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

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large circle of friends. He was a member of Christ Church; also of the
Masonic fraternity, connected with Temple Chapter, No. 3, and Webb
Council No. 3, both of Warren, R. I. He was at one period, in the middle
sixties, of the last century, in charge of the ferry boat at Slade's Ferry.
(VH) Arnold Douglass Gardner spent his school days in Swansea.
He began farming when a young man, and in 1885 built the house opposite
his father's home. In 1895 he went to the home farm, where he had lived
from the age of six years, and during the next five years engaged in the
dairy business. For 18 years he has been deputy sheriff, was constable of
the town for several years; and a member of the School Committee 9 years.
He is a Past Noble Grand of Mount Hope Lodge No. 63, I. O. O. F., Fall
River; member of King PhiHp Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Temple Chapter, No.
3, Warren, R. I., Webb Council, No 3, Warren; Godfrey de Bouillon
Commandery, Fall River; and Palestine Temple, Providence. He has
taken the Rebekah degree in Odd Fellowship and is a trustee of the
Rebekahs, Dorothy Brown Lodge. He is a member of the First Christian
Church of Swansea. A Republican in politics, he has been active in the
party, serving on the Town Committee for many years.
The Haile, Hail, Hale Family
From Hale Genealogy In Re— ^W. J. Hale
Richard Haile, the ancestor of the Hail, Haile, Hale family of Swansea
and Warren—as it is variously spelled by his descendants—first appears on
Swansea records when he was admitted an inhabitant, Nov. 14, 1677, and
granted a ten acre lot north of ye old fence at Kickemuit; this would
indicate that it lay between Market street and the highway running along
the west bank of the Kickemuit river between the bridges.
He had married probably at Rehoboth, Mary, daughter of Richard &
Elizabeth (Ingraham) Bullock, born 1652, Feb. 16, in Rehoboth. Their eldest
son John was probably born there before they came to Swansea. In 1698
he was chosen fence viewer the only office he seems to have held. Richard's
occupation is given as taylour in deeds of that period. He deeded his real
estate to his youngest son Barnard in 1713, it was then bounded on the
north and west by Elder Samuel Luther's land, east by the highway, south
by John Wheaton's land.
Richard died 1720, Sept. 29, his headstone says "aged nere 80 years"
Mary his wife died 1730, Feb. 15, they and their three sons are buried in
the Kickemuit Cemetery within sight of their home.
Their children were:
Name Born Married Died
LJohn 1677 Hannah Tillinghast 1718 Feb. 19
II. Mary Nicholas Power
III. Richard 1681 Dec. 22 Ann Mason 1705 June 2 1718 Feb. 8
IV. Elizabeth 1685 July 22 Jonathan Hill 1705 Oct. 23 1756 Sept. 9
V.Barnard 1687 Elizabeth Slade 1712 Jan. 24 1754 Apr. 16
/ Robert Carr 1708 Oct. 21
VI. Hannah 1690 May 8 ] iZu^^fES mO Oct. 29
( Josias Byfes 1739 7
VII. Rose 1692 May 30 James Mason 1713 July 30 1748 Mar. 7
Vm. Patience 1694 July 3 William Turner 1712 Feb. 7 1772 Aug. 5