Untitled - citizen hylbom blog

4)usmess was incorporated as tlie Covel & Osiorn
Company, Mr. Covel becoming treasurer.
He was for a number of years president and
director of the National Union Bank, and
when it was consolidated with the Massasoit
National Bank and Pocasset National Bank,
forming the Massasoit-Pocasset National
Bank, he became a director and later vice
president of the latter institution, and is a
member of the discount committee. He is a
trustee and member of the board of investment
of the Union Savings Bank, a director and vice
president of the Davis Mills, a director of the
Arkwright Mills, and a director and member
of the security committee of the Troy Cooperative
Bank. He is a member of King Philip
Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; Fall Eiver Chapter,
E. A. M.; Fall River Council, R. & S. M. ;
•Godfrey de Bouillon Commandery, Knights
Tempkir, and the Mystic Shrine.
On Oct. 31, 1876, Mr. Covel was married
to Betsey Paine Gray, daughter o.f Franklin
and Irene (Gardner) Gray, of Fall River.
Baker. Mrs. Angeline (Baker) Covel was
a lineal descendant of (I) Francis Baker, who
was born in England in 1611. His last residence
in his native land was at Great St.
Albans, Hertfordshire, and in 1635 he came
over in the ship "Planter," locating at Yarmouth,
Mass. He married Isabel Taming, of
Yarmouth, and died in 1696, the last of the
first comers. His children were : Nathaniel,
John, Samuel, Daniel, William and Thomas.
(II) Daniel Baker, son of Francis, married
May 27, 1674, Elizabeth Chase, daughter of
William Chase (2), the latter born in Yarmouth,
Mass., in 1622. To this union were
born the following children : Daniel, born
1675; Samuel, 1676; Elizabeth, 1696; Hannah
; Thankful, 1698 ; and Tabitha, 1700.
(III) Samuel Baker, son of Daniel, born
in 1676, married Patience, and their children
were: Shubal, born March 24, 1710; Susan-
nah, June 22, 1711; Hezekiah, Aug. 4, 1715;
Tabitha, March 8, 1718; Desire, Feb. 5, 1720;
Elizabeth, Sept. 9, 1725; and Samuel, June 4,
1732.
(IV) Shubal Baker, son of Samuel, born
March 24, 1710, married in 1733 Lydia
Stuart. Their children were: Svlvanus, born
March 10, 1734; Azubah, May 17, 1737; Temperance,
June 24,. 1739; Shubal, Nov. 11,
1741; Elizabeth, Jan. 2, 1744; Lydia, Oct. 13,
1746; Ruth, June 25, 1749; and Patience,
July 19. 1752.
(V) Shubal Baker (2), son of Shubal, born
Nov. 11, 1741, married Nov. 15, 1764, Rebecca
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS 1099
Chase, born Aug. 24, 1747, daughter of Richard
and Thankful Chase. To this union were
born: Hapsabeth (or Hepsibah?), born Oct.
15, 1765, married March 23, 1786, Zenos
Chase; Archelus, born Nov. 26, 1767, married
in 1789 Mehitable Chase; Rebecca, born Dec.
19, 1770, married Dec. 11, 1788, David
Howes; Shubal, born July 10, 1772, married
Jan. 10, 1793, Mercy Smalley; Ezra, born
Sept. 5, 1775, was married March 13, , to
Susanna Gage; Michael, born Nov. 6, 1776,
died April 7, 1796; Ensign, born July 3, 1779,
married Dec. 27, 1800, Sally Nickerson; Tem-
perance, born Oct. 15, 1781, married Dec. 4,
1800, Henry Kelly; Abigail, born Nov. 22^
1783, married April 20, 1807, Edward Sears;
Sylvanus, born Aug. 24, 1786, married March
1. 18—, Bethiah Crowell ; and Halsey, born
Feb. 27, 1789, married Nov. 28, 1811, Mercy
Allen.
(VI) Halsey Baker, son of Shubal (2), born
Feb. 27, 1789, married Nov. 28, 1811, Mercy
Allen,
Allen,
born May 25, 1792, daughter of Seth
granddaughter of John Allen (bom
1729, died April 29, 1811, married July 25,
1750, Hannah Paine, born 1732, died April
25, 1808), and great-granddaughter of William
and Susannah Allen. To Halsey Baker
and wife were born: Rebecca, Sept. 6, 1812;
Ann, Jan. 14, 1814; Joseph, Oct. 26, 1815;
Bethany. Oct. 5, 1817 (died Nov. 14, 1830) ;
Susan, Jan. 26, 1819; Angeline, Jan. 3, 1821
(married Benjamin Covel) ; Lydia Ann, June
3, 1823 (died Nov. 20, 1830) ; David Gage,
June 24, 1825; Mary Jane. March 23, 1828;
Edwin W., Dec. 25, "1829; Lydia Maria, and
George F.
PEARSE. The Pearse family is both ancient
and historic in the annals of England,
the lineage of Richard Pearse, the immigrant
ancestor of the New England family, being
traced to the time of Alfred. In later times
were Peter Percy, standard bearer of Richard
III. at the battle of Bosworth Field (1485),
and Richard Percy, the founder of Pearce
Hall.
For nearly two and a half centuries the
Pearse family has been identified with the
political, judicial, legislative, social and business
life of Rhode Island and southeastern
Massachusetts. During both the Colonial and
Revolutionary periods the name constantly
recurs either in legislative or military affairs.
Capt. Nathaniel Pearse commanded an artillery
company at the burning of Bristol by
the British during the Revolutionary war; and
covering the period from 1757 to 1849 different