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American Ancestry.
BY
ANNA RICHMOND WARNER FRENCH.
Compiled from over two thousand gencaological volumes, with additional records gathered by Miss Abbie French and others.
Minneapolis:
Hall, Black & Co., Printers.
1894.
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NOV 2 , 195 :. 0 3l
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
The main object of this index is to furnish a short and concise lcey to the whole book. The arrangement is so simple as to need no explanation. Page.
145 Addis, — 1William, — of Gloucester, Mass., 1642. d. Melicent m. 1William Southmayd.
1 Alden, — 1John, Mayflower Pilgrim, 1600-1689, Plymouth, Mass. m. 2Pris-
cilla Molines. d. 2Elizabeth m. 2Wm. Pabodie. (With table.) 145 Allyn, — 1Matthew, from Devonshire, d. in Winsor, Conn., 1671. m. Mar- garet. 145 Allyn, — 2John (s. of above), Lieut. Col. of the Colonies under Gov. Andros. m. 2Ann Smith, d. in Hartford, 1696. d. 3Margaret m. 2Wm. Southmayd. 17 Beem, — Albert, from Hoogduytsland, Germany, m. Margrietjen Peesharen. d. 2Elizabeth m. 4Hendrik Deyo in Kingston, N. Y.
2 Blancsan, — 1Matthys, Huguenot from Artois, of Kingston and Hurley, m.
Maddalen Jorisse. 2 Blancsan, — 2Kattryn (d. of above), 1635-1709. m. 1Louis Du Bois of New
Paltz. 6 Booth, — John, of Scituate. d. Grace m. Ephraim Pray. 4 Brightman, — 'Henry, of Freetown, Mass. m. Joan. 4 Brightman, — 2Joseph (s. of above), 1691-1753. m. Susanna.
4 Brightman, — 3George (s. of above), b. 1721. m. 5Hannah Peckham.
5 Brightman, — 4Hannah (d. of above), 1752-1834. m. 5Perez Richmond of
Westport, R. I.
6 Brownell, — 'Thomas, 1615-1655, of Portsmouth, R. I. m. Ann. d. 2Sarah
m. 2Gideon Freeborne (with table).
7 Chase, — William, 1600-1659, of Roxbury and Yarmouth, m. Mary.
7 Chase, — 2Benjamin (s. of above), 1639-1731. m. 2Phillippe Shearman, d.
Phillippe m. 3Jacob Hathaway.
8 I. Clarke, — (Gov.) Jeremiah, d. in Newport, 1652. From London. m.
1Frances Latham.
8 I.Clarke, — (Gov.) 2Walter (s. of above), 1640-1714. m. 2Hannah Scott, d.
3Deliverance m. 4George Cornell.
9 II. Clarke, — John, d. in England, 1559.
9 II. Clarke, — John (s. of above), d. 1598. m. Katharine Cooke.
9 II. Clarke, — Thomas (s. of above), 1590-1627. m. Rose Kerridge. d.
2Mary m. John Peckham. 10 III. Clarke, — 'Thomas, 1599- 1697, of Roxbury, Boston, and Harwich, m. Susan Ring.
iv. Index of Subjects.
Page.
io III. Clarke, — 2Andrew (s. of above), 1635-1706. m. 2Mehitable Scotto.
10 III. Clarke, — 3Andrew (s. of above), b. 1678. m. 3Elizabeth Winslow. d.
4Hannah m. 5Jacob Hathaway.
11 Cooke, — 1Francis, Mayflower Pilgrim, d. in Plymouth, 1663. m. Esther.
1 1 Cooke, — 2John (s. of above), d. Nov. 23, 1695. m. 2Sarah Warren, d. 3Sarah
m. 'Arthur Hathaway.
12 Cornell, — 'Thomas, b. in England, 1595, of Portsmouth, R. I. m. Rebecca
Briggs. 12 Cornell, — 2Thomas (s. of above), d. 1673. m. Elizabeth Fiscock.
12 Cornell, — 3Thomas (s. of above), 1653-1714. m. 2Susannah Lawton.
13 Cornell, — 4Gcorge (s. of above), d. in Portsmouth, 1752. m. 3Deliverance
Clarke, family I.
13 Cornell, — 5Thomas (s. of above), b. in Newport, 1707. m. Dinah, d. 6Mary
m. 5Joseph Reade.
14 Cushing, — Thomas, of Hardingham, Norfolk, in time of Edward IV (with
table). 14 Cushing, — William (s. of above), d. 1493. m- Emme. 14 Cushing, — John (s. of above), of the Manor of Flockthorpe. d. 1522. 14 Cushing, — Thomas (s. of above), of Hardingham.
14 Cushing, — Peter (s. of above), d. 1615. Of Hingham and London, m.
Susan Hawes.
15 Cushing, — 'Matthew (s. of above), 1588-1660, of Hingham, Mass. m. Naz-
areth Pitcher.
15 Cushing, — 2John (s. of above), 1627-1708. m. 2Sarah Hawke. d. 3Deborah
m. 3Thomas Loring. (7 Davids, — 'Christoffel, of Kingston, N. Y. m. Maria Martenssen. 17 Davids, — 2Dcbora (d. of above), m. Peter Van Bommel. d. Margaret m.
3PIendrik Deyo.
16 Deyo, — 'Christeyou, Huguenot from Holland, of Hurley, d. 2Margaret m.
2Abraham Du Bois.
16 Deyo, — zPierre (s. of above), from Mutterstadt, Holland. m. Agatha
Nickol.
17 Deyo, — sHendrik (s. of above), b. 1690, of New Paltz. m. Margaret Van
Bommel. 17 Deyo, — 4Hendrikus (s. of above), 1730-1805. m. 2Elizabeth Beem.
17 Deyo, — 5Hannah (d. of above), 1761-1849. m. 5Noah Elting.
18 Dillingham, — 'Edward, d. 1666. From Leicestershire. With notes of
family.
19 Dillingham, — s Benjamin, b. 1739. Of Dartmouth, m. 'Anne Hathaway.
Vide also page 144.
19 6Anne (d. of above) 1769-1853. Of Fair Haven, Mass. m. 6Joscph Hatha- way, thus uniting the two Hathaway families, d. 'Hannah m. 3Furman Whitwell. With notes.
21 Du Bois, — Chretien, of Wicre, Artois.
21 Du Bois, — 'Louis (s. of above), 1626-1690. Huguenot. Of Hurley. Foun- der of New Paltz. m. 2Kattryn Blancsan.
2i Du Bois, — '-'Solomon (s. of above), 1669-1769. m. Tryntje Gcrritse. d, 8Magdalene m. 3Josiah Elting.
Index of Subjects. V.
Page.
22 Du Bois, — 3Hendricus (s. of above), b. 1710. m. 4Jannetje Houghtaling.
d. 4Dina m. 4 Abraham Elting.
23 Du Bois, — 2Abraham (s. of^ouis), 1656-1731. m. 2Margaret Deyo. d.
3Sarah m. 2Roeloff Elting.
24 Durfee, — 1Thomas, 1643-1712. Of Portsmouth, R. I.
24 Durfee, — 2Thomas (s. of above), 1669- 1729. m. 3Anne Freeborn, d. 3Mar-
tha m. 401iver Reade.
25 Elting, — Roeloffe, of Switchlaer, Holland, m. Aeltie.
25 Elting, — 2Jan (s. of above), b. 1632. m. 2Jacomyntje Slecht. With table
of historical comparisons. 27 Elting,— 2Roeloffe (s. of above), b. 1678. Of New Paltz. m. 3Sarah Du Bois. 27 Elting, — 3Josiah (s. of above), b. 171 2. m. 3Magdalene Du Bois. 27 Elting, — 4Abraham (s. of above), b. 1763. m. 4Dinah Du Bois.
27 Elting,— 5Noah (s. of above), 1763-1S13. Of Highland, N. Y. m. 5Han-
nah Deyo.
28 Elting, — 6Jemima (d. of above), 1788-1866. m. 7David Fowler, d. "Hannah
m. 7Eben Warner. 28 Empson, — Sir Richard, d. Jane m. John Pyncheon. 28 Fletcher,— \John. d. 1662. Of Wethersfield and Milford, Conn. m. 2Mary
Ward. d. 2Rebecca m. 2Andrew Warner.
28 Fletcher, — 1William. From Yorkshire. Of Chelmsford, Conn. d. 2Hope
m. 2Samuel Stowe.
29 Fowler, — 1William. d. 1661. First magistrate of New Haven. 29 Fowler, — 2Henry (s. of above), d. in Fairfield, Conn., 1704.
29 Fowler, — 3William (s. of above), cl. in Flushing, L. I., 1714. m. Mary
Thorne.
30 Fowler, — *John ( s. of above ), 1686-1768. Of Rye and Newburgh, N. Y. 30 Fowler, — 5Isaac (s. of above), b. 1722. m. 5Margaret Theall.
30 Fowler, — 6Isaac (s. of above), 1 746-1 821. Lieutenant in the Revolution, m.
4Gloriana Merritt.
31 Fowler, — 7David ( s. of above ), 1786-1852. m. "Jemima Elting. d. 8Han-
nah m. 7Eben Warner.
32 Freeborne, — 1William. 1494-1670. Of Boston and Portsmouth, m. Mary.
d. 2Mary m. 1Clement Weaver. With table.
33 Freeborne, — 2Gideon(s. of above), d. 1720. m. 2Sarah Brownell. d.
3Ann m. 2Thomas Durfee. 35 French, — ^phraim. d. 1780. Of Raynham, Mass. m. 3Elizabeth Presbrey.
35 French, — 2Enoch (s. of above), 1779-1847. Of Fall River, m. "Sarah Reade.
36 French, — 3George (s. of above), 1802-1889. Of Wilmington, N. C. m.
Sarah Weeks. 38 French, — 4Charles ( s. of above). Of Minneapolis, Minn. m. °Anna
Warner. 38 French, — 6Charles Elting (s. of above), b. 1889. 145 Gaylord, — 'William. 1585-1673. Of Winsor, Conn. T45 Gaylord, — 2Walter (s. of above), d. 1689. m. 2Sarah Rockwell. 145 Gaylord, — 3Eleizur (s. of above), b. 1662. m. Martha Thompson. 145 Gaylord, — 4Samuel ( s. of above), b. 1696. Of Middletowu, Conn. m. 3Margaret Southmayd.
vi. Index of Subjects.
Page.
45 Gaylord, — 5Eleazer ( s. of above), d. 1806-7. Of Middletown, Conn. m. 4Eunice Gilbert, d. °Mary m. °Ebenezer Warner. 39 Gibbs, — Robert. 1630-1718. Of Somerset, Mass. 39 Gibbs, — 2Robert (s. of above), 1670-1752. 39 Gibbs, — 3Henry (s. of above), b. 1726.
39 Gibbs, — 4Rhoda (d. of above), 1765-17S9. m. Captain "Sheffield Weaver.
40 Gilbert, — 'Jonathan. 1618-1682. Of Hartford, Conn. m. '-'Mary White. 42 Gilbert, — Jonathan (s. of above), 1648-1698. m. 3Dorothy Stowe.
42 Gilbert, — 3Nathaniel (s. of above), b. 16S9. Of Middletown, Conn. m. Elizabeth Prout.
42 Gilbert, — 4Eunice (d. of above), 1729-1822. m. 5Elcazer Gaylord (p. 145).
43 I. Hathaway, — 'Arthur. Of Marshfield, 1643-1710. m. 3 Sarah Cook.
43 I. Hathaway, — Jonathan (s. of above), b. 1671. d. Sept. 17, 1727. m. Su- sanna Pope. Vide page 141.
43 I. Hathaway, — 3Gamaliel (s. of above), 1707-1796. m. Anne Cathcart.
d. Anne m. Captain 5 Benjamin Dillingham. 142 II. Hathaway, — Nicholas. Of Taunton, 1639. (Not numbered because learned of too late.)
43 II. Hathaway, — 'John (s. of above), 1629-1705. m. Martha.
44 II. Hathaway, — -John (s. of above), d. 1729. Hannah Burt.
44 II. Hathaway, — 3Jacob ( s. of above), b. 1675. Of Assonet, Mass. m.
3 Phillippe Chase.
45 II. Hathaway, — -'Joseph (s. of above), b. 1798. m. :! Alice Strange.
45 II. Hathaway, — 5Jacob (s. of above), b. 1727, d. Oct. 5, 1792. m. 'Hannah Clarke.
45 II. Hathaway, — 6Joseph (s. of above), b. 1765, d. July 21, 1817. Of Fair- haven, Mass. m. "Anne Dillingham.
45 II. Hathaway, — 7Hannah (d. of above), 1795-1867. m. 3Furman Whitwell.
46 Hawke, — 'Matthew. 1610-16S4. From Cambridge, Eng. Of Boston, m.
Margaret, d. 2Sarah m. 2John dishing. 46 Hazard, — 'Thomas. 1610-1680. From Wales. Of Portsmouth, R. I. m.
Martha, d. 2 Elizabeth m. George Lawton. 46 Houghtaling, — 'Jan. From Holland, m. Ariantje Van Leyden. 46 Houghtaling, — WVillem (s. of above), m. Ariantje Simmels.
46 Houghtaling, — 3Philjs (s. of above), 16S1- m. Jane Roosa.
46 Houghtaling, — 4Jannetje (d. of above), b. 1713. m. 8Hendricus Du Bois.
d. 4Dina m. ''Abraham Elting.
46 Jacob, — 'Nicholas, d. 1657. Of Watertown, Mass. m. Mary. d. 2 Hannah
m. 2Thos. Loring.
47 Latham, — Lewis. 1555- 1655. Of Elveston, Bedfordshire.
48 Latham, — 'Frances (d. of above), 1611-1677. From London, m. Governor
'Jeremiah Clarke, of R. I.
48 Lawton, — 'George, d. 1693. Of Portsmouth, R. I. m. 8 Elizabeth Hazard.
d. 2Susanna m. 3Thomas Cornell.
49 Loring, — 'Thomas, d. 1661. From Axminster, Devonshire. m. Jane
Newton.
Index of Subjects. vii.
Page.
49 Loring, — 2Thomas (s. of above), 1629-1679. Of Hingham, Mass. m. 2Hannah Jacob.
49 Loring, — 3Thomas, (s. of above), 1667-1717. Of Duxbury. m. 3Deborah
Cushing. d. * Deborah m. 4 Perez Richmond.
50 Marbury, — William, of Grisby, Lincolnshire, m. Agnes, d. of John Lenton.
50 Marbury, — Francis (s. of above), 1560-1610. Of Alford and London, m.
Bridget Dryden. d. Katharine m. * Richard Scott.
51 Merritt, — 2George. 1702-1760. Of Newburgh, N. Y. m. 4Gloriana Purdy. 51 Merritt, — 3Caleb (s. of above), 1735-1793. Col. in the Revolution, m.
5 Martha Purdy.
51 Molines, — ' William, d. 1621. Mayflower Pilgrim. m. Elizabeth. d.
2Priscilla m. 'John Alden. With table.
52 New-Paltz-on-the-Hudson, — The Founding of.
53 Ormsby, — Susan, 1 753-1816. m. Williams, d. Susan m. John Weeks.
54 Pabodie, — 1John. From St. Albans, Hertfordshire. Of Bridgewater, Mass.
m. Isabelle.
54 Pabodie, — 2William, 1629-1707. Of Duxbury, Mass. m. ^Elizabeth Alden.
d. :! Elizabeth m. 3John Rogers.
55 Paine, — 1 Anthony, d. 1650. Of Portsmouth, R. I. With table.
55 Paine, — aMary (d. of above), d. 1687. m- 'John Tripp, d. 2Isabel m.
3 Samson Shearman. 58 Parker, — 'George, 1611-1656. Of Portsmouth, m. Frances, d. 2Mary m. Ichabod Sheffield.
56 Pearce, — 'Richard, 1620-1678. Of Portsmouth, m. Susanna Wright.
56 Pearce, — 2John (s. of above), 1647-1707. Of Tiverton, R. I. m. 2Ann
Tallman. d. 3Mary m. 3John Reade. d. 3Anne m. 3Amos Sheffield. With table.
57 Peckham, — 'John, d. 1681. Of Newport, R. I. m. Mary Clarke (Family II). 57 Peckham, — 2John (s. of above), 1645-1712. m. Sarah.
57 Peckham, — 3John (s. of above). 1671-1723. m. Mary.
57 Peckham, — 4Joseph (s. of above). 1702-1780. Of Little Compton, R. I. m.
3 Elizabeth Wilbore. d. 5 Hannah m. 3 George Brightman. 142 Pope, — Seth. b. 1648. d. March 7, 1727. Of Dartmouth, m. Deborah (she b. about 1674. d. Feb. 19, 1710-11). Their daughter Susanna (b. 1690. d. Feb. 5, 1760), m. Jonathan Hathaway. 6 Potter, — 'Nathaniel, d. 1644. Of Portsmouth, m. Dorothy. 6 Potter, — 2Nathaniel (s. of above). 1637-1704. m. Elizabeth Stokes, d. 3 Mary m. 2Samuel Wilbore. 60 Pray, — Notes on the supposed family of Grace Pray who m. * Joseph Reade.
58 Presbrey, — 'William. 1690-1771. From London. Of Taunton, m. Hannah
Smith.
59 Presbrey, — 2William. 1720-1765. m. Mary White. d. 3Elizabeth m.
3Ephraim French. 59 Purdy, — x Francis, d. 1658. From Yorkshire. Of Fairfax, Conn. 59 Purdy, — 2Joseph (s. of above), m. Elizabeth Ogden. 59 Purdy, — 3Samuel (s. of above), m. Charlotte Strang, d. 4Gloriana m.
2George Merritt.
viii. Index of Subjects.
Pbge.
59 Purdy, — "Francis (s. of 2Joseph). 1697-1760. Of Newburgh. d. 3Martha m. 3Caleb Merritt. 145 Pyncheon, — Nicholas. Sheriff of London, 1532. 145 Pyncheon, — John (s. of above), d. 1573. Of Writtel, Essex, m. Jane
Empson. 145 Pyncheon, — John (s. of above). Of Springfield, Essex. [45 Pyncheon, — William (s. of above.) 1 590-1662. Of Springfield, Mass. d.
Ann m. Henry Smith. 61 Reade,— Holm. Of Newport, R. I.
61 Reade, — 2John (s. of above), d. 1721. Of Freetown, Mass. m. Hannah.
62 Reade, — 3John (s. of above), m. 3Mary Pearce.
62 Reade, — 401iver (s. of above), b. 1701. m. 3Martha Durfce. d. 5\Vait m.
5 Samuel Weaver.
63 Reade, — 5Jonathan (s. of above), b. 1737. m. 5 Eunice Weaver, d. "Han-
nah m. 2Jamcs Whitwell.
64 Reade, — Moseph (s. of 3John). b. 170S. Of Freetown, Mass. m. Grace
Pray. d. 5 Hannah m. 1 Oliver Whitwell.
64 Reade, — 5Joseph (s. of above). 1735-1793. Of Troy, Mass. m. 6Mary
Cornell, d. 6 Sarah m. 2Enoch French.
65 Richmond, — Edmond. Gentleman. Of Ashton, Keyes, Wiltshire.
65 Richmond, — 1John (s. of above), b. 1597. Of Taunton, Newport and
Little Compton.
66 Richmond, — 2Edward (s. of above). 1632-1696. m. Abigail Davis. With
notes on the family.
68 Richmond, — 3Sylvestcr (s. of above). 1672-1754. m. *Elizabeth Rogers.
69 Richmond, — 4Perez (s. of above). 1702-1770. Of Wcstport, R. I. m.
4 Deborah Loring.
70 Richmond, — 5Perez (s. of above). 1741-1803. m. 4Hannah Brightman. 70 Richmond, — 6 Bradford (s. of above). 1776-1814. m. 7 Mary Weaver.
70 Richmond, — 'Bradford (s. of above), b. 18 12. m. 4Anne Whitwell. d.
3Anne m. 8W. P. Warner. 145 Rockwell, — -'William. From Dorchester, Eng. Of Winsor, Conn. m. Susan Capen. d. Sarah m. 2Waltcr Gaylord.
71 Rogers, — 1 Thomas, d. 1621. Mayflower Pilgrim.
71 Rogers, — 2John. Of Plymouth and Duxbury. m. Frances.
71 Rogers, — 3John. d. 1732. Of Boston, m. 3Elizabeth Pabodie. d. *Eliza-
beth m. 3Sylvester Richmond.
72 Scott, — Richard. Gentleman. Of Glemsford, Suffolk.
72 Scott, — x Richard (s. of above). 1607-1680. Of Providence, R. I. 111. Kath-
arine Marbury. d. 2Hannah m. Gov. 2Waltcr Clarke.
73 Scotto, — 'Thomasine. Widow. Of Boston, Mass.
73 Scotto, — 2Thomas (s. of above). 1612-1660. m. Joan Sandford. d. 3Mchit-
able m. 3Andrcw Clarke.
74 Shearman, — Henry. Gentleman, d. 1589. Of Dedham, Suffolk, m. Agnes. 74 Shearman, — Henry (s. of above), d. 1610. m. Susan Hills.
74 Shearman, — Samuel (s. of above.) 1573-1615. m. Philis Ward Upscher. 74 Shearman, — 'Philip (s. of above). 1610-16S7. Secretary of R. I. m. Sarah Odding. d. -Thillippc m. 2Bcnjamin Chase.
Index of Subjects. ix.
Page.
75 Shearman, — 3Samson (s. of above). 1642-171S. rri. 2Isabel Tripp, d. 3Alice
m. James Strange. (With table.)
76 Sheffield, — 2Ichabod. 1626-1712. Of Portsmouth and Newport, m. 2Mary
Parker. 76 Sheffield, — 3Amos (s. of above.) 1673-1710. Of Tiverton, m. 3Anne Pearce.
With table. yj Sheffield, — 4Ruth (d. of above), b. 1704. m. ^Benjamin Weaver. With table. 78 Slecht, — J Cornells Barentson. Of Woerden, Holland, m. TryntjeTysse Boz.
78 Slecht,— 2Jacomyntje. Of Kingston, m. Gerrit Foeken. d. Tryntje m.
'Solomon Du Bois. m. 2nd, Jan Elting. 145 Smith, — 1 Henry. Of Wethersfield, Conn. m. 2Ann Pyncheon. d. 2Ann
m. 2John Allyn. 145 Southmayd, — 1 William. Of Gloucester, Mass. m. 2Melicent Addis, 1642. 145 Southmayd, — 2William (s. of above). 1643-1702. m. 3Margarct Allyn. d.
3 Margaret m. 4Samuel Gaylord.
79 Stowe, — ijohn. 1592-1643. From Kent. Of Roxbury, Mass. m. Elizabeth
Biggs. 79 Stowe, — 2Samuel (s. of above). 1622-1704. Of Middletown, Conn, m. 2Hope
Fletcher, d. 3 Dorothy m. 2 Jonathan Gilbert. 90 Tallman, — 1 Peter, d. 1708. Of Portsmouth, m. Ann. d. 2 Mary m. 2 John
Pearce. (With table.) 81 Theall, — ''Nicholas, d. 1658. Of Watertown, Mass., and Stamford, Conn.
m. Elizabeth. 81 Theall,— 2Joseph (s. of above), b. 1640. Of Rye, N. Y. 81 Theall, — 3Ebenezer (s. of above).
81 Theall, — 4Charles (s. of above), d. 5Margaret m. 5Isaac Fowler.
Si Tripp,— 1 John. 1610-1678. Of Portsmouth, R. I. m. 2 Mary Tallman. d.
2 Isabel m. 3 Samson Shearman. 87 Ward, — Joyce, widow. Of Clipsham, Rutland Co. d. 1641. d. Mary m.
'John Fletcher. 87 Ward, — William (supposed to be son of above), m. Sarah, d. Ann m.
3John Warner.
82 Warner, — John. Of Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
82 Warner, — 'Andrew (s. of above). 1595-1684. Of Cambridge, and Hadley 82 Warner, — 2Andrew (s. of above), d. 1681. m. 2Rebecca Fletcher.
82 Warner, — 3John (s. of above). 1671-1743. Of Middletown, Conn. m. 2Ann
Ward.
83 Warner, — 4John (s. of above). 1706-1761. m. Mary Wilcox.
83 Warner, — 5Hezekiah (s. of above). 1736-1773. m. Lois Penfield.
84 Warner, — 6Ebenezer (s. of above). 1768-1849. Of Skaneateles, N. Y. m.
6 Molly Gaylord.
85 Warner, — 7Eben (s. of above). 1801-1853. Of Covington and Nunda, N. Y.
m. 8 Hannah Fowler.
85 Warner— «W. P. (s. of above), b. 1838. Of St. Paul, Minn. m. sAnna Rich-
mond, d. 9Anna m. 4Charles E. French.
86 Warren, — x Richard. Mayflower Pilgrim, m. Elizabeth Jouatt. d. 2Sarah
m. 2John Cooke. With Pedigree.
x. Index of Subjects.
Page.
88 Weaver, — Element. 1585-1683. Of Portsmouth, R. I. m. 2Mary Freeborne.
88 Weaver, — 2Thomas (s. of above), d. 1753. Of Middletown, R. I. m. Mary.
88 Weaver, — 3Thomas (s. of above), b. 1664. Of Newport, R. I. m. Mary.
89 Weaver, — 4Benjamin (s. of above), 1702-1775. Of Freetown, Mass. m. 4Ruth
Sheffield, d. 5 Eunice m. 5 Jonathan Reade.
90 Weaver, — 5Samuel (s. of above). Of Somerset, Mass. m. HVait Reade.
90 Weaver, — 6 Sheffield (s. of above). 1764-1839. m. 4Rhody Gibbs.
91 Weaver,- — 7Mary (d. of above). 178S-1846. m. 6 Bradford Richmond.
53 Weeks, — John. d. 181 5. From Wales. Of Wilmington, N. C. m. Susan Williams, d. Sarah m. 3 George French.
92 White, — 'John. 1600-1684. Of Hartford and Hadley, Conn. d. 2Mary
m. 'Jonathan Gilbert.
93 Whitwell, — 'Oliver. Of Freetown, Mass. m. 5 Hannah Reade.
93 Whitwell, — 2James (s. of above). 1771-1797. m. 6 Hannah Reade.
94 Whitwell, — 3Furman (s. of above). 1793-1861. Of Fairhaven, Mass. m.
7 Hannah Hathaway.
95 Whitwell, — 4Anne Elizabeth (d. of above), b. 1816. m. 7Bradford Perez
Richmond, d. 8Anna m. 8W. P. Warner. 99 Wilbore, — 'William, d. 1710. Of Portsmouth, R. I. 99 Wilbor, — 2Samuel (s. of above), d. 1740. Of Little Compton, R. I. m.
3Mary Potter, d. 3Elizabeth m. 4Joseph Peckham. 99 Winslow, — Kenelm. d. 1607. Of Droitwych, on the Salwarpe, England.
m. Katharine. 99 Winslow, — Edward (s. of above). 1560-1631. m. Magdalen Ollyver.
100 Winslow, — 1Kenelm (s. of above). 1 599-1672. Of Marshfield, Mass. m.
Eleanor Adams.
101 Winslow, — 2Kenelm (s. of above). 1635-1714. OfYarmouth. m. Damaris. 101 Winslow, — 3Elizabeth (d. of above), m, 3Andrew Clarke, of Harwich.
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Page.
108 French, — 2Ephraim, son of Ephraim, p. 35, Family Record.
109 Lindsay, — 3Eliza French, d. of 2Enoch, p. 35, Family Record, no French, — 3Asa Presbrey, s. of 2Enoch, p. 35, Family Record, in French, — 3Stephen, s. of 2Enoch, p. 35, Family Record.
112 French, — 3Job Borden, s. of 2Enoch, p. 35, Family Record.
113 French, — 3William Barnaby, s. of 2Enoch, p. 35, Family Record.
113 French, — 4William Augustus, s. of 3Gcorgc, p. 35, Family Record in Toms, — 4Josephine French, d. of 3Gcorgc, p. 35, Family Record.
1 12 Derivation of many of the surnames herein mentioned.
114 A True Pirate Story. Told by 7B. P. Richmond.
1 1 5 Story of 7John Weaver.
116 Weaver, — "Sheffield, p. 90, Family Record.
117 Richmond,-- "George Brightman, s. of rTcrez, p. 70, Family Record. 117 Richmond, — "George Brightman, Letter of.
Index of Subjects. xi.
Page.
118 Whitcomb, — 'Hannah Richmond, d. of 6Bradford, p. 70, Family Record.
118 Fowler, — 8Elting, son of "David, p. 31, Family Record.
119 Reade, — 5Joseph, p. 64, Family Record.
121 Reade, — 5WilIiam, son of 4Joseph, p. 64, Family Record.
122 Reade, — 8Samuel N., s. of 'Samuel, p. 119, Family Record. 122 Reade, — 5Benjamin, s. of ^Joseph, p. 64, Family Record. 134 Reade, — 4John, son of 3John, p. 62, Partial Record.
122-3 Hathaway, — 4Jael, s. of 3Jacob, p. 44, Family Record.
125 Hathaway,— 3Jacob, p. 44, Family Record.
127 Hathaway, — 6Joseph, p. 45, Family Record.
128 Gibbs Family of Somerset, Mass., p. 39.
129 Revolutionary Records of 3Caleb Merritt, "Isaac Fowler, and 5Benjamin
Dillingham. For latter vide also Addenda at beginning of volume.
130 Hathaway, — 5Meletiah, s. of 4Meletiah, p. 125, grandson of 3Jacob, p. 44,
Record.
130 Hathaway, — Jonathan, s. of 2Jonathan, p. 43, Family Record.
130 Whitwell, — 'Oliver, p. 93, Family Record.
131 Presbrey, — 2William, p. 59. Records of his nine children.
131 Richmond Family in Connecticut.
132 Will of 'Chretien Deyo, p. 16. 132 Certificate of 2Pierre Deyo, p. 16.
132 Mrs. Clement Biddle's Letter regarding Newport in 1824.
134 Dillingham, — 6Asa, s. of 5Benjamin, p. 19, Family Record.
134 Terry, — cHannah Dillingham, d. of 5Benjamin, p. 19, Family Record.
135 Bragg, — 7Mary Reade, d. of °Samuel, p. 119, Family Record. 135 Swift, — 7Charity Reade, d. of 6Samuel, p. 119, Family Record.
135 A Wedding Song of 1799.
136 A Whaling Voyage, 1851. Verbatim Extracts from Log.
140 Early Hathaway Records. The Hathaways in Acushnet Cemetery.
141 Notes on the Hathaway family, with letter from C. A. Hathaway.
142 The Richmond Burying Ground at Little Compton Commons.
144 Note on the Dillingham family.
145 Pedigree of Eleazer Gaylord. 145 Parentage of Elizabeth Prout.
ATTENTION.
Every name in the book is indexed with references to every page it occurs on.
Names in Small Caps in Vol. I designate the direct ances- tors of Charles French, Jr.
Names in Small Caps in Vol. II are thus printed to draw attention to the fact that the surname is different from the one at the head of the article.
All the original emigrants to America are numbered I. Their children are numbered 2, etc. Thus, the figure 7 preceding a name signifies that that individual's ancestors are traced backward in the male line six generations. The numbers always show the ancestry of the surname, never of the mother's family.
The only families not traced to the emigrant ancestor are those of Oliver Whitwell and Ephraim French.
Ancestors in England are not numbered, as with research they may be continually added to.
Abbreviations: b. — born, bp. — baptized.
d. — died (in a fezv cases, daughter), m. — married.
PREFACE.
The preface to a work like this is nec- essarily of little consequence, but it seems to me hardly fitting that I should end my labor without saying one word to explain how these pages came to be in just the form they are, and how they came to be at all.
In the first place I never should have gathered together the memoranda from which I have written, except that, in 1893, circumstances altered my life so that its ordinary duties were in abeyance and I had many lonely hours to be passed somehow. It was then that I studied genealogies, corresponded, and accumulated two large blank books of notes, from which the first part of this volume was drawn. I had no object except to make a genealogical tree for my boy which should interest him in the past of his family and of his country. Of course many others be- came interested in my object, and much material foreign to my own purpose was sent me. Naturally all who had aided in collecting were interested in the result, and the idea of printing my notes be- came familiar to us all. As my first plan narrowed the scope of the work to my own immediate circle, I added the sec- ond part which includes many distantly related branches of the same original stock. The last half dozen pages should really be called an appendix, for they contain only notes gathered too late to be placed properly. Those regarding the Hathaways are invaluable and will show my own paucity of information when I wrote the sketches in the first part.
What I would like to have especially clear to the general reader is that the main purpose of this book is a private — not a public — one. I wanted to pre- serve certain dear names — to commem- orate certain lives, and perpetuate in other years the memories of generations passed away. While I have wholly ignored all traditions unless proven true, I have carefully preserved all I could learn of the real anecdotes and stories in the family. There is interwoven through these pages all I have been told as a child, had written to me as a historian, and studied for myself. The result is crude, but I have made a great effort that it should not be faulty. Such faults as there are are entirely my own for no one else has even read my manu- script.
Such merit as there may be found herein is due to the one who endowed me with a goodly portion of his own memory, patience and ability to per- severe towards one end until it is finally accomplished to the worker's satisfac- tion; for if either of those three gifts had failed me the other two would have been useless, and the work must have gone undone.
In conclusion I must speak of the great kindness shown me at the Minne- sota Historical Society, and of the wide- spread interest and assistance given me by the family. I hope the result will satisfy all.
I have another hope which I sincerely wish to see fulfilled, and that is that the reading of these pages may make others care for their past and not allow
XIV.
Preface.
America to be behind all the rest of the world in pride of birth and care of history.
As I write these lines I sit in a hall where three generations of children have played, where the chairs have seen a century, and the old, old clock ticks as it ticked before my grandmother was born. As I look about at this dear
home I feel deeply how great was the aim I set myself, and I beg the reader to believe that, however imperfectly it has been accomplished, the work was done with a deep sense of its worth and greatness, — an ardent desire to do my best.
Anna R. W. French. Nunda, New York.
CORRECTIONS AND ADDENDA.
Page 3. For Jorst Jansen read Joost Jansen.
Page 19. The services of Capt. Benj. Dillingham appear in the War In- dex of Revolutionary Archives of Massachusetts thus:
Feb. 3, 1776. Ordered to be commis- sioned in council. Had served as captain in Col. Jedediah Hunting- ton's Regiment at Roxbury, Dec, 1775 (vol.43, P- 315)-
Feb. 27, 1776. Stationed at Winter Hill in Col. Jacob French's Regi- ment.
March 26, 1776. Commissioned by Governor's Council. Raised from Bristol to Cumberland (vol. 43, p.
IQ3)-
March 28, 1776. Captain of forces sta- tioned at Dartsmouth (vol. 42, p.
235)- Also referred to in vol. 18, p. 186, as
on pay-role, and vol. 28, p. 13-, missioned captain, December 11, 1775. Certified to by Wm. Oliver, secretary of Massachusetts.
Page 19. Anne Dillingham d. iSjj. Not 1843.
Page 43. Jonathan Hathaway b. 1671. Not 1660.
Page 45. Lovisa Hathaway m. Samuel West. Not Benjamin.
Page 56. The date of Mary Pearce's birth is unknown.
Page 93. The name of Oliver Whitwell appears among a list of men on board the Sloop Providence (J. P. Rathburne, captain), who have prize shares in the Schooner Loyalty, etc. Grade Midshipman. (From Record Index of the Rev. War Arch., Mass., vol. 52, page 84.)
John Alden.
ALDEN,— John.
b. about 1600.
m. Priscilla, daughter of William Molines.
died Sept. 12, 1689. (of Plymouth.)
I have seen an etching of Southamp- ton so exquisite as to be a fitting fron- tispiece for Longfellow's lovely Amer- ican classic, for it was from that old, old sea-port that John Alden sailed with the Pilgrims who had stopped there to get a cooper to go with the ship.
Southampton at the head of South- water, had been noted for its wine trade as early as 11 20 and there is no great stretch of imagination in fancying the young cooper of the Mayflower the descendant of a long line of Aldens who had made barrels and headed casks for five hundred years.
John Alden accompanied the little band of Pilgrims under the express stipulation that he should be allowed to return if he liked. He never did, how- ever, but settled in Duxbury, which took its name from the ancestral hall of the Standish family. Here, he and the sweet Puritan Priscilla lived quietly and raised a large family. I doubt if there be any couple of early emigrants who have had more descendants than these two for all America claims relationship with them.
John Alden was interested in nearly all the Pilgrim Fathers' real estate ven- tures, and deeds bearing his signature are numerous. He owned tracts in Amherst — now New Bedford, — Plym- outh, Duxbury, etc.
Of all the signers of the Cape Cod Compact he was the last to die.
In regard to the children of John and Priscilla Alden there exists some con- fusion. Not in regard to the actual in- dividuals but because we are not certain of their order, and cannot account for as many as their cotemporaries award them.
CHILDREN.
2 Elizabeth, — b. 1645.
m. William Pabodie. Vide same.
d. May 3, 1 7 1 7. 2John, — b. 1622 (?)
m. Elizabeth . m. 2, Elizabeth
(Phillips) Evrill, April 1, 1660. 2Jonathan, — b. about 1628.
m. Abigail Hallet, Dec. 10, 1672.
d. Feb. 1698. 2Joseph,— b. 1624 (?)
m. Mary Simmons.
d. Feb. 8, 1697. 2 David, — m. Mary Southworth.
d. 1719. 2Sarah, — m. Alexander Standish. 2 Ruth, — m. John Bass, May 12, 1657.
d. Oct. 12, 1674. 2 Mary, — m. Thomas Delano.
Blancsan.
BLANCSAN— Matthys.
Matthys— Kattryn.
BLANCSAN— ? Kattryn.
This name, so frequently misspelled by the English and Dutch scribes of His Majesty's Province of New York, has come down to us as that of a man who gave up all for his faith, and twice became an exile before he found security for its practice. He was one of that vast number of French artisans who left their country under the ban of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and found a temporary shelter in Holland. The French government sapped its own tree of prosperity in that cruel time even as Spain did when she drove forth the Moor. Holland however was cle- ver enough to see its opportunity, open its ports, and still further solidify its vast commercial importance. The city of Mannheim was founded for, and by the French Huguenots, and Leyden, in seventeen short years doubled its popu- lation of fifty thousand from their ranks.
It was to the former city that our ancestor made his way, and there he dwelt for many years. His daughter Kattryn was married there in 1655. Some five years later the family pre- pared to emigrate and seek a permanent home in the "Nieu Amsterdam." Matthys Blancsan sailed on the "Gilded Otter" April 27, 1660, and we next hear of him as one of Hurley's earliest settlers, where he followed the trade of a distiller. He had five children who all removed to America with him. One of his daughters (Maria) married An- thony Krypel, a patentee of New Paltz; Elizabeth married Pieter Cornellissen Louw, the ancestor of the famous Low family.
Daughter of the preceding,
m. Louis du Bois, Oct. 10, 1655.
d. in Hurley about 1709. (of Artois, France; Mannheim, Hurley and New Paltz.)
The life of this brave woman is so full of romance that it is a constant temptation to the writer to fill in the imaginary details which would com- plete, the strong outlines of fact. One can guess the constant fear in which the French Huguenots lived after the death of Henry IV, and one can easily fancy how rumors must have started — spread —been dispelled — started again, and so on until the actual beginning of the Exodus into Holland showed that the long feared persecution was really commenced.
The family of Matthys Blancsan were neither among the first nor last to fly to Holland, but they were part of the great throng of refugees, and Kattryn's childhood was passed in a strange land far from her native Artois.
The city of Mannheim was founded by the Elector Frederick William IV of Baden, and from the outset was largely inhabited by Huguenots. Here Kattryn was raised and here she was married in 1655 to another refugee, Louis du Bois. He was possibly an old friend for he also was of Artois. After the marriage the young couple continued to live in Mannheim for five years. At the end of that time they decided to remove to the New World. There is no special account of their journey extant, but probably, like all the Dutch emigrants of the period, they went by boat down the Rhine to the sea-port and there took
Blancsan.
passage on one of the large Dutch merchantmen which went continually between the Colonies and the Father land. It was many weeks before the shores of Manhattan Island gladdened their eyes. New York was then but a collection of small houses clustered about a wooden fort on the lower end of the island. Can we conceive Kat- tryn's feelings as she stepped on land again? She was far from everything familiar to her and just as far from her old home as if the Ocean were Death itself.
The little party tarried but shortly in the "Nieu Amsterdam" and then again set forth to Esopus. She must have been a courageous woman who sat in that small sail-boat, holding her two little boys close, and watched the grand mountain, the wide-flowing water, and the solitude and darkness deepening together over the Hudson.
They settled at Hurley where the next year a third son was born. In June, 1663, when the little Jacob was about two years old, Louis du Bois left his home one morning to be absent for the day. It was a clay ever to be remembered as that of the horrible massacre at Kingston, and when he returned to the raided town- he found his wife and boys had been carried off captive by the red-handed Mohawks.
Kattryn and her sons were taken to the Indian lodge twenty-six miles south of Kingston, and were kept prisoners there three months. The heart grows faint at the thought of all that she must have undergone during those weary weeks. She had no means of knowing whether her father and her husband were alive or not, or what her own ultimate fate would be.
The rescue by Captain Kregier in September led to the discovery of the great desirability of the lands belong- ing to the Mohawk on the Walkill. This discovery led to the idea of a purely French settlement similar to that of the Dutch at Kingston. The story of the Founding of New Paltz will be found under that name in this volume. It is as romantic as the rest of Kattryn du Bois' life.
She removed there with her family among the first settlers, and made her home with them for ten years. The immunity which New Paltz enjoyed when the Indians afterwards took the war-path is accounted to the treaty between savages and French which was made when the lands were purchased. But may we not look further and attri- bute the kindly feelings which existed between settlers and natives to that long captivity of the wives and child- ren, when they were mercifully treated and in time to come practiced the Golden Rule in return.
Kattryn du Bois survived her husband and died in Hurley about 1709. She left seven sons and one daughter.
CHILDREN.
Abraham, — Vide Abraham du Bois. Isaac, — b. 1659.
m. Maria Hasbroucq, June 1, 1683. Jacob, — Vide Jacob du Bois. Sarah, — b. 1664.
m.-j-orct-Jansen. J^f^^j/-" David, — b. 1667.
m. Cornelia Vernoy. Solomon, — Vide Solomon du Bois. Louis, — b 1677.
m. Rachel Hasbroucq, 1701. Matthew, — b. 1679.
m. Sarah Mattheysen.
Brightman.
1 Henry — '- -Joseph — 3 George.
BRIGHTMAN —
The Brightman family have been prominent in Rhode Island for over two hundred years. They are of Eng- lish descent and claim a baronial an- cestry.
Henry Brightman was recorded free- man in 167 1 and thereafter we find frequent mention of him in Newport and Portsmouth, he was also one of the early land holders in Freetown, Mass., and East Greenwich. Of his wife we know only the first name, Joan. She died in 1716, he in 1728. By his will he gave his son William the homestead and largest silver tankard. To Thomas, the Dartmouth farm, house-lot in New- port, yoke of oxen, five cows, sixty sheep, and a silver tankard.
To Joseph, seal ring, half dozen spoons, silver cup and porringer, and all land in Freetown.
The sons received other land, and the daughters had fifty pounds apiece and property beside. Each grand-son was handsomely remembered also.
CHILDREN.
2 Henry, — m. Elizabeth Lawton, Aug.
1694, d. childless 1716. 2 Hester,— m. - - Chandler. 2William, — m. Mercy Spun-, Jan. 22,
1 70S. 2 Thomas, — in.
2Sarah, — m. Hezekiah Hoar. 2 Joseph, — Vide following.
BRIGHTMAN,— "Joseph.
b. 1 69 1.
m. Susanna she d. 1751.
d. March 3, 1 753. (ol Freetown, Mass.)
In his will Henry Brightman spoke of his special debt to his son Joseph for caring for him in his old age, and for that reason made him a special bequest.
Joseph Brightman was well off before his father died and left him — for those times, — wealthy. In 1717 he had been Tax Assessor, and in 1721 was on the Grand Jury.
~p In his will 3Joseph and •''George were named executors, and Henry seems to have been dead as he is not mentioned. The elder sons were to divide the farm occupied by Joseph, and James received the homestead, ferry and ferry-boat, and "my Great Neck of Land." The widow was to reside in the home as long as she lived and receive the income from all real estate. -j
CHILDREN. tV*ff
3Henry — b. Sept. 19, 1716. Jt^j^.V •Joseph,— b. April 26, 1718. ^r^1^ 3George, — Vide the following. *\r'»<
3Elizabeth, — b. July 9, 1730.
m. Pitts.
3 James,— b. May 22, 1734. 3Susanna, — b. May 14, 1736.
BRIGHTMAN— George (Captain).
b. Sept. 16, 1 72 1.
m. Hannah, daughter of Joseph Peckham and Elizabeth Wilbor 1744. (she b. Oct. 13, 1728.
m. 2, Lydia Simmons, daughter of Capt. Ambrose Barnaby, Nov. 25, 1775.
(of Freetown, Mass.)
In the old records of Little Compton we find this sadly mutilated notice, "Marriage between Hannah Peckham of Little Compton and George — of Freetown,— iS. 1744." The
bride was sixteen and the groom twenty- three, when they went to dwell on the Brightman farm on Taunton River.
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Brightman. * Hannah.
I have taken the greatest interest in tracing out the family of George Brightman and his wife for they had vanished from the family memories and were resurrected from other sources with great difficulty and success. It was especialy interesting to find that the names Bradford and Alanson given by Hannah Brightman Richmond to her sons were family names to her, Alanson being a common first name with the Peckhams, and Bradford among the Wilbors.
George Brightman was a wealthy farmer and I believe also a boat-builder. I know his sons engaged in the latter trade. He had a large family and was a generous father. When my great- great grand-mother, Hannah Bright- man, married 5 Perez Richmond of Westport, her father sent to England for her furniture and silver, much of which still remains in different branches of the family.
The following list has been gathered from many sources and can hardly be perfect. It is presented for correction, with no pretense to perfection.
CHILDREN.
4 Elizabeth, — m. Caleb Earle, Dec. 6,
1764. 4 James, — 4 Pardon, — 4 Sarah, — m. Lemuel Taber, May 23,
1771. 4Hannah, — Vide the following: 4Samuel, — married and had 5 Betsey,
wife of John Weaver, Vol. II, and
Capt. Samuel. Vide "A True Pirate
Story," Vol. II. 4Susanna, — m. Earle Taber, May 23,
1771.
BRIGHTMAN— * Hannah.
born Feb. 25, 1752.
m. Dr. 5Perez Richmond. Vide same.
This lady is represented to the pres- ent generation by her silhouette which shows a woman of between sixty and seventy, in a stately cap with bows, who possesses fine and regular features, a straight, high forehead, slightly Roman nose and a very determined chin. The chin did not belie her character as we see it in her letters and the stories told of her. A letter written in 1825 con- tains 1 500 words in a script nearly as close as print, and the variety of relig- ious sentiments and exhortations is equally volumnious and diversified.
Dr. Perez Richmond only lived long enough to have thirteen children and then left his widow to raise them. Ten grew to maturity and I believe they all did her credit in the end. All married and had families except the daughters Lucia and Elizabeth. The elder of these was an especially interesting maiden lady who, if the Brightmans were baronial and the Richmonds ducal in their origin, would have been fully equal to the weight of dignity.
All of Hannah Brightman's family attained an advanced age like herself. She died in the old homestead at West- port where she had lived all her life, and left behind her the memories of an earnest Christian wife and mother who strove to do her duty well. — And did it.
Booth — Bkownei.l — Potter.
BOOTH— 'John.
(of Scituatc.)
John Booth was of Scituate in 1656. Afterwards removed, a A'^k ^Jc^inen
CHILDREN.
^Elizabeth, — b. Oct. 5, 1657.
2 Joseph, — b. March 27, 1659; removed
to Pennsylvania. 2John, — b. 1661. m. Mary Dodson, 1687. 2 Benjamin, — b. July 4, 1667. 2 Mary, — b. June 6, 1669. m. Abraham
Barden, Oct. 1697. 2 Abraham, — b. Feb. 7, 1673. /ckt^oii -"Grace, — b. July 4, 1677. Vide Eph-
raim Pray. 2 Judith. — b. March 13, 1680. m. Isaac
Pierce, Jr. d. May 4, 1733.
BROWNELL.
BROWNELL,—1 Thomas.
b. about 161 5.
m. Ann She died 1665.
d. 1665.
(of Portsmouth, R. I.) Thomas Browned first appears as a
witness to John Walker's will, March
18, 1647. Three years later he was
made a freeman, and was Commissioner
in 1655-61-62-63.
From Thomas Browned to Charles
French is eleven generations, thus:
2Sarah Browned m. 2 Gideon Freeborn.
'Ann Freeborn m. 2Thomas Durfee.
3 Martha Durfee m. 4 Oliver Reade.
•'Jonathan Reade m. Eunice Weaver.
6 Hannah Reade m. 2James Whitwell.
■Furman Whitwell in. "Hannah Hatha- way.
'Anne Whitwell m. 'Bradford Rich- mond, mond.
8Anne Richmond 111. W. P. Warner. Anne Warner m. Charles French. Charles French, Jr.
CHILDREN.
2Mary, — b. 1639, m. Robert Hazard, d.
Jan. 12, 1739. __2Sarah, — m. Gideon Freeborn. Vide
same. 2 Martha, — b. May, 1643, m- Jeremiah
Wait, m. 2nd Charles Dyer, d. Feb.,
1744- 2George, — b. 1646, m. Susanna Pcarce,
Dec. 4, 1673. d. April 20, 1718. -William, — m. Sarah Smiton, d. 171 5. 2Thomas, — m. Mary Pearce. d. May 18,
1732. 2Robert, — m. Mary - — , d. July 22,
1728. 2Ann, — m. Joseph Wilbor, d. April 2,
1747-
POTTER.
POTTER,— 1 Nathaniel.
m. Dorothy (she b. 1617, d. Feb. 19, 1676).
d. 1644. (of England and Portsmouth, R. I.)
CHILDREN.
2Nathaniel, — Vide following. 2Ichabod, — m. 2Martha Hazard, d. 1676.
POTTER — =Nathaniel.
b. 1637.
m. Elizabeth Stokes (she d. 1704).
d. Oct. 20, 1704. (of Portsmouth, R. I.)
children.
•"Stoker, — m. Elizabeth , d. 17 18.
sJohn, — m. Mary— — , d. 1769. :,Nathaniel, — m. 2Joan Wilbur, d. 1736. 3 William, — m. Ann Durfee, d. 1720.
3 Benjamin, — m. Mary
d. 1709.
■Samuel, — b. 1675, m. Mary — , d, 1748. 3 Mary, — m. 2 Samuel Wilbur. Vide same. •''Rebecca, — m. Robert Kirby. 3 Elizabeth, — m. Benj. Tripp, July 31,
•'Katharine, m. Qiomas Cornell.
8Ichabod,- m. Eleanor , d. 1755.
•'Thomas, m. Susanna Tripp, 1(187, m.
2nd, Lydia Shearman, 1720, d. 1728. 8 John,- — b. 1665, m. Sarah Wilson, d. ' 1715.
8Robert, m. Elizabeth, d. 1745. Mchabod,— m. Margaret Helm, d. 1730.
CHASE— * William.
Chase. 1 William — ^Benjamin.
CHASE— 2Benjamin.
Born in England ( probably about 1600).
m. Mary (about 1620). (she died Oct., 1659). d. May, 1659. (of Roxbury and Yarmouth).
William Chase came from England in 1630, bringing his wife and oldest son, William, a boy of eight years. He was a carpenter by trade, and settled in Roxbury until 1637, when he removed to Yarmouth. In 1640 he was censured for misbehavior and ordered to leave the town within six months. June 6, 1654, he was before the council for driving a pair of oxen five miles on the lord's Day. In 1657 he was chosen one of the Surveyors of the Roads of Yarmouth.
His Will may be found in the Old Colony Records. It is dated May 4, 1659, and leaves one-third of his estate to his eldest son, and the rest to Ben- jamin. The eldest son was slightly feebly minded.
The widow Mary Chase died so sud- denly that an inquest was held over her body.
CHILDREN.
2William, — b. about 1622.
m. 2 Hannah Shearman. 2 Mary,— b. May, 1637.
d. about 1653. 2 Benjamin, — b. about 1639.
Vide following' column.
b. in Yarmouth about 1639.
m. 2Phillippe, daughter of 'Philip Shearman and Sarah Odding. (She was born Nov. 1, 1652.)
d. 1731.
Benjamin Chase was a cooper, and so styled himself in his will, proved July 1 73 1. Among its provisions is the fol- lowing, relating to his daughter 3 Philis and her husband, Jacob Hathaway.
"To daughter, Philip Hathaway, and son-in-law, Jacob Hathaway, all my land from and adjoining the land that my son J. H. bought of my son, Ben- jamin Chase, and shall be a quarter share in breadth and extending in length down to the River always ex- cepting three rods square, which is to be reserved as a burying ground."
CHILDREN.
Mary —
m. Daniel Grinnel. 3Phillippe, — b. July 5, 1679.
m. 3Jacob Hathaway.
Vide Hathaway. Benjamin, — born July 15, 1682.
m. Mary Simmons, June 13, 1703. Walter,— b. Nov. 23, 1684.
m. Deliverance Simmons, Jan. 29, 1706-7. Bathia, — b. Dec. 3, 1686.
m. Joseph Dunham, June 19, 1706. Sarah, —
Clarke. (I.) 1 Jeremiah — "Walter.
CLARKE, — JEREMIAH.
b. in England.
m. Mrs. Frances (Latham) Dungan about 1638 (she was born 161 1. d. Sept. 1677).
d. Jan., 1652. (Of London, Eng., and Newport, R. I.)
We assume that Jeremiah Clarke was a Londoner because he married the widow of a London man, (vide Frances Latham), whom, with her four little children, he brought with him to America the same year. He was ad- mitted an inhabitant of Aquidneck,
1638, and signed the famous compact at Portsmouth the next year.
That he was a man of prominence is amply proved by the following brief record of his services:
1639, Treasurer during absence of Wm. Dutch.
1642, Lieutenant. 1644, Captain.
1644-5-6-7, Treasurer of Newport. 1648, President-Regent acting during Governor Coddington's trial. The Hon. Jeremiah Clarke died in 1652, and was buried "in the tomb that stands by the street by the water-side in Newport" (Friends' Record).
CHILDREN.
2 Walter, — Vide the following.
-Mary, — b. 1641, m.John Cranston, 1658.
m. 2nd, John Stanton, d. Apr. 7, 171 1. 2Jeremiah, — b. 1643, m. Jane Audley. 2 Latham, — b. 1645, m. Hannah Wilbur.
m. 2nd, Mrs. Ann Newbury, d. Aug.,
1719. 2Weston,— b. Apr. 5, 1648, in. Mary
Easton. m. 2nd, Rebecca Easton. d.
1728. 2James, — b. 1649, 111. Hope Power, d.
Dec. 1, 1736. 2Sarah, — b. 165 1, m. John Pinner, m.
2nd, Caleb Carr, d. 1706.
CLARKE— 2Walter.
b. 1640.
m. Content Greenman, 1660. 4 m. 2nd, Hannah, daughter of Richard Scott and Katharine Marbury (she was b. 1642, d. July 24, 1681), 1667.
m. 3rd, Mrs. Freeborn Hart, daughter of Roger Williams, March 6, 1683 (she died Jan. 10, 1710).
m. 4th, Sarah Gould, Aug. 31, 171 1.
he d. May 23, 1714. (Of Newport.)
Walter Clarke evidently inherited his mother's tendency to repeated marry- ing. We find mention of him Jan. 30, 1671, as being allowed ,£1 for taking three men to Providence and bringing them "down again" in his boat.
In 1673-4-5 and 169911c was Assistant, and in 1676-7-86-96-97 and 1698 Gover- nor of R. I. He was Deputy Governor from 1679 to 1686 inclusive, and from 1700 to 1 714 inclusive. Surely this shows a degree of popularity and high standing almost unrivaled.
In December, 1686, he was appointed a member of the Council of Gov. An- dros and summoned to Boston to attend the meeting on the 30th. February 27, 1690, Walter Clarke and Walter New- bury read a paper before the Assembly disclaiming the present government, and a new governor was chosen, namely, Henry Bull. June 11, 169S, he deeded his son-in-law, Captain Gould, his tene- ment houses, slaughter house and yard in Newport.
The second and third wives of Gov. Clarke were women of famous ancestry. ^Hannah Scott was a niece of Ann Hutchinson, and a grand-niece of Sir P^rasmus Dryden. Through her great- grandmother, Elizabeth Cope, she was
Clarke. (I and II.) Jolin — John — Thomas.
descended from the best blood in Eng- land— the same blood which flowed in the veins of John Dryden, the poet.
Freeborn Hart was the daughter of Roger Williams, the child whose very name echoed forth the spirit and pur- pose of her father's life.
In his old age Gov. Clarke made his will, and then re-arranged it to that extent that it was almost unreadable. After his death the heirs gathered together and drew up an agreement with regard to the property, a full copy of which may be found in the R. I. His- torical Magazine.
The agreement was briefly as follows: They gave to their uncles Latham and Weston all their father's clothes and four dozen silver buttons. To the wid- ow, all estate which she brought, and also house, bed, horse and cow in New- port. To Uncle Weston their father's seal, which was engraven with his arms. To widow Sarah £\o a year for life with the homestead and belongings, except such as had already been given away.
Then the estate is to be divided into five parts, and one part to be given to the widow.
This agreement was signed by the widow Sarah, by Thomas and Hannah Rodman, by Nathaniel and Katharine Sheffield, by George and Deliverance Cornell, and by Jeremiah Gould, son of Mary Chapman, deceased.
From this it will appear that four of Walter Clarke's seven children died before him.
CHILDREN.
3Mary — b. Jan. n, 1661, m. Daniel
Gould, m. 2nd, Ralph Chapman, d.
Aug. 10, 171 1. 3 Frances, — b. Jan. 17, 1663. 3Content, — 3 Hannah,— b. Oct. 28, 1667. m. Thos.
Rodman, Nov. 26, 1691. d. Oct. 22,
I73I-
3Katharine, — b. Sept. 6, 1671. m. 1st, James Gould, m. 2nd, 3 Nathaniel, son of 2Ichabod Sheffield, d. Jan. 25, 1752. 3Jeremiah, — b. Feb. 21, 1675. #3 Deliverance, — b. July 4, 1678. m. 4George Cornell. Vide Cornell.
CLARKE, John.
(Probably of Suffolk Co., England.) buried March 3, 1559. Had sons John,
bapt. Feb. n, 154 , and Thomas.
CLARKE,— John.
m. Katharine, daughter of John Cooke (she bapt. Feb. 12, 1 54 1 , buried March 30, 1598).
buried April 7, 1598.
Had John, Thomas, Carew, Pasor, John, Margret, and Mary.
CLARKE, — Thomas.
b. Oct. 31, 1590.
m. Rose Kerridge (she d. Sept. 19, 1627).
d. July 29, 1627.
children.
Margret, — bapt. Feb. 1, 1600.
Carew, — bapt. Feb. 3, 1602.
Thomas, — bapt. March 31, 1605.
Mary, — bapt. July 17, 1607. m. xJohn Peckham. Vide Peckham.
John, — b. Oct. 8, 1609, d. Apr. 20, 1676.
William, — bapt. Feb. II, 161 1.
Joseph, — bapt. Dec. 16, 1618, d. June I, 1694. Joseph Clarke had a daughter who married her cousin William Peckham. His son Joseph married the widow of his cousin Thomas Peckham. The wife of Carew Clarke died in
Ruffum, Suffolk Co., from which we
may infer it was the family home.
No family connection is known between
these and the preceding Clarkes.
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Clarke. (III.) 1 Thomas — *A ?idrew — zA?idrezu.
CLARKE— i Thomas.
b. in England, 1599.
m. 2Susan, daughter of the widow 1Maiy Ring, about 1634.
m. 2, Mrs. Alice Nichols, daughter of Robert Hallet of Boston.
d. March 24, 1697. (Of Plymouth, Boston and Harwich.)
Thomas Clarke was born the same year as Oliver Cromwell. He came to America on the "Ann" in July, 1623, bringing cattle and other property with him, and was allotted land on the Eel River at Chiltonville.
He married in Plymouth and all his children but John were certainly by his first wife. Later he removed to Boston where he lived in the vicinity of Scotto's Lane, owning and occupying the house he afterwards gave his son Andrew. In 1654 he was one of a committee to secure means to fit out an expedition ordered by the Lord Protector.
Still later in life he removed to Har- wich, where he died. His tombstone is the 'oldest on Burial Hill, and his mug and leather wallet can be seen in Fore- fathers' Hall.
CHILDREN.
2Andrew, — Vide next article. 2James, — m. Abigail Lothrop. 2William, — m. Sarah Woolcot. 2Susanna, — b. 1641.
m. Barnabas Lothrop, Nov. 3, 1658.
d. Sept. 28, 1697. 2Nathaniel, — b. 1643.
m. Dorothy Lcttice Gray.
d. Jan. 31, 1717. 2John, — m. Mary Benjamin, Aug. 16,
1695.
d. Aug. 16, 1705.
CLARKE— 2Andre\v.
b. about 163 V
m. 3Mehitable, daughter of 2Thomas Scott and Joan Sandford, 1671.
d. 1706. (of Harwich.)
Andrew Clarke was a shoe-maker, and after his marriage received from his father the latter's Boston house, " which house and ground is by the street that goeth from the mill-bridge to Charles River." He was also Assis- tant Counsellor and several times Representative to the General Court. Later in life he removed to Harwich.
children.
3Thomas, — b. July 10, 1672. d. 1759. 3Susanna, — b. March 12, 1674. 3Andre\v, — Vide next article. 3Scotto — b. 1680. 3 Nathaniel, — m. Abigail Hedge. 3Mehitable— b. Dec. 8, 1684.
CLARKE— 3 Andrew.
b. 1678.
m. 3 Elizabeth, daughter of 2Kenelm and Damaris Winslow, Aug. 9, 171 1.
d. (of Harwich.)
children.
♦Mehitable — b. Aug. 29, 171 2. 4 Elizabeth,— b. May 25, 1714. ♦Elizabeth — b. Jan. 18, 1716. ♦Thankful— b. Nov. 18, 1721. ♦Eunice, — b. Oct. 28, 1724. m. Samuel
Foster, 1745. ♦Hannah,— b. Jan. 13, 1726. m. "'Jacob
Hathaway. Vide Hathaway.
Cooke.
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1 Francis — -Jolin.
COOKE— i Francis.
b. probably in England.
m. Esther.
d. April 7, 1663. (Of Plymouth.)
Francis Cooke (Pilgrim) was among those who left England about the end of the sixteenth century and settled in the Netherlands. There he married a girl of French parentage and a member of the Walloon Church. He was prob- ably a resident of Leyden, as he must have been an acquaintance of Gov. Bradford and Edward Winslow to have become one of the sharers in the peril- ous Mayflower voyage. He was ac- companied by his eldest son, John, and it was not until three years later that his wife and his other children joined him. They arrived on the "Ann" in 1623.
Bradford, in 1650, calls Francis Cooke a very old man who had great-grand- children; he was not so old however but that twelve years later he was among the first purchasers of Middle-
borough.
CHILDREN.
"2John, — Vide next column.
2Jacob, — m. Damaris Hopkins, m. 2d,
Mrs. Elizabeth Shurtleff. d. 1676. 2Jane, — m. Experience Mitchell, 1628.
d. 2Esther, — m. Nov., 1644, Richard
Wright, d. 2 Mary, — m. John Thomson, Dec. 26,
1645. d. March 21, 1715.
COOKE— 2John.
b. in Holland.
m. Sarah, daughter of Richard War- ren and Elizabeth Juatt, March 28, 1634. (Of Plymouth and Dartmouth.)
John Cooke was a passenger on the Mayflower with his father, and in 1634 was old enough to be taxed equally with him. The same year he married Sarah Warren, the daughter of a fellow- pilgrim.
He was a deacon of the Plymouth Church, but on account of dissension removed to Dartmouth, of which he and his father were two of the first pur- chasers (1652). There he was chosen representative in 1673, and was minister in 1676.
He was living in 1694, the last surviv- ing male passenger of the Mayflower.
children. 2Sarah, — born about 1635. m. Arthur
Hathaway, Nov. 20, 1652. Vide
Hathaway. 2 Elizabeth, — m. Daniel Wilcox, Nov.
28, 1661. d. 2 Esther, — b. Aug. 16, 1650.
m.
d. 2 Mercy, — b. July 25, 1654.
m.
d. 8 Mary,— b. 1657.
m.
d.
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Cornell.
1 Thomas — "Thomas — 3 Thomas.
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The name of this English family is derived from "Cornwall," and signified originally a Cornwall, or Cornish, man. The baronial family of the name trace their descent to Richard, Earl of Corn- wall and son of King John.
The first Cornell in America was Thomas, born in Hertford in hoc. He. married Rebecca BriggsA and in •iojo- emigrated to Boston. Sept. 6, 1638, he was licensed to keep an inn in that town, and June 4, 1639, was fined for several offenses, the most heinous being that he had sold beer at 2d. a quart. On June 6th, his fine was reduced £10, and he was given one month to sell off his beer.
In 1641, Thomas Cornell removed to Rhode Island, and had land granted him in Portsmouth. He was admitted free-man March 16, of the same year. In 1642, he again changed his place of habitation, going to the New Nether- lands, where Gov. Kieft made him a grant in Westchester Co. of that tract_ since known as "Cornell's Neck.^^JJ^
He afterwards returned to R. I., where he died, and was buried on the old Cor- nell farm. His wife died Feb. 8, 1673. \
2Thomas,
CHILDREN.
-Vide followim
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SI
1
2Sarah— m. Thos. WilletTf643. m- Chas.
Bridges, 1647.4*7.} -W*4 "^f <M* «■? }^> 2 Rebecca, — m. George Woolsey, 1647. 2Ann(?), — m. Thomas Kent. 2 Richard, — b. 1630. m. Elizabeth
d. 1694. 2John, — b. about 1637. m. Mary Russell. 2Joshua, —
2Samuel, — m. Deborah, cf r-fM' Jo* mx^ 2William — 2 Elizabeth, — m. Christopher Almy, July
9, 1661. d. 1 70S. 2 Mary, —
CORNELL,— 2Thomas.
b. in Hertford, Eng.
m. Elizabeth Fiscock, Nov. 2d, 1642.
m. Sarah, daughter of Ralph and Joan Earle (she died 1690).
d. May 23, 1673. (Of New Amsterdam and Dartmouth.)
The Dutch Colonial Records give the first marriage of Thomas Cornell, Jr., calling the bride a native of Plymouth, Eng. They seem to have lived in the Dutch settlement many years after the elder Cornell had returned to Rhode Island. In 1667 there are records of Thomas Cornell's having a bill before the assembly regarding a military troop of horse.
The question as to which children were by which wife is authoritatively settled by the order of the court which gave one half of the estate to the widow Sarah and her three children, and the other half to the other four children. The estate inventoried at £77, 19s. 6d. real and personal property in Dart- mouth.
CHILDREN.
3 Elizabeth, — bapt. Jan. 12, 1644.
3Thomas, — b. 1653. Vide following.
3 Edward,—* "\>f ^y*^ "l "t^x>\^^>
3 Samuel, —
3 Steven,— * 't/l >V><>«*3- A ,£7J *"- W^'>W»s,
8 Sarah, —
:i Innocent,-
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CORNELL, 8Thomas.
b. 1 653.-1
m. Susannah, daughter of George and Elizabeth Lawton (she d. Dec. 9,
1712); ^
d. Oct. iiX [714. (Of Rhode Island.)
-"VirU, Xy^ (UrUt 'WA^^aJ'^
Cornell. 4 George — 5 Thomas.
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3Thomas Cornell left two sons,
n jyylWft^ 4 1 nomas' and 4George. I believe Tho-
A i7^t^3mas 's tne same that married 3 Martha
' Freeborn, but am not certain. \ %,\juubJk
CORNELL— "George.
b.
m. Philadelphia Eustis, of Salem, March 19, 1695. m- 2d, Deliverance, daughter of a Walter Clarke and a Han- nah Scott, Jan. 18, 1699 (she b. July 4, 1678; d. Oct. 8, 1732). m. 3d, Abi- gail.
d. March 13, 1752. (Of Portsmouth.)
George Cornell and Deliverance Clarke were married by Gov. Cranston in 1699.
They had a numerous family, and in searching for their individual records I have discovered a curious mistake in print regarding the births and marriages of this particular family. The original records all read "5 mo." or whatever the date may be, and are in the old style. Some early transcriber has written them out in the new style, making every date two months too soon.
CHILDREN.
C^"f'vv^Ruth, — b. Feb. 12, 1697. m- Joseph Brownell, Jan. 5, 1717. (He was the brother of Susannah, the second wife of 3John Reade.) /s Walter, — b. Dec. 24, 1700. m. Mary Nicolls, April 19, 1726. d. July 4,
.1 l^77- •>ify 5 Philadelphia, — b. Nov. 23, 1702. m.
L^/ Thomas Cooke, March 30, 1722.
5George, — b. July 25, 1705. m. Rebecca
Hicks, March 18, 1738. 5Thomas, — b. Sept. 6, 1707. Vide fol- lowing. 5 Richard, — b. June 14, 1709. m. Mary Martin, Dec. 30, 1730.
5Job, — b. Feb. 6, . d. in infancy. 5Susanna, — b. May 29, 1712. m. William
Brightman, Dec. 21, 1738. 5Clarke, — b. July 23, 1714. m. Priscilla
Lawton, Oct. 2d, 1735. 5Joseph,— b. March 19, 1716. d. Sept.
12, 1732.
5Benjamin, — b. June 28, 1720. d. Sept.
25- 1732. _ _
5Benjamin,-^n<.<J'7 5*~ tl*y4*a \A>u^cT^^%'
5Sarah,^^» ?'tf^- .^Xu'ku.UlVN'^ 5Job, — 0. fu^iKn*!-*
CORNELL,— "Thomas.
b. Sept. 6,^707. , ilttrvUl^ vOW
m. Dinah 4-t^xxa^'{ she was born 1707, jf'fcC
d. 1808, aged 101 years).
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(Of Newport, R...I.)
Thomas and Dinah Cornell were the parents of 6Mary, who was married to 5Joseph Reade in Newport by the Rev. Nicolas Eyres, Dec. 5, 1754. Mrs. Dinah Cornell lived to the great age of one hundred and one years, dying in Troy (Fall River). She was distinctly remembered by the eldest son of her youngest grand-daughter, 6 Sarah Reade French.
Mary Cornell and her husband Joseph Reade lived in the house afterward occupied by Enoch French. It was situate on the bank of Taunton River, and was finally torn down some twenty years since.
Deacon French occupied it until after the death of his mother-in-law, when he built the house in town which was destroyed in the fire of 1843.
I would be very grateful to anyone who could send me additional facts re- garding 5Thomas Cornell or his wife.
He was possibly born in the old Cornell homestead, for George Cornell lived there some years.
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Gushing. Thomas — William — John — Thomas — Peter.
CUSHING.
The Cushing family is one of some note and antiquity in England. A Family Genealogy of the American branch gives much of interest regarding the name, origin, arms, etc.
The first recorded member of the family is —
Thomas Cushing, of Hardingham Co., Norfolk. There is still extant a deed dated 1466 (time of Edward IV), in which he and his son William are mentioned.
William Cushing, — married Emme, by whom he had sons, John, Robert, Thomas, and John, Jr; and daughters, Elyne, Ammable, and Agnes. Wil- liam Cushing's will was proven in the Bishop's Court at Norwich, March 11, 1493. His wife's will (proven 1507) styles each of her sons "gen- tleman."
John Cushing, — of the Manor of Flock- thorpe in Hardingham. Will proven 1522, naming children, John, Thomas, William, Margaret, Isabel, Margery. The eldest, John, was Lord of three Manors, and bore in 1653 the arms graven on the Cushing tomb in Bos- ton.
Thomas Cushing, — second son of above. Inherited the house in Hardingham in which he lived. Left children, John, Nicholas, Edward, Stephen, Peter, and Ursula.
Peter Cushing, — m. Susan Hawes, June 2, 1583. d. March, 1615. She d. 164 1. He held large estates in Lombard Street, London. Removed to Hingham in 1600.
CHILDREN.
Theophilus, — bapt. Nov. 4, 1584. Sailed
in the "Griffin" with Gov. Haynes in
1633. d. childless, March 24, 167S. Bridget, — bapt. Feb. 19, 1586.
d. 1 Matthew, — bapt. March 2, 1589. Vide
next page. William, — bapt. April I, 1593.
d. Barbara, — bapt. June 16, 1596.
d. Thomas, — bapt. May 15, 1603.
d.
The Cushing family is one of the most prominent in New England, and has numbered many distinguished men among its descendants. The Rich- monds in this volume from the fourth generation down are descended from Peter Cushing, thus: 1 Matthew Cushing m. Nazareth Pitch- er. 2Iohn Cushing m. 2Sarah Hawke. 3 Deborah Cushing m. 3Thomas Loring. 4Deborah Loring m. 4Perez Richmond. 5Pcyez Richmond m. 4 Hannah Bright- man. 6 Bradford Richmond m. Man- Wea- ver. 'Bradford Richmond m. 4Anne Whit- well. 8 Anne Elizabeth Richmond b. 1842.
CUSHING.
1 Matthew— 2 John.
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CUSHING— 1 Matthew.
b. in Hardingham the year of the Spanish Armada (1588), married Naza- reth, daughter of Henry Pitcher, Aug. 5, 1613. (She was born about 1586; died 1681.)
d. Sept. 30, 1660. (of Hardingham and Hingham, Eng- land, and Hingham, New England.)
Matthew Cushing followed his elder brother to the New World in 1638. He, with wife, five children, and his wid- owed sister-in-law Frances (Pitcher) Riecroft, sailed from Ipswich on the "Diligent" in the summer of the year. The little vessel of 350 tons burden landed her six score passengers safely in Boston, Aug. 10, 1638. The Cushing family went at once to Hingham where the father received a grant of land and settled for life. In his will all his children are named as living except Deborah.
CHILDREN.
2 David, — bapt. April 20, 1619 (inEng). m. Lydia Gilman, June 10, 1645. m. 2d, '-Elizabeth (Jacob) Thaxter, March 9, 1691. d. Dec. 3, 1700.
2 Jeremiah, — bapt. Jan. 21, 162 1, m. Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkie.
2 Matthew, — bapt. April 5, 1623. m. Sarah Jacob, Jan. 25, 1653.
2 Deborah, — bapt. Feb. 17, 1624. m. Matthew Briggs, May 1648.
2John, — b. 1627. Vide following ar- ticle.
CUSHING— John.
b. in Hingham, England, 1627. m. Sarah, daughter of Matthew and Mar- gret Hawke, 1657 (she was born in 1641, died 1679).
d. March 31, 1708. (Of Hingham Co., Norfolk, and Scituate
and Hingham, Mass.)
John Cushing's name is generally preceded by the title "Honored," for he was colonel of the Plymouth Regi- ment and representative for many ex- tended periods. His wife was a daughter of that Matthew Hawke who was fellow-passenger to the Cushings on the "Diligent."
CHILDREN.
3John — b. April 28, 1662. m. 3De- borah Loring, May 20, 1687. d. January 19, 1738.
3Thomas, — b. Dec. 26, 1663. m. De- bora Thaxter, Oct. 17, 1687.
3 Matthew, — b. Feb. 23, 1665. m. De- borah Jacob, 1689.
3Jeremiah, — b. July 13, 1666. m. Judith Parmenter, April 12, 1693.
3James, — b. Jan. 27, 1668.
3Joshua, — b. Aug. 27, 1670.
3Sarah, — b. Aug. 26, 1671.
3Caleb, — b. Jan. 6, 1673. m. Elizabeth Cotton, March 14, 1698.
3Deborah, — b. Sept. 14, 1674. m. 3Thomas Loring, 1699. Vide Loring.
3Mary, — b. Sept. 14, 1674. d.
3Joseph, — b. Sept. 23, 1677. m. Mary Pickels, Jan. 1, 1710.
8Benjamin, — Feb. 4, 1679. d.
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Deyo.
1 Christeyou — 2 Pierre.
DEYO— DOYAU— DOIOI — DOYOE — * Christeyou.
A French Huguenot who, after a residence in the Palatinate, emigrated to America in 1675. The account of his journey appears in the narrative written by Abraham Hasbrouck regard- ing his grandfather's emigration.
"Abraham Hasbroucq he was a native of France, of the town of Calais, and, finding the troubles and persecution and oppression coming on the Protes- tants in France (it being before the revocation of the Edict of Nantes), his father moved out of France with his two sons, Jean and Abraham, and a daughter, Catharine, into Germany in the Palatinate. .. .and there lived several years. In 1675, Abraham Hasbroucq undertook to come to America. . . . He, in company with several of his acquain- tances, all descendants or followers of Peter Walden, and they came from the Palatinate and went to Rotterdam and from thence to Amsterdam, and they embarked to England in April, 1675, and from England they sailed to Amer- ica and arrived in the town of Boston, and from Boston they sailed to New York and from New York to Esopus, Ulster County, and arrived there in July, 1675.... and the next year after he married in Hurley town to a young woman named Marie Doyau, the daugh- ter of one Christian Doyau with whom he had been acquainted in the Palatin- ate, and who was one of the passengers who came over with him to America."
Christeyou, or Christian, Deyo, was an older man than the other patentees of New Paltz, as is evidenced by his four daughters all marrying patentees. I am told that he was called "Grand- pe re'' a title which almost all the third generation in New Paltz owed him
naturally. Although Marie Deyo is called "a native of the Palatinate," I think it must refer merely to her place of birth, for the original of Deyo, "De Jou," is too clearly French to admit of argument.
CHILDREN.
2Anna, — b. 1644. m. Jean Hasbroucq. Emigrated May, 1672. d. May 5, 1694.
2 Pierre, — Vide following.
2 Maria, — b. 1653, m. Abraham Has- broucq, Nov. 17, 1676. d. March 27, 1741.
2 Elizabeth, — m. Simon Le Fever, 1678. m. 2nd Moses Quantine (Cantine).
2 Margaret, — m. 2 Abraham du Bo is. Vide du Bois.
DEYO— 2 Pierre.
b. between 1646 and 1650. m. Agatha Nickol (Niecel), d. — . (Of Mutterstadt, Hurley and New Paltz.)
Pierre Deyo emigrated with his father in 1675. He brought with him a certi- ficate from Jacob Amyot, dated at Mut- terstadt, Jan. 31, 1675, and stating that Pierre Doyou and his wife Agatha Niekel were regularly married, etc. (vide p. 132). Pierre Deyo was one of the twelve patentees of New Paltz.
CHILDREN.
3Christian, — b. 1674. m. Mary Le Conte (or "de Graff") Feb. 20, 1702.
3 Abraham, — b. Oct. 16, 1676. m. Elsie Clearwater.
3 Mary, — bp. Apr. 20, 1679. d. young.
3Pieter, — bp. Oct. 14, 1683. d. young.
3 Mary, — bp. Oct. 14, 1683. d. young.
8Maddelen— bp. Apr. 16, 1689.
3Henry, — bp. Oct. 12, 1690. Vide the following.
Deyo, — Davids, — Beem.
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DEYO— 3Hendrik.
bapt. at New Paltz, Oct. 12, 1690.
m. Dec. 31, 171 5, to Margaret, daugh- ter of Peter Van Bojnmel and Debora Davids. (She bp. 23, 1693.)
d.
(Of New Paltz.)
CHILDREN.
4 Debora, — bp. at Kingston, Jan. 27,1717. m. Petrus Ostrander Feb. 19, 1749.
4Pieter, — bp. Nov. 9, 171S. m. Elizabeth Helm, Jan. 25, 1745.
4Benjamin, — bp. May 30, 1725. m. Jan- nek VanVliet Nov. 10, 1 75 1 .
4Johannes, — b. Nov. 6, 1726. m. Sarah Van Waganen Nov. 20, 1756.
4Christoffel, — bp. Feb. 4, 1728. m. De- bora Van Vliet.
4Haggeta, — bp. Oct. 19, 1729, m. Jo- hannes Freer May 5, 1749.
4Hendrik, — Vide the following.
4Sarah, — bp. Sept. 16, 1733. m. Isaac Van Wagenen.
4David, — bp. Jan. 9, 1737.
DEYO,— sAnnetje, or Hannah.
b. May 17, 1762, bapt. Oct. 27, 1762. m. Noah Eltinp-. Vide Elting.
DEYO, — 4Hendricus.
bp. 1730-31.
m. Oct. 13, 1753, to Elizabeth, daughter of Albert Beem and Elizabeth Peesharen (she b. 1729, d. May 4, 1818).
d. Dec. 14, 1805. (Of New Paltz.)
children.
5Hendricus, — bp. June 16, 1754. m.
Phoebe Woolsey and had 6 Henry
who m. Elizabeth Bevier. 5Mary, — bp. July 11,1756. * 5Rebecca,— bp. April 16, 1758. 5 Maria, — bp. Sept. 7, 1760. 5Annetje, — Vide the following. 5Joseph, — bp. Sept. 1, 1765.
Hannah Deyo Elting became the mother of Jemima, who married David Fowler of Newburgh, and through her the great-great-great grandmother of Charles Elting French. Vide Fowler.
She was also the mother of 6 Abra- ham Elting who m. Elizabeth Ransom and had Phoebe Ann, who married De Witt Hasbrouck Oct. 1, 1831. Their son Abraham m. Elizabeth, daughter of 6 Henry Deyo and Elizabeth Bevier. It is to the son of the latter couple, Mr. Alvah D. Hasbrouck, that I am in- debted for this line of Deyo ancestry.
DAVIDS— Debora.
The Kingston church records give the baptism of Debora Davids on Jan. 25, 1665. She was the daughter of Christoffel Davids and Maria Mar- tenssen. The date of her marriage to Peter Van Bommel is not given.
BEEM, — Elizabeth.
b. 1729-30, d. May 4, 1S1S.
m. 4Hendricus Deyo Oct. 13, 1753.
Elizabeth Beem was the daughter of Albert Beem and Margrietjen Bees- aren, or Peesharen. They were both born in Hoogduytsland, Germany, and resided in Kingston in 1721. Their bans were published Aug. 13 of that year, and on the 23d they were "con- firmed in the state of matrimony."
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Dillingham.
DILLINGHAM,— * Edward.
Of Bitteswell, Co. Kent, Leicester- shire.
m. Drusilla (she d. Feb. 6, 1656).
d. 1666. (Of Lynn and Sandwich, Mass.)
One of the earliest comers to Lynn was Edward Dillingham, Gentleman, who bore arms, and brought over con- siderable money to invest for his friends in Bitteswell. In 1637, he be- came one of the 10 original settlers of the town of Sandwich. In 1647 an(I 1648 we find him one of those to inven- tory the property of James Holloway and George Knot. In 1657, he was arrested and admonished for sympa- thizing with the Quakers. He left two sons, his only daughter having pre-de- ceased him in 1650.
The purpose of this page is to pre- sent an array of possible fathers for 5 Benjamin Dillingham born in Berkley in 1739, and certainly the fourth gene- ration from this first Edward. As Ben- jamin Dillingham settled in Dartmouth I shall give the families in Harwich and Sandwich separately, leaving the reader to do his own supposing.
'Benjamin Dillingham might have been the son of either 4John or 4 Ed- ward. He named sons for each, and his son Edward married back into the
Nye family.
2 Henry Dillingham, son of 1Edward, was born about 1627. He had eight children, of whom only the names of
3 Dorcas, who married Ralph Earle in 1692, and 3 Edward have been pre- served.
3Edward Dillingham was admitted freeman in Sandwich in 1691, and took inventory of estate of John Briggs the same year. He married Abigail Nye in 1695, and had eight children, as follows:
4 Hannah, b. July 12, 1696. 'Abigail, b. Feb. 16, 1697. 4Simeon, b. Sept. 24, 1700, m. Elizabeth Bourne, May 26, 1726. 4Edward, b. March 12, 1704 (assisted in building the minister's house in 1729). 4Mary, b. Oct. 22, 1705. 4 Experience, b. March 9, 1707. 'John, b. Nov. 14, 1710. 4Dcborah, b. June 17, 1716.
2John Dillingham, the second son of 1 Edward, was born about 1630. He became a large landholder in Yarmouth in 1670, where he was taxed £6 odd in 1676. He married Eliza, daughter of Henry Feake, March 24, 1650, and died May 27, 1715. They had a son 3John, and three daughters. Hannah married
Thorpe, 3 Rebecca married ■
Gray, and 3 Sarah married Jones.
3John Dillingham married Lydia, daughter of Isaac Chapman, about 1700. He (or his son John) was Con- stable in Harwich in 1730. He died Sept. 11, 1746, and his wife died Sept. 4, 1760, aet. 80. They had ten children as follows: 4John, b. March 23, 1702. Had 5 Desire,
b. Nov. 30, 1729. m. Benjamin Bangs,
1750. Also Susannah, b. March, 1732.
m. Elkanah Bangs. Had no son Ben- jamin. 'Eliza, — b. Aug. 2, 1703. m. Elnathan
Wing. 4Lydia, — b. June 21, 1705. m. Roland
Clark. 4 Hannah, — b. Feb. 2, 1706. m. Jonathan
Bourne. 4 Rebecca, — b. June 24, 1709. m. .Vinos
Knowles. 4 Isaac, — b. May 4, 171 1. 4 Abigail, — b. June 2, 171 3. m. Prince
Freeman. 4 Edward — b. May 17, 1715. 'Thankful, — b. April 18, 1718. m. Thos.
Pope, 1735. 4Sarah, — b. Pcb. 10, 1719. m. Benj.
Freeman.
I hope these facts, collected from many different books and records may serve someone else to verify the ances- try of Capt. Dillingham. He named his first daughter Esther, which we may presuppose his mother's name. This gives another clue to research and should be remembered.
ANNE DILLINGHAM HATHAWAY
Dillingham.
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/^etffeet M? /4 "Benjamin
DILLINGHAM,— (Capt.) 5Benjamin.
b. at Berkley, Feb. 3, 1739.
m. Anne, daughter of Gamaliel Hath- away and Ann Cathcart, Aug. 29, 1761 (she b. 1741, d. May 13, 1809). (Lived on his farm near Dartmouth.)
Benjamin Dillingham was a captain in the Dartmouth militia during the Revolution, but was never called into active service. When the British landed at Clarke's Cove, Sept. 5, 1778, the family were greatly alarmed and threw the silver and valuables down an old well, while Anne Dillingham, aged nine, ran off and hid her best clothes in the woods.
CHILDREN.
Lost at sea, at sea, Sept.
6 Paul, — b. Aug. 2, 1762. 1790.
•John, — b. July 6, 1764. d. 1815.
6 Esther,— b. Aug. 8, 1766. m. Philip Crandon. d. Dec. 30, 1803.
6 Anne, — b. April 2, 1769. Vide follow- ing.
"Benjamin, — b. Aug. 14, 1770. m. Char- ity Swift; removed to Chester, N. Y.
6 Edward, — b. Feb. 17, 1772. m. Hannah Nye.
6 Ruth, — b. Jan. 26, 1774. d. Dec. 7, 1808.
6 Hannah, — b. June 2, 1776. m. Joseph Terry. Vide Vol. II for family Rec- ord, p. 134.
6Asa,— b. Sept. 10, 1777^ m. Debby Nash, 1800. d. 1S63. for Record, p. 134.
6 Abigail, — b. Nov. 10, Hawes.
6Lemuel, — b. July 29, Hawes.
6Priscilla, — b. June 3, Kempton.
6 Gamaliel, — b. Jan. 29, Weston.
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DILLINGHAM— 6 Anne.
b. April 2, 1769.
m. "Joseph Hathaway, Nov. 7, 1790. d. March 4, 1853. (Of Fair Haven, Mass.)
— 6 Anne.
Anne Dillingham went to live in Fair Haven when she married Joseph Hath- away, and she used to go to Dartmouth to visit her home, riding on a pillion behind her husband. Afterwards she held one child, — then they each held a child, and there the story ends without our knowing whether they ceased jour- neys or bought a carriage. Mr. Hathaway was the head of a shoe-making estab- lishment, employing ten men and dividing his year between his stores in Fair Haven and Riceborough, Georgia. He was successful in business and built the house opposite the old Whitwell residence on Main Street. Both houses are standing yet and anyone who knows them will be interested to learn that, during the "Great Storm of 181 5," the Hathaway house stood in danger of being destroyed by having a brig which had washed ashore blown against it. The water had risen so high that the successive waves carried the vessel the length of Captain Wilson's property, — across Main Street, and left it stranded close to Joseph Hathaway's. His sec- ond daughter, Almira, lay on her bed sick unto death, and the family prepared a cot to carry her out of the house if the brig should come against it.
This same year saw the marriages of Mrs. Hathaway's eldest son and daugh- ter. John Hathaway married Deborah N. Bates, and Hannah Hathaway mar- ried Capt. Wilson's nephew, Furman Whitwell. Both young couples went South, which was the "West" of that day, affording brilliant openings for the enterprising.
Two years later Joseph Hathaway died in Riceborough, and his widow was left with four grown-up sons and daughters, three half grown sons, and one little girl. She continued in her home on Main Street where, in 1S24, her daughter Almira married Capt.
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DlLLINHHAM.
l£r~rUL
Sheffield Reade, of whom it is said that he sailed thirteen whaling voyages and never was gone two seasons. In this same year Bradford Hathaway was married, and his brother Joseph started for Glasgow. He was never heard from after, but his mother, as long as she lived, never ceased to watch for his return, and often said that each strange footstep or unexpected knock made her heart leap with the wonder if her boy had come back. There were no cablegrams then, no reports from ocean steamships ; — only waiting, and hop- ing, and, after a long while, despairing.
In i ,827 the Whitwell family gave up their southern home and returned to Fair Haven. Mrs. Hathaway and her two youngest children were then living abaitt- in the big house, and, as she wished her daughter to stay with her, Mrs. Whitwell and her little children became part of the family.
Capt. Bradford Hathaway was off on the ocean then, and a pretty little story has been told me of his return. He had taken with him a large black dog, which had become a nuisance about the place ; and one night after the family were all abed a commotion was heard at the front door. Mr. Whit- well went down and opened it, and as he did so, a dog, dripping wet, darted through the crack, upstairs, and threw himself on Mrs. Hathaway's bed. It was her old dog, who had escaped from the ship when it first came near the shore, and run all the way home. The vessel did not make port in Fair Haven until the next noon.
A few years more saw the last of the children married and the bkr house
only a burden on its mistress' hands. So she sold it and moved into a little cottage not far from the Wilson place, which Mr. Whitwell had bought. Here she lived with her daughter Anne, whose husband had been lost at sea the year after their marriage, and it is in the cottage that I always imagine the dear, typical " Grandma." We have a portrait of her with large, white cap, glasses, and knitting. The face has the kindly, pleasant look which a long life bravely lived for others stamps on all features. The knitting-work in her hands shows one of the most promin- ent traits in her character — a tireless industry. The}" tell me, in her last ill- ness the busy hands would not be quiet, but made the movements of sewing and knitting after the work was laid aside forever.
My daughter was named for this great - great - grandmother, and most precious of all her beautiful silver was a little teaspoon with the clear — doubly dear now — initials, A. H., and the date 1790.
NOTE ON THE NAME OF DILLINGHAM.
I find that the name of Dillingham is derived from "dealing" and "ham," signifying the "dealer in the village," or some kindred meaning. The first Edward Dillingham bore arms and was styled "gentleman." It would be in- teresting to know what his arms were.
There is a branch of the Dillingham family in Maine, which probably re- moved there when the Bangs family (with whom they were so closely al- lied) did so. I hope the exact con- nection may soon be traced.
Du Bois.
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Chre tien — x Louis.
DU BOIS— Chretien.
The Walloon ancestor of the Ameri- can family of Du Bois.
He was a farmer living at Wicre, near La Bassee, in Artois, France. The births of three of his children are recorded in La Bassee, but the entries — like all French records of Huguenots — have been so defaced as to render them almost unreadable.
From these dates we should infer that Chretien Du Bois was born about 1600. He never came to America, and it is uncertain whether he ever went into exile, although his children did. His daughter Francoise married Pierre Biljouw in Leyden, April 20, 1649, and there was another daughter, Anne, and a son, who is the subject of the ensuing sketch.
DU BOIS— Louis.
b. at Wicre, Oct. 27, 1626.
m. 2Kattryn, daughter of 1Matthys Blancsan and Maddalen Jorisse, Oct. 10, 1665 (she b. 1635, d. 1709).
d. June 28, 1690. (Of Wicre, Leyden, Mannheim, King-
ston-on-the-Hudson, and New Paltz,
N. Y.)
"Louis the Walloon," as he was desig- nated by his Dutch c onfre re s, was a man of especial note in the early history of New York state. His life is so fully given under the headings of his wife's maiden name and the founding of New Paltz that it would be only repetition to detail it here. But a few words regard- ing his character will not be amiss.
His is an example of how a strong mind and upright life may make a mark
to outlast centuries. The town of New Paltz is a monument to his patriotism and devoted piety, which sought to give to the French refugees a home-town such as the Dutch had in Kingston.
The peace and security in which the village dwelt speak loudly for the man who stood to the letter of his deed, and remembered that as mercy had been shown to him and his, so he owed mercy in return.
CHILDREN.
2Abraham, — b. in Mannheim, 1656-7. Vide page 23.
2 Isaac, — b. 1659. m. Maria Hasbroucq, June 1, 1683.
2Jacob, — bp. Oct. 9, 1661. m. Gerritse, daughter of Gerrit Foeken. d. 1745. Jacob Du Bois had a. son Barent, who m. Jacomyntje Du Bois and removed to Penn. Magdalena, the wife of Josiah Eltinge, is sometimes given as their child. This has been proven to be an error.
2Sarah, — b. 1664. m. Joost Jansen.
2David, — b. 1667. m. Cornelia Verney.
2Solomon, — Vide the following.
2 Louis, — b. 1677. m. Rachel Hasbroucq,
2 Matthew, — b. 1679. m. Sarah Matthey- sen.
The following is an exact copy of a Dutch baptismal Record:
Oct. 9. 1661
Vadde van dit kint Loui Du Boi
Modder Cattery Blancsan
Kint Jacob
Getruyum Antoy Crepel. Maddellena
Joonse.
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Du Bois. 2 Solomon.
DU BOIS, — 3Solomon (sono^Louis Du Bois and -Catharine Blancsan).
b. at Hurley in 1669.
m. Tryntje Gerrits ( daughter of Jacomyntje Slecht — Vide Slecht — and her second husband), 1692.
d. February, 1769. (Of Hurley and New Paltz.)
Solomon du Bois was probably one of the children carried off by the Ind- ians at the time of the Kingston Mas- sacre. The incident did him no material harm, as he lived the alotted three score and ten after all.
His life was just that of his brothers and all the other honest men in New Paltz. At twenty - three he married Tryntje, daughter of Gerrit Foeken and Jacomyntje Slecht. Her mother (Vide "Slecht") afterwards married Jan Elting, who, when he died, left Tryntje one-eighteenth part of his property. She dying, some dispute arose over the children's portion, in settlement of which the following deed was given:
QUIT CLAIM DEED.
To all Christian people to whom this present writing shall come : Roeloff Eltinge, of the New Paltz, in the Co. of Ulster and the Province of New York, in America, yeoman; Cornelius Eltinge, of Marbletown, in sd. Co., yeoman; William Eltinge, of Kingston, in sd. Co., carpenter; Gerrit Van Wagenen, of Kingston aforesaid, yeoman; Geertje Hall, widow of Thomas Hall, late of Raretan, in the Co. of Somerset in N.
J. ; Gerrit Wyncoop and Hilletje, his wife, of Philadelphia, in Penn.; Jannetje Newkerck, widow of Cornelius New- kerck, late of Hurley, Ulster Co. ; Henry Pawling and Jacomyntje, his wife, of Philadelphia, in Penn., yeoman; Greeting.
Now know ye, that whereas Jan Eltinge, late of Hurley, in Ulster Co., did by his last will and testament be- queath to his five children, Roeloff, Cornelius, William, Geertje Hall, and Aeltje Eltinge, mother of the aforesaid Gerrit Van Wagenen, one just half of his estate, and the other half to his wife's nine children, viz: Jannetje New- kerck, Hilletje Wyncoop, Jacomyntje Pawling, Roeloff, Cornelius and Wil- liam Eltincre, Gerrit Van Wagenen, Geertje Hall, Tryntje, late wife of Solomon Du Bois, of New Paltz, and in consideration the children of said Du Bois of their just right should be assured, the said (here follow the names of the heirs) have granted, etc., to the children of said Du Bois one just ninth part in the lot No. 5, lying in Dutchess Co., over against Roundout Creek, bound northerly by lot of Evert Van Wagenen, easterly by a creek, southerly by land of Evert Roosa, westerly by Hudson River. Also a just eighteenth part in a certain meadow commonly called Jacomyntje's Fly, to have, to hold, etc.
August 2nd, 1727.
Signed by seven witnesses and by Henry Pawling, Gerrit Wyncoop, Jan- netje Newkerck, Hilletje Wyncoop, Jacomyntje Pawling, Gerrit Van Wag- enen, Cornelius Eltinge, Roeloff El- tino-e and William Eltinge.
Du Bois. ! Hefidricus — * Abraham.
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Solomon Du Bois and Tryntje Ger- ritse had seven children baptized at Kingston.
CHILDREN.
3Isaac, — bp. Sept. 27, 1691. 3Jacomyntje, — bp. Nov. 5, 1693, m.
3Barent Du Bois April 23, 1715.
Vide page 21. 3Benjamin, — bp. May 16, 1697. 3Sara, — bp. Feb. 11, 1700. 3Cathryn, — bp. Oct. 18, 1702. 3Magdalena, — bp. April 15, 1705. 3Hendricus, — bp. Dec. 31, 1710. Vide
this page. 3Magdalena, — bp. Dec. 20, 171 3. m.
3Josiah Eltinge.
DU BOIS— 3Hendricus.
m. Jannetje, daughter of Philip Hoogtaling and Jannetje Roosa, May 6, 1733 (shebp. Feb. 15, 1713.)
Hendricus Du Bois was a giant among men, and a curious instance of heredity is noted in the fact that the branch of the Elting family which de- scends from him frequently numbers unusually large men among it, although the rest of the Eltings are in no way remarkable for size.
CHILDREN.
4Phillippus, — bp. April 21, 1734.
4Solomon, — bp. Feb. 15, 1736.
4Dina, — bp. February 12, 1738. Vide 4Abraham Elting, page 27.
4Tryntje, — bp. Oct. 9, 1740.
4Hendricus, — bp. May 1, 1743. m. Rebecca Van Wagenen.
4Mathusalem, — bp. June 30, 1745.
4Leah, — bp. June 28, 1747. m. Chris- tian Kiersted.
4Rachel, — bp. Dec. 24, 1749. m. John- son Hardenbergh.
4Mathusalem, — b. Oct. 27, 1751. m. Gertrude Bruyn.
DU BOIS— ^Abraham.
b. in Mannheim, 1656-7.
m. 2 Margaret, daughter of x Chre- tien Deyo, about 1680.
d. Oct. 7, 1 73 1. (Of Mannheim, Hurley, and New
Paltz.)
Abraham Du Bois was a sharer in his mother's Mohawk captivity. He was one of the patentees of New Paltz, and a member of the "Dusine," as the gov- ernment of the Twelve Patentees was called. He is named on his tomb as the survivor of the Twelve.
In 1731 Abraham Du Bois was taxed on a value of ,£310. ,£88 was then the price of a stone house, barn and farm.
Those were the days when the Puri- tans rated a bull at .£8 and a farm of forty acres the same.
children.
3Sarah — or Leah, — bp. June 20, 1682.
m. 2Roeloff Eltinge June 13, 1704,
Vide Elting, page 27. 3 Abraham, — bp. April 17, 1685. 3Leah— bp. Oct. 16, 1687. m. Philip
Frere — or Verrie. 3 Mary, — bp. Oct. 13, 1689. d. young. 3Rachel, — bp. Oct, 13, 1689. m. 3Solo-
mon, son of 2 Isaac Du Bois, April 6,
I7I3- 3Catharine, — bp. May 21, 1693. m,
William Donaldson Oct. 24, 1728. 3Noach, — bp. Feb. 18, 1700. d. young. 3Joel,— bp. June 20, 1703. d. 1737.
I find one account which gives addi- tional: 3 Benjamin, who removed to Catskill, and 3 Margaret, who married a Donaldson. I do not vouch for either.
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DURFEE.
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1 Thomas — 2 Thomas.
DURFEE,— Thomas. Crm*
ft*
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b. 1643. m.
g^ago-r^eC /£ 6S
X S3
V
4
m. 2nd, Deliverance Hall, widow of Abiel Tripp (she died 1721).
d. 1 712. fiat-^t (Of Portsmouth, R. I.)
Thomas Durfee, the progenitor of all the Durfees of New England, was in no wise a prominent man. Like all the settlers he acquired considerable land, but in no other way did he amass any- thing. After his marriage with Mrs. Tripp, he ran the ferry which had been her late husband's, between Bristol and Rhode Island.
CHILDREN.
2 Robert— b. >>/^e/ /6& /lrt-y m_ Mary Sanford, d. 1718. 2 Richard,— b.
m. Ann Almy. d. 1700. 2Thomas, — Vide next column. "William,— b.
m. 1st, Ann. 2nd, Mary. d. 1727. 2 Ann — b.
m. HVilliam Potter. 2Benjamin, — b. /i?Q — m. Prudence Earle. d. 1755. 2 Patience, — b.
m. Benj. Tallman, Sept. 23, 170S. d. 1723. 2 Deliverance, — b.
m.
d.
DURFEE— 2Thomas.
b. probably about 1669.
m. 8Ann, daughter of 2Gideon Free- born and Sarah Brownell (she was b. March 28, 1669; d. 1729).
d. Feb. 11, 1729. (Of Portsmouth, R. I.)
The rise in real estate made Thomas Durfee much better off than his father, so that in 171 5 he could mortgage land and raise .£350. His will, proved in 1729, showed an easy plenitude of all the good things of the world. The property inventoried at .£550, and one item, viz: tailor shears, showed what had been the testator's trade.
CHILDREN.
3Ann, — b. Aug. 25, 1691. m. — Estes. 3Sarah, — b. Mar. 1, 1693. m. — Dennis. 3 Freeborn,— b. Dec. 15, 1695.
d. 3 Patience, — b. June 12, 1697.
d. 3Mary, — b. Jan. 22, 1701.
d. 3 Martha, — b. Feb. 20, 1702. m. 4 Oli- ver Reade. Vide Readc. 3Gideon, — b. Jan. 15, 1704.
d. ■'Thomas, — b. June 6, 1706.
d. 3 Susanna, — b.
d. 3Job— b.
d. 3 Elizabeth, — b.
d.
Eltinge.
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ELTINGE ( Elten ),— iJan ( son of Roeloffe Elten and his wife, Aeltje.)
b. in Switchlaer, Province of Drenthe, Holland, July 29, 1632.
m. Jacomyntje, daughter of Cornells Barentson Slecht and Tryntje Tysse Boz.
d. at Hurley, N. Y. (Of Flat Bush, L. I., and New Paltz, N.
Y.)
The first known of Jan Elten in this countiy is as a carpenter in a church in Flatbush, 1663. He soon removed to Ulster county, and in 1677 was one of the witnesses to the deed from the Indians to the Patentees of New Paltz. (Vide Louis Du Bois.)
In 1679 he returned to Holland for some purpose unknown, and before sailing took special steps to prove his identity. The certificates attesting the same are among the New York Colonial MSS. They are sufficiently inter- esting to be again copied here.
I.
"To-day, the 10th of October, 1679, appeared before me, Capt. James Hubbard, Elbert Elbertson Stoothoff, and Jacques Corteljou, at the request of Jan Elten, a resident of Kingston, now about to depart for the Father- land, the worshipped Steven Coertin, aged. 79, Willem Roeloffs, aged 60, Jan Strycker, Armorer, aged 64, Jan Sbringh, aged 48, Coert Stevenson, aged 42, all natives of the Province of Drenthe, who declare that the above named petitioner is the lawful son of Roelof Elten, by his wife, Aeltje Elten, of the village of Swigtel, in said land of Drenthe. They further declare, to the best of their informa-
" tion, that they have always known " him as an honest and virtuous man, " and that, as far as they can remem- " ber, they never knew any other man " of the same name. They are willing " to confirm their testimony on a sol- " emn oath. In witness of the truth, " they sign this with their own hands," etc.
(Here follow signatures.)
II.
"A certificate concerning Jan Elten, " alias Elting, and his oath thereupon '' sent by him into Holland, attested " Oct. 13th," 1679. Hee went for Eng- " land.
New York, on Manhattan's I., in
America, Oct. 13th, 1678. "This day appeared before me Jan " Elten, alias Elting, and took his oath, * * * that hee never knew or heard " of any other of his name to bee the " son of Roeloffe Elten, his father, and " Aeltien, his mother.
Mathias Nicolls, Sec. of the Province of New York."
III.
(The original of the following is in the possession of Edmund Elting, of New Paltz. It is in Dutch.)
Jan Eltinge, son of Roelof and Aeltje Eltinge, was born at Switchlaer, a de- pendency of Beyle, situate in the Prov- ince of Drenthe, in the year 1632, on the 29th of July, old style; and hath received Christian baptism at the hands of one Rev. Mr. and father-in-law, Dr. Johannes Beeltsyder, and was named Jan Eltinge. Born of honest and vir- tuous parents, who have always sus- tained a good reputation among us,
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Elting.
and whose kindred is still numerous. * * * Done at Beyle, 20 Jan., 1680.
(Signed)
Guilielmus Hopstede, Eccl's Beylensis at Classis.
The certificate further states that Roeloff Elten had two other children, Maria, born Feb. 28, 1630, and Bartelt, born Dec. 18, 1631.
It is conjectured that Jan Elten re- turned to prove his right to certain property in dispute.
His return took place previous to 1684, when he became one of the part- ners in the Arie Roosa Patent in Dutchess county. The patent con- tained fifteen hundred acres and ex- tended along the bank of the Hudson. The share allotted to Jan Elten was bought of his heirs by Gerrit Aartsen in 1713. His death had taken place a little before in Hurley, — we cannot as- certain the exact date.
His will is not on record either in Albany or New York, which is a pity, as its provisions were somewhat re- markable. One-half of his estate he left to his own five children, the other half to the nine children of his wife, Jacomyntje Slecht. (Vide same and also Solomon Du Bois.)
Jan Elten was the first Dutchman to join the Huguenot settlement at New Paltz. He was a witness to the original deed between the Indians and Louis Du Bois.
By his French compatriots his name was spelt "Eltinge," and pronounced in three syllables, with the accent on the second.
All of the name in America are descended from the same emigrant ancestor of Long Island and Western New York.
CHILDREN.
2Geertje (Gertrude), — m. Thomas Hall,
of Marbletown, July 6, 1699. 2Aaltje (Adeline), — m. Aert Gerritse
Van Wagenen, Oct. 26, 1695. m. 2nd
Barent Van Barthuysen, April 17,
1699. d. soon after. 2 Roeloff, — Vide following page. 2 Cornells, — bp. at Kingston Dec. 29,
168 1. m. Rebecca Van Meeteren,
Sept. 3, 1704. 2William, — bp. at Kingston, Jan. 19,
1685. m. Jannetje Le Sueur. d.
about 1642.
The line of Elting traced in this volume runs thus:
Jan Elting, b. 1632. (The year that Gusteivus Adolphits was killed at the battle of Lutzen. )
Roeloff Elting, b. 1678. ( The year that the Treaty of Nimeguen zvas made by Louis XIV and William of Orange?)
Josiah Elting, b. 1 712. ( Three years after St. Petersburgk, Russia, was founded by Peter the Great. ) Abraham Elting, b. 1735. {Ten years before the landing of Charles Edward in Scotland.)
Noah Elting, b. 1763. (Ending of the Seven Years' War.)
Jemima Elting, b. 1788. (Between the first and seeo?id partitions of Poland)
Hannah Fowler, b. 1809. (Napoleon at Vienna and ll'ag/am.)
W. P. Warner, b. 1838. ( Ten years before the fall of Louis Phillippe.)
Anna Warner, b. 1S69. (Last year of the Pope's temporal power in Italy.)
Charles Elting French, b. 1889.
Elting.
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2 Roeloff— 3 Josiah—* Abraham— * Noah.
ELTINGE,— 2 Roeloff.
bp. at Kingston, Oct. 27, 1678. m. 3Sarah, daughter of 2Abraham Du Bois and 2 Margaret Deyo, June
13. 1/03-
d. (Of New Paltz.)
Roeloff Eltinge, born at Hurley, was carried into the old Dutch Church at Kingston and given his grandfather's name, probably during the first week of his life. Hendrik and Elsje Sleght stood sponsors for him. The next interesting event in his life was his marriage in the same church, after which there is silence.
CHILDREN.
3Johannes, — bp. Sept. 3, 1 704. m. Ma-
ritje Guimar, April 24, 1728. 3Jacomyntje, — bp. March 17, 1706. m.
William Koddebeck, May 22, 1733. 3Abraham, — bp. Oct. 31, 1708. m. Sarah
Person, March 4, 1732. d. 1745. 3Josiah, — Vide the following. 3Margrietjen, — bp. May 18, 1718. m.
Abraham Bevier, Jr., 1742. 3Noach, — bp. Dec. 3, 1721. m. Jacoym-
tje Elting, 1742.
ELTINGE— 3Josiah.
bp. Oct. 12, 1712.
m. 3Magdalena, daughter of 3 Solo- mon Du Bois.
d. (Of New Paltz.)
CHILDREN.
4Cornelius, — m. Brandina Edmondorf. "T'oeloff, — m. Maria Louw.
4Solomon, — m. Catharine Louw. 4Catharine, — m. Jacobus Hardenbergh. 4 Abraham, — Vide the following.
ELTINGE— 4Abraham.
bp. Dec. 26, 1763.
m. 4Dinah, daughter of 3Hendricus Du Bois and Jane Houghtaling, Nov. 26, 1759. m. 2nd, Dorothy Bessimer.
d. (Of New Paltz.)
children.
5Josiah, — b. about 1761. m. Hester
Brodhead. d. May 15, 1813. 5Henry, — m. Polly Sloat. d. 1810. 5 Noah, — b. 1763. Vide the following. 6 Philip, — m. his cousin Catharine Elting. 6 Margaret, — m. her cousin Ezekiel
Elting. 5Jane, — m. Roelif Hasbroucq. 5Jacobus, — (half brother) m. -
Rose.
ELTING— 5Noah.
bp. Dec. 26, 1763.
m. tHannah, daughter of 3Hendricus Deyo and Elizabeth Beem (she was born 1 761. d. Sept. 30, 1849).
d. April 6, 181 3. (Of New Paltz and Highland, N. Y.)
Noah Elting located at New Paltz landing on a tract of 500 acres, and there established the first ferry to Poughkeepsie. His house was built near the landing, and the ferry was at first propelled by oars and a sail, — later by horse-power, finally by steam.
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Fletcher.
Jolin — I Villiam.
Noah Elting's second son, Henry, was the founder of the town of High- land, and in its cemetery he and his parents are buried.
CHILDREN.
"Abraham, — b. Dec. 29, 1785. m. Eliza- beth Ransom, d. July 3, 1859.
6 Henry Deyo, — m. Rebecca Miller.
6 Jemima, — b. Feb. 3, 1788. Vide the following.
"Joseph, — m. Sarah Hardenbergh.
"Andrew, — drowned in the Hudson at the age of six years.
6 Mary, — m. Bradner Woolsey.
"David, — m. 1st, Rachel Hait. m. 2nd, Ruth Sheffield.
"Eliza, — m. Clinton Woolsey.
ELTING, — "Jemima.
b. in New Paltz, Feb. 3, 1788.
m. "' David, son of "Isaac Fowler and Gloriannah Merritt, 1806. (he was born Oct. 14, 1786, died Sept. 4, 1852.)
d. Sept. 29, 1866. (Of New Paltz, Covington and Nunda,
N. Y.)
Mrs. Jemima Elting Fowler was one of the pioneer women of Western New York. She came thither on horse-back, as is related in the life of her husband, and she lived to see the day when she could plan a trip to Michigan by train.
The Rev. J. K. Fowler, of Cedar Rapids, la., has oil portraits of both this lady and her husband. He remem- bers her well and speaks of her as strict in her way but very kind-hearted.
She was a woman of more than ordinary attainments, and personal attractions.
FLETCHER— !J0HN.
b. in England.
m. 2Mary, daughter of the widow Joyce Ward.
d. April 18, 1662. (Of YVethersfield and Milford, Conn.)
John Fletcher was named executor in his mother-in-law's will, 1641. He re- moved to Milford the same year, where he joined the church and later became a deacon.
His widow married John Clark.
children.
2 Mary, — m. — Stevens.
2Rebecca, — m. 2 Andrew Warner. Vide Warner.
2Sarah, — bp. 164 1. m. John Stanley.
2 Hannah, — bp. 1643. m- John Chitten- den.
2 Elizabeth, — bp. 1645. m. Elnathan Botsford.
2Samuel, — b. 1649. d. young.
2 Abigail,— bp. 1652.
FLETCHER — 1 William (had no known relationship to the above).
A brother of Robert Fletcher of Yorkshire, who came with the latter to New England in 1630 and settled in Chelmsford.
We know naught of him except that his daughter 'Hope married 2Samuel Stow and became the mother of :i Doro- thy, who married '^Jonathan Gilbert.
Fowler.
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J Villi am — 2 Henry — 3 William.
FOWLER —
The name of Fowler is found among the earliest annals of English history. There is a tale of a Crusader bearing it, and the rolls of Agincourt show two knights called by it. In the fifteenth century there was a baronial family of Fowler, and Edward VI had a gentle- man of the bedchamber who came from that line. The arms of this family may be found in heraldry and are not the same as the crest of the American Fowlers. The latter is given in Wash- burn's Book of Heraldry, and I have also seen it cut on a seal ring. It must have been brought over by William Fowler, the progenitor of the New- burgh family.
The baronial Fowlers originally were of Ricote, near Oxford. In 1592, Queen Elizabeth visited that place and stayed with Lord Norris, whose father had suffered on the scaffold for Anne Boleyn.
While all manner of pageants were being enacted for the royal pleasure, there lay in Bridewell Prison, London, a young man, possibly of the same blood as William of Ricote. He also was a William Fowler, and he was one of many Puritan prisoners, allowed to lay in captivity month after month be- cause the Protestant Queen was merci- ful and did not burn those of a different faith as the Catholic Queen did.
June 26, 1637, there came into Boston Harbor a ship bearing a large company of those who had suffered greatly in England. Among them was a man, past middle age, of scholarly attain- ments, and advanced religious views, who is believed to be identical with the Bridewell prisoner. He remained in Boston a short time and then removed to the town which honored him with the title of "First Magistrate of New Haven." There are few other records of him; he had sons William and Henry, and a daughter Mary, — proba- bly others. He died in New Haven, Jan. 25, 1661.
FOWLER— 2 Henry.
b. m.
d. November, 1704. (Of Fairfield, Conn., and New York.)
Robert Ludlow Fowler, in his little pamphlet called "Our Predecessors," has established the line of descent fol- lowed in these pages. The History of Newburgh and the "Fowler Geneal- ogy" disagree with him, and each other.
Henry Fowler in 1664 removed from Fairfield to the neighboring county in New York.
CHILDREN.
3 Henry, — of Eastchester. 3William, — Vide following. 3Jeremiah, — b. 1673. d. 1723. 3Jonathan, — 3A daughter, — m. Richard Ward.
FOWLER- 3William.
m. Mary, daughter of John Thorne.
d. 1714- (Of Flushing, L. I.)
In 1687, 2Henry Fowler conveyed his house and home-lot to his son Wil- liam, of Flushing. William was already married and had two children. His wife was of humble birth, and I can learn but little of her father. His is the only English name on a long list of Dutch who took the oath of allegiance at one time. A century later the de- scendants of both John Thorne and the Hollanders had inter-married into one great family on the upper Hudson.
children. 4 William, — m. Mary Merritt. d. 1747. 4 John, — b. 1686. Vide next page. 4Joseph, — m. Phoebe Hunt. d. 1727. 4Jeremiah, — m. Sarah Dusenbury. d.
1766. 4Thomas, — m. Catharine. 4 Henry, — 4Benjamin, —
4Rebecca, — b. d. 4Sarah, — b. d. 4 Hannah, — b. 4 Mary, — m. Dusenbury.
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Fowler. 4 John — 5 Isaac — e Isaac.
i/i
/lb-
FOWLER— "John.
b. at Flushing, 1686.
m. Abigail , about
d. 1768.
(Of Flushing, L. I., Rye, N. Y., and Newburgh.)
John Fowler received from his father's estate 240 acres, the same being part of a large tract owned by William Fowler, near Rye. In 1742 John sold this land, and five years later removed to Highlands, the new town which Henry Elting founded near New Paltz. He built a house there, in which he died, and some of his descendants still live.
CHILDREN.
5Samuel, — b. Oct. 12, 1720. m. Char- lotte Purdy. d. Oct. 13, 1789.
5 Isaac, — Vide following.
5 John, — m. Mary Ward (owned a sloop and carried on a freighting trade up and down the Hudson).
5James, —
5Nehemiah, — m. Abigail Purdy. d. 1785.
5Daniel, — m. Bidd.
5 Elizabeth, — m. Wiggins.
5 , m. Joseph Bloomer.
FOWLER— s Isaac.
b. about 1722.
m. Margaret, daughter of Charles Theall (about 1743).
d.
(Of Newburgh, N. Y.)
Isaac Fowler was one of the original free-holders of Newburgh. He was born and raised in Highland near by, and married the daughter of a promin- ent farmer in the vicinity. They seem to have had but one child, Isaac Fowler, Jr. During the Revolution, the father, being too old for active service, served on the home-guard. Both he and his son were among the first to espouse the cause of freedom, but his brother Nehc- miah was true to the king for some time.
FOWLER— ^ Isaac (Junior).
b. April 3, 1746.
m. Martha Tooker.
m. 2nd Gloriana, daughter of Caleb Merritt and Martha Purdy. (She b. July 7, 1758. d. May 2, 1791. )
d. in Sharon, Conn., 1821. (Of Newburgh, N. Y.)
When I projected writing regarding the family history, I said to my uncle, "Can't you tell me something about David Fowler's father?" "Well, yes," he said, "his name was David ( I be- lieve), and I know he was in the war, because we had his sword to play with in the attic. And his hat, I remember. And he had a coat of arms, an owl sitting on an elder-bush. And he owned slaves — it was in the days when they did, you know. And I think that's about all."
I will supplement this with a bit of Revolutionary literature. "Honorable Gentlemen: —
"Agreeable to your directions of the " ninth inst., the militia company of the " North District of Newburgh Precinct " assembled on the 26th inst., at the " house of Lemuel Concklin, and chose, " by a majority of the voices of the sol- " diers belonging to said District, the " following persons for their Militia " officers, viz.: Arthur Smith, Captain; " Isaac Fowler, Jr., 1st Lieutenant ; " John Foster, 2nd Lieutenant ; Daniel " Clark, Ensign. We are, &c,
Moses Higby, )' Two of the Joseph Coleman, j Committee."
This company rendered active ser- vice.
children.
'Caleb, — b. Feb. 8, 1775. m. Catharine
Sebring. 7 Martha,— in. Stephen Baker. "Charles, — m. Sarah Hill. 'Gilbert,— 'Nehemiah,—
7D.-wid,— b. Oct. 14, 1786. Vide next
page. 7 Francis, — 7 Isaac, —
Fowler. ''David.
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FOWLER— 7 David Isaac.
b. at Newburgh, Oct. 14, 17S6.
m. 6Jemima, daughter of 5Noah Elt-
ing and 5 Hannah Deyo (she b. Feb. 3,
1788. d. Sept. 29, 1866). d. September 4, 1852.
(Of Newburgh, Fowlersville, and Nun- da, N. Y.)
David Fowler seems to have been one of those men who displayed great good sense but once, and that once was when he chose his wife. It remains an open question whether a man does not gain more happiness in showing wisdom at that time even if it is the only time, than in dealing with all the rest of his life like a Socrates, and playing the fool on the one occasion when he se- lects a companion for the remainder of his earthly course.
Mrs. Fowler used to say she first met her husband when out on horseback. She was a beautiful and attractive girl, and they were married with bright prospects. The family established the young husband in the tannery business, in which he failed soon afterward, los- ing the most of his property. His wife did not like to remain among her rela- tives with altered circumstaces, and de- termined to leave Newburgh. They decided to go into the western part of the estate and settle where the fancy took them.
Mr. and Mrs. Fowler went on horse- back, with their household goods fol- lowing in wagons. Among their be- longings was the first carriage ever brought into western New York. It had a boot behind and steps which let down.
Thus they came to Fowlerville, and, attracted by the name, settled there. Some years later they removed to Cov- ington, the same town where Deacon
6 Ebenezer Warner's young son had come to start in life as a doctor. The young physician met Hannah Fowler and they were married, July 3, 1830. About seventeen years after, Dr. Warner and his wife went to Nunda, and, after they were established, Mr. and Mrs. Fowler made their home with them.
In 1852, David Fowler and his son-in- law both died in the same night, the one of illness, the other from exhaus- tion and over-fatigue, combined with a slight attack of the same disease.
Mrs. Fowler survived her husband fourteen years, living with her different children. In 1854, her son Elting de- cided to go to Michigan and settle there with his family. All the plans were made and the removal was to take place in a few days, when he was sud- denly taken ill and died. After that his mother devoted herself to her daughters and grandchildren.
By religion she was an Episcopalian and a devoted Christian. She is de- scribed to me as a fine-looking woman, strict but kind - hearted. Her death took place in 1866, and she was buried beside her husband in the Warner lot in Nunda.
Elting Fowler left a family who con- tinue the name in this particular branch. His brother died unmarried.
CHILDREN.
8Mary, — b. Jan. 10, 1807. m. Levi Alsdorf. m. 2nd, — - Pray. d. Jan. 8, 1885.
8 Hannah, — b. June 15, 1S09. m. Dr. 7Eben Warner July 3, 1830. Vide Warner.
8Elting,—b. March 15, 181 1. m. Mar- garet Kennedy. Vide Vol. II for Family Record.
8 Isaac David (Dr.) — b. Oct. 15, 1814. d. Feb. 24, 1843.
Freeborn. 1 William.
FREEBORN (FREEBORNE, FREEBOURNE),—1 William.
b. 1594. m. Mary
(she b. 1601 and d.
May 3, 1670). d. April 28, 1670.
(Of England, Boston, Mass., and Ports- mouth, R. I.)
William Freeborn came in the "Fran- cis" from Ipswich in 1634, bringing his wife Mary, daughters Mary ( aged seven) and Sarah (aged two); also a servant, John Aldburg, of fourteen years, who is supposed to be the John Alboro who was counselor to Gov. Andros in 1687.
The "Francis" sailed on the 30th of April and made a safe port early in June. Like nearly all the Pilgrims, the Freeborn family made a first settle- ment in or near Boston, probably at Roxbury, and the father was sworn a freeman of Massachusetts the 3rd of September. He was rather a promin- ent man, belonging to one of the chap- ters of the jurisdiction, but soon be- came infected with the popular heresy of the time and place, and Nov. 20th, 1637, was one °f those to be warned to deliver up all guns, pistols, swords, etc., because "the opinions and revelations of Mr. Wheelright and Mrs. Hutchin- son have seduced and led into danger- ous errors many of the people here in New England." In the same year he joined the company who removed to Rhode Island, where he is named among the signers of the civil covenant at Newport.
The next year he was in Portsmouth and signed another compact, with
eighteen others. " We whose names are under witness do here solemnly, in the presence of Jehovah, incorporate ourselves into a Bodie Politick, and as he shall help, will submit our persons, lives and estates unto our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, and to all those perfect and most absolute laws of his given us in his holy word of truth, to be guided and judged thereby."
March 12, 1638. "William Freeborn and others having had license to depart from Massachusetts, summons was or- dered to go out for them to appear (if they be not gone before) at the next Court in the Colony, to answer such things as shall be objected."
In 1639 he was granted a lot in Portsmouth on condition that he built within a year, and in 1641 was sworn a freeman. He was constable once, and commissioner once — the latter in 1657.
CHILDREN.
2Mary, — b. 1627. m. 'Clement Weaver, from whom descend the Weaver family of America. Vide 1 Clement Weaver.
aSarah, — b. 1632. m. Nathaniel Brown- ing, d. April 23rd, 1670.
2 Gideon, — Vide following page.
Note. — TBradford Perez Richmond was the eighth in descent from William Freeborne, through his mother, 7Mary Weaver.
7 Mary Weaver was also descended from aGideon Freeborne, through her paternal grandmother, 3 Martha Durfee. 8Furman Whitwell was great-grandson of the same 3 Martha Durfee.
Freeborn. 2 Gideon.
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FREEBORN,— "Gideon.
b.
m. Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Ann Brownell (she d. Sept. 6, 1676) June 1, 1658.
m. 2nd, Mary, widow of John Lawton and daughter of Mathew and Eleanor Boomer, June 3rd, 1678. (She died
1715)-
d. Feb. 28, 1720. (Of Portsmouth, R. I.)
We are uninformed of the date or place of Gideon Freeborn's birth, but it probably took place in Roxbury about 1640 or 1645.
His life was uneventful. 1675-90- 1703-4-13, Deputy. 1687, Overseer of the Poor. March 5th, 1690, he bought of James Sweet and 3Jane, his wife (daughter of "Sarah Freeborn and Nathaniel Browning ), of Prudence Island, for .£12, a quarter of twenty acres in Portsmouth, given by * William Freeborn to the mother of said Jane. Sept. 27th, 1697, he deeded step-son, George Lawton, a quarter share in Misquamicut, for love, etc. May, 1708, he and wife Mary deeded daughter Mercy, wife of Thomas Coggeshall, a half share in East Greenwich. (The whole of his tract in the town was 180 acres.) Aug. 1st, 1709, a similar gift was made to his daughter Mary, wife of Thomas Brayton. July 26th, 1712, he deeded kinsman Wm. Manchester ten acres in Potawomet.
The will of Gideon Freeborn was proved March 14th, 1720. His son Gideon was named executor. Over-
seers, sons-in-law Joseph Wanton and 4Thomas Cornell. "To son Gideon, all homestead farms for life, and at his death half to male heirs and other half to rest of sons' children (at disposal of said son Gideon); and whoever enjoys farms at death of son Gideon shall pay their mother ,£20 a year while widow. If son Gideon die without male issue, then next male heirs to have, and to pay each female issue of son Gideon .£50, and to grand - daughter Sarah, daughter of my son William, deceased. To wife Mary, ,£15 yearly while widow, use of great lower room in my new house, and lodging room adjoining, firewood, fruit of orchard, use of riding horse, feather bed, etc., and to her a good bed at her disposal. If she mar- ries, only £\o a year. To grandson Gideon Wanton, 120 acres in Tiverton. To daughters Sarah Wanton, 3Anne Durfee, Martha Cornell, Susanna Free- born and Patience Anthony, 500 acres in Pennsylvania, equally. To daughter Comfort Freeborn, 100 acres in Free- hold, East New Jersey. To grandson John Freeborn and his children, farm in Coweset, Warwick, of 200 acres, and Negro boy Samson — when grandson is of age. To grandson Gideon Durfee, 100 acres in Coweset. To daughters Mary Brayton, Mercy Coggeshall and Comfort Freeborn, each three acres in Coweset. To daughter Sarah Freeborn, 100 acres in Coweset. To grand- daughters Elizabeth Borden, Sarah Wanton, Mary Wanton, 3Ann, 3Sarah, 3 Patience, 3 Mary, 3 Martha, 3Susanna and 3 Elizabeth Durfee, Susannah and Sarah Cornell, Abigail and Susannah
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Freeborne.
: Gida
"Anthony, Mary, and Hannah Brayton, and Elizabeth and Comfort Coggeshall, 40s. each, when eighteen. To grand- sons William, George, and Gideon Cornell, 50 acres each in Coweset. To grandsons Gideon and David Anthony, each 50 acres in Tiverton, and to grand- son William Anthony, 45 acres in Tiv- erton. To grandsons 3 Thomas and 3Job Durfee, each 50 acres in Coweset. To grandson Edward Wanton, 25 acres in Tiverton. To grandsons Gideon and Thomas Freeborn, each 50 acres in Tiverton, etc., etc. To daughter 3Ann Durfee, £2$. Son Gideon to care for negro woman Betty for life. To son Gideon negro man Eben. * * To Quakers ten cords of wood to be deliv- ered at Meeting house a cord a year for ten years. To grandson Gideon Freeborn a silver spoon and silver cup. * * * "
The inventory amounted to over ^676, and among the articles named are Bible, spectacles, .£35 silver money, gun, .£11 in plate, and a warming pan.
We gather from the bequest in his will that Gideon Freeborne was a Quaker. He was buried in his own family burying ground according to the custom of the day.
CHILDREN.
3Mary, — b. Feb. 12, 1664. d. Oct. 2K, 1676.
3Sarah,— b. Jan. 14, 1667. m. Joseph, son of Edward Wanton, Jan. 29, 1690. d. July 10, 1737.
3Ann— b. March 28, 1669. m. 2Thos. Durfee. Vide same.
8 Martha— b. Aug. 8, 1671. m. 4Thomas, son of 8Thomas Cornell and Susan- nah Lawton (vide both names in this volume), March 26, 1676. d. Nov. 15, 1748. Grandmother of Rebecca Cor- nell Biddle. Vide Vol. II.
3Susannah, — b. March 24, 1674. d. Jan. 21, 1723.
'Patience,— b. March 4, 1676. m. Wil- liam Anthony, Sept. 7, 1698. d. April
27. 1/57-
3 Mary,— b. Aug. 24, 1679. in. Thomas Brayton, Aug. 23, 1704. d. 1761.
HVilliam,— b. Feb. 3, 1682. m. Mary Hall, Dec. 21, 1698. d. 1705.
3Gideon, — b. Apr. 29, 16S4. m. Eliza- beth Nichols, Feb. 1, 1706. m. 2nd, Bethiah Shearman, Aug. 9, 1733. d. Feb. 21, 1753.
3Thomas, — b. Feb. 5, 1688. d. Oct. 1, 1688.
3Comfort, — b. 1691. m. Josiah Cogges- hall, Feb. 4, 1715. d. Nov. 1, 1725.
3 Mercy, — b. 1692. m. Thomas, brother of Josiah Coggeshall, March II, 1708. d. May 26, 1776.
Four separate lines in this book run back to the Freebornes, thus.
1 William Freeborne.
2 Mary m. Element Weaver. 2 Thomas Weaver. 3Thomas Weaver.
4 Benjamin Weaver.
r>Euuice m. ^Jonathan Reade. 5Samuel Weaver. oHannah m. 2Jas. Whitwell. 6Sheffield Weaver. sFurman Whitwell. 'Mary Weaver.
4Anne Whitwell m. 7Bradford Richmond.
1 William Freeborne.
2 Gideon Freeborne. 3Ann m. 2Thomas Durfee.
3 Martha m. 4 Oliver Reade.
.''Jonathan Reade. ''Wait Reade.
oHannah m. 2Jas. Whitwell. ("'Sheffield Weaver. sFurman Whitwell. "Mary Weaver.
4Anne Whitwell 111. 'Bradford Richmond.
sAnne m. 8W. P. Warner.
9 Anne m. Chas. 4 French.
5Charles French, Jr.
French. 1 Ephraim — 2 Enoch.
FRENCH,—1 Ephraim.
b.
m. 3 Elizabeth, daughter of 'William Presbrey and Mary White, about 1775.
d. about 1780. (Of RfofrtMmi Mass.)
Ephraim French belonged beyond the shadow of a doubt to the old estab- Jished French family of Taunton aTTd Bridgewater; but, failing to trace the direct connection, I am obliged to number him as the- first of his family.
The family tradition calls him a ^Jio grandson of a certain Ephraim French who came over from England in 1680 q and settled in Raynham. As I can find no possible trace of the first Ephraim, I feel a grave doubt of his existence, it appearing much more likely to me that he is a myth — at all events as to his name. The last Ephraim is almost as shadowy as his grandfather, as about the only fact we know regarding him is that he was not the Ephraim French who enlisted in Taunton in 1778. The full records of Capt. Ephraim French are obtainable and settle this point conclusively.
FRENCH,— Deacon 2Enoch.
b. in Taunton, May, 1779.
m. 6Sarah, daughter of -'Joseph Reade and 6Mary Cornell, Jan. 20, 1799-1800 (she b. 1776, d. Feb. 8, 1828).
m. 2nd, Mrs. 7Mary (Weaver) Rich- mond Earle, Sept. 20, 1828 (she b. Jan. 25, 1778, d. Aug. 28, 1846).
d. May 16, 1847. (Of Taunton and Fall River, Mass.)
Enoch French was born in that part of Taunton called "jjynhjfr1 -.^Hp was hardly more than an infant when his father died, and his mother soon after contracted a second marriage with Capt. Jael Hathaway. It was Dec,
1785, when the wedding took place and the two little French boys came to make part of the family in the old Hathaway homestead — the very house pictured in this volume.
During the next few years Enoch French attended school, where he made the acquaintance of his future wife. She was the youngest child of 5Joseph Read^f, the tanner, and in the early nineties her school-boy lover was ap- prenticed to her father. The latter died soon after and his son James be- came the head of the business and continued so until about the end of the eighteenth century. In 1799, Enoch French and 6 Sarah Reade were married, their old school master writing the wedding song, a part of which is given in Vol. II. Soon after the marriage James Read^ received a call to the ministry, and sold the tannery to hfisl- former apprentice. The original deed of transfer is in the possession of Miss Abbie French, of Fall River. This tannery was situated on what is now known as French's Hill. Its owner was also extensively interested in farming.
In 1S20, Enoch French opened Fall River's first boot and shoe store, his sons, Asa, Stephen and Job, acting as clerks. The three were admitted to partnership in 1822, 1824, and 1826. A very complete account of this business and the lives of its owners may be found in the large History of Bristol County.
In 1832, the firm separated, Asa tak- ing the tannery, Stephen the shoe- manufactory, and Job remaining with his father.
The Great Fire of July 2, 1843, de- stroyed all the business- property of Mr. French, and also his residence.
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French.
3 George Reed.
I copy the following list of losses and insurance as an interesting souvenir of the fire and the times:
Shoe store of Richard French, loss #1,980. Insurance $1200.
Shoe store of Enoch French & Co., loss $5,675. Insurance $4,375.
Three -story building owned by E. French, loss $4000. Insurance $2,500.
Residence of E. French.
Shoe manufactory of Stephen French, loss $4,400. Insurance $1800.
Store of W. B. French, loss $820. In- surance $250.
To appreciate the value of the above, one must remember what money was worth in those days. Deacon French told his son George, when the latter was starting out in life, that if a man could keep up his running expenses and lay by two hundred dollars a year, he was getting rich fast enough.
Nevertheless, the terrible fire losses only seem to have redoubled the ener- gies of father and son, and in the course of a very few months they were at busi- ness again as usual.
As a man Deacon French is de- scribed to me as tall, with blue eyes and brown hair. His portrait is of a face characterized by firmness and in- flexibility. The upright carriage of the head and the well defined lines about the mouth attest to the truth of the ex- pression. There is a religious aspect to the figure, borne out by a Bible in one hand. Deacon French was a de- voted churchman; he was a rigid Bap- tist, and often assisted the blind pastor (Rev. Mr. Borden) with services. When the latter was away Mr. French frequently filled the pulpit alone.
In all the relations of life he was one who acquitted himself above reproach. He was a devoted father, not only to his own children, but to his two step- children also. After the marriage with Mrs. Earle he became the legal guardian of her children, and remained such until they came of age. The two fami- lies were united in bonds of love and esteem which time has never lessened.
CHILDREN.
3Asa Presbrey, — b. Nov. 19, 1S00. Vide
Vol. II for family record. 3George Reade, — b. Jan. 24, 1S02.
Vide the following. 3Stephen Leonard, — Vide Vol. II. 3Richard Cornell, — b. Feb., 1805. m.
Abbey A. Peckham, June 20, 1831.
d. Aug. 26, 1 85 1. J^^ ^-J*" H-/2r?^ 3 Job B. ,— b. March 6, iSo6X Vide Vol. '
II for family record. 3 Nancy, — d. in infancy. 3Abiam, — d. in infancy. ^r?&- <? >-> ' 3William Barnaby, — Vide Vol. II for
family record. 3James, — d. in infancy. 3Eliza, — m. William Lindsay. Vide
Vol. II for family record.
FRENCH,— 3George Reade.
b. Jan. 24, 1802.
m. Sarah Caroline, daughter of John Weeks and Susan (Williams) Appoin, April 5, 1827 (she b. July 2, 1809. d. May 19, 1867).
in. 2nd, Mrs. Sophia (Allen) Sawyer, Aug. 27, 1872. A&e-d, S/iHtr-t /?./<??£'
d. March 15, 1S89. (Of Fall River and Wilmington, N."?jj)&
George Reade French began his business life in his eighteenth year,
^v&f Uf oM^t n <vf jLA^ik^
GEORGE READE FRENCH.
French.
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a shoe OneySville,
when he became the manager of and leather manufactory in now part of Providence. His health failing, he was obliged to make a change, and embarked in the sloop "Rosetta" for Darien, Ga. There he entered the store of Perry Davis, who afterwards became famous as the proprietor of the world renowned "Pain killer." I do not know whether the great discovery was then in a shape to have benefited Mr. French, but after ten months' clerking for its inventor he was certainly able to return North, and complete arrangements for entering into a permanent business in Wilming- ton. This plan was carried out in the autumn of 1822, and the new firm of "Hathaway and French" began dealing in lumber and general merchandise. This Hathaway was John Hathaway, a de%cenaant of 4Tap,t — Ja©l — Hathaway (vide Vol. II): The firm was dissolved in 1828, and Mr. French opened a shoe and leather store under his own name. From that date until the time of the late war he was the sole manager of the business and so successful that in spite of the heavy expenses of a large family and an almost uncontrollable tendency to build and support churches, he had accumulated a comfortable fortune, and might well have retired on his lau- rels— and his income.
The war changed all this. It ren- dered all Southern securities worthless and made good shoes and leather con- vertible into nothing better than paper money worth value only as paper.
Mr. French was a decided Northerner in his opinions, and as he did not scru- ple to express them, and to say that the
war was a piece of utter folly, he made himself heartily distrusted and disliked by the more rancorous and suspicious of his neighbors. This feeling culmi- nated on an occasion when his life stood in danger, and he was obliged to ask protection from the government. This very circumstance was almost invalua- ble to him when the war was over and the North triumphant, for of course it gave him special consideration. When he went to Boston and called a meeting of his creditors and laid the whole situ- ation before them, representing his ruined business and his future plans and resources, there was an instant's silence and then one man rose and said, "Gen- tlemen, you may do as you please, but Mr. French can come to my store and buy on his credit to any extent he needs." With one accord all said the same, and the man — who, though well past sixty and obliged to begin all over, was not discouraged — returned home triumphant. His sons entered into partnership with him and their energy so ably seconded their father's experi- ence that the firm was soon restored to its old financial position.
During his commercial career Mr. French held many positions of public trust. He was president and director in the Bank of Wilmington, and direc- tor in three other banks, president of the Oakdale Cemetery Association and of the Seaman's Friend Society. In connection with the Baptist church he held many other positions. He was a strong churchman, and did more to- wards erecting the splendid church in Wilmington than any other man.
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French. ■' Charles — 5 Charles.
In person Mr. French was tall, straight and well built up to the time of his death. Except for the snowy beard that fell to his waist he looked no more than sixty even after he had passed that period by a quarter of a century. His home life was ideally beautiful, two sons lived in Wilmington near him, and his seven other children came home often. It seemed as if his life would be prolonged indefinitely, and so it might have been but for the shock of his youngest daughter's sudden death. A month later he was laid by her side in that most lovely cemetery of Oak- dale.
CHILDREN.
4Sarah Ann, — d. Jan. 24, 1890.
4Susan, —
4Georgiana, — d. in infancy.
4George Reade, — d. in infancy.
4William Augustus, — Vide Vol. II for
family record. 4 Margaret, —
4Caroline, — d. May 25, 1856. 4George Reade, Jr., — 4James, —
4Charles, — Vide the following. "Eliza — "Josephine, — d. Feb. 14, 1889.
Vide Vol. II for family record.
FRENCH— "Charles E.
m. in St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 12, 188S,
to 9Anna Richmond, daughter of 8W.
P. Warner and 8Anna Richmond (she
b. Oct. 14, 1869).
(Of Wilmington, N. C, and Minne- apolis, Minn.)
Charles E. French removed to Min- neapolis in 1879 and remains in business
there.
CHILDREN.
6Charles Elting, — b. Sept. 19, 1SS9.
Vide following. 5Anne Hathaway, — b. April 6, 1892.
d. Dec. 17, 1892.
FRENCH,— 'Charles Elting.
b. Sept. 19, 1889. (Of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.)
Charles French, Jr., is the tenth in descent from John Hathaway of Taun- ton, from John Tripp, from William Chase, from John Reade, Richard Pearce, Peter Tallman, William Free- born, Thomas Brownell, George Parker, Clement Weaver, Thomas Rogers, John Pabo_die, John Alden, Nathaniel Potter, Francis Purdy, Nicholas Theall, William Fowler, Louis du Bois, Chretien Deyo, Matthys Slecht, Jan Van Leyden and Matthys Blancsan, emigrants.
He is ninth in descent from Andrew Warner, John Fletcher, John__White, John Stow, William Fletcher, John Richmond, Thomas Loring, Nicholas Jacobs, Matthew Hawke, John Peck- ham, William Wilbor, Ichabod Sheffield, Thomas Durfee, Thomas Clark, Thomas Scotto, Arthur Hathaway and Kenelm Winslow, all of whom were emigrants also.
He is eleventh in descent from Francis Cooke and Richard Warren (Pilgrims), George Wright, Anthony Paine, and William Molines (Pilgrim).
It may be interesting to know that one cannot have in a direct line more than eleven American ancestors. Few have ten, many children have nine, while the grown people of the present era are generally seventh or eighth in descent from the first comers.
Charles French, Jr., is the thirteenth in descent from Wm. Cushing, who died 1493, — from Henry Shearman, of Dedham, Suffolk Co., from John Lcn- ton, Esq., and from Sir John Cope.
He is twenty-second in descent from William de Warrene (1066).
May his descendants be as many as his ancestors!
CHARLES ELTING FRENCH. Page 38
GlBBS.
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1 Robert— 2 Robert—* Henry— \Rhoda.
GIBBS —
I wish to preface this short notice of the Gibbs family with a few words. The majority of the Gibbs well known in America are descended from Robert Gibbs of Boston. His family have a genealogy in print, and trace their pedigree back to Leofric and Godiva. Of the other branch little is known, and I believe the following are the first records ever printed. Under the cir- cumstances, I have thought best to add in the second part of this work all the additional information acquired which had no place just here.
The grave stone inscriptions were copied personally by Miss Abbie French, to whose untiring efforts the whole of the record is due. Only an ardent genealogist can appreciate the labor of gathering so much from town records and interviews.
GIBBS— i Robert.
b. 1630.
m. Elizabeth
d. June 20, 1718. (Of Somerset, Mass.)
The inscription on his tombstone runs thus:
"Here lyeth ye body of Robert Gibbs. Aged 88 years. Died June 20, 1718."
He left a son.
GIBBS— 2 Robert.
b. 1670. m. Sarah
, about 1 70 1.
m. 2nd, Hepsibah , about 1722.
d. 1752.
(Of Somerset.)
CHILDREN.
3 John, — b. 1702-3. 3 Israel, — b. 1706.
3Sarah, — b. 171 1.
3Elizabeth, — b. 171 5.
3Robert (Capt.), — b. 1724. m. Joanna Terry, Oct. 2, 1748. d. March 21, 1810. Joanna d. Sept. 29, 1815.
3 Henry, — Vide the following.
3 Hepsibah, — b. 1728.
3 Abigail, — b. 1731.
3Samuel, — b. 1733.
3Job— b. 1735.
GIBBS,— 3Henry.
Wife not known, but her name was probably Mary.
b. 1726.
children.
4Robert (Capt.), — b. 1750. m. Martha
Hicks, d. Sept. 21, 181 5. 4Benjamin (Capt.), b. 1758. m. Patience
Wood. Lost at sea, 1795. 4Joseph, — 4 Henry (Capt.), b. 1761. m. Barthana
Luther, d. June 20, 1S27, aged 66
yrs., 4 mos., 10 ds. 4 Mary — 4Sarah, — 4Rhoda, — b. 1765. d. June 30, 1789.
m. Capt. 7Sheffield Weaver. Vide
Weaver. 4 Hannah, — 4Job —
GIBBS— 4Rhoda.
b. 1765.
m. Sheffield Weaver, June 13, 1785. d. June 30, 1789. (Of Somerset.)
Rhoda Gibbs' life was so short that a hundred years after her death the greatest difficulty was experienced in discovering her Christian name. She left two children, a daughter, Mary (her mother's name probably), who be- came the wife of Bradford Richmond, and a son, John. Much of interest in regard to each is gathered in the first and second of these volumes.
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Gilbert. 1 Jonathan.
GILBERT,— * Jonathan.
b. in England, 1618.
m. Mary, daughter of John Wright, Jan. 29, 1646. She died —
m. 2nd, Mary, daughter of Hugh Welles, , 1650.
d. Dec. 10, 1682. She died July 3, 1700, aged 74 years. (Of Hartford, Conn.)
John and Jonathan Gilbert, brothers, were among the earliest settlers of Hartford, Conn. John married Amy, daughter of Thomas Lord, in 1647, ar>d the boy John Gilbert, who was captured by the Nipmuck Indians in 1676, is be- lieved to have been her son.
Jonathan, in whom we are more espe- cially interested, married Mary, the daughter of John White, in the winter of 1646, he being already a landholder in Hartford. In March of the same year the young wife's seat in church was recorded in the enterings of the General Court. It was the fourth seat in the middle aisle, and she shared it with three other women. That April, Gilbert acted as interpreter between the Indians and the English govern- ment, he having attained great profi- ciency in the native tongue. That accomplishment, and his courage and quickness, made him a leader in all affairs with the Indians.
Increase Mather has drawn a quaint and interesting picture of the relations between the old and new inhabitants of America of that time, and it is well worth reading, although space forbids any lengthy quotations here.
"There was Trouble and fears raised in the Country, by reason of the River
Indians, * * * who, it seems, were secretly contriving the Death of those famous Worthyes, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Hains, Mr. Whiting. * * * An Indian testified that Sequasson, the Sachim of Waranoke had given him a sum of money on condition that he would murther the gentleman mentioned.
"Before the Commissioners convened, Mr. Hains had twice sent to Sequasson, but he neglected to make his appear- ance. Wherefore Jonathan Gilbert was sent to him again. * * * The mes- senger quickly returned, bringing word that he could not speak with Sequasson, who he supposed had received notice of his coming by other Indians, and was thereupon fled."
The Colonial Records are full of sim- ilar notices regarding Mr. Gilbert. In 1654, he was messenger to Ninigrate, Chief of the Narragansetts, returning with an answer as wily and evasive as it was lengthy.
April 9th, 1657, the two Gilbert brothers went to the Sachem to de- mand that those who took part in the Massacre of Farmington should be de- livered up to justice.
In 1657, the Government attempted to put a stop to the continued blood- shed, and Jonathan Gilbert was again their emissary. In 1657, he was one of those appointed to the command of the troops raised, and in 1657 and 1660 he was again "dealing" with the Indians.
All this time his private business had never suffered. He was engaged in the coasting trade, and held many pub- lic offices; was marshall of the Colony repeatedly, and served several times in
Gilbert.
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the legislature. His first wife died at the birth of her second child, and he married again, the lady being niece of Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut. She was a woman of more than ordinaiy gifts, and much of his success was due to her.
Jonathan Gilbert died immensely wealthy for the times, Dec. ioth, 1682, and was buried in the ancient cemetery of Hartford.
A partial copy of his will is as fol- lows.
"To my dear wife, Mary Gilbert, the use of my dwelling house (at Cold Spring), house, lotts, etc., warehouse, the land I bought of Mr. Callsey, the land I did exchange with Mr. Richards, the pasture I bought of Andrew Warner, and my wood-lott, during the time of her widowhood, and till my son Samuel be twenty-one years of age."
(Vide life of Jonathan Gilbert on fol- lowing page for his share.)
"To my son Thomas, my house and lot on the riverlet in Hartford, and my meadow land. Also ten acres of land. Also the lower end of my island, he paying to his mother 20s. a year, or twenty pounds of good hops.
"To my son Nathaniel, my farm at Meriden; also thirty pounds.
"To daughters Lidia, Sarah, and Mary twenty shillings each.
"To daughter Hester Gilbert one hundred pounds after her marriage or at eighteen years of age.
"To daughter Rachel the same.
"To son Ebenezer 300 acres of land, and also the land in Farmington that I
bought of Captain Clark, and also that purchase of land I bought of Messecap, commonly called Pagan Chaumischaug. And also £50.
"My desire is that my wife do remem- ber Hannah Kelley and give her 20s. or more if she prove obedient.
"To grandchild John Rossiter ,£10.
"To grandsons Andrew Belcher and Jonathan Richelson, £5 each."
(Signed Sept. 10, 1674.)
The real estate was valued at £1312.
(Refer to N. E. Historical Magazine and all Colonial Records.)
CHILDREN.
2Jonathan, — b. May 11, 1648. Vide following page.
2 Mary, — b. Dec. 15, 1649. d. in infancy.
2Sarah, — b. July 25, 1651. m. Andrew Belcher of Boston. Their son Jon- athan became governor of Massachu- setts, d.
2 Mary.— b.
m. 1, John Rossiter. 2, Samuel Hol- ton. d.
2Lydia, — b. Oct. 3, 1654. m. Jonathan Richelson. 2, Chapman, d.
2Thomas, — b. . d.
2 Nathaniel, — b. . single.
2Samuel, —
m. Mary Rogers, Oct. 2, 16S4.
2 Ebenezer, —
m. Charles Dick-
2 Esther,- -b. —
inson. d. 2 Rachel,— m. Josiah Marshfield, Sept.
20, 1686. d.
Gilbert.
* Jonathan — 3 Nathaniel — 4 Eun
GILBERT.— JONATHAN.
b. May II, 1648.
m. 3 Dorothy, daughter of Rev.2 Sam- uel Stow and 2Hope Fletcher (she was born Aug. II, 1659. d. July 14, 1698).
d. Feb. 1, 1698. (Of Hartford and Middletwon, Conn.)
Jonathan Gilbert was a wild young man and was finally shipped to the West Indies to repent his misdeeds. After his return he was reconciled with his father, and towards the end of com- plete restoration to respectability mar- ried Dorothy, daughter of Rev. Samuel Stow. But when the senior Gilbert died, his first born had a most unpleas- ant surprise in discovering his share of his father's wealth to be either twenty pounds in cash or certain lands in Had- ham. He immediately petitioned the general court for a larger share, quoting Scripture to prove that the first-born ought never to be deprived of his inher- itance. I am sorry not to be able to state the results of this interesting law- suit, which must have been one of the first American attempts at will-breaking.
CHILDREN.
2 Mary —
Jonathan, —
2John, —
2Nathaniel, — b. Dec. 27, 1689. Vide
next column. 2Sarah, — 2Ebenezer, — born July, 1698.
zee.
GILBERT,- ^Nathaniel.
b. in Middletown, Dec. 27, 1689.
m. Elizabeth Prout.
d. (Of Middletown.)
Mrs. Vine S. Warner has a very curi- ous old book "printed in London for Robert Milbourne, 161S", which has written on the fly leaf "Elizabeth Gil- bert. Her Book. The binding of the book paid for by my son Ebenezer." This "Elizabeth" was Mrs. Nathaniel Gilbert, as is proven by the date, March 1769. She probably had other children besides 4 Ebenezer and1 Eunice, the sub- ject of the following.
GILBERT,— 'Eunice.
b. April 12, 1729.
m. Eleazer Gaylord, March 12, 1749 (he was born March, 1725. d. Dec. 9, 1S06).
d. Nov. 17, 1772. (Of Middletown, Conn., and Skaneateles,
N. Y.)
Mrs. Eunice Gilbert Gaylord was the grandmother of Dr. 7Eben Warner. She and her husband spent their last years in the family of Deacon 6 Ebenezer Warner.
CHILDREN.
5Eunice, — b. March 14, 1752. 5Annah, — b. Jan. 2, 1754. 5Susannah, — b. Jan. 2, 1754. 5 Susannah, — b. July 2, 1756. 5 Elizabeth, — b. June 17, 1758. s Eleazer, — b. Feb. 2, 1760. 5 Hannah, — b. Feb. 6, 1762. 5 Dolly, — b. March 12, 1764. 6Millicent, — b. Dec. 17, 1766. 6Millicent,— b. Dec. 17, 176S. 5 Molly, — Vide "Ebenezer Warner. 6 Sarah, — b. Aug. 3, 1772.
Hathaway (I and II). 1 Arthur — ~ Jonathan — 3 Gamaliel — x John.
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HATHAWAY— ! Arthur.
b. probably in Gloucestershire, m. 3Sarah, daughter of 2John Cook and 2Sarah Warren, Nov. 20, 1652 (she was born about 1635). (Of Plymouth, Marshfield and Dart- mouth, Mass.)
Arthur Hathaway came to Plymouth in 1630. He was a very young man, and is thought to be a relative of the John Hathaway mentioned in the fol- lowing pages. We find him a resident of Marshfield in 1638, and holding two positions of trust in Dartmouth in 1667, He was named freeman in the latter town in 1670, and was one of the orig- inal proprietors of the town of Dart- mouth in 1684.
He left at least three children, aJohn, born Sept. 17, 1653, 3Sarah, born 1655, and 2Jonathan. As we have records of none but the latter, the honor of being descended from x Richard Warren is proven to belong only to his descendants.
HATHAWAY— ^Jonathan.
b. probably about 1660.
m. Abigail .
d. .
(Of Dartmouth.)
Mr. C. A. Hathaway of Berkley is the authority for Jonathan Hathaway's being the son of Arthur. Jonathan is rescued from oblivion only by being the son of his parents and father of his son.
children.
3 Gamaliel, — Vide the following. 3Jonathan, — b. Oct. 1, 1716. m. Bridget.
d. May 22, 1802. 3Seth,—
HATHAWAY— 3 Gamaliel.
b. .
m. Anne Cathcart.
d. .
(Of Dartmouth and Fair Haven.)
Gamaliel Hathaway, both by inheri- tance and acquisition, became a very wealthy man. The Revolution shattered all this, and left him nothing in his old age but his farms in Fair Haven and Amherst. When he died he gave one to each of his sons and nothing to his only daughter.
children.
4Eleazer, — b. Aug. 1, 1739. m. Alice
Pope. *Anne, — b. 1741. Vide Capt. 5Benj.
Dillingham. 4Micah — 4Obed —
HATHAWAY— » John (bears no proven connection to the preceding).
b. in England, 1630.
m. .
m. 2nd, Ruth (she was born 1643. died Sept. 10, 1705).
d. .
(Of Taunton.)
John Hathaway was a descendant of the Hathaways of Gloucestershire, a fact proved by the coat of arms in the possession of certain of his descend- ants, and which came to them through his son Abraham. It bears an old inscription which states that "This Coat Armour is of very ancient erec- tion in the Church of Rewardine,
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Hathaway (II). * John— * Jacob.
within the Forest of Dean in Glouces- tershire and pertained to the family of Hatheway of the same place."
This interesting fact proves the Hath- away of Taunton to have been of good birth and in no way connected with John Hadaway of Barnstable — a sadly inferior character who is often confused with him.
He was a man of great prominence in Taunton, where his name is con- nected with every foundation of that city's importance. He was representa- tive from 16S0 to 1684, and again in 1691, and held innumerable local posi- tions.
He married twice, and his two wives are buried in the farm once his in Berk- ley. It is believed that his body was carried back to England for burial, as no trace of his grave can be found.
CHILDREN.
2John, — Vide the following.
2 Abraham, — b. about 1652. m. Rebec- ca Wilbur, Aug. 28, 1684. d. August, 1725.
3 Isaac, —
'-Rebecca, — m. Jared Talbot, 1689.
^Abigail,—
2Jacob, —
HATHAWAY ,— 2John (called Jr.).
b. .
m. 1st, Hannah, m. 2nd, Christian.
d. 1729-30. (Of Taunton and Freetown.)
2 John Hathaway was one of the orig- inal settlers of Freetown (1669), and after its incorporation in 1683 held num- erous positions of trust and honor there, being selectman during the years 1687- '88- '98- '99- 1 700- 1 70 1 - '6- '7- '8- '9- ' 1 i - ' ! 2- ''3-'i9-
CHILDREN.
3John, — d. before 1724.
3Jacob, — Vide the following.
3Ephraim, — m. Abigail Davis, 171 7.
3 Isaac, — m. Sarah Makepeace, 1710.
3Thomas, —
3 Hannah, —
3 Sarah, —
3 Martha —
3Abigail, — m. David Shearman, 1710.
3 Experience, —
HATHAWAY,— 3 Jacob.
b. in Taunton, 1675-6.
m. 3Philis, daughter of 2Benjamin Chase and 2 Philippe Shearman, Jan. 2S, 1697 (she was born July 5, 1679. d. .)
d. .
(Of Taunton and Assonet.)
Jacob Hathaway and Philis Chase were married by Thomas Terry, Justice of Taunton. The bridegroom was en- sign of the local militia, a position which he must have resigned later on becoming a Quaker. In 1718-19 he was imprisoned for his faith, and is said to have named his eleventh child in memory of the persecution. Full records of all his children and especial- ly of his son Jael are given in Vol. II, each under his own name. It is there- fore not necessary to mention them here with any detail.
CHILDREN.
4Joseph, — Vide following page. 'Hannah,-- 4Mcletiah —
4Jacob,— 4John,—
4Isaac, — 4Philip,—
4Guilford,— 4 Benjamin.
4Betty — 'Jael,—
Hathaway.
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* Joseph— * Jacob— -l ''Joseph— -'• 'Hannah.
HATHAWAY — Joseph.
b. about 1698.
m. 3Alice, daughter of 2Jas. Strange and Alice Shearman.
d.— (Of Assonet and Freetown, Mass.)
(Called "Joseph, the Quaker.")
CHILDREN.
5 Paul,— b. 1719. Vide Vol. II. 5Gideon, — b. about 1721. m. Mary Dur-
fee, Feb. 27, 1745. 5Abigail, — m. Lot Strange, Jr., Aug. 29,
1745. m. 2nd, Moses Nichols, Dec-
22, 1748. 5John, —
5Lot, — m. Mercy Hathaway, his cousin. 5Jacob, — Vide the following. 5Alice,—
HATHAWAY— sJacob.
b. about 1727.
m. Oct. 28, 1750, to iHannah, daugh- ter of 3Andrew Clarke and ^Elizabeth Winslow (she born July 13, 1726). (Of Freetown and Fair Haven, Mass.)
CHILDREN.
"Shadrach, — b. Aug. 7, 1754. d. on the
Jersey prison ship during Revolution. "Lovisa, — b. April 13, 1750. m.
Janney. m. 2nd, Rev. Benj. West, the
prominent religious writer. 6 Reuben, — b. Nov. 27, 1757. m. Nabby
Winslow and inherited the Hathaway
homestead. "Jacob, — b. Oct. 15, 1750. d. with Shad-
rach. "Betty (or Priscilla), — b. Oct. 10, [762.
m. Nathaniel Hammond. "Joseph, — b. June 2, 1765. Vide life of
Anne Dillingham. For children vide
Vol. II.
"Thankful, — b. May 5, 1767. d. single. "Rebecca, — b. Aug. 27, 1769. m. Philip Crandon.
HATH AWAY— 1 Hannah.
(daughter of "Joseph Hathaway.)
b. Aug. 16, 1795. d. Dec. 10, 1867. (Of Fair Haven, and Sunbury, Ga.)
The life of this lady is so fully given with that of her husband (3Furman Whitwell) that I shall only speak here of her very lovely character. Always delicate in health, suffering great sorrows early in life, and fearful physical mar- tyrdom in the later years, it would seem that her part in memory would be simply a memory. Yet her life was as full of thought for others and energy as any well person's, and the many whom she loved and planned for speak constantly of her, her life, her home, 'and the little maidens whom she trained to be eyes, hands and feet to her in her helplessness. It is very sweet and touching to see how, in her last illness, she turned to "Fanny," for the little attentions which the young girl who had come to her a child of six could administer more tenderly even than a daughter.
I have a portrait of this great-grand- mother, taken in the prime of life. Her hair is parted at the side and looped low under a cap of exquisite lace. The face is long and oval with a full chin, the eye-brows are high and arch inward, and the eyes are dark with heavy upper lids. The nose and mouth are large, but well formed, and express a certain self-contained firmness — a firmness toward self rather than others — which is the only likeness to her daughter that I can trace.
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Hawke — Hazard — Houghtaling — Jacobs.
HAWKE,— 1 Matthew.
b. 1610.
m. Margaret — — .
d. Dec. 11, 1684. (Of Cambridge, England, and Boston.)
Matthew Hawke with his wife, Mar- garet, and servant, John Fearing, came in the "Diligent," embarking at Lon- don and arriving in Boston Aug. 10, 1638. He was made freeman 1642, and served once as town clerk.
CHILDREN.
2Elizabeth, — b. July, 1639. m. Stephen
Lincoln, Feb., 1660. d. Nov. 4, 1713. 2Sarah, — bp. Aug. 1, 1641. m. 2John
Cushing. Vide Cushing. 2Bathia, — bp. 1643. m- Benj. Stetson. 2Mary, — bp. Aug., 1646. m. a Benjamin
Loring, Dec, 1670. d. 1714. 2James, — b. May, 1649. 2 Deborah, — b. March, 1652. 2Hannah, — bp. July 22, 1655. m. 2Peter
Cushing, June, 1685.
HAZARD,— 1 Thomas.
b. 1610.
m. Martha (she died 1669). m.
2nd, Mrs. Martha- Sheriff, 1675.
d. 16S0. (Of Boston and Portsmouth.)
Tradition says Thomas Hazard came from Wales, bringing his son Robert with him, about 1635. He was m Bos- ton that year, but soon removed to Aquidncck, where he held several posi- tions of importance. In his will he cut all his children off with a shilling for disapproving of his second marriage.
CHILDREN.
2 Robert, — b. 1735. m. Mary Brownell. 2 Elizabeth, — m. Geo. Lawton. Vide
Lawton. 2 Hannah, — m. Stephen Wilcox. 2 Martha,— m. 'Tchabod Potter.
HOUGHTALING,—
I am sorry to be obliged to give the outline only of this particular line of Dutch ancestry.
xJan Hoogtaling came from Holland in the middle of the seventeenth cen- tury. He married Ariantje, the daugh- ter of Adrian von Leyden of Appel. They had sons, 2Willem and 2Jan.
2\Villem married Ariantje Simmels, and had: 3Samuel, bp. at Kingston, June 8, 1679; 3PHiLLiPUs(Jan. 31, 16S1); 3Dina (Oct. 14, 1683); and 3Hiskia (Jan. 31, 16S6).
3Philjs, or Phillipus, married Jane Roosa and had children as follows: 4 Ariantje, — bp. at Kingston, Sept. 17,
1704. 4 Anna Margarita, — bp. Aug. iS, 1706. 4Dina, — bp. May 17, 1710. 4\Villem, — bp. July 8, 171 1. 4Jannetje, — bp. Feb. 15, 1713. m. May
6, 1733, to 3Hendricus du Bois.
same name. 4 Rachel,— bp. May 1, 171 5. 4Sara — bp. Oct. 11, 171 7. 4Lea, — bp. Dec. 20, 1719.
Vide
JACOBS,—1 Nicholas.
m. Mary .
d. June, 1657. (Of Watertown.)
Nicolas Jacobs came in 1633 with wife and two children. He was Repre- sentative once.
children. 2John, — b. in England. m. Margary
Eames. 2 Elizabeth, — b. in E . m. John
Thaxter, aJosiah, — b. and d., 1642. 2 Joseph, —bp. May 10, 1646. 2 Mary, — m. John Otis. 2 Sarah, — m. ~ Matthew Cushing. '-Hannah, — Vide 2Thomas Loring. -Deborah, — m. Nathaniel Thomas.
Latham. Lewis.
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LATHAM— Lewis.
b. 1555.
m. Winifred.
Buried at Elston, Bedford Co., May 15, 1655. He died aet. 100 years.
Falconer to Charles I.
The life of Lewis Latham is chiefly interesting to the many Americans who can claim descent from him through his daughter Frances.
The pedigree of Latham is given in Vol. Ill of the R. I. Historical Maga- zine, and although imperfect gives clews which might develop through research into a connected line. The arms borne by Lewis Latham were the same as those of the established family of the name.
F. A. Holden advertises portraits of Lewis Latham for sale, and I should think such a photograph would be much valued by his descendants. (Vide Vol. Ill, R. I. Hist. Magazine, for ad- dress.)
The will of this gentleman was as follows:
"In the Prerogative Court of Canter- bury.
"In the name of God, Amen.
"The sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord God one thousand, six hundred fifty and three, I Lewis Latham of Elveston, in the county of Bedford, gentleman, being of perfect health and memory doe make and ordain this my last will and Testament, in manner and form following, that is to say:
"First and especially, I bequeathe my soule into the hands of Jesus Christ my Saviour and Redeemer with the full assurance of the full pardon and remis- sion of all my sinnes. In and by and through the meritts, death and passion
of Jesus Christ, my Saviour and Re- deemer, and my bodie to the earth from whence it came, to be buried at the direction of my executrix, hereafter named, and for my worldly goods as followeth: —
"Imprimis, I give and bequeathe to my two sonnes Henry Latham and John Latham twelve pence apiece if they demand it. Item, I give and be- queathe to my daughters Anne Seagar, Frances Clarke, Katharine Garnett and Elizabeth Bibble twelve pence apiece if they come to demand it. Item, I give and bequeathe to Ellen Sherringham, my daughter, twelve pence if she come and demand it. Item, I give and be- queathe to Winnifred Dewnes one bed- steade without furniture theretoe be- longing.
"All the rest of my goods, chattels and catties whatsoever, I give and bequeathe to Whinethred my loving wife whom I make executrix of this my last Will and Testament." ....
(Here follows the customary disown- ing of previous wills.)
"Sealed and delivered in the pres- ence of Robert Fernald, Jane Farnell and Susanna Farnell."
Proved Sept. 1, 1655.
The Whinethred above mentioned was probably a second or third wife, and not the mother of Frances Latham. Tradition, so fondly treasured by those who enjoy fiction more than history, has called Frances a daughter of Charles I. If any of her descendants should desire to refute such a slander, they will only need to point to the birth dates of the king and his reputed daughter. The question will then be settled.
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LATHAM— Frances.
b. 1611.
d. Sept., 1677. (Of England and Rhode Island.)
To those who love to read between the lines this lady's life presents a de- lightful study, for there must surely have been much of great interest in it.
She was well born, the daughter of one Lewis Latham, and was -ia-early y o ulh- "sometime — fefee — wife of Lor d ILcnric-Weslun." Before her seven- teenth year she became the wife of William Dungan, a perfumer of Lon- don, who lived in St. Martin's in the Fields, and died in 1636, leaving three little daughters and a son. . In about two years the young widow married Jeremiah Clarke and emi- grated with him to America, where they settled in Portsmouth. Mr. Clarke died in January, 1652, and his death was soon followed by that of the widow's fathet^ who bequeathed his daughter I2d., a bequest which suggests a good deal more than its value.
Mrs. Clarke was married again very soon, this time to the Rev. William Vaughan, who survived her.
She lies buried in Newport Cemetery with the inscription, "Here Lyeth ye Body of Mrs. Frances Vaughan, alias Clarke, ye mother of ye only children of Capt'n Jeremiah Clarke. She died ye first week in Sept. 1677 m Ye 67th year of her age."
CHILDREN.
Barbara, — b. 1628. m. James Barker. William- Frances, — b. 1630, m. Randall Holden,
1648. Thomas, — m. Elizabeth Weaver. For children by Mr. Clarke vide Clarke.
LAWTON— J George.
b.—
m. 2 Elizabeth, daughter of ^hos. Hazard by his first wife.
d. Oct. 5, 1693. (Of Portsmouth.)
George Lawton was admitted an in- habitant of Portsmouth in 1638. April 30, 1639, he signed the famous compact. Jan. 25, 1648, he had forty acres granted him near his brother's land. Aug. 31, 1671, the meeting to prepare defensive plans against the then threatening Indians was held at the house of George Lawton. Jan. 30, 1690, he was one of six to send congratulatory message to King William and Queen Mar)- on their accession and to inform them of the seizure of Governor Andros.
George Lawton probably came over when a child, as his wife did, but as I cannot satisfy myself on this point I am obliged to number him as the first of his family.
CHILDREN.
2 Isabel, — m. Samuel Albio. d. Apr. 1,
173°.
2John, — m. Mary Boomes. She m. 2,
Gideon Freeborn, d. 1678. 2 Mary,— m. John Babcock. d. Nov. 8,
171 1. 2George,— m. Naomi Hunt, Jan. 17,
1677. d. Sept. 11, 1697. 2 Robert,— m. Mary Wodell, Feb. 16,
168 1. d. Jan. 25, 1706. 2Susanna, — m. Thomas Cornell, d.
December 9, 1712. Vide Cornell. 2Ruth,— m. William Wodell, Feb. 10,
1681. d. April 15, 1726. 2Mcrcy— m. James Tripp, Jan. 19, 16S2.
d. 1685. 2Job,— d. unmarried, Oct. 8, 1697. 'Elizabeth,— m. Robert Carr. d. 1704.
LORING.
1 Thomas — 2 Thomas — 3 Thomas.
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LORING— Thomas.
b. in England.
m. Jane Newton about 1627 (she b. -, d. Aug. 25, 1672).
d. April 1, 1661. (Of Axminster, Devonshire; and Hing-
ham, New England.)
Thomas Loring and family left their Devonshire home Dec. 22, 1634, and emigrated to America. They made a short stop at Dorchester and then settled permanently in Hingham. Here the family dwelt in peace, the father a deacon of the church and beloved and respected on all sides. His death oc- curred in Hull where possibly, he was visiting his eldest son. Jane Loring survived her husband several years and at her death left her property as fol- lows:
"To son Thomas a volume called 'The Jewel of Contentment' printed at London in 1645. To his wife Hannah, a yellow pair of bodices, etc. To son John, a volume called 'The Covenant of Grace.' To his wife Mary, suit of head linen, kersey waistcoat with gold lace, etc. To Benjamin, the interest in a 'Catch' or vessel at sea. To his wife Mary, riding suit, pillion, etc."
CHILDREN.
2Thomas, — Vide following. 2John, — b. Dec. 22, 1630. m. Mary Brookes, Dec. 16, 1657. d. Sept. 19,
I7I3-
2Josiah, — m. Elizabeth Prince, 1662. d. Feb. 14, 1713.
2 Isaac, — bp. Jan. 22, 1640. d. Feb., 1640.
2Joshua, — b. 1643. d. young.
2 Benjamin, — b. Nov. 17, 1644 (or Jan. 9,1642. Bridgeman and Savage con- fuse the names), m. 2Mary Hawke, 1670. d. March 10, 1716.
LORING— 2Thomas.
b. in Axminster, 1629.
m. 2 Hannah, daughter of Nicholas Jacob, Dec. 13, 1657 (she was bp. Feb. 23, 1640. d. Oct. 20, 1720). d. 1679. (Of Hingham and Hull, Mass.)
Thomas Loring was named freeman in the town of Hull, 1673. He died in middle age, and his widow married Stephen French.
CHILDREN.
3 Hannah, — b. Aug. 9, 1664. m. Rev 2Jeremiah Cushing, 1685.
3Thomas, — Vide the following.
3Deborah, — b. March 15, 1668. tm. Hon. 2John Cushing, 1688.
3David, — b. Sept. 15, 1671. m. Eliza- beth Otis, Jan., 1699.
3Caleb, — b. June 9, 1674. m. Lydia Gray, Aug. 7, 1696.
LORING— 3Thomas.
b. July 29, 1667.
m. 3 Deborah, daughter of 2John Cushing and 2Sarah Hawkes, April 19, 1699 (she was b. Sept. 14, 1674. d. Oct. iS, 1770).
d. Dec. 5, 1717. (Of Hingham and Duxbury, Mass.)
3Thomas Loring's widow married Col. 3Sylvestre Richmond, and his eldest daughter married the Colonel's son. There is a family genealogy of the Lorings published which speaks more fully of them than I have space to. It gives the family arms, tomb stones in Boston, etc., etc.
children. 4Thomas, — 4 Joshua, — b. 1 70 1. 4Nathaniel, — b. Aug. 21, 1704. 4 Benjamin, — b. Oct. 12, 1708. 4Deborah, — Vide "Richmond, Perez," 4 Hannah, — ■
So
Marbury. I Villi am — Francis.
MARBURY— William (Esq.).
b.
m. Agnes, daughter of John Lenton, Esq.
d. (Of Grisby, in the Parish of Burgh-
upon-Bains, Lincolnshire.)
An English gentleman of the sixteenth century who had children as follows:
Edward, — knighted in 1603. High Sheriff of Lincoln Co. at the time of his death in 1605. William, — died childless. Francis, — Vide the following. Mary- Anne, —
Katharine, — m. Christopher Wentworth, Aug. 19, 1583.
MARBURY, — Francis (Gentleman).
b. at Grisby about 1 560.
m. Elizabeth Moore about 1582.
m. 2nd, Bridget, daughter of John Dryden, Esq., and Elizabeth Cope, about 1588.
d. 1610-11 in London. (Of Alford Co., Lincoln, and London.)
Francis Marbury — whose Christian name is sometimes given wrongfully as Edward, — might be lost in oblivion by this time, except that he was the father of two women whose names will ever be dear and honored to America. The famous Ann Hutchinson and the devoted Christian wife and mother, Katharine Scott, were both his daughters. Because he was their father much time and labor has been spent in England, tracing out his life and family, and the results have been most gratifying. I have space for only a brief summary of these interest- ing facts. Francis Marbury first appears as a "gentleman" at Alford, fifteen miles from his birth-place. lie
had a numerous family whose births are registered there; there he lost his wife and married again. His second wife was a grand-daughter of Sir John Cope, and a sister of Sir Erasmus Dryden, afterwards grandfather to England's famous poet. Several years after his second marriage Mr. Marbury removed to London, where he took orders and, Oct. 28, 1605, was presented to the Rectory of St. Martin Vintry. He was afterwards presented with another living, and held them both until his death, which occurred between Jan. 25 (date of will) and Feb. 15, 1610-11. He left each of his twelve surviving children 200 marks, a sum aggregating .£1600.
children.
Mar)', — bp. at Alford, Sept. 12, 15S5.
m. Twyford, of Shropshire.
Catharine, —
Elizabeth, — buried at Alford, June 4,
1601. John, — bp. Feb. 15, 1589-90. Anne, — bp. July 20, 1591. Bridget,— bp. May 8, 1593. buried Oct.
15, 1598. Francis, — bp. Oct. 20, 1594. Emme, — bp. Dec. 21, 1595. Erasmus, — bp. Feb. 15, 1596-7. Anthony, — bp. Sept. 21, 159S. buried
April 9, 1601. Bridget,— bp. Nov. 25, 1599. Jcremuth, — bp. March 31, 1601. Daniel, — bp. Sept. 14, 1602. Susanna, — Elizabeth, — bp. Jan. 20, 1604-5. buried
in London, March 19, 1613-14. Anthony, — b. in London, about 1608. Catharine, — b. in London, about 1609.
m. Richard Scott. Vide Scott.
The Rev. Francis Marbury had three more children, — twenty in all.
MERRITT — MOLINES.
Si
MERRITT,— 2George.
b. 1702.
m. 4Gloriana, daughter of 3 Samuel Purdy and Charlotte Strang (she died Sept. 13, 1765, aged 51 yrs., 5 mos., 13 days).
d. Feb. 2, 1760. (Of Newburgh, N. Y.)
George Merritt is believed to have been a son of that John Merritt who settled in Rye about 1680.
He married and removed to New- burgh about 1747, in company with the Purdy and Fowler families.
children. 3 George, - m. Mary Fowler, m. 2nd,
Mrs. Sarah Ecker. 3Samuel, — b. 1739. m. Phila Townsend.
d. Dec. 26, 181 1. 3Caleb,— b. July, 1735. Vide following. 3 Gabriel,— d. 1776. 3 David, — m. Nelly Weygant. 3Josiah, — m. Anna Purdy. m. 2, Rachel
Sherwood, d. March 12, 18 17. 3 Humphrey,— b. May 17, 1737. 3Elizabeth, — m. Thomas Merritt. 3 Jane,— b. Sept. 25, 1747. m. twice. 3Gloriana, — m. Joseph Marcy.
MERRITT— s Caleb.
b. July, 1735.
m. 5 Martha, daughter of * Francis Purdy (she b. Jan., 1736. d. June 24,
1783)-
d. Nov. 29, 1793. (Of Newburgh.)
Caleb Merritt and Martha Purdy were second cousins, his mother and her fa- ther being niece and uncle.
CHILDREN.
4Abigail, — m. George Weygant. 4 Elizabeth, — m. Dr. David Fowler. 4Glorianna, — b. July 7, 1758. m. 6 Isaac Fowler. Vide Fowler.
MOLINES— iWilliam.
b.
m. Elizabeth, d. Feb. 21, 1621. (Of Plymouth.)
William Molines with his wife, son Joseph, daughter Priscilla, and servant John Carter, made five of the May- flower's hundred passengers. He was one of the few to prefix his name with "Mr." in the Compact signed before landing, and one of the many to die the same year. His daughter — the only member of the family who survived that first awful winter — married John Alden.
There was a William Molines in Dux- bury in 1642 who is regarded as a pos- sible son of the Pilgrim. The latter in his will spoke of his son William in England.
The name Molines — since degene- rated into Mullins — probably originated Jn the French Molyneux. It is but one of the many sad instances of grand old surnames wrought by time into a com- mon and not-to-be recognized form.
The line traced in this volume is as follows:
1William Molines.
2Priscilla m. JJohn Alden.
2 Elizabeth m. 2Wm. Pabodie.
3 Elizabeth m. 3John Rogers.
4 Elizabeth m. 3 Sylvester Richmond.
Perez Richmond.
6 Perez.
'Bradford.
'Bradford.
8Anne m. 8W. P. Warner.
9Anne m. 4C. E. French.
5C. E. French, Jr.
New Paltz on the Hudson.
By reference to the sketch of Cattryn (Blancsan) du Bois' life, one may learn how that beautiful tract of land now containing the town of New Paltz came to be known to the French settlers of Kingston and Hurley. The situation is one of the finest on the Hudson, and one writer defines its boundaries thus: "An alluvial valley, beginning at Rosen- dale, bounded on the west by the Shawangunk mountains, running as far south as a point called Gertrude's Nose, which now overlooks the town of Sha- wangunk, and stretching from there two points in parallel lines to the Hudson River, whose western shore constitutes its eastern boundary." This valley is watered by the Walkill, and overlooked by the grand Paltz Point.
Immediately after the rescue of his wife and little ones in 1663, Louis du Bois began negotiating with the Indians regarding this land. A treat)-' was finally agreed upon and the transfer was made in 1666. The treaty was one of amity as well as business, and it is noteworthy that, when the Mohawk Valley was ravaged again and again, New Paltz never suffered. The Indians and the French never came to blood, and that one town and one treaty cry shame on New England and New York with their records of broken faith and mutual treachery to the natives.
The first settlement was made the same year — 1666. There were but a few families in all, but they were bound
together by the strongest of ties — blood, and religion, and nationality.
They consisted of Louis du Bois and his family, Anthoine Crispel,(his brother- in-law), Chretien and Pierre Doyau, Louis Bevier, Hugo Freer, and Andre and Simon Le Febvre. Such as were married brought their families and household goods.
When the little band reached the spot which was to be to them a home — not a mere sojourning place — they loosed the weary animals from yoke and harness, unloaded the wagons, and then, before taking food or rest, the whole party gathered about their leader, "Louis the Walloon," who, kneeling reverently opened his great Bible and read the 23rd Psalm, after which all bowed their heads and prayed God's blessing on their undertaking.
Eleven years later the Indian treaty was confirmed by a patent from Gov. Andros, Sept. 29, 1677.
It was signed by twelve men who were henceforth called the "Twelve Patentees." The same men acted as the governing power of the little com- munity, being designated the "Dusine." Abraham du Bois, the eldest son of Louis, is named on his tomb-stone as the survivor of them all.
The town took its name from the Palatinate which had given asylum to the early settlers.
Vide lives of Louis du Bois, Kattryn Blancsaai, Chretien Deyo.
Ormsby — Williams — Weeks.
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It is a strange circumstance that the South, which was peopled so exclusively by the better class from England, should be so far behind New England in the matter of records of all sorts. There seems to have been an utter lack of interest in anything pertaining to the past, except among the few very old and established families.
This page contains all that can be collected regarding the ancestry of Sarah Caroline Weeks, wife of George R. French. The facts were gathered by their son George P. French, of Wil- mington, N. C.
The origin of this family of Ormsby is not known. Susan Ormsby was born in 1753. Her parentage and place of birth are also unknown. She married a man of the name of Williams who died in the time of the Revolution. His death must necessarily have occurred almost immediately after his marriage if his wife was born in 1753. He left one daughter Susan. The widow made a second marriage, and died, Aug. 15, 1816.
unfortunate terminations of both Ral- eigh's colonies are well-known.
WILLIAMS— Susan.
b. March 13, 1777.
m. Allan Appoin, 1801 (he d. same year).
m. 2nd, John Weeks, 1807 (he d. Sept. 3, 1815.)
m. 3rd, Capt. Stephen Swain, Jan. 22, 1819 (he d. Sept. 9, 1823).
d. July 23, 1849. (Of Wilmington, N. C.)
Mrs. Susan Swain often spoke of a tradition which told of her family's coming over with Sir Walter Raleigh. This can hardly have been, as the
WEEKS— John.
m. Mrs. Susan Appoin, 1807.
d. Sept. 3, 1815.
John Weeks is said to have been a native of Wales, and the only member of the family who emigrated at that time. It was not in a good hour for him when he came, for he enlisted as a soldier in the War of 1812, and was killed two years later. He left no sons.
WEEKS, — Sarah Caroline.
b. July 2, i{
m. 3 George Reade French, Thurs- day, April 5, 1827.
d. May 19, 1867. (Of Wilmington, N. C.)
Sarah Caroline was the eldest daugh- ter of John Weeks. She was not quite eighteen when she married George French, who had come from Fall River to settle in Wilmington. I refer the reader to the sketch of his life. Mrs. French became the mother of twelve children, ten of whom reached the age of maturity, and seven of whom are living now. The close of her life was clouded and saddened by the war between the states, in which one of her sons took part, and all her family were necessarily more or less involved. The intense anxiety and apprehension which she (in common with hundreds of thousands of other women) was called upon to suffer for four long years, weakened her constitution and caused her early death.
She was a "Southerner" who won her laurels, not on the battle field, but as a devoted daughter, wife and mother.
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Pabodie. lJohn — 2 William.
PABODIE— 1 John.
b. probably in St. Albans, Hertford- shire.
m. Isabel.
d. (Of Bridgewater, 1645.)
There is considerable doubt attached to all information concerning John Pabodie. There was such a man in Bridgewatcr and he had sons William and Francis and a daughter Annie. In his will made July 16, 1649, he named John, son of his son William, and that leads to the belief that his son William and the William Pabodie who married Elizabeth Alden are identical. Francis is believed to be the Francis who came from St. Albans in 1635, and for that reason it is thought to have been the family home.
CHILDREN.
2 Francis, —
2William, — Vide following.
2 Annie, — m. Rouse.
PABODIE— 2William.
b. 1629.
m. 2ELiZABETH,daughterof 'John Al- den and 2Priscii.la Molines, Dec. 26, 1644 (sheb. 1624-5. d. May 31, 1717).
d. Dec. 13, 1707. (Of Duxbury, Mass., and Little Comp-
ton, R. I.)
William Pabodie held many promi- nent positions and we find records of him too numerous to detail.
In 1686, he bought land at Scaconnet Neck of Awashoug, Squaw Sachem of the Narragansetts. This is the same Indian queen with whom Capt. Church signed the Treaty on 2 Edward Rich- mond's land.
His will is a beautiful example of the partiality of the Puritans to their sons. To his daughters William Pabodie gave 1 s. apiece, and all the rest (and there was plenty, too) went to the son.
"The Boston News Letter" of June 17, 1717, contains this notice, —
"Little Compton, May 31. This morning died here Mrs. Elizabeth Pay- bodie in the 93d year of her age. She was daughter of John Alden, Esq., and Priscilla his wife, daughter of Mr. Wil- liam Mullins. This John Alden and Priscilla Mullins were married at Ply- mouth in New England. * * She was exemplary, virtuous and pious. * * Her grand-daughter Bradford is a grandmother."
CHILDREN.
3John, — b. Oct. 4, 1645. d. Nov. 17,
1669. 3Elizabeth, — b. April 24, 1647. m-
John Rogers. Vide same. 3 Mary, — b. Aug. 7, 1648. m. Edward
Southworth, Nov. 16, 1669. 3 Mercy, — b. Jan. 2, 1649. nl- John Sim- mons, 1670. 3Martha, — b. Feb. 25, 1650. m. Samuel Seabury. m. 2nd, Wm. Fobes. d. Jan. 25, 1712. 3 Priscilla, — b. Jan. 15, 1653. m. Ichabod Wiswall, Dec. 24, 1677. d. June 3, 1724.
(The poet Longfellow was descended from this couple through their daugh- ter Mercy, who married John Wads- worth. Gen. Pcleg Wadsworth, their grandson, was the father of Zilpha, the poet's mother. ) 8Sarah, — b. Aug. 7, 1656. m. John Coe,
Nov. 10, 1 68 1. d. 1740. 3 Ruth, — b. June 27, 1658. m. Benjamin Bartlett. d. 1740. (Their daughter Priscilla married John Sampson, and Susanna Sampson became the mother of Gen. Wadsworth, named above.) 3 Rebecca,— b. Oct 16, 1660. m. Wil- liam Southworth. d. 1702. 3Hannah, — b. Oct. 16, 1662. m. Samuel
Bartlett, Aug. 2, 1683. 3 William, — b. Nov. 24, 1664. d. 1744.
m. three times. 3Lydia, — b. April 3, 1667. m. Daniel Grinnel.
Paine.
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1 Anthony — ''■Mary.
PAINE— * Anthony.
b.
m. 1st, (she died 1643).
m. 2nd, Rose, widow of Matthew Grinnel, 1643 (she died 1673).
d. 1650. (Of Portsmouth, R. I.)
In 163S, Anthony Paine was admitted as an inhabitant of Portsmouth. The next year he was one of the signers of the famous compact. Before his second marriage he entered into a contract similar to that of 3Sylvestre Richmond and Mrs. Loring. The will of Anthony Paine was short and to the purpose. It was made May 6, 1649, an^ proved the next year.
One clause reads as follows: "I do give and bequeath unto my daughter Alice, one cow, she or husband paying unto my daughter Mary Tripp, so much as the cow is judged to be more worth than the heifer; further my mind and will is to give unto my daughter Mary Tripp, so much as the cow is judged to be more worth than the heifer and one young heifer."
The general tenor of the will does not give the impression that its maker owned much else than his cow and heifer.
CHILDREN.
2Alice, — m. Lot Strange, d. 1690. sMary, — Vide next column.
PAINE— 2Mary.
b. probably in England, ra. 1st, John Tripp, 1639 (he died 1678).
m. 2nd, Benjamin Engel, April 4, 1682.
d. Feb. 12, 1687. (Of Portsmouth, R. I.)
Mary Paine became the wife of the carpenter, John Tripp, about 1639. There is mention of her name in the records of the Court of Commission for 1666; "whereas, Mary Tripp, wife of John Tripp Sr. some twenty-five years ago bought of Richard Searle for a pint
of wine 3 acres of land she being
then unmarried, about which time Searle removed leaving no deed with Mary," and so the court made the sale good. John Tripp died in 1678, and three years later his widow married Benjamin Engel. Her death occurred in 1687.
Mary Paine Tripp is the ancestress of the writer in an almost direct female line, thus:
'Mary Paine m. 'John Tripp.
3Isabel Tripp m. 3Samson Shearman.
4Alice Shearman m. 2James Strange.
3Alice Strange m. 4Joseph Hathaway.
5Jacob Hathaway.
6Joseph Hathaway.
7 Hannah Hathaway m. 4F. Whitwell.
6 Anne Whitwell m. 7B. P. Richmond.
8Anne Richmond m. 8W. P. Warner.
9Anna Warner m. 4C. E. French.
5 Charles E. French.
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Pearce. 1 Richard— ■" John.
PEARCE,'— i Richard.
b. probably in England about 1620.
m. Susanna, daughter of George Wright of Newport, R. I. (she d. 1678).
d. 167S. (Of Portsmouth, R. I.)
Richard Pearce was among those later arrivals in the New World who emigrated with much the same views as the new-comers of the present day. It is to be observed that Rhode Island was colonized chiefly from these and not from the Puritans who settled pre- vious to 1630.
We may judge that ten years after the founding of New Plymouth the character and success of the attempt was pretty well known throughout the old country, and the more restless spirits there all naturally turned their eyes westward to seek for prospects of gain and freedom superior to those which the mother country could offer Naturally the second influx consisted of single young men of an adventurous turn of mind, and older men with fami- lies and some property. Richard Pearce was probably of the first class.
In his will he gave his son Richard his entire farm with all appertaining to it. The other children received a shil- ling apiece.
CHILDREN.
8 Martha,— b. Sept. 13, 1645. m- Marsh- allalhashbaz Dyer. d. Feb. 24, 1744.
2 John, — Vide the following.
2 Richard, — b. Oct. 3, 1649. m- Experi- ence.
2Gilcs, — b. July 22, 1651, m. Elizabeth Hall, April 13, 1676. d. Nov. 19, 1698.
2Susannah, — b. Nov. 20, 1652. m. 8 George Brownell, Dec. 4, 1673. d. Dec. 24, 1743.
2 Mary, — b. May 6, 1654. m. 8Thomas Brownell. d. May 4, 1736.
2 Jeremiah, — b. Nov. 17, 1656.
'James, — b. Dec. 6, 1658.
2Georgc, — b. July 10, 1662. m. Alice
Hart, 1687. m. 2, Temperance Kirby, 1721. d. Aug. 30, 1752. ^William, — b. Dec. 22, 1664.
PEARCE— 2John.
b. Sept. 8, 1647.
m. Mary, daughter of Peter and Ann Tallman (she d. 1720).
d. Dec. 5, 1707. (Of Portsmouth and Tiverton, R. I.)
Col. Pearce, in his big volume of "Biographical and Historical Collec- tions," introduces one to all of these early settlers in a way that produces quite the feeling of personal acquaint- ance. I recommend the book to those who desire to know John Pearce more intimately. He was an upright and worthy man, ensign in the local militia, and died worth .£519, which he divided carefully among his children. His daughter Anne pre-deceased him and her four little ones made their home with the grandparents. (Vide Shef- field).
children. 8John, — d. Jan. 1, 1755. 3 Mary, — b. Feb. 14, 1674. m. 3John Reade, Jr., and became ancestress to the Reade, French, Whitwell, and Weaver families of this volume. 3Susannah, — b. 1672. m. Richard Wood- hall. 3Anne, — b. Feb. 14, 1674. m. Capt. Amos Sheffield. Vide same.
sSarah, — m. Shearman.
3 Elizabeth, — m. Cook.
3 Rachel, — m. Cook.
8 Alice, — m. Butts perhaps, and was
mother to Susannah Butts mentioned in John Pearce's Will.
Charles Elting French is descended from John Pearce through six lines, namely: Those of "Sarah Reade French, "Wait Reade Weaver, "Ruth Sheffield Weaver, 5Eunice Weaver Reade, 8Mar- tha Durfee Reade, and "Hannah Reade Whitwell.
Peckham.
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i John— * John— * John— * Joseph.
PECKHAM,— iJohn.
m. Mary Clarke (she d. 164S). Vide Clarke Family III."
m. 2nd, Eleanor .
d. 1681. (Of Newport, R. I.)
Admitted inhabitant of Aquidneck, May 20, 1638.
He lived in that part of Newport now called Middletown, and was a member of the First Baptist Church.
CHILDREN.
2John, — b. 1645. Vide following. 2William, — b. 1647. m. Clarke, m.
2nd, Phoebe Weeden. d. June 2, 1734. 2Stephen, — m. Mary . d. April 23,
1724. 2 Thomas, — m. 2nd, Mrs. Hannah Clarke.
d. 1709. 2Clement, — d. 1706. 2Sarah, — m. Wm. Weeden. 2 Rebecca, — m. John Spooner. 2 Deborah, — m. Robert Taylor. 2Phcebe, — b. 1666. m. Thos. Gray. d.
1746. 2 Elizabeth, — m. Peter Taylor, d. May
24, 1714.
PECKHAM ,— 2John, Jr.
b. 1645.
m. Sarah .
d. 1712. (Of Newport.)
Vol. IV of the "Vital Statistics of Rhode Island" distinctly states that John Peckham, father of Joseph, born 1702, was the son of John Peckham, Jr., born 1645.
CHILDREN.
3Elizabeth, — b. Sept. 17, 1668. 3John, — b. June 9, 1673. Vide follow- ing. 3Mary, — b. Sept. 30, 1674. 3 Reuben, — b. Feb. 3, 1676. 3Peleg, — b. Dec. 11, 1677. 3Joseph, — b. March 8, 1679. 3Sarah, — b. Sept. 5, 1680. 3Timothy, — b. Aug. 5, 168 1. 3Benjamin, — b. June 9, 1684. 3Isaac, — b. April 11, 1688. 3 Sarah, — b. June 26, 1690.
PECKHAM— 3John.
m. Mary , 1695 (she d. 1756).
d. Dec. 2, 1723. (Of Newport.)
John Peckham's birth is sometimes given as 1671 and sometimes as June 9, 1673. In all probability the John of the first date died in infancy and the next was named for him. "
CHILDREN.
4John, — b. June 27, 1696. m. Mary Lumber.
4Joseph, — Vide the following.
4Lydia, — b. May 8, 1698. m. John James.
4 Mary, — b. Oct. 3, 1704.
4 Margaret, — b. June 30, 1707. m. Ben- jamin Chambers, Feb. 4, 1730.
4 Ruth,— b. 1710.
PECKHAM, 4Joseph.
b. Feb. 18, 1702.
m. 3Elizabeth, daughter of 2Samuel Wilbur and 2Mary Potter, Nov. 5, 1723 (she b. Dec. 23, 1702).
d. Oct., 1780. (Of Little Compton, R. I.)
Joseph Peckham and Elizabeth Wil- bur were married by Thos. Church.
CHILDREN.
5 Mary,— b. Nov. 28, 1724.
5 Elizabeth,— b. Aug. 13, 1726.
5 Hannah, — b. Oct. 13, 1728. Vide
Brightman. 5 Martha,— b. May 28, 1730. m. Joshua
Brownell, May 17, 1750. 5 John,— b. Sept. 30, 1733. m. Mary
Wood, 1760. d. May, 18 12. 5Samuel, — b. Nov. 20, 1735. 5 Ruth,— b. 1737. d. Oct., 1S15. 5Sarah, — b. 1739. 5Rhoda,— b. 1741. 5 Reuben, — b. 1743.
Vol. IV of "Vital Statistics of R. I." gives copy of mutilated original
"Record of marriage between Hannah Peckham and George , of Freetown,
— 18, 1744."
5*
Parker — Presby.
PARKER— i George.
b. 1611.
m. Frances (she m. 2, Nicholas Brown).
d. 1656. (Of Portsmouth, R. I.)
George Parker was a carpenter by trade and came in the "Elizabeth and Ann", which arrived May 11, 1634. In 1838 he was admitted an inhabitant of Aquidneck, and shortly after was sum- moned to appear before the Court for general misbehavior and was sentenced to the stocks. Three years after he was made freeman, and in 1643 arrived at the dignity of sergeant. Ten years later he was advanced to that of general sergeant.
CHILDREN.
2Joseph, — m. . d. 1685.
2 Mary, — m. 2Ichabod Sheffield. Vide
same. 2 Peter, — m. Sarah Clarke. 2Meribah, — m. John Slocum, 1674. d.
1698. 2Frances, — m. Benjamin Hall, July 27,
1676.
PRESBRY— 1 William.
b. in London about 1690.
m. Hannah Smith about 1718.
d. 1771. (Of Taunton, Mass.)
In April, 1845, a great-grandson of William Presbry wrote out what facts he knew in regard to the family. I copy verbatim: —
"My great-grandfather, William Pres- bry, was born as he said, in the city of London, about the year 1690; and at the age of ten years was impressed on board of a man-of-war and remained
with her until he was about twenty-one. When the ship was lying in Boston Harbor, he with others of the crew were permitted to go on shore at times and ramble around the town. When on one of these town rambles he saw fit to take what is called 'French leave' and rambled off into the country by passing up through what is now Roxbury Street, and then taking to the fields and woods for fear he should fall in with some man or men who would take him back again and put him on board the ship — a float- ing Hell — to linger out the remnant of his days or be shot as a deserter. And it being summer he subsisted on what berries he could find and travelled and slept alternately during four days and nights, and at the expiration of that time he found himself in Taunton at the northerly part of the village and entered a house owned and occupied by Nathaniel Crossman, which stood on the north side of the road leading from the Universalist Meeting House to the Episcopalian, about half way between the two, near where the descent is im- mediate from the road to the little river or mill pond, and where, a few years since, the writer observed the old cellar and some of the bricks from the chim- ney. As Crossman was a farmer, mil- ler, and shoemaker, he remained with him a year or two and assisted in what- ever way he could be most useful. After this it is said he rigged the first vessel that was properly rigged in Taun- ton, and she was a small sloop built at Benjamin King's landing in Raynham. And some years after he married with a girl named Hannah Smith and bought him a tract of land, and built him a house, north of the burying-ground
PRESBRY — PURDY.
59
near what is called the 'Spring Brook.' The old cellar is still visible near the confluence of the Boston Turnpike, and the old Boston Road, north of theG-mn, where he lived and died at the age of eighty-one years."
CHILDREN.
"William, — Vide following.
"Joseph,— m. Molly Baker.A+v -U tyf PURDY— "Joseph.
"Hannah, — d. single.
PURDY,— 'Francis.
Emigrated from Yorkshire, England, and settled in Fairfax, Conn., where he died in 1658. He left sons "Francis and "Joseph, who were born in York- shire and held commissions from the Crown as surveyors.
PRESBRY— "William.
b. about 1720.
m. Mary White about 1745.
d. 1765. (Of Taunton, Mass.)
The MSS. quoted from in the pre- ceding sketch goes on to say that the second William Presbry owned a brick- yard (which in 1845 nacl come into the hands of Alex. Williams) and a farm. He was also a shoemaker and coaster. The two eldest sons of William Presbry continued the operation of the brick- yard, and ran a vessel to Providence to dispose of the brick, returning with freight.
CHILDREN.
3 Mary, — b. 1748. m. Francis Coward
about 1770. d. Aug. 15, 1832. 3Elizabeth, — b. 1751. m. Ephraim
French, m. 2, Jael Hathaway. Vide
both. 3Seth, — b. 1752. m. Sarah Pratt, 1779.
d. 1833. 3Lydia, — b. 1753. m. Samuel Haskins.
d. 1823. 3 William, — b. 1756. m. Lydia Pratt, d.
1838. 3Simeon, — b. 1758. m. Anna Newland.
d. 1834. 3 John, — b. 1760. m. Prudence Pratt, d.
1845- 3Levi, — b. 1768. m. Lina Pratt, d. 1800. 3Abigail, — b. 1765. m. Abijah Leonard.
m. 2, Skinner.
m. Elizabeth Ogden.
Had children, 3Samuel (vide the fol- lowing), 3John, 3 Francis (vide the fol- lowing), 8 Daniel, and 3Joseph.
PURDY— *Samuel.
m. Charlotte Strang.
children. 4Gloriana, — m. "George Merritt. Vide
same. 4Samuel, — m. Winifred GrifHng. 4 Caleb, — m. Hannah Brown. 4Gabriel — m. Bethiah Miller. 4 Charlotte, — m. 6 Samuel Fowler. 4 Henry, — m. Mary Foster. 4Elizabeth, — m. Josiah Fowler. 4Josiah, — m. Charity Wetmore.
PURDY,— 3 Francis (third son of Jos- eph Purdy and Elizabeth Ogden). b. 1697.
m. .
d. June 2, 1760. (Of Newburgh, N. Y.)
The few notes I have on the Purdy and Merritt families are taken almost bodily from Ruttenber's "History of Newburgh." I hope they rn^y prove an incentive to further and more de- tailed research.
children. 4 David —
4 Abigail, — m. 5Nehemiah Fowler. 4 Elizabeth, — m. Capt. Arthur Smith. 4Martha, — m. 3Caleb Merritt. Vide Merritt.
]/
60 Pray.
PRAY, — in 1 64 1. There were probably other 4Joseph Read • married Grace Pray, children who were not recorded." The Of that we are certain. When it comes four children who died were born in to her ancestry we have only probabili- J 7 1 2- 1 3-1 5- 16 respectively. Thankful's ties, and probabilities, although a poor birth is not Siven but from her mar- substitute for facts, are an excellent dagc date she was probably younger foundation for them. Grace Pray's an- than the others. J^A ^ ^- &U*& cestiy consists in several probabilities Grace Booth was born 1*^1677, and in and I note them here for someone else seai"ching for an Ephraim Pray of a to prove. I am obliged to go backward suitable age to be her husband I find step by step with my reasons for "sup- onl>' the Ephraim, born 1681, and son posing", to make this line clear. of John Pray of Braintree. He was Pray was not a very common name in four years younger and the marriage 1700. In Rhode Island there were two was probably about 1705. We have families, those of Ephraim and John, n.othwg-to sntetarrriate-^-is--TTenr-bTit
both sons of Richard Pray of Provi- /l}£Ar'W}% of the four littk children- dence, who died 16S8. Ephraim had /Judith wTs the name of GracTBooth^A^
one daughter, John three sons, John, youngest sister. Vide Booth. Eph-
Hugh, and Richard. The only other raim was naturally called for his father.
Prays were of Braintree and sprung L)'dia is in "either family, but in the
from 'John Pray wh^aFmafrfe^m year of her birth, 1715, Ephraim Pray's
J?V*2 V 1657. His eldest son 2John was born brother Joseph married Lydia White.
March 11, 1658; his second child was Ruth was the name of Ephraim's third
2Ephraim, then followed 'Samuel, sisten Thus we see how the names
1 77zr*~JHoscPh< 21Iannah, and » Dorothy^ __ continue the supposition that Ephraim
^7>Sl£Ephraim Pray married ^El if aT?c7f^Pray of Braintree had removed to Taun-
daughter of John Hayden, and had nine ton and was thc husband of Grace
, .^ chiHrenT8 Ephraim, b. June 14, 1681. Booth. They were probably married
te^tiu^ a John, b. Aug. 18, 1683. 8 Elizabeth, b. some years before coming to Taunton Sept. 27, 1685. 8Hannah, b. June 3, and thc children recorded there are 1687. 3Ruth, b. March 28, '1689. 8Sam- those born after the removal. Now is uel, b. May 14, 1690. 3Joseph, b. Jan. lt not more than likely that our ancest- 14, 1692. 3Mary, b. Sept. 17, 1697, and ress Grace Pray was onc of the children 3Sarah, b. Jan. 16, 1700. Dorn m Braintree or wherever Ephraim ^ &/*-», Now let us turn back to Grace Pray a and Grace sPent their fil'st years of mar- moment and see who in the vicinity of ried life? Joscph Reade was born 1708, Freetown could have been her parents. and his wifc vvas rnost probably of about We can find but one family and that the same aSe- If a littIc younger she does not name her among the children. would have been, born in '710 or '/' '• The record says- ^ /^<v^,<3& which would be just older than thc first -p -^Ep&fiZrt&f'ol ^Taunto/maTrfir recorded child of Ephraim Pray. Would JT ^P GfCct3oo%; daughter of John Booth she not havc been called 'or her mo- f? f f Seituate. ThcV had five children, ther when the eldest boy was named for .^£ ^Judith, Ephraim, Lydia, and Ruth, died th^ fathc,;? , , S /?M~>~* ^a£ . young. Thankful married Robert Evans ] submlt this t0 ^proyen.p - >f\y*
$**et^j{ jU+r~ "V*^ Jtm^ ?-^<^S£ &£&!***&
Reade.
61
iJohn—*John.
READE— JJohn.
(Of Plymouth, Eng., and Newport, R.
I.)
John Reade's life is among the ob- scurest in all respects. He seems to have been of humble birth and calling, as most educated men were sooner or later chosen to fill positions for which their schooling had fitted them. By trade he was a cordwainer — which, by the way, is neither more nor less than a tanner. We say he was a tanner, but there is no certainty of the fact, — it is traditional, like the story of his coming from Plymouth. He was pretty sure to come from Plymouth as that was then the principal shipping point for emi- grants, just as Liverpool is now. But whether it was his native town or not is quite another question.
By comparing other dates and aver- aging certain facts which as a general rule give pretty correct conclusions, I think we may very reasonably place John Reade's birth about 1610 or 161 5. He was possibly married when he emi- grated, but more likely not, as his eldest son was born in the neighborhood of 1640, when his father had been to America several years.
This John Reade bore no arms and no possible relationship can be traced between him and the Reades who did. But time has proved to his descendants as it did to those of Robert of Norman- dy and Arlotta, that a tanner may be the ancestor of good stock quite as well as either knight or noble.
CHILDREN.
2John, — Vide following. 2Ebenezer, — 2 Oliver, —
READE— 2John.
b. in Newport. . _,
m. Hannah) (she d. Apr. 12, 1727).
d. Jan. £3, .1721. (Of Freetown, Mass.)
2John Readesettled in Freetown in 1677. He wa'sSsSe married and had a little family about him. A cordwainer by trade he set up his tannery and brought his sons up in the same calling. The business thus begun passed on through four generations of Reades, and then late in the eighteenth century was bought out by 6 Sarah Reade's hus- band, 2 Enoch French. It had grown into a large place at Troy, afterwards Fall River. I believe its site is noted in the old Fall River map, showing the town as it was early in the present cen- tury. Almost all the Reades of Amer- ica, and certainly all in this book, are descended from this John Reade. Some of the family prefer to spell it Reid, and others drop the final e, but all are of the same stock, the same old Anglo-Saxon race, who took their name from their favorite color, and sent it down through all the centuries of English history.
There are three lines of Reades in Vol. I, and several branches of their de- scendants are given in Vol. II. Nearly all of these family records have never been in print before, as the Read Gene- alogy only contains a very few of them. If any reader should ever compare the two books and remark certain discrep- ancies I would like to have him know that these records have been given me as corrections of the older book, and rest on indisputable authorities. John Reade had children, 3 Hannah, 3 Joseph, and 3John. Vide following.
62
Reade.
syohn—* Oliver.
READE— 3JoHN (Jr.).
b. .
m. 3Mary, daughter of 2John Pearce and 2Mary Tallman (she b. Feb. 14, 1674. d. May 6, 1726).
m. 2nd, Susannah Brownell.
d. .
(Of Freetown, Mass.)
John Reade, Jr., was the town clerk of Freetown for thirty years.
His marriage probably took place in the winter of 1689-90, at which date Mary Tallroajj- was not quite sixteen. They had a large family whose descend- ants now spread over all America, and many of whom are noted men.
John Reade was the great-grandfather of 2 James Whitwell, and of his wife "Hannah Reade, and of Mrs. Enoch French ('Sarah Reade). James Whit- well was the great-great-great-grand- father of 5Charles French, Jr., and 6 Sarah Reade French was his great- grandmother.
CHILDREN.
-? 4Mary, — b. Nov. 19, 1690. m. Samuel Forman, Jan. 22, 1728./
4 John, — b. June 12, 1694. m. Mrs. Sarah Borden, Oct. 31, 1719. d. 1 75 1 .
4Thomas, — b. May 9, 1696.
4 Hannah, — b. Oct. 12, 1697. d. Oct. 17, 1718.
4William, — b. Sept. 9, 1699. m. Sarah.
4 Oliver, — Vide next column.
4Penelope, — b. Oct. 12, 1703. m. Steph- en Borden, m. 2nd, John Bowen.
4 Jonathan, — b. Jan. 23, 1705. m. Hope Durfee.
4 Joseph, — b. March 5; 1708. m. Grace Pray. Vide p. 64.
4Sarah, — b. Feb. I, 1709. d. June 3, 172S.
4Nathan, — b. Feb. 23, 171 1.
4Susannah, — b. Feb. 27, 1 71 5. m. Joseph Borden, Jan. 26, 1735.
READE— "Oliver.
b. Oct. 1 1 or 14, 1701.
m. 3Martha, daughter of 2Thomas Durfee and 3Ann Freeborne, Dec. 27, 1730 (she b. Feb. 20, 1702. d. ).
d. (Of Freetown, Mass.)
The first fifty years of the eighteenth century were uneventful in American history. There is little to record of the men of this period except that they lived and died. Their children were the soldiers of the Revolutionary days, and perhaps the sturdy vigor and dauntless courage of those soldiers was owing as much to the quiet, earnest, persevering, hard-working lives of their fathers as to the spirit of freedom and patriotism which arose with the times. The colonies were storing their strength and power for three score years before the day of need arose in which they put it forth.
There is nothing recorded of Oliver Reade — not even his trade. He was the great-great-grandfather of both 7 Bradford Richmond and his wife 4Anne Whitwell.
children.
5 Joseph, — b. Dec. 11, 1732. d. Feb. 1,
1791. 5 Oliver,— b. Aug. 21, 1734. 5 Mary, — b. March 31, 1736. 5 Jonathan, — b. Nov. 13, 1737. Vide
next page. 6 Wait,— b. Dec. 6, 1739. m. 5Samuel
Weaver. Vide Weaver. 6Nathan, — b. June 16, 1742.
Reade.
63
^Jonathan.
READE, — 5 Jonathan.
b. Nov. 13, 1737.
m. 5 Eunice, daughter of 4 Benjamin Weaver and 4Ruth Sheffield, Apr. 24, 1754 (she b. about 1735).
d. .
(Of Assonet and Freetown, Mass.)
Jonathan Reade's name is very dear to me because it was through it that I passed from the family stories of the family into the great book world of printed genealogy. It never had oc- curred to me that there could be any- thing in a book about my people, and I grew dizzy when I saw in black and white the list of those men and women who had always figured in my mind as "Aunt Wilson," and "Uncle Weaver's second wife was a Reade," etc., etc.
Jonathan Reade might be regarded as the pick-axe which gave the first blow on the hard earth of Ignorance and un- covered the traces of a goodly lot of buried ancestors.
Lieut. Reade was a militia officer and a prominent man in Freetown. March 2, 1772, he was elected Treasurer and served ten years. March 7, 1774, he was elected selectman and served twelve years. He was chosen auditor in 1771 and served five years; was on the Com- mittee of Correspondence, Inspection, and Safety from 1776 to 1779; and assessor in 1794.
Lieutenant Reade served in the mil- itia during the war, and had two sons in the army.
His family relations are an excellent example of the general inter-marrying of the times. He and his sister Wait married the Weaver brother and sister. Then his daughter Lydia became the second wife of Wait's son 6Sheffield. "Sheffield Weaver's first wife was 4Rho- dy Gibbs, whose brother 4 Robert mar- ried Jonathan's daughter "Elizabeth.
Her sister "Hannah married 2 James Whitwell, whose mother was Jonathan Reade's first cousin. /The latter lady had a brother who became the grand- father of 2 Enoch French. 2 Enoch French married for his second wife /cog. Si "Sheffield Weaver's daughter. This lady's son by her first husband married 2JamesWhitwell's and "Hannah Reade's grand-daughter. The grand-daughter of this couple married the grandson of 2 Enoch French and became the mother of 5 Charles French, Jr.
The happy descendant of any of the old Mass. and R. I. families needs not to study the time of Henry VIII for complicated family genealogies. )
children.
"Forman, — b. Sept. 27, 1757. Was a colonel in the army.
"Ichabod,— b. April 20, 1760. m. Eliz- abeth Law. d. Dec. 6, 1796 (cap- tain).
"James, — b. June 7, 1762.
"Lydia, — b. Sept. 7, 1764. m. Capt. "Sheffield Weaver, d. Oct. 6, 1833.
"Elizabeth, — m. Robert Gibbs. Vide Gibbs, Vol. II.
"Susannah, — b. July 3, 1767. m. Capt. Luther Wilson, Dec. 20, 1789. d. 1848. He was the builder of the house Furman Whitwell afterwards bought, and also made the doll s four post bedstead which his wife "fur- nished" for a present to little Anne Whitwell when her father brought her north in 1820.
"Hannah,— b. Aug. 1, 1769. m. 2 James Whitwell, 1792. Vide same.
"Jonathan, — b. Sept. 7, 1771. m. Ellen Law.
"Ruth, — b. 17 — . d. Oct., 1790.
"Benjamin, — b. March, 1775. d. April
21, 1776.
"Eunice, —
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Reade.
4 Joseph — 5 Joseph.
READE, — 4Joseph (son of 3John R.,
J r • ' • y*?7-77. &c m /{A^^b. March 5, 1 708. S Z^til^m- Grace Pray, Jan. 25, 1732^' (Of Freetown, Mass.)
From town records of Freetown:
"Joseph Reade Jr. and Grace Pray were married before Thomas Terry of Freetown esq. Jan. 25, 1733."
"1738 — Joseph Reade Jr. the ear mark that he puts on his creatures is two half pennies on the line of under side the right ear."
"Joseph Read appeared before Thomas Terry esq. 21 June 1740 took his oath to the trust when he was chosen pre- server of deer."
There were a multitude of Joseph Reades in Bristol County a hundred years ago, but I am certain the first transcript refers to our particular ancestor. We know only four of his children. The records of his sons 6 William and 5 Benjamin are given in Vol. II. His son 5 Joseph is noticed in the following column, and the remaining child, a daughter named 5 Hannah, married ] Oliver Whitwell, of Freetown. She lived to the age of 96 years, and was great-grandmother of 4Anne Eliza- beth Whitwell, and grandaunt of 3 George R. French, of Wilmington. Her granddaughter, Miss Maiy Read of Fall River, has given me a little yellow china mug which belonged to Hannah Read Whitwell (she died Feb., 1830).
CHILDREN.
•'William,— b. 1)32. Vide Vol. 11.-/2/ ■'Joseph, — Vide next column. A /y3b~~4 'Benjamin,- - b. Nov. 15, 1733. Vide
Vol. II. 6Hannah, — b. Dec, 1734. Vide Oliver
Whitwell.
READE, — 'Joseph. !^»tta^.
b. i735^_^y^y^~~ ^ /^
m. 6MXry, daughter of 'Thomas and Dinah Cornell, in Newport, Dec. 5, 1754 (she b. about 1730. d. about 1816).
d. about 1793. (Of Troy, now Fall River, Mass.)
Joseph Reade was a tanner, and it was to him that Enoch French was apprenticed when his mother put him to learn a trade. Joseph Reade died soon after, and his son James continued the business. Then when James was called to the ministry Enoch French bought the tannery — he had already married James' youngest sister, — and also the Reade homestead. This house was torn down about 1870.
Joseph Reade had a large family, of whom very full records are printed in the second part of this work. His youngest daughter Sarah, who married Enoch French, was a truly good woman, gifted with a beautiful character and an equally lovely voice. The highest tribute to her worth was the family she left, for a woman's spirit shines forth in the children she rears.
CHILDREN.
"Phoebe, — b. Nov. 29, 1755. Vide
Vol. II. "Samuel, — b. Aug. 4, 1757. Vide
Vol. II. 6 George, — b. Dec. 14, 1760. Vide
Vol. II. "Joseph, — b. March 9, 1763. s James,— b. 1768. Vide Vol. II. 6 Nancy, — d. in infancy. "Nancy, — b. 1770 or '72. Vide Vol. II. "Sarah, — Vide French, also Vol. II.
Richmond. Edmond — 1 John.
65
RICHMOND —
In the latter part of the sixteenth century there lived in the Parish of Ashton Keyes, Wiltshire, an English gentleman of the name of Edmond Richmond. He had two sons, one of whom — John — was baptized in the church in 1597, and about thirty-five years later emigrated to America. The elder, Cliffe, remained in England, and the tombs of his grandson, great-grand- son, and great-great-grandson, each a "Cliffe Richmond, Gent.," may be seen in the Ashton Keyes churchyard to-day. The family removed in the middle of the eighteenth century and the body of "Jane Richmond, daughter of Cliffe and Joan Richmond, Gent." was brought from a distance in 1773 to be interred beside her parents.
John Richmond came to America about 1630, and was one of the fore- most men in the makings of Newport, Taunton, and Little Compton. He was one of the original purchasers of the second named township, the considera- tion being .£100. His name occurs fre- quently in the Old Colony Records, but his private life is largely shrouded in mystery. As his grave is not among those in the family burial ground at Little Compton it is supposed it was carried back to England for burial. Of his wife all trace is lost although she must have lived in America as his chil- dren were born here.
John Richmond built that house at Little Compton which is now the Seaconnet Hotel, and also the old farm house at Westport which was sold by 'Bradford Perez Richmond to Peleg Manchester in 1833. The latter house
was torn down in 1866. The carved stair-rail, the bricks for the great chim- ney, and all the furniture were brought from England. The writing desk of John Richmond, containing his papers and the deeds to his properties, also descended to 7 Bradford Perez Rich- mond and was destroyed in the house of his stepfather, Deacon 2 Enoch French, in the great fire of Fall River, 1843. The writing desk and valuable papers will do no more good to this generation than to teach them to hold on to one's own property one's self. This is a les- son which the last two generations sadly needed to learn, and the present searcher out of family history can only bitterly regret the priceless relics as missing links which vanished "when I lent it to Uncle Silas," or "when I let Sister Susan take those letters home with her."
All the Richmonds of America are descended from the two sons of 1John Richmond. Each had a large family. John settled in Taunton, and Edward in Westport and Dartmouth. I believe that with a little earnest effort all of the name can easily trace their line to one of these two.
I am glad to add here that a Boston member of the family is now preparing a genealogy for publication which will, I hope, supply all the hidden informa- tion I have not been able to seek out.
Vide following.
CHILDREN.
2John, —
3 Edward, — b. 1634.
2Sarah, — m. Edward Rew. m. 2, Nich- olas Stoughton. d. 1691.
2Mary, — b. 1639. m. William Paule. d. Oct. 3, 1715.
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Richmond.
"-Edward.
RICHMOND,— "Edward ( son of ^ohn).
b. in 1632.
m. Abigail Davis, daughter of Mrs. John Cowdall.
m. 2nd, Amey Bull, daughter of Gov. Henry Bull.
d. 1696. (Of Newport and Little Compton.)
At "the sitting of the Council," 1656 and 1657, Edward Richmond figured thus : —
"Upon the petition of Richard Ussel to this Court concerninge an execution graunted to him against Edward Rich- mond of Newport, for the sum of three pound, thirteen shillings, which execu- tion being unserved by reason that noe estate was found to serve it on, and now being adjitiated in the Court for redress for same here appeared John Richmond, of Newport Sen'r, and to this court did pay, etc. — " Oct. 18th, 1756.
"Ordered, that the business concern- inge Richard Ussell and Abigail, daugh- ter-in-law of Mr. John Cowdall, and Ed- ward Richmond is referred to the Court of Commission in May next." May 19th, 1657.
"Report of the sub-committee yester- day chosen and sent to Abigail, daughter of John Cowdall, is that she, Abigail Davis, disclaimed Richard Ussell and only Edward Richmond, and further professed that what she had done with respect to Richard Ussell was for fear of being forced to do it by her father and mother."
Report of Council : "It is ordered and by this Court de- clared that the marridge of Richard Ussell with Abigail Davis was an un- lawful marridge."
This was probably one of the first di- vorces, if not the first, granted in America, and Edward Richmond and his wife lived happily after it until her death about twenty-five years later.
In 1661 a share in the Misquamicut lands was appointed to him and two years later his father's death made him wealthy.
In 1667-69-70-72 he was elected Gen- eral Solicitor, and began to take com- mand of a company of men in the con- stant warfare with the Indians. Full accounts of King Philip's War make frequent mention of Lieut, or Capt. Richmond, and it was on land belonging to him that Benjamin Church made the treaty with Awashongs, the queen- sachem. The place where the treaty was signed (still called Treaty Rock), is in the possession of the Richmond family at the present day. 1672. — Edward Richmond appeared be- fore the Court to protest against the forfeiture of certain lands. 1676. — It was noted in the Assembly that "Lieut. Richmond with his com- pany shall be allowed and have the one halfe of the produce of the seven Indians they brot in." Oct. 1677. — Five thousand acres in Nar- ragansett were appropriated for a township and five hundred set apart
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for the town (East Greenwich). Among the forty-eight to share it evenly were Edward Richmond and 'Clement Weaver.
1678. — Deputy from Newport to the General Council.
16S0. — Taxed 14s.
June 6, 1683. — Took oath of fidelity as freeman of Little Compton, of which town he was selectman 16S3-90.
June 4, 1688. — Was made Lieutenant and fined ,£5 for selling liquor to an Indian.
May 20, 1690. — Made Captain.
Aug. 7, 1691. — Received a legacy at the probation of the will of his sister, Sarah Richmond Stoughton.
Feb. 2, 1692. — Bought of Daniel Wilcox the twenty-seventh lot of Little Compton, for .£50.
Feb. 16, 1692. — He sold to "my father- in-law, Henry Bull, being grandfather to my two youngest children, 120 acres in Little Compton, for ,£80 for the use and behoof of my two young- est children Henry and Ann, with housing, gardin etc, reserving to self and wife Amey, the whole profits for life." Capt. Edward Richmond died in Nov.,
1696, and was laid in the family burying
ground at Little Compton. The in- scription above him runs thus:
"Here lyeth buried the body
of Edward Richmond, Captain,
who departed this life
in ye 63d year of his age
Nov. 1696."
He was a member of the Church of
England.
His estate inventoried £326, 20s.,
besides a great deal of land and stock. Among the articles specially named
were still-yards and a warming-pan.
CHILDREN.
3 Abigail, — b. 1656. m. John Remington, 1679. m. 2nd, Henry Gardiner, 1689. d. 1744.
3 Edward, — mentioned in his grandfa- ther's will) m. Sarah and had
ten children.
3 Mary, — m. William Palmer, about 1684.
3 Elizabeth, — b. Dec. 6, 1666. m. John Palmer about 1686. d. Feb. 9, 171 7.
3 John, — m. Elizabeth . d. 1738.
3Esther, — b. 1669. m. Thomas Burgess, d. Nov. 12, 1706.
3Sylvestre, — Vide following page.
3 Sarah, —
3 Henry, — (by second wife.) 3Ann (or Amey), — m. Henry Tew, April 6, 1704.
Note: — It may be of interest to learn the curious ways in which a single family pedigree may be traced and completed. The line of Richmonds was given me from John to my grand- father by one of the family. The first names of two wives were mentioned, and the date of each man's death.
^ohn Richmond's family was found in Col. Pierce's Genealogical Collec- tions, 2Edward's and 3Sylvestre's in Austin's Dictionary of Rhode Island.
4 Perez was the last to be discovered, and was hunted up by a town clerk. That of s Perez, Junior, was given me by Mrs. Lucia Bosley, who was his granddaughter.
I corresponded with some one in Ashton Keyes, Wiltshire, to try and learn of the family origin, and found out very little. Then Mr. Joshua Rich- mond, of Boston, who is preparing a book of the family, volunteered the information that John Richmond was the son of Edmond.
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Richmond.
z Sylvestre.
RICHMOND— Colonel "Sylvestre.
b. 1672.
m. 1, 4 Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of 3John Rogers and 3Elizabeth Pa- bodie (she b. 1672. d. Oct. 23, 1724).
m. 2, 'Deborah Cushing, widow of "Thomas Loring, 1727 (she d. Oct. 18, 1770).
d. Nov. 22, 1754. (Of Newport, Little Compton, and
Dartmouth.)
Sylvestre Richmond received from his father's estate by the terms of the will .£18, is., 8d. in land, and ^13, 3s., 3d., in movables; a like amount was left his sister Sarah and his three bro- thers-in-law. The two eldest sons re- ceived decidedly the lion's share. May 29th, 1 70 1. —Col. Richmond
bought; of John Rogers of Boston
(his father-in-law) a tract of land in
Little Compton for .£83. Feb. 4th, 1704. — He bought 40 acres in
Little Compton of Wm. Earle for £60.
These two transactions are about the only public records we have of Col. Richmond, with the exception of the covenant with Deborah and Caleb Lor- ing previous to his second marriage — the particulars of which are not given. He was one of the original members of the first Congregational Church. Col. Richmond and his two wives are buried in the family cemetery at Little Comp- ton with the following inscriptions:
"Colon. Sylvestre Richmond of Dart- mouth. Died Nov. 22, 1754. In the 81st year of his age."
"Elizabeth, wife of Colonel Sylvestre Richmond. Died Oct. 23, 1724. In the 52nd year of her age."
"Deborah, the relict of Colonel Syl- vestre Richmond, formerly wife of Thomas Loring. Died Oct. 18, 1770, states 96."
Col. Richmond's first wife was a de- scendant of John Al den's. Vide Rogers, Pabodie and Alden.
His will, made Dec. 29, 1752, and proved Dec. 3, 1754, was as follows:
To wife Deborah, £\%, 6s., iSd., riding chaise, easy chair, and silver tankard, for her use, and what things she brought at marriage, agreeable to covenant be- tween self and wife and Caleb Loring, before marriage, dated 1727, Feb. 7th. To wife also maintenance by testator's son Perez, out of estate I shall give him. To son William, all lands joining his homestead in Little Compton, he paying my grandson, Gamaliel Rich- mond, son of Peleg, ,£13, 6s., 8d., and to my granddaughter May Paine, who was daughter of my daughter Sarah, de- ceased, ^13, 6s., 8d. To son Sylvestre, 30 acres in Dartmouth, and ,£205, 13s., 4d., paid him by my son Perez. To son Peleg, 200 Spanish milled dollars, half of it in live stock. To son Ichabod, ^33, 6s., 8d., and 3 acres in Little Comp- ton and use of room in west end of my dwelling house, and a bed. To son Rogers, .£200, half in stock. To daugh- ter Elizabeth, ^40, and silver tankard at death of wife, and if Elizabeth die before wife then the tankard to go
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to grand-son and grand-daughter Fisher, children of said Elizabeth. To daughter Ruth £a,o and two silver spoons. To daughter Mary ^20. To grand-daugh- ter Mary Paine £%. To grand-son Syl- vester, son of Sylvester, my silver-hilted sword. To grand-son Joshua, son of Perez, a brace of pistols and holsters. To grand-son Sylvester, son of William, three halberts and a fire-lock gun. To grand-son Richmond Loring, son of my daughter Mary, .£20. To negroes Nat and Kate, their freedom. To daughter Elizabeth £6, a feather bed and other household stuff. To daughters Ruth and Mary a bed and £6, each. To son Perez, my now dwelling house and homestead farm and the rest of real and personal estate, he supporting my aged wife and giving to his brothers, Peleg and Ischa- bod, a suit of apparrel, each."
CHILDREN.
4William, — b. Oct. 10, 1694. d. in 1770, leaving children.
4 Elizabeth, — b. May 10, 1696. m.
Fisher.
(Col.) 4Sylvester, — b. June 30, 1698, commanded 1st Co. 6th Mass. Regi- ment against Louisburg.
4 Peleg, — b. Oct. 25, 1700.
4 Perez. — Vide the following.
4Ichabod, — b. Feb. 27, 1704.
4 Ruth,— b. March 7, 1705.
4 Hannah, — b. July 9, 1709. d. Jan. 20, 1728.
4Sarah, — b. Oct. 31, 171 1. m. Paine.
4 Mary, — b. Nov. 29, 171 3. m. Loring.
4Rogers, — b. May 25, 1716.
RICHMOND— 4Perez.
b. Oct. 5, 1702.
m. 4Deborah, daughter of 3Thomas Loring and 3 Deborah Cushing, March 11, 1731 (she was b. 1710. d. April 14, 1782.)
d. Sept. 15, 1770. (Of Little Compton and Westport.)
Through his mother Perez Richmond was the great-great-grand son of John Alden and Priscilla. He inherited the bulk of his father's property, and took a prominent place among the men of his time.
The following inscriptions mark the graves of himself and wife in the old Richmond burial ground.
"Capt. Perez Richmond of Dartmouth died Sept 16 1770 in ye 68th yr of his age."
"Deborah, the relict of Capt. Perez Richmond of Dartmouth. Died April 14, 1782, in ye 72nd yr. of her age. Fare- well, vain world, to me thou hast been dust and a shadow, these I leave with thee."
CHILDREN.
5 Hannah, — b. Jan. 15, 1732. 5 Joshua, — b. July 1, 1734. 5 Edward, — b. Aug. 6, 1736.
5 Loring, — b. Dec. 27, 1738. d Sept. 20,
I7S4-
6 Perez, — Vide the following.
5 Elizabeth, — b. Nov. 21, 1743.
5 Benjamin, — b. Aug. 7, 1747. d. Feb.
1814. 5 Mary, — b. Aug. 26, 1749. 5 Lucy,— b. July 3, 1751.
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Richmond. 6 Peres — " Bradford — ' Bradford.
RICHMOND— (Dr.)5PEREZ.
b. 1741.
m. 5 Hannah, daughter of 4Geokge Brightman and Hannah Peckham, May 1770 (she b. Feb. 25, 1752. d. 1834.)
d. Feb. 22, 1803. (Of Newport and Westport, R. I.)
In 1790 Perez Richmond, Esq., was one of the Justices of the Court of Com- mon Pleas at Newport.
CHILDREN.
"Hannah, — (believed to have been) b.
1772. m. William Pitts, d. 1841. "George Brightman, — Vide Vol. II. "Bradford, — Vide the following. "Susan, — d. in childhood. "Deborah, — b. 1782. m. Captain Samuel
Pitts, d. 1813. "James, — b. May 1784. m. Lucy Fowler.
d. Feb. 1869. "Susan,— b. 1786. m. Chas. Fowler, d.
1863. "Elizabeth,— b. 1790. d. about 1873. "Alanson,— b. March 8, 1792. m. Rhody
m. 2nd, Jane Ferguson, d. Oct.
28, 1870. "Lucia,— b. Sept. 5, 1794. d. Oct. 28,
1878. "Perry Otis, — b. 1796. Founder of the
Richmond Mills at Lowell.
RICHMOND,— "Bradford.
b. at Westport, March 31, 1776.
m. 7Mary, daughter of "Sheffield Weaver and 4Rhody Gibbs, 1809.
d. Oct. 23, 1814. (Of Westport, R. I.)
Bradford Richmond was born on his father's farm, at Westport, in the old house built by the first American Rich- mond a hundred and fifty years before.
He spent his life in the same place, staying with his mother when his bro- thers removed into Western New York, and bringing his wife there in 1809. There his daughter and son were born and there the father died — still a young
man — in 1814. Born in the midst of the Revolution, he died while another war was devastating his country.
He was the last of the Richmonds to spend his life in the homestead. After his death it was rented to Peleg Man- chester, and in 1866 was torn down, hav- ing been bought by Mr. Manchester some time before.
Mrs. Mary Richmond soon married again and took with her her children's share of the furniture and family papers. These were all destroyed in the great Fall River fire of 1841, when s Enoch French's house was burned.
It was not a lucky generation for family relics.
Vide "7Mary Weaver." children. 7Hannah Brightman, — Vide Vol. II. 7 Bradford Perez, — Vide following.
RICHMOND— 7 Bradford.
b. in Westport, March 31, 1S12.
m. 4Anne, daughter of 3Furman R. Whitwell and 7 Hannah Hathaway, Oct. 6, 1836 (she b. June 10, 1816.) (Of Westport, Fall River, Fairhaven
and Nunda, N. Y.)
7 Bradford Richmond passed his boy- hood in the family of his step father, Enoch French. As a young man he was in business in Fall River and Fair- haven until he settled in Nunda, where he still resides. 1/, (P&£ /r, /r?y
children.
"James Whitwell,— b. Nov. 30. 1837. d.
Nov. 2, 1S39. s~sr> /;./?, /^if/C/^r-n*- 8 Georgia Virginia \VT, — b. Aug. 23, 1840. 8Anne Elizabeth W.,— b. Dec. 11, 1S42.
Vide SW. P. Warner. 8Furman Whitwell,— b. Dec. 4, 1845. d.
April 4, 1853. 8 Mary French,— b. April 15, 1848. d.
Aug. 15, 184S. 8Laura Virginia, — b. March 16, 1850. d.
Aug. 30, 185 1. "Charles Bradford,— b. Nov. 18, 1854,
BRADFORD PEREZ RICHMOND.
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1 Thomas — %John — %Jolm.
ROGERS,— 1 Thomas.
Mayflower Pilgrim.
d. 1621. (Of Plymouth, Mass.)
Thomas Rogers and his son Joseph were two of the hundred who came in the Mayflower. As John Alden was al- most the only man aboard the vessel who had not previously been an exile in Holland we feel certain that the two Rogers had been part of the little com- munity who so courageously conceived and executed the project of a second exile into a land peopled with savages and devoid of any trace of even the rough civilization of the seventeenth century middle classes.
New England tradition is fond of claiming a descent for Thomas Rogers from the martyr of Queen Mary's day. It is impossible now to prove either the truth of this tale or the reverse. Any- one who reads Fox's "Martyrs" will be struck with the number of names which are familiar to us, as especially those of New England. On the score of names all the Clarkes, Cookes, Searles, All- brights, Wrights, etc., etc., might claim kin with men burned at Smithfield. But it should be remembered that these were the common names among the lower classes and borne by hundreds and thousands of men from Carlisle to Dover, and also that, common as these names were, they were not more com- mon than opposition to the accepted church, and consequent persecution by the government.
I do not like to think so badly of hu- man nature as to believe that children who were made orphans by the rack and flames could raise their children to crop the ears of Quakers and drive women like Ann Hutchinson and men
like Roger Williams forth from their midst into the wilderness.
Thomas Rogers died early in the winter of the hardships suffered in the new land. He left three sons at any rate, aJoseph of Duxbury who died 1678; 2Eleazer, and 2John.
ROGERS— * John. ' ^»J~=> «* n
m. Frances. (Of Plymouth, 1631. Duxbury, 1634.)
John Rogers was representative in 1657.
CHILDREN.
8John, — Vide following.
3Joseph, —
'Timothy, —
3 Ann, — m. John Hu^sdon. (tvcJ»i<vv.
3 Mary,—
3Abigail,—
ROGERS— 3John.
m. Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. Pa- bodie and Elizabeth Alden, Nov. 16, 1666 (she b. April 24, 1647. d. probably about 1680). m. 2, Mrs. Marah.
d. 1732. (Of Duxbury, Boston, and Barrington.)
John Rogers was a merchant of Bos- ton. At his death his property inven- toried at .£977, 1 8s. Among the items was a great amount of silver plate, sil- ver buttons and shoe-buckles.
children.
4Hannah, — b. Nov. 16, 1668. m. Samuel Bradford, July, 1689.
4John, — b. Sept. 22, 1670.
4 Ruth,— b. April iS, 1675.
4Sarah, — b. May 4, 1677. m. Nathaniel Searle. d. Jan. 19, 1790.
4Elizabeth, — Vide 3Sylvestre Rich- mond.
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Scott. 1 Richard — -Hannah.
SCOTT— » Richard.
b. in Glemsford, Suffolk, 1607. m., about 1637-8, Katharine, daugh- ter of Rev. Francis Marbury and Bridget Dryden (she was born in London about 1 609. d May 2, 1687).
d. 1680. (Of Glemsford, Ipswich, Mass., Provi- dence, R. I.)
Richard Scott was the son of Richard Scott, Gent., of Glemsford, Suffolk. It is not certain just when he came to America, but it was in the year 1634, for he joined the church in Boston, Aug. 28, of that year. About three years after, he married the younger sister of Mistress Ann Hutchinson, and Gov. Winthrop notes, June 16, 1639, how "the wife of one Scott, sister of Mrs. Hutchinson, became affected with Anabaptistry and went to Providence, R.I."
Richard Scott has acquired promi- nence as the first Quaker convert in New England. It would be interesting to know who converted him if he was the first. In 1658, Mary Scott's be- trothed, Christopher Holder, was imprisoned in Boston and cruelly muti- lated for being a Quaker. His mother- in-law was present, and because she raised her voice in prayer to God she was seized upon and mercilessly whipped. She is described as an "ancient woman" of pleasant appear- ance, and the mother of many children, but such claims on charity had no effect on those whose motto seems to have been, "Take especial care that ye do unto others exactly that which lias been done unto ye."
When Mrs. Scott was released from her bonds she said, "If God calls to us woe be to us if we come not, and I question not but he whom we love will make us not to count our lives dear unto ourselves for the sake of His Name."
To which Endicott replied, "And we shall be as ready to take away your lives as ye shall be to lay them down."
In June of the next year, Patience Scott, a child of eleven years, went to Boston to testify against the persecu- tion of the Quakers and was imprisoned. Mary Holder going to see her husband was also imprisoned a month.
In "A New England Firebrand Quenched," there appears a letter written by Scott, and much of interest regarding him and his family is found in that book and also in Bishop's "New England Judged."
Roger Williams, in writing to Gov. Endicott, spoke especially of Mrs. Scott, and called her his friend. She seems to have been a woman of admir- able character, having her sister's spirit and persuasion tempered by a sweet womanliness.
The New England Genealogical Register has many interesting pages of research regarding this brave family.
children.
-John, — m. Rebecca . d. 1677.
2 Mary, — m. Christopher Holder, Aug.
12, 1660. d. Oct. 17, 1665. 2 Hannah, — b. 1642. m. Walter Clarke,
Feb., 1667. Vide Clarke. 2 Patience, — b. 1648. m. Henry Beere. -Deliverance, — m. William Richardson,
Aug. 30, 1670. d. Sept. 10, 1676.
SCOTTO.
1 Thomasine — 2 Thomas.
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SCOTTO,-
The name of Scotto, Scottow or Scot- howe is of ancient origin in England. In its latter form its derivation is plainly traceable to the two words forming its syllables which signify "portion of the hill-side," and point to the location of the farm or cottage of the first to bear the name sometime in the twelfth cen- tury.
The first of the family (and so far as is known the only ones) to emigrate to America were a Thomasine, a widow, and her two sons, the three being among the earliest settlers of Boston. The widow became a member of the First Church Sept. 2 1 st, 1634. Hersons joined May 19th, 1639. The younger, Joshua, was one of the founders of the "South Church," and was also the author of two tracts. It must not be supposed that he was an ultra-religious man, how- ever, for the Colonial records regard- ing him generally represent him as newly come into the possession of some other man's property — not always by the right means.
The older son 2Thomas (born 1612) is the one we are more particularly inter- ested in. He had a house and garden in School Street which he sold in 1645 for ^55. It is believed that some of this property is now included in the City Hall Square. He also owned 4
acres in what is now Brookline, but was then called "Muddy River," and a marsh at the same place. He was a joiner by trade, and was also overseer of the graves, gates and fences in the town for 1644.
He married Joan Sandford, but, al- though there were several families of that name in Boston at the time, it is impossible to find her parentage. We only know her mother was living when her husband made his will. Joan was deceased at that time and Thomas Scotto was living with his second wife, Sarah. He died in i66i,and 1Thomas Clarke is named witness to his will, made March 9, 1660.
This family of Scotto is now extinct as far as the name goes.
CHILDREN.
3Thomas, — bp. Dec. 8th, 1639.
3Thomas, — bp. April 10, 1641. d. in in- fancy.
3John, — b. May 2, 1644. m. Rebecca.
"Thomas, — b. March 3rd, 1647.
3Mehitable, — b. Dec. 14th, 1648. bp. Feb. nth, 1649. m. 2 Andrew Clarke. Vide Clarke.
(By second wife.)
3Joshua, — b. Dec. 3rd, 1655.
3Sarah,— b. Sept. 27th, 1657.
3Thomasine, — b. Aug. 14th, 1659. d. in infancy.
3Thomasine, — b. Aug. 18, 1660.
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Shearman. Henry — Henry — Samuel — a Philip.
SHEARMAN,— Henry.
b. about the tenth year of Henry VIII.
m. Agnes (she d. 1580).
d. 1589. (Of Dedham, Suffolk County.)
Bore the arms of the Suffolk Shear- man.
CHILDREN.
Henry, — Vide the following.
Edmond, — b. about 1540. m. Ann Pe- latte, April 25, 1559. m. 2nd, Ann Clarke, d. 1600.
Judith,— m. William Potfield, 1566.
John, —
Robert, — bp. Feb. 6, 1560. m. Bar- bara Brown, 1583. d. 1605.- (Of Col- chester and London.)
SHEARMAN— HENRY.
m. Susan Hills, buried Aug. 8, 1610. (Of Dedham, Suffolk Co.) Clothier by trade.
CHILDREN.
Henry, — b. 1571. d. 1645. Samuel, — Vide the following. Susan, — b. 1575. Edmond, — b. 1577. Nathaniel, — b. and d. 15S0.
Nathaniel, — b. 1582. m. Priscilla .
John, — b. Aug. 17, 1585. Elizabeth, —
Ezekiel, — b. July 25, 1589. Mary, — b. July 27, 1592. Daniel, — m. Christian Chapin, 1602. d. 1634.
SHEARMAN— Samuel.
b- 1573-
m. Philis Ward-Upscher. d. 1615. (Of Dedham, Suffolk Co.)
CHILDREN.
Mary, — b. Oct. 22, 1599. Samuel, — b. Oct. 20, 1601. Henry,— b. Oct. 20, 1601. d. soon. Henry, — b. June 25, 1603. d. in Boston,
1651. Martha, — b. June 24, 1604. Sarah, — b. Feb. II, 1606. Philip, — Vide the following.
SHEARMAN,— 1 Philip.
b. Feb. 5, 1610.
m. Sarah Odding (she b. in Dedham, Essex Co., Eng. d. 1691 ).
d. 1687. (Of Dedham, Suffolk Co., and Rhode
Island.)
Philip Shearman emigrated in 1633 and settled in Roxbury, where he was admitted freeman the same year. Rev. John Eliot, in an interesting account of the members of his church, has left us this in regard to the first American Shearman.
"Philip Shearman came in 1633. Single. This man was of a melancholy temp., he lived honestly and comfort- ably among us for several years upon a just calling; went for England and re- turned with a blessing, but after his Father-in-law John Porter was so car- ryed away with those opinions of famil- isme and seizure, he followed with them and removed with them to the Hand, he behaved himself sinfully in those mat- ters (as may appeare in the story), and was cast out of the church."
Philip Shearman was among those who were warned Nov. 20, 1637, to de- liver up their weapons and fire-arms because of the dangerous opinions abroad. Soon after he left Roxbury, going to New Hampshire, but the cli- mate was so severe that he was forced to bring his family back and settle in Rhode Island instead. He was one of the signers of the Portsmouth Compact, March 7, 1638, and when the govern- ment was organized in 1639 Coddington was made Governor and Philip Shear- man Secretary. His name appears on the first purchase deeds of the Colony.
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It is quite impossible to give anything like an adequate account of this active and useful life in a couple of columns, so I must refer the reader to more extended works and to the colonial records of R. I.
His death occurred in the winter of 1687, and his will (proved March 22) was as follows:
"Executor, son Samuel. To wife Sarah use of fire-room in west end of dwelling-house, a bed, and maintenance by son Samuel, in raiment and necessa- ries and to her ten good ewe sheep. . . . To eldest son Eber, ten acres in Ports- mouth. . . .To son Samuel rest of farm and my now dwelling house. . . .and all moveable goods except two great chests with lock and key each.... To son Samson a white-faced mare with her foal and those four Indians which we
jointly bought To daughters Sarah,
Mary and Philip ten ewe sheep each, etc., etc."
To son Edmond is given Benj. Chase's son till of age.
CHILDREN.
2Eber, — b. 1634. m. Mary . d. 1706.
2Sarah, — b. 1636. m. Thomas Mumford. 2Peleg — b. 1638. m. Elizabeth Lawton,
July 25, 1657. d. 1719. 2 Mary, — b. 1639. d. young. 2Edmond,— b. 1641. m. Dorcas . d.
1719. 2 Samson, — Vide the following. 2William, — b. 1643. d. young. 2John, — b. 1644. m. Sarah Spooner. d.
April 16, 1734. 2 Mary,— b. May, 1645. m- Samuel
Wilbur. 2 Hannah,— b. 1647. ™- 2 William Chase. 2Samuel,— b. 1648. m. Martha Tripp,
Feb. 23, 1681. d. Oct. 9, 1717.
2 Benjamin, — b. 1650. m. Hannah Mow- ry, Dec. 3, 1674. d. Sept. 24, 1719.
2Phillippe, — b. Oct. 1, 1650. Vide Chase.
SHEARMAN— 2Samson.
b. 1642.
m. March 4, 1675, to 2 Isabel, daugh- ter of ]John Tripp and 2Mary Paine (she b. 1651. d. 1716).
d. 1718.
Samson Shearman inherited much of his father's energy, and also his worldly success in life. His will, proved July 4, 1718, speaks of his possessions thus:
"To daughter Sarah Chase, a great brass kettle and ,£10 to be paid by my son Philip. To son Philip all land in Westerly and Dartmouth. To daughter Alice Tibbotts, a great iron pot and ^10 to be paid by son Abiel. To son Abiel land in Kingston which he is now in possession of, a gun or musket as he chooses, a silver spoon, great Bible, whip-saw, and negro boy Tommy.... To three daughters, equaly divided, a riding horse, two good cows, twenty sheep and rest of house-hold goods."
5Jacob Hathaway was the great- grandson of 2Samson Shearman, and also of the latter's sister 2Philis, who married 2 Benjamin Chase.
children.
3 Philip, — b. Jan. 16, 1676.
sSarah, — b. Sept. 24, 1677. m. — Chase.
"Alice,— b. Jan. 12, 1680. m. James Strange (vide same), m. 2nd, George Tibbotts, by whom she had Alice, b. July 27, 1720.
3 Abiel— b. Oct. 15, 1684.
3Isabel — b. 1686.
3Job— b. Nov. 8, 1687.
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SHEFFIELD— 2 Ichabod.
Sheffield. 2 Ichabod — zAmos.
b. 1626.
m. 2Mary, daughter of 1 George and Frances Parker, 1660.
d. Feb. 4, 1712. (Of Portsmouth and Newport, R. I.)
The name of Sheffield is one which, in old England, was and is now com- mon to all classes. The town of course gave it to numbers of the lowest ranks in life, and it is not surprising that we find Sheffields among the earliest comers to America.
There was a Joseph Sheffield who was prominent in Portsmouth about 1643. The subject of this sketch is believed to have been his son. There can be very little doubt on the subject. The son never became very well known to history. He was taxed 5s. 6d. in 1680 and in 1690 was Deputy. He lived to be nearly ninety -years of age and was buried in the Clifton Burying Grounds.
CHILDREN.
3 Joseph, — b. Aug. 22, 1661. m. Mary Sheriff Feb. 12, 1685. d. 1706.
3 Mary,— b. April 30, 1664.
3 Nathaniel,— b. April 18, 1667. m. Mary m. 2nd, Mrs. 3Catharine (Clarke) Gould, daughter of Gov. 'Clarke, d, Nov. 12, 1729.
3 Ichabod, — b. March 6, I670. m. Eliza- beth Manchester 1694. d. 1739.
8Amos, — Vide below.
SHEFFIELD— 3Amos (Captain).
b. June 25, 1673.
m. 3Anne, daughter of 2John Pearce and 2Mary Tallman, March 5, 1696 (sheb. Feb. 14, 1674. d. Nov. 27, 1760). m. 2nd, Sarah Davis, Dec. 22, 1708.
d. 1710. (Of Tiverton, R. I.)
3Amos Sheffield was a blacksmith by trade, and a man of education in a cer- tain degree. He was captain in the local militia at Tiverton, where he had been one of the first settlers.
His first wife died in 1706 when his youngest child, 4Ruth was not two years old. In 1708 he married again but seems to have soon fallen into a state of declining health, for he made his will without mentioning his son by his last wife, which shows conclusively that he was expecting death before that child was born. The will is not drawn up in ordinary terms but shows a careful fore- thought for the immediate future of his four children, such as a dying man would make.
He gave his son, John, his dwelling house, certain lands, black mare and colt and Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews. The daughter received other lands, and the children and their property were lefttothe guardianship of their mother's parents.
The estate inventoried ,£474, and among the personal property we find mention of three spinning wheels, sword and belt, great Bible and small Bible, etc., etc.
B. P. Richmond was descended from Amos Sheffield thus:
3Amos Sheffield.
4 Ruth, m. 4Benj. Weaver.
5 Samuel Weaver.
6 Sheffield Weaver.
7 Mary, m. 6B. Richmond.
7B. P. Richmond.
CHILDREN.
4Susanna— b. Oct 11, 1697.
4John, — b. Jen. 8, 1699. m. Martha Taber
1722. 4Mary— b. April 2, 1701. 4 Ruth, — Vide next page. 4 Aaron,— b. Dec. 8, 1709.
Sheffield. iRuth.
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SHEFFIELD— Ruth.
b. Jan. ioth, 1704, at 1 p. m.
m. 4Benjamin Weaver, April nth,
I723-
(Of Tiverton, Freetown and Somerset.)
Ruth Sheffield was motherless before she was three years old, and an orphan at six.
Her father's will makes mention of her thus: (April 17th, 1807.)
"I give and bequeath to my three Daughters Susana, Mary and Ruth Shef- field, all that my six score acre lott it being in number the seventh lott in the second Division of Pocasset Purchase.
"To have and to hold to them their heirs and assigns to be Eaqually Divided betwixt them their parts to be severaly at their Dispose when they shall ar- rive to Eighteen years of age or Mar- riage
"I give and bequeath to my Daughter Ruth one feather bed and Bolster and two pair of sheets and two Parts of Blankets and a Coverlid with a small chest and a box which is made of Oake and a wooden wheel and a book entitled the holy war by her to be Possessed and Enjoyed at Eighteen years of age of Marriage afores'd
"And likewise my three Daughters above named to be put out severaly as they arrive to sixteen years of age to Learn the Trade of a Taylor."
This will was proved Sept. 7th, 1710. One of its provisions was that the child- ren should be brought up by their grand- parents, John and Mary Pearce, (Vide Pearce) who thus in their last years were endowed with a nice little family of
four children, ranging in age from six to thirteen.
We may suppose that at sixteen Ruth went to learn the "Trade of a Taylor," and left it three years later to marry.
Then we lose sight of her again until another will (that of her husband) men- tions her thus, 1774:
"I give and bequeath to Ruth my well beloved wife the income and improve- ment of all my homestead farm, with all the buildings thereon during her
widow-hood but no longer I also
give to Ruth my wife what firewood she shall have occation for her own use. . . . .... I give unto my beloved wife my side saddle, bridle, pillion and all my pro- vision and provender that I shall have by me at my decease all the gifts and bequeasts herein given to Ruth my be- loved wife is in lieu of her thirds or dowry
"All the rest and residue of my estate not before given away.... I give unto my beloved wife Ruth Weaver the bet- ter to enable her to pay my just debts and legacies whom I make constitute ordain and appoint with my loving son in law 5Johnathan Reed my whole and sole Executor and Executrix "
Ruth Sheffield Weaver is the ances- tress of two lines, thus: 5Samuel Weaver. 'Eunice (Reade). 6Sheffield Weaver. 6 Hannah(Whitwell) 7 Mary (Richmond). 3FurmanWhitwell. 7Bradf'd Richmond. *Anne (Whitwell).
8 Anna Richmond Warner.
"Anna Warner French.
5Charles E. French.
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Slecht.
1 Cornells — ^Jacomyntje.
SLECHT (SLEGT),— Cornelis Ba- rentson.
m. Tryntje Tysse Boz.
Cornelis Barents Slegt was a native of Woerden in South Holland, eighteen miles from Leyden. In that place he had two daughters born, — and possibly other children also. The daughters are all that we know of. I have not been able to ascertain when their father emigrated, but in 1663 he was settled in Kingston, for his eldest daughter was married on the twenty-ninth day of that April to Cornelis Barents Kunst. We are interested in her as the ancestress to all the Eltings in America. Her husband died in the first years of their married life, and his widow wedded Gerrit Foeken at Kingston, Oct. 27, 1668. She had four daughters by these two men, but it's beyond me to assort them properly. The early Dutch named their sons and daughters with the same naive mixture of surnames and Christian names that the Swedes and Danes of the present day delight in. I have studied the problem of these four daughters until I have decided that Tryntje was the daughter of Gerrit Foeken, who had been previ- ously married and had Gerritse, her half-sister. These half-sisters married
two brothers, 2Solomon and 2Jacob du Bois, whose lives may be referred to.
Gerrit Foeken dying, the widow made a third marriage (about 1675) with aJan Elting, then a man over forty years of age. About the same time her sister Petronella married Jochem Hendrik Schoonmaker (Aug. 1, 1679).
CHILDREN OF 2JACOMYNTJE (SLECHT) ELTING.
3Hilletje— b.
m. Gerrit Wyncoop
and removed to Philadelphia.
3Jannetjc, — b. . m. Cornelius New-
kerk, of Hurley. 3Jacomyntje, — b. . m. Henry Pawl- ing, of Philadelphia. 3Tryntje, — b. — . m. Solomon du
Bois. Vide Du Bois. 2Roeloff,- ~1 2Cornelis, —
2William — - Vide Elting, 'Jan. 2Aaltje — 2Geertje, —
Through her daughter 'Tryntje, 2Jacomyntje became ancestress to the Elting family a second time. Tryntje married Solomon du Bois and had a daughter named Magdallena. This daughter married Josiah Elting. A strange error has arisen which gives Magdallena a generation further re- moved. It is without foundation.
Stow. 1 John — 2 Samuel.
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STOW— iJohn.
b. in Kent about 1590-95.
m. Elizabeth Biggs (she d. 1638).
d. Oct. 26, 1643. (Of Kent, and Roxbury, Mass.)
Gov. Winthrop, in his interesting diary of Puritan days and ways, men- tions how, in 1634, there were six ships arrived during the week of the sitting of the General Council in May.
In one of these ships came John Stow, a Kentish man, and his wife and six children. We suppose him to have been middle-aged as his youngest daughter was married five years later. We know he must have been a man of education and property as his son Sam- uel was one of the first of Harvard stu- dents. In 1639 John Stow was Repre- sentative to two Courts. Four years later he died — not yet old.
CHILDREN.
'-Thomas, — m. Mary Griggs, Dec. 4,
1639. d. 1684. 2 Elizabeth, — m. Henry Archer, Dec. 4,
1639. 2 John, —
2Nathaniel, — m. Elizabeth. 2 Samuel, — Vide following. ^Thankful, — m. John Peirpont, Dec. 4,
1639.
STOW— 2Samuel.
b. in Kent about 1622.
m. 2Hope, daughter of 1William Fletcher of Chelmsford, Conn.
d. 1704. (Roxbury, Mass., and Middletown,
Conn.)
Samuel Stow was a boy twelve years old when his parents brought him to America in 1634.
In his twentieth year he entered Har- vard College and was one of a class of seven to graduate in 1645. He then entered the ministry, going in '53 to Middletown, where he was the first and only officiating clergyman for fifteen years.
Then dissensions arose in the church and Mr. Stow severed his connection with it. There was a perpetual diffi- culty in New England over the precise religious basis on which it stood. It was almost impossible for a minister and people to develop at just the same rate of speed, and whichever was most advanced or most conservative there was sure to be trouble. The Puritans had passed the point at which men can be coerced into a belief — but they had not come within sight of tljat other standing point which will not permit coercion of others.
Mr. Stow removed to Simsbury for a while, and then filled various pulpits during absence of the regular incum- bents. But finally he retired wholly from the ministry and, returning to Middletown, spent the remainder of his life there, well liked and respected.
Mr. Stow's daughter Dorothy married 2Jonathan Gilbert, Jr., and became the grandmother of * Eunice Gilbert Gay- lord. Vide 4 Gilbert, and 5 Warner.
CHILDREN.
3John, — b. at Charleston, Mass., June 16, 1650. m. Esther (Cornwell) Wil- cox, 1678. d. June 30, 1732.
3Ichabod, — b. at Middletown, Feb. 20, 1653. m. Mary Atwater, Oct. 22, 1688. d. Jan. 25, 1695.
3 Hope, — b. Feb. 4, 1657. m. Abraham Smith, Feb. 15, 1678. d. Nov. 17, 1678.
3 Dorothy, — Vide 2 Jonathan Gilbert.
3Elizabeth, — b. Aug. I, 1662. m. May- bee Barnes, 1691.
3Thankful — b. May 5, 1664. m. Wm. Trowbridge.
3 Rachel, — b. March 1 3, 1667. m. Israriah Wetmore.
3 Margaret, — m. Beriah Wetmore.
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Tallman.
1 Peter— * Mary.
TALLMAN— ! Peter.
b.
m. Ann .
m. 2nd, Joan Briggs, 1665 (she d. 1685).
m. 3rd, Esther 1686.
d. 1708. (Of Newport and Portsmouth, R. I.)
PeterTallman was of Newport in 1655. Three years later he bought fifteen acres of land in Portsmouth and removed there, having the honor to be General Commissioner of Rhode Island.
In 1665 the Assembly granted him a divorce from his wife — the mother of his five children who were all between three and fourteen years of age.
I do not know what became of Mrs. Tallman. Her husband went to Taun- ton and married another wife just about as soon as he could arrange a contract with her regarding his own property. The second wife gave birth to eight children and died when the youngest was a year old.
The year following the widower mar- ried again, and this last wife survived him. His youngest son, Samuel, was his only child by her.
Peter Tallman was one of the Ports- mouth Jury who brought in the verdict on the man found hanging on a tree, — "That we do not find but that the said man said to be named John Craggs was absolutely the only actor of his own death."
Although he seems to have been re- spected and honored by his fellow towns- people yet this man's life does not im- press me agreeably. I feel sorry for his wives, and am certain that their husband was lacking someway or the names of some of his children would not be for- gotten, and their births unregistered.
'Bradford Richmond and his wife Anna Whitwell were each descended from Peter Tallman through his daugh- ter Mary Pearce's two daughters. Vide Pearce for tables of descent.
3 George Reade French was also a descendant of the same man, thus: Peter Tallman d. 1708.
2 Mary m. 2John Pearce.
3 Mary m. 3John Reade.
4Joseph.
sJoseph.
6Sarah m 2 Enoch French.
3 George R. French.
4Charles E. French.
5Charles French, Jr.
CHILDREN.
2 Mary, — m. 2 John Pearce. Vide same.
d. 1720. 2 Elizabeth, — m. Isaac Lawton March 3,
1674. d. May 20, 1701. 2 Peter,— b. March 22, 1658. m. Mrs. Ann
(Wright) Walstone Nov. 7, 1683. d.
July 6, 1726. 2Ann, — m. Stephen Brayton March 8,
1679. x2 Joseph.
2Susanna, — m. Beckitt.
2 , — m. William Wilbur, d. 1732.
2 Jonathan, — m. Sarah . d. 1762.
2James, — m. Mrs. Mary Davol Mar. 18,
1689. m. 2nd, Hannah Swain, Sept. 14,
1701. d. 1724.
2 — m. 2Wm. Potter.
'John, — . Mary . d. 1709.
2 , — m. Israel Shaw 1689.
2 Benjamin, — b. Jan. 28, 1684. m. Patience
DurfeeSept.23, 1708. m. 2nd, Deborah
Cook, June 7, 1724. d. May 20, 1759. '^Samuel— b. Jan. 14, 1688.
Theall — Tripp.
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THEALL,—1 Nicholas.
m. Elizabeth
(she d. 1660).
d. Aug. 19, 1658. (Of Watertown, Mass., and Stamford,
Conn.)
Nicholas Theall appears to have emigrated about 1638. He removed to Connecticut about 1645, and located at Stamford. His widow married Thomas Ufford, and died Dec. 27, 1660.
CHILDREN.
2Joseph, — Vide the following. 2Elizabeth, — b. June 5, 1643. m. William Radcliffe.
THEALL— 2Joseph (Captain). b. Oct. 24, 1640.
m.
(Of Stamford, Bedford, N. Y., and Rye.) Joseph Theall was Representative 1671-75-76-77. He held considerable property in Stamford, but in 1682 we find him "chiefe millitary officer of the Train band" of Bedford. In 1690 he was at Rye, where he was justice of the peace in 1694. He had at least one son, 3Ebenezer.
THEALL— 3Ebenezer.
(Of Rye.)
In 1737, Ebenezer Theall gave his farm of 170 acres on "Budd's Neck" to his son 4Charles. He had other child- ren, 4Hachaliah, 4Joseph, 4 Abraham and 4 Hannah.
THEALL,— "Charles (Major).
(Of Rye.)
children. 6 Gilbert — 5Thomas, — 5Joseph, —
5 Margaret, — m. 4 Isaac Fowler. Vide Fowler.
Cursory as this sketch of the Theall family is, it is absolutely all I have been able to discover regarding the family.
TRIPP- iJOHN.
b. 1610.
m. 2 Mary, daughter of 1 Anthony Paine, about 1639. Vide 2Mary Paine.
d. 1678. (Of Aquidneck and Portsmouth.)
April 30, 1639, John Tripp was one of the signers of the famous compact of Portsmouth. Of his family nothing is known save that he was a nephew of Robert Potter. By trade he was a carpenter.
In 1655, he deeded certain property bought of 1John Alden to his son Peleg, and, in 1671, certain similar property to his son Joseph.
By the terms of his will his eldest son John received decidedly the lion's share.
children.
2John, — b. 1640. m. Susan Anthony, Sept. 7, 1665. d. Nov. 20, 1719.
2 Peleg, — b. 1642. m. Ann Sisson. d. Jan. 13, 1714.
2Joseph, — b. 1644. m. Mehitabel Fish, Aug. 6, 1667. d. Nov. 27, 1 718.
2 Mary, — b. 1646. m. Gershom Wodell. m. 2nd, Jonathan Gatchell. d. 1716.
2Elizabeth, — b. 1648. m. Zuriel Hall, d. 1701.
2 Alice,— b. 1650. m. Wm. Hall, 1671. *
* Isabel, — b. 165 1. m. 2 Samson Shear- man, 1675. Vide Shearman.
2Abiel, — b. 1653. m. Deliverance Hall, Jan. 30, 1677. d. Sept. 10, 1684.
2James, — b. 1656. m. three times, d. 1730.
2 Martha,— b. 1658. m. 2Samuel Shear- man, 1681. d. 1717.
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Warner.
John — ^Andrew — 2 Andrew — ^Jolin.
WARNER— i Andrew.
b. in Hatfield, Hertford, 1595.
m. .
m. 2nd, Esther, widow of Thomas Selden (she d. 1693).
d. Dec. 18, 1684. (Of Cambridge, Hartford, and Hadley.)
Andrew Warner was the son of John Warner, yeoman, of Hatfield. He emi- grated with his family in 1630, made a short stay in Boston, was in Cambridge in 1632, and a little later became one of the earliest settlers of Hartford, where he was a deacon in the church of the Rev. Mr. Hooker.
In connection with the weir of John Clark on the Mennietonies River near Newton we find the following:
'April 4, 1636. Andrew Warner and Joseph Cooke to make a rate for the division of the ale-wives.
Agreed with An-
"April 23, 1636.
drew Warner to fetch home the ale- wives from the Weir; and he is to have xvi d. a thousand, and load them him- self for carriage; and to have power to take any man to help him, he paying him for his work."
In 1659, he removed to Hadley, where he met and married his second wife, and died.
CHILDREN.
2 Andrew, — Vide the following.
2 Robert, — m. 1st, Elizabeth Grant, m.
2nd, Deliverance Bissell. d. 1690. 'Jacob, — d. Sept. 29, 171 1. 2 Daniel, — d. April 30, 1692. 2 Isaac, — m. Sarah Boltwood, May 31,
1666. d. in Dcerfield, 1691. 2Ruth,— m. - - Pratt. 2 Mary,— m. 1st, John Steele, m. 2nd,
Wm. Hills. 'John, —
WARNER— « Andrew.
b. in Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
m. Rebecca, daughter of John
Fletcher and Mary Ward, 1653 (she
was born about 1638. d. Jan., 1 7 1 5 ) . d. Jan. 26, 1681.
(Of Cambridge, Hadley, and Middle- town.) In the tax list of the latter place for
1670, Andrew Warner is rated at ,£84.
His widow married Jeremiah Adams of
Hartford.
CHILDREN.
3Samuel, — b. Aug., 1659.
3Abigail, — b. 1660.
■'Andrew, — b. March, 1662. d. April 9,
1676. 3Mary,— b. April, 1664. 3John, — b. Sept., 1667. 3 Hannah, — b. Nov. 15, 1668. d. Jan. 6,
1730- 3John, — Vide the following. 3Joseph, — b. Feb. 20, 1672. 3Rebecca, — b. July 11, 1675.
WARNER— 3Joiin (Capt.).
b. April 8, 1671.
m. 2Ann, daughter of 'William and Sarah Ward, Dec. 14, 1699 (she was born March 20, 1670. d. March 8, 1737).
d. Aug. 5, 1743. (Of Middletown, Conn.)
John Warner was a captain in the militia and a weaver by trade.
There is but little doubt that his wife was the daughter of that William, who was son of the widow Joyce Ward and brother to John Fletcher's wife. The New England Genealogical Register
If it were not distinctly stated that the elder Andrew Warner emigrated with his family , I should believe 'Andrew to have been American born, and place the date about 1634.
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4 Joh n — ■' Hezekiah .
has caused untold difficulty by revers- ing a 9 and giving John Warner's mar- riage in 1669. I wish the correction could be righted as publicly as Savage has "wronged" it in his invaluable Dic- tionary.
CHILDREN.
4 Ann, — b. June 9. d. June 19, 1702.
4 Abigail, — b. Nov. 18, 1704.
4 John, — b. March 31, 1706-7. Vide next.
4Jabez, — b. March 30, 1710. (Jabez Warner lived in Middletown and had in his possession an old account book giving the name of Andrew Warner's father as John.)
4 Andrew,— b. Sept. 14, 1713.
4Ann, — b. April 12, 1716.
4Mary — b.Nov. 14, 1720.
WARNER— 4John.
b. March 31, 1 706-7.
m. Mary Wilcox.
d. Feb. 12, 1 761. (Of Middletown, Conn.)
The Warner genealogy was given me on such authority as that of Frank Starr, the well-known Connecticut gen- ealogist. I was searching for a father for Hezekiah Warner and Mr. Starr assured me that he was the eldest child of John Warner and Mary Wilcox.
WARNER— « Hezekiah.
b. Dec. 24, 1736.
m. Lois Penfield, Feb. 8, 1859.
d. Sept. 25, 1773. (Of Middletown, Conn.)
In looking over the obituary of a fourth cousin on my father's side, I read that
she was a descendant of Seth Warner. Anything in print always appears so indisputable to me that I only thought of looking up -the intervening connec- tions without ever questioning the main fact. I hunted up Seth Warner's pension record, his wife's name, and found he left three children whose ages were near that of my great-grandfather. My fa- ther had a cousin named Seth, presum- ably after the hero of Crown Point, and all the other circumstantial evidence was very beautiful. Then I wrote to a great-aunt to know what the names of the other children were and she prompt- ly answered that Ebenezer Warner's father was named Hezekiah, that his wife was a widow at the time of the war, etc., etc. She sent me his Concordance with the full name, that being the only one of his possessions which descended to his son.
I have given this experience in full as an example of the folly of always claiming descent from the most illus- trious person of the name. It is so com- mon a failing and so wide-spread that almost eveiy genealogy begins with a dozen or so examples of it. They are all of a piece with the Gilbert who claimed descent from Thomas a Beckett because of the Moorish lady who wander- ed through London crying "Gilbert, Gilbert," in the old story.
Hezekiah Warner was a farmer like his son, presumably; and had four sons and four daughters. The daughters' names are unknown, but the sons were 6 John, 6Junia, "Hezekiah, and "Eben- ezer.
Research in the Penfield family would probably discover the source of the strange name Junia for a man.
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WARNER,— 6Ebenezer.
Warner. s Ebenezer.
b. July 4, 176S.
m. Molly, daughter of Eleazer Gay- lord and 4Eunice Gilbert, Jan. 5, 1790 (she was born . d. July 8, 1804).
m. 2nd, Catharine Dennison, Nov. 8, 1804 (she d. Sept. 29, 1849).
d. Feb. 15, 1849. (Of Middletown, Conn., and Skanea-
teles, N. Y.)
Mrs. Vine Starr Warner, of Skane- ateles, has in her possession a large number of letters written by different members of his family to Ebenezer Warner. One, from a brother-in-law, condoles with him on losing so good a wife, and winds up with the naive ques- tion, "Are you settled yet with Miss Dennison?" Mrs. Warner also has the Concordance which was the only me- mento Deacon Warner had of his father. Across the back runs the large, bold signature, "Hezekiah Warner," and on a leaf is the sad inscription, "Minerva Warner, my first born died A. D. November 5, 181 1, in the twentieth year of her age." This is in Ebenezer Warner's handwriting.
As regards the personality of my great-grandfather, I will give in full a letter from Mr. Seth W. Houghton, of Winchester, Tenn., which he kindly wrote in answer to my questions.
"My information is mostly from my mother, who was a favorite sister of your grandfather's" (Eben Warner). "She told me that she was born in Mid- dletown, Conn., and I suppose that Uncle Eben was born there too. I know nothing of the first wife, as when I first knew grandfather he was living with his second wife and grown children near Skaneateles, N. Y.
"Of grandfather and Uncle Eben I
can speak, as I saw them often since 1830. I lived with grandfather and went to school in Skaneateles. Grand- father was a man of but few words, inflexible in his purpose without being harsh. Strictly honorable in all his dealings with his fellow men, Puritanical in his religion, Saturday at sundown all secular matters were suspended until Sunday at sundown. During that time all had to read the Bible or study their Sunday School lessons, and all had to load into the farm wagon Sunday morn- ing and go to church, — rain or snow, — hot or cold. Family prayers were as certain as the day came. To me they were an awful nuisance, as they were always long, and I generally got very hungry. Although he was a perfect autocrat he was kind to all who tried to do right, but woe to him who stepped aside! I loved him though he kept me as straight as a shingle. He was known to everybody as 'that good old Deacon Warner," and was a thrifty, intelligent farmer. I have heard mother speak of Uncle Eben. She said after he had aspirations above driving oxen he spoke to grandfather of wishing to study a profession. Upon which grand- father objected and told him to go and hang the scythe and cut the meadow. Uncle Eben hung the scythe on an apple tree, packed his grip, and went to Skaneateles, where he entered the office of a prominent physician and taught school through the winter to pay expenses. After he completed his studies he went to Western New York-, and practiced his profession with success which made grandfather very proud. lie married Aunt Han- nah" ('-Hannah Fowler) "there. The first time I saw her I thought
Warner. i£6efi— *W. P—9 Richmond.
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her the most beautiful woman I had ever seen."
The writer of the above letter was the son of 7Sallie Warner and Joseph Hough- ton. Vide below.
CHILDREN.
'Minerva, — b. Oct. n, 1792. d. Nov. 5,
1811. 7 Maria, — b. July 17, 1794. m. Ebenezer
D. Roberts April 16, 1813. m. 2nd, Fiske. d. May 23, 1845.
7Junia, — b. July 30, 1796. m. Lucinda
Curtis, March, 1820. d. 1877. 7Sallie, — b. Feb. 25, 1799. m. Joseph
Houghton, April 23, 1818. d. July 27,
1S39. 7Eben, — b. Aug. 24, 1801. Vide follow- ing. 7Eleazer Gaylord, — b. Sept. 8, 1S03. m.
Amelia T. Parsons, Sept. 25, 1827, d.
Oct. 21, 1877. (By second wife.) 7Vine Starr, — b. Sept. 13, 1S05. m.
Clarissa M. Stewart, Jan. 19, 1843. d.
Oct. 30, 1885. 7 John Penfield, — {probably 7iamed for
his grandmother's father) b. Feb. 23,
1809. m. Sarah S. Heydenbergh,
March 27, 1839. 'Fannie, — b. June 5, 181 1. m. Ebenezer
Walker, Feb. 17, 1835. d. March 19,
1867. 'Minerva, — b. May 27, 1814. m. William
E. Hoyt, January 12, 1859.
WARNER— Dr. 'Eben.
b. in Mayfield, N. Y., Aug. 24, 1801.
m. 'Hannah, daughter of 6 David Fowler and "Jemima Elting, July 3, 1830 (she b. Jan. 15, 1809. d. Nov. 28, 1892).
d. Sept. 5, 1852. (Of Skaneateles, Covington and Nunda,
N. Y.)
The story of Dr. Eben Warner's be- ginning in his profession is given in the sketch of his father's life. As a young man he came into Western New York and practiced medicine in Covington,
where he married and resided until about 1844. He then removed to Nunda, Livingston Co., where his death occurred in 1852.
His character seems to have been drawn on much the same line as his fa- ther's, and although he only lived eight years in Nunda he is remembered as pre-eminent in his profession and un- sparing of himself in his ministrations to both high and low.
children.
8Charles, — b. Aug. 30, 1832. m. Esther
Town, June 14, 1854. 8 Elting Fowler, — b. April 6, 1835. m-
Josephine Bourne Thompson, 1864. 8William Penn, — Vide the following. 8George, — b. May 10, 1840. m. Fannie
Estelle, 1866. m. 2nd, Elizabeth Bat-
telle. 8 Mary Cornelia, — b. July 2, 1843. d. Jan.
5, 1847- 8Helen,— b. Oct. 9, 1846. d. Feb. 7,
1865. 8Cornelia H., — b. Oct. 6, 1849. d. Sept.
7- 1851. 8Octavia W., — b. Aug. 3, 1852. d. Nov.
S- 1852.
WARNER— 8W. P.
b. July 5, 1838.
m. 8Anna, daughter of 7 Bradford Richmond and 4Anne Whitwell, June 29, 1865 (she b. Dec. 11, 1842). (Of Nunda, Winchester, Tenn., and St.
Paul, Minn.)
W. P. Warner is a lawyer. Settled in Winchester, Tenn., removed in 1862 to St. Paul, Minn., where he still resides.
CHILDREN.
9Anna Richmond, — b. Oct. 14, 1869.
m. 4Charles E. French, Sept. 12, 1888.
Vide French. 9 Richmond Perez, — b. Aug. 26, i86r>...
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Warren. 1 Richard — a Sarah.
WARREN— Richard.
b. in England about 1580-90.
m. Mrs. Elizabeth (Jouatt) Marsh (she was born 1583. d. Oct. 2, 1673).
d. 1628. (Of Greenwich, Kent; Leyden; and
Plymouth, New England.)
Richard Warren was a merchant of Greenwich, where he had married a widow, presumably older than himself, as the marriage dates of his daughters cause us to place his own marriage about 1609 or 1610, at which date Mistress Marsh was in the neighborhood of twenty-eight. That he was a gentle- man born is proven by the affix "Mr." which Bradford in his account of the Mayflower compact appends to his name.
Of his persecutions we know naught, or of when he settled in Holland, but in 1620 he became one of the famous hundred to cast his lot in the New Plymouth, leaving his wife and five little daughters behind in Holland. He was one of the seventeen to choose the site of the colony, as can be read in the account of the coming of the Mayflower, and Bradford speaks of him as an intelligent and highly useful member of the little community.
Elizabeth Warren and her children came in the third ship (1623), and it was probably in connection with their coming that the father and husband had a separate lot of land on the Eel River assigned to him. This farm remained in the possession of his descendants up to within a very few years.
Richard Warren died in 162S. His widow survived him forty-five years, dying Oct. 2, 1673.
CHILDREN.
Mary,— m. Robert Bartlett, 162S. He came over in the "Ann" with herself and mother in 1623 (July), m. 2nd, Thomas Delano, d. Oct. 24, 1699.
Ann, — m. Thomas Little, April 19, 1633.
Sarah, — m. 2John Cooke, March 28, 1634. Vide Cooke. ^Elizabeth, — m. Richard Church, 1636. Became the mother of Capt. Benjamin Church, the noted Indian fighter in King Philip's War. Vide a Edward Richmond, d. at Hingham, March 4, 1670.
Abigail, — m. Anthony Snow, 1639.
Nathaniel, — b. after 1623. m. Phebe Murdock. d. 1707.
Joseph, — b. between 1623 and 1628. m., in 1651, Priscilla, sister of the elder Thomas Faunce. d. 1689.
The pedigree of Richard Warren has been traced thus by some of his descendants. He was son of 19 Christopher, and Alice Webb, son of 18 William, and Ann Mable, son of 1 'Christopher, son of J "John, son of 15John, who died 1525, son of 14William, d. 1496, son of 13Lawrence, and Isabel Leigh, son of 12John, and Isabel Stan- ley, son of ' 1 Lawrence, and Margery Bulkely, son of 10John, and Agnes Wynnington, son of " Edward, and Cicely Eaton, son of 8 Edward, and Maude de Skcyton, son of 7John, and Joan de Port, son of "John, and Alice de Townsend, son of "'William, and Isabel de Hayden, son of 'Reginald, and Adela de Mowbray, sun of 'Wil- liam de Warrenne, second carl, son of -William, first earl, and Gundreda, whose parentage is too well-known to need comment.
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WARD— !Joyce.
(Of Clipsham Co., Rutland, England.) The "Widow Joyce Ward" became a reality only through her will, proved in 1641, and naming her son-in-law, John Fletcher, executor.
CHILDREN.
2 Edward, — remained in England. 2 Anthony, — believed to have emigrated. 2William, — believed to be the follow- ing. 2 Robert,— 2John — 2 Mary, — m. John Fletcher. Vide same.
WARD— 2William.
m. Sarah (she d. 1659). m. 2nd,
Phcebe (she d. Sept. 1, 1691).
d. March 28, 1690. (Of Middletown.)
William Ward is believed to have been the son of the Widow Joyce Ward, but there is no certainty. His daughter Ann is also believed to be the Ann Ward who married 8John Warner. I apologize for the dubiousness of the family and pass over my own reasons for having little doubt of either connec- tion being real.
CHILDREN.
3William, — b. and d. 1659.
(By second wife.)
3Thomas, — b. Feb. 7, 1661. m. Hannah
Tappen, 1683. d. 1728. 3 Phoebe, — b. April 17, 1663. 3William, — b. Aug. 2, 1665. 3Sarah, — b. Dec. 18, 1667.
3Ann, — b. March 20, 1670. Vide Warner. 3Dorothy— b. March 5, 1672. 3Susanna, — b. June 6, 1674. 3John— b. May 12, 1678.
WEAVER— J Clement.
I ** A
b. about 1585.
m. 2Mary, daughter of 1 William and Mary Freeborne (she was born 1627).
d. 1683. (Of Newport, R. I.)
There was a Clement Weaver in Massa- chusetts in 1640 who was fined for misbehavior. Savage regards him as the possible father of this sketch, but Austin in his admirable work on the old families of Rhode Island proves him to be identical with the Rhode Island Clem- ent, who, in 1655, was recorded freeman of Newport. He was juryman once and deputy once. In 1680 he deeded his eldest son 90 acres in West Greenwich to revert to his grandson William in the event of the death of Clement, Jr.
Under the date of Oct. 20, 1683, Samuel Hubbard of Newport wrote to a friend "Old Weaver is dead, near a hundred years old," and his will was proved the next month. It caused some litigation as being signed by only two witnesses, the law requiring three.
CHILDREN.
^Elizabeth, — m. Thomas Dungan, son of Frances Latham Dungan Clarke.
?? Clement, — m. 1st, . m. 2nd, Rachel
Andrew, Sept. 26, 1677. d. 1691.
^William —
9John, — m. Catharine •.
^Thomas, — Vide following page.
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Weaver.
2 Thomas — % Thomas.
WEAVER,— "Thomas.
b. in Newport.
m. Mary about 1674.
d. 1753. (Of Newport and Middletown, R. I.)
Thomas Weaver was probably born about 1655, for he was too young to witness a deed in 1664. In 1682, he had a grant of 100 acres in East Greenwich from his brother-in-law, Thomas Dun- gan. In 1699, he deeded 100 acres (probably the same) in East Greenwich to George Foster, his wife signing with him. From other dates I should judge the marriage to have taken place about 1674, but all the early records of the Weaver family are very imperfect, to say the least, — although if we compare them with those of the generations of to-day they would take precedence. Family records seem to have gone out of style with family Bibles.
Thomas Weaver's will was proved in 1753. He must have lived like his father, to be nearly a hundred years of age. He made his son Thomas execu- tor and left him the homestead farm and buildings. To Clement he left the land "where he liveth," and to Benja- min "certain land in Middletown and buildings where he liveth." John re- ceived 50s., and Mary (Weaver) Foster,
The estate inventoried at ,£401, of which the wearing apparel was ^100.
CHILDREN.
3Thomas, — b. about 1674-5. Vide fol- lowing paragraph.
3Clement, — b. about 1677. m. Mary (Parker) Freeborn, d. 171 1.
3 Mary, — b. about 1679. m. George Foster about 1799.
3Benjamin, — b. about 1681. m. Han- nah, d. 1754. —" /~
3 Elizabeth, — d. unmarried, 175 1.
3Comfort, — d. unmarried, 1752.
3 John, — m. Alice Berry, March 15th, 1710.
WEAVER— 3Thomas.
b. about 1664-5. m. Mary, about 1693. (Of Newport, R. I.)
CHILDREN.
4John, — b. Aug. 5, 1694.
4 Mary— b. July 7, 1697.
4 Hannah, — b. 1700.
4Benjamin, — Vide following page.
4 Martha,— b. 1704.
4Peleg— b. 1706.
4Joseph, — b. 1708.
4 Jonathan, — b. 171 1.
4 Patience,— b. Aug. 4, 17 16.
4 Mary, — b. Feb. 23, 1721.
4Thomas— b. July 6, 1713..1
I find absolutely nothing regarding 3Thomas Weaver except that he was recorded freeman in 171 3.
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'■Benjamin.
WEAVER,— ^Benjamin.
b. 1702.
m. 4Ruth, daughter of 3Amos Shef- field and 3Anne Pearce, Apr. nth, 1723. Vide Ruth Sheffield.
d. Feb., 1775. (Of Freetown, Mass.)
Benjamin Weaver makes his first ap- pearance— historically speaking — when he marries. His wife was the daughter of Capt. Amos Sheffield, of Tiverton, R. I., and under her maiden name I have given a few facts regarding her life. The record of their marriage can be read to- day in the old town book of Tiverton.
After that interesting event Benjamin Weaver again retired into obscurity and remained there for ten years, until at the end of that time we find it recorded that "Benjamin Weaver, then of Swansea, and mariner, for the sum of ^300 bought of Stephen Bowen twelve acres of land bounded on Taunton River, and a cove, and to run to a rock by the grist-mill dam". The deed was dated March 31st, 1733, and the land was situated in the "Showamet Purchase", which was in- corporated in 1790 and called "Somer- set". In 1745, "Benjamin Weaver, mari- ner," made a second purchase of land near by, — fifty-two acres, for which he paid ;£i 100.16 to Benjamin Kinsley. There was a grist-mill on the land which accounts for the price of it. Decem-
ber 13th, 1756, he made a third purchase, thus giving himself a farm of nearly eighty acres in Somerset. Besides this he owned land in Freetown through his wife's inheritance.
Benjamin Weaver lived on his farm in Somerset until his death. His will may be read in Peirce's "Biographical and Genealogical Contributions", but it is too lengthy to give here. I have noticed certain of its provisions in the lives of the widow and the son Samuel. One of the last items is as follows: "My will is that my Executor and Executrix hereinafter named shall sell that piece of land I bought of Samuel Slade and with the money arising there-by to pay my just debts and charges."
The will was signed Nov. 19th, 1774. The inventory taken Feb. 25th, 1775, showed property amounting to ^1297.
CHILDREN.
5Benjamin, — b. 172-. m. Joanna Barnaby, Nov. 4th, 1753. Drowned, 1756.
5 Samuel, — Vide following page.
s Parker— b. . m. Mary . Re- moved to Leicester, Mass.
5Anna, — b. . m. David Evans, Jr.,
Nov. 27, 1745. d. .
5 Ruth, — b. . m. Stoughton Potter,
March 8th, 1752. d. .
5 Eunice, — b. . m. 5Johnathan
Reade. Vide same.
5 Elizabeth, — b. . m. Look. d.
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WEAVER,— Samuel.
Weaver. 5 Samuel — 6 Sheffield.
m. 3Wait, daughter of 4Oliver Read and 3 Martha Durfee, Jan. 9, 1761 (she was b. Dec. 6, 1739. d. ).
d. .
(Of Somerset.)
Samuel Weaver is mentioned as fol- lows in his father's will:
"I give and devife unto my son Sam- uel, in addition to five hundred dollars I have here-to-fore given and paid for him, viz., The northerly part of my home- stead farm bounded as follows, Begin- ning at a tree by a highway where-on a gate now hangs from thence Easterly in range of the stone wall as it now stands until it comes to the fourth corner of my rye field and from faid corner on a straight line to the south-west corner of the meadow adjoining to Peter Weaver's land and from said corner in range of the wall as it now stands easterly to the brook and from the south-east corner of faid meadow on a straight line to Taun- ton great river and to be as wide at faid river as at aforefaid brook. . . .
"I alfo give unto my faid fon Samuel my gun, fword, and faddle."
CHILDREN.
"Nathan, — b. 1762. m. 1st, . m. 2nd,
Olive Bingham. 6 Sheffield, — Vide next article. "John, — "Sybil, — b. . m. John Dyer.
WEAVER, — Captain "Sheffield.
b. in Somerset, 1764.
m. Rhoda, daughter of 3 Henry Gibbs, June 13, 1785 (she was b. 1765. d. June 31, 1789).
m. 2nd, 6 Lydia, daughter of 5 Jonathan Reade and 5 Eunice Weaver, Oct. 20, 1793 (she was b. 1764. d. Oct. 6, 1833).
m. 3rd, Hannah Durfee, Feb. 24, 1838 (she wasb. Feb. 4, 1779. d.Dec.S, 1S46).
d. July 26, 1839. (Of Somerset.)
Sheffield Weaver's elder brother, Na- than, was drafted into the Continental army at the outset of the war. He was soon taken ill and sent home and the subject of this sketch — then twelve years old — took his place. As he was too young to carry arms he drove a baggage wagon, and from that lowly position advanced steadily until, when peace was declared, he was a captain in the coast- guard at Tiverton, R. I.
Soon after he married and settled on his farm below Dighton, where he built sailing vessels and engaged in the coast- ingtrade. He made frequent sea-voyages and was possessed of the daring courage so necessary in those days of adventure and piracy.
A descendant in the fifth generation from Clement Weaver of Puritan days, Sheffield Weaver has descendants in the fifth generation from himself living now. His family and descendants are noted in Vol. II, with the exception of the sub- ject of the next article.
Weaver.
9i
''Mary.
WEAVER— 7 Mary.
b. at Somerset, Jan. 25, 1788.
m. 1st, 6 Bradford Richmond, son of 5 Perez Richmond and Hannah Brightman, 1809. Vide Richmond.
m. 2nd, William Earle, Oct. 22, 181 5.
m. 3rd, 2 Enoch, son of 'Ephraim French and 3 Elizabeth Presbrey, Sept. 20, 1828. Vide French.
d. Aug. 25, 1846. ( Of Somerset, Westport and Fall River.)
Mary Weaver was not a year old when her mother died, and that she had a good stepmother was proven by the character and industry of the woman she developed into. I could not name the linens of all qualities that Mary Weaver's descendants keep because it was her work. Her great-great-grand- son has a blanket on his bed woven by her nearly a hundred years ago, and which has been in constant use ever since. It is marked with the "M. W. ' that is embroidered in a neat little cross stitch on every piece of her work.
Miss Patience Slade of Rochester tells me that in her childhood she had often heard her uncle William Lawton tell how he had skated full speed down Taunton River with Mary Weaver clinging to his coat tails; so she was not always spinning and weaving.
The young girl was married before her twenty-first birthday to Bradford Richmond, and went to live in West- port in that old, old house which John Richmond had built two hundred years before. There her two children were born and there her husband died, Oct. 23, 1814.
The taste of the day did not run to
prolonged mourning, and her second marriage took place the next year. By Mr. Earle she had one little sunny- haired daughter named Mirabel, who was drowned at the age of six.
Mary Weaver's third marriage was probably her happiest, as her children formed one united family with Deacon French's, and time has only drawn the links of affection closer.
In the great Fall River fire of 1843, Deacon French's homestead was burned and with it all his wife's Richmond and Weaver heirlooms, with the exception of some silver and two or three pieGes of furniture. This loss cannot be esti- mated.
In person Mrs. French was short and rather stout, with dark complexion, hair and eyes. She was a busy, active woman, very capable and fully equal to whatever demands were made on her. To her own and her stepchildren she was an affectionate and loving mother, and her character in all ways bespeaks our admiration. Although she had no children by her third husband there is now living a little "French boy" who is descended from both, being the great- grandson of Deacon French and the great-great-grandson of his wife.
Mrs. French died in Fall River in the fifty-eighth year of her age. She was buried in the French lot in the Fall River cemetery.
The family of Mary Weaver Rich- mond French consisted of but two children.
Vide "Bradford Richmond," this volume, and "Hannah Richmond Whit- comb," Vol. II.
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White.
1 John — 2 Alary.
WHITE— iJohn.
b. about 1600.
m. Mary (she was living in 1666.
d. before her husband).
d. early in 1684. (Of Cambridge, Hartford, and Hadley.)
There is an excellent genealogy of the White family, written by Mr. Kel- logg, and it deals so fully with John White and his descendants that I have merely copied some extracts here. John White and his family arrived in Boston, Sunday, Sept. 16, 1634. They came on the ship "Lyon," which sailed June 22.
John White settled in Cambridge, and the library building of Harvard College stands either on, or very close to the land allotted him for a "cow-lot." He was one of the seven first selectmen for the town. In 1636 he joined the body of men who founded Hartford, and his family was probably part of that company of men, women, and children who went through so much suffering incident to their journey.
John White's house in Hartford was next to Gov. Hopkins', and "Charter Oak" cast its shadow at sundown across his walls.
In 1647, dissension arose in the church over a successor to Mr. Hooker, and Mr. White was one of the adherents of Elder Goodwin. The final results of the troubles were that a new settlement was projected at Hadley. John White was one of the foremost in the enter- prise, contributing .£,150, and became a leading man in the town. He lived in
Hadley twenty-three years, returning to Hartford in his old age. Here he con- nected himself with the South Church, by which he was chosen Elder.
Dec. 17, 1683, Mr. White made his will, being then in very feeble health. His death occurred between that date and Jan. 23, when the inventory was made.
The will is interesting and in many parts rather amusing.
CHILDREN.
2 Mary, — b. in England, m. Jonathan Gilbert, Jan. 29, 1646. Vide Gilbert.
2Nathaniel, — b. about 1629 (Captain).
m. 1st, Elizabeth . 2nd, Mrs.
Martha (Coit) Mould. Two of her daughters married two of his sons. d. Aug. 27, 171 1.
'-John, — (Serjeant), m. Sarah Bunce. d. Sept. 15, 1665.
2 Daniel, — (Lieut.) b. in Hartford, 1639. m. Sarah Crow, Nov. 1, 1661 (vide White Genealogy for very interesting list of her wardrobe), d. July 27,
I7I3-
2Sarah, — m. 1st, Stephen Taylor, m. 2nd,
Barnabas Hinsdale, who was one of the ninety men massacred at Bloody Brook, Deerfield, 1675. m. 3d, Wal- ter Hickson, Feb. 3, 1679. d. Aug. 10, 1702. (The youngest child of Sarah White, Jacob Hickson, was taken prisoner at Deerfield, Feb. 29, 1704, and slain by the Indians on their way to Canada.) 2Jacob, — (Ensign), b. at Hartford, Oct. 8, 1645. m. Elizabeth Bunce. d. about 1 70 1.
■ WHITWELL.— * Oliver.
Whitwell. 1 Oliver — % James.
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b. .
m. 5 Hannah, daughter of 4 Joseph Read and Grace Pray, Oct. 14, 1768 (she was born about 1734. d. in the winter of 1S30).
d. .
(Of Freetown and Steep Brook, Mass.)
The "intention of marriage" of Oliver Whitwell and Hannah Read was pub- lished Oct. 1, 1768, and the event took place a fortnight after. The bride was thirty-three years old, — I wonder, was the groom, too, middle aged, or was he much her junior.
The outbreak of the Revolution inter- rupted their early married life. The husband enlisted and his wife was left alone to care for her little family amid the turmoil and destruction of war. Oliver Whitwell's granddaughter, Miss Patience Slade, can remember his uni- form with its bright yellow facings. She possesses an interesting relic of those times, in a large pewtermug. When the troops disbanded and her grandfather received his pay in Continental money, that species of exchange was worth so little that Oliver Whitwell gave fifty dol- lars for two pewter mugs, one of which is Miss Slade's.
Through the untiring efforts of Miss Abbie French, of Fall River, I have se- cured a very full account of the descend- ants of Oliver Whitwell, which is given in the second volume. The only excep- tion is his son James, who is separately noted in the next article.
WHITWELL
!James.
b. in April, 1771.
m. 6 Hannah, daughter of Lieut. 5 Jonathan Reade and 5 Eunice Weaver, June 25, 1792 (she was born Aug 1, 1769. d. 1816).
d. Sept., 1797. (Of Steep Brook.)
James Whitwell grew up to become a farmer near Fall River. He married very young and his eldest son was born the following year. An English officer, named Col. Furman, who was then re- siding in the Whitwell family, gave his name to the child.
In the fourth year of their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Whitwell had a daughter born to them. She died in the bright- ness of her youth, and would be almost forgotten now were it not for an exquisite silhouette in the possession of Anne Whitwell Richmond, herniece. Herface shows the perfect Puritan outline which rivals the Grecian in its purity, and ex- cells it in softness.
James Whitwell died in his twenty- seventh year leaving three children. So short a life leaves few traces to be found after the lapse of nearly a hundred years.
children.
3 Furman, — Vide next article.
3Chloe, — b. Feb. 27, 1796. m. James
Cleveland, d. same year, 18 16. 3James, — b. Feb. 10, 1798. d. July 1819.
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Whitwell. z Furman.
WHITWELL— 3 Furman Reade.
b. Oct. 17, 1793.
m. 'Hannah, daughter of 6 Joseph Hathaway, Sept. 17, 18 15 (she b. Aug. 16, 1795. d. Dec. 10, 1867).
d. Dec. 13, 1861. (Of Fall River, Sunbury (Ga.), and Fair
Haven.)
Furman Whitwell was fatherless be- fore he was four years old. His mother very soon made a second marriage and he was taken by Capt. Luther Wilson to raise and educate. Mrs. Wilson was his aunt, being one of Lieut. "Jonathan Reade's daughters. The Wilsons lived on Maine Street in Fairhaven directly opposite the old Hathaway homestead. The custom of that period was that a young man thus brought up by friends should freely serve them until his twenty-first year, when in return they gave him such a start in life as their means should allow. Furman Whitwell was barely nineteen when he had an opportunity to make a voyage to Eu- rope and he relinquished all claims on Capt. Wilson in return for the cancell- ing of his indentures. Thus he began the world entirely alone.
The voyage terminated disastrously; the ship was wrecked at Archangel on the White Sea, and the crew were forced to spend the winter there. When Mr. Whitwell returned in the spring he brought Miss Hannah Hathaway a quaint little carved box of Russian make, and his descriptions of the strange land were regarded as well-nigh mar- velous. Snow that lay like sand for months and never melted and rivers frozen all winter were hardly seeming possibilities to the residents of New England then.
After this Mr. Whitwell made one or
two more voyages, and then he fol- lowed Joseph Hathaway to Ricebor- ough, Georgia, and opened a store there. In 1815 he married, and, after Mr. Hathaway's death (1817), moved to Sunbury, where the family settled for seven years. In 1824, when Lafayette made his second visit to America, Mr. and Mrs. Whitwell drove in to Savan- nah to see him, and the sight must have stirred strange memories in those two — both of whom were the grandchildren of soldiers.
The seven years in Sunbury were much saddened by sickness and death, and finally it was decided to return north. The little town had begun to be considered unhealthy and proved so much so that it was ultimately aban- doned. The Whitwell house is in ruins now and the only reminders of the name are the stones in the Medway Cemetery which mark the graves of Mr. Whitwell's two little sons and his only brother, James.
The change was made in 1826 and the family went to live with Mrs. Jo- seph Hathaway in Fairhaven. In 1831, Mr. Whitwell purchased Capt. Wilson's house, rebuilt it, and made that his home. He later also bought the Hath- away house which many years after was occupied by his son. The latter made me a Christmas present in my child- hood of a doll's house exactly modeled from this old homestead.
In New Bedford he engaged in the whaling and shipping interests. He was one of those men whom neither time, place, nor circumstances can pre- vent continuing in the steady accu- mulation of a fortune. He was part owner of five whaling ships, two of which, the "Bark Isabella" and "Lydia," are still afloat. Two more, the "South
FURMAN READE WHITWELL.
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Boston" and "Albion," were bought by the U. S. government in r 86 1 and sunk in Charleston Harbor. The fifth — the "Favorite" — was taken by the "Shenan- doah" in July, 1865, and forms the basis of this family's Alabama Claims.
I wish I had space for some of the many interesting and delightful anec- dotes and stories I have heard of Mr. Furman Whitwell. They are all of special interest to me, because they came from a daughter to whom he bore the most tender love and devotion, and in this side of his character I see as in a mirror another father whose deep affec- tion and thoughtfulness has been the light of my life.
There is a large oil portrait of Mr. Whitwell, showing him seated at a desk with his pen and sand box at hand. The features have something the same cast as the well-known head of Commodore Perry, but the general aspect is more severe. A daguerreotype taken on his fiftieth birthday shows a face in which one traces a strong, well-balanced mind, keen and severely just business instincts, broad affections, and quick intuitions and sympathies. Such a character must always evoke the deepest admiration and teach a lesson whose moral is too evi- dent to need pointing out.
CHILDREN.
4Anne Elizabeth, — Vide the following. 4 Furman Reade, — b. March 6, 18 18. d.
Nov. 6, 1823, aged five years. 4Georgia Virginia, — b. July 24, 1821. m.
James O. Morse, June 16, 1847. d.
April 15, 1892. 4 James Furman, — b. Aug. 10, 1825. d.
Nov. 15, 1826. A daughter,— b. and d. May 6, 1828. 4Caroline, — b. May 26, 1829. d. Sept. 26,
1829.
4 Laura Virginia, — b. March 13, 183 1 . d.
May 29, 1834. 4Furman Reade, — b. Dec. 4, 1835. m-
Elsie Newkirk Clarke, April 16, 1862.
Has children, 5 Furman Reade, sAnna,
5 Elsie and 5 Livingston.
Note : — The name of Whitwell is so very dear to me that I have labored earnestly to discover the origin of the family and the date of the original emi- grant's arrival in America. Family tradi- tion says a Whitwell came to Newport, had sons Oliver and William, and died there. William left only daughters. Oliver is referred to in preceding pages. I find the Whitwell family of Boston go back to Samuel, son of William Whit- well of the 17th century. There was also a Samuel Whitwall who came over somewhat later, also to Boston. I cannot trace any connections between these families.
I remember readingthe name of Whit- well in Tytler's "Scotland" (in connec- tion with border wars, if I recollect right- ly), and it was in the nth or 12th cen- tury. I find there was, and is, a very old family of that name in Yorkshire. The Boston family claim descent from the Yorkshire family and I have had cor- respondence with a Mr. William Whit- well whose father emigrated from there early in this century. I find mention of still another Whitwell come over from Yorkshire in the 18th century. There was a heavy immigration from Yorkshire to America during the latter half of the eighteenth century, and my own opinion is that the first Whitwell was a York- shire farmer. The name is encountered occasionally in Yorkshire pedigrees, showing that the family was of a stand- ing to marry well.
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Whitwell
iA>ine.
WHITWELL,— ^Anne Elizabeth, eld- est child of 3Furman Reade Whitwell and 7 Hannah Hathaway.
One of the noblest and sweetest of women. —
She was born in Sunbury, Georgia, June 10th, 1816, — a frail and delicate child, to whom, in compensation, the cradle-fairies gave a character contain- ing in itself all spiritual and mental graces.
In her fifth year she came "North" with her parents, visiting in Fair Haven and Fall River, where the two grand- mothers lived. During their stay in the latter place they went to take tea with Mrs. Mary Richmond (Mary Weaver), and the little stoiy which follows is in- teresting as telling of the first meeting of two whose lives were afterwards to be joined.
Perhaps the call was unexpected, — at any rate Mrs. Richmond called her son — aged eight years— and, giving him a pitcher, bade him go to the neighbor's and borrow some milk. — He returned with no milk and a broken pitcher, and when his mother said with emphasis, "Oh, Bradford, how couldyou?" — replied, "Why, it just dropped."
The pitcher — which was a piece of Mary Weaver's wedding china — is in my possession now, with its quaint red dec- orative band showing a forest and two antiquated females twice or thrice re- peated.
Four years later Mr. Whitwell brought his little daughter to Fall River again, and she saw the hero of the pitcher once
more. He says, it was then that he fell in love with her, as she stood on a chair watching him mend an old pistol. He- describes her as a beautiful child, mature in face, and dressed according to the Southern ideas, which were far more tasteful and elaborate than those of the Puritan North.
In 1827 Mr. Whitwell decided to give up his business in Georgia and remove permanently to New Bedford. There was a sad scene among the colored serv- ants when this decision was made known. The little girls were dear to their nurses as own children, and the Whitwell house was a beloved home to all the slaves.
The day of departure came and the gig was brought to the door with the coach-man behind in his little cab-like seat. Mrs. Whitwell stepped in, and her husband seated himself beside her. Old Mammy Lyddy put the children in, weeping bitterly and crying "Oh, Mar's, mus' you tek my babies," and then the horse was started and Sunbury soon left behind.
After the arrival in Fair Haven the family made their home with Mrs. Whit- well's mother in her home on Main street, and in the autumn little Anne Whitwell and her cousin, Deborah Hathaway, were the bridesmaids at the wedding of their young aunt 7Anne and Captain Paul Burgess (October 22nd, 1827. Vide Vol. II, Hathaway, 6Joseph). The bride wore white muslin, and her youthful at- tendants were attired in skirts of the same, ruffled to the waist, and ruffled pantalettes.
Life went on quietly enough for the next few years. The family removed into
ANNE ELIZABETH WHITWELL-RICHMOND.
Whitwell.
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Uncle Wilson's house just across the street — and then when Miss Anne Eliza- beth was sixteen she went to Ipswich to attend Miss Lyon's and Miss Grant's Boarding School. Miss Lyon afterwards founded the celebrated Holyoke Fe- male Seminary, and the school she had at Ipswich was considered a very fine one. Ralph Waldo Emerson was one of the lecturers, and his listener whose life I am sketching describes him thus: "I can see him now just as he used to look coming up the walk — tall and awkward, exactly like his pictures. We girls used to laugh and say he was coming for Miss Grant. His talks were long and tiresome, but were considered very choice."
School over, Miss Whitwell returned to her home and prepared to take the next step in life. On the evening of Oct. 6th, 1836, she was married to Brad- ford Perez Richmond in the long draw- ing room of her father's house. Her dress (in which, a little less than fifty- two years after, the granddaughter who bore her name was married) was of bro- caded silk and satin, with immense puffed sleeves, folded waist, broad rib- bon belt, and full round skirt. Her hair was arranged in three standing bows at the back, and around them was a white wreath of artificial flowers. She presented each of her bridesmaids with a similar wreath — only pink.
After this wedding — which was bril- liant as the fashion of the time set; to which all the two hundred guests came in carriages sent by their host; and for which the bride's father stopped the great hall clock with such emphasis that it was several years before it ever went again — after this wedding the young couple set out for their new home, going by boat to Fall River, by train to Albany, and then by stage over many weary miles into the wilds of
western New York. The beautiful Genesee Valley, wherein lies Nunda, was then but a deep ravine of shadow among the hills, covered with the dark- ness of gigantic pines. They are gone now and in their place are farms and villages, but when our bride first came to her home she saw only a few acres cleared at long intervals, and — for the rest — the blackness of night lay be- neath the close-locked branches.
Can any of us realize what the young girl who had been carefully raised amid every luxury went through upon being suddenly cast . upon her own re- sources in a country destitute of every element .of civilization? Only God knows! We hear much of what we owe to the Pilgrims, but some day America will recognize that there have been many generations of Pilgrim women, that privation, loneliness, and suffering arc just the same in every age and country — and that we owe the same re- spect and admiration to the wife of every "first settler", that we do to those courageous women who toiled in Ply- mouth.
A woman's life does not belong to the world like a man's, and the story of this woman's noble carriage, through great sorrow and suffering, must remain closed in the hearts of those who love her. If it were right I would speak of one brave little life that was most dear to her, and that she has mourned with such deep, abiding mother-love that his untimely death is a living sorrow in hearts that did not beat until many, many years after he was gone from earth.
She possessed a character which could have risen to any height, and truly proved its greatness by accepting with noble dignity the lot which Heaven awarded her. The bitter murmur of discontent has never entered the home
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Whitwell.
which she has made the dearest of all homes to those who come into it. And we, who comprehend the grandeur of that Soul which dictates all, in humble reverence of its greatness, hush our own wonder that so beautiful and gifted a woman should have been ordained to live her life out in one of the world's by-paths.
There is an oil portrait of Anne Whitwell Richmond, painted by Joseph Hathaway about 1845. ^ shows a queenly looking woman holding her head with peculiar erectness. The dark hair is parted and looped to cover the ears. The dress is of yellow satin with a cloak of velvet and fur draped about the arms.
But a daguerreotype taken a few years later is in my eyes far superior as a likeness. It shows a woman of about thirty-five seated beside a table; one arm leans on the table edge, and in the figure is seen the same stately pose of head and shoulders as in the oil por-
trait. The features are perfect in their regularity; the magnificent hair is parted and looped in two large rolls on either side of the- high forehead. Under the straight brows are eyes in which one reads of heavy griefs patiently borne, fearful physical anguish outlived, and steadfast hope, and love. The Grecian nose and firm yet delicate mouth were inherited from her father.
There is a calmness and reserve in this little picture that the artist failed to seize in the oil portrait; the more the pity, for these very qualities were two of the most prominent in this life. Few women are capable of accepting and bearing all that this world may bring them, within themselves. She could and did.
And if such a one lives, and we have the great honor to claim her life as part of ours, and be descended from her, is there any more royal blood to flow in one's veins, or any nobler coat-of-arms to bear than her name, and the device —
"She is our Mother."
WlLBORE — WlNSLOW.
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WlLBORE,— 1 William. (she d. 1710).
d. 1710. (Of Portsmouth, R. I.)
William Wilbore was a weaver by trade. June 10, 1654, he received a deed of 10 acres from Samuel Wilbur, Sr., of Taunton. Dec. 21, 1658, sold 8 acres to Peter Tallman. Numerous other deeds are recorded.
CHILDREN.
aMary, — m. Joseph Mowry, 1671. d.
Apr. 17, 1720.
-John, — m. Hannah .
2Joseph, — m. 'Ann Brownell, 1683. d.
May 4, 1729. 2 Thomas, — 2William,— m. 2-
Tallman. d. 1738. 2 Martha, — m. 8Wm., son of 2Peleg
Shearman, 168 1. 2 Samuel, — Vide the following.
2 Daniel, — m. Ann . d. 1741.
2 Joan (Iona), — m. 3 Nathaniel Potter, d.
175.9-
2 Benjamin, — m. Mary Kinnecut. m. 2nd, Elizabeth Head, Nov. 2, 1710. d. 1729.
WILBOR— 2Samuel.
m. 3Mary, daughter of 2Nathaniel Potter and Elizabeth Stokes (she d. ).
d. 1740. (Of Little Compton, R I.)
Estate inventoried at ,£5,344, 13s., 3d.
CHILDREN.
3 Martha, — b. Oct. 22, 1690. m. James
Pearce, March 5, 1712. d. Sept. 22,
1760. 3Samuel, — b. Nov. 7, 1692. m. Eliza- beth Carr, Dec. 24, 1713. d. May,
1752. 'William, — b. Jan. 6, 1695. m. Esther
Burgess, June 20, 17 17. d. Sept.,
'774- 3Mary, — b. Oct. 9, 1697. m- Chas.
Brownell, July, 1717. 3Joanna, — b. June 8, 1700. m. John
Taylor, 1719. 'Thankful, — (twin) m. John Irish, May
10, 1720. 'Elizabeth,— b. Dec. 23, 1702. Vide
Peckham.
'Thomas, — b. Dec. 2, 1704. m. Susanna
Irish, 1722. 'Abial, — b. May 27, 1707. 'Hannah, — b. Feb. 9, 1709. 'Isaac, — b. Aug. 24, 171 2. m. Mary
Brownell.
WlNSLOW (WYNECLOWE or WYNSLOE),— Kenelm.
b. in Droitwych, England.
m. Katharine .
d. 1607.
Droitwych is a small town lying on the Salwarpe, seven miles N. N. E. of Worcester. Its name signifies "right to the salt spring." Kenelm Winslow was a yeoman of this place and the owner of two estates near. He died in St. Andrew's Parish, Worcestershire.
WlNSLOW— Edward.
b. Oct. 17, 1560.
m. Eleanor, daughter of Sir Herbert Pelham.
m. 2nd, Magdalen Ollyver, Nov. 4, 1594, in St. Bride's Church, London.
d. 1631. (Of Droitwych.)
CHILDREN.
Richard, — b. 15S5. Heir to all estates.
Edward, — b. Oct. 18, 1595. Afterwards
the famous "Governor." d. May 8,
i655- John, — b. April 16, 1597. ■ m. Mary
Chilton, Oct. 12, 1624. d. in Boston,
1674. Eleanor, — b. April 22, 1598. Remained
in England. Kenelm, — Vide the following. Gilbert, — b. Oct. 26, 1600. Elizabeth, — b. 1602. Magdalene, — b. March 6, 1604. d.
1604-5. Josiah, — b. Feb. II, 1606. m. Margaret
Bourne, 1636. d. in Marshfield,
Mass., Dec. 1, 1674.
The "Winslow Memorial" in two large volumes gives probable baronial ancestry of Kenelm Winslow. There are grave doubts as to whether this ancestry is even "probable".
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WlNSLOW.
1 Kenelm.
WlNSLOW,— Kenelm.
b. at Droitwich, Eng., April 29, 1599. m. Mrs. Eleanor Adams in 1634 (she was born about 1599, and died Dec. 5th, 1 68 1, aet. 83 yrs.)
d. at Salem Sept. nth, 1672. (Of Droitwich, Plymouth and Marsh- field).
Kenelm Winslow is believed to have come on one of the second trips of the Mayflower, — probably in 1629 with his brother, Josiah. He was admitted free- man of Plymouth, January 1, 1632-3, and in June, 1634, married the young widow of John Adams. From the unusual name of "Eleanor," this lad)' is supposed to be no other than "Elen Newton," who came in the "Ann" in 1653, and had a share in the cattle allotted her by the council. By John Adams she had three children, John, James and Susannah.
Kenelm Winslow was chosen town surveyor in Plymouth in 1640, and for neglecting the highway was fined ten shillings soon after. He had received a grant to lands in Marshfield March 6, 1637-8, and in 1640 removed to that place. In the Plymouth Colonial Rec- ords we find the following entry, "all that parcel of land remaining of that neck of land lying on the east side of the lands lately granted to Josias Wins- low, at Green's Harbor, are granted to Kenelme Winslow and Love Brewster, to be divided between them, provided that Kenelme Winslow have that part next ad oinine; to his brother's."
Kenelm Winslow was deputy in the General Court for eight years and sat on the Coroner's Jury in 1653. In the same year he "complained against John Soule for spekeing falsely and scandalic- ing his daughter."
In 1669 he became one of the twenty- six original proprietors of Assonet, and received the 24th lot, part of which is still owned by one of his descendants — Barnaby Winslow.
There is a record of a law-suit in New York in 1655, which is supposed to have been between this Kenelm Winslow and Samuel Moore. On account of his age then I should incline to the belief that the litigant was his son. Tradition how- ever assigns to the first Kenelm a high temper which was very conducive to quarrels. He died in Salem, Sept. 13th, 1672. He is sometimes styled "joyncr" and sometimes "planter," and was en- gaged in the shipping trade more or less.
CHILDREN.
2 Kenelm, — b. about 1635. Vide follow- ing page.
2 Eleanor, — b. 1637. m. Samuel Baker, d. Aug. 27th, 1676.
-Nathaniel, — b. 1639. m. Faith Miller. d. Dec. 1st, 1719.
2Job, — b. 1641, m. Ruth . d. July
14th, 1720. Father of Capt. ^ Job Wins- low, and ancestor of Winslow family in Vol. II.
WlNSLOW.
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2 Kenelm— * Elizabeth.
WINSLOW,— 3 Kenelm.
b. at Plymouth about 1635.
m. Mary, daughter of Peter Worden.
m. 2nd, Damaris .
d. Oct. 4, 1714. (Of Plymouth and Yarmouth, Mass.)
Kenelm Winslow removed to Cape Cod while a young man and settled in that part of Yarmouth which afterwards became Harwich. His homestead was in West Brewster, near what is now called "Winslow's Mills." He was taxed £4 and upwards for the charge of the Indian Wars. Like all the early Puritans he bought large tracts of land, one of 1000 acres in Windham (price ^30), and another in the town of Rochester.
As was the custom, Kenelm Winslow set aside a portion of his own land "near the Road leading from Nobscus- set to Sawtucket" for a family burying ground. The grave-stone of his first wife is the oldest in the plot and is said to have been brought from England. Here he was himself interred after a long and successful life.
Like his father he was called "planter," an American denomination for the English "yeoman." His will is given in full in the "Winslow Memorial." It mentions the boundary of part of his land as being "Andrew Clarke's meadow ponds." The property inventoried at •£741-
CHILDREN.
3 Kenelm, — bp. Aug. 9, 1668. m. Bethiah Hall, Jan. 5, 1689. d. March 20, 1729.
3Josiah,— b. Nov. 7, 1669. m. five times.
3Thomas — b. Mar. 3, 1672. d. April 6, 16S9.
3 Samuel, — m. three times.
3 Mary, — b. about 1676.
3 Nathaniel, — m. Elizabeth Holbrook.
3Eclward,— b. Jan. 30, 1680. d. 1760. (By second wife.) 3 Damaris, — m. Jonathan Small. 3 Elizabeth, — Vide following. 3 Eleanor, — m. Shubael Hamblin. 3John, — m. Bethiah Andrews, March 15, 1721. d. about 1755.
WINSLOW, - 3 Elizabeth.
m. 3Andrew Clarke of Harwich, Aug. 9, 171 1. Vide Clarke. (Of Harwich.)
As a married woman Elizabeth Clarke lived in the southern part of Harwich near her sister Damaris. Here she raised a large family, named more fully below than was possible in the space allotted the Clarkes.
CHILDREN.
4Mehitable, — b. Oct. 29, 1712. m. Cor- nelius Ellis, Jr., 1742.
4Elizabeth, — b. and d. 1714.
4 Elizabeth, — b. and d. 171 5.
4Elizabeth, — b. Jan. 18, 1716. d. single.
4Anna, — bp. July 13, 1719. m. Benjamin Ellis, 1734.
4Thankful, — b. Nov. 18, 1721. m. Ger- shom Phinney, Jr., Oct. 11, 1750.
4Eunice, — b. Oct. 28, 1724. m. Peter Tinkham.
4 Hannah, — b. June 13, 1726. m. 5 Jacob Hathaway, Oct. 28, 1750. Vide Hathaway.
Hannah Hathaway's son "Joseph married Ann Dillingham and had Han- nah, who married Furman Whitwell, of New Bedford and Fair Haven. By reference to these names the full line of descent from Edward Winslow to Anne Elizabeth Whitwell Richmond may be traced.
VOLUME II.
COMPRISING FAMILY RECORDS OF THOSE WHO ARE
DESCENDED FROM THE ANCESTRAL
LINES GIVEN IN VOL. I.
These Records have never been in print before.
ATTENTION !
The families whose records are given in the following pages are all descended from those previously named in Vol. I.
Each family is given under the heading of the immediate ancestor, as, — the record of Jael Hathaway contains all the direct descendants of Jael Hathaway. The record of Meletiah Hatha- way contains all his direct descendants. Small capitals draw attention to the fact that that particular family, coming through a female, bears a different surname. Italics designate the grand- children of him whose record is given. In such a mass of names it was necessary to have some guide-post separating the generations.
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French.
Ephraim.
(The following records have been sent me by the family and are copied ad ver- batim)
The generations are numbered from Ephraim II.
RECORD OF SEPHRAIM FRENCH.
(Eldest son of l Ephraim French and
3 Elizabeth Presbrey.)
b. Sept. 14, 1 774. 1'*,
m. Betsey, daughter of Samuel Novvell and Mary Hopping, 1S02 (she was boixi June 20, 1 7S4. d. ■ )Jlec /( '— /T/3
cl. -J~fy ^ /r/i?
(Of Taunton and Boston.)
The following circumstances in con- nection with the family of Ephraim French's wife may be here related.
"The day Charlestown was burned by the British had been set for the wedding of Samuel York Nowell and Miss Mary Hopping. The bridegroom came from Newburyport on horseback and as he approached Chelsea he saw the smoke of the burning town. Miss Hopping's home was where the Navy-yard now" stands and before her lover had crossed the river on the horse-boat she and all her family had fled. The lovers were not re-united until three days later when Mr. Nowell found his lost bride in Con- cord. They were married at once, she wearing the indigo-blue calico she es- caped in. Betsey Nowell was one of their nine children."
After Mrs. Elizabeth French's second marriage to Capt. 4Jael Hathaway her two sons were each apprenticed, Enoch to ^Joseph Read, the tanner, and Eph- raim to a carpenter. The latter soon removed to Boston, where he married and raised a large family.
DESCENDANTS OF EPHRAIM FRENCH.
'■'Elizabeth Presbrey,— b. Feb. 10, 1803. m. Major Borden of Fall River, Dec. 4, 182S. d. July 15, 1S76 (he was born May 10, 1S03. d. Oct. 26, 1880). Children: — —*Sarah Elizabeth, — b. Sept. 5, 1S29.
m. Peleg Brightman, Jan. 26, 1852.
d. April 20, 1879. ^zEmclinc Ann, — b. Jan. 28, 1831. m.
Par Son Macomber, May 1, 1850. — 8A son, — b. and d. Dec. 13, 1832. —*Mary Parks,— b. March 5, 1834.
— * Arthur Ross,— b. April 20, 1836. m. Sarah J. Gunn, Nov. 15, i860, d. Nov. 1, 18SS.
—sAsakel Morse, — b. June 8, 183S. m.
Maria White, Aug. 20, 1862. d. Aug.
9. 1871. — 8 Caroline H., — b. July 20, 1841. m.
David Waring, Jan. 1, 1863. —sLonisa Martha, — b. April 9, 1846.
d. July 8, 1S47. 2 Mary Nowell, — b. Jan. 11, 1804. m. John A. Peeler, Dec. 18, 1S34. d.June 28, 1879 (he died Oct^i884). Children: —
— "Mary French, — b. Jan. 31, 1836. d. Sept. 29, 1875.
— '^George French,— b. July 24, 1838. d. July 28, 1S49.
— '■Jolin Jacob, — b. June 20, 1S41. d. Sept. 5, 1841.
—3Joh/i Jacob,— b. Oct. 25, 1S45. d-
Aug. 17, 1S47. 2 John Ephraim, — b. Nov. 27, 1S09. m. Alephia Sophia Baxter, June 13, 1S33. d. April 7, 1839 (she died Jan. 12, 1888). Children: — — '■Sarah Sophia, — b. April, 1834. m.
Alex. McHenry, Nov. 16, 1853.
111. 2nd, Daniel P. Lincoln, Sept.
16, 1859.
ELIZA FRENCH LINDSAY.
French — Lindsay.
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Children: —
4 Edward Homer,— b. July 5, 1S54. (adopted and took name of Lin- coln.) m. Annie I. Nelson, Nov. 3, 1882. Had three children, 5Daniel Hudson, b. June 1, 1S83, and d. Jan. 5, 1886.— 5Ruth Es- tella, b. Sept. 16, 1889.— 5Ella Powers, b. Oct. 12, 1891. 4 Mary Elizabeth— b. July 8, 1S60. m. Augustus C. Snyder, April 5, 1877. Three children: 5 Lillian Alephia, b. Nov. 9, 1875. d- l878- 5Sarah A., b. March 6, 1882, and 5Daniel P., b. Aug. 21, 1884. 4John Ebenezer,— b. May, 1835. 2 Sarah Richardson, — b. (in Fall River) March 26, 1S12. m. Ebenezer French, April 2, 1835. d. Sept. 3, 1863 (he d. March 3, 1857. Ebenezer French was a descendant of Lieut. William French who came in the "Defence", 1635. He was one of the pioneers of the California Gold Epoch). Children: — — sSarak Richardson, b. Apr. 17, 1S36. m. Samuel Hall, Feb. 25, 1856 (he was born Feb. 25, 1834, and served in the War of 186 1). Has children, 4Alethia Wilder, b. Oct. 16, 1858. d. Dec. 5, 1S65. 4Arthur French, b. Aug. 25, i860, and d. Aug. 1, 1861. 1856.
1S93. 4Clara Adelia, b. June 9, 1868. 4Emily Alice, b. Sept. 8,
1873- — 3 Susan Crockett, b. Nov. 8, 1839. m. Andrew Wallace Peabody, June 4, 1861. Had one daughter, 4Helen Florence, b. March 26, 1S62. m. George A. Fuller of South Bos-
4Lucy Alethia, b. Feb. 27, m. Edwin 'Stevens, Nov. 4,
ton, Feb. 3, 188 1 (he was born Oct. 1, 185S). She died Nov. 26, 1884, leaving one daughter, 5 Marion P., who was legally adopted by her grandfather, and took the name of Marion Fuller Peabody. —*Mary Elizabeth,- b. March 14, 1848. Has been twice a missionary to India, and is now a matron in the Faith Home for Old Ladies, at Portsmouth, N. H.
RECORD OF 3ELIZA FRENCH LINDSAY.
(daughter of Deacon 2 Enoch French, Vol. I.) b. July 24, 1816.
m. William Lindsay, Oct. 23, 1837. d. April 28, 1856.
(Of Fall River.)
children.
4Crawford E., — b. Aug. 19, 1838. m. Mary^.Cha^e^May 27, 1863. Had s William^. April 18, 1865. d. July 26, 1865. — 5 Charles, b. Sept. 17, 1866. d. Feb. 15, 1S68.
4Charles B., — b. April 25, 1841.
4Sarah, — b. July 5, 1844. m. Foster Hooper, June 5, 1872. Has 5 Foster, b. May 7, 1S74. — s Lindsay, b. Jan.
17, 1882. im. 0e£ /?, J?oc Matte, i. -?as^l>-»t££
Crawford Lindsay, named above, was one of the originators of the Merchant's M'f'g Co., of Fall River. He was president of the Common Council in 1870 and 1874, and mayor in 1878 and 1S79. Is now president of the Fall River Savings Bank, and treasurer of the Canonicut Mills and Slater Cotton Co. (Pawtucket).
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French.
Asa.
RECORD OF 3ASA P. FRENCH. ( Eldest son of Deacon -Enoch French.)
CHILDREN OF 8ASA FRENCH.
b. Nov. 19, 1800.
m. Diodemia Gifford, Nov. 10, 1S23 (she was born 1802. d. July 17, 1 S4 1 )-
m. 2nd, Mrs. Mary Hooper, 1S43 (sne was born Feb., 1799. d. Sept. 17, 1876).
m. 3rd, Mrs. Mary Richardson, Apr. 12, 1S81 (she was born Nov. 9, 1837).
d. July 12, 1SS7. (Of Fall River.)
(The following was written at the re- quest of the family by Mr. Dawfy^
"Asa P. French was the oldest of six brothers and possessed qualities of mind and heart common to them all. He was a man of good sense and judgment, which, combined with an active religious temperament, made him what he was. He was, for more than forty years, a memberof his father's Church, and loved it to the last. He did not stop to count the cost in the dispensation of his kind- ness and would confer favors even though they should prove disadvanta- geous to himself. In business relations he was not so well known as his bro- thers but, like them, he held deep relig- ious convictions and lived and died sus- tained by the Gospel of Jesus Christ."
I may add that Mr. Asa French was in many ways a very remarkable man. He was well educated, a good talker and writer and an interesting companion. But he lacked a certain mental fiber which makes a man able to push his way successfully through this crowded world. In personal appearance he was handsome and striking looking.
4 Orlando, — d. in infancy. "•Caroline, — d. in infancy. 4Enoch Pottcn,— b. Oct. 19, 1S29. d. at
sea, Oct. 21, 1849. 4Mariana Crandall, — b. Aug. 27, 1831. m. Abram Bourne, June 5, 1S56. m. 2nd, Stephen Bourne, Nov. 12, 1S59. One child, Clara Francesca, born Aug. 7, 1862. 4Samuel Reid, — b. Oct. 12, 1833. m. Ellen Tyler, Oct. 8, 1S60; had * Enoch Winfield, b. 1861. — 6Emma, b. 1862. d. [862.— fi Arthur, b. 1S65. d. \^J^- 5 Louis, b. 1872. d. 1872. — 5 Carl Clif- ton, b. 1876. — sLma Gertrude, b. iSjg.&^j 4/. 4 Sarah Reid,— b. and d. 1834. 4Thcodore Wilbur, — b. June 12, 1S36. m. Emma Davenport, Dec. 25, 1859; adopted Sarah, ^Ks^XTS^T — /5^ 4Asa Bronson, — b. Jan. 1, 1839. d. in
Andersonville Prison, 1864. 4Maria Diodemia,— b. July, [841. d.Oct.,^
1S41. ♦Frederick, — b. March 21, 1844. m. Agnes AVood, Ausj. 8, 1866 (she was b. July 23, 1842). They had 5Fred- , crick Foster, b. Aug. 1, 1S67. — 5 6£ww <^* A*^ C, b, May 1, 1869.- -5 Franklin, b. Dec. 2, 1S70. d. Nov. 19, 1S85.--5 George Bowen, b. Sept. 25, 1S72. — 5 Benjamin Wood, b. Dec. 28, 1874. d. June 11, iSSr. — sBell Agnes, b. Jan. 8, 1SS1. d. May 14, 1882. (This family are resi- dents of Chicago.)
French — Toms.
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RECORD OF ^STEPHEN FRENCH. (Third son of Deacon Enoch French.)
b. Aug. 23, 1803.
m. Abigail C. Alden, Sept. 11, 1828 (she d. Dec. 11, 1S29).
m. 2nd, Hannah M. Humphrey, May 12, 1S3 [ (she d. June 3, 1836).
m. 3d, Phoebe, daughter of Daniel Dwelley, June 12, 1838. </. M™ J. Sfeo
d. Feb. 8, 1885. (Of Fall River, Mass.)
(The following was written by Mr. in4i -Dawty at the request of the family.) ft "Few men have more honored their
profession in the Christian religion than did Deacon Stephen French — or live it more consistently. His deep and unos- tentatious spirituality was the result of habitual meditation. His faith in the gospel was strong and abiding and he lived his belief in his daily life. He loved to read and study the Bible, and thus became the earnest Christian that he was. He was useful in the church and world — helpful, constant, and de- voted in all things. No man could be with him without feeling that he was in the presence of a good man, and it is not surprising that from such a life and character should come a fragrant and abiding memory."
CHILDREN.
4Otis L.,— b. Oct., 1829. d. Nov. 5, 1829.
4William Humphrey, — b. April 29, 1836. m. Mrs. Jeanctte-Langley, April 16, 1859. One child, 5Frank W., b. March 9, i860, m. Minnie E. Cooke, Nov. 24, 1881, and they have 6Chester R., b. Jan. 21, 1883.— Ear- nest W., Sept. 18, 1885.— 6 Edna J., b. Sept. 19, \l
4Hannah Humphrey, — b. Aug. 19, 1839. m. Wm. J. Osborne, June 19, 1873 (he d. Nov. 3, 188S). One child, 5 Charles French, b. May 2, Tfr?3": /y?jr/'
4Charles B., — b. Aug. 5, 1841. d. in Wilmington, N. C, Jan. 12, 1867.
4Amanda Slade, — b. Jan. 29, 1844. d. Oct. 22, 1857.
4Jerome Dwelley, — b. Jan. 28, 1846. d. Nov. 22, 1873. ol. PUv 2X, /r/y
4Eliza Lindsay, — b. Jan. 18, 1848. m. George Edward Rodman, June 17, 1876. Has two children: ^Francis Clark, b. June 7, 1S81. — 5Karl French, b. Sept. 2, 18S8. </• >?W XtT, /Srff
4Enoch Judson, — b. Oct. 28, 1850. m. Ella C. Winward, Oct. 19, 1S8A Has two children, ^Ralph Winward, b. Oct. 4, 1S83. — bCorinna Dwelley, b. Sept. 22, \%^S&£t±aJ<L££/lc-°&>r#-l>-
4Albert Sherman,— b.' Feb. 14, 1853. m. Emma C. Doming, M^iy 4, 1881. Has three children: 5 Florence D., b. April 19, 1882. — sEtliel Stewart, b. Aug. 16, 18S6.— 5 Lucy Osborne, b. May 15, 1892.
4James Henry,— b. Oct. 25, 1857. m. Elizabeth L. Gardner, Oct. 30, 1890. Has one child, ^Stephen Luther, b. March 9, 1892.
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RECORD OF "JOSEPHINE
FRENCH TOMS. (Daughter of 3 George Reade French.)
b. Oct. 6, 1849. m' Marion C. Toms, Captain in the Confederate Army, Nov. 19, *%6$-. d. Feb. 14, 18S9. Left one son: 5Charles French, — b. Sept. 5, 1872. m.
Ethel Panknin, March 7, 1S94, in
Augusta, Georgia (she was b. March
5, 1876). aA*£ <&*',*
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French.
RECORD OF HOB BORDEN FRENCH.
b. in Fall River, Mass., March 6, 1806.
m. Abb*^, daughter of Wm. Allan, of NewporrfApril 17, 1S31, (she b. June 20, 1807. d. March 17, 1870).
m. 2nd, Mary, daughter of Robert Cook, Aug. 19, 1873 (she b. Sept. 15, 1816. d. April 26, 1882).
d. May 13, 1894. (Of Fall River, Mass.)
The manuscript of this volume was going to press at the time of Mr. Job French's death and it was with deep grief that I recalled the sheets to add this last sad item. I had previously written a few lines regarding his life and noting the many high positions of public and private trust which he had filled so well and long; but now that his course is ended and we look upon it as a per- fect whole, we see his pre-eminent char- acter as a man in so bright a light that all the worldly honors he received are dimmed by it. He was so upright and honorable, so steadfast in his integrity, and yet of so sweet and loveable a dis- position that all whom he met became his friends and felt personally attached to him, while in his own family he was almost idolized. Like his only sister, Mrs. Eliza Lindsay, he possessed one of those natures which impress themselves strongly on all about them, by their innate goodness. We, who have our hands full raising the next generation of Frenches, can ask no more in our prayers than that they may become such men and women as "Uncle Job and Aunt Eliza."
Mr. Job French was twice a member of the Legislature, and representative in the Common Council for several years. He was a trustee in the Fall River Sav- ings Bank for upwards of half a century, and president over sixteen years. He was also president of the Wcctamore Mills from the date of their organization.
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In 18S7, Mr. French made a trip West and spent some time in Minneapolis. It was at that date that I made his acquaint- ance and I am positive that he was then the finest old gentleman of his age that the world has ever seen.
CHILDREN.
4 Mary Elizabeth,— b. Nov. 8, 1832. m.
David Hartwell Dyer, N0V.V3, 1 S58.
d. March 19, 18S5; left children:—
^Susan Chace, b. Oct 19, 1862. m.
Edw. Bowen, Dec. 9, 1S91; has "Earl .
Hartwell, b. Feb. 17,1893. ^William
A., b. April 7. 186c. m. Clara T. Spink,
Nov. 18, 1890. — 3 George French, b.
Aug. 5, 1S66. K Haines Rcade,— b. Oct. 20, 1S37. d. Oct.
3, 1856. 4 Sarah Judson,--b. Sept. 22, 1839. m.
Wm. Lind^fiy, Feb. 16, 18S1. d. Dec.
28, 1892. ^e ct.7cJ M. /*9? 4Edward Allen, — b. Jul}- 19, 1S42. in.
Eliza A. Ricketson, Oct. 31, 1871. d.
Dec. 20, 1SS3. *Abb» Maria,— b. Aug. 31, 1S45. Hulia Whitconib, — b. June 27, 1S4S.
DERIVATION OF NAMES.
Clarke, — the "clerke" (literary origin).
Cornell, — signifies "from Cornwall."
Fletcher, — the "Flecher, ' maker of ar- rows.
Fowler, — the bird-chaser, gamekeeper.
Freeborn, — the free-born,-— no longer a serf.
Gibbs and Gilbert, — from "gib," the cat.
French, — "French," from France, first found as "Peter lc Frensch".
Hawke, — he of like habit to a hawk.
Juatt, — Jowett, Ivett, Ivo, derived from Yvo.
Loring, — "Peter le Loringe," from Lor- raine.
Ogden, — "tie IIogdene,"keepcrol swine.
Parker, — the gamekeeper.
Richmond, — from Rougemonl, Red 1 [ill.
Shearman, — "le Sherere," the sheep- shearer.
Warner and Warren, — "w arriner," gamewarden.
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RECORD OF ^ WILLIAM FRENCH.
(Son of 2Enoch French and 6Sarah
Read, Vol. I.)
b. May 10, 1S09.
m. Almeda W. Tripp, Nov. 2, 183 1 (she was b. 1808. d. Nov. 13, 1867.)
d. May 8, 1849. (Of Fall River.)
CHILDREN.
^\4 Henry Augustus, — b. Oct. 31, 1S32. d. J Dec. 9, 1853,
\f 4Caroline E., — b. July 22, 1834. m. Al- bert A. Sherman, July 2, 1851. d. March 1, 1852, aged 17 years, 7 mos. 4George Hill, — b. Jan. 28, 1837. d. in
Cedar Keys, Florida in 1867. 4Helen Maria, — b. Oct., 1839. m. Henry C. Battell, Nov. 3, 1859. d. Aug. 21, 1864. Four children. — Twins born and led, i860.— * Mamie Battell, b. 1861; adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wood, 1865 and took their name. — 5 William H., — b. Nov. 9, 1862; adopt- ed by his uncle, John French. eC. 4 John Hathaway, — b. Jan. 22, 1843. m- 1st, Eleanor Wilson, June 24, 1869. m. 2nd, Catalina Devere, Nov. 22, 1886 (she was b. Nov. 31, 1863). Children:— ^' SZ^v-ty/fe^ 5 Louisa, — b. 1870. d. young. sjohn Lambert,— b. May 17, 1878. Isabella M.,--b. March 23, 1844. d. April 29, 1845.
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RECORD OF 4WM. A. FRENCH.
(Son of 3Geo. R. French. *Vide Vol. I.)
b. Dec. 15, 1835.
m. Harriet Perkins Timmans, Dec. 13, 1855 (she b. Feb. 7, 1835) . ',- c fi
(Of Wilmington, N. C.) Jyeu/*-* ' 9" ^ '
children.
5John Timmans, — b. Jan. 3, 1S57. m.
Mary Lou Herring, June 12, 1878.0^ 9:-™/ 0 , / Y\ Had three children: ^ ^7a^U. lA'.^n
6 George Read, — d. in infancy. 2?7^ -2-6~< W^f *> Louise, — b.June 12, 1883. d. young. *Hattie,—b. June 12, 1883. m. 2nd, Emma Irene Henshaw. Has two children:
6 Irene, — b. Sept. 1, 1890.
* Marshall William,— b. Dec. 9, 1892.
5Sarah Caroline, — b. Apr. 11, i860, m.
Charles S. TH-ykse«7- of Cincinnati,
March 22, 1892.
5 Betsey Myers, — b. July 7, 1861. d. May
10, 1862. •'Hattie Dell,— b. Feb. 8, 1866. d. Nov.
22, 1877. 5Edelweise, — b. Oct. 19, 1870. m. Elias Richards, of New Orleans, Nov. 1, 1892; has one child:
6 William Augustus, b. August, 1893. 5 William A., Jr.,— b. Aug. 2, 1875.
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A True Pirate Story.
A TRUE PIRATE STORY.
(This story was told me by Bradford Perez Richmond, and by reference to the Richmond, Brightman and Weaver Families in Vol. I. all the characters named may be found according to their numbers.)
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[Story told in April, 4-893. Original words reproduced as far as possible.]
"7Uncle John Weaver's wife, — she was Grandma Richmond's niece Betsey, you recollect, — had a brother and he was captain of one of the handsomest brigs I ever saw. The Brightmans built it at the wharf on their farm, and one of the boys, — Samuel, I think, — was its captain. He sailed for France and sold his cargo in Paris and had the gold all laid down in the ballast and made ready to sail back. — There came a gentleman to him and he was a dentist going to Charleston and he wanted to take pas- sage on the brig, and so Captain Bright- man took him.
"He brought all his dentist tools on board and his two servants, and the ship sailed.
"When they were two days off Charleston he came out of his cabin one night and w;ent into the Captain's cabin just opposite and cut his throat, and then the three — all dressed in white, — went up on deck and stabbed the man at the wheel and the first mate — Hobson was his name. Him they wounded, but he climbed into the rigging out of their reach. Then they went below and murdered the sailors, and only spared one — a boy.
"They were pirates, you see. — He was Tardy the Pirate!
"Then when morning came they bar- gained with Hobson to spare his life if
he'd come down and navigate the vessel into Havana. They could not navigate a brig and they were short-handed be- side, having only the boy — and him they made cook. — So Hobson come down and navigated towards Havana, but when it was night he steered north. You see he meant to get into Charleston Harbor. They went by his log-book and he falsified the entries, working north by night and steering by the compass. He told Tardy he'd gotten south of Havana and was working back.
"Then he found he was going to make Charleston in daylight and he knew as soon as land came in sight Tardy would know where they were so he had to put out to sea again and beat back as night came on.
"He made the boat ready to lower in the bow and when all was dark they sailed into Charleton Harbor. Tardy came on deck and asked where they were and Hobson told him just putting into Havana, — and then he ran forward and jumped into the boat, let her down, and cast off. Tardy ran to the rail and fired at him and that roused the Guard and they called others and put off in boats. Tardy and his men jumped over- board and swam ashore and got into the swamps and hid, but they were all captured and executed, and there was a pamphlet writ about it all and sent to Fall River.
"Grandfather" — (Captain "Sheffield Weaver) — "had just finished the 'Gen- eral Marion,' named after the Revolu- tionary general — his son was named for him too — and he had a part}' on board when she was launched to take the first sail. My mother was on board and all his other children, Aunt 7 Rhoday, Uncle 'Benjamin, and all the rest, — and I was there.
Story of 7John Weaver.
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'■'We sailed down by Newport and when we got there we met Captain Brightman's brig being brought home by the government officials. They sig- naled and we signaled them. And the sails where Hobson climbed up above had been taken and rolled before they came into port because they were all streaked with his blood.
"Hobson never went to sea again. — After that he stayed ashore."
STORY ABOUT ^JOHN WEAVER.
(John, eldest son of Captain 'Sheffield Weaver, was born 1 778, and died at sea May 12th, 1812. Vide Vol. I.)
John Weaver began to sail as cabin boy with his father when nine years of age, and generally went with him even after- wards. When he was eighteen he had been first mate for some time. He was called after his father's partner, John Porter, of Charleston, with whom Capt. Weaver carried on a coasting trade, sell- ing the cargoes North, South, and in the West Indies.
On one occasion when they were re- turning North the vessel was boarded by pirates in search of plunder. There was on board six thousand dollars in gold, the price of the cargo just sold. Capt. Weaver and his son were given permission to descend into a small boat at the ship's side and kept under guard there while their craft was plundered. The two managed to smuggle the gold down between them and with it hidden about them waited while the search went on, and when it was over, again went on board and continued their voy- age.
Another time just after they made port the embargo act of 1807 was passed.
A brig loaded with cotton was just ready to sail from Charleston, but under the circumstances a clever and trusty captain was needed. Mr. Porter sent North for John to come at once and take her out — he would provide a crew.
"When the young man (then nineteen years of age) arrived in Charleston he found all ready and a crew of seven- teen negroes who could sail under orders. So one night they slipped safely out of port, and made for the West Indies, where the cotton was sold and the hold reloaded with indigo and spices. They had a safe voyage North, entered Taun- ton River and dropped anchor near the Weaver farm late one night. The indigo (200 boxes in all) was carried ashore and hid under hay stacks and the spices were taken upstairs in Capt. Weaver's farmhouse and placed in the fire-place, concealed behind the fire- boards. The brig then moved on to Dighton and in the morning John re- ported to the custom house officers. He then bid the negroes obey any orders given them by the men, whom he knew to be unfamiliar with any square rigged vessel, — and went himself to his father's.
"The officers when they appeared were told that "Massa" had gone away. They attempted to take command of the vessel and had her beached in no time, upon which they went back to town.
"The young captain returned at night, — waited for fall tide, — and then hoisted sail and made for Charleston with only the ballast and chalk on board.
"The profits of the voyage were very handsome, and the courage and skill of the ship's young master speak for them- selves."
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John Weaver married 5 Betsey, daugh- ter of 4Samuel Brightman, and had one son, 8John Taylor Weaver.
RECORDS OF THE CHILDREN OF "SHEFFIED WEAVER.
7 John Tjji lor, — b. 17S6. m. 5Betsey, daughter of 4Samuel Brightman (she m. 2nd, Abiah Booth, and d. 1816). d. at sea May 11, 1S12. One son.
8John T., Jr.,— b. May 26, 181 1. m. £>a>&(ci'ir7njL Eudora- Brown Tobey, Dec. 8, 1834 (she d. April 27, 1863). d. Oct. 7, 1883. Had,— 9 John Sheffield, b. May 8, 1837. d. Aug. 5, 1836.— 9Catharine Eudora, b. Jan. 20, 1840. m. Dustin Dana Bicknell, 1866 (he was b. Aug. 1, 1838); had, 10Kate Bulah, b. 1870.— "Julius Myron, b. March 15, 1846. m. Jane Washburn Mason, Jan. 28, 1874 (she was b. Oct. 9,
1847); nad, 10 Franklin Pierce-Ma=_ -sonr Feb. 17, 1882.— 9Mary G., b. May 17, 1847. d. April 13, 1852. 7 Mary,— b. Jan. 25, 1788. Vide Vol. I. 7Rhoda, — b. Aug. 3, 1794. m. Abram
Borden, Feb. 1820. 7 Anna Maria, — b. Sept. 23, 1796. m.
Job Stillwell. Had one 8 daughter
who m. Reese Bronson. 7Lydia, — b. July 1, 1798. m. James M.
Brown, d. July 1, 1826. 7Furman, — b. June 22, 1804. d. in New
Orleans, Mar. 27, 182S. 7 Frances Marion, — (called for General
Marion), b, June 21, 1806. m. Mary
Ann Brightman (she was b. Nov. 10,
180S. d. Feb. 28, 1S88). He died in
California, March 19, 1SS1. 7Charles Benjamin, — b. Feb. 9, 181 1.
m. Rachel, daughter of Joseph E.
Read, Esq., Dec. 11, 1834 (she was
born Dec. 5, 1809. d. April, 1876). He
died Jan. 26, 1807.
REGARDING THE CORNELL HOMESTEAD.
This venerable house, of which an excellent picture is given within these covers, has sheltered many generations of Cornells. One of the family, in an- swer to certain questions, lately wrote the following letter:
"* * In regard to the old house, it was certainly built before 1673, as in the inventory of 2Thomas the contents of the different rooms are mentioned by name, as certain old things stored in the old house; and as Thomas was in- debted to his mother for two years' rent of farm, it would not seem that he could have built so large a place. As to Mrs. Biddlc's letter: In 1823 my grand-uncle, Stephen B. Cornell, of Portsmouth, lived in the house of which you have a picture. He was born about
1765 in the house, lived there, and died there in 1839. * * In 171 4 4 George and Deliverance lived there. * * * Mrs. Biddle's grand-father was brother of 4George" (vide letter of Mrs Clem- ent Biddle, page 132). "There were but two children of 3Thomas and Susan- nah Lawton. Mrs. Biddle's father was Gideon and married a Vaughan. * * I have seen several records of the different branches of 'Thomas' family, but none where I think more really good marriages have been made in Colonial days than by the descendants of 2Thomas, and within a hundred years after him."
Vide "Mrs. Biddle's account of her visit to Newport in 1824." Page 133.
STEPHEN LEONARD FRENCH. Page III.
Richmond.
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RECORD OF ^GEORGE BRIGHT- MAN RICHMOND.
(Son of Dr. 5 Perez Richmond and Han- nah Brightman, Vol. I.)
"Richmond, — Geo. Brightman.
(of Westport, Newport and Livonia,
Western New York.)
b. April 8, 1774.
m. Lucy Caldwell Woodruff, May 29, 1808 (she was born May 3, 1 791 . d, May 24, 1859.)
He died June 17, 1858.
CHILDREN.
7 Perez Brightman, — born May 30, 1809. m. Hannah Warren, March, 1835. d. October, 1889.
7 Lucia, — born April 27, 181 1. m. Dan- iel Bosley, March 1, 1832.
7Carolina, — born April 25, 1816. m. Nathan Platt, Jan. 12, 1842. d. Sept. 6, 1892.
7 Edwin R. ,— b. Sept. 5, 1818. m. Mary Chappel, Jan. 12, 1842. d. Jan. 9, 1889.
7 Elizabeth, — b. Dec. 29, 1825. d. Jan. 3, 1826.
7Elizabeth, — b. June 13, 1834. m. Geo. O. Bosley, Nov. 9, 1854. He died July 30, 1859, and she married 2d, Merritt A. Spinnig, Sept. 4, 1862.
The above record I owe to the kind- ness of Mrs. Elizabeth Spinnig. She also gave me the address of her sister, Mrs. Bosley, whom I called on. Mrs. Bosley is a very pretty old lady, who does not look sixty-five, and possesses a memory twenty years younger than her looks. She has a letter written by Mrs. 4 Hannah Brightman Richmond to her sons, 5Brightman and 5Alanson, in 1825. It contains over 1500 words, and
is chiefly about religion. Mrs. Bosley possesses another letter of far more in- terest, which I give in full below. It was written by Brightman Richmond to his wife five months after their mar- riage :
Livonia, Oct. 29, 180S. " My dear Lucy :
Though but four weeks since I parted with you, yet the time appears an age since I left you last, feeling anxious to get home to see after my business. I have realized the time will appear so hard before I will see you again ; but so it is that while we enjoy the possession of any heavenly blessing, we little know how to appraise its value till experience teaches what forethought would not suggest.
" Though engaged in business, and though much occupied with care, yet the lovely image of my Lucy rushes on my mind; and while fancy paints her lovely form, sweet as the pearly dew exhaled from the fragrant rose, yet those sweets are not without alloy. For reason dictates that several more lonely hours must pass before time will grant what fancy paints ; oh, and per- haps the world of time, for we are but tenants at will — no lease of life, no promise of to-morrow. Then let us wisely improve to-day, without regret- ting that which is passed or too much depending on that which is to come, for God in due season will accomplish all his purposes, glory be to his name.
" I have enjoyed health ever since I parted with you, and hope this will find you enjoying the same ; and if nothing unforeseen happens, and the roads are not too bad, I calculate to come after you within two weeks. Till then I must bid you farewell, after requesting you to present my respects to your
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parents, sisters and brothers, and sub- scribing myself
Yours affectionately,
Brightman Richmond.
" P. S. On receipt of this I hope you will not fail to write me, for as honey to the taste and music to the ear, so is news from a friend."
RECORD OF 'HANNAH RICH- MOND WHITCOMB.
Richmond, — Whitcomb, — 7 Hannah B.
b. Oct. 31, 1810.
m. Walter Whitcomb, Oct. 12, 1331 (he b. Feb. 13, 180S. d. Feb. 7, 1880.)
d. Dec. 30, 1890. (Of Nunda, N. Y.)
Mrs. Whitcomb was one of the bright- est and most entertaining of women, and she preserved her charm of manner and conversation to the last of her life.
She was named for her grandmother, Hannah Brightman, and in person much resembled her mother, Mary Weaver Richmond French. Vide all these names.
CHILDREN.
"Victoria— b. Dec. 23, 1832. m. John Pulaski Wood; had daughters, 9 Fran- ces and 9 Caroline, m. 2nd, Mr. Newton Colby, and had ^Robert, b. Sept. 5, 1868. (New York.)
8Mary,-— b. July 21, 1834. d. May 12, 1890. (This unselfish and devoted life deserves a volume of praise in- stead of a line.)
8Sophia,— b. Aug. 18, 1838. m. Arnold Medbury, Dec. 18, 1867; had sons, 9 Robert, who m. Minnie Davey, Oct. 6, 1890, and has '"Hazel, b. Sept. 8, 1891.— *Will. (Detroit, Mich.)
"Louisa, — b. June 4, 1841. m. Jas. Strang, June 4, 1S67; has * Walter, 9 Arthur* Louise and 9 Sophia. (Geneseo, N. Y.)
8Helen, — b. Oct. 5, 1S42. m. George Chandler, June 15, 1S63; had child- ren, 9 Walter and 9 Elsie. (Milwaukee,
• Wis.)
8 Emily, — b. Jan. 7, 1847.
"William, — b. Aug. 8, 1852. m. Lillian Bulkeley, Aug. 13, 1S79.
RECORD OF 8ELTING FOWLER.
Fowler, — 8Elting. (Son of "David, Vol. I.)
b. March 15, 1S1 1.
m. Margaret Kennedy (she d. 1S5S).
d. Oct. 7, 1854.
children.
9Isaac du Bois, — b. March 5, 1846.
9 John K.,— b. Sept. 22, 1848. m. Helen
Crosby, June 9, 1875; has, > "Kale, b.
June 22, 1878, and l0Mje, b. June 12,
1S80. "Martha,— b. Apr. 4, 1S50. d. Dec. 4,
1856. 9 Archibald,— b. Feb. 22, 1S51. 9Elting J.,— b. May 25, 1854. d. April
10, 1857.
I am indebted to Rev. 9J. K. Fowler, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for the above record, and other information.
DESCENDANTS OF READ
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The following records of the descend- ants of 5 Joseph Reade and 6Mary Corn- ell (married 1754) have been collected by Miss Abbie French, of Fall River. I believe they are the only published records of this particular branch of the Reade family.
5Joseph and Mary Read had seven children: "Phcebe, "Samuel, 6 George G., 6 Joseph, 6 James, "Nancy and 6 Sarah. The latter, Sarah, married 2Enoch French and her six sons are recorded under that name.
6Phqebe Read ., — (first child of Joseph), .b. Nov. 29, 1755. m. Jonathan Barn- aby, Nov. 14, 1798 (he was son of James and grand-son of Capt. Ambrose Barnaby. b. 1755. d. Jan. 8, 1835). d. 1822-3.
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3). He d. /'June, 1870. Vide"Reid, S.N. "—Also 8 Darius, b. March 8, 1820. d. at sea 1842.— Also sHope Ann,b. Sept. 12, 1 82 1. m. Harry Pomeroy, Oct. 12, 1842 (heVAijg. H82.) She is still living, alsd eight of her twelve children. — Also * George L. Reid, b. Dec. 6, 1823. m. Matv Jane Holmes, Feb., 1850 (shed.Dec^f8f33-4). He d. Dec, 1 86 1. —Also 8MaryJ b. Aug. 24, 1825. m. Samuel White, May,.?? 1847 (slle d. Sept se, 1849. Hus- band and one daughter living. — Also 8 Caroline Frances, b. Oct. 22, 1827. ^ a
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"Samuel Read , — b. Aug.14^1757. He was a farmer, tanner and currier. When the Revolution broke out he joined the army and was one of Gen.
Washington^ body-guard, m. Charity^^/ Conn. Six children ^-^"^^^ourn^tf&Sf and moved to Col- ' ^ this volume.
Chester, Conn. d. Dec. 29, 1832.^/^i 7Jared Reid,— b. Feb. 29, 1788
m. Alfred Spencer, April 26, 1846
(he wa^/b. 1S25. d. 1891). Seven J)ell /j.
living children; 9Samuel R. one^'.^^a^
7 Elizabeth, — b. Jan. 15, 1782. m. Ed- ward Smith, d. 1876-7; had child- ren, 8 Charity. m.Wm. Wadsworth. — %Eliza A. m. Orin Packard.
7 Anna, — b. Nov. 3, 1783 Sept. 8, 1866.
'Charity Elizabeth,— b. March 7,
1785. m. Nathan Swift, Nov. 8,
1810. d. Feb. 14, 1827, at Lebanon,
vide "Swift,"
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d. single
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Children: —
e&d. P<&\ 7Mary, — b. Sept. 12, 1779. m. Samuel
& Bragg ^he died Jan. 14, 1852). She
d. Feb. 15, 1848. Vide "Bragg,"
this volume.
/^et^d- — iSamuel, — b. Nov. 25, 1780. m. Eu-
docia Taintor, April 29, 1818 (she
/>W-b. +795-. d. Sept. 9, 1849). He d.
Dec. 4, 1852; had ^Sanucel^b. Feb.
10, 1819. m. El est a Messenger,
Dec. 21, 1840 (she d. June, 1842)^ /«"■?/
m. 2nd, Louisa Austin, Dec. 28,
1st, Sallie Bigelow. m. 2nd, Nancy Seabury, 1845. d. June 16, 1854. One son by first wife, %Jared, b. 1824. m. Louise A. Dwight, April 19, 1854 (she d. 1883). Children, 9Sarah, 9Charles, 9Edwin, » Harold and 9 Robert. The latter was one of the four artists chosen to decorate the Liberal Arts Building at the Chicago Exposition.
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7Sarah, — b. March 7, 1790. m. Dud- ley WORTHINGTON, Oct. 12, IS14.
One daughter, sSarah, b. June 25, 1 816. m. Simon Huntington. hcebe, — b. Dec. 20, 1791. m. Wm/f Shaw, Oct., 1829 (he b. Aug. 20, 17S9. d. Nov. 18, 1841.) d. Dec. 19, 1889. Darius, — Vide " Reid, Darius," this volume.
6 Joseph Read.— b. March 9, 1763. d. in hospital.
"George G. Read (Captain), b. Dec.
14, 1760. m. Isabel Evans, Oct. 20,
1788 (she b. Aug. 12, 1768. d. April
22,1851). He d. Dec. 6, iSoi.O^r^^,
Children:
^Baley Evans Read, — b. Feb. 10, 1790. d. unmarried March 4, 1807.
'Joseph, — b. Sept. 28, 1792. m. 1st, Betsey Dean, 1S21. She d. Feb. IS, 1853. m. 2nd, Mrs. Rebecca Evans Brown, April 24, 1S56. She d. Feb. 12, 1867. m. 3d, Mrs. Mary (Lee) Healy, July 21, 1869. «£/~> /& /lirr»
'Erastus B. Reid, — b. June 13, 1798. m. Betsey Hathaway, May 15, 1834 (she died March 14, 1S79). He d. April 23, 186S. Children:— * Isabel, b. July 17, 1841. d. March 11, 1879. — Also, * Elizabeth, b. Jan. 17, 1S44. d. Oct. 9, 1844.— Also, s Elizabeth, b. Oct. 9, 1846. d. Feb. 26, 1847.— Also, s George, b. Oct. 4, 1848. d. Sept. 30, 1S49.— Also,* Mary, b. June 15, 1S50. m. Charles F. Peirce Aug. 22, 1878 (he d. Nov. 30, 1S7S). — Also, *Myra, b. March 10, 1853. d. Oct. 4, 1853.
"James Read,— b. 176S. m. Rebecca Barton, Oct. 7, 1796 (she d. 1833). He d. Oct. 21, 1S14.
James Read was a tanner, like his father before him, and it was to him that Enoch French was bound appren- tice. When James Read felt called to the ministry, he sold his business to his young brother-in-law. The Rev. James Read was an exceptionally gifted spir- itual leader, and a faithful follower in Christ's pathway. Children:
'Andrew Barton, — b. 1799. m. Betsey Sanders (she d. 1S77). /^Children: Rev. 8 Andrew Read. — Also ^Mar- garet B . — Also 8 Henry, now liv- ing in Providence. 7James, — born Aug. 20, 1S01. m. 1st, Mary Ann Taylor (she b. June 25, 1802. d. Feb. 26, 1836). m. 2nd, Re-
becca C. Sessions, July, 1841 (she d. March 27, 1843). m. 3rd, Hal^"^ nah C. Eddy, July 22, 1845. He d. June 5, 1S93. Children : — *A%ma@e9A{. /*■ b. Dec. 25, 1827. m. las. Sno«Xv^ Jr., 1848.— Also, *Cyru¥Ab. Oct. 26, 1829. m. H. M. Bixby.— Also, *Re- beccaA b. and d. March 19, 1S32. — Also, 8 Sophia, b. Nov. 13, 1834. m. A. N. D|AN, d. May 9, 1S72.— Also, 8 Rebecca,'nb. Jan., 1S43. d. Oct. 2, 1S43. 'Samuel, — b. Nov. 14, 1S03. d. 1831.
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X c* x« Nancy Reade, — (sixth child of0 Joseph) > sjj b. 1770 or 1772. m. Nathan Bowen * \ 4 (he b. 1740. d. Nov. 9, 1825). She d. I <\^_\ about 1S30.
Children:
1^ 'cv^ 7Joseph M., — b. May 20, 1797.
>5 ?\, 7Paul,— b. March 5, 1S00. m. Eliza-
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RECORD OF 'DARIUS REID.
(Son of "Samuel, son of sJoseph Read.)
b. March 1, 1707. . , ■
m. 1st, Caroline RoacK, May 30, 1830 (she was b. Jan. 29, 4802. d. Feb. 3, 1827).
m. 2nd, Anna Muir, Mar. 12, 1829 (she b. Jan., 1801).
d. March 30, 1849.
CHILDREN.
8 Samuel Warner, — b. May 15, 182 1. d.
May 24, 1822. 8Ann Elizabeth, — b. Oct. 12, 1822. d.
Dec. 9, 1823. 8Adolphus Lafayette, — b. Nov. 13, 1824.
m. Henrietta, April 20, 1848 (she d.
Nov. 27, 1864. m. 2nd, Atlanta E.
Martin, Oct. 20, 1868.
Children: 0^j>
9 Charles Edward, b. Sopt. 2, 1850. m. Mary McCoy. — Also9Z?/^j/Caroline, b. June 13, 1853. m. Wm. Brooks. — Also * George Campbell, b. Dec. 17, 1855. d, Jan. 17, 1856.— Also
sAnnaT&fTiec. 9, 1856. d. . —
Also sRobb Morris, b. Dec. 23, 1858. — Also 9 Herbert Bayless, b. Mar. 26, 1861. d. July 22, 1864. — also * Edgar Adolphus, b. April 1, 1864. — Also '/Wwl* aMainic Moore, b. Sept. 18, 1869. m. Benjamin Powell. — Also * James Herbert, b. Feb. 20, 1872. — Also 9 Emma Carroll, b. Oct 15, 1876. — Also »Amia Julia, b. Oct. 24, 1878. — Also *Homer Martin, b. Dec. 20,
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8 Mary Ruth,— b. Sept. 5, 1S26. d. Aug.
r, 1S27. 8William Muir,— b. Sept. 16, 1831. 8Samuel Payton, — b. Mar. 15, 1833.^^ La/sS^-i^t 8 John M-eN#4ei7 — b. July 16, i^^WTof^^^C- 8 Ruth Rice,— b. March 30, 1837. 8 Benjamin Franklin, ) b. January 10, 8 Darius Bourne, ) 1839.
8 Mary Elizabeth,— b. 1S41. 8 J. Wood Wilson,— b. 1843. d. Aug. 8,
1851.
RECORD OF ^WILLIAM READE.
(Son of 4Joseph Read and Grace Pray).
b. 1732.
m. Ruth Evans, Dec. 3, 1761 (she b. 1742).
m. 2nd, Dorothy, daughter of his cousin, Rev. Samuel Reade (she b. 1745).
d. Dec. 25, 1813.
CHILDREN.
6Elizabeth, — b. July 3, 1763. m. Robt. Hathaway, Jan. 3, 1782.
6Rebecca, — b. July 14, 1765. m. Guil- ford Evans, Dec. 11, 1783.
6Ruth, — b. April 27, 1767. m. Geo.
Pickens. ^William, — b. July 15, 1769. m. Prudence Valentine, Jan. 28, 1798.
6 Sarah, — b. July 15, 1769.
6Thomas, — b. July 14, 1771. d. 1778.
6 Rachel, — b. July 1, 1773.
6John, — b. July 5, 1775. m. Rosemond.
6 Joseph E., — b. Sept. 15, 1776. m. Sybil Valentine, Jan. 17, 1S03.
6 Amy W., — b. Jan. 3, 1779. m. John Hathaway, and had John B. Hatha- way. Vide descendants of Jael H-atha- .Vttiy, Lhii. Volume.
6 Nancy — b. Oct. 8, 1781. m.-Baa Davol. tziec
6 Phoebe, — b. Oct. 4, 1783. m. Henry Brightman. 5William Read was a brother of Mrs.
Oliver Whitwell, and also of 5Joseph
Read, who married Mary Cornell. Vide
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RECORD OF SAMUEL N. REID.
(Son of 7 Samuel, son of 6Samuel, son of 5 Joseph Reade. Vol. I.) b. Feb. 10, 1819. d. June, 1870.
CHILDREN.
(By second wife, Louisa Austin.) "Charles M.,— b. March 5, 1844. d. Dec.
8, 1865. £k**w£, & 3George, — b. Oct. 20, 1846. d. Feb., 1847. 9 Georgiana^b. May 1, 1845. m- Israel J **&.;/. /& ""Newton, d. Sept. 20, 1S90.
3Isabella,4rb. Nov. 13, 1847. m. E. W.
Latham.J&s it./rtf. &z a. &yf-m
(Rev.) 'George D., — b. July 11, 1849.
m. Phcebe Sykes.^./ /(. /Sr>£ "Frank H., — b. June 23, 1S51. m. Lilly
M. Hancock. O^a^r /W "Samuel N^-b^S"'/^ d. May 25, 1S5S. ' /rn\ J. >*>>7 9Eloise A.(— b. 1857. d. May 12, 1859. rtff. <*• 'r*7 9john E _b july IQj l8sg d_ july 2g)
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"William A.,— b. Sept. 8, i860, d. Oct. 31, i860.
RECORD OF sBENJAMIN READE.
(Son of Moseph Read. Vol. I.)
b. Nov. 15, 1733.
m. Sarah Evans, Nov. 23, 1758 (she b. April iS, 1740). d. Sept. 1, 1S02.
CHILDREN.
6 Bailey, — b. March 29, 1759. 6 Sarah, — b. Feb. 19, 1761. 6 Charlotte, — b. Feb. 16, 1763. 6 Mary, — b. Dec. 16, 1765. "Susannah, — b. Jan. 12, 1767. 6 Phcebe, — b. March 2, 1769. "Hannah, — b. June 8, 1771. 6 Ruth, — b. 1773. "Benjamin, — b. April 1, 1774. "Ruby, — b. Aug. 26, 1776. "Grace, — b. March 17, 1779. "Clarissa, — b. Feb. 22, 17S1. 6 Dean H.,— b. May S, 1783. rjamcs P., — b. March 9, 17S5. B Tamer, — b. March 9, 1785. d. Mar. 25.
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RECORD OF MAEL HATHAWAY.
(Son of 3Jacob H. and Philis Chase.
Vol. I.)
b. in Freetown, 1719.
m. Rebecca Simmons, March 24, 1739 (she d. Jan. 24, 1784).
m. 2nd, 3 Elizabeth Presbry, widow of Ephraim French, Dec, 1785 (she d. May 1, 1816).
d. Jan. 10, 1S1 1.
Capt. Jael Hathaway made a marked figure in Revolutionary days because he was a Tory. The old house to which 'he brought his second wife is still stand- ing in Steep Rock, and I have an excel- lent photograph of it before me as I write. The front door has an upper and lower half and are to be fastened with a beam across it. The photographer (Mr. Douglas, of Fall River,) has made an interesting picture of the old place and one which should interest each of the Hathaway family. It is the original of the one in this volume.
There is great difficulty in arranging these records so as to make them clear. It should be remembered all the genera- tions are numbered from the first lJohn Reade. 4Jael Hathaway had nine child- ren, 5Jael, 5Marcy, 5 Hannah, 5Susanna, 5 Jonathan, 5 Rebecca, 5 Lloyd, 6Russel and 5 Betsey. 5Jael was drowned on a whaling voyage. Marcy married her cousin 5Lot, son of Hoseph Hathaway, (Vol. I.), and is named elsewhere; — the rest are named in the following pages.
These records are due to the kindness of Miss French of Fall River, who has been largely aided by members of the family.
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DESCENDANTS OF 4JAEL HATHAWAY.
5 Hannah, — m. Barton.
5Susannah, — b. 1743. d. Nov. iS, 1809. 5 Jonathan, — b. 1746. m. Rhoda Davis,
1772. d. Oct. 21, 1805. ^ /^
5Rebecca, — b. 1786. m. Stephen
Leonard, 1S01. d. 1881.
Children : —
■ — * Hail taw ay,— b. in Fall River, May 5, 1802. m. Mary B. Witherell, Sept. 9, 1824 (she b. in Norton, Sept. 20, 1881. d. Jan. 3, 18S3). He d. April 21, 1871. Has children: — 7Harriet C, b. June 19, 1825. d. April 12, 1850. — 7 Laura M., b. Nov. 24, 1826. d. May 6, 1848.— 7Alden H., b. June 7, 1829. — 7Otis R., b. June 6, 1S31. — 7Curtis, b. June 26, 1833. d. June 2, 1878. — 7Emily A, b. Oct. 6, 1836. d. Feb. 28, 1837.— 7Emily A-. b. April 5, 1835. d. April 29, 1835. — 7 Marion, b. July 8, 1838. d. Dec. ur 1866. — 7Charles, b. Sept. 17, 1840.
—eLydia, — b. Nov. 16, 1805. m. Eddy Lincoln, d. Feb. 28, 1879. Had children: 7Daniel and 7Lewis.
— 6 Rebecca, — b. 1808. m. Geneason Lincoln. Had, 7 Henry, $" Moses, 7 Victoria, 7Russel,(by 2ndhusband, Leonidas Dean) 7Leonadas and 7Job.
— ^George R., — b. April 6, 1S10. m. Patience E. Lincoln, Oct. 3, 1837. Had: — 7 Elizabeth,^ b. April 9, 1840. — 7 George, b. Jan 13,1843. — 7 Ever- ett^. Feb. 10, 1846. — 7S. Lewis, b. Jan. 31, 1851. 5Lloyd, — b. March 14, 1788. m. Han- nah Miller, May 7, 1809. d. July 18,
1828. -
Children : — 1 — *Nancy Bowen, — b. Sept. 9, 1810. m. Edmond Davis, July 12, 1829. d.
Aug. 20, 1887. Had:— 7Sarah, b.
July 8, 1830. m. Wm. P. Marbel,/#n- I
1858; and had 8Willie, b. 1863. d.
1868.— 7Lloyd, b. March 14, 1832.
d. 1856.— 'Helen, b. June, 1834.
d. Feb. 8, 1839. — 7 George, b. May,
1837. d. Nov. 1, 1846.— 7Hannah
b. April, 1840. d. Oct. 12, 1840.
— 7 Phoebe, b. May 17, 1845. —
7NellieM., b. 184S. d. Oct. 1 1, 1875. > — 6 Candace Weaver, — b. Augt^ 1 8 1 1 .
m. Wm. P. Marbel, Sept., 1848. d.
Aug. 9, 1856. — ^Plicebe, — b. April 7, 1813. m. Corey
Durfee, Dec. 16, 1833. d. Nov. 2,
1843. Had:— 7John, b. May 16, 1835.
d. Aug. 16, 1836.— 7Phcebe, b. Mch.
2, 1839. d. Nov. 2, 1839.— 7 Han- nah, b. Dec, 1 84 1. d. June, 1842. — ^Hannah, — b. Jan. 3, 1815. m. David
Thurston, Jan. 30, 1834. d. Sept.
24, 1857. Had:— 7 George Henry, b. al ?U, /f, /??■?
Jan. 13, 1835. m- Julia Eliza Lap- ham, Oct. 24, 1 861; and had
8Marionf4). Aug. 4, 1862. m. Louis
N. Read, Oct. 5, 1S87. — G Elizabeth Presbry— b. Sept. i9,d.J^ -U Ji%
1817. m. Dennis White, April 20,
1840. Had: — 7 Hannah, b. Aug. 26,
1841. m. James Bucklin, Jan. 28, 1865, and has 8Abby, b. Oct. 28, 1867. m. Henry Slade, June 14,
1893.— 7Abbey, b. March 28, 1843. ^ ^ °?' /re? m. Arthur Robinson, Jan. 23, 1S65. — 7Albert D., b. April 3, 1S46. m. Jennie White, Dec. 9, 1873, and had , _
8Maryff^Sept. 26, 1874, and Mary, lAzc^U b. 1877. d. March 16, 1874. C — ^Edmond, — b. March 1, 1824. m. Fannie Flint, Feb. 1845 (sne d. -Aug^f, 1S77). m. 2nd, Mrs. Mary /? Wescott, Nov. 12, 1S79. d. May 6, /ry\^P- Had children,— 7Franklin <=tj*~ J, //*/ Flint, b. 1846. m. Sarah Clarke,
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1869, and had 8 Fannie, b. Feb. 24th, 1872. d. 1873. 8LuellaW., b. Nov. 16, 1873. — sHelen Imogene.b. Nov. 19, 1 875. -SM able Antoinette, b. Jan. 1878. — sAnna Frances, b. Nov. 24, 1884.— ^Mary Emma, b. Dec. 184^ Jg-^Yd- 4-S46-— 8Candace Evelyn, b. Oct. /y(^2S' ^848.— /"Walter Clarendon, b- Oct. 24, 1850. m. Addie A. Mar- shall, April 25, 1S72. Had 8Alvah, b. April 16, 1S73. — 8Fannie, b. 1876. d. Dec. 28, 1878.— s Helen Electa, b. Sept. 30, 18S0. — sFlorence, b. June (9, 18S6. 5Russel, — b. Sept. 12, 1790. m. Rhoda Terry, Sept. 19, 181 1. d. Dec, 1870. Children:
— GS2isa?ma, — b. 1812. d. young. — aRuth,—b. June 25, 1S13. d. 1S21. — eRusseI,—b. Nov. 17, 181 5. — tjfob T.—b. MarchriSi7. —6David—b. Dec. 21, 1818. —cJob T.,— b.and d. 1S22. — gRusscI, — b. Oct. 1, 1S24. Sanborn, March 29, 1852. Mary Bryden, Jan. 6, 1S73. Had 7 David T., b. Oct. 20, 1S53. m. Sarah W. Ellis, Oct. 23, 1873. — 'Charles R., b. May 27, 1S55. drown- ed, 1880— 7Russel— b. Oct. 18, 1875. — GAb/ier, — b. June 19, 1826. d. in
California, 1859. — (.Albert, — b. 1827. d. 1859. — tjob, — b. April 7, 1S32. m. Emeline Gibbs, June 16, 1S57, and had: 7 Rhoda, b. 1862. m. Wm. Read, 1S88. d. 1S92.— 7Lizzie H. and "Albert. — ^Bradford, — b. 1S29. m. Jane Bow- ker, Sept. 16, 1866. Had: 'Bradford and 7Harold. 5Bctscy, (or Elizabeth) — b. 1792. m. Corey Durfee, April 24, 1S08. he d. at sea, July, 181 5. m. 2nd, Capt. John Hathaway, about 1817. he died in Wru liinnlun, Feb. 6, 1859. she d. Nov. 14, 1S6S. Children:
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(The full name is given each time avoid confusion, if two families.) —(•Hope Durfee, — b. Dec. 25, 1S10. m. William Winslow, Augrf 1831. died 1838. —(•Deborah Durfee,— b. March 25, 1811. m. Job Wilson, July 2, 1829. d. Feb. 7, 1SS1. 12 children. — (-Corey Durfee, — b. March 31, 181 3. m. Phebe H. (his cousin), Dec. 16, 1S33. d. July 31, 1842. — ^ftn'Durfee,— b.Feb. 13, 1815. m. John young, m. 2nd, Henry Ide, Dec. 19, 1S78. ^. ?<n«^ /?. /yf? —sjolin Hathaway,— b. May, 181S. d.
May 11, 1825. — panics L. Hathaway,— -b. Sept^/ KH 1S19. m. Martha HaskTns, Aug. 23, 1S41.5 Children: ot^J*^*. r./S-?Z 7 Mary Lincoln, b. June 18, 1S44. m. Edward H. Kidder, Oct. II, 1S65. d. Dec. 25, 1S90. Had: 8 Edward H., b. July 17, 1867. d. May 3, 1876.— 8Jarnes H., b. Sept. 25, 1869.— 8Mary Grace, b. Jan. 2, 1S7S. 7 John Valentine, b. March 30, 1S46.
d. Sept. 5, 1847. 7 Martha Elizabeth, b. Oct. II, 1848. m. Henry Wheeler, March 19, 1879, and had: 8Henryy b. Aug. 31, 1882.— 8 Elizabeth, b. Jan. •** 1884./^ 'Emma Caroline, b. Sept. 10, 1S50. m. JasT Billings, March 31, tegfe /fCtfi Has: «Mary H., b. June 14, 1882. 7James,— b. Nov., 1S51. d. May 25, ^1852. — WrtryTiathaway,— b. May II, 1S22. m. Silas Lincoln, 1840. d. Sept. 21, 1843. Had'John. — ("Susan Hathaway, — b. Oct. 21, 1823. d. young. '-^Elizabeth Hathaway, — b. May 11,
1825. d. young, -6JoIin Hathaway, — b. May 11, 1825. d. Nov. 21, 1845.
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DESCENDANTS OF 3JACOB HATHAWAY.
(m. Philis, daughter of Benj. Chase, Page 44.)
CHILDREN.
4Hannah, — b. Feb. 24, 1701. m. Lot fy/tid 'Strange, AugTa^ 1745, and had :
— sPhillippe,—b. Oct. 2, 1722. m. John
Paine, April 10, 1738. m. 2nd, Seth
Chase, 175 1. m.3rd, John Crandon,
Dec. 14, 1768. — 5John, — b. Feb. 25, 1724. m. Joanna
Jocelyn, Feb., 1746. d. June 4, 1776. — hMary, — b. Nov. 14, 1725. m. Geo.
Chase, Sept. 17, 1741. 5 Abigail, — b.Sept. 24, 1727. m. Charles
Chase, Jan. 19, 1744. s Jacob, — b. Jan. 3, 1729. m. Elizabeth
Winslow. — 5Melctiah, — b. Sept. 24, 1732. m.
Ruth Ward. — 5 'James, — m. 5Diodemia Hathaway. — sSylvanus, — b. Aug. 10, 1734. — b Hannah, — b. Oct. 22, 1738. m. Jo- seph Valentine. —s Alice. — 5 Betsey. 4 Guilford, — m. Lydia Simmons, and had: — s Hannah, — b. Sept. 21, 1729. m.
Thomas Evans, 1750. — s Lydia, — b. May 28, 1731.
Benj. Grinnel, Jr., about 1757. — 5Trypheua, — b. Feb. 22, 1723. — h Guilford, — b. Nov. 25, 1734.
Rebecca Durfee, March 21, 1756. — ^Phoebe, — b. Apr. 7, 1737. m. Thos.
Chase. — 5Huldah, — b. Dec. 9, 1739. m.
Charles Chase, Nov. 9. 1762. — bDrusilla, — b. Jan. 9, 1742. m. Paul
Perry, Nov. 30, 1758. — 5Diodemia, — b.Sept. 30, 1748. m.
1st, 5James Strange (son of Lot).
m. 2nd, 3 Joseph Hathaway (son of
4Philip), Nov. 27, 1783. d. July 9,
1827. — ^Dudley, — b. May 24, 1746. m.
Margaret Briggs, Nov. 1769. d.
April 19, 18 10. 4 Betty, — m. John Winslow, Oct. 9, 1729. Had:
— 5Huldah, — b. March 18, 1730. — bAbner, — b. May 17, 1732. m. &Re-
becca Hathaway (daughter of 4Phil-
ip), 1759. d. April 13, 1803.
m.
m.
— 5 Sylvia, — b. March 10, 1734. m.
Samuel Barnaby, 1757. — 5Lucia, — b. Jan. 20, 1736. m. Thos.
Wood. — 5A?idrew, — b. Feb. 19, 1737. — ^Lemuel, — b. Dec. 25, 1739. m.
Abigail Hathaway, 1762 (daughter
of 4John). — 5 Louisa, — b. March 16, 1741. m.
Wm. Roper, Nov. 7, 1763. m. 2nd,
Wm. Southwich.
— ^Eunice, — b. April 24, 1744. m. 5Joseph Hathaway (son of Philip).
— s Oliver, — m. Lydia Evans, abt. 1733.
— 5 William. 4Meletiah, — m. Ann Harkins, Feb. 9,
173&V m. 2nd, Sarah Hathaway, Nov.
29, 1758.
— 5Meletiah, — b. Sept. 14, 1732. m. Judith Pierce. Member Constitu- tional Convention, 1780. Vide p. 130.
— 5 James, — m. Abigail Pierce.
— 5Sylva?nts, — m. Busher.
— 5Seth — m. Wealthy Howland, Jan.
13- 1771- —sjob—b. 1736. — *Anna, — m. Silas Pierce. — $Mercy, — m. Sergeant John White. 4 John,— b. 171 1. m. Meribah Simmons, March e.-rSjSyand hacL>//^j — sBctty, — m. BarlTaBasCANEDY, 1757.
d. Nov. 6, 1768.
— Eleazer, — m. Betty Peirce.
— ^Abigail, — m. 5Lemuel Winslow,
1762. —^Hope—b. 1750. m. Zephaniah
Terry, 1770. — s Abraham, — b. 1756. m. Mary
Brown, 1780. d. Feb. 25, 1792. 4 Philip, — m. Martha Simmons, Dec. 11,
1735- — ^Rebecca, — b. March 31, 1738. m.
°Abner Winslow, 1759. — 5Philip,—b. July 19, 1740. m. Lucy
Valentine, Sept., 1764. m. 2nd,
Mary Pudget, 1804. — ^Joseph, — m. 5Eunice Winslow. m.
2nd, 5Diademia Strange (daughter
of 4 Guilford Hathaway), Nov. 27,
I783- — ^ Martha, — b. Aug. 18, 1749. m. Seth Dunham, Aug., 1768. m. 2nd, Jonathan McCoon, 1792.
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— ^Hannah, — b. 1752. m. David Val- entine, Aug., 1 771. He led the Bristol Co. rebels in Shay's Rebel- lion, 1786. 4 Benjamin, — m. Mary Davis, Sept. II,
1735. Had:
— ^Elizabeth, — b. Oct. 10, 1737. m. Henry Tew.
— 5 Clothier, — b. July II, 1739. m. Dorcas Wrightington, Dec. 11, 1761.
— 5Maty, — b. Oct. II, 1741. m.
Baker.
— sKcziah, — b. Aug. 7, 1743. m. Dan- iel Tew, Oct. 28, 1762.
— hZilpah, — b. May 27, 1745. m. David Perkins, Feb. 16, 1764.
— 5 Benjamin, — b. March 28, 1747.
— 5 Sarah, — b. May 7, 1753. d. Aug. 22, 1770.
— 5Abiel, — b. Dec. 16, 1769. m. Eliz- abeth Babbitt. 4Jacob, — removed to Connecticut and
died 1768. 4 Isaac, — m. Rebecca Warren, a descen- dant of l Richard Warren, p. 86.
Children:
— & Joshua, — b. Jan. 19, 1728. Major during the Revolution. m. Mrs. Mary Evans, Aug. 23, 1749.
— &Isaac, — b. July 29, 1729. d. June
7< 1749- — sIrena, — b. May 17, 1731. m. Ephraim Shaw, 1752. d. Sept. 30,
I7S3- —bPluneas, — b. Feb. 11,1733. --hDa?iiel, — b. May 25, 1735. — 5 Prudence, — b. May 7, 1737.
— ^Susanna, — b. April 28, 1741. m. Benjamin Wilkinson, d. Aug. 30,
1795- 4Joscph, — Vide p. 45. m. 2Alice Strange. — 5 Jacob, — Vide p. 45.
— 5Lot, — m. 4Mercy Hathaway, daughter of Jael. Vide Record of latter.
—sPaul, — b. 1719. m. Rachel, who d. Nov. 2, 1795. m. 2nd, Hannah Padclford. died Oct. 10, 1812. Had:
6Elsie, b. 1740. d. May 8, 1776. 6 Joseph, b. 1746. d. July 2, 1819.
Vide next column. 6 Lazarus, m. Olive Pratt, Dec. 1,
1774- 6 Rachel, b. 1750. m. Stafford Hammond, d. March 2, 1821.
6 Mary, b.
m. Levi Pratt,
March 20, 1777. 4Jael, — Vide p. 123.
4Seth, — Sometimes given as a twelfth child. Nothing more known of him.
RECORD OF 'JOSEPH HATHA- WAY.
(Grandson of Joseph, p. 45. Vide pre- ceding column. 4Joseph. 5Paul.) m. Hannah Warren, May 23, 1776 (she was born 1755; was a descendant of ' Richard Warren, p. 86. d. Oct. 31, 1S96).
m. 2nd, Ruth Alden, Aug. 9, 1809. Had by first wife: 7 Paul, — b. April 13, 1777. m. Lois, daughter of Zephaniah Shaw and Hannah Pratt, Sept. 13, 1801 (she b. March 7, 1781. d. Oct. 19, 1S67). d. April 28, 1865. Children: — ^Joseph, — b. Aug. 17, 1802. m. Lucy, daughter of Job Alden and Lydia Shaw, Sept. 2, 1S35. (she b. Aug. 8, 1S12. d. Dec. 10, 1S87.) d. Nov. 10, 1877. He was a portrait painter, and painted the portraits of Deborah Hathaway Mara and 4Anne Whitwell Rich- mond. Had: °Lucy Malina, b. May 27, 1836, d. March 21, 1840.— 'Emma, b. Jan. 13, 1841. — 8 Angelina, — b. Nov. 3, 1804. m. Joseph, son of Simeon Backus and Hannah Alden, Nov., 1842 (he b. Aug. 29, 1799; d. Oct. 23, 1SS1 ). she d. Feb. 20, 1SS9. One son, 9 Isaac, b. May 1, 1843, d. Sept. 4. —^Hannah, — b. Nov. 17, 1S06. m. Abram perkins, — (he b. Sept. 10, 1807; d. June 7, 1872.) She d. Feb. 19, 1870. Had
8 Georgia Angelina, b. March 2, 1834. m. Daniel McC. Smith; and has: 10Lois Violet, b. Nov. 5, 1862; d. Feb., 1S76. > "Cyrus Hamilton, b. June 17, 1S65. 10Hannah, b. June 8, 186S; d. Dec. 17, 1 886. 10Embert Howard, b. Jan. 16, 1S71. l0Martha Lil- lian, b. Nov. 21, 1872. 10Charles McC.b. Feb. 2, 1876. 'Cyrus, b. July 2, 1S36. d Jan. 1,
1863. !,Isaac Edson, b. Jan. I, 1S40. m. Harriet, daughter of Zephaniah
Hathaway.
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Drake and Rhoda Wetherell, Jan. 8, 1863 (she b. Aug. 3, 1838). Had children: 10Hattie Backus, b. Nov: 6, 1863. d. April 27, 1864.— 1 » Earnest Isaac, b. April 28, 1865. m. Edith Ashton, daughter of James Reed and Georgiana Dorr (she b. Jan. 7,1872). One child, "Sumner, b. Nov. 1, 1892. d. Jan. I, 1893. — 10 Jesse Francis, b. Feb. 26, 1868. 9 Ezra Hamilton,— b. June 30, 1843. d. Nov. 5, 1864. 9Jairus Hatha- way,— b. Aug. 13, 1845. 9Lois Hathaway,— b. June 17, 1843. m- Embert, son of Carey Howard and Sylvia Packard, May 17, 1870 (she b. July 23, 1842). Has children: — 10 Mary, b. May it,, 1871.— 10Lena, b. May 21, 1876.— 10Dora, b. May 20, 1878. 9Hannah, — b. Dec. 24, 1852. d. Jan. 22, 1855.
^Otis Warren, — b. Jan. 8, 1809. m. Sarah, daughter of Enoch Williams and Hannah Gusher, Oct. 6, 1836 (she b. April 3, 1815. d. Dec. 3, 1884). He d. Oct. 15, 1882. Had: 9Sarah Otis, — b. Jan. 27, 1S39. d. Feb. 27, 1840. 9James Otis, — b. 'June 7, 1 841: d. May 2, 1849. 9 Louise Edson, — b. May 22, 1844. 9 Annie Williams, — b. Aug. 30, J848. 9Joseph Melvin, — b. Jan. 15, 1851. d. Oct. 4, 1852. 9Sarah Isadora, — b. Oct. 8, 1853. m. Walter Griffith, Nov. 12, 1879. Has: — 10 Norman, b. May 25, 1881.
~sJaints, — b. March 25, 1813, removed to Paris, France.
-*Lois Hathaway, — b. March 26, 18 16. m. Amos Dunham Clark, May 11, 1837 (he was b. March 9, 1814. d. Oct. 30, 1848). d. March 31, 1876. Had one son: 9Paul Otis, — b. Jan. 31, 1838. m. Mary P.JDay. Has: 10 Harry, b. March 11, 1861.
-^ Sarah Eaton Hathaway, — b. Aug. 2S, 1819. m. David, son of John Clark and Sarah Bartlett Ryder, Jan. 8, 1843 (ne b. Feb. 26, 1819. d. Oct. 29, 1851). Children:
9David Roberts, — b. Dec. 14, 1743. m. Sarah Mariah White, Dec. 19, 1871 (she born June 22, 1848). Has: 10Flora, b. Sept. 14, 1893.— ^Har- old, b. May 14, 1886.
'Amos Dunham, — b. March 16, 1847. m- Lydia Holmes, Dec. 23, 1869. Has: — 10Edwin, b. Dec. 23, 1875. 9 George Henry, — b. May 10, 1850. d. May 24, 1884.
RECORD OF "JOSEPH HATHA- WAY.
(Son of 5 Jacob Hathaway and 4 Hannah Clark, m. cAnne, daughter of Capt. Dillingham, p. 45.)
children.
7 John Dillingham, — b. July 28, 1792. m. Deborah N. Bates, July 31, 1815. d. Nov. 22, 1884. Had one daughter: iDeborah, m. James C. Mara. I am indebted to Mrs. Mara for all of the records of the Hathaways, with the exception of 4Jael's and 3Jacob's.
7Shadrach, — b. Jan. 19, 1794. m. Con- tent Athean. Feb. 15, 1815. m. 2nd,
Elenor , Apr. 4, 1819. m. 3rd,
Ann Wiswall, Feb. 25, 1846. d. 1885. (He removed to Rising Sun, Ind.) Had children: ^Content, b.Jan. 2, 1820. — 8 Bradford, b. July 29, 1 82 1 .— s Harriet, b. Nov. 17, 1823. — 8AImira Augusta, b. July, 1 83 1. — sThos. Henry, b. Aug. 22, 1849. — 8 Elizabeth Cushing, b. Sept. 11, 1853. — *Furman Whitwell.b. Sept. 15, 1855.
7 Hannah, — Vide page 45.
7Almira, — b. Aug. 7, 1797. m. Capt. Sheffield Read, May 23, 1824. d. April 1, 183 1.
'Bradford, — b. July 3, 1799. m. Martha B. Mitchell, June 14, 1824. d. Sept. 27, 1864.
7Joseph, — d. at sea.
7 Paul, — b. March 4, 1804. m. Nancy Nelson,Sept. 13,1835. d. Jan. 3, 1846. Had: 8 Anson, b. July 21, 1836. — a Lewis, b. Sept. 2, 1837. d. Feb. 4, 1842. — *John D., b. Jan. 30, 1839. — 8 Joseph, b. Nov. 17, 1840. d. Jan. 30, 1841. — sMary Ann, b. Jan. 12, 1841. — *Almira R., b. Nov. 8, 1843.— * Henry B., b. Aug. 21, 1845. d- Jan- I5> l847 (of Columbia, Maine).
7Anne Hathaway, — b. Aug. 3, 180S. m. Capt. Paul Burgess, Oct. 22, 1827. d. Nov. 15, 1881. Had: *Paul. d. in infancy and 8 Joseph, m. Lizzie Piatt; and had: 9William, 9Frank, 9Clara, m. J. W. Marston, and had: 1 °James Chester.
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GlBBS.
THE GIBBS FAMILY.
The following family records have never been printed before as this Gibbs family does not' trace directly to the better known branch of the same name.
In the following tables each family is numbered in generations and each par- agraph in perfect sequence. I think there will be no difficulty in following the references.
1. 1 Robert Gibbs of Somerset d. June 20, 171S, aged 8S years. He married Elizabeth and had a son.
2. 2Robert Gibbs, — m. 1st, Sarah, and had: 3John, b. 1702. Vide 3. — 3 Israel, b. 1706. — 3Sarah,b. 1711. — B Elizabeth, b. 171 5. m. 2nd, Hepsibah, and had: 3 Robert, b. 1724. Vide 4. — 3 Henry, b. 1726. Vide 5.— 3Hepsibah, b. 1728.— 3 Abigail, b. 1731. — 8 Samuel, b. 1733. — 3Job, b. 1735. 2 Robert Gibbs d. 1750, aged 80 years.
3. 3John Gibbs,— b. 1702. Had 4Anson and 4Cynthia.
4. Captain 4 Robert Gibbs, — b. 1724. m. Joanna Terry, Oct. 2, 174S, and had: 4Betsey, b. 1746. — 4Hannah, b. 1749. — 4 Robert,
UJSJ.b- b_if4i,— 4John, b. 1754. ¥ido 6.
— 4Samuel, b. 1757. Vide 7. — 4Hepsibah, b. 1764. — 4Joanna, b. 1 77 1. Captain 3 Robert Gibbs d. March 21, 1 810.
5. 3 Henry Gibbs,— b. 1726. Had: 4 Robert, b. 1750. Vide 8— •'Ben- jamin, b. 175S. Vide 9. — 4Joseph, b. — . Vide 10.— 4Henry,b. 1761. Vide 11.— 4Mary.— 'Sarah.— 4Rhoda. Vide p. 39. — 4 Hannah. — 4Job. /y^-j
J^A^jJr G. .i^ehH Gibbs— b. ^7-5-4. Had children, 5Lydia, 5Abigail, jjEunice, 5John, 5Ruth, 5Polly, Hepsibah and 5Louis. 7 4Samuel Gibbs, — b. 1757. m. Mary Peirce, d. 1816. she d. Oct. 12, 1 812. Children: ''Sam- uel, b. 1794. Vide 13. — 5John, b. 1798. Vide 14.— BDavid, b. 1799. — 5Joseph, b. 1S01. — sjoanna, b. 1S04. m. Jonathan Cartwright. — 5Mary, b. 1807. m. John Cartwright. — FGeorge, b. 1711.
8. 4 Robert Gibbs, — b. 1750. m. Martha Hicks, d. Sept. 21, 1815. she d. June 4, 1838. Had children: 3John, b. iyyf. Vide 15.— 5Robert, b. 1779. Vide 16. — 5Henry,b. 1785. m. Betsey, daughter of 4Geo. Brightman and Hannah Daggett, d. May 16, 1847. — BHannah,b. 1792. Vide 17.— 5Martha, m. Benjamin West.
9. 4Benjamin Gibbs, — b. 1758. was
lost at sea, 1795. m. Patience Wood,*. /?-?1 and had: 5Benjamin, b. 1792. Vide 18. — sRody, b. 1786. m. Henry Gibbs. Vide 19.— 5Nancy, m. Clark Chase, Aug. 13, 1807.
10. *Joseph 'Gibbs, — had: BRhoda, 5Mary, 5George, 5John and 5Wata.
11. Capt. 4Henry Gibbs, — b. 1761. m. Bathana Luther, d. June 20, 1827. she d. April 19, 1822. Children: 5Henry, b. 1788. Vide 19.— 5Bathana, b. 1 79 1. m. Wm. Chace. m. 2nd, Edw. Dobson. m. 3rd, Seth Brown. — BJohn. — BJoseph. — 5Benjamin, b. 1800. Vide 20. — 5Anna Maria, b. 1S04. m. Sam- uel Gibbs. Vide 13.
13. BSamuel Gibbs, — b. 1794. m.Anna^«^<4 Gibbs. Vide 11. d. Feb. 20, 1S43.
Had: 6Samuel, b. 1S25. 6Joseph, b. 1826. 6Edward, b. 1828. 6Anna Maria, b. 1S30. °Edmund, b. 1832. ^William C, b. 1834. eAmanda W., b. 1835. 6Samuel W., b. 1836. °Bethana D., b. 1840. 6Henry V, b. 1841. BWil- liam O. Gibbs had a daughter ?Hattie.
14. sJohn Gibbs, — b. 1798. m. Martha L. Anthony, d. Sept. 3, 1S75. she d. Feb. 18, 1882. Had: bMay, m. Dan- ford Chace. m. 2nd, Nelson Cura- mings. °Caroline, m. Valentine Perry, m. 2nd, Rufus Chace. "John, d. at s sea. 6George. GElizabeth. 'Amanda. ^\ GDavid. ^
15. BJohn Gibbs, — b. 1776. m. Nancy°y Chace. m. 2nd, Polly Gibbs. Vide 6. t m. 3rd, Hepsibath Gibbs. Vide 6s^ Had: Tolly, n> .-^Tullock . 6]o\mJ\ Vide 21. uNancy?m. Capt. Arrived Pratt. "Apphaxed. "Louise, m. Syl- vester Davis. t;Horatio. BAbigail, m. Capt. Davis.
1(). Capt. DRobcrt Gibbs, — b. 1779. m. Elizabeth Read, p. 63. d. Sept. 3, 1849. srie d. April 12, 1856.
CHILDREN.
6 Eliza, b. Feb. 25, 1806. d. Jan. 1821. "Harriet, b. May 13
Gibbs.
V V
6 Harriet, b. May 13, iSoS*\ ^^^■fendwifeof Capt. Alfred Prattr-VTdeV /'"//r^/l5. "Maria, b. March 31, 1810. m. John Peirce, 1832. 6 Polly, b. May 24, 1812. m. Leonard Chace, son of Clark Chace and Nancy Gibbs. Vide 9. 6 George W., b. Feb. 5, 1814. Vide 22. 6 Robert, b. May 1, 1816. Vide 23. 'Eunice W. (called for her grandmother, 5 Eu- nice Weaver, vide page 89), b. 1819. m. Benjamin Chace, Jan. 15, 1838. 17. 5Hannah Gibbs, — b. 1792. m.Slade Earle. d. Jan. 4, 1S68. Children: 6 Lloyd, b. Dec. 11, 1812. 6 Gibbs, b. July 20, 1814. 6 George W., b. April 25, 1818. 6Slade W., b. Jan. 24, 1820. 6 Hannah J., b. Feb. 19, 1824, and 6John W., b. July 3, 1830. 18 .5Benjamin Gibbs, — b. 1792. m. Ruth Wilcox and had: 6 Benjamin, Vide 24. "Rody. "William H. 6Charles (pir- ate during war).
19. Capt. 5 Henry Gibbs,— b. 1788. d. Aug. 25, 1849. m- Mary Chace, Feb. 11, 1813. she d. Jan. 24, 1S19. m. 2nd, Nabby Chace; she d. Dec. 23, 1822. m. 3rd, 5Rody Gibbs, vide 9. she d. Jan. 27, 1850. Children, 6John. Vide 25. 6Mary. 6Gardner. Vide 26.
20. 5Benjamin Gibbs, — b. 1800. Had 6John. Vide '27. 6Benjamin Dobson. Vide 28.
21. <John Gibbs, — m. Mary Chace, and had; 'John, Vide 29, and 7Emily.
22. 6George W. Gibbs— b. Feb. 5, 1814- m. Susan Bell Whelpley, and had 'Maty, 'George M., 'Robert, 'Susan, Dr. 'Samuel, 'Harriet.
23. BRobert L. Gibbs— (Jr.) b. May 1, 1 816 (of Fall River), d. April 27, 1885. m- Sisson. m. 2nd, Al- ma Handy, m. 3d, Emilia Mason. m. 4th, Susan Gardner. Had chil- dren, 'Eliza, b. Aug. 21, 1839. 'Louisa, b. July 17, 1841. 'George H., b. Sept. 5, 1842. 'Robert S., b. May 8, 1844. '"Ann, b. July 7, 1845. 'Alma, b. May 15, 18^3. 'Robert, b. March 16, 1855.
21. eBenjamin Gibbs, — had children:
7E' and 'Susan. 25. 8John Gibbs— had children: 7H.
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Francis, 'William H., 'Richard B., and 'Nelson H.
26.- GGardner Gibbs, — had children: rHenry, b. Sept. 9, 1844. 'Fred- erick, b. 1849, vide SO. 'Mary E., b. May 23, 1852. 'William C, b. 1854, vide 31. 'Annie E., b. Oct. 30, 1857.
27. (John Henry Gibbs, — had children 'Nancy C, and 'Lola.
28. ^Benjamin Dobson Gibbs, — had children, 'Benjamin C, 'Mary F., and 'Lottie.
29. 'John C. Gibbs, had children: sFlora, 8Charlie, sHerman_ sBer- tie, and sB4ftdve. /2&>^eJ,
30. 'Frederick R. Gibbs, b. March 27, 1849; has8Gardner D., b. Aug. 22, 1881.
31. 'William- C. Gibbs, b 1854; has 3Charles G., 1879.
. May 24, b. Aug.,
REVOLUTIONARY RECORDS.
In Fourth Regiment of Levies and Militia of New York; Col, Jonathan Hasbrouck; Isaac Fowler, first lieuten- ant. Commissioned Oct. nth, 1775. From North District of Newburgh.
Caleb Merritt, first lieutenant from South District of New Marlborough. Commissioned Sept. 20, 1775. Pro- moted captain from the South-east District, Oct. 11, 1775.
Vide New York Revolutionary Rolls.
Three companies for service were raised in Dartmouth, Mass., of which one was under the command of Captain 5Benjamin Dillingham (minute man) of Acushnet, 1776. Among those enlisted in these companies were the following, with date of enlistment. Arthur Hath- away, 1780. Gideon Hathaway, 1778. Jacob Hathaway, 1780. Isaac Hatha- way, 177S. John Hathaway, 1775. Four Indians were enrolled, and two negro slaves.
The time of service was three months, allowance for travel, a penny a mile; average number of miles per day, fifty- four. The headquarters for these com- panies were at Roxbury, near Boston.
no
Hathaway — Whitwell.
RFXORD OF sMELETIAH HATHAWAY.
(Son of *Meletiah Hathaway. Vide
page 125.)
b. Sept. 14, 1732.
m. Judith Pierce (she born Feb. 24, 1736) d. 1800.
CHILDREN.
— "Abiah — b. 1754.
— "Anna, — b. 1755. m. John Lawrence. One son, "'Samuel.
— oAbigail,— b. 175S. m. — Palmer. Had: "'Mercy and "'Judith, who m. — Gifford, of Fairhaven, Mass., and had 8— , who m. Henry Rogers.
— "Judith,— b. 1760. m. — Maxfield.
— "Elizabeth,— b. 1761. m. Abraham Maxfield. Had: 'Isaac, "Henry, "'Di- nah, "Abbey, "'Betsey, ''Lucy.
— cMary, — b. 1763. m. Richard Hatha- way, of Canada.
— eHenry, — b. 1766. d. 180S. m. Mary Evans, of Assonet. Had iRcliancc, "Seth, "'Ebcnczcr, "Mclctiah.
— "Chloe, — b. 176S. m. Ebenezer Akins. Had "'Jonathan, 7 William, -{Marion, ''Ruth, ''Mary, ''Eliza and ''Anna. 7Anna m. VVm. Potter, of Dartmouth, and had s Ruth, 8Mary, 8Ruby, 8Thomas, 8Stephen, 8 Elizabeth and 8 William James, Jr. Wm. J. Potter, Sr., was the celebrated Unitarian clergyman.
— "Ebenezer, — b. 1770. d. 1790.
— oHope, — b. 1772. m. Nicolas Davis, of Dartmouth, and had "Joseph and iMary.
— "Reliance, — b. 1774. m. Shubael Terry, of New York, and had 7Seth, tReliance, 1 Joanna, 1Mary, 1Rcco?icile and "' 'Mercy.
— "Seth,— b.' 1777. d. 1798.
RECORD OF ^JONATHAN HATH- AWAY. (Son of Jonathan. Vide page 43.)
b. Oct., 1716.
m. Bridget, daughter of Nathaniel Delano (she b. Feb., 1723. d. June 23, 1S02). d. May 23, 1783.
children. 4 Robert, — b. Nov. 5, 1747. m. — , sister
of Isaac Sherman. Removed to Maine. 4Susanna, — b. Sept. 16, 1749. d. March
29, 1 82 1. 4 Paul, — b.Nov.9, 1751. m.andhad ason. Hssachar, — b. Jan. 20, 1754. d. June 29,
1775, in Roxbury. Was private in 1st
Co. raised in Dartmouth for the War.
4Arthur, — b. June II, 1756. m. Esther Tobey, of Rochester, Mass., and re- moved to N. Y.
4Elizabeth, — b. July II, 1759. d. Aug. 3, 1S32. m. Joseph Blossom: Had children.
4 Jonathan, — b. Feb. 27, 1762. d. on a N. Y. prison ship in Feb., 1783.
4Nathaniel, — b. April 7, 1765. d. Feb.
27, 1S02. Had 5Mary, who m.
Stiles and had "William Hathaway Stiles.
RECORD OF 1OLIVER WHIT- WELL.
(Vide page 93.)
children.
— 2Sally, — b. in Freetown, 1768. m. Daniel Read, 1793 (he b. 1769. d. 1805). d. June 10, 1851. Had: 3 Stephen, d. 1794. — 3 Daniel, b. April 20, 1794. m. Mary Winslow, June 20, 1818. d. Feb. 20, 1824. — 3 George, b. July 2, 1796. m. Ann Bennett. — 3John, b. May 10, 1798. — 3 Bradford, b. Dec. 10, 1799. d. June 6, 1822. — 3 Oliver, b. 1800. d. at sea, 1829. — 3 Nancy, b. Dec. 2, 1801. m. Joseph Bennett, Sept. 10, 1826. d. Aug. 19, 1SS5. — * James, b. Aug. 25, 1803. d. 1825.
— 2James, — Vide p. 93.
— ~ George, — d. young.
— 2Mary, — b. 1776. m. Jas. Morrison. d. Dec. 14, 1S44. Had: ^Hannah. — 3Rhoda, b. 1801. m. Anthony Morse, d. 1843. — '^Hannah and sLouise, b. 1803. — 3 Clarissa, b. May 20, 1S06. m. John Brown, d. 1867. — 3Barthana, b. 1809.— iMary, b. 1S1 1. — *Mary, b. Dec. 20, 1813. m. Chas. Morse, Jan. 8, 1S37. d. 1891. — '^Catharine, b. Dec. 7, 1815. m. Joseph Boodry, Jul}- 3,<4.t£/ W9 1846, and had *Charles, b. April 11, 1848; 4Jerusha, b. Dec. I, 1S49; *Wil- lis, b. Aug. 11, 1S59. d. Aug. 25,1859.
— '-Thomas, — d. in infancy.
— -Hannah, — b. Sept., 17S0. m. Robert Slade, 181 1. d. April, 1871. Had: ^Patience and *Mary Ann, who m. Geo. Slade and hacDGeorgia, 4I ,ouisa, -Anna, -'Henry (Geo. Slade, Sr., d.
1893).
— 201iver, — 111. Elizabeth Y\ inslow. m.
2nd, her sister Lois. Had: ^George, ^Frederick, %Lncretia, .'■Elizabeth. — 2Betsey, — m. David Cleveland, Feb. 5, 1809. Had: zEnos, who removed South, and 3Betsey, who in. Curtis Dot)', 1 83 1. m. 2nd, Louis Allen.
Presbrey — Richmond.
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RECORD OF nVILLIAM PRES- BREY. (Vide page 59.)
CHILDREN.
3 Mary, — b. 1748. m. Francis Goward about 1770 (heb. 173&/M. July 17, 1797). shed. 1S32. Had: ALticinda, b. 1775. d. Sept. 25,1815. — iIsracl,b. Dec. 5, 1778. d. Feb. 4, i860, m. Patty Williams about 1800 and had 5Harriet, 5Israel, Sally, 5Josiah, 5Martha, 5Zephaniah, sLouis,5Francis and 5Julia. — 4 Isaac, b. Oct. 28, 1782. d. JuneS, 1855. m. Abi- gail Lathrop, Sept. 30, 1804, and had: ^Graoc, 5Sally, 5Francis, 5Ruth, ftWat-
3Abigail, — b. 1765. m. Abijah Leonard. 3William, — b. 1756. m. Lydia Pratt, d.
1838. 3Simeon, — b. 1758, m. Anna Newland.
1 78 1. d. 1834. she d. March 21, 18 14.
had:— iSimcon,b. Dec. 8. I782d. 1S5S. — ' Joseph, (Josiah). b. July, 1. 1784. cl.
1842.— ^Daniel— b. Dec. 1. 1785. A.J^>^-i. A
1856. — iNancy, — b. April 2. 1790. cf.
Aug. 27, 1 79 1. — +Nancy, b. May 12.
1792. d. 1847. — ' Abigail, b. June 23,
1794. d. 1 82 5. — x<Alfard, b. Nov. 9.
1796. d.iS23.— Bradford, b.i> Nov. g,/>?6
1S1S. — ^Esther, b. Aug. 15, 1798. d.
1844. — Amasa, b. Jan. 8, 1800. d. 1850. 3John, — b. 1760. m. Prudence Pratt, d.
1845. 3 Levi,— b. about 176S. m. Lina Pratt, d. 1800.
RICHMOND FAMILY NECTICUT.
IN CON-
son, 5Louisa, 6Jason, sFidelia (m.
George Thomas), and sBetsey Ann. —
4Polly, — m. Mr. Carpenter, m. 2nd —
Record. 3 Elizabeth, — Vide Ephraim French. 3Seth, — b. 1752. m. Sarah Pratt, Dec. 23,
1779. d. 1883. Had,— iSeth, b. March
11, 17S0, m. Maiy Dean, d. April 8,
1862. Had5Silas, 5Billing,5Harrietand
5Benjamin. — ±Sarah, b.Oct. 1, 1782. m.
Micah Paull. — ^Barney, b. June 28,
1785, m. Abigail Godfrey, d. Feb. 12,
1835. shed. Jan. 1, 1836. Had 5Barney,
b. 181 2, d. 1 88 1, m. Nancy Lindsay
and had °Mary, b. 184^. m. Jacob B.
Phillips, 6Isabel, b. 1S4/. m. Wm. N.
Parker. 6Annie, b. 1851. m. Gordon
Godfrey. ^Ella, b. 1854. m. W. H.
Chase. 6William, b. 1856. m. Fannie
Sherman. 5Abigail. b. 1815. d. 1832.
5Seth,b. 1818, d. i848,5Samuel, b. 1S20.
d. 1849. 5George, b. 1822. d. 1835,
5Henry. b. 1823, d. i860, m. Sally Cush-
man. — * Allen — b. and d. 1788. —
4 Allen, — b. Jan. 17, 1790. m. Hariett
Dean. 2nd, Mary Locke, (by first wife
had) 5Allen, 5Francts, and 5David. (by
second wife) 5Joseph h, 1825. m. Su- san Godfrey, Dec. 247and had "Fred, eanor, James, Lavant, Isabel, and Aribel.
b. May 18, iS52/Arthur,b. Aug. 1848-jr Warren Richmond, b Dec. 9. 1832, m.
5Mary,sAbigail,and5Allen.— killings. Mary Learning, who d. Oct. 22, 1SS2.
b. Jan. 14, 1793. d. May 22, 1815.^- They had one daughter, Kate Eleanor,
''Samuel,— b. Sept. 8, 1796. m. Maifj^V April 2, 1S66. d. May 1. 1872.— I hope
Williams, d. Oct. 6 1834. shed. 1875. these records may be of use in establish- aLydia— b. March 10, 1753. m. Samuel ing the descent of this branch of the
Haskins. d. 1823. family.
There was a Richmond family in Connecticut at an early date. In En- field, Conn, lived Benjamin Deane whose three daughters Hannah, (b.1682), Eliz- abeth (b. 1694-5), and Mehitable (b. 1697) all married men of the name of Richmond. From this family of Deans came Sarah, b. Jan. 9, 1744, who mar- ried Jacob Richmond of Guilford, Conn, and died Oct. 28, 1844. They had one son Robert, b. Oct. 25, 1773, who mar- ried Phoebe Parmelee, and had Harriet, Leverett, Sarah, Sherman, Austin, Lydia, David, Mary and Emily.
Austin Richmond m. Malvina Stimp- son and had John, Warren, Bela, El-
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Will of Christian Deyo.
WILL OF CHRISTIAN DEYO. (Page 16).
"In ye name of God, amen.
"Ye first day of February Anno Do- mino 1686-7 Christian Doyou of ye New Paltz in ye county of Ulster being sick in body and of good and perfect memoiy, thanks be to Almighty God, and calling to remembrance the un- certain state of this transitory life and that all flesh must yield to death when it shall please God to call, I do make, constitute, ordain and declare this my last will and testament in manner fol- lowing, revoking and annulling by these presents all and every testament in manner following:
"I will first that all my just debts be paid within convenient time after my decease by my executors as named. I give to my son Peter Doyou fifty-six dollars that my son was indebted to me and then to share equally with all the rest of my children of my estate, and further I do give my son's son Christian Doyou forty pieces of eight and a small gun and then I do hereby give unto my five children all }-c rest of my estate of lands, housings, chat- tels and moveable goods to them, their heirs, executors and assignees forever. As witness my hand and seal in Kings- ton, ye day and year above written, and I do desire that my corpse may be buried at ye New Paltz.
x ye mark of Christian Doyou.
"Signed and sealed and delivered in presence of
Nicator Depew, William DuMont, John David, Hunphrey Davcnol.
CERTIFICATE OF PIERRE DEYO.
(page 16). (which he brought from Holland.)
This is to certify that Peter Doio and Agatha Nickol both in honor living in Curr Pfaltz, Mutterstadt, circuit of New Stadt have been united in marriage the intent of such marriage having been announced three times from the pulpit, that they are members of the Reformed Church and as far as we know the same are well beloved people. Mutterstadt, Curr ) Jacob Amyot, Pfaltz, 31 Jan. 1675. ) Pastor.
MRS. CLEMENT BIDDLE'S AC- COUNT OF HER VISIT TO NEWPORT IN 1824.
"After an absence of sixty years I found the mansion house (near New- port, R. I.) in precisely the same state in which I had left it. It is situated on the east side of the island six miles from the town of Newport. The farm connected with it contained one hun- dred and twenty acres besides two other farms containing a hundred and eighty acres each which were owned by my father's brothers William Cornell and George Cornell.
"We also visited another farm be- longing to my father on. the west side of the island containing about the same number of acres. I went to see my father's town residence in Newport a very good house in Thames Street op- posite the Liberty Tree; and another dwelling house which he leased and resided in many years opposite the Parade Grounds, near the State House.
"At the early age of fifteen years
Letter of Mrs. Biddle.
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my father Gideon Cornell, at the time of his father's death (Thomas Cornell, who died at the age of fifty-five), came into the possession of a considerable landed estate, the farms and house above mentioned and fifteen thousand Spanish milled dollars in cash besides a very considerable estate in the Island of Jamaica.
"Thomas Cornell died in the year 1726, and his son, my father, in the year 1766, at the same age ,to-wit, fifty- five, at Kingston in the Island of Ja- maica, where he had gone to receive a large sum of money awarded to him there by the British Government. I was his only child, and at the time of his death he was the King's lieutenant, governor and chief justice of the colony of Rhode Island. (His commissions as such are in the possession .of Chap- man Biddle, his great-grandson.)
"I, Rebecca Biddle, was born in the year 1755 at my father's farm on the east side of the Island of Rhode Island in Middletown township, six miles from the town of Newport. My father, Gideon Cornell, in the year 1732, at the age of twenty-one, married Rebecca Vaughan. I had a brother who died an infant at the age of nine months.
"My mother's father, Capt. Daniel Vaughan, was master of a vessel, and in the year 1717 was lost in a vessel then under his command on Ocracoke Bar on the coast of North Carolina.
"I will relate to you the following circumstances connected with his loss.
"In the year 1 7 1 7 an old woman in Newport reported to be a witch, and known by the name of Mother Carey
came to the house of my aunt Cadman (where my grand father Capt. Vaughan then resided), where was a quantity of fresh butter put up for the intended voyage. Mother Carey told the cap- tain that she must have one of these kegs of butter, which, however, he would not give her, when she observed to him that he would repent of it, which the captain did not regard, although his friends (such was the superstition of that day) urged him to give the old woman the butter.
"Shortly after this time the vessel he commanded sailed from Newport bound to North Carolina, and on Christ- mas Day, 17 17, arrived and came to anchor off Ocracoke Bar, on the coast of North Carolina. Several of Captain Vaughan's friends who saw the brig come to anchor went down to the shore to meet him and distinctly observed a boat putting off for the shore from the brig.
"It being a very bitter cold day, they remarked that they would go to the only house on the beach and warm themselves before the Captain and his people came on shore.
"After remaining in the house some- time they became anxious about the boat, and accordingly went out to look for her; they could perceive no sign of the boat or of the appearance of any person being on board the brig. They then all went out to the brig and upon getting on board found the kettle boil- ing in the camboose, the sails furled, and everything in order, but no living thing on board except a little dog.
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Dillingham — Terry — Reade.
A crew was afterwards sent from Newport and brought the brig back there, but neither Captain Vaughan nor any of his people were afterwards heard of."
RECORD OF "HANNAH TERRY.
D.
In connection with the above letter the following items may be of interest:
4 Thomas Cornell ( son of 3Thomas, page 12), married 3 Martha, daughter of 2Gideon Freeborn, in 1696. (Vide pages 13 and 34.)
Their son Gideon was born in Ports- mouth, July 11, 1 710. He married Re- becca Vaughan in Newport, Feb. 22, 1732. (See mention of him in the will of Gideon Freeborne, page 34.)
As Gideon Cornell lived in Newport and Mary Cornell and Joseph Reade were married in that town, in 1754, the question has been advanced whether she was not a daughter of Gideon's. The above letter settles the question.
(Daughter of 5Benjamin Dillingham, Vol. I.)
Joseph Terry, — b. Nov. 27, 1774. m. 6 Hannah Dillingham, 1789. d. Nov. 25, 1S09. She d. Sept. 23, 1842. Had children:
— 7 Mary Ann, — b. June 30, 1799. m. .
d. Oct. 10, 1824. —'Hannah Nye, — b. June 5, 1806. m. A. H. Tobey, May 14, 1826. d. Feb. 10, 1S87. Had: ^William Isaac, — d. 1875. 8Jose/>h Terry, — m. Ruth Ryder, 1862.
Had: 9 Walter, 9 Frank, 9 Charles. *Priscilla Juliet, — m. George Bray- ton, 1856. Has: 9 Edward.— 9Myra, m. Chas. Morse, 1887, and has: "•Philip Brayton.— "Robert Dil- lingham.— 9Lucy Maria. 6 Martha — sLucy Maria, — — 7Priscilla Dillingham, — b. Feb. 17, 1S09.
RECORD OF "ASA DILLINGHAM. RECORD OF 4JOHN READE.
(Son of Capt. 5Bcnj. Dillingham. ) b. Sept. 10, 1777. m. Deborah Nash, 1800. d. 1863. Leaving children: 'Abigail Nash, — b. June, 1804. m. Frederick S. Reade, 1824, and had: 8 Anne Dillingham, b. 1821;. m. James
Chipman, 1847. % Edward S., — b. June, 1S27. m. Sarah Lewis, 1854. d. 1S56. Had: °Mari- on. m. Martin Pierce, and has 10Etta. '■Frederick, — b. 1835. m. Mary Ray- mond, d. 1S66. Had: "Winifred, b. 1S64. m. Henry Snow, 1S91. 'Edward, — b. August, 1S02. d. Feb.,
1824. 'John,— b. 1807. m. twice, d. child- less, Oct., 1882.
(Son of 3John Reade, of Freetown,
page 62.)
4John Reade, — (b. June 12, 1694).
m. Sarah Burden, Oct. 31, 1 719.
They had a numerous family (Vide
Reade Genealogy), of which the eldest
« was :
5John, — b. Nov. 17, 1720. m. Ruth Lawton, Jan. 9, 1745. They had four sons, — George, Stephen, Martin and Daniel. Vide Whitwell, page 130. 6 Daniel married Sarah, daughter of 'Oliver Whitwell and 5 Hannah Reade. Their son Daniel married Mary Win- slow and had one child, Mary Pelham, b. Feb. 13, 181 5.
It was Miss Mary Reade who gave me the little china mug which belonged to Hannah Whitwell, her grandmother, and very great - great - great - grand - mother.
ENOCH FRENCH.
RECORD
OF 7MARY BRAGG.
READ
(Daughter of 6Samuel, son of 5Joseph.)
b. Sept. 12, 1779. ^2^,ur
m. Samuel Bragg (he d. Jan. 14, 1852). d. in Aseonet, Feb. 15, 1848.
m. 22.
^U^l0^> returning - ' ^Everett, b. Oct.
CHILDREN.
8Samuel Reid, — b. Jan. 27, 1800 Eliza Hathaway. He d. Aug. 1852, returning frorn Cal. They had.
7, 1839. m. Melosa^ Whitcomb (she b. Feb. 24, 1847), an<^ has 10Katharine Lavina, b. Oct. 7, 1876 — Also ^Mary Carpenter, b. July 3, 1847. m- Geo. Hart Davijs. Has loGeorge Everett, b. Sept. 26. m. Mary Wilson, Sept. 21, 1S93. 10Her- bert Hart, b. June 27, m. Mary Schrieder and has "Louis, b. Dec. 12, 1889. 10Mary Ella, b. Sept. 25, 1868. 10Annie Reid, b. Dec. 12, 1872.
-8Sarah Wheaton, — b. April 23, 1S02, m. Humphrey Shaw.
-sjohn Carpenter, — b. Oct. 31, 1805.
-sFrederick Plummer, — b. June 9, 1807.
-8Jared Reid,— b. Feb. 8, 18 10.
-8Mary Ann, — b. Jan. 21, 1812. m. Asahel Stockwell.
Bragg-Swift. , 135
-8Harrie1i,— b. Feb. 23, 1820. m. Isaac Chappell, March 27, 1839. d. Jan. 24, 1893, New Haven, Conn.
-sSamuel Worcester, — b. Dec. 5, 1824.^^-^'*^^^ m. Mary H. Diamond, April 20, 1851^ ■£<"™al>c^ ' (shed. Nov. 11, 1855). m. 2nd, Jennie T. Harrington, Sept. 7, tg&j. /r^
— 8Julia Hyde, — b. Aug. 1, 1826. m. Elias B. Mainwaring, d. in New Haven, May 25, 1S93. p2*» <P#,
d~7^e^y~<
t,
RECORD OF 7CHARITY;,READ
SWIFT. (Daughter of 6Samuel, son of 5Joseph.)
b. March 7, 1785.
m. Nathan Swift, Nov. 8, 18 10.
d. Feb. 14, 1827, at Lebanon, Conn.
CHILDREN.
— 8Charles Augustus, — b. July I, 18 12. m. Henrietta Benjamin, April 17, 1837. d. in Colchester, Ct, Jan. 18,
— 8Rev. Jared Reid. — b. Aug. 5, 1814.
m. Hattie Hamford, Oct. 20, 1848. d.
at Crab Orchard, Ky., Oct. 16, 1852. — 8Charity Elizabeth, — b. Feb. ji, 18 iS.
m. Welcome K.Adams, Feb. 4, 1841.
d. Dec. 10, 1846. ^„^^,,^ gjt
A WEDDING SONG OF 1799.
(Sung at the wedding of 2Enoch French and 6 Sarah Read.)
When Adam was created,
He dwelt in Eden's shade,
As Moses has related,
And soon a bride was made.
The woman was not taken
From Adam's head, we know,
To show she must not rule him,
'Tis evidently so.
The woman was not taken
From Adam's feet, we see,
So he must not abuse her
The meaning seems to be.
So here we see connected
The duty of the bride,
That she should be subjected
Can never be denied.
And now, most noble bride-groom,
To you I turn aside
To your lovely consort
Or to your lovely bride
As you have been my scholars
I taught you both to read,
As to what I offer
I beg you would give heed.
To the Book that's called the Bible
Be sure not to neglect,
In every scene of action
It will you both protect.
There is counsel for the bridegroom,
And likewise for the bride,
Let not this Sacred Volume
Be ever laid aside,
The bride-groom is commanded
That he should love his bride,
Live as becomes a Christian,
And for his house provide.
The bride she is commanded
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A Whaling Log.
Her husband to obey In everything that's lawful Until her dying day, Avoiding all contention Nor sow the seed of strife. These are the solemn duties Of husband and of wife.
Old-fashioned as these verses are, the advice given in the closing ones is none too antique for a good many modern couples to act upon without any dam- age to themselves or anybody else.
A WHALING VOYAGE.
There was the day — hardly thirty years ago — when more than 300 whaling ships made New Bedford as their home port. That time is passed now. Two years ago while 9 Richmond Warner was in the old town he saw a whaler that had been off on a three years' cruise come into the bay, and it was an unusual sight even to the townspeople. He secured a photograph of the vessel with all its rigging out — a very pretty pic- ture.
There has been frequent mention of whaling among the lives of the men of Fairhaven and New Bedford, and a very good idea of a voyage can be gained from the extracts from the log of the Ship Lydia. The book belongs to Mrs. B. P. Richmond, whose father, F. R. Whitwell, was a heavy owner in the "Lydia."
(Copied from the original, verbatim.)
Ship Lydia's Book. 1851. Behring's Straits. II. F. Worth, Master. Saturday, Nov. 8th— Latter part at 8 A. M. weighed anchor, dropped down to the light-house and came to again all ready for sea. Sunday, Nov. 9th — Commenced light breeze from S. W. — most of the crew on board. Middle part strong breeze
from N. W. At 9 A. M. all hands on board weighed anchor and proceeded to sea. At 12 M. the Pilot left. So ends this daw Light breeze blowing S. S. E.
Friday, Nov. 14 — Commenced with strong gales from W. stirring S. E.by E. At dark put two reefs in the fore and Maintop sails. At 1 shipped a sea, took larboard boat off the cranes, stove the waist boat, broke three dravyes, lost one, so ends this day.
Saturday, Nov. 15 — Commences with strong breeze from N. stirring E. by S. with two reef top sails, Jib and Mainsail. Employed filling boats and various Jobs.
( Virtually the same record for many suc- ceeding days. )
Thursday, Nov. 20 — Commenced strong breeze from N. stirring E. by S. E. with all sail set. Employed fitting craft * * and breaking ought oak plank for repairing damages. So ends this day repairing damages.
Wednesday, Dec. 3 — Commenced with strong breeze from N. E. stirring S. — At 2 P. M. saw one of the Cape Verde Islands. At 4 P. M. broke ought for bread and molasses. * * At day-light saw St. Nicholas Island. At 10 A. M. captain and boat crew went ashore for hogs.
Friday, Dec 5th — Commences with strong breeze from N. E. lying off and on. At 3 P. M. boat came off with more hogs. Took up boat and made sail running to the leeward of the Islands. At dark" Island of St. Nicholas bearing N. stirring S. S. E. Latter part at daylight saw the Island St. Iago. at 1 1 A. M. Capt. and boat crue went ashor at Port Pray. So ends this day lying off and on. The Bark Ocean and Ship Margaret Scoat lying off and on.
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Saturday, Dec. 6 — Commences with strong breeze lying off and on at St. Iago. At 1 p. m. the Capt. came off. The Ship John Adams boat came alongside and got 3 pips of bread, 16000 pounds. At 3 P. M. Capt. went on shore again. At 6 P. M. Capt. came off with 20 hogs and 2000 oranges and 2 Turkes. Thursday, Dec. 11 — Commences with rainy weather, light air and varibels. Middle part light breeze with varibels and rain.
[The "varibels" continued several days. Thursday, Dec. 16 — Spoke Bark Charleston, packet from New Bed- ford, at 8 A. M.
Lat 060 09. S {The next entries tell of squalls and high winds, atid the handwriting bears testimony to the truth. ) Friday, Jan. 16, 1852 — * * All sail set. Saw many birds. * * Saw Fin-backs. Saturday, Jan. 17th — Commences with light airs and varibels. At 4 P. M. lowered the boats for the first time. Wednesday, Jan. 28th— Lat. 5S 007. Commences with light breeze from W, S. W. heading N. W. with cloudy weather. Got out watter and meat. Sunday, Feb. 8th * * Employed re- pairing fore-topsail, at 4 P. M. un- bent fore-top sail and bent the one that we repaired. At 7 P. M. thick and sultry. * * At 10 A. M. saw spirm whales lowered, struck two. So ends this day. Monday, Feb. 9th — * * Took one whale along side and cut from the others. At 9 finished cutting * * Sunday, Feb. 15th— At 6 P. M. spok Ship Marengo of New Bedford, saw a ship a-boiling. Saw the land * *
Lat. 41: 35 s. Friday, Feb. 20th — * * Saw many Fin- backs. Saw a bark to the Windward. At 4 P. M. bent new fore-sail, at
dark took in sail * * At 8 A. M. spok Ship Valparaso with 12000 spirm * *
Thursday, Feb. 26th — Commences with fine weather, stirring N. W. Wind S. S. W. Middle part strong breeze, at nine the boat sterer came down and told the captain that there were spirm whale alongside. Wore ship heading E.
Saturday, Feb. 28th — At dark calm, land in sight * * At 10 A. M., got the ankors off. At 11 A. M., entered the Bay. So ends this day off Tal- cahuno.
Monday, March 1st — * * Watch on shore, at sun-down sent in the boat * * Three deserters. Richard Tirpin, Thomas Bremham, Peter Fingin. So ends this day. One brig came tew ankor.
Thursday, March 4th — Commencing with light breeze from S. Imployed painting Ship * * Landed six hun- dred gals spirm oil.
Tuesday, March 16th —Ship Currier came tew anchor and a steam-boa. At 11 A. M. got under way and stir- red down the Bay* *
Sunday, March 28 — Commences with light breeze from S. E., stirring N. W. by W. with all sail set * * At 9 A.M. saw spirm whales going fast. At 10 A. M. lowered and chased.
Monday, March 29th — Boats off in chase of spirm whales* *
Saturday, April 24th — Commences with varibel winds, at 3 P. M. Pilot came on board. At 6 P. M. came tew an- kor off Mami with larboard ankor with 60 fathoms of chain. At 8 A. M. Boat went ashore. Five Natives came on board to go on ship.
Monday, April 26th — All ready for sea
waiting for wind * * Wednesday, May 19th — Commences with fresh breeze from E. N. E. stir- ring N. W. with some snow * *
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A Whaling Log.
Lat 49: 08 N.
Tuesday, June 1st — at 6 P. M. saw a ship take whale * * So ends this day threading out of the ice * *
Saturday, June 5— At 4 P. M. Fog lit up * * Saw several ships * * Sev- eral ships blow fog horns * *
Monday, June 7th — * * Several ships in sight and plenty of ice. No whales so ends this day. Spoke Ship Albion of Fairhaven. Nothin this season.
Lat. 61. 53, N.
Thursday, June 10th — Commences with light breeze from N. N. E. Plenty ot Ice and plenty of ships, but no whales. Thick fog. At 7 ankored 20 fathoms of water.
Saturday, June 12th — Commences with strong gales from S. heading off and on between the land and ice, several ships in sight, saw several whales at
6 P. M., hedingoff shore * * lowered and chased them in the Ice. So ends this day in the Ice chasing Whales.
June 13, Sunday — * * Boats off. At 1 1 took a whale alongside, com- menced cutting * * At 4 A. M. fin- ished cutting.
Monday, June 14th — At 7 A. M. com- menced boiling * *
Friday, June iSth — Spoke Ship India of New Bedford * * Saw no Ice * * At 6 A. M. lowered for Whales. At 1 1 A. M. took one alongside and commenced cutting.
Sunday, June 20 — Commences with fine weather imployed Boiling and stor- ing oil. Several ships in sight. At
7 finished Boiling. * * imployed storing oil and scraping bone. So ends this day.
Wednesday, June 23 — At 1 P. M. saw Whales, lowered and Fascned to one went off spouting blood in the Ice * *
Thursday, July 1st— Lowered the Boats to tow the Ship out of the Ice * *
Saturday, July 3— * * At 6 P. M. saw
Whales. Lowered and struck one. kild and sunk in the ice. lost two lines and three Ions. So ends hard luck with a thick Fog. * *
Sunday, July 4th — Took a whale along- side. * *
{Same entry on the yth, lotli, ijth, igtli, and 26th of July.)
Sunday, Aug. 1st — Took a whale along- side. * *
Friday, Aug. 6 — Off St. Lawrence bay. * * imployed storing oil. * *
Tuesday, Aug. to— at 4 A. M. saw a dead whale, lowered and took him alongside. * *
Sunday, Aug. 15 — Took a whale along- side.
(Same entry on the 25 insl., and Sept. 8th.)
Wednesday, Oct. 20 — Mami in sight, at 4 P. M. came tew ankor with 19 other ships lying tew ankor.
Sunday, Oct. 24 — * * Imployed paint- ing ship, one Bark came tew ankor which makes thirty ships in all tew ankor. Latter part fine. All hands went on shore. So ends this day.
Monday, Oct. 25 — * * Employed breaking out oil from between decks to store down in the hold. James Stark deserted.
Monday, Nov. 15 — * * All ready for sea. * * At 5 A. M. weighed ankor.
Wednesday, Nov. 17 — * * Steering W. by N. with all sail set, at 7 P. M. Woohoo bearing W. by N. dist. 15 miles. Found one man on board that did'n't belong to the Ship Lydia. * * Steering in for Woohoo. At 11 A. M. came to ankor outside of reef. * *
Monday, Nov. 22 — * * Lying off and on. At 6 P. M. Capt. Worth came off, made sail and stood S. by E.
Sunday, Dec. 5— * * At 5 P. M. saw spirm whales going fast to the wind- ward lowered two boats and chased until Sunday. * *
Tuesday, Dec. 7 — * * Thunder and lightening.
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Lat 14:56 S.
Friday, Dec. 10 — * * Imployed paint- ing spars and bone. Spun yarn. At 4 P. M. got out watter. * * Middel part fine. * * At 4 saw the Island of Oritango. At 10 A. M. Capt. Worth and boat crue went on shor.
Lat 21:16
Saturday, Dec 11 — Boat came off with 12 hogs and frute. * *
Tuesday, Jan. 11, 1853 — * * At 9 A. M. saw wright whales.
Lat 42:40. Long. 93:18.
Monday, Feb. 14— At 1 P. M. entered the bay of Talcahuno. * *
Tuesday, Feb. 23 — * * Imployed get- ting out oil and storing it on board the Bark Hesper. * *
Sunday, March 13 — * * One watch on shor. * * Four deserters. * *
Thursday, March 24— * * at 4 P. M. took up ankor and stird out of the bay.
Monday, May 9— * * Middel part strong breeze from N. E. stirring W. by N. tew the weather of ow-y-hee. * * (In this day of discussion regarding
Hawaii the above phonetic spelling of that
generally mis-pronounced name should be
interesting. )
Saturday, June 1 1 — At 4, saw saw a dead whale. At 7 P. M. got the whale alongside. No craft in the whale. No. 150 lbs.
Sunday, June 12 — Took a whale along- side.
(Same entry Jidy 15, and Aug. 5th, and 28th.)
Sunday, Sept. 4 — * * Boat off at 1 P. M. larboard boat got fast. Whale took the line and went off. * *
Monday, Sept. 27 — at half past fore
buried Anton, a native of the Flores.
* *
Lat 33:12 N. Thursday, Oct. 6 — * * heading in for
Mori, at 12 came tew ankor with lar- board ankor, starboard chain. * *
Sunday, Dec. 24 — * * at 12, a heavy gale from S. S. W. the Fore top gallin- sail Mast, Fore Royal Mast, and Fly Jib boom, and head of the Jib Boom, and Main Royal Mast, main Top sail, fore top gallinsail. fore royal and main Royal, Fly Jib and larboard boat, and two davyer, three studdin sails washed off. * * So ends this day Mast and yards flying in all shapes. Lat. 47:00 S.
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1854 — * * at 5 P. M. put John Morrow in irons. He struck Capt. Worth three or four times in the face with his fist, he was at the wheel at the time * * at 8 A. M. all the foremast hands came aft. one man by the name of Joseph Gilgarand ses to Capt. Worth that you must take that man out of irons. Capt. Worth ses to him spose then i dont what you gout tew do. He sas you will see what we will do. Capt. Worth ses tew them you gout tew take my ship.
( The account of the mutiny aids abruptly here. )
Thursday, Jan. 26 — Commenced with light breeze and varibels. Heding E. N. E. * *
Lat 31:51 S.
Sunday, March 12 — * * Heding in at 2 P. M. hauled up the chains and bent them. * * At 9 took a pilot. * * Stirring up the bay at 10 A. M. came tew the wharf in Fairhaven, at 1 1 A. M. furled sails. All hands went ashor. So ends this voyage.
The sailor's day began at noon. Can its monotony be imagined when I say that I have transcribed every incident that occurred during three years? — I have only suppressed wind and weather.
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Early Hathaway Records.
EARLY HATHAWAY RECORDS.
There is hardly a more interesting name in New England than that of Hathaway, and it is a matter of some wonder to me that when so much is known regarding the first generations of the family, so very little is printed. The few records given in this volume contain nearly all the information previously placed in books, and that is only about a quarter of the whole here collected. This shows how very little of the Hathaway history is at present open to the general public.
Since the first volume of this book was in press, I have added greatly to my own knowledge in this particular direction, and especially as regards the family of Arthur, the early settler of Dartmouth. In this connection I dis- covered that nearly all the Hathaway tombstones in the old Acushnet Ceme- tery were those of Arthur's descendants. With a very few exceptions I could easily trace the ancestry of each of these long dead men and women, and, as the Acushnet Burial Record has been highly confusing to very many genea- logical students it occurred to me that a copy with the descent of each indivi- dual would certainly be a valuable ap- pendix to these pages.
1 Arthur Hathaway had sons John, Thomas and Jonathan. 2John d. 1732. 2Thomas' will is dated 1742. 2 Jonathan d. 1727. 2John had sons 3John and ^Jonathan. 2Thomas' family do not seem to figure in the Acushnet Ceme- tery (if he had any); 2 Jonathan had sons 3Gamaliel, 3Seth, 3Elnathan, s Jon- athan, and 3 Silas. 3 Jonathan, son of ijohn, had sons 4Jonathan, 4Thomas, Hsaacand * Philip. Bearing these facts in mind the readers may easily trace the individual branches. (Birth dates are added for convenience.)
(Copied from) Memorial Record of the Acushnet
Cemetery, 1881. Hathaway, Isaac, d. Feb., 1762, aet. 28
(b. 1734), son of Jonathan, 2John,
1 Arthur. Hathaway, Silvanus, d. July II, 1768,
aet. 47 (b. 1721). Hathaway, Philip, d. March 2, 1769, aet.
27 (b. 1742), son of 3Jonathan, 2John,
1 Arthur. Hathaway, Captain 4Eleazer, d. Aug.
28, 1803, aet. 65, son of 3Gamaliel,
2 Jonathan, l Arthur. Hathaway, Alice Pope. His wife. d.
May 7, 1778, aet. 34. Hathaway, sGamaliel. Three infant sons
of above. Hathaway, Anna, 2nd wife of 4Eleazer,
d. Apr. 30, 1839. Hathaway, Mrs. Hannah, d. May I,
1796, aet. 87 (b. 1709). Hathaway, 2 Jonathan, d. Sept. 17, 1727,
aet. 56 (b. 1671), son of * Arthur. Hathaway, Susanna Pope. His wife, d.
Feb. 5, 1760, aet. 70. Hathaway, Abigail, wife of Seth Spoon-
er, d. Oct. 14, 1792, aet. 78. Hathaway, Abigail, dau. of Jonathan
and Deborah, d. Jan. 25th, 17S9, aged
17-
Hathaway, Lieut. Seth, d. May 1 1, 17S3,
aet. 72, son of 2 Jonathan, l Arthur, Hathaway, Hannah Willis. His wife,
d. Jan. iS, 1760. Hathaway, 3 Gamaliel. Vide reference
in index. Hathaway, Hannah. His wife. Vide ref- erence in index. Hathaway, 3Jacob (of the Taunton
family. Vide page 45 and index). Hathaway, Royal, d. Nov. 12, 1854, aet.
86. Hathaway, Clara J., dau. of Job, d. Sept.
16, 1S51. Hathaway, Mary, wife of James, d. 1852,
act. 69.
ASA PRESBREY FRENCH. Page I 10.
Early Hathaway Records.
141
Hathaway, Ann, wife of Royal, d. 1851,
aet. 86. Hathaway, Capt. William, d. May 24,
1839, aet. 11. Hathaway, Abigail. His wife, d. March
14, 1750, aet. 83. Hathaway, 3Jonathan, b. June 23, 1697,
d. May 11, 1759, son of 2John, Ar- thur. Hathaway, Abigail. His wife, d. Dec.
30, 1776, aet. 75. Hathaway, Jonathan, d. Feb. 3, 1793,
aet. 44. Hathaway, Deborah. His wife, d Dec.
27, 1808, aged ■j'j. Hathaway, 3Elnathan, d. Feb. 25, 1S09,
aged 89 (son of a Jonathan, son of
1 Arthur). Hathaway, Esther. His wife, d. Oct. 2,
1777, aged 60. Hathaway, Margaret, dau. of 4Eleazer
and Anna, d. March 1, 1854, aged 63.
(Eleazer was son of 3 Gamaliel.) Hathaway, George, son of Elisha and
Ann, d. Sept. 9, 1813, aged 5. Hathaway, Mary, daughter of James
and Mary, d. 1808, aged 16. Hathaway, 4Micah, d. Jan. 6, 1816, aged
73 (son of 3 Gamaliel, g-son of Ar- thur of Dartmouth). Hathaway, Mary, his wife, d. Jan. 8,
1793, aged 45. Hathaway, Susanna, his daughter, d. Oct.
18, 1789, aged 20. Hathaway, Jonathan, d. Feb. 19, 1794,
aged 23 (son of 4Micah, son of
3 Gamaliel). Hathaway. Mary, d. 1843, aged 70
(Sister of above). Hathaway, Sarah, d. 1824, aged 49
(Sister of above). Hathaway, Thankful, wife of Isaac, d.
1799, aged 29. Hathaway, 6Joseph, page 45, d. July 21,
1817, aged 52. Hathaway, 6Anne (Dillingham). His
wife, page 19. Hathaway, "Reuben, d. March 5, 1831,
aged 73 (son of 5 Jacob and Hannah,
page 45). Hathaway, Abigail, His wife, d. Dec.
17, 1851, aged 78. Hathaway, 3Jonathan, d. May 23,
1783, aged 68 (son of ''Jonathan, son
of 1 Arthur). Hathaway, Bridget (Delano). His wife,
d. 1802, aged 80. Hathaway, Susanna (Chaffee), wife of
Jabez, d. Sept. 10, 1S05, aged 45.
NOTE ON THE HATHAWAY FAMILY.
Just as the last pages of this book went to press I received a letter from Mr. C. A. Hathaway, of Berkley, which so completely proves his statement in regard to the relationship of 1 Arthur and 3 Gamaliel (page 43), that I cannot forbear quoting from it here, and also giving the student the added knowledge regarding this old Dartmouth family.
"Jonathan Hathaway, of Dartmouth, was a son of Arthur of the same place. He is named in the will of Arthur, which I have held in my hands and read. He is named in a deed dated i6g6, by which instrument Arthur conveys to him one-half of the {homestead) farm, in Dartmouth, on the Acushnet River, i. e.: — the southerly half. Arthur had also sons Thomas and John. I judge John may have been the eldest, Jonathan the youngest. The will of
Thomas is dated IJ42, April 5 My
notes say that Jonathan, son of Arthur, died intestate Sept. 17, 1727, aet. 56 (there- fore born about 167 1). Lucius R. Paige, in his History of Hanlwicke, Mass., says (page JQ5), in reference to Arthur, 'In his will Feb. q, 170Q-10, proved Feb. 6, ijii- 12, he names wife Sarah, and children, John, Thomas, Mary (Hammond), Lydia (Sissoii), and Hannah (Codman).' I pre- sume that he may possibly consider John and Jonathan as identical — I do not. John
142
Note on the Hathaway Family.
?narried Joanna Pope and died in 1732.
From the division of Jonathans estate,
we have that Gamaliel was his eldest son. The division is dated May 17, 1761. Other children named are Scth, Elnathan, John, Hannah, Abigail (Spoon er), Deborah
(Swift), and Silas (dead at this time)
Now notice. There was some trouble about the division of the estate of Jonathan. He was a wealthy man. He' had a large family. His wife was a daughter of Colonel Scth Pope, her name was Susanna. Her husband died in 1727, at middle age, leaving yomig children under 14, for on Sept. 17, 1728, she was appointed guardian of Jonathan, Silas and Elnathan, under
that age (Bristol Co. Probate Records)
By the way, did you know that John Hathaway, Senior, of Taunton, born 1630, had a father named Nicholas, one of the earliest settlers of Taunton f The fact came to light the past year."
In connection with the above letter I will give a few tomb stone records from the old cemetery at Acushnet, with men- tion of other facts which reached me too late for entrance in the proper place.
The tomb stone of the Jonathan Hathaway described above is still stand- ing and I have a photograph of it. It is of that old shape described in the notes on the Richmond Burial ground, at Little Compton. Jonathan's wife Susanna died Feb. 5, 1760, aged 70.
•'Gamaliel Hathaway (page 43), was their son and my great-g-g-g-grand- fathcr. He was born 1707, died May 28, 1796. His wife Anne (or Hannah) Cathcart, died June 19, 1745, aged 29 years.
3Jonathan Hathaway (Gamaliel's brother, page 43 and 130) born 1716, died May 23, 1783.
Lieut. 3Seth Hathaway (another bro- ther), born 171 1, died May 11, 1783. His wife Hannah, daughter of Colonel Samuel Willis, died Jan. 18, 1760, aged
45-
3 Gamaliel's son 4Micah, born 1743, died Jan. 6, 1S16. His house is still standing, and it was to that house that Mrs. Anne Dillingham Hathaway went with her stricken child during the small pox panic and deliberately took the disease, and suffered while she nursed the child, so that when both were well she might return home able to care for all the sick without personal fear. The house is plain and substantial, with shingled sides, and bears little resem- blance to any fancied scene for such heroic courage and grand self sacrifice as that which really took place under its low roof.
THE RICHMOND BURYING GROUND.
(At Little Compton Common.)
Probably one of the most interesting monuments in America is that erected to Elizabeth Alden Pabodie, the grand- mother of Col. 3Sylvester Richmond, who died at the home of the latter in 171 7, and lies in the family graveyard. The tall, white marble shaft towers above the broad, low stones which fill all the space about. On three sides are the inscriptions given below, while in the fourth is set bodily the ancient stone which used to mark her grave. It reads thus:
"Here lycth ye Body of Elizabeth, ye wife of William Pabodie, who dyed May 31, 1 71 7, and in yc 94th year of her age."
Another side reads:
"Elizabeth Pabodie, daughter of the Plymouth Pilgrims, John Alden and Priscilla Mullin. The first white woman born in New England."
The last side is as follows:
"A bud from Plymouth's Mayflower sprung, Transplanted here to live and bloom, Her memory, ever sweet and young, The centuries guard within this tomb."
The Richmond Burying Ground.
143
The tombs of Colonel 3 Sylvester Richmond and his two wives are near by, bearing inscriptions given on page 69. Also those of his son, 4 Perez, and his wife Deborah. All of these are the old shape, carven all over and having a large curve at the top and two smaller ones at the sides of the top. Cherubims are sculptured over the inscriptions.
5Perez Richmond and wife have stones cut perfectly square at the top and inscribed thus:
"Sacred to the memory of Perez Rich- mond, Esq., of Westport (date). He was a worthy and respectable citizen, renowned for honesty and uprightness in all his dealings."
"Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Hannah Richmond, relict of Perez Rich- mond, Esq., of Westport, who departed this life in the city of Providence, on the 22nd of June, 1835, aged 83."
Then follows a high eulogium on her virtues. This lady was 4Hannah Brightman, page 5.
There are various stones to other members of the family — to Deborah, the daughter of 3 Sylvester and Eliza- beth, and to her sister Hannah. To Loring, the son of 4 Perez Richmond, and to many out of the direct line.
In the same country are some very old graves built of brick, with a large, flat stone on top. This form was once the most desired, and is that referred to in old wills where special instructions are given to "build a brick grave." They were shaped for a single coffin, or for a man and wife to lie together. They were practically mausoleums for one alone.
The last of the Richmond family to be laid in this sacred and time-honored ground was my great-grandfather, 6 Bradford, the son of s Perez Richmond, of Westport. He died in the old home- stead in 1 8 14, leaving a young widow
and two small children. My grand- father, who was then two years and a half old, distinctly remembers being taken in his Aunt Lucia's arms to look a last time upon his father's face. Then they took the body and carried it over four miles of tortuous, twisting country road to Little Compton, and laid it there beside the four generations who had gone before. The stone erected above bears this inscription:
"This Marble
the last sad tribute
of affection is devoted
to the Remembrance of
Bradford Richmond, Esq
of Westport, Mass.
who died Oct. 23, 1814.
Aged 38 years.
In human hearts
What nobler thoughts can rise
than Man's presumption
on to-morrow's dawn."
The widow returned to her father's house near Fall River, and married again there, and when her son came of age, in 1833, he sold the homestead into the Manchester family, who thirty- three years after tore down the house and built a new one a few rods away.
Thus this little model of an English estate, which an English gentleman had bought in 1636, and which had gone from heir to heir for two hundred years, came to an end. The house which John Richmond built stood on the line between Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and the sons and daugh- ters married into the families of both states. But just as the clear-cut Eng lish .people held its own against all inter-marriages, so the English pride and primogeniture held its own against the Rhode Island hatred of pride, and the Puritan hatred of primogeniture, down through seven generations and ten score of years.
144
Note on the Dillingham Family.
NOTE ON THE DILLINGHAM FAMILY.
Captain Benjamin Dillingham — the Revolutionary soldier — lies in the old Acushnet Cemetery outside of Fair Haven. His grave is unmarked but that of his wife beside him bears testi- mony that she died May 13, 1809, aged 68. She was the only daughter of 3 Gamaliel Hathaway. The day that the British entered Clark's Cove the Dillinghams were one of the many fam- ilies who fled in fright. They had sick- ness among them — a little child so near death that the tiny cap and shroud had been made, — but they hastily put food in baskets, threw valuables into the well, and took to the woods. The fath- er remained concealed near his home to watch for an opportunity to save something, possibly to extinguish the flames which the invaders nearly always lighted before leaving any house. He saw the red-coats wantonly waste and destroy, as less than a hundred years later the Northern army did in Southern homes, — he saw provisions poured on the ground, pillows and mattresses rip- ped open, etc., etc., until finally they marched away and left the dismantled house alone. The family returned to find all a chaos, the soldiers had spared but once, — the preparations made for the dying baby. The little clothes were just as they had been left. By the way, the child lived.
Captain Dillingham's house is stand- ing yet, — one of his houses; I do not know whether it is the same that he oc- cupied in Revolutionary days. The ex- isting house is at Dartmouth, — a pretty two-story dwelling raised above the street and terraced, with a stone wall.
GEdward Dillingham, son of the sold- ier, was a sea-captain, trading with the East Indies. "Uncle Edward's" own family tea service was brought from those distant lands and was of yellow ware, with hand-painted floral decora- tions. The cups testify to their age, being
of that fashion which had no handles. In my china cabinet is one of these an- cient cups with its saucer — a gift from Captain Edward's grandniece, Mrs. De- borah Hathaway Mara. Near it is Mrs. Anne Dillingham Hathaway's wedding cream-jug, which Mrs. Mara gave my daughter because of her name. The cream-jug is of white English porcelain, a graceful shape, and daintily flowered. The bride of 1790 evidently did not have all her china match, for Mr. W. Burgess has sent me one of her cups (also made without a handle) and saucer, and they are of the old blue ware, made in England and decorated in deep blue.
The cottage where ejoseph Hathaway and 6Anne Dillingham went to house- keeping is still standing. It is over a hundred years old, and, like her father's house, shows few traces of its age. And yet of the house where Joseph Hathaway was born there are only ruins left, — a stoned cellar in a meadow-like tangle of grass. To look at those ruins makes America's history shrink, for my mother remembers "Grandma Hathaway," and yet Grandma's mother-in-law, 4 H a n n a h Clarke Hathaway ,who lived in the house now fallen down, was a grandniece of Governor Winslow, one who lived at Plymouth and saw the Mayflower often. Hannah Clarke Hathaway died Oct. 5, 1820, aged 94, and is buried in the Acushnet Cemetery, beside her husband, Jacob, who died Oct. 5, 1792, aged 63 years (Page 45).
In this same burial ground are the graves of Rev. Samuel West and wife. Samuel West, who graduated from Har- vard, was one of the first clergymen of New Bedford. For his second wife he married "Louisa Hathaway, the daugh- ter of the before mentioned Jacob and Hannah. She died March 18, 1797, aged 41, and her husband survived her ten years, dying Sept. 4, 1807, aged ~^. He was ordained in 1761, resigned 1S03.
PEDIGREE OF SELEAZER GAYLORD.
MS
Nicolas Finchon. Sherifl" of London, 1532. (.bore arms and crest.)
John.
m. Jane, heiress of
Sir Richard Empson.
(settled in Writtle, Essex.)
d. Nov. 29, 1573.
John.
(second son)
of Springfield, Essex.
i William. Came in the fleet with Win- throp, 1630. Settled in Springfield, Mass., 1636. Was prosecuted for certain religious writings, and with second "wife and all his children but two, returned to England, 1653, and d. at Wraisbur3r on the Thames, Oct. 1662, aet. 72 yrs.
2ANN.
m. Rev. iHenry Smith, of Wethersfield, who returned to England, 1653.
2Ann Smith.
m. John Allyn, Nov. 19,
1651.
William Rockwell and Susan Capen were married in Holy Trinity Church, of Dorchester, Eng., April 14th, 1624. Susan was b. April 11, 1602. d. Nov. 13, 1666. They emigrated 1630, and settled in Winsor, Conn., where Wm. was made a deacon of the church.
i Matthew Allyn. of Brampton Co., Devon, Eng. Came to Charlestown in 1632. Removed to Winsor, Conn. m. Margaret. d. Feb. 1, 1670-1.
2J0HN. (called "Honored.") Served the C olonies in many prominent tv ays. Representa- tive for many years and made Lieut. -Col. by Gov. Andros. d. at Hartford, Nov. 11, 1696.
Sarah. b. July 24, 16*8. m. Wal- ter Gaylord, March 22, 1658.
3Margaret. b. July 29, 1660. d. March 16, 1733.
1 William Gaylord was chosen a deacon at the church gathering at Plymouth, Eng., March, 1630. He came to America in the "Mary and John" soon after, and settled in Winsor, Conn. His wife d. June 20, 1657. He d. July 20, 1673, aet. 88.
2Walter. m. twice, d. Aug. 9, 16S9.
^Eleazer. b. March 7, 1652. m. Aug. 11, 1686.
Martha Thompson.
iWm. Southmayd.
Wm. Addis.
a Gloucester ship- of Gloucester, wright and mari- 1643. Brewer in ner. m. Milicent New London, Addis, Nov. 28, 1658-62. 1642.
2MELICENT.
2W1LLIAM. b. Sept. 12, 1643. Captain of a ship in the West Indies trade. Settled in Middletown, Conn. in. Margaret Allyn, 16S4. d. Dec. 4, 1702.
4SAMUEL. b. March 9, 1696. Settled in Middletown, Conn. Was a mariner sailing with his father- in-law, William Southmayd. (Had children: Melicent, Samuel, Ann, and Eleazer.)
4Margaret, b. 1691.
Eleazer Gaylord married 4 Eunice, the daugh- ter of 3 Nathaniel Gilbert and Elizabeth Prout. I have been fortunate in securing the Gaylord ancestry even — at this, the eleventh hour. The reader is referred to Stiles' "History of Win- sor," to the Visitations of Essex, to Vol. II of the Heraldic Journal, to Savage, and to the N. E. Gen. Register.
sEleazer Gaylord. m. 5Eunice Gilbert.
6MOLLY.
m. 6Ebenezer Warner.
7EBEN. m.8Hannah Kowler.
8Wm. P. m. £Anna Richmond.
cjRichniond. P. Warner.
gAnna. m. C. E. French.
Charles Elting French.
PARENTAGE OF ELIZABETH PROUT.
In spite of repeated effort I cannot learn the identical family from which the wife of 3 Nathaniel Gilbert sprung. I am inclined to believe she was the daughter of sTimothy, because she named a son Eleazer, and was herself Elizabeth — the name of his first wife.
But I submit the question.
By his second wife, Grace, Ebenezer Prout had: Eunice, 1690; Mary, 1694; and John, who died young.
(Timothy Prout.
ship-w right,
was at Boston, 1644.
m. Margaret.
m. 2nd, Elizabeth Upshall,
wid. of Wm. Greenotigh.
iTimothy.
b. March 10,
1645. m.
Deborah,
daughter of
Zechariah
Symmes, of
Charlestown,
Dec. 13,
1664.
sSusanna. ajohn.
b. April 26, bp.Feb. 11,
1647.
1649 Mary Hall, Aug. 23, 1681
rjoseph. b. 1651. m. Mary Jack- son.
3Mary.
m. John Dixwell,
the regicide, in
Middletown, 1708.
2\Villiam. sBenjamin. 2Ebenezer.
b. May 23, b. March 14, b. March 14, 1657. 1658. m. 1655. d. Apr. m. Elizabeth, daugh- Love. 5, 1669. ter of Capt. Timo-
thy Wheeler. 1678. She d. Oct. 11,1683.
3Timothy. left Middletown and went to Boston.
INDEX.
Every name in the book is catalogued in the following single index.
There are three instances of where a name was only used once and all the family named on the same page. The individuals in these families are not named separately.
The small figuers preceeding Christian names indicate that the person in- dicated is so many degrees removed from an original ancestor of the same name in the first volume. Thus the figure 4 placed before the name of 4May- dalen DuBois indicates that the ancestry is traced directly to 1 Louis DuBois, Vol. I. It anyone finds the numbers confusing they may be ignored without any resultant loss of knowledge, only of time.
The Gibbs family which are double-numbered, are explained under the name in the index.
Brackets enclosing a page number indicates that the life of the individual named is specially noticed on that page.
Aarsten, — Gerrit 26
Acushnet 1
Acushnet Cemetery 140, 144
Acushnet Burial Record 140
Adam 135
Adams, — Eleanor 100
James 100
Jeremiah 82
John 100
Susannah 100
W. K 135
Addis, — Melicent 145
William 145
Akins, — Anna 1 30
Ebenzer 130
Jonathan 1 30
Marion 130
Mary 130
Ruth 130
William 1 30
Alabama Claims 95
Albany, N. Y 26, 96
Albro,— John 32
Samuel 48
"Albion,"— (Whaling Ship) 95, 13S
Aldbury— John 32
Alden— Abigail C in
2 David 1
2Elizabeth 1, 54, 71, 142
Hannah 126*
John. ..([,) 51, 54, 68, 69, 81, 142
Job 126
John, Jr 1
Jonathan 1
Joseph , 1
Lucy 126
Mary 1
Priscilla (Molines) 1, 142
Ruth 1, 126
Sarah 1
148
Index.
Alford, Lincolnshire
Allen,— Abbie
Charles
Louis
Sophia
Allyn, — John
Margaret
Matthew
Almy, — Anne
Christopher
Alsdorf, — Levi
Amherst, Mass
Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Nieu
Amyot, Jacob
Anabaptistry
Andersonville Prison
Andrew, Rachel
Andrews, Bethiah
Andros, Governor 8, 32, 4S, 52,
'Ann,"— (Ship) 10, 1 1, 86,
"Ann," "the Elizabeth and" (ship)
Anne, — (Boleyn)
Anthony, — Abigail
David
Gideon
Martha L
50 1 12 1 12
130
36
MS
MS
145
24
12
31
. 43 16
16, 13
0-
72
1 10
87 101
MS 100
58 29
33
34
34
128
81
33 34 46
46
53 36
Anthony, Patience 33
Susan
Susanna
William
Appel, — Adrian Van Leyden of.
Ariantje
Appoin, — Allan
Susan
Aquidneck 8, 46, 57, 58, 81
Archangel on the White Sea 93
Archer, — Henry 79
Aric Roosa Patent, N. Y 26
Arlotta 61
Armada, — The Spanish 15
Artois, France 2,21
Ashton Keyes, Wiltshire 65
Assonet, Mass 43. 45. 63, 130
Athean, — Content 127
Atwater, — Mary ... 79
Audley, — Jane 8
Austin, — Louisa 1:9, 122
Austin's R. I. Genealogical Dic- tionary 87
Awashong, (Queen. Sachem) 36, 64
Axminster, Devonshire 49
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
29
B
Babbitt, — Elizabeth 126
Babcock, — John 48
Backus, — Isaac 126
Joseph 126
Simeon 126
Baker,— Mrs. Mary
Molly
Samuel
Stephen
Bangs, Benjamin
Elkanah
Baptist Church, — (of Newport). . Baptist Church, — (of Wilming-
126
59 100
30 18 18
57
}6, 37
i/, 38 6
ton, N. C.)
Bardcn, — Abraham
"Bark Isabella,"- (ship) 94
Barker, — James 48
Barnaby, — Capt. Ambrose .... . J, 119
Joanna 89
James 119
Jonathan 1 19
Lydia 5
Samuel 125
Barnes, — Maybee 79
Barnstable 44
Barrington 71
Bartlett. — Benjamin 54
Robert S6
Samuel 54
Barton 123
Rebecca 1 20
Pass, — John I
Bates, - Deborah N 19, 127
Battelle- Elizabeth 85
Index.
149
Battelle, Henry C 113
Minnie 113
Baxter, — Alephia Sophia 109
Beckitt 80
Bedford County, England 47
Bedford, N. Y 81
Beeltsyder, — Johannes 25
Beem — Albert (17)
Elizabeth (17), 27
Beere, — Henry 72
Beesharen, — Elizabeth 17
Behring Straits 136
Belcher, — Andrew 41
Jonathan.... 41
Benjamin, — Henrietta 135
Mary 10
Bennett,— Ann 1 30
Joseph 130
Berkley, Mass iS, 19, 43, 44
Berry,— Alice 88
Bessimer, — Dorothy 27
Betty, ( slave) 34
Bevier, — Abraham 27
Elizabeth 17
Louis 52
Beyle, Holland 25
Bibble, — Elizabeth Latham 47
Bicknell 116
Biddle, — Chapman 132
Mrs. Clement 116, 132
Rebecca Cornell 34, 132
Bigelow, — Sallie 119
Biggs, — Elizabeth 79
Biljouw, — Pierre 21
Billings, — James 124
Mary 124
Bingham, — Olive 90
Bissell, — Deliverance 82
Bitteswell, Co. Kent iS
Bixby — H. M 120
Blancsan, — Catharine (2,) 21,52
Elizabeth 2
Kattryn (2,) 21, 52
Maria 2
Matthys (2,) 3, 21
Bloody Brook Massacre 92
Bloomer, — Joseph 30
Blossom, — Joseph 1 30
Bois, — vide DuBois
Boltwood, — Sarah 82
Bommel, — vide Van Bommel
Boodry, — Charles 130
Jerusha 130
Joseph 130
Willie 130
Boomer, — Eleanor , 33
Mary 48
Matthew 33
Booth, — Abiah 116
2Abraham 6
2Benjamin 6
Elizabeth 6
2Grace 6, 60
ijohn (6,) 60
2John 6
2Joseph 6
ajudith 6, 60
2Mary 6
Borden, — Abram 116
Elizabeth 33
Joseph 62
Major 108
Rev. Mr 36
Sarah 62
Stephen 62
Bosley 117
Boston, Mass. — 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 29, 32, 37- 46, 49. 58, 68, 71, 72, ji, 74, 82, 92, 99, 108, 109, 129.
"Boston News Letter" 53
Botsford 28
Bourne, — Abram no
Charity 119
Clara F 110
Elizabeth 18
Jonathan 18
Margaret 99
Stephen 110
Bowen, — Earl Hartwcll 112
Edward A 112
Elizabeth 121
John „.. ., . . . 62
Joseph 121
Nathan 121
150
Index.
i i,
Bowen, Paul
Stephen
Bowker, — Jane
Boz, — Tryntje Tysse
Bradford
Gov
Samuel -
Bragg, — Everett
Frederick
Jared
John
Katharine
Maty
Mary Ann
Mary Reid
Samuel
Samuel
Sarah
Braintree
George
Edward
Brampton, Devonshire
Brayton, — Hannah
Lucy
Mary
Myra
Stephen
Thomas
Brewster, — Love
Bridewell Prison, London
Bridges, — Charles
Bridgewater
Briggs— Joan
John
Margaret
Matthew
Rebecca
Brightman,— 5Betsey 5, 114, 11
3Elizabeth
^Elizabeth
3George (4), 5,
George
*Hannah (5), 14, 70, 91, 11;
1 Henry
2Henry
3Hcnry
121
89
124
25. /3
•5- 54 71,86
7i
135 135 i3S 135 135 135 135 '35 135 119
135 60
134
134
M5
34
134
33' o4
134
80
100 29 12
35.53
. So
iS
125
15
12
6, 1 28
4
5
57 ■- 70
128
', 1 1 8,
(4)
4
4, 121
Brightman,2 — Hester 4
3James 4
4James 5
2Joseph (4)
3Joseph 4
Mary Ann 116
4Pardon 5
Peleg 108
Samuel 5, 114, 116
2Sarah 4
4Sarah - 5
Susannah 4, 5
2Thomas 4
William 4, 13
Bristol 24
Bristol Co., Mass 64
Brodhead, — Hester 27
Bronson, — Reese 116
Brooker, — William 121
Brookes, — Maiy 49
Brookline, Mass 73
Brown, — Barbara 74
Hannah 59
James N 116
John 130
Mary 125
Nicholas 58
Seth 128
Mrs. Rebecca E 126
Brownell, — 2Ann 6, 33, 99
Charles 99
George 6, 56
Joseph 13
Joshua 57
2Mary 6, 46, 99
^Martha
2Robert
2Sarah 6, 24
Susannah 13
'Thomas (6),
2Thomas 6
2\\'illiam
Browning, — Nathaniel 30, 33
Bruyn, Gertrude 23
Bryden, Mary 1 24
Buckinghamshire 29
Bucklin, — Abbie 123
6 6
1 ^3
62
33
56
6
Index.
i51
Bucklin, — James 123
Budds' Neck, N. Y 81
Bull,— Amey 66, 67
Henry 8, 66, 67
Bulkely, — Lillian 118
Margery 86
Bunce, — Elizabeth 92
Sarah 92
Burden, — Sarah 134
Burgess, — Clara 127
Esther 99
Burgess — Frank 127
Joseph 127
Paul 96, 127
Thomas 67
William 127, 144
Burgh-upon-Baines Lincolnshire.. 50
Burial Hill, Boston 10
Busher 125
Butts,— Alice 56
Susannah .■ $6
Calais, France 16
California 109, 116, 124
Callsey, — Mr 41
Cambridge, England 46
Cambridge, Mass 82,92
Canedy, — Barnabas 125
Canonicut Mills 108
Canterbury, — Court of 47
Cantine, — Moses ] 6
Cape Cod Compact 1,51
Capen, — Susan 145
Carey, — Mother 133
Carpenter, — Mr 131
Carr, — Caleb 8
Elizabeth 99
Robert 8
Carter, — John 51
Cartwright, — Jonathan 128
John 128
Cathcart, — Anne 19, 43, 140
Cedar Keyes, Florida 113
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 28, 118
Crab Orchard, Ky 135
Chaffee, — Susanna 141
Chambers, — Benjamin 57
Chandler, — Elsie 118
George 118
Walter 118
Chapin, — Christian 74
Chapman, — Isaac 18
Lydia 18
Mary Clarke 9
Ralph 9
Chappel, — Isaac 135
Mary 117
Charity, — Aunt 38
Charles 1 47
Charles Edward 26
Charles River 10
Charlestown, Mass 79, 108
Charleston, S. C 95, 114, 115
Charter Oak 92
Chase, — ~ Benjamin (7,) 44, 75, 125
Benjamin 129
3Benjamin 7
3Bethiah 7
Charles 125
Clarke 128, 129
Danforth 128
George 125
Leonard 129
Mary 7, 109,129
Nabby 129
Nancy 128
3Phillipa 7, 44, 75, 125
Chase, — Rufus 1 28
3Sarah 7
Seth 125
Thomas 125
3Walter 7
W. H 131
nVilliam (7)
2William 7 75
William 128
Chaumischaug 41
Chelmsford, — Mass , 28, 79
I 52
Index.
Chelsea, Mass 10S
Chester, N. Y 19
Chicago 110
Chilton, — Mary 99
Chiltonville 10
Chipman, — James 135
Chittendon, — John 28
Church, — Benjamin 53, 66, 86
Richard 86
Thomas 57
Church of England 67
Cincinnati 113
Clarke's Cove 19, 144
Clarke, — Abigail 13
2Andrew (10,) J2,, 101
3Andrew ( 1 o,) 45
Amos D 127
*Anna 101
Captain 41
Carew 9
3Contcnt 9
4David 127
Daniel 30
3Delivcrancc 9, 13, 1 16
Edwin 127
4Elizabeth 10, 101
Elsie Newkcrk 95
■lEunice 10, 101
Flora 127
Frances Latham 8, 47, 48
3Frances 9
George H 127
4Hannah 10, 45, 191, 144
4Hannah 127
3Hannah 9
Mrs. Hannah 57
Harold 127
Harry 127
2James 8, 10
Jeremiah, Gov (8,) 48
Jeremiah 8, 9
John (9,) 10, 28, 92, 127
Joseph 9
3Katherine 9, 76
2Latham 8,9
Margaret 9
Mary 8, 9, 57
Clarke, — Mehitabel 10, 101
2Nathaniel 10
Pasor 9
Paul 127
Roland 18
Sarah 124
Sarah 8, 9, 58
Susanna i 0
Scotto 10
Thomas (9), (io),73
Thankful 10, 101
2Walter, Gov (8), 9, 13, 72
2Weston 8, 9
William 9, 10
Clearwater, — Elsie 16
Clerkenleap Manor 99
Cleveland, — Betsey 1 30
David 130
Enus 130
James 93
Clifton Cemetery, Newport 76
Clipsham, England 87
Coddington, — Gov 8, 74
Codman, — Hannah Hathaway.... 141
Coe, —John 54
Coertin, — Stephen 25
Coggeshall, — Comfort 34
Elizabeth 34
Joshua 34
Josiah 34
Merc\' 33
Thomas.
33. 34
Coit, — Martha 92
Colby, — Newton 1 1 S
Robert 118
Colchester 74, 119, 135
Coleman, — Joseph 30
Colonial Records 73
Columbia, Maine 127
Conklin, — Lemuel 30
Concord, Mass 108
Concordance 83
Congregational Church 68
Connecticut 1 26, 1 2 1
Conte, — Mary lc 17
Cooke, — Debosah 80
Elizabeth n, 56
Index.
153
Cooke, — Esther 11
'Francis (11)
2Jacob 11
2Jane 11
John g, (11 ), 43, 86
Joseph S2
Katharine 9
Mary 11, 112
Mercy 11
Minnie 1 1 1
Rachel 56
Robert 112
3Sarah 1 1, 43
Thomas 13
Cope, — Elizabeth 8, 43
Sir John 43
Cornell, — (derivation of name, 112)
2Anne 12
5Benjamin 13
5Clarke 13
Deborah . 12
Deliverance Clarke g, 13
Dinah ,...13, 64
3Edward • • • ■ 12
^Elizabeth 12
"George g, (13), 34, 116, 132
5George 13
Gideon 34, 116, 133, 134
sInnocent 12
5Job 13
2John 12
6Joseph 13
2Joshua 12
Martha 33
Mary.... ,.12, 13, 35, 64, 119, 134
Philadelphia 13
2Rebecca 12
Richard 12, 13
5Ruth 13
Samuel 12
Sarah 12, 13, 33
Stephen 12, 116
Susannah 13, 33, 34
'Thomas (12)
Thomas 6, 12, 13, 33, 34, 48, 64,
116, 113, 134 5Walter 13
79
IS 49 85
Cornell, — William 12, 34, 132
Cornell's Neck, N. Y 12
Cornwall,— Richard, Earl of 12
Cornwallis 112
Cornwell, — Esther
Corteljou, — Jacque
Cotton, — Elizabeth
"Covenant of Grace," (book) ....
Covington, N. Y 28, 31
Cowdall, — Mrs. John 66
Coweset 33, 34
Craggs,— John 80
Crandon, — John 125
Philip ig, 45
Cranston, — Gov 13
John 8
Crispell, — vide Krypcl. Cregier, — vide Kregier.
Crocker, — Capt. Josiah 35
Crosby, — Helen 118
Crossman, — Nathaoiel 58
Crow, — Sarah g2
Cromwell, — Oliver 10
Cummings, — Nelson 1 28
Cushing Genealogy 14
dishing, — Agnes 14
Ammable. Barbara. . . 3Benjamin.
14 14 IS 14 IS IS
Bridget
3Caleb
2David
Debora 14, 15
3Deborah 14, 68, 69
Edward 14
Elyne 14
Emme 14
Isabel 14
3James 15
'-Jeremiah 15, 49
2John (15), 46, 49
John (14), 15,49
3Joseph 15, 49
3Joshua 15
Margaret 14
Margery 14
2Mary 15
154
Index.
Cushing, — iMatthcw (15), 14,46
2Matthew 15
Nicholas 14
Peter (14), 46
Robert 14
3Sarah 15
Cushing, — Stephen 14
Thcophilus 14
Thomas (14, 15
Ursula 14
William (14)
Cushman, — Sally 103
D
Daggett, — Hannah
Darien, Georgia
Dartmouth, Mass. 4, II, 12, iS, 19, 65, 68, 69, 75, 125, 130.
Dawty, — Mr no,
Davenol, Humphrey
Davenporf, Emma
Davey, Minnie
Davids, Deborah (
Christoffel (
John
Davis, — Abigail 44,
Annie Reid
Captain
Edmund
George
George E
George H
Hannah
Helen
Herbert
Joseph
Lloyd
Louis
Mary 126,
Mary Ella
Nellie M
Nicholas
Perry
Phoebe
Rhoda
Sarah 76,
Sylvestre
Daval, — Ezra
Mary
Day,— Mary P
Dean— A. N
Benjamin
12S 39 43-
1 1
32 01 18 7) 7) 32 66
35 28
Dean, — Betsey 120
Elizabeth 1 31
Hannah 131
Harriet 131
Job 123
35 35
35 30 23 35 30 35
30 57
-0 28 21 80
27 20
31
Leonidas 123
Mary 131
Mehitable 131
Sarah 131
Dedham, Suffolk 74
Deerfield, Conn S2, 92
"Defence" — (ship) 109
De Graffe— Maria 16
De Jou, — vide Deyo.
Delano, — Bridget 43, 130, 141
Nathaniel 1 30
Thomas 1 , 86
Deming, — Emma C 1 11
Dennis— Mr 24
Dennison, — Catharine S4
Depew, — Nicator 132
Devonshire 145
Dewnes, — Winifred 47
Deyo, — sAbraham 16
2Anna 16
sAnnetje (17)
sAriantja 17
4Benjamin 17
Christian 16, 12, 132
3Christian 16
Christeyau (16), 52
Christoffel 17
4David 17
'Deborah 17
-Elizabeth 16
rElizabeth 17
4Haggetta 17
■r,llannah ( 17), 27
Index.
155
Deyo, — *Hendrik ( 17), 27
sHendrikus 17
3Henry 16, (17)
6Henry 17
4Johannes 17
Joseph 17
sMadallen 16
2Margeret 16, 21, 27
5Maria 17
sMarie 16, 12
3Mar>' 16
5Mary 17
2Pierre (16), 52, 132
3Pierre 16
4Peter 17
5Rebecca 17
4Sarah 17
Diamond, — Mary H 135
Dickinson,— Charles 41
Dighton go, 116
"Diligent," — (ship) 15, 46
Dillingham, — 4Abigail 18
6Abigail 19
^Abigail 134
6Anne. . . .(19), 101, 127,141, 144
6Asa .19, (134)
sBenjamin 18, (19), 43, 45, 127, 129, 144.
6Benjamin 19
4Deborah 18
BDesire iS
3Dorcas 18
Drusilla 18
iEdward (18)
3Edward 18
4Edward 18
6Edward 18, 19, 144
7Edward 134
4Eliza IS
6Esther 18, 19
4Experience 18
°Gamaliel 19
3Hannah 18
4Hannah 18
6Hannah 19
7Hannah 134
2Henry 18
Dillingham, — 4Isaac .
sjohn . . , 3John. . 4John.. "John . . 7John . . "Lemuel
IS iS 18 18 19 134 19
*Lydia iS
4Mary 18
ePaul 19
6Priscilla 19
3Rebecca 18
4Rebecca iS
"Ruth.... 19
4Sarah 18
5Susannah. .... 18
4Thankful iS
Dobson, — Edward 12S
Dodson, — Mary 6
Dorchester, Eng 145
Dorchester, Mass 49
Dorr, — Georgiana 127
Doty, — Curtiss 1 30
Douglass, — Mr 122
Doyau, — vide Deyo.
Drake, — Harriet 126
Zephaniah 126
Drenthe, — Province of, (Holland) 25
Droitwych, England 99, 100
Diyden, — Bridget 50, 72
Sir Erasmus 8, 50
John 9, 50
Du Bois, — 2Abraham, 3, 16, 21, (23,) 17,
52.
3Abraham 21
Anne.. 21
3Barent 27, 7S
3Benjamin 23
3Catharine 21
Cattryn 23
Chretien (21 )
2David 3
4Dinah 23, 27
Francoise 21
3Hendricus 23, 27, 46
4Hendricus 23
2Isaac 3, 21, 23
1 56
Index.
!!■
DuBois, — 3Jacomyntje 23, 27, 78
Jacob 3, /S
3Joel 21
4Leah 23
'Louis 2, 3, (21), 51
2Louis 3
3Magdalen 23
4Magdallena 27, 78
sMary 21
2Matthew
4Methusalem.
3Noach
4Phillippus. .
3 Rachel
* Rachel
2 Sarah
3 Sarah
^Solomon . . 3, 3 Solomon .... 4Solomon .... 4Tryntje
Du Mont,— William. Dungan, — 2 Barbara.
Frances
Thomas
William
Dunham, — Joseph . . .
Seth.
Durfee, — Anne
Benjamin
Betsey
Corey 124, 12:
Deborah 124
2 Deliverance 24
Elizabeth 24, 33
(21), 22, 23,
23 21
23 21
23
3
23. 27
26, 78
21 23 23
48
....8, 48, 87 ...48,87,88
48
7
125
•6, 24, 33, 34
24
124
23
Durfee, — 3 Freeborn 24
Gideon 24,33
Hannah 90, 123
Hope 62, 124
Job 24, 34
John 123
Martha 6, 33, 34, 62, 90
Maty 24, 33, 45
Patience 24, 33, So
Phoebe 123
Rebecca 125
2 Richard 24
2 Robert 24
Sarah 24, 33
Susannah 24, 33
Thomas 6, (24), 34, 62
3Thomas 24
2William 24
Dusenberry, — Sarah 29
"Dusine," — (The) 21, 52
Dutch,— William 8
Dutch Colonial Records 12
Dutchess Co. N. Y 26
Duxbury 1 , 49, 54
Dwelly, — Daniel 1 1 1
Phcebe 1 1 1
Dwight, — Louise A 119
Dyer, — Charles 6
D. H 112
George F 112
John 90
Marshallalhashbaz 56
Susan, C 112
W. A 112
Eames, — Margery 46
Earle, — Caleb 5
Gibbs, — vide paragraph 17, Gibbs Genealogy 128
G. W. — vide above
Hannah, — vide above
Joan 12
Lloyd, — vide above
Mary 35
Mirabel 91
Earle, — Prudence 24
Ralph 12, 18
Sarah 12
Slade, — vide paragraph 17,
Gibbs Genealogy 128
William 68, 91
Eastchester, N. V 29
East Greenwich 4, 33, 67, 88
Easton, — Man" 8
Rebecca S
Index.
157
Eaton, — Cicely 86
Eben, — (slave) 34
Ecker, — Sarah 51
Eddy, — Hannah C... 120
Edict of Nantes 2, 16
Edmondorff, — Brandina 27
Edward IV, — 14
Edward VI 29
Eel River, Mass 10,86
Elbertson, — Elbert 25
"Elizabeth and Ann," — (ship). . . 58
Elizabeth, — Queen 29
Elliot, — Rev. John 74
Ellis, — Benjamin 101
Cornelius 101
Sarah W 124
Elston, England 47
Elten, — vide Elting
Elting, — Aaltje..,. 22, 25
2Altje -. . .26, 78
Abraham 17, 27
4Abraham 23, 26 (27)
GAbraham 1 7, 28
•Andrew 28
Barteldt 26
Catharine 27
Cornelius 22, 27, 78
6David 28
Edmund 25
6Eliza 28
Ezekiel 27
2Geertje 26, 78
Henry 27, 28, 30
Jacomyntje 27
*Jan 22 (25), 78
Jacobus 27
5Jane 27
Elting, — 6Jemima. . . 17, 26, (2S), 31, 85
3Johannes 27
6Joseph 28
Josiah 26, (27), 78
5Margaret 27
Maria 26
"Mary 28
3Noach 27
5Noah 1 7, 23, 26, 28
Phoebe Ann 17
2Roeliff 22, 26, (27), 78
4Roeliff 27
Solomon 17
William 22, 26, 78
Elveston, Bedford Co., England. . 47
Emerson, — Ralph Waldo 96
Empson, — Jane 145
Sir Richard 145
Endicott, — Governor 72
Enfield, Conn 131
Episcopalian Church, Fall River, 58
Esopus, N. Y 3,16
Essex, — Visitations of 145
Estes 24
Estill, — Fannie 85
Eustis, — Philadelphia 13
Evans, — David 89
Isabel 120
Lydia 125
Maiy 1 26, 1 30
Robert 60
Ruth 1 2 j
Sarah 122
Thomas 125
Errill, — Elizabeth 1
Eyres, — Rev. Nicholas 13
Exeter, England 112
Fairfax, Conn 59
Fairfield, Conn 29
Faii-haven, Mass, 19, 43, 45, 94, 99, 101,
130, 136, 139. Fall River, Mass., 13, 35, 36, 61, 64, 65, 70, 91, 93, 94, 96, 97, 108, 109, in, 112, 113, 119, 122, 123, 129, 143
Fannie 45
Farmington, Conn 40, 41
Farnell, — Jane
Susanna
Faunce, — Priscilla. .
Thomas
"Favorite," — (ship)
47 47 86 86 95
i S3
Index.
Feake, — Eliza 18
Henry iS
Fearing, — John 46
Fernald, — Robert 47
Fiscock, — Elizabeth 12
Fish,— Mehitabel Si
Fisher 69
Elizabeth 69
First Church, — ( Boston) jt,
Flatbush, L. I 25
Fletcher, — (derivation of name 112.)
2Abigail 2S
2Elizabeth 28
2Hannah 2S
2Hopc 28, 42, 79
John (28), 82, S7
2Mary 2S
2Rebecca 2S, 82
Robert 28
2Samuel 28
2Sarah 28
William (28), 79
Flint, — Fannie 123
Flockthorpe, — (Manor) 14
Flushing, — 29, 30
Fobes, — William 54
Foeken, — Gerrit 21, 78
Forefathers' Hall 10
Forman, — Samuel 62
Foster, — George 88
John 30
Mary 59
Samuel 10
Fowler, — (derivation of name, 112).
Abigail 30
^Archibald 11S
*Benjamin 29
cCaleb ^0
Charles 30, 70
Daniel ^0
Dr. David 51
cDavid 17, 28, (31), 85, 11S
GElizabcth 30
Elting 31, 118
"Elting. Francis . 6Gilbert.
118 30
Fowler, — 'Hannah 29
THannah 26, (31), 84, 85
2Henry (29)
5Isaac 28, (30), 51, Si, 129
"Isaac (30)
7Isaac D 31
9Isaac Du Bois 11S
5James 30
Jeremiah ». 29
John 29, (30), 11S
John Kennedy 28, 118
3Jonathan 29
4Joseph 29
Josiah 59
10Kate 118
Lucy 17
!"Mae Crosby 118
Martha 30, 118
Mary 29, 31, 51
Nehemiah 30, 59
4Rebecca 29
Robert Ludlow 29
Samuel 30, 59
4Sarah 29
4Thomas 29
William (29)
France 2, 16, 1 14, 127
Fraunceis 112
"Francis," — (ship) 32
Frederick William IV 2
Freeborn, — (derivation of name, 112.
3Ann 6, 24, 34, 64
3Comfort 33, 34
2Gideon 6, 24, 32 (33)
.Gideon 33, 34, 48, 134
4Gideon 34
■•John 33
3Martha 13, 34, 134
Mary 32, 33
2Mary 32, S7, 88
aMary 34
Mercy 34
3Paticnce 34
Sarah 32, 33, 34
3Susannah 33, 34
Thomas 34
'William (32), ^ 34,87
Index.
159
Freeborn, — 3William 33, 34
Freeman, — Benjamin 18
Prince 18
Freer, — Hugo 51
Johannes 17
Philip 21
Freetown 4, 43, 44, 45, 57, 61,62, 64, 77,
89, 93. 134-
"Friends' Record" 8
French, — (derivation of name)... 112 Abbie M. . . .39, 93, 112, 119, 122
Abram 36
Albert S 11 1
Amanda S 1 1 1
Anna. .' 26
5Anne H 38
Arthur 108, no
Asa 3, 35 (no)
Asa P 1 1 0
3Asahel 108
Bell Agnes 1 10
Benjamin W no
Betsey M 113
Carl Clifton 1 10
Caroline 38, 10S, no, 113
Charles B in
Charles E 6, (38)
Charles Elting, 6, 17, 26, (38), 85, 91.
Chester R in
Clara C no
Corrinna 1 1 1
Ernest W in
Ebenezer 109
Edelweiss 113
Edna J in
Edward 109,112
Eliza 38, 108, (109), 1 1 1
Elizabeth 36
^noch, 13, (35), 36, 61, 64, 65, So, 91, 10S, 109, no,
113. I3S-
2Enoch 1 10, in
Enoch, Winfield no
Emeline 108
Ephraim, (35), 59, 91, (10S), 119,
120, 122, 131.
French, — Ethel in
Florence D 1 1 1
Frank in
Franklin no
Frederick no
George B no
George H 113
George R., 3, (36), 38, 53, 61, 64, in, 113.
Georgiana 38
Hannah in
6Hattie 113
5Hattie Dell 113
Helen 113
Henry 113
6 Irene 113
Isabella 113
James 36, 38, in, 112
Jerome m
Job 35- 36, (112)
John 10S, 113
4Josephine 38, (ill)
Julia W 112
Lena no
Louisa 108, 113
Lucy O in
4Margarct 38
Maria no
Mariana no
6Marshall W 113
Mary E 109, 112
2Mary N 108
sMary P 10S
Mary W. R 36, 118
3 Nancy 36
4 Orlando no
Otis L in
Ralph in
3 Richard 35, 36
Sarah Ann 38
Sarah Caroline 113
Sarah E 10S
Sarah Judson 112
Sarah R 109, no
Sarah S 1 oS
Stephen 35, 36, 49, (in)
Stephen Luther in
i6o
Index.
French, — Susan 38, iog French, — William 109, III, (113)
Theodore no Frensche, — Peter le 112
William A 38, 113 Fuller, — George A 109
William A., William B.
1 r
36, (113)
Marion P 109
67
47 42 42
Gardiner, — Elizabeth Ill Gibbs,
Henry
Garnett, — Catharine Latham. . . .
Gaylord, — Annah
Dolly
5Eleazer 42, 79, S4, 145
3Elcizur 145
Elizabeth 42
Eunice Gilbert 42
Hannah 42
Millicent 42
Molly 42, 79, 84
4Samuel 145
Sarah 42
Susannah 42
= Walter 145
1 William 145
Genesee Valley 97
Germany 17
"General Marion, "—(sailing vessel) 1 15
Gerritse, — Gerritse 78
Tryntje 22, 23, 7S
Getchell, — Jonathan 81
Gibbs Genealogy. — (The following is a genealogy of the Somerset and Fall River Gibbs. The refer- ences are to paragraphs on pages 12S, 129, unless prefaced with the word page.)
3 Abigail, — 2, page 39
5Abigail, — 6. "Abigail, — 15.
7 Alma, — page 23
•Amanda,— 14. 6 Amanda W., — 13.
7 Ann, — page 23
5 Anna Maria,— 1 1,13. "Anna Maria, — 13. 'Annie E.,— 26. 4Anson, — 3.
— (vide explanation at first men- tion of name.) GAphaxed, — 15. 5Bathana, — 11. 4 Benjamin, — 5, 9, page .... 39
5 Benjamin, — 9, 18. 5Benjamin, — 1 1, 20. "Benjamin, — iS, 24. G Benjamin, — 20, 28. 'Benjamin, — 2S.
s Bertie, — 29. 6Bethana D., — 13. 4Betsey, — 4. sBlacke, — 29.
6 Caroline, — 14. "Charles, — iS.
8 Charles, — 29. 8Charles G., — 31. 4Cynthia, — 3.
5 David, — 7.
6 David, — 14. "Edmund, — 13. "Eliza,— 16.
7 Eliza, —23.
3Elizabeth, — 2, page..".... 39 "Elizabeth, — 14.
Elizabeth, — page 39
Emelinc, — page 124
7Emily, — 21. 5Eunice, — 6. "Eunice Weaver, — 16.
8 Flora, — 29.
7 Frederick, — 26, 30. "Gardner, — 19, 26. "Gardner, — 30. 6 George, — 10. "George, — 14. "George W., — 16, 22. 7Gcorge M, — 22. 'George H.,— 23.
Index.
161
Gibbs, — (vide explanation at first men- tion of name.) 5 Georgia; — 7. 5Hamed, — 17.
4Hannab, — 4, page 39
4Hannah, — 5.
5 Hannah, — 8, 17.
6 Harriet,— 16.
7 Harriet, — 22. 7Hattie— 13. 4Henry, — 5, 11.
8 Henry,— 2, 5, pages (39), 90
"Henry — 8.
5 Henry, — II, 19.
6 Henry, — 13.
7 Henry, — 26.
Hepsibah, — 2, page 39
3Hepsibah, — 2, page 39. 4 Hepsibah, — 4. 5Hepsibah, — 6, 15.
8 Herman, — 29. 7H. Francis, — 25.
3 Israel, — 2, page 39
4Joanna, — 4. 5Joanna, — 7.
3Job — 2, page 39
"Job— s, page 39
3John — 3, page 39
4John — 4, 6. 5John, — 6, 7, 14. 5John, — 8, 15. 5John, — 10, 11. 6John, — 15, 21, 27. 6John,— 14, 19, 25. 'John, — 21, 29.
4Joseph— 5, 10, page 39
5Joseph, — 7, 11. eJoseph, — 13. 7Lola, — 27. 7Lottie,— 28. 5Louis, — 6.
6Louise 15
7Louise,— 23.
5Lydia, — 6.
6Maria, — 16.
5Martha — 8.
4Mary — 5, page 39
Gibbs, — (vide explanation at first men- tion of name.)
5Mary — 8, 10.
6Mary, — 14, 19.
7Mary, — 22, 28.
7Mary E— 26.
5Nancy, — 9, 16.
6Nancy, -15.
7Nancy C, — 27.
7Nelson H.,— 25.
5Polly,-6, 15.
GPolly— 16.
4Rhody, — page (39,) 90
5Rhoda, — 10, 19, page 70
'Richard B.,— 25.
1Robert, — 1, page (39)
2Robert, — 2, page (39)
4Robert, — 2, page 39
*Robert,— 4, 5, 7, page 39
BRobert— 8, 16.
GRobert, — 16, 23.
7Robert, — 22.
7Robert S., — 23.
5Rody,--9, 19.
6Rody— 18.
sRuth— 6.
3Samuel,— 2, page . 39
4Samuel, — 4, 7, page 39
5Samuel, — 7, 13.
"Samuel, — 13.
7Samuel, — 22.
3Sarah, — 2, page 39
'Susan, — 22, 24.
5Wata,— 10.
6William, — 13, 18.
7William, — 25, 26, 31. Gifford 130
Diodemia 110
Gilbert, — (derivation of name 112)
2Ebenezer 41
3Ebenezer 42
4Ebenezer 42
Elizabeth Prout 42
^Esther , 41
3Eunice 79
4Eunice (4-,) S4
John 40, 42
l62
Index.
Gilbert, — Jonathan (40,) 42, 79
Jonathan 28, 41, (42)
Jonathan 42
-Lydia 41
Mary White 41
Mary 41.42
Nathaniel 4 r , ( 42, ) 79
2Rachcl 41
2Samucl 41
Sarah 41,42
2Thomas 41
"Gilded Otter,"— (ship) 2
Gilgar, — Joseph 139
Gilman, — Lydia 15
Glasgow 20
Glemsford, Suffolk Co ji
Gloucester, Mass 143
Gloucestershire 43
Godfrey, — Abigail
Gordon
Susan
Godiva
Goodwin, — Mr
Captain
131
131
39
92
8
Catharine 76
Daniel
Gould, —Jeremiah .
James
Sarah
Goward, — Betsey .
Fidelia. . . .
Francis ....
Harriet. . . .
Isaac
Israel
9 9 9 8
3 3
Goward, — Jason
Josiah
Julia
Lucinda
Louisa
Martha
Ruth
Sally
Watson
Zephaniah
Grant, — Miss
Elizabeth
Gray, — Dorothy L
Lydia
Thomas
Greens Harbor
Grcenman, — Content
Greenwich, Kent
Griggs, — Man-
"Griffin," (ship)
Griffing, — Winifred
Griffith, — Norman
Walter
Grinnel, — Benjamin
Daniel
Matthew
Rose
Grisby, Kent
Guildford, Conn
Guimar, — Marictje
Gundreda
Gunn, — Sarah J
Gusher, — Hannah
Gustavus Adolphus,-- (of Sweden)
3 j * 3i 97 82 10 49 57 100 8 S6 79 14 59
/
1.
127
i-5
7. 54
55
55
50
131 27 86
109
127
26
H
Iladley 82, 92
Hait — Rachel 28
Hall— Alethia W 109
Arthur 109
Benjamin 34, 58
Bethia 101
Clara A 109
Deliverance 24, Si
Elizabeth 56
Emily A 109
Hall, — Geertje 22
Lucy A 109
Mary 34
Samuel 1 09
Thomas 22, 20
Zuriel 81
Hallet,— Abigail 1
Alice 10
Robert 10
Hamford, — Hattie 13s
Index.
163
Hamlin, — Shubael 101
Hammond, — Nathaniel 45
Hammond, — Mary Hathaway 141
Hancock,— Lillie M 122
Handy, — Alma 129
Hardenbergh, — Jacobus 27
Johnson 23
Sarah „ 28
Hardingeham, England 14, 15
Hardwicke, Mass., — History of... 141
Harrington, — Jennie 135
Hart, — Alice 59
Freeborn Williams 8, 9
Hartford, Conn 40, 82, 92, 145
Harvard College 79, 92, 144
"Harvard Graduates" > 79
Harwick, Mass 1, 10, iS, 101
Hasbrouck, — Abraham 16, 17
Alrah D 17
De Witt 17
Jean 16
Jonathan 1 29
Katharine 16
Maria 3
Rachel 3
Roelif 27
Haskins, — Anna 125
Martha 124
Samuel 59, 131
Hatfield, England 82
Hathaway, — 5Abiel 126
6Abiel 130
Abigail 141
2Abigail 44
3Abigail 44
5Abigail 45, 125
6Abigail 1 30
6Abner 124
2Abraham 44
5Abraham 125
eAlbert 124
7Albert 124
5Alice 45
Alice Pope 140
7Almira 19, 127
8Almira Augusta 127
8Almira R 127
Hathaway, — Angelina
cAnna
Anna 140, 141,
6Anna
7Annah F
4Anna 19,
7Anne 96,
9Anne W
8Anson.
Arthuni, (43), 129, 130, 140,
4Benjamin 43,
6Benjamin
Betsey 1 20, 122,
4Betty 43,
5Betty
"Betty
°Bradford 19, 124,
7Bradford
8Bradford
BridgetDelano 43,
C A 43,
GCandace Weaver
7Candace
Charles R
GChloe
Christian
Clara J
5Clothier
sContent
5Daniel
eDavid
7David T
Deborah 141,
8Deborah 96, 126,
BDiodemia
BDrusilla
5Dudley
Ebenezer
6Edmund
4Eleazer 43, 140,
5Eleazer
Elisha
4Elizabeth
5Elizabeth 124,
°Elizabeth 124,
7Elizabeth P
8Elizabeth C
\6
'■5 42
jo 24
43 27
7
27
41 26 26 24
25
25
45 27
24 7 4i 4i 23 24
24
30 44 40 26
7 :26
24 24
:44 27 25 =5 !5 30 23 41
25 41 30 :26 30
23 :28
1 64
Index.
Hathaway, — Eliza 134
■3Elnathan 140, 141, 142
°Elsie 126
'Emma 126
'Emma C 124
3Ephraim 44
Esther 141
3Experience 44
8Fannie 124
sFlorence 124
'Franklin Flint 123
8Furnman Whitwell 127
3Gamaliel, 19, (43,) 140, 141, 142,
144.
George 141
°Gideon 45, 129
Guilford 43, 125
4Hannah 125
5Hannah 126
°Hannah 6, 123
Hannah, 19, 44, (45,) 43, 70, 96,
101, 122, 123, 125, 127,
140, 144.
sHannah 126
'Harold 124
sHarriet 127
10Hattie Backus 127
8Helen E 124
'Helen 1 124
6Henry 130
8Henry R 127
Hope 125, 130
5Huldah 125
5Irena 126
Isaac 44, 126, 129, 131, 140
4Israel 131
4Issacher 1 30
3Jacob 7, 125, (44,) 140
4Jacob. 126
5Jacob, 10, (45,) 75, 101, 126, 127,
144.
Jacob 7- 44, 45
*Jael, 35. 37. 'OS, 121, (122,) (123,)
126.
5Jael 122
Jael 59
8Jarius 127
Hathaway,- — 5James
tiJames L
James 124, 1 40,
,JJames O
Job 125,
°Job
GJob B
'John (43,)
2John 144,) 43,
aJohn 44, 140,
"John 43,
5John
,;John.
'John 19, 124,
8John D
John 37, 121, 124,
John B
"Jonathan, (43.) 130, 140, 141,
Jonathan 43, (130,)
4Jonathan 1 30,
5 Jonathan 122,
4Joscph (45,) 122,
,r,Joscph
"Joseph, (45.) 94. 96, 9S, (127,) 141, 144.
Joseph 19, 54.
'Joseph 19,
8Joscph 126,
'•'Joseph M
5Joshua
''Judith
Keziah
5Lazarus
Lizzie
r'Lloyd 122,
8Lois
5Lot 45, 122,
8Luclla W
'Louise E
8Louisa 45,
9Lucy Malina
Lydia 125,
'Mabel Antoinette
Margaret
8Martha
r'Martha
'Martha E
25 34 41 27 40 24 •■4 42 40 42
■5 45
'■4
-7 27 29 21 42 40 :40
=3
26
25 01,
127
>-7
127
:6 30 26 26 M 23
26
23 7
[44
126
141
24
[41
44 '■5 24
Index.
i6S
Hathaway, — Mary
5Mary
6Mary 124, 126,
7Mary E
"Mary Lincoln
8Mary Ann
4Meletiah 43, 125,
5Meletiah 125, (
'Meletiah
BMercy 45, 122, 125,
4Micah 43, 141,
6Nancy Bowcn
4Nathaniel
Nicholas
*Obed
80tisVV
4Paul
5Paul 45,
'Paul 126,
Philip 7, 43, 125,
"Phineas
5Phcebe
GPhcebe 123,
6Rachel
2Rebecca
6Rebecca 122, 123,
fiRebecca
6Reliance
6Reuben 45,
'Rhoda
Richard
4Robert
Royal 1 40,
5Russel 122,
6Russel
'Russel
Ruth 43,
Sarah [25,
2Sarah
3Sarah
5Sarah
9Sarah E
9Sarah I
gSarah O
Seth 43, 125, 126, 130,
Shadrach 45,
3Silas
40
30 30 24 24 27 30
;o)
30 26 42
23 30 42
43 27
30 26 27 40 26
25 24
26 44
25
45 3° 4i 24
30 30 4i 24 24 24 24 4i 43 44 26 27 27 27 40 27 40
Hathaway, — 6Susan 124
Susannah 1 22, 124, 126, 130, 140 141.
5SyIvanus 125,140
Thankful 141
GThankful 45
2Thomas 140
3Thomas 44
8Thomas Henry 127
5Tryphena 125
'Walter C 124
William 141
5Zilpah 126
Hawaii 139
Hawes, — Susan 14
Hawke, — (derivation of name, 112).
2Bethiah 46
2Deborah 46
2Elizabeth 46
2Hannah 46
2James 46
Margaret 1 5, 46
2Mary 46, 49
Matthew 15, (46)
2Sarah 14, 15, 46, 49
Hayden, — Elizabeth 60
Isabel de 86
John 60
Haynes, — Governor 14, 40
Hazard, — Elizabeth 46, 48
2Hannah 46
2Martha _ 6, 46
2Robert 6, 46
1Thomas (46), 48
Head, — Elizabeth 99
Healy, — Mary Lee 120
Hedges, — Abigail. 10
Helm, — Elizabeth 17
Margaret 6
Henry IV, — (France) 2
Henry VIII, — (England) 74
Henshaw, — Emma Irene 113
Herring, — Mary Lou 113
Hartford, England 12,82
Heydenbergh, — Sarah 85
Hicks, — Martha 39, 128
Rebecca 13
1 66
Index.
Hickson,— Walter 92
Higby— Moses 3°
Highland, N. Y 27, 30
Hills— Sarah 3°
Susan 74
William 82
Hingham, Conn 1 5, 49, 86
Hingham, England 14, 15
Hinsdale, — Barnabas 92
Jacob 92
Historical and Genealogical Reg- ister (N. E) 82
Hoar, — Hezekiah 4
Hobson,— Mr 114
Hegdene, — de. Vide Ogden.
Holbrook— Elizabeth 101
Holden,— F. A 47
Holder, — Christopher 72
Holland 2, 11, 16, 25, 78, 86
Holloway, — James 18
Holmes,— Lydia 1 27
Mary 119
"Holy War,"— (book ) 77
Hoogduytsland '7
Hooker,— Mr 82, 92
Hooper, — Foster 109
Lindsay 109
Mrs. Mary no
Sarah L 109
Hopkins, — Damans it
Gov 40,92
Hopping, — Mary 1 08
Hopstede, — Guilielmus 26
Houghtaling, — lAnna 46
4Ariantje 46
Dina 46
4 Hannah 46
3Hiskia 46
Jan (46)
Jane 27,(46)
4Jannetje. 23, (46)
4Leah 46
sPhilip 23, (46)
4Rachel 46
3Samuel 46
4Sarah 46
2William (46)
Houghton, — Joseph 85
Seth W S4
Howard, — Casey 1 27
Dora 127
Embert 127
Lina 127
Mary 127
Howland, — Wealthy 125
Hoyt— W. E 85
Hubbard, — Samuel S7
James 25
Hudson, The 3, 26, 28, 30, 5 1 , 52
Hull 49
Humphrey, — Hannah 1 1 1
Hunt,— Naomi 4S
Phoebe 29
Huntingdon, — Simeon 1 20
Hurley, N. Y.— 2, 3, 16, 22, 25, 26, 27,
52, 78. Hutchinson,— Anne S, 32, 50, 72
I
Ide,— Henry 124 Ipswich, England 15
India 109 Ipswich, Mass 32, 72, 97
Indian Wars 22, 101 Irish— John 99
Indians 75 Susanna 99
Jacob,— Deborah 1 5, 46 Jacob— 2John 46
^Elizabeth 15,46 2Joscph 46
2Hannah 46, 49 "Josiah 46
Index.
167
Jacob, — Mary 46
'Nicholas (46), 4g
2Sarah 15, 46
Jamaica 133
James, — John 57
Janney, 45
Jansen, — Joost 3
"Jewel of Contentment" (book).. 49
Jocelyn, — Johanna 125
"John Adams" (ship) 137
Jones iS
Jorisse, — Madallen 21
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews 76
Jouatt, — (derivation of name) .... 112
Elizabeth 1 1 , 86
K
Kate (slave) 69
Kelley, — Hannah 41
Kempton, — William 19
Kennedy,— Margaret 31, 118
Kent, England 79
Kent, — Thomas . ... 12
Kerridge, — Rose 9
Kidder, — Edward H 124
James 124
Mary 124
Kieft, — Gov ... 12
Kiersted, — Christian 23
King, — Benjamin 58
Kingston Church Record 17
Kingston, Jamaica 133
Kingston Massacre 22
Kingston-on-the-Hudson, — 3, 17, 21, 27, 51, 75, 78, 132.
King Philip's War 66, 86
Kinnecut,— Mary 99
Kinsley, — Benjamin 89
Kirby, — Robert 6
Temperance 56
Knot, — George 18
Knowles, — Amos 18
Koddebeck, — William 27
Kregier, — Captain 3
Krypel, — Anthoine 2, 21, 51
Kunst, — Cornells Barents 78
LaBassee, Artois 21
Lafayette, — General 94
Langley, — Mrs. Jeanette ill
Lapham, — Julia E 123
Latham, — Anne 47
Elizabeth 47
Ellen 47
E. W 47
Frances 8,47, (48), 87
Henry 47
John 47
Katharine 47
Lewis (47). 48
Whinethred 47
Lathrop, — Abigail 10, 131
Barnabas 10
Law, — Elizabeth 63
Ellen 63
Lawrence, — John 1 30
Samuel 1 30
Lawton, — Elizabeth 4, 12, 48, 75
George 12, 33, 46, (48)
Isaac So
Isabel 48
48 33>48
33-48
Job
John
Mary
Mercy
Naomi 12
Priscilla 13
Robert 48
Ruth 48, 134
Susanna 12, 34, 48, 116
William 91
Lebanon, Conn 1 19, 135
Learning, — Mary 131
i68 Index.
Le Febvre, — Andre i6 Lombard St., London 14
Simeon 16 London, — 8, 14, 46, 48, 50, 58, 72, 74,
Simon 16 99, 145.
Leicestershire 18 Loring, — (derivation of name, 1 12.)
Leigh, — Isabel 86 "Loring Genealogy" 49
Lenton, — Agnes 50 Loring, — Benjamin 46,49
Leonard, — vide page 123 Loring, — 3Caleb 49, 68
John 50 3Deborah 1 5, 49
Le Sueur, — Jannetje -■ 26 4Deborah 14, 49, 69
Lewis, — Sarah 134 Mrs. Deborah Cushing. . . .49, 69
Lexington 1 29 3David 49
Leydon, Holland 2,11,21,78,86 3Hannah 49
Lima University 31 4Hannah 49
Lincoln, — Daniel 108, 109, 123 2Isaac 49
Eddy [23 2John 49
Edward 109 Joshua 49
Ella P 109 2Josiah 49
Geneason 123 ^Nathaniel 49
Henry..... 123 Richmond 69
John 109,124 1Thomas (49)
Lewis 123 2Thomas (49)
Mary E 109 3Thomas 14, 15, (49), 68, 69
Moses 123 4Thomas 49
Patience 123 Thomas 46
Russell 123 Lorraine 112
Ruth 109 Lothrop, — Abigail 10, 131
Silas 124 Barnabas 10
Stephen 46 Louis Phillippe 26
Victoria 123 Louisburg 69
Lincolnshire 50 Louw, — Catharine 27
Lindsay,— C. E (109) Maria 27
Charles B 109 Pieter Cornellisen ... 2
Eliza French ( 109) Lumber, — Mar)' 57
Nancy 131 Luthers, — Barthana 39, 128
Sarah 109 Lutzen, — Battle of 26
William 36, 109, 112 "Lydia," — Voyage of the Whaling
Little,— Thomas S6 Ship 136
Little Compton, R. I.,— 4, 53, 57, 65, 66, "Lydia," — (ship) 93
67, 68, 69, 1 43. Lynn, Mass 18
Livonia, N. Y 117 "Lyon," — (ship) 92
Locke, — Mary 131 "Lyon,"— Miss 97
M
Macomber, — Pardon 10S Mami 137
Mainwaring — Elias 135 Manchester, Elizabeth 76
Makepeace, — Sarah 44 Peleg 65, 70
In£>ex.
169
Manchester, — William 33
Manhattan Island 3, 25
Mannhiem 2,21
Mara, — Deborah Hathaway. ... 126, 144
James C 127
Marble,— Ann 86
Willie 123
Wm. P 123
Marbletown, N. Y 22, 26
Marbury, — Anne 50
Anthony 50
Bridget 50
Daniel 50
Edward 50
Elizabeth 50
Emme 50
Erasmus 50
Francis ( 50), 72
Jeremuth 50
John 50
Katharine 8, 50, 72
Mary '. . . . 50
Susannah 50
William (50)
"Marengo", — (ship) 137
Marsh,— Elizabeth 86
Marshall, — Addie 1 24
Marshfield, — Josiah 41
Marshfield, Mass 43-99- 101
Marston,— J. W 127
James 127
Martenssen, — Maria 17
Martin, — Atlanta 121
Mary 13
Mason, — Emilia 129
Jane W 116
Mass. Colonial Records 40
Mather, — Increase 40
Mattheysen, — Sarah 3
Maxfield 1 30
Abbie 130
Abraham 1 30
Betsey 130
Dinah 1 30
Henry 1 30
Isaac 130
Lucy 130
Mayfield, N. Y 88
"Mayflower," — (ship) I, II, 51, 71, 86, 100.
McCoon, — Jonathan 125
McCoy,— Mary 121
McHenry, — Alexander 108
Medbur/— Arnold 118
Hazel Frances 1 1 8
Robert 118
Sophia Whitcomb 118
Will 118
Medway Cemetery 94
Merritt,—4 Abigail 51
Caleb (51), 59, 129
3 David 51
Elizabeth 51
3Gabriel 51
^George (51), 59
3 George 51
Gloriana 28, 30, 51
3 Humphrey 51
3 Jane 51
John 51
3 Josiah 51
Mary 29
3Samuel 51
Thomas 51
Messecap 41
Messenger, — Elesta 119
Michigan 28
Middleborough 11
Middletown, Conn., 42, 79, 82, 84, 87, 145.
Middletown, R. 1 57, 88
Milbourne, — Robert 42
Milford 28. 29
Miller,— Bathiah . . » . 29
Faith 100
Hannah 123
Rebecca 29
Milwaukee, Wis , 1 iS
Minneapolis 38
Misquamicut 33, 66
Mitchell, — Experience 11
Martha 127
Mohawk 3, 21
Molines, — Elizabeth 51
I/O
Index.
Molines, — 2 Joseph 51
2Priscilla 1, 51, 54, 69
iWilliam 1, (51), 54
Moore, — Samuel 100
Morey, — Joseph 51
Morrison, — vide page 130
Morrow, — John 139
Morse, — Anthony 1 30
Charles 1 30, 134
James 94
Morse, — Philip 134
Robert 134
Mould,— Martha 92
Mowbrey — Adela de 86
Muddy River, Conn 73
Muir, — Anna 121
Mumford, — Thomas 75
Murdock — Phcebe 86
Mutterstadt, Holland 16, 1 32
N
Narragansett 40, 54, 66
Nash, — Deborah 10
Nat, — (slave) 69
Nelson, — Annie 1 109
Nancy 127
Netherlands 11
New Amsterdam 2, 3, 12
New Bedford, Mass., 1, 63, 94, 101, 136,
137. M4- Newburgh, — Ruttenber's History
of 29, 59
Newburgh 17, 30, 31, 51, 121
Newbury, — Anne 8
Walter 8
Newbuiyport 108
New England Genealogical Reg- ister 82
New Hampshire 74
New Haven, Conn 29, 135
Newkerk, — Cornelis 22, 78
Jannetje 22, 78
Newland, — Anna 131
New Marlborough 129
New Netherlands 12
New Orleans 116
New Paltz, N. Y., 2, 3, 16, 17, 21, 22, 25,
27, 28, 30, (52), 132. "Newport Place," (Manor in Eng- land) 99
Newport, R. I., 4, S, 13, 32, 48, 57, 61,
65, 66, 68, 70, 76, 80,
87, 112, 115, 116, 117, 132, 133, 134.
Newton, — (town) S2
Newton, — Elen 100
Jane 49
New York Colonial Records 12, 25
New York Revolutionary Rolls.. 129
New York 16, 25, 26, 130
Nicol, — Agatha 16, 132
Nichols, — Alice 10
Elizabeth 34
Mary 13
Mathias 25
Moses 45
Niecel, — Agatha 16, 132
N migrate 40
Nobseusset 101
Norfolk, England 14
Norris, — Lord 29
Norton, Mass 123
Norwich, England 14
Nowell,— Betsey 108
Samuel 1 08
Nunda, Livingstone County, New
York 28, 31, 85, 1 lS
Nye, — Abigail 18
Hannah 19
o
Ocracoke Bar, N.C 133
Odding, — Sarah 7, 74
Ogden, — (derivation of name, 112).
Ogden, — Elizabeth 59
Old Colony Records 7, 65
Ollyver,— Magdalen 99, 100
Index.
171
Oneysville, R. 1 37
Oritango 139
Ormsby, — Susan (53)
Osborn, — Charles French 1 1 1
William J Ill
Ostrander, — Petrus 17
Otis, — Elizabeth 49
"Our Predescessors," — (by R. L.
Fowler) 29
Oxford 30
Pabodie, — Elizabeth. .. 51, (54), 71, 142
Hannah 54
Isabel 54
Mohn i, (54)
3John 54
3Lydia 54
3Martha 54
3Mary 54
3Mercy 54
3Priscilla 54
3Rebecca 54
3Ruth 54
3Sarah 54
2William 1, 51, (54), 142
3William 54
Packard, — Orin 119
Sylvia 127
Padelford, — Hannah 126
Pagan Chaumischaug 41
Paige, — Lucius R 141
Paine, — 2Alice 55
Anthony (55), 81
John 125
Mary (55), 68, 69, 75, 81
Rose 55
Sarah 68
Palatinate, — (The) 51, 116
Palmer, — John 67
Judith 130
Mercy 130
William 67
Panknin, — Ethel ill
Paris 1 14, 127
Parker, — (derivation of name)... 112
Frances 5 8, 76
George (58), 76
2Joseph 58
2Mary 58, 76, 88
2Meribah 58
Parker,— aPeter 58
William N 131
Parmelee, — Phcebe. 131
Parmenter, — Judith 15
Parsons, — Amelia T 85
Partition of Poland 26
Paull,— Micah 131
William 66
Pawling, — Henry 22, 78
Jacomyntje 22, 78
Pawtucket 108
Peabody, — vide Pabodie.
A. W 109
Helen M 109
Pearce, — Abigail 125
3Alice 56
3Anna 56, 76, 7 7
Betty 125
Charles F 120
3Elizabeth 56
Experience 56
2George 56
2Giles 56
James 56, 99
2Jeremiah 56
2John (56), 62, 76, 77, 80
3John 56
2Martha 56
Mary 6, 56, 62, 77
3Rachel 56
Richard (56)
3Sarah 56
Silas 125
Susannah 6, 56
William 56
Peckham, — Abbie A 36
2Clement 57
3Benjamin 57
2Deborah 57
172 Index
Peckham, — Eleanor 57
Elizabeth 57
5Hannah 4, 57, 70
John 9, (57)
'-John (57)
3John (57)
''John 57
5John 57
Joseph 4, 9. (57). 99
4Lydia 57
4Margaret 57
5Martha 57
Mary 57
3Peleg 57
2Phoebe 57
-Rebecca 57
Reuben 57
5Rhoda 57
Ruth 57
5Samuel 57
Sarah 57
Stephen 57
2Thomas 9, 57
2William 9, "57
Peeler, — George 108
John 108
Mary 10S
Pierpont, — William 79
Peesharem, — Elizabeth 17
Pelatte,— Ann 74
Pelham, — Eleanor 99
Sir Herbert 99
Penficld, — Louis 83
Pennsylvania 6
Perkins, — vide pages 1 26, 127
Perry, — Commodore 95
Paul 125
Perry, — Valentine 128
Persson, — Sarah 27
Peter the Great 26
Philadelphia 78
Phillips, — Elizabeth 1
Jacob B 131
Phinncy, — Gersham 101
Piatt,— Lizzie 127
Pickles, — Mary 15
Pickins, — George 121
/
"Pierce Biographical Collections," 89
Pierce, — (vide Pearce)
Etta 134
Isaac, Jr 6
John 129
Judith 125, 130
Martin 134
Mary 128
Pirate Story, — A True 114
Pitcher, — Frances 15
Henry 15
Nazareth 14, 15
Pitts 4
William 70
Samuel 70
Piatt,— Nathan 117
Plymouth Colonial Records 100
Plymouth, — England.. .. 12, 61, 71
Plymouth, Mass. 1, 10, 11, 15, 43, 51, 54, 86, 99, 100, 101.
Pocasset "]]
Poland, — Partition of 26
Pomeroy, — Harry 119
Pope, — The 26
Pope, — Alice 43
Joanna 142
Susanna 142
Seth. 142
Thomas . . iS
Porte, — Joan de 86
Porter, — John 74
Portsmouth Compact, -The 32, 55, 74
Portsmouth, N. H 108
Portsmouth, R. I. 4, 6, S, 12, 13, 24,
32, 33, 46, 48, 55, 56, 58, 75, 76, 81, 99, 116, 120, 134.
Potfield 74
Potowamut 33
Potter, — 'Benjamin 6
Dorothy Stokes 6
Eleazer 6
Eleanor 6
Elizabeth 6, 130
2Ichabod 6, 46
:!Ichabod 6
:!John 6
8 Katharine 6
Index.
'73
Potter,— Mary 6, 57, 130
Nathaniel (6), 99
3 Rebecca 6
Robert 81
Ruby 130
Ruth 1 30
3Samuel 6
Stephen fc . . 130
Stokes 6
Stoughton 89
Thomas 6, 1 30
William 6, 24, 80
William J 130
William J., Jr 130
Poughkeepsie, N. Y 27
Power, — Hope 8
Pratt,— Capt. Alfred 128, 129
Hannah 126
Levi 126
Lina 59, 131
Lydia 59, 131
Olive 126
Prudence 59, 131
Sarah 50, 131
Pray 31
Elizabeth 60
Ephraim 6, 60
Grace 60, 64, 93, 121
Hannah 60
Hugh 60
Isaac 60
John 60
Joseph 60
4Judith 60
4Lydia 60
3 Mary 60
Richard 60
Ruth 60
Samuel 60
3 Sarah 60
"Thankful 60
Presbrey, — 8 Abigail 59, 131
4 Abigail 131
5 Abigail 131
5Alden 131
"Alfred 131
4Allen 131
Presbrey, — 5Allen 131
4Amasa 131
6Anne 131
6Arthur 131
4Barney 131
5Barney 131
5Benjamin 131
"Billings 131
5 Billings 131
4Beresford 131
"Daniel 131
5 Daniel 131
3Elizabeth 35, 59, 91, 108, 122,
6Ella 131
4Esther 131
5 Francis 131
5 Fred 131
5 George 131
2 Hannah 59
5 Harriet 131
5 Henry 131
6 Isabelle »i 3 1
4James 131
3John 59, 131
2Joseph 59
4 Joseph 131
5 Joseph 131
"Josiah 131
3Levi 59, 131
59
131
59. 131
131
6Mary 131
"Nancy 131
5Samuel 131
"Sarah 131
8Seth 59, 131
"Seth 131
5Seth 131
5Silas 131
3Simeon 59. 131
"Simeon , 131
William (58)
2William 35, (59), (131)
3William 59, 1 3 1
3 Lydia 5 Lydia 3Mary. 5Mary.
174
Index.
Presbrey, — "William 131 Purdy, — 4Elizabeth 59
Prince, — Elizabeth 49
John 8
Prior, — Capt 1 29
Prout, — Elizabeth 42, ( 145)
Providence, R. 1 8, 59, 72, 143
Prudence Island, R. I 33,37
Pudget,— Mary 125
Pulloch 128
Purdy, — Abigail 30, 59
Anna 51
:4Caleb 59
Charlotte 30, 59
3Daniel 59
4David 59
Francis 5 ! > ( 59 )
4Gabriel 59
4Glorianna 51, 59
4Henry 59
3John 59
Joseph (59)
4Josiah 59
4Martha $1.59
Samuel 51, (59)
Pyncheon, — Ann 145
John 145
Nicholas 145
William 145
Quakers 18, 34, 44, 45 Ouantine, — Moses.
16
R
Radcliffe— William
Ransom, — Elizabeth 17
Raretan, N. Y
Raymond, — Mary
Raynham, Mass 35
Reade, — 8Adolphus L
•Amy W
"Andrew Barton
8Andrew
7Anna
8Anna
9Anna
Anne D
8Anne Elizabeth
9Anne Julia
9Bailey
7Bailey
5Benjamin 64,
6Benjamin 63,
8Benjamin F
3Bradford
8Caroline
^Charity E
9Charles 119, 121,
cCharlottc
81 28 22 134 ,58 121 121 120 120 119 120
T2I
134 121 121 122 120 122 I 22 121 130 119 119 122 122
Reade, — "Clarissa 122
8Cyrus 120
Daniel 1 30, 1 34
3 Daniel 130
7 Darius 120, 121
8 Darius 119, 121
6 Dean A 122
Dorothy 121
2Ebenezer 61
2 Edgar Adolphus. 121
Edith 127
Edward S 134
9Edwin. , 119
"Elizabeth 63, 121, 128
7Elizabcth. 119
8 Elizabeth 120
9Eloisc 122
9 Emma C 121
7Erastus 120
"Eunice 63
6 Forman 63
9 Frank : 1 22
Frederick 134
3 George 130
6 George G 64, 1 20
Index.
175
Reade, — 8George 119, 120
9George 121, 122
9Georgiana 122
"Grace 122
3Hannah 61
4 Hannah 62
5 Hannah 64, 93, 134
"Hannan, 6, 34, 61, 62, 63, Jj, 93,
122.
9 Harold 119
sHenry 120
9 Herbert 121
'Homer M 121
8Hope Ann 119
6Ichabod 63
8 Isabel 120
9Isabella 122
James 127, 130
"James 35, 63, 64, 120, 122
7James 120
9 James H 121
Jared 119
!john (61), 62
2 John (61)
3John 13, 56, 61, (62), 130
4John 62
5John 134
"John 121
8John McNeder 121
9John E 122
John 134
4Jonathan 62
Jonathan, 6, 34,62, (63), 77, 89,
90, 93, 94, 128.
"Jonathan 63
3Joseph 61
4Joseph, 60, 62, (64), 93, I2i, 122 5Joseph, 13, 35, 61, 62, (64), 121,
119, 108, 122, 134.
"Joseph 64, 120
7 Joseph 120
Joseph E 1 16, 121
8J.WoodW 121
Louis N 123
9 Lucy C 121
eLydia 63
Mamie Moore 121
Reade, — 8 Margaret 120
Marion 134
Martin 134
Mary 64, 121, 134
"Mary 62
5Mary 62
6Mary 122
7Mary 119
8Mary Ruth 121
8Mary 119, 120, 121
8Myra 120
3Nancy 130
"Nancy 64, 1 2 1
4Nathan 62
6Nathan 62
301iver 130
401iver 6, 24, 34, 61, (62), 90
601iver 62
4Penelope 62
6Phcebe 64, 12 1, 122, 119
7Phcebe 120
Rachel 116, 121
Rebecca 120, 121
9Robb Morris 121
9Robert 119
Rosemond 121
6Ruby 122
6Ruth 63, 122
8Ruth Rice 121
6Samuel. . . .64, 119, 121, 122, 135
'Samuel 119, 120, 122
8Samuel 1 19, 122
8Samuel Pay ton 121
8Samuel Warner 121
9Samuel N 122
4Sarah 62
"Sarah— 13, 35, 61, 62, 64, 113,
121, 122, 135.
7Sarah 120
9Sarah , 119
Sheffield 20, 1 27
8Sophia 120
Stephen 130, 134
4Susanna 62
"Susanna 63, 122
6Tamer 122
Thomas 62, 121
176
I
NDEX.
Reade — 5Wait 34, 62, 63, 90
* William 62
5William 64, 121
eWilliam 121
9William A 122
8William Muir 121
William 124
Winifred 134
Record,— Mr 131
Remington, — John 67, 68
Rewardine, — Church of 43
Rhode Island Historical Magazine, 9, 47
Riceborough, Georgia 19, 94
Richards,— Mr 41
Elias 131
William 131
Richardson, — Jonathan 41
Mrs. Mary no
William -72
Richelson, — Jonathan 41
Richmond Burying ground of Lit- tle Compton, R. I. Richmond, — (derivation of name, 112.)
3 Abigail 67
"Alanson 69, 70, 117
*Anne....6, 15, 38, 70, 77, 85, 93
3Ann 67
Aribel 131
Austin 131
Bela 131
5 Benjamin 69
6Bradford... 14, 39, (70), 91, 143 7 Bradford, 6, 17, 32, 34, 38, 62, 65,
(70), 77, 80, 85, 91, 96, 97,
114, 136.
'Caroline 117
Cliffe 65
"Charles B 70
Daniel 131
Deborah Loring 68, 69, 143
6 Deborah 70
Edmund (65)
2 Edward 54, 65, (66), 67
3 Edward 67
6Edward 69
7Edwin R 117
Richmond, — Eleanor 131
Elizabeth 67
4 Elizabeth 68, 69
5 Elizabeth 69
6 Elizabeth 5, 70
7 Elizabeth 117
Emily 131
3 Esther 67
8 Furman W 70
"Gamaliel 68
6George B 70, (1 17)
8Georgia 70
4 Hannah 69
6 Hannah 69
6 Hannah 6, 70
7 Hannah Brightman 70
Harriet 13 1
3 Henry 67
Hchabod 69
Isabel 131
Jacob 131
James 131
"James 70
8 James Whitwell 70
Jane 65
Joan 65
\John (65)70, 91- J43
2 John 66
John 131
3 John 67
5 Joshua 69
Kate Eleanor 131
8 Laura 70
Lavant 131
Leverett 131
5 Loring 69
6 Lucia 5, 70, 143
7 Lucia 117
5 Lucy 69
Lydia 131
Mary 131
2 Mary 66
3 Mary 67
4 Mary 69
5 Mary 69
8Mary French 70
Mary Weaver 35, 64, 96
Index.
177
Richmond,— 4Peleg 68, 69
4Perez 14, 51. 68, (69) 143
5 Perez 14, 5, 69, (70) 91, 117, 143 'Perez 117
6 Perry Otis 70
Rhody 70
Robert 131
4 Rogers 68, 69
4Ruth 69
2Sarah 66,68,67
4Sarah 69
Sarah 131
Shearman 131
6Susan 70
3Sylvestre, 49, 51, 55, 67, (68) 71,
142, 143.
4Sylvestre 68, 69
5Sylvestre 69
Warren 131
4William 68, 69
Ricote, England 29
Riecroft, — Frances Pitcher 15
Ricketson — Eliza H 112
Ring— 1 Mary 10
2Susanna 10
Robert of Normandy 61
Roberts — Ebenezer 85
Robinson — Arthur 123
Rochester, N. Y. , 91, 101, 130
Rockwell — Sarah 145
William 145
Rodman — Ella C 1 1 1
KarlF in
Francis ill
George in
Hannah Clarke 9
Thomas 9
Roeloffe — William 25
Rogers — 3 Abigail 71
3Ann 71
2Eleazer 71
4Elizabeth 51- 68, 71
2 Francis 71
4 Hannah 71
Henry 130
2 John (71)
3John (71)
4John 71
John 51. 54
Joseph 71
Mary 41. 71
4Ruth 71
4Sarah 71
Sylvestre 68
3Timothy 71
Thomas (71)
Roosa — The Arie Roosa Patent . . 26
Evert 22
Jane 46
Jannetje : 23
Roper — William 125
Rose 27
Rosendale 52
"Rosetta,"— (the sloop) 37
Rossiter — John 41
Rotterdam, Holland 16
Rougemont 112
Rouse — Anna 54
John ■ 54
Roxbury — Mass 7, 32, 74, 79, 130
Ruffum, Suffolk Co 9
Russell— Mary 12
Ruttenber's History of Newburg. 59
Ryder— Ruth 134
Sarah B 127
Rye, N. Y 30, Si
Salem, Mass 13, 100
Salwarpe 101
Samson (slave) 33
Sanborn, — Clara 124
Sanders, — Betsey 120
Sandwich, Mass 18
Sanford, — Joan 10, 73
Mary 24
Sawtucket 101
Savage's Genealogical Diet S3, 87
Savannah, Ga 94
Sawyer, — Mrs. Sophia 36
1 78
Index.
Schoonmaker, — Hendrick 78
Schreider, — Mary 135
Scituatc, Mass 6, 15
Scott, — '-Deliverance 72
2Hannah 8, 13, 72
sjohn ' 72
Katharine Marbury S, 50
-Mary .' 72
2Patience 72
iRichard S, 50, (72)
Scotto, — John 73
Joshua 73
3MehitabeI 10, 73
Rebecca 73
Sarah 7^
-Thomas 10, (73 )
Thomasine (7^)
Scotto's Lane 10
Seabury, — Nancy 1 1 g
Samuel 54
Seaconnet, Hotel Newport 65
Seaconnet Neck 54
Seager, — Anna Latham 47
Seaman's Friend Society 37
Searle, — Nathaniel 71
Richard
Scbringh, — Catherine
Jan
Selden, — Esther
Thomas
Shearman, — 2Benjamin 75
Bethiah 34
Daniel 74
55
3°
25
S2
82
Sequasson 40
Sessions, — Rebecca C 1 20
Sharon, Conn 30
Shaw, — Ephraim 126
Humphrey (35
Israel 80
Lois 126
Lydia 126
William 120
Zephaniah 1 26
Shawangunk 51
Shay's Rebellion I 26
Shearman,— ! Derivation of name 112.)
3Abiel 75
Agnes 74
Albert T . Alice....
■45. 55- 75
David 44
Dorcas 75
'-'Eber 75
2Edmond 75
Edward 74
Elizabeth 74
Ezekiel 74
Fannie 13 c
-Hannah 7. 75
Henry (74)
Isaac 130
Isabel 75
:i.Iob ( 75
John 74, 75
Judith 74
Lydia 6
Martha 74
Mary 74. 75
Nathaniel 74
zPeleg 75,99
'Philip 7.(74)
-Philip 7, 75
;!Philip , 75
-Phillippe 7. 44. 75
Hriscilla 74
Robert 74
-Sampson 55, Si, (75)
Samuel ( 74,) 75,81
Sarah 56, 74. 75
Susan 74
William 75, 99
Sheffield,— 4Aaron 76
•Vunos 56, ( 76,) 77, Sg
2Ichabod 9, 58, (76)
3Ichabod 76
'John 76
3Joseph 76
Katharine 9
Mary 76
"Nathaniel 9, 76
Ruth 28, 05, 76, (77,) 89
'Susannah 76
Sheriff, Martha 46
Mary 76
Index.
179
Sherringham, — Ellen Latham. ... 47
Sherwood, — Rachel 51
Showamet Purchase 89
Shurtleff ,— Elizabeth 11
Simmels, — Ariantje 46
Simmons, — Deliverance 7
John 54
Lydia 4, 125
Martha 112
Mary 1, 7
Meribah 125
Rebecca 122
Simsbury, Conn 79
Sisson 1 29
Anne 81
Skaneateles, N. Y 42, S4
Skeyton, — Maude, de 86
Skinner, — Mr 59
Slade, — Anna 1 30
George 130
Georgia 130
Henry 123, 130
Louisa 130
Mary Ann 130
Patience 91, 93, 130
Robert 130
Samuel 8g
Slecht, — 1Cornelis Barentson. .25, (78)
Elsje 27
Hendrick 27
2Jacomyntje 22, 25, (78)
Petronella 78
Sloat, — Polly 27
Slocum, — John 58
Small, — Jonathan 101
Smith, — Abraham 79
Ann 145
Arthur 30, 59 ,
Charity 119
Charles 1 26
Cyrus 1 26
Daniel 126
Edward 119
Eliza A 119
Embert H 126
Hannah 58, 126
Henry 145
Smith, — Lois V 126
Martha 126
Smiton, — Sarah 6
Snow, — Anthony 86
Henry 134
James 120
Snyder — Augustus 109
Daniel 1 09
Lillian 109
Sarah 109
Somerset 77. §9, 90, 92, 12S
Soule, — John 100
"South Boston," — (ship) 94
South Church 73, 92
Southampton 1
Southmayd, — s Margaret 145
1 William 145
2William 145
South-water 1
Southwick, — William 125
Southworth, — Edward 54
Mary 1
William 54
Spain 2
Spanish Armada 15
Spencer,- -Alfred 119
Samuel R 119
Spink, — Sarah T. . 112
Spinnig, — Merritt A 117
Spooner,— Abigail 142
John 57
Sarah 75
Seth 142
Springfield, Conn 145
Springfield, Essex 145
Spurr, — Mercy 4
St. Bride's, — London 101
St. Martin's in the Fields 48
St. Martin's Vintry 50
St. Paul, Minn 38, 85
Stafford, Conn
Stamford, Conn 81
Standish, — Alexander 1
Stanley, — Isabel 86
John 28
Stanton, — John 8
Starr, — Frank F S3
iSo
Index.
Steele, — John 82
Steep Brook 93
Stetson, — Benjamin 46
Stevens 28
Edwin 109
Stevenson, — Coert 25
Stewart, —Clarissa M 85
Stiles, — Mr 130
W. H 130
Stillwell— Job 116
Stimpson, — Malvina 131
Stockwell, — Ahasel 135
Stokes, — Elizabeth 6, 99
Storm of 1815, — (The Great).... 19
Stoughton, — Nicholas 66, 67
Stowe, — 3 Dorothy 28, 42, 79
Elizabeth 79
3 Hope 79
3Ichabod 79
John (79)
3 Margaret 79
2 Nathaniel 79
3 Rachel 79
2Saumel 28, 42, 79
3Samuel 79
Thankful 79
Thomas 79
Strang, — Arthur 1 iS
Charlotte 5 1 , 59
James 118
Louise 118
Sophia 118
Walter 11S
T
Taber, — Earle 5
Lemuel 5
Martha 76
Taintor, — Eudocia 1 19
Tallman 99
Anne 56, So
2Benjamin 24, So
^Elizabeth So
2Jamcs So
Jonathan 80
2Joseph 80
-3
25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 72
oi>
Strange, — Alice 45, 55, 126
Alice
Betsey
Hannah
Jacob
James 45, 55, 75,
John
Lot 45, 55,
Mary
Meletiah
Phillipe
Sylvanus
Stryker, — Jan
Suffolk Co
Sunbury, Ga 45, 93, 96
Swain, — Hannah 80
Stephen 53
Swansea S9
Sweet, — James 33
Jane 33
Swift, — Charity 19, (135)
Charles 1
Deborah 142
Harriet 135
Jared Reid 135
Julia 135
Nathan 119, 135
■ Samuel 135
Swigtel, Holland 25
Switchlaer, Holland 25
Sykcs, — Phcebe 1 22
Symmes, — Zechariah 145
Deborah 145
Tallman, — 2Mary 56, 62, j6, 80
iPeter 56, (80,) 99
Samuel So
Susanna So
Tappan, — Hannah S7
Tardy the Pirate [ 14
Taunton, Mass. 35, 43, 58, 59, 65, 80, 108
Taunton River 4, 60, 89, 90, 91, 115
Taylor, — John 99
Mary Ann 1 20
Peter 57
Index.
181
Taylor — Robert 57
Stephen 92
Terry,— Hannah N (134)
Joanna 39, 128, 130
Joseph 19, 34
Mary 130, 134
7Mercy 130
Priscilla 134
Reconcile 1 30
Reliance 130
Rhoda 124
Robert 57
Seth 1 30
Shubael 130
Thomas 44, 64
Zephaniah 125
Tew,— Daniel 126
Henry 67, 126
Thaxter, — Deborah 15
Elizabeth 15
John 46
Theall— * Abraham 81
4Charles 30, (81)
3Ebenezer (81)
Elizabeth 81
5Gilbert 81
4Hachaliah Si
*Hannah '. 81
Joseph 81
Margaret 30, 81
Nicolas (81)
Thomas, — George 131
Nathaniel 46
Thompson, — John 11
Josephine 131
Martha 145
Thorpe 18
Thorne, — John 29
Mary 29
Thurber, — Charles S 113
Tibbotts, — Alice 75
George 75
Timmans, — Harriet P 113
Tinkham, — Peter 101
Tiverton, R. 1 34, 66, yy, 89, 90
Tobey, — Abishai Hockford 134
Charles
134
Esther 130
Eudora B 115
Frank 134
Joseph 134
Lucy 134
Martha 134
Walter 134
William 134
Tommy, — (slave) 75
Toms, — Charles French (ill)
Tooker, — Martha 30
Town, — Esther 85
Townsend, — Alix de 86
Phila 51
Treaty Rock 66
Tripp, — Abiel 24, Si
2Alice 81
Almeda W 113
Benjamin 6
Deliverance 24
2Elizabeth 81
Isabel 55, 81, 75
James 48, 81
John 55, 75, (81)
Joseph Si
Martha 75, 81
Si
81
6
ii, 64
no
Mary
Peleg
Susannah
Troy, — (now Fall River) 13,
Tyler, — Ellen
u
Ufford, — Thomas 81 Upshall, — Elizabeth 145
Ulster Co., N. Y 22, 30 Ussel, — Richard 66
Upsher, — Philis 74
182
Index. V
Valentine, — David. 125,
Joseph
Lucy
Prudence
Sybil
"Valparaiso," — (ship) 137
17
17
.... 26
Van Bommel, — Margaret.
Peter
Van Barthuysen, — Barcnt. Van Leyden, — vide Appel Van Meeteren, — Rebecca. Van Vliet, — Deborah
Jannek
126
125 121 121
26 17
Van Wagenen, — Aart Gerritse.
Evert
Gerrit
Isaac
Rebecca
Sarah
26 22 22
17
Vaughn, — Daniel 1 33
Rebecca 133, 134
William 48
Vernoy,— Cornelia 3
Verrie, — Philip 21
Vienna 26
Vital Statistics of R. 1 5
/
w
119
Wadsworth, — William
Wagenen, — vide Van Wagenen.
Wait, — Jeremiah 6
Walden — Peter 16
Wales 46, 53
Walker, — Ebenezer 85
John 6
Walkill— (river) 5-
Walloon, Louis, the— vide Louis
Du Bois.
Walloon Church 11,21
Walston,— Anne Wright 80
Wanton, — Edward 34
Gideon 33
Joseph 34
Mary
Sarah
Thomas
Waranoke
Ward,— 3 Anne 82, 87
2 Anthony 87
3 Dorothy S7
2 Edward 87
John 87
'Joyce 28, 82, (87)
Mary 28,30, 82,87
Phillis 74
Phoebe ^7
Richard . 29
33 40
Ward,— Robert 87
Ruth 125
Sarah 82, 87
3Susanna Sj
Thomas S7
William 82, (S7)
Waring, — David 108
Warner, — (derivation of name 1 1 2.)
3 Abigail 82
4 Abigail S3
1 Andrew 41, (82)
2 Andrew 28, (82)
3 Andrew 82
4 Andrew S3
'Ann S3
9 Anna 6, 3S, 85
^Charles 85
6 Cornelia . . . . 85
2 Daniel 82
7Eben....3i, 42, 79, S3, (85), S4 6Ebenezer. . .42, 79, 83, (84), 1 14
7Eleazer Gaylord 85
8 Kiting Fowler 85
7 Fannie S5
8 George S 5
3 Hannah S2
Hannah 126
Helen 85
sHezekiah (83), 84
Index.
183
Warner, — 6Hezekiah 83
2Isaac.„„. 82
4Jabez 83
2Jacob 82
John (82)
5 John 82
3John (82)
4John (83)
6John S3
7 John Penfield 85
3Joseph 82
6Junia 83
7Junia 85
7Maria 85
2Mary 82
sMary 82
4Mary S3
sMary 85
'Minerva 85
80ctavia 85
2 Robert 82
3 Rebecca 82
9Richmond Perez. ... 51, 85, 136
2Ruth 82
'Sallie 85
3Samuel 82
'Vine Starr 85
Mrs. Vine Starr 42, 84
8W. P 6,26,38,70,79,(85)
Warren, — (derivation of name, 112.)
2Abigail 86
2Ann 86
Christopher S6
Edward 86
2Elizabeth 86
Hannah 117
John 86
2Joseph 86
Lawrence 86
2Mary 86
2Nathaniel 86
Rebecca 126
Reginald 86
Richard 11, 43, (86), 126
2Sarah 11, 43, 86
William 86
Warwick, R. 1 33
Washington, — General 1 19
Watertown, Mass 46, 81
Weaver, — s Anna S9
'Anna Maria 116
3 Benjamin 88
4Benjamin 63, yy, 88, (89)
5 Benjamin 89
'Benjamin 117
Catharine 87, 116
'Charles B 1 16
1 Clement . . 32, 34, 67, 87, ( 88), 90
2Clement 87
3Clement 88
3Comfort 88
Elizabeth 48, 87
3 Elizabeth 88
5 Elizabeth 89
5 Eunice... 6, 62, 63, yy, 89, 90, 93
' Francis M 1 16
10Franklin P 116
' Furman 116
Hannah 88
John 88, 90
'John, s, 39, 87, 114, (115), (116)
sJohn T 116
4Jonathan 88
4Joseph 88
9 Julius Myron 1 16
'Lydia n6
Mary 88, 89
4Martba 88
4 Mary yy
'Mary, 14, 32, 34, 35, 39, 70, yy,
89, (91), 96.
9MaryG 116
'Mary 115, 116
6 Nathan 90
5 Parker 89
4Patience 88
4Peleg 88
Peter 90
'Rhoda 115, 116
5Ruth S9
5Samuel...34, 62, 63, yy, 89, (90) Sheffield, 34,, 39, 63, 70, yy, (90),
US- (n6). 4Susannah yy
1 84
Index.
Weaver, — 6Sybil 90
Thomas 34, 87, (38)
"William 87
Webb— Alice 86
Wedding Song, A 135
Weeden, — Phoebe 57
William 57
Weeks,— John 36, (53)
Sarah Caroline 36, (53)
Welles,— Hugh 40
Mary 40
Gov. Thomas 41
Wentworth, — Christopher 50
West, — Benjamin 128
Samuel, D. D., printed Ben- jamin by mistake 45, 144
Westchester Co., N. Y.. .... 12
Westcott — Mrs. Mary 123
Westerly 75
West Greenwich 87
West Indies 42, 115
Weston 19
Lord Henrie 48
Westport, R. I., 5, 65, 69, 70, 91, 117,
143-
Beriah 79
Wetmore, — Charity 59
Israriah 79
Wetherell— Rhoda 127
Wethersfield, Conn 28, 145
Weygant, — George 51
Nellie 51
Whaling Voyage, Log of a 1 36
Wheeler,— Elizabeth 124
Henry 124
Timothy 145
Elizabeth 145
Wheelwright,— Mr 32
Whelpley— Susan Bell 129
Whitcomb, — Emily 1 iS
Hannah Richmond. ... 91, (118)
Helen 1 IS
Louisa 118
Mary 118
Melora 135
Walter 118
William 118
Whitcomb, — Victoria 118
White, — Abbie 123
Albeit D 123
Daniel 92
Dennis 123
Elizabeth 92
Hannah 123
Jacob 92
^ohn 40, (92)
Serg. John 125
Jonathan 92
Lydia 60
Maria 10S
Mary 35, 40, 42, 59, 92, 123
Nathaniel 92
Samuel 119
Sarah 92, 127
White Genealogy 92
White Sea 94
Whiting,— Mr 40
Whitwell— 5Anna 95
4Anne, 6, 14, 34, 62, 63, 64, 70,
77> 85, (95). 96> ]°b I26. !36
3 Betsey 130
4Carolinc 95
3Chloe 93
5Elsie 95
3 Frederick 130
3Furman Reade, 6, 19, 32, 45, 70,
77, So, 93, (94), 96, 10, 136
4 Furman 95
5Furman 95
3 George 130
4 Georgia 95
'-Hannah 130
Hannah Hathaway 20
2Jamcs...6, 34, 62, 63, (93), 130
3 James 93
4 James 95
4 Laura 95
•'Livingston 95
8Lucinda 13°
-'Man- 130
'Oliver 64, (93), ( 130), 134
-Oliver 130
-Sally 130. 131
Samuel 95
Index.
185
Whitewell, — 2Thomas 130
William 95
Wicre, — La Bassee, Artois 21
Wiggins 30
Wilbor, — Abial 114, 99
Ann 99
Benjamin 99
Daniel 99
Elizabeth 4, 57, 99
Hannah 8, 99
Isaac ... 99
2Joan 6, 99
John 99
Joseph 6, 99
Martha 99
Mary, 99
Rebecca 44
2Samuel 6, 57,75,(99)
Thankful 99
Thomas 99
William (99)
Wilcox, — Daniel . . . 1 1, 67
Esther 79
Mary 83
Ruth 129
Stephen 46
Wilkie, — Elizabeth 15
Wilkinson, — Benjamin 126
Willet, — Thomas 12
Williams, — Alexander 59
Enoch 127
Myra . . Patty . . Roger.
131
131
■ 8, 9
Sarah 127
Susan Ormsby 36, (53)
William and Mary 48
Willis, — Hannah 140
Wilmington, N. C, 36, 37, 38, 64, III, 113, 124.
Wilson,— Eleanor 113
Job 124
Luther 19, 63, 94, 96
Mary 135
Sarah 6
Wiltshire 65
Winchester, Tenn 84, 85
Wing, — Elnathan lS
Winslow, — 5Abner 125
s Andrew 125
Barnaby 100
Damaris 10, 101
Edward II, (99), 101
Eleanor, 99, 100, 101
Elizabeth, 10, 45, 99,(101), 125, 130
Gilbert 99
Huldah 125
2Job 100
3John 101
John 99, 125
Josiah 99, 100, 10 1
Katharine 99
Kenelm ( 99 )
2Kenelm 10, (100), 101
3 Kenelm 1 o I
Lemuel 125
Lois . , 130
Louisa 125
Lucia 125
Magdalene 99
Mary 101, 130, 134
Nabby 45
Nathaniel 100, 101
Oliver 125
Richard 99
Samuel 101
Thomas 101
William 124, 125
"Winslow Memorial" 99, 101
Winslow's Mills 100
Winsor, Conn 145
Winthrop, — Governor 72, 79, 145
Wiswall, — Ichabod 54
Anne 127
Withered,— Mary B 123
Wodell, — Gershom 81
Mary 4S
William 48
Woerden, South Holland 7S
Wood, — Agnes no
Caroline 11S
Mr. and Mrs. Charles , 113
Frances 1 1 S
John Pulaski 118
i86 Index.
Wood,-— Mary 57 Worth,— Captain H. F 136
Minnie 113 Worth ington, — Dudley. . . . 119
Patience 39, 128 Sarah 119
Thomas 125 Wraisbury, Eng 145
Woodhull, — Richard 56 Wright, — George 56
Woodruff — Lucy C 117 Richard 11
Woohoo 138 Susanna 56
Woolcot.^Sarah 10 Writtel, Essex 145
Woolsey,— Clinton 128 Wyncclow, — vide Winslow
George 12 Wyncoop, — Gerrit 22, 78
Phoebe 17 Hilletje 22,78
Worden, — Mary 101 Wynnington, — Agnes 86
Peter 101
Yarmouth 7, 18, 101 Young, — John 124
Yorkshire 28, 59 Yvo 112
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