Martha Kendall Haskell

1816 - 1907  (91 years)

• Name	Martha Kendall Haskell  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	10 May 1816	Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	22 May 1907	Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [4]
  Burial	Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts   [4]
  Person ID	I11596	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Calvin Haskell,   b. 21 Sep 1784, Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 1 Jul 1851, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Polly Seaver,   b. 19 Oct 1792, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 19 Apr 1851, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	3 Jul 1811	Phillipston, Worcester, Massachusetts   [3, 5]
  Family ID	F7809	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William E. Drury,   b. 1 Dec 1810, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 18 Aug 1860, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	30 Apr 1838	West Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts   [2]
  Children	1. Laura M. Drury,   b. 28 Jan 1839, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 20 Mar 1906, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 67 years)   2. William Henry Drury,   b. 12 Jan 1842, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 25 Feb 1932, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 90 years)   3. Ellen F. Drury,   b. 20 Nov 1842, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 30 Apr 1918, Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 75 years)   4. Julia L. Drury,   b. 31 Aug 1846, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 20 Mar 1850, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 3 years)   5. Hiram E. Drury,   b. 1851, Massachusetts d. 1937, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts (Age 86 years)   6. Arthur H. Drury,   b. 12 Feb 1852, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 12 Oct 1872, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 20 years)   7. Jennie Eliza Drury,   b. 17 Aug 1855, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 2 Sep 1930 (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F7816	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Boston Daily Globe May 23, 1907 Oldest Woman in Arlington Passes Away Suddenly of Pneumonia at the Age of 91 Arlington, May 22 - Mrs. Martha K. Drury, the oldest woman in this town, died this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alexander H. Seaver, 821 Massachusetts ave, from pneumonia. Mrs. Drury on May 10 celebrated the 91st anniversary of her birth and was then in perfect health and received many friends and neighbors. Mrs. Drury was born in Templeton, Mass., May 10, 1816. She was the daughter of Calvin Haskell, the inventor of lead pipe. She was one of nine children. Since the death of her husband in 1860 she has made her home with her daughter Mrs. Seaver, and for 20 years the family lived in Charlestown, and 13 years ago they moved to Arlington where Mr. Seaver was the proprietor of the Arlington News company. She is survived by two sons and two daughters, William H. Drury, a lawyer in Boston; Hiram Drury, paymaster in the US Navy, now stationed at Newport, RI; Mrs. Alexander H. Seaver and Mrs. Latham, the latter making her home with her sister.

  
  

• Sources

  [S43739] Vital Records of Templeton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. [S43749] Vital Records of West Boylston, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. [S27363] Genealogy of the descendants of William Haskell and Mary Tybott, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association). [S59866] Cemetery index, Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, (Find-a-Grave). [S43719] Vital Records of Phillipston, Massachusetts, to the year 1850.