CENTENNIAL GATHERING OF THE Sctyw&fd family, WITH ADDRESS BY I GEORGE W. HAYWARD, AND POEM, BY ALMIRA L. HAYWARD. p Easton, August 14th, 187S. I TAUNTON, MASS.: JOHN S. SAMPSON, PRINTER. 1879. ■ / jff- I / CENTENNIAL GATHERING OF THE H a y w a 1 ‘ cl T a rq i 1 y, WITH ADDRESS BY HAYWARD,W.GEORGE AND Easton, August 14th, 1S7S. TAUNTON. MASS. : •IOIIX S. SAJ1PSOX, PlilNTEH. 1879. POEM. BA7 ALMIRA L. HAYWARD. Scolf ofMUcS Ij.n.inams X»Uoirt» old I •4 PLyXyY of flic Town of Caston with the places of the houses and h itjhways thereon ’!’)»< oriental J’l ’JJcni Cobb Surveyor, ,-AV.cbot yr EASTON Xi 11 li 1! rr,r ( f J ii vM x_.^ £ i Cc.slPC ENTE N NIA L G A T11 EV. I NG. ADDRESS. hay ward. over >lony UY CART. GEO. As centennial celebrations are now quite common, ami this being the centennial anniversary of the building of the house in ■whicl. I live, and thinking that I van give some information re specting the house, and also respecting that branch of the Hayward family to which I belong, that may be interesting to relatives and friends, 1 shall endeavor to do so according to the best information I have been able to obtain. The information which I have respecting the early history of the Havward family, I obtained from Judge Elijah Hayward ol McConnelsville, Ohio, (whose papers are now in possession of Ellis Ames, Esq. of South Canton), ami from .Mitchell's History of Bridgewater. Thomas Hayward and his wife Susanna were born in England; were last there at Aylsford in the county of Kent; came over in the ship Hercules of 2(10 tons, John Weatherby, master, wjth 5 of their children, in the early part of the summer of 1635. He first settled in Duxbury, and was one of the original proprietors, and one of the earliest and eldest of the set I let's of Bridgewater. His will is dated in 1678, and he died in 1681, his wife not living at the date of his will. His children were Thomas, Nathaniel, John, Joseph ami Elisha, born in England, and who came over with their father in 1635; Alary and Martha, probably born in Duxbury. Mary married Ensign Edward Mitchel ; Martha married her cousin John Haward, (1 lay ward). Mitchell, in his history of Bridgewater, says that John always wrote his name Haward and so did till his descendants until after 1700, but for the last century it has been invariably written Howard. He .also says that the (wo names Hayward and Haward were uni formly pronounced alike Howard, and that they were perhaps the same originally and both Hayward, but in writing, John fc^nitted the y. Jttakre Hayward said there were 3 brothers that came together,.ami that John senior remained in Plymouth e 0 CENTENNIAL G ATI I ERING. only not certain what Judge Hayward said about the other | ■ossnian, a short time, and then went to New Jersey, but bis son John stayed and married bis cousin, daughter of Thomas Hayward. I am brother. Thomas Esq. (son of Thomas 1st), was also one of the first settlers of Bridgewater, and by far the most honored and distin guished man in the place ; was one of the first military officers; was a magistrate, ami one of the Governor’s assistants, and Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and Sessions, 1692. His death was caused by a fall from’ his horse, August 15, 1698. He left a widow, Sarah, but no children. Nathaniel, (son of Thomas 1st), married Hannah, daughter of Deacon John Willis, had 6 sons and 1 daughter. John, (son of Thomas 1st), married Sarah, daughter of Exper ience Mitchell and had 5 sons and 5 daughters. Experience Mitchell was one of the forefathers, (a name usually applied to those who came over in the first three ships), and came over in the third ship, the Ann, in 1623. Deacon Joseph, (son of Thomas 1st), married, first, Alice, daughter of Elder William Brett ; had a second wife, name not known; married, third, Hannah, daughter of Experience Mit chell, about 1682. His children were Joseph, 1673; Alice, 1683; .Mary, 168.5; Thomas, 16.87; Edward, July 24th, 1689; Hannah, 1691; Susanna, 1695; Peter, 1699; Abigail, 1 702. Alary married Thomas Ames, (son of John Ames and great grandfather of Oliver Ames of Easton). Hannah married Captain Ebcnezer Byram, 1714. Capt. Byram with all his children went to Morris County, New Jersey, about 1 744. Abigail married Zachariah Snell, (son of Josiah), 1731; he was one of the early settlers in North Bridgewater. She lived to a great age, between 90 and 100; one of her granddaughters married Dr. Peter Bryant and was mother of Win. Cullen Bryant, the poet. Many of the Snells, now living in Brockton, are her descendants. Elisha, (son of Thomas 1st), was never married; he lived in East Hrfclgewiitvr, at Joppa, and his brother-in-law, EdwjUjd Mitchell, lived with him, and had most of his estate. Joseph, (son of Deacon Joseph,) married Sarah 7C E NT ENN IA L GATHERING. 1703; their children were 3 sons and 5 daughters. I have no knowledge of this family or any of their descendants. Thomas, (son of Deacon Joseph), married Bethiah Waldo and lived where Dr. Heed lived in West Bridgewater; their children were 2 sons and 4 daughters. Many of the Haywards in Brock ton are descendants of Thomas. Petek, (son of Deacon Joseph), married Abigail Williams of Taunton, 1732; their children were Jonathan, 1734; Hannah, 17 18. Hannah married Samuel Kinsley. Jonathan married Mary, daughter of .Major Isaac Johnson, 1769; their children were Abigail, Jonathan. Jerah’meel, Polly, Hannah. Martin, Barzilai, Daniel and Betsey, twins. Jonathan .and Jerahmecl lived in Easton, northerly from Easton furnace. Polly married John Tilden, 1796; Martin married Susanna, daughter of Daniel Manley, 1808, ami lived near where his father ami grandfather lived. Barzilai graduated al Brown University, Providence, in 1807. He was a physician and lived in Northampton and then in Munson, where he died and left a family. Daniel and Nathaniel w'ere sons of Jerahmecl, and were inventors of preparing India rubber for making over shoes and boots. Charles, who lives where his father lived, and Albert, arc tflso sons of Jernhmeel. By the records of the proprietors of Taunton North Purchase, it appears that Joseph Hayward and his brother-in-law, Edward Mitchell of Bridgewater, laid out a lot' of land in said North Purchase, containing 101 acres, Sept. 12, 1697; there are now six houses on this lot; and in 1701 they laid out two other lots, one on the southerly and the other on the easterly side of the first lot. In the Bristol County Land Records, Book No. 12, page 536, there is recorded a deed from Joseph Hayward of Bridgewater to Edward Hayward of Taunton North Purchase, (now Easton), conveying about 131 acres of land, which lieth in a body together, in and about the neck of land that lieth bet ween the little cedar swamp on the easterly, a little brook and cran berry meadow brook on the northerly and westerly, mid the Btaait swamp on the southerly side. Reference to the proprietors rcconik for the bounds thereof, dated Nov. 8, 1717. All that s CENTENNIAL GATH EIIING. 1 I 1 I I prevents this from being an island is the ridge of land near the cemetery, over which the road passes. Epwaku H.\ywai:i>, (son of Deacon Joseph), settled in Taun ton North Purchase, now Easton, as early as 1714. In 1715 he married Hannah, daughter of Benjamin Kinslev, (who lived about mile northerly from where the road from here to Bridge- water crosses the turnpike). Their children were Hannah, July 15, 1716; Edward, April 13, 171'8, died .April 13, 1739, aged 21, wanting 5 days; Joseph, .April 27, 1722, died June 14, 1740,aged 18 years; Alatthew, De cember 10, 1728. His wife died November 11, 1747. l ie mar ried Keziah White, widow of Edward White of West. Bridge water, October 2G, 1 748. d'heir children were: Edward, July 31, 1749; Keziah, July 12, 1751; Joseph, July 17, 1753; Solo mon, August. 2, 1755. He died May 21, 1760, in the 71st year of his age, ami was buried near where the first meeting house in Easton stood, where his first wife and two sons were buried. He was Deacon of the Congregational Church, and was made the first Justice of the Peace in Easton, in 1737. He also repre sented the town in the State Legislature. His widow married Deacon Robert Pandall, January 9, 1764. He , (son of Edward, Esq.,) married Susanna, daughter 21, 1771. 5, 1783. of Abner Hayward of West Bridgewater, November Their children were: Susanna, 1773; Edward, Nov. He built the house where John Pool Esq. lived, sold his farm to Caleb Dunbar, and Dunbar sold it to Deacon Samuel Pool. He moved to West Bridgewater where his grandson Edward Hayward now lives, on a farm he had of his wife’s brother (Capt. Abner Hayward). His wife died about 1800, and he married Betty Powers, 1802. He died 1825, in his 76th year. Susanna married Josiah Copeland (son of Elijah of Easton). Their children were Horatio, Hiram, and Susan. Edward Jr. married Parnell, daughter of James Howard of West Bridgewater, 1805. Their children were Eliza, 1806; Rhoda, 1808; Susanna, 1810; Edward, 1812; Vesta, 1815. His wife died 1818; he married widow Sally Keith, 1820. Edward married Stella, daughter of Col. Alanson White and had one son and two daughters, none of whom are living; his son died in the army. He is* now the only descendant of his grandfather Capt. Edward Hayward, by the name of Hayw;ard. Solomon, (son of Edward Esq.) married Martha, daughter of Jonathan Burr of West Bridgewater, 1780; their children were 5 sons and 5 daughters, (2 sons and 2 daughters died young,) feB^nrd, .Adah, Patty, Caroline, Solomon and Royal A. Edward was oSLu-ksinith and settled in New Lebanon, Columbia Co., N. Y. Adali ifcirried Jcdediah Willis and lived in Milton. Caro- 10 CENTENNIAI, GATHEKING. line married John Neal of Lytclifield, Maine. Solomon went to Gallipolis, Ohio, when Io years of age, and lived with Gen. Edw. Tupper; learned the cabinet maker’s trade and did a good busi ness making and selling furniture for manv years. He has been Mayor of the city, lie is still living, aged 87 years, lie has had 2 wives and 10 children, several of whom are living near him. His son \\ m. G. has a large furniture store in Gallipolis and is the only son he lias living. Koya] went to Gallipolis with his father, mother, sister Patty and her daughter Maria in 1821 ; he was a tailor and worked al that business; he married and had 7 children; only 1 son and 2 daughters are now living. His son John L. has a drug store and is doing a good business. His daughters that, are living are married and have large families. He died March 26, 1840, in the 38th year of his age. Patty’s daughter, Maria T. Simmons, married Wm. C. Sisson; she has 2 sons and 4 daughters living, all married except her youngest son. She lives with her daughter, Maria E., wife of P>. !•'. Buller, pro prietor of the Kline House, Point Pleasant, West* Virginia. I’ncle Solomon’s wife died at Gallipolis, Sept. 5, 1.823, aged 62 years; he died Sept. 29, 1.831, aged 76 years. The estate of Edward Hayward, Esq., containing 484 acres of land with the buildings thereon, was divided between his 3 sons, Edward, Joseph and Solomon, in June, 1 772. Il was appraised nt 1028 pounds (3410 dollars). Edward received for his share 170 acres, Joseph 136 acres with the buildings thereon, Solomon 178 acres, appraised at 1'342, 3 s. 4 <1. each. Edward built the house near the railroad, probably soon after, as he was married November 21, 1771. Solomon sold his share todillerent. persons and first bought a farm in Mansfield and afterwards in Middle borough. He lost considerable of his property by the deprecia- ■ tion of continental paper money. He tended the grist mill in Easton when I was a boy. In September, 1821, he with his family went to Gallipolis, Ohio. In 1 778 Joseph moved off the house in which his father had lived and set it a little in front of where the hop kiln now stands, and used it to store bis farming tools and other things in; blown down September 23, 1815. The house in whn^^rf now live was built by him the same year on the site of t hdf'obi house. 11CENTENNIAL G A T11EI i IN G. Ih It is 40 ft. long, 32 ft. wide, two stories high, with 8 ft. studding; the outside walls covered with shinglesand painted red. In 183-1 it was partly new shingled on the walls, and new window frames ami sashes in the lower story except the West end, which now has the same covering that it had when first built. The house fronts south; the roof on the front side has been shingled twice, and the north side three times. I have beard father say that he paid the carpenters two shillings (331r cents) per day and board; and that he paid sixty dollars for 100 ft. of window glass of which he made 12 windows, 24 lights each, glass 6 x 8; the other windows were made of diamond shaped glass set in lead, prob ably taken from the old house, one of which is still remaining, the one between the buttery and porch. The old porch being small it was taken away in 1810, and a new porch built (about Hi x 18). The bouse has been painted red three times, and the trimmings white five or six times. Blinds were put to the windows in 1858. The chimney near the centre of the house is large, into which, enter flues from 5 fire places and 2 brick ovens; the fire place in the kitchen was 7 or 8 ft. broad with an oven back of one corner of it, in which my father smoked hams. When a child, I have often sat in one corner of the fire place, in front of the oven, when there was a fire in the other corner. In 1834 there was an iron fire place set in the kitchen and a new oven built in front of the old one which cut of! till communication with it. The house originally contained 9 finished rooms and a large chamber and attic un finished; in the unfinished chamber there have been made one large room, one bedroom and a clothes room, and two bedrooms and two clothes rooms in the attic. An open wood fire has ever been kept in the sitting room when the weather was cold enough to require it. There is an iron fire frame in said room, cast from a pattern made by brother Ansel, before lie went to Illinois. Many are the travellers and pedlers that have been accommo dated in I his house. At 1 he time the house was built, the road from Bridgewater at this place; there was no road westerly from here until aboti^^silb, when a road was built to the road which it crosses 12 CENTENNIAL GATHERING. I I■e (stood on was continued bucket full of water without riling it. enough to drink, it being at the temper- The water, There was a well about in the habit of getting rain i-ath L I nearly a mile from here; and about 15 years later by Easton Furnace. Carriages were not common in those times; people generally travelled on horseback or on foot. To go from here to Easton centre, they followed a cart path across the North Island and entered the road about ten rods easterly of a little brook near where Henry Lothrop now lives. I have heard mother say, she had rode that way to meeting, behind father on horseback, and carried a child in her lap, and that father carried another child forward of him. Father owned the second chaise that was owned in Easton; Dr. Edward Dean, his half sister’s son, owned the first. Another chaise was purchased by my father when I was a boy, which did good service while my parents lived. The way they first went to Taunton from here, was over the causeway where it now is to the South Island, then out nearly to where the road now runs, near Henry Howard’s, then along between where the road now is, and the great swamp, not coming to where the road is now travelled, until near a little brook just before coming to Wiimicunnett Village. There have been 20 births and 9 deaths in the house; the deaths were my two grandmothers, aged 85 and 90 years; my father and mother, aged 89 y., G ni., 25 <1., and 82 y., 10 m., 2G d.; my wife’s father and mother, aged 82 and 71 years; one sister in her 15th year; another sister aged 7 months and a brother, Daniel, aged 25 years, 10 months. The last death in the house was that of my wife’s father in 1850. The well is where it was dug by my grandfather, but it was not deep enough and father took up the stoning and dug it deeper. I have never known the water so low in it but that we could get a bucket full of water without riling it. It is 25 feet deep and the water cold uture of 52 deg. in the warmest days of Summer, being hard, is not good to wash with. 10 rods from the house where they were water for the purpose of washing', when they could not get water. In 1813 I had a brick cistern made in the cellar bet, the porch, which holds GO barrels of water and is seldomdflrv. I have been informed that the first barn on the iJrftie sivoo oi> J®' 13CENTENNIAL GATH EKING. a high spot of land between where the barn now stands and a small pond south-westerly from it. The second barn was a few rods north-westerly from Edward’s house, and was 30 x 45 ft. In 18-14 I built the barn now on the place which is 30 x 60 ft. with a cellar under the whole, and a well 20 ft. deep in the yard. It was shingled with pine shingles; being built soon after they commenced steaming the blocks and cutting the shingles, I had the westerly side of the roof shingled with cut shingles and the easterly side with sawed shingles, which were intended to be free from sap. The sappy shingles I put on the walls. The westerly side of the roof was shingled again in 1875; the easterly side has not yet been shingled but will soon need it. Joseph, (son of Edward, Esq.) married Lydia, daughter of Elisha Harrows, Esq., of Rochester, January 24, 1781; children, Elizabeth Smith, Rotheus, Lucy, Lydia who died in the loth year of her age, Joseph, Ansel, Elisha, Rowena, Sophia, Minerva who lived but 7 months, Edward Tupper, Daniel who died at the age of 25 years, 10 months, Lydia and George Washington— 7 sons ami 7 daughters. The aggiegate height of the 7 sons was 43 ft. in their shoes. Rotheus was 6 ft. 1 in.; Joseph, 6 ft. 4 in.; Ansel, 5 ft. 11 in.; Elisha, 6 ft.; Edward, 6 ft. 2 in.; Daniel, 6 ft. 7 in.; Geo. W. 6 ft. Mother thought her children took their height from her father who was 6 ft. 4 in. Father was not a tall man, he being only 5 ft. 8 or-9 in. He had a strong, sharp voice and was somewhat inclined to use it when he thought occasion required, lie was naturally of a cheerful, social dispo sition; although blind for the last ten years of his life, he ap peared reconciled to his condition, and enjoyed the society of his friends and acquaintances whenever they called to see him. He generally attended all town and society meetings as long as he was able, and occasionally went after he was blind. He usually said but little in those meetings, but when he did speak, it would generally be to the point, and would sometimes occasion quite a laugh. I think it was his endeavor to bring up his children in the way they should go, and probably he succeeded ^^well as most parents do. He endeavored to bring them up to habits id industry, and none of his children acquired the habit of intcinperaw drinking, or of using tobacco to chew, smoke or 14 C EN’TENNIAT, G ATI IERI NG. I fe. • II snuff; and so far as I know but few of his grandchildren have acquired that habit. I think be retained the respect and good will of his neighbors and acquaintances to the close of his life. He died Eebrnary 12, 1843, aged 89 years, 6 months, 25 days. He was undoubtedly the last survivor of the 3d generation from Thomas Hayward 1st, his death being 153 years, 6 months after the birth of his father, and nearly 208 years after the landing of Thomas Hayward with bis family at Plymouth, his grandfather, .Joseph Hayward, then being a child probably 2 or 3 years of age. Mv mother’s father, Elisha Barrows, was probably a descend ant of Robert Barrows, who was an early settler in Plymouth, where Elisha lived with his first wife, by whom he had 13 chil dren, 11 of whom died in infancy; the names of the survivors were Patience and Deliverance. Patience married a' Bates, he died and she married Benj. Bailey of Scituate, by whom she had Desire, Thankful, Roland, Patience and Elisha. Desire married Capt. Seth Howard (son of Jesse Howard of West Bridgewater) md went to Leeds, Maine. His son, Roland, was father of Gen. ). O. Howard of the U. S. army. Deliverance married Nathaniel Ruggles Esq. of Rochester. Their children were Nathaniel, Elisha Barrows, Thankful, Timothy, Mary, Thomas and Benja min. This family were remarkable for their height, Nathaniel ami Elisha B. were each 6 ft. 7 in. and Timothy was 6 ft. 10 in. Elisha Barrows Esq. lived in Rochester with his 2d wife, who was Eleanor, widow of Caleb Lombard, by whom he had Lydia, Hnldah and Elisha. He died November 9, 1767, aged 72 years, , and was buried in the cemetery at Rochester Town. He lived on the other side of the street from the cemetery and kept a tavern there. His widow married William Bassett for her third husband in 1 770, he died in 1791; she died at Easton in 1813, aged po years. Her maiden name was Eleanor Eldridge. Hnldah married .Moses Mendall of Rochester. Their children were Hannah, Moses, Elisha who died young, Hnldah, Mailer, William, Caleb .and Jonathan, none of whom are now living. Elisha Barrows died in the army in the time of the Indian War; he left a wife, and son William who lived in Lake County, •My mother died January 1 ), 1844, of erysipehtSj^M^F 82 years, Io months and 20 days. Previous to her last^rickncss she f * 15C E N T E N NIA L G AT HERING. enjoyed her corporal and mental faculties in an unusual degree for a person of her age, which enabled her to administer to the wants and contribute to the comfort of her aged companion dur ing the later years of his life, for several of which he was quite, feeble and entirely blind. His death preceded hers by otllv- eleven months. She was a member of the Congregational church in Easton for 57 years, of which church her husband was also a member; with him she was united in marriage G2 years. Iler descendants at the time of her death were I t children, 7 sons and 7 daughters, 1 I of whom lived to have families, but 7 oulv survived their parents; G7 grandchildren, 57 of whom were expected to be living, and about 50 great, grandchildren. Two of her children who left families died in their native town and two in the state of Ohio. Those who survived their parents re sided in four different states and her grandchildren in six states, viz: .Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and Louisiana; nt the present time, her descendants, I know not the number, are residents of J 7 states and territories, including the above named states, (except Louisiana), and the additional states, viz: New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minne sota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, California, Oregon, Colorado and Idaho. I think, my mother amply fulfilled that passage of scripture, which saith, “She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.” Lather kept sheep and had the wool manufactured into cloth; mother wove a piece of cloth every year until the last year of her life. As a singular coincidence, it seems worthy of record that Mr. and Mrs. Hayward were the last survivors of the children of. their parents, ami that they were also children of the second marriage of each of their parents, who by each of their marriages had families of children. .Mr. Hayward’s father died when he was 7 years old, aged 70 years; Nirs. Hayward’s father died when she was (> years old, at the age of 7’2 years, each of their mothers jimrried their third husbands, with whom, his mother lived 1!) her mother 2 I years. After the death of their third ImsbmriifcJiis mother lived a widow 19 years and her mother 21 years. Tho^mth died at the resilience of Mr. Hayward: Ids 16 CENTENN IA L GATHERING. of 'eifibrook, » Their He Lucy I ■1 ip mother in 1802 aged 85 years and her mother in 1813 aged 90 years. They were buried by the side of each oilier in a cemetery near this place, and neither of their husbands were buried near them. In this cemetery there are ten persons buried near each other, no graves between, whose aggregate ages are 90 1 years, viz: Deaeon Samuel Pool and wife, aged 94 and 97; his son John Pool Esq. and wife, aged nearly 95 and 89; my grandmothers, aged 85 and 90; my father and mother, and Rev. Silas Brett’s widow and her daughter Olive, aged 94 and 87 years. Deacon Pool and wife lived together 72 years; Esq. Pool and wife about 70 years. My sister Elizabeth Smith married Cyrus Howard, son Ebenezer Howard, and went to Madison, N. Y., where his father and all his brothers and sisters went. Their children were 7 sons and 2 daughters. 1 expect that 5 sons and I daughter are now living; 3 live in New York, 1 in Michigan and 2 in Massachusetts, and some of their grandchildren in Iowa and California. She died in her 83d year. Sister Lucy married Major Noah Reed of this town. •hildren were Lucy, Rotheus Hayward and Lydia Howe, lied in 1817 aged 30; she died in 1819 aged 30 years, married Deacon Ebenezer Drake of Stoughton and had 4 sons and 3 daughters; only 1 son and 2 daughters are now living. She died in the 70th year of her age. Their daughter Harriet married Gardner Petty, of Stoughton; he died, and she married A. T. Jones, editor of the Brockton Gazette. Lucy went a mis sionary to the central part of Hindostan, about 400 miles from Bombay. Her health failed and she returned in about 2 years. Rotheus II. married Rhuhama Howard, daughter of Alfred Howard of West Bridgewater, by whom he had two sons, one of whom died young; the ot her, Albert Henry, has a family ami lives in South Abington. His wife died and he married Mercy Lewis of Plymouth, and had one son who died young, and two daughters. He Jives where his father lived. Lydia Howe mar ried Abel G. Peck of Boston, in 1834, She died November 2 7^ 1835, leaving a daughter, Lydia Morgiana, who mttrried^M’- Field of Newton. Sister Rowena married Dr. Samuel T. Angier of CENTENNIAL GATHER! N G. 17 graduate of Brown University, Providence. They lived in Sussex Co., Virginia, two or three years, where he was a teacher, then returned to Easton, and then went to Ohio, where he com menced the practice of a physician in Adclpha, Athens County, at which place she died December 9, 1821, aged 31 years, 0 months, leaving a daughter, Mary Rowena, born November 17, 1824. Dr. Angier soon after went to Texas as an agent for Austin, who w as then establishing a colony in Texas, leaving his daughter at her uncle Edward’s in Waterford, Ohio, where she remained until 5 years old, when her father took her to Texas with him, she remaining there until 10 years of age, then he took her to Easton, where she remained, except when at school, until about IS years old, her father providing for her education; she then went to her father, he then being with some of his second wife’s relatives at Mt. Pleasant, Alabama. She married Frederick Robertson, then a school teacher at Mobile. They came to Massachusetts, then went to Texas, then to Louisiana, then to Morganfield, Kentucky, where he taught at an academy for a few vears. They had a daughter born there December 21, 1814, who is the wife of William ]{. Reed of Quincy, Illinois. From Kentucky they went to Galveston, Texas. In the time of the Mexican War he went into the army as an interpreter of the Spanish language and his wife mid child remained at her father’s; on his return they went to Illinois. After being there a few years, being out of health, she started to go to her father’s and got to his house in Galveston, where she died the next day, her father then being at Columbia. Dr. Angier had two children by his third wife, one died young, the other, Eugene, is living at Huntsville, Texas. Dr. Angier married his fourth wife, he died at Columbia, Texas, April 17, 1867, in the 75th year of his age. Sister Sophia married Captain Jonathan Pratt, son of Deacon Caleb Pratt. They had 6 sons mid 1 daughter. The daughter ami one son died young. She died December 26, 1851, aged 56 years, 6 months, 25 days. I Jis second wife was Elizabeth Wood of Middleborougli. lie died December 23, 1862, aged 70. B^^onallian A. Pratt, (son of Jonathan), married Elizabeth ^^k^lmighter of Arunah White of Taunton. Their children were :l MMMUtd I daughters; two of the daughters died young. IS C EX’I’EN XIAL G A T11E KIXG. lie lives where his father lived. Sophia married Deacon Lewis Morse of Sharon. Luthera married Eliot Heath of Fryburg, Maine. Clifford married Florence Hempstead of Spring Prairie, Wisconsin. She died, leaving one daughter. He lives in Iowa. Franklin married Anna Heath and lives in Taunton. Martin lives in the territory of Idaho and is employed in herding cattle. Hiram A. Pratt, (son of Jonathan), married Mary D. Williams, daughter of Lewis Williams of Easton. Their children were one son and one daughter; the daughter died young. She died and he married Louisa C. Dean, daughter of Charles Dean of Easton. Their children arc two sons and one daughter. He lives in Somerville. Martin V. Pratt, (son of Jonathan), lives at Evansville, Wis consin. lie married Eva E. Holmes ami has one daughter. Shepherd L. Pratt, (son of Jonathan),married Huldah Tinkham. She died in 1S77, leaving no children. Daniel II. Pratt, (son of Jonathan), lives in Denver, Colorado. He married Sarah E. Peekham of West Bridgewater. She died in 1875, leaving no children. Sister Lydia married James Tolman, son of Captain Daniel Tolman of South Bridgewater; they lived in North Bridgewater. Their children were Lucretia Howard, Lydia and Joseph; Lydia ami Joseph died young. They went to Ivane, Illinois, where they had a son born, who died when a babe. She died in 1815. He married a second wife, by whom he had a daughter. He lived in Verdon, Macoupin Co., after his first wife died. Neither lie or his second wife are living. Brother Kotlieus went to Ohio in company with David Gilmore of Kaynliam, in 1805. He worked in a ship yard at Marietta for Gen. Edw. Tupper the first season. lie then purchased a farm in Waterford, on the .Muskingum river, immediately above the mouth of Wolf creek and on the other side of the river from where the town of Beverly now is. He married Panthea, daugh ter of Col. Ichabod Nye and granddaughter of Col. Benjamin 1 upper. Their children were Joseph, Ben jamin Tupper, Kotheus, Ichabod Nye who died young, Lydia Minerva, Edward NjBj George Barrows. His wife died and he married L‘< die^ffLay of \\ aterford, .March, 1 Their children were Clj^Wtte < 2 > acres near Sioux Falls, Dacota. \\ illiam W., (son of Ansel), lives at Minneapolis, Minin^ff' He has a wife and 3 sons living; one son and a daujigO^dief young. He has a store ami lumber yard at IJ^wttrd wdn'tt 23C EX TENXI A b G ATIIERIXG. Oil A Charles Goodsell lives, and .Mr. Goodsell’s son, Wallace, tended store for him. Brother Elisha graduated at Brown University, Providence; studied medicine with Dr. Ebenezer Alden of Randolph and settled in Raynham, Mass. He married Betsey Townsend, (daughter of John Townsend), of Middleborough, January, 1821. Their children were Lurinda who died an infant, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Lavina who dieil aged 23 years, Rowena, Elisha Alden, Daniel Webster, Martha Jane, lie died .March 16, I8GG, aged 76 years, 8 months, 2(1 days. His wife is living, aged 82 years. Elizabeth married Lucius Hayward, (sou of Nahum Hayward), of West Bridgewater. Their children were 3 sons and o daugh ters; one son and one daughter are not living; one son and three daughters are married. Mary Ann married Melvin Lothrop of Norton. She died, leaving one son, Everet, who is married and has one child. Rowena married Joseph Wilder White, of Raynham, J one 16, 1863. They have 2 sons living; one died young. Martha Jane married George Edw. Cobb of Middle borough. They had one child who died young and they are both dead. Elisha A. and Daniel W. live with their mother, where their father lived. Brother Edward T. went to Ohio in company with his uncle Solomon and family in 182 1. He married Charlotte Gray, sister to his brother Rotheus’second wife, in .March, 1822. He bought a Inrm of loo acres of cleared land with a log house on it, in the ben I of the Muskingum river, 2d miles above his brother’s, and a wood lot nearby. He lived in his log house a Before I was there in 1829 he had built a good Their children were Arius Edward, William Gray, 25 acres for few years, brick house. Lydia Rowena and Rotheus Barkly. He died Ecbruary 25, 1858, aged 59 tears, wanting 2 days. She died in 1866, aged 65 years. Lydia Rowena married Thomas Buck; she and her husband died and left a son and daughter. Arius E. married a Murry in 1817. He and his wife died in 18-18 and left no child. William G. married Sarah White in 1853. Their children were 3 daughters ^|1_1 son. The son died young. He was killed by a log rolling ^^1867, when getting timber to build a house. Rotheus 24 CENTENNIAL GATHERING. He is the only child of is Bill H1V 15. married a Murry and has one son. Brother Edward's, now living. George AV. Hayward, (who is now addressing yon), married Sylvia S. Pratt, daughter of Joshua Pratt of Peterborough, N. II., who was a native of Easton, November 27, 1834. Our children are Georgiana Maria, November 20, 1835; Edw. Russel, January 17, 1837; Joseph Warren, July 11, 1841. Georgiana M. married John Richard Hunt, son of Dr. Hunt of Nashua, N. 11. Their children are 2 sons, Charles Richard and George Washington. They now live nt Wollaston Heights, Quincy, Mass. Mr. Hunt is employed in Boston; Charles R. is in the Civil Engineer’s Department, City Hall, Boston; George. W. is with Calvin Ryder, an architect in Boston. Edward R. married Carrie L. Belcher, daughter of Daniel Belcher of Easton. Their children are 3 sons, Edw. Belcher, Win. Warren, Chester Lincoln, and 1 daughter, Carrie, who died an infant. He graduated at the Normal School nt Bridge water, taught school two winters; was in a store at North Easton about 6 years, in company with Samuel Ripley, when he sold out to him, and eame here and built a house in which he now lives, and has charge of the farming. Joseph W. graduated at the Bridgewater Normal School, taught school two winters; studied medicine and attended medi cal lectures; then went as a medical cadet, U. S. Army, for one year; was in a hospital at Memphis, Tennessee, most of the time; he then came home, attended ••mother course of lectures, got his diploma, and after passing examination at New A ork, went as assistant surgeon, to the Army of the James, where he re mained until after the close of the war, about 1 year, 6 months. Soon after coming from the army, he went into company with Dr. Geo. Barrows of Taunton, and was with him about 6 years. He is now a physician and surgeon at Taunton. He married Lcmira II., daughter of John R. Drake of Easton. Their children are 3 sons and I daughter, Ernest Lowell, Ralph .Morris, Wallet Barrows mid Josephine Lcmira. Our grandchildren are 8 grandsons and 2 granddaughter^ of whom died young. I am now 71 years old and W. I was the youngest of a family of I I childn^ 25(' E N T EN NIA L G A '1' HERING. the youngest, of a family of 10 children, and we are the last sur vivors of the families of our parents. It is now 12.5 years since the birth of my lather, iso years since the birth of my grand father, and probably 2-16 years since the birth of great grand father, \vh<> was the fourth child of Thomas Hayward, who landed at Plymouth with his wife and .5 children in 163.5. 1 have but one cousin living, who is Solomon Hayward of Gallipolis, Ohio, ho being s7 years old this month. No doubt we are the last survivors of the fourth generation from Thomas Hayward 1st. I will now close b\ giving a few words of advice to my grand children ami other young persons who may be present. Associate not with bad company, be industrious, be temperate in all things, abstain entirely from all profanity and from the use of tobacco, and endeavor to follow the Golden Huie, “Do unto others as you would that others should do unto you.” Miss Harriet L. Hayward of Providence, H. I., then read the following poem, written for the occasion by her sister, Miss A. L. I lay ward. HOME. 1778—1878. Backward turn your eyes to day, O’er the rugged winding way Which our fathers bravely trod, Led by faith, and helped by God. As the artist singles out One chief point, to group about All the details of his view, So to-day I sketch for you Here a cloud, and there a flower, While I make the picture’s power Center in this dear old home To whose welcome we have come, Laden with the hopes and fears Of these full one hundred years. Turn with me to History’s page, Read of our heroic age, When our fathers gladly paid Even life itself to aid Liberty to conquests new, E’er to God and Freedom true. When the year of ’78 Dawned upon theni> still the fate Of their righteous cause was known Only to the God whose own Constant, guiding hand we bless, For their hardly-won success. “Valley Forge!” that name recalls All they suffered, ere the walls Of this home beloved were reared. Dear old home, to us endeared By these full one hundred years! 2S C ENT EN NIA I. <; A TIIE RIN <». f The plan of the house You have heard of in prose. Its changes and history But one of us knows, Yet many remember Its bountiful cheer, And hold all its memories Never more dear. Its cool nooks in summer, In winter its fires, Am! always the attic, Where shades of our sires Seemed haunting the relics There hidden away. With its face to the south. A sunny home new. At last it was finished, And still stands for you, The youngest of seven Stalwart sons of the sire, To whom it was given Soon to sec the desire Of all hearts, the release Of our land from grim war, And the coming of peace, As it dawned from afar One hundred years ago. Slowly they built it That summer long past. Heavy stout timbers Were chosen to last. Chimney and hearth-stone Were ample and wide. Safe in whoso corner The children could hide Often at evening When stories were told. Over the cider, Of perils of old. Met with in forest. In fortress, or field. What wonderful prowess Here was revealed ! 29< ’ E NT E N NIA L G A T11E RING. Life was simpler, the old folks say, One hundred years ago, For what they bought, they had to pay, One hundred years ago. Just think of the many Who here at the brink Of the old well have waited Their turn for a drink! “The butchers and bakers, The candle-stick makers,” The doctors, and parsons, And hosts of tin-pcddlers;— Indeed, if the old stone Beside it could speak, And tell all the number, Methinks for a week We should listen in wonder To name after name. Some, long since forgotten, Some, well-known to fame. Where often in childhood We climbed there to play, The loom and the spinning-wheel Mysteries were, Ah! still we remember That curious w-h-i-r. Its cool, roomy pantries, Well tilled to this day • With good things unrivalled. I’m sure you will say. How well we approved them When, hungry from school, We called out for “ Luncheon!” I low sparkling and cool From “ the old oaken bucket That hung in the well,” Came the drink that was better Than “ Port” or “ Moselle.” It needed no ice, Nor “ a slick ” to put in it. And better than all, It was fresh every minute. 30 CENT ENNIA L G A 'I’IIE KI NG. X Ah me! what changes came in time! Some that I cannot put in rhyme. Seven sons and daughters seven Entered this home, and thence to Heaven. One an infant was taken soon; Two were summoned ere life’s bright noon. The others lingered here in the home Till called by Love far hence to roam. Four to the then far West went out, Whose children’s children, all, no doubt, Keeping with us this festal day, Love the old home so far away. Two of the daughters settled near, Their children’s grandchildren now ar Land was plenty, but roads were few. One hundred years ago, Here, a wonder, was a chaise quite new. One hundred years ago. I cannot say if this same shay, Smashed in a minute, with the parson in it. But it did good service, and was succeeded Some sixty years ago. By such another, the grandchildren needed Some twenty years ago. Both school and church were miles away, One hundred years ago, But strictly kept they the Sabbath day. One hundred years ago “ From set of sun, to set of sun,” One hundred years ago, Work up needed was never done, One hundred years ago. Ere the day of the elegant shay, One hundred years ago, Four rode on one horse all the way, One hundred years ago, To the humble church which stood beside The old graveyard; for alas’ they died One hundred years ago. And then, as now, hearts cried in vain, “Spare our loved ones from death and pain!” And learned to say “ Lord, even so,” One hundred years ago. i h 31CENTENNIA I. GATH ER ING. I I L Another tradition, Runs something like this:— So certain a marksman He seldom would miss Whatever he aimed at, Your father once spied Sitting side by side, A flock of wild ducks Seven in all, in a ditch. With wild hopes inspired lie aimed, and he tired,— Don't call him a witch— But he killed the whole flock! After this, to the boys He often would say, “ You couldn’t do that, But I did it one day.” toft Wooed to the Old Dominion one, There in the South her work was done. Another, hearing his father’s name, Dwelt near by him, but early came Down io the river of death, and left Widow and fatherless ones bereft. Another the art of healing knew, The beloved physician of not a few. Stories we heard in our childish days Of all their different words and ways. That all the sons were taller far Than any of this generation are; That some were wondrous strong as well. You doubtless all have heard them tell, How in the time of witches, and crimes. And magical powers, some father of ours, Out with his gun one auiumn day, Shot at a partridge, who, strange to say. Quite undisturbed looked calmly down. He fired again, then cried with a frown, "The bird is bewitched, but silver ’ll fix her.” Sleeve buttons for shot, he used right quick, sir. And the headless bird took home for dinner. His frightened cook cried, “ What a sin, sir. To dress the bird or dare to eat it!” That’s all 1 heard, you can complete it. 32 CENTENNIAL GATHERING. ) 86 in his jacket Joseph hid All but the squirrel’s head, And trudged off home as he was bid; Ask him, what mother said. Now take him home and never bring Again to school your pet, Or you another tune will sing, Now go, and don’t forget.” And so the teacher frowning said, ‘•Joseph, I am surprised! What imp of mischief was your guide When you this trick devised? Joseph had a little squirrel Whose fur I think was gray, Ami everywhere that Joseph went The squirrel loved to stay. He carried him to school one day, Which was against the rule, It made the children laugh, and play, A squirrel, come to school! Another short story I think 1’11 tell. The third generation .May know it well. I heard it first On my father's knee, I leave you to guess If Joseph was he. f You cannot conceive it, And you don’t believe it? Well, I was not there, But the story seems fair As many another. I've heard that his mother Believe it, or not. Once killed at one shot Ninety pigeons. She knew What a iromitn could do. 33C E X 'I' E X XIA L G A r 11 EI: IX (:. i 1 r Other legends I might recall, But lime forbids you should hear them all. You, by tin.1 hearthstone some winter eve, Can tell to the children the many I leave. Hand down his virtues in deeds manifold Who long ago built here this homestead of old. Each generation shall cherish his name, Hold and preserve it from whisper of blame. Last and not least of his namesakes is seen, A fair little daughter they call Josephine. Earth has need of such as she. Youngest of the family, Angels guard her tenderly, Pure and loving Josephine. Dainty little Hower of May . Blossoming beside our way. Making life a summer's day, Fairy little Josephine. Other Howers, fresh and fair, Other spirits, sweet and rare, Blossom now in purer air; Slay and bless us, Josephine. You all would regret If I should forget These dear old wild woods, These whispering pines, Through whose deepest shadows The. sun seldom shines. Loved haunts of our childhood Where hour after hour Fond lovers could pace, “ What makes the squirrel love him so?” The eager children cried. “ Why, Joseph loves him too you know,” The teacher then replied. Do you know our little queen, (I ent lest ruler ever seen? Yes, you guess that I must mean Winning little Josephine. 34 CENTENNIAL GATHERING. "1 The home where your love and your hopes have been centered, Again and again hath the death angel entered, The young, and the old too, have answered his call, And sooner, or later, he comes for us all. As calmly as he whom we claim as our kin, Let us welcome; the moment when death shall come in. “So live that when thy summons come to join The innumerable caravan that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not like the quarry slave at night Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant drcams”. A home not built by human hand, Awaits you in that better land Where joy and peace for aye endure, Where rest, eternal rest, is sure. We mourn him dead, Who well hath said,— Forgetting all else in Th$ light of one face. Ah, well you remember The charms of the place. How storm-winds have felled them, The giant old trees, How gently they sighed to The soft evening breeze. How sweetly around them The wild flowers bloom, How coal-pits were fashioned, How rich their perfume. All this you remember Who grew as they grew. And need no reminder To bring back to you The scenes of your boyhood. Grown dearer to-day, Because those who shared them Are passing away. 35CENTENNIA L GATHER ING. Sonic clay this earthly home, to you Who do God's will witli service true, Shall seem the gateway whence you passed Into your Father’s house at last, Keeping the joys, but not the tears, Of these changeful one hundred years. Interesting remarks followed by Rev. Dr. Blake, of Taunton, on the progress of education during the century; by Rev. Wm. L. Chaffin, of North Easton, on social and religious progress; and by Mr. .James Rankin of Easton on the progress of agriculture during the same time. The President of the day, Rev. Luther II. Sheldon, of Easton, closed the public exercises in a few happy remarks.

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