page 645 On the 26th of June 1786, a convention was called at Leicester to see if means could be devised which would bring "relief of grievances, done one way or another, occasioned by the scarcity of the circulating medium," and John SUMNER was chosen delegate.

Where would the death record be recorded, of a person who lived in one town but died in the hospital of a neighboring town ? Would it be listed in both towns ? Arline arline7@bellsouth.net

page 642 On April 19, 1775 Capt. Ebenezer MASON with a Company of 56 men, set on the march to Cambridge. These are a few: William GREEN--sergeant William WHITE--sergeant Jeduthan GREEN--corporal Rand WHITE--corporal Benjamin SUMNER--corporal Joel GREEN--Captain

page 640 Edmund BEMIS and James SMITH were in the Great Expedition sent out under Sir William PEPPERELL in conjuction with Admiral WARREN, for the capture of Louisburg in 1744. James SMITH Jr. was in a later service.

page 634 First Town Meeting 1780, officers elected: Caleb BRIDGES--highway surveyor on the North side of County Road David ADAMS--Surveyor of highway on the South side of County Road Thomas BRIDGES--Fence viewer Lt. John WHITE-- Sealer of Weights and measures

page 633 Sept. 10, 1744 Precinct Officer-- Assessor David ADAMS

page 619 1858 Town Clerk---John B. WHITE Representative to Gen. Court-- John B. WHITE Assessor-- William A. COLE

page 606 Emily A. HARRIS is wife of Alonzo R. WELLS (no dates or place mentioned)

page 601 (partial small list) Patrick FITZPATRICK--Co. E, 42nd Regiment died in New Orleans Thomas LYNCH--Co. G., Heavy Artillary died in Andersonville Prison Joseph T. SMITH--Co. K, 15th Regiment mortally wounded, died at Antietam

Page 363 History of the Town of Sutton etc. A Mr. BURROUGHS lives in the house George DORR built in 1850. Mr. DORR moved to Lacrosse, Wisconsin. George DORR was the son of Henry DORR, and married a daughter of Daniel COLE.

Hi, This is my first time I've posted a query to this mailing list. I am looking for the ancestors of Beriah CLARK and Daniel SUMNER (details below). They are my 6th great grandparents. I would like very much to contact other SUMNER descendants in order to compare and share research. 1) Where were George SUMNER and Mary BAKER married: in Northampton England or Massachusetts? 2) Who are Beriah CLARK's parents? Thanks! Regards, Jan Jordan in Northern VT 1st generation unknown _?_ SUMNER 2nd generaiton Roger SUMNER born Bicester, Oxfordshire, England married 2 Nov. 1601 Joane FRANKLIN and died 3 Dec. 1608. Joane SUMNER BYRANE (Brian) died 13 Dec. 1655 in England. 3rd generation William SUMNER Jr., born 1605 Bicester, Oxfordshire, England married 22 Oct. 1625 Mary SWIFT. 4th generation George SUMNER born 1634 Bicester, oxfordshire, England married 7 Nov. 1662 in Northampton, _?_, Mary BAKER. 5th generation Ebenezer SUMNER b. Milton, Norfolk, MA m. Abigail LOVETT. 6th generation Daniel SUMNER b. at Mendon, Worcester, MA 24 June, 1709; m. Beriah CLARK. 7th generation Daniel SUMNER, Jr. b. 1739 in Worcester, MA m. Lydia Fairbanks, etc. 8th generation Daniel SUMNER III, b. 27 Mar 1764 Grafton, Worcester, MA, married Elizabeth SNOW. 9th generation Sophia SUMNER b. 11 July 1799 and died about 1880 in Halilfax, Windham, VT, married 1) Moses SAUNDERS 2) Ebor STACY (my ancestor). Source: "Descendants of William Sumner" of Dorchester, Mass. 1636 by William Sumner. Appleton. Boston. David Clapp & Sons Printers. 1879.

Where would one find this paper (archives) I would love to search for my THOMPSONS! Newspaper Cutting (Worcester Spy) Julie ----- Original Message ----- From: GW5438@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 3:47 AM To: MAWORCES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MAWORCES] The HENSHAWs of Leicester, etc. Newspaper Cutting (Worcester [Massachusetts] Spy): 'Reminiscences Of Leicester - No. 12. Capt. David HENSHAW, son of Daniel HENSHAW, Esq., was born in Boston in 1744, and removed with his father to Leicester when four years old, and lived on the old farm until he purchased the MINZIES farm, after the revolutionary war. He married Mary, daughter of Nathan SARGENT, in 1773, and died in 1808, aged 64. They had fourteen children, several of whom died young. Joshua, the oldest son, lived many years in Ohio, but died a few years since in Leicester. He was a distinguished land surveyor and spent the prime of his life in that employment in Ohio. In advanced life he returned to Leicester and purchased the SOUTHGATE farm, as mentioned in a previous number. He had a numerous family of children, among whom Anna, the youngest daughter, is celebrated as a music teacher, and filled that department for several years as a teacher in Leicester academy. Andrew removed to Alabama and died there. Charles, after leaving Leicester, was for many years a prominent merchant in North Brookfield, and afterwards removed to Boston, where he accumulated a handsome property and died there. David was also a Boston merchant, and as an owner of this farm will be more particularly noticed hereafter. John was a partner with his brother David in Boston, and died in Cambridge, and his children are now the owners of this farm by the will of this uncle. Among the daughters, Elizabeth married Nathaniel DODGE, Esq., of North Brookfield; Sarah married Andrew H. WARD, Esq., of Shrewsbury, afterwards of Newton; Laura married Oliver FLETCHER, Esq., of Boston, and is now the only surviving child, and Anna lived single on the homestead farm, and died there in 1854, aged 76. She was a woman of more than ordinary talents, and of good education. She will be remembered by numbers living now, who enjoyed her instructions during the many years she taught in our district schools. David HENSHAW, Esq., the father of these children, who was more generally known after the war by his military title of Capt. David HENSHAW, was a man of strong native talent, great energy and decision, and was a useful and valuable citizen. He was an active magistrate for many years, and was often called to fill the most important offices of his own town, though he never aimed for, or obtained political notoriety. In politics he was a high liberty man, and thorough democrat. He was for many years one of the board of selectmen in Leicester. In 1776 he was commissioned as a captain of an artillery company in the three years' service, and was stationed for some time near Boston. After the war he lived on his farm, and spent his days in quiet retirement, and enjoyed the fruits of an industrious life in the bosom of his family. After his death the farm remained undivided in the family, and in possession of the widow until her death in 1831, and was the home of all the children, who often gathered under the paternal roof, and a favorite place of resort for a numerous circle of relatives, who enjoyed its hospitality. Hon. David HENSHAW, one of the children name above, then purchased the homestead, and kept it in good order and made improvements upon the farm during his life. One time he had an extensive deer park on the place, where his deer had a great range, and where they remained for several years. The house, though now over a hundred and fifty years old, is in excellent condition, and having its modern windows, and well painted exterior, shows no signs of age, excepting the monstrous chimney which still projects from the centre of the roof. Mr HENSHAW never married, but some of his relatives remained on the place, to keep a home there, where he lived. He early left his native town, and spent the greater part of his active life in Boston, where he acquired an ample fortune, but he never lost his attachment to the home of his childhood and his early associates. Amidst the cares of an extensive business, and the excitement of public life, he was never unmindful of the happiness and welfare of his younger relatives and friends, many of whom he employed and assisted in business. After an active and successful mercantile career as a wholesale druggist, he retired to his farm and spent the last years of his life in quiet repose. In business he was prompt, correct and systematic, and held a commanding influence among the distinguished merchants of Boston. He had no friends or fortune more than others to give him a start in the world, but by his prudent use of time when young, by study, and the reading of useful books, and a keen discernment of the world around him, he acquired a fund of knowledge and a maturity of judgment which fitted him for that practical usefulness which distinguished him in after life. In his opinions, both political and religious, he called himself liberal. His rule of liberty was that every man should enjoy as much as he pleased, if he did not encroach thereby upon the liberties or rights of others. He was in many respects the similitude of his father. Like him he was a thorough democrat, which in his day was not the popular political doctrine of his state, and therefore he had little to do in the management of state affairs. But notwithstanding that, he had influence, and exerted it in many ways, particularly by his writings upon political subjects. He was a clear and vigorous writer, and was often called to deliver addresses, and he published several pamphlets upon political economy. As a synopsis of his life we cannot do better than to copy the inscription on his tombstone in Pine grove cemetery in Leicester: "Hon. David HENSHAW, son of David and Mary HENSHAW, born April 2, 1791, educated at the town school and at Leicester academy, entered a store in Boston at the age of sixteen years; and intellectually was self-made by self-culture. An original and independent thinker, a bold and vigorous writer, and successful merchant, representative, and in 1826 a senator in the legislature of this commonwealth. In 1828 a member of the state board of internal improvements; in 1829 appointed collector of the port of Boston, and resigned in 1838. A veteran opponent of the U.S. bank, and hostile to the renewal of its charter. In 1833 he strongly urged the removal of the government deposits therefrom, for the public safety, and was among the first, when the bank suspended specie payments in 1837 to suggest the establishment of a sub-treasury by the government, for the safe keeping and control of its own funds. In 1843 he was invited to a seat in the cabinet as secretary of the navy, where he remained but a short time, but long enough to introduce a system of strict accountability in the expenditure of money and materials, previously unknown to the service. While in the cabinet he advocated the annexation of Texas, as preliminary to the acquisition of California. An ardent politician of the Jeffersonian school, and true to its principles as the needle to the pole. A strong advocate for the independence of juries. His residence during the last fourteen years of his life, was the paternal homestead in Leicester, and was the abode of hospitality. Liberal to the poor, and benevolent to all. Sickness in his latter days prevented his mingling much with his fellow-citizens, and terminated his life Nov. 21, 1852, in the sixty-second year of his age." John HENSHAW, Esq., who was the next owner of this place by the will of his brother David, was born in Leicester January 9, 1798, and, after obtaining a good education at Leicester academy, served an apprenticeship in his brother David's store in Boston, and afterwards became one of the partners in the same house, and acquired a handsome property. He purchased a house in Cambridge, built by the late Professor WEBSTER, and died in that city in 1859. At the time of his death, which was of heart disease, he was preparing to move to his farm in Leicester, which he intended to make his home, having already made preparations for closing up his business in Boston. He was an enterprising, intelligent and correct business man, and much esteemed as a private citizen. He was retiring in his taste, and never sought for public office or notoriety. He was for some years a director in the Western railroad, and had a share in the management of one or two banking institutions in Boston. He continued to improve the farm, and caused to be planted several hundreds of apple and pear trees, which are now in a bearing state. He married Mary Ann, daughter of the late Mrs Lucy LEWIS of Malden. Mrs HENSHAW died in 1844, aged 37, and he lived a widower about fifteen years afterwards. They had five children, who survived them, and all are married except the youngest. Mary Elizabeth married J. Lincoln EDMANDS, son of the late Thomas EDMANDS, of the firm of LINCOLN & EDMANDS, booksellers, in Boston, and now resides on this farm. John Andrew HENSHAW is a chemist in Cambridge, and married Caroline, daughter of Oliver HASTINGS, Esq., of that city. Georgiana married George F. SHAW, Esq., of the firm of SHAW, LIVERMORE & Co., merchants, Boston. Cornelia married Nicholas St. John GREEN, Esq., councillor at law, Boston. All these families have children. Grace, the youngest daughter, is unmarried. D.' The author 'D.' was Joseph Addison DENNY (1804 - 1874) (Transcribed by Geoffrey Woollard, Cambridgeshire, England). ==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== Worcester GenWeb has many Resources Check it out!! http://www.rootsweb.com/~maworcesGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

page 599 Isaac SMITH was born about 1755 and came to this town soon after the close of the war, when he married Prudence CUTTING, and settled on a farm 1 mile west of the Old Common, where he lived until his decease in 1824.

page 599 Paul RAYMOND was an early settlerhere, but removed from town previous to 1780. Probably he did not live here after the close of the war.

page 599 Wm. FAIRBANK was born in 1758, being the youngest son of Jonathan FAIRBANK. He was a farmer and occupied the farm now owned and occupied by James W. ROBBINS. He was a man of ability and prominence in the town. Often being chosen to offices of trust and responsibility by his fellow townsmen. During the last years of his life he received a pension from the government. He died in W. Boylston in 1840 age 81 years.

page 599 Citizens wo joined the regular Army (partial list) William FAIRBANK; Paul RAYMOND, Isaac SMITH

page 597 Dr. Jacob MOORE settled here in 1828 and died 1831. He was a young man very much liked by everyone, and gave much promise of usefulness in his future career. He married a sister of Dr. John M. SMITH. Dr. Sheman SMITH, a brother of John M., came here in 1831 and remained for a few years and ten went to Walpole, NH where he died suddenly in 1852.

page 598 Sylvanus MORSE, son of Joseph MORSE, was born in W. Boylson about the year 1800. He received a college education and was the principal of Bradford Academy for several years. He returned to this town and opened a family school in 1845, and was quite successful for a few years, when he sold out and again left town.

page 589, 591 Francis J. FAIRBANK was minister of the 1st Congregational Church of W. Boylston (no date given) Dr. John M. SMITH and Ephraim BIGELOW bought out a complete working scythe factory in 1831 and erected a small cotton mill. It was put into operation the following year. Dr. John M. SMITH settled here in 1819 where he remained 15 years, when he too went to Southbridge and ded there in the meridian of life.

page 585 West Boylston One of the first white people of whom we have any history, locating within it's territory is Jonathan FAIRBANK. The first election in W. Boylston, held on the first Monday in March 1808, William FAIRBANK was elected Selectman. 1808-1858 William FAIRBANK was Moderator. Since 1858, the Moderator position was filled by W.N. WHITE Chairman of the Boardof Selectmn from 1808-1858 was Wm. FAIRBANK--1year; Joseph WHITE -- 4 years; W.N. WHITE (since 1858) -- 1 year. Office of Treasurer during 1st 50 years was held by Seth WHITE Town Clerk from 1808-present (1888) was Seth WHITE--5 years Representatve to Gen. Court--Thomas WHITE--1 year. The 14th District of Holden, Paxton, and W. Boylston was represented by Winson N. WHITE.