Mr. Pearse is a busy, active merchant, a genial'
man, with many friends.
On Sept. 21, 1870, Mr. Pearse married
Elizabeth M. Slade, daughter of Gardner
Slade, of Somerset, a descendant of one of the
oldest families of southeastern Massachusetts.
Two sons were born to this union, William H.
and Nathan G., the latter, born Sept. 27,
1874, dying Feb. 10, 1894.
(X) William Henry Pearse, son of Wil-
liam G., was born July 28, 1871. He married
(first) Bertha Frances Wilbur, daughter of
Daniel Wilbur and Marion F. (Brown), of
Somerset, and to them were born two chil-
dren: Elizabeth W., Aug. 29, 1890 (graduated'
from Fall River high school in 1908, died Oct.
17, 1911), and William Henry. Dec. 3, 1891.
Mrs. Pearse died May 28, 1902. He married
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(second) Mrs. Mary H. W. Whitehead.
Fraternally he is a Knight Templar Mason and
a member of the I. 0. 0. F.
NYE (New Bedford and vicinity). The
Nye family, in New England an old Cape Cod
one, and later one for generations of ancient
Dartmouth, out of which came Fairhaven, New
Bedford and Acushnet, where the name has
been prominently identified with all that has
made this region what it is to-day, back in
England is traced for generations in the Coun-
ties of Sussex and Kent. Here in and about
New Bedford have figured prominently in com-
mercial and public life such well-known rep-
resentatives of the family as Capt. Thomas
Nye, a patriot of the Revolution, a master
mariner in the merchant service and a rep-
resentative in the Massachusetts Assembly, etc. ;
his son and namesake, who also for years was
a master of merchant ships and later an agent
for whaling vessels, in company with his
brother Asa R. constituting the old firm of T.
& A. R. Nye, bank president, representative
in the State Assembly, etc. ; the latter's son,
the present Pemberton Hutchinson Nye, suc-
cessor to his father, who is now worthily wear-
ing the family name and sustaining its repu-
tation ; and among others the late Hon. Obed
Nye, of Fairhaven, long prominent in public
and commercial life; Obed Clement Nye, of
New Bedford; the late Clement D. Nye; the
late William Foster Nye, a veteran of the
Civil war, the founder of the extensive business
of himself and son, Joseph K. Nye, who have
become the largest manufacturers of oils for
watches, clocks, sewing machines, etc., in the
world, with factories on Fish Island, New Bed-
ford. And it will be recalled that of this same
old Dartmouth race of Nyes sprang the late
Hon. Gideon Nye, who for fifty years was
a merchant in China, long American vice con-
sul at Canton, etc. It is the purpose of this
article to deal briefly with the genealogy and
family history of some lines of the Nyes who
have lived in and about New Bedford, which
follow in chronological order from the im-
migrant settler.
(I) Benjamin Nye, bom May 4, 1620, at
Bidlenden, Kent, England, came to this country
and to Lynn, Mass., in the ship "Abigail,"
â– n-ith Edmund Freeman's company, 1635. Mr.
Nye's lineage is traced back to Randolf Nye,
who settled in Sussex, England, in 1527,
through William, Ralph, Thomas and Thomas
(2). Benjamin Nye was married Oct. 19.
1640, in Sandwich, Mass., to Katherine,
daughter of Thomas Tupper, who, too, was a
passenger in the "Abigail," and who in 1637
settled in Sandwich. In 1654 Benjamin Nye's
name appears on a list of those contributing
toward building a mill; in 1655 his name is
on the subscription list for building a meeting<-
house; in that same year (1655) he was super-
visor of highways; in 1657 he engages to pay
fifteen shillings yearly toward the minister's
salary; was chosen constable in 1661, etc. He-
seems to have built a mill at the little pond
and therefor the town in 1669 voted him twelve
acres of land. He was granted permission in
1675 to build a fulling mill upon Spring river.
These with other references to him in impor-
tant connection and relation to public business
evidence the kind of man he was. The chil-
dren of Benjamin and Katherine were: Mary^
John, Ebenezer, Jonathan, Mercy, Caleb, Na-
than and Benjamin.
(IT) Jonathan Nye, born Nov. 29, 1649, in.
Sandwich, JIass., married (fir«t) Hannah and
(second) Patience Burgess, who survived him.
His name appears on the list of those taking-
the oath of fidelity July 4, 1678. He served
on the grand jury in 1681, and as selectman
in 1698. His will was proved May 13, 1747.
His children, all of whom were born to the
first wife, were : Jabez, Sarah, Joanna, Icha-
bod, Jonathan, Patience, Joseph, Benjamin,
Thomas, Abigail, Isaac, Mary, David and
Zervia.
(Ill) Thomas Nye, bom in August, 1699,
in Sandwich, Mass., married June 19, 1727, in
Dartmouth, Mass., Deborah Peckham. His
children, all born in Dartmouth, were : Jon-
athan, Stephen, Patience, Jane, Thomas, Ann,
Obed. Svlvester. Deborah and Gideon.
(IV~I "Capt. Obed Nye, born Sept. 15, 1736,
in Dartmouth, Mass., married (first) in 1760
Mary Sellars. who was born in 1739, and died
March 28. 1797; he married (second) Mrs.
Freelove Babcock Maxfield, who was born in
1748. and died Nov. 10. 1815. Mr. Nye per-
formed service in the Revolution as a marine
on the frigate "Boston," under the command
of Samuel Tucker, entering the service March
31. 1779; discharged April 2d of that same
year. He performed other service as a private
in Capt. Henry Jenne's company. Col. John
Hathaway's regiment, enlisting Aug. 2, 1780;
discharged Aug. 8th, of that same year (service
six days) ; and at Rhode Island on the alarm.
He died Nov. ]0, 1815. His children were:
Jonathan, born in 1762; Gideon; Deborah,
born in 1 765 ; Thomas, born in September,
1768; Abisjail; Obed; Philip; Mary; James;
Rebecca : Mercv. born in 1781; and Jane, bom
in 1783.
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(V) Thomas Nye, born Sept. 28, 1768, in
Dartmouth, Mass., married Nov. 6, 1791, Han-
nah, born June 22, 1769, and died June 3,
1857, daughter of Stephen and Abigail Hath-
away. Mr. Nye was a resident of Fairhaven,
Mass. He was a master mariner in the mer-
chant service for many years and later on agent
for merchant ships in his native town, where
he died Oct. 1, 1843. During the Revolution
he was in the field, was a private in Capt.
Henry Jenne's company, Col. Hathaway's
regiment, the 2d Bristol County Regiment, en-
listing Aug. 2, 1780 ; discharged Aug. 8, 1780 ;
and served six days in Rhode Island on an
alarm. He was a representative from his
town in the State Assembly in 1809. His chil-
dren were: William C, born in 1792; Betsey
H., born in 1796; Nancy, in 1797; Philip, in
1797; Hannah, in 1800; Nathaniel, in 1803;
Thomas, in 1804; James S., in 1806; Hum-
phrey H., in 1807; Asa Russell, in 1809;
George, born and died in 1811 ; and George H.,
in 1812.
(VI) Thomas Nye (2), son of Thomas and
Hannah (Hathaway) Nye, born Nov. 9, 1804,
in Fairhaven, Mass., married (first) July 19,
1827, Amelia Hickling Chambers (born Aug.
7, 1796, died Oct. 20, 1872), and (second)
Susan W. Case, daughter of Pardon Case, of
Westport Point, Mass. Mr. Nye was educated
in the Friends' Academy at New Bedford.
Like his father before him he was for many
years a master of merchant ships, making his
first voyage as master when only eighteen years
old. Later he became an .agent for whaling
vessels in company with his brother Asa R.,
the firm name being T. & A. R. Nye. Mr. Nye
was a director and president of the Bank of
Commerce (which later became a national
bank) from 1860 to 1868. In 1850 he rep-
resented his town — New Bedford — in the
Massachusetts Assembly. He was much in-
terested in the industrial development of New
Bedford and encouraged in every way in his
power the cotton manufacturing industry of
the city. He was a man of broad and liberal
views, much traveled and of wide informa-
tion. Cherishing a strong sentiment for his
birthplace, he purchased his father's homestead
in Fairhaven, and expended large sums upon '
it, making it a beautiful place. It is still in
the family. Fraternally Mr. Nye belonged to
the A. F. & A. M. He was an excellent and
successful business man, and one whose word
was as good as his bond, and his bond as good
as gold.
Mr. Nye died March 22, 1882, his wife sur-
viving him. His children were : Pemberton
Hutchinson, born in 1828, died in 1838; Eliza
Williams, born March 24, 1830, married Ed-
ward A. Dana, who was born in Portland,
Maine, in 1818; Henry Hitch, born in 1833,
died in 1836; Maria B., born in 1835, died
in 1838; William C. died in 1838; Pemberton
Hutchinson (2), twin of William C, born in
1838, died in 1842; Sarah Dabney, born in
1842, died in 1861 (all born to the first union) ;
Pemberton Hutchinson (3) is mentioned be-
low ; Richard Mott died in infancy.
(VIII) Pemberton Hutchinson Nye, son of
Thomas and Susan W. (Case) Nye, bom Sept.
23, 1870, in New Bedford, Mass., married Oct.
28, 1891, Jennie B., daughter of Alexander B,
Crapo, of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Mr. Nye was graduated in 1887 from the
Friends' Academy at New Bedford, Mass. He
later made several pleasure voyages in mer-
chant ships. In the fall of 1894, associated
with Mr. Frederick V. Hadley, he established
a ship chandlery business under the firm name
of Nye & Hadley, their location being on the
corner of Front street and Taber's wharf. Mr.
Hadley withdrew from the firm in May, 1896,
since when Mr. Nye has carried on the business
alone. He is also agent for ships in the coasting
service.
JOHN FOSTER. The Foster family is one
of long and honorable standing in New Eng-
land, and the branch here especially treated,
one ancient, and, with its marriage connec-
tions, historic in the Old Colony. Reference
is made to the Pembroke-Hanson branch of the
Old Colony Fosters, the head of which was the
late David Horace Foster, of Pembroke, one of
whose sons, the late John Foster, Esq., of Han-
son, was long one of the leading business men
of that town and one of its substantial citi-
zens.
There follows in chronological order from
the first American ancestor the history and
genealogy of this Hanson Foster family al-
luded to.
(I) Thomas Forster (Foster), son of Rev.
Thomas Forster, minister, resident of Bidden-
den and Ipswich, England, and his wife, Abi-
gail (Wimes), of Ipswich, born about 1600,
married about 1638, his wife's name being
Elizabeth. Sergeant Foster, as he is styled, in
company with his brother William came to
America in the ship "Hercules," in 1634. He
settled first at Boston, and was gunner at the
castle in 1639. He was admitted to the church
26th of 1st month, 1642, and was a freeman
May 18th of the same year. In 1639 he was
granted a great lot at what became Braintree
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in 1640; this he later sold. He was afterward
.at Weymouth, Woburn, Braintree and Billeri-
ca; was one of the selectmen of the town of
Billerica, chosen among the first officers of the
town, 1659-60. He held that office much of
the time for the next decade. He was an
â– officer in the military, etc. He died at Billeri-
•ca, April 20, 1682. The Christian name of his
wife was Elizabeth, and their cnildren were:
Thomas, born Aug. 18, 1640; John, born Oct.
7, 1642; Increase, born about 1644; Elizabeth,
born about 1646; Hopestill, born March 26,
1648; and Joseph, born March 28, 1650.
(II) Deacon John Foster, son of Sergt.
Thomas, born Oct. 7, 1642, in Weymouth,
Mass., married (first) about 1663 Mary,
•daughter of Thomas Chillingsworth, of
Marshfield. She died Sept. 25, 1702. He
married (second) Dec. 30, 1702, Sarah
Thomas. He was a blacksmith; was selectman
in 1690; was chosen deacon of the church
April 6, 1700, and ordained July 20, 1701. He
•died June 13, 1732, in the ninetieth year of his
â– age, leaving seven children, forty-five grand-
•children and eighty-three great-grandchildren.
His wife Sarah died May 26, 1731. His chil-
dren, all born in Marshfield, were: Elizabeth,
ijorn Sept. 24, 1664; John, born Oct. 12, 1666;
Josiah, born June 7, 1669 ; Mary, born Sept.
13, 1671; Joseph, born about 1674; Sarah,
born about 1677 ; Chillingsworth, born July
11, 1680; James, born May 22, 1683; and De-
borah, born about 1691.
(III) Josiah Foster, son of Deacon John,
born June 7, 1669, in Marshfield, Mass., mar-
ried (first) Sarah, daughter of Samuel Sher-
man, of Marshfield, who died July 30, 1713,
and he married (second) May 2, 1717, Ursula
Hand, who died Dec. 20th of that same year.
Mr. Foster settled in the town of Pembroke
and was engaged in agricultural pursuits. He
lived to be about ninety years old, dying in
1757. His children were: Mary, born Feb. 2,
1696; Elizabeth, born in November, 1698;
Bathsheba, born in September, 1700; Josiah,
born in December, 1703; Isaac, born Aug. 5,
1705; David, born in December, 1707;
Nathaniel, born in December, 1710; and
Sarah, born July 10, 1713.
(IV) David Foster, son of Josiah, born in
December, 1707, in Pembroke, Mass., married
and lived in that town. He had a son David.
(V) David Foster (2), son of David, born
in Pembroke, Mass., married there Experience
Eandall, who died in the town of Hanson,
Mass., in 1858, outliving him many years. On
bis death she was appointed administratrix.
Their home was in the town of Pembroke. Mr.
Foster was a patriot of the war of 1812, during
which he lost his life, his head being shot oif
by a cannon ball. Their children were : David
Horace, born March 24, 1799, mentioned be-
low; John Bunyan, born Feb. 4, 1804, who
married Bathsheba H. Everson ; Sybil Brooks,
who died in infancy; Sybil, who died unmar-
ried; and Betsey, who married Ira Drake.
(VI) David Horace Foster, son of David
and Experience, born March 24, 1799, in Pem-
broke, Mass., married Deborah Howland, born
Aug. 9, 1804, daughter of Luther and Hannah
(Oldham) Howland, and a direct descendant
of Arthur Howland, a brother of John, of the
"Mayflower," 1620, from whom her descent is
through Arthur Howland (2) and his wife
Elizabeth (Prence), daughter of Thomas and
his wife Patience, daughter of William Brew-
ster, of the "Mayflower," 1620; Prence How-
land and his wife Deborah; Robert Howland
and his wife Margaret (Sprague) ; Eobert
Howland (2) and his wife Ruth, and Luther
and Hannah (Oldham) Howland, of Pem-
broke, Mass. David Horace Foster lived in
Pembroke, where he died March 11, 1880. His
will was probated April 12th of that year.
His wife Deborah survived him, dying Jan. 13,
1896. When six years of age Mr. Foster was
put out to live with his uncle, Isaac Foster, of
Scituate, Mass., with whom he remained until
he was sixteen years old, working for his board
and clothing. He then went to live with
Colonel Barstow in North Pembroke, continu-
ing with him until he reached his majority,
during which time he was engaged in farming.
He then learned the trade of ship carpenter on
the North river in Pembroke and Hanover,
and after finishing his trade went to South
Boston, where for several years he was em-
ployed in the ship yards. Returning to Pem-
broke, he there purchased a large farm and
engaged in farming, his sons conducting the
farm while he was working at his trade in the
ship yards in Duxbury and Kingston, he being
employed at the latter place by Joseph Holmes
for many years. In 1856 he built his home
in Pembroke, which continued to be his resi-
dence until his death. To David Horace and
Deborah (Howland) Fostar were born tlie fol-
lowing children: Horace James, born Oct. 3,
1824, who for many years followed the trade of
ship carpenter, but is now farming in Pem-
broke; Jairus Howland, bom Feb. 22, 1826,
an iron molder by trade, who died in Woburn,
Mass., in the eighty-third year of his age;
Jared Perkins, born June 18, 1829, for many
years superintendent of the Cotton Seed Oil
Company, at Little Rock, Ark., and who died
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at Newport, Ark., May 10, 1900; Hiram, born
July 1, 1831, who has been engaged as a
merchant and now lives in Duxbury; Charles,
born July 11, 1833; Otis, born Aug. 27, 1839,
a blacksmith by trade, now living in Pembroke,
where he is fish and game warden ; and John,
born March 13, 1842, mentioned below.
(VII) John Foster, son of David Horace
and Deborah (Howland) Foster, was bom
March 12, 1842, in Pembroke, Mass. He was
reared to agricultural pursuits, and his father,
while engaged in farming, giving much of his
time to ship carpentry, young John found
plenty to do in the assistance with the farm
work and in attendance at the neighborhood
schools. The feeble health of the mother made
it necessary for the young members of the fam-
ily to assume even greater responsibilities. But
as the years passed John was getting that ex-
perience and self-dependence that in after
years made of him the successful business man.
He had hardly passed his majority when he
was now and then putting his earnings into
tracts of timberland in that locality. These he
cleared up and converted into lumber. Up to
1874 he had hired the sawing of the lumber,
but in that year his business so increased that
he felt it would warrant the setting up of a
sawmill of his own and he purchased a mill to
be run by water power. It was not long ere
his business foresight prompted the adding of
a grist mill and box factory to the plant; all
this was in his native town. Under his careful
and judicious management his business con-
tinued to increase and in less than half a dozen
years his enterprise was manifested in the pur-
chase of a steam sawmill in South Hanson ;
this he soon enlarged and added to it a grist-
mill. His business foresight led him to con-
solidate his several interests and so the Pem-
broke Mills, all excepting the sawmill, were
moved to South Hanson. He believed that in
union there was strength, and that in this
concentration of his business there was econ-
omy, etc. All was successful apparently in
this business, when within a couple of years
after getting settled in South Hanson a fire
swept the entire plant away. However, un-
daunted by this reverse Mr. Foster had the
ruins covered with a more modern plant and
again was on the way to prosperity. In De-
cember, 1890, history repeated itself, and the
mills, factory, etc., of this enterprising, man
were again reduced to ashes; once more he met
the emergency squarely, and hardly had the
fire died away when the waste land was again
being covered, with even more substantial and
modern buildings, and the plant was soon in
successful operation. Suffice it to say that at
the beginning of this enterprise of Mr. Foster
but a handful of men found employment — not
more than three or four, but the time came
when scores of persons were busily engaged iu
its several departments and the plant is looked
upon as one of the most valuable concerns to
the town and section, employment being given
to an average of 150 hands. Millions of feet
of lumber are handled yearly, and from it gO'
out into all directions building materials of all
kinds. Mr. Foster also manufactured wooden
boxes of all kinds, and for a period of over
thirty-five consecutive years manufactured
packing cases for Walter Baker & Co., of Dor-
chester, Mass., makers of Baker's cocoa. A
cooperage shop for the manufacture of cran-
berry barrels is also a part of the plant. In
1904 the business was incorporated under the
laws 'of Massachusetts as the Jolm Foster
Company, Mr. Foster becoming president and
treasurer, in which capacities he continued
until his death.
Mr. Foster was also extensively engaged in
the real estate business, and there is hardly a
doubt but that he was the owner of more real
estate than any other man in the town of Han-
son ; his property holdings were not confined
to his town. He owned acres of cranberry land
and was interested in many other cranberry
bogs, in the surrounding towns.
One has but to read between the lines of
this brief review of the career of Mr. Foster
and those of his Puritan forefathers to judge
him a man of affairs, one of broad views, saga-
cious, enterprising and public-spirited. From
a poor boy, through his own exertions, through
the mere force of his make-up he rose to posi-
tion and wealth. Mr. Foster was made a mem-
ber of Corner Stone Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of
Duxbury, in 1867, later being transferred tO'
Phoenix Lodge at Hanover as a charter mem-
ber of that body. In political faith Mr. Foster
was a supporter of the Republican party, but
owing to his extensive business interests did
not devote much time to political work. He
and his wife belonged to the Hanson Methodist
Episcopal Church. He gave several drinking
fountains to the town of Hanson, and a hall
to the G. A. R. post at South Hanson.
On Oct. 6, 1868, Mr. Foster was married
to Mary F., daughter of Elbridge G. Fuller, of
Halifax, Mass., she being a direct descendant
of the early Puritans of Massachusetts. Two-
children blessed this marriage: Edgar M., who>
died at the age of fifteen years; and Elwyn,
who died aged twenty-two years. Mrs. Foster
passed away in Hanson, and Mr. Foster mar-
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ried (second) Xov. 14, 1907, Ethel G.
McLane, daughter of William B. and Annie
(Cameron) McLane, of Sherbrooke, Nova
Scotia, where her father is high sheriff. One
daughter, Stella Howland Foster, born Oct. 24,
1909, came to this union. Mr. Foster died in
Brockton after an operation, Dec. 8, 1909, aged
sixty-seven years.
WILLIAM FOSTER NYE (deceased) was
a descendant in the seventh generation from
(I) Benjamin Nye, through his son Ebenezer.
(II) Ebenezer Nye, son of Benjamin, mar-
ried Dec. 17, 1675, Sarah, daughter of Thomas
Gibbs. Mr. Nye took the oath of fidelity July
4, 1678, and was made a freeman Jan. 27,
1681. In 1682 he bought land in Falmouth,
where he removed, and was selectman in 1705
and 1706. According to town records, he died
in 1734, and according to some of his descend-
ants, in 1744. His children were: Bethiah,
bom Oct. 5, 1676 ; Benjamin, bom Nov. 7,
1677; Meletiah, born in 1682; Elnathan; and
Ebenezer.
(III) Meletiah Nye, born in 1682, married
(first) Dec. 11. 1712, Sarah, daughter of
Nathaniel and Sarah (Hatch) Wing; and (sec-
ond) Jemima, who died in 1773. His first wife
died in 1734. Mr. Nye lived in Falmouth,
Mass., and there died in 1749. His children
were: Sylvanus, born Feb. 3, 1714; Mary,
Dec. 23, 1716; Meletiah, April 5, 1719;
Solomon, Sept. 24, 1721; Shubael, Aug. 1,
1724 ; and Sarah.
(IV) Solomon Nye, born Sept. 24, 1721, in
Falmouth, Mass., married Nov. 17, 1748, Mary
Blackmore, who died in 1815. Mr. Nye was
for many years the wealthiest man in Pal-
mouth. He died Feb. 11, 1817. Their chil-
dren were: Bethiah, born Sept. 1, 1749;
Sarah, Oct. 24, 1750; Rachel. May 29, 1752;
Huldah, March 30, 1754; Elnathan, Dec. 7,
1755; Anna, Nov. 1, 1757; Holland, July 6,
1759 : Lois, March 15, 1761 ; Thomas, Jan. 4,
1763; Paul, March 4, 1765; and Solomon,
April 2, 1768.
(V) Thomas Nye, born Jan. 4 (or 1), 1763,
in Falmouth, Mass., married Mary (Perry)
Ellis, born in 1759. They died, he Nov. 9,
1835, and she Sept. 30, 1852. Mr. Nye was
a soldier of the Revolution, his name being
on a descriptive list of men raised to reinforce
the Continental army for the term of six
months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780,
returned as received of Justin Ely, commis-
sioner, by Brig. Gen. John Glover, at Spring-
field, July 19, 1780. His age was eighteen
years ; stature five feet, eight inches ; com-
plexion, light; town, Falmouth; the company
marched to camp July 19, 1780, under com-
mand of Captain Clark. Also, pay roll for
six months' men raised by the town of Fal-
mouth for service in the army during 1780;
marched July 6, 1780 ; discharged Jan. 1, 1781 ;
service, six months, eleven days, including
travel (300 miles) home. The children of
Thomas and Mary were: Salome, born Nov.
28, 1788; Rachel, June 1, 1792; Elnathan,
Dec. 1, 1794; Mary, May 3, 1796; and Eben-
ezer, July 10, 1799.
(VI) Ebenezer Nye, bom July 10, 1799, in
Sandwich, Mass., married Cyrena, daughter of
David and Mercy Doane Dimmock, born in
1801, and they lived in Sandwich, Mass. She
died Sept. 20, 1872. Their children were:
Angeline, born Dec. 17, 1818; Ebenezer F.,
Oct. 13, 1822; William Foster, May 20, 1824;
Ephraim B., May 1, 1826; Albert G., Dec. 25,
1828; Cyrena M., Oct. 29, 1830; Mercy D.,
July 30," 1832.; and David D., Nov. 29, 1833
(died Sept. 28, 1910).
(VII) William Foster Nye, bom May 20,
1824, in the village of Pocasset, then in the
town of Sandwich, Mass., was married on May