JAMES BRADFORD8 TIRRELL (Cornelius7, Benjamin6-5, Gideon4-3, Rebecca Simpkins2. Nicholas Simpkins1) was born at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, on 20 April 1820 a son of Cornelius Tirrell and his wife Jane Pratt,[1] and died there on 6 November 1852.[2] He married at Weymouth on 11 May 1843 MARIA ANGENETTE BAYLEY.[3] She was born at Weymouth on 29 May 1820, a daughter of Samuel P. Bayley and his wife Thais Loud.[4] She died at Weymouth on 31 August 1910.[5] Maria (Bayley) Tirrell married as her second husband at Weymouth on 4 August 1862 ISRAEL JUSTIN FEARING.[6] He was born at Massachusetts on 14 July 1833, a son of Israel Fearing and his wife Clarinda Ellen White.[7] He died at Andersonville, Sumter County, Georgia, on 24 July 1864.[8]
James and Maria married at the ages of 23 and 22 respectively. He worked in the boot business as a leather cutter. They had two children, and a third on the way, before James' untimely death at the age of 32 from disease of the heart and lungs. Maria, a 32-year-old widow, was left with children aged six and three, and gave birth to their third child a month later.
The 1860 Census reported Maria's family as follows:[9]
Line | Name | Age | Sex | Occupation | R.E. | P.E. | Birthplace |
9. | Maria A. Tirrill | 40 | F | $1000 | $200 | MA | |
10. | 10.Ellen M. Tirrill | 14 | F | MA | |||
11. | Harriet Tirrill | 11 | F | MA | |||
12. | James B. Tirrill | 7 | M | MA | |||
13. | I. J. Fearing | 27 | M | boot cutter | MA | ||
14. | Ira Litchfield | 21 | M | carpenter | MA |
Fearing and Litchfield appear to be boarders, probably taken in to help Maria financially. However this would change, as two years later Maria would marry I. J. Fearing.
Israel Justin Fearing fought in the Civil War. He enlisted on 2 August 1862 in the First Massachusetts Regiment of Heavy Artillery. Two days later Israel, age 29, married Maria A. (Bayley) Tirrell, age 42. Then he left with his regiment, organized on 20 August. The First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery was at first stationed around Washington, D.C. They became part of Grant's Army of the Patomac on 17 May 1864. Israel was captured at the Battle of Cold Harbor on 3 June, placed in the prisoner camp at Andersonville, and died there on 24 July.[10]
Maria Angenette (Bayley) (Tirrell) Fearing, widowed for the second time at the age of 44, would live as a widow for 46 more years. The Tirrell and Fearing families became further intertwined, when Maria's daughter, Ellen Maria, married Israel's brother, Francis Henry Fearing, in 1867. The Tirrells and Fearings lived in proximity to each other in South Weymouth. The 1870 Census reported Maria's family:[11]
Line | Name | Age | Sex | Race | Occupation | R.E. | P.E. | Birth |
24. | Fearing, Maria A. | 50 | F | W | keeping house | $1900 | $400 | MA |
25. | Tirrell, Hattie H. | 21 | F | W | no occupation | MA | ||
26. | Tirrell, James B. | 17 | M | W | works in boot factory | MA |
The parents of Isreael and Francis Fearing lived in the next house:[12]
Line | Name | Age | Sex | Race | Occupation | R.E. | P.E. | Birth |
30. | Fearing, Israel | 61 | M | W | ice dealer (retired) | $4000 | $3600 | MA |
31. | Fearing, Clarinda | 60 | F | W | keeping house | MA | ||
32. | Fearing, Clarence W. | 20 | M | W | attending school | MA |
Clarence attended college. The very next household, at the same address, included the children of Maria Fearing and Israel and Clarinda Fearing:[13]
Line | Name | Age | Sex | Race | Occupation | R.E. | P.E. | Birth |
33. | Fearing, Francis H. | 28 | M | W | cigar pedlar | $600 | MA | |
34. | Fearing, Ellen M. | 23 | F | W | keeping house | MA | ||
35. | Fearing, A. Maria | 1 | F | at home | MA |
In 1880 the households of Maria Fearing, her mother-in-law Clarinda Fearing, her son, James B. Tirrell, and her daughter and son-in-law Francis and Ellen Fearing, all appeared on the same page in South Weymouth. Maria Fearing, age 60, lived alone. Clarinda Fearing, recently widowed, age 70, lived with her son, Clarence W. Fearing, a teacher. Francis Fearing, 37, a wholesale pedlar of twine, paper bags, etc. lived with his wife Ellen, 33, and their children Angenetta, 11, Clarinda, 9, and Albert, 3. James B. Tirrell, 27, "pedler for another," lived with his wife, Sarah, 24, and their children, Bertha, 5, Arthur, 3, Lewis, 1, and a newborn. Daughter Harriet Tirrell had died in 1876.[14]
The 1900 Census reported Maria A. Fearing, 80, a household of one, but at the same residence as her son James B. Tirrell, and before her grandson Arthur Tirrell. Only two households after James Tirrell, resided Albert Fearing, his wife and two children, and his father Francis Fearing[15] (brother-in-law and son-in-law to Maria). Ellen (Tirrell) Fearing had died the previous year.
Maria Angenette (Bayley) (Tirrell) Fearing died in 1910, age 90 years, from "morbid changes due to senile condition."[16]
James Bradford Tirrell and his wife Maria Angenette Bayley had the following children:
ISRAEL FEARING was born at Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, on 28 July 1809 a son of Israel Fearing and his wife Elizabeth Cushing, and died at Weymouth on 4 March 1880.[19] He married at Weymouth on 15 April 1832 CLARINDA ELLEN WHITE.[20] She was born at Weymouth on 7 April 1810, a daughter of Silas White, Jr., and his wife Rebecca.[21] She died there on 4 June 1890.[22]
The three sons of Israel and Clarinda Fearing all married women surnamed Tirrell. Isreael Justin married widow Marie Angenette (Bayley) Tirrell. Francis married Marie's daughter Ellen Maria Tirrell. Clarence married Mary Blanchard Tirrell, a great granddaughter of Benjamin Tirrell and Elizabeth Derby. She was also a great great granddaughter of Daniel Blanchard and Mary Pratt, great grandparents of Marie Angenette Bayley.
Israel Fearing and his wife Clarinda White had the following children:
1Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts: to the Year 1850 (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1910), 1:302.
2Massachusetts Archives, "Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 15 September 2017), vol. 67, p. 234, e. 83, Weymouth Deaths, 1852, James B. Tirrell.
3Vital Records of Weymouth, 2:191.
4Vital Records of Weymouth, 1:35.
5"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 108, certificate no. 149, Weymouth Deaths, 1910, Maria A. Fearing.
6"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 154, p. 273, e. 29, Weymouth Marriages, 1862, Fearing-Tirrell.
7Robert Wilson Tirrell, The Tirrell-Tirrill-Tyrrell Book: Descendants of William Therrill (Englewood, NJ: published by author, 1969), 222.
8Massachusetts Adjutant General, ed., Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, 8 volumes (Norwood, Massachusetts: Norwood Press, 1931), 5:602.
9Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, roll 514, p. 397, household 1177, Maria A. Terrill family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 5 December 2015); NARA microfilm publication M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
10Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, 5:602.
11Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, roll 637, p. 547A, household 1818, Maria Fearing family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 5 December 2015); NARA microfilm publication M593, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
121870 Census, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, roll 637, p. 547A, household 1820, Israel Fearing family.
131870 Census, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, roll 637, p. 547A, household 1821, Francis Fearing family.
14Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 535, roll 549, p. 389D, household 79, Maria A. Fearing; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 6 December 2015); NARA microfilm publication T9; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. 1880 Census, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, ED 535, roll 549, p. 389D, household 82, Clarinda Fearing family. 1880 Census, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, ED 535, roll 549, p. 389D, household 78, Francis H. Fearing family. 1880 Census, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, ED 535, roll 549, p. 389D, household 80, Jas. B. Tirrell family.
15Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 1084, p. 5A, household 102, Maria A. Fearing; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 6 December 2015); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
16"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 108, certificate no. 149, Weymouth Deaths, 1910, Maria A. Fearing.
17"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 36, p. 99, e. 58, Weymouth Births, 1849, Harriet Howe Tirrell.
18"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 284, p. 259, e. 3, Weymouth Deaths, 1876, Hattie Howe Tirrell.
19"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," Israel Fearing; Weymouth Deaths 1880; v. 320, p. 260.
20Vital Records of Weymouth, 2:70. church record - First Church of Christ [North precinct] Weymouth
21Vital Records of Weymouth, 1:337.
22"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," Clarinda Fearing; Weymouth Deaths 1890; v. 410, p. 391, e. 85.
23"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," Armington-Fearing; Rutland Marriages 1863; v. 164, p. 212, e. 4.
241870 Census, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusaetts, roll 637, p. 462A, household 286, Jos. W. Armington family.
25"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 197, p. 284, e. 174, Births Dedham 1867, Everett Armington.
26"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 517, p. 483, e. 372, Deaths Weymouth 1901, Everett Armington.
27"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 389, p. 62, e. 33, Marriages Weymouth 1888, Armington-Loud.
28"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 187, p. 345, e. 199, Births Weymouth 1866, Abbie Loud.
29"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 413, p. 521, e. 25, Births Weymouth 1891, Ralph Armington.
30Massachusetts Archives, "Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1916-1920," digital images, American Ancestors (american ancestors.org : accessed 30 July 2019), v. 644, p. 565, e. 268; Marriages, Everett, 1917; Armington-Covey.
31"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1916-1920," v. 84, certificate 298; Births, Medford, 1918; Ralph Armington.
32Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 30 July 2019), Ralph E. Armington.
33"U.S. Social Security Death Index", William Armington, 012-14-2017.
34"U.S. Social Security Death Index", James E. Armington.
35"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 431, p. 575, e. 105, Births Weymouth 1893, Everett Armington.
36Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health Services, Boston, Massachusetts, "Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003," index, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 30 July 2019), Everett A. Armington, certificate 50450.
37Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, population, Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 134, roll 710, p. 4A, household 79, Everett Armington family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 29 July 2019); NARA microfilm record group T625, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population, Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 283, p. 5B, household 124, Everett Armington family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 30 July 2019); NARA microfilm record group T626; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
38"U.S. Social Security Death Index", John C. Armington, 029-12-8706. "Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003," John C. Armington, certificate 57580.
391930 Census, Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts, ED 283, p. 5B, household 124, Everett Armington family.
40"U.S. Social Security Death Index", Alton F. Armington.
411900 Census, Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, ED 753, p. 13, household 271, Joseph Armington family.
42Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 72, roll 239, p. 10B, household 255, Eldon H. Ladd family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 29 July 2019); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
43Ibid.
44Vital Records of Weymouth, 1:106. gravestone record - Mount Hope Cemetery, South Weymouth
45Vital Records of Weymouth, 2:269. Church Record - First Church of Christ, South Precinct, Weymouth
46"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 43, p. 225, e. 101, Births Weymouth 1850, Clarence Fearing.
47Tirrell, The Tirrell-Tirrill-Tyrrell Book, 315.
48"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 344, p. 339, e. 121, Marriages Weymouth 1883, Fearing-Tirrell.
49Tirrell, The Tirrell-Tirrill-Tyrrell Book, 315.
50"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 350, p. 336, e. 221, Births Weymouth 1884, Laura Fearing.
51Tirrell, The Tirrell-Tirrill-Tyrrell Book, 315.
52Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, v. 627, p. 150, e. 72; Marriages, Weymouth, Nutter-Fearing, 1914; digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 30 July 2019).
53"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 404, p. 358, e.53; Births Braintree 1890; Stella Fearing.
54Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 413, p. 431, e. 101; Births Braintree 1891; Justin Fearing.
55"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1916-1920," v. 71, certificate 182; Marriages Weymouth 1920; Fearing-Elliott.
56"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 439, p. 23, e. 131; Births Provincetown 1894; Allen Fearing.
571930 Census, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, ED 143, p. 7A, household 172, Allen Fearing family.
58"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 484, p. 21, e. 42; Births Provincetown 1899; Edward Fearing.
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