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Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1779

William Andrews & Christian Hays Jan. 3, 1779 Samuel Richards & Mary White Jan. 7, 1779 William Summer & Abigail Warden Jan. 7, 1779 Samuel Harris & Abel Leley Jan. 13, 1779 Joseph Edmunds & Sarah Freeman Jan. 14, 1779 James Ivers & Elizabeth Hews Jan. 14, 1779 Samuel Smalledge & Elizabeth Tucker Jan. 14, 1779 Thomas Crosby & Isabella Low Jan. 18, 1779 Edward Blake & Dorcas Small piece Jan. 21, 1779 Mr. William Sherburne & Mrs. Mehettable Aspinwall of Brookline Jan. 21, 1779 James Brewer & Jenny Gallop, (forbid) Jan. 27, 1779 Nathaniel Barber Esq. & Mrs. Elizabeth … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1793

John Grohan & Susanna Tucker Jan 9, 1793 William Leveridge & Elizabeth Brown Jan. 9, 1793 John English & Molly Cowell Jan. 16, 1793 Thomas Parker & Abigail Hart Parkman Jan. 15, 1793 John Cholet & Mary Donet Jan. 17, 1793 Cornelius Springsteel & Betsey Berry Jan. 24, 1793 Job Anthony & Mary Purkitt Feb. 7, 1793 Josiah Lamford & Dolly Davis Feb. 7, 1793 John Baptist Bejard & Mary Sanders Feb. 14, 1793 Newport Brown & Jennay Fay, blacks Mar. 7, 1793 Charlestown Blackman & Venus Thompson, blacks Mar. 14, 1793 Thomas Frothingham & Lydia Lynde of Maiden Mar. … Read more

Biography of Benjamin Lyman Culver

Benjamin Lyman Culver, late a retired resident of Pembroke, Merrimack County, N.H., who died December 6, 1896, was born in Norwich, Vt., August 10, 1830, son of the Rev. Lyman and Fanny (Hovey) Culver. The Culver family is of French origin, and is said to have been founded in America by Benjamin L. Culver’s great-grandfather, John Culver, who, it is thought, emigrated from Paris, France. He settled in Connecticut, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits for the rest of his life. His son, James Culver, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Connecticut; and in early life … Read more

Biography of Joseph Wilkins

Joseph Wilkins, a resident of Pembroke and a veteran of the Civil War, was born May 24, 1844, son of Jeremiah Hall and Mary (Thompson) Wilkins. He is not only a representative of an old New Hampshire family, but a lineal descendant of ancestors who were first settlers in this country. Bray Wilkins, who came from Wales, Brecknock County, was a descendant of Lord John Wilkins, who belonged to a family that traced their lineage back to 1090 and had borne many honorable titles. Lord John was a connection of the Bishop Wilkins who married the sister of the Protector, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Alger, Alpheus B.

Alger, Alpheus B., son of Edwin A. and Amanda (Buswell) Alger, was born in Lowell, Middlesex County, October 8, 1854. His early education was accomplished at the public schools of his native place. In the Lowell high school he fitted for college, and was graduated at Harvard with the class of 1875. The same year he entered the Harvard law school, and a year later continued the study of the law in the office of the Hon. Josiah G. Abbott of Boston. He was admitted to the bar in 1877, and began the practice of law in connection with his … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Samuel D. Latty

Latty, Samuel D.; sec’y and gen. mgr. The Kirk-Latty Mnfg. Co.; born, Boston, Mass., Sept. 12, 1864; educated in the public schools; began career in the tack business with A. Fields & Son, Taunton, Mass., 1881-1883; Tack Dept., Cincinnati, O., 1883-1885; came to Cleveland and worked for the W. Bingham Co., 1885-1887; took charge of the Sales Dept. of the National Screw & Tack Co., 1887-1895; one of the organizers of the Kirk-Latty Mnfg. Co., and when the Company was incorporated, was elected sec’y and gen. mgr.; still serving; pres. the Buckeye Box Co., and interested in other corporations; member … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Hon. Willis Vickery

Vickery, Willis Hon.; lawyer; born, Bellevue, O., Nov. 26, 1857; son of William and Sarah Perkins Vickery; no schooling until the age of 19, excepting three months in the winter; then entered the Clyde, O., High School, graduating in 1880, valedictorian of class; studied law in the office of Everett & Fowler, at Fremont, O.; continued law studies combined with teaching in the schools of Clyde and Castalia, O., in 1882, entered the law dept. of Boston University; graduated in 1884; admitted to the Ohio bar in 1885; married three times; three children by first wife, who was Anna L. … Read more

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1805

Abraham Fernald & Nancy Tracy Jan. 1, 1805 James Thompson & Flora Nichols (blacks) Jan. 1, 1805 James Collings & Catharine Stoddard (blacks) Jan. 1, 1805 Peter Brigham & Dandridge Hunt Jan. 2, 1805 Dani^l Atwood & Elizabeth Sanderson Jan. 3, 1805 Eber Whitemore & Abigail Adams of Chelsea Jan. 18, 1805 Bela Clap & Elizabeth Gilbert of Westminster, W Jan. 22, 1805 Benjamin Eaton & Arabella Howard of Bridgwater Jan. 24, 1805 Hopestill Foster & Susan Sawyer Jan. 24, 1805 Isaac Mead of Charlestown & Alice Canton Jan. 24, 1805 Theophilus Lyon & Elizabeth Belcher of Quincy Jan. 24, … Read more

Descendants of Joseph Borden of Fall River MA

BORDEN (Fall River family – line of Joseph, fourth generation). The Borden family is an ancient one both here in New England and over the water in old England, as well as one of historic interest and distinction. The New England branch has directly or indirectly traced the lineage of the American ancestor, Richard Borden, many generations back in English history. His first English forbear went over to England from Bourdonnay, Normandy, as a soldier under William the Conquerer, and after the battle of Hastings – in A. D. 1066 – was assigned lands in the County of Kent, where … Read more

Descendants of John Saxton Kent of North Bridgewater, MA

HON. JOHN SAXTON KENT, ex-mayor of the city of Brockton, and one of that city’s leading manufacturers, is as well one of the most enterprising and progressive citizens who have made their way to success in this Commonwealth. Merit commands recognition, and the deserving find doors opening and the way growing plainer as they go onward. In the life of Mr. Kent we have a noble example of the result of pluck, untiring energy and perseverance, combined with natural business acumen, he being the architect of his own successful career, and having acquired, through his own capabilities, a place among … Read more

Biographical Sketch of John Wilson Hollyday

Hollyday, John Wilson; supt. Railway Mail Service; born, Findlay, O.; son of Robert H. Hollyday, D. D.; his mother’s name was Lydia A. Patterson; educated, High School, Findlay, O., and Business College, Cleveland; married, Washington, D. C., Sept. 29, 1886, Mary Elizabeth Larner; issue, one daughter, Eleanor; early life spent in mercantile pursuits; appointed to railway mail service, March 4, 1878; transferred to office Gen. Supt. Washington, D. C., 1885; made chief clerk to Gen. Supt., Aug. 1897; made chief clerk to Second Asst. Post Master General, February, 1907; made supt. Railway Mail Service, Cleveland, Oct. 13, 1911; assumed duties … Read more

Emma Louise Todd Parshley of Charlestown MA

PARSHLEY, Emma Louise Todd9, (Henry D.8, Caleb7, Jehiel6, Stephen5, Stephen4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born July 4, 1862, in Charlestown, Mass., married Dec. 11, 1889, Frederick Alonzo Parshley. Children: I. Marion, b. Aug. 3, 1891. II. Esther, b. Feb. 15, 1894. III. Louise, b. Nov. 18, 1895, d. Aug. 13, 1898.

Bean and Bane Family Genealogy of Saco Valley Maine

Tradition makes the ancestor of this family who first came to our shores a native of the Isle of Jersey, but I doubt the truth of the statement. I have not found the name, or one resembling it, in any record or book relating to Jersey. The surname Bain, and Bane, are derived from the Gaelic word bane which signified white or fair complexion, as Donald Bane, who usurped the Scottish throne after the death of his brother, Malcolm Canmore. An ancient branch of the family in Fifeshire, Scotland, have spelled the surname Bayne. The Highland MacBanes were a branch … Read more

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

Boston MA Intentions of Marriage 1794

Elisha P. Varfield & Susannah Ash Jan. 9, 1794 Isaac Pillsberry & Betsy Lee Jan. 21, 1794 Abel Minot & Lydia Shed Feb. 4, 1794 William Whitney & Abigail Rogers Feb. 9, 1794 Jenkinson James & Elizabeth Brown Feb. 11, 1794 Elisha Austin & Rebecah Uncles Feb. 15, 1794 Jonathan Moor & Nancy Nichols, blacks Feb. 28, 1794 Moses Tyler Lewis & Rebecca Lovering (forbid) Feb. 28, 1794 John McFaddin & Jerusha Colter Seward Mar. 2, 1794 Samuel Morse & Sally Dix of Newtown Mar. 8, 1794 Charles Wicket & Nancy Ettrage Mar. 12, 1794 Anthony Smith & Mary Anderson … Read more

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

Biography of Hon. Edmund H. Brown

Hon. Edmund H. Brown, the subject of this sketch, was born in Fisherville, now Penacook, a part of Concord, N.H., October 29, 1857. He is the youngest son of Henry Hayes and Lucretia (Symonds) Brown, and traces his ancestry directly back to the early Pilgrim settlers. The late Henry H. Brown, father of Edmund H., conducted an extensive manufacturing business in Penacook for many years, and was one of the most enterprising citizens and prominent residents of that village in his day. Edmund H. Brown was educated at the Penacook Academy and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. After completing … Read more

Henry Caleb Todd of Charlestown MA

Henry Caleb Todd9, (Henry D.8, Caleb7, Jehiel6, Stephen5, Stephen4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Aug. 13, 1859, in Charlestown, Mass., died Sept. 19, 1909, married July 2, 1884, Lizzie Agnes Chandler. Children: 2614. Lillian Chase, b. April 12, 1886; grad. Vassar, 1909. 2615. Harriet Ripley, b. Aug. 8, 1888, m. Jan. 1, 1912, Sidney Carter, and had issue: (1) Lillian Chase Todd, b. Nov. 10, 1912. 2616. Henry Day, b. Sept. 15, 1901.

Biography of Adams, Charles Francis

Adams, Charles Francis, second son of Charles Francis and Abigail Brown (Brooks) Adams, was born in Boston, May 27, 1835. He entered Harvard College in 1852, and graduated in 1856. Choosing the law for his profession, he entered, as a student, the office of Richard H. Dana, Jr., of Boston. He was admitted to the bar May 7 1858. In February 1860, he was admitted to practice at the bar of the United States Supreme Court. The same year he resigned his military commission which he held as adjutant of the 2d regiment, M. V. M., with rank of Lieutenant. … Read more

Lovering Family Genealogy of Taunton Massachusetts

Through much of the nineteenth century there figured prominently in the business and social life of Taunton — continuing to do so at the present — the family bearing the name introducing this sketch. Reference is made to the late Hon. Willard Lovering, long one of the leading manufacturers not only of Taunton, but of the great manufacturing region thereabout, in both Massachusetts and Rhode Island, a representative in the Massachusetts Assembly, bank president, etc.; and to his sons and grandsons, the former being the late Charles L., the late Hon. William C. and Hon. Henry Morton Lovering, all of … Read more