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JOHN LOWE AND FAMILY.

MOULTON, PHOTO, 1892.

THE ANCESTORS

OF THE

John Lowe Family Circle

AND

THEIR DESCENDANTS

FITCHBURG
PRINTED BY THE SENTINEL PRINTING COMPANY
1901

B:

INTRODUCTION.

Previous to the year 1891 our family had held a pic
nic on the Fourth of July for twenty years or more, but
the Fourth of ]'a\y, 1890, it was suggested that we form
what was named "The John Lowe Family Circle." The
record of the action taken at that time is as follows:

FiTCHBURG, July 5, 1890.
For the better promotion and preservation of our
family interests, together with a view to holding an
annual gathering, we, the sons and daughters of John
Lowe, believing that these ends will be better accom
plished by an organization, hereby subscribe to the fol
lowing, viz.:
The organization shall be called the
"JOHN LOWE FAMILY,"
and the original officers shall be:
President, Waldo.
Secretary, Ellen.
Treasurer, "Lulu."
Committee of Research, Edna, Herbert and David ;
and the above officers are expected to submit a constitu
tion and by-laws to a gathering to be held the coming
winter. Arthur H. Lowe, Albert N. Lowe,
Annie P. Lowe, Emma P. Lowe,
Mary V. Lowe, ' Ira A. Lowe,
Herbert G. Lowe, Annie S. Lowe,

Introduction. '
Waldo H. Lowe, J. E. Putnam,
Mary L. Lowe, L. W. Merriam,
Grin M. Lowe, Ellen M. L. Merriam,
Florence Webber Lowe, David Lowe,
Lewis M. Lowe, Harriet L. Lowe,
"Lulu" W. Lowe. Samuel H. Lowe,
George R. Lowe, John A. Lowe,
Mary E. Lowe, Marian A. Lowe,
Frank E. Lowe, Ezra J. Riggs,
Edna Lowe Putnam, Ida L. Lowe Riggs.

The committee reported and the following Constitu
tion and By-Laws were adopted at the first meeting,
held Thursday evening, Feb. 12, 1891, with Mr. and
Mrs. Grin M. Lowe:

CONSTITUTION.
NAME AND OBJECTS.
This society shall be known as the "John Lowe
Family Circle." The object shall be to promote the high
est and best of family interests, and to accurnulate and
preserve all records of interest to the Circle. Also, the
holding an annual gathering on the fourth day of July.

BY-LAWS.
ARTICLE I. — MEMBERS.
Members of this Circle shall be: John Lowe and
Mary A. Lowe (honorary members), their sons and
daughters, and descendants, with their wives and hus
bands, who shall subscribe to Constitution and By-Laws
and pay an annual fee of ($1.50) one dollar and fifty
cents.

Introduction.

ARTICLE n.— OFFICERS.

Section 1. The officers ofthis society shall be: Presi
dent, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer, who shall
be chosen by ballot at the annual meeting.
Sec. 2. The officers for the first year shall be : Waldo
H. Lowe, President; Arthur H. Lowe, Vice-President;
Ellen M. L. Merriam, Secretary, and "Lulu" W. Lowe,
Treasurer. ARTICLE m.— DUTIES.
Section 1. It shall be the duty of the President to
preside at all meetings of the Circle. In the absence of
the President, it shall be the duty of the Vice-President
to act in his stead.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep
a careful and correct record of the proceedings of all
meetings, in a book provided for the same, and to carry
on all correspondence of the Circle.
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to col
lect all monies due the Circle, pay them out at the
approval of the President, and keep a careful and correct
account of the same in a book provided for the same,
and report to the Circle at the annual meeting all receipts
and disbursements. ARTICLE IV. — TERMS OF OFFICE.
Section 1. The President and Vice-President shall each
hold office for one year or until their successors are duly
chosen. Sec. 2. The Secretary and Treasurer shall each hold
office for three years.
Sec. 3. No officer shall be eligible to the same office
two terms in succession.
article v. — committees.
Section 1. The President shall appoint a committee
at each annual meeting, to consist of five members, whose

() Introduction.
duty it shall be to make arrangements for a picnic, which
shall be the Fourth of July picnic, at which may be pres
ent all members of the Circle, their families and friends.
Sec. 2. The Committee of Research shall consist of
three members, to find and report all matters of interest
to the Circle, which shall be entered on the records by
the Secretary. Said committee shall be elected by ballot,
one member each year, at the annual meeting, to hold
office three years. The original committee shall be, viz.:
Edna L. Putnam for one year, Herbert G. Lowe for two
years, and David Lowe for three years.
article vi.— meetings.
Section 1. The annual meeting of the Circle shall be
held on the second Tuesday of January of each year for
the election of officers and such other business as may
properly come before the meeting.
Sec. 2. Special meetings shall be called by the Presi
dent or Vice-President at the written request of any four
members, the Secretary sending a written notice to the
jnembers at least fifteen days before the meeting; said
notice to state the object of the meeting.
article vii.
The Constitution and By-Laws may be changed at
any regular meeting by a two-thirds vote of all members
present, provided notice of said change shall have been
mailed to each member one month before time of meeting.

Introduction.

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8 Introduction.
The work has necessarily been slow, but we have at
last accumulated quite an amount that your committee
have spent much time and study to arrange in such form
as would be acceptable to all.
Our Fourth of July picnics have been held in Dr.
Thomas Palmer's grove in Xotown ; only twice they were
held in West Acton with the brothers and sisters of Sarah
Mead. Our annual meeting has been held with Arthur,
Albert, Waldo, Harriet, Edna, Herbert and David ; in
1898 it was held in G. A. R. hall, and 1900 in the John-
sonia, when Frank being President and Samuel Vice-Presi
dent, they entertained the family.
In order that the arrangement of the book may be
better understood, we will sa^- that the Lowes have been
carried out in generations, and only those who are again
mentioned as having issues have been marked with a left-
hand figure. Thus, if you wish to find the direct ancestry
of John Lowe, by referring to the index you will find his
numbers to be (58-i.), also that he is the first child of
David (43-v.) and Louisa A. (Messenger) Lowe; referring
back, we find David (43-v.) is the fifth child of Joseph
(15-ii.) and Mai-y (Sawyer) Lowe; looking back to (15-ii.)
we find that Joseph (15-ii.) was second child of Joseph
(13-iv.) and Abigail (14-iii.) (Low) Lowe, and Joseph (13-
iv.) was fourth child of David (9-i.) and Susannah (Lowe)
Low; and David (9-i.) was oldest child of David (6-iv.)
and Mary (Lamb) Low. David (6-iv.) was fourth child of
Thomas (2-ii.) and Martha (Borman) Low. Thomas
(2-ii.) was second child of Thomas (1-i.). Then we have
taken some of the ancestors of first, Marj' Lamb, the
wife of David (6-iv.) ; then Mar}- Saw^-er, wife of Joseph
(15-ii.); Louisa Adeline Messenger, vtafe of David (43-v.),
and then of Sarah Mead and Mary Russell, wives of John
(58-i.) Lowe and the father of our Circle.
Many letters have been written, and in almost every
instance replies have been received ; many have been very
helpful, so many we cannot mention any special ones
without naming a long list, and we would like to take
this way of thanking them, one and all. We also wish

Introduction. 9
to thank the members of the Circle for their assistance,
and hope the book will prove satisfactory, interesting and
profitable. The first design of the publication was for the use of
the "John Lowe Family Circle," but as several outside
have expressed a wish to possess a copy w^e hope it will
be interesting to them as well.
Henry A. May of Roslindale has found for us a coat
of arms, a copy of which we have placed on the title
page. The following are extracts from Mr. May's letter
describing the coat of arms:
I have carefully gone over all the principal genealogical and heraldic
books of England in Boston, and we have the best in America. I took
each county and looked over the dififerent county pedigrees for Low and
Lowe. I found the principal county families of the name in Worcestershire,
Derbyshire, Kent, Cheshire, Wiltshire, Nottinghamshire, Devonshire,
Shropshire and London. The principal seat of the family was in Wor
cestershire, and afterwards Derbyshire and elsewhere.
I found numerous Thomas and John Low and Lowe, mostly in
Worcestershire, Derbyshire and London, but was unable to connect with
our Thomas of Ipswich. My theory is that he came to America from
London. There is the family of Low there at the time of his coming
here, with his family names. This family in London was from Worces
tershire, and all the generations there for centuries of the family names
of Thomas's family. The name is spelt Low and Lowe in this family.
A large number of the Essex county families came from London, and
many vessels sailed from London, that no list of passengers has been
found. I do not find the family to any extent in Suffolk and Lincoln
shire except of a late date.
In regard to the coat of arms, I have found the one that should be
used by the descendants of Thomas Lowe in America. It is the oldest
on record and is used by all the principal families of the name in Eng
land. *A shield (gules), and two wolves passant (argent), no crest or
motto. In using this coat of arms, have it black lines only ; do not use
the colors gules and argent. Do not use a crest or motto.
tThe next oldest coat of arms is: A shield, three wolves' heads,
*"A Display of Heraldry" by John Guillim, Pursuivant of Arms, London,
174i4i. Page 192, "He beareth gules two wolves passant — argent — by the name
of Lowe." t" Visitation of London, 1633, 1634, 1635," Vol. II. Same coat of arms.
Thomas Low of the Lows of Worcestershire married Anne Foster and his pedi
gree is given from about 1500 to 1634. The names of Low and Foster were
both represented in Ipswich, Mass., at its first settlement.

lO Introduction.
crest, a demi-grifBn rampant. Motto, "Spero Meliora." This is the
earliest motto found, time of Elizabeth, and the above belonged to the
Worcestershire family, one of the branches.
tThe next coat of arms: A wolf passant, on shield.
The above coats of arms all belonged to the same family of Low
and Lowe, and they used different crests, but I found only the above
motto. All of the Low-Lowe have the wolf in some form in all
branches. Miss Eleanor L. Wiley deserves honorable mention for
her patience and helpfulness in her typewriting for us.
Respectfully submitted,
Orin M. Lowe,
Waldo H. Lowe,
Ellen M. Merriam.

t"RoU of Arms," time of Edward I. Nichole de Low had the same coat of
arms.

OUR FAMILY NAME.

According to "English Surnames, an Essay on Family
Nomenclature" by Mark Anthony, (London 1875, page
78,) we find "a small round hill, (Anglo Saxon lowe,) a
tumulus or barrow."
"With our sheep upon the lowe." — Cursor Mutidi.
Sometimes it signifies a farm, other-while a grove.
There is a story, we think it runs something like this:
A Mr. McKenzie was persecuted and hunted for insurrec
tion, and upon being found in his home by the officers, he
escaped from them from the back of the house, and look
ing back he saw his home in flames. To farther disguise
himself, he gave his name from that time as Lowe, which
in Scotch means a flame.

CHAPTER I.

*THE lows of ESSEX COUNTY, MASSA
CHUSETTS.
Thomas (1-i.) Low of Chebacco, Ipswich, now Essex,
was, with little doubt, son of Captain John Low, mas
ter of the ship Ambrose and vice-admiral of the fleet that
brought over Governor Winthrop's colony in 1630. The
cane and Bible said to have belonged to Captain John
Low have been handed down in the families of the Essex
Lovers and are now in the possession of Daniel W. Low of
Essex, Mass., a descendant. The Bible was "Imprinted at
London by Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes
most excellent Majestic, dwelling in Pater Noster Rowe
at the signe of the Tygreshead Anno 1579." "The whole
Book of Psalms by Sternhold, Hopkins and others, printed
by Derye, over Aldergate 1578." "Susanna Low her book
1677, May 19." "Thomas Low his book." Thomas
(1-i.) Low was born in England, and was a resident of
Chebacco in 1641, if not earlier, before which time two
at least of his five children were born. He died Sept. 8,
1677. His will, dated April 30, 1677, was probated Nov.
6, 1677, in which he left most of his estate to his son
John, who married Sarah, daughter of John Thorndike of
Beverly. To his son Thomas (2-ii.), who married Martha
Boreman, (daughter of Thomas of Ipswich,) he gave £40,
and to his grandchild, Thomas Low,, who moved to
Gloucester and married Sarah Symonds, daughter of Har-
lakenden, granddaughter of Governor Samuel Symonds,
*Copied from a clipping taken from a. Boston Transcript published in 1899.
Sent me by Mrs. Edward A. Kilham.

14 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
and became the ancestor of almost all the Low families
there since, £5.
The first item in his will was, "I give & bequeath
unto Susannah my Loving wife what goods she brought
with her and also I give her the use of that room which
I lye in & the free use of those things that are in it and
also the use of one cow which she liketh best & will is
that my Sonne John shall maintain it wintere & summer
& also my will is that if the Cow come to any casuality
hee shall find her another Cow & maintain it likewise as
beforesaid. Also I give unto my wife one-fourth part of
her labor that she hath spunn both Lening & wollen &
also she shall have her beere as she hath now & also
free use of the fire: & also John shall rfeare her one
Sheoate yearly for sume meate for her & also a little
ground to sow half a peck of flax seede yearly. And also
to give unto her thirty shillings yearly to be paid by my
executor in such things as she shall stand in need of dur
ing her natural life. Moreover I give unto my loving wife
five ponds to dispose of as she shall thinke good, and
my will is that in case my wife shall thinke meete to
remove from my sonne John, then my will is that John
Low pay or cause to be paid to her forty shillings yearly
& every yeare during her natural life in such pay as she
needeth. And also I give her the Cowe to be her owne &
John to send the pay to Boston or Charlestown."
His son John (4), who followed his father's business
as maltster as well as yeoman, gave up making malt in
1696. His son Thomas (2-ii.) served in King Philip's
war, and had a grant of land in Narragansett Township
No. 1, now Buxton, Me., for service. The records of Wa-
tertown, Mass., give the death of "Susanna Low 19th of
August, 1684. Aged about 86," and as no other Low is
mentioned there in that century, and her death not found
elsewhere, it is believed that she w^as widow of Thomas
(1-i.), considering where her legacy w^as to be paid also.
John Camden Hotten's "List of Emigrants," etc., pub
lished 1874, says: "One of the earliest acts of Charles
the First — an act which raised a storm of indignation

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throughout the country — was the imposition of a forced
loan without the grant of parliament. The manner in
which this unconstitutional measure was treated by those
called upon to contribute towards the assessment is well
illustrated by the events which took place in Lincolnshire,
Eng., and a relation of the part taken by the leading
men of that locality, some of whom ^vere related to or
intimately associated with the principal agents in the sub
sequent emigration to Massachusetts under John Win
throp in 1630, will be of some interest to the descendants
of the New^ England emigrants. * * * a. long list of
Lincolnshire men who refused to contribute to the loan
has been preserved. Ten of them were immediatelj^ com
mitted to prison. [Then follows a list of them.] The
Boston men who refused to lend or enter into bond for
this appearance before his majesty's privy council, beside
the mayor and Alderman Tilson, were Atterton Houghe,
Edmond Jackson, Benjamin Diconson, Thomas Leverett,
Thomas Lowe, Thomas Tooly, John Coppyn, William
Coddington, William Condy and Richard Westland. Of
these, Leverett, Coddington and Houghe subsequently went
out to New England, and there attained positions of emi
nence." Daniel W. Lowe, Salem, Mass.
Of the twelve ships bearing emigrants to America in
1630, Captain John Low was master of the ship Am
brose. Governor John Winthrop came in this fleet in the
ship Arbella. In Gov. Winthrop's journal, page 1, we find
the following account: " 1630, March 29, Monday.
Easter Monday: Riding at the Cowes near the Isle of
Wight, in the Arbella, a ship of three hundred and fifty
tons, v^hereof Capt. Peter Milbourn was master, being
manned with fifty-two seamen and twenty-eight pieces of
ordnance (the wind coming to N. by W. the evening
before), in the morning there came aboard us Mr. Crad-
dock, the late governor, and the masters of his two ships.

16 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
Capt. John Lowe, master of the Ambrose, and Mr. Nichols
Hurlston, master of the Jewel, and Mr. Thomas Beeder,
master of the Talbot (which three ships rode then by us
—the Charles, the Mayflower, the William, and Francis—
the Hopewell, the Whale, the Success, and the Trial being
still at Hampton and n^t ready), when upon conference
it was agreed that (in regard it was uncertain when the
other four ships of the fleet would be ready) these four
ships should consort together; the Arbella to be admiral,
the Talbot vice-admiral, the Ambrose rear-admiral, and
the Jewel a captain. And accordingly articles of consort-
ship were drawn between the said Captains & masters,
whereupon Mr. Craddock took leave of us, and our Cap
tain gave him a farewell with four or five shot."
After three months the fleet reached Salem. The Jewel
and Ambrose had been separated from the rest of the
fleet for a few da3'S and so did not reach Salem until a
few days after the others. July 8, 1630, a public Thanks
giving was observed in all the adjacent plantations. "Up
on the return voyage the Ambrose, Capt. John Low mas
ter, was disabled and lost at sea near Newfoundland."
All this proves that Capt. John Low did not establish a
home in New England, but it is possible and very proba
ble that his son Thomas Low did come to this country
and became an inhabitant of Chebacco Parish, Ipswich,
Mass., as early as 1641. He died Sept. 8, 1677, at Che
bacco ; his will has already been printed. His wife's name
was Susannah and she died at Watertown Aug. 19, 1684,
age about 86.
Issue of Thomas (1-i). Low and Susannah his wife:
i. Margaret, b. in England; m. April 8, 1657, Daniel David
son, who was afterwards Major General; she d. July 8, 1668.
2— ii. Thomas, b. in England 1632; d. Apr. 12, 1712.
iii. Sarah, b.  ; m. Joseph SafTord; d.  .
iv. John, b.  ; m. Dec. 10, 1661, Sarah Thorndike, dau. of John
and Elizabeth Thorndike of Beverly; 2d, Dorcas.

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 17
SECOND GENERATION.
2-ii, Thomas, b. in England 1632; d. Apr. 12, 1712;
m. July 4, 1660, Martha Borman, dau. of Thomas and
Margaret Borman of Ipswich; m. 2d, Mary Brown.
Thomas Low was a leading spirit in the settlement. He
was a commoner in 1668, deacon of the church in 1678,
and d. April 12, 1712, age 80. We have a photograph,
sent us by Mrs. Edward A. Kilham of Beverl}!?, of the
"Old Low House" in Essex, Mass., which was built by
this Thomas, who must have been a wealthy, honorable
and influential citizen.
Issue of Dea. Thomas (2-ii.) and Martha (Borman)
Low:
4— i. Thomas, b. April 14, 1661 ; d. Feb., 1698.
ii. Samuel.
5— iii. Jonathan, b. July 7, 1665; d. Feb. 8, 1750.
6— iv. David, b. in Chebacco, Essex, Aug. 14, 1667.
V. JoHANNAH, b. March 10, 1669 ; m. 1st, David Dodger of Wen-
ham; 2d, Joseph Hale of Boxford.
vi. Martha, m. Nov. 16, 1694, Richard Dodger; d. Feb. 2, 1737.
vii. Nathaniel, b. June 7, 1672 ; d. July 30, 1695.
viii. Sarah, m. 1st, John Grover of Beverly; 2d, Nathaniel Webster.
ix. Abigail, m. Joseph Goodhue.
X. Samuel, b. April, 1676; d. June 2, 1723.

THIRD GENERATION.
4-i. Thomas, b. April 14, 1661; d. Feb., 1698; m.
Dec. 2, 1681, Sarah Simonds, dau. of Harlakenden Si-
monds, Deputy Governor, son of Gov. Samuel Simonds,
and went to Gloucester. This Thomas served in King
Philip's war. His widow was in Gloucester several years
after his death.
Issue of Thomas (4-i.) and Sarah (Simonds) Low:
i. Simond, b. Nov. 21, 1689: ip. Dec. 18, 1719, Sarah Davies.
ii. Thomas, b. Oct. 3, 1692.
iii. Elizabeth, born Nov. 20, 1695.
7_iY. John, b. in Gloucester Oct. 28, 1697.
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18 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
5-iii. Jonathan, b. July 7, 1665; m. Mar. 8, 1692,
Mary Thomson; d. Feb. 8, 1750.
Issue of Jonathan (5-iii.) and Mary (Thomson) Low:
i. Mary, b. Feb. 1, 1693.
ii. Martha, b. March 11, 1695-6.
iii. Johanna, b. Feb. 25, 1699.
iv. Susannah, b. June 7, 1701.
V. Margaret, b. Aug. 4, 1703.
8— vi. Jonathan, b. at Ipswich, Sept. 14, 1708.
6-iv. David, b. in Chebacco, Essex, Aug. 14, 1667;
m. Dec. 28, 1699, Mary Lamb; d. June 2, 1746, in Ips
wich. His will is dated March 14, 1745, and probated
June 16, 1746. In a deed dated Oct. 5, 1736, he gives to
his son, David Low, Jr., "his part of land granted to a
certain number of men, which formerly went in an expe
dition to Canada under Sir William Phipps, of which I,
David Lowe, was one." This expedition arrived before
Quebec, Nov. 5, 1690, and was repulsed with heavy loss.
The land thus granted was in New Hampshire. David's
rank in the army was that of sergeant. His will names
sons David, Jeremiah, Caleb, Stephen and Joshua, gives
each five shillings old tenor, and to David his andirons ;
names daughters, Mary, wife of Jeremiah Lufkin, Martha,
wife of Eleazer Croft or Craft, Abigail and Eunice. No
inventory indicated previous division of property.
Issue of David (6-iv.) and Mary (Lamb) Low:
9— i. David, b. 1701.
ii. Jeremiah, m. April 4, 1732, Lydia Gilbert.
10— iii. Caleb, m. Jan. 8, 1732, Abigail Varney.
iv. Stephen, m. Jan. 31, 1733-4, Sarah Low; he was killed at the
battle of Ticonderoga, July 8, 1758.
V. Joshua, m. 1st, Aug. 8, 1734, Susannah Butler; 2d, April 3,
1760, Widow^ Anna Boardman.
vi. Mary, m. Aug. 24, 1723, Jeremiah Lufkin.
vii. Martha, m. Eleazer Crafts, Private.
viii. Abigail.
ix. Eunice.

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 19
FOURTH GENERATION.
7-iv. John, b. in Gloucester Oct. 28, 1697; m. Mary
Allen, dau. of Capt. John Allen.
Issue of John (7-iv.) and Mary (Allen) Low, all belong
ing to Gloucester:
i. Mary, b. Nov. 13, 1726 ; m. Dr. Samuel Plummer.
ii. John, b. May 17, 1728 ; m. April 30, 1752, Sarah Gee, dau. of
Rev. Josiah Gee, pastor of the Old North Church. He be
came a prominent man in Gloucester, and died Nov. 3, 1796.'
iii. Joseph, b. Oct. 28, 1729.
iv. William, b. April 8, 1731; m. 1st, July 28, 1751, Dorcas
Eleroy ; 2d, April 30, 1767, Judith Day, and had eleven chil
dren.
V. Joseph, b. Jan. 25, 1733; m. April 12, 1755, Elizabeth Robin
son.
vi. Anna, b. Jan. 30, 1740 ; d. 1741.
vii. Susannah Allen, b. Sept. 27, 1741.
viii Josiah, b. Feb. 26, 1747.
ix. Nathaniel, m. 1st, Oct. 7, 1758, Elizabeth Fellows; 2d, Sept.
9, 1775, Mary Riggs. He was lost in privateer Tempest in
the Revolution ; he was second officer.
X. Benjamin.
xi. David.
8-vi. Jonathan, b. at Ipswich Sept. 14, 1708; m.
Nov. 18, 1731, Sarah Perkins, who was b. in Ipswich
1711 ; she was a dau. of Abraham Perkins and Abigail
Dodger. They moved to Lunenburg in 1763 ; had thir
teen children.
Issue of Jonathan (8-vi.) and Sarah (Perkins) Low:
i. Benoni, b. Aug. 16, 1732; d. Feb. 22, 1808.
ii. A daughter, b. Oct. 11, 1733; d. 1733.
iii. Sarah, b. Oct. 6, 1734; m.  Choate.
iv. Elizabeth, b. April 1, 1736 ; m.  Kimball.
V. RicHANNA, b. Feb. 10, 1738.
vi. Mary, b. Jan. 11, 1740; m. 1st,  Stearns; 2d, Esterbrooks;
3d, R aught or Knight.
vii. Abigail, b. Jan. 17, 1740; d. 1741.
viii. Abigail, b. Jan. 23, 1742.
ix. Hannah, b. July 11, 1744; m.  Goodridge.
X. Johannah, b. June 17, 1746.
xi. Jonathan, b. Aug. 13, 1748.

20 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
xii. William, b. Oct. 31, 1750.
xiii. Abigail, b. March 29, 1753 ; m. July 7, 1774, David Ritter.
11-xiv. Abraham, b. Feb. 11, 1755; d Oct. 23, 1834.
XV. Frances, Jan. 23, 1757; d. Aug. 3, 1807.
xvi. James, b. Feb. 8, 1759; d. 1759.
9-i. Capt. David Lowe, Gentleman, b. 1701; pub
lished April 11, 1724. His wife was Susanna Low, prob
ably a dau. of Jonathan and Mary (Thomson) Low. He
lived in Chebacco, and d. July 10, 1771 ; his wife Susanna
d. Feb. 16, 1775.
A deed in Essex registry shows that David Low, Jr.,
of Chebacco, maltster, and his wife Susanna deeded to
Thomas Bumam for two hundred and forty-one pounds
seventeen acres of upland in Chebacco, bounded by land
of Sergt. Jonathan Lowe, Samuel Low's heirs, Thomas
Gidding, Thomas Pickering, Zachery Story and Robert
Rust. The following is a copy of a deed from William Hen
derson to David Low, recorded in the Worcester District
Registry of Deeds, Book 49, Page 59 :
Know all men by these presents, That I, William Henderson of Lu
nenburg, in the County of Worcester, and Province of Massachusetts
Bay in New England, Husbandman, in consideration of the just sum of
Two hundred and twenty-six pounds Thirteen shillings and four pence
to me in hand paid before the delivery hereof by David Low, Ipswich,
in the County of Essex, and the Province aforesaid, Gent., I have given,
granted, bargained, and sold, and do by these presents give, grant, bar
gain, sell, allien, and fully, freely and absolutely convey and confirm
unto the said David Low, his heirs and assigns forever, a certain tene
ment or Farm situate lying and being in Lunenburg aforesaid, consist
ing of a mantion house and Barn and forty acres of land Bounded as
follows, viz.: Beginning Northwardly near the brook by certain marked
trees. Easterly partly on land belonging to Thomas Dutton and lands
of Samuel Hunts, Southwardly on said Hunts land & westerly on lands
of Edward Hartwell, Esq., and others, also a cider Mill & press. To
have and to hold the said granted and bargained premises together
vvrith all their appurtences free of all encumberences Whatsoever To him
the said David Low his heirs and assigns as an absolute Estate of in
heritances in fee simple forever, and I the said William Henderson for
myself and my heirs, executors and administrators do covenants and
engage the above devised premises to him the said David Low, his heirs

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and assignes, against the lawfull claims and demands of any person or
persons Whatsoever, forever hereafter to Warrant, secure and defend by
these presents.
In witness Whereof I do hereunto set my hand and seal this twelfth
Day of April anno domini one thousand seven hundred and sixty-three
and in the third year of the Reign of our sovereign Lord — by the Grace
of God of Great Britain, etc.. King, etc., and I, Sarah, wife of said Wm.
Henderson do give up any right of dower and power of thirds to the
premises. his
William x Henderson, (L. S.)
mark
her
Sarah x Henderson. (L. S.)
mark
Signed, sealed and delivered in presents of
Jonathan Low,
Job Giddings.
Worcester ss. received of David Low aforesaid the consideration
above mentioned by me his
Wm. X Henderson.
mark
Worcester ss. May the 19th. Then William Henderson above
named appeared personally and owned the above written instrument to
be his free act and deed Coram Benj. Goodridge, fusticiana Peace.
Rec'd Aug. N. 18th, 1763, and accordingly entd. and examined by
Tim Paine, Reg.
His will names sons David, Ebenezer, and Joseph, our
great-grandfather. He left to his wife one-third of his
real estate and personal property, enjoined on his sons,
David and Ebenezer, to provide her firewood, also a horse
and person to ride before her to meeting and elsewhere as
she shall have occasion; and her son Joseph, to whom he
had in 1763 given a farm of forty-three acres in Fitch-
burg, whither Joseph and his family had removed, to pay
her yearly one pound, six shillings.
To his daughters, Susanna, and Martha Lowe Per
kins, he wills the widow's thirds when she shall die to be
divided between them, and also gives to Martha, besides
what she has already had, nineteen pounds, six shillings,
eight pence.
The estate inventoried twelve hundred and two pounds,
five shillings.

22 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
Issue of David (9-i.) and Susannah (Low) Low:
i. Mary, bap. April 24, 1726; m. Nov. 28, 1751, General, also
Deacon Stephen Choate; she died about 1768; he died Oct.
19, 1815; left nine children.
12— ii. David, bap. May 5, 1728; d. August, 1782.
iii. Susannah, bap. April 5, 1730; d. before 1734.
13— iv. Joseph, bap. Dec. 12, 1731.
V. Susannah, bap. July 7, 1734; m. Sept. 5, 1771, Enoch Blake
of Salisbury.
vi. Martha, bap. July 18, 1736; d. before 1738.
vii. Martha, bap. Sept. 24, 1738; m. Nov. 26, 1761, Francis Per
kins.
viii. Ebenezer, bap. Oct. 4, 1741 ; m. Jan. 9, 1756, Martha Story.
There was an Ebenezer Low in an Ipswich company at
Bunker Hill.
10-iii. Caleb, m. Jan. 8, 1732, Abigail Varney.
Issue of Caleb (10-iii.) and Abigail (Varney) Low.
i. Catherine, b. March 14, 1733.
ii. Abigail, b. Sept. 10, 1735.
14— iii. Abigail, b. Sept. 1, 1737; m. Joseph Low.
iv. Caleb, bap. July 8, 1739.
V. Nathan, b. Oct. 1, 1742.
vi. Thomas, b. Feb. 20, 1744.
vii. Mary, b. May 7, 1747.
viii. William, b. Nov. 4, 1751; d. 1752.
ix. William, b. May 27, 1754.
X. Jeremiah, b. Dec. 17, 1756.

FIFTH GENERATION.
11-xiv. Abraham, b. Feb. 11, 1755, in Chebacco
Parish, Ipswich; m. Oct. 30, 1788, Charlotte Hale; died
Oct. 23, 1834; removed to Ashburnham in 1785-6 and
died there.
Issue of Dr. Abraham (11-xiv.) and Charlotte (Hale)
Lowe:
i. Nathan Hale, b. July 21, 1789; d. Dec. 13, 1789.
ii. Abigail, b. Jan. 24, 1791 ; m. Dr. William H. Cutler.
iii. Charlotte, b. May 29, 1793 ; m. June 4, 1840, David Good
win, Esq., of Chelsea, Vt. After his death she resided in
Ashburnham, where she died March 2, 1877.

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iv. Abraham Thomson, b. Aug. 15, 1796; m. 1st, Oct. 20, 1822,
Emma B. Gould of Ashby, who died Aug. 9, 1833 : 2d, Nov.
6, 1836, Susan Burr of Ashby, who died May 16, 1843; 3d,
April 5, 1844, Eliza B. Burr, who died Nov. 5, 1860; 4th,
April 30, 1862, Cordelia Burdett.
V. Thomas Hale, b. Nov. 27, 1799 ; d. Jan. 13, 1800.
vi. Mary Hale, b. May 9, 1801; m. Samuel Woods.
vii. George Henry, b. May 12, 1803.
viii. Benoni, b. Sept. 19, 1807; d. Feb. 22, 1808.
13-ii. David, bap. May 5, 1728; ra. Abigail Choate;
d. Aug., 1782.
Issue of David (12-ii.) and Abigail (Choate) Low:
i. Capt. David, b. in Essex about 1755; m. May 26, 1778, Han
nah Haskell of Gloucester; he died at sea 1797.
13-iv. Joseph, bap. Dec. 12, 1731 ; ra. Jan. 12, 1758,
Abigail Low, dau. of Caleb (10-iii.) and Abigail Varney-
they moved onto what was then called Appletree Hill, a
part of Lunenburg, now between Blossom and Mechanic
streets, Fitchburg, in 1763, which is proved by the deed
on page 20, the land having been purchased by his father,
David Low (9-i.).
Issue of Joseph (13-iv.) and Abigail (14-iii.) (Low)
Lowe:
14— i. Abigail, m. July, 1783, John Upton ; d. Sept. 7, 1829.
15— ii. Joseph, Jr., bap. April 24, 1763.
16— iii. Mary, m. Amos Wheeler, who died Feb. 29, 1844.

CHAPTER II.
Descendants of Abigail Lowe, Daughter of Joseph
(13-iv.) AND Abigail (14-iii.) Lowe, who married
John Upton.
We have reached the period when our ancestors, Jo
seph Lowe and his wife Abigail, came to Appletree Hill,
then a part of Lunenburg, some time, probably, during
the year 1763, as the deed of land conveyed to his father,
David Low (9-i), by William Henderson is dated April,
1763, and Joseph Lowe is taxed the next year. Joseph
and Abigail brought with them two children, Abigail and
Joseph, Jr., who were born in Ipswich; Mary was bom
afterwards in Fitchburg, and we have nearly all of the
descendants of their three children.
Some of the descendants who have gone West we
have not been able to find, and some have not considered
it of enough importance to answer our letters.
All were born in Fitchburg not otherwise stated.

SIXTH GENERATION.
John Upton, the eldest son of William and Hannah
(Stanley) Upton, was born in North Reading 1758 and
married Abigail Low (14-iii.) July, 1783. He d. October,
1811, aged 53, at the home of his eldest son, Joseph
(17-i.), in Fitchburg. His widow, Abigail, d. in the same
family Sept. 7, 1829, age 68.
Issue of John and Abigail (14r-iii.) (Low) Upton, all
born in Fitchburg, Mass.:
17— i. Joseph, b. July 3, 1784.
ii. John, b. Aug. 7, 1787; m.  Cunningham of Tennessee.
He d. of cholera at Keeseville, 111., Sept. 1, 1834; he had
three sons.

The John Lowe Family Circle. 25
iii. Abigail, b. Oct. 22, 1789 ; d. of liver complaint in Fitchburg
in 1811.
18— iv. Timothy Felton, b. Nov. 12, 1792.
V. Mahitable, b. June 22, 1794; m. Thomas Sweetser of Fitch
burg, Jan. 12, 1814, and removed to Lowell, where she d.
Feb., 1838.
vi. Lucy, b. May 31, 1798; m. Joseph Wiggin and removed to
Boston, where she d. Sept., 1830.
vii. William, b. Aug. 23, 1803; unmarried; d. at Maumee City,
Ohio, Sept., 1827.

SEVENTH GENERATION.
17-i. Joseph Upton, b. July 3, 1784; m. Feb. 12,
1807, Susan Thurston.
Issue of Joseph (17-i.) and Susan (Thurston) Upton.
19— i. Joseph, b. Oct. 15, 1807.
20— ii. Mary Thurston, b. Nov. 10, 1809.
21— iii. Thomas, b. Aug. 22, 1813.
22— iv. Edwin, b. Dec. 9, 1815.
23— V. John, b. Dec. 29, 1817.
24— vi. Susan Abigail, b. July 20, 1819.
25— vii. Charles, b. Nov. 4, 1821.
26— viii. Martha Ann, b. Feb. 27, 1826.
18-iv. Timothy Felton Upton, b. Nov. 12, 1792;
m. Eunice Vinton, b. in Goshen, Mass., April 23, 1802.
He d. in Maumee City, Ohio, Jan. 15, 1831.
Issue of Timothy Felton (18-iv.) and Eunice (Vinton)
Upton :
i. Angeline L., m. Samuel W. Young, a lawyer of Maumee City,
but a native of Lebanon, N. H.
ii. John V., b. ; he was in California in 1854.
iii. A daughter, d. soon after the father d.

EIGHTH GENERATION.
19-i. Joseph Upton, b. Oct. 15, 1807; m. 1st, Jan.
20, 1831, Betsey Messenger (109-iv.), who was b. Jan.
21, 1806, a dau. of Calvin and Betsey (Phillips) Messen-

26 The Ancestors and Their Descefidants
ger. She d. of paralysis Dec. 25, 1864; m. 2d, March 28,
1866, Amelia F. Lowe, widow of David Sawyer (57-iv.)
Lowe; her maiden name was Vose.
"At the age of sixteen he became an apprentice to
David Low (43-v.) to learn the trade of mason. During
his apprenticeship he was a subject of converting grace
and early connected himself with the Orthodox church in
Fitchburg. Of this church he was an active member till
his death."
He labored at his trade till about thirty years of age,
when he bought a farm in the southwestern part of
Fitchburg, which he cultivated during the rest of his life.
He had a healthy, vigorous constitution and was sick but
once. He was a great lover of music, and led the choir
more than twenty years. He was a captain in the mili
tia. He d. March 14, 1870, the result of a fall from an
upper scaffold in his barn.
Issue of Joseph (19-i.) and Betsey (Messenger) Upton:
27— i. Susan Elizabeth, b. Oct. 9, 1831.
ii. Calvin, born May 21, 1833; d. from the accidental discharge
of a gun in his own hands, Oct. 3, 1849, age 16.
28— iii. Jane Augusta, b. Jan. 19, 1835.
iv. Emily M., b. Dec. 31, 1836; m. John Marshall Farnsworth
Dec. 20, 1859; d. in Fitchburg.
29— V. Louisa Adeline, b. Feb. 1, 1839.
30— vi. Harrison, b. Dec. 2, 1840.
vii. Mary T., b. April 11, 1843; m. Oct. 19, 1868, George M.
Bowker of Fitchburg; d. June 16, 1870, in Fitchburg.
viii. Daniel C, b. June 21, 1844; d. Aug. 29, 1844.
ix. Lydia H., b. Aug. 27, 1846; d. Aug. 12, 1847.
31 — X. Abby Caroline, b. Nov. 2, 1849.
Issue by second wife, Amelia (Vose) (Lowe) Upton:
32— xi. Susan Amelia, born April 8, 1867.
33— xii. George V., b. July 6, 1868.

30-ii. Mary Thurston Upton, b. Nov. 10, 1809;
m. April 30, 1833, Jonathan Burrage; d. at Fitchburg
June 22, 1841. He d. in Roxbury, Mass., July 5, 1854.
They had four sons.

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 27
Issue of Mary T. Upton (20-ii.) and Jonathan Bur-
rage: i. Thomas Fairbanks, b. July 4, 1834; m. Jan. 14, 1857, Har
riet L. Battis. He enlisted as a private Aug. 13, 1862; d.
from chronic diarrhoea at Baton Rouge, April 29, 1863.
ii. Henry Sweetser, b.  ; entered the Theological Institute
at Newton, Mass. He enlisted Aug. 1, 1862, as a private
in Co. A of the 36th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers.
Mustered out of service June 8, 1865, as Acting Assistant
Adjutant-General, First Brigade, Second Division, Ninth
Army Corps. Returned to the seminary at Newton and was
graduated in 1867. Ordained pastor of the Baptist church
at Waterville, Me., Dec. 30, 1869. He was married in the
spring of 1873 to a daughter of Rev. J. T. Champlin, D. D.,
then president of Colby University in Waterville, Me.
iii. William Upton, b. Dec. 22, 1838; d. Aug. 12, 1839.
iv. Edwin Augustus, bom Nov. 21, 1840; d. Sept. 15, 1841. '
31-iii. Thomas Upton, b. Aug. 22, 1813; m. March
3, 1836, Abigail Downe, dau. of Dea. Timothy F. Downe;
d. July 28, 1896.
Issue of Thomas (21-iii.) and Abigail (Downe) Upton.
i. Harriet Downe, b. in Fitchburg, Feb. 26, 1838, d. Jan. 1,
1899.
ii. Charles Emerson, b. in Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 14, 1843; killed
in battle at Arrowfield Church, May 9, 1864.
iii. Mary Emma, b. in Maumee City, Ohio, Sept. 20, 1845; m.
Harvard Brooks Pitts, Jan. 21, 1879.
33-iv. Edwin Upton, b. Dec. 9, 1815; m. 1st, Nov.
10, 1842, Louisa Maria Farwell, a native of Hoosick,
N. Y., who d. Aug. 8, 1882; m. 2d, March 29, 1883,
Lucy Putnam, widow of James P. Putnam ; he died May
10, 1890.
Issue of Edwin (22-iv.) and Louisa M. (Farwell)
Upton :
i. A son, b. in Nov., 1845 ; d. 1845.

23-v. John Upton, b. Dec. 29, 1817; m. April 5,
1848, Louisa C. Willis, b. June 17, 1828.

28 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
Issue of John (23-v.) and Louisa C. (Wilhs) Upton:
i. Frederic Willis, b. April 8, 1852 ; \Yas graduated from High
land Military Academy at Worcester June 30, 1870. He d.
Oct. 7, 1870, of typhoid fever.
34 — ii. Amy Louisa, b. June 11, 1858.
34-vi. SrsAN Abigail Upton, b. July 20, 1819; m.
May 26, 1840, James P Putnam; d. of erysipelas Nov.
26, 1860. "She was a superior woman, honored and
respected by all." Mr. Putnam died of paralysis Feb. 4,
1877. Issue of Susan Abigail (Upton) (24-\4.) and James P.
Putnam :
i. Ann Maria, b. March 23, 1841; m. by the Rev Alfred Emer
son, Horatio G. Nutter, Jan. 24, 1867.
ii. Thomas Farrington, bom Aug. 30, 1842.
35— iii. Daniel Cowdin, b. March 10, 1844.
36— iv. James Edward, b. July 22, 1845.
V. Frederic Adams, b. April 8, 1847.
vi. Charles Benjamin, b. Sept. 29, 1848 ; d. of ulceration of the
lungs July 30, 1849, occasioned by inhaling a head of herds-
grass.
vii. Frank Porter, b. March 21, 1851.
viii. Walter Herbert, b. Aug. 25, 1852.
ix. William Sweetser, b. Nov. 13, 1858.
35-vii. Charles Upton, b. Nov. 4, 1821 ; m. Dec.
16, 1845, by Rev. Varnum Lincoln, to Sarah Amelia Ha
gar of Westminster, Mass., b. Oct. 15, 1820. He d. Jan.
13, 1897.
Issue of Charles (25-vii.) and Sarah Amelia (Hagar)
Upton :
37— i. George Clinton, b. in Fitchburg Dec. 22, 1847.
ii. Charles Herbert, born in Westminster May 11, 1850; d. in
Monticello, Minn., Jan. 19, 1892.
iii. Lillian, b. in Westminster Nov. 19, 1852; d. Oct. 15, 185i3.
36-viii. Martha Ann Upton, b. Feb. 27, 1826; m.
Sept. 18, 1845, George Curtis of Roxbury. The3- were m.
at Fitchburg by Rev. Calvin Lincoln of Hingham. Mrs.
Susan (Thurston) Upton, the mother of Mrs. Curtis, was

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 29
living with her and enjoying good health at the age of
84, in Feb., 1872.
Issue of Martha Ann (Upton) (26-viii.) and George
Curtis, all bom in Roxbury except George Herbert, who
was born in Fitchburg. The deceased children, except
George Francis, d. in Roxbury; he d. in Fitchburg.
i. George Francis, b. Oct. 30, 1847; d. June 9, 1848.
ii. Mary Abby, born April 16, 1849; d. April 22, 1849.
iii. George Herbert, b. June 29, 1850; d. Aug. 3, 1851.
38— iv. Henry Clifford, b. Aug. 31, 1852.
V. Charles Wilmot, b. Dec. 18, 1854; d. March 14, 1856.
39— vi. Martha Gertrude, b. Sept. 9, 1857.
40— vii. Edwin Upton, b. March 26, 1861.
41— viii. Nelson, b. Jan. 17, 1864.
ix. George, b. Dec. 26, 1866; d. Dec. 17, 1867.
X. Susan Thurston, b. June 27, 1869; d. June 30, 1869.

NINTH GENERATION.
37-i. Susan Elizabeth Upton, b. Oct. 9, 1831; m.
March 2, 1854, Maraton Upton. She d. in Carson City,
Nevada, Jan. 30, 1862.
Issue of Susan Elizabeth (Upton) (27-i.) and Mara
ton Upton :
i. William Maraton, b. in Fitchburg, Sept. 11, 1856 ; d. in
Fitchburg Oct. 17, 1857.
ii. Susan Elizabeth, b. in Carson City, Jan. 21, 1862 ; d. in Car
son City, Aug. 20, 1862.
38-iii. Jane Augusta Upton, b. Jan. 19, 1835; m.
Eben N. Leavens in Chicago Sept. 7, 1859. She d. in
Fairbault, Minn., Dec. 24, 1863.
Issue of Jane A. (Upton) (28-iii.) and Eben B. Leavens:
i. Frank N., b. in Fairbault, Minn., May 25, 1860; m. April 23,
1889, Ida M. Farlee.
39-v. Louisa Adeline Upton, b. Feb. 1, 1839; m.
Edward J. Davis at Pittsfield, Mass.,' June 25, 1862; lives
in Fitchburg.

30 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
Issue of Louisa Adeline (Upton) (29-v.) and Edward
J. Davis:
42 — i. Gertrude Louisa, b. Jan. 23, 1865, in North Adams, Mass.
ii. Walter E., b. in Fitchburg Nov. 2, 1866; died Sept. 4, 1868.
iii. Grace Upton, b. in Lunenburg Aug. 23, 1871 ; graduated
from Fitchburg high school 1890 and has since taught in
the public schools of the city.
iv. Mary Emily, b. Nov. 15, 1873; married June 30, 1896, El-
wood E. Taylor; graduated from Fitchburg high school
1891; taught some in public schools.
V. Bessie C, b. July 12, 1877; graduated from Fitchburg high
school 1896, from State normal school in Fitchburg 1898;
taught school for a while.
30-vi. Harrison Upton, b. Dec. 2, 1840; m. 1st,
Dec. 14, 1870, at Marlborough, N. H., Sarah M. Green
wood; 2d, March 16, 1887, Louisa Adeline Burgess.
Issue of Harrison (30-vi.) and Sarah M. (Greenwood)
Upton :
i. Lizzie Marcella, b. Dec. 18, 1874; d. May 26, 1892.
Of second wife, Louisa Adeline Burgess:
ii. Ethelyn, b. May 14, 1890.
31-x. Abby Caroline Fuller, b. Nov. 2, 1849; m.
Simeon Fuller Aug. 6, 1867, at Worcester.
Issue of Abby Caroline (Upton) (31-x.) and Simeon
Fuller :
i. Alice Cora, b. in Fitchburg, Nov. 20, 1870; graduated from
Fitchburg high school 1890; from Wesleyan University,
Middletown, Conn., 1894; taught in Orange high school
and Gushing academy, and for three years was principal of
Evansville Girls' school in Evansville, Ind.
33-xi. Susan Amelia Upton, b. April 8, 1867 ; grad
uated from Fitchburg high school 1886; m. June 28,
1888, Harry Garthwaite Townend, who was bom April
14, 1862, in Johnson, O. Spent one year in Greeley, Col.,
and six months in Washington, D. C; since resided in
Fitchburg.

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Issue of Susan Amelia (Upton) (32-xi.) and H. G.
Townend :
i. Robert Vose, b. Aug. 17, 1892.
ii. Maurice Garthwaite, b. Feb. 27, 1900.
33-xii. George Vose Upton, b. July 6, 1868; m. in
the C. C. church of Fitchburg Monday evening, Sept. 28,
1891, Helen Abbott Mason, b. Nov. 19, 1867.
Issue of George Vose (33-xii.) and Helen A. (Mason)
Upton :
i. Frances Elizabeth, b. Nov. 1, 1892.
ii. Helen Beatrice, b. Nov. 24, 1893.
iii. Dorothy Christine, b. Feb. 9, 1899.
iv., V. George V., Jr., and Joseph, b. Nov. 10, 1900.
34-ii. Amy Louisa Upton, b. June 11, 1858; m. Oct.
23, 1879, Herbert Ingalls Wallace.
Issue of Amy Louisa (Upton) (34-ii.) and Herbert I.
Wallace :
i. Frederic, b. Aug. 14, 1880.
ii. Rodney, b. Dec. 24, 1882; d. Dec. 11, 1895.
iii., iv. Sophia Ingalls and Amy Louise, b. May 3, 1885 ; Amy L.
d. Aug. 13, 1885.
V. Robert, b. Sept. 28, 1888.
35-iii. Daniel Cowdin Putnam, b. March 10, 1844;
m. to Kate E. Urner by Rev. William Baker, at Wards-
worth, Dec. 15, 1875. He entered the army on his 18th
birthday and served until the end of the civil war. He
d. at Springfield, O., June 18, 1888.
Issue of Daniel C. (35-iii.) and Kate E. (Urner) Put
nam, b. in Springfield, 0.
i. Gertrude Curtis, b. Nov. 9, 1876; d. June 6, 1878.
ii. Helen Clifford, b. May 2, 1878; was educated in the public
schools of Springfield and graduated with honors from the
high school in June, 1895. Entered Berea college in 1896
and continued as a student until spring of 1897, then
entered the State normal school in Normal, 111. After attend
ing the normal school four terms she accepted a position on

32 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
the faculty of Berea college. After serving successftilly in
this position for a year she returned to the normal school
and graduated in the class of 1900.
iii. Mabel Urner, b. Feb. 9, 1880; d. Aug. 6, 1880.
iv. Ethel Upton, b. May 21, 1883; educated inthe public schools
of Springfield and Berea college; at present is head trimmer
in millinery establishment of Miss Jennie Fish of Berea,
Kentucky.
V. Ruth, b. Jan. 27, 1888; a student in Berea college.
36-iv. James Edward Putnam, b. July 22, 1845; m.
1st, Nellie Brown, by Rev. S. J. Bronson, at Millbury Oct.
6, 1870. Nellie d. of cancer Feb. 18, 1881; ra. 2d, Edna
Mary Lowe, by Rev. G. R. W. Scott, Feb. 22, 1883. He
resides on the Putnam homestead. He served the city as
alderman in 1899.
Issue of James E. (36-iv.) and Nellie (Brown) Putnam:
i. Frank Webster, b. March 23, 1873; d. July 23, 1887, of
rheumatism of the heart.
Of second wife, Edna M. Lowe (82-ii.):
ii. Helen Edna, b. Aug. 8, 1885; in the Fitchburg high school,
class of 1902.
37 -i. George Clinton Upton, b. in Fitchburg Dec.
22, 1847; m. Abbie S. Brown Dec. 10, 1872. Lives in
Gardner. Issue of George Clinton (37-i.) and Abbie S. (Brown)
Upton. i. Edwin, b. in Gardner April 4, 1878 ; m. May 3, 1899, Carrie
A. Holden.
38-iv. Henry Clifford Curtis, b. Aug. 31, 1852;
m. Oct. 21, 1874, Agnes Gove Whyte, who was b. March
27, 1855.
Issue of Henry Clifford (38-iY.) and Agnes Gove
(Whyte) Curtis:
i. George Oliver, b. July 29, 1875.
ii. Mabel Whyte, b. June 27, 1877; m. Oct. 10, 1900, John An
drew Curtin.

of the John Lowe Family Circle, i 38
39-vi. Martha Gertrude Curtis, b. Sept. 9, 1857;
m. Dec. 18, 1883, Martin Luther Cate, b. Feb. 6, 1855.
Issue of Martha Gertrude (Curtis) (39-vi.) and Mar
tin Luther Cate:
Curtis Wolsey, b. Dec. 5, 1884.
i. Gertrude Curtis, b. Nov. 25, 1885.
ii. Kate Springer, b. April 13, 1887.
V. Philip Thurston, b. Nov. 16, 1891.
V. Martha, b. April 25, 1893.
40-vii. Edwin Upton Curtis, b. March 26, 1861;
ra. Margaret Maud Waterman Oct. 27, 1897. Was
mayor of Boston.
Issue of Edwin Upton (40-vii.) and Margaret Maud
(Waterman) Curtis:
i. Priscilla, b. Nov. 22, 1898; d. Sept., 1899.
ii. A daughter, b. Oct 9, 1900.
41-viii. Nelson Curtis, b. Jan. 17, 1864; m. June
25, 1888, Genevieve Frances Young, b. Dec. 14, 1864.
Issue of Nelson (41-viii.) and Genevieve F. (Young)
Curtis :
i. Nelson, b. Dec. 11, 1890.
ii. Frances, b. July 22, 1895.

TENTH GENERATION.
43-i. Gertrude Louisa Davis, b. Jan. 23, 1865, in
North Adams, Mass.; m. July 7, 1897, George W. Breck-
enridge. Went to live in Pittsfield, Mass.; was for many
years a teacher in the public schools of Fitchburg.
Issue of Gertrude L. (Davis) (42-i.) and George W.
Breckenridge :
i.' Robert Davis, b. May 27, 1898, in Pittsfield, Mass.

CHAPTER III.
Joseph Lowe (15-ii.) and Descendants in Seventh
AND Eighth Generations.
SIXTH GENERATION.
15-ii. Joseph Low, the ancestor of this section, was
b. in Ipswich, bap. April 24, 1763, and came with his
parents to Apple Tree Hill. As he reached manhood he
kept adding to his father's three hundred acres of land
until, we are told, he became one of the largest land
owners and taxpayers in the town. Dec. 27, 1783, he m.
Mary Sawyer. In the "Old Records of the Town of
Fitchburg" we find that he held the office of highway
surveyor. Mrs. John Lowe has in her possession the
deeds and also the inventory and division of his property,
which was valued at $5005, giving each of his five chil
dren $1001. His oldest son, Joseph, was appointed
administrator, and the land was much divided.
We have in our possession a copy of the deed of con
veyance conveying the share of land of David Low^ to
Mr. Abel F. Adams. The only part of the farm now
owned in the family is that owned by Mrs. Lydia (Mes-
singer) (Hawes) Wood, she having ra. as his second w^ife
Sarauel Hawes, who ra. for his first wife Mary Low,
only daughter of Joseph (15-ii.) and Mary (Sawyer)
Low; and Samuel Hawes Lowe (xv.) of our generation
has purchased some of that.
The brothers Stephen and David purchased farms on
Pearl Hill and each lived and died there. Daniel owned
different farms, and d. in Leominster.
• In the "Old Records of the Town of Fitchburg" we
find these:
Jofeph Low Jur Married to PoUey Sawyer both of fitchburg By the
Revernd John Payfon December ye 27*'' 1787

The John Loxve Family Circle. 35
Luke Sawyer Joined in Marraige to PoUey Smith By the Revernd
John Payfon December ye 27 1787 both of Fitchburg Recorded May
28 1788 Phins Hartwell T. Clerk

Joseph and Mary his wife both d. of consumption.
Issue of Joseph (15-ii.) and Mary (Sawyer) Low:
43— i. Joseph Low, b. in Fitchburg Sept. 1, 1791
ii. Polly or Mary, b. in Fitchburg, March 16, 1794; m. Samuel
Hawes, son of Robert Hawes, May 6, 1813 ; d. of con
sumption July 17, 1828; Samuel Hawes m. 2d, Lydia Mes.
singer. May 6, 1830. Mr. Hawes d. Oct. 18, 1873, of old
age, leaving his wife a snug little property valued at about
$50,000. She m. again, Aug. 14, 1879, Rev. John Wood,
who was born in Alstead, N. H., July 24, 1809. His early
education was in the public schools of Alstead ; he was
the youngest of thirteen children, and the only boy; was
graduated from Amherst college 1830, from the Theological
Institute of Connecticut 1839 ; licensed at Chicopee Factory
by Hampden Association Oct. 11, 1838; ordained in Lang-
don, N. H., April 8, 1840, after preaching one year; dis
missed Jan. 25, 1849; acting pastor at Townshend, Vt.,
from Feb., 1849, where he was installed April 10, 1850;
continued to preach there until Dec, 1858 ; /acting pastor in
Wolfeborough, N. H., August, 1859, to June, 1864; district
secretary of American Tract Society, Boston, June, 1864, to
1868, for Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont; district sec
retary of American and Foreign Christian Union June, 1868,
to June, 1869, in the same states, also of American Tract
Society, N. Y., June, 1869, to June, 1871; acting pastor in
Boxborough, Mass.. May, 1873, to 1875: in Dover, Mass.,
May, 1875, to 1878, and in other places preached as a sup
ply whenever an opportunity ofiered, as long as he was
able. A most intimate friend said at his funeral, "A man of
very strong convictions.'' He m. April 22, 1840, Lucinda
Maria Dimond of Claremont, N. H., who died July 23,
1872, leaving four children. He d. July 7, 1899, lacking but
seventeen days of a life of ninety years. He was our "Un
cle Wood," who has been present in so many of our family
gatherings, and all remember so well. His children were:
Jane G., adopted; m.  Gleason; Abbie Lawrence, b. July
24, 1845; Katherine Kimball, b. April 21, 1849; Annie
Laurie, b. June 25, 1853.
44— iii. Daniel, b. in Fitchburg, Aug. 17, 1796.
45— iv. Stephen, b. in Fitchburg June 27, 1798.
46— V. David, b. in Fitchburg July 2, 1800.

36 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
SEVENTH GENERATION.
43-i. Joseph Low, b. in Fitchburg Sept. 1, 1791 ; m.
Clarissa Thurston and remained on the farm.
Issue of Joseph (43-i.) and Clarissa (Thurston) Lowe:
47— i. Caroline, b. in Fitchburg May 18, 1814.
48— ii. Frances, b. Jan. 27, 1817.
44-iii. Daniel Lowe, b. in Fitchburg Aug. 17, 1796 ;
m. Sept., 1819, Betsey Phelps, who was b. Dec. 26, 1798,
a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Hartwell) Phelps;
he d. in Leominster, Mass., April 3, 1863; she d. of can
cer Sept. 4, 1865, in Fitchburg,- while living with her son
Joseph's widow, on Mechanic street.
Issue of Daniel (44r-iii.) and Betsey (Phelps) Lowe:
49— i. Dennis Flint, b. Oct. 26, 1822.
50 — ii. Joseph, b. in Fitchburg June 11, 1824.
iii. Augustus, d. quite young.
51— iv. Willard Hartwell, b. Aug. 26, 1832.
V. Daniel A., b. March 17, 1834; d. Jan. 21, 1851.
45-iv. Stephen Lowe, b. in Fitchburg June 27,
1798; m. Susan Kinsraan, b. Jan. 3, 1800, dau. of Jere
miah and Olive (Messenger) Kinsman; he was a farmer
and d. of consumption June 10, 1845; his wife d. of the
same disease Sept. 18, 1849.
Issue of Stephen (45-iv.) and Susan (Kinsman) Lowe:
52— i. Henry Joseph, b. July 15, 1822.
53— ii. Charles, b. July 28, 1824.
iii. Samuel Hawes, b. Aug 13, 1826; d. April 19, 1852; m. Har
riet Mann.
"In this town, 19th inst., of consumption, Mr. Samuel H. Lowe,
aged 26 years.
"Seldom it is that we are called upon to record the decease of one
whose departure is more severely felt by surviving friends and acquaint
ances than will be that of his whose name is placed at the head of this
notice, although such as have had the privilege of seeing him for months
past have but anticipated the present issue as painfully apparent. It
was the good fortune of the writer of this to be acquainted with him
from early life, and he can bear testimony to the uniform uprightness,
integrity and truthfulness of his life. Possessed of quiet and unassum-

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 37
ing manners, yet boldness ever characterized the expression of his honest
convictions of truth. The manliness of his character was reflected in his
frankness and open-heartedness, sincerity stamped her impress upon his
features and spoke in every tone of his voice. He was an affectionate
and tender husband, a kind brother, and a firm and generous friend,
ever faithful in all the relations of life. He fell by the hand of that
dread disease which destroys so many in our climate, especially of the
young, but we trust and believe that he was not unprepared, and that
in the passage through the "dark valley" he had the aid of that rod
and staff which are sure to support and comfort all who put their trust
in them. Short as his life has been, it was full of good example, and
the blessing that is promised to the 'pure in heart' will be his reward.
W. B. T."
iv. Mary Hawes, b. Oct. 14, 1828; m. Nov. 7, 1849, Austin Se-
reno Childs, who was b. Sept. 17, 1819; d. May 4, 1892;
lived in Fitchburg; real estate agent.
v. Susan Maria, b. Nov. 26, 1830 ; d. June 22, 1880.
54— vi. George Preston, b. June 12, 1834.
vii. Elvira Mahala, b. July 19, 1836; d. April 2, 1883, and was
buried in West Side, Santa Clara county, California, where
she had been living for thirteen years.
55— viii. Lucy Ann, b. May 6, 1838.
56— ix. Elizabeth Phelps, b. Oct. 9, 1842.
57 — X. Abbie Louise, b. April 6, 1844.
46-v. David Lowe, b. in Fitchburg July 2, 1800; m.
Jan. 28, 1822, Louisa Adeline Messenger; d. July 3, 1866,
of consuraption. Left an orphan at the age of eight
years, was bound out to one Willard, living on Dean Hill.
He proved a hard master and often the little fellow went
hungry and cold. His Aunt Mary (Low) Wheeler took
him to their home after a tirae, and their horae was his
until he married. When a young man he learned the rha-
son's trade and he worked on several of the then promi
nent buildings. About the year 1828 he bought the farm,
a part of which is now owned by Seth Lowe; built a
house and barn and raoved his family onto it, and lived
and died there. It was well said of him: "None knew
him but to love hira; none naraed him but to praise."
Always hospitable, but never so happy as when, on
Thanksgiving day, he had as many of his children and
grandchildren around his bountifully-spread table as could
gather there; and after grandmother's best china had all

38 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
been carefully put away and the laraps were lighted and
we were gathered before the old fireplace, he usually
brought out sorae choice fruit, saved with ranch care just
for the occasion.
Issue of David (46-v.) and Louisa Adeline (Messenger)
Lowe:58— i. John, b. May 5, 1824.
ii. A son, b. and d. in 1825.
59— iii. Calvin Messenger, b. Sept. 3, 1826.
60— iv. David Sawyer, b. Dec. 23. 1829.
V. A daughter, b. and d. in 1831.
vi. Seth Phillips, b. Oct. 22, 1832; d. Jan. 10, 1835.
61— vii. Seth Lyman, b. July 22, 1837.
viii. George Lowe, b. March 6, 1838; m. Nov. 24, 1864, by Rev-
Alfred Emerson, Mary Adams Russell, in West Fitchburg;
she was b. in West Fitchburg July 20, 1840; George d. May
6, 1865, of consumption. He was corporal of Co. F, 25th
Regt. The regt. was in Gen. Bumside's division at the bat
tles of Roanoke, Newberne, N. C, and others; was a
devoted Christian and member of the C. C. church.
ix. Daniel, b. June 3, 1840; d. Sept. 23, 1842.
A. Daniel Clark, b. May 25, 1843; d. Aug. 7, 1845.
62— xi. Stephen Clark, b. Jan. 5, 1847.

EIGHTH GENERATION.
47 -i. Caroline Lowe, b. in Fitchburg May 18,
1814; m. George Henry Merriam of Fitchburg, 1836; he
was b. in Watertown, Mass., March 14, 1812, and d.
in Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 12, 1888; she d. in Fitchburg
Oct. 30, 1853.
Issue of Caroline (Lowe) (47-i.) and George Henry
Merriam :
63 — i. George Francis, b. in Brattleboro, Vt., May 5, 1837.
ii. Abbie Ann, b. in Upton, Mass., Feb., 1839; m. April 2, 1857,
George McKinnie in Baltimore, Md.; had one child, and d.
Oct. 3, 1860.
iii. Emma Caroline, b. in Fall River, Sept. 19, 1841 ; m. Nov. 29,
1865, Simon A. Mason of Sutton, Mass.; are now living in
Fitchburg.
iv. Mary Eliza, b. in Providence, R. I., July 8, 1844; m. Jerome
W. Wilder of Leominster; d. Feb. 18, 1864.

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V. Charles Forier, b. in Townsend, Mass., April 1, 1847; d.
1848.
vi. Charles Henry, b. in Quincy, Mass., Dec. 25, 1850; d. Aug.
15, 1853.
48-ii. Francis Lowe, b. Jan. 27, 1817; m. Oct. 5,
1843, in Fitchburg, Sarah Ann Boynton ; he d. June 26,
1883; she was b. Sept. 20, 1821, and is still living with
her son in Lexington. They raoved to Rindge, N. H.,
afterwards to Jafiirey. An honest, upright farraer.
Issue of Francis (48-ii.) and Sarah (Boynton) Lowe:
64— i. George Francis, b. in Fitchburg July 1, 1844.
65— ii. Charles Henry, b. in Rindge, N. H., May 11, 1847.
iii. Mary Caroline, b. in Jafifrey, N. H., Feb. 23, 1851; m. in Jaf-
frey Feb. 21, 1871, Henry Martin Steams, who was b. in
Jafifrey March 14, 1848. He always lived on the farm, and
d. from accidental shooting in Pepperell, June 2, 1887; they
had no children. She m. again. May 3, 1899, Charles E.
Stickney of Rindge, N. H., and lived on the farm; he d. July
25, 1900, from stoppage.
66— iv. William Tenney, b. in Jaffrey, N. H., Aug. 21, 1856.
49-i. Dennis Flint Lowe, b. Oct. 26, 1822 ; m. Nov.
26, 1846, Sarah Frances Brown, who was born Feb. 9,
1823. He d. in Leominster Jan. 28, 1866, after a long ill
ness of consumption. He was a tailor in Walpole, N. H.,
and Leominster.
Issue of Dennis Flint (49-i.) and Sarah (Brown)
Lowe:
i. Fannie Elizabeth, b. Dec. 21, 1847; m. 1st, Feb. 15, 1870^
George W. Smith; 2d, Dec. 6, 1883, Clarence Wentworth, in
Beloit, Wis., at her Cousin Alfred Spaulding's house. He d.
at Lake Koshhoum (his father's and mother's summer
home) July 20, 1896.
ii. Abbie Lucretia, b. Nov. 22, 1849; d. April 9, 1868, of con-
sumption.
67— iii. Martha Roberta, b. July 23, 1854.
iv. Emerett E., b. Aug. 26, 1858; d. Feb. 20, 1859.
V. EsTELLA Brown, b. Dec. 18, 1861; m. Irving W. Colburn.
50-ii. Joseph Low, b. in Fitchburg June 11, 1824;
ra. Sarah Elizabeth Gerry, b. 1831; she d. in Arlington,

40 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
Mass., April 25, 1887. He d. Aug. 21, 1863, in Law
rence, Kan. The account of his death in "Fireside Leg
ends," taken frora a letter of Mrs. Sara T. D. Robinson,
widow of ex-GoY. Charles Robinson, is as follows:
Mr. Joseph Lowe was a most efficient man. He lost his life the
morning of the raid by going down into a well to assist in removing
the dead bodies of Mayor Collamore and his hired man. They had gone
down into the well to escape from the raiders. Mr. Lowe said to his
wife, "Now, Sarah, you write home that we are all right and I will
go over and see what I can do for Mrs. Collamore." He had objected
to having a rope put around his body, but took it in his hand. To
their first inquiry from the top of the well he replied, "I am all right."
To the second inquiry he gave no answer, and as the attempt was
made to draw him up, the rope slipped out of his hand. He had been
overcome by the foul air. His remains were brought to Fitchburg and
funeral services were conducted by the Masons Sept. 4, 1863.
A tribute in a Lawrence paper said:
His loss struck deeper and keener into the hearts of our people than
that of most others. He had passed through the raid with safety when
death's messengers were flying so thickly and fatally about him, disarm
ing the cut-throat by his coolness and suavity, and cheering his neigh
bors by his presence. He escaped the bullets of the murderers and died
striving to save the life of a fi4end.
Mr. Lowe was a popular man in this community. He was honest,
capable and enterprising. Although he was not backward in the expres
sion of his opinions, he was popular with all parties. He was courte
ous to his opponents, and he was an unfaltering friend. He came here
in 1856. He was a captain in a military company formed to aid in the
defense of Lawrence in that year, and on the Sunday when the 2400
came up from Missouri to destroy the town, he and his company held
possession of the stone fort on Mount Oread. He came here from Fitch
burg, Mass., a New England village that has given to Lawrence many
of its best citizens.
Mrs. Caroline A. Mason of Fitchburg wrote the fol
lowing poem as a memorial:
Oh, not alone amid the blaze of battle.
From serried ranks whose bravest bite the sod.
While all around war's engines hiss and rattle.
Goes up the hero-soul, exulting, to its God.
He is the hero howsoe'er surrounded.
Who counts his own life poor for others' sake;
Whose generous deed no thought of self has bounded.
Whose generous purpose doubt nor death itself can shake.

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 41
And such was he — the true, the gentle-hearted!
Call him not venturesome nor rashly wild;
Earth mourns a brave soul from her face departed.
And valor owns him kin and claims him for her child.
Oh, who of us, all fear of death repressing.
Nay, pausing not to balance death with life.
Foregoing friends and home, love's sweet caressing.
The tender ties of blood, the smile of child and wife —
Who of us all — albeit we are human
Even as he — would do a deed so brave ?
Oh, his was love passing the love of woman.
Stronger than death itself and mightier than the grave!
Bays for the hero on the red field lying;
Pseans and plaudits and a nation's tears;
But love, warm, human love for him who, dying.
Hands legacy like this down through the eternal years!
Issue of Joseph (50-ii.) and Sarah (Gerry) Lowe:
68 — i. Frederic Messenger, b. in Lawrence, Kan., March 22, 1859.
51-iv. Willard Hartwell, b. Aug. 26, 1832; ra.
April 24, 1854, Caroline Augusta Hall of Boston ; b. May
30, 1829, and d. Feb. 22, 1886, of bronchial pneumo
nia. He d. Jan. 10, 1886, of inflammation of stomach
and bowels. He was an expressman in Fitchburg for
many years; a man of sterling integrity and honor,
respected by all who knew him, and of whom it has been
said, "He had no eneraies."
Issue of Willard H. (51-iv.) and Caroline A. (Hall)
Lowe:
69— i. Carrie Susan, b. Feb. 13, 1855.
70— ii. Adelaide F., b. July 6, 1857.
71— iii. Willard A., b. Dec. 1, 1859.
72— iv. Nellie Maria, b. Dec. 30, 1861.
V. Joseph D., b. Aug. 26, 1864; educated in the public schools of
Fitchburg and m. Oct., 1885, to May E. BUss of Paw
tucket, R. I. He is a successful business man in Boston;
resides in Brookline.
73— vi May Josephine, b. May 12, 1869.
53-i. Henry Joseph Lowe, b. July 15, 1829; m. in
1845 Frances C. Thurston, dau. of Cyrus and CaroHne

42 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
(Boutelle) Thurston; he d. Aug. 10, 1875; she d. Jan.,
1878. Issue of Henry Joseph (52-i.) and Frances C. (Thurs
ton) Lowe:
74 — i. Helen Frances, b. June 25, 1847.
75— ii. Louise Caroline, b. Oct. 1, 1849.
iii. Jenny Maria, b. Jan., 1858.
iv. Charles Henry, b. 1859 ; d. 1862.
V. Annie Elizabeth, b. June, 1861; d. July, 1861.
76— vi. Frank Preston, b. Feb. 24, 1864.
vii. Florence, b. 1867; d. 1875.
viii. Clara E., b. and d. in 1882.
53-ii. Charles Lowe, b. July 28, 1824; m. Dec. 22,
1846, Louisa Jane Sylvester; b. in Fitchburg July 18,
1824. He d. Jan. 9, 1887; a contractor and builder, and
lived all his life in Fitchburg.
Issue of Charles (53-ii.) and Louisa Jane (Sylvester)
Lowe:
77— i. Mary Ellen, b. Oct. 9, 1849.
54-vi. George Preston Lowe, b. June 12, 1834;
ra. April 25, 1864, Jane Cecelia Boyer of  , England,
who was b. Jan. 8, 1837. George Preston early showed
a taste for a seafaring life, and at the age of sixteen left
horae and friends, to follow his chosen pursuit. He was
honest, faithful and conscientious, and became captain
when quite young. In later life it was his proudest boast
that never an oath had passed his lips and that he had
never tasted intoxicating liquor.
Issue of George Preston (54-Yi.) and Jane C. (Boyer)
Low^e :
78— i. Georgiana Maud May, b. April 26, 1867.
ii. George Herbert, b. Aug. 6, 1869; is third officer in U. S. ship
Sagamore.
iii. Elvira Annie, b. June 7, 1871.
iv. Marjorie Jane, b. April 13, 1873; d. Sept. 20, 1873.
V. Charles Henry, b. Jan. 1, 1875.
55-viii. Lucy Ann Lowe, b. May 6, 1838; m.
Henry Marshall Putnam Aug. 16, 1867. He was b. Dec.
29, 1841.

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Issue of Lucy Ann (Lowe) (55-viii.) and Henry Mar
shall Putnam :
i. Clayton Lowe, b. April 5, 1868 ; d. March 18, 1897.
ii. Henry Marshall, b. Dec. 10, 1869.
iii. Bertha Ernestine, b. April 13, 1872.
56-ix. Elizabeth Phelps Lowe, b. Oct. 9, 1842;
ra. Oct. 6, 1868, George Alfred Hitchcock, who was b. in
Ashby Jan. 15, 1844; express raessenger for the New
York and Boston Despatch Express Co.
Issue of Elizabeth Phelps (Lowe) (56-ix.) and George
Alfred Hitchcock:
79— i. George Preston, b. June 30, 1870.
ii. Annie Louise, b. Oct. 15, 1873; graduated from Fitchburg
high school 1892 ; has since been employed as clerk in Har
rison Bailey's law office.
57 -X. Abbie Louise Lowe, b. April 6, 1844; m. Wil
liam Steele March 18, 1868, in San Francisco; he was b.
in Haysville, O., Oct. 5, 1827; d. Feb. 2, 1881; lived as
a farmer in West Side, Santa Clara county, Cal. Abbie
L. was adopted by Mr. William Wyman in 1849 in New
Harapshire, was in Mt. Holyoke serainary in 1863 ; went
to California in fall of 1864, taught school in Solano
county three years.
Issue of Abbie Louise (Lowe) (57-x.) and William
Steele :
80— i. Annie L., b. April 3, 1869.
ii. WiNNiFRED, b. June 11, 1871.
iii. Olive Elvira, b. Nov. 28, 1873. Is attending a kindergarten
school in San Francisco; had taught six years in the
Hawaiian Islands.
iv. George W., b. Feb. 22, 1878.

CHAPTER IV.
John Lowe (58-i.) Grandson of Joseph Lowe (15-ii.)
AND His Descendants— The John Lowe Family
Circle.
We learn from the records that our ancestors in the
different generations were good citizens, of mqre or less
prorainence. The first to corae to Fitchburg was Joseph
Lowe, grandfather, and Joseph Low, Jr., father of David,
who was b. in 1800. David Lowe was a very industri
ous raan, by trade a mason, and while working at his
trade he helped to build the American House, now stand
ing on the comer of Main and Blossom streets, the Duck
raill and covered bridge in South Fitchburg, and other
buildings of less prominence. While he was living on Me-
cTianic street, "where Mr. E. P. Downe lately lived, his son
John Lowe was born. May 5, 1824. Afterw^ards he moved
over to the farm on Pearl Hill, where Seth L. Lowe now
lives. Here he died in 1866, leaving his wife, Louisa A.
(Messenger), and four sons. She lived to the ripe old age
of eighty-five years, leaving us in 1886. Her four sons,
John, Calvin M., Seth L. and Stephen C.,_all then married
and enjoying good health, survived her, and also her sis
ter, Mrs. John Wood, who almost to her ninetieth birth
day attended our faraily gatherings. Calvin M. has since
died. John Lowe, the father of the present large family,
spent his early life mostly, on his father's farm. In 1846
he married Sarah Mead of Boxboro and lived in his
father's house. Here he commenced the butchering and
provision business, which has since wonderfully increased,
frora the purchasing of a few head of cattle of the far-
raers, then by the carload shipped alive from the West,
until now several carloads of dressed beef are used in a

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The John Lowe Family Circle. 45
week. Four of his children were born here, after which
he raoved to Rindge, N. H., in 1851, to increase his busi
ness by sending the products which he collected among
the farmers to Boston. He lived there four years, and
while there two sons were born to him. He returned to
Fitchburg in 1855 and since has resided here. Six more
children were born to hira and his wife, Sarah Mead
Lowe, and in 1865 she was called hence, leaving her hus
band and tw^elve children, also her three brothers and four
sisters, who are now living.
April 3, 1866, John Lowe married Mary Adams (Rus
sell) Lowe, who is now living and has five children. Thus
the immediate family consists of father, mother and seven
teen children, all living. Of the children, fourteen are raar-
ried, three single, making thirty-one brothers and sisters.
The thirteen families have, all told, thirty-five children.
The oldest one of these is married and has four chil
dren, making, with their great-great-great-aunt, Mrs. John
Wood, five generations.
Aunt Wood, first generation.
Father and mother, second generation,
Children, third generation.
Grandchildren, fourth generation.
Great-grandchildren, fifth generation,

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2
3135
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A total of seventy-three souls living. This number
constitutes the family of John Lowe. In January, 1898,
the following figures were obtained:
Father, mother, children, grandchildren, whole nuraber, 65
Total height,  329 ft. 6%. in.
Total weight,  8059y2 lbs.
Total age,  1685 yrs. 9 mos.
They are all in good form and enjoy good health, not
one uses tobacco in any forra, or liquor as a beverage.
All the members of the John Lowe family attend the Con
gregational church and nearly all are members.
In the family are four farraers, three paper manufac-

46 The Ancestors and Their Descendatits
turers, two cotton manufacturers, two wholesale provi
sion dealers, one street railroad magnate, one bank clerk,
one inventor, one minister, one machinist. They transact
nearly $3,000,000 of business per year, employ 1500
hands, and in all the industries in which they are con
nected over $500,000 are paid in wages.
Nearly all the states in the Union and Canada havc^
either been the homes or been visited by different members
of the family, and hundreds of thousands of miles have
been traveled with much profit and pleasure and no seri
ous accidents. One trip around Cape Horn on a sailing
vessel, twelve trips across the Atlantic, beside a trip to
Florida and return by sail, have been made by different
members of the family. Several have held public office.
All usually vote the Republican ticket.

EIGHTH GENERATION.
58-i. John Lowe, b. May 5, 1824; m. by Rev.
James D. Farnsworth in Boxboro, Mass., Aug. 11, 1846,
Sarah Mead, who was b. Aug. 22, 1825, and d. Dec. 14,
1865; m. 2d, April 3, 1866, by Rev. Alfred Emerson, in
West Fitchburg, Mrs. Mary A. (Russell) Lowe, widow of
his brother, George (viii.) ; she was b. July 20, 1840.
John was b. on Mechanic street, Fitchburg; his early
school days were spent in a school house near by, but at
the age of eight years his father bought the farm now
owned by Seth L. Lowe, his brother, on Pearl Hill, and
built a brick house, not now standing. His school days
were then mostly confined to winter terms, in a small red
school house now made into a dwelling and standing at
the corner of Fisher and Pearl Hill roads. One winter
term of six weeks he attended a private school taught by
a Mr. Fox. At the age of eighteen he attempted to learn
scythe making of John Farwell and Abel Simonds, but
the work indoors was not congenial, and after three or
four months he commenced work for Clark Simonds, farm
ing, and attending school winters. After three years he

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 47
worked four or five years for Isaiah Putnam, when he
started in the meat business, using for a slaughtering
house a small building near his father's house. Hoping
to extend his business, in the spring of 1851 he moved
his family onto a farm in Rindge, N. H. F'our years of
hardships among those rocky hills was labor enough to
cool his ardor for business in that location, although he
made many life-long friends. He returned to Fitchburg,
went into the wholesale meat and provision business,
which he followed with its ups and downs until the year
1875, when he sold out to his oldest sons and went into
a market on Day street for a short time. He followed
market gardening for four years on what he called
"Round Top" on Pearl Hill, now owned by William
Proctor, it being the southern half of his father's farm.
Since then has worked all he has been able for his boys,
helping not only by labor with hands, but mind as w^ell.
He served the city as councilman from Jan. 1, 1876, to
Jan. 1, 1877. Early in life he joined the C. C. church.
Loved and honored not only by his children, but by all
who know^ him.
Issue of John (58-i.) and Sarah (Mead) (iii.) Lowe:
81— i. Ellen Maria, b. April 30, 1847.
82— ii. Edna Mary, b. May 3, 1848.
83— iii. Waldo Hawes, b. May 8, 1849.
84— iv. Ira Adelbert, b. Oct 13, 1850.
85— V. Albert Nathaniel, b. March 12, 1852.
86— vi. Arthur Houghton, b. Aug. 20, 1853.
87— vii. Orin Messenger, b. April 18, 1855.
88— viii. Lewis Mead, b. March 11, 1857.
89— ix. Herbert G., b. March 27, 1859.
90— X. Ida Louisa, b. April 26, 1861.
91— xi. Frank E., b. Jan. 15, 1864.
92— xii. George Russell, b. July 11, 1865.
Issue of John (58-i.) and Mary (Russell) (Lowe)
Lowe, all born in Fitchburg:
93— xiii, David, b. June 23, 1867.
94 — xiv. Harriet Lydia, b. April 15, 1870.
95— XV. Samuel Hawes, b. Oct. 22, 1873.
96— xvi. John Adams, b. Aug. 27, 1881.
97— xvii. Marian Abbie, b. Nov. 30, 1883.

48 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
NINTH GENERATION.
81-i. Ellen Maria Lowe, born in grandfather's house
on Pearl Hill in Fitchburg, April 30, 1847; ra. July 16,
1868, Lyman Wheeler Merriam. When she reached the
age of four our father raoved his family to Rindge, N. H.,
where school days began, at the age of six. in a small
red school house which stood at the foot of a long hill.
When eight years old we returned to Fitchburg to live on
a small farm at the junction of what is now Lincoln
street and Pearl Hill road. Attended school at Day street
and there was graduated at the age of fourteen and
entered the high school at the head of a class of one hun
dred. Mathematics and grararaar were favorite studies.
Attended high school alternate years until the age of sev
enteen, then took private instruction in bookkeeping. At
the age of eighteen she began teaching school in Lunen
burg with fifteen scholars, then a short fall term in the
Caswell district, Fitchburg; but before the term closed
typhoid fever had entered the horae circle and her services
were much needed. Then began her nursing in earnest;
before this a little had been done for a night or a day,
but now it was day and night for weeks. Father, mother
and five brothers — Waldo, Ira, Albert, Arthur and Frank —
were sick. It was like a hospital from October first until
January first, but through the kindness of God all recov
ered except our mother, whose death left Ellen and Edna
in charge of ten younger children. The baby, George Rus
sell Lowe, being only five months old, father employed an
old woman (Mrs. Wyeth Blodgett) to care for him and
his children. The spring of 1866 found Ellen quite worn
out, but her father's marriage in April released her frora
so ranch care that she went to her Aunt Maria Patch's
in Harvard for a while. The first Sabbath in July, 1866,
she became a member of the C. C. church. The sarae
raonth, Grandfather Lowe, who was in consumption,
wished her to remain with thera, which she did, but at
the end of two weeks he, too, was taken frora earth.
Very soon followed a call to the bedside of Clarence

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Twitchell at West Acton. He was thrown from a wagon,
injuring his head, and she spent most of the fall with
Aunt Anna Mead Twitchell, caring for Clarence. After
spending the winter at home she began teaching again on
Pearl Hill, teaching until the spring of 1868. July 16,
1868, she married Lyman Wheeler Merriam, and from
that time her life has been filled with the duties, trials
and pleasures of bringing up a family of nine children —
five girls and four boys.
Lyman Wheeler Merriam, her husband, w^as born at
148 Pearl street, Fitchburg, March 31, 1844, and was
educated mainly at Day street and the high school. At
the age of nineteen he joined the C. C. church. In his
boyhood days he showed unmistakable signs of being a
natural mechanical inventor. This natural talent has
been so strong that with all the opposition, failure to
become rich, and discouragements, he has acquired the
reputation of being a first-class professional inventor, and
has up to date (fall of 1900) obtained fifteen patents,
also has invented many practical machines, some of which
are quite complicated. He has one patent now pending,
which is the most valuable of any applied for. He is
engaged at the present time making milk bottle caps,
using machines invented by him, in company with George
O. Allen, under the firm name of the Merriam Mfg. Co.
Issue of Ellen M. (Lowe) (81-i.) and Lyman Wheeler
Merriam :
102— i. Sarah Abbie, b. in Fitchburg Aug. 9, 1869.
ii. Frederic Lowe, b. in Fitchburg Aug. 2, 1870; d. of water on
the brain, in Worcester, April 23, 1872.
iii. Louisa Adeline, b. in Holden Aug. 21, 1872; d. of typhoid
fever Sept. 22, 1890. in Fitchburg. Joined the RoUstone
church in 1887.
iv. Alice Edna, b. in Fitchburg Nov. 25, 1874 ; belonged to the
class of 1895, Fitchburg high school. Went to Washing
ton, D. C, for the winter, Dec, 1897; returned home June
30, 1898, and went into Mr. Arthur H. Hall's family in
North Leominster. Joined the RoUstone church March, 1890.
v. John Lowe, b. in Jaffrey, N. H , July 9, 187ff; d April 13,
1898; entered the class of 1895, Fitchburg high school.
Joined the RoUstone church 1890.

60 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
vi. Edith Augusta, b. in Jaffrey, N. H., March 5, 1878; entered
the class of 1896, Fitchburg high school. Joined the Roll-
stone church March, 1893.
vii. Lizzie Maria, b. in Winchendon Sept. 27, 1880; graduated
frora the Fitchburg high school 1898. Joined the RoUstone
church March, 1893.
viii. Clifton Harris, b. in Winchendon Dec. 30, 1883. Joined the
RoUstone church March 5, 1898; entered the Fitchburg
high school in class of 1902.
ix. Henry Mead, b. in Fitchburg Sept. 11, 1885; d. Aug. 5,
1887, of cholera infantum.
83-ii. Edna Mary, born May 3, 1848; joined the C.
C. church Nov., 1865, was a Sabbath school teacher in the
C. C. and RoUstone churches. Graduated from the Fitch
burg high school in the class of 1867, -which was a class
of four girls, the second class to receive diplomas. Judge
Franklin G. Fessenden of Greenfield being the only one of
the class of 1866. Taught school in Fitchburg, West Ac
ton, Rochester, N. H., and Key West, Fla.; m. by Rev.
G. R. W. Scott, D. D., to James Edward Putnam, Feb.
22, 1883, in her father's home, 88 Highland ave., in the
presence of about seventy relatives and friends.
James E. Putnam was born in Fitchburg July 22,
1845, son of James P. and Susan Abigail (24^vi.) (Upton)
Putnam. He crossed the Isthmus of Panama in 1864,
leaving home June 20, and came home across the conti
nent in Oct., 1866. He was overseer at the county jail
in Fitchburg for one year from Sept., 1868, to Sept., 1869,
and turnkey until Oct., 1877; was alderman from Ward
4 in 1899. He lives at the old Putnam homestead and
has one of the finest farms in the county.
Issue of Edna M. (Lowe) (82-ii.) and James E. Put
nam :
i. Helen Edna, b. in Fitchburg Aug. 8, 1885; entered Fitchburg
high school, class of 1902.
83-iii. Waldo Hawes Lowe was bom on Pearl Hill,
in his grandfather's house, on the eighth of May, 1849.
When he was two years old his father moved to Rindge,
N. H. The first characteristic remembered is when upon

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being given the choice of going to bed without his supper
or being whipped as punishment for being late home from
school one night he chose to go to bed. This happened
when he was from four to five years old. About the same
time a neighbor. Dexter Jewell, who kept a lot of sheep
and lambs, told him if he would catch a lamb and take
it home he might have it' and for a few times the sturdy
little fellow marched off with a rope, determined to bring
home that lamb, but he always came home minus the
lamb. When six years old his father raoved back to
Fitchburg and settled on a place of twenty-five acres,
about a mile from town, on the Pearl Hill road. Waldo
entered the school at Day street, which he passed through
creditably, and entered the high school in 1862, aged four
teen. His school life was rather uneventful, perhaps a lit
tle inclined to be aggressive, but he kept out of serious
trouble. During most of the time he attended the high
school his father did not hire a man and the work had
to be done by the four older boys, and this made long
days a necessity. Three 3'ears in the high school and four
months in the Bryant & Stratton business college pre
pared him quite well to begin the battle for his own sup
port. During the siege of typhoid fever in our family in
the fall months of 1865 he was the second victim among
the children. Owing to his robust health he pulled through
without any special disturbance and soon recovered his
usual health. He worked at home for his father until
March, 1870, when he went to Brighton, and in partner
ship with A. and 0. W. Mead & Co. sold beef in Boston.
This venture proving unprofitable, starting at midnight,
Sunday, July 3, with his horse and buggy, he drove to
Fitchburg and took breakfast with his father. November
of the same year he took the market under the Universal-
ist church, which he carried on with good success, selling
out June, 1872, and in company with Ira bought out his
father's business under the firm name of W. H. and I. A.
Lowe & Co. The first of May, 1866, he joined the C. C.
church. Rev. Alfred Emerson, pastor. Feb. 13, 1872, he
ra. Mary Louisa Whitcorab at the residence of her par-

52 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
ents on Grove street. Her great uncle. Rev. John Wood,
performed the ceremony in the presence of the nearest
relatives of both parties, his sister Edna and brother
Arthur and her sister Ella and cousin John Fairbanks
standing with them. August, 1879, he went to work for
G. F. Swift & Co., Chicago, 111. July, 1880, he went to
Milwaukee, Wis., selHng beef for Swift. September, 1880,
he moved his family from Keene, N. H., to Milwaukee.
When he came for them he left Chicago Wednesday night
and Monday morning he and his family were in Milwau
kee — a quick trip. His goods were to follow, but before
they arrived, Mr. Swift had promoted him to outside fore
man and recalled him to Chicago, where he went, his
family following in a few days. He worked here days,
nights and Sundays for nearly four years. He passed
through the big strike of '80, working every day, also the
switchmen's strike in '82, when Swift's house was the
only one to v^^ork all through the strike, and he hardly
left the slaughter house day or night for three weeks.
They boarded for a time at a private house, but as soon
as their household goods came from Keene, via Milwau
kee, they rented the house at the northwest corner of
Emerald avenue and 45th street, where they continued to
live until June, 1883, when after a trip to New England
they moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, to which place Ira
had preceded him the year before. Here, with assistance
from others, he started and for a time successfully man
aged the Wyoming Meat Co. The failure of the cattle
industry in 1886 carried down nearly every industry' in
that section, making poor men out of those who had
been millionaires. May, 1887, he moved to Omaha, Neb.,
and worked for Hammond & Co. for two years, when he
went into the retail meat business with Adara Snyder for
a partner. Matters not being agreeable, he went to work
for Cudahy & Co., but not being a Catholic he was
obliged to quit. June, 1891, he came East to look for a
business opening at Beverly, Mass., but finally decided at
the age of forty-two, when most men have already made
their fortune and have a stated income, to take up an en-

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tirely new business and learn to raake paper, there being
an opening for him ; he was after a short time made
superintendent of the Falulah Paper Co. at Fitchburg,
where he has remained.
Mary Louise Whitcorab, the wife of Waldo H. Lowe,
was born March 27, 1851, in Marlboro, N. H., and is the
daughter of Albert S. and Martha Abigail (Willis) Whit
corab. At the age of five years her schooling began in
Keene, N. H., and continued, as her father's business
called hira frora place to place, at Walthara, Brattleboro
and Fitchburg, from Fitchburg to Wolfeboro academy,
and then to Abbott academy, Andover, Mass., from which
she hoped to be graduated, but an accident to her father
made it necessary for her to leave school before doing so.
Joined the C. C. church in 1869. At the age of eighteen
she worked for a short tirae before her marriage in the
studio of Mr. J. C. Moulton.
Issue of Waldo H. (83-iii.) and Mary L. (Whitcomb)
Lowe :
i. Bessie Edna, b. Nov. 25, 1872; d. Aug. 3, 1873.
ii. Bertie, b. May 7, 1875: d. June 23, 1875.
iii. Mattie Louisa, b. July 31, 1876; joined the St. Mary's Ave.
church, Omaha, in 1888; graduated from Fitchburg high
school 1895. Clerk for Falulah Paper Co.
iv. Florence Josephine, b. April 22, 1878, in Fitchburg; united
with St. Mary's Ave. church, Omaha, in 1890 ; graduated
from Fitchburg high school 1896, from the Fitchburg state
normal school, two years' course, 1898, four years' course,
1900; appointed to teach school in Montclair, N. J., com
mencing in Sept., 1900.
V. Gertrude Whitcomb, b. May 16, 1880, in Keene, N. H.;
united with the C. C. church 1894; graduated from the
Fitchburg high school 1898 ; policy clerk and stenographer
for the Fitchburg Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
vi. Albert Waldo, b. June 11, 1882, in Chicago; d. Feb. 25,
1885, in Chicago, brought East and buried in Forest HiU.
vii. Lorena May, b. Oct 17, 1884, in Cheyenne, Wyoming; united
with the C. C. church 1897; Fitchburg high school, class of
1902.
viii. Willis Mead, b. Aug. 10, 1896, in South Fitchburg; d. Aug.
31, 1897.

54 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
84-iv. Ira Adelbert, born Oct 13, 1850; joined the
C. C. church May, 1866. Was a Sunday school teacher
in RoUstone church for a few years. Married by Rev.
Charles Darius Swett to Annie Maria Stone June 19,
1884, in her father's house, Charlestown, Mass., in the
presence of friends numbering two hundred or more.
Annie M. Stone is the daughter of Jasper and Mary Pat
ten (Swett) Stone and was 'born Feb. 20, 1857, in
Charlestown; is a member of the Second Advent church
and always more thoughtful for others than for herself.
Ira received his education in the public schools and one
year in the Bryant & Stratton commercial college in Bos
ton. He was for a time with his brothers in the whole
sale provision business in Fitchburg, then went to Chey
enne, Wyoming, and was connected with the Snow and
Lowe Cattle companies and Wyoming Meat Co. as presi
dent. About 1887 went to Chicago, and in 1888 returned
to Massachusetts and was in business in Boston about
two years, then went to Greenfield, where he has heen
very successful in sheep culture.
Issue of Ira Adelbert (84-iv.) and Annie Maria (Stone)
Lowe: i. Beatrice, b. Nov. 29, 1888, in Charlestown, Mass.

85-v. Albert Nathaniel, born in Rindge, N. H.,
March 12, 1852. Joined the C. C. church May, 1866;
removed his relationship to the RoUstone church in 1897,
where he has been on the church committee for two years.
He was married by Rev. S. J. Stewart to Emma Rebecca
Palmer, Oct. 28, 1879, in her father's house on Main
street. Friends were present to the number of thirty, and
gifts were valuable. Emma was born Dec. 17, 1854, and
is the daughter of Dr. Thomas and Charlotte (Fiske)
Palmer, in whose grove at Notown we have held our
Fourth of July picnics for many years; graduated from
the Fitchburg high school in the class of 1873 and joined
the C. C. church in 1874. Albert received a common
school education, with six months in the Bryant & Strat-

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 55
ton commercial college. Was in the wholesale meat and
provision business with his brothers until the year 1886,
and then commenced the manufacture of paper in South
Fitchburg, under the name of Falulah Paper Co. The
business was commenced in a small building in a small
way, but by patience and perseverance has been built up
to its present capacity of twenty-five tons per day.
Served the city as councilman from Jan. 1, 1879, to Jan.
1, 1880. Has been a director of Safety Fund National
Bank since Feb., 1897.
Issue of Albert N. (85-v.) and Emma R. (Palmer)
Lowe, all born in Fitchburg:
i. Erving Fiske, b. May 8, 1881 ; united with the RoUstone
church March, 1897; graduated from the Fitchburg high
school 1899; entered Harvard Medical school preparatory
to entering Dental school, class of 1902.
ii. Ernest Palmer, b. May 8, 1881 ; united with RoUstone church
March, 1897; graduated .from Fitchburg high school 1899;
Amherst college one year, and entered the mill of the Falu
lah Paper Co. in order to learn the business.
iii. Joseph Albert, b. Jan. 20, 1883; united with RoUstone church
March, 1897, Rev. W. O. Conrad, pastor; graduated from
Fitchburg high school 1900 ; enters Amherst in class of
1904.
iv. Guy Russell, b. April 17, 1888 ; united with RoUstone church
March, 1897 ; Fitchburg high school 1902.
V. Ralph Putnam, b. Feb. 4, 1887; Fitchburg high school 1903.
vi. Charlotte Emma, b. Jan. 10, 1891.
86-vi. Arthur Houghton, b. in Rindge, N. H., Aug.
20, 1853; joined the C. C. church May, 1866; married
by Rev. S. S. Munger to Annie Elizabeth Parkhill Dec. 11,
1878, in her father's home in North Adams, in the pres
ence of relatives and friends, some from Fitchburg having
been prevented from reaching there by a washout at
Greenfield ; gifts were many and valuable. Annie E. Park-
hill was born Feb. 15, 1857, in Belvidere, 111.; a daughter
of John and Margaret (Cleghora) Parkhill; joined the
church in her sixteenth year, in May. Graduated from
Westfield normal school January, 1877. Arthur's educa
tion was of the public schools; he was in business with

56 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
his brothers for a few years, and in the year 1879 began
the manufacture of ginghams, under the name of Parkhill
Manufacturing Co.; is now its manager and treasurer.
has interest in local, countj', and state business aflairs ; was
president of New England Cotton Manufacturers' Associa
tion. Public service: Alderman of Fitchburg 1888; raayor
1893, and during his term there was the greatest achieve
ment in extension of municipal works — erection of three
school buildings and two fire stations, elimination of
grade crossings, and projection of other public works ;
was influential in securing a normal school for this city.
President of Board of Trade two years. Trustee of Gush
ing academy. Politics : Pronounced republican ; raeraber
of Home Market club and of Massachusetts Republican
club ; delegate to Republican national convention at Phila
delphia, 1900.
Issue of Arthur H. (86-vi.) and Annie E. (Parkhill)
Lowe, born in Fitchburg:
i. Russell Bryant, b. Feb. 4, 1880; united with the C. C.
church May, 1892 : graduated from Fitchburg high school
1898 ; entered Massachusetts Institute of Technology, class
of 1902.
ii. Annie Margaret, b. Nov. 21, 1885; Fitchburg high school
1902; joined the C. C. church May, 1900, Rev. A. F. Dun-
nels, pastor.
iii. Rachel Parkhill, b. May 12, 1889.
87 -vii. Orin Messenger, born April 18, 1855; mar
ried by Rev. G. R. W. Scott to Florence Allisia Webber,
Oct. 30, 1879, in her father's house in Lunenburg, Mass.,
friends and relatives being present. Gifts many and valu
able. Florence A. Webber was born May 19, 1859, the
daughter of George H. and Sarah Jane (Smith) Webber.
Very musical. Orin received a public school education,
and at the age of eighteen went to California in the clip
per ship Mary L. Stone, Capt. Charies H. Phinney, via
Cape Horn. After being there one year he returned home
and worked for his brothers until 1880, when he went to
Chicago and entered the employ of G. F". Swift, where he
worked until November, when, with a broken arm, he

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 57
returned home and became associated with the company
of Lowe Bros. & Co. As the other brothers have gradu
ally left the business he has risen till he is now at the
head of the business. He has been many times selected
as a delegate to city and state conventions and served
the city as councilman during the year 1889, and the
year 1900 as alderman. He belongs to the I. O. O. F.
Issue of Orin M. (87-vii.) and Florence A. (Webber)
Lowe, bom in Fitchburg:
i. Grace Albro, b. Sept. 18, 1880; graduated from Fitchburg
high school 1899; entered Mt. Holyoke seminary, class of
1903.
ii. Irene May, b. May 4, 1884; Fitchburg high school 1902.
iii. Porter Webber, b. Feb. 25, 1887.
iv. Rodney Messenger, b. Jan. 16, 1890.
88-viii. Lewis Mead, bom March 11, 1857; mar
ried by Rev. C. M. Sanders to Lurilla Whipple April 22,
1886, in her sister's home (her parents being dead) in
Cheyenne, Wyoming. Gifts were many. Lurilla Whipple,
born May 3, 1865, in Marion, Iowa, is the daughter of
Daniel F. and Irene A. (Boynton) Whipple; joined the
Baptist church of Cheyenne 1883. Lulu received her edu
cation in the public schools of Marion and Nevada, Iowa,
and Cheyenne, Wyoming. After leaving school she became
her father's bookkeeper till his death in April, 1884. Her
mother having died in January of the same year, she
acted as copyist and typew^riter in the office of Lawyer
Mann while the estate was being settled, and also taught
school for a time. It was during her teaching in a little
log school house, thirty miles from the nearest railroad,
that Lewis showed his interest and zeal in the public
schools by frequently riding sixty miles horseback in one
day. Lewis vsras educated in the public schools of Fitch
burg. Worked for his brothers until about twenty-one,
when he went to Whitaker, Mich. Worked for Webster
Childs and then returned to Fitchburg to resume work
for his brothers. After a time he went to Chicago and
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58 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
"cooler-gang." Learned all he cared to of that part of
the business and returned to Fitchburg. There was an
opening for some of the boys at Cheyenne, Wyoming, and
his older brothers thought he would do well to take it,
and consequently he found himself there on or about
Aug. 2, 1884. Was foreman for the Wyoming Meat Co.
about three years, during which time he took delightful
trips to Denver, Leadville, Colorado Springs, etc., in hope
of bettering his health, but did not regain it till after a
trip to Massachusetts and a time spent in the Massachu
setts general hospital. As soon as he -was able to travel
so far, he returned to Cheyenne, and -was united in mar
riage with Lurilla Whipple April 22, 1886. They traveled
almost constantly for a month, visiting the relatives in
"the East" and Iowa, and including the chief points of
interest in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington
and Chicago. It -was a most delightful v^^edding trip and
was concluded at Cheyenne the twentieth of May, v^rhere
they immediately commenced housekeeping in the house
formerly occupied by "Lulu's" parents. Lillian Mabel,
their daughter, was born in that house May 8, 1887.
Soon after, Lewis started the first meat cart ever run in
Cheyenne and did well at it till the decline of the cattle
industry made it necessary for many people to seek resi
dence elsewhere. Concluding he had got all the money
out of it there was to be had, he took his wife and little
eleven-months-old daughter back to Fitchburg, where he
worked with his brothers till Jan. 1, 1892, when he sold
his interest in the business and bought the farm in Lunen
burg, where he at present resides.
Issue of Lewis M. (88-viii.) and Lurilla (Whipple)
Lowe: i. Lillian Whipple, b. in Cheyenne, Wyoming, May 8, 1887;
Fitchburg high school 1904; united with the Highland Bap
tist church, Fitchburg, Feb., 1898; entered Fitchburg high
school in class of 1904.
ii. Lowell Mead, b. in Lunenburg Nov. 30, 1894.

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?
89-ix. Herbert G., born March 27, 1859; joined
the C. C. church 1880; married by Rev. R. V. Davies to
Mary Adelaide Vaughn May 24, 1888, in her father's
house in Delavan, 111., in the presence of friends and rela
tives. Gifts valuable. Mary Vaughn, born April 1, 1860,
in Delavan, 111.; is the daughter of William E. and Susan
(Brendorff) Vaughn. Joined the C. C. church 1888. Grad
uated from Conservatory of Music. Herbert received a
public school education, with three months of the com
mercial college. Learned the trade of dyer in the Johnson
Manufacturing Co. of North Adams, add in 1880 cora-
raenced working for the Parkhill Manufacturing Co. in
Fitchburg, where he reraained until 1889, when he became
one of the F'alulah Paper Co. He served the city as coun
cilman from Jan. 1, 1890, to Jan. 1, 1891.
Issue of Herbert G. (89-ix.) and Mary E. (Vaughn)
Lowe, born in South Fitchburg:
i. Donald Vaughn, b. Feb. 13, 1891.
ii. Malcolm Branson, b. May 21, 1892.
90-X. Ida Louisa, bom April 26, 1861 ; married Dec.
14, 1880, by Rev. S. L. Blake, assisted by Rev. John
Wood, to Ezra Jackson Riggs. Joined the C. C. church in
1875, Rev. H. M. Tyler, pastor. Attended the pubhc
schools, entering the high school in 1876; entered the
state normal school at Framinghara in February, 1878.
Taught school in Rindge, N. H., frora April till July, 1880.
Ezra J. Riggs was born Dec. 11, 1846, in Boston, Mass.
Attended the public schools in that city, graduating from
the Eliot school in July, 1861. EnHsted Oct. 1, 1861, as
a volunteer soldier for the civil war in Co. E, 28th Mas
sachusetts Infantry. Re-enfisted in the field Jan. 1, 1864,
and was finally mustered out as first sergeant of his cora-
pany June 30, 1865. Again enlisted April 12, 1867, in
Co. F, 42d U. S. Infantry, and was discharged as quar
termaster sergeant April 9, 1869; was wounded in action
at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864. Entered Andover
theological seminary in September, 1876, to prepare for
the work of the Congregational ministry. Graduated in

60 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
>
June, 1879, and immediately began work with the church
at Rindge, N. H. After a four years' pastorate with this
church he returned to Andover seminary for a fourth year
of study. At the end of this period was called to the
pastorate at East Jaffrey, N. H. After ministering to the
people of this place for three years, labored for a time in
our western country, having charge of churches in Mani-
tou Springs, Colorado. In 1890 returned to the East and
continued the work of the ministry at Provincetown,
Mass. Issue of Ida L. (Lowe) (90-x.) and Rev. Ezra J. Riggs:
i. Nelson Francis, b. Sept. 23, 1881, in Rindge, N. H.; d. Sept.
18, 1882, in Rindge, N. H.; taken to Fitchburg for burial.
ii. Christine Louisa, b. July 6, 1889, in Fitchburg.
91-xi. Frank E., born in Fitchburg Jan. 15, 1864;
attended public schools until spring of 1879, which he
left to enter the employ of I. A. Lowe & Co.; there he
remained until August, 1880, going to Chicago for Swift
& Co., returning to Fitchburg July, 1881, and to the em
ploy of I. A. Lowe & Co. as bookkeeper and salesman.
March, 1884, he went to Cheyenne, in office and at pack
ing house of Wyoming Meat Co.; later, on the ranch of
Lowe and Snow Cattle companies. He again returned to
Fitchburg in 1885, and in April, 1886, with Orin Mj and
Arthur H., formed partnership of Lowe Bros. & Co.,
wholesale produce and provision coraraission merchants
and agents for Swift & Co. When the branch house was
opened by the company at Greenfield, in April, 1887, he
removed to that place and took charge, conducting the
same successfully until 1891 ; then becoming a partner in
the Falulah Paper Co., traveling for them until 1893 and
giving up on account of health. He again assumed direc
tion of the Greenfield house of Lowe Bros. & Co. until
the same was sold to Swift & Co. in 1896, whereupon he
identified himself with street railway interests, being one
of the incorporators and the first president of the Green
field & Turners Falls Street Railway Co., and was made
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in this company he was an officer and incorporator of
several street railways in Massachusetts, Vermont, New
York state and Pennsylvania. Married Sept. 26, 1900, to
Mrs. Martha (Stone) Towle, a sister of Annie M. (Stone),
wife of Ira A. (81-iv.) Lowe.
93-xii. George Russell, born July 11, 1865. Joined
the First Congregational church in Gardner. Married by
Rev. Lawrence Phelps to Mary Elizabeth Marshall Jan.
16, 1889, in her father's house in Gardner; only a family
wedding, but gifts -were valuable. Mary E. Marshall was
born July 7, 1862, in Mend on, Vt., and is the daughter
of George W. and Sarah Elizabeth (Brick) Marshall.
Joined the First Congregational church, Gardner, in 1879.
Educated in Gardner public schools. George R. attended
the public schools and worked for Lowe Bros. & Co.
in Fitchburg. In 1887 went to Gardner and is at the
head of S-wift's establishment there. He was elected direct
or and vice-president of the Gardner bank in 1895 and is
held in high esteem in public aff"airs. He has been a dele
gate to many state conventions, and his fellow-citizens
have frequently desired to confer some office upon him, his
name having been particularly mentioned for state sena
tor, but he has preferred to decline such honors and to
remain in private life.
Issue of George R. (92-xii.) and Mary E. (Marshall)
Lowe, bom in Gardner, Mass.:
i. Bertha, b. Jan. 3, 1890; d. Oct. 23, 1890.
ii. Kenneth Marshall, b. July 30, 1899.
93-xiii. David Lowe, the tenth son and thirteenth
child, is next in line. Father named him David, in honor
of his father, for among all the fifteen grandsons none
had ever been given the name of the grandfather, David.
Our history also shows that the same name was borne
by two other generations in our direct line of ancestry
and was followed b3' an honorable" record. So the name,
though plain and short, is a family inheritance. His birth
occurred June 23, 1867, at the old homestead on Pearl

62 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
Hill road, and of his infancy and earliest childhood there
is not much of special importance to record. After four
years of home education and discipline, he commenced
school life at East street, with Frank and George, with
Miss Sarah Marshall for a teacher, and was duly pro
moted to Day street, under the care of whose efficient
instructors, B. F. Brown being principal at the time, he
successfully passed into the Fitchburg high school, from
which he graduated July 3, 1885, Ray Greene Huling
principal. The graduating exercises of the class of '85
took place in the evening at city hall, the evening exer
cises being an innovation, and David delivered an oration
on "England and Russia in Central Asia," illustrated by
a map of his own make-up. After graduation, his plans
for a month's vacation before permanently settling to
work as cashier for I. A. Lowe & Co., "5 South street,
were frustrated by the severe accident to brother Sarauel,
who fell from the third story window at our home, 88
Highland avenue, a distance of twenty-two feet to the
ground, where he was found in a generally dislocated con
dition. Doctors Colony and Rice pulled him into shape,
and for five weeks he required constant care, mother tak
ing the days and David the nights, the doctor coming
every few hours for the first few days, until the immedi
ate danger was over. We are all gratified that Samuel
has grown to manhood in spite of such a severe accident.
September found David hard at work for Albert, the finan
cial head of I. A. Lowe & Co., and he remained here until
the twenty-first day of December, 1885, on which date he
entered the employ of the Parkhill Manufacturing Co.,
Arthur having offered him an opportunity to go in and
raake hirasself useful. David entered with this determina
tion and commenced his labors with Samuel B. Bartow,
Jr., in the office and brother Herbert, overseer of dyeing.
His first work was the receiving and invoicing of goods
and checking the yarn; then figuring out the orders and
shipping the goods, all the time gaining knowledge and
experience. He has grown up with the mill and has seen
the growth and development of the present "Mill A," the

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acquisition of "Mill B," which was formerly the Fitch
burg Woolen mill, and purchased of that company, and
the building and enlargement of "Mill C," originally the
Cleghorn mills. From one step to another he has ad
vanced, and now is assistant superintendent of "Mills A
and B," Mr. Parkhill being general superintendent. David's
business training commenced early in his school days,
under the tuition of " F. E. Lowe & Co., Hen Dealers,"
as their cards read, (Frank and George) and this educa
tion and discipline was a good .starter. His first experi
ence in "working out" was in serving as cash boy during
a summer vacation for the late L. J. Brown, in his dry
goods store, working six days and five evenings per week.
He was a proud and happy but tired youngster when,
the first Saturday night, he stepped up to the big desk,
and standing on tiptoe reached up to receive three big sil
ver dollars for the first week's work. In 1880 he entered
the employ of C. D. Cobb & Co., grocers, later A. L. Wil
liams & Co., as clerk, working evenings, Saturday after
noons and vacations for two years. Their store was then
in the old Citizens' House block, where Dickinson's new
block now stands. Then he entered the South street store
of I. A. Lowe & Co., and during his high school course
worked there afternoons, and studied evenings. From the
money thus earned he paid his way for everything except
his board, which father always furnished his children dur
ing their school days. In May, 1885, David united with
the RoUstone church. Rev. G. R. W. Scott pastor, where
he always has had a share in its different departments of
work. Was assistant superintendent of Sunday school,
under Mr. C. H. Doten. Was elected church treasurer in
January, 1898, which office he now holds, and is serving
the third year as collector. He is a life member of the
American Seamen's Friend Society, through Grandmother
Lowe, and a life member of the American Missionary
Association, through the RoUstone church. In public
institutions he is a director of the Fitchburg Cooperative
bank, a member of the New England Cotton Manufac
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64 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
the Young Men's Christian Association. He is a Republi
can, and is now serving on the Republican city commit
tee. His first vote was cast in 1888 for Benjamin Harri
son. The best and most important day in his career was
June 1, 1892, when Grace Isabelle Doten became his wife.
They were married in the RoUstone church by Rev. C. S.
Brooks. On this occasion her parents provided a very
generous outfit and wedding. The church service, wit
nessed by many relatives and friends, was followed by a
reception at their house, 56 Pleasant street, at which
nearly every member of the Lowe family was present,
with many relatives and friends of the bride.
Grace Isabelle, younger daughter of Charles Henry
Doten and Frances Helen (Mackenzie) Doten, was born in
Boston Dec. 4, 1866, and is of the fifth generation of the
lineal descendants of Edward Doten and his wife. Faith
Clarke, who came over from England in the Mayflower
and settled at Plymouth, where the old Doten house and
wharf are still standing, and are the oldest of the many
historical objects of interest. Her education began at
four years of age at Miss Mitchell's private school for
several terms and afterwards at a private kindergarten,
probably among the first to be started in Boston. Public
school life began at about seven years in the Groton street
primary school and afterwards the old Franklin grammar
and Everett schools. From the latter she was removed
by Mr. Doten, having changed his business and their
home to Fitchburg in March, 1881. Grace entered the
High street grammar school, where she finished the gram
mar course, entering the Fitchburg high school as a mem
ber of the class of 1886, under the principalship of Ray
Greene Huling, who severed his relation with the school
at the close of the school year in 1886. One of the pleas
ant features of the graduation exercises was the presenta
tion to Mr. Huling of a beautiful gold watch, a testimo
nial of pupils, teachers and friends. The six years follow
ing graduation were employed in learning the many
branches of housekeeping and in assisting in various ways
in the different branches of church work in the RoUstone

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church, where she became a raeraber in May, 1883. On
June 23, 1892, they celebrated David's twenty-fifth birth
day by starting housekeeping in the old Justin Stearns
place, 19 Mechanic street. This land was purchased in
Father Lowe's boyhood of Grandfather David Lowe, and
formed a portion of the old Lowe estate. April 7, 1893,
was a day of rejoicing, when little Eleanor, their first
child, was born. The little life was all too short, for she
was taken at about twenty months, on Dec. 17, 1894, to
the home above. On Feb. 1, 1897, they welcomed little
Frances Helen into their home, her Grandmother Doten's
namesake, and a comfort to all, coming soon after the
death of Mrs. Doten, which occurred Nov. 11, 1896.
After living at the Stearns place rather more than five
years, David and his faraily removed to 45 Prospect
street, where they now reside.
Issue of David (93-xiii.) and Grace I. (Doten) Lowe,
born in Fitchburg:
i. Eleanor, b. April 7, 1893; d. Dec. 17, 1894.
ii. Frances Helen, b. Feb. 1, 1897.

94-xiv. Harriet Lydia, born April 15, 1870; joined
the RoUstone church March, 1885; married by Rev. C. S.
Brooks, assisted by Rev. John Wood, to William Hamil
ton Wright, Sunday, July 12, 1891, in the RoUstone
church, in the presence of raany friends; a reception was
given in the church parlor. There were a great raany
gifts. Graduated frora Fitchburg high school, class of
1889. Taught school in Fitchburg.
William H. Wright was born Oct. 17, 1865, in Clin
ton. Attended the public schools of Fitchburg; joined
the RoUstone church March, 1885. He is a machinist by
trade, and resides in Hyde Park.
Issue of Harriet L. (Lowe) (94-xiv.) and Williara H.
Wright, b. in Fitchburg:
i. WiLMA Harriet, b. July 24, 1892.
ii. Eunice Cummings, b. Aug. 1, 1894.
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66 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
95-xv. Samuel Hawes, born Oct. 22, 1873. Sam
thinks because he comes so late in the line of the Lowe
family that he has not had a chance to make much "his
tory" of any interest, but we think that a short history
that is clean and strong on the side of right living is just
so much added strength to the whole circle. The removal
of his father frora the happy home on Pearl hill was a
marked event. Sept. 10, 1873, he settled in the new place
on Pratt street, now 88 Highland avenue, which has
become very dear to him as the "other home," and here,
Oct. 22, his eleventh son was born, and a few days after
received his name, Samuel Hawes, at the request of Aunt
Lydia, in honor of her husband, whose death occurred
Oct. 18 of the same year. It was a name that had
always stood for integrity and honor and was gladly
adopted. For nearly eight years Sammy had the distinc
tion of being the baby of the family, when he was super
seded by the youngest son, John Adams Lowe. Sam was
alw^ays a happy boy and lively as the proverbial cricket,
but met with a serious accident in his twelfth summer,
which for a year or two retarded his growth and kept
him back in school so that he did not graduate from the
grammar school until his fifteenth year, when he received
his diploma, certifying that he had successfully passed his
exams and met all the requirements of entrance to the
Fitchburg high school. Here he spent three years, taking
the English course, preferring mathematics and science to
languages. Near the close of his third year Mr. Chapin
asked him if he would like to go into a local bank.
"No," he replied, "I am going to photographing as sooti
as school closes." He was advised to look up the chance
and did so with equal promptness, and reported next
day, "It was the Safety Fund. They have got a boy."
He thought that settled it and was happy in carrying
out his own ideas, but a summons from the president a
few days later to come up to the bank led to an engage
ment which is still in force, covering nine years of steady
service. He entered as raessenger boy and was soon given
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at present paying teller, occupying the place so long held
by J. G. Tyler.
We copy this item from the Sentinel April, 1897:
SAFETY fund BANK CHANGES.
The directors of the Safety Fund National bank met Monday after
noon and chose Samuel H. Lowe to be paying teller and messenger, and
John C. Dexter of Orange to be receiving teller and bookkeeper. Mr.
Lowe is son of John Lowe and has been in the bank six or seven years,
and has been a faithful servant of that institution in all capacities he
has filled. He began at the low^est round of the ladder and has won his
deserved promotion by hard work. He is highly esteemed not only by
the bank people, but by all who know him as well.
Samuel united with the RoUstone church under the
pastorate of Rev. Charles S. Brooks. Has been secretary
of the Sunday school for two or three years, and treas
urer of the church and parish for four years. He is a
Mason, too, "in good and regular standing," belongs to
the Merchants' Association and several other societies,
and is also an auditor in the Fidelity Cooperative bank.
In politics he is Republican, and always and everywhere
a man of unceasing activity. He is unmarried.
96-xvi. John Adams, born Aug. 27, 1881 ; joined the
RoUstone church Mar. 4, 1894; graduated in college course
from Fitchburg high school in class of 1899. Entered
Mr. C. H. Doten's millinery store as clerk for one year;
entered Williams college September, 1900.
97 -xvii. Marian Abbie, born Nov. 30, 1883; joined
the RoUstone church July, 1898, Rev. W. 0. Conrad pas
tor. A pupil in the high school, class of 1901.

TENTH GENERATION.
103-i. Sarah Abbie Merriam, born in Fitchburg
Aug. 9, 1869; joined the RoUstone church in 1887; raar-
ried by Rev. Cleraent E. Holraes to James Lewis Harring-

68 The Ancestors and Their Descendants.
ton of Lunenburg Sept. 11, 1890, in her father's house,
148 Pearl street, Fitchburg.
J. L. Harrington was bom Oct. 17, 1855 ; is the son
of George and Martha (Lewis) Harrington; is a farmer
and milkman.
Issue of Sarah Abbie (Merriam) (102-i.) and James
Lewis Harrington, born in Lunenburg:
i. Lewis Lowe, bom Jan. 14, 1892.
ii. Ruth Louise, bom May 23, 1893.
iii. Carl Rogers, bom March 2, 1896.
iv. Harold Leon, bom June 13, 1898.

CHAPTER V.
Descendants of Joseph Lowe (15-ii.) Concluded.
EIGHTH GENERATION.
59-iii. Calvin Messenger Lowe, born Sept. 3, 1826;
married Dec. 31, 1853, Mary Elizabeth Childs, bom in
Henniker, N. H., April 24, 1824; died in Michigan of con
sumption April 6, 1898. Early in life he joined the C. C.
church. For a time he was in business in Fitchburg, but
sold out and w^ent to a small settlement called Paint Creek,
now Whitaker, in Michigan, arriving there Sept. 30, 1853.
He remained there; all his children were born, died and
buried there. He was a very sincere Christian and labored
for the upbuilding of their small church.
Issue of Calvin (59-iii.) and Mary (Childs) Lowe,
born in Paint Creek, now Whitaker, Mich. :
i. Edward Goodell, b. March 30, 1854; d. Jan. 6, 1877, of
consumption.
98— ii. Austin Childs, b. Feb. 12, 1856.
iii. Abbie Louise, b. April 25, 1858; d. May 19, 1875, of con
sumption.
iv. Lucy Rosella, b. June 5, 1861 ; d. May 4, 1865, of burns re
ceived while playing with fire.
v. Mary Leyina, b. Oct. 22, 1862; d. Feb. 3, 1863.
vi. Lucy Edith, b. April 13, 1867; m. June 24, 1891, to William
Knapp; d. April 6, 1894.
vii. James Webster, b. Feb. 22, 1869; d. Aug. 11, 1888.
99— viii. Carlos William, b. March 6, 1871.
ix. Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 22, 1873; d. Aug. 18, 1873.
60-iv. David Sawyer Lowe, bom Dec. 23, 1829;
married April 22, 1856, Amelia Frances Vose, who was
bom Aug. 17, 1834; he died Oct. 13, 1860, of consump
tion, in Paint Creek, Mich., but is buried in Laurel Hill,
Fitchburg.

70 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
Issue of David (60-iv.) and Amelia (Vose) Lowe:
i. William Vose, b. Sept. 8, 1857, in Augusta, Mich.; d. Sept.
20, 1858, in Augusta, Mich.
100— ii. William Vose, b. Sept. 25, 1859, in Augusta, Mich.
iii., iv. Celia Adelaide and Delia Eliza, twins, b. April 25, 1861,
in Fitchburg. CeUa d. Aug. 3, 1861 ; Delia d. Sept. 19,
1861.
61-vii. Seth Lyman, born July 22, 1837; married
Feb. 28, 1857, Susan Rebecca Vose, born June 15, 1836,
sister of Amelia F., who married David S. (57-iv.), and
daughter of ex-Mayor William H. Vose. Seth received his
early education in the district school on Pearl Hill and a
little while in Rindge, N. H. He said he did not gradu
ate, because his education ha^ been progressing ever since
and isn't finished yet. He was with his brother John a
good deal of the four years he was in Rindge, N. H., and
went to Whitaker, Mich., when twenty-one years old.
After about two years returned East and married. Tak
ing his bride back to Michigan, he bought a farm. After
a year or two the buildings were burned, and finding it
rather hard to live in a shanty he returned to Fitchburg
and settled upon the old horaestead in Septeraber, 1864,
where he has lived quietly with children and grandchil
dren. Has been a raeraber of the C. C. church for many
years. Issue of Seth L. (61-vii.) and Susan R. (Vose) Lowe:
i. Frederic Henry, b. Jan. 11, 1860, in Whitaker, Mich. Joined
the C. C. church when young; m. by Rev. C. R. Gale to
Florence Lovell, who was b. Aug. 26, 1856, in North
Adams.
ii. Susan Amelia, b. June 14, 1862, in Whitaker, Mich.; m.
Monday afternoon, Sept. 17, 1900, by Rev. A. F. Dunnels,
to Percival R. Bowers.
101— iii. Eugene Francis, b. July 11, 1864, in Fitchburg.
iv. Clara Luella, b. in Fitchburg, Oct. 7, 1867.
V. Annie Louisa, b. Nov. 29, 1871 ; d. Sept. 20, 1874.
62-xi. Stephen Clark Lowe, bom Jan. 5, 1847;
married, first, Dec. 1, 1879, Sarah Jane Bacheller, who
died Sept. 15, 1880; married, second, Sept. 5, 1882, Ella

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E. Taft; he learned the machinist's trade; in his twenty-
second year (1869) he apprenticed himself to the RoUstone
Machine Works. At the expiration of the three years he
engaged hiraself to the Brown Engine Co., with whom he
was connected as an employee for three years, till 1872.
Went to Minnesota and remained there until 1879. Went
to Elgin, IIJ., in the watch factory and remained until
1892. Has been in Dos Palos, Merced county, California,
since that date. Before leaving Fitchburg he joined the
C. C. church. Rev. Alfred Emerson, pastor, and since that
time has always been ready for any work ; Sunday school
teacher, superintendent, chorister, organist, and while in
Elgin was appointed to the office of deacon. Since going
to California has become identified with the M. E. church
and held at different times all the offices in that church.
Issue of Stephen Clark (62-xi.) and Ella E. (Taft)
Lowe, born in Elgin, 111.:
i. Edna Louisa, b. June 18, 1883 ; graduates from Elgin high
school in class of 1901, also from the college of music, 1901.
ii. Henry Gordon, b. Aug , 1885. Joined the Methodist church in
Dos Palos Jan., 1900. When very young he went to Dos
Palos, Merced county, California, with his parents, and has
remained with them and become a great comfort to them in
their privations of frontier life.
NINTH GENERATION.
63-i. George Francis Merriam, bom in Brattleboro,
Vt., May 5, 1837; married Jan. 21, 1860, Emma Maria
Wheeler, born in Ashby, Mass. He died Jan. 27, 1892, in
Springfield, Mass. Had eight children.
Issue of George Francis (63-i.) and Emma Maria
(Wheeler) Merriam:
i. Louis Francis, b. Nov. 29, 1860.
ii., iii. Adelaide Augusta and Annie Frances, b. April 29, 1862.
iv. George Francis, b. Aug. 1, 1863.
V. Charles Sumner, b. Dec. 16, 1867.
vi., vii. Frederic Mason and Emma Gertrude, b. Feb. 24, 1870.
viii. William CullEn Bryant, b. Feb. 24, 1872.
WiUiam C. Bryant and George Francis are living; the others died in
infancy.

72 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
64-i. George Francis Lowe, bom in Fitchburg, July
1, 1844; raarried April 14, 1869, in Fitchburg, Harriet
Elizabeth Stearns, who was bom in Hollis, N. H., Jan. 7,
1844. He went to war in the year 1861 ; enlisted in Au
gust and served until the end of the war, and was raus-
tered out of service with honorable discharge as corporal
in August, 1865; never enjoyed very good health after-
w^ards. Went into milk business in Woburn, Mass., in
1868 ; remained there about four years, sold ofit and went
to Arlington; in provision business for nearly three years,
and gave up on account of his health and went to Quincy,
Fla., and farmed there until his death, June 18, 1882.
His wife and daughter Leila came home to Jaffrey Dec. 1,
1882. His wife afterwards became a trained nurse, which
w^ork she has followed about seventeen years, most of the
time in the state of Connecticut.
Issue of George Francis (64r-i.) and Harriet E. (Stearns)
Lowe:
i. Frances Duane, b. June 23, 1871, in Woburn, Mass., d. Sept.
14, 1871.
ii. Leila Adams, b. July 2, 1875, in ArUngton; m. Oct. 11, 1899,
in Rindge, Arthur Willis Hubbard, b. in Rochester, Vt., July
20, 1868. His business is electrician.
iii. HENRYEuGENE,b.Nov.26,1877, in Quincy, Fla.; d. Sept. 22, 1879.
65-ii. Charles Henry Lowe, bom in Rindge, N. H.,
May 11, 1847; married in Lexington April 7, 1869, Mary
Adelaide Goodwin, bom in Bedford Jan. 21, 1851. He
has been in the provision business most of the time in
Lexington, Mass.
Issue of Charles Henry (65-ii.) and Mary A. (Good
win) Lowe:
i. Willie Ellsworth, b. in Lexington, June 14, 1871; d. of
scarlet fever April 6, 1876.
ii. Charles Herbert, b. July 29, 1876, in Lexington; attended
high school three years ; Comer's commercial coUege in Bos
ton about eight months; has since worked in provision
business in Lexington.
iii. Eva Gertrude, b. Oct. 7, 1879, in Lexington; d. April 16,
1899; was obliged to leave school in the winter of 1895
with Bright's disease, of which she died.

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66-iv. William Tenney Lowe, born in Jaffrey, N. H.,
Aug. 21, 1856; married Aug. 4, 1883, Lulu Estella Jewett,
born in Rindge, Sept. 14, 1866. She died while they were
living on a farm in Jamaica, Vt., April 13, 1891; he mar
ried, second, Dec. 25, 1895, Freda Emoline Wolf, born in
Germany March 3, 1877. They now live in Lexington,
Mass. Issue of William Tenney (66-iv.) and Lulu E. (Jewett)
Lowe:
i. Frances Irving, b. Feb. 14, 1884; now resides in Lexington.
ii. Mary Estella, b. Oct. 22, 1885; resides in Lexington.
iii. Henry Everett, b. Oct. 29, 1887, in Jamaica, Vt.; resides in
Lexington.
iv. Charles Samuel, b. April 16, 1890, in Jamaica; has Hved
with his mother's sister in Winchendon since her death.
Issue of William T. (66-iv.) and Freda Emoline (Wolf)
Lowe: V. Florence Henrietta, b. Oct. 9, 1897, in Lexington.
vi. Herman Boynton, b. Oct. 29, 1898, in Lexington.
67 -iii. Martha Roberta Lowe, born July 23, 1854;
married Dec. 13, 1877, Charles E. Wallace, who was con
nected with the Fitchburg post-office very early in life
and is now postmaster. Mr. Wallace was born in Clinton,
Mass., Sept. 3, 1847.
Issue of Martha R. (Lowe) (67-iii.) and Charles E.
Wallace, born in Fitchburg:
i. Harold L., b. Oct. 23, 1880; attended the public schools of
Fitchbul-g, and entered Phillips academy, Andover, in 1899.
ii. Ruth L., b. Oct. 10, 1885; a pupfl in the Fitchburg high
school, 1902.
68-i. Frederic Messinger Lowe, born in Lawrence,
Kan., March 22, 1859; married Dec. 16, 1887, Amelia
Frances Robbins, bom in Arlington July 23, 1864. He
graduated from Yale college in class of 1882, from Har
vard Medical school, class of 1885; practiced in Boston,
and now in West Newton, his present horae.

74 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
Issue of Dr. Frederic M. and Amelia F. (Robbins)
Lowe: i. Gwendolen Robbins, b. July 1, 1900, in Arlington.
69-i. Caroline Susan Lowe, born Feb. 13, 1855;
married Aug. 20, 1878, Benjamin Greene Bagley of Wal
thara, Mass., who was born Feb. 16, 1845; resides in
Fitchburg. Issue of Caroline S. (Lowe) (69-i.) and Benjamin G.
Bagley :
i. Goldie Lowe, b. May 24, 1880; educated in public schools in
Fitchburg; graduated from Fitchburg high school June 28, 1899.
70-ii. Adelaide F. Lowe, born July 6, 1857; mar
ried Jan. 11, 1881, William A. Hayward of Augusta, Me.,
born Sept. 6, 1853; commercial traveler; resided in Mil-
vi^aukee. Wis.
Issue of Adelaide F. (Lowe) (70-ii.) and William A.
Hayward :
i. Ralph Lowe, b. Dec. 26, 1881.
ii. Lillian Caroline, b. March 19, 1887.
iii. George Lincoln, b. Feb. 12, 1889.
iv. Frances Nellie, b. March 5, 1890.
V. William Clark, b. June 29, 1892.
vi. Joseph Lowe, b. Jan. 8, 1897.
71-iii. Willard A. Lowe, born Dec. 1, 1859; me
chanic in Parkhill gingham mill; married Jan. 21, 1884,
Ethel A. Hills, born in Richmond, N. H., Feb. 21, 1860,
daughter of Nathaniel Hills, bom in Brookline, Vt., March
5, 1819; died March, 1891; his wife was Alraira S.
Blood, born in Putney, Vt., May 14, 1830; died Oct. 17,
1867. Willard is at present superintendent of cemetery
department. Issue of Willard A. (71-iii.) and Ethel A. (Hills) Lowe:
i. Hazel Ethel, b. Dec. 1, 1885; entered the Fitchburg high
school Sept., 1900.
ii., iii. Jennie Almira and Bertha May, b. Jan. 3, 1887.
iv. Doris Josephine, b. March 8, 1893.

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 75
73-iv. Nellie Maria Lowe, born Dec. 30, 1861;
raarried Feb. 21, 1883, Roy O. Littlehale of Tyngsboro,
Mass., born Jan. 18, 1858; came to Fitchburg when
about eighteen years of age. Worked for several of the
leading grocers, went into the grocery business for hiraself
in the old Joslin store on Day street in 1896; also mile
age business. Has served in the city government two
years as councilman.
Issue of Nellie M. (Lowe) (72-iv.) and Roy O. Little
hale, born in Fitchburg:
Robert Lowe, b. April 26, 1884.
i. Leon Willard, b. Sept. 3, 1888.
ii. Howard Milton, b. Sept. 20, 1893; d. Jan. 30, 1895.

73-vi. May Josephine Lowe, born May 12, 1869;
entered the Fitchburg high school 1886 for three months,
then went to Milwaukee; returned in 1889, raarried Feb.
2, 1892, Harry Aitchison, who was bom in Sing Sing,
N. Y., May 14, 1853. His business is carriage triraming.
Issue of May J. (Lowe) (73-vi.) and Harry Aitchison:
i. Willard Lowe, b: Sept. 5, 1895.
ii. Lester Cobleigh, b. May 12, 1900.

7 4-i. Helen Frances Lowe, born June 25, 1847;
raarried Henry F. Nason of New York in 1873.
Issue of Helen Frances (Lowe) (74-i.) and Henry F.
Nason :
i. Gladys Frances, b. Nov., 1875.

75-ii. Louise Caroline Lowe, bom Oct. 1, 1849;
raarried Chauncey Mason of New York in June, 1872 ; she
died in 1885 ; he died in 1889.
Issue of Louise C. (Lowe) (75-ii.) and Chauncey
Mason :
i. Helen Frances, b. April 15, 1873.
ii. Florence Louise, b. Sept., 1875.

76 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
76-vi. Frank Preston Lowe, born Feb. 24, 1864;
married July 8, 1891, Rosa Nell Wright, who was born
April 8, 1870; he was educated in the Fitchburg public
schools ; worked in the Fitchburg Machine Works for
about two years, then went to Waltham, w^here he is
assistant job master of one of the jobs in the train mak
ing department of the American Watch Company.
Issue of Frank Preston (76-vi.) and Rosa Nell (Wright)
Lowe: i. Carroll Henry, b. Aug. 17, 1893.
77-i. Mary Ellen Lowe, born Oct. 9, 1849; mar
ried Nov. 26, 1872, Albert E. Whitney, who was bora in
Ashburnham; she died Sept. 30, 1887. A. E. Whitney is
a jeweler. Issue of Mary Ellen (Lowe) (77-i.) and Albert E.
Whitney :
i. Roy Lowe, b. Sept. 1, 1875 ; is in the insurance business in
Boston.
78-i. Georgiana Maud May Lowe, born April 26,
1867; married J. Kennedy Sept. 16, 1889.
Issue of Georgiana M. M. (Lowe) (78-i.) and J. Ken
nedy, bom in England :
i. James Frederic, b. June 19, 1890; d. July 2, 1890
ii. Eliza Maud Mary, b. Nov. 29, 1891.
iii. George Edward, b. Nov. 20, 1896.
7 9-i. George Preston Hitchcock, born June 30,
1870; married April 3, 1894, Carrie B. Walker, bom in
Philadelphia Feb. 6, 1868. Educated in public schools,
graduated from Fitchburg high school in class of 1888,
from Araherst college in 1892; began to teach in Ansonia,
Conn., in the fall of 1892; in the Fitchburg high school
in 1893 ; became principal in November, 1896. His wife
was educated in the lower grades in Boston ; graduated
from F. H. S. 1888, and Normal Art school in Boston,
class of 1892.

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Issue of George Preston Hitchcock (79-i.) and Carrie
B. (Walker) Hitchcock, born in Fitchburg:
i. Hilda, b. June 10, 1899.
80-i. Annie L. Steele, born April 3, 1869; married
Warren E. Dermody 1892.
Issue of Annie M. (Steele) (80-i.) and Warren E. Der
mody, bom in Cupertino, California:
i. James E., b. March 18, 1896.
ii. George W., b. Oct. 16, 1898.
98-ii. Austin Childs Lowe, born Feb. 12, 1856;
married March 21, 1879, Mary A. Davis, born May 9,
5-856; died May 15, 1883, of consuraption.
Issue of Austin (98-ii.) and Mary A. (Davis) Lowe,
b. in Michigan:
i. Mary, b. May 9, 1880.
ii. George Austin, b. Oct. 12, 1882.
iii. Edward I., b. Nov. 19, 1884.
99-viii. Carlos William Lowe, born March 6, 1871 ;
raarried May 27, 1894, Christie Lawson, born June 10,
1873. Issue of Carlos W. (99-viii.) and Christie (Lawson)
Lowe, born in Whitaker, Mich.:
i. Irene E., b. Sept. 15, 1895.
ii. Carlos Webster, b. June 30, 1897.
iii. LuciLE Edith, b. Aug., 1899.
100-ii. William Vose Lowe, born Sept. 25, 1859,
in Augusta, Mich.; raarried Dec. 2, 1891, Frances Ida
Boutelle, who was born Sept. 5, 1870, and graduated
frora Fitchburg high school, 1890. Williara came to Fitch
burg when quite young: graduated from Worcester Poly
technic Institute in 1881, department of mechanical engi
neering. Worked in Fitchburg for the Fitchburg Steam
Engine Co., C. H. Brown & Co., Simonds Rolling-Machine
Co., and Parkhill Manufacturing Co.; was superintendent

78 The Ancestors and Their Descendants.
of the Fitchburg Woolen mill 1883-1887. Since Septem
ber, 1889, has been mechanical engineer in charge of the
department of draughting and design, with United Shoe
Making Co., Winchester, Mass. Member of the city coun
cil, Fitchburg, 1893-94; member of Apollo Lodge, No.
205, I. 0. O. F.; treasurer of C. C. church 1893-98; mem
ber of Washburn Association Mechanical Engineers since
1889. Issue of William V. (100-ii.) and Frances L. (Boutelle)
Lowe: Mildred A., b. Sept. 19, 1892.
Richard V., b. March 2, 1894.
ii. Mary Boutelle, b. April 13, 1896.
V. Hester Frances, b. Nov. 10, 1897.
101-iii. Eugene Francis Lowe, born July 11, 1864,
in Fitchburg; joined the C. C. church; married, first, by
Rev. C. R. Gale, to Myrta Maynard June 13, 1888; she
was born Jan. 13, 1866, in Rockford, 111.; they were mar
ried in Fitchburg and lived in the house with his father
on Pearl hill; she died Feb. 15, 1899. Married, second,
June 1, 1900, Milley WilHs, born in Templeton Jan. 28,
1872; her father was Aaron Sawyer Willis, born Dec. 16,
1822, a descendant of Thomas Sawyer and Mary Pres
cott, ancestors of Mary Sawyer, w^ho married Joseph
Lowe (15-ii.); her mother was Louisa E. Blodgett, born
May 7, 1833; died May 19, 1898. Eugene has been very
successful in market gardening.
Issue of Eugene F. (101-iii.) and Myrta (Maynard)
Lowe: i. Harold Maynard, b. Oct. 11, 1889.
ii. Percival Eugene, b. Sept. 15, 1891.

CHAPTER VI.
Descendants of Mary (16-iii.) Daughter of Joseph
(13-iv.) AND Abigail (14-iii.) Lowe.
SIXTH GENERATION.
16-iii. Mary Low was born in Fitchburg Aug. 12,
1770. We find this entry in the Old Records of the To-wn of
Fitchburg, Vol. IL, page 242:
May 24tli 1794 this Day Mr Amos Wheeler apphed to me the sub-
fcriber to be Published to Mrs Mary Low for Marriage Both of
ye Town of Fitchburg Phinehas Hartwell Town Clerk
In the same volume, page 216, we find among the
marriages returned by Daniel Putnam, Esq., to the town
clerk, the following:
on the 10 Day of June 1794 Amos Wheeler & Mary Low Both of
fitchburg Joined in Marriage
Mary died July 25, 1827, of consumption; Amos died
Feb. 29, 1844.
Issue of Mary (Low) (16-3) and Amos Wheeler, born
in Fitchburg: i. Amos, b. July 27, 1794; d. Sept. 29, 1800.
ii. Mary, b. Jan. 7, 1804; d. May 24, 1828.
103— iii. Abigail Lowe, b. Aug. 24, 1807.

SEVENTH GENERATION.
103-iii. Abigail Lowe Wheeler, born Aug. 24, 1807 ;
raarried Nov. 26, 1834, Jacob Harris Merriam, who was
born Jan. 22, 1799, and died April 3, 1888; she died Oct.
10, 1890.

80 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
Issue of Abigail Lowe (Wheeler) (103-iii.) and Jacob H.
Merriam, born in Fitchburg:
i. Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 4, 1838; d. Nov. 18, 1891, in Fitch
burg.
ii. Sarah Abbie, b. Sept. 24, 1839; d. Nov. 26, 1855, in Fitchburg.
104— iii. Ellen Augusta, b. Sept. 21, 1840.
105— iv. Lyman Wheeler, b. Mar. 31, 1844.

EIGHTH GENERATION.
104-iii. Ellen Augusta, born Sept. 21, 1840, died
Dec. 12, 1871, in Pittsfield, N. H., and buried there. Mar
ried Oct. 27, 1870, Charies B. Prescott of Pittsfield, N. H.,
a descendant of James Prescott, brother of Capt. John
Prescott who settled in Lancaster, Mass.
Issue of Ellen A. (Merriam) (104-3) and George B.
Prescott :
i. George Tilton, b. Dec. 8, 1871, in Pittsfield, N. H.; came to
Fitchburg in 1891, learned the machinist trade in the Fitch
burg Machine Works and still works there.

105-iv. Lyman Wheeler Merriam, born March 31,
1844; married July 16, 1868, Ellen Maria Lowe (81-i.).
For a fuller account see pages 48-50.
Issue of Lyman Wheeler (105-iv.) and Ellen Maria
(Lowe) (81-i.) Merriam:
102— i. Sarah Abbie, b. Aug. 9, 1869.
ii. Frederic Lowe, b. Aug. 2, 1871.
iii. Louisa Adeline, b. Aug. 21, 1872.
iv. Alice Edna, b. Nov. 25, 1874.
V. John Lowe, b. July 9, 1876.
vi. Edith Augusta, b. March 5, 1878.
vii. Lizzie Maria, b. Sept. 27, 1880.
viii. Clifton Harris, b. Dec. 30, 1883.
ix. Henry Mead, b. Sept. 11, 1885.

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NINTH GENERATION.
103-i. Sarah Abbie Merriam, born Aug. 9, 1869, in
Fitchburg; married Sept. 11, 1890, James Lewis Harring
ton of Lunenburg.
Issue of Sarah Abbie (Merriam) (102-i.) and James L.
Harrington, born in Lunenburg:
i. Lewis Lowe, b. Jan. 14, 1892.
ii. Ruth Louise, b. May 23, 1893.
iii. Carl Rogus, b. March 2, 1896.
iv. Harold Leon, b. June 13, 1898.

CHAPTER VII.
Ancestry of Mary Lamb, Wife of David Low (6-iv.).
Thomas Lamb of Roxbury, yeoraan, carae frora Eng
land in the Winthrop fleet in 1630, bringing his wife,
Elizabeth, and two sons, Thomas, Jr., and John. After
her death, Thomas, Sr., married Dorothy Harbottle, a
godly sister of the church, July 16, 1640. They had only
one son, Caleb, born April 9, 1641 ; he lived in Roxbury
and was a mariner. June 30, 1669, he married Mary,
daughter of Joseph Wise. They had Mary, born March
7, 1681, who married David Low. She received a Bible
from her mother on the latter's deathbed. Ten pounds,
nineteen shillings, two pence, was the total sum the court
first assigned her from her father's estate, but she eventu
ally got twenty-one pounds odd frora her brother, and
probably five pounds frora John Wise, who settled her
grandfather's estate. This estate contained a homestead
and an orchard of one and one-half acres in Roxbury, on
the street or common road, bounded by this and land of
John Elliot, Edmund Wells and James Bailey, Jr., and a
farm in Providence. His estate, less debts, inventoried at
two hundred and ten pounds, fifteen shillings, four pence.
A dispute arising araong the heirs, Jeremiah was given
the homestead providing he pay his brother John and
nieces Mary, Eunice and Huldah twenty-one pounds, thir
teen shillings, four pence, each ; this appraised the whole
real estate at one hundred and thirty pounds. This court
order was dated Sept. 19, 1701; on Sept. 25, 1701, Jere
miah sold the Roxbury property alone, minus the Provi
dence property, to Nehemiah Walter for one hundred and
forty pounds. The trouble continued and John Wise was
forced to' secure from Huldah, youngest daughter of Ca
leb, at Ipswich June 15, 1716, a quitclaim deed of her

The John Loive Family Circle. 83
share in the remnant of the estate for five pounds ster
ling, and Nov. 5, 1721, the witnesses swore again that
they saw^ the quitclaim signed. This shows that Caleb
Lamb died before his father, Thomas Lamb of Roxbury,
and that Huldah, after the mother's death, went to live
with her sister Mary, who married David Lowe of Ips
wich, 1699. These three daughters, Mary, Eunice and
Huldah, appear to be all the children Caleb Lamb left,
and Caleb being only half-brother of John and Jereraiah,
and deceased, was the probable cause of the trouble in
the settling of Thoraas Lamb's estate.

CHAPTER VIII.
Ancestry of Polly Sawyer, Wife of Joseph Low,
Jr. (15-ii.).
The will of Thomas Sawyer, filed among the Middle
sex Probate Records, mentions sons Thomas, Joshua,
James, Caleb, Nathaniel; daughter, Mary Wilder; wife,
Mary. It was dated March 6, 1705-6, and probated
April 12, 1723. The wife died about 1721.
The Records of the First Church, Lancaster, page
271, state that on March 25, 1715-16, Nathaniel Saw
yer was admitted to the church. Page 275, May 6,
1716, Nathaniel Sawyer's children, John, Ezra, Nathaniel,
Thomas, Phineas and Mary, were baptized. Page 55,
Book First, Amos Sawyer, son of Nathaniel and Mary
Sawyer, was born June 20, 1693. The children of Phineas
and Mary Sawyer, as found among the baptisms, were
Phineas, Beulah, Mary, Eunice, Joseph, Abner, Luke, Mary
and Luke.
In the Registry of Deeds for Middlesex county is found
a deed dated Sept. 23, 1709, and recorded Dec. 12, 1719,
by which Nathaniel Sawyer and wife Mary of Lancaster
conveyed to nephew^ Bezeleel Sawyer land in said town
laid out to "my honored father, Thomas Sawyer." In
Vol. 14, page 324, Thomas Sawyer, Sr., of Lancaster,
yeoman, conveyed to his loving son, Nathaniel Sawyer,
that part of interval lot on the west side of Nashaway
river, also all building, fencing, orcharding. Dated June
14, 1706. Recorded Jan. 17, 1707. In Vol. 14, page 454,
Thomas Sawyer, Sr., of Lancaster, yeoman, conveyed
unto "my youngest son, Nathaniel Sawyer," ten acres of
land, Thoraas to improve the land, if he needs to, during
his lifetime. In case daughter Hannah shall not be mar
ried and she desires to remain on the farm, she shall not

The John Lowe Family Circle. 86
be molested. Dated Feb. 24, 1698. Recorded March 9,
1707. At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of
Fitchburg assembled Oct. 19, 1772, Thomas Cowdin,
Town Clerk, Phinehas Sawyer was chosen one of a com-
raittee "to fix Places to build the School Houses upon."
March 1, 1773, Mr. Phinehas Sawyer and others were
chosen to be "Survaers of high ways and also Colectors
of high way Taxes." Oct. 25, 1773, Phinehas Sawyer
was chosen one of a committee "to provide a Scool or
Scools and that the Scool money be Laid out as it was
Last year." March 6, 1780, "voted and Chofe mr Phine
has Sawyer Cunftable for the South Side of 8"^ Town."
"voted and Reconsidered the vote and mr Phinehas Saw
yer be Excufed from Serving Cunftable."
There are several records of interest in the Worcester
county registry of deeds. May 24, 1738, Nathaniel Saw
yer, in consideration of the "love and good will" which
he bore his son Phinehas, conveyed to him one-half of
what had been the horae place of his father, Thomas, in
Lancaster. May 25, 1738, for the same consideration,
Nathaniel conveyed to Phinehas the other half of the
Thomas Sawyer place, except two acres which had been
conveyed to Nathaniel's brother Thomas. This deed was
recorded in 1769. April 13, 1780, Phinehas Sawyer con
veyed to Phinehas Sawyer, Jr., land in Fitchburg; he also
conveyed at a date not mentioned seventy acres of land
in Princeton to Moses Sawyer; Dec. 9, 1791, he conveyed
land in Lancaster. Phinehas married Mary Sawyer, daugh
ter of Joseph Sawyer, and her signature appears on the
three deeds last mentioned.
"The Sawyers of Berlin are descendants of Thomas
Sawyer, son of John Sawyer of Lincolnshire, England,
who was bom in England in 1616, who came from Row
ley, Mass., and settled in Lancaster in 1647; he was a
blacksmith. His wife was Mary, the daughter of John
Prescott, the head raan of early Lancaster. His home
stead was on the present grounds of the Seventh Day
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86 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
died Sept. 12, 1706, at about ninety years, leaving ten
children; the oldest of these, Thomas, Jr., born 1648, was
in the lineage of our Berlin Sawyers, and was the one
captured by the Indians in 1705. The story of his cap
tivity has given him a popular fame above all college
graduates. Nothing gave notoriety like exploits with In
dians, nor can the Lancaster experiences be forgotten in
any age. Sawyer's is romantic, though oft repeated.
This Indian raid and capture during Queen Anne's war
was nearly thirty years after the Lancaster massacre (so-
called) in King Philip's war in 1676. The Indians were
from Canada, were the allies of the French in the contest
involving the French and English colonies in America ; the
event occurred on the 16th of October, 1705. This
Thomas Sawyer, Jr., while at work in his sawmill, at
present 'Deer's Horn,' together with his son Elias and
John Bigelow of Marlboro, was captured by the Indians
and taken to Canada. A younger brother of Elias
escaped through a window.
"Sawyer was a millwright, Bigelow a carpenter. The
French had no sawmill. Sawyer saw their opportunity.
For their liberty he proposed to the French governor to
appropriate the water of the Chambly river to luraber
raaking. The governor saw his opportunity, too, but the
Indians did not see it in the same light. They saw in the
vigor of their chief captive the pluck of a good subject
for their devilish torture. The narration has it that he
was finally tied to a stake; the French Catholic priests
had gained much influence over the Indians. A friar was
equal to the occasion; brandishing a key in mid-air, he
threatened to 'unlock purgatory and thrust them into
eternal fires if they did not release the prisoner.' Super
stition has its uses; they let him go; the mill was built,
the first in all Canada; Thomas Sawyer and Bigelow
came horae; Elias was detained a year longer to run the
mill and instruct the others in the art of sawing. No
wonder the Sawyers have had sawmill ' on the brain.' If
you can find a sawmill in all this region not started by a

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Sawyer, publish it. Some Sawyer doubtless was responsi
ble for this old saw: Sawyer says of all the saws
He ever saw saw.
He never saw a saw^ saw.
As Sawyer's saw saws."
We have copied the above from Houghton's History
of Berlin, Mass., pages 471-473, because Thomas, Jr., was
Nathaniel's oldest brother, and it is an interesting account
of early history.
Issue of Nathaniel (13-x.) and Mary Sawyer:

i.

Amos, b. 1693.

ii.

Samuel, b. 1698.

iii.

John, b. 1700.

iv.

Ezra, b. 1702.

V.

Nathaniel.

vi.

Thomas, b. 1711.

116— vii.

Phineas, b. 1714.

116-vii. Phineas Sawyer, bom 1714; raarried, June
1, 1737, Mary Sawyer, daughter of Joseph Sawyer; he
raoved with his family to Fitchburg about 1770.
I Issue of Phineas (116-vii.) and Mary (Sawyer) Saw
yer: Phineas, Jr., m. Mary Prescott of Lancaster Jan. 4, 1774.
i. Beulah.
ii. May.
V. Eunice.
V. Joseph, m. Molly Stewart Sept. 8, 1774, by Rev. John Payson.
vi. Abner, m. Elizabeth Perkins March 27, 1777.
vii. Luke.
viii. Polly, m. Joseph Lowe, Jr., (15-ii.) Dec. 27, 1787, by Rev.
John Payson.
ix. Luke, m. Polly Smith Dec. 27, 1787.

CHAPTER IX.
Extracts from the " Prescott Memorial."
As raany persons of the present day are not aware of
the importance which was attached to the privilege of
being admitted a freeman by our ancestors, it will doubt
less be interesting to such to introduce in this connection
a history of the origin of the cereraony, and the oath of
allegiance as conditions of adraission to the privileges of
a freeman. Under the first charter of the Massachusetts Colony,
none were regarded as freemen or members of the body
politic, except such as were admitted by the general court
and took the oath of allegiance to the government. The
first freemen were admitted at the first session of the gen
eral court, which was held on the 19th of October, 1630.
This custom continued until, by the second charter, the
colony was transformed into a province. But in 1634 the
foregoing regulations were soraewhat raodified. It was
then ordained that no individual should be deeraed quali
fied to exercise the right of suffrage, or hold any public
office, until he was admitted a freeman by the general or
quarterly court. To become a freeman he was required
to produce evidence that he was a respectable member, in
good standing, of some Congregational church.
This regulation was so far modified by royal order in
1664 as to allow individuals to be made freemen who
could obtain certificates of their being correct in doctrine
and conduct from some clergyman acquainted with them.
But this was by no means an easy matter, with the prej
udices and jealousies then existing against all such as
were not members of the church.
The following is a copy of the Freeman's oath as
revised and raodified in 1634:

The John Lowe Family Circle. 89
"I (A. B.), being by God's providence an Inhabitant
and Freeman within the Jurisdiction of this Common
wealth; do freely acknowledge myself to be subject to
the Government thereof: And therefore do here swear by
the great and dreadful Name of the Ever-living God, that
I will be true and faithful to the same, and will accord
ingly yield assistance and support thereunto, with my
person and estate, as in equity I am bound ; and will
also truly endeavor to maintain and preserve all the lib
erties and privileges thereof, submitting myself to the
wholesome Laws and Orders made and established by the
same. And further that I will not plot or practice any
evil against it, or consent to any that shall so do; but
will timely discover and reveal the same to the lawful
Authority now here established for the speedy preventing
thereof. "Moreover, I do soleranly bind myself in the sight of
God, that when I shall be called to give ray voice touch
ing any matter of this state in which Freemen are to
deal, I will give ray vote and suffrage as I shall judge in
mine own conscience may best conduce and tend to the
public weal of the body. So help me God in the Lord Je
sus Christ."
It is to be recollected that none but Freemen could
vote at any election, or hold any office, not even that of
a juryman. And none could be admitted a Freeman un
less he was a member of the church. Whenever any per
son not a church raeraber was tried for any crime or of
fence, therefore it was by both judge and jury belonging
to the church and entertaining strong prejudices against
him. "This," remarked Gov. Hutchinson, "was a most ex
traordinary order of law," and yet it was continued in
force until the dissolution of the colonial governments.
Were the laws and customs thus in this our day of reck
less and unprincipled office-seeking, there would, most
likely, be a large preponderance of hypocrites over the
humble, pious Christians in our churches.
The name of Prescott is of Saxon origin, and is com-

90 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
posed by the contraction of two Saxon words, priest and
cottage, and therefore signifies priest-cottage, or priest's
house. It has long been known in England, having been
given to a street and a lane or place in the ancient city
of London. Prescott is also the narae of a market town
in Lancaster county (or Lancashire), England, one hun
dred and ninety-eight miles frora London, and about one
mile from the Liverpool and Manchester railway, contain
ing 34,920 acres and 28,084 inhabitants (according to
Kelley's Gazetteer). It is celebrated for the manufacture of
watches and watch tools. About two thousand persons
are also engaged in the collieries, and it supplies Liver
pool with fuel. Those of the name that emigrated to this
country originated, or their ancestors originated, frora
this town in England. Orders of knighthood were con
ferred upon some branches of the family, and they were
among the nobility of England. A metallic coat of mail
and armor, such as were worn by ancient knights, was
brought to this country by the emigrant, John Prescott,
which will be more particularly noticed hereafter.
There is also preserved by the descendants in this
country (America) a family coat of arms, which was con
ferred upon one of the remote ancestors for his bravery,
courage and successful enterprise as a man and a military
officer. This coat of arms must have had quite an an
cient origin, as they are worn both by the Prescotts of
Theobold's Park, Hertfordshire, Barts., and by those of
the ancient families of Lancashire and Yorkshire. It is
described in the language of heraldry by Mr. Burke as
follows: "Sable, a chevron between three owls, argent
(two in chief, one in base). Crest, a cubit arm, couped
erect, vested, gules. Cuff", ermine, holding in the hand a
pitch pot (or hand beacon), sable, fired proper."
The arras of the Prescotts in Hampshire differ from
the above in nothing but the crest, for which they have
adopted a buck, sejant upon a mural coronet. Another
family has the chevron ermine, the other parts as Pres
cott, Bart. The arms of the Prescotts of Dryby in the
county of Lincoln, England, and which belong to the

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 91
descendants of the eraigrant, Jaraes Prescott of New
Harapshire, are thus described by Mr. Burke, to wit:
"Erraine, a chevron sable — on a chief of the second, two
leopard's heads, or. Crest — out of a ducal coronet or, a
boar's head and neck or bristled of the first." The owls
signify a prudent caution, with patient endurance and a
vigilant watchfiilness, especially by night. The owl is Mi
nerva's bird, and was borne by the ancient Athenians at
their arraorial feasts.
The first raention we find of the narae is in Vol. 11,
pages 29 and 30, of Thoraas Ryraer's Foedera, under the
title, "Supra Aquae ductibus de ConSrmatione," as follows:
" Coram Dotninus H. de Patershall, Domini Re^s Thesau-
rario ; Magistro Waltero H. de Prestecote, Vice Cancella-
rio, et als.," wherein a confirraation of a grant raade con
cerning aqueducts of the city of London by H. de Pater
shall, treasurer to the king, is addressed to Walter Pres
cott, vice chancellor, and others (named).
But although we are not able to trace the direct line
age of the Prescotts that came to America farther back
than the time of Queen Elizabeth, yet it is well known
that Prescott was known as an ancient faraily in the
town of Prescott aforesaid, in the county of Lancaster,
or Lancashire, England, frora whora descended James
Prescott of Standish, in Lancashire, one of the gentlemen
of Lancashire who were required by an order of Queen
Elizabeth, dated August, 1564, to keep in readiness horse
men and armor.
He married a daughter of Roger Standish, Esq., of
Standish, and sister of Ralph Standish.
Issue of James Prescott, Sr., and  Standish :
106— i. James, bap.
107— ii. Roger, bap.
iii. Ralph, bap.; d. young.
iv. Robert, bap.; m. Feb. 3, 1565, Elizabeth Nightingale. He
resided at Standish, where he d. in 1576, leaving sons John
and Robert, and dau. EUzabeth, who m. Alex. Standish (?).
v. William, bap.; he had three wives; by his second wife, Mar
garet, he had, with others, Alexander Prescott of London,
who was the father of Sir John Prescott, lord of the man-

92 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
ors of Radwington in Essex, and Bromley in Kent coun
ties. Sir John died in 1640, leaving two daughters, co
heiresses. William (6-v.) resided at Copley, in the parish
of Standish, in Lancashire.
vi. John, bap.; m. Anne  ; resided at Sutterby, in the county
of Lincoln; by his wife Anne he had an only daughter,
Anne, who m. William Boston of Phimbleby, in the county
of Lincoln.

SECOND GENERATION.
106-i. James Prescott, baptized ; married Alice Moli-
neaux. For his bravery and military prowess and achieve
ments he was created lord of the manor of Dryby, in Lin
colnshire, and had new arms granted to him, described
above, and was afterwards known as Sir James Prescott.
He died March 1, 1583, leaving a son, John, and a
daughter, Anne.
Issue of Sir James Prescott (106-i.) and Alice Moli-
neaux of Dryby, in Lincolnshire:
i. John, b. at Dryby; m. (but we know not who) and had chil
dren ; lived at Dryby.
ii. Ann, b. at Dryby.

107 -ii. Roger Prescott, baptized; married, first,
Elizabeth  , in 1563. She dying soon, he raarried, sec
ond, Ellen (?) Shaw of Standish Aug. 20, 1568. He
resided in Shevington, in the parish of Standish. His will
was dated Sept. 26, 1594, and he was buried in the
church at Standish.
Issue of Roger Prescott (107-ii.) and first w^ife, Eliza
beth, of Shevington:
i. Helen, bap. at Standish March 3, 1564.
ii. Lawrence, bap. at Standish Sept. 23, 1566.
Issue by second vsrife, Ellen Shaw :
iii. Anne, bap. March 28, 1569; m. Alexander Wymarde.
108— iv. Ralph, bap. 1571-72.

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THIRD GENERATION.
108-iv. Ralph Prescott, baptized 1571-72; raar
ried Ellen  , who was co-executor to her husband's
will. He resided at Shevington in the parish of Standish,
and was co-executor to his father's will; his own will
was dated Nov. 7, 1608, and was proved Jan. 24, 1609.
Issue of Ralph Prescott (108-iv.) and Ellen  of
Shevington :
i. Helen, bap. at Standish Oct. 1, 1593.
ii. Roger, bap. at Standish Dec. 10, 1594.
iii. Alice, bap. at Standish Feb. 7, 1598.
iv. Cecilia, bap. at Standish Oct. 16, 1602.
109— V. John, bap. at Standish 1604-5.

FOURTPI GENERATION.
109-v. John Prescott, baptized at Standish 1604-5.
He is named in his father's will. He married, Jan. 21,
1629, Mary Platts, at Wigan, in Lancashire. Her family
appears to have been subsequently of the parish of Hali
fax in Yorkshire, some of whom are mentioned in the will
of George Fairbanks of Sowerby, dated in 1650.
Mr. Prescott sold his lands in Shevington, parish of
Standish, in Lancashire, to Richard Prescott of Wigan,
and removed into Yorkshire, residing for some time in
Sowerby, in the parish of Halifax, where several of his
children were born. From conscientious motives, and to
avoid persecution, he left his native land, his cherished
home in Yorkshire, to seek an asylum in the wilderness of
America. He first landed at Barbadoes in 1638, where he
became an owner of lands. In 1640 he came to New
England, landed at Boston, and immediately settled in
Watertown, where he had large grants of land allotted
him. But in 1643 he associated himself with Thomas
King and others, for the purpose of purchasing of Sholan,
the Indian sachem of the Nashaway tribe of Indians, a
tract of land for a township, which tract was to be ten
miles in length and eight in breadth.

94 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
Early in the seventeenth century, some eight years
before the settlement of Plymouth, raany of the tribes of
Massachusetts Indians had been swept over by a dreadful
pestilence, reducing their numbers from many thousands
to a few hundreds. In this severe affliction the Nashaway
tribe suffered, though not equally with the others. The
Nashaways had also been greatly reduced by the wars
and incursions of the Maquas or Mohawks, a powerful
and warlike tribe on the Mohawk river, N. Y. This tribe
had become the scourge and terror of all the New Eng
land Indians. These circumstances induced the peaceful
Sholan, the sachem of the Nashaways, to seek the friend
ship and protection of the English. Sholan occasionally
visited Watertown for the purpose of trading with Mr.
Thomas King, who resided there. He recomraended Nasha-
wogg as a place well suited for a plantation. He told
King of the choice intervales, the woods and waters
abounding in supplies; that the Great Spirit had been
very bountiful to the place, and that his people would
rejoice in the presence of that great people who had come
from a distant world.
Finally, King decides to visit the place, perilous though
the undertaking might seem. He accordingly takes the
journey through the wilderness, and becoraes enamored
with the place and returns to Watertown. He makes
such favorable report of the adaptation of the territory
to agriculture and mechanical purposes, etc., that in 1643
he enters into an association and agreeraent with John
Prescott of Watertown, Harmon Garrett of Charlestown,
Thomas Skidmore of Cambridge, Stephen Day of Cam
bridge (the earliest printer in any of the colonies), a Mr.
Simonds, and sundry others whose names have not been
transmitted, for the purpose of purchasing the tract (ten
miles by eight, as above stated). According to Mr. Wil
lard, in his elaborate address at the two hundredth anni
versary of the incorporation of Lancaster, the above pur
chase was raade, and the territory of Nashaway first
" opened upon the view of the" white man while the good
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empire, over the tribe of the Nashaways. His principal
place of residence was on a gentle eminence between the
two lakes of Washacum and Chocksett (a corruption or
contraction of Woonksechaucksett or Woonkechauxett),
now Sterling." The purchasers entered into an agreeraent
to appear and begin the plantation at a specified tirae.
The deed of Sholan was sanctioned by the general court,
but there were many circumstances which combined to
retard the growth of the plantation, all the associates
except Mr. Prescott refusing or neglecting to fulfil their
contracts, though choosing to retain their interest in the
property purchased. It is stated by Mr. Willard that
" one only of the associates, John Prescott, the stalwart
blacksmith, was 'faithful araong the faithless.' He turned
not back, but vigorously pursued the interests of the plan
tation till his exertions were crowned with success."
Mr. Prescott having chosen this for his future home,
he with others petitioned for a bridge over Sudbury river.
But the subject being delayed by the general court, Mr.
Prescott, nothing daunted, attempts the perilous adven
ture of swimming his horse across Sudbury river in the
autumn of 1646, but unfortunately he lost his horse and
lading in the river, escaping with his own life only.
About one -week later, his wife and children being upon
another horse, attempted to pass the river and came near
being drowned. Upon this narrow escape Mr. Willard
utters the following significant reflection: "One plunge
more by that last horse, or a little deeper water, and
American literature would not now be graced by the bril
liant classic history of Ferdinand and Isabella, of the
Conquest of Mexico and the Conquest of Peru," to which
may since be added, the Life of Charles the Fifth.
The settlement at Nashaway was treated by the gen
eral court with indifference and culpable neglect. They
had repeatedly been denied those little helps and aids
which are so essential to all new settlements. The inhabi
tants petitioned for an act of incorporation, and asked
that it be known by the narae of Prescott. The general
¦court objects, quibbles about a narae, pretending that "it

96 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
smacked too much of man worship or raan service." The
question was finally settled by a compromise, and it was
on the 18th day of May, old style (28th of May, new
style), 1653, incorporated into a township, by the name
of Lancaster. This was in honor of Mr. Prescott, it be
ing the name of his native county in England.
Mr. Prescott has the reputation of being the first set
tler in Nashaway, now Lancaster, although Mr. Willard
remarks that Richard Linton, Lawrence Waters, his son-
in-law, and John Ball, were the first inhabitants, and that
they had tilled the soil and were ready to receive Mr.
Prescott on his arrival. I do not see this stated by any
other writer, and if correct they might be hired and sent
there by Mr. Prescott and others to prepare for their
own accommodation when they should remove there.
The phrase that "they had tilled the soil and were ready
to receive Mr. Prescott on his arrival" is significant of
this fact.
At the time of the incorporation there were but nine
families in the town. In one year, that is, by the spring
of 1654, there were twenty families there. In answer to
a petition of the inhabitants of the plantation, John Pres
cott, Thoraas Sawyer (who married Mary, the eldest
daughter of Mr. Prescott), Edward Breck, Nathaniel Had-
lock, William Kerley and Ralph Houghton were appointed
prudential raanagers of the town by the general court.
Mr. Prescott was a genuine and influential member of
the original Puritan stock of New England. Like most
of the early emigrants to New England, he left his native
horae to escape the relentless persecutions with which the
Puritans and non-conforraists were harassed. Like many
of his contemporaries, he was a man of marked charac
ter, devoting his time to mechanical and agricultural pur
suits, which were well calculated to fit and prepare him
for the trials and hardships incident to, and inseparable
from, the early settlers and pioneers of the wilderness of
America. He soon became distinguished among his com
peers, and had not long to wait for an opportunity to
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became a leading spirit, and a prominent and influential
raan, as very many of his descendants have been in each
and every subsequent generation, and to him more than
to any other is to be attributed the successful issue of
that laborious and hazardous enterprise of settling on the
"Nashaway" and of subduing the wilderness and con
verting the soil into fruitful fields and productive meadows.
He was a man of strict integrity and of great energy
and perseverance. Having also a commanding influence,
he took an active part in all measures calculated to im
prove and enhance the interest and prosperity of the
town. He took the oath of fidelity in 1652, and was
admitted a freeman in 1669. By occupation he was not
only an agriculturist, but both a blacksmith and mill
wright. In November, 1653, he received a grant of land
of the inhabitants, on condition that he would build a
"corn mill." He built the mill in season to comraence
grinding on the 23d of the next May, 1654. The erection
of a sawmill soon followed. "The town voted that if he
would erect one he should have the grant of certain privi
leges and a large tract of land lying near his mill, for him
and his posterity forever, and to be raore exactly recorded
when exactly know^n. In consideration of these provi-
.sions, 'Goodman Prescott' forthwith erected his mill."
" Its location was on the spot where the Lancaster Man
ufacturing Co. have extensive works. The people from all
the neighboring towns came to Prescott's gristraill. The
stone of this mill was brought from England, and now
lies in fragments in the vicinity of the factory."
Lancaster, in common with other frontier towns, suf
fered greatly by Indian depredations whenever there was
a war between the mother country and France. On the
22d of August, 1675, eight persons were killed at Lancas
ter. On the 10th of Febmary, old style, 1676, early in
the morning, a body of fifteen hundred Indians attacked
the town in five distinct squadrons, completely investing
it. There were at that tirae raore than fifty families in
town. Of this little band, fifty persons, if not more, were
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98 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
killed, and araong thera Richard Wheeler and Jonas Fair
banks, sons-in-law of Mr. Prescott, and Joshua Fairbanks
and Ephraira Sawyer, his grandsons. The three former
were killed at Wheeler's garrison, and the latter at Pres
cott's, which stood about thirty rods southeast of Messrs.
Poignard and Plant's factory. The inhabitants, after de
stroying all the houses but two, left the place under the
protection of Capt. Wadsworth's company of soldiers.
The alarra of the people was so great that the return of
peace on the death of the Indian, King Philip, in August,
1676, did not restore their courage and confidence. For
raore than three years, Lancaster remained uninhabited.
In 1679 some of the first planters (among whora were the
Prescotts, Houghtons, Sawyers and Wilders) returned,
and the Carters carae in soon after.
Mr. Prescott lived to see the town rebuilt and in a
fair way to a prosperous condition. He died in 1683.
But subsequently to this the town suffered severely at
sundry times from the incursions of hostile Indians. In
1702 the war between England and France was renewed,
and 1704 was a period of great distress and suffering
from Indian depredations. They made an attack on Lan
caster in July of that year, and, after defeating the sol
diers and driving them into their garrisons, they burned
the church and six houses, and destroyed ranch live stock
and other property. In 1705 Thoraas Sawyer, Jr., and
his son Elias, grandson and great-grandson of John Pres
cott, Sr., together with Jo*hn Biglo (now written Bige
low), were taken prisoners and carried to Canada. Thora
as Sawyer, on arrival of the party at Montreal, offered
to build a sawraill on the Charablee river, provided the
French governor would obtain a release of all the cap
tives. This he promised, if possible, to do. The son Elias
and Biglo were easily ransomed, but the Indians deter
mined to put the father to death by a lingering torture.
His deliverance was finally effected by the timely appear
ance of a friar, who told the Indians that he held the
keys of Purgatory in his hand, and that unless they im
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gates and cast them in headlong. Their superstitious fears
prevailed. They unbound Sawyer from the stake and
delivered him to the governor. Sawyer finished the mill
in a year and was sent home. Whitney says this was the
first sawmill erected in Canada.
John Prescott and family being so conspicuously iden
tified with these Indian depredations upon Lancaster, is
our only apology for these lengthened reraarks concerning
thera in this connection.
Mr. Prescott brought with him from England a coat of
mail, armor and habiliments complete, such as were worn
by warriors of that and preceding ages; hence it is in
ferred that some of his ancestors had been warriors, and
probably had received the order of knighthood. It has
been stated and believed that John had himself served
under Cromwell. "Being a strong, athletic raan, and of a
stern countenance, whenever he had any difficulty with
the Indians, he would clothe hiraself with his coat of raail,
helmet, cuirass and gorget, which gave him a fierce and
frightful appearance. The Indians at one time having
stolen from him a horse, he put on his armor and pur
sued them, and in a short time overtook thera. They
were surprised that he should venture to pursue them
alone, and a chief approached him with uplifted toma
hawk. Mr. Prescott told him to strike, which he did,
and finding the blow made no impression on his cap, was
greatly astonished, and asked Mr. Prescott to let him put
it on, and then strike it while on his head, as he had
done when on Mr. Prescott's head. The helmet being too
small for the head of the chief, the stroke settled the hel
met down to his ears, scraping off the skin on both sides
of his head. They then gave back his horse, supposing
him to be something more than human." "At another
time the Indians set fire to his barn. Old John put on his
armor, rushed out, drove them off" and let out his cattle
and horses from the burning stable." "Again the Indians
set fire to his sawmill. The old hero, armed cap-a-pie, as
before, drove them off" and extinguished the fire. At an
other time they attacked his house. He had several mus-

100 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
kets, but no one in the house, save his wife, to assist him.
She loaded the guns and he discharged them with fatal
effect. The contest continued for nearly half an hour, Mr.
Prescott all the while giving orders as if to soldiers, so
loud that the Indians could hear him, to load their mus
kets, though he had no soldiers but his wife. At length
they withdrew, carrying off several of their dead or
wounded." On another occasion, as is related of him, sundry In
dians made their appearance at his old mill and hoisted
the water gate, when he (Prescott) took his favorite gun,
which he brought from England, heavily loaded, and
started toward the raill, when the Indians retired to the
hills near by. Having shut down the gate and fixed the
mill, Mr. Prescott thought it prudent to retire to his
house or garrison, but did so backward, with his eye up
on the foe until he reached his home, when he concluded
to give thera a specimen of his sharp-shooting, upon
which (to use a, new coined term) they "skedaddled."
Upon afterward visiting the place, blood was plainly seen
upon the ground.

FIRST GENERATION IN AMERICA.
In the account of the lineal ancestry of the Prescott
eraigrants that came frora Old to New England, as given
in the introduction, it is to be seen that John Prescott,
who came to Boston and Watertown in 1640, was the
fourth generation from James of Standish (of 1564).
But as the object of the following raemorial is to furnish
a record of the emigrants and their descendants only, wc
shall consider each as the first generation of their respect
ive races or descendants.
First, of the descendants of John (109-v.) and Mary
(Platts) Prescott, who had issue as follows:
110— i. Mary, bap. Feb. 24, 1630.
ii. Martha, bap. at Sowerby March 11, 1632; m. John Rugg
1655 ; resided at Lancaster. She d. Jan. 24, 1656.

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iii. John, Jr., bap. at Sowerby April 1, 1635; m. Sarah  of
Lancaster Nov. 11, 1668.
iv. Sarah, bap. at Sowerby 1637; m. Richard Wheeler of Lan
caster Aug. 2, 1658.
V. Hannah, bap. 1639. She m. John Rugg as second wile May
4, 1660, who had for his first wife her sister Martha.
Ill— vi. Lydia, b. Aug. 15, 1641.
vii. Jonathan, (?) b. about 1643.
viii. Joseph, (?) b. about 1645 or 1646 (?).
112— ix. Jonas, b. June, 1648.

SECOND GENERATION.
110-i. Mary Prescott, baptized at Sowerby in the
parish of Halifax in Yorkshire, England, Feb. 24, 1630;
married Thomas Sawyer of Lancaster 1648; lived at
Lancaster. Issue of Mary (Prescott) (110-i.) and Thomas Saw
yer:
i. Thomas, b. July 2, 1649; m. 1st, Oct. 11, 1670, Sarah  ;
she d. March 2, 1672, leaving one child, Mary. He m. 2d,
Nov. 21, 1672, Hannah  .
ii. Ephraim, b. Jan. 16, 1651; killed by the Indians at Pres
cott's garrison Feb., 1676, when Lancaster was destroyed
by the Indians.
iii. Mary, b. Jan. 4, 1653.
iv. Joshua, b. March 13, 1655.
V. James, b. March 22, 1657.
vi. Caleb, b. April 2, 1659.
vii. John, b. April 6, 1661.
viii. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 6, 1664.
ix. Deborah, b. 1666; d. July 16, 1666.
113— X. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 24, 1670.
xi. Martha, b. Aug. 10, 1673.

111-vi. Lydia Prescott, born at Watertown Aug.
15, 1641; ra. Jonas Fairbanks of Lancaster May 28,
1658. His father was of Sowerby in Halifax, Yorkshire,
England. He and his son Joshua were killed by Indians
when Lancaster was destroyed, in Febmary, 1676.

102 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
Issue of Lydia (Prescott) (111-vi.) and Jonas Fair
banks :
i. Mary, b. June 26, 1659.
ii. Joshua, b. April 6, 1661 ; killed by Indians in Feb., 1676.
iii. Grace, b. Nov. 16, 1663.
iv. Jonathan, b. Oct. 6, 1665.
V. Hesadiah, b. Feb. 28, 1668.
vi. Jabez, b. Jan. 8, 1671; m. 1st,  ; m. 2d, May 25, 1719,
Elizabeth Whitcomb.
vii. Jonas, b.  .
113-ix. Jonas Prescott, born at Lancaster June,
1648; married, Dec. 14, 1672, Mary, the daughter of
John Loker and Mary Draper of Sudbury, born Sept. 28,
1653, and died Oct. 28, 1735, aged eighty-two years and
one month, by whom he had four sons and eight daugh
ters. He settled in Groton. He, or his father for him,
built the mill in the south part of Groton, now within
the limits of Harvard, and is still called the "old mill."
He bought lands in Groton until he became one of the
largest landholders in the town. He was also a black
smith. Upon the resettlement of the town, after its
destruction by the Indians in 1676, he built mills and a
forge for the manufacture of the iron frora the ore at
Forge Valley (so-called), which was then in Groton, but
now in Westford. He was a man of extensive influence.
He was town clerk in 1691 ; a selectman for several
years; represented the town in the general asserably in
1699 and 1705; was also captain in the militia and jus
tice of the peace. He maintained an elevated rank in the
coraraunity, and died laraented Dec. 31, 1723, aged sev
enty-five years and six months. He resided on the farm
near Lawrence acaderay, which was more recently, if not
at this time (1866), owned by Hon. Stuart J. Park, Esq.
A story bordering on roraance has been handed down
by faraily tradition to the present time, and preserved
with much accuracy, of the courtship of this affection
ate pair of fruitful progenitors. John Loker, of whom
we have no other account than as connected with this
aff'air, is said to have been wealthy, and both he and his
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and notions. Having only one daughter, and she exceed
ingly fair and of good promise, they disdained to betroth
her to a blacksmith, the son of a blacksmith, however
rich or otherwise unexceptionable he might be. They had
set their hearts, on Mary marrying a lawyer. So when
they found that there was a strong attachment between
their idol Mary, and the young blacksmith (Jonas Pres
cott), they remonstrated, but, like many other imprudent
parents, they unwittingly pursued a course well calculated
to foster and strengthen it. They forbade his entering
their house, or having any communication whatever with
their daughter; and the more effectually to prevent any
intercourse, they grated the windows of her apartments
in the house; and when they thought there was any dan
ger of an interview between them they locked her in. Jo
nas and Mary, however, were not to be baffled by grates
and locks. Jonas took opportunities, when the cold night
wind blew and the pelting storm raged, when no listener
could overhear their soft whisperings, to place himself
beneath her grated window and there enjoy sweet com
munion with his beloved Mary. Their intercourse was
soon discovered, however, by the vigilant and chagrined
parents. The next expedient resorted to was to place her
in some secluded spot under the care of sorae watchful
and faithful guardian. Chocksett, now called Sterling,
then a frontier settlement, although adjoining to Groton,
was chosen as the place of her seclusion. Jonas searched
the country around and made diligent inquiry to find the
place of her banishment for some time, in vain. At
length, being one day in the wilds of Chocksett, he made
his usual inquiry of some young raen he saw if they had
any pretty girls in their neighborhood. They told hira
there was to be a quilting that very day, where all their
girls would be ; that they were going in the evening to
dance with them, and invited hira to accorapany thera,
where he might see for himself. He very cheerfully accepted
the invitation, and on arriving at the cottage where the
seamstresses of the settlement were assembled, whom
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was indeed to them a happy adventure. Concealing as
well as they could their former acquaintance, they took
opportunities to be partners in the dance and made assign-
raents for future raeetings. Having thus fortunately dis
covered the place of banishment, he renewed his visits, till
her parents, finding it out, took her home. She was then
sternly told that she must reject the blacksmith and
receive the addresses of the. lawyer. She resolutely replied,
"I will never marry any one but Jonas Prescott." The
rejoinder was, "Then you shall never have a farthing of
our property." To this there was a general demurrer; a
decree for marriage without dowry followed. The con
summation took place before even the most common uten
sils for housekeeping could be procured. (Perhaps there
was some delay to see if the old folks would not relent
and procure or provide some.) The tradition asserts that
her only implement for boiling was a two-quart kettle,
and her washtub the shell of a large pumpkin. From this
affectionate and happy pair sprung the doctors, warriors,
civilians, statesmen, jurists, historians, etc., noticed in
this genealogical record and memoir, with numerous other
descendants, of whom Mary lived to see one hundred and
seventy-five. Issue of Jonas (112-ix.) and Mary (Loker) Prescott:
i. Mary, b. Feb. 3, 1674; m. Benjamin Farnsworth about 1695.
ii. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 23, 1676; m. 1694-5, Eleazer, son of Wil-
Ham and Mary Green, b. May 20, 1672.
114— iii. Jonas, b. Oct. 26, 1678.
iv. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 21, 1680; d. Jan. 29, 1681.
v. Dorothy, b. Feb. 16, 1681 ; m. Nov. 15, 1700, John Varnum
of Dracut.
vi. James, b. March 16, 1684; d. young.
vii. Sarah, b. May 3, 1686; m. 1705, John Longley, b. 1683. She
d. March 8, 1716, leaving four children.
viii. Abigail, b. May 8, 1688; m. 1711, James, son of Samuel
Parker and Abigail Lakin, b. April 28, 1686.
ix. Martha, b. Feb. 20, 1690; m. 1714, Shubael Hobert, son of
Rev. Gershom Hobert. Resided in Groton.
X. Susannah, b. Dec. 31, 1691; m. June 27, 1722, William, son
of John Lawrence and Anne Tarbell, b. Dec. 31, 1697
Resided at Groton.

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Deborah, b. March 5, 1694; m. 1714, Samuel Parker, b.
about 1690. Resided in Groton.
Hon. Benjamin, b. Jan. 4, 1696; m. June 11, 1718, Abigail,
dau. of Hon. Thomas Oliver of Cambridge, b. in 1697.
Resided in Groton.

THIRD GENERATION.
113-x. Nathaniel Sawyer, born Nov. 24, 1670 ; mar
ried Mary Houghton (?), and is the ancestor of Mary
Sawyer, who married Joseph Low^e (15-ii.).

114-iii. Jonas (121-i.), born Oct. 26, 1678; married,
Oct. 15, 1699, Thankful Wheeler of Concord. He lived at
Forge Village, which since 1730 has been included in
Westford. He enlarged and iraproved the works on Stony
Brook which his father had established, by erecting addi
tional forges for manufacturing iron frora the ore, as well
as for other purposes. Upon the petition of hiraself and
others, a part of Groton, including Forge Village, was in
1730 set off frora Groton to Westford. The water privi
lege and works on Stony Brook at Forge Village have,
ever since their purchase of the land from Andrew, the
Indian, been owned, held and occupied by the Prescott
family. Jonas, Jr., was captain of militia, justice of the
peace, as his father had been before him, and represented
the town in the general court in 1720. His wife died
Nov. 1, 1716, and he married, for a second wife, Mary
Page, April 30, 1718, bom 1687. He died Sept. 12,
1750. His widow, Mary, died July 19, 1781, aged 94.
Issue of Jonas, Jr. (114-iii.), and Thankful (Wheeler)
Prescott :
i. Ebenezer, b. July 19, 1700; m. May 24, 1721, Hannah
Farnsworth.
ii. Jonas, b. Jan. 26, 1703; m. 1st, April 30, 1726, Elizabeth
Spalding. She d. Dec. 27, 1729.
iii. Thankful, b. Sept. 17, 1705 ; m. 1727-28, Timothy Spalding.
115— iv. Mary, b. April 29, 1711.

106 The Ancestors and Their Descendants.
V. Sarah, b Dec. 5, 1712; m. March 7, 1732, Dea. Samuel,
son of James and Rebecca (Wheeler) Minot, b. March 25,
1706.
vi. Dorcas, b. 1714; m. 1738, Dea. Samuel Minot, who had m.
for his first wife her sister Sarah. She d. June 6, 1803,
aged 89 yrs., 2 mos., 15 days. He d. March 17, 1766,
aged 60. Resided at Concord, Mass.

FOURTH GENERATION.
115-iv. Mary Prescott, b. April 29, 1711 ; ra. May
9, 1728, Joseph Stone, probably a son of Dea. Siraon Stone.
Resided in Groton. He d. Sept. 10, aged 75; she d. April
5, 1793, aged 82, wanting 22 days. Seven sons and five
daughters.

CHAPTER X.
Ancestors of Louisa Adeline Messinger, Wife of
David Lowe.— The Messinger Family.
117-i. Thomas Messinger, bom 1740; lived in Wren-
tham, Mass.; married OHve Ware Jan. 12, 1764, and died
Sept. 10, 1816. They came to Fitchburg and settled on
Pearl Hill, building the house now owned by George Mes
senger, son of Horace and Sarah (Hartwell) Messinger,
who is the only descendant bearing the name now living.
Issue of Thomas (117-i.) and Olive (Ware) Messinger:
118— i. Calvin, b. April 14, 1776.
ii. Nancy, m. Ezra Fisher and moved to Grafton, Vt. They took
their wedding journey on horseback, carrying with them
a bag of rye with which to commence farming, and settled
a new home.
iii. Susan, m. David Bancroft and also lived in Grafton, Yt., keep
ing a store there. She died at the age of seventy-six years.
iv. Olive, m. Jeremiah Kinsman and lived on the west side of
Pearl Hill, near the home of Artemas Andrews ; their
daughter married Stephen Lovire (45-iv.), a brother of Da
vid (46-viii.).
V. Elias, m. Rachel Putnam and lived in the original Putnam
house, just back of or very near the house now owned and
occupied by James Edward Putnam.
vi. John, m. his cousin.
vii. Timothy, lived in Boston, but died a bachelor in Fitchburg.

SECOND GENERATION.
118-i. Calvin, born April 14, 1776; married, Jan. 1,
1801, Betsey Phillips, born Dec. 13, 1778; he died Nov.
11, 1819; she died July 1, 1863; they remained on the
old homestead, where both died, and are buried in Laurel
Hill cemetery. He was a shoemaker.

108 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
Issue of Calvin (118-i.) and Betsey (Phillips) Messin
ger: 119— i. Louisa Adeline, b. Oct. 1, 1801.
120— ii. Horace P., b. April 16, 1803.
iii. Calvin, b. Jan. 1, 1805; d. Oct. 8, 1825.
iv. Betsey, b. Jan. 21, 1806; m. Joseph Upton (19-i.); d. Dec.
25, 1864, from paralysis.
V. Lydia, b. June 11, 1809; m. 1st, Samuel Hawes, May 6, 1830,
who d. Oct. 18, 1875; 2d, Rev. John Wood, Aug. 14, 1879.
She married very soon after she was twenty-one years old,
when Samuel Hawes was a widower of past forty, and
when asked about the age of his girl wife he would say,
"She is of age, ask her." A very active woman, and until
more than eighty years old she used to say she did not
know what it was to be tired. At the age of eighty-four,
Nov., 1893, while crossing the street to invite Mary
(Lowe) (iv.) Childs to Thanksgiving dinner, she fell and
broke her left hip, from which she never fully recovered,
although she did recover enough to attend church and go
about some. She is still living, Jan., 1901.

THIRD GENERATION.
119-i. Louisa Adeline, bom Oct. 1, 1801 ; married,
Jan. 28, 1822, David Lowe (42-v.) and is the grand
mother of our "Circle." Her girlhood was one of hard
ship, as she used to say she never had any play time
until she was seventy years old, but she made the very
best of her opportunities, studying and reading whenever
she could. When young she went into the woolen mill
which stood where the Parkhill Mill (B) now stands,
working not less than sixteen hours per day. At the age
of twenty she raarried and went to keeping house on Me
chanic street. Her raarried life was ftiU of such struggles
and trials as a faraily of eleven children must have
brought with them, but through them all her Christian
fortitude sustained her; and though she gave back to
God five of her little ones and two in their early man
hood, her faith never grew dim, but she looked forward
to a happy reunion. Her place in church was always

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 109
filled, and as a Sabbath school teacher for forty years she
was absent only when sickness compelled. ^Ellen.
She was a rare woraan in many ways, more than an
ordinary student for those early times. It was said of
her at one time that she knew more of the Bible and Bi
ble history than any other woman in Fitchburg. She died
suddenly, being found dead in her room on the morning
of March 23, 1886.

GRANDMOTHER.
»»
Just as the sun was blushing red
Over the hilltops, somebody said.
In broken accents of mourning woe,
Sobbing aloud, but sobbing low,
"Grandmother is dead."
Only yesterday how she planned
Labors of love for her aged hands ;
"Whenever my useful days are o'er.
Let me go to the Heavenly shore,"
Was her demand.
Dear old grandmother! How her prayer
Quickened the Ear of Eternal Care!
And with only a warning pain
Her Angel gathered her soul again
To the regions fair, y/
Edna.

130-ii. Horace P., born April 16, 1803; raarried,
Jan. 20, 1831, Sarah Winch Hartwell; born April 23,
1811; he died Aug. 15, 1874, of heart disease; he built
an addition to his mother's home and lived and died
there. His wife died Aug. 19, 1889, leaving one son,
George Edward Messenger, who was born Sept. 23, 1847,
and married, Jan. 10, 1883, Lauretta Lucetta Wellington,
born Jan. 8, 1856. When he was young he was taught by
his parents to spell his name Messinger. When he went to
school, a teacher (Mary Lowe Dickinson) insisted he was
wrong, and so for forty years he has substituted e for i.

110 The Ancestors and Their Descendants

The Phillips Family.
Our record begins with Blaney Phillips, who was born
in Pembroke Feb. 12, 1712; married. May 23, 1733,
Christian Wadsworth, who was born Feb. 5, 1713; he
died Dec. 21, 1800; she died Oct. 6, 1798; he was buried
in that part of Pembroke, Plymouth county, which is
now Hanson, where his headstone can be seen at any
tirae. They had a family of nine children. There was a
Rev. George Phillips who came to New England in the
same fleet with Gov. Winthrop and was admitted as free
man in 1639, and it may be that Blaney was one of his
descendants. Of the nine children of Blaney (120-i.) and Christian,
Seth (121-vi.), the third son and sixth child, born Sept.
25, 1749, married Betsey Hamlin (123) in 1775; she died
Nov. 20, 1813 ; he died Aug. 8, 1828.
In 1775 Seth Philhps (121-vi.) bought a farm of 21%
acres of land adjoining his father's property, for which he
paid £95, 13s., 4d., lawful money. At the time of the
war of the Revolution he lived in his native town of
Pembroke, in Plymouth county. His home was in that
part of Pembroke which is now Hanson. Soon after the
close of the war he married and moved onto a farm in
what is now called West Fitchburg.
His name is in the list of minute men as Sergeant Phil
lips. A partial copy of his record of the daily doings of
the regiment, dated Feb. 18, 1776, also a list of the men
of his company, are at present in Mrs. John Lowe's pos
session. May, 1776, he received from the Council of Mas
sachusetts Bay the coraraission of second lieutenant, which
now hangs in the relic roora of the Wallace Library at
Fitchburg. In July, 1780, he, with ten other Fitchburg
raen, enlisted in the Continental army for six months. He
was discharged in December of the sarae year, raaking his
term of service five months and ten days, for which he
received £10, 13s., 4d., including travel for 200 miles. He
was described as thirty years of age, five feet and eight
inches in height, and light complexion. He died from an

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 11 1
injury to his great toe, which caused raortification, at the
home of his oldest daughter, Betsey (Phillips) Messinger,
where he had been living for some years.
133-i. Betsey Phillips, daughter of Seth (121-vi.)
and Betsey (Hamlin) (123-ii.) Phillips, was a great-grand
mother of our family. She married, Jan. 1, 1801, Calvin
Messinger, who lived only twelve ¦short j'ears after their
marriage, and left his widow with five small children, of
whora our grandraother, Louisa Adeline, was the oldest.
She kept the old homestead and struggled bravely through
the hardships of bringing up her little faraily, all of whora
had to begin in early life to assist in the support of the
whole, and all lived to old age except one son, Calvin,
who died Oct. 8, 1825, about twenty years of age.
I used to enjoy grandraother telling rae of her riding
to church on horseback, on a pillion, behind her husband,
in her sky-blue riding habit. She was a woraan strong
in every way, and won many friends. She became per
fectly helpless for three years, and one evening quietly left
us, at the age of eighty-five years. Her husband's father
and also her own father died while living with her.
The Hamlin Family.
James Hamlin of London, Eng., came to America in
the early part of 1639 with his wife and two children,
James, born April 10, 1636, and Mary, and first settled
in Barnstable. A son of James was Eleazer, a son of
Eleazer was Benjamin, who was born 1692; married, Oct.
26, 1716, Annie, daughter of Sarauel Mayo of Eastham.
Benjarain was killed on a whaling vessel July, 1737.
Of their children, Eleazer, bom July, 1731; raarried,
first, Lydia Bonney of Pembroke in 1752, and had eleven
children; she died Aug. 12, 1769; he married, second, a
widow, Mrs. Sarah Bryant, whose maiden name was Sob-
del, by whora he had six children. She died Nov. 15,
1788, in the forty-fifth year of her age. For a third wife
he married, June 3, 1789, another widow, Mrs. Hannah
Fletcher of Westford, by Rev. Matthew Scribner. He had
large means and was a man of great energy. In 1777 he

112 The Ancestors and Their Descendatits
raoved frora Pembroke to Harvard and purchased a farm
of Aaron Davis of one hundred and twenty-eight (128)
acres, including a potash works situated in the northern
part of the town, and soon became influential in town
councils. After the death of his .second wife he sold his
farm and removed to Westford, where he died Dec. 1,
1807, aged seventy -five years and five months, and is
buried by the side of his son Green in the East burying-
ground in Westford. His tombstone gives his age as
above, and the sarae record is found in the Bible of his
son Asia. He was a captain in the Revolutionary army,
and is said to have been a member of the Cincinnati.
Because of his large family at home, he retired from the
army with the rank of Major. When bidding farewell to
Gen. Washington, the general gave him $200, continental
money. After the war he was captain in the militia, in
which seven of his sons are said to have been members.
Issue of Eleazer and Lydia (Bonney) Hamlin :
i. Asia, died young.
123— ii. Betty.
By his second wife, Mrs. Sarah Bryant, he had Sally,
Isaac, Asia, who died; Green and George.
133-ii. Betty Hamlin, raarried Seth Phillips (121-
vi.). Alice, Africa, Europe and Araerica were in the Revo
lutionary army; Lydia, Molly, Eleazer, Cyrus and Hanni
bal were twins.
Issue of Betty (Hamlin) (123-ii.) and Seth Phillips
(121-vi.):
122— i. Betsey, b. Dec. 13, 1778.
ii. Samuel, m. Sally Thurston ; children were Col. Ivers and Sally.
iii. Seth.
iv. Asia, m. Sally Dwelly of Hanson.
V. John.
vi. Thomas.
vii. Lydia, m. Jacob Fairbanks; settled in Ashburnham; two of
their children, Mrs. Ardelia Smith and Jacob Horatio Fair
banks, are now residents of this city.
133-i. Betsey Phillips, born Dec. 13, 1778; mar
ried, Jan. 1, 1801, Calvin Messinger (118-i.).

i?-t<U^

CHAPTER XI.
Ancestors of Sarah Mead.
The coat of arms attached to the original name of
Mead— Mead of London— is thus described: The field is
sable, a chevron between three peHcans or. The Egyp
tians used the pelicans as hieroglyphics of the four duties
of a father to his children, viz.: Generation, education,
instruction and good example.
Our information concerning the first generations of the
Mead family in America is mainly obtained from the his
tories of Dorchester and Lexington. The latter says that
there is considerable difficulty in tracing the Meads. The
first of the name appear to be migratory and are found
in different places. Savage informs us that Gabriel Mead
of Dorchester was made freeman in 1635, and died 1666,
aged 79 ; that his will mentions several daughters, and
that he had a son Israel, born 1639, who lived in Water-
town, moved to Dedham, and perhaps to Woburn. Israel,
probably son of the preceding, is sometimes spoken of as
of Woburn, and soraetimes as of Cambridge, but it is
undoubtedly the same person, and frora him the Lexing
ton Meads in part descended.
133-i. Gabriel Mead. Frora the history of Dorches
ter we learn that Gabriel Mead, called Goodman Mead,
was in the list of the second emigration from Europe in
1635, and that he was possibly in Dorchester as early as
1636; was freeman May 2, 1638. His wife was *Su-
sanna. His son Israel was born in 1637. Israel removed
* James Bates, who was born in 1582 and lived in Dorchester, left
the wife of Gabriel Mead (whose name was Johanna) £20. She may
have been a daughter of James Bates.

114 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
to Watertown, but returned to Dorchester and joined the
church there June 16, 1674. His father left him the house
he lived in, in Dorchester. To his son David he left the
old house. He owned land near the burying place, and
the church records say it appears he lived near where Mr.
Foster's malt house stood. He died March 12, 1666, aged
about 79.
The first report of disbursements raade by the town
is under date of the year 1654. The araount assessed was
£40, 14s., lid., for the town and castle.
.... Item. For driving up and setting down, and for keeping of
the corn that was with Goodman Mead 9s. Od.
In 1662 Goodman Mead had charge of the raeeting
house in Dorchester, attended to the bell ringing, cleaning,
etc., and there not being sufficient cash in the treasury to
pay him the three pounds due for that service the present
year, Mr. Patten agreed to pay him twenty-six shillings
and eight pence, and Ens. Foster the rest, both to be
allowed the same out of the next town rate.
The names of Israel Meed and Gabriel Mede appear
signed to a petition from the town in 1664 to
the Honrd. Gournr, the Deputy Gournr, together with the rest of the
honord magistrates & house of Deputyes. Assembled in Generall Court
at Boston this nineteenth day of October, 1664.
In the account of money paid in 1667 by the town is:
"To Widow Mead, for ringing the bell, £3."

SECOND GENERATION.
134-i. Israel Mead, according to the Dorchester
history, was born in 1637; his name appears in a list of
those who lived in the town, and who had reached the
age of twenty-one years, up to the year 1700. According
to the Lexington history Israel Mead, sometiraes of Cara-
bridge, was born in 1639, and married Feb. 26, 1669,
Mary Hall, daughter of Widow Mary Hall. He was
appointed in Cambridge, in 1683, "viewer of wood."
Whether he resided at that time in the old town or at the

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 115
Farms, we are unable to say ; but in 1693 when the North
precinct was organized, he must have been within its ter
ritory, as he was taxed for ministerial land purchased at
that time. The same tax bill bears the name of his son,
Thomas Mead. Israel Mead was one of the original mera-
bers of the church organized 1696, Thoraas was admitted
1699, and his wife, Hasaniah, was admitted in August of
the same year. During the sarae season two of Thomas'
children, Hannah and Sarah, were baptized. The record
of Israel's wife's death is among the first of the obituaries
on the parish records, being Sept. 1, 1692. Israel was one
of the comraittee to seat the gallery of the raeeting house
in 1700. He died Sept. 6, 1714. His will, dated April
2, 1713, and proved Sept. 20, 1714, raentions particularly
sons Thomas, John, Stephen, and Ebenezer, and daughters
Margaret Locke, Mary, and Ruth. He also makes a be
quest to four grandchildren, — the oldest child of Thoraas,
John, Stephen, and Margaret Locke. He also remembers
his faithful spiritual teacher. "I give to Mr. John Han
cock the reverend pastor of the church of Christ, in Lex
ington, twenty shillings." He served in King Philip's
war in 1676.
Issue of Israel (124-i.) and Mary (Hall) Mead:
125— i. Thomas, b. about 1670.
ii. John, b. about 1672.
iii. Hannah, b. about 1674; d. Jan. 28, 1702.
iv. Margaret, b. Jan. 20, 1676 ; m. Joseph Locke as his second
wife.
V. Stephen, b. about 1679; Hved and died in Concord.
vi. Mary, b. Feb. 10, 1682.
vii. Ruth, b. Aug. 10, 1684; probably d. Nov. 3, 1726, unmarried.
viii. Ebenezer, b. May 11, 1686.

THIRD GENERATION.
135-i. Thomas Mead, born about 1670; raarried
Hasaniah Gates. He was in the North precinct in 1693,
and he and his wife were adraitted to the church in 1699.
In 1700, when they "seated the meeting house," he had a

116 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
seat assigned him in the "front side gallery." He was
constable in 1704 and in 1714. It is doubtful whether
any of his sons, except Israel and Cornelius, lived perma
nently in Lexington, as we do not find their names upon
the tax bills extant.
Issue of Thoraas (125-i.) and Hasaniah (Gates) Mead:
i. Hannah, bap. May 8, 1699; d. 1723.
ii. Sarah, bap. May 8, 1699.
iii. Thomas, bap. Sept., 1700; probably went to Littleton.
iv. Jonathan, bap. Sept. 6, 1702.
V. Israel, bap. Aug. 16, 1704; m. Sarah  .
126— vi. Samuel, bap. May 3, 1706.
vii. Mary, bap. Mar. 3, 1709.
viii. James, bap. Apr. 8, 1711.
ix. Cornelius, bap. June 3, 1714 ; m. Hannah Hadley.

FOURTH GENERATION.
136-vi. Samuel Mead, bom May 3, 1706, raarried
Oct. 12, 1748, Hannah Willard, who was baptized May
17, 1724. He was adraitted to the church in 1742, and
disraissed to the church in Harvard, July 1, 1744, where
he resided and had a family. The gravestones of himself
and wife, which can be seen in the old cemetery in Har
vard, bear these inscriptions: "Dea. Samuel Mead, who
died June 1, 1814, age 90 years, 5 raonths. His wife,
Hannah, died Sept. 23, 1808, age 85 years, 7 raonths."
He was a cordwainer, and in 1727 bought of Daniel
Wetherbee sixty acres of land bounded north by the
Groton line, adjoining the land of Jonathan Rand and
west of it. He was one of the first to sign the church
covenant in 1733. Noveraber 16, 1775, he was elected
deacon with Richard Harris, Jr., and "Dec. 5, 1795, was
invited with other deacons for acceptable service, to occupy
a seat in the Elder's pew on our Lord's day and on other
days of public worship, as a token of our gratitude and
respect for having used the office of a deacon well." He
was a raeraber of Col. Whitcomb's battalion frora August
to December of the year 1755, a raeraber of a company
commanded by Israel Taylor, belonging to Col. Oliver

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 117
Wilder's regiment that marched on the alarm for the re
lief of Fort William Henry as far as Springfield (service
Aug. 13 to Aug. 26, 1757). In the suraraer carapaign of
1758 he served as corporal in the regiraent of Col. Jona
than Bagley and in the company of Capt. Salmon Whit
ney of Stow. He raarched to Carabridge on the 19th of
April, in consequence of an alarm, under command of Col.
Asa Whitcomb, in the company whereof Joseph Fairbanks
was captain. Property was much more evenly distributed
than at the present day, and his name was among fifteen
of the largest taxpayers. He was selectman in 1769,
1771 and 1772. His wife, Hannah Willard, was a daugh
ter of James and Hannah (Houghton) Willard. Hannah
Houghton was a daughter of Ralph Houghton, who was
one of the early settlers of Lancaster and for many years
town clerk. Jaraes Willard was the son of Henry and
Dorcas (Cutler, daughter of James Cutler, who married
the widow of Thomas King) Willard. Henry Willard
married first Mary Lakin, and second Dorcas Cutler, and
was the fourth son of Maj. Simon Willard, son of Richard
of Horsemendon, Kent, England, who was born 1605,
came to New England in 1634, with wife, Mary Sharp,
and daughter, Mary, and settled in Concord. May, 1657,
he was one of three commissioners to order the affairs of
Lancaster, and took up his residence there in 1658. In
1672 he removed to a five hundred acre grant of land in
a part of Groton now in Ayer. He had before coming to
Lancaster attained the highest railitary grade then recog
nized, that of sergeant-raajor, and was annually elected
assistant from 1654 to his death, which took place sud
denly in Charlestown, April 24, 1676. He had for his
second wife Eliza Dunster, who lived but a short time,
when he married her sister. Much more can be learned of
his exploits and service from the Annals of Lancaster, by
Henry Nourse.
Issue of Samuel (126-vi.) and Hannah (Willard) Mead,
bom in Harvard, Mass.:
i. John, b. June 29, 1749.
127— ii. Oltfer, b. Sept. 2, 1751.

118 The Ancestors and Their Descendants.
iii. Hannah, b. Aug. 13, 1753, d. young.
iv. Lucy, b. Jan. 15, 1756, d. unmarried.
V. Lydia, b. Jan. 9, 1759.
vi. Samuel, b. May 30, 1761; graduated from Harvard college,
1787, studied divinity, and settled in Alstead, N. H. He
d. in 1822. WiUiam O. Mead of Belmont, a broker in
Boston, is a son of Rev. Samuel Mead.
vii. Mercy, b. Feb. 15, 1767, m. Jonathan E. Sawyer. A daugh
ter married  Frost.

CHAPTER XII.
Fifth Generation, and Descendants of Dea. Oliver
Mead and Anna Whitney.
137-ii. Dea. Oliver Mead, born Sept. 2, 1751; was
married July 22, 1777, by Rev. Daniel Johnson, to Anna
Whitney. They were both of Harvard, but when married
established their home in Boxborough, where he became
quite prorainent in church and town affairs. He was in
Capt. Jonathan Davis' rauster roll in Col. John Whit-
corab's regiraent of minute men, who marched on the
alarm of April 19, 1775, frora Harvard thirty miles to Cam
bridge. He died in Boxborough, March 20, 1836. March
26, the first Sabbath after his death. Rev. Jonathan Farr,
A. M., a native of Harvard, preached two sermons in the
First church of Boxborough. The first was on the death
of the righteous, the other the birth of the Saviour, and
was firom a text selected by the deacon not long before he
died. Issue of Oliver (127-ii.) and Anna (Whitney) Mead,
born in Boxborough :
i. Sarah, b. Dec. 19, 1778; m. Levi Houghton; d. July, 1844.
' They went to Lunenburg, lived and died there. They had
no children, but took Sarah Mead (150-ni.), daughter of
Nathaniel, when she was ten years old, and she remained
there until she was of age.
ii. Lucy, b. Jan. 4, 1781, d. Feb. 19, 1861.
128— iii. Anna, b. April 4, 1783.
129— iv. Olpter, b. April 10, 1785.
130— V. Abraham, b. July 9, 1787.
131— vi. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 1, 1789.
vii. Nabby, b. Dec. 16, 1791; m. Reuben Houghton; d. Sept. 30,
1860.
132— viii. Samuel, b. March 3, 1794.
ix. Hannah, b. June 13, 1796, d. 1804.
133— X. Nathaniel, b. Oct. 30, 1798.

120 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
SIXTH GENERATION.
138-iii. Anna Mead, born April 4, 1783, married
William Stevens. She died Jan. 18, 1851.
Issue of Anna (128-iii.) (Mead) and William Stevens:
134— i. Anna, b. March 18, 1809.
135— ii. Moses, b. Oct. 11, 1810.
iii. Sophia, b. July 29, 1813.
iv. Susan, b. April 11, 1818.
V. Oliver W., b. July 11, 1820, d. unmarried.
vi. Elizabeth, b. May 14, 1824, m. Appleton Barnard.

139-iv. Oliver Mead, bom April 10, 1785; mar
ried Oct. 4, 1791, Betsey Taylor. He died Nov. 2, 1869;
she died Feb. 20, 1871, aged 80 years, 4 months, 16 days.
Issue of Oliver (129-iv.) and Betsey (Taylor) Mead:
i. Oliver, b. July 9, 1809, was killed by an accident, Sept. 9,
1814.
ii. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 18, 1812; d. May 7, 1816.
iii. Betsey, b. Nov. 10, 1815; m. Peter Whitcomb, had one son,
who died. Mr. Peter Whitcomb is dead also. They lived in
Boxborough.
iv. Anna, b. June 23, 1817; d. Aug. 14, 1824, of scarlet fever.
V. Sally, b. Aug. 12, 1820; m. April 9, 1848, George Hagar.
He d. March 9, 1893, aged 78. They settled in Boxbor
ough, afterwards moved to West Acton, where he d. and
she still lives.
136— vi. Oliver, b. Jan. 18, 1823.
137— vii. Lyman, b. June 14, 1825.
138— viii. Emory, b. June 14, 1829.
139— ix. Walter, b. Jan. 27, 1832.
X. Anna, b Jan. 19, 1834; married William Moore; their home
is the Bigelow place, in the center of Boxborough. No
children.

130-v. Abraham Mead, born July 9, 1787 ; married,
first, Nov. 18, 1813, Lucy Kiraball, born Sept. 21, 1789;
she died June 16, 1821; married, second, Aug. 8, 1822,
Sally Sherwin, who died March 30, 1860. They lived and
died in Littleton, Mass.

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 121
Issue of Abraham (130-v.) and Lucy (Kimball) Mead:
i. Lucy Kimball, b. Sept. 21, 1814; d. Dec. 14, 1844.
140— ii. Annie Whitney, b. July 29, 1816.
iii. Abraham, b. April 5, 1818; m. Sept. 10, 1845, Miss Battles,
b. March 11, 1821. He d. Dec. 22, 1894. He was a law
yer; had two sons, Frank W. and Charles.
141— iv. Franklin, b. July 10, 1820.
Issue by second wife, Sally Sherwin:
V. Hannah, b. April 29, 1823; d. unmarried.
vi. George, b. Aug. 24, 1824.
vii. Sherman, b. Nov. 21, 1827.
viii. James, b. May 6, 1829.

131-vi. Elizabeth Mead, born Sept. 1, 1789; raar
ried Reuben Houghton; she died Sept. 23, 1856. He was
born Sept. 10, 1784. Her sister Nabby, born Dec. 16,
1791, married him after her death, and Nabby died Sept.
30, 1860. They lived in Littleton, w^here he had a store.
Issue of Elizabeth (131-vi.) (Mead) and Reuben Hough
ton: i. Reuben Newell, d. in consumption when a young man.
142 — ii. William Stevens, b. June 20, 1816.

133-viii. Samuel Mead, born March 3, 1794; mar
ried Betsey Stevens, who died July 2, 1823; married, sec
ond, her sister, Mary Stevens, who died Nov. 9, 1856;
married again, Lucinda Conant, and fourth, Mrs. Randall.
He was one of the first deacons of the Universalist church
in Boxborough, where he lived.
Issue of Samuel (132-viii.) and Betsey (Stevens) Mead:
i. Elizabeth, b. July 25, 1819; d. Aug 9, 1894; m. Mr. Ines of
Natick.
143— ii. Franklin, b. May 25, 1821.
144— iii. Benjamin Stevens, b. July 2, 1823.
Issue by second wife, Mary Stevens:
iv. Samuel, b. Oct. 15, 1826; d. Dec, 1858, in the West.

122 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
Issue by third wife, Lucinda Conant:
145— V. Lucinda, b. July 22, 1828.
146— vi. Albert, b. April 23, 1830.
147— vii. Alfred, b. Feb. 10, 1832.
viii. Abbie C, b. April 2, 1834; d. Jan. 27, 1897.
ix. Anna Rebecca, b. Jan. 2, 1836; m. Charles Harding; lived a
few years, and d. in April, 1860.
X. Mary Stevens, b. June 6, 1840 ; d. 1846.

133-x. Nathaniel Mead, born Oct. 30, 1798; mar
ried May 24, 1821, Lucy Taylor, who was born July 26,
1801, and died Oct. 5, 1865; he died July 9, 1852. He
was one of the foremost in all reforms, being one of the
leaders in starting the Universalist society in Acton, the
first meetings being held about half-way between West
Acton and Acton Center, in a hall. He was leader of the
choir and also played a bass viol. A shoemaker by trade,
and carried on a farm, which he purchased when married,
and where he died. His widow remained there until a
short time before her death, when she moved to West Ac
ton that she might be near her children.
"They were the parents of eight children, to whora they
were wholly devoted. All the advantages of that tirae
were given thera ; common, singing, dancing, and spelling
school, as well as lyceum and academy, were among the
advantages. Mrs. Mead was a school teacher and all but
one of their children taught school, and raany of their
graiidchildren. Mr. Mead was an earnest and conscientious
student of the Bible. A clergyman said of him : ' Mr. Mead
seems to know the Bible from beginning to end ; he will
quote passage after passage, to prove any stateraent,
readily and correctly.' He had the rare power in argu-
raent of convincing his opponent and retaining his esteera
and respect also." His Daughter Maria.
Issue of Nathaniel (133-x.) and Lucy (Taylor) Mead:
148— i. Adelbert, b. Jan. 10, 1822.
149— ii. Oliver Warren, b. Oct. 19, 1823.
150— iii. Sarah, b. Aug. 22, 1825.
151— iv. Maria, b. Sept. 7, 1827.

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 123
V. Mary, b. June, 1829; m. Nov. 3, 1850, John Johnson Lothrop,
of West Acton, as his second wife. They lived in South
Acton until they went to San Francisco, sailing from Bos
ton Feb. 17, 1852, around Cape Horn, reaching there July
3, 1852. Mary taught a private school for two or three
years. Mr. Lothrop was a blacksmith by trade, at which
he worked for several years, and then went into other busi
ness. He died March 10, 1886. His widow returned East,
reaching here Sept. 16, 1886, but on account of asthma
spends most of her time in Florida.
152— vi. Anna Betsey, b. Jan. 1, 1831.
153— vii. Varnum Balfour, b. Oct. 16, 1832.
154 — viii. Frances Adelaide, b. Sept. 30, 1842.

SEVENTH GENERATION.
134-i. Anna Stevens, born March 18, 1809 ; raarried
George Conant and lived in Lunenburg.
Issue of Anna (134-i.) (Stevens) and George Conant:
i. Abbie A., b. May 3, 1830; m. George G. Winch, May 25,
1871 ; d. April 5, 1886.
ii. George, b. April 30, 1831; d. Jan. 31, 1834.
iii. Sarah S., b. Dec. 2, 1833.
iv. Mary L, b. Dec. 6, 1835.
V. Frances S., b. July 6, 1838; d. Jan., 1844.
vi. Susan E., b. Feb. 15, 1841; d. Oct. 29, 1865.
vii. Harriet M., b. July 2, 1848.

135-ii. Moses Stevens, born Oct. 11, 1810; mar
ried Nov. 30, 1837, Maria Stearns, born July 2, 1810;
died Nov. 9, 1870; he died Nov. 13, 1881. They lived on
a farm in Stow, Mass., now owned by their son Francis.
Issue of Moses (135-ii.) and Maria (Stearns) Stevens:
155— i. Francis Henry, b. June 11, 1839.
156— ii. Ann Maria, b. Sept. 20, 1840.
157— iii. Ellen Sophia, b. Nov. 29, 1843.
158— iv. WiLLLAM Edwin, b. April 2, 1846.
V. George Lyman, b. May 6, 1848; m. Jan. 1, 1870, Annie M.
Lincoln; m. second, Myra Whitcomb.

124 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
136-vi. Oliver Mead, born Jan. 18, 1823; married
Caroline Wetherbee and lived in Boxborough. They had
but one child, Sadie Anna Betsey, who raarried Alfred
Brown, and died from consumption, leaving no children.

137 -vii. Lyman Mead, born June 14, 1825; raarried
May 2, 1854, Melissa Willis of Harvard. He worked for
his father until twenty-one years of age, and then learned
the trade of carriage making of James Brown of Stow,
working five years. After this he lived in Boxborough,
working at his trade and carrying on the store, and had
been postmaster for twenty-five years when he retired
frora business and moved to West Acton, where he now
resides. Issue of Lyman (137-vii.) and Melissa (Willis) Mead:
159— i. Lyman Willis, b. March 11, 1855.
160— ii. Emma Melissa, b. June 19, 1859.

138-viii. Emory Mead, born June 14, 1829; mar
ried March 18, 1855, Eliza Clement; lived in Boxbor
ough. Issue of Emory (138-viii.) and Ehza (Cleraent) Mead:
161— i. Anna Frances, b. Aug. 4, 1860.

139-ix. Walter Mead, born in Boxborough June
27, 1832; raarried in Stow, June 3, 1855, Eliza Jane
Chandler of Portland, Me., who was born May 30, 1832,
and lived on the Mead estate, where his father and grand
father lived before him. He now resides in West Acton.
Issue of Walter (139-ix.) and Eliza Jane (Chandler)
Mead:
162— i. Charles Henry, b. Feb. 24, 1857.
ii. Cora Elzina, b. June 3, 1864, died Feb. 6, 1865.
iii. Arthur Edwin, b. Aug. 21, 1869; was drowned in Charles
river, Waltham, Mass., June 19, 1893.
163— iv. Ada Blanche, b. in Boxborough, Oct. 26, 1872.

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 126
140-ii. Annie Whitney Mead, bom July 29, 1816;
raarried May 4, 1836, Levi Conant. She died Feb. 15,
1873. Issue of Annie Whitney (140-ii.) (Mead) and Levi
Conant:
i.' Benjamin, b. July 28, 1837, in Dublin, N. H.
ii. Sherman, b. Dec. 23, 1839, in Dublin, N. H.; d. Nov. 24, 1890.
iii. Henry, b. Dec. 18, 1842, in Dublin, N. H.; d. May 17, 1848.
iv. Ellen Sherwin, b. July 19, 1846, in Littleton, Mass.
V. Anna Jane, b. Nov. 16, 1848, in Littleton, Mass.
vi. Amelia Breck, b. July 11, 1851, in Littleton, Mass.
vii. George Arthur, b. March 31, 1854, d. Oct. 26, 1883.
viii. Levi Seward, b. March 3, 1857, Littleton, Mass.
ix. Elmer Kimball, b. June 30, 1862.
141-iv. Franklin Mead, born July 10, 1820; raar
ried Oct. 3, 1844, Mahitable Ray Moar, who was born
September, 1819, and died Jan. 30, 1879. She was the
mother of his child. He married, second. May 7, 1882,
Mrs. Edith Masten of South Schodack, N. Y. He lived in
Littleton, working as farmer and shoemaker until April 1,
1841, having received only a common school education.
During the winter of 1838-39 the current of his religious
life was changed through the effects upon his father's
family of a religious or protracted meeting held in Little
ton, under the direction of Rev. Oliver Ayer, assisted by
Mr. Miller (the father ofthe Millerite doctrine). He went
to Lowell in April, 1841, and commenced the practice of
civil engineering, making a survey and map of the cities
of Lowell and Nashua, N. H.; also, in the winter of
1842-43 published the first directory of Nashua. In 1847
and 1848 he was a member of the common council of
Lowell. He followed this profession in various locations
until 1881, and since that time has been engaged in sur
veying for steam and electric railroads ; president of seven
different roads; is now of two. He was with Sherman's
array at Goldsboro and went with him to Raleigh, N. C.
Issue of Franklin (141-iv.) and Mahitable Ray (Moar)
Mead: i. Ivo, b. Dec. 12, 1847, in Lowell, Mass.; he m. Dec. 18, 1872,
Frances E. Gleason.

126 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
143-ii. William Stevens Houghton, born June 20,
1816; married April 12, 1849, Abbie Frances Goodridge;
raarried, second. May 19, 1859, Sarah Jane Topliff". He
was a successful merchant in Boston, and gave $10,000
for a library building in Littleton, Mass. Both Mr.
Houghton and his wife were trustees of Wellesley college,
to which they had contributed largely, and were active
in religious work. They had two sons.
143-ii. Franklin Mead, born in Boxborough, May
25, 1821, married Nov. 29, 1849, Nancy Staples Morse,
of Mason. She was born July 11, 1820, and died June 22,
1893. They lived on a farm in Lunenburg, where he died
from injuries received from the fall of a tree Jan. 31, 1871.
Their two children are still living on the farm.
Issue of Franklin (143-ii.) and Nancy Staples (Morse)
Mead: i. Herbert Oscar, b. Aug. 19, 1852.
ii. MiRA Lizzie, b. July 23, 1854.
144-iii. Benjamin Stevens Mead, bom July 2, 1823,
raarried Sept. 19, 1847, Rebecca Louisa Burgess. His
mother died the day of his birth. He lived on his father's
farm most of the tirae until 1881, when he bought a place
in the center of the tov^m, where he lived fourteen years,
then sold and raoved to Ayer, where he now lives. He
was a selectraan, assessor, and overseer of the poor most
of the time while he lived in Boxborough. He was a raera
ber of the Orthodox church.
Issue of Benjamin Stevens (144-iii.) and Rebecca Louisa
(Burgess) Mead :
164— i. Edgar Clarence, b. July 18, 1850.
ii. Ermina Louisa, b. March 29, 1858; m. May 8, 1879, George
F. Kingsbury. They reside in Ayer, where she takes an
active part in church work, especially singing.
145-v. Lucinda Mead, bom July 22, 1828, married
Nov. 24, 1850, David C. Howe of Maine, bom Dec. 29,

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 127
1825, and lived in Natick. She died Feb. 15, 1898. He
died May 19, 1892.
Issue of Lucinda (145-v.) (Mead) and David C. Howe:
i. Ella, b. Oct. 10. 1853; d. Aug. 27, 1880; m. William M.
Merrill, b. July 3, 1848, d. Aug. 14, 1879.
ii. Charley, b. Dec. 2, 1858; d. Sept. 2, 1861.
iii. Anna A., b. Aug. 5, 1863.
146-vi. Albert Mead, b. April 23, 1830, raarried
July 21, 1869, Alwilda Barbara Crocker, of Maine, bom
June 17, 1845. He was a successful shoe manufacturer in
Natick; represented his town in legislature in 1888. He
died Sept. 1, 1898.
Issue of Albert (146-vi.) and Alwilda Barbara (Crocker)
Mead: i. Albert Warren, b. Nov. 30, 1870.
ii. Arthur Roscoe, b. March 21, 1874.
165— iii. Sylvia A., b. Sept. 2, 1875.
iv. Charles Harvey, b. July 23, 1879.
V. Abby A., b. May 1, 1884.
147 -vii. Alfred Mead, born Feb. 10, 1832, married
Nov. 21, 1854, Hannah Maria Miles of Stow, bora Dec.
28, 1837, and resided in Natick, now in Newton Center,
Mass. Issue of Alfred (147-vii.) and Hannah Maria (Miles)
Mead: i. Albert Arthur, b. March 2, 1856 ; d. April 19, 1874.
166— ii. Annie L., b. April 13, 1861.

148-i. Adelbert Mead, bom Jan. 10, 1822; mar
ried March 29, 1849, Almira Jane Hoar of Littleton. It
was very muddy and he went three miles to hire a car
riage in which to bring his bride to West Acton. She
was bora Oct. 20, 1826. He has been a raeraber of the
school committee for several years, a tmstee of the Acton
Memorial Library for life. Joined the I. 0. 0. F. more
than fifty years ago; is a Past Grand, and also belongs

128 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
to the Free Masons. He has been connected in partner
ship .with his brothers in a coraraission business in Boston
for fifty-four years, which is a partnership of longer dura
tion than often occurs. He has been a raeraber of the
Charaber of Commerce and also of the Fruit Exchange
from the first, a trustee of the Universalist society of
West Acton from its start, and one of its most active
merabers. Issue of Adelbert (148-i.) and Alraira Jane (Hoar) Mead:
i. Lucy Augusta, b. March 3, 1850; d. Aug. 3, 1850.
167— ii. Estella Augusta, b. Feb. 3, 1851.
iii. Henry Adelbert, b. July 29, 1853 ; d. Dec. 27, 1883.
iv. Susan Elizabeth, b. Feb. 28, 1855; d. Aug. 19, 1855.
V. Clarence Varnum, b. Feb. 15, 1857; d. Nov. 24, 1857.
149-ii. Oliver Warren Mead, bora Oct. 19, 1823;
raarried May 22, 1851, Mary E. Hartwell of Harvard;
she died in West Acton Jan. 14, 1866; married, second,
Aug. 22, 1867, Susan A. Morrill of Canterbury, N. H.
She was born May 20, 1839, and died April 7, 1868;
married, third, Jan. 19, 1869, Lucy Maria Emery of Jaf
frey, N. H.; she was born July 1, 1838. 0. W. Mead
belongs to all orders his brother Adelbert does, and was
his partner in business fifty-four years; taught school in
Lunenburg and Littleton. The three brothers have con
tributed largely to the support of the Universalist church
in West Acton. He ran a sawmill in Canaan, N. H., ten
years; director of American powder mill eighteen years,
largely interested in western lands, director in First Na
tional Bank in Ayer, trustee in Middlesex Savings Bank,
and very active in their organization ; very active in town
affairs, and zealous in everything that tended to the best
good of the community.
Issue of Oliver Warren (149-ii.) and Mary E. (Hartwell)
Mead: i. Warren Hartwell, b. Dec. 18, 1853; m. Dec, 1877, Lizzie
M. Blandon of Paris, Tenn., settled in Nevada, Iowa, and
died there Jan. 29, 1879. He fitted for college in Melrose,
was in Harvard college. Harvard law school, and was in
Europe for one year.

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 129
ii. Julian A., b. April 15, 1856; m. Dec. 12, 1889, Mary D. Emer
son of Watertown. He was graduated from Phillips Exeter
Academy, class of 1874, entered Harvard with honors, class
of 1878, Harvard medical school, 1881, after which he spent
two years abroad in the hospitals of Leipzig, Vienna and
Paris. He began the practice of medicine in 1883, in Water-
town, has been for some years medical examiner for his dis
trict, and is a member of the state board of health.
168— iii. Emma Augusta, b. March 6, 1859.
iv. Nelson A., b. Jan. 1, 1866; d. Jan. 2, 1866.
Issue of third wife, Lucy Maria Emery:
169— V. Hobart Emery, b. July 4, 1870.
vi. Louis Guy, b. Oct. 3, 1873, graduated from Concord, 1892,
Harvard college, 1896, Harvard medical school, 1900. He
has an appointment in the Massachusetts General Hospital.
150-iii. Sarah Mead, born Aug. 22, 1825; married
Aug. 11, 1846, John Lowe of Fitchburg; died Dec. 14,
1865. She was the mother of twelve members of our
"Circle," and all are interested in her short life. At the
age of ten years, her mother being very ill, and she being
naraed for her father's oldest sister, Sarah, who married
Levi Houghton, it was thought best that she visit her for
a tirae. Mr. Houghton and wife being childless, found the
young girl of so much assistance and company that from
that time their home became her home, she visiting her
father's house for two weeks yearly. Being ambitious for
an education, she studied even while braiding hats to pay
for her tuition in the academy in the town. She has told
us many times how her book was pressed open while she
washed and wiped dishes, as well as while she braided
hats, and thus she laid the foundation of a better educa
tion than the average, and one that permitted her to
keep pace with her children as they took up the raore
advanced studies. For the years that she lived with her
uncle and aunt she received only her board, although they
promised her father they would do raore. When about
twenty years of age, John Lowe (55-i.) and his brother
were sent into the neighborhood to procure a boarding
place while they chopped some wood, and while standing

130 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
in the door of Mr. Houghton's hou.se, Sarah came frora
chestnutting, and seeing two young raen and strangers,
was immediately troubled about her shoes, which were
not of the Cinderella pattern, but heavy calf-hide, and she
used often to say, laughingly, that "John fell in love with
those shoes." Whether it was so or not, they were mar
ried in the Orthodox parsonage in Boxborough, by Rev.
Mr. Farnsworth, Aug. 11, 1846, and from that time her
life was thoroughly and truly given to her family. At the
early age of forty years she went to her long horae, after
suffering frora typhoid fever for two weeks. Father,
mother, Waldo, Ira, Albert, Arthur and Frank had all
been sick with the dread disease. Twelve children were
left motherless, the oldest only a little more than eighteen
years old and the youngest a babe five months old. At
her funeral her pastor. Rev. Alfred Emerson, gave her the
best tribute any one could render to a life so devoted to
her family, by reading Proverbs, thirty-first chapter, frora
the tenth verse through. Those who knew her best say
of her that "she was a superior woman."
Issue of Sarah (Mead) (150-iii.) and John Lowe:
81— i. Ellen Maria, b. April 30, 1847, in Fitchburg.
82— ii. Edna Mary, b. May 3, 1848, in Fitchburg.
83— iii. Waldo Hawes, b. May 8, 1849, in Fitchburg.
84— iv. Ira Adelbert, b. Oct. 13, 1850, in Fitchburg.
85— V. Albert Nathaniel, b. March 12, 1852, in Rindge, N. H.
86— vi, Arthur Houghton, b. Aug. 20, 1853, in Rindge, N. H.
87— vii. Orin Messinger, b. April 18, 1855, in Fitchburg.
88— viii. Lewis Mead, b. March 11, 1857, in Fitchburg.
89— ix. Herbert George, b. March 27, 1859, in Fitchburg.
90— X. Ida Louisa, b. April 26, 1861, in Fitchburg.
91— xi. Frank Edward, b. Jan. 15, 1864, in Fitchburg.
92— xii. George Russell, b. July 11, 1865, in Fitchburg.
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written to one of her children a short time before her
last sickness. Nothing could show more plainly the traits
of character which raake her memory dear to those who
knew her.

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of the John Lowe Family Circle. 135
151-iv. Maria Mead, born Sept. 7, 1827, married
April 20, 1848, Andrew Patch of Littleton, Mass.., who
was bom July 6, 1819, and died July 2, 1880. When fif
teen years of age Maria went to Charlestown and re
mained in her Uncle Stone's family for two or three years,
taught school in Littleton and Boxborough, when married
went to Dorchester, N. H., to live a short time, and then
to Harvard, Mass., where she resided until Sept. 11, 1888,
when she moved to Charlestown, Mass., and had a home
with her son, Warren, and June 2, 1894, moved with him
to Maiden. She joined the Rebekah lodge while in Har
vard, and also joined the Union church and was a teacher
in the Sabbath school for many years and active in church
work. Andrew Patch while in Harvard was mail carrier,
expressraan, and transported passengers to and from the
depot for nearly twenty years, was undertaker for twenty-
seven years. He was a member of the I. O. 0. F., joining
in East Cambridge when about twenty-one, and removed
his membership to Harvard lodge, where he was very
active and became Past Grand, initiating his own son,
Andrew^ Warren, and joined the encampment at Lowell.
He died of peritonitis.
Issue of Maria (151-iv.) (Mead) and Andrew Patch:
170— i. Andrew Warren, b. Oct. 2, 1850, in Dorchester, N. H.
ii. John Herbert, b. Sept. 13, 1852; d. Aug. 11, 1854.
iii. Adelbert Henry, b. April 2, 1855; d. Dec. 19, 1859.
iv. Lucie Maria, b. in Harvard, Mass., May 21, 1857. Attended
the public schools in Harvard and also Lancaster Academy ;
graduated from the Bromfield school in Harvard in 1880.
Played a pipe organ in the Universalist church for ten years,
then went to live with her brother in Charlestown, and in
1894 moved with him to Maiden. She has passed through
the chairs of Rebekah Lodge of Odd Fellows, and has been
Special Deputy Grand Master. She is an officer in the Order
of the Eastern Star.
153-vi. Anna Betsey Mead, b. Jan. 1, 1831, raar
ried in Fitchburg, April 8, 1856, Charles Stanley Twitchell,
born in Peterborough, N. H., Oct. 12, 1835. She taught

136 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
school in Rindge, N. H., Boxborough and West Acton,
was one of the first raerabers of the Universalist church in
West Acton, where she has been treasurer of the Ladies'
Circle for many years and a Sabbath school teacher, also
a raeraber of the Winona Rebekah Lodge. "Those who
know her most love her best."
Charles S. Twitchell's father died when he was only
five years old. After the age of seventeen he worked for
John Lowe (58-i.) four or five years, then married and
lived in West Acton, where he has been a member of the
Universalist church, of which he has been treasurer for
many years, and superintendent of the Sabbath school for
fourteen years. A raeraber of Corinthian Lodge of Masons
of Concord, Mass., of Lodge No. 203, I. O. O. F., is Vice
Grand at present, also a member of the Winona Rebekah
Lodge. Issue of Anna Betsey (152-vi.) (Mead) and Charles
Stanley Twitchell:
i. Clarence Varnum, b. Aug. 21, 1859; m. March 28, 1896.
Mrs. Martha M. (Bean) Haddock. After attending the
public schools of West Acton, attended a. private school in
Waltham and one year in Bryant & Stratton's business col
lege of Boston, but an accident received at the age of seven
years unfitted him for some kinds of business. He has been
connected with the Sabbath school of the Universalist
church and for many years its janitor.

153-vii. Varnum Balfour Mead, born Oct. 16,
1832 ; married Sept. 2, 1856, Martha Keyes of West Ac
ton, who died March 16, 1858, of consumption, leaving
no child; married, second, Sept. 18, 1859, Direxa E.
Stearns, who died in Soraerville, with her son George,
March 20, 1900. Oct. 5, 1851, Varnum started for the
Sandwich Islands in a sailing vessel around Cape Horn,
arriving Feb. 9, 1852; he reraained in Honolulu about
three years, and returned home by way of San Francisco,
where he stopped about two months. He was employed
in the meat business in Fitchburg for a tirae, then went
to West Acton, where he resided until nearly 1900. In

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the fall of 1865 he went into the store of A. & O. W.
Mead & Co., where he has remained.
Issue of Varnum Balfour (153-vii.) and Direxa E.
(Stearns) Mead:
171— i. George Varnum, b. in Townsend, Mass., March 18, 1861.
172— ii. Frederick Stearns, b. in West Acton, Feb. 1, 1865.
173— iii. Adelbert Francis, b. June 11, 1866.
154-viii. Frances Adelaide Mead, born Sept. 30,
1842; married in Harvard April 13, 1864, Francis Henry
Stevens (155-i.) of Stow. She taught school in Boxbor
ough for a time; was one of the charter members of the
Isaac Davis Woman's Relief Corps, No. 62, and has held
the office of president; is also a raeraber of Stow Grange,
No. 103, and has held the office of lecturer for three years.
Issue of Frances Adelaide (154-viii.) (Mead) and
Francis Henry (155-i.) Stevens:
174— i. Eugene Clifford, Feb. 26, 1866.

EIGHTH GENERATION.
155-i. Francis Henry Stevens, born June 11, 1839,
raarried in Harvard, April 13, 1864, Frances Adelaide
Mead (154-viii.), daughter of Nathaniel (133-x.) and Lucy
Taylor Mead. Francis (called Frank) enlisted Sept. 27,
1861, in Company E, 26th Mass. Vols., and was dis
charged as sergeant, Sept. 26, 1865. Since his return has
lived on his father's farm in Stow. A charter member of
Isaac Davis Post, G. A. R., in 1885, has been coraraander
two years and at present is adjutant, which office he has
held seven years; a raeraber of the Stow Grange. Is now
and has been for seven years a deputy of the State Grange,
is chairman of the Board of Selectmen of Stow, treasurer
of the town, a trustee of Hale High School Fund, on the
Republican committee for many years and chairman most
of the time.
Issue of Francis Henry (155-i.) and Frances Adelaide
(Mead) (154-Yiii.) Stevens:
174— i. Eugene Clifford, b. Feb. 26, 1866.

138 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
156-ii. Ann Maria Stevens, b. Sept. 20, 1840, mar
ried April 11, 1861, George Lewis Peters, who was born
March 3, 1825, resided in Boxborough six years, then
raoved to Stow.
Issue of Ann Maria (156-ii.) (Stevens) and George
Lewis Peters:
i. Effie Maria, b. in Boxborough, July 18, 1866.
157 -iii. Ellen Sophia Stevens, born Nov. 29, 1843;
raarried May 11, 1867, Chauncey Webb Butters, and died
March 10, 1873.
Issue of Ellen Sophia (157-iii.) (Stevens) and Chaun
cey Webb Butters:
i. Nellie Stevens, b. Aug. 1, 1872.
158-iv. William Edwin Stevens, born April 3,
1846; married Dec. 31, 1869, Ada Johnson, born Oct. 7,
1852; died March 17, 1898. He married, second, March
2, 1899, Myra R. Whitcomb.
Issue of William Edwin (158-iv.) and Ada (Johnson)
Stevens :
175— i. Frederick Roscoe, b. Nov. 6, 1871; m. Jan. 10, 1897, Ella
M. Perry.
ii. Gertrude A., b. April 11, 1874; d. Dec. 26, 1890.
159-i. Lyman Willis Mead, born March 11, 1855;
married Nov. 25, 1875, Julia A. Littlefield of Boxborough,
born June 15, 1854.
Issue of Lyman Willis (159-i.) and Julia A. (Little
field) Mead: Mabel Viola, b. May 7, 1876; m. Dec. 30, 1895, Harry H.
Russell.
i. Edith Minnie, b. April 7, 1880; m. Oct. 20, 1898, Church
Morse.
ii. Eva Idelle, b. Jan. 3, 1890.
160-ii. Emma Melissa Mead, bora June 19, 1859;
married June 19, 1877, Frank Priest, a carpenter in West
Acton.

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Issue of Emma Melissa (160-ii.) (Mead) and Frank
Priest :
i. Maud Beatrice, b. Aug. 16, 1884; is in class of 1901, Concord
high school.
161-i. Anna Frances Mead, born Aug. 4, 1860;
married March 11, 1882, Philip Cunningham, and lives
on the old Stone place in Boxborough.
Issue of Anna Frances (161-i.) (Mead) and Philip Cun
ningham :
i. Bernice Frances, b. Jan. 11, 1883, a pupil in Concord high
school.
ii. Stella Mead, b. Feb. 12, 1885, a pupil in Concord high
school.
iii. Wallace Emery, b. Nov. 29, 1887.
iv. Leo Clement, b. Aug. 6, 1889.
V. Robert Philip, b. March 11, 1898.

163-i. Charles Henry Mead, born in Boxborough
Feb. 24, 1857; married June 16, 1883, Jennie Foster
Bruce, in Groton. He is proprietor of a general store in
West Acton.
Issue of Charles Henry (162-i.) and Jennie Foster
(Brace) Mead:
i. Dorothy Bruce, b. March 26, 1895.

163-iv. Ada Blanche Mead, born Oct. 26, 1872;
raarried Aug. 9, 1891, Wallace Alden Brown of Concord,
a traveling salesman.
Issue of Ada Blanche (163-iv.) (Mead) and Wallace
Alden Brown:
i. Mildred Blanche, b. in South Acton, May 6, 1892.

164-i. Edgar Clarence Mead, bom July 18, 1850;
married Nov. 19, 1874, Lucie Helena Hayward, born June
6, 1855; resides, on a farm in Boxborough.

140 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
Issue of Edgar Clarence (164-i.) and Lucie Helena
(Hayward) Mead:
i. Clarence Warren, b. Feb. 20, 1877, a graduate of Burdett's
business college, and is in a market in Wellesley Hills.
ii. Eben Hayward, b. June 27, 1881.
iii. Ethel Williams, b. Aug. 21, 1883.
iv. Catherine Louisa, b. Oct. 31, 1890.
165-iii. Sylvia A. Mead, born Sept. 2, 1875 ; raarried
Harvey C. Morrill.
Issue of Sylvia A. (165-iii.) (Mead) and Harvey C.
Morrill :
i. Albert Mead, b. Nov. 9, 1896.
ii. Arthur Clifton, b. Aug. 3, 1900.
166-ii. Annie Louise Mead, born April 13, 1861 ;
married Nov. 1, 1882, Frank M. Forbush, born Sept. 20,
1858. Issue of Annie Louise (166-ii.) (Mead) and Frank M.
Forbush :
i. Walter Alfred, b. Oct. 11, 1886.
ii. Robert Lewis, b. Aug. 4, 1890.
167 -ii. Estella Augusta Mead, born Feb. 3, 1851 ;
married 1870 David Cutler; attended the Concord high
school; resides with her father in West Acton, where she
has been a raeraber of and very active in the Universalist
church, having been a Sabbath school teacher and collector
for many years.
Issue of Estella Augusta (167-ii.) (Mead) and David
Cutler :
i. Henrietta Estella, b. April 22, 1871, m. Aug. 8, 1897, Prof
Raymond Dodge of Woburn, graduated from Concord high
school 1892, entered Smith college, class of 1896, attended
one year, and taught school at South Acton and Littleton.
ii. Ethel Mead, b. Dec. 26, 1873 ; attended Concord high school ;
is a charter member of Winona Rebekah Lodge.
iii. Emma Cushing, b. Oct. 14, 1877, graduated from Concord
high school 1895, post-graduate one year, graduated from

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Boston Normal School of Gymnastics 1898, post-graduate
one year.
iv. David Adelbert, b. Nov. 6, 1879, graduated from Acton high
school 1896, Burdett's business college 1897, and worked
for Hood Rubber Co. of Waltham two year?, and entered
Wesleyan University.
V. Zelia Almira, b. June 19, 1882, graduated from Concord high
school, class of 1899, entered Wesleyan University, class of
1903.
168-iii. Emma Augusta Mead, born March 6, 1859,
married Dec. 24, 1881, George Sumner Wright of West
Acton. She fitted for college in the Academic department
which was then connected with Wellesley college (since
discontinued), and was graduated in class of 1881; resides
in Watertown. Issue of Eraraa Augusta (168-iii.) Mead and George
Sumner Wright:
i. Warren Mead, b. Oct. 3, 1882; graduated from Phillips
Exeter academy, class of 1900, and entered Harvard with
honors, class of 1904.
ii. Mary, b. Sept. 29, 1886 : d. Jan. 25, 1892.
iii. Margaret, b. Dec. 10, 1893.
169-v. Hobart Emery Mead, born July 4, 1870,
raarried June 23, 1897, Albertie M. Preston. He entered
Chauncy Hall school in Boston in 1884, graduated in
1887, took post-graduate course the following year;
entered Institute of Technology in 1889 for one year.
Entered the eraploy of A. & O. W. Mead & Co. in 1890,
reraaining until the purchase of the business by the three
sons of Varnum Mead, April, 1900, when he became his
father's private secretary.
Issue of Hobart Emery (169-v.) and Albertie M. (Pres
ton) Mead:
i. Pauline Anderson, b. July 31, 1898.
170-i. Andrew Warren Patch, bom in Dorchester,
N. H., Oct. 2, 1850, married April 3, 1879, Sarah Eliza
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142 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
Charlestown, born Oct. 9, 1858, and died in Charlestown
Dec. 17, 1887. Besides attending the public school in Har
vard he attended the Lancaster Acaderay. Taught school
three raonths in Harvard. In March, 1872, he w^ent to
Boston in the employ of A. & 0. W. Mead & Co., remain
ing with that firm until November, 1881, when he started
in business for himself. In March, 1882, he associated
with hiraself Charles G. Roberts, under the firm narae of
Patch & Roberts, at 17 North Market street, where he
has been ever since. He is an Odd Fellow, a Knight Tem
plar, a trustee of the Masonic apartments, a member of
the Boston Chamber of Commerce, a member and director
of the Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange, and president
ofthe Boston Beneficiary Association. He is treasurer and
trustee of the First Parish in Maiden (Universalist), secre
tary of the National League of Commission Merchants,
secretary of the National Apple Shippers' Association, a
director of the Maiden Trust Company, a trustee of the
Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank, and a raeraber of
the Bunker Hill Monument Association. He is a Republi
can in politics.
Issue of Andrew Warren (170-i.) and Sarah EHzabeth
(Stone) Patch:
i. Ruth Stanwood, b. Nov. 20, 1887; was made the "daughter
of the League " of the National League of Commission
Merchants of the United States Jan., 1894.

17 1-i. George Varnum Mead, born in Townsend
March 18, 1861; married Nov. 17, 1883, Effie Rosella
Wright. After his school days he went to work in Bos
ton for his father and uncles (A. & O. W. Mead & Co.),
where he worked until April 2, 1900, when he and his
two brothers bought out the firm under the old name.
He resides in Soraerville.
Issue of George Varnum (171-i.) and Eflie Rosella
(Wright) Mead:
i. Frances Varnum, b. Aug. 19, 1885.

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173-ii. Frederic Stearns Mead, bom in West Ac
ton Feb. 1, 1865; raarried Sept. 18, 1884, Lizzie Maria
Gates. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias and is clerk
of the First Universalist church of Arlington, where they
reside. Issue of Frederic Stearns (172-ii.) and Lizzie Maria
(Gates) Mead:
i. Frederic Stearns, Jr., b. in West Acton, Sept. 18, 1885.
, ii. Edward Adams, b. in Waltham, March 30, 1896.
173-iii. Adelbert Francis Mead, born June 11,
1866; married Nov. 16, 1889, Theodosia Bertha Wright,
and resides in Soraerville.
Issue of Adelbert Francis (173-iii.) and Theodosia
Bertha (Wright) Mead:
i. Marion Elizabeth, b. Aug. 28, 1890.
ii. Sumner Adelbert, b. Oct. 30, 1892.
iii. Lucian Wright, b. June 15, 1895.
iv. Varnum Cleveland, b. Aug. 5, 1898.

NINTH GENERATION.
17 4-i. Eugene Clifford Stevens, born Feb. 26,
1866, married Oct. 7, 1887, Alice S. Guilford of West
Acton. Was station agent for the Fitchburg railroad in
West Acton for many years.
Issue of Eugene Clifford (174-i.) and Alice S. (Guilford)
Stevens :
i. Harold Francis, b. Nov. 18, 1888.
ii. ¦ Lyman Guilford, b. Dec. 26, 1891; d. June 10, 1893.
175-i. Frederic Roscoe Stevens, born Nov. 6, 1871,
raarried Jan. 10, 1897, Ella M. Perry.
Issue of Frederic Roscoe (175-i.) and Ella M. (Perry)
Stevens :
i. Ralph Edwin, b. Feb. 22, 1898 ; d. Aug., 1898.

CHAPTER XIII.
The Whitneys, Taylors and Stones.
Deacon Oliver Mead (127-ii.), bora Sept. 2, 1751,
married July 22, 1777, Ann Whitney, born May 2, 1760.
We find the birth of Ann Whitney given in the History of
Harvard and also in the Whitney Genealogy as the ninth
child of Abraham and Sarah (Whitney) Whitney. Al
though her raarriage is not given in the Whitney Gene
alogy, there are those of their descendants now living
Avho believe thera to be the same. In the Whitney Gene
alogy we find the following line:
We will mention a few things and then commence with
John Whitney, the emigrant, whose grandfather. Sir Rob
ert, was dubbed a knight the day after Queen Mary's
coronation, Oct. 2, 1553. All may be interested in the
legendary explanation 6f the crest. Sir Randolph de
Whitney, the grandson of Eustace (founder of the narae),
accompanied Richard Coeur de Lion to the Crusades and
distinguished himself greatly by his personal strength and
great courage. When going on a raission to the French
coramander, he was assailed by the brother of Saladin
and two Saracens. De Whitney was defending himself
with great vigor, but losing ground, when a furious Span
ish bull was attracted by the red dress of the Saracens
and they sought safety in flight, enabling De Whitney to
mortally wound his single assailant; and then, overtak
ing the t-wo Saracens, he soon dispatched them. Accord
ing to the superstitions of that time. Sir Randolph attrib
uted the event to the especial interposition of the Virgin,
a medal of whom, consecrated by the pope, he had con
tinually worn upon his breast. On his return to England
he erected a chapel to the Virgin, the walls of which
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The John Lowe Family Circle. 145
faraily mansion of Whitney-on-the-Wye. Arms: Azure, a
cross chequy or and sable. Upon a canton gules, a lion
rampant argent. Crest: A bull's head couped sable;
horned argent; horns tipped with red. Motto: "Fords
sed non ferox."
John Whitney received a good education in the famous
Westrainster school, now known as St. Peter's college, and
Feb. 22, 1607, at the age of fourteen, was apprenticed by
his father to Williara Pring of the Old Bailey, London.
The latter was a freeman of the Merchant Taylors' Com
pany, then the most famous of all the trade guilds, num
bering in its membership raany of the nobility and the
Prince of Wales. March 13, 1614, Whitney becarae a full-
fledged member. He was born in England in 1589, mar
ried in England Elinor  , and dwelt in the parish of
Isleworth-on-the- Thames, opposite Richmond, nine miles
from London, frora May, 1619, to January, 1623-4. The
record of persons perraitted to embark at the port of
London "after Christmas, 1634," manuscript folio page
35, in Rolls office. Chancy Lane, gives the following names
and ages: John Whitney, 35, Elinor Whitney, 30, John, 11,
Richard, 9, Nathaniel, 8, Thomas, 6, Jonathan, 1. They
settled in Watertown, Mass., June, 1635, where Elinor
died May 11, 1659. He married, second, Sept. 29, 1659,
Judith Clement. She died before her husband, who died
June 1, 1673. SECOND GENERATION.
175-iv. Thomas Whitney, who was born in England,
1629, raarried in Watertown, Mass., Jan. 11, 1654, Mary
Kedall or Kettle. He was adraitted freeman, April 18,
1690. THIRD GENERATION.
176-x. Isaiah Whitney, born Sept. 16, 1671, was
the tenth child- of Thomas, married in 1695, Mrs. Sarah
(Woodard) Eddy, daughter of George Woodard and widow
of Jonathan Eddy, who was born Oct. 3, 1675.
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146 The Ancestors and Their Descendants

FOURTH GENERATION.
178-viii. Abraham Whitney was the eighth child
of Isaiah, and was baptized in Lexington, Feb. 19, 1710;
married, Jan. 18, 1737, Sarah Whitney, daughter of John
and EHzabeth (Lee) Whitney, born Oct. 2, 1716, died July
4, 1800. They resided in Harvard. " In seating the meet
ing house in Harvard in 1766, Abraham Whitney was
given the second seat below." He died May 19, 1784.
Issue of Abraham (178-viii.) and Sarah (Whitney)
Whitney :
i. Elizabeth, b. March 22, 1739.
ii. Sarah, b. May 16, 1740.
iii. Elizabeth, b. April 25, 1742.
iv. Mary, b. Sept. 16, 1744.
V. John, b. Oct. 3, 1746.
vi. Abraham, b. Dec. 20, 1748.
vii. Isaiah, b. Oct. 6, 1751.
viii. Elijah, b. Feb. 15, 1754.
179— ix. Ann, b. May 2, 1760.

FIFTH GENERATION.
179-ix. Ann Whitney, born May 2, 1760, married
Oliver Mead, July 22, 1777.
Issue of Ann (179-ix.) (Whitney) and OHver (127-ii.)
Mead:
i. Sarah, b. Dec. 19, 1778.
ii. Lucy, b. Jan. 4, 1781.
128— iii. Anna, b. April 4, 1783.
129— iv. Oliver, b. April 10, 1785.
130— V. Abraham, b. July 9, 1787.
131— vi. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 1, 1789.
vii. Nabby, b. Dec. 16, 1791.
132— viii. Samuel, b. March 3, 1794.
ix. Hannah, b. Tune 13, 1796.
133— X. Nathaniel, b. Oct. 30, 1798; m. Lucy (183-i.) Taylor.

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Ancestors of Lucy Taylor, Wife of Nathaniel Mead.
Of the Taylor family, it is known that in the latter
part of the 17th century three brothers, Ephraim, Phineas
and John, sailed frora England to Araerica, and all settled
in Boxborough— John, our ancestor, on what is known as
the Capt. Taylor place, which has been owned by his
descendants of the narae ever since. He had a son John,
who was born in 1697, and his children were:
i. John, b. 1719.
ii. JABE, b. 1722.
180— iii. Solomon, b. 1724.
iv. Hannah, who m. Elijah WiUis Dec, 1760.

THIRD GENERATION.
180-iii. Solomon Taylor, born 1724; married 1745
Mary MacLaughlin, who was "born on the water."
Issue of Solomon (180-iii.) and Mary (MacLaughhn)
Taylor :
i. Molly, b. 1746, m. March 29, 1761, Frederic Walcott of Stow.
ii. John, b. 1748, enlisted in Revolutionary army and served seven
years.
iii. Tabbathy, b. Nov. 13, 1749.
iv. Lydia, b. Feb. 10, 1752.
181— V. Oliver, b. March 30, 1754.
vi. Solomon, b. Aug. 19, 1756, m. March 7, 1777, Anna Whitman.
vii. Betty, b. June 3, 1858, m. Feb. 3, 1776, Levi Wheeler.

FOURTH GENERATION.
181-v. Oliver Taylor, born March 30, 1754; mar
ried Betty Wetherbee, born Feb. 11, 1753, a daughter of
Phineas and Betty (Whitney) Wetherbee, who were raar
¬ried March 5, 1741, by Rev. John Seccurab of Harvard.
They remained on the farm with his father, and in 1784 he
was one in favor of Boxborough being set off from Har
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148 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
treasures. It was after harvesting, but with the aid of
neighbors from miles around, who felled and hewed the
timber, which was of oak and sound to-day, a new house
was built and finished, into which they moved Thanksgiv
ing day. "With hearts overflowing with gratitude, they
partook of the bounty prepared by the neighbors, who
were present to receive their thanks." From this time it
was his custom to ask a blessing and return thanks for
every Thanksgiving dinner. In 1826 his wife died very
suddenly on Monday evening and was buried Thanksgiv
ing day. "Without eating or drinking, he sat by her side
until she was laid away. All he could say was, 'I can't
be with her long.'" When a boy of sixteen, Capt. Taylor
brought a beautiful little elm from Wolf swamp on his
back and set it southeast of the old log house. The wind
blowing frora the sarae direction, the tree was not injured,
not even a twig. In 1883, July 4, just one hundred and
one years after the burning of the old house, his descend
ants to the sixth generation raade a festival in honor of
their grandsire and his pet tree, at which time a poem
was written and read by his granddaughter. Miss Mary
Taylor, entitled "The Old Elra Tree."
Issue of Oliver (181-v.) and Betty (Wetherbee) Taylor:
182— i. Oliver, b. Jan. 7, 1775.
ii. Hezekiah, m. Sally Wetherbee of Harvard. He was in con
sumption and married ou his bed.
iii. Jonathan, m. Lucy Whitcomb.
iv. Betty, m. Oliver Mead (129-iv).
V. Lovell.

FIFTH GENERATION.
183-i. Oliver Taylor, Jr., born Jan. 7, 1775; mar
ried Aug. 12, 1800, Betsey Fairbanks Stone, who was
born April 24, 1777, and died Dec. 30, 1852. He died
March 23, 1837. He remained with his father, making
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Issue of Oliver, Jr., (182-i.) and Betsey Fairbanks
(Stone) Taylor:
183— i. Lucy, b. July 26, 1801.
ii. Betsey, b. Aug. 12, 1803, d. Feb. 7, 1805.
iii. Franklin, b. Aug. 24, 1806, supposed to have d. May 20,
1849, in the woods in Boxborough. The body was found
Feb. 8, 1850, and conveyed to the family tomb Feb. 10.
iv. Nancy, b. April 15, 1809 ; m. Nov. 28, 1833, Jacob Littlefield.
She d. Jan. 16, 1836, leaving a little son, Sheldon, who was
b. Feb. 18, 1834.
V. Varnum, b. April 18, 1811, m. Nov. 28, 1838, Mary Diekerson
Bowers. He d. just three years and one day after the
celebration of the "Old Elm," July, 1886. He was a man
like his father, of noble and generous impulse and strict
integrity.
vi. Sarah Stone, b. Dec. 26, 1813; m. June 21, 1840, Phineas
Whitcomb Houghton; d. May 31, 1851.
vii. Mary, b. July 21, 1817, d. Nov. 28, 1896. She was a fine
scholar, taught school many years, and took care of her
sister's son, Sheldon Littlefield, after his mother's death,
wrote a few poems, especially the one for the celebration of
her grandfather's old elm tree. In her will she wished to
remember every nephew, niece, grandniece and grand-
nephew, mentioning more than seventy different persons.
viii. Eunice, b. Oct. 23, 1819, d. Feb. 20, 1848.

SIXTH GENERATION.
183-i. Lucy Taylor, bom July 26, 1801; married
March 24, 1820, Nathaniel (133-x.) Mead, born Oct. 3,
1798. He died July 9, 1852; she died Oct. 5, 1865, of
heart disease.
Issue of Lucy (183-i.) (Taylor) and Nathaniel (133-x.)
Mead:
148— i. Adelbert, b. Jan. 10, 1822.
149— ii. Oliver Warren, b. Oct. 19, 1823.
150— iii. Sarah, b. August 22, 1825, m. John Lowe (55-i.).
151— iv. Maria, b. Sept. 7, 1827.
V. Mary, b. June. 1829.
152 — vi. Betsey Anna, b. Jan. 1, 1831.
153— vii. Varnum Balfour, b. Oct. 16, 1832.
154— viii. Frances Adelaide, b. Sept. 30, 1842.

150 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
Ancestors of Betsey Fairbanks Stone, Wife of
Oliver Taylor.
Oliver Taylor (182-i.) married Betsey Fairbanks Stone
Aug. 12, 1800. She was born April 24, 1777, and died
Dec. 30, 1852. Her ancestry follows :
Simon Stone was taxed for land in Boxted, Esesx
county, England. A Siraon Stone erabarked for New Eng
land April 15, 1635, in the ship Increase, his age being
fifty years; his wife, Joan, aged 38, daughter of William
Clark. Their children then were: (i.) Frances, sixteen
years; (ii.) Ann, eleven years ; (184-iii.) Siraon, four years ;
(iv.) Marie, three years; (v.) John, five weeks. They set
tled in Watertown, Mass., where Joan died before 1654,
when Siraon Stone married for his second w^ife Sarah,
widow of Richard Lumpkin of Ipswich, Mass. He died
Sept 22, 1665.
SECOND GENERATION.
184-iii. Simon Stone, born 1631; raarried Mary
Whipple, born 1634. He, like his father, was a deacon of
the church in Watertown, and as deacons were then cho
sen for life, there seeras to have been a Dea. Siraon Stone
in that church for seventy-five years. Descendants of Si
raon Stone for several generations were deacons. Their
oldest child was:
185— i. Simon, b. 1656.

THIRD GENERATION.
185-i. Simon Stone, born 1656, married Sarah Farns
worth, daughter of Matthias Farnsworth. Simon Stone
was in King Philip's war, serving in one of the garrisons
in Groton in January, 1675-6, and in Capt. Joseph Sill's
company against the Indians in June, 1676. He was also
in King William's war, being in Exeter, N. H., when that
place was assaulted by Indians, July 4, 1690, and was
severely wounded.

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 151
Issue of Simon (185-i.) and Sarah (Farnsworth) Stone:
i. Sarah, b. 1684, m. Sept. 28, 1708, Stephen Farr of Stow.
ii. Simon, b. Aug. 1, 1686.
iii. Abigail, b. 1691; m. Dec. 11, 1718, Nathaniel Holden; d.
Sept. 29, 1757.
iv. Mary, b. 1692; m. Abraham Whitney; lived in Stow.
V. Susanna, b. Oct. 23, 1694, m. Jacob Chamberlain of Newton.
vi. Isaac, b. May 4, 1697, d. Sept. 30, 1723.
vii. Hannah, b. 1699, d. Sept. 27, 1723.
186— viii. Joseph, b. March 8, 1702.
ix. BE>gAMiN, b. Aug. 12, 1706; m. May 13, 1736, Emma Parker;
d. Sept. 23, 1758 ; lived in Groton.
X. Lydu, b. 1708; d. Sept. 30, 1723.

FOURTH GENERATION.
186-viii. Joseph Stone, bom March 8, 1702, mar
ried May 9, 1728, Mary Prescott (115-iv.). He died Sept.
10, 1767; his wife, Mary, died April 5, 1789.
Issue of Joseph (186-viii.) and Mary (115-iv.) (Pres
cott) Stone:
i. Joseph, b. Dec. 20, 1729.
ii. Mary, b. Aug. 28, 1731.
iii. Sybil, b. Oct. 16, 1733.
iv. Isaac, b. Dec. 25, 1735.
V. Jonas, b. Nov. 11, 1737 ; m. about 1765, Rebecca  ; lived in
Groton; she died Jan., 1824, leaving eight children.
vi. Sarah, b. Feb. 4, 1740.
187— vii. Silas, b. Feb. 11, 1742.
viii. Lydia, b. April 1, 1744.
ix. Simon, b. Nov. 1, 1746.
X. Amos, b. July 24, 1749; m. about 1775, Molly Moore; settled
in Groton, where he died ; she died. May 13, 1847, aged 94,
leaving ten children.
xi. Samuel, b. Nov. 7, 1751.
xii. Thankful, b. Oct. 10, 1754.

FIFTH GENERATION.
187 -vii. Silas Stone, bom Feb. 11, 1742; married
Jan. 1, 1767, Eunice Fairbanks, who was born Dec. 23,

152 The Ancestors aftd Their Descendants
V1AA<, daughter of Phineas and Sarah (Stone) Fairbanks,
(married June 11, 1740,) and probably a descendant of
Lydia Prescott, daughter of John Prescott, -who married
Jonas Fairbanks. Silas Stone lived in Templeton, Mass.,
where six of his children were born, then returned to Har
vard, where the reraaining four were born. She died June
7, 1828. Issue of Silas (187-vii.) and Eunice (Fairbanks) Stone:
i. Lucy, b. March 3, 1768, m. Mr. Mallory.
ii. Eunice, b. Jan. 18, 1770, m. Jonas Faulkner.
iii. Sally, b. Oct. 17, 1771, d. Aug. 20, 1804.
iv. Silas, b. Aug. 27, 1773.
188— V. Phineas, b. July 3, 1775.
189— vi. Betsey Fairbanks, b. April 24, 1777.
vii. Hannah, b. in Harvard, Aug. 27, 1779, m. WilUam Fallass.
viii. Jasper, b. Sept. 8, 1781, m. Aug. 22, 1809, Mary Babcock.
ix. Joseph, b. Dec. 17, 1783, d. Nov. 4, 1822.
X. Lois, b. Aug. 6, 1786.

SIXTH GENERATION.
188-v. Phineas Stone, born July 3, 1775; raarried
May 3, 1808, Hannah Jones of Londonderry, N. H. She
was born April 23, 1783; died Dec. 17, 1867, and is
buried in Boxborough. He died Jan. 9, 1852. We men
tion these because two of their granddaughters have mar
ried members of our "Circle."
Issue of Phineas (188-v.) and Hannah (Jones) Stone:
i. Sarah, b. March 18, 1809; ra. Seth Lewis and lived in Charies-
town, and with whom Sarah Mead, our mother, lived for
a few months previous to her marriage; she died April 27,
1872, and is buried in Woodlawn.
ii. Phineas Jones, b. May 23, 1810; m. Ann M. Lindsey; d.
July 12, 1891, and is buried in Mt. Auburn.
iii. Silas, b. Sept. 30, 1812; m. Sarah Ann Hall; d. March 3.
1842, and is buried in Boxborough.
iv. Josiah, b. Jan. 7, 1815; d. Sept. 7, 1815.
V. Amos, b. Aug., 1816; m. Sarah L. Mills; d. Feb. 13, 1896,
and is buried in Woodlawn.
190— vi. Jasper, b. Aug. 26, 1818.

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vii. Joseph, b. Aug. 12, 1820; d. Jan. 28, 1846, and is buried in
Boxborough.
viii. Jonathan, b. April 29, 1823; m. first, S. Rebecca Andrews;
second, Mary L. Andrews. He d. Friday, Nov. 26, 1897;
he was the father of Sarah Elizabeth Stone, who m. Warren
Patch (167-i.).

189-vi. Betsey Fairbanks Stone, born April 24,
1777; married, Aug. 12, 1800, Oliver Taylor (182-i.); she
died Dec. 30, 1852.
Issue of Betsey Fairbanks (189-vi.) (Stone) and Oli
ver (182-i.) Taylor:

i.

Lucy, b. July 26, 1801; m. Nathaniel Mead.
are recorded under Meads.

Their children

ii.

Betsey.

iii.

Franklin.

iv.

Nancy.

V.

Varnum.

vi.
Sarah Stone.
vii.
Mary.
viii.
Eunice.
SEVENTH GENERATION.
190-vi. Jasper Stone, bora Aug. 26, 1818; married
Oct. 19, 1845, Ann Gray, who died Feb. 17, 1847, aged
twenty-five years and ten months. Their child was Jasper
Gray, born Jan. 15, 1847; died June 12, 1847. Married,
second, May 6, 1849, Mary Patten Swett, bom Feb. 20,
1819, and died Aug. 25, 1893. He and his brothers were
men of great influence and large real estate owners in
Charlestown, Mass., where he died Dec. 4, 1892.
Issue of Jasper (190-vi.) and Mary Patten (Swett)
Stone :
i. Jasper, b. Feb. 16, 1850; m. 1870 Sarah L. Adams. He is
successor of his father as a jeweller in Charlestown.
ii. Mary Elizabeth, b. Sept. 16, 1851; m. John H. Nutter and
resides in New York city.
iii. Vienna, b. May 26, 1854; m. first, 1879, Charles H. Hanson,
who d. at sea; m. second, Joseph Hanson.
154 The Ancestors and Their Descendants.
iv. Ann Maria, b. Feb. 20, 1857, m. June 19, 1884, Ira Adelbert
Lowe (84-iv.).
V. MiNNETTE DE Seigneur, b. Feb. 21, 1859, d. Sept. 19, 1876,
and is buried in Woodlawn.
vi. Martha, b. March 6, 1862; m. Feb. 8, 1888, Charles Fred
Towle of Northwood, N. H. He d. June 15, 1896. Children :
Virginia, b. May 11, 1889; James Roby, b. Feb. 25, 1891.
M. second, Sept. 26, 1900, Frank Edward Lowe (91-xi.).

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CHAPTER XIV.
Ancestors of Mary Adams Russell, Second Wife of
John Lowe.
The closing chapter of our history will be very brief.
The history of the Adams-Russell family is so long, and
so interwoven with the early history of our state, and
there are now so few living of the kindred of Mary Adams
Russell, second wife of John Lowe (58-i.), that a mere out
line of her ancestry will suffice.
The family of Russell originated in Dorsetshire, on the
south coast of England, and was known only as a faraily
of moderate note. One Williara Russell was a member of
Parliament in the reign of Edward II. , and under Henry
VI., a descendant. Sir John Russell, was Speaker of the
House of Commons at two different elections.
The event which proved influential in bringing to the
family its subsequent honors, was only a violent storm
which separated the fleet of Philip, Archduke of Austria,
who was on a voyage from Flanders to Spain, in the
year 1500, and drove the Duke's vessel to the coast of
Dorset, where she made the harbor of Weymouth. The
governor of the town. Sir Thomas Trenchard, entertained
Duke Philip and appointed his cousin, John Russell, to
attend upon him and act as interpreter between Trenchard
and his guest. Young Russell had been well educated, had
but lately returned from the continent, and was familiar
with the French and Spanish languages. Philip was so
pleased with Russell's "learned discourse and generous de
portment" that when he went to London, at the invita
tion of Henry VIL, he took his new friend with him and
recommended him as a man deserving preferment. Russell
was at once received into favor and had many honors
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156 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
he proved himself worthy of every situation in which he
was placed. Upon the accession of Henry VIII. he con
tinued a favorite at court, and was advanced to the posts
of Lord High Admiral and Lord Privy Seal, was made
Knight of the Garter and created Baron of Cheneys. On
the death of the King, Russell was appointed one of the
executors of his will, also a counsellor to Prince Edward
during his minority, and at the coronation of the young
King Edward VI. he officiated as Lord High Steward.
Two years later he was created Earl of Bedford and with
the title were bestowed the abbey and grounds of the
lately dispossessed friars of Woburn. Russell died in 1555,
having served four successive sovereigns.
The estate and abbey at Woburn have been in the
possession of the descendants of John Russell to this time —
1876. The present incumbent of the abbey is His Grace,
Hastings Russell, who recently presented a portrait of
himself to the Woburn, Mass., library. If one cares to
read a description of the ducal residence, I think a file of
"Our Paper" for 1876 may be found in the Woburn
library, which contains quite a history of the English
Woburn frora which the RusseUs eraigrated to America
and gave name to the town they incorporated, Woburn,
Mass. The emigrant ancestor was William Russell, born in
Dorsetshire 1570. He came to Cambridge in 1640 with
his wife, Martha, and son Joseph. He was a millwright
and carpenter. He died Feb. 14, 1661, leaving ten children.
Joseph Russell, the son born in England 1636, married,
first, June 23, 1662, Mary Belcher of Ipswich, Mass. He
was also a carpenter and resided in Menotomy, where he
died 1694. The wife died June 24, 1691. Of their ten
children, Walter Russell, born April 30, 1676, married
May 17, 1699, Mary Patten, born July 24, 1679, daugh
ter of Nathaniel and Sarah Cooper Patten. She died,
leaving one son, Joseph, Jr.
Joseph, son of Walter and Mary (Patten) Russell, born
Aug. 25, 1703, married Mary, daughter of Nathaniel and
Hannah Robbins of Carabridge, who was baptized July

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 157
27, 1701. He was a school teacher and later in life a far
mer, removing in 1736 to the west part of Charlestown,
now Soraerville. Of their eight children, Walter, born Jan.
2, 1737, raarried, first, Mary, daughter of David Wyraan
of Woburn ; second, Hannah, daughter of Capt. Thomas
and Lydia (Chadwick) Adams, Dec. 17, 1761, and suc
ceeded to the homestead on the Charlestown side of the
river, where he died May 5, 1782. He was a useful and
honored citizen, noted for his integrity of character, a
Christian gentleman, active in all civil and military life,
taking part in the Revolutionary war. Their daughter,
Hannah, married Isaac Hill and lived on this sarae horae
stead until their removal to Ashburnham in 1797, with a
faraily of five children, who all became prominent in their
several walks of life, Isaac being governor of New Hamp
shire (see sketch of his life in History of Ashburnham,
chapter 20). The son Thoraas Russell married Nov. 25,
1788, Margaret Adams, daughter of William and Sarah
Hill Adams of Menotomy, and removing to Ashburnham
becarae the head of the Russell faraily.

Ancestors of Margaret Adams, Wife of Thomas
Russell.
The ancestors of Margaret Adams, wife of Thoraas
Russell, begin with John Adams, his wife Ann, and son
Joseph, who emigrated from the south of England to
Araerica in 1656, coming to Plymouth, where Henry,
belonging also to this same Devonshire faraily, was
already settled. Thinking, perhaps, that Boston, lying
between the harbors of Salem and Plymouth, might be
raore desirable, they removed thither, and the year 1658
finds them established as large landholders and successful
millwrights in Menotomy, later West Cambridge, and now
Arlington. From the first they took an active part in
everything relating to the prosperity of Boston and its
environment, being not only ambitious and public-spirited,
but noted for thrift, industry and integrity of character.

158 The Ancestors and Their Descendants.
The descendants of John Adams maintained the family
credit throughout the troublous times of the French and
Indian wars, as well as the Revolution, until the time of
peace enabled their children to enjoy their heritage, for at
the present day (1901) sorae of their lands are owned
and occupied by the direct descendants of the son, Joseph
Adams. John Adams, son of Henry Adams of Devonshire, Eng
land, died in Menotomy in 1708, aged 85 years. His
widow lived until 1714. There were six children. Joseph,
the oldest child, bora in Devonshire, England, always lived
with his parents, engaged in farming and the business of
millwright, as well as all else that came into the labor
of the colonists. In 1697 his father gave him a deed of
the homestead, which was the center of the Arlington of
to-day. He married Feb. 21, 1687, Margaret, daughter of
Thomas and Mary Blanford Earas of Sudbury. She was
carried away captive by the Indians in her childhood, re
raaining with thera two years, was ransoraed by the pay
ment of £40 sterling. Of their family of children we will
only follow that of Joseph, Jr., who will be found in the
Cambridge records as Lieut. Joseph Adams, born 1688,
married Jan. 18, 1710, Rebecca, daughter of William and
Rebecca (Rolfe) Cutter. She died 1717, leaving four chil
dren, and by the second wife, Rachel, there were five chil
dren. Lieut. Adams was a selectman of Cambridge several
years, precinct treasurer fifteen years, and in 1750 he was
one of a committee to renew the bounds of Cambrideg
farm, a tract of a thousand acres of land in the easterly
part of Ashburnham. This land was set apart for the
maintenance of the Cambridge bridge, over Charles river.
He died Oct. 18, 1774, aged 86. This Joseph "owned
covenant" in Cambridge, now Harvard square.
Thoraas Adaras, son of Joseph and Rebecca Cutter
Adaras, was bora in Carabridge, Aug. 20, 1713, lived there
until his marriage to Lydia, daughter of John Chadwick
of Worcester, when he removed to that town, owning a
farm near the present site of the insane asylum. Here
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of the John Lowe Family Circle. 159
and John, born Jan. 22, 1745. The raother died in 1748.
After her death Thomas returned to Menotomy and raar
ried a widow, Elizabeth Sanders Bowraan of Lexington.
She was the owner of a fine farm, also of two negroes, to
whom she gave their liberty. By this marriage there were
three children. Thomas and his wife, Elizabeth, lived to
advanced age and died the same year, 1802. Like raost
of the early settlers he was a military man, and rose to
rank of captain. In the French and Indian war he en
listed and coramanded a company of men frora Carabridge
and vicinity, which served eight raonths. Besides his farra-
ing Capt. Adams was an innholder, an active, influential
citizen, and was frequently chosen to positions of responsi
bility and trust. In 1764 he was precinct "Committee
raan" and assessor and the sarae year was one of the
number chosen to sell the Carabridge farm, and subse
quently bought the larger portion, although he did not
remove here until 1778. His youngest son always resided
with hira. This son was also a captain of the militia.
He bequeathed his land to his children equally; and all
with the exception of Hannah, who transferred her share
to her son, Thoraas Russell, occupied their horaestead dur
ing their life, also some of their descendants to the third
generation. Of the children of Capt. Thomas Adams, only Hannah
claims our attention. She was reared and educated after
the raanner of all girls of those early times, as befitted
their standing in the community, &nd at the age of nine
teen became the second wife of Walter Russell, a Christian
gentleman, noted for industry, honesty and integrity; a
firra patriot and an active participator in the war of the
Revolution. He died of typhus fever, March 5, 1782, aged
45 years, leaving the young widow with a family of eight
children. Herein she displayed marked ability of character,
for her work was so well perforraed that they grew up to
call her blessed, as did also the ten children to whora she
becarae step-raother when she married Enos Jones of Ash
burnham. She died aged 96 years, 6 months.

160 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
Issue of Walter and Hannah (Adaras) Russell:
i. James, b. April 18, 1763, d. Feb. 13, 1846, aged 83 years.
ii. Walter, Jr., b. May 3, 1765, d. July 15, 1846, aged 81 years.
iii. Thomas, b. June 9, 1767, d. Aug. 19, 1823, aged 56 years.
iv. Hannah, b. Feb. 8, 1769, d. March 1, 1847, aged 75 years.
V. Nathaniel, b. April 15, 1774, d. Nov. 18, 1844, aged 70 years.
vi. John, b. March 1776, settled in Fairfax, Vt.
vii. Joseph, b. Aug. 7, 1779, settled in Lexington, Ky.
viii. Daughter, b. Feb. 17, 1782, d. in infancy.
This line now continues under the narae of Russell,
through Thomas, born June 9, 1767, who married Nov.
25, 1788, Margaret Adams, in Menotomy, and brought
her to his farm on Russell hill, his horae, which is still in
possession of his granddaughter. Here were reared a
happy and prosperous faraily of eight children, but the
father's death, Aug. 19, 1823, would have left a heavy
burden upon the little raother had it not been for the de
votion of her children, which never failed ; even to the
close of her long life the tender care and untiring love of
her youngest daughter, Mary, and her family, left nothing
to be desired. Her death occurred Aug. 12, 1854, aged 84
years, 9 raonths.
Issue of Thomas and Margaret (Adams) Russell :
i. Margaret, b. April 19, 1789 ; d. March 29, 1865.
ii. Thomas, b. Oct. 23, 1791; d. May 7, 1838.
iii. James, b. Dec. 30, 1793; d. Nov. 29, 1859.
iv. Walter, b. June 29, 1796; d. May 5, 1856.
V. Sarah A., b. March 15, 1799.
vi. Susan, b. Dec. 19, 1801. '
vii. Charles, b. Sept. 10, 1804; d. June 23, 1865.
viii. Mary Adams, b. Jan. 21, 1811.
In this faraily were fifty-three grandchildren, of whom
only seven are now living (Feb. 21, 1901).
Charles Russell, born Sept. 10, 1804; married Nov. 4,
1829, Sarah Phillips, daughter of Sarauel Phillips, brother
of Betsey (Phillips) Messinger. She died Jan. 31, 1838,
leaving three children. He raarried, second, July 12, 1838,
Harriet Stone Farrar, daughter of John and Eunice
(Curaraings) Farrar of Barre. She was a true grand-

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 161
mother to her step-grandchildren, who hold her in loving
reraembrance. She died Jan. 21, 1885, aged 74 years, 4
months, 13 days, leaving two children.
Issue of Charles and Sarah (Phillips) Russell:
i. Sarah Amanda, b. Dec. 4, 1830; m. March 31, 1852, George
F. Carter of Leominster; d. in Denver, Col., Nov. 7, 1896,
and is buried in Fairmount Park, Colorado. She left three
children, who reside in Denver
ii. Caroline Lowe, b. Nov. 8, 1833; m. March 11, 1857, Charles
K. Sawyer and resided on the Russell farm in West Fitch
burg; d. March 26, 1901.
iii. Charles, b. July 15, 1836; m. Dec, 1866, Jennie McDonough;
d. Sept. 14, 1893, leaving three sons, the only ones to bear
the Russell name in this line.
Issue by second wife, Harriet Stone Farrar:
iv. Mary Adams, b. July 20, 1840, who is the second wife of
John (58-i.) Lowe.
V. John Wesley, b. Nov. 30, 1842, d. unmarried May 5, 1894.

Ancestry of Harriet Stone Farrar, Wife of Charles
Russell.
The Farrars were of Scotch descent and were among
the early settlers of Concord and Barre. The great-grand
father of Mary Adams (Russell) Lowe was one of the
large farmers (yeoman, as they are called in the early
deeds) of the tow^n of Barre, where he reared his family
of five children, three daughters and two sons. John, the
youngest by several years, was bom 1780, and grew up
as much of a pet with the family as was allowed by stern
ideas of Scotch discipline. He certainly caught the spirit
of liberty and independence, for when the war of 1812
broke out he promptly enlisted and reraained until peace
was declared. In his 24th year he married Eunice Cum
mings of Hardwick, whose acquaintance had begun on
his regular round of shoemaking. As a boy he had been
taught with good Scotch thrift, that trade, and as was
the custom in those days, shoemakers and tailoresses went
from house to house and remained until the winter needs

162 The Ancestors atid Their Descendants
were supplied. It -was a slow but social sort of a way of
meeting demands with supplies, but illustrates very forci
bly the times in which they lived, but never thought of
calling thera hard. Is it possible for the present genera
tion to appreciate the energy, perseverance and gratitude
that sustained such a cheerful and happy spirit in our
forefathers ?
Eunice Cummings, like her husband, John Farrar, v^as
the youngest, the three older sisters having married and
gone over to the new town of Westrainster. So after their
raarriage the Cummings horae became his headquarters,
while he plied his trade after the sowing, and later the
harvesting was done.
In 1806, Aug. 20, Joel, their oldest child was born,
and Sept. 8, 1810, the only other ever given to them.
She was named Harriet Stone. None could guess the
changes and trials lying before this happy faraily circle,
and yet there was nothing wrong, but only what the con
stant daily turn of fortune brought to their lives. Since
the close of the Revolutionary war the spirit of patriotism
had greatly increased by the events that followed, so how
could John do otherwise than join the brave raen and give
his time and strength to his country's service on the fron
tier; so he enlisted for the war of 1812, and the brave
wife and mother said she would rear the children and
work while awaiting his return. Brave soul! she could
not know it would be seven long years before they should
meet again. Such are the fortunes of war. Anyone famil
iar with the history of that war and the almost impos
sible coraraunication with friends at home, can imagine the
wearing anxiety and heartache with which those left at
home worked and waited. After two or three years the
older sisters, who were well settled on large farms in
Westminster, urged Eunice to bring her two children and
stay with them for a change till John should come, saying
she could earn enough to pay her way by spinning and
weaving and general housekeeping, so she went, placing
her boy, now ten years old, with a Willard family, who

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always "kept" a boy to do the chores. This was the
sarae Willard with whom David Lowe was placed after
the death of his parents. She made her home with her
sister and went out, taking her little girl when circum
stances allowed. All went well for another year or two,
when the hard work and unceasing anxiety for her hus
band's safety and return, and the loss of her own horae
and separation frora her children, for now the little girl
was being cared for between the families, so broke her
down in health and spirits that it was a bitter shock that
met the husband when at last, discharged from the ser
vice, he hastened to his family. It was too late, however,
to save her life, and she died of cancer, 1822, aged 40
years. He never recovered from this bitter experience
enough to marry again, but was true to her meraory and
his happy early life until his death, which occurred in
1862. After his wife's death he took up his trade of shoe-
raaking again, never remaining long in one place, but al
ways returning to his boyhood's home, where he spent the
last few years of his life.
After Eunice (Cummings) Farrar's death, her son Joel,
well grown and strong of his age at seventeen, rebelled
against his hard fare, as did all others who were com
pelled to endure it, and ran away and shipped for a sail
or, and nothing was seen or heard from hira for twenty-
four years, when he returned to Boston, where he left his
wife and four children, and hastened to Westminster to
learn that only a few old friends and relatives were left.
He also learned that his sister was well married and set
tled on the Phillips homestead with her family. The meet
ing between the middle-aged brother and sister is better
imagined than described. He promptly secured eraploy-
raent near her, and within one week, with wife and chil
dren, was settled in a comfortable tenement, where he
Hved until a cottage of his own was coraplete. The story
of those years is very interesting; in brief, it covers his
service as cabin boy and general fag on his first trip, his
transfer later to the navy, his service on the Constitution,

164 The Ancestors and Their Descendants
where he was wounded by rupture of the bowels, from
vsrhich he never fully recovered. After an honorable dis
charge, having no home ties to hold him to this country,
he finally drifted to Australia, then almost a new country.
Being pleased with place, climate and people, he hired out
to a farmer, a Scotchman, who was a large landowner
and raised large flocks of sheep near Melbourne. While
here he raet Rose Caraeron, and with all the proraptness
of a sailor soldier proceeded to woo and win her for his
wife. After several years of service, his longing for his
own kindred and native hills irapelled hira to gather up
his treasures and return, as he did just when the gold
fever was turning the tide of imraigration to that far-off
island and delightful country. Of the four children, only
two grew up. The elder, a son, enlisted at sixteen years
of age in the Civil war and served an enlistment after
wards in the regular army. After being honorably dis
charged he was engaged in bridge building until his death.
The last in our line of the family name, the daughter,
raarried well and is now living in Worcester.
After her raother's health failed a home was provided
for Harriet Stone Farrar with a Mandell family in Barre,
where she was to work for her board and clothes and
three raonths' schooling until she was eighteen years old.
The Mandells were a wealthy faraily in those times and it
was a desirable home for the motherless little girl, but
death entered and took the beloved father, the upright
citizen and Christian gentleman, and Harriet was again
returned to her aunt in Westrainster, but not for long was
she to be moving about from one place to another, for Dr.
Kendall, whose residence was in Leominster, had become
deeply interested in the brave, sunny, generous-hearted
girl, and secured her a permanent horae in the family of
Esquire William Perry of Leominster, which was a home
indeed, and reraained so until her marriage to Charles Rus
sell, while as long as life lasted the daughters proved true
and constant friends. She was the second wife of Charles
Russell and mother of Mary Adams Russell, second wife
of John Lowe (58-i.).

of the John Lowe Family Circle. 165
These short sketches cannot do justice to the lives of
those early settlers, who wrought better than they knew.
The incidents, amusing and pathetic, with all the tradi
tions of the families, would fill a volume, but such as they
are, are submitted with loving reverence.

^==^rGi/CLxiy^ .^ Aj. dCjirUA^

APPENDIX.
DEED OF LAND OF DAVID LOWE TO ABEL F.
ADAMS.
Know all men by these presents that I, David Low, of
Fitchburg, in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, Mason, in consideration of four hun
dred twenty-six dollars and thirty-three cents paid by
Abel F. Adams of said Fitchburg, yeoman, the receipt
whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant,
sell and convey unto the said Abel F. Adams, his heirs
and assigns, a certain tract of land situated in said Fitch
burg, containing seven acres and ninety-five rods, and
bounded as follows, viz.: Beginning at the southwesterly
corner of said tract at a chestnut tree, thence east, six
degrees south, forty-five and a half rods to a stake and
stone, thence north, 20 degrees east, twenty-six rods to a
stake and stones, thence west, seventy -seven degrees south,
forty-one rods to a stake and stones, thence south, 25
degrees west, thirty-six rods and one-quarter on land of
Sarauel Hawes to the bound first mentioned ; reserving to
the public the right of passing across the same as the
road is now laid out.
To have and to hold the afore granted Premises to the
said Abel F. Adams, his heirs and assigns, to his and
their use and Behoof forever.
And I do for myself, my Heirs, Executors and Admin
istrators, covenant with the said Abel F. Adaras, his heirs
and assigns  That I am lawfully seized in fee of the
afore granted premises; that they are free of all incum
brances except as aforesaid.
That I have good right to sell and convey the sarae
to the said Abel F. Adams, and that I will warrant and
defend the sarae preraises to the said Abel F. Adaras, his

168 Appendix.
heirs and assigns forever against the lawful claims and
demands of all persons except the road aforesaid.
In witness -whereof, I, the said David Low and Louisa
A. Low, wife of the said David, who hereby relinquishes
all right of dower in the premises, have hereunto set our
hands and seals this sixteenth day of August, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty.

^.^yryX4^.y-i:y .^y^ =.'^^z,&««i^
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of us,
Geo. B. Arnold,
E. Torrey.
Worcester, ss. August 16, 1830.
Then the above named David Lowe acknowledged the
above to be his free act and deed.
Before me, Ebenezer Torrey, Jusdce of Peace.

Appendix. 169
AN APOSTROPHE TO THE OLD ELM.
[Page 148.]

Dear old elm, how majestic thou art.
In our festival to-day thine is the noble part.
In thy young life, when just a mere toy.
Thou wert brought from the swamp
On the back of a boy.
Beside his own home he made one for thee;
Nurtured and cared for, thou'rt beautiful to see.
For three score years and ten
He, guarded thee with care.
He saw long branches bending low.
And waving proud in air.
Thy guardian our honored sire.
With every virtue rife.
Bid thee adieu at eighty-six
To join his loving wife.
Thus generations come and go.
The sixth with winning face.
Each in its turn thy shadow blest.
Each year new beauties crowned thy place.
Wave on, old tree, wave on
In all thy grandeur and thy grace;
Wave on, blessing, as thou hast ever done.
The human race.
We thank thee, brave old sentinel.
For faithful vigil round the homestead door;
No thief has entered the sacred place
For a hundred years and more;
Wave on in all thy glory and thy pride.
Old tree, wave on ; old, yet ever young.
We'll love thee while we live.
And praise thee in our song.
And thou, dear, sainted Grandsire,
We thank thee for the lessons of justice and truth
Which thou so richly bequeathed to us
In the days of childhood and youth.

170 Appendix.
And Thou, Most Holy One, we thank Thee
For the inspiration of this day.
O teach us. Thy children, and lead us
In Wisdom's pleasant way;
And, Our Father in Heaven,
Make us, thy children, pure in thy sight.
Strengthen in every word and work
To battle for the right. Mary Taylor.
Boxboro, July 4, 1883.

Appendix. 171
GOLDEN WEDDING.
March 29, 1849.  March 29, 1899.

Adelbert Mead and Almira Hoar were wedded fifty years ago.
Fifty years of summer's heat, fifty years of winter's snow;
Fifty years side by side they have stood.
Enduring the evil, enjoying the good.
Muddy, dark and rainy on their wedding eve, outside;
Inside, merry friends, happy husband and lovely bride.
In memory I see this comfortable home, so nice by Adelbert and Almira
made;
I see the grand furnishings, the elegant silver and pretty things displayed.
Five little ones came, one by one.
To cheer and bless this happy home.
Three of the little ones who had gladdened this home with love
Were soon called to the Father's beautiful home above.
Heartaches and sorrows were theirs.
In which no kindred or friend ever shares.
Estella and Henry were left to their kindest care.
Of which each received their rightful share.
Time passed a score of years.
With its joys and sorrows, hopes and fears.
Loving each the other more day by day.
As months and years passed away.
Then came an angel — from heaven this angel came —
And once again he entered this happy home.
It was Henry, their dearly beloved and only son.
Whom he called, and from out their sight he went
With the angel whom the Lord had sent.
In vain his mother prayed, his father plead.
"My Father hath need of him," the angel said.
Thus Henry went, bidding dear ones good-bye,
Saying, "We will meet again in our Father's home on high."
Made desolate was this pleasant home; sadness reigned supreme
In the place where joy and gladness so long had been ;
Estella, their dearly loved daughter, now the only one left
Of the five little ones — two sons and two daughters they have been
bereft.

172 Appendix.
Estella, with husband and children — four little girls and one little boy —
Came to this lonely home to bring back to father and mother love and
joy-
Our Father, Estella and her family will bless
For all their loving care and tenderness.
What the parents gave to their children of themselves.
The noblest and best.
Was transferred to the grandchildren now in the home nest.
Thus days, weeks, months and years have 'passed.
And now they eome to fifty years at last.
Beloved by children, grandchildren, sisters and brothers.
Loved, honored and respected by all others.
May Heaven's choicest blessings be yours
As long as life with its duty endures;
May that peace which passeth understanding
Come to you at your commanding.
Is the wish of Sister Maria. Maria Mead Patch, (151-iv.).

INDEX

INDEX.

Adams, Abel F., 34, 167, 168.
 , Elizabeth Sanders Bowman, 159.
 , Hannah, 158, 159.
 , Henry, 157, 158.
 , John, 157, 158, 159.
 , Joseph, Jr., 158.
 , Joseph, 158.
 , Lydia (Chadwick), 157.
 , Lydia (Chadwick), 158.
 , Margaret (Earns), 158.
 , Rachel, 158.
 , Rebecca (Cutter), 158.
 , Sarah (Hill), 157.
 , Capt. Thomas, 157.
 , Thomas, 158, 159.
 . William, 157.
Aitchison, Harry, 75.
 , Lester Cobleigh, 75.
 , May Josephine (Lowe) (73-vi.),
41, 75.
 , Willard Lowe. 75.
Allen, George O., 49.
 , Capt. John, 19.
Andrews, Artemas, 107.
Anthony, Mark, 11.
Arnold, George B., 168.
Ayer, Rev. Oliver, 125.
Bagley, Carrie Susan (Lowe) (69-i.),
41, 74.
 . Col Jonathan, 117.
 , Benjamin Greene, 74.
 , Goldie Lowe, 74.
Bailey, James, Jr., 82.
 , Harrison, 43.
Baker, Rev. William, 31.
Ball, John, 96.
Bancroft, David, 107.
 , -Susan (Messinger), 107.
Barker, Christopher, 13.
Barnard, Appleton, 120.
 , Elizabeth, 120.
Bartow, Samuel B. Jr., 62.
Bates, James, 113.
Beeder, Thomas, 16.
Bigelow, John, 86, 98.
Blake, Rev. S. L., 59.
Blodgett, Louisa E., 78.

Blood, Almira S., 74.
Boardman, Widow Anna, 18.
Boreman, Thomas, 13, 17.
Borman, Margaret, 16.
Boston, William, 92.
Bowers, Percival R., 70.
 , Susan Amelia (Lowe), 70.
Bowker, George, 26.
 , Mary Thurston (Upton), 26.
Breck, Edward, 96.
Breckenridge, George W., 33.
 , Gertrude Louisa (Davis) (42-i.),
30, 33.
 , Robert Davis, 33.
Bronson, Rev. S. J., 32.
Brooks, Rev. C. S., 65, 67.
Brown, .-ida Blanche (Mead) (163-
iv.), 124, 139.
 , Alfred, 124.
 . B. F., 62.
 , James, 124.
 . L. J., 63.
 , Mary, 17.
 , Mildred Blanche, 139.
 , Sadie Anna Betsey (Mead), 124.
 , Wallace Alden, 139.
Bumam, Thomas, 20.
Burke, Mr., 90, 91.
Burrage, Edwin Augustus, 27.
 , Henry Sweetser, 27.
 , fonathan, 26, 27.
 , Mary Thurston (Upton) (20-
ii.), 25-27.
 , Thomas Fairbanks, 27.
 , William Upton, 27.
Butters, Chauncey Webb, 138.
 , Ellen Sophia (Stevens) (157-
iii.), 123, 138.
 , Nellie Stevens, 138.
Carter, George F., 161.
 , Sarah Amanda (Russell), 161.
Cate, Curtis Wolsey, 33.
 . Gertrude (Curtis), 33.
 , Kate Springer, 33.
 , Martha, 33
 , Martha Gertrude (Curtis) (39-
vi.), 29, 33.

176

Index.

Cate, Martin Luther, 33.
 ¦, Philip Thurston, 33.
Chadwick, John, 158.
Chamberlain, Jacob, 151.
 , Susanna (Stone), 151.
Champlin, Rev. J. T., D. D., 27.
Childs, Austin Sereno, 37.
 , Mary Hawes (Lowe), 37, 108.
 , Webster, 57.
Choate, Marv (Low), 22.
 , Sarah (Low), 19.
 , Stephen, 22.
Clark, William, 150.
Coddington, William, 15.
Colburn, Estella Brown (Lowe), 39.
 , Irving W., 39.
Collamore, Mayor, 40.
 , Mrs., 40.
Conant, Ameha Breck, 125.
 , Anna Jane, 125.
 , Anna (Stevens) (134-i.), 120,
123.
 , Annie Whitney (Mead) (140-
iii.), 121, 125.
 . Benjamin, 125
 . Ellen Sherwin, 125.
 , Elmer Kimball, 125.
 , Frances S., 123.
 , George, 123.
 , George Arthur, 125.
 , Harriet M., 123.
 , Henry, 125.
 , Levi, 125.
 , Levi Seward, 125.
 , Mary I., 123.
 , Sarah S., 123.
 , Sherman, 125.
 , Conant, Susan E., 123.
Condy, William, 15.
Conrad, Rev. W. 0., 55, 67.
Coppyn, John, 15.
Cowdin, Thomas, 85.
Craddock, Mr., 15, 16.
Craft or Croft, Eleazer, 18.
Crafts or Croft, Martha (Low), 18.
Cromwell, 99.
Cuddahy & Co., 52.
Cunningham, Anna Frances (161-i.),
124, 139.
 , Bernice Frances, 139.
 , Leo Clement, 139.
 , Philip, 139.
 . Robert Philip, 139.
 ¦, Stella Mead, 139.
 , Wallace Emery, 139.
Curtin, John Andrew, 32.
 , Mabel Whyte (Curtis), 32.
Curtis, Agnes Gove (Whyte), 32.
 , Charles Wilmot, 29.

Curtis, Edwin Upton (40-vii.), 29, 33.
 , Frances, 33.
 , Genevieve Frances (Young), 33.
 . George, 28, 29.
 , George Francis, 29.
 , George Herbert, 29.
 . George Oliver, 32
 , Henry Clifford (38-iv ), 29, 32.
 , Margaret Maud (Waterman),
33.
 , Martha Ann (Upton) (23-viii ),
25, 28, 29.
 . Mary Abbv, 29.
 , Nelson, 33
 , Nelson (41-viii.), 29, 33.
 . Priscilla, 33.
 , Susan Thurston, 29.
Cutler, Abigail (Lowe), 22.
 , David, 140
 . David Adelbert, 141.
 , Dr. William H., 22.
 , Emma Cushing, 140.
 , Estella Augusta (Mead) (167-
ii.), 128, 140, 171, 172.
 , Ethel Mead, 140.
 , James, 117.
 , Rebecca (Rolfe), 158.
 , WilHam, 158.
 , Zelia Almira, 141.
Day, Stephen, 94.
Davidson, Daniel, 16.
 , Margaret (Low), 16.
Davies, Rev. R. V., 59.
Davis, Aaron, 112.
 , Capt. Jonathan, 119.
 . Bessie C, 30.
 , Edward J., 29, 30.
 , Grace Upton, 30.
 , Louisa Adeline (Upton) (29-v.),
26, 29, 30.
 , Walter E., 30.
Dermody, Annie L. (Steele) (80-i.),
43, 77.
 . George W., 77.
 , Jaraes E., 77.
 , Warren E., 77.
Dexter, John C, 67.
Dickinson, Mary (Lowe), 109.
Diconson, Benjamin, 15.
Dodge, Henrietta Estella (Cutler),
140.
 , Prof. Raymond, 140.
Dodger, David, 17.
 , Johannah (Low), 17.
 , Richard, 17.
Doten, Charles Henry, 63, 64, 67.
 , Edward, 64.
 . Faith (Clark), 64.

Index.

177

Doten, Frances Helen (Mackenzie),
64, 65.
Downe, Dea. Timothv F., 27.
 , Mr. E. P., 44.
Dunnels, Rev. A. P., 56, 70.
Dutton, Thomas, 20.
Eams, Mary (Blanford), 158.
 , Thomas, 158.
Eddy, Jonathan, 145.
Elliott, John, 82.
Emerson, Rev. Alfred, 28, 38, 46, 51,
71, 130.
Esterbrooks, Mary (Low), 19.

Fairbanks, George, 93.
 . Jacob, 112.
 , Jacob Horatio, 112.
 , John, 52.
 , Jonas, 98, 101, 102.
 , Joseph, 117.
 , Joshua, 98, 101.
 , Lydia (Phillips), 112.
 , Lydia (Prescott) (111-vi.), 101,
102
 , Phineas, 152.
 , Sarah (Stone), 152.
Fallass, Hannah (Stone), 152.
 , William, 152.
Farnsworth, Emily M. (Upton) (29-
V.), 26.
 , John Marshall, 26.
 , Mary (Prescott), 104.
 , Matthias, 150.
 , Rev. James D., 46, 130.
Farr, Sarah Stone, 151.
 , Stephen, 151.
 , Rev. Jonathan, 119.
Farrar, Eunice (Cummings), 160-163.
 , Joel, 162.
 , John, 160-162.
 , Rose (Cameron), 164.
Farwell, John, 46.
Faulkner, Eunice (Stone), 152.
 , Jonas, 152.
Fessenden, Judge Franklin G., 50.
Fish, Miss Jennie, 32.
Fisher, Ezra, 107.
 , Nancy (Messinger)i 107.
Forbush, Annie Louise (166-ii.),
127, 140.
 . Frank M., 140.
 , Robert Lewis, 140.
 , Walter Alfred, 140.
Foster, Anne, 9.
 , Ensign, 114.
 , Mr., 114.
Fox, Mr., 46.
12

Fuller, Abby Caroline (Upton) (31-
X.), 26, 30.
 , Alice Cora, 30.
 , Simeon, 30.
Gale, Rev. C. R., 70, 78.
Garrett, Harmon, 94.
Gee, Rev. Josiah, 19.
Giddings, Job, 21.
Gidding, Thomas, 20.
Gleason, Jane G. (Wood), 35.
Goodhue, Abigail, 17.
 , Joseph, 17.
Goodridge, Benjamin, 21.
 , Hannah (Low), 19.
Goodwin, Charlotte (Lowe), 22.
 , David, 22.
Green, Eleazer, 104.
 , Elizabeth (Prescott), 104.
 , Mary, 104.
 , William, 104.
Grover, John, 17.
Guillim, John, 9.
Hadlock, Nathaniel, 96.
Hagar, George, 120.
 , Sally (Mead), 120.
Hale, Joseph, 17.
Hall, Mr. Arthur H., 49.
 , Widow Mary, 114.
Hamlin, Annie (Mayo), 111.
 , Asia, 112.
 , Benjamin, 111.
 , Eleazer, 111, 112.
 , George, 112.
 , Green, 112.
 . Isaac, 112.
 , Lvdia (Bonney), HI, 112.
 , M'ary, 111.
 , Mrs. Hannah (Fletcher), 111.
 . Mrs. Sarah (Bryant), 112.
 , Mrs. Sarah (Sobdel) (Brvant),
111.
 , Sally, 112.
 , Samuel, 112.
 , James, 111.
Hammond & Co., 52.
Hanson, Charles H., 153.
 , Joseph, 153.
 , Vienna (Stone), 153.
Harding, Anna Rebecca (Mead), 122.
 , Charles, 122.
Harrington, Carl Rogers, 68, 81.
 . George, 68.
 , Harold Leon, 68, 81.
 , James Lewis, 67, 68, 81.
 , Lewis Lowe, 68, 81.
 , Martha (Lewis), 68.
 , Ruth Louise, 68, 81.

178

Index.

Harrington, Sarah Abbie (Merriam)
(102-i.), 49, 67, 68, 80, 81.
Harris, Richard, Jr., 116.
Hartwell, Edward, 20.
 , Phinehas, 35, 79.
Hawes, Lydia (Messinger), 35, 66,
108.
 . Robert, 35.
 . Samuel, 34, 35, 66, 108.
 , Polly or Marv (Low), 35.
Hayward, Adelaide F. (Lowe) (70-
ii.), 41, 74.
 , Frances Nellie, 74.
 , George Lincoln, 74.
 , Joseph Lowe, 74.
 , Lillian Caroline, 74.
 , Ralph Lowe, 74.
 , William A., 74.
 , William Clark, 74.
Henderson, Sarah, 21.
 , William, 20, 21, 24.
Hill, Isaac, 157.
 , Hannah (Russell), 157.
Hills, Nathaniel, 74.
Hitchcock, Annie Louise, 43.
 , Carrie B. (Walker), 76, 77.
 , Elizabeth Phelps (Lowe) (56-
ix.), 37, 43.
 , George Alfred, 43.
 , George Preston (79-i.), 43, 76,
77.
 , Hilda, 77.
Hobert, Martha (Prescott), 104.
 , Rev. Gershom, 104.
 , Shubael, 104.
Holden, Abigail (Stone), 151.
 , Nathaniel, 151.
Holmes, Rev. Clement E., 67.
Hotten, John Camden, 14.
Houghe, Atterton, 15.
Houghton, Abbie Frances (Good
ridge), 126.
 , Elizabeth (Mead) (131-vi.), 119,
121, 146.
 , Levi, 119, 129.
 , Nabby (Mead), 119, 121, 146.
 , Phineas Whitcomb, 149.
 , Ralph, 96, 117.
 , Reuben, 119, 121.
 , Reuben Newell, 121.
 . Sarah Jane (ToplifF), 126.
 , Sarah (Mead), 119.
 , Sarah Stone (Taylor), 149, 153.
 , William Stevens (142-ii.), 121,
126.
Howe, Anna A., 127.
 . Charley, 127.
 , David C, 126, 127.

Howe, Lucinda (Mead) (145-v.), 122,
126, 127.
Hubbard, Arthur Willis, 72.
 , Leila Adams, 72.
Hurlston, Mr. Nichols, 15.
Huling, Ray Greene, 64.
Hunts, Samuel, 20.
Hutchinson, Gov., 89.
Ives, EHzabeth (Mead), 121.
 , Mr., 121.
Jackson, Edmond, 15.
Jewell, Dexter, 51
Johnson, Rev. Daniel, 119.
Jones, Enos, 159.
Kendall, Dr., 164.
Kennedy, Eliza Maud May, 76.
 . George Edward, 76.
 , Georgiana Maud May (Lowe)
(78-i.), 42, 76.
 , J., 76.
 , James Frederic, 76.
Kerley, William, 96.
Kilham, Mrs. Edward A., 13, 17.
Kimball, Elizabeth (Low), 19.
King, Thomas, 93, 94, 117.
Kingsbury, Ermina Louisa (Mead),
126.
 , George F., 126.
Kinsman. Jeremiah, 36, 107.
 , Olive (Messinger), 36, 107.
Knapp, Lucy Edith (Lowe), 69.
 , William, 69.
Lamb, Caleb, 82, 83.
 . Dorothy Harbottle, 82.
 , Elizabeth, 82.
 , Eunice, 82, 83.
 , Huldah, 82, 83.
 , Jeremiah, 82.
 , John, 82, 83.
 , Mary (Wise), 82.
 , Thomas, 82. 83.
Lawrence, Anne (Tarbell), 104.
 , John, 104.
 , Susannah (Prescott), 104.
 , WiUiam, 104.
Leavens, Eben N., 29.
 , Frank N., 29.
 , Ida M. (Farlee), 29.
 , Jane Augusta (Upton) (28-iii.),
26, 29.
Leverett, Thomas, 15.
Lewis, Sarah (Stone), 152.
 , Seth, 152.

Index.

179

Lincoln, Rev. Calvin, 28.
 , Rev. Varnum, 28.
Linton, Richard, 96.
Littlefield, Jacob, 149.
 , Nancy (Taylor), 149, 153.
 , Sheldon, 149.
Littlehale, Howard Milton, 75.
 , Leon Willard, 75.
 , Nellie Maria (Lowe) (72-iv.),
41, 75.
 , Robert Lowe, 75.
 , Roy O., 75.
Locke, Joseph, 115.
 , Margaret (Mead), 115.
Loker, John, 102.
 , Mary (Draper), 102.
Longley, John, 104.
 , Sarah (Prescott), 104.
Lothrop, John Johnson, 123.
 , Mary (Mead), 123, 149.
Lovell, Florence, 70.
Low, Abigail, 18, 19, 22.
 , Abigail (14-iii), 8, 22-24, 79.
 , Abigail (Choate), 23.
 , Abigail (Varney), 18, 22, 23.
 . Abraham (11-xiv ), 20, 22.
 , Anna, 19.
 , Benjamin, 19.
 , Benoni, 19, 23.
 , Caleb, 22.
 , Caleb (10-iii.), 18, 22, 23.
 , Captain John, 13, 15, 16.
 , Catherine, 22.
 , Clarissa (Thurston), 36.
 , Daniel W., 13, 15.
 , David, 19, 23.
 , David (6-iv.), 8, 16, 18, 82, 83.
 . David, Jr. (9-i.), 8, 18, 20-24.
 , David (12-ii.), 22, 23.
 , Dorcas (Eleroy), 19.
 , Ebenezer, 22.
 , Elizabeth, 17.
 , Elizabeth (Fellows), 19.
 , Elizabeth (Robinson), 19.
 , Eunice, 18.
 , Frances, 20.
 , Frances (48-ii.), 36, 38.
 , James, 20.
 , Jeremiah, 18, 22.
 , Johannah, 18, 19.
 , John, 9, 14, 16, 19.
 , John (7-iv.), 17, 19.
 , Jonathan, 19.
 , Jonathan (5-iii.), 17, 18, 20.
 , Jonathan (8-vi.), 18, 19, 21.
 , Joseph, 19
 , Joseph (43-i.), 35, 36.
 , Joshua, 18.
 , Josiah, 19.

Low, Judith (Day), 19.
 , Lydia (Gilbert), 18.
 , Margaret, 18.
 , Martha, 17, 18, 22.
 , Martha (Borman), 8, 13, 16.
 , Martha (Story), 22.
 , Mary, 18, 22.
 , Mary (Allen), 19.
 , Mary (Riggs), 19.
 , Mary (Lamb), 8, 18, 82, 83.
 . Mary (Thomson), IS, 20.
 , Nathan, 22.
 , Nathaniel, 17, 19.
 . Nichole de, 10.
 , Rjchanna, 19.
 , Samuel, 17, 20.
 , Sarah, 17.
 , Sarah (Davies), 17.
 . Sarah (Gee), 19.
 , Sarah (Low), 18.
 , Sarah (Perkins), 19.
 . Sarah (Symonds), 13, 17.
 , Sarah (Thorndike), 13, 16.
 , Simond, 17.
 , Stephen, 18.
 , Susannah, 18, 22.
 , Susannah Allen, 19.
 , Susannah (Butler), 18.
 , Susannah (Low), 8, 13, 14, 16,
20, 22.
 , Thomas, 17, 22.
 , Thomas (1-i.), 8, 13, 15, 16.
 , Thomas (2-ii.), 8, 9, 13, 14,
16, 17.
 , Thomas (4-i.), 13, 17.
 , William, 19, 20, 22.
Lowe, Abbie Lucretia, 39.
 , Abbie Louise, 69.
 , Abraham Thomson, 23.
 , Augustus, 36.
 , Albert Nathaniel (85-v.), 3, 7,
8, 47, 48, 54, 55, 130.
 , Albert Waldo, 53. •
 , Ameha Frances (Robbins), 73,
74.
 , Amelia Frances (Vose), 26, 69,
70.
 , Ann Maria (Stone), 3, 7, 54,
61, 154.
 . Annie Elizabeth, 42.
 , Annie Elizabeth (Parkhill), 3,
7, 55, 56.
 . Annie Louisa, 70.
 , Annie Margaret, 56.
 , Arthur Houghton (86-vi.), 3,
5, 7, 8, 47, 48, 52, 55, 56, 60, 62,
130.
 , Austin Childs (98-ii.), 69, 77.
 , Beatrice, 54.

180

Index.

Lowe, Bertha, 61.
Bertha May, 74.
Bertie, 53.
Bessie Edna, 53.
Betsey (Phelps), 36.
Calvin Messinger (59-iii.),
44, 69.
Carlos Webster, 77.
Carlos WiUiam (99-viii.),

77,

37168

70

61

78.

38,

69,

Caroline Augusta (Hall), 41.
Carroll Henry, 76.
Celia Adelaide, 70.
Charles (53-ii.), 36, 42.
Charles Henry, 42.
Charies Henry (65-ii.), 39, 72.
Charles Herbert, 72.
Charles Samuel, 73.
Charlotte Emma, 55.
Chariotte (Hale), 22.
Christie Lawson, 77.
Clara E., 42.
Clara Luella, 70.
Cordelia (Burdett), 23.
Dgjiiel, 38.
Daniel (44-iii.), 35, 36.
Daniel A., 36.
Daniel Clark, 38.
David (46-v.), 8, 26, 34, 35,
38, 44, 65, 107, 108, 163, 167,

David Sawyer (57-iv.), 26.
David Sawyer (60-iv.), 38, 69,
David (93-xiii.), 4, 6, 7, 8, 47,

Delia Eliza, 70.
Dennis Flint (49-i.). 36, 39.
Donald Vaughn, 59.
Doris Josephine, 74.
Edna Louisa, 71.
Edward Goodell, 69.
Edward I., 77.
Eleanor, 65.
EHza B. (Burr), 23.
Ella E. (Taft), 71.
Elvira Annie, 42.
Elvira Mahala, 37.
Emerett E., 39.
Emma B. (Gould), 23.
Emma Rebecca (Palmer), 3, 7,
54, 55.
— . Ernest Palmer, 55.
Erving Fiske, 55.
Ethel A. (Hills), 74.
Eugene Francis (101-iii.), 70,

Eva Gertrude, 72.
Florence, 42.

Lowe, Florence Allisia (Webber), 4,
7, 56, 57.
Florence Henrietta, 73.
Florence Josephine, 53.
Frances C. (Thurston), 41, 42.
Frances Helen, 65.
Frances Ida (Boutelle), 77, 78.
Frances Irving, 73.
Frances Duane, 72.
Frank Edward (91-xi.), 4, 7,
47, 48, 60, 62, 130, 154.
Frank Preston, (76-vi.), 42, 76.
Freda Emoline (WolO, 73.
Frederic Henry, 70.
Frederic Messenger (68-i.), 41,
73, 74.
George, 38, 46.
George Austin, 77.
George Francis, (64-i.), 39, 72.
George Henry, 23.
George Herbert, 42.
George Preston (54-vi.), 37, 42.
George Russell (92-xii.), 4, 7,
47, 48, 61, 62, 130.
Gertrude Whitcomb, 53.
Grace Albro, 57.
Grace Isabelle (Doten), 64.
Guy Russell, 55.
Gwendolen Robbins, 74.
Harriet Elizabeth (Steams), 72.
Harriet (Mann), 36.
Hazel Ethel, 74.
Harold Maynard, 78.
Henry Eugene, 72.
Henry Everett, 73.
Henry Gordon, 71.
Henry Joseph (52-i.), 36, 41,
42. Herbert George (89-ix.) , 3, 6-8,
47, 59, 62, 130.
— , Herman Boynton, 73.
Hester Frances, 78.
Irene, 77.
Irene May, 57.
Ira Adelbert (84-iv.), 3, 7, 47,
48, 54, 61, 130, 154.
James Webster, 69.
Jane Cecelia (Boyer), 42.
, Jennie Almira, 74.
Jenny Maria, 42.
John (58-i.), 3, 4, 7, 8, 38, 44-
47, 67, 70, 129, 130, 136, 149,
155, 161, 164.
John, Family Circle, 3, 4, 9, 44.
John Adams (96-xvi.), 4, 7, 47,
67. Joseph (13-iv.), 8, 22-24, 79.
Joseph (15-ii.), 8, 23, 34, 35,
44, 78, 84, 87, 105.

Index.

181

Lowe, Joseph (50-ii.), 36, 39-41.
 , Joseph Albert, 55.
 , Joseph D., 41.
 , Kenneth Marshall, 61.
 , Lewis Mead (88-viii.), 4, 7, 47,
57, 58, 130.
 , Lillian Mabel Whipple, 58.
 . Lorena May, 53.
 , Louisa Adeline (119-i.) (Mes
senger), 8, 37, 38, 44, 107, 108,
111, 168.
 , Louisa Jane (Sylvester), 42.
 , Lowell Mead, 58.
 , Lucile Edith, 77.
 , Lucy Rosella, 69.
 , Lurilla (Whipple), 3-5, 7, 57,
58.
 , Lula Estella (Jewett), 73.
 . Malcolm Branson, 59
 , Marjorie Jane, 42.
 , Marian Abbie (97-xvii.), 4, 7,
47, 67.
 , Martha (Stone) (Towle), 61,
154.
 , Mary, 77.
 , Mary A. (Davis), 77.
 , Mary Adams (Russell), 4, 7, 8,
34, 38, 45-47, 110, 155, 161, 164,
165.
 , Mary Adelaide (Goodwin), 72.
 , Mary Adelaide (Vaughn), 3, 7,
59.
 , Mary Boutelle, 78.
 . Mary Elizabeth, 69.
 , Mary Elizabeth (Childs), 69.
 , Mary Elizabeth (Marshall), 4,
7, 61.
 , Mary Estella, 73.
 . Mary Levina, 69.
 , Mary Louise (Whitcomb), 4, 7,
51, 53.
 , Mary or Polly (Sawyer), 8, 34,
35, 78, 84, 87, 105
 . Mary E. (Bliss), 41.
 , Mattie Louise, 53.
 , Mildred A., 78.
 . Milley (Willis), 78.
 , Myrta (Maynard), 78.
 , Nathan Hale, 22.
 , Orin Messenger (87-vii.), 4, 7,
10, 47, 56, 57, 60, 130.
 , Percival Eugene, 78.
 , Porter Webber, 57..
 , Rachel Parkhill, 56.
 , Ralph Putnam, 55.
 . Richard V., 78.
 , Rodney Messenger, 57.
 , Rosa Nell (Wright), 76.
 , Russell Bryant, 56.

Lowe, Samuel Hawes, 36.
 , Samuel Hawes (95-xv.), 4, 7,
34, 47, 66, 67.
 , Sarah Ann (Boynton), 39.
 . Sarah EUzabeth (Gerry), 39, 41.
 , Sarah Frances (Brown), 39.
 , Sarah Jane (BacheUer), 70.
 , Sarah (Mead) (150-iii.), 8, 44-
47, 119, 122, 129, 130, 134, 149,
152.
 , Seth Lyman (61-vu.), 37, 38,
44, 46, 70.
 , Seth PhiUips, 38.
 , Stephen (45-iv.), 35, 36, 107.
 , Stephen Clark (62-xi.), 38, 44,
70, 71.
 , Susan (Burr), 23.
 . Susan (Kinsman), 36.
 , Susan Maria, 37.
 , Susan Rebecca (Vose), 70.
 , Thomas Hale, 23.
 , Waldo Hawes (83-iii.), 3-5, 7,
8, 10, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53, 130.
 , WiUard A. (71-iu.),"^l, 74.
 , Willard HartweU (51-iv.), 36,
41.
 , WilUam Tenney (66-iv.), 39, 73.
 , WiUiam Vose (100-ii.), 70, 77,
78.
 , Willie EUsworth, 72.
 , Willis Mead, 53.
Lufkin, Jeremiah, 18.
 , Mary (Low), 18.
Lumpkin, Richard; 150.
Mallory, Lucy (Stone), 152.
 , Mr., 152.
Mann, Lawyer, 57.
MarshaU, George W., 61.
 , Miss Sarah, 62.
 , Sarah Elizabeth (Brick), 61.
Mason, Chauncey, 75.
 , Emma Caroline (Merriam), 38.
 , Florence Louise, 75.
 , Helen Frances, 75.
 , Louise Caroline (Lowe) (75-ii.),
42, 75.
 , Mrs. Caroline A., 40.
 , Simon A., 38.
May, Henry A., 9.
Mayo, Samuel, 111.
McKenzie, Mr., 11.
McKinnie, Abbie Ann (Merriam), 38.
 , George, 38.
Mead, Abby A., 127.
 , Abbie C, 122.
 , Abraham, 121.
 , Abraham (130-v.), 119, 120,
121, 166.

182

Index.

Mead, Abelbert (148-i.), 122, 127,
128, 149, 171.
 , Adelbert Francis (173-in.), 137,
143.
 , Albert (146-vi.), 122, 127.
 . Albert Arthur, 127.
 . Albert Warien, 127.
 , Albertie M. (Preston), 141.
 . Alfred (147-vn.), 122, 127.
 , Almira Jane (Hoar), 127, 128,
171.
 , AlwUda Barbara (Crocker), 127.
 , Ann (Whitney) (179-ix.), 119,
144, 146.
 , Anna, 120.
 . Arthur Edwin, 124.
 , Arthur Roscoe, 127.
 , Benjamin Stevens (144-iii.), 121,
126
 . Betsey Taylor, 120, 148.
 , Betsey (Stevens), 121.
 , Caroline (Wetherbee), 124.
 , Catherine Louisa, 140.
 , Charles, 121.
 , Charies Harvev, 127.
 , Charles Henry (162-i.), 124,
139.
 , Clarence Varnum, 128.
 , Clarence Warren, 140.
 . Cora Elzina, 124.
 , Cornelius, 116.
 , David, 114.
 , Direxa E. (Stearns), 136, 137.
 , Dorothy Bruce, 139.
 , Eben Hayward, 140.
 , Ebenezer, 115.
 , Edgar Clarence (164-i.), 126,
139, 140.
 , Edward Adams, 143.
 , Effie Rosella (Wright), 142.
 . Eliza (Clement), 124.
 , Eliza Jane (Chandler), 124.
 , Emory (138-viii.), 120, 124.
 . Ethel Williams, 140.
 , Eva IdeUe, 138.
 , Frances E. Gleason, 125.
 , Frances Varnum, 142.
 . Frank W., 121.
 , Franklin (143-ii.), 121, 126.
 , Franklin (141-iv.), 121, 125.
 , Frederic Stearns (172-n.), 137,
143.
 , Frederic Stearns, 143.
 , Gabriel (123-i.), 113, 114.
 , George, 121.
 , George Varnum (171-i.), 137,
142.
 , Hannah, 115, 116, 118, 119,
121, 146.

Mead, Hannah (Hadley), 116.
 , Hannah Maria (Miles), 127.
 , Hannah (WiUard), 116, 117.
 . Hasaniah (Gates), 115, 116.
 , Herbert Oscar, 126.
 , Henry ..Adelbert, 128, 171.
 , Hobart Emery (169-v.), 129,
141.
 , Israel, 116.
 , Israel (124^1.), 113-115.
 , Ivo, 125.
 , James, 116, 121.
 , Jennie Foster (Bruce), 139.
 , Johanna, 113.
 , John, 115, 117.
 , Jonathan, 116.
 , JuUa A. (Littlefield), 138.
 , Julian A., 129.
 , Lizzie M. (Blandon), 128.
 , Lizzie Maria (Gates), 143.
 , Louis Guy, 129.
 , Lucian Wright, 143.
 , Lucie Helena (Hayward), 139,
140.
 , Lucinda (Conant), 121, 122.
 , Lucy, 118, 119, 146.
 . Lucv Augusta, 128.
 , Lucy (KimbaU), 120, 121.
 , Lucy KimbaU, 121.
 . Lucy Maria (Emery), 128, 129.
 , Lucy (Taylor) (183-i.), 122,
137, 146, 147, 149, 153.
 , Lydia, 118.
 . Lyman (137-vii.), 120, 124.
 , Lyman Willis (159-i.), 124, 138.
 , Mahitable Ray (Moar), 125.
 , Marion Elizabeth, 143.
 , Martha (Keyes), 136.
 , Mary, 115, 116.
 , Mary D. (Emerson), 129.
 . Mary E. (HartweU), 128.
 , Marv (HaU), 114, 115.
 , Mary Stevens, 122.
 , Mary (Stevens), 121.
 . Melissa (WUlis), 124.
 , Mira Lizzie, 126.
 , Mrs. (Battles), 121.
 . Mrs. Edith (Masten), 125.
 . Mrs. (Randall), 121.
 , Nancy Staples (Morse), 126.
 , Nathaniel, 120.
 , Nathaniel (133-x.), 119, 122,
137, 146, 147, 149, 153.
 , Nelson A., 129.
 . OUver, 120.
 , OUver (127-ii.), 117, 119, 144,
146.
 , OUver (129-iv.), 119, 120, 146,
148.

Index.

183

Mead, Oliver (136-vi.), 120, 124.
 , Oliver Warren (149-u.), 122,
128, 149.
 , Pauline Anderson, 141.
 , Rebecca Louisa (Burgess), 126.
 , Rev. Samuel, 118.
 , Ruth, 115.
 , Sarah (  ), 116.
 , Sarah, 115, 116, 146.
 , Sally (Sherwin), 120, 121.
 , Samuel, 121.
 , Samuel (126-vi.), 116, 117.
 , Samuel (132-viii.), 119, 121,
146.
 , Sherman, 121.
 . Stephen, 115.
 , Susan A. (Morrill), 128.
 , Susan Elizabeth, 128.
 , Susanna, 113.
 , Sumner Adelbert, 143.
 , Theodosia Bertha (Wright), 143.
 , Thomas, 116.
 , Thomas (125-i.), 115, 116
 , Varnum Balfour, 123, 136, 137,
141.
 , Varnum Balfour (l'53-vii), 123,
136, 137, 141, 149.
 , Varnum Cleveland, 143.
 , Walter (139-ix.), 120, 124.
 , Warren HartweU, 128.
 , William O., 118.
Merriam, Abigail Lowe (Wheeler)
(103-iii.), 79, 80.
 . Adelaide Augusta, 71.
Alice Edna, 49, 80.
Annie Frances, 71.
Caroline (Low) (47-i.), 36, 38.
Charles Forier, 39.
Charles Sumner, 71.
Charles Henry, 39.
Clifton Harris, 50, 80.
Edith Augusta, 50, 80.
Ellen Maria (Lowe) (81-i.), 3-
5, 7, 10, 47^9, 80, 109, 130.
Emma Gertrude, 71.
Emma Maria (Wheeler), 71.
Frederic Lowe, 49, 80.
Frederic Mason, 71.
George Francis, 71.
George Francis (63-i.). 38, 71.
George Henry, 38.
Henry Mead, 50, 80.
Jacob Harris, 79, 80.
John Lowe, 49, 80.
Lizzie Maria, .50, 80.
Louis Francis, 71.
Louisa Adeline, 49, 80.
Lyman Wheeler (105-iv.), 4, 7,
48, 49, 80.

Merriam, Mary Elizabeth, 80.
 . Sarah Abbie, 80.
 , William Cullen Bryant, 71.
MerriU, Ella (Howe), 127.
 , William M., 127.
Messenger, Calvin (118-i.), 25, 107,
108, 111, 112.
 , George Edward, 109.
Messinger, Betsey (PhUlips) (122-i.),
25, 107, 108, 111, 112, 160.
 , Calvin, 108.
 , EHas, 107.
 , Horace P. (l20-ii.), 108, 109.
 , John, 107.
 , Lauretta Lucetta (Wellington),
109.
 . OUve (Ware), 107.
 , Rachel (Putnam), 107.
 , Sarah Winch (HartweU), 107-
109.
 , Thomas (117-i.), 107.
 , Timothy, 107.
Milbourn, Capt. Peter, 15.
MiUer, Mr., 125.
Minot, Dea. Samuel, 106.
 , Dorcas (Prescott), 106.
 , James, 106.
 , Rebecca (Wheeler), 106.
 , Sarah (Prescott), 106.
MitcheU. Miss, 64.
Moore, Anna (Mead), 120.
 , WilUam, 120.
Morrill, Albert Mead, 140.
 , Arthur Clifton, 140.
 , Harvev C, 140.
 , Sylvia A. (165-iii.), 127, 140.
Morse, Church, 138.
 , Edith Minnie (Mead), 138.
Moulton, .Mr. J. C, 53.
Munger, Rev. S. S., 55.
Nason, Gladys Frances, 75.
 , Helen Frances (Lowe) (74-i.),
42, 75.
 , Henry F., 75.
Nourse, Henry, 117.
Nutter, Ann Maria (Putnam), 28.
 . Horatio G., 28.
 , John H., 153.
 , Mary EUzabeth (Stone), 153.
Oliver, Hon. Thomas, 105.
Paine, Timothy, 21.
Palmer, Chariotte (Fiske), 54.
 , Dr. Thomas, 8, 54.
Park, Hon. Stuart J., 102.
Parker, Abigail (Lakin), 104.
 . Abigail (Prescott), 104.

184

Index.

Parker, Deborah (Prescott), 105.
 , James, 104.
 . Samuel, 104.
 , Samuel, 105.
ParkhUl, John, 55, 63.
 , Margaret (Cleghorn), 55.
Patch, Adelbert Henry, 135.
 , Andrew, 135. .
 , Andrew Warren, (170-i.), 135,
141, 142, 153.
 , John Herbert, 135.
 , Lucie Maria, 135.
 , Maria (Mead) (151-iv.), 48,
122, 138, 149.
 , Maria (Mead), 172.
 , Ruth Stanwood, 142.
 , Sarah Elizabeth (Stone), 141,
142, 153.
PatershaU, H. de, 91.
Patten, Mr., 114.
 . Nathaniel, 156.
 , Sarah (Cooper), 156.
Payson, Rev. John, 34, 35, 87.
Perkins, Abigail (Dodger), 19.
 , Abraham, 19.-?52^a^<<-<u-V , i*. '¦
Perry, WUHam, Esq.. 164.
Peters, Ann Maria (Stevens) (156-
n.), 123, 138.
 . Effie Maria, 138.
 , George Lewis, 138.
Phelps, Elizabeth (Hartwell), 36.
 , Rev. Lawrence, 61.
 , Samuel, 36.
PhUlips, Betsev (Hamlin) (123-ii.)
110-112.
 , Blaney, 110.
 . Christian (Wadsworth), 110.
 , Rev. George, 110.
 , Col. Ivers, 112.
 , John, 112.
 , Sally (Dwelly), 112.
 , SaUy (Thurston), 112.
 , Samuel, 160.
 , Seth, 112.
 , Seth (121-vi.), 110-112.
 , Thomas, 112.
Phinney, Capt. Charles H., 56.
Phipps, Sir WiUiam, 18.
Pickering, Thomas, 20.
Pitts, Harvard Brooks, 27.
 , Mary Emma (Upton), 27.
Plummer, Mary (Low), 19.
 , Dr. Samuel, 19.
Prescott. 88-90. 100.
 , AbigaU (Oliver), 105.
 , Alice, 93.
 , Alice (.MoHneaux), 92.
 , Ann, 92.
 . Anne, 92.

Prescott, Hon. Benjamin, 105.
Caleb, 101.
CecUia, 93.
Charies B., 80.
Deborah, 101.
Ebenezer, 105.
Elizabeth, 92, 101.
Elizabeth (Nightingale), 91.
Elizabeth (Spalding), 105.
Elizabeth (Whitcomb), 102.
Ellen (  ), 93.
Ellen Augusta (Merriam) (104-
), 80.
Ellen (Shaw), 92.
Ephraim, 101.
George TUton, 80.
Grace, 102.
Hannah (  ), 101.
Hannah (Farnsworth), 105.
Helen, 92, 93.
Hesadiah, 102.
Jabez, 102.
James, 80, 91, 101, 104.
Sir James (106-i.), 91, 92, 100.
Sir John, 91, 92.
Capt. John (109-v.), 80, 85, 90,
93-100. John, 91, 92, 101.
Jonas, 102, 105.
Jonas (112-ix.), 101-104.
Jonas (114-iii.), 104, 105.
Jonathan, 101, 102.
Joseph, 101 .
Joshua, 101, 102.
Margaret, 91.
Martha, 101.
Mary, 101, 102.
Mary (Loker), 102-104.
Mary (Page), 105.
Mary (Platts), 93, 100.
Nathaniel, 104.
Nathaniel (113-x.), 101.
Ralph, 91.
Ralph (108-iv.), 92, 93.
Richard, 93.
Robert, 91.
Roger (107-ii.), 91-93.
Sarah (  ), 101.
Thankful (Wheeler), 105.
Thomas, 101.
Walter, 91.
William, 91, 92.
Priest, Emma Melissa (Mead) (160-
ii.), 124, 138, 139.
 , Frank, 138, 139.
— -, Maud Beatrice, 139.
Pring, WiUiam, 145.
Proctor, WiUiam, 47.
Putnam, Bertha Ernestine, 43.

Index.

185

Putnam, Clayton Lowe, 4!1.
 , Daniel, Ksq,, 79,
 , Dfinlel Cowdin (85-iii.), 28, !U.
 , Bdna Mary (Lowe) (82-ii.), 3,
4, 6-H, 82, 47, 50, 52, 109, 180.
 , Ethel U_pton, .12.
 , Prank Porter, 28,
 , I'ranlt Webster, 32.
 , Frederic Adams, 28.
 , Gertrude Curtis, 31.
 , Helen Cliflbrd, 81.
 , Helen Bdna, 32, 50.
 , Henry Marshall, 42, 43.
^^, I.siiinli, 47.
— , .)ame,s Edward (36-iv.), 4, 7,
• 28, 82, 107
 , James P,, 27, 2H, 50.
 , Kate 15, (Urner), 81,
 , Lucy, 27.
 , Taicv Ann (r.,owe) (55-viii.), 37,
42, 43.
 , Mabel Urucr, 32,
 , NelUe (Brown), 32,
 , RiUli, 82,
 , Susan Abigail (Upton) (24-vi,),
25, 28, 50.
 , Thomas Farrington, 28,
 , Walter Herbert, 28.
 , William Sweetser, 28.

Rand, Jonathan, 11(>,
KhiikIiL or Kiiiglit, Mary (Low), 19.
Riggs, Christine Louisa, 60,
 , Rev. Ezra Jackson, 4, 59, 60.
 , Ida Louisa (Lowe) (90-x.), 4,
7, 47, 59, 60, 130.
 , Nelson Francis, 60.
Rittct-. AbigaU (Low), 20.
 , David, 20.
Roberts, Charles G., 142,
Robbins, Hannah, 15(),
 , Nathaniel, 156,
Robinson, ex-Gov, Charles, 40,
 , Mrs. Sara T. U , 40.
Rugg, Hannah (Prescott), 101.
 , John, 100, 101.
 , Mortha (Prescott), 100, 101.
RusseU, Charles, 160, 161, 164.
 , I-Iamiah (Adams), 157, 159,
a 60.
— , Hannah, 160.
 , Harry H., 138.
 , Harriet Stone (Farrar), 160-
162, 164.
 , Hastings, 156.
 , James, 160.
 .Jennie (McDonough), 161.
 , John, 160.
1!)

RusseU, John Wesley, 161.
Joseph, Jr., 156.
Joseph, 156, 160.
Mabel Viola (Mead), 188.
Martha, 156.
Margaret, 160,
Margaret (Adams), 160.
Mary Adams, 160.
Mary (Belcher), 156,
Mary (Patten), 15(!.
Mary (Wyman), 156.
Nathaniel, 160.
Sally (Phillips), 112, 160, 161.
Sarah A,, 160.
Sir John, 155, 156.
Susan, 100.
Thomas, 157, 159, 160.
Walter, 156, 157, 159, 160,
Walter, Jr,, 160,
William, 155, 156.
Rust, Robert, 20.

Sakkoku, Joseph, 16,
 , Sarah (Low), 16.
Sanders, Rev. C. M,, 57.
Sawyer, Abner, 84, 87.
Amos, 84, 87.
Beulah, 84, 87.
Bezeleel, 84.
Caleb, 84.
Caroline Lowe (Russell), 161.
Charles K., 161.
Elias, 86, 98.
EliKabeth (Perkins), 87.
Bphraini, 98.
Eunice, 84, 87.
Bzra, 84, 87.
Hannah, 84.
James, 84.
John, 84, 85, 87.
Jonathan B., 118.
Joseph, 84, 85, 87.
Joshua, 84.
Luke, 35, 84, 87.
Mary (Houghton ?), 105.
Mary (Prescott) (llO-i.), 7.s,
96, 100, 101.
Mary (Prescott), 87.
Mary (Sawyer), 85, 87.
May, 87.
Mercy (Mead), 118.
Molly (Stewart), 87.
Moses, 85.
Nathaniel (llS-x.), 84, 85, 87,
105. Phineas (H6-vii.), 87.
Phineas, 84, 85, 87.
Polly (Smith), 87.

186

fmUx.

Sawyer, Samuel, S7.
 , Thomas, TS, ,s.|. ,S7, 96. 9S, 99,
101.
Scott, Rev, G. R, W., ;!2, .'".O, 56, f.;i,
v^cribner, Rev. Matthew, 111,
Sccciuub, Ufv. lohn, 11.7,
Sill, Capt. .Joseph, 1. '¦>(>,
Simonds, Abel, 4(i,
 . Clark. 4(i,
 , Mr,, 94.
Skidmore, Thomas, 9I'.
Smith, ArdeHa (Fairbanks), 112.
 , Polly, .M5.
SiivdtV, Adam, 52.
Spalding, ThanUliil (Prescott), lo.^.
 , Timothy, lO.''".
Spnulding, AllVcil, .'19.
Standish, Ale.x., 91,
Standish, Ralph, 91.
 , Roger, hst],, 91.
Stearns, llcnrv Martin, 39.
 , Justin, 05.
 , Marv Caroline (Lowe), !i9.
 , Mary (Low), 19.
Steele, Abbie Louise (Lowe) (fi7-x.),
37. I!l.
 , (5eorge W.. 4!t.
 , Olive Ulvira, I.M.
 , WiUiam, IM.
 , Winnlfred, 43.
Stevens, Ada (lohnsoii), 1!1S.
 , Alice S. (iiuilfonl), 11!!.
 . Anna (Mead) (12N-iit,), 119,
120, 146,
 , Annie M. (Lincoln), 123,
 , Ulla M, (IVrrv), Ma,
 , l!ngcnc CUIlbnl (174-i.), I!i7,
 , I'ranoes Adelaide (Mead) (154-
viii,), 12!1, 1!t7, 1 U),
 , Ifrnncis llcnrv (155-1.), 12.M,
1!17,
 , Pi-ederie Roscoe (175-i.), l.MH,
113.
 , Gertrude A„ 138.
 , (icorgc Lyman, 123,
 , llarmd FranciH, 143,
 , Lvnion Guillbrd, 14!1,
 , IVittria (Stearns), 123.
 , Mo.scs (lar.-ii.), 120, 12,'l.
 , Myra (Whitcomb), 123.
 , Myra R. (Whitcomb), 13H.
 , Oliver W., 120,
 , Ralph Udwin, ll.3,
 , Sophia, 120,
 , Snaan, 1 20.
 , WUliam, 120.
 , William Udwin (15H-iv.), 12.1,
138,
Stewart, Rev, S. J,, ."i 4,

Stickney, Charles E , 3<,i.
 , Marv Caroline (Lowe) (Stearns),
39.
Stone, Amos, 151.
— , Ann, 150,
 , Ann (t5rav), 1.^3.
 , Ann M. (Lindsey), 152,
 , Hei\iiindn, 151.
 , Hninm (Parker), 151.
 , Eunice (I'-nirbanks), ll'ii, 152,
—— , Ilea. Simon, 10(5,
^^, l''rnnce», 150,
— , Hannah, 151,
 , Hannah (Jones), 152,
 , Isaac, 151,
 , Jasper, 54, 152, 153,
 , Jasper Grnv, 15;i,
 .Jasper (l90-vi,). 152, 153,
 . .oan (Clark), 150,
 , John, 150,
 , ^ onas, 151,
 , onntiinn, 141, 15.'l,
 .Joseph, 151-153,
 , Joseph (lH(i-viii,), 106, 151,
 , Josiah, 152.
 . l,ol8, 152.
— , Lydia, 151.
— , Marie, 150.
 , Mary, 151.
 , Mary (llabcocU), 152,
 , Marv L„ 56.
 , Marv l„ (Andrews), 153,
 , Mary Patten (Swett), 54, 153.
• — , Mary (Pi-cacott) (llS-iv.), 105,
106, 151.
 , Marv (Robbins), 15(1,
 , Marv (Whipple), 160,
 , Molfy (Mooi-e), 151,
 , Phineas (IHH-v.), 152.
 , Phineas Jones, 152.
 , Rebecca (  ), 151.
 , 8. Rebecca (Andi-cws), 153.
 . Sally. 153.
—', Saninel, 151,
 , Sarah, 151.
 , Sarah Ann (HaU), 152,
 , Sarah (Farnsworth), 150, 151.
 , Sarah L. (Adams), 153.
 , Sarah (Lunipkin)^ 180.
 , Sarah L. (Mills), 152,
— , Silas, 152.
 , Silas (IHT-vU.), 101, 152,
 , Simon, 150, 181.
 , Simon (1H4~U1.), 180.
 , Simon (1H5-i,), 150, 151,
 , vSvbil, 151.
 , fhanldnl, 151.
Story, Znclierv, 20.
Sweetser, Mahitable (Upton), 28,

Index.

IS?

Sweetser, Thomas, 25.
Swett, Rev. Charles Darius, 54.
Swift & Co., G. F., 52, 56, 57, 60.
Symonds, Gov. Samuel, 13, 17.
 , Harlakendon, 13, 17.

Taylor, Ann Whitman, 147.
 . Betsey, 149, 153.
 , Betsey Fairbanks (Stone) (189-
vi.), 148-150, 152, 153.
 , Betty (Wetherbee), 147, 148.
 . Elwood E., 30.
 , Ephraim, 147.
 , Eunice, 149, 153.
 , Franklin, 149, 153.
 , Hezekiah, 148.
 , Jabe, 147.
 , Jonathan, 148.
 , John, 147.
 , Lovell, 148.
 , Lvdia, 147.
 . M'ary, 148, 149, 153, 170.
 , Mary Diekerson (Bowers), 149.
 , Mary Emily (Davis), 30.
 . Marv (MacLaughlin), 147.
 , OUver (181-v.), 147, 148.
 . Oliver (182-i.), 148-150, 153.
 , Phineas, 147.
 , Sally (Wetherbee), 148.
 , Solomon (180-iii.), 147.
 , Solomon, 147.
 , Tabbathy, 147.
 , Varnum, 149, 153.
Thorndike, Elizabeth, 16.
 , John, 13, 16.
Thurston, Caroline (Boutelle), 42.
 , Cyrus, 41.
Tilson, Alderman, 15.
Tooly, Thomas, 15.
Torrey, Ebenezer, 168.
Towle, Charles Fred, 154.
 , James Roby, 154.
 , Virginia, 154.
Townend, Harry Garthwaite, 30, 31.
 . Robert Vose, 31.
 , Maurice Garthwaite, 31.
 , Susan Amelia (Upton) (32-xi.),
26, 30, 31.
Trenchard, Sir Thomas, 155.
TwitcheU, Anna Betsey (Mead) (152-
vi.), 123, 135, 136, 149.
 . Anna (Mead), 49.
 , Charles Stanley, 135, 136.
 , Clarence Varnum, 49, 136.
 , Martha M. (Bean) (Haddock),
136.
Tyler, Rev. H. M., 59.
 , J. G., 67.

Upton, Abbie S. (Brown), 32.
 , Abigail, 25.
 , AbigaU (Downe), 27.
 , AbigaU (Low) (14-i.), 23.
 , Angeline, 25.
 , Betsey (Messinger) (109-iv.),
25, 26, 108.
 , Calvin, 26.
 , Carrie A. (Holden), 32.
 . Charles (25-vii.), 25, 28.
 , Charles Emerson, 27.
 . Charles Herbert, 28.
 , Daniel C, 26.
 , Dorothy Christine, 31.
 , Edwin (22-iv.), 25, 27.
 , Edwin, 32.
 , Ethelyn, 30
 . Eunice (Vinton), 25.
 , Frances Elizabeth, 31.
 , Frederic Willis, 28.
 , George Clinton (37-i.), 28, 32.
 , George Vose, Jr., 31.
 , George Vose (33-xu.), 26, 31.
 , Hannah (Stanley), 24.
 , Harriet Downe, 27.
 . Harrison (30-vi.,), 26, 30.
 , Helen Abbott (Mason), 31.
 , Helen Beatrice, 31.
 , John, 23, 24.
 , John (23-v.), 25, 27, 28.
 , John v., 25.
 , Joseph, 31.
 , Joseph (17-i.), 24, 25.
 , Joseph (19-i.), 25, 26, 108.
 , LiUian, 28.
 , Louisa Adeline (Burgess), 30.
 , Louisa C. (WUlis), 27, 28.
 , Louisa Maria (Farwell), 27.
 , Lydia H., 26.
 . Maraton, 29.
 , Marcella, 30.
 , Sarah Amelia (Hagar), 28.
 , Sarah M. (Greenwood), 30.
 , Susan EUzabeth (Upton) (27-
i.), 26, 29.
 , Susan (Thurston), 25, 28.
 , Thomas (21-iii.), 25, 27.
 . Timothy Felton (18-iv.), 25.
 , William, 24, 25.
 , William Maraton, 29.
Varnum, John, 104.
 , Dorothy (Prescott), 104.
Vaughn, Susan (Brendorif), 59.
 , WiUiam E., 59.
Vose, WilUam H., 70.
Wadsworth, Capt., 98.
Walcott, Frederic, 147.

188

Index.

Walcott, Molly (Taylor), 147.
WaUace, Amy Louise, 31.
 , Amy Louisa (Upton) (34-ii.),
28, 31.
 , Charies E., 73.
 , Frederic, 31,
 , Harold L., 73,
 , Herbert Ingalls, 31.
 , Martha Roberta (Lowe) (67-
in.), 39, 73.
 , Rodney, 31.
 , Ruth L., 73.
 , Sophia Ingalls, 31.
Walter, Nehemiah, 82.
Waters, Lawrence, 96.
Webber, George H., 56.
 , Sarah Jane (Smith), 56.
Webster, Nathaniel, 17.
WeUs, Edmund, 82.
Wentworth, Clarence, 39.
 , Fannie Elizabeth, 39.
Westland, Richard, 15.
Wetherbee, Betty (Whitney), 147.
 , Daniel, 116.
 , Phineas, 147.
Wheeler, Amos, 23, 79.
 , Betty (Taylor), 147.
 , Levi, 147.
 . Mary, 79.
 , Mary (Low) (16-iii.), 23, 37, 79.
 , Sarah (Prescott), 101.
 , Richard, 98, 101.
Whitcomb, Albert S., 53.
 , Betsey (Mead), 120.
 , Col., 116, 117.
 , Col. Asa, 117.
 . Col. John, 119.
 , Martha Abigail (WUUs), 53.
 , Peter, 120.
Whipple, Daniel F., 57.
 , Irene A. (Boynton), 57.
Whitney, Abraham, 99. 144, 146, 151.
 , Abraham (178-vni), 146.
 , Albert E., 76.
 , Capt. Salmon, 117.
 , Elijah, 146.
 , Elinor (  ), 145.
 . Elizabeth, 146.
 , Elizabeth (Lee), 146.
 , Eustace, 144.
 , Isaiah, 146.
 . Isaiah (176-x.), 145, 146.
 , John, 144-146.
 , Jonathan, 145.
 , Judith (Clement), 145.
 . Mary, 146.
Mary Ellen (Lowe) (77-i.), 42,

76.

Mary (Kedall or Kettle), 145.

146.

as.

Whitney, Mary (Stone), 151,
 , Mrs. Sarah (Woodard) (Eddy),
145.
 , Nathaniel, 145.
 , Richard, 145.
 , Roy Lowe, 76.
 , Sarah. 146.
 , Sarah (Whitney), 144,
 , Sir Randolph de, 144,
 , Sir Robert, 144.
 , Thomas (175-iv.), 145.
Wiggin, Joseph, 25.
 , Lucy (Upton), 25.
Wilder, Col. Oliver, 117.
 , Jerome W., 38.
 , Mary, 84.
 , Mary Eliza (Merriam),
Wiley, Miss Eleanor L., 10.
WiUard, 37.
 , Dorcas (Cutler), 117.
 , Hannah (Houghton), 117.
 . Henry, 117.
 , James, 117.
 , Eliza (Dunster), 117.
 , Maj. Simon, 117.
 , Mary, 117.
 , Mary (Lakin), 117.
 , Mary (Sharp), 117.
WiUis, Aaron Sawyer, 78.
 . Elijah, 147.
 , Hannah (Tavlor), 147.
Winch, Abbie A. (Stevens), 123.
 , George G., 123.
Winthrop, Gov. John, 15, 110.
Wise, Joseph, 82.
Wood, Abbie Lawrence, 35.
 , Annie Laurie, 35.
 , Katherine Kimball, 35.
 , Lucinda Maria (Dimond), 35.
 , Mrs. Lydia (Messinger) (Hawes),
34, 35, 44, 108.
 , Rev. John, 35, 52, 59, 65, 108.
Woodard, George, 145.
Woods, Mary Hale (Lowe),
Wright, Emma Augusta
(168-in.), 129, 141.
 , Eunice Cummings, 65.
 , George Sumner, 141.
 , Harriet Lydia (Lowe)
xiv.), 4, 7, 8, 47, 65.
 , Mary, 141.
 , Margaret, 141,
 , Warren M<ad, 141,
 , WiUiam Hamilton, 65,
 , WUma Harriet, 65.
Wyman, David, 157.
 , Mr. WiUiam, 43.
Wymarde, Alexander, 92.
 . Anne (Prescott), 92.

23. (Mead)

(94-

Index. 189

ILLUSTRATIONS.
John Lowe and Family, 1892, . ... . frontispiece
Coat of Arms, .... . ... title page
Signatttres of John Lowe Family Circle, . . . . 7
John Lowe,  .... opp. 44
Sarah M. Lowe, ... . . opp. 112
Facsimile of Letter of Sarah M. Lowe, . 131-134
Mary A. R. Lowe, ... . opp. 154
Signatttres of David and Lotiisa Lowe,  168