ever been paid before, should be required
so hastily, at the same time not allowed to pay it, nor any
part of it, in this States money, when it appears that said
money ought to pay itself.
" 2d. It appears to be Oppressive because it puts an
advantage into the hands of those that have oppressed the
people already by extortionate prices, and thereby sinking
the money into their own Hands, and now putting their
money thus gained by oppression, on Interest, to increase
the Debt and farther oppress and impoverish the common
people.
3d. It appears to be unjust, and a violation of publick
Faith, when the Bills are emitted of various sums promising
to receive them in the Treasury for the sum specified : and
now declaring they will not accept them unless the amount
of Ten Pounds of them is brought together, which is a Point
Blank violation of Publick Faith, and grossly tends to destroy
the common people, who, in General, will not have 10 of
that money by them, or if they had to take a journey of fifty,
a hundred, or a hundred and fifty miles to have it exchanged
will be so expensive it had near as good die in their Hands.
And after all, the Court have just as good right, next year,
to say there shan't be any Notes under 50, and all, who, in
one months time can't produce that amount of them, in Notes,
it shall die in their Hands, and there is so much probability
of it from what they have done now, that we don't think it is
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safe to pretend to get any such Notes as any of the common
people can likely attain to.
"4th. The Act is unjust when Considered in connexion
with the former Act which made that Money a lawfnll tender ;
for we are obliged to take till the last day of Novem'r, and
the next day it is f> Fine to offer any of it, and be exposed
to have it die in the Hands of the possessor thus obliged to
take it.
' ' Considering these things it appears to us that we can not
in Duty to ourselves and the common Cause sit still, or hold
our peace.
" But the matter requires something very speedily to be
done.
** Therefore, Resolved, to propose to the next neighboring-
Towns whether they would join, with us, in a Suitable
Remonstrance and Petition to the Court for a Redress of the
aforesaid Grievances, and if the Court will not alter said Law
so that the tax now coming out may be paid in this State
Money, or Continental, as comes best to Hand to Individuals,
that we will not attempt to pay said Rate, and if the Court
will not repeal said Law, so that those, who have already
sunk so much of the Money into their Hands, shall not have
the advantage against us, farther to Oppress us, that we will
not attempt to pay said Four Hundred Thousand Pound Rate
granted in said Law.
" And we hereby desire our Brethren in the neighbouring
Towns to meet us, by their Select-men or Delegates, at the
house of Joseph Elliot, Inn holder, in this Town, on Wednes-
day, the 12th Instant, at ten o'clock before noon.
' And we hereby direct the Select-men of this Town to send
a Copy of this to the Select-men of each next adjoining Town
and to attend upon the Select-men or Delegates of the neigh-
bouring Towns that may come upon this, our Invitation,
then and there to consult upon and adopt such measures,
upon the Premises, as shall be thought proper, and make
Report to this meeting of what shall be concluded upon, on
Thursday the 13th Instant at one o'clock P. M. to which
time this meeting will stand adjourned.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 10J-)
" The foregoing being sundry times read before the Town,
it was put to vote, to see if the Town accept of the same as
agreeable to their minds.
O
"Passed in the affirmative.'*
' ' Voted to choose a Committee to draw up some-thing
agreeable to the foregoing, to publish the same in the Pub-
lick News as soon as may be.
" Chose Col. Timothy Sibley, Lieut. Asa Waters, and Mr.
Edward Putnam for said Committee."
Nov. 13th. This committee reported at an adjourned
meeting as follows :
"To the Honorable Council and House of Representa-
tives, of the State of the Massachusetts Bay, in General
Court, to be convened at Boston on the twenty-fifth Day
of Nov'r Instant.
"The Petition of us, the subscribers, being a Committee
of the several Towns (viz.) Suttou, Worcester, Uxbridge,
Grafton, Douglass, and Northbridge, in the County of
Worcester, convened at Button Nov. 12th 1777, "Humbly
sheweth, that upon taking into consideration the late Act of
Court Intitled : k An Act for drawing in the Bills of Credit,
of the several Denominations not on Interest, which have at
any time been issued by this Government and are still out-
standing ; and for prohibiting the Currency of s'd Bills of
any one of the United States after a certain time.' Are of
the opinion that said act, in connection with a large Tax
immediately to be raised, is big 'with Cruelty, Oppression
and Injustice."
The remainder of the petition is almost precisely in the
language of the four articles above recorded.
* ' The Petition being sundry times read it was then put to
vote to see if the Town accept of the Same and the vote
passed in the Affirmative."
The committee from the towns were instructed to ' ' sign
the foregoing Petition in the Name and in Behalf of the
Town."
Delegates met at Elliot's from the towns of Sutton,
Worcester, Grafton, Douglass and Northbridge and signed
the petition.
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" Voted to grant a Sum of Two Thousand and four Hun-
dred Pounds for to pay the Continental Soldiers."
"Voted that the Fire- Arms that the Selectmen have pro-
cured for the Town be sold to the best advantage."
* ' Voted that the Lead and Flints that the Selectmen have
procured for the Town, be equally divided among the sev-
eral Companies in the Town."
"Voted that the Captains of the Several Companies in
the Town draw their proportion of s'd Lead and Flints, and
dispose among their respective Companies according to the
mind of said Companies.
Dec. 19th. Mr. Ebenezer Waters, Mr. Simon Taiuter
and Lieut. Caleb Chase were chosen a Committee to take
care of, and provide for the families of such persons as are
in the Continental Service, whose families stand in need of
help." *
1778.
Jan. 5th. A meeting was called "To hear and consider
upon the Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union,
between the United States of America, agreeable to a late
Resolve of the General Assembly of this State," and "To
see what sum of money the Town will Raise for the purpose
of lessening their proportion of the Public Debt, agreeable
to a late Act of the General Assembly of this State, and
pass any vote or votes relative thereto."
The articles of confederation proposed by Congress were
read, and a committee, consisting of Capt. King, Dea.
Pierce, Mr. Nathan Putnam, Col. Holman, Lieut. Asa
Waters was chosen " to peruse and Consider the Articles of
Confederation &c. and make Report to the Town at an
adjourned meeting."
"Voted to raise the sum of Three Thousand Pounds to
diminish this Towns proportion of the Public Debt."
Jan. 9th. The committee upon the articles of confedera-
tion reported "that in their opinion these should be com-
plied with by this Town."
* Town Records.
TOWN OF SUTTON. Ill
* ' Then it was put to vote to see if the Town would com-
ply with the said Articles of Confederation and perpetual
Union proposed by the Congress. Passed unanimously in
the affirmative."
Upon the petition of certain of the inhabitants of Sutton,
Worcester, Leicester and Oxford, that they may be incor-
porated into a town, the General Assembly of this State
has appointed a committee to view the territory, and also
issued a citation to the several towns to confer with this
committee.
Feb. 2d. The town chose Dea. Ebenezer Pierce, Capt.
Elisha Goddard and Col. Jonathan Holman, agents to meet
this committee, and "enter this Town's Objections w r hy
said Parish should not be incorporated into a Town."
Feb. 18th. The town chose Dea. Ebenezer Pierce, Mr.
Asa Waters, and Mr. Ebenezer Waters a standing commit-
tee to take action in behalf of the town ' ' to prevent a part
of this Town at the Northwest corner being set oft' (against
their will) according to a line ordered to be run by the
Honorable Courts Committee on the 5th day of Feb. Instant."
March 2d. "The Town chose Dea. David Harwood,
Doctor Benja. Morse, Mr. Abel Dudley, Mr. Moses Ban-
croft and Mr. Josiah Goddard a Committee of Correspon-
dence, Inspection and Safety for this present year."
The town of Ward, composed of parts of Sutton, Worces-
ter, Leicester and Oxford, was incorporated April 10, 1778.
The name has since been changed to Auburn.
April 13th. The new constitution, which had been
agreed upon by a state convention, was submitted for the
approval or disapproval of the town.
"Voted to disapprove of the form of Government Laid
Before the Town by the Selectmen : 220 Disapproved, not
one approved of the new form of Government."
Capt. John Sibley, Dea. Ebenezer Pierce and Lieut. Asa
Waters were chosen a committee to report the reason why
the town do not accept the new form of government.
May 18th. "Voted to Grant Three Hundred and fifty
Eight pounds Eight Shillings to pay for the Cloathing that
the Selectmen have promised for the Continental Soulders."
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Voted to allow Deacon Tarrant Putnam Two pounds
Eighteen Shillings for gooing to Boston, Salem and New-
bury to see about getting some Salt for the Town."
June 8th. " William Fuller paid a tine of live pounds
for refusing to serve as Constable."
.June 15th. "Voted that Treasurer Woodbery be ex-
empted from the loss of two New Hampshire Bills, which
amount to Four pounds Ten Shillings, that are Counteriitts."
The Massachusetts tipy of date Nov. 26th, 1778, con-
tains the following advertisement :
"It is earnestly requested that the fair Daughters of Lib-
erty in this extensive Country, would not neglect to serve
their country, by saving for the Paper-Mill in Sutton, all
Linen and Cotton and Linen Rags, be they ever so small, as
they are equally good for the purpose of making paper, as
those that are larger. A bag hung up at one corner of a
room, would be the means of saving many which would be
otherwise lost. If the Ladies should not make a fortune by
this piece of economy, they will at least have the satisfac-
tion of knowing they are doing an effectual service to the
community, which with EIGHT PENCE per pound, the price
UOAV given for clean white rags, they must be sensible will
be a sufficient reward." *
1779.
March 1st. " Chese Ebenezer Waters, John Elliot and
Nehemiah Gale a Committee of Correspondence, Inspection
and Safety this present year."
March 8th. "Voted to abate the pole Tax of those Sol-
diers that was in the Continental Eight Months Service in
the year 1777. Those that ware Dismissed at Philadelphia,
and no provision made for their support home."
"Chose Col. Timothy Sibley, Capt. Moody Morse, Ca.pt.
John Putnam, Mr. Simon Taint er and Doct. James Freeland
a Committee to Inspect and to prosecute all Breches of Law
agreeable to a Late act of the General Assembly of this
State, Intitled an act against Monopoly and Forestalling."
* The above advertisement was repeated in several papers, and TWELVE
PENCE per pound was offered. July 1779, 18d. ; Nov. 1779, 2s. ; Feb. 1780,
3s. ; Apr. 1780, 6s. ; July, 1781, 10s. ; per pound.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 113
"Chose Stephen Stoekwell, Moses Bancroft, Capt. James
Greemvood, Lieut. James McClelan, a Committee to supply
the families of those whose Husbands are in the Army, agree-
able to a Late act of the Court.
May 19th. " Chose Lieut. John Hazeltine a Committee
Man to take care of those families whose Husbands are in
the Continental Service."
" The town voted, unanimously, in favor of a new Consti-
tution, or Form of Government, with this proviso that,
when the Convention called for the purpose, " shall have
formed a Constitution, a Copy shall be sent to each Town in
tbe State, to the people at large, for their approbation or
Disapprobation, or amendment."
June 21st. Chose Lieut. William King, Ensign Nathaniel
Carrie! , Lieut. Joseph Elliot, Jun., Mr. Samuel Waters,
Dea. Willis Hall, Mr. John Harback, Mr. Joseph Waters,
Doet'r James Freeland, Mr. Jonas Bond, Mr. Nehemiah
Gale, Dea. Asa Waters, a Committee, in order to procure
the Continental men that were called for by order of the
Court,"
" The Town voted that any two of the Committee are
impowered to agree with any person or persons who shall
Ingage nine months in the Continental Service, and that any
two of said Committee are Impowered to give Security, in
Behalf of said Town, to any person who shall Ingage in said
Service, and further, the Town Ingage to Indemnih'e said
Committee."
" Voted that the same Committee that was chosen to
procure the Continental men, are also impowered to agree
with any person or persons who shall Ingage to go to the
State of Rhode Island to serve from the time of their Being
Inlisted to the first day of Jan. next."
July 5th. A warrant for a town meeting this date con-
tained the following article :
" To see what the Town Avill do in regard to our present
alarming circumstances by reason of our depreciating Cur-
rency and high price of the necessaries of life, occasioned by
monopoly and forestalling, and whether the Town will, accord-
ing to the recommendation of Congress and the Resolves
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of the Citizens of Philadelphia and Boston, unite our efforts
to extricate ourselves from such dreadful consequences ; and
for the above purpose, whether the Town will request one or
more of the Committee of Correspondence of the Town, to
meet with the several Committees from the several Towns in
this State, at Concord, the 14th of July Instant, agreeably
to a recommendation of the Committee of Correspondence of
the Town of Boston."
" The Town made choice of Dea. Willis Hall and Mr.
Ebenezer Waters as a Committee to set in a State Convention
to be held at Concord the 14th of July 1779 and voted
that said Committee make report to the Town of their pro-
ceedings for their approbation or Disapprobation."
Aug. 2d. The town voted unanimously to accept the pro-
ceedings of the state convention held at Concord, July 14th.
1779.
"Chose Dea. Asa Waters and Mr. Ebenezer Waters to
set in a County Convention to be held at Worcester the first
Tuesday of August, Instant, for the purposes of regulating
the prices of labor and various articles of necessity."
Aug. 17th. This committee reported at an adjourned
meeting. Upon hearing which report the town
' ' Voted unanimously to accept of the proceedings of the
County Convention held at Worcester."
" Chose a Committee of twelve, to act in connection with
the Committee of Correspondence, to carry into effect the
Resolves of the State and County Conventions, viz. :
"Lieut. Nathaniel Whitmore, Mr. Nathan Putnam, Col.
Timothy Sibley, Follansbee Chase, Capt. Moody Morse,
Lieut. Caleb Chase, Lieut. James Prentice, Capt. Samuel
Trask, Mr. Jonas Bond, Mr. Jona. Kidder, Capt James
Greenwood and Lieut. Simeon Hay wood."
"Voted, that said Committee should settle any difficulties
that shall arise by reason of selling things beyond what was
stated by said Conventions."
" Voted to raise five thousand nine hundred pounds to pay
the Continental Men lately raised, and also to pay the men
lately raised to go to Rhode Island."
Aug.J23d. The Town chose Mr. Ebenezer Waters to
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Represent it at another Convention to be held at Concord,
October next.
' ' Voted to support the Committee in carrying the Resolves
of the late State and County Conventions into execution."
Sept. 23d. The town committee stopped a number of
loads of salt, rum, sugar, and other articles which were being
transported, and asked for instructions as to the disposition
that should be made of them, and it is recorded that
' ' The Town highly approved of what the Committee had
done in stopping those loads of Rum, sugar, salt and* other
articles which was agoing to be transported out of this
State."
" Voted that the owners of those Loads, stopped by the
Committee of this Town, shall give, to said Committee, a
true inventory of all the articles belonging to said Loads,
upon penalty of being enemies of the Country and published
in the Public Prints, and that said Loads shall be stored,
under the care of the Committee, until some order of Court,
or Resolve of Convention, or order of the Town, shall take
place respecting the same."
" Voted that those persons that appear to be inimical to
the cause of America shall not be employed in an}' public
business in this Town."
' ' Voted that if any person shall speak any thing against
the Regulating Acts he shall be called to account by the
Committee and dealt with according to his crime."
Oct. 4th. An act of the general court prohibiting the
carrying of any goods out of the state was unanimously
approved, and the "Town voted to use their uttermost
endeavors to carry said act into execution." Also
' ' Voted to leave it to the Selectmen and Committee of
this Town to order the disposing of those loads of Salt and
other articles that were stopped by the Committee the 20th
of September last."
' ' Voted that if said Committee and Selectmen shall think
it safe, for the Common Cause, to give permits to carry any
part of said Loads into any other parts of this State, said
permits shall be signed by two thirds of said Committee
and Selectmen."
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' ' Voted to leave it to the Committee to procure the two
men yet wanting to make up the Quota from this town for
the Continental Army."
"Chose Nathan Putnam, Capt. James Greenwood, Col.
Timothy Sibley, Lieut. Simeon Hey wood, Capt. Moody
Morse as an addition to the Committee of Correspondence."
Oct. 19th. "Voted that the twenty-three men called for,
from this Town, by order of the General Court, for three
months service be raised at the cost of the Town."
"Chose Stephen Prince, Dea. Aaron Elliot, Caleb Marsh,
Thomas Todd, Jonathan Gould, Abijah Tainter, Capt.
.James Greenwood, John Waters Abel Dudley, John Dudley
and Benja. Hicks to procure the men."
"The Town voted to make up thirty pounds per. month
to each of those soldiers lately procured by the Officers, to
go to Rhode Island."
Nov. 22d. "Voted to raise one thousand pounds for
supporting those families whose husbands are in the Conti-
nental Service for three years or during the war."
"Voted to raise three thousand, five hundred and fifty
eight pounds to pay those soldiers that were procured to
serve three months in the Continental Army."
"Voted to raise four hundred and forty-two pounds to
pay those soldiers whom the Officers procured, last Septem-
ber, to go to Rhode Island to serve two months."
1780.
March 6th. "Chose Major Barthomew Woodbury, Mr.
John Dudley, and Mr. Jonathan Gould a Committee of
Correspondence, Inspection and Safety for the present
year."
"Chose Major John Hathaway, Agent, to go to the Gen-
eral Court, and instructed him to give his consent that those
men, with their estates, that request to be annexed to North-
bridge be granted to go, and none else."
Apr. 10th. The time of the "nine months' men" having
nearly expired, the following committee was chosen to set-
tle with them :
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"Lieut. 'William King, Ens. Nathaniel Carriel, Lieut.
Joseph Elliot Jr. Mr. Samuel Waters, Dea. Willis Hall,
Mr. John Harback, Mr. Joseph Waters, Dr. James Free-
land, Mr. Jonas Bond, Mr. Nehemiah Gale, Dea. Asa
Waters.
"Voted that John Adams, Micah Thayer, Stephen Gold-
thwait, E/ekiel Goldthwait, and Abner Adams, they and
their lands to be annexed to Northbridge."
May 1st. "Chose Dea. Tarrant Putnam, Lieut. William
King, Dea. Asa Waters, Capt. March Chase, Col. Jona.
Holinan, Col. Timothy Sibley, Elder Jeremiah Barstow, Dr.
James Freeland and Elder Daniel Greenwood, a Committee
to consider the Constitution and make report to the Town
of what they do approve of, and what they do not approve
of."
At an adjourned meeting " Chose Elder Jeremiah Bars-
tow, Dea. Willis Hall, Dea. David Harwood, Dea. Rice, and
Mr. Abel Chase to consider the third article in the Bill of
Rights, and make report to the Town."
May 19th. A day memorable in New England for its
darkness. According to the memoirs of the American Acad-
emy referring to the day, "Candles were lighted up in the
houses ; the birds having sung their evening songs disap-
peared and became silent ; the fowls retired to roost ; the
cocks were crowing all around, as at break of day; objects
could not be distinguished but at very little distance and
every-thing bore the appearance and gloom of night."
May 22d. " Voted to grant a sum of nine thousand
pounds to pay the nine months men."
June 12th. A requisition has been made upon the town
by the General Court, for thirty-six soldiers to serve in the
Continental service.
"The Town voted to hire the thirty-six men called for."
"Chose as a Committee to procure them Lieut. Nathaniel
Whitmore, Lieut. Bartholomew Hutchinson, Lieut. Nath-
aniel Putnam, Ensign Samuel Rich, Lieut. John Woodbury,
Mr. John Hall, Lieut. David Putnam, Lieut. Ezra Lovell,
Mr. John Gould, Sergt. David Chase and Mr. Moses
Hovey."
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"Instructed the above Committee that, in agreeing with
such soldiers, they shall confine themselves to the late Court
Act regulating the value of Money."
June 26th. " Voted to grant a sum of Twenty thousand
pounds to pay the six months men."
"Voted to grant a sum of twelve thousand pounds to
procure forty-two men out of the Militia to serve three
months in the Army."
"Voted that the Commissioned Officers in each Company
be ,a Committee to procure these men, and that Sergt.
Archelaus Putnam, Lieut. Jonathan Gould, Sergt. Isaac-
Dodge Jr., and Clark Nathaniel Stockwell, be added to the
above Committee to procure the men/'
" Voted to instruct the Committee that they proceed with
all expedition to procure the men as soon as the orders
come, and the Town engage to defend them."
Oct. 9th. "Voted to raise the sum of fifty three thou-
sand five hundred pounds to enable the Committee to settle
with the six months and three months men that are in the
Continental Service."
Oct. 16th. " Chose Capt. March Chase, Mr. Moses Hovey
and Mr. John Hall a Committee to procure seventeen thou-
sand five hundred and twenty (17,520) pounds of beef for
the Army."
"Voted to raise a sum of twenty-five thousand pounds to
enable the Committee to purchase the beef."
Dec. 4th. The town by vote gave permission to each tax
payer, who was disposed so to do, to pay his rate in grain ;
the value of corn being placed at twelve pounds per bushel,
and rice eighteen pounds per bushel.
Dec. 18th. "The Town voted that one third of all the
Town Meetings, both stated and occasional, should be held
in the Meeting-house of the second Parish."
A requisition having been made upon the town for thirty
three thousand six hundred and forty (33,640) pounds of
beef, Capt. March Chase, Mr. John Hall, Mr. Moses Hovej"
are appointed a committee to purchase the same, and an
appropriation of fifty thousand four hundred and sixty
(50,460) pounds is made to meet the expense.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 119
The town has been called upon, by the General Court, to
furnish thirty-one men for the Continental Army for three
years or during the war.
" Chose Col. Timothy Sibley, Capt. Abijah Burbank, Capt.
John Putnam, (.-apt. Andrew Elliot, Lieut. Solomon Leland
Mr. Abraham Batcheller Jr. Dr. James Freeland and Mr.
Kbenezer Waters to class out the Town into classes in order
to procure the thirty-one men for the Continental Army."
At an adjourned meeting, the town "Voted that if any
person in any of the classes refuses to pay his proportion as
assessed in the class he belongs to, shall be assessed his pro-
portion as he was in said class and half as much more"
1781.
Feb. 20th. Dea. Willis Hall and Elder Daniel Green-
wood are chosen delegates to sit in a County Convention,
called for the purpose of remonstrating with the General
Court against an act repealing the late tender act, and are
instructed to invite other towns to send delegates to said
convention, and notify them of the time and place of the
meeting.
' ' The Town voted that the Constables shall not gather
the Soldiers tax at present and the Town will defend them."
March 5th. "Chose Lieut. John Woodbury Lieut.
Nathaniel Putnam, & Lieut. David Holman a Committee of
Correspondence Inspection and Safety for this present year."
June 18th. "Voted to instruct the Constable to gather
O
the silver tax as soon as possible."
July 9th. "Chose Ens. Nathaniel Carriel, Mr. John
Hall and Lent. Moses Hovey a Committee to procure the
Towns proportion of Beef for the Army as it is called for."
"Voted that the Selectmen be directed to procure the
clothing for the Army, called for by order of Court."
The following is from the Massachusetts Spy :
Siitton, Nov. 14th, 1781. Yesterday a number of the
respectable inhabitants of this town assembled at the sign of
the soldier, to celebrate the day, on the account of the
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capture of General Conrwallis and his army ; every demon-
stration of joy, in their power, was shown on this occasion,
and the following toasts were drank :
1. Those noble patriots convened in Congress.
2. His Excellency General Washington.
3. His Most Christian Majesty, Louis XVI.
4. The Count de Grasse and the combined fleets.
5. General Greene with his veterans and heroes.
6. Peace and unanimity in the allied army.
7. May all malicious pimps of British George, and lovers of tyranny, be
swept off with the Besom of the thirteen United States of America.
8. May that Traitor Arnold, and all his accomplices, be suspended between
heaven and earth, as unworthy of either.
9. May America maintain her independence until time shall be no more.
10. May those heroes, who have nobly bled in defence of their country be
heard of in nations unknown, and ever be remembered in ages to come.
11. May peace on honorable terms diffuse itself throughout the Continent
of America, like the lustre of the rising sun.
12. May friendship universally extend, and actuate every human breast,
throughout the world.
13. May consummate happiness be the reward of heroick actions.
1782.
March 4th. " Chose Ens. Nathaniel Carriel Capt. Joseph
Sibley and Mr. Jonas Bond a Committee of Correspondence
Inspection and Safety this present year."
Nov. 12th. "Follansbe Chase, Capt. March Chase, Mr.
Josiah Goddard, John Pierce were added to the above Com-
mittee of Inspection."
"Voted that the Committee of Correspondence, Inspec-
tion and Safety of this Town be, and hereby are desired to
be particularly watchful of those who are suspected of being
concerned in Fraud or intercourse with the enemy, and to
communicate, with the Attorney General, any discoveries
they may make."
1788.
Jan. 20th. "The Town voted to instruct their Repre-
sentative not to allow the Continental Officers any sum of
money as half pay or any other way in lieu thereof, and to
use his influence to secure the repeal of the Tender Act."
Feb. 3d. The following article was inserted in the town
warrant ;
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"In order to Consider of the conduct of sum of the
Inhabitance of this Town going to Douglass this Day, and
their Joyning in a Mob To Resiest authority and the Dew
oppration of the Law."
The vote upon this article was as follows :
" ' Voted to divide the house to see what will support
good government and will endeavor to pay their taxes and
to suppress all mobbs in opposition to the laws of this
State."
The tact in this Douglass affair, according to the Leland
papers, was, that one of the members of a class in Douglass,
for hiring and supporting a soldier in the army, was sued
for his proportion of the tax, and refusing to pay it, a war-
rant was issued to enforce its collection. Property was
attached, and when the sale took place, a mob collected and
attempted to seize the property and restore it to the owner,
who, it is said, was a brother of Noah Crossman.
The sale was prevented, and several persons from the
south part of Sutton were concerned in the affray.
The officer who attempted to collect the tax having been
driven away, went to Sutton or Worcester and procured a
warrant for the arrest of some of the leaders, and while on
his way met the Hon. Jonas Sibley (who had been a court-
ing) and commanded his assistance in making an arrest of
the rioters.
He accordingly returned, and four of them were seized
and put into jail. One of them was Crossman, above referred
to, and another by the name of Bondsey, a foreigner, and
one of the Burgoyne prisoners.
The officer was Amariah Preston of Oxbridge.
Dea. Leland says: "I have the above story from the
Hon. Jonas Sibley. He does not remember the names of
the other two who were arrested. An attempt was made
about the same time to prevent a sale in Sutton under simi-
lar circumstances."
March 3d. "Chose Aaron Elliot, Abel Dudley and
Moses Hovey a Committee of Correspondence, Inspection
and Safety for the present year."
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1784.
March 1st. "Chose Ens. Nathaniel Carriel Mr. Moody
Morse Jr. and Mr. Jonas Bond a Committee of Correspon-
dence Inspection and Safety this present year."
" Chose Dea. Willis Hall, Ebenezer Waters Daniel Green-
wood delegates to sit in County Convention to be held at
Worcester the third Tuesday of March next."
The object of this convention, and the prominent part
taken by Button in calling it, and molding its deliberations,
are clearly set forth in the following communication to the
Massachusetts Spy, written a few days after it was held, by
one opposed to its action.
" Mr. Thomas:
I am informed you have lately had a County Conven-
tion (so called) in your town, the last week, to consult and
remonstrate against grievances. That it was debated in this
Convention, who should be promoted to the principal offices
in government, and what laws should be repealed, whether
the resolves of the United States in Congress assembled and
the general assembly of this State should be obeyed or not ?
and in general to alter and new model the constitution. Is
it not a disagreeable circumstance that we have among us
certain restless spirits, who would never have been taken
notice of but for the disturbance they excite : Who, not
from any real emmity or design against their country ; but a
low passion for popular applause, which they despair to
obtain any other way, than by being clamorous and noisy, at
the expence of the publick peace.
Could any man in the hour of calm reflection, imagine the
United States in Congress assembled, and the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts,' would repeal or reverse their acts
at the instigation or threat of the town of Sutton, or even
the county of Worcester, should the whole country combine
together, which, thanks to the prudence of the greater part,
is far from being the case.
"When the loose mountain trembles, from on high,
Shall gravitation cease," while Sutton passes "by!"
The town of Sutton, or any other town, or individual per-
son have a right to petition the General Court for relief,
TOWN OF SUTTON. 123
under any grievance Whatever, real or imaginary ; but for a
town to traverse the county by messengers, or circular let-
ters, and form alliances and combinations with other towns,
to make head against the General Court, is, in fact, what
Bernard called ' ' direct oppugnation " to the government
which the people of this State, have themselves set up.
* ******
As to the commutation or pay to the officers, I would ask
the chairman of the Sutton Committee, if he would, after
engaging to pay a labourer three shillings for a day's service,
refuse payment after receiving the service? A private
knave might, perhaps, evade payment by catching hold of
some shadow under which he could take shelter ; but for a
publick body to do the like, it is but one step below the
Unpardonable Sin. Public credit is already quite low, and
needs not the assistance of the Sutton Committee to run it-
lower.
" A wit's a feather, and a chief's a rod,
An honest man's the noblest work of God."
The town of Sutton have a worthy man to represent it at
General Court, who has served it for many years to general
acceptance ; if it has aught against him, it is at liberty to
choose another (the time being not far off) but where they
will find another more worthy, I know not, unless it be the
important chairman before mentioned : Both he and I have
grey hairs, and they are worthy when found in the ways of
righteousness ; but surely it must afford but painful sensa-
tion, to a mind flowing with gratitude to its Maker for the
blessings of peace, and good will and complacency for the
tranquillity and happiness of his fellow-men, to observe with
what zeal and heat some restless and troublesome persons,
and some just entering upon the Eternal World, striving
with all the impetuosity of a sanguine temper to disturb the
publick tranquility.
I am, sir, a friend to the Constitution, and the County of
Worcester. WORCESTERIENSIS.
Massachusetts Spy.
M:iiv,h 25, 1784.
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The convention to which reference is made, met at
Leicester June 17th, and again by adjournment at the same
place August 17th, and again by adjournment in Paxton,
September 2fith.
Dea. Willis Hall of Sutton was its President.
1785.
May 12th. In the warrant for a meeting this date was
the following article :
' ' To see if the Town will choose a Committee to refer a
Petition to the General Court, praying that said Court
would favor the town of Sutton with a Committee from said
Court, to view the Town, upon condition that our Taxes are
not settled according to our last valuation."
"Chose Joseph Hall, Dea. Willis Hall, Mr. Ebenezer
Waters, Dea. Asa AVaters, Amos Singletary Esq. to draw up
a Petition to send to the General Court praying for a Com-
mittee to view the Town."
17KK.
Jan. 9th. " Voted to instruct our Representative to use
his influence, at the General Court, to bring forward a Ten-
der Act, that real and personal Estate may answer Execu-
tions, and that it stand two years."
May 1st. Willis Hall, Xathan Putnam, Daniel March,
Ebenezer Waters, and March Chase were chosen a Commit-
tee to contract with the Representative to the General
Court for his compensation.
The committee report as follows :
k 'In obedience to the Directions of the Town of Sutton,
We, the subscribers, have agreed with Col. Timothy Sibley,
our Representative, for the present year, to serve at the
General Court of this Common Wealth at two shillings and
six pence per day provided his necessary expenses be paid
by the Town."
June 10th. A town meeting was called " To choose one
or more Delegates to meet in Convention at Leicester, in
the County of Worcester, on the 17th of this Instant,
agreeable to an invitation of the Town of Spencer."
TOWN OF SUTTON. 125
"Chose Dea. Willis Hall < Dr. James Freeland as Dele-
gates for the above purpose."
Sept. 25th. An article in the warrant calls upon the
town "To see what instruction the Town will give their
Delegates, that are chosen to represent them iu County
Convention, respecting the Peoples stopping the Courts of
Common pleas in this or any of the Counties in this Com-
monwealth & to see what instructions they will give their
Representative at the General Court.
' ' ( 'hose a Committee of five to draw up instructions for
our Delegates at the County Convention, & for our Repre-
sentative at the General Court."
"Chose Dea. Harwood, Lt. Whitmore, Mr. Ebenezer
Rich, Esq. Singietary <& Nathan Putnam for that purpose."
The following are the instructions given to the commit-
tee :
1st. "That the Town of Sutton approve of the proceed-
ings of their Delegates in County Convention at Leicester
on the 17th of August last and those matters, as published
by said Convention, appear to us as real grievances.
" 2d. And that our Delegates Dea. Hall and Dr. Free-
land meet in County Convention, at Paxton, the 26th of
this Instant and they are instructed to use their influence in
Convention, that the minds of the good people of this Com-
monwealth be obtained, whether the things stated by Con-
vention, which appear to us as grievances, are grievances iu
their minds, and that they agree with the rest of their
Brethren, on measures for the redress of this same, or any
other grievance, agreed on by Convention or otherwise by
petitioning the G. Court by Town, or County, or State
Committees, or as s'd Convention shall think proper. They
are likewise instructed to use their influence to prevent any
rising of the people in riotous manner, but to persevere in
petitioning the Gen. Court for a redress of grievances, &
not to disolve said Convention until the same be obtained,
for it is our minds that is every way agreeable to the Con-
stitution.
"3d. Voted that our Representative be instructed to use
his influence that the G. Court move out of Boston into
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some commodious part of the Country & that the seat of
Government in Boston be sold to the best advantage, to pay
publick charges, or to build a seat of government in the
Country. Also that the Court of Common Pleas, under
the mode of their present preceedure, are a scourge to the
people for the interest of the Court, partly under the present
mode, is to distress the people ; we pray that they may not
be under that undue influence. We further instruct you to
use your influence, that the servants of Government may be
put on such footing as will be for the intrest of the people.
"For the rest of our instructions we refer you to the pro-
ceedings of our County Convention at Leicester on the 17th
of August last.
' ' The above instructions were laid before the Town and
met with their concurrence."
Dec. 4th. " Chose a Committee of nine to treat with the
Court of Common Pleas & with the Insurgents viz. Capt.
Jon'a Woodbury, Capt. John Woodbury, Col. Woodbury,
Dea. Harwood, Elder Greenwood, Lieut. Hazeltine, Lieut.
Whitmore, Col. Holman, Capt. Smith."
The "Insurgents" referred to, were those who were con-
nected with the insurrection known as " Shay's Rebellion."
1787.
Jan. 15th. A town meeting was called for this date "To
see if the Town will choose a Committee to draw up instruc-
tions for their Representatives at the next Session of the
General Court of this Commoirvvealth.
" To see what instructions the Town will give their Dele-
gates for County Convention."
" To hear and be informed of the several Acts and Laws
passed by the General Court of this Commonwealth at their
May and last Sessions in regard to their easing the burdens
of Government according to the Prayers of the several Towns
and Counties of this State and to hear what has become of
the Monies raised by the Government."
" To hear the report and request of a Committee in behalf
of the Regulators (as they call themselves) bearing date
Dec. 7th, 1786."
TOWN OF SUTTON. 127
" Ainos Singletary Esq., Dea. Harwood, Capt. John
Woodbuiy, Lieut. Whitmore and Ens. Carriel, Esq. King
and Elder Greenwood were chosen a Committee to give
instructions to the Representative and Delegates."
Jan. 17th. At a meeting adjourned to this date " Voted
that the Delegates of Convention be instructed to dissolve."
Jan. 24th. " Chose Esq. Singletary, Dea. Harwood and
Col. Woodbury to treat with the Hon. Gen. Lincoln to see
if there could be any plan of accommodation laid to settle
matters between Government and the Regulators, as they
call themselves."
' ' Voted that our Representative be instructed to use his
influence in the General Court that any man may be per-
mitted to keep an half score of sheep that may not be liable
to be taken from him by Warrant or Execution."
March 7th. "Chose Dea. David Harwood, Dea. Willis
Hall and Mr. Daniel March a Committee of Correspondence
Inspection and Safety."
March 22d. It appears from the following record that
several of the citizens of the town had incapacitated them-
selves from holding office by participation in the Shay rebel-
lion. Several take the oath of allegiance.
" Be it remembered that Ezra Wheelock of Sutton, hus-
bandman, Delivered up his arms to the subscribers and took
and subscribed the oath of allegiance as prescribed in the
Constitution in Compliance with a Court act Dated Feb. 16th
1787 for indemnifying certain persons who are or may be
guilty of treason.
Before me, BENJ. GODDAKD,
Justice of the Peace.
Nathaniel Carriel, Daniel Greenwood, Jedediah Barton,
Follansbe Chase, Bartholomew Woodbury, John Pierce, Asa
Goodale, Stephen Marsh, Xoah Stockwell also took the oath
of allegiance. All had been Shay's men."
Oct. 23d. The Society, for the encouragement of singing,
" chose Capt. John Woodbury, John Hall, William Slocomb,
Seth Carpenter, Joseph Hicks, Stephen Monroe and David
Trask to be leaders in singing," and
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" Voted that the singers set such tunes us they shall think
proper."
Dec. 10th. " Chose Dea. David Harwood, Amos Singlc-
tary Esq. delegates to sit in a State Convention to be holden
in the State House in Boston the ninth day of Jan. next."
Also " Chose the Rev. Mr. Ehenezer Chaplin Dea. Willis
Hall, Dr. James Freeland, Col. Timothy Sibley, Dr. Stephen
Monroe, Lieut. Nathaniel Whitmore, Elder Daniel Green-
wood, Capt. Johnathan Woodbury, and ('apt. John Holland
a Committee to draw up some instructions for the delegates."
This convention was called for taking into consideration
the Federal Constitution, and ratifying it if approved.
178*.
Feb. The Federal Constitution was adopted in state con-
vention. Its ratification was attended by great rejoicings on
the part of the people, in which this town heartily joined.
1789.
May 8th. The pastor of the Congregational church, Dr.
David Hall, died. His ministry in this town covered a period
of more than sixty years. His pastorate was nearly sixty.
Upon the day of his burial, May 12th, we find, in the
Massachusetts Spy, the following obituary :
" This day were interred the remains of the Rev. David
Hall, D. D., Pastor of the first Church and Congregation in
this town ; who, after a long and severe illness, departed
this life the 8th inst. in the 85th year of his age, and HOth
year of his ministry, much lamented, leaving a sorrowful
widow and numerous offspring, as well as bereaved people,
to bewail the loss ; who may properly adopt the words of
the Prophet, "My Father, my Father, the chariot of Israel
and the horsemen thereof," though confidently believing, he
is enjoying that crown of life conferred by the Lord Jesus
Christ upon all his servants who are faithful unto death.
His character as an able orthodox divine, pungent, zealous
preacher, and his steady regard to the distinguishing doc-
trines of Christianity, with the sobriety and exemplary
gravity of his life, and tender affection for his family and
TOWN OF SUTTON. 129
flock, are too well known to require illustration; it may
suffice to notice, that the general esteem and respect for him
was manifested, by the large concourse of people (estimated
at more than a thousand) who attended his funeral, with a
solemnity becoming the occasion."
1790.
March 29th. The parish unanimously concurred with the
church in extending a call to the Rev. Edmund Mills "to
settle in the work of the ministry in the first parish," and
' ' to pay him an annual Salary of one hundred and twelve
pounds including the minsterial money."
Apr. 3d. " Voted to transcribe the town Book that con-
tains Births and Deaths in an Alphabetical order and also to
choose a Committee to see what the cost should.be and make
report at May Meeting, and chose Nathaniel Stockwell and
Mr. Joel Barton such Committee."
"Nov. 2(jth. Chose Capt. John Woodbury, an Agent to
collect the powder that the Selectmen lent some years ago
that did belong to the Town stock."
1791.
Nothing worthy of record.
1792.
March 5th. The town "voted to dismiss the trustees
that have the care of the ministerial and school money and
commit the same into the hand of the Town Treasurer."
We copy the following from the records of the first
parish :
March 19th. To the first Congregational Society.
The Society is Doubtless sencible I have been much
Ingaged for the Settlement of the Rev. Mr. Mills in This
place, and that I have, voluntarily & freely, Been at Some
( 'onsiderable expense Beyond my Propotion, to bring this
Event to pass : This however I have Done with pleasure and
I am still as friendly To Mr. Mills as ever, & equally Desir-
ous as ever of The prosperity & Wellfare of the Society : I
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therefore Beg leave, with respect, to offer to Said Society
Three following proposals ; and hope they will meet Their
approbation.
1st. That I should be released for the future from Parish
business and from Parish Taxes and this In consequence
of The two following proposals :
2d. That I will pay the Rev. Mr. Mills the Sum Of ten
Dollars Yearly So long as he shall continue the minister of
this Place, which Sum is as much Again as has been for this
Two last years past. This Sum will reduce his Salary to
109 & as the continuance of my life is uncertain & this
Sum may be made sure to Mr. Mills I shall give him proper
security for the same.
3d. That should the Society continue to be united And
Prosper and Continue to manifest a readiness To Support
the Gospel by Seasonable settlements, For this purpose I
will within About Two years From this time, Should the
Society be pleased to Except of it, make them a present of
a bell for the Meeting House Weighing about Seven or
Eight hundred Weight. And this Bell Shall be for the use
of said Society as long as the publick worship of God shall
be maintained under a Calvinis, Orthodox Minister, whether
of the Congregational, Presbuterian, Episcopal, or baptes
order.
EBENEZER WATERS.
June llth. The parish voted to accept of the foregoing
' * proposal of Mr. Ebenezer Waters in presenting the Parish
with a bell for the Meeting-House."
" Voted to build a tower to the Meeting-House."
The tower was erected at the west end of the church, and
occupied the place of the porch, which was removed and
attached to the house now in possession of the heirs of the
late Wm. P. Mascroft, of which it still forms a part. In the
tower was placed the bell presented by Ebenezer Waters,
and the clock given by Gardner Waters.
"Voted to build a monument over the grave of the Rev.
Dr. Hall."
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1793.
Jan'y 14th. Jonathan Kidder, Samuel Blanchard and
Arthur Dagget asked to be set off ' ' from the Town of Sut-
ton to be annexed to the Town of Oxford." They have also
petitioned the General Court to be set off as above, and the
court has issued an order for the town of Sutton to show
cause why their petition should not be granted.
"The Town chose Amos Singletary Esq. an Agent to go
to the General Court and show cause why the above peti-
tioners should not be set off."
It seems that the reasons given by the town through
their agent were regarded as sufficient, as nothing more
was heard of the matter.
Jan. 18th. A large number of persons are warned to
leave the town, because they have taken up their abode
within its limits without the permission of the town ; among
whom, we find the names of Dr. Amasa Braman and Solo-
mon Wellman, sou of the pastor of the second parish.
March 18th. The parish " voted to petition the General
Court to be incorporated into an Independent Society with
the privilege of Taxing the Pews in the Meeting-House for
the purpose of supporting preaching until the parish can
raise a fund sufficient for that purpose."
Nov. 18th. Col. Sibley, Solomon Lelaud, Esq., Col.
Woodbury and Jonathan Woodbury were chosen a Com-
mittee "to fabricate a petition and obtain subscribers,"
praying the General Court to pass such act of incorpora-
tion.*
Nov. 23d. Warning was given to a number of persons,
in addition to those before mentioned, " who had lately
come into this Town for the purpose of abiding therein not
having obtained the Town's consent therefor, to depart the
limits thereof forth with."
1794.
Feb. 10th. Mr. Gardner Waters proposes to the first
parish to make a donation " of a large clock for the Meet-
* First Parish Records.
132
ing-House, if they will recieve and prepare the belfry for
it." Whereupon the parish vote "to choose a Committee to
receive the donation and Stephen Thorne, Capt. Jonathan
Woodbury and Mr. L. Le Baron were appointed such Com-
mittee."
March 3d. We find the first mention of a meeting-
house bell, in the warrant for a town meeting in which is
the following article :
"To see if the Town will vote that the meeting-house
bell be rung at nine o'clock every night."
August 19th. "Voted to give Each Soldier that shall go
o O w
into the Sarvis out of the Town of Sutton in the Detach-
ment now called for shall have one Dollar as a Bounty when
they shall enlist or be Detached and also for the Town to
make up to Each Soldier forty-Eight Shillings pr. month
with that the Congress gives as Wages if they are Called
into Sarvis."
Sept. 1st. The parish "voted to sell all the seats below
in the Meeting-House for Pew room."
At the same meeting "chose Col. Timothy Sibley and
Mr. Lazarus Le Baron a Committee to call upon the Town
for the ministry money."*
By vote of the town this money had been placed in the
treasury, and the interest was appropriated to pay town
charges. In response to the demand of the parish, a com-
mittee was appointed "to search the Records and get all the
information they can respecting the ministerial money."
Sept. 15th. "Voted that the Selectmen Cause the plan
of this Town to be taken Agreeable to a Late act of the
General Court requiring such plan, from all the Towns in
the State, to be Lodged in the Secretary's office." f
1795.
March 16th. The parish established the following rule
for the reception of members :
"Voted that if any person wishes to join this Society he
is to notify the Society's -Clerk of his wish & enter his
* Parish Records.
I Town Records.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 133
name- & that he has bought or hired a seat in the meeting-
house his thus proceeding shall entitle him to a certificate
that he is a member of said Society."
May 7th. Inasmuch as the town neglected to take any
action with reference to the ministerial money, the parish
appointed Mr. John Hall their agent, and instructed him
' ' in behalf of the first ( 'ongregational Society to commence
an action against the Town of Sutton and prosecute to final
judgment and execution." *
We find the following in the Massachusetts Spy of May
20th :
"Ten years ago, without good mental abilities, and a
good moral character, a man could not obtain any office in
the town of S n ; unanimity and harmony seemed to pre-
side at all the town meetings. Since then, the town has been
split into small religious societies ; and an unhappy disagree-
ment, between the two Congregational societies, has taken
place. And the man who professes to be a friend to all
parties, but in reality is not a friend to any ; who is contin-
ually bawling against a learned clergy, and treats the Sab-
bath with contempt; stands a fair candidate for any office
the town can give."
Doubtless there is something of truth in the above phil-
lipic.
The war had proved greatly demoralizing to the whole
country. Sutton was no exception. And rivalries did to
some extent prevail between the different religious societies.
But there are probably few towns whose record in success-
fully opposing the evil influences at work is more honorable.
1796.
The suit of the parish against the town for the recovery
of the ministry money was decided in favor of the parish.
Nov. 7th. An attempt was made to obtain a vote of the
town in favor of an effort to secure a review of the case by
the court. But the town refused to take any farther action
in the matter.
* Parish Records.
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Nov. 21st. The parish " voted that the Agent (Mr. John
Hall) be directed to make offer to the Selectmen that if
they will settle up the execution against the Town by giving
up the securities for the Ministry Money, or otherwise settle
it to his acceptation ; then he be directed not to level said
execution otherwise to level it." *
1797.
Jan. 23d. The town " voted to give the -Selectmen dis-
cretion to settle the execution the first Congregational
Society in Sutton has against said Town with the securities
the Town holds against individuals for the ministry money,
or any other way they can agree."
This action virtually settled the controversy in regard to
the ministry money.
The town "voted to join with other Towns interested in
petitioning the General Court for a Committee to lay out a
road from Boston through Sutton &c to Woodstock in Con-
necticut." f
The north parish make a demand for a portion of the
ministry money, and the town chose "Mr. Jacob Sevey,
Mr. Nathaniel Stockwell, and Lieut. Israel Putnam a Com-
mittee to make answer to the demand.
March 20th. The society's clerk was instructed to send
the following answer to the agents :
"The Society, after taking into consideration the demand
made on them by Mr. Aaron Pierce, Josiah Stiles and Lieut.
Asa Goodale, Agents for the North Parish in Sutton, for
eight hundred dollars of the Ministry Money, dated Suttou
Feb. 9th 1797, Voted that this Society will adopt such
measures, respecting the demand, as it conceives will be
consistent with the honor and interests of the Society.
With regard to that part of the demand, which proposes a
friendly negociation as the most probable means of settling
such claims to the mutual satisfaction of both parties it is
the determination of this Society to cultivate friendship and
* Parish Records.
t Town Records.
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good neighborhood with the North Parish, and with the
Town in general, upon fair and honorable principles.
"But it is the opinion of this Society that it can not,
with propriety, enter into a separate negociation with the
North Parish upon the subject until the lawsuit between
the Town and this Society respecting the Ministry Money
shall be finally determined." *
April 3d. The town " Voted that the powder belonging to
the Town, in the Meeting house of the 1st Congregational
Parish, be removed."
In the early history of the New England churches, the
practice of raising the salary of the minister and other par-
ish expenses by a tax upon property, was universal. But
the opinion that such a course was wrong in principle, enter-
tained at first by few, gradually extended until opposition
to the forced system of sustaining the ordinances of the gos-
pel, had become so great, that some change making the
matter one of voluntary contribution, was felt to be a neces-
sity. Hence the action of the first parish in petitioning the
General Court for a special act of incorporation, confering
the right to tax pew-holders. Upon these the tax would be
just as binding as that upon property. But whether one
would become a pew holder, and thus assume the obligation,
was a voluntary matter. The petition to which reference is
made under the dates March 14th and Nov. 18th, 1795, was
favorably entertained, and the act called for passed the House
of Representatives June 27th, 1794. For some reasons it did
not pass the Senate until June 25th, 1797. Two days later
it received the signature of the governor and became a law.
Anticipating its immediate passage, "The First Congre-
gational Society in the Town of Sutton," held their first
meeting and organized, in accordance with its provisions,
Aug. 18th, 1794.
Col. Timothy Sibley, Ensign Nath'l Carriel and Capt.
John Woodbury were chosen assessors for valuing and
assessing the pews in the society's meeting house.
Henceforth the new system of raising money for parisli
* First Parish Records.
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expenses is to go into effect. The last record we have of a
tax upon property for the payment of the ministers salary
is March 18th, 1793, which Lieut. Isaac Dodge agrees to
collect, in the westerly part of the parish, for three pence
per pound, and Mr. Thomas Harback in the easterly part
for four pence per pound.
The last meeting under warrant "'to notify and warn all
the Inhabitants of the First Parish" was held June 2, 1794,
by adjournment from April 14th. No business was done.
The act incorporating the First Congregational Society is
as follows :
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
ninety-four.
An Act to incorporate a number of the Inhabitants in the
Town of Sutton into a Society by the name of the First
( 1 ongregational Society in Sutton.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives,
in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the
same that Timothy Sibley , Lazarus Lebaron, Jonathan Wood-
bury (and others whose names are mentioned) , Members of
said First Congregational Society, together with their Estates
be and hereby are Incorporated into a Congregational Society
by the name of the First Congregational Society in the
Town of Sutton.
Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the said
Society be and hereby are authorized and impowered to raise,
by a tax on pews and seats in the Meeting-house in said
Society, such sum or sums of money as the proprietors of
said Meeting-house, at a legal meeting called for that pur-
pose, shall vote and agree upon for the purpose of support-
ing and maintaining a public teacher of Piety, Religion,
and morality, and other incidental charges and at such meet-
ing to choose all such officers as are or shall be necessary to
manage and transact all the business of said propriety.
And be it farther enacted by the authority aforesaid that
the Proprietors of the said First Parish Meeting-House be
and hereby are impowered by themselves, or their Commit-
tee duly chosen, to cause the pews and seats, in the said
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Meeting- House, to be valued according to the convenience
and situation thereof and to alter, from time to time, such
valuation as may be found necessary and to determine what
sum each Pew, or part of Pew, or seat shall pay towards
the expences and charges aforesaid, and the time and man-
ner in which the same shall be paid.
And if any Proprietor or owner of a Pew, or part of a
Pew, or Seat shall neglect or refuse to pay the sum or sums
assessed thereon for a longer time than twenty-days after
notice of such assessment having been given him by the Col-
lector, such Proprietor or owner shall pay to the use of the
said Proprietors, over and above the said Tax or assessment,
from the expiration of the said twenty days, at and after the
rate of six per centum per annum on such tax or assessment,
and if the same, together with the interest aforesaid, shall
not be paid within one year from the expiration of said
twenty days, the said proprietors may and are hereby
authorized and impovvered by themselves or their Committee
to sell and dispose of the Pew or part of a Pew or Seat of
such delinquent, in such way and manner as shall be agreed
on by said proprietors, and, after deducting from the sale
thereof the said Tax or assessment with the interest thereon
accruing as aforesaid and the charges of the sale the over-
plus if any shall be paid to the person so delinquent.
And be it farther enacted by the authority aforesaid that
the Members of the said Congregational Society are hereby
authorized and impowered to take into possession all the
lands and other Estate and donation that by any means doth
belong to the said Society, and to dispose of the use or
income of the same in any way for the use of the Society as
shall by them be judged most conducive to the interests and
benefit of the same.
And be it farther enacted by the authority aforesaid that
the Members of said Society be empowered to collect and
improve the whole of the Ministry money which belongs to
the First Congregational Society in Sutton, and all other
donations that have been or may hereafter be made to said
Society for the support of a Congregational Minister in said
place, and that the Members of said Society be authorized
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and impovvered to receive members whenever applications
are made therefor and that the members and all others who
may hereafter become their associates (being inhabitants of
the Town of Button) and their several estates shall not be
liable to be taxed for the support of Publick worship in any
other Society in the said Town of Sutton.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that
Solomon Leland Esq. be and is hereby impowered and
directed to issue his Warrant to some principle member of said
Society requesting him to warn the members thereof to meet
at such time and place as shall be therein set forth to choose
all such officers as are necessary for transacting the business
of said Society.
In the House of Representatives June 27th, 1794.
This Bill having had three several readings passed to be
enacted.
EDWARD H. BOBBINS, Speaker.
In Senate June 25th, 1797.
This Bill having had two several readings passed to be
enacted.
SAMUEL PHILLIPS President.
June 27th, 1797. By the Governor approved.
SAMUEL ADAMS.
True Copy. Attest JOHN AVERY Jun.
Secretary.
1798.
April 2d. " The Town brought in their votes on the expe-
diency of dividing the County of Worcester into two dis-
tinct Counties and there were in favor of it 76 and against it
one."
Nov. 5th. In a town meeting this date "the question
was put to see if the Town would grant the petition of the
North Parish to be set off and incorporated into a separate
Town with their equal proportion according to taxation with
all the privileges and immunities which in any wise belong
to the Town of Sutton and it passed in the Negative."
TOWN OF BUTTON. 139
' ' Chose a Committee of nine to treat with the North
Parish with reference to the separation," as follows : " Col.
Holman, Capt. Jonathan Woodbury, Dea. Waters, Josiah
Stiles, Ebenezer Waters, Asa Goodale, Col. Woodbury,
Major Samuel Waters & Col. Sibley."
1799.
May 6th. The committee report in favor of "setting off
the North Parish as a separate Town."
The town voted not to accept the report of the commit-
tee.
Dec. 14th. " The Father of his Country died."
1801.
June 1st. "The society chose Mr. L. Le Baron, Capt.
Jonathan Woodbury and Capt. John Woodbury to cause
the gunpowder to be immediately removed from the meeting
house."
June 22d. The town " voted to build a powder house to
put the Town's stock in."
1802.
Nov. 22d. The society voted "that if any person wishes
to be a member of said Society, he shall make application
to the Society's Committee and get a certificate from them
directed to the Society's Clerk to have his name entered in
said Society's Book.''
1804.
March 19th. The warrant for a society meeting con-
tained the following article :
"To see if the Society will be willing that a church organ
should be placed in the front gallery in the meeting house,
and played on Sundays," upon which the society "Voted
t hat the organ now placed in this house be continued where
it is for the use of the Society."
1807.
March Kith. In society meeting it was " Voted that the
Committee make inquiry concerning all improper conduct
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in the Meeting-House ;" also " That there shall be performed
on the organ no tunes on Sunday's but such as the Chorister
shall dictate."
1809.
Nov. 20th. The town "voted to remonstrate to the
General Court against the incorporation of the second Parish
of Sutton into a separate Town,", and a "Committee of
three was appointed to draw up a remonstrance."
1810.
May 7th. The town "gave their consent that one third
part of the Town Meetings should be held in the Second
Parish on condition that the said parish should withdraw
their petition to the General Court to be incorporated into a
separate Town, and until they shall present another of the
same import which (should it take place) then the meet-
ings are all to be held in the iirst parish."
1811.
Jan. 21st. "Voted that a Committee be appointed to
draft a remonstrance against the petition of the second parish
to be incorporated into a separate Town ; " also ' ' voted that
the Town would not consent to the second parish being
incorporated."
March 4th. The town "voted to furnish themselves with
two carriages or hearses, one for each Parish, and erect suit-
able buildings to deposit the same in."
April 3d. A committee, "chosen for the purpose of
divising some means whereby to determine the legal mem-
bers of the Society, and to form some tixed and established
rules to receive members and associates agreeably to their
act of incorporation, report as follows :
" 1st. That any individual desirous of becoming a mem-
ber of the First Congregational Society in Sutton being an
inhabitant of said Town shall be the legal owner of at least
one half of a pew in the meeting-house belonging to the
Society, that he shall signify his wish to the Clerk of said
Society whose duty it shall be to record his name if the
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same shall be approved of by the Society's Committee, then
being approved, he shall to all intents and purposes be a
member of said Society.
" 2ndly. That in all sales of pews that shall hereafter
be made by virtue of said act of incorporation, it shall be
the duty of the ( 1 ommittee authorized to make sale of such
pews to make and execute good and sufficient deeds to the
purchasers of said pews, the acknowledgeing and recording
such deeds to be at the expense of the purchasers.
"3dly. It shall be the duty of the standing Committee
together with the clerk of said Society to make out in the
month of February annually a list of the qualified voters of
said Society, and the same shall be read at every annual
meeting of said Society."
1812.
The second parish make a demand for a portion of the
ministerial money, as follows :
' ' At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the second
Parish in Sutton on Monday the ninth day of March A. D.
1812. the following votes passed, (viz.) Voted that this
Parish do demand of the first Congregational Society in Sut-
ton the proportion of the ministerial money, or fund, so call-
ed, now in their Treasury which belongs to this Parish, being-
one half of the whole. Also voted that Lieut. Asa Good-
ale and Josiah Stiles Esq. and Aaron Pierce Esq. be a Com-
mittee to serve the Clerk of said Society with a Copy of the
above vote, and to ask and receive from said Society on
behalf of this Parish their proportion of said fund.
"A true copy from the Parish record.
"Attest, ELIAS LOVELL Parish Clerk."
"In compliance to the foregoing votes the committee
therein named hereby ask from the first Congregational
Society in Sutton the proportion of Ministerial Money in
their possession which belongs to the second Parish in said
Town they also request an answer or reply to this com-
munication as soon as will be convenient.
"Sutton 2d Parish March l()th 1812.
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"To the Clerk of the first Congregational Society in Sut-
ton to be communicated to said Society.
"AsA GOODALE
"AARON PIERCE."
Answer to the foregoing request or demand :
"To Lt. Asa Goodale, Josiah Stiles and Aaron Pierce Esqs.,
Gentlemen.
"Having been appointed by the first Congregational
Society in Sutton at their annual meeting in March last to
present to you an answer to your request, in conformity to
the votes of the second Parish in Sutton at their meeting
held march 9th 1812, to. the first Congregational Society in
Sutton for the one half of the ministerial fund now in the
hands of the Treasurer of said Society. In answer to your
demand we can only say that, in consequence of so u/ir.f-
pected a request, we have examined the Charter of fix-
Town, the proprietors Book, and the town records, and can
find nothing to justify a compliance with your demand
and unless you can, Gentlemen, shew us some ground
either in justice, or law, we cannot comply with your
request.
" JOSIAH WHEELOCK
"DAN'L TENNEY
"Agents for the First Congregational Society in Sutton.
" Sutton April 8th 1812 "
1813.
Jan. llth. The inhabitants of the north parish continue
to petition the General Court for an act of incorporation
constituting them a separate town and the town vote ' ' to
oppose the prayers of the petitioners in the second Parish."
A committee of five is appointed to draw up a remonstrance
against their application.
The remonstrance was prepared and reported, whereupon
it was " Voted that the aforesaid remonstrance was agreea-
ble, and that it be accepted," also " that the Representative
of the town present the said 'remonstrance to the General
Court."
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The remonstrance of the people of the south part of the
town against the incorporation of the second parish into a
new town proved unavailing.
An act of incorporation was obtained and became a law
by the approval of the Governor June 11, 1813. The act
is as follows :
June llth. An Act to Incorporate the North Parish in
the Town of Sutton into a separate town by the name of
Millbury.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of' Repre-
sentatives in General Court assembled and by authority of
the same. That all the lands comprised within the North
Parish in the town of Sutton, in the county of Worcester as
the same is now bounded together with the farm on which
Joshua Chase now lives in said town, with all inhabitants
dwelling thereon, be and they hereby are incorporated with
all the powers, privileges and immunities and subject to all
the duties and requirements of other incorporated towns
agreeably to the constitution and laws of this Commonwealth.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted : That the inhabitants of
said town of Millbury shall be holden to pay all the arrears
of taxes which have been assessed upon them by the town
of Sutton ; and shall also support and maintain all such per-
sons as heretofore have been, now are, or here after may be
inhabitants of that part of Sutton hereby incorporated, and
are or may become chargeable according to the laws of this
Commonwealth, and who have not obtained a settlement else
where therein.
Sec. 3d. Be it further enacted that the inhabitants of the
said town of Millbury shall be entitled to receive and hold
such proportion of all real and personal property of the said
town of Sutton of what kind soever it may be, now owned
in common by the inhabitants of said town as the property
of the Inhabitants of Millbury bears to the property of all
the inhabitants of the said town of Sutton according to the
last valuation thereof; and shall also be holden to pay their
proportion (to be ascertained as aforesaid) of all the debts
now due and owing from the said town of Sutton and the
inhabitants, and the inhabitants of said Millbury or any
144 ANNALS OF THE
religious Society therein shall furthermore be entitled to
receive and hold such proportion as they are now entitled
to, if any, of the ministerial mone}- raised by the sale of
ministerial lauds in said Sutton which money is now in the
hands of the First Congregational Society in Sutton:
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted : That in case the dividing
line between the said town of Millbury and said town of
Sutton should happen to divide the farms of any of the
inhabitants of either of said towns, the said inhabitants
shall be taxed for the whole of their home farm in that town
only where they may respectively dwell.
Sec. 5th. Be it further enacted : That any Justice of the
Peace for the County of Worcester upon application there-
for is hereby authorized to issue his warrant, directed to
any freeholder in the said town of Millbury requiring him
to notify and warn the inhabitants thereof to meet at such
time and place as may be appointed in said warrant for the
choice of all such town officers as towns are by law required
to choose at their annual town meetings.
August 16th. The town " chose Capt. Reuben Waters,
Major Josiah Wheelock, Mr. James McClellan Jonas Sibley
Esq. Dea. Jonathan Leland, Mr. Darius Russell and Mr.
Peter Dudley a Committee to establish the line between the
towns of Millbury and Sutton and make a settlement with
Millbury."
Sept. 27th. The committee above mentioned report as
follows :
The Committee appointed by the Town of Suttou for
the purpose of settling with the Town of Millbury such
matters as arise from the recent incorporation of that town,
ask leave to report that they have attended in part to the
affairs of their appointment, and have agreed with a Com-
mittee appointed by the town of Millbury to report the
following particulars for the consideration of the town.
1st. That the line lately reviewed by the aforementioned
Committees and stated to be the original line between the
North and South Parishes in Sutton be considered as the
line between the towns of Sutton and Millbury.
2ndly. That the valuation of real and personal property
in the late town of Sutton be considered the standard for
TOWN OF BUTTON. 145
dividing the debts and property belonging to the towns of
Suttoii and Millbury.
Hdly. That the real estate given or purchased for the
support of any of the paupers of the late town of Sntton
be considered as the property of that town to which such
paupers shall fall for maintenance.
4ly. That the powder house, pound, hearse-house and
hearse, in Sutton, belong to that town. That the hearse-
house and hearse in Millbury shall be the property of the
town of Millbury. That the town of Millbury, however
have the privilege of depositing their stock in the powder-
house in Sutton as long as is convenient.
othly. That the money raised for the support of schools,
the poor t&c. by the late town of Sutton in May last, be
divided before it is assessed and each town be at liberty to
assess its share;, but the State and County taxes must be
assessed by the assessors chosen by the late town of Sutton
in March last upon all the inhabitants of Sutton and Mill-
bury ; each town however to pay for the collecting of its
own inhabitants.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
1815.
March 20th. The society " voted to choose six choris-
ters, and made choice of Major Thomas Harback, Mr. John
Carpenter, Capt. Nathaniel Sibley, Mr. John Morse, Mrs.
Lydia Cummings,'and Miss M. Whiting."
April 5th. The town "voted to choose a Committee of
tive to consider the propriety of building a house for the
poor who are to report the same to the town at their next
March meeting."
1816.
March 4th. The above committee reported, but no action
was taken on the report.
1817.
May 5th. We copy the following from the Worcester
y -
Died at Suttoii on the evening of the 5th instant, Ensign
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146 ANNALS OF THE
John H. Bartlett, aged 3#. In attempting to take a bag of
meal from the fore-end of a loaded cart while the team was
moving along, Mr. Bartlett, by some means fell directly
before the wheels : unable immediately to extricate himself,
the wheel passed over the lower part of his head and frac-
tured his skull in a shocking manner. A portion of the
brain was forced out at each ear. He lived about two hours
after the accident.
Also at Sutton on the 8th instant Lieut. Jonathan Burden,
aged 56. Mr. Burden brother in law to Mr. Bartlet, early
on Tuesday morning, the 6th instant, set out for Upton to
give information of the death of the latter. Being on foot
he did not confine himself to the road, but took the nearest
course across the fields and lots. In attempting to get over
a fence he fell backwards (as was supposed) upon his head
and shoulders, and from that moment was unable to move
from the spot where he then lay. His long absence excited
much alarm among his friends and neighbors. On Wednes-
day evening a number of the inhabitants assembled and
made a diligent search till one o'clock that night, when he
was found nearly exhausted by cold and the effects of the
injury he had received. He had been lying in this situation
upwards of forty hours. After being removed to the nearest
house he died in about ten hours.
Nov. Measures were taken for the establishment of a
line of stages from Boston to Hartford, through the towns of
Framingham, Grafton, Sutton, Oxford and Dudley in Massa-
chusetts', and Woodstock, Ashford, etc., in Connecticut.
Divisions were made of the route, and companies formed
for the purpose of raising the necessary funds for its equip-
ment. For the division extending from Grafton to Ash-
ford the sum of seventeen hundred ($1700.) dollars was
required, which was divided into shares at twenty-five dol-
lars each. Subscriptions were solicited from the inhabit-
ants of the towns chiefly benefited. Among the subscribers
names we find from Sutton : James Freeland, two shares ;
Stephen Monroe, one share ; Moses L. Morse, one share ;
Daniel Hovey, one share.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 147
1818.
May 4th. The town "chose a Committee of five to look
into the propriety of building a poor house and make report
to some town-meeting next to be called."
Dec. 14th. The above Committee reported and their
report was recommitted to be presented at the next annual
meeting.
1819.
March 1st. The Committee reported, and their report
was accepted, and the Selectmen were appointed a Commit-
tee to procure a suitable house to accommodate the poor of
the town.
The town chose Mr. Samuel Taylor and Sumner Barstow
and Daniel Tenuey a Committee to take measures to obtain
possession of the donation made by the late Mr. John Cole
to the south parish in Sutton for school purposes, if, upon
investigation, it shall be found that it was the design of Mr.
Cole to make it to that part of the town formerly regarded
as the first or South Parish.
1820.
The town ' ' voted that a suit be forthwith commenced in
order to obtain the legacy of the late Mr. John Cole."
1821.
May 7th. "Voted that Sumner Barstow be directed to
endorse a writ made in the name of the First Parish in
Sutton against Hannah Cole and the town will pay all ex-
pense."
This action was taken for the purpose of obtaining posses-
sion of the legacy above mentioned.
1822.
March 18th. The society "voted to choose a Committee
of three to see what a stove for the meeting house will cost
and report to the next Society meeting, and made choice of
Dea. Jonathan Leland, Dea. John Morse, and Capt. Enoch
Stock we 11."
148 ANNALS OF THE
1823.
March 17th. The above Committee reported, and the
society " voted to adjourn the matter until our next annual
meeting."
April 7th. "Voted to purchase a farm for the purpose
of support hi": the town poor thereon."
Voted to choose a Committee of five to examine such
farms in the town as are for sale and ascertain the price at
which each may be purchased, and at the anniversary meet-
ing May next, report to the town which in their opinion it
will be most for their interest to purchase."
May oth. The committee report and arc authorized "to
purchase for and in behalf of the town a farm and buildings
such as they shall judge suitable and most convenient for
the purpose of supporting their poor thereon, provided that
the price does not exceed the sum of three thousand
($3,000. ) dollars."
This proviso was afterwards reconsidered and discretion-
ary power was given to the committee "to exceed the sum
of three thousand ($3,000.) dollars if in their opinion the
interests of the town will be thereby promoted."
Aug. 16th. In society meeting the following votes were
passed :
"Voted to repair or exchange the new bell and to raise
the money by subscription.
"Chose Dea. Win. Bond, Jonas L. Sibley Esq., Mr.
Samuel Taylor, Major Moses L. Morse, and Mr. Elisha
Hale a Committee to obtain subscriptions and to procure
the bell and have it placed in its proper place ; the bell not
to exceed seven hundred pounds in weight." Also " Voted
that it is the sense of this meeting that money ought to be
raised to help support singing but as we are not going
to raise any money at present, it is not thought best to. raise
any at this time/'
1X24.
March 1st. The committee chosen to purchase a farm for
the town for the use of the poor " reported, that they had not
purchased any and asked to be discharged from further duty."
TOWN OF SUTTON. 149
March 15th. The society's committee to procure a bell
reported as follows :
W eight of new bell, 1084 Ibs.
Cost of new bell, - $374.00
( 'artiug and raising. - $20.70
Whole cost of bell, $394.70
Received for the old bell. - - $179.7")
The old bell had upon it the following inscription :
This bell is a present made by Mr. Ebenezer Waters to
the First Society in Sutton as long as the gospel Ministry is
maintained by the Congregatioiialest, Presbyterian Epis-
copalian and Baptist in this place, if all the above fail in
this place then to some other preference to the First Parish."
June 23d. We find in the Mattsac.hn.Mttx Spy of this
date the following notice :
UNION CELEBRATION t
The Forty-ninth Anniversary of our Xational Indepen-
dence will be celebrated at Sutton on the 5th of July next,
without distinction of party. An address will be delivered
on the occasion by the Rev. Mr. Hoadley of Worcester. A
dinner and other accommodations, both for gentlemen and
ladies, will be provided at the house of the Rev. Edmund
Mills by two citizens of the town. Tickets fifty cents exclu-
sive of liquor, which will be furnished to those who call for
it by paying for the same.
Necessary accommodations for horses by Edmund J. Mills.
Services to commence at 11 o'clock.
CALEB BUHBANK.
Per order of the Committee of Arrangements.
1K25.
March 21st. In a meeting this date the society "Voted
that the singers choose their own leaders."
May 2d. "Voted to raise forty (40.00) dollars for the
support of singing," and "chose Benj. Batcheller. Daniel
AVoodbury and Nathaniel Sibley a Committee to lay out and
spend the above forty dollars.
Nov. 7th. Rev. Edmund Mills died.
150 ANNALS OF THE
1826.
March 20th. The society "Voted that the Committee
be directed to procure gravestones to the Rev. Edmund
Mills' grave, said stones not to exceed forty (40.00) dol-
lars."
May 4th. The society "voted unanimously to join with
the Church in giving Mr. John Maltby an invitation to
settle with them in the ministry."
Trouble with singing and singers continues, as is evident
from the following vote :
" Voted that the Society disapprove of the scandalous let-
ter addressed to Mr. Vernon Titus, one of the Choristers, and
chose a ( 'ommittee of three to inform Mr. Titus of this vote
and request him to resume his office as Chorister."
1828.
March 3d. The town " chose Jonas L. Sibley, Nathan-
iel Woodbury and Thomas Harback a Committee to inquire
into the expediency of purchasing a farm for the poor of
the town, and see if one can be procured, and make their
report at the April meeting."
April 7th. The above committee reported that they had
examined Dea. Bond's farm, containing about ninety acres,
valued at three thousand dollars, the farm of Mr. Elias
Pratt, being about one hundred and thirty acres, and valued
at thirty-eight hundred (3800.) dollars.
" They preferred the one occupied by Mr. Simon Hutch-
inson to either of the others, containing about one hundred
and fifty acres, and recommend that the town purchase the
same. But the question being put whether this report
should be accepted ; it was negatived."
The question was submitted ' ' shall a new County be
formed by taking from the County of Worcester the seven-
teen following towns : to wit, Royalston, Winchendon, Athol,
Templeton, Philipston, Lancaster, Bolton, Harvard, Gardner,
Westminster, Ashburnham, Fitchburg, Leorninster, Lunen-
burg, Princeton and Hubbardstou."
The majority voted " no."
TOWN OF SUTTON. 151
November 3d. The church erected in 1751 was burned.
A town meeting had been held in it during the day to
vote for representative to congress 'and electors of presi-
dent and vice president. The fire occurred at night ; its
origin was never ascertained, and by many it was supposed
to be the work of an incendiary.
Nov. 24th. A meeting of the society Avas held for the
purpose of taking measures to erect a new house of worship.
At this meeting it was "voted that the Rev. John Maltby
be invited to open the' meeting by prayer, which invitation
was given and complied with.''
"Voted that it is the ardent desire of the members of
this Society that a new house of Public and Religious wor-
ship should be erected near the site of the old meeting-
house to be called the First Congregational Society's Meet-
ing-house in Sutton, and the Proprietors thereof to form
the said Society and be entitled to the funds now belonging
to said Society, and all the powers and privileges of the same,
and that individually we will use our utmost endeavors to
accomplish the object."
A committee was appointed to raise by subscription the
necessary funds.
The following were appointed a building committee :
Amos Armsby, Jonas L. Sibley, Daniel Tenney, Elisha
Hale and Nathaniel Woodbury.
1829.
June 15th. The corner stone of the new meeting-house
was laid with appropriate services.
In this stone was deposited a silver plate, upon which is
the following inscription : ' 4 Erected by the first Congrega-
tional Society in Sutton dedicated to God Father, Son
and Holy Ghost A. D. 1829."
A list of the subscribers for building the house was also
placed in the corner stone, and the sums specified which
each contributed.
The contract for the stone work of the church was $1,140,
and for the house $4,800.
152 ANNALS OF THE
1830.
The new meeting-house seems to have been completed in
February of this year. It \vas dedicated February 24th.
Edmund J. Mills was marshal on the occasion.
1831.
May llth. The town ''Voted to hold its meetings in the
future in the basement of the Congregational Meeting-house
and to pay the Congregational Society the sum of twenty-
tive dollars per year for the use of said room.''
June 15th. The society finding the act of incorporation
of 1794 in some respects defective, secured an amendatory
act as follows :
An Act in addition to an Act to incorporate the First
Congregational Society in Sutton.
Section 1st. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in General Court assembled and by the
authority of the same :
That the First Congregational Society in Sutton, be and
they hereby are authorized and impowered to raise by tax on
the pews or parts of pews or seats in the Meeting house of
said Society, or on such portion of them as said Society at a
legal Meeting thereof shall vote and determine to be taxed
O O
and assessed such sum or sums of money as they shall agree
upon and Grant for the purpose of maintaining and support-
ing a public Teacher or Teachers of morality, for repairs and
alterations of their said Meeting-house and for all other
purposes incident to and connected with the objects of said
Society.
Section 2nd. Be it further enacted : That it shall be the
duty of the Collector or Collectors of said Society to give
notice to the proprietor or proprietors of the pews or parts
of pews or seats in said Meeting house, by posting up at the
entrance thereof and at some other Convenient public place
in said town of Sutton, a notification in writing of the time
and place he or they will meet the said Proprietor or Propri-
etors, thirty days at least prior to the time of such meeting,
together with a Copy of the Tax Bill committed to him or
them to Collect to receive the tax or assessment made upon
TOWN OF SUTTON. 153
his or their respective pew or pews or parts thereof or seats
for the purposes aforesaid ; and if any proprietor or propri-
etors as aforesaid shall fail to meet said Collector or Collectors
as aforesaid, and pay to him or them the tax or assessment
made upon his or their pew or pews or parts thereof or seats
as aforesaid, and shall neglect or refuse to pay the same to
said Collector or Collectors of said Society, they are hereby
authorized and empowered to sell at public vendu such
delinquent proprietor or proprietors pew or pews or interest
therein or seat or seats having tirst given public notice of
the time and place of sale, by posting up notifications thereof
at two or more public places in said Town of Sutton four
days at least before the time appointed for said sale and
make and execute a good and sufficient deed or deeds thereof
to the purchaser or purchasers of the same : provided how-
ever that such sale or sales shall not be valid nor the Deed
or deeds be given as aforesaid, unless said Collector or
Collectors shall have tirst obtained the consent in writing of
the prudential Committee of said Society to make such sale
or sales as aforesaid, and in case the proceeds of the sale of
such delinquent or delinquents pew or pews or parts thereof
or seat or seats made as aforesaid shall not be sufficient to
pay the whole amount of the sum assessed upon them as
aforesaid and all legal charges, such Collector or Collectors
are authorized and empowered, and it is hereby made their
duty to collect such deficiency with all the expense attending
the same out of other property of such delinquent or delin-
quents in the same manner as Town, County or State taxes
are collected.
Sect. 3d. Be it further enacted : That so much of the
Act to which this is in addition, as is inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act be and hereby is repealed.
In House of Representatives June 15th 1831.
Passed to be enacted
W. B. CALHOUN, Speaker.
In Senate June 15th 1831.
Passed to be enacted
LEVEKETT SALTONSTALL President.
June 15th 1831. Approved LEVI LINCOLN.
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154 ANNALS OF THE
1833.
March 4th. Origen Harback and others petition for " lib-
erty to erect a public house for a tavern on the Common
near the Congregational Meeting-house on the site of the
old meeting-house."
A committee is appointed to take the matter under con-
sideration. At an adjourned meeting this committee report
' ' that it is the opinion of the Committee that the Town sell
the Town Common in lots at public auction to the highest
bidder for the purpose of erecting buildings thereon, as may
best accommodate purchasers, the town giving Quit-Claim
Deeds for the same." Which report was not accepted.
1835.
March 2d. The warrant for a town meeting contained the
following article :
" To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to with-
hold any approbation or recommendation for any person as
a retailer of spirituous liquors in said town for the ensuing
year and to see what other directions the town will give
their Selectmen in relation to the same subject." Upon
which the town ' ' Voted not to instruct the Selectmen not to
grant licences."
1836.
May 9th. The town "Voted that a Committee of five be
nominated by the Selectmen for a Committee to purchase a
farm for the Town and Edmund J. Mills, Caleb Chase,
David Putnam, Joshua Armsby and Samuel Waters were
nominated and chosen for said Committee to buy a farm."
1837.
Jan. 23d. The town took action as follows upon the dis-
position of the surplus revenue which had accumulated in
the United States treasury and by act of Congress been
divided among the several states.
"Voted to adopt the following Resolves and that our
Representatives be furnished with a copy of the same and
requested to Act accordingly.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 155
' < Resolved that while we feel deeply sensible of the
importance of the general defusion of intelligence and
knowledge throughout the community at large as inductive
of public happiness and virtue as well as for the better
understanding of the principles of our government, and the
preservation of our liberties, and of Public schools as pro-
motive of this end as also of the great and general benefit
resulting from a liberal and well regulated system of Internal
improvements within the State and while we would rec-
ommend those as well as the general interests of education
to the guardian care and fostering hand of government
yet as the revenues of the Country are collected from the
people through the Custom-houses or by the sale of the
public lands which are the property of the people, therefore
"Resolved, That the objects of Congress in disposing of
the surplus revenues of the different States of the Union
would be better obtained and more justly effected by distrib-
uting the share to be deposited with this State among the
several towns and districts of this Commonwealth in pro-
portion to their respective population to be by them appro-
priated as they shall deem most fit and proper."
April 3d. The town "voted to receive from the Treasurer
and Receiver General of the Commonwealth its proportion
of the surplus revenue of the United States in deposit and
will comply with the terms and provisions of the several
Acts passed by the Legislature of said Commonwealth con-
cerning the deposit of the surplus revenue."
The town records contain no reference to the purchase of
a farm by the committee appointed May 9th, 1836, but at
the meeting held as above, it was "Voted that the Over-
seers of the Poor stock and furnish the Town Farm." *
1843.
Aug. 6th. Much interest began to be manifested by
many in the town in the cause of temperance, as is evident
from the following article in the warrant for a town meeting
upon this date, "To see if the town by vote will instruct the
* The farm now known as the "Town Farm," was purchased of David
Tourtelott, March 15, 1837.
156 ANNALS OF THE
Selectmen not to approbate any person to be licensed as an
inn-holder with a license to retail or sell wine, or spirituous,
or fermented liquors, or any other person as a retailer of
wine, or spirituous, or fermented liquors."
This article was not acted upon.
1844.
Jan. 29th. The society "voted that the meeting-house
be not opened for any political or secular purpose, and that
the basement of said house be not opened for any purposes
excepting the concerns of the town, Society, or Church,
without the express leave of the Prudential Committee, and
then only at the full expense of the persons applying for
permission."
1846.
March 2d. Warren Hunt and others have petitioned
the legislature to be incorporated in connection with East
Douglas as a new town. Upon which petition the town
took action as follows :
"Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting the peti-
tion of Warren Hunt and others now pending before the
Legislature of this Commonwealth for an Act of Incorpora-
tion for a new town out of territory of the towns of Doug-
las and Sutton by which said towns will be deprived of a
portion of their respective territory ought not to pass. That
if said petition for said Act of Incorporation was to pass, it
would do great injustice to both of said towns of Douglas
and Sutton.
"Resolved, That this town will take all lawful and proper
measures to oppose the passage of any Act of Incorporation
of a new town under said petition by which this town shall
be deprived of any part of its territory."
1847.
March 1st. The legacy left by Mr. John Cole for school
purposes, to which reference was made in these annals under
the dates of 1819, '20-21, was awarded by the court in which
the town had brought suit for its possession to the keeping
TOWN OF RUTTON. 157
of the South Parish (what was the South Parish when the
legacy was made). The parish make a proposition to the
town to take this money as a permanent loan. Upon which
proposition the town "voted to borrow of the South Parish
in Sutton the amount of the school-fund belonging to said
parish, at six per cent, interest per annum, payable on the
1st day of January annually, and that their Treasurer be
authorized under the superintendence of their Selectmen to
give security for the same."
1853.
Nov. 14. Certain persons interested in the formation of
a Methodist Episcopal Church have asked the town for a lot
of land ' ' on the west side of the Common or in the South-
west corner of the burying-ground upon which to erect a
meeting house." Upon which request the following motion
was made: "That the town grant the M. E. Church the
use of a portion of the common as asked for, on condition
that a Committee of three, one of whom shall be a member
of said Society, shall investigate the matter immediately, and
decide that it can be done legally."
The above motion was adopted, and Messrs. G. W. Put-
nam, Samuel Taylor and Horace Leland were chosen a
committee "to locate and fix the spot for said house, if
they shall find they have a legal right."
1854.
March 6th. The town chose " Sylvanus Putnam, as
Agent to give a lease of the lot of land granted by the
town to the M. E. Church and located by the Committee
chosen for that purpose." It was also "voted that when-
ever the M. E. Church shall cease to worship in their house
the land shall revert back to the town and the house shall
l>e moved."
The Methodist Episcopal Society was duly organized
officers were chosen and a code of by-laws adopted, and
measures taken to secure a lease from the town of a lot of
land for their meeting house.
158 ANNALS OF THE
April 1st. A lease of a lot upon the west side of the com-
mon, a little south of the school-house was given by the
agent appointed for the purpose, the condition of which
was, "that a House of worship should be built upon said
premises on or before the expiration of three years from the
14th day of November last, and that whenever the said M.
E. Church shall cease to worship in their House for the time
of one year, the land shall revert back to the Town of Sut-
ton, and the Lessees shall remove their House of Worship
from the said premises and clear them of all iucumbrances." *
1856.
Feb. 23. Several petitions are pending before the Gen-
eral Court for a dismemberment of the town. "Horace
Leland, Le Baron Putnam, Putnam King, Pliny Slocumb
and Simon J. Woodbury are appointed a Committee to
oppose these petitions."
Dec. 6. The above named committee are instructed "to
oppose all petitions of a like nature which may come before
the next General Court."
1857.
April 6. "Voted to instruct our Representative in Gen-
eral Court to use the extent of his ability and influence to
oppose and vote against any proposition for a dismember-
ment of the Town before the present Legislature."
1861.
April 11. Fort Sumter was fired upon and the war of
the Rebellion inaugurated.
April 15. The President issues his Proclamation calling
for 75,000 of the militia of the several states to "repossess
the forts, places and property," which had been seized, " to
maintain the perpetuity of popular Government and to
redress wrongs long enough endured."
These men were called for three mouths' service.
April 29. An impromtu meeting of citizens of the
town was held for the purpose of discussing the situation,
* Town Records.
TOWN OF BUTTON. 159
and a committee appointed to draught a series of resolutions
for the action of a meeting of the town called for the day
following.
April 30. At the meeting of this date the feeling of
indignation at the atrocity of the act of tiring on the national
flag ; of patriotic devotion, and of determined purpose to
crush rebellion, was in full harmony with that which pre-
vailed throughout all the loyal states. In view of the peril
of the hour, and the necessity of wise action, it was pro-
posed that the proceedings be opened with prayer ; and it
is recorded that the Rev. Mr. Hawkins being called upon
"to address the Throne of Grace, responded in a fervent
and appropriate prayer."
On motion of E. J. Mills, it was " voted that a Commit-
tee chosen at a meeting held last evening to present the sub-
ject for action to-day be invited to do so now, and the Hon.
J. D. McCrate, Chairman of said Committee, responded in
the following
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, That in this most unnatural contest, waged
against our Country by a band of traitors in the Southern
States, we, the inhabitants of Sutton, believing that the
whole strength of the country should be exerted in an official
manner to put down rebellion, call upon the Government of
the United States to make no terms or compromises with
traitors, but to carry on the war in such a manner, and with
such force as will strengthen the union sentiment which we
believe still exists in portions of the rebellious States, and
intimidate and overwhelm those, who, regardless of all obli-
gations, seek a division of our beloved Country.
Resolved. That we are neither advocates of, nor believers
in the right of Secession, That we regard the course taken
by the self-styled Seceding States as Revolution without
justifiable cause, and that the Government of the Country is
therefore bound to put it down by the strong arm of force.
Resolved. That we appropriate the sum of six thousand
($6,000) dollars for the specific object of taking care of the
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families, and of uniforming such of the inhabitants of this
Town as shall enlist either for the war or for three years or
more, and shall be called out to serve for that period and be
accepted by the regularly constituted authorities of the
Country.
Resolved. That the above sum or whatever portion thereof
be necessary shall be expended under the direction of a
Committee of three to be chosen at this meeting.
Resolved. That Col. John D. McCrate, A. Dudley Chase
and James Taylor be a Committee for the purpose above
mentioned.
"Voted to pay such persons as may volunteer one dollar
per day for the time necessary to be expended in drilling."
June 4th. The town give instructions as follows, with
reference to the pay of Volunteers and aid to their families :
"The Committee elected, at a previous meeting, for the
purpose of disbursing certain moneys to Volunteer Soldiers
and their families are instructed to pay all persons who have
volunteered belonging to Sutton the sum of one dollar per
day for actual drilling and to pay the families of the same
such sums per week as the late State Act has authorized.
The said Committee are farther instructed to pay the Towns
of Oxford, and Grafton, or other Towns, such sums of
money as they have paid or shall pay our men for drilling,
or for uniforms."
June 8th. The Committee chosen April 30th to attend to
the disbursement of certain sums of money report :
"That they believe the legal duties incumbent upon them
can be as well transacted by the Selectmen, and they would
therefore respectfully resign."
Their resignation was accepted, and the selectmen were
instructed to discharge the duties of this committee and to
render such aid to the families of volunteers as in their
judgment they may require.
The town also authorized the treasurer, "by the advice of
the Selectmen to borrow from time to time such sum or
sums of money as may be necessary for the purposes above
mentioned."
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1862.
July 22(1. The town " voted to pay to each Volunteer
who shall enlist into the Army of the United States the sum
of one hundred and twenty-five dollars."
August 2d. The town "Voted to offer a bounty of one
hundred and fifty ($150.00) dollars to any person who, on,
or before, the eighteenth day of August, will enlist as a
Volunteer in the Army of the United States as one of quota
of twenty-eight men from Sutton, the same to be paid as
soon as such person shall have been accepted and mustered."
August 23d. The call for nine months men was promptly
responded to by the town, which "voted to take measures
to procure by enlistment our quota of troops, and to pay to
each person enlisting as one of said quota a bounty of one
hundred and fifty ($150.00) dollars."
At this meeting "the following Resolutions, presented by
Jason Waters, Esq. were unanimously adopted and the
Clerk instructed to furnish a Copy for the press, and also to
forward a Copy to the President."
RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, The President having called upon this town to
raise a second quota of men, in addition to those who, with
patriotic zeal previously volunteered for the service, to put
down the iniquitous, Southern Rebellion, therefore,
Resolved: That we heartily respond to this and any call
the President may make, to crush treason and save our
Country from its withering curse, upon the great principles
set forth in the Declaration of Human Rights made by the
Fathers of the Republic by the powers conferred upon
the Government by the Constitution and laws, and by the
rights which the laws of the Civilized Nations of the World
declare to be just ; and to this end alone do we hereby
pledge ourselves, our lives and property, all that we are,
and all that we can be, to the prompt deliverance of our
Country from the baneful curse of malignant traitors and
unscrupulous assassins.
Resolved : That it is with the deepest humiliation and
most poignant regret, that we have witnessed the great
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sacrifice of human life, in the persons of our brave soldiers
and the union loving people of the Southern States, together
with millions of public and private property, which sacrifice,
in our belief, was made in the efforts of the Government to
placate and flatter rebels, secessionists, or semi-secessionists,
by exempting from seizure and confiscation a portion of the
property of rebels on which they relied for success in their
hellish raid, and without which a successful resistance to the
laws and armies of the United States could not be of long
duration.
Resolved : That we earnestly urge the President to adopt
a policy, that shall make these contumacious scoundrels feel
the horrors of a war of their own inauguration, believing it
to be but justice to humanity that the authors of this most
atrocious rebellion should be made to feel in some degree,
commensurate with their crimes, the evils and woes which
they with blackhearted villainy have thrust upon humanity
which they have cursed, in the name of freemen who stand
firm and unconditionally by their Country, its Constitution,
and Laws in the name of the brave heroes who have died
that their Country might live in the name of a just God
who ruleth all nations with the sceptre of Perfect justice, to
take a position on the great principles of Truth, Liberty and
Justice, and adopt a policy that has for its purpose the
sudden and utter destruction of every root and branch of
this diabolical rebellion, and let it be universally proclaimed
to the army, the navy, the country and the world, so that
there may be no longer any conflict of opinion among the
people of the country or the world, nor further conflict of
action among subordinate officials ; and that any obstacle to
so grand a consummation, whether it be officials in the army
or navy ministers in the cabinet or foreign courts ; whether
it be from States at home or nations abroad, acting under
the specious pretext of neutrality, let them be speedily
removed ; and the Nation will then arise from the dust of
her humiliation, with her noble principles tried and purified
to elevate mankind and bless the world."
August 30th. "The Rev. Mr. Richardson, of Worcester,
by previous invitation, was present, and favored the people
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with an Address upon the condition, and prospects of the
Country, and our present crisis. Many Ladies, to whom an
invitation had been extended to do so, were present, to
listen to the Address and encourage us by their presence." *
1863.
Massachusetts, under the guidance of her noble Governor,
John A. Andrew, was the first state to respond to the call of
President Lincoln for troops for the defense of the national
capital, after the bombardment and surrender of Fort
Sumter. As early as 1860 she had made a tender to the
government of her military forces, and had put five thousand
men under drill, for whom she had provided clothing and
accoutrements ; but of these only three thousand were armed
with the Springfield rifle-musket.
The first call for troops was received on the fifteenth of
April, 1861 , and on the sixteenth two regiments, mustered with
all necessary equipments ready to move ; and within six days
from the date of the President's call, Massachusetts had six
regiments on the way to the scene of danger. Many of these
troops were poorly armed, and left the state relying upon
the ability of the national government to supply the defect
when they should arrive at their destination. But the gov-
ernment was sadly deficient in arms, owing to the depletion
of the northern armories by John B. Floyd, secretary of
war the seizure of the United States armory at Harper's
Ferry by the militia of Virginia, which contained fifteen
thousand stand of arms and the destruction of Gosport
Navy Yard at Norfolk, Va. , by order of the government,
which was the largest depot of arms in the United States.
Good arms were the great need of the hour, but this need
was not supplied during the first two years of the war.
Massachusetts sent an agent to Europe to procure arms, but
those purchased were of such inferior quality that they were
of no service, and whole regiments, more than a year after
the bombardment of Fort Sumter, were detained from the
field. The disaster of Ball's Bluff, in which the fifteenth
* Town Records.
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Massachusetts suffered so severely, was due largely to their
being armed with muzzle loading, smooth bore muskets, while
contending against the superior weapons in the hands of the
Mississippi riflemen. Strange as it may seem, there were
private armories in our own state that were furnishing, prior
to the war, the British and Russian governments with breech-
loading rifles, and it was no secret that the armory at Chico-
pee Falls completed a contract for the manufacture of such
rifles for the state of Mississippi ; yet the opinion of the
military martinets ruled such arms out of the hands of the
infantry soldiers of the Union.
In the first session of the Massachusetts legislature in
1863, the military committee (unanimously on the part of
the House) reported a bill for the purchase of small arms
and ordnance, and upon recommendation of the finance
committee, five hundred thousand dollars were appropri-
ated for that purpose. The bill restricted the purchases
to be made by the governor to the Springfield musket
pattern. Mr. Jason Waters, our townsman, who repre-
sented this district in the legislature of 1863 and 1864,
moved to amend by striking out ' ' Springfield musket
pattern" and insert "of such pattern as the Governor and
Council shall deem best adapted to the service to which
it is to be applied." The amendment was lost, and the bill
went to the Senate. Mr. Waters called the attention of
some of the most influential members of the Senate to the
importance of the amendment, and it was introduced and
adopted. The bill was returned to the House for concur-
rence, and a special assignment made for its consideration.
The time was short, and much must be done to convince the
majority, who had voted against the amendment, that they
had done so from misapprehension. Speaker Bullock ruled
that the member from Sutton might bring guns upon the
floor of the House for the purpose of exhibiting a principle
pertinent to the question under discussion, that could not
otherwise be clearly illustrated. Accordingly every kind of
breech-loading rifle that could be obtained was from time to
time stored in the lobbies of the House.
Valuable information and aid were given by Messrs. J.
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Ashcroft, E. T. Steere, Palmer & Batcheller, Wm. Reed &
Son, and others. Correspondence was also had with Gen.
A. C. Mjiggi, Gen. W. S. Rosecranz, Maj. Gens. B. F.
Butler, A. Pleasanton, Geo. H. Thomas, A. E. Burnside,
and J. Hooker, and Lt. Gen. U. S. Grant. When the time
for the consideration of the question came, and it was
announced as the order of the day, the messengers brought
forth the arms from the lobbies, and stacked them in the
area in front of the speaker's desk.
The member from Button moved to concur in the Senate's
amendment, and proceeded to show the great superiority of
the breech- loading rifle over the muzzle-loading arm, and
contrasted it, gun in hand, with the arm recommended by
the military committee.
Extracts from the letters of the distinguished generals
above named men who had had proof on the battle field
of the efficiency of the breech-loader were also read,
and so convincing was the argument as thus enforced, that
the House by a large majority repudiated its former vote,
and concurred in the amendment of the Senate.
Governor Andrew appointed a commission to examine,
test, and select the best breech-loading rifle.
Arrangements were made for a thorough trial at Readville,
in which all inventors and manufacturers of breech-loaders
were invited to participate.
The trial convinced the commission that, all things consid-
ered, the Spencer repeating rifle was the best for military
service, and they accordingly recommended its adoption.
Governor Andrew immediately contracted for the construc-
tion of a supply for the state. Soon after the first few
thousand were delivered, the battle of Chickamauga occurred,
in which two thousand Spencer rifles in the hands of Gen-
eral Wilder' s Michigan Brigade, that, by the permission of
General Thomas, they themselves had been allowed to pur-
chase, turned the tide of that desperate battle in favor of
the union forces under General Rosecranz.
The secretary of war, learning that Massachusetts had
adopted the Spencer repeating rifle, and then had a supply
of several thousand ready for her troops as they might be
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called for, requested the governor to turn them over to the
United States government, that they might be immediately
placed in the hands of men in the field.
Governor Andrew at once complied with the request,
and the government forthwith ordered the construction of a
large number on its own account. Thus, in spite of the
cautious conservatives, and the objections of those military
men who condemn any change which has not commended
itself to popular favor, Massachusetts enjoys the honor of
first placing in the hands of infantry, by authority of gov-
ernment., a weapon which is more destructive than any here-
tofore in use ; and, as such, will do much to shorten wars.
And with just pride do we record the fact, that the member
from Sutton initiated the change by his amendment to the
bill for the purchase of arms, and when his amendment was
lost, used such influence with the senators as to secure its
adoption by the senate, and when the amended bill was
returned to the House for concurrence, single-handed and
alone, confronted the opposition of the military committee,
and by his convincing arguments, enforced by practical
illustration, brought the majority most enthusiastically to
the support of his measure.
Nov. 3d. To the requisition for 300, 000 men, made by
the president, October 17th, the town took the following
action for raising its quota :
"Voted that the town take measures to procure the men
called for from Sutton, by enlistment."
" Voted that the town pay a bounty of seven hundred
(700.00) dollars to each person that will enlist as one of
said quota.
1864.
April 13. Under the call of the president dated February
1,1864, for additional troops, the town "voted to pay a
bounty of one hundred and twenty-five ($125.00) to each
volunteer to fill Sutton's quota."
June 18. In anticipation of a call for more troops the
town "voted unanimously to raise the sum of one hundred
and twenty-five ($125.00) dollars for each person that the
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selectmen may recruit to fill the quota of this town under
any call of the president prior to the 1st of March, 1865."
The selectmen "recommend the purchase of a lot of land
upon the farm of Mr. Emory Howard for a new Cemetery ;
whereupon "Voted to accept the report, and that the chair
appoint two persons as Commissioners to act with the Select-
men in the purchase of the Emory Howard lot, take the
Deed in favor of the town, lay the same out in suitable
bury ing-lots, sell the same, and give deeds as Agents of the
town."
1865.
June 12. Messrs. B. L. Batcheller, George Hastings
and John Putnam Stockwell were appointed a committee to
ascertain what amount of money individuals may have con-
tributed for the purpose of filling the quota of the town or
furnishing men for the war during the year 1864. This
committee report a total of $6,711.00.
The town ' ' Voted to accept the report and raise the sum
of seven thousand (7,000.00) dollars for the purpose above
specified."
The town furnished two hundred and twenty-three men
for the war, which was a surplus of eight over and above all
demands.
Two were commissioned officers. The whole amount of
money appropriated and expended on account of the war,
exclusive of state aid, was twenty-five thousand one hundred
and eighty dollars and fourteen cents ($25,180.14.) The
amount of money paid by the town for state aid to soldiers'
families during the war, and afterward repaid by the state
was as follows : In 1861, $501.91 ; 1862, $2,410.71 ; 1863,
$3,212.70; 1864, $1,725.76; 1865, $1,901.26. Total
amount, $9,752.34.
The ladies of Sutton furnished a great many articles for
the soldiers during the war, to the money value of about
one thousand dollars. Among the articles were shirts,
drawers, socks, lint, bandages and other useful stores.
They were forwarded to the front generally through the
Sanitary and Christian Commissions.*
* See Gen. Schouler's History of the War.
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1866.
Jan. 6th. The town again vote to refund the money
which has been paid by individuals for furnishing men for
the war ; and to the same effect, substantially, at a special
meeting held January 20th ; only at the latter date the sum
specified is five thousand three hundred and seventeen dol-
lars, sixty-nine cents ($5,317.69).
To the above action of the town several entered their
protest, on the ground of illegality.
March 19th. The Methodist church is offered to the
town for a town-house. The town take no action upon the
matter.
1868.
March 16. E. J. Mills, James Taylor, Solomon Severy,
I. A. Dodge, and M. M. Hovey were appointed a commit-
tee to report at the next meeting upon the advisability of
purchasing, for the use of the town, the Methodist Episcopal
church.
1869.
April 9. A committee of thirteen was appointed to
appraise the school-houses, land and apparatus belonging to
the several school districts in town, as preliminary to the
taking possession of the property in accordance with an act
of the legislature passed at the last session.
April 20th. The school property was appraised by the
above committee as worth seven thousand nine hundred
fifty-eight (7,958.33) dollars thirty-three cents.
Sept. 4. The town refused to take any action with refer-
ence to building or repairing school-houses.
1870.
Jan. 15th. William R. Hill, Putnam King, A. W. Put-
nam, L. H. Cunliff, and Gardner Gibson were appointed a
committee ' ' to examine into the location of the several
school-houses in town with the view to ascertain whether
any reduction can be made in the number, and if so to decide
upon their location ; also to make estimates of the cost of
repairing such houses as need, and are worth repairing, and
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the cost of building new ones where it is found necessary to
build and report the result of their investigation at the next ,
annual Town meeting."
.March 21. The above committee report the estimated
cost of repairing the school-houses and building two new
ones to be $5,900.00.
The town vote to raise three thousand dollars for repairs.
Aug. (). The town vote, by ballot, upon the re-establish-
ment of the district system. The vote is five to 0110 in
favor of such re-establishment.
Dec. 21. The town again voted upon the matter of re-
establishing the school district system, with district limits as
fixed in 1850 and 1851. The measure did not have a two-
thirds vote and was declared not carried.
1871.
March 20. Yet again the town voted upon the re-estab-
lishment of the school districts in accordance with the survey
of 1850 and 1851, and failed of a two-thirds vote. It was
also " voted that the treasurer be authorized to convey to
the several school districts upon the payment of the appraised
value and insurance any rights that the town now have in
said school-houses."
The school-houses had all been paid for by the town at
the appraised value as made by the committee in their report
of April 20, 1869. "Voted to rescind the vote of March
2d, 1870, appropriating $3,000,00 for the repair of school
houses."
All the districts paid back to the town the appraised value
of their school property, and returned to their old way of
employing teachers through their prudential committees.
May 2d. The town "voted that no person shall be allowed
to sell ale, porter, strong beer or lager beer in said town
for the year ensuing."
1873.
i 17th. "The to
school."
March 17th. "The town voted to maintain a high
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1874.
March 16. "Voted to maintain a high school and the
same be held during the year at Sutton Centre." '
1876.
March 20. The town made an appropriation for a cen-
tennial celebration.
There was, upon July 4th, a large and enthusiastic gath-
ering of the citizens of the town in the grove a little east of
the house of Mr. F. H. Marble.
A procession of Sunday-school children and citizens was
formed at the Congre'gational church, under the direction of
Messrs. Edmund J. Mills, Amos Batcheller, H. S. Stock-
well and Charles H. Chase, marshals; and, escorted by the
Oxford brass band, marched to the grove, where appropriate
services were held under the direction of E. J. Mills, presi-
dent of the day. Prayer was offered by Rev. W. A. Bene-
dict, the Declaration of Independence read by Miss Hattie
A. Holbrook, and patriotic speeches were made by Rev. H.
A. Tracy, Messrs. I. B. Hart well, Reuben R. Dodge, J. W.
Stockwell and Rev. W. A. Benedict.
Old time and modern songs were sung, and stirring music
was given by the band. As the day wore on to its close,
the crowd slowly and reluctantly dispersed, some, at least,
praying that they who shall upon the same ground celebrate
the nation's bi-centennial , may look upon our flag studded
with many new stars, still proudly waving over an undivided
people, who have maintained their civil and religious institu-
tions in their integrity, strengthened their government by
the promotion of virtue and intelligence, and made as rapid
progress in the second as in the first century of the nation's
life, in all that constitutes true national greatness.
* See History of High School, Part III.
HISTORY OF SUTTON
Part II.
THE HOMES OF SUTTON.
We now, gentle reader, introduce you to the homes of
Sutton. A history of these is really the history of the town ;
for in these homes the influences, both secret and silent,
direct and open, conscious and unconscious, have been in
operation, that have molded the characters of the men and
women of the day, and established them in those principles
which they have exemplified in every line of action.
Of these homes, we can, in the space allotted, give you
but a passing glance, sometimes making only mention of
those who have passed in and out, and sometimes pausing
a little to afford you opportunity to become somewhat
acquainted with such as have acted a more prominent part
in public affairs.
Among the early occupants of these homes, there was no
aristocracy of blood or of wealth. Of those boasting hon-
ored titles there were none ; of those impoverished, who
came fortune-hunting, there were none.
All seem to have been from what is termed the middle
class men of moderate means, well to do, who would have
obtained a good living in any place where there was work
for hands inured to toil. They were men who knew what it
was to go out into the wilderness and fell the trees, build
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houses, subdue the soil, found churches and schools, estab-
lish civil government and put in operation the various forces
by which social order is maintained and social progress made.
And they were equal to the work. They were not what
may be called educated men, and yet they were not ignorant.
They had good common sense, sound judgment and strong-
purpose. They knew what the rights of men are, and
possessed the independence to assert and the will to maintain
them.
Iii their records, they made mistakes in spelling and in
grammar, as our " Annals " show, but in action they evinced
wisdom certainly as far-seeing as their more boastful descend-
ants.
The houses which they at first built were for the most part
small and rude in many instances log cabins but they
were the abode of contentment and happiness as great as is
enjoyed in the more luxurious homes of the present day.
A few years sufficed for the clearing away of large portions
of forest, and the fencing in of fields for cultivation.
Orchards were planted, and soon nearly every thing was
produced at home that was needed for convenience and
comfort. Grist-mills were erected as soon as there Mas
grain to be ground, saw-mills for producing lumber, and
carding and fulling mills for making rolls and fulling cloth,
and, in a few of the mills, conveniences for dyeing and
machinery for finishing woolen cloth were added.
And now, after fifteen or twenty years from the first settle-
ment have passed away, look in upon these homes.
It is in summer time. The fathers and sons go out to their
labor in the fields and woods the mothers and daughters
are busily employed in domestic labor within. Xot a small
part of the house industry of these days was the spinning of
the wool, which had been carded into rolls at first by
hand and afterward by the carding-machines, when such
machines had been introduced and its manufacture into
cloth for family use.
The girl who could spin her run or run and a half a day.
right through the season, was considered quite an accom-
plished lass.
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And the weaving was all done at home on a hand loom.
On the beam of this loom the warp was wound, and run
through the harnesses and reed, and properly attached so as
to be drawn over the cylinder around which the cloth was to
be wound as woven. The quill-wheel, by which the shuttle-
spools were wound with tilling, stood conveniently near.
The weaver, seated for her work, springs the warp by foot-
treadles, to which the harnesses are attached, then with one
hand throws the shuttle through the warp, catching it with
the other and holding it, while with the hand at liberty she
brings the reed forcibly against the thread, thus pressing it
closely up against the cloth, which each additional thread
slowly increases. From three to live yards were all that
could be woven in a day. Every farmer kept a few sheep
for the wool, and also raised flax to make cloth for summer
wear. Few were the homes in which, in the winter or early
spring, a piece of linen and a piece of tow-cloth were not
also manufactured. Of linen cloth, both the warp and
tilling were spun upon the small wheel. Of the tow-cloth,
only the warp was thus spun ; the filling was of tow, carded
by hand and spun upon the large wheel. The tow was the
coarser part of the flax, which was separated from it by the
hatchel.
It was also quite common to manufacture a piece of linsey-
woolsey, which was cloth made of linen and wool. Portions
of the woolen yarn were also colored, and striped and plaid
cloths were made for the wear of the female members of the
family.
These homes all had huge tire-places, in which, during the
long winter evenings, there was kept up a blazing fire that
threw a ruddy glow over the healthful countenances of the
happy group seated around. There were fire-sides then, and
influences going out from them which are lost since the
gloomy stove has taken their place.
There may be centers of attraction in our homes now, but
there are none equal to the "tire upon the hearth." "The
tire upon the hearth is the centre and symbol of the family
life. When the fire in a house goes out, it is because the
life has gone out. Somewhere in every house it burns, and
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bums in constant service ; and every chimney that sends its
incense heavenward speaks of an altar inscribed to Love and
Home." * The social gatherings during the winter evenings
o o o o
iii these homes, in which the young men and maidens, clad
in their home-spun attire, engaged in their innocent sports,
were seasons of enjoyment and mutual interest in each
other, not less true and pure than like gatherings now, in
which there is more display, more tyranny of fashion, and,
perhaps, more artificial refinement.
Many of these homes were Christian homes, and all that
were not professedly so were occupied by those who sincerely
respected religion, and contributed, by a cheerful payment
of the "ministry tax," to the support of the institutions of
the gospel. All had seats in the house of God, and few
were the families that did not make their arrangements to be
represented there upon the Sabbath.
Look upon the inmates of these homes as they wend their
way to the sanctuary, many on foot, some on horse-back,
riding singly, double, quadruple even, for it was not rare at
this time to see the father on the saddle, carrying before him
a child too young to walk, and the mother seated on a pillion
behind, carrying a little one in her arms. Some in rude
conveyances on two or four wheels, and some in carts drawn
by oxen. In the winter, jumpers and sleds, extemporized
for the occasion, took the place of conveyances on wheels.
As we have intimated, nearly everything used was manu-
factured at home, and would now undoubtedly be called veiy
rough. But it answered the necessities of the day, and there
was little of false pride in exercise on the part of those
who felt themselves peers among peers. We would not be
understood to convey the impression that our ancestors, one
hundred and twenty-five years ago, were entirely free from
the dictates of fashion. Some customs prevailed that wr.
who are the slaves of fashion, would consider as ridiculous
as they who conformed to them would certain ones of the
present day.
* Holland, in "Arthur Bonnicastle.'
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For instance according to Dea. Leland all men as old
as twenty-five or thirty-five years had two wigs ; one for
week-days and one for Sunday. The Sunday wig was very
showy and expensive. The hair was shaved closely, that
the wig might set well. All old people who wore wigs
usually took them off in the meeting-house and put upon
the head a knit cap, made of linen or cotton yarn for summer
use, and of woolen for winter. There was a small knot or
tassel on the top of this cap. The practice of wearing wigs
began to be unfashionable as early as 1780 or 1785. All
old people wore them until 1800. Dr. Hall wore his wig
and cocked hat to the last. The last wig worn in town
was that of Col. Tim. Sibley.
Simplicity in dress, manners and equipage, continued to
be a characteristic of these homes until quite a number of
years after the Revolutionary war. As wealth increased,
broad-cloth and silk began to take the place of home-spun,
and the rude vehicles to which reference has been made
were displaced by carriages. "The first family to ride in
a chaise was that of Perez Rice, the second that of Dr.
David Hall, and the third that of Dea. Tarrant Putnam." *
We give the history of the homes by districts, commencing
with
WEST SUTTON, DISTRICT No. 1.
The house where widow Persia Putnam now lives was
probably built by Dea. Cornelius Putnam, and all of his
children were born there. A part of the house was moved
from a site in what is known as the Dresser pasture, just
north of the Capt. Hall site, farm now owned by Peter H.
Putnam. Cornelius Putnam joined the First Congregational
Church in 1729, as did Sarah, his wife. He was succeeded
by his son Nathaniel. It was next owned by Dea. Moses
Putnam, who, after his father's death, sold a part of the
farm to Peter Putnam, who traded it to John Putnam for
the place where Asa Dodge now lives. John came in pos-
session about 1817, and soon after built a large barn, a part
* Leland Papers.
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*
of which is now standing, and is owned by John Perry Put-
nam. John Putnam prided himself on his tine stock of neat
cattle, which were noted far and near, stock raisers coming
long distances to secure the John Putnam breed of cattle.
They were raised by most of his neighbors. He also had a
line flock of sheep. He was succeeded by his son Silvanus
Putnam, who also kept the farm under high cultivation, and
well stocked with cattle, sheep and swine. " And now,*'
says Mr. G. Hall, "as sheep are becoming nearly extinct,
and bid fair to be sought after by the future Barnums as
curiosities, let me tell you a little sheep story of my own."
In the spring of 1827 we turned our sheep into a pasture
adjoining this farm, known as the woods pasture. We "soon
after missed one of the lambs, and came to the conclusion
that it had been killed by the dogs or foxes. Its dam was
constantly moaning her loss, and like Rachel would not be
comforted ; she would come to the bars and call for help, as
well as a poor old sheep could call, but no one could under-
stand her language until my little dog, Tray, no sheep-
killer, went to her assistance and returned to me for aid.
He actually took hold of my clothes and led me to the pas-
ture. I knew by his actions that he meant business, so I
followed him to the lost lamb, still alive, but nearly dead ;
cast in the fissure of a rock, and so imbedded there I had to
get my grandfather to help me before I could extricate her.
Poor thing ! she could not stand nor hold her head up. We
carried her home and faithfully nursed her, the faithful dog
meanwhile watching over her and licking her sores until
they were healed. It was several days before she could
stand. As soon as she could walk I used to take a handful
of oats in my hand a.nd let her eat them therefrom. So if I
said "oats," she would come for them; and, in tine, that
became her name. From sympathy she became the pet of
the household, and was allowed to run in the house-lot until
fall, when the oats and the choice feed had made her so fat
that my grandfather, thinking her better for mutton than
for wool, proposed to kill her ; he even got his knife for the
slaughter, when the confiding creature came and licked his
hand. I asked him how he could take her life, when we had
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taken so much pains to save it. I said, see how she loves
you ! I would as soon eat one of my own brothers ! Just
then "Uncle Salva," as we all called him, came up, and I
asked him to buy the lamb to keep. He said he would give
two dollars for her, and so she was sold to him, for the
knife had already fallen from the Captain's hand, and the
tears were dropping from his hooked nose. Ten years after,
while engaged in the store, I rode up to the old Baptist church
place, and walked across to my father's. On my way I
started up a small flock of sheep ; they seemed scared at
first, ran a little way, then stopped and looked at me. I
thought one of them looked like "Oats," so I held out my
hand and said "Oats," when she came forward and licked
my hand as if in gratitude for her life. A little further on
I found "Uncle Salva," and asked him if Oats was alive.
He said yes, and she and her descendants formed his entire
flock. She had been the most profitable sheep he had ever
owned. This farm had much fruit on it, and a cider-mill.
It was, and is, a very desirable place. It is and always has
been the home of real worth. One old lady, once a devoted
Christian Eunice, the widow of Fuller Putnam became
demented, and while so was profane and at times abusive,
even to her twin sister, Lydia Howard, who came to care
for and pity her.
Mrs. David Putnam, maiden name Elizabeth Woodbury,
said to have been one of the best of Christian women, died
here December 27, 1831, aged eighty-seven. John Putnam
died here February 24, 1827, aged sixty-seven. He had
fourteen children, seven by first wife, five by second and
two by third. One daughter married Rufus Sibley, who was
master of inspection at the armory in Millbury for several
years. One married Charles Rich and went to the State of
New York, where they raised a family.
Mrs. Persia Putnam, widow of Silvanus, and Mrs. Joseph
Putnam live in this house ; also John W. Putnam, son of
John P., son of John, jr., son of John, son of Fuller, son
of Jepthah.
In a house on the site where John Perry Putnam now
lives, once lived Deacon Moses Putnam ; he owned a large
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farm and was a rope-maker by trade. The rope-walk stood
near the house ; the wheels were turned by hand. The last
boy that turned the crank for him, I think, was Nathan
Hewett. I used to see the old man, fat and fair, walk
backward with flax or hemp in his arms, spinning his cords,
crying ho, or go, as he desired the wheels to stop or move.
His cords were considered the best in the market. He was
a large, fleshy man, was troubled with a bad cough, and
died here of apoplexy, April 3d, 1826, aged sixty-eight.
He was acting deacon of the first Baptist church for thirty-
eight years. He married Mary Allen, who had a sort of
shaking palsy, brought on, some thought, by drinking strong
tea. She died December 20, 1846, aged ninety-one.
John Perry Putnam, who built the new house in 1862,
has a farm of about forty-seven acres, and is a first-rate
farmer. His daughter, Emma Jane, is a school-teacher and
a graduate of Worcester academy.
The house now owned and occupied by Prescott Putnam
was built by Deacon Stephen Putnam, son of Deacon Moses,
in 1818 ; he too was a rope-maker, and had a walk just west
of the house ; he lived here until his death, Nov. 28, 1836.
His wife died Dec. 25, 1857, aged seventy-five years and
two months. He married Mrs. Betsey Goddard, widow of
John Goddard, and mother of Tamar and Almira Goddard.
Almira married Samuel Newton. Stephen and Betsey Put-
nam had six children all dead. Mrs. Putnam was noted
for her kindness to the sick and devotion to the church.
Prescott Putnam bought the place in 1842. He, the son
of Charles, son of Colonel John, son of Edward, was born
April 13, 1804. He married Mary Eliza Marble, daughter
of Ezra, son of Malachi, son of Freegrace, son of Samuel.
She was born April 7, 1810. His farm belonged to the
Nathaniel Putnam place.
On the site where Lawson Putnam now lives, there once
stood a house in which Mr. Eli Stockwell, father of Captain
Chandler, was born. He said that many years ago there
was a great drought, so that they had to drive their cattle to
Manchaug Pond for water, and that the well at this place
was the only one near that was not dry.
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The present house was built by Joseph Putnam, son of
David, son of Cornelius, in 1840. He died here, and was one
of the very best of men. His family are all very respect-
able. Alex, and Charles are merchants in Worcester.
George lives in Anoka, Minn., where he has held many
offices of honor. Lawson, the present owner, bought the
place in 1865 ; his farm contains about forty acres, and was
a part of the farm of his great-grandfather, Dea. Cornelius.
Simon Putnam, son of Joseph, was a Methodist minister ;
died, I think, in Minnesota.
The house where Mrs. Quinn now lives was first owned
by Dea. Tarrant Putnam. Abraham Brown, who married his
daughter, lived there many years. Alanson Titus, brother
of Hon. Jonah Titus, who was for some years of the Provi-
dence bar, lived on this place many years, and several of
his children were born here.
Nathaniel Putnam, son of Dea. Moses, lived here several
years and finally bought the place. He married for his first
wife Charlotte Morse, and for his second the widow of John
Putnam. After his death the place was sold to Mr. Quinn,
and is now owned by the town. Many other families have
lived in this house ; among the more prominent were Major
Rufus Bacon and Capt. Warren. Members of each of these
families became quite distinguished.
The house now owned and occupied by Mrs. Rachel Rich,
widow of John Rich, jr., was built by Dea. Tarrant Putnam ;
some of his children were born here. He was admitted to
membership in the first Congregational church in Sutton by
letter from church in Danvers, in 1847, at the age of thirty-
two. He owned a large tract, embracing this place, the poor
farm and the farm now owned by Henry Brigham, etc. In
the days of the revolution the renowned Gen. Israel Putnam,
on his way to Bunker Hill, halted at this house and dined
with him. When he left, he mounted his horse from the flag
at the end of the bank-wall near the south-east corner of the
house, where the loving friends and cousins embraced each
other and wept. His son Tarrant died Dec. 17, 1770.
One of his sons, Elijah, went from here to Brown Univer-
sity, where he graduated. Dea. Tarrant Putnam died here
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August 27, 1794, aged seventy-nine. His widow died
March 16, 1812, aged eighty-nine.
His son, Capt. Israel Putnam, was born here and was the
next owner. He kept store here for several years ; sold dry
goods, groceries and all kinds of liquors. Mrs. Putnam
frequently tended the store, and the greatest decorum always
prevailed on the premises. After Capt. Putnam moved into
town the store was moved whole, by a team of Sutton cattle,
to Millbury, where it was occupied by his son-in-law, Jabez
Hull ; it is now kept by Mr. Sweetzer.
The Captain was proud of his cattle and sheep. He had
the largest sheep and the fattest oxen. He would feed his
large oxen two years to make them superior to any in the
market. He used to drive a great many cattle to market,
riding a gray horse that he kept twenty years or more ; he
was a fine horseman. He built the large barn on the place,
which he used to fill with hay, besides having several stacks
outside.
Capt. Putnam married Hannah LeBaron, and had a large
and very respectable family. His daughter Hannah married
Jabez Hull, and had one daughter, who died single. Widow
Hull died some two years ago, leaving a handsome estate.
Le Baron was a merchant and manufacturer ; he once
owned Queechy Village in Vermont. He manufactured
carpets at Holden, several years. He married Ann Braman,
daughter of Dr. Amasa Braman, an estimable lady, by whom
he had three or four sons ; one, Frank, a wealthy merchant,
now lives in New York. Tarrant was a merchant in New
York, where he died almost a millionaire. Israel graduated
at Brown University, and was an eminent physician at Bath,
Maine. He was at one time mayor of the city. He left a
very intelligent family. One of his sons has been mayor of
Portland, and is an eminent lawyer.
Mary married Dr. Leonard Pierce and had two daughters,
Mary Frances and Ellen Douglass. Ellen married M. M.
Hovey and has two children, John Wm. and Marius M., jr.
Mrs. Pierce is one of the best read and most intelligent
ladies of the laud. She inherits the Le Baron estate, and
lives there with her daughter, Mary Frances.
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Edwin was a merchant in New York City, where he died
single, much lamented by all who knew him. Frederick is
a physician of some note in New York.
Theodore was a merchant in New York, but being out of
health, has retired on the farm with his sister.
Caroline married Dr. N. C. Sibley, and had one son who
died young. She married for her second husband Stephen
Merihew, Esq., a New York lawyer, by whom she has a
son and two daughters. George is in a store in New York.
Since Capt. Putnam left the place several different families
have lived there. Silas Brown, since a lawyer in the West,
had charge of the farm two or three years. Dea. Solomon
Marble and his son Joel, the father of the celebrated editor,
Manton Marble of New York, lived here and carried on the
farm. Joel's wife died here. * * * *
John Rich, jr. , owned the farm several years and died here.
He left a wife and one daughter, Mary.
The house where F. F. Sibley lives it is not known who
built. Samuel Goddard lived there and carried on the
tanning business ; next, Caleb Torrey followed in the same
business. Major Holmau owned it. Christopher Nason
tanned there. Reuben McKnight owned it and lived there.
Simon Sibley owned it and lived there many years. His
sons were Freeman, now Dr. Sibley of Warren, Simon
Harrison, the manufacturer of Warren, once worth four hun-
dred thousand dollars, but who has now retired from business
on account of heavy losses by the Boston fire, etc. George
was a blacksmith. His daughter Sophronia married Anthony
Mason, and had two sons and one daughter. Mary married a
Cummings and died. Nancy married a McKnight and died.
Mr. Sibley died at Warren, about ninety-seven years of age.
Rev. Mr. Walker lived here a year or two. Anthony
Mason carried on the farm several years and died there. F.
F. Sibley was the next and is present owner. He was born
in Oxford, October 22, 1827.
Samuel Goddard married a King for his first wife ; for his
second Widow Park. He went to Royalston and had a very
large family ; among them Deacon Nathaniel Goddard of
Millbury.
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The next house was the old school-house, made into a
dwelling house by Col. Jason Waters ; many families, too
numerous to mention, have lived in it. Mr. Amos Waters
once owned it and lived there. It is now occupied by Mr.
Isaac Waters, son of Stephen, son of Richard, son of Richard ;
he married a daughter of Salem J. Shaw.
The present school-house was built 'in 1818.
The house now owned and occupied by Salem J. Shaw
was built by Oliver Bullard and sold to the present owner.
Mr Shaw was born in Wales, Mass., February 13, 1821;
married Susan Ann Putnam, daughter of Harvey, son of
Abner, son of David, son of Deacon Cornelius. Mr. Shaw
has run the mill several years and is a wheelwright by trade.
The first framed building raised in West Sutton was a
saw mill on the site where Shaw's mill now stands. The
house where Daniel Chase died, now belonging to his heirs,
was originally a store and stood where the Widow Gibson's
house now stands. The store was kept by Captain Thomas
Smith, then by Bastow and Hovey, then by Dr. Amasa
Braman, next by Colonel Jason Waters, then by Jabez
Hull, then Samuel Putnam, last Le Baron Putnam. It was
moved to present site by Captain Cornelius Putnam, next
owned by Adolphus Draper, who was a blacksmith and
owned and occupied the trip-hammer shop. Chase was a
carpenter and a good workman. He left a wife and two
daughters.
The house where Loren Kenney lives was built by Amos
Waters, son of Amos and Abigail, about 1816 was sold
to Stephen Hutchinson with a farm of about seventy-five
acres : by him sold to James Phelps ; he sold to Levins
Sibley, Lewis Stockwell owned it, Calvin Eager bought it,
and Nathan Heath bought of him for Mrs. Grossman ; jit is
now owned by Loren Kenney.
Stephen Hutchinson came from Rhode Island and had a
large family. He moved to Oxford, where he died.
There used to be an old house on the corner. Mrs.
Putnam says it was an old house seventy years ago. No
one seems to know who built it. Mr. Amos Waters lived in
it many years. He is said to have been one of the most
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exemplary of men, and was known as "Deacon Amos,"
although he never held that office. He married for second
wife a daughter of Elder Samuel Waters, and had a large
family of the best of children, all quiet, intelligent, peace-
ful and good. He was a hoe-maker by trade and made the
best hoes of his time. They were plated hoes with an eye
for the handle ; the upper side was steel, the under side
iron. The theory was that the iron would keep the steel
from breaking, and being soft would wear off at the bottom
and keep the hoes sharp. He used to manufacture them in
a trip-hammer shop which he built, near where the Hooker
shop now stands. The scythe business was also carried
on there. Captain Cornelius Putnam made axes there. It
Avas quite a business shop, owned and operated by several
different men and linns. Janes and Shumway were here,
borrowed money, bought horses and ran off. They went to
Wisconsin and started business. The place was named
Janesville after Mr. Janes, and is now an important town.
They were here in 1836.
On the opposite corner stood a long, low house known a s
the "Tom Smith House." Thomas Smith, son of Robert
Smith, lived here many years. He married for his second
wife a daughter of Elder Samuel Waters. He was born in
Douglas. The Sutton high school, kept by Rev. George
A. Willard, was located at one time in this house. The
house was owned at one time by Captain Reuben Waters ;
his mother died here in her one hundreth year. She, once
so active and intelligent, in the last year or two of her life
became a mere child, so that Mrs. Waters gave her toys
and made her rag-babies to play with. The house was
owned several years by Daniel Hovey. V. C. Hooker owned
it and took it down.
The next house above was built by V. C. Hooker, and
sold to Samuel Newton, and by him to Mr. Ethan Brown.
Mr. Brown was born in Oxford, married Mary Ann Sibley,
daughter of Almon. They have one daughter, Delia, who
graduated at Mount Holyoke. She married Rev. Mr. Law-
rence.
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The house now occupied by Franklin Sibley was built by
Veranus C. Hooker, who bought the site of James Phelps
about 1840. It has been owned by Henry Batcheller, John
Rich and Sibley. Rev. Alvan Abbott once lived in this
house. Sibley has been mail-carrier from West Sutton to
Millbury for several years.
The house now owned by Mrs. Elder Fuller was built by
Elder Samuel Waters ; he kept tavern, had an ashery and
distillery back of the house ; also two blacksmith shops, one
for the manufacture of scythes and one for hoes. One
was operated by water-power, near where Phelps' mill now
stands.
He took stock in the "village factory," which brought
failure to so many, and was sent to jail, where he wrote a
sermon entitled "The Spirits of the Prison," which was
published. He preached in the first Baptist church several
years. After he gave up preaching he had a paint shop
near his house, where he painted carriages.
The other part of the house, now owned by Olive Tucker,
was built by his son Joshua and sold to Amos Waters.
" Deacon Amos " occupied it several years and died there.
The old part was owned by Esq. Bastow. His father, Job
Bastow, died there March 28, 1827 ; his widow died October
31, 1830.
Samuel Waters, Jr., bought it ; he was deacon of the first
Baptist church. He finally moved to Worcester, where he
died. Captain Willard Putnam, son of Aaron, son of
Archelaus, son of Edward, owned it. James Phelps bought
it and sold to Willard Hall, son of Joseph, son of Deacon
Willis. On the settlement of Widow Hall's estate, sold to
the present owner.
Ebenezer Cad well once lived in the west part of this
house, and carried on the tailoring business. He was after-
ward depot master at Northbridge.
The house now owned and occupied by Mrs. Mind well H.
Phelps was built by Sumner Bastow, Esq., in 1817 ; John
Hathaway and Darius Sibley worked on the house; they
slept in it before the plastering was dry, and having a char-
coal fire Hathaway was suffocated by the gas. Sibley but
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just escaped. Esq. Bastow was a lawyer in the old grab-law
time. His kind feelings rendered this profession distasteful
to him, so he gave it up, and accepted the position of cash-
ier of the Oxford bank, which he kept until his last sick-
ness. He died December 29, 1845, aged sixty-eight. He
was an affable, gentlemanly, kind-hearted man. His wife, a
daughter of Elder Samuel Waters, died March 22, 1871,
aged eighty-four. Their son Julius S. was born here ; he
went to Brown university, was a physician, and died Decem-
ber 24, 1839. Esq. Bastow, while listening on a certain
occasion to a sermon by Rev. Mr. Mills, took out his pen-
knife and cleaned and scraped his finger-nails, which appa-
rent inattention somewhat annoyed his reverence, drawing
from him a mild rebuke. So the next day Mr. Bastow sent
a handsome apology, accompanied with the entire sermon
nicely written out. It was a peculiarity of his to busy his
hands in some such way while listening intently to an argu-
ment or discourse. It taxed the very suave Mr. Mills to
his uttermost to rejoin with due politeness to this unexpec-
ted apology, yet he did it with such grace and dignity as
few men could command ; regretting, no doubt, that he had
not more nail-scraping and less giddy hearers in his congre-
gation.
He sold the place to James Phelps in 1827. Mr. Phelps
enlarged the house very much and built the beautiful barn in
1839 : the carpenter work was done under the direction of
Jabez Ellis. He built the mills now owned by S. J. Shaw in
1830 : the mill work being done by Ezra Davis and others.
This saw and grist-mill with 30 acres of laud, including the
orchard now owned by Stockwell, was sold to Lewis Stock-
well in 1841 ; he bought also the Hutchinson house. Stock-
well sold the mill to Oliver Bullard, who built the house
where Shaw lives and sold to Shaw. He built a shop for
making washers, just above the saw mill now owned by
Henry, in 1847. It has since been moved, and stands where
Amos Waters' hoe shop used to stand. It belongs to the
heirs of V. C. Hooker. He built Henry's saw mill and sawed
the first log there Dec. 18, 1856. He bought the upper
reservoir and built the dam in 1858. He built the new
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grist-mill in 1858. After his death the mills were sold to
Henry Batcheller and by him to Sumner Kenney, by him to
Henry Phelps. He built a blacksmith and wheelwright shop
where Hooker's shop now stands, in 1861. It was burned in
1866.
He was a millwright by trade, and doing the mill work
where they were putting in a new machine for making paper,
he conceived the idea of making those machines ; so he
employed a draughtsman who took dimensions and drawings
of all parts of the machine, and he and Gen. Spofford com-
menced manufacturing the famous Fourdrinier paper machines
in 1826. They made their first pattern in the machine shop
at Manchaug.
The business was continued on under the name and firm of
Phelps and Spofford until 1841. Their machine shop was
located at Spoffordsville in the town of Windham, Ct.
They sold the machines for about $3,000 apiece, and when
the purchasers were not able to pay for them, they took mort-
gages for their security ; nevertheless, this precaution proved
their ruin, for they soon had more paper mills on their hands
than they knew what to do with.
So, to bolster up their broken customers, they stocked
several of these mills and run them with bad partners, until
they were obliged to fail in 1841. After going through bank-
ruptcy, Mr. Phelps invented and had patented in 1843, what
is known as " Phelps' Patent Rag Washer." He sold of these
washers one hundred and twenty thousand dollars worth ; a
little more than one half of the amount being profit. Mr.
Phelps was son of Henry Phelps ; his mother was daughter
of Edward Putnam, who originally bought five hundred acres
of laud on Putnam Hill, for five hundred dollars.
James Phelps was a fine looking man, weighing over two
hundred pounds. His twin brother, Sim., looked much
like him, but was not quite as fleshy. James, for several years
before he died, was troubled with the gout, and almost
lost the use of his lower limbs. Yet he had wheels on his
chair and trundled himself about the house, would crawl into
his wagon and ride to his shop and about his farm, directing
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all his men, and actually doing more business than any other
man in West Button, although a cripple, and frequently
exercised with the most excruciating pain.
Of his family only his wife and two children survive.
Mrs. Phelps is now in her eightieth year. The children are
Henry, who married Julia Waters, and Sarah, the widow of
Horace De Witt. She has one son, Alexander, a promising-
young man, now engaged in the hardware business in Worces-
ter.
Judge Barton wrote the following obituary, which was
published in the Worcester Aegis, in June, 1863 :
" The death of James Phelps, Esq., of Sutton, noticed in the last Aegis and
Transcript, will attract wide attention among the elder members of the busi-
ness community. He was formerly a large manufacturer of paper machinery.
The disastrous period for all manufacturers, previous to the passage of the
bankrupt law of 1841, compelled Mr. Phelps to take the benefit of that act,
and at the age of fifty years he was left entirely destitute of property. With
most men at that age and under such circumstances, further enterprise would
have been wholly paralyzed. But possessing great hopefulness and mechanical
talent, he put forth new efforts to retrieve his fortunes ; invented what is well
known as "Phelps' Patent Rag Washer," and by the manufacture of that
useful machine, he supported himself under great bodily infirmities, gave
remunerative employment to many laborers, paid debts from which he had been
legally discharged, and saved a moderate competency for his family. Few
men have left a purer name for integrity and enterprise, and his loss will be
deeply felt by his family and by the community where he has so long resided."
His funeral was largely attended by his friends and neigh-
bors, at the Baptist church in West Sutton on the third inst.
The services were appropriately performed by Rev. Mr.
Lyman of Sutton Centre, assisted by the Rev. Messrs. Avery
and Becker, the Baptist clergyman of West Sutton.
He bought originally but little land of Esquire Bastow, but
has bought on of different ones, so that the present farm
contains about ninety acres.
The house where widow Gibson now lives was built by
Jonathan Dudley, jr., in 1826. Sold to Col. Reuben Waters
who lived here several years ; some of his children were
born here. It was afterward owned by James Phelps, sold
by him to Gardner Gibson, a carpenter, who died there in
1876.
The house where Henry Phelps now lives was built by
James Gleason in 1833. He married Eliza Dodge, daughter
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of Josiali Dodge. He sold to Samuel Eich and moved to
Southbridge, where his wife Eliza died. He married for
second wife a daughter of John Dodge, with whom he now
lives in Southbridge.
Samuel Rich married Nancy Stockwell, but had no chil-
dren. He adopted a daughter who married a Presby, and
to her and her heirs Mr. Rich gave this house. They are the
present owners. He also gave a handsome donation to the
First Baptist church.
The house where widow Earle now lives was originally a
wheelwright shop, occupied by Reuben Chase and Origen
Harback. It was made into a dwelling house by Col. Jason
Waters, sold to Daniel Tourtellott, Esq. Mrs. Perry bought
it, and it was inherited from her by her daughter, Mrs. Geo.
C. Earle, the present owner. Many families have lived in
this house, among them Capt. Charles Harback, Charles
Warren, Capt. Parley Howard, a Mr. Hastings, who went
to Connecticut, Moses Sibley and others.
The house now owned and occupied by Parley Waters
was built by Col. Daniel C. Tourtellott about 1830. He
married for first wife Sarah Sibley, daughter of Moses and
Sarah ; a part of his children were born here and his wife
died here. He married for second wife H. Serepta Stock-
well. He now has a third wife and lives in Worcester. He
was Colonel of the Regiment that used to muster at West
Suttou, and was a splendid officer. He sold to present
owner. Ensign Parley Waters, now eighty years of age, is
active and intelligent as most middle-aged men. When
quite young he had a fever, and after that his hair came out
white, giving him then quite a venerable appearance. His
wife is now nearly 77. Their children are all dead. Sarah,
their grand-daughter, is their only surviving descendant, and
one of the first graduates of the Sutton High School.
The house and store now owned and kept by Henry B.
Bullard, was built by Samuel Davis for Lyman Parsons, who
first kept the store. It was next kept by Gibbs Lilley,
Luther Woodbury acting as attendant ; next owned and kept
by Amos R. Holman, who sold to Rufus C. Hall, who kept
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it several years. He sold to Samuel Waters, who soon sold
to Bullard, the present owner.
The old tavern house which stood where the tavern now
stands, was moved across the road, and afterwards occupied
by Nathan Arnold and others. It was built by Amos
Waters, one of the first settlers. He married widow Daniel
Carrie! ; her maiden name was Abigail Cobb. She had one
son, Daniel, by her first husband, and four sons and three
daughters by her second. After his death she married Robert
Smith and had one son and one daughter. Miner married a
Marble, the daughter married a Whipple.
The children of Amos and Abigail were all born in this
house. Their names were Amos, Jude, Reuben, Simeon,
Patty, Huldah, and Abigail. Patty married Capt. David
Putnam, Huldah married John Putnam and Abigail Capt.
Abner Putnam, son of Esq. Nathan. He moved to Ludlow,
Mass., and died there. After the death of Amos Waters his
widow rented her thirds to Aaron Sibley and a Mr. White,
and went to live with her third husband down at the Aldrich
mill place.
In the days of the Revolution a train of powder wagons accompanied by a
military escort, on its way from Philadelphia to Boston, passed this house.
One of White's boys, full of mischief, stuck pitch pine slivers into an apple,
and as the train passed, lighted his torch and threw it at the last powder cart,
which act so enraged the guard, that they came back to the house, broke out
all the windows and threatened the lives of the inmates, thinking them tories.
One woman with a child in her arms was obliged to run for her life, the guard
threatening to pierce her with his sword if she did not leave. She ran to the
Elder Waters' house, and the boy to save his life went and hid under the
flume at the mill. After hunting a long time for the boy they went to Le
Baron's tavern, where they spent the night; and when they threatened to go
back, and burn the house, feeling sure that tories lived there, Mr. Le Baron's
assurance that they were good Union people, and that it was only the foolish
act of a mischievous boy, was all that saved the house. White was so alarmed
for his safety, that he left the place.
The house was afterward occupied by Capt. Reuben
Waters, who kept the first tavern here. All of his children
were born here. He built the Masonic Hall and store
adjoining in 1815.
It was next kept by Col. Jason Waters, who also kept the
store. He was the son of Jude, the son of Amos. Col.
Jason was quite an enterprising man. He married a Phillips
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and moved to Philadelphia, where he died. One of his
daughters married a distinguished and wealthy physician, and
o ^
now lives in Philadelphia.
The store was next kept by Morgan Phillips, then by
Dudley and Torry, next by Col. Eeuben Waters and Harvey
Lombard. Estes Davis bought out Lombard, and Lyman
Parsons went in with Davis, then moved to the new store.
The store has since been made into a tenement.
Geo. C. Earle next kept the hotel, and as a landlord he so
served his customers as to command their respect and esteem.
He married Miss Martha Rich, daughter of Amos and Patty
Rich.
At the time when he kept this house military trainings
were very popular, and the different towns tried to see which
could produce the best uniformed, armed, equipped and
drilled companies. The annual regimental musters were
generally celebrated in the beautiful fields in front of this
house, it being made the headquarters of the inspectors.
Four very popular Colonels were produced in this little
village : Col. Jason Waters, Col. Reuben Waters, Col. Geo.
C. Earle, Col. Daniel C. Tourtellott.
Paris and Geo. A. Tourtellott moved the old house and
built the brick one, making their own bricks, for there was
a brick-yard on this place just back of the barn, where the
brick-making business was carried on many years. They
succeeded Earle in the hotel, and the Tourtellotts kept the
house several years, Charles A. succeeding George. Geo. A.
afterwards kept a hotel in Templeton, where he died. Charles
went to Millbury, where he kept a popular house until he
died.
After the central turnpike was built, this house was a noted stage tavern,
two stages a day stopping here on their way from Boston to Hartford and vice
versa. Two drivers boarded here, Silas Freeman and Joseph Perkins, one
driving east and the other west: they changed horses and coaches at this place.
Many travellers stopped here, and the house was well patronized. In the olden
time, before daily papers and mails were established, the neighbors used to
congregate here to learn the news from travellers, and find out about the
markets by teamsters from Boston.
This house used to be noted for its dancing schools, singing schools, balls,
etc., which were held in the beautiful hall built by Capt. Waters for the use of
the Masons. Those beautiful figures, Faith, Hope and Charity, which adorned
the walls, were designed and painted by the noted artist, Jeremiah Styles.
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Since Tourtellott left, several men have kept the house,
but there is not much demand for such a house, now that
most of the travel is by railroad.
Tourtellott sustained the house by entertaining parties and
getting up bird suppers as long as he could, but finally left.
Waldo Putnam bought it and kept it one year or so, then
sold to an Irishman by the name of Quirk, who still owns it.
Mr. Wallis kept it last year. A Mr. Whiting lives there
now. A Mr. Presby once bought it and built a barn there,
then it went back to Paris Tourtellott, whose heirs sold to
Waldo.
There used to be great amusement in those general trainings, and their
dress parade was a fine sight. Their sham fights were bloodless, and conse-
quently real fun, although they did on one occasion scare all the rats out of the
place ; they left in the night after the battle. Their tracks were seen a mile
distant the next morning in a sandy place in the road. They were so numerous
that a finger could scarcely be put on a spot without touching one. They
halted on Putnam and Pigeon hills, and those places were overrun by them.
The next house was originally Willard Putnam's wheel-
wright shop. It was made into a dwelling house by Mrs.
Patty Perry, formerly Mrs. Amos Rich ; she died there. Mr.
Perry married Cynthia Bastow and died there. Mrs. Earle
sold it to Frank Sibley, he sold to Mrs. McKnight, she to
Bowers Davis, who is now repairing, enlarging and improv-
ing it very much.
The next house was Esq. Bastow's office. It was first
moved across the road and used as a tailor's shop by Ebenezer
Cad well, then removed to its present site, and enlarged for
a shoe shop by Capt. Parley Howard. It was altered into a
dwelling house by Rufus Bacon. His daughter, who married
a Fairbanks and died in Worcester, was born here. Several
families have lived in it, and it now belongs to Nathan
Waters. The next house was built by Capt. Reuben Waters
for Dorrance Sibley, who first occupied it in 1813. Capt.
Parley Howard owned it and lived in it several years. He
was a shoemaker, and carried on quite a business. His first
wife died here. He married for second wife a Miss Parker,
and had two or three children; she died, and he married a
third wife. He died in the north part of the county. Mrs.
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194 HOMES OF THE
Stephen Putnam died in this house. Mrs. Stephen Waters
lived in it. It has been owned for several years by Xathan
Waters, and by him rented to various families.
The next house was built of brick by Paris Tourtellott in
1830. He lived here several years, married Mary Ann
Stevens, who died here. Deacon Dana bought the place and
sold to Thomas Tucker. Warren Johnson bought and sold
to Rev. Mr. Snow, whose only son was killed by lightning
soon after, at this place, which rendered the house so desolate
that he sold to Deacon Lamb, the present owner.
Opposite this house once stood " The West Sutton Lite-
rary Institute," established by the effort of that popular
teacher, Rev. Geo. A. Willard, under whose management
it was well patronized, but whose successors failed to keep
up the prestige it had possessed. Consequently, for lack of
patronage the school was discontinued, and the building sold
and converted into a dwelling house by P. H. Putnam, as
mentioned in District No. 2. Mr. Willard went from here
to Southbridge, and established the Southbridge High School.
The builder of the house now owned and occupied by
Samuel Newton, cannot be ascertained. It is a very 7 ancient
house, among the oldest in the place. Paul Sibley kept
tavern there many years ago. Gideon Sibley once lived
there. Gen. Davis owned the farm ; Charles Putnam hired
it of him and lived there ten years ; four of his children were
born there. Prescott was born there in 1804. After Putnam
left, Amasa Roberts, Esq., lived there, next Sumner Bastow,
Esq. Gen. Davis gave the farm to his son Sumner Barton,
when he was twenty-one years of age. He shot himself on the
place, in one of the fields south of the house, July 13, 1821,
aged twenty-two. It was next owned by Samuel and Elijah
Rich. Paris Tourtellott bought Elijah's part. Sumner Kenney
bought Samuel out, as far as the farm was concerned.
Liberty Bigelow bought the house for his father, Amos
Bigelow, who lived here many years. Bowers Davis bought
it and sold to present owner.
The next house was built by Edward Putnam in 1832.
Sold to Reuben Davis in 1835. He sold to Sumner Kenney
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in 1838, who has built a large barn, bought on land, and now
owns a large farm. Sumner Kenney is son of Jesse Kenney,
whose wife was daughter of Abel Sibley.
The next house was built soon after by Emory Putnam,
son of Rufus, son of David, son of Fuller, son of Jepthah.
It was next owned by Jason Bigelow, now by John Gibson,
who married Bigelow's daughter.
Daniel C. Tourtellott had a wheelwright-shop a little north
of the tavern, operated by water-power ; it has been down
several years. It did quite an extensive business at one
time.
The house where Charles Johnson now lives was built
by Arnos R. Holman, about 1845, and sold to Mr. Soule,
and by him to the Baptist society. It was occupied by Rev.
Mr. Lovell, one of the most brilliant preachers that ever
preached in this town. Mr. Lovell was for a time deranged
and sent to the lunatic asylum, where he remained some
time ; afterward went west, recovered, and is himself again.
The society sold to Thomas Tucker, he to Mrs. Marcy,
widow of Larned Marcy and mother of Mrs. Johnson.
The new house beyond was built in 1876, by Henry M.
Brigham, born in Westborough, October 29, 1833, married
Hannah Jane Sherman, Nov. 28, 1855, born May 19, 1839.
They have one daughter, Ella, born in Sutton, June 16,
1859. She has just graduated from the Sutton high school.
This is one of the best houses in town, large, commodious
and well finished .
The next house, also owned by Mr. Brigham, was built
by Timothy Davis. The farm originally belonged to Deacon
Tarrant Putnam. Davis sold to Benjamin Wallis, who sold
to Smith Taft, who built the barn. He lived there a few
years, then traded farms with Hon. John Spurr of Charlton,
and went to Charlton to live. Mr. Wallis also moved to
Charlton. Mr. Spurr let the farm to several different ones,
Jonathan Dudley, jr., Larned Marcy and others. Marcy
died there. After the death of Mr. Spurr it was sold to
Mrs. Adams Carpenter. After Adams died it was sold to
present owner. It is a large farm.
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The house on the town farm was built about seventy-five
years ago by Deacon Daniel Harwood, sold by him to Elkanah
Spring, by him to Captain Rufus Knapp. Brigham, his son,
was born there. He sold to Captain Daniel Tourtellott.
Mrs. Putnam thinks he was there in 1806. Daniel Tourtel-
lott sold to the town of Sutton, March 15, 1837.
Captain Tourtellott was a very prominent man in town, was deputy sheriff
several years, was also a justice of the peace. He was born in Mendon,
Massachusetts, and died at the tavern in West Sutton, August 17, 1844, aged
seventy-two years, eight months. He married Freelove Angell, born in
Smithfield, Rhode Island, February 28, 1779, and died at Millbury, Massa-
chusetts, November 16, 1869. They had eight children, six sons and two
daughters. Paris, George A., Daniel C., Samuel, Charles A., Stephen C.,
Maria and Ruth all dead but Daniel C. and Mrs. Maria, widow of John
Gleason. They both live in Worcester.
This farm has been the home of the poor since the town
bought it. The wardens have been as follows : Nathan
Keith, 1838, three years; Simon Tainter, 1843-4; Alfred
Morse, 1845 ; S. D. King, 1846-7 ; Joseph Wilcox, 1847
to 1854 ; T. D. Gould, 1857 ; A. H. Blake, '58 and '59 ; S.
Farnum, I860, four years ; Joseph Wilcox, 1864-5 ; H. M.
Brigham, '66 and '67 and '70 to '75 ; Samuel Fairbanks,
1869 ; C. S. Wheeler, 1876.
There once stood a house beyond this one, owned and
occupied by Ebenezer Rich. His sons were Ebenezer,
Jacob, Elisha and John. Elisha kept school at the Street ;
was collector of the town.
Samuel Rich, one of the first settlers, who OAvned a very
large tract of land, embracing several farms in the vicinity,
built the house where Chandler Stockwell now lives. His
son Amos was born there and succeeded his father as owner.
Amos married Patty Pratt, enlarged and improved the house,
and kept tavern there several years. All of his children were
born there. After his death, his son, Amos, jr., kept the
house, and after he died his brother-in-law, Colonel George
C. Earle, kept it. It was sold to Captain Chandler Stock-
well in 1835. He has occupied it ever since. He is son of
Eli Stockwell already mentioned. This house is located on
what was known as the Douglas turnpike ; it being the main
road to Providence was formerly much travelled, affording
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fair patronage to this, then popular tavern. Geo. R. Earle,
the popular proprietor of the Mansion House, Providence,
Rhode Island, is his son.
Samuel Rich, jr., built the next house in 1791. His
father owned the Elijah Rich place, the Kenney place, and
the Blandon place in Oxford, as well as the Eli Stockwell
place in Douglas. Samuel, jr., was succeeded by his son
John, who enlarged and repaired the house, built a large
barn, etc. His sons were John, jr., and George, who suc-
ceeded his father on the place and died here. One of his
daughters married Warren Humes, Esq., of Douglas. She
has been dead several years. Esq. Humes died a few weeks
since. He was once considered one of the most capable
men in the south part of Worcester county. He was a sur-
veyor, and did much probate business. His son, John R.
Humes, is now one of our assessors.
Another of John Rich's daughters married Stephen Marsh,
one of our most wealthy citizens.
Samuel, John and George's children were all born on this
place. George Rich married a daughter of Chandler Stock-
well, and had two sons and two daughters. The Stockwells,
Henry and James, bought this place after the death of
George. They sold to Erastus W. Whiting, he to Aaron
H. Read, the present owner.
Ebenezer Waters built a house between the Amos Rich
house and his own for his sister Hannah, who married a
Marsh. It was afterward occupied as a tenement-house by
many different families. It has been down several years.
Richard Waters, one of the original settlers, lived at the
Bullard place. He was admitted to the first Congregational
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church in Sutton, by letter from church in Salem, between
1724 and 1728. Mrs. M. DeW. Freeland has sent me one
little incident, which is as follows :
The time and manner of traveling and sending communications from Boston
to' Sutton in 1746, as contrasted with the same in 1876. From Records
of Siyourney Family.
Anthony Sigourney of Boston, was married to Mary Waters of Salem, 11
April, 1740. Mrs. Sigourney was an invalid from consumption, her physician
named change of place, hoping for her recovery. Mrs. Sigourney left Boston
for Sutton, where then resided her brother, Richard Waters. She soon
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became too ill to venture a return to Boston. She survived until winter,
1746; previously to her decease a message was despatched to Boston to
acquaint Mr. Sigourney with the circumstances. No answer was received.
The roads were impassable from the deep, heavy snows. The funeral services
were postponed for some two weeks or more, until it was decided there could
be no longer any delay from the absence of Mr. Sigourney ; during the
services Mr. Sigourney arrived. Having been unable to proceed from saddle-
horses furnished him, he had walked most of the distance from Boston to
Sutton, by the aid of snow-shoes or rackets. Mrs. Sigourney was buried in
the burying grounds belonging to the Waters, Goffe and Putnam families in
Sutton. No head-stones only stone marks.
Richard Waters settled the Billiard place on his son
Ebenezer, who built the present house in 17(>7. "Miss
Ruth Waters married Thomas Kendall, a preacher ; he had
a pair of twins, and made a cradle with the rockers length-
wise ; so, placing their heads toward the ends of the cradle,
the babies would kick and rock each other." His son,
Thomas, jr., was a very ingenious man. He had five fingers
on each hand, and used to make thermometers, surveyors'
instruments, etc.
Ebenezer Waters was a surveyor, civil engineer, conveyancer, etc. He was
very particular and scrupulously nice in all his acts. It was said that expect-
ing a visit from his minister he had a back-log hewed and scribed into his
fireplace, that his fireside might be worthy of his guest. He sold this place to
a Mr. Hunt and went to Boston, where he died Feb. 2d, 1808. One of his
daughters married Dr. Bullard and one married Eev. Joseph Goff. He and
his wives and daughters now sleep in a tomb which he built Sept. 18. 1773, in
the old burying-place on the west side of the road leading from West Sutton
to the town farm.
Dr. Bullard bought the place of Hunt about 1805. He
had a large family ; was a physician and surgeon. He used
to tell how he amputated a sore finger for a young man. He
put a block on the top of a bed-post, ground a chisel very
sharp, laid the boy's hand on the block, and with one stroke
of the mallet the operation was performed.
Nearly in front of this house stands a large elm tree which
Mr. Joseph Bullard, the next owner, said the Rev. H. W.
Beecher had in his mind when he described the big tree in
" Norwood." The place now belongs to Mr. Henry B. Bul-
lard, and lovers of beautiful scenery would do well to visit
him in summer, and rusticate under the great romantic tree
of " Norwood " notoriety. Rev. H. W. Beecher was married
in this house, and several went from here to college.
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A part of the Richard Waters' estate he settled upon his son
Stephen, who built the house where Nathan now lives, about
1757. He lived there seventy years. His son John was
born there in 1766, and died there 1847. He was succeeded
by his sons, Nathan and Richard. The farm was divided.
The house now owned by Peter Wake was built by John
Waters for his son Richard in 1839. He died there in 1876,
aged 74. He was away from the farm but six weeks during
his life.
His father was not away as much as his son. All of John's
children were born here. He and his three wives all died
here. Nathan's children were all born in the house where he
lives. This was a very large farm, extending to the shore 1
of Manchaug Pond, near which he had a saw mill, now stand-
ing, but not in operation at present. Near this mill Joseph
Severy with his children, Benjamin, Lydia and Libra, lived
in a shanty several years.
Mr. Stephen Waters gave much of his attention to raising
fruit ; he had the largest apple orchard in the region, and
the best fruit of his time. His successors have continued to
cultivate and improve the orchards. John Waters enlarged
and repaired the house ; it is large and commodious, and was
painted red. It remains the same color. Nathan's farm
contains about 200 acres. He has been a Justice of the
Peace, settled many estates, and done much for the support
of the gospel ; is a member of the First Baptist church.
Peter Wake now owns the farm vacated by the death of
Richard Waters. It contains 112 acres, and has on it one
thousand apple trees. Richard's children were all born
there.
Who first built the mill where Aldrich grinds cannot be
ascertained. Robert Smith lived there in the days of the
revolution. Benajah Putnam, the father of Abijah, lived
there and run the saw and grist-mills several years. He left
and went to Montpelier, Vt., in 1805. John Putnam owned
and occupied them soon after ; he also owned quite a farm,
and had a brick yard, and made brick up a little west of the
mills. He lived in an old house that stood near where the
barn now stands. He sold to James Sibley, who built the
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present house. John Putnam had the place back and sold
to Rufus Putnam ; he tended the mills several years, and
John bought them again for John, jr. Rufus went to the
house where Fairbanks now lives. He was a consumptive
and came back here to die with his cousin, John, jr. He
and his wife both died here ; but a short time intervening
between the events.
John Putnam, jr., sold the place to John Waters, who took
pains to stock the pond with fish and then forbid fishing
there. One David Lilley thought he had a right to fish
where he pleased, and continued to angle there. Mr. Waters
to test his right prosecuted him and gained his cause.
Stephen Waters, sou of John, had the place from his father,
and lived here until his death. All of his children were born
here. Among them Jason Waters, who has been a popular
singing master, an efficient member of the Massachusetts
legislature, an editor of a public journal, a traveling agent
for several different firms, an inventor, and has secured
several patents, a public lecturer and is one of our most
fluent speakers.
The mills were burnt in 1841, and rebuilt by John Waters.
After the death of Stephen Waters the place was sold to F.
F. Sibley, and by him to Charles Whiting. Xathan Waters
bought of Whiting for his daughter, Mrs. Aldrich. She is
the renowned ' ' Carrie Carlton " of Boston Cultivator noto-
riety. Her productions have been read and admired by
thousands.
There used to be a house down by the bridge beyond the
mills, but who built it cannot be ascertained. Benj, Carlton
once lived there ; he was the father of Silas Carlton, father
of Silas G. Carlton, the father of Mrs. Charles Barton. One
of Benjamin's sisters married Capt. Moody Morse. Phebe
married B. Barton, and was grandmother to Ann H. Judson,
foreign missionary and wife of Dr. Adoniram Judson. Unre-
quited love for her is said to have been the cause of the
derangement of John White, who used to wander about
singing verses, " All for the sake of sweet Phebe, my dear."
The place was afterwards owned by Peter H. Putnam.
TOWX OF SUTTON. 205
The house where George Fairbanks now lives was built
by Edward Putnam and Daniel Hathaway. Edward was son
of Bartholomew, son of Cornelius. Daniel married Edward's
.sister, and Edward and his sister both died here of con-
sumption.
Daniel Hathaway married for second wife a Harwood,
sister to Mrs. David Putnam. He afterward moved to
Charlton. His son, Joseph Hall Hathaway, HOAV a promi-
nent man in Charlton, was born in the house with his uncle,
David Putnam, where Peter H. Putnam now lives. Rufus
Putnam owned it and John built the barn for him. Rufus
Fuller owned it several years, and had a comb shop there.
Aaron Darling once lived here. Simeon Larned once owned
it and lived here ; then Tyler Sibley ; now his son Palmer
Sibley owns it. He married Fairbanks' daughter.
There used to be a house down by Sand Beach, owned by
Solomon and Peter Stockwell, who let it to many families.
William Metcalf lived there several years, and some of his
children were born there. Jasper Eager, Mr. Bolster and
several others lived there.
The first house this side of the mill, now owned by Daniel
Dorr, was originally built twelve feet square, by Almon
Sibley, who lived there several years ; he was a saddler by
trade, and used to work for Deacon Marble. He went to
the State of Xew York to live, lost most of his property,
came back and built this house, and some of his children
were born here. He sold this place to James Phelps, and
bought a larger place near Ramshorn Pond. From there he
moved just over the line into Douglas, where his widow now
lives. Mrs. Keziah Holbrook has since owned it. One of
its inmates was drowned in Aldrich's pond. It was next
conveyed to its present owner. A very valuable spring of
water near the house was Mr. Sibley's principal inducement
to build here.
Asa Thayer built the next house in 1866. He married a
daughter of Bethuel Leonard, and died here of cancer. The
house now belongs to his heirs.
There used to be a house up in the lot, southeast from
this house, owned and occupied by Widow Wakefield and
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her son Joseph ; her maiden name was Harwood ; she was
noted for her eccentricities.
She kept many cats, and to feed them caught fish. While angling one day
she drew a large pickerel out of the water, when by a sudden flop it broke
from the hook and left, when she exclaimed: "O the laws! how desputly it
makes a body feel to lose what they never had!" She wore a large pocket
and would fill it with fish, then come home and feed her score of cats, calling
each by name and giving it a fish as it came forth. One young man killed
seventeen of her cats one night, laying them all in a row on a large stone.
The old lady finding them there the next morning called on God to curse the
killer. So he having bad luck in after life laid it to the widow's curse.
Some one stole some of Joe's chickens, so he took the rest in to roost on the
head-board of his bed, instructing them to sit with their beaks toward him.
He once went out in a boat on Manchaug Pond, and caught a pickerel that
weighed five and a half pounds ; it so surprised him that his shouts were
heard on Putnam Hill and at the Water's place; the people, thinking him in
the pond, ran to his assistance, when he said: "O the goddies! who can
beat that? " The site where the house stood now belongs to Calvin Eager.
There was once a house on the other side of the road,
where a Dr. Burnet lived. Nothing farther can be learned
of the place or the doctor.
The next, owned and occupied by Bethuel Leonard, was
owned by John Putnam and settled by him upon his wife
Ann, known in this neighborhood for several years as
"Widow Ann." It was sold by her heirs to present owner.
The farm contains about twenty acres. There is a private
bury ing-place on it containing five graves.
Darius Leonard built his house in 1854 ; his five children
were born in it, and his wife died there.
Jacob Eager's house was bought from the Gideon Sibley
place, in Oxford, 1845. Four of his children were born
there.
George Gibson built the next house about 1855. Sold to
Hollis Sherman in 1867.
There once stood a house directly opposite, owned and
occupied by Samuel Putnam.
It is said he was one of the five who drank a barrel of cider in one night,
and some locate the feat in this house. Deacon Putnam offered to give him
apples, the use of his horse and cider-mill if he would make his own
cider. He thanked him and said he could get it cheaper.
Between Sherman's and the new road to Manchaug stood
an old gambrel-roofed house, owned and occupied by John
Carriel.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 207
He was a very eccentric man, who used to go to Boston with his team. It
sometimes consisted of a steer and a cow yoked together. He became quite
lame, and used to ride on the neap of his wagon. On his way home one
night he lost off one of the hind wheels and the end of the axle-tree dragged
on the ground the rest of the way. He became so lame that he had to do
most of his work sitting. He would hoe in the fields, and thresh in the barn,
sitting in a chair. He went from here to Putnam Hill, as noticed in district
number two.
He was succeeded by Levins Sibley, who built a good
barn and new house on the place. He had two children,
twins, Levins and Eliza. Levins married Captain Hume's
daughter and died in Douglas. Eliza married Olney Bolster.
The house that Mr. Sibley built was bought by S. J. Wood-
bury, and moved to Sutton Centre, where it is known as
the " Ocean House." The barn was also moved, and now
belongs to liev. H. A. Tracy.
Opposite stood two small, curb-roofed houses, once owned
by Joseph Sibley, who was succeeded by his sons Abel and
Hezekiah. Abel had two sons and a daughter; Levins, and
Isaac, who moved to Millbury, and was the father of Boyden
Sibley, once cashier of Millbury bank. The daughter mar-
ried Jesse Kenney, father of Sumner. Hezekiah never
married, but was bed-ridden in one of these houses sixteen
years ; he lay in the upper part of the house, and his poor
mother attended his wants by climbing a ladder to his perch
all these years. He did not see the sun for fourteen years ;
at last the roof got leaky, so that the water would run on
his bed ; then his friends thought it necessary to shingle the
house. So, to make him more comfortable they commenced
the job. The noise annoyed him very much, so he exclaimed :
" O dear ! stop that noise ; it will kill me ; I am dying now !
If I live a half an hour, I shall live as long as God lives."
But they kept driving the nails, and " Kiah" became so mad
that he got up and went down the ladder, and soon com-
menced strolling about the neighborhood. The spell was
broken, and so was "Kiah." He was good for nothing but
to sling invectives. He could not govern his temper, and
when excited was gifted in abuse. He once got provoked at
Elder Waters, on whom he discharged his battery ; when he
had fired the last shot in his locker, and the bow of his
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excited brain was strained on the last arrow in the quiver of
his futile and exasperated imagination, he fell upon his
knees and prayed God to give him utterance, saying "I
have the root of the matter in me, but lack the power of
utterance to express my feelings."
He lived a miserable life, and died at last at the house of
Malachi Marble, where he was boarding at the expense of
the town. "Kiery" became the local for sick, discouraged,
fearful, mad, lazy and nearly all ills and short-comings in
the neighborhood. After the Sibleys left the place it was
owned by Peter Putnam, then by Charles Putnam, was sold
to John Rich, then John Rich, jr. Paris Tourtellott owned
it and took down the house. The site is now owned by
Parley Waters.
Just below this place stood a trip-hammer shop, owned
and operated by Esq. Nathan Putnam. It has been down
more than forty years.
The house now owned and occupied by Calvin Eager was
built by his brother Stephen in 1845, and occupied by him
one year, then bought and since owned and occupied by the
present owner. Calvin Eager married Dorothy Titus.
Fisher D. Thayer built the next and last house to notice
in this district, in 1844. It now belongs to William Clark
or William Abbott.
PUTNAM HILL, DISTRICT No. 2.
At the place where J. W. Paine now lives there once
stood two small houses owned by Elijah Sibley ; one occupied
by himself, the other by his son Daniel. Who built these
houses cannot be ascertained with certainty. It is presumed,
however, that one was built by his father, William, and the
other by himself. Elijah Sibley was a man very much
respected. He had two sons and several daughters ; one of
his daughters married a Wheelock, father of Reuben, one a
Coes of Worcester, one Timothy Leland, one married Daniel
Batcheller. The sons names were Daniel and Elijah. Daniel
married a Prince. Her father became insane working in the
i
silver mine at Eight-Lots. She was insane for many years,
and was a great trial to her family.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 209
Daniel Sibley was a man of medium size, but noted as an
expert with the scythe and cradle. Elijah married a Bartlett
and had Almon and Lowell.
Elijah Sibley, sen., settled his estate upon his grandson,
Daniel, jr., on condition that he should support his grand-
father, grand-mother, his father and mother through life,
which he did. He built a new house, and brought up a good
and virtuous family of eleven children. One of his sons,
Emory, lived in Webster,- where he held many town offices,
and represented the town in the state legislature. Daniel
Sibley, jr., was a man of great industry and cheerful temper.
He never held many town offices, for the reason that he
belonged to a party in the minority. He is spoken of as
among those of each of whom it may be said, he was " The
noblest work of God, an honest man."
After the death of Mr. Sibley, his son Alden sold the
place to Mrs. Lucina Paine. She has held it since 1854, the
date of her deed.
The house where Joseph S. Jones now lives was built (one
room) by James T. Elliot in 1815 ; rebuilt soon after by
John Parsons. John Burdon, an early settler who came
from Salem, lived on same site or near there. He was suc-
ceeded by a Mr. Rhodes. It was known as the Rhodes
place Avhen Mr. Parsons bought it of Capt. Elliot. John
Parsons married Lucy Hathaway and had twelve children,
all born here but Daniel. Lucy Hathaway is daughter of
Simeon Hathaway, who had tw r enty-one children. She, the
eleventh, is the only survivor; born January 5, 1793. Mr.
Parsons deeded this estate, containing thirty-one acres, to
Joseph H. Putnam in 1847. Mrs. Nancy A. Jones, the
present owner, inherited it from her father. Joseph S. and
Xancy A. Jones have had eleven children, most of them born
in this house.
John Burdon, mentioned above, died at the Phinehas
Putnam place when the roads were so blocked with snow
that they had to draw the corpse on a hand sled across lots
to the burial place, near Alvan Putnam's, where he was
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interred. So says Mrs. Parsons. John Parsons claimed to
be the inventor of pegged shoes, and as there is no proof to
the contrar}*, he may be accorded that honor.
The next house was first owned, so far as can be ascer-
tained, by one Carriel, then by Charles Putnam, son of Col.
John Putnam, next by Stephen Sibley, son of Tarrant, son
of Jonathan, son of Joseph. He married a daughter of Daniel
Sibley, and most of his children were born in this house.
He afterwards moved to West Brookfield, where he made
gun-powder. One of his daughters married a Gilbert, and
was mother of Hon. Lucien Gilbert of Warren, who married
Miss Mary L. Bliss, once a teacher in District No. 4, in
Sutton. The place was next owned by Jonathan Larned, who
sold it to Daniel Marble and Nathan Lombard. They took
down the old house. The site now belongs to Waldo Put-
nam.
John Burdon owned a small house directly opposite, down
long ago. Below this, on Gravel Brook, stood a malt and
grist-mill, built by Tarrant Sibley. It has been down many
years. The site is now owned by Waldo Putnam.
The house now occupied by Alfred Malhoit and owned by
Peter H. Putnam, was built by Abner Sibley. His sons
were Abner, Simeon, Elihu and Clark. Clark married
Hannah Marble, and had two children Edwin and Mary
Ann. Edwin died single. Mary Ann married Charles P.
Baldwin, a very wealthy man, now living in New York.
The mother died in Brooklyn, aged ninety-seven. After the
death of Mr. Sibley, Nathan Lombard bought the place.
Joseph Wilcox once owned it and lived there.
Abner Sibley was the father of Mrs. David Cole, the
mother of Hon. Sumner Cole.
The house now owned by Sullivan Graves and Emory
Putnam was built by Deacon Daniel Torrey, who lived there
several years. It was afterward owned by Mr. Lazarus Le
Baron, then by Dr. Leonard Pierce, by Sumner and Parley
Putnam. Abijah Putnam lived there six years ; two of his
sons were born there, Jason and % Lyman. Elihu Sibley moved
there from the Cole place April 1, 1818, and lived there
several years. Abraham Tourtellott once lived there.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 211
The house where Waldo Putnam now lives was first built
by Joseph Sibley. He willed the east room to his wife, and
the rest of the house and all his other buildings to his son,
Jonathan. The will was proved at Probate court, Worces-
ter, May 15, 1754. First deed to Joseph, dated 1722.
Children of Joseph and Elizabeth were Joseph, born March
6, 1709, John, born August 2, 1711, James, bom May 7,
1714, Jonathan, born September 11, 1718, Hannah, born
June 27, 1721, Susanna, born Aug. 24, 1723, Mary, born
September 23, 1725. Jonathan, born 1718, married Hannah,
born June 17, 1721. They had Jonathan, jr., born Feb.
10, 1741, Reuben, born February 20, 1743, Huldah, born
September 13, 1745, Paul, born April 26, 1748, Gideon, bom
November 20, 1750, Tarrant, born Sept. 1, 1754. Tarrant
married Hannah Putnam born May 11, 1761. They had
Stephen, bom April 9, 1780, Tarrant, jr., born October 22,
1781, Hannah, born May 22, 1784, Francis, born January
1, 1786, Lot, born December 15, 1788, Nathaniel, born Dec.
29, 1791, Tyler, born February 18, 1793, Israel, born Feb.
11, 1795, Deborah, August 5, 1797, Nahum, born June 5,
1800, Polly, born May 4, 1802, Sumner, Dec. 20, 1806,
died young.
Jonathan's children were all born on this farm, and Tarrant's
were born in this house. Old men speak of Jonathan Sibley
as a large man, almost a giant.
Tarrant Sibley was a very large, thick-set man, known as
a maltster. He was much respected by all acquainted with
him, and called Uncle Tarrant by many. He died almost
instantly of apoplexy, July 26, 1823. His family, like their
father, were all full-chested men, and all successful business
men.
The house was enlarged by Jonathan, aud^finished in its
present form by Tarrant. His sou Nahum succeeded him,
but soon sold to his brother Nathaniel, who married Mary
Brown, and had Mary, born September 8, 1816, who married
Waldo Putnam, the present owner of the place. Harriet born
July 9, 1821, married Bradford Putnam, and had Harriet,
now the wife of Peter H. Putnam. She married for second
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husband F. F. Sibley, son of Francis and Mary. This farm
has been productive of great and good men. Waldo Putnam
has had eleven children, only two of whom survive.
There used to be a house on the south part of this farm,
built and owned by the Sibley's, but last occupied by Elijah
Stauntou.
Staunton was an eccentric genius, a cordwainer or shoemaker by trade. He
used to go round "whipping the cat" as they styled it; i. e., making boots
and shoes for the families in their own houses. He was noted for his odd
sayings. His last sickness was in the winter. He was not quite ready to go,
so he said, "If God will spare me now. I will make Him the best pair of boots
that He ever had ; it is too bad to have to die after living through such a
winter." But alas, his attempted bribe availed him not! Poor blasphemous
Staunton died.
The house now owned by William Donaldson was built
by James Sibley, next owned by his son. Captain John Sib-
ley, then by Archelaus Putnam, deeded by him to Nathan
Lombard in 1805. He sold to Moses Holbrook in 1827.
Alanson Lombard bought it in 1831 and sold it to Joseph
H. Putnam in 1836. Sumner Putnam bought it of his
father and sold it to the present owner.
All of Nathan Putnam's children were born in this house,
except Alanson, who was born in the north parish, near the
old common. Mr. Lombard was a cabinet-maker, his shop
stood where Mr. Mitchell's new house stands. He employed
journej^men and apprentices. One of the latter, (lark
Dalrimple, married Prudence Putnam, daughter of Aaron,
and went to Providence, Rhode Island * where he became a
wealthy broker. The body of this house was covered with
shingles and painted red. It has been recently re-covered
and painted by Mr. Donaldson.
There once stood in front of this house four large sycamore or buttonwood
trees, the most noble of their kind, affording the most grateful shade for
man and beast ; for in their day, before railroads and iron horses came into
use, loaded teams and tired droves of panting cattle passed under their
extended branches, and were rested and refreshed. Many weary droves from
beyond the Connecticut have halted there to cool their parched tongues.
Even the droves from Kentucky have been refreshed by their shade.
For children and youth, young men and maidens, it was a favorite resort.
But what was the fate of those noble trees ?
One who bought the place saw yoke timber in their trunks, so he cut them
down and left the spot desolate. The beautiful trees were widely known
and much missed and lamented by their numerous admirers.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 213
Mr. Lombard's shop was made into a dwelling house, and
owned by the Misses Richard. It was occupied by S.
Augustus Fuller, Nathan Bennett and others. It was sold
to Mr. Mitchel, taken down and rebuilt ; but before com-
pleted in its present form, was burned in 1875. The
present house, on same site, was commenced by Mr. Mitchel
in 1876. He married the widow of Andrew J. Putnam.
Parley Putnam built a large house, on the opposite corner,
which was used as a dwelling house and store. The store
was kept, at one time, by Marcus M. Putnam. It was sold
to S. J. Woodbury, and moved into the middle of the
town ; then taken down by him and carried to Worcester.
It had a tin roof and was known as " Tin Top."
Opposite this house and the school house, Nahum Sibley
built a store. It was kept first by himself, then by William
Grossman, afterwards by Peter H. Putnam. It was finished
for a tenement, and occupied by Rufus Bacon and others.
It was finally moved off by Merritt Cook. The present
house, on the same site, was made of the West Sutton
Literary Institute, brought from Sutton street by P. H.
Putnam, in 1849. It now belongs to his widow, Mrs.
Hannah Putnam.
On the site now owned by Mrs. Sumner Putnam, Isaac
Putnam first built. He was there in 1730. He came from
Danvers. It was afterwards known as the Phineas Putnam
place ; next owned by Esq. Nathan Putnam. It was sold by
his son, Captain Abner Putnam, to Captain Josiah Hall
about 1816. The house was gone when Captain Hall bought.
Jonathan Dudley, jr., bought the strip of land between the
two roads of Captain Hall, and built the house now owned
by his sister, Mrs. Putnam. It is said to have been built
about 1838. Sumner Putnam bought the place of the heirs
of Jonathan Dudley, jr. Jonathan and Sumner both died
in this house.
The house where Oliver Hall now lives, owned by him
and Robert Luther, was built by Nathan Putnam, Esq.,
in 1776, and was then considered the best house in town.
Esquire Putnam had several children. One daughter
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married Stephen Marble, one married John Waters, one
married Amos Waters and died soon after, and one married
John King.
Mrs. Nathan Putnam came from Salem, When they built the tombs at
West Sutton she opposed the enterprise, though her husband was engaged in
it She said they had some just such tombs in Salem, and that they were
neglected and became dilapidated, and that she had seen dogs carrying dead
men's bones taken therefrom through the streets. She said these tombs
would fall into ruin in the same way. The tombs were built and for a time
were very popular. They even had a "Day of Resurrection," on which
many already buried were disinterred and placed therein. Time passes on,
their builders are dead, their friends are gone, the tomb-doors fall in, and
the bones of the builders are exposed to the dogs as she predicted. The old
tombs were complained of as a nuisance, and the court ordered the nuisance
abated ; so the tombs were torn down and the bones of the dead reinterred.
Esquire Putnam was noted for the great number of mar-
riages he performed ; many couples were married by him in
this house. He was second deacon of the first Congregational
church. He earned on the scythe making business, and had
a trip-hammer shop just east of the house, said to have been
the first in the state. It was operated by horse-power.
Capt. Josiah Hall (son of Willis, son of Percival, son of
John, sou of widow Mary, who came from Coventry, Eng-
land, about 1630), bought this farm, containing about 117
acres, with forty acres of woodland, of Capt. Abner Putnam,
son of Nathan, in 1816. Capt. Hall resided here until his
death. He died October 20, 1839, aged 80 years. He was
a soldier of the revolution and a member of the first Con-
gregational church. He retained all his faculties wonderfully
to the end. He married Mary Marble (daughter of Malachi,
son of Freegrace, son of Samuel) born in Sutton, February
24, 1763 ; died in this house, June 6, 1859. They had one
sou and several daughters. Their children were Oliver, born
December 1, 1785. He married Cimene Carter, born in the
north parish, October 19, 1789. She died in this house of
cancer, June 14, 1851. She was daughter of Joshua Carter
and his wife, Rachel Putnam, daughter of Isaac Putnam, jr.,
son of Isaac, who built the first house on this farm. Joshua
Carter was son of Joshua Carter and his wife, Elizabeth
Lovell. Polly, born April 7, 1788, married Alpheus Marble,
and died in Millbury in her eighty-seventh year.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 215
Almira, born June 4, 1790, died September 12, 1795 ;
Deborah, born June 18, 1793, died September 12, 1795.
These children both died of canker-rash. Hannah, born Dec.
13, 1795, married Rufus Carter, and for second husband,
Cyrus Falkner.
Mindwell, born February 8, 1798, married James Phelps.
Anna, born June 17, 1800, died in Millbury, aged seventy.
Sarah, born May 7, 1804, died at Mr. Phelps', May 11,
1837, of canker-rash.
All of Captain Hall's children, as well as himself and his
brothers and sisters, were born where John P. Stockwell
now lives. Gardner, son of Oliver, was also born there,
the place being deeded out of the Hall family the day of his
birth, April 6, 1813, ninety-three years after its settlement
by Deacon Percival Hall.
Oliver Hall has lived on this place more than sixty years.
All his children but two were born here. Julia Ann, now
Mrs. S. D. King, was born at her grandfather Carter's
in Millbury. Willis, now living in New York, was born
here April 28, 1818. Josiah C., bom September 11, 1820,
married Jane E. Congdon, January 1, 1851 ; died in this
house, July 4, 1861. Mary M., bora March 8, 1822, mar-
ried John F. Hinds; died in Webster, October 13, 1853.
Susan M., born June 3, 1824, married Robert Luther, May
10, 1848 ; died in this house October 21, 1876. Rufus C.,
born July 7, 1827, married Ann E. Dudley, May 2.5, 1853.
Frances A., born April 30, 1836, married Rev. Nicholas
Medbery, Nov. 3, 1869. They now live in Dover, Mass.
Oliver Hall came in possession of this place by virtue of
his fathers will.
He has been a mail of great ingenuity. He helped make the first pin-
making machine that was ever made in this country. The inventor was
Moses L. Morse. He was also a dye sinker, making stamps for parties in
various parts of New England. He made also many surgical instruments, to
order only. His pen-knives were very superior and much sought after when
people used to make quill-pens. He was a dentist, too, and when pivot teeth
were used, his were among the best.
He was town clerk of Suttori for fifteen years in succession, and an exam-
ination of the town books would give sufficient evidence of his success in
that capacity. He was appointed justice of the peace by Governor Boutwell
in 1852. He is now in the ninety-second year of his age, yet ab'e to give
much valuable information for this history.
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Many little incidents of interest are connected Avith this
place.
On Sunday, September 10, 1826, there was a wonderful shower of rain, the
heaviest part of which fell in this school district. Although it lasted but
little over an hour, it made quite a flood. The rain poured in such torrents
as to overflow the walls on the slope from Leonard Dodge's to the meadows
now owned by Asa Dodge. Stones, larger than four oxen could draw, were
moved fifteen or twenty feet. The roads were badly gullied and much dam-
age was done. Dr. Smith came along, soon after the shower, and his horse
had to wade in the water knee-deep on the flat, in front of this house, where
water has not been seen to stand since.
In June, 1831, a tornado, commencing on Mancbaug Pond, passed through
Asa Putnam's woods and across the lots 1o Perley Waters'. In its passage, it
spared nothing that came in its way. It tore up trees by the roots, break-
ing off branches eight inches in diameter, carrying them one hundred feet
into the air, and scattering them all about. It struck an old cider-mill
located near where Asa Dodge's hog-house now stands filled with lumber
which Rufus Bacon had been accumulating to build him a house, entirely
demolishing the whole thing. The building, lumber and all the lumber
principally boards was split into slivers and scattered broadcast over acres
of land. Even the mowing lots of Captain Hall were covered with the
debris; the slivers sticking upon the grass like the teeth of many inverted har-
rows.
Just as the wind struck the cider-mill, Paris Tourtellott opened the west
barn doors, in order to drive in out of the rain. His wagon was loaded with
pike-poles, for it was the day he raised his house at West Sutton. When he
opened the doors on the west end, the wind made a larger opening on the
north side, taking out about thirty feet, leaving him outside in a literal shower
of pitch-forks and pike-poles. " When I reached him," says one who went to
his aid, "he was the palest live man I ever saw; his hat was gone, his face
was speckled with Hnall pieces of green leaves, as nicely adjusted as so many
patches of court-plaster. The hind part of his wagon was down in the pasture
below the barn, and the pike-poles were scattered hither and thither. The
seat of his wagon was found some forty rods away in Capt. Hall's orchard."
When Esquire Putnam built his house, he hired Abner Sibley to set some
elm trees around his yard. Six of them now stand in front of the house.
When the tornado struck these trees, raising their branches high and almost
transforming them into the shape of Lombardy poplars, it found its match.
They were too strong even for a whirlwind. They severed it in twain, its feeble
branches passing one each side of the house. The salvation of the house and
perhaps of its inmates, is due to these noble centennial trees. There they
have stood one hundred years, a living monument to the enterprise of Nathan
Putnam and his faithful employe, Abner Sibley. Though Putnam and Sibley
are both dead, these beautiful trees still live, coeval with our national inde-
pendence. There let them stand, never to shed their dew-drop tears over the
death of our great republic.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 217
When Susan Hall married and went to live among
strangers in West Brooktield in 1848, her eldest brother
addressed to her the following lines on the old homestead :
"1 much revere the rural place,
That gave thee life and growth and grace.
Six tow' ring elms majestic stand
To mark the spot, where hand in hand,
We spent our happy childhood hours,
In happy mirth beneath their bowers.
Those verdant fields with harvest shocks,
I love them all, their very rocks !
If there's a hallowed spot on earth
'Tis that which gave us all our birth."
He adds :
" Although two of us were not born here, we came here when too young to
remember an earlier home, consequently it seems the birth-place of us all."
There have been four deaths in the house since 1816.
The estate now owned by Asa P. Dodge was lirst owned
by Jephthah Putnam, next by his son, Fuller Putnam, then
by his son John, who sold to Peter, sou of Edward. Peter
Putnam gave it to his daughters, Fanny and Persis. Fanny
married Parley Waters. Persis married Rufus Bacon, jr.
Parley Waters tore down the old long-roofed house and built
a new one about 1830. They sold to Waldo Putnam ; he
was succeeded by his sons, Marcus M. and Elijah ; they by
the present owner.
John Putnam, sou of Fuller, had three wives and many
children, several of whom died young.
Among the first wife's children were John, jr. (who mar-
ried Nancy Cummiugs, and had iive children ; of those John
Perry and Jane only survive) and Sylvanus. One daughter
married Otis Morse ; one married Joseph Putnam : one
married Peter Stockwell. John Putnam's first wife was a
Waters, daughter of Amos and Abigail. His second wife
was widow Ann Cox, maiden name Powers. She was a large,
resolute woman, with whom he did not well agree ; so he
gave her the little farm Avhere Bethuel Leonard now lives,
and married widow Dorcas Collar, daughter of Peter Sibley.
He had one son by his second wife, Harry, a fine, promising
young man, who took a sudden cold from washing sheep
had rheumatic fever and died, much lamented by all who
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knew him. He had by his third wife two daughters, Ruth
and Esther. Ruth married Freeman F. Sibley ; Esther died
single.
John Putnam lived in Ward, now Auburn, at one time ;
his son Sylvanus was born there, January 24, 1791. He
married Betsey Elliot (daughter of Aaron, son of Aaron, son
of Joseph), October 15, 1826. They had four children.
Mary died young ; Ira was noted for his great strength ; he
died single. Julia married Rev. Mr. Barber. Sarah Maria
married Franklin F. Sibley. Two of their daughters have
recently given the valedictory on graduating at the Sutton
high school.
Sylvanus Putnam held many town offices and represented
the town in the legislature.
John Putnam and Sylvanus carried on a brick-yard in
Cumberland, R. I., several seasons. After he sold to Peter
he bought the Nathaniel Putnam place, where John Perry
Putnam now lives ; two of his daughters were born there.
Sylvanus' children were all born there, and there he and his
wife both died. John Putnam died there, and from there
both wives followed him as mourners, in the same carriage,
to his grave. Dorcas afterward married Nathaniel Putnam.
Sylvanus Putnam married Persis Harback for his second
wife. After Peter Putnam bought this place it was occupied
by many different families.
Simeon Hathaway lived here. Hon. James O. Eaton,
now of Lodi, Wisconsin, was born in this house in 1818.
His mother was Alice, daughter of Simeon Hathaway ; she
married Samuel Eaton. Captain Reuben Waters lived here
several years. He was son of Amos and Abigail, born
February 1, 1768, died September 12, 1842; he married
Tamar Sibley, daughter of Gideon and Tamar, June 28,
1795; born in Sutton, April 9, 1776; died December 25,
1803. Their sons were Colonel Reuben, Ensign Parley
and Russell, all scythe-makers by trade. Colonel Reuben
held many civil and military offices. He now lives in Web-
ster. Captain Waters married for second wife Widow Molly
Cummings, daughter of Timothy Sibley. They had three
children, Abner, Mary and Linus. Capt. Waters was a
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blacksmith and worked in Capt. Hall's shop. Arthur Sibley,
Christopher Ambler, Joseph Severy and Ltewis Putnam also
lived in this house.
When the central turnpike was built in 1827, Capt. Luke Wel\s, of Whately,
and Harry Anderson, of Hatfield, contracted to build the mile east from Sutton
Street ; so they hired this house and boarded their own help, which consisted
of respectable young men hired from among their neighbors. Their engineer
was Ozias Norcross, a good mathematician.
Waldo Putnam lived here several years, and some of his
children were born here. Julius E. Bacon, master of trans-
portation on the Providence and Worcester railroad was
born here.
There once stood a house on the site a little south of
where Newell Sherman now lives ; it was owned, and prob-
ably built, by one Gould.
A great feat in cider-drinking is spoken of as having occurred there. Four
men visited him for a social chat. He tapped a fresh barrel of pleasant cider,
and they commenced drinking early in the evening, and kept at it all night.
In the morning, one of them went for another mug, but found the barrel
empty. So the five men had the credit of drinking a barrel of cider in one
night. Probably they became careless of the tap and gave the cellar-bottom
"a single drop."
The estate was bought of Gould by Peter Putnam, who
built an addition to the house or a new one near it. The
new house has been moved, and is the one now owned by
Newell Sherman.
This house was occupied by Captain Peter Putnam, jr.
He had three wives and twelve children, all born in this
house except Sarah.
His first wife was Patty Putnam, daughter of David, son
of Fuller. Her oldest son, Marble, distinguished himself
as a popular tavern-keeper. He kept in various places,
among them the Farns worth House, in Millbury, the Brom-
field House, in Boston, and two of the most popular houses
in Keene, New Hampshire. He left a handsome estate.
The second son, Waldo, is now living in Sutton.
The third child was a daughter, Patty Waters Putnam, a
most beautiful girl, and a great favorite.
She married Deacon Ansel Holman, and lived near
Slaters ville, Rhode Island. She had three beautiful children,
two daughters and a son. She, like her mother, died of
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consumption, and all her children soon followed her by the
.same disease. She is spoken of by those who knew her as
being quite as eminent in virtue and piety as in beauty.
The fourth, Peter Holland, married Hannah Putnam and
had two children; the present Peter Holland, and Abbie,
who married Abiel Newton and died soon after.
The fifth, Waters Putnam, jr., married Jane Putnam,
daughter of John, jr., and Nancy, third wife of his father.
The sixth, Andrew Jackson, kept tavern with his brother
Marble and by himself. He died at Hopkinton. His widow
married Mr. Mitchell, who has just built the new house
near the school house.
"Captain Peter" married for his second wife Ruth E.
Waters from New Braintree. She had four children. Ruth
died young. Edwin kept tavern several years ; is now
engaged in the manufacture of organs at Brattleborough,
Vermont. He has quite a family. His wife had three pairs
of twins in succession. Solon went to California ; returned
and died single. Elizabeth married George Gibson and now
lives in Oxford.
For his third wife he married Nancy, widow of John
Putnam, jr. They had two daughters. Frances married
Asa P. Dodge. Sarah married John R. Humes.
Captain Peter Putnam held many town offices and repre-
sented the town in the legislature. After his death, the
Gould place was bought by Newell Sherman, a local
preacher and shoemaker.
The house where John R. Humes now lives was originally
owned by a man by the name of Prince, who is supposed to
have built it. But little is known of him.
His wife was an invalid. Elder Lamson called to see her and proposed
prayers, asking what he should pray for. She answered, " I don't know ; ask
Prince." So he said: "Mr. Prince, what shall I pray for?" Prince answered,
"Her death, to be sure." She took courage and recovered, but you can ima-
gine the embarrassment of Brother Lamson at the strange request
Peter Putnam, son of Edward, born May 16, 1757,
bought the farm of Prince ; and, after repairing and enlarg-
ing the house, lived here many years. He married Sarah
Marble, born in Sutton, January 31, 1760. Their children
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were Sarah, who married Moses Sibley, born where Staun-
ton died, and had Sarah, Moses, Ellen and Huldah. She
married for second husband Joseph Richardson of Auburn.
Peter, jr., Fanny and Persis, already mentioned. Peter
Putnam, sen., died November 22, 1827, very suddenly,
while dining at Sherman's tavern.
Captain Peter Putnam lived here after his father's death,
and his mother died here October 14, 1842. He and his
second wife both died here. His widow, Nancy, now lives
in this house.
After moving he used the old Gould house as a store-house, granary, etc. Two
old men, Daniel Leonard and Wm. Cannon took lodgings in one of the lower
rooms, while the garret was stored with all the usual garret accumulations,
such as empty barrels, boxes, etc., besides some two hundred and fifty or
three hundred bushels of corn on the ear, which was spread on the floor to
dry.
In the dead of night, when these old men were fast asleep in the lower
rooms of this old two-story house, the door at the head of the stairs, as well as
the cellar door in the entry below, both standing open, the garret floor gave way,
spilling its entire contents on the single floor directly over their heads, while
the crawling corn went rattling down both flights of stairs to the very cellar,
giving the poor old sleepers such a scare as is more easily imagined than
described.
Leonard, who was a little, spry old man, caught his pants and went for
Captain Putnam, crying, "Come! come! Captain! The devil to pay at the
old house ! I guess, but I don't know, I kinder calculate, I don't know, but
the devil got Cannon. Come quick, Captain! come as quick as you can!"
"Captain Peter" aroused, lighted his lantern, and started for the old house.
On his way they met Cannon, who, as he was trying to adjust his pants,
which, in his trepidation, he had got on wrong side foremost, said, "I
come tu, Captain; I thought the devil got Leonard, I couldn't find him no-
where." When the Captain arrived and saw the work he thought it a wonder
that the old fellow did not get them both. Cannon was a little deaf. One
working in the field with him, on a cloudy day, said to him: "Mr. Cannon,
do you think it is going to rain?" He answered: "I don't care if I do, a
drop." But it was not eleven, and the grog was not there. He hurt one of
his thumbs, so that the bone rotted out and made him sick for several weeks.
For a year or more after it got well he wore a cot on it, and to the salutation
of Good morning, Mr. Cannon, would invariably stick up his thumb and
say: " Jes as tender as ye eye."
The house now owned by Nathan Tucker was built by
Nathaniel Sibley for Dennis Murphy, about 1853. Sold by
Murphy to Tucker in 1873.
The house now owned by Miss Bennett was owned, and
perhaps built, by James Sibley ; then by John Carriel, a
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teamster between Sutton and Boston. He becane lame and
is remembered as walking with a wooden shovel for a staff;
he died here.
After his death Deacon Aaron Elliot bought the place,
and married the widow for his second wife. His son Aaron
lived here, after marrying the widow Spade for his second
wife, several years. He died here. Luther Goddard was
the next owner ; he was a cooper by trade, and had a shop
opposite the house, where he carried on quite an extensive
business. He had two children, Francis, and Jane, who
married a Winter, and is a widow now.
The house now owned by Parley Putnam was built by Asa
Putnam for Asa, jr., in 1816. It was next owned by Darius
Putnam, then by Sumner, then by Joseph H. Putnam, now
1 by Parley, who built the new barn.
Phineas Lovett once lived in this house ; his brother
Moses died here. Moses was the father of Samuel Lovett
of Lovettville, East Douglas.
The house now owned by Joseph Hall Putnam, was built
by Asa Putnam for his brother Col. John Putnam, who mar-
ried Mary, daughter of Rev. David Hall, D. D. His son,
Joseph Hall Putnam, was the next owner. He married for
his first wife Nancy Blandon, and had Sullivan, Sumner and
Parley. For his second wife he married Waitey Blackman,
born in Scituate, R. I., March 22, 1798, died here November
26, 1842. She had Nancy Ann, and Emeline, who married
Joshua Lackey. Joseph Hall Putnam, sen., was born in the
house opposite, and died here January 6, 1870, aged eighty-
nine years, nine months. He was peculiar in his salutations.
No matter what the time of day, he said, " Good morning,
sir. Where ye goin' ? What ye goin' there for?" He left
a large estate.
When his son Sumner was about eighteen, he sent him to Oxford to learn to
make sale shoes ; after remaining there three months he returned. His father
built him a little shop and told him to go in and work at his trade ; he would
give him his board and clothes, and he might have all he could earn. So
Sumner worked early and late, putting his earnings at interest. Consequently
when he died he left twenty-five thousand dollars honestly earned in this
school-district.
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He married Susan Dudley and had two children, Edwin
and Louise. Edwin was drowned. Louise married E. E.
Burdon, and lived but a short time. Sumner Putnam was a
man much respected. He was one of the selectmen several
years, and a member of the first Congregational church.
The farm, containing about sixty acres, was next inherited
by Sullivan Putnam, and now by his son, Joseph Hall Put-
nam.
The house now owned by Peter H. Putnam was the old
homestead of his and his wife's ancestors. It was built by
Edward Putnam, whose twelve children were born here.
His son Asa was next owner, then Asa's son David, who had
but one son, Bradford, born here August 11, 1817, married
Harriet Sibley, born in Oxford, July 9, 1821. They had
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one daughter, Harriet Augusta, born April 18, 1841. She
married Peter Holland Putnam (son of Peter H., son of
Peter, son of Peter, son of Edward), July 6, 1862.
Bradford died September 16, 1856. His daughter inherited
this place on the death of her grandfather, David Putnam.
He was a Justice of Peace, and remarkable for his calmness.
He held his share of toAvn offices and represented the toAvn
in the legislature. The beautiful new- barn on the place was
built by Peter H. Putnam in 1876. The farm contains about
100 acres. All of Col. John Putnam's children were born in
this house.
The house now owned by Leonard Dodge is supposed to
have been built by Enos Buxton. Asa Putnam bought it of
Enos Buxton, jr., in 1805. It was then an old-fashioned,
long-roofed house. He immediately made it upright and
put it in its present form. Asa Putnam had a large family,
all respectable. His son Asa now lives in Connecticut. His
son Darius married Sally Putnam, and had two sons. One
of his daughters, Delia, married Capt. Parley Howard, and
died without issue. Rachel married John Rich, jr., and had
two daughters. Rebecca married Maynard Dodge, and had
one son; she died soon after. Julia married Leonard Dodge,
and had three children. Julia, born October 14, 1832, mar-
ried Andrew J. Morse, died January 25, 1854. Richard
Leonard, born Oct. 22, 1834, married Sarah Ann Fairbanks ;
now lives in Oxford. Asa Putnam Dodge, born Sept. 13,
1836, married Frances A. Putnam.
The commodious new barn on the place was built by
Leonard Dodge in 1862. He came in possession of the farm,
containing ninety acres, in 1845.
The estate now owned by Newell Lackey was originally
owned by Stephen Harwood. It was next owned by Solo-
mon Stockwell, who lived in the old Harwood house which
has been taken down.
The oldest house, now standing on the place, was built by
Solomon Stockwell for his sou Peter, who occupied it many
years until his death. Peter Stockwell married Huldah
Putnam, daughter of John. They had nine children, all
dead but John P. and Sylvanus, who lives at Anoka, Minn.
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A daughter of Solomon Stockwell married Amos Bigelow ;
lie was sixteen and she fourteen years of age when married.
The new house where Mr. Lackey now lives was built by
Peter Stockwell for his son Sylvanus, in 1850. It was sold
to Asa Dodge and by him to Lackey.
On the road from Lackey's to Le Beau's there stood a
small house owned and occupied by Oliver Sibley.
On the same road stands an old house owned by Mr.
Bolster. Charles Putnam, son of Aaron, once lived there.
Christopher Ambler lived there, then Abner Putnam, son of
David, son of Deacon ( Cornelius ; he married a daughter of
Archelaus, son of Edward, and had a large family. Among
them were Sally, Amy, Harvey, Ruth, Archelaus, Dexter
and Lawson. His daughter, Mrs. Newton, afterwards
owned it. Then Thomas Hill, now Bolster.
On the place where Mr. Le Beau now lives, Levi Fuller
first settled ; he came from Attleboro. It was next owned
by his son Amos, then by Amos' son, Rufus Fuller ; then
by his brother, Elisha Fuller ; then by William Dudley ;
next by Parley Putnam ; then by Patrick Roach and now by
Mr. Le Beau. The old house was taken down and the
present new cottage built by Mr. Le Beau. The farm con-
tains about fifty acres. On it is located the Fuller burying
place.
The house where Joseph Wilcox now lives was built b} r
Elder Turner Fuller ; after his death the estate was sold to
Leonard Logee, and by him to Zebina Day ; after his
death Joseph Wilcox bought it. He married Huldah,
daughter of Elder Turner Fuller. The Rev. Willard Fuller
was born in the part of this house which was moved from
the Levi Fuller place prior to its removal.
Elder Turner Fuller was a Free-will Baptist, and held meetings regularly
in this house for years. He was quite a revivalist, and many persons were
converted here, among them his son Willard, afterwards an elder. Willard
built a church, almost with his own hands, near Manchaug Pond, where he
preached for years, and where many were converted.
There was at one time a little controversy among the brethren concerning
the paying for the lime with which the church was plastered. As the discus-
sion began to wax warm, the Elder, with tears in his eyes, arose and rebuked
them in this wise: "Friends and brethren, I am led to believe we are getting
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the Christianity pretty much all out of our religion in these days. Will some
one lead in prayer?" They all prayed and the lime matter was soon amicably
settled.
Elder Turner Fuller was a comb-maker by trade, yet he worked on his farm
and preached the Gospel. His first wife was a Buxton, his second a Ford.
Joseph Wilcox was born in Whitingham, Vermont, July
27, 1803. He had two sons and two daughters. One of
his daughters married Henry B. Bullard.
Ransom Bolster's house was built by Lewis Putnam near
his father's house ; sold to John Rich, jr., by him to Ausou
Nicholas, moved by him to present site. Titus Robbins
lived there several years. Bolster bought of Nicholas.
Ransom C. Bolster was born in Burrillville, Rhode Island,
Sept. 2, 1826, married Eliza Ann Donaldson, born in Bos-
ton, Feb. 12, 1841. They have one son, William Robert,
born in Sutton, Dec. 25, 1859.
The place where John Bennett now resides was first
settled by Deacon Cornelius Putnam. His son Bartholomew
lived in the large old house recently torn down by Mr.
Bennett, supposed to have been built by his father. Bar-
tholomew married a daughter of Edward Putnam. Their
son Lewis, and Asa Stearns were the next owners ; they sold
to John Rich, jr., he to Leonard Logee ; after his death the
estate was bought by John Bennett, the present owner, who
has just built a new house and barn.
Dr. H. P. Stearns, son of Asa and Mary (Putnam)
Stearns, a distinguished physician and surgeon, was born in
the old house on this place, April 18, 1828. When six
years of age, he removed with his parents to Shrewsbury ;
entered Yale College in 1849, graduated in 1853, studied
medicine one year in Harvard University, then returned to
Yale and graduated from the medical department of that
college in 1855. He immediately went abroad and spent
between one and two years, mostly in Edinburgh, Scotland,
in the prosecution of medical studies ; returned to this
country and settled in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1859 ; was
commissioned as surgeon of the first regiment Connecticut
volunteers, April 18, 1861. After three months' service he
was commissioned surgeon of the United States volunteers,
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and ordered to report to General U.S. Grant, then in com-
mand of the southwestern district of Missouri, with head-
quarters at Cairo, Illinois. He remained on his staff during
the winter of 1861 and 1862, and afterwards was constantly
in the service, as medical director in the field, or of the
United States general hospitals. At the close of the war
was medical director of all the United States general hos-
pitals at Nashville, Tennessee and vicinity ; was in the
service four years and four months in all, and retired with
rank of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel. He was in general
practice of medicine in Hartford, Connecticut, from 1866 to
1873 ; was then appointed superintendent of the Retreat
for the Insane at Hartford, which position he still fills with
distinguished ability.
The house now occupied by George Bennett was first
owned by Archelaus Putnam, then by his son Aaron, then
by Samuel Waters, who married Aaron's daughter Rebecca;
then by Archelaus Putnam, son of Abner; then by Charles
Walker, who built a new house about 1837 ; then by Brad-
ford Putnam, who died there ; then by Joseph H. Putnam,
now by George Bennett.
On the site where George Ray now resides, Leonard Dodge
built a house in 1834, where he lived until 1840. All his
children were born here. He sold the place to his brother
Willard, who lived here till his death. The house built by
Leonard was burned 1862. The present house was built by
Willard in 1863, bought by George Ray in 1869. Mr.
Dodge had three wives ; first Huldah Sibley, second Fanny
Bigelow, who had one beautiful daughter who lived to
womanhood, married and died soon after of consumption.
He married for third wife Widow Cadwell.
A young man, son of John Dodge, committed suicide by
hanging in Willard.' s barn. He was a fine young man, and
his death caused great excitement and sorrow in the family
and neighborhood.
The house where George Keith now lives was built by
Josiah Dodge for his daughter Nancy, born Sept. 5, 1799.
She married Simeon Keith, born in Uxbridge, July 7, 1797.
They had two sons and several daughters. The estate now
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belongs to his son George. Simeon Keith has been treasurer
<5 *-'
and collector of this town, and was constable for several
years. Mrs. Keith left his bed while he was asleep, went
down and fell into the well, where she was drowned, August
5, 18(30. Her fall awoke her husband, who went to her
assistance, but she died before he could get her out of the
water. Whether she was asleep or awake when the accident
happened, no one knows. Charity would suggest somnam-
bulism. She was a good wife and a kind mother.
The place where George Putnam now lives was built by
Jonathan Carriel. It was afterward occupied by Dr. Free-
land ; then bought by Daniel Marble ; after Mr. Marble's
death it was owned by Darius Putnam. It now belongs to
his heirs : he died here. His widow married Tourtellott
Inman, Esq., who lived here several years, and now lives with
his son in Medford. He voted for Hayes and Wheeler last
fall, being in his one hundredth year.
Daniel Marble married for his first wife Ruth Woodbury.
They had three sons, diaries lived and died in Hartland,
Vt., where he raised a family.
For his second wife he married Polly Harback and had
four children, two sons and two daughters.
Daniel Marble was one of the best farmers in town. He was rather noted
for raising fine stock. His farm was under a high state of cultivation. His
fences were well cared for, and no bush or noxious weed allowed to fringe his
mowing lots or fields. He was for many years a drover. He and his son
Daniel bought many droves of cattle for the Brighton market, and were for a
time very prosperous, but at last they met with heavy losses, which so embar-
rassed them as to cause a failure. Just as the crash came, his beautiful twin
daughters, Ruth and Polly, the pride and idol of his heart, were taken sick and
died. The property gone, the daughters dead, the family hope seemed crushed
forever. The wife and sons sought solace in the intoxicating cup, thereby
adding the last killing weight to the bending back of the poor overloaded
father. Until then he had been scrupulously nice to shave and keep himself
in trim. But now his razor is laid aside, his personal appearance neglected,
and he goes a mourning pilgrim to his grave. One of his neighbors asked him
why he did not shave. His answer was, " I've been shaved too much already."
After the death of Mr. Marble, the Rev. John Walker
lived in this house. He was a truly good man. His six
children went to school in this district and were among the
best scholars. One of his sons, Harvey D., graduated at
college, and is now president of a college in Pennsylvania.
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The estate containing ninety-three acres now owned by
Herman A. Kimmel, was originally owned by Nathaniel
Carriel, who built the old long-roofed house taken down by
his successor, Josiah Dodge, who bought the place of the
Carriel heirs in 1818. Mr. Dodge built a new house in 1822.
He also built the present beautiful house in 1832. But little
can be learned of Mr. Carriel. He was father of Mrs. Huldah
Dodge, who was born here. She married Josiah Dodge
May ^4, 179<i, and died May 24, 1858, aged eighty-two years
three months. Her mother committed suicide by hanging
in the old house. She hung herself with a knot of yarn of
her own spinning ; it was fastened to a shingle nail so slightly
driven that it fell to the floor when she was taken down.
She was a Prime. Several of her descendants have seemed
to inherit her morbid state of mind, and put an end to their
own life.
Mr. Dodge had property by inheritance, and added to it
by his industry. He used to say to his boys, " We must
keep striking at it, or we shan't earn anything/' He was a
member of the first Congregational church. He died here
Sept. 22, 1848, aged seventy-nine. Israel Adams Dodge
succeeded his father, and sold the estate to Herman A. Kim-
mel in 1874. 1. A. Dodge has held many town offices, and
is much respected by the people. His last office was town
clerk.
The Elliot Place was first settled by Joseph Elliot.
When he first came to take possession, he was accompanied by two or three
young men who came to see the place. After they left, finding himself all alone
iu the dense wood, he sat down on a large stone up towards where the barn
now stands, and wept like a child. After relieving himself in this way, he
aroused his manhood, seized his axe, and commenced felling the trees. He
soon had a respectable opening; after which he cultivated the land, built him
a house, married Jerusha Fuller, and raised an honorable family. The old
house, now down, stood near the stone on which he wept.
The present house was built by Deacon Aaron Elliot,
next owned by his son, Capt. James T. Elliot, then by his
sons, Gustavus and Joseph Fuller Elliot; sold by them out
of the Elliot family. Joseph Wilcox, jr., owned the part
now belonging to Salem Shaw. The main farm was sold to
A Ivan Putnam in 1876. Deacon Aaron Elliot married a
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Taylor, daughter of James Taylor. His sons were Aaron, jr.
and James Taylor. One daughter married Zelek Darling.
Aaron Elliot, jr., was a scythe maker, and his scythes were genuine, of the
best of temper. He could not only make a scythe, but he knew how to use
one. He swung a scythe four feet long, and no one attempted to out-mow
him. He mowed an acre, on a wager, quicker than an expert could rake it.
He was athletic. He said that when he was sixteen years old, the water being
hard at the house, they had to bring water for washing from a well some
thirty rods away. So he took a common cider barrel, of thirty-two gallons
capacity, down to the well, filled it with water, drove in the bung, shouldered
the barrel, took the wooden tunnel in one hand, and carried them both to the
house.
Aaron Elliot, jr., had two wives and a large family of chil-
dren. He was born here Dec. 1, 1768, and died on Putnam
Hill. He married Bettey Putnam, born April 14, 1783. His
son Aaron, born March 5, 1801, was killed by the bursting
of a grindstone in Oxford, March 27, 1833. He married
Maria Putnam, daughter, of Capt. Francis Putnam, born in
Button, June 28, 1796. They had six children.
Deacon Elliot was one of the largest land-holders in Sutton.
He sold the water power to Mr. Congdon who built the first
factory at Manchaug. Aaron, jr., had a scythe shop there
before the factory was built. Capt. James T. Elliot married
Submit Baylies, daughter of Deacon Baylies of Uxbridge ;
they had seven children, all born on this place. He built
the large barn now standing there.
EIGHT LOTS, DISTRICT No. 3.
The Dike farm was first settled by Daniel Dike, who had
several sons living at his decease ; one of his sons, Anthony
Dike, succeeded him on the farm.
He was in the revolutionary war, and after obtaining leave of absence to
come home and attend to his business on the farm for a few weeks, he went
to Vermont to purchase a drove of sheep ; and upon his return with them
learned that government was in pressing need of more troops. So he left his
sheep, and started at once for the army, and arrived in season to join his
regiment and take part in the engagements which resulted in the capture of
Burgoyne.
He lived and died on his farm, leaving it to his three sons
who survived him; they all lived to a good old age, but
none of them left any issue. After the death of the three
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sons the place passed into the hands of the heirs-at-law,
who sold it to Benjamin Barnes, who sold it to S. H. Stock-
well ; then it passed into the hands of Michael Cullina, the
present owner.
This farm is situated at the southerly end of Ramshorn
Pond. Tradition has preserved the following incident, as
narrated by Mr. Daniel Dike :
When the first settlement was made in this vicinity, the Indians used to shoot
around the pond, and showed considerable hostility to the early settlers, who
came to the conclusion that they must take some measures to rid themselves
of them. They accordingly collected on a high hill, east of the pond, called
Potter Hill ; the Indians collected on a small island at the south end of said
pond, situated a little north of the Dike house.
The parties commenced firing upon each other ; after exchanging a few
shots the Indians withdrew, leaving one of their number dead, and started as
though they were going to Graf ton. The inhabitants started after them,
going between Ramshorn and Crooked (Singletary Lake) ponds, expecting to
cut them off at the lower end of the latter, and capture them. But instead
of going to Grafton, as the first appearance seemed to indicate, they turned
their course to Dudley, where there was an encampment of the tribe. Ever
after they kept away ; or if any of them came around they behaved peace-
fully. But the settlers not feeling quite safe, fearing the Indians might
engage in farther hostilities, built a block-house of logs to which they could
flee in case of sudden attack. This fort was situated about half a mile from
the place where the skirmish above mentioned occurred, on the farm then
belonging to Theophilus Kenney, who was the first settler.
The farm adjoining the Dike place on the west was first
settled by one Abel Chase ; then occupied by Lieutenant
Nathaniel Whitmore and his sous ; then by Deacon Luther
Hall; then by Lewis Griggs, who is the present owner.
Mr. Chase erected on this place a shop with a trip-hammer,
for the purpose of making scythes and hoes. This was one
of the first trip-hammers in town.
The business was carried on for some years by the Whit-
mores. But the shop was burned and never rebuilt. There
is a private burying ground on this place.
The farm adjoining the Dike farm on the east was first
settled by John Stockwell, a son of John Stock well at
whose house the first town meeting was held. He sold it to
Deacon John Haven, who with his son John occupied it
many years. After their death it was sold to Jeremiah
Brown, by him to Taylor, and by him to Daniel Bug-
bee, by him to Aaron Stockwell, and by him to David
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Walsh, the present owner. The barn on this place was
struck by lightning and burned when owned by Deacon
Haven. Both house and barn have been burned since its
purchase by Walsh.
The Hutchinson farm was first settled by Joseph Severy.
who lived on it about two years, and then sold to Nathaniel
Hutchinson, in 1729 or 1730. Since that time there have
been added forty acres on the north end. This forty acres
was first settled by David Harwood, Avho was followed by
his son, who died young, leaving it to his widow, who sold
it to Bartholotn&w Hutchinson.
RESIDENCE OF DBA. E. H. HI TCHINSt )\ .
The southwesterly part was first settled by Bootman,
who sold it to the Hutchinsons. Bartholomew sold it to his
son Simon, who conveyed it to his son Edwin H. Hutchin-
son, who now owns and occupies it. Lieutenant Bartholo-
mew Hutchinson served in the revolutionary war.
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The Jonathan Stockwcll farm is situated on the west side
of Singletary pond, and was first settled by the above
named Stock well. He was one of the five brothers who
first came to Sutton. He lived and died on this farm and
left several children. His son Stephen lived and died on
the same farm. His son Stephen succeeded him, and he
also lived and died on it ; at his death it passed into the
hands of his two sous, Jonas E. and Stephen, who now
own it. This farm has been in the hands of the first settler
and his descendants since the settlement of the town.
The place west of the Jonathan Stockwell farm, now
owned and occupied by Benj. A. DeWitt, is known as the
Severy place. It was settled by Joseph Severy, the first of
the Severys in Sutton. He died upon the place, and was
succeeded by his son Jacob, who is spoken of as one who
was often employed in the settlement of estates, and as
having been very active during the revolutionary war in
securing recruits for the army, and providing for the families
of the soldiers. He was also for a long time a collector of
taxes. He was succeeded on the farm by his son Moody,
who died Dec. 28, 1840, and was succeeded by his son
Solomon, who lived upon the place till 1864, when he sold
it to William H. Wheeler, and removed to the place where
he now lives. The place was in the possession of the Sev-
erys one hundred thirty-four years. Mr. Wheeler sold
to Isaac H. Redding, and he to Beuj. A. DeWitt, the present
occupant.
Captain John Stockwell was the first settler upon the
farm now known by his name. He was one of the five
Stockwell brothers. The first town meeting was held at his
house.* He lived and died upon this place, and his son
Noah Stockwell succeeded him. He sold it to Stephen Hoi-
brook, who lived and died upon the farm. Mr. Holbrook
had several children. Two of his sons were graduates of
college. The oldest studied theology at Andover, and was
settled over a church in Rowley, Massachusetts. The other
son was preparing to go as a missionary to a foreign field,
but was drowned while bathing. After the death of the
* See Annals, 1718. 30
234 HOMES OF THE
father the place passed into the hands of Simeon Stockwell,
who married a daughter of the above named S. Holbrook,
and is the occupant at the present time. The barn was
struck by lightning and burned about the time Mr. Stock-
well entered into possession of the place.
The next place west of that occupied by Mr. Solomon
Severy, now in possession of Charles Woodbury, was first
settled by Captain Jonathan Sibley, then occupied by his
son, Colonel Timothy Sibley, then by Lot Woodbury, then
by , then by Nathan Woodbury, who sold to Ensign
John Woodbury, who conveyed it to his son Nathaniel, and
at his death it passed into the hands of his son Charles
Woodbury, who is the present owner. This place is the
second of the original eight lots, reckoning from the east ;
that of Mr. Solomon Severy being the first.
The farm on which Daniel Bugbee now lives was first set-
tled by John King, and the successive owners to the present
time have been as follows : Lot Simpson, Elijah Brown,
John Kenney, Dexter Wood, Amos R. Holman, Mary Knapp,
and Daniel Bugbee, who is the present owner.
John Kenney had four sons. The eldest was a scythe
manufacturer, and killed by the bursting of a grindstone in
the shop. The second son was a Baptist minister. The third
an extensive manufacturer of machinery. The fourth was a
Baptist minister for a few years, but at the present time is
engaged in the book trade.
There was a small farm near the school-house, owned by
William Simpson, who was among the first settlers. He had
three sons who lived and died in Sutton. He and one of his
sons served in the revolutionary war. His son William was
in the French and Indian war. After their decease it was
sold to Job Darling, who also served in the revolutionary
war. After his death it passed into the hands of Jonathan
Pike, who was wounded in the French and Indian war. After
the war government gave him a pension.
The farm on which David Welsh now lives was first settled
by Ebenezer Cutler, who had three sons, all of whom lived
on the farm with their father, each one having a separate
house.
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On this farm was built one of the first saw-mills in town,
if not the first. The Cutlers sold to Amos Stockwell
"Uncle Amos," as he was called. Mr. Stockwell died here,
leaving two sons, both of whom graduated at Amherst col-
lege. Thomas B. Stockwell studied for the ministry, and
Amos li. for the bar ; both died young. The next owner of
the place after the Stockwells was Amos Merriam, who was
succeeded by his son, Rufus K., who sold it to Solomon
Severy. It is now owned by David Welsh. The first
house on this place was a small one, to which additions
were made from time to time, one of these additions being,
as already stated, the house in which the first town meetino-
f . O
was held. It was kept in very good repair until destroyed
by fire, November, IS 72.
The farm on which Solomon Severy now lives was first
settled by William King, and we find in the plot of the
thirty lots laid out in the four thousand acres the name of
Jonathan Kino- as occupying it with William. Jonathan's
RESIDENCE OF SOLOMON SEVERY.
238 HOMES OF THE
son Jonathan seems to have been the second owner. Then
it came into the possession of Eliphalet Rowel, who married
a daughter of Jonathan, sen.
The farm on which Orin Johnson now lives, near the
Ramshorn pond, is the one on which the first settlers built a
fort, or block-house, as a protection against the Indians.
It was first settled by Theophilus Kenney, who was suc-
ceeded by Ebenezer Gould, Stephen Kenney, his son Stephen,
jr., Moses Waters, M. M. Waters, Jonathan T. Waters,
Freeman Van Ornum and Orin Johnson, the ninth occupant.
MILL PLACE.
This place was first owned and occupied by Jonathan
Putnam and Capt. Fry. One of the first grist mills in town
was erected at this place by the said Putnam. His son
Francis succeeded him, who left it to his son Silas, who sold
it to his brother Pliny. He sold it to Amos Merriam, when
it passed into the hands of his son Rufus K. Merriam, who
conveyed it to Henry S. Stockwell, and is now owned by
the Sutton Cranberry Company, who are engaged in the cul-
ture of cranberries and expect to plant the whole meadow
with vines. Capt. Francis Putnam and his son Silas lived
and died in Sutton. Capt. Francis was in the revolutionary
war. He was a man of great strength and agility. While
in the army the soldiers were in the habit of trying to see
who could jump a rope suspended across the street six feet
high. After various trials only two in the regiment could
clear the rope, Capt. Francis Putnam and Jacob Severy,
both of Sutton. Jacob Severy soon after died in the army
from a wound received in battle.
Mr. James W. Stockwell furnishes the following with
reference to the Suttou Cranberry Company.
In the fall and winter of 1868, Rev. Fred. N. Knapp and H. S. and J. W.
Stockwell, as equal partners, bought the so-called Putnam water privilege, and
lands adjoining, for the culture of the cranberry, and in the spring following
began to prepare the ground for that purpose. Subsequently, Rev. Thomas
Hill, president of Harvard College, and Fred. Law Olmstead, of New York
city, became equal partners. In November, 1870, the " Sutton Cranberry
Company" was incorporated, the stockholders being the above-mentioned
persons. Since its organization, Dr. B. F. D. Adams of Waltham has become
a member of the company . Mr. Knapp has been president, Dr. Hill clerk,
TOWN OF SUTTON.
239
and James W. Stockwell treasurer and business agent of the company since
its organization. The company own about 196 acres of land, divided into three
meadows and a reservoir; eighty acres suitable for cranberry culture, of which
about twenty acres are in vines. They have a good supply of water, four well
constructed dams, and a sufficient quantity of pure sand. The cultivated part
has been thoroughly prepared, and was set with the best quality of vines. The
fruit is unrivaled for size, beauty and flavor (the writer has picked berries
three and a quarter inches in circumference), and commands the highest price
in market. The cultivated part is not yet in full bearing. In 1875 the crop
was 1,200 bushels. The meadows are pleasantly located in the western part
of the town, on the line of the county road from West Suttoii to Millbury.
The place on which Waters Putnam now lives was first
owned (as far as can be traced) by one John Lilley, the
father-in-law of Jacob Cummings, who conveyed it to Isaac
Dodge, son-in-law of said Cummings. It is now owned and
occupied by Waters Putnam.
The Dodge farm was first owned by Samuel Streeter in
1749, when he sold it to Isaac Dodge of Boxford. He con-
veyed it to his son Isaac by will, who left it to his family.
It is now owned by Benjamin J. Dodge, of Worcester, and
occupied by David S. Dodge, son of Isaac the third.
The Arnold place was first settled by Benjamin Woodbury,
and occupied successively by Stephen Keith, David Draper,
Benjamin Wallace and Nathan Arnold.
There are no buildings on the place except the remains of
an old saw-mill. Twelve acres of the place are cultivated
with the cranberry by the Sutton Cranberry Company, who
now own it. There is a private burial ground on the place.
The place owned by Marble Putnam was first owned by
Jonathan, son of Jacob Cummings, who built the house. He
sold it to Samuel Trumble, who sold to Solomon King; he
conveyed it to Amos Merriam, who sold to James Burnap,
whose widow sold to Marble Putnam.
The place on which George K. Stockwell now lives was
at the first settlement of the town in possession of Joseph
Fellows. We also find the name of Samuel Barton as an
occupant of the place. It was also owned by a man named
Hoare, then by Lilley, Ebenezer Phelps, Capt. Enoch
Stockwell, a grandson of Jonathan Stockwell. He lived
and died on this farm, and his son, George F. Stockwell,
succeeded him. He also died here, leaving it to his son,
240 HOMES OF THE
George K. Stockwell, the owner and occupant at the present
time. On this farm several years ago, there was supposed
to be a very valuable mine of silver ore, and much time and
money were expended in digging ; but none of the precious
metal was found. The immense hole that was made is not
even now entirely tilled.
The Marsh farm, situated on the height of land in the
Eight Lots district, commanding a very fine view of the sur-
rounding country, was first settled by Stephen Marsh, who
was succeeded by his son Stephen, who conveyed it to his
son Stephen, and he to his son Stephen F. Marsh. Acre
to acre has been" added, until it is the largest farm in this
part of the town. The farm has always been noted for rais-
ing fine stock for market. The second Stephen was in the
revolutionary war.
The places in District No. 3 which lie upon the Boston
road are reported by Mr. G. Hall as follows :
Going east from Mr. Prescott Putnam's, the last place
reported in the West Sutton district, I first come to the site
where once stood the Baptist church (the second edifice
erected by that denomination in town), without steeple or
bell.
I remember distinctly my first visit to that church. I went in company
with Waldo Putnam ; he was a little older than myself, and had been there
before ; so he led me up into the gallery, and the first thing that struck my
wondering vision was the dusty, conical top of the old sounding-board, which
hung over the quaint old pulpit, in which stood the venerable and venerated
Elder Samuel Waters, leading the morning devotions. There were broad
galleries on the south, east and west sides of the house. Midway between
them on the north side stood the pulpit. The front seats directly opposite
the preacher were reserved for the singers; in them, on that occasion, I
remember the manly forms of Capt. Joseph Griggs and Capt. Thomas Smith ;
also the less commanding form of Deacon Stephen Putnam. The Waters
brothers and sister, with Levins Sibley, jr., were there in after time, if not
then.
Directly south of this church was a large orchard, belonging to Mr. John
Putnam ; in it, in apple time, many of the congregation who worshipped here
used to spend their mornings regaling themselves upon the luscious fruit
which literally covered the ground, and they were welcome to their repast,
for Mr. Putnam had more apples than he knew what to do with, and he was
no niggard with his neighbors. I think the trees then bore fruit every year ;
indeed there was less barrenness then than now in every direction ; there was
more grass, there were more cattle on the hills presented to view from this
highly favored site ; aye, and there were many more children in the houses
within our view from this place then than now.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 241
Many of the customs of society have changed since then ; I recollect on one
occasion, when they had a large religious gathering in this church, of seeing
shanties erected on the south side of the church-yard for the sale of refresh-
ments, including choice liquors. Such sale would not be tolerated now.
In 1817 Miss Abigail Thayer opened a " Boarding School " in the then new
and elegant Masonic Hall at West Sutton. She had a very select school of
over sixty scholars, several from out of town, some from Providence and
other large places. Her school was very popular, and several of her scholars
became teachers, and some of them graduates of college. She went from
here to Westboro, where she taught, and where she married one of her pupils,
a young man by the name of Davis. At the close of her school here she had
a public exhibition in this house, which was very fully attended, and was
considered a great affair.
After the new church was built at "the street," this house
was occupied a few times by the Methodists ; but, drawing
small congregations, that enterprise was abandoned, and about
183B the house was moved to Millbuiy, where it is now
used as a factory boarding house. It stands near the junc-
tion and between the roads leading to West Millbury and
Sutton.
Directly opposite this church, on the west side of the
road, stood a long row of sheds. '
The next place was first owned by Elder Kathbone, then
by Elder Lamson, next by Captain Warren Snow, father of
Captain Lawson Snow, now of Oxford ; then Captain Riifus
Knapp, whose heirs sold to Elder Moses Harrington, who
took down the old house and built the present one in 1826.
It has since been owned by Albergense Williams, James
Williams, Smith Baker, Robert Aldrich, Fayette Freeland
and Franklin Freeland, the present owner, who bought it in
1852. It is not known by whom the old house was built;
it was quite stylish when occupied by the Knapps. Capt.
Knapp was a trader and a man of great enterprise. He
prided himself on his penmanship, and used to try titles in
that art with his friend and neighbor James Freeland. They
were men of like tastes. One of his sons was a merchant.
He drew ten thousand dollars in a lottery. He died in
Dudley. His youngest son is a man of wealth and respect-
ability, now living in Brooklyn, New York. His daughters
were accomplished ladies. Two of his sons were devotees
of Bacchus and came to no good end.
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242 HOMES or THE
Mr. Harrington was a man deserving of especial mention
in this history.
He carried on and much improved his farm, built a new house thereon,
preached the gospel to the Baptist church, established a select school in his
own house, which he taught several terms. He also taught in the public
schools, and made himself generally useful during his abode in town. At
last he displeased one of his chief supporters in some way, who discovered that
his hair stuck up in front, which he thought very unbecoming to a follower
of the meek and lowly Jesus. So Mr. Harrington gave up his pulpit, and his
successor came with his shining black and sleek hair, all stroked down close
to his head. So some of the admirers of Mr. Harrington called him " old
tallow head;" yet he deported himself with such Christian propriety as to
disarm their spite, and reconcile them to the change ; but of his successor I
have already spoken. Mr. Harrington remained a while on his farm, then
removed to Leicester, where he preached several years, then went to Fram-
ingham.
He had quite a family of children, lost his wife ; married
for second wife widow of Smith Taft, whose first husband
was a Lilley, by whom she had a daughter, who is the wife
of ex-Mayor Jillson of Worcester. This place was for sev-
eral years a sort of parsonage for the Baptist church, and
occupied by several of their ministers.
The house nearly opposite was originally an ashery on the
Freeland farm, then converted into a dwelling house on the
site where King and Thompson have since built. While
standing there it was owned first by Tarrant King, and was
the birthplace of Deacon Sumner B. King. It was after-
ward owned by Parley Stockwell, whose widow was killed
there by Peter Sibley, jr., who was proved insane and died
in the insane asylum many years after. He beat her to death
with the butt end of his gun. It was next owned by Erastus
Bates who sold it to Solomon King ; he occupied it until he
and his wife were both killed by the same stroke of lightning,
July 5, 1835 ; his son, Solomon D. King, was in the house
at the time and the electricity passed through his boots.
Mrs. Walter Rosebrooks, living just over the line in Oxford, was also killed
by lightning during the same shower. It was on the Sabbath. Mr. Rose-
brooks went out to secure some hay ; his wife asked him not to go ; when he
came back she was dead. His anguish was most agonizing. He could not
reconcile himself to the thought that he left her against her wish. Her little
child lay in the cradle, nearly covered with plastering that had been torn off
by the lightning. Mrs. Rosebrooks was a beautiful young lady, amiable,
loving and lowly. She was a member of Rev. Mr. Clark's church, in Sturbridge.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 243
He attended her funeral, and Mr. Tracy officiated for the Kings. They were
all carried into the Baptist church, and their obsequies attended at the same
time. It was a solemn day, for they were all much respected in life, and their
sudden death struck terror into many hearts.
Several other very respectable families have lived in this
house, among them Moses L. Morse, the great inventor.
His daughter Ruth, now the wife of the Rev. Mr. Allen, was
born in this house. Mrs. Mary T. Nason was also born
here, where her mother soon after died. A Mr. Alexander
once lived here.
The next house was built by Linus Thompson and his half-
brother, S. Dexter King. It was raised the 5th of July,
183G. They lived there and worked at shoe-making for
several years, then sold to Foster Freelaud, the present
owner. Mr. Thompson was a very worthy man ; his brother
King will be noticed elsewhere.
On the opposite corner there formerly stood a house once
owned by Ebenezer Waters, and afterward by Towne Put-
nam and Simeon Stockwell. East of this house stood a store
where Nathan Woodbury traded for a while, then Capt.
Rufus Knapp, and in 1790 a firm by the name of Clark and
Freeland. North of the store a Mr. Fuller had a shop where
he manufactured horse-shoe nails and other varieties. His
brother owned the Freeland place. The building used as
the store above mentioned was originally Lieut. S. Marble's
shop ; it was afterward used for various purposes, and is now
the shop connected with the King and Thompson place. This
old, red, gambrel-roofed house was occupied by many dif-
ferent families, among them Dudley Duston, whose twin son
and daughter, Joseph and Josephine, are well remembered
by those who were their playmates. Mr. Nason also lived
there.
The next place in course was first owned, it is said, by
Deacon Elisha Putnam about 1725. His house stood some
fifty rods west of the present one. The cellar is not quite
filled. It is presumed that there the renowned Gen. Rufus
Putnam was born, of whom we are happy to give the follow-
ing admirable sketch, prepared by Dr. Andrews, president
of Marietta college, Ohio.
244 HOMES OF THE
General Rufus Putnam was the descendant of John Putnam, who came from
Buckinghamshire, England, and settled in Salem in 1634. He was of the fifth
generation, being the son of Elisha, grandson of Edward, great-grandson of
Thomas, who was one of the three sons of John.
General Israel Putnam was the son of Joseph, and grandson of Thomas.
Thus General Israel Putnam was the cousin of Elisha, who was the father of
General Rufus.
Elisha Putnam was born Nov. 3, 1685. He married Susanna Fuller,
daughter of Jonathan Fuller of Salem, and removed to Sutton in 1725. He
was a useful citizen, having been town clerk, town treasurer, and representa-
tive in the general court. He was also deacon of the church.
Rufus Putnam was the youngest son of Elisha, and was born in Sutton,
April 9, 1738. His father having died in 1745, he lived two years with his
grandfather at Salem, then at home for seven years, his mother having mar-
ried Captain John Sadler of Upton in 1747. His step-father died in 1753,
and in March, 1754, he was bound apprentice to Daniel Matthews, of Brook-
field, to learn the trade of millwright. He was in school for two years while
with his grandfather, but his step-father gave him no opportunities of learn-
ing, and all that he obtained in the way of education, after he was nine years
old, was by his own unaided efforts. In March, 1757, he enlisted as a soldier
in the provincial service, and served for nearly a year in the French war. In
April, 1758, he entered the service again, as also the two following years.
With' the exception of two o* three months in the several winters, he was four
years in the service, returning home in December, 1760. For seven or eight
years he was engaged in building mills and farming, and then for nearly as
long in land-surveying, which he had acquired of Colonel Timothy Dwight
of Northampton, father of President Dwight. In April, 1761, he was mar-
ried to Miss Elizabeth Ayres, daughter of William Ayres, Esq., of Brook-
field. She died within a year, and in January, 1765, he married Miss Persis
Rice, daughter of Zebulon Rice of Westborough. This second wife became
the mother of a large family, living until 1820. About 1765 he went to the
North Parish of Brookfield and lived on a small farm. After the revolution
he purchased a large farm with a spacious house in Rutland. It had been
the property of Colonel Murray, who had become a tory, and lost his property
by confiscation. The house is situated about half a mile west of the meeting
house, on the north side of the street.
Mr. Putnam entered the service on the breaking out of the war in 1775,
and remained till its close. He was at first a lieutenant colonel, but became
a brigadier general. When in the French war he had been employed at times
on fortifications under British engineers ; but, as he says, had never read a
word on the subject of fortifications. Immediately after the battle of Bunker
Hill, his regiment, under General Thomas, being near Roxbury, it was
deemed indispensable that some lines of defense should be commenced; but
there was no engineer to lay them out. On account of his service in the
French war, the general requested Colonel Putnam to undertake the work.
Though he frankly declared he knew nothing of engineering, he yielded,
finally, to the solicitations of the commander, and attempted the work. He
was fortunate enough to receive the approbation of Generals Washington and
Lee, who came over soon after to examine the works and the situation of the
troops. He was thus continued in this work, constructing lines of defense at
Dorchester and Brookline, as well as at Roxbury; and late in the fall laying
out the fort on Cobble Hill.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 245
In the following winter General Washington was anxious to dislodge the
British from Boston. Having invited Colonel Putnam to dine at head-
quarters, he detained him after dinner to discuss plans for the purpose, and
especially to ascertain whether any plans could be suggested to fortify our
troops on Dorchester Heights, thus enabling them to command the city. The
ground was deeply frozen, rendering ordinary earth-works out of the ques-
tion. Most providentially, as Colonel P. says, that very night he found a
book on engineering, from looking at which for a few minutes a plan sug-
gested itself to him for the work in question. The plan was reported to the
commander the next morning, who immediately approved it. It was carried
into execution on the night of March 4th, and the British were compelled to
evacuate Boston.
From this time he was largely occupied in laying out works of defense,
General Washington speaking of him in a letter to Congress of July 10, 1776 ,
as "our chief engineer." Not only during the war, but during his life, did
General Washington treat General Putnam with marked confidence and
respect. After the declaration of peace in 1783, a petition was forwarded to
Congress by two hundred and eighty-three officers of the army, asking for a
grant of land in the western country, and General Putnam was selected to
act in their behalf. He wrote to General Washington, requesting him to lay
the petition before Congress. In his reply, dated June 2, 1784, he says:
" Surely if justice and gratitude to the army, and general policy of the union
were to govern in this case, there would not be the smallest interruption in
granting its request."
General Putnam was one of the trustees of Leicester academy, which was
incorporated in 1784, giving for its support one hundred pounds. He was
volunteer aid to General Lincoln in the suppression of Shay's insurrection.
lu 1787, he was chosen to represent the town of Rutland in the general
court.
The formation of the "Ohio Company of Associates," by whom the settle-
ment of the territory northwest of the river Ohio was commenced in 1788,
was chiefly due to him. In January, 1786, he and General Benjamin Tupper
issued a call for a meeting at Boston of delegates from the several counties
to form such an association. The company was formed, and Rev. Dr. Manas-
seh Cutler, of Hamilton, Mass., was appointed to make the purchase of lands.
This was done in the summer of 1787. While he was negotiating for the
land 1,500,000 acres the celebrated "Ordinance for the government of
the territory of the United States, northwest of the river Ohio," was passed
by Congress. There is good reason to believe that Dr. Cutler was largely
instrumental in the formation of this ordinance. A writer in the North
American Review for April, 1876, says: "The ordinance of 1787 and the
Ohio purchase were parts of one and the same transaction. The purchase
would not have been made without the ordinance, and the ordinance could
not have been enacted except as an essential condition of the purchase."
Gen. Putnam was one of the directors of the company from the beginning,
and was appointed the general superintendent of its affairs. The first settlers
left Massachusetts late in the fall of 1787, and landed at the mouth of the
Muskingum, where Marietta now stands, on the seventh of April, 1788. Gen.
Putnam came with the first company, and immediately commenced the work
of surveying the lands, building a fort, etc. His family he did not bring out
till 1790; Marietta continued to be his place of residence till his death in 1824.
Though there were many men of liberal education among the early settlers,
246 HOMES OF THE
he was the leading citizen. Besides subordinate offices which he filled in the
west, as well as at the east, he was appointed one of the three judges of the terri-
tory in 1790, filling the place made vacant by the death of Geii. Samuel H.
Parsons. According to the provisions of the ordinance, the governor and
judges constituted the law-making body for the territory till 1799, when the
population was sufficient for the election of a territorial legislature. In 1792
he was appointed by the President and Senate a brigadier general in the regular
army. It was in this year that he made a treaty with the Indians at Port
Vincent (Vincennes, Indiana).
Four years later he was made surveyor-general of the United States, the first
who ever held that office. In all the offices he held he acquitted himself with
great credit. Perhaps our country does not furnish an instance of one with
such limited opportunities in early life performing with more uniform accept-
ance and success responsible public trusts. When Congress authorized a
convention in 1802 for the formation of a state constitution, the citizens of
Washington County elected him as one of their delegates.
Gen. Putnam was a man of large public spirit, ready to engage in any enter-
prise for the advancement of education and religion. In 1797 he was one of
the founders of the " Muskingum Academy," the first edifice of the kind in the
north-west.
From 1801 till his death he was one of the trustees of the university for
which the Ohio company had provided two townships of land in their purchase.
He took a prominent part in the erection of the Congregational church at
Marietta in 1808, which is still used for worship. In 1812 a Bible society was
formed, of which he was the first president.
Gen. Putnam enjoyed the confidence of the most eminent men of his time,
both civil and military. Among his papers, which have been presented to the
library of Marietta college by his grandson, Hon. William Rufus Putnam, are
autograph letters from many distinguished men, as Washington, Hamilton,
Fisher Ames, Oliver Wolcott, Timothy Pickering, Jonathan Trumbull, Gens.
Knox, Wayne, Howe and others.
In this collection are also a large number of commissions, ranging from 1760,
when he was made an ensign in the Provincial troops, to 1796, when he
received the appointment of surveyor-general. Among the signers are Thomas
Pownal and Thomas Hutchinson, governors of the colony of Massachusetts
Bay before the revolution; Joseph Warren, president pro tempore of the Con-
gress of Massachusetts Bay; John Hancock, Samuel Huntington and Elias
Boudinot, president of Congress ; James Bowdoin, governor of Massachusetts ;
Arthur St. Clair, governor of the north-west territory, and George Washington ;
with Thomas Jefferson, Timothy Pickering and Henry Knox as secretaries.
In Dr. Hildreth's " Lives of the Early Settlers of Ohio," published in 1852,
under the auspices of the Ohio Historical Society, the leading place is given to
Gen. Rufus Putnam. And Ohio and the great north-west owe him a high
place among those who have rendered signal service to the whole region.
The house was also occupied by Deacon Putnam's descend-
ants. Capt. Francis was probably the last who lived there.
The farm was afterward owned by a Mr. Wilson, then by
Mr. Fuller, then by Caleb and Tyler Marsh ; they sold to
James Freeland, who built the present house in 1818. It is
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of brick with marble trimmings, cost twenty thousand dollars,
and was, when built, after the model of one owned by an
English lord, considered and intended to be the best house
in Worcester county. Mr. Freeland, the only son of Dr.
James Freeland, was when young one of the most brilliant
and enterprising men in all the region. He was engaged in
the " Canada trade," and was probably one of the most suc-
cessful men that ever entered into that hazardous business.
He chartered vessels and crews to assist him in transportation,
and always made favorable runs. Like Alababa, he could
measure his gold in a Winchester measure, but had no Casinc
or Casine's wife to tallow its bottom. He married Miss
Polly Marble, daughter of Lieut. Stephen, son of Samuel,
son of Freegrace, son of Samuel of Andover, Mass. His
mother was "daughter of Esquire Nathan Putnam, cousin of
the renowned Gen. Israel, also Gen. Rufus, and Col. John, and
son of Isaac, son of Deacon Edward of Salem, son of Thomas.
Mrs. Freeland was a lady. In early life she taught school,
and was a devoted and successful teacher. She had two
daughters and five sons, all born on this farm, which was
next owned by their eldest son, Capt. Freeman Freeland,
who, like his father, commenced a most brilliant career.
When eighteen years of age he was made captain of a military company,
and when dressed in his new uniform, straight, trim, elegant and refined, he
was the envy of his fellows. For general intelligence, personal appearance
and gentlemanly deportment, he had few equals ; he was for several years a popu-
lar teacher. He at times made a specialty of penmanship, being one of the best
penman in the country. He left home atone time with only five dollars in his
pocket, walked until he was able to establish a school, then taught from place
to place until he reached the South, where he established a store, sent for one
or two of his brothers, and carried on business until he was able to buy the old
homestead and pour a pile of twelve thousand dollars in gold upon the parlor
carpet. He divided his fortune with his brothers and sister and retired on this
farm, working diligently for its improvement, raising many fine horses and
clearing the fields of stones, until to-day you see some of the handsomest fields
to be found in Worcester county on this beautiful place.
He lived with his father and mother until both died, then
married Miss Mary De Witt, daughter of the late Capt.
Stearns De Witt of Oxford, one of the most deserving and
successful men of Worcester county. Mrs. Freeland is a lady
highly educated, of great intellectual capacity, and writes
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for the press. Mr. Freeland died here, and his funeral \vns
attended February 25, 1875. His widow now occupies this
great mansion.
The next son, Mr. Franklin Freeland, worked on the farm
until he bought the place he now owns, already described.
He married Miss Caroline Adams at Bangor, Maine, Feb..
25, 1853. They have had six children. Their oldest son,
James, partakes of the Freeland enterprise, and is a perse-
vering and successful business man. He married Miss Mary
L. Shaw, and now lives on his father's farm. Mr. Franklin
Freeland has been the " real estate" of the family, and is
one of our best citizens.
The next son, Fred., was an intelligent young man, and
died single.
Fayette remains a bachelor. The youngest son, Mr. Foster
Freeland, at one time the preceptor of Millbury Academy,
married Miss Frances Jane Woodbury, an heiress and a very
intelligent and worthy woman. They had one daughter, at
the birth of whom the mother died ; that daughter is Miss
F. J. W. Freeland, a recent graduate of Sutton high school.
The house which stood on this place when Mr. Freeland
bought it was situated just in the bend of the road, some forty
rods east of the present dwelling. A store kept by Nathan
Woodbury at one time was connected with the old house.
Mr. Fuller had an ashery near by, where he made potash.
There was a private burial place on this farm, containing
several graves. One stone bears the name of Mary Wilson.
Military musters have been held on ^some of the beautiful
fields of this farm. In the large and commodious hall in the
Freeland mansion, Rev. George A. Willard established a
select school in] 1835, which continued two years and was
very popular; it was known as the Sutton high school.
The next house was first owned by Deacon Benjamin
Woodbury, who came here from Beverly, and raised a large
family. He was succeeded by his son Colonel Bartholomew
Woodbury, who kept tavern"|here for several years. Then
Eli Rising kept the house. Jonathan Fuller owned it, mar-
ried a daughter of Job Darling who lived here. Then Capt.
Luther Little bought it. It now belongs to Solomon Severy,
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249
Esq. It was occupied several years by B. L. Batcheller,
Esq., and is now occupied by his son, Mr. Frank Batcheller,
a young man of great industry and enterprise. The present
house was built by Captain Little about 1845 or '46. He
RESIDENCE OF B. L. AND B. F. BATCHELLER.
came from New Bedford, where he had been engaged in the
whale fishery. He died here very suddenly while driving
his team.
The house and barn have since been much improved by
Batcheller or present owner. v
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CENTRE DISTRICT, No. 4.
The next place was first settled by John Burdon, a tailor,
who was born in Durham, England, about 1685, was im-
pressed on board a man-of-war and sent against the Spanish.
He was at the taking of Gibralter in 1704 ; and afterward
went to sea for several years. He went to Africa after slaves,
and brought them to New England. He came to Sutton in
1727 and built a log cabin on the shore of Singletary Pond,
a little west of Kendrick's, where he lived a few years, when
he built a house where Deacon Marble now lives, and
planted an orchard. He left Sutton and resided at Charlton
a few years, where his wife died. He returned to Sutton,
and died at the Phineas -Putnam place in February, 1763.
It was next owned by Deacon John Frye. But little is
known of him. He joined the first Congregational church
in 1746, was eighth deacon in 1762. He removed his rela-
tion to Royalston. It was next owned by Deacon Worcester,
then by Deacon Amariah Preston, who deeded it to Lieut.
Stephen Marble, Oct. 22, 1776. Lieut. Marble was son of
Samuel, son of Freegrace, son of Samuel and Rebeckah of
Andover. His wife was daughter of Esq. Nathan Putnam,
son of Isaac, son of Deacon Edward, son of Thomas. He
carried on this large farm, besides doing quite a business as
saddler and harness-maker. He built the present large and
commodious house in 1806. His son, Palmer, born here Sept.
24, 1784, succeeded him in like employment until his death,
Sept. 12, 1865. He joined the church in 1822, was chosen
deacon in 1826, and served in that capacity several years.
He was a thick-set man of good figure and pleasant counten-
ance. He married Polly Woodbury, daughter of Lieut.
John, son of Captain Jonathan, son of Deacon Benjamin.
They had a large family of children, most of whom died of
consumption. Deacon John W., the present owner, is the
only survivor of their children, and is a man of true worth,
peaceable, quiet, intelligent and honest. His mother still
lives, and is wonderfully active for one of her age.
The shop which Lieutenant Marble built opposite the
house was moved away, converted into a dwelling, and is
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now the home of the Misses Adams. On this farm once
stood a school-house, located near the Gri^gs house : the
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old doorstep of which still remains. Mrs. Marble says she
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went to school there one day when the school was kept by
Captain Simeon Woodbury. The house was afterward
moved and made into a tenement ; and was once occupied
by Major Holman, who was a noted veterinarian. Alpheus
RESIDENCE OF DBA. JOHN MARBLE.
Marble, who married a Butler, lived there ; also Mr.
Brown, who played the violin at the Baptist church. It was
again moved, and is now the carriage house at the Graves
place.
The next place, owned by Mr. White, was purchased by
Thomas Griggs of Brookline, Massachusetts, a young man
of merit and mark. He married Mary, daughter of Benja-
min and Mary Goddard, July 4, 1776. She was a descend-
ant of Edward Goddard, of Norfolk county, England.
They had three children; one daughter, who died in
infancy, and two sons, John and Joseph, both born in
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Sutton. Lieutenant John Griggs, the eldest son, succeeded
his father upon the estate. He was a gentleman of much
public spirit, possessed of every moral excellence of charac-
ter, and identified with all enterprises designed to promote
the interests of the community. He married Mary, daughter
of Nathan Thurston, Esq., of Oxford, Massachusetts, grand-
daughter of Rev. David Thurston* of Medway, Massachu-
setts, who was the first clergyman of the second church in
Medway, 1752.
He received his education and graduated at Princeton,
New Jersey. On the maternal side Mary Thurston was the
granddaughter of Dr. Alexander Campbell of Oxford, and in
this line of ancestry son of Rev. John Campbell, a native
of Scotland and the clergyman of the first English settle-
ment in Oxford.
Rev. John Campbell was of the London branch of Camp-
bells.
The coat of arms brought by him from Scotland, at the time of the Stuart
rebellion, is now in the possession of Mrs. Dr. Julius Y. Dewey of Mont-
pelier, Vt., and has upon it the following record :
CAMPBELL OF AKTEBUCHEL.
He beareth Gerony of eight D'Or and Sable.
This bearing of very ancient date was quartered on the escutcheon of the
royal standard of the kings of Scotland from the time of Malcolm III. to the
death of Mary Queen of Scots, who was beheaded by the sanguinary Eliza-
beth, since which time it has been borne by Campbells, Dukes of Argyle, to
which they are entitled by being lineally descended from Duncan, who was
murdered by his kinsman Macbeth.
The family of Lieutenant John Griggs consisted of seven
sons and four daughters.
Lewis, the eldest son, was married to Maria Hancock, a
lady of Grafton, Massachusetts, Jan. 26, 1842. After a
short residence in Grafton he became engaged in business in
Boston, and subsequently in Cincinnati, where he remained
until 1865, when he returned to Sutton and purchased a
landed estate, where he is now residing in quiet retirement,
a much esteemed citizen. His family consisted of two
daughters ; Anne, born in Grafton ; Mary Louise, born in
Boston, married to Henry Simeon Stockwell of Sutton.
* The ancestors of Rev. David Thurston came to this country in 1631,
having sailed in the ship "Mary Ann" from Bristol, England.
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Salem, the second son, engaged in business in Grafton,
married Maria Cleveland of G. ; afterwards removed to
Worcester, where he is now a resident, and has a large and
interesting family.
Thomas Thurston, the third son, studied medicine, is a
physician in Grafton. Married Julia, the only daughter of
Delano Pierce, M. D. He has represented his district in the
state legislature.
RESIDENCE OF MRS. JOHN GRIGGS.
The fourth son, John, engaged in mercantile business, a
young gentleman of much promise, and died in middle life.
Joseph Franklin, fifth son, graduated at Yale College in
1846, studied theology at Andover, and is now professor of
Greek in the Western University of Pennsylvania. He
married Elizabeth Buchanan, daughter of Dr. I. Brooks of
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
George, the sixth son, went at a very early age to Cali-
fornia, where he now resides. He sailed in the ship
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"Edward Everett," the first vessel from Boston with passen-
gers for California.
Nathan, the youngest sou, is a resident of Australia.
Susan Elizabeth, the eldest daughter, was first married to
Gibbs Lilley of Sutton, in her second marriage to Julius
Y. Dewey, M. D., of Montpelier, Vt. Susan Lilley, her
only daughter, married Edward, son of Dr. Dewey of Mont-
pelier, Vt.
The second daughter, Mary Ann, married Capt. William
W. Taylor, United States Army. She died soon after her
marriage, and her remains and those of her infant son were
sent home to her friends for burial in Sutton.
The third daughter, Frances Helen, married Willard F.
Pond of Worcester; died in early life, leaving one son and
two daughters. Margaret Louise, the youngest daughter,
married Henry Simeon Stockwell of Sutton, died June 6,
1868, much loved and lamented.
Lieutenant John Griggs died June 11, 1850. Mary
(Thurston) Griggs died March 25, 1878.
Captain Joseph Griggs, second son of Thomas Griggs, of
Sutton was a man of much enterprise of character, and was
extensively engaged in business. But owing to the pressure
of the times and large losses through other parties, he was
obliged to enter bankruptcy, and his property was equitably
divided among his creditors. He afterwards engaged in busi-
ness with success, and paid to his former creditors every
indebtedness, both principal and interest, though he had
been legally discharged from every obligation. Such an
example of moral honesty in character is as worthy of note
as it is rare. Capt. Joseph Griggs had a large family, most
of whom died in childhood. His son Joseph died in Florida
at the early age of seventeen years. His two daughters, who
survive him and inherit the many noble qualities of their
father, reside in Worcester.
The next place was owned by Mr. White, who also owned
the Griggs place. His daughter married Thomas Parker,
who was next owner by inheritance. Then her three
daughters, Mary, Roby and Falla, came into possession, whp
lived here till 1824, when it was conveyed to Mr. Amos
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Armsby, next owned by Mr. Ira Graves, and by him sold to
F. A. Stockwell, the present owner. There was formerly a
shoemaker's shop on this place. Mr. Armsby was a carpenter
and machinist ; he built him a large shop which was operated
by horse-power. After Mr. Armsby left, it was sold to
Gibbs Lilley, moved down by his house and used as a store.
It is now a tenement house.
Amos Armsby, son of Joshua, married a Fletcher, sister
to Mrs. Paul Whiting, and had three sons and one daughter.
Horace learned his father's trade and went to Millbury, where
he carried on the sash and blind business. One of his sons
is now cashier of the Millbury National Bank. Edwin lived
at Whitinsville. Loren graduated at Amherst college and is
a Congregational clergyman. The daughter married John
Morse, jr. They were all very worthy people. Mr. Graves,
whose wife died here, went to Millbury to reside with his
son, Mr. Parley Graves, and died there.
The next place was settled by Elder Benjamin Marsh, who
came from Danvers and was one of the three first settlers in
town. See Annals, 1716-17.
This place was afterward owned by his son, Benjamin
Marsh, to whom it was given by the will of Elder Benjamin
Marsh, made Dec. 3, 1762, and approved by Jedediah
Foster, Judge of Probate, Dec. 4, 1775. Benjamin Marsh
deeded it to his son Joshua, March 10, 1795. Joshua deeded
it to his son Warren, June 2, 1810. Joshua and Warren
conveyed it by deed dated Nov. 22, 1816, to Archelaus
Putnam, who deeded one-half of said farm to his son Tyler,
March 17, 1823. Mr. Archelaus Putnam, son of Archelaus,
son of Edward, son of Deacon Edward, son of Thomas, lived
on this place from 1816 until he died, February 9, 1854.
He was a man of wealth, kind feeling, gentlemanly deport-
ment, rather above medium size and very active. He was
a farmer. He belonged to a class than whom there is none
more noble, was engaged in a business than which there is
none more honorable.
When our young men look at things in the true light they
will be slow to renounce the certain returns of honest industry
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upon the farm, for the uncertain rewards of professional life.
His wife was a most tidy housekeeper, and one of the best
of women.
Their son Tyler was a man in rather delicate health for
several years before he died, yet he was very industrious
and raised a large and very respectable family, all born on
this place. He died here, Sept. 9, 1849. His heirs conveyed
their interest in the place to A. W. Putnam, by deed Nov.
18, 1852. Archelaus Putnam gave his interest in the place
to him by will on certain conditions, which having been
fulfilled, make him the present owner.
The present large and commodious house was built by
Mr. Archelaus Putnam about 1818, and has been recently
improved by Mr. A. W. Putnam. The house on the place
when Mr. Archelaus Putnam bought it, stood near the same
site ; a house built prior to that stood farther north , both of
which were built by the Marshes.
During the gale of 1815, it is said that the wind started
up the roof of the house on this place, and Mr. Joshua Marsh,
who was a large heavy man, ran into the attic and caught hold
of one of the rafters, exclaiming : " Burn it all, Warren ! I
will hold the roof down ; you get a chain, and we will chain
it."
It is thought by some that the first white child born in
Button was born on this place, and was Abigail Marsh,
daughter of Elder Benjamin Marsh. On the corner of the
Hutchiuson road near this house, stood the first Baptist meet-
ing-house built in town. Elder Benjamin Marsh was the
first preacher of that order in town and preached in that
house. On this farm is a burial place where the Marshes
were buried, and on a stone of granite about eighteen inches
high and the same width, is the following inscription,
ELD. M., with some other inscriptions which cannot be
deciphered. There are other stones bearing the names,
Marsh, Merriam, King, Arinsby, Hutchinson, Putnam, etc.
The next place was settled by Capt. Jonathan Woodbury,
about 1765 ; he was son of Deacon Benjamin and twin
brother of Colonel Bartholomew, and was born on the place
where Colonel Bartholomew kept tavern, Nov. 10, 1740,
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and died at this place March 2, 1828. He married Hannah
Dudley. Their three sons, John, Nathan and Simeon were
born here. He built a house on the south side of the road,
nearly opposite the barn as it now stands. He was a car-
penter, and built him a shop just east of his house, which
was afterward enlarged and made into a dwelling house for
his son, Captain Simeon Woodbury, born Feb. 17, 1777 ;
died at the Freeland house, June 2, 1838. He married
Sally Chase, born June 9, 1780 ; died Dec. 1, 1831. They
had two sons and three daughters born here. One daughter
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married Jonathan Howard, one married and went west, one
married C. A. Tourtellott, and now lives in Millbury.
Captain Simeon Woodbury was for several years deputy
sheriff and constable, and was quite a prominent man in
town. He and his brother John were pump-makers. They
used, also, to bore logs for aqueducts, which in their day
were much used. Nathan Woodbury was a school teacher
and trader. He married a Prince' and went to Maine, where
she committed suicide. After her death they found that she
had prepared a mourning suit for each of her children.
The place remained in possession of his children and grand-
children until 1835, when it was conveyed from Palmer
Marble and Tyler Putnam with their wives, grand-children
of Captain Jonathan Woodbury, to Colonel Zadok Wood-
bury, who took down or removed the old houses and built
the house now standing. Colonel Zadok Woodbury, son of
Lot, son of Deacon Benjamin, was a carriage maker by
trade and a good workman. He was a man of great indus-
try, and much improved this farm. He had no children, so
he willed his property to his niece and adopted daughter,
Miss Frances Jane Woodbury, daughter of Luther, son of
Lot, etc. She married Foster Freeland and had one daugh-
ter, born here. Mr. Freeland and daughter, the present
owners, now occupy the place. It is one of the best farms
in town, and they keep it well stocked. Captain Woodbury
had a cider-mill on the place ; it stood west of the bam,
now stands east of the house. Colonel Woodbury held
many offices in town. See Part VI. He learned his trade,
it is said, of Major Tenney, and lived and worked at it
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many years in Charlton. The present owners have already
been noticed. Captain Jonathan Woodbury was spoken of
as a very worthy man and special friend of Rev. Edmund
Mills, who boarded with him when he first came into town.
On this farm, down the lane that rims north from the
road, stood a house, first owned by Peter Marsh, son of
Benjamin Marsh. It was conveyed by him to Benjamin
Hovey, and by him to Silas Merriam, who sold to Colonel
Woodbury ; it was quite a little farm, and now forms part
RESIDENCE OF FOSTER FREELAND.
of the Woodbury-Freeland farm. Mr. Merriam had three
wives and two very worthy sons. His last wife was daugh-
ter of Colonel Watson of Leicester. He died at Leicester.
Mr. Merriam was one of the best of Christian men.
It is supposed that the next house was first owned by a
Mr. Blanchard, who, it is said, married a Miss Carriel, who
served his mother as nurse at the time of his birth ; but
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being so much older than he, he finally left her and. went to
Vermont. He sold the place to Mr. John Cole, who kept
store in a part of the house for several years. He gave this
place by will to the south parish in Sutton, the income of
which was to be expended for educational purposes. That
noble act speaks volumes in his s praise. This history shall
perpetuate the name of this worthy benefactor. The place
was sold by leave of court, at public auction, about 1845, to
Paris Tourtellott, who conveyed it by lease for ninety-nine
years to Daniel T. Stockwell, the present owner and occu-
pant, who built the house and barn on the place. He is
son of Simeon, son of Nathaniel, son of Captain John. His
mother, too, was a Stockwell, and he married her niece, also
a Stockwell. They have had three daughters.
The place now owned by the Cole heirs was owned by
Mr. Timoth} 7 Holton, who, it is presumed, built the upright
part of the present house. The ell part was built by Ben-
jamin Woodbury and occupied by him, and now by his
family. Mr. Holton sold the place to Ezekiel Cole, who
was succeeded by his son David, and he by his heirs, the
present owners. His sou, Hon. Sumner Cole, was born and
died at'this place. He was a man much respected, and hon-
ored with many and important offices, as our records will
show. He kept store near the Whiting tavern for several
years. He was afterward engaged in the Boston custom
house, then again in trade at East Douglas with William
Crossman ; they did a very extensive business. He finally
retired on the old homestead, and carried on this farm in
company with his brother-in-law Benjamin Woodbury. Mr.
Ezekiel Cole had a store which stood between the house and
the main road, in which, he traded for several years. He
also had an ashery where he manufactured potash. It stood
in the southeast corner of the lot east of the house. David
Cole married a daughter of Abner Sibley, and had one son
(already mentioned) and three daughters : Mrs. Eddy, Mrs.
Woodbury and Miss Charlotte Cole. Mrs. Woodbury had
four daughters, three of whom are still living. For particu-
lars of the Woodbury family see genealogy.
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HOMES OF THE
On the south part of this farm there was a private burial-
place, where it is said the Holton family were buried. The
graves were near where F. H. Marble's house now stands.
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Mr. David Cole established a private grave-yard on the east
part of his farm, on the stones in which may be found the
names of Cole, Woodbury, Walker, etc.
RESIDENCE OF THE HEIRS OF DAVID COLE.
The house now owned by F. H. Marble, son of Simon
L., son of Andrew, son of Malachi, son of Freegrace, son
of Samuel, was originally a part of the house now owned
and occupied by M. M. Hovey. It was moved and fitted
up by Simon L. Marble. It has since been enlarged and
improved by the present owner ; he has also much improved
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the land. Still farther south on this farm stood a house
owned by one Buxton ; the bridge near it was known as
Buxton's bridge. The Marbles have both had large families,
as the genealogy will show. The sons were both shoe-
makers. Simon L. made very fine custom work.
The next place on the great road was owned by John
Whipple, who, it is presumed, built the upright part of the
house ; he was succeeded by his son John, who conveyed it
to Rev. Edmund Mills about the year 1803. He occupied it
something like fifteen years ; his son Henry was born here.
It was next owned by Hon. Jonas Sibley, then by his son
Jonas L. Sibley, Esq., and now by Hon. John D. McCrate.
The ell was built was built by the Sibley s, and used at one
time as an office by Jonas L. John Whipple, jr., was edu-
cated at Leicester academy. He married Anna Hall, daugh-
ter of Deacon Willis Hall, and went to Charlton, where he
died July 3, 1843, aged eighty-one. He left a large estate.
Jonas Sibley was a man of prominence and influence. He
represented his native town for nineteen years in the state
legislature, and was also a state senator. He also repre-
sented the Worcester congressional district in Congress.
He was a man of gentlemanly deportment, candid, unassum-
ing, and faithful to every trust. He married Lydia Rice,
and had three children, Susanna, Jonas Leonard and John
Jay. Susanna married Daniel Hovey and had Jonas Augus-
tus Hovey.
Jonas Leonard graduated at Brown University, class of
1814, studied law with the Hon. Levi Lincoln, and was
admitted to the bar and commenced practice in 1817.
He also represented his native town for several years in
the state legislature. His reputation reached President
Jackson, by whom he was highly esteemed and appointed
United States marshal for the port of Boston. He married
Margaret N. Monroe, daughter of Dr. Stephen Monroe, and
had eight children, only four of whom survive. Susan,
the eldest daughter, married Hon. John D. McCrate, the
present owner of the place. He studied law with Judge
Bailey of Wiscasset, Maine, Joseph E. Smith, Esq., of
Boston, and Hon. Peleg Sprague of Hallo well, Maine. He
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was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Xoble-
boro', Me. He represented that town for five successive
years in the state legislature, was appointed commissioner of
insolvency for the State of Maine in 1829 or 1830 ; collec-
tor of the district of Wiscasset in 1836 by President Jack-
son, and elected to Congress from the Lincoln and Oxford
district in 1844. He is a man of rare strength of mind and
memory ; entered college at thirteen, graduated at seven-
teen, and began the practice of his profession at twenty
years of age.
The second daughter, Joanna Le Baron, married Rev.
John Pierpont, jr., and died in Medford, March 30, 1852.
John Monroe, the eldest son, married Experience C.
Wheelock of Warwick, Mass. They have one son, John
Pierpont Sibley. John M. graduated at Yale College and
is now superintendent of schools for'the State of California.
Henry Jonas was for a time a broker in Chicago ; is now
engaged in a mining interest in California.
Frances Mary married James W. Stockwell, Esq.
In his profession Jonas L. Sibley had to a large extent the
confidence of the community, and his practice was that of a
true lawyer the settlement of difficulties between the two
parties instead of carrying them before the courts, yet his
practice at the bar was extensive, having for a single term
of court eighty cases on the docket.
He was a man of fine presence, and pre-eminently a public-
spirited man, and every enterprise having for its object the
welfare of the citizens, or the beauty of the town, received
his ready support and active co-operation. His kindness of
heart is illustrated by the following incident :
While he was United States marshal, a merchant vessel running into the
port of Salem had on board a negro boy, supposed to be held as a slave by the
captain. This boy was brought before Judge Davis, judge for the district of
Massachusetts, on a writ of habeas corpus. No one claiming him, Marshall
Sibley, moved by his demonstrations of affection, was induced to take him
under his care. He brought him to Sutton and placed him in school. He
could not speak the English language at all, but learned rapidly. He ever
retained his affection for the man who had befriended him and was a faithful
servant, seeming to strive to the utmost to repay the kindness he had received.
After the death of Mr. Sibley he became the coachman of one of his friends hi
Boston.
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John Jay, youngest son of Jonas, graduated at Brown
University, class of 1814; he died March 10, 1815.
Jonas L. died February 1, 1852.
The next house was moved upon its present site and made
into a dwelling by Lewis W. Howard, who occupied it
several years ; then rented it to several different families.
It is now owned by Stephen H. Stockwell and occupied by
his hired man, Mr. John Baker, who has also been employed
by Mr. McCrate.
The place directly opposite was owned by Samuel Dwight,
who came from Dedham in 1730 and settled here. Nathaniel
Carriel married his daughter, Jane Dwight, and to him the
place was conveyed. He was succeeded by his son Timothy,
whose heirs sold to Mr. Stephen Cummings, who married
Betty Carriel, daughter of Timothy ; he conveyed the
property to L. W. Howard, who sold to Abner B. Lane,
the present proprietor. The house on the place was built by
Nathaniel Carriel. Since then an addition, now belonging to
L. C. Howard, has been built on by Jonathan Howard, who
had a wheelwright shop here, where he made wheels, did
repairing, etc., for several years. He was a very worthy man
and had a large and respectable family, as the genealogy
shows.
Mr. Cuimping!s was the first teetotaler" in town; he
could never drink any kind of intoxicating drink, yet his full
temperament and florid complexion led strangers to think
that he might indulge.
There was a blacksmith shop on this place for several
years, occupied by James Inman, F. F. Sibley, M. A. New-
ton and others. It is now the barn of James Deviny.
The next house on the same side of the street was owned
by Major Joseph Elliot, who married Anna Dwight, daughter
of Samuel Dwight. It has since been owned by Rev.
Edmund Mills, Abel Cole, Dr. Stephen Monroe, Jonas L.
Sibley, Mrs. John M. Sibley and L. W. Howard, the present
owner. Major Elliot kept tavern in this house for several
years. The majestic elms standing in front were set out by
him. I think most of the children of the Rev. Mr. Mills
were born here. The house has since been occupied by
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many different families. Silas Carlton, son of Benjamin and
father of Silas G. Carlton, the father of Mrs. Charles H.
Barton, once lived in this house several years. He died
suddenly by sunstroke while on fatigue duty in haytime.
The house now occupied by George E. Hastings was built
about 1844 by William E. Cole. It has since been owned
RESIDENCE OF STEPHEN H. STOCKWELL.
by William C. Chase and Horace Leland, and now belongs
to Stephen H. Stockwell, son of Simeon, son of Israel, son
of Abraham, son of William, and brother of Capt. John.
Mr. Cole is a carpenter and has been noticed elsewhere.
Mr. Hastings has been much in office, as our list of officers
shows. He married Lucy Morse, daughter of Deacon
Sylvester, son of Dr. Nathaniel.
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Just east of the above, there once stood an old red house
with a long back roof and back basement. It was owned
by Mr. Daniel Tenney, then by Daniel Hovey, then by his
brother, Benjamin Hovey, then by widow Sally Marble,
then her heirs ; now the site is owned by S. H. Stockwell,
who took down the old house.
Polly Harback, sister to Mrs. Marble, owned a part of the
house with her. Daniel Tenney, who died here October 23,
1812, aged ninety-one, and his wife April 14, 1803, aged
eighty-five, had but one son, Simon, who had but one child,
the late Daniel Tenney, Esq. One of Daniel Tenney's
daughters married a Hovey, and was the mother of Daniel,
Benjamin, William, etc. One married Samuel Blanchard,
and was the mother of the great inventor, Thomas Blanchard,
and the late Stephen Blanchard of West Millbury, one of the
best of men. One married Azor Phelps, a man of some
note.
Jonas Augustus Hovey, son of Daniel and Susanna, was
born in this house in September 1809.
He was a fine looking man, and one of the most enterprising and successful
of our manufacturers. He married a Miss Waters, and lived in Millbury
several years, then went to Ballston, New York, where he owned several
factories, and built a mansion costing, it is said, when finished and furnished,
one hundred thousand dollars. After which he had an unfortunate litigation
concerning some of his titles, then the pressure of the times fell heavily upon
him, somewhat reducing his wealth. But his perseverance was truly wonder-
ful. His business took him frequently to New York and other cities, so he
attended to his business in such places in the day time, taking his chief rest
in sleeping cars by night, until he became insane from over exertion and want
of sleep, and finally died in an asylum where he had been under treatment for
a few weeks.
Sally Marble was widow of Andrew, son of Malachi, son
of Freegrace, son of Samuel. They had four sons and three
daughters, Simon L., Capt. Royal T., John and Simeon
Russell ; the daughters were Sally, Polly and Hannah ; the
two latter were drowned, with Adeline M. Lombard and
Nancy Tenney, by the upsetting of a boat in Singletary pond,
May 29, 1822. They were all very tine young ladies, and
much lamented.
Moses L. Morse once lived in this house. His son, Rev.
Charles Willard Morse, was born here. He is one of the
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purest of men. His mother was Huldah Sibley, daughter of
Reuben and sister o? Judge Solomon, making him cousin to
Gov. H. H. Sibley, late of Minnesota.
C. Willard Morse is a very effective preacher. He came here on a visit
after he had been gone several years, and preached on the sabbath. As he
rose in the pulpit he said: "This is a sacred place to me. I love old Sutton,
for it is the place of my birth ; my father was also born here, and it was here that
I found my Saviour, and here my father also learned to love the Saviour. I
remember the dear ones who assisted us while under conviction ; who prayed
for us, but they are not here now. I miss many familiar faces of those days,
who have gone to their reward. I love old Sutton ! I love her hills and her
valleys ! I love her green fields ! I love her very rocks ! I love her inhabi-
tants, too! But I love Jesus more than them all, for he died that I might
live, and I owe him a debt of gratitude greater than I can conceive. He died
for you, too, my friends. Let us pray." As he prayed, his grateful heart
welled up and run over, until the hardest heart in church was touched with
sympathy. Mr. Morse preached in the forenoon, afternoon, and at five
o'clock. The five o'clock meeting was the largest of the three. The week
before there were thirteen out at the five o'clock service. Why did they come
now ? They came to see and hear the man that loved Jesus, and it did them
good. They caught the spirit. When an honest, God-loving Christian preacher
utters the sincere feelings of a grateful heart, he reaches the hearts of his
hearers. A magnet lifts a piece of iron, while another piece of iron of the
same shape has no effect upon it. Rub the magnet upon the other dead iron,
and it becomes a magnet too, while itself is not weaker for having imparted
its power. So the Christ-like spirit may be imparted to sinners by the true
magnetizing power. But the shape of the iron does not make the magnet,
nor does profession make the Christian. The man himself must be brought
into contact with the life must have the inward experience then will he
impart the power he has received, and by the attraction of a life molded
after a heavenly standard lead others into the better way.
Directly east of the above, L. C. Howard built a shoe
shop where he carried on the shoe business for several years .
He sold the shop to John C. Woodbury, who moved it, and
converted it into a dwelling, where Mrs. Rich now lives.
After the shop was moved, Mr. S. J. Woodbury built a two-
story tenement house on the same site. It was occupied by
four families. George B. Nason lived there when it was
burned, the first Monday in November 1859. The house
already mentioned in district number two as " tintop," was
afterward erected on this spot.
A little farther east, Capt. James T. Elliot built a large
barn, intending to keep tavern ; but the railroad taking the
travel, he gave it up, and Mr. S. J. Woodbury bought the
farm, and converted the barn into a larg-e boot and shoe
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manufactory, where he did an extensive business. He let
this shop to Twiss and Miller, who kept the business until
the fire, when house and shop were both burned, as above
mentioned. The house now standing on this place was built,
it is presumed, by Rev. David Hall, D. D., for one of his
sons. It has since been owned by Dr. Stephen Monroe, Dr.
David March, Capt. James T. Elliot, Samuel Taylor, and the
Stock wells, who are the present owners. John Sherman
once kept tavern in this house.
Dr. Stephen Monroe, born in Bristol, R. I., 1758, died
very suddenly in the house where Mr. Bond now lives,
Sept. 10, 1826. He married Susanna Le Baron, daughter of
Lazarus and Susanna. Mrs. Le Baron was the daughter of
Andrew and Susan Johannot, son of Daniel and Susan.
Daniel Johannot was born in France about 1668, and was one of the first
party of thirty families that arrived in Boston in the year 1686, in company
with his uncle, Andrew Sigourney. He went with him to Oxford, Mass..
remained there until that settlement was broken up by the incursion of the
Indians, August 25, 1696, and the massacre of John Johnson and his three
children. Mrs. Johnson was the daughter of Andrew Sigourney and was
rescued by Mr. Johannot, to whom she was subsequently married and had six
children. He lived and died in Boston ; he was a distiller and was engaged in
mercantile and other affairs.
The following advertisement was in the Boston News Letter of that day:
" A likely Negro Man 20 years of age fit for service in Town or Country for
sale. Inquire of Daniel Johannot, Marlboro st.
May 26, 1756."
The Rev. Mr. Prince of the old South church advertised a likely Negro
woman to be sold. Her age was twenty and the advertisement was in the
same paper.
Dr. Monroe was a successful practitioner and a very
worthy man ; he had four daughters and one son. One
daughter married Jonas L. Sibley ; their first daughter was
born in this house. One married Jacob March ; one married
Dr. David March; one married first, Charles White, Esq.,
and second, Edward Clark, Esq. The son married first,
Louisa Barber of Medway, J^lass., second, Miriam Clarke.
Probably all of Dr. Monroe's children were born in this
house.
Dr. David March died in this house in 1829, aged forty-
four. Since then the house has been used as a tenement
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house by many different families, too numerous for personal
mention. Mrs. Catharine Laphlo Malhoit died here Dec. 30,
1867, aged 100 years, seven months, fourteen days.
The house known as the Wheelock house was owned by
Gardner Waters, the same noticed in the " Annals " as giving
the steeple clock to the first Congregational society. He
was succeeded by Major Josiah Wheelock, who married his
widow.
Major Wheelock was a clock and watchmaker and jeweller. He had several
apprentices, among them Capt. Josiah Hall, Simeon Marble, Clark Sibley,
Moses L. Morse, Brigham Smith and others. He invented a watch known as
the Wheelock watch. It was a great improvement on the old verge watch,
and was but slightly improved by the introduction of the "Patent Lever." It
was really the best watch of his time. He also made superior clocks. He
gave an organ to the church, which was played for several years by one of his
apprentices, Brigham Smith, son of Capt. ^Thomas. Major Wheelock owned
a factory in Fitchburg. He had no children.
After he and his wife were both dead, Aaron Small sold
some part of the farm to Gibbs Lilley, who conveyed it to
Abijah H. Pierce of Boston, brother of Hon. Samuel Hoar.
It was next owned by Mr. John W. Whipple, who sold to
Mrs. David Thurston ; it now belongs to George Moore.
After the death of the Wheelocks the place was occupied
by several different families. It is said that Mr. Le Baron
once lived here and that his daughter Hannah was born here
January 22, 1776. Samuel Metcalf has lived here several
years. Prentice Billings lived there a number of years. He
was a printer, and set the type for the Bible three times with
his own hands, and read the proof. He was quite a gentle-
man when sober, but would occasionally imbibe too freely.
Sometimes he would be steady for a year, then drink to
excess, and waste himself in ill-timed wit and bacchanalian
humor.
The next house, once a shop, then a store, was fitted up as
a tenement about 1843 and first occupied by J. C. Woodbury
and Asahel Newton. It has since been occupied by too
many tenants to admit of enumeration. It is now owned by
George Moore as a part of the Wheelock place.
Between this and the next house William C. Chase built
a large shoe shop, where he manufactured shoes for several
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years. He had for a partner at one time F. F. Sibley. It
was also occupied at one time by Joseph L. Hall, who did
quite an extensive business.
The shop was finally divided and moved to Millbury,
where it was made into two fine dwellings. A part of it is
now owned and occupied by Osgood H. Waters, and the
other by R. C. Thayer.
The next house was built by Gibbs Lilley of the choicest
of lumber brought from Maine. Mr. Lilley was engaged in
trade, first with Mr. Chase on the corner, afterward alone in
the same place until his store was burned. Then he started
a new store near this house and commenced manufacturing:
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ready-made clothing, employing William Mecorney, now of
Worcester, to do the cutting. He sold the house to Mrs.
Sarah B. Chase and went to Michigan City, Indiana. Mr.
Lilley was a very active and generally successful business
man. Mrs. S. B. Chase, widow of Nehemiah, daughter of
Deacon William Bond and only sister of Rev. Alvan Bond,
D. D., lived here several years, until the place was sold at
auction to Harrison Bliss of Worcester. It was next con-
veyed to Mr. Henry C. Batcheller, the present owner. Mrs.
Chase is a very worthy woman and was left quite wealthy
by her husband. Mr. Batcheller is a boot and shoe manu-
facturer, and doing business with Mr. A. Newton in Fram-
ingham. He married Miss Theresa Little, daughter of Capt.
Luther Little ; they have two children.
The next house was originally owned by Gideon Walker,
and conveyed by him to Darius Russell, and has since been
owned by Foster Freeland, Dr. William Terry, Mrs. Lin-
coln, a niece of Mrs. Russell, and now by Mrs. Miranda
Sibley, widow of Captain Nathaniel, son of Reuben, son of
Jonathan, son of Joseph, son of Joseph, son of John. Mr.
Walker and Mr. Russell were both blacksmiths, and
had a shop just east of the house. Mr. Russell was one of
the best workmen in the state, and made some surgical
instruments and fine cutlery. His wife was a Fetcham and
a very superior woman. They had no children, and left a
large estate to their relatives. Mr. Russell was a man of
ability, and held many offices, as our list will show. He had
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for several years a noted parade horse, which he let to dif-
ferent officers for military musters in diverse parts of the
state. His saddle was trimmed with silver plating and the
housing was leopard skin. The horse and his caparison were
quite a noted institution in those days of military training
and pompous emulation. Mrs. Russell carried on millinery
and mantua-making. Dr. James M. Newell and Dr. S. O.
Brown also occupied this place.
Mrs. Sibley, the present owner, is some eighty-five years
of age, but quite active, and furnishes some interesting
items for this history ; she is one of the best of women.
Dr. Newell entered the union service as a surgeon, and
was drowned while trying to save the life of a young lady.
He was a young man of great promise. He married Miss
Fannie Bates, but had no children.
The next house, supposed to have been built by Gibbs
Sibley, was owned by him for several years, next by Elisha
Hale and now by Mrs. Lavina Burdon.
Mr. Sibley married a Rice, daughter of Asahel Rice and
sister to the wife of Hon. Jonas Sibley. They had some very
beautiful daughters. Martha married Charles Sabin. Jane
married Sir Curtis Miranda Lampson, Bart., a son of Mr.
Wm. Lampson of New Haven, Vermont, born in 1806. They
were married in New York in 1827. When the Atlantic
cable was finished in 1866, he was offered and accepted a
baronetcy in acknowledgement of his great services in push-
ing that enterprise through to completion. Mr. Peabody,
his partner, declined a like honor.
Sir Curtis Lampson has two sons and two daughters. One
of the latter, a lady of marked ability and culture, was mar-
ried three years ago to a Mr. Frederick Lockyer, a well
known British man of letters and of the world, whose
"Vers de Societe" have been republished in this country.
Mr. Lockyer has made his mark in prose as well as in verse,
as a contributor to Blackwood's and other leading British
magazines. Sir Curtis and Lady Lampson have a seat at
Rawfaut in Sussex, England. Some of these items are from
an account of their golden wedding as published in the New
York World. He is now a naturalized British subject.
TOWN OF BUTTON. 273
Elisha Hale was one of the best boot and shoe makers in the
country. He did custom work only, and many of his cus-
tomers have made one pair of his boots serve for handsome
ones at least twenty years. His wife used to comb the flax
and spin his thread and bind his shoes as no other woman in
town could do. Mr. Oliver Hall made him a hatchel of
darning needles set in brass with which to hatchel his flax.
A common hatchel was made of spikes set in wood. He
was an honest man and held many offices. They had no
children.
The next house was originally the Methodist church, built
on the common in 1854. The first preacher was Rev. John
W. Lee, the next was John H. Gay lord, the next Rodney
Gage, the next Newell S. Spaulding, then Mr. Brown, then
William A. Clapp, then J. J. Woodbury, Charles S.
McReading, Horace Moulton, and last Dr. S. (.). Brown.
Many persons were led to hope in redeeming grace through
the influence of this church, and several of the most worthy
members of the Congregational church connect their con-
viction and conversion with its influence. Among the con-
verts were the late Sunnier Putnam, and Deacon John
Marble, both of whom united with the Congregational
Church.
When the war broke out the Rev. J. W. Lee enlisted,
took a captain's commission and served three years ; he is
now engaged in the custom house at Boston.
Rev. Charles S. McReading entered the United States
navy. In his diary, of date Saturday, Dec. 28, 1861, he
writes :
"A cold, bleak day it was. An ugly, purchased propeller with Uncle Sam's
guns lay at the Brooklyn navy yard awaiting her commission and crew. The
crew came over the rail with hammocks and bags, various in looks and grades,
from the old man-of-war's man, wrinkled with the stern duties of sea life, to
the boy or landsman, who were now to enter upon active duty. The crew
and officers are mustered on the main deck, the stars and stripes are run up
to the mizzen peak, the pennant to the main, and we receive the crew and the
ship. We, that is the ship, is a purchased vessel, nothing more of war about
her but her guns. Stood watch that night for the first time in six years.
Cold, bitter cold!"
He was commissioned acting master's mate by Secretary Gideon Wells, Nov.
16, 1861. He left the pulpit here to fill that office. Sunday, January 19th, he
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writes fifteen miles from Savannah a long account of preparations for conflict,
closing as follows: "War brings with it -as necessary evil the unavoidable
breaking over of rules such as govern moral and social life. With an enemy
in full view we must be prepared. So the closing part of the Sabbath day,
that day which Beecher says should be a golden milestone on the road to
heaven, is employed in preparing muskets and swords for a night attack.
The night was glorious ! The stars in heaven sang the majesty and beauty
of God's bounty." The name of the vessel on which he served was the Nor-
wich. After his return he had several appointments. He preached three years
at Nantucket, where he saved several persons from drowning by the skillful
management of his sail-boat. He was quite a genius and an eloquent
preacher. But, sad to say, he finally became discouraged and insane, so as
to commit suicide while stationed at Middleborough, Massachusetts.
The Rev. N. S. Spauldiug, son of Royal, son of Benja-
min, son of Benjamin, son of Edward, son of Benjamin,
son of Edward, was born in Moretown, Vermont, Dec. 3,
1799. He married Laura J. McGinley; they have had
two sons, and one daughter, who married Gardner Hall,
April 5, 1859, at Charlton. Rev. Mr. Spaulding has held
some of the most important appointments in the conference,
and was quite a successful preacher. He now resides in
Ocean Grove, New Jersey. The other men stationed here
were all very good men. But their church was mortgaged,
and being too much embarrassed to redeem it, it was sold
at auction and bought by Stephen B. Holbrook, the present
owner, who fitted it up for a dwelling house and store. It
has a large fountain in the upper part, and hot and cold
water is distributed all over the house. It is one of the
most desirable residences in town, and is occupied by Mr.
Holbrook and his son, Lieutenant Wilder S. Holbrook, the
present postmaster. The post office is kept in this building.
S. B. Holbrook was born in Smithfield, Rhode Island ; he
has been engaged in several different places as a manufac-
turer of cotton goods. He married Hannah Sutton ; they
have had one son and two daughters. Lieutenant Wilder S.
Holbrook was in the United States service during the war ;
he was badly wounded, and is a pensioner. He married
Jennie M. Paine and has two daughters. " Flora married D.
M. Daniels and left one son, Walter H. Hattie A. gradu-
ated at the Springfield high school, where she gave the
valedictory. She is now an assistant and popular teacher in
the Millbury high school.
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Mr. William King, one of the first settlers, owned the
land where Philip Chase built the tavern, a history of which
has been given by one of his descendants, who furnishes the
plate.
Fifty years ago a shed ran out on the west end towards
the road; on it was a large martin-house, filled in summer
by those chattering birds now almost extinct ; at the south
end of the sheds stood a store kept by various parties ; among
them were Daniel Hovey, Reuben F. Chase, Sumner Cole,
Daniel Aldrich, Captain John Marble, Jonas A. Hovey, and
last of all S. J. Woodbury. The sheds were 'taken down
and the store was moved up to the house, where it served
as a bar-room. Luther Whiting moved it and built a broad
portico on the south side and east end.
Paul Whiting, familiarly called "Pa Whiting," kept tav-
ern here several years ; after his death his brother, known
as Uncle Joe, continued the business. Widow P. Whiting
and her son succeeded him.
Mrs. Whiting was one of the best of women, a member
of the Congregational church and one of its most constant
attendants. After she left the tavern, she lived with her
son-in-law, Dea. Sumner B. King ;
In stormy weather she would put on a pair of his boots and wade in the
snow to church, perhaps to be the only lady there. No weather kept her
from what she considered to be her duty. On the night of Nov. 27, 1853, she
was left alone in the house now owned by Capt. Luther Little, while the
deacon and his wife went to meeting. She, as was her custom on sabbath
evening, commenced reading her bible, when she fell asleep, and her cap
coming in contact with the light took fire, and she was burned to death. She
was found dead when the deacon and his wife reached home. She evidently
went to the pump in the kitchen to put out the fire, where she fell and set the
floor on fire, on which she literally roasted. Mr. Lyman said in his funeral
discourse that the aged saint "had been translated to heaven in a chariot of
fire."
She was kind to every one and especially forgiving to her
impetuous son. She had one son and three daughters. One
daughter married Nathaniel Woodbury ; the other two were
the wives of Deacon Sumner B. King. Mrs. Whiting was
eighty-three years old when she died.
Luther married Miss Abigail Mellen and had two sons and
one daughter. Joseph was a newspaper correspondent and
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reporter. He was born in this house and left one son.
Samuel, born in the house where S. Dexter King now lives,
graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, studied theology at
Newton, and was for several years a missionary at Assam.
He has returned and is now a Baptist clergyman in New
Haven, Connecticut. He has no children, but adopted the
son of his brother. He is a scholar and a very worthy man.*
The daughter, Miss Abbie Whiting, married a Mr. Hervey
and went to Providence. She has had five daughters and a
son. Her husband is dead, and she has been a popular
teacher there. One of her daughters is also a teacher. This
house has been kept by many different persons. Capt. Peter
Putnam kept it in 1839 and one of his daughters, Sarah, was
born here. It was kept as a temperance house in 1842 by
John C. Woodbury, and on the fourth of July of that year
there was a celebration here for his benefit, he providing the
dinner ; a booth was built on the common and an oration was
delivered by the great poet and orator, Rev. John Pierpont.
THE OLD SUTTON TAVERN.
This building, one of the most ancient landmarks of Sutton,
known in early times as the "Plank Tavern," and in later
years as the old Sutton Tavern, was built about the year
1727, by Philip Chase, whose grandfather, Aquila Chase,
born Aug. 14, 1580, in Hendrich, Chesham Parish, England,
was one of the first settlers or grantees of Hampton, 1639-40
(see Genealogy). Philip Chase, shortly after his marriage,
moved to Worcester, where he purchased land upon which
a portion of the city now stands. From thence in 1724 he
moved into Sutton. After his death his son Follansbee
came into possession of the tavern, paying the other heirs
their portion.
At the decease of Follansbee it came into possession
of Thomas Follansbee Chase, who occupied it as a residence
until the year 1800, when he removed to Paris, Maine. The
tavern in its construction differed from the ordinary buildings
of the period.
* Since died. See sketch from the Watchman and Reflector, a few pages
in advance.
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As will be seen by the engraving, that represents it as
it originally appeared, the siding consists of thick oak
planks nailed perpendicularly to the frame, and at each of
the upper corners the planking is placed diagonally, for the
purpose of giving additional strength in bracing the building.
The clapboards were not added until a later period. They
were cloven by hand and fastened by hand-made nails,* cut
nails being then unknown.
The chimney was massive in size, and the fire-places
throughout the building were of ample dimensions. The
foundation of the chimney, laid with huge stones, occupied
nearly one-third of the cellar. The interior was double-
lathed and plastered, rendering it a remarkably warm house
in coldest weather.
The windows had glass 6x8 inches, and the sash were of
unequal size, the upper ones containing eight lights and the
lower ones twelve. The building was owned by different
members of the Chase family upward of three-quarters of a
Thomas Follansbee Chase,
* About the time of the close of the revolutionary war two brothers of the
name of Wilkinson, who had iron works in Cumberland, R. I., cut a lot of
nails from some old barrel hoops, " Spanish hoops," as they were called, and
these are supposed to have been the first cut nails ever made.
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century. The portrait is from a silhouette likeness of Thomas
Follansbee Chase, the last one of the family to whom it
belonged. He sold it to Paul and Luther Whiting, from
whom it passed into the possession of M. M. Hovey, and
from him was purchased by the present owner, Mr. S. B.
Holbrook, who has recently removed the building a short
distance to the rear of its original location. Tradition tells
us that the old tavern was a noted gathering place previous
to and during the war for independence, but history supplies
little information respecting the scenes and incidents that
transpired there.*
The next building opposite is the brick block. It was
built in 1839 by Simon Tenney, and perhaps his brother,
B. F. Tenney. It was opened as a store by S. Teuney &
Co. in September of that year; the members of the firm
were Simon Tenney and Joseph A. Veazie.
The latter made the first trade when the store was opened ; it was a stick of
candy sold to Willis Hall. While he was putting up the candy a lady came in
and bought one dollar and fifty cents worth of goods. This was the small
beginning of a large and successful business. Mr. Veazie was a large man,
weighing some two hundred and fifty pounds. He had been an apothecary
in Boston. His father was quite wealthy, and his sister had married B. F.
Tenney, then a merchant in Boston ; so making the acquaintance of Simon, he
conceived the idea of leaving Boston and coming here, which he did, and
bought in with Mr. Tenney, who was trading in the store built by S. J. Wood-
bury.
Being left alone in the store he made his first sale, of which he gave his
partner the following account: "Sim, I have made my debut! Soon after
you left, there came in the greenest looking chap that I ever saw ; his coat
sleeves reached about half way from his elbow to his hand, and, after looking
me over as he would an elephant, run his arm down his pantaloons pocket and
pulled out a hen's egg, saying, ' I want to get that are's worth of terbacker ; '
then he went for another egg in the same place, saying as he brought it forth,
' I want that are's worth of yarler snuff;' so I gave him his tobacco and snuff
and he left." Veazie was too large for country trade, so he sold to Mr. Gard-
ner Hall and returned to Boston, where he became a real estate broker and
failed for five hundred thousand dollars under the pressreu of the times.
He died there soon after ; he married a Miss Rogers, a beau-
tiful woman and had children ; his first son was born in the
house where Mr. Mills now lives. After Veazie left, in con-
nection with the store the shoe business was carried on by
* From data furnished by Theodore L. Chase of Philadelphia.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 281
Messrs. Tenney and Hall. They manufactured mostly kip
brogans, and had one or two custom boot and shoe makers
working in the building. D. A. Tenney was foreman in the
cutting-room. The business was quite extensive. Cassi-
meres were taken of Mills and Hunting, then running the
Singletary factory, in exchange for goods, they sending their
workmen up with orders very frequently ; they also bought
wood and other articles of the farmers and paid for them in
orders on this store. The firm also exchanged their goods for
other goods in Boston. Tailors were likewise employed to
make clothing to order. There was no ready-made clothing
in the market then. Arrangements similar to those entered
into with Mills and Hunting were made with the Sutton
Woolen Mills for their broadcloths, and their help brought
orders for goods. Capt. Asa Woodbury, or Woodbury and
Boyden made nice jeans, which were bought and paid for in
goods upon their orders. >,'. G. King and ('apt. Amasa
Wood, shoe manufacturers, also sent in their orders. The
farmers then made cheese and sold much of it at this store.
The Sutton Flour Mill was running then, and their " family
flour," put up in half and quarter barrel bags, made of drill-
ing, was here sold in large quantities. The manufacture of
bags was also quite a business.
After a partnership of two years Mr. Hall disposed of his
interest to Mr. Teimey. Gibbs Lilley then went into com-
pany with him, moving his stock from the other store into
the brick building, making one of the largest stocks to be
found in a country store. Mr. Lilley soon bought out the
entire stock, taking it to Michigan City, Indiana, where he
carried on trade some time. After he left, Messrs. Tenney
and Veazie manufactured brogans awhile. Since then B.
L. Batcheller has manufactured in the building. John Allen,
Mr. Greenwood, Baker and Putnam, Baker and Howard,
Chase and Sibley, N. G. King, Loren C. Howard, Wilder
S. Holbrook, Mr. Aldrich, L. W. Howard and others have
kept the store. John P. Putnam and D. A. Tenney made
harnesses in the lower part of the building for some time.
That shop is now occupied by Hoyle, Barton and others,
who are shoemakers. The tenement was first occupied by
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Mr. G. Hall. He was married there by Rev. H. A. Tracy,
to Catharine B. Woodbury, Sept. 19, 1841. It was next
occupied by Mr. Simon Tenney. His son Daniel died here.
It has since been occupied as a tenement by many different
families ; among them were Salem Chamberlain, then town
clerk, Rev. Dr. John R. Smith, one of whose children was
born here. It is now occupied by Charles H. Barton, son of
Hudson, son of Capt. Reuben. His mother was Lucy B.
Marble, daughter of Capt. Samuel, son of Major Alpheus,
son of Enoch, son of Freegrace, son of Samuel. He married
Catherine H. Carlton, daughter of Deacon Silas G., son of
Silas, son of Benjamin. They have two children William
Herbert and Nellie Agnes.
The room now occupied by the selectmen was first used as
a lawyer's office by Edward Clarke, Esq. The room used
for the Sutton Library was the office of Dr. Nehemiah C.
Sibley, a skillful physician. He was cousin to the late Gov.
H. H. Sibley of Minnesota, and son of Capt. Nathaniel, son
of Reuben, son of Jonathan, son of Joseph, son of Joseph,
son of John. The front room of the second story has been
used as a tailors shop by different parties. Dr. Shurtleff
occupied it at the time of Dr. D. E. Hall's death. He soon
after left town, and now practices in Sterling, Mass.
In the upper part of the building is a hall known as
Washington Hall. The Methodists held their meeting there
one year before they built their church. It has been used
for lyceums, exhibitions, etc. The Walden brothers started
the boot business here, but the great Boston fire failed them
and they left.
On the site where the brick block now stands, once stood
an old wooden building, which was burned in 1837. We
can not learn who built it. Elijah Putnam, it is said, traded
there, and his brother-in-law, Abner Brown, lived there.
Elijah died single and was succeeded by his brother, Captain
Israel Putnam, who lived in the house. Some of his chil-
dren were born here. The business was continued by Put-
nam and March Jacob March, the father of Mrs. Tracy -
then by March and Chase, then by Chase and Lilley, and
after the death of Nehemiah Chase, by Gibbs Lilley, until
. the store was burned.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 283
The trade in that old store was very different from the
trade of the present time, and the traders there all became
rich. They took in farmers' produce, and sent a team to
Boston every week. It was no unusual sight to see several
whole hogs on the counter at a time. They bought beef,
pork, butter, cheese, grain, poultry, eggs, wool, feathers, flax,
and in fine any thing that the farmers then raised. Farming
was a business. The farmers of New England then sup-
plied the Boston market, and Sutton did her part. The
railroads had not then injured farming interests in the eastern
states. There were three taverns then in this district, filled
every night with lodgers, and their stables with horses. The
old church stood nearly opposite this store. It had no fire-
place it was before the day of stoves yet the people
attended church more then than now. The women used to
carry foot-stoves, filled with coals in the forenoon from their
own fire-places ; then at noon-time they would replenish
them from the friendly hearths around the church, and no
one suffered from cold. The male members used to come
into the old store, and get their "flip" or "gin slings," and
then return to the afternoon service. March and Chase kept
all kinds of liquors. The farmers used rum freely in hay-
time, and in fact it seemed to be regarded as the inspirer of
power to swing the scythe, that then cut their grass, which
is now principally mowed by horse-power. At the com-
mencement of haying most of the farmers had their fifteen
gallon kegs tilled, and it was nothing strange for March and
Chase to draw off a pipe of New England rum in one week.
It was sold then for less than the tax on it now. In some
of the customs of that day there has been great improvement.
Where Mrs. Nancy P. Hall now lives there once stood a
large, old-fashioned house, with a long roof on the back
side. It is not known who built the house ; but a Mr.
Houghton, who came from Boston, lived there several years ;
he was a tall, slim, straight, gentlemanly-looking man, and
kept a small store of Yankee notions in the house. He had
a son, John, who went to New Orleans ; he had also several
daughters. His wife died here, and while they were arrang-
ing for some one to watch with the corpse, the oldest
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daughter made the remark that she did not think mother
would run away if they did not have a watcher. Afterward
Mr. Houo-hton returned to Boston. It has since been owned
r"5
and occupied by Gibbs Sibley, Moses L. Morse, Dr. David
March, Xehemiah Chase, Edward Clark, Esq., Simon
Tenney and Silence Putnam, who took down the old house
and built the present^beautiful one in 1855. She leased it
to Dr. David E. Hall and wife during their lives. She
occupied it with them until her death in 1862. She gave
the place then by will to the first Congregational society in
Sutton. She left some ten thousand to various religious
charities. John Allen lived in the old house while engaged
in the store. It then belonged to Simon Tenney. Mr.
Allen was a very worthy man. He married a Miss Maynard,
a popular teacher. One or two of their children were born
here, and little Johnnie died here. Mr. A. now lives in
Gardner, Massachusetts.
Mr. Philander Derby, now one of the richest men in
Gardner, was once the hired man of James Phelps, and
worked on his beautiful farm at West Sutton. He gave five
thousand dollars a few weeks since towards building a new
church. He made his money there by manufacturing chairs.
We orive a brief sketch of Dr. David March, furnished bv
O *
Rev. H. A. Tracy, and also of his distinguished brother
Alden. David had three lovely daughters. One, Catherine
M., married a Mr. Clarke, a wealthy merchant, and now lives
in Framiiigham. Emily married Mr. Estey, a late member
of Congress. Augusta remained single.
DAVID MARCH, M. D.
David March, M. D., born in Sutton, Jan. 29, 1785, was
the son of Jacob March and Eleanor Moore, daughter
of David Moore.
He spent his childhood and youth upon his father's farm, afterwards called
the Samuel March farm. Being of a delicate constitution, the family decided
that he must be educated, and through the aid of his father and brothers he
obtained a classical and medical education at Brown University, and received
the degree of M. D. in 1812.
He immediately entered the army as assistant surgeon, and was commis-
sioned surgeon's mate, March 1, 1813, and stationed at Sackett's Harbor and
TOWN OF SUTTON. 285
Watertown, New York. Here he spent, chiefly in the hospitals connected
with the army, some two years or more, distinguishing himself in several
surgical operations. Thus early in his career he gave promise of what
he might have become if opportunity had favored him as subsequently it
favored his younger brother, Alden. He commenced the practice of medi-
cine in Sutton, in 1815, in connection with Dr. Stephen Monroe, whose
youngest daughter Catherine he married the same year. Here he continued
to reside and practice his profession till his death, May 13, 1829.
In his professional character he stood high, and was frequently called into
neighboring towns in consultation, especially in surgical cases. Through his
advice and assistance his brother, Alden March, the eminent surgeon of
Albany, New York, was introduced to that career which subsequently so
much distinguished the name. Dr. David March was a devoted and earnest
Christian man, and his professional and domestic character was most thor-
oughly imbued with the spirit of religion. He died as he lived, a man of God.
Alden March was born 1795, on the farm known as the
Samuel March place. This place is situated on the road
from Millbury to New England Village, and was in Sutton
until 1813, when the north parish became the town of Mill-
bury.
Mr. March enjoyed only the limited advantages for education afforded by
the common schools of the time. As he approached manhood he taught
school for quite a number of terms, and at the same time studied medicine
with Dr. David March, an elder brother, a physician and surgeon in Sutton
of eminence.
He attended medical lectures first in Boston, and afterwards Brown Uni-
versity (which then had a medical department) where he graduated with the
degree of doctor of medicine.
In 1820 he removed to Albany, New York, and commenced practice; at the
same time lecturing to small classes of students upon anatomy. His teaching
and practice in the departments of both medicine and surgery were altogether
in advance of the age, and excited much opposition on the part of the pro-
fession and the people.
But believing himself in the right, he steadily pursued his course, expect-
ing, in the end, success and approval.
In 1824 he was appointed professor of Anatomy and physiology in the Ver-
mont academy of medicine, at Castleton, which position he held for ten years,
during which time he continued his general practice and his private lecture
course in Albany.
In 1830 he delivered a public lecture in Albany on " the propriety of estab-
lishing a medical college and hospital" there. The lecture was published
and much interest resulted. An effort was soon made to secure from the
legislature an act of incorporation for a medical college in that city; to which
great opposition was made by the various medical institutions in the state.
But with indomitable energy he battled with the opposition, and after eight
years of ceaseless conflict, arrangements were made for a course of lectures
which was commenced Jan. 3, 1839, with a class of fifty-seven students. Dur-
ing this course a charter for the college was obtained from the legislature ;
and, under the presidency of Dr. March, the institution at once took a stand
second to none in the country.
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"As a surgeon, Dr. March stood in the front rank. His fame not only
filled his own land, but extended to medical circles throughout Europe. In-
deed, competent authorities assert that he was unquestionably the foremost
surgeon of the world. When Dr. Brainard, himself an eminent lecturer,
returned from Europe, he expressed the general judgment in his exclamation :
' Dr. March is ahead of them all.' " *
Dr. James L. Babcock in speaking of his professional life says : " There
is no record of the surgical operations performed by him during ten years of
his practice ; yet those of which we have a record number seven thousand
one hundred and twenty-four." Among these were operations never before
attempted, requiring skill, daring and delicate manipulation, for which he
was pre-eminently distinguished.
He contributed many valuable papers to medical and surgical science
was made an honorary member of various state medical societies, and elected
to the highest offices in the gift of the profession to which he belonged. But
Dr. March was more than the eminent physician and surgeon. After speak-
ing of him as such, Dr. William B. Sprague says of him .in an address deliv-
ered at his funeral : "That which constituted the crowning glory of the charac-
ter of our friend was a loving, all-pervading piety and for that he was
indebted to God's gracious, sanctifying spirit. * * * And not only did
the spirit first implant in his soul the principle of the new life, but He has
preserved and quickened and finally matured it."
He was a member of the first Presbyterian church in Albany, and it is said
of him, " He never absented himself from the sanctuary on the Sabbath, or
from the weekly prayer-meeting, except in case of severe illness or imperative
necessity; and was equally anxious that his entire family should be there."
Prominent mention is also made of his domestic life. Dr. Sprague speaks of
him as "the life and joy of a happy home," and adds: " Within that sacred
enclosure his heart always seemed full of blessing, the result of which was, that
he drew all the members of his household around him by a cord of unwonted
reverence and tenderness.
"I understand that he was a model both in the conjugal and parental rela-
tions ; that his presence in his own endeared circle was always welcomed as a
benediction ; that his discipline, dictated by kindness and guided by calm dis-
cretion, seemed only as the legitimate working of the law of love."
Dr. March was evidently what can be said of few, a model of excellence
in all the relations he sustained ; and Sutton may well feel proud in claiming
him as her son.
Dr. March died in Albany, June 17, 1870.
Moses L. Morse, who livedf on this place, was a great
inventor.
He invented the first pin-making machine ever made in this country. Mr.
Oliver Hall aided him in its construction. The pins made had solid heads,
and the principle involved in their manufacture was the same as that intro-
duced in the best machines now iu use, which make two barrels a day. Some
one who has written on the subject gives a Mr. Wright credit for inventing
* Albany Evening Journal.
t See Crossman's report of the place where the Morse family lived, 150 years
ago, in district number five.
TOWN OF BUTTON. 287
the first machine for making pins with solid heads in 1833, but it is a mistake.
Solid head pins were made by Morse's machine during the war of 1812. He
also invented and had patented scales for weighing coins and other substances
hydrostatically. Mr. Hall also helped make the scales. He says a gentleman
came into the shop one day, and having his attention called to the new scales,
took out a new Spanish dollar and asked Mr. Morse to test his scales on that
dollar ; so he weighed it and pronounced it a rank counterfeit. The man was
provoked at the idea, for it was a very perfect coin. So Mr. Morse gave him
another dollar that he might test the one in dispute ; then he took his drill and
bow and began to tap the dollar, which proved to be made of copper, slightly
plated with silver. Then the man declared the scales the greatest invention
of the age, and ordered one immediately for his own use. The scales had a
graduated face not unlike a clock-face, with hands to point out the result.
Mr. Morse afterward established a cutlery manufactory in Worcester, at
what was known as the red mills. Mr. Hall went over to instruct him in
the art of polishing steel upon a wheel. The art was not much known then.
The wheels were covered with buckskin and set with crocus mastic.
Mr. Simon Tenney, son of Daniel, son of Simon, son of
Daniel, died in this house June 11, 1856, aged fifty-six. He
married Nancy Putnam and had tAvo sons, who died young.
He did much business, and was a quiet, peaceable, good-
hearted man. She married for her second husband Dr.
David E. Hall, son of Joseph, son of David, D. D., son of
Joseph, son of John, who came from Coventry, England,
about 1630. Family tradition says his brother, the husband
of Mary, the father of John, father of Deacon Percival, came
with him and settled at Mystic, now Medford. Dr. David
E. Hall was born in the house where Esq. Mills now lives,
Nov. 14, 1791. He married Mrs. Nancy P. Tenney Dec. 2,
1857, and died in this house very suddenly, January 24,
1872. He studied the languages with his father, Master
Joseph Hall, entered the medical department of Yale college,
and received his diploma and recommendation from the late
renowned professor, Dr. Nathan Smith of that institution.
After which he practiced medicine in New Boston, Ct., then
at Westfield, now Danielsonville, where he was well patron-
ized and much respected. He married a Miss Summer and
had one daughter, Miss Sarah S. Hall, who is an accomplished
lady. She is well educated and a very fine artist ; is con-
stantly employed, and makes portraits a specialty. Dr.
Hall was one of the most genial and companionable of men,
scholarly, gentlemanly, a good story-teller, and always
entertaining and instructive in conversation. Many of his
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pithy anecdotes will be long remembered. Both himself,
wife and daughter were members of the Congregational
church.
Between these two houses once stood the law office of
Jonas L. Sibley. It was formerly a school-house and located
where the school-house now stands. It has since been
moved and made into a dwelling-house, now owned and
occupied by Estes Putnam.
Esquire Sibley had several students in this office, among
them were C. C. Baldwin, C. White, a Mr. Livermore, now
of Cambridge, Esquire F. Botham, now of Southbridge,
Edward Clarke and others. Dr. D. March had an office in
the same building, containing many 'anatomical preparations.
There used to be a barn connected with the old house, in
which D. A. Tenney and J. P. Putnam kept a livery stable,
which was well patronized when one could stand and see
fifty or more young shoemakers playing ball on the common
after finishing their work for the day.
Here are the old sheds, erected long ago by the fathers who worshipped in
the old church. They have been cursed and threatened with destruction by
many, yet they have been a humane institution, inasmuch as they have given
grateful shelter to many a poor tired nag ; keeping him dry from the storm or
shading him from the burning rays of the sun. Three or four generations,
now sleeping in their graves, have tied their horses to the same hooks ; and
many of the pretty girls who were courted by our forefathers have watched
and waited before them for the horse, the beau and the pillion behind him, on
which she was to ride to her home ; and, even now, succeeding belles every
Sunday " wait for the wagon" to take them home. On these same sheds on
which we look, our grandmother and her mother looked, who will never look
again. Let the old sheds be respected for their antiquity and the memories
of the past which they recall.
The next house east of the sheds was built by Miss
Lucena Woodbury in 1843. Win. E. Cole was the carpen-
ter. Mr. Gardner Hall lived in this house several years. A
little daughter born June 23, 1851, died there in his arms,
June 15, 1852. Mr. John Woodbury, a most conscientious
and kind-hearted man, died very suddenly in this house June
22, 1847. Miss Woodbury built on the low part of this
house in 1855. Rev. Daniel Babcock, who married a
daughter of John Parkman, was the carpenter. It was used
as a parsonage for the Methodist church, and was occupied
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by Revs. Rodney Gage, N. S. Spanieling, William Clapp,
J. J. Woodbury, Brown, and C. S. Macreading the two
latter boarding with Miss Woodbury. Miss W. was very
liberal and gave freely to the church. She went from here
to live with her nephew in Ohio.
It cannot be ascertained who built the first house opposite
the above. Mrs. Sibley says that the Hon. Jonas Sibley
lived there when he was first married. He was succeeded
by Dr. Carter, who lived there and kept school. He after-
ward went to Maine, then almost an unknown wilderness, his
wife remarking as they left that ' ' It was better to be the
head of a mouse than the tail of a lion." Dr. Carter became
quite distinguished there. Russell Buckman lived there
several years. Estes Howe, Esq., then bought the place,
and built the front part of the house now standing ; he also
repaired and much improved the old part. The rooms were
made high-studded and spacious and were considered very
nice at the time. Simeon Hathaway was the carpenter, and
it is said Esq. Howe paid him for the entire job in legal
services. Howe was a thick-set, portly gentleman, and a
lawyer of more than ordinary ability. He went to Worces-
ter, thence to New York, where he became a judge.
Jacob March and his brother Dr. David owned it, and kept
tavern there some time. Dr. Stephen Monroe, their father-
in-law, was found dead, sitting in one chair with his feet in
another, on the morning of Sept. 10, 1826.
Dr. David March was a dark complexioned, sedate man,
of sober, quiet mien, quite becoming the office of deacon
which he held. His wife was one of the best of women.
The next owner was the Rev. John Maltby, a man of fine
personal appearance, and a most eloquent preacher. The
new church was built during his ministry, and he filled it so
that new side-galleries were proposed to accommodate his
hearers. The place was next owned by Rev. H. A. Tracy,
one of the compilers of this history, a man much beloved
and respected by the people of his church and the town.
His wife was a modest, unassuming Christian lady and
greatly beloved. Mr. Tracy sold the place to Mr. Elijah
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Billiard, a very worthy man, who died here, and the place
now belongs to his heirs and assignees.
The house now owned and occupied by M. M. Hovey is
said to have been built for, and occupied by, the Rev. John
McKinstry, who was ordained and installed first pastor of
the Congregational church, Nov. 9, 1720, and dismissed
Sept. 2, 1728. The place was afterward owned by Dr.
Benjamin Morse, who joined the same church in 1741, and
was seventh deacon in 1761. He was a very prominent man
in town, and town clerk several years, as our list of officers
shows. He was succeeded by his sons. Ezekiel Morse
conveyed it to Caleb and Tyler Marsh, March 2, 1799. It
was conveyed by Mr. Joseph Hall, son of Deacon Willis
Hall, to Daniel Hovey, May 27, 1811. Mr. H. was a very
enterprising business man. He married for second wife,
Nov. 10, 1813, Miss Susan Jacobs, one of the most worthy
of women. He was born Oct. 29, 1778, and died here Jan.
10, 1839. She was born Dec. 15, 1793; died March 25,
1850. Their children were all born in this house. John is
now a wealthy planter and merchant in Virginia. Susan, a
fine young lady, died single. Daniel Tyler went to college
at Amherst, studied medicine, then went to California and
returned as far as New York, where he died unmarried.
He was engaged to Miss Lydia Bishop, sister of Dr. Bishop
now of Worcester. She taught school here and was a very
fine lady. She afterward married a Lanman and died at
Norwich, Connecticut. M. M. Hovey, the present owner, is
too well known to need comment. He has been largely
engaged in the wood and lumber business, in which he is
presumed to have accumulated a respectable fortune. He
has run a saw-mill for several years, principally on his own
lumber ; he has cleared much woodland and is now a large
landholder. He has one of the best cultivated farms in
town, and some of the best stock. He has also a store in
Greenville, South Carolina, where he is doing an extensive
dry goods business under the name and firm of Hovey and
Town. He has been our representative in the legislature,
and held other offices of trust and honor. His wife is the
daughter of the late Dr. Leonard Pierce.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 293
His brother William was engaged in trade in South Caro-
lina for several years, and was worth more than one hundred
thousand dollars before the war ; but lost heavily by that
unfortunate aifair ; so to regain his fortune he started stores
in different places, over did, became insane, came home and
soon after died in the asylum at Worcester.
Erastus Franklin went into the flax business somewhere
in the State of New York ; was burnt out and lost every-
thing. He is now doing business in Philadelphia. Mary
Elizabeth was born Sept. 17, 1829. She married Colonel
Asa H. Waters, June 27, 1849. They live in Millbury.
He graduated at Yale College, studied law, has been a mem-
ber of the Massachusetts senate, and held many other offices
of honor and trust. He has been engaged in the manufacture
of guns, also in manufacturing cotton and woollen goods.
He has three daughters, Isabel H., Lilian H., and Florence
E. Lilian married Professor Grosvenor of Roberts College
in Constantinople. The Colonel with his wife and daughters
have visited her there, remaining some two years. M. M.
Hovey's first wife was Louisa L. Sabin of Plainfield, Conn.
She died here Sept. 24, 1860. The north part of the house
was built by the present owner, wfyo has much improved
every^part of the place, and bought on much land.
We find the following brief biographical sketch of Deacon
Benjamin Morse, M. D., in the Worcester Spy, May 10,
1776. It is dated Sutton, April 6th.
Last Thursday died Deacon Benjamin Morse, M. D., of this town, in the
sixty-second year of his age. Very few persons have passed so many years
with more reputation to himself and usefulness to others. His private and
public conduct in life merit general applause. Sensible of the particular obli-
gations resulting from private connections, he was led to show himself the
kind husband, tender parent, obliging neighbor, social and sincere friend. He
evinced his piety toward God and benevolence to men in action, the genuine
offspring of those noble principles. Well esteemed in the church of God
as a physician, eminent and -useful. For months a disorder of a nervous
kind j attended 'him; which he was convinced would close the scene of life.
In much Christian patience and submission he awaited the event. His
removal is, to the mourning family, town and church, a deep felt loss ; though
doubtless gain to him.
Among God's saints he sang surprising grace;
Met death with joy and closed his eyes in peace.
The memory of the just is blessed. Solomon.
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HOMES OF THE
It is not known who first settled on the place opposite the
above. The tavern, so far as can be learned, was first kept
by a Mr. Hale, and his hostler was David Dudley, of whom
mention has been made. John Safford, who married a
Hayden and afterward lived in Newburyport, boarded there.
It is said that some returned soldiers called at Hale's tavern
RESIDENCE OF MRS. MARY L. B. PIERCE AND THEODORE E.
PUTNAM.
and paid thirty dollars for a mug of "flip." It was undoubt-
edly known as Hale's tavern after he left. It is also said
that Lazarus LeBaron bought the place of Capt. Nathaniel
Sibley (son of Samuel, son of Joseph, son of John) , Jan.
10, 1777, and paid for it in continental money. Mr. LeBaron
came here from Boston about 1774. He had been a merchant
there, and married Susan Johannot and had one daughter.
His first wife died in Boston. He was thrice married after
he came to Sutton, and had one daughter, Hannah, who
TOWN OF SUTTON. 295
married Capt. Israel Putnam. The place descended to her,
and now belongs to her heirs, the present owners and occu-
pants. Capt. Israel Putnam had a large family, of whom
mention was made at the place of his birth in district number
one.
Mrs. Mary L. B. Pierce is the present owner and occu-
pant. Her brother, Mr. Theodore Putnam, now has charge
of the farm and keeps it in a fine state of cultivation. He
has a fine stock of cattle, and prepares most of his own
fertilizers, coating his pastures and mowing lots liberally
with plaster.
Mr. LeBaron commenced keeping tavern in an old house
which was standing when he bought the place. He built the
present large and commodious house about 1794. His
tavern was considered the most popular house between
Boston and Hartford, and was constantly thronged by
visitors. He used to mention among the distinguished
guests he had entertained, Gen. LaFayette, Gov. John
Hancock, Major Paul Jones, Gen. Putnam and others. He
kept a store and did quite an extensive business. He also
manufactured potash. The ashery stood a little east of the
store.
Tradition has handed down the following amusing anec-
dote :
He closed his store one day and left, taking the key with him. Soon after a
customer came for something, but could not get in ; so his daughter, a heavy,
buxom girl, said she could get in and get what he wanted. She placed a
ladder under the attic window, and went in. From the attic she had to
descend into the store through a trap door, directly under which stood a hogs-
head of molasses on one end ; so she jumped through the scuttle upon the
upper head of the hogshead, when it gave way, and let her into a pool sweeter
than any in which she had ever before been immersed. Whether she waited
on the customer, tradition saith not.
Mr. Le Baron was aristocratic, yet cheerful, jovial and
familiar with his customers. He wore his small clothes a la-
the regulation suit ordered for Queen Victoria's receptions ;
breeches of fine cloth with silver knee buckles, long stock-
ings and silver shoe buckles. He also wore a cocked hat.
He was a gentleman of wealth and high standing. He and
his three wives died here ; also Capt. Putnam and his good
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wife, Dr. N. C. Sibley aiid his son, Le Baron Putnam,
Caroline Gerrish, Miss Caroline Hull and others. Incidents
enough to fill the history might be gathered in connection
with this place, but we must save the space for others.
The building once used as a store by Mr. Le Baron was
moved down just opposite Mr. Hovey's farmer's house
and used many years as a tenement house. Three or four
tailors lived in it. John Shea lived there several years,
Alanson Titus, who worked for Capt Putnam more than
thirty years ; besides other families. It was taken down in
1875. '
The house belonging to M. M. Hovey, standing opposite,
was built by him and has been occupied mostly by his own
workmen, among them Palmer Sibley, Thomas Marlboro,
Obed P. Johnson and others.
The next house below was built by N. G. King and first
occupied by F. M. Marble and George Hastings. It has
since been owned by Jason Dudley, and is now owned by
L. C. Howard. It has since been used as a tenement house
by many different families.
The small house at the foot of the hill was originally built
by Estes Howe, Esq., and used by him as an office. N. G.
King bought it of Rev. H. A. Tracy, moved it and fitted it
up as a tenement for his mother, who died there January 20,
1857. She was daughter of Dr. N. F. Morse, and a very
worthy woman.
The house has since been occupied by several of Mr.
King's workmen. It is now used by him as a store-house.
The next place was first owned by Deacon John Morse,
who, it is supposed, built the house. It has since been
owned by Christopher Nason, Jacob March, N. G. King and
George S. King, the present owner. Mr. Nason was a tanner
and currier, and carried on that business in the old tannery
near this place. Deacon Morse was son of Dr. N. F. Morse,
and was quite a prominent man, especially in the church,
but he went west and somewhat changed his views, and
published some severe things concerning the Andover theo-
logical seminary.
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X. G. King married Eveline, daughter of Samuel Morse.
She had three daughters and one son born here, and died in
this house. One of their daughters, now Mrs. Hastings, is
u well educated lady, and was at one time assistant teacher in
Leicester academy. She was the third wife of Mr. Frederick
H. Hastings, her sister Laviuia having been his second.
Her sister Eveline married Fred. A. Stockwell, and now
lives in Webster.
Mr. X. G. King was a shoe manufacturer on this place
for some time, doing quite an extensive business, giving
employment to many different men, and as already stated,
he kept store awhile in the brick block, and was at one time
engaged in the manufacture of friction matches.
George S. King, the present owner and occupant, enlisted
during the war and was a good soldier. He is a boot and
shoe maker by trade, but has given much attention of late to
growing early vegetables for the market, and been quite
successful. He married Mary, daughter of Emory Howard ;
they have two children.
It is not known who built the next house. Mr. Putnam
reports as owners, first a Mr. Towne. It was afterward
owned by Capt. Moody Morse, who held a commission under
the English crown. He came from Xewbury. It has since
been owned by Dr. Nathaniel F. Morse, Deacon John Morse,
Deacon Sylvester Morse, Deacon S. B. King and N. G.
King, Jason Dudley, and now by George S. King. Many
other families have lived in this house, and it was last used
by X. G. King as a shoe shop, when it was burned, contain-
ing many shoes, stock and valuable machinery and tools for
the manufacture of shoes. The barn, which once stood
opposite, was struck by lightning in hay-time and burned.
A young man by the name of Rice, who was at work on the
farm, went into the barn for shelter from the rain, and was
killed. He was the son of a widow, then living inMillbury.
She afterward married the father of the celebrated John B.
Gough.
Rice's brother was at one time the partner of Deacon N.
Goddard, shoe manufacturer at Millbury ; firm name God-
dard and Rice.
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Dr. N. F. Morse was much respected as a man and a
physician, and had considerable practice, although there
were three or four other doctors in this school district. He
used the by-word " by guy" so frequently, that he was often
called " Dr. Guy Morse."
Deacon Sylvester Morse was a very fine man ; he married
a sister of Deacon Jonathan Leland and had two sons, and
one daughter, who is the wife of George Hastings.
He was born here and probably died in the house where
George King now lives. His sons were Sylvester, now
living in Whitinsville, and Edward, a physician somewhere
in the west. Dr. Morse's son Nathaniel has already been
referred to as drowned at Wilkinsonville.
The old tannery since used as a shoe shop was also burned
on this place. The date of these fires cannot be given. The
old bark mill is now used as a barn by Mr. King.
This is the last house on the great road in district number
four.
The first house north of the brick store was built by
E. A. Dudley, ,son of Jonathan, son of Jonathan, son of
Jonathan, son of Jonathan, son of Samuel. He went to
Minnesota, where he lived a few years. He now resides in
Norwich, Ct. He married Elizabeth Howard, daughter of
Jonathan. The place has since been owned by Elijah Sibley,
son of Daniel, son of Daniel, son of Elijah, son of William,
son of Joseph, son of John. Mr. Sibley worked at cutting
sole leather several years for Mr. Woodbury ; he now lives
on Green street in Worcester. He was associated with
W. F. Pond in war time, and kept an eating house at Camp
Nelson, Ky., where they fed sometimes as many as three
thousand soldiers, employes, etc., in one day.
The next owner was Franklin Sibley, son of Almon, son
of Elijah, son of Elijah, son of William. He now lives at
West Sutton and carries the mail. He traded it to John
Rich, son of George, son of John, son of Samuel ; he now
lives in Millbury. He sold the place to M. M. Hovey.
Several tenants lived in it before he sold to the present
owner, Rev. H. A. Tracy, who has so enlarged and improved
the house that it is one of the most attractive in the place.
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Mr. Tracy married for his second wife Miss Harriet March,
daughter of Jacob, jr., a native of this district. Miss March
was the first person received into the church by profession
after the commencement of Mr. Tracy's ministry in 1835.
The next house was built by John C. Woodbury, son of
John, son of John, son of Joseph, son of Deacon Benjamin,
about 1854. He soon after left and went to Minnesota,
where he lived several years. He was finally gored by an
enraged bull so that he died soon after. He married Maria
Sibley, daughter of Simeon, son of Abner. She died at
Anoka, Minnesota. Mr. Gardner Hall occupied the house
in 1856. In 1857 it was sold to Mrs. Pomeroy Peck, who
sold to Mrs. Rich, the present owner. She was the wife of
George Rich and daughter of Capt. Chandler Stockwell, the
son of Eli. She now occupies it with her daughter, Mrs.
Marsh.
The house now owned by Capt. Luther Little was built by
Deacon S. B. King in 1835 ; he is son of Tarrant, son of
John, son of Jonathan, son of John, son of William. He
has held the office of deacon of the first Congregational
church for thirty years. He sold the place to Capt. Luther
Little, son of Capt. Little already mentioned in connection
with the place where Frank Batcheller now lives ; they were
both sea-captains commanding whalers. Capt. Little and
his wife are members of the Congregational church. They
have one daughter. It was in this house that old lady Whit-
ing was burned. The land belonging to the place was taken
from the Whiting farm, and the valuable orchard was planted,
grafted, trimmed and cared for by the good deacon.
The next house opposite was built by L. C. Howard since
1842 and sold to I. A. Dodge in 1876. Mr. Howard had a
large shop and store in connection with this place, where he
manufactured boots and shoes for several years, and kept a
country store. The building has since been moved and fitted
up as a dwelling, where he now lives. His barn at the new
place was once occupied by Elder W. Fuller, or in other
words, was the Fuller meeting-house. He married Miss E.
Anthony, daughter of Dr. John Anthony, late of Providence,
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R. I. She is a fine singer, and has been the leading soprano
of the choir in the Congregational church several years.
The nice cottage opposite to Mr. Dodge's was built by Mr.
Joseph H. Nason, who sold it to George Miller, who occu-
pied it two or three years, and sold it back to Mr. Xasou,
the present owner and occupant, who married Miss Mary T.
Fuller, adopted daughter of Deacon S. B. King ; they have
one son, Edward Summer.
The next house is the parsonage built by M. M. Hovey
and J. C. Woodbury for the society. It was first occupied
by Rev. George Lyman, then by Rev. F. E. Fellows, next
Rev. H. A. Tracy. The barn was built for him. It is now
occupied by Rev. W. A. Benedict.
Just back of this house stands what is known as the
" Ocean House," brought there from district number one by
Simon J. Woodbury, as already explained. It is now the
residence of William E. Cole, who has recently moved there
from the Cummings place.
The next house beyond the parsonage was built by F. F.
Sibley, son of Samuel, son of Peter, and by him left to his
wife, who sold to Mr. Reuben Leland, the present owner.
Dr. James M. Newell, a very successful physician, lived
here; he married Miss Fannie Bates, who taught school
several terms in town, and is now Mrs. Pound, living in the
west.
The place has also been occupied by Dr. Alonzo L. Stick-
ney, who married Lizzie A. Hill, daughter of James D.
Hill, Nov. 6, 1867 ; and is now practising with good suc-
cess at Ashburnham, Mass.
The next house was built by Major Daniel Tenney for his
son Simon, about 1827. It was made of eastern lumber,
and Esq. Tenney ordered the carpenter who finished up the
inside not to put a board into it that had a knot in it. It
was, when first built, considered a very fine house. Mr.
Simon Tenney occupied it until 1842, when he moved into
the brick house. Both of his children, Daniel and George,
were born here. It was next occupied by Mr. Linus Tenney,
one of the best mechanics of his age. He died here June 4,
1854, aged forty-nine. Mr. G. Hall lived in a part of this
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house with him in 1842, and here his son, John G. Hall,
who now lives in Miamiville, Ohio, was born. He served his
country three years to help put down the rebellion. He is
quite a musician, teaches music and is styled Professor Hall.
The place has since been owned by D. A. Tenney, whose
father came to live with him, and died here April 19, 1860,
aged eighty-six. It was next owned by Rev. Fred. Kuapp,
who taught a select school and was engaged in the cranberry
culture with President Hill, Fred. L. Olmstead and the
Stockwells ; he now resides in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
It was next owned by D. T. Thurston, Esq., who was
town clerk. He died suddenly in his barn, Aug. 9, 1875,
while unharnessing his horse. He had been a merchant for
several years in various places. He lived for a time in Bal-
timore, also in Southbridge, Massachusetts. He served as
paymaster in the United States service during the rebellion.
He was born in Oxford and was buried there. He had two
wives but no children. His loss was much lamented by the
people of Silt-ton. The place is now owned and occupied
by Lieutenant Obed P. Johnson, a native of Sharon, Mass.
He served in the union army during the rebellion, and is an
intelligent and worthy man. He has three children, two
sons and a daughter, Mary, who graduated at the Sutton
high school, and is now the wife of B. F. King.
This house was built on the site where once stood a house
erected by Samuel Dagget, whose daughters Rebeckah and
Hannah were born here. All the houses between this and
the brick block have been built since 1802.
The next house, once a store and bar-room, was moved
from the Whiting place and made into a tenement by Patrick
Marlow. It now belongs to James Malhoit.
The next house was known as the Gould house : old Mr.
Gould lived there. It was owned many years by D. Tenney,
Esq., and was enlarged by S. Tenney & Co., about 1840,
for D. A. Tenney, who lived there several years; some of
his children were born here. He married a Marcy.
George Fairbanks bought it and lived there awhile. It
now belongs to Loren Hoyle, who married a Mascroft, and
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has several daughters and one sou. He enlisted in the noted
fifteenth Massachusetts regiment, and served his country
faithfully in the war of the rebellion.
The place opposite was owned by Ebenezer Dagget, after-
ward by Daniel and Simon Tenney, Major Daniel Tenney,
then by Luther Wheelock, who sold the house and a part
of the land to Asahel Newton, and the barn and the rest of
the land to William Perry, who are the present owners of
the Tenney farm. Daniel Tenuey, sen., did not live here;
but owned the place with his only son, Simon, who occupied
it until his death. He died here Aug. 14, 1838, aged ninety-
two. Sarah, his wife, died here Aug. 22, 1830, aged seventy-
seven. Daniel Tenney, Esq., their only child, born on the
Henry Sibley Stockwell place in 1774, succeeded his father
and died in the Simon Tenney house April 19, 1860, aged
eighty-six. He married Betsey Waters, who died here Aug.
16, 1851, aged seventy-five. All of Esq. Tenney's children
were born here ; five sons and two daughters. John Tenney
graduated at Brown University and was a skilled physician.
He practised here, and afterward at Webster, where he was
greatly respected and did much to improve their schools.
He married a Miss Fisher, an educated lady of fine personal
appearance and Christian deportment. They had one son,
Edward, who now resides in Iowa. Simon Tenney was a
carriage-maker. He carried on the business here with his
father for several years, then went into trade, built the
brick store, 'and died in the house where his wife, now Mrs.
Dr. Hall, lives, June 11, 1856, aged fifty-six. He married
Nancy Putnam, daughter of Archelaus, son of Archelaus,
son of Edward, son of Deacon Edward, son of Thomas.
They had two sons. Linus has already been spoken of at the
place of his last residence. He married Sally Elwell,
daughter of Mark Elwell, late of Dudley. She died Sept.
19, 1865, aged fifty-nine, and left two sons, Charles L. and
James. Sarah married Edmund J. Mills and will be noticed
in connection with him.
Daniel Austin was a natural mechanic, and a wit whose
sayings would make a book to entertain a dyspeptic and
drive away the blues; but, alas! they were not recorded,
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"so," says Mr. Hall, "I will only say to those who knew
him, revive your recollections, and laugh anew at the fun
you enjoyed while listening to his entertaining sallies."
B. F. Tenney was for several years a merchant in Boston.
His store was at the corner of Hanover and Blackstone
streets. He had for a partner there Amos Tenney, one of
the best salesmen in the city. The firm name was B. F. &
A. Tenney. They sold dry goods at wholesale and retail.
He is now a broker.
Their youngest daughter, Nancy, was one of the four young
ladies who were drowned in Singletary pond, May 29, 1826 ;
their names and ages were as follows : Mary H. Marble,
aged twenty-three ; Hannah G. Marble, twenty-two; Ade-
line M. Lombard, aged seventeen ; Nancy Tenney, aged four-
teen. Their untimely end caused great sorrow in town, for
they were young ladies well connected, and much beloved
by all who knew them.
Major Daniel Tenney was a large, fine looking man, and
did a large amount of business. Almost everything desired
was made in their two spacious, shops carriages, from a
hack to a baby-cart or wheel-barrow ; cider-mill screws, all
kinds of household furniture, side-boards, sofas, lounges
and chairs of every variety.
They employed many journeymen and apprentices ; among
the latter were Jonathan Sibley, Zadock Woodbury, Sylves-
ter Morse, John Humphrey, Aaron Burdon, Jonathan
Howard, Adams Morse and others. Charles DeCoster, a
fine cabinet-maker, worked here ; he came from Charles-
town. A sculptor by the name of Peck, made gravestones
here for a while. S. Putney painted carriages. Major
Tenney was for many years a justice of the peace, and did
much business as such. He was trial justice, a conveyancer,
and probably wrote more deeds than any other man in town.
He was also a civil engineer, and did much business as a
surveyor both in and out of town. He was the possessor of
much real estate, and, with his son B. F. at one time owned
the Singletary factory, now Wheeler's in Millbury. He was
a freemason of the highest order in the state ; was town
clerk several years, and quite improved the method of keep-
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ing the records. He was very methodical, and kept all his
papers tiled, so that he could find any document called for
directly. He even left a file of the Massachusetts Spy for
some seventy-five years, which his son, D. A. Tenney, after-
ward sold to an institution in Worcester.
Mr. Newton, the present owner, is a blacksmith and one
of our most industrious and worthy men. He married
Charlotte H., daughter of Reuben Wheelock, whose mother
was daughter of Elijah Sibley, son of William, son of
Joseph, son of John. Mr. Newton has one son, George,
born in Baltimore, now living in Grafton.
The next old house, now down, was known as the Gibbs
house. Old Mr. Gibbs lived there. It was next owned by
Thomas Harris, a tailor. He had one son and three daugfh-
O
ters, one of whom married Caleb Chase, and one a Buxton.
The son, Ithran, married Arethusa Morse, daughter of Dr.
N. F. Morse. She was born in Button, Aug. 30, 1797 ;
died June 6, 1839. He was born in Northfield, Massachu-
setts, Oct. 8, 1790; died at Millbury, Feb. 14, 1870; their
daughter, Martha Ann, married Hon. H. L. Bancroft. Mr.
Harris was in the war of 1812, and was a pensioner. The
house was owned for many years by Major Tenuey. Lowell
Sibley bought it, and Washington Hill owned it a while.
It was occupied by several different families while owned by
Esq. Tenney. It was finally taken down and used in build-
ing the new house opposite by Mr. William Perry, who is
one of our successful fanners. He married Eunice A.,
daughter of Reuben Wheelock.
The small house, as you pass up the old road, is owned by
James Deviny, who came from the Emerald Isle. He is the
father of twelve children, and an industrious and peaceable
citizen.
Passing up the old road to the next house, the first owner
known to us was Nathaniel Stockwell, the next John Stock-
well, the next Simeon, the next Horace, and it is now owned
by Simon W. Stockwell. It is not known by whom the first
house was built. The present one was built by Nathaniel
Stockwell, who carried on the farm, cabinet making:, sash
O '
making, etc. His son, Simeon, succeeded him and carried
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on the chair making business. He was quite a trader, and a
great joker. His son Horace lived there with his mother,
but died single. Simon married a Burnap and has one son.
The early history of the next place is not known. Asa
Walker lived there with his mother, a widow. Probably his
father lived there before him. His mother married for
second husband a Phipps. She believed in witches, and her
boys imposed upon her by wonderful feats in the black art.
Asa Walker was succeeded by his son-in-law, Reuben F.
Chase, who sold to Reuben Wheelock. It is now owned by
his sons, Luther and Calvin.
Reuben F. Chase was a miser and considered a man of
great wealth, but did not prove to have been so on the set-
tlement of his estate. He left two children, John C. and
Mary Ann. Reuben Wheelock was born on the place now
owned by J. Wales Paine, March 2H, 1782; he married
Charlotte H. Baker, daughter of Reuben Baker. She was
born in Shrewsbury Dec. 2, 1786, and died here Nov. 21,
1865. Mr. Wheelock died here, January 16, 1876. They
had six children. Luther, born April 1, 1810; Calvin,
Sept. 4, 1812 ; Charlotte H., June 20, 1815 ; Maria L., Oct.
12, 1817 ; Eunice A., July 27, 1824; Luke, Sept. 12, 1828.
The first four were born in Grafton and the other two in
Sutton. Mr. Wheelock was once run by the Whigs for
representative, but that party being in the minority, he was
not elected. His sons built the beautiful new house now
standing on the place, also the large and very commodious
barn. They have a fine farm- on which are many excellent
fruit-trees. They have raised many fine horses and cattle.
Luther was once a shuttle-maker ; he and Calvin both remain
unmarried.
The first house on the main road north of Deviny's was
owned by Peter Sibley, then by his son John, who died
about 1822, after which the place was sold to John Stock-
well. It has since been owned by Nathan Lombard, and now
by his son, Mr. Alanson A. Lombard. The present house
was built by John Stockwell just before his death.
His wife was a Severy, and married for second husband
Mr. Stephen Blanchard, late of West Millbury. She was a
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very fine woman. Mr. Lombard was spoken of in connection
with his former residence in district number two. Mr.
A. A. Lombard married A. Ann Hutchinson, daughter of
Simon Hutchinson. They have one son, Henry F., who
now lives in this house. He has two sons, one, Herbert E.,
is a member of the graduating class of the Sutton high
school, 1878. Mr. Nathan Lombard and his son, besides
improving this farm, have carried on the cabinet-making
business.
B. L. Batcheller carried on the shoe business here in 1847 ;
built a new shop near where Mr. Tracy now lives, in 1849.
It is now the house occupied by Miss Tamar Goddard. A
part of the old house that stood on this place is now the
house of James Deviny, it having been moved.
The next house was originally built as a shop for Edward
Brigham and stood near Franklin Freeland's. It was moved
here by the widow Lucinda Elliot, daughter of Joseph Hall,
son of Deacon Willis. It now belongs to a Mr. Varney.
The place now belonging to Mrs. H. A. Kendrick was
owned by a Mr. Todd, and it is presumed that he built the
house. A Mr. Cord well lived there. It has since been
owned by Timothy Walker, Capt. Samuel Marble, son of
Major Alpheus, son of Enoch, son of Freegrace, son of
Samuel, by Simeon Stockwell, John W. Whipple, and now
by his daughter Almira.
Mr. Walker was a carpenter by trade. He had three sons
born here, John, Appleton and Emory.
Appleton was in the store at the Singletary mills, with
Daniel Armsby ; he afterward went to New York.
Emory married a daughter of Paul Whitin, and died at
Whitinsville. Mr. Whipple has already been referred to as
a remarkably successful man. Mr. H. A. Kendrick, the
present occupant, was born in Heath, Mass., March 18,
1825. His son Ford is a physician now practicing in
Saundersville, Grafton.
The next house was originally built by Master Hall, moved
and fitted up on the present site by Daniel Waters, who was
a gardener ; he set out the beautiful fruit trees standing on
the place. It now belongs to Mr. Cheatem.
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The next house and barn were built some six years ago by
Richard M. Whipple, son of John W., son of John, son of
John. Mr. Whipple was a Union soldier in the days of the
rebellion. He married Ruth M. Streeter.
The next and last house in town on this road is the cottage
of many gables and zigzags. It was built at divers times by
Thomas Robbins, and has been occupied by him as a sort of
public house. He has been accused of selling liquor, and
there is probably more truth than fiction in the accusation.
The time is past when rum-selling is considered an honorable
business. Mr. Robbins once kept a tavern on Christian
Hill, in Providence.
Returning to the common, the house now owned by James
W. Stockwell, Esq., son of Simeon, son of Israel, son of
Absalom, son of William, the brother of Capt. John, was
built by Simon J. Woodbury, about 1832.
He built a shoe shop and store between the house and the road about the
same time. He took in a partner in the store by the name of Foster; the
store firm was " Woodbury and Foster." Then he sold his part of the store
to Simon Tenney, who continued the business with Mr. Foster under the
name of "Foster and Tenney" for one year; then Mr. Tenney bought out
Foster and continued the business alone for two years. Then he took in Jos.
A. Veazie as a partner, who remained one year ; the firm name was " S. Tenney
& Co." Mr. Woodbury was meanwhile carrying on the shoe business in the
upper part of the same building, Wm. Harback working for him as click-
Soon after Mr. Woodbury was kicked by a horse and made quite lame. During
his lameness he became somewhat involved and discouraged, so he sold his
house and store to B. F. and A. Tenney of Boston, taking his pay in jewelry
from the store of one Kimball, then trading in Boston. The jewelry was
consigned to Amos Brown, who took it to Florida. Not receiving suitable
returns from that far-off place, he took a case of brogans and left for Boston ;
thence by sailing vessel he went to Florida, got what jewelry remained unsold,
and returned fully believing, no doubt, that "All is not gold that glitters."
He hired the place of the Tenneys for a while and manufactured shoes with
better success, so that he bought back his house, after which he re-opened his
store, enlarged his business, built a new shop south of the first one, and two
other houses now belonging to Mr. Stockwell, one now occupied by Mrs.
Chase and Mrs. Slocumb, and the other by Miss Tamar Goddard and John T.
Mascroft. His brother Leonard, seeing his success, came and built a large
shop just south of Simon's, and started business, but soon sold out to Simon
J., who finished Leonard's shop into a house for his help. It was occupied
some time by Elijah Sibley and others. Mr. Woodbury, now feeling his
strength, extended his business in various directions. He went into the flax
business somewhere in the state of New York with E. F. Hovey was burned
out and lost heavily. Then he built a saw-mill at Anoka, Minnesota, and
went into the lumber business, built an expensive dam and booms to hold his
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logs. But soon a great freshet carried away his dam, damaged his mill and
took off his booms, logs and all. Then he resumed his legitimate business of
making shoes, in which he seemed to be doing well, when, for reasons that
need not be stated, he concluded to change his place of business. He moved
several of his houses to Worcester, where he did business for a while and then
went to Chicago, 111., where he now resides, and where his wife died. Her
remains were brought here, and her funeral was largely attended in the Con-
gregational church. She was interred at Grafton.
Mr. Woodbury has done a great amount of business, and
is one of the most public spirited men of his age. He was
born where Mr. Ooogan now lives, and is the son of John
and Esther, son of Joseph and Elizabeth, son of Benjamin
and Ruth. He married Sabrina Dodge and had several
children ; only two survive. He sold this place to N. G.
King, who carried on business here for a time* and sold to
the present owner, Jas. W. Stockwell, Esq., who, with his
brother Henry S., has been dealing largely in wood and
lumber. They are also partners in the Sutton cranberry
enterprise. Mr. Stockwell has been much in town office ;
was postmaster and is now justice of the peace, librarian
of the Sutton free library, for which institution no one has
done more. He married Miss Mary Frances Sibley, daugh-
ter of J. L. Sibley, Esq. The store and back shop have
been taken down and removed since Mr. Stockwell bought
the place.
The house east of Mr. Stockwell's has been occupied by
many different families. George W. Putnam and John P.
Putnam were the first. Rev. John H. Gay lord lived there,
also Rev. F. E. Fellows, S. D. King and several others.
The other house has been occupied by John C. Woodbury,
Otis Chamberlain, a very worthy man, also his brother, Mr.
Salem Chamberlain, once our representative and town clerk,
since for several years mail agent on the Worcester and
Nashua R. R., who furnished the one vote that first elected
Charles Sumner to the United States senate, and S. D. King
to the legislature, while he was town clerk. It has been
occupied several years by John T. Mascroft, and Miss Tamar
Goddard.
John Hall came from Coventry, England, about 1630 and landed at Charles-
town. He afterward married Miss Bertha Larnard and moved to Yarmouth,
a town on the cape, where he had by his wife twelve sons. John, the eldest
Copied from old photographs.
Heliotype Printing Co., Boston.
2 Elizabeth Prescott Hall.
4 Abigail Moore Mills.
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son married a Bearse from Barnstable, and had three sons and many daugh-
ters ; his sons were named Joseph, John and Nathaniel ; the latter moved to
Levitown, near Philadelphia. Joseph, his eldest, settled upon his father's
inheritance in Yarmouth, and married Miss Hannah Miller, daughter of Rev.
John Miller, first minister of the gospel in the same town. The said Joseph
Hall had four sons by her, Joseph, Daniel, Josiah and David; and three
daughters, viz : Hannah, Priscilla and Margery, at which time his wife died
in the year 1710. Afterward he married Mary Morton, a widow, of Plymouth,
by whom he had four more children, viz : Mary, Peter, John and Bathsheba.
David, the fourth son, he gave a collegiate education. He was born Aug.
5, 1704, graduated at Harvard College 1724, and received the honorary degree
of doctor of divinity from Dartmouth College in 1777. He was ordained
pastor of the first Congregational church in Sutton Oct. 15, 1729. He married
Miss Elizabeth Prescott of Concord, Mass. daughter of Dr. Jona. Prescott
and his wife, Rebeckah Buckley June 24, 1731. She bore him a son May 5,
1732, and named him David ; Elizabeth, born Feb. 17, 1733 ; Rebeckah, born
Sept. 1, 1736; Mary, born December 1738; Hannah, born August 1740;
Sarah, born Dec. 17, 1742 ; John, born March 1744 ; Benjamin, born February
1745; Lucy, born March 1748; Joseph, born Sept. 8, 1751; Jonathan, born
1754; Deborah, born March 5, 1756.
Rev. David Hall, D. D., it is supposed built the house
where Esquire Mills now lives, and that he had thirteen
children born here, although we have the names of but
twelve.
"Master Hall" used to relate an anecdote to the effect that his father made
an exchange with a young minister who had just been settled in one of the
neighboring parishes, and who knew nothing about the doctor's family. As
he came and was ushered into the parlor, a child was creeping on the floor, so,
as Mrs. Hall was a very young looking woman, he asked her if that was her
first child; she answered, "Yes, sir, the first of the second dozen."
Many distinguished persons have descended from this
highly honored family. Their son Jonathan was a physi-
cian in Pomfret, Connecticut, and had three learned and
quite distinguished sons, viz. : Prescott, David and Charles.
Prescott was a lawyer of distinction in New York, and had
a beautiful summer residence at Newport, Rhode Island ;
David also had an elegant villa at Newport ; Dr. David E.
visited him there, and complimented him for having the
Atlantic Ocean in his door-yard. Rev. Dr. Hall's daughter,
Rebecca, married Rev. Aaron Putnam of Pomfret, Connect-
icut. Sarah married General Jonathan Chase, and was the
mother of Mrs. Dr. Nathan Smith, whose husband was the
renowned surgeon and professor at Yale. So his distin-
guished sons descended from this house. Hannah married
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Rev. Asa Grosvenor and went to Pomfret, Connecticut.
Several distinguished preachers of that name also descended
from Dr. Hall ; who was succeeded on this place by his son
Joseph, familiarity known as "Master Hall" from the fact
that after graduating at Harvard College he adopted teach-
ing as a profession, and taught grammar and the learned
languages for many years, fitting many men for college and
others as teachers. He also served the town faithfully for
nearly thirty years as their town clerk. He married Miss
Chloe Grosvenor, daughter of General Grosvenor, of Pom-
fret, Connecticut. They had four sons and one daughter,
all born in this house, viz. : John H., Joseph G., David E.,
J. Lemuel and Lucy. The first was a jeweller and died in
the north part of Worcester county, June 16, 1815. The
second was a surgeon and physician, also a judge of pro-
bate in Tennessee, where he died, leaving one son, also a
doctor, and one daughter. The third , already spoken of, was
a physician. The fourth graduated at Brown University,
and was a Congregational clergyman somewhere in the west ;
he left two sons Lemuel R. now lives in Chicago, Illinois.
He married for second wife Augusta A. Norton, the only
child of very wealthy parents.
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The daughter of Master Hall married a noted physician,
Dr. D. S. C. H. Smith, who lived in this house some two
years. It is said that Dr. Hall owned a strip of land run-
ning from the great Boston road to the Mendon road. He
also owned woodland taking in a part of Purgatory. It is
said that he gave the common and burying-ground to the
town. Dr. Hall was a large, fine looking man. His hand
was so large that one woman said that it was big enough for
Faxon's glove ; another, more profane, that it was almost as
large as the hand of Providence Faxon's glove was one
hung out in Boston as a glover's sign.
The following obituary of ' ' Master Hall " was copied
from the Worcester Spy :
Died in Sutton, April 6, Mr. Joseph Hall, aged eighty-eight. Mr. Hall was
son of Rev. David Hall, D. D., who was pastor of the first Congregational
church in Sutton for the space of sixty years. Of thirteen children which
composed his father's family he outlived them all but one. * * * *
At the age of eighteen he entered into the freshman class at Harvard Uni-
versity, and maintained a respectable standing in his class. He obtained the
esteemed approbation of the faculty of the university, and in the year 1774
received the degree of A. B. Mr. Hall taught a grammar school in his
native town for more than forty years. It is believed that he assisted more
young men in their studies, preparatory to entering college, than almost
any other person that has lived in the county of Worcester. He was a
man of uprightness and integrity, in whom the people best acquainted with
him placed implicit confidence. As an evidence of this he was elected town
clerk in his native place for nearly thirty years in succession.
When he was eighty-four years of age he commenced the study of the
French language, and acquired so much knowledge of it as to be able to read
it with ease ; and has actually read through the New Testament in French,
several times, carefully comparing it with the English. * * * *
He lived with his bereaved companion fifty-four years ; she is now left to
mourn the loss of a kind husband, and his children of a tender parent.*
Of the daughter of Dr. David Hall, Rebeckah, who mar-
ried Rev. Aaron Putnam, we give the following obituary
from the Massachusetts /Spy of July 19, 1773 :
On Saturday last departed this life, in a sudden and affecting manner, the
very amiable consort of the Rev. Aaron Putnam of Pomfret, in the thirty-
sixth year of her age. She had been unwell for some years, and for the
promoting of health had been riding out a little way, and now returning
back she desired Mr. Putnam to stop the chaise and pick her some useful
herbs which she observed as they were passing. Accordingly, apprehending
* See Massachusetts Spy, April 15, 1840.
312 HOMES OF THE
no danger, he got out of the chaise and was doing as she proposed, at
which time the horse in the carriage took some start, and running with
one wheel over a rock she was thrown out of the chaise, which gave her
such a shock, as notwithstanding the utmost endeavor of ph} T sicians (which
providentially were nigh at hand), proved her death in about three hours' space.
She was a daughter of the Rev. Mr. David Hall of Sutton. From her very
early years a professor of godliness, and of a very serious and exemplary
deportment, a person of distinguishing endowment, a good wife, a tender and
indulgent mother, one beloved by her acquaintances abroad and by the people
among whom she lived.
She hath left her husband in deep affliction and sorrow for his great loss,
attended thus with peculiarly affecting circumstances ; hath also left three
young children. On the next (being Lord's) day, her remains were decently
interred a little before sunset. The Rev. Mr. Whitney of Brookline delivered at
Pomfret on that day two very suitable discourses, that in the afternoon more
particularly adapted to the mournful occasion.
O "that this, so solemn warning of Providence, might be suitably regarded
and improved, not only by the bereaved and greatly afflicted relatives, but by
others. "Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day
or an hour may bring forth."
Dr. Bond of Norwich, Connecticut, who fitted for college
under the instruction of Mr. Hall, furnishes the following
reminiscence :
There was in Massachusetts a law or usage in compliance with which towns
of a given number of inhabitants provided at public expense a teacher quali-
fied to give instruction in higher branches of education than were taught in
common schools. The last of the teachers thus employed in Sutton was Mr.
Joseph Hall "Master Hall" as he was generally designated. Though a
graduate of Cambridge College, he never studied a profession, but lived with
his father, Rev. David Hall, and was a farmer. Young men who wished to
qualify themselves as teachers of common schools, or who wished to prepare for
college, availed themselves of the opportunity thus provided. The instructions
given were private, as usually there was not a sufficient number to form
classes. Times for recitation were managed to suit the convenience of the
teacher, and not interfere with his occupation as a farmer. At certain sea-
sons of the year, there would sometimes be quite a number of pupils, as
academical institutions at that time were few and distant. Young men of
the town who wished to qualify themselves as teachers or to enter upon a
course of medical or other professional studies, or prepare for entering some
college, usually studied at home, and at some appointed hour went to the
teacher's house for the purpose of recitation. Most, if not all the youth in
the town who received a collegiate education, fitted for college wholly or in
part with the teacher appointed by the town, whose tuition was paid by the
town. As the result of this arrangement, some were encouraged to seek a
collegiate education who otherwise would not have attempted it.
The place was next owned by Rev. Edmund Mills and his
son Edmund John, in 1819. The ancestor of Rev. Mr. Mills
was Peter Vander Meulen, born in Holland ; his son, Peter
TOWN OF SUTTON. 313
Mills, was born in Windsor, Ct., in 1686, married Joanna
Porter, and had eight sons and one daughter. Their son
John, born in Kent, Ct., 1722, was a farmer and was
drowned at Hartford, Ct., in 1761. He had five sons and
three daughters. His son Edmund, born in Kent, Ct., June
1752, died at Sutton, Nov. 7, 1825. He graduated at Yale
college in 1775, married Mrs. Abigail Packard, widow of
Rev. Winslow Packard, who was born in Bridgewater, Mass,
in 1754, graduated at Dartmouth college, and was settled at
Wilmington, Vt., in 1781; was married to Miss Abigail
Moore, Feb. 18, 1782, and died Oct. 12, 1784. They had
two children, Origen Packard, born Nov. 30, 1782 ; Clarissa,
born August 23, 1784. The Rev. Edmund Mills was
ordained pastor of the first Congregational church in Sutton,
June 23, 1790. He brought up the two Packard children,
and had six children of his own. Polly, born January 10,
1790; Edmund John, August 17, 1791; Abbie Moore,
March 16, 1793; Maria Swift, Dec. 2. 1794; an infant,
Sept. 19, 1797; Lewis, March 20, 1800; Henry February
20, 1802. Most, if not all of his children, were born in the
house now owned and occupied by L. W. Howard, but as
they all lived here, and this was their last residence and has
so long been occupied by his son, it has been thought best
to write more particularly of the family in connection with
this place.
Origeu Packard was a book-binder and learned his trade
of one Goodell, who carried on the business in the house
where Rev. C. Willard Morse was born. Mr. Solomon
Warriner, whose mother was sister to Mrs. Mills, learned
the same trade at the same time and place ; he afterward
carried on business at Springfield. Mr. Packard went to
New, Haven, Ct., where he married a Miss Smith. They
had a very worthy family, one son and three or four daughters.
Esther married Volney Forbes and lives in Wilmington, Vt.
She has no children. Andrew went south and married a %
southern lady ; owned a plantation, and had quite a family.
Mr. and Mrs. O. Packard both died at Wilmington, Vt.,
and were both buried at the same time.
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Clarissa Packard married Rev. David Holman and had a
very respectable family. He was the Congregational minister
at Douglas for many years, and there both died. Edmund
J. Mills, Esq., the best preserved man in town of his age,
married Miss Sally Teuney, daughter of the late Daniel
Tenney, Esq. ; they have had four sons and two daughters.
William E., born Nov. 2, 1825 ; Nancy T., March 15, 1827 ;
Samuel John, Nov. 17, 1829, died January 23, 1838 ; Frank
Lewis, Oct. 24, 1836 ; an infant son, March 1, 1835 ; Sarah
Maria, August 18, 1841. William E. married Jane Dusen-
bury and has four children. He is a civil engineer and lives
in Worcester. Nancy T. married Mr. L. Taylor. They
have several children, one of whom, Lizzie Jane, a recent
graduate of the Sutton high school, was the valedictorian of
her class. Frank L. married Susie . He is now a
widower and works at the shoe business in Worcester. Sarah
is a fine scholar, and assistant teacher in the high school.
Edmund J. Mills, Esq., taught school with great success for some sixteen
years. He was a deputy sheriff for many years, had an appointment at the
reform school on Thompson's Island, in 1839 ; has been justice of the peace
for several years ; also trial justice. He has been quite distinguished as a
presiding officer on various occasions ; has conducted more funerals than any
other man in town, and with order and grace rarely witnessed on such occa-
sions. He has been our representative in the legislature ; but the list of town
officers will show the honors bestowed on him. His farm is one of the best
of its size in town. There was once quite a mulberry grove on the place, from
which they fed worms and made silk. They had a patriotic celebration in
this grove on the fourth of July, 1824, provided for by Mr. Mills and Deacon
McClellan. In 1840 a large delegation from Douglas and Sutton attended a
mass meeting at Worcester, on the 17th of June. Mr. Mills, mounted on a
beautiful dappled gray horse, belonging to Reuben Sibley, acted as marshal,
and being a fine horseman, was much noticed in the general parade on that
exciting occasion. Both himself and his companion enjoy a vigorous old age.
Their golden wedding was celebrated in this house by their numerous friends,
who warmed their grateful hearts by substantial tokens to a considerable
amount.
The next child of the Rev. Mr. Mills married William
Whittlesey, who was for several years cashier of the Millbury
bank. They had several children. The next married New-
ton Whittlesey, who lived in Cornish, N. H. She still
survives.
Lewis Mills was also cashier of a bank and a merchant in
Boston ; he now lives in Brooklyn, New York,
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Deacon Henry Mills, now a doctor, was a merchant and
manufacturer for several years. He built a number of houses
in Millbury, and was for a time part owner and agent of the
Singletary factory. He is now principal of the Fairview
Electropathic Institute at Binghampton, N. Y. He was for
some years deacon of the first Congregational church in
Millbury. He married first, Nancy Goddard ; then Mrs.
Kate Douglas. Both wives and his three children are dead.
The likeness of Rev. Mr. Mills in this book is not con-
sidered a good one ; it represents him bald-headed and
inferior. Mr. G. Hall says :
"I went a fishing with him only a few weeks before his death, and thought
him one of the noblest men I ever saw. I remember as we unloaded the
boat at Sand Beach, Joe Putnam came along and cried out, ' What, Mr.
Mills, ye goin' a fishin' ? ' Mr. Mills answered, ' Yes, indeed, we are going
to take the monarch of the pond.' While we were out in the boat he and
my grandfather talked on various subjects ; among them he referred to Paul
Revere passing the British sentinel in a boat with muffled oars, and asked
Capt. Hall what was meant by muffled oars ; so he told him that they wound
the oars and tholes with woollen cloth, to deaden the sound, as rowing with
bare oars and pins could be heard in a still night quite a distance. I then
learned the meaning of muffled oars ; and, as Mr. Mills asked the meaning,
perhaps others may yet learn what he then learned, by asking one who knew.
When we went ashore we selected our best fish for him, and his son E. J. met
us on the shore to take him home. He tells me it was the last ride he had
with his honored and reverend father.
" When a small boy, having been told that God made man in his own image,
I thought that he got the best likeness in Geo. Washington and the next best
in Mr. Mills. When he died I saw hard-faced old men shed tears that I had
never seen weep before, and men too who did not attend his church. He
was a noble man and much lamented by all who knew him. I was at his
funeral in the old church. The church was full and the common was the
best approach of many. It was a solemn day. The sermon was preached by
Rev. Mr. Wood, and some of the best singers from Worcester assisted in the
choir."
His widow married for her third husband Rev. Nathaniel Emmons, D. D.,
of Franklin. He was a very eminent divine, and his published sermons were
the doctrinal wonder of the age. He was not a very large man, and wore his
small clothes and three-cornered hat as long as he lived. When President
Jackson visited New England he went to Taunton in company with the cele-
brated surgeon, Dr. Miller, to see him ; as they drove into the village the boys
saw his quaintly antique style, and thought he must be Gen. Jackson ; so they
followed him through the street, vociferously cheering him as President of
the United States; at every cheer the crowd increased, and all supposed
Jackson had arrived. They had mistaken an eminent divine for a great
warrior.
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With all his distinction as a theologian, he was a perfect child in many
things. After he married Mrs. Mills, some of her lady friends went from
Sutton to visit her. His man was away at the time, so they asked him to
harness their horse ; he tried to do it, but did not know how to put the bridle
on, so Mrs. Tenney had to do it herself.
He had an old horse that he had owned for several years ; he drove it into
Boston and had it put up at a hotel stable ; when he was ready to leave, he
went to his carriage and ordered his horse harnessed to it, but the hostler had
put the wrong number on his bridle, so he harnessed the wrong horse and one
varying much in color from his own, yet he never discovered the difference
until a neighbor in Franklin asked him if he had been swapping horses, when
he indignantly replied, "I never did such a thing in my life." "Well," said
the neighbor, " that is not the one you went away with, at any rate." " It is
the horse that I have owned for years." "No, sir!" said the neighbor.
"Well, then ask Tom." So the matter was referred to his man, who went
immediately to Boston to swap horses for the learned doctor.
Sixteen families have resided in this house. There have
been twenty-five births, seven deaths and twelve funerals,
besides many marriages.
The next house was built by James Phelps for Dr. D. S.
C. H. Smith, who was born in Cornish, N. H., June 27th,
1797, and died at Providence, R. I., April 5, 1859. He was
educated at Dartmouth and Yale colleges. His father, the
renowned Dr. Nathan Smith, was connected with both of
these institutions.
Dr. David Solon Chase Hall Smith came to Sutton about 1819. There were
three other doctors in this district at that time, and all quite distinguished men,
which circumstance made his place a hard one for a young man; yet his
thorough training and the prestige of his father's fame soon made him the
most popular physician in this part of the county. He was called in consulta-
tion by many of the doctors for miles around. He drove to Rhode Island
almost every week for years, and was frequently called to Providence. He was
a large man, of fine personal appearance, had large, piercing gray eyes, and
some of his patients thought he could look straight through them and tell
exactly what ailed them ; and, indeed, diagnosis was his forte.
To determine the nature of disease and its cause is the most difficult part of
medical practice. The remedial agents are all defined, but disease is often so
insidious and its locality so obscure as to baffle the skill of the most astute
practitioner. To understand the complicated and intricate mechanism of the
human system requires great research, as well as intuition, genius, judgment
and skill. AH these Dr. Smith possessed in a remarkable degree. So when
other physicians had a human machine on their hands that they could not
keep going, they used to send for him to find out what cog was broken, what
pin loose or what pulley disbanded. Some seemed to think that he could put
in a new mainspring, wind up the human system like a clock, give motion to
the pendulum of life, and restore a defunct body to animation, strength and
vigor. He used to say that other doctors would send for him when they
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thought their patient was dying, and once in many cases such a person would
recover; then he got the credit of the case, and that gave him reputation.
He said he had no proof that he ever cured any one, though circumstances
sometimes seemed to indicate it. The recuperative power was more frequently
in the hand of God, or the constitution and courage of the patient, than the
skill of the doctor. When he had a patient over whom he was unusually
anxious, he said he did not know what to do, and that sometimes he thought
his patients lived in spite of him rather than from his help. He was at times
quite subject to the blues, and while in one of these despondent moods he was
told that he had been seen with the blues before; " I know it," said he, " but
I've got the blacks now;" meaning, no doubt, that the blues of that day were
of an unusually dark tinge.
He was a great naturalist, and seemed to know all about animated nature.
He was almost as intimately acquainted with the American birds as Audubon
.himself; he also gave much attention to entomology. His hat was frequently
lined with insects which he had pinned there for his cabinet ; he furnished
Professor Harris several thousand for his valuable work. He also gave a
description of the reptiles of New England for President Hitchcock's great
work. Before he came to Sutton his father hired a German botanist to travel
with him one year through the western country, that he might master the
study of botany ; so he became a great botanist, and could classify and give the
medical properties of nearly all the known plants that grow in this country.
Like his father he was a great man, but never became rich ; indeed at one
time he was quite poor, deeply in debt, and his creditors attached his horse,
so that he had no way to visit his patients, and he became discouraged. One
day a man came for him to go to Thompson, Ct., but he told him that he
could not go, for he had no horse ; the man told him that he would take him
up there in his own carriage and bring him back. " Well," said the doctor,
"if you will do that I will go;" so he went. When he reached home the
man asked him what was to pay. " Oh, nothing," said the doctor, "you have
had trouble enough to get me there already." " But I am going to pay you
for all that." He gave him a ten dollar bill and left. The next day a man
came for him to go and see a poor family in the south part of the town. He
said, "If they are poor I'll go, for I am poor myself." When he reached
there he found they were poor indeed, and he said starvation was all that
ailed them ; so he took out his ten dollar bill and gave it to the poor woman
to buy wholesome food for her sick children. It was all the money he had.
He thought their rich neighbors could doctor that family as well as he could.
He married Miss Lucy Hall, daughter of Joseph, son of
David, son of Joseph, son of John, son of John. They had
two sons and three daughters, Sarah C., born July 17, 1822,
married David N. Hall, a college graduate and lawyer, and
died at St. Louis Jan. 15, 1849 ; Nathan, born Aug. 24,
1825, died Oct. 14, 1853 ; Maria, bom Jan. 19, 1828, died
Nov. 2, 1850; Elizabeth P., born Dec. 2, 1830, died at
Providence Dec. 29, 1849; Geo. S., born Dec. 19, 1835,
died March 25, 1838. Dr. Smith married for second wife
Mrs. Dr. Wood of East Douglas, and for third a Miss White.
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The last still survives. His children are all dead. His son
Nathan studied medicine, and had just commenced practice
when he was stricken down with consumption and died. He
married Susan Anthony ; they had one child that died in
infancy. Sarah and Elizabeth were both very good artists.
We have already said that the doctor was quite poor at one
time. Then it was that Dr. Shattuck of Boston sent his son
up with a good horse for him as a present. Dr. Shattuck
was one of his father's students, and had a great regard for
the family. Soon after, Mr. James Phelps, then doing a
large business, volunteered to build him a house, telling him
he could pay for it from his earnings in small instalments as
was most convenient. So he built the house now owned by
Dr. Robbius, and Dr. Smith lived there till 1848, when he
moved to Providence, thence to Webster, where his wife
died Sept. 23, 1850. Then he came back to Sutton, and on
the 19th of June, 1851, he married the widow Wood and
went to East Douglas ; from there he returned to Provi-
dence, and died of apoplexy very suddenly at the time above
stated. He was at one time quite skeptical, almost an infidel ;
yet his mother was a pious woman, and read her bible
through in course as often as she could. When she died, her
book-mark was at one of the psalms. He had her bible and
kept the mark where she left it ; so, thinking of his good
mother and her bible, he learned to love it for her sake, and
" when I last saw him," says Mr. Hall, " on the occasion of
my wife's funeral, when he spent two or three days with me,
he told me that he thought he had experienced religion, and
was quite happy in his new hope."
His wife and all of his children were born in Sutton. He
now sleeps in the old graveyard, the " holy ground" of his
choice. The place was next owned by Mrs. Terry and
occupied by her and her son, Dr. William Terry ; then by
Miss Esther Terry. It next went into possession of Putnam
King, who sold to the present owner. Dr. Terry is one of
the best of men ; he was deacon of the church for several
years, also a member of the school committee. He taught
school and was a useful citizen ; he married a Slocomb, and
has a large family. He now lives in Ansonia, Ct. Mr.
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Joseph Hall built a house a little south of this, where he lived
several years. It was moved, and has been accounted for
where it now stands.
We insert the following obituaries of Sarah C., daughter
of Dr. Smith, and of her husband :
"Died in St. Louis, Mo., Mrs. Sarah C., wife of David N. Hall, Esq., and
daughter of Dr. D. S. C. H. Smith, formerly of Sutton, now of Providence,
R. I., aged 26 years.
" A few months since Mrs. Hall left the parental roof, and took leave of the
hills and valleys of her native place (often sketched by her pencil) for the city
of her adoption. Little did she or her friends think she had been stricken with
that disease which loves to prey upon youth and beauty, and which would
prepare her for a grave in a land of strangers, far from the sepulchres of her
honored sires. In intellectual and moral worth Mrs. Hall had few superiors.
Possessing a vigorous and well cultivated mind, and a heart prompt to feel for
others' joy or woe, she won the friendship and love of all favored with her
acquaintance. Her death is an irreparable loss to her husband, and makes a
wide breach in that circle of which she was lately one. There are many hearts
in the place of her nativity who sympathize deeply with the bereaved in their
loss ; and who fervently offer the prayer that the hand which has wounded
may also heal."*
" Died on the evening of the 29th of April, at the residence of Col. Owing,
St. Louis, David N. Hall, Esq., a member of the St. Louis bar, in the 33d
year of his age.
" The deceased was a native of Sutton, Mass., and a graduate of Yale Col-
lege, in the class of 1839. * * * *
" In the spring of 1847 he received from Governor Edwards the appointment
of circuit attorney for the county of St. Louis. Upon the resignation of Judge
Blair, of the Court of Common Pleas, Mr. Hall was strongly recommended
by a large body of his fellow citizens for that high and responsible station.
In August 1847 Mr. Hall re-visited his native home, and there married an
accomplished and amiable lady, the daughter of Dr. Smith of that place.
Before two years had passed away, the death of a beloved wife and an only
child had prepared his mind and heart for the deepest afflictions of life. * * *
His mind wore a philosophical cast, and he contemplated death with the placid
equanimity of a Socrates, and at the same time with the Christian's hope of a
higher life to come." t
It is not known who built the next house. The first owner of
whom we have any knowledge was Deacon Reuben Putnam,
who was deacon in 1794. He had several children born
here. Austin graduated at Brown University, and was a
Congregational minister at Cornish, N. H. Polycarp, whose
* Massachusetts Spy, January 31, 1849.
t Massachusetts Spy, June 11, 1851.
320 HOMES OF THE
name was changed to John Milton, also graduated at Brown
University. His mother was a widow and lived alone in this
house for several years.
When Polycarp was eight years old, he felt that he must do something to
help his mother. So he took a bundle of his clothes and a cane, and sallied
forth to seek his fortune. He first went down the Boston road, stopping at
every house to see if they wanted a boy, but no one gave him any encourage-
ment ; so he started back and threw his cane up, resolving to go in the direction
that the cane might point. It directed him across lots, towards Millbury, so
he went in that direction, and at last reached the house of Mr. Jonathan
Waters in West Millbury; there he asked Mr. Waters if he wanted a boy. Mr.
Waters inquired whose boy he was, and finding him quite intelligent, con-
cluded that he would like a boy ; so he told him that if his mother approved
he might come and work for him. He came and lived with Mr. Waters ten
years, and then, by the assistance of friends, went to college, became a Congre-
gational minister and was settled at Great Barrington, Mass.
He married a Miss Brigham of Westboro', and took his
mother to his own home and cared for her as long as she
lived. He afterward went to Maine. His son, Rev. George
Putnam, now preaches in Millbury.
The place was occupied by Capt. William Warren, who
had a large and very intelligent family. One of his daughter*
kept a select school in this house. One married a Horton,
and was the mother of Rev. Francis Horton. It was next
owned and occupied by Ithran Harris, then by Dr. D. 8. C.
H. Smith. Simon Wheeler lived there once. Nehemiah
Chase took possession on a mortgage and sold to Mrs.
Sylvester Morse, a very fine lady, who had two worthy sons
and one daughter ; she occupied it several years. It now
belongs to William D. Mascroft. Mr. William P. Mascroft
lived there several years, and there died. He married a
Batcheller and had a large family. Three of his sons weigh
over two hundred and fifty pounds each. He, in his best
days, weighed over three hundred pounds.
The next house, which stood on land now owned by
M. M. Hovey, was originally owned by Perez Rice, who,
" Master Hall" said, was cousin to the Rices that the Indians
carried from Westboro' to Canada in 1700. He had
a large family and owned a large real estate in Sutton .
He it was, according to the Leland papers, that owned the
first chaise in town. His nephew, Rev. Asaph Rice, gradu-
ated at Harvard in 1752 ; taught school in Sutton, and
TOWN OF SUTTON. 321
preached in Westminster. The place was afterward occupied
by a Leland, and then by Capt. Francis Putnam, who mar-
ried Leland's daughter.
The next house was built by Mr. Simeon Carpenter for
his son .John, whose children were born there. It was after-
ward occupied several years by Reuben F. Chase. Many
other families have since lived there. It is now owned by
Putnam King- and occupied by Andrew Laverty.
The next place, so far as can be learned, was first owned
by Henry Harback, then by Ensign David Putnam ; next
by his son Abner, and has since been owned by Reuben
Wheelock, Luther Whiting, Samuel King, Isaac Burdon,
William V. Inman, H. C. Mascroft, George Stock well and
A. W. Putnam. The Rev. Samuel Mellen Whiting was
born here. Solomon D. King, "Esq., bought the place
some eight years since and now occupies it. He has been
town clerk, and held other town offices, has presided in
county conventions, been one of the leaders in many of
the temperance organizations ; has also been a justice of
the peace, a member of the legislature, etc. He married
Julia Ann Hall, daughter of Oliver Hall, Esq. They had
three sons and one daughter : Sim E., who was a soldier in
the late war, and is now in a law-office in Worcester ;
Henry ; and Sarah, who is a graduate of the Sutton high
school.
Rev. Samuel Mellen Whiting was born (in the house on this place), June
25, 1825 ; was graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, in 1846, and from
Newton Theological Seminary in 1850. He was ordained May 8, 1850, in the
first Baptist church, Hartford, and was married the next day to Miss Mary
Elizabeth Flint of that city. In June following they sailed from Boston for
Assam, India, as missionaries of the American Baptist Missionary Union,
and arrived at Gowahati, Assam, in April, 1851.
His missionary service in India covers a period of a little over ten years, a
decade rendered remarkable in the history of our missions by the enlargement
of missionary operations, and the triumphs of the cross over the powers of
heathenism. Mr. Whiting was qualified by natural endowments, culture,
learning, piety and zeal, to enter into, and help fonvard this aggressive work.
He translated large portions of the Old Testament from Hebrew into As-
samese, a work which reflects great credit upon his accurate scholarship. He
was successful as pastor and preacher, as teacher and translator, as editor and
financier, proving himself equal to all these high trusts. For four years he
took charge of the printing establishment, and for two years he had the whole
charge of the mission at Sibsagor.
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322 HOMES or THE
He did a great work for Assam, and left behind him there a name and an
influence that will live in all coming time. He returned to this country on
account of Mrs. Whiting's health in 1861, and entered at once into earnest
work for the Master.
For seven years he was the esteemed and successful pastor of the church
in Colchester, Vermont. While there he performed a large amount of varied
and useful work in the New Hampton Institution at Fairfax, and in the vari-
ous religious organizations of the state ; showing in these spheres the same
versatility of talent, mature wisdom, and executive ability which had charac-
terized his services in India. He was very highly esteemed in ministerial
circles beyond the Baptist denomination, and was pronounced by the best
judges in Vermont the foremost Hebrew scholar in the state. He was as
modest and unassuming as be was profound in classical scholarship. He was
as true in friendship, and as gentle and loving in spirit, as he was firm in
truth and principle and unswerving in integrity.
For four years he was the honored pastor of the ancient and venerable
church in Windsor, Vermont, a worthy successor of the devoted and able
Elijah Hutchinson of blessed memory. From Windsor he was called to Fair
Haven, Connecticut, where the crowning work of his pastoral life was accom-
plished. The church there owes to him, under God, almost its very existence.
He found them without a house of worship, few and feeble, worshiping in a
hall over King's Hotel. While looking faithfully after the spiritual interests
of the people, he gave himself with singular devotion to the work of building
a house of worship, and by indefatigable labors and large personal influence
he succeeded in building their present beautiful church edifice on Grand
street, and dedicating it to the worship of God. The spiritual interests of
the church were also greatly built up under his ministry, and the church
stands to-day as a monument of his fidelity and ability. In the midst of
these abundant labors his health gave way, and he was forced to resign all
connection with this cherished work, and retire from the active ministry of
the Word. Since 'then he has lived in New Haven, an invalid in steadily
failing health. He died Feb. 21, 1878.*
The next place Jonathan F. Putnam bought of Lot Wood-
bury, Nov. 29, 1793. The house was an old fashioned
gambrel-roofed one ; there was a mill and scythe-maker's
shop on it when he bought it, but the next morning it was a
smouldering ruin, having been burned on the very night on
which he took possession. It was dhe of the oldest mill
sites in town. Who first built there is. not known. Miller
Putnam, as he was always called, built a grist-mill twenty-
feet square, directly after the fire, and occupied it until
after the great September gale in 1815. His wife had her
spinning-wheel placed in the attic of the mill, and belted to
the water-wheel, and there she spun flax and tow for several
years. After the great blow Mr. Isaac King induced him to
From The Watchman and Elector.
TOWN OF BUTTON. 323
build a saw-mill, that he might have sawed some of the
best logs from trees that had been blown down on his land,
so he built a new saw and grist-mill sixty feet long, which
he operated until 1836, when he sold out to Edward Clark
and others to make room for their flour-mill already des-
cribed. The house on this place has been built over sixty
years, and there has never been a death in it, unless one
child died there in infancy when the house was first erected.
Probably there is not another house in town which has
been constantly occupied, in which there has been no death
for more than sixty years. Estes Putnam lives in the house
opposite, which has been already spoken of as once a school
house and a law office.
The house now owned by the heirs of Deacon William
Bond is presumed to have been built by Daniel Stone, a
mason by trade, who also carried on the farm and manufac-
tured potash. One of his children was buried on the place.
The farm was afterward owned by Nathan Woodbury, who
deeded it to Deacon Bond when his children were young ;
they were born, however, in the next house beyond where
Lewis Griggs now lives. Deacon Bond lived here many
years, and here he died, an honest man and a Christian. His
son Alvan graduated at Brown University in 1815, and
studied theology at Andover. He is now the Dr. Bond of
Norwich, Connecticut, a distinguished scholar and divine.
The place is now occupied by Mr. John E. Ball, a very
worthy man. The following sketch of Deacon William
Bond and family is prepared from data furnished by Rev.
Dr. Bond:
Among the old families and early settlers of the town of Sutton the name
of Bond is found. In 1737 Josiah Bond, grandson of William Bond of Water-
town, was received to the Congregational church by letter from the church in
Newton. He settled on a farm in what was called the north parish, now
Millbury. He was among the number of those who in 1744 were organized
as the second church in Sutton. He was the grandfather of Dea. William
Bond, who in the spring of 1801 removed from the westerly part of Millbury
to the farm still in the possession of the family, about half a mile south of
Sutton centre. He and his wife, members of the second church, were received
by letter to the first church. In 1811 he was elected a deacon of said church,
in which office he continued till his death in 1842. Dea. Bond as a citizen
was public spirited, ever ready to co-operate with others in promoting the
cause of education, public improvements, morality and peace.
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He was a well known peacemaker, who never had a lawsuit or a quarrel
with his neighbors. As a professed Christian he was an example of humility,
consistency, charity and conscientious devotion to the duties of his profession.
Constant in his attendance on the service of the sanctuary, and such occa-
sional religious meetings as were appointed in the parish, he showed that his
piety was a principle and a life rather than a periodic awakening of religious
emotion and zeal. In ordering the affairs of his household, family worship
was maintained, the sabbath was sacredly remembered, and religious instruc-
tion given.
Deacon Bond had three children, two of whom are now living. It was a
cherished purpose of this Christian father to give to one of his two sons a col-
legiate education, with the hope that he might become a preacher of the
gospel. This purpose was accomplished and the hope realized by the educa-
tion of the eldest son at Brown University, and the theological seminary at
Andover. And he enjoyed the privilege and satisfaction of representing his
church as a delegate to the council by which that son, Rev. Alvan Bond,
D. D., now of Norwich, Conn., was ordained and installed as pastor of the
Congregational church in Sturbridge, Nov. 29, 1819.
After a prosperous ministry of nearly twelve years, Mr. Bond in 1831
accepted an invitation to a professorship in the theological seminary, Bangor,
Maine. As his health suffered somewhat from the severity of the climate in
that place, he accepted an invitation from the second Congregational church,
Norwich, Conn., to become pastor of the same, being installed May 6, 1835.
After a happy and prosperous ministry as the pastor of this church, continuing
thirty years, he resigned his pastorate on account of age and failing health. He
continues to dwell among the people for whom he so long labored in the
gospel, esteemed and honored in his old age. During half a century he has,
in addition to his professional labors, been active in promoting the interests of
education, and in organizing, supporting and managing the institutions of
Christian benevolence, most of which have come into existence during his life-
time, to the support of which he has been a constant contributor.
Among the first settlers of Sutton the name of Richard Waters may be
found. He united with the church when the Rev. Mr. McKinstry was pastor,
being received by letter from the church in Salem. Several families of this
name lived in the westerly part of this town, and others in what is now Mill-
bury. In Sutton, Ebenezer Waters, Esq., was a prominent citizen and a land
surveyor. He gave the bell to the old church. He lived on the Bullard farm,
West Sutton. A brother or relative was Elder Waters, a Baptist preacher,
whose house was a short distance below where the Baptist meeting-house now
stands, and upon the opposite side of the street.* As Baptist ministers in these
times did not receive salaries, it was necessary that they should procure some
secular occupation as the means of support. The " Elder," as he was called,
was an enterprising man of business, a well known and highly respected
citizen, and an earnest preacher in his denomination. The fact that this good
Baptist Elder run a distillery shows how different public sentiment then was
as to the manufacture and use of intoxicating liquors from what it now is.
He received the surplus cider of the farmers and converted it into what was
called cider brandy, at one time extensively used as a beverage.
* See sketch of Elder Samuel Waters in connection with the history of the
first Baptist church.
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With many other good men, Deacon Bond made cider for the elder's distil-
lery; on one occasion, after 'having discharged a load of cider, the deaco^
tarried for the purpose of a social chat with the elder. While watching the
fire of the distillery, "Deacon," said the elder, "this business furnishes me
with some very striking illustrations for my preaching. Here, while attending
to the fire, I have time to think and study my discourses. When I want to
impress on my hearers the awf'ul subject of future punishment, this big fire
which I keep continually burning affords an illustration of the fire of hell
which is not quenched. The worm of the distillery reminds me of what
Christ has said about the worm that never dies. And then the product, the
spirit of the cider, represents the evil spirits by which men are tempted and in
danger of being destroyed." And as the conversation went on, the deacon
thought that the elder's study, with its fire and worm, and burning fluid, was
quite a suggestive place for sermon making. Neither of these good men at
that time entertained the slightest suspicion that the business in which they
were engaged was not as justifiable as any other occupation.
If young men had dreamed dreams in those days, as one did on a time
about "Deacon Giles's" notorious distillery, in which it was said a Bible
depository was kept, some one might have immortalized Elder Water's distil-
lery as a study in which sermons were made. He might have dreamed how
the good man's exhortations and warnings for Sabbath services received
point and force from the inspiration created by the grim fixtures and fiery
work of this old cider-brandy mill.
The next and last house in district number four was owned
and occupied by Mr. Daniel Tenney, then by Elisha Carpen-
ter, then by his son Simeon, then by his son Tyler. It has
since been owned by Aaron Holman, Henry M. Brigham,
Joel Houghton, Stockwell and Putnam, I. A. Dodge and S.
B. Holbrook, the present owner. Simeon Carpenter, son of
Elisha, son of William, was a comb-maker and carried on
that business here. His eleven children were born here. His
sons, David and Simeon, went to Charlton and were prom-
inently connected with the Worcester County Agricultural
Society. Tyler married Betsey Waters, and went to Min-
nesota ; Matilda married Stephen Waters and is the mother
of Jason Waters. There was once another house on this farm,
owned and occupied by James Giles, who was a cooper, and
had a shop near his house. Both buildings were burned
about 1818. It is not known by whom either of these
houses was built.
We insert here the following sketch of Hon. J. H. Morse,
which should have been given in connection with the place
now owned by George S. King.
326 HOMES OF THE
H>n. John Hathaway Morse, son of John and Mary Hathaway Morse, was
Wlrn in the town of Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, July 21, 1819.
The family was originally English, and came from a renowned and remote
ancestry.
Three brothers Anthony, William and Robert Morse emigrated from
England and settled in Newb uryport, Massachusetts, in the year 1635.
From Anthony, the oldest son of Anthony, descended Professor Morse,
father of our telegraph system; and from Joshua, the youngest son, John
Hathaway Morse of Missouri traces his genealogy.
His paternal grandfather, Nathaniel Fry Morse, was a surgeon under Wash-
ington during the revolutionary war ; and his grand-uncles, Caleb and Joshua
Morse, served as soldiers during that memorable struggle, and never laid
down their arms until the freedom of the colonies was proclaimed.
The father of John was one of the first cotton manufacturers in the
United States, but met with severe losses in the destruction of his mills by
lire in 1822. Owing principally to these reverses, young John received but a
common school education, and was early called upon to begin the great battle
of life. It being prior to the introduction of railroads into the United States,
the elder Morse became interested in running canal boats from Providence,
Rhode Island, to Worcester, Massachusetts, on what was known as the Black-
stone Canal, in which occupation he was assisted by his son John, who had
barely reached his sixteenth year.
In 1837, when John was eighteen years old, the family moved west, and
settled in McLean County, Illinois, John going to Springfield and becoming
engaged in general wood working. Here he remained four years and married
Miss Panthea Armsby. His wife being of a very delicate constitution, he was
induced to return to the east, in the hope of bringing to her renewed health
and strength ; but disease had taken a too strong hold of her, and she died in
1844, John returning and coming to Missouri in 1847.
Possessed of a quick and active mind, coming from one of the best devel-
oped and most prosperous of the eastern states, of wonderful energy and
perseverance, and perfectly enthusiastic upon all matters relating to the open-
ing up and developing of his adopted state, he soon began to take active part
in all the important questions of the day, and ere long was tacitly acknowledged
as the representative man of his section. Politically he was always known as
an old line whig, and a union man as opposed to slavery. He was a firm
believer in state rights ; but was firm in the opinion that the institution of
slavery was wrong in itself, and injurious to the growth and prosperity of the
state. These ideas he never failed to advocate upon all occasions.
During the war Mr. Morse occupied a very peculiar and what might be
termed a very harrassing position. Living on the line between the two hostile
parties, he was exposed to the incursions and hostilities of both parties.
Regarding the union of the states as a strong and indissoluble bond, he warmly
favored the measures put forth by the general government for its mainte-
nance. Notwithstanding a majority of the most influential citizens of the
county were secessionists, he strongly advocated the restoration of the states
to their old places in the union, and assisted in raising a company of soldiers
for that purpose. His influence kept many at home who were inclined to
join fortunes with the confederacy. The educational interests of Missouri
had no more faithful guardian in the legislature than Mr. Morse, who watched
with a jealous eye every movement liable to affect our public school system.
TOWN OF BUTTON. 327
In 1872 the university was crippled for the want of money; the public
schools suffered from the same cause. Mr. Morse was the author of the
measures reimbursing the state university and the common schools, giving
to the university $147,080 of the proceeds of the sale of the stock of the
State Bank of Missouri, sold under Governor Fletcher's administration to
James B. Eads, and giving $900,000 to the common schools. This was one of
the most popular measures ever passed in Missouri. Mr. Morse was married
twice; in 1841, as has been already intimated, in McLean County, Illinois, to
Miss Panthea Armsby, who died in 1844 without issue.
His second marriage took place in 1861, in Springfield, Illinois, where he
espoused Miss Mary P. Barrows, a native of Vermont, but whose early life
was passed in Sangamon County. She still survives, and has borne him three
sons. * * * Through his own intrinsic merits and indefatigable energy
he has made his life a success. His industry has been rewarded. Generous
in his nature and social in disposition, he counts his friends and well-wishers
by the thousands, who respect and esteem him for the high moral principles
which he ever puts forward in his public and private career, and which to-day
place the name of John Hathaway Morse among Missouri's most honored
citizens.*
HATHAWAY DISTRICT, No. 5.
The first house in this district on the Oxford road, now
owned and occupied by Sullivan Fuller, was built in 1832 by
Parley Kenney. Mr. Sullivan Fuller married first, Miss
Prudence Kenney ; married second, Miss Graves ; mar-
ried third, Miss Eunice Knights.
Mr. Fuller has greatly enlarged and improved the place
since he has been the owner.
The house now occupied by Miss Mary Record was built
by Benjamin Boyce about the year 1775. Miss Record
made an addition to it a few years ago. She is a daughter
of Jonathan Record, and the only one of the name in town.
Abijah Putnam built the house where his widow, Mrs.
Betsey (Burdon) Putnam, aged ninety-three, now resides
with her son, Sylvester Putnam. Mrs. Putnam retains her
faculties in a remarkable degree, and, as Mr. Grossman
remarks, furnished him "from the store-house of her
memory much of the information gathered in this vicinity."
The house where Simeon A. Fuller now lives was built by
Daniel Towne about 1750. A few years later the Fuller
family were in possession of the place. They came from
Attleboro and established the comb-making business, and for
* From L. U. Reavis' Centennial work on St. Louis and Missouri.
328 HOMES OF THE
many years carried it on in a shop on this place. Simeon
Fuller, father of the present owner, with his brother Reuben
were the first of the name who owned the place.
The house where James D. Hill lives was built by Jona-
than Burdon, nearly a hundred years since. Mr. Burdon
was born in an old house which stood a little east of the one
now occupied by Miss Mary Record. For the singular
accident connected with the death of Mr. Burdon, see
Annals, 1816.
The next occupant was James Hill, born in Douglas ;
married Sally H. Burdon, daughter of Jonathan Burdon.
His children were Harriet Craggin, born Dec. 20, 1815 ;
Emma Craggin, August 29, 1817 ; James Dudley, July 19,
1820; Sarah, July 31, 1827.
James Dudley succeeded his father upon the place, and
still occupies it. He married Mary E. Simmons Sept. 17,
1845. They have one daughter, Elizabeth A., born Aug. 7,
1847, who married Dr. Alonzo L. Stickney, Nov. 6, 1867.
Dr. Stickney practiced medicine for several years in Sutton,
which place he left for Ashburnham, where he is now engaged
in his profession. He ranks high as a physician and_is emi-
nent as a surgeon.
The house where Rufus King resides was built by his
father, William King, in 1834, upon the site of the old house
which was torn down. It is not known by whom the old
house was built. Perhaps by Mr. Richard Dodge, who occu-
pied the place about a hundred years since. It was subse-
quently in possession of Mr. Jonathan Record, who lived
here for a time and sold to William King.
The place now owned and occupied by Thomas J. Nealy
was for many years in possession of the King family. Next
owned by Major Rufus Burdoii, who built in 1861 the house
now standing. Major Burdon died here. Mr. \caly has
greatly improved the place.
The place now owned and occupied by Putnam King was
bought by William King, one of the original proprietors of
the town, of Elisha Johnson, after which he built the old
house now standing on the place in 1722 ; he was succeeded
TOWN OF SUTTON.
329
by his son, Capt. Henry King ; he by his son, William King,
Esq. ; he by his son Isaac ; he by his son Putnam, the
present owner.
This beautiful farm has not been allowed to " run out,"
but has been constantly improving. Mr. Putnam King has
added many acres to his fathers farm, and bought other
farms, so that now he is the largest land-holder in town; he
built the house in which he lives in 1833 ; also the large and
T1IK 01,1) HOUSE Hl'ILT 11Y WILLIAM KINO.
commodious out-buildings. He has transformed bush pas-
tures into mowing tields, built many rods of stone wall, and
his pastures are well fenced. He has also sunk many rocks
to prepare his mowing^fields for the mowing machine, the
tedder and the horse rake.
It is an interesting sight in hay-time to see his two mowing machines, drawn
by able horses, pass over his beautiful fields, followed by the tedder, then by
his horse-rakes, and in the afternoon perhaps three or four ox-wagons being
loaded at the same time in the same field. As they arrive at the barn, an
apparatus awaits them to unload by horse power, lifting hah* a load at once
and stowing it in the spacious mow.
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330 HOMES OF THE
Mr. King carries on fanning on a larger scale than any man in town, and
seems quite successful. He keeps a large stock of choice neat cattle ; also
horses, sheep and swine.
They raise many vegetables on this farm, which are principally sold at
Whitinsville. After selling their own product they buy tons of cabbage and
potatoes to keep up their supply to their customers.
Mr. King has dealt largely in wood and lumber; he furnishes many ties to
the railroads ; so his man will go down with four yokes of young oxen with a
horse on the lead, hauling a large load of railroad ties, to return with as many
potatoes as the team can draw, brought on cars from Vermont or Canada, all
of which sell at a good profit.
This King family has been a very enterprising and suc-
cessful one. Mr. Putnam King is one of the largest tax-
payers in town, and the five Kings, who in succession have
owned the estate, have paid into the treasury of this town an
amount which, put at six per cent, compound interest when
paid in, would now amount to more than twice the present
valuation of the town.
Our list of preferments shows the standing of the early
settlers on this place, and our genealogy their connection.
William King, Esq., born here, lived on this place ninety-
one years.
Peter was a good Latin scholar, but became insane and
died at an advanced age single.
One of the daughters married Deacon Jonathan Leland
and was the mother of his fine family. Silence married
Caleb Woodbury and had a large and quite distinguished
family. (See genealogy of the Woodbury family.)
Mr. Isaac King, who succeeded his father and lived here
ninety-seven years, only when away on business, was a
soldier in the revolution, and one of our most substantial
men. He married for first wife Sally Putnam, daughter of
Archelaus. (See genealogy.)
Charles was in the shuttle business, lived several years in
Worcester, went from there to Anoka, Minn., and there
died. His widow lives there now and is in high esteem.
Mr. Isaac King was a man of great industry and wonderful
constitutional strength ; he retained his faculties remarkably
to the end. Horace Leland said that they were getting the
hay out of an old swamp one day after he was ninety years
of age, so he went down to the meadow, took off his shoes
and stockings and spread swaths all of the forenoon,
TOWN OF SUTTON. 331
He fell one day from the great beam in the barn to the barn floor, and being
so old they thought his injuries would prove fatal; but the next day he was
sitting up in his chair. He said he fell from the beam and was jarred a little,
but thought he should be all right in a day or two, and so he was. When
Charles was told of it he said, " That was nothing; if his falls could all be put
together they would reach a mile." He was a very temperate man. He
attended the Baptist church and did much for its support, and also had a
pew in the Congregational church.
The place now occupied by Edmund Day is known as the
Taylor place. Caleb Taylor, an early settler, was the first
owner. He had a daughter Lydia, who married her cousin
James, Sept. 15, 1741.
There is a little romance connected with this marriage. James, a young
man of twenty-one, living in Reading, came to visit his uncle, wholly ignorant
that Cupid was practising his archery in the wilds of Sutton. and being intro-
duced to his cousin Lydia, a comely lass of eighteen, was at once smitten, and
she was smitten too. The result was their marriage, and he forsook father
and mother and did cleave to his wife.
After the death of his father-in-law he succeeded him on
the place. His son Samuel by a third marriage (see gene-
alogy), succeeded him. Samuel built the present house.
He was a large, portly man, genial, somewhat eccentric, and
humorous. Many of his quaint, comical speeches are still
remembered and repeated. He was succeeded by his son
James. The place is now owned by Putnam King, Esq.
The next place on the Purgatory road is Owned by Putnam
King and is now unoccupied. The house was built by
Moody Morse more than one hundred and fifty years ago as
the story goes, and probably occupied by him until his death.
He seems to have been succeeded by his son Moody, who
was the father of Moses L. Morse. The place was also
owned by Archelaus Putnam, Capt. Elias Pratt, Thomas
Davis and Simeon Batcheller, who died here.
Moses L. Morse, who was born on this place, was a great
inventor.
The house where Richmond Burt lives was built by James
Elliot, and subsequently owned by Levi Elliot, who died
here in 1846. The first house erected on this place was
burned.
The house nearest the woods, owned by B. Franklin King,
was built by Capt. Samuel Sibley for his son Samuel, who
married and lived here a few years.
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One day as Mr. Sibley and his hired man were unloading hay in the barn
they heard a screaming in the house, and running to see what was the matter
found Mrs. Sibley in the cellar. As she stepped off the bottom stair she saw
a rattlesnake, which coiled and began to shake its rattles. She was so fright-
ened that she went into convulsions, which continued that day and night, and
she declared she never would go into that cellar again, and she never did.
The place was sold to Benjamin Richardson, who put up a
blacksmith's shop and carried on blacksmithing in connection
with farm work.
Merrick Titus married Patty Richardson, daughter of
Benjamin, and lived here until his death in 1864. Their
children were John M., Frances and Chloe. Frances mar-
ried Frank Lowe and had one child. Mr. Lowe had been
to Chicago, setting up and running stitching machines for a
boot and shoe firm, and came home and had the small pox,
and died. His wife's father took it of him and died. The
youngest daughter, attending the funeral of her father,
scantily clothed, took cold and died of consumption the next
summer. The year following, Mrs. Lowe died also of con-
sumption, contracted by exposure and hardship. John M.,
the brother, was during that time in the service of his
country in the Union army.
The barn on this place was burned by an incendiary in
1877.
The old red house, or Pratt house as it is sometimes called,
was built in part by Mr. Joshua Hathaway, grandfather of
Simeon and great-grandfather of Isaac Hathaway, who died
on the farm at the corner of the Sutton and Oxford roads a
few years since. Mr. Simeon Hathaway, son of Joshua,
occupied the place and had twenty-one children by two
wives. (See genealogy.) Mr. Hathaway was a carpenter
by trade.
Captain Pratt bought this farm in 1825 and lived here
many years. Sumner Pratt, the only son, married Serena
Chase, daughter of Caleb Chase, and carried on the shuttle
business for several years at Pleasant Falls. He is now in
Worcester, located on Front street, Pratt's block, and under
the firm name of "Sumner Pratt and Co." is a dealer in
manufacturers' supplies. It is now owned by Rufus King,
but is not occupied.
TOWN OF BUTTON. 333
Joseph Hicks built the house which he occupies, in 1865.
There was a house burned on the same spot Jan. 22, 1863,
and at that time was owned and occupied by John Parkman,
who bought it in the spring of 1838.
Warren Hathaway built the house that was burned in
1818, and moved in, but died in a day or two after from
over work. During the September gale in 1815 much wood
and timber was blown down on a lot near by, and Mr. Hath-
away hauled seventeen loads of it to his door in one day and
died the same night.
The place had several owners after his death ; among
them were Amos Eddy, Charles King, Benjamin Hill, then
John Parkman.
Mr. Eddy built a blacksmith shop here, and was followed
by Charles King, who made blacksmithing a business.
The house on the corner of the Sutton and Oxford roads
seems to have been first in possession of a Mr. Fletcher,
then of Samuel Prentice, who sold to Simeon Hathaway,
and here Isaac Hathaway was born, lived and died. Samuel
Prentice married Mrs. Whitin, mother of Paul Whitin,
Esq., and grandmother of Hon. Paul Whitin, John C., etc.
They had several children, who resided in Northbridge.
This farm is now owned by Rufus King, and occupied by
Nathan Tucker.
The place now owned by Charles C. Ambler was, so far
as can be ascertained, first occupied by Lucius Boyce, whose
name appears upon record as early as 1795. It has fre-
quently changed owners ; was for a time in possession of
Wm. Winter, who sold to a Mrs. Wheelock, and she to the
present occupant.
At the place where M. E. Grossman lives stood an old
house built before the French and Indian war, it is supposed
by Samuel Sibley or his father, in which Captain Samuel
Sibley kept a tavern for many years.
Mr. Sibley owned some three hundred acres of land, and
as his sons became of age divided his farm with them. For
Job he built the house where Wm. V. Inman lives ; for
Samuel the house near Purgatory woods, and Nathan lived
on the home place.
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HOMES OF THE
Capt. Sibley built a saw mill on a stream called Purgatory
Brook, about a third of a mile east of his house, on land
now owned by W. V. Inman. The old mill has been torn
down at least seventy-five years. At this mill-yard, Ebene-
zer, son of Benja. Boyce, was killed by a log rolling upon
him. He was the first one buried in the Sibley cemetery.
He had just married, and lived at the old house which stood
a little east of Marv Record's, lonp; since torn down.
RESIDENCE OF MILTON E. GROSSMAN.
Mr. Sibley was a pioneer, and has left as a monument of
his industry nine miles of stone wall which he built and
caused to be built.
There is a bridge at the reservoir just above the mill site, covered with a
single stone, twelve feet long, six feet wide, and from twelve to eighteen
inches thick, which, it is said, was drawn to its present location one moonlight
night, on sleds, over the hills from near Purgatory, by twelve yokes of oxen.
Samuel Nelson purchased this farm in 1818 of Capt.
Sibley's heirs, and lived here until his death in 1823.
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Newell Nelson settled Col. Nelson's estate, and in 1824
Samuel Morse of Wrentham bought it and moved upon it
in April of the same year. Mr. Morse married Miss Hannah
Herring of Dedham, and had three daughters when he came
to town, Eveline E., Roxa and Julia Ann. Eveline E., born
May 5, 1811, married Nathaniel G. King; see King gene-
alogy. Roxa, born March 11, 1815, married Thomas B.
AYoodbury ; see Woodbury genealogy. Julia Ann, born
February 6, 1818, married M. E. Grossman; see Grossman
genealogy.
Samuel Morse built the house now on this farm in 1845,
and lived in it till his death by accident, July 7, 1850, by
being thrown from a wagon at the yard of Prescott's Mill,
July 5th. Samuel was the son of Joshua, who was the son
of Daniel, who came from Sherburne to Walpole.
Joshua, born in 1735, married Esther Baker, and died
April 12, 1801, leaving three sons: Ebenezer, born 1770,
died January 9, 1818; Ezekiel, born 1772, died Sept. 26,
1818 ; Samuel, born Nov. 3, 1776, died July 7, 1850.
M. E. Grossman built the barn on this place in 1853, took
down the old house and barn, moved the carriage-house,
built an ell to the house, etc.
The place now owned by William V. Inman Avas first
occupied by Mr. Job Sibley. He sold to Philo Fisher, and
he to Lyman, son of Jonathan Burdon. Mr. Burdon kept a
public house here from 1819 to 1830 ; he died in 1831.
Mr. Joseph Cummings was the next owner. He sold to
Samuel A. Hough, who died here. After his death the
place was bought by Benjamin Hill. Mr. Hill married Miss
Dorothy Dudley of Douglas. They had six children : Ben-
jamin C., Emeliue, Frances Jane, Eliza Ann, Edwin G. and
Dinah, who died in infancy. Benjamin C. married Miss
Emma Flowers ; Eliza Ann married Joseph Wilcox ; Frances
Jane married William Hall ; Edwin C. married Julia Marble ;
Emeline married Simeon T. Stockwell.
Mr. Stockwell bought the place after Mr. Hill's death in
1851, and lived here until 1867, when he sold to Mr. W. V.
Inman. Mr. Inman married Miss Elmira Mascroft. They
have three children: Win. M., Josephine A. and Arthur V.
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HOMES OF THE
The place occupied by Edwin E. Kingsbury and his sister
was probably first owned by Noah Rice, who by will proved
February 26, 1759, gave to wife Hannah ; to son Thomas ;
to daughter Lydia Bacon, and the residue to his youngest
son Asahel.
ENTRANCE TO PUKGATOKY.
Asahel was the next occupant of the place. Jonas Sibley
married Lydia, his eldest daughter, and it was when return-
ing from this house, where he had been courting, that he was
impressed into the service of the sheriff as one of his posse
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337
for the suppression of a mob. (See Annals, p. 121.) Mr.
Luther Kingsbury was the next owner. He married Miss
Clara Holbrook of Bellingham. They had four children:
Maria Holbrook, Eliza Clara, Luther Franklin and Edwin
WITHIN PURGATORY.
Erastus. Maria H. married Mr. Moses Stone of Oxford;
Clara married George B. Nolan, Luther F. married Susan
Baylies of Uxbridge.
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338 HOMES OF THE
A tavern was kept on this place for many years. It was
opened by Asahel Rice, continued by Mr. L. Kingsbury, and
known as the Rice Tavern from 1790 to 1810.
Purgatory* is in the extreme southeastern part of this
district. Dr. Hitchcock in the " Geology of Massachusetts "
says :
This is an immense chasm, and I confess myself at a loss to explain its
origin. It is natural to suppose that its sides have been in some manner
separated from one another. But I can conceive of no mode in which this
could have been accomplished but by a force acting beneath, and this would
so elevate the strata, that they would dip on both sides from the fissure. The
inclination along the fissure corresponds with that which is common in the
region round, viz., twenty-five degrees northeast. In the vicinity of the fissure
however, the rocks are often exceedingly broken into fragments ; and this
circumstance indicates some early subterranean convulsion, or the agency of
troubled waters ; and I am rather inclined to refer these fragments, as well as
the fissure, to the long-continued action of the waves of the sea, when the
spot was so situated as to form a shore of moderate elevation."
Purgatory attracts numerous visitors, and is a great place
of resort for picnic parties from the neighboring towns.
" The Devil's Pulpit " has been occupied by many a preacher,
clerical and lay, and we are not aware that woman's right to
speak from it has ever been questioned. " His Majesty's
Cave " is also open to all who choose to enter, and multitudes
have gone in and come out recalling the words of Virgil :
" Facilis desceusus averno
*********
Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras,
Hoc opus, hie labor est."
A sad accident and the only serious one which has ever taken place here
happened July 7, 1876. Professor George Prentice of Wesleyan University,
Middletown, Ct., and his wife visited the place, and had been sitting on a bank
near the rock which overhangs the chasm at the deepest point. Rising to go
away, Mrs. Prentice said to her husband : " I must take one more look ;" and
advancing to the edge of the rock, on which the figure of a man is seen in the
picture, " Within Purgatory," she became dizzy and fell upon the rocks below,
a distance of nearly sixty feet. Strange to say she was not instantly killed,
but lived several weeks.
* See description in Annals, pp. 14-16.
TOWN OF SUTTON.
339
DISTRICT No. 6 MANCHAUG.
JOHN DARLING'S FARM.
The first knowledge we have of this place is that it was
owned by Jonathan Wheeler. The house occupied by Mr.
Wheeler stood opposite the house where Ezra Morse now
EGKESS FROM PURGATORY.
lives ; it is not known by whom it was built. It has since
been owned by Zelek Darling, and John Darling, who is the
present owner. The house was built by Zelek Darling in
1807, and there is another house built by John Darling and
340 HOMES OF THE
occupied by his son John D. Darling. There are two burial
places on this farm. One of them, known as the Harwood
burial-ground, is an ancient one containing some thirty graves,
but no stones with inscriptions on them. In the other yard,
on the stones are inscribed the names of Darling, Morse,
Hubbard, Haradan, White, etc. This yard is enclosed with
a good iron fence. Upon this place there was formerly
another house owned by David Harwood, who was brother
of Joseph. The cellar and well may still be seen.
EZRA MORSE'S FARM.
This farm and the John Darling place were formerly one,
and owned by Jonathan Wheeler. This part of the farm
fell to Mr. Wheeler's daughter, who married Simeon Morse,
and has since been owned by David Morse, and now by his
son Ezra. The house was built by Simeon Morse in 1806.
There was formerly a shoemaker's shop on the place, where
Mr. David Morse and sons made shoes. It is now used as
a barber's shop in Manchaug Village.
DANIEL HUBBARD'S FARM.
This place was formerly owned by Joseph Harwood, then
by Zelek Darling, Molly, wife of Timothy Hewett, and
Daniel Hubbard, who is the present owner. Mr. Hubbard
is a jeweller by trade, and has on this place a shop where he
repaired watches and clocks. An old house once stood
here, but it is not known by whom it was built ; neither is
it known by whom the present one was erected . It has been
thoroughly repaired by Mr. Hubbard. There was at one
time another house on the place, owned by Jerusha Harwood.
JOSEPH COGGSHALL'S PLACE.
The house upon this place once stood in front of Amos
Burden's house in South Sutton. It was built in 1822, and
moved to its present location in 1827, when it was for a time
occupied by Salmon Burdon, father of Amos, and held by
him until 1833, when it came into the possession of Joseph
Coggshall, the present owner, and has since been used as a
house of accommodation for travelers. A building formerly
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stood directly opposite this place, which was occupied for
twelve years as a store, when it was moved back 'to its
present position and converted into a tenement house.
RICHMOND WHITE PLACE.
The first knowledge we have of this place, it was owned
by Zelek Darling. It has since been in possession of Deacon
Zelek Darling, John Morse, Richmond White and Laura
Wilbur, who is the present owner.
The house was built by Deacon Darling in 182(i. On this
place there once stood a school-house, known as the White
Birch school-house, taking its name from the birches by
which it was surrounded. It was moved near the other
buildings, fitted up for a carpenter's shop, and used as such
by Mr. White.
JAMES CHAPPEL FARM.
This place seems to have been first owned by Wm. Axtell,
and since by Simeon Morse, Zelek Darling, Stephen
Kimpton, Samuel Holbrook, James Chappel, John Abbott,
Manchaug Company, etc. It is not known by whom the
house was built.
JOHN HUNT PLACE.
The first we know of this place, it was in possession of
Jonah Titus, and has since been owned by John Hunt,
Amasa Wakefield, Mrs. Emeline Lackey and John Darling,
who is the present owner. The house was built by Amasa
Wakefield. The builder of the former house is not known.
DBA. JOHN TITUS FARM.
This place was formerly owned by Dea. John Titus, after-
ward by John Titus, jr., Henry Titus, Obed Morse and Ira
Darling, who is the present owner. The house which stood
upon this place has been recently removed by the Manchaug
Company to their village, where it now stands.
DENNIS KENNEY'S FARM.
This place was first owned by Henry Titus, and has since
been occupied by Chester Williams, Mrs. Wm. Walker and
Dennis Kenney, who is the present owner. The house was
built by Henry Titus.
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LAWRENCE HOLT'S FARM.
This place was first owned by Lewis Torrey, then by
Charles Abbott, Prince Parker and Lawrence Holt, the
present owner. The house was built by Mr. Torrey. On
this place stands a school-house, owned by the inhabitants of
what was formerly district number thirteen.*
Mr. Torrey was a blacksmith by trade, and had a small
shop where he carried on the usual business of that trade,
except shoeing horses. On this place is a burial ground, on
the headstones of which are the names of Titus, Torrey,
Stockwell, Hunt, etc.
LEANDER PUTNAM'S PLACE.
The first that we can learn of this place, it was owned by
William Darling who was a lieutenant in the revolution-
ary army and his son Aaron, since by William Darling,
jr., Zelek Darling, Wheeler Darling, Cyrus Putnam, Philan-
der Putnam and Leander Putnam, the present owner. The
house is a very old one and it is not known by whom it was
built. Formerly there was a grist mill and fulling mill
where Mr. Wm. Darling carried on business. Afterward
this water privilege was sold by Wm. Darling to Cornelius
and Joseph Putnam, who erected a shop for the manufacture
of scythes, which business they carried on for several years,
when it passed into the hands of Col. Reuben Waters.
The Messrs. Putnam also erected two houses in connection
with the shop, one of which is now occupied by John Met-
calf and is owned by the Whitinsville Company ; the other
stands upon the same side of the road, and is owned by the
same company. The water privilege at this place was sold
by Col. Reuben Waters to Mr. Rogerson of Uxbridge, and
by him to the Whitinsville Manufacturing Company, who are
the present owners.
There was another water privilege below this one, upon
which Lewis Torrey erected a shop for the manufacture of
scythes, which he made for several years, and then sold out
to Harrison Sibley, who continued the business for a time,
then converted the building into a shoddy mill, soon after
Since writing the above the Torrey school district has been re-established.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 343
which it was burned down. This privilege was afterward
purchased by Emmon Carpenter, who erected another build-
ing considerably larger than the former one, which was used
by him and others for manufacturing Kentucky jeans. This
mill shared the same fate of the other after a few years.
This privilege has since been owned by the Oxford Bank
and the Manchaug Company, who are the present owners.
ELDER WILLARD FULLER'S PLACE.
This place was first owned by Benjamin Robbi-ns, and has
since been owned by Elder Willard Fuller and Mary E.
Fuller, who is the present owner. The first house on this
place was erected by Mr. Robbms in 1806, and the present
one by Mr. Fuller about 1854. On this place there was a
Freewill Baptist church, erected by Mr. Fuller and others,
which was taken down in 1876.
Connected with this place is a burial ground, and on the
headstones are found the names. Fuller, Moore, Putnam,
Metcalf, Parker, Dudley, Cook, etc.
JOHN o. PARKER'S PLACE.
This house was fitted up by Lewis Torrey for a tenement
house, and purchased of him by John O. Parker, who has
made several additions to it._
AARON STOCK WELL PLACE.
The earliest knowledge which we have of this place, it
was owned by Aaron Stockwell, senior, who erected a small
house upon it, which has since been enlarged by Aaron
Stockwell, jr. The place is now owned by the heirs of Mr.
Stockwell.
IRA DARLING'S FARM.
This place was first owned by Lot Simpson, who com-
menced building upon it, but afterward conveyed it to Ira
Darling, the present owner. Mr. Darling erected most of
the buildings now on the place.
ROYAL KEITH'S PLACE.
This place was first owned by Aaron Darling, who built
the house now standing upon the premises. It has since
been owned by Ira Darling and Royal Keith, the present
344 HOMES OF THE
owner. On this place there has been recently erected a
blacksmith's shop, where the business is carried on by Benj.
O. Paine, who married a daughter of Mr. Keith.
TUCKER PLACE.
The earliest knowledge we have of this place, it was
owned by Cyrus and Peter Darling, and since by Capt.
Moses Thayer, Col. Earle, Ebenezer Tucker, Ebenezer E.
Tucker and sister, F. F. Sibley and the heirs of Ebenezer
E. Tucker, and was conveyed by A. W. Putnam (as guardian
of said heirs) to the Manchaug Company, who are the
present owners. On this place there have been erected three
saw mills, the two first having been burned, and the last
taken down recently ; the two last mills also had shingle
mills connected with them.
SOUTH SUTTON, DISTRICT No. 7.
Commencing at the eastern limit of the district, the first
place we notice belongs to John Fuller, and is the old home-
stead built by Wm. Hewett, or his father when Mr. Hewett
was a young man. Mr. Hewett had several sons, viz :
Daniel Hewett, who died in Auburn; Eli, who died in
Northbridge ; Hammond, Henry and Phinehas. All lived
to be old men.
Valentine G. Hewett, grandson of William, remodeled
the house, new covered, painted, etc., and sold to John
Fuller, the present owner.
Law son Taylor, son of James of Northbridge, built the
house he occupies, in 1853, which stands on the west side of
a beautiful plain, some hundred and fifty feet above the
meadow, and his farm is on the plain or table land. Mr.
Taylor spent several years in California during the gold
excitement, about 1850, and had a somewhat successful
experience in gold digging.
Mr. Taylor has been twice married, and has one son,
James.
Orrin Hewett, son of Eli, built the house where George
H. Hewett lives, in 1852. George H. bought the place in
1871, and erected a fine barn, in which he has a paint shop
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and sleigh manufactory. George H. is the son of Valentine
G. Hewett. He married Miss Lydia Houghton, daughter of
L. A. Houghton.
Charles Dorr came to this town from Boston about the
year 1816, and lived in the west part of the district for many
years. He was a carpenter, and in 1858 built the house
occupied by George W. Albee, and lived here until his
death.
The house occupied by Rev. Joseph P. Burbauk, on the
top of " Boomer Hill," so called, was built by Elder Job B.
Boomer in 1829. Elder Boomer became pastor of the
Baptist church in South Suttou about the year 1816, and
continued as such for thirty years. He married Nancy,
daughter of James McClellan. They had two daughters and
two sons: Nancy McClellan, Amelia, Lucian and George
Boardmau. Nancy married Hon. John Daggett of Attleboro',
June 18, 1840 ; Amelia married a Mr. Stone of Cleveland,
Ohio ; Lucien went west and became a partner with his
brother-in-law in the bridge-building business, and is now
president of the Illinois Bridge Company at Chicago.
George Boardman Boomer, the youngest son, went west while quite young
to work for his brother-in-law in collecting lumber, and at the breaking
out of the rebellion in 1861 was living in the Arkansas River country, Arkan-
sas. At the call for troops he responded and raised a company among his
acquaintances and became their captain. He was in many battles, in all of
which he was distinguished for bravery and skill in command. He was pro-
moted to the brigadier-generalship, and killed in one of the battles before
Vicksburg. His remains were brought to Worcester and interred. A fine
monument has been erected to his memory. The remains of his father and
mother repose in the same cemetery.
After Mr. Boomer, Percival Taylor owned the place and
lived there until his death. Mr. Taylor married Miss
Hannah Holbrook. They had three children : James, George
and Maudana. Rev. Mr. Burbank has preached at the
Baptist church for several years past.
The next place west of the Boomer house was built by
Sumner B. Hewett about 1841. It is now owned by Mrs.
Jonathan Sprague. Sumner B. Hewett married Miss Mary
E. Allen. They had four children: Mary Allen, Sumner
Barstow, Amanda and Warren. Mr. Hewett was by trade a
348 HOMES OF THE
millwright, and served apprenticeship with William Hall.
Later he became a plow-maker and Avorked for the firm of
B. Martin & Co. at South Sutton, then at Waterford. Groton
Junction, and lastly at Cleveland, Ohio. The family moved
west to Goldtield, Wright County, Iowa, where he died in
1877. His sou, Sumner B. is, or was a year ago, judge of
probate for Wright County, Iowa.
Jonathan Sprague, born Oct. 6, 1801, married Oct. 26,
1826, Miss Mary Anne Whipple, daughter of Welcome
Whipple, Esq., grand-daughter of Deacon John, and great-
grand-daughter of John Whipple of ( 'umberland, R. I. Their
children are, Welcoine Whipple, born February 16, 182S ;
Homer Baxter, Oct. 19, 1X21) ; Frances Maria, Sept. 13,
1831 ; Charles A., February 24, 1834 ; Solon Smith, March
5, 1836; Mary A., February 8, 1838; Jonathan A., May
20, 1844; Flora Emma, February 5, 1847; Philander A.,
February 4, 1849.
Homer B. Sprague fitted for college at Leicester academy, graduated at Yale
in the class of 1852, receiving the DeForest prize, a gold medal of the value of
one hundred dollars, given for the best written and spoken composition;
studied law at New Haven, came to Worcester and formed a law partnership
with District Attorney Matthews. After the death of Matthews he became
principal of the Worcester high school. From Worcester he went to New
Haven and established himself in the practice of law.
When the war of the rebellion was inaugurated by the attack upon Fort
Sumter, his voice gave forth no uncertain sound. He did much to inspire
patriotism and secure enlistment. At the organization of the thirteenth
Connecticut infantry he marched to the barracks wiih the " Welsh Rifles," a
fine company he had raised in New Haven, and of which he had been elected
captain. He was promoted Major, Oct. 5, 1863, and Lieut. Col. Nov. 5, 1863.
His regiment was ordered to the department of the gulf, and left New Haven
for Ship Island March 17, 1862. It reached its destination April 13, and
remained in active service in the states of Louisiana and Mississippi unti[
July 1864, when it returned to Connecticut on veteran furlough. While on
duty in the department of the gulf it bore a prominent part in the following
engagements: Georgia Landing, La., Oct. 27, 1862; Irish Bend, La., April 14,
1863; Port Hudson, La., May 24, 1863; Port Hudson, La., June 14, 1863;
Cane River, La., April 23, 1864; Mansura, La., May 16, 1864. In August it
was again ordered to the seat of war, and joined the army of the Shenandoah,
under General Sheridan. In the battle of Winchester, Sept 19, Lieut. Col.
Sprague commanded the regiment, which was in a part of the field the most
fiercely contested, and consequently exposed to a tremendous fire. His horse
was shot under him, and he led his regiment on foot.
It was the plan of Gen. Early to cut Sheridan's army in two, and then defeat
it in detail. To accomplish his object he massed his forces and struck a terri-
ble blow upon the position held by Gen. Grover's division. Sheridan sent an
TOWN OF SUTTON. 349
order to hold the point at all hazards. By some unexplained blunder* an
order to retreat ran along the lines of Gen. Grover's division, and the regiments
fell sullenly back. Col. Sprague with a few brave men made a desperate stand,
but were overpowered and captured. Col. Sprague was taken first to Libby
prison, afterward to Andersonville. Upon his release he again resumed com-
mand of his regiment, which in January 1865 was transferred to Savannah,
Ga., and served in the state of North Carolina, doing provost and guard duty
until April 25, 1866, when it was mustered out, being the last of the Connect-
icut regiments in the service. Col. Sprague has written a history of his regi-
ment, which is a model of excellence in its line, and a valuable contribution
to the literature of the war. Since the war he has been engaged in the profes-
sion of teaching.
In 1867 he was chosen principal of the state normal school at New Britain,
which position he held until offered a professorship in Cornell University,
Ithaca, New York. From Ithaca he went to Brooklyn, New York, and became
principal of the Adelphi Academy, which position he held until the Beecher
excitement, when he resigned and entered the lecture field, in which he
remained for a year or more, one of the most instructive and popular lecturers
of the day. He is now principal of the girls normal school, Boston, Massachu-
setts.
The next place west, where Mrs. Williams lives, was built
by Jonas Batcheller and Elder Jones in 1859.
At the corner of the roads to East Douglas and Whitins-
ville is a store built by Deacon Pliny Johnson, made partly
from the shoe-shop moved from the other side of the road,
and is now owned by Pliny F. Johnson of Westerly, R. I.
A few years ago a stock company was formed to manufacture
boots and shoes, under the name of the South Sutton Boot
and Shoe Company, with Deacon Johnson, president ; John
C. Johnson, treasurer, and Moses L. Johnson, agent : but it
survived for only a year or two, and made a bad failure.
Upon the closing up of this company another was formed
under the firm name of Knox.and Walker, but this, like its
predecessor, soon went into bankruptcy. Since the last
failure the shop has been used as a grocery store and tene-
ment.
The house owned and occupied by Leonard Dorr was built
by Deacon Pliny Johnson in 1851, and has passed through
many hands. It was owned for a time by Cimeue Green-
wood of Northbridge, and later by Rufus, son of Daniel
Fuller.
* See History of Connecticut, during the Rebellion.
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Leonard Dorr is the son of the late Charles Dorr, who
removed to Sutton from Boston about sixty-eight years
since.
The Baptist meeting-house in this district was built about
seventy-five years since, mainly by the Batchellers.
Originally it was a plain unpainted building, with a porch
on tne south side. Within, the construction was after the
old style. The prominent seat was for the deacons ; the
pews were of square form with seats upon three sides, and
the pulpit was so high that the head of the preacher nearly
touched the ceiling.
When this pulpit was finished it is said that Elder William
Batcheller rode up the steps of the church on horseback to
the open door, and pointing to the lofty pulpit, said to his
horse, " There ! see where your master is going to stand."
The church has been thoroughly repaired, modernized and
made quite attractive as well as convenient.
Apropos of these high pulpits, we recall a little story which we heard told in
childhood by a venerable D. D., designed to illustrate the fact that Satan
sometimes obtrudes himself into the most sacred places. He said, " I was
once called upon to preach in an old church which had an exceedingly high
pulpit As I ascended the stairs, going up, up, up, to my dismay these words
came into my mind :
' Jack and Gill went up the hill,
To fetch a pail of water,
Jack fell down and broke his crown
And Gill came tumbling after.'
"In vain I bade the tempter 'get thee behind me; ' he would do no such
thing, but continued his infamous suggestions. I rose to make the in vocation,
and as I looked down upon my audience so far below me, I began my address
to the Searcher of Hearts with these words uppermost in thought :
4 Jack fell down and broke his crown
And Gill came tumbling after.' "
Opposite the church stood the old school-house. This
house was at first located on a high hill fronted by a steep
bank, which in icy time was the scene of many an amusing
slip and slide in the " days of yore,'' when the winter school
was attended more than now by the " large boys and girls."
At one end of the school-room was a huge fireplace that
would 'take in "-four foot wood;" at the other end the
teacher's desk, Hanked on each side by a desk for scholars.
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On the sides of the room, running the entire length, with the
exception of a narrow space for passing behind, were desks,
raised two steps from the floor, for the larger scholars.
Behind these desks were benches made from plank or slabs,
without backs ; in front of them were low benches for the
small children. The center of the room was unoccupied,
only as some lazy or refractory b'oy or girl was called out for
punishment.
A common punishment for girls was to study with a book
or ruler on the head, which they were directed to keep in
position.
Boys would sometimes be required to fasten their eyes
upon a nail in the floor and " hold it down with one finger."
Occasionally one who had incurred the peculiar wrath of the
teacher, would be called upon to "ride the stone horse."
This achievement consisted in occupying, at the same time,
five round smooth stones, one as a seat and one for each of
the hands and feet ; a performance which, it is needless to
say, was generally found a somewhat difficult one to* go
through with gracefully.
Whether the stone horse was ever introduced into the
" Quabbin '' school-house we cannot say.
In 1843 the school-house was repaired, in what was then
the modern style. This house was burned by an incendiary
in 1875.
A new one, and finely furnished, was built on the Man-
chaug road in 1876.
The house where Fred P. Burr lives was owned and
probably built by a man of the name of Lackey, a brother of
Matthew Lackey, who came from Upton to Sutton in the
latter part of the last century.
Mr. Lackey sold to the Batchellers, who also came from
Upton, and it remained the Batcheller place until Stephen
Grossman bought it in 1816.
The Batchellers were hop growers, and had a fine building
for kiln-drying hops, which stood for many years after Mr.
Grossman bought it. In 1817 Mr. Grossman moved upon
the farm where, with the exception of seven years spent at
Pleasant Falls, from 1830 to 1837, he remained until his
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death, July 27, 1851. Stephen Crossman was son of Elijah
and Rebeckah, born June 21, 1779, and grandson of Noah
Crossman, who it is said came from Taunton to Button about
1750. (See Crossman genealogy.)
Ferdinand J. F. Crossman, son of Martin L. and Experience, was brought
up by his grandmother Crossman, on this place. He enlisted at Cambridge,
Aug. 19, 1862, in Andrew's first company of sharp-shooters, and went into
camp at Cambridge. He left camp for Washington Dec. 1st, where he
remained but a short time.
He was in the first battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 11, 1862. He was stationed
at Falmouth during the winter, and was again in the battle of Fredericksburg
June 11, 1863. During this battle a ball passed through his hat, and one of his
fingers was shattered by a bullet. Lysander Martin, a young man of great
promise, enlisted with him, and was at this time by his side. They occupied
an advanced position behind some fallen trees, or stumps, and were firing
through small apertures, and took turns in watching the firing of the enemy.
Ferdinand retreated just over a knoll to have his finger attended to, but
soon returned to find his companion prostrated on the ground, having been
wounded by a ball which entered his cheek, knocking out several teeth, and
came out at the back of the neck. A general retreat was now ordered, and
the wounded who were able marched off the field, and others were huddled
into wagons and carried off, Martin among these, who died of his wound the
nineteenth. At Gettysburg, Crossman was in the battle from July first to the
fourth, and from this field was sent to Harper's Ferry.
He spent the winter in the hospital at Washington, D. C. , taking care of the
sick and wounded. In the spring, May 3, 1864, he rejoined the army, and was
in Ihe battle of the Wilderness from the fifth to the seventh. At the battle
of Spotsylvania Court house he was taken prisoner, carried to Columbia, from
thence to Andersonville, where he died Aug. 8, 1864.
Mrs. F. J. F. Crossman married Frederick P. Burr, Jan. 12, 1866. He was
a soldier in the Union army. They have one daughter, Ida R., born Nov. 17,
1870.
The house where Lysander Houghton lived was built by
Matthew Lackey, who came from Upton about 1750.
Mr. Lackey had a large family : see genealogy. After his
death the place was sold to Ebenezer Cook, who also raised
a large family. Ira Cook of Oxford was a son of Ebenezer.
Lysander Houghton married Lydia White of Northbridge,
and they had four .children : Mahlon, Chilion, Vernon, Lydia
and Merrick. Chilion married Miss Darling, daughter of
Ira Darling. He enlisted in the company of Andrew's sharp-
shooters and served through the war. He is now a dentist.
Mrs. Lydia Houghton died in the fall of 1870, and Lysander
Jan. 4, 1878.
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At the place owned by A. F. Brown, Esq., Mr. Timothy
Martin lived until about eighty years of age. Timothy was
the son of Abel Martin, who lived and died on this place.
Abel Martin married for his second wife Eunice Crossmau.
His son Timothy married Sukey Crossman, daughter of
Noah and Huldah. They had three children, two of whom
died young, and a son, Benjamin, who died in 1877 in the
west. His wife died in the fall of 1826, and he married for
a second wife, Miss Rachel Darling, and they had two sons.
Darius and Lysander. Lysander was killed in battle, as
stated on a preceding page. Benjamin Martin was the
plow-maker already alluded to on another p#ge.
The next place on this road is owned by Lewis Hopkins
of Linwood. The house was built by Timothy Hewett as
early as 1773.
Timothy H. had a large family. He was a basket maker.
His son Timothy, born Nov. 22, 1773, had a son Timothy
born in 1803, who married Lavina, daughter of Daniel
Leonard. Their children are, Edwin C., born Nov. 1, 1828 ;
Alfred Francis, born Sept. 20, 1831 ; Richard Lysander, born
Feb. 20, 1833; Milton Oscar, born Feb. 15, 1838; Tamar,
born May 2, 1842.
Edwin C. graduated at the Normal school, Bridgewater, and became a
teacher in the school, and was transferred tb Pittsfield. He returned to
Bridgewater, and subsequently was in Worcester as principal of the high
school. In 1858 he went to Illinois to take a professorship in the Normal
school at Normal, Illinois; a position he held until 1876, when, upon the
resignation of President Edwards, he was elected president, and this position
he now holds.
George Jones was brought up at Mr. Hewett's and became
the owner of the place after Timothy senior died. He mar-
ried Sarah Bryant and had several children. The house was
burned in 1876.
There were five other houses on this road, the sites of
which are marked by cellar-holes nearly filled, and the lower
portions of the chimneys, in which the rude stone fireplaces
still remain, sad reminders of the unknown and now broken
circles that once gathered round them.
At one place near the woods lived Elethan Jones, who had
a large family of children. The house was burned and the
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barn torn down. Samuel and Consider Bryant lived at this
place for a number of years, and sold to Jesse Leonard, who
died here, and his heirs were lately the owners of the land.
The place where Leonard F. Everett lives was first owned
by David Burt, who built the house a hundred years ago
and died there. Mr. Burt came from Taunton. and had a
large family of children ; among them Benjamin, who died
in Northbridge in 1874 ; Ellis, who died in town a few years
since ; and Samuel, who married Polly Cook and had three
children, Eichmond, Julius and Juliet. Mr. Everett mar-
ried first Miss Freelove Darling. They have had three
children, Mahlon,, Albert and Susan. Albert went to the
war in the fifteenth regiment. Mr. Everett married second
Mrs. Mann, whose son was in the battle of Bull Run and
never heard of after.
White and Barrows bought the place on the hill back of
the school house of John Casey in 1867, and Casey bought
of Timothy Hewett, jr., in 1865.
This was the homestead of Jesse Jones, who probably
built the house in the last century, as they were old people
and lived in an old house sixty years ago. Elethan and
Leonard were his sons.
The house owned by Jerman Houghton was built by Dr.
John G. Johnson in 1852. Mr. Houghton is a son of Wm.
Houghton.
Pliny F. Johnson, now of Westerly, Rhode Island, built
the house owned by him near the corner, in 1864. Mr.
Johnson kept a store here for several years. He married
first Julia, daughter of Stephen Cole, and for his second
wife a Miss Mann.
The house on the corner, owned by Mrs. Deacon Pliny
Johnson, was taken down at the Lackey place and put up
here by Deacon Johnson. The old house was moved across
the road for a shop.
Mr. Johnson had a large family of children: Pliny F.,
John G., Emily, Eliza, Moses, George, Carew, Danforth,
Elmira and Sapphira. Deacon Johnson was a shoemaker,
and with his large family of boys and girls, turned out a
great many pairs daily. He did much for the support of the
gospel. Samuel Williams lived in the old house many years.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 357
Julia Woodis owns the old red house, but no one knows
its history.
The next house, owned by Mrs. Daniel Kelley, was built
by Daniel Kelley about 1866.
The house which* Horace Batcheller owns and lets, was
built by Thomas Carlin in 1854 or '55. Thomas Carlin
married Miss Lovina Leonard.
The house owned by Henry Williams was built by Henry
Dorr in 1847. Henry Williams is son of Alpheus and
Clarissa, and grandson of Samuel Williams.
The house that Joseph Wheatley owns and lets was put
up in 1831 by Richard Hewett, who was the son of Timothy
and grandson of Timothy Hewett, senior. He married
Mirandah Crossman in 1826 and had two sons, Croyden and
Lowel. The last died in infancy.
Mrs. Hewett died in the fall of 1830, and he married for
his second wife Electa Eoss. Croydon died in Paris, Oneida
county, New York, in 1868.
Horace Batcheller built his own house in 1876-77, on the
corner of the Douglas and Manchaug road. There was. a
small house on the same site built by his father, Warren
Batcheller, in 1838. Warren Batcheller was a successful
contractor. He built many fine roads, and was for a long
time employed in the excavation of the Blackstone canal.
He died, and was carried to his burial March 30, 1873, from
the house he built.
The house of Mr. Horace Batcheller, a view of which is given, is intended
for a summer boarding house and hotel, and is finely fitted for the purpose. It
has accommodations for thirty boarders ; and when its ease of access, con-
venience, and the attractions of the surrounding region are known, it can
hardly fail of being a popular resort for those seeking recreation among rural
scenes of peculiar beauty.
In 1827 Obed Taylor put up a building on this corner and
opened a store, but did not occupy it long, and it was sold
and moved away.
The house where Mason W. Morse lives was built by Dea.
Wm. Batcheller. Jason Morse married a daughter of Elder
Samuel Waters and bought the place of Deacon Batcheller.
Mr. Morse fell in the street near his house and died
instantly. His wife died in 1877. Harriet Morse married
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Josiah Brown, a son of the Rev. Parley Brown of East
Douglas. He was an architect and engineer, and at one
time had charge at the Hoosac Tunnel bore, under the
O
Shanleys.
Jonas Batcheller built his house in*1840. Orlando, his
son, joined the army in the late war and was killed at the
battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. He was a member of
the fifteenth regiment, and one of the many from this pad of
the town who laid down their lives for their country.
RESIDENCE OF JONAS BATCHELLER.
Origeii, brother of Jouas Batcheller, was a superior scholar, though he
never enjoyed the advantages of a collegiate education. He was the editor of
the Anti-Universalist, published at Providence, R. I. He is spoken of as a
devoted Christian and very tenacious of the Orthodox faith. He was often
engaged in controversy with the enemies of Christianity in this country and in
Europe.
He was the author of several pamphlets in which, with earnestness and
ability, he gave his views of the doctrines of grace as revealed in the Word of
God.
The Howard place, where Mrs. Clarissa Williams, widow
of Alpheus Williams lives, belonged to James Howard, her
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father, who had a large family of children, among whom was
a son, whose name was Jonathan, and he had a son, who
is the author of the book entitled, " The Bruised Reed."
George Case married a daughter of Mrs. Williams, who
built a house near by, which was burned about 1858.
Cyrel Williams, son of Alpheus and Clarissa Williams,
who now lives in the State of New York, was the owner and
builder of the house near the cemetery, where Mrs. Glover
lives, which is now owned by Ezekiel Thayer of East
Douglas. The house is comparatively new, and took the
place of the one which was considered old fifty years ago,
and occupied by a family of the name of Blackmar. Among
the children of this iamily were Rhoda, Deborah, and one
or two others. Fifty years ago there was another house on
the opposite side of the road.
The house where George Thompson lives was built by
Russell Titus about the year 1835. It was made up from
one or two small buildings which were moved together, and
with some slight additions fitted up for a tenement.
Geo. Thompson married a daughter of Daniel Stockwell.
On the opposite side of the road is a house which was
built by Josiah Hewett in 1849, and sold to Henry Marshall,
who died here in 1876.
The next house, called the Titus house, was built by Rus-
sell Titus in 1848. Mr. Titus carried on the butchering
business here for a few years. He married Martha, daughter
of Hammond and Lydia Hewett, and they had two daugh-
ters, one of whom married Noel Clark of Uxbridge. Mr.
Titus was captain of a canal boat on the Blackstone canal
in 1830 or 1831.
This is the last house in Sutton on the road leading from
the corner to East Douglas.
The house where Orison, son of Hammond and Lydia
Hewett lives, is the homestead built by Hammond Hewett
sixty years ago. He married Lydia Pierce of Millbury,
and they have had five children : Orison, Josiah, Moses,
Martha and Rebeckah.
Hammond is the son of William Hewett, and brother of
Eli, late of Northbridge.
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The last place on this road is the Alpheus Kawson place,
so called forty years ago. Mr. Rawson bought it of Wel-
come Whipple sixty-five years since.
Mrs. Jonathan (Whipple) Sprague was bom here, but it
is not positively known whether any more of Mr. W.'s
children were born here. It is now in the hands of some
French Canadian families.
CEMETERY.
The original cemetery in this district was set apart as a
place of burial by Deacon William Batcheller, son of Rev.
William. The first body buried was that of his brother
Moses, who died Sept. 4, 1803, in the twenty-first year of
his age. His monument has upon it the following epitaph :
" A burying-place by me 's begun,
Father and Mother view your son.
Brethering and sister's view me too,
Pale death has taken me from you.
My wife and children on earth I leave,
In faith that Christ will me receive,
Praying that you may likewise be,
Prepar'd for death to follow me."
UNION DISTRICT, No. 8.
The old house, as seen in the engraving, was built by
William Davenport in 1767, and remains as first built, no
part having been burnt or destroyed. The farm consisted of
one hundred and seventy acres of land, received from his
father, William, senior, who lived in a house that stood
w r here Mr. Barney Hewett's now stands. William Daven-
port, jr. , sold his farm to a Mr. Clark and moved to Peters-
ham in 1800.
Samuel Carpenter was the purchaser of a small part of
the estate. He was a plow-maker by trade. The shed
attached to the house was formerly used as a corn-barn.
Mr. Carpenter moved it to its present location, and used it
in the manufacture of wooden plows, in which business he
employed several workmen. William Davenport built a
saw-mill and grist-mill soon after locating on this place,
perhaps as early as 1766. These stood until about 1824, when
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361
the saw-mill was taken down by Joel Lackey, then in pos-
session of the place. The grist-mill was carried away by a
freshet in 1838.
Mr. Lackey erected a building for the manufacture of
scythes on the stream below the mills, and made scythes for
Ji few years, then, in company with George B. Nolen, engaged
in the manufacture of gun-barrels.
He sold out to Mr. Xolen in 1834. Amos Burdon is the
present ownerW the property.
DAVENPORT HOUSE, SOUTH SUTTON.
George B. Nolen married in 1826 Olive Grossman, second
daughter of Stephen. Their eldest son, Horace Whipple,
died in North Carolina during the war of the rebellion.
George Augustus, their second sou, born Jan. 7, 1831, attended school at
the brick school-house; then at Leicester, Wilbraham and Westfield, where
he fitted for college. He entered Yale College in 1853, and graduated in 1857
with honor, having taken most of the prizes offered in mathematics and Eng-
lish composition.
A few weeks before graduation he entered Major Skinner's school in New
Haven as teacher, where he remained until Mr. Skinner's death in 1859.
We. quote the following from the " Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale
College."
" PRESENTED AT THE MEETING OF THE ALUMNI, JUNE 28, 1876.
CLASS OF 1857.
" George Augustus Nolen was born in Sutton, Mass., Jan. 9, 1831.
" He remained in New Haven as a graduate student, until he accepted a
tutorship in the college in the summer of 18PO. He resigned this office in 1865,
when he was appointed assistant examiner in the. United States patent office.
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He entered on his duties in Jan. 1866, and at the time of his death held the
position of examiner in-chief, having been appointed to that rank by Presi-
dent Grant in April 1875.
" A few weeks after this appointment he was attacked with consumption,
which first manifested itself by a violent hemorrhage of the lungs on the 13th
of May. He failed steadily and rapidly, and died in Washington, Aug. 17th.
His wife, who had been struggling with the same disease for three years,
survived him but a few hours. They left one son. In ability, integrity and
courtesy no one in the patent office was his superior."
Mr. Nolen's daughters were Sabra "W. and Olivia R.
Sabra W. married Joseph E. Waite, Esq., now a merchant
in West Brookfield.
Olivia R. married George "W. Sargent of North Brook-
field.
Alfred Eugene, born Dec. 25, 1845, graduated at Yale, class of 1867 ; was
teacher for a year in the high school at Norwich, Vermont ; for three years
principal of the high school at Wethersfield, Connecticut, when he returned
to New Haven to resume his studies, and for a year or two gave private
instruction to students; but his health failing he went to Washington, D. C.,
with his brother. In 1875 he came to West Brookfield with his health much
impaired ; but after a year, had sufficiently recovered to be able to accept a
position as principal of the high school at Winchendon. He is now principal
of the high school in Brookfield.
Mr. Nolen's wife died in West Warren, June 25, 1850,
when he returned to Sutton, and in 1852 married Clara
Kiugsbury.
The house where Amos Burden now lives was built by
himself in 1848. The barn on this place was struck by
lightning the first of July, 1866, and burned with two
horses. Mr. Burdon subsequently erected a fine barn on the
same spot.
The old gun-shops are standing here at the dam. In 1841
Benjamin Martin commenced the manufacture of plows at
this place, and for five years employed several hands. His
"Eagle Plows " were in great favor among the farmers in all
this part of the country and the bordering towns in Rhode
Island. The works were moved to Waterford.
After Mr. Burdon bought these shops he put in saw
and shingle mills, and run them for a few years ; but they
are not used now, though the machinery remains. Mr.
Burdon came into possession of this property soon after the
freshet which carried away the grist-mill.
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There is a beaver dam in the pond, and it is said that
beavers were abundant when the town was first settled.
The house near the outlet of Swan Pond was built in 1810
by Caleb Hicks, and is now owned by George C. Allen.
The house occupied by Charles Britton was built by Joel
Lackey in 1818, and sold to Alpheus Grossman.
The house where Mr. Burroughs lives was built by Geo.
Dorr about 1850. Mr. Dorr moved to Lacrosse, Wisconsin.
George Dorr was the son of Henry Dorr, and married a
daughter of Daniel Cole.
The house where Philander Hewett lives was built by
William Davenport, and his son Aaron received it from his
father; but exchanged with Jonathan Carpenter in 1835.
Mr. Hewett bought it of Aaron W r akefield about 1863.
The Valentine G. Hewett place, which is in the hands of
the administrators, was prior to 1810 the old school-house.
William Grossman bought it, and moved it from above the
George Allen place, and repaired it for his father and
mother (see genealogy) and they lived there until his
death.
Samuel Grossman had one son and two daughters by his
first wife. His son Samuel enlisted in the ninth regiment,
called the "bloody ninth," in the war of 1812, and was at
the battle of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane, was wounded and
drew a pension till the time of his death in 1870. He died
in Pennsylvania.
Samuel Grossman, senior, was a soldier in the revolution,
and drew a pension.
William Grossman taught school in his early days, and
then kept a country store on Putnam Hill, and in East
Douglas in company with Sumner Cole. He was the first
postmaster of East Douglas ; kept a hotel in Webster,
Albany, N. Y., and Springfield, from which place he
was sent to the legislature. During President Pierce's
administration he was a custom-house officer. He died in
Brookfield, Sept. 22, 1873, and was buried in the Howard
cemetery.
The brick school-house was built in the fall of 1822, and
known as the Union school-house, a part of the district
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being in Northbridge. Extensive repairs have been made
on this house and new furniture put in. It is now one of
the best in town.
Willis Thayer built the house where Barnabas Hewett
lives. Mr. Hewett bought it in 1856. George Reynolds
and Jonathan Sprague carried on the manufacture of broad
axes here for a few years, and lived in this house. Colonel
Homer B. Sprague was born here.
The trip-hammer shop has been torn down, but the
saw-mill still stands, and is owned by Benjamin Burt of
Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
Barnabas Hewett is the son of Timothy, and married
Eliza Hewett for his first wife and had three sons, Welcome,
Philander and Warren. His second wife was Miss Brigham.
Jehu Bartlett, who came from Cumberland, R. I., in 1780,
once owned the place where George C. Allen lives. John
Allen, who came from Mount Holly, Vt., about 1810, seems
to have been the next owner. He thoroughly repaired the
house, built on the ell, built also a. cider-mill, a barn, a car-
penter's and blacksmith's shop. He was a carpenter by
trade. John Allen had a son George, Avho was the father of
George C., the present owner.
The house where Amory D. Lackey lives was built by
William Houghton in 1818. Mr. Houghton was a blacksmith
by trade, and occupied the .shop just below the dam, which
was afterward a scythe manufactory. It was torn down
several years ago. Amory D. Lackey married Lydia, daughter
of Salmon Burdon, in 1838, and had one daughter, who.mar-
ried Henry Parkhurst of Uxbridge.
The house where Deacon Salmon Burdon lived and died
was built by him in 1813. The old house stood within a
few feet of the present structure. John Burdon, father of
Salmon, owned the farm and died here.
John Vant built the house where George W. Fletcher now
lives, but nothing farther is known of him. Mr. Fletcher
bought the place of Newel Lackey about 1858. He came
from Northbridge.
Mr. Casey owns the house built by Augustus Thayer about
1840. After his death Rufus Young bought the place,
TOWN OF 8UTTON. 365
enlarged the house and built the barn. Mr. Young married
Lydia Ballon. He died here in 1857.
The house owned by Jonas Batcheller and let as a tene-
ment, called the Young or Waterman place, was built by
Thomas Axtell, who had the initials of his name put on the
chimney, where they are distinctly seen at the present time.
Mr. .Angel bought the place, and in connection with his son-
in-law, Captain Young, carried on the farm. Captain Young-
followed a sea-faring life for a number of years after being
married. His children were Joseph, Julia, Mary, Abigail,
Rufus Smith and Lucinda.
Joseph married Miss Euphemia Taft and had two children :
William and Mary. Julia married Knight Waterman and
had three daughters : Susan, Amanda and Nettie, and a son,
Oscar. Mary married Jonas Batcheller. See genealogy.
The house owned by Horace W. Chamberlain was built
by Deacon Reuben Tisdale. Mr. Crossman says of Deacon
Tisdale, " He was treasurer of the town, and ran away with
the town's money and Deacon William Batcheller's wife."
Soon after Mr. Tisdale left, Welcome and John W hippie
bought the place. Deacon John Whipple moved from
Petersham and opened a public house, which he kept until
about 1825. Deacon John Whipple was born in Cumberland
February 12, 1748; married May 24, 1770; Eunice Ellis,
born May 9, 1751. Children: Welcome, born Sept. 12,
1772; Olive, July 12, 1775; Jabez, March 15, 1779;
Nancy, April 27, 1781 ; John, Dec. 31, 1783 ; Martin, April
17-, 1786. Welcome married Amy Whipple. Jabez settled
in New Salem and married. John married Patty Sibley,
daughter of Nathan. Nancy married Nahum Prentice.
Olive married Stephen Crossman. Welcome Whipple, Esq.
came here to take care of the farm and his father and mother
about 1825 or 1826, and remained here until his death. His
children were: Milton D., Cullen, Justin, Virgil, Mary
Ann, Homer and Ardalisa. Some of these Whipples were
great inventors. Cullen was engaged at the screw factory in
Providence for several years.
Jonathan Sprague, who married Mary A. Whipple, Oct.
26, 1826, took the farm in 1843 and cared for his wife's
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father and mother until their death. In 1867 Mr. Chamber-
lain bought it and removed from Whitin's here. The small
house just below Mr. Chamberlain's, and owned by him,
was built by Willis Thayer. Stephen Drake lived here
for a few years ; also his brother, Albee, who moved to New
York state.
Mrs. Hilton built the house where she resides, in 1877.
The house on the same spot put up by William Norbury was
burned in March 1876. The old house, which had been
occupied by Noah Grossman for many years, was torn down
in 1832. Mr. Grossman and wife both died here.
On the place near the woods stood an old house which was
taken down by A. J. Bryant in 1868. The barn is standing
and is owned by Lewis Hopkins of Linwood. In 1778 and
'79 Elijah Grossman lived in the house, and in 1784 moved
to a house then standing a few rods east of where George
Fletcher lives, the cellar hole of which is still to be seen,
though trees of a large growth cover the whole ground.
After Elijah left the place, Noah, a brother, occupied it. He
made wooden ware and measures. The old kettle and steam
box he used for steaming and bending the wood for measures
were here a few years ago.
Subsequently Luther Grossman, a son of Noah, lived here
for many years.
The house off the road was occupied by Samuel Grossman
in 1780, but who built it is not known. In 1828 John Allen
lived in this house, and a few years later Mr. Edward Norbury
owned it, and lived here until he went to Illinois with his
son in 1875.
The house where Mrs. Nelson Fairbanks lives was built
by Joshua Lackey in 1812. He also built a saw-mill on the
south side of the river. About the same time Matthew
Lackey, a brother, built on the north side and put in a grist-
mill and a carding machine, which was the only one in this
region for many years. Every vestige of the mill is gone,
and Whitin's reservoir covers the ruins.
Just a little north of the place where those old mills stood
are two old houses, in one of which Mr. Nelson Nicholas
lives. The other, or what there is left of it, is owned by
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367
Mr. Prescott. The main part of the house was burned in
1876. This place belonged to Stephen Cole, the blind
basket-maker.
OLD STONE DISTRICT, No. 9.
Benjamin Wakefield first settled on the Samuel Hall place.
He was followed by Mr. Joseph Mosely. Enos Armsby and
his son Silas were the next owners. They built the small
THE OLD STONE SCHOOL HOUSE.
house south of the road. Silas Armsby enlarged and repaired
the Mosely house, soon after the central turnpike was built,
with the intention of keeping tavern, but sold to Asa Hall,
who carried on the brush-making business there several
years. After the death of his wife he transferred the place to
his son Samuel, the present owner. Asa Hall married for
his first wife Alethina Parkman. Miss Sarah Parkman, her
sister, a wealthy and benevolent lady, lived here several
years.
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Mr. Silas Armsby had one son, James H., and five daugh-
ters : one married a Davis ; one married Silas Dudley, and
lives in Mendon ; one married Dr. Alden March, the cele-
brated surgeon of Albany.
James H. Armsby went to Albany and studied medicine and surgery with
his brother-in-law March. He went into the study of anatomy with a minute-
ness that astonished his fellow students ; for, while they were satisfied with
the ordinary hackings of the dissecting-room, he worked a whole month
industriously upon a single finger, determined to know the mechanism of the
human system to a microscopic nicety.
He was connected with the medical college in Albany for twenty-five years.
He died there, highly distinguished and much lamented, Dec. 3, 1875.
He was born in this house Dec. 31, 1809. Remembering his native town, he
made several valuable donations to the Sutton library.
Enos and Silas Armsby came to Sutton from Leicester. They were proba-
bly natives of Medfield or Franklin.
Mr. Silas Armsby was a member of the first Baptist church, and a constant
attendant. He died in Mendon, aged eighty-two. His wife died two years
later at the same age.
From an obituary of Dr. Armsby, published in the Albany Evening Journal
the day of his death, we make the following extracts :
"Dr. Armsby's early years were spent on his father's farm (in Sutton).
His only educational advantages were derived from the public schools of his
native town, and from a brief period in the Worcester and Monson Academies.
But his love of study was gratified by the facilities afforded by the Public
Library of his native town.*
"In 1830, when in his twenty-first year, he came to this city and entered as
a student with Dr. Alden March, who was then in active practice and the
foremost physician and surgeon of the city. He was an earnest student, and
gave early indications of the eminent talent and skill which have marked his
professional life.
"His first public service was the circulation of a petition while yet a stu-
dent, for the establishment of a hospital and medical college in Albany, and
from that day to this he has never wearied in his efforts to advance the educa-
tional, religious and benevolent interests of his adopted home. As a student
he evinced special fondness for anatomical and physiological studies, and
manifested great skill in the preparation and arrangement of anatomical
specimens; so much so that Dr. March made him his chief assistant during
his term of study, and he occasionally supplied his place in the lecture room.
"In 1832 he was made the resident physician of the cholera hospital, and
took part in the post mortem examination of the first cholera patient that died
of the disease in this city, making careful dissections of the parts most
involved in the disease, specimens of which are still preserved in the college
museum.
"After graduating at the Vermont Academy of Medicine in 1833, with the
highest honors of his class, be became teacher in a private medical school in
this city. This school, in which he was associated with the late Dr. Match,
was known as ' March and Armsby's School,' and was continued until the
Library of district school.
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foundation of the Albany Medical College. Within a year of his graduation
the Vermont Academy recalled her student and made him professor of anat-
omy and physiology.
" After the establishment of the Albany Medical College he devoted himself
heart and soul to its interests, taking up his residence in the building ; and
soon after resigning his Vermont professorship, gave his entire time to the
arrangement of the museum and the manifold details of organization. We
need scarcely add that during all the succeeding years of the institution he
remained its steadfast friend, ever laboring with unflagging zeal for its
advancement. In 1839 he made his first visit to Europe, and inspected all the
leading medical institutions, hospitals and museums of the old world. He
brought back with him a choice collection of specimens, with which he
enriched the college. He made a second visit of a similar nature to Europe
in 1845. In 1841 he opened an office in this city, dividing his time with his
duties at the college.
" Dr. Armsby was a warm and intelligent friend of art in all its manifesta-
tions, and in him the brotherhood of artists always had a sympathetic friend.
" His connection with the Albany hospital was whole hearted. From the
time it was opened in 1848 until his death, he was its untiring friend in season
and out of season. The largest portion of the funds that have been raised for
its support were secured through his personal efforts. His efforts to secure
the necessary endowments, and the events which attended and followed the
inauguration, when Edward Everett delivered his great oration, are familiar
to all our citizens and need not be rehearsed here.
"In 1861 Dr. Armsby was appointed United States consul at Naples, a
position which he filled with honor to himself and the government. It is
interesting to note he gave the first popular scientific lecture ever delivered in
Naples.
"Dr. Armsby was married in 1841 to Anna L. Hawley, daughter of the late
Hon. Gideon Hawley, by whom he had one son and one daughter. The wife
and daughter died in 1846, and six years later the doctor married Miss Sarah
Winne. bhe and one son, Gideon, survive him. Dr. Armsby was the frequent
recipient of honorary degrees from our American colleges and other institu-
tions of learning. In 1841 Rutgers gave him her A. M., and in the same
year the Yale National Historical Society made him an honorary member. In
1836 he was elected member of the National Historical Society of New
Orleans, and about the same time Rochester University conferred on him the
degree of master of arts.
" In his address to the American Association for the Advancement of
Science, in this city, in 1855, Dr. B. A. Gould spoke truthfully of Dr. Armsby
when he said :
"And now I come to a name whose sympathetic influence calls up all the
generous feelings of the heart a name which I cannot lightly utter, for it
belongs to a man whom to know is to love, and to mention is to praise. It is
his whose agency is evident in all good works, whose thoughtfulness is con-
spicuous in all kindly action, to whom is in great part due the establishment
of many a noble institution in this city of his adoption and his love, forming
an imperishable monument of his public spirit ; Ms whose efforts were among
the most untiring in behalf of the university; Ms whose mild and gentle
persuasiveness, whose modest, retiring, disinterested zeal conferred on this
association a priceless boon; when, under the form of asking one, he per-
suaded it to disregard all precedents by returning, after the expiration of a
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single lustrum, and holding now for a second time its session in this great-
hearted capital. There is no need of saying that his name is James H.
Armsby. God bless him ! for he is blessing God's earth, and the world is
better that he lives in it."
The house now owned by John S. Burnap was built by
Lot Simpson, next owned by Henry Bright Harback, then
by James King, then by Daniel Harback, and occupied
by his son Captain Charles Harback. D. Harback deeded
it to John Burnap in 1821. Mr. B. bought on eleven acres
of Silas Armsby, making a farm of forty-three acres. Mr.
Burnap died here Feb. 2, 1864, aged seventy-six.
John S., the present owner, has much improved the place.
Some miners during the present year commenced sinking a
shaft here, hoping to find silver, but the enterprise has been
abandoned.
Joseph Woodbury first settled on the place now owned
by B. A. Whitcomb ; he was succeeded by Benjamin Wood-
bury, next Benjamin, jr. ; then his heirs sold to Rufus King,
he to Asa Hall, he to Otis Hall ; next owned by J. S. Bur-
nap, sold by him to Rev. Elijah Brigham, and occupied by
his son, Dr. John Brigham; sold by him to Bainbridge A.
Whitcomb of Providence, the present owner. Mr. W. has
recently built a fine mansion on the place, besides large
barns ; he has also moved and repaired the old house, now
occupied by his farmer, Mr. Cady. He has plowed and fer-
tilized nearly the entire farm.
On the place now owned by Newell Wedge, Deacon Per-
cival Hall settled his son Stephen, who moved from there to
where John Armsby now lives, in 1753. It was next owned
by Mr. Potter, then by Thomas Harback, then by Leland
and Brigham, blacksmiths. Jacob Brigham deeded it to
Joshua Armsby in 1795. The present house was built by
Joshua Armsby, jr., about 1824, the shop in 1835, and the
barn in 1839. Joshua Armsby, sen., was educated for the
ministry, but for some reason never engaged in the duties of
his profession ; but retired, lived and died on this beautiful
farm. His son Joshua was a carpenter and machinist. He
was for several years superintendent of the Wilkinsonville
factories ; was for three terms representative in the legisla-
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371
ture, and held various town offices. His son Joshua was
engaged in the manufacture of agricultural implements at
Worcester; where he accumulated a fortune, built several
blocks, and died much honored and lamented. One of his
daughters married Newell Wedge, a graduate of Amherst
College in the class of 1840. Mr. W. has taken a deep
interest in the education of the young, has taught a number
of years in town, been on school committee, and done much
RESIDENCE, OF NEWELL WEDGE.
to improve our schools. He has now retired upon this
attractive place, and is bringing his intelligence to bear in
the cultivation of the soil. His crops reveal the skill of
the hands at work, especially those of fruits and vegetables.
He has two daughters, Sarah E. and Mary A., well
educated and successful teachers.
The next place east, now owned by James Prentice, was
first setttled by John Day, who sold to Nathaniel Cheney,
372 HOMES OF THE
who set out the big elm in front of the house in 1775.
Nathaniel Cheney, jr., succeeded his father and lived there
until his death. The estate was sold to James Prentice in
1867.
Mr. Prentice was born in Scotland, but came to Button
and bought a place on the turnpike below Samuel Hall's, in
1835. Said house was built by Stephen Hall, son of Stephen,
son of Percival, and next owned by Lucas Chamberlain, then
by Edmund Day, who sold to Prentice. Mr. Prentice has a
remarkable family, all of whom attended school in the " old
stone,'" yet, strange as it may seem, none of them were born
in Sutton.
Professor George Prentice of Middlctown College, con-
sidered one of the ripest scholars in the country, was born in
Fisherville, Grafton. He graduated at Wilbraham, and
finished his education in Germany. His youngest sister,
Laura, has also been to Germany and France, attending
school six months in each place, and all by her own efforts.
She now teaches in the normal school at Westfield. Two of
his children were born in Millbury and two in Webster. To
memorize was the forte of the Prentice children. When the
Rev. J. W. Lee was preaching here, he offered as a prize
a nice bible to the Sabbath-school scholar who should commit
the most verses in the bible. So main" entered zealously
for the prize, but after the first recitation withdrew, because
they said Helen Prentice had learned the whole bible, and
only stopped her recitation when there was time to hear no
more. The wife of Professor Prentice fell over fifty feet
from the cliff of Purgatory, July 7, 1876, and so injured her
spine that she died in a few weeks At this place.*
Stephen Hall, son of Percival, built the house where John
Armsby now lives, in 1752. He was succeeded by his son
Stephen, and he by his son William, he by his son-in-law,
J. P. Stockwell, who sold to the present owner. It was in
the Hall family more than one hundred years. Mr. William
Hall was a millwright by trade, and a wealthy and worthy
citizen. *
* See sketch of Purgatory, in District No. 5.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 373
The present owner is a son of Joshua Armsby, already
mentioned.
On the place now owned by Reuben R. Dodge, Deacon
Percival Hall settled his grandson, James McClellan. He
was succeeded by his son, Deacon James McClellan, who
was succeeded by his son, Major John McClellan, who sold
to the present owner in 1865, and now lives in Grafton.
The McClellans were in possession of the place for more
than one hundred and ten years. Deacon James was a
large, good-natured man, and very successful in every
undertaking. He used to have an ashery on this place, and
made potash for the Boston market, which he himself carted.
He built the large house which was burned March 9, 1875.
His farm was one of the best in town. He owned much real
estate away from the home place. His son Major John was
also born here ; since he went to Grafton he has represented
that district in the legislature, and is a worthy and prominent
man in the town. Like his father, he has been deacon of
the Baptist church. It is said that he and his father both
made it a rule to give one hundred dollars a year for the
support of their church. They both had large families.
Mr. Reuben Rawson Dodge came into possession of the
place in 1865. In the spring of 1875 the old mansion was
destroyed by fire, and the present beautiful and commodious
house was built upon the same site. Mr. Dodge is an enthu-
siastic 'antiquarian, " and especially interested in family
genealogies and town histories." He has been for many
years a member of the New England Historical and Genealo-
gical Society, Boston. November 3, 1873, he was elected a
corresponding member of the State Historical Society of
Wisconsin.
Mr. Dodge's farm extends to Manilaus Hill. This hill
was the site where once stood one of the first houses built in
town. It was begun by Benoni Chase, who went there with
his axe and crowbar to make an opening in the then dense
forest.
He got lost and wandered about until he found the cabin
of a cousin in what is now Northbridge ; after that he went to
his work by marked trees. He soon sold out to his nephew,
374 HOMES or THE
Deacon Seth Chase, who was succeeded by his son, and then
by his son's son, Nathan Chase. It was next owned by
Benoni Wilmarth, then Benjamin Carlton, once a deputy
sheriff; then Jacob Dodge bought it and took the house
down in 1833. Standing upon this hill, Mr. Hall writes :
" When I arrived on this hill I was led to exclaim in the language of another,
" Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, of hills and dales, and
woods and lawns and spires." It presents some of the most enchanting scenery
to be found in the world.
From this hill you look down upon the beautiful valley of the Blackstone,
and in the distance view the hills of New Hampshire, Ehode Island and Con-
necticut, with the varying landscape that intervenes. All around in every
direction, to where the misty horizon limits the view, we behold the beauties of
nature and the improvements of art. Nor is distance necessary to give enchant-
ment to the prospect. The near-by well walled and well cultivated fields,
carpeted with living green, the fruits and flowers, the green pastures and the
lowing herds, all conspire to fill us with admiration for the fathers, who cleared
and cultivated them, as well as for every succeeding generation whose works
have followed them;
Then the many spires pointing heavenward, which we see from this stand-
point, are reminders of Him who giveth the increase, who maketh the sun
to shine and the rain to refresh the earth. Now, from this spot where the
hopeful Benoni wandered and was lost in the woods, we behold the march of
civilization and improvement. Where the red man and the wild beast
prowled in the days of yore, in deadly fear of each other, we see the white
man and Christian, with his domestic animals, living in peace and quiet.
Where the brakes and wild-briers once grew, we see the beautiful fields and
cultivated grasses ; the bog hoe succeeded by the mowing-machine, the tedder
and the horse-rake, while the nodding grain falls before the two-horse reaper
and is threshed and winnowed by a like power. If you stand here at high
noon, instead of the howling wolf you hear the steam whistles from Worces-
ter and the bells of a dozen factories in this vicinity, all screaming and ring-
ing to send five times ten thousand hungry toilers to dine around their well-
spread boards.
The first house west of Mr. Dodge's was built by Mr.
Kelley, and now owned by Mr. Hawkins of Worcester. It
has been occupied as a tenement house.
Whiting Fisher built the brick house now owned by Aaron
Day, about 1830. He sold to Jemima Hicks, she to Day,
son of Aaron, son of David. Mr. Day married a Cheney ;
he has no children.
Lucy Cheney moved the old school-house and commenced
the house now owned by Henry Stone. Salmon Campbell
bought and enlarged it. His son Ezra was the next owner
and sold to Edmund Day, who sold to Stone, present owner.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 375
Mr. Day has had two wives and two daughters. Mr. Stone
has set out fruit trees and improved the place. He and Mr.
Going, his son-in-law, have made a specialty of raising
early vegetables.
There used to be a house nearly opposite Aaron Day's,
built by Daniel Day. His wife had three children at one
birth, viz. : Moses. Aaron and Miriam. The two boys lived
and had families. Miriam died single when about twenty
RESIDENCE OF DEA. AMOf< BATCHELLEK .
years of age. His daughter Lydia was the mother of Sal-
mon Campbell. Polly married Ezra Batcheller, who went
to North Brookfield and was the father of the noted boot
and shoe manufacturer, who did so much toward building
up that beautiful town. Daniel Day was succeeded by his
son Aaron, who had a large family, among them one pair of
twins; Sylvester and Sylvanus Newton, now living on the
" old common" in Millbury. Moses Day was the father of
Daniel, late of Northbridge. Moses went to Vermont.
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HOMES OF THE
The house now owned by Amos Batcheller was started
from a shop moved from Leland Hill by Daniel Brown about
1830. Brown married a daughter of Amos Batcheller,
who was grandfather of the present Amos, and had two
daughters born here. The eldest daughter married a Dav
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of Dayville, Connecticut, son of the man from whom the
village was named.
o
At the birth of the second daughter
the mother died, and Mrs. Stephen Putnam took the child
THE HOUSE BUILT BY CAPT. ABRAHAM BATCHELLER,
NOW OWNED BY REUBEN LINCOLN.
to keep for a few days, but became so much attached to her
they finally adopted her. So Sarah Brown was brought up
and educated by Deacon Stephen Putnam. She married a
Mr. Greenleaf and now lives in Boston. Charles Ide Dean
was the next owner, then Rice, then Charles E. Taylor, who
married Dean's daughter. Dean was a blacksmith. Taylor
made sleighs; he sold to Batcheller, the present owner.
TOWN OF BUTTON.
377
Mr. B. married Julia M. Taylor, daughter of Benjamin, son
of Samuel, Esq., and has two daughters. He has much
improved the house and grounds.
The next house on the corner was the old Batcheller
homestead, built by Abraham Batcheller, all of whose
children were born here. He was succeeded by his son,
Benjamin, whose children were also born here. Deacon
John Leland, Avho married his daughter, Betsey, once had a
RESIDENCE OF AMOS B. STOCK WELL.
deed of it. Then Ezra Campbell, then Judson Day, son of
Aaron, son of Daniel ; next Oliver Adams, who sold to
present owner, Mr. Reuben Lincoln.
The Batchellers were a race of large, strongmen, and were
good citizens. B. L. Batcheller was born here. He is the
present town clerk, has held many other offices in town, and
represented it in the legislature. He is now on the committee
of publication of this history, and its most efficient member.
The house now owned and occupied by Amos B. Stockwell
was built by Benjamin Batcheller, then traded to his brother
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378 HOMES OF THE
Amos for his share of the old homestead. Amos Batcheller
lived here until his death. One of his daughters married
Tyler Stockwell and was the mother of Amos, the present
owner. He married Catharine Hall, a niece of Mrs.
Batcheller, and daughter of William Hall, son of Stephen,
son of Stephen, son of Percival. Her sister Maria lives
here. Mr. Stockwell has been one of the assessors. He
has a fine family of children.
The next house was built by Elhanan Batcheller in 1835.
It was burned in April 1874. Elhanan, son of Amos, son
of Abraham, was born Sept. 6, 1799, and died in this house,
Nov. 17, 1866. He married Lucinda Hicks, and had two
sons, Amos and Harrison J., who occupied the house
after the death of his father. He now lives in Upton.
Elhanan Batcheller gave much attention to the cultivation of
fruit, and perhaps grafted more trees than any man in town.
Abraham Batcheller built the house which was owned and
occupied many years by the late Abel Ellis. He served as
chorister in the first Congregational church for several years.
Some of his descendants have been quite distinguished for
their musical talents, especially the Lelands. One of his
daughters married Oliver Leland, one Royal Pennimau, who
built the new house on the place now owned by Dr. John
Brigham, who was born in Fitchburg, Mass., March 11,
1835. He went to Wisconsin, where he married Betsey A.
Jelleff in 1856 ; practiced medicine there for several years
before he came to Sutton. All his children were born in
Wisconsin. This farm was much improved by Mr. Penni-
man and his sons, and has many valuable fruit trees, which
were set out by them. The old house has been taken down.
The house where Asa Lincoln now lives was built by
Simon Elliot about 1846. Jacob Dodge owned it next, then
his daughter Sarah. Lincoln bought it of her heirs ; He
married an Elliot and has one son.
Mrs. Redfield, the mother of Dr. Redfield of Providence,
lived here several years with her daughter Ellen.
Salmon Campbell built the house now owned by Dexter
Lowe ; it was next owned by Daniel Fisher, then by Monroe
TOWN OF BUTTON . 379
Wheelock, then by Widow Fisher, then by Amos Aldrich,
and now by Lowe. Harrison Chamberlain once lived here,
and also Mr. Redfield.
The next house was built by Ezra Batcheller, son of Abra-
ham. He went to North Brookfield. It was next owned by
Caleb Hicks, then by Benjamin Taft, then by Mr. Larned,
then by Judson Day, son of Aaron, who sold to Timothy
Lincoln in 1837 ; he came from Newton ; married a daughter
of Daniel Leonard. It is now owned by his son, Reuben
Lincoln, but is not occupied.
There was a house not far from this place where Mr. Wm.
Dean and his son Alpheus used to live. Alpheus Dean
married an Ide, sister to Dr. Ide of Webster. Charles I.
Dean, already mentioned, was their son. The house has
been down several years ; the site belongs to Fayette Armsby .
Zachariah Hicks first settled where Hiram now lives, and
built a part of the house. It was next owned by his sons,
Joseph and David. David sold his part to Felix Brown.
That part was next owned by Simeon Batcheller, jr. It is
now all owned by Mr. Hiram Hicks, who has improved and
enlarged the house.
The next house was built by Daniel Scannel. Elliot and
Campbell next owned it. Scannel took it back and sold to
Joseph Bancroft ; now owned by Tolman of Worcester. It
is unoccupied.
The place now owned by Joseph Bancroft was first settled
by Solomon Hicks. John Pierce was the next owner, and
built the present house. It was next owned by his son
Jonathan, who married a Beaman and went to West Boylston,
where he died, leaving a family and a handsome estate.
John Pierce had twelve children, all born here, six sons and
six daughters. John Walter was a Congregational clergyman,
a sketch of whom follows the history of this place.
William, the only surviving member, is a wealthy manu-
facturer, now living in Leicester. He married a Dickinson ;
her father had five wives. It was next owned by Barnabas
F. Howell, then by Cornelius Duggan, grandfather of Mr.
C. W. Duggan, who represented this district in the legislature
of 1875. Next owned and occupied by Mr. Ellis Burt, who
380 HOMES OF THE
died here. The next owner was P. Dwight King, the next
Campbell, then Daniel Scannel, who sold to Joseph Bancroft,
the present owner.
Rev. John W. Pierce died at Highgate, Vermont, March 2, 1872, aged sixty
years. He was a native of Button, Mass. ; a son of John and Lucy Pierce.
He became a Christian while young, under the ministry of Rev. John Maltby.
It was through Mr. Maltby's influence that he was induced to commence
study for the ministry. He graduated from Bangor seminary in 1840.
He commenced his work as a minister in the service of the A. H. M.
Society at Hudson, Michigan, where he labored with fidelity and success two
or three years; when the climate being deemed unfavorable to his family, he '
removed to Harpersville, N. Y. After a short ministry there his own health
gave way, and he was obliged for a season to suspend ministerial labor.
For some time he was engaged in a secular agency, but at length his health
was so far recovered that he resumed the duties of his chosen calling with the
Congregational church at East Westminster, Vermont, in 1851. In 1853 he
accepted an invitation to Jericho, Vermont, where he remained four years.
During his ministry here a precious revival was enjoyed. He next removed
to Highgate, Vermont, for one year, and then to St. Alban's Bay, where he
had labored but a few months when the health of his family required him to
seek a home upon the sea-coast. Accordingly, in 1859, he removed to Tre-
mont, Mount Desert Island, Maine; where, after a ministry of five years, his
own health failed, so that he was again obliged to suspend preaching. From
Mount Desert he removed to Clinton, where he lived four years, preaching
only occasionally. Though to be laid aside from the ministry was to him a
severe trial, yet as he would not be idle he again engaged in secular business ;
but with less satisfaction than success. He had acquired some property, and
having previously purchased a house in Highgate, Vermont, in March 1868
he removed his family there.
His health had for some time seemed to be improving; and in January 1871
his physician pronounced his lungs well, and judged that he might with
safety resume the duties of the ministry. Rejoicing at the thought, he made an
engagement with the church at West Townsend, where he preached a few Sab-
baths and left for Highgate, intending soon to return, and if suitable arrange-
ments could be made to remove his family thither. He reached his home at
Highgate quite ill, from the effects, as he supposed, of a severe cold. He was
confident that he should soon recover, but alas ! his work as a minister was
done. Consumption had taken fast hold upon him. Alternating periods of
comparative comfort with days and nights of weakness and suffering meas-
ured out a year or more, when his spirit was released and he entered upon his
reward.*
John Hicks came from Cambridge about 1743, and built
a house nearly opposite the Anderson house. The place
was next owned by his son, Deacon Benjamin Hicks, who
built the present house. He had five daughters, all born
here. One married Job Sibley, one married Amos Pierce,
one married Archelaus Putnam, one married Samuel Taylor,
* Furnished by Miss Fannie Pierce, Suttou.
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Esq., and one married Simeon Hathaway, jr. The place
was next owned by Elhanan Batcheller, whose son Amos
was born here ; next owned by Barnabas F. Ho well, next
by Moses Bigelow, then by Leonard and James Dudley,
who sold to James Anderson ; next owned by his son
Edward. The Rev. Daniel G. Anderson, rector of the
church at Great Barrington, to whom reference is made
below, was born in this house. Edward Anderson enlisted
in the late war in the fifteenth regiment Massachusetts
volunteers, and was an intrepid soldier. He says he was a
coward, because he was afraid to stay at home when his
country called, and that he durst not run when under fire.
The place was next owned by Bowker, now by Joseph
Shambeau, who is repairing the house.
One young man who lived in this district, and attended
school several seasons, is now the celebrated Dr. Redfield of
Providence, Rhode Island. It is also said that Jesse
Lincoln, son of Timothy, now living in Providence, has
obtained some credit as an inventor, having secured some
valuable patents.
Kev. Daniel G. Anderson was born in Sutton, May 9, 1840 ; was educated
in the school of district number nine, until sixteen years of age. He entered
Kenyon College, Ohio, in the class of 1864. Left college in 1862 to enlist in
the ninety-sixth regiment, O. V. I., and served for three years, being dis-
charged as first sergeant, June 28, 1865. He graduated from the Philadelphia
Divinity School in 1868. Was ordained the 26th of May 1868, and at once
took charge of the parish of St. John's church, Ashton, Khode Island. He
remained at St. John's, Ashton, Rhode Island, and St. Bartholomew's, Crans-
ton, until November 1874, when he removed to Troy, N. Y., and became
rector of St. Luke's church.
In February 1876 he received a call to St. John's church, Great Barrington,
and Trinity Church, Van Deusenville, where he still remains as rector.
Mr. Anderson has been, and is, successful in his calling. In 1872 he mar-
ried Miss Martha McDonald of Providence, Rhode Island.
SLOCOMB DISTRICT, No. 10.
The first house east of Reuben Dodge's was built by
Ebenezer R. Dodge about 1850. It is now owned by R.
Gamage.
Mr. Gamage discovered, or thought he had discovered,
silver ore on his place, and hoped to open a valuable mine,
and is hoping still.
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The next house was the Benoni or Seth Chase place,
already described in connection with the R. R. Dodge place.
One of the Chases was a comb-maker, and some of the horn-
piths remain there now.
The house now standing near this site was built by John
C. Ford about 1857. He sold to Andre wBoyce, the present
owner. Mr. Boyce had a soap manufactory here, which was
burned in 1876.
The house recently taken down by Robert McFarland was
built by Benoni Chase, next owned by John Goodale, then
by Moses Marsh, then by Captain Samuel Bigelow, next by
Captain R. F. Fosdick, then by McFarland. Captain Bige-
low carried on the shoe business here for several years quite
extensively.
The next house, now owned by Robert McFarland, was
built by Captain Samuel Bigelow about the year 1830, and
sold to Captain R. F. Fosdick, who was engaged in the milk
trade for several years, running a car to Providence daily.
He was one of the overseers of the poor several years. At
a town meeting after his death, resolutions of respect and
condolence were introduced by Mr. Hartwell, and passed by
the unanimous vote of the town. He was stricken with a
paralysis while gathering some berries. He left a wife, but
no children. A young lady who had bestowed much aflec-
tion upon him, came forward after his death with a will
which he had given her, hoping to be his heir ; but a later
will made no provision for her. After the death of Captain
Fosdick the estate was sold to the present owner.
The house now owned and occupied by John Harkuess
was built by Solomon Leland, Esq. He was succeeded by
his son, Deacon Jonathan Leland, whose interesting family
were born here. After the death of Deacon Leland the
estate was owned and occupied by his son Horace Leland,
Esq., who was one of the prominent men of the town, and
highly respected by all who knew him. He never married,
but remained here, having a happy home with his sisters,
some of whom remained single. Deacon Leland spent much
time collecting materials for a history of Suttou. He was
particularly interested in the genealogy of the old families.
TOWN OF BUTTON. 383
He was very particular and precise in all his doings, and was
thought by many to be the great man of the town. He was
one of the assessors and collector and treasurer for several
years. He also represented the town in the legislature.
Moses Leland, father of Solomon, built the old house
that stood on the site now owned by Mr. Pope. It was
next owned by Timothy Leland, then by his son David ;
after whose death the old house was taken down by his heirs
and a new one built in 1843. It was next owned by Joseph
Daniels, then by Henry Brigham, then by Esek Saunders,
then by W. B. Holton, then by F. Ballon, now by J. Pope.
David Leland was a man of much public spirit, and gave for a public
burying-ground the lot now known as the Leland cemetery, in which his
remains were buried. But, strange to say, no monument marks his grave.
He left a handsome property, and we understand that the heirs, some of them
at least, contributed liberally for a monument; but through the neglect of the
executor of the will it was never erected. And that unmarked grave remains,
an illustration of the frequent forgetfulness of obligation on the part of
those who owe the most to the dead. It will undoubtedly so remain, unless
they who through his generosity are furnished with a burial-place free of cost
to themselves shall show their appreciation of his gift by honoring his grave.
The house now owned by Robert McFarland and occupied
by Mr. Kennedy, was built by Ebenezer Fletcher ; next
owned by John Goodale, next by Emerson Hall, then by
Noah White, next by Capt. Samuel Bigelow ; then owned
and occupied several years by Dan Richardson, then back to
Bigelow, then to Fosdick, then to present owner.
Emerson Hall, son of Stephen, son of Percival, married
Tabitha Fletcher and had Tabitha and Lydia (twins) , then
Eleazer, Ebenezer and Lucy. He went to Boscawen, N. H.
Simeon Hathaway lived in this house when the chimney and
roof were blown olf by the great September gale.
There once existed in this vicinity a sect known as the " Live for Evers."
They were peculiar in their views, believing that, like Adam, every man had a
wife made from one of his own ribs, and that there was danger of trouble if
he did not get the right rib. Some of the women belonging to this order
thought they were misplaced. Mrs. Fletcher was one of them, and also her
sister, who married a Miner. The latter, it is said, left her husband, who
went after her and had hard work to get her back. They carried the idea of
being misplaced so far as to misplace themselves in their own beds, putting
the pillow for the man at one end of the bed, and that for the woman at the
other. Like some of the Spiritualists of the present day, they were dissatis-
fied with their companions and sought for their affinities. It seems they held
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evening meetings to discuss and adjust their difficulties. Mr. Fletcher came
home one rainy night and found them holding a meeting at his house ; and, not
heing in favor of their views, ordered them out, but on account of the rain they
refused to go. So being enraged, he said : " If you fear rain more than fire you
can stay," at the same time seizing the peel, he drove it into the fire and began
scattering hot embers and fire coals around the room and among the crowd until
they dispersed, then he put out the fire and went to bed. A few days after he
went to Grafton with his steers and tip-cart, but never returned, as he was
found dead in the road, and it was supposed that he was murdered by the
" Live for Evers." They thought if one seemed to be dead, faith accompa-
nied by certain manipulations by the faithful would restore him to life. That
part of their faith gave them their name. No record is found of the death
of Fletcher. The only proximate date is the marriage of his widow, Mrs.
Lucy Fletcher, with John Goodale, Dec. 12, 1781.
The house now owned by Joel Knapp, Esq., was built by
Jacob Dodge about the year 1806 : then owned by Timothy
Johnson, blacksmith, then by John Goodale, who sold it to
present owner in 1829. Mr. Knapp has enlarged and
improved the house and land ; he has also built two tenement
houses near by, which he now owns. One was built in
1843, the other in 1871. He used to carry on the shoe
business here, etc. He has also a large real estate interest
in Worcester.
The house now occupied by James Thurber was built by
William Slocomb, jr., next owned by his brother Pliny;
then sold by his heirs to Dr. Copp, and by him to the
present owner.
Mr. William Slocomb went from here to Marietta, Ohio,
where he accumulated a large property, and was a leading
man in that city.
Pliny Slocomb was one of the assessors in this town. He was a Freemason,
belonged to the Sutton Lyceum and was skillful in debate. He was an artist,
an ornamental painter, and one of the fastest workmen to be found. His
sleighs, chairs, cradles, settees, etc., were much sought after for their fanciful
ornamentation. One of his sons too was an artist, and painted a panorama,
with which he traveled. Mr. Slocomb gave some attention to fruit growing,
and made choice wines, on which he realized handsome profits. His second
wife survives him. Her mother, Mrs. Corson, is also living, and the oldest
person in town, being nearly ninety-five, and quite active and intelligent.
The house now owned and occupied by Charles H. Searles
was built by William Slocomb, jr., for Noah White, and
next owned by George Searles, who sold to Jesse Jackson
in 1830 ; now owned by Searles, who married his daughter.
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Mr. Searles has been a teacher, and also on the school com-
mittee. He has been one of the assessors, and likewise a
deacon of the Congregational church in Saundersville.
The place now owned and occupied by Augustus Adams
was first settled by Samuel Miner, next owned by Abner
Batcheller, next by Joseph Dudley, next by Allen Cum-
mings, next by Joshua Slocomb, next by Welcome Adams,
now by his sou. Welcome Adams married Sally Dudley,
daughter of Capt John.
Mr. William Slocoinb came from Franklin about 1778, and
bought the place where Erastus Slocomb now lives of Thomas
Leland. All Mr. Slocomb's children were born here ; he
was succeeded by his son Horatio, who had a large family,
all born here. William Slocomb, jr.. went to Marietta,
Ohio ; he was for several years a teacher, and compiled and
published an arithmetic. He was a man of property and
distinction in Ohio. Capt. John W. Slocomb was one of
the most successful business men in Worcester county. He
manufactured boots of such a quality that they would sell,
Avhere known, even in hard times. No sham was allowed in
his shop. He was much esteemed by all who knew him.
One of Horatio's sons, Albert, entered college at Marietta
and graduated at Amherst ; after which he spent two years
in Germany in travel and study. He was a paymaster for a
year or so at Camp Nelson, Kentucky, where he afterward
established himself as a broker, buying government claims,
and accumulating quite a fortune. After the war he went
south, where he married and now resides.
One of the daughters married Dr. William Terry, and now
lives in Ansonia, Conn. ; they have a large family. Another
daughter married Rev. Mr. Frisby ; one married Sylvester
Morse and had several children ; she died in Minnesota.
Mr. Horatio Slocomb was a painter, and gave much attention
to fruit and flowers.
The house now owned and occupied by Eli Sprague was
built by Jacob Dodge for Benjamin White, in 1795. Mr.
White was a soldier in the Avar of 1812. Mr. Dodge sold to
present owner in 1840. Mr. Sprague is a relative of Gen.
Sprague and of Homer B. Sprague.
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The house now owned and occupied by H. Linton was
built by James Foster, next owned by James Carlton.
Everybody knew " Jimmy." He was at times quite a wit.
It was next owned by Gardner H. Dodge, then by N. Remick,
who sold to present owner.
The next house was built by Josiah Dodge, in 1796.
All his children were born here. He was succeeded by his
son John, and all his children were born here. The place is
now owned by Edwin, son of John Dodge, and occupied by
his sister, Miss Abbie Dodge. John Dodge's wife was an
Elliot, daughter of Aaron Elliot, jr.
Dudley Chase built the house now owned and occupied by
Gardner H. Dodge. It was next owned by Richard Hubbard
Dodge, then by his son, Jacob Dodge, whose large and
respectable family were all born here. Dudley Chase lived on
this place ten years previously to 1755. He was the ances-
tor of Rt. Rev. Philander Chase, bishop of Ohio and Illinois ;
also of Hon. S. P. Chase of Ohio, too well known to need
further mention here. Dudley Chase afterward went to
Cornish, New Hampshire. Jacob Dodge, who was an enter-
prising man, built several houses and was a large landholder.
Gardner has much improved the place, built the large barn,
etc. He makes carriages and threshing machines. When
threshing machines were first introduced here, Mr. Dodge
himself run one, assisted by an industrious and intelligent
boy, now Judge Calvin E. Pratt of New York.
The house now owned and occupied by W. W. Phillips,
was built by Moses Leland about 1780; next owned by
Abner Batcheller. Capt. John Marble bought it and sold to
Moses Batcheller, father of Mrs. Phillips, wife of the present
owner. Mr. Moses Batcheller was known as one of the best
temperers of steel in this region. He tempered scythes for
a large firm in Rhode Island for several years, and their
scythes were sought after far and near for their excellent
cutting qualities. Mr. Phillips has been quite a traveler,
and lived several years in South America.
The place now occupied by Mrs. Miranda Peirce, Mr.
Jonathan .Peirce bought of a Mr. Leland ; it was next owned
by his son Amos, then by his sou, Lewis Peirce, now by his
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heirs. Mr. Ezekiel Peirce, who taught school in this district
and elsewhere, was born here ; he finally settled in West
Boylston, where he had one of the best farms in that town.
He had some of the choicest fruit in the county. His
daughter married Dr. Merrifield, now living in that town.
Mr. John G. Law sends from Brooklyn, New York, the
following facts concerning Judge Pratt :
Calvin E. Pratt was born in Princeton, Worcester county, January 23, 1828.
His father's name was Edward Pratt, son of Joseph Pratt of Shrewsbury ; his
mother's name was Mariana Stratton, daughter of Deacon Samuel Stratton of
Princeton. His father moved from Shrewsbury in 1836 to the easterly part of
Sutton, where he continued to reside until about 1851, when he removed to
Princeton.
Calvin attended school in what was known as the Slocomb district until he
was fifteen years of age, when he was sent to Wilbraham academy, and after-
wards to the Baptist high school at Worcester, where he fitted for college.
In the spring of 1849 he commenced the study of law with Judge Henry
Chapin of Worcester, with whom he remained until his admission to the bar
in 1862. At the establishment of the police court at Worcester, he was
appointed clerk, which office he held for about one year. During the time
from his admission to the bar until May 1859, he was engaged in a large law
practice in Worcester, and took an active part in politics and military matters.
He was a member of the Democratic state central committee for some years,
and served actively upon the various local committees, and upon the stump
during all the political campaigns.
He enlisted in the Worcester Light Infantry as a private, and was appointed
orderly sergeant and second lieutenant. He afterwards was elected major of
the tenth regiment Massachusetts militia, in which capacity he served for
several years. In May 1859 he removed to New York and formed a co-partner-
ship with Levi A. Fuller for the practice of law. In April 1861 he commenced
to organize a regiment for the war, which was afterwards numbered thirty-first
New York volunteers, and of which he was made colonel. With this regiment
he went to Washington in June 1861, and was assigned to duty at once in the
army commanded by Gen. McDowell, and took part in the first battle of Bull
Run.
Afterwards he was assigned to duty in the army of the Potomac, and took
an active part in the Peninsular campaign until the 27th of June 1862, when
he was severely wounded in the battle of Games' Mills.
Having partially recovered from the wound, he returned in season to take
part in the Maryland campaign, which ended with the battle of Antietam on
the 18th day of September 1862.
On the tenth of September of that same year he was promoted to the rank
of Brigadier General for "Meritorious service in the field," and assigned to
succeed General Hancock in command of a brigade in the second division of
the sixth army corps.
He remained in command of this brigade and took part in the operations of
that corps until after the battle of Fredericksburg. During the winter of
1863 he was assigned to command the light infantry of the sixth corps, and
there continued until the battle of Chancellorsville, when he resigned and
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was honorably discharged. Immediately upon returning to New_JTork he
commenced the practice of law in copartnership with the late Grenville T.
Jenks; afterwards was in partnership with Judge Emmot and J. M. Van
Cott, and again with General P. S. Crooke and John H. Bergen, Esq. In
the fall of 1869 he was nominated by both political parties as a candidate for
judge of the supreme court, and was elected and took his seat on the first of
January 1870, which position he still holds. In addition to the offices before
stated, Judge Pratt was appointed collector of internal revenue in the fall of
1866, by President Johnson, which office he held until March of the follow-
ing year.
Although Judge Pratt was not born in Sutton, and the
house where his father lived fifteen years has since been set
off to Northbridge, some of his old schoolmates desire to
have the above inserted in the Sutton history, to remind
them of the happy days of " Auld Lang Syne."
HARBACK DISTRICT, No. 11.
The Buruap farm is situated on the road from Bramau-
ville, Millbury, to the school-house in district number eleven.
It is the most northern farm upon said road, and a small
part of it lies on the Millbury line.
It was first settled by Ebenezer Burnap about 1770. Mr.
Burnap first located on Burnap Hill (now called Boltou Hill)
about 1750, where he lived twenty years upon land that was
first occupied by the Indians for growing Indian corn ; then
removed to what is now known as the old Burnap place,
which is about one hundred fifty rods north-east from where
the first house stood ; on which place he spent the remnant
of his days.
He purchased the old farm in small parcels, and at sundry
times, just as he had means. He had a family of eleven
children. The old house that he built in 1770 stood in what
is now the garden. It was about equidistant from the
present house and the old barn ; and was accidentally burned
about 1833. The old barn, which was a small one of thirty
by forty feet, has received an addition of twenty-two by
thirty feet, and is still standing ; the only relic of olden time
now upon the farm.
After the death of Mr. Buruap and his wife the farm came
into the possession of his son Timothy, who occupied it for
some time. He and his son Timothy built the present
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house in the year 1815, and it was occupied by them until
the death of Timothy in 1828. Timothy, jr., then took the
farm in his charge, and in 1830 his brother Elijah bought an
interest, and they occupied it jointly until the death of
Timothy in 1858, after which Elijah became the sole ewner.
He sold to Andrew B. Gartield, and by him it was sold to
Miss Mary E. Henry, who now occupies it with C. C. Hall,
who married a great-grand-daughter of Timothy Burnap,
sen. The old farm now contains but fifty-two acres of land.
Timothy Burnap, jr., served the town as representative
in the legislature one year.
The Thomas B. Woodbury farm is situated south of the
Burnap farm. It was originally owned by Dr. Elias Haydeu,
who came to Sutton from Hopkinton. He had two sons and
two daughters. Both sons were in the war of the revolu-
tion. His son Joel served during the whole war or nearly
the whole, and was in many important battles in that part
of the army under the immediate command of General
Washington.
Doctor Hayden occupied the farm until his death, when it
came into the possession of his son Asa, who owned it until
his death, when it was divided, and his widow received two-
thirds, which part was known as the Joel Hayden farm.
This Joel was the son of Asa and Anna Hayden ; the farm
came into the possession of Joel through his mother's right
of dower. He occupied it until his death. After the death
of Asa Hayden two-thirds of the original farm was pur-
chased by Mr. John Woodbury (father of Thomas B. Wood-
bury) who for many years carried on the wheelwright busi-
ness. Previously to his death he settled up his affairs and
arranged with his son, T. B. Woodbury, to assist him
through life.
A few years after the death of Joel his widow sold her
place to Thomas B. Woodbury, who now owns the whole
estate of Elias Hayden. Mr. W r oodbury occupies the whole
house upon the original site where Dr. Hayden first built
his house ; that house was burned by Dr. Hay den's wife,
she being insane at the time. The present house was built
by charitable contributions and the assistance of neighbors
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and townsmen. That part of the estate known as the Joel
Haydeii farm is now occupied by J. Francis Woodbury, son
of T. B. Woodbury.
The place occupied by James W. Barnes is next the T. B.
Woodbury place, and was originally a part of the Freegrace
Marble farm, and was occupied by Andrew Marble. The
old house was the one built by Ebenezer Burnap upon
Burnap Hill and moved upon the site of the present house.
It was for along time owned and occupied by Mr. Marble,
passing from him into the hands of Ezra Marble, who sold to
Mr. John Hall, at whose death it became the property of
Mr. Barnes. A part of the old Burnap house is still stand-
ing and used as an ell to the house. The old house was built
about the year 1750, and is the oldest building in this part
of the town. There used to be many years ago an old
wigwam just west of this farm, where the Indians lived for
many generations, cultivated the fields and chased the deer
until the last one passed away to the happy hunting-grounds
of the Great Spirit.
Austin Leland, son of Oliver and Silence Leland, owns
and occupies a portion of the farm, which was divided
between his two sons, Malachi and Enoch, Malachi keeping
that part upon which his father had lived and died.
He occupied it until his death, after which it came into
the possession of his heirs and was divided among his chil-
dren ; this part became the property of his son Ezra, who
sold it to his brother, Simeon Marble, Ezra being the
administrator of his father's estate.
Simeon Marble sold the property to Oliver Leland, who
occupied it for many years, and then sold it to his son Reuben,
who occupied it for a time, and then sold it to his brother
Austin, who now occupies it.
The present house was built by Malachi Marble about
ninety years ago. The house in which Freegrace Marble
lived and died was situated on the opposite side of the road,
west of the house as it now stands.
Freegrace Marble purchased of the town at auction the old
building that was, in the early settlement of the town,
situated between the house occupied by H. D. Bond and the
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Congregational church, and was built as a defense against
the Indians. This building was moved to a spot about forty
or fifty feet south-west from the house now owned by Austin
Leland, where it was used for religious meetings and other
public purposes. It was taken down a few years since by
Mr. Leland. Mr. Joseph Hathaway used it for a time as
a machine shop, driving the machinery by horse power, using
the old-fashioned tread-wheel. Here Mr. Hathaway made
shuttles in the beginning of his business, for which in after
years he was so justly famous. He removed from here to
Millbury, where he invented a machine for the manufacture
of wooden screws, which worked so successfully that it
would finish sixty per minute. He again moved and located
upon the site now occupied by Ezra Marble in the manufac-
ture of shuttles. (See manufacturing.)
There was also a distillery situated upon the above farm,
on the brook that passes from the Sibley reservoir to Marble's
pond, about thirty rods below the road. It was used only
one year, for the manufacture of cider brandy.
There is a private cemetery on this farm, upon the hill
north of the house. It was located by the original proprietor,
Freegrace Marble. He and several of his descendants were
buried here.
The Ezra Marble place is a portion of the Freegrace
Marble estate, and also of Malachi Marble, who owned and
occupied it until his death, when the farm was divided and
the children received their portion in land. This part came
into the possession of Ezra, and after many years the chil-
dren built the present cottage for their father and mother, in
the year 1855 or 1856, where both have since died. Mr.
Ezra P. Marble now resides upon the place. He is about
seventy years of age. Mr. Marble is great-grandson of
Freegrace.
The Simeon T. Stockwell place was first settled by Capt.
Reuben Sibley, but it is not now known when he first located
upon the farm. He lived and died here, and was succeeded
by his son, Capt. Nathaniel Sibley, who also lived and died
here, and was succeeded by his son Reuben, who occupied
it until his death, which was caused by being thrown from
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his sleigh in a collision with the cars at the station in
Oxford, during a blinding snowstorm. After his death it
came into possession of his brother, Sylvester Sibley, who
occupied it until his death, when it was sold to Mr. Simeon
T. Stockwell, the present owner and occupant. It was here
that Capt. Caleb Sibley was born and lived until he entered
the military academy at West Point, where he graduated
and immediately joined the United States army and continued
in the service until his death.
HON. SOLOMON SIBLEY.
Solomon Sibley was born in the town of Sutton, in the house where Simeon
T. Stockwell lives, in 1769, and died in Detroit, Michigan, April 4, 1846. One
of his brothers, Nathaniel, lived to a somewhat advanced age on the old home-
stead in Sutton, leaving several sous and one daughter at his death. One of
his sons, Caleb Sibley, entered the army from West Point in 1828, and remained
in the service until he departed this life in Chicago, Illinois, some years since.
He won a high reputation as a high-toned, conscientious and able officer, and
rose by promotion to the rank of brevet brigadier general. His widow and a
number of sons and daughters survive him.
Solomon Sibley studied law under William Hastings, a distinguished member
of the legal profession in Boston, and after the completion of his education, he
emigrated in or about the year 1795, to Marietta, Ohio, but subsequently went
to Cincinnati, where he formed a law-partnership with his intimate friend,
Judge Burnet. Thence he removed to Detroit, and in 1798-9 he was elected
and served as a member of the first legislative assembly of the north-west
territory, which met at Chillicothe, Ohio. Judge Burnet was one of his fellow
members, and he says of Mr. Sibley in the records of the historical society of
Ohio, that "he was one of the most talented men in the House. He possessed
a sound mind, improved by a liberal education, and a stability and firmness of
character which commanded general respect, and seemed to have the confi-
dence and esteem of his fellow members." The history of Michigan shows
that for more than fifty years Judge Sibley was one of the most public-spirited,
prominent and able of the citizens of that commonwealth. He occupied many
positions of trust and high responsibility, having been delegate to Congress,
United States attorney, and for many years judge of the supreme court of
the territory, in all of which positions he commanded universal confidence and
respect.
Hon. George C. Bates, in one of his newspaper articles on the "Bye-Gones
of Detroit," thus speaks of Mr. Sibley as he appeared upon the bench of the
supreme court, its chief justice :
" Judge Sibley was quite short, very stout, very deaf, a most venerable,
plodding, slow and careful judge, listening very patiently, studying very care-
fully, and deciding after the most mature deliberation. His long, gray hair,
large, projecting eyebrows, and heavy set jaws, gave him very much the air of
Chief Justice Shaw of Massachusetts, whom Choate compared to the native's
view of their Indian God: 'He feels that he is ugly, but he knows that he is
great,' while in his manner, gait, dress and address, there was a quiet dignity,
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a calm, deliberate action, which bespoke the judge always and everywhere.
No man would have slapped him on the shoulder any more than he would
Washington, and while he was not exacting or arbitrary, any lawyer who had
to address him would involuntarily take his feet from the table, his hand from
his pocket, eject his quid of tobacco, and address him as ' Your Honor.' "
"Our present chief justice; whose upward march on the judicial ladder has
been so steady, so brilliant, so wonderful ; whose untiring industry, intense
application and persistent study, have made him in early life the Joseph Story
of the west, may well follow through all his future career the good example
and sterling virtues of Chief Justice Sibley."
In October 1804 he was united in marriage to Sarah Whipple Sproat, daugh-
ter of Colonel Ebenezer Sproat, a gallant officer of the Continentals during the
revolutionary war, and granddaughter of Commodore Abraham Whipple of
the federal navy, who fired the first hostile gun at the British, and who
became noted for deeds of successful and desperate daring on the ocean. After
the war. Commodore Whipple and Colonel Sproat having retired from the
service, removed, together with their families, to Marietta, at the mouth of
the Muskinguui, on the Ohio river, and settled permanently there. The nauti-
cal tastes of the old veteran were not extinguished by his inland residence, for
he was placed in command of the first square-rigged sail-vessel that ever de-
scended the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to the Gulf, a feat which he successfully
accomplished, passing the falls of the Ohio without accident, and making the
voyage to Havana in safety, where the cargo of flour and other stores was
profitably disposed of. Mrs. Sibley died in Detroit in 1851 much lamented.
There were born to Solomon and Sarah Sibley uine"children, four sons and
five daughters. One of the latter died in infancy, and two others, Mary and
Augusta, a year or two after their marriage. Four sons and two daughters
are still living.
The eldest of the family, Ebenezer Sproat, graduated with honor at West
Point, at the head of his class. He entered the army, and after a few years
service as an officer in the line, was transferred to the United States quarter-
master's department, in which he remained for more than a quarter of a cen-
tury, rising gradually in rank until he attained that of colonel. He was so
accomplished and valuable as an officer that he was stationed at headquarters
in Washington City for many years, performing mainly the duties of a quar-
termaster general through the war of the rebellion, until excessive labor
broke down his fine physique, and he was compelled to tender his resignation,
after thirty years continuous service. He was chief quartermaster of General
Taylor during the Mexican campaign, and was complimented in general
orders by that commander for his ability and efficiency. He retired from the
army with the warm attachment and respect, not only of the officers of his
own corps, but of all others of the staff and line also. He has been in Ger-
many for the past three years, superintending the education of his children.
The oldest daughter was married to Hon. M. Trowbridge of Detroit, where
they yet reside, surrounded in their old age by loving relatives and friends.
That city is also the home of Sarah J., unmarried, and Alexander H. and
Frederick B. Sibley, of the surviving sons and daughters. Henry Hastings
Sibley, whose portrait is presented in this work, was destined to the legal
profession by his father, but after a year's application he wearied of the study
of Blackstone and Coke, and obtained the consent of his parents to push his
fortunes in some occupation better suited to his restive and adventurous
character. He went to the "Sault St Marie," at the foot of Lake Superior,
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in 1828, and there secured employment as a clerk, and remained during the
winter, becoming initiated in the mysteries of the fur trade. He was then
seventeen years old. The following spring he entered the service of the
American Fur Company, of which John Jacob Astor was the head, as office
clerk at Mackinaw, the great central depot of the north-western fur trade.
Here he remained for nearly five years, devoting his leisure time to study.
In 1834 the company was reconstructed, with Ramsey Crooks as president,
and young Sibley was selected, in company with Messrs. Roletta and Hous-
man, to conduct the fur trade of the upper Mississippi region as partners
with the company. The whole of the extensive country occupied by the
Sioux bands of Indians, from above Lake Pepin to the British possessions
and to the tributaries of the Missouri, with its many posts, clerks and voy-
ageurs, was assigned to young Sibley as the district over which he was to
exercise exclusive control.
His duties required him to visit the several trading stations more or less
frequently, so that he was accustomed to travel hundreds of miles through
woods and prairies, where wild Indians and wild beasts alone were to be seen.
Nevertheless, being an enthusiastic hunter, expert alike with shot gun and
rifle, he greatly enjoyed this new kind of life, beset though it was with many
dangers. Mr. Sibley' s headquarters were at St. Peters, now Mendota, near
the junction of the Minnesota river with the Mississippi, and that was his
home for a quarter of a century. On his arrival in 1834 there were no white
residents in what is now the state of Minnesota, save the United States sol-
diers at Fort Snelling, and those persons employed in the fur trade.
In 1848 Mr. feibley was elected delegate to congress, for that portion of the
territory of Wisconsin not included within the boundaries of the state of the
same name. He was admitted to a seat in the house of representatives, in
January 1849, and through his exertions and the aid of friends in and out of
congress, the act arranging the territory of Minnesota was passed before the
adjournment, and approved by the president. He was elected for the two
succeeding congresses as delegate from Minnesota, and after serving during
five consecutive sessions, he declined to be longer a candidate.
When the convention to form a state government met in the city of St.
Paul in 1858, Mr. Sibley was elected president of the democratic branch, two
separate conventions having been formed, which subsequently harmonized
upon a constitution that was adopted by the people, and still remains the
fundamental law of the state. Mr. Sibley was elected first governor of Min-
nesota, and served until the first of January 1860. When the great Sioux
outbreak of 1862 occurred, carrying death and desolation among the frontier
settlers of Minnesota and Iowa, Ex-Governor Sibley was placed in com-
mand of the forces raised for its suppression, and his intimate knowledge of
Indian character and of their mode of warfare, particularly fitted him for
this position. Notwithstanding the fact that he had none but raw volunteers,
aided by good officers, he brought them in a short time under discipline, and
on Sept. 23, 1862, he defeated the savages with great slaughter, took more
than two thousand prisoners, more than five hundred of whom were war-
riors, and released one hundred and fifty white women and children, and
twice as many mixed bloods who had been held captives by the Indians. The
warriors were tried by a military commission appointed by Colonel Sibley,
more than three hundred of them condemned to be hung, and nearly one
hundred more to various terms of imprisonment, from one to ten years. The
humanitarians of New England and the Quakers of Pennsylvania prevailed
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upon the tender-hearted President Lincoln to interfere and prevent the whole-
sale military execution which was about to take place, and but forty of the
murderers were hung by his order during the winter following.
Colonel Sibley, shortly after the decisive action at Woodlake, was commis-
sioned brigadier general United States volunteers "for gallant and meritorious
service," and remained in command of the military district of Minnesota
until 1865. In 1863 he followed "Little Crow," the chief, and others who
escaped after the battle, far into the wilds of Dakota, with a force of four
thousand men. The refugees had fallen back upon the strong bands of their
kindred in the upper prairies, and although thus heavily reinforced, they were
pursued, defeated in three successive engagements with heavy loss, and driven
in confusion across the Missouri river at a point where the flourishing town
of Bismarck now stands. General Sibley was brevetted major general before
the muster out of the volunteer officers. He now resides in St. Paul, Minn.,
and is engaged in active business. He is president of the board of regents of
the State University, and of other literary and charitable institutions.
Welcome Aldrich made an opening and built a house in
the woods west of George Dudley's, where he lived several
years. Two of his daughters were born there. He had
fine peach trees and many flowers around his house, and
although much retired, it seemed a pleasant home. It was
on no public road. After Aldrich left the place, it became
of bad repute and was burned. The site belongs to his
widow, who now lives at the McKnight place.
Still farther west, on what is known as the Robinson pas-
ture, one Robinson built a small house and lived. Malachi
Marble hired him to go into the revolutionary service as a
soldier, and he never returned. His widow married an
Ambler, and was mother of Christopher.
The place now occupied by Alvan Stockwell was a part of
the farm of Samuel Dagget, one of the thirty original pro-
prietors of the four thousand acres. He probably sold it to
Nathaniel Sibley. It then came into the possession of Jonas
Sibley, and afterwards into that of Jonas L. Sibley, by
whom it was deeded to Ensign Daniel Woodbury, and by
him to John Stockwell ; by him to his cousin Tyler Stock-
well, who occupied it until his death, when it was sold to
his nephew, Henry Sibley Stockwell ; by whom it was sold
to a man by the name of Mulchray, and by him to Mr.
Charles F. Mack, and by him deeded to Mr. Alvan Stock-
well, the present occupant.
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HOMES OF THE
The farm now owned by Rufus Harback was part of the
original farm owned by Freegrace Marble, and was deeded
to his son, Enoch Marble, who lived and died here. It then
came into the possession of Rufus Marble, who also lived
and died here ; then it was deeded to Freegrace, a great-
RESIDENCE OF GEORGE DUDLEY.
grandson of Freegrace Marble ; then deeded to Joseph H.
Putnam and occupied by his son Sullivan and his son-in-law
Joshua Lackey ; then sold to Rufus Harback.
The Dudley farm is situated on the county road running
from Millbury through Wilkinsonville. Samuel Dudley first
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397
settled here about 1725, and built a house upon the site of
the present dwelling and occupied it until his death. After
his death Mr. Reuben Eaton occupied the old house until his
death ; then it was sold to Reuben McKnight, who owned
and lived upon it until his death, after which his widow
occupied it for a time, when she sold it to Mr. Welcome
RESIDENCE OF WILLARD AND G. W. RICE.
Aldrich, who occupied it until his death, since which it has
been occupied by his widow.
The Jonathan Dudley place was purchased by him about
1745, of a man by the name of Ward, who, it is supposed,
was the original owner. The old house stood opposite the
present one, on the other side of the road. The present one
was erected in 1805.
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Jonathan Dudley occupied it until his death, when it came
into the possession of Mr. Jason Dudley, who occupied it
until his death, when it came into the possession of Mr.
George Dudley, who now owns and occupies it.
The Willard Rice farm was purchased of Anna Marble,
widow of Major Alpheus Marble, son of Enoch, and grand-
son of Freegrace. There is now standing upon these premises
an old shop that was used by Major Marble one hundred
years ago for a blacksmith shop, and by the present owner
for fifty years as a cooper shop.
In the old house which stood near where Willard Rice
now lives, lived Major Alpheus Marble, a man of some note
in his day. He it was that owned the first chaise in the east
part of the town. After the death of Major Marble, his son
Alpheus, who married Polly Hall, daughter of Capt. Josiah
Hall, lived in the same house, and there their three children
were born. Their sons, Willard and Henry, now live on
the old common in Millbury.
The place now occupied by Mrs. Sophronia Rice was first
owned by Mr. Noah Rice, then by his widow, Mrs. Hannah
Rice, by whom it was conveyed to the present owner, who
now lives upon it, with her son, Henry Rice. This is a part
of the Enoch Marble estate, and was originally owned by
Freegrace.
The house upon this place was moved here from the old
Reuben Eaton estate, just north of the Dudley farm.
The house now owned and occupied by Gilbert Searles or
sou, was built by Aaron Marble for his son Luther, who sold
to his brother-in-law, William Boomer, who traded it to
Joseph H. Putnam for a place in Charltou. Putnam sold to
present owner.
The first house in Marbleville was built by John Nelson.
One Pratt lived there early ; Joe Nelson owned it. Noah
Rice built the upright part now standing and lived there.
Capt. Samuel Marble, son of Major Alpheus Marble, lived
there and carried on scythe making. Alvan Pratt stocked
guns in this house. One Metcalf wove satinet there.
Grover and Sprague made wicking in the old scythe shop .
There was a grist-mill there, once owned by Major Marble.
TOWN OF STJTTON. 399
Joseph Hathaway made several different articles there.
Noah Rice had a still in which he made cider brandy. One
Sherman of Grafton brought cider there containing many
shiners, supposed to have been dipped up with the water
with which it had been diluted. The old scythe shop was
burned, after which Ezra S. Marble built a shuttle shop in
which he carried on business several years, and accumulated
a handsome estate. After his death he was succeeded by his
son Ezra W. The factory was burnt about 1874 and rebuilt
by present owner. Ezra S. Marble built the house now
occupied by C. Ruggles, for his daughter. Mrs. R. Ruggles
built the barn.
The house where Albert Stockwell now lives was built by
Ezra S. Marble ; his son Henry lived and died there. The
small house on the new road he also built. His father first
occupied it. It has since been occupied by various operatives
who have worked in the factory. Albert Stockwell bought
the farm owned by the Marbles and the house where he
lives ; he is son of George, son of Enoch. His mother lives
with his brother, George K.
The other house was built by Aaron and Thaddeus Marble,
and has been owned by Lewis Burnap, Capt. John Marble,
Palmer Harback, Ezra S. Marble, and now by Mrs. E.
Mclntire.
The house now occupied by Benjamin Hathaway and
Charles Young was built by Capt. Asa Woodbury. Samuel
Prescott lived there several years. It has been occupied by
many different families who have worked in the factory. It
is one of the factory tenement houses, as is the one opposite
now occupied by John McDermot and Richard Thompson.
It also was built by Capt. Woodbury.
The first house west of the bridge was built by Capt. Asa
Woodbury for his brother-in-law, Benjamin Fiske, who lived
there a few years. It has since been occupied by various
families employed in the factory.
The next house was also built by Capt. Woodbury and
first occupied by his partner, H. Boy den. After the death
of Capt. Woodbury's first wife, he married again and moved
into this house, where he died. He held his share of town
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offices, and was representative in the general court, etc. He
was a very kind-hearted, companionable man, of enterprise
and general worth.
This house has also been occupied as a tenement house by
the mill operatives, and belongs to the mill property.
John P. Stockwell built a grist-mill where the store is.
He also had a shoddy mill there, but losing his dam twice,
he converted it into tenements, which are at present unoccu-
pied. The store in same building is owned by Horatio
Chase, and kept by his cousin, Lyman Pratt. Both are
worthy men, and descendants of the Rev. David Hall, D. D.
The place now owned and occupied by John P. Stockwell
was first settled by Deacon Percival Hall, who came to
Sutton in 1720. He bought proprietor's rights, so that he
owned six-sixtieths of the town ; his name is on almost every
page of the old proprietor's books. He came here from
Medford, where he was one of the founders of the church.
He was second deacon of the first Congregational church in
Sutton. He married Jane Willis and had eleven children.
His son Willis Hall was less than two years of age when he
came to Sutton. He (Percival) died in the old house which
stood near where the present one stands, Dec. 25, 1752,
aged eighty. His widow died here Oct. 28, 1757, aged
eighty. She was daughter of Thomas and Grace Willis, and
was born in Cambridge ; married in Woburn, Oct. 18, 1697.
He owned the saw-mill already mentioned. He was suc-
ceeded on this place by his youngest son, Deacon Willis
Hall, who married Martha Gibbs, daughter of Jacob Gibbs.
(See genealogy.)
Martha Gibbs, wife of Deacon Willis Hall, died Feb. 1,
1756. He married Anna Coye, daughter of William and
Anna Coye, who came from Scotland and settled in Worces-
ter county. (See genealogy.)
Anna Coye, wife of Deacon Willis Hall, died here April 7,
1800. He died April 10, 1800. Their funerals were both
attended on the same day, and both were buried in one
grave. The day is said to have been one of great solemnity,
and a large concourse of people followed them to their grave.
The honorable Willis Hall was the son of Rev. Nathaniel Hall, and
grandson of deacon Willis Hall, of Sutton.
He was born in Middle Granville, Washington County, N. Y., April
1st, 1801. Graduated at Yale College with the first honor of the class of
1824. Practised law in Mobile, Alabama. In 1832, resumed his profes-
sion in New York City. In 1836-7, represented the city in the State
legislature, and successfully introduced a bill requiring banks of issue to
secure their notes by depositing collaterals with the State Comptroller,
a system afterward adopted by the United States.
In 1838 he was Attorney-General of the State of New York, and
filled the office with distinguished honor. In 1842 his health became
seriously impaired, yet he did not lose his interest in public affairs, and
acted as corporation counsel to the city of New York in 1857-8.
He subsequently spent two or three years in France, Italy, and Ger-
many, and returned to New York in 1856, and resided with his brother,
Dr. E. Hall, until his death, July 14th, 1868.
He was a man of remarkable political foresight, and greatly esteemed
by his cotemporaries.
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Their son Nathaniel graduated at Dartmouth college in
1790. He was a settled minister at Greenville, 'N. Y.,
where he died July 31, 1820. He married Jan. 22, 1798,
Hannah, daughter of Deacon Daniel Emerson of Hollis,
New Hampshire, born there Dec. 7, 1773, and died May 22,
1832. They had nine children. Two graduated at Yale
college, one at Hamilton, and one at Union college. Willis
was attorney general of New York in 1839. He was a par-
ticular friend of Henry Clay, who on his last visit to New
York was the guest of Hon. AVillis Hall. Hannah married
Rev. Abijah Crane. Nathaniel was a limner ; Daniel E. was
a noted physician in New York. Edward is now living in
New York, and is also a doctor of much celebrity. David
B. is a retired clergyman, now engaged in preparing a history
of the Hall family. He lives in Duanesburgh, New York.
Jonathan Hall, born here, settled at Windsor, Vt. One
of his daughters, an accomplished lady, married Captain
Blood of St. Louis, who owned and navigated a steamboat.
His son Alfred succeeds him on his place at Windsor, Vt.
Israel was quite distinguished. Jacob lived in Hartford in
Vermont, where he married a Richardson and raised a large
family. One of his sons, Andrew, now lives in Boston,
where he has been a broker many years. His second wife
was Sarah Prouty. During the rebellion she raised a com-
pany of volunteers and marched them into camp.
Willis, son of Deacon Willis, lived in Vermont and had
quite a large family. His son Willis was at one time a
merchant at Woodstock, Vermont, and was very popular ;
he afterward went to Garretsville, Ohio, where he died.
His son John died where James W. Barnes now lives.
Deacon Hall's son Willis, who was an officer in the revolu-
tion, was born in this house. Deacon Willis Hall settled
his estate upon his son Joseph, who sold him out, causing
the deacon much grief; so his son Josiah bought the place of
Joseph, and built the present house and barn ; his eight
children, enumerated in district number two, were all born
here. The large buttonwood tree standing in front of the
house was set out by his son, Oliver Hall, when he was
quite young. Gardner Hall was born in this house April 6,
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1813, and Dr. Stephen Monroe wrote the deed conveying
the entire estate, mill and all, to Captain David Dudley on
that day. The mill then belonging to Captain Hall has been
removed, and is now owned by Joel Houghton. This house
arid farm was afterwards owned and occupied by Captain
Asa Woodbury, and inherited by Mrs. J. P. Stockwell, the
present owner. Anna Hall, daughter of Willis and Anna,
married John Whipple, and had Parley, who was for several
years a scythe manufacturer at Millbury, in company with
Captain Charles Hale. Firm name Hale and Whipple. He
was a deputy sheriff; he went from Millbury to West War-
ren, where he built up a place known as Whipple ville. His
son Franklin went to Yale, but left on account of sickness.
He is now an insurance agent at Worcester.
Almira married a clergyman by the name of Rice ; father
of Hon. W. W. Rice of Worcester.
John Willis was a justice of the peace, deputy sheriff,
coroner, etc. He lived and died in Button, leaving a large
estate.
Clarissa married John M. Case and now lives in Charlton.
She is noted for religious charities. Lyman was a printer
and publisher ; he was a man of great intelligence and true
worth. Percival was a gunsmith ; died in Worcester.
Joseph was educated at West Point and died in Mexico,
probably in military service. Mary Ann married Rev. Mr.
Fiske, and now lives in New Hampshire.
The small house now belonging to J. P. Stockwell was an
ell moved from this house.
The house opposite, now occupied by Silas T. Servey, was
originally a weaver's shop owned by Daniel Harback. It
was removed and finished up by Captain Asa Woodbury for
his daughter, Mrs. Servey, the present owner. Mr. Ser-
vey's mother was a Taft, sister to Stephen Taft, the father
of Hon. Velorous Taft.
The place now owned and occupied by Samuel Prescott
has quite a history, which can be but imperfectly learned.
On the original farm Elisha Johnson lived in 1717.*
* See Annals, page 18.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 403
Deacon Willis Hall was Indian agent, and paid annuities
to the Hassanamisco Indians. One of the tribe, who be-
friended Mrs. Johnson, known as Roberts, came with his
squaw for his money after he was ninety years of age. His
wife said he was getting to be a boy again, as his teeth were
just cutting. He had just had two new ones.
The next occupant of the place seems to have been Benj.
Swinerton, who married Elizabeth Hall, daughter of Stephen,
son of Percival. Swinerton was a blacksmith. Then it was
occupied by Mr. Prime, a tailor, the father of Nathaniel
Prime of the firm of Prime, Ward and Company, once
bankers in New York. The widow Prime, mother of Nathan-
iel, married for second husband Nathaniel Carriel. It was
next owned by Solomon Wheeler, who kept store in the
east room. Caleb Morse lived there. Colonel Joseph
Ward, brother of Mrs. Morse, lived there. Wheeler and
Morse married sisters. Wheeler married a second wife by
the name of Milk ; she was a widow from Boston, and had
one son, James Milk, who lived in Boston. Wheeler sold
to John Harback ; the deed was acknowledged at Suffolk
before Samuel Cooper, April 16, 1790.
John Harback was a trader in Boston, in company with
Nathaniel Prime, after which he went to Port au Prince,
where he died.
After the death of John Harback, the farm, containing
two hundred and thirty acres, was owned by his brother,
Daniel Harback, who married a Ward and raised a large
family in this house. His second wife was widow Park,
maiden name Peirce. The big buttonwood trees now stand-
ing in front of the house were set out by one of his boys.
After the death of Mr. Harback, Captain Asa Woodbury
bought the place, and moved the barn down to the Deacon
Hall place. Some of the land is now owned by Stockwell.
The house and some twenty acres of land Samuel A. Pres-
cott bought and now owns. He has just been improving
and enlarging his house, adding bay windows and terracing
and beautifying his grounds. He has a fine arrangement for
irrigation, which gives him a good opportunity to force his
early vegetables, strawberries, etc. He is making it one of
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the most desirable places in town. He bought the saw-mill
built about 1830 by Joseph Hathaway, which he has very
much improved and enlarged, adding thereto a box factory,
in which he has done much business. Mr. Prescott has been
quite an inventor. He invented, and had patented a water-
wheel, which promised him a fortune but for the pressure of
the times. Nelson Cowen, now living in Worcester, once
lived in this house several years.
Edmund T. Hall built the next house about 1817. He
lived here until the death of his wife, when he went to live
with his son, T. E. Hall, at Holden, where he died. T. E.
Hall, born here, was Captain and acting Quarter-master at
Camp Nelson, in Kentucky, during a portion of the war of
the rebellion. The business of the office amounted to more
than a million dollars a month. He was one of the most
efficient officers in the service. His brother, Joseph L.
Hall, went out as a sutler ; was afterwards on the police force
in Worcester, where he died. His great-grandfather, Stephen
Hall, was a quarter-master in the old French war. After
the death of Edmund the estate was owned by Theron E.
He sold to Ephraim Nealey, he to Mr. Sherman, he to York,
he to Daniel Johnson, he to Joseph Beasley, and he to Chas.
Young.
The house now owned and occupied by Avery Ward was
built by him in 1825. Mr. Ward has had two wives and
twelve children, nine of whom were born here. His farm
contains about sixteen acres, has much fruit on it and is
under high cultivation.
Joseph Smith Livermore bought an office, commenced for
Dr. JohnTenney on Mr. Mill's place, made it into a dwelling
house and lived in it several years. It was next owned by
Mr. Gilbert, who married Lucy, daughter of Tyler Stock-
well. After the death of Gilbert, Stockwell sold it to
Charles Johnson, who sold to C. Ruggles, the present owner.
J. S. Livermore married Electa Hall, daughter of Edmund T.
They had Albert and Ann, both noted singers.
Jesse Cummings built the house now owned by Lackey.
It was owned afterward by Harback, then by Tyler Marble,
then by Major Thomas Harback, then by Origen Harback,
TOWN OF SUTTON. 405
then by Mrs. John Stockwell, who sold to Daniel Johnson,
he to George Lackey, the present owner. Deacon Leander
Stockwell, who died at Graftona few days since so suddenly,
and who was much lamented, was brought up here.
Leander Lackey, the inventor, died here. He invented
the first pegging machine and many useful tools. He had a
shock of paralysis and was a great sufferer. Willard F.
Mallalieu, D. D., the popular writer, lecturer and eminent
divine, was born in this house.
At or about the time of his birth, his father, John Mallalieu, was the owner
of the place and the woolen mill then standing. He was engaged in the
manufacture of woolen cloths as early as 1812 ; first in Dudley, Mass., and then
in Sutton. He was one of the first woolen manufacturers in Worcester
county to employ power machinery in the production of cloth. He commenced
about the same time with Mr. Samuel Slater, of whom he was a constant
friend till the death of Mr. Slater.
Mr. Mallalieu graduated at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut,
1857; joined the New England conference of the Methodist Episcopal church
in 1858.
In 1867 he was elected president of the Central Tennessee college at Nash-
ville. In 1872 was elected delegate to the generd conference of the Methodist
church ; in 1874 received the degree of doctor of divinity ; in 1876 was elected
secretary of the Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist church.
Mr. Mallalieu has now been preaching twenty years, and reports that during
the time he has not been disabled from labor a single day by sickness.
He is at this writing the pastor of a large and influential church in Boston.
There used to be a house directly opposite the Lackey
house, built by Thomas Harback, the first Harback that
settled in this town. His son Thomas succeeded him here,
and his son John built the house where James Putnam now
lives.
Thomas Harback was the father of H. B. Harback and
Major Thomas Harback, who built the first woolen mill in
town.
He went to Worcester, where he was associated in business
with William B. Fox. He represented Worcester in the
legislature, and was a man much respected.
He and his brother, Henry Bright Harback, built the
house where Mr. Odion now lives, about 1812 ; he bought
out his brother and sold to Joseph Freeman, who sold to
Dr. N. C. Sibley. Origeu Harback owned it, then Caleb
406 HOMES OP THE
Chase, then Addison Eaton, then Joseph L. Hall ; he sold
to Lafayette Willard ; he to Joseph Freeman, he to Nathaniel
H. Odion, present owner.
The house where James Putnam now lives was built by
John Harback, who raised a large family there. Henry B.
Harback lived in it at one time, and his son Rufus H. was
born here. Origen Harback owned and occupied it many
years. His wife died there, after which he married -the
widow of Asa Cummings, jr.
Then his children began to drop off of consumption, until
they were all dead but one. Then he too died of heart
disease ; his son George soon followed of consumption. His
widow survived a few years and died ; not a living trace of
Origeii remains. He enlarged and repaired the house ; he
was a wheelwright by trade, and had a shop just above the
elms on the opposite side of the road, which, strange as it
may seem, was operated by water drawn from a little pond
fed entirely by springs just back of the shop. Simeon
Russell Marble worked with him several years.
Lawson Hathaway, son of Simeon Hathaway, jr., next
owned the farm and raised quite a family here. Since the
Hathaways left, it has been owned by James and Alfred
Putnam, who have enlarged the house.
The house now occupied by Mrs. Parsons was built by
Jacob Cummiugs ; next owned by his son Asa. Asa, jr.,
lived and died here, also his son, David Cummings.
They thought they found limestone on this place, and
even made kilns and burnt some of the specimens ; but the
experiment proved unsuccessful. They probably mistook
feldspar for lime. The experiments were made about 1740
or '50. Mr. William E. Cole says he has been on the place
with a geologist, who declares there is limestone there now.
After the death of Mr. Cummings, Captain John Marble
bought the place, and mortgaged it to Joseph H. Putnam,
who took possession and sold to John Parsons, whose widow
now occupies it. William E. Cole, who married her daugh-
ter, also lives here.
Asa, jr., married a daughter of Simeon Hathaway, and
had one son, Davis, who married Sophronia Humes, daughter
"TOWN or BUTTON. 407
of Captain Humes of Douglas, and died young ; his wife
soon followed him.
The house now owned and occupied by the Misses Adams
was originally Deacon Palmer Marble's shop. It was
removed by Daniel Hovey, and used as a currier's shop by
John Ewers. Pomeroy Peck made it into a tenement for
George Fairbanks, who lived there, and worked for Peck.
Lewis Holbrook bought it and lived there ; his wife died,
and Peck took it back and sold to the present owners, who
are relatives of Ex-Governor Clafiin.
On the opposite side of the place now owned by Henry
Stockwell, stood the old house, occupied first by a Howe,
next by Simon Tenney, then by John Hall, son of Stephen,
son of Percival ; he married Dolly Ward and had Lucy, Thad-
deus, Jonas, Dolly, John, Harriet, Hannah and Increase S.
Thaddeus had one son, Orson, who kept the St. Charles
Hotel in New Orleans one of the largest and most popular
houses in the country ; he had several children and died
there.
One of his sons, Henry, is a popular lawyer now living
in New Orleans.
John Hall, jr., built the present house and sold to Pome-
roy Peck; he, J. H., was a noted plow-maker, making the
best plows of his time, they taking the first premium at the
Worcester county plowing matches. He moved to Mill-
bury, where he died. After the death of Peck, the place was
sold to Emory Howard, who sold to his son-in-law, the
present owner.
Simon Tenney raised a pole and put a vane on it in the
shape of a fish. In the days of the revolution some sharp-
shooters or riflemen from Virginia passed along the road :
as they did so they made a target of the fish, firing a ball
through it from the foot of Le Baron Hill. They went into
an orchard, and while there one of them held an apple on
his hand while one of his comrades fired a ball through it.
It is not known who built the first house where J. Cronin
now lives. It was occupied by Daniel Woodbury, who was
keeping some of the town's poor at the time it was burnt ;
among them Rebecca Dagget, a deformed cripple, but
408 HOMES OF THE
thought to be angelic in spirit. He built the present house
soon after. It was next owned and occupied by Sylvanus
Larned, Esq., then by Benjamin Woodbury, then by John
Hall, jr., next John C. Woodbury, then Joel Peck, next
Otis Fuller, then Lafayette Willard, next Austin Hayward,
now John Cronin. Dr. Fuller, now of Worcester, lived
there with his father.
Captain John Woodbury built the house where Michael
Coogan now lives. Simon J. Woodbury next owned it ; he
sold to a Mrs. Lyon, who repaired and enlarged the house ;
then sold to Lee Chamberlain ; he sold to Joel Fay, he to
Edward Clark, who mortgaged to Dr. Eddy ; he took it on
the mortgage, and one of his heirs, a Mr. Salisbury, sold to
Mr. Coogan, the present owner. Several who have been
members of the legislature were born here. Many men of
distinction descended from Captain John Woodbury ; doc-
tors, merchants, lawyers, ministers, authors, etc.
Where the mill now stands once stood a saw-mill known
as the Woodbury saw-mill. The Woodbury saw-mill com-
pany sold to Edward Clark, who built a flour mill about
1828. He and Gibbs Lilley run it, making very superior
flour, known in market as Sutton flour. It was put up in
bags holding one-fourth and one-half barrel each. It was
for a time very popular. They rented the mill to Putnam
King, who hired an experienced miller by the name of Davis
to tend it. After King gave it up it stood still a while, and
the rats destroyed the bolts. Dr. Eddy foreclosed on his
mortgage, and Mr. Salisbury rented it to Sumner, son of
Jim Putnam, who run it as a grist-mill several years.
Coogan finally bought it and made it into a shoddy-mill.
Freeman and Sibley* built the house where F. B. Smith lives
at Pleasant Valley, and the other houses now owned by him.
The old house out on the plain was built by Daniel Harback
for his son, Captain Charles. It has since been occupied by
many families, too numerous to mention. It is now owned
by Smith, but not occupied. The large house has been
occupied by Captain Freeman, Mr. Holbrook, and the agents
* See in Manufacturing, Part iv.
TOWN OF SUTTON.
409
who have had charge of the mill since it was built. It is
now being enlarged and improved by Mr. Smith, who is one
of the selectmen of the town.
RESIDENCE OF F. B. SMITH.
WILKINSON VILLE DISTRICT, No. 12.
The first place beginning our survey on Leland Hill
is now owned and occupied by Harvey Dodge, Esq. It was
first settled by Zacchcus Hall, sou of Deacon Percival Hall,
who exchanged it for some property in New Braintree, with
Ebenezer Rawsou, about 1754; at which time he removed
to New Braiutree. He married Mary Jeunison, and had
Elias, Mary, Zaccheus and Aaron, all born here. Ebenezer
Rawson, the next owner, married Sarah Chase and L had
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fourteen children, all born on this place. Mr. Rawson lived
here upwards of sixty years. It was next owned by Jacob
Dodge, who married Mr. Rawson's daughter Elizabeth, who
was the mother of Harvey Dodge, the present owner. He
was once a breeder of Devon stock. He has been a mem-
ber of the board of agriculture of Worcester county ; has
also been one of the trustees of the AVestboro reform school,
and, as is said by his brother, was at one time its treasurer.
He was once very intimate with Governor Francis. He has
associated much with the leading agricultural men of his
day. He has a son who served an apprenticeship with
the late A. T. Stewart. He is now engaged in the city of
New York at a large salary. His other son is also getting
high wages in Providence, R. I. Mr. Dodge has a large
and highly cultivated farm, and probably more thrifty fruit
trees than any other man in that part of the town. His
place is beautifully situated on the northern slope of Mani-
laus Hill, commanding a fine prospect ; having several flour-
ishing villages in near view in the valley, through which
several trains of cars may be seen passing daily. It is
really one of the most desirable places in town.
Of Ebenezer Rawson, second owner of this place, and
grandfather of the present owner, it is said in the " The
Rawson Family History " :
He was a man of genius and extensive historical attainments. Judge
Rawson says, " he was a learned historian." Dr. Leland of Fall River, a
relative who knew him well, says in a letter respecting him : "In stature he
was, I think, full six feet, slender built, though with considerable breadth of
shoulders. His countenance was open, his nose aquiline, and his forehead
projecting and high. His perceptive faculties must have been acute, from the
very configuration of his frontal region. His step was elastic and all his
motions rapid and easy. I have rarely ever known a man gifted with higher
powers of conversation. This made him the delight of every circle. His
mind was rich in reading, and his own reflections were sometimes astonish-
ingly brilliant. His memory was a vast storehouse of facts, always at bis
command, and I have heard him for hours delight a small circle with sketches
of early colonial or Indian history. In his composition there was a vein of
good-humored irony, which never missed its mark when let off. The peculiar
bias of his mind was antiquarian, and nothing delighted him more than the
company of the clergy.
With them he was sure to plunge into old biblical history, with the whole
of which he was perfectly familiar. His word was as good as his own or any
other man's bond in Worcester county. Altogether he was a remarkable man,
and as emphatically a genius as any man I ever knew."
TOWN OF SUTTON.
411
Of his fourteen children and forty-five grand-children, not
less than fifteen were professional men, and most of the
fifteen graduates of college.
For the likeness of Mrs. Polla Rawson, and the residence
built by her late husband, Samuel Rawson, Esq., we are
indebted to the heirs.
THE OLD RAWSON PLACE, OWNED BY HAEVEY DODGE, ESQ.
Samuel Rawson was the son of Ebenezer, and was born in
Sutton, Sept. 4, 1771. His wife, Polla Freeland, was the
daughter of Dr. James Freeland, born in Sutton, Sept. 17,
1778, and died August 29, 1875, almost ninety-eight years of
age.
Bishop Philander Chase and Chief Justice Salmon P.
Chase were the nephews of Mrs. Rawson.
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The next house was built by Jacob Dodge in 1834. It
has been occupied as a tenement by man}' different families,
and is now owned by Harvey Dodge and occupied by Julia
O'Neil.
The next house was built by Jacob Dodge in 1830, and is
now owned by T. Bashaw. It has been used as a tenement
house by various parties. Otis Pratt lived here thirteen
years, and his son Lyman was born there. Otis was born in
Shrewsbury and was the son of Nathan Pratt, who was a
soldier in the revolution and for many years " grammar
master," and known as "Master Pratt." Otis married a
daughter of Charles Putnam, son of Colonel John, who mar-
ried Mary Hall, daughter of Rev. David Hall, D. D.
Offen Burnham first occupied the place where John Dudley
now resides, next owned by John Dudley, son of Jonathan,
next by Capt. John Dudley, father of the present owner.
Mr. Burnham was an Englishman by birth, but was admitted
into the first Congregational church by letter from church in
Norwich, Connecticut, in 1742.
Deacon Willis Hall kept school in this house in 1763. It
was a public school. John Dudley moved on this place in
1780, but- owned it before and rented it. His widow married
Stephen Hall, jr., and lived where J. Armsby now lives.
Capt. John Dudley married Deborah, daughter of Malachi
Marble, and had four sons and three daughters, all born here.
Capt. Dudley is spoken of as an affable, genial, and companionable man, a
most interesting story-teller and great mimic ; as always quiet and peaceable,
never allowing himself to be excited to overflowing anger. He died at an
advanced age of pneumonia, said to have been his first sickness, Feb. 11, 1859,
aged eighty-seven. His widow lived to be ninety-two, was very intelligent,
and one of the best of Christian women. One of his sisters lived to be ninety-
six, and one was ninety-seven when she died.
The present owner is a most worthy citizen. He has a
wonderful memory and has furnished much information for
this history. He is now eighty-four years old. He married
a Woodbury, and has one son and one daughter, both at
home. The daughter is a well educated lady and quite an
artist.
The largest elm tree in town stands near this house ;
another very large one was set out by Capt. Dudley on the
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day of the birth of his son John, eighty-four years ago last
March. These majestic trees add much to the beauty of the
place.
The next house as we go towards Woodbury's factory was
built by Abel Dudley, and occupied several years by his
unfortunate son David, known as " Lame David."
He lived in New Hampshire or Vermont at one time, where he ate Vermont
plums, stones and all. He had a breach, and there the stones made a stop-
page, so that the noted surgeon, Dr. Nathan Smith, was called to relieve him.
He cut above the groin and found the intestine broken ; he got out the stones
and relieved him, but could not heal the ruptured intestine, so his excremental
discharges always afterward passed out at the aperture made by the doctor.
By wearing a belt and a cloth over the aperture he was made quite comforta-
ble, and able to work some for several years ; he died at last from drowning.
The old house where he lived was taken down and the present one built by
Avery Ward. It has since been occupied by several different persons, among
them David Waters. It is now owned by Horace Bassett.
The next house, now owned by Miss Sarah Putnam, was
built by her and her sister Matilda. It has been occupied
by them and their sister, Mrs. Otis Pratt, and her son, Mr.
Lyman Pratt. Otis Pratt was a painter and a noted drummer.
He served as such in the war of the rebellion.
The first house on the new road from Woodburyville to
Millbury was built by Capt. David Dudley, who married the
only daughter of Peter Dudley. David was son of one
known as " Fat David," who was son of Rogers, brother to
the twins, Jonathan and David. Rogers settled on the old
road from here to Worcester, via Doroty Pond. His son,
" Fat David," built the largo house now standing this side
of the John Park place, near said pond. His son was the
Capt. David Dudley who bought out Capt. Josiah Hall for
five thousand five hundred dollars ($5,500), all of which he
paid in gold ; he was the father of the present David T.
Dudley, shuttle manufacturer. Peter Dudley had a saw and
grist mill near the house first owned by his father, Jonathan
Dudley. It was changed into a scythe shop by Captain
David, who carried on an extensive business there for several
years. It has since been owned and occupied by Joel
Houghton. The old house is now owned and occupied by
a Mr. Anderson.
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Up the lane, leading from the above house to the old road,
.stands what was known for many years as the Peter Dudley
place. The house was built by his father, Jonathan Dudley,
and all his children were born there ; his son John lived
there, and his son, Capt. John, who was born at the " Peter
place." The public school was kept in this house for a time.
Peter Dudley lived his life-time on this place ; he was a
large, fine-looking and enterprising man. He was succeeded
by his grandson, Peter Dudley, who married a Robinson,
and had two sons and two daughters ; one of his daughters
married H. L. Ains worth, the well-known musician, now
living in Millbury. Mrs. Ainsworth is also a popular
teacher. They have both traveled in Europe. The place
is now owned by John Dudley of New York, son of James,
sou of John, son of John, son of Jonathan, son of Samuel.
The house has been occupied several years by James M.
Ward, son of Avery. Jonathan Dudley died here Nov. 23,
1783, aged eighty-one. His widow died May 21, 1801, aged
eighty-three. Peter died September 8, 1836, aged seventy-
eight; his widow, February 24, 1836, aged seventy-six.
The next building was once the grist-mill of Capt. Josiah
Hall, moved from the site where now stands the Woodbury
factory. It has been enlarged and run as a batting factory
and grist-mill by Joel Houghton, the present owner.
The next house, a fine "English cottage," was built by
Mr. Joel Houghton in 1870. He occupies it himself, and it
is an ornament to the place ; he has also much improved the
grounds. One of his sons graduated at the Technical school
in Worcester, and one daughter graduated from the Normal
school in that city.
The next house was built by D. T. Dudley in 1871, and
has been occupied by his son Henry, the present owner.
The next building is the large shuttle-shop now owned
and occupied by D. T. Dudley and son. It was built by
Warren Wilder in 1867, and by him sold to the present
owner.
The next place was first owned by Samuel Dudley, who was
succeeded by Samuel Chase, he by his son, Capt. March Chase,
he by Nathaniel Dodge, and he by his son, George W. Dodge.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 415
Samuel Dudley was the forefather of the present Dudley
family. He removed to Douglas, where he died at the
advanced age of one hundred and nine years. His descend-
ants have been remarkable for longevity ; some of them have
also been highly distinguished for their honorable positions
in society.
Samuel Chase married Mary, daughter of Samuel Dudley,
and his sons Dudley, Jonathan and March were born on this
place ; one of his daughters married Ebenezer Rawson.
Capt. March remained on this place. His father and broth-
ers, it is said, went to Cornish, New Hampshire, where they
owned a large part of the town.
Captain March Chase married for first wife, October 10,
1759, Beulah Coye, daughter of William and Annie Coye,
and sister of Anna, wife of Deacon Willis Hall. She died
at this place May 7, 1795, aged fifty-four. Capt. March
Chase was born and died on this place. He died Sept. 26,
1822, aged eighty-one. He was a noted money lender and
miser; when on his death-bed, it is said, he would take a
handful of gold coin and drop it from one hand to the other,
and child-like say, " pretty money," as if in adoration. He
married for second wife Polly Dodge, daughter of Richard
Hubbard Dodge, but had no children. After his death her
nephew, Nathaniel Dodge, lived with her several years and
inherited much of her property. The present buildings on
the place were built by him ; the house in 1834. He mar-
ried Adeline Dudley, daughter of Jonathan and Lydia, son
of Jonathan, son of Samuel, the first settler on this place.
They had one son, George W., who married a daughter of
Stephen Marsh.
Mr. Nathaniel Dodge raised some of the largest oxen and
finest stock ever owned in town. One pair of his oxen were
taken through the large cities and towns for exhibition.
The next house was built by General Jonathan Chase,
next owned by Capt. March Chase. It was occupied sev-
eral years by Benjamin Carlton, next owned by Jonathan
Eaton, and repaired by contributions to his widow ; next
owned by Joshua Hutchinson, now by Mr. Brigham,
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General Chase married Sarah Hall, daughter of Rev.
David Hall, D.D. ; they went to Cornish, New Hampshire.
One of their daughters married, the renowned Dr. Nathan
Smith, for many years Professor at Yale College, and had
David S. C. H. Smith, our noted doctor who died at Provi-
dence, R. I., April 5, 1859, Nathan R., the noted surgeon
of Baltimore, who died a few weeks since ; also James Mar-
vin, a celebrated physician and surgeon, who was killed by
the Norwalk bridge disaster, for which the railroad corpora-
tion gave his widow twenty thousand dollars ; also the Rev.
Dr. John D., the last survivor, who married Mrs. Susan
Smith, daughter of Dr. Anthony of Providence, for his third
wife ; their son Walter J. is now studying medicine at Yale
College.
D. T. Dudley built the next house and sold it to S. T.
White, he to John Mulcahy, jr., then William Rice bought
it. It is now owned by Sullivan Newton and occupied by
Moses C. Dodge.
John Mulcahy built the hou.se where Mr. Boyce now
lives ; it stands almost on a gravel pit, yet Mr. Mulcahy
made it a little Eden ; he raised the earliest vegetables and
the finest flowers on this barren spot, he even made money
selling his vegetables and his beautiful flowers. But the weed-
grown terraces of to-day only remind us of a paradise lost.
Solomon Whipple built the old yellow house near Pleasant
Falls. There was a house there once owned by one of the
Chases. Russell Whipple, son of Solomon, when a boy,
backed into the well ; he said " he thought he was going to
God," but Lydia Farrar went into the well and got him out.
He married a Smith, and went to Ludlow. Captain March
Chase was the next owner. Charles King once occupied it.
It now belongs to the Sutton manufacturing company, and
has been the tenement of many families.
The next house was built by Moses Batcheller, and was
owned by Luke Wood, then by Jeremiah Stone, then by the
Sutton manufacturing company : now occupied by Charles
Norcross.
The old mill, a grist and saw-mill, once at Pleasant Falls,
and one of . the first mills in town, was built by Daniel
TOWN OF SUTTON. 417
Chase, known as "Miller Chase ;" he died May 28, 1769,
aged eighty-four; his widow, Sarah Chase, died December
1771, aged eighty-eight. The mill was tended at one time
by Nathaniel Hall, son of Willis. It was next owned by
Solomon W hippie, next by Captain March Chase. Site now
owned by the Sutton manufacturing company.
There was once a gun-factory and blacksmith shop there
owned and occupied by Luke Wood, then by Jeremiah
Stone, then by Timothy McNamary. Michael Coogan once
made shoddy there. The shuttle business was first started
there in 1832 by Milton Ruggles, then carried on by Rug-
gles and Fowler, then Fowler, Pratt and King, then Fowler,
King and Baxter, then by S. Pratt and company ; then by
Wilkinsonville shuttle company; next by A. D. Chase, then
A. D. (/base and company. The old shop was moved away.
A new shuttle shop was built by the Sutton manufactur-
ing company, near the Wilkinsonville railroad depot, in
1849, and first occupied by Chase and Dudley. A part
of it was occupied by B. Taft and Son of Northbridge,
as a box shop. R. B. Fuller made shoe-kit there for awhile.
It was burned in 1851, soon rebuilt by the corporation and
occupied by Chase and Dudley. It is now used as a cotton
mill by the owners.
The first place across the river, now owned and occupied
by Nehemiah B. Chase, is a beautiful one. The old house
was built by Lot Hutchinson, and afterwards owned by
Captain Aimer Chase, who married Sukey Marble, daughter
of Malachi. She was a beautiful woman. He died of con-
sumption, June 25, 1825, aged forty-two ; his widow mar-
ried Stephen Crossman and died December 1, 1855, aged
sixty-nine. She sleeps by the side of her first husband in
the Wilkinsonville cemetery. The present house was built
by N. B. Chase in 1857.
The brick house on the hill above Pleasant Falls was built
by Abraham Chase in 1837 the barn in 1829. The old
house was taken down in 1838. Caleb Chase was the first
settler there, then Moses, then Nehemiah, then Captain
Abraham, now his son Levi.
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HOMES OF THE
This is one of the best farms in the east part of the town ;
the different owners have all been wealthy and honorable
men Captain Abraham, Captain Abner, Caleb and Nehe-
miah. Captain Abraham kept school, was on the town's
committee for several years ; he also represented the town
RESIDENCE OF I. B. HARTWELL.
in the general court, and held other offices. His widow,
daughter of Lydia and Jonathan Dudley, still survives. He
died here October 26, 1857, aged sixty-eight years and
seven months.
On the place now owned by I. B. Hartwell, Francis Dud-
ley first settled ; he was the son of Samuel, The present
TOWN OF SUTTON. 419
house was built by Caleb Chase, son of Nehemiah. He first
built a low house, and afterwards enlarged it to its present
form. Edward Dudley bought and sold to Mr. Hartwell.
He has been on the school committee and held other offices.
The next place toward the village was built by Leonard
Dudley, son of Captain John, in 1832. He was a stone-
cutter and one of the best of men; he died there May 12,
1842, aged forty. He married Elizabeth Fisher, born
September 17, 1813, died February 26, 1875. Since the
death of Mr. Dudley the place has been owned by his
brother John, and occupied for several years by Jonas
Brown, a retired merchant in delicate health. He has one
daughter, who is quite an accomplished teacher.
The pretty cottage nearly opposite was built by Horatio
Chase, next owned by Harper, now by Mr. Shambeau.
The large house now standing on the site of the former
stone school-house, was built by Horatio Chase. A sort of
public house and stable have been kept there ; it has been
partly owned and occupied by others, but is now owned by
Mr. Chase.
The next house was built by John Sherman. Mr. Barber,
who married a daughter of Caleb Chase, lived there.
Amos Severy also lived there. It was afterward owned by
\Yhitney, now by John Anderson, and occupied by his
brother Edward.
N. B. Hapgood built on the east side, and sold to Whit-
ing Fisher, who sold to Mr. Woodburu, the present owner.
The next house back was built by Whiting Fisher, and
sold to Mr. Wilson, the present owner. Mr. Fisher was a
mason by trade, and a very industrious man; he became
quite deaf, walked on the railroad and was badly injured by
the cars.
The house now owned and occupied by Edwin C. Hall
was built by Mr. Belknap. Mr. Hall is son of Calvin, son
of Stephen, son of Stephen, son of Percival. His mother
was daughter of Thomas Harback, Jr. Her mother was a
Bemis from Spencer.
The brick house opposite was built by Leonard and
Edward Dudley in 1836 ; sold by them to their brother
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James, and now owned by his son John of New York, and
occupied by Fred. C. Dudley, son of D. T. James Dudley
was a very fine man ; he was engaged for several years in
trade and was of the firm of Dudley and Hill Avhen he died.
He was born May 13, 1805, and died December 12, 1841 ;
he married Dolly Towne, born July 4, 1810, died Aug. 22,
1864. Their son John served an apprenticeship at Stew-
art's in New York, and is now engaged at a salary of $10,000
a year. Since the death of Mr. Dudley this house has been
let to many different families.
The next house on the other side of the street was built
by N. R. Hapgood, who married a daughter of Caleb Chase ;
it was built in 1836, next owned by Sullivan Newton, now
owned and occupied by Mr. Boyd.
Nearly opposite stands the store. It was first kept by
John Sherman, when it was broken open and a large amount
of goods stolen. Leonard and James Dudley succeeded him
in 1828 ; next kept for several years by Jonas Brown ; he
was also postmaster there. Since Mr. Brown left the store
it has been kept by several different parties, among them
Luther F. Woodbury, for several years. It is now kept- by
Fred. C. Dudley.
Opposite is a small house made from the old Harback
school-house which stood on the knoll just east of Samuel
Prescott's. It is now owned and occupied by Mr. Van
Buren Dorr.
On the place where Sullivan Newton now lives, David
Dudley, twin brother to Jonathan, who settled on the
** Peter place,' 5 and son of Samuel, the more than centena-
rian, built the first house, which was burnt about 1797. His
son Abel rebuilt soon after and gave it to his son Abel, who
sold to Jeremiah Stone and he to Asa Waters in 1815.
Waters sold the place to Brown and Newton in 1835. They
enlarged and improved the house to its present grand form
and proportions.
David Dudley died here January 10, 17J7.
The next house was built by Edward M. Dudley, son of
Capt. John and Deborah, in 1860, and has always been occu-
pied by himself and family. He is too well known to need
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421
mention here, but, for future generations, let us say that he
does not degenerate from the high standard of the Dudleys
already given. Nor has he many superiors for honest integ-
rity and good common sense. He has been "boss farmer"
for "the corporation " for several years. He is one of the
best judges of horses and cattle to be found. Has been one
of the selectmen of the town, etc.
RESIDENCE OF SULLIVAN NEWTON.
The next house on the other side of the street was built
by the Hon. William R. Hill in 1848 and has always been
occupied by himself. Mr. Hill is one of our best known
citi/ens, as the honors bestowed upon him will testify. For
personal appearance he has few equals ; he is noted for his
vocal gifts : has led the choir at Grafton for seven years ;
has been president of the Worcester County Musical Con-
vention, held many town offices, represented the town in
422 HOMES OF THE
the legislature, and has also been a member of the Massa-
chusetts senate.
The next house belongs to the Sutton manufacturing com-
pany, and has been occupied by too many tenants to allow of
personal mention.
The next house was built by David Wilkinson for the
Sutton bank, which was established in 1827 and continued
about three years, when it closed and redeemed all its bills.
The first cashier was Wilkinson, the next Darius
Boy den Sibley, the next and last was William Hovey. Hez-
ekiah Howe was President. The building was used several
years as a store. Charles P. Baldwin kept there two years,
commencing in 1830. Mary Ann Sibley, now his wife, had
rooms in the same building, where she and her mother
carried on millinery and dress-making. He is now a retired
merchant of wealth in New York. Dudley and Hill kept
here one year. The building has since been occupied by
various parties as a tenement house. It belongs to the
corporation. .
The first house nearly opposite or in front of the present
store and post-office, was built by Benjamin Morse, who
married a daughter of Samuel Dudley and moved on to the
place where M. M. Hovey now lives. The house has been
down nearly a hundred years. The present house was built
by David Wilkinson for a tavern in 1824. They had a great
raising and a dinner, the tables being spread in the barn.
The Rev. Edmund Mills was there and asked the blessing.
It was first kept by William Newhall, then by Dea. Jona-
than Leland, then by Major Thomas Harback, next by Josiah
Towne, then by Townsend Willard, then by Sardius Bacon,
then by \Villiain C. Walker, then by Daniel Sabine. It has
since been occupied as a store, first by Dudley and Hill, in
1836, till the death of Dudley in 1841, since by W. R. Hill,
the present occupant, who has also kept the books of the
corporation, and is the present Wilkinsonville post-master.
The rest of the building has been used as the factory board-
ing house. It was at one time kept by John W. Gamble, a
very worthy man, who was instantly killed by the falling of
some heavy machinery which they were raising by tackle to
TOWN OF BUTTON. 423
one of the upper stories of the factory, September 15, 1847 ;
he was forty-five years of age when he died. One of his
daughters married Elijah Marten, one of the noted writing
masters.
The first house south of the bank house was built for the
agent. It was occupied for several years by Mr. Seth Hart-
well, then agent. It has since been occupied by the several
agents, and is now the residence of Mr. G. H. Searle,
superintendent of the mill.
The next house was built by David Wilkinson for the
cashier of the bank. It has since been occupied by various
parties as a tenement house.
The next house was also built by Mr. Wilkinson as a
rectory or parsonage for the Episcopal church. It was first
occupied by Rev. D. Le B. Goodwin from 1825 to 1854 ;
his family were born there. His son Daniel was a clergy-
man, graduated at Brown University. It has since been
occupied by his reverend successors.
The present rector is the Rev. James S. Ellis. The
corner stone of the church was laid in great pomp by the
freemasons on the twenty-fourth of June 1828.
There is a house on the corner opposite the boarding
house. It was once occupied by Deacon John Morse, agent
of the old mill that was burnt, also by his brother Nathaniel,
who was drowned one Sunday while watching the dam in
the time of a flood. It is now owned by the corporation,
and has been occupied by too many to particularize. The
other three or four houses between the boarding house and
the factory are also corporation houses.
North of the new iron bridge which spans the disgraced
and attainted Blackstone, made so by the waste of fertilizers
cast into it by the foolish and prodigal city at its head, stands
the railroad depot known as Sutton station.
A little above is the beautiful residence of Abraham Dud-
ley Chase, with his large, elegant and commodious barn.
He made most of his money in the shuttle business, from
which he has now retired and carries on his very valuable
farm. He is a son of the late Captain Abraham Chase.
He built his house in 18 50.
424 HOMES OF SUTTON.
The next house was built by David Tyler Dudley in 1851,
and is and has been occupied by himself. He is a shuttle
maker, and has been much in office, as the town's list of
officers shows.
The next house was built by Mr. Warren Wilder, once a
shuttle maker, now retired on account of ill health. The
house was built in 1851. These three houses of old busi-
ness associates are very much alike and all good ones.
The next building that side of the river was a shuttle
shop, but is now a cotton mill. The old house beyond is a
tenement house belonging to the corporation. Any other
houses not particularly noticed in this village, are either
corporation tenement houses, or over the line in Grafton.
The corporation own twelve houses in the village.
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Part III.
ECCLESIASTICAL AND EDUCATIONAL.
The religious history of this town is coeval with its civil.
When the governor, council and assembly of the province
confirmed the purchase and made a grant of the land to the
proprietors in 1704, it was upon the condition "that they
settle a town of thirty families and a minister upon said
lands within seven years after the end of the present war
with the Indians."
At the first town meeting, held at a private dwelling,
December 2, 1718, a prominent object of the meeting was
to provide for the establishment of the gospel ministry.
Measures were taken in March following to erect a house of
worship, which was completed in the course of the year.*
" In the fall of the year 1720, a number of the Christian
inhabitants of the township of Sutton embodied into a
church state under the direction of Rev. Mr. Swift of Fram-
inghain, and the Rev. Mr. Breck of Marlboro ; at which time
(after the Publick services of a Day of Fasting and prayer
in which the Reverend ministers mentioned assisted) , the
*See "Annals" in this book.
428 CHURCHES or THE
following persons, whose names are as folio weth, signed a
solemn covenant to walk together in church relation.
Timothy Manning, John Whipple,
Samuel Stearns, John Stockwell,
John Page, Ebenezer Stearns,
Elisha Johnson, William Darned,
Samuel Sibley, Samuel Parker,
The persons entering into covenant.
At the same time Timothy Manning was chosen Monitor."
The above is the only record of the organization of the
First Congregational church in this town, and it is found in
the handwriting of the Rev. David Hall, the second pastor.
The records of the church for the first eight years of its
existence are lost, having been carried away by the first
pastor.
The church was organized upon the Congregational plat-
form, of the simplest and most rigid character, and has ever
maintained the principles of such organization. Tradition
says it was owing to a difference upon the matter of church
government with the first pastor that led to his dismission.
Subsequently an effort was made to introduce the Eldership
into the church, according to the Cambridge platform, but
the proposition was unanimously rejected.
"On the 9th day of November 1720, the Eev. John
McKinstry was ordained pastor over them as a Congrega-
tional church, they calling him thereto, and calling in the
help of sister churches.
"The Rev. Mr. Swift of Framingham gave him the charge,
and the Rev. Mr. Thatcher of Milton gave him the right
hand of fellowship.
"The Rev. Mr. Baxter, pastor of Medfield, the Rev. Mr.
Breck, pastor of Marlboro', the Rev. Mr. Prentice, pastor
of Lancaster, and the Rev. Mr. Dor, pastor of Meudon,
assistants sent to on the occasion mentioned."
The ministry of Mr. McKiustry continued about eight
years, when, from difficulties arising as stated above, he was
dismissed, and was subsequently settled in Ellington, Con-
necticut, where he died.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 429
Mr. McKinstry was dismissed Sept. 2d, 1728, and on the
30th day of the same month the church solemnly renewed
their covenant and subscribed their names to the same. The
following is a record of the transaction :
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, SUTTON CENTRE.
"Sept. 30th, 1728. The Brethren of the Church here renewed their solemn
covenant with God and one with another and subscribed thereto as following:
" 1. We, whose names are hereunto subscribed Promise this day to renew
our Solemn Covenant engagements to serve the Lord God Almighty with his
grace assisting us ; apprehending ourselves called of God into the church state
430 CHURCHES OF THE
of the gospel, do first of all confess ourselves to be unworthy to be so highly
favored of the Lord, and admire that free and rich grace of his which
triumphed over so great un worthiness, and with a Humble reliance on the
aids of his grace therein promised for them, that, in a sense of their inability
to do any good thing, do humbly wait on him for all we now thankfully lay
hold on his covenant and would choose the things that please him.
"2ndly. We declare our serious belief of the Christian Religion as contained
in the sacred Scriptures, and with such a view thereof as the confession of
faith in our churches has exhibited. Heartily resolving to conform our lives
unto the Rules of that Holy Religion as long as we live in the world.
" Srdly. We give up ourselves unto the Lord Jehovah, who is the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and avouch him this Day to be our God, our
Father, our Saviour, and our Leader, and receive him as our Portion forever.
" 4thly. We give up ourselves unto the Blessed Jesus, who is the Lord
Jehovah, and adhere to him as the Head of his People in the Covenant of
Grace, and rely upon him as our Priest, and our Prophet, and our King to
bring us unto Eternal Blessedness.
" 5thly. We acknowledge our Everlasting and Indispensible obligations to
glorify our God in all the Duties of a Godly, and a Sober, and a Righteous
life ; and very particularly in the duties of a church State and a body of Peo-
ple associated for an obedience to Him in all the ordinances of the Gospel ;
and we hereupon depend upon his gracious assistance for our faithful discharge
of the duties thus incumbent on us.
" 6thly. We desire and intend and, (with Dependence on his promised and
powerful grace) we engage to walk together as a Church of the Lord Jesus
Christ in the faith and order of the Gospel as far as we shall have the same
revealed unto us conscienciously attending the Publick worship of God, the
Sacraments of his New Testament, the Discipline of his Kingdom, and all
His Holy institutions in Communion with one another, and watchfully avoid-
ing sinful stumbling blocks and contention as becomes a people whom the
Lord has bound up together in the bundle of Life at the same time we
do also present our offspring with us unto the Lord, proposing with his Help
to do our parts in the methods of a Religious Education that they may be
the Lord's. And all this we do flying to the blood of the Everlasting Cove-
nant, and praying that the glorious Lord, who is the Great Shepherd, would
prepare and strengthen us for every good work to do his will, working in us that
which is well pleasing in his sight, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen."
The men subscribing were by name as followeth :
Suttou, Sept. 30th, 1728.
Percival Hall, Nathaniel Dike, John Singletary,
Samuel Rich, Elisha Johnson, John Whipple,
Elisha Putnam, John Sibley, Obadiah Walker,
Ebenezer Stearns, Simon Dakiu, John Stockwell,
Samuel Bigsby, Israel Putnam, Ebenezer Stockwell,
Gershom Wait, Solomon Holman, James Leland,
Samuel Dudley, John Page.
After this transaction, which took place the same mouth,
Mr. McKinstry was dismissed. We have the following inter
esting record, showing with what zeal the infant church after
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a severe trial, put itself in readiness for the work of main-
taining the covenant which they had so solemnly renewed :
" October 4th, 1728. 1st. The Brethren had a meeting
and made choice of Dea. Percival Hall for a Moderator so
long as they remain Destitute of a Pastor.
"2. Chose Simon Dakin, Clerk.
"3. Chose Dea. Elisha Putnam, Monitor.
" 4. Chose Dea. Hall to read the Psalm.
'-' 5. Chose Mr. John Whippleto set the Psalm, and Isaac
Chase to set it in his absence."
At this meeting it was also " agreed upon and voted to
observe the 23d of the Instant October as a day of Humilia-
tion and the Rev. Mr. Parkman and the Rev. Mr. Troop
to preach on said day if the Town acquiest therein, and then
the meeting was dissolved.
' ' To the substance of which attest
" SIMON DAKIN, Clerk."
Early in November following the above acts of the church,
Mr. David Hall was invited to preach to the people in this
town. He supplied the pulpit several months to the great
acceptance of the people, and in March 1729 received a
unanimous call to settle with them in the ministry and
become their pastor, the church and town concurring in the
call.
This invitation was laid before Mr. Hall, and on July 24,
1729, his acceptance of the same was laid before the church
at a meeting called to consider the same.
The following is Mr. Hall's answer to the invitation :
" To the Chh. & Christian Inhabitants of the Town of Sutton. The Invita-
tion which you gave me to settle with yon in the work of ye ministry, March
ye 26th, has been with me as a matter of serious advice and Religious Consid-
eration and I have also thought upon the Incouragment which you conjoyned
therewith and would manifest a sense of gratitude to you for your Respect and
good will discovered in both. The value of a hundred pounds which you offer
me in work and materials for my Incouragment in settling with you, I Return
you my hearty Thanks and shall be willing to manifest a cordial acceptance of
it provided I am ordained among you. As for the hundred acres of Land you
Proposed to Lay out to the ministry and as such promised to give me a Lease
or deed of it to be ye Sole Propriety of me and my heires after me : I would
with respect Thereto take notice of your good will therein manifest towards
me, but must be excused from accepting of it under such a proposal. But if I
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may have a cleare and secure Title to it from ye Proprietors of ye undevided
lands in Sutton and not as included in ye four hundred acres of ministerial
Land (as there is a fair Prospect that I may) it not being as yet laid out to the
ministry, upon this proviso I will thankfully accept it, and the Same shall
discharge you from your obligations in Reference thereto. Lastly as to the
Sallery you have offered me I observe with a suitable Resentment yt you have
made provision yt it shall be honourable & as you have made a honourable
Pursuance thereof for the present Considering your abilities and my present
necescities in voting a hundred pounds sallery in money, equivalent to silver
at sixteen shillings an ounce, which is the standing value of money, wherein
you have agreed that I shall receive my yearly sallery according to which
standard I do accept of an Hundred pounds a year at present, and doubf not
and expect that as my necessities shall require, you will continue to make
Good your obligation as God shall bless you, that my necessities and charges
if they should increase may nevertheless be honourably supplied, and with
these provisos, I do now accept of your call, which, if you will please to receive
and record in confirmation of and compliance with what amendments I have
made, and prove yourselves a willing and Honourable People unto me, I shall
account that necessity is laid upon me as at this day, and, according to help
from Christ, will endeavour to labor with and for you in the gospel.
"DAVID HALL.
" July 15th, 1729."
After this answer was read to the church " it was put to
vote to see whether the church would accept of the said
answer provided Mr. David Hall would be* ordained accord-
ing to the church platform, i. e., in the Congregational way ;
and the vote passed in the affirmative."
A committee was then appointed to wait upon Mr. David
Hall to see whether he would take office according to the
forementioned vote.
The following is the answer of the candidate :
"In compliance with the Terms of the church with respect to Governing
the same I shall as far as I am concerned therein endeavour to conform to the
platform drawn up by the Synod of our churches of New England in every
article so far as it may be thought in reason to be consistent with the interest
and peace of the church provided it be agreeable to the great rule of the
g 08 ? 61 - DAVID HALL."
This was acceptable to the church, which then proceeded
to take measures for Mr. Hall's ordination.
This extreme jealousy for their liberty and rights as a
Congregational church arose in part, if not wholly, from the
controversy with Rev. Mr. McKinstry, their first minister.
The answer of the candidate exhibits a degree of caution
even, while assenting really to the proposition of the church,
TOWN or SUTTON. 433
worthy of all praise. He would consult their interest, while
maintaining the integrity of the gospel in all matters of
church government and discipline.
"October 15th, 1729. The Rev. Mr. David Hall was
ordained to the Pastoral office in Sutton. The Rev. Mr.
Troop of Woodstock began with prayer. The Rev. Mr.
Williams preached the sermon from 1st Thess. 5 : 12-13.
The Rev. Mr. Swift of Framinghani gave the solemn charge.
The Rev. Mr. Campbell of Oxford gave the Right-hand of
fellowship."
The young pastor thus ordained to the work of the minis-
try in this town, commenced his labors with considerable
zeal, and prosecuted them faithfully for a period of nearly
sixty years.
The records of the church during his administration fur-
nish little more than a few hints concerning its history except
as to its discipline, which seems to have been faithfully and
kindly administered, contributing largely to its almost uni-
form prosperity. At times the pastor and people passed
through great trials, and at others great peace and prosperity
attended the preaching of the word and administration of
the ordinances. One fruitful source of trouble was the
admission of persons to the ordinance of baptism but not to
full communion in the church. This is called in the records
of the church the covenant of baptism, but is known in his-
tory as the "half-way covenant."
There is no record of any form of covenant used in the
admission of such members.
The list of the names of those who were thus admitted is
preceded by the following introduction :
" The following have owned the covenant of Baptism and
some of them were baptized."
The first entry is made May 10, 1730, when "Joseph,
John, James, and Elizabeth, children of Joseph Sibley owned
the covenant and were, baptized." It would seem from this
and other entries that some took this step for themselves,
while others owned the covenant and had their children
baptized. The last entry is made October 28, 1781, when
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Nathaniel Cheney and Mary Cheney his wife owned the
covenant and had their children baptized.
Out of this unscriptural measure grew up many things to
trouble the church. It led in large part to the separation of
a portion of the members both from the public worship and
ordinances of the church. With these separating brethren
and sisters the pastor and church had long labor and severe
trials, in all which they seem to have been actuated by the
gentleness and forbearance of Christ.
All those who occasioned the trouble finally returned to
the church and were restored to its fellowship. Another
subject that at times was a source of trouble was sacred
music. At first and probably for a long time the singing was
congregational, led by one who was called the precentor or
chorister. The hymn or psalm was lined by one appointed
for that purpose. The tunes were few and simple, and were
not sung by rule, as it was called, for this gave great offence
to some. It seemed to them less devotional if there were
any rule or order about it. The objection to singing by rule
seems to have led to the resignation of the choristers at a
certain time.
Under date April 8, 1779, is the following record : " The
church was stayed on account of some uneasiness about
singing by rule, but the church adjourned the matter to
April 19th."
" April 19th. The Church and Pastor being notified
assembled upon that occasion a letter was read from the
Choristers before deputed John Woodbury, and John
Hall, giving up that service. After some discourse the
church voted :
" 1st. To encourage singing by rule.
'* 2nd. That some of the old tunes be studied and learnt,
as 100 Old and New, and Canterbury.
" 3dly. That Amherst and the six line metre be sung.
" 4thly. They desire new tunes be not multiplied, though
they mean not wholly to exclude them.
" 5thly. Chose John Woodbury and John Hall to be
Choristers.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 435
" In all these votes the People of the Parish voted concur-
rence and no vote in opposition when put to the Parish."
Subsequently, in November following, in consequence of
the refusal of the above-named to act as choristers, the
church and parish in meeting assembled requested by vote
David Town and John Harback "to be helpful in that
service, and that they don't set the tune called 34th Psalm
tune which so many have been offended at."
But the trouble was not yet at an end, for in May follow-
ing, 1780, at a church meeting, " after a long discourse on
the affair of singing, voted to choose a committee of three
brethren to consider what tunes were proper to be sung and
confine the Choristers not to exceed, and see if they could
get one to set the tune, and the church by vote chose
Deacon Putnam, Bartholomew Town, and Caleb Chase, and
afterwards Nehemiah Putnam, to act in the affair and make
report to the church at their next meeting and then the
church meeting was adjourned to the first Monday in June
next at 4 o'clock, by vote of the church. June 5th 1780. The
church met on adjournment and after prayer they made
return and after long reasoning the church voted the fol-
lowing tunes be sung in our Publick assembly Bucklaud
tune, Bangor, Barley, Canterbury, Funeral Thought, London
New, Little Marlborough, New York, Plymouth, Portsmouth,
50th Psalm, Rentham, 100th Psalm Tune old, Quincy,
Amherst, St. Martyns, Standish, Southwell, Windsor,
Brookfield, Colchester new, 113th or Proper Tune, Trinity,
Aurora. No objection being made against them."
This measure of the church did not however satisfy all the
members, for in January 1781, after two meetings of the
church called to treat with two of the brethren who had
absented themselves from public worship and ordinances, it is
recorded that the ' ' matter of great uneasiness expressed by
both was respecting the singing of new tunes at which they
were offended."
It is also stated that this expression of their uneasiness
was accompanied by some " unbecoming reflections."
At what time the change was made from congregational
singing to singing solely by a choir, no mention is made, but
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it must have been about this time, and this increased the
trouble. Tradition states that on the sabbath when this
took place, Dea. Tan-ant Putnam, whose office it was to line
the hymn, began as usual to discharge the duty, but after
reading the first two lines, the singers took the matter into
their own hands, and proceeded without pausing for the
remainder ; the good deacon however kept on, and lined the
hymn as usual, both reader and singers reaching the end of
the hymn about the same time, though not in exact harmony.
The congregation were in great commotion, and the pastor
rising to explain that he had no hand in the matter, was
saluted by one of the offended brethren with the declaration :
"David Hall, you lie!" then turning to his wife, seizing
her hand, he said, " Sally, it is time to go." They left the
house of worship and never entered it again. This trial in
relation to sacred music, involved both church and parish
and continued long.
The ministry of Dr. Hall was long continued and unusually
blessed among the people. At his settlement the church
consisted of forty-nine members twenty males and twenty-
nine females.
Religion was in a low and languishing condition, and
wicked men abounded. There were about eighty families in
the town and not far from four hundred inhabitants. The
profaneuess and other vicious practices of the people seemed
to have greatly distressed the pastor, both before and after
his ordination. He says in his half-century sermon : "I
can never forget my vehement struggles at the throne of
grace just before I was here ordained a pastor, lest I should
fail of success among this people." Immediately after his
settlement religion was greatly revived. In a communica-
tion published in " Prince's Christian History," giving an
account of the work of God among his people in 1741-2, he
says : " There was, soon after my settling here by the favor
of God, some considerable abatement of that too common
profaneness and other vicious practices visible among us,
and within the space of two years we had a very large
addition to the church, more than doubling the number of
TOWN OF SUTTON. 437
communicants." In five years' time eighty-one persons were
added to the church, the most of them on profession of faith.
In the years 1741-2 there was enjoyed a season of great
religious prosperity. The labors of the pastor were abundant
and successful. It was a season of great religious excitement
throughout New England. This powerful and wonderful
work of God in this town continued for some months, with
various degrees of power. It seemed to be free in a great
measure from those excesses that were witnessed in some
other places. Dr. Hall set himself resolutely against these,
and discountenanced all extravagances ; though some over-
zealous brethren (as he calls them) gave him considerable
trouble.
By this religious interest the whole face of the community
was changed. The additions to the church during this period
were ninety-eight by profession and forty by letter.
During the first fifteen years of Dr. Hall's ministry, two
hundred and sixty-one persons were added to the church ;
one hundred eighty-one by profession, and eighty by letter.
These additions, considering the small number of inhabit-
ants, show that the people had been greatly prospered in
spiritual things. There were at times during the ministry
of this faithful pastor, seasons of revived religious interest,
and others of great trial from laxness and indifference. Dr.
Hall continued to labor and feed the flock over which the
Holy Ghost had made him overseer, until the time of his
departure drew near. He closed his labors in the pulpit but
a short time before he was called to a higher and purer ser-
vice in the sanctuary above. He died May 8th, 1789, aged
eighty-four years ; having preached the gospel to this town
more than sixty years. He came to his grave " in a full age
like as a shock of corn cometh in his season."
As an able and faithful minister of the gospel he was excelled by few in his
or any other age. It is only as a Christian and a preacher that we can view
him at this late day. From his first settlement in the ministry he was pecu-
liarly distinguished for the candor with which he engaged in his Master's ser-
vice. From the first his determination seemed to be " not to know anything
among men save Jesus Christ and him crucified." As a Christian his char-
acter was above suspicion as well as reproach. His piety was consistent,
uniform and fervent. He possessed a well-balanced mind and was a man of
excellent judgment. He was eminently a peace-maker among the people of
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his charge. As a preacher he was both pungent and popular. He was bold
in rebuking sin. The effect of his labor, like that of Whitfield's, resulted in
part from his manner of presenting truth. That he was a popular preacher
appears from the great demand for his labors abroad and the success which he
often had with those opposed to him and his views of truth. He left the
impress both of his character and his ministry upon the people of the town
to whom he was for so many years the messenger of God, an impress that has
never been effaced.
The successor of Dr. Hall in the ministry of the first
church in Sutton was Rev. Edmund Mills, who was a native
of Kent, Connecticut. He preached his first sermon on
Sabbath, October 25th, 1789, about six months from the
date of Dr. Hall's decease. " The next spring he received
an invitation from the church and people to settle with them
in the evangelical ministry, which invitation he accepted and
was ordained pastor of the First Congregational church and
congregation in Sutton on the 22d day of June 1790," a lit-
tle more than a year-after the decease of Dr. Hall. At his
ordination his brother, Rev. Samuel John Mills of Torring-
ford, Connecticut, preached the sermon ; the Rev. Mr. Frost
of Milford gave the charge, and Rev. Mr. Chaplin of the
north parish gave the right-hand of fellowship. In May,
1790, immediately preceding the ordination of Mr. Mills,
the following important articles or by-laws were adopted :
1st. We are fully of the opinion that the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper
is designed particularly for the real friends of Christ or those savingly con-
verted, and that of consequence we ought to proceed in admitting members
on the ground that they are such.
2. For the satisfaction of the church in regard to the qualifications of per-
sons to be admitted, we think it most wise for the church and person or
persons to be admitted, to meet in some convenient place for mutual confer-
ence.
3. We are fully of the opinion that the half-way practice, as it is called, is
not supported by scripture and ought not to be favored.
4. That a strict regard to discipline is an indispensable duty and necessary
for the happiness and prosperity of the church, and that the outlines of it are
contained in the eighteenth chapter of Matthew .
It appears from the records of the church that soon after
Mr. Mills' ordination, the rule in receiving members to the
church was adopted, requiring a narrative of their religious
experience to be publicly read. In a few years this was
changed and the following was adopted: " Voted, that it
is agreeable to this church when any person or persons desire
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to become members of it, that it be signified to the pastor ;
that on his receiving satisfaction they be propounded, and
that on the second sabbath following, no objection arising in
the interim, they be received."
Not long after this decision the deacons, by vote, were
chosen a committee ' ' to aid the pastor in the examination of
persons proposing to make a public profession of religion
and thus to unite with the church."
No particular articles of faith had been drawn up to which
assent was required from those who were admitted to the
church. All hitherto had been admitted by giving assent to
the covenant first adopted and subscribed at the organization
of the church. This covenant made special reference to the
Westminster confession of faith as containing the principles
of the religion professed by those owning and subscribing
the same.
In "April, 1811, the church being regularly convened,
proceeded to the consideration and adoption of the follow-
ing confession of faith, unanimously : "
1. We believe there is one God subsisting in three persons, whose appella-
tions in scripture are Father, Son and Holy Ghost, who are the same in essence
and equal in every divine perfection.
2. We believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were written
by men divinely inspired, and contain all the truths necessary to be known in
order to salvation.
3. We believe that God hath a perfect knowledge of all his works, of the
final issue of every event, and of the endless condition of every intelligent
creature, consequently a concerted plan relative to creation, providence and
redemption from eternity.
4. We believe that God created man in his own image, holy or upright, and
constituted him in regard to the moral state of his posterity their public head
and representative.
5. We believe that, consequent upon man's fall and apostacy from God,
human creatures come into existence with hearts deceitful above all things
and in a state of entire moral depravity.
6. We believe that for the purpose of carrying forward the great work of
man's redemption, the Lord Jesus Christ hath suffered and died in their
room and stead, and in this way wrought out a complete atonement, tasted
death for every man, magnified the divine law and became its end to every
one who believe th in him.
7. We believe that divine and saving grace correspondent to the immutable
and eternal design of God, and in a sovereign way and manner, will be so far
displayed in the recovery and salvation of the hell deserving, and particularly
in the millennial state of the world, as shall be on the whole most promotive
of his glory and the happiness of the intelligent universe.
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8. We believe that in order for the impenitent to become the subjects of
right affections of heart, and interested by faith in the atonement of Christ,
they must be renewed in the temper of their minds by the irresistible and
gracious influences of the Holy Spirit.
9. We believe that a dutiful celebration of the Lord's supper requires a
sincere and cordial friendship to Christ, and that a profession of this friend-
ship ought to be required of all those who are received to communion.
10. We believe that sprinkling is the proper mode, and infants and children
of believing parents proper subjects of Christian baptism.
11. We believe that God hath mercifully engaged to keep all who are
renewed by the Divine Spirit from final apostacy, and enable them to perse-
vere in holiness until they shall be made perfect in glory.
12. We believe that God hath appointed a day in the which he will judge
the world in righteousness by Jesus Christ, when he will admit the godly to
everlasting happiness and doom the wicked to everlasting sorrow.
The above confession of faith was for a number of years
used in the admission of members to the church, and is sub-
stantially the creed of the church to this day. It has been
twice revised, and at the last revision materially modified in
expression.
" In the fall of the year 1820 several meetings of the church were by regu-
lar appointment holden, and a number of inquiries were attended to.
" 1. Whether professors of religion who have opportunity to give their
children the advantages of the sabbath-school are under obligation to im-
prove it ? It was agreed that they were.
" 2. Whether the baptized children of the church are entitled to any particu-
lar attention by reason, and if so, to what extent ? It was agreed that they
were, and that extent is pointed out by their solemn covenant engagements.
" 3. Whether the brethren of a church can deprive themselves of voting in
ecclesiastical and church concerns without violating important obligations ?
united in the opinion that they cannot."
The records of the church during Mr. Mill's ministry are
very imperfect. From October 1804 to April 1810, there
is no record of any transaction, and from 1811 to 1819
there is a similar omission. It will be seen from these facts
that materials for a history of the church during this period
are very meager. Many of the following facts were
gathered from living witnesses in the autumn of 1841, and
incorporated in a historical discourse by the fifth pastor of
the church, then in charge of the congregation. The num-
ber of members in the church at the time of Mr. Mill's
ordination was eighty-five. For a long period after he took
the pastoral charge of the people, there was no special relig-
ious interest ; iniquity abounded, and the church was greatly
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reduced in numbers as well as in power. Infidelity, brought
into the country during the revolutionary war from France
where it had deluged the land in blood, burnt the Bible,
blotted out the Sabbath, and annihilated the church swept
over the nation like the sirocco of the desert, and blighted
every thing with its touch. The land mourned and all was
dark. The pastor of this church, undismayed amid all the
scorn and open blasphemy of an infidel club, still wielded
the sword of the Spirit, and not without elfect. Infidelity
was checked, its most able champions came to an untimely
end, and their memory perished with them.
Though there was some increase of religious interest in
the year 1800, and a few were added to the church, yet the
number of members in the church was reduced by death and
dismission nearly one-half in twenty years. In 1810 there
were but lifty-five members. During this year and the fol-
lowing religion was greatly revived, and the interest pre-
vailed generally through the town. A universal seriousness
pervaded the face of society. All minds were more or less
affected by religious truth. Sixty-seven were added to the
church as fruits of this revival, the majority of whom were
heads of families. The number of members in the church
was increased from fifty-five to one hundred and twenty-five.
Again in 1820 there was another season of special religious
interest that greatly strengthened the church. Between
forty and fifty were added to its membership. From this
time to the close of Mr. Mill's ministry there was no unusual
attention given to the subject of religion, and piety was in
a languishing condition at his decease.
The venerable pastor continued to preach with his usual
ability and acceptance till seized with disease a short time
before his death. A few weeks before the close of his
earthly pilgrimage he preached his last sermon with unusual
animation and solemnity. He calmly anticipated his
approaching dissolution, and cheerfully committed his spirit
into the hands of his Redeemer, November 7, 1825, aged
seventy-three years ; having sustained the pastoral office
thirty-five years and five months. Dr. Hall and Mr. Mills
served this people in the ministry ninety-six years.
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Mr. Mills was an uncommon man. His erect and com-
manding person, the dignity and urbanity of his manner, and
his great sensibility and kindness of heart, fitted him in an
admirable degree to gain the respect and good will of all
who knew him. These traits of character, as much as his
original and interesting manner of unfolding and presenting
truth, deeply seated him in the affections of his people. He
was a man universally respected and admired.
The successor of Mr. Mills was the Rev. John Maltby.
He was born in Northford, Connecticut, graduated at Yale
College in 1822, received his theological education at Ando-
ver, and was ordained June 28, 1826 a little more than
seven mouths from the decease of Mr. Mills. At his ordi-
nation Rev. Mr. Hoadly of the Calvinist church, Worcester,
preached the sermon, Rev. Dr. Crane of Northbridge gave
the charge, and Rev. Dr. Pond, then -of Ward, now of
Bangor theological seminary, gave the right hand of fellow-
ship. The church consisted at this time of one hundred and
forty-three members.
There was no unusual interest in religion among the peo-
ple for two or three years after his settlement. In 1828 a
few individuals were hopefully converted and united with
the church. This year was characterized by a serious calam-
ity to the church and society their house of worship,
erected in 1751, and endeared to them by many precious
associations, was consumed by fire, in November. Measures
were immediately adopted for the erection of another ; and
in fourteen months the beautiful and commodious house of
worship that now adorns the centre of the town was com-
pleted and dedicated to the worship of the one only living
and true God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.
Soon after this there seemed an evident increase in piety
in the church ; and the way was evidently preparing for the
rich shower of divine grace which watered this part of the
Lord's vineyard not long after.
In 1830 there was a season of considerable interest, which
continued for a short time, and about twenty were added to
the church on profession of faith. The summer following,
Christians were more than usually awake, and many began to
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feel that the set time to favor Zion had indeed come. There
appeared an unusual willingness on the part of God's people
to make sacrifices and labor personally for the good of their
fellow-nien. They " went forth, weeping, hearing precious
seed, and came again rejoicing, bringing their sheaves with
them." A series of meetings, continuing through four days,
held in the month of August, gave great impulse to the
revival. The work of grace in its progress was remarkably
rapid. Multitudes seemed to press into the kingdom of
God ; the interest was general, though some neighborhoods
were more blessed than others. It produced a great change
in the town, and many of the subsequent fruits have been
exceedingly happy. The revival continued a shorter time
than any previous season of special religious interest. It
prevailed with power but for a few months. Among the
subjects were numbered many heads of families, and a mul-
titude of youth. The Sabbath-school was greatly blessed.
Most of those converted were members, and many of them
ascribed their first impressions and subsequent hope to the
influence of Sabbath-school instruction.
There were added to the church as fruits of the revival
more than- one hundred individuals, increasing the church to
two hundred and thirty-one members ; of the number added
thirty-six were heads of families twenty of these were
husbands and wives jointly. The voice of prayer was hence-
forth heard in many habitations where before God had not
been called upon.
In 1834 there was a revision of the articles of faith and
covenant of the church, which were published, with the names
of all who had been members of the church since its organ-
ization. In the same year the church, with great unanimity,
adopted the principles of total abstinence from all intoxi-
cating liquors as a beverage, as a qualification for member-
ship, but, owing to several circumstances, the resolutions
were not placed on record. The matter, however, for many
years, was made a subject of examination in the admission
of members to the church, and a pledge or promise of total
abstinence from intoxicating liquors required. The church
continued to enjoy an unusual degree of prosperity during
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the remainder of Rev. Mr. Maltby's ministry. Mr. Malthy
closed his short but successful ministry with the church in
June 1834, for the purpose of taking the oversight of the
Hammond street church in Bangor, Maine, where he was
permitted to reap the fruits of his labor. His dismission
was caused by no dissatisfaction on the part of the people,
or their pastor ; but by the prospect of greater usefulness in
the Held to which he was invited. Mr. Maltby continued in
the ministry in Button eight years.
The next pastor was Mr. Hiram A. Tracy, a native of
Lisbon, Connecticut, who obtained his classical education at
Plainfield academy, while engaged as a teacher in the same.
His theological education was obtained at Andover. He was
invited to supply the pulpit while yet a student at Andover,
and came directly from the seminary to Suttou, preaching
here for the first time on the second sabbath in September
1834. In October following he received a call to become
the pastor of the church. Having accepted this invitation,
he was ordained pastor January 1st, 1835, a little more than
five months from the dismission of his predecessor. At his
ordination Rev. Dr. Woods of the theological seminary at
Andover preached the sermon ; Rev. Benjamin Wood of
Upton gave the charge ; and Rev. John Wilde of Grafton
gave the right hand of fellowship. The number of members
in the church at Mr. Tracy's settlement was two hundred
and twenty-two.
During the first five years of Mr. Tracy's ministry only
eighteen persons united with the church on profession of
faith. In the autumn of 1839 this church, in view of the
low state of piety in the community, was impressed witli
the importance 'of earnestly seeking the Lord by repentance
and prayer.
For this purpose they united with the three Congrega-
tional churches in Millbury, and assembled weekly, alter-
nately in the different houses of worship, for prayer and
mutual exhortation. Soon there was a manifest increase of
interest among Christians.
In the latter part of February 1840, sinners began to
inquire the way to Zion, and not long after many were solic-
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itous to know what they should do to be saved. The work
increased in power and extent through the months of March
and April. After this there was a gradual abatement in the
number of those who were specially interested. Most of
the subjects of the revival were youth, and nearly all mem-
bers of the sabbath-school. As fruits of this revival forty-
eight individuals were added to the church, increasing its
membership to two hundred sixty-one, the largest number
that has been connected with it at any one time.
The church continued to enjoy prosperity and peace dur-
ing the remaining ten years of Mr. Tracy's ministry. There
were occasional additions to the church during this period,
but no seasons of general interest like that in 1840.
In August 1842 the church, upon the recommendation of
a committee, voted unanimously to dispense with the use of
alcoholic wine in the administration of the ordinance of the
Lord's Supper. This vote has been adhered to from that
time to this.
November 24th, 1850, Mr. Tracy resigned the pastoral
office to accept the appointment of district secretary of the
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in
the district of Cincinnati, which embraced southern Ohio,
Indiana and southern and central Illinois. A council con-
vened December llth, 1850, dissolved the relation which
had continued with great harmony for sixteen years. The
number of members in the church at the close of his minis-
try was two hundred and five.
After several attempts to unite in calling a pastor, the
church and society agreed upon Mr. George Lyman of East-
harnpton, and to him an invitation was extended to become
their pastor and teacher. This invitation was given to Mr.
Lyman September 26th, 1851, and accepted October 18th,
1851. He was ordained November 12th following, Rev. R.
S. Stone of Easthampton preaching the sermon ; Rev. J.
H. Bisbee of Worthington giving the charge, and Rev. L.
F. Clark of Whitinsville the right-hand of fellowship. The
number of members in the church at the ordination of Mr.
Lyman was one hundred ninety-three.
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There does not appear from the records of the church to
have been any season of special religious interest for several
years after Mr. Lyman's settlement. There were occasional
conversions and additions to the church. In October 1858
nine persons were admitted to membership, indicating a pre-
vious state of revived religious feeling in the church and
congregation. Again in 1863 the church was enlarged by the
addition in May of nineteen on profession of faith, and in
November following thirteen were added. From this time
to the close of Mr. Lyman's ministry there was no season of
special religious interest. Mr. Lyman resigned the pastor-
ate June 30th, 1867, to take effect the twelfth of November
following, the anniversary of his ordination and settlement
as pastor of the church.
A council was called which met October 15th and sanc-
tioned the action of pastor and churcn, and Mr. Lyman
retired from his labors here November 12th, 1867.
After considerable delay and several attempts to unite
upon a pastor, the church and society gave a call to the Kev.
F. E. Fellows, who had been previously pastor of the Con-
gregational church in Bridgton, Maine. This invitation was
accepted July 4th, 1869, and Mr. Fellows was installed by
council October 26th following. Mr. Fellows' ministry was
a short but successful one. He labored among this people
a little more than eighteen months, but during this period
there was a season of great religious interest, bringing into
the church upon profession of their faith forty-three persons.
In December 1870 Mr. Fellows resigned, and closed his
labors as pastor of the church on the second sabbath of
January 1871. The following sabbath the pulpit was sup-
plied by Rev. Mr. Tracy, who had returned from Ohio on
account of the health of his family.
On Monday, at the annual meeting of the society, he was
invited to be the acting pastor for one year, which invitation
he accepted, thus renewing his labors in the field of his first
settlement after a lapse of twenty years. From this time
on during a period of four years and nine mouths, the church,
under the labors of Mr. Tracy, performed for the greater
part of the time through severe infirmities, enjoyed an
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unusual degree of prosperity. Thirty-three persons were
added to the church on profession of faith, the congregation
was increased, and great harmony and peace abounded. The
articles of faith, covenant and by-laws of the church were
revised and largely changed in phraseology, but not in sub-
stance, and published in a manual containing a brief history
of the church, together with the names of the officers and
members of the church from the first.
Early in September 1875, Mr. Tracy gave notice that he
must close his labors after the second sabbath in October.
In the meantime, upon his recommendation, Rev. William
A. Benedict of Plainfield, Connecticut, was engaged to sup-
ply the pulpit for six months, and commenced his labors on
Sabbath, October 16th, following Mr. Tracy's retirement.
There was almost immediately a revived state of religious
feeling, and during the winter many souls were converted.
In January Mr. Benedict received an invitation from the
church and society to become their pastor, which invitation
he accepted, and was installed by council Feb. 16th, 1876.
Rev. J. Taylor, D. D., of Providence, R. I., preached the
sermon, Rev. T. E. Babb of Oxford gave the charge, and
Rev. J. R. Thurston of Whitinsville the right hand of
fellowship.
There was a renewal of religious interest the following
winter, and as the result the church has been largely increased
in membership.' In less than two years there has been an
addition of forty-nine persons on profession of faith. At
this time both church and congregation are larger than they
have been at any time during the last fifteen years, and both
are now enjoying great prosperity.
The following are the names of those who have served the
church in the office of deacon :
The year named is the year of their election.
Timothy Manning, . . . 1720.
Percival Hall, . . . 1721.
Elisha Putnam, . . . 1731.
Samuel Sibley, . . . 1737.
Cornelius Putnam, . . . 1744.
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Benjamin Woodbury,
Dr. Benjamin Morse,
John Fry,
Tarrant Putnam , 1765.
Willis Hall, . 1775.
John Haven, . 1775.
Nathan Putnam, 1791.
Daniel Torrey, 1794.
Reuben Putnam, 1794.
Benjamin Hicks,
Jonathan Leland,
William Bond, . 1811.
Sylvester Morse, . 1819.
Dr. David March, . . 1819.
John Morse, . 1825.
Palmer Marble, . 1826.
Alvan Leland,
Luther Hall, .
Sumner B. King, . 1845.
Dr. William Terrey, . . 1854.
Edwin H. Hutchinson, . 1860.
John W. Marble, . . . 1864.
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HISTORY OF THE SECOND CHURCH IN SUTTON,
FKOM 1747 TO 1813.
The inhabitants of the north part of Sutton were incor-
porated a parish, called the North Parish, by the General
Court, October 28, 1743. The first meeting was warned
and held at the dwelling-house of Mr. Richard Singletary, by
virtue of a warrant from Richard Moore, Esq., of Oxford, to
organize said parish, on the twenty-sixth of December, 1743.
At this meeting it was voted to choose a committee to find
the centre of the parish, striking off one mile from the east
end of the parish, and to prepare the materials for the build-
ing of a meeting-house.
One year after this, the male members of the church in
Sutton, residing within the bounds of the north parish, sent
a petition to said church desiring to be " dismissed and com-
mended to the work of embodying together in a church-
state, and asking assistance therein." Upon this petition
and request, the church took the following action at a meet-
ing held December 13, 1744 :
1. Voted, that our brethren living iu the north parish, or precinct, as many
of them as are disposed to embody among themselves into a church-state, and
as shall subscribe to a church covenant, agreeable to the church covenant
which the church of Christ in Sutton are under, be dismissed and recom-
mended thereto.
2. That such as shall thus form and embody, be by us acknowledged a
church of our Lord Jesus Christ.
3. That we will send our elder and messengers to assist them in embodying
and procuring some officers, and to give them the right hand of fellowship
when so embodied.
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CHURCHES OF THE
The brethren of the north parish did not at once avail
themselves of the above action, but, some months later,
renewed their request, and were answered that their petition
had already been granted upon condition that they subscribed
to a church covenant agreeable to what we are now under.
It is added on the records of the church in relation to this
matter, ' ' but their conduct -of. late had given us some rea-
son to suspect their wavering respecting principles, and
therefore desired this first, that they would be joining, in
the renewal of the covenant with us, removing the matter of
our jealousy, so then we should be ready to prosecute our
former votes in answer to their former petition."
These brethren in the meantime had taken some measures
to procure some meet person to preach the gospel in the
parish. This was done, and a call was given to two persons
to become their pastor, but the invitation in each case was
declined. In March 1747 they gave Mr. James Wellman
a call to settle with them in the ministry. This invitation
Mr. Wellman accepted. All this transpired before the
church was organized or embodied. This was effected Sep-
tember 10, 1747, three years after the petition and request
to the first church in Sutton.
The record respecting this transaction, in the hand-writing
of Rev. Mr. Wellman, the first pastor, is as follows :
" Sutton, Sept. 10, 1747. The second Church of Christ
in Sutton, was embodied in the presence, and with the
assistance of Rev. Messrs. John Campbell of Oxford, and
Nathan Webb of Uxbridge."
They then adopted and signed a covenant similar in all
respects to that of the first church from which the members
were dismissed. The covenant was signed by forty brethren,
whose names are as follows :
Thomas Lovell, jr. Joshua Carter,
*Samuel Buck, jr. William Waite,
*Nathaniel Waite, *Amos Singletary,
*William Fiske, *Thomas Gould, jr.
Daniel Gale, *Daniel Buckman,
*Elisha Goddard, *Daniel Kenney,
Elisha Barton, * Charles Roberts,
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John Holland, *Thomas Gould,
Charles Richardson, *Abel Chase,
James Wellman, Francis Kidder,
*Jonathan Fuller, *Jonathan Dwinnel,
*John Singletary, *Daniel Greenwood,
Timothy Carter, *Isaac Gale,
* Samuel Buck, *Richard Singletary,
*John Waite, *Edmund Barton,
*Robert Goddard, Joseph Singletary,
Jonathan Park, *Thomas Holman,
*Josiah Bond, *Gershom Waite,
*Solomon Holman, *John Grove,
*Isaac Barnard, *Ebenezer Stearns.
The names above marked with a * were dismissed from the
first Congregational church. The others may have united
upon profession of faith, or been admitted upon letters of
dismission from other churches. All are represented as
having signed the covenant at the embodiment of the church.
"Oct. 7, 1747, James Wellman was separated to the
work of the ministry and ordained pastor of the second
church of Christ in Sutton. The Council was composed of
the Elders and delegates from the following churches. The
first church in Sutton, the church in Oxford, the church in
Uxbridge, the church in Worcester, the second church in
Lynn, the church in Wilmington, the first in Westboro, and
the church in Southboro." The council met upon the occa-
sion, "and after having consulted upon the affair of ordina-
tion, and taken the previous necessary steps, the Council as
well as Church, and said Wellman repaired to the meeting-
house, and the Rev. Mr. Hall of Sutton began with prayer,
the Rev. Mr. Chase of Lynn preached a sermon suitable to
the occasion from Rev. 1, 20. The Rev. Mr. Campbell of
Oxford gave the charge, and the Rev. Mr. Parkman of
Westboro gave the Right Hand ; the whole was carried on
with decency and good order."
In respect to receiving members to the church the follow-
ing rule was adopted on the twenty-ninth of October fol-
lowing the ordination :
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"With regard to admitting persons to our fellowship,
Voted that the Pastors relating to the church something
agreeable to the conversation he hath with those that desire
O
to join in full communion with us should serve instead of a
relation."
Thomas Gould and Abel Chase were chosen first deacons
of the church. It will be noticed that the church was
organized solely with male members. It was not till Nov.
12th following that any females were received. Under this
date it is recorded :
" The following females were admitted to full communion
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with this church, viz. :
Eunice Lovell, Anna Allen,
Sarah Chase, Hannah Hiscock,
Hannah Holman, Mary Waters,
Sarah Fisk, Dorothy Genison,
Elizabeth Kenney, Susanna Fuller,
Mehitabel Dwinnel, Abigail Park,
Elizabeth Bond, jr. Joanna Waite,
Martha Gould, Sarah Barnard,
Phebe Buckmau, Hannah Gould,
Mary Singletary, Judith Gaile,
Mary Stockwell, Rachel Bigelow,
Jane Stearns, Elizabeth Bond,
Thankful Singletary, Elizabeth Pratt,
Mary Singletary, Anna Barton,
Martha Singletary, Sarah Wait.
"These all being dismissed and recommended to our
sacred Fellowship from the First Church in Sutton."
Including the above named females, the second church in
Sutton began its history with a membership of seventy.
The materials for a history of the church during Mr.
Wellman's ministry are quite meager. It was not, for a
part of the time, either a successful or happy one. During
the thirteen years of its existence, there was no special
religious interest in the congregation. Forty persons, thirty-
one by profession and nine by letter, were received to fellow-
ship in the church, and according to the records no two were
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received on the same day. The latter part of Mr. Well-
man's ministry was prosecuted under great difficulties, by
reason of differences that had arisen between him and his
people. According to memoranda found in the handwriting
of Rev. Joseph Goffe, the third pastor, these differences
commenced in 1755. There are no means of knowing the
ground of them ; but, as these troubles were so prominent,
and continued so long, no history of the church could be a
faithful one which did not notice them.
In March 1758 matters had reached such a crisis that a
council was proposed by the church to settle the difficulties.
The record of this transaction, as kept by Mr. Wellman, is
as follows :
"Tuesday March 28, 1758. The church met, and, after
prayer, the standing part of the church voted :
" 1st. To call in the advice of a Council before we pro-
ceed to act anything further. It was then put to the with-
drawing members whether they would join the standing part
of the church in calling in advice and'they refused.
" 2nd. To invite the following churches, viz. : The first in
Mendon, First in Shrewsbury, First in Westboro, the church
in Sturbridge, and the church in Dudley.
"3d. That they be invited to sit on the affair on Tuesday
the 13th day of June next."
Subsequently the second church in Shrewsbury was added .
The council met on the day appointed.
June 13, 1758. The churches that were sent for agreeable to the fore-
going votes all came by their Pastor and delegates, except the Pastor of the
church in Dudley, and formed into an Ecclesiastical Council. A paper hav-
ing been sent to them signed Robert Goddard and others intimating that the
churches convened were imposed upon by the Pastor and Church in their
letter missive, the Council passed the following vote, viz. : Voted by the
Council here sitting that a paper signed per Robert Goddard and others, inti-
mating that the churches here convened have been imposed upon, and that when
the vote was passed to call this Council there were but nine that voted when
at the same time, there were twelve in the negative the remaining part of the
church sitting neutral and respecting what was said, designed in confirma-
tion of said paper [it was voted] that said paper contains a great mistake,
and that this Council was fairly voted for by the church, and chosen by a
considerable majority of the members, in regular standing present. Where-
fore upon the whole, it most clearly appears to the Council that there was no
imposition upon the churches contained in the letter missive, but the churches
were regularly convened upon the call of the second church in Sutton.
JOSEPH DORR, Moderator.
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The above seems to be but a part of what the council did,
though they came to no result upon the merit of the case,
according to the following record :
The Council was then dissolved without coming to any result upon the
merits of the case by reason of divers proposals made on one side and the
other in order for an accommodation by another church meeting, and, if that
did not succeed, by a mutual Council, all of which proved abortive. But after a
long controversy, various Councils, and many Church meetings, an exact jour-
nal of which has been kept but which was not thought expedient to insert
in this book especially, it being so lengthy the Pastor and church, the with-
drawing brethren and others, in the Parish, agreeable to the advice and a
letter missive prepared by Mr. Trowbridge of Cambridge, consented to call a
mutual Council to end the matter, whose result is as follows :
A council of four churches the first church in Cambridge, the church in
Charlestown, the second church in Cambridge, and the new north church in
Boston convened by their elders and delegates in the Second Parish in Sut-
ton, July 1, 1760, at the request of the pastor and church, there to answer two
questions which the said pastor and church have submitted to them for their
consideration and determination. After repeated supplications to the Father
of Light, and a full hearing of the matter in controversy between the parties,
so far as adjudged necessary to the forming a right judgment, came unani-
mously to the following result :
The first question was whether Mr. James Wellman is, or is not, minister
of the second church and parish in Sutton. Previous to the resolution of this
question, the council thought proper to take into their consideration the valid-
ity of the suspension of the thirteen brethren by vote of the church at their
meeting the eighteenth of October last, and considering the dubious circum-
stances attending that affair and exceptions to which the proceedings then
had were justly liable, the council apprehend that such censure ought not to
be accounted valid to the abridging those brethren of the right of voting with
other brethren of the church, or of the exercise or enjoyment of other church
privileges. This, notwithstanding upon duly weighing the proceeding after-
wards had in the supposed dismission of the Kev. Mr. James Wellman from
his pastoral office, it was resolved by the council in answer to the first ques-
tion proposed and submitted, that Mr. James Wellman is the pastor of the
second church and parish in Sutton.
The second question was whether Mr. James Wellman shall continue as
pastor of the second church and parish in Sutton, or his pastoral relation to
them, or any of them, shall be dissolved. In relation to this question the
council, considering the very perplexed and unhappy situation of affairs in this
place, are of opinion, and do accordingly advise that if the second parish in
Sutton shall, within fourteen days from the date of these presents, pay or give
security to their present pastor, Mr. James Wellman, or of Mr. Edmund
Trowbridge of Cambridge, to pay or cause to be paid to him, the said James,
his executor or administrators, on or before the third day of July next, the
sum of sixty pounds, lawful money of this province exclusive of what will
become due to him for his salary from the day when such payment shall be
made, or security given that in such case the Rev. James Wellman, within
one week next after such payment or security given, do ask a dismission from
his pastoral relation to said church and parish, and we advise them to grant it
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accordingly. And in case of his failing to ask a dismission, agreeable to the
preceding advice, then, upon application made to him to call a church meet-
ing by any five of the brethren of said church, if he shall not appoint one to be
held within three days next after such application for the purpose before men-
tioned, in which case it is advised by this council that the same five brethren,
or the major part of them, signifying their desire in writing under their
hands to the brethren that the church may meet in such time and place as
in such writing they shall appoint, and causing due notice or warning to be
given thereof to all the brethren dwelling within the limits of said parish ; that
at that meeting so obtained, the church proceed to his dismission, as they
might have done in case such church meeting had been appointed by their
pastor.
And now to the Rev. pastor and beloved brethren of the church we would
say, that we heartily lament the sad contentions and intemperate heat toward
each other which have for so many years subsisted among you, whereby God
has been dishonored, the progress of religion in the place greatly obstructed,
your characters greatly disparaged, and which have led you into many unbe-
coming and unjustifiable actions toward each other. And we hope you will
all humble yourselves before God for whatever you are sensible has been amiss
in you, and although we don't expect there should be any particular and
explicit confession of your fault one to another ; yet we hope you will forgive
one another as you trust God, for Christ's sake will forgive you.
Particularly we exhort the pastor of this flock seriously to consider how far
any conduct of his has been the cause of those unchristian heats and animosi-
ties that must arise in a separation between you and the church and people of
this place. Yet we are glad to find they have not charged you with the least
unsoundness of doctrine ; and that amidst the trials no imputation has been
fixed on your moral character. Upon which accounts we may and do recom-
mend you to the gospel ministry whenever God shall open a door of service
for you. And with respect to you, the beloved flock and congregation of the
Lord in this place, we hope, under the present grievous division, there are
great searchings of heart; and may every one of you consider how far you, by
any way, have been the means of begetting, increasing, and continuing these
divisions among you. We hope that when you and your pastor shall part it
will be with mutual love and charity, and that although his pastoral relations
to'you will cease, yet his relation to you as a brother will continue while he
remains with you, and we pray God you may love and live together as breth-
ren. May you the brethren of this flock so conduct toward one another,
especially in all your measures for settling another pastor among you, and.
may your treatment of him be such as to gain the character of a loving, quiet
and peaceable people. And may the God of love and peace be with you.
Amen.
Sutton, July 3, 1760.
NATHANIEL APPLETON, Moderator.
Samuel Danforth, Thomas Prentice,
John Winthrop, Samuel Cooke,
Samuel Grant, Andrew Elliot,
Richard Carey, Thomas Hall,
Samuel Whittemore, Samuel Dexter.
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Mr. AVellman, in explanation of some things in relation
to the council above and its results, records as follows :
" N. B. By means of party councils which gave different
results, one of which obtained by the opposite party advised
to the dismission of the pastor, and upon the vote of a num-
ber of brethren, consisting of those that had been censured
by the church, and a number of others whom they collected,
the moderator of said council declared the pastor dismissed
from his pastoral relations to the church and people of the
second parish in Sutton, which occasioned a dispute among
the people, some thinking that he was validly dismissed, and
others that he was not. He was then opposed in going into
the pulpit to preach on the sabbath, and there was consider-
able disturbance, whereupon application was made, as I take
it, to Edmund Trowbridge, Esq., who as I suppose was
then King's attorney, and he recommended a council and the
form of a letter missive which was the means of the two
questions being put to the council as mentioned in the result
above."
The parties acquiesced in the result, and Mr. Wellman
was dismissed July 22, 1760.
During the interregnum from the dismission of Mr. Well-
man to the settlement of another pastor, a period of more
than four years, there was a very happy adjustment and set-
tlement of the long controversy with the first church. This
controversy had arisen from the dissatisfaction of the church
with the part the second church had taken in the ex-parte
council called by a brother and his wife, who were under
censure of the first church. During this period of more
than four years, two persons were called in succession to the
pastorate Mr. Joshua Paine, who afterwards settled in
Framingham, and Mr. Ezra Weld. Both these gentlemen
declined the invitation.
At a meeting of the second church in Sutton, of which
the following is a record, Mr. Ebenezer Chaplin was chosen
pastor.
" September 12, 1764. The church of Christ in the sec-
ond parish in Sutton being met at the meeting-house in said
parish pursuant to a vote of said church past on Wednesday,
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the third day of August 1764, viz., to come to a choice
of a candidate to settle with us in the work of the ministry,
and being met at time and place came to the following votes :
" 1. Made choice of the Rev. David Hall to serve as mod-
erator of said meeting.
" 2 . They made choice of Mr. Ebenezer Chaplin for their
pastor, there being twenty-seven votes for him, and not one
in the negative, and all that were present in the church I
think voted except three, and two out of these three
declared they had nothing against Mr. Chaplin."
Mr. Chaplin accepted the invitation, and the following is
a record of his ordination :
Sutton second parish, November 14, 1764.
A council of seven churches being invited by the second Church of Christ
in Sutton to come and assist in the ordination of their pastor, Mr. Ebenezer
Chaplin : five were present. Windham second parish and Mansfield churches
by their delegates, Sutton first parish, Uxbridge, Southboro', and Mendon
second parish with their pastors, forming into an ecclesiastical council. Chose
Rev. David Hall of Sutton moderator, and Mr. Amariah Frost of said Mendon
scribe. After prayer to the Great Head of the church for direction and assist-
ance. Five persons in the parish presenting with a paper containing objec-
tions against said ordination detailed the same. But finding those objections
of no great weight and as chiefly disowned by most of the signers of said
paper, voted to proceed by a great majority.
Accordingly the Rev. Mr. Hall preached and gave the charge: Rev. Mr.
Webb gave the right hand of fellowship, and Rev. Mr. Frost made the first
and last prayer.
As attest,
AMARIAH FROST, Scribe.
Previous to Mr. Chaplin's ordination, some articles of
agreement were drawn up by which the government of the
church was to be administered, and were mutually agreed to
by the church and the pastor elect. They are as follows :
For steps of civil order in prosecuting the commands of Christ in church
government, or discipline, made and concluded by, and between Ebenezer
Chaplin, elect pastor of the second church in Sutton, and said church, the
19 day of October 1764, which articles are to take place and be in full force
on the said Chaplin being settled in the ministerial work in and over said
church.
Article 1. We agree to take the Cambridge platform as our rule as to
such steps so far as it is reducible to practice with such exceptions, expla-
nations and additions as are hereafter agreed and expressed.
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EXCEPTIONS.
Article 1. We agree that we will not insist on what is said in the Platform
of Ruling or Teaching Elders distinct from the Pastor or Minister.
Article 2. We agree that whatever has been or might be understood in
said Platform as giving the negative to the minister ; or the power to null the
vote of the brethren be rejected.
EXPLANATIONS.
Article 1. We agree that the term Elder or Elders used in the Platform
shall be taken and used in that sense as though it were expressed Pastor or
Minister; and that all that Rule, place or office therein belonging to them, or
predicated of them, shall be and belong to the minister, except as it is excepted
in the 2nd Article of exceptions or may be further ascertained and explained
by agreement.
Article 2. Whereas there are in the 3d section of the 10 Chap, these
words, " Nor may they oppose or contradict the judgment or sentence of the
Elders without sufficient or weighty cause," which we think leaves room for
endless dispute and cavil. We therefore agree that it be explained as followeth,
viz. : That whenever anything shall so labor between the minister and any
brother, the matter shall be determined by a vote of the Brethren.
ADDITIONS.
Article 1. We agree that when it shall so happen that anything labors
between the Pastor and Brethren wherein he can't in conscience agree with
them ; it shall be in the power and at the discretion of the Pastor to suspend
the matter from coming to a final issue for the space of two months for
farther light, in which time there shall be a Council called in if either side
desire it. After which term of time it shall pass into a valid vote as the Brethren
shall then agree to vote, and if the Minister is still uneasy and can't in con-
science agree to what is concluded, he may redress himself by being dismissed
from his people.
Article 2. We agree that if any difficulty or uneasiness whatever shall at
any time arise between the Pastor and Brethren, or against him, which arises
to that degree that a major part qf the Brethren shall desire him to resign
his relations to them, and signify such desire to him by subscription, the
pastor in such case shall have one year to see if the matter can be recon-
ciled except in case of moral scandal or Heresy evidently proved in
which time there shall be a Council called in if either side desire it, and if at
the end of said term the difficulty remains and a major part of them shall
appear to sign a desire of his resigning his Relation to them, together with a
vote of the Parish, such desire by subscription and vote being presented to
him within one month after the end of said term, his Relation shall thereupon
be dissolved, and it is hereby agreed and declared in such case to be dissolved
to all Intents and Purposes. Nevertheless we think it would be proper in
such case to call in a Council as is usual to dismiss a minister, and it is hereby
agreed so to do, and said Council may be called in by either side if the other
refuses to join, and shall be witnesses of the dissolution of said Relation.
Proviso. Provided nevertheless that if such difficulty or uneasiness arises
in part or in whole from any Bodily weakness or infirmity in the minister
whereby he is rendered more or less unable to fill up the place of his relation,
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the Parish still making him some allowance or consideration as he and they
can agree, or as shall be adjudged just and reasonable by indifferent men
mutually chosen for that purpose, or appointed by one side only, if the other
refuses to join.
In witness whereof and evidence of our agreement as aforesaid the said
Chaplain hereunto sets his hand ; and the Church copy of the vote for accept-
ance of it is annexed.
EBENEZKR CHAPLAIN, Elect Pastor.
Oct. the 20th, 1764.
At a legal meeting of the Brethren of the second Church in Button held at
the Meeting House in the second Precinct of said Town on Friday the 19th
day of October 1764, they having chose a Moderator, the Committee laid
before the church the Articles of Agreement which were drawn up by them
and Mr. Ebenezer Chaplain the Elect Pastor of the Church, and upon mature
consideration of the same the church passed the following vote (viz. ) : To
accept of the Articles of Agreement consented to and drawn up by the Com-
mittee and our Elect Pastor, viz. : Ebenezer Chaplain relating to church gov-
ernment or Discipline. A true copy, attest,
KOBERT GODDARD, Scribe.
DANIEL GREENWOOD, Moderator.
There seems to have been some dissatisfaction with this
departure from the platform from the first, and it is probable
that this was the ground of protest against Mr. Chaplain's
ordination.
In November 1767 the church voted to take the Cam-
bridge platform in full as a rule of church discipline. At
the same meeting two ruling elders were chosen : Deacon
Abel Chase, and Deacon Daniel Greenwood.
At a meeting held February 4, 1768, "It was proposed
that, if it would not be a grievous to any of the Brethren, a
Hymn out of Dr. Watts should be sung at the communion
and if it would be a grievous to any they were desired to
speak. After three or four hymns being read that were
pertinent for that purpose no objections appeared, but sev-
eral spoke agreeable."
The difficulties in regard to the agreement in relation to
church government did not vanish with the adoption of the
Cambridge platform in full, but continued for some time.
An ex-parte council was called by the aggrieved portion,
who pronounced them the true second church in Sutton,
inasmuch as they had adhered to the original constitution
and covenant. But they were advised, if no redress could
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be obtained, as they were few in numbers, to connect them-
selves with other churches in the neighborhood, to which
the council recommended them. Mr. Chaplin's ministry,
which continued for twenty-eight years, was passed amid
much controversy. This culminated at last in calling a
council, which met December 20, 1791.
On the twenty-second of March, 1792, the church were
assembled in church meeting by the authority of the ruling
elders, Amos Singletary and Daniel Greenwood, upon peti-
tion of the brethren, and formally voted the dismission of
Mr. Chaplin, and ordered the door of the meeting-house
to be shut against him, which was done accordingly.
This action of the parish was confirmed by the supreme
court sitting at Worcester, to which Mr. Chaplin had
appealed in a suit to recover his salary.
No season of general religious interest was enjoyed by
the church during Mr. Chaplin's ministry of twenty-eight
years. During this period one hundred and eight persons
were received to membership. There are no means of
knowing from the records what proportion of this number
were received on profession of their faith.
The next pastor of the church was Mr. Joseph Goffe.
He was ordained pastor of the church and minister of the
north parish in Sutton by an ecclesiastical council, Sept.
10, 1794. Records of the church, 1792 to 1827, having
been kept in a book of pamphlet form are lost, and the
materials for a history of the church for the remaining
period of its continuing to be the second church in Suttoii
are therefore wanting. Some general statements therefore
concerning this period must suffice.
The church and parish under Mr. Goffe became united
and prosperous. The pastor in his intercourse with the
former pastor, Rev. Mr. Chaplin, was "wise as a serpent
and harmless as a dove." He treated the ex-pastor with
great deference and kindness, and the old wounds were
largely healed. In a conversation with the writer of this
history, and near the close of Mr. Goffe's life, he stated
that when he was settled in the ministry he was convinced
that God never designed him to be an orator. Neither his
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person, voice, or character of mind fitted him to become
such, and hence he made up his mind to win his way by
giving instruction.
The results of his ministry show the wisdom of his deter-
mination. He built up a strong church ; strong in number
and in influence. Many of the members were men of mark
for their knowledge of God and divine things, showing that
they had been apt scholars under the wise teaching of their
pastor.
In the years 1800 and 1810 there were powerful revivals
of religion, which brought large numbers into the church ;
and so on to the close of Mr. Gofte's ministry, once in five
years there were refreshing showers of divine grace.
During his pastorate of thirty-six years there were seven
seasons of revival, which brought three hundred persons
into the church. In the year 1813 the north parish was
erected into a town and called Millbury, from which time
the second church in Sutton has been the first church in
Millbury, and its history merges in the history of that
town.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.*
The first Baptist Church in this town was organized Sep-
tember 16th, 1735. It was the fourth oldest church of the
denomination in Massachusetts. Backus, the Baptist histo-
rian, says, in regard to the founding of this first Baptist
church at Sutton, that a Mr. James Bound, a sensible Bap-
tist, who had immigrated from England, and located in
Salem village, and had with others become imbued with
Baptist principles, removed and began a Baptist society in
Sutton.
* Chiefly from a history by Rev. C. P. Myers, published in the Minutes of
the Worcester Baptist Association, 1875.
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In 1737, two years after the organization of the church,
Benjamin Marsh and Thomas Green were ordained its joint
pastors. Marsh came to Sutton from Danvers, and Green
from Maiden. The same year in which these two men were
ordained, a branch went off from this Suttou church and
BAPTIST CHURCH, WEST SUTTON.
became a Baptist church in Leicester, of which Elder Green
became pastor. Elder Marsh remained pastor of the church
in Sutton until his death.
During all the forty years of his pastorate the church in
Sutton seems to have been full of life and vigor.
In the year 1771 the Warren Baptist Association met with
this church. It reported that year forty-five members, and
was for that time a strong and important church. Elder
Marsh died in the year 1775. The church was soon after
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dropped from the Warren Association. The reason given
was "because rent with dissension." It now disbanded and
became extinct.
From 1775 to 1785 were years of great trial and affliction
to the country. The revolutionary war raged. The town
of Sutton, and the churches in it, felt the influences of the
war.
Rev. David Hall, D. D., pastor of the First Congrega-
tional church in the town at that time, wrote :
"The gates of Zion tremble. New England never saw
such a day as this. Gloom, troubles, distresses and trials are
on every side. We are in fear, in jeopardy, in war ; a war
pregnant with the fate of thousands on the event of which
much depends the rights and liberties of America."
This war and its hardships had, no doubt, something to do
with the struggles of this church at that time. The health-
ful, evangelical element, however, of the original church
seems to have been preserved, and in 1785 another Baptist
church was organized, which continues its existence till this
day. Ebenezer Lamson was chosen pastor of this new
organization.
In 1788 the churches at Charlton and Leicester sent dele-
gates to sit in council with this church. Brother Lamson
was regularly ordained pastor.
The same year Moses Putnam and Samuel Waters were
chosen the first deacons of the church.
We find the following laid down as the office work of the
deacons :
1. To provide for the communion table. 2. The minis-
ter's table. 3. To take care of the poor. 4. To see that
the church faithfully performs its duty as pointed out in the
word of God.
It appears that there was an open communion Baptist
church in the south-east part of Sutton with which this church
inter-communed in 1793, for about six months, when it
passed the following vote :
" Whereas open communion seems inconsistent to the
major part of our members, therefore voted to rescind all
previous action in regard to this matter."
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In 1794 the pastor, the Rev. E. Lamson, made known to
the church that he believed in open communion and univer-
sal salvation. The church met and voted to consider his
ordination and pastorship a nullity, and that he be deposed
from the church and pulpit. This is the only instance of
this church ever having excluded a pastor or clergyman from
its membership. Elder William Batchellor was now for a
time pastor.
In 1799 delegates from Sturbridge, Charlton, Leicester,
Northbridge, Wrentham and Sutton, and free communion
church, Sutton, met in council and ordained Samuel Waters
pastor over this church.
Elder Waters was, in many respects, a remarkable man ;
noted for his vigor, integrity and determination. In 1829
he passed away.
The minutes of the association of that year say : ' ' We
sorrowfully regret the death of our venerable father, Rev.
Samuel Waters of Sutton, and especially pray that God may
raise up others to fill his place."
In 1825 Elder Waters, at his own request, retired from
the pastorate, and a young man by the name of Moses Har-
rington, a licentiate of the Weston and Framing-ham church,
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received a call to the pastorate of this church on a salary of
$200 a year. The following churches sent delegates to his
ordination : Weston and Framingham, Worcester, Grafton,
Warren, Charlton, Southbridge, Thompson, Douglas and
Sutton. Mr. Harrington held the pastorate for about three
years.
This church for a long time belonged to the Warren
association, but in 1802 was dismissed to join the Stur-
bridge association. In 1819 this was one of the churches
constituting the Worcester association. From 1819 to 1829
the membership reported each year was between ninety and
one hundred the largest during any decade.
August 19 and 20, 1829, the Worcester association met
with this church. It reported external prosperity, and as
having nearly completed a convenient house of worship at
West Sutton, more eligibly situated than the old one.
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The autumn of the next year this new edifice was dedica-
ted. The congregation from that time is said to have more
than doubled.
In 1831 Rev. John Walker was installed pastor, and nine-
teen were baptized.
In 1835 the church reports Perley Howard superintendent
of the Sunday-school. Ten teachers, one hundred pupils
and one hundred volumes in the library.
In 1836 Rev. John Walker resigned, and brother L. B.
Cole, a licentiate from the Newton theological institution,
supplied the pulpit for the most part of the year.
In 1837 Rev. Charles H. Peabody settled as pastor, and
twenty-one were added.
In 1840 Rev. Otis Converse became pastor. The mem-
bership was seventy-nine.
In 1842 Rev. Samuel Richards was pastor, and twenty-one
were added. The church is described as having renewed its
youth.
In 1843 Rev. George Deland was pastor.
In 1846 Rev. Job B. Boomer was installed pastor.
In 1849 Rev. G. W. Benton became incumbent. That
year nine were baptized, and an old debt was discharged and
the meeting-house was painted.
In 1850 Rev. J. Thayer took the pastorate, and twenty-
one were added.
In 1852 Rev. L. O. Lovell succeeded the former pastor,
and the Worcester Baptist association met October 6th and
7th of that year at West Sutton. The association was cor-
dially welcomed to the church and homes of the people.
Rev. Dr. Stearns, now Hebrew professor at Newton, was
moderator, and preacher of the doctrinal sermon. During
the pastorate of Rev. L. O. Lovell the church prospered.
The membership was eighty-two.
In 1856 the pastor resigned. The church was now until
1860 without a settled pastor. It depended on supplies, and
kept up its prayer meetings as best it could. During one
of these years (1857) it contributed $101.20 for benevolent
purposes. We find the following remarkable entry in the
records of 1859 :
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" We think it our duty to investigate for the whereabouts
and what about of our members. We suffer from the want
of a pastor. We now feel that if God should direct a man of
faith, and patience and self-denial to us, we would try and
support him."
Rev. O. Crane preached a part of 1859 as supply. But
he sickened and died in the midst of his labors. The church
records "its high esteem for his efficient, faithful and self-
denying labor."
During the winter months of 1860 the house was closed.
In May 1860, Rev. J. D. Donovan was settled as pastor.
In 1861 the record says much credit is due the sisters for
repairs on our house of worship. That year two sons of the
pastor, one a member of the church, and a number of other
young men from this village, took up arms in defense of
their country. The church says, "we feel our trust is in
God, for ourselves and for our country."
The church was closed from August 1861, until April
1862. Rev. David Avery then served as pastor one year.
In 1863 Rev. C. L. Baker was pastor. The membership
was sixty-five that year, the same as is reported in 1875.
The church says, "The Sabbath services are well attended,
but our weekly meetings have been sustained with some
difficulty."
In 1864 the church says in its letter to the association,
" The past year has been to us one of changeful and afflictive
experience. Five of our number have been removed by
death. Among them we sorrowfully record the name of
our beloved pastor, Rev. C. L. Baker. '*
In 1864 Rev. J. Barber was chosen pastor, in whom the
church say : "We are united, and whose labors we pray the
Lord to bless."
In 1865 the Rev. G. Stone became pastor. In 1866 the
church say : "A small legacy has been left us from the
estate of our late sister Kidder, which we have invested as
a permanent fund."
In 1867 the church reports no pastor, and as having had
preaching only part of the time. The membership was
soon reduced to fifty-three. Rev. N. Medbury supplied the
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pulpit for a time, under favorable auspices. During his
systematic and earnest labors the congregations increased
and the church was revived.
In 1868 the church write: "There are counteracting
influences, such as Sabbath-breaking, intemperance and
other kindred evils, which make it hard to sustain our visi-
bility as a church. There is money and material enough to
build up a strong church, if it could be sanctified to religious
purposes. Yet amid all our short-comings, we trust there
are some faithful ones among us who remember Zion."
In 1869 Rev. A. E. Battelle settled as pastor. The church's
letter to the association that year says : "In Bro. Battelle
all seem united, and we hope God will bless us."
In 1870 Deacon S. Sibley was appointed clerk, and still
remains in that office.
In 1870 Rev. A. E. Battelle baptized twelve. The mem-
bership was sixty.
In 1871 the church raised for all purposes, $802.50.
Rev. J. H. Tilton supplied the pulpit a portion of the
year.
The first part of 1872 the church was supplied under the
direction of "Father Fitz." Among those who came was
the Rev. E. J. Stevens, who wa,s settled as pastor, and
remained one year and six months. During his ministry
the church and society were aroused and quickened much
gospel seed was sown. Three were added to the member-
ship.
In 1873 Rev. C. F. Myers was called to the pastorate.
During two years labor thirteen were added. The church
having had no regularly appointed deacons, three brothers
were chosen to the office. The meeting-house was newly
carpeted and substantial horse-sheds erected.
In 1876 Mr. Myers was succeeded by Rev. E. J. Stevens,
who still remains the pastor.
The following are the names of those who have been and
are deacons : Moses Putnam, Samuel King, Solomon
Marble, John Titus, Stephen Putnam, Samuel Waters,
Samuel Rich, Sylvanus Dana, R. K. Merriam, P. King, R.
Lamb, S. Sibley.
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Large numbers have from time to time gone from this
o
church and joined others. This church has had in all, from
its organization, about six hundred members, twenty-five
pastors and twelve deacons.
Who can tell, or even imagine, the influence this church
has exerted on the community at large during all these one
hundred and forty years of its history. With all its imper-
fections it has accomplished a vast work for Jesus and truth
and humanity. The church is still trusting in a covenant
keeping God, and is buoyant with expectant hope of long
and continued usefulness in the future.
It is satisfactory to know that since 1735 the town of
Sutton has had a Baptist church, the oldest, and for two
years the only one in all this part of the state.
Its members reach over six generations, which in rapid
succession have followed each other, as wave of the ocean
succeeds wave. The majority of the prophets who have
here taught, and the people who have here worshipped,
have long since gone to their reward. Their voices are now
silent. The church no longer echoes with their prayers and
praise. Their bodies, like the old temples in which they
served God, have crumbled into dust. It seems befitting
that we should rescue from oblivion what we can with regard
to the people who worshipped and the teachers who taught
in this place. Many important things are doubtless lost for
want of record, and what we have recorded but imperfectly
epitomizes the doings of this ancient church. Pious,
devoted and faithful servants of God have preached the
gospel to this church. The members of it to-day are the
descendants of a pious ancestry. The homes they occupy
have long been places of prayer.
Our ancestors have bequeathed to us a rich and noble
legacy of pious example and influence.
God has copiously poured out his spirit during all these
years upon this church.
Some still living, as well as many long since dead, have
here witnessed precious seasons of refreshing from the
presence of the Lord.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 469
REV. SAMUEL WATERS.*
Rev. Samuel Waters, who was for twenty-five years pastor of the first Bap-
tist church, lived in the house on the north side of " Sutton street," just oppo-
site the road leading to the residence of his brother, Ebenezer Waters, Esq.,
subsequently known as the " Bullard place." In the rear of his house were
his shops for the manufacture of hoes and scythes, also his distillery, near the
site now occupied by the mills of Mr. H. H. Phelps. He became interested in
connection with his son-in-law, Amos, and others in a company manufactur-
ing cotton fabrics at "Village Factory," now Webster, in which enterprise all
the Sutton stockholders and endorsers lost heavily.
Being unable to meet his obligations, he was, in accordance with a law then
in force, arrested for debt, and incarcerated in the Worcester jail.
While there imprisoned he delivered six sermons to his fellow prisoners,
some, or all, of which were published. His granddaughters, Elizabeth and
Olivia Waters, have in their possession only two of his published sermons, one
of which was written by "Samuel Waters Mechanick" and published by
Isaiah Thomas in 1791 the other is one of the series "delivered in jail by
Samuel Waters, Pastor of the 1st Baptist Church in Sutton, Mass., July 1817."
The preface to this sermon reads thus :
"The following is one of six sermons preached within the walls of Worces-
ter Jail, at the request of those, who, by confinement, were deprived of the
privilege of attending public worship, joined by others within the limits.
" The doors were benevolently thrown open for the accommodation of the
persons confined in the several apartments."
From this it is not unreasonable to infer that, at that time, the inmates of
that institution did not enjoy regular preaching, and it is not impossible that
the preaching of these sermons was the inauguration of what subsequently
developed into the regular " chapel service." The text of this sermon was
from Matt, v: 2, " Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." The
sermon concludes as follows :
" My dear Fellow Prisoners and Companions in Tribulation: The respect
you have shown me excites in me sentiments of esteem and regard for you.
Permit me to address a few words to you by way of advice. Jesus has been
wont to visit prisons. Paul and Silas were in the inner prison. We ought
not, however, to rank ourselves with these ancient saints. They suffered for
well doing ; but we, generally, for our imprudent conduct. Men ought never
to extend their business beyond the resources of their capital. If they do,
they expose their families and friends to difficulty and distress. These evils
may have happened in consequence of the imprudent conduct of some of us ;
while pure misfortune has borne down others, and some, perhaps, may suffer
under the hand of oppression.
Under any of these circumstances, let us look to Jesus whose official work
is to forgive sins, and cleanse the heart ; to cancel our debts by becoming trust
for us; to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to
them that are bound.
May God forbid that we should utter a murmuring word against our credi-
tors or against the laws of our country. But may we pray heartily to God
that in the course of his providence he may furnish us with means for the
payment of our debts ; and that in the future we may owe no more.
* By Mr. Jason Waters.
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For my own part the loss of my property is merely nothing in comparison
with the keen remorse I feel from the reflection that my creditors will suffer
loss in consequence of my inconsiderate conduct
I venture to give my advice to those who believe that by the hand of oppres-
sion they have been dragged from the bosom of their families and the comforts
of home, and shut up in prison. Admit that oppressors have extorted money
from you to make themselves rich. Why should you indulge a spirit of
revenge or wish for an opportunity to retaliate ? If they possess the charac-
ters you supple, and if they live and die oppressors, according to the word of
God, they must be locked up in a prison from which there is no release. They
must sink to remain eternally under the weight of the hand of Justice. And
you and I, if we live and die with the spirit of revenge, must sink and remain
with them ; for no extortioner, or revengeful man can inhabit heaven. So my
advice is, that we pray for them, that God would give them a holy temper of
heart ; and that He would dispose us to render good for evil, that they, seeing
our good works, may be stimulated to glorify our Father who is in heaven.
May God grant that we may return to our families in peace ; and that these
light afflictions may work for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of
glory. Amen.
Reverend Ebeuezer Lainsou was the son of one of two brothers who emi-
grated to this country from Ireland early in the last century. He was born
in Concord, Massachusetts, April 13th, 1741. He ministered to the Baptist
church iu Sutton for a period of twenty-two years. He also lived and preached
for a time in Ashford, Connecticut. The cause of his separation from his
charge in Sutton was a change in his religious views. Having become
impressed with the belief that he had been in error in preaching the evangeli-
cal doctrine of the endless damnation of mankind by an angry God ; and hav-
ing proclaimed its opposite, the ultimate restoration of all to endless bliss by a
God of love, his people could not sustain him with such views.
This change in his religious belief was brought about through the instru-
mentality of the Rev. Elhanan Winchester, who also had been a Baptist
preacher in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was the author of Winchester's
dialogues.
Elder Lamsou was married to Ruth Phillips, daughter of Joseph Phillips of
Oxford, April 28th, 1763. They raised a family of eight children, five sons
and three daughters. Elder Lamson spent his declining years with his
several children. For the most part with his eldest sou, Isaac, at Mount
Washington, Massachusetts, where he died, and was buried July 4th, 1832,
aged 91 years.*
* Prepared from a sketch by the Rev. D. R. Lamson.
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HISTORY OF THE SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH,
SOUTH SUTTON.
Compiled from the Records by Miss EMMA E. BATCHELLER.
The second Baptist church was organized Oct. 9th, 1792.
Thirty-six persons subscribed the confession of faith, entered
into covenant one with another, and were incorporated into
a visible church.
The meetings were held at the house of Elder William
Batcheller before the church was built, and often of a Sun-
day afternoon as many as fifteen or twenty people would
remain to partake of the temporal things, after hearing and
receiving the spiritual.
(There are no means whereby we can know which most
benefitted them.)
It may not be out of place to here state that land was
given for a building spot, by Elder Batcheller, to the society
for the purpose of erecting a church, and he with his sons
were foremost in the work.
In the year 1804 the church and society agreed to build a
meeting-house, which was raised May 24th, 1804, and dedi-
cated July 2d, 1805.
Dr. Stephen Gano preached the dedication sermon from
Prov. xxiv : 3 : "Through wisdom is an house builded, and
bv understanding it is established."
/ O
In the year 1809, brother Nathan Leonard, 2d, was called
to preach, and ordained (preached his own sermon) and set-
tled November 15, 1809, as their pastor ; remained one year.
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From that time forward Elder William Batcheller contin-
ued the pastor of the church until November 1816, when he
wished to be released from the whole watch-care of the
church, on account of old age, though he often supplied.
Rev. William Batcheller died October 29, 1821, in the
seventy-ninth year of his age.
BAPTIST CHURCH, SOUTH SUTTON.
Brother Job B. Boomer was ordained June 9, 1819, and
became the settled pastor. He remained until April 1841.
The church was repaired and re-dedicated Oct. 9, 1845.
Sermon preached by Rev. Nelson Jones.
The second Baptist church of Sutton joined the Worces-
ter association in 1818.
The number of church members in 1875 was sixty-three.
Samuel Prentice and wife (both members) have since
died.
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473
The Pastors of the church have been as follows :
Elder William Bateheller,
Brother Nathan Leonard,
Elder William Batcheller,
Brother Job B. Boomer,
" Austin Robbins,
Elder U. Underwood,
" Nelson B. Jones,
Brother Joseph Thayer,
" J. B. Boomer,
" R. G. Lamb,
" Charles A. Snow,
Rev. Abial Fisher, D.D.
Brother Justus Aldrich,
Rev. J. B. Boomer,
" Joseph P. Burbank,
" N. J. Pinkham,
" J. P. Burbank,
" Philip Berry,
" J. P. Burbank,
1792.
1809. Ordained.
1810.
1819. Ordained.
1841.
1842.
1845.
Oct. 1847. Ordained.
1849.
1852.
1853.
1855.
1858.
1859.
1862.
1869.
1870.
1873.
1875.
THE THIRD BAPTIST CHURCH.
This church seems to have had its origin in an association
of a few persons who had been connected with the Baptist
church in Thompson, Connecticut. Difficulties arose in this
church, which led in 1797 to a separation, the one part
adhering to the elder John Martin, and the other to deacon
Parsons Crosby, who was ordained their elder.
Elder John Martin died November 14, 1800, and Solomon
Wakefield a member of the church was ordained by a
council May 27, 1801, as an evangelist, and became pastor
of the church.
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Mr. Wakefield did not have the confidence of all compris-
ing his church, which gradually scattered, and we find no
record of meetings in Thompson after September 18, 1809,
only as held occasionally at private houses.
February 10, 1810, a church meeting, "legally notified,"
was held at the house of Amos Fuller in Sutton ; at which
several persons, who had been " previously baptized," were
received into fellowship.
March 3, 1810, a meeting was held at the house of Dea.
Stephen Waters in Sutton, and six were received by bap-
tism, and one who had been " baptized before."
March 27, 1810, another meeting was held at the same
place, in the record of which it is said " all things appeared
in love and harmony."
Turner Fuller was licensed by this church to exercise his
gifts as a preacher of the gospel.
August 17, 1814. A council was called to meet at the
house of Dea. Stephen Waters in Sutton, for the purpose of
ordaining Mr. Turner Fuller as pastor of the church.
In consequence of the failure of several of the brethren,
who had been invited to attend, the ordination services were
postponed, but the council organized, and the proceedings
of the same and the church are thus recorded on the church
records.
"Proceeded to the reading of the church articles, and
their proceedings to this date.
' ' The council considered and received us to be the church
of Christ in Thompson and Killingly, formerly under the care
of Elder John Martin, and to have an undoubted right to
bear the title of the "Third Close Communion Baptist
Church in Sutton."
" After the giving of this opinion, Put it to vote to know
the mind of the Church, and it was a clear vote of the Church
to be re-established the Third Close Communion Baptist
Church in Sutton.
"The Council proceeded according to the request of the
Church, and voted the Church to be the Third Close Com-
munion Baptist Church in Sutton."
TOWN OF SUTTON. 475
April 10, 1819. At a meeting held at the house of Mr.
John Waters ' ' the Brethren agreed to renew their covenant
and Church travail."
There were twenty-two signatures to the renewal.
At this meeting ' ' the brethren also agreed to keep up
Covenant Meetings, and to meet once a month at the house
of Bro. John Waters in Sutton."
A committee, consisting of Deacon Elijah Rich, and
brethren Wm. Hewett and Abraham Briggs, was appointed
"to visit all the absent Brethren of this Church, and to
make their return at our next Covenant meeting."
About this time the church seems to have dropped the
name "The Third Close Communion Baptist Church," and
assumed that of "The Free Communion Church."
June 2, 1819. Under this title they give a letter of dis-
missal and recommendation to one of their members.
Under date August 11, 1819, a letter, addressed to Mr.
John Waters, signed by Moses Putnam, church clerk, is
recorded, giving permission to occupy Elder Samuel Waters'
meeting-house for the ordination of Mr. Turner Fuller.
October 13th, 1819. A council called by the church,
"for the purpose of ordaining Mr. Turner Fuller to the
office of an evangelist," met at the house of Mr. John
Waters; and after an examination of the candidate, it was
voted to assist in his ordination, and the services were
appointed for the next day at the meeting-house ; Elder C.
Stone to preach the sermon, Elder J. Knight to make the
consecrating prayer, Elder Rufus Tift to give the charge,
and Elder J. Knight the right hand of , fellowship all of
which parts were performed as proposed.
October 13, 1821. The church voted "to meet at Elder
Waters' meeting-house the second Sunday in every month
excepted for social and divine worship with his people as
long as the Church shall see fit."
April 6, 1823. The church vote that "Elder Turner
Fuller's improvements and gifts, and his preaching is satis-
fying to the Brethering."
It was also "Voted that our Sunday Meetings be removed
to Bro. John Warterses."
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April 26, 1823. A letter of admonition to one of the
members, in behalf of "The Independent Baptist Church
in Sutton," is recorded, which shows that the church was
one of many names.
April 28, 1825. Mr. John Waters "requested to be
dismissed to seek him a home manifesting to the Church
that he was dissatisfied because two or three brethren prayed
at once in the meeting, and for going into the grove to
pray." Aaron Darling and his wife and Matilda Waters
also ask for letters of dismissal, "manifesting the same trials
as Br. John Waters."
All these requests were granted.
May 10, 1828. A committee was appointed to visit the
"negligent Brethering."
October 25, 1828. It was "Voted that Elder Turner
Fuller should be discharged from the care and oversight of
the Church, but that he should remain an Elder, and a
Brother in the Church." Also "Voted that Br. Reuben
Fuller be appointed to take the lead in Meeting."
Of the proceedings of this church no further record is
found. Their action in dismissing certain members in 1834,
is referred to upon the records of the Free-will Baptist
church, as will appear in the history of the same.
It is presumed that about this time it ceased to exist.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 477
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH,
WILKINSONVILLE.
This society was incorporated March 10, 1827, under the
name and title of St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church.
The present house was built in the year 1828. The corner
stone was laid June 24, 1828.
The first rector was the Rev. Daniel Le Baron Goodwin,
who commenced his services July 17, 1825, and closed in
April 1854 ; length of service nearly twenty-nine years. A
tablet bearing the following inscription has been erected to
his memory in the church :
"To the memory of the Rev. Daniel Le Baron Goodwin
the first, and for 29 years Rector of this Church.
' ' His memory is affectionately cherished by his former
parishioners and Friends, by whom as a Testimony of his
long and faithful service this Tablet is erected.
"He was born in Easton, Mass., July 28, A. D. 1800,
closed his service in this Parish April 9, A. D. 1854, and
died at Providence, R. I., Dec. 25, A. D. 1867.
"He rests from his labors."
His successor was Rev. Benjamin H. Chase, whose service
commenced in April 1854, and closed in April 1858. He was
succeeded by the Rev. A. Decatur Spalter, whose term of
service commenced in June 1858, and closed in December
1859. He was succeeded by the Rev. William George
Hawkins, who commenced his services in April 1860, and
closed in April 1862. He was succeeded by Rev. George
Sturges Paine, whose term of service commenced in Sept.
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1862, and closed in Sept. 1863 ; who^was succeeded by the
Kev. Samuel S. Spear, whose term of service commenced in
January 1864, and closed in January 1867 ; who was suc-
ceeded by .the Rev. Thomas L. Randolph, whose term of
service commenced in January 1867, and closed in Dec.
1870. He was succeeded by the Rev. Henry A. Metcalf,
who commenced his services in June 1871, and closed in
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, WILKINSONVILLE.
June 1874. He was succeeded by the present rector, Rev.
James S. Ellis, who commenced his services July 5, 1874.
Number of baptisms, 380; confirmed, 191; marriages,
127 ; burials, 318.
Two young men, viz. : Daniel Goodwin and Daniel G.
Anderson, from this parish have been fitted for the ministry,
and are now laboring in other parishes.*
* Prepared by Joel Houghtoii and R. R. Dodge, Esqrs.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 479
Rev. Daniel Le Baron Goodwin, B. U., class of 1822, died in Providence,
December 25, 1867, aged sixty- seven years four months and twenty-seven
days. He was a son of Daniel and Polly (Briggs) Goodwin, and was born in
Easton, Massachusetts, July 20, 1800. He was one of twelve children, of
whom two died in infancy and five became ministers : four Episcopalians and
one Congregationalist. Mr. Goodwin was fitted for college at Phillips'
academy, Andover. In college he sustained high rank as a scholar, and grad-
uated with distinguished honor. He spent one year as a private tutor on a
plantation at Chantilly, near the battle field of Bull Run, where Mrs. Gen.
Lee and other relatives of General Washington were among his pupils. His
theological education was obtained at the Andover theological seminary. He
was ordained a deacon of the Episcopal church, by Bishop Griswold, May 3,
1825. After preaching at different places, he was invited to East Sutton, now
Wilkinsonville, where he gathered a society ; a church was built and he was
established as rector. He received priest's orders July 26, 1829.
Mr. Goodwin remained with this church twenty-nine years, laboring with
singular devotion and faithfulness, and there "his memory is affectionately
cherished." In 1854 he removed to Providence and took charge of a mission
at the Woonasquatucket print works, out of which mission grew the present
church of the Messiah at Olneyville. In 1855 he was appointed city mission-
ary of the Church Missionary Union, and labored in that capacity for six
years; when, on account of the war, its operations were discontinued. He
still, however, continued his missionary labors among the poor, and in 1864
was again employed for two years as city missionary, by the convocation of
the diocese. He frequently assisted the pastors of the Episcopal churches of
Providence in their Sunday ministrations, and was the regular assistant at
St. John's at the communion services. Mr. Goodwin married December 12,
1825, Rebecca, daughter of William Wilkinson (B. U. 1783). They had ten
children, five of whom with their mother survive." *
* By Miss Sarah L. B. Goodwin.
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THE FREE-WILL BAPTIST CHURCH.
This church was organized November 1, 1834, under the
labors of Rev. Willard Fuller, with a membership of
eleven five brethren and six sisters.
The record is as follows :
"The five brethren and six sisters came together, having
letters of dismission and commendation from the third Bap-
tist church in Sutton, then visible.
" The following is a true copy :
"Agreed to a request of brother Simeon Fuller for a
dismission from the third Baptist church of Sutton to join
with some other church. We do hereby dismiss you, and
recommend you to any other church of Christ where you
may find a home, and when received by them, we shall con-
sider you dismissed from us."
Having presented these letters, they "Agreed to unite
and embody themselves together, and form a church of
Christ, and to take the Holy Scriptures for their only rule
of faith and practice ; and then all kneeled down before
God, and in the most solemn manner gave themselves to
God and one another, while the consecrating prayer was
offered *by the elder present. The scene was very solemn
and heart-melting.
"After prayer the elder gave them the Right Hand of
Fellowship, and commended them to God and his holy
Word."
The creed of the church and the covenant are as follows :
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THE CREED.
We are agreed in repairing to the Scriptures of truth as our only and all
sufficient rule of faith and practice. We will give, in short, a few reasons.
1st. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ has given us a perfect law of
liberty, and we are not willing to exchange a perfect law for an imperfect one.
2nd. We therefore consider that the Scriptures are sufficient for the
Church to make their appeal to on any and every occasion, for, saith Paul to
Timothy, all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the
man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
3d. If, therefore, we are thoroughly furnished, we need nothing more
than to consider the Scriptures of truth as our only and all sufficient rule of
faith and practice, hoping and praying that we shall be led by the same spirit
by which they were written.
THE CHURCH COVENANT.
We, having given ourselves to God, to serve him during life, give ourselves
to each other in love and fellowship, taking the Old and New Testaments as
our only rule of faith and practice in all our duties, both to God and man,
and, as a Church of Christ, receive them for our instruction and only book of
discipline, especially the New Testament, agreeing that we understand the
faith of Christ and the practice of his church, to be as explained in the treatise
on the faith of the Freewill Baptists. Having given ourselves to each other
by the will of God, we agree to watch over each other for good, and build each
other up in the most holy faith, and bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill
the law of Christ. And now as brothers and sisters in Christ, as children of
one family, and heirs of the grace of God, we covenant, unite, and agree to
stand by each other, and do all we can to strengthen and encourage each other
on our heavenly journey, and also to preserve the union and harmony in the
church, by attending to the worship of God on the Lord's day, and the monthly
conference, and all the ordinances of the house of God, together with all such
other meetings of the church as shall not interfere with family duties, if God
will.
Understanding this to be a brief outline of our covenant with God and the
church as given in the Bible, we will endeavor to practise it, by the grace of
God assisting us.
Meetings were held at the house of Elder Willard Fuller
until 1838, when a meeting-house was built on his land,
about a mile west of Manchaug. The cost of this house was
borne for the most part by himself, though some contributions
of money and material were made by members of, the church,
and others, and it remained in his possession after the church
became extinct.
The church was received into the ' ' Western Rhode Island
Quarterly Meeting" June 2, 1841.
September 15, 1844, Elder W. Fuller makes this entry
upon the record book of the church :
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"The Pastor of this Church covenanted with his God to
pray to him seven times a day, and when he left off, to set
it down in this book if he was alive."
In 1853 he records "The Pastor has failed in the above
numbers, but not in daily praying."
Under date March 19, 1842, we find this record :
THE FBEEWILL, BAPTIST TEMPERANCE PLEDGE.
We the undersigners pledge ourselves not to use any intoxicating liquors,
or to encourage their use except as a medicine in sickness, when it is evident
that they are useful to restore health and save life.
Services continued to be held until 1858 or '59, and per-
haps occasionally later than that date.
The church had but one minister, Rev. Mr. Fuller. It
was his request that after his death the meeting-house should
be sold, and the proceeds given to the Freewill Baptist Home
Missionary Society, which was done. He died Decembers,
1875.
It is fitting in this connection to say of him, that " in the
public and private relations of life, he eminently illustrated
the graces of the Christian."
UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY.
BY S. DEXTEB KING.
In the summer of 1840 a paper was circulated asking
those persons known to favor the views of the denomination
known as Universalists, to meet for the purpose of organiz-
ing a society, and about a dozen signatures were obtained.
Accordingly, on the eighth of August following, a meeting
was held in the hall of Whiting's hotel, at which a majority
of the signers were present, and a society organized with
the following Preamble and Constitution for its government :
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Preamble: We the subscribers, being desirous to "grow in grace and in
the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ," do hereby form our-
selves into a society that we may be helps to each other, and that by our uni-
ted energies we may better serve the purposes of religion and of truth, we
cheerfully adopt and subscribe to the following Constitution as the basis of
our government.
Article 1st. The name : First Universalist Society.
Article 2d. The object of the society : The promotion of truth among its
members and in the world at large ; also to support the preaching of the gospel
according to the society's ability.
Article 3d. Its profession of faith.
We believe that the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments con-
tain a revelation of the character of God, and of the duty, interest and final
destination of mankind.
We believe there is one God whose nature is Love, revealed in one Lord
Jesus Christ, by one Holy Spirit of grace, who will finally restore the whole
family of mankind to holiness and happiness.
We believe that holiness and true happiness are inseparably connected, and
that believers ought to maintain order and practise good works, for these
things are good and profitable unto men.
Article 4th. How persons may become members of the society.
Article 5th. The duty of members defined.
Article 6th. States when the annual meeting shall be held, and the busi-
ness to be transacted.
Article 7th. What the officers of the society shall be, and their duties.
Article 8th. Tells how the meetings shall be called.
Article 9th. Number of members to constitute a quorum.
Article 10th. How the constitution can be altered or amended.
At its organization the Kev. A. Bugbee of Charlton being present, was
invited to take the chair, and the organization effected by the choice of the fol-
lowing officers :
Clerk, Solomon D. King; Collector and Treasurer, Paris Tourtellot; Exec-
utive Committee, Veranus C. Hooker, Pliny Slocomb, Stephen Marble.
The society had occasional preaching during the year. At
the annual meeting held the next March, the committee were
instructed to procure the services of the Rev. Alvan Abbott
one-half the time for the ensuing year, provided he would
move into the place, the society at Oxford desiring his ser-
vices the other half.
The committee were able to arrange with Mr. Abbott as
instructed, and he commenced his labors with the society the
first of April.
The first season the meetings were held in the hall at
West Sutton. The next year the same arrangements for
preaching were made, and the meetings were held in the
academy building. At the close of the year the society,
484 CHURCHES OF THE
having gained strength sufficient to pay expenses, employed
Mr. Abbott all the time, and this continued for two years,
the congregations in pleasant weather numbering from 150
to 200. A sabbath-school was organized and quite a library
procured.
At the end of that time circumstances occurred which
rendered it necessary for several of the more prominent
members to remove from the place, which so weakened
the society, not only numerically but financially, that it
was thought best, in accordance with the wishes of the
o
members at the east part of the town, to remove the
meeting to the centre ; accordingly the Masonic hall was
procured and fitted up in which to hold the meetings. At
,the same time Mr. Abbott had a call which he did not feel
at liberty to decline, and his removal tended still farther to
weaken them, and although moving to the centre added some
to the congregation, it never was as strong as before. After
Mr. Abbott left, the society gave a call to a young man by
the name of Tingley, to become their pastor. He com-
menced his labors in the spring of 1846, and was ordained
here early in the fall, but his labors not being very success-
ful, and the society becoming still farther weakened, at the
close of one year he retired. After that, the society not
being able to raise sufficient funds to procure a preacher all
the time, held occasional meetings.
The last meeting of which there is any record was held
April 5, 1847, which was an adjourned meeting from March
18th, and called to hear the report of Sylvanus Putnam in
relation to procuring the services of Rev. B. H. Davis of
Milford. He reported Mr. Davis engaged to supply at
another place. Their failure to procure him seems to have
discouraged them, and no farther effort was made.
The whole number that united with the society was forty-
three, though there were others that attended the meetings
and contributed to its support.
Of the members, twenty-four are dead, the present resi-
dence of five ig unknown ; four reside in Worcester, three
in Webster, two in Oxford, one in Southbridge, and four
remain in Sutton.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 485
BAPTIST CHURCH IN MANCHAUG.
Prepared by Rev. C. L. THOMPSON.
This church was organized May 18, 1842, with thirty
members, and was named "The Mauchaug Baptist Church."
A few of the original members still survive and bear an
honorable record.
Its house of worship is situated in the manufacturing vil-
lage of the same name, and as most of its resident member-
ship and of the congregation are employes and operatives in
the mills, the Manchaug company have ever borne a noble
and principal part in supporting the pastors. It has been
supplied with earnest and faithful pastors, and though its
membership is ever small, owing to the constant changes inci-
dental to a manufacturing village, yet it occupies a very
commendable place in the esteem of surrounding churches
of all denominations.
Its early interest for the spread of truth and the salvation
of souls is manifest, for we read a few months after its
organization, that the church voted that it was "In favor of
a series of religious meetings to be holdeu the last week in
December, and a committee of arrangements was appointed."
Their trust in the Lord was not in vain, for within a year
the records show an addition of twenty-four to its member-
ship by baptism, and ten by letter.
Its liberal spirit toward churches of other denominations,
in their membership relations, was likewise early, and has
ever been continuously, manifest.
We read that July 5, 1846, it was voted to give two of
its members "Letters of dismission and recommendation to
486 CHURCHES OF THE
any Christian church where they may in providence be loca-
ted." This has often been repeated, as the records show.
The noble attitude of the church against the curse of
intemperance, appears from the fact that it voted to abstain,
wholly from all intoxicating drinks as a beverage, and to use
BAPTIST CHURCH, MANCHAUG.
all suitable means to restrain others from the same. This
was adopted as a part of their covenant on Dec. 3, 1859;
and their continuous warfare against this vice is a bright
mark in her history, and worthy of commendation.
The church has had repeated evidences of the presence
and favor of God, in a goodly number of revivals and
ingatherings or harvest seasons.
TOWN OP BUTTON. 487
Including her original membership, her total of additions
reaches two hundred and twenty, more than one-fifth of
whom were received under the labors of the present pastor,
Rev. C. L. Thompson. Of the total number, many have
been dismissed to other churches, many have died, and a
few excluded for disorderly walk. Our present number is
less than one hundred members, and many of these non-
residents. Its present resident membership constitutes a
body of earnest workers ; and their influence in the church,
in a sabbath-school of unusual interest, and in the com-
munity generally, is such as to gain the church a welcome
place in the hearts of all who love moral and spiritual
progress. As is usual with such churches, the change of
pastors has been frequent. Ten have served her in the
pastoral office since the organization, besides a number of
supplies during the intervals of change. The following is a
list of pastors, with their terms of service, as nearly as can
be readily attained by the records :
Rev. W. H. Dalrymple, 1 year, 2 months.
" N. B. Jones, 1 " 4 "
" Rev. George Daland, I " 6 "
" Abial Fisher, 4 "
" N. Chapman, 2 "
" J. S. Harradon, 6 " 9 "
" N. J. Pinkham, 1 " 7 "
" Addison Browne, 7 "
" D. A. Dearborn, 4 "
" C. Jj. Thompson, 4 " 5 "
The time of the last includes two seasons of service in
the pastoral office.
488 CHURCHES or THE
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
WILKINSONVILLE.
BY REV. P. Y. SMITH.
This congregation was organized by the Associate Pres-
bytery of Albany, N. Y., and continued from 1855 until
1858 in connection with that body ; when at the union of
the Associate and Associate Reformed Churches, which took
place in Pittsburg, Penn., May 26, 1858, it became one of
the congregations of the United Presbyterian Church of
North America.
The Associate Church to which the Sutton United Pres-
byterian congregation first belonged, was originally a seces-
sion from the church or kirk of Scotland in the year 1733 ;
and was known as the " Seceder Church,'' and had four
ministers at first, viz. : Ebenezer Erskine, William Wilson,
Alexander Mancrieft and James Fisher. The first mission-
ary that came to this country was Alexander Gellatly, in
connection with the Scottish Associate Church; and he, and
Andrew Arnott, a settled minister, formed a presbytery
under the name of the Associate Presbytery of Pennsylvania,
subordinate to the associate anti-burgher synod of Scotland.
The original founders of the Sutton United Presbyterian
congregation were families from the province of Ulster,
Londonderry county, Ireland ; and were from their earliest
associations trained up in the Presbyterian faith, and when
here, longed for the church of their choice, in which their
children could be taught the shorter catechism, and other-
wise instructed in the distinctive principles of that faith
which they had carried with them from their home-land
beyond the seas.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 489
For several years before the present church building was
erected, divine services were held in school-houses and in
private dwellings in the villages around, extending from
Millbury to North Uxbridge. The first settled minister was
the Rev. James Williamson, who was installed February
1856, and continued in his pastorate nearly eight years.
Mr. Williamson was a native of Ayrshire, Scotland, and
was educated in the Glasgow college, and also studied the-
ology under the celebrated Doctors McCrie and Paxton of
Edinburgh, in connection with the original Seceder church.
Mr. Williamson as a preacher, so say his co-presbyters, was
a man of no ordinary ability, always preaching with great
acceptance and edification, evincing in his pulpit exercises a
logical train of thought, the result at all times of a well
polished and educated mind. Mr. Williamson died in the
house of his son, the Rev. James A. Williamson of Johnston,
Fulton county, N. Y., in March 1866, in, I think, his
sixtieth year, deeply regretted among his friends and
brethren. The elders or members of the session during the
O
incumbency of Mr. Williamson were Messrs. William Gould,
John Young, Alexander Brown, James Boyd, Matthew
Caldwell and Andrew Kerr. The present pastor, the Rev.
P. Y. Smith, was ordained and installed February 28, 1866,
by the united Presbyterian presbytery of Boston, the Rev.
William McLoren, D. D., of Fall River, preaching the ser-
mon, and the Rev. Alexander Blaikie, D. D., of Boston,
moderator, leading in the ordination prayer.
Mr. Smith was sent by the general assembly of the United
Presbyterian Church to supply in the presbytery of Boston
for six months, and was assigned by the Rev. John P. Robb
of Providence, R. I., to occupy the pulpit of the Sutton
United Presbyterian church one Sabbath, October 1, 1865,
and has continued from that time until the present year
(1877), making a pastorate of nearly twelve years. Mr.
Smith was educated in the University of Glasgow, Scotland,
and studied Hebrew and theology in the city of New York,
and was licensed to preach the gospel by the second presby-
tery of the United Presbyterian Church, New York City,
September 15, 1863. This congregation has a membership
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490 CHURCHES OF THE
of a hundred. The present members of the session are
Messrs. William Gould, Andrew Kerr and James Young.
The treasurer of the congregation is Mr. George Woodburn,
who has held the office with great acceptance since 1866.
The church building is of wood, built on a hill overlooking
the Blackstone river, and cost about two thousand three
hundred dollars, and is free of debt.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
PREPARED BY A FORMER MEMBER.
During the autumn and winter of 1852, a few families of
the Methodist faith, desirous of worshiping in accordance
with their belief, invited the Rev. Mr. Jones of East Doug-
las to hold occasional meetings in Washington hall. The
meetings were well attended and a good degree of interest
manifested. A class-meeting was formed, with Mr. James
Prentice as leader. The meetings were held weekly, and
increased in numbers and interest to such a degree that they
felt justified in petitioning the New England Conference, at
its annual meeting in April 1853, to send them a preacher.
The petition was favorably entertained, and the Rev. John
W. Lee stationed here. Washington hall was procured,
and he entered at once upon his labors, with a congregation
not large, but constantly increasing. A church was organ-
ized June 12th, which at the end of the year numbered
thirty members, with twenty-seven on probation. A sab-
bath school was organized, which, with the bible-class,
embraced nearly the entire congregation. A library was
procured, a part of the books being a gift from the Millbury
Methodist Episcopal church. The ladies of the church and
society established a sewing circle, the object of which was to
TOWN OF STJTTON. 491
advance the interests of the church in a pecuniary point of
view. They labored together with great unanimity and were
very successful. At the end of the first year, the church
finding they had been able to support their minister and
meet all liabilities, felt encouraged to go forward in their
work.
April 1854 Mr. Lee was returned to this charge. A good
degree of interest was manifested, the congregation increased
and it soon became apparent that the number inclined to
worship with them would be too large to be accommodated
in Washington hall. It therefore seemed advisable to erect
a church edifice, if sufficient means could be procured for
that purpose. A committee was appointed to ascertain what
could be raised by subscription, and in a short time two-
thirds the amount necessary was pledged, and it was thought
safe, with such encouragement, to commence the house.
A lease of a lot for the church, upon the west side of the
common, was granted by the town. See "Annals," 1854.
After the usual preliminaries of choosing building commit-
tees, trustees, etc., a contract was made with Andrew J.
Morse to erect the building at a cost of thirty-four hundred
dollars. The corner stone was laid on the fourth of July
by Mr. Charles Taylor of Northbridge. A large number
were present to witness the ceremony. The house was
raised the tenth of November, completed in March 1855,
and dedicated the twenty-second of the month. Rev.
Miner Raymond of Wilbraham preached the dedication
sermon. The house was very tasteful and commodious, the
walls beautifully frescoed, and all were satisfied with their
new home. The Rev. Mr. Lee had labored here earnestly
and successfully for two years ; and, according to the usages
of the Methodist Episcopal church at the time, could remain
no longer, and preached his last sermon April 8th. The
church then numbered sixty-three members, with eleven on
probation. The Rev. George Prentice, D. D., professor of
languages in the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.,
and the Rev. Daniel C. Babcock of Philadelphia, district
secretary of the United States temperance society, were
members of this church. After leaving Sutton, Mr. Lee's
492 CHUKCHES OF THE
appointments were in the western part of the state, and at
the breaking out of the war of the rebellion, he assisted in
raising a company with which he went as captain. At the
close of the war he received an appointment in the custom
house at Boston. Mr. Lee was an Englishman by birth,
but truly American in all his views and sympathies.
Rev. John H. Gaylord was his successor. He was an
acceptable preacher, and the church was united and prosper-
ous under his ministration. At the end of the year the
church numbered fifty-nine members, with twenty-five on
probation. In 1856 Rev. Rodney Gage was stationed here.
Mr. Gage was an earnest preacher and devoted to his work.
Mrs. Gage was a most estimable lady, of ardent piety,
pleasing address and had a happy faculty of interesting
the young. She gave life and animation to the sewing
circle and the prayer meetings. Through her influence, and
under her guidance, the young people gave an exhibition
for the benefit of the church, which was quite a success.
So well pleased were the people^with the effort, that persons
outside of the society requested its repetition. The Misses
Putnam of Worcester kindly volunteered to sing and play
for the occasion, which added much to the interest. Those
who took part in that exhibition cannot fail to remember
Mrs. Gage with interest and affection.
yTA debt which it was impossible to meet, hindered the
prosperity that might otherwise have attended the society.
The church had also been weakened by the removal of some
of it's most prominent and influential members. But in the
midst of all discouragements Mr. Gage was cheerful and
hopeful. At the end of the year the church numbered sixty
members, with ten on probation.
The next year (1857) Mr. Gage was returned to this charge.
His labors, trials and success were about the same as last
year. On account of the great financial depression of this
year, the society failed to meet the payment of his salary, a
deficiency of one hundred and forty dollars remaining. The
church numbered sixty members, with three on probation.
The next year Rev. Newell S. Spaulding was the preacher in
charge. He was an elderly man who had had much experience.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 493
He was a successful preacher, but having other business he
left in autumn or early winter, and his place was supplied
by a young man by the name of Brown. At the end of
the year the church numbered sixty-one members, with five
on probation. In 1859 Rev. William A. Clapp was the
preacher in charge. Mr. Clapp was a conscientious, good
man, and a faithful worker in the cause he loved.
During this year a special effort was made to reduce the
debt which amounted to fourteen hundred dollars with
the hearty co-operation and sympathy of the presiding
elder, Rev. Loranus Crowell. But on account of the great
financial trouble it was impossible to raise money, some of
the members became discouraged, all the church property
had been mortgaged, and no way out of the trouble seemed
to present itself.
In 1860 Rev. J. J. Woodbury was in charge. Not being
able to obtain the minutes of the conference, the writer can
give no statistics. In 1861 Rev. Charles W. Macreading,
jr., was in charge. He was a very acceptable preacher, and
the young people were deeply interested in him. Amid
discouragements consequent upon the debt, he left for a few
weeks, and his place was supplied by the Rev. Horace
Moulton.
Mr. Macreading subsequently returned, and remained
through the year.
In 1862 and '63 Rev. S. O. Brown was in charge. He
united the profession of homoeopathic physician with that of
preacher. It became evident that the church could not meet
its liabilities, and the conference in 1864 transferred all the
members to the Millbury church. The church property was
given without reserve into the hands of the creditors.
Mr. Paris Tourtellott held a mortgage upon the house, and
Mr. Ezra Jones of East Douglas, and Mr. Joseph Dudley of
Northbridge, had mortgages on the personal property.
Messrs. Jones and Dudley divided the property. Mr.
Jones, who was a member of the church, retained the Sab-
bath-school library and communion service as a part of his
share. The library he gave Elder Willard Fuller for the
use of his sabbath-school.
494 CHURCHES or STJTTON.
After Mr. Fuller became so feeble as to be obliged to
abandon preaching, he gave the library to the Methodist church
at East Douglas. The communion service, which it is said
was a gift from George W. Putnam, a prominent member of
this church, but now of Anoka, Minnesota, was kept by Mr.
Jones, and is now in possession of his widow. The tent
was sold to the Brookfield church.
The house was sold at auction, and purchased by the late
Stephen B. Holbrook, which he moved and made into the
beautiful house that his heirs at present occupy.
THE SCHOOLS OF SUTTON.
The common schools of this country were commenced and
sustained on two distinct plans. In one section the neces-
sity of educating the children of all, irrespective of rank or
condition in life, was recognized, and schools were estab-
lished by law and attendance upon them made compulsory.
In other sections no provision was made by law for the
establishment of schools, but the whole matter of education
was left to the inclination or caprice of the people. Each
plan has its advocates now, as in earlier times. The first
has been attended by results which show the wisdom of its
adoption ; the latter by evils which reveal its short-sighted
policy.
The first settlers of this state were the founders of the
free school system. They had received some' inspiration
from the schools of learning in Europe, established for the
favored classes, and more from revelation. They did not
believe that knowledge, power and wealth were intended for
the few, but that the avenues to their attainment should be
open to all. They believed in civil and religious freedom.
It was because they saw no hope of securing to themselves
and their posterity their God-given rights, that they crossed
a stormy ocean, seeking a home as remote as possible from
opposing influences made strong by long continued growth
and prejudice ; and here in this western wilderness, amid
the toils, anxieties and perils attending a new settlement
496 SCHOOLS OF THE
so remote from sources whence supply of almost every want,
aside from food, must come, they inaugurated a system of
education for the masses, which, improved from time to
time, gradually extended through the New England states
and over a large portion of the country.
In 1642 a law was passed requiring that those chosen to
manage ' ' the prudentials of every town in the several pre-
cincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant
eye over their neighbors, to see, first that none of them shall
suffer so much barbarism in any of their families as not to
endeavor to teach by themselves or others, their children
and apprentices so much learning as may enable them to
read perfectly the English tongue, and a knowledge of the
capital laws, upon penalty of twenty shillings for each neg-
lect therein."
It was not, however, until 1647 that a law was enacted
ordering the establishment in every town of fifty household-
ers of a public school, in which the children should be taught
to read and write, and, when the families shall have increased
to an hundred, of a grammar school in which the young men
might be fitted for the university. A fine of five pounds,
to be paid to the next school, was imposed in case of neg-
lect to conform to the above requirements.
Great importance was attached to the moral and religious
training of the young.
In 1654 it was ordered by the general court that the
selectmen of the town take care that no teachers unsound in
the faith be employed.
In 1671 the law imposing a penalty of five pounds upon
towns neglecting to provide grammar schools, was re-enacted.
This fine was afterward increased to ten pounds.
In 1683 an addition was made to the school laws, requiring
towns consisting of more than five hundred householders
to sustain two grammar schools and two writing schools.
The penalty for failure to provide schools as the law directs
was increased from ten to twenty pounds where there were
two hundred families.
When common schools were first established, it was left
optional with the towns to support them by taxation, or by
TOWN OF SUTTON. 497
rate-bill,* to be paid by those sending children. The
grammar schools were, in all cases, to be sustained by the
towns.
For many years after the settlement of the country, the
course of study in our common schools was very limited.
It embraced little more than reading, writing and the ele-
ments of arithmetic, in teaching which the schoolmaster
frequently used no book, but wrote the examples to be solved
upon the slates of the pupils. Spelling was not considered
of sufficient importance to be made a study, and the orthog-
raphy of the day was as various as the fancy of the writers.
The use of capitals was also left to the taste of the writers,
and the old records show the pages profusely dotted with
them. In printing these records verbatim et literatim, any
modern font of type would soon be wanting in capitals, as
the printers of the "Annals" of this history can testify.
The study of geography and grammar was not considered
necessary for any but those designing to obtain a liberal edu-
cation with a view to professional life. For the sons of toil,
to be able to read and write, and perhaps cypher a little,
was thought to be enough ; consequently common schools
were in most of the towns maintained but a small part of
the year ; frequently only three or four months.
The condition of the schools at the beginning of the last
century was evidently not what the fathers had expected it
would be, nor what it would have been had the laws
pertaining to the education of the young been faithfully
enforced.
It is evident from the records of the times that the
descendants of the fathers, of the third and foifrth genera-
tions, had greatly declined in both intelligence and piety.
Reasons for the deterioration may be found in part in the
exhausting cares incident to the construction of homes and
the defense of them against hostile Indians, and in the labor
required to subdue the forest and obtain a livelihood.
These cares and labors would fc to a great extent engross
thought and energy, and enlist in the service the aid of
*See Records of Massachusetts, Vol. II., Jp. 203.
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498 SCHOOLS or THE
children old enough to lend a helping hand. Such devotion
to secular affairs would naturally be attended by a waning
interest in those of a more spiritual nature.
And then, teachers of the requisite qualifications were by
no means equal in number to the demand. The records of
some of the towns show that in responding to a legal pre-
sentment for delinquency in the matter of schools, the im-
practicability of obtaining a teacher was given as an excuse
for failure in conforming to the requirements of law. That
the delinquency was common, if not general, appears from
the action of the general court in passing, in 1701, an addi-
tional act in relation to schools and schoolmasters. In the
preamble to this act it is said : "The wholesome and neces-
sary Law [see requirements of law of 1642 as given on pre-
ceding page] was shamefully neglected by divers towns, and
the penalty thereof not required, tending greatly to the
nourishment of ignorance and irreligion, whereof grievous
complaint is made." It was at this time that the penalty for
the non-observance of the law was increased to twenty
pounds.
In 1718 the general court increased the penalty for failure
to observe the laws, especially those with reference to gram-
mar schools, to thirty pounds for towns containing one
hundred and fifty families, and to forty pounds for those
containing two hundred families.
It was in December of this year that the organization of
this town was effected by the choice of the proper officers.
Between thirty and forty families had settled within its lim-
its. These came from Salem, Newbury and other towns in
the vicinity of Boston, and undoubtedly represented the
average intelligence of those towns, but the fact that among
them not less than sixteen make their mark upon the treas-
urer's book, and quite a number of the other signatures can
with difficulty be made out, shows how wide-spread and
common was the delinquency complained of by the general
court, as it respects providing the required means of instruc-
tion for the children.
When we consider that the early settlers of this town had
had only the most limited advantages of schools, and some
TOWN OF SUTTON. 499
of them none at all, we are not surprised that so little inter-
est was at first manifested in education. There is no men-
tion of a school until 1725, and then only in connection with
a proposed sale of the school land two hundred acres
which had been given by the proprietors in accordance with
the conditions of the grant of the general court confirming
the purchase of the township from the Indians.
The children may have had instruction in private schools,
but no action seems to have been taken by the town in the
matter of the establishment of a public school previously to
1730, when it was voted that a school should be kept for
four months in four places, at the discretion of the selectmen,
one mouth in a place.*
In 1731 it was voted that there should be school dames.
No record can be found of an appropriation for the sup-
port of a school until 1732.f The name of John Smith
appears upon the treasurer's book as the schoolmaster for
this year. The school was kept at the house of Mr. John
Gibbs, who was paid fifteen shillings for its use. About
this time the town was presented at the court for failure to
employ a schoolmaster as the law required, and a fine was
imposed, notwithstanding the remonstrance of Dea. Percival
Hall, Kobert Goddard, John Stockwell and John Bound,
who appeared in behalf of the town as defendants in the
case.
Nathaniel Goodwin, Daniel Greenwood and Jonathan
Marsh are each paid in 1733 for keeping school one month.
John Smith is also paid for teaching ; time not specified.
In 1734 he was called "ye town's schoolmaster," and seems
to be the only one employed for 1734 and 1735.
In February 1736, Solomon Holman is paid for " going to
Newbury for Mr. Parker Morse to keep school."
Mr. Morse seems to have been the schoolmaster for this
year. He was succeeded by a Mr. Paige in 1737, and he by
Daniel Wilkins. That the school was a "moving one"
* See Annals, 1830.
t For the amount appropriated this and each succeeding year to 1876, see
" School Tax," Part VI.
500 SCHOOLS OF THE
(see Annals, 1733) is evident from the bill paid by the town
for board of the teacher, which bill included "keeping his
horse."
That the requirements of law were not yet conformed to by
the town, appears from the fact that in March 1738, Samuel
Chase is paid for the money he had " expended and paid to
git of the presentment for want of a school."
A committee was appointed in 1735 to see how many
school-houses were wanted, but no action was taken in the
matter.
In March 1740, the town voted that there be six places or
squadrons where the school should be kept, provided that
each squadron do build a school-house in each particular
place upon their own cost or charge, or find some other
house to keep the school. The places are designated.
In the May meeting of the same year in which the above
action was taken, the committee of the last year for procur-
ing a schoolmaster were instructed to find a master, and
direct where the school should be kept. There had been
only one public school as yet in town.
After Daniel Wilkins, we find as teachers the names of
Timothy Brown, Josiah Chase, Edward Gerl, Ebenezer
Dagget, Jr. , and Jacob Green.
In March 1745, the town vote that the school shall be
kept in each parish according to the tax paid by each, and
that each parish have liberty to send to either school.
A committee was chosen in the autumn of this year to
give deeds to purchasers of the school lands the sale of
which had been ordered and it was voted that the inter-
est of the proceeds should be forever applied for the benefit
of schools in the town.
In March 1751, a committee was appointed to decide
where the school shall be kept in each parish. This com-
mittee reported at the May meeting, but their report was
not accepted.
It is evident that at this date the schools were still kept at
private houses.
In 1752 the selectmen are instructed to provide a school-
master. The successor of Jacob Green seems to have been
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Stephen Minot. The name of Samuel Trask also occurs,
then Stephen Minot again, who was succeeded by Thomas
Brown, and he by James McPherson.
In 1755, '56 and '57 Asaph Rice, Thomas Rice, Willard
Wheeler and Willis Hall were employed as teachers.
In March 1761, permission was given by vote of the town
to "set a school-house on the highway near to Mr. Jeptha
Putnam's."
Mr. Putnam lived upon the place now owned by Asa P.
Dodge.
The people in that part of the town were to build the
house.
In 1766 a committee was again raised to divide the town
into districts, and at the same time a proposition to build
school-houses was defeated. There were at this date sev-
eral schools maintained for three or four months during the
year, and provision was also made for summer schools.
In 1768 one-fifth of the amount raised was to be expended
for "paying school dames" for summer schools.
In 1773 the town was regularly divided into school dis-
tricts, fourteen in number, and the boundaries of each are
recorded.
A proposition to make the schools free was defeated, by
which action it would seem that the patrons were expected
to pay in part for their support. We find no evidence that
a grammar school was regularly maintained at this time.
The only reference to teachers of such a school that the
records contain, is found in a vote passed at a town meeting
in which the report of the committee dividing the town into
districts was accepted, to the effect that, "no schoolmaster
employed in keeping school in any particular squadron of
this town grammar schoolmasters excepted shall instruct
any scholars sent to them from other squadrons." The
districts, as laid out by the committee, were not regularly
numbered, but were known by the name of some prominent
resident, as Captain John Putnam's district, Colonel Sib-
ley's district, etc. The teachers were generally males ; a
lady's name appears only occasionally upon the treasurer's
book as teacher for a few weeks in the summer. During the
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excitement preceding and consequent upon the revolution-
ary struggle, comparatively little interest was taken in the
schools. About the usual amount of money was however
appropriated for their support year by year, except 1775,
when nothing was granted. In 1781 the town was re-divided.
The number of districts reported was fifteen.
In 1790 a committee was appointed to " new-district the
school districts of the town, or make such alterations in
them as they may think proper." This committee was also
instructed to report what sum of money may be needed for
building more school-houses.
At a subsequent meeting they reported that in their
opinion the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars would be
required, and recommended the appropriation of such an
amount.
The report was accepted, and a committee of twenty-five
appointed to make such changes in the districts as may be
expedient, and to designate places for the school-houses in
those districts which have failed to agree upon a suitable
site. The above action was reconsidered at a meeting in
November, and nothing farther done in the matter.
The treasurer's book contains no order for the payment of
a grammar schoolmaster, regularly employed as such, previ-
ously to 1793.
Persons might have been, and probably were, delegated to
give instruction to any who might wish to pursue the studies
which were then considered as belonging to such a school.
There were very few of this class of pupils before the time
above mentioned. Joseph Hall, son of Rev. Dr. David, is
the first and only one who seems to have been appointed
grammar schoolmaster, and authorized to present his bills
as such. His first bill was in 1794, for teaching grammar
school in 1793, 4, 8s. 2d, and as his bill varied from year
to year, it is evident that his salary depended upon the
number of his scholars. About this time summer schools,
for terms of four or six weeks, were established in most of
the districts. The winter schools were kept from eight to
ten weeks, and taught exclusively by male teachers. The
course of study had been somewhat advanced. Spelling
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and geography hud been introduced, and were by many con-
sidered important branches of study ; good hand-writing and
a more extended knowledge of arithmetic were also encour-
aged. Each district employed its own teacher, and had the
general supervision of its schools. The only official visits
made the schools at this time were those of the minister of
the parish, for the purpose of catechising the children. A
more liberal appropriation was made for their support, and
they were taught for longer terms, both summer and winter.
A desire for advantages the common schools and the gram-
mar school, as taught by Mr. Hall, did not furnish, began
to find expression in the establishment of private schools.
Among the first of these were those taught in 1806 by
Miss Mary T. Morse in the south parish, and Miss Caroline
M. Warren in the north parish.
Miss Morse's school was for young ladies only, in which
instruction was given in " Reading, writing, orthography,
and English grammar ; also plain sewing, marking, working
muslin and embroidery ; also drawing and painting in water
colors and filigree work." Miss Warren's school was open
to youth of both sexes, and "instruction was given in
reading, writing, orthography and English grammar, rhetoric,
logic, and English composition ; also arithmetic, geometry,
geography, astronomy and the Latin language." Young
ladies were likewise instructed in the ornamental branches.
In 1811 Miss Thayer advertises in the Massachusetts Spy her
"Boarding school for young ladies," in which she promises
superior advantages for the pursuit of the several branches
of literature and the fine arts." Miss T. was an accom-
plished teacher, and her school was well patronized. These
private schools had much influence in stimulating parents
whose children could not have their advantages to desire
means for the improvement of the public schools, and we
find the town making larger appropriations for them.
Teachers of higher attainments were sought for, and addi-
tional studies were introduced. But there was no regular
system of instruction, and the text-books were such as
families might chance to have or the teacher might choose
to recommend.
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The committees chosen by the districts controlled their
own schools in their own way, and not infrequently rival
parties existed, whose petty jealousies and opposition, when
defeated, to whatever the successful one might do, operated
disastrously upon the school and sometimes caused its sus-
pension.
Many of the towns in the commonwealth had built the
school-houses, assumed the supervision of the schools, and
appointed committees to provide teachers, designate text-
books, prescribe a regular course of study, and visit the
schools.
The improvement in the schools in these towns was so
marked that it was deemed desirable the plan of supervision
adopted should be introduced in all the towns of the com-
monwealth, so in 1826 an act was passed by the legislature
"providing for the further instruction of youth," in which
every town was required to make choice of three or more
persons of requisite qualifications to take the general super-
inteudance of the schools, examine teachers, designate text-
books, compel the attendance upon schools of all children
of a suitable age, etc. This town chose committees as
required by law, but many of the districts were not cor-
dial in their support of the measures they recommended,
and the harmonious blending of the town and the district
system was found to be a difficult matter.
In 1828 there was a new division of the town into twelve
school districts. The feeling that the town committees
assumed authority over the schools which did not belong to
them, is manifest in the following action of the town, as
recorded in the proceedings of the March meeting, 1832.
' ' The attention of the meeting being called to the choice
of a school committee, after general discussion it was voted
to choose three persons for this committee who shall examine
teachers and visit the several schools with the prudential
committees, when invited by said prudential committee ; and
when thus invited, shall, on performing said duty, be paid
a reasonable sum for their services, their accounts being
audited by the selectmen, by each district who shall thus
invite them, out of the portion of money said districts draw
from the treasury."
TOWN OF SUTTON. 505
It is impossible to give a history of the many private
schools that were established in town after 1811, as no
records were kept, and the "oldest inhabitants" can impart
little information.
A few of these schools, however, are remembered, and
worthy of particular mention. One of them, called " Sutton
High School," was established by Rev. George A. Willard, in
1835, in the hall of the brick mansion built by Mr. James
Freeland, afterward removed to West Sutton and continued
several years. Mr. Willard was a superior teacher, as
several of his former pupils now resident in town can testify.
Mr. Willard was succeeded by Charles A. Peabody.
During the autumn of 1850, Mr. Newell Wedge was
induced to open a select school in Wilkinson ville, through
the solicitation of Dea. John McClellan, Rev. L. B. Good-
win, Seth Hartwell, William Newton, William Hall, Asa
Woodbury, Horatio Slocomb, Mr. Cowan, Hon. William R.
Hill, Joshua Armsby and others.
In the spring of 1851 this school, which was in successful
operation, was suddenly and unexpectedly closed, in conse-
quence of the hall in which it was held being fitted up for
tenements. It was, however, resumed and kept at different
places at the bank room, and at Saundersville through the
liberality of Mr. Esek Saunders, who gave the use of his
school-house for the purpose. Mr. Wedge also taught in his
own house, and several terms in a building near by, fitted
up for his school ; also in the school-house at the centre, and
the new school-house at Wilkinsonville. The number of his
pupils varied from thirty, the first term, to sixty at the end
of the third year, at which time he was assisted by Mrs. S.
E. Wedge.
In the autumn of 1869 he again taught a select school in
the school-house at Wilkinsonville, with sixty-three pupils,
twenty-six of whom were over fifteen years of age. Of those
who have been under the instruction of Mr. Wedge, more
than seventy are known to have engaged in teaching, many
of whom were eminent in their profession. One taught in
the normal school of Rhode Island, one in the normal school
of Westfield, and two are now teaching in the public schools
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of Worcester. Two, while attending his school, volunteered
for the defense of their country in the war of the rebellion.
Many others who had been his pupils entered the army.
Two served in the signal corps ; five became captains. One
has represented this town in the legislature.
Mr. Henry J. Crippen, who was a pupil of Mr. Wedge
in his school at Grafton, taught a private school at the cen-
ter. He was a graduate of Dartmouth college.
Mr. A. W. Putnam was also a successful teacher in our
public schools, and also in private schools.
In 1849 a committee was appointed to make a revision of
the school districts, if upon examination it should be deemed
expedient. This committee reported a revision in 1850,
which report was accepted in part, and as a whole in 1851.
The number of districts reported was thirteen, and their
boundaries as then defined are substantially those of the dis-
tricts of the town at the present time. The appropriation
made by the town from year to year for the support of its
schools has upon the whole been liberal, but the equitable
division of the money has been a matter of difficulty, from
the fact that the wages paid teachers have been determined
by the prudential committees, and those paying the highest
have insisted upon the same number of school weeks as
those paying the least wages. The school committee were
powerless in the matter, as the town by vote placed the em-
ployment of teachers in the hands of the prudential commit-
tees. An attempt to secure something like uniformity was
made by the introduction in the town meeting of March
1850, of the following resolution :
"Resolved, that the money raised and appropriated for the
support of schools be subject to the order of the selectmen,
and be divided among the several school districts in such a
manner as that each district shall have a school or schools
of equal length. No male teacher shall receive from the
public funds more than twenty-two dollars per month, and
no female teacher more than ten dollars per month, exclusive
of board. If a female be employed in the winter where
there is no male teacher, she may receive fifteen dollars per
month."
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This resolution was adopted, but at the next May meeting
the vote adopting it was reconsidered, and the following
order made with reference to the division of the school
money: "One-third equally among the districts, the other
two-thirds by the number of families in the several school
districts."
This method of dividing the money was, after several
years' trial, found to be defective in its working, and aban-
doned. Another plan, and one which still prevails, was
adopted, by which the school committee were instructed to
divide the money as follows : "One-third equally among the
districts, one-third upon the average attendance in each dis-
trict, and one-third at the discretion of the committee."
From 1800 to 1876 the town raised $113,511. If to this
we add the amount received from the State since the estab-
lishment of the school fund, the interest on the Cole legacy,
and the dog money, we shall have an aggregate of not less
than $125,000. This is a large sum for a rural township
like this to expend upon its schools, and ought to have
placed them in an efficient condition to afford instruction in
all the common branches of study, and also furnish facilities
for the prosecution of the higher branches taught in gram-
mar schools.
But the common schools of the town have not been in the
past what they should have been, nor are they to-day what
they ought to be, in view of the generous appropriations
made for their support.
There are causes for their inefficiency, and these will be,
and ought to be, without prejudice, investigated.
This town has by a large majority of its voters continued
to favor the district system, and placed the employment of
the teachers of its schools in the hands of its prudential com-
mittees. In reference to the wisdom of this plan there are
honest differences, and many of the earnest friends of our
common schools think it the best that can be devised.
If it is better than the town system, the schools of this
and the few towns in the State which adhere to it should
surpass in excellence all others. We find the schools in
those towns in the most efficient state in which teachers only
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of superior qualifications are employed, and retained as long
as possible in the same place.
In a few of the schools of this town the best of teachers
have been employed, and in some instances retained for
many successive terms, and these schools will compare
favorably with those of any town, but in many cases teach-
ers with no fitness for their work have been engaged, and
not infrequently a new one for each term. Schools cannot
prosper under such management, and the wonder is not
that they are no better, but no worse.
In searching for the causes of the present condition of
our schools, we shall also find that the town committee have
sometimes been incompetent, and sometimes when compe-
tent derelict in duty. Many who have been upon this com-
mittee have possessed all the requisite qualifications, and
been deserving of high commendation for their ' ' work's sake,"
but it is at the same time true that others have been men of
no special fitness. These have sometimes allowed teachers to
remain who should have been promptly dismissed, either
from inability to judge of their qualifications, or fear of
offending some of their political constituents. The office
has been altogether too much a political one, and held
not infrequently by men whose only recommendation was
loyalty to party. Such have taken little interest in the
schools visited them only occasionally, and then disgusted
both teachers and pupils by talking politics when there was
any one to converse with, and closing the scene with a "few
remarks," suggestive only of the fact that the speaker had
nothing to say. The office of school committee should be
wholly removed from party politics, and filled by those who
know what education is, and the best means of securing its
advantages by those only who have time for the faithful
discharge of the duties involved.
There are other causes which might be mentioned that
have had much influence in retarding the progress of our
schools, and preventing the attainment of the standard of
excellence they ought to have reached ; these will readily
suggest themselves to the mind inclined to institute inquiry,
and desirous of applying a remedy.
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But while admitting that our schools are not what they
ought to be, we note with pleasure the fact that, comparing
them with the past, they show improvement in many
respects ; upon the whole great improvements.
As it regards these improvements, Mr. Wedge, in his sug-
gestions, mentions the tasteful and commodious school-
houses which have taken the place of the rude structures of
olden time the attractive furnishing of most of these
houses the introduction of maps, blackboards and appara-
tus affording facilities for the illustration of the various
branches of study, text-books adapted to the wants of schol-
ars of every grade, singing and drawing, the encouragement
of a taste for the useful and beautiful, less severity in pun-
ishment, more governing by love, and an appeal to the rea-
son of a child rather than his sense of physical pain. As
furnishing incentive to improvements and imparting hints as
to the direction in which they should be made, Mr. Wedge
also mentions with commendation the work of the State
Board of Education in collecting and sending into the towns
important facts relative to what is being done elsewhere, as
well as at home, in the matter of education, and likewise in
endeavoring by means of detectives to learn whether the
school laws are enforced. He likewise refers to the libraries
with which most of the schools were at one time furnished,
as calculated to foster a taste in the minds of the young for
general literature, and expresses regret that they were not
appreciated more highly, and maintained. In referring to
the disposition which was made of them, he notes with indig-
nation the fact, that in one of the districts the people voted
that the " school library be sold for old paper."
On several of the above topics he enlarges, and we should
be glad to give place to his reflections if the space allotted
for this article would admit.
For the gratification of the antiquarian of one hundred
years hence, and the benefit of the future historian, we
append a list of the text-books in use in our common schools
in 1876:
Readers, the Franklin series ; Speller, Monroe's Practical ;
Arithmetic, Greeuleaf's new series ; Geography, Warren's
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primary and common school ; Grammar, Harper's language
series; History, Scott's United States; Writing, Payson's
writing books, six numbers.
o *
HIGH SCHOOL.
BY I. B. HABTWELL.
In this brief historical sketch of the efforts of the friends
of a more liberal education, and the action of the town which
culminated in the establishment of our present popular high
school, we shall omit, here and now, the history of such
boarding, select and private high schools as from time to
time have been sustained by subscription, and confine these
notes to such facts as have reference to high schools recog-
nized by legislative acts, and maintained by the town in its
municipal capacity. We regret the necessity for this omis-
sion, for these subscription schools, by introducing some of
the higher branches, induced a more correct appreciation of
such branches, and created a demand for high schools.
The historians of our common school system begin by
referring to the legislative acts of the Massachusetts colon-
ists in 1647, as the inception and foundation of that system.
By this early legislation the support of schools was made
compulsory, and the means of education became common
and free. The same legislation laid the foundation for the
high school, for it included an enactment requiring every
town of one hundred families or householders to set up and
maintain a " Grammar school," under a master competent to
instruct youth in such branches as were required to fit them
for the university.
In obedience to these enactments " Grammar schools"*
*No text-books on English grammar had been prepared and introduced
into the schools of Massachusetts eighty years ago. And it was thought that
a knowledge of grammar could be acquired only by the study of Latin Acci-
dents as found in Latin grammars. Hence high schools in which the languages
and mathematics were taught, were called Grammar Schools.
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were maintained in many of the towns of Massachusetts dur-
ing the remainder of the seventeenth and the larger part of
the eighteenth century ; but in the latter part of the last
century and early part of this, seminaries of learning of a
higher grade than ' ' grammar schools " but inferior to uni-
versities or colleges, and called academies, began to be incor-
porated and put in operation in various parts of the State,
some of which were well endowed and became permanent
institutions. And because they had better instructors and
other facilities for acquiring a knowledge of the languages
and other higher branches than were found in the "gram-
mar schools," the latter were pretty generally discontinued.
Young ladies and gentlemen desiring a higher culture than
they had obtained in the common district school, and ambi-
tious for the prestige and fame which the academy was sup-
posed to confer upon its students, resorted to the academy ;
while the children of the more wealthy, particularly lads in
a course of preparation to enter the college, were sent to the
academy. And the comparative poverty of the inhabitants
of the rural towns and districts did not preclude the expend-
iture of the moderate sum necessary for a few terms of
academic attendance of their more promising youth, where
there was a just appreciation of a higher culture, and an
earnest desire therefor.
During what may be called this academic period the stat-
ute school acts, in reference to "grammar schools" from
time to time revised and amended, but never as we think
repealed, had become inoperative and nearly obsolete. And
not until after the passage of the act establishing the State
school fund in 1834, and the establishment of the school
board in 1837, and not until after the zealous and efficient
efforts of the late Horace Mann, the great apostle of a
reformed common school gospel, aided by a more stringent
legislation and the increasing wealth of the cities and large
towns, did high schools, properly so called, and as defined
in our statutes, begin to be established. And even so late
as 1863, nearly twenty years after the statutes had assumed
substantially the same form and meaning that they now have,
by which, at that time, one hundred and twenty-eight towns
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in the commonwealth were required under penalty to main-
tain a high school, forty-six of these towns, including Sut-
ton, were delinquent, either by having no high school or by
not having such an one as conformed to the requirements of
the statutes.
Hoping that these preliminary considerations may help in
forming a more correct judgment of the action, or want of
action, of the town of Sutton in the premises than would be
otherwise entertained, we come now to a special history of
our High School, beginning with its embryonic state.
Because the wish is often parent to the thought, the
thought to action, and the action to beneficial results, we
are pleased to find in the report of the schooj committee for
1859, Foster Freeland, chairman, a strongly expressed wish
that Sutton might have the advantage of grammar school *
instruction ; and a recommendation that the excess of school
money raised by the town, above a specified amount, then
deemed sufficient for the common district schools, should be
appropriated to the establishment and maintenance of two
' ' grammar schools ; " and this followed by a suggestion that
the school acts should be so amended as to give the income
of the State school fund to the several towns of the Com-
monwealth to aid in the maintenance of such schools.
In the warrant of the selectmen, Horace Leland, chairman,
for the annual meeting of 1860, we find :
"Art. 13. To see if the Town will establish a High
School or act or do any thing relative to the same."
It is believed that the article was inserted in the warrant
by the selectmen in compliance with the request of the late
Paris Tourtellott.
Mr. Tourtellott strenuously defended the affirmative of
this article, on the position that, first, Sutton should wipe out
the stigma on her fair fame for dereliction to legal duty.
Second, that the town was liable to a fine of four thousand
($4,000) dollars f for neglecting to maintain a high school,
*It is evident from the context that Mr. Freeland used the term Grammar
School in its original sense.
t See Section 2d and 14th, Chapter 38, General Statutes.
TOWN OF RUTTON. 513
and lastly, that the more advanced scholars in town sadly
needed such a school.
The negative was defended by arguments not even now
wholly removed, which were concisely, correctly and can-
didly set forth in the following quotation from the report
of the school committee, Foster Freeland chairman, for
the year ending March 5th, 1860, and presented to this
meeting :
"Your committee concur in the opinion that whatever is
appropriated for this noble cause" a higher education-
" considering the territorial structure of our town and the
sparsely located proper recipients of High School privileges,
the greatest good to all the inhabitants of the town will be
attained by the division of the fund* in the districts . n
Notwithstanding the above "opinion," the chairman of
the school committee did not oppose the establishment of a
high school, but seemed rather to favor the enterprise, by
showing how his own objections might in part be overruled,
by having successive terms or successive years of a high
school, by equitable rotation, in different parts of the town.
After a fair and full discussion, it was voted by a large ma-
jority to pass over the article and postpone the subject
indefinitely.
But by this discussion, if not by the vote, something was
gained in the right direction ; for it at least vitalized the
question, and many who voted for postponement were unwil-
ling to accept the conclusion that Sutton was not to have,
for many years in the then future, a legally established high
school. For several years, and during our unhappy civil
war, when large sums of money were required for defending
the flag of the Union, though the question was not formally
submitted to the town, yet it was informally discussed by its
citizens, and was not totally ignored in the yearly school
reports.
*The term "fund," as appears from the context, was intended to include
all school money raised hy the town, received from the income of the State
school fund and all other sources.
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Nor was the secretary of the State Board of Education
remiss in charging upon delinquent towns what he consid-
ered an unwise, niggardly and reprehensible economy, in
refusing to appropriate money as required by law.
Previously, and during these years, there had been and
was a partial and imperfect compliance with the intentions
of the statutes, by employing occasionally in several of the
school districts teachers amply qualified in the higher
branches, in which instruction was given to the more advanced
scholars. Prominent among these teachers was our respected
citizen, Newell Wedge, a graduate of Amherst, who came to
this town in 1849, and has been a popular and successful
teacher of subscription high schools.
It is not within the scope of this article to consider the
wisdom of making laws with penalties annexed, without
providing means which shall be swift and sure in penal inflic-
tion. It is apparent, however, that our legislature thought
our school acts might be improved in relation to a penalty
which had seldom, if ever, been inflicted on delinquent
towns ; from the recommendations of the State school board,
it enacted (see section 1st, chapter 142, acts of 1865),
"That no distribution or apportionment of the annual income
of the State school fund should be made to towns not com-
plying with certain requisitions of chapter 38, sections 1
and 2, general statute, including the maintenance of a high
school."
(The apportionment to Sutton at this period, 1865, was
$116.85, and was increasing yearly ; in 1875 it was $290.95.)
This act was a coup de maitre, the effect of which Sutton
could not easily evade. It said virtually To them that do
shall be given, but from them that do not shall be taken that
which they expect to have.
Not far from this time, it having been noticed that recent
school legislation originated with the school board, the school
committee initiated a correspondence with the secretary of
the board, Joseph White, Esq., reiterating the substance of
the " opinion " heretofore quoted, that no one high school
could be so located as to be practically beneficial to all the
inhabitants of the town, according to the wording of the
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statute, because the centers of population were on the extremi-
ties of the town and widely distant, and that the honorable
secretary was stopped from recommending a moveable, a
rotary, school, by his own emphatic condemnation of peri-
patetic high schools.
It was deemed too obvious then to be mentioned that the
expense of two or more high schools would be dispropor-
tionate to the ability of the town, and the beneficial results
to all the inhabitants.
The influence of the board was solicited in favor of sev-
eral suggested amendments of the school acts, which, while
they would not relieve such towns as Sutton from an expense
equivalent to that of maintaining a high school, would pro-
vide for a more equitable distribution of the benefits procured
by such an expense to "all the inhabitants of the town."
Not having the correspondence before me, and relying on
memory for the substance of the same, it undoubtedly had
some expressions which justified the secretary in saying in
his reply that our construction of the statute was unwar-
ranted ; that benefit to all the inhabitants did not mean a
direct and equal benefit to each individual, or to each district
even, but a general benefit, direct and indirect, to all the
inhabitants, and that the contemplated school should be open
and free to all the pupils of the town, qualified to enter
upon the study of the higher branches. The secretary also
suggested that we were not prevented by the statute from
having two or more high schools ; and lastly, that Sutton
was in a delinquent company that was rapidly diminishing,
there being only thirty-seven towns * that failed to comply
with the statute requirements in the matter of high schools.
,In 1866 the school committee submitted informally to the
selectmen, I. A. Dodge chairman, several articles on school
* These were reduced to two or three in 1873. By an act of 1866, chapter
208, section 2, towns maintaining a high school thirty-six weeks in each
year, instead of forty weeks, as required by section 2, chapter 38, general
statute, were not liable to forfeiture of their share of the income of the State
school fund. But the fine designated in section 14, chapter 38, general
statute, though by no means imminent, is very gently impending over all
towns required to maintain a high school, which do not maintain the same
forty weeks in each year, exclusive of vacations.
516 SCHOOLS OF THE
matters, to be inserted in the forthcoming warrant for the
annual meeting, two of which were substantially as follows :
1st. To see if the town will establish a high school, or
act or do anything relative thereto.
2nd. To see if the town will raise and appropriate five
hundred dollars, to aid the pupils in Sutton in prosecuting
their studies in the higher branches in some of the high
schools and academies of the neighboring towns, or act or
do anything relating thereto.
Objection being made to the word establish, in the first
article, that it might appear to the voters as imposing a
prospective permanent tax, the article was amended by sub-
stituting the word maintain, as not necessarily implying more
than a temporary tax.
Thus amended, the article was put in the warrant as num-
ber seventeen. The second article was rejected, as having
no features which the town would be likely to receive with
favor.
In the annual meeting which followed, March 19, 1866,
and during a temporary absence of the writer, who had
hoped for a discussion that might indicate the sentiments
of the leading men of the town, article seventeen was
hastily reached and passed over without comment I)}' an
indefinite postponement.
By an act of the legislature of 1869 the school district
system was abolished throughout the State, very much to
the satisfaction of the State school board, but very much to
the dissatisfaction of more than two-thirds of the voters of
Sutton. By an act of the legislature of 1870, " Towns
which had not voluntarily abolished the district system,"
Avere permitted, by a two-thirds vote, to return to that
system ; very much to the satisfaction of more than two-
thirds of Sutton's voters, who very soon re-established what
they had reluctantly abandoned. This going out of and into
the district system was the occasion of not a little discussion
and party feeling, of some necessary and more unnecessary
expense, and of serious injury to the cause of education.
The excitement consequent to these measures seemed to
TOWN OF SUTTON. 517
obscure the interests of our prospective high school, for the
school reports made no favorable allusion to the subject
until 1873.
During the session of the legislature of 1871, our respected
fellow-citizen, Edwin H. Hutchinson, Esq., then a member
of the house, had a conference with the secretary of the
Board of Education, with a view to have the act of 1865 so
amended, that on condition that such towns as Sutton pro-
vided for instruction in the higher branches by other means
than that of maintaining a high school, they might be
relieved from the forfeiture of their proportional part of the
income of the State school fund. A bill emanating from
the State school board, to establish a school fund by a half-
mill tax on the whole taxable property of the Common-
wealth, was introduced into the legislature of 1873. The
consequence to Sutton of the passage of such a bill is shown
in the following quotation from the report of the school
committee of 1872-3 :
"For many years the town of Sutton has been delinquent
in relation to a high school; and, as a consequence, that
which would otherwise be our share of the State school fund,
amounting, perhaps, to two hundred dollars, has been with-
held from us. Let us also add to this consideration that a
bill has been lately introduced into our present legislature
to establish what is called the half-mill school fund. If the
bill passes to be enacted, as is probable,* it will increase the
annual state tax on Sutton about six hundred dollars ; but
from the school fund thus raised by a half-mill f tax on the
whole Commonwealth, Sutton will receive back annually about
fourteen hundred dollars, on condition that the town comply
with statute requirements in reference to a high school, etc. ;
otherwise the town must raise six hundred dollars annually
for the support of schools in other towns of the common-
wealth. With these considerations before us, it seems but
little less than suicidal folly for the town to delay any longer
the maintenance of a high school. And such a school need
* No bill of the kind has yet beeii passed to be enacted.
t Half -mill 011 one dollar.
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not subject the town to a very great expense ; indeed the
balance in our favor from the ' half-mill school fund,' if the
bill becomes a law, and our share from the old school fund
[then withheld] may be made to pay nearly all the extra
expense of a high school, besides conferring on the town all
the benefits which may result from such a school.
* * * * And this school may be conducted
in our common school-houses, one year in one part of the
town, the next year in some other part, and so on ; and may
take the place of what are now called 'grammar depart-
ments' (in our common schools)."
About the time the above extract was written, the school
committee prepared the two following articles, which, with
the approbation and concurrence of the whole school com-
mittee and board of selectmen, William Abbott, Esq. , chair-
man, were inserted in the warrant for the approaching annual
meeting :
"Article 14. To see if the town will maintain* a high
school according to the requirements of statute law, or act
or do anything in relation to the same."
"Article 15. To see if the town will raise money for
the maintenance of a high school."
After a dispassionate discussion and a more detailed state-
ment of the case than is found in the foregoing extract, the
affirmative of both articles was sustained by an almost unani-
mous vote of the persons present and voting.
Under article 14 " Voted that the town will maintain a
high school to hold one term of three months at Wilkinson-
ville, one term of three months at Sutton Centre, one term
of three months at West Sutton, and one term of three
months at Manchaug Village."
Under article 15 "Voted to raise and appropriate five
hundred dollars for the maintenance of the high school."
No single action of the town for the previous fifteen
years afforded such joy and exultation to the writer as did
* Remembering how the word establish had been rejected, as ominous to a
certain class of tax-payers of a permanent incubus, the word maintain was
here used.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 519
the birth of our beloved high school. We trust that it will
not be thought that we impute to Button such sordid motives
as are not found elsewhere, if we say that doubtless some of
the votes in the affirmative were given from motives of
economy. But the success of the measure was principally
due to a higher standard of public opinion, and an apprecia-
tion of a higher culture and a demand therefor. Many good
citizens had labored to bring about this improvement in
public opinion, prominent among whom were Rev. H. A.
Tracy and James W. Stockwell, Esq. Agreeably to the
foregoing vote the first term of the high school was com-
menced at Wilkinsonville, April 14th, 1873, under the
tuition of Walter A. Wheeler. It was well known that
this district alone could furnish only a small number of
pupils qualified to enter with profit on the curriculum of a
veritable high school, and earnest efforts were made to bring
in scholars from other districts, with indifferent success.
The whole number of scholars registered was 26. Average
attendance 23.7. By the consent of all concerned, the next
or fall term was held at West Sutton, under the charge of
Miss M. E. Manly. Whole number of scholars 42 ; average
attendance 32.5. The winter term at Sutton Centre ; whole
number of scholars 40; average attendance 34.45 ; tinder
charge of Miss Fannie E. Lawrence. For a further account
of our first year's experiment, we quote from the report of
the school committee for the year ending March 1874.
"During six [seven] years previous to the last annual
meeting of the town, that which would have been its share
of the income from the State school fund, amounting to $200
at first, and finally to $245 yearly, was withheld, as a punish-
ment for our delinquency in the matter of a high school.
Immediately after your vote, at our last annual meeting, to
maintain a high school, we notified the secretary of the
Board of Education of the same, and, better than we ex-
pected, and before our official and certified returns were
made, and even before our high school had been in session
the legal time of nine (school) months, as a reward for our
repentance and good intentions, we received through our
town treasurer our share of the income of the State school
520 SCHOOLS or THE
fund, amounting to $244.92. This amount pays very nearly
the extra expense of our high school over what the gram-
mar schools [departments] superseded by the high school
would have cost. In this, our first experiment, the high
school has had three sessions in three different places, and
under three different teachers. We recommend that here-
after the high school be at one place only during the year,
and that it be under the charge of one and the same teacher.
About forty per ce,ntum of the pupils of the high school at
Sutton Center, thirty per centum at Wilkinsonville, and still
less at West Sutton, were engaged in the study of the higher
branches. We believe that the qualifications of our high
school teachers have been amply sufficient to meet the
demands of their pupils, and we also believe that by continu-
ing our high school, the number and qualifications of its
pupils in the higher branches will greatly advance."
At the time the above was written, the committee had
some fears about the next vote of the town on the high
school question.
The three terms of the school, with the vacations, had
consumed the whole school year without reaching Manchaug,
but it was the intention of the school board that the first
term of the second year should be held at Manchaug, accord-
ing to the vote of the town.
At the annual meeting of 1874 it was " Voted to maintain
a high school, and the same be held at Sutton Center during
the year."
Manchaug, for some small consideration, had very gener-
ously waived her right to the next term of the high school
before the vote was taken.
The vote of the town at this meeting was reassuring, and
the second year of the high school, Walter A. Wheeler
preceptor, began at Sutton Centre in a newly repaired and
pleasant school-room, under more favorable auspices, that
were fully justified, as is shown by the following report of the
school committee, ending March 1875 :
" Whole number of scholars, summer, 25; fall, 27 ; win-
ter, 32. In the higher branches, summer, 23 : winter, 27.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 521
' ' We take this opportunity to present thanks and congrat-
ulations to the town for having two years ago inaugurated a
high school, and if the success of the experiment for the
first year was sufficiently satisfactory to procure a strong
vote in favor of its continuance, much more does the experi-
ment of the second year justify the town in liberally sus-
taining and advancing the interests of the Sutton high school.
We frankly, and in justice to the tutor, admit that our pres-
ent success is largely owing to our good fortune in securing
the services of Mr. Wheeler, whose genius, sympathies and
qualifications so abundantly prove that he has not mistaken
his calling."
At the annual meeting of 1875, it was "Voted, on motion
of I. B. Hartwell, that the high school be maintained at
Sutton center the ensuing year."
The success of the school in the third year of its existence
is apparent from the following extracts from the report of
the school committee, James W. Stockwell chairman, for
the year ending March 1876 :
"The high school, Walter A. Wheeler teacher, has had
a year of continual prosperity. Started as it was in 1873,
as an economic arrangement for obtaining the share of the
State money which we had hitherto forfeited through non-
fulfilment of law, it has proved not only our wisdom in
establishing and maintaining it, but the wisdom of the State
law which we had neglected.
"The average whole number of scholars for the three
terms has been thirty-five.
"We have added to the number of branches of study
taught, Ancient and Modern History, and English Litera-
ture and Composition. A regular course of study has been
prescribed, and five scholars, Mary E. Sibley, Sarah J. King,
Frances J. W. Freeland, Sarah A. Waters and Charlotte E.
Lackey, complete the course with the close of this term,
and will receive the diploma from the committee that their
scholarship richly merits.
"If it were possible to say more in praise of Mr. Wheeler,
as a teacher, than was said by the school committee last year,
we would gladly do so. We can only add that, besides his
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rare faculty of imparting knowledge, and the love of it, he
is, as a moral teacher of our youth, a fit exemplar of the
duties and virtues" [inculcated by the founders of this Com-
monwealth.]
Signed, JAMES W. STOCKWELL,
M. E. GROSSMAN,
C. L. THOMPSON,
/School Committee.
SUTTON, March 4, 1876.
It is but a tribute due to I. B. Hartwell, Esq., who kindly
prepared the foregoing " historical sketch," to say that no
one in town has labored more earnestly, both in a private
and public capacity, to improve our common schools, to fos-
ter the desire for a more generous course of study than they
afford, and to furnish facilities for the gratification of such
desire. He was chairman of the school committee during
several years preceding the establishment of the high school,
and at the time when the agitation attending the discussion
of the matter was the greatest, and brought all the influence
which his position commanded, to bear in support of the
measure. His faith in the good sense of the people, and in
their ultimately favorable action, never faltered. And when
by an emphatic vote the measure he, with others, had so
long advocated, was carried, and the high school became a
fact, his efforts to gain it popularity and thus place it upon
a sure basis, were as untiring as were those to secure its
establishment. At the hold it has taken upon the public
mind, and at the influence it is having in elevating the stand-
ard of education in the town, no one rejoices more than he.
HISTORY OF SUTTON
!Part IV.
MANUFACTURES.
It is a well known fact that England, for a long period,
discouraged manufacturing in her colonies. She thought by
so doing to increase the demand for her own products, and
make her dependencies more dependent. The policy was a
short-sighted one, and in the end brought upon her disaster
instead of profit.
Among the American colonies the manufacture of such
articles as were needed for home use had, from their first
settlement, been encouraged by the colonists, and iron works
had been established in several places, and certain of the
coarser kinds of woolen goods were also made. There were
a few paper mills, and many who had wrought at some trade
before coming to this country, were engaged in a small way
in the business with which they were familiar ; but so restric-
tive were the laws of parliament with reference to the prod-
ucts of American manufacture, that the industries of the
people had mostly been employed in other pursuits.
When the measures of the mother country became too
oppressive to be endured, and were set at defiance, first by
a non-importation agreement among the merchants of the
leading commercial cities, and later by open opposition, it
was evident that something must be done, and promptly
done, to stimulate home manufactures.
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The first provincial congress of Massachusetts, which met
at Salem, October 5, 1774, took the matter in hand, and
appealing to the patriotism of the people, strongly recom-
mended the production of wool, the raising of flax and hemp,
the making of nails, steel, tin-plate, fire-arms, saltpetre,
gunpowder, paper, glass, buttons, salt, combs, cards, and
the establishment of all such arts and manufactures as might
be useful to the people.*
As early as 1768 the people of this town, in hearty sym-
pathy with every movement designed to relieve the colonies
from dependence upon England for necessary articles of wear
and use, passed a resolution encouraging manufactures.!
Most earnestly did the people set themselves at work to
provide for their necessities. Every house was a manufac-
tory of cloth, every farmer a producer of wool and flax. As
the carding was all done by hand, it was natural that the
first manufacturing of the town should be the production of
those articles most needed in making woolen and linen cloth.
So we find
HAND CARDS
among the first, if not the first articles manufactured in Sut-
ton. These were made by Jonathan Hale, who came from
Newbury not far from 1747, his name appearing upon both
the church and town records that year.
Deacon Leland describes the manufacturing process as fol-
lows : the teeth were made by hand, several wires being
placed in a bundle and the whole cut off with shears the
desired length ; then taken and bent or doubled ten or twelve
at a time over an iron guage by the thumb, which was cov-
ered with a leather cot for the purpose. The wires were
then taken one by one and crooked ; sometimes by the thumb
and finger, and sometimes by a small machine which was of
very simple construction. The leathers were lined and then
pricked by a punch containing only two needles. This
method of pricking continued until about 1765 or 1766,
*See " Journals of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts," pp. 63, '4, '5.
tSee "Annals," p. 86.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 525
when a machine was introduced which did very rapid work.
This machine had punches corresponding in number with the
length of the card ; the bar in which they were placed had
an upward and downward movement, so regulated that the
puncture was made the instant the leather or leaf was fed up
by an ingenious contrivance to the required point. The
machine was the joint invention of Jonathan Hale, Elisha
Goddard and Peregrine White.
Mr. Hale used to peddle his cards, carrying them, in large
bags, on horseback. Mr. Hale removed to Coos, New
Hampshire, in 1771, and the business of card making was
carried on in town for two or three years by Joseph Rock-
well, born in Middletown, Connecticut, who learned his
trade of Mr. Hale.
Rockwell employed Simon Willard of Grafton, who with
his brothers Ephraim and Benjamin, were clock-makers, to
construct a machine for cutting and crooking the teeth at the
same time. The wires were fed up by hand ; the machine
cut and crooked only.
Rockwell went from Sutton to Philadelphia, where he con-
tinued his trade. He was succeeded in the card-making:
O
business by Sibley, who made a great improvement in
the machine for cutting and bending the teeth. Mr. Sibley
continued the business until about 1795, from which time
nothing farther was done in that line in town.
Mr. Sibley used to carry his cards about the country for
sale, in a horse-cart. He said he believed Mr. Jonathan
Hale, senior, was the first manufacturer of cards in this part
of the country.
COMB MAKING
was introduced in town about 1780, by Simeon Carpenter,
who came from Attleboro', and continued by him until 1815.
Levi and Jonathan Fuller, who came from Attleboro' about
the same time with Mr. Carpenter, were also comb-makers
by trade, and carried on the business for many years. These
combs were made from horn, bone, ivory, tin and lead.
Deacon Leland remarks, "Mr. Carpenter says that there
was a belief that red hair combed daily with a lead comb
526 MANUFACTURES OF THE
would become black ; and many people, male and female,
have directed him to make them for the purpose of getting
rid of a carrotty top."
Combs were also manufactured by one of the Chases, on
the place now occupied by Andrew Boyce, in the Slocomb
district.
SCYTHE, HOE AND AXE
making were also carried on at an early date scythe mak-
ing in particular. All these were at first beaten out by
hand, afterward by the trip-hammers, operated in some cases
by water-power and in some by horse-power.
There are several places in town which lay claim to the
introduction of the first trip-hammer.
Mr. Oliver Hall says the first was put into operation by
horse power by Mr. Nathan Putnam, who had a scythe shop
near the house in which Mr. Hall now lives.
Mr. Putnam afterwards erected a building (the founda-
tions of which may still be seen) on the stream emptying
into Manchaug pond, just below the village of West Sutton,
a little west of the road to Manchaug, in which he had a
trip-hammer operated by water-power. He forged his scythes
in this building and finished them in the shop near his house.
Scythes, hoes and axes were made at West Sutton hoes
and axes by Elder Samuel Waters and his son-in-law, Amos
Waters, and axes by Cornelius Putnam.*
Scythes and hoes were also made by Abel Chase and
Nathaniel Whitmore and sons, on the place now owned by
Lewis Griggs. Scythes were likewise made near the place
where Estes Putnam now has a shingle mill ; at Marbleville
by some of the members of the Marble family ; at Man-
chaug by Joseph and Cornelius Putnam and Colonel Reuben
Waters ; in the union district by Joel Lackey ; at South
Sutton, and in what is now Millbury, on the stream running
from Crooked Pond, which will have more particular men-
tion in connection with what will be said upon the early
manufacturing along this stream.
*See "Homes of Sutton," pagea 185, 186.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 527
That few towns in this State, as early as 1793, surpassed
Sutton in manufacturing enterprise, is evident from, the fact
that at that time there were within the limits of the town, one
paper mill, one oil mill, ten grist mills, six saw mills, seven
trip-hammers, five scythe and axe shops, one hoe maker,
six works for manufacturing potash, and several nail makers.*
The fine water privileges along the outlet of Crooked Pond
(now Singletary Lake) were at an early date utilized for
manufacturing purposes. The first privilege, where W. H.
Wheeler's cotton mill stands, was occupied by the grist mill
built by John Singletary, who bought the "mill-lot" of
Ebenezer Dagget,f to whom it was given upon condition
that he should " keep a grist mill for the use of the town."
The grant of this lot carried with it the ' ' privilege of the
stream to the lower falls." The exact date of the building
of this mill cannot be ascertained. Mr. John Singletary
came to town about the year 1720, and undoubtedly bought
the right of Mr. Dagget, and built the mill soon after. He
and his son Amos, who succeeded him, owned the mi 11 for many
years. It had two run of stones, and the supply of water
being unfailing, was, in very dry seasons, for a long time
the only mill in town where grinding was done. On the
next privilege it is said there was a blacksmith shop, with a
trip-hammer, in which scythes were made on a small scale,
and perhaps other articles used on a farm. The next privi-
lege, where the mill of M. A. Lapharn now is, was occupied
by the paper mill of Abijah Burbank. This was the first
paper mill built in the county, and the fourth or fifth in
Massachusetts. Its erection appears to have been suggested
by a resolution passed in a convention of the committees of
correspondence and delegates from the several towns of the
county of Worcester.
The convention held its first session August 9, 1774, and
adjourned from time to time, holding its last meeting May
31, 1775. At this meeting the resolution above mentioned
was passed, and was as follows :
* See Whitney's History of Worcester County,
t See "Annals," pages 18 and 22.
528 MANUFACTURES OF THE
" Resolved, that the erection of a paper mill in this county
would be of great public advantage ; and if any person or
persons will undertake the erection of such a mill and the
manufacture of paper, that it be recommended to the people
of the county to encourage the undertaking by generous
contributions and subscriptions."
In view of the interest displayed by the public, and the
encouragement given, Mr. Burbank immediately set about
building a paper mill, which was finished in the early part
of the year 1776, and put in operation in June of that year.
November 13, 1777, the following advertisement appears
in the Massachusetts Spy :
"THE PAPER MILL and of consequence the PRINTING
OFFICE in the county must immediately stop unless the good
people its inhabitants are more careful in preserving their
RAGS. The advanced price of THREE PENCE per pound,
for clean jLinen or Cotton and Linen RAGS is now given by
the PRINTER, which, together with the invaluable benefit
the public must derive, from having a plentiful supply of
PAPER, BOOKS, &c. he flatters himself cannot fail of the
desired effect."
In May 1778 Mr. Burbank informs the public that "The
Paper Manufactory at Sutton is now carried on to great per-
fection. The good people of this county are desired to be
careful in saving their rags, as by that means the Paper
makers will be enabled to supply them plentifully, with as
good paper as can be made in the State."
And again in June of the same year " Abijah Burbank,
Hereby informs the public, that he has lately procured a
workman who is a Complete Master of the art of Paper
Making, and hopes for the future (provided the good people
of this county will be careful to save their rags) to be able
to supply them with as good Paper as any Paper Maker in
the State, and at least as cheap. N. B. Two shillings per
pound given for Calves Pates, at the Paper Mill in Sutton,
or at the Printing Office in Worcester."
Advertisements for rags appear frequently in the Spy, for
the nature of which see "Annals," page 112,
TOWN OF SUTTON. 529
This mill was, during most of the revolutionary war, the
main dependence, and at times the sole dependence, for
paper, of the printing office of Isaiah Thomas in Worcester.
Its capacity, according to Deacon Leland, was thirty
reams per week, during eight months of the year. It was
not kept in operation during the coldest weather.
Mr. Caleb Burbank, son of Abijah, was associated with his
father, and succeeded him in the business of paper making,
increasing somewhat the production, and greatly improving
the quality.
Mr. Burbauk kept a team employed distributing his paper
in this State, Rhode Island and Connecticut. He was also
a publisher of books, among which are a hymn book con-
taining the psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs of Isaac
Watts, and various school books.
Just below the paper mill was an
OIL MILL,
jointly owned by Jonathan Holman, Abijah Burbank, Jona-
than Waters and Andrew Elliot. The building of this mill
was begun in 1769, as appears by a charge in the memoran-
dum book of Colonel Holman, in which he makes note of
money due him for getting timber for the oil mill.
The same book contains several entries giving the number
of gallons of oil sold to various persons, by which it is seen
that quite an extensive business was done.
Just below this was a carding and fulling mill ; still further
down the stream a powder mill, which seems to have been
run but a few of the first years of the revolutionary war.
We learn the disposition made of this mill by the following
advertisement from the Massachusetts Spy, of date July 15,
1779:
' ' We the Subscribers being a Committee appointed by
the General Court, to make sale of the Powder Mill and
appurtenances thereto belonging, in the town of Sutton,
either by private sale or public vendue : Do hereby give
public notice to all persons inclined to purchase the same,
that said Mill and appurtenances are to be sold at private
sale, at any time between this and the last Wednesday of
August next; and if not sold at that time by private sale,
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530 MANUFACTURES OF THE
then to be sold at public vendue at the premises. The sale
to begin at one o'clock in the afternoon on said day, if not
sold before.
" Said Mill and appurtenances may be shown to any per-
son inclining to purchase the same by Captain Abijah Bur-
bank, living near the premises.
AMOS SlNGLETARY,
SETH WASHBURN,
EDWARD DAVIS."
Next to the powder mill was a gun manufactory ; changed
afterward into a manufactory of scythes, axes, saws, mill-
irons, steel plates, etc., in which an extensive business for
that day was done.
TANNING AND CURRYING
was also carried on by John Morse, Captain Joseph Griggs,
and possibly others whose names have not been brought
to our notice.
PRINTING
was done previously to 1813, by Sewall Goodrich, in a
building which stood near the residence of Mr. Tyler Waters,
in the part of the town which became Millbury the above
date.
THE BOOT AND SHOE
business was also quite extensively carried on at the centre
of the town, and something in- the same line was done in
several other places.
As early as 1837, according to statistics furnished for
" Barker's Historical Collections," there were made 9,314
pairs of boots and 51,968 pairs of shoes, of the value of
$55,656.
The business was started not far from 1835, and carried
on by various parties, the principal of whom were Simon J.
Woodbury, N. G. King, W. C. Chase and F. F. Sibley, B.
L. and Henry C. Batcheller, B. F. and D. A. Tenney, Loren
C. Howard and E. A. Dudley, afterward L. C. Howard
alone.
In 1855 the business had increased to such a degree that
it amounted to about one thousand dollars a day, but soon
TOWN OF StJTTON.
531
began to decline in consequence of the tendency to concen-
trate in large places and in the hands of large capitalists.
The small manufactories could not compete, and were forced
to close their shops. Nothing in this line of manufacture is
now done in town, only in the way of finishing, which is still
continued by quite a number of persons.
There have also been shops in various parts of the town
for carriage-making, for the manufacture of cabinet furni-
E. S. MARBLE S SHUTTLE SHOPS.
ture, chairs, etc., but nothing very extensive has been done
in either of these lines.
The places where manufacturing is at present carried on
will now have particular mention.
MARBLEVILLE.
Joseph Hathaway began the manufacture of shuttles at
this place. He sold to Mr. Ezra S. Marble, who carried on
the same business until his death, making from five thousand
MANUFACTURES OF THE
to seven thousand dollars worth of shuttles per year. Since
his death the business has been continued by his son, Ezra
W. Marble, who suffered a heavy loss by the burning of the
shop in 1874. He rebuilt in 1875 and resumed business in
the spring of 1876. He has invented and patented an
ingenious contrivance for holding the bobbin, which is
attached to the spindle, making his shuttle one of the best,
if not the best now in use.
WOODBURY VILLAGE.
Where the Woodbury factory now stands, there was, in
the early settlement of the town a saw mill, built and owned
by Deacon Percival Hall, then owned by his son Willis.
Captain Josiah Hall built a new saw and grist mill there in
1797. The mill work was done by Captain Francis Putnam.
Captain Hall sold to Captain David Dudley in 1813. Capt.
Dudley, Charles Hale, Luther Woodbury and ' Leonard
Woodbury commenced manufacturing scythes there the
same year, continuing the business two or three years,
when they sold to Captain Asa Woodbury, who continued
the same business a few years.
The old building was repaired, enlarged and changed into
a woolen mill or factory, burnt in 1835, rebuilt soon after,
and operated by him and Henry Boyden, under the name
and firm of Woodbury and Boyden. It was afterwards
operated by Woodbury alone.
It was burnt in 1855 and rebuilt in 1856. The new mill
was first operated by Woodbury, Brown and Cooper, owned
by Woodbury, and afterwards run by him alone. Stockwell
and Prescott run the mill for him a while. Hall and Pres-
cott hired the mill and run it for a year or so, making very
nice jeans.. After the death of Captain Woodbury it was
sold at auction to Crawford and Fisher, and run from 1866 to
1871 by Crawford; rented to Wright, Messenger and com-
pany, who run it a while, I. R. Barber acting as agent.
They underlet to John Ross. It was next hired by John
C. Scott, who now runs the factory, making satinet. He
lives in Millville. The agent or superintendent here is
Winfield Scott. Captain Woodbury made a very superior
article of Kentucky jeans for many years.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 535
PLEASANT VALLEY.
A carding and fulling mill was built at this place by
Thomas Harback about 1776. His son, Thomas, jr., built
in 1822, near the site of the old fulling mill, a factory for
the manufacture of broadcloth, and here, first in town, was
cloth woven by powerlooms.
Farmers in the vicinity were astonished at the ease and
rapidity with which wool could be worked into cloth by
machinery, and when an ofi'er was made to take their wool
and work it on shares into better than home-made cloth,
many availed themselves of the opportunity, and gradually
wool-spinning by hand, except that of yarn for knitting,
ceased. The factory was next owned by Mallalieu, Roberts
and Graham, then by the Goodale manufacturing company.
They sold in 1836 to Freeman and Sibley. In 1837 the
company was incorporated as the Sutton Woolen Mills' Com-
pany, and the property was mortgaged to Francis Sibley.
In 1841 the factory was burned, and Sibley took possession
on his mortgage soon after. He sold to Stephen B. Hoi-
brook and Sumner F. Sutton in August 1845, who built in
1846 the main building of the present factory.
Partridge and Wakefield rented and operated it from 1846
to 1849, manufacturing print-cloths. They also built the
small house and saw mill.
William Yearnshaw made bags there ; Leander Lackey
made bits, bit-stocks, etc.
William Nolan manufactured print-goods in 1850.
Holbrook made cotton flannel.
John M. Daniels and son made satinet warps from 1860
to 1864.
H. H. Chamberlain engaged in wool-cleansing and the man-
ufacture of woolen warps and cotton yarn. Holbrook sold to
James C. Southwick, and he to George C. Ripley of New
York, he to E. B. Stoddard of Worcester, Stoddard to Hol-
brook, and he to Smith, the present owner, September 1870.
Mr. Smith has made many improvements in the mill ;
built a picker-room of brick, fire-proof, forty feet by thirty
feet, an engine-house, forty feet by fifteen feet, and put in a
fine engine of thirty horse-power.
536 MANUFACTURES OF THE
The fall is twenty-seven feet, and could be connected with
the privilege above, which is twenty-two feet, making forty-
nine feet. The wheel is forty horse-power. The capacity
of the mill for the manufacturing purposes to which it is
now devoted, is one ton of shoddy or fifteen hundred pounds
of flocks per day.
WlLKINSONVILLE .
Asa Waters of Millbury purchased of Jeremiah Stone, in
1815, what was known as the Dudley farm, including water
power, etc. Said Waters deeded the premises to David
Wilkinson of North Providence, Rhode Island, by deed
bearing date of April 1823. Mr. Wilkinson built the east
part of the stone factory the same year, and in 1828 added
the west end, and in 1832 the brick wing, twenty-four by
twenty-five feet.
The main building is one hundred and eleven feet long by
thirty-eight feet wide, four stories high with attic.
During Mr. Wilkinson's administration the place was very
much improved in the erection of the hotel buildings, the
Episcopal church and several dwelling houses. A bank was
also established through his effort and influence, and chartered
by the legislature. In the year 1829, when the manufac-
turing interests throughout New England were in a depressed
condition, the financial affairs of the proprietor of the village
were such that the property passed into the hands of Samuel
Slater and sons. In 1832 an act of incorporation was
obtained, under the name of Sutton Manufacturing Company.
The capacity for manufacturing purposes has increased from
time to time, and is now ten thousand spindles and two
hundred and forty-one looms.
The annual production is two million yards sixty-four
square printing cloths, which are sold at different printing
establishments in New England, New York and Philadel-
phia.
It was during the time of Mr. Waters' ownership that the
first dam was built ; also a saw mill, grist mill, and a small
factory for manufacturing cotton yarn. The latter was
destroyed by fire in 1822. H. N. Slater of Providence is
TOWN OP BUTTON. 537
the treasurer of the corporation, G. H. Searle the superin-
tendent of the mill at the present time. The name of the
post office is Wilkinsonville.* We are told that Deacon
Jonathan Lelaud, Simon Hutchinson, John Morse and
Sylvester Morse operated the mill that was burnt in 1822,
and that John Morse was the agent.
SHUTTLE WORKS OF D. T. DUDLEY AND SON.
These works are situated in Wilkinsonville, on the road
from the village to Millbury. They were built in the fall of
1866 by Warren Wilder.
January 1, 1867, D. T. and H. T. Dudley purchased a
two-thirds interest in the business and carried it on with Mr.
Wilder until the fall of 1867, when the partnership was dis-
solved, the Dudleys purchasing the whole property, and
carrying on the business under the name of D. T. Dudley
and son.
At first they manufactured shuttles only, employing six
or seven hands. But the business was soon enlarged.
Machinery was introduced for making shuttle irons, and the
business increased to such an extent that seventeen hands
were employed.
The machinery is operated most of the year by water-
power, furnished by streams from what are known as the
Sutton and the Sibley reservoirs, uniting at Woodburyville.
A steam engine has been provided for running the machin-
ery when water fails.
There is a large demand for their goods, which are sent to
all parts of the United States, the Canadas, South America
and Mexico.
The buildings are wooden structures. In the main one,
which is two and a half stories high, shuttles are made ; in
the low building adjoining this, the shuttle irons are forged.
About one hundred feet south-east of this is another build-
ing two and one-half stories high, used for storage and dry-
ing purposes. The dwelling which stands near this building
is occupied by the junior partner.
* By William R. Hill.
538 MANUFACTURES OF THE
The senior partner is the son of David Dudley, Esq., and
has been, since 1842, engaged in the shuttle business, with
the exception of a few years in which he acted as station
agent for the Providence and Worcester railroad, and at the
same time carried on quite extensively the flour and grain
business.*
MANCHAUG.
BY CHARLES H. CHASE.
The village of Manchaug is, under the blessing of Divine
Providence, largely the result of the sagacity, energy and
successful industry of her own people, who have just reason
for the exercise of an honest pride in their achievements.
Like most manufacturing places, its capital was originally
furnished from outside sources. But capital, unless well
employed and carefully managed, will not bring thrift to a
community. That Manchaug has prospered to a degree that
places it in the front rank of manufacturing villages, is
undoubtedly due to the fact that those who have managed
the capital invested and wrought in its interests, have done
so with an intelligent understanding of the true means of
success, and ability and will to put them in exercise. Some
of the reverses incident to manufacturing have been experi-
enced, but upon recovering from their effects, renewed
prosperity has been enjoyed. The capital invested has,
upon the whole, proved a productive force second to none
in the State.
The business has been managed with a thrift and exact-
ness seldom attained ; and with the fact steadily in view that
"this is a progressive world," those who have had the man-
agement of affairs have ever been desirous to profit by all
improvements in machinery and processes of manufacture, and
to keep fully up with the demand of educated labor. They
have also done their utmost to promote the interest of their
employes in the matter of wages, hours of labor, and men-
tal and physical culture, never forgetting that the interests
of employer and employed are identical.
* From data f urnished^by D. T. Dudley, Esq.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 541
The village of Manchaug (as also the pond) derives its
name from a noted Indian chief who was drowned in the
pond now known by that name, and is situated upon the
north branch of Mumford river, a tributary of the Black-
stone. Its hydraulic power is derived from this stream,
which is, in reality, the outflow of a chain of ponds lying
within a radius of four or five miles, and covering an area of
one thousand acres, nearly. Among the number may be
mentioned Manchaug pond, Douglas reservoir and Stevens
pond, which, in addition to being fed by perennial springs,
have a large and increasing supply from other extensive
sheets of water. The extent of country drained is estimated
as follows : Douglas reservoir, six to seven thousand acres ;
Manchaug reservoir, three thousand to three thousand five
hundred acres, and Stevens reservoir, one thousand five hun-
dred acres. The quantity of power derived is attributed to
the springs alluded to, and the great and rapid fall of the
river, which in less than one-fourth of a mile is eighty-three
feet. The remarkable advantages of this stream as a motive
power have been increased by building a dam at the outlet
of each of these ponds or reservoirs, which give the water
an additional fall of several feet.
It was about the beginning of the year 1826 that a num-
ber of gentlemen from Providence, Rhode Island, on their
way to Worcester and Boston, conceived the idea of utiliz-
ing this stream for the purpose of manufacturing. Upon a
more extensive examination and inquiry, they found that the
most eligible site for commencing operations was the land at
that time owned by Aaron Elliot, who carried on the busi-
ness of manufacturing scythes by hand, and upon the com-
pletion of a dozen, would take them on foot to Boston and
Worcester for sale, returning in the same way. Readers
will readily understand that this was before the introduction
of steamboats and railroads.
After many interviews with Mr. Elliot a sale was effected,
and in January 1826, the deed conveying forty-eight and
one-half acres was passed from Aaron Elliot and his wife,
Susan Elliot, to Jonathan Congdon, Randall H. Green and
Samuel Congdon (merchants), all of the city of Providence,
542 MANUFACTURES OF THE
State of Rhode Island. This land was all clear or pasture
land. It was bounded nearly as follows : Beginning at the
bridge which crosses the river at the lower part of the vil-
lage, on the road from Douglas to Sutton, and running east-
erly by the river to land of Simeon Morse, and northerly
twenty-six and three-quarters rods ; then westerly nine-
teen rods to said road, crossing the same, and by said road
to land of Enos Buxton, and by land of Euos Buxton one
hundred and seven rods, then southerly eighty-nine rods,
and then easterly forty-nine and three-quarters rods to bridge
or place of beginning.
We are more explicit in regard to these boundaries because
they are the nucleus of this manufacturing enterprise. There
was purchased at the same time an additional tract of wood-
land, said to 'contain about fifty acres, of the same parties,
and on the twenty-sixth day of May following, there was
purchased by the same parties, of Simeon and Azula Morse,
thirty-eight and one-half acres adjoining the above mentioned
property, and on the twenty-fifth day of January 1827, still
another purchase was made of Darius Putnam of twenty
acres.
Matters beginning to assume the aspect of a determined
manufacturing business, we find that Arnold Congdon was
admitted as a partner in the business.
The lower mill, as it was then called, but as termed at the
present day number one mill, was drawing to completion,
as was also the upper or number two stone mill, as it is now
designated. The wooden mill, which stands on the opposite
side of the road from the number one mill, was completed
the following year. Theodore and Luther Stone were the
master masons, and Archelaus Stone the master carpenter.
The number one or lower mill, when completed, was arranged
as follows : The first floor was devoted to carding, and the
cards in use at that time were what are termed twenty inch
thirty-six inch are used at the present day ; the second floor
to spinning and dressing, and the third floor to weaving.
The old wooden mill, or as it is termed at the present day
the "Bee Hive," had dressers on the first floor and forty-
eight looms on the second floor. The upper or number two
TOWN OF BUTTON. 547
mill, is arranged as follows : First floor, spooling and warp-
ing ; second floor carding, and third floor spinning.
In each of these mills were what are termed old fash-
ioned breast wheels, located in the basement of each mill,
which furnished the motive power.
Colonel J. P. Eddy of Providence was the resident man-
ager at this time.
In addition to the mills were three brick dwelling houses,
situated upon what is now known as Brick Lane, the build-
ing now known as number one boarding house, the two and
one-half story dwelling which now stands nearly south of
the agent's house, the two story dwelling house nearly north
of the agent's house, the two double gable roof houses oppo-
site, and the small shingled cottage opposite what is now
the ice house.
The dam at the upper or number two mill, had a fall of
twenty-three and one-half feet, and the breast wheel, which
served as a driver, or furnished the motive power, was twenty-
four and one-half feet in diameter. This being located in the
basement, was, in the year 1847, taken out and a new one
(built by Veranus C. Hooker) substituted, and placed in a
wheel-house built of brick, which formerly stood on the site
of the granite one now in use. The brick wheel-house was
removed in 1866, and the granite one referred to built in its
place. The old breast-wheel giving way to the march of
improvement, was replaced by an iron turbine. The wooden
weave shed, three hundred feet by fifty feet, containing three
hundred forty-inch looms, was built in connection with num-
ber two stone mill, by James Woodward of Norwich, Connect-
icut, in the year 1871. The old breast-wheel in number one
or lower mill, continued to furnish the power for that mill
until September 2, 1856. It was at this time that the idea
was conceived of building a wheel-house to number one mill,
which was carried into eflect, and July 1, 1857, saw it com-
pleted, and a wheel twenty-eight feet ten and one-eighth
inches in diameter, fourteen feet wide on face, was placed in
position, and made three and eighty-four one-hundredths
revolutions per minute.
548 MANUFACTURES OF THE
Additions having been made to mill number one, and the
machinery largely increased, the building of another wheel
became a necessity, and in 1866 a duplicate one was placed
in position, and these continued to furnish the power until
1876 (with the help at intervals of a twenty-inch Corliss
engine, forty-eight inch stroke, in connection with three
Harrison boilers, two of fifty and one of seventy-five horse-
power) , when the wheels were replaced by a turbine of the
Swain pattern, which now occupies the original wheel-pit in
the basement of number one mill.
We will now return to the original members of the firm
as it stood in 1827.
February 12th, Welcome and Samuel Congdon becoming
members of the firm, the standing was as follows : Jona-
than Congdon, one-fourth ; Randall H. Green, three-eighths ;
Arnold Congdon, one-eighth ; Welcome Congdon, one-
eighth ; Samuel Congdon, one-eighth.
May 17, 1828, Baxter Morse sold to the Manchaug com-
pany, as constituted above, twenty-eight acres of land.
This completed the purchase of real estate, as far as known,
by the originators of this company. A successful business
is supposed to have been done by the gentlemen composing
the company, until July 29, 1829, when they sold out all
their interest to Peter Pratt and William R. Staples, they
in turn transferring it, May 1, 1830, to Samuel Shore, pre-
vious purchases and improvements having augmented this
estate to nearly two hundred acres improved and wood laud,
three cotton mills, eleven dwelling houses, etc. Unfortu-
nately, February 1, 1834, after a somewhat checkered, e,xperi-
ence, Samuel Shore transferred all the above property by
deed of assignment to John Whipple and Dexter Thurber
for the benefit of his creditors. The assignees above named,
on the 28th of May 1835, sold to Gluey Whipple of North
Providence all the above property, and August 21st of the
same year, Benoni Cook, Isaac Brown and Dexter Thurber
(manufacturers), Earl Douglass Pierce (gentleman), and
Lewis Dexter (yeoman), all of Providence, with the excep-
tion of Lewis Dexter, who was a resident of Smithfield,
Rhode Island, purchased the entire property, and Charles
TOWN OF SUTTON. 551
Thurber was appointed resident manager. Under his manage-
ment the business was materially improved, and quite suc-
cessful until September 13, 1839, when he died, Mr. Dexter
Thurber assuming the management, and continuing in that
capacity until October 1, 1841, when Messrs. Asahel Wall
and company, together with Stephen Randall as resident
manager, leased the mills, agreeing to furnish eighty-seven
and a half pounds of print cloth for every one hundred
pounds of cotton, and to receive two and three-fourths cents
per yard for manufacturing the same ; the owners keeping
in repair all dams, flumes, permanent shafting, wheels, etc.,
and furnishing all necessary supplies for the maintenance of
the same. This they continued to do until April 1, 1843,
when the contract was annulled, and the business was again
conducted under the management of the old company, Mr.
Randall continuing in the capacity as manager until 1846.
Messrs. Thomas and Colt leased the mills for the manufac-
ture of print cloths, and continued from July 21, 1846,
until March 29, 1847, when Mr. Colt took the lease, and
continued until May eighth to manufacture by the yard on
the same terms as A. Wall and company (two and three-
fourths cents per yard) ; they, as in the case of Wall and
company, having the waste. Thread was manufactured at
number two mill, and woven into print cloths at the other
mills.
At this period the village of Manchaug consisted of the
following : two stone mills, one wooden mill, one store, one
school-house, thirteen dwelling houses.
During the previous year Earl Douglass Pierce, one of
the owners, died, and John Pitman, executor of his will,
sold to Cook and Brown of Providence, and Lewis Dexter
of Smithfield, all of Rhode Island, his interest, which at
this time was one quarter, for $18,750 cash. September 1,
1853, James M. CunlifF of Providence was admitted as a
partner, having been in 1848 appointed resident manager,
which position he held until April 1, 1870.
Scott W. Mo wry was also admitted as a partner at the
same time with Mr. Cunliff, Mr. Dexter Thurber retiring
552 MANUFACTURES OF THE
from the copartnership and returning to Providence, where
he died May 23, 1871, at the advanced age of ninety-one
years. Mr. Mo wry remained as a partner in the business
until March 24, 1864, when he retired. It was during the
administration of Mr. Cunliff that several valuable improve-
ments were made in connection with this property. An
addition was made to the lower or number one mill in 1855,
of granite, two stories high, of the style called "Rough
Ashlar," fifty feet by one hundred and eighteen feet. It
was built by Lafayette Reynolds of Pascoag, Rhode Island.
In 1862 a further addition of four stories of granite,
seventy feet by one hundred and forty-three feet, was built
by John Peck, now of East Providence, Rhode Island. Upon
the completion of the first addition of the old or number one
mill, the machinery in the wooden mill referred to as one of
the three original mills, was removed into it, as it was found
that the wooden structure could not sustain the wear and
strain put upon it by the motion of so much machinery.
It was after this removal that this mill was changed into a
tenement house (a portion of it being reserved as a store-
house for surplus machinery) . In 1868 the foundation of
the new or number three mill was laid, and the building
erected under the care of Nathan Staples and sons of Lowell.
It was constructed of granite obtained from the quarries
of this village, and is of the style called "Rough Ashlar."
All the machinery for this mill was manufactured by the
Saco Water Power Company of Biddeford, Maine. The
motive power is funished by a forty-two inch turbine, manu-
factured by the Swain Turbine Manufacturing Company of
Lowell, and a twenty-three inch Corliss engine, sixty inch
stroke, with two Corliss boilers of one hundred and forty
horse-power each.
The dimensions of this mill are as follows : three hundred
and ten feet long, fifty-two feet wide, four stories high with two
towers to connect the several stories, twenty feet square. A
picker house eighty-four feet long by forty feet wide, three
stories high ; one boiler house forty-eight feet long by thirty-
six feet wide, one story high.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 555
After the completion of this mill, print cloths were manu-
factured until the summer of 1873, when there was a change
to what is known as "Fruit of the Loom."
Mr. James M. Cunliff, after a successful management of
twenty-two years, retired, leaving it in the hands of his son,
Lemuel H. Cunliff, under whose superintendence the inter-
ests of the company became somewhat clouded. He
remained until January 1, 1873, when he resigned. Previ-
ously to this time Cook and Brown had retired from the
firm, and Mr. Lewis Dexter having died, his interest was
purchased by his son, Mr. Lewis Dexter, who became
treasurer of the company, a position he holds at the present
time. At this period Messrs. B. B. and R. Knight of Provi-
dence, Rhode Island, purchased an interest, and the other
parties retired, with the exception of Mr. Dexter, the firm
then standing, as at the present time: "Lewis Dexter, B.
B. and R. Knight."
Messrs. B. B. and R. Knight, in addition to their ownership
in this property, are the owners of the following villages
and mills. Dodgeville and Hebronsville, Mass., Grant mills
of Providence, Pontiac mills, in connection with which is
their bleachery, to which all the goods manufactured at their
various mills are sent to be bleached ; and White Rock
mills of Westerly, Rhode Island. The senior partner,
Knight, was born at Cranston, Rhode Island, October 3,
1813, and the junior at Warwick, January 8, 1826, and
have been from boyhood engaged in the cotton business.
Upon the retirement of Mr. Lemuel H. Cunliff as manager,
Mr. S. I. Abbott, who was at this time his assistant, assumed
the entire management, and continued until October twenty-
fifth of the same year, when he resigned to accept the
management of a mill at River Point, Rhode Island.
With the increase of wealth and skill in manufacture, and
the entrance upon the stage of action of young men of enter-
prise and ability, new projects were formed, and it was
evident that none but a man of ability and strict business
integrity could assume the responsibility of the large prop-
erty and make it a successful and profitable business. Hence
the owners were anxious to secure the services of a man who
556 MANUFACTURES OF THE
could meet the requirements of the time and place. After
several interviews with different parties, Robert McArthur,
at the time located at Millville, New Jersey, was induced to
accept the management. Mr. McArthur assumed the entire
control as resident manager and agent in the fall of 1873,
and continues as such at the present time. It is but justice
to Mr. McArthur to say, that through his untiring energy
and careful discrimination, the business 'has been made
successful.
This company has an interest in numerous reservoirs and
ponds ; some they own entire, and others have been con-
structed in the interest of several parties whose business
derives a benefit from the flow of water which passes down
this stream. Mauchaug pond originally covered about two
hundred and fifty acres, but in 1852 a heavy stone wall was
put in at the outlet for the purpose of enlarging its capacity,
increasing the fall, and also for the better security of the
dam ; in the construction of which over one thousand cords
of heavy stone were used. A heavy stone culvert nearly
fifty feet long was built at the same time. This wall, or
dam, cost $2,500. It was raised ten feet four inches above
the gate sills of the old dam, and the pond now covers an
area of three hundred and eighty acres. The names of the
parties owning the land overflowed, and number of acres
belonging to each, are given below :
Lewis Torry, 3 acres. Asa Putnam, 2 acres.
John Waters, 21 " John Titus, 11-2 "
Peter Stockwell, 16 " John Buxton, 11-2 "
Oliver Adams, 12 " John Rich, 1 "
Pelatiah Parker, 8 " Luther Goddard, 1 "
Joseph Putnam, 8 " John Rich, Jr., 1 "
Cyrus Putnam, 5 " Elijah Bigelow, 1 "
Simeon Larned, 3 " Geo. A. Tourtellott, 1 "
Willard Fuller, 3 " Lot Simpson, 1-2 "
Nathan Waters, 4 " Joseph Wallis, 11-2 "
Benjamin Dudley, 2 "
The dam which originally furnished the water-power of
number one mill, and was located at a point near where the
TOWN OF SUTTON.
559
company's office now stands, was changed from that location
some one hundred feet further down the stream and enlarged
to its present dimensions. The stone bridge is located, at
the present day, nearly on the spot occupied by the original
dam. The stone bridge mentioned was substituted in place
of an old wooden one. The stone bridge on the Douglas
road was built in the year 1875, and during the freshet of
the succeeding spring was carried away, but was immedi-
ately rebuilt.
In 1864 a large granite dam and roll-way were built nearly
opposite what is now the number three mill. Mr. Ivory
Stevens supervised the construction of this dam, and this
pond took the name of Stevens' pond, retaining it to this
day. It covers in the aggregate about one hundred acres,
having been raised several times since the dam was originally
built.
The amount of the property overflowed by the Stevens
pond, so called, and the names of the owners, are as follows :
John Parker,
Ezra Jones,
Aaron Stockwell, 6 1-2
E. E. Hall, 6
J. Marsh, 8
Wm. Walker, 6
Obed Morse, 14 1-2
2 1-2 acres.
4
Manchaug Co.,
Leander Putnam,
Ira Darling,
Reuben White,
William Abbott,
Elijah Bigelow,
Tourtellott,
7 acres.
4 "
1 "
1-2 "
1 "
30 "
In the spring of 1866 a new reservoir was commenced
upon what was called the Tucker stream ; and about forty
rods below the site of what was known as Tucker dam, a
new stone dam was built three hundred and twenty-five feet
long, exclusive of the roll-way, which, when completed, will
increase its length some fifty feet. This reservoir covers
about sixty acres. It is now in contemplation to put in still
another reservoir directly opposite the one alluded to above,
which will cover about eighty acres.
In illustrating the progress made by this company in the
manufacture of cotton goods, a statement giving the average
number of yards produced from year to year may not be
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MANUFACTURES OF THE
amiss, and it certainly will be interesting to our readers to
notice to what extent this business has been increased. Such
a statement is given below.
Yeare.
1826,
1827,
1828,
1829,
1830,
1831,
1832,
1833,
1834,
1835,
1836,
1837,
1838,
1839,
1840,
1841,
1842,
1843,
1844,
1845,
1846,
1847,
1848,
1849,
1850,
1851,
1852,
1853,
1854,
No record of products.
No. of Yards.
Yearn.
No. of Yards.
ucts.
Prints, 1855,
1,650,375
" 1856,
1,676,304
" 1857,
1,688,016
Prints, and $, 1858,
1,377,840
" " 1859,
2,046,960
" " 1860,
2,444,832
" " 1861,
1,550,780
" " 1862,
1,735,500
" " 1863,
926,244
640,650
" " 1864,
1,980,750
610,640
Cambrics and Prints, 1865,
2,450,875
74,485
" " " 1866,
3,000,540
605,762
" 1867,
3,960,850
684,680
1868,
4,083,480
634,775
" " " 1869,
4,084,716
818,720
" " " 1870,
4,065,320
1,070,540
1871,
5,260,670
1,320,680
Muslins and Prints, 1872,
6,080,480
1,250,450
Fruits, 1873,
5,328,790
1,350,800
" 1874,
5,480,293
1,280,490
1875,
5,567,549
1,270,850
" 1876,
6,328,050
1,290,840
1,350,850
1,300,480
1,250,550
1,200,500
1,350,750
1,675,980
THE STORE.
In tracing the history of Manchaug, it is necessary to
speak of the different changes which have occurred in the
only store which has been located in this village.
In 1830 Mr. S. J. C. Bartlett opened the store and con-
tinued in the business until 1855, a period of twenty-five
years. Mr. Bartlett, by strict economy, accumulated a few
thousand dollars, and at the period above named, sold out
his interest and removed to Connecticut, and engaged in the
thread manufacturing business. In this, however, he was
unsuccessful, losing his entire property. Mr. Bartlett's
successors were Ezra Jones and William Metcalf. They
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continued to carry on the business, dealing in groceries,
hardware, dry goods, crockery, green provisions and pro-
duce, for nearly four years. At the expiration of Messrs.
Jones' and Metcalf's term, the store was kept by the Man-
chaug Company, at that time under the management of Scott
Mowry. Mr Mowry, after a somewhat eventful experience
in that particular line, became convinced that a company
store, run upon the basis which had been established,
involved an unprofitable investment, and it was sold by his
advice to William Metcalf and Smith. They contin-
ued to carry on the business for nearly five years. About
the year 1864, Mr. Metcalf bought out Smith's interest, and
for a short time was sole proprietor and manager. Owing
to ill health, he was compelled to relinquish the business or
take a partner.
April 1, 1864, Mr. Metcalf sold one half of the business
to William Abbott of Douglas, who took charge of the store,
living at Douglas until April 1, 1866. At this time Mr.
Metcalf left the store, retiring to his farm, retaining his
share in the business until April 1, 1867, when Mr. Abbott
purchased his interest and became sole proprietor and man-
ager. During the time Mr. Abbott managed the store the
business increased from $20,000 to $100,000 per annum.
April 1, 1874, Mr. Abbott sold his entire stock and trade
to the Manchaug Company, and in June, same year, removed
to Douglas.*
The company selected Mr. J. S. Page, formerly in the
employ of Messrs. A. and W. Sprague, to assume the con-
trol of the store, and he entered at once upon his duties.
From the time it was first opened, in 1830, until the
retirement of Mr. Abbott in 1874, a period of forty-four
years, the business was conducted in an old building which
stood in front of what is now the agent's house, on the main
street, but which was moved to its present location at the
north end of the village, and altered into tenements.
* We are informed by Mr. Abbott that during the ten years he had charge
of the store, not an unkind or unpleasant word passed between any member
of the company and himself. In relinquishing the business, he did so with
his best wishes for the future prosperity of the company.
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The store into which Mr. Page removed the goods, at the
expiration of Mr. Abbott's time, is a massive granite struc-
ture, built of the style called "Rough Ashlar," and is two
stories high, eighty feet by fifty feet, with a basement. The
first story is used for the store proper, and has its various
departments separated with taste and care. This was done
under the personal supervision of Mr. J. S. Page, upon
whom it reflects much credit. The basement is devoted to
a meat and vegetable market, and in the second story is a
hall the entire size of the building.
Mr. J. S. Page continued in charge of the store until he
was called to a larger and more responsible field of duties
with the Messrs. Knights, in taking charge of all their stores
in their several villages, and he resigned his charge of the
one in this village to his brother, Mr. T. C. Page, who had
been book-keeper for his brother in the same place for the
preceding two years, which enabled him to enter upon his
new position with much knowledge of the business and the
employes in the village. Mr. T. C. Page took the entire
charge of this store in May 1876, and still continues in that
capacity, a place he has filled with honor and fidelity. The
duties are manifold, and it requires clear discrimination to
be enabled to deal with such a large and varied community,
in which nearly every nationality is represented.
GUN MAKING.
BY COL. ASA H. WATKBS.
Among the pioneer families which first came to subdue
the primeval forests of Sutton, were four bearing the name of
Waters ; two brothers, Nathaniel and Richard, and two sons
of the former, Nathaniel, second, and Jonathan.
It may perhaps with truth be said that few families have
left here more foot-prints on the sands of time or more
numerous descendants. They came from Salem about
1720, a full half century before the revolution, and on refer-
ring to the early records of that ancient town, it is found
that Nathaniel and Richard were of the third generation
from Richard Waters, the progenitor and terminus a quo of
all who bear the Waters name or lineage in this region.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 567
Richard, the progenitor, emigrated from England about
1632, twelve years after the Mayflower, was a contemporary
of Governor Winthrop. and probably came about the same
time, as in a letter to his wife he speaks of a man by the name
of Waters, as being a member of his household. Richard
was by profession a gun manufacturer ; married the daughter
of a gun maker, and it is a noteworthy fact that the busi-
ness of gun making has been hereditary in some branch
of the Waters families almost continually since. From the
original stripe, Richard, down to the present time, they
trace their genealogy by official records in an unbroken line
through nine generations.
Nathaniel, grandson of Richard, was one of the original
proprietors of the Sutton township, owning one-tenth of
(estimated) thirty thousand acres, which he bought February
14, 1715. He married in Salem, Elizabeth, sister of Wm.
King, who was also an original proprietor, and they formed
a colony of emigrants from Salem to Sutton about 1716.
Nathaniel afterward removed to Salem, where he died in
1718. He left eight children, of whom four with their
families removed from Salem to Sutton in 1739; two sons,
Nathaniel, second, and Jonathan, and two daughters, Ruth,
wife of Benjamin Marsh, and Elizabeth, wife of Isaac Cook.
Nathaniel, second, settled in North Sutton, now West
Millbury, upon the farm belonging to the heirs of Captain
Amasa Wood ; but the estate did not long remain in the
family line.
Jonathan, who inherited much the largest portion of his
father's estate, settled upon the farm now owned and occu-
pied by Jonathan E. Waters, and it has remained in the
continued possession of a Jonathan Waters for four genera-
tions.
Jonathan, first, had ten children, of whom two sons, Asa
and Andrus, inherited the mechanical talent of their pro-
genitor, Richard.
When the revolutionary war broke out, they were at once
called into requisition. There were no national armories,
and few, if any, private ones of much account. Guns were
scarce, gun makers more so, and neither could be imported.
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To supply the great demand, Asa and Andrus erected on
the Singletary stream a gun factory or armory, which they
fitted up with tools and machinery for making guns by
water-power. Hitherto they had been made mostly by hand-
power, both here and in England. Steam-power had not
been introduced. Even the barrels were made in England
by hand-power, and the process of making them by motive
power was not discovered till the next generation of this
family, as will appear farther on. Water-power, however,
was used in this armory to aid in the manufacture, and so
far as we can learn, was here first introduced for that pur-
pose it being long before it came into use in England.
These brothers early discovered, what has proved to be
true to the present day, that the best iron for gun barrels
lay in the mines of Salisbury, Connecticut. They obtained
it there in pigs, had it carted through the forests to a forge
in Douglas, where it was converted into refined iron, and
carted thence to their armory in North Sutton, where it was
wrought into the various parts of the gun. Andrus died in
about two years, from exposures at Salisbury, and was
buried at West Point. He possessed uncommon mechanical
genius, and his death, occurring when the country was in
such urgent need of his services, was deplored as a public
calamity.
Asa was thus left alone to pursue the business, which he
did with vigor and success through the whole period of the
war.
It is a tradition, highly probable, that he received the
support and patronage of the State.
On a site next above his armory the State erected a large
powder mill, which was the one referred to in the resolve
passed by the Massachusetts Council, October 18, 1776.
"Resolved, that Mr. Nathan Putnam be appointed as the
committee for building a powder mill at Sutton, in the room
of Colonel Holman (who was called away to the field),
and that the further sum of two hundred pounds be paid
out of the public treasury of the State to the aforesaid
committee to enable them to carry on the building of said
mill."
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TOWN OF SUTTON. 571
This mill had a long row of pestles and mortars on each
of its four sides, and was run by water-power. Mr. Waters
had the charge of it, and was often heard to say " there was
hardly a barn in Worcester county under which he had not
bent his back to scrape up saltpetre."
Asa Waters, second, born November 2, 1769, was quite
as much distinguished as his father for his mechanical and
inventive talents, and he was constantly engaged in the
armory business most of his life. Congress having estab-
lished two national armories, one at Springfield and one at
Harper's Ferry, passed a law in 1808, appropriating $200,000
annually for furnishing arms and equipments to the different
States. For this purpose they selected six well known
mechanics, among whom were Eli Whitney of New Haven
and Asa Waters of Sutton ; to whom contracts were issued
from time to time, for a term usually of five years. In that
same year of 1808, Asa and his brother Elijah erected on
the Blackstone river, below the Singletary, the armory
building, which still remains in the Armory village of now
Millbury, and hence its name. Elijah died a few years
after, leaving Asa to prosecute the business alone, which he
did with energy and success, and he was continued in the
contract service of the United States until the day of his
death, which was December 24, 1841.
His armory was in active operation and of useful service
in the war with England in 1812, and its business was
largely increased by the manufacture of scythes, saw mill
saws, smelting iron, cast steel, etc. Mr. Waters at the time
of the separation of Millbury from Sutton, in 1813, was
forty-four years of age. He was therefore essentially a
product of Sutton, and it may not be considered out of
place if a few more incidents of his life and his armory are
given in these pages.
While in the contract service of the United States he
introduced various improvements, among which were two
which completely revolutionized the English mode of making
gun barrels, which was to weld them by hand, and then
grind them by hand before a revolving stone. Mr. Waters
572 MANUFACTURES OF THE
invented a process of welding them by power under trip-
hammers, by which the work was done much better, quicker
and cheaper.
It was adopted at all the armories in the United States,
by many in Europe, and is still in use. He took out a
patent, October 25, 1817, and his claim to originality has
never been disputed.
Grinding them down was found to leave the metal of
unequal thickness, and the barrels liable to explode. In
December 1818 he took out a patent for turning them in a
lathe. In this he succeeded until he came to the irregular
shape of the butt ; there he was completely foiled, and so
were the most ingenious mechanics in all the armories.
At last, in sheer desperation, he sent for a young man
living in a border farming district, of whom he had heard
as having some genius for mechanics. When he came he
seemed a stranger to all present, appeared uncouth and
awkward, had a stammering tongue, and little was expected
of him. But he had no sooner glanced his eye over the
machine, and seen what was wanted, than he suggested an
additional but very simple motion, which relieved the diffi-
culty at once, and proved a perfect success. It was adopted
at all the armories in the United States, and has been in
constant use ever since ; and as it saves more than half a
dollar on each gun, some estimate may be formed of its
value to this country. This verdant youth, then called
"Stammering Tom," was none other than the now famous
Thomas Blanchard, whose inventive genius has rarely been
surpassed in this or any other age. It was then and there,
as he afterwards said, that he first conceived the idea of his
world renowned machine for turning irregular forms, such as
gun stocks, shoe lasts, tackle blocks, spokes, busts, and so on
ad infinitum, and it was here he exhibited his first model.
Mr. Waters was the founder of Millbury bank. He
obtained its first charter, and was for many years its first
president. He was also the founder of five water privileges
on the Blackstone, as follows : the Berlin mills, the sash and
blind works of C. D. Morse, the Atlanta mills or old armory,
TOWN OF SUTTON. 575
the Cordis mills, and the Wilkinsonville mills, for all of
which he built the dams and canals, except for the Berlin
mills. This he saved from its threatened utter obliteration,
by purchasing it of the Blackstone Canal Company, at the
time the canal was abandoned and the lands reverted to their
original owners. For his moral and general character refer-
ence is made to his " obituary," written by Dr. Buckingham,
then of Millbury, now of Springfield, and published in the
Worcester Palladium soon after his death, December 24,
1841.
After his death, his son, Asa Holman Waters, who was
also born in Sutton, carried on the armory business till the
expiration of the United States contract with A. Waters and
son, January 1, 1845, when the business came to a sudden,
abrupt and almost final termination, and not of this armory
alone, but of all the private armories in the United States
service, of which there were six.
These armories were established under a law of Congress,
passed in 1808, which has never been repealed, unless
recently ; they had been repeatedly recognized by the secre-
taries of war, from John C. Calhoun down, as a part of the
United States system of supplying arms, and the duty of
sustaining them had been repeatedly enjoined upon Con-
gress. The owners, therefore, had regarded them as perma-
nent establishments, and had invested largely in tools and
machinery, which were nearly worthless for any other pur-
pose. This sudden and untimely surcease was a great
disappointment, a great injury, and an act of eminent injustice
to the contractors, and also to their workmen, who had
become expert on certain parts, knew no other trade, and
had settled down in comfortable homes near the armories.
Their vocation was gone. The real cause of this unjust act
was for some time concealed. W'hen the contractors remon-
strated to the chief of ordnance, Colonel George Talcott, he
said ' ' it was done in obedience to instructions from the Hon-
orable Secretary of War." This honorable secretary was
Wilkins of Pennsylvania, who soon after retired from the
office, and when inquired of why he issued the order, said,
576 MANUFACTURES OF THE
"he did not know he had; that Talcott sent in so many
papers it was much as he could do to sign them ; he had no
time to read them."
The condition of things at the department appeared to be,
that while honorable secretaries were coming and going every
few months, Talcott remained there in permanence ; had
been there many years, and had become a perfect autocrat
in the office. The only use he had for honorable secretaries
was to sign his papers, and if any complaint arose, his
uniform reply was, "Done in obedience to instructions from
the Honorable Secretary of War," thus making the secretary
the scape-goat for all his sins. But a terrible retribution
came at last.
When President Polk came into power, he appointed as
secretary of war a lawyer from New Orleans by the name
of Conrad, whose knowledge of war office business was
confined chiefly to the " code and pistols for two." He took
the customary round of visiting the armories and arsenals,
and wherever he went he noticed vast stacks and pyramids
of cannon ball. On his return he sent a simple order to
(now) General Talcott to issue no more contracts for cannon
ball.
Not long after, among the papers sent in for him to sign,
he happened to notice a new contract for cannon ball. He
writes to Talcott to know why it was issued. Talcott replies
in his usual style, "done in obedience to instructions," etc.
Conrad answers that "so far from being in obedience, it was
in disobedience to instructions," etc. Talcott, in reply, had
the presumption to reaffirm his former statement. Conrad's
ire was raised at once ; said he did not know much about
cannon ball, but on questions of veracity he was at home.
Being in official station he could not challenge Talcott, and
so he ordered him to be tried by court martial before a board
of which General Winfield Scott was made judge advocate.
Much more was proved on the trial than was expected. It
appeared in evidence that General Talcott was the owner
of a large iron foundry in Richmond, Virginia, devoted to
making cannon ball ; that it was in charge of his nephew, to
TOWN OF SUTTON. 577
whom he issued, from time to time, large contracts upon
most favorable terms ; that he had become very rich ; was
the owner of large blocks in Washington, where he was liv-
ing in the style of an eastern nabob.
The mystery of the discontinuance of the private armories
was now revealed. The moneys intended for their support
found their outlet chiefly through this channel.
General Scott, with his high sense of honor, was greatly
shocked that a government official so high in position, a
graduate of West Point, a Brigadier-General in the army,
and chief of the ordnance department, should be found
guilty of such corrupt embezzlement. His sentence was
terribly severe, almost without precedent. In brief, it was
that General Talcott should be removed from the office of
chief of ordnance ; be deprived of his commission of Brig-
adier-General ; his name erased from the roll of army officers,
and he sent in disgrace out of Washington.
The surviving contractors had thus the satisfaction of see-
ing the author of their great wrongs brought to condign
punishment, but not of having their business reinstated.
The system had been broken up, and most of the armories
converted to other pursuits.
When the late civil war broke out, the government were
surprised to learn that the retiring secretary of war, Floyd
of Virginia, had surreptitiously sent down south nearly all
the arms contained in northern arsenals, and they had but
one armory left Springfield to supply the instant demand.
In this emergency they stretched out their arms implor-
ingly to the private armories to resurrect them, but they
were all dead, utterly dead, but two, which had barely
survived. These were Waters' of Sutton, now Millbury,
and Whitney's of New Haven. These were at once resusci-
tated, greatly enlarged, and given all the work they could
possibly do. As the prices paid were liberal, they at last
obtained some just compensation for the wrongs they had
suffered.
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HISTORY OF SUTTON,
Part
GENEALOGICAL.
The genealogical record of the families of the town, to
which we now introduce the reader, is not the least interest-
ing portion of this history.
It has been truly said,
"If you would know who you are,
Learn whence you came."
Some speak of genealogical study as dry and unprofita-
ble ; and they do this from misapprehension of its importance
and interest ; but even these have some pride in being con-
sidered as belonging to "good families." Under this head,
"good families," some very appropriate remarks are made
in an article found in a recent number of the ' ' Popular Sci-
ence Monthly," from which we make the following extract :
"There can be no doubt that, as each person now living
has had a father and mother, grandfathers and grandmothers,
and so on, every one really comes of as old a family as every
one else. Moreover, every living eldest son is the heir male
of either the senior or a junior branch, not only of the fam-
ily of the man who first bore his name, but of progenitors
hidden still deeper in the mists of antiquity. We so often
hear of families dying out altogether or ending in females,
that we come to think that such a fate is the eventual end of
all families ; but this is far from being the case. Every man
580 FAMILIES OF THE
living could, if he only knew the data, count up from son to
father, from father to grandfather, from generation to gene-
ration, until he came to Adam himself. And this is the
great difference between good families and families of all
other kinds : the members of a good family can tell who
their forefathers were, where they lived and whom they mar-
ried ; while those who belong to no families in particular
are classed in a body, as those who don't know their own
grandfathers, or who perhaps never had any to know. The
goodness of a family depends much more on the number of
its own generations than on any other condition. Given two
families in which the number of recorded generations are
equal, doubtless the family whose numbers have been the
more illustrious would be reckoned the better of the two.
* * * If to be educated and cultivated is
an object of ambition, and if there is anything in the doctrine
of heredity, it may be supposed that the members of a fam-
ily who have been of importance enough to leave their names
scattered on the bank of the river of time, have had a better
chance of being polished, and of handing down their good
qualities to their ^posterity, than those who were swept away
by the tide without leaving any mark."
We regret that our record is incomplete. The defect in
it arises mainly from two causes, the imperfection of the
town records especially the early records and the fact
that many of the families to whom circulars were sent (and
these were sent to every family in town) failed to make any
return ; so if these families who did not furnish the informa-
tion called for, and which they would gladly see embodied
in this history, should be disposed to find fault because of
their omission, let it be understood that they have them-
selves only to blame.
"In tracing the genealogy of our ancestry, the inquiry una-
voidably arises, what motives prompted them to leave for-
ever their native country, sever the ties of kindred, and part
from the scenes and associations of early life, so dear to the
human heart ? And the answer comes on every page of his-
tory, in every important act of their lives, that it was not for
themselves alone, but mainly for their posterity.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 581
' ' Selfishness is averse to sacrifices ; but their sacrifices were
manifold. They wrought for the future, planting the seed
of truthful principle that others might reap an abundant har-
vest. Here upon these forest covered hill-sides they settled,
amidst the rigors of a New England climate, patiently
enduring the hardships and dangers of a pioneer life, and
left to posterity the result of their labors. How they could
perform so much, is a problem difficult of solution to the
present generation.
' ' They rose superior to the circumstances with which they
were environed, and by dint of the most arduous effort
achieved success, in the face of a multitude of obstacles.
Honest as well as earnest, they put their own hands to the
axe, the plow and the distaff. Industry was deemed an
honor and indolence a disgrace, wherever found. Their
principles were not for sale at any price. Dishonesty was
at so great a discount, that, so far from passing current, it
could not pass at all. Genuine goodness in the character of
the person was demanded, and no hypercritical counterfeit
was accepted in lieu thereof. They adored realities and
abhorred shams. In such a society, mutual and implicit
confidence was certain, and fellowship and co-operation, the
basis of the strength of society, became inevitable. In this
manner they sought to promote the general welfare of soci-
ety. To this end they made personal sacrifices and endured
unremitting toil in the performance of obligations incumbent
upon them as citizens. They did not shirk the performance
of disagreeable duties, but assumed the responsibilities of
life heroically and discharged all duty faithfully. They were
not clannish, believing all the excellencies of human charac-
ter were concentered in their own family, but were free to
criticise and censure any wrong act of any member thereof.
They sought not to hold their convictions in abeyance to win
applause or catch the current of popular favor. They were
modest and reserved, ready to confer favors upon others,
but quite averse to soliciting them for themselves.
"Possessing these qualities, they did not attain to high
political distinction. Their tastes and characteristics did not
incline them to tread the sinuous avenues which too often
582 FAMILIES OF THE
lead to political preferment. They deemed themselves of
the people, and preferred to remain with the people, and to
discharge their duties to society with fidelity as private citi-
zens, rather than assume the responsibilities of official life.
Thus they were enabled to wield a greater influence for
good ; for official position often neutralizes the influence of
strong men. Great and true men, under any form of gov-
ernment, are not always found in official station, while many
are found outside of it.
"Thus, in early times, did the fathers and mothers live ;
and though we knew them not, let us sacredly cherish their
memories for the noble achivements which they wrought for
their country and their race. By the assistance they ren-
dered in making justice, equality and freedom the great
fundamental principles of human society practical realities,
they gave a richer legacy than was ever bequeathed to pos-
terity ; and their posterity can secure no greater benefit to
themselves, perform no greater service to their country, nor
bestow a more enduring blessing upon humanity, than to
live their virtues and transmit the principles they honored,
in all their strength and purity, to those who shall come after
them." *
ADAMS.
Samuel Adams of Ipswich, according to J. Quincy
Adams, was a descendant of William of Cambridge.
Deacon Leland says : ' ' This William was probably one of
the eight sons of Henry. Samuel was probably either of
the third or fourth generation from William of Cambridge,
who is supposed to have removed to Ipswich." Deacon
Leland also says that Samuel, senior, had seven sons. He
gives the names, however, of but six, viz. :
Samuel, b. and d. at Ipswich; Nathaniel removed to Worcester and d.
there; James d. in Sutton Aug. 4, 1804; Andrew settled in Graf ton; Jona-
than settled in Shrewsbury ; John settled in Sutton.
James 2 , (Samuel 1 ,) m. Elizabeth Dean. Ch. 1, James, b. , d. in child-
hood ; 2, Nathaniel m. Lucy Woods of Southboro ; 3, Francis, m. Abigail
Taft, Apr. 11, 1780; 4, Elizabeth, m. David Temple of Graftou; 5, Samuel, ,
m. Olive Jones of Grafton; 6, Israel, 7, Anna, twins Israel d. May 10,
1811; Anna, m. Ezekiel Goldthwait; 8, Lydia; 9, Moses, m. Elizabeth Whip-
pie of Grafton; 10, James (probably).
* By Mr. Jason Waters.
TOWN OF BUTTON. 583
Israel, 3 (James 2 , Samuel 1 ,) m. Joanna Dodge, Jan. 10, 1787. Ch. 1, Phila,
b. Mar. 22, 1789; 2, Tyler, b. June 2, 1791; 3, Eunice, b. May 29, 1793;
4, Moses, b. May 29, 1796 ; 5, Lucy, b. June 23, 1799.
James 3 , (James, 2 Samuel 1 ,) m. Hannah Potter, Nov. 29, 1787. Ch. 1,
Palmer, b. June 14, 1788; 2, Schuyler, b. Mar. 28, 1791; 3, Ezbon, b. Feb.
11, 1796.
Abner Adams m. Ruth ; m. 2nd, Lucy Holbrook, Nov. 4, 1795. Ch.
1, Lois, b. Mar. 8, 1785; 2, Parley, Apr. 30, 1787; 3, Warren, Feb. 9, 1792;
4, Silvanus, b. Oct. 17, 1796 ; 5, Washington, b. Dec. 11, 1799.
The Adams families were set off to Northbridge. See
"Annals" of date April 10, 1780.
ALLEN.
John Allen, son of Samuel Allen of Sudbury, came to
Sutton between the years 1722 and 1730, and settled on
the west side of Crooked Pond. There is no record of his
children; but the John Allen, jr., whose name does appear
on the record, is presumed to have been his son.
John Allen, jr., m. Hannah . Ch. 1, Hannah, b. Apr. 12, 1738; 2,
Timothy, b. June 14, 1742; 3, John, b. Dec. 20, 1744; 4, Abner, b. Jan. 9,
1748; 5, Simeon, b. Dec. 21, 1749; 6, Obadiah, b. Jan. 16, 1754; 7, Eunice, b.
Apr. 30, 1756.
Daniel Allen (relation to the above unknown), m. Mary Holman,
May 30, 1753. Ch. 1, Sarah, b. Feb. 14, 1754; 2, Mary, b. Feb. 10, 1756 ;
3, Daniel, b. Feb. 20, 1758 ; 4, Eleazur, b. Aug. 20, 1760 ; m. Margaret Har-
wood, Jan. 21, 1784; 5, Solomon, b. Sept. 19, 1763; m. Ruth Putnam, Apr.
27, 1788.
Jonas Allen (ancestry unknown), m. Prudence . Ch. 1, Joseph,
b. July 12, 1784; 2, Jonas, b. Feb. 10, 1786; 3, Benjamin, b. Oct. 18, 1784.
Elijah (ancestry unknown), m. Hannah Potter, May 12, 1782. Ch. 1,
Mary, b. May 24, 1787; 2, Timothy, b. Mar. 30, 1789.
ARMSBY.
Enos Armsby came from Wrentham in 1786, and settled
first in Leicester, moved thence to Sutton and resided on the
farm now occupied by Samuel Hall. He married (probably
in Wrentham) Joanna Perry, and had one son, Silas, and
several daughters.
Anna, m. Nathan Woodward, Sept. 23, 1797 ; Marib, m. John Hall, Mar.
31, 1803 ; Esther, m. Caleb Hicks, Jan. 5, 1805 ; Eunice, m. Solomon Hicks,
Jan. 6, 1807; he d. Apr. 26, 1818.
Silas 2 (Enos 1 ) m. Elizabeth Kingsbury. Ch. Roxa, b. ; m. Simon
Blanchard, Feb. 17, 1817; 2, Rena, b. ; m. Thomas Davis, Dec. 7, 1816;
3, Elizabeth Kingsbury, b. July 10, 1797 ; m. Nathaniel Colburn, Apr. 15,
1822; 4, Joanna Perry, b. July 9, 1799; m. Dr. Alden March, 1824; 5,
584 FAMILIES OF THE
Charlotte K, b. June 2, 1805; m. Silas Dudley, 1829; 6, James H., b.
Dec. 1, 1809; m. 1st. 1841, Anna L. daughter of Hon. Gideon Hawley ; she
d. , 1846 ; m. 2nd, 1852, Sarah Winne ; d. Dec. 3, 1875.
Joshua Armsby, son of Joshua and Elizabeth (Kingsbury), was b. in
Foxboro, Nov. 28, 1787 ; d. in Sutton May 4, 1858 ; he m. 1st, Martha Mc-
Clellan, April 19, 1813; she d. at Smithfield, R. L, Feb. 2, 1816; m. 2nd,
Sarah Woodbury, May 11, 1823; she d. Apr. 24, 1859. Ch. 1, Lewis, b.
June 25, 1814; d. Feb. , 1873; 2, Joshua McClellan, b. Jan. 22, 1816; d.
Dec. 6, 1873; 3, Fayette, b. Aug. 30, 1824; 4, Benjamin Woodbury, b. Oct. 13,
1825 ; d. Feb. 13, 1855 ; 5, George Augustine, b. Feb. 7, 1827 ; 6, John Dudley,
b. Apr. 25, 1830; 7, Sarah Elizabeth, b. June 13, 1832, m. Newell Wedge,
Feb. 26, 1852; d. Oct. 30, 1863; 8, Mary Anna, b. Feb. 9, 1835; m. Samuel
Prescott; d. Jan. 6, 1860.
John D. 3 (Joshua, 2 Joshua, 1 ), m. Harriet Emma Morse, Apr. 24, 1866.
Ch. 1, Emma Ethel, b. Jan. 6, 1873; 2, Hattie Mabel, b. Nov. 3, 1874.
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BACON.
Jonathan Bacon m. Ruth . Ch. 1, Amos, b. ; d. Sept 12,
1741 ; 2, Elizabeth, b. Aug. 28, 1741 ; m. Joshua Hicks, Aug. 23, 1759 ; 3,
David, b. Apr. 26, 1744; m. Tabitha Wakefield, Dec. 17, 1767; 4, Ruth, b.
May 28, 1746 ; m. David Keith, Nov. 5, 1765.
William Bacon, m. Mary . Ch. 1, Dorothy, b. Sept. 17, 1755 ; 2,
William, b. Dec. 27, 1756; 3, Ruth, b. Feb. 9, 1762; 4, Nathan, b. Apr.
17, 1764; 5, Eunice, b. July 16, 1767; 6, Joel, b. Nov. 29, 1770.
Jonathan Bacon lived in the part of the town which is now
Upton.
BANCROFT .
Moses Bancroft m. 1st, Mary ; m. 2nd, Elizabeth Lamson of Weston,
June 22, 1753. Ch. 1, Joseph, b. Jan. 13, 1756 ; 2, Elizabeth, b. Aug. 12,
1759; 3, Mollie, b. Nov. 5, 1766; 4, Hannah, b. Dec. 4, 1769.
Joseph 2 (Moses 1 ) m. Hannah Tainter, Sept. 14, 1780; she d. Nov. 22,
1791 ; m. 2nd, Esther Bond, Apr. 9, 1793. Ch. 1, Simon, b. June 11, 1781 ;
2, Lucy, b. Mar. 16, 1783; 3, Moses, b. Jan. 18, 1786; 4, Wiley, b. Mar. 9,
1794; 5, Salmon, b. Mar. 15, 1796; 6, Neley, b. May 22, 1799; 7, Hannah,
Aug. 28, 1800; 8, Joseph, b. June 13, 1805.
Jacob Bancroft (ancestry unknown), m. Lydia Hayden, July 22, 1784.
Ch. 1, Hannah, b. July 12, 1786 ; 2, Isaac, b. Feb. 10, 1789.
Benjamin Bancroft (ancestry unknown), in. Abigail Greenwood, Feb. 13,
1783. Ch. 1, Nabby, b. Jan. 9, 1789.
BARNARD.
Isaac Barnard came from Watertown and settled in Graf-
ton ; from there he came to Sutton and settled upon a farm
near the gun factory of Asa Waters, Esq., in what is now
Millbury. From Sutton he removed to Worcester, into
that part of the town called New Worcester, and died there
March 18, 1788,
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He m. Sarah ; she d. Apr. 9, 1806. Ch. 1, Isaac, b. May 27, 1727; d.
Aug. 11, 1741; 2, Sarah, b. July 11, 1729; m. Rev. James Wellman Nov. 8,
1750; 3, Jonathan, b. Mar. 31, 1732; 4, Joshua, b. Dec. 4, 1734; 5, Solomon,
b. May 15, 1737; d. July 19, 1741: 6, Hannah, b. Oct. 3, 1739; m. Rev. Arch-
ibald Campbell Nov. 16, 1762 ; 7, Mary, b. Sept. 13, 1741; m. Dr. Benjamin
Morse, jr., Nov. 27, 1760; 8, John, b. Aug. 11, 1743; d. in Worcester 1830; 9,
Phoebe, b. Mar. 6, 1746; 10, Judith, b. Apr. 11, 1751.
Isaac studied medicine under Dr. James Freeland, and
established himself in practice in Thomaston, Me. He was
sent from that place a representative to the legislature at
Boston several times, before the erection of the district of
Maine into a State.
Jonathan lived on the estate which had been owned and
occupied by his father. According to Dea. Leland his house
was occupied in 1780 as a small-pox hospital, who says,
"Hon. Jonas Sibley informs me that he was there innocu-
lated, and remained about four weeks. There were nearly
sixty at the same time in the hospital. Only two of all who
were iunoculated died. Dr. James Freeland was the attend-
ing physician. Mr. Barnard left Sutton between 1780 and
1786 and settled in Petersham. From there he removed to
Vermont and settled in Springfield, where he died."
He m. Abigail Gould of Danvers, Apr. 10, 1760. Ch. 1, Isaac, b. Oct. 29,
1761 ; 2, Mary, b. May 1, 1763 ; m. Ezekiel Moore Nov. 13, 1783 ; 3, Samuel, b.
July 11, 1764; 4, Mehetable, b. Oct. 9, 1769; 5, Jennison, b. May 1, 1773.
Joshua m. Abigail Hazeltiue Sept. 5, 1754. Ch. 1, Lucy, b. Dec. 15, 1756;
2, Abigail, b. July 18, 1759; 3, Joshua, b. Dec. 31, 1761; 4, Abigail, b. Oct.
18, 1763; 5, Solomon, b. July 7, 1765; 6, Eli, b. July 17, 1767; 7, John, b.
Feb. 14, 1770; 8, Silas, b. Apr. 24, 1772; 9, Alpha, b. Feb. 26, 1774.
John m. Sarah Fisk Oct. 30, 1766. Ch. Sarah, b. Feb. 1, 1770.
BAETLETT.
The ancestry of Richard Bartlett can be traced back to
the time of William the Conqueror. A record is found in a
church which stands upon the old family estate, commencing
in the year 1300, and continuing to the time of Richard's
settling in Sutton. John, Richard and Thomas came to
America, Richard and John landing in Newbury, John in
1634 in the ship "Mary and John," and Richard in 1635.
Thomas, probably a brother of John and Richard (accord-
ing to Bond's History of Watertown) , became a freeman in
74
586 FAMILIES OF THE
1635-'36; was selectman for several years; he died April
26, 1654, aged about twenty-six. Richard died 1647.
Ch. 1, Richard, jr., b. , 1621; 2, Christopher, b. , 1623; 3, John,
b. ; 4, Joaiina, b. ; m. William Titcomb, one of the first settlers of
Newbury.
Richard 2 (Richard 1 ) m. Abigail . Ch. 1, Samuel, b. Feb. 20, 1646; m.
Elizabeth Titcomb; 2, Richard, b. Feb. 21, 1649; 3, Thomas, b. Sept. 7, 1650;
m. Tiza Titcomb; 4, Abigail, b. Mar. 1653; 5, John, b. June 22, 1655; m.
Mary Rust; 6, Hannah, b. Dec. 18, 1657; d. June 16, 1676; 7, Rebeckah, b.
May 23, 1661.
Richard 2 , father of the above, is spoken of as having been a very intelligent
and facetious man. He was representative to the legislature ; d. in 1698.
Richard 3 (Richard 2 , Richard 1 }, m. Hannah Emoj-y Nov. 18, 1673. Ch. 1,
Hannah, b. Nov. 8, 1674; 2, Richard, b. Oct. 20, 1676; 3, John, b. Sept. 3,
1678; 4, Samuel, b. July 8, 1680; d. Nov. 20, 1685; 5, Daniel, b. Aug. 8, 1682;
6, Joseph, b. Nov. 18, 1686; 7, Samuel, b. May 2, 1689; 8, Stephen, b. Apr.
21, 1690; 9, Thomas, b. July 14, 1695; 10, Mary, b.Sept. 15, 1697.
Richard 4 (Richard 3 , Richard 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Margaret Woodman Apr. 12,
1699 ; m. 2d, Mary Ordway, Nov. 18, 1702. Ch. 1, Richard, b. June 27, 1700 ;
2, Joseph, b. Feb. 18, 1702.
Richard 5 (Richard 4 , Richard 3 , Richard 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Mary Safford of Graf-
ton, Nov. 18, 1744. Ch. 1, John, b. Feb. 26, 1746 ; 2, Mary, b. Jan. 24, 1748.
John 6 (Richard 5 , Richard 4 , Richard 3 , Richard 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Rebeckah
Chase Apr. 23, 1772. Ch. 1, Elizabeth, b. Aug. 15, 1744; 2, Josiah, b. Oct.
20, 1776; 3, Anne, b. Apr. 30, 1779.
John H. Bartlett (ancestry unknown), m. Hannah Marsh May 15, 1803; d.
May 5, 1817. Ch. 1, Cynthia, b. Apr. 8, 1804; 2, Lucina, b. Apr. 15, 1809;
3, Phineas, b. Oct. 17, 1811.
Roger Bartlett (ancestry unknown), m. Tamesia . Ch. 1, Sarah, b.
Mar. 4, 1764.
BARTON.
Samuel Barton was one of the original thirty families who
settled on the four thousand acres. His name is entered as
the owner of lot number five of the eight lots.
.He married Elizabeth . Ch. 1, Amariah, b. Aug. 30, 1716; d. Dec. 8,
1730; 2, Mary, b. Sept. 14, 1718; 3, Bezaleel, b. July 26, 1722; 4, Samuel, b.
Aug. 12, 1724; 5, Ebenezer, b. Dec. 10, 1726; 6, Betty, b. Feb. 10, 1729; 7,
Amariah, b. Nov. 18, 1731.
Bezaleel 2 (Samuel 1 ), m. Phoebe Carlton Apr. 30, 1747. Ch. 1, Phoebe, b'.
Jan. 24, 1748; 2, Elizabeth, b. Aug. 9, 1750; 3, Bezaleel, b. June 4, 1754; 4,
Benjamin, b. Apr. 21, 1758; 5, Rebeckah, b. Apr. 18, 1760; 6, Peter, b. Sept.
3, 1763.
Samuel 2 (Samuel 1 ), m. 1st, Mary Stockwell Mar. 11, 1745; she d. Mar. 1,
1747; m. 2d, Hannah Lilley, May 5, 1748. Ch. 1, Mary, b. Apr. 27, 1746;
2, Hannah, b. May 8, 1751 ; 3, Susanna, b. Nov. 4, 1753.
Edmund Barton (ancestry unknown), m. Anna Flynt. Ch. 1, Stephen, b.
June 10, 1740; 2, Mary, b. June 11, 1742; 3, Hannah, b. Sept. 22, 1744; 4,
Jedediah, b. May 6, 1747; 5, Fiynt, b. Dec. 3, 1749; 6, Elijah, b. Apr. 22,
TOWN OF BUTTON. 587
1751; d. young; 7, Gideon, b. Apr. 22, 1753; d. young; 8, Anne, b. Aug. 1,
1756; m. DaMd Gibson, Apr. 29, 1778; 9, Luke, b. Feb. 1, 1759; 10, Eunice,
b. May 22, 1761 ; m. Grindall Keith.
Jedediah 2 (Edmund 1 ), m. Lydia Pierce, Mar. 23, 1774; he d. Sept. 15, 1808.
Ch. 1, Rufus, b. Feb. 18, 1775; d. Aug. 17, 1776; 2, Rufus, b. Aug. 31, 1776;
m. Nancy Goddard ; 3, Silence, b. Apr. 22, 1778 ; m. Jennison Barton, Nov.
27, 1800 ; 4, Aaron Stowe, b. Nov. 4, 1781 ; m. Matilda Park ; 5, Lucretia, b.
May 9, 1784; m. Henry B. Harback; 6, Pliny, b. Oct. 12, 1786; m. Naomi
Morse ; 7, Livy, b. Jan. 12, 1789 ; m. Phoebe Clemence ; 8, Warner, b. Sept.
25, 1791 ; m. a sister of Phoebe Clemence ; 9, Porter, b. Oct. 23, 1795 ; m. a
Miss Wood of Fitchburg.
Reuben, son of Caleb, who was the brother of Edmund, m. Olive Jennison,
June 1, 1770. Ch. 1, Olive, b. Jan. 3, 1771; d. in her 6th year; 2, Reuben,
b. Jan. 25, 1772 ; 3, Jennisou, b. Mar. 14, 1774; 4, Hannah, 5, Thankful,
twins, b. June 16, 1777 ; d. in infancy ; 6, Silence, b. Dec. 24, 1781 ; m. John
B. Blanchard; 7, Joha F., b. Mar. 31, 1783; 8, Hannah, b. Dec. 26, 1784; m.
Simon Bixby, July 28, 1802; 9, Sally, b. Jan. 25, 1788; m. Joseph Lamb; 10,
Joseph Goffe, b. Feb. 9, 1793.
Reuben 3 (Reuben 2 , Caleb 1 ), m. Mehitable Jennison. Ch. 1, Hudson, b.
Sept. 26, 1801.
Elisha Barton (ancestry unknown), m. Betty Waite, Feb. 3, 1732. Ch. 1,
Ezekiel, b. Aug. 19, 1732; 2, Elisha, b. June 5, 1734; 3, Mehitable, b. Oct. 8,
1736 ; 4, David, b. Feb. 6, 1740 ; 5, Gershom, b. Dec. 6, 1742 ; 6, Betty, b.
Mar. 31, 1745; 7, Sarah, b. Mar. 21, 1747; 8, Rebeckah, b. Dec. 1, 1748.
BATCHELLER.
The first of the name, Batcheller, in this country, seems
to have been Rev. Stephen Batcheller, who sailed from Lon-
don, March 9, 1632, and arrived at Boston, June 5th. He is
referred to as " having in his company six persons, his rela-
tives and friends." He settled in Lynn. The next of the
name of whom there is any record, was Joseph of Canter-
bury, England, who embarked for New England in 1636,
"with his wife, Elizabeth, one child and three servants."
He settled first in Salem that part afterwards Wenham ;
was made freeman in 1637 ; was deputy in the General Court
at Boston in 1644, and the first representative from Wen-
ham. Whether he was related to Rev. Stephen cannot be
ascertained. Mr. John A. Boutell, the antiquarian and stu-
dent of family histories, says, "the Batchellers in this coun-
try are not connected with each other."
Joseph Batcheller is the ancestor of the Sutton families
bearing the name. His children were Mark, John, Elizabeth
and Hannah. His descendants have remained in Wenham
until the present time.
588 FAMILIES OF THE
Mark, probably his son, was killed in the assault made
upon the stronghold of the Narragansetts, Dec. , 1675.
The church in Wenham was organized October 8, 1644,
and Joseph Batcheller was one of the members. His wife,
Elizabeth, was admitted to membership on the seventeenth
of November of the same year. He died about 1699.
John, son of the above, resided in Wenham ; m. 1st, July 12, 1661, Mary
Dennis, by whom he had one son, Joseph ; she died June 26, 1665 ; m. 2nd,
May 4, 1666, Mary Goodale. by whom he had John, Mark, Ebenezer, Eliza-
beth, Hannah, Mary, Sarah and David.
David, son of the above, m. Susanna Whipple in 1709 ; she d. June 13,
1764; he d. Jan. 29, 1766. Ch. 1, David, b. April 5, 1710; m. Thankful
Perham, Oct. 14, 1734; 2, Susanna, b. July 24, 1712; d. Aug. 1712; 3, Joseph,
b. Sept. 17, 1713; m. Mary Perley, Jan. 26, 1767; 4, Nehemiah, b. May 20,
1716; m. Experience Perham, June 16, 1738; 5, Abraham, b. June 5, 1722; 6,
Amos, b. April 6, 1727 ; m. Lydia Kimball ; 7, Susanna, b. Sept. 22, 1731 ;
m. William Fiske, Oct, 29, 1749.
Abraham 4 (David 3 , John 2 , Joseph 1 ), m. Sarah Newton of Westboro', May
15,1751. He probably came to Sutton very soon after his marriage. He d. Jan.
31,1813. Ch. 1, Abraham, b. Mar. 26, 1752; m. Rebeckah Dwight, Dec.
28, 1774; 2, Abner, b. Sept. 15, 1755; 3, Vashti, b. Jan. 31, 1757; m. Nehe-
miah Chase, Dec. 17, 1778; 4, Joseph, b. Nov. 1, 1759; 5, Benjamin, b. Nov. 7,
1762; 6, Ezra, b. July 20, 1764; 7, Sarah, b. Nov. 26, 1766; m. Benjamin
Caldwell, Aug. 13, 1789; 8, Amos, b. Oct. 12, 1768.
Abner 5 (Abraham*, David 3 , John 2 , Joseph 1 ,) m. Prudence Leland, Feb. 22,
1781. Ch. 1, Amos, b. Feb. 17, 1782; d. Mar. 3, 1782; 2, Sally, b. June 23,
1783; m. Elijah Sherman, Mar. 18, 1802; 3, Moses, b. Nov. 22, 1784; m.
Rachel Wakefield, Apr. 18, 1802; 4, Vashti, b. Dec. 1, 1886; m. Amos Ellis,
May 23, 1810; 5, Jonas, b. Mar. 23, 1788; m. Rebeckah Grossman, Sept. 21,
1809; 6, Abigail, b. May 26, 1790.
Benjamin 5 (Abraham*, David 3 , John 2 , Joseph 1 ,) m. Betsey Carryl of Bos-
ton, May 29, 1798; she d. July 22, 1839; he d. Nov. 19, 1843. Ch. 1, Abra-
ham, b. July 11, 1799; 2, Lewis, b. Feb. 21, 1801; 3, Betsey, b. Apr. 5, 1803;
4, Harriet, b. Oct. 11, 1804.
Lewis 6 (Benjamin 5 , Abraham 4 , David 3 , John 2 , Joseph 1 ,) m. Sophia New-
ton. Ch. 1, Benjamin Lincoln, b. Aug. 27, 1826 ; 2, Henry Cotesworth, b.
Sept. 5, 1828.
Benjamin L. 7 (Lewis 6 , Benjamin 5 , Abraham*, David 3 , John 2 , Joseph 1 ,) m.
Fannie H. Metcalf, Aug. 1, 1848. Ch. 1, Benjamin Lewis, b. July 14, 1849 ;
d. Oct. 9, 1849; 2, Benjamin Franklin, b. Mar. 10, 1851; 3, Henry Lewis, b.
Mar. 17, 1852; 4, Mary Frances, b. Mar. 8, 1854; m. E. R. Jackson, Sept. 2,
1873; 5, George Severy, b. Oct. 4, 1862.
Benjamin F. 8 (Benjamin L. 7 , Lewis 6 , Benjamin 5 , Abraham*, David 3 , John 2 ,
Joseph 1 ,) m. Ella Jane Barnes, Mar. 1, 1870. Ch. 1, Fred Lewis, b. May
21, 1871; 2, Edith Lunetta, Apr. 2, 1877.
Henry C. 7 (Lewis 6 , Benjamin 5 , Abraham*, David 3 , John 2 , Joseph 1 ,) m.
Theresa D. Little. Ch. 1, William H., b. June 21, 1864; 2, Alice Theresa,
b. April 25, 1867.
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Ezra 5 (Abraham 4 , David 3 , John 2 , Joseph 1 ,) m. Polly Day, Jan. 15. 1789.
Ch. 1, Orre, b. Sept. 24, 1799; 2, Ezra, b. July 21, 1801.
Ezra, born July 21, 1801, removed to Brookfield and
engaged in the manufacture of boots ; which business, con-
tinued by his sons, has increased until the establishment of
the Messrs. Batcheller has become the largest boot manu-
factory in this country, and probably the largest in the
world.
Amos 5 (Abraham 4 , David 3 , John 2 , Joseph 1 ,) m. Abigail Hall, Feb. 26, 1795.
Ch. 1, Paul, b. June 24, 1795; 2, Elmira, b. Apr. 19, 1797; m. Tyler Stock-
well, Apr. 19, 1821; 3, Elhanan, b. Sept. 6, 1799; d. Nov. 17, 1866; 4, Abigail,
b. Mar. 2, 1802; d. Mar. 4, 1813; 5, Amos, b. Dec. 13, 1804; 6, Sally, b. July
20, 1807; 7, Alden, b. ; d. Apr. 6, 1831.
Elhanan 6 (Amos 5 , Abraham 4 , David 3 , John 2 , Joseph 1 ) m. Lucinda Hicks,
Jan. 4, 1826; she d. Oct. 31, 1871. Ch. 1, Amos, b. Dec. 24, 1834; 2, Har-
rison J., b. Jan. 2, 1839.
Amos 7 (Elhanan 6 , Amos 5 , Abraham 4 , David 3 , John 2 , Joseph 1 ,) m. Julia M.
Taylor, Feb. 4, 1857. Ch. 1, Rebeckah Taylor, b. Nov. 24, 1863; 2, Nettie
Isabel, b. June 7, 1870.
Mark Batcheller (ancestry unknown, probably a remote relative of Capt.
Abraham); m. Priscilla ; he d. June 5, 1817. Ch. 1, Anne, b. July
25, 1764; 2, Lucy, b. Apr. 11, 1766; 3, Joel, b. Aug. 16, 1768; m. Judith
Burdon, Aug. 14, 1794 ; 4, Sarah, b. Oct. 13, 1770 ; 5, Priscilla, b. Feb. 17, 1773 ;
m. Elias Chase, Apr. 7, 1797; 6, Josiah, b. June 7, 1775; 7, Sarah, b. June 17,
1777; 8, Mark, b. Mar. 11, 1781.
Josiah 2 (Mark 1 ), m. Susanna ; she d. Jan. 22, 1814. Ch. 1, Stephen
Farrar, b. June 5, 1807 ; 2, Ebenezer Andrews, Jan. 30, 1809 ; 3, Susanna, b.
Feb, 22, 1811; d. Oct. 23, 1813; 4, Esther Susanna, b. June 21, 1813.
Mark 2 (Mark 1 ), m. Mehitable Burnap, Nov. 12, 1808; d. Jan. 5, 1817. Ch.
1, Almira Wyman, b. Aug. 9, 1809; 2, Lucinda, b. Nov. 24, 1810; 3, Lucy,
b. June 8, 1812; 4, Cyrus, b. Dec. 29, 1813; 5, Salmon, b. Sept. 20, 1815: d.
Sept. 17, 1839; 6, Mehitable Wait, b. July 24, 1817; 7, Horace, b. July 8, 1819;
8, Mary Burnap, b. Sept. 17, 1821 ; 9, Mark Judson, b. Aug. 29, 1825.
Rev. William Batcheller (ancestry unknown), m. Lydia Warren ; d.
Oct. 29, 1821; she d. Oct. 15, 1815. Ch. 1, William b. ; m. Hannah
Groe, Apr. 24, 1788; d. Jan. 11, 1818, ae. 50; 2, Daniel, b. Apr. 5, 1774; m.
Betsey Thayer, June 15, 1800; d. Apr. 17, 1816; 3, Sarah, b. Mar. 21, 1776;
4, Jonas, b. Aug. 27, 1780; d. Oct. 17, 1844; 5, Moses, 6, Aaron, twins, b.
Apr. 11, 1783; 7, Warren, b. Apr. 26, 1785; d. Mar. 27, 1873.
Jonas' 2 (Rev. William 1 ), m. Prusha Howard, Sept. 12, 1799. Ch. 1, Origen,
b. Nov. 6, 1799; 2, Clark, b. Sept. 7, 1801; d. Oct. 6, 1812; 3, Jonas, b. Aug.
29, 1803; killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862; 4, Lydia, b. Nov. 11, 1805; 5,
Sally, b. Sept. 22, 1807; 6, Joel, b. Aug. 5, 1809; 7, Rachel, b. Nov. 4, 1810;
d. Nov. 8, 1810; 8, Roxa,.b. Dec. 13, 1811; 9, Warren, b. May 25, 1814.
Jonas 3 (Jonas 2 , Rev. William 1 ), m. Mary A. Young, May 7, 1843. Ch. 1,
Orlando W., b. Apr. 6, 1844; 2, Emily L. W., b. Apr. 16, 1846; d. , 1848;
3, EmmaE., b. May 27, 1849; 4, Hattie A., b. Sept. 1, 1851; m. John L.
Inman, Oct. 12, 1869 ; d. , 1873.
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Warren 2 (Rev. William 1 ), m. Freelove Westcott, , 1815. Ch. 1, Horace,
b. Jan. 28, 1818.
Horace 3 (Warren 2 , Rev. William 1 ), m. Betsey A. Mascroft, Apr. 20, 1848.
Ch. 1, Horace Warren, b. Apr. 13, 1855.
Horace W.* (Horace 3 , Warren 2 , Rev. William 1 ), m. Ida M. Darling, Oct. 15,
1874. Ch. 1, Horace Clifton, b. Apr. 30, 1875.
BlGELOW.
Jedediah Bigelow is said to have come into Sutton from
Waltham or Watertown on the day Key. David Hall was
ordained pastor of the church, October 15, 1729. His ances-
try is unknown.
He m. Tamesin . Ch. 1, Thankful, b. Apr. 11, 1745.
Mrs. Bigelow died in Ward, November 1799, aged one
hundred and three years and ten months.
BIXBEE.
Samuel Bixbee was one of the original thirty families.
His name is entered as a settler on lot number four of the
eight lots.
Hem. Martha . Ch. 1, Martha, b. Mar. 24, 1719; 2, Elizabeth, b.
June 30, 1720; 3, Samuel, b. Sept. 9, 1721 ; 4, Jacob, b. Jan. 22, 1723; 5, Ben-
jamin, b. Apr. 17, 1726; 6, Jonathan, b. Sept. 29, 1728; 7, Solomon, 8, Samp-
son, twins, b. Mar. 3, 1731.
Samuel 2 (Samuel 1 ), m. Lydia Bond, Mar. 13, 1751 ; m. 2d, Rebeckah Bart-
lett, Feb. 15, 1781. Ch. 1, Betty, b. Jan. 16, 1752; 2, Lydia, b. Oct. 17, 1753;
m. Moses Park, May 19, 1779 ; 3, Samuel, b. Sept, 24, 1755 ; 4, Sarah, b. July
9, 1757; 5, Sampson, b. May 23, 1759; m. Sarah Richardson, Apr. 27, 1786;
6, Solomon, b. Sept. 30, 1761 ; 7, Esther, b. Jan. 27, 1764; m. Capt. John
Woodbury, Mar. 19, 1800; 8, Anne, b. Jan. 27, 1766; 9, Mollie, b. Feb. 9, 1768;
10, John, b. Oct. 20, 1770; 11, Simon, b. May 16, 1774; 12, David, b. Feb. 19,
1783.
Samuel 3 (Samuel 2 , Samuel 1 ), m. Mary Greenwood, June 13, 1781. Ch. 1,
Simon, b. Oct. 14, 1781; 2, Betty, b. June 3, 1783; 3, Sally, b. Apr. 24, 1786:
m. John Hinds, Dec. 4, 1806.
Simon 4 (Samuel 3 , Samuel 2 , Samuel 1 ), m. Hannah Barton, July 28, 1802.
Ch. 1, Olive Barton, b. Oct. 14, 1802; 2, Mary Delight, b. June 6, 1805.
BOND.
William Bond came from England in 1649 and settled in
Watertown.
He m. Feb. 7, 1649, Mary Bisco. Ch. 1, William, b. Oct. 1, 1650; 2, John,
b. Dec. 2, 1652; 3, Thomas, b. Oct. 23, 1655; 4, Elizabeth, b. Nov. 30, 1656; 5,
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, b. Jan. 9, 1658; 6, Nathaniel, b. Nov. 9, 1659; 7, Sarah, b. July 24,
1661 ; 8, Jonas, b. July 23, 1664.
Jonas 2 (William 1 ), m. Grace . Ch. 1, Jonas, m. Dec. 4, 1707,
Hannah Bright; 2, Henry, d. a batchelor at fifty; 3, Josiah, b. Jan. 20, 1695;
4, Hannah, m. Deacon William Brown.
Josiah 3 (Jonas 2 , William 1 ), m. Elizabeth Fuller. Ch. 1, Josiah, b. Jan. 21,
1724; 2, Jonas, b. ; 3, Henry, b. Feb. 4, 1742; 4, Lydia, m. Samuel
Bixby, Mar. 13, 1751 ; 5, Anna, m. Samuel Trask.
Josiah 4 (Josiah 3 , Jonas 2 , William 1 ), m. Sarah Mellindy; died Jan. 17, 1809.
Ch. 1, Oliver, b. Oct. 29, 1762; 2, William, b. May 5, 1765; d. Nov. 1, 1842;
3, Sarah, b. Sept. 21, 1769; 4, Elijah, b. Sept. 2, 1780; m. Sarah Fay of
Southboro.
Oliver 5 (Josiah 4 , Josiah 3 , Jonas 2 , William 1 ), m. Sarah Chase, Nov. 24, 1785.
Ch. 1, Lymau, b. June 2, 1788; 2, Leonard, b. Oct. 12, 1790; 3, Isaac, b.
Sept. 15, 1792; 4, Emory, b. Dec. 1, 1794; 5, Oliver, 6, Sally, twins, b. Aug.
23, 1801.
William 5 (Josiah 4 , Josiah 3 , Jonas 2 , William 1 ), m. Sarah Waters, Mar. 28,
1792. Ch. 1, Alvan, b. Apr. 27, 1793; 2, Sally, b. May 7, 1795; m. June 1,
1820, Nehemiah Chase; 3, Cyrus, b. Nov. 22, 1797; d. July 31, 1817.
Jonas 4 (Josiah 3 , Jonas' 2 , William 1 ), m. Hannah Hicks, Oct. 30, 1755. Ch.
1, Hannah, b. Mar. 13, 1757; m. Abel Chase, Sept. 24, 1779; 2, Esther, b.
Oct. 21, 1761; m. Joseph Bancroft, Apr. 9, 1793; 3, Lydia, b. May 4, 1765; 4,
Jonas, (not on record).
Jonas 5 (Jonas 4 , Josiah 3 , Jonas 2 , William 1 ), m. Polly Waite, Aug. 6, 1798.
Ch. 1, Nancy, b. Mar. 20, 1799; 2, Amasa, b. July 6, 1800.
BOUTELL.
Samuel Boutell m. Elizabeth . Ch. 1, Hannah, b. Feb. 8, 1736; d.
Sept. 23, 1741; 2, Hepzabah, b. Jan. 30, 1740; 3, Samuel, b. Dec. 17, 1741; 4,
Enoch, b. Jan. 25, 1747 ; 5, Ebenezer, b. Feb. 4, 1750.
Samuel 2 (Samuel 1 ), m. Hannah Barton, Oct. 29, 1765. Ch. 1, Samuel, b.
Aug. 12, 1766; 2, Jedediah, b. Apr. 20, 1768; 3, Alpheus, b. Jan. 5, 1770.
BUCKMAN.
Jeremiah Buckman and his wife united with the church
by letter from the church in Beverly, in 1734, and Jeremiah
Buckman, jr., and his wife, from the same church, in 1735.
There is no record of their children.
Stephen Buckman, son of Jeremiah, jr., m. Ruth Gould, Nov. 3, 1743; d.
Apr. 24, 1744. Ch. 1, Ruth, b. Aug. 24, 1744.
Daniel Buckman (probably the son of Jeremiah, jr. ), m. Phoebe ; d. June
10, 1783. Ch. 1, Ellenor, b. May 19, 1745; 2, Elizabeth, b. Apr. 11, 1748; 3,
Jonas, b. Aug. 3, 1750 ; 4, Ruth, b. June 3, 1760.
Joseph Buckman (ancestry unknown), m. Mary . Ch. 1, Amos, b.
Sept. 25, 1744.
Daniel Buckman (ancestry unknown), m. Abigail Pratt, Apr. 18, 1774,
Ch. 1, Russell, b. Feb. 22, 1775.
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Russell 2 (Daniel 1 ), m. Polly Lord, Oct. 27, 1799. Ch. 1, Albert Gallaten,
b. Aug. 11, 1803.
'Isaiab Buckman (ancestry unknown), m. Mary Dike, Mar. 22, 1759. Ch.
1, Jeremiah, b. Sept. 11, 1761 ; 2, James, b. Oct. 19, 1763 ; 3, Rhoda, b. Apr.
8, 1766 ; 4, Isaiah, b. Mar. 15, 1768 ; 5, Hannah, b. Feb. 4, 1770 ; 6, Lucretia,
b. Jan. 21, 1774; 7, Molly, b. July 12, 1777.
BLANCHARD.
Joseph Blanchard (ancestry unknown), m. Abigail . Ch. 1, Joseph,
b. July 24, 1751; 2, Abigail, b. Jan. 17, 1754; 3, Ann, b. Sept. 16, 1756.
Joseph 2 (Joseph 1 ), m. Mehitabel Putnam, Apr. 10, 1770. Ch. 1, Joseph,
b. Dec. 23, 1770.
John Blanchard (ancestry unknown), m. Sarah Carriel, Dec. 19, 1765, she
d. Apr. 26, 1805. Ch. 1, Sarah, b. July 2, 1766; 2, John, b. Mar. 12, 1769.
Samuel Blanchard (ancestry unknown), m. Susanna Tenney, Mar. 17, 1775.
Ch. 1, Stephen, b. Oct. 26, 1775; 2, John Brewer, b. Mar. 2, 1780; m.
Silence Barton, Feb. 17, 1805; 3, Simon, b. Feb. 17, 1782; 4, Samuel, b. June
25, 1784; 5, Polly, b. July 3, 1786; 6, Thomas, b. June 24, 1788.
Stephen 2 (Samuel 1 ), m. Cyna Marble, Nov. 26, 1803. Ch. 1, Adeline, b.
Sept. 25, 1805.
BULLARD.
By WILLIAM S. BABTON, ESQ., of Worcester.
In the genealogical history of the ' ' Descendants of several
ancient Puritans," published by Eev. Abner Morse in 1857,
and afterward reprinted with important additions and cor-
rections, may be found an interesting account of the Bullard
families in New England. From this work and from sun-
dry manuscripts and family records deemed reliable, the
writer has prepared for publication, with the annals of the
town of Sutton, a few of the materials for a concise history
of the ancestry and descendants of Dr. Bullard, from early
colonial times down to the close of the year 1877.
Among the first planters of New England, according to
the latest researches in genealogy, appear four men of the
name Bullard, viz : Robert, George, John and William.
They all, doubtless, emigrated from England about the year
1630, and were certainly among the first settlers in Water-
town and its vicinity. The first two above named, or their
children, had lands assigned them in Watertown in 1637 and
1644, and the last two in Dedham, about the year 1636.
In the first edition of Mr. Morse's work, it is stated that
of the several planters of the name of Bullard, "Benjamin
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is the only one whose entire race admits of being traced with
certainty and separated from all others bearing the name."
By substituting the name of Robert for Benjamin, in
accordance with the later information obtained by Mr.
Morse, this statement will doubtless be found strictly true.
It was, at first, erroneously supposed that there was a Ben-
jamin among the early settlers of Watertown, but it seems
that a son of Robert, viz : Benjamin (2), hereafter referred
to, was the "Benjamin Bullard" whose name is preserved
in the early records of that town.
Robert Bullard (1) was unquestionably the ancestor of the
Sutton family of that name. He was probably born about
the year 1599, as it is a matter of record that he died in
Watertown, April 24, 1639, aged forty.
He left a widow, Ann or Anna, and probably three child-
ren only a son Benjamin (2) , and two daughters, Anna and
Maudlin.
A curious piece of evidence in regard to the parentage of
Benjamin (2), may be found in Dr. Bond's "Watertown
Family Memorial," more particularly in his account of the
discovery of a bond given by one Henry Thorpe, who .mar-
ried the widow of Robert Bullard about November 25, 1639.
Benjamin (2), the only son of Robert and Anna Bullard,
was probably born about the year 1630. From all the
accounts handed down by his contemporaries, he seems to
have been regarded a man of rare energy and force of
character.
During a portion of his minority he resided in Dedham,
being under the care of an uncle, probably John Bullard, a
holder of land in that town. He was admitted a townsman
at Dedham, January 11, 1655-'56, "which then implied a
previous probation, a good moral character, and the age of
twenty-one." His name appears in 1657-'58 in the list of
those to whom land was to be assigned in Dedham, but
having removed from Dedham about that time, he received
none.
He was twice married; first at Dedham, in 1659, to Mar-
tha Pidge, and secondly to Elizabeth , in 1677. About
the time of his first marriage, he, with others, located a
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home on the north side of Bogistow Pond, in what is now
the town of Sherborn. Here they continued to reside, dur-
ing the rest of their lives, in a state of warfare with the
savages, who then infested nearly all the early settlements
in Massachusetts.
In the interesting account given by Mr. Morse, it is related
that "they built for a garrison-house a spacious and regular
fortress. It was superior to any similar structure on the
then frontier." He further adds that "to this place of
security our ancestors, for more than two generations, were
accustomed to flee in times of alarm, and here no small num-
ber of their children were born."
Benjamin Bullard was one of the signers of the first peti-
tion for the incorporation of the town of Sherborn. In 1673
he sold his patrimonial estate in Watertown, and in 1674 he
signed a second petition for the incorporation of Sherborn,
soon after which the prayer of the petitioners was duly
granted. He eventually became the proprietor of large
tracts of land in Medway, Sherborn and Holliston, some of
which have been retained in the family name down to the
present day. He died in Sherborn, Sept. 27, 1689. He
had by his first wife three sons and three daughters, and the
same number of each by his second wife. In closing a most
excellent tribute to his memory, Mr. Morse eulogizes the
"great Puritan ancestor" of the Bullards, and records the
fact that "he sleeps hard by the scenes of his toils and his
perils. On the apex of one of nature's pyramids, whose
base is laved by the Charles River, repose his ashes, in
company with those of the founders of Sherborn."
Benjamin (3), second son of Benjamin (2), and Martha
Bullard, was born March 1, 1670-71. He married Tab-
itha , about the year 1700, and had four sons, all
born in Sherborn. He inherited lands or drew them in
right of his father, in Holliston, in the northwest corner of
Mendon, now a part of Milford, and in the territory west of
Mendon, afterward known as Douglas. About the year
1739 he removed to the house of his son Benjamin, in Hol-
liston, where he died about the year 1760, aged ninety.
He seems to have been principally engaged in farming,
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although he was twice chosen tything-man, and repeatedly
surveyor of highways, in the alteration and improvement of
which he took great interest.
Benjamin (4) , the eldest of four children of Benjamin
(3), and Tabitha Bullard, was born in Sherborn, March 4,
1702-3. He settled in Holliston prior to 1727, and built
his house a few rods east of the northeast corner of Milford.
He married, first, Judith, daughter of Ebenezer Hill of
Sherborn, November 9, 1727. They had eleven children
six sons and five daughters. He married for his second wife
Euth Hill, August 12, 1762, and died intestate in 1766.
Asa (5), eldest son of Benjamin (4) and Judith Bullard,
was born in Holliston, July 10, 1730. He was admin-
istrator of his father's estate, and inherited his homestead
in the westerly part of Holliston. In the letters of admin-
istration granted September 23, 1766, he is styled "cord-
wainer." He was twice married ; first to Hannah Jones,
daughter of Eli Jones of Holliston (born August 6, 1734;
died April 1762), by whom he had four children; and
secondly, November 1, 1762, to Hannah Cook, daughter of
Walter Cook of Mendon, by whom he had twelve children,
eight sons and four daughters. He made his will December
17, 1802, and died prior to June 12, 1804, in Holliston,
aged about seventy-four.
Artemas (6), M. D., the third son of Asa (5), and
Hannah (Cook) Bullard, was born at Holliston, December 8,
1768. An interesting sketch of Dr. Bullard, prepared in
1854 by his son-in-law, Judge Barton of Worcester, was
first published in 1855 in connection with Mr. Morse's gene-
alogical work, heretofore referred to. To this sketch the
writer is greatly indebted for many of the facts which he
has freely incorporated into the following brief notice of his
honored grandfather.
Dr. Bullard seems to have been the only one of his
father's children who received a professional education.
About the time he became of age he commenced the study
of medicine with Dr. John B. Kittredge of Framingham,
and afterwards spent about two years in the office of Daniel
Fiske of Oxford. Only a few years ago he was remem-
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bered by the old people of Oxford as a " smart young
physician whom they were desirous of having settled with
them." On the twenty-eighth of August 1794, "with a
small stock of medicines costing twelve pounds, and under
a debt of like amount," he commenced the practice of his
profession in Northbridge. . While he was a student of medi-
cine at Oxford, he became acquainted with his first wife,
Maria Waters, daughter of Ebenezer Waters, Esq., of Sut-
ton, and a relative of Dr. Fiske of Oxford. They were
married in Sutton, February 17, 1796. It is related of her
that she was a " very worthy lady, but died without issue in
about two years after her marriage, and now sleeps in the
tomb of her father, in a private cemetery near West Sutton
village. Upon this tomb is a monumental tablet, with many
inscriptions commemorative of the family of her father."
Mrs. Bullard was born August 6, 1769, and died June 6,
1798.
On the sixth of December 1798, Dr. Bullard married for
his second wife Lucy, eldest daughter of Deacon Jesse and
Anna Mason White of Northbridge, by whom he had ten
children, three daughters and seven sons. After a residence
of several years in Northbridge, during which he estab-
lished an extensive practice, he was induced by his father-in-
law, Esquire Waters, then advanced in years, to purchase
his large and beautiful farm in West Sutton. He accord-
ingly removed to Sutton in 1805, and thenceforward "his
attention was divided between his profession and his farm."
About this period, according to the statements of his son-
in-law, and " when military honors were not so cheap as at
present," he was appointed, by Governor Strong, surgeon of
the then local infantry regiment ; and in the year 1814 he
was elected a fellow of the council of the Massachusetts
Medical Society. Nothing was wanted to give him an
eminent position in his profession but exclusive devotion to
it. Dr. Bullard has been described as in person "some-
what above the ordinary stature, of light, florid complexion,
light blue eyes, nose strictly aquiline ; and, in short, as his
surviving contemporaries say, a fine looking man. He
possessed ardent feelings and great energy of character,
TOWN OF SUTTON. 597
united with a sound judgment. His integrity was proverbial,
always doing exact justice to others, and expecting the same
from them."
The residence of Dr. Bullard was upon a beautiful rise of
land about half a mile south of the village of West Sutton.
The mansion house, which is a very substantial and well
preserved structure, was erected nearly a century ago. A
magnificent elm, whose branches cover an area of more than
three hundred feet in circumference, is still standing a few
o
rods west of the house, and is one of the most conspicuous
landmarks in the town of Sutton.
Many of the associations connected with the old farm on
"Bullard Hill," are perhaps of too personal a nature to war-
rant more than a passing allusion in this place. To the
writer, who, as the doctor's eldest grandchild, was a frequent
visitor at the old homestead, the venerable family residence
and its many still beautiful surroundings will always pos-
sess a peculiar interest an interest second only to that felt
by the surviving members of that large household of fifty
years ago. It is gratifying to the writer to be able to add that
a very considerable portion of the old farm is still retained
in the family name, and that its ancient reputation for hospi-
tality and good cheer are still preserved under the successful
management of the present proprietor, a worthy grandson
of Dr. Bullard.
The death of Dr. Bullard, which was probably instan-
taneous, was occasioned by an accidental fall in his barn. It
occurred on Friday, the sixth day of May 1842. His fune-
ral was largely attended by his fellow townsmen and friends,
and by many of his numerous relatives ; the impressive
funeral services being conducted by the Rev. Hiram A,
Tracy of Sutton, and the Rev. David Holman of Douglas.
His remains were buried in the cemetery at West Sutton,
where a simple monument has been erected to his memory.
A plain marble headstone, placed in the enclosure which
marks the family burial lot, bears the following inscription :
"Dr. Artemas Bullard; born at Holliston, Dec. 8, 1768:
died at Sutton May 6, 1842, aged 73."
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Lucy White, second wife of Dr. Bullard, and the mother
of all his children, was born at Northbridge, May 5, 1778.
As heretofore stated, she was the daughter of Deacon
Jesse White and Anna Mason, his wife, and was the eldest
of eleven children four daughters and seven sous. A
minute account of her paternal ancestry, communicated by
her son-in-law, Hon. Ira M. Barton of Worcester, in an
article entitled "Sampson Mason, the Baptist and Dragoon
in Oliver Cromwell's Army," appeared in the columns of
the Historical and Genealogical Register for July 1864. In
this carefully prepared and most interesting sketch, it
appears that Mrs. Bullard was one of the direct descendants
of Sampson Mason of Rehoboth, being a representative of
the sixth generation from her noted ancestor, counting him
as the first. Without going into details, it will be sufficient
for the present purpose of the writer to give the following
brief summary of the Mason pedigree. Of the thirteen
children of Sampson (1), by Mary ( Butter worth) , the
tenth child, Isaac (2), was the ancestor of Mrs. Bullard.
He was a deacon of the second Baptist church in Swansey.
His son, Hezekiah (3), who was the fifth of ten children,
was the great-grandfather of Mrs. Bullard. The eldest son
of Hezekiah (3), and Rebecca Martin, was Melatiah (4) ,
who lived to be more than one hundred years of age. The
oldest daughter of Melatiah (4) , and Rebecca Miller, was
Anna (5), (Mason), the mother of Mrs. Bullard. She was
born at Rehoboth, November 4, 1755 ; married Deacon
White, .at Uxbridge, April 17, 1777 ; died August 20, 1839.
It is scarcely possible, within the limits of this brief
sketch, to do full justice to the memory of Mrs. Bullard.
In lieu, therefore, of a more elaborate tribute, the writer
deems himself fortunate in being able to present a few
extracts from the eloquent remarks made by her son-in-law,
Henry Ward Beecher, at her funeral :
To this joyful coronation our beloved mother has come. All the days of
her appointed years years full of labor and duty are accomplished; all
her doubts are dispelled, all her anticipations realized ; all she hoped for in
her long and noble life, and far more than human hope can ever aspire to, is
now her portion. We come to shed no bitter tears : we celebrate a triumph ,
not a defeat a life perfected.
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Her children are gathered here, with her more immediate friends and
neighbors, to pay the last honors to her lifeless frame. How sturdily, how
nobly she lived ; feeble, tender, but how enduring. Never strong, no one
would have marked her for a long life. Well do I remember when first I saw
her. I was then a lad in college. Even then I was struck by the energy of
her character. I remember my impression then that she was weak in body,
and liable to meet an early death. Who would have thought that she would
survive that stalwart man, Dr. Bullard of Sutton! so full of the capital for
a long and sturdy life. In body, as in mind, she was evenly organized.
Hers was the strength of tenderness and gentleness, but underlaid by a quiet
persistence of wonderful force. She was firm and steadfast for the right,
wherever principle was involved ; mild and loving, but with fixed habits
of belief and thought, which kept her firm and true, even to sternness
when occasion required. God taught her! With her vigor of character, it
would have been easy for her to make shipwreck of happiness, linked as she
was with that strong nature, her husband. It would have been easy for her
to purchase peace by self-abnegation, by sinking herself; but she did neither.
She made herself a power in her house, but she ruled by submission and love.
She made her house a happy one ; and a greater compliment can be paid to
no woman. She elevated the name of wife and mother, by showing, in her-
self, what it was possible for a woman to be.
Mrs. Bullard passed the last portion of her long and use-
ful life at the house of her daughter, Mrs. Judge Barton of
"Worcester. She died in Worcester, December 15, 1869,
aged ninety-one years, seven mouths and ten days. Her
remains were placed by the side of her husband, in the
cemetery at West Sutton, and the same simple monument
marks the site of their resting place.
In giving some account of the descendants of Doctor and
Mrs. Bullard, the writer has endeavored to make it as com-
plete as possible iu~a genealogical point of view, and, at the
same time, to embody such brief details of personal history
as might be of interest to the general reader. For the sake
of conciseness, however, he has sought to avoid the repeti-
tion of names, as far as practicable, and to make use of such
abbreviations as are customary in works of this kind.
Of the ten children of Dr. Bullard by his second wife, all
of whom were living at the time of his decease, it may be
proper to state, in a general way, that they were all well
educated, three of the sons being graduates of colleges and
ordained ministers, and two other sons being physicians.
His three daughters all married professional men.
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The several children of Dr. and Mrs. Bullard, with their
respective families in the order of their seniority, are as
follows :
I. Maria Waters, born January 25, 1800, at Northbridge,
and married November 11, 1823, at Sutton, by Rev. Edmund
Mills, to Ira Barton of Oxford. Her husband, the late Hon.
Ira Moore Barton of Worcester, first named Ira, was born
at Oxford, October 25, 1796, and, in 1839, by act of the
General Court, was authorized to take the additional name
of ' ' Moore " in memory of his revered maternal grand-
mother, Dorothy Moore, and of his great-great-grandfather
Moore, the first magistrate of his native town. He was a
grandson of Dr. Stephen Barton, who was born at Sutton,
June 10, 1740. Dr. Barton's father and mother, Edmund
and Anna Flynt Barton, were married in Salem, April 9,
1739, and probably removed to Sutton soon afterward. Mr.
Barton graduated with high honors at Brown University, in
1819, and at the Cambridge law school in 1822. He prac-
tised law in Oxford from 1822 to 1834, and was representa-
tive from that town during the years 1830 to 1832 inclusive.
In 1833-'34 he represented the county of Worcester in the
State Senate. He removed to Worcester in 1834, and in
1836 was appointed by Governor Everett judge of probate
for Worcester county. In 1840 he was chosen one of the
electors for president in the famous Harrison, or " log-cabin "
campaign. He resigned his judgeship in 1844, and in 1846
represented the then town of Worcester in the legislature.
Judge Barton continued the practice of his profession until
1849, when he visited Europe in pursuit of much needed
rest and recreation.
Upon his return in 1850 he resumed his office practice
only, finding leisure, during the intervals of business, for
the indulgence of his literary, historical and antiquarian
tastes. He was an active member, and for many years a
Councillor of the American Antiquarian Society of Worces-
ter. He died, very suddenly, at his home in Worcester,
July 18, 1867. The writer may be pardoned if he feels
constrained to add some extracts from the many tributes to
the memory of his honored father.
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"Judge Barton was distinguished for purity, simplicity and integrity of
character ; and as a public servant, in numerous offices of trust and responsi-
bility, his conduct was marked by signal ability, fidelity and success. He was
eminently the accomplished lawyer, the upright magistrate, the enlightened
patriotic citizen; and the community which, through a long and bucy life, he
has benefitted and honored, will hold in grateful remembrance his services and
his virtues." He has been described as "a man of very striking personal
appearance, with tall and commanding figure, fine head and Websterian eyes.
He showed something of the Roman mould in his aspect, which was well
reflected in his character."
The funeral of Judge Barton took place on Monday, July
22, 1867, from All Saints Church in Worcester, and his
remains were interred at Rural Cemetery, where a massive
marble sarcophagus, inscribed with the name, "Ira Moore
Barton," has been erected to his memory. His widow, the
worthy daughter of a noble mother, still resides in Worces-
ter, surrounded by a large family circle of children, grand-
children and great-grandchildren, and enjoying the confidence
and respect of all who know her. May she be spared
many years as a model example of unselfish, self-sacrificing,
maternal love.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Barton are: 1, William Sumner, A. M., b.
at Oxford, September 30, 1824. He graduated at Brown University in the
class of 1844 ; was admitted to the bar in 1846, and practised law in partner-
ship with his father and Hon. Peter C. Bacon, until 1850. In 1853 he was
elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society of Worcester. He
continued the practise of his profession in Worcester until June 1854, when
he accepted a position in the Bank of Commerce, Boston, having his residence
still in Worcester. In January 1872 he was elected treasurer of the city of
Worcester, which office he continues to hold. He was m. first, at Worcester,
April 4, 1849, by Rev. Alonzo Hill, to Anne Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and
Mary G. Jennison, b. at Worcester Feb. 7, 1827, d. Feb. 28, 1869, at Worcester.
They had
(1) Mary, b. at Worcester, Sept. 29, 1853; m. at Worcester, April 11,
1872, by Rev. William R. Huntington, to Alfred Wadsworth Dana. They
have four sons, Alfred Henshaw, b. in Berchtesgaden, Germany, Wm.
Sumner Barton and Charles Bates, both b. in San Francisco, and John Adams,
b. in Santa Rosa. They now reside in Santa Rosa, Cal.
(2) Lucy, b. at Worcester, Jan. 7, 1856.
(3) Anna, b. at Worcester, April 20, 1858.
He was m. secondly, at New York city, Nov. 22, 1870, by Bishop Horatio N.
Southgate, to Kate Almy, only dau. of Wm. and Jaue B. Ellery. They have
(1) Wm. Ellery, b. at Worcester, Dec. 10, 1873, a namesake and great-
great-grandson of one of the "signers."
(2) Edith Almy, b. at Worcester, Sept. 29, 1876.
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2. Anna Maria, b. at Oxford, April 21, 1826 ; m. at Worcester, Nov. 7,
1849, by Rev. Alonzo Hill, to John Win. Bigelow, son of Jobn and Abigail
Bigelow, formerly of Medford. They have had
(1) Wm. Blake, b. at Medford, Feb. 5, 1852.
(2) Annie, b. at Medford, Jan. 20, 1855; m. Oct. 1, 1874, at Newport, K.
I., to Charles Follen McKim. They have a dau. Sarah, b. Aug. 13, 1875.
(3) Samuel Lee, b. at St. James, France, Aug 23, 1856 ; d. there Aug. 26.
(4) Marie, b. at Boston, June 20, 1861.
Mr. Bigelow has for many years been extensively engaged in business, both
in Boston and New York ; he now resides in the latter city, having his sum-
mer house in Newport, Rhode Island.
3. Artemas Bullard, b. at Oxford, Aug. 12, 1828; d. at O. June 21, 1831.
4. Charles Henry, b. at Oxford, April 10, 1830; m. first, by Rev. Wm.
Miller, at Greensburg, Ind., June 20, 1853, to Isabella Edwards. They had,
all b. at Greensburg,
(1) Maria Edwards, b. Apr. 8, 1854.
(2) Mary , b. Nov. 23, 1856.
(3) Anna , b. July 10, 1859; d. Oct. 19, 1860.
Married 2d, by Rev. J. B. Britton, to Sarah Ann White, at Madison, Ind.,
Sept. 28, 1861, and had
(1) James Yeatman, b. at St. Louis, Jan. 2, 1863.
During the war he held a Captain's commission in one of the western regi-
ments. He now resides at Topeka, Kansas.
5. Artemas Bullard. b. at Oxford, Dec. 5, 1831; d. at Worcester, April
17, 1837.
6. Lucy, b. at Worcester, July 24, 1834; m. at W. May 1, 1857, by Rev.
Alonzo Hill, to Samuel Lee Bigelow, M. D., a son of John and Abigail Bige-
low, of Medford. They had
(1) Samuel Lee, b. at Paris, France, July 28, 1858.
(2) Abigail, also b. at Paris, Aug. 2, 1860; died there Aug. 7, 1860.
Dr. Bigelow practised his profession in Paris for several years with distin-
guished success. Upon the breaking out of the "war of the rebellion," he
offered his services to the United States Government, and was appointed
Brigade Surgeon in General Franklin's corps, army of the Potomac. He died
at his post of duty, October 31, 1862, of disease contracted in the service, and
was buried in Rural Cemetery, Worcester, by the side of his infant daughter.
His widow resides with her mother in Worcester.
7. Francis Augustus, born at W. Oct. 24, 1836; m. Sept. 7, 1864, at Chico,
Cal., to Emily J., dau. of George Wood. They have
(1) Annie Adelle, b. at Chico, Aug. 4, 1865.
He makes it his home in Chico, where he is well known as a popular and
hard working business man.
8. Edmund Mills, b. at W. Sept. 27, 1838; m. Sept. 6, 1871, at North Yar-
mouth, Me., by Rev. Samuel Paine Blake, to Abby Twycross, dau. of the
officiating clergyman. They have
(1) Lydia Maud, b. at North Yarmouth, Me., Aug. 2, 1872.
(2) Edmund Blake, b. at Worcester, Oct. 30, 1874.
During the war of the rebellion, Mr. Barton was one of the most active
agents of the United States Sanitary Commission, being on duty for three
years with the fifth corps of the army of the Potomac. He is now the efficient
Assistant Librarian of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester,
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9. George Edward, b. at W. July 30, 1841. He enlisted in 1862 as a private
in the 51st Mass. Infantry, and was appointed Sergeant-Major of that Regt.
In Jan. 1864 he was appointed 2d Lieut, in the 57th Mass. Infantry ; was soon
after promoted to a 1st Lieutenancy and subsequently commissioned Capt.,
serving in that Regt. until the close of the war. He died at Worcester on
Wednesday, May 29, 1878.
His funeral was largely attended by his comrades of the 51st and 57th Regt.
Mass. Vols., and of the George H. Ward Post 10, G. A. R., and also by rep-
resentatives of the Worcester Continentals. The funeral services at his grave,
which took place at sunset on Saturday, the 1st of June, were peculiarly
solemn and impressive, being noteworthy as a spontaneous tribute to the mem-
ory of a young and gallant soldier.
II. Artemas, Rev., D. D., b. at Northbridge, June 3,1802; m. June 2,
1829, Anne Tuttle Jones, b. Jan. 31, 1808, dau. of Samuel J. of Acton, by
Anna Tuttle, a sister of Miss Sarah T., Sec'y of Female Teachers Ass'n,
Mass., and a descendant of the bro. of Archbishop Leighton. They had the
following children :
1. Artemas Everett, b. July 19, 1830, at Charlestown ; d. Apr. 13, 1836.
2. Anna Maria, b. July 19, 1832, at Boston; d. Apr. 28, 1833.
3. Thomas Green Fessenden, b. Mar. 21, 1834, at Walnut Hills, Ohio; d.
Nov. 1838.
4. Robert Leighton, b. Mar. 21, 1837, at Walnut Hills; d. Jan. 25, 1848.
5. Henry, Rev., b. Sept. 23, 1839, at St. Louis, Mo. ; was first settled as a
minister in Wayland, Mass., and afterward in St. Joseph, Mo., where he now
resides. He m. Aug. 30, 1871, at Cincinnati, O., Helen Maria, eldest dau. of
Henry A. Nelson, D. D., and Margaret Mills Nelson, and had
(1) Annie Leighton, b. Feb. 19, 1873; d. July 16, 1873.
(2) Henry Nelson, b. Nov. 19, 1874.
(3) Alice, b. Oct. 4, 1876.
6. Anna Elizabeth, b. Sept. 29, 1842; d. Jan. 13, 1848.
7. Edward Payson, b. Jan. 19, 1845; d. Jan. 12, 1848.
Three of the children of Dr. and Mrs. B. d. of scarlet fever, at St. Louis,
within a space of only 13 days.
Rev. Dr. Bullard was a graduate of Amherst College, in
the class of 1826. He studied divinity at Andover theolog-
ical seminary, and was ordained to the ministry, April 20,
1831. During the first year or two after his ordination, he
was actively employed in behalf of the Massachusetts Sab-
bath School Union. He subsequently, about the year 1835,
accepted the position of district secretary of the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, for the valley
of the Mississippi, having his headquarters at Cincinnati.
In June 1838 he was installed as pastor of the first Presby-
terian church in St. Louis. Of Dr. Bullard's remarkably
successful pastorate, in connection with this leading western
church, as well as of his untiring labors in behalf of the
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religious and educational interests of Missouri, an interesting
account may be found in the "Presbytery Reporter," for
December 1864, published at Alton, Illinois. Dr. Bullard
will be best remembered, in this vicinity, as one of the most
impressive of the many public speakers who were called
upon to advocate the claims of the west from the pulpits of
our New England churches. In 1850 he visited Europe,
with his accomplished wife, as a delegate to the "World's
Peace Convention " in Germany. It has been said that
while there "marked attention was shown him by Mr.
Cobden and others, and his speech, at the convention,
elicited great applause, both for its aptness and its bold-
ness." Upon their return to St. Louis, Mrs. Bullard, who
is a lady of rare culture and literary ability, published a
graphic account of their journey, entitled "Sights and
Scenes in Europe."
The death of Mr. Bullard occurred, under very tragical
circumstances, on the first of November 1855. It was dur-
ing an excursion, which took place in honor of the opening of
the Pacific railroad, that he, together with twenty-nine other
prominent citizens of St. Louis, was instantly killed by the
breaking of a defective bridge over the Gasconade river,
at a point some forty miles from Jefferson City, Missouri.
The breaking of this bridge, according to the published
accounts of the disaster, caused the precipitation of six long
cars, "one upon another with their living freight, to the
beach, thirty feet below." The funeral of Dr. Bullard and
others took place from his beautiful new church on the fifth
of November 1855. In this church, which he had once
almost prophetically said was " not for him," and in which
he was destined never to preach, hundreds of mourning
friends assembled to pay the last tribute of respect to his
memory. His decease was regarded, at the time, as a
public calamity ; not only to the church of which he was the
faithful pastor, but to the city of which he was a distin-
guished citizen. His widow now resides at St. Joseph,
making her home with her only surviving child, Rev.
Henry Bullard, a worthy son of an honored father.
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III. Asa, Rev., A. M., b. Mar. 26, 1804, at Northbridge; m. May 16, 1832,
Lucretia Gunn, daughter of Samuel Fowler and Lucretia G. Dickinson of
Montague. They had
1. Catharine Dickinson, b. Aug. 12, 1834; d. Aug. 17, 1834.
2. Louisa Dana, b. Nov. 7, 1835.
3. William Reed, M. D., b. Sept. 7, 1837; m. July 21, 1872, Mary N. Gil-
man. They have
(1) John Gilman, and
(2) Clara Gertrude, twins, b. Dec. 11, 1873.
4. Mary Elizabeth, b. Feb. 17, 1840.
5. Helen Knight, b. Sept. 27, 1845; m. May 16, 1876, Charles F. Wyman
of Cambridgeport.
Rev. Asa Bullard was graduated at Amherst College in
the class of 1828. He engaged for a year in teaching
school at Augusta, Maine, and subsequently studied divinity
at Andover theological seminary. In April 1831 he was
appointed an agent of the Maine Sabbath School Union, and
in 1832 was ordained at Portland as an evangelist. In
March 1834 he was elected secretary of the Massachusetts
Sabbath School Society, now called the Congregational
Publishing Society, which office he continues to hold.
Besides performing the duties of this office with eminent
success, he was also, for many years, the editor of the
" Sabbath School Visitor," and for more than thirty years
of the well known " Well Spring." In 1876 he published
a work entitled " Fifty Years with the Sabbath Schools," in
which he gives a graphic and interesting account of his life-
work in behalf of the young. Mr. Bullard's influence, both
by voice and pen, over thousands of the youth of New
England, can hardly be over estimated. It has made his
name a household word far beyond the limits of his native
State, and in hundreds of the homes of his large pastorate.
For the last thirty years Mr. Bullard has resided in Cam-
bridge, where he is held in high esteem as a public spirited
citizen and a true hearted man.
IV. Joseph, b. in Sutton, Oct. 30, 1806; m. Apr. 3, 1834, Olivia P. Hill.
They had,
1. Eliza Ann, b. May 31, 1835.
2. Ira Barton, b. May 26, 1837. He enlisted as private in company C. fifty-
first Massachusets infantry, Sept. 1862, and served until the regiment was
mustered out of service. In 1864 he agihi enlisted, and served as corporal in
company H, fifty-seventh Massachusetts infantry. He died at Fredericksburg,
Virginia, May 24, 1864, of wounds received in battle.
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3. Henry Beecher, b. Apr. 9, 1839; m. Nov. 3, 1861, Huldah Ann Wilcox,
and had,
(1) Louisa Irena, b. June 21, 1863.
(2) Annie Laura, b. Aug. 8, 1864; d. Sept. 6, 1864.
(3) Henry Clifford, b. July 9, 1867.
Mr. Bullard has held the office of post-master in West Sutton, and also that
of selectman of the town of Sutton. He carries on the homestead farm on
"Bullard Hill." For some years he was the proprietor of the West Sutton
store. As a worthy representative of the Bullard family, he commands the
respect of his fellow citizens.
4. Agnes Olivia, b. Aug. 20, 1841; d. Nov. 5, 1841.
5. Franklin Eugene, b. Dec. 13, 1842; m. Aug. 4, 1873, Helen B. Baldwin;
they have one son, Charles Franklin.
6. Mary Augusta, b. Feb. 14, 1855; m. Jan. 2, 1878, Frank D. Tucker of
Charlton.
During the last thirty years of his life, Joseph Bullard was the owner and
manager of the homestead farm. Possessing great natural ability, and noted
for his marked originality of character, he will long be remembered with affec-
tionate regard by the citizens of his native town. He died after a short
illness, Sept. 12, 1872. His funeral was largely attended by relatives and
friends, and his remains were placed in the family lot in the West Sutton
cemetery.
Y. Lucy Ann, b. in Sutton, Nov. 9, 1809; m. May 19, 1831, to Rev. Lot
Jones. Her husband was born at Brunswick, Maine, Feb. 21, 1797, and
graduated at Bowdoin College. He first settled in Georgia, and afterward,
for several years, was the rector of Christ church in Clappville. In 1833 he
removed to New York City ; where, as rector of the Church of the Epiphany,
he labored with great success for more than thirty years. Mr. Jones was
held in respect everywhere, as the faithful and beloved pastor. In the
literary and social circles of the metropolis, he was no less highly esteemed
as an accomplished scholar and one of the most genial of men. He died
quite suddenly, Oct. 12, 1865, in consequence of an accidental fall, while
attending a church convention in Philadelphia. The children of Mr. and
Mrs. Jones are
1. William Henry, b. Mar. 14, 1832; d. Mar. 16, 1838.
2. Maria Louisa, b. in New York City, July 12, 1834; m. Oct. 2, 1856, to
George E. Moore of New York, who was born Apr. 30, 1833, and d. July 24,
1867. They had,
(1) Jared Lot, b. in New York, Sept. 20, 1857; d. Apr. 19, 1860.
(2) George Henry, b. in New York, Feb. 20, 1860.
(3) Lucy, b. Aug. 8, 1862; d. Sept. 8, 1862.
(4) Louise, b. at Matteawan, N. Y., July 3, 1864.
(5) Anna Mary, b. at Garrison's, N. Y., Mar. 4, 1868.
3. Emily, b. Nov. 27, 1835; d. Mar. 31, 1836.
4. Lucy Ann, b. Mar. 23, 1837; d. Mar. 24, 1837.
5. Henry Lawrence, Rev., b. New York May 30, 1839; m. Oct. 6, 1869,
at Concord, N. H., to Sarah Eastman Coffin. Their children are,
(1) Hattie Louise, b. at Fitchburg, July 20, 1870.
(2) Lawrence Bullard, b. at Fitchburg, Jan. 8, 1872.
(3) Helen Crocker, b. at Fitchbur Mar. 22, 1874; d. at Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
Nov. 7, 1876.
(4) Carleton Coffin, b. at Wilkesbarre, Sept 26, 1876.
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For more than eleven years Mr. Jones was rector of Christ church in
Fitchburg. He is now rector of St. Stephen's church in Wilkesbarre, Penn.
In both positions he has enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his parishioners,
and has taken high rank in his profession.
Mrs. Lot Jones still resides in New York, enjoying the respect of all who
know her, and beloved and esteemed for her many good works, both in and
out of the church.
VI. Ebenezer Waters, Rev., A. M., twin brother of Mrs. Jones, b. Nov.
9, 1809. He m. first, Sept. 6, 1838, at Hadley, Margaret P. Smith, dau. of
Oliver Smith of H., b. June 6, 1813; d. Dec. 2, 1841, at Fitchburg. He m.
second, Aug. 15, 1843, at Hadley, Harriet N., dau. of Dea. William Dickin-
son of Hadley, b. Mar. 5, 1818. They had
1. Harriet Marguerite, b. at Fitchburg, Nov. 28, 1844; m. Oct. 4, 1870, at
Royalston, Charles Stuart Bullock, who was born at R., Jan. 20, 1841, and had
(1) Marguerite Elizabeth, b. at Hampstead, N. H., Sept. 3, 1872.
(2) William Stuart, b. at Arlington Heights, Sept. 22, 1875.
2. Caroline, b. at Fitchburg, Feb. 6, 1847; m. Dec. 25, 1867, at Royalston,
Ferdinand Hoffman, who was b. at Suhl, Prussia. They have four children,
all born in Stockbridge :
(1) Walter, b. Dec. 23, 1868.
(2) Ralph, b. Nov. 30, 1870.
(3) Friedericke, b. Jan. 17, 1873.
(4) Bernhold, b. Nov. 10, 1874.
3. Lucy Ann, b. Aug. 31, 1849; d. at Stockbridge, Oct. 9, 1877.
4. William Ebenezer, b. Jan. 23, 1852.
5. Edward Dickinson, b. Sept. 20, 1853.
Mr. Bullard first entered college at Amherst, and, after
pursuing his studies there for three years, completed his
collegiate course at Miami University, Ohio, in 1834. After
his graduation he entered Lane theological seminary, at
Walnut Hills, Ohio ; but his health failing him, he was
obliged to give up his studies and return to Massachusetts.
Two years afterwards, on the eighth of August 1838, he was
ordained pastor of the Congregational church in Fitchburg.
He was dismissed from this church, July 1, 1852, and in
September of the same year was installed over the Congre-
gational church and society in Royalston. At the centen-
nial celebration of that town, in 1865, he took an active
part as a member of important committees, and by request
of the town authorities, assisted in the preparation and pub-
lication of numerous historical notes, accompanying Gov.
Bullock's address. He was subsequently settled over the
Congregational church in Hampstead, N. H. ; but in conse-
quence of failing health, was obliged to resign his pastorate.
His present home is in the town of Stockbridge. There, in
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the society of his accomplished wife, and of a goodly portion
of his family, and enjoying much needed rest and relaxation
from labor, he bids fair to survive many years, preaching by
example, if not by precept, to all those who come within
the sphere of his genial influence.
VII. Eunice White, b. at Sutton, Aug. 26, 1812; m. at S., Aug. 3, 1837,
to Henry Ward Beecher. After their marriage they made their home in
Lawrenceburg, Ind., Mr. Beecher having been called to take charge of the
New School Presbyterian church in that place. In 1839 they removed to
Indianapolis, Ind., where Mr. Beecher was settled over the first New School
Presbyterian church in that city. They left Indianapolis in 1847, Mr. Beecher
having been called, with great unanimity, to the pastorate of the Plymouth
Congregational Society in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Of his wonderful success in this society it is hardly necessary for the writer
even to speak. No ordinary tribute, certainly, can do full justice to this
remarkable man, nor to the people who, for thirty years past, through good
report and through evil report, have so nobly sustained their beloved pastor.
The true character and genius of the "great preacher" can safely be left to
the impartial pen of history. Mr. and Mrs. Beecher have had ten children.
1. Harriet Eliza, b. May 16, 1838, at Lawrenceburg, Ind. ; m. Sept. 13,
1861, Rev. Samuel Scoville, who, for many years, has been settled over a
church in Norwich, Chenango county, N. Y. They have had seven children,
of whom only four are living t two sons and two daughters.
2. A son b. Mar. 1, 1840; d. the same day.
3. Henry Barton, b. July 8, 1841, at Indianapolis ; m. Dec. 17, 1862, Har-
riet J. Benedict. They have had five children, of whom there are now living,
three daughters and one son. Mr. Beecher was an officer in the regular army
during the late war. He resigned his commission as Colonel at the close of
the war, and engaged in business at Albany, N. Y. He is now engaged in
business in Brooklyn and New York.
4. George Lyman, b. Oct. 18, 1844, at Indianapolis ; d. Mar. 1, 1845.
5. Katharine Esther, b. Aug. 1, 1846, at Indianapolis; d. at Brooklyn,
Nov. 16, 1847.
6. William Constantine, b. Jan. 26, 1848, at Brooklyn; graduated at Yale
College, pursued his studies at the New York Law School, and is now a part-
ner in the law firm of Lewis and Beecher, New York City.
7 and 8. Alfred and Arthur, twins, b. at Brooklyn, Dec. 20, 1852; both d.
at Brooklyn, July 4, 1853.
9 and 10. Herbert Foote and sister, twins, b. June 22, 1854 ; the sister d.
the same day ; Herbert F. is now engaged in business in New York City.
It is due to Mrs. Beecher to say that during the forty
years of her married life, she has proved a most admirable
helpmeet for her honored husband. Possessing superior
natural abilities, she has made her mark, both as authoress
and as a writer for the press ; often, in fact, being of great
assistance to Mr. Beecher in many of his literary and edi-
torial labors. Whether at their home on Brooklyn Heights
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or at their farm in Peekskill, Mrs. Beecher has shown ^herself
the model housewife, willing at all times to share her hus-
band's burdens, and able, if necessary, to take upon herself
responsibilities that would dishearten any but a most unsel-
fish and devoted woman.
VIII. Talbut, M. D., b. Aug. 16, 1815; m. 1st, Aug. 1, 1839, at Marietta,
O., Susan B., dau. of the late Dr. John Cotton of Marietta, and a descendant
of the Rev. John Cotton, b. in Marietta, Apr. 15, 1816; d. in M. May 23, 1846.
They had,
1. Francke Cotton, b. in New Orleans, Mar. 6, 1841 ; d. in Marietta, July
1, 1857.
2. Henrie Talbut, b. in N. Orleans, Dec. 27, 1843; d. in M. July 2, 1857.
3. Albert Mears, b. in Indianapolis, Feb. 1846; d. there July 3, 1846.
He m. 2d, Sept. 30, 1848, at Indianapolis, Catharine Phalan, b. in Dublin,
Ireland, Dec. 12, 1826. They had
1. Sarah Alice, b. in I. Oct. 30, 1849; d. there Aug. 8, 1854.
2. William Mason, M. D., b. in I. April 23, 1853. He is engaged in the
practise of medicine at Indianapolis, having inherited his father's taste for the
medical profession. He holds the position of Professor of Chemistry and Tox-
icology in the Indiana Medical College. He m. Sept. 3, 1878, Eunice, dau. of
Samuel Allen of Providence, R. I.
3. Alice Kate, b. Aug. 8, 1855, in I. ; d. there Jan. 20, 1858.
4. Charles Francke, b. in I. Jan. 15, 1858; d. there June 16, 1858.
5. Talbut, b. in I. Apr. 18, 1859; d. there May 10, 1861.
6. Harry Fletcher, b. in I. Nov. 16, 1861 ; res. with his mother in Indian-
apolis. Mr. Bullard first settled in New Orleans, where, for some years, he
carried on a very flourishing private school. About the year 1844, having
completed the study of medicine, he commenced the practise of his profession
at Indianapolis. During a long residence in I., Dr. Bullard became noted as
a skillful physician, and, during the war, he did excellent service as a volun-
teer surgeon in the army. He d. at L, June 18, 1868, leaving a wid. and two
sons. He will long be remembered by those who knew him intimately, for
his many amiable and kindly traits of character, no less than for his eminent
ability as a physician.
IX. Jesse Mason, M. D., b. in Sutton, Nov. 12, 1818. In the year 1840 he
left home to engage in teaching school at N. Orleans. Afterward he was,
for several years, a leading druggist in St. Louis, having established himself
in that line of business May 1, 1841. Not having realized his anticipations, in
a mercantile point of view, he came east in 1843 and devoted himself to the
study of medicine. About the year 1849 he removed to San Francisco, where
he commenced the practise of his profession with every prospect of success.
His expectations, however, were destined never to be realized. Having
embarked in the ship "Albert R, Harris" for a- voyage to the Sandwich
Islands, he, with all on board, were lost in the bay of San Francisco, Feb. 3,
1851. He died, unmarried, at the early age of 32. Dr. Bullard was gifted
with fine natural abilities, and was much admired for his manly personal
appearance and his many generous traits of character. Although among the
" lost at sea," his early death is fitly commemorated by a simple marble head-
stone suitably inscribed, placed within the family lot at the cemetery at West
Sutton.
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X. Oliver Crosby, b. at Sutton, Jan. 20, 1822; m. Oct. 19, 1843, Sarah
Jane, dau. of Seth Hartwell of Wilkinsonville. They have
1. William Sumner, b. at Sutton, Sept. 11, 1844; m. Apr. 25, 1867, in
Baltimore, to Hannah Kettlewell, who was b. in Balto., July 12, 1847, and d.
at Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1874. They had
(1) Charles Kettlewell, b. in Balto., Sept. 22, 1868; d. Apr. 1, 1870.
(2) Sumner Hartwell, b. at Balto., Feb. 18, 1871; d. Dec. 5, 1874.
2. Elizabeth, b. at Sutton, Jan. 11, 1847.
3. Lucy Maria, b. Feb. 2, 1850; m. , 1872, in Brooklyn, N. Y., to Capt.
Samuel E. Foote, who was b. in Guilford, Conn., Jan. 20, 1843. Their ch. b.
at Brooklyn, are,
(1) Raymond Ward, b. Aug. 19, 1873; d. in Brooklyn, 1877.
(2) Florence, b. Jan. 24, 1876.
4. Isabella Henderson, b. and d. at Lenox, May 17, 1854.
5. Francke Talbut, b. at Lenox, Mar. 22, 1858; d. Feb. 25, 1862.
6. Arthur Mason, b. at Lenox, July 30, 1860; d. at Peekskill, N. Y., Apr.
13, 1861.
Mr. Bullard commenced his studies at an early age, with
a view to entering the ministry. He made his home for
some time with his brother Talbut, assisting him in his
school at New Orleans. He afterward resided with his
sister, Mrs. Lot Jones, at New York city. His health
becoming impaired, he was obliged to give up his cherished
studies, much to his regret, and to discontinue his connection
with Columbia College.
About the year 1843 he engaged in business at West Sut-
ton, and after a few years spent in that village, he removed,
with his family, to Indianapolis. Subsequently he took
charge of Rev. Mr. Beecher's farm at Lenox, and in 1858 he
established a model school for boys in that place. He after-
ward had the supervision of Mr. Beecher's farm at Peeks-
kill, and remained there until after the breaking out of the
war of the rebellion. Soon after the organization of the
United States Sanitary Commission, he was appointed one
of its special relief agents, and continued in its employ until
the close of the war.
For the last ten years he has been largely engaged, in
connection with Mr. Olmstead and others, in laying out the
famous "Prospect Park " in Brooklyn, New York. Like all
the Bullards, he is a most indefatigable worker, and, as such,
commands the respect and confidence of all his business
associates and friends.
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In concluding this imperfect sketch, the writer will simply
add that he has endeavored, as far as possible, to so arrange
and condense the materials at his command, as to make them
reasonably interesting to the general reader. If he has
erred in judgment, by entering too minutely into genealogi-
cal details, or in laying too much stress upon some of the
more prominent features of the family history, he can only
plead, in excuse, his personal interest in the subject, and
ask the reader to bear in mind what has been well said by
another, that " in treasuring up the memorials of the fathers
we best manifest our regard for posterity."
BURBANK.
Caleb Burbank of Newbury, m. Peggy Wheeler. Ch. 1, Gershom, b. ;
2, Abigail; 3, Abijah, b. Mar. 26, 1736.
Abijah 2 (Caleb 1 ), m. Mary Spring of Weston, Sept. 4, 1760. Ch. 1, Caleb,
b. July 18, 1761; 2, Elijah, b. Dec. 18, 1762; 3, Henry, b. July 30, 1764; 4,
Abijah, b. Mar. 3, 1766; 5, Mary, b. Dec. 3, 1767; m. Samuel Goddard, Apr.
17, 1783; 6, Silas, b. Sept. 19, 1769; 7, John, b. June 11, 1771; 8, John, 9,
Anne, twins, b. Sept. 22, 1774; 10, Judith, b. Mar. 11, 1777; m. a Fay of
Royalston; 11, Isaac, b. Apr. 17, 1784.
Elijah 3 (Abijah 2 , Caleb 1 ), m. Betty Gibbs, Nov. 21, 1782. Ch. 1, Leonard,
b. Apr. 21, 1783; 2, Gardner, b. May 8, 1785; 3, Polly, b. June 17, 1787; d.
at the age of 18 ; 4, Betsey, b. Aug. 4, 1788 ; m. Dana A. Braman ; 5, Amelia,
m. Austin Denney, Esq. ; 6, Nancy, m. a Wesson.
Caleb Burbank, m. 1st, Lucy Waters, May 25, 1785; she d. in 1823; m. 2d,
Hannah, dau. of David Smith of Rutland.
He was made a Major-General in 1813. For further men-
tion of General Burbank, see chapter on manufacturing.
Daniel Burbank was brother of Caleb Burbank of New-
bury.
He m. Elizabeth . Ch. 1, Nathaniel, b. Mar. 12, 1746; 2, Daniel, b.
Mar. 12, 1747; 3, Abigail, b. Nov. 10, 1748; 4, Susanna, b. Jan. 18, 1750; 5,
Eleazur, b. Jan. 7, 1752; 6, Elizabeth, b. Sept. 24, 1753; 7, Lydia, b. Jan. 13,
1756; 8, Eleazur, b. Sept. 27, 1757; 9, Mehitable, b. Oct. 5, 1759; 10, Isaac, b.
Apr. 10, 1761; 11, John, b. Jan. 2, 1764.
BURDON.
John Burdon was born in England, about the year 1685,
in the city of Durham. His father's name was John, and he
had two brothers, Thomas and George. John was a tailor
by trade. In the year 1700 he was impressed on board a
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man-of-war, and was at the taking of Gibraltar in the year
1704. After leaving the ship he worked at his trade in
Durham, and there married. The maiden name of his wife
is not known ; her given name was Betty. By her he had
one child, who soon died, and shortly after, his wife also;
after which he went to sea and was engaged in the slave
trade. The ship upon which he was serving having brought
a cargo of slaves to Salem, in this country, he left the ship
and did not again rejoin it, but commenced business at Dan-
vers, where he married Abigail Moulton, by whom he had
one child, born August 8, 1726, who was named John.
When John was fifteen months old, he came to Sutton and
built a log house on the borders of Singletary lake, in which
he lived a few years, then built a house where Dea. Marble
now lives, and planted the old orchard. He left Sutton and
resided in Charlton a few years, where his wife died. He
then returned and worked at his trade in the house of Phin-
eas Putnam, where he died in February 1763, aged about
seventy-eight.
John 3 (John 2 , John 1 ), m. Hannah, dau. of Jona. Putney of Danvers. He
went to Athens in Vt. in 1778, and d. there in 1798. She d. there Sept. 1813 ?
aged 86. Ch. 1, John, 2, Hannah, twins, b. Sept. 3, 1747; 3, Eunice, b. Mar.'
19, 1751; 4, Nathaniel, b. Apr. 8, 1753; m. Susanna Sanders, Mar. 4, 1779; 5,
Jonathan, b. Nov. 13, 1761; d. May 8, 1817; 6, Jesse, b. June 4, 1765; m.
Mehitable Mclntyre.
John 4 (John 8 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Lucy Sibley, Oct. 19, 1767; d. Sept. 23,
1822. Ch. 1, Lucy, b. Mar. 28, 1768; m. Simeon Hathaway, June 7, 1793; 2,
Simon, b. Nov. 19, 1769; m. Margaret French, Feb. 27, 1787; 3, Lydia, b.
June 30, 1773; m. Gilbert Tewel, Feb. 21, 1797; 4, Judith, b. June 22, 1775;
m. Joel Batcheller; 5, Salome, b. May 9, 1777; m. Jeremiah Moffit; 6, Sal-
mon, b. June 4, 1779; d. May 15, 1865; 7, John, b. Mar. 12, 1782; m. Mary
Martin; 8, Prudence, b. Mar. 24, 1784; m. Absalom Forbes; 9, Rachel, b.
Mar. , 1787; m. John Burt, July 22, 1806.
Salmon 5 (John 4 , John 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Polly Taylor, Apr. 7, 1799; she
d. Jan. 25, 1876. Ch. 1, Amos, b. Sept. 29, 1799; 2, Sally, b. Mar. 28, 1802;
3, Mary, b. Jan. 4, 1805; d. Nov. 13, 1846; 4, Moses, b. Apr. 29, 1811; 5,
Lydia, b. Jan. 18, 1817; 6, Nancy, b. Oct. 9, 1820; 7, Martha, b. July 20, 1823;
d. Oct. 2, 1847.
Amos 6 (Salmon 5 , John 4 , John 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Lorinda Lackey, Aug.
12, 1830. Ch. 1, Ann Lorinda, b. June 19, 1832; m. Moses S. Johnson; 2,
Dorcas E., b. Apr. 12, 1837; 3, John, b. Oct. 22, 1840; m. Jennie Isham; 4,
Lucius L., b. May 25, 1847; m. Emma Taft; 5, Martha J., b. May 4, 1853.
Jonathan 4 (John 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Bilote Bartlett, Nov. 21, 1782. Ch.
1, Phila, b. May 22, 1783; 2, Betsey, b. Sept. 7, 1784; m. Abijah Putnam, May
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15, 1803; 3, Rufus, b. Mar. 7, 1786; 4, Aaron, b. Jan. 29, 1788; 5, Lyman, b.
Feb. 4, 1790; 6, Reuben, b. Apr. 29, 1793; 7, Sally Hadaway, b. May 7, 1796;
8, Roxa, b. Nov. 2, 1798 ; m. Jim Putnam.
Rufus 5 (Jonathan 4 , John 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Philana Putnam, Apr. 7, 1813.
Ch. 1, Mary Ann, b. Aug. 11, 1813.
Lyman 5 (Jonathan 4 , John 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Susan, dau. of Dea. Stone of
Oxford. Ch. 1, Abigail Taft, b. Apr. 26, 1816; 2, Jonathan, b. May 13, 1818;
3, Susan Maria, b. Nov. 19, 1823; 4, Frederick Augustine, b. Oct. 21, 1830.
John (ancestry cannot be traced), m Betsey ; she d. June 12, 1808.
Ch. 1, Renel Homer, b. Mar. 19, 1803; 2, Elizabeth Ann, b. Dec. 2, 1804; 3,
Merrick Brown, b. June 9, 1807.
BURNAP.
BY WILLIAM E. COLE.
Thomas Burnap and Sarah his wife emigrated, as is sup-
posed, from England to this country about the year 1650,
and settled with his brother Robert in the town of Reading.
He is the ancestor of the Sutton Burnaps.
Thomas 2 (Thomas 1 ), b. Jan. 17, 1664.
Ebenezer 3 (Thomas 2 , Thomas 1 ), born Apr. 16, 1689.
Ebenezer 4 (Ebenezer 3 , Thomas 2 , Thomas 1 ), b. June 10, 1723, m. Mary
Wyman, Sept. 28, 1749, who d. Oct. 25, 1793. He d. Apr. 12, 1804.
They came to Sutton about the year 1750. Ch. 1, Mary, b. Aug. 6, 1750 ; 2,
Sarah, b. Oct. 3, 1751 ; 3, Anna, b. Sept. 19, 1752 ; 4, Timothy, b. Dec. 25, 1753 ;
5, Ebenezer, b. Oct. 13, 1756; 6, Thomas, b. Jan. 19, 1758; 7, Abijah, b. Apr.
11, 1760; 8, John, b. Apr. 23, 1761; 9, Uzziah, b. Jan. 20, 1764; d. June 16,
1793; 10, Asa Wymans, b. June 2, 1768; 11, Hannah, b. Dec. 9, 1771.
Mary m. Joshua Waite of Sutton, now Millbury, son of William and Ruth
Waite, Sept. 19, 1776. Ch. 1, Sally, b. Aug. 3, 1777; 2, John, b. July 23,
1778; 3, Polly, b. Feb. 5, 1780; 4, Joshua, b. Aug. 26, 1781; 5, Amos, b. Feb.
4, 1783; 6, David, 7, Jonathan, twins, b. Aug. 20, 1784; 8, Josiah, b. June
18, 1786; 9, Rufus, b. Apr. 19, 1788; 10, Clarissa, b. May 3, 1792; 11, Lucina,
b. May 21, 1794.
Sarah, m. Jotham Men-lam of Oxford, who d. Aug. 22, 1798; m. second,
Colonel Samuel Denny of Leicester, Feb. 1809. Ch. 1, Sarah, b. June 16,
1778; 2, Ephraim, b. May 12, 1780; 3, Anna, b. Jan. 23, 1782; 4, Jotham,
b. Apr. 9, 1784; 5, Reuben, b. Dec. 31, 1785; 6, Lucy, b. Jan. 15, 1788; 7,
Abijah, b. May 25, 1790; 8, Silas, b. Feb. 5, 1792.
Timothy m. Bethiah Waite, dau. of William and Ruth Waite, who d. Feb. 13,
. He d. Oct. 2fl, 1828. Ch. 1, Mehetable, b. Oct. 8, 1781 ; 2, Polly, b. Nov.
6, 1783; 3, Timothy, b. June 10, 1786; 4, John, b. June 30, 1788; 5, Bethiah,
b. May 18, 1790; d. May 28, 1864; 6, Cyrus, b. Jan. 27, 1792; 7, Abijah, b.
Apr. 23, 1794; 8, Lucy, b. Apr. 27, 1796; d. May 31, 1796; 9, James, b. Apr.
26, 1797; 10, Lewis, b. July 15, 1799; 11, Elijah, b. July 26, 1801. Thomas
went to Vermont.
Abijah m. Hannah Towne. Ch. 1, Betsey, b. ; m. Whittemore,
and died when eighteen; 2, Nancy F. m. G. F. Wheeler; d. 1870; 3, Abijah
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Leonard, b. 1796; m. Sally Hobart, 1827. Ch. 1, Jerome, m. Sarah Hobart;
2, Mary Wyman, m. Benjamin Humes. John went to Vermont. Hannah m.
an Eddy and went to Maine.
Mehetable, daughter of Timothy and Bethiah, m. Mark Batchelor, Nov. 17,
1808. Ch. 1, Almira Wyman, b. Aug. 9, 1809; 2, Lucinda, b. Nov. 24, 1810;
3, Lucy, b. June 8, 1812; 4, Cyrus, b. Dec. 29, 1813; 5, Salmon, b. Sept. 20,
1815; 6, Mehetable Waite, b. July 24, 1817; 7, Horace, b. July 8, 1819; 8,
Mary Burnap, b. Sept 17, 1821 ; 9, Mark Judson, b. Aug. 29, 1825. Mark
Batchelor d. Dec. 4, 1847; Mehetable, his wife, d. June 5, 1865.
Polly, dau. of Timothy and Bethiah, m. Webster Cole, Dec. 5, 1805, d.
June 1, 1874. Ch. 1, Mary Burnap, b. at Alstead, N. H., Aug. 31, 1806; 2,
Albert, b. at Fitchburg, May 27, 1808; 3, Laura, b. at Fitchburg, Nov. 19,
1810; 4, Leonard, b. at Leominster, Sept. 19, 1812; 5, Nancy To wne, b. at
Millbury, Dec. 5, 1814; 6, William Eddy, b. at Sutton, May 27, 1817.
Timothy, son of Timothy and Bethiah, m. Dolly, dau. of Daniel Harback,
Apr. 15, 1815, d. June 28, 1874; he d. Apr. 17, 1858.
John, son of Timothy and Bethiah, m. Abigail Smith, who d. Mar. 17, 1859;
he d. Feb. 2, 1864. Ch. 1, John Smith, b. June 3, 1824; 2, Eliza Jane; 3,
Mary Fidelia.
Cyrus, son of Timothy and Bethiah, m. Eunice Harris, by whom he had one
dau., Mary, b. Oct. 7, 1821; d. May 25, 1842; m. 2d, Elizabeth Benner, who
d. Sept. 1, 1872. He d. Mar. 4, 1876.
Abijah, son of Timothy and Bethiah. m. Caroline Goddard. Ch. 1, Amy
Davenport; 2, Caroline Goddard; m. 2d, Rachel Howe. Ch. 3, Selinda
Warren; 4, Willard Abijah; m. 3d, Aurelia Childs. Ch. 5, Julia Childs.
James, son of Timothy and Bethiah, m. Ruth Powers, May 24, 1831 ; she
was b. in Croyden, Jan. 17, 1802 ; he d. May 10, 1869.
Lewis, son of Timothy and Bethiah, m. July 23, 1840, Matilda Conant, b.
in Dudley, July 22, 1801 ; d. Dec. 5, 1875 ; he d. Apr. 7, 1859.
Elijah, son of Timothy and Bethiah, m. Dency Waite, dau. of Lemuel and
Roxia Waite of West Brook, May 21, 1834; she was b. Dec. 21, 1798; d. May
17, 1871. Ch. 1, Lucy Maria, b. May 16, 1835; d. June 9, 1871; 2, Eliza
Ann, b. Aug. 29, 1836; 3, Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 26, 1839; d. Feb. 6, 1849.
Almira W., dau. of Mark and Mehitable Batchellor, m. Lewis K. Bacon,
Nov. 27, 1834.
Lucinda, dau. of Mark and M. Batcheller, m. Lebeus Fay, Nov. 12, 1834.
Lucy, dau. of Mark and M. B., m. Austin Chase, Sept. 21, 1837.
Cyrus, son of Mark and M. B., m. Harriet A. Smith, Apr. 13, 1856.
Mehetable W., dau. of Mark and M. B., m. Geo. Tucker, May 3, 1843.
Horace, son of Mark and M. B., m. Sophronia H. Hall, Oct. 6, 1846.
Mary B., dau. of Mark and M. B., m. Alexander Edwards, Feb. 23, 1848.
Mark J., son of Mark and M. B., in. Sarah H. King, Apr. 18, 1850.
John S., son of Timothy and Abigail, m. Nov. 24, 1853, Minerva Hall,
b. in Uxbridge, Apr. 5, 1829. Ch. 1, Jennie Abby, b. Dec. 4, 1857; 2, Geo.
Eaton, b. June 24, 1859; d. Jan. 22, 1864; 3, John Andrew, b. Jan. 28, 1863 ;
d. Feb. 5, 1864; 4, Sarah Elizabeth, b. Jan. 1, 1865; 5, Addie Minerva, b. Feb.
4, 1868; 6, Willard Edgar, b. Nov. 26, 1869.
William E., son of Webster Cole and Mary Burnap, m. Nov. 24, 1842, Susan
Henry, b. Feb. 16, 182L, d. Feb. 4, 1876. Ch. 1, Susan Henry, b. Mar. 10,
1844; m. Christopher C. Hall, Sept 1, 1868 Ch. (1) Ernest Boynton, b.
Sept 1, 1870; (2) Ray Merrill, b. May 16, 1875; 2, Mary Louisa, b. Nov. 3,
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1846; d. Sept. 20, 1847; 3, Frederick William, b. Sept. 12, 1851; d. May 4,
1853; 4, Clarence Augustus, 5, Clara Augusta, twins, b. Mar. 14, 1854; Clar-
ence d. Feb. 24, 1854; Clara d. Dec. 20, 1854.
BUXTON.
Enos Buxton m. Hannah . Ch. 1, Enos, b. July 24; 1752.
Enos Buxton 2 (Enos l ), m. Mary Dodge, Jan. 3, 1775 ; m. 2d, Mary Chase,
Mar. 14, 1798. Ch. 1, Mary, b. Sept. 5, 1777; 2, Enos, b. Jan. 17, 1780; 3,
John, b. Jan. 14, 1782; 4, Andrew, b. Mar. 4, 1784; 5, Simeon, b. Feb. 21,
1786; 6, Hannah, b. Dec. 2, 1788; 7, Sarah, b. Jan. 20, 1791 ; 8, Rufus, b. Dec.
28, 1794; 9, Deby, b. Nov. 30, 1798; 10, Anthony, b. Sept. 10, 1800; 11, Anna,
b. June 20, 1802.
Enos 3 (Enos 2 , Enos 1 ), m. Achsah Harris, Apr. 12, 1803. Ch. 1, Mary
Dodge, b. Sept. 3, 1803 ; 2, Linus, b. Sept. 16, 1805.
John 3 (Enos 2 , Enos 1 ), m. Fanny . Ch. 1, Caroline, b. Apr. 27, 1806;
2, Jonathan Howard, b. Mar. 4, 1810; 3, Simeon, b. Feb. 26, 1812; 4, Mary,
b. Aug. 14, 1814; 5, John, b. May 20, 1816.
Andrew 3 (Enos 2 , Enos 1 ), m. Susanna Chase, May 25, 1803. Ch. 1, Law-
son, b. Oct. 18, 1803.
Simeon 3 (Enos 2 , Enos 1 ), m. Rebecca . Ch. 1, Salem Phipps, b. Jan..
11, 1811.
Joseph Buxton, jr. (ancestry unknown), m. Lydia Rice, July 28, 1763.
Ch. 1, John, b. Feb. 9, 1764; 2, Lydia, b. Apr. 7, 1765; 3, Joseph, b. Jan. 6,
1767 ; 4, Elizabeth, b. May 3, 1775.
CAKPENTER.
William Carpenter, great-grandfather of Simeon Carpen-
ter of Sutton, came from Gloucester, England, and settled
in Attleboro. Among other children he had Noah.
Noah m. 1st, Sarah Johnson, Dec. 3, 1700 ; m. 2d, Ruth Follett, May 22,
1727. Ch. 1, Noah, b. Nov. 25, 1701; d. June 7, 1753; 2, William, b. Dec.
25, 1702; d. Mar. 1, 1726; 3, Sarah, b. Sept. 24, 1704; d. June 24, 1753; 4,
Stephen, b. July 23, 1706; 5, Asa, b. Mar. 10, 1708; burned to death, Apr. 12,
1733 ; 6, Mary, b. Jan. 24, 1710 ; m. John Alborsen ; d. July 22, 1753 ; 7, Mar-
garet, b. Mar. 30, 1712; m. Benj. Richardson; d. May 12, 1753; 8, Simon, b.
Nov. 13, 1713; d. Dec. 8, 1713; 9, Isaiah, b. Feb. 7, 1715; killed by fall of a
tree, Mar. 23, 1743; 10, Simon, b. Aug. 29, 1716; m. Sarah Sawyer; 11, Mar-
tha, b. May 25, 1719; 12, Elisha, b. Aug. 28, 1721; d. Aug. 2, 1789; 13, Amy,
b. Feb. 2, 1724; 14, Priscilla, b. May 1, 1728.
Elisha 3 (Noah 2 , William 1 ), m. Anne Whitaker, Mar. 15, 1744; she d. Feb.
23, 1804. Ch. 1, Elisha, b. Aug. 17, 1745; 2, Daniel, b. Jan. 1, 1747; m.
Chloe Lethbridge; 3, Zachariah, b. July , 1748; d. Sept. 9, 1752; 4, Isaiah,
b. Mar. 15, 1750; d. Dec. 20, 1752; 5, John, b. Nov. 4, 1751; d. Nov. 20, 1752;
6, Lydia, b. Sept. 30, 1753; m. Levi Fuller; 7, Molly, b. May 11, 1755; 8, Reu-
ben, b. Feb. 22, 1757; 9, Simeon, b. May 13, 1759; 10, Annie, b. Oct. 19, 1760;
d. Feb. 3, 1761 ; 11, Seth, b. Nov. 23, 1762.
Simeon* (Elisha 3 , Noah 2 , William 1 ), m. Sally Blanchard, Nov. 25, 1784,
Ch. 1, John, b. Dec. 6, 1785; 2, Sally, b. Oct. 7, 1787; 3, Rufus, b, Apr. 26,
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1790; d. Oct. 13, 1790; 4, Simon, b. Aug. 30, 1791 ; 5, David, b. Jan. 9, 1794; 6,
Blanchard, b. Aug. 23, 1796 ; d. Jan. 24, 1797 ; 7, Linda, 8, Leonard, twins,
b. Jan. 24, 1798; 9, Matilda, b. Oct. 1, 1800; 10, Prada, b. May 6, 1803; 11,
Tyler, b. Oct. 8, 1805.
Jobn 5 (Simeon 4 , Elisha 8 , Noah 2 , William 1 ), m. Abigail . Ch. 1,
Adams, b. Sept. 28, 1811; 2, Hosea, b. Apr. 3, 1815; 3, Sylvia, b. Jan. 14,
1821; 4, Newell, b. Jan. 25, 1823; 5, George, b. Mar. 31, 1829; 6, Mary, b.
Feb. 9, 1832.
Adams 6 (John 5 , Simeon 4 , Elisha 3 , Noah 2 , William 1 ), m. Mary S. Arnold,
Nov. 13, 1832. Ch. 1, John Adams, b. May 31, 1833; 2, Thomas S., b. Jan.
8,1838.
Tyler 5 (Simeon 4 , Elisha 3 , Noah 2 , William 1 ), m. Betsey Waters, May 22, 1832.
Ch. 1, Harriet Mary, b. Feb. 2, 1833 ; 2, George Waters, b. Oct. 3, 1834 ; 3,
Lewis Tyler, b. May 29, 1836; 4, July Nabby, b. Dec. 23, 1839; 5, Richard
Julius, b. June 15, 1841 ; 6, Zuritte Juline, b. Oct. 7, 1843.
Seth 4 (Elisha 3 , Noah 2 , William 1 ), m. Bridget Prime, Feb. 24, 1785. Ch. 1,
Nathaniel, b. July 27, 1786; 2, Nathan, b. May 25, 1788.
CARRIEL.
Samuel Carriel (ancestry unknown), m. Rebeckah . Ch. 1, Samuel
(probably); 2, Nathaniel, b. Jan. 23, 1724; 3, Abigail, b. Jan. 22, 1726; 4,
Sarah, b. June 25, 1728 ; 5, Joseph, 6, Mary, twins, b. Jan. 3, 1732 ; Joseph d.
Aug. 19, 1803; 7, Jonathan, b. May 28, 1734; 8, John, b. Apr. 13, 1736; 9, Han-
nah, b. July 10, 1738.
Samuel 2 (probably an older son of the above), m. Annah Eastey, May 4,
1742. Ch. 1, Annah, b. May 15, 1743; 2, Dorcas, b. June 30, 1745; 3, Ruth,
b. Aug. 20, 1747 ; 4, Samuel, b. June 20, 1750.
Samuel 3 (Samuel 2 , Samuel 1 ), m. Elizabeth Shumway of Oxford, Dec. 31,
1778. Ch. 1, Samuel, b. Aug. 15, 1781; 2, Timothy, b. Apr. 18, 1783; 3,
Ruth, b. Apr. 20, 1785; 4, Elijah, b. May 5, 1787; 5, Dorcas, b. May 25, 1789;
6, Annah, b. July 29, 1791.
Nathaniel 2 (Samuel 1 ), m. Jane Dwight, Oct. 11, 1752. Ch. 1, Peter, b.
Nov. 14, 1753; d. Dec. 10, 1754; 2, Anne, b. Dec. 16, 1755; 3, Jane, b. May
1, 1758; 4, Rachel, b. Aug. 15, 1760; 5, Timothy, b. Feb. 1, 1763; d. July 18,
1807; 6, Rebeckah, b. May 3, 1767; 7, Phebe, b. July 27, 1771.
Timothy 3 (Nathaniel 2 , Samuel 1 ), m. Polly Carriel, Nov. 12, 1789. Ch. 1,
Polly, b. ; 2, Betsey, b. Feb. 10, 1792; m. Stephen Cummings, May 21,
1818; 3, Nancy, b. Mar. 24, 1794; 4, Nathaniel, b. Aug. 28, 1800; 5, Jonathan,
b. Aug. 28, 1805.
Joseph 2 (Samuel 1 ), m. Judith Chase, Nov. 12, 1761. Ch. 1, Mary, b. Jan.
17, 1762; 2, Joseph, b. Dec. 10, i763; 3, Sarah, b. Jan. 31, 1766; 4, Lucy, b.
Mar. 7, 1768; 5, Follansbee, b. Nov. , 1770; m. Sarah Carriel, Aug. 11,
1789; d. Sept. 2, 1850; 6, Hannah, b. Mar. 31, 1773; 7, Deborah, b. Dec. 18,
1775; 8, Judith, b. Aug. 5, 1781; 9, Nancy, b. Sept. 5, 1785.
Jonathan 2 (Samuel 1 ), m. Elizabeth Greenwood, Nov. 25, 1756. Ch. 1,
Jonathan, b. Aug. 21, 1757; 2, Peter, b. Mar. 17, 1760; 3, David, 4, Eliza-
beth, twins, b. Sept. 28, 1764; 5, Huldah, b. Apr. 5, 1767; 6, Mary, b. June
20, 1769; 7, Lydia, b. Sept 26, 1770; 8, Sarah, b. Aug. 31, 1772; 9, Anne, b.
Sept. 9, 1774; 10, Nathan, b. Jan. 5, 1777.
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John 2 (Samuel 1 ), m. Tamar King, Dec. 12, 1765. Ch. 1, Hannah, b. June
29, 1768; 2, John, b. June 20, 1774; 3, Henry, b. Nov. 17, 1775; 4, Tamar
King, b. Nov. 3, 1781.
Daniel Carriel (ancestry unknown), m. Mary . Ch. 1, Mary, b. Feb.
18, 1729; 2, Daniel, b. Apr. 5, 1731; 3, Bartholomew, b. Apr. 6, 1734; m.
Rebeckah Harback, Aug. 11, 1768; 4, Elizabeth, b. May 27, 1737 ; 5, Nath-
aniel, b. July 25, 1739; 6, Abigail, b. Dec. 18, 1741; 7, Lydia, b. May 18,
1744; 8, Asa, b. Mar. 2, 1747.
Daniel 2 (Daniel 1 ), m. Betty Gould, Dec. 3, 1778. Ch. 1, Olive, b. Mar. 13,
1779; 2, Lucinda, b. Mar. 13, 1782; 3, Sally, b. Feb. 15, 1783.
Nathaniel 2 (Daniel 1 ), m. Deborah ; d. June 8, 1816. Ch. 1, Nabby,
b. Apr. 16, 1764; 2, Jeduthan, b. Aug. 20, 1765; killed] by falling from a
hay mow upon a pitch-fork, July 29, 1810 ; 3, Reuben, b. Jan. 5, 1767 ; 4,
Sarah, b. Jan. 25, 1770; 5, Deborah, b. June 28, 1772; 6, Oliver, b. Apr. 4,
1774; 7, Michachia, b. Dec. 18, 1778.
Jeduthan 3 (Nathaniel 2 , Daniel 1 ), m. first, Azubah ; m. second, Zer-
uiah . Ch. 1, Azubah, b. Nov. 11, 1798; 2, Hitty, b. May 2, 1801 ; 3,
Lucy, b. 17, 1803 ; 4, Ruf us Jacob, b. Feb. 24, 1809.
Aaron Carriel (ancestry unknown), m. Sally Woodbury, May 11, 1784.
Ch. 1, Sally, b. Oct. 2, 1784; 2, Dwight, b. Apr. 1, 1786; d. Dec. 6, 1789; 3,
Fanny, b. Dec. 10, 1789.
Nathaniel Carriel, jr., (ancestry unknown), m. Bridget Prime, Dec. 29,
1772. Ch. 1, Mary, b. Nov. 1, 1773; 2, Huldah, b. Feb. 23, 1776; m. Josiah
Dodge, May 24, 1796.
CARTER.
BY GARDNER HALL.
Rev. Thomas Carter was born in 1610, graduated at St.
John's College, Cambridge, in 1629 ; came from St. Albans,
Hertfordshire, in the "Planter" ; resided in Dedham, Water-
town and Woburn ; was settled over the church in the latter
place November 22, 1642, and remained its pastor until his
death. Johnson, in his " Wonder Working Providence,"
says he was a reverend, godly man ; apt to teach the whole-
some truths of Christ. He died September 5, 1684, and
his wife Mary died March 28, 1687. Tradition says he died
of small pox. I find in the "Genealogical Register" that
he claimed to have in his possession, and which he inherited
on his maternal side, the bible which belonged to the great
martyr, Rev. John Rogers, or one of the nine children who
witnessed and wept over his persecutions while he died and
was cremated at the stake, rather than renounce a great
principle which he conceived to be right ; for that, let him
live in history as an honor to his posterity and the world,
while his persecutors sink in the deep, stagnant pool of
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oblivion, or swelter in the ever seething caldron of eternal
disgrace. Then why not allow me a degree of conscious
pride, that an infinitesimal particle of his true blood, diluted
by marriage in its transmission through the various genera-
tions of more than three centuries, flows from the heart of
your feeble correspondent at every pulsation, while he writes
you this imperfect sketch ; for he is the first born son of
Cimene Carter, daughter of Joshua, son of Joshua, son of
Eleazar, son of Thomas, son of Rev. Thomas, who inherited
the sacred book. The children of Rev. Thomas and Mary
were :
1. Rev. Samuel, b. at Watertown, Aug. 8,1640; graduated at Harvard
College in^ieeO; m. 1672, Eunice, dau. of John Brooks, b. Oct. 10, 1655;
resided iii Woburn arid Greton, chosen minister of the church in the latter
place Oct. 1692, and d. in 1693. His widow m. John Kendall, and d. about
1730. 2. Judith, m. Oct. 14, 1660, Samuel Converse; m. second, May 2.
1672, Giles Fifield, and d. in 1676. 3. Theophilus, b. June 12, 1645; d. Feb.
15, 1649. 4. Mary, b. July 24, 1648. 5. Abigail, b. Jan. 10, 1649; m. John
Smith, May 7, 1674. 6. Deborah, b. Sept. 17, 1651. 7. Timothy, b. June
12, 1653, m. Anna Fisk. 8. Thomas, b. June 8, 1655.
Thomas 2 (Rev. Thomas 1 ), m. Margary Whitmore in 1682. Ch. 1, Mary,
b. Oct. 5, 1683; 2, Thomas, b. June 13, 1686; 3, Eleazar, b. Apr. 10, 1689; 4,
Daniel, b. Aug. 10, 1691, in. Sarah Center, Jan. 1, 1715; 5, Ebenezer, b. Sept.
24, 1695 ; m. Lydia Buttes, Apr. 15, 1719 ; 6, Ezra, b. June 22, 1701.
Eleazar 8 (Thomas 2 , Rev. Thomas 1 ), m. Eleanor . Ch. 1, Eleazar, b.
Aug. 29, 1713; 2, Jonathan, b. Feb. 17, 1715; 3, Joshua, b. June 25, 1716;
d. Dec. , 1716; 4, Joshua, b. July 16, 1719; 5, James, b. Mar. 12, 1724; 6,
Mary, b. Apr. 5, 1725 ; m. James Parmeriter.
Eleazar Carter died in Sudbury Oct. 3, 1758. His son
Joshua came to Sutton and bought land of Timothy Carter
in 1744 ; the deed says he was a tailor of Woburn. I learn
that Timothy Carter was from the same place, and presume
he was the son of Timothy, son of Rev. Thomas.
Joshua 4 (Eleazar 3 , Thomas 2 , Rev. 'ihbmas 1 ), m. first, Beulah Moore, a
sister of Major Moore, who was killed at Bunker Hill. She d. at Sutton ; m.
second, July 25, 1750, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Martha Herrick Lovell,
b. Sept. 23, 1726; m. third, Abigail Nichols, Nov. 19, 1777; he died in Sutton,
Apr. 17, 1782, in the sixty-fifth year of his age. Ch. 1, Joshua, b. Feb. 5,
1746; 2, Ephraim, b. Feb. 17, 1748; 3, Elizabeth, b. Apr. 1. 1751; d. unmar-
ried at forty-two ; 4, Joshua, b. May 28, 1759.
Joshua 5 ( Joshua 4 , Eleazar 3 , Thomas 2 , Rev. Thomas 1 ), was a soldier in the
revolution. He m. first, Rachel Putnam, dau. of Isaac and_ Rachel, son of
Isaac, son of Dea. Edward, son of Thomas, son of John; she d. Mar. 4, 1791,
aged 27; m. second, his first wife's sister, Sarah Putnam, Jan. 1, 1793.
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Rachel, widow of Isaac Putnam, d. at Becket, aged one hundred and four
years. Ch. 1, Salma, b. Feb. 7, 1787; 2, Cimene, b. Oct. 19, 1789; m.
Oliver Hall, , 1812; 3, Rufus, b. Feb. 24, 1791; 4, Jonathan, b. Apr. 4,
1794; d. Sept. 28, 1844; 5, Sally, b. Feb. 20, 1796; m. James Willard; d. sud-
denly at Paxton, 1834; 6, Aaron, b. Jan. 11, 1803; 7, Newman, b. Jan. 18.
1810.
Salma (Joshua 5 , Joshua 4 , Eleazar 8 , Thomas 2 , Rev. Thomas 1 ) m. Polly
Tainter, Apr. 22, 1813.
They had one son and five daughters. The son, Joel, was
one of the assessors in Millbuiy for several years, and was
also many times on the school committee. He went to
Woburn to find the missing link between Eleazar and the
Rev. Thomas Carter, so I am indebted to him for some of
the facts here presented. He has been twice married, but has
no children. His present wife was the Widow Paine
maiden name Drake. Her first husband enlisted in Pleasant
Valley, as one of Sutton's quota, to help put down the
rebellion ; he left one son and several daughters. They now
reside in Upton.
Capt. Rufus 6 (Joshua 5 , Joshua 4 , Eleazar 3 , Thomas 2 , Rev. Thomas 1 ), m.
Hannah Hall, Dec. 13, 1819.
He was a millwright by trade, and built a brick house on
the old homestead, where he died May 2, 1823. They had
four children: Mary, born September 18, 1820; Harriet
and Hannah, born November 28, 1821 ; Rufus, born Nov.
24, 1823. He married Sarah Ward, whose mother was a
Thurston, sister of D. T. Thurston, the late town clerk of
Sutton. They have had six sous and five daughters. Mr.
Carter has been town collector and one of the selectmen
of Millbury for several years, and is a man of fine personal
appearance and real worth.
CHAMBERLAIN.
We find upon the records the names of Thomas, Joseph,
Jacob and Simeon Chamberlain, the ancestry and relation of
whom cannot be ascertained.
Thomas m. Lois . Ch. 1, Joseph, b. May 29, 1743; 2, Hannah, b.
May 12, 1745.
Joseph m. Hannah -. Ch. 1, Hannah, b. Mar. 24, 1741; 2, Joseph, b.
Aug. 22, 1743; 3, Mary, b. Aug. 13, 1744; 4, Abigail, b. Dec. 26, 1746; m.
620 FAMILIES OF THE
Elisha Putnam, Apr. 2, 1765; 5, Aaron, b. Apr. 28, 1*749; 6, Rebeckah, b.
June 17, 1751; 7, Sarah, b. Aug. 28, 1753; 8, Benjamin, b. Sept. 3, 1754.
Jacob m. Lydia Buck, Mar. 18, 1784. Ch. 1, Nahum Willard, b. Jan. 13,
1785; d. May 31, 1869; 2, Nancy, b. Oct. 15, 1786; m. John Park, July 9,
1812; 3, Tyler, b. May 31, 1788; 4, Betty, b. Sept. 14, 1790; d. Oct. 28, 1791:
5, Jacob, b. Sept. 18, 1792; 6, Sally, b. Apr. 13, 1795.
Nahum W. 2 (Jacob 1 ), m. Lois Leland, May 12, 1814; she d. Aug. 1, 1864.
Ch. 1, Horace N., b. Aug. , 1820.
Horace N. 3 (Nahum W. 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. E. A. Mansfield, Sept. 27, 1855.
Ch. 1, William E., b. June 18, 1859; 2, Minnie, b. May 17, 1862.
Simeon m. Hannah Wheeler, June 26, 1759. Ch. 1, Simeon, b. Mar. 6,
1762; 2, John, 3, Abigail, twins, b. June 28, 1765.
CHASE .
Aquila Chase, ancestor of the Chases in this country, is
referred to in Coffin's History of Newbury as " Mariner from
Cornwall, England." He was in Hampton in 1640, and in
Newbury in 1646, when four acres of land were granted him
for a house lot, and six acres of marsh *' on condition that he
do go to sea and do service in the Towne with a boat for
foure years." In September 1646, it appears from the county
records that Aquila Chase, his wife, and David Wheeler, his
wife's brother, were presented and fined "for gathering
pease on the Sabbath." The court ordered them to be
admonished and their fines remitted.
Aquila Chase m. Anna Wheeler of Hampton, dau. of John Wheeler, who
came from Salisbury, Eng. He d. Dec. 27, 1670, aged 52. Ch. 1, Sarah, b.
; m. May 15, 1666, Curmac, alias Charles Annis, b. in Ireland, 1638; 2,
Anna, b. July 6, 1647; m. Apr. 28, 1671, Thomas Barber; 3, Priscilla, b. Mar.
14, 1649; m. Feb. 10, 1671, Abel Merrill; 4, Mary, b. Feb. 3, 1651; m. Mar. 9,
1670, Jona. Stevens ; 5, Aquila, b. Sept. 26, 1652 ; m. . Ch. [1] Esther,
b. Nov. 18, 1674; [2] Joseph, b. Mar. 25, 1677; [3] Priscilla, b. Oct. 15, 1681.
Joseph, m. Abigail Thurston, Nov. 8, 1699. 6, Thomas, b. July 25, 1654; m.
Nov. 22, 1677, Rebeckah Follansbee. Ch. [1] Thomas, b. Sept 15, 1680; [2]
Jonathan, b. Jan. 13, 1683 ; [3] James, b. Sept. 15, 1685 ; [4] Aquila, b. July
15, 1688; [5] Ruth, b. Feb. 28, 1691; [6] Mary, b. Jan. 15, 1695; [7] Rebeckah,
b. Apr. 26, 1700; 7, John, b. Nov. 2, 1655; m. May 23, 1677, Elizabeth Bing-
ley. Ch. [1] William, b. Jan. 13, 1679; [2] Philip, b. Sept. 23, 1688; d. July
11, 1764; 8, Elizabeth, b. Sept. 13, 1657; 9, Ruth, b. Mar. 18, 1660; d. May
30, 1676; 10, Daniel, b. Dec. 9, 1661; m. May 25, 1683, Martha Kimball.
Ch. [1] Martha, b. Aug. 18, 1684; [2] Sarah, b. July 18, 1688; [3] Dorothy,
b. Jan. 24, 1689; [4] Isaac, b. Jan. 19, 1691; [5] Lydia, b. , 1693; [6]
Mehitable, b. Jan. 19, 1695; [7] Judith, b. Feb. 14, 1697; [81 Abner, b. Oct.
15, 1699; [9] Daniel, b. Oct. 15, 1702; 11, Moses, b. Dec. 24, 1663; m. Nov.
10, 1684, Ann Follansbee. Ch. [1] Moses, [2] Daniel, twins, b. Sept. 20,
1685; [3] Moses, 2d, b. Jan. 20, 1688; [4] Samuel, b. May 13, 1690; [5] Eliza-
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beth, b. Sept. 25, 1693; [6] Stephen, b. Aug, 29, 1696; [7] Hannah, b. Sept.
13, 1699; [8] Joseph, b. Sept. 9, 1703; [9] Benoni, b. , , probably.
Anna Chase, wid. of Aquila, m. Daniel Mussiloway the name now Silo-
way alias Roger Waldron, an Irishman. He was 27, she about 52. She d.
Apr. 21, 1687.
Daniel 3 [Moses 2 , Aquila 1 ], m. Sarah, dau. of Geo. March.
The exact date of his coming to Sutton can not be ascer-
tained. March 26, 1733, Mr. Chase's corn mill is mentioned
in the town records. According to Dea. Leland, Daniel
Chase built the first corn mill at Pleasant Falls ; hence his
name, " Miller Chase." He and his wife Sarah were admit-
ted to the church in 1736, by letter from the church in
Littleton. In 1751 he and his wife were among the " separ-
atists."
Ch. 1, Samuel, b. Sept. 28, 1707; m. Mary Dudley; 2, Daniel, jr., b. Sept.
18, 1709; d. , 1799; 3, Joshua, b. Nov. 9, 1711; 4, Ann, b. Nov. 13, 1713;
m. May 25, 1736, David Lilley; 5, Sarah, b. Apr. 22, 1716; 6, Nehemiah, b.
June 27, 1718; d. unmarried; 7. Judith, b. Sept. 7, 1720; m. Sept. 15, 1737,
Thomas Hall; 8, Caleb, b. Nov. 29, 1722; d. Oct. 2, 1808; 9, Moody, b. Sept.
3, 1723; m. Jan. 17, 1749, Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan Hale; 10, Moses, b.
Mar. , 1726; m. Hannah, dau. of Jonas Brown, sen.
Samuel 4 [Daniel 3 , Moses 2 , Aquila 1 ], m. Mary, dau. of Samuel Dudley, Esq.
Ch. 1, Samuel, b. Nov. 28, 1728; m. Silence Stow of Grafton, May 29, 1751 ;
removed with his father to Cornish; 2, Dudley, b. Aug. 29, 1730; 3, Jonathan,
b. Dec. 6, 1732; 4, Elizabeth, b. Nov. 23, 1735; 5, March, b. June 21, 1738; d.
Sept. 26, 1822; 6, Mary, 7, Sarah, twins, b. July 2, 1740; Mary d. young;
Sarah m. Mar. 9, 1758, Ebenezer Rawson; 8, Mary 2d, b. Feb. 25, 1744; m. a
Bellows of Walpole, N. H. ; 9, Abigail, b. July 15, 1753.
Dudley 5 [Samuel 4 , Daniel 3 , Moses 2 , Aquila 1 ], m. Alice Corbett of Mendon,
Aug. 23, 1753. Ch. 1, Mercy, b. Apr. 6, 1755; 2, Lois, b. Aug. 16, 1756; 3,
Simeon, b. June 14, 1758; 4, Abigail, b. Nov. 9, 1759; 5, Salmon, b. July 14,
1761; a lawyer in Portland, Me. ; 6, Ithamar, b. Sept. 27, 1762; 7, Baruch, b.
Apr. 8, 1764 Captain, Lawyer, Judge; 8, Alice; 9, Sarah; 10, Corbett; 11,
Heber; 12, Dudley, a Lawyer, U. S. Senator; d. 1846; 13, Rachel; 14, Philan-
der, b. Dec. 14, 1775, at Cornish; a Bishop in the Episcopal church.
A part of the above were born in Sutton, the others in
Cornish, New Hampshire. Dudley, father of the above,
resided in Sutton about ten years. Dr. Hall says, August
21, 1768, Dudley Chase dismissed to church in Cornish.
He was probably an early settler of Cornish. Bishop Chase
says the first.
Jonathan, brother of Dudley, m. 1st, Thankful Sherman of Grafton, Nov.
28, 1759; m. 2d, Sarah, dau. of Rev. David Hall, D. D.
March, brother of Dudley and Jonathan, m. 1st, Beulah Coye, Oct. 10, 1759 ;
she d. May 7, 1795; m. 2d, Mary Dodge, dau. of Richard; no children.
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Deacon Leland says of Samuel Chase, the ancestor of this
family, that he "was one of the most enterprising inhabit-
ants of the Town. His name is first found in ye Records,
as one of 'ye Selectmen,' in 1741. His original settlement
in Sutton seems to have been on a part of his father's farm,
and that he owned one-half of a saw-mill, dam, privilege of
ye water, etc. This undoubtedly was the farm, mill and
privileges at Pleasant Falls.
"In December 1740, for one hundred pounds current money,
Francis Dudley, Perez Rice, Samuel Barton, Samuel Chase
and Benjamin Morse, purchased of Benjamin Gowing, five-
sixths part of five acres of land in Sutton, on half-way
river, with ye privilege of ye river, for building dams and
flowing, as they shall see fit. This undoubtedly was ye
water privilege at the Armory village in Millbury, and its
first occupancy. It is not probable that many of these pur-
chasers retained their share for a long time. Samuel Chase
seems to have been an active member of the company, prob-
ably the principal one.
" In November 1742, he had a house on ye purchase and
made an additional purchase of three acres in his own name.
It seems that ye first manufacturing establishment in opera-
tion here, was that of an iron refinery, which is first men-
tioned about this time.
"In July 1744, Jonathan Hazeltine, Esq., of Upton, was a
prominent partner in the establishment. He resided in
Sutton during several years, and became a leading proprietor
of the township of Townsend in Vermont. He subsequently
moved to that place with his family, where he died. Sam-
uel Chase continued in Sutton till the close of the war with
France.
"Probably about 1776 or '77 he, with most of his family,
removed to ye flourishing town of Cornish, on the Connect-
icut river, of which town ye Chase families were almost
exclusive proprietors. He was commissioned as a Magis-
trate and was Judge of ye Court for ye County of Cheshire.
He buried his wife, Mary Dudley, a very respectable woman,
married a second wife, and died at a very advanced age."
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Daniel 4 [Daniel 3 , Moses 2 , Aquila 1 ], m. 1st, Hannah Tuttle of Littleton; m.
2d, Martha Fletcher of Grafton, Jan. 24, 1782. Ch. 1, Hannah, b. Oct. 15,
1733; d. Dec. 11, 1733; 2, Paul, b. Mar. 13, 1735; d. , 1789; 3, Hannah,
b. Jan. 11, 1737; m. July 3, 1759, Eliakim Garfield of Leicester; 4, Lucy, b.
Jan. 30, 1739; m. Nov. 15, 1764, Benj. Garfield of Leicester; 5, Annie, 6,
Judith, twins, b. May 1, 1741 ; Annie d. Nov. 1, 1745.
Paul 5 [Daniel 4 , Daniel 3 , Moses 2 , Aquila 1 ], m. Lucy Richardson, Apr. 17,
1759. Ch. 1, Joshua, b. Nov. 26, 1760; 2, Thaddeus, b. Feb. 10, 1763; 3,
Lucy, b. May 18, 1766; m. Daniel Greenwood, jr.
Joshua 6 [Paul 5 , Daniel 4 , Daniel 3 , Moses 2 , Aquila 1 ], m. Lydia Prentice, Aug.
23, 1787. Ch. 1, Nancy, b. Feb. 15, 1788; 2, Paul Cushiog, b. Mar. 6, 1790;
3, Betty, b. Feb. 22, 1792; 4, Hannah Prentice, b. Mar. 27, 1795.
Thaddeus 6 [Paul 5 , Daniel 4 , Daniel 8 , Moses 2 , Aquila 1 1, in. Persis Marble,
Oct. 4, 1787. Ch. 1, Polly, b. Jail. 25, 1791; 2, Charles, b. Sept. 17, 1793.
Caleb 4 [Daniel 3 , Moses 2 , Aquila 1 ], m. Sarah Prince; she d. Feb. 15, 1803.
Ch. 1, Phoebe, b. Apr. 7, 1747; 2, Mary, b. Sept. 2, 1748; 3, Nehemiah, b.
Feb. 8, 1751; d. Oct. 5, 1808; 4, David Prince, b. Jan. 15, 1753; 5, Caleb, b.
Mar. 19, 1755; 6, Joseph, b. Mar. 13, 1757; 7, Sarah, b. May 1, 1759; 8, John,
b. Mar. 2, 1761; 9, Stephen, b. Apr. 26, 1763; 10, Moses, b. Nov. 1, 1765; 11,
Daniel, b. Jan. 9, 1768; 12, Israel, b. Mar. 21, 1770; 13, Rachel, b. Oct. 18,
1772; m. David Dudley, 3d, Nov. 6, 1791.
Nehemiah 5 [Caleb 4 , Daniel 3 , Moses 2 , Aquila 1 ], m. Vashti Batcheller, Dec.
17, 1778. Ch. 1, Abner; m. Sukey Marble, June 4, 1809; 2, Caleb; d. 1848;
3, Sarah; m. Simeon Woodbery, Oct. 7, 1799; 4, Laviua; in. Capt. Nathaniel
Sibley, Aug. 15, 1801; 5, Abraham; d. Oct. 29, 1857; 6, Nehemiah; 7, Vashti;
m. Jerah Stone, Dec. 1, 1814.
Caleb 6 [Nehemiah 5 , Caleb 4 , Daniel 3 , Moses 2 , Aquila 1 ], m. Fannie Harris,
Dec. 27, 1806; m. 2d, Almira H. Grover, Sept. 1, 1840. Ch. 1, Emily, b.
Feb. 21, 1807; m. Nathan Garfield, Dec. 19, 1825; 2, Malinda, b. Sept. 23,
1810; m. Hymen Barber, Sept. 2, 1833; 3, Amanda, b. Nov. 27, 1812 ; m.
Silas E. Chase, June 12, 1833; 4, Serena, b. Apr. 4, 1815; m. Surnner Pratt,
May 19, 1836; 5, Fanny L., b. July 24, 1817; m. Charles H. Town, May 2,
1838; 6, Vashti A., b. Nov. 30, 1819; m. Leroy Litchfield, May 15, 1839; 7,
Achsah A., b. Apr. 13, 1822; 8, Caleb Harris, b. Mar. 26, 1824; 9, Abner
Hiram, b. Nov. 25, 1829.
Abraham 6 [Nehemiah 5 , Caleb 4 , Daniel 3 , Moses 2 , Aquila 1 ], m. Mary Dudley,
Nov. 20, 1814. Ch. 1, Abraham Dudley, b. Feb. 24, 1817; 2, Nehemiah
Bradlee, b. Feb. 26, 1821; 3, Mary Louisa, b. Nov. 7, 1825; m. Ransom C.
Taylor, June 18, 1851; 4, Levi Lincoln, b. Feb. 6, 1827; m. Mary Higgins; 5,
Lydia Sophia, b. Jan. 2, 1832 ; d. Aug. 5, 1850.
Abraham Dudley 7 [Abraham 6 , Nehemiah 5 , Caleb 4 , Daniel 8 , Moses 2 , Aquila 1 ] ,
m. Sophia D. Griggs, June 3, 1845. Ch. 1, Benjamin D., b. Nov. 12, 1846;
2, Henry N., b. June 6, 1848; 3, Albert B., b. Aug. 12, 1851; 4, Mary E., b.
Nov. 17, 1853; 5, Sophia N., b. Jan. 29, 1857.
Nehemiah Bradlee 7 [Abraham 6 , Nehemiah 5 , Caleb 4 , Daniel 8 , Moses 2 ,
Aquila 1 ], m. 1st, Nancy S. Whiting, Feb. 24, 1845; m. 2d, Harriet L. S. Harris,
Sept. 25, 1874. Ch. 1, Walter B., b. Jan. 5, 1846; 2, S. Jane, b. Mar. 31,
1848; 3, Hattie Harris, b. Oct. 25, 1875.
Nehemiah 6 ]Nehemiah 5 , Caleb 4 , Daniel 8 , Moses 2 , Aquila 1 ], m. June 1, 1820,
Sally Bond. Ch. 1, William Cyrus, b, June 12, 1826,
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William C. 7 [Nehemiah 6 , Nehemiah 5 , Caleb 4 , Daniel 8 , Moses-, Aquila 1 ], m.
Feb. 21, 1849, Catherine A. White. Ch. 1, Kate Louise, b. Oct. 6, 1856.
David Prince 5 [Caleb 4 , Daniel 3 , Moses 2 , Aquila 1 ], m. Sarah Greenwood,
Dec. 2, 1777. Ch. 1, David, b. Oct. 10, 1778; 2, Silas, b. Dec. 10, 1783; 3,
John, b. July 13, 1788.
Moses 5 [Caleb 4 , Daniel 3 , Moses 2 , Aquila 1 ], m. Betty Brown, Oct. 8, 1789.
Ch. 1, Sanford, b. Jan. 31, 1791 ; 2, Leonard, b. Jan. 17, 1796; 3, Betsey, b.
July 23, 1802.
Moses 4 [Daniel 3 , Moses 2 , Aquila 1 ], m. Hannah Brown, Apr. 15, 1752. Ch.
1, Daniel, b. Mar, 23, 1753 ; 2, John, b. Oct. 4, 1755 ; 3, Hannah, b. Feb. 7,
1758; 4, Amos, b. May 19, 1760; 5, Nahum, b. Oct. 9, 1762; 6, Judith, b. Nov.
26, 1764.
Philip 8 [John 2 , Aquila 1 ], m. Mary Follansbee, Apr. 17, 1712; she d. Dec. 1,
1786. Ch. 1, Abigail, b. Oct. 5, 1714; m. May 18, 1732, John Gibbs; 2,
Miriam, b. Aug. 31, 1716; m. Daniel Stockwell; 3, Anne, b. Sept. 28, 1719;
m. 1st, Nath'l Stockwell ; m. 2d, Jona. Putnam, Nov. 3, 1743 ; 4, Elizabeth,
b. July 3, 1720; m. Mar. 14, 1739, Jas. Sibley; 5, Lydia, b. Aug. 12, 1722; m.
1st, Mar. 3, 1742, Elisha Putnam ; m. 2d, May 26, 1762, John Daniels ; 6,
Follansbee, b. Sept. 29, 1724; d. Mar. 14, 1799; 7, Francis, b. ; m. Mary
Perkins, June 12, 1760; 8, Judith, b. ; m. Nov. 12, 1761, Joseph Carriel.
The exact date upon which he came to Sutton cannot be
ascertained. That he was an early settler appears from the
fact that one hundred acres of land were laid out for him by
the proprietors of Sutton, October 22, 1722, and fifty acres
November 22, 1725. It also appears from the proprietors'
records that previously to 1726 he purchased of David Bald-
win more than two hundred acres of land. In 1727 he sells
sixty-four acres of land in Sutton to Jonathan Allen of Sud-
bury. September 15, 1731, E. Johnson, innholder of
Sutton, sells to Philip Chase of Mendon, iunholder, his
farm in Suttou, for 1,100 current money. He probably
settled in the town about this time, as the records show that
in February 1732, he received pay for work done on high-
ways in 1731. January 25, 1732, a town meeting was held
at his house. He died July 11, 1764.
Follansbee 4 [Philip 8 , John 2 , Aquila 1 ], m. Hannah Marsh, Jan. 2, 1750; she
d. Sept. 21, 1769; m. 2d, Mrs. Deborah Taft of Mendon, Apr. 13, 1773. Ch.
1, Follansbee, b. Feb. 28, 1751; 2, Hannah, b. Apr. 12, 1752; m. May 11, 1775,
Lazarus Le Baron ; she d. Feb. 6, 1776; 3, Mary, b. Dec. 22, 1754; m. Laza-
rus Le Baron; 4, Reuben, b. Feb. 24, 1757; d. Aug. 27, 1787; 5, Thomas, b.
Mar. 7, 1759 ; 6, Thomas Follansbee, b. Feb. 16, 1760.
Reuben 5 [Follansbee 4 , Philip 3 , John 2 , Aquila 1 ], m. Mary Taft. May 27, 1784.
Ch. 1, Susanna, b. Oct. 12, 1784; 2, Reuben Follansbee, b. July 10, 1787; d.
Dec. 18, 1859,
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Keuben Follansbee 6 (Reuben 5 , Follansbee 4 , Philip 3 , Johu 2 , Aquila 1 ), m.
Satira Walker, Feb. 4, 1819; she d. Sept. 20, 1844. Ch. 1, Catherine, b.
Feb. 15, 1820.
Thomas Follansbee 5 (Follansbee 4 , Philip 3 , John 2 , Aquila 1 ), m. Huldah Cum-
'mings, Nov. 16, 1781. Ch. 1, Gardner, b. Apr. 1, 1782; 2, Polly, b. Nov. 8,
1783; 3, Hannah, b. Apr. 10, 1785; 4, Debby, b. June 9, 1790; 5, John, b.
Mar. 8, 1792; 6, Zipporah, b. Jan. 8, 1795; 7, Free, b. May 1, 1798; 8, Mehit-
able, b. Mar. 16, 1800.
Thomas Follansbee Chase removed to Paris, Me.
Francis 4 (Philip 3 , John 2 , Aquila 1 ), m. Mary Perkins, June 12, 1760. Ch,
1, David, b. Mar. 10, 1761; 2, Elizabeth, b. Sept. 28, 1762; 3, Mary, b. Feb.
23, 1764.
Francis Chase removed to Royalston.
Isaac 3 (Daniel-, Aquila 1 ), m. Hannah Barry; m. second, Hannah Tenney,
of Upton, Nov. 3, 1772. Ch. 1, Ambrose, b. Dec. 2, 1713; d. Aug. 4, 1799;
2, Daniel, b. Mar. 5, 1716; m. Feb. 17, 1742, Margaret Lawson; 3, Timothy,
b. Jan. 12, 1719; m. Leah Bobbins; 7, Henry, b. Mar. 2, 1722; 5, Abigail, b.
Mar. 6, 1725 ; m. Daniel Owen ; d. aged one hundred and two ; 6, Hannah, b.
; m. Joshua Kuapp.
According to Deacon Leland, it was always a tradition in
the family that Isaac Chase purchased his land of the Indians
six hundred acres for forty shillings and a bonus of one
gallon of rum. Isaac Chase's name first occurs on the
records, on the admission of his wife to the church during
7 O
the period of Mr. McKinstry's ministry, which closed Sept.
1728. It is next found on the record of a church meeting,
October 4, 1728, when Jonathan W hippie was chosen "to
set ye psalm, and Isaac Chase to set it in his absence."
Ambrose 4 (Isaac 3 , Daniel 2 , Aquila 1 ), m. Thankful Robbins, July 25, 1734.
Ch. 1, Mary ; m. Nathan Rawson of Uxbridge, grandson of Secretary Raw-
son; 2, Thankful; 3, Isaac; m. Betty Yates, Oct. 1, 1772; 4, Lydia; 5, Solo-
mon, b. Nov. 30, 1744; 6, Hannah, b. June 13, 1748; m. Simon, son of Daniel
Chase; 7, Abel, b. Aug. 9, 1750; 8, Eddy, b. Aug. 29, 1753.
Abel 5 (Ambrose 4 , Isaac 3 , Daniel 2 , Aquila 1 ), m. Elizabeth Elliot, Nov. 30;
1768; she d. Dec. 2, 1818. Ch. 1, Lydia, b. May 29, 1770; 2, Hannah, b.
Jan. 2, 1772; 3, Abel, b. Nov. 2, 1773; 4, James, b. July 24, 1776; 5, Ambrose,
b. July 18, 1778; 6, Bradford, b. July 21, 1783; 7, Isaac, b. July 3, 1785; 8,
Jonathan, b. July 10, 1787; 9, Matilda, b. Oct. 27, 1789; 10, Thankful, b.
Dec. 12, 1791 ; 11, Manchester, b. July 2, 1798.
Abel 6 (Abel 5 , Ambrose 4 , Isaac 3 , Daniel 2 , Aquila 1 ), m. Lydia Aldrich, Jan.
23, 1794. Ch. 1, Sena, b. July 26, 1794; 2, Alvah, b. Apr. 16,1796; 3,
Ichabod, b. Jan. 21, 1798.
Ambrose 6 (Abel 5 , Ambrose 4 , Isaac 3 , Daniel 2 , Aquila 1 ), m. Sally . Ch.
1, Charlotte, b.Dec. 27, 1798; m. Jan. 1, 1818, Ephraim Wheeler ; 2, Ambrose,
b. Mar. 28, 1801; m. May 9, 1822, Lydia Woodbury; 3, Isaac, b. Feb, 12,
1803,
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626 FAMILIES OF THE
Abel* (Thomas 8 , Thomas 2 , Aquila 1 ), m. ; m. second, Sarah . He
and his first wife were admitted to the church Feb. 15, 1730. His second
wife, Sarah, was admitted to the church Feb. 11, 1731. Ch. 1, Abel, b.
Sept. 11, 1732; 2, Sarah, b. June 15, 1735; d. Aug. 7, 1761; 3, Emma, b. Oct.
11, 1737; d. Sept. 10, 1761; 4, Martha, b. Nov. 7, 1739; m. Francis Stone,
Sept. 11, 1760; 5, Mary, b. Mar. 15, 1742; m. Oct. 24, 1771, Ebenezer Sibley;
6, Betty, b. June 4, 1744; m. David Bancroft, July 6, 1780; 7, Thomas, b.
Mar. 13, 1746; 8, David, b. Sept. 28, 1748; 9, Ruth, b. Apr. 9, 1751; m. June
23, 1774, Anthony Sigourney; 10, Jonathan, b. Aug. 25, 1753; d. Sept. 11,
1761; 11, Moses, b. Oct. 24, 1755.
Abel 5 (Abel 4 , Thomas 8 , Thomas 2 , Aquila 1 ), m. first, Judith Gale, Jan. 3,
1754. Ch. 1, Abel, b. Oct. 29, 1754; 2, Isaac, b. June 26, 1756; d. Sept. 8,
1759; 3, Judith, b. Mar. 19, 1758; d. Sept. 28, 1759; 4, Judith, b. Mar. 27,
1760; 5, Isaac, b. Sept. 12, 1761; m. Sarah Bond, Jan. 8, 1789; 6, Sarah, b.
Jan. 15, 1763; 7, Emma, b. Nov. 23, 1764; 8, Anne, b. Sept. 7,1766; 9,
Persis, b. Mar. 22, 1768; 10, Jonathan, b. Feb. 26, 1770.
Abel 6 (Abel 5 , Abel 4 , Thomas 8 , Thomas 2 , Aquila 1 ), m. Hannah Bond, Sept.
24, 1779. Ch. 1, Hannah, b. July 9, 1780; 2, Jonas, b. Jan. 2,1782; 3,
Jonas, b. Aug. 20, 1783; 4, Silence, b. Dec. 8, 1785; 5, Hitte, b. Sept. 15,
1788; 6, Abel, b. Aug. 6, 1791; 7, Polly, b. July 4, 1793.
Jonas 7 (Abel 6 , Abel 5 , Abel 4 , Thomas 8 , Thomas 2 , Aquila 1 ), in. Leviua .
Ch. 1, Jonathan, b. Sept. 7, 1806; 2, Ira, b. Oct. 15, 1808; 3, Leonard, b.
Aug. 12, 1810.
Thomas 5 (Abel 4 , Thomas 8 , Thomas 2 , Aquila 1 ), m. Deborah Killum, Feb.
20, 1766. Ch. 1, William Witt, b. Dec. 18, 1766; d. Oct. 28, 1788; 2, Sarah,
3, Mary, twins, b. Mar. 7, 1769; 4, Abigail, b. May 13, 1771: 5, Deborah, b.
Oct. 13, 1773; d. Oct. 30, 1788; 6, Persis, b. Mar. 7, 1776; 7, Emrne, b. Feb.
4, 1779; 8, Jonathan, b. June 23, 1781; d. Nov. 26, 1788; 9, Calvin, b. Jan.
6, 1784; 10, Patty, b. May 9, 1787.
David 5 (Abel 4 , Thomas 8 , Thomas 2 , Aquila 1 ), m. Judith Holman, Apr. 28,
1774. Ch. 1, David, b. Jan. 7, 1778; m. Hitty Gale, May 25, 1800; 2, Ruth,
b. Jan. 31, 1780; 3, Judith, b. Jan. 26, 1782; m. Aaron Holman, Nov. 29,
1804; 4, Eber, b. Mar. 10, 1784; 5, Sally, b. Dec. 18, 1786; 6, Polly, b. May
26, 1788; 7, Abel, b. June 20, 1790.
Moses 5 (Abel 4 , Thomas 8 , Thomas 2 , Aquila 1 ), m. Mary Killiain, Nov. 24,
1778. Ch. 1, Sally, b. Dec. 5, 1779; 2, Abel, b. Mar. 30, 1782; 3, Betty, b.
June 5, 1784; 4, Bricket, b. Oct. 26, 1786; 5, Silas, b. July 26, 1788; 6,
Miranda, b. Nov. 19, 1789; m. June 20, 1820, Capt. Nathaniel Sibley.
Seth 4 (Moses 3 , Moses 2 , Aquila 1 ), m. first, Elizabeth Bartlett, who d. July
22, 1787; m. second, Mar. 17, 1788, Mrs. Abigail Marsh, dau. of Elder Beuj.
Marsh; she was the first child b. in Sutton. Ch. 1, Joshua, b. July 22, 1739;
2, Bradford, b. Aug. 8, 1741; 3, Seth, b. Jan. 8, 1744; 4, Elizabeth, b. Apr.
17, 1746; d. Aug. 28, 1756; 5, Josiah, b. Feb. 20, 1748; 6, Rebeckah, b. Apr.
17, 1750; 7, Rachel, b. May 25, 1752.
Joshua, when seventeen or eighteen years of age, entered
the Provincial service in the French and Indian war, and
never returned. His father remembered his "eldest son,
Joshua," in his will, August 1770, and directed his executor
to pay him 4, "if he should appear to be alive and return."
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Bradford 5 (Seth 4 , Moses 8 , Moses 2 , Aquila 1 ), m. Abigail Sibley, June 21,
1763. Ch. 1, Nathan, b. Apr. 18, 1764; 2, Elizabeth, b. Jan. 29, 1766; m.
Amariah Chase, Nov. 28, 1784; 3, Elias, b. Feb. 16, 1768; m. Apr. 7, 1797,
Priscilla Batcheller; 4, Abigail, b. Mar. 21, 1770; in. E. Partridge, Dec. 31,
1794; 5, Huldah, b. Jan. 31, 1773; d. Sept. or Oct. 1777; 6, Peter, b. Dec. 17,
1776; d. at Paris. Me., or vicinity; 7, Samuel, b. Oct. 28, 1778; m. Nov.
28, 1799, Mercy Wilraouth; 8, Luke, b. May 15, 1782; d. at Paris, Me.
Nathan 6 (Bradford 5 , Seth 4 , Moses 3 , Moses 2 , Aquila 1 ), m. Dec. 11, 1788,
Mehetable Goldthwait of Northbridge. Ch. 1, Huldah, b. Aug. 11, 1790 ;
2, Lois, b. Dec. 23, 1792; 3, Nabby, b. Sept. 25, 1794; 4, Charles, b. Oct. 23,
1796; 5, Ruth, b. Apr. 29, 1801; 6, Luke, b. Sept. 30, 1802; 7, Elias, b. May
13, 1805; m. Apr. 9, 1829, Adaline Aldrich.
Charles 7 (Nathan 6 , Bradford 5 . Seth 4 , Moses 3 , Moses 2 , Aquila 1 ), m. Sept. 17,
1818, Polly Paine Johnson. Ch. 1, Timothy Gerry, b. July 22, 1820- 2,
Luke, b. Dec. 17, 1825.
Seth, son of Seth, settled in Croyden, N. H.
Josiah 5 (Seth 4 , Moses 3 , Moses 2 , Aquila 1 ), m. first, 1770, Sarah Allen; m.
second, May 23, 1772, Hannah Goddard of Grafton. Ch. 1, Sarah, b. Mar.
22, 1773; 2, Asa, b. Jan. 21, 1775; 3, Josiah, b. Jan. 30, 1777; 4, John, b.
June, 3, 1779 ; 5, Seth, b. Apr. 1, 1781 ; 6, Benjamin, b. May 30, 1784.
In the spring of 1784, Mr. Josiah Chase sold his farm in
Sutton, and moved to Princeton, thence to Homer, or
vicinity, N. Y.
Mrs. Abigail Chase, second wife of Seth Chase, sen., nee
Abigail Marsh, was four times married : first to Jonathan
Gould, April 17, 1744; second, to Thomas Harback, sen.,
July 8, 1777 ; third, to Benjamin Marsh, 2nd, November
26, 1783 ; fourth, to Seth Chase, as above.
Benoni 3 (Moses 2 , Aquila 1 ), m. Mary . Ch. 1, Thomas, b. Apr. 3, 1732;
in. Sept. 26, 1751, Mrs. Mary White; 2, Rogers, b. June 20, 1734; 3, Stephen,
b. Mar. 29, 1736; m. Lois Hill, Nov. 3, 1757; 4, Moses, b. Oct. 5, 1737; 5,
Mary, b. Sept. 15, 1739; d. Oct. 8, 1745; 6, Hannah, b. Sept. 5, 1744; 7, Elijah,
b. Feb. 18, 1748; d. Dec. 1, 1748; 8, Mary, 2d, b. Dec. 13, 1749; 9, David, b.
Apr. 17, 1752.
Thomas, son of Benoni, studied medicine with the elder
Dr. Benjamin Morse. Was taxed in town in 1757, and
probably left about that date.
Rogers 4 (Benoni 3 , Moses 2 , Aquila 1 ), m. Sarah Walker, Nov. 1, 1753. Ch.
E :jah, b. July 31, 1757; 2, Silas, b. Aug. 31, 1760.
COLE.
Mr. Ezekiel Cole, born , 1723, came from Salem and
settled in Sutton in 1756.*
* See History of Homes, District No. 4.
628 FAMILIES OF THE
He m. Margaret Phillips of Conn., , 1756; she d. Mar. 9, 1792; he d.
Oct. 23, 1799. Ch. 1, Rachel, b. Jan. 29, 1758; m. Sam'l Paine Jones, June
15, 1779; 2, John, b. Feb. 3, 1760; d. Mar. 22, 1807; 3, Abel, b. Apr. 9, 1762;
m. Susanna Leland, Aug. 20, 1788; d. Oct. 19, 1802; 4, Hannah, 5, Sarah,
twins, b. Jan. 23, 1763; Hannah d. Mar. , 1829; Sarah m. John Harwood,
Apr. 1, 1788; d. , 1809; 6, Tamar, b. Apr. 1, 1766; d. May 28, 1789; 7,
David, b. July 13, 1768; d. July 14, 1813; 8, Joel, b. July 28, 1771; m. Mehit-
abel Kipp; d. , 1810; 9, Rufus, b. Aug. 14, 1773; d. Aug. 14, 1790; 10,
Elizabeth, b. Nov. 23, 1775; d. Jan. 19, 1792; 11, Mary, b. June 24, 1779; m.
Levi Newton, Dec. 26, 1797; d. , 1856.
David 2 (Ezekiel 1 ), m. Mary Sibley, Nov. 6, 1793. Ch. 1, Margaret Phillips,
b. Jan. 30, 1796; m. Harvey P. Eddy, Aug. 27, 1819; 2, Sumner, b. Feb. 12,
1798; d. Oct. 28, 1875; 3, Brooksey, b. May 30, 1803; m. Benj. Woodbury,
Dec. 17, 1821 ; 4, Charlotte, b. Jan. 28, 1805.
GROSSMAN.
The names of Elijah, Noah, Jacob and Samuel Grossman
appear on our records. They were sons of Noah, who came
to Sutton from Taunton about 1750.
Elijah 2 (Noah 1 ), m. Rebeckah Marsh, May 22, 1777. Ch. 1, Eunice, b.
May 23, 1778; 2, Stephen, b. June 21, 1779; 3, Lydia, 4, Sally, twins, b. Oct.
14, 1780; 5, Chloe, b. Apr. 21, 1782; 6, Elijah, b. Nov. 1, 1783.
Stephen 3 (Elijah 2 , Noah 1 ), m. 1st, Olive Whipple, Dec. 22, 1805; she d. Feb.
14, 1826; m. 2d, Mrs. Sukey Chase, Mar. , 1830; d. July 27, 1851; she d.
,1856. Ch.l, Miranda Elvira, b. June 29, 1806; 2, Olive, b. Jan. 29,
1808; in. Geo. B. Nolen, , 1826; 3, Sabra W., b. , 1810; 4, Martin L.,
b. Apr. 17, 1812; 5, Emeline A., b. Sept 8, 1814; 6, Milton E., b. Sept. 23,
1816.
Martin L.* (Stephen 3 , Elijah 2 , Noah 1 ), m. Experience Robbins, Apr. 17,
1833; she d. , 1835. Ch. 1, Ferdinand J. F., b. Apr. 21, 1834; d. Aug.
8. 1864.
Ferdinand J. F. 5 (Martin L. 4 , Stephen 3 , Elijah 2 , Noah 1 ), m. Adelaide Isham,
Apr. 4, 1855. Ch. 1, S. Addie, b. May 10, 1857; 2, George M., b. Nov. 4,
1858.
Milton E. 4 (Stephen 3 , Elijah 2 , Noah 1 ), m. Julia Ann Morse, May 14, 1840.
Ch.l, Roxa E., b. Apr. 21, 1841; d. Sept. 15, 1841; 2, Frederick M., b. Sept.
7, 1843; m. Ella F. Kelley, Dec. 13, 1870; 3, Julia A., b. Jan. 9, 1848; m. J.
E. Holbrook, June 20, 1872; 4, Amelia Philara, b. Mar. 7, 1850; d. Aug. 16,
1861.
Noah 2 (Noah 1 ), m. Huldah . Ch.l, Ezra, b. Mar. 14, 1777; d. Sept.
14, 1804; 2, Joel, b. May 1, 1780; 3, Otis, b. May 21, 1781; 4, Betsey, b. Feb.
24, 1783; m. Nahum Lackey, Mar. 5, 180t>; 5, Sukey, b. Dec. 11, 1785; 6,
Huldah, b. Nov. 9, 1787; 7, Nabby, b. Apr. 7, 1789; 8, Noah, b. Apr. 17, 1792;
9, Alpheus, b. July 17, 1794; 10, Luther, b. June 27, 1796.
Jacob 2 (Noah 1 ), m. Anna . Ch.l, Anna, b. Jan. 28, 1776; 2, Robert,
b. Sept. 29, 1778; 3, Carmi, b. Oct. 28, 1780; 4, Lone, b. Apr. 14, 1782; 5,
Marcy, b. May 17, 1784; 6, Tryphena, b. Nov. 18, 1786.
Samuel 2 (Noah 1 ), m. 1st, Elizabeth ; m. 2d, Lydia Darling, Sept. 25,
1796. Ch.l, Reconcile, b. Oct. 31, 1787; 2, Betsey, b. Dec. 3, 1789; 3,
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Rebeckah, b. May 25, 1792; 4, Samuel, b. Mar. 27, 1795; 5, William, b. Sept.
7, 1797; 6, Rachel, b. July 29, 1799; 7, Alvah, b. June 25, 1807; 8, Liberty
Perry, b. May 28, 1814.
CUMMINGS.
Jacob Cummings (ancestry unknown), m. Mary Marble, Jan. 21, 1741; she
d. July 10, 1799; he d. Oct. 13, 1814. Ch. 1, Mary,b. May 5, 1741; m. John
Putnauu, jr., Apr. 9, 1761; 2, Jacob, b. July 21, 1742; 3, Daniel, b. Oct. 17,
1743 ; m. Rachel Hayden, May 16, 1765 ; 4, Jesse, b. Nov. 6, 1745 ; 5, Betty, b.
July 29, 1747; m. Joshua Lillie, Apr. 28, 1768; 6, Hannah, b. Oct. 4, 1748;
in. Samuel Holman, Dec. 18, 1766; 7, Free, b. Aug. 3, 1751; 8, Asa, b. Nov.
4, 1753; 9, Zipporah, b. Oct. 17, 1756; 10, Anne, b. Apr. 28, 1758; 11, Huldah,
b. May 20, 1763.
Jacob 2 (Jacob 1 ), m. Bridget Lilley, Dec. 19, 1765. Ch. 1, Betty, b. Aug.
16, 1766; m. Stephen Howard, Dec. 23, 1790; 2, Jonathan, b. Jan. 16, 1769;
3, Abner, b. Oct. 9, 1770; 4, Polly, b. Dec. 16, 1772; m. Jonathan Holman,
jr., May 2, 1799; 5, Pearley, b. May 18, 1776; 6, Amasa, b. Jan. 17, 1778; 7,
Sally, b. July 5, 1780; 8, Matilda, b. Jan. 9, 1786; m. Isaac Dodge, jr., Apr.
4, 1815 ; 9, Stephen, b. May 22, 1787.
Jonathan 3 (Jacob-, Jacob 1 ), m. Polly Phelps, May 2, 1799. Ch. 1, Sum-
ner, b. Mar. 27, 1802; 2, Brigham, b. 1804; 3, Sukey, b. July 12, 1807; 4,
Gerry, b. Dec. 2, 1814.
Abner 3 (Jacob 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. Polly Sibley, Sept. 14, 1794. Ch. 1, Nancy,
b. Nov. 5, 1795; m. John Putnam, Sept. 19, 1813; 2, Clarissa, b. July 17, 1797 ;
m. Stephen Laughton, Jan. 5, 1817.
Pearley 3 (Jacob 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. Peggy Wheeler, Jan. 6, 1801. Ch. 1, Van-
delinda, b. Apr. 17, 1804; 2, Maria Elizabeth, b. Nov. 10, 1810.
Amasa 3 (Jacob 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. Sally . Ch. 1, Nahum Sibley, b. June
7, 1816.
Jesse 2 (Jacob 1 ), m. Mary Fitts, Aug. 29, 1771. Ch. 1, Mary, b. Mar. 14,
1772; 2, Lois, b. Mar. 25, 1774; m. Solomon Leland, Apr. 2, 1795; 3, Jona-
than, b. Dec. 18, 1775; m. Lucy Armsby, Feb. 16, 1803.
Free 2 (Jacob 1 ), m. 1st, Ruth Stockwell, June 16, 1774; m. 2d, Alice Gould,
Nov. 14, 1776. Ch. 1, Ruth, b. Feb. 5, 1777; m. 1st, Jeremy Thompson; m.
2d, Solomon King; 2, Free, b. June 4, 1779; 3, Phebe, b. June 30, 1781; 4,
Amos, b. Sept. 4, 1786.
Asa 2 (Jacob 1 ), m. Damaris ; she d. June 24, 1821. Ch. 1, Olive, b.
June 20, 1786; m. Jonathan Collar, Jan. 12, 1806; 2, Asa, b. Mar. 10, 1788;
3, Persis, b. Nov. 28, 1792; m. John Hall, 2d, June 14, 1814.
Asa 3 (Asa 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. Lydia Hatheway, May 25, 1808. Ch. 1, Davis W.,
b. Feb. 17, 1810.
Davis W. 4 (Asa 3 , Asa 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. Sophronia Humes, , 1833. Ch. 1,
Asa W., b. Mar. 31, 1834.
The names of Stebbing, Isaac and Moses, also appear upon
the records, whose connection with the above is unknown.
Stebbing m. Ruth . Ch. 1, Ruth, b. May 16, 1732; m. Eleazar Hawse,
May 1, 1753; 2, Mary, b. Oct. 22, 1733; m. Fuller Putnam, Dec. 4, 1752.
Isaac m. Susanna . Ch. 1, Susanna, b. Apr. 14, 1746.
Moses m. Abigail . Ch. 1, Moses, b. Jan. 10, 1757; m. Patty Harris,
June 15, 1780.
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DAGGET.
Samuel and Ebenezer Dagget, two brothers, were among
the original thirty families who settled in the town, and the
proprietors of the four thousand acres. They probably
came (according to Deacon Leland) , from Reading.
Ebenezer m. first, Hannah Sibley, Aug. 10, 1722; she d. Feb. 8, 1731; m.
second, Nov. 25, 1731, Mrs. Hannah Burnapof Reading, dau. of Dea. Samuel
Lilley, who united with the church by letter from Reading in 1732; he d. Apr.
8, 1702. Ch. 1, Ebenezer, b. Apr. 21, 1723; 2, Thomas, b. Apr. 25, 1725; 3,
William, b. Aug. 15, 1727; 4, Arthur, b. Jan. 30, 1729; 5, Samuel, b. Oct. 11 ,
1732; 6, Hannah, b. Aug. 25, 1736; m. Henry Dwinel, Apr. 26, 1757 ;\7,
Rebeckah, b. Feb. 1, 1739 ; m. Benjamin Rich, July 15, 1762.
Ebenezer was a physician ; studied with the elder Dr.
Morse. He settled in Smithfield, Rhode Island, and there
died in middle life. He never married.
Thomas m. Martha Stockwell, May 14, 1747. Ch. John, b. Sept. 15, 1748 ;
Mary, b. Mar. 29, 1750.
Deacon Leland states that "Thomas went probably to
Greenwich or New Salem ; William went, according to
tradition, with his brother Thomas."
Arthur m. Mehetable Marsh, Jan. 28, 1751; d. Aug. 23, 1775. Ch.
1, Arthur, b. Apr. 23, 1751 ; 2, Mehetable, b. Oct. 10, 1752 ; m. Jonathan Rich,
July 7, 1774; 3, Simeon, b. Mar. 7, 1757; d. in the revolutionary war, unmar-
ried; 4, Gideon, b. Dec. 21, 1759; 5, Betty, b. Feb. 3, 1763; m. Thomas Todd,
Dec. 12, 1782; 6, Tamar, b. Mar. 24, 1767; m. Eliphalet Holman of Auburn,
Jan. 4, 1787.
Arthur 3 (Arthur 2 , Ebenezer 1 ), m. Lucy Cutler, Dec. 10, 1772. Ch. 1,
Stephen, b. Mar. 7, 1776; 2, John, b. Dec. 12, 1777; 3, Simeon, b. June 11, 1779 ;
4,Polly, b. Feb. 14, 1781 ; 5, Kate, b. Apr. 4, 1786; 6, Lucy, b. Sept. 27, 1789 .
Arthur Dagget went with his family to Montpelier, Vt, about 1790.
Gideon 3 (Arthur 2 , Ebenezer 1 ), m. Elizabeth . Ch. Gardner, b. Oct .
12, 1788. No further record.
Samuel 2 (Ebenezer 1 ), m. Lydia Sibley, May 6, 1755. Ch. 1, Samuel, b.
Aug. 20, 1756; d. in revolutionary war; 2, Anne, b. July 4, 1758; d. Nov. 13,
1759; 3, Anne, b. Apr. 3, 1760, " turned Shaker;" 4, Lydia, b. Apr. 23, 1762 ;
m. Amos Gould of Charlton; 5, Judith, b. Apr. 12, 1764; d. July 28, 1782 ;
6, Jacob, b. May 30, 1766; probably went to Vt. ; 7, Ebenezer, b. Apr. 8,
17*70; left town; 8, Ruth, b. Aug. 8, 1773; a cripple, d. unmarried; 9,
Rebeckah, b. Sept. 8, 1775 ; d. unmarried, Sept. 24, 1851 ; 10, Hannah, b .
Sept 8, 1780; m. Simeon Hall, Oct. 14, 1805.
Samuel m. Martha, widow of Samuel Sibley, Apr. 10, 1740; d. Aug. 24,
1756. Ch. 1, John, b. Dec. 17, 1741 ; 2, Stephen, b. Feb. 12, 1745.
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DARLING.
Zelek Darling was the son of William and Rachel (White)
Darling of Mendon, born in 1762. He had a brother Aaron,
born in 1773, who seems to have settled in Douglas.
Zelek m. Sarah Wheeler, and probably settled in Sutton in 1786 or 1787 ;
he d. in 1844; she d. in 1809. Ch. 1, Cyrus, b. Sept. 1, 1787; 2, Wheeler, b.
Nov. 19, 1789; 3, Peter, b. Jan. 7, 1792; 4, Zelek, b. Feb. 16, 1794; 5, Simeon,
b. Apr. 13, 1796; 6, John, b. Dec. 9, 1798; 7, Levi, b. Nov. 3, 1800.
Cyrus 3 (Zelek 2 , William 1 ), m. Sophia . Ch. 1, Luann, b. Nov. 24,
1814; 2, Estes, b. Nov. 10, 1817; 3, Adeline, b. Aug. 29, 1822.
Wheeler 3 (Zelek 2 , William 1 ), m. Sybil . Ch. Charles Wheeler, b. Aug.
14, 1812.
Zelek 3 (Zelek 2 , William 1 ), m. Sarah Aun . Ch. 1, Edwin Crawford,
b. Mar. 11, 1818; 2, Eleanor, b. Sept. 23, 1820; 3, Rodney Luther, b. Nov. 6,
1822; 4, Melaney Lawton, b. Apr. 2, 1830.
John 3 (Zelek 2 , William 1 ), m. Lydia Fuller, Dec. 23, 1823. Ch. 1, Lafay-
ette, b. Jan. 5, 1825; d. May 1833; 2, John D.,b. July 5, 1826; 3, Lucy A., b.
Oct. 1, 1828; m. Simeon C. Davis, June 9, 1847; 4, Lydia, b. July 27, 1833;
m. Sylvanus Bullock, Apr. 1872; d. April 8, 1874; 5, Mary, b. July 5, 1835;
d. Oct. 4, 1835; 6, Sarah W., b. July 7, 1838; d. Feb. 22, 1841; 7, Zelek, b.
Dec. 9, 1839; m. Sarah T. Foster, Mar. 1866; 8, George L., b. Mar. 21, 1844;
m. Abbie J. Sheldon, Feb. 29, 1872.
John D.* (John 3 , Zelek 2 , William 1 ), m. Mary T. Jereauld, Nov. 17, 1846.
Ch. 1, Henry Jereauld, b. Jan. 11, 18G9.
Ira 3 (Aaron 2 , William 1 ) in. Nancy Carpenter, May 16, 1836. Ch. 1, Cor-
delia M., b. June 14, 1837; m. Chilion Houghton, Jan. 29, 1868; 2, Celia L.,
b. July 12, 1838 ; m. Andrew A. Batcheller, Oct. 1, 1865.
William Darling (ancestry unknown), m. Pamelia Cox, Aug. 28, 1803.
Ch. 1, Elnora, b. Feb. 1, 1804: 2, Stephen, b. Feb. 16, 1805; 3, Mary Ann,
b. Sept. 30, 1806; 4, Philander, b. Aug. 19, 1808; 5, Maria, b. Dec. 25, 1810;
6, Eli, b. Jan. 9, 1813; 7, John, b. Nov. 16, 1814; 8, Sarah Ann, b. Aug. 16,
1816; 9, Gardner, b. Mar. 10, 1819; 10, Jane Frances, b. Feb. 9, 1821; 11,
Louisa, b. May 12, 1823; 12, William Gardner, b. May 12, 1825; 13, Prudence,
14, Pamelia, twins, b. Apr. 30, 1827.
Zelek Darling (ancestry unknown), m. Polly . Ch. 1, Mosefc Leland,
b. Nov. 7, 1812; 2, Harrison, b. July 15, 1814; 3, Lydia, b. Oct. 21, 1816; 4,
Euth, b. Sept. 21, 1818; 5, Fuller, b. Mar. 24, 1821; 6, Palmer, b. May 16,
1823; 7, Judsou, b. May 6, 1827.
DAVENPORT.
William Davenport, according to Dea. Leland, was the
son of Richard, who came from Bridge water.
Hem. Tamesin . Ch. 1, Tamesin, b. May 13, 1765; 2, William, b.
Nov. 22, 1766; 3, Mercy, b. Aug. 25, 1768; 4, Thomas, b. May 1, 1770; 5,
John, b. July 26, 1772; 6, Aaron, b. Apr. 24, 1774; m. Mary Martin, Feb. 7,
1799; 7, Anna, b. Apr. 20, 1776; 8, Loving, b. Sept. 21, 1777; 9, Azubah, b.
Apr. 4, 1779; 10, Jeremy, b, Feb, 19, 1782; 11, Eunice, b. Feb. 11, 1784; 12,
Joel, b. May 25, 1786,
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Richard 2 (Richard 1 ), m. Anne Buxton, July 5, 1770. Ch. 1, Betsey, b.
Jan. 17, 1773; 2, Lydia, b. Sept. 16, 1775; m. John Stone, jr., Oct. 29, 1797;
3, Cyrus, b. Feb. 16, 1778; 4, Anne, b. July 16, 1781; 5, Comfort, b. Mar. 8,
1786; 6, Sally, b. June 8, 1788.
DAY.
The Days of Sutton descend from Ralph Day of Dedham,
who was admitted a freeman in 1645. He married Susan
Fairbanks October 12, 1647. Among his children was
John, born April 15, 1654 ; married Abigail Pond, May 22,
1678, and soon after removed to Wrentham. The eldest
son of John and Abigail, John, jr., was born at Dedham,
October 11, 1679 ; married Ruth Puffer, December 12, 1706,
and resided at Wrentham. They had eight children, among
whom were John, born March 1, 1709, and Daniel, born
October 7, 1721, both of whom came to Sutton. John of
Wrentham, father of the above, was the owner of land in
Sutton, as appears from deeds recorded in Worcester. In
1738 he deeds land in Sutton to Stephen Hall, and in 1742
to John Day of Sutton. This is probably about the time
his sons, John and Daniel, came to town.
John 4 (John 3 , John 2 , Ralph 1 ), m. Abial Chapman, Mar. 19, 1745. Ch. 1,
Dorcas, b. July 27, 1746; 2, John, b. Jan. 12, 1749; 3, Stephen, b. May 28,
1751; 4, Ruth, b. Aug. 27, 1754; d. Apr. 28, 1755.
He removed with his family to Keene, New Hampshire,
where some of his descendants are said now to reside, and
some of them in Gilsum, New Hampshire.
Daniel 4 (John 3 , John 2 , Ralph 1 ), m. Susanna Hutchinson, May 14, 1752; d.
Nov. 7, 1810. Ch. 1, Sarah, b. Apr. 3, 1753; m. Wm. Duncan, June 22,
1779; 2, Daniel, b. Nov. 16, 1755; 3, Susanna, b. Sept. 19, 1757; 4, Molly, b.
Feb. 14, 1761; m. Ezra Batcheller, Jan. 15, 1789; 5, Lydia, b. Apr. 27, 1763;
in. Dennis Thayer, Dec. 27, 1792; 6, Moses, 7, Aaron, 8, Miriam, triplets, b.
Sept. 11, 1765; Aaron d. 1828; Miriam d. Nov. 7, 1804.
Moses 5 (Daniel*, John 3 , John 2 , Ralph 1 ), m. Patience Ellis, Apr. 9, 1793.
Ch. 1, Daniel, b. Sept. 11, 1797; 2. Hammond, b. Sept. 8, 1796; 3, Hannah,
b. June 18, 1798; 4, Levina, b. July 25, 1800; 5, Phebe, b. Sept, 23, 1802; d.
Oct. 26, 1803.
Aaron 5 (Daniel 4 , John 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. 1st, Prudence Newton, Jan. 17,
1797; she d. Mar. 8, 1807; m. 2d, Purly Howard. Ch. 1, Zebina, b. Apr. 4,
1799; 2, Sylvester, 3, Sylvanus Newton, twins, b. Jan. 30, 1801; 4, Prudence,
b. Feb. 5, 1805; 5, Judson, b. July 26, 1807; 6, Edmund, b. Mar. 17, 1809; 7,
Aaron, b. Apr. 17, 1812; 8, Austin.
Judson 6 , (Aaron 5 , Daniel 4 , John 8 , John 2 , Ralph 1 ), m. 1st, Mary Learned,
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Mar. 20, 1834; she d. Aug. 5, 1850; m. 2d, Hannah Ball, Sept. 10, 1851. Ch.
1, Albert A., b. May 15, 1840; d. May 17, 1840; 2, Henry J., b. July 28, 1842;
3, Mary J., b. Oct. 22, 1852.
Edmund 6 (Aaron 5 , Daniel 4 , John 3 , John 2 , Ralph 1 ), m. Arrena Logee, 1848.
Ch. 1, Emma F., b. Jan., 1850; 2, Mary A., b. May, 1852.
DIKE.
Anthony Dike seems to have been the first of the name
who came from England to this country. The date of his
coming is not known. He had a son, Anthony, who seems
to have settled in Ipswich. This Anthony had a son,
Nathaniel, born in Ipswich, who came to Sutton at an early
date. The church records show that both himself and wife
were received into the church very soon after its organiza-
tion. Date not given, but previously to 1721. His child-
ren were probably born in Ipswich. The following are their
names :
1, Nathaniel; 2, Mary; m. Robert Fitts of Ipswich; 3, Sarah; m. William
Sibley, July 4, 1726; 4, Martha; m. Samuel Sibley, Aug. 6, 1722; 5, ; m.
a Waite; 6, Daniel; d. Feb. 18, 1787; 7, Ebenezer; went to Vt. ; 8, Benjamin;
9, James, went to Thompson, Ct., and d. there.
Nathaniel 4 (Nathaniel 3 , Anthony 2 , Anthony 1 ), m. his w. in Ipswich. Her
name is not known. Ch. 1, Nathaniel. No further record.
Daniel 4 (Nathaniel 3 , Anthony 2 , Anthony 1 ), m. Mary Witt of Marlboro, Sept.
26, 1734; shed. Aug. 6, 1785. Ch. 1, Mary, b. June 10, 1736; m. Josiah
Buckman, Mar. 22, 1759; d. Nov. 26, 1'809; 2, Daniel; 3, Anthony; 4, Rhoda,
d. at age of 18, unmarried; 5, Hannah; m. Ebenezer Putnam, Jan. 16, 1766;
6, William; m. Abigail Jennison, Sept. 21, 1769; moved to New York; 7,
Rebeckah, b. Aug. 1, 1755; m. Ezra Putnam, Dec. 14, 1780; d. May 28, 1823.
Daniel 5 (Daniel 4 , Nathaniel 3 , Anthony 2 , Anthony 1 ), m. Mary Pratt of
Oxford, Jan. 17, 1760. Ch. 1, Daniel, b. Nov. 7, 1760; d. Aug. 10, 1786; 2,
Sarah, b. July 15, 1762; 3, Rhoda, b. June 16, 1764; 4, Elias, b. Oct. 26, 1767;
5, Mary, b. June 13, 1769; 6, Samuel, b. Apr. 7, 1771; 7, Catherine, b. Dec.
10, 1772; 8, John, b. Nov. 4, 1774.
He moved with his family to Bethel, Vermont, in the
early settlement of that town, and was there killed by the
fall of a tree, August 2, 1786.
Anthony 5 (Daniel 4 , Nathaniel 3 , Anthony 2 , Anthony 1 ), m. Anne Jennison,
Jan. 16, 1775. Ch. 1, Albert Anthony, b. Aug. 31, 1776; 2, Amadeus, b.
May 11, 1780; 3, James, b. Feb. 20, 1783; d. Mar. 17, 1806; 4, Artemas, b.
Feb. 10, 1785; 5, Rufus, b. Oct. 20, 1786.
Benjamin 4 (Nathaniel 3 , Anthony 2 , Anthony 1 ), m. . Ch. 1, Betty; 2,
David; 3, Aaron; and others. Moved to Thompson, Ct.
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634 FAMILIES OF THE
DODGE.
Isaac Dodge, the first of the name who came to Sutton,
was born at Boxford. He was the son of William, a resi-
dent of that place. William's father was from Wenham,
and lived there in 1739. Isaac married first, Mehitabel
Tyler of Boxford, by whom he had five children ; married
second, Abigail Tyler, a cousin of Mehitabel ; she died Feb.
3, 1775.
Ch. 1, Mehitabel, m. Amos Mullicken, Feb. 28, 1751; 2, Moses Tyler; 3,
Nancy; m. Stephen Marsh, Dec. 15, 1757; 4, Ruth; m. Caleb Marsh, Feb. 13,
1759; 5, Isaac; 6, Nabby; m. Nathaniel Stockwell, Mar. 31, 1763; 7, Pru-
dence; m. Solomon Parsons, Dec. 18, 1772; 8, Sarah, b. Mar. 1, 1750; m.
Reuben Town, July 7, 1767.
Moses T. 4 (Isaac 3 , William 2 , l ), m. Lydia Gibbs, Feb. 11, 1762. Ch.
1, Moses, b. June 27, 1762; 2, Isaac, b. June 13, 1764; 3, John, b. Dec. 7,
1766; 4, Mehitabel, b. Sept. 12, 1768; 5, Abigail, b. May 5, 1770; 6, Simeon,
b. Apr. 1, 1772; 7, David, b. Nov. 5, 1774; 8, Tyler; 9, Polly.
The family removed to the State of New York.
Isaac 4 (Isaac 3 , William 2 , 1 ), m. Abigail Morse, Mar. 19, 1771; she d.
July 2, 1809. Ch. 1, Isaac, b. Apr. 25, 1172; d. Sept. 27, 1858; 2, Abigail,
b. July 20, 1773; 3, Prudence, b. Feb. 25, 1775; d. unmarried, May 19, 1863;
4, Benjamin Morse, b. Apr. 8, 1777; 5, Silas Hazeltine., b. July 15, 1779; d. at
Lisbon, Me., Sept. 16, 1829; 6, John, b. Oct. 17, 1780; d. Aug. 30, 1862; 7,
Polly Tyler, b. Apr. 8, 1784; d. in 1799; 8, David, b. Nov. 29, 1787; d. in
1808.
Isaac 5 (Isaac 4 , Isaac 3 , William 2 , *), m. Matilda Cummings, Apr. 4, 1815;
she d. Apr. 24, 1875. Ch. 1, David Sears, b. Nov. 1816.
Silas H. 5 (Isaac 4 , Isaac 3 , William 2 , *), m. 1st, Patience Webber, Oct. 30,
1808; she was. b. Jan. 26, 1790; d. Jan. 6, 1809; m. 2d, Betsey Tucker Lur-
vey, Feb. 4, 1818; she was b. Aug. 7, 1788; d. Sept. 10, 1849, at Worcester.
Ch. 1, Isaac Cummings, b. Oct. 7, 1822; d. Apr. 6, 1838; 2, Benjamin John,
b. Apr. 18, 1825 ; settled at Worcester, 1842.
Benjamin J. G (Silas H. 5 , Isaac 4 , Isaac 3 , William 2 , J ), m. first, Esther
Hill Gilbert, Apr. 24, 1849; shed. May 4, 1864; m. second, Ellen Frances
Malbone, May 17, 1865. ' Ch. 1, Oscar Freeman, b. Jan. 13, 1852 ; m. Emily
Wilbert, 1874; now in the signal service of the United States government,
and resides at Washington, D. C. 2, Florence Malbone, b. Dec. 1, 1869.
Josiah Dodge, the son of Richard Hubbard Dodge, came
from Wenham. The father of Richard was Jacob, probably
a brother of the father of William, since, as appears by a
receipt given in 1739, he was then living in Wenham.
Josiah m. Huldah Carriel, May 24, 1796. Ch. 1, John, b. Aug. 13, 1797 ;
2, Nancy, b. Sept. 5, 1799; m. Simeon Keith, Sept. 26, 1820; 3, Nathaniel, b.
June 9, 1802; d. July 14, 1862; 4, Leonard, b. Aug. 4, 1804; 5, Sylvia, b.
Nov. 1, 1806; 6, Willard, b. Sept. 2, 1808; 7, Eliza, b. June 20, 1810; m. Apr.
6, 1832, James Gleason; 8, Israel Adams, b. Jan. 24, 1813.
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John 4 ( Josiah 8 , Richard H. 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. Lydia Elliot, May 11, 1820. Ch.
1, John Andrew, b. June 8, 1821; 2, Josiah, b. Mar. 17, 1824; d. Apr. 29,
1846; 3, Sylvia Joan, b. July 2, 1827; m. James Gleason, Nov. 5, 1866; 4,
Serena Perry, b. Sept. 4, 1830; 5, Abigail, b. Jan. 11, 1833; 6, Edwin
Jennings, b. Jan. 15, 1839.
Nathaniel 4 (Josiah 3 , Richard H.' 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. Adeline Dudley, Sept. 10,
1829. Ch. 1, George W., b. Nov. 16, 1846.
George W. 5 , (Nathaniel 4 , Josiah 3 , Richard H. 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. Sarah Angeline
Marsh, Apr. 30, 1874. Ch. 1, George Harrison, b. Jan. 24, 1875.
Leonard 4 , (Josiah 3 , Richard H. 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. Julia Putnam, Dec. 15, 1831.
Ch. 1, Julia Putnam, b. Oct. 14, 1832; 2, Richard Leonard, b. Oct. 22, 1834;
3, Asa Putnam, b. Sept. 13, 1836 ; 4, Sarah Cornelia, b. June 4, 1839.
Asa P. 5 (Leonard 4 , Josiah 3 , Richard H. 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. Frances A. Putnam,
June 22, 1857. Ch. 1, Julia F., b. Dec. 10, 1857; d. Apr. 12, 1858; 2,
Nellie P., b. Jan. 23, 1860; m. Charles R. Luther, Dec. 20, 1877; 3, Walter
F., b. July 16, 1866.
Willard 4 (Josiah 3 , Richard H. 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. first, Huldah Sibley; m.
second, Fanny Bigelow, July 4, 1842; m. third, Mrs. Mary Ann Cadwell,
May 9, 1852. Ch. 1, Sarah Cornelia, b. June 4, 1839 ; 2, Lucinda Bigelow,
b. Aug. 5, 1846; 3, Loren I., b. Apr. 15, 1849; d. Sept. 18, 1853.
Israel Adams 4 (Josiah 3 , Richard H. 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. first, Emma C. Hill, 1835;
she d. Feb. 1, 1851 ; m. second, Sarah Hill, Jan. 1, 1852. Ch. 1, Ellen
Frances, b. Mar. 4, 1836; 2, Walter, b. Apr. 27, 1846; d. Apr. 28, 1864; 3,
Cora Elizabeth, b. Aug. 22, 1861 ; d. Dec. 31, 1868.
Jacob 3 (Richard H. 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. Betsey, dau. of Ebenezer Rawson, Mar.
7, 1801. She was a lineal descendant in the fifth generation of Edward Raw-
son, sec. of Mass. Bay Colony in 1650 to 1686. He d. Aug. 18, 1855 ; she d.
May 15, 1869. Ch. 1, Sarah C , b. Sept. 4, 1801; d. Mar. 10, 1869; 2, Mary,
b. Oct. 14, 1803; m. Silas Rawson; 3, Harvey, b. Mar. 23, 1807; 4, Clara R.,
b. May 1, 1809; m. Joshua R. Lawton, Oct. 9, 1854; 5, Ebenezer R., b. Mar.
3, 1811; d. July 24, 1864; 6, Reuben Rawson, b. Apr. 3, 1819; 7, Gardner
Hubbard, b. June 17, 1821 ; m. Charlotte Hubbard, May 1846.
Harvey 4 (Jacob 3 , Richard H. 2 Jacob 1 ), m. Catherine Thayer, Mar. 29, 1842.
Ch. 1, Richard H., b. Feb. 22, 1843; m. Lida Carter, 1871; 2, Edward, b.
Sept. 12, 1851.
Ebenezer 4 (Jacob 3 , Richard H. 2 , Jacob 1 ) m. Mercy M. Comstock, June 27,
1844. Ch. 1, Augusta Fannie; 2, Ellen A., m. George Pierce.
Reuben R.* (Jacob 3 , Richard H. 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. Lydia H. Wood of Nan-
tucket, Sept. 13, 1853. Ch. 1, Herbert Willie, b. Jan. 13, 1855 ; 2, Ella Maria,
b. Feb. 24, 1857; 3, Sarah Lizzie, b. Feb. 17, 1860; 4, Frederick Arthur, b.
Oct. 6, 1861; 5, Lucius Rawson, b. Dec. 14, 1863; 6, Lottie Gardner, b. May
8, 1870.
DUDLEY.
The ancestor of the Button Dudleys was Francis, sup-
posed to have been a relative of Governor Thomas Dudley.
He was born in England, emigrated to this country and settled
in Concord, probably about 1663.
He m. Sarah Wheeler of Concord, Oct. 26, 1665; she d. Dec. 12, 1713.
Ch. 1, Mary; m. Joseph Fletcher; 2, Joseph, m. Abigail Gobble, 1691; d.
636 FAMILIES OF THE
Nov. 3, 1702; 3, Samuel, b. 1666; d. 1775; 4, Sarah, d. Aug. 4, 1701; 5, John;
m. Hannah Poltier, May 16, 1697; 6, Francis.
Samuel 2 (Francis 1 ) m. first, Abigail King, Nov. 1, 1704; m. second, Lydia
. Ch. 1, Samuel, b. July 28, 1705 ; m. Abigail Waters, Feb. 17, 1729 ;
2, Francis, b. Dec. 10, 1706; 3, David, 4, Jonathan, 5, Abigail, triplets, b.
Nov. 1, 1709; 6, Sarah, b. July 28/1713; 7, Abigail, b. Oct. 28, 1714; m. Dr.
Benjamin Morse, May 25, 1735; 8, Mary, b. Feb. 22, 1716; 9, Patty, b. Sept.
13, 1718; 10, Rogers, b. Aug. 9, 1720; 11, Paul, b. Sept. 24, 1721; 12, Charles,
b. Dec. 10, 1722; 13, William, b. May 28, 1726.
The name of Samuel Dudley appears first upon the records,
May 31, 1726, as the purchaser of land from the proprietors,
and frequently after that date as a purchaser of land. He
also bought of individual owners, and in 1740 was one of
the largest land owners in town. He was a justice of the
peace, and evidently a man of prominence and influence.
His age, one hundred and nine years at his death, is greater
than has been attained by any resident of Sutton.
Francis 8 (Samuel 2 , Francis 1 ) m. Sibillah Leland of Sherborn, May 23, 1732.
Ch. 1, Sibillah, b. Aug. 19, 1733; m. Joseph Mosely, Oct. 18, 1750; 2,
Martha, b. June 27, 1736; m. Simeon Gleason, June 2, 1764; 3, Mary, b.
Dec. 6, 1740; m. Joel Wheeler, Dec. 19, 1765; 4, Sarah, b. June 7, 1744; 5,
Francis, b. Feb. 18, 1748.
Francis 4 (Francis 3 , Samuel 2 , Francis 1 ), m. Elizabeth Whipple, May 21, 1771.
Ch. 1, Mary, b. Dec. 19, 1771; 2, Francis, b. Feb. 5, 1774; 3, Elizabeth, b.
Jan. 5, 1776; 4, Samuel, b. Apr. 1, 1781; 5, Beulah, b. Apr. 2, 1783; 6,
Simon, b. Apr. 23, 1787.
David 3 (Samuel 2 , Francis 1 ), m. Hannah . Ch. 1, Betty, b. July 26,
1738; 2, Hannah, b. Feb. 14, 1744; 3, Abel, b. Oct. 21, 1746; d. Sept. 13,
1813; 4, Timothy, b. Aug. 16, 1751; 5, Abigail, b. June 15, 1758; 6, Lucy, b.
Aug. 2, 1761 ; m. John Tatman, Nov. 22, 1784.
Abel 4 (David 3 , Samuel 2 , Francis 1 ), m. Sarah . Ch. 1, Hannah, b.
Jan. 12, 1769; 2, David, b. Jan. 1, 1771; 3, Tabitha, b. Aug. 1, 1774; m. Daniel
Torrey, jr., May 26, 1791; 4, Abigail, b. Sept. 10, 1776; 5, Abel, b. Sept. 15,
1780; 6, Sarah, b. Apr. 15, 1782.
Abel 6 (Abel 4 , David 3 , Samuel 2 , Francis 1 ), m. Polly . Ch. 1, Rinda, b.
Aug. 29, 1802; 2, Gary, b. Oct. 20, 1803; 3, David, b. Jan. 15, 18U5; 4, Eliza,
b. Aug. 20, 1806; 5, Nabby, b. Jan. 2,' 1808; 6, Sumiier, b. Sept. 4, 1810; 7,
Rufus H., b. Oct. 2, 1813.
Jonathan 3 (Samuel 2 , Francis 1 ), m. Hannah Putnam, Aug. 18, 1736. Ch.
1, Jonathan, b. Mar. 22, 1738; 2, Hannah, b. Jan. 20, 1740; 3, John, b. Aug.
20, 1743; 4, Prudence, b. May 4, 1747; m. Henry King, jr., June 18, 1772; 5,
Anne, b. Apr. 9, 1753; m. Alpheus Marble, Dec. 15, 1774; 6, Samuel, b. Jan.
4, 1755; 7, Peter, b. Jan. 10, 1758; d. Sept 8, 1836.
Jonathan 4 (Jonathan 3 , Samuel 2 , Francis 1 ), m. 1st, Mary Garfield, Feb. 1,
1763; m. 2d, Jemima Stearnes, June 22, 1786. Ch. 1, Jonathan, b. Feb. 27,
1766; 2, Hannah, b. Mar. 24, 1768; 3, Samuel, b. Apr. 9, 1771; d. Nov. 6,
1774; 4, Mary, b. Mar. 24, 1773; 5, Lucy, b. May 10, 1787.
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Jonathan 5 (Jonathan 4 , Jonathan 3 , Samuel 2 , Francis 1 ), m. Lydia Marble,
Nov. 27, 1788. Ch. 1, Simon, b. Dec. 14, 1789; 2, Polly, b. Aug. 10, 1791;
3, Lydia, b. Apr. 27, 1793 ; 4, Jonathan, b. July 9, 1798 ; 5, Hannah, b. Nov.
10, 1801; 6, Elijah, b. July 30, 1803; 7, Adaline, b. May 4, 1805; m. Nath'l
Dodge, Sept. 10, 1829; 8, Jason, b. Nov. 6, 1808; 9, Alinira, b. Nov. 26, 1810;
d. Jan. 4, 1846; 10, Susan, b. Dec. 11, 1812; m. Sumner Putnam, July 1,
1840.
Simon 6 (Jonathan 5 , Jonathan 4 , Jonathan 3 , Samuel 2 , Francis 1 ), m. Betsey
. Ch. 1, Sarah Elizabeth, b. Jan. 3, 1818; 2, Louisa Maria, b. Mar. 23,
1820; 3, Martha Ann, b. Sept. 6, 1823; 4, Simon, b. Dec. 16, 1828.
Jonathan 6 (Jonathan 5 , Jonathan 4 , Jonathan 3 , Samuel-, Francis 1 ), in. Sarah
R. Torrey, 1825. Ch. 1, Edwin Augustus, b. June 22, 1827; 2, Ann Eliza-
beth, b. Jan. 2, 1831 ; m. R. C. Hall, May 25, 1853.
Edwin A. 7 (Jonathan 6 , Jonathan 5 , Jonathan 4 , Jonathan 3 , Samuel 2 , Fran-
cis 1 ), m. Elizabeth P. Howard, May 9, 1841. Ch. 1, Ella Frances, b. Dec.
21, 1852; 2, Einma Elizabeth, b. Feb. 6, 1854.
Jason 6 (Jonathan 5 , Jonathan 4 , Jonathan 3 , Samuel 2 , Francis 1 ), m. Mary A.
. Ch. 1, George Jason, b. Feb. 17, 1849; 2, Mary E. ; m. Frank J. Dad-
mun, Oct. 9, 1867.
George J. 7 (Jason 6 , Jonathan 5 , Jonathan 4 , Jonathan 3 , Samuel 2 , Francis 1 ),
m. Jennie P. Daniels. Ch. 1, Frederick Albert, b. Jan. 5, 1874; 2, Edith
Luella, b. May 2, 1876.
John 4 (Jonathan 3 , Samuel 2 , Francis 1 ), m. Mary Morse, Oct. 13, 1768. Ch.
1, John, b. Oct. 19, 1769; 2, Joseph, b. Sept. 18, 1773; 3, Sarah, b. Jan. 22,
1779; 4, James, b. Nov. 23, 1783.
John 5 (John 4 , Jonathan 3 , Samuel 2 , Francis 1 ), m. Deborah Marble, Feb. 20,
1792. Ch. 1, John, b. Mar. 3, 1793; 2, Sally, b. Sept. 21, 1795; m. Welcome
Adams; 3, Lomira, b. Dec. 29, 1797; m. Stephen Hunt, June 1, 1830; 4, Polly,
b. Feb. 19, 1800; 5, Leonard, b. Mar. 8, 1802; d. May 12, 1842; 6, James, b.
May 13, 1805; d. Dec. 19, 1844; 7, Edward M., b. Jan. 12, 1812.
John 6 (John 5 , John 4 , Jonathan 3 , Samuel 2 , Francis 1 ), m. Mary Woodbury.
Jan. 1, 1840. Ch. 1, John W., b. Nov. 30, 1840; 2, Mary W., b. July 26,
1844; m. Charles J. Dudley, Mar. 20, 1878.
Leonard 6 (John 5 , John 4 , Jonathan 3 , Samuel' 2 , Francis 1 ), m. Elizabeth Fisher.
Ch. 1, Leonard F., b. Jan. 13, 1837; 2, Abby G., b. Mar. 1, 1841.
James 6 (John 5 , John 4 , Jonathan 3 , Samuel 2 , Francis 1 ), m. Dolly Towne.
Ch. 1, Jane Lomira, b. Dec. 25, 1835; 2, John Leonard, b. Aug. 20, 1837; 3,
James Marius, b. Mar. 6, 1841 ; 4, Ann Eliza Towne, b. Mar. 10, 1843.
Edward M. 6 (John 5 , John 4 , Jonathan 3 , Samuel 2 , Francis 1 ), m. Betsey S.
Bartlett, Mar. 27, 1839. Ch. 1, Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 16, 1839; 2, Edward
Bartlett, b. Oct. 17, 1842.
Peter* (Jonathan 3 , Samuel 2 , Francis 1 ), m. Sarah P. Chase, Dec. 12, 1781 ;
she d. Feb. 24, 1836. Ch. 1, Caleb, b. Sept. 14, 1782; 2, Phebe, b. Mar. 21,
1784; m. David Dudley, Feb. 22, 1804; d. Mar. 7, 1851.
Rogers 3 (Samuel 2 , Francis 1 ), m. Mary Sibley, May 31, 1743. Ch. 1, Marcy,
b. Apr. 20, 1746; 2, David, b. Jan. 14, 1750; 3, Mary, b. Dec. 14, 1751.
David 4 (Rogers 3 , Samuel 2 , Francis 1 ), m. Lois Whitney, Dec. 16, 1773. Ch.
1, John; 2, David, b. June 5, 1781; d. Nov. 3, 1836; 3, Luther; 4, Sally; 5,
Betsey, b. Feb. 9, 1787 ; m. John March, Aug. 18, 1811 ; 6, Joseph, b. Mar. 14,
1790; 7, Amasa, b. Oct. 17, 1792; 8, Polly.
David 5 (David 4 , Rogers 3 , Samuel 2 , Francis 1 ), m. Phebe Dudley, Feb. 22,
1804. Ch. 1, Caleb, b. 1804; d. Oct. 22, 1830; 2, Peter, b. 1807; d. July 31,
638 FAMILIES OF THE
1840; 3, Elbridge Gerry, b. 1810; d. Apr. 12, 1834: 4, Betsey E., b. 1815: d.
Apr. 19, 1834; 5, David T., b. Sept. 24, 1817.
Peter 6 (David 5 , David 4 , Rogers 3 , Samuel 2 Francis 1 ), m. Juliette Robinson,
Dec. 2, 1829. Ch. 1, Caleb Fisher, b. Nov. 27, 1830; 2, Charles Henry, b.
Mar. 10, 1833; 3, Sarah Prince, b. Nov. 30, 1834; 4, Mary Carlisle, b. Apr. 13,
1837; m. H. L. Ainsworth.
David T. 6 (David 5 , David 4 , Rogers 3 , Samuel 2 , Francis 1 ), m. 1st, Lucy L.
Wilder, Nov. 29, 1838; m. 2d, Ann E. Leland, June 1, 1869. Ch. 1, Henry
T., b. Apr. 27, 1841; 2, Augusta L., b, Aug. 21, 1847; 3, Frederick C., b. Aug.
24, 1851; m. Angle A. Anderson, Oct. 22, 1872; 4, Sumner A., b. Mar. 15,
1854; 5, Charles F., b. Apr. 3, 1856; 6, Nettie P., b. Feb. 13, 1859.
Henry T. 6 (David T. 5 , David 4 , Rogers 3 , Samuel 2 , Francis 1 ), m. Lucina H.
Chase. Ch. 1, Beulah C., b. Dec. 9, 1867; 2, Lucy Gertrude, b. Aug. 14,
1869.
D WIGHT.
Samuel Dwight, m. Dec. 23, 1731, Jane, dau. of Joseph Bulkley, son of
Peter, son of Rev. Peter Bulkley, minister of Concord. Ch. 1, Jane, b.
Nov. 24, 1733; m. Nathaniel Carriel, Oct. 11, 1752; 2, Silence, b. Apr. 4,
1736; m. William King, Mar. 29, 1759; 3, Rachel, b. Sept. 8, 1738; m. Geo.
Gould Dec. 27, 1769; 4, Timothy, b. May 27, 1741; m. Sarah Alden; d. in
Ashburnham; 5, Anne, b. July 21, 1743; m. Joseph Elliot, Oct. 28, 1772; 6,
Elizabeth, b. Aug. 14, 1751 ; m. Joseph Waters, Feb. 28, 1776 ; 7, Rebeckah,
b. May 19, 1754; m. Abraham Batcheller, jr., Dec. 28, 1774.
DWINNEL.
Jonathan Dwinnel and his wife, Mehitable (Kenney)
Dwinnel, came to Sutton from Topsfield. He settled near
Dorothy Pond, where he kept a tavern for several years.
He died there at the age of eighty.
Ch. 1, Jonathan, b. Oct. 30, 1729: 2, Archelaus, b. June 16, 1731; 3,
Henry, b. Nov. 14, 1732; 4, Amos, b. Mar. 20, 1734; 5, Mehitable, b. Sept.
10, 1737; m. Isaac Gale, jr., Aug. 11, 1756; 6, Moses, b. Sept. 23, 1739; 7,
Mary, b. May 30, 1741^ m. Isaac Bolster, July 24, 1761 ; 8, David, b. Dec. 17,
1742; 9, Ruth, b. Apr. 19, 1744; d. Aug. 1, 1744; 10, Susanna, b. July 18,
1745; m. Jonathan Kidder, Nov. 30, 1769; 11, Jacob, b. July 18, 1747; m.
Brooks of Graf ton.
Jonathan 2 (Jonathan 1 ), m. Mehitable Waite, Feb. 13, 1751. Ch. 1, Anne,
b. Feb. 12, 1754; 2, Hannah, b. Jan. 30, 1756; d. Aug. 30, 1758; 3, Jonathan,
b. Feb. 19, 1758; d. May 16, 1759.
Archelaus 2 (Jonathan 1 ), m. . Ch. 1, Archelaus; 2, Jonathan; 3,
Amos. The family removed to Vermont.
Henry 2 (Jonathan 1 ), m. Hannah Dagget, Apr. 26, 1757; she d. Sept. 30,
1788; m. second, Mehetable Dagget, May 5, 1789. Ch. 1, Solomon, b. Oct.
1, 1757; 2, Moses, b. Jan. 22, 1760; 3, Henry, b. Feb. 22, 1762; d. Oct. 17,
1805; 4, Jonathan, b. Mar. 5, 1764; d. unmarried, aged twenty-four; 5, John,
b. July 5, 1766; d. unmarried, aged fifty-three; 6, Hannah, b. May 16, 1768;
d. Sept. 10, 1778; 7, Samuel, b. Sept. 25, 1770; 8, Abraham, b. Feb. 13, 1773;
9, Isaac, b. Mar. 5, 1782; m. Roxa Marble, May 7, 1817.
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Solomon 3 (Henry 2 , Jonathan 1 ), ra. Mrs. Hannah Gould, dau. of Amos
Singletary, Apr. 1, 1783. Ch. 1, Solomon, b. Nov. 24, 1783; d. Oct. 27,
1803; 2, Remark, b. Dec. 10, 1785; m. Abigail Miller, Jan. 28, 1810; 3, Sal-
mon, b. Apr. 18, 1788, d. young; 4, Simeon, b. Apr. 25, 1790; d. unmarried;
5, Luther, b. Jan. 28, 1792; d. young; 6, Abijah Legg, b. Jan. 16, 1795; m.
Rebeckah Bullard.
Solomon 4 , (Solomon 3 , Henry 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. Mary Ashley of Springfield.
Ch. 1, Origen, b. July 21, 1798; 2, Luther, b. July 14, 1803; 3, Sally, b. July
3, 1806.
Moses 3 (Henry 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. Sally Paine, Apr. 17, 1799. Ch. 1,
Leonard, b. Apr. 23, 1800; 2, Sally, b. Aug. 10, 1802; d. Sept. 12, 1803; 3,
Sally, b. Apr. 20, 1804; 4, Hannah D., b. Aug. 18, 1808.
Henry 3 (Henry 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. Tamar Gale, June 17, 1790. Ch. 1,
Elbridge Gerry, b. July 25, 1791 ; 2, Hannah, b. Nov. 23, 1793 ; 3, Harriet, b.
May 27, 1795; 4, Nancy, b. Dec. 7, 1796; 5, Henry Gale.
Samuel 3 (Henry 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. Polly Dudley, -July 15, 1793. Ch. 1,
Fanny, b. Sept. 5, 1793; 2, Harvey, b. Aug. 4, 1796; 3, Origen, b. July 21,
1798. Family removed to Whitingharn, Vt.
Abraham 3 (Henry 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. Mehitable (Hitty) Rich, Apr. 18, 1797.
Ch. 1, Cyrus, b. Aug. 2, 1797; 2, Polly, b. Nov. 17, 1799; 3, Lucy, b. May
8, 1802; 4, Hiram, b. Feb. 28, 1808; 5, Salem, b. Mar. 3, 1810.
Amos 2 (Jonathan 1 ), m. Lydia Jennison, Dec. 7, 1756. Ch. 1, Elizabeth,
b. Sept. 30, 1757 ; 2, Ruth, b. Dec. 30, 1759. Removed with family to Shep-
herdsfield, Me. One dau. d. in Sutton.
David 2 (Jonathan 1 ), m. Deliverance Maynard of Grafton. Ch. 1, Elijah,
b. June 22, 1772; 2, Mehitabel, b. June 13, 1774; 3, Humanity, b. Nov. 24,
1777; 4, David, b. Aug. 10, 1780. David Dwinnel and his wife became
Shakers, and finally removed to Harvard. His children did not embrace the
error of their parents.
EATON.
Reuben Eaton, m. first, Abigail Lovell, Dec. 6, 1770; m. second, -Ruth
Badger, Nov. 27, 1787; d. Nov. 17, 1813. Ch. 1, Jonathan, b. Nov. 22,
1773; m. Anna Sibley, June 18, 1799; 2, Sarah, b. Jan. 9, 1777; m. Ayres
Fuller, Sept. 21, 1796; 3, Polly, b. Jan. 11, 1779; m. David Gaskill, jr., Feb.
20, 1807; 4, Reuben, b. Oct. 27, 1780; 5, Abigail, b. Oct. 7, 1782; 6, Ruth, b.
Feb. 1, 1790; m. Johu Smith, June 26, 1811; 7, Samuel, b. Oct. 11, 1792; m.
Alice Hathaway, Sept. 25, 1820; 8, Ziba, b. Apr. 16, 1795; m. Sally Hathaway,
Dec. 4, 1817.
Reuben 2 (Reuben 1 ), m. Lucy Dudley, Sept. 15, 1808; she d. May 28, 1817.
Ch. 1, Stunner, b. Oct. 17, 1810; 2, Reuben, b. Apr. 20, 1813.
Samuel Eaton, m. Joanna Wake, Apr. 11, 1776. Ch. 1, Betliiah, b. Feb.
18, 1778; m. Joseph Hall, 3d, Apr. 27, 1805; 2, Lucy, b. June 1, 1780.
ELLIOT.
The names of Daniel, sen., Daniel and James Elliot
appear upon the proprietors' records. That of Daniel,
September 14, 1722, as the purchaser of fifty acres of the
third division, on both sides the great brook, near Coffin's
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farm. That of Daniel, sen., June 28, 1728, as the pur-
chaser of twenty-five acres in the fifth division, adjoining
the land of Daniel Elliot, jr. That of James Elliot, July 15,
1734, as purchaser of twelve and one-half acres of land in
the sixth division, "adjoining to his other land, where he now
lives." We also find the names of Joseph and Jonathan at
early date on the records of the town. The relationship of
these Elliots we are unable to trace.
Daniel m. Sarah . Ch. 1, Lydia, b. Feb. 27, 1719; m. John Stock-
well, Dec. 12, 1737.
Joseph Elliot, m. Jerusha Fuller. Ch. 1, Joseph, b. Nov. 1731; 2, David,
b. Oct. 11, 1734; 3, John, b. Feb. 21, 1739; m. Hannah Dudley, Jan. 19, 1764;
4, Andrew, b. Dec. 9, 1743; 5, Aaron, b. July 22, 1747.
Joseph 2 (Joseph 1 ), m. first, Susanna ; m. second, (probably) Anna
Dwight, Oct. 28, 1772. Ch. 1, Molly, b. Feb. 11, 1756; 2, Abigail, b. July
22, 1758; 3, John, b. Jan. 15, 1761; 4, Jerusha, b. Dec. 9, 1763; m. Asahel
Kimball, Feb. 13, 1786; 5, David, b. Feb. 19, 1766; 6, Samuel Dwight, b.
Nov. 6, 1773; 7, Joseph, b. Aug. 19, 1775; 8, Anna, b. Jan. 14, 1779; m.
Leonard Kimball, Apr. 19, 1799 ; 9, Susanna, b. Feb. 14, 1781 ; 10, Elizabeth,
b. Sept. 14, 1783; 11, Katherine, b. Sept. 19, 1785; 12, Charles Buckley, b.
Dec. 24, 1788.
Andrew 2 (Joseph 1 ), m. Anna Carter, May 7, 1767. Ch. 1, Anna, b. Feb.
26. 1768; 2, Timothy, b. May 17, 1770; 3, Lucy, b. Mar. 4, 1772.
Aaron 2 (Joseph 1 ), m. Lydia Taylor, Oct. 13, 1767. Ch. 1, Aaron, b. Dec.
I, 1768; 2, Lydia, b. Oct. 28, 1770; 3, Fuller, b. July 10, 1772; 4, Lucy, b.
Aug. 27, 1774; d. Nov. 4, 1788; 5, Simeon, b. May 6, 1779; 6, Polly, b. Jan.
16, 1784; 7, James Taylor, b. Oct. 3, 1786.
Aaron 3 (Aaron 2 , Joseph 1 ), m. Betty Putnam, Mar. 30, 1791; she d. Feb. 2,
1815. Ch. 1, John, b. Apr. 20, 1791; 2, Lucy, b. Mar. 14, 1794; 3, Betsey,
b. Oct. 2, 1796; 4, Jerusha, b. Jan. 1, 1799; 5, Aaron, b. Mar. 5, 1801 ; 6, Lydia,
b. May 25, 1803; m. John Dodge, second, May 11, 1820; 7, Betsey, b. Sept.
22, 1805; m. Silvanus Putnam, 1826; 8, Jerusha, b. Jan. 9, 1808; 9, Mary, b.
July 29, 1810; m. Rufus A. Lackey, Aug. 4, 1833; 10, Lucy Ann, 11, Julia
Ann, twins, b. Jan. 17, 1815.
Simeon 8 (Aaron 2 , Joseph 1 ), m. Lucy Putnam, June 1, 1805. Ch. 1, Nancy
Gibbs, b. Dec. 5, 1805; 2, Lucy Putnam, b. Mar. 2, 1808; 3, Sula Maria, b.
June 14, 1810; 4, Madison, b. Aug. 3, 1812; 5, Laura Ann, b. Nov. 12, 1814.
James T. 8 (Aaron, 2 , Joseph 1 ), m. Submit Baylis. Ch. 1, Gustavus, b.
May 22, 1811; 2, Submit Baylis, b. Mar. 6, 1813; 3, Eleanor Maria, b. Sept.
II, 1814; 4, Harriet, b. Mar. 28, 1816; 5, James Baylis, b. Apr. 13, 1818; 6,
Joseph Fuller, b. Oct. 25, 1819; 7, Susan, b. Nov. 21, 1821.
Joseph F.* (James T. 3 , Aaron 2 , Joseph 1 ), m. Elmira Jaques, Apr. 7, 1847.
Ch. 1, Clarence Henry, b. Aug. 9, 1850; 2, Eugene Clayton, b. Oct. 8, 1858;
3, Nellie Anna, b. July 8, 1862.
Jonathan Elliot m. Hannah Wheeler, Apr. 25, 1749. Ch. 1, Jonathan, b.
Feb. 28, 1750; 2, James, b. July 17, 1751; 3, Elizabeth, b. June 1, 1753; 4,
Hannah, b. Sept. 10, 1755; m. John Shepard Dalrymple, Dec. 16, 1778; 5,
John, b. Jan. 17, 1758; m. Mehetable Sibley, May 15, 1781; 6, Mehetable, b.
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Jan. 17, 1761; m. John Weston, jr., Jan. 17, 1785; 7, Thaddeus, b. Jan. 22,
1763; m. Thankful Goldthwait, June 16, 1784; 8, Rebeckah, b. Apr. 7, 1765;
m. James Hills, jr., Oct. 4, 1786; 9, Nathaniel, b. May 18, 1769; 10, Patience,
b. Feb. 2, 1772; 11, Huldah, b. Feb. 2, 1775; 12, Peleg, b. Feb. 15, 1777.
Jonathan 2 (Jonathan 1 ), m. Sarah Chase, Oct. 17, 1771. Ch. 1, Daniel, b.
Mar. 3, 1774; m. Polly Morse, May 10, 1797; 2, Lucy, b. Aug. 10, 1776; 3,
Prudence, b. Oct. 31, 1779; 4, David, b. July 22, 1781; 5, Jonathan, b. Dec. 7,
1782; 6, Sarah, b. Apr. 6, 1785; 7, Aaron, b. Oct. 25, 1786; 8, Levi, b. Apr.
13, 1788; 9, Simeon, b. Sept. 7, 1790; 10, Polly, b. May 26, 1793; m. George
W. Briggs, Apr. 2, 1820.
David 3 (Jonathan 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. Ruth . Ch. 1, Roxa, b. Oct. 13,
1804; 2, Rena, b. July 4, 1807.
Levi 3 (Jonathan 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. Philanda Briggs, Jan. 20, 1822. Ch. 1,
Joel, b. Nov. 22, 1822; 2, Sumner, b. June 18, 1825; 3, Lucy Ann, b. Nov. 7,
1827; 4, Philanda Maria, b. Jan. 2, 1829; 5, Andrew Levi, b. Mar. 8, 1831; 6,
Eliza Ann, b. Mar. 1, 1836; 7, John Augustus, b. Mar. 9, 1839.
FlTTS.
Robert Fitts and his wife Hannah came from Ipswich to
Button and settled near the Stephen Marsh place. He died
there at an advanced age. She died in Dudley. They had,
among others, these children :
1, Robert; 2, Jonathan; 3, Benjamin; 4, Eberiezer; 5, Marcy; 6, Mehitabel,
b. Mar. 11, 1732; 7, Mary, b. Oct. 29, 1734; 8, Abraham, b. Sept. 5, 1739.
Robert 2 (Robert 1 ), m. Kezia Towne of Topsfield, Nov. 9, 1739. Ch. 1,
Kezia, b. Jan. 25, 1741; m. William Nichols, Aug. 18, 1760; 2, Robert, b. Apr.
21, 1742; m. Lydia Towne, June 2, 1767; 3, Samuel, 4, Hannah, twins, b.
Dec. 12, 1743; 5, Margaret, b. Apr. 10, 1745; 6, John, b. June 16, 1747; m.
Rebeckah Stockwell, Jan. 15, 1771; 7, Ruth, b. Apr. 27, 1749; d. at Dudley,
unmarried; 8, Lucy, b. Apr. 26, 1751; m. Benj. Nichols, Feb. 28, 1772; 9,
Phebe, b. Aug. 9, 1753.
Samuel 3 (Robert 2 , Robert 1 ), m. Martha Stearns, May 14, 1772. Ch. 1,
Clark, b. Mar. 12, 1773; 2, Martha, b. July 11, 1776; 3, Artemas, b. Mar. 30,
1778. Removed to Vermont.
Jonathan 2 (Robert 1 ), m. Mary Hutchinson, Nov. 27, 1745. Ch. 1, Sarah,
b. Sept. 12, 1747; m. Benajah Putnam, Dec. 13, 1770; 2, Tamar, b. Dec. 15,
1748; m. Gideon Sibley, Apr. 28, 1772; 3, Mary, b. Jan. 27, 1750; in. Jesse
Cummiugs, Aug. 29, 1771; 4, Anne, b. Mar. 10, 1753; 5, Deborah, b. July 19, '
1756; 6, Jonathan, b. May 30, 1758; d.'Mar. 23, 1759; 7, Eunice, b. Mar. 10,
1761; 8, Peter, b. Sept. 30, 1762; 9, Paul, b. Nov. 31, 1764.
Benjamin 2 (Robert 1 ), m. Sarah Rich, Oct. 31, 1749; m. 2d, Mary Cook, Oct.
19, 1762. Ch. 1, Sarah, b. Aug. 3, 1750; 2, Daniel, b. Apr. 14, 1753; m.
Chloe White, Apr. 9, 1778; 3, Walter, b. Apr. 4, 1755; 4, Robert, b. Mar. 27,
1757; 5, Edward, b. Feb. 10, 1759; 6, Eunice, b. Dec. 22, 1763; 7, Jonathan,
b. Apr. 3, 1764; 8, Molly, b. Mar. 10, 1765; 9, Huldah, b. June 13, 1766; 10,
David, b. Oct. 3, 1767 ; 11, Benjamin, b. July 21, 1769.
Robert 3 (Benjamin 2 , Robert 1 ), m. Phebe Patch. Ch. 1, Rhoda, b. May 30,
1779; 2, Edward, b. Mar. 26, 1781; 3, Rufus, b. Jan. 26, 1786; 4, Anne, b,
Mar, 15, 1788.
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Ebenezer 2 (Robert 1 ), m. Bethiah Hutchinson. Ch. 1, Caleb, b. May 25,
1756; 2, Juditb, b. July 30, 1757; 3, Nathaniel, b. Aug. 5, 1759; 4, Ebenezer,
b. Nov. 13, 1761 ; 5, Lois, b. Mar. 21, 1771. Removed to Dudley.
Abraham 2 (Robert 1 ), m. Apr. 14, 1767, Mary Holman. Ch. 1, Abraham,
b. Nov. 4, 1769; 2, Molly, b. Nov. 25, 1771.
FREELAND.
BY MBS. MAKY DEW. FKEELAND.
The Freeland, or McFreeland family, was of Scotch
extraction, having, from political motives and their Christian
faith, retired from Scotland to Londonderry, Ireland, after-
wards to Dublin, previously to their coming to America. In
1725, or about that period of time, James Freeland, sen.,
left Dublin, and was accompanied to this country by two
daughters, Anna (or Jane) and Rachel, and by two sons,
James, an under-graduate of "Dublin University," and
Thomas, the youngest of his family, a child of some seven
years of age. Joseph, the eldest son, a young barrister,
remained in Dublin ; he never came to America.
James Freeland, sen., was a member of the established
church of Scotland, and consulted the clergyman of his
church in reference to his proposed settlement in the ' ' New
World." The Scotch clergyman was much interested in
those about leaving his Christian care, and, with that warm
attachment for which the Scotch are so characterized, gave
them a letter, in his own hand-writing, for the safety of their
Christian faith, and added his counsels for their secular pur-
suits and worldly advancement.
Thus they left their Christian guide and earthly friend , and
embarked, followed by his prayers for their welfare.
James Freeland, sen., on his arrival in this country, was
first located at Lexington, subsequently in Hopkinton ; his
farm was situated about one-half mile north of "Hopkinton
Springs."
James Freeland, jr., was married in Hopkinton, 8th Jan-
uary, 1741, to Sarah Watson of Leicester. Anna (or Jane)
married a Mr. Black. Rachel married in Hopkinton, Jona-
than Knox of Blanford, 28th September, 1741. Thomas
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married in Hopkinton, Mary McNutt, 27th January, 1743.*
From the " Church Records," Hopkinton. A copy.
"Oct. 13, 1743. James Freeland, Sen. and his wife
were admitted to full communion with this church, having
been recommended from the Rev. Mr. Hancock, as partak-
ing with ye church of X in Lexington by virtue of a certifi-
cate from Ireland."
Children of Thomas and Mary :
1, James, b. in Hopkinton, Dec., 1743; 2, Elizabeth, afterward Mrs. Graves,
resided in Sutton ; 3, John ; m. Mrs. Mary Gibbs, dau. of Col. Thos. Mellen ;
he settled in Claverack, near Hudson, N. Y. ; 4, William ; m. Lucy Claflin of
Hopkinton, and resided there; 5, Joseph; m. Judith Gibson; was a merchant
in Hopkinton; 6, Mary, m. John Holland, jr., of Sutton, and resided in Dix-
field, Maine; 7, Anna, afterward Mrs. Hall; 8, Thomas; m. Anna Barrett;
resided in Hopkinton ; 9, Sarah ; m. Joshua Park of Sutton, and resided in
Hopkinton on the "Ancient family seat;" 10, Abraham; resided in Hopkin-
ton, unmarried ; 11, Asa ; resided in Hopkinton, unmarried.
Thomas Freeland, sen., died at the residence of his son,
Dr. James Freeland, in Sutton, 1788.
Dr. James Freeland, son of Thomas Freeland, was the
first of his family who became a resident of Sutton. Previ-
ously to coming to Sutton, at the early age of sixteen years,
in 1759, he was in the "French and Indian war," having
entered the provincial army by enlisting in one of the colonial
regiments under the command of Colonel Thomas Mellen of
Hopkinton, as one of his aids. He was in the expedition to
capture Ticonderoga and Crown Point, and attack Quebec.
The French, with their Indian allies, far outnumbered the
English and colonial forces. As a ruse de guerre to cause
the French to believe that large reinforcements from Eng-
land were being landed under the command of the "Prince
of Wales" in person (the "Prince of Wales," afterward
George III., King of England, being at this time in the
bloom of youth, affable and engaging in his manners) , Col.
Mellen and other officers appointed James Freeland to
personate the young Prince, splendidly mounted, and uni-
formed in his royal red regimentals. He appears, with an
escort, at the scene of war, as if just arrived from England
by the way of the St. Lawrence, and now holding a review
*See Hopkinton Church and Town Records.
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of English and colonial troops. The ruse itself and its exe-
cution were so well planned by Colonel Mellen that the
soldiers in his own regiment were in full belief they were
forming: in" review of the "Prince of Wales." It was well
O m.
calculated to arouse the courage of soldiers, disheartened
from lack of numbers and ill provided for in their long and
perilous march. It is said Colonel Mellen divided his forces
to make an appearance of a large number of troops.
History states the French could not hope to make a suc-
cessful resistance, and deserted their fortifications to the
English.
On the thirty-first of October 1770, Dr. James Freeland
was united in marriage to Mehetabel, daughter of Colonel
Thomas Mellen of Hopkinton, and soon came to Sutton and
established himself in practice as a physician, in what was
then the North Parish. His residence was upon what is now
known as " Millbury Common."
Early in the commencement of the war of the revolution,
he received the appointment of surgeon in the United States
army, in which he served with distinction. He used often
to refer to his practice as a surgeon in different engagements
during the war. In the battle of White Plains, which
occurred October 28, 1776, he amputated thirteen limbs
from the wounded.
After his retirement from the army he resumed the prac-
tice of his profession in Sutton, and occupied a high position
as a physician and surgeon. He had, under his instruction,
many medical students. He usually made his visits to his
patients on horseback, and would at times be seen accompa-
nied by a number of his students, also on horseback, form-
ing quite a noticeable cavalcade.
Dr. Freeland was a gentleman, well educated and extremely
well bred. It is said he was an agreeable and most pleasing
companion, very fastidious in his dress and general appear-
ance ; he would call often on his hair-dresser to arrange his
toilet and adjust his queue in court style. His dress, pre-
viously to the revolutionary war, consisted of a dress coat
of fine broadcloth of brilliant red color, velvet small clothes,
long hose with silver knee and shoe buckles, deep ruffled
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linen, and a cocked hat. A physician (Dr. Burdon of
Charlton) observing Dr. Freeland bow in salutation to some
friend, remarked aside, that "such a salutation was a price-
less accomplishment."
The tombstones of Dr. James and Mehetabel Freeland
may be found in the church-yard near their residence, " Mill-
bury common." According to inscriptions, Dr. James Free-
land was born in Hopkinton 1743, died in Sutton October
5, 1796.
Mehetabel Freeland, born in Hopkinton 1752, died in Sut-
ton March 23, 1792.
Ch.l, Frances, b. Sept. 4, 1771; m. Dr. Timothy Carter of Sutton, and
resided in Bethel, Me. ; died Nov. 1814; 2, James,* b. Nov. 23, 1773; d. Feb.
27, 1854; 3, Polla, b. Sept. 17, 1778; m. Capt. Samuel Rawson of Sutton,
resided in Paris, Me. ; d. Aug. 29, 1875; 4, Mehetabel, b. Sept. 10, 1780; m.
first, Nathan Marble of Sutton, resided in Bethel, Me. ; m. second, Elijah
Burbank of Worcester, resided in Quinsigamond Village, Worcester; d.
Apr. 25, 1874; 5, Sarah, b. Aug. 30, 1782; m. Roger Merrill, Esq., resided in
Brunswick, Me. ; d. 1859.
James* (James 3 , Thomas 2 , James 1 ), m. Polly Marble, Jan. 1806; b. Sept.
10, 1781; d. Feb. 6, 1860. Ch.l, Adeline, b. Dec. 8, 1806; 2, Freeman, b.
May 15, 1808; d. Feb. 22, 1875; 3, Fanny, b. Aug. 22, 1810; d. June 14, 1813;
4, Franklin, b. Aug. 10, 1812; 5, Frederick, b. Aug. 29, 1814; d. Apr. 17,
1859; 6, Fayette, b. Sept. 17, 1816; 7, Foster, b. Feb. 2, 1819.
Freeman 5 (James*, James 3 , Thomas 2 , James 1 ), m. Mar. 5, 1862, Mary, dau.
of Stearns DeWitt of Oxford.
Mr. DeWitt was a grentleman much esteemed in his
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public character and for his many Christian virtues in private
life. He was a descendant of Rev. John Campbell of
Oxford, the first clergyman after the English settlement,
1721. Mr. Campbell was of the London branch of the
Campbells, and known as Colonel John Campbell of Shank-
stone, Scotland. Mrs. Freeland, from her mother's ancestry,
is descended from Andrew Sigourney and Mary Gerinaine ,
French Huguenots from Rochelle, France, who came to
Oxford in 1685 or 1686. Mr. Sigourney had charge of the
French fortifications to defend the plantations from the
natives.
* See sketch of James Freeland in connection with the history of his home
in district number three.
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Franklin 5 (James 4 , James 8 , Thomas 2 , James 1 ), m. Caroline Adams 1853.
Ch. 1, James, b. Feb. 9, 1854; m. Mary Lilian Shaw, July 9, 1876; 2, Fanny,
b. Nov. 11, 1855; 3, Mary M., b. Jan. 5, 1859; d. Oct. 4, 1875; 4, John F., b.
Oct. 10, 1860; 5, Joseph E., b. Apr. 13, 1866; 6, George F., b. Nov. 28, 1868.
Foster 5 (James 4 , James 3 , Thomas 2 , James 1 ), in. Frances J. Woodbury,
Apr. 27, 1858; she d. Feb. 15, 1859. Ch. 1, Frances J. W., b. Feb. 8, 1859.
FULLER.
Levi and Jonathan appear to have been the first of the
name in Sutton. They came from Attleboro. There is no
record of the birth of Levi's children ; they were probably
all born before he came to town. Among them were Turner,
Simeon and Reuben. The name of William Fuller also
appears, whose relationship, if any, to the other families of
the name is unknown. He had a son Simeon, born March
I, 1763. Levi died Sept. 28, 1814.
Turner 2 (Levi 1 ), m. first, Polly Buxton, Oct. 10, 1798; m. second, Sarah
. Ch. 1, Willard, b. Dec. 27, 1798; d. Dec. 8, 1876; 2, Lydia, b. Aug.
16, 1800; 3, Azubah, b. Aug. 1, 1802; m. Rufus Fuller, Mar. 30, 1820; 4,
Roxanna, b. Apr. 8, 1805; 5, Sullivan, b. Jan. 12, 1807; 6, Fanny, b. Jan. 15,
1809; 7, Huldah, b. Mar. 9, 1811; m. Joseph Wilcox ; 8, Stephen Waters,
b. Aug. 4, 1813; 9, Mary, b. Jan. 15, 1816; 10, Freeman, b. Mar. 20, 1819;
II, George Turner, b. Oct. 6, 1829.
Willard 3 (Turner 2 , Levi 1 ), m. Polly Robbins, May 20, 1823; she d. Aug. 14,
1846; m. second, Mrs. Matilda Waters. Ch. 1, Asa Churchill, b. Mar. 19,
1833; 2, Mary Ellen, b. Sept. 17, 1836; 3, Freeman Loren, b. June 9, 1840.
Freeman L. 4 (Willard, 3 , Turner 2 , Levi 1 ), m. Almira Metcalf, Aug. 11, 1866.
Ch. 1, Willis Asa, b. Dec. 11, 1867 ; 2, George Freeman, b. Sept. 29, 1870 ;
3, Mary Emma, b. Apr. 16, 1872.
Sullivan 3 (Turner 2 , Levi 1 ), m. first, Prudence Kenney, Aug. 23, 1826; m.
second, Sarah E. Graves, June 18, 1862 ; she d. Oct. 20, 1871 ; m. third,
Eunice Knight, Dec. 2, 1874. Ch. 1, Sumner P. b. Aug. 2, 1827; d. in
Andersonville prison; 2, Nancy, b. Jan. 7, 1829; d. July 11, 1848; 3, Susan
R., b. Feb. 28, 1831; m. Charles Bates; d. July 12, 1860; 4, Francis H., b.
Aug. 11, 1835; 5, Augusta A., b. Dec. 2, 1840; d. Dec. 9, 1860; 6, Harriet M.,
b. Jan. 6, 1845 ; m. Henry C. Putnam.
Sumner P. 4 (Sullivan 8 , Turner 2 , Levi 1 ), m. Harriet Cook, Aug. 23, 1848.
Ch. 1, Samuel Jerome, b. Oct. 17, 1850; 2, Chloe E., b. Dec. 15, 1853; 3,
Herbert Francis, b. Sept. 12, 1857; 4, Orrin Leroy, b. Jan. 16, 1860.
Francis H. 4 (Sullivan 3 , Turner 2 , Levi 1 ), m. Julia A. Woodward. Ch. 1,
Francis Eugene, b, May 20, 1859.
Simeon 2 , (Levi 1 ), m. Mary Harwood, May 10, 1784. Ch. 1, Prudence, b.
Jan. 14,1785; 2, William, b. Feb. 1, 1787; 3, Polly, b. Aug. 3, 1789; 4, Simeon,
b. July 14, 1790.
Simeon 3 (Simeon 2 , Levi 1 ), m. 1st, Lucy Arnold; m. 2d, Deborah Robbins;
m. 3d, Mrs. Silence Kenney Nelson, Sept. 26, 1848. Ch. 1, Simeon Augus-
tus, b. Nov. 25, 1817; 2, George, b. Jan. 12, 1833.
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Simeon A.* (Simeon 3 , Simeon, 2 Levi 1 ), m. 1st, Lou Van Walker, May 3,
1841; m. 2d, Ann Maria Paine, Nov. 30, 1865. Ch. 1, Benton Augustus, b.
Sept. 14, 1842; 2, Emily Mabel, b. Jan. 14, 1869; 3, Ann Maria, 4, Anna
Louisa, twins, b. Mar. 1, 1872.
Reuben 2 (Levi 1 ), m. Sarah Buxton, Oct. 25, 1812. Ch. 1, Brigham, b.
Mar. 12, 1813; 2, Keuben B., b. Apr. 25, 1817; 3, Manson, b. Mar. 7, 1821; 4,
Sarah M., b. Aug. 21, 1823; m. Alden W. Sibley; 5, Mariner, b. Aug. 1, 1826;
6, ElishaS., b. Oct. 19, 1829; 7, Edward, 8, Edwin, twins, b. Sept. 10, 1832.
Mariner 3 (Reuben 2 , Levi 1 ), m. Sarah A. . Ch. 1, Ellen Louisa, b.
Sept. 11, 1853; 2, Charles Henry, b. Mar. 7, 1836; 3, Julia Ann, b. June 26,
1866.
Jonathan Fuller m. Hannah . Ch. 1, Susanna, b. Sept. 7, 1741; 2,
Jonathan, b. Dec. 29, 1744.
Amos Fuller m. Kezia . Ch. 1, Rufus, b. Mar. 12, 1796; 2, Elisha, b.
Apr. 28, 1798; 3, Polly, b. July 23, 1801; 4, Ann W., b. Aug. 27, 1804; 5,
Sarah, b. May 28, 1806; 6, Phebe, b. Aug. 15, 1808; 7, Simeon, b. Oct. 4,
1810; 8, Charlotte, b. Nov. 19, 1812; 9, Julia, b. Aug. 22, 1814; 10, Levi, b.
Dec. 15, 1817.
Rufus 2 (Amos 1 ), m. Azubah Fuller, Mar. 30, 1820. Ch. 1, Emerson, b.
Aug. 29, 1820; 2, Louisa, b. Nov. 6, 1823; 3, Eustis, b. Jan. 9, 1825; 4, Mon-
roe, b. Feb. 2, 1827; 5, Ann Jane, b. Apr. 9, 1829; 6, Amos, b. Oct. 26, 1831.
Elisha 2 (Amos 1 ), m. Elma Maria Joslin, Dec. 28, 1823. Ch. 1, Laura
Louisa, b. Sept. 4, 1825; 2, Simeon, b. Oct. 19, 1828; 3, Fanny Jane, b. Apr.
10, 1830; 4, Emily Maria, b. May 15, 1833; 5, Julia Ann, b. Nov. 8, 1835.
Ayres Fuller m. Sally Eaton, Sept. 21, 1796. Ch. 1, Nancy, b. Apr. 4,
1797; m. Almon Sibley, Nov. 30, 1817.
GALE.
Richard Gale, supposed to have emigrated from England,
settled in Watertown, where, in 1640, he was the purchaser
of a "homestall" of six acres. His wife's name was Mary,
and they had several children, among whom was Abraham,
who married Sarah, daughter of Nathan Fiske of Water-
town. They had sixteen children, the first born of whom
was Abraham.
Abraham, jr., m. Rachel Parkhurst of Watertown, Dec. 6, 1699. Ch.
Abraham, Rachel, Samuel, Isaac, Eunice, Abigail, Daniel and Josiah.
Isaac Gale was in the military service during the French
and Indian war. His name first appears in Capt. Solomon
Holman's company as Lieutenant, which post he held until
March 1, 1763, when he was appointed Captain of the same
company, which office he resigned in September, 1769, and
was succeeded by Elisha Goddard.
Isaac 4 (Abraham 3 , Abraham 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Judith Sawyer of Framingham
about 1731. Ch. 1, Isaac, b. 1732; 2, Judith, b. Apr. 12, 1734; m. Abel
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Chase, Jan. 3, 1754; 3, Jonas, b. Apr. 23, 1735; m. 1st, Hannah Bancroft,
Sept. 20, 1757; m. 2d, Tamar Marsh, Dec. 23, 1762; m. 3d, Mrs. Rebekah
Gay, Dec. 28, 1783; 4, Nehemiah, b. Feb. 12, 1736; 5, Sarah, bapt. 1741; d.
young; 6, Elisha, b. Nov. 26, 1743; m. Mary Singletary, Apr. 8, 1767; 7, Anna,
b. Dec. 4, 1746; d. in infancy; 8, Anna, b. Nov. 11, 1748; m. James Leland,
jr., Feb. 22, 1770.
Isaac 5 (Isaac 4 , Abraham 8 , Abraham 2 , Eichard 1 ), m. Mehitable Dwinnel,
Aug. 11, 1756. Ch. 1, Peter, b. Dec. 4, 1756; m. Prudence French; 2,
Susanna, b. July 14, 1758; m. Bartholomew French; 3, Isaac, b. Dec. 10, 1759;
m. Elizabeth Cutler; 4, Jonathan, b. July 3, 1761 ; m. Rhoda Baker; 5, James,
b. Mar. 9, 1763; d. young; 6, David, b. Apr. 24, 1767. Removed to Royalston
soon after the birth of David, where he d. May 19, 1779.
Nehemiah 5 (Isaac 4 , Abraham 3 , Abraham 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Ruth Marsh, Jan.
24, 1760. Ch. 1, Benjamin, b. Apr. 18, 1761; d. unmarried, 1785; 2, Solo-
mon, b. Sept. 12, 1763; m. 1st, Rachel Woodward, Dec. 2, 1787; m. 2d, Phebe
Hays; 3, Elizabeth, b. Dec. 9, 1764; d. unmarried, 1806; 4, Jonas, b. Mar. 6,
1766; 5, Ruth, b. Oct. 12, 1767; m. John Greenwood, Dec. 17, 1788; 6, Anna,
b. July 3, 1769; d. unmarried, 1797; 7, Tamar, b. Feb. 27, 1771; m. 1st, Henry
Dwinnel, jr., June 17, 1790; m. 2d, Levi Page; 8, Rufus, b. July 5, 1773; m.
1st, Louisa Livermore; m. 2d, Mrs. Knox; 9, Nehemiah, b. Jan. 4, 1775; d.
young; 10, Isaac, b. Sept. 1, 1777; 11, Andrews, b. Apr. 8, 1780; d. 1797; 12,
Hitty, b. Sept. 9, 1782; m. David Chase, May 25, 1800.
Jonas 6 (Nehemiah 5 , Isaac 4 , Abraham 3 , Abraham 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Betsey
Grout, Nov. 1, 1795. Ch. 1, Nancy, b. Aug. 11, 1796; d. Nov. 22, 1814; 2,
Lucy, b. May 3, 1798; m. Benj. Pond, M. D., Oct. 8, 1820; 3, Leonard, b.
July 25, 1800; m. Anne E. Smith; 4, Philena, b. Aug. 3, 1802; d. Mar. 3,
1804; 5, Philena, b. Mar. 6, 1804; d. Jan. 23, 1815; 6, Benjamin Andrus, b.
Apr. 4, 1806; d. Jan. 29, 1808; 7, Jonas R, b. Mar. 30, 1808; m. Cynthia M.
Adams; 8, Elizabeth Grout, b. July 29, 1810.
Isaac 6 (Nehemiah 5 , Isaac 4 , Abraham 3 , Abraham 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Persis Stiles.
Ch.l, Harriet Stiles, b. July 14, 1804; 2, Sophronia, b. Sept. 21, 1806; d.
Sept. 5, 1807.
The family removed to Douglas, thence to Indiana.
Josiah 4 (Abraham 8 , Abraham 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Elizabeth . Ch.l,
Elizabeth, b. May 24, 1742; 2, Josiah, b. Mar. 20, 1743; m. Elizabeth Rice,
Dec. 1, 1768; 3, Abraham, b. July 29, 1745; m. Abigail Rice; 4, Amos,b.
Mar. 3, 1748; m. Hannah Maynard; 5, Henry, b. Mar. 22, 1752; m. Elizabeth
Drury, Jan. 16, 1772; 6, Rachel, b. June 24, 1754; m. Ebenezer Philips, Mar.
30, 1775; 7, Mercy, b. Dec. 2, 1756; m. Benjamin Carter, jr., Mar. 13, 1777;
8, Abigail, b. Feb. 8, 1757; m. Samuel Leland, Dec. 10, 1788; 9, Paul, b. Sept.
19, 1762; m. Huldah Holmaii, Mar. 27. 1783; 10, Lydia, b. Apr. 3, 1764; m.
Jesse Pierce, Mar. 6, 1784.
David 4 (Ebenezer 3 , Abraham 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Elizabeth Kenney, Mar. 9,
1756. Ch. 1, John, b. Aug. 28, 1757; d. Nov. 2, 1776; 2, Huldah, b. Feb.
10, 1760; m. Ephraim Town, Sept., 1777; 3, Judith, b. Dec. 30, 1761; m. Asa
Gould, May 1787.
This family removed to Warwick between 1761 and 1764.
Daniel 5 (Abraham 4 , Abraham 3 , Abraham 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Sept. 8, 1743,
Sarah Lainson. Ch.l, Daniel, b. Sept. 15, 1744; d. young; 2, Jonathan, b.
Dec. 3, 1748; m. Mary Bancroft; 3, Reuben, b. Mar. 3, 1751; d. unmarried;
4, Sarah, b, June 14, 1752; m. Samuel Mellody, Dec. 6, 1770; 5, Daniel, b.
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Nov. 8, 1753; m. Esther Kice; 6, Esther, b. July 13, 1755; m. Philip Goss;
7, Noah, b. July 20, 1757; m. Kebekah Chase; 8, John, b. Jan. 27, 1759; m.
Patty Marble; 9, Ephraim, b. Apr. 1, 1760; 10, Richard, b. Sept. 19, 1762.
GIBBS.
John Gibbs m. Abigail Chase, May 18, 1732. Ch. 1, Mary, b! Jan. 24,
1733; d. Oct. 31, 1736; 2, John, b. Dec. 1, 1735; 3, Mary, b. Mar. 12, 1737;
m. Stephen Putnam, Mar. 14, 1765; 4, Abigail, b. Oct. 24, 1742; m. Joseph
Sibley, Apr. 16, 1761; 5, Elizabeth, b. Jan. 11, 1745; m. David Lillie, Sept.
23, 1762; 6, Lydia, b. Jan. 23, 1747; m. Moses Tyler Dodge, Feb. 11, 1762; 7,
John, b. Feb. 26, 1751.
Nathaniel Gibbs m. Sarah Holton, July 9, 1767. Ch. 1, John, b. July 3,
1768; 2, Nathaniel, b. Feb. 26, 1770; 3, Jacob, b. Mar. 13, 1772; m. Mary
Caldwell, Apr. 5, 1795; 4, Mary, b. May 15, 1774; 5, Sarah, b. Sept. 9, 1776;
d. Nov. 30, 1779; 6, Hannah, b. Dec. 21, 1778; 7, Nathaniel, b. Apr. 27, 1782;
8, Sally, b. Mar. 16, 1784; 9, Anne, b. June 10, 1786; 10, Nabby, b. June 22,
1789.
John' 2 (Nathaniel 1 ), m. Mary Bixby Lake, Feb. 18, 1790. Ch. 1, John, b.
May 3, 1792.
GODDARD.
The ancestor of the Goddards in this country was Edward,
a farmer, who was born and lived in Norfolk County, Eng-
land, was once very wealthy, but being on the parliament
side during the civil war, his house was demolished by a
company of cavaliers, who also plundered his substance.
He escaped in disguise, but died soon after. He had nine
sons and three daughters. Among the sons was William,
who came to this country to collect a debt, and concluded to
remain. He accordingly sent for his wife and children, who
came over in 1666. His wife's name was Elizabeth Miles.
They had six children born in London, three of whom died
young ; the other three came to New England, viz : William,
born 1653 ; Joseph, born 1655 ; Robert.
They also had six children bom in New England, three of
whom died young ; the other three were : Benjamin, born
1668 ; Josiah, Edward.
Joseph m. Deborah Treadwell, and had four sons and two daughters.
1, Joseph; 2, James; 3, Robert, b. 1694; 4, John, b. 1699; 5, Elizabeth; 6,
Deborah.
Robert* (Joseph 8 , William 2 , Edward 1 ), settled in Sutton, now Millbury; m.
1st, Mehitable Spring; m. 2d, Mrs. Dorothy Child, Nov. 24, 1761. Ch. 1,
Elisha, b. July 13, 1713; 2, Mehitable, b. Mar. 7, 1721; m. Nathaniel Moore,
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July 31, 1740; 3, Mary, b. Mar. 1, 1725; m. Rev. Ezekiel Dodge, Sept. 27,
1750; 4, Robert, b. Oct. 29, 1727; d. Feb. 17, 1730.
Elisha 5 (Robert 4 , Joseph 8 , William 2 , Edward 1 ), m. Anna Haven, Nov. 17,
1748; m. 2d, Mary Thatcher. Ch. 1, Elisha, b. 1749; d. Oct. 25, 1771; 2,
Silence, b. 1753; m. Jonathan Hale, Nov. 22, 1769; d. Jan. 15, 1800; 3,
Mehitable, b. July 6, 1755; m. Benjamin Hey wood; 4, Robert, b. Feb. 12,
1759; d. Oct. 10, 1826; 5, Mary, b. Mar. 19, 1760; d. Apr. 19, 1776; 6,
Thacher, b. May 25, 1761; m. Lucy Wiswall, Dec. 23, 1786; 7, Ebenezer, b.
Aug. 25, 1762; d. Aug., 1769; 8, Samuel, b. Feb. 4, 1764.
Robert 6 (Elisha 5 , Robert. 4 , Joseph 8 , William 2 , Edward 1 ), m. 1st, Anna Tain-
ter, Apr. 13, 1780; she d. Dec. 19, 1792; m. 2d, Tamar Goddard, Feb. 13,
1794; m. 3d, Hannah Goddard, Nov. 6, 1796; she d. Mar. 18, 1797; m. 4th,
Mrs. Sibyl Penniman, Jan. 1, 1798. Ch. 1, Mary, b. Jan. 25, 1781; m. 1st,
Ephraim Forbes; m. 2d, Josiah Hovey; 2, Elisha, b. Feb. 2, 1783; m. Cath-
erine Broaders, Jan. 6, 1806; 3, Nancy, b. Apr. 18, 1786; m. Rufus Barton,
Mar. 11, 1806; 4, Ebeuezer Thacher, b. July 22, 1789; d. Dec. 24, 1804; 5,
David, b. Sept. 5, 1791 ; m. Dorcas Littlehale, Dec. 28, 1816.
Samuel 6 (Elisha 5 , Robert 4 , Joseph 8 , William 2 , Ed ward 1 ), m. Mary Burbank,
Apr. 7, 1783. Ch. 1, Susanna, b. May 27, 1784.
Benjamin 3 (William 2 , Edward 1 ), m. Martha Palfrey. Ch. 1, Nathaniel;
2, Benjamin, b. 1705; d. Dec. 9, 1759; 3, John, b. 1709; m. Feb. 19, 1734,
Elizabeth Frost; 4, Thomas, b. 1720; 5, Martha.
Benjamin 4 (Benjamin 3 , William 2 , Edward 1 ), m. Mary Kidder. Ch. 1,
Nathaniel; 2, Benjamin, b. Nov. 15, 1737; m. Mary Flagg, Dec. 8, 1763; 3,
Samuel; 4, James, b. Apr. 24, 1740; 5, Elizabeth; 6, Hannah, m. Josiah
Chase; 7, Mary, m. Thomas Griggs, July 4, 1776; 8, Josiah.
Samuel 5 (Benjamin 4 , Benjamin 3 , William 2 , Edward 1 ), m. Elizabeth King,
May 25, 1769 ; m. second, Mrs. Catherine Parks. Ch. 1, Henry, b. Feb. 25,
1770; 2, Samuel, b. July 6, 1772; 3, Elizabeth, b. Feb. 2, 1774; 4, Salmon, b.
Jan. 26, 1776; 5, Asahel, b. Sept. 25, 1777; 6, James, b. July 5, 1784; 7, Ben-
jamin, b. May 5, 1791; 8, Tamar, b. Feb. 10, 1795; 9, Nathaniel, b. Feb. 7,
1797; 10, Catherine, b. Nov. 4, 1800; 11, Danford, died; 12, Danford, b.
Mar. 7, 1804.
Nathaniel 6 (Samuel 6 , Benjamin 4 , Benjamin 8 , William 2 , Edward 1 ), m.
Rhoda Gale. Ch. 1, Julia Ann, b. Apr. 25, 1822; 2, Maria, b. Nov. 25, 1824;
3, Dolly Sophia, b. Mar. 24, 1828; 4, Ira Nathaniel, b. March 1, 1830.
Josiah 5 (Benjamin 4 , Benjamin 3 , William 2 , Edward 1 ), m. Huldah Batcheller;
she d. Feb. 9, 1792; he d. Feb. 12, 1784. Ch. 1, Anna, b. Feb. 23, 1762; 2,
Asahel, b. Feb. 10, 1764; 3, Joseph, b. Jan. 30, 1766; 4, Josiah, b. May 11,
1768; 5, Perley, b. Aug. 28, 1770; 6, Benjamin, b. Oct. 11, 1772; 7, Huldah,
b. Oct. 29, 1777; 8, Polly b. June 30, 1782.
Luther Goddard (ancestry unknown), m. Kezia Anderson. Ch. 1, Luther
Allen, b. Sept. 21, 1818; 2, Abraham Francis, b. Nov. 15,1821; 3, John
Emerson, b. Dec. 26, 1823; 4, Esther Jane, b. June 15, 1830.
GOFFE.
Rev. Joseph Goffe, m. Elizabeth Waters, Dec. 20, 1796. Ch. 1, Ebenezer
Waters, b. Apr. 23, 1799; 2, Maria, b. Feb. 1, 1802; 3, Joseph, b. Sept. 29,
1804; 4, Eliza, b, Feb. 21, 1806; 5, Philena, b. Apr. 8, 1808,
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GOLDTHWAIT.
We find on the records the names of Stephen and Ezekiel
Goldthwait, whose ancestry is unknown. They lived in that
part of Sutton which was set off to Northbridge.
Stephen m. Patience . Ch. 1, Samuel, b. Apr. 14, 1760; 2, Stephen,
b. Mar. 26, 1762; 3, Mary, b. May 10, 1764; 4, Nathan, b. Sept. 24, 1766; 5,
Thomas, b. Apr. 3, 1769; 6, Naomi, b. July 13, 1772; 7, Lucy, b. July 7,
1774; 8, Obed, b. Feb. 19, 1777.
Ezekiel m. Anne Adams, Dec. 3, 1772. Ch. 1, Ezekiel, b. Jan. 1, 1774; 2,
Joel, b. Jan. 9, 1776; 3, Elijah, b. Oct. 12, 1777; 4, Prudence, b. Aug.. 14,
1779.
Jesse Goldthwait (ancestry unknown), m. Sally . Ch. 1, Lydia, b.
June 9, 1811; 2, Eunice, b. Mar. 17, 1814; 3, Hiram, b. Dec. 11, 1815; 4,
Mary, b. Feb. 17, 1818.
GOOD ALE.
Three of the name, Eleazar, Amos and Samuel, appear
on our early records. The name appears among the early
settlers of Lynn. Samuel was received into the church by
letter from Andover, in 1740.
Eleazar Goodale m. Rebekah Witt of Marlborough, Jan. 17, 1733. Ch.
1, Silas, b. Sept. 12, 1734; 2, Rebekah, b. Feb. 11. 1737.
Amos Goodale m. Sarah Russell, May 27, 1736; m. 2d, Lydia Perry, Sept.
5, 1742. Ch. 1, Amos, b. Apr. 23, 1738; 2, Mary, b. Dec. 26, 1742; 3, John,
b. Mar. 31, 1745.
Samuel Goodale m. Silence Holbrook of Grafton, Oct. 20, 1743. Ch. 1,
Asa, b. Sept. 9, 1744; 2, Sarah, b. Mar. 8, 1746; m. David Fisk, Jan. 24, 1769;
3, Phebe, b. Dec. 17, 1751; m. John Waters, May 28, 1771; 4, Asa, b. May 5,
1754; 5, Betty, b. Apr. 26, 1756; m. Andrus Waters, Nov. 25, 1773; 6, Mary,
b. July 24, 1758; m. Asa Wood, Mar. 19, 1781; 7, Samuel, b. Nov. 17, 1762;
8, John, b. May 13, 1766; m. Lucy Fletcher, Dec. 13, 1781; 9, Joshua, b. Oct.
15, 1767.
Asa 2 (Samuel 1 ), m. Mary Rice, Aug. 12, 1784. Ch. 1, Polly, b. May 4,
1785; 2, Betsey, b. June 6, 1786; m. Aaron Trask, Apr. 3, 1806; 3, Hannah
L., b. May 18, 1787; 4, Asa, b. Jan. 1, 1789; 5, John, b. Apr. 30, 1792; 6,
Orra, b. Nov. 26, 1793; 7, Lyman, b. May 16, 1798.
Samuel 2 (Samuel 1 ), m. Relief . Ch. 1, Ebenezer Wood, b. May 3,
1793; 2, Samuel, b. Apr. 28, 1795; d. young; 3, Samuel, b. Apr. 28, 1797; 4,
Polly Wood, b. Aug. 24, 1800.
Ephraim Goodale m. Mrs. Prudence Haven, Aug. 3, 1796. Ch. 1, Laura,
2, Sophia, twins, b. Aug. 28, 1797.
GOULD.
According to Dea. Leland, Joseph and Ebenezer were
brothers, and came from Salem. There is also mention
upon the records of Thomas, Caleb and George, whose rela-
tionship cannot be ascertained.
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Joseph m. Sarah Twist of Salem. Ch. 1, Daniel, b. Oct. 19, 1731; m. 1st,
Mary Putnam, Dec. 9, 1762; m. 2d, Polly Stone; 2, Sarah, b. Dec. 5, 1743 ;
m. Solomon Holman, Dec. 22, 1763; 3, Molly, b. July 19, 1751; m. John
Gould, Aug. 17, 1769; 4, Betty, b. Feb. 26, 1759; m. Daniel Carriel, Dec. 3,
1778; 5, Gideon, b. Apr. 26, 1762; m. Hannah Marsh, Dec. 5, 1782.
Ebenezer m. 1st, Lydia Marsh, Nov. 12, 1741 ; m. 2d, Abigail Carriel, Sept.
20, 1744; m. 3d, Mrs. Hannah (Twist) Jennison, Aug. 12, 1760. Ch. 1,
Lydia, b. Aug. 27, 1742; m. Daniel Harwood, Mar: 28, 1758; 2, Ebenezer, b.
Jan. 1, 1745; m. Tabitha Kenney, Feb. 25, 1768; 3, Abigail, b. Aug. 9, 1748;
m. Thomas McKnight, Mar. 1, 1764; 4, John, b. Jan. 17, 1750; 5, Anne, b.
Mar. 16, 1754; m. John Davidson, Jan. 16, 1772; 6, Jonathan, b. Jan. 16,
1756; 7, Hannah, b. Nov. 27, 1757.
John 2 (Ebenezer 1 ), m. Molly Gould, Aug. 17, 1769. Ch. 1, Polly, b. Feb.
10, 1769; 2, Betty, b. Sept. 16, 1770; 3, John, b. May 20, 1772; m. 1st, Lois
Torrey, Aug. 12, 1791; m. 2d, Ruth Prentice, Apr. 12, 1794; 4, Joseph, b.
Feb. 14, 1774; 5, Peter, b. Apr. 18, 1776; 6, Phebe, b. June 8, 1778; 7, David,
b. Apr. 5, 1781; 8, Simeon, b. Mar. 12, 1784; 9, Stephen, b. Aug. 31, 1789.
Jonathan 2 (Ebenezer 1 ), m. Lydia Jennison, July 11, 1776. Ch. 1, Lydia,
b. Sept. 7, 1777; d. aged 15; 2, Dolly, b. Aug. 2, 1779; m. Isaac Town, Oct.
9, 1799; 3, Betsey, b. Sept. 22, 1786; m. Eli Twitchel, Jan. 30, 1807; 4, Hitty,
b. July 16, 1788; m. Edmund Chapman, Aug. 8, 1810; 5, Nancy, b. Apr. 10,
1790; m. Ebenezer Richardson, Mar. 3, 1811; 6, Polly, b. Jan. 25, 1792; m.
Antipas Smith; 7, Lydia, b. June 25, 1793; 8, Lydia, b. Mar. 1, 1794; m.
Thurston Hale ; 9, Calvin, b. Mar. 28, 1796 ; m. Lucinda Parker ; 10, Clarissa,
b. May 29, 1798; m. Jonathan Gale; 11, Hannah, b. Aug. 28, 1802; m. Waters
Holman.
Thomas Gould m. Hannah . Ch. 1, Jonathan, b. Feb. 5, 1749; d.
Oct. 30, 1781.
Jonathan 2 (Thomas 1 ), m. Hannah Singletary, Jan. 30, 1770. Ch. 1, John,
b. Nov. 26, 1772; 2, Jonathan, b. Jan. 25, 1777; 3, Haffield, b. Jan. 30, 1779;
4, Hannah, b. Mar. 13, 1781.
Caleb Gould m. Sarah . Ch. 1, Caleb, b. Oct. 3, 1751.
Thomas Gould m. Martha Buckmau, Mar. 15, 1745. Ch. 1, Martha, b.
Oct. 6, 1745; 2, Martha, b. Jan. 11, 1747; 3, Stephen, b. Sept. 18, 1748; 4,
Simeon, b. Aug. 24, 1750; 5, Hannah, b. Mar. 2, 1754.
Simeon 2 (Thomas 1 ), m. Mary . Ch. 1, Ruth, b. Aug. 3, 1771.
George Gould m. Rachel Dwight. Ch. 1, Elijah, b. Sept. 28, 1759; 2,
Mary, b. Apr. 19, 1762; 3, Hannah, b. July 18, 1765; 4, Rachel, b. Feb. 26,
1767; 5, Samuel, b. Nov. 28, 1770; 6, Mary, b. May 29, 1772.
GOWING.
Two families of the name, those of Thomas and Samuel,
were among the original thirty settlers. Thomas drew the
lot adjoining that of Benjamin Marsh, upon the east. Sam-
uel drew lot twenty-eight, known in later years as the
Tenney place. The name Gowing is found among the early
settlers of Lynn, and these families undoubtedly came from
that town.
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Benjamin Gowing lived upon the lot drawn by Samuel,
but whether he was his son is unknown. His wife was
Abigail Wyman, and came to town with him.
Ch. 1, Benjamin, d. unmarried ; 2, Abigail, m. Jeremiah Kichardson, Mar.
23, 1758; 3, Nathaniel, b. June 26, 1734.
Nathaniel 2 (Benjamin 1 ), m. Patience^Richardson of ,Woburn, Mar. 17, 1757.
Ch. 1, Hannah, b. July 28, 1758 ; 2, Patience, b. July 30, 1761 ; m. Ezekiel
Brigham of Graf ton ; 3,Samuel, b. Nov. 29, 1763.
The family removed to Chester, Yt.
GREENWOOD.
Daniel Greenwood and his wife, Sarah, were received into
the church in Sutton, by letter from the church in Framing-
ham, in 1730. They were afterward dismissed to form the
church in the north parish, now Millbury.
He d. June 8, 1812. Ch. 1, Hannah, b. Apr. 10, 1729; m. John Harback,
Dec. 4, 1753; 2, James, b. Oct. 2, 1730; 3, Daniel, b. June 15, 1732; 4, Eliza-
beth, 5, Sarah, twins, b. Aug. 3, 1734; Sarah m. Daniel Rooper, Mar. 18, 1756 ;
6, Elizabeth, b. July 1, 1737; m. Jonathan Carriel, Nov. 25, 1756.
James 2 (Daniel 1 ), m. Lydia King, July 5, 1759; d. Jan. 18, 1809. Ch. 1,
Abigail, b. Apr. 25, 1760; m. Benjamin Bancroft, Feb. 13, 1783; 2, John, b.
Sept. 1, 1762; m. Ruth Gale, Dec. 17, 1788; 3, Hannah, b. Dec. 27, 1764; m.
Aaron Pierce, Sept. 8, 1790; 4, James, b. Jan. 11, 1768; 5, Samuel, b. July
13, 1772; 6, Lydia, b. Oct. 16, 1775; m. Peter Holman, Jan. 25, 1797.
James 3 (James-, Daniel 1 ), m. Betsey Gray of Worcester, Dec. 20, 1794.
Ch. 1, Clara, b. Dec. 3, 1798; 2, Betsey Gray, b. May 27, 1800; 3, Henry
King, b. Feb. 24, 1802; 4, James, b. June 1, 1806.
Daniel' 2 (Daniel 1 ), m. Jerusha Eaton of Worcester, Nov. 17, 1754. Ch. 1,
Sarah, b. Aug. 11, 1755; m. David Prince Chase, Dec. 2, 1777; 2, Mary, b.
Apr. 13, 1757; m. Samuel Bixby, jr., June 13, 1781; 3, Daniel, b. Mar. 30,
1759; 4, Jerusha, b. Sept. 20, 1760; m. Solomon Marble, Nov. 11, 1784.
Daniel 3 (Daniel 2 , Daniel 1 ), m. Lucy Chase, Apr. 16, 1788. Ch. 1, Sukey,
b. Mar. 2, 1791 ; 2, Lucy Richardson, b. June 17, 1793.
GRIGGS.
Thomas Griggs came from Brookline; m. Mary Goddard of Graf ton, July
4, 1776. Ch. 1, Mary b. Jan. 19, 1782; 2, John, b. Feb. 15, 1785; 3, Joseph,
b. Nov. 3, 1786.
John 2 (Thomas 1 ), m. Mary Thurston. Ch. 1, Lewis, b. Sept. 7, 1813; 2,
Salem, b. Feb. 9, 1815; 3, Susan Elizabeth, b. July 14, 1816; 4, Thomas
Thurston, b. Jan. 31, 1818; 5, John, b. May 16, 1819; 6, Joseph Franklin, b.
Apr. 24, 1822; 7. Mary Ann, b. Apr. 15, 1824; 8, George, b. July 31, 1826; 9,
Nathan, b. July 5, 1828; 10, Frances Helen, b. Apr. 29, 1834; m. Willard F.
Pond, Jan. 20, 1853; 11, Margaret Louisa, b. Nov. 19, 1835; m. Henry S.
Stockwell, Aug. 30, 1859.
654 FAMILIES OF THE
Lewis 8 (John 2 , Thomas^/m. M. E. Hancock, Jan. 1842. Ch. 1, Ann M. ;
2, Mary L. ; m. Henry S. Stockwell, Nov. 17, 1869.
Joseph F. 3 (John 2 , Thomas 1 ) m. Eliza D. Brooks, Apr. 16, 1863. Ch. 1,
Martha Buchanan, b. Jan. 24, 1864; 2, Jeremiah Brooks, b. Jan. 6, 1866; 3,
Thomas Campbell, b. Mar. 29, 1868; 4, Mary Thurston, b. Mar. 1, 1870; d.
July 2, 1870; 5, Joseph Franklin, b. Aug, 27, 1871.
HALL.
Percival Hall was from Medford, and came to Sutton about
1720. He was the son of John of Concord, who was the son
of Widow Mary of Cambridge. He became one of the pro-
prietors of the town by the purchase of several five hundred
acre rights, and was one of the proprietors' committee from
1722 to 1751. He was among the founders of the church at
Medford, and was received by letter from that church into
the church in Sutton in 1721, and soon chosen deacon.
He was prominent in town affairs, and representative to
the provincial legislature.
He married Jane Willis of Woburn, Oct. 18, 1697; d. Dec. 25, 1752; she d.
Oct. 28, 1757. Ch. 1, Percival, b. Nov. 13, 1698; m. Lydia Bounds; d. May
5, 1738; 2, Jane b. May 15, 1700; 3, Mary; m. Thomas Rice, June 6, 1726;
4, Elizabeth; m. James McClellan, Dec. 26, 1722; 5, Stephen, b. Apr. 2,
1709; d. Jan. 29, 1787; 6, Martha; 7, Thomas, b. Aug. 15, 1712; 8, Zaccheus,
9, Susanna, twins, b. Jan. 11, 1715; 10, Grace, b. Oct. 7, 1717; 11, Willis,
b. Mar. 7, 1720; d. Apr. 10, 1800.
Stephen* (Percival 3 , John 2 , w. Mary 1 ), m. Sarah (Taft) Reed, Apr. 17,
1745. Ch. 1, Stephen, b. Jan. 14, 1746; d. Sept. 12, 1822; 2, Joseph, b.
Feb. 25, 1748; 3, Elizabeth, b. Feb. 28, 1750; m. first, Benjamin Swinerton,
Dec. 21, 1769; m. second, L. Thompson; 4, John, b. Apr. 26, 1752; 5,
Samuel Reed, b. Jan. 21, 1755; 6, Emerson, b. Apr. 21, 1758; m. Tabitha
Fletcher, Apr. 6, 1780; 7, Lucy, b. Jan. 7, 1761; d. Nov. 7, 1777.
Stephen 5 (Stephen 4 , Percival 3 , John 2 , w. Mary 1 ), m. Abigail Spring of
Newtown. Ch. 1, Abigail, b. Dec. 7, 1770; m. Amos Batcheller; 2, Stephen,
b. Mar. 4, 1773; 3, Sarah, b. Aug. 20, 1775; in. Elkanah Atwood; 4, Betty ,
b. Mar. 4, 1778; m. David Stone, Mar. 12, 1808; 5, Simeon, b. Mar. 27, 1780 ;
6, William, b. Mar. 9, 1783; 7, Mary, b. Feb. 22, 1785; m. Eli Servey, Apr. 1 ,
1808; 8, Calvin, b. Jan. 23, 1789.
Stephen 6 (Stephen 6 , Stephen*, Percival 8 , John 2 , w. Mary 1 ), m. Polly
Stone, Dec. 1798. Ch. 1, Kelsey, b. Apr. 27, 1799; 2, Daphne, b. June 25 ,
1800; m. Stephen Severy, Nov. 9, 1816; 3, Therel Luther, b. Aug. 29, 1801 ;
4, Olivet, b. Oct. 13, 1803; 5, Merinda, b. Oct. 17, 1804; 6, Acosta, b. May 6,
1804; 7, Pelthira, b. June 17, 1809; 8, Diolphus Stephen Moody Stone, b .
Jan. 22, 1811; d. Oct. 23, 1811; 9, Zera Spring, b. July 27, 1812; 10, Elthede
Gould, b. Feb. 13, 1815; 11, Amanda Ann Stone, b. July 16, 1820; m. Corne -
lius Putnam, 1842.
T. Luther 7 (Stephen 6 , Stephen 5 , Stephen*, Percival 3 , John 2 , w. Mary 1 ),
TOWN OF BUTTON. 655
m. Hannah Beers, May 10, 1817. Ch. 1, David Nichols, b. July 5, 1818;
m. Sarah C. Smith, 1847; d. Apr. 29, 1851; 2, Franklin, b. May 2, 1820; 3,
Anna, b. Dec. 1, 1822.
Simeon 6 (Stephen 5 , Stephen*, Percival 3 , John 2 , w. Mary 1 ), m. Hannah
Dagget, Oct. 14, 1805. Ch. 1, Eliza Lydia, b. Mar. 1813; 2, Frederick
Augustus, b. Dec. 4, 1815.
William 6 (Stephen 6 , Stephen 4 , Percival 8 , John 2 , w. Mary 1 ) m. Almy
Greene of Rhode Island. Ch. 1, Ann Davis, b. May 15, 1810; m. Wm. G.
Maynard, July 18, 1849; 2, Almy Maria, b. Apr. 13, 1812; 3, Abigail Cathe-
rine, b. July 9, 1820; m. Amos B. Stockwell, Apr. 16, 1844.
Calvin 6 (Stephen 5 , Stephen 4 , Percival 3 , John 2 , w. Mary 1 ) m. Abigail
Harback. Ch. 1, Abigail, b. Dec. 29, 1812; 2, Edwin Calvin, b. Apr. 6,
1815; m. Priscilla Brown, Oct. 16, 1837; 3, Thomas Leander, b. Apr. 6, 1817;
4, Martha Spring, b. Nov. 21, 1819; 5, Candace Ann, b. Jan. 21,1821; 6,
Sarah Sophia, b. Mar. 2, 1823 ; 7, William Estes, b. Dec. 21, 1825 ; m. Frances
J. Hill, Sept. 12, 1850; 8, Catherine Whitney, b. Apr. 13,1828; 9, Henry
Lewis, b. Apr. 14, 1832.
Thomas L. v (Calvin 6 , Stephen 5 , Stephen 4 , Percival 3 , John 2 , w. Mary 1 ),
m. Jane W. Herrick. Ch. 1, a daughter b. Nov. 26, 1849.
Joseph 5 (Stephen 4 , Percival 8 , John 2 , w. Mary 1 ), m. Mary Trowbridge,
1769. Ch. 1, Thaddeus, b. Mar. 28, 1770; 2, Sarah, b. Nov. 26, 1771 ; m.
Orrin Stevens; 3, Amasa, b. June 4, 1774; d. young; 4, Abrier, b. July 25,
1775; died young; 5, Polly, b. May 15, 1777; m. James Butler; 6, Joseph, b.
Sept. 14, 1779; 7, Louis, b. Dec. 7, 1781; d. in infancy; 8, Edmund T. b.
Juue 1, 1783; 9, Ethen, b. Sept. 12, 1785; m. Isaac Hallock; 10, Asher, b.
June 25, 1787; 11, Anna, b. Apr. 19, 1789; m. Aaron Curtis; 12, John, b.
1791; d. young; 13, Betsey, b. 1793; d. young; 14, Lucy, b. Sept. 22, 1796.
Edmund T. 6 (Joseph 5 , Stephen 4 , Percival 3 , John 2 , w. Mary 1 ), m.
Abigail Slocomb, Jan. 1, 1807. Ch. 1, Albert T., b. June 22, 1807; 2,
William Slocomb, b. Nov. 2, 1816; 3, Theron Edmund, b. Nov. 8, 1821; 4,
Joseph Leonard, b. Oct. 12, 1823; 5, Electa; m. Joseph S. Livermore.
Joseph L. 7 (Edmund T. 6 , Joseph 5 , Stephen 4 , Percival 3 , John 2 , w. Mary 1 ),
m. Eliza A. Prescott, Sept. 24, 1844. Ch. 1, Henry S. b. Apr. 8, 1845.
John 5 (Stephen 4 , Percival 8 , John 2 , w. Mary 1 ), m. Dolly Ward, Jan.
1727. Ch. 1, Lucy, b. Jan. 10, 1778; m. Joseph Nelson, Aug. 25, 1796; 2,
Thaddeus, b. Nov. 30, 1779; 3, Jonas, b. Jan. 13, 1782; 4, John, b. Oct. 28,
1787; 5, Dolly, b. Feb. 12, 1789; m. July 18, 1806, John Haskell; 6, Harriet,
b. Mar. 14, 1792; m. Jona. F. Putnam, June 25, 1811; 7, Hannah, b. Jan. 9,
1794; m. Abner Mayuard, June 19, 1814; 8, Increase Sumner, b. Apr. 3,
1797 ; d. in Cincinnati.
John 6 (John 5 , Stephen 4 , Percival 3 , John 2 , w. Mary 1 ), m. Persis Cum-
inings, June 14, 1814. Ch. 1, Susanna Sibley, b. Feb. 1, 1815; 2, John
Sidney, b. Aug. 4, 1818; 3, Estes Harrison, b. Dec. 30, 1821; 4, Marcus
Morton, b. Oct. 19, 1824.
Thomas 4 (Percival 3 , John 2 , w. Mary 1 ), m. first, Judith Chase, June
30, 1737 ; m. second, Huldah Park, June 24, 1758. Ch. 1, Percival, b. Mar.
15, 1741; 2, Thomas, b. Mar. 23, 1743; d. young; 3, Sarah, b. Aug. 28, 1745;
4, Thomas, b. Dec. 1, 1747; 5, Mary, b. June 10, 1750; 6, Betty, b. June 9,
1753; in. Jabez Lathe, Nov. 8, 1776; 7, Moses, b. Aug. 27, 1755; 8, Judith,
b. Sept. 16, 1757; 9, Moody, b. Feb. 25, 1760; 10, Huldah, b. July 26, 1761.
Family removed to Cornish, N. H,
656 FAMILIES OF THE
Zaccheus 4 (Percival 8 , John 2 , w. Mary 1 ), m. Mary Jennison. Ch. 1, Elias,
b. Sept. 23, 1743; 2, Mary, b. Sept. 17, 1745; 3, Zaccheus, b. July 1, 1749; 4,
Aaron;* 5, Percival; 6, Lydia.
Willis* (Percival 3 , John 2 , w. Mary 1 ), m. 1st, Martha Gibbs, May 21, 1746;
m. 2d, Anne Coye, Dec. 10, 1756. Ch. 1, Willis, b. May 29, 1747: 2, Jacob,
b. Feb. 2, 1749; 3, Martha, b. Sept. 12, 1751; m. Absalom Forbes, July 25,
1771; 4, Grace, b. Oct. 30, 1753; m. Jesse Greene; 5, Olive, b. Dec. 11, 1755;
m. Archelaus Dwinel, May 26, 1778; 6, Jonathan, b. Oct. 21, 1757; m. Nancy
Cady; 7, Josiah, b. Oct. 5, 1759; 8, Israel, b. Jan. 21, 1762; d. Sept. 5, 1764;
9, Nathaniel, b. Apr. 9, 1764 ; m. Hannah Emerson ; 10, Joseph, b. Jan. 26,
1767; 11, Anne, b. June 1, 1769; m. John Whipple, Nov. 28, 1794.
Willis 5 (Willis 4 , Percival 3 , John 2 , w. Mary 1 ), m. Mrs. Rebeckah Parsons,
Dec. 3, 1767. Ch. 1, Anna, b. 1768; 2, Andrew, d. young; 3, John, b. 1772;
m. Marib Armsby, Mar. 31, 1803; 4, Liberty, d. about 1828; 5, Ruth; 6,
Willis.
Josiah 6 (Willis 4 , Percival 3 , John 2 , w. Mary 1 ), m. Mary Marble, May 12,
1785. Ch. 1, Oliver, b. Dec. 1, 1785 ; 2, Polly, b, Apr. 7, 1788 ; m. Alpheus
Marble, Nov. 25, 1819; 3, Almira, b. June 4, 1790; d. Sept. 12, 1795; 4, Debo-
rah, b. Jan. 18, 1793; d. Sept. 12, 1795; 5, Hannah, b. Dec. 13, 1795; m. 1st,
Rufus Carter, Dec. 13, 1819; m. 2d, Cyrus Faulkner; 6, Mindwell, b. Feb. 8,
1798; m. James Phelps; 7, Anna, b. June 17, 1800 ; d. unmarried; 8, Sally,
b. May 7, 1804; d. May 11, 1839.
Oliver 6 (Josiah 5 , Willis 4 , Percival 3 , John 2 , w. Mary 1 ), m. Cimene Carter,
1812. Ch. 1, Gardner, b. Apr. 6, 1813; 2, Julia Ann, b. Feb. 21, 1815; m.
S. Dexter King, Apr. 16, 1837; 3, Willis, b. Apr. 28, 1818; 4, Josiah Clark, b.
Sept. 11, 1820; 5, Mary Marble, b. Mar. 8, 1822; m. John Hinds; d. Oct. 13,
1853; 6, Susan Marble, b. June 3, 1824; m. Robert Luther, May 10, 1848; d.
Oct. 21, 1876; 7, Rufus Carter, b. July 7, 1827; 8, Frances Amelia, b. Apr.
30, 1836; m. Rev. N. Medbery, Nov. 3, 1868.
Gardner 7 (Oliver 6 , Josiah 5 , Willis 4 , Percival 8 , John 2 , w. Mary 1 ), m. 1st,
Catherine B. Woodbury, Sept. 19, 1841; she d. May 14, 1858; m. 2d, Annie
E. Spaulding, Apr. 6, 1859. Ch. 1, John Gardner, b. July 1* 1842; 2, Cath-
erine W., b. June 23, 1851; d. June 16, 1852; 3, Arthur W., b. Nov. 14, 1860.
Josiah C. 7 (Oliver 6 , Josiah 5 , Willis 4 , Percival 3 , John' 2 , w. Mary 1 ), m. Jane
E. Congdon, Jan. 1, 1851. Ch. 1, Fanny Jane, b. May 21, 1852; 2, Mary;
3, Nellie.
Rufus C. 7 (Oliver 6 , Josiah 5 , Willis 4 , Percival 3 , John 2 , w. Mary 1 ), m. AnnE.
Dudley, May 25, 1853. Ch. 1, Florence Dudley, b. Apr. 5, 1863.
Joseph 5 (Willis 4 , Percival 8 , John 2 , w. Mary 1 ), m. Anna Harback, May 27,
1792. Ch. 1, Nancy, b. Apr. 19, 1793; m. Carter Elliot; 2, Joseph M., b.
Nov. 2, 1794; d. Aug. 6, 1795; 3, Laurinda, b. June 19, 1797; m. David Elliot;
4, Lewis, b. Nov. 2, 1799; d. Jan. 15, 1801; 5, Willard, b. May 25, 1802; m.
Stone.
* Aaron entered Harvard College, but left on account of the revolutionary
war ; entered the army and continued in it until peace was declared. He held
some commission. After the war he came to Sutton, married, and removed
to Westhampton,
TOWN OF SUTTON. 657
HALL, REV. DAVID, D. D.
Rev. David 4 * (Joseph 8 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Dr. Jonathan
Prescott of Concord, June 24, 1731. Her mother was Rebekah, dau. of Peter
Bulkley, Esq., of Concord, and grand-daughter of Rev. Peter Bulkley, first
minister of Concord; she d. Aug. 7, 1803, aged 90. Ch. 1, David, b. May 5,
1732; 2, Elizabeth, b. Feb. 17, 1734; m. Dr. John Hale of Hollis, Sept. 5,
1754; 3, Rebekah, b. Sept. 1, 1736; m. Rev. Aaron Putnam, Oct. 30, 1760;
4, Mary, b. Dec. 14, 1738; m. John Putnam, Apr. 13, 1758; 5, Hannah, b.
Aug. 30, 1740; m. Asa Grosvenor, Apr. 24, 1766; 6, Sarah, b. Dec. 15, 1742;
m. Gen. Jonathan Chase of Cornish, N. H. ; 7, Benjamin, b. Feb. 27, 1746; 8,
Lucy, b. Mar. 19, 1749; m. Sept. 6, 1773, Samuel Paine; 9, Joseph, b. Sept.
8, 1751; 10, Jonathan, b. Jan. 20, 1754; m. Bathsheba Mumford ; 11, Debo-
rah, b. Mar. 5, 1756; m. May 9, 1776, Rev. Daniel Grosvenor.
David 5 (Rev. David*, Joseph 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Mrs. Mary Barrett, Sept.
11, 1755. Ch. 1, Mary, b. Nov. 19, 1755 ; 2, Joseph Barrett, b. Feb. 19, 1758.
Removed to Pomfret, Ct.
Benjamin 5 (Rev. David 4 , Joseph 8 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Elizabeth Mosely,
Aug. 22, 1771. Ch. 1, Polly, b. June 16, 1774.
Removed to Cornish, N. H.
Joseph 5 (Rev. David 4 , Joseph 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Chloe Grosvenor of Pom-
fret, Ct. Ch. 1, John Hancock, b. Nov. 24, 1786; d. June 16, 1815; 2,
Joseph G., b. Feb. 17, 1789; 3, David Ebenezer, b. Nov. 14, 1791; 4, Lemuel,
b. Aug. 17, 1794; 5, Lucy C., b. Oct. 5, 1797; m. Sept. 3, 1820, Dr. S. C. H.
Smith.
HARBACK.
Thomas Harback, ancestor of the Sutton Harbacks, born
in the county of Warwickshire, England, in the year 1698,
came to America about 1720.
He m. Annabel Coolidge in 1723; she d. Mar. 8, 1777; m. 2d, Mrs. Abigail
Gould, July 8, 1777; he d. Sept. 23, 1782. Ch. 1, Henry, b. Feb. 9, 1724; d.
Jan. 22, 1775; 2, John, T>. Feb. 4, 1725; d. May 1, 1801; 3, Elizabeth, b. June
23, 1728; 4, Jonathan, b. Jan. 31, 1730; 5, William, b. May 26, 1733; d. June
13, 1791; 6, Thomas, b. Sept. 2, 1736; 7, Abigail, b. Sept. 11, 1738; m. Jacob
Nelson ; 8, Thomas, b. July 4, 1741 ; d. July 20, 1821 ; 9, Annabel, b. June 3,
1744.
John 2 (Thomas 1 ), m. Hannah Greenwood. Ch. 1, Elizabeth, b. Oct. 1,
1756; 2, John, b. July 1, 1758; 3, Hannah, b. Feb. 6, 1760; 4, Sarah, b. June
5,1762; 5, Anne, b. May 4, 1764; 6, Daniel, b. Apr. 21, 1766; d. Jan. 10,
1839; 7, David, b. June 22, 1769; 8, Mary, b. Oct. 23, 1773.
Daniel 3 (John 2 , Thomas 1 ), m. Lucretia Ward, Mar. 27, 1787; she d. Apr.
29, 1810. Ch. 1, Dolly, b. May 13, 1787; 2, Charles Ward, b. Feb. 3, 1789;
3, Origen, b. Jan. 20, 1791; 4, Betsey, b. Aug. 13, 1793; 5, John, b. Jan. 10,
1798; d. Nov. 1, 1841 ; 6, George Washington, b. Oct. 23, 1799; d. Sept. 6,
1803; 7, Daniel, b. Aug. 12, 1802; d. Sept 24, 1845; 8, Palmer, b. Aug. 2,
1806.
* See history of his home.
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658 FAMILIES OF THE
Charles Ward 4 (Daniel 3 , John 2 , Thomas 1 ), m. Lydia . Ch. 1, George
Rawson, b. Jan. 31, 1817; 2, Charles Franklin, b. May 28, 1818; 3, Lucretia
Maria, b. Nov. 15, 1820.
Origen 4 (Daniel 8 , John 2 , Thomas 1 ), m. Ruth . Ch. 1, Adeline, b. Feb.
2, 1817; 2, John, b. June 7, 1820; 3, Hannah Marble, b. Apr. 16, 1822; 4,
Mary Ann, b. Dec. 3, 1824.
Thomas 2 (Thomas 1 ), m. Catherine Benais, Jan. 15, 1777; she d. July 20,
1820. Ch. 1, Sarah, b. Oct. 7, 1777 ; m. John Woodbury, 3d ; 2, Eunice, b.
July 3, 1779; m. Moses Hayden; 3, Thomas, b. Mar. 1, 1782; 4, Henry Bright,
b. June 24, 1784; 5, Sophia Coolidge, b. Apr. 20, 1786; d. July 10, 1809; 6,
Catherine, b. Aug. 28, 1788; m. Luther Woodbury; 7, Abigail, b. Sept. 20,
1790; m. Calvin Hall; 8, Persia, b. Sept. 26, 1792; d. Oct. 9, 1795; 9, Benja-
min, b. Nov. 23, 1794; d. Dec. 9, 1794.
Thomas 8 (Thomas 2 Thomas 1 ), m. Nancy Sherman; m. 2d, Elizabeth John-
son of Worcester. Ch. 1, Thomas Sherman, b. June 20, 1812; 2, Nancy
Maria, b. Sept. 9, 1813.
Henry B. 8 (Thomas 2 , Thomas 1 ), m. Lucretia Barton, Oct. 2, 1808; she d.
May 21, 1818; m. 2d, Dolly Bellows, Sept. 9, 1822. Ch. 1, William Henry,
b. Feb. 21, 1810; d. Dec. 17, 1858; 2, Alexander Porter, b. Nov. 4, 1811; 3,
Rufus Harrison, b. Sept. 10, 1813; 4, Mary Bellows, b. Feb. 1, 1826; d. July
20,1827; 5, Thomas Franklin, b. Apr. 11, 1828; d. Aug. 30, 1831 ; 6, Calvin
Briggs, b. June 11, 1830; 7, Rebecca Elvira, b. Apr. 5, 1832; m. Harris;
8, Nancy Barton, b. June 11, 1834; 9, Lydia Pierce Foster, b. June 17, 1836;
d. Mar. 6, 1847; 10, Franklin Thomas, b. Aug. 29, 1838; d. Feb. 4, 1839; 11,
Charles Bemis, b. Dec. 22, 1839.
William H. 4 (Henry B. 8 , Thomas 2 , Thomas 1 ), m. Eliza C. Lamson. Ch.
1, Julia Ann, b. Sept. 28, 1835; 2, Vashti E., b. Oct. 29, 1839; 3, George L.,
b. Aug. 29, 1840.
HARWOOD.
David Harwood m. Elizabeth . Ch. 1, David, b. May 28, 1740; 2,
Elizabeth, b. Oct. 4, 1742; 3, Ezra, b. Aug. 29, 1744; 4, Persis, b. Jan. 14,
1747; 5, Jonathan, b. Sept. 8, 1749; m. Apphya Woodbury, Mar. 23, 1784; 6,
Hannah, b. July 2, 1751; 7, Ebenezer, b. Feb. 11, 1753; m. Elizabeth Lipper-
well, Apr. 12, 1780.
David 2 (David 1 ), m. Mary . Ch. 1, Samuel, b. Nov. 17, 1766.
Ezra 2 (David 1 ), m. Lydia . Ch. 1, Chloe, b. Oct. 20, 1769; 2, Ezra,
b. Oct. 16, 1771; 3, Lydia, 4, Molly, twins, b. Jan. 1, 1773; 5, Hannah, b.
Oct. 19, 1774.
Daniel Harwood (ancestry unknown), m. Lydia . Ch. 1, Daniel, b.
Apr. 7, 1759; 2, Peter, b. Feb. 23, 1762; 3, Jesse, b. Feb. 14, 1764; 4, Simeon,
b. Mar. 2, 1769; 5, Lydia, b. Sept. 1, 1773; 6, Abner, b. Jan. 8, 1776; m.
Sally Eddy, Oct. 8, 1798; 7, Huldah, b. Jan. 22, 1778; 8, Caleb, b. May 13,
1780; 9, Wilcutt, b. Feb. 13, 1782.
Peter 2 (Daniel 1 ), m. Phoebe . Ch. 1, Nancy, b. July 21, 1789.
HATHEWAY.
Joshua 2 (Jacob Hatheway 1 ), came to Suttonfrom Freetown; m. Mrs. Mary
Evans; d. May 4, 1807. Ch. 1, Mary; m. Gilbert Hatheway ; 2, Roba, m.
William Warren; 3, Simeon; 4, Caroline Matilda; m, Joshua Morse, May 9,
1782; 5, Joshua; m. Hannah Harback.
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Simeon 8 (Joshua 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. first, Betsey Wellington ; m. second, Lucy
Burdon, June 2, 1793. Ch. 1, Simeon, b. Dec. 31, 1778; 2, Betsey, b. Apr.
3, 1780; m. Caleb Hist, May 17, 1799; 3, Lucinda, b. Oct. 31, 1781; m. Cyrus
Putnam, May 17, 1800; 4, Daniel, b. Mar. 17, 1783; 5, Salmon, b. Dec. 7,
1784; m. Betsey Wordsworth; 6, Warren, b. July 18, 1786; d. Feb. 19, 1817;
7, Polly, b. July 14, 1788; m. John Morse, Nov. 15, 1809; 8, Lydia, b. Nov.
22, 1789; m. Asa Cummings, May 25, 1808; 9, Sally, b. Feb. 19, 1791; d.
May 20, 1791; 10, Prudence, b. Mar. 17, 1792; d. Mar. 18, 1792; 11, Lucy, b.
Jan. 5, 1793; m. John Parson, Nov. 4, 1813; 12, John Burdon, b. July 7,
1794; d. Feb. 11, 1818; 13, Sally, b. Feb. 19, 1796; m. Ziba Eaton, Dec. 4,
1817; 14, Aurel, b. Sept. 16, 1797; m. Joseph Bigelow, Nov. 11, 1820; 15,
Alice Eliza, b. May 4, 1799; m. Samuel Eaton, Sept. 25, 1820; 16, Prudence,
b. Jan. 25, 1801; m. Nathan Bigelow; 17, Joseph Reid, b. Nov. 26, 1802; m.
Sophia Sheldon ; 18, Bailey Evans, 19, Bennet Bailey, twins, b. Aug. 1, and
2, 1805; Bailey E. d. Aug. 6, 1805; Bennet B. m. Tryphena Abbott; 20,
Paulina Hoxy, b. May 1, 1807; d. May 4, 1817; 21, Diantha Rich, b. Mar. 15,
1811 ; m. Newton.
Simeon 4 (Simeon 3 , Joshua 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. Silence Hicks, May 29, 1801. Ch.
1, Isaac, b. May 3, 1802; 2, Ozman, b. Feb. 29, 1804; m. Sarah Harding; 3,
Silence, b. Aug. 8, 1807; 4, Benjamin Hicks, b. Nov. 27, 1810; 5, Sally Jane,
b. Jan. 20, 1815; 6, Lawson Brigham.
Isaac 5 , (Simeon 4 , Simeon 3 , Joshua 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. Fanny Batcheller, May 8,
1825. Ch. 1, Simeon Augustus, b. Sept. 18, 1826; 2, Daniel Batcheller, b.
Jan. 5, 1832; 3, Emma Jane, b. Jan. 18, 1844.
Benjamin Hicks 5 (Simeon 4 , Simeon 3 , Joshua 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. Mary Foster,
May 13, 1835. Ch. 1, Albert; 2, Charles; 3, Augusta; 4, Mary Ann, b. Oct.
1, 1845; 5, James H., b. Oct. 2, 1847; 6, Frederick Walter, b. July 12, 1851.
Lawson B. 5 (Simeon 4 , Simeon 3 , Joshua 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. Martha Leonard,
Sept. 4, 1842. Ch. 1, Franklin J., b. Sept. 5, 1843; 2, Ozman, b. July 11,
1846; 3, Austin Taylor, b. May 23, 1849; 4, Harriet Azubah, b. Aug. 19,
1856; 5, Jane Ursula, b. Aug. 30, 1858.
Daniel 4 (Simeon 3 , Joshua 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. Prudence Putnam. Ch. 1, Pru-
dence, b. Nov. 12, 1805; d. Oct. 18, 1807; 2, Phebe, b. Oct. 24,1807; 3,
Daniel, b. Aug. 18, 1808; 4, Prudence, b. Mar. 10, 1810; 5, Joseph Hall, b.
Nov. 19, 1812 ; 6, Mary b. Aug. 17, 1815.
Warren 4 (Simeon 3 , Joshua 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. Jemima Dudley, Nov. 27, 1808.
Ch. 1, Leonard W., b. Apr. 24, 1809; 2, Dexter, b. Feb. 22, 1812.
Joshua 3 (Joshua 2 , Jacob 1 ), m. Hannah Harback. Ch. 1, Joshua, b. Jan.
21, 1782.
HAVEN.
John 6 (Elkanah 4 , John 3 , Richard 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Susanna, dau. of Israel
Towne of Oxford ; she was b. Mar. 8, 1716, and the first child born in Oxford
after the re-settlement of the town. Ch. 1, Mary, b. Feb. 16, 1750; 2, Lydia,
b. June 8, 1755; 3, Azubah, b. Feb. 25, 1758; m. Ezra Mixer, June 21, 1779;
4, John, b. Dec. 15, 1762.
HAZELTINE.
John Hazeltine m. Jane . Ch. 1, Paul, b. Nov. 20, 1728; 2, Rachel,
b. Feb. 26, 1731; 3, Abigail, b. Mar. 14, 1732; m. Joshua Barnard, Sept. 5,
1754; 4, Elizabeth, b. Aug. 9, 1755.
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Silas Hazsltine, m. Judith Morse, June 5, 1753; d. May 24, 1772. Ch. 1,
Silas, b. Mar. 25, 1759; 2, John, b. July 18, 1760; 3, Judith, b. Jan. 18, 1762;
4, Benjamin, b. July 8, 1763; 5, Stephen, 6, Mary, twins, b. May 11, 1765; 7,
Hannah, b. June 8, 1767; 8, David, b. Feb. 11, 1769; 9, Nanny, b. Jan. 27,
1772.
Stephen 2 , (Silas 1 ), m. Sibbel Mosely, July 20, 1783. Ch. 1, Polly, b. Feb.
26, 1784.
John Hazeltine. m. Abigail . Ch. 1, Simeon, b. June 5, 1779.
HICKS.
John Hicks was of Cambridge and moved to Westboro.
His family were probably born there. He came to Sutton
before or about 1730.
He m. Rebeckah Champney. Ch. 1, John never came to Sutton
killed in the battle of Bunker Hill; 2, Rebekah, m. Elijah Warren; 3, Han-
nah m. Jonas Bond; 4, Ruth, m. Capt. Caleb Hill, Jan. 10, 1765; 5, Zachariah;
6, Samuel; 7, Elizabeth; m. James Caldwell; 8, Joshua; 9, Lydia, m.
Stephen Williams ; 10, Joseph, d. unmarried in the expedition against Chig-
necto; 11, Benjamin.
Zachariah 2 (John 1 ), m. Jan. 3, 1759, Elizabeth Davenport. Ch. 1, Joseph,
b. July 24, 1760; d. Aug. 8, 1815; 2, Elizabeth, b. Oct. 9, 1762; d. unmarried;
3, Zachariah, b. Oct. 1, 1767, drowned when fourteen years of age ; 4, Caleb,
b. May 29, 1771; 5, Mary, b. Feb. 24, 1774; m. David Esty, June 26, 1794; 6,
David, b. Feb. 21, 1776 ; m. Jemima Davis of Oxford.
Joseph 3 (Zachariah 2 , John 1 ), m. Lucy Elliot, Nov. 28, 1799. Ch. 1
Fanny, b. Mar. 16, 1801; m. Felix Brown, Dec. 3, 1818; 2, Hiram, b. Sept. 6,
1804; 3, Lucinda, b. Oct. 13, 1806; m. Elhanan Batcheller, Jan. 4, 1826; 4,
Polly; 5, Jemima.
Hiram* (Joseph 3 , Zachariah 2 , John 1 ), m. Abigail Batcheller, 1826. Ch.
1, Joseph, b. Dec. 13, 1827; 2, Henry A., b. Apr. 30, 1830; 3, Polly Maria, b.
July 7, 1833; m. Clarendon H. Bates, Feb. 9, 1853; 4, Champney Davis, b.
Oct. 17, 1836.
Joseph 5 (Hiram*, Joseph 8 , Zachariah 2 , John 1 ), m. Frances R. Stevens, Mar.
8,1858. Ch. 1, Hiram Phineas, b. Nov. 23, 1858; 2, Abigail Frances, b.
Oct. 24, 1864.
Henry A. 5 (Hiram*, Joseph 8 , Zachariah 2 , John 1 ), m. Augusta Odlin. Ch.
1, Charles Elmer, b. May 16, 1861; 2, Helen Augusta, b. Aug. 27, 1862; 3,
Lyman Clifton, b. Nov. 5, 1864; 4, Edward Henry, b. Apr. 20, 1866; 5, Cora
Bell, b. Aug. 25, 1867; 6, Maria Frances, b. Apr. 8, 1869; 7, James Walker,
b. July 17, 1872.
Caleb 8 (Zachariah 2 , John 1 ), m. Polly Lackey, Jan. 21, 1796; she d. Aug. 19,
1803; m. 2d, Esther Armsby, Jan. 5, 1805. Ch. 1, Sumner, b. June 28, 1800 ;
2, Anderson, b. Nov. 7, 1805; 3, Eaton, b. Jan. 3, 1807; 4, Polly Lackey, b.
Dec. 3, 1811; d. Jan. 11, 1812.
David 3 (Zachariah 2 , John 1 ), m. Jemima Davis of Oxford. Ch. 1, Davis,
b. Sept. 14, 1813; d. Sept. 20, 1813.
Samuel 2 (John 1 ), m. Elizabeth Leland, Jan. 24, 1760. Ch. 1, Moses, b.
June 9, 1761; was in the rev. ; d. at 17; 2, John, b. Apr. 11, 1763; d. hi the
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revolution iry war; 3, Samuel, b. Jane 30, 1765; m. Lucy Runnel*; 4, Eliza-
bath, b. Feb. 21, 1783; 5, Abigail, b. May 11, 1770; 6, Sarah, b. Dec. 6, 1772;
d. unnnrried at 25; 7, Lydia, b. Mar. 24, 1775; 8, Mary, b. May 30, 1777; d. at
the same time as her sister Sarah; 9, Solomon, b. Jan. 8, 1780; m. Eunice
Armsby, Jan. 6, 1807; 10, Elijah, b. May 6, 1782.
Elijah 3 (Samuel 2 , John 1 ), m. Nancy Leland, Feb. 13, 1805. Ch. 1, Samuel
Prescott, b. Nov. 25, 1805 ; 2, Nancy, b. Dec. 15, 1807.
Joshua' 2 (John 1 ), m. Elizabeth Bacon, Aug. 23, 1759. Ch. 1, Joshua, b.
Oct. 23, 1761; 2, Nathan, b. Mar. 23, 1763; 3, Olive, b. Jan. 20, 1765; 4, Jon-
athan, b. Aug. 29, 1766; 5, Chloe, b. July 7, 1768; 6, Israel, b. May 12, 1770.
Benjamin 2 (John 1 ), in. Mary Woodbury, Sept. 4, 1776. Ch. 1, Polly, b.
June 10, 1767; in. Job. Sibley, Nov. 16, 1786; 2, Phebe, b. Apr. 21, 1770; m.
Archelaus Putnam, Mar. 14, 1792; 3, Anna, b. June 3, 1773; m. Amos Pierce,
Mar. 6, 1800; 4, Silence, b. Dec. 2, 1778; m. Simeon Hathaway, May 29, 1801 ;
5, Rebekah, b. July 20, 1780; m. Samuel Taylor, May 27, 1808.
HOLBROOK.
The Sutton families of this name descend from Thomas
Holbrook, who was in Weymouth in 1641. His name is
found upon the earliest records of the town, and from the
public offices he held, it is evident that he was a citizen of
high standing. He had, among other children, Thomas, who
resided at Scituate, Weymouth and Braintree, and is referred
to as a man of enterprise and wealth. Among the children
of this Thomas was Peter, who settled at Mendon and died
there May 3, 1712.
It is said of him : " He was an important man for his day,
and laid the foundation of great good to his race, many of
whom are still enjoying it within the circle of his former
influence and possessions."
He had eleven children, among whom was Silvanus.
Silvanus was b. Aug. 16, 1685; m. Mar. 6, 1713, Mrs. Nancy Cook. Ch.
Silvanus, Ruth and John ; he d. in 1740.
Silvanus 5 (Silvanus 4 , Peter 3 , Thomas 2 , Thomas 1 ), m. Thankful Thayer, Oct.
25, 1748; he d. at Uxbridge about 1792; she d. Dec. 10, 1798. Ch. 1, Silva-
nus, b. Apr. 21, 1750; 2, Ruth, b. Aug. 10, 1751; 3, Rachel, b. Nov. 6, 1753;
4, Comfort, b. Mar. 12, 1756; 5, Margaret, b. Aug. 14, 1757; 6, Thankful, b.
Feb. 23, 1760; 7, Molly, b. Feb. 1, 1762; 8, Stephen, b. June 19, 1764; 9, Abi-
gail, b. Sept. 13, 1765; 10, Henry, b. Feb. 11, 1768; 11, Lucy, b. Sept. 13,
1770.
Stephen 6 (Silvanus 5 , Silvanus 4 , Peter 3 , Thomas 2 , Thomas 1 ), m. Hopestill
Albee, Sept. 11, 1787; d. Aug. 16, 1830; shed. Jan. 18, 1840. Ch. 1, Rachel,
b. Apr. 22, 1789; m. May 24, 1810, Foster Verrey ; 2, Silvanus, b. July 28, 1792;
m. 1st, Elizabeth Farnum; m. 2d, Hannah Whitney; m. 3d, Martha Waters;
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3, Willard, 4, Wilder, twins, b. Apr. 7, 1795; Willard m. Aug. 8, 1822, Alice
Comstock; 5, Chloe, b. Aug. 13, 1801; m. Nov. 14, 1822, Jona. F. Southwick;
6, Henry, b. Apr. 19, 1804; m. Sally Wads worth; 7, Ellery, b. June 26, 1810;
m. May 10, 1831, Hannah C. Hale; d. at Uxbridge, July 10, 1847.
Wilder 7 (Stephen 6 , Silvanus 6 , Silvanus 4 , Peter 3 , Thomas 2 , Thomas 1 ), m.
Tyla Buffurn, May 21, 1818; d. Jan. 2, 1855; she d. Apr. 20, 1876. Ch. 1,
Stephen B., b. Apr. 8, 1819; 2, Chloe M., b. Dec. 11, 1820; d. Oct. 3, 1838; 3,
Elizabeth F., b. Apr. 13, 1825; m. James C. Southwick, Sept. 18, 1845.
Stephen B. 8 (Wilder 7 , Stephen 6 , Silvanus 5 , Silvanus*, Peter 8 , Thomas 2 ,
Thomas 1 ), m. Hannah O. Sutton, Nov. 27, 1839. Ch. 1, Wilder S., b. Aug.
31, 1840; 2, Flora A., b. Dec. 6, 1842; 3, Harriet A., b. Jan. 27, 1855.
Wilder 9 (Stephen B. 8 , Wilder 7 , Stephen 6 , Silvanus 5 , Silvanus 4 , Peter 8 ,
Thomas 2 , Thomas 1 ), m. Jane M. Paine, June 30, 1864. Ch. 1, Jennie Tyla,
b. Apr. 23, 1865; 2, Flora A., b. Sept. 28, 1872; d. Sept. 24, 1873; 3, Alice
Marion, b. Sept. 24, 1874.
Flora A. 9 m. David M. Daniels, May 23, 1865; she d. in Worcester, Apr. 15,
1869, leaving one child, Walter H., b. July 1, 1867. Mr. Daniels d. Oct. 9,
1871, of disease contracted in the army.
Another family of the name in Sutton follows the above
line of descent to Peter, of the third generation, where it
diverges through his son Peter, brother of Silvanus (4) .
This Peter married Hannah Pool, March 23, 1713, and had
Peter, Isaac, Daniel, Elizabeth who died young Abigail,
who also died young, Elizabeth, Oliver and Abigail.
Peter 5 (Peter 4 , Peter 3 , Thomas 2 , Thomas 1 ), m. Mrs. Sarah . Ch. 1,
Stephen, b. Apr. 30, 1737; 2, Sarah, b. 1739; 3, Sarah, b. July 24, 1740; d.
May 23, 1753; 4, Peter, b. July 22, 1742; d. 1780; 5, Simeon, b. Oct. 10, 1744;
d. July 20, 1814, unmarried; 6, Elizabeth, b. Apr. 28, 1746; 7, Jemima, b.
Oct. 8, 1747; 8, Timothy, b. Oct. 3, 1751.
Stephen 6 (Peter 5 , Peter 4 , Peter 3 , Thomas 2 , Thomas 1 ), m. Mary Penniman.
Ch. 1, Amory, 2, Willard, twins, b. Jan. 6, 1794; Amory was drowned July
20, 1816; 3, Polly, b. Feb. 1, 1796; d. young; 4, Mary, b. May 29, 1798; m.
1st, Dea. Jesse Tourtellotte, May 28, 1841; m. 2d, Benjamin Barnes; 5, Lewis,
b. Nov. 12, 1801; 6, Delia Maria; m. Simeon Stockwell, Mar. 18, 1822.
Willard graduated at Brown University, class 1814, and
Andover Theological Seminary, 1817. Ordained at Eowley,
July 22, 1818 ; dismissed May 12, 1840 ; installed at Black-
stone, August 18, 1841; dismissed February 19, 1850, and
returned to Rowley. He married Margaret, daughter of
John and Margaret (Choate) Crocker. His children are :
Amory, graduated at Bowdoin College ; read law with Hon.
Rufus Choate, and was district attorney for Oregon. 2d,
John C., died in 1829 ; 3d, Willard R.
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HOLMAN.
"The Holman family migrated from Wales to the Ber-
muda Islands between 1670 and 1690. It included three
sons, born in Wales. Two of the sons, Solomon and John,
were seized by a press-gang and brought to Newburvport.
There, they succeeded in escaping from the British ship.
John, the younger, settled in North Carolina. Solomon
settled in Newbury ; married a Miss Mary Barton of Old
York.*
Coffin, in his "History of Newbury," says, "Solomon
Holman and his wife Mary came to Newbury about 1693 or
1694."
Ch. 1, Mary, b. Feb. 24, 1695; 2, Solomon, b. Nov. 25, 1697; 3, Edward,
b. Jan. 26, 1700; 4, Elizabeth, b. Oct. 24, 1701; 5, Thomas; 6, Rachel, m.
Samuel Waters, Nov. 13, 1729; 7, Anne, m. Richard Waters, July 12, 1732;
8, Sarah, m. Abel Chase ; 9, John.
David Holman, in the letter referred to, makes no men-
tion of Mary and Elizabeth, but does of Rachel, Anne,
Sarah and John.
Edward Holman was received into the church in 1731,
and probably he and his brothers Solomon and Thomas came
to Sutton about that time. According to the proprietors'
records, Solomon, sen., of Newbury, divided, June 6, 1732,
land which he had purchased in Sutton between the above
named sons.
Solomon' 2 (Solomon 1 ), m. probably in Newbury, Mary Brackett; m. 2d,
Mercy Waters of Sutton, Aug. 28, 1729. Ch. 1, Solomon, b. probably in
Newbury ; 2, Elizabeth, b. May 5, 1728 ; m. Oliver Shumway, Apr. 15, 1747 ;
3, Mary, b. Oct. 7, 1730; m. Daniel Allen, May 30, 1753; 4, Jonathan, b. Aug.
13, 1732; 5, Ruth, b. Sept. 18, 1734; 6, Rachel, b. Oct. 19, 1736; 7, Elisha, b.
May 13, 1739; 8, Daniel, b. Sept. 1, 1743; 9, Lydia, b. July 9, 1745; 10, Dolly,
b. Sept. 5, 1747.
Solomon 8 (Solomon 2 , Solomon 1 ), m. Sarah Waite, May 29, 1746. Ch. 1,
Sarah, b. Mar. 17, 1747; 2, Stephen, b. Dec. 8, 1748; 3, Samuel, b. Nov. 25,
1750; 4, Kate, b. Mar. 23, 1753; 5, Ruth, b. Mar. 12, 1756; 6, Lucy, b. Apr.
15, 1758; 7, Judith, b. July 3, 1760.
Samuel 4 (Solomon 8 , Solomon 2 , Solomon 1 ), m. Hannah Cummings, Dec. 18,
1766. Ch. 1, Judith, b. July 3, 1773; 2, Samuel, b. July 5, 1775; 3, Ruth,
b. Sept. 7, 1777; 4, Rube Cummings, b. Nov. 11, 1780; m. Barnabas Kenney,
Feb. 13, 1801.
* See History Mendon Association, letter of Rev. David Holman, page 144,
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Jonathan 8 (Solomon 2 , Solomon 1 ), m. 1st, Hannah Sibley, Nov. 3, 1763; m.
2d, Susanna Trask, July 10, 1783. Ch. 1, Kuth, b. Dec. 6, 1764; 2, Solomon,
b. May 24, 1766; 3, Robert, b. May 28, 1768; 4, Peter, b. Oct. 16, 1769; 5,
Ruth, b. Dec. 20, 1771; 6, Jonathan, b. Jan. 3, 1774; m. Polly Cummings,
May 2, 1799; 7, Mercy, b. Nov. 14, 1775; 8, Ebenezer Waters, b. May 25,
1778; 9, Elijah, b. Feb. 2, 1780; 10. Susan, b. Feb. 22, 1784; m. Asa Waters,
jr., May 19, 1802; 11, Luther, b. Oct. 12, 1786; 12, Nancy, b. July 14, 1792.
Peter 4 (Jonathan 3 , Solomon 2 , Solomon 1 ), m. Lydia Greenwood, Jan. 25,
1797. Ch. 1, Harvey, b. Nov. 9, 1797; d. Oct. 7, 1801; 2, Lucy, b. June 3,
1799; 3, Harvey, b. June 26, 1802; d. July 3, 1803; 4, Peter, b. Jan. 30, 1804;
5, Lydia K., b. Nov. 10, 1805.
Elisha 8 (Solomon 2 , Solomon 1 ), m. Jerusha Snow, May 21, 1767. Ch. 1,
Sarah, b. Mar. 9, 1768; m. Francis Kidder, Jan. 30, 1788; 2, Molly (Polly)
b. Dec. 23, 1769 ; m. Samuel Park, Apr. 28, 1791 ; 3, Nathan, b. Oct. 26, 1771 ;
4, Aaron, b. Aug. 1, 1773 ; d. Sept. 24, 1775 ; 5, Amos, b. June 26, 1775 ; d.
Oct. 24, 1777; 6, Elisha, b. Nov. 6, 1777; 7, Rachel, b. Sept. 5, 1779; m.
first, Barrows ; m. second, Cook ; 8, Daniel, b. May 18, 1782 ; 9,
Silence, b. July 18, 1784.
Edward 2 (Solomon 1 ), m. (probably in Newbury ) Hannah . Ch. 1, Han-
nah, b. Feb. 4, 1727; m. John Severy, Mar. 8, 1750; 2, Mary, b. Oct. 28, 1728;
3, Edward, b. Oct. 13, 1730; 4, John, b. July 21, 1732; 5, Elizabeth, b. Oct.
4, 1734; 6, David, b. Feb. 19, 1737; 7, Solomon, 8, Sarah, twins, b. Apr. 12,
1738; 9, Joshua, b. May 13, 1741.
Edward 3 (Edward 2 , Solomon 1 ), m. first, Rebecca Gale, May 7, 1754; m.
second, Sarah Kenney, Mar. 22, 1763. Ch. 1, Lucy, b. Feb. 3,1761; 2,
Lydia, b. Oct. 21, 1763; 3, John, b. Feb. 17, 1765; 4, Edward, b. Sept. 11,
1766; 5, Joshua, b. Apr. 30, 1768; 6, Smith, b. Jan. 20, 1770; 7, Noah, b.
Nov. 14, 1771; 8, Stephen, b. Mar. 11, 1774; 9, Sarah, b. Feb. 16, 1776.
John 3 (Edward 2 , Solomon 1 ) m. Hannah Cheney, Nov. 25, 1755. Ch. 1,
John, b. Sept. 30, 1756.
David 3 , (Edward 2 , Solomon 1 ), m. Lucy Thurston. Ch. 1, John, b. Dec.
26, 1701; 2, David, b. Mar. 26, 1764; 3, Abigail, b. Sept. 6, 1766; d. young;
4, Nathan, b. May 17, 1769; m. Lettice Morey; 5, Peter, b. June 28, 1772;
6, Thurston, b. Apr. 27, 1775; 7, David, b. Dec. 13, 1777; m. first, Clarissa
Packard; she d. Nov. 14, 1823; m. second, Lois Adams; she d. Sept. 9, 1831;
m. third, Sarah Cannon; 8, Aaron, b. Sept 7, 1780; 9, Amrey, b. Sept. 28,
1783; 10, Pearley, b. Sept. 5, 1786.
Nathan Holman graduated at Brown University 1797, and
A. M. with distinguished honors ; studied theology with
Rev. Edmund Mills of Sutton, and Rev. Dr. Nathaniel
Einmons of Franklin, and was ordained pastor of the Con-
gregational church in East Attleboro, October 15, 1800;
dismissed May 22, 1821. He was not again settled, but
preached as he was able as supply. He died October 8,
1844.
David Holman graduated at Brown University 1803, and
A. M. : studied theology with his brother, Rev. N. Holman,
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and with Rev. Dr. Emmons ; ordained pastor of the Con-
gregational church in Douglas, October 19, 1808 ; dismissed
August 17, 1842. After an absence of six years, he was
recalled and engaged as stated supply, in which service he
continued for quite a number of years.
Aaron 4 , (David 3 , Edward 2 , Solomon 1 ), m. first, Judith Chase, Nov. 29,
1804; in. second, Mary (Polly) Stockwell, Jan. 9, 1809. Ch. 1, David, b.
Sept. 1, 1805; 2, Presson, b. July 6, 1807; 3, Aaron; 4, Luther; 5, Judith; 6,
Mary Anna.
Thomas 2 (Solomon 1 ), m. first, Lydia ; m. second, Sarah Cooper, Apr.
30, 1759. Ch. 1, Abigail, b. Sept. 14, 1740; 2, Thomas, b. Jan. 13, 1743; 3,
Mary, b. June 31, 1745; 4, William, b. Feb. 5, 1747; 5, Judith, b. Sept. 1749;
6, William, b. Apr. 12, 1751; 7, Sarah, b. June 19, 1754; 8, Deborah, b. Aug.
21, 1757; 9, John, b. Feb. 16, 1760; 10, Huldah, b. May 10, 1763; 11, Anne,
b. Jan. 25, 1765; 12, Abram, b. Nov. 25, 1774.
Thomas 3 (Thomas 2 , Solomon 1 ), m. Lydia Bates, Oct. 17, 1771. Ch. 1,
Zilpah, b. Oct. 16, 1772; 2, Thomas, b. May 19, 1774; 3, Abraham, b. July
30, 1776; 4, Jeremiah, b. Feb. 27, 1789.
Stephen Holman (ancestry unknown), m. Euth Putnam, Nov. 5, 1751; d.
Nov. 15, 1800. Ch. 1, Ruth, b. Sept. 13, 1754; 2, Stephen, b. Dec. 7, 1756;
3, Judith, b. Feb. 21. 1759.
Abel Holman (ancestry unknown), married Hannah . Ch. 1, Francis,
b. Nov. 3, 1765; 2, Abigail, b. Feb. 28, 1767; 3, Abel, b. Oct. 8, 1768; 4,
Moses, b. Aug. 1, 1770; 5, Huse, b. Feb. 11, 1772.
Francis 2 (Abel 1 ), m. Sarah . Ch. 1, Nabby, b. July 22, 1789; 2, Abel,
b. Sept. 9, 1791; 3, Solomon, b. Nov. 12, 1794; 4, Francis Hardy, b. Jan. 26,
1799.
HOLTON.
Timothy Holton came to town, probably, in 1727, as he
received a deed of land, April 12, 1727. We can learn
nothing of his ancestry. He seems to have been a man of
ability and prominence ; was chosen town clerk in 1730, and
held the office seven years.
He m. first, Keziah ; she d. June 14, 1724; m. second, Mary .
Ch. 1, John, b. Sept. 19, 1717; d. May 13, 1760; 2, Timothy, b. Sept. 5,
1719; 3, Nathan, b. Mar. 21, 1732; 4, Keziah, b. July 4, 1734; 5, Ebenezer,
b. Oct. 7, 1736.
John 2 (Timothy 1 ), m. Mrs. Ann Rawson, Oct. 1, 1747. Ch. 1, Anne, b.
July 13, 1749; 2, Sarah, b. May 20, 1752; 3, Mary, b. Aug. 9, 1754; 4, Abigail,
b. Nov. 1757.
Timothy 2 (Timothy 1 ), m. Susanna Putnam, Feb. 24, 1742. Ch. 1, Kezia,
b. Nov. 16, 1743; m. Solomon Cook, Nov. 29, 1768; 2, Timothy, b. May 1,
1745; 3, Elisha, b. Feb. 17, 1752; 4, Susanna, b. Nov. 1755; m. Benjamin
Cogswell, Aug. 29, 1779; 5, Sarah, b. May 20, 1758.
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666 FAMILIES OF THE
HO VET.
Daniel Hovey is the first of the name that appears upon
the records. Ancestry unknown.
Hem. Ruth . Ch. 1, Moses, b. Oct. 28, 1748; 2, Mary, b. Sept. 16,
1755; m. Stephen Humes, July 15, 1779; 3, Benjamin, b. Mar. 12, 1758.
Moses 2 (Daniel 1 ), m. Aug. 14, 1777, Phebe Tenney, b. Apr. 20, 1759; d.
Apr. 25, 1813; he d. Oct. 29, 1813. Ch. 1, Daniel, b. Oct. 29, 1778; d. Jan.
10, 1839; 2, Polly, b. Aug. 19, 1780; 3, Rebekah, b. Dec. 9, 1783; 4, John
Tyler, b. Nov. 16, 1785; d. Nov. 26, 1813; 5, Ebenezer B., b. July 15, 1789;
d. Sept 1826; 6, Benjamin, b. June 20, 1793; 7, Simon, b. July 19, 1795; 8,
William, b. July 26, 1798; d. Aug. 1838; 9, Ruth, b. Dec. 18, 1800; d. Feb. 8,
1878.
Daniel 3 (Moses 2 , Daniel 1 ), m. 1st, Susanna Sibley, July 3, 1808; shed. Aug.
25, 1811; m. 2d, Susan Jacobs, Nov. 10, 1813; she d. Mar. 25, 1850; he d.
Jan. 10, 1839. Ch. 1, Jonas Augustus, b. Sept. 16, 1809 ; d. Jan. 22, 1875 ;
2, John Jacobs, b. Aug. 31, 1814; 3, Daniel Tyler, b. Oct. 19, 1815; d. Jan.
31, 1851; 4, Susan Sibley, b. Apr. 12, 1817; d. Aug. 12, 1847; 5, Marius Mil-
ner, b. Aug. 17, 1818; 6, William Henry, b. June 29, 1822; d. May 11, 1871;
7, Erastus Franklin, b. July 8, 1824; 8, Charles Harrison, b. July 17, 1826; d.
Sept. 1828; 9, Mary Elizabeth, b. Sept. 17, 1829; m. Col. Asa. H. Waters,
June 27, 1849.
Marius M. 4 (Daniel 3 , Moses 2 , Daniel 1 ), m. 1st, Louisa Sabin, June 18, 1851;
she d. Sept. 24, 1860; m. 2d, Ellen D. Pierce, Nov. 16, 1864. Ch. 1, John
William, b. Aug. 24, 1865 ; 2, Marius Milner, b. June 15, 1875.
William 3 (Moses 2 , Daniel 1 ), m. Mary W. . Ch. 1, Sally Adelia, b.
Nov. 19, 1828.
Benjamin Hovey (ancestry unknown), m. Julia Walker, Feb. 16, 1813.
Ch. 1, Moses Edwin, b. Aug. 29, 1813; 2, Mary Tyler, b. Nov. 24, 1814; 3,
Julia Emeline, b. May 23, 1816; 4, Eliza Jane, b. June 21, 1817.
HOWARD.
The names of James and Stephen Howard appear on our
records, whose ancestry is unknown..
James Howard m. Rebekah ; she d. Jan. 2, 1814. Ch. 1, Joel, b.
Aug. 29, 1774; d. May 4, 1795; 2, Lois, b. Aug. 8, 1776; d. Apr. 26, 1795; 3,
Prusha, b. 1779; m. Jonas Batcheller, Sept. 12, 1799; 4, Rebekah, b. Oct. 16,
1781; 5, James, b. June 22, 1784; d. May 29, 1795; 6, Fanny, b. May 15,
1788; 7, Rachel, b. Aug. 10, 1790; d. June 15, 1813; 8, Jonathan, b. Jan. 22,
1793; 9, Clarissa, b. Nov. 20, 1797; m. Alpheus Williams, Jan. 12, 1814.
Stephen Howard m. Betsey Cummings, Dec. 23, 1790. Ch. 1, Pearley, b.
June 27, 1794; 2, Jonathan, b. Mar. 6, 1796; d. July 23, 1872; 3, Stephen, b.
Mar. 13, 1798; 4, Betsey, b. Feb. 27, 1800; 5, Sily, b. Aug. 20, 1803.
Jonathan 2 (Stephen 1 ), m. Lorinda Woodbury, Oct. 9, 1821; she d. Feb. 10,
1863. Ch. 1, Lewis W., b. July 10, 1822; 2, Loren C., b. Aug. 10, 1825; m.
Emeline A. Anthony, Sept. 12, 1851; 3, Elizabeth P., b. Jan. 10, 1829; m.
Edwin A. Dudley; 4, Sarah A., b. July 31, 1832; m. J. M. Wilcox; 5, William
H., b. Oct. 13, 1837; d. Sept. 6, 1864; 6, George S., b. Oct. 31, 1842; in. Laura
L. Barney, Sept. 23, 1866; d. Feb. 18, 1868; 7, Charles A-, b. Feb. 13, 1845.
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Lewis W. s (Jonathan 2 , Stephen 1 ), m. Laura M. Rugg, Sept. 14, 1843. Ch.
1, Frank A., b. May 31, 1845; 2, Louisa E., b. Mar. 4, 1849; m. Robert V.
Pierce, Dec. 25, 1872; 3, Walter C., b. May 29, 1852; 4, Nellie M., b. Mar. 2,
1858.
William H. 3 (Jonathan 2 , Stephen 1 ), m. Isabella V. Walker. Ch. 1, Alice
May, b. May 9, 1857; 2, Herbert William, b. May 6, 1859; 3, Charles, b. July
10, 1861.
Charles A. 3 (Jonathan 2 , Stephen 1 ), m. Annie S. Hill, Apr. 25, 1866; she d.
Oct. 20, 1869. Ch. 1, Carrie L., b. Feb. 5, 1867; 2, Annie Louisa, b. July
12, 1869.
HUTCHINSON.
Richard, the ancestor of the Hutchinsons of New Eng-
land, born in 1602, came to America in 1634, with his wife
Alice and four children, Elizabeth, Mary, Joseph and John.
Joseph 2 (Richard 1 ), m. 1st, probably a dau. of John Gedney; m. 2d, Feb.
28, 1678, Mrs. Lydia Small, dau. of Anthony and Elizabeth Buxton. By the
first marriage he had five children : Abigail, Bethia, Joseph, John and Ben-
jamin ; by second marriage, six children : Abigail, Richard, Samuel, Ambrose,
Lydia and Robert.
Benjamin 3 (Joseph 2 , Richard 1 ), m. 1st, Nov. 14, 16 , Jane, dau. of Walter
and Margaret Philips ; shed, in 1711; m. 2d, Jan. 26, 1715, Abigail Foster.
He had by the first marriage eleven children ; a son, d. in infancy, Benjamin,
Hannah, Benjamin, Bethia, Nathaniel, Sarah, Bartholomew, Jane, Israel,
John ; and Jonathan by Abigail.
Nathaniel 4 (Benjamin 3 , Joseph 2 , Richard 1 ), m. 1st, Mary ; date of m.
not given. He and his wife Mary united with the church at Salem Village,
Mar. 15, 1724. Children by first marriage were, Mary, bapt. Mar. 15, 1724 ;
m. Jona. Fitts, Nov. 27, 1745 ; Susanna, bapt. Nov. 28, 1725 ; m. Daniel Day,
May 14, 1752 ; Bethia, bapt. July 14, 1730 ; m. Ebenezer Fitts ; he m. 2d,
Joanna, dau. of Lot and Elizabeth Conant. He came to Sutton with his
family in 1733. Children by second wife: 1, Bartholomew, b. June 28, 1734;
d. Feb. 18, 1820; 2, Elizabeth, b. Nov. 1, 1736; m. Israel Richardson, Aug. 13,
1762; 3, Lot, b. Aug. 1, 1741; 4, Benjamin, b. Jan. 30, 1744; m. Judith Lilley,
Nov. 2, 1769; 5, Jonathan, b. Sept. 2, 1746; 6, Sarah, b. Aug. 1752.
Bartholomew 5 (Nathaniel 4 , Benjamin 3 , Joseph 2 , Richard 1 ), m. 1st, Ruth
Haven, Aug. 4, 1763; she d. 1796; m. 2d, Rebekah Monroe, she d. Sept. 26,
1826. Ch. 1, Nathaniel, b. Apr. 13, 1764; d. Aug. 3, 1794; 2, John, b. Jan.
18, 1766; m. Lucy Kenney, Jan. 4, 1793; 3, Asa, b. Dec. 24, 1767; 4, Barthol-
omew, b. Jan. 7, 1770; m. Olive Kenney, Jan. 23, 1797; 5, Lois, b. Jan. 18,
1772; m. Simeon Holbrook, May 15, 1798; d. Aug. 7, 1799; 6, Timothy, b.
July 31, 1774; 7, Ruth, b. June 7, 1776; d. Sept. 3, 1776; 8, Simon, b. Apr.
26, 1779; d. Sept. 11, 1865; 9, Betsey, b. Apr. 22, 1781; m. Jonas Cummings,
Oct. 7, 1804; 10, Lucy, b. Apr. 24, 1784; m. Sylvester Morse, Nov. 28, 1808.
Timothy 6 (Bartholomew 5 , Nathaniel 4 , Benjamin 8 , Joseph 2 , Richard 1 ), m.
Nizaula Rawson, Mar. 24, 1797. Ch. 1, Louis, b. Oct. 3, 1797; 2, James
Sullivan, b. Nov. 22, 1804.
Simon 6 (Bartholomew 5 , Nathaniel 4 , Benjamin 8 , Joseph 2 , Richard 1 ), m.
1st, Vandalinda Morse, Nov. 27, 1806; she d. Aug. 18, 1839; m. 2d, Mrs.
Sophia Batcheller, Jan. 13, 1841. Ch. 1, Alaxa Ann, b. Sept. 7, 1808; m.
668 FAMILIES OF THE
A. A. Lombard, Nov. 1, 1830; 2, Sylvander, b. Mar. 7, 1809; grad. at Am.
Col., class 1835; d. June 15, 1838; 3, Dexter, b. Mar. 14, 1811; d. July 24,
1813; 4, Lacy Morse, b. Sept. 24, 1812; m. Joaa. D. Holbrook, May 4, 1853;
5, Charles Dexter; 6, Horace; 7, Hannah Gibbs, b. July 23, 1818; d. July 16,
1845; 8, Bartholomew, b. Sept. 3, 1820; d. Sept. 14, 1820; 9, Edwin Haven,
b. Aug. 22, 1821; 10, Emeline Bemis, b. July 23, 1823; m. Amos Brown, Aug.
30, 1853; 11, Mary Lee, b. Sept. 23, 1828; d. July 28, 1844; 12, Margaret, b.
Oct. 12, 1830; d. June 3, 1831.
Edwin H. 7 (Simon 6 , Bartholomew 5 , Nathaniel 4 , Benjamin 3 , Joseph 2 , Rich -
ard 1 ), m. Mary Ann F. Waters, Dec. 12, 1844. Ch. 1, William Horace, b.
Feb. 28, 1846; killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; 2, Mary E., b. Aug.
30, 1848; m. Samuel W. Penniman, Nov. 24, 1870; 3, Charles E., b. Feb. 3,
1851; 4, Martha Ann, b. Mar. 30, 1854.
Lot 5 (Nathaniel 4 , Benjamin 3 , Joseph 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Hannah Morse, Sept-
25, 1764; she d. Jan. 17, 1815. Ch. 1, Hannah, b. Oct. 2, 1765; m. Timothy
Jones, Jan. 7, 1790; 2, Joanna, b. June 7, 1768; 3, Aaron; 4, Asa; 5, Polly.
Stephen Hutchinson (ancestry unknown), m. Eveline . Ch. 1, Stephen,
b. Aug. 8, 1825; 2, Sarah, b. Nov. 10, 1826; 3, William G., b. June 22, 1827;
4, Mary E., b. July 6, 1829; 5, Emily M., b. Feb. 19, 1831; 6, Jesse, b. Jan.
22, 1833; 7, Daniel, b. Nov. 14, 1834.
JENNISON.
Robert Jennison came from Watertown and settled in
Sutton about 1727.
He m. Mrs. Dorothy Whittemore. Ch. 1, Joseph, b. in Framingham about
1719; 2, Elias, b. in Framingham ; 3, Molly, m. 1st, Zaccheus Hall; m. 2d,
Ephraim Woods; 4, Samuel, b. Jan. 16, 1729; 5, Lydia, b. June 9, 1731; m.
Amos Dwinnel.
Joseph 2 (Robert 1 ), m. Martha Twist of Salem. Ch. 1, Sarah, b. Apr. 21,
1746; m. John Singletary; 2, Anne, b. Sept. 15, 1747; m. Anthony Dike, Jan.
16, 1775; 3, Peter, b. Jan. 6, 1750; m. Mehitable Singletary; 4, Daniel, b.
Sept. 1, 1757 ; m. Molly Putnam, Jan. 29, 1778.
Elias 2 (Robert 1 ), m. Hannah Twist, June 16, 1748. Ch. 1, Abigail, b. Jan.
20, 1749; m. William Dike; 2, Olive, b. Aug. 20, 1751; m. Reuben Barton; 3,
Mary, b. Nov. 18, 1754; m. Ezra Lovell; 4, Elias, b. July 4, 1756; m. Betsey
Gage; 5, Robert, b. May 18, 1758; m. Hannah Howe; 6, William, b. Jan. 18,
1760.
Samuel 2 (Robert 1 ), m. Hannah Perkins, Oct. 30, 1757; he d. Oct. 29, 1824;
she d. July 23, 1823. Ch. 1, Lydia, b. Sept. 19, 1758 ; m. Jonathan Gould ;
2, Hannah, b. June 10, 1762 ; m. Isaac Lincoln.
KENNEY.
We find the names of Daniel, Theophilus and Jonathan,
whose ancestry can not be traced. The family probably
came from Danvers.
Daniel m. Elizabeth Stockwell, Aug. 28, 1727. Ch. 1, Daniel, b. July 15,
1728; 2, William, b. July 16, 1730; 3, Archelaus, b. May 25, 1732; 4, Eliza-
beth, b. Jan. 9, 1734; 5, Jethro, b. Jan. 10, 1736; 6, Israel, b. Oct. 23, 1739;
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7, Lois, b. Nov. 16, 1741; 8, Asa, b. Oct. 14, 1743; 9. Eunice, b. Aug. 3, 1745;
10, Hannah, b. Feb. 8, 1748; 11, Reuben, b. Jan. 9, 1750.
Daniel 2 (Daniel 1 ), m. Abigail Davis, Apr. 29, 1751. Ch. 1, Daniel, b.
Apr. 21, 1752; 2, Richard/.b. Oct. 4, 1753; 3, Jethro, b. May 7, 1756; 4,?Rose
Anne, b. Dec. 11, 1757.
William 2 (Daniel 1 ), m. Sarah Stockwell, Aug. 13, 1752. Ch. 1, William,
b. Nov. 4, 1755 ; m. Mary Snow, Aug. 31, 1780.
Asa 2 (Daniel 1 ), m. Mehetable Stockwell, July 24, 1762. Ch. 1, John, b.
June 12, 1763; 2, Mehetable, b. Apr. 13, 1766; 3, Asa, b. Nov. 7, 1768; 4,
Lucy, b. Sept. 23, 1771; m. John Hutchinson, Jan. 4, 1793; 5, Simeon, b.
May 17, 1774; d. Oct. 21, 1777; 6, Simeon, b. Apr. 17, 1779; 7, Jesse, b. Dec.
31, 1783.
John 3 (Asa 2 , Daniel 1 ), m. Mary Marsh, July 27, 1786. Ch. 1, Joel, b.
Nov. 9, 1786; d. Apr. 6, 1792; 2, John, b. Aug. 29, 1788; 3, Polly, b. Aug.
27, 1790; d. Apr. 25, 1792; 4, Sally, b. Feb. 15, 1793; 5, Polly, b. July 20,
1795; d. Aug. 27, 1796; 6, Silas, b. June 12, 1797; 7, Cyrus, b. Apr. 26, 1799;
8, Nancy, b. June 19, 1801 ; 9, Lucy, b. Sept. 8, 1803 ; 10, Mary, b. Sept. 8,
1805; 11, Joel, b. Dec. 22, 1807.
Reuben 2 (Daniel 1 ), m. Hannah . Ch. 1, Sally, b. Sept. 18, 1776; 2,
Reuben, b. Feb. 1, 1779.
Theophilus Kenney m. Jemima Pond, Mar. 1, 1732 ; m. 2d, Mrs. Abigail
Gibbs, Oct. 13, 1763. Ch. 1, Henry, b. Nov. 2, 1733; m. Abigail Truesdell,
Oct. 24, 1745; 2, Huldah, b. Dec. 29, 1735; m. William Sibley, jr., May 1,
1755; 3, Asa, b. Mar. 14, 1738; 4, Stephen, b. Jan. 24, 1743; d. Nov. 8, 1806;
5, Tabitha, >b. July 8, 1744; 6, Anne, b. July 18, 1749; 7, Jesse, b. Sept. 3,
1752.
Stephen 2 (Theophilus 1 ), m. Mary . Ch. 1, Stephen, b. Aug. 30, 1769;
m. Sally Stockwell, May 23, 1796; 2, Thomas, b. Feb. 1, 1773; 3. Barnabas,
b. Nov. 27, 1774; m. Ruby Holman, Feb. 13, 1801; 4, Olive, b. Mar. 20, 1777;
m. Bartholomew Hutchinson, jr., Jan. 23, 1797; 5, Pearley, b. Dec. 30, 1778;
6, Anne, b. Nov. 16, 1780; 7, John, b. June 26, 1782; 8, Harvey, b. June 25,
1787 ; perished in a snow storm, Feb. 24, 1804.
Pearley 3 (Stephen 2 , Theophilus 1 ), m. Ruth . Ch. 1, Willard, b. Aug.
30, 1803; 2, Sila, b. Dec. 31, 1805; 3, Harvey, b. Mar. 9, 1807; 4, Prudence,
Apr. 17, 1809; 5, Alford, b. Nov. 17, 1810.
Willard* (Pearley 3 , Stephen 2 , Theophilus 1 ), m. Fanny Fuller. Ch. 1,
Dennis, b. May 21, 1847.
Sumner Kenney (ancestry unknown), m. Nancy . Ch. 1, Austin
Sumner, b. Aug. 1, 1843.
KlDDEK.
We find the names of Joseph and Francis Kidder on the
records, the ancestry of whom is unknown.
Joseph m. Hannah . Ch. 1, Job, b. July 14, 1725; 2, John, b. June
3, 1727; 3, Noah, b. Feb. 19, 1730; 4, Benjamin, b. Feb. 8, 1735.
Francis, m. Elizabeth . Ch. 1, Elizabeth, b. Mar. 27, 1732; 2, Mary,
b. Apr. 31, 1734; 3, Enoch, b. Mar. 22, 1736; 4, Francis, b. Mar. 22, 1738; 5,
Francis, b. Feb. 6, 1743; 6, Jonathan, b. July 6, 1744; 7, Mary, b. Apr. 30,
1746; 8, John, b. July 5, 1749.
670 FAMILIES OF THE
Francis 2 (Francis 1 ), m. Mary Chase, Apr. 21, 1763. "*Ch. 1, Francis, b.
Feb. 6, 1764; m. Sally Holman, Jan. 30, 1788; 2, Abel, b. Apr. 29, 1766; m.
Mary Chase, Jan. 23, 1793.
Jonathan 2 , (Francis 1 ), m. Susanna Dwinnel, Nov. 30, 1769. ~Ch. 1, Jona-
than, b. Nov. 21, 1770; m. Polly Severy, Apr. 12, 1795; 2, Francis, b. Aug.
13, 1773; 3, Susanna, b. Mar. 21, 1774; 4, Jacob, b. Jan. 29, 1776; 5, Hitty,
b. Mar. 18, 1778; 6, Nahum, b. Apr. 20, 1779; 7, Peter, b. Sept. 18, 1781;
8, Ruth, b. Oct 13, 1783; 9, Solomon, b. Jan. 11, 1786; 10, Daniel, b. May
31, 1788.
John 2 (Francis 1 ), m. Sarah Dodge, Feb. 25, 1771. Ch. 1, John, b. June
10, 1772; 2, Lyman, b. May 29, 1774; 3, Sally, b. Mar. 1, 1776; 4, Nabby, b.
Feb. 6, 1778; 5, Polly, b. Mar. 28, 1780; 6, Betty, b. June 19, 1781; 7, Chloe,
b. Oct. 6, 1783; 8, Rufus, b. Oct. 14, 1786; .9, William, b. May 14, 1787;. 10,
Tyler, b. May 25, 1790.
KING JONATHAN KING BRANCH.
BY S. D. KING.
I. William King with his wife Dorithy and two children
came from Stepney Parish, London, England, to Salem,
Massachusetts. The following [appears in the early history
of that town : ' ' William King came from London in'the Abi-
gail in 1635, aged twenty-eight ; had a grant of land in 1637 ;
was freeman after it. Had there baptized Mehitable, on 25th
December 1636 ; John, 1st November 1638 ; and Deliver-
ance, 31st October, 1641. In his case we find not the wife
in the valuable list of church members, as was commonly
the much more natural occurrence ; but he seems to have
been the superior polemic, if not devotee, as in the antino-
mian perversity of 1637, he was one of the five men in
Salem who required to be disarmed for the public safety,
and in the more violent ragings of spiritual insubordination
in 1659, his Christian kindness to the Quakers exposed him
to whipping and banishment. From the latter he was
restored in 1661, on repentance."
His children were as follows: William, jr., m. Catharine Stone; d. about
the year 1690, leaving no children; Samuel, b. 1633; m., and his descendants
are supposed to live in New Salem; Mehitable, bapt. Dec. 25, 1636; John,
bapt. Nov. 1, 1638; Deliverance, bapt. Oct 31, 1641.
The above is supposed to have been obtained originally
from the church records ; as the names, except John, do not
appear upon the town records.
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II. John King m. Elizabeth Goldthwait in Sept. 1660; by whom he had
eight children, five sons and three daughters^- as follows, viz. : John, jr., b.
Oct. 1662; nothing further is known concerning him ; Samuel, b. May 1664;
m. and had one daughter, Elizabeth; William, b. June 1669; m. Hannah
Cook and settled in Sutton in 1717; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 1671; m. probably,
Nathaniel Waters, Dec. 12, 1699 ; Jonathan, b. Feb. 1674 ; m. Alice Verry,
Feb. 2, 1726; settled in Sutton 1717; Thomas, b. Feb. 1677, d. Oct. 1680;
Hannah, b. Apr. 1681 ; m. probably, Benjamin Marsh, June 24, 1709, and
settled in Sutton about the year 1717 ; Mary, b. Mar. 1687 ; nothing further is
known concerning her.
III. Jonathan King came to Sutton in 1717. He was not
one of the proprietors, but bought of his brother, William,
and Benj. Marsh (probably brother-in-law) one-fifteenth
part of 3,000 acres which they at one time owned, paying
for the same 16. 13s. 4d. The date of his deed was Aug.
D
14, 1715, a copy of which may be found in the registry of
deeds office for the County of Suffolk.
Whether this purchase included the place on which he
afterward settled, is not known to the writer. The place on
which he lived was the east or first of the eight lots.
The house he first built stood a few rods east of the one
now owned by Solomon Severy. Subsequently he built
another upon the spot where Mr. Severy's now stands.
From some minutes which appear upon the proprietors'
records it would seem that his mother came to live with him,
and as he was not married until some years later, it is prob-
able she kept his house.
He was married in Salem to Alice Yerry, Feb. 2, 1726, by whom he had
four children, as follows, viz: Desire, b. June 22, 1729; m. Amos Gould, Oct.
31, 1749; Sarah, b. Mar. 11, 1731; m. Eliphalet Rowell, Dec. 26, 1755;' Jona-
than, b. Sept. 3, 1734; m. Elizabeth McKnight, Apr. 10, 1755; John, b. Jan.
19, 1737 ; m. Elizabeth Town, Jan. 10, 1758.
In regard to his death nothing is definitely known, but as
all his children, when first married, settled on different parts
of the farm, it is probable that the estate was divided
between them when they were young. Subsequently John
bought all of the old homestead, and the others left the place.
Desire and her husband moved to Charltou, where their children married,
and he died. She afterwards went with her son Amos to , N. Y., where
she died at an advanced age.
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Sarah had four children, two sons and two daughters; afterwards they
removed to Great Barrington, In this State. Nothing further is known in
relation to them.
Jonathan, jr., lived on the road leading from the Eight Lots school-house to
Millbury, nearly opposite the place known as the Harwood place, on the west
side of the road. He had three or more children. One or more of his sons
were in the army of the revolution. Immediately after the close of the war
his sons removed to New York, somewhere in the vicinity of Plattsburg,
where, after the death of his second wife, he went to reside with them. He
married for his second wife Rachel Stockwell, May 15, 1781, by whom he had
no children, and with whom, I think, he lived but a few years. The name of
one of his sons was Stephen ; at the age of sixteen he ran away and enlisted
in the army. The following anecdote the writer has often heard related of
him: He used, in speaking of his experience while there, to refer to the first
time he was brought into an engagement. As they were being marched into
position, the enemy fired upon them, and as he heard the balls whistling
through the air, every hair upon his head seemed to stand upright, taking with
it his basin-crowned hat ; to save it, he brought up his hand and pushed it to
its place, but it would still persist in going up, and he was obliged to keep
driving it back till they were actually engaged, when the basin-crown settled
to its place and never after troubled him in that way again.
He had one daughter, named Mary or Molly, who married Benjamin David-
son, Dec. 14, 1780. They lived for a number of years in the vicinity of her
father ; afterwards they removed to Spencer, where he died. He must have
been at some time in the service of the United States, as before his death he
drew a pension, which was continued to his widow, who was living as late as
1850, at the advanced age of ninety years or more, very active both in mind
and body, as she was said to have been through all her life. She has one
daughter unmarried, still living in Spencer, and several grand-children, among
t hem William G. Davidson of West Millbury, and John C. Davidson of
Worcester.
IV. John married Elizabeth Town of Oxford, Jan. 10,
1758, and settled on the place now owned by Daniel Bugbee.
He at one time owned all the estate that belonged to his
father. It would seem he was a man better educated than
most men of his time.
He was a subscriber to the Massachusetts Spy when that
paper was first published in Worcester, going himself or
sending his children to the office after it every week, when
his neighbors, or at least several of them, would meet at his
house to hear the paper read. He early espoused the patriot
cause, being orderly-sergeant of the first company enlisted
in Sutton, of which Arthur Daggett was captain. Whether
or not he marched to the seat of war with that company I
am not informed, but at the time the army was stationed at
Porchester Heights and Roxbury, he held a commission as
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Lieutenant in Capt. 's company of Col. Larned's regi-
ment, and it was that regiment which entered Boston first
after its evacuation by the British troops, March 17, 1776.
Soon after this he was appointed commissary, with the title
of captain, which position he held till the close of the war.
Soon after the close of the war he was appointed deputy
sheriff, which position he held several years.
At that time the law was such that you could take all that
a man had, and then put him in prison and keep him there,
I think as long as you were willing to pay his board. He
was accustomed, when sent to attach a person's property, if
he thought him honest and willing to pay, to become bail for
him and so give him time ; but he did that one time too many,
and for a man who grossly deceived and then abused him.
The account of it, as the writer has often heard it related
by his children, is as follows : He was sent to Uxbridge to
attach the property of a man for a large amount ; the man
told him his circumstances and what he could do if he could
have a little time in which to turn himself, in such an artless
manner as to win his confidence, and he either failed to make
the attachment, or became his bail, and so became responsi-
ble for the debt. He then disposed of his property as soon
as possible, and instead of paying his debts as he agreed,
put the money in his pocket and left for parts unknown.
This brought the debt upon the sheriff, and it was so large
as to take everything he had, and he was compelled to leave
the farm upon which he was born, and where he had lived
more than fifty years, with just those few articles of house-
hold furniture which the law at that time allowed. But the
worst remains to be told. After a time he heard of this
man as living in or near Albany, New York, in good circum-
stances. Thinking if he could see him he would be willing
to pay at least some of the claim, he procured a horse and
on horseback started for Albany, where, after a wearisome
journey, he arrived one day just at night. He put up at
the tavern, intending to call upon the man in the morning,
who, upon inquiry, he learned resided near there, but what
was his surprise when on coming down the next morning he
was arrested for debt due this very man, his horse attached,
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and himself hurried off to jail, because being a stranger he
had no one to be bail for him. In vain were all his remon-
strances that he owed the man nothing, there was the claim.
He asked to see the man ; the man came, and if any one
was in hearing would assert the genuineness of his claim,
but when alone would say to him whenever you will give me
a receipt in full of all demands to date, I will obtain your
release, and not till then. This he refused to do, hoping to
see some one from this way by whom he could get word
home, it being before the days of post-offices. He requested
the tavern keeper to inform him of any such arrival, but
after waiting a long time, and hearing nothing, he made up
his mind the tavern keeper was in collusion with the man he
came to see, and that to hold out longer would be useless.
He at the end of two months gave the desired receipt,
obtained his release and started for home, where in due time
he arrived, so broken down both in body and mind as never
to attempt doing anything more, and in a short time died at
the age of fifty-eight years.
He had ten children, six sons and four daughters, all of whom survived
him, as follows; Sarah, b. Aug. 29, 1758; m. Bazaleel Gleason, Nov. 1, 1779;
Jonathan, b. Aug. 27, 1760; m. Mrs. Lucy Blanchard, Jan. 13, 1792; Eliza-
beth, b. Oct. 13, 1762; m. Asahel Flint; Edmund, b. Sept. 18, 1764; m. Polly
Mellen; John, jr., b. Sept. 22, 1766; m. Tamar Putnam, Mar. 17, 1785; Sim-
eon, b. Nov. 8, 1770; d. unmarried, Feb. 28, 1797; Solomon, b. Sept. 15, 1772;
m. Sarah Phelps, Apr. 7, 1810; Tarrant, b. Aug. 17, 1774; m. Betsey Morse,
July 20, 1802; Polly, b. Aug. 7, 1776; d. unmarried, Feb. 21, 1861; Patty,
b. May 30, 1779 ; m. Turner Rawson, Dec. 30, 1805.
Sarah, when first married, lived where her grandfather settled. This cir-
cumstance I have often heard related: She was confined with her first child
at the time of the great snow storm in 1780. The services of a midwife being
required, and it being impossible to move with a team, the men of the neigh-
borhood put on snow-shoes, took a hand-sled, and went after a Mrs. Dudley,
living on the place now owned and occupied by Mr. Sullivan Newton, near
Wilkinsonville, and brought her there in that way, a distance of five miles.
Afterwards the family removed to Braintree, Vermont, when that town was
first settled, where he died. After his death she married a man by the name
of Briggs, and went to reside in Rochester, New Hampshire, where he belonged.
That is the last information the writer has of her. Their children removed to
Ohio, when that was the far west, since which time all trace of them has been
lost
V. Jonathan was three times married ; for his first wife Mrs. Lucy Blanchard
(maiden name Lilley), Jan. 13,1792; his second, Eliza Whittaker, May 18,
1811 ; his third, Elizabeth Crawford of Oakham, in 1815. He lived ever after
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his marriage, until within three or four years of his death, on the place where
Solomon Severy now lives, in the house built by his grandfather.
He was a very large, strong man, and besides carrying on the farm, used to
team from Boston to Sutton and vicinity nearly all his life, much of the time
owning two teams, driving one himself and employing a man to drive the
other. He died April 1, 1827, aged sixty-six years.
When he married his first wife, who was the widow of Thomas Blanchard,
she had one child named Lucy. She married Amos Stockwell, by whom she
had two children, Thomas Blanchard and Amos Wright, both of whom were
graduates of Amherst College. The former fitted for the ministry, but died
before accepting a charge ; a profound scholar and earnest Christian worker,
deeply lamented by all who knew him. The latter was a lawyer by profes-
sion; married October 4, 1836, Susan L. B. March, daughter of Jacob March,
by whom he had three children : two sons and one daughter. He practiced
for a time in Worcester and then removed to Chicopee, where he resided until
his death, which occurred March 10, 1853, at the age of forty-four years. The
paper that chronicled his death said of him, among other things, that " In him
his political friends have lost a faithful sentinel; the church, a warm and
devoted member; this village, a citizen always alive to its interests; his social
circle, a generous heart ; the poor, a ready, willing helper ; and the place in
which he was best known and loved, his family, a devoted husband and indul-
gent father." The daughter died soon after her father, quite young. His
oldest son, Thomas B., a graduate of Brown University, now resides in Prov-
idence, Rhode Island, where he is State Superintendent of schools. His
mother makes her home with him.
Their youngest son, Francis Munroe, now resides in Framingham, where he
is assistant cashier of the bank. I speak of them in this connection because
they were always so closely identified with the King family.
Jonathan and Lucy King's children were: 1, Lucina, b. July 19, 1792; m.
Amos Merriam, Mar. 13, 1818; 2, Rufus, b. Oct. 30, 1793; d. unmarried, Mar.
8, 1813; 3, Otis, b. Apr. 4, 1795; m. Eliza Jane Wheeler, Sept. 1827; 4, Ira,
b. June 9, 1797; m. Lucy Sargent, Feb. 21, 1827; 5, Sylvia, b. July 30, 1799; .
m. Otis Adams, May 1822; 6, Betsey, b. Feb. 22, 1801; m. Joshua Hutchin-
son, Jan. 4, 1822; 7, Melinda, b. Mar. 23, 1803; m. John A. Nichols, 1826.
Jonathan and Eliza King's children were: 1, Lucy Lilley, b. Feb. 21, 1812;
m. Arnold Allen, May 1, 1832; 2, Elvesta Henderson, b. June 23, 1813; m.
Charles Parmenter, Dec. 31, 1846; 3, Mary Eliza, b. Oct. 15, 1814; m. David
F. Parmenter, Oct. 9, 1845.
By his last wife: Harriet Amelia, b. May 7, 1818; d. Aug. 13 of the same
year. The history of each, so far as is known, is as follows :
Lucina married her husband from Oxford ; he was a farmer, and after their
marriage resided in Sutton. He was one of those men of whom we have too
few at the present day, who never owned a farm but to improve it. They had
two children, viz: Rufus King and Lucy Elizabeth. Mrs. M. died August
1844 ; her husband, November 4, 1875.
Rufus K. married Eliza Ann Clement of Worcester, March 13, 1845. He
resided, after his marriage, for several years on the farm with his father.
About 1860, his health becoming so delicate as to disqualify him for such hard
labor, he felt compelled to sell. While here he was elected several times to
offices of trust and responsibility by the town, and by the first Baptist church
as one of its deacons.
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After selling his farm he removed to Millbury, where he has been engaged
in business nearly all the time since. They had four children, viz: Fred. H.
C., b. Mar. 15, 1846; m. Martha A. Smith of Millbury, Dec. 1, 1870; Lucina
King, b. Dec. 9, 1848; m. F. L. Durkee of Ashford, Ct., June 9, 1871.
After her marriage they resided in Worcester until her death, which occurred
Feb. 23, 1872. She left one son: Charles Albert, b. Oct. 9, 1852; d. Dec. 17
of the same year. Henry Trowbridge, b. May 18, 1855, resides with his parents.
Lucy E. married Cornelius Case of Hartland, Ct., where she went to
reside. He lived but a few months. Soon after the close of the war, she
went to Atlanta, Ga., as a teacher of freedmen, a position which she still
holds.
, Otis, before his marriage, settled in Sherbrooke, Canada. His wife was
from Oxford, N. H. In connection with his brother, Ira, he carried on an
extensive business, and accumulated a handsome property. They sold out
and dissolved partnership about 1837 or 1838, when he came to Lynn and
purchased the hotel then known as the Railroad House, which he kept for a
number of years; finally, selling out, he bought the place then known as the
Mineral Springs Hotel in that town. This place he sold a few months before
his death, in 1846, to the Roman Catholics, in which to found a school, as they
said. He died Feb. 28, 1847. He left one son, Henry Otis, who, in a few
years after his father's death, went to reside in New York. When the rebel-
lion broke out he enlisted in the army, but since the close of the war none of
his relatives, so far as I know, have ever heard from him.
Ira married his wife from Fitzwilliam, N. H. Leaving Sherbrooke with
his brother Otis, he purchased a farm and other property in Barnstead, Stan,
stead County, Province of Quebec, where he died, leaving a wife and six
children, viz. : Lucy Maria, Ira Otis, Susan Amelia, Eliza Jane, Frederick
Orville and Mary Lucina; all of whom are married and live in that vicinity,
being "the Queen's most loyal subjects," except the youngest son, who lives
in Boston, Charlestown district. The mother is still living with her oldest
son on the homestead.
Sylvia married in Grafton. Her husband was a farmer in good circumstances,
holding many offices of trust and honor in his native town. He was for many
years one of the county commissioners, much of the time their chairman, and
deacon of the Evangelical Congregational church in Grafton. He died May
4, 1860, much respected. She is still living in Grafton. They had five
children, viz. : Charles Otis, John Quincy, Andrew Hunt, Sylvia King and
Henry Harrington ; they have all married. The oldest son lives in Oakham ;
the second son died before his father ; the others are all living, I think, in
Chicago, 111.
Betsey married her husband from Royalston ; he was a farmer. They had
three children: Orville King, Otis Adams and Elizabeth; though not gradu-
ates of any college, they were all well educated.
Orville K. was for a long time connected with the State Reform school at
Westboro' at one time its superintendent; he is now, and has been for a
number of years, superintendent of the Colored Orphan asylum, New York
City. He married while in Westboro'.
Otis A. is married, is a lawyer by profession, and resides in Chicago.
Elizabeth married A. P. Stone of Piennont, N. H., at one time preceptor
of the academy in Millbury. Afterwards teacher in Plymouth, Mass. , and Port-
land, Me. ; but at present superintendent of schools in Springfield in this State.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 677
Melinda married her husband from Sherbrooke, Canada; I think he was a
merchant. They had one son, George King, who resides in Grafton, where
he is married and has a family. Her husband died when their son was quite
young. In 1849 she married William French of Kingston, R. I., with whom
she lived until his death, when she returned to Grafton, where she died
Mar. 1, 1869.
Lucy Lilley married her husband at North Brookfield, where she lived until
his death, Oct. 15, 1839 ; when she went to live with her brother, Otis, at
Lynn, where she married the second time to Samuel Johnson, a native of
Canada ; after residing a few years in Salem, they removed to Waterville,
Province of Quebec, where they still live. They have no children.
Elvesta H. married her husband from Holden. At the time of their marriage
he was living in Philadelphia; after a few years they came to live on his
father's farm in Holden. Subsequently he sold out in Holden, and bought a
farm in Oakham, where they now reside. They have two children, viz. : Mary
Melinda, at present a school teacher in Worcester, and George Albert, at
present residing in Chicago, 111.
MaryE. married her husband from Holden; he was a farmer in good cir-
cumstances. After a few years he sold out and went into business in
Worcester; his health failing him, in consequence of an accident by which he
came near losing his life, he gave up business and moved on to a farm in Oak-
ham, where they now reside. They have three children, viz. : Helen Elvesta,
wife of James Myron Kennan of Rutland, Edward Franklin and Jonathan
King.
Elizabeth, after her marriage, went to reside in Braintree, Vt., where she
died, leaving no children, Aug. 1802.
Edmund studied medicine, and after his marriage went to reside in Great
Barrington, where he practised but a short time, when he was afflicted with
what was then known as king's evil. He returned to his father's, where he
died Dec. 31, 1789.
John, jr., after his marriage, lived for a time in Sutton, and then moved
to Ward (now Auburn), where his wife died Dec. 6, 1819; after which he
went to reside with his daughter in Phillipston, where he died Mar. 14, 1824.
They had three children, viz. : Tamar, born July 7, 1785; John, jr., Feb. 7,
1787, and James.
Tamar married Moses Bancroft of Sutton in 1806. Soon after their marriage
they removed to Phillipston, where they resided ever after. She died Mar.
27, 1827. They had eleven children, viz. : Hannah King, b. Mar. 3, 1807 ;
Julia Putnam, b. Aug. 1, 1808; Freeman Tainter, b. May 20, 1811, and d.
May 1812; Janette, b. May 7, 1813, and died the 18th of the same month;
Lucy Stanley, b. June 27, 1815; John Austin, b. Mar. 30, 1817; James
Hiram, b. Feb. 15, 1819, and d. Oct. 11, 1838; Lorey Freeman, b. Aug. 10,
1820; Moses Jerome, b. Feb. 22, 1823; Joseph Rasselas, b. Nov. 13, 1824, and
Henry Lawton, b. Jan. 18, 1827.
Hannah King m. Aaron Sanborn, by whom she had eight children. One
son is a prominent lawyer in New York City ; another is teller in a bank in
Brooklyn, N. Y. ; and a son-in-law is in one of the departments at Washington.
The others, I think, are all dead. Mr. and Mrs. Sanborn are both dead.
Julia P. married Daniel P. Livermore of Millbury. They had three
children, one son and two daughters. The daughters died when young
ladies; and the son, Anson G., resides on the place where his parents lived
and died.
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Lucy S. married Francis Nickerson of Proviiicetown ; they resided in
Worcester for several years, where he died Jan. 29, 1872. After his death
she married George F. Farley, with whom she still resides. She has no chil-
dren.
John A. married Caroline G. Bates of Phillipston, by whom he had six
children; three of whom are still living with their father in Worcester. His
wife died Sept. 1856. In 1872, Jan. 24, he married for his second wife Mrs.
Harriet C. Rich, by whom he has two children.
Lorey F. resides at South Worcester. He has had three wives ; by the first
he has one son, who is keeping hotel in New Bedford ; by the second, one son,
who is a machinist and resides in Boston ; by his third, two daughters. Mr.
B. is the inventor of the street sprinkler now extensively used in nearly every
city in the Union ; also of other important inventions.
Joseph R. married Harriet Damon of Lancaster ; they had two children.
After her death he married Mrs. Eva Humphrey, by whom he had two chil-
dren; he resides in Sutton. Henry L. has had four wives; he formerly
lived in Worcester, but now resides with his last wife in Lodi, Wis. ; he had
four children by his third wife, and two by his last, all of whom at present
reside with their father. John went quite young to reside with one of his
mother's brothers, who emigrated to Warren, Pa., taking John with him;
there he married, Aug. 15, 1811, Betsey Gilston; accumulated property,
and reared a large family. One of his sons, James E. King, is a practising
physician in Buffalo, N. Y. ; he married Sarah M. Kendall of Pembroke, N. H.
James married Mary Jacobs of Millbury ; soon after his marriage he went
south, where he was drowned by the capsizing of the boat while crossing a
river. His widow married Rev. Caleb B. Elliot, with whom she lived many
years. She died a few years since, in Millbury, leaving no children.
Simeon (never married) was injured by the fall of a tree while at work in the
woods in Paxton, causing his death in a day or two after, at the age of twenty-
six years.
Solomon's first wife died December 4, 1810, having been married but about
eight months. He married for his second wife Mrs. Ruth Thompson (maiden
name Cummings), September 1812, by whom he had two children: Solomon
Dexter, born December 15, 1813, and Sarah Phelps, born September 21, 1819.
Solomon D. married April 16, 1837, Julia Ann Hall, daughter of Oliver Hall.
They had four children : Solomon, born April 16, 1838, and died October 12,
1860, aged 22 years; Simeon Edmund, born March 4th, 1844; married Emma
A. Barnes of Millbury, November 22, 1870. They reside at present in West
Millbury. Henry Hall, born March 20, 1856, and Sarah Jane, born Sept. 14,
1857, both of whom still live with their parents in Sutton.
Sarah Phelps never married; she died while on a visit to Philadelphia, Pa.,
February 13, 1857, aged thirty-seven years.
When Solomon married his second wife she was the widow of Jeremy
Thompson, and had one son named Linus, who married Rachel Searles, by
whom he had three children, two of whom died young ; the other, a very
promising young man, died at the age of nineteen of hemorrhage of the lungs.
Mr. Thompson died September 1, 1867, at the age of sixty-five years. His
widow is still living in Sutton.
Solomon and his wife were both killed by lightning, July 5, 1835, aged sixty-
three and fifty-seven years respectively.
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Tarrant, after his marriage, resided in Sutton and had seven children, viz :
Sukey, b. Oct. 28, 1803; d. Feb. 7, 1804; Sumner Barstow, b. Sept. 25, 1805;
Lucy Morse, b. Nov. 24, 1806; Nathaniel Gibbs, b. Apr. 21, 1809; Turner
Kawson, b. Jan. 20, 1812; Tarrant Franklin, b. May 1, 1815; Eliza, b. Dec. 1,
1818.
He died August 5, 1825. His wife survived him many years and died Jan.
20, 1857.
Sumner B. .married December 21, 1830, Julia Ann Whiting, daughter of
Paul Whiting. She died June 22, 1832. After her death he married Nov. 21,
1833, Mary, sister of his first wife, with whom he lived till her death, Oct. 13,
1871. Having no children, they adopted, in 1835, Mary Tamar, daughter of
Samuel and Tamar (Searles) Fuller. She married Joseph H. Nason and
lives near her father King. She has one son, Edward Sumner Nason.
In 1845 Mr. King was chosen deacon of the first Congregational church,
which office he still holds.
Lucy M. never married, but lived with her mother until j^her death; soon
after, becoming insane, she was taken to the insane hospital, where she died
May 7, 1863, aged fifty-six.
Nathaniel G. married, November 11, 1834, Eveline Morse, daughter of Sam-
uel Morse, and moved on the place built by his uncle, Dea. John Morse, and
where he still resides with his son, his wife having died March 25, 1863. They
had four children, viz: Loraine E., LaviniaC., George Samuel and Eveline.
Lavinia C. married, December 27, 1855, Frederick H. Hastings of Brainerd,
New York. She died July 27, 1861, leaving one daughter.
In the spring of 1863 Mr. Hastings married Loraine E., by whom he had
several children. After his death she came to live in Amherst, where she
now resides.
George S. married Mary Emma Howard, August 8, 1866, and lives on the
place formerly occupied by his father. He has two children : Chester Howard
and Emma Eveline.
Eveline married Frederick A. Stockwell and resides in Webster, where he is
engaged as merchant in connection with the Slaters.
Turner E. never married. He emigrated to Illinois more than forty years
since, where, for a long time, he was in the employ of the government as land
agent, with his home in Springfield. He now resides in McLean, in that State,
where he is engaged in agriculture.
Franklin T. also went to Illinois when quite a young man, and was present
at the riot which resulted in the death of Lovejoy, with whom he was inti-
mately connected in anti-slavery work, and, but for presence of mind, would
have shared his fate. He has been twice married and has had two children.
His only son was drowned a few years since. He is a physician and resides in
Galesburg, Illinois.
Eliza married Richard Sandford of Oxford, September 23, 1835. He was a
merchant, but has retired from business. They have one daughter named
Helen, who married a Mr. Clark, by whom she has children.
Polly never married. She was greatly beloved by all her connections and
filled an important place in many of their families. She was_a~ consistent and
exemplary Christian. The last twenty-three years of .her life she made her
home in the family of the writer. She died February 21, 1861, at the age of
eighty-four years, six months and fourteen days.
Patty, after her marriage with Mr. Rawson, went to Grafton to reside. He
Jived but a few years. After his death she married Phineas Lelaud, father of
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the late Col. Joshua Leland. After her husband's death she remained on the
place with his son, for whom she entertained great respect, till a few years
before her death, when she went to reside in Holden in the house with her
niece, Mrs. D. F. Parmenter, where she died October 14, 1864, aged eighty-
five years, four months and fourteen days.
KING WILLIAM KING BRANCH.
William 8 (John 2 , William 1 ), m. 1st, Hannah Cook, June 4, 1695; m. 2d,
Rebekah Wakefield.
He was one of the original settlers in the town. His
name is entered as the owner of lot number nineteen, of the
four thousand acres, subsequently known as the Whiting
place; he also became one of the proprietors of the town.
In the drawing of the one hundred acre lots, August 20, 1716,
it seems he was the owner of one five hundred acre right,
and drew lot number thirty-five. The survey of this lot is
recorded June 1718.
His name appears on the record of the first town meeting,
December 1718, as one of a committee for building the
meeting-house. He was one of the most prominent and
wealthy of the first settlers. He died in November 1748.
His children, of whom anything is known, were William,
Isaac and Henry. Isaac died unmarried. Deacon Leland
says that William came, with a mulatto man, before the
father, and began clearing the land. He was soon taken sick
and died the first white person who died in town; and
was buried in the burying ground near the meeting-house.
Henry 4 (William 8 , John 2 , William 1 ), m. Abigail Green, sister of Dr. Thomas
Green of Leicester. Captain Henry King was much in public life ; was many
times a representative in the legislature, and was also sent as a delegate to
the provincial congress. Ch. 1, William, b. Oct. 27, 1734; d. Dec. 3, 1825;
2, Samuel, b. Feb. 28, 1736; d. at Fort Edward in 1757 or 1758; 3, John, b.
Nov. 1, 1737 ; m. Sarah Wiswell of Newtown ; 4, Lydia, b. June 17, 1739 ; m.
James Greenwood, July 5, 1759; 5, Abigail, b. Feb. 7, 1741; m. Samuel God-
dard of Worcester, May 22, 1760; 6, Hannah, b. Feb. 22, 1743; d. young; 7,
Tamar, b. Sept. 16, 1744; m. John Carriel, Dec. 12, 1765; 8, Mehetable, b.
Oct. 19, 1746; died young; 9, Henry, b. May 9, 1748; m. Prudence Dudley,
June 18, 1772; 10, Elizabeth, b. Apr. 26, 1750; m. Samuel Goddard of Graf-
ton, May 25, 1769.
William 5 (Henry 4 , William 8 , John 2 , William 1 ), m. Silence Dwight of Ded-
ham, Mar. 29, 1759; she d. May 4, 1798. Ch. 1, Samuel, b. July 22, 1760;
d. in Smithfield, Pa., Oct. 1, 1812; 2, Isaac, b. Sept. 17, 1762; d. Nov. 8, 1859;
3, Daniel, b. Nov. 6, 1764; m. Lucy Woodbury, Apr. 30, 1789; d. Apr. 1833;
TOWN OF SUTTON. 681
4, Peter, b. Sept. 26, 1767; d. unmarried Apr. 16, 1854; 5, Timothy, b. Apr.
27, 1770; d. unmarried Oct. 11, 1804; 6, Elizabeth, b. July 6, 1772; m. Jona-
than Leland, July 8, 1798; d. Sept. 30, 1840; 7, Rebekah, b. July 26, 1774;
m. Aaron Woodbury, Dec. 1794; d. Jan. 1, 1807; 8, Silence, b. Jan. 6, 1777;
m. Caleb Woodbury, Mar. 20, 1799; d. May 21, 1864; 9, Hannah, b. July 24,
1779; d. May 29, 1796.
Samuel 6 (William 5 , Henry*, William 8 , John 2 , William 1 ), m. Ruth Marble,
Mar. 4, 1790; she d. May 29, 1798. Ch. 1, Polly, b. Nov. 28, 1790; m.
Ezekiel Stiles; d. July 12, 1855; 2, Ruth, b. Dec. 8, 1793; m. Elihu Osgood;
3, Samuel Dwight, b. May 1, 1797; m. May 1, 1828, Sarah Dresser Pillsbury.
Samuel, sen., was a Baptist minister; removed to Wendell in 1803, thence to
Smithfield, Pa.
Isaac 6 (William 6 , Henry*, William 8 , John 2 , William 1 ), m. 1st, Sally Put-
nam, Nov. 27, 1788; shed. Apr. 30, 1823; m. 2d, Sarah Howard, Nov. 11,
1824; she d. Jan. 13, 1836. Ch. 1, Tamar, b. Nov. 15, 1789; d. unmarried,
Dec. 14, 1824; 2, William, b. Oct. 5, 1791; 3, Sally, b. Feb. 19, 1793; d. July
22, 1795; 4, Prudence, b. Feb. 11, 1795; m. Maj. Rufus Burdon, Mar. 5,
1826; d. Mar. 5, 1859; 5, Luther, b. Feb. 14, 1797; d. Oct. 3, 1868; 6, Rufus,
b. Mar. 28, 1799; d. unmarried, Jan. 31, 1823; 7, Eliza (Elissa), b. Feb. 21,
1801; in. Jefferson Wheelock, Apr. 11, 1824; d. Apr. 8, 1826; 8, Charles, b.
Mar. 11, 1803; 9, Maria, b. July 25, 1805; m. Owen Brown; d. Sept. 14, 1828;
10, Nancy, b. Nov. 14, 1808; m. Elbridge Gerry Weld; d. June 25, 1830; 11,
Putnam, b. Apr. 10, 1810; 12, Samuel, b. Mar. 26, 1814.
William" (Isaac 6 , William 6 , Henry 4 , William 8 , John 2 , William 1 ), m. Maria
King of Newton. Ch. 1, Jane Maria, b. June 22, 1819; 2, Sarah Ann, b.
May 24, 1824; d. Aug. 8, 1826; 3, Rufus, b. Mar. 12, 1827; 4, Ebenezer, b.
June 24, 1829; d. Aug. 28, 1831; 5, Esther Mary, b. Mar. 24, 1831; d. Aug.
28, 1833; 6, John, b. Jan. 12, 1835; d. Jan. 19, 1863; 7, William Henry, b.
Jan. 7, 1840; d. Apr. 3, 1867.
Luther 7 (Isaac 6 , William 5 , Henry 4 , William 8 , John 2 , William 1 ), m. Hannah
Tisdale; shed. Mar. 8, 1866. Ch. 1, Sarah P., b. Oct. 9,1817; m. Estes
Putnam, Nov. 24, 1840; 2, Isaac, b. Apr. 5, 1819; m. Rosalinda Stockwell,
Oct. 2, 1845 ; removed to Hornellsville, N. Y.
Charles 7 (Isaac 6 , William 5 , Henry 4 , William 8 , John 2 , William 1 ), m. Serena
Pratt, Aug. 29, 1824. Ch. 1, Elias Pratt, b. Sept. 6, 1825; removed to
Anoka, Minn.
Putnam 7 (Isaac 6 , William 6 , Henry 4 , William 8 , John 2 , William 1 ), m. Jerusha
Davis, May 17, 1831. Ch. 1, Frances Amelia, b. July 17, 1832; d. unmarried,
Sept. 25, 1856; 2, Julia Sophy, b. Mar. 14, 1834; d. unmarried, Feb. 21, 1851;
3, Putnam Dwight, b. Jan. 16, 1842; 4, Eli Davis, b. June 29, 1845; 5, Emily
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 20, 1848; m. D. Albert Vaughn, Dec. 23, 1875; 6, Abby, b.
Apr. 26, 1850; m. Henry F. Rice, May 2, 1876; 7, Benjamin Franklin, b. Jan.
19, 1853; m. Mary H. Johnson, Nov. 7, 1877.
P. Dwight 8 (Putnam 7 , Isaac 6 , William 6 , Henry 4 , William 8 , John 2 , William 1 ),
m. Mary J. Whitney, Mar. 21, 1866. Ch. 1, Dwight Ernest, b. Apr. 27,
1867.
Samuel 7 (Isaac 6 , William 5 , Henry 4 , William 8 , John 2 , William 1 ), m. Azubah
Sibley, Dec. 16, 1835; shed. Mar. 3, 1846; m. 2d, Sept. 13, 1849, Francis
Sibley Putnam. Ch. 1, Daniel Isaac, b. Oct. 28, 1836; 2, Charles Owen, b.
Sept. 14, 1839; removed to Anoka, Minn.
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FAMILIES OF THE
KNAPP.
Job Knapp, born in Yorkshire, England, 1669, m. in 1691, Mrs. Mary Car-
penter, b. in Manchester, England, in 1668 ; moved to the Nipmug country in
1705. Ch. 1, William, b. 1693; 2, Hannah, b. 1695; 3, Job, b. 1696; 4,
Ruth, b. 1698; 5, Betty, b. 1700.
William 2 (Job 1 ), m. Lucy Balcome, 1709. Ch. 1, Joshua.
Joshua 8 (William 2 , Job 1 ), m. Hannah Chase. Ch. 1, James.
James 4 (Joshua 8 , William 2 , Job 1 ), m. Edith Chase. Ch. 1, Lois; 2, Joel,
b. Nov. 15, 1774; d. May 10, 1832.
Joel 5 (James*, Joshua 3 , William 2 , Job 1 ), m. 1st, Lydia Elliot, by whom he
had two sons, names not given; m. 2d, Sybil Croney, Nov. 1, 1804. They
had six children, two sons and four daughters, of whom the eldest was Joel,
b. Aug. 14, 1805.
Joel 6 (Joel 5 , James 4 , Joshua 3 , William 2 , Job 1 ), m. 1st, Eliza Smith, Aug.
15, 1827 ; m. 2d, Mary Jane McCurdy, Apr. 25, 1860. Ch. 1, Edwin Albert,
b. Dec. 24, 1861; 2, Emily Eliza, b. May 25, 1863; 3, Fannie Foster, b. May
29, 1865.
LACKEY.
Matthew Lackey came to this country about the year 1735,
from the north of Ireland, to which place his family had
previously emigrated from Scotland. He had a family of
eight children, all born, it is supposed, in Upton, where he
lived for a time, then removed to New York. His second
son, Matthew, born October 21, 1742, came to Sutton about
the year 1772, and built the house in which Lysander
Houghton now lives, where he resided until his death in
1809.
He m. 1st, Mary Merriam ; m. 2d, Dorcas Woodbury, Jan. 28, 1777. Ch.
1, Elizabeth, b. Dec. 28, 1771; m. David Smith, Oct. 13, 1794; 2, Mary, b.
Jan. 25, 1773; m. Caleb Hicks, Jan. 21, 1796; 3, Matthew, b. July 16, 1775;
4, Samuel, b. Oct. 26, 1778; 5, Joshua, b. Oct. 2, 1781; 6, Joel, b. July 28,
1783; 7, Nahum, b. Sept. 21, 1785; 8, Jonathan, b. May 24, 1788; 9, Wood-
bury, b. Dec. 18, 1790; 10, Dorcas, b. May 13, 1793.
Matthew 3 (Matthew 2 , Matthew 1 ), m. Nancy Fuller, Nov. 28, 1805. Ch. 1,
Mary Ann, b. Jan. 30, 1806; 2, Rufus Albert, b. Dec. 3, 1807; 3, Cynthia, b.
July 10, 1811 ; m. Josiah M. Goldthwait, July 10, 1837 ; 4, Emory Davenport,
b. Mar. 31, 1814; 5, Ciraene, b. June 11, 1817.
Joshua 8 (Matthew 2 , Matthew 1 ), m. Azubah Davenport, Mar. 1807. Ch.
1, Lorinda, b. Oct. 12, 1808; m. Amos Burdon, Aug. 13, 1830; 2, Eunice, b.
Mar. 19, 1810; m. Leander Putnam, 1837; 3, Dorcas, b. June 24, 1811; 4,
Leander, b. Oct. 2, 1812; 5, Amory D., b. Mar. 31, 1814; 6, Annah Levina,
b. Nov. 25, 1815; 7, Betsey; 8, Abigail; 9, Joshua; 10, Harriet.
Leander 4 (Joshua 3 , Matthew 2 , Matthew 1 ), m. Rebecca Houghton, May 13,
1834. Ch. 1, Juliette A., b. July 19, 1835; m. Franklin H. Marble; 2,
George A., b. Oct. 11, 1837; m. Mary C. Caswell, Dec. 13, 1860; 3, Andrew
J., b. July 11, 1839; d. Sept. 27, 1839; 4, Alfred A., b. July 19, 1841; d. June
12, 1842; 5, Lansford, b. May 21, 1843; d. Aug. 22, 1843; 6, Adelaide B., b.
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Sept. 22, 1844; d. Sept. 16, 1850; 7, Azubah L., b. Mar. 22, 1849; d. Aug.
13, 1849; 8, Ella A., b. Apr. 30, 1857; m. Fred. H. Yeaton, Nov. 16, 1876.
Amory D. 4 (Joshua 3 , Matthew 2 , Matthew 1 ), m. Lydia Burdon, Mar. 18,
1839. Ch. 1, Mary Burdon, b. July 8, 1840.
Joshua 4 (Joshua 8 , Matthew 2 , Matthew 1 ), m. Emeline . Ch. 1, Edwin
Joshua, b. Oct. 21, 1850; 2, Emeline, b. Aug. 16, 1852; 3, Jerome, b. June
10, 1854.
Joel 3 (Matthew 2 , Matthew 1 ), m. Lucina Arnold, Sept. 27, 1807. Ch. 1,
Frederick Arnold, b. Feb. 25, 1808; 2, Polly, b. Nov. 29, 1809; 3, Newell.
Newell 4 (Joel 3 , Matthew 2 , Matthew 1 ), m. 1st, Susan E. Waterman, Nov. 11,
1845; m. 2d, Sarah . Ch. 1, Eugene, b. June 15, 1846; 2, Susan Maria,
b. Sept. 7, 1854; 3, Charlotte Elizabeth, b. Aug. 16, 1856; 4, Newell, b. Oct.
28, 1857.
Nahum 3 (Matthew 2 , Matthew 1 ), m. 1st, Betsey Crossman, Mar. 5, 1806; m.
2d, Lavina Sibley, Aug. 28, 1809. Ch. 1, Palmer, b. Apr. 3, 1808.
LE BARON.
Dr. Francis Le Baron, the ancestor of the Le Barons in
this country, was born (as is supposed) in Bordeaux, France.
He came to Plymouth about 1694. The first mention of
him in the Plymouth records is his marriage to Mary Wilder
of Hingham, September 6, 1695. He died August 8, 1704,
aged thirty-six years, leaving three small boys, James,
Lazarus and Francis.
His grave-stone on the "ancient hill" in Plymouth, now
in good preservation, marks the date of his death and age,
and a copy of his will can be found in the probate office at
Plymouth, with an inventory of his property, which, for
those days, was large.
His son Lazarus received a liberal education and finished
his study of medicine in the city of New York. He married
and resided in Plymouth, his native town, and had fourteen
children, nine sons and five daughters. The eldest of his
sons was Lazarus, who was educated and studied medicine
under his father ; went to Barbadoes, West Indies, where he
was for a time engaged in the practice of his profession, and
married Marguerite Newsome, November 10, 1743. He had
two children, a son Lazarus, and a daughter, who, with his
wife, died in Barbadoes. He returned to Plymouth with
his son, where he settled, taking his father's practice. Here
he married the widow Mary Thomas Lothrop and died, with-
out further issue, in 1784.
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His son Lazarus was apprenticed to Dea. Jones of Boston,
as a hatter. This trade he carried on very successfully until
1774, when he removed to Suttou and purchased of Captain
Nathaniel Sibley the estate now known as the ' ; Le Baron
place."
He married first, March 3, 1767, Susanna, daughter of
Andrew Johannot of Boston; born 1738, died August 10,
1774.
The father of Andrew Johannot was Daniel, who came to
this country with his parents, who were French Huguenots,
and settled, with other families of the same extraction, in
Oxford. After the massacre by the Indians of quite a num-
ber *of those composing the French colony, the Johannot
family returned to Boston.
Mr. Le Baron m. 2d, May 11, 1775, Hannah Chase; m. 3d, June 1783, Mary
Chase; m. 4th, Mary Woodbury, Jan. 28, 1802; she d. Aug. 28, 1837, aged 72;
he d. Nov. 30, 1827. Ch. 1, Susanna, b. Dec. 1, 1767; m. Dr. Stephen Mon-
roe, Sept. 6, 1790; 2, Hannah, b. Jan. 22, 1776; m. Israel Putnam, Apr. 24,
1796.
Hannah, one of the daughters of Lazarus Le Baron, the first,
married Benjamin Goodwin of Boston, whose son, Daniel
Goodwin of Norton, was father of Rev. Daniel Le Baron
Goodwin of Wilkinsonville.
Daniel L. B. Goodwin m. Kebekah Wilkinson, Dec. 12, 1825. Ch. 1,
Sarah W., b. Aug. 10, 1828; 2, Mary B., b. Nov. 1830; 3, Elizabeth L., b.
Mar. 1833; 4, Daniel, b. Mar. 10, 1835; 5, Hannah W., b. Aug. 17, 1837; 6,
William W.. b. Aug. 1, 1839; 7, Anna D., b. Jan. 17, 1841; 8, Rebekah Le
B., b. June 9, 1843; 9, Susan W., b. June 18, 1848.
LELAND.
According to Dea. Leland, the first of the name in this
country was Henry, who was living in Medfield in 1657,
which year his son, Ebenezer, was born. Ebenezer had a
son, James, who came from Sherburne and settled in what
is now Grafton, upon the place owned by Deacon John
McClellan.
James 3 (Ebenezer 2 , Henry 1 ), m. Hannah Learned. Ch. 1, Jerusha, m.
Jacob Whipple, Jan. 6, 1729; 2, Benjamin, m. Rebekah Parker; 3, Moses, b.
about 1717 ; 4, James ; 5, Hannah, m. Joseph Rice ; 6, Thankful, b. Aug. 16,
1724; 7, Thomas, b. Oct. 27, 1726; d. Apr. 26, 1759; 8, Deliverance, b. Feb.
17, 1729; 9, Phineas, b. Dec. 26, 1730; 10, Prudence, b. Jan. 13, 1732; d. Jan.
29, 1732.
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Moses 4 (James 8 , Ebenezer 2 , Henry 1 ), m. Mrs. Abigail Bobbins of Littleton;
d. Mar. 23, 1797. Ch. 1, Elizabeth, b. Sept. 19, 1740; m. Samuel Hicks,
Jan. 24, 1760; 2, Solomon, b. May 12, 1742; d. July 21, 1808; 3, Moses, b.
Sept. 1, 1744; m. Sarah Brigham; d. at 24; 4, Jacob, b. Apr. 2, 1746; in.
Anne Taylor, Aug. 2, 1767; 5, Mary, b. Apr. 26, 1748; m. Abraham Taylor,
Sept. 21, 1769; 6, Timothy, b. June 1, 1750; 7, Abigail, b. May 27, 1752; m.
Moody Morse, jr., Mar. 31, 1774; 8, Sarah, b. Mar. 23, 1755; m. Sam'l Leland,
Dec. 10, 1778; 9, Prudence, b. Aug. 8, 1759; m. Abner Batcheller, Feb. 22,
1781.
Solomon 5 (Moses 4 , James 3 , Ebenezer 2 , Henry 1 ), m. 1st, Lois Haven, Nov.
27, 1764; she d. Nov. 5, 1788; m. 2d, Molly Dudley, Jan. 14, 1791; d. Oct.
1824. Ch. 1, Jonathan, b. Aug. 31, 1768; 2, Solomon, b. Aug. 2, 1771; m.
Lois Cummings, Apr. 2, 1795; 3, Susanna, b. June 23, 1773; d. Sept. 11, 1777;
4, Lois, b. Sept. 4, 1776; d. Sept. 9, 1777; 5, Azubah, b. Aug. 30, 1778; m.
Peter Trask, Oct. 31, 1799; 6, Silas, b. Oct. 3, 1781; m. Lucina Bartlett, Nov.
27, 1805; 7, Abigail, b. Sept. 13, 1785; m. Sylvester Morse, May 20, 1815; 8,
Lois, b. Oct. 10, 1788; m. Nahum W. Chamberlain.
Jonathan 6 (Solomon 5 , Moses 4 , James 3 , Ebenezer 2 , Henry 1 ), m. Elizabeth,
dau. of William King, July 8, 1798. Ch. 1, Silence Dwight, b. Sept. 17, 1799;
d. unmarried; 2, Eliza, b. July 30, 1801; 3, Horace, b. Mar. 31, 1803; d.
unmarried ; 4, Alvan, b. Aug. 20, 1805 ; d. Feb. 8, 1845 ; 5, Rebekah King, b.
July 1, 1807; drowned June 29, 1809; 6, Catherine Haven, b. May 9, 1809; m.
John C. Whitin, May 30, 1831 ; 7, Solomon Williams, b. Nov. 18, 1811 ; 8,
Mary Maxwell, b. Feb. 21, 1814; 9, Susan Lois, b. July 3, 1816; m. Samuel
5. Edmunds, Apr. 19, 1849.
Alvau 7 (Jonathan 6 , Solomon 5 , Moses 4 , James 3 , Ebenezer 2 , Henry 1 ), m. 1st,
Sophia Waters of Millbury, Dec. 30, 1834; she d. Apr. 26, 1838; m. 2d, Julia
Jenks of Roscoe, 111., July 23, 1840. Ch. 1, Julia Sophia, b. Nov. 14, 1841;
d. May 19, 1850.
Timothy 5 (Moses 4 , James 3 , Ebenezer 2 , Henry 1 ), m. Mary Sibley, Feb. 9,
1775. Ch. 1, Reuben, b. Dec. 19, 1775; d. young; 2, David, b. Mar. 7, 1778;
3, Mary, b. May 10, 1779; d. young; 4, Susanna, b. Dec. 25, 1780; d. Oct. 24,
1814; 5, Oliver, b. Oct. 23, 1782; d. Jan. 25, 1859; 6, Lois, b. Sept. 25, 1785;
7, Sally, b. July 14, 1789; 8, John, b. Nov. 8, 1794; m. 1st, Julia Putnam;
m. 2d, Betsey Batcheller, Nov. 24, 1825; 9, Lydia, b. July 2, 1798; d. July 2,
1798.
David 6 (Timothy 5 , Moses 4 , James 3 , Ebenezer 2 , Henry 1 ), m. Chloe Richard-
son. Ch. 1, Martha Forbush, b. June 5, 1829.
Oliver 6 (Timothy 5 , Moses 4 , James 3 , Ebenezer 2 , Henry 1 ), m. Silence Ellis,
May 24, 1810; she d. Apr. 10, 1866. Ch. 1, Reuben, b. Feb. 21, 1811; 2,
John Ellis, b. Oct. 20, 1812; m. Philura C. Rice; 3, Elias, b. Feb. 1815; d. Feb.
25, 1860; 4, Lyman, b. June 15, 1817; m. 1st, Martha Livermore; 2d, Eunice
Hartwell; 5, Timothy Edwin, b. June 4, 1821; m. Lovicy Eddy; 6, Austin,
b. July 17, 1825.
Reuben 7 (Oliver 6 , Timothy 5 , Moses 4 , James 3 , Ebenezer 2 , Henry 1 ), m. Mary
H. Stockwell, Apr. 16, 1839. Ch. 1, Mary Fletcher, b. Aug. 21, 1841 ; d.
Apr. 4, 1842; 2, George Reuben, b. June 23, 1843; m. Anna M. Philips, Sept.
1, 1870; 3, Henry F. b. Oct. 18, 1848.
Henry F. 8 (Reuben 7 , Oliver 9 , Timothy 5 , Moses 4 , James 3 , Ebenezer 2 , Henry 1 ),
m. Nancy F. Bowen, Oct. 7, 1869. Ch. 1, Frederick Henry, b. June 4, 1871.
Austin 7 (Oliver 6 , Timothy 5 , Moses 4 , James 8 , Ebenezer 2 , Henry 1 ), m. 1st,
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Maria Johnson ; m. 2d, Lydia G. Spaulding. Ch. 1, Charles Austin, b. May
4, 1848; 2, Louisa Maria, b. Apr. 17, 1850; m. J. Francis Woodbury, June 1,
1871 ; 3, Lyman Franklin, b. Sept. 11, 1852.
Charles A. 8 (Austin 7 , Oliver 6 , Timothy 5 , Moses 4 , James 3 , Ebenezer 2 , Henry 1 ),
m. Clara J. Mirick. Ch. 1, Clarence; 2, William Austin; 3, Arthur, b. July
31, 1878.
LILLET.
Jonathan Lilley m. Hannah . Ch. 1, Hannah, b. Mar. 24, 1732.
David Lilley m. Anna Chase, May 25, 1736. Ch. 1, Lydia, b. Mar. 18,
1737; 2, David, b. Apr. 24, 1739; 3, Joshua, b. Jan. 23, 1744; 4, Judith, b.
Nov. 12, 1745; m. Benjamin Hutchinson, Nov. 2, 1769; 5, Anne, b. Sept. 2,
1747; 6, Jonathan, b. June 2, 1755.
David 2 (David 1 ), m. Elizabeth Gibbs, Sept. 23, 1762. Ch. 1, John, b. Nov.
18, 1763; 2, Betty, b. Sept. 30, 1765; 3, Lucy, b. Feb. 23, 1769; m. Thomas
Blanchard, Sept. 1, 1785; 4, David, b. Oct. 17, 1773; m. Dolly Stockwell, June
10, 1795; 5, Stephen, b. Dec. 14, 1775; m. Esther Wheeler, June 20, 1798; 6,
Anne, b. Nov. 24, 1778 ; m. Jonathan Eaton, June 18, 1799.
John 3 (David 2 , David 1 ), m. Elizabeth Wilkins, Nov. 25, 1783. Ch. 1, Polly,
b. Mar. 15, 1787; 2, Fanny, b. June 3, 1789; 3, Sumner, b. Feb. 1, 1801.
Joshua 2 (David 1 ), m. Betty . Ch. 1, Joshua, b. Jan. 28, 1769; 2,
Aaron, b. Jan. 1, 1770; 3, Moses, b. Sept. 12, 1771; 4, Betty, b. June 11,
1773.
LOMBARD.
Nathan Lombard m. Delight Allen. Ch. 1, Alanson Allen, b. Jan. 25,
1803; 2, Adaline Marinda, b. Aug. 5, 1804; drowned May 29, 1822; 3, Harvey
Faulkner, b. May 3, 1806; 4, Nathan Austin, b. Apr. 16, 1808; 5, Julia Ann,
b. Aug. 8, 1814; 6, Emily, b. May 9, 1817; 7, Francis Edward, d. Mar. 19,
1822.
Alanson A. 2 (Nathan 1 ), in. Alexa Ann Hutchinson, Nov. 1, 1830. Ch.
1, Frances Ann, b. Apr. 5, 1832; d. Apr. 29, 1836; 2, Henry F., b. Jan. 19,
1834; 3, Edwin, b. Dec. 22, 1836.
Henry F. 3 (Alanson A. 2 , Nathan 1 ), m. Nellie Callahan, 1863. Ch. 1, Her-
bert E., b. Nov. 19, 1864; 2, Frank E. b. Nov. 21, 1873.
Nathan A. 2 (Nathan 1 ), m. Sarai . Ch. 1, George Austin, b. Sept. 9,
1837.
LOVELL.
Thomas Lovell (son of Thomas Lovell of Ipswich), came to Sutton about
1722. He m. Martha Herrick. Ch. 1, Esther, b. Mar. 27, 1717; m. Holyoke
Putnam; 2, Thomas, b. June 17, 1719; 3, Martha b. Jan. 7, 1722; d. Aug.
14, 1723; 4, Ruth, b. Jan. 16, 1724; m. William Waite; 5, Elizabeth, b. Sept.
23, 1726; m. Joshua Carter; 6, George, b. June 28, 1729.
Thomas 3 (Thomas 2 , Thomas 1 ), m. Eunice Putnam. Ch. 1, Sarah, b. Aug.
22, 1744; m. Josiah Waite; 2, John, b. Aug. 8, 1746; 3, Ezra, b. Mar. 29,
1749; 4, Eunice, b. Oct. 2, 1751.
Ezra 4 (Thomas 3 , Thomas 2 , Thomas 1 ), m. Mary Jennison. Ch. 1, Elias, b.
Jan. 12, 1778; 2, Polly, b. Feb. 17, 1779; 3, Lydia, b. June 5, 1782; 4, Ezra,
b, July 8, 1787.
Elias 6 (Ezra 4 , Thomas 8 , Thomas 2 , Thomas 1 ), m. Betsey Pierce. Ch. 1,
Elias, b. Jan. 22, 1804.
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George 8 (Thomas 2 , Thomas 1 ), m. Abigail Perkins. Ch. 1, Jonathan, b.
Nov. 18, 1753; 2, Abigail, b. Feb. 28, 1755; m. Reuben Eaton; 3, Howit, b.
Dec. 27, 1756 ; killed in the revolutionary war. 4, Hannah, b. July 17, 1759 ;
5, Tabitha, b. Feb. 7, 1761.
Thomas Lovell (relationship unknown), m. Lydia Moore, Jan. 13, 1762.
Ch. 1, Thomas, b. Dec. 30, 1762.
MARBLE.
Freegrace Marble was one of the original settlers of the
town. Of his ancestry very little can be learned. He was
the son of Samuel and Rebekah, and came from Andover;
married Mary Sibley, and, according to Deacon Leland, was
the first person married in town. He was a mason by trade
and helped build the old State House, in State street, Bos-
ton. He died April 21, 1799.
Ch. 1, Mary, b. Apr. 4, 1721 ; m. Jacob Cummings, Jan. 21, 1741 ; 2,
Samuel, b. Apr. 27, 1723; 3, Enoch, b. Nov. 25, 1726; 4, Rebekah, b. Mar. 10,
1729; 5, Malachi, b. Sept. 25, 1736.
Samuel 3 (Freegrace 2 , Samuel 1 ), m. Patience Gale. Ch. 1, Samuel, b. Aug.
25, 1745; 2, Molly, b. Apr. 18, 1747; d. young; 3, Betty, b. Mar. 26, 1749; m.
Jacob Snow, jr., Dec. 18, 1776; 4, Marcus, b. July 31, 1751; never married;
d. in Springfield; 5, Stephen, b. Apr. 17, 1753; d. Dec. 18, 1817; 6, Joel, b.
Nov. 10, 1754; committed suicide; 7, Jesse, b. June 25, 1756; m. Sally Put-
nam, Feb. 26, 1790; 8, Solomon, b. Apr. 14, 1758; 9, Rebekah, b. Nov. 20,
1759.
Samuel 4 (Samuel 3 , Freegrace 2 , Samuel 1 ), m. Lucretia Richardson of Wo-
burn, Nov. 16, 1769. Ch. 1, Molly, b. Sept. 23, 1770; 2, Samuel, b. Jan. 7,
1772; 3, Lucretia, b. Mar. 20, 1773; 4, Elijah, b. Oct. 20, 1774.
Deacon Leland says " he went and settled in Stratton, Vt."
Stephen 4 (Samuel 3 , Freegrace 2 , Samuel 1 ), m. Betty Putnam, Nov. 14, 1776;
she d. Dec. 21, 1812. Ch. 1, Nathan, b. June 29, 1778; 2, Betsey, b. Jan.
10, 1780 ; m. Nov. 15, 1800, Simeon Waters ; 3, Polly, b. Sept. 10, 1781 ;
m. Jan. 14, 1806, James Freeland ; 4, Palmer, b. Sept. 20, 1784 ; 5, Charlotte, b .
Dec. 7, 1786; m. Nov. 21, 1804, John, son of Andrew Elliot ; 6, Samuel, b.
Dec. 3, 1788; unmarried; went to Nova Scotia; 7, Nancy, d. young of lock-
jaw.
Nathan 5 (Stephen 4 . Samuel 3 , Freegrace 2 , Samuel 1 ), m. Mehetabel Freeland.
Ch. 1, James Putnam, b. Nov. 25, 1800.
Palmer 5 (Stephen 4 , Samuel 3 , Freegrace 2 , Samuel 1 ), m. Polly Woodbury,
Sept. 22, 1814. Ch. 1, Stephen, b. May 14, 1816; d. Jan. 13, 1845; 2,
Hannah, b. July 27, 1818; m. Tyler Waters, May 29, 1844; 3, Betsey, b. Aug.
13, 1820; 4, Nancy, b. Sept. 12, 1823; m. George Metcalf, May 14, 1845; d.
June 9, 1848; 5, Lewis, b. May 1, 1826; d. July 12, 1847; 6, Phoebe Jane,
b. May 10, 1828; d. Nov. 25, 1847; 7, Mary Woodbury, b. Oct. 30, 1832; d.
Dec. 24, 1844; 8, John Woodbury, b. Dec. 1, 1835; m. Susan Garfield.
Stephen 6 (Palmer 5 , Stephen 4 , Samuel 3 , Freegrace 2 , Samuel 1 ), m. Lerenna
. Ch. 1, Lauren Stephen, b. June 13, 1843; d. Jan. 25, 1845.
Jesse 4 (Samuel 3 , Freegrace 2 , Samuel 1 ) m. Sally Putnam, Feb. 26, 1790. Ch.
1, Lewis, b. Sept. 7, .1790; 2, Esther, b. Jan. 12, 1792; m, Mar. 24, 1813,
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Buckley Waters; 3, Sally, b. Aug. 22, 1793; m. Nov. 24, 1815, Alvan Pratt;
4, Sukey, b. Sept. 25, 1796; 5, Betsey, b. May 22, 1798.
Solomon* (Samuel 3 , Freegrace 2 , Samuel 1 ), m. Jerusha Greenwood, May 11,
1784. Ch. 1, Oliver, b. Oct. 11, 1785; 2, Cyne, b. Mar. 13, 1787; 3, Esther,
b. Dec. 17, 1788; 4, Marcus, b. Aug. 7, 1790; 5, David, b. July 2, 1792; 6,
Roxa, b. May 2, 1794; m. Isaac Dwinel, May 7, 1817; 7, Peter, b. May 6, 1796;
8, Elijah, b. May 19, 1799; 9, Leaf a, b. April 14, 1801; 10, Joel, b. July 17,
1803.
Enoch 8 (Freegrace 2 , Samuel 1 ), m. Abigail Holland, Jan. 9, 1750; d. Jan. 12,
1815; she d. Jan. 15, 1815. Ch. 1, John, b. May 10, 1751; 2, Alpheus, b.
Aug. 7, 1753; d. July 21, 1807; 3, Daniel, b. Dec. 17, 1755; 4, Thaddeus; 5,
Aaron, m. Rebekah Putnam, Nov. 16, 1784; 6, Antipas; 7, Enoch; 8, Rufus;
9, Sally, m. Peter Putnam, Oct. 1, 1782; 10, Persis, m. Thaddeus Chase, Oct.
4, 1787; 11, Betsey.
Alpheus 4 (Enoch 8 , Freegrace 2 , Samuel 1 ), m. Anna Dudley, Dec. 15, 1774.
Ch. 1, Samuel, b. Mar. 27, 1776; 2, Hannah, b. Mar. 3, 1778; 3, Anna, b.
July 5, 1780; 4, Lucy, b. Apr. 11, 1783; 5, Alpheus, b. Nov. 28, 1785; 6, John,
b. May 9, 1788; 7, Freegrace, b. Mar. 6, 1792.
Samuel 5 (Alpheus 4 , Enoch 3 , Freegrace 2 , Samuel 1 ), m. Hetty, dau. of Bena-
jah Putnam. Ch. 1, Samuel; 2, Alpheus; 3, Leonard.
Alpheus 5 (Alpheus 4 , Enoch 3 , Freegrace 2 , Samuel 1 ), m. Mary, dau. of Capt.
Josiah, son of Dea. Willis Hall, Nov. 25, 1819. Ch. 1, Willard, b. Feb. 9,
1821; 2, Mary Ann, b. Apr. 7, 1823; 3, Henry, b. Dec. 4, 1828.
John 5 (Alpheus 4 , Enoch 3 , Ereegrace 2 , Samuel 1 ), m. Nancy Lathe of Graf-
ton, Jan. 1808. Ch. 1, Nancy L., b. Feb. 20, 1809; 2, Frances, b. Aug. 10,
1810; 3, John, b. Dec. 25, 1812; 4, Ezra S.. b. Mar. 1, 1814; 5, Susanna, b.
Dec. 24, 1820; 6, Jane L., b. Apr. 20, 1823; 7, Mary L., b. Mar. 3, 1825.
Ezra S. 6 (John 5 , Alpheus 4 , Enoch 8 , Freegrace 2 , Samuel 1 ), m. Oct. 24, 1833,
Fannie Gibbs, b. Oct. 24, 1805 ; he d. Oct. 24, 1862. Ch. 1, Ann Frances, b.
Oct. 7, 1834; m. Clarence M. Ruggles, Jan. 28, 1854; 2, Juliette, b. Aug. 3,
1835; d. Aug. 20, 1835; 3, Eleanor Jane, b. Nov. 20, 1836; 4, Ezra Washing-
ton, b. Feb. 8, 1838; 5, Mary Julia Francena, b. Nov. 12, 1839; m. Edwin D.
Hill, Nov. 18,1862; 6, William Henry Harrison, b. Apr. 13, 1841; 7, Eliza
Maria, b. Feb. 13, 1843; d. Feb. 24, 1843; 8, Elmer Waldron, b. Mar. 10, 1847;
d. June 14, 1847; 9, Georgianna H. V. A., b. Mar. 13, 1848; d. May 15, 1848.
Ezra W. 7 (Ezra S. 6 , John 5 , Alpheus 4 , Enoch 3 , Freegrace 2 , Samuel 1 ), m. 1st,
Harriet M. Sawyer, July 24, 1858; m. 2d, Lunetta E. Barnes, Sept. 7, 1873;
she d. May 9, 1874; m. 3d, Apr. 23, 1877, Ella J. Wheelock. Ch. 1, Fannie
Maria, b. June 12, 1859; 2, Elmer Ezra, b. Feb. 9, 1874; d. Mar. 6, 1874.
Henry H. 7 (Ezra S. 6 , John 5 , Alpheus 4 , Enoch 3 , Freegrace 2 , Samuel 1 ), m.
June 7, 1862, Ellen M. Darling, b. June 29, 1842. Ch. 1, Frederick E. E.,
b. Dec. 4, 1863.
Malachi 3 (Freegrace 2 , Samuel 1 ), m. 1st, Jan. 29, 1761 (entered upon the
records as Michael; probably a mistake); m. 2d, Apr. 6, 1786, Abigail Keyes.
Ch. 1, Andrew, b. Nov. 17, 1761; d. Apr. 6, 1808; 2, Mary, b. Feb. 24, 1763;
m. May 12, 1785, Josiah Hall ; 3, Moses, b. Feb. 2, 1765 ; 4, Lydia, b. Oct. 18,
1767; m. Nov. 27, 1788, Jonathan Dudley; 5, Simon, b. Apr. 29, 1769; 6,
Deborah, b. Mar. 15, 1771; m. Feb. 28, 1792, John Dudley; 7, Hannah, b,
July 10, 1774; 8, Peter, b. Feb. 15, 1776; 9, Simeon, b. Nov. 5, 1777; 10, Ezra,
b, Feb. 25, 1780; 11, Sukey, b. Apr. 28, 1787; 12, Cyrus, b. Jan. 3, 1789.
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Andrew 4 (Malachi 8 , Freegrace 2 , Samuel 1 ), m. Sarah Harback, July 28, 1789.
Ch.l, Sally Harback, b. Nov. 17, 1790; 2, Simon L., b. Oct. 5, 1792; 3,
John Stillman, b. Sept. 2, 1794; 4, Royal Tyler, b. Mar. 13, 1797; 5, Mary H.,
b. June 2, 1798; drowned May 29, 1822; 6, Hannah Greenwood, b. Nov. 27,
1799; drowned May 29, 1822; 7, Jonas Russell, b. Jan. 7, 1803; d. Oct. 7,
1803; 8, Simeon Russell, b. Nov. 5, 1807.
Simon L. 5 (Andrew 4 , Malachi 8 , Freegrace 2 , Samuel 1 ), m. June 16, 1822,
Prudy Putnam. Ch.l, Andrew A., b. Apr. 12, 1823; 2, Mary H., b. May
14, 1825; 3, Joanna L., b. Dec. 25, 1828; 4, Hannah G., b. Jan. 14, 1830; 5,
Franklin H., b. July 12, 1833; 6, Ann Louisa, b. June 29, 1836; 7, Albert
Augustin, b. June 15, 1840; 8, Martha E., b. June 29, 1842.
Franklin H. 6 (Simon L. 5 , Andrew 4 , Malachi 3 , Freegrace 2 , Samuel 1 ), m.
Juliette A. Lackey. Ch. 1, Ada Juliette, b. Jan. 18, 1859; 2, Charles Frank-
lin, b. Aug. 22, 1860; 3, Freddie Lincoln, b. Jan. 21, 1862; 4, Alfred Russell,
b. Nov. 16, 1863; 5, George Edwin, b. Jan. 11, 1865; 6, Herbert William, b.
June 11, 1872; d. Jan. 15, 1873.
MARCH.
The name of Hugh March appears upon the records of
Newbury at an early date.
He had three wives : 1st, Judith , who d. Dec. 14, 1675 ; m. 2d, Dorcas
Blackleach, May 29, 1676; she d. Nov. 22, 1683; m. 3d, Sarah Healey, Dec. 3,
1685 ; she d. Oct. 25, 1699 ; he d. Dec. 12, 1693, and left, among other child-
ren, Hugh, b. Nov. 3, 1656.
Hugh 2 (Hugh 1 ), m. Mrs. Sarah Moody, Mar. 29, 1683. They had, among
other children, Daniel, b. Oct. 30, 1695. This Daniel was probably the father
of Jacob March, who was b. July 17, 1747, and came to Sutton about 1780.
Jacob 4 (Daniel 3 , Hugh 2 , Hugh 1 ), m. July 4, 1781, Elleanor, dau. of David
Moore, b. Apr. 14, 1761; she d. Feb. 25, 1848; he d. Sept. 29, 1814. Ch.l,
Samuel, b. Apr. 24, 1782; 2, John, b. Dec. 12, 1783; 3, David, b. Jan. 29,
1785; d. May 13, 1829; 4, Jacob, b. May 7, 1786; d. Aug. 13, 1823; 5, Tap-
pan, b. June 14, 1788; 6, Tyrus, b. Nov. 27, 1789; 7, Achsah, b. Oct. 22, 1792;
8, Jesse, b. Aug. 1, 1794; d. in infancy; 9, Alden, b. Sept. 20, 1795; d. June
17, 1869; 10, Elleanor, b. Aug. 25, 1797; d. Nov. 24, 1874; 11, Lucy, b. May 2,
1800; 12, Pamela, b. Mar. 9, 1802; d. Mar. 1877.
David 5 (Jacob 4 , Daniel 3 , Hugh 2 , Hugh 1 ), m. Catherine, dau. of Dr. Stephen
Monroe. Ch. 1, Catherine M., m. James W. Clark; 2, Augusta; 3, Emily
S., m. C. C. Esty of Framingham.
Jacob 5 (Jacob 4 , Daniel 3 , Hugh 2 , Hugh 1 ), m. Mary Le Baron, dau. of Dr.
Stephen Monroe, Dec. 15, 1811. Ch. 1, Susan L. B., m. Amos W. Stock-
well, Esq., of Worcester; 2, Mary C., m. Austin G. Fitch of Worcester; 3,
Harriet, m. Rev. H. A. Tracy.
MARSH.
Benjamin Marsh (see Annals) was one of the three who
spent the winter of 1716-'! 7 in town. He does not seem,
however, to have occupied the place which has borne his
name until 1719 ; from which circumstance it has been sup-
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posed by some that he was not a settler until that date. In
the history of the home he occupied, it is said that he came
from Danvers in 1719, which is probably a mistake.
He m. 1st (probably), Hannah King, June 24, 1709; ra. 2d, Elizabeth
Wheeler, Feb. 11, 1748. Ch. 1, Benjamin; 2, Abigail, b. Sept. 29, 1718; m.
1st, Jonathan Gould, Apr. 17, 1744; in. 2d, Thomas Harback, July 8, 1777;
m. 3d, Benj. Marsh, 2d, nephew of Elder Benj., Nov. 26, 1783; m. 4th, Seth
Chase, Mar. 17, 1788; 3, Mary, b. May 30, 1720; m. Joseph Bullen, Jan. 1,
1740; 4, Lydia, b. Oct. 1722; m. 1st, Ebenezer Gould, Nov. 12, 1741; m. 2d,
Daniel Harwood, Mar. 28, 1758; 5, Hannah, m. John Sibley, Mar. 13, 1732.
Benjamin 2 (Benjamin 1 ), m. 1st, Mehetabel King, Jan. 3, 1729; m. 2d, Ruth
Waters. Ch. 1, Hannah, b. Oct. 9, 1729; m. Nathaniel Wheeler, Dec. 29,
1748; 2, Mehetabel, b. May 8, 1731 ; m. Arthur Dagget, Jan. 28, 1751; 3,
Stephen, b. Dec. 20, 1735; 4, Ruth, b. Mar. 1, 1740; m. Nehemiah Gale, Jan.
24, 1760; 5, Tamar, b. Nov. 17, 1743; m. Jonas Gale, Dec. 23, 1762. 6, Eliza-
beth, b. Dec. 3, 1745; m. Nathaniel Whitmore, Feb. 9, 1764.
Stephen 3 (Benjamin 2 , Benjamin 1 ), in. Nancy Dodge, Dec. 15, 1757; she d.
Sept. 15, 1809. Ch. 1, Mehetabel, b. Jan. 9, 1759; in. Edward Easty, July-
Si, 1781; 2, Stephen, b. Apr. 9, 1761; d. Sept. 23, 1845; 3, Tyler, b. Apr. 15,
1763; 4, John, b. Sept. 10, 1765; m. Lois Marsh, Feb. 5, 1788; 5, Nancy, b.
Feb. 29, 1768; d. Apr. 29, 1768; 6, James, b. Aug. 18, 1769; 7, Nancy, b. Oct.
26, 1770; m. Paul Sibley, jr., Jan. 31, 1792; 8, Joseph, b June 7, 1774; 9,
Benjamin, b. Sept. 21, 1776; 10, Molly, b. Dec. 25, 1778.
Stephen 4 (Stephen 3 , Benjamin 2 , Benjamin 1 ), m. Tamar Sibley, Apr. 26,
1786; she d. Sept. 13, 1814. Ch. 1, Mehetabel, b. Mar. 10, 1787; d. June 4,
1810; 2, Tamar, b. Feb. 7, 1790; d. Dec. 3, 1808; 3, Sally, b. Jan. 1, 1792; m.
John T. Putnam, June 23, 1812; 4, Nancy, b. Nov. 30, 1795; in. Robert W.
Flagg, Dec. 6, 1821; 5, Silvanus, b. May 10, 1798; 6, Stephen, b. Nov. 4, 1800;
7, Benoni, b. Jan. 11, 1805; d. Mar. 14, 1805; 8, Brooksey, b. May 31, 1806;
9, Adaline, b. June 4, 1808.
Stephen 5 (Stephen 4 , Stephen 3 , Benjamin 2 , Benjamin 1 ), m. Lucy Rich, Jan.
18, 1838. Ch. 1, Stephen Francis, b. Nov. 4, 1838 ; 2, Sarah Angeline, b.
Sept. 26, 1846; m. Geo. W. Dodge, Apr. 30, 1874.
Stephen F. 6 (Stephen 5 , Stephen 4 , Stephen 8 , Benjamin 2 , Benjamin 1 ), m.
Martha A. Holman, Mar. 6, 1862. Ch. 1, Anna Lucy, b. June 26, 1864; 2,
George Stephen, b. June 8, 1870; 3, Mary Alrnira, b. Mar. 13, 1873.
Benjamin, 2d, nephew of Elder Benjamin Marsh, probabty
came to town soon after his uncle. It appears that he had a
son known as Benjamin, 3d, who came to Sutton with him.
Benjamin, 2d, m. 2d, Desire Moulton of Salem, Aug. 27, 1735 ; m. 3d, Mrs.
Abigail Harback, Nov. 26, 1783. Ch. 1, Benjamin; 2, Desire, b. Aug. 5,
1737 ; m. Zaehra Warren, Apr. 1, 1755.
Benjamin 2 (Benjamin, 2d : ), m. Rebekah Carriel, Jan. 14, 1742; she d. Aug.
4, 1805. Ch. 1, Joshua, b. Feb. 21, 1744; 2, Benjamin, b. Nov. 9, 1745; 3,
Lot, b. Oct. 7, 1747; 4, Hannah, b. Aug. 27, 1749; 5, Rebekah, b. June 14,
1751; 6, Mehetabel, b. Aug. 24, 1753; 7, Hannah, b. Mar. 4, 1756; 8, Peter, b,
June 24, 1760.
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Joshua 8 (Benjamin 2 , Benjamin, 2d*), m. Lois . Ch. 1, Joshua, b.
Aug. 9, 1764; m. Abigail Sibley, Jan. 11, 1787; 2, Caleb, b. Aug. 19, 1766; 3,
Andrew, b. June 2, 1769 ; 4, Lois, b. July 20, 1771 ; 5, Warren, b. May 27,
1786 ; 6, Sally, b. May 17, 1789.
Andrew 4 (Joshua 3 , Benjamin' 2 , tenjamin, 2d J ), m. Rebekah Stone, Apr. 9,
1788. Ch. 1, Nancy, b. Mar. 24, 1791.
Warren 4 (Joshua 3 , Benjamin 2 , Benjamin, 2d J ), m. Betsey McClellan, June
24, 1806. Ch. 1, Mary McClellan, b. Oct. 22, 180i5; 2, Paulina Bacon, b.
Mar. 23, 1810; m. Eli Sprague, Mar. 25, 1835; 3, Waldo Warren, b. Mar. 27,
1812; 4, Louisa Chase, b. Feb. 15, 1814.
Benjamin 3 (Benjamin 2 , Benjamin, 2d J ), m. Mellesou Davenport, May 8,
1765. Ch. 1, Melleson, b. Apr. 17, 1766; 2, Benjamin, b. Jan. 31, 1768; 3,
Rebekah, b. Mar. 7, 1770; 4, Huldah, b. Mar. 4, 1772; 5, John, b. Apr. 4,
1778; 6, Sarah, b. Dec. 15, 1779; 7, Lucy, b. Jan. 27, 1782.
John 4 (Benjamin 3 , Benjamin 2 , Benjamin, 2d J ), m, Lucretia . Ch. 1,
Horace, b. Sept. 20, 1801; d. Aug. 3, 1803; 2, John, b. Aug. 5, 1803.
Lot 3 (Benjamin 2 , Benjamin, 2d J ), m. Abigail . Ch. 1, Abigail, b. Sept.
24, 1772; 2, Mehetable, b. Sept. 8, 1774; 3, Lot, b. Oct. 11, 1776.
Peter 3 (Benjamin 2 , Benjamin, 2d J ), m. Sarah ; she d. Feb. 20, 1822.
Ch. 1, Luuua, b. Feb. 23, 1785; 2, Hannah, b. May 4, 1787; 3, Fanny, b.
Apr. 28, 1790.
Caleb Marsh (ancestry unknown), m. Ruth Dodge, Feb. 13, 1759. Ch. 1,
Betsey; 2, Tyler; 3, Purley; 4, Amasa, b. Apr. 21, 1768; 5, Polly, b. Apr. 1,
1778; d. young; 6, Lemuel, b. Dec. 22, 1781; d. young.
.Tyler 2 (Caleb 1 ), m. Lucy Putnam. Ch. 1, Betsey, b. Dec. 28, 1793; 2,
Seraph, b. Apr. 7, 1796; 3, Harriet, b. May 28, 1798; 4, Lewis, b. Oct. 22,
1800; 5, Willard, b. June 17, 1802.
Ebenezer (ancestry unknown), m. Mary . Ch. 1, Ebenezer, b. Apr. 15,
1765 ; 2, Mary, b. May 17, 1767 ; 3, Daniel, b. Apr. 29, 1769 ; 4, Marcus, b.
July 26, 1771; 5, Silas, b. Aug. 24, 1773; 6, Ezekiel, b. Dec. 7, 1775; 7, Anna,
b. Aug. 15, 1780; 8, Mercy, b. May 6, 1784; 9, Phebe, b. June 28, 1786; 10,
John, b. Mar. 18, 1788.
Ezekiel 2 (Ebenezer 1 ), m. Sukey Paisley, May 21, 1805. Ch. 1, George, b.
Feb. 13, 1805; 2, Sukey, b. July 29, 1806; d. Jan. 14, 1810; 3, Daniel, b. June
18, 1808; 4, Elijah, b. May 11, 1810; 5, Ezekiel P., b. June 28, 1812.
Alpheus Marsh (ancestry unknown), m. Patty Butler, Mar. 28, 1800; she d.
June 26, 1812. Ch. 1, Patty, b. July 2, 1801; 2, Alpheus, b. Dec. 9, 1805.
McKiNSTRY, REV. JOHN.
John McKinstry, the first of the name who came to this
country, was born in Erode Parish, in the county of Antrim,
Ireland, in 1677. He was of Scotch descent, and was the
son of Roger McKinstry and Mary Wilson, who lived in the
neighborhood of Edinburgh until compelled by the perse-
cutions under Charles II., about 1669, to seek security and
repose with their Presbyterian brethren in the Province of
Ulster and the county of Antrim.
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He was educated at the University of Edinburgh, from
which he graduated master of arts in 1712. How he dis-
posed of himself for the next six years is not known ; he
certainly qualified himself for the ministry, and undoubtedly
received Presbyterian ordination.
He joined the company of emigrants from the north of
Ireland in the summer of 1718, and arrived in Boston Aug.
4, 1718. He followed the fortunes of that portion of the
immigrants that went to Worcester county. He had not
long been there before his services were sought by the peo-
ple of Sutton.
[For action of the town in reference to his settlement and
dismission, see Annals.]
After his dismissal he concluded to join his Presbyterian
brethren in New York. On his way thither, his wife's health
failing, he rested at East Windsor, in Connecticut. The
parish in the eastern precinct of the town, afterward called
Ellington, having no preacher, he was requested to supply
the pulpit. This circumstance resulted in a suspension of
his journey southward, and a settlement over that parish as
its first pastor, in 1733. He continued in this situation six-
teen years, and remained in the town until his death, which
took place on Sunday, January 20, 1754, at the age of
seventy-seven years. He preached on the Sunday previous
to his death.
Mr. McKinstry is said to have been a gentleman of good
abilities, of popular talents, of unwavering integrity, a qual-
ity belonging to the family.
His wife died October 25, 1762, aged eighty-one.
Soon after his settlement in Sutton he married Elizabeth
Fairfield of Wenham, probably a daughter of William Fair-
field, who represented his town in the general court twenty-
seven years, in nine of which he was speaker of the house.
By her he had seven children, viz: 1, John, b. Dec. 31, 1723; 2, Mary, b.
Jan. 24, 1726; m. Daniel Ellsworth of Ellington; 3, Alexander, b. May 16,
1729; 4, William, b. Oct. 8, 1732: 5, Paul, b. Sept. 18, 1734; 6, Elizabeth, b.
May 27, 1736; 7, Abigail, b. Mar. 26, 1739.
The first two were born in Sutton, the others in Ellington, Ct.
Elizabeth and Abigail died unmarried, the latter in Ellington, May 18, 1814.
Elizabeth was killed by a negro servant of her brother William, June 4, 1763,
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while she was visiting him in Taunton. The negro was fond of Elizabeth,
but had been made to believe that he could obtain his freedom by killing some
one of the family. He therefore took an opportunity, when his victim's back
was towards him, and struck her a fatal blow on the back of her head with a
flat-iron. Much excitement was produced in that quiet village and through-
out the county by this sad event, and a great crowd attended on his trial and
execution which soon afterward followed.
John, eldest son of Rev. John, married Eunice, daughter of David Smith of
Suffield, Ct, 1760. He graduated at Yale College in 1746; was a class-mate
and chum of Ezra Stiles, afterwards the distinguished president of the college.
He was ordained the first pastor of the secdnd church in Springfield, now
Chicopee, in 1752; the church was formed in September of the same year.
Alexander married Sarah Lee of Litchfield, Ct., and died in Ellington, Nov.
9, 1759.
William married Priscilla, daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Leonard, pastor of
the first church in Plymouth, November 27, 1760. He was a physician and
settled in Taunton. He died March 21, 1776.
Just before the breaking out of the war of the revolution, he was in success-
ful practice in Taunton ; but, being suspected of Tory principles, became the
subject of offensive remark and was exposed to insult and injury. Being in
feeble health and of a sensitive nature which could not bear hard usage nor a
suspected position, he thought it advisable to retire for a time to Boston, where
his family soon joined him. So high was his reputation in his profession that
he received from General Gage the appointment of surgeon-general of the hos-
pitals in Boston. When Boston was evacuated, Dr. McKinstry and his family
went on board the fleet, which lay ten days in Nautasket roads waiting orders.
During that time, viz., March 21, 1776, Dr. McKinstry died of consumption
on board the Dutton hospital ship, at the age of forty-three years, and his
remains lie buried on George's Island in that harbor.
Paul had three wives: 1st, Sarah Laird of Stafford; 2d, wid. Abigail Stone,
maiden name Dean ; 3d, .
McCLELLAN.
BY R. R. DODGE.
Several families of this name came to America probably
about the years 1690 to 1700 ; but their residence, connec-
tions and genealogy are not fully known. They were of
Scottish origin. One family settled in Woodstock, Conn.
Colonel Hugh McClellan settled in Colraine. Rev. Daniel
McClellan was born in Pennsylvania, but was living in Col-
raine in 1769. James McClellan came into New England
about 1718, and settled in Worcester.
He married Elizabeth, dau. of Dea. Percival Hall of Sutton, Dec. 22, 1722.
They had six children: John, b. Dec. 6, 1723; Rebecca, b. April 23, 1725;
James, b. June 22, 1727; Mary, b. Jan. 17, 1730; Moses, b. July 9, 1733;
David, b. Aug. 19, 1735.
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James, the third child, married Sarah Axtell of Grafton, Feb. 2, 1758. He
purchased a farm in the eastern part of Sutton, upon which he settled, and
where he and his wife lived until their death. He d. Sept. 11, 1794. She
was b. 1737; d. Sept. 2, 1805.
The farm was occupied by his son, Deacon James McClellan, and his grand-
son, Deacon John McClellan, until the year 1855, when it was purchased by
Reuben R. Dodge, in whose possession it now remains.
Ch. of James and Sarah McClellan : James, b. Aug. 8, 1759 ; d. June 26,
1841, aged eighty-two; Betsey, b. 1761; d. June 20, 1766; Sallie, b. 1763;
d. July 2, 1766; Anna, b. 1765; d. July 22, 1766.
James, the only surviving child of James and Sarah McClellan, settled on
the same farm. He married Beulah, dau. of Dea. Jonathan Bacon (then of
Northbridge, afterwards of Dudley), in Nov. 1784. Mrs. Beulah McClellan d.
Aug. 9, 1837, aged seventy-three.
Ch. of James and Beulah McClellan: Betsey, b. 1785; d. Aug. 14, 1852;
Sarah, b. 1787; d. Aug. 29, 1837; James, b. Sept. 18, 1789; d. July 11, 1868;
Patty, b. 1791; d. Feb. 2, 1816; Nancy, b. Jan. 13, 1794; d. Oct. 26, 1864;
Mary, b. 1796; Beulah, b. 1798; d. Nov. 22, 1815; Lucy, b. Dec. 4, 1800; d.
Mar. 1870; John, b. Dec. 8, 1806.
I. Betsey McClellan, oldest child of Dea. James and Beulah McClellan,
was m. to Warren Marsh of Sutton, 1806. Ch. Mary, b. Oct. 28, 1806; d.
July 1876; Paulina B., b. 1810; Waldo, b. Mar. 27, 1812; Louisa C. b. 1814;
Martha True, b. 1816; Maria True, b. 1818.
Mary M. Marsh was m. to Col. Timothy Wheelock of Grafton, b. May 19,
1800, Feb. 7, 1825. Ch. Harriet L., b. Dec. 6, 1826; d. Sept. 4, 1828; Timo-
thy E., b. Feb. 28, 1828; Harriet L., b. Aug. 18, 1830; d. Apr. 30, 1857;
Warren, b. Jan. 4, 1840; d. Sept. 7, 1842; Ellen M., b. Feb. 9, 1843.
Timothy E. m. Elizabeth J. Good, Nov. 26, 1854. Ch. Warren W., b.
Aug. 7, 1855; Edward, b. Aug. 5, 1857; Charles, b. Aug. 18, 1859.
Paulina B. Marsh m. Eli Sprague of Sutton, Mar. 25, 1835. Ch. George;
Mary; Harriet; Martha.
George Sprague m. Letitia Young, Aug. 1865. Ch. Joseph; Martha True;
Mary Jane.
Mary Sprague m. George Williams, who d. ; afterward m. Joseph L. Hill.
Harriet Sprague m. Charles Hammond. Ch. Ezra W. ; Arthur.
Martha Sprague m. John M. Fairbanks. Ch. Marietta; Alonzo F.
Waldo Marsh, m. Rhoda Stillwell, (b. Dec. 6, 1813), Oct. 18, 1834. Ch.
Abram L., b. Oct. 30, 1835; d. Sept 2, 1852; Henrietta, b. Feb. 5, 1838; d.
Aug. 18, 1870; Joseph W.,b. Oct. 30, 1842; d. Sept. 2, 1861; MaryE.,b. Apr.
23, 1845; d. June 1, 1846; Mary A., b. Oct. 10, 1847; d. Jan. 17, 1865; Abby
A., b. Jan. 27, 1851; George I. b. 1855.
Henrietta Marsh m. Holden Eldred, Jan. 22, 1859.
Mary A. Marsh m. Jacob Plank, Jan. 1863.
Abby A. Marsh m. John W. Winans, Jan. 17, 1872. Ch. Charles W.
Louisa C. Marsh m. Albert C. Williams (b. 1813), Apr. 1835. Ch. Ellen
L., b. Mar. 12, 1837; m. William H. Fairbanks of Holden, Oct. 30, 1860. Ch.
Adele L., b. Sept. 1861; Jennie M., b. Dec. 1865; Edward E., b. Aug. 1868;
William G., b. May 1874.
Maria Marsh m. Daniel Tainter. Ch. Louise, m. Henry Woodruff; Etta,
m. Eugene Reade; George, d. at the age of 12.
Martha T. Marsh m. Jeremiah True.
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H. Sarah McClellan m. Rev. Jonathan E. Forbush, Aug. 24, 1812. Ch.
Jonathan M., b. Mar. 19, 1815; d. Mar. 24, 1836; James E., d. 1868; Lurinda
B. ; Edwin A., d. 1871; Sarah M. ; Mary A., b. 1825.
James E. Forbush m. Elizabeth Goddard. Ch. Mary A., Annette, James
M., Elizabeth G., George S., Frank M.
James M. Forbush m. Emily Whitney of Natick, May 19, 1869. Ch. Gayle
F., Bessie E.
Elizabeth G. Forbush m. Fred. M. Morse, Nov. 29, 1876.
Lurinda B. Forbush m. Dr. Wm. M. Barrett, Nov. 30, 1846. Ch. Emma
C., William E., Alice M., Bertha.
Emma C. Barrett m. George C. Cutler.
Edwin A. Forbush m. Melvina F. Ware of Wrentham, Oct. 24, 1841. Ch.
Sarah E., Preston W., Edwin A., Flora D., Walter.
Sarah E. Forbush m. George Chamberlain of Ashland, 1862. Ch. George,
jr., b. 1864; d. 1864.
George Chamberlain, d. 1864. His wid., Sarah E., m. George Downs of
Ashland. Ch. Nettie.
Preston W. Forbush m. Eliza F. Higley of Ashland, Oct. 23, 1866. Ch.
Hattie, Harry W.
Edwin A. Forbush m. Josie Pond. One child ; d. young.
Mary A. Forbush m. Norman F. Wright, 1845. Ch. Emma C., b. 1847;
Arthur M., b. 1849; Frank F., b. 1851; Fred. N., b. 1853; George, b. 1855; d.
1858; Walter K., b. 1858.
Arthur M. Wright m. 1876.
Frank F. Wright m. Mary Abbott of Binghampton, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1875.
III. James McClellan m. Fanny Fletcher of Northbridge, 1812; b. June 21,
1790. Ch. James, b. July 25, 1813, d. Feb. 1855; Cornelia F., b. Mar. 28,
1815; d. Oct. 1839; Andrew F., b. 1816; d. 1817; Leonard E., b. Sept. 18,
1817; Martha, b. Jan. 27, 1819; Nancy, b. Apr. 12, 1821; d. May 1875; Beu-
lah M., b, Dec. 26, 1824; Gilbert, b. Aug. 1826; d. 1829.
James McClellan m. Edith S. Sherman, Sept. 1, 1835; she d. Mar. 1837; he
m. 2d, Eunice C. Sherman, May 1839. Ch. James O., b. Mar. 28, 1840;
Edith S., b. Oct. 8, 1841;- Louise, b. June 16, 1843; Clara E., b. Mar. 5, 1845;
S. Medora, b. Mar. 5, 1847; Florence, b. Dec. 1849; d. 1852; Eunice C., d.
1850.
James McClellan m. 3d, Eliza , 1851. Ch. Fanny, b. Apr. 1852; Ara-
bella, b. 1853; d. 1855.
James O. McClellan m. Carrie *, 1867. Ch. Florence, b. July 1870;
Edith, b. Nov. 1871.
Edith S. McClellan m. John Titsworth of Aurora, 111., June 1868. Ch.
Gertrude, b. 1871 ; Edna.
Louise McClellan m. John Parrington, June 1861. Ch. John W., b. June
10, 1869; Vernon, b. Sept. 1871.
Clara E. McClellan m. James Shaffer of Chicago, 111., Feb. 11, 1868. Ch.
Dora, b. Sept. 5, 1870.
S. Medora McClellan m. Dr. John Mitchell of Chicago, 111., May 28,1872.
Ch. Beulah, b. Mar. 15, 1873; Westley Clair, b. Aug. 5, 1874.
Fanny M. McClellan m. Lorin Kilburn, May 1874.
Cornelia F. McClellan m. Isaac Grimwood of Bristol, 111., Feb. 1839.
Leonard E. McClellan m. Cornelia Seeley of Bristol, 111., Dec. 1842,
Martha McClellan in. John M- VanOsdel of Chicago, 111,
696 FAMILIES OF THE
Nancy McClellan m. Dea. Samuel Lathrop of Bristol, 111., July 5, 1838.
Ch. Leonard O., b. Jan. 8, 1840; Cornelia E., b. Aug. 23, 1842; Lenora F.,
b. Dec. 28, 1846; Emma A., b. Aug. 8, 1849; Jessie, b. Jan. 8, 1857; John
M., b. May 1, 1860; d. Dec. 12, 1871.
Leonard O. Lathrop m. Josephine Parsons of Piano, 111., Dec. 1870. Ch.
Emma L., b. June 16, 1872.
Cornelia E. Lathrop m. Edward Hobbs, Feb. 13, 1868. Ch. Cornelia L.,
b. Mar. 2, 1869; Frances J., b. Jan. 30, 1874.
Lenora F. Lathrop m. Emmett Arnold of Bristol, 111., Sept. 1870. Ch.
Emma L., b. Dec. 12, 1868; d. 1869; Andrew H., b. July 14, 1870; Fred. L.,
b. Jan. 10, 1875.
Emma A. Lathrop m. William W. Dixon of Bristol, 111., June 15, 1871.
Beulah McClellan m. Francis S. Seeley of Bristol, 111., Feb. 1842.
IV. Patty McClellan m. Joshua Armsby of Sutton, Apr. 19, 1813. Ch.
Lewis, b. June 25, 1814; d. Feb. 23, 1873; Joshua M., b. Jan. 1816; d. Dec.
1873.
Lewis Armsby m. 1st, Clarissa B. Downe of Framingham; she d. June 1846 ;
he m. 2d, Mary A. Prentiss of Northbridge, June 6, 1847. Ch. Henry, b.
July 1848; d. Aug. 1848; Henry P., b. Sept. 21, 1853; Eddie L., b. Dec. 4,
1858; d. Sept. 1859.
Joshua W. Armsby m. Emeline Brewer of Worcester. Ch. Twins, d.
young; Ella A., b. Oct. 1847; George F., b. Aug. 1, 1850.
George F. Armsby m. Emily Banister of Worcester, Dec. 1872. Ch.
Maud, b. Dec. 1874; Florence and Robert B., b. Mar. 1876.
V. Nancy McClellan m. Apr. 1818, Rev. Job Boomer of Fall River; b. Sept.
8, 1793; d. Aug. 16, 1864. Ch. Nancy M., b. Sept. 29, 1819; Amelia M., b.
June 19, 1823; Lucius B., b. July 4, 1826; George B., b. July 26, 1832; d.
May 22, 1863.
Nancy M. Boomer, m. June 18, 1840, John Dagget of Attleboro, b. Feb. 10,
1805. Ch. Mary B., b. June 17, 1842; d. Sept. 9, 1842; Marcia M., b. Dec.
26, 1843; d. Aug. 19, 1854; John M., b. Nov. 16, 1845; Charles S. b. June 5,
1848; d. June 27, 1855; Amelia M., b. Oct. 23, 1850; Henry H., b. Sept. 10,
1852; d. Aug. 13, 1854; Herman S., b. Sept. 6, 1855; d. Mar. 9, 1858.
John M. Dagget m. Nov. 18, 1868, Rose E. Brown of Stonington, Ct, b.
Mar. 17, 1849. Ch. John M., b. Dec. 31, 1869; Ernestine R., b. Oct. 14,
1873; d. Feb. 26, 1874.
Amelia M. Boomer m. Sept. 1846, Andrus Stone of Brookfield, b. June 18,
1824. Ch. Isabella G. and Arabella J., b. June 5, 1848.
Isabella G. Stone m. Francis S. Marbury of New York City, Jan. 22, 1868.
Ch. Francis S., b. Nov. 1868; Isabella G., b. June 1871.
Arabella J. Stone m. William L. Thompson of New York City, Jan. 28,
1869. Ch. William L., b. Nov. 1869; George F.
Lucius B. Boomer m. Sept. 20, 1848, Elizabeth Messenger of Fitchburg, b.
Aug. 4, 1824; d. Dec. 15, 1850. Ch. Lucius S., b. Dec. 5, 1850.
Lucius B. Boomer m. 2d, Sept. 4, 1855, Mary A. DeForest of Bridgeport,
Ct., b. Aug. 11, 1828. Ch. William B., b. Dec. 31, 1857; Mary M., b. July
7, 1861.
Lucius S. Boomer m. Mar. 13, 1877, Bertha Sterling of Bridgeport, Ct.
VI. Mary McClellan m. Dana Gale, May 1823. Ch. Joseph F., b. Sept.
21, 1824; James M., b. Dec. 20, 1825; Jonathan D., b. June 19, 1829.
TOWN OF 8UTTON. 697
Joseph F. Gale in. Lois Sloan of New York, Jan. 13, 1856. Ch. John D.,
b. Oct. 11, 1856; Mary J., b. Oct. 10, 1858; Joseph E., b. Sept. 8, 1860; d.
Feb. 5, 1861; Lois S., b. Feb. 15, 1862; d. Aug. 23, 1862; George W., b. Jan.
22, 1868; d. Aug. 20, 1868; Ella B., b. June 21, 1870; d. July 30, 1870.
James M. Gale m. Susan B. Boomer of Bristol, 111., Mar. 4, 1856. Ch.
Inez M., b. Feb. 11, 1857; d. Oct. 30, 1857; Arthur J., b. July 14, 1859.
Jonathan D. Gale m. Leannah . Ch. Mary E., b. May 12, 1855;
Edwin D., b. Sept. 1856; d. May 1857; George F., b. Feb. 22, 1859; Minnie
E., b. Mar. 28, 1866.
Mary E. Gale m. Thomas S. Stump, Oct. 24, 1872. Ch. Arthur D., b.
Sept. 8, 1873.
VII. Lucy McClellan m. Apr. 20, 1822, James Boomer of Fall River, who
d. Nov. 1876. Ch. Mary L. b. July 8, 1825; d. June 1845; Susan B., b.
Nov. 19,1827; James M., b. June 26, 1831; Charles S., b. Oct. 3, 1834; d.
Apr. 17, 1871; Merrill F., b. Aug. 4, 1839; d. Dec. 5, 1864; Cornelia E., b.
May 23, 1842.
Susan B. Boomer m. James Gale, Mar. 4, 1856. Ch. Inez M., b. Feb. 11,
1857; d. Oct. 30, 1857; Arthur J., b. July 14, 1859.
James Boomer m. Mary A. Haigh of Bristol, 111., Feb. 13, 1862. Ch.
Alice, b. Feb. 28, 1864; Merrill B., b. Feb. 13, 1867; James D., b. Aug. 30,
1870; d. Aug. 18, 1873.
Cornelia E. Boomer m. Dr. William Putney, Mar. 13, 1873. Ch. LucyB.,
b. June 30, 1874.
VIII. Dea. John McClellan m. Oct. 14. 1834, Anna I. Dagget of Attleboro,
b. Nov. 24, 1811. Ch. James E., b. June 16, 1838; d. July 7, 1863; Emma
C., b. Jan. 21, 1841; Sarah J., b. Apr. 14, 1843; Marcy T., b. July 22, 1845;
John E., b. Sept. 5, 1847; Arthur D., b. May 21, 1850; Leila A., b. Feb. 23,
1852; d. July 29, 1875; Francis A., b. Dec. 24, 1854; Jennie I., b. July 7,
1857.
John E. McClellan m. Mary Bartshee of Buffalo, Missouri, Nov. 17, 1868.
Ch. James H., b. Nov. 23, 1869; Annie, b. May 8; 1871; Arthur L., b. Mar.
14, 1873.
MILLS.
Rev. Edmund Mills was born in Kent, Connecticut, in
1752. He was the son of John and Jane_ (Lewis) Mills.
He m. Mrs. Abigail (Moore) Packard, Jan. 23, 1789. Ch. 1, Polly, b. Jan.
10, 1790; d. Jan. 1800; 2, Edmund John, b. Aug. 17, 1791; 3, Abbie M., b,
May 16, 1793; m. William Whittlesey, Oct. 27, 1815; 4, Maria S., b. Dec. 2.
1794; m. Newton Whittlesey, Apr. 15, 1821; 5, an infant, b. Sept. 19, 1797;
d. 1797; 6, Lewis, b. Mar. 26, 1800; 7, Henry, b. Feb. 20, 1802.
Edmund John 8 (Rev. Edmund 2 , John 1 ), m. Sarah Tenney, Feb. 1825. Ch.
1, William Edmund, b. Nov. 2, 1825 ; m. E. J. Dusenbury, Sept. 3, 1851 ; 2,
Nancy Tenney, b. Mar. 15, 1828; m. Leander Taylor, Jan. 3, 1854; 3, Samuel
John, b. Nov. 17, 1830; d. Jan. 23, 1837; 4, Franklin Lewis, b. Oct. 24, 1836;
5, an infant son, b. Mar. 1835; d. Mar. 31, 1835; 6, Sarah Maria, b. Aug. J8,
1841.
698 FAMILIES OF THE
MORSE .
Dr. Benjamin Morse, born in Newbury, was the son of
Benjamin, who married Susanna Merrill ; who was the son of
Benjamin, who married Ruth Sawyer ; who was the son of
Anthony, who came from Marlborough, England, and settled
in Newbury in 1635. He came to Sutton, according to Dea.
Leland, in 1734; when he was about twenty-one years of
age; married May 25, 1735, Abigail, daughter of Samuel
Dudley, Esq. He died, according to Dr. Hall, April 2,
1776.
Ch. 1, Judith, b. Dec. 16, 1737; m. 1st, Silas Hazeltine, Juue-6, 1758; m.
2d, Eli Whitney, July 15, 1759; 2, Benjamin, b. Mar. 20, 1740; 3, Francis, b.
Sept. 30, 1742; 4, Abigail, b. Mar. 29, 1745; m. Isaac Dodge, jr., Mar. 19,
1771 ; 5, Hannah, 6, Susanna, twins, b. May 29, 1747 ; Hannah m. Joseph
Bullen, jr., Feb. 11, 1774; Susanna d. young; 7, Ezekiel, b. Sept. 12, 1749;
8, John, b. July 31, 1752.
Benjamin 5 (Benjamin 4 , Benjamin 3 , Benjamin' 2 , Anthony 1 ), m. Mrs. Mary
Barnard, Nov. 27, 1760. Ch. 1, Mary, b. Jan. 28, 1762; 2, Benjamin, b. Mar.
10, 1763; 3, Abel, b. Feb. 11, 1765; 4, Samuel, b. Sept. 9, 1766; 5, Susanna,
b. Oct. 29, 1769; 6, Barnard, b. Nov. 6, 1777.
Benjamin" (Benjamin 5 , Benjamin 4 , Benjamin 3 , Benjamin 2 , Anthony 1 ), m.
Elizabeth ; she d. June 20, 1815. Ch. 1, Lefe, b. Nov. 25, 1788; 2,
Late, m. Nov. 25, 1791; 3, Benjamin, b. Nov. 27, 1795.
Ezekiel 5 (Benjamin 4 , Benjamin 3 , Benjamin 2 , Anthony 1 ), m. Mary Tyler,
Feb. 18, 1785. Ch. 1, Polly Tyler,!). Apr. 29, 1787 ; m. Septimus Huntington,
Feb. 7, 1810; 2, Royal Tyler, b. Aug. 12, 1790; 3, Nabby Dudley, b. Mar. 5,
1793; 4, Benj., b. Feb. 5, 1796.
Moody 4 (Anthony 8 , Joshua 2 , Anthony 1 ), m. May 7, 1741, Hannah Carleton,
who was brought up in the family of Nathaniel Fry of Audover; he d. Aug.
14, 1805. Ch. 1, Hannah, b. Sept. 23, 1742; m. Lot Hutchinson, Sept. 25,
1764; 2, Moody, b. July 7, 1746; 3, Molly, b. July 25, 1748; m. John Dudley,
Oct. 13, 1768; 4, Nathaniel Fry, b. Dec. 6, 1750; d. in 1828; 5, Caleb, b. July
26, 1753; 6, Martha, b. Apr. 14, 1756; m. Daniel Tenney, jr., Jan. 29, 1779;
7, Joshua, b. July 9, 1759 ; 8, Susanna, b. Apr. 21, 1761; d. unmarried ; 9,
David, b. June 17, 1765.
Moody 5 (Moody 4 , Anthony 3 , Joshua 2 , Anthony 1 ), or. Abigail Leland, Mar.
31, 1774. Ch. 1, Sally, b. Feb. 1775; d. Mar. 16, 1788; 2, Jonathan, b. Apr.
22, 1777; 3, Molly, b. Apr. 3, 1779; m. Levi Ball; 4, Moses Leland, b. May
19, 1781; 5, Prudence, b. June 12, 1783; m. Maj. Josiah Willard; 6, Charles,
b. Oct. 27, 1785; m. Sally Butterfield; 7, Silence, b. Mar. 15, 1788.
Moses L. 6 (Moody 5 , Moody 4 , Anthony 3 , Joshua 2 , Anthony 1 ), m. Huldah
Sibley, Dec. 10, 1804. Ch. 1, Charles Willard, b. Dec. 27, 1805; 2, Ruth
Sibley, b. May 15, 1822; m. Aug. 25, 1844, Rev. Charles F. Allen, D. D., who
is now president of the Maine Agricultural college, Orono. They have four
children : Mary Elizabeth, Isabel Sibley, William Albert and Charles Morse.
Charles W. 7 (Moses L. 6 , Moody 5 , Moody 4 , Anthony 3 , Joshua 2 , Anthony 1 ),
m. 1st, Hannah Dascomb Russell, June 16, 1832; she d. Mar. 3, 1860; m. 2d,
TOWN OF BUTTON. 699
Mrs. Rebekah True Cobb, May 8, 1861. Ch. 1, Abby Caroline, b. Aug. 16,
1833; 2, Joseph Leland, b. Mar. 23, 1835; d. Apr. 17, 1836; 3, Joseph Leland,
b. May 4, 1837; 4, Mary Russell, b. Dec. 20, 1839; d. June 2, 1853.
Josepb L. 8 (Charles W. 7 , Moses L. 6 , Moody 5 , Moody 4 , Anthony 3 , Joshua 2 ,
Anthony 1 ), graduated at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., 1859. Pro-
fessor of languages at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary and Female College at
Kent's Hill, Maine, since 1862; joined Maine Conference, M. E. church, 1861;
m. Emily J. Leavitt, Oct. 5, 1861. Ch. 1, Mary Susan, b. Sept. 21, 1862; 2,
Isabell Russell, b. May 22, 1866; 3, Charles Leavitt, b. Aug. 23, 1867; 4,
Albert Augustus, b. July 21, 1870; 5, Harriet Leland, b. June 16, 1874.
Nathaniel T. 5 (Moody 4 , Anthony 8 , Joshua 2 , Anthony 1 ), m. Hannah Gibbs,
May 18, 1774; she d. Oct. 22, 1805; m. 2d, Rebekah Hall Putnam in 1810;
she d. Jan. 28, 1819. Ch. 1, Joseph, b. Nov. 11, 1774; d. at the age of
twenty-two months; 2, Lucy, b. Oct. 2, 1776; 3, Susanna, b. Oct. 24, 1778; d.
at thirteen* 4, Elizabeth, b. Dec. 5, 1780; m. Tarrant King, July 20, 1803; 5,
Sylvester, b. Jan. 18, 1783; d. Nov. 7, 1820; 6, Vandalinda, b. Apr. 28, 1785;
m. Simon Hutchinson, Nov. 28, 1806; 7, John, b. Aug. 8, 1787; 8, Hannah, b.
Oct. 13, 1789; d. at two years of age; 9, Nathaniel, b. Nov. 27, 1792; d. un-
married; 10, Polly, b. Mar. 1, 1795; 11, Arethusa, b. Aug. 30,1797; m. Ithran
Harris, Dec. 19, 1820.
Sylvester 6 (Nathaniel F. 5 , Moody 4 , Anthony 3 , Joshua 2 , Anthony 1 ), m. 1st,
Lucy Hutchinson, Nov. 28, 1808; m. 2d, Abigail Leland, May 20, 1815.
Ch. 1, Sylvester, b. Sept. 24, 1816; 2, Lucy Hutchinson, b. Aug. 22, 1818; 3,
Edward W., b. Sept. 17, 1820.
John 6 (Nathaniel 5 , Moody 4 , Anthony 3 , Joshua 2 , Anthony 1 ), m. Polly Hath-
away, Nov. 15, 1805. Ch. 1, Susanna, b. Feb. 14, 1811; 2, Leander, b. Aug.
15, 1812; drowned July 21, 1814; 3, Mary Gibbs, b. Jan. 29, 1815; 4, Harriet
Newell, b. Mar. 29, 1817; 5, John Hathaway, b. July 21, 1819; 6, Catherine
Brown, b. Apr. 22, 1822; d. in New Orleans; 7, David Wilkinson, b. Feb. 16,
1825; 8, Jane Wellington (according to Dea. Leland).
John H. 7 (John 6 , Nathaniel 5 , Moody 4 , Anthony 3 , Joshua 2 , Anthony 1 ), m.
1st, Panthea Armsby of Sutton, Mar. 3, 1841 ; she d. Nov. 18, 1844; m. 2d,
Mary P. Barrows, Jan. 1, 1861. Ch. 1, John Grant, b. July 11, 1863; 2,
George Barrows, b. Aug. 8, 1868; 3, Horace Armsby, b. Mar. 27, 1873.
David W. 7 (John 6 , Nathaniel 5 , Moody 4 , Anthony 8 , Joshua 2 , Anthony 1 ), m.
1st, ; m. 2d, Anne S. Crist, Mar. 28, 1865. Ch. 1, Ella P., b. Sept 1,
1849; 2, John H., b. Sept. 22, 1851; 3, Annie, b. Nov. 4, 1859; 4, Willy C., b.
Feb. 3, 1866; 5, Bessie, b. Oct. 30, 1867.
Caleb 5 (Moody 4 , Anthony 3 , Joshua 2 , Anthony 1 ), in. Lucy Ward, 1777. Ch.
1, Joseph Ward, b. Nov. 8, 1778; m. Susan Elliot of Leicester; 2, Oliver, b.
Feb. 7, 1781; m. Laurinda Prouty of Spencer; 3, Mindwell, b. Mar. 9, 1783;
m. Major Prouty of Spencer; 4, Nancy, b. July 4, 1785; m. Eleazer Prouty of
Spencer; 5, Caleb Moody, b. Feb. 27, 1788; m. Polly Bernis; 6, Lucy, m.
Rev. Hitchcock; 7, George Washington.
Joshua 5 (Moody 4 , Anthony 3 , Joshua 2 , Anthony 1 ), m. Caroline Matilda
Hathaway, May 9, 1782. Ch. 1, Caroline Matilda, b. Feb. 6, 1783; 2, Char-
lotte, b. Sept. 15, 1785; 3, Patty, b. Mar. 26, 1789; 4, Otis, b. Nov. 30, 1790;
m. Sarah Putnam, Dec. 26, 1813; 5, Hannah; 6, Julia Ann.
David 5 (Moody 4 , Anthony 3 , Joshua 2 , Anthony 1 ), m. Dolly Rice, Oct. 6, 1789.
Ch. 1, Sally, b. Sept. 8, 1790; m. David Haynes of Brookfield.
Simeon Morse (ancestry unknown), m. Azubah Wheeler, Dec. 15, 1785.
700 FAMILIES OF THE
Ch. 1, Anna, b. Oct. 1, 1786; 2, Jason, b. Apr. 11, 1788; 3, Mary, b. Apr.
16, 1790; 4, Azubah, b. Feb. 27, 1792; m. James Putnam, Apr. 28, 1811; 5,
Simeon, b. Feb. 21, 1794; 6, David, b. Apr. 11, 1796.
Jason 2 (Simeon 1 ), m. Abigail . Ch. 1, Harriet Waters, b. May 5, 1816 ;
2, Jason Augustus, b. Aug. 20, 1817; 3, Mason W., b. Mar. 2, 1823; 4, Sarah
Ann, b. Feb. 7, 1827.
Mason W. 3 (Jason 2 , Simeon 1 ), m. Frances M. Sprague, Nov. 14, 1850. Ch.
1, Scotto, b. Nov. 16, 1853.
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NICHOLS.
Isaac Nichols (ancestry unknown), m. Sarah Wilkins of Boxford, Feb. 1,
172- (record illegible). Ch. 1, Mary, b. Feb. 5, 1730; 2, Henry, b. Mar. 17,
1732; 3, Sarah, b. Sept. 13, 1734; 4, Isaac, b. May 13, 1737; 5, William, b.
Nov. 1, 1739; 6, Joanne, b. Mar. 21, 1742; m. Jas. Stranahan, jr., Nov. 27,
1760; 7, Abigail, b. May 12, 1744; 8, Anne, b. 31, 1747; 9, Benjamin, b.
Oct. 12, 1750.
Henry 2 (Isaac 1 ), m. Elizabeth Town, Sept. 22, 1757. Ch. 1, Anne, b. May
28, 1759; 2, Isaac, b. Nov. 12, 1760; 3, Moses, b. Sept. 22, 1762; 4, David, 5,
Jonathan, twins, b. Mar.,28, 1764; 6, Henry, b. Apr. 8, 1768.
Isaac 2 (Isaac 1 ), m. Dorcas Sibley, Apr. 20, 1758. Ch. 1, Sampson, b. Apr.
26, 1759; 2, John, b. Oct. 2, 1761; 3, Sarah, b. Mar. 30, 1764.
John 8 (Isaac 2 , Isaac 1 ), m. Hannah . Ch. 1, John, b. Feb. 5, 1783.
William 2 (Isaac 1 ), m. Kezia Fitts, Aug. 18, 1760. Ch. 1, Solomon, b. Sept.
24, 1761; 2, Molly, b. Mar. 23, 1763; 3, Kezia, b. Oct. 30, 1764; 4, Sarah, b.
Dec. 1, 1766; 5, Solomon, b. Sept. 23, 1768; 6, William, b. Apr. 25, 1771.
Benjamin 2 (Isaac 1 ), m. Lucy Fitts, Feb. 28, 1772. Ch. 1, Phebe, b. Aug.
28, 1772; m. Daniel Buckman, July 1, 1771; 2, Lucy, b. Jan. 3, 1774; 3, Ben-
jamin, b. May 15, 1775; 4, Ruth, b. Nov. 16, 1776.
Jonathan (ancestry unknown), m. Mary . Ch. 1, Lucy, b. July 13,
1733; 2, Huldah, b. June 19, 1736; m. Jona. White, Feb. 28, 1760.
PEIKCE.
John Peirce, the ancestor of the Sutton branch of the
Pierce family, lived in Woburn. He represented the town
in the general court in 1689. He had a son, John, who had
a son, Ebenezer, the father of Dr. Ebenezer Pierce, who
came to Sutton about 1740. He was born Sept. 11, 1711 ;
died March 2, 1805. He married Mary Stowe, Feb. 25,
1742. She was born 1719 ; died Aug. 7, 1801.
Dr. P. settled in that part of Sutton, now Millbury, on
or near Grass Hill.
Dea. Leland speaks of him as a man of ' ' unexceptionable
character," and as active in every good work. He was a
deacon of the north parish church.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 701
Ch. 1, Mary, b. Feb. 4, 1744; m. Capt. Abijah Burbank, Feb. 21, 1788;
2, Ebenezer, b. June 9, 1745 ; m. Eunice Loomis ; 3, Sarah, b. July 18, 1747 ;
d. Sept. 9, 1769; 4, Ruth, b. Feb. 27, 1749; d. Sept. 30, 1750; 5, Ruth, b. Nov.
25, 1750; d. unm., Oct. 21, 1782; 6, Deborah, b. Oct. 28, 1752; m. Samuel
Small, July 5, 1786; 7, John, b. Apr. 20, 1754; 8, Lydia, b. Feb. 19, 1756; m.
Jedediah Barton, Mar. 23, 1774; 9, Jonathan, b. Sept. 17, 1757; 10, David, b.
Aug. 12, 1760; m. Sarah Bridges; 11, Aaron, b. Apr. 16, 1762.
John 5 , (Ebenezer 4 , Ebenezer 8 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. 1st, Lucy Snow, Oct. 5,
1775; m. 2d, Esther (Willington) Gale. Ch. 1, John, b. July 12, 1776; d.
Aug. 20, 1796; 2, Betty, b. Oct. 29, 1777; m. Elias Lovell, Dec. 1, 1802; 3,
Lucy, b. May 25, 1779; m. Andrus Waters, Aug. 19, 1801; 4, Luther, b. Oct.
14, 1781; 5, Calvin, b. Dec. 12, 1784; 6, Harvey, b. Oct. 24, 1790; d. Sept.
20, 1796; 7, Polly, b. Mar. 7, 1792; m. Jared Brainerd, June 23, 1811; 8,
Harvey, b. Mar. 26, 1797; 9, John Wyman, b. May 20, 1801; d. Aug. 1, 1803.
Aaron 5 (Ebenezer 4 , Ebenezer 8 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Hannah Greenwood,
Sept. 8, 1790. Ch. 1, Sally, b. June 10, 1791 ; m. Paul C. Chase; 2, Lydia,
b. Sept. 9, 1792; m. Daniel Gordon; 3, Leonard, b. Dec. 8, 1793; d. Sept. 20,
1796; 4, Hannah, b. July 9, 1796; m. Thomas Eaton; 5, Leonard, b. Jan. 11,
1798; 6, Aaron, b. Aug. 8, 1802; d. Sept. 29, 1878, in New York City.
Leonard 6 (Aaron 5 , Ebenezer 4 , Ebenezer 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), studied medicine,
practiced successfully for a time in Sutton; then removed to Canton, 111.,
where he died Aug. 30, 1843. He married Mary Le Baron, daughter of Capt.
Israel Putnam, Nov. 15, 1831. Ch. 1, Mary Frances, b. May 18, 1834; 2,
Ellen Douglas, b. Aug. 22, 1836.
Jonathan, son of William of Hopkinton (ancestry unknown), b. June 10,
1736; m. Mary Goodale, Feb. 2, 1764; d. Jan. 22, 1800; she d. Nov. 17, 1808.
Ch. 1, Jonathan, b. Jan. 10, 1765; m. Phebe Chamberlain; 2, Eunice, b.
Jan. 21, 1766; m. Reuben Walker; 3, Mary, b. Sept. 1, 1768; m. 1st, Joseph
Park; m. 2d, Daniel Harback; 4, Amos, b. Oct. 13, 1770; d. Sept. 12, 1822;
5, Ebenezer, b. July 6, 1772; d. at eighteen years; 6, William, b. June 10,
1774; m. Lydia Lincoln; 7, Sarah, b. Nov. 24, 1775; 8, John, b. Aug. 31,
1777; d. Jan. 9, 1827; 9, David, b. May 12, 1779; 10, Joel, b. Mar. 31, 1781 ;
11, Jacob, b. Feb. 27, 1783; m. Azubah Glazier; 12, Lydia, b. Oct. 12, 1785;
m. Lewis Slocomb; 13, Ezekiel, b. Nov. 1, 1787; m. Ruth Perry.
Amos 3 (Jonathan 2 , William 1 ), m. Anna Hicks, Mar. 6, 1800; she d. Apr.
13, 1851. Ch. 1, Amos, b. Mar. 29, 1801; 2, Silence, b. Feb. 6, 1803; m. Silas
Bigelow; 3, Lewis, b. Nov. 23, 1804; 4, Eliza, b. 1809; 5, Charles A., b. Dec.
25, 1812; m. Anna E. Sibley, Oct. 10, 1839; 6, John A., b. 1815; 7, Silas A.,
b. Sept. 10, 1818; m. Maria Smith, Oct. 18, 1849.
Lewis 4 (Amos 3 , Jonathan 2 , William 1 ), m. Merinda Benson. Ch. 1, Geo. ;
2, Sarah; 3, Charles.
John 3 (Jonathan 2 , William 1 ), m. Lucy Carriel; she d. Apr. 7, 1851. Ch.
1, Lucy, b. May 10, 1803; m. David Prescott; 2, Jonathan, b. Apr. 28, 1805;
3, Olive, b. Apr. 27, 1807; in. B. F. Ho well; 4, Solomon, b. Aug. 1809; 5,
John Walter, b. July 14, 1811; 6, Mary C., b. July 4, 1813; 7, Sarah D.; 8,
Asa H., b. Aug. 27, 1817; 9, Elizabeth S., b. Aug. 11, 1819; 10, Emily J., b.
Aug. 29, 1821; 11, William N., b. Nov. 9, 1824; 12, Seth W., b. Aug. 17, 1826.
Jonathan 4 (John 3 , Jonathan 2 , William 1 ), m. Fidelia Beaman, Oct. 28, 1830.
Ch. 1, Charles Irving, b. Nov. 11, 1831; 2, Walter Whitman, b. Dec. 12,
1831 ; d. June 13, 1861.
702 FAMILIES OF THE
Charles Irving 5 (Jonathan 4 , John 8 , Jonathan 2 , William 1 ), m. Lucy Ann
Waterman, Nov. 25, 1857. Ch. 1, Cora Waterman, b. May 27, 1860; 2, Sara
Bond, b. Jan. 24, 1863; 3. Charles Walter, b. Nov. 20, 1865; 4, Fred. Bea-
man, b. Dec. 17, 1868; 5, Harry Lincoln, b. Nov. 1, 1870.
William N. 4 (John 3 , Jonathan 2 , William 1 ), m. Mary Ann Dickinson. Ch.
1, Julia Ann, b. June 20, 1852; d. June 23, 1852; 2, Hellen E., b. Nov. 10,
1853; d. Sept. 22, 1855; 3, Willie Dickinson, b. July 4, 1856; d. June 9, 1872;
4, Walter Newell, b. July 30, 1858; d. Sept. 4, 1860; 5, George, b. May 13,
1861; d. May 16, 1861; 6, Emily Jane, b. May 13, 1861; d. Aug. 27, 1863; 7,
Annie Carroll, b. Apr. 21, 1864.
Joel 3 (Jonathan 2 , William 1 ), m. Reconcile Grossman, Oct. 9, 1805. Ch.
1, Dexter, b. Mar. 6, 1806; m. Anne Fiske; 2, Candice, b. Dec. 10, 1808; 3,
Betsey, b. Sept. 10, 1811; 4, Harrison, b. Dec. 23, 1813; 5, Chauncy; 6, Geo.
Washington; 7, Winfield Scott; 8, Helen Mar, b. May 10, 1833.
Joseph Pierce (ancestry unknown), m. Abigail Carriel, Oct. 10, 1765. Ch.
1, Abigail, b. Sept. 11, 1766; 2, Joseph, b. Dec. 1, 1767; 3, Lydia, b. Nov. 6,
1769; 4, John, b. Oct. 14, 1771; 5, Caty, b. Mar. 9, 1774.
Isaac Pierce (line of descent unknown), m. Martha . Ch. 1, Eunice,
b. Feb. 24, 1754; 2, Isaac, b. Oct. 10, 1757; m. Esther Garfield, June 17, 1779;
3, Amos, b. Aug. 8, 1761 ; 4, Jesse, b. Mar. 4, 1764 ; m. Lydia Gale, Mar. 6,
1784; 5, Joshua, b. Nov. 3, 1765; 6, Abraham, b. Mar. 4, 1769.
PRINCE.
David Prince (ancestry unknown), m. Phebe . Ch. 1, David, b. Oct.
23, 1725; 2, Sarah, b. Apr. 28, 1727; 3, Stephen, b. Oct. 4, 1730; 4, John, b.
Nov. 27, 1733.
Stephen 2 (David 1 ), m. Abigail Perkins, Sept. 16, 1756. Ch. 1, Abigail, b.
Jan. 4, 1756; 2, Phebe, b. July 25, 1757; m. Daniel Sibley, Apr. 14, 1779; 3,
Sarah, b. Nov. 25, 1758; m. Henry Harback, July 20, 1780; 4, Hannah, b.
May 18, 1760 ; m. Eleazar Putney, Apr. 5, 1781 ; 5, Molly, b. Aug. 30, 1763 ;
m. Joseph Carriel, Apr. 6, 1788; 6, Huldah, b. Oct. 25, 1765; m. Billy Brown,
Oct. 20, 1785; 7, Miriam, b. May 17, 1767; 8, Jonathan, b. Feb. 1, 1769; 9,
David, b. Jan. 1, 1771; 10, Stephen, b. Nov. 4, 1772; 11, Ruth, b. Feb. 8,
1775; 12, Lydia, b. Mar. 8, 1777; 13, Naomi, b. May 8, 1781.
PUTNAM.
BY ALTAI* W. PUTNAM.
In the history of the early settlers of Sutton are found
the names of seven persons of the name of Putnam, whose
immediate relationship cannot be traced ; but it is believed
that they all descended from John Putnam, who came from
Buckinghamshire, England, in the year 1634, and settled in
Salem. He was admitted freeman in 1647, and died in
1663. Three sons came with him, viz : Thomas, Nathaniel,
John.
Thomas (2), John (1), married August 17, 1643, Pru-
dence Holyoke from Tarn worth (on the border of Warwick-
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shire) , England, She was probably a daughter of Edward
Holyoke, who came from Tarn worth in 1630, and settled in
Lynn, and ancestor of President Holyoke 'and the late Dr.
Edward Holyoke, who died in Salem, March 1829, aged one
hundred years.
From this family the Putnams in Sutton had the names
Edward and Holyoke. He was admitted freeman in 1642,
and to the church in Salem, April 3, 1643.
Thomas and Prudence had three sons and five daughters.
The .'daughters' names are not given. The names of the sons
are : Thomas, Edward, Joseph.
Thomas 3 (Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Ann Carr, Sept. 25, 1678. They had one
son and four daughters, whose names are not given.
Edward 8 (Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Mary Hale, June 14, 1681. Ch. 1, Edward,
b. Apr. 29, 1682; 2, Holyoke, b. Sept. 18, 1683; killed by the Indians; 3,
Elisha, b. Nov. 3, 1685; settled in Sutton ; 4, Joseph, b. Nov. 1, 1687; 5, Nehe-
miah, b. Dec. 29, 1694; 6, Ezra, b. Apr. 29, 1696; 7, Isaac, b. Mar. 14, 1698;
settled in Sutton.
Edward* (Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. . Ch. 1, Holyoke, b. 1705;
settled in Sutton; 2, Edward, b. 1711; d. Feb. 17, 1800; 3, Miles, b. 1725.
Holyoke 5 (Edward 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. 1st, Eunice ; m. 2d,
Esther Lovell, May 4, 1742. Ch. 1, Sarah, b. Oct. 6, 1735; m. Eleazar Bate-
man, Nov. 8, 1757 ; 2, Ebenezer, b. Sept. 7, 1738 ; m. Hannah Dike, Jan. 16,
1766; 3, Hannah, b. Apr. 26, 1741; 4, Martha, b. Apr. 27, 1743; 5, Eunice, b.
Feb. 10, 1745; 6, Susanna, b. Aug. 16, 1747; 7, Joseph, b. Apr. 19, 1749; 8,
Ezra, b. Nov. 2, 1751; 9, Thomas, b. July 1, 1754; 10, Mary, b. Apr. 5, 1758.
Ezra 6 (Holyoke 5 , Edward 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Kebekah Dike,
Dec. 14, 1780. Ch. 1, Daniel, b. Apr. 18, 1781 ; 2, Charlotte, b. June 12,
1783.
Edward 5 (Edward*, Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Ruth Fuller of Middle-
ton. He came to Sutton in 1737 and lived and died where Peter H. Putnam
now lives. Ch. 1, John, b. at Middletou, Aug. 25, 1735; d. June 13, 1809;
2, Stephen, b. Apr. 20, 1739; d. in the French and Indian war; 3, Ruth, b.
June 6, 1741; m. Samuel Rich, jr., Mar. 18, 1761; 4, Archelaus, b. Feb. 16,
1743; d. Jan. 14, 1809; 5, Phrebe, b. Nov. 2, 1745; m. Nath'l, son of Elisha
Rich, Sept. 25, 1766; 6, Sarah, b. Mar. 12, 1747; m. Paul, son of Jona. Sibley,
Dec. 2, 1766; 7, Molly, bapt. Apr. 22, 1750; m. Bartholomew Putnam; 8,
David, b. July 19, 1752; m. Phebe Woodbury, July 3, 1776; 9, Caleb, b. Oct.
27, 1754; m. Judith Sibley, Aug. 21, 1776; 10, Peter, b. May 29, 1757; 11,
Lucy, b. June 2, 1760; m. Henry Phelps, jr., Aug. 19, 1777; 12, Asa, b. Apr.
30, 1763.
John 6 (Edward 5 , Edward*, Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Mary, dau. of
Rev. David Hall, D. D., Apr. 13, 1758. He was a captain in the revolutionary
war and a colonel in the militia. Ch. 1, Joseph, b. Dec. 25, 1758; d. in the
rev. war in 1776; 2, Stephen, b. Apr. 5, 1761; removed to Whitingham, Vt. ;
3, Elizabeth, b. July 31, 1763; m. Thomas Eddy, May 25, 1784; 4, John, b.
June 27, 1766; was a physician ; settled at Upton; 5, Charles, b. Nov. 10,
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1768; 6, Mary, b. Feb. 3, 1771; m. Aaron Putnam, May 18, 1790; 7, Deborah,
b. May 3, 1773; d. about 1789 or '90; 8, Rebekah Hall, bapt. July 4, 1776; d.
young; 9, Sarah, bapt. May 17, 1778; m. Rufus Marble, Apr. 14, 1798; 10,
Joseph Hall, b. Apr. 5, 1780; 11, Rebekah Prescott, b. Apr. 16, 1783; m. Sol-
omon Putnam, Sept. 20, 1805.
Charles 7 (John 6 , Edward 5 , Edward 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas*, John 1 ), m. Rhoda
Stone, June 1, 1794. Ch. 1, Polly, b. Sept. 12, 1794; m. Capt. Chas. Chase,
May 1, 1814; 2, Sally, b. Aug. 23, 1796; 3, Matilda, b. Nov. 8, 1798; 4, Rhoda,
b. Mar. 15, 1801; d. May 30, 1801; 5, Betsey, b. May 15, 1802; m. Otis Pratt,
June 26, 1828; 6, Charles Prescott, b. Apr. 13, 1804; m. Mary E. Marble, Oct.
11, 1843; 7, Sumner, 8, Solomon, twins, b. June 26, 1807.
Joseph Hall 7 (John 6 , Edward 6 , Edward 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m.
1st, Nancy Blandon, Nov. 20, 1805; m. 2d, Waity Black. Ch. 1, Brooksey,
b. Aug. 2, 1806; 2, Sullivan, b. May 23, 1808; 3, Sumner, b. Dec. 2, 1809; d.
May 21, 1876; 4, Pearley, b. Nov. 10, 1815; 5, Nancy, b. Oct. 6, 1824; m.
Joseph Jones, Sept. 20, 1846 ; 6, Emeline, b. June 8, 1828 ; m. Joshua Lackey.
Sullivan 8 (Joseph H. 7 , John 6 , Edward 5 , Edward 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ),
m. Millia R. Draper. Ch. 1, Alfred A., b. Mar. 22, 1842; m. Abbie M. Put-
nam, Dec. 3, 1867; 2, Joseph Hall, b. Feb. 8, 1849.
Joseph Hall 9 (Sullivan 8 , Joseph H. 7 , John 6 , Edward 5 , Edward 4 , Edward 3 ,
Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Amanda L. Whipple. Ch. 1, Millia, b. June 30, 1874;
d. Sept. 23, 1874.
Sumner 8 (Joseph H. 7 , John 6 , Edward 6 , Edward 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ,)
m. Susan Dudley, July 1, 1840. Ch. 1, Louise, b. Aug. 2, 1846; m. E. Ever-
ett Burdon, Oct. 9, 1867; d. Aug. 5, 1869; 2, Joseph Edward, b. Dec. 19,
1848; d. June 7, 1862.
Pearley 8 (Joseph H. 7 , John 6 , Edward 6 , Edward 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ,)
m. Julia A. Walker, Feb. 3, 1841. Ch. 1, Clarence D., b. Jan. 27, 1846; d.
Oct. 10, 1849; 2, infant daughter, b. July 22, 1850; d. Sept. 13, 1850; 3, Mary
E. W., b. Aug. 13, 1860; m. Lovell W. Putnam, Oct. 9, 1878.
Archelaus 6 (Edward 6 , Edward 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Sarah Put-
nam, Oct. 10, 1765. Ch. 1, Aaron, b. July 13, 1766 ; 2, Archelaus, b. Aug.
17, 1768; d. Feb. 9, 1854; 3, Sarah, b. Dec. 26, 1770; m. Isaac King, Nov. 27,
1788; 4, Andrew, b. Sept. 24, 1773; 5, Ruth, b. Mar. 22, 1776; m. Adonijah
Bartlett; 6, Amy, b. Oct. 7, 1779; m. Abner Putnam, Mar. 13, 1799; 7, Bet-
sey, b. Sept. 14, 1781 ; m. Capt. Cyrus Carpenter.
Aaron 7 (Archelaus 6 , Edward 5 , Edward 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m.
Mary Putnam, May 18, 1790. Ch. 1, Polly, b. Aug. 20, 1790; m. Jason
Morse, Sept. 6, 1812; 2, Caleb, b. Oct. 18, 1792; d. unmarried; 3, Charles, b.
Dec. 12, 1794; 4, Willard, b. Mar. 29, 1798; 5, Rebekah, b. Oct. 13, 1802; m.
Samuel Waters; 6, Betsey, b. Aug. 15, 1804; 7, Jason, b. Sept. 4, 1807; 8,
Palmer, b. Oct. 10, 1814.
Archelaus 7 (Archelaus 6 , Edward 5 , Edward 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m.
Phoebe Hicks, Mar. 14, 1792. Ch. 1, Silence, b, May 22, 1793; 2, Tyler, b.
Nov. 8, 1795: d. Sept. 9, 1849; 3, Julia, b. May 30, 1798; m. John Leland,
Apr. 7, 1821; 4, Nancy, b. Feb. 17, 1805; m. 1st, Simon Tenney, Feb. 6, 1828;
m. 2d, Dr. David Hall.
Tyler 8 (Archelaus 7 , Archelaus , Edward 5 , Edward 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 ,
John 1 ), m. Phoebe Woodbury, Nov. 23, 1820. Ch. 1, Mary Ann, b. Nov. 17,
1821, m. Andreas W. Pierce; 2, Alvan W., b. Oct. 18, 1824; 3, John E., b.
Nov. 10, 1826; m, Nancy A. Merriam; removed to Big Lake, Minn.; 4, Julia
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L., b. Sept. 3, 1828; d. Mar. 26, 1851; 5, Emily Jane, b. Dec. 9, 1830; m.
John B. Pratt of Oxford; 6, Henry Tyler, b. Nov. 18, 1832; m. Caroline P.
Newton; 7, Susan E., b. Oct. 8, 1834; d. Apr. 6, 1836.
Alvan Woodbury 9 (Tyler 8 , Archelaus 7 , Archelaus 6 , Edward 5 , Edward 4 ,
Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Mary Lovell Knight. Ch. 1, Elwin Tyler,
b. Apr. 29, 1849; 2, Edgar Eugene, b. Mar. 6, 1852; 3, Irving Wilbur, b. Dec.
5, 1853; 4, Lovell Woodbury, b. Nov. 10, 1856; m. Mary E. W. Putnam, Oct.
9, 1878; 5, Milton Knight, b. May 20, 1859; 6, Jennie Frances, b. July 14,
1862; d. Feb. 8, 1863; 7, Elmer Julius, b. May 27, 1864; 8, Edward Pratt, 9,
Edwin Pierce, twins, b. May 13, 1867; d. same date; 10, Emma Carrie, b.
Nov. 14, 1868.
Andrew 7 (Archelaus 6 , Edward 5 , Edward 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m.
Tamar Carriel, Nov. 30, 1797. Ch. 1, Salmon, b. Jan. 18, 1799; d. Sept. 13,
1800; 2, Sarah, b. Nov. 29, 1801; 3, Andrew, b. Sept. 8, 1803; 4, Tamar, b.
Aug. 1, 1805; 5, Sauford, b. June 8, 1807; 6, Sumner, b. May 3, 1810; 7,
John E., b. June 6, 1812; 8, Willard, b. Jan. 9, 1815; d. Sept. 29, 1818; 9,
Darius, b. Oct. 30, 1819.
Peter 6 (Edward 5 , Edward 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Sarah Marble,
Oct. 1, 1782. Ch. 1, Sarah, b. Apr. 2, 1784; m. Moses Sibley, Dec. 16, 1801;
2, Peter, b. Mar. 22, 1788; 3, Fanny, b. June 2, 1800; m. Pearley Waters, May
12, 1822; 4, Persis, b. Aug. 21, 1802; m. Rufus Bacon, Dec. 11, 1823.
Peter 7 (Peter 6 , Edward 5 , Edward 4 , Edward 8 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. 1st,
Patty Putnam ; she d. Apr. 26, 1822 ; m. 2d, Ruth E. Watson ; m. 3d, Mrs.
Nancy Putnam, June 15, 1836. Ch. 1, Marble, b. Oct. 6, 1808; m. Adeline
Marsh, Aug. 14, 1834; 2, Waldo, b. Oct. 8, 1810; 3, Patty Waters, b. May 18,
1812; m. Dea. Ansel Holman, May 25, 1824; 4, Peter Holland, b. Sept. 24,
1814; 5, Waters, b. Mar. 16, 1817; 6, Andrew Jackson, b. Apr. 25, 1819; m.
Charlotte A. Andrews; 7, Ruth Edson, b. Aug. 25, 1823; d. Oct. 28, 1826; 8,
Edwin Lombard, b. Nov. 26, 1827; 9, Solon Smith, b. June 14, 1829; 10,
Ruth Elizabeth, b. July 20. 1832; m. Geo. Gibson; 11, Frances Ann, b. Apr.
20, 1837; m. Asa P. Dodge, June 22, 1857; 12, Sarah Marble, b. Feb. 15, 1840;
m. John R. Humes.
Waldo 8 (Peter 7 , Peter , Edward 5 , Edward 4 , Edward 8 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m.
Mary Sibley, Dec. 1, 1835. Ch. 1, Marcus N., b. Sept. 17, 1836; m. Almona
Walker; 2, Elijah B., b. July 15, 1838; d. July 23, 1867; 3, Edward S., b. Aug.
29, 1840; d. Aug. 27, 1874; 4, Mary M., b. Oct. 22, 1842; d. Sept. 3, 1844; 5,
David W., b. Sept. 30, 1844; d. Mar. 15, 1849; 6, Mary E., b. Jan. 2, 1847,
d. Apr. 3, 1849; 7, Ellen E., b. Jan. 2, 1850; d. May 12, 1867; 8, Andrew J.,
b. Oct. 19, 1851; d. July 4, 1872; 9, Julia F., b. Oct. 2, 1854; d. Mar. 10,
1864; 10, Martha, b. Jan. 23, 1858.
Elijah B. 9 (Waldo 8 , Peter 7 , Peter 6 , Edward 5 , Edward 4 , Edward 8 , Thomas 2 ,
John 1 ), m. Lucy M. Fuller. Cb. 1, Mary E., b. Aug. 6, 1859; 2, Waldo J.
B., b. June 1. 1866.
Edward S. 9 (Waldo 8 , Peter 7 , Peter 6 , Edward 5 , Edward 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 ,
John 1 ), in. Josephine J. Dennison. Ch. 1, Willie E., b. Dec. 7, 1868; 2,
Charles, b. Nov. 14, 1870.
Peter Holland 8 (Peter 7 , Peter 6 , Edward 5 , Edward 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 ,
John 1 ), m. Hannah B. Putnam, Oct. 29, 1837. Ch. 1, Abigail, b. July 29,
1838; m. Abial Newton; 2, Peter Holland, b. Oct. 19, 1840.
Peter Holland 9 (Peter H. 8 , Peter 7 , Peter 6 , Edward 6 , Edward 4 , Edward 8 ,
Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Harriet A. Putnam, July 6, 1862. Ch. 1, David 0., b.
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May 22, 1864; 2, Peter O., b. Mar. 11, 1867; 3, Frank H., b. Feb. 1, 1869; 4,
Phoebe N., b. Dec. 24, 1870; 5, Cora A., b. Feb. 20, 1873; 6, Wallace E., b.
Nov. 3, 1875; 7, Carl W. S., b. Jan. 7, 1878.
Waters 8 (Peter 7 , Peter 6 , Edward 5 , Edward 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m.
Jane Putnam, May 10, 1840. Ch. 1, Sarah Jane, b. Nov. 2, 1841 ; 2, Nancy
Louisa, b. Aug. 15, 1845; m. James W. Davis; 3, Marble, b. Aug. 19, 1847;
4, Martha Waters, b. Nov. 8, 1849;' d. Feb. 8, 1856; 5, Henry Waters, b. Oct.
1, 1855.
Marble 9 (Waters 8 , Peter 7 , Peter 6 , Edward 5 , Edward 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 ,
John 1 ), m. Eveline, dau. of Richard Waters, Dec. 22, 1869. Ch. 1, Justin
Marble, b. Feb. 27, 1873; 2, Julia Rosina, b. Aug. 22, 1875.
Asa 6 (Edward 5 , Edward 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Rachel Harwood
of Barre; m. 2d, a Mrs. Taft of Douglas. Ch. 1, Polly, b. Aug. 13, 1787;
2, Pearley, b. Oct. 28, 1789; d. Dec. 20, 1808; 3, David, b. Feb. 7, 1793; 4,
Asa, b. June 13, 1795; m. Patty Dudley, Nov. 28, 1815; 5, Delia, b. May 12,
1798; m. Capt. Pearly Howard; 6, Darius, b.Feb. 2, 1801; d. Aug. 2, 1838;
7, Rachel, b. Apr. 15, 1803; m. John Rich, May 24, 1825; 8, Julia, b. Nov. 13,
1808 ; m. Leonard Dodge, Dec. 15, 1831.
David" (Asa 6 , Edward 5 , Edward 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Phebe
Harwood. Ch. 1, Bradford, b. Aug. 11, 1817.
Bradford 8 (David 7 , Asa 6 , Edward 5 , Edward 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ),
m. Harriet Sibley, Feb. 23, 1840. Ch. 1, Harriet A., b. Apr. 18, 1841; m.
Peter H. Putnam, July 6, 1862.
Darius 7 (Asa 6 , Edward 5 , Edward 4 , Edward 8 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Sally
Putnam. Ch. 1, Mayuard, b. May 5, 1823; 2, Darius Erastus, b. Mar. 25,
1825.
Elisha 4 (Edward 8 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. 1st, Hannah Marble of Salem; m.
2d, Susanna Fuller of Topsfield.
Elisha Putnam lived on and owned the place known as the
James Freeland farm. He probably came into Sutton as
early as 1725 ; was admitted to the church in 1730, and
chosen deacon in 1731. He was town clerk and for many
years town treasurer.
Ch. 1, Elisha, b. Dec. 2, 1715; d. in 1758; 2, Nehemiah, b. Mar. 22, 1719;
d. Nov. 27, 1791; 3, Jonathan, b. July 19, 1721; 4, Hannah; m. Jonathan
Dudley, Esq.; 5, Susannah; m. 1st, Timothy Holton, Feb. 24, 1742; m. 2d,
John Whipple; 6, Mary, b. June 12, 1725; d. Apr. 22, 1736; 7, Stephen, b.
Apr. 4, 1728; 8, Amos, b. July 22, 1730; d. Sept. 17, 1811 ; 9, Eunice, b. July
6, 1732; d. at Windham unmarried; 10, Huldah, b. May 25, 1734; m. a Mat-
thews; 11, Rufus, b. Apr. 7, 1738.
Elisha 5 (Elisha 4 , Edward 8 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Lydia Chase, Mar. 3, 1742.
He was a soldier in the French and Indian war, and d. at or near Crown
Point about 1758. Ch. 1, Andrew, b. May 2, 1742; m. Lucy Park, Jan. 10,
1764; 2, Elisha, b. Dec. 4,1745; d. May 25, 1784; 3, Antipas, b. July 24,
1747; 4, Jokton, b. May 1, 1750; removed to Sutton, Vt. ; 5, Luke, b. Oct. 5,
1755; was a revolutionary soldier; 6, William, b. Jan. 7, 1758.
Elisha 6 (Elisha 5 , Elisha 4 , Edward 8 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Abigail Chamber-
lain, Apr. 2, 1765, Ch. 1, Molly, b. Feb. 23, 1766; m. Moses Sibley; 2,
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Vashti, b. Jan. 28, 1768; m. a Wheelock; 3, Hannah, 4, Deborah, twins, b.
Jan. 20, 1770; Deborah d. Feb. 6, 1770; 5, Elisha, b. Aug. 8, 1772; m. Levina
Ellis; 6, Abraham, b. Jan. 19, 1775; d. Apr. 14, 1777; 7, Abner, b. Mar. 28,
1777; m. a Stearns; 8, Lucy, b. Nov. 16, 1779; m. Oliver Sibley.
Luke 6 (Elisha 5 , Elisha 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Mary Putnam, Nov.
23, 1786. Ch. 1, Tyler, b. Sept. 11, 1791.
Nehemiah 5 (Elisha 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Sarah Manning, Oct.
5,1742. Ch. 1, Aaron, b. Mar. 23, 1744; 2, Sarah, b. Mar. 10, 1746; 3,
Hannah, b. July 26, 1748; m. Jona. Willard, Nov. 25, 1773; 4, Rachel, b.
Apr. 17, 1750; 5, Susanna, b. Jan. 19. 1752; m. John Fuller, Mar. 26, 1771;
6, Eunice, b. Dec. 4, 1753; m. Benj. Shumway, Apr. 4, 1773; 7, Reuben, b.
Apr. 9, 1757; 8, Joseph, 9, Benjamin, twins, b. Sept. 20, 1760; Benjamin m.
Patty Mason.
Aaron 6 (Nehemiah 5 , Elisha 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. . Ch. 1,
Calvin; 2, Franklin; 3, Luther, d. young.
Calvin 7 (Aaron 6 , Nehemiah 5 , Elisha 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Abi-
gail Davidson, Dec. 3, 1799. Ch. 1, Samuel; 2, Hannah.
Reuben 6 (Nehemiah 5 , Elisha 4 , Edward 8 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Elizabeth
Mason. Ch. 1, Aaron, b. Aug. 29, 1781; d. Feb. 27, 1854; 2, Jonas, b. Mar.
5, 1783; 3, Mason, b. Dec. 20, 1784; 4, Manning, b. Apr. 12, 1787; 5, Rufus
Austin, b. Nov. 18, 1791 ; 6, Polycarp (afterward changed to John Milton), b.
Feb. 26, 1794; 7, John O., b. July 26, 1796.
Joseph 6 (Nehemiah 5 , Elisha 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Tamar Towne.
Ch. 1, Tamar, b. July 8, 1786; 2, John Towne, b. Sept. 24, 1787; 3, Daniel,
b. Aug. 30, 1789.
Jonathan 5 (Elisha 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Mrs. Anne (Chase)
Stockwell, Nov. 3, 1743. Ch. 1, Adonijah, b. Oct. 9, 1744; m. Mary Wilkins,
Nov. 27, 1766; 2, Mary, b. Dec. 25, 1755; m. Luke Putnam, Nov. 23, 1786; 3,
Francis, b. Sept. 24, 1758; 4, Jona. Follansbee, b. May 9, 1763; d. Oct. 30, 1858.
Francis 6 (Jonathan 5 , Elisha 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Joanna Leland,
Dec. 11, 1783. Ch. 1, Nancy, b. Feb. 8, 1784; m. Charles Rich, Apr. 9,
1809; 2, Phebe, b. Feb. 7, 1786; 3, Silas, b. Oct. 15, 1788; 4, Roya), b. Apr.
16, 1791; m. Mary Ann Seaver; 5, Olive, b. May 27, 1794; 6, Maria, b. June
28, 1796; m. Aaron Elliot; 7, Prudy, b. Feb. 28, 1799; m. Simon L. Marble,
June 16, 1822; 8, Pliny, b. Feb. 15, 1801; m. Olive Grey; 9, Fanny, b. May
28, 1804.
Silas 7 (Francis 6 , Jonathan 5 , Elisha 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Sarah,
dau. of Capt. Levi Ludden, a descendant of George Soule, one of the Pilgrims
who came from England in the Mayflower. Ch. 1, Syra Leland, b. Sept.
18, 1824; 2, Annette Soule, b. Apr. 24, 1826; 3, William Pitt, b. Mar. 10,
1828; 4, Walter Tell, b. Aug. 11, 1829; 5, Rosetta Asenath, b. July 24, 1831;
6, Ada Freeman, b. May 11, 1833.
Jonathan Follansbee 6 (Jonathan 5 , Elisha 4 , Edward 8 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m.
Philana Leland, July 6, 1786. Ch. 1, Jonathan F., b. May 6, 1787; 2, Phi-
lana, b. Nov. 1, 1789; m. Major Rufus Burdon; 3, Jim, b. July 11, 1795; d.
June 13, 1855.
Jonathan Follansbee" (Jonathan F. 6 , Jonathan 6 , Elisha 4 , Edward 8 , Thomas 2 ,
John 1 ), m. Harriet Hall. Ch. 1, Denney Sumner, b. Mar. 13, 1817; 2, Har-
riet Ward.
Jim 7 (Jonathan F. 6 , Jonathan 5 , Elisha 4 , Edward 8 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m.
Roxana Burdon. Ch. 1, Estes, b. Dec. 2, 1819; 2, Roxana, b. July 5, 1821 ;
3, Sumner, b. Dae. 1, 1822.
708 FAMILIES OF THE
Estes 8 (Jim 7 , Jonathan F. 9 , Jonathan 5 , Elisha 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ),
m. Sarah P. King, Nov. 24, 1840. Ch. 1, Sarah R, b. July 23, 1842; m.
Joseph Bodo; 2, Hannah E., b. June 30, 1848; m. Arteinas Pickering; 3,
Abbie F., b. Jan. 19, 1860.
Sumner 8 (Jim 7 , Jonathan F. 6 , Jonathan 6 , Elisha 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 ,
John 1 ), m. Laura E. Lowe. Ch. 1, Sarah Elizabeth, b. Mar. 14, 1857; m.
Frank Walden ; 2, James Selah, b. Oct. 17, 1858 ; 3, Jenny Josephine, b. Feb.
24, 1861; 4, George Decatur, b. Nov. 21, 1862; 5, Hattie Estelle, b. Sept. 5,
1866; 6, John E. L. B., b. Oct. 1, 1870; 7, Fred. Thurston, b. Oct. 7, 1872.
Stephen 5 (Elisha 4 , Edward 8 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Mary Gibbs, Mar. 14,
1755. Ch. 1, Solomon, b. July 17, 1755; 2, Mary, b. June 8, 1757; 3, Rhoda,
b. July 2, 1759. This family removed to Hampshire county.
Amos 5 (Elisha 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Sarah Swift, June 26, 1760.
Ch. 1, Etiphal, b. July 8, 1762; d. Sept. 25, 1845; 2, Lucretia, b. Sept 6,
1764; d. Jan. 1852; 3, Rebekah, b. Feb. 18, 1767; d. Dec. 29, 1854; 4, Paul,
b. Mar. 4, 1769; d. 1779; 5, Susanna, d. in childhood; 6, Elizabeth, b. Oct. 22,
1772; m. Ebenezer Newton; 7, Polly, b. 1775; d. in 1851; 8, Sarah T., b.
1779; m. Ebenezer Bryant; both d. about Nov. 1, 1855; 9, Martha, b. Oct.
25, 1781 ; m. Silas Livermore ; d. Oct. 3, 1852.
Rufus 5 (Elisha 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. 1st, Miss Elizabeth Ayres,
April 1761; m. 2d, Miss Persis Rice. Ch. 1, Elizabeth, b. Nov. 19, 1765; 2,
Persis, b. June 6, 1767; 3, Susanna, b. Aug. 5, 1768; 4, Abigail, b. Aug. 7,
1770; 5, William Rufus, b. Dec. 12, 1771; 6, Franklin, b. May 27, 1774; d.
Apr. 1776; 7, Edwin, b. Jan. 19, 1776; 8, Patty, b. Nov. 25, 1777; 9, Cathe-
rine, b. Oct. 17, 1780; 10, Ayres.
See sketch of Gen. Rufus Putnam in history of the homes, in connection
with his birthplace in district number three.
Isaac (4), Edward (3), Thomas (2), John (1), settled in
Sutton abont 1722, on the farm now owned by Mr. Oliver
Hall and Robert Luther. He was recommended by the church
in Salem (now Danvers) to the church in Sutton, and admit-
ted February 1, 1730. His name is not found on the records
after 1740. He died in the fifty-ninth year of his age. No
one of his posterity is known to be living in Sutton at the
present time.
Dea. Palmer Marble, Mrs. James Freeland, and the child-
ren of John Waters, deceased, are his great-grandchildren.
His children were: 1, Phineas, b. Oct. 1, 1722; 2, Asaph, b. Sept. 11, 1724;
3, Anna, b. July 27, 1726; 4, Susanna, b. Aug. 20, 1728; m. John Sadler of
Upton, Jan. 15, 1746; 5, Nathan, b. Oct. 24, 1730; 6, Edward, b. Feb. 5, 1733;
7, Isaac, b. Nov. 4, 1734;* 8, Lydia, b. Oct. 20, 1736; 9, Daniel, b. Mar. 28,
1739; m. Anna, dau. of Hon. Samuel Chase; removed to Cornish, N. H.
* The intention of marriage of Isaac Putnam and Rachel Pratt, March 22,
1760, is recorded in book A., page 260, of the records in the town clerk's
office, Oxford. Mrs. Putnam died in Becket, at the house of her son David,
aged one hundred and four years.
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Phineas 8 (Isaac 4 , Edward 8 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. . Ch. 1, Levi, set-
tled at Whitingham, Vt.; 2, Enoch; 3, Daniel; 4, Betty; 5, Huldah; 6,
Eunice.
Daniel 6 (Phineas 5 , Isaac 4 , Edward 8 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Phebe Walker of
Upton. Ch. 1, Austin, b. Mar. 16, 1796.
Asaph 5 (Isaac 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Sarah, dau. of Jona. Park,
Sept. 7, 1743. There is no record of his family on the town books, and it is
thought that he left town previously to 1760. From the record of the church
it appears he had five children baptized, viz : 1, Abijah, bapt. Oct. 21, 1744 ;
2, Asaph, bapt. June 18, 1749; 3, Jonas, bapt. Aug. 16, 1752; 4, Ephron, bapt.
July 7, 1756 ; 5, Park, bapt. July 7, 1756.
Nathan 5 (Isaac 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Betty . Ch. 1, Zadock,
b. Dec. 29, 1752; m. Abigail, dau. of Major Elliot; 2, Micah, b. Apr. 8, 1754;
3, James, b. Nov. 26, 1755 ; m. Betsey Willard ; settled in Graf ton ; 4, Betty,
b. Jan. 12, 1758; m. Lieut. Stephen Marble, Nov. 14, 1776; 5, Lydia, b. Dec.
31,1759; m. Stephen Fuller, Nov. 7, 1777; 6, Nathan, b. May 16, 1761; 7,
Hannah, b. Mar. 13, 1763; m. John Waters, jr., Dec. 15, 1796; 8, Abner, b.
Mar. 17, 1765; m. Abigail Waters; 9, Sally, b. Feb. 27, 1767; m. Jesse Mar-
ble, Feb. 26, 1790; 10, Tamar, b. Oct. 23, 1768; m. John King, jr., Mar. 17,
1785; 11, Polly, b. Apr. 1, 1770; m. Amos Waters, July 4, 1791; 12, John, b.
Sept. 3, 1771; 13, Oliver, b. July 9, 1773; m. Betsey Newton, Dec. 15, 1796;
14, George W., d. without issue; 15, Abigail, m. a Rawson.
Micah 6 (Nathan 5 , Isaac 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Anna Carriel, May
26, 1774. Ch. 1, Rebekah, b. Oct. 3, 1774; 2, Timothy, b. Apr. 7, 1776.
The family removed to Paris, Oneida County, New York.
Nathan 6 (Nathan 5 , Isaac 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Sarah Putnam,
Mar. 25, 1785. Ch. 1, Ruth, b. Sept. 2, 1785; 2, Ruth, b. Sept. 23, 1787; m.
Judah Waters, Mar. 23, 1806.
John 6 (Nathan 5 , Isaac 4 , Edward 3 , Thomas 2 , John 1 ), m. Anne . Ch.
1, Stephen, b. Apr. 25, 1799; d. Nov. 5, 1802; 2, Harvey, b. Mar. 27, 1800; 3,
Gardner, b. Oct. 26, 1801 ; d. Oct. 26, 1802.
Nathaniel 2 (John 1 ), m. . Ch. 1, Samuel; 2, John; 3, Joseph; 4,
Nathaniel; 5, Benjamin, b. July 11, 1764.
Benjamin 3 (Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m. Sarah Holton, Aug. 25, 1686. They
had seven sous and one daughter ; among his sons were : 1, Tarrant, b. Apr.
12, 1688; 2, Cornelius, b. Sept. 3, 1702.
Tarrant 4 (Benjamin 3 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m. . Ch. 1, Tarrant, b.
Apr. 3, 1716; 2, Israel; 3, Samuel; 4, Gideon.
Tarrant 5 (Tarrant 4 , Benjamin 8 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m. Priscilla Baker,
Dec. 9, 1742. Ch. 1, Tarraut, b. Apr. 24, 1744; d. Dec. 7, 1770; 2, Elijah,
b. Jan. 23, 1747; graduated at Harvard College in 1766; 3, Elizabeth, b. May
30, 1749; m. Abraham Brown, Mar. 2, 1773; 4, Priscilla, b. Aug. 22, 1751; m.
Adam Brown, Dec. 3, 1772; 5, Sarah, b. Aug. 4, 1753; m. Timothy Merriam,
June 21, 1775; 6, Martha, b. July 15, 1755; m. David Copeland, Sept. 1, 1778;
7, Rebekah, b. May 5, 1759; m. Aaron Marble, Nov. 16, 1784; 8, Lydia, b.
July 27, 1761; 9, Molly, b. Nov. 15, 1763; 10, Israel, b. May 22, 1767.
Israel 6 (Tarrant 5 , Tarrant 4 , Benjamin 3 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m. Hannah
Woodbury, Jan. 30, 1795; she d. Sept. 1795; m. 2d, Hannah LeBaron, Apr.
24, 1796. Ch. 1, Hannah LeBaron, b. Mar. 10, 1797; m. Jabez Hull,
Oct. 22, 1821; 2, LeBaron, b. Aug. JLQ, 1799; 3, Tarrant, b. May 18,
1801; 4, Mary LeBaron, b. Nov. 7, 1803; m. Dr. Leonard Pierce, Nov. 15,
710 FAMILIES OF THE
1831; 5, Israel, b. Dec. 25, 1805; 6, Edwin, b. Jan. 9, 1808; 7, Frederick
William, b. Aug. 3, 1810; 8, Frederick Augustus, b. May 30, 1813; 9, Theo-
dore Elijah, b. Sept. 12, 1815; 10, Caroline Priscilla, b. Aug. 3, 1818; m. 1st,
Dr. N. C. Sibley, Nov. 29, 1838.
LeBaron 7 (Israel 6 , Tarrant 5 , Tarrant 4 , Benjamin 3 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m.
Ann Braman, dau. of Dr. Amasa Braman of Millbury. Ch. 1, Henry, b.
Jan. 3, 1824; 2, George Frederick, b. Aug. 29, 1826; 3, Edward Francis, b.
Dec. 28, 1828.
Tarrant 7 (Israel 6 , Tarrant 6 , Tarrant 4 , Benjamin 3 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m.
Cornelia Titus Van Nortwick of New York, Oct. 4, 1828. Ch. 1, William
Bruce, b. July 29, 1829 ; 2, Emma LeBaron, b. Mar. 27, 1831 ; 3, Caroline
Monroe, b. Oct. 7, 1832.
Israel 7 (Israel 6 , Tarrant 5 , Tarrant 4 , Benjamin 8 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m.
Sarah Frost of Topsham, Me. He graduated at Brown University ; was a
physician and practised in Wales, and afterward at Bath, Me. Ch. 1, Wil-
liam LeBaron, b. 1835.
Cornelius 4 (Benjamin 3 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m. Sarah ; she d. June 9,
1741; m. 2d, Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins from Salem, Nov. 12, 1741. Ch. 1,
Sarah, b. Jan. 3, 1726; d. May 30. 1738; 2, Bethia, b. Dec. 18, 1728; 3, Cor-
nelius, b. May 23, 1730; m. Elizabeth Perkins, Aug. 2, 1753; 4, Benjamin, b.
May 13, 1732; 5, Nathaniel, b. May 3, 1734; 6, Tarrant, b. Mar. 28, 1736; 7,
Bartholomew, b. Apr. 19, 1739; d. young; 8, David, 9, Sarah, twins, b. May
31, 1741; 10, Sarah, b. Mar. 18, 1743; m. Captain Archelaus Putnam, Oct.
16, 1765; 11, Bartholomew, b. Apr. 21, 1745; 12, David, b. May 14, 1747; 13,
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 28, 1749; 14, Amma, b. Nov. 21, 1754.
Nathaniel 5 (Cornelius 4 , Benjamin 3 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m. Deborah To wne ,
Nov. 23, 1756. Ch. 1, Moses, b. Jan. 23, 1758; 2, Molly, b. Feb. 25, 1759;
m. Daniel Jennison, Jan. 29, 1778 ; 3, Hannah, b. May 11, 1761 ; m. Tarran t
Sibley, Apr. 22, 1779; 4, Stephen, b. Jan. 17, 1764; d. July 1779.
Moses 6 (Nathaniel 5 , Cornelius 4 , Benjamin 8 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m. Mary
Allen, June 24, 1779. Ch. 1, Deborah, b. June 26, 1780; 2, Polly, b. Sept.
25, 1781; 3, Stephen, b. Dec. 24, 1782; 4, Nathaniel, b. Feb. 13, 1785; 5,
Elijah, b. Oct. 9, 1786; d. Dec. 31, 1788; 6, Moses, b. Aug. 17, 1788; 7, Elijah,
b. July 16, 1790; 8, Sally, b. July 14, 1792; m. Abraham Howard Apr. 3,
1811; 9, Stillman, b. Jan. 15, 1797; d. Aug. 17, 1798; 10, Suky, b. June 13,
1799; d. Aug. 22, 1803.
Stephen 7 (Moses 6 , Nathaniel 5 , Cornelius 4 , Benjamin 3 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ),
m. Mrs. Betsey Goddard, June 27, 1810. Ch. 1, Fayette, b. Mar. 24, 1811 ;
d. Aug. 1813; 2, Eliza, b. Apr. 13, 1813; 3, Mary Allen, b. Apr. 18, 1816; 4,
Fayette, b. July 29, 1819; 5, Manilla, b. Oct. 11, 1820; 6, Emila Sarah, b.
July 22, 1824.
Nathaniel" (Moses 6 , Nathaniel 5 , Cornelius 4 , Benjamin 3 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ),
m. Charlotte, dau. of Joshua Morse. Ch. 1, Susan, b. Nov. 18, 1805; 2,
Stillman, b. July 13, 1807; 3, Emily R., b. Oct. 5, 1810; d. July 13, 1813; 4,
Hannah W., b. Mar. 7, 1820.
Bartholomew 5 (Cornelius 4 , Benjamin 3 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m. 1st, Mary
Putnam; m. 2d, Hannah Axtell. Ch. 1, Bartholomew, b. July 13, 1774; 2,
Lucy, b. July 18, 1779; 3, Edward, b. Jan. 26, 1782; 4, Prudence, b. Nov. 13,
1784; in. Dauiel Hathaway; 5, Phebe, b. Oct. 10, 1787; m. Capt. Elijah
Bigelow; 6, Lewis, b. July 15, 1796; 7, Cynthia, b. Aug. 27, 1804.
Bartholomew 3 (Bartholomew 5 , Cornelius 4 , Benjamin 8 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ),
m. Hanuah, dau. of Tarrant Sibley, Sept. 4, 1801. Ch. 1, Russell, b. Feb.
TOWN OF BUTTON. 711
3, 1802; 2, Polly, b. Apr. 4, 1804; m. Bethuel Leonard, Aug. 8, 1826; 3,
Clark, b. Feb. 18, 1806; 4, Prudence, b. Feb. 19, 1808; 5, Leonard, b. Apr. 26,
1810; 6, Zilpha, b. Apr. 8, 1812.
Kussell 7 (Bartholomew 6 , Bartholomew 6 , Cornelius*, Benjamin 3 , Nathaniel 2 ,
John 1 ), m. Adeline . Ch. 1, Russell Bartholomew, b. Apr. 4, 1825; 2,
Lucien, b. July 24, 1827; 3, Silas, b. July 19, 1830; 4, Leonard, b. Mar. 27 ?
1833.
David 5 (Cornelius 4 , Benjamin 8 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m. Elizabeth Wood-
bury, Apr. 12, 1770. Ch. 1, David, b. Apr. 30, 1771; d. young; 2, Betty, b.
Apr. 14, 1773; m. Aaron Elliot; 3, Abner, b. May 14, 1775; d. June 25, 1859;
4, Cyrus, b. Aug. 21, 1777; 5, Jerusha, b. Dec. 13, 1779; m. Thomas Bigelow,
Aug. 28, 1803; 6, Cornelius, b. Jan. 28, 1782; 7, Sally, b. July 28, 1784; m.
Samuel Bigelow, Dec. 27, 1806; 8, Lucy, b. Sept. 8, 1787; m. June 1, 1805,
Simeon, son of Dea. Aaron Elliot; 9, Joseph, b. Feb. 23, 1790.
Abner 6 (David 5 , Cornelius 4 , Benjamin 8 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m. Amy, dau.
of Capt. Archelaus Putnam, Mar. 13, 1799. Ch. 1, Ruth, b. June 12, 1800;
2, Sally, b. Apr. 29, 1802; m. 1st, Darius Putnam; m. 2d, Tourtellott Inman;
3, Harvey, b. Nov. 29, 1804; 4, Anna, b. Nov. 3, 1806; m. Chas. H. Newton,
Oct. 23, 1831; 5, Archelaus, b. Dec. 3, 1808; 6, Willard, b. Feb. 7, 1811; 7,
Dexter, b. Nov. 14, 1813; m. Ruby T. Torrey, Mar. 16, 1840; 8, Louisa, b.
Oct. 14, 1816; 9, Lawson, b. Sept. 18, 1820.
Harvey 7 (Abner 6 , David 5 , Cornelius 4 , Benjamin 4 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m.
Rebekah Lee, Jan. 7, 1829. Ch. 1, Elias Merriam, b. Oct. 7, 1829; 2, Susan
Ann, b. Nov. 7, 1830; m. Salem J. Shaw, Feb. 18, 1851; 3, Ann Janette.
Archelaus 7 (Abner 6 , David 5 , Cornelius 4 , Benjamin 3 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m.
Laura Nichols. Ch. 1, Francis, b. Feb. 16, 1833; 2, Gilbert; 3, Willard; 4,
Addison; 5, Laura.
Lawson 7 (Abner 6 , David 5 , Cornelius 4 , Benjamin 3 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m. 1st,
Martha M. Inman, Mar. 1, 1847; shed. July 11, 1858; m. 2d, Sarah R. C.
Johnson, Feb. 29, 1860. Ch. 1, Milo Herbert, b. Dec. 19, 1849; d. May 30,
1853; 2, Wilmot S., b. Sept. 26, 1852; 3, Arthur L., b. Apr. 18, 1862; 4, Sarah
E., b. Aug. 7, 1864; 5, Effer R., b. Sept. 27, 1866; 6, Amasa S., b. Dec. 5,
1870.
Cyrus 6 (David 5 , Cornelius 4 , Benjamin 3 , Nathaniel-, John 1 ), m. Lucinda
Hathaway, May 17, 1800. Ch. 1, Salmon, b. Dec. 29, 1800; 2, David, b.
Feb. 6, 1803; 3, Prudence, b. Dec. 20, 1804; d. Dec. 28, 1804; 4, Lucinda, b.
Oct. 5, 1806; m. MerrittCook; d. Jan. 14, 1845; 5, Horace, b. Feb. 16, 1809;
6, Mary Reid, b. Oct. 2, 1811 ; d. Jan. 15, 1812; 7, Philander, 8, Leander,
twins, b. Mar. 10, 1815.
Salmon 7 (Cyrus 6 , David 5 , Cornelius 4 , Benjamin 3 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m.
Tryphena Bigelow, Feb. 24, 1824. Ch. 1, Henry; 2, Otis; 3, Samuel; 4,
Mary Lucinda; 5, Persis Jane.
David" (Cyrus 6 , David 5 , Cornelius 4 , Benjamin 3 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m. 1st,
Polly Titus, 1825; she d. May 20, 1829; m. 2d, Almy Hicks, Oct. 4, 1829; she
d. Mar. 31, 1842; m. 3d, Susan Williams, Nov. 20, 1842; slie d. Aug. 9, 1846;
m. 4th, Rebekah Church, Mar. 28, 1847. Ch. 1, Waterman, b. Oct. 1826; d.
Feb. 1828; 2, Mary, b. Dec. 13, 1828; 3, Serthana, b. June 21, 1832; d. July
19, 1842; 4, Philander, b. Dec. 30, 1833; 5, Cyrus, b. O*i. 5, 1844; 6, Albro,
b. July 28, 1846.
Horace 7 (Cyrus 6 , David 5 , Cornelius 4 , Benjamin 3 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m.
Clarinda Boyce. Ch. 1, Maria; 2, Jane; 3, Silas; 4, William; 5, Ann; 6,
Julia ;j7, Emma.
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Philander 7 (Cyrus 6 , David 5 , Cornelius 4 , Benjamin 3 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m.
Harriet Prentice, Oct. 1838. Ch. 1, Marcus, b. Nov. 10, 1839; 2, Wheelock,
b. Sept. 9, 1841; 3, Edward, b. July 14, 1843; 4, Emma Jane, b. June 28, 1847.
Leander 7 (Cyrus 6 , David 5 , Cornelius*, Benjamin 8 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m.
Eunice Lackey, June 1, 1837; she d. Mar. 30, 1852; m. 2d, Mrs. Martha A.
Bowen, Mar. 28, 1853. Ch. 1, Dorcas Anna Lackey, b. Dec. 29, 1838; m.
Reuben A. Usher ; 2, Emerlaide, b. Feb. 6, 1843 ; m. Franklin Howard ; 3,
Jerome, d. Mar. 26, 1852; 4, Franklin L., b. Mar. 28, 1853.
Cornelius 6 (David 5 , Cornelius 4 , Benjamin 8 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m. Abigail
Bigelow. Ch. 1, Polly, b. June 1, 1804; 2, Darius, b. Sept. 30, 1806; 3,
Lucy, b. Sept. 3, 1808; 4, Ulver Abigail, b. Jan. 18, 1811; m. Nathan Waters,
Dec. 2, 1832 ; 5, Harrison Bigelow, b. Apr. 18, 1813.
Joseph 6 (David 5 , Cornelius 4 , Benjamin 8 , Nathaniel 2 , John 1 ), m. Polly Put-
nam, Dec. 26, 1813; m. 2d, Fanny Whittemore of Leicester. Ch. 1, Maria
Louisa, b. Jan. 4, 1815; 2, Palmer, b. May 1, 1817; 3, Mary Elizabeth, b.
July 3, 1819; 4, Simeon, b. Nov. 17, 1821; 5, Alexander, b. June 29, 1824; 6,
George Whittemore, b. Aug. 11, 1827; 7, Charles Vernon, b. July 6, 1829; 8,
Porter Franklin, b. July 21, 1831.
John 2 (John 1 ), b. about 1630; was a military officer, representative of Salem
in 1680, 1686, 1690 and 1691; was admitted freeman in 1665; m. Rebekah
Prince, July 3, 165-. They had four sons and four daughters. The name of
but one is given : Ebenezer, b. 1665.
Ebenezer 3 (John 2 , John 1 ), m. Hannah Brown, 1695. They had three sons
and two daughters. Among his sons was Jeptha, b. Aug. 24, 1699.
Jeptha 4 (Ebenezer 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. 1st, Ruth Ray; m. 2d, Mrs. Ruth
Hay ward of Beverly, Jan. 8, 1746. Ch. 1, Benajah, b. Aug. 27, 1725 ; 2,
Samuel, b. May 19, 1727; 3, Hannah, b. Aug. 13, 1728; m. Benj. Woodbury,
May 28, 1746; 4, Ebenezer, b. Feb. 22, 1730; d. Mar. 5, 1730; 5, Fuller, b.
Jan. 13, 1731; 6, Ruth, b. Oct. 18, 1732; m. Stephen Holman, Nov. 5, 1751; 7,
John, b. July 27, 1738; 8, Mary, b. Oct. 23, 1741; 9, Benajah, b. Sept. 7, 1747;
10, Gideon.
Samuel 5 (Jeptha 4 , Ebenezer 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Kezia Hay ward, Sept 22,
1757. They had one son who enlisted in the army of the revolution and was
killed in battle.
Fuller 5 (Jeptha 4 , Ebenezer 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. 1st, Mary Cummings, Dec.
4, 1752; m. 2d, Eunice Hay ward, Nov. 23, 1756. Ch. 1, David, b. Jan. 26,
1753; 2, Eli, b. Sept. 27, 1754; 3, Ruth, b. Dec. 4, 1757; 4, John, b. July 8,
1760; 5, Jeptha, b. Sept. 24, 1762; 6, Sarah, b. July 20, 1765; m. Nathan Put-
nam, jr., Mar. 31, 1785; 7, Lucy, b. Feb. 16, 17^8; m. Tyler, son of Caleb
Marsh, Mar. 9, 1781; 8, Ruby, b. Sept. 20, 1770; 9, Prudy, b. July 20, 1774;
in. Caleb Sibley, Jan. 1, 1794.
David 6 (Fuller 5 , Jeptha 4 , Ebenezer 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Martha Waters, Jan.
15, 1781. There is no record of their children. 1, Rufus, m. Sally Sibley,
Dec. 15, 1805 ; 2, Patty, m. Capt. Peter Putnam ; 3, Eli, m. Elizabeth, dau.
of John Harback, &nd removed to Ludon, where he d. without issue.
John 6 (Fuller 5 , Jeptha 4 , Ebenezer 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. 1st, Huldah Waters,
Aug. 22, 1781; m. 2d, Anne Powers; m. 3d, Dorcas Collar. Ch. 1, John;
2, Sylvanus; 3, Harry; 4, Ruth, b. Mar. 26, 1820; 5, Esther, b. Oct. 28, 1822;
m. Freeman Sibley.
John 7 (John 6 , Fuller 5 , Jeptha 4 , Ebenezer 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Nancy, dau.
of Abner Cummings. Ch. 1, Dulcena, b. Dec. 12, 1813; d. July 20, 1816;
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2, Harriet, b. Mar. 20, 1815; d. July 20, 1816; 3, Jane, b. Nov. 1, 1816; m.
Waters Putnam; 4, John Perry, b. Mar. 27, 1818; 5, Ira, b. Nov. 15, 1819; d.
May 12, 1821; 6, Ephraim Laughton, b. Apr. 30, 1821; d. Dec. 3, 1822.
John Perry 8 (John 7 , John 6 , Fuller 6 , Jeptha 4 , Ebenezer 8 , John 2 , John 1 ), m.
Harriet M. Ward, June 26, 1850. Ch. 1, John Walter, b. Sept. 13, 1852; 2,
Emma Jane, b. Mar. 19, 1854.
John W. 9 (John P. 8 , John 7 , John 6 , Fuller 5 , Jeptha 4 , Ebenezer 8 , John 2 ,
John 1 ), m. Adora L. Putnam. Ch. 1, Lucy Harriet, b. Feb. 12, 1876.
Sylvanus 7 (John , Fuller 5 , Jeptha 4 , Ebenezer 8 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. 1st, Bet-
sey Elliot; m. 2d, Persia Hai back, July 31, 1839. Ch. 1, Ira Sylvanus, b.
Aug. 14, 1827; 2, Mary Elizabeth, b. June 8, 1829; d. July 26, 1844; 3, Julia
Ann, b. Jan. 12, 1833; m. Eev. Joseph Barber; 4, Sarah Maria, b. Mar. 24,
1835; m. Franklin Sibley.
John 5 (Jeptha 4 , Ebenezer 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Mary Cummings, Apr. 9,
1761. Ch. 1, Rebekah, b. Sept. 13, 1763; 2, Jacob, b. Nov. 20, 1764; 3,
John, b. Mar. 8, 1766; 4, Olive, b. Aug. 28, 1767; 5, Simeon, b. Aug. 10, 1769;
m. Martha Batcheller.
Benajah 5 (Jeptha 4 , Ebenezer 8 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Mrs. Sarah Fitts, Dec. 13,
1770. Ch. 1, Sarah, b. July 5, 1771; m. Peter Stockwell, Sept. 30, 1803; 2,
Phebe, b. Nov. 26, 1773; m. Samuel Dudley, Feb. 15, 1795; 3, Mehitable, b.
Apr. 25, 1775; m. Capt. Samuel Marble; 4, Anne, b. May 11, 1777; 5, Abijah,
b. July 30, 1779; 6, Eunice, b. June 17, 1782; 7, Molly, b. May 2, 1784; m.
Andrew Sibley; 8, James, b. Nov. 2, 1786; 9, Sylvester.
Abijah (Benajah 5 , Jeptha 4 , Ebenezer 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Betsey Burdon,
May 15, 1803. Ch. 1, Sally, b. June 22, 1803; 2, Melona, b. June 4, 1805;
m. Nicholas Woodward; 3, Vilota, b. June 26, 1807; 4, Luther, b. Feb. 16,
1809; 5, Jason, b. Feb. 14, 1811; 6, Lyman, b. Jan. 28, 1813; 7, James, b.
Feb. 7, 1816; 8, Emory, b. July 26, 1818; 9, Sylvester, b. Sept. 12, 1821; m.
Ann M. Lynch, Mar. 3, 1820; 10, Sally, b. Nov. 26, 1823; 11, Rufus, b. Nov.
19, 1827.
Lyman" (Abijah , Benajah 5 , Jeptha 4 , Ebenezer 8 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Eliza
J. Brigham. Ch. 1, Sarah J., b. Jan. 4, 1840; 2, Julia M., b. Dec. 31, 1846;
3, Laura A., b. Apr. 12, 1848; 4, Orason L., b. Dec. 17, 1850; d. Sept. 19,
1870; 5, Emma A., b. Nov. 27, 1859.
James", (Abijah 6 , Benajah 5 , Jeptha 4 , Ebenezer 8 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Phebe
P. Sloan, Nov. 9, 1836. Ch. 1, Jane Eleasleth, b. Nov. 11, 1837; 2, Henry
Clinton, b. July 6, 1839; 3, George Emory, b. Jan. 9, 1841; 4, Abbie Melissa,
b.' Dec. 3, 1844; m. Alfred A. Putnam, Dec. 3, 1867.
Henry Clinton 8 (James 7 , Abijah 6 , Benajah 5 , Jeptha 4 , Ebenezer 8 , John 2 ,
John 1 ), m. Harriet M. Fuller. Ch. 1, Flora L., b. July 20, 1860; 2, George
Henry, b. Feb. 11, 1865.
Emory 7 (Abijah 6 , Benajah 5 , Jeptha 4 , Ebenezer 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. 1st,
Martha E. Miller; m. 2d, Jane Miranda Miller. Ch. 1, Martha Jane, b.
June 13, 1852 ; m. Lewis Pratt.
Rufus 7 (Abijah 6 , Benajah 5 , Jeptha 4 , Ebenezer 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Hannah
J. Graves. Ch. 1, Ella Frances, b. May 22, 1871 ; 2, Walter Edwin.
Gideon 5 (Jeptha 4 , Ebenezer 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Abigail Holton, Nov. 28,
1775. Ch. 1, Gideon, b. June 7, 1776; 2, Nabby, b. Apr. 23, 1778; 3, Arte-
mas, b. May 31, 1780. He removed with hi* family to Calais, Vt.
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KAWSON.
Ebenezer Rawson 4 * (David 8 , William 2 , Edward 1 ), m. Sarah Chase, Mar. 9,
1758; d. June 12, 1813; she d. Nov. 4, 1814. Ch. 1, Prudence, b. Dec. 24,
1758; m. Stephen Marsh, Aug. 24, 1783; 2, Lydia, b. Apr. 18, 1760; m. Dan'l
Bullen, June 20, 1784; 3, Ebenezer, b. Dec. 22, 1761; 4, Sarah, b. Mar. 18,
1763; m. Samuel Robinson, Feb. 11, 1793; 5, Abner, b. Mar. 2, 1765; 6, John,
b. June 1, 1767; d. young; 7, Jerusha, b. Oct. 13, 1769; m. James Holmes,
Feb. 24, 1792; 8, Samuel, b. Sept. 4, 1771 ; m. Polly Freeland; 9, Elizabeth,
b. June 5, 1774; m. Jacob Dodge, Mar. 7, 1801; 10, Marmaduke, 11, Nizaula,
twins, b. Apr. 18, 1777; Nizaula m. Timothy Hutchinson, Mar. 24, 1797; 12,
Mary, b. July 5, 1780; m. Sullivan Bridgman, Feb. 26, 1805; m. 2d, Thomas
Brown; 13, Clarissa, b. Feb. 26, 1782; d. Sept. 3, 1810; 14, Abigail, b. May
11, 1786.
RICE.
The ancestor of the Rices in this country was Edmund,
born about 1594 ; came from Barkhampstead, England, and
settled in Sudbury in 1639, removed thence to Marlboro',
where he died May 3, 1663. He had eleven children,
among whom was Thomas, who married Mary , and
resided at Sudbury and Marlboro'. He had thirteen chil-
dren, among whom was Thomas, born June 30, 1654 ; mar-
ried Mary , and resided in Marlboro'.
Ch. 1, Thomas, b. 1683; m. Mary Oakes; 2, Charles, b. July 7, 1684; m.
Rachel Wheeler; 3, Eunice, b. May 3, 1686; 4, Jason, b. Feb. 23, 1688; 5,
Jedediah, b. June 10, 1690; m. Dorcas Wheeler; 6, Abial, 7, Anna, twins, b.
Dec. 11, 1692; Abial d. Dec. 27, 1692; Anna d. Dec. 25, 1692; 8, Ashur, b.
July 6, 1694; 9, Adonijah, b. Aug. 11, 1696; taken by the Indians, Aug. 8,
1704, carried to Canada and never returned; 10, Perez, b. July 23, 1698; 11,
Vashti, b. Mar. 7, 1700; m. Daniel Hardy, Dec. 22, 1727; 12, Beriah, b. Aug.
20, 1702; m. Mary Goodenow; 13, Noah.
Perez* (Thomas 8 , Thomas 2 , Edmund 1 ), m. Lydia ; resided at West-
boro', where they were admitted to the church, Sept. 5, 1725 ; he was dismissed
to the church in Button, May 19, 1734, and his wife Lydia, July 8, 1739.
They came to Sutton about 1732, were both admitted to the church in 1740.
Ch. 1, Phineas, b. Aug. 4, 1724; 2, Jedediah, b. May 29, 1726; d. Apr. 4,
1756; 3, Ephraim, b. Mar. 14, 1729; 4, Mehitabel, b. Apr. 3, 1731; 5, John,
b. June 26, 1734; 6, Benjamin, b. June 16, 1744; 7, Betsey, b. Aug. 17, 1747;
m. Bartholomew Towne, Jan. 22, 1767 ; 8, Stephen, b. June 20, 1749.
Phineas 5 (Perez 4 , Thomas 3 , Thomas 2 , Edmund 1 ), m. Hannah Cummings,
Mar. 23, 1744. Ch. 1, Nathaniel, b. Sept. 18, 1745; m. Elizabeth Lawrence;
2, Hannah, b. July 26, 1747; 3, Mary, b. Feb. 10, 1751; 4, Elizabeth, b. July
6, 1753; 5, Abigail, b. Apr. 17, 1755; 6, Ruth, b. Feb. 24, 1758; m. John Rice;
7, Noah, b. Mar. 5, 1760; 8, Lydia, b. May 29, 1763.
Stephen 5 (Perez 4 , Thomas 8 , Thomas 2 , Edmund 1 ), m. 1st, Ruth Stone, May
12, 1768; m. 2d, Mary Batcheller, Sept. 18, 1771. Ch. 1, Daniel, b. July 3,
*. See history of the home he occupied in district number twelve.
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1769; d. young; 2, Stephen, b. Sept. 27, 1772; 3, Euth, b. May 10, 1774; 4,
Ruth, b. Feb. 7, 1780; 5, Mary, b. Nov. 18, 1782; 6, Susanna, b. May 21, 1789;
7, Lucinda, b. Nov. 4, 1797 ; 8, Daniel, b. July 17, 1799.
Noah* (Thomas 3 , Thomas 2 , Edmund 1 ), m. Hannah, dau. of Joshua and
Rebekah (Church) Warren. Ch. 1, Lydia; m. Timothy Bacon, Aug. 6,
1752; 2, Thomas, b. Nov. 27, 1734; m. Rebekah Kingsbury, Jan. 16, 1767; 3,
Noah, b. Oct. 17, 1738; d. Aug. 10, 1739; 4, Fortunatus, b. Sept. 1740; d.
1740; 5, Asahel, b. Feb. 13, 1742.
Asahel 5 (Noah 4 , Thomas 3 , Thomas 2 , Edmund 1 ), m. Mary, dau. of Joseph
and Elizabeth (Legg) Brownell ; she d. June 7, 1821. Ch. 1, Lydia, b. Apr.
29, 1762; m. Hon. Jonas Sibley, Aug. 18, 1785; 2, Dolly, b. July 10, 1763; m.
David Morse, Aug. 6, 1789; 3, George Keith, b. Feb. 2, 1765; d. 1851; 4,
Hannah, b. Nov. 10, 1766; m. Gibbs Sibley, July 1, 1788; d. July 11, 1856;
5, Mary, b. Aug. 2, 1768; d. 1790; 6, Noah, b. Feb. 24, 1770; m. Howell;
7, Elizabeth, b. Feb. 28, 1773 ; 8, Jemima, b. Oct. 17, 1775 ; m. Gardner Wright ;
9, Joseph Warren, b. Mar. 10, 1778; m. Ruth Sibley; 10, Nancy, b. Oct. 25,
1781; m. Simon Sibley; 11, Charles, b. July 10, 1783; m. Annis Dunham.
George Keith 6 (Asahel 5 , Noah 4 , Thomas 3 , Thomas 2 , Edmund 1 ), m. Fannie,
dau. of Jonathan Harback, Nov. 8, 1790. Ch. 1, George, b. June 28, 1791 ;
m. Sally Bacon, Mar. 17, 1813; 2, Fannie; m. Elijah Spurr; 3, Thomas A.;
m. Marietta Stone, Apr. 28, 1829; 4, William; 5, Polly.
Daniel 5 (Joseph 4 , Phineas 3 , Joseph 2 , Edmund 1 ), m. Anna Holbrook, Aug.
24, 1784; d. 1830. Ch. 1, Sally, b. Feb. 27, 1786; 2, Joseph, b. Jan. 19,
1788; 3, Asenath, b. Oct. 31, 1789; 4, Jonathan, b. Feb. 10, 1792; 5, Oliver,
b. Sept. 29, 1793.
Alexander 6 (Elijah 3 , Elijah 4 , Elisha 3 , Thomas 2 , Edmund 1 ), m. 1st, Sarah
Drury, 1811; she d. Apr. 2, 1814; in. 2d, Lottie Morse. Ch. 1, Martin
Alexander, b. June 7, 1815; 2, Sally Drury, b. Jan. 5, 1817; 3, Elizabeth
Morse, b. Aug. 3, 1819; 4, Charlotte Relief Williams, b. Nov. 13, 1821; 5,
Angelina, b. Feb. 26, 1823; 6, George Washington, b. Aug. 6, 1828; 7, Lucy
Wheeler, b. Nov. 30, 1829; 8, Franklin, b. Oct. 6, 1834; 9, Ann, b. Nov. 5,
1837.
Noah Rice (ancestry unknown), m. Hannah Marble. Ch. 1, Hosea, b.
Jan. 24, 1803; 2, Willard, b. Nov. 23, 1805; 3, Hannah, b. Aug. 5, 1813.
Hosea 2 (Noah 1 ), m. Sophronia Barton. Ch. 1, Alden, b. Oct. 9, 1827; 2,
Jane E., b. June 25, 1830; m. James W. Barnes, Sept. 18, 1849; 3, Henry F.,
b. Jan. 29, 1844; m. Abby A. King, May 2, 1876.
Willard 2 (Noah 1 ), m. Almy F. Watson, Jan. 31, 1833. Ch. 1, George
Willard, b. Jan. 22, 1836 ; 2, Alvear Jackson, 3, Almy Amanda, twins, b.
June 30, 1841.
George W. 3 (Willard 2 , Noah 1 ), m. Ellen E. Penniman, June 17, 1862.
Ch. 1, Arthur, b. Oct. 20, 1865.
RICH.
We find the names of Samuel, Elisha and Israel Rich, all
of whom came to Button about the same time, but their
relationship is unknown. There is no record of the mar-
riage of Samuel or Israel, and they probably brought their
wives with them.
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Samuel m. Elizabeth ; she d. Mar. 20, 1805. Ch. 1, Samuel, b. July
30, 1735; 2, Benjamin, b. July 20, 1737; m. Rebekah Dagget, July 15, 1762;
3, Hannah, b. Apr. 16, 1738 ; 4, Elizabeth, b. July 29, 1741 ; 5, Sarah, b. Apr.
3, 1743; 6, David, b. Mar. 4, 1744; 7, Jonathan, b. July 20, 1747; 8, Reuben,
b. May 10, 1752; 9, Amos, b. Sept. 4, 1757.
Samuel 2 (Samuel 1 ), m. Ruth Putnam, Mar. 18, 1761; she d. Dec. 28, 1811.
Ch. 1, Stephen, b. Jan. 3, 1762; 2, Elijah, b. Apr. 4, 1764; 3, Ruth, b. July
31, 1766; 4, Samuel, b. Feb. 26, 1769; 5, Elizabeth, b. Jan. 23, 1772.
Stephen 3 (Samuel 2 , Samuel 1 ), m. Rebekah Carriel, Nov. 18, 1784. Ch. 1,
George, b. Dec. 1, 1785; 2, Plrebe, b. June 5, 1790.
Jonathan 2 (Samuel 1 ), m. Mehetable Dagget, July 7, 1774. Ch. 1, Reuben,
b. Apr. 26, 1775; 2, Arthur, b. Oct. 13, 1777; m. Ruby Titus, Mar. 25, 1801;
3, Simeon, b. Mar. 6, 1780; 4, Jonathan, b. Nov. 19, 1782; 5, Paul, b. Aug.
16, 1785; 6, Barnabas, b. Oct. 13, 1787.
Elisha Rich m. Mary Davis, Dec. 21, 1737. Ch. 1, Thomas, b. Oct. 29,
1738; 2, Elisha, b. Apr. 7, 1740; 3, Nathaniel, b. Mar. 20, 1742; 4, Charles, b.
Apr. 21, 1744; 5, Mary, b. May 11, 1746; 6, Jacob, b. July 15, 1747; 7, Eliza-
beth, b. Oct. 8, 1748; 8, Caleb, b. Aug. 1, 1750; 9, Ebenezer, b. Nov. 18, 1751 ;
d. Jan. 24, 1811; 10, Hannah, b. Sept. 1, 1753; 11, Sarah, b. July 31, 1755;
12, Judith, b. Nov. 8, 1757; 13, Joseph, b. Mar. 1, 1759.
Ebenezer 2 (Elisha 1 ), m. 1st, Mehetabel ; m. 2d, Isabel Holton, July 24,
1785. Ch. 1, Molly, b. Feb. 28, 1777; 2, Mehetabel, b. Dec. 6, 1778; 3, Lucy,
b. Jan. 1, 1781 ; 4, Elizabeth, b. Feb. 21, 1783 ; 5, Ebenezer, b. June 17, 1786 ;
6, Jacob, b. Sept. 11, 1787; 7, Elisha, b. Dec. 22, 1788.
Israel Rich m. Sarah . Ch. 1, Lucy, b. Apr. 7, 1745; 2, Sarah, b. Oct.
3, 1746; 3, Israel, b. Aug. 20, 1748.
John Rich (ancestry unknown), m, Rhoda Hunt, Apr. 28, 1801. Ch. 1,
John, b. Apr. 6, 1803; 2, George, b. July 10, 1805; 3, Phebe, b. Aug. 13, 1808 ;
4, Lucy, b. Sept. 3, 1811.
John 2 (John 1 ), m. Rachel Putnam, May 24, 1825. Ch. 1, Mary, b. Aug.
12, 1825; 2, Ruth, b. Jan. 30, 1828.
George 2 (John 1 ), in. Sarah Stockwell, Jan. 18, 1838. Ch. 1, Rhoda Ann,
b. Sept. 18, 1838; d. June 2, 1845; 2, Sarah Jane, b. Sept. 2, 1839; 3, Maria
Azubah, b. July 11, 1841; d. May 30, 1845; 4, John Stockwell, b. May 17,
1844; 5, Martha Ann, b. Jan. 14, 1847; 6, George W., b. Sept 3, 1848.
SEVERY.
Joseph Severy, the ancestor of the Severys in Sutton,
was born in Ipswich, from which place he went to Rehoboth,
where he married Sarah Stockwell, a sister of the Stock-
wells, who were among the first settlers of the town. He
probably came to Sutton about 1728.
Ch. 1, Joseph, b. June 26, 1714; 2, Sarah, b. Dec. 7, 1715; m. Jas. How,
Mar. 5, 1741; 3, John, b. May 4, 1720; d. May 11, 1729; 4, Mary, b. Jan. 20,
1725; d. May 9, 1729; 5, John, b. Feb. 25, 1730; 6, Benjamin, b. June 21,
1731; m. Elizabeth Harwood, Apr. 6, 1756; 7, Jacob, b. May 19, 1735; 8,
Thomas, b. July 13, 1737.
Joseph 2 (Joseph 1 ), m. Susanna Stockwell; she d. Jan. 14, 1762. Ch. 1,
Mary, b. Dec. 5, 1735; d. Apr. 15, 1758; 2, Susanna, b. Aug. 22, 1737; 3, Han-
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nah, b. Apr. 23, 1740: d. May 11, 1740; 4, Hannah, b. Feb. 3, 1741; 5, Joseph,
b. Jan. 13, 1744; 6, Eunice, b. Oct. 23, 1747; m. Samuel Merriman, June 11,
1772; 7, David, b. Mar. 11, 1750; 8, Jonathan, b. Feb. 16, 1754.
Joseph 3 (Joseph 2 , Joseph 1 ), m. Rebekah . Ch. 1, Rebekah, b. May
28, 1765; 2, Joseph, b. Mar. 11, 1767.
John 2 (Joseph 1 ), m. Hannah Holman, Mar. 8, 1750. Ch. 1, Sarah, b.
Jan. 25, 1751; 2, John, b. Aug. 25, 1752; 3, Hannah, b. May 13, 1753; 4,
Hannah, b. May 13, 1754; 5, Rebekah, b. Nov. 25, 1755; 6, Edward, b. Feb.
25, 1757; accidentally shot himself June 4, 1779; 7, Thomas, b. Nov. 4, 1759;
m. Lucretia Kendall, May 26, 1780; 8, Solomon, b. Aug. 8, 1761; 9, Lucy, b.
Oct. 2, 1765; 10, Judith, b. Aug. 13, 1768; 11, Joshua, b. May 8, 1771.
John 8 (John 2 , Joseph 1 ), m. Phoebe . Ch. 1, Edward, b. Aug. 26,
1780.
Jacob 2 (Joseph 1 ), m. Abigail Rhodes. Ch. 1, Mary, b. Feb. 6, 1757; 2,
Jacob, b. Nov. 17, 1758; d. in the rev. war, aged 21; 3, Ruth, b." Aug. 19,
1760; 4, Sarah, b. June 28, 1762; 5, Joseph Rhodes, b. Mar. 25, 1764; 6,
Moody, b. Oct. 22, 1765; 7, Thomas, b. July 21, 1767; 8, Asa, b. Apr. 23,
1769; 9, Aaron, b. Aug. 8, 1771 ; 10, Archibald, b. Jan. 22, 1773; m. Olive
Holman, Feb. 17, 1805; 11, Samuel, b. Mar. 17, 1775; 12, Lydia, b. July 9,
1777.
Joseph Rhodes 3 (Jacob 2 , Joseph 1 ), m. Eunice Fitts of Oxford, Dec. 24, 1789.
Ch. 1, Benjamin, b. Jan. 28, 1791; 2, Amos, b. Sept. 2, 1792; 3, Judah, b.
Jan. 16, 1794; 4, Clarissa, b. Nov. 17, 1795; 5, Lydia, b. May 20, 1797; 6,
Cynthia, b. July 8, 1799; 7, Libra, b. Feb. 17, 1803; 8, Diantha, b. May 12,
1805; d. Dec. 3, 1806.
Moody 3 (Jacob 2 , Joseph 1 ), m. Judith Holman of Petersham. Ch. 1. Wil-
lard, b. Feb. 16, 1798; 2, Moody, b. Jan. 18, 1800; d. Sept 12, 1803; 3, Sally,
b. Nov. 22, 1801; m. Day; 4, Moody Holman, b. July 14, 1803; m. Char-
lotte Forbush; 5, Solomon, b. Feb. 12, 1805.
Willard 4 (Moody 3 , Jacob 2 , Joseph 1 ), m. Rhoda . Ch. 1, Harriet Maria,
b. June 8, 1825.
Solomon 4 (Moody 3 , Jacob 2 , Joseph 1 ), m. Mary B. Knapp, Sept. 28, 1830.
Ch. 1, Francis Solomon, b. Jan. 3, 1846; d. Aug. 14, 1846.
SlBLEY.
The first Sibleys in this country came over from England
in the Fleet, in A. D. 1629 only nme years after the settle-
ment of old Plymouth and settled in the town of Salem.
They were supposed to be brothers, and their names were John
and Richard. They both had wives. They united with the
church at Charlestown, Dec. 21, 1634, and John Sibley took
the freeman's oath sixth of May, 1635. He was a selectman of
the town of Salem and went to the general court at Boston.
He died in 1661, leaving nine children, five daughters and
four sons. His sons' names are : 1, John, born March 4,
1648 ; was a captain, selectman, etc. ; 2, William, born July
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8, 1653 ; was a yeoman, butcher, etc. ; 3, Joseph, born
1655 ; was a fisherman ; 4, Samuel, born February 12, 1657 ;
his wife's name was Mary, of Salem.
Joseph Sibley, the son of John, who was born in 1655,
on his return from a fishing voyage was impressed on board
a British frigate, put to hard service for seven weeks, then
released and sent home. This Joseph Sibley was the father
of the Sutton Sibley s. His wife's name was Susanna ; they
had seven children, one daughter and six sons, viz :
1, Joseph, b. Nov. 9, 1684; 2, John, b. Sept. 18, 1687; 3, Jonathan, b. May
1, 1690; 4, Samuel, b. 1697; 5, William, b. Sept. 7, 1700; 6, Benjamin, b.
Sept. 19, 1703 ; 7, Hannah, m. Ebenezer Dagget, Aug. 10, 1722.
It appears that all these brothers settled in this town.
Three of these, Joseph, John and Jonathan, were among the
thirty families who were entered as settlers in the four thou-
sand acres. Samuel's name appears soon after as occupying
a place with Joseph. In the seating of the meeting-house
in 1731, the names of William and Benjamin Sibley are
found as assigned to the fifth seat on the lower floor.
Joseph 3 (Joseph 2 , John 1 ), b. Nov. 9, 1684. Ch. 1, Joseph, b. 1709; 2,
John, b. Aug. 2, 1711; 3, James, b. 1714; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Philip Chase,
Mar. 14, 1739; 4, Jonathan, b. Sept. 11, 1718.
Joseph 4 (Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Mary . Ch. 1, Naomi, b. Aug.
16, 1732; 2, Hezekiah, b. May 24, 1734; became deranged; 3, Naomi, b. Apr. 5,
1736; 4, Joseph, b. Aug. 30, 1739; 5, Mary, b. Nov. 13, 1741; m. Jonathan
Stockwell 3 , Dec. 5, 1758; 6, Abel, b. July 12, 1745.
Joseph 5 (Joseph*, Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Abigail Gibbs, Apr. 16,
1761. Ch. 1, Naomi, b. Nov. 18, 1761; 2, Joseph, b. Nov. 25, 1762; went
south; 3, Gibbs, b. Feb. 18, 1765 ; 4, Abigail, b. Dec. 3, 1766; m. Joshua
Marsh, Jan. 11, 1787; 5, Charles, b. Dec. 5, 1768; d. young; 6, Barnabas, b.
Aug. 1, 1771; 7, Thaddeus, b. Aug. 3, 1773; went to Maine; 8, Mary, b. Dec.
13, 1775; 9, Betty, b. Sept. 28, 1777; 10, Sally, b. Sept. 15, 1779; 11, George
B. Kodney, b. July 14, 1781; m. Kebekah Smith, Nov. 10, 1807; went to
Georgia.
Gibbs 6 (Joseph 5 , Joseph 4 , Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Hannah Kice, July
1, 1788. Ch. 1, Ira Allen, b. Sept. 12, 1788; 2, Martha, b. Mar. 1, 1791; 3,
Lemuel G., b. Oct. 12, 1792; 4, Elbridge Gerry, b. Nov. 13, 1794; 5, Sophia,
b. Oct. 23, 1796; 6, Horace, b. Apr. 2, 1799; 7, John Gibbs, b. Aug. 3, 1801 ;
8, Hannah, b. Dec. 9, 1804; 9, Jane Walter, b. Mar. 9, 1810.
Gibbs Sibley was a clock-maker, and went with his family to New York.
Barnabas 6 (Joseph 5 , Joseph 4 , Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Rebekah Keith.
Ch. Rebekah K., b. July 17, 1796.
Abel 6 (Joseph 4 , Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Abigail Nichols, May 12,
1766. Co. 1, Margory, b. Apr. 25, 1768; 2, Abel, b. Mar. 22, 1770; 3,
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Levins, b. Mar. 9, 1772; d. May 11, 1852; 4, Joseph, b. June 10, 1774;
deranged and drowned in Manchaug Pond; 5, Abigail, b. Aug. 5, 1776; 6,
Isaac, b. Sept. 17, 1778; 7, Prudence, b. June 27, 1780; 8, Mary, b. Aug. 8,
1782; 9, Ammi, b. Oct. 14, 1784.
Levins 6 (Abel 5 , Joseph 4 , Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Betsey . Ch.
1, Levins, 2, Eliza, twins, b. Nov. 17, 1804.
Levins 7 (Levins 6 , Abel 5 , Joseph 4 , Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Harriet .
Ch. 1, Van, b. Sept. 14, 1829; d. May 10, 1849; 2, Harriet Percillia, b. Aug.
13, 1831 ; 3, Warren Levins, b. Mar. 9, 1834.
Isaac 6 (Abel 5 , Joseph 4 , Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Mary . Ch. 1,
Darius Boyden, b. May 7, 1801 ; 2, Isaac Town, b. Feb. 3, 1808 ; 3, Liberty, b.
Apr. 1, 1810; 4, Rachel Studley, b. Apr. 11, 1814; 5, Watson Willard, b. Oct.
13, 1816.
John 4 (Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Hannah Marsh, b. Dec. 29, 1713.
Ch. 1, Hannah, b. June 13, 1732; m. Stephen South worth, Sept. 27, 1753;
m. 2d, a Mr. Whiting from Douglas; 2, Ruth, b. June 4, 1734; m. Peter
Woodbury; d. 1755; 3, Dorcas, b. July 7, 1736; m. Isaac Nichols, Apr. 1758;
4, Lydia, b. May 30, 1738; d. July 11, 1738; 5, John, b. July 12, 1739; d.
Sept. 12, 1739; 6, John, b. Nov. 5, 1740; 7, Abner, b. Mar. 5. 1743; d. Apr. 7,
1743; 8, Abner, b. Apr. 9, 1744; 9, Elisha, b. Feb. 24, 1746; m. Lydia Car-
riel, July 14, 1763; went west; 10, David, 11, Stephen, twins, b. Aug. 14, 1750;
12, Peter, b. May 13, 1751.
John 5 (John 4 , Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Elizabeth Sibley, dau. of
James, Apr. 16, 1761. He was captain of the artillery company from Sutton
in the revolutionary war. Ch. 1, John; 2, Arthur; 3, Oliver; 4, Andrew.
Abner 5 (John 4 , Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Betty Lillie, May 28, 1766;
m. 2d, Mary Studley, Dec. 8, 1779. Ch. 1, Betty, b. Mar. 20, 1767; 2,
Abner, b. Apr. 14, 1769; 3, Simeon, b. Mar. 30, 1771; 4, Abner, b. May 31,
1773; 5, Polly, b. July 3, 1775; 6, Clark, b. Aug. 15, 1777; went to New
Haven, d. 1808; 7, Levina, b. Apr. 21, 1780; 8, Benoni, b. Apr. 16, 1782; 9,
Elihu, b. Sept. 30, 1784; 10, Olive, b. Apr. 29, 1787; m. Moses Waters, Dec.
29, 1802; d. Apr. 22, 1814; 11, Royal, b. July 31, 1793.
Simeon 6 (Abner 5 , John 4 , Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Lucinda Claflin,
Dec. 26, 1797. Ch. 1, Darius, b. Nov. 22, 1798; 2, Clark, b. Oct. 30, 1800;
3, Betty, b. July 27, 1803; 4, Maria, b. Nov. 7, 1810; 5, Otis L., b. July 16, 1814;
6, Margaret, b. Apr. 4, 1817; 7, John Stanley, b. Sept. 8, 1823.
Abner 6 (Abner 5 , John 4 , Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Fanny Barfiett, Oct.
17, 1801. Ch. 1, Lawson, b. Sept. 10, 1802; 2, Royal, b. Jan. 4, 1804; 3,
Alden; 4, Rodney. Abner Sibley, jr., moved with his family to Boston, prob-
ably before the birth of Alden.
Benoni 6 (Abner 5 , John 4 , Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Sally Marsh, Aug.
1, 1806. Ch. 1, Chandler G., b. May 25, 1810; 2, Benjamin B. b. Sept. 19,
1812.
Elihu 6 (Abuer 5 , John 4 , Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Betsey McKnight,
Dec. 11, 1809. Ch. 1, Alvan McKnight, b. Jan. 16, 1812; 2, Harriet, b. Dec.
8, 1816; 3, Augustus, b. May 27, 1822.
David 5 (John 4 , Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Phoebe Lilley, Jan. 25, 1770.
Ch. 1, David, b. Nov. 21, 1773; 2, Phoebe, b. Aug. 5, 1776; m. John Towne,
jr., Jan. 18, 1793; 3, Clark, b. May 24, 1780.
Stephen 5 (John 4 , Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Eleanor Lilley, Dec. 29, 1768.
Peter 5 (John 4 , Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. . Ch. 1, Peter, 2, Henry,
twins.
720 FAMILIES OF THE
James 4 (Joseph 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Elizabeth Chase, Mar. 14, 1739. Ch.
1, Moses, b. 1742; 2, Aaron, b. 1744; moved to Auburn; 3, James, b. 1748;
was in rev. war; 4, Archelaus, b. 1762 ; m. Hannah Dudley, Oct. 11, 1789;
moved to Thompson, Ct.
Moses 5 (James*, Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Elizabeth Rich, Apr. 19, 1770.
Ch. 1, Moses; 2, Charles; d. young; 3, Elisha, deranged.
Moses 6 (Moses 5 , James 4 , Joseph 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Sally Putnam, Dec.
16, 1801. Ch. 1, Moses.
Moses 7 (Moses 6 , Moses 5 , James 4 , Joseph 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ). Ch. 1, War-
ren; 2, Elliot
Jonathan 4 (Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Hannah Burnap, Dec. 3, 1739.
Ch. 1, Jonathan, b. Feb. 10, 1741; 2, Reuben, b. Feb. 20, 1743; d. Nov. 17,
1810; 3, Huldah, b. Sept. 13, 1745; 4, Paul, b. Apr. 26, 1748 ;3 5, Gideon, b.
Nov. 20, 1750; 6, Tarrant, b. Sept. 1, 1754.
Jonathan 5 (Jonathan 4 , Joseph 8 , Joseph 2 , 'John 1 ), m. Eunice Perkins, Apr.
26, 1762. Ch. 1, Hannah, b. Jan. 28, 1763.
Reuben 5 (Jonathan 4 , Joseph 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Ruth Sibley, Jan. 30,
1765; she d. Nov. 30, 1814. Ch. 1, Reuben, b. Oct. 25, 1765; 2, Phoebe, b.
Nov. 5, 1767; 3, Solomon, b. Oct. 7, 1769; 4, Jonathan, b. Feb. 4, 1772; m.
Tirza Lamson, Apr. 8, 1798; 5, Martha, b. Feb. 24, 1774; 6, Nathaniel, b.
Apr. 20, 1776; d. Mar. 31, 1859; 7, Hannah, b. Mar. 27, 1778; m. Amasa
Roberts, May 3, 1798; 8, Ruth, b. Mar. 13, 1780; m. William Warren Rice,
July 15, 1803; 9, Huldah, b. Aug. 6, 1782; m. Moses L. Morse, Dec. 10, 1804.
Reuben 6 (Reuben 5 , Jonathan 4 , Joseph 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Elizabeth
Marble, Nov. 16, 1784; she d. Dec. 22, 1804. Ch. 1, Jonathan, b. Feb. 5,
1785; 2, Ezra, b. Sept. 21, 1787; 3, Phoebe, b. July 2, 1789; 4, Betsey, b. Oct.
22, 1791; 5, Simeon, b. Jan. 29, 1794; 6, Abigail, b. Nov.'29, 1804.
Solomon 6 (Reuben 5 , Jonathan 4 , Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Oct. 1804,
Sarah Whipple Sproat, dau. of Col. Ebenezer Sproat of the continental army.
He received a collegiate education and went to Detroit, Mich. See biographi-
cal sketch in this book. Ch. 1, Ebenezer Sproat; educated at West Point,
an officer in the army; 2, Alexander: 3, Henry; 4, Frederick.
Nathaniel 6 (Reuben 5 , Jonathan 4 , Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Lavina, dau.
of Nehemiah Chase, Aug. 15, 1801 ; she d. Dec. 1, 1818 ; m. 2d, Miranda,
dau. of Moses Chase, June 20, 1820. Ch. 1, Sylvester, b. Oct. 22, 1801 ; d.
Aug. 20, 1865; 2, Sally, b. May 27, 1804; m. Joseph L. Freeman; 3, Caleb, b.
Apr. 20, 1806; m. Nancy Davenport ; 4, Nehemiah Chase, b. Sept. 20, 1811;
d. Oct. 4, 1844; 5, Reuben, b. Aug. 17, 1813 ;*m. Adelia Russell; killed on R.R.
at Oxford, Feb. 26, 1846; 6, Vashti Maria, b. July 18, 1815; m. Daniel G.
Fenton.
Paul 5 (Jonathan 4 , Joseph 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Sarah Putnam, Dec. 2,
1766. Ch. 1, James, b. Mar. 10, 1767; 2, Paul, b. Aug. 14, 1769; m. Nancy
Marsh, Jan. 31, 1792; 3, Caleb, b. Aug. 16, 1771; 4, Sarah, b. Jan. 13, 1774;
5, Jonathan, b. Apr. 17, 1776; 6, Molly, b. Sept. 17, 1778; 7, Betty, b. Jan.
1, 1781; 8, Ruth, b. Feb. 19, 1783; 9, Rufus, b. Mar. 2, 1785; 10, Simeon, b.
Apr. 12, 1787. This family moved to Spencer.
Gideon 5 (Jonathan 4 , Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Tamar Fitts, Apr. 28,
1772. Ch. 1, Gideon, b. May 3, 1773; 2, Pearley, b. July 17, 1774; m. Polly
Harwood, Dec. 17, 1798; 3, Tamar, b. Apr. 9, 1776; m. Capt. Reuben
Waters, June 28, 1795; 4, Simeon, b. Jan. 12, 1778; 5, Peter, b. Feb. 29, 1780;
6, Lucy, b. May 5, 1782; 7, Amos, b. Oct. 19, 1783.
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Simon 9 (Gideon 5 , Jonathan*, Joseph 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Nancy Rice,
Feb. 6, 1806; she d. Feb. 23, 1847. Ch. 1, Sophronia, b. Jan. 18, 1810; m.
Anthony Mason; 2, Simon H., b. in Oxford, Dec. 22, 1816; 3, Nancy
Augusta, b. Apr. 3, 1820; 4, George Leonard, b. Mar. 25, 1823; m. Apr. 29,
1847, Fannie D. Northway; resides in Illinois.
Simon H. 7 (Simon 6 , Gideon 5 , Jonathan 4 , Joseph 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m.
Mary P. Eaton of Groton, Jan. 2, 1845; m. 2d, Ann M. Eaton, Oct. 14, 1847.
Ch. 1, Mary E., b. Jan. 16, 1846; moved to Warren.
Tarrant 6 (Jonathan 4 , Joseph 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Hannah Putnam, Apr.
22, 1779. Ch. 1, Stephen, b. Apr. 9, 1780; 2, Tarrant, b. Oct. 22, 1781;
3, Hannah, b. May 22, 1784; 4, Francis, b. Jan. 1, 1786; m. Sally Davis of
Oxford, Aug. 9, 1812; 5, Lot, b. Dec. 15, 1788; 6, Nathaniel, b. Dec. 29, 1791;
d. Mar. 24, 1852; 7, Tyler, b. Feb. 18, 1793; d. Feb. 17, 1859; 8, Israel, b.
Feb. 11, 1795; 9, Debby, b. Aug. 5, 1797; 10, Nahum, b. Jan. 5, 1800; 11, Polly,
b. May 4, 1802; 12, Sumner, b. Dec. 12, 1806.
Tarrant (Tarrant 5 , Jonathan 4 , Joseph 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Betsey Axtell,
Aug. 10, 1806. Ch. 1, Huldah, b. Dec. 28, 1806.
Lot 6 (Tarrant 6 , Jonathan 4 , Joseph 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Mary Morse, Dec.
23, 1810; he d. June 30, 1871; shed. Mar. 21, 1874. Ch. 1, Sumner, b.
Sept. 9, 1811; d. Sept. 17, 1811; 2, Lucy, b. July 27, 1812; d. July 28, 1812;
3, Simeon M., b. July 21, 1814; 4, Mary, b. Sept. 23, 1816; d. Apr. 22, 1828;
5, Tarrant, b. Oct. 24, 1818; 6, Pardon H., b. Oct. 28, 1821; m. Mary J.
Hawks, Oct. 1845; 7, Hannah, b. Nov. 23, 1828.
Simeon 7 (Lot 6 , Tarrant 6 , Jonathan 4 , Joseph 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Mar. 16,
1837, Diantha Williams; shed. Jan. 29, 1852; m. 2d, Nov. 23, 1857, Maria
Louisa Varian. Ch. 1, Mary L., b. May 29, 1838; m. Aug. 29, 1866, Albert
W. Harwood; 2, Persis H., b. June 23, 1841; m. Mar. 14, 1870, John C. Cole-
man; 3, Simeon Waldo, b. July 26, 1843; 4, Frances D., b. Sept. 4, 1845; m.
June 19, 1873, Edward Williams; 5, Harriet J., b. Feb. 23, 1851.
Tarrant 7 (Lot 6 , Tarrant 6 , Jonathan 4 , Joseph 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Maria
N. Putnam, May 25, 1848. Ch. 1, Maria N., b. Mar. 15, 1849; d. Apr. 1,
1858; 2, Tarrant Putnam, b. Mar. 3, 1851; 3, Edward Livingston, b. May 24,
1855; 4, Harriet Eva, b. Feb. 13, 1857; 5, Clarence Clifford, b. Aug. 9, 1864.
Tarrant Sibley graduated at Union College, Schenectady, 1843 ; is a lawyer,
judge, and U. S. Commissioner for Vermont.
Edward Livingston Sibley graduated at Williams College; is studying law.
Clarence Clifford is fitting for college.
Tyler 6 (Tarrant 5 , Jonathan 4 , Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Mary Darling,
Sept. 16, 1819. Ch. 1, Palmer, b. June 4, 1820; 2, Persis, b. Jan. 3, 1822;
3, Ira Tyler, b. Jan. 18, 1825; 4, Mary Hannah, b. Dec. 3, 1834.
Nahum 6 (Tarrant 6 , Jonathan 4 , Joseph 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Susan .
Ch. 1, George Sigourney, b. Feb. 22, 182-.
John 8 (Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Zeruiah Gould. Ch. 1, John, b. Nov. 13, 1714;
2, Ebenezer, b. Feb. 28, 1717; 3, Stephen, b. Oct. 1, 1720; 4, Bethiah, b. Oct.
2, 1724; m. Samuel Trask, Nov. 3, 1743; 5, Timothy, b. Nov. 2, 1727; d. Dec.
6, 1818.
John 4 (John 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Abigail Towne of Topsfield, Aug. 28,
1740. Ch. 1, Stephen, b. July 12, 1741.
Ebenezer 4 (John 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Abigail Cummings, Aug. 25, 1740.
Ch. 1, Ebenezer, b. Oct. 9, 1745; 2, Abigail, b. June 22, 1747; 3, Mary, b.
Aug. 30, 1749.
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722 FAMILIES OF THE
Ebenezer 5 (Ebenezer 4 , John 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Mary Chase, Oct. 24,
1771. Ch. 1, Sarah, b. Dec. 19, 1772; 2, Lucy, b. Mar. 2, 1775; m. Forbes
Bond, Mar. 3, 1796; 3, Eunice, b. Mar. 1, 1777; 4, Elias, b. Aug. 8, 1779; m.
Ruth H. Chase, Jan. 31, 1804; 5, Ebenezer, b. Jan. 18, 1782; 6, Zadock, b.
Oct. 12, 1785; 7, Mary, b. Feb. 1, 1789.
Ebenezer 6 (Ebenezer 6 , Ebenezer 4 , John 3 , Joseph' 2 , John 1 ), m. Polly B. Whip-
pie, Dec. 7, 1809. Ch. 1, Lorinda, b. July 6, 1810.
Timothy 4 (John 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Anne Waite, Oct. 16, 1753; m. 2d,
Mrs. Hannah Amidon of Mendon; she d. June 5, 1822. Ch. 1, Timothy, b.
June 19, 1754; 2, Joshua, b. Nov. 16, 1755; d. Sept. 29, 1774; 3, John, 4,
Stephen, twins, b. May 19, 1757 ; John m. Betsey Hopkins ; he d. 1837 ;
Stephen d. June 20, 1759; 5, Stephen, b. Nov. 10, 1759; d. Apr. 21, 1829; 6,
Ebenezer, b. Apr. 7, 1761; d. Sept. 10, 1839; 7, Anne, b. Dec. 15, 1762; d.
Apr. 2, 1784; 8, Asa, b. Mar. 29, 1764; d. Feb. 25, 1829; 9, Jonathan, b. May
8, 1766; d. 1823; 10, Benjamin, b. Apr. 29, 1768; d. Oct. 2, 1829; 11, Solo-
mon, b. Nov. 17, 1769; 12, Polly, b. Dec. 4. 1771; m. Abner Cummings; 13,
Artemas, b. July 9, 1773; d. Aug. 10, 1777; 14, Nahuni, b. Sept. 11, 1775; d.
Sept. 12, 1796; 15, Sally, b. June 6, 1779; m. Amasa Cummings.
Col. Timothy Sibley was a soldier in the revolutionary
war. According to Dea. Leland, the following certificate
was found among Col. Sibley 's papers :
"In the book of Records of Births and Baptisms in
Ipswich, Anne, daughter of Benj. and Elizabeth Waite, bap-
tized Oct. 21, 1733, and certified by Samuel Rogers, Town
Clerk."
Timothy 6 (Timothy 4 , John 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Mary, dau. of Jeremiah
Barstow, Nov. 5, 1778. Ch. 1, Timothy Willard, b. Sept. 11, 1779; d. in
Bangor, Me. ; 2, Mary, b. Dec. 5, 1780 ; m. Amariah Scarborp ; 3, Anne, b.
Jan. 15, 1782; 4, Cyrus, b. Jan. 6, 1784; 5, Artemas, b. Apr. 21, 1786; 6,
Salome, b. Apr. 13, 1788; m, Elijah Jenett of Thompson, Ct. ; 7, Benjamin
Franklin, b. July 19, 1790; 8, Origen, b. hi Oxford.
Cyrus taught school for several years in Albany ; was a
fine linguist ; went to South America for purposes of trade,
and was arrested as a spy, and imprisoned. On being
released, he returned to the United States, and located in
Blakeley, Ala., where he engaged in business, taking in his
brother Origen as partner.
John, son of Col. Tim, was a physician ; studied with Dr.
John Wilson of Hopkinton, and located at Great Barring-
ton, where he married a daughter of Rev. Dr. Samuel
Hopkins of Newport, R. I., who had removed with his
family to Great Barrington on account of the occupancy of
Newport by the British army. From Great Barrington he
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went South, and finally settled at Natchitochez, La. He
became wealthy and influential. Under Jefferson's admin-
istration he was for several years in government employ, as
commissioner to make treaties with the Indian tribes living
in the territory ceded by Spain to the United States. He
was three times married, and left several children.
Stephen, son of Col. Tim, was a goldsmith ; lived for a
time in Norwich, Ct. ; went from there to Great Barrington,
thence to Stockbridge, and finally emigrated to Ohio with
his family.
Ebenezer, son of Col. Tim, went to Great Barrington
and purchased the farm formerly owned by the Rev. Dr.
Hopkins ; from thence he removed with his family to "West-
ford, Vt. He was the father of ten children.
Asa, son of Col. Tim, was a goldsmith; settled first in
Woodstock, Ct., and went thence to Walpole, N. H.
Jonathan, son of Col. Tim, married Miss Mary Davis of
Oxford. His marriage is recorded as follows: "Jonathan
Sibley of Suttoii and Mary Davis of Oxford on the 25 of
June 1788 joined themselves to gether in the marriage
covenant before Nathan Putnam, Justice of the Peace, and
requested that it mite be recorded. (N. B.) "
He went with his wife's father to Edenton, Maine, and
settled there.
Benjamin, son of Col. Tim, married Zilpha Davis, sister
of the wife of Jonathan, and settled in Adams.
Solomon 5 (Timothy 4 , John 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Sally, dau. of Noah Stock-
well, Jan. 13, 1792. Ch. 1, Stephen, b. Dec. 12, 1792; d. young; 2, Nancy,
b. Jan. 19, 1797; m. Dea. Nathan Muzzy of Auburn; 3, Heister, b. June 19,
1799; 4, Lewis, b. July 8, 1801; 5, Stephen, b. July 26, 1805; 6, Solomon, b.
June 14, 1808; 7, John, b. Feb. 20, 1818.
He had several daughters, the date of whose birth we can not find. He
removed with his family to Auburn.
Samuel 3 (Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Martha Dike, Aug. 6, 1722. Ch. 1, Samuel,
b. 1724; 2, Nathaniel; 3, Lucy, b. Apr. 26, 1726; m. Jonathan Park; 4, Jere-
miah, b. Dec. 31, 1728; 5, Benjamin, b. Feb. 27, 1730; m. Lucy Park, Feb. 6,
1754.
Samuel 4 (Samuel 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Abigail Park, Mar. 19, 1744. Ch.
1, Abigail, b. May 30, 1745; m. Bradford Chase, June 21, 1763; 2, Lucy, b.
Oct. 15, 1750; m. John Burdon, jr.; 3, Samuel, b. Apr. 26, 1756; 4, Judith,
b. June 6, 1757; m. Caleb Putnam; 5, Nathan, b. Oct. 26, 1760; 6, Mehetable,
b. July 27, 1762; m. John Elliot, May 15, 1781; 7, Job, b. Feb. 12, 1766; m.
Polly Hicks, Nov. 16, 1786.
724 FAMILIES OF THE
Samuel 5 (Samuel 4 , Samuel 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Sarah Leland, Dec. 10,
1778. Ch. 1, Charles; 2, Sardius, b. Jan. 11, 1782; d. Dec. 11, 1801; 3,
Lyman, b. May 18, 1784; 4, Samuel, b. Sept. 19, 1786; 5, Jonathan, b. May
13, 1794. This family removed to Earre.
Nathan 5 (Samuel*, Samuel 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Rachel Studley, Nov. 21,
1782. Ch. 1, Isaac, b. June 15, 1783; 2, Dolly, b. Apr. 15, 1785; 3, Luther,
b. Sept. 14, 1788; 4, Cynthia, b. July 7, 1795; 5, Harvey, b. May 21, 1797; 6,
Dexter, b. Feb. 26, 1803; 7, Russel, b. June 22, 1805.
Nathaniel 4 (Samuel 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Ruth Bradish, June 26, 1744; d.
May 24, 1811. Ch. 1, Ruth, b. Apr. 5, 1745; m. Reuben Sibley; 2, Martha,
b. Apr. 17, 1747; d. young; 3, Mary, b. Sept. 1, 1749; m. Symonds Whipple;
4, Eunice, b. Feb. 27, 1752; d. young; 5, Nathan, b. June 22, 1754; d. Feb.
22, 1755; 6, Stephen, b. Sept 21, 1756; 7, Nathaniel, b. Apr. 20, 1759; d. Aug.
25, 1775; 8, Jonas, b. Mar. 7, 1762.
Stephen 5 (Nathaniel 4 , Samuel 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Sarah Collins of South-
boro, Dec. 9, 1779. Ch. 1, Sarah, b. Oct. 30, 1780 ; m. a Mr. Chamberlain ;
2, Jones, b. Sept. 6, 1782; 3, Silas, b. July 26, 1784; 4, Stephen, b. Feb. 1787;
5, Rebekah, b. Dec. 21, 1789; 6, Mark Collins, b. Dec. 28, 1792; 7, Malinda,
b. July 18, 1798.
Stephen Sibley went to Rutland about 1792, and pur-
chased the farm owned by Gen. Rufus Putnam. He was a
soldier in the revolutionary war, and was at the taking of
Burgoyne in 1777.
Jonas 5 (Nathaniel 4 , Samuel 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Lydia, dau. of Asahel
Rice, Aug. 18, 1785. Ch. 1, Susanna, b. June 27, 1786; m. Daniel Hovcy;
d. Aug. 11, 1811; 2, Jonas Leonard, b. Jan. 4, 1791; d. Feb. 1, 1852; 3, John
Jay, b. Nov. 12, 1792; d. Mar. 10, 1815.
Jonas L. 6 (Jonas 5 , Nathaniel 4 , Samuel 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Margaret N.,
dau. of Stephen Monroe, Nov. 12, 1817; she was b. Jan. 17, 1795; d. Dec. 27,
1858. Ch. 1, Susan Maria, b. Aug. 31, 1818; m. John D. McCrate, Esq. ; 2,
Joanna LeBaron, b. May 1, 1820; m. John Pierpont, jr. ; 3, John Monroe, b.
July 7, 1822; 4, Frances Lydia, b. Feb. 22, 1824; 5, Mary LeBarou, b. Mar.
16, 1826; 6, Henry Jonas, b. Apr. 21, 1828; resides in Cal. ; 7, Frances Mary,
b. Aug. 29, 1830; m. J. W. Stockwell of Sutton, June 26, 1867; 8, Margaret
Louisa, b. Oct. 26, 183,2.
John M. 7 (Jonas L. 6 , Jonas 5 , Nathaniel 4 , Samuel 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m.
Experience C._Wb.eelock. Ch. 1, John Pierpont, b. July 4, 1849; lives in New
London, Ct.
John M. Sibley graduated at Yale College, 1843. He is now residing in
San Francisco, Cal.
William 8 (Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Sarah Dike, July 4, 1726. Ch. 1, William,
b. May 4, 1727; 2, Elijah, b. Oct. 30, 1728; 3, Sarah, b. Aug. 23, 1730; m.
John Stone, July 30, 1761; 4, Daniel, b. Jan. 31, 1733; 5, David, b. Oct. 3,
1736.
William 4 (William 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. 1st, Rebekah Southworth of Wal-
tham, Dec. 28, 1751 ; m. 2d, Huldah Kenney, May 1, 1755 ; m. 3d, Hannah
Stockwell, Jan. 24, 1765. Ch. 1, William, m. a dau. of Jonathan Fay of
Westboro; moved to Grafton; 2, Huldah, m. Nahum Tainter; moved to
Leicester; 3, David, d. young; 4, Mehitable, d. at the age of 17; 5, Noah, b.
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Sept. 2, 1765; went, away; d. unmarried; 6, Hannah, b. May 4, 1767; m.
David Dudley, Nov. 17, 1789; 7, Joel, b. May 31, 1774; went with Noah; 8,
Rebekah, b. Apr. 29, 1776 ; d. young.
Elijah 4 (William 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Mary Carriel, Dec. 12, 1751; she d.
1777; m. 2d, Mrs. Abigail Stone, Feb. 9, 1778. Ch. 1, Rebekah, b. Aug. 19,
1752; d. in infancy; 2, Mary, b. June 10, 1754; m. Timothy Leland; d. Oct.
23, 1812; 3, Rebekah, b. Aug. 14, 1755; m. John Couse of Boston, July 11,
1776; 4, Daniel, b. Apr. 14, 1757; d. June 25, 1840; 5, Elijah, b. Dec. 26,
1758; d. Apr. 9, 1812; 6, Azubah, b. Dec. 18, 1761; m. Ebenezer Mulinday of
Uxbridge, June 29, 1780; 7, Lois, b. Jan. 4, 1763; m. Paul Wheelock of Graf-
ton; 8, Simeon, b. June 8, 1764; 9, Dorcas, b. Feb. 11, 1769; d. unmarried;
10, Sime, b. Sept. 1780; in. Daniel Batcheller, Apr. 11, 1805; 11, Eli, b. Sept.
8, 1786.
Daniel 5 (Elijah 4 , William 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Phoebe Prince, Apr. 14,
1779. Ch. 1, Phoebe, b. Mar. 12, 1780; m. Stephen, son of Tarrant Sibley ;
2, Jerusha, b. May 3, 1781 ; m. Jasper, son of Andrew Adams of Grafton ; 3,
Jonathan, b. Feb. 4, 1783; m. a sister of Jaspar Adams; 4, Daniel, b. July 15,
1785; d. Mar. 23, 1840; 5, Salmon, b. Apr. 11, 1788; went to Southboro; 6,
Rufus, b. Apr. 22, 1790; m. Alvah, dau. of Benj. Fisk of Upton; 7, Prudence,
b. Feb. 12, 1794; m. a Maynard of Southboro; 8, Fanny, b. June 10, 1797; m.
Charles, son of Aaron Putnam.
Daniel 6 (Daniel 5 , Elijah 4 , William 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Anna Morse, Nov.
20, 1808; d. Jan. 16, 1847; he d. Mar. 29, 1849. Ch. 1, Warren, b. June 17,
1810, d. Sept. 23, 1842; 2, Azubah, b. June 7, 1812; d. Mar. 3, 1846; 3, Rufus'
b. May 5, 1814; d. June 18, 1870; 4, Emory, b. Oct. 13, 1816; d. Dec. 6, 1864;
5, Pliny Merrick, b. June 27, 1818; d. Oct. 26, 1844; 6, Elijah, b. May 25,
1820; 7, Alden Wheeler, b. May 18, 1822; d. June 10, 1858; 8, Lucy Ann, b.
Apr. 27, 1824; d. Sept. 12, 1848; 9, Fanny, b. Dec. 16, 1825; d. July 14, 1845 ;
10, Nancy White, b. Dec. 17, 1827; d. Nov. 7, 1844; 11, Simon Daniel, b. Mar.
19, 1831.
Elijah 7 (Daniel 6 , Daniel 5 , Elijah 4 , William 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Pamelia
Jones, Nov. 14, 1842. Ch. 1, Almira Esther, b. Aug. 7, 1843; 2, Mary Euge-
nia, b. Dec. 14, 1845; 3, George E., b. Jan. 13, 1848; d. Sept. 24, 1848; 4,
Ellen Pamelia, b. Aug. 17, 1850.
Alden W. 7 (Daniel 6 , Daniel 5 , Elijah 4 , William 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Sarah
M. Fuller, Mar. 26, 1846; she d. Oct. 11, 1865. Ch. 1, Julia Clara, b. Apr.
13, 1849; d. Aug. 12, 1849; 2, Thurston Wheeler, b. Sept. 6, 1852; 3, Florine
Emery, b. Aug. 18, 1855 ; d. Aug. 23, 1855 ; 4, Ida Velura, b. Sept. 29, 1857.
Simon D. 7 (Daniel 6 , Daniel 5 , Elijah 4 , William 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. .
Ch. 1, Scott D., b. Nov. 30, 1855; 2, Charles G., b. Sept. 3, 1858; 3, Sarah
E., b. Mar. 6, 1860; 4, Clifford D., b. Oct. 12, 1862; 5, Anna L., b. Apr. 1,
1867; 6, Willie E., b. June 5, 1870; 7, Maud M., b. June 25, 1872; 8, Freddie
J., b. Mar. 25, 1874.
Elijah 5 (Elijah 4 , William 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Lillies Bartlett, Nov. 28,
1783. Ch. 1, Lillies, d. young; 2, Elijah, d. young; 3, Almon; 4, Lowell;
5, Polly, m. Amos Pierce ; 6, Sally.
Almon 6 (Elijah 5 , Elijah 4 , William 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Nancy Fuller, Nov.
30, 1817. Ch. 1, Nancy, b. Feb. 28, 1820; 2, Mary Ann, b. Apr. 4, 1823; 3,
Sumner, b. Jan. 1, 1829; 4, Franklin, b, Oct. 12, 1832.
Stunner 7 (Almon 6 , Elijah 5 , Elijah 4 , William 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. 1st, Maria
; m. 2d, . Ch. 1, Hattie Minerva, b. Oct. 10, 1863.
726 FAMILIES OF THE
Franklin 7 (Almon 6 , Elijah 5 , Elijah 4 , William 8 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Sarah
M. Putnam. Ch. 1, Mary Estella; 2. Mildred E. ; 3, Inez Frances, b. Oct.
S, 1862; 4, George Franklin, b. Nov. 25, 1864; d. 1877; 5, Sarah Jane, b. Oct.
5, 1866.
Francis 7 (Francis 6 , Tarrant 5 , Jonathan 4 , Joseph 3 , Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. 1st,
Jan. 15, 1857, Mary M. Richardson; m. 2d, Nov. 23, 1864, Mrs. Harriet
Putnam. Ch. 1, Kate R., b. Jan. 19, 1858; 2, Edward, b. Jan. 11, 1860.
Benjamin 8 (Joseph 2 , John 1 ), m. Priscilla Rich. Ch. 1, Priscilla, b. Aug.
5, 1725; 2, Benjamin, b. Aug. 17, 1727; 3, Joseph; 4, Ezekiel; 5, Samuel; 6,
Jonathan.
Only the first two of the above names are found on record.
Very little is known of Benjamin or of his descendants. He
probably left town very soon after the birth of his son Ben-
jamin. According to Dea. Leland, "It appears by Sibley
papers in the hands of Nathaniel Sibley, 2d, that he was, at
one time, of Ellington, Ct. The following scrap is found
in the handwriting of Mr. Baldwin : ' Benjamin Sibley was
one of the original brothers and lived in Sutton a few years
when he went to Union, Ct., and died there or at Ashford.' "
Aaron Sibley, his grandson, was a representative of West-
field in 1827 or 1828.
Of Jonathan, one of the original six brothers, very little
is known. His name is entered as one of the thirty propri-
etors of the four thousand acres. He was the owner of
" lot 7 " in the " eight lots." He probably left town at an
early date.
Martha Sibley married Samuel Dagget, April 10, 1740.
There is no means of ascertaining whose daughter she was.
Mary Sibley (parentage unknown) , married Rogers Dud-
ley, May 31, *743.
SlNGLETARY.
John Singletary and his wife, Mary Greele, came from
Haverhill. She died March 8, 1735.
He m. 2d, wid. Mary Kenney, July 15, 1735. Ch. 1, Nathaniel; 2, Joseph,
m. Harwood; had no children ; 3, Mary, m. Ebenezer Stockwell, Nov.
10,1727; 4, Richard, m. Thankful Goodell ; had no children ; 5, Martha, m.
Robert Dunkley of Brimfield, Oct. 22, 1750; 6, Amos, b. Sept. 1721; d. Oct.
30, 1806.
Amos 2 (John 1 ), m. Mary Curtis of Topsfield, Sept. 6, 1742; she d. June 28,
1798. Ch. 1, Greely, b. Aug. 15, 1743; m. Dea. Joseph Allen of Hard wick,
Jan. 15, 1772; 2, John, b. Mar. 17, 1745; in. Sarah Jennison, Apr. 15, 1767;
3, Mary, b. June 10, 1747; m. Elisha Gale, Apr. 8, 1767, and has fourteen
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children; 4, Mehetabel, b. Mar. 13, 1749; m. Peter Jennison, Mar. 31, 1769;
5, Hannah, b. Mar. 15, 1753; m. 1st, Jonathan Gould, Jan. 30, 1770; m. 2d,
Solomon Dwinel, Apr. 1, 1783; 6, Azubah, b. Dec. 9, 1754; d. at 20, unm. ; 7,
Amos, b. Mar. 11, 1757; m. Betsey Johnson and had twelve ch. ; 8, Richard,
b. Nov. 9, 1760; 9, Thankful, b. Oct. 30, 1762; m. Ebenezer Burnap.
AMOS SlNGLETARY, ESQ.
Amos Singletary was the son of John, who settled on the
mill lot at the outlet of Singletary pond.
He was the first male child born in town. It is said that
he never attended school a day in his life. The rudiments
of reading, writing and arithmetic, were taught him at
home. He made the most of his opportunities, and by
patient application, became a well informed man.
He was of quick perception, sound judgment and sterling
integrity. For four years, during the revolutionary war, he
represented the town in the provincial Congress, and after
the formation of the State government, he was for four years
'in the house of representatives and several years in the
senate.
He was also a justice of the peace, and a justice of the
quorum, of which there were two in the county. One
of the duties of the latter office was to administer the
debtor's oath to men put in jail for debt.
Esq. Singletary was often sent for to perform that service,
as his colleague, who resided in Worcester, refused to do it
without the fee in hand. Often in the evening, after his
day's work was done, did he ride to Worcester, moved with
compassion for the poor debtor, and administer the oath,
taking for his pay promises which were seldom fulfilled.
Mr. Singletary was an earnest Christian. His grandson,
Rev. S. A. Dwinnel, says his conversion was brought about
through the influence of a young lady, Mary Curtis, to whom
he was engaged. She was one of the subjects of the relig-
ious interest which attended the preaching of Jonathan
Edwards, of Northhampton, who visited Sutton in February
1742. They both united with Dr. Hall's church at the same
time, and were dismissed with others, to form the church in
the north parish, in which they are spoken of as pillars.
728 FAMILIES OF THE
The following anecdote, furnished by Rev. Geo. Allen,
Worcester, who knew both the persons referred to, illus-
trates Mr. Singletary's quick insight into character, and his
concise method of making its defects manifest.
"During a season of revival in the north parish, Mr.
Samuel Waters, a manufacturer of hoes in what is now
Millbury, being under concern of mind, and seeing Mr.
Singletary approaching, rushed out of his shop, andl L called
out, 'O Squire ! O Squire ! what shall I do to be saved?'
The Squire scarcely stopped the horse he was riding as he
replied, Put more steel in your hoes.'"
He had a family of nine children, all girls but two. All
sustained honored positions in life and the church, except
his youngest son, who was a profligate, and brought much
trouble to his parents. After having a large family, which
grew up and left him, his son Amos became a town pauper
of Millbury. For twenty or thirty years he never took a
bible in his hand or heard a prayer if he could avoid it.
Mr. Dwinnel says :
" When I was at home on a visit, from Philips academy,
Andover, in 1833, I visited him for the purpose of religious
conversation. He was living in an irreligious family, and
was then about eighty years of age. I found abundant
evidence, from talking with him, that God had met him
there and changed his heart. He showed me a bible that he
had obtained and read in every day. He lived some years
afterward, giving evidence of the great change. God does
indeed remember his covenant with his people. How pre-
cious the truth ! "
SLOCOMB.
William Slocomb m. Jerusha Richardson of Franklin, and removed to Sut-
ton about 1776; he d. 1842; she d. 1830. Ch. 1, Lewis, b. Feb. 7, 1777; d.
Nov. 21, 1789; 2, Julia, b. Sept. 2, 1779; m. Noah White; d. Apr. 30, 1834 ;
3, Philo, b. Dec. 18, 1780; settled in Shrewsbury; 4, William, b. Feb. 5, 1783;
settled in Marietta, O. ; 5, Abigail, b. Apr. 7, 1785; m. Edmund T. Hall, Jan.
1, 1807; 6, Electa, b. Sept. 9, 1787; m. Ebenezer Hall, Dec. 15, 1807; d. Jan.
20, 1817; 7, Pliny, b. Dec. 5, 1791; d. Nov. 18, 1862; 8, John Wilkes, b. Dec.
1, 1793; m. Sarepta Adams, Apr. 21, 1813; 9, Horatio, b. Oct. 12, 1795; d.
June 1870; 10, Silas, b. Jan. 24, 1799; settled in Marietta, O. ; 11, Theron, b.
May 11, 1801 ; d. July 5, 1801.
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Pliiiy 2 (William 1 ), m. 1st, Rachel Fisher; Apr. 16, 1819; m. 2d, Mrs. Emily C.
Moody, June 24, 1840. Ch. 1, Rachel Fisher, b. June 22, 1820; m. Augustus
Adams, June 4, 1845; d. Aug. 27, 1864; 2, Edwin Pliny, b. Mar. 7, 1823; m. Wil-
helmina Todd of Wilmington, Del. ; 3, Harriet Amelia, b. Mar. 5, 1825 ; m. John
Parker; 4, Cordelia, b. May 6, 1829; m. Charles Rice; 5, Martha I. b. July
24, 1831; in. Willard O. Ferry, June 26, 1851; 6, Ellen Jane; m. George C.
Crane, Oct. 1, 1878; 7, Charles Fisher, b. Sept. 1839; m. Ann Dyer; d. Mar.
1864; 8, Mary Emily, b. Aug. 28, 1841; d. Mar. 28, 1844; 9, Emma Florence,
b. May 7, 1845; m. Walter P. Chase, Nov. 26, 1872; d. Aug. 26, 1877.
Horatio 2 (William 1 ), m. Roxellana Wheelock of Grafton, Nov. 21, 1820.
Ch. 1, Lucretia Wheelock, b. Nov. 19, 1821; m. Sylvester F. Morse, Dec. 8,
1843; 2, Erastus Horatio, b. Feb. 8, 1823; 3, Maria Roxana, b. Oct. 25, 1824;
m. Dr. Win. Terry, May 10, 1848; 4, Clarissa Loraine, b. Nov. 30, 1827;
in. John B. Wheeler, Nov. 8, 1853; 5, William Henry, b. Aug. 22, 1829;
resides in Philadelphia; 6, Jerusha Richardson, b. Nov. 14, 1831; m. Rev. A.
L. Frisbie, Aug. 23, 1859; 7, Silas Austin, b. June 10, 1834; resides in Phila-
delphia; 8, Albert Haven, b. Dec. 16,1836; graduated at Amherst College,
resides in Fayetteville, N..C.
Erastus H. 8 (Horatio 2 , William 1 ) in. Sarah A. Stowe of Lowell, May 9,
1854. Ch. 1, Clara I., b. Apr. 30, 1855; d. Mar. 29, 1864; 2, Kate R., b.
Aug. 30, 1857; 3, Edgar E., b. Sept. 27, 1859; 4, Annie C., b. Jan. 24, 1861;
5, Albert F., b. Feb. 29, 1864; 6, Arthur H., b. Mar. 14, 1866.
STOCKWELL.
It is a tradition among the Stockwells in this country,
that the ancester of those who bear the name came from
Scotland ; and, that he was enticed on board a vessel about
to sail, and on his arrival, in accordance with the law of the
time, was apprenticed for the payment of his passage. After
serving his time, he followed for a few years a sea-faring
life, and finally settled in Ipswich ; married, and had five
sons : William, John, Jonathan, Ebenezer and David.
All these sons came to Sutton. William located on land
adjoining Benjamin Marsh on the west, known later as the
Graves' place. There is no record of his children. He had,
however, William, and Elizabeth, who married Daniel Ken-
ney, August 28, 1727.
William 2 (William 1 ), m. . Ch. 1, Absalom; 2, William; 3, Jona-
than; 4, Israel; 5, Peter; 6, Phebe.
Absalom 8 (William 2 , William 1 ), m. . Ch. 1, Anna; m. Jonathan
Putnam, Nov. 3, 1843; 2, Lucy; 3, Israel; 4, Absalom; a soldier in the
revolution; drowned at Albany, N. Y. ; 5, Silas; 6, Daniel.
Israel 4 (Absalom 8 , William 2 , William 1 ), m. Diadama Burrill. Ch. 1, Abel;
d. young; 2, Matilda; 3, Diadama; 4, Israel; 5, Nancy; 6, Simeon, b. Mar.
3,1799; 7, Patty; d. young; 8, James; 9, Augustus; 10, Mary; m. Daniel
Bugbee.
730 FAMILIES OF THE
Simeon 6 (Israel 4 , Absalom 8 , William 2 , William 1 ), m. Delia Maria Holbrook,
Mar. 18, 1822. Ch. 1, Stephen H., b. Aug. 14, 1823; 2, Harriet M., b.
Jan. 15, 1825; m. Lawson Warfield, Apr. 23, 1846; 3, Lucy P., b. May 9,
1826; m. Adoniram J. Wbite, Sept. 6, 1842; 4, Mary Ann, b. Dec. 20, 1828;
m. Levi F. Bemis, Sept. 9, 1851; 5, Henry Simeon, b. Apr. 9, 1833; 6, George
Payson, b. Sept. 4, 1835; 7, James Willard, b. Dec. 6, 1838; m. Frances M.
Sibley, June 26, 1867; 8, Lewis Franklin, b. Aug. 2, 1842; 9, Frederick
Augustus, b. Oct. 4, 1844; m. Eveline King, Sept. 6, 1870.
Henry S. 6 (Simeon 5 , Israel 4 , Absalom 3 , William 2 , William 1 ), m. 1st, Margaret
L. Griggs, Aug. 30, 1859; she d. June 7, 1868; m. 2d, Mary Louisa Griggs,
Nov. 17, 1869. Ch. 1, Anna Louisa, b. July 29, 1860; d. Aug. 30, 1860;
2, Harry Griggs, b. Oct. 3, 1872; 3, Thomas Thurston, b. June 22, 1875.
John Stockwell Capt. John, as he was called m. Mary Lombard or
Lambert, 1717; d. Mar. 29, 1778, aged ninety-one. Ch. 1, John; 2, Daniel;
3, Ichabod; 4, Mary; d. unmarried; 5, Sarah; d. unmarried; 6, Nathaniel,
b. Feb. 5, 1720; 7, Jane; m. Ebenezer Stearns, Jan. 15, 1741.
John 2 (John 1 ), m. 1st, Margaret Smith of Andover,'Oct. 21, 1730; m. 2d,
Lydia Elliot, Dec. 12, 1737; m. 3d, Lydia King, July 13, 1749. Ch. 1,
Sarah, b. Dec. 24, 1732; m. William Kenney, Aug. 13, 1752; 2, Hannah, b.
Mar. 18, 1735; m. William Sibley, Jan. 24, 1765; 3, Lydia, b. Sept. 28, 1738;
m. Gershom Bigelow; 4, John, b. Mar. 9, 1740; d. at Crown Point unmar-
ried; 5, Amos, b. May 2, 1742; m. Phebe Wright; 6, Rebekah, b. June 11.
1744; m. John Fitts, Jan. 15, 1771; 7, Noah, b. Apr. 25, 1746; 8, Ruth, b,
Mar. 15, 1752 ; m. Capt. FreeCummings, June 16, 1774.
Noah 8 (John 2 , John 1 ), m. 1st, Marcy Wright, Dec. 11, 1769; m. 2d, Jemi-
ma Towne, July 15, 1779. Ch. 1, Simon, b. Feb. 24, 1772; m. Dolly Stock-
well, Dec. 29, 1799; 2, Sally, b. Jan. 21, 1774; m. Solomon Sibley, Jan. 13,
1792; 3, Peter, b. Mar. 24, 1777; 4, Rebekah, b. Nov. 28, 1782; d. young; 5,
Noah, b. July 10, 1784; m. a dau. of Elder Briggs of Athol; 6, Polly, b. Feb.
12, 1790; d. young; 7, Mary, b. Nov. 16, 1791.
Ichabod 8 (John 2 , John 1 ), m. Experience Gleason, Feb. 2, 1748. Ch. 1,
Ichabod, b. Apr. 6, 1749.
Nathaniel 8 (John 2 , John 1 ), m. Anne, dau. of Philip Chase; bed. Apr. 2,
1741. Ch. 1, Nathaniel, b. Apr. 1, 1741.
Nathaniel* (Nathaniel 8 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Abigail Dodge, Mar. 31, 1763;
shed. Oct. 24, 1798. Ch. 1, Nancy, b. Oct. 3, 1763; m. 1st, Joshua Mer-
riam; m. 2d, William Parmenter; 2, John, b. Nov. 6, 1764; 3, Nathaniel, b.
Oct. 20, 1766; 4, Polly, b. Sept. 28, 1768; m. Benj. Sadler, June 5, 1788; 5,
Simeon, b. Sept. 29, 1770; 6, Nabby, b. May 18, 1772; d. Sept. 13, 1788; 7,
Prudence, b. May 30, 1774; m. Elijah Rixford, May 28, 1793; 8, Sally, b.
Apr. 20, 1776; m. Stephen Kenny, May 23, 1796; 9, Chloe, b. Mar. 8, 1778;
d. Oct. 22, 1782; 10, Calvin, b. May 17, 1780; drowned June 4, 1794, in Col.
Holman's mill-pond; 11, Luther, b. July 14, 1782; 12, Marvine, b. Oct. 23,
1784; 13, Lucina, b. Oct. 7, 1786; m. 1st, Sylvanus Perham, Jan. 27, 1805;
m. 2d, Solomon Parmenter.
John 5 (Nathaniel 4 , Nathaniel 8 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Elizabeth Walker, Oct.
13, 1785. Ch. 1, Chloe, b. Feb. 16, 1786; m. Asa Walker, Dec. 1, 1810; 2,
John, b. Mar. 22, 1788; 3, Leonard, b. Sept. 25, 1790; 4, Polly, b. Mar. 15,
1792; m. Charles Learned; 5, Betsey, b. Dec. 7, 1793; m. John Sibley, Dec.
20, 1812; 6, Sally; m. Dorance Sibley; 7, Fanny; m. Moore of Bkindford;
8, Luther; m. Hey ward of Worcester; 9, Aaron, m. Hannah Smith; 10,
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Rufus; 11, Sophronia; 12, Salina; m. Davis; 13, Lerena; m. John
Smith; 14, an infant; d. without name.
Nathaniel 5 (Nathaniel 4 , Nathaniel 8 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Susanna, dau. of
Daniel Greenwood of Millbury. Ch. 1, Clary, b. Mar. 17, 1793; 2, Sukey,
b. Jan. 6, 1795; 3, Calvin; 4, Lewis; 5, Russia; 6, Lyman.
Simeon 5 (Nathaniel 4 , Nathaniel 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Deborah Stockwell,
July 11, 1793. Ch. 1, Tyler, b. July 23, 1794; d. July 23, 1867; 2, Stephen,
b. July 20, 1796; 3, Elinira, b. Sept. 11, 1798; m. Joel Peck; 4, Lucy, b. Mar.
27, 1801; d. Feb. 1, 1819; 5, Lucy, b. Mar. 29, 1803; 6, Mary, b. Dec. 31,
1805; 7, Daniel Tenney, b. June 19, 1808; 8, Emory Walker, b. Feb. 7, 1811;
9, Maria Prudence, b. June 4, 1813; 10, Simon, b. Nov. 18, 1816; 11, Horace,
b. Jan. 21, 1820.
Tyler 6 (Simeon 6 , Nathaniel 4 , Nathaniel 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Elmira Batch -
eller, Apr. 19, 1821; she d. 1824; m. 2d, Mrs. Elizabeth Sarvey, Jan. 1, 1826.
Ch. 1, Amos B., b. Mar. 28, 1822; 2, Simeon T., b. Dec. 16, 1823; 3, John
P., b. May 26, 1829; m. Frances L. Hall, Jan. 7, 1855; 4, Lucy Maria, b.
Sept. 3, 1834.
Amos B. 7 (Tyler 6 , Simeon 5 , Nathaniel 4 , Nathaniel 8 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Abi-
gail C. Hall, Apr. 16, 1844. Ch. 1, Abbie Elizabeth, b. May 30, 1845; m.
Asa B. Shepardson; 2, William Hall, b. Apr. 7, 1847; m. Lucina Jones; 3,
Rowland G., b. Sept. 15, 1848; m. Olive L. Lincoln, Feb. 5, 1878; 4, Herbert,
b. Nov. 29, 1852; 5, Tyler, b. Dec. 16, 1861; 6, Almy Greene, b. Mar. 13, 1864.
Simeon T. 7 (Tyler 6 , Simeon 5 , Nathaniel 4 , Nathaniel 8 , John 2 , John 1 ), m.
Emeline Hill, Oct. 7, 1845. Ch. 1, George H., b. Dec. 19, 1847; 2, Frederick
Tyler, b. Dec. 31, 1849; 3, Ella Frances, b. Sept. 12, 1852; m. Fred. A. Barnes,
Apr. 25, 1877; 4, Flora Jane, b. Mar. 25, 1859; m. Franklin E. Barnes, Dec.
27, 1876; 5, Carrie Adams, b. Feb. 4, 1864; 6, Lucy Elizabeth, b. June 15, 1869.
George H. 8 (Simeon T. 7 , Tyler 6 , Simeon 5 , Nathaniel 4 , Nathaniel 3 , John 2 ,
John 1 ), m. Ruth Mascroft, Mar. 6, 1866. Ch. 1, Ada L., b. in Worcester,
Nov. 26, 1867; 2, George W., b. in Framingham, Oct. 6, 1869; 3, Ruth Alice,
b. in Sutton, June 6, 1871; 4, Mary E., b. in Spencer, Apr. 9, 1874.
Daniel T. 6 (Simeon 5 , Nathaniel 4 , Nathaniel 8 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Alice Stock-
well, July 3, 1834. Ch. 1, Sarah Eddy, b. June 10, 1836; m. Reuben Adams;
2, Mary Elizabeth, b. Sept. 9, 1838; d. Dec. 31, 1858; 3, Angeline, b. Apr. 16,
1840; m. Geo. W. Thompson, Nov. 11, 1862; 4, Louisa,' b. Aug. 7, 1844; d.
Feb. 4, 1872.
Emory W. 6 (Simeon 5 , Nathaniel 4 , Nathaniel 8 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Lydia
Parsons, May 19, 1836. Ch. 1, Henry Sibley, b. Nov. 26, 1837 ; 2, Marcus
Morton, b. Nov. 6, 1839; 3, Deborah Augusta, b. Dec. 26, 1845.
Henry S. 7 (Emory W. 6 , Simeon 5 , Nathaniel 4 , Nathaniel 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m.
Hattie F. Howard, Mar. 17, 1866. Ch. 1, Emory Howard, b. July 23, 1868;
2, Nellie Augusta, b. Dec. 18, 1872.
Simeon 8 (Simeon 5 , Nathaniel 4 , Nathaniel 8 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Mary F.
Burnap, June 1, 1864. Ch. 1, Horace Scott, b. Dec. 28, 1866.
Luther 6 (Nathaniel 4 , Nathaniel 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Esther White, May 28,
1804. Ch. 1, Melinda, b. Sept. 15, 1804; 2, Russell, b. Dec. 11, 1808; 3,
Origen, b. May 23, 1811; 4, Andrew Jackson, b. Oct. 26, 1814; 5, Luther
Franklin, b. May 17, 1817.
Jonathan Stockwell, the third of the five brothers, married
Rachel Underwood, Dec. 16, 1726. Children Stephen,
732 FAMILIES OF THE
and probably other children. Dr. Hall, in his diary, refers
to a son of Jonathan Stockwell, who died in the army, in
1776, under twenty. The marriage of Jonathan Stock-
well, jr., to Mary Kenny, May 10, 1753, is on record. This
Jonathan was undoubtedly older than Stephen.
Ch. of Jona., jr., and Mary. 1, Eli, b. Feb. 26, 1759; d. Mar. 8, 1849; 2,
Aaron, b. Apr. 30, 1765; d. Dec. 5, 1822; 3, Solomon.
Eli 8 (Jona. 2 , Jona. 1 ), m. Eunice Hill; she d. Apr. 10, 1849. Cb. 1, Chand-
ler, b. Mar. 10, 1791.
Chandler 4 (Eli 3 , Jona. 2 , Jona. 1 ), m. Rosalinda Robbins, June 16, 1811.
Ch. 1, Azubah, b. Oct. 23, 1811; d. Dec. 27, 1838; 2, Chandler, b. Sept, 18,
1813; d. June 19, 1862; 3, Irene, b. Apr. 12, 1815; d. Oct. 6, 1838; 4, Sarah
E.,b. May22, 1817; 5, Eunice, b. June 1, 1819; d. Oct. 20, 1836; 6,LucyH.,b.
Sept. 27, 1821; 7, Rosalinda, b. May 13, 1825; 8, Ebenezer, b. Apr. 12, 1828.
Aaron 3 (Jona. 2 , Jona. 1 ), m. Abigail . Ch. 1, Polly, b. May 3, 1801; 2,
Prudy, b. May 15, 1803.
Solomon 3 (Jonathan 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. Mary Howell; she d. Apr. 29, 1832;
he d. Aug. 12, 1833. Ch. 1, Peter, b. Nov. 29, 1784; d. Nov. 15, 1855.
Peter 4 (Solomon 3 , Jonathan 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. Huldah, dau. of John Put-
nam, Jan. 8, 1809. Ch. 1, Albert Gallatin, b. May 12, 1809; 2, Flora
Putnam, b. Jan. 31, 1812 ; 3, Peter Bentley, b. Oct. 29, 1815 ; 4, Huldah
Serepta, b. July 1, 1818; 5, Harry, b. May 28, 1820; 6, Silvanus, b. May 23,
1824; 7, Mary Semantha, b. May 11, 1826;. 8, John Putnam, b. Feb. 20, 1830.
Silvanus 5 (Peter 4 , Solomon 8 , Jonathan 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. Charlotte P. Bow-
dish, Feb. 15, 1853. Ch. 1, S. Albert, b. June 8, 1857, at Anoka, Minn ; 2,
William W., b. Mar. 11, 1859, at Anoka, Minn.; 3, Walter Lincoln, b. Jan.
12, 1868, at Anoka, Minn. ; 4, Charlotte L., b. June 22, 1870, at Anoka, Minn.
John P. 6 (Peter 4 , Solomon 3 , Jonathan 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. Martha Woodbury.
Ch. L Louie B., b. Dec. 5, 1865.
Stephen 3 (Jonathan 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. Mehetabel Hblmau, Dec. 14, 1762; d.
Nov. 1, 1807; she d. Nov. 4, 1794. Ch. 1, Mehetabel, b. Jan. 13, 1764; d.
unmarried, aged 66; 2, Stephen, b. Feb. 14, 1766; d. June 2, 1845; 3, Sarah,
b. Nov. 25, 1767; 4, Enoch, b. June 24, 1771; 5, Elijah, b. Sept. 16, 1773; 6,
Deborah, b. Mar. 26, 1775; m. Simeon Stockwell, July 11, 1793; 7, Dolly, b.
July 20, 1777; m. Simon, son of Noah Stockwell, Dec. 29, 1799; 8, Polly, b.
May 13, 1780; m. Aaron Holman; 9, Marcy, b. Aug. 30, 1782; m. Asa
Learned.
Stephen 4 (Stephen 3 , Jonathan 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. 1st, Sarah Eddy, 1800; she
d. Aug. 20, 1810; m. 2d, Betsey Searl, Oct. 15, 1812; she d. Oct. 23, 1840.
Ch. 1, Jonas Eddy, b. May 1, 1801; 2, Rufus, b. Mar. 28, 1802; 3, Alice, b.
Apr. 7, 1803; 4, Lucy E., b. July 1, 1804; 5, Adeline M., b. June 26, 1805; d.
Mar. 19, 1812; 6, Stephen, b. Nov. 8, 1807; 7, Sylvester, b. Mar. 2, 1809; 8,
Anderson Dana, b. Dec. 20, 1815 ; d. Mar. 24, 1816.
Jonas E. 5 (Stephen 4 , Stephen 3 , Jonathan 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. Mary A. Waite,
Apr. 9, 1827. Ch. 1, Alonzo E., b. Sept. 7, 1829.
Alonzo E. 6 (Jonas E. 5 , Stephen 4 , Stephen 8 , Jonathan 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. 1st,
Hannah Stockwell, Nov. 18, 1857; divorced Sept. 1865; m. 2d, Lizzie A.
Prouty, Oct. 22, 1865. Ch. 1, Inez Maria, b. Mar. 15, 1866; d. Mar. 6, 1867;
2, lola Marian, b. Jan. 15, 1868; 3, Genevieve May, b. May 1, 1873.
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Stephen 5 (Stephen 4 , Stephen 3 , Jonathan 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. Nancy Hull, May
6, 1840. Ch. 1, Reuben H., b. Dec. 27, 1841; d. Mar. 23, 1845; 2, William
H., b. June 3, 1846; d. Dec. 25, 1848; 3, Martha A., b. Oct. 9, 1847; m. Jan.
26, 1876, Geo. K. Stockwell; 4, Stephen Eddy, b. Feb. 8, 1850.
Stephen Eddy 6 (Stephen 5 , Stephen 4 , Stephen 8 , Jonathan 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m.
Jennie M. Bemis, Sept. 27, 1876. Ch. 1, Franklin Stephen, b. Aug. 8, 1877.
Enoch 4 (Stephen 8 , Jonathan 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. Nancy Fechem, Dec. 14, 1797.
Ch. 1, Leonard, b. Aug. 5, 1798; ra. 1st, Orilla Sessions; m. 2d, Hannah W.
Ellis; 2, George F., b. Aug. 13, 1800; 3, Nancy, b. Oct. 16, 1802; m. Samuel
Rich, Jan. 26, 1831; 4, Lewis, b. July 17, 1805; 5, Abigail Russell, b. Mar. 19,
1808; m. Palmer Harback, Apr. 11, 1832; 6, Mary H., b. Nov. 24, 1810; m.
Reuben Leland, Apr. 16, 1839; 7, Darius Russell, b. Aug. 26, 1813; 8, Cyrus
B., b. July 15, 1816; 9, Harriet White, b. July 26, 1819; m. David Carpenter.
George F. 5 (Enoch*, Stephen 8 , Jonathan 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. Harriet M. Whee-
lock, 1827. Ch. 1, George K., b. Feb. 23, 1829; 2, Ira, b. Sept. 16, 1838; m.
Sarah E. Howard, Sept. 11, 1860; 3, Sarah Maria, b. Aug. 20, 1842; m. Moses
Wiggin; 4, Emily Amelia, b. Mar. 19, 1847; d. aged 2 years; 5, Albert, b. Dec.
14, 1849.
George K. 6 (George F. 5 , Enoch 4 , Stephen 3 , Jonathan 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. Mar-
tha Ann Stockwell, Jan. 30, 1876. Ch. 1, George Lewis, b. Jan. 2, 1877.
Albert 6 f George F. 5 , Enoch 4 , Stephen 8 , Jonathan 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. Mary
Hacket. Ch. 1, George Frank, b. May 2, 1873; 2, Abner Hacket, b. May 20,
1877.
Lewis 5 (Enoch 4 , Stephen 8 , Jonathan 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. Laura Hudson. Ch.
1, Laura Deliza, b. July 24, 1838.,
Darius R. 5 (Enoch 4 , Stephen 8 , Jonathan 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. Harriet Hinds.
Ch. 1, Alcott Hunting, b. Apr. 10, 1839.
Cyrus Bond 5 (Enoch 4 , Stephen 8 , Jonathan 2 , Jonathan 1 ), m. Mary Hawes.
Ch. 1, Mary Elizabeth, b. May, 4, 1849.
Ebenezer, the fourth of the five brothers, m. Mary Singletary, Nov. 10, 1727.
Ch. 1, Hezekiah; 2, William; d. in the army in 1776; 3, Benajah; 4, Abra-
ham.
Abraham (2), [Ebenezer (1)] , was a soldier in the French
and Indian war ; carried to France ; there exchanged and
taken to England; brought back to Chebucto, became a
soldier under Lord Amherst, deserted and continued hidden
in Sutton many weeks, but at length ventured out, carrying
for a long time a club to defend himself from arrest.
He m. Rachel Kenney, Sept. 18, 1759. Ch. 1, Thaddeus, b. June 27, 1760;
2, John, b. May 12, 1762 ; 3, Molly, b. June 12, 1765.
David, the fifth of the brothers, m. Marcy . Ch. 1, Ephraim, b. Oct.
16, 1733, and (probably) 2, Joseph.
Joseph 2 (David 1 ), m. Isabel . Ch. 1, Molly, b. Aug. 10, 1769; 2,
David, b. Mar. 20, 1773.
TAYLOR.
James Taylor (son of Thomas) came from Reading, and
married Lydia, daughter of Caleb Taylor, (brother of
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Thomas), Sept. 15, 1741 ; married, second, Mary Dickinson,
Dec. 1, 1756; married, third, Mary Rist, Nov. 21, 1781;
died, Jan. 50, 1797.
Ch. 1, Abraham, b. Apr. 12, 1743; 2, Lydia, b. Oct. 27, 1745; m. Aaron
Elliot, Oct. 13, 1767; 3, Annie; m. Jacob Leland, Aug. 2, 1767; 4, Rhoda, b.
Jan. 22, 1753; m. John Christian, Mch. 25, 1788; 5, Mary, b. Dec. 3, 1782; m.
Salmon Burdou, Apr. 7, 1799; 6, Samuel, b. Mar. 5, 1786; d. Dec. 17, 1867.
Abraham 3 (James 2 , Thomas 1 ), m. Mary Leland, Sept. 21, 1769. Ch. 1,
Sarah, b. July, 4, 1771; 2, James, b. Feb. 4, 1773; 3, Isaac, b. Sept. 8, 1775;
4, Oliver; 5, John; graduated at Brown University ; became a preacher; m. a
dau. of Rev. Dr. Crane, of Northbridge.
Samuel 3 (James 2 , Thomas 1 ), m. Rebekah Hicks, May, 27, 1808. Ch. 1,
Silas ; graduated at Amherst College ; went South and died ; 2, James, b. Jan.
22, 1811; 3, Benjamin H., b. 1814; d. Oct. 1, 1845; 4, Julia Rebekah.
James 4 (Samuel 3 , James 2 , Thomas 1 ,), m. Julia A. Woodbury, May, 30,
1838. Ch. 1, Samuel Edward, 2, James Edwin, twins, b. Mar. 24, 1842; d.
in infancy; 3, Julia Rebekah, b. May 18, 1847; m. Edward P. Clark, Aug. 26,
1868; 4, George Arthur, b. Feb. 19, 1855.
Benj. H. 4 (Samuel 3 , James 2 , Thomas 1 ), in. Lucetta Arnold, Jan. 13, 1836.
Ch. 1, Julia M., b. June 3, 1837; 2, Henry Martin, b. June 24, 1839, d. Dec.
9, 1868.
TENNEY.
Daniel Tenney was born in Rowley, June 3, 1720, and
settled in Sutton.
He m. Mar. 16, 1743, Rebekah Dickinson, b. Jan. 22, 1719 ; d. Apr. 14, 1803 ;
he d. Oct. 23, 1812. Ch. 1, Miriam, b. July 7, 1744; d. Dec. 19, 1747; 2,
Simon, b. Sept. 13, 1746; d. Aug. 14, 1838; 3, Miriam, b. Jan. 12, 1750; d.
Oct. 20, 1756; 4, Susanna, b. Dec. 15, 1751; m. Samuel Blanchard, Mar. 17,
1775; d. Apr. 19, 1826; 5, Ruth, b. Dec. 16, 1754; m. Samuel Trask, June 21,
1773; d. Jan. 20, 1825; 6, Phebe, b. Apr. 22, 1759; m. Moses Hovey, Aug. 14,
1777; d. Apr. 25, 1810; 7, Mary, b. Apr. 11, 1761; m. 1st, Stephen Holman,
July 30, 1778; m. 2d, Azor Phelps, Nov. 16, 1784; d. Oct. 6, 1814.
Simon 2 (Daniel 1 ), m. Jan. 23, 1772, Sarah, dau. of Capt. Samuel Trask, b.
Sept. 10, 1753; d. Aug. 20, 1830. Ch. 1, Daniel, b. Nov. 23, 1773; held the
commission of major and justice of peace since 1819 ; d. Apr. 19, 1860.
Daniel 3 (Simon 2 , Daniel 1 ), m. Jan. 25, 1797, Betsey, dau. of John Waters,
b. July 13, 1776. Ch. 1, Sarah, b. Oct. 6, 1797; m. Edmund J. Mills, 1825 ;
2. Simon, b. Dec. 30, 1799; d. June 11, 1856; 3, John Waters, b. Dec. 25,
1802; 4, Linus, b. Dec. 5, 1804; 5, Nancy, b. Jan. 12, 1808; drowned May 29,
1822; 6, Daniel Austin, b. Aug. 27, 1811; 7, Benjamin Franklin, b. Oct. 28,
1813.
Simon 4 (Daniel 8 , Simon 2 , Daniel 1 ), m. Nancy Putnam, Feb. 6, 1828. Ch.
1, Daniel, b. Feb. 29, 1832; 2, George, b. Jan. 30, 1837.
John W. 4 (Daniel 3 , Simon 2 , Daniel 1 ), graduated at Brown University in
1823 ; received his degree of M. D. from the university of M aryland in 1828 ;
commenced practice with Dr. Smith, in Sutton, in 1832; afterwards removed
to Webster, where he followed his profession until he died. He m. 1st, Oct.
27, 1829, Eliza Fisher, b. May 31, 1803; m, 2d, Julia Sumner, Nov. 1, 1848 .
Ch. 1, Edward Waters, b. Aug. 8, 1830.
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Linus* (Daniel 8 , Simon 2 , Daniel 1 ), m. Sally Elwell, Dec. 25, 1827. Ch. 1,
Charles Linus, b. Jan. 12, 1829; 2, George Franklin, b. Sept. 7, 1831; d. Nov.
24, 1831; 3, James Henry, b. June 10, 1838.
Daniel Austin 4 (Daniel 3 , Simon 2 , Daniel 1 ), m. Marietta Marcy, Mar. 26,
1835. Ch. 1, Daniel Austin, b. Oct. 16, 1835; 2, Joseph Storks, b. Feb. 24,
1838; 3, George Laban, b. July 25, 1840; 4, Frederick Prescott, b. July 6,
1845 ; 5, Franklin Herbert, b. Jan. 16, 1849.
Joseph S. 5 (Daniel A. 4 , Daniel 8 , Simon 2 , Daniel 1 ), m. Emily M. Paine.
Ch. 1, George Arthur, b. Oct. 8, 1858.
Benjamin F. 4 (Daniel 3 , Simon 2 , Daniel 1 ), m. 1st, Oct. 16, 1837, Frances B.
Veazie, b. Mar. 7, 1819; d. Oct. 10, 1858; m. 2d, Mary B. Viles. Ch. 1,
Joseph Franklin, b. Nov. 12, 1738; served during the war; now in U. S. sig-
nal service; 2, Frank, b. Feb. 4, 1861; 3, Arthur, b. June 1, 1863; d. June 16,
1866; 4, Maud, b. Sept. 18, 1865.
TORRET.
Daniel Torrey (ancestry unknown), m. Kezia . Ch. 1, Samuel, b.
Feb. 19, 1762; 2, Molly, b. Jan. 3. 1764; 3, Daniel, b. Apr. 16, 1766; m. Tabi-
tha Dudley, May 26, 1791; 4, Olive, b. Mar. 4, 1768; 5, Kezia, b. Apr. 19,
1770; 6, Lois, b. Mar. 14, 1772; m. John Gould, jr., Aug. 12, 1791; 7, Isaac,
b. June 22, 1775.
Samuel 2 (Daniel 1 ), m. Hannah . Ch. 1, Lewis, b. Sept. 27, 1788; 2,
Belinda, b. May 21, 1791; 3, Roxa, b. Dec. 27, 1795; 4, Alfred, b. Mar. 25,
1802; 5, Willard, b. Dec. 5, 1805.
Lewis 3 (Samuel 2 , Daniel 1 ), m. Betsey . Ch. 1, Betsey, b. Aug. 4, 1812 ;
2, Lewis, b. June 5, 1814; 3, Julia Ann, b. Apr. 7, 1816; m. Richard Waters,
Aug. 20, 1837 ; 4, Edwin, b. Apr. 13, 1818 ; 5, Ruby Titus, b. Jan. 31, 1821 ;
6, Hannah, b. July 27, 1823 ; 7, Louisa, b. Aug. 31, 1825 ; 8, Rosina, b. July
24, 1827; 9, Belinda, b. Jan. 23, 1830; 10, Adeline, b. Dec 20,1831; 11,
Mary, b. Apr. 8, 1835; 12, La Fayette, b. Feb. 23, 1837; 13, John Alfred, b.
July 17, 1839.
Isaac 2 (Daniel 1 ), m. Nancy . Ch. 1, Suky, b. Mar. 25, 1802.
Caleb Torrey, m. Mary ; d. Mar. 16, 1808. Ch. 1, Caleb, b. Jan. 29,
1801 ; 2, Hannah, b. June 12, 1804.
TRASK.
Two of the name, Samuel and Josiah, appear upon the
early records of the town; possibly they were brothers.
Deacon Leland says : " Samuel Trask was born in Salem,
and was an adopted son of a Mr. Fuller, and came to Sut-
ton with him." The Fuller referred to was probably Jona-
than, whose name appears upon the records in 1741.
Samuel Trask, m. 1st, Bethiah Sibley, Nov. 3, 1743; m. 2d, Anne Bond,
Jan. 6, 1757; m. 3d, Hannah Park, Mar. 7, 1775; d. Mar. 7, 1790. Ch. 1,
John, b. Sept. 29, 1744; d. unmarried, insane; 2, Hannah, b. Nov. 10, 1746;
m. Jonathan Waters, jr., Nov. 27, 1766; 3, Samuel, b. Aug. 25,1749; 4,
Sarah, b. Sept. 10, 1753; m. Simon Tenney, Jan. 23, 1772; 5, Susanna, b.
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Oct. 11, 1759; m. Jonathan Holman, July 10, 1783; 6, Annie, b. Mar. 19,
1762; m. Elijah Torrey, Dec. 27, 178- ; 7, David, b. June 1, 1764; 8, David,
b. June 21, 1766; m. Mehitabel Dwight; 9, Jonathan, b. June 21, 1767; 10,
Amos, b. Aug. 1, 1769; m. Lucy Park, Apr. 19, 1775; 11, Peter, b. Apr. 8,
1773; m. Azubah Leland, Oct. 31, 1799; 12, Osborn, b. Dec. 18,1775; 13,
Lucy, b. May 16, 1777; m. Clark Willard, Apr. 6, 1796; 14, Aaron, b. Aug.
12, 1778; 15, James, b. Sept. 4, 1781; 16, Stephen, b. May 1, 1784; 17, Polly,
b. Jan. 31, 1787; m. Asa Rawson of Uxbridge; 18, Hitty, b. Mar. 1, 1790; m.
John Tourtellott.
Samuel 2 (Samuel 1 ), m. Ruth Tenney, Jan. 21, 1773. Ch. 1, Samuel, b.
Dec. 20, 1773; m. Rebekah White; 2, Simon, b. Jan. 13, 1775; 3, Hannah, b.
Feb. 14, 1777; m. Asa Whittemore; 4, Stephen, b. Feb. 10, 1779; 5, Jonathan;
6, David.
Jonathan 2 (Samuel 1 ), m. Phebe Waters, May 6, 1792. Ch. 1, Ira, m.
Hannah Thurston ; 2, Almira, b. Oct. 9, 1795 ; m. Joseph Griggs.
Aaron 2 (Samuel 1 ), m. Betsey Goodell, Apr. 3, 1806. Ch. 1, Luther Hol-
man, b. Feb. 15, 1807; 2, Alanson, b. May 22, 1808; 3, Asa Goodell, b. Aug.
1, 1810.
James 2 (Samuel 1 ), m. Nancy . Ch. 1, Nancy, b. May 17, 1804; 2,
James, b. Oct. 6, 1806.
Josiah Trask m. Annie Putnam, Oct. 31, 1745. Ch. 1, Peter, b. May 22,
1746; d. Oct.*7, 1803; 2, John, b. Dec. 2, 1747; d. Mar. 19, 1748; 3, Isaac, b.
May 22, 1749.
WAITE.
Gershom Waite (ancestry unknown), m. Johanna Rocket, Oct. 4, 1723.
Ch. 1, William, b. Sept. 4, 1725; 2, Josiah, b. Jan. 14, 1728; d. young; 3,
Mehitabel, b. Mar. 27, 1731 ; m. Jonathan Dwinel.
William 2 (Gershom 1 ), m. Ruth Lovell, Oct. 24, 1744. Ch. 1, Josiah, b.
May 7, 1746; m. Sarah Lovell, Mar. 15, 1775; 2, Asa, b. Mar. 12, 1748; 3,
Joshua, b. Dec. 30, 1749; 4, Ruth, b. Feb. 15, 1752; 5, William, b. Jan. 8,
1754; 6, Johanna, b. Jan. 3, 1756; 7, Thomas, b. Nov. 2, 1757; m. Hannah
Gould; 8, Bethia, b. Feb. 10, 1759; m. Timothy Buruap, Dec. 19, 1780; 9,
Mehitabel, b. July 1, 1760; 10, Gen-hom, b. Oct. 31, 1762; 11, Hannah, b.
Jan. 25, 1764; 12, Gershom, b. Jan. 15, 1766.
Asa 3 (William 2 , Gershom 1 ), m. Zeruiah Smith; m. 2d, Ruth Wilder of Lan-
caster. Ch. 1, Artemas; 2, Asa, b. Apr. 28, 1776; 3, Betty, b. Oct. 28, 1778;
4, Lucinda; 5, Calvin, graduated at Dartmouth; 6, Luther, graduated at Mid-
dlebury College.
Joshua 3 (William 2 , Gerehom 1 ), m. Mary Burnap, Sept. 19. 1776. Ch. 1,
Sally, b. Aug. 8, 1777; 2, John, b. July 23, 1778; in. Amy Stone of Alstoad,
N. H. ; 3, Polly, b. Feb. 5, 1780; m. Wm. Blake of Dorchester; 4, Joshua, b.
Aug. 26, 1781; d. Apr. 24, 1800; 5, Amos, b. Feb. 11, 1783; 6, David, 7, Jon-
athan, twins, b. Aug. 20, 1784; David in. Anna Torrey of Chesterfield; Jona-
than d. Mar. 19, 1785; 8, Josiah, b. June 18, 1786; d. Sept. 19, 1808; 9, Rufus,
b. Apr. 19, 1788; 10, Lucina, b. Mar. 3, 1792; 11, Lucina, b. May 21, 1794.
William 3 (William 2 , Gershom 1 ), m. Sarah Cummings, Dec. 19, 1780. Ch.
1, Esther, b. Sept. 19, 1781; in. Jacob Kidder; 2, Lydia, b. Feb. 9, 1783; 3,
Gershom, b. May 13, 1785; 4, Sally, b. Mar. 17, 1787; m. John Craft; 5, Betty,
b. Apr. 10, 1789; 6, Isaac, b. Aug. 2, 1791; m. Sally Goodenough; 7, Harvey,
b. Aug. 4, 1793; 8, Tyler, b. Aug. 11, 1796; 9, Aaron, b. Jan. 10, 1799.
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Nathaniel Waite (ancestry unknown), m. Elizabeth Lilley, Feb. 16, 1743.
Ch. 1, Nathaniel, b. Aug. 9, 1745; 2, Reuben, b. July 11, 1747; 3, Samuel,
b. May 26, 1749; 4, Joseph, b. Nov. 14, 1751; 5, Elizabeth, b. June 26, 1755;
6, Sarah, b. June 20, 1757.
WAKEFIELD.
Benjamin Wakefield m. 1st, Ann Taylor, Dec. 26, 1733; m. 2d, Ruth Marsh,
Nov. 24, 1742. Ch. 1, Benjamin, b. Nov. 14, 1734; 2, Simeon, or Simon, b.
Feb. 6, 1744; 3, Anne, b. Sept. 24, 1745; 4, Ruth, b. July 11, 1748; 5, Timo-
thy, b. Mar. 26, 1750.
Jonathan Wakefield (relationship unknown ; perhaps a brother of Benja-
min), m. Abigail ; d. Mar. 9, 1776. Ch. 1, Abigail, b. Oct. 5, 1734; 2,
Jonathan, b. Oct. 16, 1736; 3, Rebekah, b. Nov. 9, 1738; 4, Tabitha, b. Feb.
11, 1741; m. David Bacon, Dec. 17, 1767; 5, Amasa, b. June 9, 1743; d. Mar.
3, 1818; 6, Samuel, b. May 11, 1745; m. Mary Davenport, May 25, 1768; 7,
Silas, b. May 6, 1747; 8, Isaiah, b. Jan. 1, 1750; m. Eunice Burdon, Dec. 24,
1772; 9, Luther, b. Aug. 26, 1751 ; m. Mary Wakefield, June 10, 1778; 10,
Mary, b. Aug, 4, 1753; 11, Abigail, b. Sept, 21, 1755.
Jonathan 2 (Jonathan 1 ), m. Anne Wheeler, May 21, 1760. Ch. 1, Jona-
than, b. Mar. 20, 1761; 2, Josiah, b. May 1, 1762; 3, Joel, b. Jan. 10, 1764;
4, Sarah, b. Dec. 15, 1765; 5, Peter, b. Feb. 28, 1767; 6, Jesse, b. Mar. 27,
1769; 7, Lucy, b. June 2, 1771; 8, Chloe, b. May 5, 1773; 9, Anne, b. May 11,
1776.
Amasa 2 (Jonathan 1 ), m. Anna . Ch. 1, Daniel, b. July 3, 1771; 2,
Roby, b. Apr. 4, 1775; 3, Rachel, b. June 12, 1777; 4, Amasa, b. Feb. 4, 1783;
5, Wiman, b. May 4, 1786; 6, Leonard, b. Nov. 16, 1790; d. Mar. 7, 1803.
Silas 2 (Jonathan 1 ), m. Anne . Ch. 1, Huldah, b. Apr. 21, 1768; d.
Jan. 14, 1805; 2, Diadama, b. Apr. 22, 1770; 3, Lois, b. Mar.. 26, 1772; 4,
James, b. June 10, 1774; 5, Keziah, b. Apr. 8, 1777; 6, Elias, b. Jan. 30, 1779;
7, Anne, b. June 26, 1781 ; 8, Silas, b. Nov. 1, 1783.
WALKER.
Obadiah Walker m. Hannah ; she d. July 6, 1744. Ch. 1, Asa, b.
Oct. 8, 1726; d. Oct. 5, 1809; 2, Mary, b. Mar. 22, 1731; m. William Ellis,
May 10, 1750; 3, Sarah, b. May 9, 1735; m. Rogers Chase, Nov. 1, 1753.
Asa 2 (Obadiah 1 ), m. Abigail . Ch. 1, Elisha, b. Nov. 6, 1750; 2, Asa,
b. Mar. 28, 1752; 3, John, b. Feb. 14, 1754; 4, Gideon, b. Feb. 25, 1756; 5,
Abigail, b. Apr. 14, 1758; m. James Moon, July 2, 1782; 6, Lamed, b. Dec.
23, 1759; 7, Pearly, b. Jan. 7, 1762; 8, Timothy, b. Aug. 7, 1763; d. Dec. 12,
1819; 9, Mary, b. Jan. 12, 1767; 10, Hepsabetb, b. Aug. 7, 1768; 11, Joshua,
b. Aug. 20, 1770; 12, Solomon, b. Feb. 29, 1776.
Asa 8 (Asa 2 , Obadiah 1 ), m. Hannah Dudley, May 30, 1787. Ch. 1, Asa, b.
July 6, 1788; 2, Hannah, b. Feb. 3, 1790; m. David Dudley, Dec. 16, 1810; 3,
Polly, b. June 15, 1792; m. Aaron Burdou, Jan. 14, 1811; 4, Julia, b. July 21,
1794; m. Benjamin Hovey, Feb. 16, 1813; 5, Satira, b. Sept. 25, 1799; m.
Reuben F. Chase, Feb. 4, 1819.
Asa* (Asa 8 , Asa 2 Obadiah 1 ), m. Chloe Stockwell, Dec. 1, 1810; she d. May
8, 1815; m. 2d, Lucretia Blanchard, Apr. 27, 1819. Ch. 1, Susan Chloe, b.
Dec. 21, 1811; 2, an infant, b. Oct. 13, 1818; 3, Adeline, b. Sept. 12, 1814; 4,
Asa Augustus, b. July 26, 1816; 5, Alaney B., b. Sept 20, 1820,
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Gideon 8 (Asa 2 , Obadiah 1 ), m. Mary Carriel, Jan. 17, 1782. Ch. 1, Gideon,
b. Mar. 29, 1782; 2, Dolly, b. June 17, 1785; 3, John, b. May 2, 1791.
Obadiah Walker (relationship unknown), m. Hepzibah Shumway, Nov. 12,
1741. Ch. 1, Reuben, b. May 27, 1742; 2, Thomas, b. July 19, 1743; 3, Oba-
diah, b. Jan. 2, 1745; 4, Hepzibah, b. Oct. 18, 1746; 5, Jesurun, b. Sept. 17,
1748.
Obadiah Walker (ancestry unknown), m. Mrs. Eunice White, Oct. 28, 1745.
Ch. 1, Benjamin, b. Sept. 30, 1746.
Silas Walker (ancestry unknown), m. Hannah Buck, Sept. 15, 1737. Ch.
1, Patience, b. Jan. 10, 1745 ; 2, Elias, b. Dec. 4, 1749.
Josiah Walker (ancestry unknown), m. Eunice Putnam, May 30, 1786.
Ch. 1, Daniel, b. Oct. 9, 1786.
WATERS.
Richard Waters is first mentioned in the records of Salem,
anno 1636, where he has ten acres granted him. He was a
gunsmith, and married Joyce (or Rejoice) , daughter of Wil-
liam Plaise, likewise a gunsmith, of whom the following
mention is made in the town records :
" 4th 5 mo 1637 William Plaise requested a tenne acre
lott & it is granted 21d 6 mo 1637 it is ordered yt mr
Connants house, ground & half-acre of corn standing on the
same joining next unto mr Jno. fisk shall be bought by the
Towne for ould mr William Plase & the Towne to mak pay-
ment thereof."
(Mem. This house of Mr. Roger Conant, leader or gov-
ernor of the " old Planters," as they were called, who had
already made a settlement here before the coming of Endi-
cott and Winthrop, stood on the land now occupied by the
late residence of the Hon. Jacob S. Rogers, deceased, oppo-
site Derby square and the town hall.)
"25 10 1637. the marsh and meadow Lands that
have formerly layed in comon to this towne shall now be
appropriated to the Inhabitants of Salem, proportioned out
unto them according to the heads of their families."
In a list probably made out for this appointment, the name
of Willm. Plais occurs, with the figure 2 set against it, show-
ing, doubtless, the number of his family (himself and wife.)
4 10 1643, certain men are appointed as a " comitee
to provide for William Plaise a convenient roome to worke
in and to sett up a forge for him & wood & other necessaries
to the Valew of 4,"
TOWN or BUTTON. 739
"20 21646 Ordered that the Towue is to beare 29s
of the charges towards William Plaise his keeping in his
sickness and his burial & the rest to be paid by Richard
Waters. The whole amounting to 2, 19s, 6d."
These may certify that my father-in-law, William Plaise,
gunsmith, departed this life in Salem, this fifteenth day of
the 2d mo. 1646. RICHARD WATERS.
By the list of 1637, before mentioned, giving the names
of householders and the number of heads in their families,
it appears that Richard Waters had five (5) in his family at
that time ; probably himself, his wife and three children.
In 1638 mention is made of his " howse," which stood,
perhaps, not far from the upper end of Broad street.
16th July 1676 "being ancient" Richard Waters wrote
his will, which was sworn to by the witnesses in court at
Salem 28 d., 9 mo '77. He appoints his wife, Joyce, sole
executrix, and bequeaths to her all his property during her
life or widowhood, and after that, what remains, "to my
sonn, William, to be secured in the hands of my sonne
Ezekiel, for to maintain his brother William during his
natural life, in case my sonne Ezekiel be not willing to keep
him if my sonn John undertake it then he shall have Wil-
liams estate during his natural life and at Williams death to
be disposed of as followeth :"
Then follow bequests to sons James, John and Ezekiel,
and to daughter Martha, of 10s each, provided there be left
forty pounds clear estate at William's death, and the bulk of
the property to go to daughters, Abigail Punchard, Mary
English, Susanna Pulsifer and Hannah Striker, " whoe
neither of them have had any part or portion of estate
already, as my forementioned children have had."
Ch. 1, Mary; m. Clement English, 27 Aug. 1667; 2, James; m. Mary
Stalworth, 24 Mar. 1669-70; 3, William; 4, Martha; 5, John, bapt. 27d, 9mo,
1640; m. Sara Tompkins, Id, 6mo, 1663; 6, Elizabeth, bapt. 26d, 12mo, 1642;
d. unmarried, 4d, 12mo, 1662; 7, Abigail, bapt. 18d, 3mo, 1645; m. William
Puuchard, 26 Oct. 1669; 8, Ezekiel, bapt. 9d, 2mo, 1647; 9, Susanna, bapt.
Id, mo, 1649; m. Benedict Pulsifer, Feb. 1673; 10, Hannah, bapt. 30d,
llmo, 1652 ; m. Joseph Striker, lOd, 2mo, 1673.
740 FAMILIES OF THE
John (son of Richard and Joyce) Waters, born 1640, was
a farmer, and lived in Northfields, near the site of the
Salem iron factory.
He married, first day, sixth month, 1663, Sara, daughter
of John, and probably granddaughter of Ralph Tompkins of
Salem.
His last will and testament, written fourteenth February
1706-7, was proved March 1707-8. After providing for
his wife, he mentions his three sons, John, Richard and
Nathaniel, daughter Elizabeth, then in a " single condition,"
and daughters Symonds and Jacobs.
Ch. 1, Richard, 2, John, twins, b. last of June 1664; d. within a fortnight;
3, John, b. 4 July 1665; m. Mary ; 4, Sara, b. 30d, 6mo, 1667; m. John
Symouds, 3 Mar. 1689-90; 5, Richard, b. 13 Nov. 1669; m. Martha Read, 3
Mar. 1697-8; 6, Nathaniel, b. 6d, 12mo, 1671; m. Elizabeth King, 12 Dec.
1699; 7, fcamuel, b. 29 Mar. 1674; d. in five weeks; 8, Samuel, b. 6 May
1675; not named in will, probably dead ; 9, Elizabeth, b. lOd, llmo, 1677 ;
adm. gr. to her brother John, 13 Nov. 1734; 10, Abigail, bapt. 6 May 1683 ;
m. John Jacobs, 6 Apr. 1704.
Richard (son of John and Sara) Waters, born in Salem
1669 ; died in Oxford 1725-6.
He married, in Salem, Martha Read, third March 1697-8,
and all his children were born in Salem.
Eighth December 1720, he, then of Salem, and Samuel
Rich of Bellingham, bought of the Hon. William Tailer of
Dorchester one thousand acres in Sutton, of which Waters
was to have two-thirds and Rich one-third.
Thirtieth March 1772, Richard Waters, formerly of Salem,
and Samuel Rich, formerly of Bellingham, now both of a
farm called Manchaug farm, adjacent to Oxford, make an
agreement about their lands.
Twenty-eighth February 1728, Richard Waters buys of
Nathaniel Byfield, William Dudley and Ezekiel Lewis two
hundred and thirty-four acres near Manchaug Pond.
His will, signed twenty-first October, 1775, "he being
then adjacent to Oxford, county of Suffolk," was proved
seventeenth February 1725-6. He mentions wife Martha,
two eldest sons, Richard and Samuel (of whom Richard was
older) ; other children, Abigail, Mercy, Ebenezer, Mary,
Amos (youngest son), Lois. He mentions also land in
Salem.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 741
Ch. 1, Hannah, b. 4 Mar. 1699; 2, Richard, b. 22 Nov. 1700; m. Anna,
dau. of Sol. Holman of Newbury; 3, Abigail, b. 1 Aug. 1702; m. Samuel
Dudley of Littleton; 4, Samuel, b. 1 Sept. 1704; m. Rachel Holman of New-
bury, 13 Nov. 1729 ; 5, Mercy, bapt. 24 July 1707 ; 6, Ebenezer, bapt. 10
July, 1709; d. at Cuba in the expedition against that place by Admiral Ver-
non, about 1742; 7, Mary, bapt. 30 Sept. 1711; 8, Lois, bapt 16 May 1714;
m. Thomas Chamberlain of Littleton ; 9, Amos, bapt. 9 June 1717.
Nathaniel (son of John and Sara) Waters, born in Salem,
sixth day, twelfth month, 1671 ; married Elizabeth (daugh-
ter of John and Elizabeth) King, twelfth December 1699.
(Record of deeds for Suffolk county, book thirty, leaf one
hundred and seventeen.)
Fourteenth February 1715, Nathaniel Waters of Salem,
buys of William King and Benjamin Marsh, both of Salem,
one-tenth of the township of Sutton, deemed to contain about
thirty thousand acres, of which one-tenth equals about three
thousand acres, etc. Administration granted on estate of
Nathaniel Waters, fisherman, fifth March 1718, to his
widow, Elizabeth Waters, whose sureties were Samuel King
and John Waters spoken of as all of Marblehead. Inven-
tory presented seventeenth July 1718 ; among other items,
two cows loosed in hired land in royal dide land at Sutton.
From a deed recorded in Essex county (book seventy-
three, leaf seventy-six) , it L appears that Nathaniel Waters,
late of Salem, had a daughter, Hannah, who died without
issue, making only a verbal will, by which she gave all her
estate to her brother Jonathan. So all the other heirs unite,
eighth May 1736, in a deed to confirm title to said Jonathan,
viz. : Elizabeth Waters, widow ; Nathaniel Waters, mariner ;
Isaac Cook, cordwainer, and his wife Elizabeth ; Mehitable
Waters, spinster; all of Salem; and Benjamin Marsh, jr.,
of Sutton, and his wife Ruth.
Ch. 1, Mehitabel, bapt. Oct. 15, 1704; d. young; 2, Ruth, bapt. Oct. 15,
1704; m. Benj. Marsh, jr., of Sutton; 3, Mehitabel, bapt. 13 July, 1707; m.
Samuel Foster, 26. Oct. 1738; 4, Nathaniel, b. 22 Oct. 1708; m. Mary Gard-
ner, 29 Nov. 1737; 5, 'Sarah, bapt. 20 July 1712; d. before 1736; 6, Jona-
than, bapt. 31 July 1715; m. Mehitabel Gyles, 10 Aug. 1738; 7, Hannah; d.
without issue ; 8, Elizabeth ; m. Isaac Cook, 17 June, 1726-7.
Richard 3 (John 2 , Richard 1 ), settled in Sutton about 1721.
Richard* (Richard 8 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Anna Holman. Ch. 1, Mary,
m. Anthony Sigourney of Boston; 2, Stephen, b. Apr. 13, 1785; 3, Ebenezer,
742 FAMILIES OF THE
b. July 3, 1739; 4, Abraham, b. Apr. 3, 1743; 5, Ruth, b. Jan. 6, 1746; m.
Thomas Kendall; 6, Samuel, b. Nov. 21, 1750; 7, Hannah, b. Aug. 5, 1754;
m. Marsh.
Stephen 6 (Richard 4 , Richard 3 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Huldah Flagg of Graf-
ton. Ch. 1, Anne, b. Mar. 30, 1763; 2, John, b. Oct. 23, 1764; 3, David, b.
Feb. 2, 1767; 4, Nathan, b. May 18, 1769; 5, Hjildah, b. Aug. 11, 1771; m.
Daniel Hunt; 6, Rebekah, b. May 25, 1775; d. Apr. 28, 1804.
John 6 (Stephen 5 , Richard 4 , Richard 3 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m. 1st, Huldah
Howard of Oxford, Nov. 25, 1790; she d. Sept. 26, 1795; m. 2d, Hannah, dau. of
Nathan Putnam, Esq., Dec. 15, 1796; she d. Sept. 28, 1818; m. 3d, Bitty
Kidder of Millbury, who d. July 17, 1866. Ch. 1, Anne, b. May 20, 1791 ;
m. Ebenezer Foskett of Charlton ; 2, Lucy, b. May 7, 1792 ; m. David Carpen-
ter of Charlton; 3, Lydia, b. Dec. 24, 1793; m. Elkauah Mclntire of Charlton;
4, Huldah, b. Sept. 24, 1795 ; m. Jesse Bigelow of Oxford ; 5, Stephen, b. Aug.
6, 1797; d. Sept. 22, 1850; 6, Nathan, b. May 24, 1799; 7, Richard, b. Nov. 1,
1802; d. Mar. 29, 1876; 8, Betsey, b. Jan. 17, 1804; m. Tyler Carpenter.
Stephen 7 (John 6 , Stephen 5 , Richard 4 , Richard 3 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m.
Matilda Carpenter, dau. of Simeon and Sally Carpenter. Ch. 1, Jason, b.
Oct. 9, 18$}4 ; 2, Hannah P., b. Aug. 10, 1826; d. June 8, 1830; 3, John C., b.
July 17, 1331; 4, George, b. Sept. 4, 1834; d. Sept. 28, 1834; 5, Andrew J., b.
Jan. 14, 1836; 6, Nathan P., b. Jan. 16, 1838; d. Sept. 6, 1839; 7, Julia M.,
b. Apr. 7, 1840; m. Henry H. Phelps.
John C. 8 (Stephen 7 , John 6 , Stephen 5 , Richard 4 , Richard 3 , John 2 , Richard 1 ),
m. Mary Abbott. Ch. 1, Jennie M., b. July 22, 1858; 2, Stephen C., b.
June 2, 1866.
Nathan 7 (John 6 , Stephen 5 , Richard 4 , Richard 3 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Ulva
A., dau. of Cornelius Putnam of Oxford, Dec. 2, 1832. Ch. 1, Anna C., b.
Jan. 26, 1835; m. A. Aldrich; 2, Ulva M., b. Mar. 27, 1837; 3, Marion, b.
Mar. 26, 1842; m. Henry Inman; 4, Samuel, b. Mar. 25, 1845; 5, Adelaide P.,
b. Apr. 20, 1848; m. E. E. Burdon; 6, George B., b. Feb. 23, 1852.
Richard 7 (John 6 , Stephen 5 , Richard 4 , Richard 3 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Julia,
dau. of Lewis and Betsey Torrey, Aug. 20, 1837. Ch. 1, Isaac L., b. Dec.
26, 1843; 2, Erviu, b. Apr. 26, 1846; d. Jan. 2, 1866; 3, Flora A., b. May 8,
1848; m. A. Estabrooks of Leicester; 4, Evaline J., b. Sept. 10, 1850; m.
Marble Putnam ; 5, Juliette, b. May 28, 1855.
Isaac L. 8 (Richard 7 , John 6 , Stephen 5 , Richard 4 , Richard 3 , John 2 , Richard 1 ),
m. Addie Shaw. Cb. 1, Florence J., b. May 8, 1873; 2, Richard L., b. Nov.
9, 1875.
Ebenezer 5 (Richard 4 , Richard 3 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m. 1st, Mary Adams of
Grafton, Dec. 10, 1767; she d. Nov. 27, 1771; m. 2d, Susanna Thurston, May
6, 1778; m. 3d, Mary dough of Boston. Ch. 1, Maria, b. Aug. 6, 1769; m.
Dr. Artemas Bullard, Feb. 27, 1796; 2, Elizabeth, b. Feb. 17, 1771; m. Rev.
Joseph Goffe, Dec. 20, 1796.
Abraham 5 (Richard 4 , Richard 8 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Mehitabel Waters,
Dec. 3, 1772. Ch. 1, Ebenezer, b. 1773; d. 1782; 2, Simeon; 3, John; 4,
Mary.
Samuel 5 (Richard 4 , Richard 3 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Prudence Winchester of
Graftou. Ch. 1, Prudence, b. Apr. 13, 1776 ; d. June 5, 1794 ; 2, Sally, b.
Mar. 11, 1778; m. Capt. Thomas Smith; d. Aug. 2, 1862; 3, Joshua, b. Apr.
4, 1780; 4, Patty, b. Aug. 4, 1782; m. Amos Waters; d. Apr. 26, 1864; 5,
Polly, b. Apr. 22, 1784; m. Luther Whittemore; 6, Tamar, b. Dec. 31, 1786 ;
TOWN OF BUTTON. 743
m. Sumner Bastow, Esq. ; d. Mar. 22, 1871 ; 7, Ann, b. Nov. 4, 1789 ; m.
Esseck Brown; 8, Abigail, b. Jan. 21, 1792; m. Jason Morse; d. 1877; 9,
Samuel, b. Oct. 8, 1794; d. Aug. 5, 1867.
Joshua 8 (Samuel 5 , Richard 4 , Richard 3 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Mary Torrey.
Cb. 1, Edwin; 2, Erastus; 3, George A.
Samuel 6 (Samuel 6 , Richard 4 , Richard 8 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Rebekah, dau.
of Aaron Putnam. Ch. 1, Mary Elizabeth, b. May 20, 1827; 2, Olivia, b.
Apr. 29, 1836.
Samuel 4 (Richard 8 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Rachel Holman of Newbury, Nov.
13, 1729. Ch. 1, Hannah, b. Nov. 23, 1730; 2, Elizabeth, b. Nov. 16, 1732;
3, Rachel, b. Oct. 8, 1734; 4, Abigail, b. Sept. 18, 1736; 5, Sarah, b. Oct. 27,
1738; 6, Martha, b. May, 11, 1740; 7, Samuel, b. July 9, 1742.
Amos 4 (Richard 8 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Mrs. Abigail Carriel, nee Cobb; d.
Mar. 26, 1772. Ch. 1, Judith, b. Apr. 12, 1758; 2, Martha, b, Sept. 22,
1759; m. Capt. David Putnam; 3, Huldah, b. Dec. 19, 1761; m. John Put-
nam; 4, Amos, b. Feb. 18, 1764; d. Mar. 18, 1856; 5, Abigail, b. Apr. 5, 1766;
m. Capt. Abner Putnam; 6, Reuben, b. Feb. 2, 1768; d. Sept. 11, 1842; 7,
Simeon, b. Sept. 24, 1771.
Judah 5 (Amos 4 , Richard 8 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Olive Fuller. Ch. 1,
Amos, b. Sept. 23, 1781; 2, Judah, b. July 23, 1783; 3, Jason, b. Sept. 20.
1785 ; 4, Josiah, b. Jan. 7, 1789 ; 5, Olive ; 6, Lewis ; family removed to cen-
tral New York ; 7, Abigail ; 8, Daniel ; 9, George ; 10, Thomas.
Judah 6 (Judah 5 , Amos 4 , Richard 3 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Rutb, dau. of
Nathan Putnam, jr., Mar. 23, 1806. Ch. 1, Sarah; 2, Nathan P., b. Feb.
12, 1810; family removed to central New York.
Jason 6 (Judah 5 , Amos 4 , Richard 3 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Harriet Phillips of
Charlton. Ch. 1, Ruth; 2, Olivia; 3, George; 4, William.
Amos 5 (Amos 4 , Richard 8 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Polly, dau. of Nathan Put-
nam, Esq., July 4, 1791; m. 2d, Patty, dau. of Rev. Samuel Waters, Apr. 4,
1802. Ch. 1, Amos, b. Aug. 13, 1803; d. Nov. 27, 1867; 2, Winchester, b.
Sept. 15, 1805; d. Nov. 24, 1840; 3, Simeon, b. Sept. 4, 1807; d. July 20, 1809;
4, Peregrine, b. June 17, 1810; 5, Alexander, b. Oct. 19, 1812; d. Sept. 21,
1827; 6, Frederick A., b. June 11, 1815; d. Nov. 22, 1850; 7, Benjamin F., b.
Dec. 17, 1817; d. Aug. 11, 1852; 8, Martha, b. May 23, 1820; 9, Mary, b. Aug.
27, 1822; d. Oct. 8, 1848; 10, Sarah, b. Oct. 14, 1826.
Reuben 5 (Amos 4 , Richard 3 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Tamar, dau. of Gideon
Sibley; she d. Dec. 25, 1803; m. 2d, Mrs. Polly Cummings, dau. of Col. Tim-
othy Sibley, May 26, 1804 ; she d. June 8, 1844. Ch. 1, Reuben, b. Dec. 9,
1795; 2, Parley, b. Mar. 2, 1797; 3, Tamar, b. Oct. 11, 1798; tn. Lamed Davis ;
d. June 8, 1829; 4, Russell, b. Nov. 14, 1803; 5, Abner, b. Apr. 24, 1805; d.
1875; 6, Mary, b. May 17, 1806; d. May 28, 1807; 7, Mary, b. Sept. 5, 1807;
d. June 8, 1844; 8, Elinas, b. Dec. 14, 1808; d. June 1815; 9, Diautha R., b.
May 20, 1812; d. Feb. 21, 1814; 10, Simeon, b. Nov. 13, 1813; d. Dec. 1813;
11, Eliuas, b. Dec. 3, 1816; m. Solon Smith.
Reuben 6 (Reuben 6 , Amos 4 , Richard 8 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Mary Davis of
Oxford, Sept. 28, 1823. Ch. 1, Abigail D., b. July 4, 1824; 2, Abijah D., b.
June 11, 1826; d. Sept. 30, 1848; 3, Reuben K, b. Apr. 1, 1828; 4, Tamar S.,
b. Feb. 6, 1830; m. Dr. F. Brown of Webster, May 1, 1854; 5, Mary E., b.
Nov. 15, 1831; 6, Benton, b. Feb. 27, 1835; 7, Edna A., b. Jan. 8, 1837; 8,
Ellen C., b. Nov. 11, 1842; 9, Loriug D., b. Sept. 28, 1844.
Parley 6 (Reuben 6 , Amos 4 , Richard 8 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Fanny Putnam,
744 FAMILIES OF THE
May 12, 1822. Ch. 1, Henry M., b. Nov. 5, 1824; d. Nov. 1824; 2, Sarah M M
b. Jan. 26, 1826; d. Aug. 15, 1828; 3, George P., b. Apr. 28, 1833; d. Nov. 3,
1860.
George P. 7 , (Parley 6 , Reuben 5 , Amos*, Richard 8 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Sarah
U. Dunbar of Southbridge. Ch. 1, Sarah A., b. Sept. 25, 1857; m. Hiram
Sherman, Oct. 4, 1877.
Abner 6 (Reuben 5 , Amos 4 , Richard 8 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Mary Mellen of
Milford. Ch. 1, John M., b. Aug. 22, 1834; 2, Samuel; 3, Mary.
Simeon 6 (Amos*, Richard 8 , John 2 , Richard 1 ), m. Betty, dau. of Stephen
Marble. Removed to Livermore, Maine.
WATERS NORTH PARISH FAMILIES.
BY COL. ASA H. WATERS.
Jonathan Waters, son of Nathaniel, one of the proprietors
of SulJton township, came from Salem and settled in the
north parish, now West Millbury. His brother, Nathaniel,
second, settled at the same time on an adjoining farm, and
his descendants are numerous ; but we have been unable to
obtain their records. Jonathan was of the fourth genera-
tion from Richard, the progenitor in Salem, 1632 ; was
baptized there July 31, 1715; married Mehitable Gyles of
Salem, August 10, 1738, and had seven sons and three
daughters consecutively.
Ch. 1, Jonathan, b. Feb. 3, 1739, O. S.; 2, Elijah, b. Apr. 11, 1740; d. in
the French war, 1758; 3, Asa, b. Jan. 2T, 1742; 4, John, b. Sept. 26, 1743; 5,
Simeon, b. Oct. 9, 1746; 6, Cornelius, b. May 6, 1749; 7, Andrus, b. Sept. 21,
1752; 8, Elizabeth, b. Nov. 6, 1758; d. young; 9, Mehitable; 10, Anna, b. Mar.
30, 1763 ; m. John Bancroft and moved to Ohio.
V. Jonathan, 2d, m. Hannah Trask, Nov. 27, 1766. Ch. 1, Sarah, b.
Oct. 18, 1767; m. William Bond, Mar. 28, 1793; 2, Jonathan, b. Apr. 11,
1771; m. Nancy Torrey; 3, Elijah, b. Mar. 25, 1773; d. unmarried; 4, Han-
nah, b. June 20, 1775 ; m. Samuel Waters.
Asa m. Sarah Goodell, June 14, 1764. Ch. 1, Lucy, b. Sept. 1765; m.
Gen. Caleb Burbank, and d. without issue ; 2, Elijah, b. May 27, 1767 ; 3,
Asa, 2d, b. Nov. 2, 1769; 4, Samuel, b. July 16, 1773; 5, Eetty, d. young; 6,
Sarah, b. Feb. 14, 1777; 7, Asenath, b. Oct. 7, 1780; 8, Mehitable, b. July 3,
1782 ; 9, Harvey ; graduated at Brown University with high honors and died
soon after.
John m. Phebe Goodell, May 28, 1771. Ch. 1, Phoebe, b. Apr. 6, 1772 ;
m. Jonathan Trask, May 6, 1792; 2, Betty, b. July 13, 1777; m. Daniel Ten-
ney, Jan. 25, 1797; 3, Moses, b. June 26, 1778; m. Olive Sibley, Dec. 29,
1802; 4, Anna, b. June 1784; m. John Prentice; 5, John, b. July 27, 1788;
m. Martha DeWolf.
Simeon m. Lydia Bartlett and lived in Charlton. Ch. 1, Betty, b, Oct. 3,
1782; m. Moses Colton; 2, Lydia; 3, Leonard.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 745
Cornelius graduated at Dartmouth College, studied divin-
ity, was settled in Ashby ; married Sibyl Gardner, daughter
of Colonel Gardner of Brooklyn, who was killed in the bat-
tle of Bunker Hill.
Ch. 1, Benjamin Franklin; 2, Betsey; m. Isaiah Davis of Concord; 3,
Susan ; m. Rice of Ashby ; 4, Sophia ; m. Richardson of Cambridge ;
5, Joseph Jackson; d. young; 6, Sibyl; m. Edwards of Concord; 7, Cor-
nelius ; 8, George, b. 1797 ; m. Sarah Forbes of Deerfield, and one of his sons .
is Edwin F. Waters of the Boston Daily Advertiser; 9, Phila; m. Samuel Burr
of Concord.
Andrus (see article on " Gun Making "); m. Betty Goodell, Nov. 25,
1773; d. at West Point, 1777. Ch. 1, Salmon; m. Sally Dudley; settled in
Amsterdam, N. Y. ; 2, Andrus; m. Lucy Pierce.
Mehitable m. Abram Waters, son of Richard of south parish, Dec. 3, 1772.
Ch. 1, Ebenezer, b. 1773; d. June 15, 1782; 2, Simeon; m. Sarah Waters,
daughter of Asa, 1st; 3, John, settled in Pittsburg, Pa. ; had seven children;
4, Mary; d. unmarried.
VI. Elijah, son of Asa, 1st; m. Lydia Whittemore. Ch. 1, Lucy, b. Feb.
7, 1793; m. Simon Farnsworth; 2, Fanny, b. Nov. 29, 1794; d. June 19, 1803;
3, Fanny, b. July 3, 1796; d. Oct. 13,1814; 4, Eliza, b. May 24, 1798 ; m.
Thomas J. Harrington; 5, Elijah, b. Mar. 1, 1800; d. unmarried, Feb. 1849;
6, Lydia, b. Feb. 23, 1802; m. Peter Pierce; 7, Harvey, b. July 11, 1804; m.
Miss Johnson of Stafford Springs; 8, Sophia, b. Aug. 7, 1807; m. Alvan
Leland; 9, Franklin, 10, Fidelia, twins, b. June 8, 1810; Franklin m. Eliza
Farnsworth; Fidelia m. Jonas A. Hovey; 11, Martha, b. Oct. 23, 1812; m.
Sylvanus Holbrook.
Jonathan 8 (Jonathan 2 ), m. Nancy Torrey. Ch. 1, Eliza; 2, Jonathan
Edwards ; 3, Susan ; 4, Julia.
Asa (2d), m. Susan Holman, dau. of Col. Jonathan Holman, May 19, 1802;
d. Dec. 24, 1841. Ch. 1, Susan H., b. Apr. 14, 1803; 2, Sarafina, b. July 7,
1805; d. June 24, 1824; 3, Asa H., b, Feb. 8, 1808; 4, Fanny Jane, b. Feb. 7,
1810; d. June 15, 1811; 5, Anna Jane, b. Feb. 4, 1813; m. Anson G. Stiles;
6, Harriet Newell, b. Aug. 18, 1814; m. Rev. S. W. Dutton, D.D., of New
Haven, Sept. 12, 1838; d. July 3, 1864; 7, Adelia Augusta, b. Jan. 18, 1820;
m. Rev. I. N. Tarbox, D. D., June 1, 1845 ;. r 8, Caroline, b. Jan. 17, 1826; m.
Jonathan Forbush, June 13, 1855.
Samuel m. Hannah Waters, dau. of Jonathan Waters, 2d, Nov. 30, 1797.
Ch. 1, Horace, b. Aug. 28, 1799; 2, Tyler, b. Aug. 19, 1801; d. Aug. 29,
1803; 3, Silence, b. Aug. 24, 1803; m. Harvey Goodell; 4, Tyler, b. Aug. 7,
1805; m. Hannah Marble; 5, Samuel Austin, b. Sept. 20, 1807; m. Elizabeth
Read; 6, Hannah Torrey, b. Dec. 15, 1809; m. George Sabine; 7, Lucy Bur-
bank, b. Mar. 16, 1812; d. Dec. 12, 1873; 8, Andrus, b. May 15, 1814; d. Jan.
4, 1840; 9, Asenath, b. Dec. 24, 1816; d. Nov. 19, 1827.
Asenathm. Gen. Joseph Farnsworth; removed to Westfield, N. Y., and
their descendants are numerous.
VII. Horace, son of Samuel, m. Ruth Hovey, Sept. 1827. Ch. 1, Charles
H., b. July 31, 1828; m. Mary Farnsworth of Groton, and does a large busi-
ness in wire weaving in Clinton ; 2, Cornelia, b. June 14, 1833 ; m. Royal
Thayer; 3, Osgood Herrick, b. Oct. 13, 1836; m. Ellen Crane; 4, Horace
Hovey, b. Nov. 9, 1841 ; resides in Chicago,
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746 FAMILIES OF THE
Susan H. 2 (Asa 2d 1 ), m. Samuel Davenport Torrey, Boston, Jan. 27, 1824 .
Ch. 1, Delia Chapin; 2, Louisa M., m. Judge Alphonso Taft, Dec. 26, 1853;
3, Susan W., m. Samuel Austin Wood, Apr. 11, 1864; 4, Anna D., m. Edward
Orton, Pres. Ohio State Agricultural College, Aug. 26, 1875.
Mrs. Torrey d. Feb. 3, 1866; Mr. Torrey d. Dec. 23, 1877, aged 88 years, 8
months, 9 days.
Asa H. m. Elizabeth M. Hovey, June 27, 1849. Ch. 1, Isabel Holman; 2,
Lilian ITovey, m. Prof. E. A. Grosvenor of Robert College, Constantinople,
Oct. 23, 1873; 3, Florence Elizabeth.
Adelia A., m. Rev. I. N. Tarbox, D. D., of West Newton. Ch. 1, Susan,
m. Samuel Carr, Boston ; 2, Mary, m. Freeman F. Raymond, Boston.
VIII. Louise M., dau. of S. D. Torrey, m. Judge Alphonso Taft of Cincin-
nati, O., U. S. Attorney General under President Grant. Ch. 1, William
Howard, educated at Yale University ; 2, Henry Waters, educated at Yale
University ; 3, Horace, educated at Yale University ; 4, Fanny.
The above grandchildren of Asa Waters, 2d, and all their
contemporaries in collateral branches, are of the ninth gen-
eration from Richard, the progenitor, as appears from official
records.
WELLMAN.
Rev. James Welman m. Sarah Barnard, Nov. 8, 1750. Ch. 1, Sarah, b. June
20, 1752; 2, James, b. July 30, 1754; 3, Isaac, b. Feb. 4, 1757; 4, Solomon, b.
Dec. 8, 1758; 5, Joshua, b. Nov. 16, 1760; d. Nov. 29, 1760; 6, Martha, b.
Aug. 11, 1763; 7, Joshua, b. May 24, 1766.
WHIPPLE.
John m. Mary . Ch. 1, Joseph, b. Dec. 22, 1711 ; 2, Ebenezer, b.
Sept. 14, 1713; 3, Sarah, b. Mar. 22, 1715; 4, John, b. Aug. 22, 1717; 5, Lucy,
b. Feb. 25, 1724; 6, Abigail, b. Mar. 3, 1726.
Ebenezer 2 (John 1 ), m. Prudence Dudley, Mar. 25, 1737. Ch. 1, Samuel,
b. Nov. 28, 1737; 2, Paul, b. Dec. 20, 1738; 3, Sarah, b. Dec. 8, 1740; 4,
Joseph, b. Feb. 5, 1743; 5, Mary, b. Feb. 23, 1745; 6, Ebenezer, b. Mar. 19,
1747.
Jacob Whipple (ancestry unknown), m. Jerusha Leland, Jan. 6, 1729.
Ch. 1, James, b. Nov. 29, 1729; 2, Moses, b. May 13, 1733; 3, Jerusha, b.
Dec. 26, 1735.
Symonds Whipple (ancestry unknown), m. Mary Sibley, Nov. 16, 1769.
Ch. 1, Nathaniel, b. Jan. 11, 1771; 2, Mary, b. Jan. 15, 1773; 3, Ruth, b.
Mar. 20, 1775; 4, Martha, b. Dec. 16, 1778; 5, Eunice, b. Oct. 1, 1780; 6,
Jacob, 7, Rachel, twins, b. Apr. 3, 1782.
John Whipple (ancestry unknown), m. Susanna . Ch. 1, John, b.
Mar. 15, 1766; 2, Pearley, b. June 6, 1769.
John 2 (John 1 ), m. Anna Hall, Nov. 28, 1794. Ch. 1, Almira, b. Nov. 17,
1795; 2, Parley, b. Feb. 27, 1797; 3, Nancy, b. July 21, 1799; 4, John W., b.
Feb. 3, 1802.
John W. 8 (John 2 , John 1 ), m. Dolly Dresser, Jan. 1834 Ch. 1, Almira, b.
Mar. 18, 1835; m, 1st, Ezra G. Merriam, Mar. 30, 1858; m. 2d, H. A. Ken-
drick, July 14, 1870; 2, Mary D., b. May 25, 1836; 3, Richard M., b. Feb. 5,
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1838; 4, Mary D., b. Nov. 3, 1840; m. Warren Harris, Dec. 22, 1864; 5, Mar-
tha J., b. Sept. 23, 1841; 6, Anna H., b. Sept. 29, 1845; m. Chas. L. Brown-
ing, Nov. 15, 1868.
Richard M.* (John W. 3 , John 2 , John 1 ), m. Ruthe M. Streeter, Nov. 15,
1870. Ch. 1, John W., b. Aug. 19, 1871; 2, Hiram S., b. Apr. , 1873.
Solomon Whipple (ancestry unknown), m. Abigail Russell of Greenwich,
Sept. 16, 1777. Ch. 1, Joseph, b. July 31, 1778; 2, Russell, b. May 14, 1786.
Joseph 2 (Solomon 1 ), m. Azubah Smith, Feb. 18, 1800. Ch. 1, Azubah, b.
Sept. 21, 1800.
John Whipple (ancestry unknown), m. Patty Sibley, Sept. 18, 1805. Ch.
1, Amanda, b. Feb. 14, 1806; 2, Rachel, b. Mar. 9, 1810.
WHITE.
Josiah White m. Mary Taylor, Apr. 28, 1737. Ch. 1, Josiah, b. July 8,
1738; 2, Mary, b. July 8, 1741; 3, Josiah, b. Apr. 1, 1745; 4, Caleb, b. July
30, 1747.
Caleb 2 (Josiah 1 ), m. Rebekah Marsh, Feb. 26, 1767. Ch. 1, Sally, b. May
24, 1768; 2, Chloe, b. Sept 23, 1771.
Josiah White, jr., m. Hannah Gardner, Jan. 2, 1746; m. 2d, Lucy Whipple,
Nov. 28, 1751. Ch. 1, Hannah, b. July 20, 1746; 2, Beatrice, b. Mar. 6,
1749; 3, Ebenezer, b. Sept. 25, 1752; 4, Abel, b. Apr. 23, 1754; 5, Jeptha, b.
Dec. 26, 1755; 6, Josiah, b. Mar. 9, 1758; 7, Elias, b. Dec. 13, 1759; 8, Noah,
b. Nov. 6, 1761; 9, Lucy, b. Apr. 16, 1764; 10, Job, b. Mar. 6, 1766.
Peter White m. Hepzibah . Ch. 1, Peter, b. July 12, 1769.
Peter 2 (Peter 1 ), m. Sally Moore, Sept 3, 1792. Ch. 1, Seneca, b. Feb. 27,
1794; 2, Sally Morse, b. Jan. 9, 1797.
Joseph White m. Martha . Ch. 1, Peregrine, b. Aug. 2, 1747; 2, Joel,
b. July 4, 1751; 3, Mary, b. Aug. 30, 1757; 4, Anne, b. Apr. 10, 1759.
Jonathan White m. Huldah Nichols, Feb. 28, 1760. Ch. 1, David, b. Aug.
12, 1760; 2, Jonathan, b. Jan. 13, 1766; 3, Huldah, b. Nov. 9, 1771.
Grant White, m. Lois . Ch. 1, Polly, b. July 17, 1792.
Noah White m. Julia . Ch. 1, Anne, b. June 25, 1802; 2, Lewis, b.
Sept. 15, 1803; 3, Ebenezer B., b. Feb. 16, 1806; 4, Julia A., b. Aug. 7, 1809;
5, Mary B., b. Aug. 25, 1812; 6, Joel T., b. Sept. 16, 1814; 7, Philo S., b.
Aug. 19, 1818; 8, Adoniram J., b. Dec. 29, 1820; m. Lucy P. Stockwell,
Sept 6, 1842.
WHITING.
Paul Whiting, b. Feb. 28, 1761; m. Mary Tucker, Apr. 25, 1790; d. Nov. 6,
1822; she d. Nov. 27, 1853.* Ch. 1, Lucy, b. Aug. 1791; 2, Mary, b. Oct.
18, 1793; m. Nov. 21, 1833, Sumner B. King; d. Oct. 15, 1871; 3, Luther, b.
Oct. 17, 1795; 4, Nancy, b. Nov. 30, 1800; 5, Julia Ann, b. Mar. 14, 1807; m.
Dec. 21, 1830, S. B. King; d. June 17, 1832.
Luther 2 (Paul 1 ), m. Abigail Mellen of Milford, Oct. 30, 1819; d. Aug. 2,
1862; she d. Feb. 17, 1848. Ch. 1, Joseph, b. July 27, 1820; 2, Samuel
Mellen, b. June 25, 1825; m. Mary E. Flint, May 9, 1850; 3, Abigail Hastings,
b. Aug. 6, 1827; 4, Mary Tucker, b. May 29, 1835.
Abby H. m. Harvey of Providence, R. I. Their children are Abby M.,
Clara Bell, Minnie W., Lizzie H. and Edwin B.
* See history of the S. B. King place, Dist. No. 4, Part IL
748 FAMILIES OF THE
WOODBURT.
BY C. K. WOODBUBY.
1. 1 . John Woodbury came from Somersetshire, England,
in 1624, and with several others, had charge of the settle-
ment at Cape Ann, made by the Dorchester company. In
1626, the settlement meeting with little success, was removed
to Salem, where, under the direction of the Massachusetts
Bay company, it formed the nucleus of the Massachusetts
colony. John Woodbury, in 1627, went back to England
as agent for the company, and after remaining there six
months returned to this country, bringing with him his son
Humphrey, and probably his brother William.
These two brothers were, according to tradition, the first
settlers in what is now Beverly, and built their houses near
Woodbury's point. John and his wife were among the
original members of the Salem church. He was appointed
constable in 1631, and twice represented the town in general
court. Until his death, in 1642, he held office as one of the
selectmen and surveyors of Salem, and in this capacity his
name occurs over one hundred times on the record.
In 1635 the town granted him two hundred acres of land
near the head of Bass river, in the parish of upper Beverly,
which homestead is still in the possession of descendants of
the same, with no other title than the original grant. John
Woodbury died in the early part of 1642 ; his wife outlived
him some thirty years. He was married twice, and by his
first wife had :
2. Humphrey, b. in England, 1627, from whom are descended the majority
of Woodburys in this country.
3. And, perhaps, John.
4. By his second wife, Agnes, he had Hannah, bapt. 25, 10 mo., 1636; m.
Apr. 26, 1656, Cornelius Baker, yeoman.
5. Abigail, bapt 12, 9 mo. 1637.
6. Peter, bapt. 19, 7 mo. 1640 (see below).
II. 6. Peter, bapt. 17, 7 mo. 1640 ; made freeman Apr. 29, 1668, was rep-
resentative to the general court in 1689 and 1691 ; was deacon of the church
at Beverly. He lived on his father's homestead, and at his death the estate
was valued at 969 a large property for those times. The house he built
is still standing. He m. Sarah, dau. of Richard Dodge, b. 1644; d. Sept. 11,
1726; he d. July 5, 1704. Ch.
7. Peter, b. Dec. 12, 1666 (see below).
8. Sarah, b. Dec. 12, 1668; m. Feb. 26, 1689, Jonathan Rayment.
9. Abigail, b. April 13, 1671; m. Aug. 9, 1694, John Sampaon.
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10. Anna, bapt. May 24, 1674; m. Nov. 29, 1694, John Herrick; d. aged 95.
11. Martha, bapt. May 27, 1677; m. Mar. 31, 1693, Ichabod Browne.
12. Jerusha, bapt. Feb. 8, 1680; m. Mar. 28, 1698, George Rayment.
13. Josiah, b. June 15, 1682; m. Apr. 29, 1708, Lydia Herrick; d. 1746.
Hon. Levi Woodbury, who held the offices of judge supreme court N. H.,
governor of N. H., U. S. secretary treasury and navy, assistant justice U. S.
supreme court, was his great-great-grandson.
14. Rebecca, b. Dec. 25, 1684.
15. Priscilla, bapt. July 31, 1687; m. Jan. 15, 1706, Richard Ober.
III. 7. Peter, b. Dec. 12, 1666; deacon of church at Beverly; lived on his
father's homestead, and at his death his estate was valued at 900; m. Nov.
18, 1692, Mary Dodge, b. 1674; d. Nov. 20, 1763; he d. Jan. 8, 1707. Ch.
16. Mark, b. Oct. 21, 1693; d. Dec. 17, 1693.
17. Abigail, b. Sept. 14, 1694; m. Dec. 28, 1715, Jona. Con ant; d. Dec. 1750
18. Joseph, b. Sept. 29, 1696; d. June 12, 1720.
19. Benjamin, b. May 29, 1698 (see below).
20. Mary, bapt. Nov. 9, 1701 ; m. 1718, Josiah Trask.
21. Marcy, b. Aug. 2, 1703.
22. Peter, b. June 20, 1705; m. Mar. 19, 1730, Hannah, dau. of John and
Hannah [Tarbox] Batchelder, b. May 1, 1709; d. Nov. 21, 1781; he purchased
the old homestead, which is now in the possession of his great-grandson, Levi
W. ; he d. May 14, 1775.
23. Rebecca, b. June 1, 1707.
IV. 19. Benjamin, b. May 29, 1698; removed from Beverly to Sutton in
1734; the births of five of his children are recorded in Beverly, and those of
the last four in Sutton; was received to church in Sutton from church in Bev-
erly, 1735; appointed sixth deacon, 1774; m. Dec. 14, 1721, Ruth Conant, b.
1698; d. Dec. 10, 1786; he d. Aug. 22, 1781, having upwards of eighty-four
living descendants. Ch.
24. Joseph, b. Sept. 27, 1722 (see below).
25. Benjamin, b. Feb. 5, 1726 (see below).
26. Joshua, b. Mar. 25, 1728 (see below).
27. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 28, 1730 ; m. Nov. 2, 1748, John Fry.
28. Lot, b. Oct. 11, 1733 ; served in the war against the French, in which
he was killed by the Indians, Apr. 6, 1756.
29. Peter, b. May 20, 1736 (see below).
30. 31. Jonathan, Bartholomew, twins, b. Nov. 10, 1740 (see below).
32. Ruth, b. Oct. 15, 1745; d. unmarried, May 24, 1781.
V. 24. Joseph, b. Sept. 27, 1722; m. 1744, Elizabeth Fuller, b. 1722; he
d. Feb. 22, 1796. Ch.
33. Elizabeth, b. Mar. 3, 1745; m. Apr. 12, 1770, David Putnam; d. Dec.
26, 1831. They lived a little south of the meeting-house, at the foot of the hill.
34. Mary, b. Dec. 29, 1746; m. Sept. 4, 1766, Benjamin Hicks; d. Dec. 26,
1831 ; he was chosen fifteenth deacon in 1800.
35. John, b. Sept. 26, 1749 (see below).
36. Phoebe, b. Sept. 9, 1752; m. July 3, 1776, David, son of Edward
Putnam.
37. b. Ruth, Jan. 14, 1755 ; m. Nov. 18, 1781, Dan'l Marble ; d. June 10, 1790 .
38. Jerusha, b. July 15, 1757; m. Daniel Hall of Croyden, N. H. ; d. Oct.
12, 1820.
39. Joseph, b. Dec. 10, 1759 (see below).
40. Andrew, b. Sept. 19, 1762; d. Jan. 3, 1788.
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41. Lucy, b. Dec. 6, 1765 ; m. Apr. 30, 1789, Daniel King, who removed to
Charlton and d. there Apr. 5, 1833; she d. at Groton, N. Y., May 5, 1843.
42. Aaron, b. Aug. 30, 1767; d. Aug. 4, 1771.
25. Benjamin, b. Feb. 5, 1726; removed to Royalston about 1760, where
he was made first deacon, 1768; m. May 28, 1748, Hannah Putnam; d. at
Royalston, Oct. 17, 1793. Besides the seven children born at Sutton, he had
one born at Royalston. Ch.
44. Benajah, b. Feb. 21, 1747 ; m. Oct. 25, 1781, Eunice Mills ; he removed
to Vermont, and d. there Feb. 22, 1802.
45. Ruth, b. Feb. 12, 1748.
46. Apphia, b. July 31, 1751 ; m. Jonathan Harwood.
47. Elizabeth, b. Mar. 21, 1753.
48. Lot, b. July 10, 1755 ; m. in Royalston, and removed to Concord, Yt.
49. Jesse, b. about 1758 ; removed to Concord, Vt.
50. Hannah, b. about 1760.
26. Joshua, b. March 25, 1728; was a farmer and lived on the Nathan
Arnold place, all his children lived to grow up, but none remained in Sutton ;
m. July 6, 1752, Dorcas, dau. of Jonathan, and Abigail Parks, b. Feb. 4, 1733;
d. March 1795; he d. April 15, 1782. Ch.
50. Gideon, b. Feb. 10, 1760 (see below).
51. Sarah, b. Dec. 3, 1753; m. Livermore.
52. Dorcas, b. Sept. 10, 1756; m. Jan. 28, 1777, Matthew Lackey; d. 1794.
53. Abigail, b. May 22, 1758; m. April 5, 1780, Thomas Burbank, of
Groton.
54. Joshua, b. Feb. 10, 1760 (see below).
55. Benjamin, b. Oct. 31, 1761 (see below).
56. David, b. June 6, 1763 (see below).
57. Elizabeth, b. Jane 17, 1765; m. at Athol, June 11, 1788, John Bur-
bank; they removed to Fitzwilliam, N. H., where she d. leaving one son.
58. Peter, b. May 19, 1767; m. 1st, Elizabeth March; m. 2d, Sally Lamb;
they removed to Bridgewater, Vt., where he d. Apr. 4, 1852, leaving four
children.
59. Ruth, b. Mar. 28, 1769; d. Aug. 22, 1793.
60. Lucy, b. Sept. 26, 1771 ; m. Stoker.
61. Jonathan, b. Jan. 21, 1773 ; m. at Royalston, Jan. 21, 1802, Elizabeth
Bliss ; removed to New York State.
62. Judith, b. Apr. 18, 1775; m. at Bridgewater, Vt., Mar. 3, 1796, Josiah
Wood; they lived in Sherburne, Vt., which town he represented in the State
legislature ; she d. at Bridgewater, Feb. 29, 1860.
29. Peter, b. May 20, 1736; removed to Royalston about 1765; held office
of town clerk and town representative to the general court ; was captain of the
militia in the revolution, and served during the campaign against Burgoyne ;
m. 1st, Dec. 16, 1754, Ruth, dau. of Capt. John and Hannah [Marsh] Sibley, b.
June 4, 1734; d. Mar. 23, 1755; m. 2d, Jan. 18, 1759, Zeruiah Greenwood, b.
1743; d. June 21, 1787; m. 3d, April 5, 1792, Mrs. Mary Chase; he d. at
Royalston, Feb. 24, 1806 ; besides the children given below, he had eight b.
at Royalston. Ch.
63. Peter, b. March 14, 1755 ; m. at Royalston, Mar. 1780, Elizabeth, dau.
of Daniel Moody, b. Mar. 19, 1758; d. July 3, 1837; he removed to Bethel,
Vt., where he d. May 7, 1833; leaving seven children.
64. Lot, b. Mar. 15, 1760; m. July 6, 1790, Elizabeth Warren; he removed
to Bethlehem, Vt., where he d. in 1842; he served in the revolution.
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65. Daniel, b. Mar. 22, 1762; lived on his father's farm at Royalston; m.
1st, at R. July 25, 1785, Esther Wait, b. Jan. 28, 1764; d. at R. Apr. 1, 1824;
m. 2d, at Warwick, Apr. 5, 1825, Persis, dau. of Thomas and Deborah (Kil.
lum) Chase, b. Mar. 7, 1776; d. at R. Oct. 16, 1856; he d. at R. Oct. 15, 1842,
leaving one son.
66. Sally, b. Aug. 31, 1764; m. at Royalston, Feb. 23, 1786, Dea. Ebenezer
Pierce of that town ; d. at R. Apr. 16, 1795, leaving five children.
30. Jonathan, b. Nov. 10, 1740 ; or, according to the new style, as recorded
in his family Bible, Nov. 25, 1740; served as captain in the revolution, and
afterwards held command as colonel of the militia; represented the town in
the State legislature; m. Dec. 8, 1762, Hannah, dau. of Jonathan and Han-
nah (Marble) Dudley, b. Jan. 20, 1740; d. Oct. 10, 1823; he d. Mar. 2, 1828.
Ch.
67. Mary, b. Oct. 30, 1764; m. Jan. 28, 1802, Lazarus LeBaron; he had
four wives, of whom she was the last; came to Sutton from Boston and kept a
tavern ; had several daughters but no sons ; she d. Aug. 25, 1837.
68. John, b. Mar. 30, 1767 (see below).
69. Nathan, b. Nov. 10, 1769 (see below).
70. Hannah, b. Mar. 27, 1772; m. Jan. 27, 1795, Israel Putnam; d. Sept.
20, 1795 ; he was a trader and farmer, also captain in the militia.
71. Mehitable, b. Nov. 2, 1775; m. Sept. 30, 1804, Daniel Chase; d. at
Claremont, N. H., Apr. 14, 1807; he was a tavern keeper; had three wives,
of whom she was the second ; by her he had one son.
72. Simeon, b. Feb. 17, 1777 (see below).
73. Phoebe, b. Dec. 20, 1779; d. Aug. 25, 1784.
31. Bartholomew, b. Nov. 10, 1740; lived in Suttoii till 1810, when he
removed to Livennore, Me. ; he returned to Sutton shortly before his death;
was colonel in the militia; m. May 5, 1763, Ruth Greenwood, b. Mar. 11,
1742; d. Nov. 4, 1823; he d. July 7, 1819. Ch.
74. Sarah, b. May 27, 1764; m. May 20, 1784, Aaron Carriel; they removed
to Croyden, N. H., about 1800, where they lived several years; thence they
went to Charlestown, where she died Sept. 9, 1840, leaving five children.
75. Lot, b. June 9, 1767 (see below).
76. Naomi, b. Sept. 6, 1769 ; d. Oct. 16, 1775.
77. Asa, b. Dec. 16, 1771 ; d. unmarried, Oct. 3, 1793.
78. Bartholomew, b. May 9, 1774; d. Oct. 17, 1775.
79. Prudence, b. Oct. 12, 1779; m. Feb. 15, 1803, Thomas Rich; they
removed to Livermore, Me., about 1808, where she d. Jan. 11, 1811, leaving
two children.
VI. 35. John, b. Sept. 26, 1749; was captain in the militia, served in the
war of 1812; m. 1st, Oct. 17, 1770, Mary, dau. of Caleb and Sarah Chase, b.
Sept. 2, 1748; d. Apr. 1, 1779; m. 2d, Aug. 19, 1800, Esther Bixby, b. Jan. 28,
1764; d. Aug. 23, 1851; he d. Dec. 12, 1831. Ch.
80. Aaron, b. June 1, 1771; a farmer and merchant living in Leicester;
removed to Bangor, Me., about 1805; thence to Lincoln, and finally to Groton,
N. Y., where he d. June 1840; he m. Dec. 11, 1794, Rebecca, dau. of William
and Silence (Dwight) King, b. July 26, 1774; d. Jan. 1, 1808; they had seven
sons.
81. Caleb, b. Mar. 15, 1774 ; a farmer and blacksmith in Charlton until
1817; when he removed to Groton, N. Y., and engaged in the manufacture of
axes; he afterwards removed to Columbus, O., and thence to Adrian, Mich. ;
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where he d. Dec. 26, 1853; was a member of the New York legislature.
Among his grand-children was Col. Dwight A. Woodbury, who was killed at
Malvern Hill, Va., while in command of the fourth Michigan regiment, and
Wm. H. Woodbury, whose text-books in German have come into very general
use throughout the country; m. Mar. 1, 1789, Silence, dau. of William and
Silence (Dwight) King, b. Jan. 6, 1777; d. at Anoka, Minn., May 21, 1864;
they had ten children.
83. John, b. Sept. 30, 1777 (see below).
84. Daniel, b. Oct. 30, 1779 (see below).
85. Mary, b. Feb. 23, 1781; m. May 22, 1802, Jeremiah Pratt, a carpenter
of Oxford ; he afterwards lived in Ward, and finally in Groton, N. Y. ; she d.
1830.
86. Andrew, b. June 22, 1783; went to Bangor with his brother Aaron and
engaged in trade with him ; he d. soon after his removal there ; m. Elizabeth
Walcott
87. Amos, b. Nov. 10, 1788; a blacksmith in Charltou, where he d. Sept.
12, 1822 ; m. May 12, 1814, Sarah Russell.
88. Benjamin, b. Apr. 1, 1799 (see below).
89. Lydia, b. Apr. 19, 1801 ; m. May 9, 1822, Ambrose Chase, who removed
to Fletcher, Vt., and owned a farm there.
90. Silence, b. May 25, 1802; m. Nathaniel West of Templeton; he after-
wards removed to Philadelphia, where he died.
91. Simon Jefferson, b. Feb. 13, 1805 (see below).
92. Andrew, b. Mar. 1807; d. Jan. 14, 1831.
93. Leonard, b. Oct. 15, 1808 (see below).
39. Joseph, b. Dec. 10, 1759 ; a farmer, living in Sutton till 1805, when he
removed to Charlton, where he lived till his death, Nov. 27, 1836; m. Feb. 16,
1786, Anna Young, b. July 31, 1776; d. Dec. 24, 1858. Ch.
94. Charles, b. May 22, 1787 ; a farmer in Charlton ; m. Laura Davis; d.
Aug. 3, 1862.
95. Ruth, b. May 9, 1790; m. Nov. 20, 1811, Samuel Leland; d. at Graf-
ton, June 8, 1832.
96. Lucy, b. Aug. 3, 1793; m. Apr. 15, 1819, Peter Wallis; d. at Charlton,
Aug. 14, 1852.
97. Persis, b. Jan. 22, 1799; m. Oct. 16, 1820, Perley Stephens; d. Oct. 15,
1825.
98. Joseph, b. July 10, 1803; a stone-cutter, living in Charlton; m. Sept.
1, 1833, Mary E. Sampson; d. Sept. 26, 1863.
43. Benjamin, b. Oct. 14, 1770 ; a farmer, living in the house this side of
the Armsby burying-grounds ; the place was subsequently occupied by his son,
Benjamin, 2d; m. Jan. 7, 1792, Sarah, dau. Capt. Jonathan and Elizabeth
(Greenwood) Carriel, b. Aug. 9, 1772; d. Mar. 24, 1833; he d. July 3, 1827.
Ch.
99. Isaac, b. Jan. 25, 1793; d. Nov. 11, 1795.
100. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 26, 1795 ; m. Apr. 14, 1814, Leonard Woodbury
(see No. 139 below) ; d. at Bellingham, Dec. 31, 1864.
101. Simeon, b. Dec. 25, 1796; d. Sept. 30, 1801.
102. Sarah, b. June 16, 1799; m. May 11, 1823, Joshua Armsby; d. Apr.
24, 1859.
103. Mary, b. Aug. 14, 1801, m. Jan. 6, 1840, M. John Dudley, living in
Wilkinsonville.
104. Benjamin, b. Mar. 16, 1804 (see below).
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105. Nancy, b. Jan. 28, 1807; m. May 18, 1837, Daniel W. Woodbury (see
No. 147) ; now living at Moscow, N. Y.
106. Mary Ann, b. Feb. 4, 1812; d. Aug. 8, 1813.
107. Julia Ann, b. Mar. 28, 1818; m. May 30, 1838, James Taylor; he was
a farmer and justice of the peace in Sutton, where he d. Dec. 10, 1874; his
widow is still living.
50. Gideon, b. Sept. 5, 1752; m. Jan. 10, 1777, Abigail Burbank; d. Apr.
23, 1782 ; removed to Royalston a few years before his death. Ch.
108. Daniel, b. June 23, 1778; he removed to Bethel, Vt., where he m.
Dec. 3, 1801, Ruth Woodbury, dau. of Peter (No. 63); d. at Moretown, Vt.,
Aug. 2, 1869; 11 ch.
109. Mehitable, b. about 1780; m. Nov. 27, 1801, Joel Morse, and removed
to Cazenova, N. Y.
110. Susan, b. about 1782; m. Nathaniel Gleason and removed to Sudbury,
Vt.
54. Joshua, b. Feb. 10, 1760 ; was a teamster and lived in Sutton till about
1790; then removed to Bridgewater, Vt., where he d. Aug. 8, 1826; m. 1784,
Eunice, dau. of Henry Fiske of Sturbridge; besides the two children b. in
Suttou, he had 4 b. in Bridgewater. Ch.
111. Nancy, b. Dec. 7, 1784; m. James Pollard; d. in Illinois.
112. Mary, b. Oct. 13, 1786; m. Joseph Clark; d. at Lebanon, N. H.
55. Benjamin, b. Oct. 31, 1761 ; lived in Southboro at the time of his mar-
riage ; in 1802 he removed to Brookfield, where he d. Mar. 3, 1849 ; he served
in the rev. ; in. Rhoda Collins ; besides the following, he had 3 ch. b. at Brook-
field. Ch.
113. Kate, b. Sept. 24, 1786; m. Calvin Cole; d. at Paris, Me.
114. Laurinda, b. Jan. 4, 1789; in. Nov. 26, 1824, Abraham Dobbs; d.
at LaGrange, Me., May 7, 1863.
115. Sarah, b. Dec. 17, 1792; m. Luther Styles; d. at Grant, Me., Feb. 26,
1860.
116. Collins, b. Feb. 13, 1794; m. Pamelia Andrews; d. at Exeter, Me.
117. Benjamin, b. Nov. 10, 1795; d. at Ottawa.
118. Charles, b. Jan. 18, 1798; d. at Brookfield, May 3, 1816.
119. Ruth, b. Apr. 14, 1800; m. Ira York; d. at Boston, Dec. 19, 1844.
120. Mary Collins, b. Oct. 26, 1802; m. Wm. Greenleaf; d. at Boston, July
4, 1837.
56. David, b. June 6, 1763; m. Feb. 19, 1787, Lucy Carriel; he removed to
Vt., where he d. ; besides Gardner, he had several children b. in Vt. Ch.
121. Gardner, b. Apr. 29, 1787.
68. John, b. Mar. 30, 1767; ensign in the militia; m. Nov. 26, 1789, Phoebe,
dau. Nathan and Jane (Dwight) Carriel, b. July 27, 1761; d. Oct. 9, 1844; he
d. at Royalston, Vt., Sept. 1, 1833, from injuries received in falling from a
bank. Ch.
122. Nathaniel, b. June 7, 1790 (see below).
123. Mary, b. Dec. 7, 1794 ; m. Sept. 3, 1814, Dea. Palmer Marble ; now
living with his son, Dea. John Woodbury Marble.
124. Phoebe, b. Oct. 27, 1801; m. Nov. 22, 1820, Tyler Putnam; d. at
Oxford, Aug. 19, 1874.
69. Nathan, b. Nov. 10, 1769; m. Jan. 14, 1790, Abigail Prime; he
removed first to Paris, Me., in 1811; thence to Gray in 1815, and there kept a
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tavern ; he afterwards lived in Minot a short time, and after that went to
Illinois, where he died at Brownsville, June 17, 1818. Ch.
125. Willard Hammond, b. Apr. 4, 1791 ; m. Jan. 17, 1815, Harriet Duffs ;
was a merchant in Minot, where he d. Oct. 19, 1832.
126. Ira was a merchant in Portland.
127. Nathan Lewis, b. Jan. 3, 1798; m. at Cald well's Manor, S. C., Apr.
22, 1822, Hannah Lester; he was a hatter in Minot and now lives in Portland.
128. Elmer was a merchant in Portland.
129. Stunner was drowned in Lake Champlain, June 4, 1822.
130. Abigail m. Marcus Grinnell of Minot.
72. Simeon, b. Feb. 17, 1777; in 1803 removed to Bethel, Me., and estab-
lished himself as a merchant; thence he removed to Waterford, where he
lived till 1813, when he returned to Sutton ; while in Waterford he was deputy
sheriff; m. 1st, Sept. 9, 1799, Sarah, dau. of Nehemiah Chase, b. 1779; d.
Dec. 1, 1831; m. 2d, Mrs. -Catherine Clement, b. 1790; d. Aug. 18, 1851; he d.
June 2, 1828. Ch.
131. Laurinda, b. July 25, 1800; m. Oct. 10, 1821, Jonathan Howard of
Oxford.
132. Luther Farrar, b. at Livermore, Me., Mar. 20, 1805 (see below).
133. Mehitable Chase, b. at Waterford, Oct. 27, 1809 ; m. Mr. Littell.
134. Calvin Farrar, b. at Waterford, Aug. 11, 1811; d. May 20, 1834.
135. Sarah Batcheller, b. Apr. 17, 1813; m. Sept. 19, 1836, Charles Angel
Tourtellott of Millbury ; he was a tavern-keeper; his widow is still living in
Millbury.
75. Lot, b. June 9, 1767; m. May 2, 1786, Mary, dau. James and Martha
Giles, b. Sept. 17, 1771; d. Dec. 15, 1846; he was a farmer and scythe maker;
d. July 27, 1803. Ch.
136. ^Zadock, b. Aug. 5, 1787 ; he learnt the trade of wheelwright in Charl-
ton and lived there till 1837, when he returned to Sutton and lived on the old
family place for the rest of his days ; he was Col. in the State militia and held
town offices of selectmen, town representative, etc. ; he adopted his brother
Luther's three youngest children; m. Apr. 10, 1812, Lucy, dau. Jacob Cum-
mings, b. May 1792; d. Jan. 16, 1850; he d. Nov. 9, 1851. No ch.
137. Luther, b. Dec. 1, 1789 (see below).
138. Leonard, b. Aug. 1, 1792 (see below).
139. Asa, b. Aug. 21, 1794 (see below).
140. Mary, b. July 8, 1796; m. June 17, 1819, Benjamin Fisk of Upton;
lives in Cambridge.
VII., 83. "John, b. Sept. 1, 1776; m. May 3, 1803, Sarah, dau. of Thomas
and Catherine (Bemis) Harback, b. Oct. 7, 1777; d. May 4, 1847; he lived on
the place now occupied by his son, Thomas B. ; d. June 22, 1847. Ch.
141. Lucena, b. Apr. 13, 1804; living now at Miamiville, Ohio.
142. Sarah, b. Aug. 18, 1807; d. Sept. 1826.
143. John Coolidge, b. July 29, 1809; m. Apr. 2, 1835, Maria, dau. Simeon
and Lucinda (Clafl'm) Sibley, b. Dec. 1810; d. at Anoka, Minn., Feb. 1873; he
was a farmer and carpenter; d. at Anoka, Minn., July 15, 1871.
144. Sophia Harback, b. .Nov. 5, 1811 ; d. Oct. 27, 1861.
145. Thomas Bearaan, b. Mar. 21, 1814 (see below)
M>ses Cushman, b. Mir. 15, 1816; m. at Grafton, May 4, 1842, Mary Eliza
Hayden; is a mechanic living in Worcester,
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Catherine Bemis, b. July 15, 1818 ; m. Sept. 19, 1841, Gardner Hall ; d. May
14, 1858.
84. David, b. Oct. 30, 1799; m. Sarah Childs; he removed to Groton, N.
Y., in 1827, where he d. in 1829. Ch.
147. Daniel Walcott, b. Apr. 11, 1817; m. May 17, 1837, Nancy Woodbury ;
they now live at McLean, N. Y.
148. Susanna, b. Jan. 3, 1803; m. Aug. 12, 1826, James Hervey Wood-
bury, son of Caleb (No. 81); they now live at Garden Grove, La.
Caleb C., b. Sept. 5, 1808; d. about fifteen years since at Adrian, Mich.
149. William G., b. June 15, 1810; d. July 2, 1810.
150. James M., b. Dec. 10, 1811; d. Nov. 21, 1812.
151. James M., b. Apr. 18, 1814; m. Dec. 24, 1859, Maud J. Mirrier; is a
farmer, living in South Lansing, N. Y.
152. Mary, m. Lester Northrup; living at Garden Grove, La.
153. Augustus, living at Waterville, N. Y.
154. Frederic, b. Sept. 28, 1822; m. at Chatham, N. Y., June 17, 1848,
Sarah Jane Kelley ; now living at Knoxville, Pa.
88. Benjamin, b. Apr. 1, 1799; m. Dec. 17, 1821, Brooksey, dau. David
and Mary (Sibley) Cole, b. May 30, 1803, living in Sutton; he held many town
offices, among them that of representative; d. Mar. 28, 1872. Ch.
155. Martha, b. Mar. 31, 1824; living in Sutton.
156. Marietta, b. Mar. 13, 1826; m. Jan. 1, 1851, Philip Henry Riley; they
live in Mo.
157. Sarah Jane, b. Mar. 17, 1839; d. Apr. 19, 1860.
158. Ellen Charlotte, b. Dec. 12, 1838; living in Sutton.
91. Simon Jefferson, b. Feb. 13, 1805; m. at Northbridge, Sept. 11, 1827,
Sabrina Dodge, b. Feb. 12, 1804; was extensively engaged in shoe manufac-
turing in Sutton for nearly 35 years; removed to Worcester about 1865; thence
to Chicago about 1870, where he now lives, engaged in the real estate busi-
ness ; was town representative. Ch.
159. Prescott Jefferson, b. Mar. 9, 1832; m. at Anoka, Minn., Sept. 19,
1865, Joanna C. Woodbury (No. 165) ; they live in Chicago.
160. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Nov. 20, 1837; m. Dec. 11, 1856, Wm. A. Reid of
Sutton.
93. Leonard, b. Oct. 15, 1808; m. 1st, Oct. 2, 1833, Emeline Pratt, b. Dec.
14, 1812; d. Dec. 8, 1837; m. 2d, at Ware, Oct. 6, 1840, Louisa Livermore, b.
June 11, 1810. He was a shuttle manufacturer at Sutton; removed to Anoka,
Minn., where he now lives. Ch.
161. Andrew Pratt, b. Sept. 26, 1834; d. Oct. 15, 1834.
162. Susan Louisa, b. July 16, 1836; d. Sept. 20, 1836.
163. Emeline Amanda, b. Oct. 8, 1837 ; m. at Anoka, Jan. 6, 1859, Daniel
Isaac King.
164. Charles Leonard, b. Aug. 7, 1841; m. at Louisville, Ky., Sept. 12,
1867, Elizabeth H. Brown ; is a druggist in Louisville.
165. Joanna Cummings, b. Nov. 22, 1843; m. at Anoka, Sept. 19, 1865,
Prescott J. Woodbury (No. 159).
167. Edward King, b. Apr. 9, 1845 ; living at Anoka.
104. Benjamin, b. Mar. 16, 1804; m. Jan. 24, 1838, Brooksey, dau. Stephen
and Tamar (Sibley) Marsh, b. June 2, 1806; now living in Worcester; he was
a farmer, and d. Aug. 6, 1846. Ch.
168. Julia Ann, b. June 6, 1841 ; d. Aug. 5, 1844.
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169. Sarah Adaline, b. June 8, 1843 ; m. at Worcester, Oct. 18, 1866, Sam -
uel Henry Putnam; now living in Worcester.
122. Nathaniel, b. June 7, 1790; m. Apr. 12, 1812, Lucy, dau. Paul and
Mary (Tucker) Whiting, b. at Dedham, Aug. 14, 1791 ; d. at Providence, K.
I., Jan. 16, 1823; he was a farmer, living where his son does; d. Dec. 14, 1853.
Ch.
170. Nathan, b. Apr. 13, 1814; d. Apr. 17, 1815.
171. Charles, b. June 4, 1816 (see below).
172. Lucy Maria, b. July 20, 1820.
173. Mary Augusta, b. Dec. 21, 1823; m. July 1, 1852, Isaac Sperry; lives
in Providence, R. L
132. Luther Farrar, b. Mar. 20, 1805; m. May 6, 1834, Lucy Whiting.
Ch.-
174. Francis L., b. Oct. 17, 1835; d. unmarried.
175. Sarah C., b. Sept. 17, 1839.
176. Luther Henry Hobart, b. Dec. 16, 1844.
137. Luther, b. Dec. 1, 1789; m. Sept. 27, 1812, Catherine, dau. of Thomas
and Catherine (Bemis) Harback, b. Nov. 3, 1789; d. at Allendale, Mich., Oct.
10, 1870; was a scythe maker, and removed to Groton, N. Y., about 1817; he
had ten children, three born in Sutton; d. at Auburn, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1834.
Ch.
177. Bemis, b. Aug. 29, 1813; d. unmarried at Muskegan, Mich., JuneD,
1870.
178. Parmelia, b. Jan. 16, 1815; m. Dec. 5, 1838, Samuel Howser; d. at
Perryville, N. Y., May 31, 1870.
179. George Bradley, b. Nov. 18, 1816; m. Dec. 11, 1853, Rachel S. John-
son ; engaged in muling at Muskegan, Mich.
180. Frances Dwight, b. at Locke, N. Y., Dec. 9, 1828; m. at New York
City, Apr. 27, 1858, Foster Freeland, who now lives in Sutton, on the place
formerly occupied by Col. Zadock Woodbury; she d. at Suttoii, Feb. 15, 1859.
138. Leonard, b. Aug. 1, 1792; m. Apr. 14, 1814, Elizabeth Woodbury,
No. 100; he was a scythe maker; d. in Cambridge, July 24, 1875. Ch.
181. Eliza Ann, b. Sept. 19, 1821; m. at Medway, Jan. 22, 1840, Edwin
Fairbanks, living in Cambridgeport.
139. Asa, b. Aug. 21, 1794; m. Oct. 10, 1821, Lucy, dau. of Israel and
Joanna (Dodge) Adams, b. Jan. 23, 1800; d. July 13, 1862; he was engaged
in manufacturing scythes and spindles till 1831, when he built a mill and
engaged in manufacturing woolen goods ; was prominent as a public man, and
held the office of representative; d. Oct. 22, 1865. Ch.
182. Mary Chase, b. Aug. 23, 1823; d. Sept. 17, 1826.
183. Mary Chase, b. Nov. 23, 1S27; m. Aug. 26, 1845, Silas Taft Servey,
a carpenter ; they are now living in Wilkinsonville.
184. Martha Giles, b. May 17, 1834; m. Oct. 25, 1853, John P. Stockwell,
a farmer; they live in Sutton.
VHI. 145. Thomas Beaman, b. Mar. 21, 1814; m. Nov. 26, 1845, Roxa,
dau. of Samuel and Hannah Morse, b. Mar. 11, 1815; a farmer living in
Sutton. Ch.
185. John Francis, b. Mar. 19, 1849 (see below).
186. George Edward, b. Mar. 23, 1853; d. May 31, 1853.
187. Julia Elizabeth, b. July 27, 1854; living in Sutton.
188. Emily Maria, b. Nov. 2, 1856; living in Sutton.
189. Sarah Jane, b. Sept. 23, 1858; d. July 22, 1868.
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171. Charles, b. June 4, 1816; ra. 1st, May 3, 1838, Catherine Bird, b. Aug.
25, 1812 ; d. Apr. 10, 1845 ; m. 2d, May 4, 1848, Jerusha Nichols Merriam, b.
Aug. 3, 1824 ; lives on the farm formerly occupied by Col. Timothy Sibley,
having been in the Woodbury family since 1800. Ch.
190. John Lovell, b. Sept. 6, 1839; enlisted in the late war and d. of sick-
ness at Newbern, N. C.. June 24, 1863.
191. Susan Catherine, b. Apr. 24, 1843; m. Feb. 9, 1876, William Warren
of Paxton.
192. Benjamin, b. Apr. 24, 1843; d. Apr. 24, 1843.
193. Nathan Charles, b. Feb. 4, 1845; d. Sept. 18, 1848.
194. George Franklin, b. Oct. 16, 1851.
194. Charles Nathaniel, b. Oct. 9, 1855; living at home.
195. Ella Jerusha, b. Dec. 4, 1861 ; living at home.
IX. 185. John Francis, b. Mar. 19, 1849; m. June 1, 1871, Louisa Maria,
dau. of Austin Leland ; farmer and mechanic, living in Sutton. Ch.
196. Jennie Louisa, b. Aug. 26, 1872.
197. Cora Frances, b. Oct. 28, 1875.
198. Edward B. Woodbury; m. Mary B. Norbury; he was a farmer, but
where he came from or what became of him is not known ; the births of two
of his children are recorded.
199. George Washington Carroll, b. Feb. 6, 1846.
200. Jacob Benson, b. June 17, 1848.
SLAVERY IN SUTTON.
None of the families of the town, with one exception,
held a slave.
The exception was that of Rev. Dr. David Hall, who
owned, or supposed he owned, one whom he had a right to
sell. The following receipt was found among his papers.
"Whereas on the forth day of December 1741 David Hall of Sutton Clerk
in Consideration of One Hundred and twenty pounds in old Tenor bills which
I paid him, sold me a molatto man named Peter a servant for life, after-
wards it appearing that the said Peter then was a free man and no servant,
I being about to bring an action of the case for the recovery of damages of
him the sd David Hall, he the sd David Hall offered to Return me the money
that he recieved of me as aforesd, and accordingly paid me the same, which I
do accept in full satisfaction of all Demands that I have against the sd Hall
for Damages that I have sustained by his selling me the sd Peter for a slave
when be ,was freeman, witness my hand and seal this llth Day of July
It48.
ISAAC BARNARD." [Seal.]
EBEN'R DAGGET, Jun'r
FOLLANSBEE CHASE.
It has upon the back the following endorsement :
" Barnard's clearance of damages for selling him Peter Isaac as I had of
Mr. Chase."
758 FAMILIES Or THE
THOMAS BLANCHARD.
BY COL. ASA H. WATERS.
A cartoon, entitled "Men of Progress," was published in
Philadelphia, by Munn and Company, in 1863, on which are
represented the most distinguished American inventors of
the present century, and among them may be found a good
picture of the late Thomas Blanchard. No one in that galaxy
of geniuses more justly deserves the honor. Some of them,
such as Morse, McCormick, Howe and Goodyear, have made
single inventions which have perhaps attracted more public
notice than any one of Blanchard's, but it may be questioned
whether another inventor can be named in this country or
in Europe, during the last century, who has produced so
many different labor-saving machines, applicable to such a
great variety of uses-, and which have contributed so largely
to the common necessities, comforts and economies of life.
This language may seem extravagant, but it must be remem-
bered that not an armory exists in this country or in England
where guns are made hardly a human being that wears
boots or shoes scarcely a vessel that sails upon the ocean
not a school where slates are used not a carpet laid
down, but that owes tribute to the genius of Thomas
Blanchard for producing articles cheaper and better. The
same may be said of carriage wheels, plows, shovels, and
various articles of furniture. Latterly, his machines have
been applied to carving, to architectural designs and even to
statuary much to the surprise of artists. Indeed, there
seems to be no limit to the uses made of Blanchard's inven-
tions, and it is impossible at present to enumerate them.
One can hardly go into a tool shop, a machine shop or a
workshop of any kind, wood or iron, where motive power
is used, in which he will not find more or less of Blanchard's
mechanical motions.
Thomas Blanchard was born in Sutton, June 24, 1788.
His father, Samuel, was a farmer, and lived on a poor,
remote strip of land, where there was absolutely nothing to
suggest a mechanical motion. He was of French origin, his
name being derived from the French word Blanchir (to
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whiten) , aud many distinguished men appear in the annals
of France bearing that name. The neighboring town of
Oxford was settled by a colony of French Huguenots, who
fled there from persecution. The Huguenots were mostly
devoted to the mechanic and manufacturing arts, and they
formerly held such a monopoly of them in Europe that even
England sent to them her wool to be dyed, spun and woven.
Thomas Blanchard having descended from this stock, his
genius may be said to be hereditary and legitimate.
Much dispute has arisen as to his nativity and the honors
of his inventions.
It is recorded in history that seven cities of Greece con-
tended and actually waged war for the honor of being the
birthplace of Homer. Six claimants for the honor of Blan-
chard's inventions have already appeared, viz : Sutton, Mill-
bury, Oxford, Springfield, Boston, and lastly, France. That
he was born .on a strip of land lying between Sutton town-
ship and Oxford proper, called " Oxford Gore," all agree.
The very house is still pointed out.
Sutton bases her claim upon the following facts : That
said strip projects or gores into, in a zigzag course, her terri-
tory as defined on ancient maps by straight lines ; that her
records show that Samuel Blanchard paid his taxes to Sut-
ton, and must have voted there if anywhere ; that the births
of most of his children are recorded there, all which would
seem to establish the citizenship of the father in Sutton, and
that would of course carry the birthplace of the children.
Besides, it is well known that Thomas, who ought to know,
always told his biographers that he was born in Sutton, and
they have so recorded.
While on the farm, Thomas gave little if any promise of
the latent powers within him. There was nothing in his
surroundings to excite them. He was misplaced ; schools
were remote, and he seldom attended, for he was afflicted
with a perverse impediment of speech, so that the boys called
him " stammering Tom." His prospects were anything but
promising. At length, when he had arrived at the age of
eighteen years, his eldest brother, Stephen, started in West
Millbury a tack factory, with horse power, and he promoted
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his unfortunate brother to the position of heading them in a
vise, with a hand-hammer, one by one. Once in a mechanic
shop his dormant genius began to wake up. In formation
of mind he might be compared to " Blind Thorn," the slave
musician of New Orleans. That Thorn seems to have had
all his mental faculties condensed or concentrated into the
one organ of music, in which he was a prodigy that excited
the wonder of the world in other faculties he was deficient
almost an imbecile. Blanchard Thorn had his faculties
concentrated in constructiveness, and although not so defi-
cient in other faculties as " Blind Thorn," he seemed so to
strangers from his inveterate stammering. This he overcame
in after years.
Ere that youth had spent many months heading tacks, one
by one, he had designed, constructed and put in operation
a -machine which would cut and head them at one motion
twice as fast as the ticking of a watch, and better finished
than those made by hand. So perfect was it in design and
construction, it was continued in use more than twenty
years. It is said to be still in existence, and experts who
have seen it, say no essential improvement has ever been
made upon it. -
His neighbors could not at first be made to believe he
originated it ; they thought he must have stolen the design
somewhere ; but when they found he had hardly been out of
the school district, they were constrained to give him the
credit.
In the same town, Millbury, at a few miles distance, and
upon the Blackstone river, were the armory works of Asa
NJ Waters, then largely engaged in manufacturing fire-arms for
the United States. Mr. Waters was then engaged in making
improvements upon the English mode of making the gun-
barrels, which was to weld them by hand and then grind
them down before a revolving stone. He first invented a
process of welding them by water power under trip-hammers,
in which he succeeded perfectly (patented Oct. 25, 1817).
He next invented a machine for turning the barrels, so as to
leave the metal of uniform thickness around the calibre
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(patented Dec. 19, 1818), for in grinding, while one side
would often be left too thick, the other would be too thin,
and this made them liable to explode.
He succeeded in turning them so far as they were round,
but to turn the irregular shape of the butt baffled all his
efforts, and so it did the efforts of the most ingenious
mechanics in the national armories. At length, having heard
of a young man living on Grass Hill, now West Millbury,
as having developed some inventive talent, he sent for him
to come to his armory. When he came he seemed an utter
stranger to all present, uncouth, diffident, had a stammering
tongue, and little was expected of him.
He was shown the machine and given to understand what
was wanted.
Glancing his eye over the machine, he very soon suggested
an additional, very simple, but wholly original, cam motion,
which, upon being applied, was found to relieve the diffi-
culty, and proved a perfect success. Mr. Waters was
delighted. Turning to Thomas, he said, "Well, Thomas, I
don't know what you won't do next. I should not be
surprised if you turned a gun-stock ! " naming that as the
most impossible thing in mechanics he could think of.
Thomas hesitated a moment, then stammered out, "We-we-
well, I-I'll t-t-try that." Whereupon the workmen, who
had gathered round, burst into a loud guffaw at the absurd-
ity of the idea. The germ of the stocking machine lay in
that cam motion, and it was then and there, as he afterwards
said, that the idea of his world-renowned machine for turning
irregular forms first flashed through his mind, although it
required some months to elaborate and bring it out.
As soon as he had completed his cam motion at Millbury,
he was called to Springfield to adjust similar motions in the
United States armory there. On a return journey, when
passing through Brimfield, solitary and alone injhis carriage,
in deep meditation, he was heard to exclaim with'great glee,
like Archimedes of old, "I've got it ! I've got it ! I've got
it ! " Two men who were by the wayside overheard him, and
one says to the other, "I guess that man is crazy "
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This cam motion was introduced into all the armories in
the United States, has been in use ever since, and as it
saves at least a half dollar on every gun, some estimate may
be formed of its value to the country. But so far as we can
learn, Blanchard himself never realized much, if anything,
from it.
He sold out his tack machine for five thousand dollars, a
mere bagatelle, considering its worth, but a vast fortune to
him then. He built a work-shop, filled it with tools, and
kept himself locked in for about two years. At last he
emerged and brought to the armory of Asa Waters a minia-
ture model of his stocking machine, and it operated so well
that a full-sized working machine was decided upon. Blan-
chard called in the aid of other mechanics, and built his first
machine in Millbury. In the meantime the fame of it had
reached Washington, and the war department were desirous
of having it launched into notice from the national armory
at Springfield. Blanchard, feeling a just pride in this recog-
nition of his great invention, ordered it to be sent there.
It was carted by a three-horse team, and the man still lives
who drove the team.* After it had remained there long
enough to build a new one, it was carted back to Millbury,
bought by Mr. Waters, and set up in his armory, where it
was continued in operation for twenty-five years.
These details are given for the reason that for some years
Springfield armory has assumed the whole credit of bring-
ing out, and sometimes of originating this great invention,
and in all the accounts emanating thence, Sutton, Millbury
and Mr. Waters' armory are wholly ignored, and their
names not even mentioned ; when in fact Springfield armory
had no more to do in originating that invention than Wool-
wich, England. That they have made improvements upon
it will not be denied.
Blanchard was called to Springfield armory with his machine,
and given the whole charge of stocking the guns. He pro-
ceeded to expand and extend the principle of his machine,
* Horace Waters.
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first to letting in the barrel, then the mounting, and finally
the lock, which the old stockers said could not be done by
machinery ; but he did so do it, and did it better than the
oldest expert. After he had mastered the whole job by
machinery, he left the armory and devoted himself to other
projects, with which his mind was teeming.
His machine was soon brought into requisition in making
shoe lasts, which were difficult to make, seldom uniform
in shape, and quite expensive. They are now made by this
machine by the million, made perfectly, rights and lefts, and
at trifling cost. It was next applied to tackle-blocks, wheel-
spokes, ox-yokes, and so on ad infinitum, from that day to
this.
It will thus be seen that this invention has proved to be
far more than the invention of a single machine for a single
purpose, like the revolver, the reaper, the sewing machine,
etc., and is largely relied upon in the building of those and
other patented machines. It was really the discovery of a
new principle in mechanics whereby the machine is made the
obedient, faithful servant of man to work out his designs
after any given model, be it round or] square, crooked or
straight, however irregular, and made to reproduce the orig-
inal shape exactly , every time. This perfect uniformity of
Blanchard's work suggested the idea of having all the parts
of the guns made at the armories perfectly uniform, so as to
be interchangeable. Hitherto they had been fitted separately,
like Swiss watches, and carefully lettered or numbered.
This was the method in all our workshops, even to the bolts
of a carriage or a common bedstead, and woe to him who
misplaced one.
The war department, impressed with the importance of
having the guns so made that after a battle the broken ones
could be readjusted, ordered the Springfield armory to make
all the parts interchangeable. At first the mechanics said it
was impossible, especially of the lock. The department
insisted on the attempt. Finally, after two years' effort, the
thing was accomplished. Lettering and numbering were
abolished ; all the components, even of the lock, were got
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out in large numbers and thrown together indiscriminately.
Thus was inaugurated the " uniformity system," so called,
in the shops a system which has produced a marked
advance along the whole line of mechanic arts, and forms an
era, the greatest probably since the introduction of the steam
engine. It has revolutionized mechanic processes in all our
workshops ; perfected and greatly cheapened mechanic pro-
ducts, and driven from use the old system of numbering.
A good illustration of the advantages of the system is
furnished by the Waltham Watch Company. There, a watch
as perfect as could be made was first obtained for a model ;
machinery was fitted up to make each part exactly like it ;
the parts were made by the thousand, put together into
watches by experts, and the whole cost of each, aside from
cases, was about three dollars. As time-keepers they are .
rarely surpassed.
It is not claimed that the whole credit of the ' ' uniformity
system " should be given to Blanchard. 'Other machines,
especially the milling machine, and many skilled mechanics,
have contributed largely towards it. But to Blanchard
belongs the credit of being its forerunner and suggester, and
the system could not now be carried oil a day in the armories
and many other shops without his motions.
For this great invention, whose worth to this country and
Europe can only be computed in millions, Blanchard himself
received but a meagre compensation. For the first two
terms of his patent he was continually harassed by infringe-
ments and law suits, and even in the few years while he was
busy at the armory, more than fifty violators had pirated his
invention and started up works in various parts of the coun-
try for making lasts, spokes, etc.
Combined and repeated efforts were made to break down
his patent. Eminent counsel were employed, and all Europe
was scoured to find some evidence of a similar motion. But
in no age or country could a trace be found of a revolving
cutter, working to a given model, like Blanchard's.
In the lower courts, before juries not comprehending
mechanics, he sometimes lost a case ; but in the final appeal
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at Washington he invariably gained his case ; so that his
claim to originality is now founded upon a rock, which
naught can move. Beaten in court, the last makers
retreated to the forests of Maine, and there pursued their
illicit trade. Blanchard at last ferreted them out of their
hiding places and they fled over the line into Canada. Here
they run their machines fearlessly, made lasts by the million,
and exported them to the United States free of duty. He
then appealed to Congress, and after much delay, got heavy
duties imposed on their importation, -and thus effectually
stopped that leak.
When the second term of his patent had nearly expired,
he said he had expended a hundred thousand dollars in
defending his right, and had realized to himself little more
than " his board and clothes ;" that is to say, a fair living.
A third term was unprecedented on any patent. Blanchard
knowing that great opposition would be made to another
renewal, thought he would resort to a little stratagem. He
fitted up a machine for turning busts from marble blocks,
took it to Washington, obtained plaster casts of the heads
of Webster, Clay, Calhoun and others, and exhibited the
busts in the rotunda of the capitol. The members were
quite astonished when they found that these busts were
wrought out by a machine, and that they were more exactly
like the originals than any human hand could make them.
It produced a great sensation. They all supposed it a new
invention. Blanchard said no ; not a new invention, but a
new application of an old one of mine from which I have
never realized much, and I want the patent renewed.
A resolution was introduced into the senate, by Webster,
to renew it for a term of years some members wanted it
for life and it was rushed through without delay. Choate,
then a member, made the witty remark, "that Blanchard
had ' turned the heads ' of Congress and gained his point.' "
While in Springfield he invented a new construction of
the steamboat, whereby it was made to tide over rapids and
shallow waters. By this means some of our western rivers
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have been made navigable hundreds of miles further up, and
thus a great national advantage obtained.
Having completed this and some other new designs, he
removed to Boston, purchased a house, and there spent his
remaining days. But his genius was not idle. It was always
on the alert for some new discovery. Having noticed the
great difficulty experienced by shipbuilders in obtaining
timber, grown to the right angle for knees of vessels, he
proceeded to devise a process to bend it to any angle
required. It was no new thing to steam and bend small
timber, such as plough handles, but under the old process
the fibres of the wood on the outer circle were so broken as
to greatly weaken the timber. The point to be achieved
was, to have the timber retain its full natural strength after
being bent. This he attained so perfectly that he could bend
a shingle to a right angle and leave it as strong at the angle
as in any part.
This improvement, like that of eccentric turning, was
immediately brought into requisition for a great variety of
purposes, such as school slates, wheel fellies, which were
formerly in four sections, now in one strip bent to a circle,
arm chairs, shovel handles, and so on ad infinitum.
Though not so important an invention as eccentric turn-
ing, Blanchard realized far more profit from it. He sold one
right for shipbuilding for $150,000, and on school slates he
received five per centum on amount of sales, and his com-
missions amounted to over two thousand dollars a year for a
term of years.
Wishing to visit Europe, he decided to attend the great
"Exposition Universelle" of 1867, at Paris, and he took
along some of his machines, one of which was for turning
marble busts. He obtained plaster casts of Louis Napoleon,
Eugenie, Thiers and other notabilities, and so contrived his
machine that it would turn busts, life-size or any size down
to miniatures. If there was surprise in Washington, there
was perfect astonishment in Paris. Nothing in the exposi-
tion excited so much curiosity and wonder. Artists and
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sculptors especially were greatly excited, fearing that their
vocation was gone and they supplanted by a machine.
M. Coquerel, chairman of the board of judges, who drew
up the final report of the exposition, made prominent men-
tion of this machine, and it concluded in these words :
" This wonderful machine was invented by a Frenchman,
named Blancharcl, who is now living in America " !
Blanchard made many other inventions of more or less
utility, on which he took out twenty-four patents, but enough
have been named to attest his wonderful genius in mechanics.
As he advanced in years, his other mental faculties gradu-
ally developed, so that at last he attained a fairly well
balanced mind.
Blanchard was often heard to say that " being in New
York attending to a patent right suit, Woodworth, whom he
knew very well, came to him to consult him about a machine
he was trying to get up to plane boards, and said he failed
to get a planing tool to work on cross-grained timber ; that
I told him to use my revolving cutter, which would relieve
his difficulty, and as he was a friend of mine, he might have
the use of it for nothing."
This statement seems highly probable from the fact that
up to the time of the gunstock machine, the revolving cutter
was unknown in this country. We are therefore led to con-
clude that Blanchard, in an unguarded moment, gave to his
friend as a gratuity a right which afterwards proved to be
worth at least a million of dollars, and that to him belongs
the chief credit of bringing into successful operation the
famous "Woodworth planer," in which the revolving cutter
is an essential part.
When the news was first proclaimed from Springfield of a
machine running there which turned gun-stocks, it was gen-
erally discredited. Mechanics soon came flocking from far
and near to see the mechanical phenomenon. Among others
attracted by it, were two members of the British Parliament,
then traveling in this country. When they returned to
England they reported the wonderful invention of Blan-
chard, by which the Americans were getting greatly in
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advance of them in gun manufacture, and moved a resolu-
tion for the purchase of similar machines. A true John
Bull member then arose and ridiculed them unmercifully for
being so badly sold and played upon by the cunning Yan-
kees. "The very idea of turning a gunstock is absurd on
the face of it, as all must know who ever saw one." Finding
the resolution would fail, the two members withdrew it, and
moved for a committee to go to the United States armory
and report upon the facts. This committee came over,
examined the workings of the machine, returned and
reported the facts to be as at first stated. The doubting
Thomas rose and said the Americans might have got up
something to work their soft woods, pine and poplar, but it
would never stand the test of "our tough English oak and
hickory." Upon this, doubting Thomas himself was chosen
a committee to go over and examine. He was not to be
imposed upon : he would expose this humbug. Selecting
three rough stocks of the hardest, toughest timber he could
find, he went to the Springfield armory incognito, brought
his stocks to the stocking-room, and enquired of the over-
seer if he would grant him the favor of turning them.
"Certainly, sir, take a seat." Without making the least
alteration of the machine, the overseer run the stocks
through in a few minutes, and then went on with his work
as though nothing unusual had happened. The Englishman
examined the stocks, found they were turned all the better
for being of hard wood, and he was completely dumb-
founded. After musing a while, he frankly confessed
who he was, why he came, and his thorough conviction of
the utility of the machine.
Before he left the city, he gave an order in behalf of the
British Government for this and the accompanying machines,
some six or eight, which amounted to forty thousand dollars.
The machines were built at Chicopee, shipped to England,
and have been in use there from that day to this.
This recognition of. Thomas Blanchard's genius by the
British government, usually so slow to do justice to Ameri-
can inventors, IB an honor which very few American mechan-
ics have ever achieved.
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Blanchard had no ambition for fame, did nothing merely
for the sake of extending it, and very little in the way of
defending it. He brought a few suits against the most open
violators of his patents, and this he was compelled to do to
protect those to whom he had sold rights ; but of the vast
horde of them probably not one in twenty was ever prose-
cuted at all, so that many of them now claim to be the
originators of what they really stole.
He left no heirs, and, so far as the writer can learn, no
relatives to vindicate his name and fame.
HISTORY OF SUTTON.
!Part VT.
MILITARY, CIVIL AND STATISTICAL.
SUTTON IN THE REVOLUTION.
BY COL. ASA H. WATERS.
On the breaking out of the revolutionary war, few towns
in the Commonwealth rallied to the cause with such spirit
and unanimity as the town of Sutton. The first gleaming
ray from the torch of liberty kindled to a flame the whole
surrounding region, and volunteers flocked to its standard in
great numbers. Long before the battle of Lexington, they
had formed a band of "minute men," well mounted and
armed, and under the command of Col. Jonathan Holman,
who had been a veteran in the British service in Canada dur-
ing the old French war.
As soon as the news of that fight reached them, they
sprang to their saddles, and, riding with all speed through
the whole night, reached Concord just as the enemy were
retreating to Boston.
It was not thirty days after that fight before Sutton and
the neighboring towns had raised a full regiment of ten com-
panies, all volunteers, and they were on the march to the
field of action.
772 MILITARY RECORD.
They were organized under the command of Col. Eben-
ezer Larned of Oxford ; marched to Roxbury, where they
arrived more than two months before Washington came to
take command of the army.
A complete roster of all the officers of this regiment,
including captains, lieutenants and ensigns, may be found in
Force's Archives (Vol. II., 4th series, page 823), with the
following documentary evidence :
"!N PROVINCIAL CONGRESS,
" Watertown, May 23d, 1775.
"Resolved, That commissions be given to the officers of
Col. Larned's regiment, agreeable to the above list."
Soon after the arrival of Col. Larned's regiment at Rox-
bury, occurred the famous battle of Bunker Hill, "all of
which it saw, a part of which it was," although it was not
actually engaged in the fight on the hill. It formed a part
of the right wing of the army, under command of Gen. John
Thomas, which was stretched round from Dorchester through
Roxbury to Boston line, to prevent the enemy from break-
ing through and making a flank movement.
Quite a number of casualties occurred in this regiment.
Whether these men were killed or wounded by shot and
shell from the enemy's ships, whose cannon swept the sur-
rounding region, or whether they were volunteers from the
ranks who rushed into the fray, which many did, can now
never be known.
This regiment enlisted for eight months, from May 1,
1775 ; served in and around Boston till January 1, 1776,
when, their time having expired, the men were regularly
discharged.
Another regiment was immediately formed, of men com-
ing from "Button, Oxford, Sturbridge, Charlton and Dud-
ley, including adjacent lands," and placed under the command
of Col. Jonathan Holrnan of North Sutton.
The following entry is found in the journal of the Massa-
chusetts Council :
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"MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL, Feb. 7, 1776.
"In the House of Representatives : The House made choice
by ballot of the following gentlemen for Field Officers of
the Fifth Regiment of Militia in the County of Worcester,
viz : Jonathan Holman of Sutton, Colonel ; Daniel Plymp-
ton, Lieut. Colonel ; William Larned, First Major ; Jacob
Davis, 2d Major.
" In Council : Read and Concurred."
This regiment, being composed largely of men from Sut-
ton, and under the command of a Sutton officer, was usually
known and styled as " The Sutton Regiment." It was des-
tined to a very severe and long continued service of nearly
two years, during which it was engaged in many battles with
the enemy, and finally, if we accept the evidence of a high
British authority, in the great decisive battle of the war, the
battle of Saratoga.
Being incorporated into the army of Gen. Washington at
Cambridge, they began their march with him soon after the
evacuation of Boston, and proceeded first to Rhode Island,
where they remained some two or three months ; thence to
Long Island, where they were engaged in battle ; thence up
the Hudson river to White Plains, where the American army
had a hard fought battle, in which the Sutton regiment bore
a prominent part.
Some of the soldiers, in their pension affidavits, testify
that "they were greatly outnumbered by the enemy, but
their colonel obstinately refused to yield until they were
nearly surrounded, and when at last the order came to fall
back, he was nearly the last man to leave the field."
In Force's Archives, fifth series, volume two, page 327,
is found "A return made September 11, 1776, of the army
in the service of the United States, in and near the city of
New York, commanded by his excellency, George Washing-
ton, General and commander in chief."
In this return are included seventy regiments, among them
Col. Holman's, which contained six hundred and six men,
and is the largest number of any one regiment returned, the
774 MILITARY RECORD.
next highest being five hundred and sixty-nine. A like
return made September 21, 1776, shows the same fact.
Another return of the army under Washington, then
massed in the vicinity of White Plains, made probably after
the battle, shows sixty-eight regiments, and Col. Holman's
regiment numbered five hundred and seventy-two men, and
though somewhat reduced, was still the largest in the whole
list, eleven being reported dead since last return, one hun-
dred and two sick or wounded in camp, and eighty-four
ditto absent.
To show the relative aid afforded by the towns in Worces-
ter county in men and supplies, a few data, out of many,
are presented.
January 19, 1776, there was a call for more men, and a
levy was made upon all the towns in the State, the number
to be raised being apportioned according to the size and
strength of the towns.
For Worcester county the drafts were as follows :
Brookfield, forty-nine ; Lancaster, forty-six ; Sutton, thir-
ty-nine ; Mendon, thirty-three ; Worcester, thirty-two ;
Hardwick, twenty-nine ; Shrewsbury, twenty-five ; Bolton,
twenty-three ; Lunenburg, twenty ; Sturbridge, seventeen ;
Westboro', seventeen ; Charlton, sixteen ; Douglas, fifteen ;
Grafton, fifteen ; Dudley, twelve ; Leicester, thirteen ;
Uxbridge, thirteen ; Oxford, eleven; Northbridge, six ; and
so on.
In a levy made upon the towns for blankets, they were
apportioned as follows : Lancaster, thirty-three ; Sutton,
thirty; Brookfield, thirty; Worcester, twenty-seven; and
so on in lesser numbers.
In the provincial congress held at Watertown, May 1,
1775, provision was made for the support of the people who
had been driven from their homes in Boston by the entrance
of the British army.
They were assigned to the several towns in the State, to
be supported as far as necessary.
In Worcester county they were assigned as follows : Lan-
caster, one hundred and three persons; Brookfield, ninety-
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nine ; Sutton, ninety-eight ; Worcester, eighty-two ; Men-
don, seventy-six ; Hardwick, fifty-five ; and so on in lesser
numbers.
In the apportionment of coats for the army among the
towns of the Commonwealth, made by the provincial con-
gress, July 5, 1775, the assignment to the towns in Worces-
ter county, furnishing the largest number, was as follows :
Lancaster, one hundred and sixteen ; Brookfield, one hun-
dred and twelve ; Sutton, one hundred and eleven ; Worces-
ter, ninety-three.
The evidence, therefore, appears to be conclusive, that in
the great and arduous struggle to gain our independence,
Sutton ranked among the forty-three towns in Worcester
county as the third : Brooktield and Lancaster alone having
a better record, they being larger towns.
After the battle of White Plains, the Sutton regiment,
under Col. Holman, was ordered to Bennington, Vermont,
where it campaigned in and around that region for several
months, to hold in check the advancing hosts of Gen. Bur-
goyne. In the meantime the famous battle of Bennington
was fought under Gen. Stark ; and among the trophies of
that victory was the brass drum which now ornaments the
senate chamber of the Massachusetts State House. They
were next ordered to join the army of Gen. Gates, then
massed near Saratoga. In the battle that ensued, Col.
Holman's regiment was actively engaged, and that they
acquitted themselves bravely may be justly inferred from
the fact that after the battle this regiment was designated
"to take possession of Fort Edward, and to hold it, until
the dispersion of Burgoyne's army," which they did.
The regiment was then honorably discharged and the men
returned to their homes.
This battle, followed by the surrender of Burgoyne and
his whole army, virtually ended the war in New England.
The British, after fighting the obstinate Yankees for two
years and a half, became discouraged and moved the theatre
of war down south.
Sir Edward Creasy, M. A., in a book published in Lon-
don, 1872, and entitled "The Fifteen Decisive Battles of
776 MILITARY RECORD.
the World, from Marathon to Waterloo," singled out the
battle of Saratoga as the decisive battle of the revolution.
At first view, some Americans demur at the correctness of
his decision, but when they take into view the whole facts
and circumstances, they generally agree with him. The
British considered that the whole head and animus of the
rebellion lay in New England, and they formed a grand
design to crush it out at one all powerful blow.
They sent a large fleet to New York and up the Hudson,
laden with soldiers and munitions of war, to form a line on
the south ; then they massed large bodies of troops in Can-
ada, which were to march down, under Burgoyne, from the
north ; and, when these two forces met, it was expected
they would crush or capture every rebel caught between the
lines.
The plan was good, but the execution a miserable failure.
Had it succeeded, the British would immediately have taken
possession of all the territory between New York city and
the lakes, and between the coast and the Canadas ; includ-
ing all New England, for there would have been no forces
left sufficient to resist them. Such a disaster must have
crushed the rebellion, at least for a time.
Sutton may well be proud of her contribution to the grand
result ; and, in common with all the towns of the Common-
wealth, her glory is still more enhanced by the fact brought
out by Charles Sumner, in his celebrated debate with Senator
Butler of South Carolina, in which he proved by documentary
evidence from the war and treasury departments, that, in
the revolutionary war, Massachusetts alone furnished MORE
MEN, and MORE MONEY, than all the Southern States com-
bined.
The following is furnished by Rev. I. N. Tarbox, D. D.,
of Newton :
To show the exact position of Col. Holman in the month
of May 1775, 1 copy from Force's Archives (Vol. II., fourth
series, page 823), the following enrollment and organization
of the regiment of Col. Ebenezer Learned :
"Col. Learaed's regiment: J. Danforth Keys, Lieut.
Colonel ; Jonathan Hollman, Major ; .. . Banister, Adju-
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tant. Captains : Peter Harwood, Adam Martin, John
Granger, Joel Greene, Samuel Billings, William Campbell,
Arthur Daggett, Nathaniel Healey, Samuel Curtis, Isaac
Bolster. Lieutenants : Asa Danforth, Abel Mason, Mat-
thew Gray, David Prouty, Barnabas Lean, Reuben Davis,
Jonathan Carriel, Salem Town, Samuel Learned, John
Hazelton. Ensigns : Benjamin Pollard, Benjamin Felton,
Stephen Gorham, Thomas Fisk, John Howard, William
Podry.
" In Provincial Congress,
"Watertown, May. 23, 1775.
"Resolved, That commissions be given to the officers of
Col. Learned's Regiment agreeable to the above list."
As to Washington's confidence in Rufus Putnam :
It was November 17, 1775, when Washington first indi-
cated this. On that day he wrote a letter to Major General
Artemus Ward, requesting him, as also "General Thomas,
General Spencer and Colonel Putnam, to meet me at your
head-quarters to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock that we may
examine the ground between your work at the mill and
SewalPs Point and direct such batteries as may appear
necessary, for the security of your camp on that side, to be
thrown up without loss of time."
Artemus Ward was then in command at Roxbury. On
the arrival of Washington, in July, he took Major General
Israel Putnam to be near himself, and placed Ward at Rox-
bury. This Colonel Putnam is Rufus, and Washington
has already discovered his skill as an engineer. He used
him afterwards still more largely in the fortifications on Dor-
chester Heights.
We now give the names of officers and men, furnished by
Sutton, for the French and Indian, the revolutionary, and
the late civil war. The lists for the French and Indian, and
the revolutionary wars, are incomplete ; but we have given
all the names that we could, by careful research, obtain. The
record for the war of the rebellion is complete.
98
778
MILITARY RECORD.
OFFICERS AND MEN FEOM SUTTON
IN COLONIAL SERVICE,
FOB VABIOUS LENGTHS OF TIME, FROM 1755 TO 1761.
Carriel, Jonathan
Fry, John
Holman, Solomon
Gale, Isaac
Holman, Solomon, jr.
Hall, Willis
Holman, John
Johnson, Elias
Buffington, John
Chase, Abel
Allen, John, jr.
Allen, Josiah
Allen, Josiah, jr.
Baker, Samuel
Bancroft, Raban
Banister, Seth
Barton, David
Barton, Edmund
Barton, Elisha
Barton, Ezekiel
Barton, Samuel
Barnard, Jonathan
Barnard, Joshua
Bartlett, Roger
Bastow, Ebenezer
Bates, David
Bigelow, Jedediah
CAPTAINS.
Learned, John
Paine, Samuel Clerk
Sibley, John
LIEUTENANTS.
Rich, Elisha
ENSIGNS.
Sibley, Jonathan
SERGEANTS.
Jepperson, Elias
Johnson, Matthias
Kenney, Nathan
CORPORALS.
Elliot, Joseph
Greenwood, James
DRUMMER.
Sibley, Elijah
PRIVATES.
Bigelow, Joshua
Bolster, Isaac
Bolster, William
Bond, Jonas
Bond, Josiah
Bowers, John
Brindley, James
Buckman, Jeremiah
Buckman, Joel
Buck, Jonathan
Burbank, Isaac
Burdon, John
Burnham, Often
Burnham, William
Burnap, Timothy
Burnet, Henry
Caldwell, James
Taplin, John
King, Samuel
Sibley, Samuel
Waite, William
Woodbury, Benjamin
Putnam, Fuller
Parker, Thomas
Calhone, Alexander
Campbell, John
Carpenter, Eliphalet
Carriel, Bartholomew
Carriel, Daniel
Carriel, Jonathan
Carriel, John
Carriel, Nathaniel, jr.
Carriel, Samuel
Carter, Joshua
Carter, Stephen
Carter, Timothy, jr.
Case, Amos
Chamberlain, James
Chamberlain, Thos.
Chase, Francis
Chase, Isaac
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Chase, Isaac, jr.
Chase, March
Chase, Philip
Clafflin, Timothy
Clark, Samuel
Collar, Jonathan
Com stock, John
Comstock, Michael
Crowell, Andrew
Cummings, Moses
Cunningham, David
Curtis, Elisha
Curtis, Jonas
Curtis, John
Cutler, Amos
Cutler, Thomas
Dagget, Samuel
Davenport, Thomas
Davenport, William
Davenport, Win., jr.
Day, Daniel
Dike, Benjamin
Dike, Daniel
Dwinnel, Amos
Dwinnel, Henry
Dwinnel, Moses
Eady, Hezekiah
Elliot, David
Elliot, John
Elliot, Joseph, jr.
Foster, Timothy
Fuller, John
Funnell, Pompey
Gale, Daniel
Gale, Josiah
Gale, Nehemiah
Garfield, Benjamin
Gates, Benjamin
Gates, Scipio
Gates, William
Gawbel, Joseph
Gleason, Simon
Goodale, Eleazac
Goodale, John
Gould, Caleb
Gould, Daniel
Gowing, Nathaniel
Greenwood, James
Grow, Samuel
Hall, Emerson
Harris, Noah
Harwood, Daniel
Harwood, John
Harwood, Jonathan
Harwood, Joseph
Haskell, Elias
Hawes, Daniel
Hawes, Eleazar
Hawkins, George
Hawkins, Joseph
Hayden, Asa
Haywood, John
Hazeltine, Asa
Hazeltine, Silas
Hicks, Samuel
Hicks, Zachariah
Hill, Abratha
Hill, James
Hill, Joshua
Hodges, Edmund
Holland, John
Holman, David
Holman, Edward
Holman, Jonathan
Holman, Stephen
Holton, John
Holton, Timothy
Howe, Benjamin
Howe, James
Howe, Samuel
Howard, John
Houghton, Timothy
Hovey, Daniel
Hovey, Daniel, jr.
Hovey, John
Humes, Stephen
Humphrey, Arthur
Hull, James
Hutchinson, Nathan' 1
Jacobs, Jonathan
Jennison, Robert
Jipperson, Jedediah
Johnson, Matthias
Kenney, Asia
Kenney, Daniel
Kenney, Henry
Keuney, Israel
Kenney, Jonathan
King, Henry
King, John
King, Jonathan
Ladd, Ezekiel
Learned, Elijah
Learned, Samuel
Lilley, David
Lilley, David, jr.
Long, Joseph
Lord, Stephen
Lord, Thomas
Lovell, George
Lyon, Edward
Manning, Samuel
March, Daniel
Marble, Malachi
Marble, Samuel
Marsh, Benjamin
Marsh, Ebenezer
Marsh, Daniel
Marsh, George
Marsh, Joshua
Marsh, Silas
Marsh, William
Mason, Abel
Maxee, Benjamin
Merriam, Robert
Miles, Richard
Minard, Samuel
Minot, Samuel
Moore, Isaac
Morton, Benjamin
Morey, William
Mosley, Richard
Murphy, James
Nichols, Henry
Nichols, Isaac
Nichols, Jonathan
Nichols, Jonathan, jr.
Nichols, Thomas
Nichols, William
Odel, Ichabod
Parker, Archelaus
Parker, Ezra
Parks, Amariah
Perkins, Jacob
Phillips, Daniel
Phillips, Joseph
Pierce, Isaac
Pratt, David
Pratt, Israel
Pratt, Jabez
Prime, Joshua Jewet
Prince, Stephen
Pulsifer, William
Putnam, Andrew
Putnam, Cornelius
Putnam, Daniel
780
MILITARY RECORD.
Putnam, Ebenezer
Putnam, Edward
Putnam, Elisha
Putnam, Isaac
Putnam, John
Putnam, Luke
Putnam Orpheus
Putnam, Rufus
Putnam, Samuel
Putnam, Stephen
Putnam, Stephen, jr.
Putney, Benjamin
Randal, Samuel
Rich, Benjamin
Rich, Samuel
Rich, Thomas
Richards, Israel
Richardson, Ralph
Roberts, Asa
Rockwood, Thomas
Roper, Daniel
Rowell, Eliphalet
Severy, Benjamin
Severy, John
Severy, Joseph
Severy, Thomas
Shear, John
Shepherd, Simeon
Sherman, Peter
Shumway, Peter
Sibley, David
Sibley, Elisha
Sibley, John, jr.
Sibley, Jonathan, jr.
Sibley, Joseph
Sibley, Joseph, jr.
Sibley, Stephen
Sibley, William
Sibley, William, jr.
Sifford, Ebenezer
Sifford, John
Simpland, William T.
Simpson, William
Smith, John
Smith, Nathan
Smith, Phineas
Small, Stephen
Snow, Jacob
Southworth, Stephen
Stockwell, Absalom
Stockwell, Benajah
Stockwell, Daniel
Stockwell, Jeremiah
Stockwell, John
Stockwell, Jonathan
Stockwell, Stephen
Stockwell, William
Stone, Ambrose
Stone, Archibald
Stone, Daniel
Stone, Daniel, jr.
Stone, Elijah
Stone, Francis
Stone, John
Stone, William
Tainter, Joseph
Taylor, Ebenezer
Taylor, James
Thayer, John
Titus, Lenox
Toby, Peter
Towne, Asa
Towne, Bartholomew
Towne, Edmund
Towne, Elijah
Towne, Jacob
Towne, Josiah
Towne, Silas
Tracy, George
Waite, Jonathan
Waite, Nathaniel
Wakefield, Amasa
Wakefield, Jonathan
Wakefield, Jona., jr.
Walker, James
Walker, Obadiah
Walker, Obadiah, jr.
Ward, Samuel
Waters, Ebenezer
Waters, Elijah
Waters, Jonathan
Waters, Nathaniel
Webster, John
Wheeler, Jonathan
White, David
White, John
White, Jonathan
Whitney, Ebenezer
Willey, John
Wilmouth, Ebenezer
Woodbury, Peter
TOWN OF BUTTON.
781
OFFICERS AND MEN FEOM SUTTON
IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
Bolster, Isaac
Carriel, Jonathan
Hazeltine, John
Bancroft, John
Gould, Jonathan
Hall, Willis
Allen, Jonas
Brown, Ebenezer
Buxton, Joseph
Elliot, John
Allen, Eleazar
Allen, Elijah Daniel
Bacon, Abijah
Bacon, William
Bancroft, Jacob
Barrett, Oliver
Barstow, William
Bartlett, Richard
Billen, John
Bixbee, Samuel
Blanchard, Thomas
Blundon, Elisha
Brigham, Amariah
Buckman, Joel
Burdon, Jonathan
Burnap, Ebenezer
Burnap, Timothy
CAPTAINS.
Dagget, Arthur
LIEUTENANTS.
Howard, John
SERGEANTS.
King, John
Lovell, Ezra
CORPORALS.
Chase, Nehemiah
Holman, Daniel
Howland, John
DRUMMER.
Safford, John
FIFERS.
Todd, Thomas
PRIVATES.
Buxton, John
Caise, John
Caldwell, Joseph
Carriel, Aaron
Chamberlain, Asahel
Chandler, Joseph
Chase, Aaron
Chase, Amaziah
Chase, Timothy
Childs, John
Childs, Samuel
Clafflin, Timothy
Cole, Burnet
Cole, John
Cook, Solomon
Cristy, John
Cummings, Moses
Leland, Solomon
Pierce, Joseph
Roberts, John
Pring, Simeon
Sibley, David
Tainter, Nahum
Cutler, Aaron
Cutler, Nahum
Dagget, Samuel
Dagget, Simeon
Dagget, Gideon
Davidson, Benjamin
Davidson, John
Day, Samuel
Demon, Richard
Dennison, Richard
Dike, Benjamin
Dike, Daniel
Dike, Daniel, jr
Dike, Jonathan
Dobson, Henry
Drake, Seth
Dunston, Samuel
782
MILITARY RECORD.
Dwinnel, Aaron
Dwinnel, Archelaus
Dwinnel, Amos
Dwinnel, Solomon
Eady, Hezekiah
Eaton, Jonathan
Elliot, Jonathan
Elliot, Samuel
Farrar, Seth
Fitts, Edward
Follard, John
Foster, George
Giles, James
Gilding, Francis
Gleason, Bezaleel
Goddard, Robert
Goulding, John
Hanson, Gideon
Harback, Henry
Harback, William
Hardy, Samuel
Harrington, Edward
Harrington, John
Harris, Willie
Hayden, Joel
Haywood, Simeon
Hazeltine, Benjamin
Hazeltine, Stephen
Hector, John
Herrick, Joshua
Holman, John
Holman, Samuel
Holman, Stephen
Hoyt, Charles
Humes, Stephen
Jeir, George
Jennings, Solomon
Jennison, Elias
Jennison, Robert
Jennison, William
Jordan, William
Juel, James
Kedug, William
Kenney, William
Killicute, Thomas
King, Henry
Knox, William
Koel, John
Leland, Ebenezer
Lewis, Eliphalet
Lynde, Thomas
Marble, Daniel
Marble, Joel
Marble, John
Mason, John
McCade, James
Melendy, John
Metchel, Samuel
Meurs, John
Miller, James
Minard, Samuel
Mockelen, John
Nash, Richard
Nelson, Francis
Negro, Onesimus
Nichols, Benjamin
Nichols, Thomas
Odel, Ichabod
Park, Joshua
Perkins, Jacob
Perkins, Thomas
Phelps, Ebenezer
Pierce, Jonathan
Potter, Edmund
Pratt, Benjamin
Prentice, Shubal
Preston, Amos
Prime, Josiah
Prince, Asa
Putnam, Ezra
Putnam, Howard
Putnam, Jacob
Putnam, John
Putnam, Levi
Putnam, Luke
Putnam, Samuel
Rawson, Jonathan
Rich, Stephen
Rixford, Simeon
Roberts, John
Robertson, Jonathan
Robinson, Jonathan
Rogers, Thomas
Rowell, Eliphalet
Sanders, John
Sappaentrot, Hendrick
Severy, Edward
Severy, Reuben
Shepherd, James
Sibley, Daniel
Sibley, David
Sibley, Richard
Sibley, Stephen
Sibley, William
Sigourney, Andrew
Smith, John
Smith, Silas
Smith, Thomas
Snow, Timothy
Snow, William
Stockbridge, John
Stockwell, Aaron
Stockwell, Reuben
Stockwell, Reuben, jr.
Stockwell, Solomon
Stone, Daniel
Stone, Jonathan
Tiffany, Joel
Todd, Archibald
Todd, Paul
Torrey, Samuel
Towne, Jonathan
Towne, Robert
Truce, David
Waite, William
Walker, Asa
Walker, Elisha
Walker, Gideon
Walker, John
Walker, Judah
Walker, Perley
Wakefield, Benjamin
Waters, Joseph
Waters, Simeon
Whipple, Solomon
Witham, Simon
Woodbury, Benjamin
Woodward, Jacob
Woodward, Samuel
TOWN OF BUTTON.
783
MINUTE MEN FROM SUTTON,
WHO MABCHED TO CONCORD ON THE ALABM, APBIL 19TH, 1775, IN
COLONEL EBENEZER LEARNED'S REGIMENT.
Elliott, Andrew
Bolster, Isaac
Waters, Asa
Hazeltine, John
Howard, John
Kidder, James
Batcheller, Abraham
Dwinnel, Jacob
Lovell, Ezra
Allen, Jonas
Armsby, Ebenezer
Bacon, William
Batcheller, Abner
Brown, Ebenezer
Carriel, John
Child, Timothy
Colwell, James
Couse,
Davenport, Richard
Dudley, David
Dwinnel, Amos
Easty, Edward
Eaton, Reuben
CAPTAINS.
Putnam, John
LIEUTENANTS.
Woodbury, John
SERGEANTS.
Sibley, Joseph
Severy, John
Tenney, Simeon
CORPORALS.
Pierce, Joseph
Tainter, Joel
Wakefield, Amasa
FIFER.
Clastin,Timothy
ENSIGN.
Bancroft, John
PRIVATES.
Gould, Joseph, jr.
Hardy, Samuel
Holland, John
Holman, Abel
Holman, Daniel
Holman, Elisha
Kidder, John
Leland, Thomas
Lyon, Eleazar
Marble, Stephen
Mellody,
Minard, Samuel
Morse, Moody, jr.
Nichols, William
Woodbury, Jonathan
Waters, Abraham
Whipple, Simeon
Waters, Joseph
White, Jonathan
Sibley, Daniel
Sibley, Elias
Sibley, Gideon
Sibley, Peter
Sibley, Samuel, jr.
Sibley, Tarrant
Sibley, William
Sibley,
Small, Samuel
Snow, Benjamin
Snow, Jacob, jr.
Stone, Nathan
Tainter, Nahum
Taylor, Abraham
784 MILITARY RECORD.
Eaton, Samuel Pierce, John Torrey, Daniel
Elliot, James Prince, David Towne, Reuben
Elliot, Jonathan Putnam, Archelaus Waite, Joshua
Fletcher, Ephraim Putnam, Ebenezer Wakefield, Luther
Follensbee, John Putnam, Elisha Wakefield, Samuel
Fuller, John Putnam, Ezra Wakefield, Silas
Giles, James Putnam, Gideon Waters, Gardner
Gleason, Bezaleel Putnam, James Waters, Simeon
Goodale, Asa Putnam, Peter Wheeler, Zaccheus
Gould, Jonathan Sibley, Abel
COLONEL JONATHAN HOLMAN.
The public and patriotic services of this gallant commander
of the Massachusetts Fifth, or " Button regiment," so called,
having been described in " Sutton in the Revolution," need
not be repeated. But justice to his memory seems to require
that a few words should be added as to his private history
and personal character.
Colonel Holman was a descendant in the third generation
from Solomon, who came from Newbury, and was one of the
earliest pioneer settlers of Sutton north parish. He was
born in 1732, and was forty-three years of age when the
revolutionary war broke out. He embraced the cause of
freedom with great ardor, devoting to it most of his time,
and as it proved in the end, most of his property. As he
had been thoroughly trained in military tactics in the British
service during the " French war," which preceded, by a brief
interval, the American, it was very natural he should be
called to the front when the latter began. Great Britain had,
in that French war, made frequent levies upon the colonies
for troops, and while she reserved to her men the higher
grade of officers, she conferred most of the regimental ones
upon the colonists, little dreaming that she was training up
a corps of officers who were destined ere long to cope with
her in the field, and finally to vanquish her. Washington
served as Lieutenant-Colonel under General Braddock.
Israel Putnam had seven years of the hardest service as
captain. Ebenezer Larned of Oxford, and Jonathan Holman
of Sutton, had both served long and suffered much in the
TOWN OF BUTTON.
region of Lake George and Ticonderoga. Colonel Holman
often related how he barely escaped starvation by holding in
his mouth, for nearly a week, a pork rind, which he dare not
swallow, fearing he could not get another. He and Larned
each retired with a commission of major.
After returning from his campaign in New York, which
ended with the surrender of Burgoyne, though not in the
regular service, he continued active in the cause by raising
troops from time to time for coast alarms, forwarding sup-
plies, and in various ways contributing to the grand result.
After the war, when the "Shay's Rebellion" arose, he
promptly, of his own accord, raised a body of men and
marched to Petersham to aid in suppressing it.
It was said of him by his neighbors that he got so wrought
up by the stirring events of the war that ' ' he never could
be made to talk about anything else to the end of his days."
He cherished great pride and high hopes of the infant repub-
lic, so that when the continental money began to decline, lie
stoutly maintained that the government would never dishonor
itself by refusing to redeem it ; always accepted it in pay-
ment of dues ; frequently bought it to sustain its credit,
until his property was largely invested in it. When at last
that foulest blot on our national escutcheon repudiation
was consummated, he was mortified and justly indignant.
Selecting the meanest out-house on his premises, he covered
over the whole interior with these false promises, making
the building a standing monument of disgrace to that deed
of shame.
Colonel Holman lived upon the farm and built the house
now owned and occupied by his grandson, E. M. Holman.
He married for his first wife, Hannah Sibley of Uxbridge,
by whom he had six sons and three daughters ; for his second
wife, Susannah Trask, by whom were Susan, who married
Asa Waters ; Nancy, who married Charles Hale, and Luther,
who died young twelve children in all.
Four of his sons emigrated to Maine and bought the town-
O O
ship now called Dixfield, so named after Doctor Dix, who
went from Worcester with them and paid a liberal bounty
for the name.
786 MILITARY RECORD.
The colonel used to make an occasional visit to his boys
in Maine, and he always rode on the saddle, and his rule was
to ride seventy miles a day. He had a powerful, high-
spirited horse, which he called his war horse. It was never
broke to the harness, could be managed by no one but him-
self, and by him only under the saddle. He happened to
be in Boston, on his way to Dixfield, when the news of peace
arrived. An express was started to carry the news to Port-
land, and as that city lay in his route, he joined the express
and left at the same time. He did not stop to change horses
nor to look back, but rode straight on arrived in Portland
sometime before the express, and first proclaimed to the
citizens of Portland the news' of peace and independence.
The colonel often boasted of this feat, as well he might.
On his return he made the sage remark that "if he was
to emigrate, he should go south rather than west, if he didn't
go but one rod" a sentiment in which some of his descend-
ants fully concur.
He died February 25, 1814, at the venerable age of eighty-
two years. A lengthy obituary soon after appeared in the
Worcester Spy, paying a high tribute to his many public,
private and Christian virtues.
Heliotype Printing Co., Boston.
TOWN OP BUTTON.
787
OFFICERS AND MEN FEOM SUTTON
IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
Adams, ^George B.
Adams, Thomas
Aldrich, Charles H.
Aldrich, Marcus M.
Allen, Horace M.
Anderson, Edward S.
Anderson, Manton E.
Arnold, Nathan S.
Atchinson, John H.
Avery, Oliver
Baker, John
Ballou, Hiram K.
Barnes, Hosea L.
Barrows, Homer A.
Barry, Michael
Batcheller, Charles H.
Batcheller, Orlando,kilP d
at the battle of Antie-
tam, Sept. 17, 1862.
Baxter, William; in the
navy.
Belknap, Alonzo B. ; d.
at Pottsville, Md., Oct.
1861, in consequence of
wounds received at the
battle of Ball's Bluff.
Bennett, George R.
Billings, Alexander L. ;
d.of consumption, Aug.
23, 1863.
Blackman, Elijah L.
Brown, Ira F.
Brown, George O.
Briggs, Charles J.
Bryant, E. W.
Bullard, Franklin E. ; pro-
moted to corporal.
Bullard, Ira Barton
Burns, George E.
Bart, Aaron
Burt, Geo. D. ; d. of ty-
phoid fever at hospital,
Baltimore, Md., Sept
4,1863.
Carpenter, William F.
Clark, William H.
Coffin, Charles A.
Coffin, Thomas
Collins, James
Conroy, Thomas
Conroy, William
Cook, Albert P.
Cook, William H.
Cooley, Francis F.
Crane, Thomas
Crawford, John S.
Grossman, Ferdinand J.
F. ; d. Aug. 8, 1864, in
Andersonville.
Dacey, Michael
Dana, Delos L.
Daniels, David M.
Darling, John D.
Davis, Bowers
Day, Asa F.
Delaney, John
Dellabar, B. F.
Devoy, James
Donovan, E.
Dorr, Daniel L.
Dorr, Reuben S.
Dorr, Van Buren
Dudley, Edward B.
Dudley, Henry J. ; pro-
moted 2d Lieut., Jan.
3, 1863; to 1st Lieut.,
Apr. 11, 1863;toCapt.,
Dec. 3, 1863.
Eager, Calvin
Everette, Albert
Everette, Malton ; died
Sept. 1,1863, n'rVicks-
burg.
Ferry, James
Fisk, Nathan B.
Fletcher, Francis; d. at
Falmouth, Va., Dec. 8.
1862.
Fletcher, George A.
Ford, John C.
Fuller, Freeman L.
Fuller, William L.
Gates, John. S.
Gibson, Philip D.
Gifford, William P.
Goddard, Abraham F.
Gorham, George E.
Graves, Charles B.
Gredell, Gottfried
Green, William C. ; died
from exhaustion, June
30, 1862, in the retreat
from the Chickahom-
iny.
Hall, John G. ; promoted
to 1st Sergt., Dec. 21,
1864.
Hall, William S.
Harris, Joseph
Hartwell, Samuel A.
Haslett, Joseph*
Hamilton, James
Hewett, Edward G.
Holbrook, Wilder S. ; pro-
moted to 2d Lieut. Aug.
2, 1862.
Homer, William
Howard, George S.
Howard, Henry C.
Howard, Henry W.
Howard, William H.
Houghton, Chilon
Hoyle, Henry
Hoyle, Loren C. ; promo-
moted to Corporal.
Hoyle, Otis
Hutchinson, William H.
killed at Cold Harbor,
Va., June 3, 1864.
Johnson, James G.
Johnson, James T. ; died
June 11, 1864.
788
MILITARY RECORD.
Johnson, Joseph, jr. ;
killed in battle, May
12, 1864.
Jones, Rufus J.
Judd, Damon C.
Keith, George L.
Kelley, Daniel E.
Kelley, Harriet
Kenney, Austin
Kimbal, Herbert A.
King, George S.
King, Gilbert N.
King, Simeon E.
Lackey, Eugene
Laftee, Peter
Loring, Charles
Lowe, Dexter D.
Lowe, George A.
Ludolph, Lewis
Lynch, Michael
Lynde, Thomas
Lyon, William
Maereading, Charles W. ;
in the navy.
Malhoit, John D.
Mann, William B. ; miss-
ing since battle Ball's
Bluff ; supposed to have
drowned in crossing
the Potomac.
Marble, Alttert A.
Martin, LysaSnder; died
June 19, 1868, caused
by wounds received at
the time our forces
crossed the Rappahan-
nock.
Mascroft, Henry Clay
Mathewson, George A.
McCurdy, Samnel
Mills, FrankHn S.
Moody, George B.
Moore, George H.
Moore, Lewis H.
Morse, Charles H.
Myers, Frederick
Nealey, Ephraim E.
Newell, James; drown' d
in the Potomac, Aug.
13, 1862, in consequence
of a collision between
two government trans-
ports. He was at the
time acting surgeon of
the 48th reg't Penn.
vols.
Nicholas, George H.
Norberry, Edward A.
Norberry, James M.
Norcross, Henry N.
Norcross, John M. ; pro-
moted to 2d Lieut.,
Jan. 27, 1863.
Paine, George A.
Paine, John A. ; taken
prisoner and died at
Danville, S. C.
Paine, Simon C.
Paine, William J.
Parker, George
Patberry, Max
Penniman, William C.
Pierce, John L.
Plympton, Amos G.
Plympton, Charles H.
Porterwine, John
Pratt, Otis
Putnam, George E.
Randal, Charles T.
Ray, Daniel H.
Remick, Augustus;
wounded Oct. 21, 1861 ;
d. Feb. 27, 1864.
Remick, John
Remick, Levi
Rice, Charles A.
Rice, Henry F.
Rich, John S.
Riley, Thomas
Robinson, John
Robinson, Smith, jr.
Rogers, S. M.
Ryan, Thomas
Sanders, John
Seaver, E. R.
Seaver, Thomas
Servey, Silas T.
Shambo, Christopher ;
woun'd while on pick-
et, May 13 ; died from
the effects of wound,
May 14, 1864, at Spot-
sylvania.
Shambo, Edward
Shea, Michael
Sherman, Charles O.
Sibley, Franklin
Sibley, Wilson
Simonds, Anson
Smith, Chas. D. ; wound-
ed at Antietam, Sept.
17; d. Sept. 27, 1862.
Smith, Albion G. ; killed
June 3, 1863. while
bearing dispatches fr'm
Sulphur Springs, Va.,
to Warrenton. three
balls entering his body.
Smith, Alpheus M.
Snow, James M.
Stone, George R.
Stone, Jerome M.
Stock well, Alonzo E.
Swinson, John
Taylor, Frank
Taylor, James
Teague, Matthew
Tebo, John
Titus, John M.
Toby, George R.
Tourtellott, George W.
Travis, Granvill
Tyler, George
Tyler, Henry
Tyler, Joseph E.
Tyman, Thomas
Ward, Russel
Walker, Alonzo E.
Walker, William H.
Waters, Andrew, J.
Waters, George E.
Waters, John F.
Watts, Edward B.
Webb, Henry C.
Welsh, Thomas
Whidden, David
Whipple, Richard M.
White, John E.
Wilder, Cassius M. ; d. of
typhoid fever, July 17,
1862, at Fort's Monroe.
Williams, Origen B.
Williams, William Henry
Woodbury, John Lovell;
died atNewbern. June
24, 1863.
TOWN OF SUTTON.
789
MODERATORS
Dec. 3, 1718,
Elisha Johnson.
Sept. 2, 1731, Dr. ThomSs Sanford.
Mar. 17, 1719,
Samuel Stearns.
Mar. 6, 1732, Dea. Percival Hall.
Nov. 25, 1719,
Samuel Stearns.
May 24, 1732, Lieut. Benj. Marsh.
Mar. 7, 1720,
William King.
Sept. 11, 1732, Dea. Percival Hall.
Sept. 27, 1720,
Timothy Manning.
Dec. 18, 1732, Capt. Wm. King.
Mar. 6, 1721,
William King.
Mar. 5, 1733, Lieut. Elisha Johnson.
Aug. 8, 1721,
William King.
Apr. 5, 1733, Lieut. Elisha Johnson.
Mar. 5, 1722,
Percival Hall.
May 21, 1733, Obadiah Walker.
Mar. 4, 1723,
Percival Hall.
Oct. 1, 1733, Dea. Percival Hall.
May 13, 1723,
Percival Hall.
Nov. 19, 1733, Esquire Dudley.
Oct. 22, 1723,
Elisha Johnson.
Mar. 4, 1734, Elisha Johnson.
Dec. 30, 1723,
William King.
May 22, 1734, Esquire Dudley.
Mar. 2, 1724,
Nathaniel Dike.
Nov. 4, 1734, Samuel Barton.
May 18, 1724,
Joseph Sibley.
Mar. 3, 1735, Dea. Percival Hall.
June 3, 1724,
Nathaniel Dike.
May 19, 1735, Dea. Percival Hall.
Jan. 25, 1725,
Nathaniel Dike.
Sept. 12, 1735, Elisha Johnson.
Mar. 1, 1725,
John Whipple.
Mar. 1, 1736, Elisha Johnson.
Mar. 29, 1725,
Nathaniel Dike.
May 19, 1736, Elisha Johnson.
Aug. 25, 1725,
Percival Hall.
Mar. 7, 1737, Elisha Johnson.
Feb. 18, 1726,
William King.
May 23, 1737, Dea. Percival Hall.
Mar. 7, 1726,
Percival Hall.
Sept. 19, 1737, Dea. Percival Hall.
July 29, 1726,
John Whipple.
Oct. 3, 1737, Dea. Percival Hall.
Aug. 29, 1726,
John Whipple.
Mar. 20, 1738, Sam'l Johnson, Esq.
Mar. 4, 1727,
John Whipple.
May 24, 1738, Robert Godtlard, Esq.
Mar. 1728,
No record.
Mar. 5, 1739, Joseph Sibley.
Oct. 14, 1728,
Percival Hall.
Dec. 24, 1739, Capt. Joseph Sibley.
Nov. 26, 1728,
John Whipple.
Mar. 3, 1740, Elisha Putnam.
Feb. 10, 1729,
John Whipple.
May 21, 1740, Joseph Sibley.
Feb. 26, 1729,
Percival Hall.
Sept. 1, 1740, Robert Goddard.
Mar. 3, 1729,
Capt. Wm. King.
Mar. 2, 1741, Joseph Sibley.
Mar. 26, 1729,
Dea. Percival Hall.
May 25, 1741, Benjamin Woodbury.
May 20, 1729,
Dea. Percival Hall.
Nov. 24, 1741, Obadiah Walker.
July 25, 1729,
Dea. Percival Hall.
Jan. 18, 1742, Benjamin Woodbnry.
Sept. 8, 1729,
Dea. Percival Hall.
Mar. 1, 1742, Benjamin Woodbury.
Oct. 10, 1729,
Elisha Putnam.
May 21, 1742, Benjamin Woodbury.
Dec. 8, 1729,
Capt. Wm. King.
Aug. 23, 1742, Joseph Sibley.
Mar. 2, 1730,
Capt. Wm. King.
Sept. 27, 1742, Capt. Joseph Sibley.
Mar. 25, 1730,
Samuel Dudley.
Dec. 8, 1742, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
Apr. 22, 1730,
William King.
Jan. 31, 1743, Benjamin Woodbury.
May 15, 1730,
William King.
Mar. 7, 1743, Joseph Sibley.
Aug. 27, 1730,
John Whipple.
May 19, 1743, Capt. Joseph Sibley.
Jan. 11, 1731,
Samuel Dudley.
Aug. 29, 1743, Capt. Joseph Sibley.
Mar. 1, 1731,
Elisha Johnson.
Mar. 5, 1744, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
May 15, 1731,
Percival Hall.
May 22, 1744, Capt Joseph Sibley.
STATISTICS OF THE
Mar. 4, 1745, Capt. Joseph Sibley.
May 23, 1745, Capt. Joseph Sibley.
Sept. 26, 1745, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
Nov. 12, 1745, Capt. Timothy Carter.
Mar. 3, 1746, Capt. Joseph Sibley.
May 22, 1746, Capt Joseph Sibley.
Mar. 2, 1747, Capt Joseph Sibley.
May 18, 1747, Capt. Joseph Sibley.
Mar. 7, 1748, Capt Joseph Sibley.
May 19, 1748, Capt Joseph Sibley.
Mar. 6, 1749, Robert Goddard.
May 22, 1749, Robert Goddard, Esq.
Oct. 9, 1749, Robert Goddard, Esq.
Mar. 5, 1750, Robert Goddard.
May 21, 1750, Capt. Joseph Sibley.
Mar. 4, 1751, Robert Goddard, Esq.
Aug. 28, 1751, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
Mar. 2, 1752, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
May 20, 1752, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
June 29, 1752, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
Mar. 5, 1753, Robert Goddard, Esq.
May 23, 1753, Robert Goddard, Esq.
Mar. 4, 1754, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
May 22, 1754, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
Sept 10, 1754, Robert Goddard, Esq.
Mar. 3^1755, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
May 20, 1755, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
Mar. 1, 1756, Robert Goddard, Esq.
Mar. 23, 1756, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
May 18, 1756, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
May 26, 1756, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
Sept 1, 1756, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
Mar. 7, 1757, Robert Goddard.
May 18, 1757, Robert Goddard, Esq.
Mar. 6, 1758, Robert Goddard, Esq.
May 22, 1758, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
Mar. 5, 1759, John Hazeltine, Esq.
May 22, 1759, John Hazeltine, Esq.
Mar. 3, 1760, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
May 21, 1760, Capt. Henry King.
Oct. 28, 1760, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
Nov. 28, 1760, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
Mar. 2, 1761, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
May 20, 1761, Lieut. Elisha Rich.
July 5, 1762, Lieut Elisha Rich.
Sept. 6, 1762, Isaac Barnard, Esq.
Jan. 25, 1763, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
Mar. 7, 1763, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
May 18, 1763, Capt John Fry.
Mar. 5, 1764, Capt. John Fry.
May 21, 1764, Capt. Henry King.
Mar. 4, 1765, Dea. Benj. Woodbury.
May 20, 1765, Capt. Henry King.
Mar. 3, 1766, Benjamin Morse.
May 20, 1766, Capt Henry King.
June 30, 1766, Ebenezer Pierce.
Sept 22, 1766, Isaac Barnard, Esq.
Mar. 2, 1767, Capt John Sibley.
May 18, 1767, Capt. Henry King.
Dec. 28, 1767, Capt. Henry King.
Mar. 7, 1768, Capt. John Sibley.
May 16, 1768, Capt. Henry King.
Mar. 6, 1769, Capt. John Sibley.
May 22, 1769, Capt John Sibley.
Mar. 5, 1770, Capt. John Sibley.
May 21, 1770, Capt Henry King.
Aug. 20, 1770, Capt. John Sibley.
Sept. 3, 1770, Capt. John Sibley.
Sept. 17, 1770, Capt. Henry King.
Mar. 4, 1771, Capt John Sibley.
May 20, 1771, Capt John Sibley.
Nov. 19, 1771, Capt Henry King.
Mar. 2, 1772, Dea. Ebenezer Pierce.
May 18, 1772, Capt. Jonathan Sibley.
Jan. 11, 1773, Capt. John Sibley.
Mar. 1, 1773, Capt John Sibley.
May 17, 1773, Capt John Sibley.
Aug. 30, 1773, Capt. John Sibley.
Mar. 4, 1774, Capt. John Sibley.
May 16, 1774, Dea. Ebenezer Pierce.
July 25, 1774, Capt. Henry King.
Sept. 26, 1774, Capt. Henry King.
Nov. 15, 1774, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
Jan. 5, 1775, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
Jan. 16, 1775, Dea. Ezenezer Pierce.
Mar. 6, 1775, Capt John Sibley.
May 22, 1775, Capt. John Sibley.
Sept. 18, 1775, David Dudley.
Oct. 17, 1775, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
Oct. 26, 1775, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
Mar. 4, 1776, Capt John Sibley.
May 20, 1776, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
May 27, 1776, Capt. John Sibley.
July 1, 1776, Capt. Henry King.
July 8, 1776, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
Sept. 30, 1776, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
Oct. 7, 1776, Capt John Sibley.
Dec. 2, 1776, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
Jan. 27, 1777, Dea. Ebenezer Pierce.
Mar. 3, 177.7, Capt John Sibley.
Mar. 10, 1777, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
May 19, 1777, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
June 2, 1777, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
June 9, 1777, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
TOWN OF BUTTON.
791
June 16, 1777, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
Nov. 3, 1777, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
Dec. 7, 1777, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
Dec. 15, 1777, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
Jan. 5, 1778, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
Feb. 2, 1778, Dea. Ebeiiezer Pierce.
Feb. 18, 1778, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
Mar. 2, 1778, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
Mar. 30, 1778, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
May 18, 1778, Capt. John Sibley.
June 15, 1778, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
Sept. 7, 1778, Capt. Henry King.
Mar. 1, 1779, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
Mar. 8, 1779, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
May 19, 1779, Amos Singletary, Esq.
June 21, 1779, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
July 5, 1779, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
Aug. 2, 1779, Amos Singletary, Esq.
Aug. 17, 1779, Amos Singletary, Esq.
Aug. 23, 1779, Nathan Putnam.
Sept. 21, 1779, Dea. Willis Hall.
Oct. 4, 1779, Dea. Willis Hall.
Oct. 19, 1779, Dea. Willis Hall.
Nov. 22, 1779, Nathan Putnam.
Mar. 6, 1780, Major Bartholomew
Woodbury.
Apr. 10, 1780, Maj. B. Woodbury.
May 1, 1780, Nathan Putnam.
May 22, 1780, Maj. B. Woodbury.
June 12, 1780, Nathan Putnam.
June 26, 1780, Nathan Putnam.
Oct. 9, 1780, Nathan Putnam.
Oct. 16, 1780, Nathan Putnam.
Dec. 5, 1780, Nathan Putnam.
Dec. 18, 1780, Maj. B. Woodbury.
Feb. 20, 1781, Maj. B. Woodbury.
Mar. 5, 1781, Maj. B. Woodbury.
Mar. 26, 1781, Col. Timothy Sibley.
Apr. 2, 1781, Col. Jonathan Holrnan.
May 16, 1781, Dea. Willis Hall.
June 18, 1781, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
July 9, 1781, Nathan Putnam, Esq.
Aug. 20, 1781, Nathan Putnam, Esq.
Nov. 26, 1781, Col. Timothy Sibley.
Dec. 10, 1781, Col. Timothy Sibley.
Mar. 4, 1782, Nathan Putnam, Esq.
May 13, 1782, Nathan Putnam, Esq.
Nov. 12, 1782, Col. Timothy Sibley.
Jan. 20, 1783, Amos Singletary, Esq.
Feb. 3, 1783, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
Mar. 3, 1783, Col. Bartholomew
Woodbury.
May 14, 1783, Col. B. Woodbury.
June 27, 1783, Col. B. Woodbury.
Dec. 31, 1783, Dea. Willis Hall.
Mar. 1, 1784, Col. B. Woodbury.
May 10, 1784, Amos Singletary, Esq.
Aug. 30, 1784, Dea. Willis Hall.
Mar. 7, 1785, Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
May 12, 1785, Dea. Willis Hall.
Oct. 31, 1785, Dea. Willis Hall.
Jan. 9, 1786, Capt. Jona. Woodbury.
June 10, 1786, Col. B. Woodbury.
Sept. 25, 1786, Col. B. Woodbury.
Oct. 2, 1786, Col. B. Woodbury.
Dec. 4, 1786, Capt. Jona. Woodbury.
Jan. 15, 1787, Col. B. Woodbury.
June 20. 1787, Col. B. Woodbury.
Feb. 5, 1787, Capt. Jona. Woodbury.
Mar. 5, 1787, Amos Singletary, Esq.
Mar. 23, 1787, Amos Singletary, Esq.
Apr. 2, 1787, Col. B. Woodbury.
May 7, 1787, Col. B. Woodbury.
Nov. 2, 1787, Col. B. Woodbury.
Nov. 26, 1787, Col. B. Woodbury.
Dec. 4, 1787, Col. B. Woodbury.
Dec. 10, 1787, Col. B. Woodbury.
Feb. 18, 1788, Col. B. Woodbury.
Mar. 3, 1788, Col. B. Woodbury.
Apr. 17, 1788, Col. B. Woodbury.
May 7, 1788, Col. B. Woodbury.
Dec. 18, 1788, Col. B. Woodbury.
Mar. 2, 1789, Col. B. Woodbury.
Apr. 6, 1789, Col. B. Woodbury.
May 6, 1789, Capt. John Woodbury.
Mar. 6, 1790, Capt. John Woodbury.
Apr. , 1790, Capt. John Woodbury.
Apr. 29, 1790, Dea. John Jacobs.
May 3, 1790, Dea. Asa Waters.
Oct. 4, 1790, Dea. Asa Waters.
Nov. 6, 1790, Col. B. Woodbury.
Mar. 7, 1791, Col. B. Woodbury.
May 9, 1791, Dea. Asa Waters.
Mar. 5, 1792, Capt. John Woodbury.
May 7, 1792, Solomon Leland, Esq.
Aug. 20, 1792, Col. Timothy Sibley.
Jan. 14, 1793, Col. Timothy Sibley.
Mar. 4, 1793, Col. B. Woodbury.
Apr. , 1793, Col. B. Woodbury.
May 6, 1793, Capt. Jona. Woodbury.
May 1, 1794, Dea. Asa Waters.
May 15, 1794, Col. B. Woodbury.
Aug. 19, 1794, Col. B. Woodbury.
Sept. 15, 1794, Dea. Willie Hall.
792
STATISTICS OF THE
Nov. 1, 1794, Dea. Asa Waters.
Mar. 2, 1795, Capt. Andrew Elliot.
May 6, 1795, Capt. Andrew Elliot.
Mar. 7, 1796, Col. B. Woodbury.
Apr. 4, 1796, Col. B. Woodbury.
June 6, 1796, Ebenezer Waters.
Sept. 27, 1796, Col. B. Woodbury.
Jan. 23, 1797, Capt. Andrew Elliot.
Mar. 6, 1797, Capt. Andrew Elliot.
Apr. 3, 1797, Ebenezer Waters.
May 8, 1797, Ebenezer Waters.
Dec. 4, 1797, Ebenezer Waters.
Mar. 5, 1798, Col. B. Woodbury.
Apr. 2, 1798, Nathaniel Stockwell.
May 7, 1798, Capt. Jona. Woodbury.
Nov. 1, 1798, Col. B. Woodbury.
Mar. 4, 1799, Col. B. Woodbury.
Apr. 1, 1799, David Dudley.
May 6, 1799, Capt. Jona. Woodbury.
Mar. 3, 1800, Col. B. Woodbury.
Apr. 7, 1800, Col. B. Woodbury.
May 5, 1800, Col. John Putnam.
May 19, 1800, Capt. Jona. Woodbury.
Aug. 26, 1800, Jedediah Barton.
Mar. 2, 1801, Capt. Andrew Elliot.
May 4, 1801, Col. B. Woodbury.
June 22, 1801, Capt. Ezra Lovell.
Aug. 24, 1801, Col. B. Woodbury.
Apr. 5, 1802, Jonas Sibley.
May 3, 1802, Dea. John Pierce.
Nov. 1, 1802, Jonas Sibley.
Mar. 7, 1803, Josiah Stiles. V
May 2, 1803, Jonas Sibley.
Mar. 5, 1804, Capt. John Woodbury.
May 7, 1804, Capt. John Woodbury.
Nov. 5, 1804, Col. B. Woodbury.
Mar. 4, 1805, Capt. John Woodbury.
Apr. 1, 1805, Jedediah Barton.
May 6, 1805, Josiah Stiles. V/
Aug. 19, 1805, Josiah Stiles.^
Oct. 3, 1805, Capt. Azor Phelps.
Mar. 3, 1806, Dr. Amasa Braman.
Apr. 5, 1806, Abijah Burnap.
May 5, 1806, Capt. John Woodbury.
Nov. 3, 1806, Josiah Stiles.
Mar. 2, 1807, Capt. John Woodbury.
Apr. 6, 1807, Josiah Stiles.
May 4, 1807, Jonas Sibley.
Mar. 7, 1808, Estes Howe, Esq.
May 2, 1808, Jonas Sibley, Esq.
Aug. 23, 1808, Estes Howe, Esq.
Nov. 7, 1808, Estes Howe, Esq.
Mar. 6, 1809, Estes Howe, Esq.
May 1, 1809, Estes Howe, Esq.
Nov. 20, 1809, Jonas Sibley, Esq.
Mar. 5, 1810, Josiah Stiles.
May 7, 1810, Jonas Sibley, Esq.
Nov. 5, 1810, Peter Dudley.
Dec. 3, 1810, Peter Dudley.
Jan. 21, 1811, Estes Howe, Esq.
Mar. 4, 1811, Peter Dudley.
May 6, 1811, Peter Dudley.
Sept. 16. 1811, Peter Dudley.
Mar. 2, 1812, Peter Dudley.
May 4, 1812, Sumner Bastow.
Nov. 2, 1812, Jonas Sibley, Esq.
Jan. 11, 1813, Peter Dudley.
Mar. 1, 1813, Peter Dudley.
May 3, 1813, Jonas Sibley, Esq.
Aug. 16, 1813, Jonas Sibley, Esq.
Sept. 7, 1813, Jonas Sibley, Esq.
Mar. 7, 1814, Jonas Sibley, Esq.
May 2, 1814, Jonas Sibley, Esq.
Nov. 7, 1814, Jonas Sibley, Esq.
Mar. 6, 1815, Peter Dudley.
May 1, 1815, Jonas Sibley, Esq.
Nov. 20, 1815, Peter Dudley.
Mar. 4, 1816, Maj. Josiah Wheelock.
May 6, 1816, Maj. Josiah Wheelock.
Aug. 26, 1816, Maj. Josiah Wheelock.
Mar. 3, 1817, Peter Dudley.
May 5, 1817, Peter Dudley.
Mar. 2, 1818, Jonas Sibley, Esq.
May 4, 1818, Jonas Sibley, Esq.
Dec. 14, 1818, Jona. Leland, Esq.
Mar. 1, 1819, Jonas Sibley, Esq.
May 3, 1819, Jonas Sibley, Esq.
June 7, 1819, Jona. Leland, Esq.
Mar. 6, 1820, Sumner Bastow, Esq.
Apr. 3, 1820, Jona. Leland, Esq.
May 1, 1820, Jona. Leland, Esq.
Aug. 21, 1820, Jona. Leland, Esq.
Mar. 1, 1821, Dan'l Tourtellott, Esq.
Apr. 2, 1821, Capt. Dan'l Tourtellott.
May 7, 1821, Capt. Dan'l Tourtellott.
Mar. 4, 1822, Jonas Sibley, Esq.
Apr. 1, 1822, Jonas Sibley, Esq.
June 10, 1822, Jona. Leland, Esq.
Mar. 3, 1823, Jonas Sibley, Esq.
Apr. 7, 1823, Samuel Taylor.
May 5, 1823, Samuel Taylor.
Dec. 2, 1823, Samuel Taylor.
Mar. 1, 1824, Samuel Taylor.
May 3, 1824, Samuel Taylor.
TOWN OF BUTTON.
793
Aug. 16, 1824, Jonas Sibley, Esq. May 6, 1839,
Sept. 13, 1824, Asa Cummings, jr. Mar, 2, 1840,
Nov. 1, 1824, Asa Cummings, jr. Apr. 6, 1840,
Mar. 7, 1825, Samuel Taylor. Feb. 11, 1841,
Apr. 4, 1825, Samuel Taylor. Mar. 1, 1841,
June 6, 1825, Jona. Leland, Esq. Apr. 5, 1841,
Mar. 6, 1826, Jonas Sibley, Esq. Oct. 18, 1841,
May 1, 1826, Darius Russell. Mar. 7, 1842,
Dec. 19, 1826, Jonas Sibley. May 2, 1842,
Mar. 5, 1827, Samuel Taylor. May 23, 1842,
May 7, 1827, Thomas Harback. Nov. 14, 1842,
June 22, 1827, Jonas Sibley, Esq. Mar. 6, 1843,
Oct. 13, 1827, Jona. Leland, Esq. Apr. 3, 1843,
Mar. 3, 1828, Daniel Tourtellott. Nov. 13, 1843,
Apr. 7, 1828, Daniel Tourtellott. Mar. 4, 1844,
Nov. 3, 1828, Thomas Harback. Apr. 1, 1844,
Mar. 2, 1829, Daniel Tourtellott. Nov. 11, 1844,
Apr. 6, 1829, Daniel Tourtellott. Mar. 3, 1845,
Oct. 15, 1829, Daniel Tourtellott. Apr. 7, 1845,
Mar. 1, 1830, Samuel Taylor, Esq. Nov. 10, 1845.
Apr. , 1830, Samuel Taylor, Esq. Nov. 24, 1845,
Aug. 30, 1830, Samuel Taylor, Esq. Dec. 2, 1845,
Nov. 1, 1830, Joshua Armsby, Esq. Mar. 2, 1846,
Jan. 21, 1831, Samuel Taylor, Esq. Nov. 9, 1846,
Mar. 7, 1831, Dan'l Tourtellott, Esq. Mar. 1, 1847,
Apr. , 1831, Sumner Cole. Apr. 5, 1847,
May 11, 1831, Jonas L. Sibley, Esq. Mar. 6, 1848,
Nov. 14, 1831, Daniel Tourtellott. Sept. 29, 1848,
Mar. 5, 1832, Jonas L. Sibley, Esq. Jan. 1, 1849,
Nov. 12, 1832, Samuel Taylor, Esq. Mar. 5, 1849,
Mar. 4, 1833, Jonas L. Sibley, Esq. Sept. 21, 1849,
Nov. 2, 1833,, Samuel Taylor, Esq. Nov. 12, 1849,
Nov. 11, 1833, Samuel Taylor, Esq. Nov. 26, 1849,
Jan. 20, 1834, Jona, Leland, Esq. Mar. 4, 1850,
Feb. 17, 1834, Col. Reuben Waters. May 6, 1850,
Mar. 3, 1834, Col. Reuben Waters. Nov. 11, 1850,
Nov. 10, 1834, Asa Woodbury. Mar. 3, 1851,
Mar. 2, 1835, Joseph L. Freeman. Apr. 7, 1851,
Apr. 6, 1835, Joseph L. Freeman. Dec. 1, 1851,
Aug. 22, 1835, Parley Howard. Mar. 1, 1852,
Nov. 9, 1835, Reuben Waters, jr. Apr. 5, 1852,
Mar. 7, 1836, Samuel Taylor, Esq. Aug. 3, 1852,
Apr. 4, 1836, Samuel Taylor, Esq. Nov. 8, 1852,
May 9, 1836, Samuel Taylor, Esq. Mar. 7, 1853,
Sept. 5, 1836, Samuel Taylor, Esq. June 23, 1853
Jan. 23, 1837, Benjamin Woodbury. Feb. 24, 1854,
Mar. 6, 1837, Samuel Taylor, Esq. Mar. 6, 1854,
Apr. -3, 1837, Samuel Taylor, Esq. May 13, 1854,
Mar. 5, 1838, Samuel Taylor, Esq. Nov. 13, 1854,
Apr. 2, 1838, Samuel Taylor, Esq. Dec. 9, 1854.
Mar. 4, 1839, Peter Dudley. Mar. 5, 1855,
Apr. 1, 1839, Peter Dudley. Apr. 2, 1855,
100
Jona. Leland, Esq.
Col. Reuben Waters.
Paris Tourtellott.
Paris Tourtellott.
Col. Reuben Waters.
Col. Reuben Waters.
Paris Tourtellott.
Col. Reuben Waters.
Reuben Waters, jr.
Amos Burdon.
Asahel Wall.
Reuben Waters.
Reuben Waters.
Reuben Waters.
Reuben Waters.
Samuel Taylor.
Silvanus Putnam.
Reuben Waters.
Reuben Waters.
Reuben Waters.
Pliny Slocomb.
Pliny Slocomb.
Reuben Waters.
Oliver Hall.
Reuben Waters.
James Taylor.
Reuben Waters.
Oliver Hall.
Reuben Waters.
Reuben Waters.
Reuben Waters.
Reuben Waters.
E. J. Mills.
Asa Woodbury.
Asa Woodbury.
A. G. Metcalf.
Asa Woodbury.
Putnam King.
N. G. King.
Reuben Waters.
Reuben Waters.
Reuben Waters.
Putnam King.
LeBaron Putnam.
LeBaron Putnam.
B. L. Batcheller.
LeBaron Putnam.
LeBaron Putnam.
S. D. King.
S. D. King.
S. D. King.
S. D. King.
794
STATISTICS OF THE
Nov. 6, 1855,
LeBaron Putnam.
Mar. 21, 1864,
Nov. 24, 1855,
Horace Leland.
. Apr. 13, 1864,
Feb. 23, 1856,
Edmund J. Mills.
June 18, 1864,
Mar. 3, 1856,
S. D. King.
Nov. 8, 1864,
Mar. 29, 1856,
B. L. Batcheller.
Mar. 20, 1865,
Apr. 7, 1856,
S. D. King.
June 12, 1865,
Aug. 11, 1856,
Pliny Slocomb.
Jan. 6, 1866,
Sept. 20, 1856,
Sumner B. King.
Mar. 19, 1866,
Oct. 22, 1856,
B. L. Batcheller.
Nov. 6, 1866,
Dec. 6, 1856,
Edmund J. Mills.
Mar. 18, 1867,
Dec. 26, 1856,
Timothy Burnap.
Nov. 5, 1867,
Mar. 2, 1857,
B. L. Batcheller.
Mar. 16, 1868,
Apr. 6, 1857,
B. L. Batcheller.
Mar. 22, 1869,
May 1, 1857,
George Hastings.
Apr. 9, 1869,
June 27, 1857,
B. L. Batcheller.
Apr. 24, 1869,
Sept. 26, 1857,
Horace Leland.
Sept. 4, 1869,
Nov. 3, 1857,
Paris Tourtellott
Nov. 2, 1869,
Mar. 1, 1858,
S. D. King.
Jan. 15, 1870,
Apr. 5, 1858,
S. D. King.
Mar. 21, 1870,
Aug. 16, 1858,
LeBaron Putnam.
Apr. 29, 1870,
Nov. 2, 1858,
E. J. Mills.
Aug. 6, 1870,
Dec. 21, 1858,
S. D. King.
Sept. 6, 1870,
Mar. 7, 1859,
LeBaron Putnam.
Dec. 21, 1870,
Apr. 4, 1859,
LeBaron Putnam.
Mar. 20, 1871,
July 7, 1860,
J. D. McCrate.
Apr. 3, 1871,
Nov. 6, 1860,
E. H. Hutchinson.
May 2, 1871,
Mar. 4, 1861,
Jason Waters.
Sept. 4, 1871,
Apr. 1, 1861,
Jason Waters.
Sept. 27, 1871,
Apr. 30, 1861,
LeBaron Putnam.
Nov. 7, 1871,
June 4, 1861,
LeBaron Putnam.
Mar. 18, 1872,
Sept. 21, 1861,
N. G. King.
Oct. 7, 1872,
Mar. 3, 1862,
Jason Waters.
Nov. 5, 1872,
Apr. 7, 1862,
Jason Waters.
Mar: 17, 1873,
May 24, 1862,
S. J. Woodbury.
May 17, 1873,
July 22, 1862,
Pliny Slocomb.
Nov. 4, 1873,
Aug. 2, 1862,
Jason Waters.
Mar. 16, 1874,
Aug. 23, 1862,
Jason Waters.
July 11, 1874,
Sept. 27, 1862,
Jason Waters.
Sept. 5, 1874,
Nov. 4, 1862,
Jason Waters.
Nov. 3, 1874,
Mar. 2, 1863,
Hon. Wm. R, Hill.
Mar. 15, 1875,
Apr. 6, 1863,
Jason Waters.
Apr. 17, 1875,
Sept. 12, 1863,
Russell Titus.
Mar. 20, 1876,
Nov. 3, 1863,
Jason Waters.
June 13, 1876,
Jason Waters.
E. J. Mills.
Milton E. Crossman.
Jason Waters.
Hon. Wm. R, Hill.
Elijah Sibley.
Jason Waters.
B. L. Batcheller.
E. H. Hutchinson.
B. L. Batcheller.
B. L. Batcheller.
B. L. Batcheller.
Hon. Wm. R. Hill.
LeBaron Putnam.
LeBaron Putnam.
LeBaron Putnam.
George Hastings.
B. L. Batcheller.
B. L. Batcheller.
B. L. Batcheller.
Jason Waters.
E. H. Hutchinson.
B. L. Batcheller.
B. L. Batcheller.
B. L. Batcheller.
E. H. Hutchinson.
E. H. Hutchinson.
A. W. Putnam.
E. H. Hutchinson.
S. D. King.
S. D. King.
S. D. King.
Hon. Wm. R. Hill.
J. W. Stockwell.
E. H. Hutchinson.
S. D. King.
Hon. Wm. R. Hill.
E. H. Hutchinson.
S. D. King.
S. D. King.
S. D. King.
E. W. Whiting.
E. H. Hutchinson.
TOWN OP BUTTON.
795
SELECTMEN
1718. Elisha Johnson,
Samuel Stearns,
John Stockwell.
1719. Elisha Johnson,
Samuel Stearns,
John Stockwell.
1720. William King,
Samuel Stearns,
Elisha Johnson.
1721. William King,
Nathaniel Dike,
John Whipple.
1722. William King,
Joseph Sibley,
Freegrace Marble.
1723. Percival Hall,
Ebenezer Dagget,
John Whipple,
John Sibley,
Robert Knowlton.
1724. Elisha Johnson,
John Whipple,
Nathaniel Dike.
1725. Elisha Johnson,
Percival Hall,
James Leland,
Nathaniel Dike,
Samuel Dagget.
1726. Dea. Percival Hall,
Ensign Benjamin Marsh,
Elisha Putnam,
John Stockwell,
Elisha Johnson.
1727. John Whipple,
Joseph Sibley,
Freegrace Marble,
Timothy Carter,
Elisha Johnson.
1728. No record.
1729. Capt. William King,
William Waite,
Lieut. Benjamin Marsh,
Obadiah Walker,
Jonathan Kinney,
Joseph Sibley,
Elisha Putnam.
Josiah White personally appeared and
entered his dissent against Put-
nam's serving as selectman, and
the reasons are obliterated from
the records, as may be seen at
the May meeting, May 20, 1729.
1730. Lieut. Samuel Dudley,
Timothy Hoi ton,
John Perham,
Obadiah Walker,
Samuel Barton.
1731. Dea. Percival Hall,
Lieut. Elisha Johnson,
Ensign John Stockwell,
Robert Goddard,
John Sibley.
1732. Dea. Percival Hall,
Joseph Sibley,
John Bounds,
Robert Goddard,
John Stockwell.
1733. Esquire Dudley,
Timothy Carter,
Samuel Carriel,
Cornelius Putnam,
Samuel Barton.
1734. Timothy Holton,
Samuel Lilley,
Isaac Putnam,
Cornelius Putnam,
Daniel Greenwood.
1735. Timothy Holton,
Dea. Percival Hall,
Isaac Putnam,
Daniel Greenwood,
Perez Rice.
1736. Timothy Holton,
Percival Hall,
Solomon Holman,
Obadiah Walker,
Isaac Putnam.
1787. Timothy Holton,
796
STATISTICS OF THE
Obadiah Walker,
Samuel Dagget,
Solomon Holman,
Samuel Chase.
1738. Benjamin Woodbury, 1748.
Timothy Carter,
Daniel Greenwood,
Percival Hall, jr.,
Obadiah Walker.
1739. Joseph Sibley, 1749.
Lieut. Timothy Carter,
Lieut. Robert Goddard,
Samuel Dagget,
Benjamin Woodbury.
1740. Benjamin Woodbury, 1750.
Abel Chase,
Richard Waters,
Samuel Barton,
Henry King.
1741. Benjamin Woodbury, 1751.
Samuel Chase,
Richard Waters,
Henry King,
Abel Chase.
1742. Benjamin Woodbury, 1752.
Samuel Boutell,
Samuel Chase,
Henry King,
Richard Waters.
1743. Benjamin Woodbury, 1753.
Samuel Chase,
Henry King,
Richard Waters,
Charles Richardson.
1744. Voted to choose two in each 1754.
parish and one in Bapt. soc'y.
Obadiah Walker,
John Hicks,
Benjamin Marsh,
Isaac Barnard, 1755.
Charles Richardson.
1745. Isaac Putnam,
John Hicks,
Charles Richardson,
Isaac Barnard, 1756.
Benjamin Marsh, jr.
1746. Isaac Putnam,
Stephen Hall,
Ebenezer Pierce,
Samuel Goodale, 1757.
Benjamin Marsh, jr.
1747. Isaac Putnam,
Stephen Hall,
Ebenezer Pierce,
Samuel Goodale,
Benjamin Marsh.
Lieut. Isaac Putnam,
John Hicks,
Samuel Goodale,
Ebenezer Pierce,
Benjamin Marsh.
Dea. Benjamin Woodbury,
John Hicks,
Isaac Barnard, Esq.,
Charles Richardson,
Lieut. Henry King,
Dea. Benjamin Woodbury,
John Hicks,
Isaac Barnard, Esq.,
Charles Richardson,
Lieut. Henry King.
Elisha Rich,
Daniel Chase, jr.,
Daniel Greenwood,
Ebenezer Pierce,
Lieut. Henry King.
Elisha Rich.
Daniel Chase, jr.,
Gershom Waite,
Dea. Abel Chase,
Lieut. Benjamin Marsh.
Richard Waters,
Moses Leland,
Daniel Greenwood,
Dea. Abel Chase,
Lieut. Benjamin Marsh.
Dea. Benjamin Woodbury,
John Hicks,
Daniel Greenwood,
Dea. Abel Chase,
Lieut. Henry King.
Dea. Benjamin Woodbury,
John Hicks,
Daniel Greenwood,
Dea. Abel Chase,
Capt. Henry King.
Dea. Benjamin Woodbury,
Samuel Chase,
Daniel Greenwood,
Dea. Abel Chase,
Capt. Henry King.
Dea. Benjamin Woodbury,
Ensign Samuel Chase,
Dea. Abel Chase,
TOWN OF SUTTON.
797
Daniel Greenwood, 1768.
Capt. Henry King.
1758. Dea. Benjamin Woodbury,
Ensign Samuel Chase,
Samuel Trask,
Daniel Greenwood, 1769.
Capt. Henry King.
1759. Dea. Benjamin Woodbury,
Ensign Samuel Chase,
Daniel Greenwood,
Samuel Trask, 1770.
Dea. Joseph Bullen.
1760. Dea. Benjamin Woodbury,
John Hicks,
Daniel Greenwood,
Samuel Trask, 1771.
Dea. Joseph Bullen.
1761. Lieut. Elisha Rich,
Dr. Benjamin Morse,
Daniel March,
Samuel Trask, 1772.
David Harwood.
1762. Lieut. Elisha Rich,
Dr. Benjamin Morse,
Daniel March,
Samuel Trask, 1773.
David Harwood.
1763. Dea. Benjamin Woodbury,
Abraham Batcheller,
Samuel Trask, sen.,
Daniel March, 1774.
Lieut. Elisha Rich.
1764. Capt. Henry King,
Nathaniel Carriel,
Elisha Goddard,
Ebenezer Pierce, 1775.
Ensign Abraham Batcheller.
1765. Nathaniel Carriel,
Capt. Henry King,
Ensign Abraham Batcheller,
Ebenezer Pierce, 1776.
Lieut. Elisha Goddard.
1766. Capt. Henry King,
Nathaniel Carriel,
Ensign Abraham Batcheller,
Jonathan Dwinnel, 1777.
Ebenezer Pierce.
1767. Nathaniel Carriel,
Capt. Henry King,
Ensign Caleb Chase,
Jonathan Dwinnel, 1778.
Jonathan Waters.
Nathaniel Carriel,
Capt. Henry King,
Ensign Caleb Chase,
Jonathan Dwinnel,
Jonathan Waters.
Edward Putnam,
Capt. Henry King,
Ensign Caleb Chase,
Jonathan Waters,
Jonathan Dwinnel.
Henry King,
Dea. Tarrant Putnam,
Lieut. Caleb Chase,
Lieut. Samuel Trask,
Silas Hazeltine.
Capt. Henry King,
Edward Putnam,
Lieut. Caleb Chase,
Lieut. Samuel Trask,
Silas Hazeltine.
Capt. Henry King,
Edward Putnam,
Lieut. Caleb Chase,
Samuel Marble,
James Greenwood.
Samuel Marble,
James Greenwood,
Lieut. Abraham Batcheller,
Lieut. Samuel Sibley,
Nathan Putnam.
Capt. Henry King,
Edward Putnam,
Lieut. Caleb Chase,
Capt. Samuel Trask,
Asa Waters.
Edward Putnam,
Capt. Henry King,
Lieut. Caleb Chase,
Capt. Samuel Trask,
Asa Waters.
William King, Esq.,
Edward Putnam,
Lieut. Caleb Chase,
Samuel Marble,
Lieut. Asa Waters.
Dea. Tarrant Putnam,
William King, Esq.,
Mark Batcheller,
Samuel Marble,
Nehemiah Gale.
Dea. Tarrant Pirtnam,
Jacob Cummings,
798
STATISTICS OP THE
Solomon Leland,
Lieut. John Jacobs,
Elder Daniel Greenwood. 1788.
1779. Nathan Putnam,
Jacob Cummings,
Capt March Chase,
Lieut. John Jacobs,
Josiah Goddard. 1789.
1780. Nathan Putnam,
Lieut. William King,
Capt March Chase,
Col. Jonathan Holman,
Josiah Goddard. 1790.
1781. Col. Timothy Sibley,
John Elliot,
Abraham Batcheller, jr.,
Capt. Abijah Burbank,
Col. Jonathan Holman. 1791.
1782. CoL Timothy Sibley,
Lieut. John Elliot,
Lieut. Abraham Batcheller,
Capt. James Greenwood,
Lieut. David Holman. 1792.
1783. Col. Bartholomew Woodbury,
Follansbee Chase,
Enoch Marble,
Capt. James Greenwood,
David Holman. 1793.
1784. Capt John Putnam,
Follansbee Chase,
Capt John Woodbury,
Capt. James Greenwood,
Lieut. David Holman. 1794.
1785. Capt Jonathan Woodbury,
Joseph Hall,
John Dudley,
Lieut John Hazeltine,
Capt Samuel Trask. 1795.
1786. Capt Jonathan Woodbury,
Joseph Hall,
John Dudley,
Andrew Elliot,
Lieut John Hazeltine. 1796.
Oct.2, Jonathan Dudley, jr.,
(John Dudley, deceased).
1787. CoL Bartholomew Woodbury,*
Follansbee Chase,*
Capt John Woodbury,* 1797.
Lieut John Jacobs,*
Capt Ezra Lovell.*
Col. Bartholomew Woodbury,
William King, Esq.,
Capt Jonathan Woodbury,
Capt Ezra Lovell,
Dea. John Jacobs.
Col. Bartholomew Woodbury.
William King, Esq.,
Capt John Woodbury,
Capt Ezra Lovell,
Jedediah Barton.
Col. Bartholomew Woodbury,
William King, Esq.,
Capt. John Woodbury,
Lieut. Asa Goodale,
Jedediah Barton.
Col. Timothy Sibley,
Lazarus LeBaron,
Malachi Marble,
Lieut Asa Goodale,
Joseph Waters.
Col. Timothy Sibley,
Malachi Marble,
Solomon Leland, Esq.,
Asa Goodale,
Joseph Waters.
Col. Bartholomew Woodbury,
Malachi Marble,
Asa Goodale,
William King,
Abijah Tainter.
Col. Bartholomew Woodbury,
William King, Esq.
Malachi Marble,
Asa Goodale,
Abijah Tainter.
Capt Andrew Elliot,
David P. Chase,
Capt. Reuben Tisdale,
William King, Esq.,
Capt. Ebenezer Rich.
Joseph Hall,
Capt. Reuben Tisdale,
David P. Chase,
Capt Andrew Elliot,
Ebenezer Waters.
Ebenezer Waters,
* All Shay's Men.
TOWN OF BUTTON.
799
Dr. Stephen Monroe,
Capt. Reuben Tisdale,
William King, Esq., 1808.
Capt. Ebenezer Rich.
1798. Capt. Jonathan Woodbury,
Dr. Stephen Monroe,
Capt. Reuben Tisdale,
Josiah Stiles, < " 1809.
Abel Chase.
1799. Capt. Jonathan Woodbury,
Dr. Stephen Monroe,
Capt. Benjamin Batcheller,
David Dudley, 1810.
Abel Chase.
1800. Capt. Jonathan Woodbury,
Dr. Stephen Monroe,
Capt Benjamin Batcheller,
David Dudley, 1811.
Abel Chase.
1801. Col. Bartholomew Woodbury,
Jonas Sibley,
Capt. Benjamin Batcheller,
David Dudley, 1812.
Abel Chase.
1802. John Haven,
Jonas Sibley,
Peter Dudley,
Elijah Waters, 1813.
Dea. John Pierce.
1803. John Haven,
Jonas Sibley,
Peter Dudley,
Dea. Elijah Waters, 1814.
Dea. John Pierce.
1804. Stephen Holbrook,
Capt. Israel Putnam,
James McClellan,
Dea. Elijah Waters, 1815.
Dea. John Pierce.
1805. Capt. Reuben Waters,
Darius Russell,
Amasa Roberts,
David P. Chase, 1816.
Jedediah Barton.
1806. Capt. Reuben Waters,
Darius Russell,
Amasa Roberts,
Abijah Burnap, 1817.
Joshua Carter.
1807. Capt. Reuben Waters,
Darius Russell,
Amasa Roberts,
Abijah Burnap,
Joshua Carter.
Asa Putnam,
Capt. Nathaniel Sibley,
James McClellan,
Abijah Burnap,
Joshua Carter.
Asa Putnam,
Capt. Nathaniel Sibley,
James McClellan,
Abijah Burnap,
Stephen Bartlett.
Asa Putnam,
Maj. Josiah Wheelock,
Peter Dudley,
Abijah Burnap,
Stephen Bartlett.
Abijah llurnap,
Major Sumner Bastow,
Major Josiah Wheelock,
Peter Dudley,
Stephen Bartlett.
Sumner Bastow,
Maj. Josiah Wheelock,
Peter Dudley,
Lieut. James Greenwood,
Stephen Bartlett.
Reuben Waters,
Maj. Josiah Wheelock,
James McClellan,
Abijah Burnap,
Reuben Barton, jr.
Daniel Woodbury,
Reuben Waters,
Josiah Wheelock,
Salmon Burdon,
Aaron Putnam.
Israel Putnam.
Josiah Wheelock,
Daniel Woodbury,
Aaron Putnam,
Amos Batcheller.
Israel Putnam,
Amos Stockwell,
Josiah Wheelock,
Daniel Woodbury,
Amos Batcheller.
Nathan Lombard,
Amos Stockwell,
Samuel Taylor,
Daniel Woodbury,
Abner Chase.
800
STATISTICS OF THE
1818. Daniel Woodbury,
Amos Stockwell,
Abner Chase,
Nathan Lombard,
Samuel Taylor.
1819. Daniel Woodbury,
Daniel Tourtellott,
Jonas Sibley,
Asa Putnam,
Jonathan Leland.
1820. ElishaHale,
Archelaus Putnam,
Caleb Chase,
Asa Putnam,
Jonathan Leland.
1821. ElishaHale,
Simon Hutchinson,
Nathan Lombard,
Caleb Chase,
Thomas Harback, jr.
1822. ElishaHale,
Simon Hutchinson,
Nathan Lombard,
Thomas Harback,
Daniel Young.
1823. Samuel Taylor,
John Kich,
Asa Cumminga, jr.,
Ambrose Chase,
John Griggs.
1824. Asa Cummings,
John Rich,
Ambrose Chase,
Simeon Phelps,
Abraham Chase.
1825. Darius Russell,
Jonathan Leland,
Abraham Chase,
John Rich,
Salmon Burdou.
1826. Darius Russell,
Samuel Taylor,
Jonathan Lelaud,
Enoch Stoekwell,
Salmon Burdon.
1827. Samuel Taylor,
Thomas Harback,
Enoch Stoekwell,
Salmon Burdon,
Jonathan Lelaud.
1828. Thomas Harback,
Elisha Hale,
Paris Tourtellott,
Welcome Whipple,
Mark Batcheller.
1829. ElishaHale,
Paris Tourtellott,
Welcome Whipple,
Mark Batcheller,
Joshua Armsby.
1830. Joshua Armsby,
Welcome Whipple,
Sunmer Cole,
David Putnam, 2d,
Mark Batcheller.
1831. Joshua Armsby,
Welcome Whipple,
Sumner Cole,
David Putnam, 2d,
Asa Woodbury.
1832. Jonas L. Sibley,
David Putnam, 2d,
Samuel Taylor,
Asa Woodbury,
Samuel Bigelow.
1833. Jonas L. Sibley,
David Putnam, 2d,
Samuel Taylor,
Asa Woodbury,
Samuel Bigelow.
1834. Asa Woodbury,
Samuel Bigelow,
Perley Howard,
Welcome Whipple,
Benjamin Woodbury.
1835. Perley Howard,
Benjamin Woodbury,
Origen Harback,
George B. Nolen,
Nathaniel Sibley.
1836. Benjamin Woodbury,
Origen Harback,
George B. Nolen,
Nathaniel Sibley,
George A. Tourtellott.
1837. Origen Harback,
George B. Nolen,
Nathaniel Sibley,
George A. Tourtellott,
Peter Dudley.
1838. Samuel Taylor,
Peter Dudley,
Peter Putnam,
Welcome Whipple,
TOWN OF STJTTON.
801
Timothy Burnap.
1839. Peter Dudley,
Welcome Whipple,
Peter Putnam,
Timothy Burnap, 1850.
Paris Tourtellott.
1840. Paris Tourtellott,
Peter Putnam,
Timothy Burnap,
Amos Burdon, 1851.
Sullivan Newton.
1841. Paris Tourtellott,
Amos Burdon,
Sullivan Newton,
Lewis Torrey, 1852.
Pomeroy Peck.
1842. Amos Burdon,
Sullivan Newton,
Pomeroy Peck,
Lewis Torrey, 1853.
Peter Stockwell.
1843. Lewis Torrey,
Peter Stockwell,
Benjamin Woodbury, 2d,
Sylvanus Putnam, 1854.
Welcome Whipple,
1844. Sylvanus Putnam,
Asa Woodbury,
Zelek Darling,
Caleb Chase, 1855.
Stephen Waters.
1845. Zelek Darling,
Tyler Stockwell,
Rufus Burdon,
Oliver Hall, 1856.
Joseph Putnam.
1846. Timothy Martin,
Horace Leland,
Oliver Hall,
James Taylor, 1857.
Leonard Logee.
1847. Timothy Martin,
Horace Leland,
Oliver Hall,
James Taylor, 1858.
Leonard Logee.
1848. Oliver Hall,
Horace Leland,
James Taylor,
Amos R. Holman, 1859.
Pliny Johnson.
1849. Horace Leland,
101
Amos R. Holman,
James Taylor,
Oliver C. Bullard,
Gilbert Searles.
Zadok Woodbury,
Putnam King,
Pliny Johnson,
Abraham D. Chase,
Waldo Putnam.
Putnam King,
A. D. Chase,
Pliny Johnson,
Waldo Putnam,
Lewis Buruap.
Putnam King,
A. D. Chase,
Pliny Johnson,
Waldo Putnam,
Lewis Burnap,
LeBaron Putnam,
Lewis Burnap,
Harvey Dodge,
B. L. Batcheller,
Solomon Severy.
LeBaron Putnam,
B. L. Batcheller,
Solomon Severy,
Pliny F. Johnson,
Paris Tourtellott.
B. L. Batcheller,
William Metcalf,
Newell Lackey,
Leander Lackey,
David T. Dudley.
B. L. Batcheller,
Marius M. Hovey,
Pliny Johnson,
Horace Leland,
Pliny Slocomb.
Horace Leland,
Marius M. Hovey,
Sumner Putnam,
Rufus K. Merriam,
James M. Cunliff .
Horace Leland,
Marius M. Hovey,
Sumner Putnam,
Rufus K. Merriam,
Ezra Jones.
Horace Leland,
Marius^M. Hovey,
Sumner Putnam,
802
STATISTICS OF THE
Kuf us K. Merriam,
John Darling.
1860. M. M. Hovey,
William R. Hill,
Israel A. Dodge,
Nathan Waters,
Ellianan Batcheller.
1861. William R. Hill,
I. A. Dodge,
Elijah Sibley,
Ira Darling,
Jonathan Sprague.
1862. LA. Dodge,
Joel Houghton,
Sumner Putnam.
1863. I. A. Dodge,
Joel Houghton,
Sumner Putnam.
1864. I. A. Dodge,
Joel Houghton,
Sumner Putnam.
1865. I. A. Dodge,
Sumner Putnam,
Joel Houghton.
1866. James Taylor,
Edward M. Dudley,
Lewis Griggs.
1867. James Taylor,
Edward M. Dudley,
Lewis Griggs.
1868. James Taylor,
Edward M. Dudley,
William Abbott.
1869. William Abbott,
E. H. Hutch inson,
J. D. Armsby.
1870. William Abbott,
E. H. Hutchinson,
John D. Armsby.
1871. William Abbott,
E. H. Hutchinson,
Horace Leland.
1872. William Abbott,
E. H. Hutchinson,
I. B. Hartwell.
1873. William Abbott,
I. B. Hartwell,
J. W. Stockwell.
1874. William Abbott,
I. B. Hartwell,
. J. W. Stockwell.
1875. ' Robert McArthur,
J. W. Stockwell,
H. B. Bullard.
1876. Robert McArthur,
H. B. Bullard,
Fred. B. Smith.
TOWN OF SUTTOK.
803
ASSESSORS
There is no record of assessors being chosen before the
year 1733. Until this date the selectmen probably acted in
that capacity. Dec. 18, 1728, "it was put to vote to see
whether ye town would allow Lieut. Benjamin Marsh any-
thing for service done in ye years 1725 and 1728 as Select-
man and Assessor; and ye vote passed in ye negative."
1733. Jofin Sibley, 1746.
Simon Dakin,
Jeptha Putnam.
1734. JohnSibley, 1747.
Simon Dakin,
Jeptha Putnam.
1735. JohnSibley, 1748.
Simon Dakiu,
Henry King.
1736. JohnSibley, 1749.
Simon Dakin,
Henry King.
1737. JohnSibley, 1750.
Henry King,
Ens. Robert Goddard.
1738. JohnSibley, 1751.
Robert Goddard,
Samuel Dagget.
1739. Samuel Boutwell, 1752.
Jonathan Marsh,
Samuel Chase.
1740. Obadiah Walker, 1753.
Jonathan Marsh,
Nathaniel Goodwin.
1741. Lieut. Obadiah Walker, 1754.
Nathaniel Goodwin,
Jonathan Marsh.
1742. Obadiah Walker,- 1755.
Jonathan Marsh,
Ebenezer Pierce.
1743. Israel Putnam, 1756.
Obadiah Walker,
Isaac Barnard.
1744. Capt. Robert Goddard, 1757.
Jonathan Marsh,
John Sibley.
1745. Capt. Robert Goddard, 1758.
John Sibley,
Jonathan Marsh.
Tarrant Putnam,
Solomon Holman,
Jonathan Marsh.
Capt. Robert Goddard,
Ens. Henry King,
Samuel Chase.
Capt. Robert Goddard,
Lieut. Henry King,
Ens. Samuel Chase.
Tarrant Putnam,
Daniel Greenwood,
Dea. Jonathan Marsh.
Lieut. Isaac Putnam,
Daniel Greenwood,
Benjamin Marsh, jr.
Lieut. John Fry,
Elisha Goddard,
Lieut. Benjamin Marsh.
Lieut. John Fry,
Solomon Holman, jr.
Jonathan King.
John Sibley,
Robert Goddard,
Jonathan King.
Tarrant Putnam,
Solomon Holman, jr.
Lieut. Benjamin Marsh.
Capt. John Fry,
Ebenezer Pierce,
Lieut. Benjamin Marsh.
Lieut. Tarrant Putnam,
Elisha Goddard,
Jonathan Wakefield.
Lieut. Tarrant Putnam,
Elisha Goddard,
Jonathan Wakefield.
Ens. Morse,
Elisha Goddard,
David HarvTOod.
804
STATISTICS OF THE
1759. Willis Hall,
Daniel March,
David Harwood. 1777.
1760. Capt John Fry,
Ebenezer Pierce,
Capt. Henry King. 1778.
1761. Capt. John Fry,
Capt. Henry King,
Ebenezer Pierce.
1762. Capt John Fry,
Capt. Henry King, 1779.
Ebenezer Pierce.
1763. Capt. John Sibley,
Willis Hall, 1780.
Ens. Solomon Holman,
1764. Capt. John Sibley,
Ens. Solomon Holman, 1781.
Arthur Dagget
1765. John Sibley,
Arthur Dagget, 1782.
Daniel Greenwood.
1766. Ebenezer Waters,
Willis Hall, 1783.
Lieut. Elisha Goddard.
1767. Ebenezer Waters,
Willis Hall, 1784.
Lieut Elisha Goddard.
1768. Dea. Tarrant Putnam,
Capt. Henry King,
Ebenezer Waters.
1769. Timothy Sibley, 1785.
Willis Hall,
Abel Chase.
1770. Nathan Putnam, 1786.
Willis Hall,
Capt Elisha Goddard.
1771. Nathan Putnam,
Solomon Leland,
Capt. Elisha Goddard. 1787.
1772. Nathan Putnam,
Solomon Leland,
Capt Elisha Goddard.
1773. James Greenwood,
Solomon Leland, 1788.
Nathan Putnam.
1774. Dea. Tarrant Putnam,
Willis Hall,
Amos Dwinnel.
1775. Dea. Tarrant Putnam, 1789.
Arthur Dagget,
Daniel Greenwood, jr.
1776. Ebenezer Waters,
Solomon Leland,
Daniel Greenwood.
Ebenezer Waters,
Dea, Willis Hall,
Andrew Elliot.
Dea. Tarrant Putnam,
Jacob Cummings,
Solomon Leland,
Lieut. John Jacobs,
Elder Daniel Greenwood.
Capt. John Putnam,
Lieut Solomon Leland,
Dr. James Freeland.^
Capt. John Putnam,
Lieut. Solomon Leland,
Capt. Andrew Elliot
Capt John Putnam,
Lieut. Solomon Leland,
John Holland.
Ebenezer Waters,
Capt. March Chase,
Gardner Waters.
Ebenezer Waters,
Solomon Leland, Esq.,
Daniel Greenwood.
Capt Jonathan Woodbury,
Lieut. John Elliot,
Solomon Leland,
John Waters,
John Pierce.
Lieut John Elliot,
Dea. Willis Hall,
John Pierce.
Col. Timothy Sibley,
Moody Morse, jr.,
Joel Tainter,
Nathaniel Stockwell,
Capt. Greenwood.
Noah Stockwell,
Ensign Nathaniel Carriel,
Nehemiah Chase,
Elder Daniel Greenwood,
Jedediah Barton.
Lieut. Nathaniel Whitmore,
Capt. Jonathan Woodbury,
Solomon Leland,
Josiah Stiles, ""=""
Abijah Tainter.
Nathan Putnam,
Samuel King,
John Burdon,
Jonathan Gould,
TOWN OP SUTTON.
805
Aaron Pierce. 1807.
1790. Jacob Severy,
Solomon Leland,
Aaron Pierce. 1808.
1791. Ebenezer Waters,
Solomon Leland,
Aaron Pierce. 1809.
1792. Solomon Leland,
Aaron Pierce,
Col. Timothy Sibley.
1793. Capt. Jonathan Woodbury,
Solomon Leland, 1810.
Aaron Pierce.
1794. Capt. Jonathan Woodbury,
Solomon Leland, 1811.
Aaron Pierce.
1795. Lieut. Joel Tainter,
John Burdon, 1812.
Lieut. Francis Putnam.
1796. Ebenezer Waters,
Solomon Leland, Esq., 1813.
Aaron Pierce.
1797. Col. John Putnam,
Nehemiah Chase, 1814.
Aaron Pierce.
1798. Aaron Pierce, Esq.,
Stephen Holbrook, 1815.
Lieut. Benjamin Batcheller.
1799. Capt. Jonathan Woodbury,
John Burdon, 1816.
Aaron Pierce.
1800. Capt. Jonathan Woodbury,
Jonas Sibley, 1817.
Aaron Pierce, Esq.
1801. John Haven,
Jonas Sibley, 1818.
Josiah Stiles. "
1802. Stephen Holbrook,
Josiah Stiles, ' 1819.
Jonas Sibley.
1803. Stephen Holbrook,
Josiah Stiles, 1820.
Jonas Sibley.
1804. Timothy Sampson,
Jonas Sibley, 1821.
Aaron Pierce, Esq.
1805. Timothy Sampson,
Jonas Sibley, 1822.
Josiah Stiles.
1806. Asa Putnam,
Jonas Sibley, 1823.
Josiah Stiles.
Asa Putnam,
Nathaniel Sibley, jr.,
Aaron Pierce, Esq.
Amos Rich.
John Burdon,
James Greenwood, jr.
Amos Rich,
Amasa Roberts,
Josiah Batcheller,
James Greenwood,
Rufus Barton.
Darius Russell,
Josiah Batcheller,
Rufus Barton.
Darius Russell,
Josiah Batcheller,
Jeremiah Pratt.
Darius Russell,
Ensign Daniel Woodbury,
Joshua Carter.
Darius Russell,
Daniel Woodbury,
Joshua Carter.
Darius Russell,
Thomas Harback,
Daniel Tourtellott.
James Freeland,
Darius Russell,
Thomas Harback.
Daniel Tourtellott,
James Freeland,
Jonas Sibley.
Jonas Sibley,
James Freeland,
Nathan Chase.
Jonas Sibley,
Daniel Tourtellott,
Jonathan Leland.
Jonas Sibley,
Daniel Tourtellott,
Jonathan Leland.
Thomas Harback,
Darius Russell,
Samuel Taylor.
Darius Russell,
Samuel Taylor,
Nathaniel Sibley.
Darius Russell,
Samuel Taylor,
Nathaniel Sibley.
Darius Russell,
Daniel Tourtellott,
806
STATISTICS OF THE
Thomas Harback.
1824. Darius Russell,
Daniel Tourtellott,
Thomas Harback.
1825. Thomas Harback,
Joshua Arinsby, jr.,
Reuben Waters, jr.
1826. Jonas Sibley,
Reuben Waters, jr.,
Joshua Armsby.
1827. Jonas Sibley,
Joshua Armsby,
Reuben Waters, jr.
1828. Darius Russell,
Reuben Waters, jr.
1829. Darius Russell,
Reuben Waters, jr.,
Abraham Chase.
1830. Darius Russell,
Welcome Whipple,
Abraham Chase.
1831. Darius Russell,
Welcome Whipple,
Abraham Chaise.
1832. Darius Russell,
Welcome Whipple,
Abraham Chase.
1833. Darius Russell,
Welcome Whipple,
George A. Tourtellott.
1834. Darius Russell,
George A. Tourtellott,
Joseph L. Freeman.
1835. Darius Russell,
Samuel Waters,
Samuel Bigelow.
1836. Darius Russell,
Samuel Waters,
Samuel Bigelow.
1837. Joshua Armsby,
Edmund J. Mills,
Sylvanus Putnam.
1838. Sylvanus Putnam,
Jonas Brown,
Sumner Cole.
1839. Sylvanus Putnam,
Sumner Cole,
Pliny Slocomb.
1840. Sylvanus Putnam,
Sumner Cole,
Pliny Slocomb.
1841. Sylvanus Putnam,
Pliny Slocomb,
Welcome Whipple.
1842. Sylvanus Putnam,
Welcome Whipple,
Pliny Slocomb.
1843. Pliny Slocomb,
Daniel Tourtellott,
David Putnam.
1844. Reuben Waters,
David Putnam,
Sumner Cole.
1845. Sylvanus Putnam,
Amos Burdon,
Jonathan Dudley, jr.
1846. Sylvanus Putnam,
Jonathan Dudley,
Amos Burdon.
1847. Sylvanus Putnam,
Jonathan Dudley,
Amos Burdon.
1848. Sylvanus Putnam,
Sumner Cole,
Sylvester Sibley.
1849. Sylvester Sibley,
William Chase,
Joshua Armsby.
1850. Sylvester Sibley,
Joshua Armsby,
Moses Sibley.
1851. Joshua Armsby,
Horace Leland,
Isaac Hathaway.
1852. Joshua Armsby,
Horace Leland,
Isaac Hathaway.
1853. Horace Inland,
Sylvester Sibley,
Daniel Hubbard.
1854. Sylvester Sibley,
Foster Freeland,
Pliny Slocomb.
1855. Pliny Slocomb,
Pliny F. Johnson,
Rufus K. Merriam.
1856. Sylvester Sibley,
Horace Leland,
Rufus K. Merriam.
1857. Sylvester Sibley,
Sylvanus Putnam,
Solomon Severy.
1858. Sylvester Sibley,
Sylvanus Putnam,
TOWN OF 8UTTON.
807
Solomon Severy.
1859. Pliny Slocomb,
William R. Hill,
A. W. Putnam.
1860. Pliny Slocomb,
William R. Hill,
Sylvanus Putnam.
1861. Sylvanus Putnam,
H. C. Mascroft,
M. E. Grossman.
1862. Sylvanus Putnam,
H. C. Mascroft,
Sylvester Sibley.
1863. M. E. Grossman,
Sylvanus Putnam,
Francis G. Searles.
1864. M. E. Grossman,
A. W. Putnam,
Amos B. Stockwell.
1865. M. E. Grossman,
A. W. Putnam,
Amos B. Stockwell.
1866. Solomon Severy,
William R. Hill,
Stephen B. Holbrook.
1867. Solomon Severy,
William R. Hill,
Stephen B. Holbrook.
1868. Solomon Severy,
Putnam King,
A. D. Chase.
1869. William R. Hill,
M. E. Grossman,
William C. Chase.
1870. William R. Hill,
M. M. Hovey,
H. B. Bullard.
1871. I. A. Dodge,
H. B. Bullard,
D. T. Dudley.
1872. I. A. Dodge,
M. E. Grossman,
C. H. Searles.
1873. M. E. Grossman,
C. H. Searles,
Asa P. Dodge.
1874. C. H. Searles,
Asa P. Dodge,
Charles H. Chase.
1875. C. H. Chase,
Asa P. Dodge,
Amos Batcheller.
1876. Charles H. Chase,
Amos Batcheller,
John R. Humes.
TOWN CLERKS.
Dec. 3, 1718 Mar. 9, 1729,
Mar. 1796-1823,
Elisha Johnson.
" 1823-'30,
Mar. 1720~'24, William King.
" 1830-' 33,
" 1724-'29, Elisha Johnson.
" 1833-'36,
" 1729-'30, Lieut. Benj. Marsh.
" 1836-'40,
" 1730-'38, Timothy Holtou.
" 1840-'55,
" 1738-Sept '45, Elisha Putnam.
" 1855-'56,
Sept. 1745-Mar. '69, Benj. Morse.
" 1856-'60,
Mar. 1769-'78, Benj. Morse, jr.
" 1860-'61,
" 1778-'8o, Follansbee Chase.
" 1861-'67,
" 1785-'87, Joseph Hall,
" 1867-'71,
" 1787-'89, Follansbee Chase.
" 1871-'72,
" 1789-'95, Nathaniel Stockwell.
" 1872-'76,
" 1795-'96, Aaroa Pierce,
" 1876,
Joseph Hall.
Jonas L. Sibley.
Edmund J. Mills.
Leonard Pierce.
Daniel Tenney.
Oliver Hall.
Edwin A. Dudley.
Salem Chamberlain.
George H. Miller.
S. Dexter King.
Wilder S. Holbrook.
William C. Chase.
David T. Thurston.
Israel A. Dodge,
808
STATISTICS OF THE
TREASURERS
Mar. 1724-'25, John Sibley. Mar. 1822-'26,
" 1725-'27, Samuel Barton. " 1826-'27,
" 1727-'29, No record. " 1827-'28,
" 1729-'44, Dea. Elisha Putnam. " 1828-'32,
" 1744-'70, Dea. Benj. Woodbury. " l832-'34,
" 1770-'76, Barthol. Woodbury. " 1834-'36,
". 1776-'90, Jonathan Woodbury. " 1836-39,
" 1790-'91, Col. B. Woodbury. " 1839-'40,
" 1791-93, Gardner Waters. " 1840-'41,
" 1793-'97, Capt. Jona. Woodbury. " 1841-'42,
" 1797-1806, Capt. Ezra Russell. " 1842-' 47,
" 1806-' 16, Jonas Sibley, Esq. " 1847-' 50,
" 1816-'20, Darius Russell, Esq. " 1850-'51,
" 1820-'21, Stephen Stockwell. " 1851-'55,
" 1821-'22, Artemas Bullard. " 1855-'76,
Jonathan Leland.
Artemas Bullard.
Jonathan Leland.
Reuben Waters, jr.
Nehemiah Chase.
Abraham Chase.
Daniel Tenney.
Paris Tourtellott.
Jonathan Leland.
Paris Tourtellott.
Jonathan Leland.
Veranus C. Hooker.
William C. Chase.
Simeon Keith.
George Hastings.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
1826. Jonathan Leland,
Jonas L. Sibley,
Moses Harrington,
Abraham Chase,
David March.
1827. Rev. John Maltby,
Rev. Moses Harrington,
Rev. Daniel L. B. Goodwin.
1828. Rev. John Maltby,
Rev. Moses Harrington,
Rev. Daniel L. B. Goodwin,
Edmund J. Mills,
Jonas L. Sibley.
1829. Rev. John Maltby,
Rev. Moses Harrington,
Thomas Harback,
Welcome Whipple,
Paris Tourtellott.
1830. Rev. John Maltby,
Rev. Moses Harrington,
Rev. Job B. Boomer,
Rev. Daniel L. B. Goodwin,
Jonathan Leland, Esq.
Welcome Whipple, Esq.
Edmund J. Mills. Esq.
1831. Edmund J. Mills,
Dr. Leonard Pierce,
Rev. Moses Harrington.
1&32. Rev. John Maltby,
Rev. John Walker,
Rev. Moses Harrington,
Rev. D. L. B. Goodwin,
Rev. Job B. Boomer.
1833. Welcome Whipple,
David S. C. H. Smith,
Dr. Leonard Pierce.
1834. David S. C. H. Smith,
Leonard Pierce,
Henry Rising, who, having re-
moved from town, Rev. John
Walker was appointed to fill his
place.
TOWN OF SUTTON.
809
1835. Rev. H. A. Tracy,
Rev. D. L. B. Goodwin,
E. J. Mills, 1850.
Paris Tourtellott,
Nehemiah Sibley,
Timothy Burnap, 1851.
Salmon Burdon,
Nathaniel Woodbury.
1836. Rev. Hiram A. Tracy, 1852.
Rev. D. L. B. Goodwin,
E. J. Mills.*
1837. Rev. H. A. Tracy, 1853.
Rev. D. L. B. Goodwin,
Rev. C. H. Peabody.
1838. Rev. H. A. Tracy, 1854.
E. J. Mills,
Rev. C. H. Peabody,
1839. Rev. H. A. Tracy,
Rev. C. H. Peabody,
Rev. D. L. B. Goodwin.
1840. Welcome Whipple, 1855.
Paris Tourtellott,
Pliny Slocomb.
1841. David S. C. H. Smith, 1856.
Welcome Whipple,
Paris Tourtellott.
1842. Welcome Whipple, 1857.
Pliny Slocomb,
S. D. King.
1843. S. D. King, 1858.
Stephen Marble,
Milton E. Grossman.
1844. Rev. H. A. Tracy, 1859.
Rev. D. L. B. Goodwin,
Rev. George Dayland.
1845. Rev. H. A. Tracy,
Rev. D. L. B. Goodwin, 1860.
Rev. George Dayland. 1861.
1846. Rev. H. A. Tracy,
Rev. D. L. B. Goodwin, 1862.
Rev. George Dayland.
1847. Rev. Job B. Boomer,
Nehemiah B. Chase,
Rufus K. Merriam.
1848. Rufus K. Merriam, 1863.
N. B. Chase,
Joseph Thayer. 1864.
1849. John McClellau, 1865.
Leonard Streeter, 1866.
Rev. D. L. B. Goodwin. 1867.
Nov. 26, 1849, Dr. Wm.. Terry 1868.
was chosen to fill the vacancy 1869.
102
caused by the resignation of Mr.
Streeter.
Joseph Thayer,
Amos Burdon,
Wm. R. Hill.
Joseph Thayer,
William Terrey,
Rufus K. Merriam.
William Terrey,
Rev. Geo. Lymari,
John G. Johnson.
Foster Freeland,
W. H. Woodbury,
John G. Johnson.
Foster Freeland,
Wm. H. Woodbury,
Joseph Whiting.
Dec. 9, John G. Johnson and
J. H. Higgins were chosen to
fill vacancies.
J. G. Johnson,
Horatio Slocomb,
Simeon Stockwell (declined).
Wm. Terrey,
Benjamin H. Chase,
Rufus K. Merriam.
Geo. P. Stockwell,
Rev. Geo. Lyman,
Benjamin H. Chase.
Foster Freeland, 3 years,
William Terrey, 2 years,
Newell Wedge, 1 year.
Dr. Terrey resigned, and Rev.
John S. Haradon was elected to
fill his place.
Wm. R. Hill, 3 years.
Rev. John S. Haradon, 3 years.
Dr. J. M. Newell, 3 years,
Newell Wedge, 1 year.
Newell Wedge, 3 years.
Dec. 9, the committee chose
M. E. Crossmau to fill the va-
cancy caused by the death of
Dr. J. M. Newell.
M. E. Crossrnan, 1 year,
I. B. Hartwell, 3 years.
M. E. Crossman, 3 years.
A. W. Putnam, 3 years.
A. L. Stickney, 3 years.
P. D. King, 3 years.
F. N. Knapp, 3 years.
A. L. Stickney, 3 years,
810
STATISTICS OF THE
C. L. Thompson, 1 year.
1870. Jason Waters, 3 years,
Foster Freeland, 3 years.
1871. Leander Putnam, 1 year,
John K. Humes, 2 years,
H. W. Chamberlain, 3 years,
K. R. Dodge, 3 years,
Horace Leland, 3 years,
Fred. T. Stockwell, 3 years,
Joel Houghton, 3 years.
1872. Rev. H. A. Tracy, 3 years,
E. P. Gardner, 2 years,
Dr. Herbert Shurtliff, 1 year.
1873. I. B. Hartwell, 3 years,
J. W. Stockwell, 2 years,
H. B. Bullard, 1 year.
1874. Rev. Philip Berry, 3 years.
1875. M. E. Crossman, 3 years.
1876. Rev. W. A. Benedict, 3 years,
Rev. C. L. Thompson, 1 year.
REPRESENTATIVES.
1726. Voted not to send. 1786.
1730. Lieut. Samuel Dudley. 1787.
1731. Lieut. Samuel Dudley.
1732. Voted not to send.
1733. Voted not to send. 1788.
1735. Dea. Percival Hall. 1789.
The town records do not show 1790.
that any representatives were 1791.
chosen from 1735 to 1763. 1792.
1763. Henry King. 1793.
1764. Henry King. 1794.
1765. Henry King. 1795.
1768. Henry King. 1796.
1773. Capt. Henry King. 1797.
1774. Voted to send Edward Putnam 1798.
a delegate to meet the General 1799.
Congress when and where they 1800.
shall meet. 1801.
1774. Capt. Henry King. 1802.
1775. Jan. 5, Capt. Henry King and 1803.
Elder Amos Singletary were 1804.
chosen delegates to attend the 1805.
Provincial Congress at Cam- 1806.
bridge, Feb. 1st next.
1775. May. Henry King. 1807.
Amos Singletary.
1777. Dea. Willis Hall, 1808.
Amos Singletary.
1778. Amos Singletary. 1809.
1780. Amos Singletary, Esq.
1781. Amos Singletary, Esq.
1785. Capt. March Chase. 1810.
Col. Timothy Sibley.
Amos Singletary,
Dea. David Harwood,
Dr. James Freeland.
Capt. Jonathan Woodbury.
Capt. Jonathan Woodbury.
Capt. Jonathan Woodbury.
Capt. Jonathan Woodbury.
Solomon Leland, Esq.
Col. Timothy Sibley.
Voted not to send.
Dr. James Freeland.
Major Samuel Waters.
Major Samuel Waters.
Capt. Jonathan Woodbury.
Capt. Jonathan Woodbury.
Capt. Jonathan Woodbury.
Dr. Stephen Monroe.
Dr. Stephen Monroe.
Dr. Stephen Monroe.
Dr. Stephen Monroe.
Dr. Stephen Monroe.
Jonas Sibley,
Josiah Stiles. \
Jonas Sibley,
Josiah Stiles. \
Jonas Sibley,
Josiah Stiles.
Josiah Stiles,
Jonas Sibley, Esq.
Estes Howe, Esq.
Josiah Stiles, N,
TOWN OF SUTTON.
811
Jonas Sibley, Esq.,
Estes Howe, Esq.,
Darius Russell.
1811. Josiah Stiles.
Jonas Sibley, Esq. ,
Estes Howe, Esq.,
Darius Russell.
1812. Josiah Stiles,
Jonas Sibley, Esq.,
Abijah Burbank,
Darius Russell.
1813. Darius Russell,
Jonas Sibley,
Abijab Burbank.
1814. Jonas Sibley,
Darius Russell.
1815. Josiah Wheelock.
1816. None sent.
1817. Jonas Sibley.
1818. Jonas Sibley.
1819. Jonas Sibley.
1820. Jonas SiWey.
1821. Jonas Sibley.
1822. Jonas Sibley.
1823. ElishaHale,
Abner Chase.
1824. ElishaHale,
Jonas L. Sibley.
1825. Voted not to send.
1826. Jonas Sibley.
1827. Jonas Sibley.
1828. Jonas Sibley.
1829. Jonas Sibley,
Daniel Tourtellott.
1830. Joshua Armsby,
Jonas L. Sibley.
1831. Joshua Armsby,
Jonas L. Sibley.
1832. Joshua Armsby,
Edmund J. Mills.
1833. Samuel Taylor,
Sumner Cole.
1834. Samuel Taylor,
Sumner Cole.
1835. Darius Putnam,
Asa Woodbury.
1836. Darius Putnam,
Asa Woodbury.
1837. Joshua Armsby.
1838. Welcome Whipple,
Peter Putnam.
1839. Welcome Whipple,
Benjamin Woodbury.
1840. Sylvanus Putnam.
1841. Sylvanus Putnam.
1842. Zelek Darling, jr.
1843. Zelek Darling, jr.
1844. Zadock Woodbury.
1845. No choice.
1846. No choice.
1847. Zadock Woodbury.
1848. Zadock Woodbury.
1849. No choice.
1850. Salem Chamberlain.
1851. Timothy Burnap.
1852. No choice.
1853. Sumner Cole.
1854. A. A. Lombard.
1855. Sumner Cole.
1856. Benjamin L. Batcheller.
1857. Simon J. Woodbury.
1858. None sent from Button. A new
apportionment of representa-
tives was made in 1857, and Sut-
ton was united with Millbury
and Oxford as the 25th repre-
sentative district.
1859. None from Sutton.
1860. William R. Hill.
1861. None from Sutton.
1862. Jason Waters.
1863. Jason Waters.
1864. None from Sutton.
1865. S. Dexter King.
1866. S. Dexter King.
1867. None from Sutton.
1868. James M. Cunliff.
1869. None from Sutton.
1870. Edwin "H. Hutchinson.
1871. . None from Sutton.
1872. None from Sutton.
1873. William Abbott.
1874. Marius M. Hovey.
1875. None from Sutton.
1876. None from Sutton.
812
STATISTICS OF THE
TOWN TAX.
1723,
16
1779,
1000
1829,
$2000
1725,
3
1780,
6000
1830,
1700
1726,
12
1781,
old tenor, 42,000
1831,
800
1731,
60
1781,
silver, 2500
1832,
3800
1732,
10
1782,
300
18:33,
3000
1733,
40
1783,
200
1834,
2000
1734,
. 15
1784,
200
1835.
3800
1735,
20
1785,
200
1836,
1600
1736,
20
1786,
50
1837,
3400
1738,
20
1787,
120
1838,
4500
1739,
20
1788,
20
1839,
3300
1740,
100
1789,
article passed over 1840,
3300
1741,
120
1790,
200 1841,
2500
1742,
120
1791.
150
1842,
2800
1743,
old tenor, 150
1792,
150
1843,
2800
1744,
140
1793,
175
1844,
2800
1745,
100
1794,
200
1845,
2800
1746,
100
1795,
200
1846,
6500
1747,
80
1796,
200
1847,
700
1748,
80
1797,
$900
1848,
1000
1749,
old tenor, 130
1798,
200
1849,
3500
1750,
40
1799,
700
1850,
2500
1751,
lawful money, 30 1800,
700
1851,
3000
1752,
40 1801,
600
1852,
2000
1753,
50
1802,
600
1853,
2500
1754,
60
1803,
700
1854,
4000
1755,
70
1804,
700
1855,
6000
1756,
70
1805,
1100
1856,
6000
1757,
60
1806,
1200
1857,
6000
1758,
60
1807,
1000
1858,
4500
1759,
60
1809,
800
1859,
4500
1760,
60
1810,
1000
1860,
2500
1761,
60
1811,
1000
1861,
4000
1762,
60
1812,
1700
1862,
3000
1763,
70
1813,
1800
1863,
4500
1764,
80
1814,
1200
1864,
4800
17(85,
65
1815,
1600
1865,
9500
1966,
80
1816,
1300
1866,
5600
1767,
90
1817,
1600
1867,
5000
1768,
100
1818,
1400
1868,
7500
1769,
120
1819,
1400
1869,
7000
1770,
10
1820,
400
1870,
10,000
1771,
43, 6s, 8d
1821,
1700
1871,
7000
1772,
80
1822,
1400
1872,
2000
1778,
70
1823,
1200
1873,
4000
1774,
80
1824,
1500
1874,
4500
1775,
100
1825,
3300
1875,
8000
1776,
40
1826,
3300
1876,
5000
1777,
135
1827,
2000
1778,
300
1828,
2400
TOWN OF SUTTON.
813
HIGHWAY TAX
1732, 30
1777,
150
1827,
1733, 40
1778,
300
1828,
1734, 150
1779,
1800
1829,
1735, 200
1780,
6500
1830,
1736, 200
1781,
silver money, 225
1831,
1737, 100
1782,
" 225
1832,
1738, 200
1783,
" 225
1833,
1739, 300
1784,
silver money, 225
1834,
1740, 300 1785,
" 300
1835,
1741, 300 1786,
300
1836,
1742, old tenor, 300 1787,
300
1837,
1743, ' 300 1788,
300
1838,
1744, 300
1789,
200
1839,
1745, 300
1790,
' 200
1840,
1746, 300
1791,
200
1841,
1747, 150
1792,
200
1842,
1748, 300
1793,
250
1843,
1749, 400
1794,
200
1844,
1750, lawful money, 80
1795,
200
1845,
1751,
60
1796,
300
1846,
1752,
80
1797,
250
1847,
1753,
100
1797,
$200
1848,
1754,
80
1798,
300
1849,
1755,
100
1799,
$1000
1850,
1756,
100
1800,
1500
1851,
1757,
120
1801,
1500
1852,
1758,
60
1802,
1500
1853,
1759,
80 .
1803,
1600
1854,
1760,
100
1804,
1500
1855,
1761,
150
1805,
1600
1856,
1762,
100
1806,
3700
1857,
1763,
100
1807,
2300
1858,
1764,
150
1808,
1500
1859,
1765,
150
1809,
1800
1860,
1766,
130
1810,
2000
1861,
1767,
150
1811,
2000
1862,
1768,
150
1812,
2000
1863,
1769,
200
1813,
2000
1864,
1770,
200
1814,
1200
1865,
1771,
300
1815,
1000
1866,
1772,
300
1816,
1000
1867,
1773,
200
1817,
1000
1868,
1774, 200
1818,
800
1869,
1775, "Every able bodied
1819,
1000
1870,
person from sixteen
1820,
1000
1871,
to seventy years of
1821,
1000
1872,
age required to work
1822,
1000
1873,
one day under the di-
1823,
1000
1874,
rection of the survey-
1824,
1300
1875,
ors."
1825,
1000
1876,
1776, 150
1826,
1000
1200
1200
1200
1200
3800
1200
1200
1200
1200
1400
1400
1400
1400
1400
1400
1500
1500
1500
1200
1400
1400
1500
1500
1000
1500
1500
2500
2250
2250
2250
1500
1600
2250
2250
1500
1500
2500
2500
2000
2000
2500
2500
2500
3000
2500
3000
3000
3000
2800
814
STATISTICS OF THE
SCHOOL TAX.
1732,
15
1798,
250 1838,
1733,
28, 12s
1799,
$833
1839,
1734,
20
1800,
833
1840,
1735,
20
1801,
250
1841,
1736,
40
1802,
$833
1842,
1737,
30
1803,
833
1843,
1738,
50
1804,
833
1844,
1739,
50
1805,
833 1845,
From 1740 to 1769 in-
1806,
1000 1846,
clusive, see town tax,
1807,
1000 1847,
which embraced the
1808,
1000
1848,
school tax.
1809,
1000
1849,
1770,
50
1810,
1000
1850,
1771,
50
1811,
1000
1851,
1772,
60
1812,
1000
1852,
1773,
65
1813,
1000
1853,
1774,
65
1814,
700
1854,
1775,
1815,
712
1855,
1776,
70
1816,
712
1856,
1777,
70
1817,
712
1857,
1778,
200
1818,
730
1858,
1779,
600
1819,
730
1859,
1780,
6500
1820,
750
1860,
1781, silver,
100
1821,
750
1861,
1782,
100
1822,
750
1862,
1783,
100
1823,
800
1863,
1784,
100
1824,
800
1864,
1785,
120
1825,
800
1865,
1786,
100
1826,
800
1866,
1787,
100
1827,
800
1867,
1788,
100
1828,
800
1868,
1789,
200
1829,
1000
1869,
1790,
120
1830,
1000
1870,
1791,
150
1831,
1000
1871,
1792,
150
1832,
1200
1872,
1793,
200
1833,
1200
1873,
1794,
200
1834,
1200
1874,
1795,
200
1835,
1200
1875,
1796,
200
1836,
1200
1876,
1797,
250 1837,
1200
$1200
1200
1200
1200
1200
1200
1200
1500
1200
1500
1000
1500
2000
1500
1500
1500
1500
1800
1500
1800
2000
2350
2000
2000
1500
1500
2000
2000
2500
2500
3000
3200
3500
3500
3500
3500
3500
3500
3800
TOWN OF SUTTON.
815
1776. Dea. Tarrant Putnam.
1777. Lieut. Samuel Dagget.
1778. Dea. Ebenezer Pierce,
Capt. Elisha Goddard,
Col. Jonathan Holman.
1780. Major Joshua Hathaway.
1787. Capt. Jonathan Woodbury.
1788. Ensign Nathaniel Carriel,
Capt. James Greenwood,
Lieut. John Elliot,
Capt. Jonathan Woodbury.
1790. Capt. John Woodbury.
1791. Capt. March Chase.
1792. Capt. March Chase.
1793. Capt. March Chase.
1794. Capt. March Chase.
1796. Lieut. Asa Goodale.
1797. Ebenezer Waters.
1798. Ebenezer Waters.
1801. Capt. Jonathan Woodbury.
1802. Capt. March Chase.
1803. Capt. March Chase.
1804. Capt. March Chase,
John Hall.
1805. Capt. March Chase,
Estes Howe, Esq.
1806. Estes Howe, Esq.
1816. Jonas Sibley, Esq.
1831. Samuel Taylor.
1834. Edward Clark.
1838. Samuel Taylor.
1839. Samuel Taylor.
1840. Zelek Darling, jr.
1841. Zelek Darling, jr.
1842. Zelek Darling, jr.
1846. Samuel Taylor.
1854. B. L. Batcheller, declined.
Sylvester Sibley, declined.
1854. Nov. 13, B. L. Batcheller.
MINISTERIAL AND SCHOOL MONEY.
In 1775 the Ministerial Fund was reported as being 419, 2s, lid,
Interest, %&> 2 11
Of this interest Dr. Hall received, 7,
Elder Marsh received, 1, 11,
North Parish received, 4, 13, 9, 2 far.
The town received, 11, 18, 1, 2,
The School Fund was 144, 17.
It is not known what became of this fund. It was probably lost by bad
investment.
816 SKETCH OF COMMITTEE.
SKETCH OF COMMITTEE.
WE close our history by giving brief sketches of the
members of the Committee of Publication.
BENJAMIN L. BATCHELLEK,
Son of Lewis and Sophia Batcheller, was born in Sutton,
Ausf. 27, 1826. He received his education in the common
O
schools of the town, has been a farmer, manufacturer of
boots and shoes has held the town offices of overseer of
the poor, selectman, and is now town clerk. He has like-
wise been several times the agent of the town. His last
and most efficient service as such was in the year 1854, when,
upon the petition of Joshua Leland and others, a most
persistent attempt was made in the legislature for the forma-
tion of a new township from the eastern part of Sutton and
the western part of Grafton.
Through his skillful management of the matter the bill
failed, and no efforts for a dismemberment of the town have
since been made.
He also represented his native town in the legislature of
1856-57.
CHARLES H. CHACE,
Son of Caleb and Julia A. Chace, was born -in Fall River,
Nov. 14, 1836 ; received his education in the public schools
of the place ; left the high school hi the fourteenth year of
his age for a clerkship in the office of David Anthony,
treasurer of the Fall River railroad company, and the Bay
State line of steamers to New York, in which capacity he
remained a year, and then accepted the responsible position
of freight clerk upon the same line, which position he filled
for several years with such success that not an article of
freight passing over the line from Boston to New York, was,
during that time, lost.
TOWN OF SUTTON. 817
In the twentieth year of his age he engaged in the mer-
cantile business in Providence, R. I., and lost everything in
the financial crash of 1857. In 1860 he engaged as book-
O O
keeper in a large wholesale and retail store in Pennsylvania,
in which position he was when the war broke out in 1861.
Speaking of the excitement attendant upon this time, he
says : "One day, about eleven o'clock A. M., I shut up my
books, and without saying a word went to the stable, took a
horse and carriage, and at six o'clock P. M. the same day
had one hundred and twenty men at the depot and started
for Harrisburg." He was mustered in, and served in the
infantry or artillery branch of the service, in most of the
battles of the army of the Potomac.
In the fall of 1862 he passed an examination before a
board of regular army officers for a position in the regular
army, was approved, commissioned captain, and assigned to
duty in the eighth (afterwards the eleventh) United States
artillery, which was ordered to New Orleans and did effective
service in the Teche country.
He was appointed an "inspector general" and an "ord-
nance officer" on General Sherman's staff.
As inspector general he was complimented on the charac-
ter of his reports, as. being "most complete."
The position of ordnance officer he held for eighteen
months, during all which time he was responsible for more
than two million dollars' worth of stores. He was brev-
etted Major for meritorious conduct, and detailed to notify
the notorious guerrilla chieftain, "Bailey Vincent," of the
surrender of Lee, and to receive his surrender and that of
his command, which was done. When mustered out, Nov.
5, 1865 nine months after the close of the war though
o
it was the practice to stop .the pay of officers for any slight
mistake in their accounts, so accurate were his accounts that
he was at once paid in full after landing from the steamer at
Providence.
Mr. Chaee, after his return, accepted an appointment in
the Providence custom house, where he remained three
103
818 SKETCH OF COMMITTEE.
years. He has been for the past six years the efficient
book-keeper, paymaster and engineer of the Mauchaug
company.
He is at present one of the assessors, and chairman of
the board.
EDWIN H. HUTCHINSON,
Sou of Simon and Vandalinda Hutchinsou, was born in
Suttou, Aug. 22, 1821. He was educated in the schools of
the town, has always been a farmer and lived on the old
homestead.
He has been selectman, a deacon in the first Congrega-
tional church, and representative from the fifteenth district
in the legislatures of 1870-71.
AMOS BATCHELLER,
Son of Elhanan and Lucinda Batcheller, was born in Sutton,
Dec. 24, 1834.
He, like all the others comprising the committee, received
his education in the schools of his native town. He is a
farmer and insurance agent, assessor, and a deacon in the
first Congregational church.
SOLOMON D. KING,
Son of Solomon and Ruth King, was born in Sutton, Dec.
15, 1813. He was educated in the public schools of the
town, and the private school of Rev. George A. Willard ;
has been a school-teacher and farmer ; has held the offices of
school committee, overseer of the poor, and town clerk for
six years, from 1861 to 1867.
He also represented the fifteenth district in the legisla-
tures of 1865-66 and 1866-67.
4.
Heliotype Printing Co,,
220 Devonshire St., Boston.
INDEX
PAGE.
PAGE.
Abbott, Alvan, Rev. 180
Armsby, Amos 255
" Charles 312
" Enos 367, 583
" John 341
Fayette 379
" William 208
' George F. 696
Adams, Abner 583
' James H. 368, 369
" Augustus 385
' John 372, 384
Israel 583
' Joshua 370, 584, 696
" James 582, 583
1 Joshua W. 696
" Oliver 377
" Lewis 096
" Samuel 582
" Silas 307, 583
" The Misses 407
Arnold, Emmett 696
" Welcome 385
" Nathan 239
Advertisement, with reference
" place, 239
to saving paper rags, 112
Assessors, names of 8U3
Agents, Town 88, 129, 815
Aid to families of soldiers,
" to whom to make returns, 95
Authority, parental to be enforced, 94
110, 159, 160
Axtell, Thomas 365
Aid rich, Amos 379
" William 341
" Anna, Mrs. 204
Bacon, Jonathan 584
" Daniel 275
" Rufus 193, 213
" Robert 241
" Sard i us. 422
" Welcome 395, 307
" William 58-1
Allen, Daniel, 583
Baker, Smith 241
" Elijah 583
Baldwin, Charles I>. 422
" George C. 363, 364
Ball, John E. 323
" John 364, 583
Ballon, F. 383
" Jonas 583
Bancroft, Benjamin 584
Allowance to Baptist society, 69
" Jacob 584
Ambler, Ch rles C. 333
" Joseph 879, 584
" Christopher, 219, 225
" Moses 684, C77
Ammunition, town 00, 95, 106, 110
Baptists, 58, 71
Audersoii, Daniel G., Rev. 381
Barber, Uymcn 419
Edward 381, 419
Barnard, Isaac 584
James 381
" John 585
" John 419
" Jonathan 585
" 413
" Joshua 585
Andrew, John A., Gov. 163. 165, 166
Barnes, Benjamin 231
Auecdote of lost lamb, 176-179
" J. W. 390
" revolutiouary, 191
Barrett, Win. M., Dr 095
Angell, 365
Bartlctt, Jehu 364
Annals, 9-170
" John 586
Armories, depletion of 103
" John IT. 146, 580
Arms, deficiency of good 163
" Richard 685, 580
" agent sent to Europe to
" Roger 586
procure, 163
Barton, Bczaleel 680
" State appropriation for 164
" Charles Henry 002
820
INDEX.
PAGE.
PAGE.
Barton, Edmund 586
Boomer, James 697
Edmund Mills 602
Job B., Rev. 347
Elisha 587
<
Lucius B. 696
George Edward 603
<
William 398
Ira Moore, Judge 600, 601
Bond, Alvan, Rev., D. D. 323, 324
Jedediah 587
<
Jonas 591
Reuben 587
<
Josiah 591
Samuel 239, 586
<
Oliver 591
Sumner 194
i
Wra., Dea.
Wm. Sumner, A. M. 601
323, 324, 325, 590, 591
Barrows, 354
Boundary of training field and
Bashaw, T. 412
burying-ground, 49
Bastow, Sumner, Esq. 187, 194
Bounty to soldiers, 105, 132, 166
Batcheller, Abner. 385, 386, 588
Boutell, Samuel 591
" Abraham 377, 378, 588
Bowker, 381
" Amos 376, 589
Boyce, Andrew 382
" Benjamin 377, 588
" Benjamin 327
B. L. 249, 306, 377, 588, 810
Ebenezer 334
B. F. 249, 588
" Lucius 333
David 588
Boyd, 420
Elhaaan 378, 381, 589
Brigham, Elijah, Rev. 370
* Ezra 375, 379, 589
Henry M. 195, 325, 383
1 Henry 186, 188, 271, 588
" Jacob, 370
Horace 357, 590
John, M. D. 370, 378
1 Horace W. 590
" Mr. 415
' John 588
Brown, Abraham 181
Jonas 349, 358, 365, 589
" A. F. 353
Joseph 587
" Daniel 376
Josiah 589
" Felix 379
' Lewis 588
" Jeremiah 231
Mark 588, 589, 614
" Jonas 419, 420
' Messrs. 351
" Silas, 183
Moses 386, 416
Buckman, Daniel 591
' Simeon, jr. 379
Isaiah 592
" Stephen, Rev. 587
" Jeremiah 591
" Warren' 357, 590
" Joseph 591
" William, Kev. 589
" Russell 291, 592
Bates, Erastus 242
" Stephen 591
Battle, early Indian 231
Bugbee, Daniel 234
Beasley, Joseph 404
Buliard, Artemas
Beecher, H. W., Rev. 200, 608, 609
200, 595, 600, 603, 604
Belknap, 419
" Asa 595
Bennett, George 227
" Asa, Rev. 605
" John 226
Benjamin 593, 594, 595
" Nathan 213
' E. W., Rev. A. M. 607
Bigelow, Amos 194
1 Elijah 292
" Jason 195
' Henry, Rev. 603
" Jedediah 590
' Henry B. 190, 200, 606
" Liberty 194
' Harry Fletcher 609
" Moses 381
1 Ira Barton 605
" Samuel, Capt. 382, 383
' Jesse Mason, M. D. 609
Births and deaths to be trans-
' Joseph 200, 605, 606
cribed, 129
' Oliver Crosby 184, 610
Bixbee, Samuel 590
' Robert 593
" Simon 590
' Talbut, M. D. 609
Blanchard, 260
' Wm. Mason, M. D. 609
John 592
Wm. Reed 605
" Joseph 592
' Wm. Sumner 610
" Samuel 592
Burbank, Abijah 611
Stephen 592
Caleb 611
" Thomas 572, 758-769
Daniel 611
Bliss, Harrison 271
Elijah 611
Bolster, Ransom C. 225, 226
" Joseph P., Rev. 347
Boomer, Geo. B., Gen. 347
Burdon, Amos 340, 361, 362, 612
INDEX.
821
PAGE. PACK.
Burden, Isaac
321 Carter, Samuel, Rev. 619
John, 209, 210, 250, 364, 611, : " Thomas, Rev. 617, 618
612, 613 Timothy, Dr. 291
" Jonathan
146, 328, 612 Case, George 359
" Mrs. Lavina
272 Casey, John 354
" Lyman
335, 613 Celebration of capture of Cornwallis,
" Maj. Rufus
328, 613 ' 119, 120
" Salmon
340, 364, 612 " Union 149
Burnap, Abijah
613, 614
Centennial 170
" Cyrus
614
Cemetery, South Suttou 360
" Ebenezer
388, 613 " Howard 167
Elijah
389, 614
Chaise, first in town 175
" James
239, 614
Chamberlain, George 695
John
370, 614
Horace N., 365, 366, 620
" John S.
370
Jacob 620
" Lewis
399, 614
Joseph 619
" Thomas
613
Lee 408
" Timothy
388, 613, 614
Lucas 372
" Timothy, jr.
389
Nahum W. 620
Burnet, Dr.
206
Salem 308
Burnham, Offen
412
Simeon 620
Burr, Fred. P.
351
Thomas 619
Burt, Benjamin
364
Chappel, James 341
" David
354
Chase, Abel 231, 625, 626
" Ellis
379
Mrs. Abigail 627
" Richmond
331
Abner 417
Burroughs,
363
Abraham 417, 623
Buxton, Andrew
615
Abraham Dudley, 417,423,623
" Enos
224, 615
Ambrose 625
" John
615
Aquila 620
" Joseph
615
Benoni 382, 627
" Simeon
615
Bradford 627
Caldwell, Ebenezer
186, 193
Caleb 406, "417, 419, 623
Campbell, Ezra
374
Charles 627
" Salmon
374, 378
Daniel 417, 620, 621, 623
Carlin, Thomas
357
David 626
Carl ton, Benjamin
204, 415
David P. 624
" James
386
Dudley 38?, 621
Carpenter, Adams
616
Follausbee 276, 624
Mrs. Adams
195
Francis 625
Elisha
325, 615
Horatio 419
Emmoris
343
Isaac 625
John
321, 616
Jonas 626
Jonathan
363
Jonathan 415, 416, 621
Noah
615
Joshua 623, 626
Samuel
360
Josiah 627
Seth
616
Levi 417
Simeon
321, 325, 615
March, 414, 415, 416, 417, 621
Tyler
325, 616
Moses 417, 620, 624, 626
William
615
Nathan 374, 627
Carr el, Aaron
617
Nehemiah 320, 417, 623
' Daniel
617
Nehemiah B. 417, 623
' Jeduthan
617
Paul 623
' John 206,
207, 221, 617
Philip 275, 624
Jonathan
228, 616
Reuben 624
' Joseph
616
Reuben F. 275, 305, 321, 625
Nathaniel, 229,
265, 616, 617
. Rogers 627
' Samuel
616
Mrs. Sarah B. 271
' Timothy
265, 616
Samuel 414, 415, 621, 622
Carter, Eleazer
618
Seth 374, 382, 626, 627
' Joel
619
Thaddeus 623
' Joshua
618
Thomas 620, 626, 627
' Capt. Rufus
619
Thomas F. 276, 625
" Salma
619
William C. 266, 270, 623
822
INDEX.
PAGE.
Chcatcm, 300
Cheney, Lucy 374
" Nathaniel 371
Choristers, first chosen by society, 145
Churches, History of 427-494
Church, 1st Baptist 461-471
2d " 471-473
3d " 473-477
Bapt. inManchaug, 485-488
" Free-will 480-482
1st Congregational, 427-449
2rt " 449-401
M. E. 490-495
St. John's 477-480
United Presbyterian,488-490
Universalist 482-485
Cider drinking
Clark, Edward
William
106, 219
323, 408
208
360
17
340
265
261, 628
261, 627
261
261, 275
614
300, 614
68
Clay, to be public property
Cogshall. Joseph
Cole, Abel
David
Ezekiel
John
Sumner
Webster
William E.
Comet,
Committee, to manage for pro-
prietors 15
" of proprietors for
laying out land 16
" of proprietors on
settlement of town 17
" for building meet-
ing-house 24
procuring minister, 24,35
" seating meeting-
house, 29, 45, 46, 47, 81
" for disposing of
pew room 29
" report of, assigning
pew room 30, 81, 82
" to take care of sch.
and ministry land 32
to confer with Mr.
McKinstry 33
" with reference to
new county 43
" on valua'n of bills
of credit, 48, 49, 50, 56,58
" on deficiency of
salary, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56,
59,82
on repairing meet-
ing house 55
on preaching 56
" to take care of the
deer 57, 59
" for setting off new
preciuct 62
PAOB.
Committee, for devising meas-
ures to promote in-
dustry, economy,
etc. 85
" todcfendsnitbro't
by Dr. Hall 87
on articles of griev-
ance 89
report of, on arti-
cles of grievance 89
on inspection, cor-
respondence and
safety, 92, 97, 103, 111,
112, 116, 119, 120, 121
122, 127
action of, stopping
loads of salt, rum,
sugar, etc., ap-
proved 115
of donations, 95,96,97,98
" for adjusting pay
of soldiers 98, 104, 105
" to provide for fam-
ilies of soldiers 110, 113
" to consider and
make report upon
articles of confed-
eration 110
" to oppose dismem-
berment of town 111
" to prosecute breach-
es of law 112
" to procure recruits
113, 117, 118, 119
" to sit in State con-
vention 114
to carry into effect
resolves of State
and county con-
ventions 114
" to settle with sol-
diers 117
to consider new
constitution and
make report 117
" to procure supplies
118, 119
" to contract with
representatives 124
" to instruct dele-
gates 125, 127
" to treat with insur-
gents 126
" to treat with North
Parish 139
" to establish line be-
tween Sutton and
Mi I! bury 144, 145
to procure bell 148
" to build new meet-
ing house 151
" to disburse aid to
soldiers 114
INDEX.
823
Committee, for ascertaining the
amount of money
expended by indi-
viduals for eulist-
ment 167
" to report upon pur-
chase of M. E. Ch.
for town house 168
" to appraise school
houses 168
" to examine school
houses, cost of re-
pairing, etc. 168, 169
Constitution, Federal, ratifica-
tion of 128
Continental Congress, associa-
tion of to be observed, 93
Contributions, 38, 49, 52, 53, 56
Convention, County, to devise
methods for redress of griev-
ances, 101
Convention, instructions to del-
egates to 102, 103, 125
Convention, action of Sutton
in calling, criticized, 122, 123
Convention, State, delegates to 128
Conveyances of first settlers, 174
Coogan, Michael 408, 417
Cook, Merritt 213
Cord well, 306
County, vote upon division of, 138, 150
Dagget, John M.
" Samuel
" Thomas
Dana, Sylvanus, Dea.
Daniels, Joseph
Darling, Aaron
" Cyrus
" Deacon
Ira
" Job
John
John D.
Peter
" Wheeler
" William
TAOB.
696
395, 630
630
194
383
205, 342
344, 631
341
341, 343, 631
631
339, 341, 631
631
344
342, 631
342, 631
Cranberry Company,
Cronin, John
238, 239
407
Crossmau, Alpheus
363
Elijah
028
F. J. F.
352, 628
Jacob
628
Luther
366
Martin L.
628
Milton E.
333, 628
Noah
628
Samuel
628
Stephen
351,628
William
213, 363
Cull
in, Michael
231
CUH
niugs, Abner
629.
Allen
385
Amasa
629
Asa
406, 629 '
Davis W.
629
Free
629
Isaac
629
Jacob
400, 629
Jesse
404, 629
Joseph
335
Moses
629
Pearlcy
629
Stebbing
629
Stephen
265
Cntl
r, Ebenczer
234
Dag
et, Arthur
630
Ebenczer
22, 302, 630
<
Gideon
630
John
690
Zelek 339, 340, 342, 031
Davenport, Aaron 363
Richard 632
William 360, 363, 631
Davis, Bowers 193, 194
" Estes 192
" Gen. 194
" Samuel 190
" Thomas 331
" Timothy 195
Day, Aaron 374, 632
" Daniel 375, 632
" Edmund 331, 372, 374, 633
" John 371, 632
" Judson 377, 379, 632
44 Moses 632
" Ralph 632
" Zebina 225
Day memorable for darkness, 117
Dean, Alpheus 379
" Charles Ide 376
" William 379
Delegates, instructions to,
125, 126, 128
" report of 114
Deviny, James 304
DeWitt, Benjamin A. 233
Dike, Anthony 633
" Benjamin 633
" Daniel 230, 231, 633
" Nathaniel 633
District school system abolished, 168
44 school system re-estab-
lished, 169
" West Sutton 175-208
" Putnam Uill 208-230
" Eight lots 230-250
" Centre 2r,0-327
44 Hathaway 327-338
" Mancliaug 338-344
44 South Button 344-300
44 Union 860-367
44 Old Stone 367-381
44 Slocomb 381-388
41 Ilarback 388-409
44 Wilkinsonville 409-424
Dodge, Abbie 386
44 Asa P. 217, 035
< 4 Benjamin J. 239, 634
824
INDEX.
PAGB.
PAGE.
Dodge, David S. 239
Eager, Jacob 206
" Ebenezer R. 381, 635
" Jasper 205
" Edwin 386
" Stephen 208
' Gardner H. 386
Earthquakes 69, 82
' George W. 414, 635
Earle, George C. 193, 199, 344
Harvey 409, 410, 635
Eaton, Addison 406, 639
' Isaac 239, 634
" James O., Hon. 218
Israel A. 299, 325, 635
" Jonathan 415
' Jacob, 378, 384, 385, 386, 410
" Reuben 397
412, 635
" Samuel 639
" John 386, 635
Ecclesiastical Council, 34
" Josiah 227, 229, 386, 634
Eddy, Amos 333
" Leonard 224, 227, 635
" Dr. 408
" Moses C. 416
Edwards, Jonathan, Rev. 60, 74
" Moses T. 416, 634
Elliot, Aaron 222, 229, 230, 640
" Nathaniel 414, 415, 635
" Andrew 640
" Reuben R. 373, 635
" Daniel 639, 640
" Richard 328, 635
" David 641
" Richard H. 386, 635
" Gustavus 229
" Silas H. 634
" James 331, 639
" Willard 227, 635
" James T. 209, 229, 230, 268
." William 634
269, 640
Donaldson, William 212
" Jonathan 640, 641
Dorr, Charles 347
" Joseph 229, 265, 640
" Daniel 205
" Joseph F. 229, 640
" George 363
" Levi 331, 640
" Henry 357
" Lucinda 306
" Leonard 349
" Simeon 640
Draper, David 239
Ellis, Abel 378
Drought 82, 83
" James S., Rev. 423
Dudley, Abel . 413, 420, 636
Emraons, Nathaniel, Dr. 315, 316
" David 413, 420, 636, 637
Fairbanks, George 205, 301, 407
" David T. 414, 416, 424, 638
John M. 694
" Edward 419
Mrs. Nelson 366
' Edward M. 420, 637
William H. d94
' Edwin A. 298, 637
Farm, Collins 31
' Francis 418, 635, 636
" Davenport 32
' Fred. C. 420
" Hutchinson 32
George J. 398, 637
Fay, Joel 408
1 Henry T. 414, 638
Fellows, Joseph 239
' James 381, 420, 637
Fines 50, 112
Jason 297, 398, 637
Fire-arms 110, 564
' John 412, 414, 420, 637
Fisher, Daniel 378
' Jonathan, 189, 195, 213, 397
" Philo 335
413, 414, 637
" Whiting 374, 419
' Joseph 385
Fiske, Benjamin 399
' Leonard 381, 419, 637
Fletcher, 333, 364
" Peter 413, 414, 637, 638
" Ebenezer 383
Rogers 637
Forbush, Edwin A. 695
" Samuel 396, 414, 636
" James E. 695
" Simon 637
" James M. 695
" William 225
" Jonathan E., Rev. 695
Duggan, Cornelius 379
" Preston W. 695
Dwight, Samuel 265, 638
Ford, John C. 382
Dwinnel, Abraham 639
Fosdick, R. F., Capt.
Amos 639
Foster, James 386
Archelaus 638
Freeland, Fayette 241
David 639
" Foster 243, 271, 646
Henry 638, 639
" Franklin 241, 646
Jonathan 638
" Freeman 645
Moses 639
" James 642, 645
Samuel 639
" James, M.D., 228, 643, 644
Solomon 639
ttj " 645
Eager, Calvin 184, 208
Freeman, Joseph, Capt, 405, 408
INDEX.
825
PAOK. t PAOB.
Fry, John 238, 250 Goddard, Benjamin 650
Fuller, Amos 225, 647 : ' Edward 649
Ayres 647 Elisha 650
Mrs. Elder 186 ' Joseph 649
Elisha 225, 647 ; ' Josiah 650
Francis H. 646 ' Luther 222, 650
Freeman L. 646 ' ' Nathaniel 650
John 344 i Robert 649, 650
Jonathan 248, 646, 647 ; ' Samuel 183, 650
Levi 225, 646 i ' William 649
Mariner 647 \ Goffe, Joseph, Rev. 650
Mary E. 343 ! Going, H. W. 375
Otis 408 Goldthwait, Ezekiel 651
Reuben 328, 647 4< Jesse 651
Rufus 205, 225, 349, 647 " Stephen 651
Samuel, Elder 186 Goodale, Amos 651
Simeon 328, 646 ' Asa 651
Simeon A. 213, 328, 647 : ' Eleazar 651
Sullivan 327, 640 ' Ephraim 651
Sumner P. 646 * John 382, 383
Turner 225, 646 ' Samuel 651
Willard 225, 220, 343, 646 ! Goodwin, D. LeBaron, Rev. 423
Gal
e, Abraham 647 ; " Daniel 423
Dana 696 Gough, John B. 297
Daniel 638 Gould, Caleb 651, 652
David 648 " Ebenezer 238, 651, 652
Isaac 647, 648 ; " George 651, 652
James 697 , " house, old 221
James M. 697 i " John 652
Jonas 648
" Joseph 651, 652
Jonathan D. 697
" Simeon 652
Joseph F. 697
" Thomas 651, 652
Josiah 648
" 301
Nehemiah 648
Government, action of town with
Richard 647
reference to new sys-
Gamage, R. 381
tem of 103
Gamble, John W. 42*2
" new system of disap-
Garfield, Andrew B. 389
proved 111
Genealogical, 579-757
Go wing, Benjamin 653
General Court, grant from in con-
" Nathaniel 653
firmation of Indian 1 " Samuel 652
deed 10-12
Thomas 65'2
" petitions to, 29, 31, 63,
Grafton, 53
72, 124, 131
Graves, Ira 255
" committees to, 64, 65,
" Sullivan 210
60
Greenwood, Cimene 349
committees of, 64, 65,
Daniel 653
66
" James 653
delegates to 104
Griggs, John 252, 653
action of approved, 115 j Joseph F. 654
action of in setting Lewis 231, 654
off new precinct, 66, 67
Thomas 251, 653
Agent to 116, 131
Gunpowder 139
action of town on
Hale, Elisha 272
acts of 126
" 294
" petition of Parish
Hall, Aaron 656
to 131
' Asa 897, 370
Gibbs, 304
' Benjamin 657
John 649
1 Calvin 655
Nathaniel 649
' C. C. 389
Gib on, Gardner . 189
' David, Rev., D.D., 36,37,38,
George 206
40, 49, 51, 56, 58, 64, 65, 79,
John 195
128, 129, 309, 310, 657
Gilbert 404
" David N., Esq. 319
104
826
INDEX.
PAOH.
PAGE.
Hall, Edmund T. 404, 655
Haven, John, Dea.
231, 659
Edwin C. 419
Hawkins,
374
Emerson 383
Hayden, Elias, Dr.
389
Gardner 299, 656
" Asa
389
John 390, 407, 408, 655
" Joel
389
Joseph, " Master," 306,310, 311,
Hayward, Austin
408
312, 657
Hazeltine, John
659, 660
Joseph 292, 401, 655, 656
Silas
660
Joseph L. 406, 655
" Stephen
660
Josiah, Capt. 213, 401, 656
Heath, Nathan
184
Josiah C. 656
Hearse,
140
Nathaniel, Rev. 401
Henry, Miss Mary E.
389
Oliver,213, 214, 215, 216,217,656
Hewett, Barnabas
363
Otis 370
' Edwin C.
353
Percival 370, 400, 654
' George H.
344
Rufus C. 190, 656
' Hammond
359
Samuel 367
' Josiah
359
Simeon 655
' Molly
340
Stephen 370, 372, 654
' Orrin
344
Theron E. 404
' Orison
359
Therel Luther 231, 654
' Philander
363
Thomas 655
' Richard
357
Thomas L. 655
' Sumner B.
347
Willard 186
' Timothy
353, 354
Willis 400, 656
' Valentine G.
344, 363
William 372, 655
' William
344
Zaccheus 409, 656
Hicks, Benjamin, Dea.
380, 661
Hammond, Charles 694
" Caleb
363, 379, 660
Hapgood, N. B. 419, 420
" David
379, 660
Harback, Charles W. 370, 658
" Elijah
661
' Daniel 370, 403, 408, 657
" Henry A.
660
' Henry 321
" Hiram
379, 660
Henry B. 370, 405, 658
' Jemima
374
' John 406, 403, 657
4 John
380,660
' Origen 404, 405, 658
' Joseph
333, 379, 660
4 Palmer 399
' Joshua
661
1 Polly 267
' Samuel
660
' Rufus 396
' Solomon
379
Thomas, 370, 404, 405, 422,
' Zachariah
379, 660
657, 658
High School,
169, 170
" William H. 658
Highway tax,
814
Harrington, Moses, Elder 241
Hill, Benjamin
333,335
Harris, Ithran 320
" James
328
" Thomas 304
" James D.
328
Harkness, John 382
" Thomas
225
Hartwell, L B. 418
" William R., Hon.
421
Seth 423
Hoare,
239
Harwood, Daniel 196, 658
Hobbs, Edward
696
' David 232, 340, 658
Holbrook, Amory
662
' Ezra 658
Flora A.
662
' Jerusha 340
Keziah, Mrs.
205
' Joseph 340
Lewis
407
' Peter 658
Moses
212
' Stephen 224
Peter
662
Hathaway, Benjamin H. 659
Daniel 205, 659
Samuel
Silvanus
341
661
Isaac 333, 659
Stephen
233, 661
John 186
Stephen B.
274, 280, 325,
Joseph 391, 404
408, 662
Joseph H. 205
Thomas
661
Joshua 332, 658, 659
Wilder
662
Lawson B. 406, 659
Willard
662
Simeon, 218, 332, 333, 659
Holman, Aaron
325, 665
Warren 333, 659
" Abel
665
INDEX.
827
PAGE.
PAGE.
Holman, Amos R. 190, 195, 234
Hutchinson, Lot 668
David, Rev. 314, 663, 664
Nathaniel 232, 667
Edward 663, 664
Richard t ! 67
Elisha 664
Simon 232, 667
Francis 665
Stephen 184, 668
John 663, 664
Timothy 657
Jonathan 664, 784-786
Independence, action of town
Major 183, 251
on declaration of 98
Nathan 664
" declaration of, to
Peter 664
be recorded on
Samuel 106, 663
town book 101
Solomon 663
Inman, Tourtellott 228
Stephen 665
" Wm. V. 321, 333, 335
Thomas 106, 663, 665
Jackson, Jesse 384
Holt
Lawrence 342
Jennison, Elias 668
Holt
on, John 665
Joseph 668
Timothy 261, 665
Robert 668
W. B. 383
Samuel 668
Hon:
es, early occupants of 171-175
Johnson, Charles 195, 404
industry of 172, 173
Daniel 404
firesides of 173, 174
Elisha 18, 402
social gatherings in 174
John G., Dr. 354
history of by district, 175-425
Nathaniel 18
Hooker, Veranus C. 185, 186
Obed P. 296, 301
Hopkins, Lewis 353
Orrin 238
Hospital, for innoculating for
Pliny F. 349, 354
small-pox 103, 104, 105
Timothy 384
Hough, Samuel 335
Warren 194
Houghton, Jerman 354
Jones, Elethan 353
Joel 325, 402, 413, 441
" Elder 349
" Lysander 352
" George 353
William 364
" Henry L., Rev. 606
House of Representatives, ap-
" Jesse 354
proval of acts of 99
" Joseph S. 209
Hovey, Benjamin 260, 267, 666
" Lot, Rev. 606, 607
Daniel 267, 275, 666
Judson, Adoniram, Dr. 204
Daniel Tyler 292
" Ann H. 204
Erastus F. 293
Jurymen, 44, 48, 49, 50
John 292
Justices, 97
Jonas A. 275
Keith, George 227
Marius M. 292, 298, 666
Royal 343
Moses 666
" Simeon 228
William 293, 422
" Stephen 239
How
ard, Charles A. 667
Kelley, 374
Emory 407
" Daniel . 357
James 666
Kendrick, H. A. 306
Jonathan 667
Kenney, Asa 669
Lewis W. 265, 667
" Daniel 668, 669
Loren C., 265, 268, 296, 299
" Dennis 341
Pearley, Capt. 193
" John 234, 669
Stephen 666
" Loren 184
William H. 667
" Pearley 669
Howe, 407
" Prudence 327
" Hezekiah 422
" Reuben 669
Hoyle, Loren C. 301
" Stephen 238, 669
Hubbard, Daniel 340
" Sumner 188, 194, 195, 669
Humes, John R. 199, 220
" Theophilus 238, 669
" Warren 199
" Willard 669
Hunt, John 341
" William 669
Hutchinson, Bartholomew 232, 667
Kidder, Francis 669, 670
" Benjamin 667
" John 670
" Edwin H. 232, 668
" Jonathan 670
" Joseph 667
" Joseph 669
" Joshua 415, 676
Kimpton, Stephen 341
828
INDEX.
PAGE.
Kimmel, Herman A. 229
PAGE.
Leland, Alvan 685
King, B. Franklin 331
" Austin 390, 685
Charles 333, 416, 681
" Charles A. 686
Franklin T. 679
" David 383, 685
George S. 296, 297, 679
" Ebenezer 684
Henry 329, 680
" Henry 684
Ira 676
" Henry F. 685
Isaac 329, 681
" Horace 266, 330, 382
James 370
" James 684
John 234, 671-675, 677
f Jonathan 330, 382, 422, 685
Jonathan 671, 672
' Moses 383, 386, 685
Luther 681
' Oliver 390, 685
Nathaniel G. 296, 297, 308, 679
' Reuben 300, 390, 685
Otis 676
' Solomon 382, 685
Putnam 321, 328-331, 681
' Thomas 385
P. Dwight 380, 681
' Timothy 383, 685
Rufus 328, 332, 333, 370
Leonard, Bethuel 206
Samuel 321, 681
" Darius 206
Solomon 239, 242, 678
" Jesse 354
Solomon D. 242, 243, 321, 678
Lexington, effect of battle of 96
Sumner B., Dea. 242, 297, 299,
Lightning, 87
679
Lilley, David 686
Tarrant 242, 679
" Gibbs 255, 270, 271, 408
Turner R. 679
" John 239, 686
William, 287, 275, 328,329, 330,
" Jonathan 686
670, 680, 681
" Joshua 686
Kingsbury, Edwin E. 336
Lincoln, Asa 378
" Luther 337, 338
" Mrs. 271
Knapp, Fred., Rev. 301
. " Reuben 377, 379
James 682
" Timothy 379
Job 682
Lin ton, Henry 386
Joel 384, 682
Little, Luther, Capt. 248, 299
Mary 234
Livermore, Joseph S. 404
Rufus, Capt. 196, 241, 243
Logee, Leonard 225
William 682
Lombard, Alanson A. 305, 686
Lac
key, Amory D. 364, 683
Henry F. 686
Emeline 341
" Nathan 210, 212, 305, 686
George 405
" Nathan A. 686
Joel 360, 363, 683
Lovell, Elias 686
Joshua 366, 396, 682, 683
" Ezra 686
Leander 405, 682
" George 687
Matthew 352, 682
" L. O., Rev. 195
Nahum 683
" Thomas 686, 687
Newell 224, 364, 683
Lowe, Dexter 378
' 351
Luther, Robert 213
Lake, Singletary 19
Lyon, Mrs. 408
Land-money, 41, 42, 48
Mack, Charles F. 395
Lamb, R., Dea. 194
Malhoit, Alfred 210
Lamson, E., Elder 241
" James 301
Lane, Abner B. 265
Mallalieu,Willard F., Rev., D.D. 405
Larned, 379
Maltby, John, Rev. 150, 151, 291
" Silvanus 408
Mauchaug Company, 341
Lathrop, Leonard O. 696
Manufactures, 523-577
" Samuel, Dea. 696
Hand-Cards, 524
Learned, Jonathan 210
Combs, 525
" Simeon 205
Scythe, Hoe and Axe, 526
LeBeau, 225
Paper, 526-529
LeBaron, Francis, Dr. 683
Oil, 529
" Hannah, anecdote of 295
Tanning and Currying, 530
" Lazarus, 210, 294, 683, 684
Printing, 530
Legacy of John Cole for school
Boot and Shoe, 530
purposes 147, 156, 157
Marbleville, 531
" suit to obtain posses-
Woodburv Village, 532-535
sion of 147, 148
Pleasant Valley, 535-536
INDEX.
829
PAGE.
Wilkinsonville, 536, 537
Shuttle Works, D. T.
Dudley and Son, 537, 538
Manchaug, 538-564
Gun-making, 564-577
Marble, Aaron 398, 399
" Alpheus 251, 398, 688
" Andrew 390, 689
" Anna, Mrs. 398
" Daniel 210, 228
" Enoch 390, 396, 688
" Ezra 390
" Ezra P. 391
" Ezra S. 399, 688
" Ezra W. 399, 688
" Franklin H. 262, 689
" Freegrace 390, 396, 687
" Henry H. 688
" Jesse 687
" John,Capt. 275,386,399,688
" John, Dea. 250
" Luther 398
" Malachi 390, 688
" Manton 183
" Nathan 687
Rufus 396
Sally, Mrs. 267
Samuel 306, 398, 687, 688
Simeon
Simon L.
Solomon
" Stephen
" Thaddeus
" Tyler
Marbury, Francis S.
March, Alden, M. D.
390
689
183, 688
250, 687
399
404
696
285
David, M. D., 269, 284, 291, 689
" Hugh 689
" Jacob . 291, 296, 689
Marcy, Mrs. Learned 195
Marlboro, Thomas 296
Marsh, Abigail 27
Alpheus 691
Andrew 691
Benj. 18, 255, 689, 690, 691
Caleb 246, 292, 691
Ebenezer 691
Ezekiel 691
John 691
Joshua 255, 691
Lot 691
Peter 260, 691
Stephen 240, 690
Stephen F. 240, 690
Tyler 246, 292, 691
Waldo 694
Warren 255, 691, 694
Marshall, Henry 359
Martin, Benjamin 362
" Timothy 353
Mascroft, Wm. P. and Wm. D. 320
Mason, Anthony 183
McClellan, James 373, 693, 694, 695
" James O. 695
PAGE.
McClellan, John, Dea. 373, 696
" John E. 697
McCrate, John D., Hon. 263
McFarland, Robert 382, 383
Mclntire, Mrs. E. 399
McKinstry, John, Rev. 25, 26, 35,
292, 691, 692, 693
McKnight, Reuben 183, 397
Mrs. Reuben 193
McNamara, Timothy 417
Meeting-house, action with ref-
erence to building 23, 60, 61, 72,
73,74
Meeting-house, location of 23, 75
description of 25
to be seated, and
pew room dis-
posed of , 29, 43, 70, 132
allowance for
sweeping 32
repairing of, 52, 53, 60
first mention of
Baptist 75
Baptist, descrip-
tion of 350
tower built for 130
stove for 147, 148
" bell for 130, 149
burned, 151
corner stone 151
" contents of cor-
ner stone, 151
dedication of 152
not to be used
for secular
purposes, 156
" first mention of
Methodi&t 157
Merriam, Amos 237, 238, 239, 675, 676
" Rufus K. 237,238,675,676
Metcalf, Wm. 205
Methodists ask for lot of land on
common for a meeting-house, 157
Methodists organize a society, 157
" lot for house grant-
ed to 158
offer their church
for town-house, 168
Militia. 9, 100
Mill lot, 18, 22
" place, 238
" Aldrich's 203, 204
Miller, George 269
Mills, Edmund, Rev. 150, 263, 265,
312, 315, 697
" Edmund J. 314, 697
" Henry, Dea. 315
Miner, Samuel 385
Ministerial tax-rate, 40, 49, 50
Ministry money, 84, 106, 129, 132,133,
134, 141, 142, 815
" land, 28, 53, 76, 78
Minute men, equipment and
duty of 95
830
INDEX.
PAGB.
Minute men, 783-784
Mitchel, John, Dr. 695
Mob in Douglas, 121
Moderators, 789-794
Money, amount of,appropriated
and expended on acc't
of war of the rebellion, 167
" amount raised by indi-
viduals, refunded, 168
Monroe, Stephen, M. D. 265, 269, 391
Moore, George 270
Morse, Benjamin, 292, 293, 422, 698
" Caleb 403, 699
" C. W. 268, 698
" David 340, 699
" Ezekiel 292, 698
" Ezra 339, 340
" Jason 357, 700
" John 296, 297, 341, 423, 699
" John H., Hon. 325-27, 699
" Joseph L. 699
" Joshua 699
" Mason W. 357, 700
" Moody 297, 831, 698
" Moses L. 243, 286, 331, 698
" Nathaniel F., Dr. 297,298,699
" Obed 341
" Samuel 335
" Simeon 340, 341, 699
" Sylvester, Dea. 297, 298, 699
" Sylvester, Mrs. 320
Moseley, Joseph 367
Mulcahy, John 416
Mulchray, Mr. 395
Murphy, Dennis 221
Nason, Christopher 183, 296
" Joseph H. 300
Nealey, Ephraim 404
" Thomas J. 328
Nelson, John 398
" Joseph 398
" Samuel 334
New precinct, 65
Newell, James M., M. D. 300
Newhall, William 422
Newton, Asahel 302, 304
" Samuel 194
" Sullivan 416-, 420
Nicholas, Anson 226
Nichols, Benjamin 700
" Henry 700
" Isaac 700
John 700
" Jonathan 700
" William 700
Nolen, George Augustus 361
" George B. 361
Norbury, Edward 366
Odion, Nathaniel 406
Organ, church, action of society
with reference to playing, 139, 140
Packard, Origen 313
Paine, Benjamin O. 344
" J. W. 208
PACK.
Parish, assumes minister's salary, 73
" takes new meet' ng-house, 74
" rule for reception of mem-
bers of 133, 139-141
act of incorporating, 136-38
" act of incorporat'n amend-
ed, 152, 153
" North, petition to be incor-
porated as a sep'rate town,
138, 142
" North, act to incorporate,
143, 144
Parker, John O. 343
" Mary, Roby and Falla 254
" Prince 342
" Thomas 254
Parkman, John 333
Parsons, John 209, 210, 406
" Lyman 190, 192
Paupers, 72, 73
Peck, Joel 408
Pomeroy 407
" Pomeroy, Mrs. 299
Penniman, Royal 378
Perry, William 302, 304
Petition for building pews in meet-
ing-house, 48, 55, 56, 57
" for new precinct 58, 63
" " town, 61, 104, 106,
111, 156
" of individuals to be set off
to ad joining towns, 89, 96,131
" with reference to act of
General Court for draw-
ing bills of credit 109
" concurred in by other
towns, 109
Phelps, Ebenezer 239
" Henry 187-190
" James', 184, 186-189, 205
" Mind well H., Mrs. 186, 187
Phillipic from Mass. Spy, 133
Phillips, W. W. 386
Pierce, Aaron 701
" Abijah H. 270
" Amos 701
" Charles I. 702
" Isaac 702
" Joel 702
" John 379, 700, 701
" John W., Rev. 380
" Jonathan 379, 386, 701
" Joseph 702
" Leonard, M. D. 210, 701
" Lewis 386, 701
" Mary L., Mrs. 295
" Miranda, Mrs. 386
" William 379, 702
Ponds, 13
Poor, care of 145, 147
" farm for 148, 150, 154
Pope, J. 383
Potter, Mr. 370
Pound, 24
INDEX.
831
PAGE.
Powder-house, 139
Pratt, Calvin E., Judge 387
" Elias, Capt. 331, 332
" Otis 412
" Mr. 398
" Sumner 332
Prentice, George, Prof. 372
" James 371
" Samuel 333
Prescott, Samuel 402, 403
Preston, Amariah, Dea. 250
Prime, Mr. 403
Prince, David 702
" Stephen 702
Proclamation of President for
troops, 158
Proprietors, first and second
meeting of 15, 16
" encouragement to first
settlers, 16
" proposed tax in aid of
ministers, 26
Provincial Congress, delegates to
90, 91, 97
Provincial Congress, approval of
acts 91, 92, 97, 98
Punishment of violators of acts of
Association, 93, 94
Punishment for false testimony, 94
Purgatory, 14, 15, 338
Putnam, 34
" Aaron 227, 704, 707
" Abijah 210, 327, 713
" Abner 213, 225, 321, 711
" Alvan W. 229, 256,321, 705
" Amos 708
" Andrew 705
" Archelaus 212, 227, 255,
331, 704, 711
" Asa 222-224, 706
" Asaph 709
" Bartholomew 226, 710
" Benajah 203, 713
" Benjamin 709
" Betsey, Mrs. 327
" Bradford 227, 706
" Calvin 707
" Charles, 194, 208, 210, 225,
704
" Cornelius, 175, 226,342, 710,
712
" Cyrus 711
" Daniel 709
" Darius 222, 228, 706
David 205, 223, 706, 711,
712
" David, Mrs. 179
" David, Ensign 821
" Persia, Mrs. 175, 179
" Ebenezer 712
Edward 194, 205, 223, 703
" Edward S. 705
" Elijah 181, 217
" Elijah B. 705
PAGE.
Putnam, Elisha 243, 706
" Emory 195, 210, 713
" Estes 323, 708
" Ezra 703
Francis 238, 246, 321, 707
Fuller 217, 712
George 228
Gideon 713
Hannah, Mrs. 213
Harvey 711
Henry C. 713
Holyoke 703
Horace 711
Isaac 213, 708
Israel, Gen. 181
Israel, Capt. 182, 295, 709,
710
James . 713
Jeptha 217, 712
Jim 707
John, 175, 203, 204, 206,
217, 218, 222, 703, 709,
712, 713
John P. 179, 713
John W. 179, 713
Jonathan 238, 707
Jonathan F. 322, 707
Joseph 181, 342, 707, 712
Joseph, Mrs. 179
Joseph H. 222, 227, 396,
398, 406, 704
(4
Lawson
180, 711
Leander
342, 712
14
LeBaron
710
(t
Lewis
219, 226
It
Luke
707
(
Lyman
713
(
Marble
219, 239, 706
|
Marcus M.
213, 217
(
Micah
709
(
Moses
175, 710
<
Nathan
208, 213, 709
<
Nathaniel, 175
, 181, 709, 710
(
Nehemiah
707
14
Pearley 210, 222, 225, 704
14
Peter,i75, 208, 217, 218-221,
705
M
Peter H. 194,
204, 210,213,
223, 224, 705
M
Philander
342, 712
Phineas
213, 709
14
Pliny
238
(4
Polycarp
320
It
Prescott
180
M
Keuben
319, 707
Rufus 204,
205, 243, 708,
713
Russell
711
(4
Salmon
711
14
Samuel
206, 712
14
Sarah
413
((
Silas
238, 707
Stephen
180, 708, 710
4(
Sullivan
223, 396, 704
832
INDEX.
PAOK.
Putnam, Sumner, 210, 212, 213, 222,
704, 708
Sumner, Mrs. 213
Sylvanus 218, 713
Sylvester 327
Tarrant 181, 195, 709, 710
Theodore 295
Thomas 703
Towne
Tyler
Waldo
Waters
Willard
Putney, William, M. D.
Rathbone, Elder
Rats, frightened
Rawson, Alpheus
" Ebenezer
" Samuel
Ray, George
Read, Aaron H.
Rebellion, Shay's
243
256, 704
193, 210, 211, 217,
219, 705
239, 706
186
697
241
193
360
409, 410, 714
411
227
199
126
oath of allegiance
taken by those en-
gaged in, 127
" war of, inaugurated, 158
Record, Jonathan 327, 328
" Mary 327
Recruits, 97, 116, 117, 119
" provisions for raising,
98, 103, 104
Redding, Isaac H. 233
Referees, on matter of Dr. Hall's
salary, 79, 83
" award of, accepted by
town, 83
Regulators, 126, 127
Remic, N. P. 386
Remonstrance of town against the
incorporation of North Parish, 140
Report of Committee on measures
of industry, economy, etc. 85
Representatives, 33, 43, 44, 50, 52, 54,
810, 811
" instructions to,
93, 124, 126, 127, 158
Resolution of town with reference
to foreign superfluities
and encouragement of
manufactures, 86
" with reference to rebel-
lion, 159-162
Revenues, surplus, action of with
reference to,
Rice,
Alexander,
Asahel
Asaph, Rev.
Daniel
Edmund
George K.
George W.
Henry
154, 155
297
715
336, 338, 715
320
715
714
715
915
Rice, Hosea
Noah
Perez
Phineas
Sophronia, Mrs.
Stephen
Thomas
Willard
William
Rich, Ebenezer
Elijah
Elisha
George
George, Mrs.
Israel
John
PAOfc.
715
336, 398, 715
320, 714
714
398
714
714
398, 715
416
196, 716
194, 199
716
716
299
716
183, 199, 208, 226, 298,
716
Jonathan 716
Rachel, Mrs. 299
Samuel 190, 194, 196, 199, 716
Stephen 716
Richard, Misses 213
Richardson, Benjamin 332
" Dan. 383
Rising, Eli 248
Roach, Patrick 225
Robbius, A. O., Dr. 318
" Benjamin 343
" Thomas 307
Roberts, Amasa 194
Robinson, 395
Rogerson, 342
Rosebrooks, Walter, Mrs. 242
Rowel, Eliphalet 238
Ruggles, C. 404
" Milton 417
Russell, Darius 271
Sabine, Daniel 422
Salary of ministers, 25, 32, 39, 52, 54,
56, 59, 61, 129
" mode of raising changed, 136
Salisbury, Mr. 408
Salt, means for procuring, 100
" pay of agents for procuring, 112
Saunders, Esek 383
Scannel, Daniel 379
Schools, 43, 49, 50, 51, 57
of Sutton, 495-522
Common 495-510
High 510-522
School land, 32, 52, 60, 70, 71
money, 106, 815
houses, 53, 55
house, West Sutton 184
house, South Sutton 350
dames, 43, 85
tax, ' 814
Scott, Gen. Winfield 576, 577
Searle, G. H. 423
Searles, Charles H. 384
" George 384
" Gilbert 398
Separating brethren, 72, 76
Selectmen, 795-802
INDEX.
833
PJLQK.
PAOB.
Servey, Mrs. 402
Sibley, Levins 184, 207, 719
Settlers, names of first thirty, 21
" Lot 721
home lots of 21
" Lowell 304
" location of four thousand
" $ Miranda, Mrs. 271
acres of 21
" Moses 720
Severy, Amos 419
" Nahum 211, 213, 721
" Jacob 233, 717
" Nathan 333, 724
" John 717
" Nathaniel, 211, 221, 294, 391,
" Joseph, 203, 219, 232, 233,
395, 720, 724
716, 717
" N. C., Dr. 405
" Joseph R. 717
" Oliver 225
" Moody 717
" Palmer 205, 296
" Solomon 233, 237, 248, 717
" Paul 194, 720
" Willard 717
" Peter 305, 719
Shaffer, James 695
" Reuben 391, 720
Shambeau, Joseph 381
" Samuel, 331, 333, 334, 723, 724
Shattuck, Dr. 318
' Simeon 719, 721
Shaw, Salem J. 184
' Simon 183, 721
Shea, John 296
' Simon D. 725
Sherman, Hollis 206
Simon H. 721
" John 419, 420
' Solomon 392-395, 720, 723
" Newell 219
4 Stephen 210, 719, 723, 724
" 404
< Sumner 725
Sibley, Aaron 191, 726
' Sylvester 392
" Abel 207, 718
' Tarrant 210, 211, 721
" Abner 210, 719
" Timothy 234, 722
" Alden W. 209, 725
" Tyler 205, 721
' Almon 205, 725
" WUliam 208, 724
' Arthur 219
Sickness, 81
' Asa 723
Sigourney, Anthony 199,' 200
' Barnabas 718
Simpson, Lot 234, 343, 370
' Benjamin 723, 726
" William 234
' Benoni 719
Singers to choose own leaders, 149
' Caleb 392
" trouble with, 150
' Clarence C. 721
Singing, 148
' Cyrus 722
" appropriation for, 149
1 Darius 186
Singletary, Amos 27, 726-728
' Darius B. 422
" John 27, 726
' David 719
Slocomb, Erastus H. 385, 729
' Dorrance 193
" Horatio 385, 729
' Ebenezer 722, 723
" John W., Capt. 385
' Edward L. 721
" Joshua 385
' Elihu 210, 719
" Pliny 384, 729
' Elijah 208, 298, 725
" William 385, 728
' Francis F., 183, 204, 300, 344,
Smith, D. S. C. H., Dr. 316, 317, 320
726
" F. B. 408
" Franklin 186, 193, 298, 726
" Robert 203
" Gibbs 272, 718
" Thomas 186
" Gideon 194, 206, 720
Snow, Rev. Mr. 194
" Harrison 342
Society, action of 1st Cong*l in
' Hezekiah 207, 208
building new meeting-house, 151
' Isaac 719
Soldiers, number furnished' by
' James 203, 212, 221, 720
town, 167
' Job 333, 335
" articles for, furnished
' John, 212, 305, 717, 719, 721,
by ladies, 167
722
" pay of, 110, 111, 114, 116-118,
" John M. 264, 724
120
" John M., Mrs. 265
in colonial service, 1 778-780
" Jonas, Hon. 121, 263, 291,
" in the revolution 781, 782
395, 724
" in the late war, 787, 788
" Jonas L. 263, 264, 395, 724
Sprague, Eli 385, 604
" Jonathan, 211, 234, 720, 723,
George 694
726
" Homer B., CoL 348, 364
" Joseph 207, 211, 718
Jonathan 348, 364, 365
105
834
INDEX.
PAQK.
PAOB.
Sprague, Jonathan, Mrs. 347
Stone, Jeremiah 416, 417
Spring, Elkanah 196
Store, tin-top 213
Spurr, John 195
Stump, Thomas S. 697
Stages, stock in line of 146
Suffrage, enlargement of right of, 104
Stearns, Asa 226
Sutton, original purchase and loca-
" H. P., Dr. 226
tion of, 9
Stickney, Alonzo, Dr. 300, 328
" original deed from Indians
Stockwell, Aaron 231, 343, 732
lost, 9
Abraham 733
origin of name, note p. 9
" Absalom 729
" its physical features, 12, 13
" Albert 399, 733
" geological, 13
" Alonzo E. 732
" curiosities, 14, 15
" Alvan 395
" settlement delayed, 15
" Amos B. 237, 377, 731
" not formally incorporated, 17
" Chandler 196, 732
" first settlement of, 18
' Cyrus B. 733
" homes of, 171-424
Daniel T. 261, 731
" in the revolution, 771-778
' Darius R. 733
Swinerton, Benjamin 403
' David 733
Talcott, Geo., Col. (Gen.) 575-577
' Ebenezer 733
Taft, Alphonso, Judge 746
' Eli 732
" Benjamin 379
' Emory W. 731
" Smith 195
Enoch 239, 733
Tainter, Daniel 694
' F. A. 255
Tarbox, I. N., Rev., D. D. 746
' George 321
Tavern, lot asked for on Common, 154
' George F. 239, 733
" West Sutton, 191-193
' George H. 731
" Old Sutton, 276
' George K. 239, 240, 733
Tax, 15, 16, 23, 40, 47, 78, 88, 124
' Henry 407
" for diminishing public debt, 110
' ' Henry Sibley 395, 731
" of soldiers abated, 112
' Henry Simeon 238, 730
Taylor, Caleb 331
' Horace 304
" Abraham 734
' Ichabod 730
" Benjamin H. 734
' Israel 729
" James, 331, 733, 734
' James W. 307
" Lawson 344
John 231, 304, 305, 395,
" Percival 347
730
" Obed 357
" John, Mrs. 405
" Samuel 269, 331, 734
" John P. 372, 400, 732
" Mr. 231
" Jonas E. 233, 732
Tea,
" Jonathan 731, 732
Tea-kettle, first in town, 27
" Joseph 733
Temperance, action of town with
" Lewis 184, 187, 733
reference to, 154-156, 169
" Luther 731
Tenney, Amos 303
" Messrs. 199, 269
" B. F. 302, 735
" Nathaniel 304, 731
< Daniel 267, 300-303, 734
" Noah 233, 730
' Daniel A. 301, 302, 735
" Parley 242
' John 302
" Peter 205, 732
' John W. 734
" Silvanus 732
' Joseph S. 735
" . Simeon, 234, 243, 304, 306,
' Linus 300, 735
731
' Simon 280, 300, 302, 407,
" Simeon T. 391, 731
734
" Simon 731
Terry, William, Dr. 271
" Simon W. 304
Thayer, Asa 205
" Solomon, 205, 224, 225, 732
" Augustus 364
" Stephen 233, 732, 733
" Ezekiel 359
" Stephen E. 733
" Fisher D. 208
" Stephen H. 231, 265-267
" Moses 344
" Tyler 395, 731
" Willis 364, 366
William 729
Thompson, George 359
Stone, Andrus 696
" Linus 243
" Daniel 323
" William L. 696
" Henry 374
Thurber, James
INDEX.
835
PAGE.
Thurston, D. T. 301
" D. T., Mrs. 270
Tisdale, Reuben, Dea. 365
Titsworth, John 695
Titus, Alanson 181, 296
" Henry 341
" John 341
" Jonah 341
" Merrick 332
" Russell 359
Todd, 306
Tolman, Mr. 379
Torrey, Caleb 183, 735
" Daniel 210, 735
" Isaac 735
" Lewis 342, 343, 735
" Samuel 735
" Samuel D. 746
Tourtellott, Abraham 210
" Charles A. 192
" Daniel 190, 191
Daniel C. 192, 195, 196
George A. 192
" Paris 192-194, 208, 261
Towne, Mr. 297
" Josiah 422
Town, first meeting of, 23
" line, 58
" sued by Dr. Hall, 87
meetings of, 87, 118, 140, 152
appropriation for its poor, 88
" meetings of, in whose
name issued, 100
" action of, with reference
to disloyalty, 93, 105, 115, 120
" action of, upon the law of
loaning State's money, etc.
106-109
" meeting of, to consider ar-
ticles of confederation, 110
" vote of, upon new form of
government, 113
" warning of persons to
leave, 131
plan of, taken 132
" impromtu meeting of citi-
zens of 158, 159
" action of, breaking out of
the rebellion, 159
" farm, 196
" clerk, 807
Township, its division into sixty
rights, 16
ordered plotted, 28
" proprietors of, 21
Tracy, H. A., Rev. 207, 291, 298
Transportation of loads of rum,
sugar, salt, etc., stopped, 115
Trask, Aaron 736
" James 736
" Jonathan 736
" Josiah 736
" Samuel 735, 736
Treasurers, 808
PAGE.
Trumble, Samuel 239
Trustees, for care of land money,
43, 48
Tucker, Ebenezer 344
" Ebenezer E. 344
" Nathan 221
" Thomas 194, 195
Tything men first chosen, 25
Van Ornam, Freeman 238
Vant, John 364
Varney, 306
Volunteers, enlistment of encour-
aged, 161, 162, 166
Vote, with reference to sufferers
by riot in Boston 84
" upon measures to promote
industry, economy, etc. 85
" of town upon proceedings of
State Convention 114
Waite, Asa 736
" Gershom 736
" Joshua 736
" Nathaniel 737
" William 736
Wake, Peter 203
Wakefield, Amasa 341, 737
Benjamin 367, 737
Jonathan 737
" Silas 737
Widow 205, 206
Walker, Asa 305, 737
" Charles 227
" Gideon 271, 738
" Harvey D. 228
" John, Rev. 183, 228
" Josiah 738
" Obadiah 737, 738
" Silas 738
" Timothy 306
" William, Mrs. 341
" William C. 422
Wallis, Benjamin 239
Walsh, David 231, 232
Wampus, John 9
War, proclamation of 69
Ward, incorporation of 111
Ward, Avery 404
" James M. 414
" Joseph, Col. 403
Warren, William, Capt. 320
Waters, Abner 744
" Abraham 742
" Amos 184-186, 191, 743
" Andrus 745
" Asa 420, 744, 745
Asa H. 293, 746
" Cornelius 745
" Daniel 306
" David 413
" Ebenezer 129, 130, 198-200,
243, 742
" Elijah 745
" Gardner 131, 270
" George P. 744
836
INDEX.
PAOK.
Waters, Horace 745
" Isaac 184
" Isaac L. 742
Jason 184,191,192,204,743
" Jason, action of in legis-
lature with reference to
breech-loading fire-arms,
163-166
" John 203,204,740,742,744
" John C. 742
" Jonathan 744, 745
" Jonathan T. 238
" Joshua 743
" Judah 743
" M. M. 238
" Moses 238
" Nathan 203, 204, 742
" Parley 190, 208, 217, 743
" Reuben, Capt 185, 191
" Reuben, Col. 189, 192, 743
" Richard 199, 200, 203, 738,
739, 740, 742
" Samnel 186, 227, 324, 325,
742, 743, 745
" Simeon 744
" Stephen, 203, 204
Wedge, Newell 370, 371
Wellman, James, Rev. 746
West Sutton, view of 177
" old school-house, 184
" first building in 184
Wheatley, Joseph 357
Wheeler, Jonathan 339, 340
" Simon 320
" Solomon 403
" Wm. H. 233
Wheelock, Calvin 305
" Josiah, Major 270
" Luther 302, 305
" Monroe ' 379
" Mrs. 333
" Reuben 305, 321
" Timothy, Col. 694
" Timothy E. 694
Whipple, Ebenezer 746
" Jacob 746
" John 263,365,402,746,747
" John W. 270, 306, 746
" Joseph 747
Richard M. 307, 747
" Solomon 416, 747
" Symonds 746
" Welcome 360
Whitcomb, B. A. 370
White, Mr. 251, 254
" Benjamin 385
" Caleb 747
" Grant 747
" John 204
" Jonathan 747
" Joseph 747
" Josiah 747
" Noah 383, 747
" Peter 747
PAGR.
White, Richmond 341
" S. T. 416
Whitefield, George, Rev. 70
Whiting, Abby H. 747
" Charles 204
" Luther 321, 747
" Paul 275, 747
Samuel M., Rev. 321
Whitmore, Nathaniel, Lieut. 231
Whitney, Mr. 419
Wigs, 175
Wilbur, Laura 341
Wilcox, Joseph 210, 225
Wilder, Warren 424
Wilkinson, David 422
Willard, Geo. A., Rev. 185
" Lafayette 406, 408
Townsend 422
Williams, Albert C. 694
" Albergense 241
" Chester 341
" Clarissa, Mrs. 358
" Cyrel 359
" Henry 357
" James 241
Wilson, Mr. 419
Winans, John W. 694
Winter, Wm. 332
Witchcraft, 71
Wood, Dexter 234
" Luke 416
Woodburn, Mr. 419
Woodbury, Asa 399, 402, 756
Aaron 751
Bartholomew 248, 751
Benj. 239, 248, 370, 408,
749, 750, 752, 753, 755
Caleb 330, 751
Charles 234, 757
Daniel 407, 751, 753
David 753, 755
Edward B. 757
Gideon 753
John 234, 259, 389, 408,
748, 751, 753, 754
JohnC. 268,299,408,754
J. Francis 390, 757
Jonathan 256, 751
Joseph 370, 749, 752
Joshua
Josiah
Leonard
Lot
Lucena
Luther
Luther F.
Moses C.
750, 753
749
755, 756
284, 322, 754
288
756
420
754
Nathan 234, 243, 323, 753
Nathaniel 234, 756
Peter 748, 749, 750
Simeon 754
Simon J. 207, 213, 268,
275, 307, 408, 755
T. Beaman 389, 756
INDEX.
837
Woodbury, William
Zadock
Woodis, Julia
Worcester, Dea.
Work-house,
PAOK.
748
259, 754
357
250
85,87
Wright, Norman W.
York, Mr.
Young, Charles
" Rufus
PAGE.
695
404
404
364,365
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Page 184, fifth line from the top, after Isaac Waters read son of Richard,
son of John.
Page 212, twenty-second line from bottom, for Putnam's read Lombard's.
Page 259, eighteenth line from top, for Prince read Prime.
Page 280, fifth line from bottom, ninth word, read pressure.
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