Boston Massachusetts Genealogy – Page 10 of 18

Biography of Hon. Isaac Darwin Merrill

Hon. Isaac Darwin Merrill, a well-known public man of Contoocook, is a son of Isaac and Mary (Wyman) Merrill, born October 1, 1814, in Hopkinton village, N.H. The father, a native of Hollis, Hillsborough County, born June 15, 1784, was a cooper by trade, and worked in Boston, Portland, and Troy, N.Y. When Isaac D. was about a year old, the family moved from Hopkinton to Hillsborough Bridge, where his father was employed at his trade. Later, more than sixty years ago, he settled in Contoocook, built the house where the subject of this sketch now resides, worked at his … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1755

Nathl. Glover of Dorchester & Mehetible Hill Jan. 2, 1755 Thomas Standley & Mary Tudor Jan. 2, 1755 Joseph Badger Jr. & Rhoda Cox Jan. 2, 1755 Solomon Kellon & Mary Gray Jan. 2, 1755 Richard Boynton & Ann Andrews Jan. 2, 1755 Magns Erven & Eliza. Gray Jan. 2, 1755 Richard Butler & Alice Dorton Jan. 3, 1755 James Hill & Mary Fitzgerald Jan. 6, 1755 Michael Carrol & Katharine Nickols Jan. 7, 1755 John Winship & Ann Harrison Jan. 9, 1755 Isaac Wendell & Mary Banks Jan. 16, 1755 William Mclentock of Medford & Jane Hodge Jan. 16, … Read more

Ancestors of Frederick Macy of New Bedford Massachusetts

The Macy family of New Bedford is among the oldest and most prominent families of Nantucket, the name having been identified with the business interests of New Bedford for the past seventy years. The first American ancestor of the family was Thomas Macy, clothier merchant, who came, it is said, from the county of Wilts, England, and was in Newbury, Mass., a proprietor; he was a freeman of Sept. 6, 1639. He removed to Salisbury and was town officer and deputy. He removed about 1659 from there to Chilmark; his was the first family on Nantucket island. He was a … Read more

Biographical Sketch of David Chaffee

David Chaffee, from Athens, Vt., came to Belvidere among the early settlers, but, after a few years residence here, he removed to Boston, Mass. Alva, the second of his nine children, born in 1796, remained in the town, continuing a resident until his death, in 1868. He reared a family of nine children, and took an active part in town affairs. One of his sons, Alva J., who now resides on road to, represented the town in 1864, and has filled other offices of trust. Nason, another son, represented the town of Waterville in 1870, and held the office of … Read more

Descendants of Thomas Boyden of Bridgewater, MA

BOYDEN (Walpole-Bridgewater family). For a half century – for fifty and more years: – the name Boyden has stood in the town of Bridgewater, Mass., as a synonym for the highest type of useful, ennobling and elevating citizenship, as exemplified in the life of the now venerable principal emeritus of the Bridgewater State Normal School, Prof. Albert Gardner Boyden, who for the long period of fifty and more years has been identified as student, teacher and principal with the noted institution of learning alluded to, and has reared a son who has taken up the work so recently laid down … Read more

Biography of Mrs. Leda C. Steele

Mrs. Leda C. Steele, one of the most notable figures in the musical circles of Oklahoma and the southwest and enjoying as well an international reputation in connection with her art, makes her home in Muskogee, where she has resided since 1900. She was born in St. Paul, Kansas, a daughter of Edson H. and Artimissia (Sutherland) Crawford, the former a native of Elgin, Illinois, while the latter was born in the vicinity of Elgin. The father was a veteran of the Civil war. Having pursued her education in the public schools of St. Paul, Kansas, and in the high … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1806

Freeman Foster of Brewster & Mehettable Low Jan. 1, 1806 Josiah Brown & Abigail Blood of Stow Jan. 2, 1806 John L. Roberts & Mary Waters, (blacks) Jan. 2, 1806 William Smith & Mary Allen, (blacks) Jan. 8, 1806 John Scammell & Catharine Powers Jan. 8, 1806 James Adams & Susannah Littlefield Jan. 11, 1806 Richard Reed & Eliza Wright of Groton Jan. 14, 1806 Antony Robinson & Judiah Bowen Jan. 15, 1806 Samuel Hammond & Susannah Ponan Jan. 15, 1806 James Robinson & Agathey Hatch of Pembroke Jan. 16, 1806 William Shurtliff & Sally Webber Jan. 20, 1806 Moses … Read more

Biography of Alvah Charles Ferrin

Alvah Charles Ferrin, a retired contractor and builder of Concord, who served in the United States Navy during the Civil War, was born in Plymouth, N.H., August 13, 1835, son of Daniel E. and Mary Jane (Durgin) Ferrin. His father was a native of Hebron, N.H.; and his mother was born in Buxton, Me. On the father’s side he is a descendant of Revolutionary patriots. His education, which was begun in the public schools of Lowell, Mass., where 1841, was completed when he was about sixteen years old in Hebron, N.H., to which they went in 1842. He started in … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1803

Israel Eaton of Marblehead & Sarah Blodget Jan. 5, 1803 Lemuel Churchill & Sarah Sumner of Roxbury Jan. 5, 1803 Benjamin McKendry & Elizabeth Mclntosh of Needham Jan. 6, 1803 Luther Spaulding & Betsy Flagg of Townsend Jan. 7, 1803 John Martin & Catharine Fergus (postponed) Jan. 11, 1803 Cato Frothingham & Roze Badger, blacks Jan. 11, 1803 Thomas Stevenson & Elizabeth Clark of Billerica Jan. 12, 1803 James Smith of Charlestown & Hannah Watts Jan. 12, 1803 Henry Morgan & Abigail Edes Bradshaw of Brookfield Jan. 12, 1803 Seth Thaxter & Margaret Bennet Jan. 13, 1803 John Allen & … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1767

Richard Lister & Martha Davis Jan. 1, 1767 Isaac Harpur & Isabella Weston Jan. 5, 1767 John Lewis & Elizabeth Wharf Jan. 6, 1767 Michael Hammon & Mary Peck Jan. 8, 1767 Solomon Russell & Susannah Welch Jan. 8, 1767 William Newell & Lucy Dean Jan. 10, 1767 John Green & Margaret Read Jan. 10, 1767 Robert Way & Sarah Lucklin Jan. 15, 1767 John Dolinson & Elizabeth Newton Feb. 5, 1767 Mr. John Stone of Old York & Martha Greenough Feb. 9, 1767 Thomas Draisey & Mary Cowell Feb. 13, 1767 Alexander Cummings & Mary Whitelock Feb. 10, 1767 … Read more

Biography of Robert Ives Lee

Robert Ives Lee. In the death of Robert Ives Lee, which occurred at Chicago, Illinois, December 19, 1911, there passed away one of the most prominent horsemen of the Middle West. He was born May 5, 1846, at Boston, Massachusetts, and was a son of the late Brev.-Brig.-Gen. William Raymond Lee III, U. S. V., A. M., A. A. S., and Helen Maria (Amory) Lee, of Amory Street, Boston, the former of whom was descended from Henry and Mary Lee. Henry Lee, the founder of the Lee family of Marblehead, Massachusetts, died at Manchester, that state, in 1675, and was … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1760

Joseph Faxon & Ann Welch Jan. 1, 1760 Edward Gray & Mary Pulling Jan. 1, 1760 Thomas Taylor & Mary Floyd Jan. 2, 1760 Joseph Vinal & Ruth Osborn Jan. 3, 1760 Thomas Turner & Mary Hoskins Jan. 3, 1760 David Bell & Eliza. Wakefield Jan. 3, 1760 John Wheeler & Margt. Holland Jan. 8, 1760 Levi Stutson & Mary Curtis Jan. 9, 1760 Benja. Bream Burchstead of Lyn & Elizabeth Skilling Jan. 10, 1760 Moses Wheat & Susanna Brown Jan. 10, 1760 Hugh Mclane & Agnes Bruce Jan. 10, 1760 Francis Styles & Mary Chilvers Jan. 10, 1760 Henry … Read more

Biography of Charles Fairhurst

CHARLES FAIRHURST – One of the most promising of the younger men of the legal profession in Massachusetts is Charles Fairhurst, of Greenfield, junior partner of the law firm of Davenport & Fairhurst. Although a young man Mr. Fairhurst has presented cases before the Supreme Court of the State, before the District Court, and the Federal Court, and is associated with one of the ablest lawyers in Western Massachusetts. Thomas Fairhurst, father of Mr. Fairhurst, was born in Bolton, England, in 1861, and died in Somerville, Massachusetts, November 15, 1920. He received his schooling in his native town, and when … Read more

Baylies Genealogy of New Bedford Massachusetts

The Baylies family of America is descended from Nicholas Baylies, who appears on June 5, 1706, as a witness to the marriage of his son Thomas, and is described as “of the parish of Aloe-Church, County of Worcester.” He was a Quaker in his religious belief.Thomas Baylies, born in England in 1687, married June 5, 1706, Esther Sargeant, daughter of Thomas Sargeant, of Ffullford-Heath, in the parish of Soby-Hull, County of Warwick. He carried on iron-works in England, first at Colebrookdale, and afterward at some place on the Thames. With his son Nicholas and daughter Esther he came to Boston from London in June, 1737, then returned, and the year after brought over his wife and four daughters, two married daughters remaining in London. After living a short time in Cumberland, R. I., he “leased the industrial establishment on the Mumford river, where Whitinsville is now located, for twenty-one years at £34 a year. They produced or dealt in ‘pigg’ and ‘barr’ iron, nails, ‘ankonys’ and other merchandise; owned cattle and much other property. Their establishment was widely known as Baylies’ Refinery or Finery. The older son, Thomas, Jr., did not appear in this undertaking, but located at Taunton, Mass.” Thomas Baylies died at Uxbridge March 5, 1756. Both he and his wife were Quakers.

Ancestors of Horace Alden Keith of Brockton, MA

Horace Alden Keith, founder of the Brockton Webbing Company, one of the successful and thriving industries of Brockton, and one of that city’s enterprising and progressive business men, is a descendant on both his paternal and maternal sides of historic old New England ancestry. Mr. Keith was born in West Bridgewater May 25, 1862, eldest son of the late Henry Snell and Thalia (Alden) Keith. The ancestral line of the branch of the Keith family in this country to which Horace Alden Keith belongs, and which follows, is given in chronological order from the first American ancestor. Rev. James Keith, born in 1644, was educated in Aberdeen, Scotland (as tradition says at the expense of a maiden aunt), where he was graduated likely from Marischal College, his name appearing on the roll of 1657, said college having been founded by George, the fifth Earl of Keith Marischal, in 1593. At the age of eighteen years he emigrated to this country, arriving at Boston in 1662. He was introduced to the church at Bridgewater by Dr. Increase Mather, and became settled as the minister of the Bridgewater Church Feb. 18, 1664. Rev. James Keith passed away in West Bridgewater July 23, 1719, aged seventy-six years, having labored in the ministry of the town for fifty-six years.

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1773

Jeremiah Gore & Hannah Richards of Stoughton Jan. 7, 1773 James Barber & Sarah Gleason Jan. H, 1773 Samuel Goddard & Margaret Collier Jan. 16, 1773 David Page & Sarah Cunnable of Fall Town Jan. 25, 1773 Josiah Hurley & Elizabeth McClelan Feb. 1, 1773 James Lamb & Elizabeth Lefebure Feb. 12, 1773 Henry Rice & Mary Fairn Feb. 16, 1773 John Simpkins & Mehitable Torrey Feb. 24, 1773 Joseph Pope & Ruthy Thayer Mar. 4, 1773 John Hewes of Charlestown & Ann Orcutt Mar. 13, 1773 Neptune, Neg. svt. of Mr. John Amory & Phillis, Neg. svt. of Thos. … Read more

Howland Family of Dartmouth and New Bedford, Massachusetts

Henry Howland, the progenitor of the Ancient Dartmouth Howland family, the branch here specially considered, lived at Duxbury. The first mention of him in New England is that made in the allotment of cattle to the different families in Plymouth in 1624. Perhaps none of the colonists has a better record for intelligence, thrift, uprightness and unmixed faith in the Divine One than Henry Howland, and these virtues have permeated the lives of his posterity. In general they are a family of great respectability, and as a people thrifty, economical and good managers of finance, most of them having a fair share of this world’s goods – some amassing millions. Henry Howland was made a freeman in 1633; was chosen constable for Duxbury in 1635; bought land there in 1640; was for some years surveyor of highways; served repeatedly on the grand jury, etc. He joined the Society of Friends, perhaps in 1657, and was not a little persecuted thereafter on this account. In 1652, associated with others, he bought a large tract of land in Dartmouth; was one of the twenty-seven purchasers of what is now Freetown in 1659, and in the division of 1660 he received for his share the sixth lot, which was afterward inherited by his son Samuel Howland. He was one of the grantees of Bridgewater but never lived there. Mr. Howland married Mary Newland, and both likely died at the old homestead in Duxbury.

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1762

Francis Costar & Margaret Hubbard Jan. 2,1762 Joseph Selva & Jane Chamberlain Jan. 4, 1762 Joshua Thornton & Lucretia Lehay Jan. 7, 1762 Nicholas Fitzgerald & Katharine Gough Jan. 14, 1762 Robert Gadd & Hannah Tuffs Jan. 18, 1762 Paul Burbeen & Elizabeth Granger Jan. 22, 1762 Luke Hall & Sarah Barnard Jan. 27, 1762 Andras Rundle & Susannah Hayden Feb. 4, 1762 Edward Brinley & Sarah Tyler Feb. 11, 1762 Joseph Sergeant & Hannah Spur Feb. 11, 1762 Timothy Kneeland & Ann Halsey Feb. 13, 1762 Richard Morgan & Mary Fosdick Mar. 11, 1762 Nicholas Lash & Ruth Read … Read more

Woodruff Genealogy – Leicester MA

Woodruff, Frederick O. (8), William B. (7), Hiram (6), David (5), Noah (4), David (3), Samuel (2), Matthew (1). m. Fannie Sturtevant, Feb. 18, 1880. Frederick Orr Woodruff was educated in the public schools of Chelsea, Massachusetts, and Wheelers Preparatory School. After completing his studies at the age of nineteen years, he entered the employ of the old Publishing House of Ira Bradley & Co. on Cornhill, which concern was established the year Mr. Woodruff was born. In a few years he became a partner of the firm, the style of which was then changed to Bradley & Woodruff. In … Read more

Biography of John W. Perkins, M. D.

Dr. John W. Perkins, division surgeon for the Kansas division of the union Pacific Railroad since 1887 and a physician ‘and surgeon of pronounced ability, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, July 1, 1860, a son of David and Hannah (Dunn) Perkins, who were natives of New Hampshire and of Maine, respectively. The father was contractor and builder who devoted his life to the business following his marriage, previous to which time he had been a sea captain, sailing out of Boston to the West Indies and in the coastwise trade. He came of a family of seagoing people, but after … Read more