page 357 Charles W. SMITH and J. Edwin SMITH, sons of John SMITH, who died in 1859, inheirited the cotton-cloth mill. The village near the mill is called Smithville.

A brick building on a lot of land, bordering on the Ware River, was erected for the manufacture of Woolen cloth. It was sold and resold until it was purchased by Edward DENNEY in 1844. He manufactured various kinds of woolen goods, conducting the business with success until about 1867. It was later leased to C.T. DEACON & Co. who soon failed. The factory was destroyed by fire in the winter of 1857-58. At Mr. DENNEY'S death in 1874 the property passed into other hands, meeting with various fortunes. In 1883 the mill was again destroyed by fire and never re-built.

St. Theresa Catholic Church Nasonville, RI Ida Blanche GEVRY m: 11 Jan 1928 Sp: Walter Leon GENEREUX Her f: John Her m: Amanda ROBITAILLE His f: Louis His m: Angeline AUGER

In a message dated 9/13/02 7:52:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, writes: << << Record date 1863 Surname SAWYER Given name Frank A. Residence: Worcester Record type: Guardianship Trying to trace parents of this Framk A. Also relationship of guardian to Frank A. >> Richard, Don't assume that Frank's mother is dead, she may be, but she may be the "guardian" in that record. The rights of women have changed since 1863. Does anyone on the list care to summarize for us why women had to apply for guardianship of their children upon the death of their spouse? I'm not sure I know. Each time I have found the mother as the guardian it was with in two years of the death of the childen's father. John

History of Worcester County Vol. 1 page: xv The Worcester County Musical Association had its origins in a musical convention held in Worcester in 1852. It's officers are Edward L. DAVIS (president); William SUMNER (vice president); A.C. MUNROE (secretary); J.E. BENCHLEY (treasurer).

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Listers, Seeking any info on two surnames who were in and around Worcester, Douglas, & Upton, in Worcester County, early to mid 1800's before moving to Wisconsin in mid 1850's. I can share some info on these relations. Thanks, Brent Andersen

www.pbs.org will lead you to your local schedule which can be found by your zip code entry.. This is the original Ken Burns documentary ...beginning September 22nd. Sending to all lists .. you may find clues - as to why families split and many became and stayed in the southern states .... [Me? - it's still going on here in VA] Mimi Taylor

Would like to get details from: Worcester County, MA Probate Index, Vol. 1 & 2, A-Z, July 1731 - 1881 of following entry: Record date 1863 Surname SAWYER Given name Frank A. Residence: Worcester Record type: Guardianship Trying to trace parents of this Framk A. Also relationship of guardian to Frank A. Thanks, Richard Sawyer

Looking for someone from the commerce High School class of 1962. Plus or minus one year. I have a picture I found of their 25th class reunion. Darlene

In a message dated 9/13/02 3:23:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, GW5438@aol.com writes: << And I have SEEN the picture at Worcester, as well as the present day view from Denny Hill at Leicester! >> When I saw the exclamation point, I was reminded of what a nice time you had while visiting. Of course you are welcome to come again, anytime! J.

I would like to know if my grandfather, Dr. George J. Bassow is mentioned in the Worcester County Massachusetts Volume One? He was a doctor in Athol, Mass for over 50 years and died in 1954. My father was also a doctor in Athol, MA, his name was Dr. Carlton F. Bassow and practiced medicine in Athol from 1934 to 1955. Thank you so much for your time. Carolyn F. Landry

Does anyone know what Hope Lodge O.L. is that existed in 1909 in Worcester. Ma. The Oddfellows reported they knew nothing of it. The Rev. Charles E. Simmonds officiated at the funeral when she died in 1908. Is there any information regarding the lofge and church affiliation. Thank you. dete 758 @cs.com

These two websites are really helpful. www.raogk.org http://helplist.org/index.shtml Bill of MD

Re: Mary A. Allard Brigham born 1822 Montpelier, Vt. died 1909 Worcester, Ma. Married Augustus Brigham 1844 Boston, Ma. Eleven children. Offspring Rose Austin Member of HOPE LODGE O.L.. Any information regarding this lodge. The Oddfellows reported they knew nothing of this lodge. Difficulty finding parentage of Mary Allard. She was of Indian heritage. Anyone looking for the Allards. I have loads of information regarding the Brighams.

I have a great uncle and aunt, George mcCabe and wfie margaret Smith McCabe who were cottage masters at the Lyman school. Can share info.

Dear Janice, That Thomas DENNY was my missus's second cousin six times removed. And I have SEEN the picture at Worcester, as well as the present day view from Denny Hill at Leicester! Thanks again! Geoffrey Woollard (in Cambridgeshire, England).

Biography Thomas Denny, Jr. (1757–1814), who commissioned Looking East from Denny Hill, was the wealthiest man in Leicester, Massachusetts. His grandfather Daniel Denny arrived in Leicester in 1717, four years after the town was established by an act of the colony’s General Court. The elder Denny established the family atop what is still known as Denny Hill.1 Over the next two generations, the farmstead grew from seventy to more than four hundred acres, an area that stretched about two-thirds of a mile in each direction and encompassed four acres of unimprovable land, five acres of tillage, eight acres of fresh meadow, forty unimproved acres, fifty acres of upland mowing, 118 acres of pasturage, and 206 acres of woodland. That land is featured in the foreground of Earl’s painting.2 Thomas Denny’s prominence in Leicester may be measured not only by his landholdings but also by the many public offices to which he was elected. He served as town clerk, selectman, moderator of the selectmen, town representative in the General Court of Massachusetts, justice of the peace, and tax assessor. Denny also served Leicester as Fence Viewer, Hogg Constable, and Surveyor of the Highways, and he represented it in a communal ritual called "perambulations," in which selectmen from two adjoining towns met to affirm the boundaries.3 In the fall of 1786 and spring of 1787, Denny commanded a cavalry unit that helped to suppress Shays’ Rebellion in Worcester. Although many were sympathetic to charges that the commonwealth lacked sufficient circulating currency, that heavy taxation imposed an undue burden, and that government officials in Boston were extravagant and removed from the lives of their constituents, Denny and leaders in other central Massachusetts towns acted together to prevent protestors from closing the courts. He was rewarded for his role in helping put down the rebellion with the rank of captain in the militia and was later made a colonel.4 Denny commissioned this painting shortly after moving from the family farm into Leicester proper and establishing himself there as a retailer of textiles, books, and household goods and as a card-clothing manufacturer. (Card clothing consists of a strip of perforated leather through which thin pieces of wire are drawn; this tool was then used to card wool and cotton fibers.) Card-clothing manufacture was among the first major steps taken toward development of Massachusetts’s textile industry. By the time he died, in 1814, Thomas Denny had considerable commercial and industrial holdings both in Leicester and in Ware, in neighboring Hampshire County.5 Analysis Looking East from Denny Hill is one of only five landscapes that Earl is known to have created for private patrons. Those others are: Landscape of the Ruggles Homestead (1796, Corporate Art Collection, Reader’s Digest Association), Landscape View of the Canfield House (about 1796, Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield, Connecticut), Houses Fronting New Milford Green (about 1796, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut), and LandscapeView of Old Bennington (1798, Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vermont).6 The first three of these landscapes portray individual properties, while the last two—the Bennington and Denny Hill paintings—depict entire communities. Looking East from Denny Hill is among Ralph Earl’s last works; no painting bears the date 1801, the year he died. Although several scholars have questioned whether the date was painted in the artist’s hand or added later, microscopic examination shows that the fi Figure 1. Ralph Earl, Thomas Earle, 1800, oil on canvas, 37 5/8 x 33 7/8 in. (95.5 x 86.1 cm), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1947.17.42. <A HREF="http://www.worcesterart.org/Collection/Early_American/Artists/earl_r/Den ny_Hill/enlargement.html">Looking East from Denny Hill</A>

This from Eddie Menton , I did not include his e-mail address on purpose. Its as he wrote it today. Dick ############ i remember the cottage masters, Mr. reardon,mr garcia,mr marsherelli,mr messier,mr and Mrs. sherwood,mr and Mrs. stern, Mrs. evans i remember the detail line with Mr. looney...the catholic priest father fallon the buildings we lived in elms.hillside.oak,worcester,wachusetts,overlook,sunset,westview,chauncy and lyman hall i worked in the laundry with Mr. cleaves..... i have good memories of the school coming from the dorchester area of boston i wasn't used to wide open spaces.i made some life-long friends there too.i even married the sister of one of the boys i met there i'll say one thing about lyman school i grew up there.in learned responsibility there. i'm sure there are horror stories but i didn't have any bad experiences. i now live in south dakota about as far away as i can be from westboro i remember Mr. garcia very well.he was like a father to a lot of us.i was in new york city when i heard of his son's death.mr garcia used to take two or three of us out to work with him as a bricklayer.he taught me how to be one. i liked working in the laundry especially in the winter for obvious reasons.it was warm there.i can remember the good people of worcester who would come up and put on talent shows. we had football and basketball teams....we also went on trips to see holy cross play football. the food was great there....a went back there a few years ago.i noticed that overlook cottage burned down. Dick Bolt wrote: Do you have anything to add to the history based site ? Photos ? Documents ? Memories ? Etc? Dick in MD http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~history/grafton/LymanSchool.html lines

Subject: PRESCOTT/FAY Souce: Prescott Memorial John Prescott/Mary Platts Line, Lancaster, MA Founders of Lancaster, Mass. p.66 Lucy Prescott b. April 14, 1757 dau of Dr. Abel Prescott and his wife, Abigail Brigham of Concord, MA. Lucy Prescott Dec. 6, 1776 Hon. Jonathan Fay, Esq. and settled at Concord MA He represented the General Court for Concord 1792 - 1796. He attended Harvard. He was the son of Capt. Jonathan Fay of Westbrook, MA and was born Jan 2l, 1752 grad. Harvard 1778 pp. 88 - 89 Hon. Jonathan Fay and his wife, Lucy Prescott of Concord, MA has issue: 1. Samuel Phillips Prescott Fay b. Jan 10, 1778; m. Harriet Howard. Graduated Harvard, 1798, Appointed Captain reg. army and joined forces of Gen. Hamilton at Oxford MA. He read law and practiced in Cambridge MA In 1821 apptd Judge of probate for the county of Middlesex, MA Their children were: Richard Sullivan Fay Samuel Howard Fay Harriet Howard Fay Charles Fay Joseph Story Fay Maria D. Fay and Eliza Fay. 2. Lucy Prescott Fay b. July 10, 1781 m. Dr. Abiel Heywood Oct 2l, 1822 He b. Dec 9, 1759 He grad Harvard 1781 Two sons: Abiel Heywood Jr. b. 1824 and George Heywood b. 1826. 3. Joanna Phillips Fay b. Oct 27, 1784 m. Jan 26, 1811 Charles Parkman of West borough MA and had eight children: Joanna; Charles Breck Parkman; Lucy; Augusta; Susanna; Sophia; Samuel Parkman and Maria Parkman. 4. Sophia Fay b. April 4, 1786 m. Joseph Barrett of Concord, MA and had 6 children: Lucy Prescott Barrett; Jonathan Fay Barrett; Richard; Eliza; William E; Ann and Maria Barrett. 5. Maria Fay b. Aug 28, 1788 m. Daniel Denney of Boston. 6. Abigail Brigham Fay b. Sept. 19, 1790 m. Dec 9, 18l6 Simeon Putnam of Andover, MA He grad. Harvard 1811 - their children: Charles P. Putnam and John N. Putnam. _________________________________________________________________ Transcribed byby Janice Farnsworth