Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity; . manufactured by thiscompany, has been a favorite among the manufac-turers of Worcester county. It is well known allover the country. The company has developed alarge foreign business in addition to that in thiscountrj. The Fitchburg Steam Engine Company hasbeen one of the most prosperous and stable in-dustries of the city. The Fosdick brothers havewon a high place in the esteem of their businessassociates. The business has been repeatedly
Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity; . manufactured by thiscompany, has been a favorite among the manufac-turers of Worcester county. It is well known allover the country. The company has developed alarge foreign business in addition to that in thiscountrj. The Fitchburg Steam Engine Company hasbeen one of the most prosperous and stable in-dustries of the city. The Fosdick brothers havewon a high place in the esteem of their businessassociates. The business has been repeatedly en-larged. Mr, Fosdick has been active in public Hehas served seven years on the school committee andwa; for two years member and president of thecommon council and ex-officio member of the schoolcommittee. He was the mayor of Fitchburg in1886 and iS^o. He has been a trustee of the Worces-ter North Savings Institution. He is chairman ofthe board of trustees of the Foxboro .State Hospital. He married, April 24. 1873, Lucy M, Hill, daugh-ter of Henry Hill, of Groton. Massachusetts. Theirchildren are: Frederick W., Nellie, Richard C,Merriam WORCESTER COUNTY UPTON FAMILY. The liisfory of the Uptonfamily dates back in England to the days of theNorman Conquest. The lineage of the family istraced for twelve centi:ries in direct line in Corn-wall to the ancestor. De Uppeton. of Upton. Whilethe family has spread widely over England, Scot-land and Wales, the original seat of the familyvva? Upton in Cornwall. (I) John Upton, who came to New Englandabout 1652, was the pioneer ancestor in this coim-try. He is the progenitor of the late John Upton,Colonel Edwin Upton and Joseph Upton, of Fitch-burg. Massachusetts. He settled in Salem village,in what is now Danvers, Massachusetts. There is atradition that he came from Scotland. He may have?been one of the Scotch prisoners taken by Crom-well at Dunbarton. September 3, 1650, or at Worces-ter, 1651. The last named battle was fough
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