banks; (second) Rachel Sheffield, born in
P>raintree, March 24. 1(^)60, died Mav 3, 1687,
daughter of William and Mary Sheffield. He
married (third) Mrs. Lydia (.Adams) .Allen,
born 1653. died December 26. 1731. daughter
of Edward and Lydia .Adams, widow of James
.Allen. Children: I. Joseph, born September

23. 1666; mentioned below. 2. Mary, July 14.
1669. 3. Samuel, October 30, iC-iji ; married,
1694. Deborah Ford. 4. Mehitable. July 10,
lC)74: died Jime 3. 1686. 5. Ebenezer, .Aj^ril

24. 1677. ^'- Elizabeth. March 9, 1679: mar-
ried Joseph Mason. 7. Jeremiah, ATarch 17,
1680: died June iC\ 1680. 8. Eleazer. March
9. 1681 ; resided in Meiidon. 9. Jeremiah, Xo-
vember 3, 1684. 10. Rachel. October 17, 1686.
1 1. Zachariah. April 9, 1689 ; died May 2, 1689.

(HI) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (i) Dan-
iels, was born .Seplember 23. 1666. in Medfield.
and died there January 14, 1739. He married
(first ) Rachel I'artridge, born 1669. daughter
of John and .Magdalen ( P.ullard ) Partridge;
(second) Methia lireck. born December 20,
I('i73. in .Sherborn, died February 3, 1754,
flaughter of Thomas and Mary (Hill) Pjreck.
Children: I. Samuel, born December 25, 1693;
mentioned below. 2. Josciih. Dccrnibcr 15.



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MASSACHUSETTS.



1695- 3- '^'ivid, February 21, 1698-9. 4.
Ifannali, September 30. 1701 ; married, Octo-
ber 27, 1725, Eleazer Thompson. 5. Ezra,
March 10, 1704. 6. Sarah, May i, 1707; mar-
ried, February 20, 1733, John Bullard. 7.
.^bigail, March 15, 1715, died December 14,
1718. 8. Tamar, March 17. 1717; married,
December, 1733, John Metcalf.

(I\') Samuel," son of Joseph (2) Daniels,
was born in Medfield, December 25, 1693, and
died in 1789. He settled in that part of Med-
field which became Medway, and married
(fir-st) December 6, 1718, Experience Adams,
bom 1696, died March 29, 1731, daughter of
Deacon Peter and Experience (Cook) Adams;
(second) February 20, 1733, Sarah Phipps,
born in Wrentham, daughter of John Phipps,
who was a nephew and adopted son of Sir
William Phipps, of London, England. Chil-
dren: I. Samuel, born June 8, 1720: married,
January 7, 1743, Hannah Hill, lived in Keene,
New Hamjishire. 2. Timothy, September 6,
1722 ; married, February 6, 1734. Ruth Leland ;
lived in Sherborn. 3. Xathan, .\ugust 20,
1727; mentioned below. 4. John, ^August 18,
1728. 5. Simeon, March 8, 1730-1 ; married,
.\pril 9, 1754, Lydia Adams; lived in Franklin.
Children of second wife: 6. Reuben, born
November 25, 1733; died February 26, 1734.
7. Sarah, January 10, 1734-5; married, Marcli

2, 1758, Timothy Force. 8. Mary, April 23,
1736 ; married, July 5, 1764, Jonathan Wiswell.
9. "japheth, I'^ebruary 17, 1738; married Mela-
tiah II ay ward; lived in Holliston ; died March

3, 1805. 10. .Vbijah, July 27. 1740; married,
1774, Hannah Dix : lived in Milford.

(V) .Nathan, son of Samuel Daniels, was
born in East Medway, .August 20, 1727, and
died -August 20, 1791. He was a soldier in
the revolution, in Captain Thomas l5acon's
company, on the Lexington alarm ; also matross
in Cai)tain Perez Cushing's company, Colonel
Thomas Crafts's artillery regiment, 1776-77.
He settled in Franklin in his later years. He
married, March 17, 1746, Mary .\dams. born
-May 6, 1722. died .November 10, 1772, daugh-
ter of Jonathan and Dorcas .Adams. Children,
born in Medway: i. Naplhali, born June 21,
1747. 2. Nathan, July 12, 1748. 3. Ze])heniah,
May 6, 1750; died March 8. 1754. 4. Silas,
January 11, 1752; died September 10, 1755.
5. I'.enoni, November 5, 1754. 6. .Adams. Sep-
tember 4, 1757; married Mary Smith; lived in
Medfield: died 1804. 7. Seth, July 3, 1760;
died July 5, 1760. 8. Mary Daniels. December
18, 1761. 9. Joel (?). died .August 24. 1837;



married, November 29, 1785, Mary Daniels.
10. Silence, .August 28, 1766.

(\T) Nathan (2), son of Nathan (i) Dan-
iels, was born July 12, 1748. in East Medway,
and died November 25, 1841, at Franklin.
He inherited his father's homestead. He fol-
lowed farming all his active life, and was cap-
able, industrious and successful. He had a
large herd of cattle and raised wool and fla.x,
which were spun and wove into cloth for the
use of the family. His farm was in what is
now b^ranklin. and he built a new house just
before his marriage, leaving it unfinished to
shoulder his musket and join the minute-men
in the revolution. He (or his father) was a
private in Captain Thomas Bacon's company
( First Wrentham) which marched on the Lex-
ington alarm, .April 19, 1775. He was clerk
of Captain Elijah Pond's company, which
marched on the same alarm : also clerk of Cap-
tain John Metcalf's company (Fourth Suffolk)
county regiment. Colonel ( Major) Seth Bul-
lard, on the Rhode Island alarm, July and Au-
gust, 1780; also in Captain Ebenezer Pond's
company. Major Metcalf's regiment, on Rhode
Island alarm. December 8, 1776. He was a
veritable Puritan in his religion and daily life,
strict in his home and business, a devout and
prominent member of the orthodox church,
in which he held various offices of trust and
responsibility. In politics he was a Democrat.
He was town clerk of Franklin, 1786, 1791
and 1804; selectman, 1783: justice of the peace,
and by virtue of this office the local magistrate
many years. He held many jxisitions of private
trusts, and was much occupied in probate busi-
ness and the settlement of the estates of his
neighbors.

He married (first) June 22, 1775. Elizabeth
Partridge, born October. 1753. died January
7. 1783, of a well known family of Medway.
Franklin, Sherborn and vicinity. He married
(second) January 23. 1786, Sarah Smith, born
(k-tober 17. 1758. died .March 5, 1838, daugh-
ter of Seth and .Ann ( Hartshorn) Smith. Chil-
dren of first wife: i. F.lizabcth. born .April
10, 1776; died Sejitember 24, 1778. 2. Cyrus.
I-Vbruary 9, 1778: married Polly Sawyer. 3.
Dorcas, October 14. 1779; married Samuel
Cushing. 4. David, January 12, 1782; died
.August 8, 1782. Children of second wife: 5.
Ezra, born November 11, 1786; died .August
27, 1869: married .Abigail Woodward. 6. Luke,
January 28, 1788; married (first) Jemima
Fiskc;' (second) .Ai)ril 12. 1857. .Amelia T.
Hubbard. 7. Sally. July i. 178c): died Jaiuiary.




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MASSAClirSL-:TTS.



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1890: married, June 19, 1817, Samuel Ware.
Jr. 8. Nathan. August 13. 1791 ; mentioned
below. 9. Olive. September 13. 1793; died
August 24, 1882. 10. Betsey. October 19. 1795 ;
died January 3. 1797.

( \"II ) Xathan (3"). son of Xatban {2) Dan-
iels, was born at Franklin, on the old home-
stead. August 13. 1701. and died there March
16. 1872. He attended the old "Latic" district
school. During his boyhood he worked with
his father on the farm, and continued there
after he came of age. succeeding to the home-
stead upon liis father's death. He was an
energetic and well-to-do farmer. From his
wood lots he cut much timber, and he had a
cider mill to which the farms of the vicinity
brouglit their a])])les. He was of a (|uiet and
domestic disposition, seldom going from home.
but devoted to his family and higlily esteemed
by his friends. He was a member of the Con-
gregational church. Tn early life he was a
Democrat, but after i860 was a Republican.
He held the office of highway surveyor of
Franklin for a time. Tn early life he served
in the state militia. He married. January 13.

1823, Roxanna Thayer, born Xovemhcr 15.
1801. died June 12. 1887. daughter of Xahum
and Polly (Pierce) Thayer, of Mcdway. Her
father was a blacksmith. Children, born at
Franklin: i. Son, born and died August 28,

1824. 2. Thomas Jeflferson, born April 10.
1826 ; mentioned ttelow. 3. Lucy Gilbert. Feb-
ruary 2. 1829: married, October 3, 1850. Will-
iam Henry P>a]dwin. who died in Anderson-
ville prison, during the civil war. 4. Harriet
Adeline. September 29. 1834; died March i.
ir)09: married. May 4. 1854. William .â– \mos
P.artlett : children : i. Harriet .Mmina P.art-
lett. born January 26. 1855. died April 26.
1855 : ii. William .\lbert Bartlett. born Septem-
ber 14. 1856, married Josephine Davidson, and
had William .\nios Bartlett. married Ruth E.
Bean, and had Dorothy Eleanor Bartlett : iii.
Herbert Eugene Bartlett. born Afarch 8. 1859.
marrierl Sarah Evans, and had Florence Ade-
line Bartlett. married Robert Ware: iv. Lucy
Rachel Bartlett. born .August 31, 1861.

('V^HI) Thomas Jefferson, son of Xathan
( ^) Daniels, was born at Franklin, in that sec-
tion formerly part of W'rentham called Popo-
latic. .April 10. 1826. and died there February
8. 1905. He attended the district school at
"Latic." about half a mile from his father's
house. He remained on the farm until he came
of age, then worked for a few months in a shoe
factory in Sherborn, in a machine shop in West
Medway, and in a cotton mill at Caryville.



While here he had a severe illness and returned
home. When he recovered he assisted his
father on the homestead and engaged at the
same time in the lumber business. .About 1853
he purchased the Partridge .Adams farm, or
I-""iIo l-'isher place, and conducted it until 1858.
when he sold it to Peter Ford, conducting a
small place at Grantville. Massachusetts, where
he lived six years. In 1863 he bought the
Willard Poncl farm in the "T.atic" district;
here he built a large barn, still standing. He
also purchased his father's farm there, and
became one of the most substantial farmers of
the town, owning some three hundred acres
of land, also purchased large tracts of timber
land and cut off and sold the wood and timber.
He also had an extensive business in timber
and wood cut from his farm and at one time
operated a steam saw mill on his place. He
attended the Congregational church. In poli-
tics he was a Democrat, and he took a lively
interest in town affairs. I'^or a period of thirty
years he was highway surve3'or of Franklin,
and for ten years was fire warden. He was
highly respected by his townsmen and beloved
by his family and friends.

He married (first) October. 1853. Celia .\ini
Hicks, died SeiJtember 7. 1838, daughter of
Jacob Hicks. He married (second) Xovemlier
12. i860. Mary Elizabeth I'illings. born .August
22, 1838, daughter of Duflley and Achsah
(Thayer) Billings. Her father was a stone
mason and butcher. Child of first wife: i.
Xathan .Anson, born .May 7. 1833: married.
March 0. 1879. Emma Melvina .Ackley : chil-
dr'ii : i. Emery Xathan. born February 3.
1884; ii. Frank Jefferson, Xovember 6, 1886:
iii. i'.ertha Elizabeth. June 15. 1889. married.
Tune 16. 1907. Robert Henry Evans; iv. Eva
Celia .Ann. October 28. 1893; v. Emma Jane.
October 7. 1900. Children of second wife : 2.
Xahum Ellsworth, born October 20. 1861 ; was
a railroad conductor twenty-seven years ; died
\|)ril (). IOC); married, May 12. 1802, .Alniira
Roberts ; children: i. Mabel Elizabeth, born
-^nril 12. 18-13; ii- Ella May. March 24. 1893;
iii. Warren Ellsworth, I'Y-bruary 18, i8r)7: iv.
.Amy Louise. .April 23. 1899; v. Oscar Lincoln.
July IT. 190T : vi. Ida Estclle. .August 22. 1903 ;
vii. Frank Edward. December 27. 1003. 3.
r)scar lefferson. born Xovember 4. 1867; mar-
ried Ethel Mav Hill: children: i. Marjoric
lionise, born December 23. 1906; ii. Dorothy
May. Xovember 23, 1908. 4. Cyrus Weston,
born February 6. 1873 ; died September 6, 1873.
3. Caroline .Alice, born January 29. 187(1. 6.
Dora Elizabeth, born .August 27. 1878; died



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Se])temher 2, 1880. 7. Ella Riihama, born
l'"ebruary 7, 1883; married. August 20, 1902,
Walter Oscar Nordstrom: children: i. Mar-
ion Daniels Nordstrom, born January 5, 1903 :
ii. Gladys Charlotte Nordstrom. June 26, 1905.

The •Campbell family has for
CAMPBELL many centuries been among

the most prominent in Scot-
land and is common both in the Highlands and
Lowlands, and in the Scotch province of Ulster
in Ireland, especially in the counties Antrim.
Down. Armagh. Tyrone, Londonderry and
Donegal. The family was seated at Argj^le-
shire. Perthshire, BanfTshire, etc., before 1300.
The family possesses the dukedom of Argyle.
niar(|uisates of Lome and Kintyre : earldoms
of Athol. Breadalbane. Caithness. Campbell,
Cowal, Irwin, Isla or Hay. and Lmidoun : vis-
countcies of Lochowm Glenisla, (llenorchy and
Taymouth ; lordships of Arrois, Benedoraloch,
Denoon, Inverary, Lundie, Mauchline, Alor-
vern; Mull, Ormlie, Oronsay, Paintland, Tyrie
and Wick. The family is reputed of Anglo-
Norman origin. Eight Camiibclls registered
nil the Famous Ragman's Roll in 1296. .\ large
number of Campbells came to the colonies early
in the eighteenth centurv from L'lsterand Scot-
land.

( I ) Robert Campbell, first settler, came to
Southwick, Massachusetts, about 1750. He
was doubtless related to the other Campbells
of Worcester and Hampshire county, coming
from .Scotland and Lister about this time.
|ohn Campbell was another early settler, possi-
bly a son. John. James and Thomas Campbell
were heads of families in Southwick. in 1781.
.\ccording to the federal census of 1790, James.
William. Iose]ih. Captain Thomas, Captain
Jnhn and .Samuel Campbell lived in Southwick.

TIkn- were sons or nephews of Robert Camp-
bell. .\s shown by the ages of their children,
Thomas. John aud James were the elder chil-
dren.

(II) C'a])lain Thomas, son of Robert and
Mary Campbell. wa> born December 25. 1747,
in Southwick, ]irobabl\', but he may have come
there in early childhood. Lie settled there and
was a prominent citizen and well-to-do farmer.
He was a soldier in the revolution, a private
in Captain Silas Fowler's com|)any ( I'irst
Southwick) of minute-men on the Lexington
alarm. April 19. 1775. and marched to Ro.xbury.
He was also a corporal in Cajitain James
Drnrv's company, in the siNteentii regiment in
1776. Later he held a captain's commission.
jirobably after the war. lie married (first)



(intention dated November 6. 1771) Eunice
.Noble, born 1752. daugiiter of John Noble.
Her father was born December 21. 1706, died
March 3. 1776. and was one of the first settlers
from Westfield in that part of the tow'n set off
as Southwick. He became a preacher in the
Separate Baptist Church. He married (first)
July 10, 1735, Lydia Bush, born March 5, 171 1,
daughter of Ebenezer Bush, of W'estfield ;
(second) August 28. 1746. Elizabeth Reming-
ton, who was born in Suffield. .August 22. 1718,
daughter of Joseph Remington. Mark Noble,
father of John Noble, was born at Westfield
about 1670, died April 16, 1741 ; was a farmer
and town officer; married, 1698, Mary Mar-
shall, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (New-
bury) Marshall, of Northampton. Mark Noble
w'as son of the immigrant. Thomas Noble.
Captain Thomas Campbell married (second)
Keziah Owen. Children of first wife : i. Eliz-
abeth, born September 20. 1772, at Southwick.
married, 1802. David Fowder, and died at
.Southwick, March 20, 1845, aged seventy-two ;
he was a farmer and cattle-dealer. 2. Lucy,
born October 29, 1774. married, January, 1798,
Walter Fowler : she died at Trenton, New
^'ork. .\ugust II, 1871. 3. Thomas, born
October 18. 1776, died at Truxton, October
20, 1844, aged sixty-eight years : married, Octo-
ber, 1805. Mrs. Do'lly (Gates) Wait. 4. Noble,
born March 27 or 29, 1779; mentioned below.
5. Horace, born -April 24, 1781, married, No-
vcmb'-r 25, 1807. Lucretia \\'aller. 6. Justin,
born SeiHember 7, 1783, died July 19, 1828;

married, .\pril 18, 181 3, .Almira ; he was

a merchant. 7. .Asa. born September 23, 1785,
ma'ried .^ally .Strickland : he died at Ltica,
Iiuie. 1838. 8. Child, born and died December
29. 1787. 9. F.unice. born May. 1789. died
June I. 1789.

(Ml) Xnblc. son of Caiitain Thomas Camp-
bell, was born at Southwick. March 27 or 29,
1779. died at Westfield. March 28, 1853. aged
seventy-three years. I le married, .April 9,
1809, I,ucy Miller, daughter of Lieutenant
.Asa Miller' of what is now Tattam. Children :
T. Noble .Andrew Jackson, born 1826, men-
tioned below. 2. Caroline, married John Sim-
mons. 3. Emma. 4. Lucy. 5. Ilosea. died in
Indiana. 6. Lorain.

( 1\") Noble .Andrew Jackson, .son of Noble
Campbell, was born at Southwick in 1826. He
was educated in the jniblic schools. He was a
cigar manufacturer in Westfield for many
vears. He died there in 1858. Me married
Lydia F.lvira P.nsh. born Westfield. 1827. died
^iarcb 20. IQO^), daughter of Leonard Bush.



MASSAClllSllTTS.



519



Children : i. Sumner Bush, burn July ^5. 1S52,
mentioned below. 2. Emma L.

(\") Suinncr Bush, son of Xoble Andrew
Jackson Campbell, was born in Wcstficld. July
25, 1852. and was educated there in the public
schools. He began his career as clerk for the
Boston & Albany railroad and continued for
thirteen years as clerk and ticket agent at West-
field. In 1882 he became connected as clerk
with the Textile Manufacturing Company,
manufacturing hardware and casket trimmings
and metal goods, remaining in that position
imtil 1891. when he was elected treasurer and
general manager, made vacant by the death of
that official: this position he has filled up to
the present time, lie is treasurer of the West-
field Power Comjiany. lie attends the Meth-
odist Episcopal church : member of the Ancient
Order of L'nited Workmen and of Moinit
Moriah Lodge of Free Masons. In politics he
is a Republican.



Captain Samuel Marshall,
M.ARSl I.M.r. immigrant ancestor of this
family, was born in Eng-
land. Me settled in Windsor.Coiniecticut, where
he had a lot in the Palizado. as early as 1637.
He was a man of education and early became
prominent: was magistrate in 1638: deputy to
the general assembly in 1637: juror several
times. In ifif>^ he was licensefl to retail li(|uors
and doubtless kejit a tavern. He bought of
Thomas Marshfield. January, 1652. his farm
on the east side of ISroad street, but sold it the
same year and probably did not live there. He
bought of John Xewton, February. lO^i,. a
farm on what is now Silver street and also
the Captain Mason place on the southeast
corner of the Palizado. With Joseph Fitch
and Jacob Drake he petitioned the general court
to enlarge the boundaries of Windsor. In
1673 ''^ ^^'3^ called (|uartermaster on the record
of a grant of one hundred and fifty acres of
land. He was ensign in Majr>r Treat's com-
mand in the King Philip's war. and was one
of the five Connecticut captains who led the
colonial forces in the attack on the Xarragan-
sett fort. December 19, 1675. He fell in battle
at the head of his troops. Windsor lost in
him an active, honorefl and useful citizen and
brave soldier. His resiflence. according to
tradition, was on the bank oi the rivulet near
the point that juts into the meadow below the
present site of the bridge. Captain Marshall
was one of those who "stayed by consent of
the town and enlarged their gardens in the
Palizado." His home was on the site, it is



thought, of the Elihu .Marshall place, lie mar-
ried .Mary Wilton, daughter of Lieutenant David
Wilton, May 6, 1652. His widow. Mary, died
.\ugust 25, 1683. She contributed to the Con-
necticut fund for the relief of the poor of the
other colonies in 1676. She owned the half-
way covenant January 31, 1657. Children,
born at Windsor: i. Samuel, born .May 27.
1653: mentioned below. 2. Lydia, born Feb-
ruary 18, it)55. 3. Lydia, born February 3,
1657, married Joseph Hawley. 4. Thomas,
born .Vjiril 23. 1659. 5. David, born July 24,
1661. 6. Thomas, born February 18. 1663.
7. Mary, born May 8. 1667. 8. Eliakim. born
July 10. 1669. 9. John, born .\])ril 10. 1672.
10. Elizabeth, born Sejitember 2. iCi/^.

(II) Deacon Samuel (2), son of .^anniel
( I ) Marshall, was born at Windsor. Connecti-
cut. May 27, i('>53. Married (first ) Rebecca
Xewbury. He married (second) Elizabeth

Holcomb. who married (first) Case,

(second) .Slater and (third) Deacon

Marshall, and she survived him, d\ing at Sims-
bury, Connecticut, February 26, 1762. at the
advanced age of ninety-one years. .She was
born at Simsbury. .\pril 4. 1670. third daugh-
ter of Joshua and Ruth (Sherwood) Holcomb.
This was the only .Marshall family at Simsbury.

(III) Perez, son of Deacon Samuel (2)
Marshall, of Windsor and Simsbury. was born
aboft i~io-20. .According to the history of
Granville. ^Massachusetts, he removed to that
lf)wn as earlv as 1750. He lived in that i)art
set off as Tolland. .Massachusetts, in 1810.
Some of his sons were living in .Simsbury dur-
ing the revolution and he ])erha|)s returned to
It's native town. (Page iiofi.. Connecticut
N'alley History, vol. II ). The name was some-
times spelled Pierce (for Perez). According
to the account of the family he sold his pro])-
erty at Simsbury in 1782 and bought five hun-
dred acres in wliat is now Tolland, M;issaclui-
srtts. He married Mary Woodford, of .Avon.
Connecticut. .According to the census of 1790
Perez Marshall was living at Granville and liad
four males over si.vteen. none under, and three
females in his family: his son Perez had a
wife but no children and his son Joel a wife,
flruighter, and two .sons under si.xteen. Chil-
dren : I. Perez, Jr.. settled in Granville: soldier
in t!ie revolution from .Simsbury. Comiecticut.
in Captain William .'^tanton's company. Eighth
Connecticut Regiment, in 1780. 2. Joel, born
abort 17(10. was in the revolution in Cai)tain
Adonijah P>urr's company. Cokmel Moselcy's
regiment in 1778; settled in Granville and in
1790 had in bis family two sons under sixteen



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MASSACHUSETTS.



and two females. 3. Samuel, whose son John
L. and daughter Mrs. Alonzo Miller lived in
Tolland. 4. Dudley, mentioned below. 5.
Gains. 6. Hannah. 7. Mary.

(IV) Dudley, son of Perez Marshall, was
born in Sinisbury and came to Granville (Tol-
land) about 1782. He married — . Chil-
dren: I. Lyman, settled in Wellington, Ohio;
married Orpha Huff and had two sons and
one daughter. 2. Alonzo, mentioned below.
3. Gains, settled in Colebrook, Connecticut, and
had three sons. 4. Eunice, married George
Covvles and settled in Wellington, Ohio; had
one son and one daughter.

(\') .A-lonzo, son of Dudley Marshall, was
born about 1800 at Colebrook, Connecticut,
and died at Tolland, Massachusetts. He mar-
ried Phebe Smith, born at Colebrook, died at
Tolland. Children: i. Dwight L. 2. Charles
N. 3. Roswell S. 4. Sarah E. 5. Miles W.,
born February, 1842, mentioned below. 6.
Georgie M.

(\'l) Allies W., son of Alonzo Marshall,
was born February, 1842. at Colebrook, Con-
necticut. He was educated in the public schools
of Tolland. He learned the meat and provi-
sion business and in 1870 embarked in business
on his own account in Westfield, Massachu-
setts. For a short time before he conducted
a farm, but sold out when he came to West-
field. Since 1880 he has been in the ranch
business and raised horses and cattle. He has
bought and sold several ranches and has been
successful in this line of business. He is a
Methodist in religion and a Democrat in poli-
tics. He married, 1864, Marion Browning
Knox, born at \\'estfield, daughter of Abijali
llabcock and Artemisia Desdemona (Catlin)
Knox. Her father was born in 1804 at Bland-
ford, Massachusetts, died in Sejjtember, 1876.
at Westfield : married Artemisia Desdemona
Catlin, born 1806, at Harwinton, Connecticut.
and (lied September 7, 1892, at Westfield ; their
children: i. Marinu Kncix ; ii. Lorenzo .\.
Knox, died in 1891) in Mexico, married Lizzie
B. Ide and had Edith, Dorothy and Marion ;
iii. Irving C;itlin Knox, died April 12, 1908,
:it \\ I'^tl'uld, married Josephine Foley; iv.
Marion 1!., mentioned above. Eli Knox, father
of .Abijah liabcnck Knox, was of an early
Scotch-Irish family of Blandford; married
.\bigail Babcock : children: i. Eli Knox, Jr.,
liad Eli, S|K'ncer. .\bigail, Martha. Emma and
Howard Knox; ii. Abijah B. Knox, mentioned
above ; iii. Samuel, had Watson Eli, Waldo
Samuel and Wallace Knox. Child of Miles
W. and Marion Browning (Knox) Marshall:



Allan, born July 16, 1865, educated in the
Westfield schools and graduated at L'niversity
of Minnesota; now a teacher in the schools
of the West Indies ; married Florence Edith
Crossley, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Septem-
ber 10, T908.



The nameAbbot is derived through
ABBOTT the Syriac abba, from the Hebrew

ab, meaning father. It has been
applied to the head of a religious order by vari-
ous peoples from the earliest times and finally
became an English surname. There always has
been a difference of opinion in respect to the
I)roper s]ielling of the patronymic, some author-
ities contending for the use of but one t, while
(ithers use two. Many persons have held
that the single letter indicates the ancient and