Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity; . capacities. He is also actively interested in 1the Masonic fraternity, holding membership in a 1large number of the bodies. He has served as an 1officer of Athelstan Lodge, A. F. and A. M., Wor-cester County Commandery of Knights TemplarJJand Aletheia Grotto of M. O. V. P. He is a mem-fber of the Twentieth Century Club, an honorarjlmember of the Worcester Continentals, and hasserved as president of the Amherst College ClubJJof Central Mas
Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity; . capacities. He is also actively interested in 1the Masonic fraternity, holding membership in a 1large number of the bodies. He has served as an 1officer of Athelstan Lodge, A. F. and A. M., Wor-cester County Commandery of Knights TemplarJJand Aletheia Grotto of M. O. V. P. He is a mem-fber of the Twentieth Century Club, an honorarjlmember of the Worcester Continentals, and hasserved as president of the Amherst College ClubJJof Central Massachusetts. Mr. Macgowan is theaauthor of The New Century Outline Maps whichll|are widely used in the public schools. June 26, 1889, in Sterling, Massachusetts. was married to Grace R. Butterick,,]daughter of James and Mary (Rugg) Butterick. ofllSterling. On both sides of Mrs. Macgowans familyvjthe ancestry dates back to the founders of Massa-chusetts and to revolutionary soldiers. On theiimaternal side Mrs. Macgowan is a direct descendant Iof four founders of colonies, Samuel Hagar. oneof the founders of Westminster, and John Prescott,; 1. A-M ^^^-^-fC-<^^ WORCESTER COUNTY 273 riiomas Sawyer, and John Rugg, founders of Lan-caster. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Macgowanire ^larjorie Butterick, born May 14, 1890; MaryJosephine, born January 25, 1892; and Eleanor But-terick, born August 30, 1893. GEORGE SESSIONS. Samuel Sessions (i),the emigrant ancestor of the late George Sessions,Df Worcester, came from England to America in1630. He had a son Alcxand?r. (II) Alexander Sessions, son of Samuel Ses-sions (l), was born about 1645. He was living inAndover, Massachusetts, in 1669, and died thereFebruary 26, 1688-9. He married Elizabeth Spof-ford, of Rowley, Massachusetts, April 24, 1672. BothMr. and Mrs. Sessions were members of the An-dover church in 1686. They had a son Nathaniel. (III) Nathaniel Sessions, son of Alexander Ses-sions. (2), was born at Andover, Massachu
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