Suffolk County MA Genealogy – Page 5 of 12

Missionaries among the Native Americans

According to traditional authority, the morning star of the Choctaws religious era, (if such it may be termed) first lit up their eastern horizon, upon the advent of the two great Wesley’s into the now State of Georgia in the year 1733, as the worthy and congenial companions of the noble Oglethorpe; but also, it flashed but a moment before their eyes as a beautiful meteor, then as quickly went out upon the return to England of those champions of the Cross, leaving them only to fruitless conjecture as to its import; nor was seen again during the revolutions of … Read more

Biographical Sketch of George Aldrich

(I) George Aldrich was born in Derbyshire, England, about 1605. He married, in England, November 3, 1629, Katherine Seald, and came to New England in 1631 with his wife. She was born about 1610, according to her deposition made June 18, 1670, when she was sixty years old. He was a tailor by trade. He settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and belonged to the church there about 1636. He was admitted a freeman, December 7, 1636. In 1663 he was one of, the first seven persons to arrive in the township of Mendon, Massachusetts. He sold his land in Braintree to … Read more

Biography of William P. Wood

William P. Wood, a farmer of Plainfield, was born here, December 29, 1859, son of Alban Palmer and Rhoda (Eaton) Wood, of this town. His grandfather, John Wood was the first male child born in Lebanon, N.H. John was one of the foremost and wealthiest farmers in the district and a very religious man. He married Persis Hyde, of Lebanon, who bore him eleven children; namely, Persis, John, Jr., Lucinda, Jemima, Sally, Thomas, Annie, Harriet, Martha, Palmer, and one child who died in infancy. Persis, who was born in 1797, and did not marry, died at the age of fifty. … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Albert William Johnston

Johnston, Albert William; railroad office; born, Boston, Mass., March 4, 1853; son of Thomas Hunter and Anne Metcalf Johnston; educated, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; married, Steubenville, O., Sept. 17, 1880, Flora P. Kimball; one daughter, Pauline Kimball Johnston; entered the railroad business in 1875; has resided in Cleveland since 1884, as Division Engineer, N. Y. C. & St. L. R. R. Co., and has successfully held positions of division supt. Eastern Division, general supt. and gen. mgr. entire line; member American Society of Civil Engineers, American Rotary Association and American Rotary Guild; member College Fraternity, Chi Phi Tau, Boston, 1873; … Read more

Biographical Sketch of H. Q. Sargent

Sargent, H. Q.; merchant; born, Tampworth, N. H., Sept. 28, 1838; son of Joel and Hannah K. Boyd Sargent; studied in public school in Tampworth, and went to New Hampton Literary and Scientific Institute, graduating in 1858; poor health prevented a college course at Yale; married, Boston, Mass., June 28, 1860, Eliza E. S. Drew; issue, two daughters, Mabel, now Mrs. Alfred A. Guthrie, of Albany, N. Y., and Grace C., the wife of Rev. Arthur Dumper, of Norwalk, O., taught school for several years, and in 1862, entered the army as private in the 12th Regiment, N. H. Vol. … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1775

Jeffery Manning & Mary Coit Jan. 2, 1775 William White of Haverhill & Mrs. Polly Chandler Jan. 5, 1775 John Patten & Elizabeth Clough Jan. 5, 1775 Edward Wilkinson & Elizabeth Welch Jan. 6, 1775 William Sharp & Hannah Burk Jan. 6, 1775 Henry Prouse & Nelly Shaw Jan. 7, 1775 James Bennet & Susannah Storrer Jan. 9, 1775 James Grilton & Mary Connish Jan. 14, 1775 Michael Flinn & Elizabeth Saunders Jan. 15, 1775 Robert Middleton & Abigail Bowing Jan. 16, 1775 Thomas Whitrker [Whitacker?] & Elizabeth Morien Jan. 16, 1775 Charles Collins & Mary Burns Jan. 18, 1775 … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1777

Mr. Joseph Hixon of Mounserrat & Mrs. Nabby Cooper Jan. 2, 1777 James Jancey Esq. of Virginea & Mrs. Abigail Cudworth Jan. 2, 1777 Samuel Hicks & Martha Hammon Jan. 6, 1777 Capt. Nathl. Byfield Lyde & Hannah Foster Jan. 6, 1777 William Snukes & Olive Cook Jan. 8, 1777 Joshua Lane & Jane Mellet Jan. 8, 1777 Daniel Adams & Lydia Sever Jan. 8, 1777 Edward Crane & Mary Cowell Jan. 9, 1777 Richard Morason & Jane Laburry Jan. 9, 1777 Robert Patten & Elizabeth Egens Jan. 10, 1777 Willard Parks & Lucy Parks of Lincoln Jan. 11, 1777 … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Allen, Frank Dewey

Allen, Frank Dewey, son of Charles Francis and Olive Ely (Dewey) Allen, was born in Worcester, August 16, 1850. He was educated in the Worcester high school; was graduated from Yale in the class of 1873, and from the Boston University law school in 1875; was managing clerk in the offices of Hillard, Hyde & Dickinson, Boston, remaining with them until 1878, when he was admitted to the Suffolk county bar. Upon severing his connection with Hillard, Hyde & Dickinson, he opened an office for himself in Boston, where he has ever since been located as attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Charles Sumner Howe

Howe, Charles Sumner; college pres.; born, Nashua, N. H., Sept. 29, 1858; son of William R. and Susan D. Woods Howe; B. S., Massachusetts Agricultural College, and Boston University, 1878; post-graduate course, mathematics and physics, Johns Hopkins; Ph. D., University of Wooster, 1887; (Sc. D., Armour Institute Tech., Chicago, 1905; LL. D., Mt. Union College, Ohio, 1908; and Oberlin College, 1911); married, Abbie A. Waite, of North Amherst, Mass., May 22, 1882; prin. Albuquerque (N. M.), Academy, 1879-1881; prof. mathematics and astronomy, Buchtel College, 1883-1889; prof. mathematics and astronomy, 1889-1902, acting pres. 1902-1903, pres. since 1903, Case School of Applied … Read more

Biography of George Walker

George Walker (known during his residence in the county as Judge Walker) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1774. His father, John Walker, came of an old family in Leicestershire, England, was a graduate of the university of Edinburgh, and a barrister at law, removed to America in 1753, married in Boston, and settled in Hartford, Connecticut. George received a good business education, and engaged in mercantile business in Cooperstown, New York. For several years he was highly successful, but, through the dishonesty of a partner, he became deeply involved, and was compelled to close business at a great sacrifice. … Read more

Biographical Sketch of John Collins

John Collins, immigrant ancestor, was born in England and came to Boston in 1638. He was a shoemaker and citizen of some prominence, a member of the Artillery Company (the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston). He died May 29, 1670. Administration was granted to Gideon Allen. He married Susan. Children: 1. Susanna, baptized April 5, 1645, aged three years twelve days; married, March 25, 1662, Thomas Walker. 2. John, mentioned elsewhere. 3. Thomas, October 15, 1645

Biography of Augustus Barnard

Augustus Barnard, formerly of Hopkinton, was one of the brave men who fought for the Union in the Civil War. Born in Haverhill, Mass., he was reared and educated in New York State. After spending a part of his early life in Boston, he came to Hopkinton, where he learned the currier’s trade of Jonathan Osgood. He followed this trade in connection with tanning until the late war was well in progress. Then he enlisted as a private in the Sixteenth New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry for nine months. With his regiment he served his full time, the most of which … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Charles Wheeler Pratt

Pratt, Charles Wheeler; engineering, civil and landscape; born, Nashua, N. H., in 1865; son of Charles W. and Sarah Ann White Pratt; early education in public schools of Boston, Mass.; attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology; married, Cleveland, 1902, Miss Frederika Bailey; in 1881, worked for E. W. Bowdich, of Boston; engaged in waterworks and sewer construction and landscape gardening; came to Cleveland in 1893, and in 1894, entered the employ of the old park board, as chief engineer; during the time all the present public parks were built: in 1900, took up private practice of his profession; designed. Ambler Heights, … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1778

Francis Armstrong & Mary Atwin (forbid) Jan. 3, 1778 Edward Rolland of Salem & Sarah Purbeck Jan. 12, 1778 Nathaniel Wheeler & Ann Clark Jan. 14, 1778 Samuel Webber & Polly Saunders Jan. 15, 1778 Robert McCullo & Sarah Child Jan. 15, 1778 Sampson Signey & Elizabeth Robies, free Negroes Feb. 5, 1778 Thomas Skevens & Abigail Cave Feb. 6,1778 Benjamin Roberts & Elizabeth Hanberry Feb. 9, 1778 Joseph Brown & Allice Hooper Feb. 12, 1778 William Taxtor & Susannah Bromfield Feb. 16, 1778 Harry, Neg. svt. to Jno. Scolley Esq. & Sylva, free Negroe Feb. 18, 1778 James Brewer … Read more

Olcott Family of Norwich Vermont

Hon. Peter Olcott was born at Bolton, Connecticut, April 25, 1733; married Sarah, daughter of Peletiah Mills, Esq., of Windsor, Conn., October 11, 1759, and removed to that place in 1772. That year or the following one he came to Norwich, Vermont. He was the oldest of his parents’ four children (two sons and two daughters), and the only one of them to come to Norwich to reside. Mr. Olcott‘s name first appears in the town records of Norwich in 1773, when he was chosen one of the overseers of the poor, at the annual March meeting. He early took … Read more

Ancestors of Warren A. Reed of Brockton Massachusetts

The Reed family of Brockton, Mass., a leading member of which was Judge Warren A. Reed, lawyer and jurist, who for over a third of a century had been one of the foremost citizens of Brockton, and during the greater part of that long period connected with the judicial, civic and financial interests of the city, district and State, is one of long and honorable standing in this Commonwealth, and one the forerunner of which came to these shores over two hundred and fifty years ago. Many members of this historic family have given good account of themselves, and many are there who have been prominent in the history of this country. An account of the branch of the family to which Judge Reed belongs is here given in chronological order, beginning with the earliest American ancestor.

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1788

Benjamin Horton & Mary McLane Jan. 17, 1788 Richard Fox & Rachel Payson Jan. 31, 1788 David Sanger & Grace Sanger Feb. 13, 1788 James Kelley & Elizabeth Diskel Feb. 13, 1788 Abraham Frost & Phebe Jennison Feb. 13, 1788 Silas Ramsdell & Betsy Tupper Feb. 14, 1788 William Pitt & Sarah Rust Feb. 28, 1788 Ezra Whitney & Betsy Marshall Mar. 5, 1788 James Bird & Hannah Clevenel Mar. 9, 1788 John Williams & Nancy Williams (forbid) Mar. 29, 1788 James Bemiss & Betsy Renue Mar. 31, 1788 John Frahgoull & Hannah Waples Apr. 1, 1788 Moses Lewis & … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Eugene Fuller

Of EUGENE FULLER, the second child of Timothy Fuller and Margaret Crane, the following notice taken from the annual obituary college record, by Joseph Palmer, M.D., published by the “Boston Daily Advertiser,” gives some account: – “Eugene Fuller, the eldest son of Hon. Timothy and Margaret (Crane) Fuller, was born in Cambridge, Mass., May 14, 1815. After leaving college in 1834, he studied law, partly at the Dane Law School in Cambridge, and partly in the office of George Frederick Farley, Esq., of Groton, Mass. After his admission to the bar, he practiced his profession two years in Charlestown, Mass. … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1774

Nathaniel Fellows & Lydia Stanton of Charlestown Jan. 3, 1774 James Sumner & Abigail Byles Jan. 5, 1774 John Campbell & Mary Bouchannon Jan. 5, 1774 Benjamin Starr Jr. & Anne Cooper Jan. 12, 1774 Todd Wynter & Rebecca Ingraham Jan. 18, 1774 Daniel Warner & Deliverence Brinton Jan. 28, 1774 Michael Flinn & Lattice Stevens (forbid) Feb. 2, 1774 Lemuel Horton & Fanney Farnum Feb. 9, 1774 Mr. John Coffin Jones & Mrs. Mary Lee Feb. 17, 1774 Mr. Ebenezer Sayer of Wells & Mrs. Elizabeth Checkley Feb. 17, 1774 John Hendsly & Mary Etheridge Feb. 24, 1774 Scipio, … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1790

Robert Kennedy & Esther Shelton Jan. 6, 1790 John Peter Hawck & Patty Crafts Jan. 10, 1790 Edward Oaks & Mary Nodle Jan. 21, 1790 John Fisbach & Mary Asmus Jan. 26, 1790 Thomas Nye & Sally Larrabee (error) Jan. 27, 1790 Robert Phillips & Susanna Howard Feb. 16, 1790 Hansel Kimbal & Susanna Jennison Feb. 19, 1790 John Bryan & Betsy Lillie Mar. 1, 1790 Jacob Powell & Mary Pedlar Mar. 2, 1790 Gorham Parsons & Sarah Parsons of Gloucester Mar. 3, 1790 David Collins & Fanny Pond Mar. 4, 1790 William Saddler & Mary Guzwell Mar. 11, 1790 … Read more