of eight children: Ebenezer, Hannah, John, Nathaniel, Joseph, Elizabeth, Roger and Mary. Ebenezer Clapp, eldest child of Ebenezer and Hannah (Clapp) Clapp, was born in Dorchester, October 4, 1705. He was an active, energetic man, carrying on a tannery in connection with his farm, and he died in the prime of life, January 10, 1752, aged forty-six years. He was married February 21, 1727-8, when twenty-two years old, to Hannah Pierce, who was then nineteen. She was a daughter of John and Abigail Pierce, of Dorchester, and her death occurred November 24, 1757, in the forty-ninth year of her age. She was the mother of eleven children: Abigail, Ann, Ebenezer, Daniel, Lemuel, Hannah, John, Elizabeth (who died in infancy), Elizabeth, Elisha and William.

William Clapp, youngest child of Ebenezer and Hannah (Pierce) Clapp, was born in Dorchester, August 8, 1745. He was a carpenter, and resided in Boston where he plied his calling with energy, but his activities were suddenly terminated by his untimely death, which occurred March 8, 1778, at the age of thirtytwo years. He was married December 1, 1768, to Sarah Tileston, of Boston, daughter of Oneisphorus Tileston, whose residence was on Purchase street, opposite his wharf. She bore him three children: William Tileston, John and Mary.

William Tileston Clapp, eldest child of William and Sarah (Tileston) Clapp, was born either in Dorchester or Boston, September 4, 1770. He became a bookseller in Boston, having in 1795 a store at the corner of Proctor's lane (now Richmond street), and in 1799 was located on Fisk (now North) street. In 1807 he issued a new edition of "The Memoirs of Captain Roger Clapp," at that time nearly out of print. He subsequently removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, and died September 13, 1818, while on his way from that city to New Orleans. September 14, 1794, he married Lucretia Hewes, born April 1, 1775, daughter of Shubael Hewes, and they became the parents of eleven children: Martha Hewes, William John, Sarah Tileston, Ann Lucretia, Charles, Shubael Hewes, Lucretia Hewes, Joseph Hewes, Abigail Seaver Hewes, Charlotte Ann Hewes and Lydia Carver. (N. B. Some of these children must have died young, for, had they been contemporaneous with each other, the similarity of their names would have been rather perplexing.) Mr. Clapp's widow, accompanied by her children, returned to Boston, where she resided for many years with two or three of her daughters, and she died April 4, 1857.

Joseph Hewes Clapp, eighth child and youngest son of William Tileston and Lucretia (Hewes) Clapp, was born in Boston, November 7, 1806. He learned the watch-maker's and jeweller's trade, and for a number of years was established in that business at Augusta, Maine. He died 1890. September 8, 1835, he married Caroline Allen, of Boston, who died in Roxbury, December 15, 1839, aged twentyseven years, leaving one son, Joseph Willett, who will be again referred to. He was married a second time in Portland, Maine, September 24, 1841, to Julia Octavia Chandler, of Augusta, born December 13, 1821. She became the mother of seven children: George Allen and Julia Chandler (twins), born July 18, 1843, died December 10, 1844. John Alphonzo, born September 1, 1844. Julia Maria, born September 6, 1846. Ella Louise, born February 13, 1848. Samuel Hewes, born November 16, 1850. William Tileston Clapp, born January 11, 1853.

Joseph Willett Clapp, only child of Joseph Hewes and Caroline (Allen) Clapp, was born in Marlboro, New Hampshire, July 19, 1838. From the public schools of Boston he entered those of Augusta, where his studies were concluded, and while still young he obtained a position in the service of the Portland and Kennebec Railroad, which is now a part of the Maine Central system. He worked his way forward to a responsible position in the treasurer's department, and was finally appointed general ticket agent, in which capacity he continued for some time, but was finally compelled by impaired health to seek a more invigorating occupation, after having been connected with the railway service for twentyone years. About the year 1895 he removed to Ashland, Massachusetts, where he engaged in farming, and he resided there for the remainder of his life, which terminated August 17, 1907.

In politics Mr. Clapp was a Republican, and while residing in Augusta participated quite actively in public affairs, serving with ability in both branches of the city government. He was made a Master Mason in Augusta and passed upward through the chapter and council to the commandery in that city. His religious affiliations were with the Universalists. He was married November 8, 1860, to Eliza Jane Downe, born in Bangor, Maine, April 18, 1833, daughter of Joseph N. and Caroline M. (Taylor) Downe. Mrs. Clapp's father was a native of Boston and her mother was born in Castine, Maine. Of this union there is one son, Walter Allen Clapp, born in Augusta,

April 18, 1865. The latter acquired his early business training in the rubber stores of C. M. Clapp, in Boston, but later became travelling representative of the Hodgman Rubber Company, and is now in the employ of a cutlery concern. He is unmarried and resides with his mother in Ashland.

It is the general belief that the TRIPP Tripp family of Maine was found

ed on this side of the ocean by an immigrant from the county of Kent, England, who settled in Wells, that state. This immigrant was Samuel Tripp, the date of whose arrival is somewhat uncertain, but it was probably quite early in the eighteenth century. He cleared a farm from the wilderness, was in various other ways instrumental in developing the natural resources of southwestern Maine, and he reared a family of five children. Benjamin Tripp, a shipbuilder, probably went from York county to Waldo county very early in the last century, and locating at Prospect, or that part of it which is now Searsport, he constructed the first vessel ever launched in that town. He also engaged in farming. His death occurred in November, 1840. The records examined fail to give the maiden name of his wife, whom he married in York county, perhaps Alfred, but they state that Jessie, Lydia, Samuel, Mary and Benjamin were his children.

Samuel Tripp, son of Benjamin Tripp, Sr., was born at Alfred in 1800. He was an industrious farmer of Prospect, and died December 30, 1870. He married Lucy Bean, of Alfred, and reared a family of eleven children: Albion K., Mrs. Sarah A. White, Jefferson J., Mrs. Adeline P. Hopkins, George Addison, Nathaniel G., Martin V., Mrs. Annie Horton, Frances A. and Flavilla A. (twins), and Mrs. Abbie J. Courant. The mother of these children died 1886.

George Addison Tripp, third son and fifth child of Samuel and Lucy (Bean) Tripp, was born in Prospect (Searsport), September 23, 1833. After concluding his attendance at the public schools he served an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade, which he followed as a journeyman for some years, and in 1860 located in Hudson, Massachusetts. Relinquishing his trade he spent three years as an operative in a shoe factory, and in 1864 engaged in the manufacture of shoe boxes, establishing the firm of Tripp Brothers. This concern also engaged in the ice business, which they carried on some ten years, but in 1874 Mr. George A.

Tripp sold his box manufacturing interests, retaining his interest in the ice business and conducting it successfully for the succeeding twelve years. He was one of the organizers of the Hudson Electric Light Company, of which he acted as superintendent for eleven years, and at the present time is devoting a considerable portion of his time to the banking interests of that town. For nearly thirty years he has been a director of the Hudson National Bank, has for a number of years served as one of the auditors and also upon the investment committee of the Hudson Co-operative Bank, and is also serving in the last-named capacity for the Hudson Savings Bank. In addition to rendering able service to the town as a selectman he was for fifteen years a member of the board of assessors, was for two years overseer of the poor and previously connected with the fire department. Politically he acts with the Republican party, having voted with that party since its organization. He is well advanced in the Masonic Order, being a member of Doric (Blue) Lodge, and is a charter member of Trinity Commandery, Knights Templar.

In 1867 Mr. Tripp was united in marriage with Fanny S. Kidder, of Sterling, Massachusetts. They have had three children: Charles A., born November 7, 1870, is an electrical and mechanical engineer, located in Indianapolis, Indiana; married (first) Nancy Brown, one child died in infancy; married (second) Maud Elizabeth Wright. Lucy, born 1871, died in 1872. Mabel K., born June 24, 1876.

Anthony Ludlam, the imLUDLAM migrant ancestor, was born, it is said in the parish of Marloch, Derbyshire, England, and came with his brother William to America. Originally the name Ludlam and Ludlow were the same. Possibly James Luddam or Ludden, of Braintree, Massachusetts, was of the same family. Another authority says that Anthony Ludlam was from Yorkshire, England. He came to America before 1640 and settled in that year at Southampton, Long Island. His brother William also settled there. Anthony was on the list of taxpayers in 1657. His family removed to Bridge Hampton. The family of William Ludlam removed to Watermill. According to the history of Southampton the children of Anthony were: 1. Anthony, Jr., born 1652. died 1682. 2. Joseph, removed to Oyster Bay. mentioned below. 3. Isaac. 4. Henry.

(II) Joseph Ludlam, son of Anthony Ludlam (1), was born at Southampton, Long

Island, New York, in 1675. He removed to Oyster Bay, Long Island, and thence to Cape May, New Jersey, where he purchased a tract of land at what has since been known as Ludlam's Run or Debby Hands Run, on the division line between Dennis and the upper townthe Pythian Sisters of Melrose. In politics he ship on the Seashore Road. It is about twenty miles northeast of Cape May Point. He also bought Ludlam's Beach, named for him. He raised cattle extensively and was also interested in whaling vessels. He bought Dennis Neck, lying between Dennis creek and Sluice creek, in 1719, for one hundred and sixtythree pounds. He divided this lot between his sons Anthony and Jeremiah. Anthony divided his Dennis Neck property between his sons Anthony, Reuben and Providence, bequeathing his saw mill to his son Providence. The history of Cape May county says that Ludlam came to Cape May with an emigration of whalers from Long Island in 1692; purchased beaches and upland on which he raised cattle. He was the founder of the Cape May family; a prominent citizen and often held public offices. The registered "ear-marks" of his cattle was "And El" "under the left Eare," recorded by the phonographic clerk March 13, 1696-97. This mark subsequently became that of his son Anthony. He died at Cumberland, New Jersey, in 1761. Children of Joseph: I. Anthony, was also prominent at Cape May. 2. Joseph, mentioned below. 3. Jeremiah.

(III) Joseph Ludlam, son of Joseph Ludlam (2), was born about 1710 at Cape May, and settled at Dennisville on the north side of the creek while his brother Anthony had the south side of the creek. Jeremiah signed a petition in 1763 and was with Joseph on a committee of safety in 1775. Both were active patriots. Joseph Ludlam and Abraham Bennett were appointed inspectors of gunpowder October 4, 1776. Joseph took the oath of allegiance to the new government May 27, 1778. Children: 1. Henry, mentioned below.

(IV) Captain Henry Ludlam, son of Joseph Ludlam (3), was born at Dennisville, Cape May county, New Jersey, May 15, 1752. He died there November 30, 1837. He was the most prominent man of his day in that section. He was elected lieutenant of his company in the Revolution, June 7, 1777, and his commission dated June 17, 1777, signed by Governor Livingston, is in the possession of the family of Joseph S. Ludlam, Lowell, Massachusetts, who had also the original warrant granting his commission as judge of the court of inferior pleas, and a deed granting freedom to his

slaves, Moses and Mary Jackson, signed by himself and wife Patience. Henry Ludlam was first lieutenant of the company of Captain Henry Townsend (Fourth Company), regiment of Major Enoch Stilwell. Christopher Ludlam, brother or cousin, was lieutenant of the same company. He was an active and efficient officer. Henry Ludlam inherited large estates and built vessels on Dennis creek and had extensive shipping interests in West Indies; he was reputed one of the wealthiest men of southern New Jersey. He was made judge and justice of the peace January 28, 1797. Christopher Ludlam was also appointed judge.

He married, 1772, Hannah Somers, daughter of Richard and Hannah Somers, of South Atlantic county, New Jersey, of a leading Philadelphia family. Children: 1. Joseph, born about 1775. 2. James (?).

(V) Joseph Ludlam, son of Judge Henry Ludlam (4), was born in Dennisville, New Jersey, about 1775. He was a prominent citizen in civil and military life at Cape May. He was first lieutenant of the Artillery Company, October 2, 1813, and commissioned captain May 20, 1816. He married. Children: 1. Richard Smith, born 1792; in 1832 built the second large hotel at Cape May, the first "lathed and plastered" hotel, the famous old Mansion House where he had Henry Clay as his guest in 1847; had a general store and wood business; was instrumental in securing the incorporation of Cape Island as a borough while he was in the legislature in 1846-47; was on the board of freeholders in 1853-55-62; was ensign of his company March 12, 1814, and lieutenant April 9, 1816; died at Cape May City, June 15, 1881. 2. Lewis, born about 1800, became one of the most successful hotel keepers in Richmond, Virginia. 3. Joseph, born May, 1807, mentioned below.

(VI) Joseph Ludlam, son of Joseph Ludlam (5), was born in Cape May county, New Jersey, May, 1807, died in New York City in 1851. He married Child: Joseph Smith, born September 16, 1837, mentioned below.

(VII) Joseph Smith Ludlam, son of Joseph Ludlam (6), was born in Cape May county, New Jersey, September 16, 1837. He passed his boyhood and youth in his native town and New York City, receiving his education in the public schools of Cape May and a private school in New York City. The life of the seafaring man had great attractions for him. He was naturally venturesome and as a young man went to sea, making voyages to nearly every country in the world. In the regular

line of promotion he became mate and then captain of large vessels engaged in the East India trade. After long and able service as a mariner he became a pilot in the employ of the Chinese government.

From this position Mr. Ludlam became a commander of Chinese troops during the Tai Ping Rebellion, and it was at this time he entered upon the most eventful period of his career. In this service he saw much of military life and became the intimate friend of Chinese Gordon, with whom he held close relations for a number of years. Sixteen years of his life Mr. Ludlam devoted to this cause and the life at sea, and the Chinese government conferred upon him marked honors in appreciation of his conduct. In 1872 he left China and traveled through Europe. During these wanderings he sought a commission in the Turkish army, but the conditions of the service were so harsh that he determined to return to America and this he did in 1874. Before arrival in this country he secured employment in the Lake Superior mining region as superintendent of a copper mine. There he remained until he came to Lowell in 1875 and there he lived the last twenty-one years of his life.

And the coming to Lowell shows the remarkable ability of Mr. Ludlam to grasp the details of a new business and demonstrated again his remarkable powers of observation. It was this power that made him successful in his sea and army life and it was this power again that so impressed the officials of the Merrimack that here was a man who could take that mill in charge and manage it with profit to its owners. Mr. Ludlam in a visit to the mi so successfully comprehended the whole scope of the plant and its innumerable details that he was offered the position of agent. He accepted the position and from that time to his death filled the office with conspicuous ability and success. His home was on Andover street, and the house there was always a delight to the visitor interested in the collection of curios collected in his life in foreign lands. The house was burned in 1894 and with it many of the valuable souvenirs it contained. Mr. Ludlam rebuilt the house in which he and his family have since lived.

Mr. Ludlam was a Republican in politics, and during the campaign when James C. Abbott was elected mayor was very active. He did not seek political honors for himself, however. He was a member of the Yorick Club of Lowell and of the Somerset Club of Boston. He was a man of splendid physique. He attended closely to the duties of his position as

the head of a great industrial business and he spent most of his time when not in his office at his home. But those privileged to know him well knew him as a charming personality. Few men have had wider range of experience in life and few could find in their own lives more to talk about of interest others. Some one has said that to the stranger and to others who were associated with him during the hours of business. Mr. Ludlam was apparently brusque, as is usually the case with virile men. He understood men, his long life spent with hundreds of them in his charge giving him a fine insight into the character of those he controlled.

He married, January 22, 1878, Annabelle Elizabeth Grant, daughter of Alexander and Sarah (Donaldson) Grant, of St. Johns, New Brunswick. She came of a long and distinguished lineage traced to the year A. D., 800, when a prince named Woodine from Asia settled in Norway. This Grant family has an ancient coat-of-arms and crest.

Children: 1. Emily Josephine, born December 3, 1873. 2. Edward Gordon, born May 27, 1875. 3. Elizabeth G., born December 21, 1878.

Samuel Goddard, grandGODDARD father of Samuel John Goddard, of Framingham, Massachusetts, was born at Child Okeford, Dorsetshire, England, in 1815. He received a good education in the schools there. He served an apprenticeship from fifteen to twenty-one at the carpenter's trade, and became a well known and successful builder and contractor, employing a large force of men. When he was about thirty-five years old he took the superintendency of the saw mills of Lord Portman, cutting and sawing the timber on his estates, remaining in that position for a period of forty years, after which he was retired, in 1890, by Lord Portman. He died January 10, 1892. He was a member of the Church of England. He married, July 4, 1837, Mary Ann Phillips, who was born in 1816, daughter of John and Sarah Phillips, the former a minister of the Church of England. Children: John, Ann, Edward, mentioned below; Joseph.

(II) Edward Goddard, son of Samuel Goddard (1), was born at Child Okeford, Dorsetshire, England, September 24, 1844. He was educated in the schools there, and at the age of fourteen began to learn the trade of carpenter as his father's apprentice. Two years later he entered the employ of Lord Portman

where he continued five years as gardener. Subsequently he engaged in business on his own account in Hampshire, England, where he has resided since 1890, working on the various estates in the vicinity. He is a member of the Church of England. He married, December 25, 1868, Elizabeth Watts, born April 29, 1847, daughter of William and Emeline (Stephens) Watts, of Child Okeford. William Watts was a shoemaker or cordwainer. Children: 1. Samuel John, mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth Emeline, born June 9, 1873, married Philip Melhursh, of Bournemouth, England.

(III) Samuel John Goddard, son of Edward Goddard (2), was born at Child Okeford, Dorsetshire, England, October, October 14, 1869. He was five years old when the family moved to Bournemouth, Hampshire, and he attended school there until his fifteenth year. He served an apprenticeship under Enoch White, florist, at Bournemouth, subsequently entering the employ of George Watts & Sons, florists, as journeyman. After eighteen months in this position he entered the employ of Edwin Morrell, at Shrewsbury, in 1889. He then became foreman propagator for the entire plant of Hewett & Company, florists, Birmingham, England, which position he left in 1891, the year of his emigration to the United States. He finally settled in Framingham, Massachusetts, where he served as foreman for William Nicholson, florist. In 1898 he engaged in business on his own account, erecting greenhouses on Main street, and has been very successful in building up a large and prosperous trade. He has an area of twenty-six thousand square feet of glass and four acres of land. He produces general floral products, but has made a specialty of carnations, originating the Helen Goddard. Mr. Goddard attends Plymouth Congregational Church, Framingham. In politics he is a Republican; he served as delegate to the Republican councilor conventions of 1904-05. He is a member of Middlesex Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Framingham; Concord Royal Arch Chapter, Natick Commandery, Knights Templar, Boston Lafayette Lodge of Perfection; Pericles Lodge, No. 4, Knights of Pythias, of which he is past chancellor; Framingham Grange, Patrons of Husbandry; American Carnation Society; Boston Gardener's and Florist's Club; Rhode Island Horticultural Society, Massachusetts Horticultural Society.

Mr. Goddard married, July 23, 1896, Hannah Jane Brown, born June 30, 1869, daughter

of Thomas and Mary (Jones) Brown, of Framingham. Her father was a gardener and is now retired. They have one child, Helen Brown, born January 12, 1898.

John Carney was born in IreCARNEY land of ancient Irish family. He married there Mary Quigley, who also was born in Ireland. Among their children was John Carney, mentioned below.

(II) John Carney, son of John Carney (1), was born in Ireland. He married Elizabeth Sullivan, who was also born in Ireland, she being the second wife. They came to America and made their home in Chelsea, Orange county, Vermont, where their son William Joseph, mentioned below, was born.

(III) William Joseph Carney, son of John Carney (2), was born in Chelsea, Vermont, September 23, 1852. He received his early education in the public schools in Vermont, but left home at the age of twelve to enlist in the Union army. He lacked five months of being thirteen when he became a private in Company K, Fourteenth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, and served until 1865, when he was honorably discharged at the close of the war. He re-enlisted in the Second United States Cavalry, May 9, 1866, in Troop M, and served in the Indian campaign on the western frontier for eight years. He remained in the government service seven years more as a scout, messenger, etc. During the Indian risings he was wounded several times and to the day of his death carried a scar on his face caused by an Indian arrow. He had a taste for literature, and devoted himself for many years afterward in writing stories of frontier life for newspapers and magazines. He had a rich and extensive personal experience from which to draw his material, and he had acquired a graphic and popular style of telling his tales. He was very successful in a material way in his literary work. He continued a rather remarkable career as an author until 1899, when he engaged in business, building up a flourishing trade in dispensing a cure for the drug habit. He took up his residence in Melrose in 1900, and was popular and highly esteemed in that city, where he had a large circle of personal friends. He belonged to Melrose Lodge, No. 157, Odd Fellows; to Advance Lodge, No. 37, Goffstown, New Hampshire; Knights of Pythias and to U. S. Grant Post, No. 4, Grand Army of the Republic. He was and his family are members of