Essex County MA

Biographical Sketch of Alden, Lewis

Alden, Lewis, son of Lewis and Abigail (Belcher) Alden, was born in East Randolph, Norfolk County, April 29, 1848. He received a common and high school education. Between the ages of seventeen and twenty-one he worked in the shoe factory of L. F. Wilde & Co. Later, for nearly five years. He worked for Rufus Gibbs & Co., boot and shoe jobbing house, Boston—most of the time in charge of their factory at South Weymouth. He established himself in business in Holbrook, 1878, entering his present factory (boots and shoes) 1885. Mr. Alden was married in Saugus, June 1874, to … Read more

Biography of William F. Wadleigh

William F. Wadleigh, a farmer of Webster, is a native of Laconia, born January 24, 1837, son of Nathaniel R. and Polly H. (Ray) Wadleigh. The father, who was a prominent farmer of Laconia, and was born in 1802, died in 1854. The mother, born March 4, 1806, died in 1870. They had eight children, namely: Mary, now deceased, who was the wife of William Barrett, of Nashua, N.H.; Eliza, deceased, who was the wife of William Thompson, of Barrington, N.H.; Isaac, who married Abbie Davis, now deceased, and lives in Ludlow, Vt.; Almira, deceased, who married James Filgate, of … Read more

1743 Byfield Massachusetts Parish Records Baptisms

Reuben, son of David Pearson, Apr. 10, Mehitable and Aphia, children of Jno. Duty, May 1, 1743. Elizabeth, dau. of Moses Pearson, May 22, 1743. Jeremy, son of Richard Stewartt, May 29 Susanna, dau. of Jno. Lull, May 29. Sarah, dau. of Mark Moors, jr., June 5. Lois, dau. of Samll Danford, June 26, 1743 Sarah, dau. of Nathl Burbank, June 26, 1743. Sarah, dau. of Benj. Stickney, July 17. Lemuel, son of Joseph Noyes, Aug. 21. Nathan, son of Moses Hale, jr., Sept.__. Mehitabel, dau. of Samuel Northend, Oct. 2, 1743. Samuel, son of Samuel Stickney, Nov. 6, 1743 … Read more

Rev. George Phillips Genealogy

Rev. George1 Phillips, the first settled minister at Watertown, came to New England in ship Arbella, with his friends Gov. Winthrop and Sir Richard Saltonstall. He was grad. of Gaius Coll., Cambridge, A.B. 1613, A.M. 1617; landed at Salem, Mass., June 12, 1630; wife Elizabeth [Sergent] Phillips d. soon after arrival, and was buried in Salem by the side of Lady Arbella Johnson. Mr. Phillips was minister at Watertown fourteen years; d. at Watertown, July 1, 1644. “A godly man, specially gifted and very peaceful in his place.” (Winthrop.) Samuel Phillips Samuel2 Phillips, b. at Boxstead, England, 1625; grad. Harv. … Read more

Biography of James Pike

John Pike, the common ancestor of the branch of the Pike family residing in Connecticut, settled in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1664. He was the progenitor of Jonas Pike, of Sturbridge, Massachusetts, who married a descendant of Peregrine White, the first white child born in New England. Their four sons were: David, Ephraim, Jonas and Jesse. There was also one daughter, Amy. David married Elizabeth Pitman, of Newport, Rhode Island. Their children were two sons, William and James Pitman; and two daughters, Lucy, wife of David Bayless, and Nancy, who married Abijah Prouty. William Pike left Sturbridge in 1810 and settled … Read more

Ayer Family Genealogy of Buxton Maine

The ancestors of the Ayer families in the state, were early settled at Haverhill, Mass., and from that town came the Ayers of Biddeford and Buxton. John was at Salisbury, 1640; at Ipswich, 1648; died at Haverhill, 1657, leaving numerous descendants. Peter Ayer was admitted freeman at Haverhill, 1666; chosen representative, 1683-85-89-90. Robert and Thomas were admitted freemen at Haverhill, 1668. Maj. Ebenezer Ayer was with Arnold in the Canada expedition through the wilderness of Maine, and displayed consummate courage and great determination. He is said to have sawed off the pickets upon the enemy’s breastworks to enable the soldiers … Read more

Elizabeth Tawley House

The house and lot of Mrs. Elizabeth Tawley was originally the estate of Dr. George Emery, an early surgeon of Salem. He was living in Salem in 1637, owned this land in 1652, and lived in this house as early as 1657. May 1, 1677, in consideration of good will, he conveyed the house and lot to his kinswoman Elizabeth Tawley and her husband John Tawley, a mariner, the conveyance being made upon the condition that they maintain him during the remainder of his life. John Tawley died in 1690, and his widow Elizabeth and only child Elizabeth continued to … Read more

Biography of Clifton Alvah Crocker

For three generations the name of Crocker has stood for excellence of quality and business integrity in the paper manufacturing industry of New England. Holyoke, long the chief place of the S. S. Crocker interests from the manufacturers’ point of view, and famous the world over as one of the most important points where the papermaking trade is centralized, has received additional prestige in that respect by reason of its being the scene of the Crocker operations. Of that name, long an honorable one in Massachusetts annals, is Clifton Alvah Crocker, president and one of the founders of the Crocker-McElwain … Read more

Sharp, Leora Arletta Martin Mrs. – Obituary

New Bridge, Oregon Leora Arletta Martin Sharp, 92, of New Bridge, died July 21, 2002, at her home. A celebration of her life will be held Saturday, Aug.17 at 10 a.m. at the Nazarene Church in New Bridge. Interment will be at the Eagle Valley Cemetery. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception to be held at the New Bridge Grange following the service. Leora was born May 2, 1910, in Saugas, Mass., to Edward Everett Martin and Arletta Maud Holsten. She was the eldest of five siblings: Leora, Ted, Everett, Paul and Mary. Both parents encouraged … Read more

1714 Byfield Massachusetts Parish Records Baptisms

Martha, dau. of Richard Layton, Apr. 12. Mary, dau. of Andrew Stickney, Apr. 18, 1714. Joseph, son of Benjamin Wood, Apr. 18, 1714. Abner, Sarah and Mary, children of Jno. Spafford, May 9, 1714. Elizabeth Rawlins, young woman, May 9, 1714. Elizabeth, wife of Ebenezer Stewartt, May 23. Abigail, dau. of Daniel Jewett, May 23. Mary, dau. of Jonathan Broadstreet, June 6, 1714. Sarah, dau. of Lionel Chute, June 27. Philip, son of Philip Goodridge, July 11 Josiah, son of Benjamin Rawlins, July 11. Priscilla, dau. of Danl Tenney, Aug. 8. Martha, dau. of Benjamin Stickney, Aug. 15, 1 714. … Read more

1712 Byfield Massachusetts Parish Records Baptisms

Ann, dau. of Ebenezer Stewart, Apr. 6, 1712. Jane, dau. of Thomas Colman, Apr. 6, 1712. Margarett, dau. of Jonathan Boynton, Apr. 6, 1712. Stephen, son of Abraham Adams, Apr. 20, 1712. Mehitabel, dau. of Thomas Plumer, April 27. Lydia, dau. of Judah Colman, April 27. Jonathan, son of Ephrahim Brown, May 4, 1712. Amos, son of Daniel Jewett, May 4, 1712 Hannah, dau. of Eldad Cheney, May 25. Samuel, son of James Wheeler, Aug. 24 Nathaniel, son of Richd Boynton, Aug. 24. Abigail, Alice, Benjamin and Dorothy, children of Benjamin Rawlins, Oct. 26. Hephzibah, dau. of Maximilian Jewett, Nov. … Read more

1734 Byfield Massachusetts Parish Records Baptisms

Hannah, dau. of Samll Stickney, Mar. 31. Nathan, son of Nathan Wheeler, jr., Apr. 14 Eliza, dau. of Richard Stewart, Apr. 14. Lemuel, son of Joseph Noyes, Apr. 21. Mehitabel, dau. of Benj. Thurston, Aug.15, 1734. Esther, dau. of Tim°. Jackman, Sept. 15. Jonathan, son of Jonathan Stickney, Nov. 17, 1734. A child of Jonathan Thurlo, Nov. 10. Samuell, son of Samuell Wallingford, Nov. 24, 1734. Oliver, son of Samell Dickinson, jr., Dec. 29, 1734

1736 Byfield Massachusetts Parish Records Baptisms

Mary, dau. of John Plumer, Apr. 18. Samuell, son of the Widow Sarah Adams, May 16 Abigail, dau. of Joseph Noyes, May 16. Samuell, son of Jonathan Stickney, May 30, 1736. Mehitabel, dau. of Ens. Benj. Pearson, June 13, 1736. Sarah, dau. of Samll Jewett July 18 Elizabeth, dau. of Aaron Dresser, July 18. Samuel, son of Nathn Dumer, July 25. Samuell, son of Dea. Samll Moody, Sept. 5, 1736. Jedidiah, son of Joseph Russell, Sept. 12. Richard, son of William Tenney, Oct. 3. Samuel, son of James Calf, Dec. 12 Bethya, dau. of Jno. Danford, jr., Dec. 12. Sarah, … Read more

1733 Byfield Massachusetts Parish Records Baptisms

John, son of Andrew Stickney, Apr. 8. Betty, dau. of Samll Jewett, Apr. 29, 1733 Jane, dau. of Moses Wheeler, Apr. 29, 1733 Judith, dau. of Eben Tenney, July 1 Johnson, son of Jno. Stewart, July 1. Hephsibah, dau. of Samuell Poor, July 22, 1733 John, son of John Dumer, esq., Aug. 12. A child of Jno. Lull, July 29, 1733 Martha, dau. of Nathan Plumer, Aug. 26. Judith, dau. of Benjamin Pearson, Sept. 23, 1733 John, son of Edmund Cheney, Sept. 23, 1733 Benj., son of Stephen Hidden, Sept. 23, 1733 Judith, dau. of Dea. Samll Moodey, Sept. 30, … Read more

1715 Byfield Massachusetts Parish Records Baptisms

Ann, dau. of Jonathn Wheeler, May 8. Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan Boynton, May 22, 1715. Joseph, son of Benjamin Woodman, June 5, 1715. William, son of Stephen Longfellow, June 12, 1715. Rachel, dau. of Elias Whitten, June 19. Ann, dau. of Maximilian Jewett, July 17. Abraham, son of Abraham Adams, Aug. 28, 1715. James, son of Andrew Stickney, Oct. 9. Jonathan, son of Richard Layton, Oct. 23 Moses, son of Edmund Cheney, Nov. 27. Dorothy, dau. of William Boynton, Dec. 18, 1715

Narrative of the Captivity of Nehemiah How

Fort Dummer

A Narrative of the captivity of Nehemiah How, who was taken by the Indians at the Great Meadow Fort above Fort Dummer, where he was an inhabitant, October 11th, 1745. Giving an account of what he met with in his traveling to Canada, and while he was in prison there. Together with an account of Mr. How’s death at Canada. Exceedingly valuable for the many items of exact intelligence therein recorded, relative to so many of the present inhabitants of New England, through those friends who endured the hardships of captivity in the mountain deserts and the damps of loathsome prisons. Had the author lived to have returned, and published his narrative himself, he doubtless would have made it far more valuable, but he was cut off while a prisoner, by the prison fever, in the fifty-fifth year of his age, after a captivity of one year, seven months, and fifteen days. He died May 25th, 1747, in the hospital at Quebec, after a sickness of about ten days. He was a husband and father, and greatly beloved by all who knew him.

1717 Byfield Massachusetts Parish Records Baptisms

Jonathan, son of Jonathan Boynton, Apr. 1. Stephen, son of Thomas Plumer, Apr. 1. John, son of Samuel Brown, Apr. 8,1717. Mary, dau. of Thomas Colman, Apr. 24. Abigail, dau. of Richard Layton, Apr. 28. Ruth, dau. of Andrew Stickney, May 12. Samuel, son of Abraham Adams, and Thomas, son of Josiah Smith, June 9. Elizabeth, dau. of John Adams, June 23. Lucy, dau. of Samuel Dickinson, July 21. Ann, dau. of Pror. Joseph Hale, Aug. 11. Thomas and Moses, sons of Daniel Ritter, Sept. 5, 1717. Ann, dau. of Thomas Look, Aug., 1717. Mary, dau. of Thomas Lull, Sept. … Read more

Biography of Francis Huntington Snow

Francis Huntington Snow. High in the list of names that Kansas honors, statesmen, soldiers, business and industrial executives, farmers and homesteaders, must be placed the name of a scientist and educator, Francis Huntington Snow, one of the greatest of them all. He came out of New England to Kansas. He was born at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, June 29, 1840, a son of Benjamin and Mary (Boutelle) Snow. He attended the public schools of his native city, and then entered Williams College, from which as valedictorian of his class he was graduated in 1862. He received the degrees B. A. and M. … Read more