As I start to make final preparations for my trip to VT and MA, I'm reviewing all the information sent to me on and off list. The amount of response I received was fantastic! I would like to give a big Thank You to all who responded. Annette Perz Whiting, IN

page 735 Mr. J.A.DENNY was also largely interested in the establishment of the Leicester Boot Company. He was a prominent director and valued advisor in the State Mutual Life and the Merchant's and Farmer's Mutual Fire Insurance Company in Worcester, from the date of their organization to the time of his death. He was a director and for a time the president of the Leicester Bank. He was assistant assessor in the Internal Revenue Department during and after the war. He served the Town as selectman and school committee and from March 1850, to the time of his death, in 1875, was town clerk. He was elected to the House of Representatives, in 1857, in the Legislature of the State. His services to the Academy, to whose interest he was earnestly devoted, were invaluable. He was a trustee from Aug. 20, 1834, and treasurer from May 11, 1853 tll his death in 1875. He gave to this institution his personal services and contributed liberally to its funds and it was through his influence that most of its prsent endowment was secured with many of the former pupils of this institution the thought of Leicester Academy and Joseph A. DENNY are inseparable. His portrait has a place with the founders and benefactors of the Academy in SMITH Hall. Mr. DENNY was a man of literary tastes, and spent much time in reading, thus familiarizing himself with history and the best literature.

page 735 Joseph was a diligent and intelligent student and productions of his pen at this period, which are still preserved, indicate unusual thoughtfulness as well as literary taste. He early formed the determination of making his life a success in the truest sense. He even gave up the games and other amusements in which many of the young were absorbed, that he might secure his evenings for useful reading. When he reached the age of 21 he wrote a series of resolutions for "future guidance". These resolutions are indicative of his early purpose, as well as of his later character. Amoung them are the resolutions to abstain from the use of "ardent spirits", gambling, and profane language. The platform of business principle which he then adopted is worthy ofthe consideration of the young, and is givem in his own words: "Resolved, that if frugality and application to business will ensure me a competency of wealth, I will never be poor. That while I have my health, will never spend faster than I earn, and on the contrary, while I have a sufficiency, I will never deny myself the conveniences of life for the purpse of hoarding up treasure. That while I am prosperous in business, I will never refuse charity, when I think it my duty to extend it. And should I ever accumulate property, may I have the satisfaction of reflecting that it was not obtained by oppressing the poor, unfair dealings or any other dishonorable means, and may a bountiful Providence prosper my undertakings."

page 717 Cheney HATCH, first on Pleasant St. then on Main St. mad cards from 1823-1836, when he sold to Alden BISCO, who soon sold to Henry A. DENNY, who in 1849 took into partnersip his sons, Joseph Waldo, and William S. as the firm of Henry A. DENNY & Sons. In 1854 they sold to WHITE & DENNY. Henry A. DENNY commenced making hand cards in 1823, with Emory DRURY as the Firm of DRURY & DENNY on Pleasant St., about a mile South of Main St. They dissolved and he continued alone on the corner of Main and Mechanic Streets. Afterwards he was associated with Rueben MERRIAM until 1836, when he purchased the factory hitherto used by Mr. HATCH. Joseph Addison DENNY was the grandson of Daniel DENNY who settled in Leicester in 1717. He was one of 12 children of Joseph DENNY. His mother, Phoebe DENNY was the daughter of Col. William HENSHAW. J.A. DENNY was born May 13, 1804. His mother died when he was 11 years old. About 2 years later he left home and was a clerk in the store of H.G. HENSHAW Esq. in New Worcester for 2-3 years. He then returned home and attended school at Leicester Academy for several terms. About 1823 he was a clerk in the store of James and John A. SMITH in the buildingWest of the Leicester Hotel. There he remained until 1826, when he commenced the manufacture of card-clothing, which he continued until 1857.

page 729 Daniel Deny from whom descended all of that name in Leicester, came from Combs, Suffolk Co., England, to Boston in 1715, and removed to Leicester in 1717. Deborah, Daniel's daughter, was the wife of Rev. Thomas PRINCE, D.D. of the Old South Church of Boston. Col. Samuel DENNY lived on Moose Hill; he was Lt.-Col. of the minutemen and Col. of the First Worcester County Regiment, a member of the General Court and of the conventon to ratify the National Constitution. Col. Henry SARGENT was one of the wealthy and prominent men of Leicester. Honored with civil and military office. Two of his sons graduated from Harvard College and were physicians in Worcester. Dr. Henry SARGENT died in 1857. Dr. Joseph SARGENT died in 1888, after a long practice in the profession. The GREEN family came from Malden, and were at one time the most numerous in town. Nathaniel Paine DENNY graduated at Harvard in 1797; settled in Leicester in 1800, practiced Law for 20 years and represented the Town in the Legislature for 10 years.

Haven't received anything from the list- even my own emails.... just testing now- Bobbi

page 731 Col. Thomas DENNY introduced the first piano to the town of Leicester in about 1809. The first burial ground in town was the churchyard back of the early meeting house, which was surrounded by a brush fence. It dates back to 1714. The Greenville Cemetary was opened about the year 1736; the ELLIOTT Burying Yard, in the North part of town, since 1756. The burying ground of the Friends at Mannville was in existence as early as 1739. The RAWSON Brook Cem. dates back to 1755, and the Cherry Valley Cem. was opened in 1816, and the Pine Grove Cem. in 1842. The first tavern was on the corner of Main and Paxton Streets. It was occupied by Nathaniel RICHARDSON in 1721, William DENNY in 1801, and Aaron MORSE in 1810.

page 728,729 The EARLE families generaly resided in the Northeast part of town, where they erecte substantial homes, some of which are still an ornament to that neighborhood. They were so numerous that in 1812, whn Rev. Dr. NELSON visited the Northeast school on examination day, he found that of the 40 pupils present 21 were grandchildren of "Uncle Robert" and "Aunt Sarah" EARLE. Ralph EARLE, the ancestor of the Leicester EARLES, came to town in 1717 from Freetown, MA. He became alarge land owner and the head of a family, members of which, in their different generations, have had more than a local reputation. Ralph EARLE has the distinction of being the first historical painter of America. A landscape view of Worcester, taken from DENNY Hill is now in the possession of Deacon C.C. DENNY. His brother, James EARLE was also a painter of considerable eminence. He was married in London, but died in Charleston, SC on a visit to America. Thomas EARLE, grandson of Ralph, was a mechanic of remarkable skll. His home was on Bald Hill, in Cherry Valley. A musket of superior quality and beautiful finish, which he made for Col. William HENSHAW, is preserved in good condition. General WASHINGTON admired it so much that he ordered one for himself. Mr. EARLE mad the gun with great care, and when it was completed he loaded and primed it, when finished he placed it unde water to the muzzle overnight. In the morning it discharged at first pull of trigger. He later shouldered it and carried it on foot to Gen. WASHINGTON in New York. Thomas EARLE, the son of Pliny, born in Leicester ad educated at the Academy, was in 1840, candidate of the Liberty Party for vice president, with James G. BIRNEY. He was an able editor and an influential writer in opposition to slavery. His home was in Philadelphia, PA.

page 723 Leicester had a special interest in the 6th Mass. Regment, the first to march from the State and to receive the baptism of blood. Its commander, Col. Edward F. JONES, a native of Leicester, as was Joseph Waldo DENNY, lieutenant in the Worcester Light Infantry. There were 16 Leicester men in the 3rd Battalion of Rifles, which left Worcester on the 20th of April. One of special interest was William B. WHITE. John DENNY wa in the 19th Regiment, Alexander H. Fairbanks was in the 61st Regiment.

Hello listers! I'm wondering if anyone is researching the "Denno/ Denault" surname... This 1880 census listing is the only thing I have- I'm researching EVERY name here (all from the same over-all family). 1880 Census Place: Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts Source: FHL Film 1254567 National Archives Film T9-0567 Page 100A Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Octave DENNO Self M M W 39 CAN Occ: Carpenter Fa: CAN Mo: CAN Clophee DENNO Wife F M W 30 CAN Occ: House Keeping Fa: CAN Mo: CAN Philomene DENNO Dau F S W 14 MA Occ: At Home Fa: CAN Mo: CAN Louis DENNO Son M S W 12 MA Occ: At School Fa: CAN Mo: CAN William DENNO Son M S W 11 MA Occ: At School Fa: CAN Mo: CAN Joseph DENNO Son M S W 7 MA Occ: At School Fa: CAN Mo: CAN Lina DENNO Dau F S W 1 MA Fa: CAN Mo: CAN --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1880 Census Place: Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts Source: FHL Film 1254567 National Archives Film T9-0567 Page 100A Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Francis DENNO Self M M W 37 CAN Occ: Carpenter Fa: CAN Mo: CAN Rosa DENNO Wife F M W 34 CAN Occ: House Keeping Fa: CAN Mo: CAN Lena DENNO Dau F S W 13 MA Occ: At School Fa: CAN Mo: CAN Philomene DENNO Dau F S W 10 MA Occ: At School Fa: CAN Mo: CAN Eleanor DENNO Dau F S W 9 MA Occ: At School Fa: CAN Mo: CAN ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1880 Census Place: Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts Source: FHL Film 1254567 National Archives Film T9-0567 Page 100A Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace John DENNO Self M M W 34 NY Occ: Carpenter Fa: CAN Mo: CAN Mary DENNO Wife F M W 33 CAN Occ: House Keeping Fa: CAN Mo: CAN Mary DENNO Dau F S W 14 MA Occ: Corset Boner Fa: NY Mo: CAN John DENNO Son M S W 12 MA Occ: At School Fa: NY Mo: CAN Henry DENNO Son M S W 10 MA Occ: At School Fa: NY Mo: CAN Freddie DENNO Son M S W 8 MA Occ: At School Fa: NY Mo: CAN Matilda DENNO Dau F S W 7 MA Occ: At School Fa: NY Mo: CAN Joseph DENNO Son M S W 3 MA Fa: NY Mo: CAN Napoleon DENNO Son M S W 7M MA Fa: NY Mo: CAN Also have a few questions... 1. How can I find a death date for an individual if I don't know when he died...? 2. What years in the census are available to research? Up to 1920's? 3. Does anyone out there have access to the local library and would be willing to search for an obituary? Thank you for your help & time- Bobbi

I'm hoping some kind soul can help me... I'm looking for The family of Octave "Joseph Octave" (and wife Clophee) in the 1900 census. any help is appreciated- Thank you for your time, Bobbi

I'm hoping some kind soul can help me... I'm looking for The family of John Denno (and wife Mary) in the 1900 census. any help is appreciated- Thank you for your time, Bobbi

I'm hoping some kind soul can help me... I'm looking for The family of Francis Denno (and wife Rosa) in the 1900 census. any help is appreciated- Thank you for your time, Bobbi

pages 716 + 717 Capt. Isaac SOUTHGATE and Col. Henry SARGENT, both of them enterprizing and public-spirited citizens of Leicester, began the manufacturing of machine-cards in 1810, as the firm of SOUTHGATE & SARGENT, in Col. Thomas DENNY's house. Col. SARGENT withdrew in 1812 and was in the same business till his death in 1829, his brother Col. Joseph D. SARGENT being with him from 1814-1819. Capt. SOUTHGATE, in 1826, associated with Joshua LAMB, Dwight BRISCO, Joseph A. DENNY and John STONE, as the firm of Isaac SOUTHGATE & Co., manufacturing machine cards in the building West of the hotel. Mr STONE died in 1827, Mr. LAMB retired in 1831 and Capt. SOUTHGATE in 1843. The name was changed to BISCO (not Brisco like above) & DENNY. In 1828 they built th Central Factory and in 1845 the present factory of BISCO & DENNY. In 1857 Charles A. DENNY and George BISCO joined the Firm. Joseph A. DENNY died in 1875 and Deacon BISCO in 1882. When John W. BISCO joined the Firm in 1857 a branch establishment was opened in Manchester, NH. Christopher C. DENNY became a associated with Mr. Alonzo WHITE in 1846, after Mr. Josiah Q. LAMB retired. The Firm naed WHITE & DENNY. Mr. WHITE died in 1850. In 1868 Mr. DENNY disposed of his interests to H. Arthur WHITE and the Firm of WHITE & Son continued to 1888.

These two websites are really helpful. www.raogk.org (Random acts of genealogy kindness - RAOGK) http://helplist.org/index.shtml Bill of MD

Hello, I am trying to confirm the Tellier family in West Boylston about 1883 through 1900 before settling in Leominster. I am looking for Alexander Pete Tellier, and his parents Joseph and Roseanne Tellier. Has anyone come across this family through city directories? Thank you, Jane (Tellier) Fischer kjcfisch@bellatlantic.net

Nathan, I have a fairly large SEAVER database, but I did not see a Lucy Seaver that fit your description in my database. So i searched the usual sites to try to mine some data. I did see an Ed Tenny submission to the LDS Pedigree Resource File for Lucy (b 13 May 1794), d 1884 Peterboro NH), who married Stephen Cogswell in 1821 (?) in Rutland. I also found info on Rootsweb WorldConnect - descendants of Stephen and Lucy. Some of the listings on the LDS FamilySearch site list Lucy as Rider, some as Seaver. It looks like most or not all of this data is patron submissions - which makes them suspect in my view. In the 1800 to 1820 time period, census and vital records indicate that the family of Nathan and Persis (Smith) Seaver resided in Holden MA. There are partial vital records for BMD of their children Alexander H., Moses N. and Nathan F. Seaver. Nathan's parents were Moses and Lucy (Carril) Seaver. I then checked the Worcester County probate records, which I had abstracted for all Seavers in the county, at least up to 1881. BINGO. Nathan F. Seaver wrote a will on 19 Feb 1865, probated on 1 Sep 1874. In the letters testamentary he named his brother Moses N. Seaver of Holden, his sister Susan Black of Worcester, and his sister Lucy Coggswell of West Peterborough NH. The papers are in Probate Packet 52913A at Worcester Court House. A transcript of the records are in Worcester County Probate Records 390:186, dated 8 Sep 1874. I'm not sure if this is the will only, or the letters also. The will (which I transcribed, they wouldn't make copies) does not mention any siblings, so I assume that the letters do. I looked at the probate packet at the court house back in 1994. To me, this is primary evidence that Lucy Coggswell and Susan Black are sisters of Nathan F. Seaver, and daughters of Nathan and Persis (Smith) Seaver of Holden. I have no data on Mr. Ryder or any children from that possible marriage. Lucy was awfully young to be a widow. I did not have either of them in my database, which points out another shortcoming in my work - I haven't entered all of the probate data! I have quite a good line from Nathan Seaver back to the immigrant Robert Seaver (Roxbury, 1634). Please email me at rjseaver@cox.net and I will make a genealogy report for you on the Seaver line, and some of the collateral lines (I descend from Moses Seaver's brother, Norman). I would appreciate details on the children of Stephen and Lucy (Seaver) Coggswell, if you don't mind - they were not on the WorldConnect list, although I did find some on the FamilySearch.org site. Regards -- Randy in San Diego ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Tenny" <ntenny@qualcomm.com> To: <MAWORCES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 20 September, 2002 2:05 PM Subject: [MAWORCES] RYDER/SEAVER, Holden, ca. 1800-1820 > I feel kind of bad delurking with a request, but I'm hoping it'll be an > *easy* request, at least... > > I've got this dead end, a woman described (in Jameson, _Cogswells in > America_) as "Mrs. Lucy Ryder, nee Seaver, of Holden"; that description is > as of 1820, when she married a Stephen Cogswell in Rutland. > > Circumstantial evidence gives me the idea that she might have been widowed > in 1819 or early 1820. I presume "of Holden" means that she lived there > while married to Mr. Ryder, whoever he was---she appears to have been in > Rutland by August 1820, as she had a daughter Eliza b. 12 Aug 1820 in > Rutland---Jameson shows Eliza's father being Stephen Cogswell, but he > doesn't say how he knows, and to me it seems possible that Eliza was > actually a daughter of the mysterious Mr. Ryder. > > The 1800 census, insofar as I can read the handwriting, shows no Ryders > (nor Seavers, nor any variant spelling I could think of) in Holden. > > I'm trying, essentially, to collect enough pieces to have *something* more > than a name and marriage date for this woman. If someone can, for > instance, produce her first marriage for me, that would be someplace to > start...but anything at all would be much appreciated. > > Thanks > > NT > > > ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== > ####--- Need to UNsub for vacation or summer?? ---###### > Forget How to UN sub??? > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/worcester.html >

page 713, 717, 722 Bradford SUMNER was Principal of the Academy of Leicester 1818 and 1819. He graduated from Brown University in 1808. Burritt A. SMITH was Principal from July 1849 to August 1852. After the large increase of funds in 1852, extensive alterations and improvements were made in the building. The main building above the school rooms was converted into an audience room and named "SMITH HALL." Colonel Thomas DENNY with William EARLE, made hand-cards on DENNY Hill. In 1802 he began the manufacture of cards, hand and machine, on the corner of Main and Market Streets, which he conducted on an extensive scale til his death in 1814. Leicester National Bank was chartered as a State Bak March 4, 1826 with a capitol of one hundred thousand dollars, which in 1853 was increased to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. N.P. DENNY was President Oct. 4, 1830; Joseph A. DENNY was president Oct. 1, 1838; Charles A. DENNY was president Dec. 16, 1878. John A. SMITH was cashier May 26, 1826. It was made a National Bank on March 21, 1865.

page 707, 712, 713 Captain J.W. DENNY was in command of the 25th Regiment on Sept. 1864 James SMITH Esq. of Philadelphia, born in Rutland Jan. 20, 1788. Came to Leicester in 1810, with all his belongings tied up in a hankerchief. He got ajob as clerk in the store of Col. Thomas DENNY, whose daughter, Maria, he married in 1815. He became Mr. DENNY's partner in the manufacture of card clothing. In 1826 he removed to Philadelphia. The Academy of Leicester was ready for occupancy in Jan. 1806. This institution is most largely indebted to Mr. James SMITH for his endowments. In 1852 he gave $10,000. on the condition that $5,000. additional shold be raised. The condition was complied with Hon. Stephen SALISBURY and Joseph A. DENNY Esq. of New York, J. Wiley EDMANDS of Newton, Ichabod WASBURN of Worcester and John A. SMITH subscribing. In 1877 James SMITH placed $15,000. into the trustees hands, making the SMITH Fund $25,000. The Fund became available in 1879 after his death.

page 704 In 1732, Ralph EARLE, his 3 sons; William, Robert and Benjamin, Thomas SMITH, Daniel HILL, Nathaniel POTTER and Joseph POTTER declared themselves to the clerk of the town to be Friends (Quakers) and asked,on account of conscientious scruples, to be released paying "any part of the tax for the support of the minister or ministers established by the Law of the Province." Greenville Baptist Church, some of the 1st settlers were Baptist, and among them Dr. Thomas GREEN. He was dismissed from the 1st Bapt. Church in Boston to aid in forming a church in Sutton in 1735. At least 8 other persons residing in Leicester Thomas RICHARDSON, Daniel DENNY, Elisha NEVERS, Martha GREEN, Joshua NICHOLS, Abiathar VINTON, Bathsheba NEVERS and Lydia VINTON- had been baptized in Sutton and Leicester by a Bapt. minister named John CONVERSE 3 years before. On Sept. 28, 1737, Dr. GREEN and Benjamin MARSH were ordained associate pastors of the church in Sutton, and Sept. 28, 1738, by mutual agreement, the brethren in Leicester became a church by themselves, and GREEN their pastor. His successor Dr. FOSTER, in Jan. 1776, married Elizabeth,the youngest daughter of Dr. GREEN