in the farm. He devoted his attention thereafter to the homestead, making a specialty of raising hogs in partnership with John R. Carter. Their business has grown until it is the largest in that line in the vicinity. They raise. some three thousand hogs annually, largely of the Berkshire and Chester White strains. He raises many collie dogs and blooded horses also. He has now one hundred and ninetyseven acres of land favorably situated in the western part of the city of Woburn on Cambridge street. His sons John and Everett are associated with him in the business. He continues general farming, dairying, and market gardening. He raises some flowers-carnations and violets-which are especially fine -for the market and pays much attention to fruit, and his apple orchards are especially fine. His son John superintends the greenhouses and raises the flowers and vegetables. His son Everett attends to the marketing of the produce. In April, 1900, Mr. Cummings started his present business in coal and wood, hay and grain, fertilizer, etc., in the old McDonald yards formerly occupied by John Carter, and during the first four years built up the largest new trade in the history of the coal business in Woburn. He has a strong and attractive personality, of ready wit and abounding good nature, and has many personal friends. He has demonstrated large capacity for business. He attends the Woburn Congregational church. In politics he is a Republican, but has never accepted public office.

He married, December 24, 1883, Martha Wentworth Shaw, who was born August 28, 1864, daughter of George L. and Charlotte (Wentworth) Shaw, of Wintersport, Maine. Children: 1. Everett Ellery, born September 7, 1884. 2. Sarah Stella, May 20, 1886. 3. John Warren, July 24, 1887. 4. Charles Alden, September II, 1889. 5. Stephen Chandler, December 30, 1890. 6. Samuel Robert, April 11, 1898.

afterward married John Osgood, of Andover. Clement was one of the leading citizens. He was the first elected deputy to the general court. He was appointed associate judge of the county court; appointed to give oath of fidelity to the inhabitants of Haverhill; appointed to set off lands to proprietors; to fix limits to property, etc. He kept a tavern and was allowed by the Salisbury court to sell wine at Haverhill in 1653. He was a man of rare integrity, of superior talent, according to the reports of his contemporaries and the evidence of the records. He died where he first settled in Haverhill, September 29, 1658. His will is dated September 6, 1658, and was proved October 12, 1658. He bequeathed to wife, sons Job, John, Abraham, Daniel; sonsin-law, Moses Pingrin, Abraham Morrill, and John Osgood; to "my children's children that are in New England." Another son Robert is known. Clement owned the first grist mill built in the town. Children: 1. Job. 2. John, married, 1648, Sarah Osgood. 3. Robert, mentioned below. 4. Abraham. 5. Daniel. Sarah. 7. Lydia. 8. Mary, born about 1637, was indicted for witchcraft during the Delusion.

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(II) Robert Clement, son of Robert Clement (1), was born about 1625 in England and came with his parents to Haverhill, Massachusetts. He was a cooper by trade. He married, December 8, 1652, Elizabeth Fawne, daughter of John Fawne, immigrant, who came from England to Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1634; was admitted a freeman September 2, 1635; removed to Haverhill. Luke Fawne, stationer, of London in 1665-66, bequeathed to Mrs. Elizabeth Clement, eldest daughter of his brother, John Fawne, and to her son Fawne Clement. (See New England Genealogical Register for 1894). Robert Clement, of Haverhill, in Norfolk county, successor to Mr. Fawne, had deed of land in Ipswich, May 18, 1674. Clement took the prescribed oath of allegiance in November, 1677. He was a town officer in Haverhill and was living there in 1692. His wife Elizabeth died March 27, 1715. He was a county commissioner and associate judge. Children, born in Haverhill: 1. John, September 16, 1653, married, February 22, 1676, Elizabeth Ayer. 2. Daniel, born July 3, 1655, died January 10, 1679-80, at New Jersey. 3. Abraham, born July 14, 1657, married, May 10, 1683, Hannah Gove. 4. Hannah, born October 2, 1660. 5. Fawne, born March 2, 1661-62, mentioned below. 6. Nathaniel, born September 6, 1663,

died at Saco, Maine, April 16, 1689. 7. Robert, born March 29, 1665, married, December 18, 1695, Deliverance Oddihorn. 8. Lydia, born December 14, 1668, married, February 19, 1688-89, John Johnson, Jr. 9. Mary, born June 8, 1670, died July 1, 1670. 10. Mary, born July 24, 1673, died February 11, 1678. II. Jonathan.

(III) Fawne Clement, son of Robert Clement (2), was born in Haverhill, March 2, 1661-62. Married there November 21, 1688, Sarah Hoyt. (John (2), John (1). He settled in Salisbury and Newbury, Massachusetts. He was in Salisbury in 1688; in 1692, out of Newbury in 1696, 1713 and 1732. His will was dated September 23, 1732, and proved May 12, 1740. He bequeathed to children and second wife Dorothy. Children: 1. Dr. Timothy, a physician at Beverley, Massachusetts. 2. Sarah, married Richard Hazen, of Haverhill. 3. Jonathan, born January 1, 1695-96, mentioned below. 4. Joseph, born April 1, 1701.

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(IV) Jonathan Clement, son of Fawne Clement (3), was born in Newbury, January 1, 1695-96, and was living there in 1732. He died January 11, 1772. His will was dated November 7, 1761. He married Mary and resided in Amesbury in what is now Merrimac, Massachusetts. Children: Jacob, settled in Salisbury, New Hampshire; had children: Stephen, John, Moses, Sally, Jacob, who remained on the homestead, now or lately owned by his descendant, Moses G. Clement. 2. Jonathan, mentioned below. 3. Prudence, married Joseph Greeley. 4. Sarah, married Thomas Sargent. 5. Mary.

(V) Jonathan Clement, son of Jonathan Clement (4), was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, about 1720. He settled at Kingston, New Hampshire, in the section set off as Sandown in 1756. Kingston was incorporated in 1694. It is near Plymouth where his brother Jacob settled. Children: 1. Colonel Obadiah, an early settler in Warren, New Hampshire, the proprietor of the first hotel there and always the leading citizen in his day; died 1829; married (first), August 27, 1765, Sarah Batchelder, who was born June 30, 1747; married (second), Sarah Baker, of Suncook, September 9, 1788. 2. Jonathan, born January 3, 1753, mentioned below. 3. Reuben, also settled in Warren; lived with his brother Jonathan for many years; never married.

(VI) Jonathan Clement, son of Jonathan Clement (5), was born at Sandown, formerly

Kingston, New Hampshire, January 3, 1753. He removed when a young man to Warren in 1773, and was one of the early settlers of that town. He bought his home lot of Enoch Page, one of the original proprietors of the town, or rather received the lot virtually as a gift to induce him to locate on land lying between the farm of Colonel Obadiah Clements, his brother, and land of Squire Copps. He built his first cabin a short distance northwest of the junction of the road from Pine Hill and the Old Turnpike. In September of 1773 he went down country and brought his bride to their new home. He bought lot No. 8, October 21, 1796, and various other parcels of land. He married, September 24, 1773, Hannah Page, who was born December 23. 1756. Children, born at Warren: 1. Dolly, born November 4, 1774, died November 18, 1779. 2. Jonathan, Jr., born August 23, 1776, died of spotted fever September 23, 1777. 3. Hannah, born February 20, 1778, died October 30, 1779. 4. Jonathan, born October 12, 1780, mentioned below. 5. Hannah, born January 27, 1783. 6. Ephraim, born February 12, 1785. 7. Page, born May 1, 1787, died August 11, 1789. 8. John, born April 30, 1789. 9. Page, born August 29, 1790. Dolly (twin), born July 25, 1792. II. Eleanor (twin), born July 25, 1792. 12. Dolly, born June 20, 1794. 13. John, born July 17, 1796. 14. Benjamin, born November 25, 1798. 15. Daniel, born December 3, 1801.

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(VII) Jonathan Clement, son of Jonathan Clement (6), was born in Warren, October 12, 1780. He was educated in the common schools of his native town. He worked on the homestead during his youth. When a young man he drove a freight wagon from Boston to Montreal, carrying tea, tobacco. molasses and other West India goods and. bringing back a variety of goods to Boston. After a period of years he settled in Warren and opened a tavern in the valley of Runaway pond, succeeding his uncle who built it. It was a popular public house. The men for many miles met there to discuss the politics and gossip of the day and to sample the excellent liquor for which the house was famous. Political meetings and conventions were held there. Until the day of the railroad the prosperous tavern keeper was the leading citizen of the country as a rule. Clement acquired a competence in the hotel business. He knew his business thoroughly and his personality attracted trade to his inn. Religious services were held in the spacious room where the

8, 1839, resides at San Jose, California, unmarried. 4. Margaret, born May 25, 1841, died June 2, 1906; married, February 14, 1867, Freeman E. Colby, of Henniker, New Hampshire; children: i. Almon B. Colby, born November 13, 1867, married Georgianna Barnard; (children: Clarence E. Colby, born May 16, 1894; Arthur B. Colby, born April 13, 1896; Margaretta Colby, born June 16, 1898; Helen Colby; Ruth Colby); ii. Scott Colby, born June 22, 1869, married Emma Lewis; iii. Roscoe Colby, born April 25, 1879; iv. Bessie Colby, born August 14, 1886, married, March 21, 1905, Oscar J. Presby; one child, Harold Presby, born February 13, 1906. 5. Louisa, born February 5, 1843, died May 10, 1864. 6. Sedelia Ann, born March 21, 1845, died June 22, 1883; buried in East Long Meadow, Massachusetts; married Albert Ross, of Bath, New Hampshire. 7. Dan, born November 20, 1847, died April 7, 1851. 8. Annie E., born April 27, 1850, died January 7, 1905; married, August 3, 1873, Frank B. Woodward; children: i. Walter Bradford Woodward, born September 28, 1875, died April 26, 1899; ii. Edith Lydia, born October 20, 1881, married, June 16, 1903, Perley N. Hopper. 9. Arah D., born February 3, 1852, died June 21, 1890, buried in Burlington, Massachusetts; married, August 29, 1875, Abbie Hutchinson, one child, Bessie Marion, born June 18, 1880, died September 10, 1901, buried in Burlington, Massachusetts. 10. Tristam French, born January 25, 1854, married, March 23, 1875, Emily Walch, of Merrimack, New Hampshire; children: i. Clarence Walch, born October 14, 1878, married, September 2, 1899, Ethel Hutchinson, of Merrimack, New Hampshire; ii. Olive Myra, born June 17, 1886; iii. Ida Susan, born March 27, 1890; iv. Burton Robert, born November 1, 1894.

(IX) Albert Aiken Clement, son of Jonathan Clement (8), was born at Warren, New Hampshire, July 11, 1836. He attended the public schools of his native town and at East Haverhill, New Hampshire, whither his parents removed when he was eight years old, and at Wentworth where he went to work for Nathan Clough, a farmer, when he was twelve years old. Afterward he worked six months for Joseph Noyes and five years for Ira Merrill, both farmers. At the age of eighteen he came to Ashland, Massachusetts, and entered the employ of John Clark, driving his wagon through Middlesex county, and selling stoves, hardware and Yankee notions. For twenty years he followed this business successfully,

and he became one of the best known and most popular itinerant merchants of that section. In 1869 he started in business for himself as an itinerant merchant, trading also in horses. He made his home in Woburn in 1875, and engaged in the ice business in North Woburn where he built ice houses and established a good business. After two years, however, he sold it to John Merrill and entered the real estate business. He invested some of his savings in Woburn real estate, and built several houses on the old Page place in Woburn. In 1891 he removed to Laconia, New Hampshire, where he bought a farm of one hundred and sixty acres on Ladd Hill, known as the Harlan P. Ladd Farm, and conducted it successfully for eight years. He traded his farm with the exception of ninety acres for the old Kesser farm which adjoined it. He conducted it for two years and in 1901 returned to Woburn. He sold fifty acres of woodland to the Diamond Match Company. He bought the old Tay place at Woburn and since then has resided at No. 7 Clinton street, having an extensive milk route and wood business. He is a member of the Woburn Congregational church. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Order of the Golden Cross, Woburn, and when a young man became a member of the Sons of Temperance. All his life Mr. Clement has been a collector of old relics, some of which date back to the period of our greatgreat-grandparents.

He married (first), August 21, 1873, Hannah Emily Page, of Groton, Massachusetts, who died April 28, 1881, daughter of Luther and Hannah (Murray) Page, of Groton. He married (second), October 25, 1882, Susan Elvah Marston, born at Benton, New Hampshire, May 3, 1853, daughter of Bartlett and Anna Swett (Brown) Marston, of Benton. Children: 1. Louisa Page, born November 20, 1874, married, October 15, 1898, Dr. Greenwood H. Knight, of Dexter, Maine; children: i. Dorothy Hathaway, born May 20, 1900, died July 1, 1900; ii. Enid Louise, born May 2, 1902, died June 26, 1902; iii. Weston Clement, born October 28, 1907. 2. Warren Luther, born August 20, 1876, married, June 28, 1898, Sigrid Johnson, of Boston; children: i. Emily Christine, born March 18, 1900; ii. Ruth Elizabeth, born April 24, 1902; iii. Margaret Louise, born August 1, 1904; iv. Mildred Page, born October 6, 1907. 3. George Albert, born November 3, 1878, married, October 3, 1900, Mabelle Earle, of Tilton,

New Hampshire; child: Lorena Earle, born July 24, 1901. Children of Albert A. and Susan E. Clement: 4. Helen Marston, born December 17, 1883. 5. Cora Elvah, born January 13, 1888. 6. Gertrude Anna, born August 21, 1892.

LOCKE

The immigrant ancestor of Edwin F. Locke' was Deacon William Locke, who was born in Stephney parish, London, England, and baptized December 20, 1628. He came with relatives to this country when a child in the ship "Planter," March 22, 1634. It is not certain how early he settled in Woburn, but the first real estate he is recorded as purchasing there was about 1650. Later he became a large real estate owner, and took an active part in town affairs, serving as selectman several times, as constable, grand juror, and in many other positions. He was also deacon of the church. He was not only a farmer, but carpenter and builder. He died at Woburn, June 16, 1720. He married, December 25, 1655, Mary Clarke, daughter of William and Margery Clarke, of Woburn. Children of Deacon William and Mary (Clarke) Locke, born in Woburn: 1. William, born December 27, 1657, died January 9, 1658. 2. William, born January 18, 1659; see forward. 3. John, born August 1, 1661, married (first) Elizabeth Plympton, May 31, 1683; married second, Mrs. Mary (Winn) Wyman, November 30, 1720. 4. Joseph, born March 8, 1664, married (first) Mary -, died April, 1707; married second, Margaret Mead, daughter of Israel Mead, of Woburn; married third, Hannah Pierce, of Weston, November 5, 1743. 5. Mary, born October 16, 1666, married Samuel Kendall, March 30, 1692. 6. Samuel, born October 14, 1669, married (first) Ruth

; married second, Mary Day, of Ipswich, in 1717. 7. Ebenezer, born January 8, 1674, married (first) Susanna Walker, October 18, 1697; married second, Hannah Meads, October 14, 1701. 8. James, born November 14, 1677, married Sarah Cutter, daughter of Richard Cutter, of Cambridge, December 5, 1700. 9. Elizabeth, born January 4, 1681, married James Markham, October 14, 1700. (II) Deacon William Locke, son of Deacon William and Mary (Clarke) Locke, born January 18, 1659. He was a deacon in 1709, was selectman in 1703-04 and 1732, and held many other town offices. He served on committees for the church as well as town affairs. He

resided in the second precinct of Woburn, which afterwards became a part of Burlington when that town was incorporated. He died January 8, 1738. He married first Sarah Whitmore, May 29, 1683, daughter of Francis. and Isabel (Park) Whitmore, of Cambridge; married second, Abigail Hayward, June 8, 1698. The first three children were by his first wife, the last two by his second wife, all born in Woburn: 1. William, born June 28, 1684; married first, Mary who died February 21, 1710-11; second Jemima Russell, daughter of Philip K. Russell. 2. Francis. born July 25, 1690, in Woburn. 3. Daniel, born July 9, 1693; married first Abigail who died November 22, 1750; second, Mrs. Dorcas Brabrook, November 17, 1751. 4. Ebenezer, married Elizabeth

5. Abigail, born June 22, 1710, married Jonas Meriam, October 3, 1728.

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(III) Francis Locke, son of Deacon William and Sarah (Whitmore) Locke, was born July 25, 1690. He lived in Medford a few years after his marriage, but in 1718 sold his property in Woburn to his brother Daniel, and moved to West Cambridge, now Arlington. At different times he bought considerable land there. He was not only a farmer, but a tanner, and kept a tavern. In 1739 he and his wife Elizabeth were among the original members of the church in West Cambridge. In 1747 he and Gershom Cutter were fined thirty shillings each for travelling on Sunday to Newton to attend meeting, by Henry Gibbs, justice of the peace. The court of sessions, however, ordered the proceedings quashed. He died September 3, 1770. His wife died June 27, 1771, aged eighty-one years. married first, Elizabeth Winship, of Medford, February 25, 1713, who died 1758; married second, Mrs. Martha (Russell) Dunster, March 15, 1759. She was the widow of Henry Dunster, grandson of President Henry Dunster, of Harvard College. Children of Francis Locke and his first wife, the first two born in Medford, the others in West Cambridge: 1. Samuel, born January 15, 1714. 2. Elizabeth, born June 17, 1716; married first Zachariah Symmes, June 16, 1748; second, Ebenezer Brooks, November 15, 1776. 3. Sarah, born April 10, 1719, married William Withington, of West Cambridge. 4. Francis, born April 3, 1721; married Ruth Fessenden, September 13, 1743. 5. John, born February 8, 1724, married Mary Frost, daughter of Thomas Frost, of Cambridge. 6. Benjamin, baptized October 12, 1735, died young.