History of Swansea, Massachusetts, 1667-1917; - citizen hylbom blog

Family Records 151
later, when the brick mill was burned, he rebuilt it. His son, as treasurer,
built an entirely new mill as part of the plant. Mr. Brayton believed in
new enterprises in Fall River, and was willing to back them with his
means, as in the case of the last cotton corporation formed there previous
to his death, in which he subscribed for a considerable block of stock.
March 25, 1868, Mr. Brayton married Caroline Elizabeth, daughter
of the late Hon. William Lawton and Mary (Sherman) Slade, of Somerset.
She, with three sons and five daughters survive him. Ten children were
born to Mr. and Mrs. Brayton, as follows: (1) Caroline Slade was born
March 10, 1869, in New York City. (2) Abby Slade, born Nov. 10, 1870,
in New York, married Randall N. Durfee, of Fall River, and they have had
four children, Randall Nelson (bom March 13, 1897), Bradford Chaloner
(born Aug. 12, 1900), Caroline (born March 12, 1904). and Mary Brayton
(born March 4, 1909). (3) William L. S., born Nov. 13, 1872, in New York
City, is treasurer of the Sagamore Manufacturing Company, having
succeeded his father. He married June 18, 1903, Mary Easton Ashley,
daughter of Stephen B. and Harriet Remington (Davol) Ashley, and they
have had eight children, born as follows: Lawton Slade, June 20, 1904;
Lincoln Davol Oct. 20, 1905; Constance, March 22, 1907; Ruth Sherman,
April 17, 1908; Perry Ashley, May 25, 1910; Mary Elizabeth,
June 11, 1912; Richard Anthony, June 19, 1913; and Sherman
Brayton, born July 19, 1915. (4) Israel, born in Fall River Aug. 5, 1874,
is a member of the law firm of Jennings, Morton & Brayton. (5) Mary
Durfee, born May 1, 1877, died March 29, 1889. (6) Stanley, born March
20, 1879, died July 29, 1902, in Caux, Switzerland. (7) Arthur Perry, was
born May 25, 1881. (8) Margaret Lee was born Dec. 14, 1883. (9)
Dorothy was born Dec. 9, 1885, and married William Russell MacAusland
M. D. Feb. 23, 1916. (10) Katherine was born Dec. 16, 1887.
Mr. Brayton was devoted to his family, and the home life was made
especially pleasant and happy. His home was always open, and the many
visitors there were always hospitably entertained. In his business life he
had formed strong friendships, and did much for those he favored in this
way. He died suddenly in the evening of March 24, 1908, at home. No.
260 North Main Street, Fall River, in the seventy-sixth year of his age.
Chace Family
Rev. Obadiah Chace, of Swansea, Mass., for about fifty-six years a
minister of the Society of Friends, was born April 12, 1818, in Warren, R. I.
son of Anthony and Isabel (Buffington) Chace, the latter of whom lived to
the age of ninety-three years. The Rev. Mr. Chace was the last survivor
of a family of six children, two sons and four daughters, and he was in the
eighth generation in direct line from William Chace, who settled in Yarmouth,
Mass., in 1637, the line being as follows: (1) William Chace and
wife Mary; (II) William Chace; (III) William Chace and wife Hannah
Sherman; (IV) Eber Chace and wife Mary Knowles; (V) Eber Chace and
wife Sarah Baker; (VI) Obadiah Chace and wife Eunice Anthony, who
lived on Prudence Island, engaged in the produce business, and after the
husband's death the wife carried on the s£une business with great success;
(VII) Anthony Chace and wife Isabel Buffinton, who moved to the old
Gardner farm near Touisset. The maternal or Buffinton line is as foUows:
(I) Thomas Buffinton and wife Sarah Southwick; (II) Benjamin Buffinton
and wife Hannah; (III) Benjamin Buffinton and wife Isabel Chace; (IV)
Moses Buffinton and wife Isabel Baker; (V) Benjamin Buffinton and wife
Charity Robinson; (VI) Isabel Buffinton and husband Anthony Chace.
The Rev. Mr. Chace was brought up a farmer, and followed that